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

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ooo' enough Proudert, ,Don to ooD enough for the proudest and cheap enough for the poorest, said President Williams of the Agricultural College in 1858. Students left their impressions in personal diaries. A day from the diary of Edward G. Granger, a student from Detroit: t'This morning laid abed till the bell rang. Got ready just in time for Chapel. Worked with Bush and Frederick in the College build- ing which was very convenient for me as it rained most all the morning. The rest of the morning I spent in studying and reading, till 12 o'clock when I commenced a letter to Mary which I finished and directed soon after dinner but which lies in my drawer now, I having forgotten to put it in the mail. After finishing my letter I played a game of chess with Foote, or rather tried to teach him what little I know of the game. .5 56 . x i if jr- for the the lboorort ff' .1 .-- W f- , x ' 1 . 1 . . ff.- - -.1f , '--.ga f .M-,,. -...fa-, .-- .,..,-.. - ..,.. fis. In office four years, 1885-89, Edwin Willets eamed respect of faculty and students. Institu- tion of the Mechanical course, the college's first departure from agriculture, and reorganization of the military were developments of his time. He was an able congressman and first assistant secretary of agriculture. Ruins of Botanical lab, March 24, 1890. The temperature was -15 degrees and a hot stove set fire to an attic partition. Two students who roomed there escaped in their nightshirts. Water in the pond was frozen and Lansing firemen had to chop a hole in ice on the river. Students saved some books and the microscope. Man at right is Dr. Beal. 25

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l I .4 26 K ,,,,,m, . firm n f-myp, V , , .. . . , 1 Students setting out at 2 p.m. for their shift of manual labor on the farms, 1886. Forks suggest it is haying time. 6'Then,', Granger related, 'gFoote and 1 went out hunting, Foote taking along an axe in case we ran over a bear. Prerent 01' the prerzkient E WENT up the river a ways and saw a muskrat swimming down the river. Afterwards we saw some tracks of wild turkey, some of which were evidently those of a wounded turkey, as there was considerable blood on the snow. We tried to follow them but they stopped a little farther on, the turkey having flown. After a little farther we turned and struck off into the woods. Presently we came across the track of the wounded turkey again. We followed it a short distance to a brush pile where we found the turkey which had lain down to die. Life in Old Williams, 1914. The boys sometimes prepared meals and snacks in their rooms to cut down on expenses, although the practice was frowned on. The three arm gadget at lower right is an alcohol stove. No doubt the jar of jam was sent from home by Dear Old Mom. .1 ri! fx in 111 F. B. Mumf0rd's room in Station Terrace, living quarters for staff assistants. Note needlework, pic- ture of cupid, microscope. Elia WRX ' 'mlwrE?l4wf FN . Z 4 ian? ' -, ifw ' Wr. l