THE  M·~·C· 

VOL.  XIX 

TUESDAY,  MARCH  10,  191 4. 

NO.  22 

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THE  M.  A.  C.  RECORD. 

DIRECTORY 

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PROFESSIONAL  MEN. 
The  names  In  tbls  Di recto ry ,  a s  weH  a ll 
t.bose  of  all  our  other  Ild,'ertise rs.  are  of 
rellable  partles.  'We  b o p!'  that  the  [a cuity 
8.nd  students  will  take  pains  to  patronize 
those  wbo  patronize  us. 

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THE  M'A'C' 

VOL.  XIX. 

EAST  LANSING,  MICHI GAN,  TUESDAY,  MARCH  10,  1914. 

NO.  22. 

MANY  ALUMNI  AT  THE  ROUND-UP. 

DEFEAT  MARS  SEASON'S  CLOSE. 

institiIte  of 

The  annual  round-up 

iast 
week  brought  many  alumni  back  to  the 
scenes  of college  days.  For some  it  was  but 
one  at'  frequent  visits,  but  for  many  it  was 
the  first  time  they  had  returned  to  alma 
mater  since  the  days  of  their  graduation. 
Others  had  not  seen  the  campus  for  sevc:!:al 
years. 

In  all,  ther e  were  probably  1,000  fa rmers, 
with  their  wives,  sons  and  daughters  in  at 
tendance,  and  the  program  was  worthy  of 
their  close  attention.  The  feat ure  of  the 
week  was the fact  that the College  possesses 
no  adequate  facilities  for  handling  even  this 
Il'tlmber  at  the  general  sessions. 
In  each 
case  where  some  important  lecture  was  be 
ing  given,  especially  at  the  even ing  session, 
the  large  room  in  the  Agricultural  Building 
was  packed  to  overflowing,  while  many 
stood on  tiptoe in  the  halls  to  eatch  as  much 
of  the  talks  as  might  be. 

important  part 

Local  faculty  men  and  extension  workers 
had  an 
in  the  Farmel's' 
Week,  but  a  number  of  prominent  outside 
speakers  were  on  hand,  among  them  being 
Gov.  FErris,  State  Grange  Mastel',  John  C. 
K etcham,  F .  F.  Rogers,  '83,  State  Highway 
Commissioner,  Grant Slocum of the  Gleane}'. 
Pres.  Charles  McKenney,  '81,  of  the  St"te 
Normal  College,  and  Prof. Clinton  D. Smith, 
fo rmerly  head  of  the  animal  hu sband ry  rle 
partmeilt  at  M.  A.  C.,  and  now  of  the  Cor 
nell  College  of  Agriculture. 

Don't  overlook  the  editorial  page. 

Strange to  say,  James  W.  Hehne  was  not 
on  the  program  for  a  speech  at  the  round 
up.  His  ideas  would  at  least  have  been  in 
teresting. 

It is  reported  that  L.  W.  (" Tex")  Cam p 
bell,  '13e,  is  shortly  to  be  transferred  to 
Milwaukee  by  the  firm  for  which  he  works. 
Hi s  success  on  the  big  sewcr  undeliaking 
in  West  Detroit  has  brought  him  to  the 
attention  of his  s uperiors  in  a  pleRsing  man 
ner. 

The  close  of  one  of  the  most  succes,,~ul 
seasons  of  basketball  ever  witnessed  at  .\1. 
A.  C.  was  ma rked  by  the  defeat  of  the 
Green  and  White  fi ve  by  Detroit  " "C'  in  an 
exciling  game  played  at  Detroit  last  Tues 
day.  The  score  was  close  throughout,  the 
"Y"  quintet  not  being  certain  of  the  out 
come  until  the  fmal  minute  of  play.  The 
ultimate  result  was  27  to  22. 

As  was  the  case  in  the  first  meeting  be 
tween  the  two  teams,  the  \\'ork  of  the  vet 
eran  Mazer  proved  the  undoing  of  the  M. 
A.  C.  hopes.  A  score  of  times  the  officials 
detected  an  Aggie  player  in  the  act  of  foul 
ing,  and  -Mazer  made  good  on  1:)  of  his  tl' i e~ 
f rom  the  foul  line. 
In  addition,  he  caged 
two  shots  from  the  field,  gi ving  him  a  total 
of  17  of  hi s  team's  27  points. 

For  the  first  15  mi nutes  the  M.  A.  C.  five 
played  rings  around  their  hosts,  hut  the  ad 
vantage  thus  gained  was  repeatedly  oJfset 
by  the  points  annexed  by  Detroit  on  fm,ls. 
Until  nearly  the end  of the  first  period  there 
was never  more  than  a  point or  two  between 
the  teams,  and  both  were 
traveling  at  a 
terrific  pace. 

For  Capt.  Gauthier  and  Goss,  who  were 
back  in  the  game,  it  was  their  Anal  appear 
ance,  and  both  played  a  brilliant game.  The 
team  appeared  to  be  weakened  by  the  Ohio 
trip  of  the  week  before,  and  the  playin!! 
became  rather  ragged  as  the  game  ended. 
Boosey,  for  Detroit,  was  the  real  brains  of 
hi s  team,  engineering  practicall y  every  play 
It was  his  quick  and  sure  judgment 
made. 
that  enabled  the  "Y"  five  to  draw  ahead  at 
the  finish . 

A  recent  issue  of  the  Ruml  N ew  Y O1'ke'r, 
of which  H.  W.  Collingwood.  'S3a,  is  ed itor, 
contains  an  excellent  article  on  "Social 
Needs  and  Possibilities  of  COllntl'ywomen," 
by  Dr.  K.  L.  Butterfield,  '91,  now  president 
of  Massachusetts  Agricultural  College. 

'12e. 

Fred Hewitt is  in  the turpentine,  resin and 

oil  business  in  Michigan. 

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A  MALICIOUS  ATTACK. 

Considerable  discussion  was  aroused  in 
many parts of Michigan  a  short time ago by 
an  article  credited  to  James  W.  Helme,  in 
which  the  faculty  and  students,  not  to  men 
tion  the  State  Board  and  the  taxpayers, 
were  severely arraigned for  permitting  such 
apparent  extravagances  as  the  annual  Jun 
ior  Hops. 

In  our  opinion,  the  thing  for  the  college 
people  to  do  is  to  ignore  the  attack.  so  far 
as 
is  possible.  True,  some  of  "Brother 
Jim's"  statements  were  so  incorrect  as  to 
be  humorous,  and  some  others  ought  to  be 
corrected  before  the  people  of  the  State, 
who  may  not  be  as  fami liar  with  the  other 
side  of the  question. 

the  department 

The  honorable  head  of  t.he  Dai ry  and 
Food  Department  carelessly  overlooked  the 
fact  that  without  M.  A.  C.  graduates  hi s 
record,  and  even 
itself, 
would  not  exist.  If all  our  alumni  followed 
his  rules  of  conduct  for  M.  A.  C.  graduates, 
the  four  or  five  men  who  do  the  work  for 
which Mr.  Helme gets the  credit would  have 
been  following  the plow  instead  of pursuing 
the  festive  bacteria- or  accumulating  evi 
dence  against  merchants  who  offer  lIsome 
thing  just as  good." 

To  go  further,  if  Brother  James  had  his 
way there would  be  no  advancement,  no  pro 
gress  in  agriculture.  The  new  gr adu 
ate  would  hustle  back  to  the  old  homestead 
the  day  after  commencement,  hang  his  di 
ploma  up  over  the  kitchen  stove  beside  the 

almanac  and  the  turkey  wing  duster,  don  a 
hickory  shirt  and  blue  jeans,  and  attempt 
to  justify  his  recent  expenditure  of  several 
hundred  perfectly  good  dollars  ill  quest  of 
education. 

Under  such  conditions,  the  advancement 
of  rural  standards,  resulting from  the  work 
of men  like  Bailey,  Holden.  Davenport,  But 
terfield,  and  a  host  of  others,  would  never 
be  even  dreamed  of. 
In  that  event,  friend 
Helme,  with  his  rural  paper,  would  prob 
ably be able to make his  readers  believe any_ 
thing  he  chose. 

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AND  AGAIN,  WE  REPEAT. 

While  the  balloting  on  the  new  by-laws  is 
going  on,  we  wish  to  repeat  the  expression 
of  a  few  weeks  ago.  that  annual  reunions 
seem  at this  time  absolutely  essential  to  the 
existence  of  the  association.  No  interest 
that  we  can  i magi ne  would  stand  the  strain 
of  enduring  over  a  t lu·ee-year · period. 
It 
will  be  necessary  to  do  the  thing  all  over 
each  time  if the  enthusiasm  was  allowed  to 
die  down,  as  seems  certain  to  happen  if the 
Trielmials  are  adhered  to.  Annual  meet 
ings  are  worth  a  trial. 

It is  not  expected  that  the  enhre  body  of 
the  alumni  will  ever  come  back  simultane 
ously.  Glad  as  we  would  be  to  see  every 
one,  such  a  large  number  could  scar cely  be 
cared  for.  The  attendance  last  June  taxed 
the  ingenuity  of  the  committee  to  the  limit, 
and  there  were but 700  present.  We  firmly 
believe  that out of the  3.000  and  more mem 
bers  of the  Association,  that 200  or  300  can 
find  it possible to come  back  each year.  Un 
der  some  such  plan  as  we  have  submitted, 
there  is  the  added  inducement  of  knowing, 
in  advance,  that  one  is  going  to  meet  the 
people  one  is  most  interested  in. 

*  *  • 
Worcester  "Tech"  alumni  raised  more 
than  $200,000  in  a  trifle  over  two  years,  to 
finance  a  new  athletic  field .  This  is  an  en 
institution.  The  graduates  and 
dowed 
former  students  of  Colorado  pledged  them 
selves  to  pay $5  a  year for five  yea rs,  to put 
their  association  on  a  working  ba si ~.  Ohio 
State  alumni  pay  dues  of  $3  annually,  di 
vided  equally  between  subscription  to  the 
mont hly,  membership.  and  initiation  fees. 
To  our  knowledge,  eleven  alumni  organiza 
tions,  comparable  to  our  own,  have  annual 
dues  f rom  $2  to  $5  annually.  Where  does 
that  leave  the  M.  A.  C.  Association,  as  a 
real,  live,  growing  Pl'opositicn ? 

The  modern  idea  of success  is not  in  just 
getting ahead,  but in getting ahead  of some 
body. 

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I COHRES ,PONDENCE 

interesting  manner: 

T.  C.  Lewis,  '9ge,  writes  of  hi s  work  in 
the  following 
IIFor 
the past three  years, except  for eight months 
with the Southern  Pacific  R.  R.,  I  have  been 
working  as  a  draftsman,  designer  and  as 
sistant  engineer  with  a  builder  of  refrig 
erati ng  machines  of  the  ammonia  absorp 
tion  type.  The  great  improvement  of  our 
machines  over  others  of  this  type  is  the  an 
hydrous  quality  of  the  ammonia  we  get  in 
our  receivers. 

"Literally,  we  use  heat  (and  heat  only ) 
to  make  ice.  There  are  no  machined  parts 
in  our  intermittent  machines,  but  they  are 
made into a  unit, capable of standing a  pres 
SUTe  of  750  pounds  without  a  leak  by  the 
use of the oxy-acetylene torch. Thi s system of 
weldi ng  should  certainl y  be  included  in  the 
equipment of  the  college  mechanical  depart 
ment. 

IIWe  can  easily  produce  20  degrees  below 
I  may  write a  book 

zero with  our  machines. 
on  the s ubj ect of  refrigeration  some  day. 

aMy  brothel',  Harry  \V.  Lewis,  with  '00, 
who  used  to  work  all  his  spare  ti me  for 
Prof.  Taft,  ill  horti culture,  is  now  pastor 
of  the  Tabernacle  M.  E.  church  in  Dallas, 
Texas." 

The  name  of  F.  B.  Cavanaugh  was  re 
cently  asked  for  in  the  RECORD.  Last  week 
the  fo llowing  letter  relative  to  Mr.  Cava 
naugh  was  recei ved  from  B.  F.  Kindig,  Elk 
hart,  Indiana: 

"F.  B,  Cavanaugh,  '0ge,  who  was  gradu 
ated  at M.  A.  C.,  and  to  whom  I  believe  you 
refer,  died  on  February  12,  1914,  at  his 
home  in  Hebron,  Ind.  Mr.  Cavanaugh  had 
been  extensively  engaged 
in  beekeeping 
since  his  graduation,  and  at  the  time  of his 
death  was  probably 
the  best  know n  bee 
I  am  unable  to  state  the 
keeper  in  Indiana. 
nature  of  his  illness,  onl y  knowing  that  he 
was  sick  for  some  two  months.  He  was  a 
director  of  the  National  Beekeepers'  Asso 
ciation,  and  had  won  a  wide  reputation  as  a 
writer and  speaker on  t he  subject  of apicul 
ture," 

To  the  Editor: 

I  was  much  interested  in  Mr.  Torrey's 
reminiscences  publi shed  in  last  week's  REC 
ORD.  It is  not  perhaps  generally  understood 
today  that  t he  idea  of  educating  farmers 
was  much scoffed  at in  t he early  days of the 
M.  A.  C.  Even fa rmers  themselves  laughed 
at  the  idea  of  sending  their  sons  to  such  a 
school  to learn farming .  A  strong sentiment 

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was abroad  to  divert  the  scheme  of an  agri 
cultural  college  from  its  original  purpose 
and  to  make  it  a  department  of  the  State 
University,  thus  giving  that  institution  the 
benefit  of  the  land  endowment  and  all  ap 
propriat.ions  for  such  a  school.  All  honor 
to  Han.  Rowland  E.  Trowbridge  and  other 
stau nch  supporters  of  the  college  in  its  in 
fancy,  but  I  do  not  wish  the  friends  of  the 
college  today  to  forget  Alonzo  Sessions,  a 
farmer  of  Ionia  county,  a  memher  of  the 
House  in  the  early  days  of  the  college,  who 
was  later Lieuten&nt  Governor  of  the  State 
from  1876  to  1880,  a  man  of  force  and  in 
fiuence  in  his  day,  and  who  not  only  stood 
stoutly  and  loyally  by  the  college  but  sent 
foul'  of  his  sons  and  one  daughter  there  to 
be  educated. 
I  was  a  boarder  at  "Saint's 
Rest"  for  two  years,  1868  and  1869,  when 
the  genial  mine  host  Rockwell  was  steward . 
The  first  night  I  spent  in  that  plain  but 
comfortable  old  hostelry  1  slept  with  Chas. 
W.  Garfield.  President  Abbot  never  ceased 
to  be  gratefal  to  my  father  for  his  strong 
support  of the  college,  and  it  was  also  provi 
dential  that such  names  as  Williams,  Abbot, 
Miles,  Kedzie,  and  Fairchild  gave  character 
to  the  early  days  of  the  institution. 

F.  A.  SESSIONS. 

ALUMNUS  HONORED  BY  SULTAN. 

Representative  Doremus,  of  Detroit,  in 
troduced  a  bill  in  the  house  recently  author 
izing  Lieutenant  Colonel 
.Tohn  P.  Finley, 
formerly  of  lVIichigan,  to  receive  through 
the  war  department  and  to  wear  a  medal 
presented  to  him  by  the  sultan  of  Turkey 
in  recognition  of  his  servict!s  among  "Mo 
hammedans  in  the  Philippines,  where  he  re 
cently  was in  command  of  the NIoro  district. 
As  al'my  officel's  cannot  accept  such  honors 
from  foreign  rulers  without  the  permission 
of  congress,  Colonel  Finley's  wife,  who  is 
now 
in  Ne,v  York  city,  appealed  to  Mr. 
that  the 
Doremus,  expressing 
necessary  permission  be  obtained  thl'ough  a 
congressman  of  the  state  of  which  her  hus 
band  is  a  native. 

the  wish 

Mr.  Finley  was  a  graduate  of  M.  A.  C.  in 
the  class  of  '73,  and  has  made  a  wonderful 
record  in  his  army  work.  He  is  one  of  the 
most  popular  officers  in  the  service,  and  it 
is  believed  that  permission  to  wear  the  sul 
tan's  decoration  will  be  granted  without 
difficulty. 

The  Engineer ing Society  held  a  most  suc 
cessful  banquet  at  the  Hotel  Downev  on 
Ttlesdr.y  of  last  week.  Over  150  students 
and  former  engineers  were  present,  and  en 
thusiasm  reigned  supreme. 

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THE  M.  A.  C.  RECORD. 

THE  IMPORTANT  THING  IN  COLLEGE . 

YALE  ALUMNI  METHOD  A SUCCESS. 

BY  A.  C.  BURNHAM,  '93. 

The  most  important  thing  for  a  man  to 
learn  in  college  is  something  about  t he  fun· 
damental  principles  governing  the  conduct 
of life  in  the  world  as it now  is-something 
about  how  to  vision  hi s  life,  how  to  plan  20 
years  ahead,  discriminating  between  the 
things  that are essential  and  t he things  rela 
tively 
something  about  an 
analysis  of  the  conditions,  drifts,  trends  of 
movements  and  thought in  the  world; some 
thi ng  about  how  to  set  about  putting  him · 
self  in  t une  with  these  thi ngs. 

immaterial; 

Yet  1  do  not  know  of  a  single  college 
whe, e  any  effort  is  made  systemati cally  to 
teach  these  things. 

Suppose,  for  argument's sake,  that  an  en 
gineeri ng  senior,  about  to  graduate,  should 
go  to  t he  Dean  of  Engineering,  and  ask  the 
Dean's  advice  as  to  whether  he  (the  stu 
dent)  should  go  to  the  South  Sea  Islands  as 
a  Ch"i stian  missionary :  This  might  be  the 
very  thing  the  yo ung  man  ought  to  do. 

The  Dean  might  be  the  greatest Dean  in 
America,  and  absolutely  unbiased,  so  fa,.  as 
he knew,  and  €\ "er so anxious to  advise  right 
ly.  But  would  he  advi se  rightly'?  Prob 
ably  not .  Th at would  be a  work  for  the late 
Professor  James,  or  perhaps  Ralph  Waldo 
Emerson.  Or,  at any  rate,  the gi\+jng of ad  
v ice  jn  s uch  a  case  would  be  the proper oOice 
of a  man  t1'ained  fol'  that 1)Wl'ticular  work. 

Where  there  are  2,000  students  gathered 
together  t here  should  be  a  place  to  go  in 
such  emergencies,  for ,  without a  doubt,  one 
half  of  them  will  be  more  or less  in  need  of 
such  guidance. 

Ou r  present  day  busines;;; 

literature  is 
pregnant  with  a  groping  effort  along  this 
line,  for  the  good  of  all-to  make  lif e  more 
effie ie" t. 

So  far  as  the  fundamentals  are  known. 
they  should  be  made  available,  organized 
and  systematically  taught,  to  a  slight  de 
gree,  at  least,  in  regular  classes,  as  a  part 
of  the  required  work  of  students  in  all  de 
partments. 

Don't  overlook  the  editorial  page. 

The  RECORD  has  just  received 

the  ,ad 
news  that  Al vin,  the  yo ungest  child  of  H. 
L.  Curtis,  of  Chevy  Chase,  ~Jal'yland,  wa~ 
l'un  down  and  instantly  killed  by  a  street 
car,  on  J anuary  31.  Mr.  Curtis  was  con 
nected  with  the  Physical  Department  f,'om 
1903  to  1907,  si nce  which  t ime  he  has  heen 
in  Division  of  Weights  and  Measures  at 
Wash ington,  D.  C.  On  behalf  of  hi s  man'y 
friends,  the  RECORD  extends  sinCel'€Et  sym 
pathy  to  Mr.  Curtis. 

Readers  of  the  RECORD  will  recall  the  edi  
torial  which appeared  a  short  time  ago  com 
menting  upon  the  plan  in  vogue  at  Yale fur 
getting the  old  boys  back  wh ile  classes  were 
in  session. 
It  was  rema1'l,ed  that  a  modi  
fication  of  such  a  plan  might  be  successful 
if tried  out at  our  own  college. 

That  other  colleges  haye  found  it  a  good 
thing  is  evidenced  by  the  results  sho\\'n  at 
Massachusetts  Agricul tural  College.  On 
February  27  and  28,  the  alumni  were  invit 
ed  to return and  take t heir places along with 
the  present  generation  of  students,  and  a 
g reat  deal  of  helpful  enthus iasm  was  a ro uS 
ed  in  th is  manner. 

C,  W.  Gil bert,  '12a,  \Va,  one  of  the  man y 
alumn i  present  during 
round-Ilp  week. 
"Gil"  is doing well  on  a  big- farm,  w ith  stach. 
!-ri ~  biggest 
l'aisinz  as  the  principal  line. 
adyance  thi s  spring  will  be  the erection  of a 
silo. 

F .  E.  Hoppins,  '96a,  of  Mancelona, 

re 
turned  to  the  College  for  the  first  time  in 
neal'l~r  20  years.  To  s ay  that  he  was  im 
pressed  \\'ith  the  appearance  of  his  old  col 
lege  is  putting  it  mildl y.  We  would  like  to 
have  more  of  these  "old  boys,"  who  iHl\-e 
been  away  so  long,  come  back  and  gee  what 
a  real  coll ege  we  have. 

Bl'eck  B.  Lu mbard,  ex-'07e,  is  lI OW  assist 
ant  cashier  in  the  Isle of  Pines  Bank,  Neu\'fl. 
Gerona,  Isle  of  Pines,  in  the  West  I ndies. 
leaving  college  he  has  e n jo~'cd  a 
Since 
varietr  of  experiences,  ha\-ing  iJeen,  among 
other  things,  a  machinist.  draftsman,  and 
fruit  rancher. 

George  H.  Elli s,  '07e.  who  is  in  the  Re 
trans  
clamation  Service,  has  I'ecentl~·  b€lel1 
ferred 
to  Fort 
from  Powell,  Wyoming, 
Shaw,  Montana.  He  writes  that  the  trolle)' 
cars  in  Billings  and  Great  Falls  were  the 
first  he  had  seen  for  three  years. 

_~  large  numbel'  of  Detroit  alumni  tu rned 
out  to  the  game  last  week.  One  group  of 
:10  0 1'  more  succeeded  in  getting  seats  to 
geth~r, and  ga\'e  some  of  the  good  old  yell:.:.. 

lJon't  overlook  the  ed itorial  page. 

lIuiJer  Shull,  '08a,  has  written  to  the  REC-
0«0. 
lI e  is  now  manager  of  the  pou ltry  c1e 
pal'tment  at.  "Waddington  Farm,"  Elm 
Grove,  W.  Va. 

The  RECORD  wants  the  address  of  G.  F.. 

Mile"  an  engineer  of  the  c la~s of  '96. 

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7 

Wbat' $ Doing  Cbi$  montb 

This  department  in  the  RECORD  is  design 
ed  to assist alumni  who  plan to visit the col 
lege  in  so  timing  their  visits  that  they  may 
attend  the  functions  most  interesting  to 
them.  We  believe  this  will  be of interest to 
fo rmer  members  of  the  various  societies. 
The  list of  social  functions  for  February  is 
given  below: 

March  13-Debate,  Armory. 

IJ 

14-Fel'onian  party,  _-\ nllOl'Y. 
"  14-Fol'senic  party,  Ag.  Bldg. 
20-0lympic  party,  Ag.  Bldg. 
" 
" 
'Milital'Y  pa rty,  Arm ory. 
21-
"  21-Ero  Alphian  party,  Ag.  Bldg. 

HORT.  CLUB. 

A  present  student,  a  former  student,  and 
a  man  who  has  employed  one  of  our  Hort. 
graduates  held  the  attention  of  the  Hart. 
Clu b  last  week.  A.  L.  Hopkin s,  of  Bear 
Lake.  Mich.,  has  employed  R.  R.  Pailthorpe, 
'I;},  for  the  past  two  years.  and  paid  him 
a 
fine  compliment.  He  said  "Pink"  got 
along  excellently  with  the  men,  held  their 
res pect,  and got mo re  work  out of them  than 
any  other  manager  he  had  ever  had . 

Ernest  Hart,  '14,  opened 

the  program 
with  a  descri ptive  ta lk  on  IITree  Surgery." 
He  explained  in  detai l  the  action  of  various 
fungi  and  rots  in  woods,  and  showed  how 
h'ees  so  affected  should  be  treated.  By  the 
aId  of  sildes  he  illustrated  the  methods  of 
In 
handling  various  kinds  of  operations. 
his  mind,  coal  ta r  is  the  cheapest  and  most 
effective  cove ring  for  tree  wounds.  Except 
for  holding cement  in  place,  he  believes  that 
bands  of  tin  a nd  zinc  are  injurio1l8  rather 
than  helpful. 

H.  1..  Bancroft,  '12,  Park  I nspector  and 
Forester-for  Lans ing,  gaye  a  brief  talk  on 
the  nursery  business.  Bancroft  was  con 
nected  with the  Ilgenfritz  nureeries at Mon 
roe  for  over  a  year,  and  knew  whereof  he 
'1'0  those  who  order  trees  he  says : 
spoke. 
"Get  your  orders  in  early  and  you  wi ll  get 
the  pick  of  the  trees.  You  will  ha ve  them 
when  you  are  ready  for  them,  and  not  have 
to  wait  upon  delays  afte r  your  gr ound  is 
ready." 

Allen  C.  Redding,  '83,  is  another  man 
from  1'\'1.  A.  C.  who  is  maldllg  good  in  the 
mining  busi ness.  After  many  years'  ex 
perience  as  manager  and  super intendent  of 
various  mines,  he  is  noW'  a  consulting  min 
ing  and  metallurgical  engineer,  with  head 
qualters in  San  Francisco,  Cal. 

TRACK  WORK  TO  START  SOON . 

Capt.  Juli an  and  his  squad  of  aspirants 
for  track  honors  will  begin  work  in  earnest, 
now  that  the  basketball  season 
is  o\·e,". 
Twi ce-a-week  workouts  haye  been  held  for 
the  past  month,  but  the  facilitie,  were  so 
poor  that  two  or  three  indoor  meets  which 
had  been  arranged  were  called  off.  With 
the  coming of good  weather  roore  interest  is 
expected. 

WORLD' S  RECORD  TO  M.  A.  C. 

The  local  rifle  team  has  at  last  achieved 
the  coveted  honor  of  establi shing  a  new 
world's  mark  in  indoor  target  shooting,  by 
scoring  994  out  of  a  possible  1,000.  The 
best  previolls  mark  was  988,  which  had 
twice  been  equaled  by  the sharpshooters  un 
der  the  ski llful  coaching  of  Lieut.  De  Lan 
cey.  The  new  score  will  doubtless  stand  for 
some  time. 

Ed.  Smith,  ' 12a,  who  for  the  past  two 
'years  has  been  employed  hy  the  govern 
ment  of  British  Columbia  to  institute  a 
series  of  fruit  storage  and  transportati on 
investigations,  has  recently  accepted  the  of 
fer  of a  position  with  the  Dominion  govern 
ment  at  Ottawa,  to  conduct  a  similar  line  of 
wo r k  whi ch  is  to  be  launched  duri ng 
t he 
present  year  by  the  Federal  Departmen t  of 
Agricul t ure.  Th e  offer  came  to  Mr.  Smith 
th rough  the  recognition  of  the  importance 
of  his  work 
in  the  western  province.  and 
carries  with  it  most  promising  poss ibilities, 
and  what  is  of  more  material  importance  to 
him  a  considerable  raise  in 
sala l'v.  The 
new  work  is  to  be  taken  on  May  1st,  after 
which  his  address  will  be  at Ottawa. 

Dean  R.  S.  Shaw  was  recently  quoted  in 
some  newspapers  to  the  effect  that  people 
a r e  coming  to  appreciate  the  food  value  of 
peanuts.  and  that  the  time  is  not  rar  ofl" 
when 
important 
a rticle  of  diet.  Close  to  thi s  comes  the  re 
mark,  credited  to  Prof.  Gi ltner,  that  people 
oug ht  to  eat  mOre  fish  and  cheese. 

the  goobers  will  be  an 

Burt  Egerton,  'l Oe, 

is  getting  ahead  In 
the  real  estate  game  ill  Detroit.  He  can 
usually  be  fou nd  at  the  olliee,  Burrows 
Egerton  Co.,  at 143  Griswold,  near  the  City 
Hall. 

Ralph  G.  Chamberlain, 

'13e,  hrilliant 
student  and  star  athlete  whi le  in  college,  is 
teaching  mathematics  and  coaching  ath 
letics  at  Ironwood,  Mich . 

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THE  M .  A .  C.  RECORD. 

AN  OPE N  LETTER. 

Editor: 

I  most  emphatically  cannot 
appr ove  of  the  proposed  plan 
for  alumni  l'eunions,  and  can 
not conceive  that any  of the old 
er  members  can.  It is  difficult 
to  understand  how  the  latest 
graduates  can  like  it. 
I  think 
my case is typical  of  the others, 
so  here  it is: 
I  may  meet  with 
the  c1asses  of '65,  '6,  '7,  and  '8. 
I  have  also  some  very  dear 
living  from  the 
friends  still 
classes  of  '61, 
'3,  and  '4, 
whom  I  very  much  want  to 
meet,  and I  feel  sure they might 
gather  from  Kansas,  Montana, 
and  Californi a  if  t hey  might  be 
sure  of  meeting  those  whom 
they  knew  in  later  classes.  But 
no,  they  meet  in  another  year, 
and  not  more  than 
three  can 
come,  and  as  they  meet  no  oth 
ers,  doubtless  none  will  come. 

'2, 

Wh om  may  I  meet?  The 
class  of  '65  is  listed,  but  there 
was  never  such  a  class .  All  of 
'66,  save one,  have gone to their 
last reward.  Yes, I  want to meet 
Jo  Gunnison .  Then  comes  my 
own  class,  '67,  and  the few  who 
remain  of  '68,  a  very  small  and 
unsatisfactOl'Y  gathering, 
for 
there  were  many  in t he  ten  fol  
lowing  classes  whom  I  knew 
and whom  I  really  wish to  meet, 
but  they  have  gatherings  at 
various  other  years,  when  few 
will  corne  because they can  hope 
to  meet  but  few  whom  they 
have  known. 

But,  note the folly  of it all,  I 
am  to  meet  four  classes  about 
20  years  later  than  mine,  not 
one  of  whom  I  have  ever  met, 
or  with  whom  we  can  have  no 
remini scences  in  common.  And 
then another group  39 year s  be 
hind  us,  or  ahead  of  us,  and  no 
in  common  save 
l'emembrance 
Prof.  Kedzie.  They  r emember 
him  as 
the  dignified  Dean 
of  an  important  department, 
standing  \\'ith  uncovel'ed  head 
before  an  immense class of men 
30  years  his 
j ullior.  Ou,'  re 
membrance  of  the  professor  is 
five  years  old, 
when  he  was 
when  he  showed  us  how  he 
could  find  words  in  the  diction 
ary  if  there  were  pictures  ac 
companying,  and  if  he  could 

,- first  get the number of the  page 
where 
they  could  be  found. 
When,  too,  he  assured  us  that 
he  should  "hate  to  be  so  eman 
t hat  Mr.  Howe." 
cipated  as 
This  was  soon  after  the  day  of 
emancipation,  but  perhaps  he 
referred  to  Howe's  physique, 
than 
which  resembled,  more 
any ' other 
familiar  object,  a 
match 
split  somewhat  more 
tha n  half  its  length. 

Of  what  interest  are  these 
reminiscences  to  the  class  of 
1912?  And  finally  the last item 
on  the  program,  in  1928, 
the 
'04,  '5,  '6,  and  '07 
classes  of 
are  permitted  to  assemble,  but 
are  cut  off  by  four  years  from 
meeti ng 
the  Naughty  One's 
they  wor shipped  t here,  and  oth 
ers  who  were  Naughty  Two. 
No,  a  grouping  of  all  the  older 
ones  together,  then  a  younger 
group,  three  or  four  in  all  and 
overlapping  f Ol'  triennial  meet 
ings,  strikes  me  as  infinitely 
better. 

DANIEL  STRANGE,  '67. 

K.  L.  Butterfield, 
as 

'9Ia,  ex 
pr esses  himself 
foll ows: 
liThe  new  scheme  of alumni  re  
unions  is,  on  the  whole,  a  very 
good  one.  We  are  using  it  in 
think  it 
Massachusetts,  but  I 
ought  to  be  understood  that  all 
classes  desiring  to  have  special 
reUnIons,  such  as  20th,  "Oth, 
and  so  on,  should  be  allowed  the 
privilege.  A  l'eunion,  especiall y 
of  older  men,  such  as  these, 
means  much  more  than  just  go-
ing to  the College." 

J . A.  BISSINGER 
FLORIST 

Our  Cut  Flowers  are  the  best  10  be  had. 
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616·624  N. Oaplt.ol  Aye. 

Both  Phones. 

A.  II.  Voight, 

'81,  of  Los 
Angeles,  Cal., writes that he has 
just r eturned home from  a  busi 
ness  trip through  the East,  dur 
ing  which  he  met  and  visited 
with  many  former  M.  A.  C. 
people.  Among  others  whom 
he saw  were  Mr.  and  Mrs. J.  E . 
Cou lter  of  Grand  Rapids,  Her 
bert  Bamber  of  Philadelphia, 
and  Dl'.  B.  S.  Palmer  of  Roch 
ester,  N.  Y.  Mr.  Bamber  has 
been  an  extensive  traveler,  his 
last journey  including  a  visit  to 
Palestine. 

O.  C.  Hollister.  '89a,  is  presi 
dent of the Looking  Glass  River 
]  m pro v e m e 11  t  Association, 
which  has  for  its  object  t he  im 
provement  of  drainage  facili 
ties  in  Livingston,  Shiawassee, 
and  Clinton  counties.  Mr.  Hol- . 
lister  was  the  first  grandson  of 
M.  A.  C.,  hi s  father  havi ng 
graduated  in  '61. 

E.  J .  Rowley,  '89a,  was  a 
the 
college 
visitor  during 
round-up.  At  t he  present  time 
he  is  conn ected  with  the  ci rcu 
lation  department  of  t he  Rumi 
New  York er,  and  reports  that 
he  finds  many  M.  A.  C.  people 
in  various  parts  of  the  country 
into  \vh ich  his  work  takes  hi m. 

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