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committee for some charitable purpose in Chicago called at our 

 boarding hall in the spring of the year, asking for all the spare gar- 

 ments on hand. They would be pleased to take all the old under- 

 wear, etc., that could be spared, and hoped we would be kind enough 

 to leave the garments in the lower hall that evening, as they would 

 send a team for them early the next morning. A company of a 

 liuudred or more students in the spring of the year are apt to have 

 something to spare. So a gracious pile was made near the entrance 

 of the lower passage. A certain student living in the village was 

 passing by in his early morning ramble, saw this pile of goods, and 

 not being acquainted with its purpose, must come to some conclusion 

 about it, and after a brief examination concluded it needed airing, so 

 he removed the pile to the lawn and attached the garments one by 

 one to the line of our new flag-pole, until from the base to the tip of 

 the pole he had swinging in the lake breeze all the colors of the 

 navies of the world. Transpose that pole to a horizontal position in 

 a firm wall, and you have — a long peg. 



Good seed will grow, if properly planted. Plants will grow, if 

 alive when properly set; so of trees. But all seeds will not take 

 kindly to the same treatment, neither will all plants or trees. Here 

 is where knowledge is wanted — knowledge of seeds, knowledge of 

 plants, knowledge of trees, knowledge of soils, knowledge of modes 

 of work, knowledge of climate, of cultivation, of culture, of diseases 

 and remedies, of insects and how to exterminate the injurious and 

 encourage the friendly. Yes! if one knows how to grow fruit suc- 

 cessfully, he knows more than would hang on a short peg. 



C. N. Dennis — I move that the following ladies and gentlemen 



be made honorary members of this Society: 



H. E. Van Deman Washington, D. C. 



Henry Avery Burlington, la. 



Clias. Patterson, Kirksville, Mo. 



J. A. Spear Cedar Falls, la. 



W. A. Herring South Allen, Mich. 



Mrs. J. P. La Monte Hamilton, 111. 



Miss Alice Stewart Hamilton, 111. 



Mrs. Arthur Bryant Princeton, 111. 



Mrs. L. R. Bryant Princeton, 111, 



Mrs. Iv. D. Harrison Princeton, 111. 



Mrs. J. H. Elliott Princeton, 111. 



Mrs. John Scott Princeton, 111. 



Miss Nellie Rockwell Hamilton, 111. 



Miss Mary Mesner Mendota, 111. 



Miss Mary Cotta Nursery, 111. 



Miss Maud Stone Princeton, 111. 



Mrs. U. Simons Princeton, 111. 



Miss Lucy Bryant Princeton, 111. 



