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fare and hotel bills. The College very frequently furnishes speakers for 

 farmers' meetings, such as celebrations, picnics, grange meetings, etc. 



The correspondence of a number of the departments is very large. 

 Every day brings many letters of inquiry along the various lines of work 

 carried on at the College. These are all carefully answered, which very 

 often requires several hours of a professor's time. Some idea of the 

 immense correspondence carried on bv the College officers may be gained 

 when attention is called to the fact that the College post office which is 

 used almost exclusively by the College is a "presidential'' or third class 

 office. 



The Experiment Station, which is a department of the College, issued 

 sixteen bulletins during the year, containing about 450 pages. 



RELIGIOUS EXERCISES. 



As has been the custom since the College was first opened, brief 

 religious exercises begin the work of each day. These exercises are con- 

 ducted by the President or some member of the Faculty, and consist of 

 scripture reading, singing from "Gospel Songs" and prayer. 



The street car line was extended into the grounds last fall, thereby 

 making the College particularly a part of the city of Lansing. It was 

 thought advisable to try to induce each student to attend the church of 

 his choice or own denomination in Lansing. 



The regular preaching service held in the Chapel each Sunday after- 

 noon and conducted by one of the Lansing ministers was discontinued 

 and instead a chapel service, consisting of devotional exercises and an 

 address, is held at 9 o'clock in the morning. These meetings are con- 

 ducted by some member of the Faculty or prominent person from outside 

 of the College. 



The winter program was as follows: 



President Snvder, "Martin Luther and the Reformation." 



Dr. R. C. Kedzie, "The Forgiveness of Sin." 



C. F. Hammond, Esq., Lansing. "'John Calvin." 



Dr. Howard Edwards, "John Knox." 



Prof. Herbert Mumford, "John Weslev." 



Prof. C. D. Smith, "Roger Williams." 



C. B. Collingwood, Esq., Lansing, "Jonathan Edwards." 



Prof. A. B. Noble, "Cardinal Newman." • 



Dr. Geo. B. Watei'man, "Prof. Drummond." 



Prof. Walter B. Barrows, "Henry Ward Beecher." 



During the Spring Term the following program was successfully car- 

 ried out: 



April 10— Prof. J. C. Bartholf. Battle Creek, Mich., Editor of Youth's Instructor. 

 "The Gospel of Individualism." 



April 17— Prof. H. B. Laird. Supt, of Lansing Public Schools. ' 'The Source of 

 Light." 



April 24— Hon. H. R, Pattengill. Ex-State Supt. of Public Instruction, "Made in 

 America." 



May 1— Rev. W. G. Sperry, D. D.. President of Olivet College. 



May 8— Hon. C. B. Grant. Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Michigan, 

 ''Young' Men and the Enforcement of Law." 



May 15— Mrs. Cyrus Smith, Lansing, Mich., "Shakespear's Mora] View of Life. "' 



May 22— Mr. Rollo K. Bryan, Lansing. Mich., Founder of "Bethesda Mission," "A 

 Chalk Talk." 



