Grand Rapids herald. [volume] (Grand Rapids, Mich.) 1892-1959, 1893-04-01


The n,f.<f Interesting thing In cx.n-
nectsoE xifh the state educational 81
hiiat II the Verde fair ~ns IL the
sz-hooi nap q Michigan r4id the Hon
ferris : fifth. eA SUPERINTENDENT ~
poIllc distraction. IA ne Ne~ LIVING
sfan yesterday. The nap = mere than
tel feet square and fhe lncaiion -
every school building Ia the stale sill
he make uron H. We have carefully
s-ceftainsd the iocsf.olas frosn me- - and
pl4tnz The material u which tie
hulldinz Il constructed vii he eisen.
the number II pupils II can sccoaEso-
date, the nonsfsI a teachers. and
whether there u hlgh school main
tainfd IN connection With H. The map
IL very valuable In the amount and a.
caT2es q its Information. Ia spite -
al drawbacks We expect 20 have a
highly ctedit4ble educational exhibit
When il Nas undertaken Superintendent
Walter Hewitt ~ Lansing as placed in
charge gift imsde careful plans fuf the
exhibit and outlined the work that 4 hoped
10 have done But ne were bothered
about space and money matters urtii ali
interest MAS lost. Ii was intended a.
have specimens Il work from every
school IN the state. bat the matter be-
came delayed and nany prominent
teachers declared that they would not
have anything to do with H. The Mich
igan School Moderator. the Official edu-
cational organ 81 the state. stated that
there would he no exhibit and a.! inter
est IN 1t was loSt Since February !
have been In charge ~ il msself. and
the exhibit has practically been pre-
pared since that time We shall have
]. 80 feet 81 floor space and 400 feet a
wall space. The exhibit viii consist II
maps. drawings. kindergarten work.
papers. and everything In the line 81
school work that can be displayed az
such place. Part 81 the exhibit viii
be bound In morocco and the remainder
will be hung on the walls"
president Clute has made success
nj the agricultural college. in spite -
the sensational stories 10 the contrary
said r. Is. Mumford 81 the Experiment
station. in The Morton last night The
college has more students than II ever
had before, and higher grade q work
il being done. That certainly consti-
tutes success. The sensational state
menis concerning his failure then were
started by the boys that bad been fined
the week before he sent in his rcs.gna-
ton. They stuffed the reporters for a
Detroit paper full 81 all soris q! Wild
fsbrications. The students and faculty
subsequently, denied that there had
ever been any such trouble az the sheet
claimed. 1t is true that perhaps Presi-
dent Clute is not exactly fitted for the
work at the college. He is an able.
scholarly man. but he il not practical
farmer. A president does not need
necessarily 10 be. but he is obliged TO
conduct farmers institutes around
the state. and il is good thing
for him 20 know farm when he sees IL.
1t Is probable that Prof. Davenport will
be the new president There has been
talk OF Edwin Willetts. but when Mr..
Willetts left the agricultural college he
said that four years as its president was
enough for any man. Prof. Davenport
left the college 70 60 "a Brazil az presi.
dent Of an agricultural college there. lie
formerly occupied the chair OF agricul-
ture at the college and II sound. prac-
teal man. The boys all like him; he
has firm grasp on the duties Of the
Office and would make an admirable
president in every respect. President
Clute will continue ia Office until the
close OF the present college year in
August"
There is no bar at the mouth 81
Grand river" said Capt. Janice Martin
Of the steamer Roanoke. in The Morton
yesterday afternoon. After the recent