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

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Adndinistration Mrs. Linda Eoiine Landon Librarian Jacob Schepers A Elida Yakeley Cashier Registrar Jonathan Lemoyne Snyder Ph. D., L. L. D. President Addison Makepeace Brown, A. B. Benjamin Alden Faunce Secretary ofthe State Board of Agriculture Clerk to President Editor M. A. C. Record

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Ghz Taculty T EC! Oh, you most criticised of mortals! VVitl1in your hands, 'tis oft said that you hold The destiny of us-the coming generation. You're weighted down with influence untold! And when you find us frivolously inclined, It grieves you deeply, in your love of knowledge, VVhen chiefly We're concerned with social joys, You sigh, and wonder why we come to college. But tho' you look so dignified and wise, VVe wonder-and we almost dare toxsay That underneath that air ot' studied calm You think as we dogn 'Tis the fun will pay I Thereis a rumor, quite well founded, which asserts, That when to halls of learning you were sent, Instead of always being studious and good, That oftentimes on mischief you were bent. And we laugh, and in our minds we picture Our HP1'eXy'i Climbing fire escapes forbidden, Or, our dean enjoying feeds of fudge, and rarebit, VVith the chafing dish beneath' the table hidden. Oh, we truly are afraid that you' are guilty Of these dreadful accusations-now confess- You were once as had as We-W'ell, welll endeavor Sometime to be almost as good as you-unless- C -1 You Hflunkw or icon us- And we ever ho e and ray . 7 You'll necrlect such sad roceedinoss bl I Ci f Till some more convenient day.

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The Agricultural Department ,1Q N,1 HE Agricultural Division includes ten departments, viz: Horticul- ture, Forestry, Animal Husbandry, Dairy Husbandry, Soils, Crops, Farm and Horses, Farm Mechanics, Agricultural Education and QW1' ' Nfl? Poultry. 5 te 'F ?GE-NJ 2 KJQE The College lands comprise G8-1+ acres, valued at 2iB68LL,000, di- E w-LX Lp., E , . . ., 2 5?-Vfq-5? ' vided as follows, viz: Farm, 332 acres, l'orests and Forest Nurs- eries, 1641 acres, Orchard Nurseries and Gardens, 445 acres, Experiment Station Plots, 410 acres, Campus, 90 acres, and Athletic Field, 13 acres. The farm buildings actually cover between one and two acres of ground and are valued at rE5fs2,475. The live stock equipment includes 30 horses, 00,beef cattle, 175 sheep, 150 swine and 62,000 chickens. Twenty-five breeds and types are represented, having a total valuation of liz25,o92.oo. The farm proper is subdivided by a private road one and one-half miles in length which is handsomely adorned with the most beautiful shade trees. The fields range in size from twenty to forty acres. The forest acre comprises 135 acres of well timbered forest woodlands, while the Q9 acre nursery contains 400,000 conifers and 152,140 broad leaved forest seedlings. In addition to building equipment, the Horticultural Department has seven acres of student vegetable gardens, ten acresdorchard, six acres small fruits and a vineyard of fifty acres. The Department of Agricultural Education has established courses in agriculture in fifteen high schools within the state with an enrollment of 600 pupils. The farmers' meetings, held in connection with these institutions the past year, included 2,000 persons, while those participating in the correspondence courses numbered 300. During the present year 583 regular students have been enrolled within the division in addition to 450 short course men, making a total of 1,033. Since the establishment of the college in 1857, 1014+ men have been graduated in agriculture and 442 in forestry. The total enrollment in the short courses since 1897 has been Q,7LL9.