SEMI-CENTENNIAL CELEBRATION 63 



as I remember, to register their names, ages, residence, and 

 occupation, and state the occupation they expected to follow 

 after leaving college. Then the rooms were designated where 

 they could go for examination. Fortunately for many of us, 

 the questions were easy. The next day we again assembled, 

 and all who had passed were assigned rooms. There were 

 four students to each room, to do their own chamber work. 

 Within a day or two we were again called to the chapel by the 

 president. He stated that for the present he wished to assign 

 the work as far as possible to those familiar with the work desig- 

 nated. A show of hands was asked, for those accustomed to 

 driving horses. Probably four-fifths responded. After a few 

 questions, the teamsters were chosen. Next, those familiar with 

 oxen, a less number, responded. I was named to drive one 

 yoke. The call was continued until nearly all the different 

 sorts of work were mentioned and someone of those lifting the 

 hand would be designated. 



The first work, in which nearly all took part, was cleaning 

 up the carpenters', painters', masons', and plumbers' rubbish, 

 and clearing away the logs and brush near the buildings. As 

 I remember it there was not an acre fully cleared on the farm — 

 that is, with stumps out as well as logs and brush removed. 

 Later there were many changes made in the assignments. As for 

 myself, I continued to drive the oxen through the summer of 

 1857, mainly on the stump machine. In the summer of 1858 

 I drove the same team as a logging team, and they were extra. 



Visitors coming to the logging field who were familiar with 

 that sort of work were sure to notice and admire the team. 

 Those remembering back to the days when clearing and logging 

 were a prominent part of the work in Michigan will realize that 

 a good logging team was highly valued, and their ability to make 

 a log snap was often praised. 



I recall an incident which occurred at a near neighbor's. 

 A Mr. Seaver had an extra yoke of oxen of which he was very 



