Michigan State University - Red Cedar Log Yearbook (East Lansing, MI)

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Ernest E. Bogue Ernvst itlwrott Hogtw wus lmrn in Orwell. Ashtalmlzt ML. 0. Htl gradu- :1t0t1at;.N0w Lynn Institutv, :1 indomic t-onrso. B. Sr. in INNS. Six ymtrs later he gi-ztduulmt at Ohio Stutv linivm'sity ill lmrt'ionlt'm-v mid forestry and in 1896 he I'Ut'PiVHi the degree of M. S. from tho samo institution. He was pi'ufessnr of botany :iml vntunmluw' in the Oklahoma Agricul- t'uml and Mwhmtimt tintiege amt botanist :mti Ollttlllttlittgist of tho Ukhthtmm leva-ir mont Stnt'imi. from Mm-Ph of 18! ; until July of 1mm, Duringr this t'iim- '10 has strivvn to im- prove the cmn-se in forestry uttered by the :rnitogo and hats Slltttfetttiljtlr in nmking tho mile at. M, A. U. equalled by no other 001- htgu of its kind in the United States. Mr. Iiugue has for his aim forestry in the truest sense, and while he wishes to hvtp tho farm wtmdiots his wni Uthr-t is for- ostry as n pmfossion. The forests on tho tittiltlgv grounds hthO hoen imprm'mt by having,r tho tlm-uying t'imv her taken away, the weed trees cut and seedlings nf whitv pines, Invnstt. hmnior'k. ash, rod wothu-s. eta. sot in Their phtvcs. The field stmt'h of the P0140 Marquette track is living reforestod by smttiiings 0f the sanw species as those planted in the fm'ost, with mtultms. hwchus 111111 nlhm-s in addition. Just m-mss the river from the 'tttnims and vast 0f the railroad track. is :1 nursery whvro seedlings of the more vzttlunhhl :lllti mt-vl' sorts, such t'tS the timid tgtiintns. inrvnso 111112112 lutlgvpnlv pinos. :11'0 grown. Altng'o't'hor. Mr. Hoguu has revo llit'imiixod the notion 013M. A. U. stlitimits :Is to the vzlhw nt' n mursu in forestry. t1. A. Rmch. William S. Holdsworth Vt'illium H. Iluittswnrth. pt-uft'ssm' ttt' Ut-uwiiig. wzls llot'il in Lmnhm, ldng'lnmt Ull thi'um-y ZS, ISBU. Shortly lwfore the Vivil XVzu'. his pain t-nts with ntiwr immingnts nmvetl to this minim :111d svttimi in northern Mich- Igtm. How, he led :1 life simih'tr to that of frontier httis with plenty Hf hnrtl work 21ml sm'h training: :is mnhi he nhtztimld in thv public schtmis of that t'imtt. After mtu-h hnrtl wm'k ill' gl-mluzttt-ti from M. A. C. in 1874 mid mmtinlwtl his mim-ur i'itHl II'Y making 21 spovinl study of airt. Sint'o then he htts spmlt t-mtsithlmhhx t'imv us :I drnnghtsmzm 21ml from thv prur- tit-ttl vxpt'i-imlt'u thus gained ilt' is in :t tmsititm to instill into thv minds Ht his sttmlllts some M the usseul iuls with which to fortify themselves when thtw got mtt' intu 1110 world. S. tltsns.

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Robert SfShaw: Prof. Robert S. Shaw, son 01' Prof. Thonms Shaw. Wle horn in 1871 at Hie Riverside sfoek farm in Wentworth, 011- iario. Canada. The management of this estate of hveuty-iive acres, equipped With cattle, swine and sheep was left to him at an early age, owing to the entire absorp- tion of his fathers time in publishing the Canadian Live Stock Journal. Thus we see him as a young; man engaged in 1110 work .which in after years he was to take up and make 11 study of. He is :1 gradur Me of the Ontario Agricultural Foliege. hut laier received his degree of 13. S from Since his graduation he has been reach ing a greater part of 1110 time. and 1his principally in the west. ,lhn-ing this time his, best energies were espei-inlly di- rected to the production ui 34mins grasses and forage crops. and also ille establish- ment of cattle and sheep feeding in the irrigated valleys. Ilis past work having' been of such a practical nature, we mnmm but feel assured that agrivnltm-e will be 0110 of Hie besi' studies 101w nmininineii :11 0111' College. A. A. FIsK. ihe Toronto University. Joseph A. Jeffery Joseph A. JPWI'OIV. professor of soil physics and agl-onomy, was born in Penn sylvania in 1859, moved to Wisconsin, at- tended the public schools, taught rural school, graduated from the Wisconsin State Normal, and again took up fondling; for seven years as smwrinfendent 0f high schools. Wishing for higher education, he now entered the University, graduating from fhere in 1896. He was assistant pro- fessor of agricultural physics two years at his Alma Mai'er, from VVhif'h position he came in the Michigan Agricultural Col- lege in 1899. Since cmning to M. A. 0.. Prof. Jeffery has continued to do eiiivieni work along his Chosen line. and more. has imparted liberally of his knowledge in the boys at the college and to the farmers Hn'mig'hout the state. He has grown steadily in popularity, is a successful iii siituie worker, and is ihoroughiy in touch With agricultural science in general. ITis genial friendliness and sincere desire to help will muse him f0 be long remembermi by those who know him. F. H. Li le' LETTER.

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H Wilbur O. Hedrick. M. S. iViHml- 0. Hodriok. assistant pl'UfUS- 301- of history and political omnmny was born near Elkhart, Ind., April It 1868. H0 was graduated from the Harbor Springs public school in 1887 and immediately after entered the hr'Iichimm Agricultural triallege, graduating with tho. ulass 0f '91. After graduation he was nt once appoint.- ed instructor in rheioricals, and in 1993 was promoted to his present position. During the intervals between terms he studied at tlw Univm-sity of Michigan and in 1805 he I'Pveived a numteris degree 1'11 srionce from that institution. During Warren Babcock Warren Bnhcook, B. 8., assistant pro- his expenses. After graduating the year leiT Prof. Hodl-ick spent six months in Europe studying: at Giittingen. Germany, and in traveling through Eng- land and F 111100. Since 1807 he has com- pleted four terms of post graduate work at the I'nivotsity of Chicago. and. through iileavv 0f absmwe. attended the Univert sity of Michigan during tho Spring semes- ter of 1903. During Prof. lleiI-irkiq m1. Iege course. he i 'us a member of the Union Literary SOI-iety, and was literary editor of the itHarl'ow of 91. MISS lmssm PHILLIPS. from foam of iiizithmmitit-s. was burn in Ypsi- lmitit Mich, 011 September 15, lsliii. He attended the district school for a few yours. then completed his early train- ing in the graded schools of Milan. Mivhi- gnu. In August of 1885 he took up the agricultural 00111-59 at the Michigan Ag- ricultural College. Whivh he completed in 1890. Duringr tho Valmltions of his mva-o course he taught school to help defray M. A. 0.. he took courses in liiathemutivs and astronomy at, the University of Michr igan and in June of 1891 he was appointed instructor of muthmnatics at, M. A. C. Prof. Bzibcm-k whih- stern and austere in his classes. has won the hearts of those under him by his thoroughness and his willingness to impart, what he has made a life study to aet'mnplish. R. F. HELL.