THE, M-A/C- RECORD VOL. XX TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 24, 1914. NO. 9 Wt0K Hap1" WJtr 9 St £^g'.:_,." £**<* | I f'j ' £ vj Published by" We MICHIGAN AGRICULTURAL COLLEGE ASSOCIATION East Lansing, Michigan I. THE M. A. C. RECORD. D I R E C T O RY Alumni Business and Professional Directory Lansing Business and Professional Men T ' HE osrrtes in t h is Directory, as well as t h o se of all o ur 1 o t h er a d v e r t i s e r s, a re of reliable p a r t i e s. We hope t he faculty a nd s t u d e n ts will p a t r o n i ze t h o se who p a t r o n i ze u s. A. ME. E M E RY in; W a s h i n g t on A v e. X. Books. F i ne S t a t i o n e r y. F n g r a v ed Calling Cards, F o u n t a in Pens. P i c t u r e s, F r a m e s. F i ne F r a m i ng a S p e c i a l t y. Galling Cards p r i n t ed p r o m pt ly. $1.00 per lee. C R O T TY B R O S. •.'or. >"o. W a s h i n g t on Ave. S t a t i o n e r y. Books. Bibles. F o u n t a in Pens. Diaries for 1915, I. P. Note Books. B L I D E A I' & S I E B E RT B o o k b i n d e r s. Account Book Makers. P a p er Ruling, Library and Fine A rt Bindings. File Boxes, M ap M o u n t i n g s, Albums* Pocket Books. F t c. Citizens* p h o ne No. 188. In City National Bank BuHdin.tr. Geo. G. Bludoau a nd H e n ry H . S h ' b e r t. I . O l ' lS B E CK C O M P A NY 113 No. W a s h i n g t on A v e. Correct Clothes. V p - t o - d a te H a ts a nd Caps. Olassy F u r n i s h i n g s. H. II. E A R N ED C H I N A. C L A SS A SH L A M PS in"> W a s h i n g t on A v e. S. .1. E. S T O F F E R, D. D. S. Office 288-5 City National Bank Bldg. A u t o m a t ic P h o ne 2S6I Bell P h o ne 61 N O R T O N 'S H A R D W A RE General H a r d w a r e, T i n w a r e. G r a n i t e w a r e, C u t l e r y. Stoves, F t c. Ill W a s h i n g t on Ave. S. See A d. M R S. O. T. C A SE M a n u f a c t u r i ng a ll styles of H a ir Goods to Order, a nd H a ir Goods S h o p. Old switches e n l a r g e d, colored a nd r e n o v a t ed to look a- good as new. The F r a n c o - A m e r i c an H y g i e n ic Toilet Requisites a Specialty A u t o m a t ic p h o n e. No.:il"l. I'Li'r W a s h i n g t on A ve S. D R. O S C AR II. B R C E G E I. Cor. Michigan A v e. a nd G r a nd R i v er Ave., F a st L a n s i n g. H p u r s: 7 to Ss5f) a . m .: -J to -1 a nd 7 to s p. ni. S u n d a y s. 12 to 1 and .", to I'I p; m. Citizens' p h o ne 1344; Bell cil. OR. II. W. L A N D ON F a st L a n s i n g. Mi(di. Office h o u r s: 7 to 8:30 a. in.. J to :', and, 7 t 6 8 p . n i. S u n d a y s, _ ' ' .l p . m. Citizens1 phone9228. DR. J. S. O W EN EvKi K A K. N O SE ANI> T H R O AT 15 W . A l l e g an St., L a n s i n g. pitizeUS' p b o ne 17:;. A L L EN A: DE K I . E I NE P R I N T I NG CO. P r i n t i n g. T y p e w r i t e r s, A d d i ng Machines, Office Supplies, P r o g r a m s. E n g r a v ed Oards, Filing C a b i n e t s, Sectional Book Oases. Bell Je'.d Automatic:'.!::';. Special care given to M. A. 0. and Its s t u d e n t -. A. E O W E N, M. D. 128 W. Allegan St.. Lansing, Mich. K Y K. K A U. NOSK A X II T H R O A T. D R. C. A. G R I F F I N, Osteopath 424 T u s s i ng Bldg., L a n s i ng 328 Grove St., E a st L a n s i ng A u t o m a t ic p h o n e. S t u d e nt r a t e s. C A P I T OL E L E C T R IC S U P P LY CO. EJLKCTKIC S l ' P P L I KS OF A LL K l X BS L a t e st I m p r o v e m e n ts in R e a d i ng L a m p s, T u n g s t en L a m p s, S h a d e s, e t c. M o t o rs a nd G e n e r a t o r s. 117 Michigan A v e. E. P A G E L S EN & S P E N C ER P A T K N T S. P A T K NT L A W, T K A P K M A K KS 11(17-10 C h a m b er of C o m m e r ce Bldg., Detroit, Michigan K. N. Pagelsen. *s'.i L. M. S p e n c e r, 'et> F o r m e r ly E x a m i n e rs IT. S. P a t e nt office. D R. E. A. S E E L Y E, O s t e o p a t h ic P h y s i c i an 800 P r u d d e ii Bldg., L a n s i n g. H o u r s: 9 to 11:80 a nd 1:30 to 5. Special a t t e n t i on given to rectal diseases. K l ' M B O S S! K U M B O S S! n o l s t e i n s, of course. K I M I H O SS H O L S T K IX F A R M. H o w e l l, Micliigan J. G. H A Y S, '11, P r o p r i e t o r. K 1 I M B O S S! E v e ry t i me you call y o ur cows you a d v e r t i se my farm ! G O O D E L L, Z E L IN C. (Forestry, M. A. C. ' 1 1 i i N S t ' K A N OK A ND BONUS OF I'lVKRY K I N" I) If you h a v e n 't insured y o ur salary, b e t t er see or w r i te Ooodell about a good p r o p o s i t i o n. L \ N S I M; I N S I ' K A N O F, A G K N C Y, I n c .. Ilo W . M i c h i g an Ave., L a n s i n g. Mich. O R N A M E N T AL Nl R S E RY >ur n u r s e ry stock is " M a de in America."' We h a n d le h a r dy trees, s h r u b s; e v e r g r e e n s, vines, a nd p e r e n n i a l s. No w ar prices on l a n d s c a pe p l a n s. R. .1. ClIRYKl.l,. 'SI R A L PH I. OOB VKI.r., "II Birmingham.*' Mich, B E T T ER P A I N T - D I R E CT TO Y OU W K ST C H E M I C AL & P A I NT Co.. S p r i n g p o r t, M i c h. R. .1. W K S T. eX-'er, W. H. W K ST West pays t he freight : _: llltllllll! Illlllllllllllllll U n\ i i a u r n uv ^J tc»ci\arnA t, a % a & Li 11 it o i u i ce m o 11 Lv Always a selection of t he latest styles a nd the new est features conforming to c o r r e ct social u s a ge Orders' s e nt in by m a il r e c e i ve o ur m o st careful a t t e n t i on R o b e rt S m i th P r i n t i ng C o. Lansing, Michigan ~ THE MAC RECORD EAST LANSING, MICHIGAN, TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 24, 1914. NO. 9 VOL. XX. M. A. C. PEOPLE ARE GETTING THE HABIT. in your The season interest If, to contain from one to two accounts of team has gone is well under way for gatherings of M. A. C. people to be most successful, and we ex pect every RECORD from now on throughout the win these ter meetings. The football through a very successful season, the old College is booming, to an and everything points in M. A. C. locality, in her history. unparalleled there is no organized Association, write to the Sec r e t a ry and get the names of the people who might be interested in s t a r t i ng one, and have a meeting, even if there are no more t h an half a dozen. We It is but a short m u st nave a nucleus to s t a rt with. the present time until. Christmas vacation, when s t u d e n ts will be at T h at would be an excellent opportunity for y o u . to show them t h at the old grads. still r e t a in the same loyal spirit and also furnish an occasion to get into closer touch with the activities of the College t h an is pos sible the RECORD. Plan a through 'the columns of get-to-gether for the holidays. respective homes. their WASHINGTON ALUMNI GIVE BANQUET FOR VISITORS. The Ebbitt House, Washington, D. C, was the successful scene, on Nov. 12th, of one of the most meetings ever held by M. A. C. people, both from the standpoint of attendance and genuine ' good fel lowship." The meetings of The American Associa tion of A g r i c u l t u r al Colleges and E x p e r i m e nt Sta the Promotion of Agri tions, American Society for cultural Education, the Land G r a nt Colleges E n g i n e e r i ng Society, held in Washington t h at week, together from all p a r ts were representing of fair every walk of life. This annual meeting bids to be looked forward through out the country with a good deal of pleasurable an ticipation. the United States, M. A. C. men, the means of calling to by M. A. C. m en and Much credit for the success of the meeting is due '04, and J. H. Tibbitts, '73, to President Adelman, who had charge of the banquet. No formal speeches t h at had been a r r a n g ed fior, and the there would be none until a few m i n u t es before banquet, so in indulged talks came as a result of t h at sparkling spontaniety which t h at were t h o u g ht it was t h at the to the front whenever old friends a nd new comes friends of M. A. C. assemble together for an expres sion of loyalty and r e a w a k e n i ng of e n t h u s i a sm for good old M. A. C. And interest was not lacking in the new order of things at the college as described by P r e s i d e nt Snyder. A count showed t h at 92 were present at the tables, about half of which n u m b er were from out of town. to the "old It was a meeting especially of interest guard," and interested the later "boys" were much in the reminiscences of the former. Dr. Beal was there, also David Fairchild, Howard E d w a r d s, W. W. Tracy, A. B. Cordley and E. A. Burnett. Be sides these men the following were called on for five- m i n u te t a l k s: A. M. Brown, K. L. Butterfield, Mrs. J. L. Snyder, F. H. Hillman, G. W. Bissell, Eben mumford, F. B. Mumford, C. E. Marshall, C, S. Lang- don, [n addition to the above, we have the follow ing names of those present: W. A. R i n n a n, '86; M. A. Crosby, '02; H. J. Schneider, '04; Mrs. Schneider; '94: Mrs. C, B. Smith, '02; Mrs. H. B. C. B. Smith, Fuller, '01; Dick J. Crosby, '93; Mrs. D. J. Crosby; '88; M r s .' F. W. Howe, M. S., '07; Wm. A. Taylor, '09; G. V. Wm. Taylor; Miss Taylor; R. A. T u r n e r, '13; D. A. Stroh, '15; Branch, '12; L. M. Hutchins, '15; Mrs. A. Adelman; Cora L. Feld- G. K. Fisher, '88; kamp, '04; Mrs. Mrs. L. H. Dewey, Sp. '90; D. A. Gurney, Gurney; Adelbert Dryer, '03; C. P. Close, '95; Mrs. Close; F. D. Stevens, '03; C. E. Thorne, '66; L. A. '11: G. P. Springer, Clinton, '11; Donald McPherson, '74; W. J. Meyers, '90; Mrs. Meyers; C. Gillette, '84; Mrs. F. H. H i l l m a n; H. C. Skeels, '96; Mrs. McGee; J. E. W. Tracy, '96: H. B. Fuller, '92; C. E. '82: Mrs. Bassett; Miss Bassett; L. B. Bassett, Scott, '11; E. R. Lake, '85; W. F. Wight, '94; L y m an Carrier, '02; Mrs. '02; Mrs. Carrier; J. M. R a n k i n, '97; H. E. Van Norman, R a n k i n; E. D. Sanderson, '97; W. D. Hurd, '99; Mrs. H u r d; H e n ry Thurtell, '95; Mary B a k er '88; Mrs. T h u r t e l l; C ay Tallman, Waite, '98; Roy H. Waite, '07; C. E. F e r r i s, '90; S. W. Doty, '07; Mrs. Doty. '98: Mrs. Skeels; W. J. McGee, '89; A. N. Shelander, '05; R. J. Baldwin, '04; L. H. Dewey, The following are the n u m b e rs of students eating the at the various boarding clubs on the campus at present t i m e: A, 105; B, 90; C, 210; D, 335; E, 78; G, 90. This m a k es a total of 908 or a little over half of the total enrollment which shows t h at t he college is growing considerably, as these clubs' could take care of nearly all the students b ut a few years back. 4 THE M. A. C. RECORD. T HE M. A. C. RECORD P U B L I S H ED BY T HE EVERY TUESDAY DURING T HE M I C H I G AN AGRICULTURAL ASSOCIATIOX. COLLEGE YEAR COLLEGE c. s. LAXGDOX , -11 - Managing Editor. SUBSCRIPTION PRICE, $1.00 P ER YEAR. E n t e r ed as second-class mail m a t t er at the Post Office in Lansing, Mich. Subscriptions may be paid for by P. O. Money Order, Draft, or Registered Letter. S t a m ps will not be accepted. Address all subscriptions and advertising m a t t er to the M. A. C. RECORD, E a st Lansing, Mich. Address all contributions to the Managing Editor, E a st Lan sing, Mich. Business Office with Lawrence & Van Buren Print ing Co., 210-212 Grand Ave. No., Lansing, Mich. TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 24. 1914. CONFERENCE OF ALUMNI SECRETARIES. At Columbia and Yale Universities, on November the table." that no the word, stenographic these various this meeting, some of themselves and discussed these discussions three delegates, and institutions is of no practical 19th, 20th, and 21st, was held the t h i rd a n n u al con ference of the Association of Alumni Secretaries. About 7( institutions of the United States were rep the nearer ones resented at the if any of sending two and that an think alumni of importance alumni organization report of they should this read in the strict sense meeting. This was a Conference of im speaker of national in t he portance was called in to settle the problems of alumni secretaries, but these problems were brought up by the delegates in a it developed "round In that some associations were on such a firm basis that they had considerable weight in regard to legis raised lative problems. One of . t he institution *1,200. over the heads of the board of regents, and in this way had been a great factor t he Several alumni asso s t a n d a rd of ciations are entirely the college or university and have found that to be the better plan. entirely Others have are found no fault with these a r r a n g e m e n t s. A good many of the associations, ami iome oj tin m associa tions of state have carried on propa gandas for endowment, both scholarship and build in these funds hun ing, and have brought dreds of to be used for future upbuilding of together thousands of dollars salary of a professorship these had actually independent of institutions. institution. in raising institutions, dependent almost and the the the the in it is All to grow, these discussions made the the secretary of M. A. C. Association appreciate, very keenly, the fact t h at our Association is truly in its infancy, and, if the (we know there is a great e n t h s u i a sm and support difference in these terms) of an ever increasing num ber of the g r a d u a t es and former s t u d e n ts of M. A. C. This increase in n u m b e rs and support is not to the readers of these lines, but come directly from to be fed by is due t h at it the influence touch with them and members of the Association, we through t h at will reach out and by look for an into sheer strength of loyalty serve to bring others closer institution. Thus a greater responsibility rests upon graduates of M. A. C. And we must realize that knocks upon the policy of the institution will be of no avail as long as the Asso ciation is in such a position t h at these knocks bound back with the force. editor, with his slight knowledge of the policies of institutions and alumni associations, gained other largely through this meeting of alumni secretaries, t h at the biggest good t h at can possibly come to the V. A. C. Association and to M. A. C. m u st come through boosting our alma m a t er and our associa tion. redoubled it seems So to ELECTRICAL ENGINEERING ADVANCES' is a ten horsepower, 220 volt the past year of electrical increased, in order the equipment of the de During engineering has been ma partment terially to provide the students a better practical knowledge of electrical applica tions and measurements. Among the a p p a r a t us re cently added three unit motor generator set, ccnsisting of a ten horsepower, 220 volt, direct cur rent motor, a induction motor, and a ten kilowatt, 220 volt, one, two, and three phase a l t e r n a t i ng current generator. This set is mounted in one corner of the laboratory, and, in addition for various experi to providing material ments, can be used as a source of power. The equipment for study of lighting is luminous arc transformer and a test circuit for increased by a Sharp-Miller portable photometer, a General lamp, and an A-W constant Electric tungsten current lamps operated transformers have all been removed from the cases and mounted to facilitate easy .handling. Three new trucks on two-kilowatt added. The latter were made especially for the department, and have low voltage p r i m a ry and secondary coils, and will be used principally for studying the effect of the different methods of connecting three phase circuits. A new marble panel, together with a two- pole circuit breaker and a Synchronism indicator. have been added transformers have also been to the switchboard. The old series. in One of the rooms in the basement of the Engineer as an electrical ing building has been set aside s t a n d a r ds room. The equipment consists of a West- s t a n d a rd A. C.-D. C. voltmeter, Carey inghouse Ecster Bridge for m e a s u r i ng low resistance, and a complete equipment for the calibration of voltmeters and ammeters. '06, is at present F r a nk M. Gracy, instructor in drawing during the college year of '05 and instructor in drawing at the Massachusetts I n s t i t u te of Tech the Roxbury Eve nology, and ning Industrial School besides coaching the Boston the Y. M. C. A. wrestling summer months Gracy for girls at Harrison, Me. team. During r u ns a summer camp is also teaching in THE M. A. C. RECORD. 5 DR. BEAL AT THE WASHINGTON MEETING. M. A. C. ALUMNUS MAKES A FINE GIFT TO GRAND RAPIDS. The following a re some of the r e m a r ks m a de by Dr. Beal at the M. A. C. banquet in W a s h i n g t o n: "Home and foreign missionaries of M. A. C: Though from my youth brought up a teetotaler, you will bear with me tonight, for I am slightly intoxi students cated on meeting so many of my former teaching who have passed under the lash of my and have become thrifty citizens. I am satisfied t h at of the throngs these meetings, more persons have been my students t h an have been stu dents of any other person or any other college or university in the land. that attended "I am forcibly reminded of what Dr. Asa Gray, one of my teachers of H a r v a r d, said to m e: 'If you are going to teach botany, you m u st m a ke up your m i nd t h at some of your students will in time surpass you.' D u r i ng my work at M. A. C. I received many hard knocks, but forty years, gradu finally, after ated at M. A. C, where the Board of Agriculture is p r i n t i ng a history of the college in which I have m a de use of an opportunity to jaw back. At Am- ~herst I am striving to become an expert in breeding White Wyandottes, queens of the egg basket, whose sons never set. t h at M. A. C. students, "I have often wondered at the success of so many the Agricultural College, a t t r a c t i ng a t t e n t i on from of many persons in various walks of. life. Hon. H. R. Pattengill observes like a cat, no m a t t er how let loose, always strike on their feet. I t h i nk this success due. to t he fact t h at most of their teachers strive from the s t a rt to b r i ng out the best t h at is in the students, by way of original investigation—to urge them to do their own think ing, and to learn to rely on their initiative as much as possible." that David Fairchild, Washington, D. C, youngest son time pro of the late George T. Fairchild, at one told Dr. fessor of English at M. A. C, recently Beal two good p o r t r a i ts of his father in existence, one at t he K a n s as Agricultural College, a nd the other at Berea College, in Kentucky. The one in Berea can be copied for M. A. C. by the woman who prepared the original. there were The widow of the late Dr. Miles lives in Lansing, and possesses a considerable n u m b er of good photo graphs of h er late husband. information regarding St. Joseph A letter from E. E. Hotchins, '12, discloses the fol county: lowing " H a r ry Taft's soccer team here in Constantine won last Saturday by the championship of the county beating B u rr Oak, 3 to 2. Taft is coming strong here. He seems to be universally liked by students and p a t r o ns of the school, and is m a k i ng good with a capital G. laid up in a football game I was fool enough to participate in, a nd as a consequence am walking on crutches with a sprained ankle." I am a cripple at present, being Mr. a nd Mrs. Charles W. Garfield have giyen to the Grand Rapids P a rk and Boulevard Association the six-acre wood lot which h as for y e a rs been an attractive feature of the Burton farm. T he Asso ciation is to m a i n t a in this as a woodland park, a nd as a p a rt of the city's park and boulevard system. T he property is on Jefferson Drive, S. E., j u st west of the Garfield a nd Fletcher playground. The trees on the property were all grown from seed planted by Mr. Garfield, and m a ny different varieties a re to t he represented. The gift came as a surprise t he adoption of Association, who accepted is a g r a d u a te a suitable resolution. Mr. Garfield of the class of '70, a nd shows much loyalty to his home city, as well as to his alma mater. it with OLD GRADS BANQUET AT GENEVA. The meeting of the New York State Normal In stitute workers, held at Geneva, November 15-18, loyal was the occasion for b r i n g i ng together several • M. A. C. men. As a result an informal dinner w as a r r a n g ed for at the Seneca Hotel, at which the fol lowing were in a t t e n d a n c e: C. D. Smith, Director of E x p e r i m e nt Station, '93-'08; F. H. Hall, '88; Mrs. F. H. Hall; Dorothy Hall; U. P. Hedrick, '93; Mrs. U. P. Hedrick; D. J. Crosby, '93; H u gh P. Baker, '01; E. R. Bennett, '04; C. C. Taylor, '09; C. B. Tubergen, '11; M. T. Munn, '12; Mrs. Munn, '14; C. C. Carstens, '13. '02; W. J. Wright, in no way take This meeting will the place of the regular New York Association banquet held each winter, and those not present who are in this p a rt of t he state can look forward to meeting alumni at t h is later time. of the productiveness L. B. Scott, '11, with t he Department of Agricul t u re at Washington, h as been doing bud selection work on apple trees in Ionia county t he past month. there is just as much difference Scott reports t h at a nd character in fruit trees as there is in t he yield of corn from different from different ears. In the orange bud selection work eleven different s t r a i ns have already been noted a nd named, a nd Scott reports t h at he h as found five different s t r a i ns of N o r t h e rn Spys, some of which color up very well a nd some but little, some t h at are producing t h at a re shy large crops a nd some bearers. The citrus work h as been going on long enough so t h at bearing trees have been propagated from improvement these selected buds, and much h as been shown over the old common stock. Prof. Gunson spoke on t he "Possibilities and Op in H o r t i c u l t u r e" at the portunities for Graduates last Hort. meeting. Japanese persimmons t h at h ad been treated to take out t he t a n n i ng were sampled, and pronounced fine. Everyone feasted on the Long- field apple. 6 THE M. A. C. RECORD. "\X7E will be pleased to s h ow you a complete a s s o r t m e nt of C a s s e r o l es a nd A l u m i n um W a re FOUNTAIN PENS Waterman's., Parker's, Mercantile, Etc. $ 1 . 00 to $ 6 . 0 0, all g u a r a n t e ed AT C O L L E GE D R UG & GROCERY S T O RE Electric Supplies. Full line of Euerything. Agents for Star Laundry. ANDY' s Same old Cut-up BARBER 3—and then some S H OP ^shoes shined) Basement of College Drug & G rocery Co. LOOK FOR T HE SIGN H. A. S AS Close at 6:15. H O T EL W E X T W O R TH 250 ROOMS European Plan—$1.00 up. Special rates to M. A. C. Students on Friday, Saturday and Sunday. If Experience and Equipment Count We have b o t h — In business since 1891 FRENCH DRY CLEANERS. DYERS AND TAILORS 114-16 Washter A. G. B I S H OP K W. Both Phones FOR A S T U D E NT Working his way through college A REMINGTON TYPEWRITER Is the best money maker. We rent visible Remingtons at $2.50 per month. $5.00 applies on purchase price. REMINGTON T Y P E W R I T ER CO. 211 Prudden Bldg. Lansing, Mich. „. Phones: j C i t i z e ns 9 5 85 \ Bell 873 Visit our Candy Department You'll find the best to be had in bulk and package goods. Our Saturday Special at 29c per pound cannot be duplicated in the city. C. J* R O U S ER D R UG CO. 12; s. Wash. Ave. ALUMNI NOTES. E. E. Kurtz, '10, is engineer with the Michigan State Highway Department. 0. C. Wheeler, '87, will be listed in the next cata log as farmer, Morley, Mich. C. H. Sutherland is superintendent of the Michi gan Leather Products Co., of Rochester, Mich. J. D. Stannard, '76, is engineer in the Reclamation Service, with present headquarters at Alamosa, Col. Ed. Sauve, '11, has just accepted the position of laboratory assistant in farm mechanics under H. H. Musselman. Dean A. B. Cordley, '88, of the Oregon Agricul tural College, was a campus visitor this week on his way home from meetings in Washington. Dean Cordley tells us that Oregon has 1,500 students en rolled, and 30 graduate students. Damon A. Spencer, '13, assistant animal husband man at Oklahoma A. and M. College, writes that he is very well pleased with the situation in Oklahoma. Most of the time this fall he has been traveling around to the different fairs, judging cattle, and has had an excellent opportunity to study conditions. He says that people are at present abandoning the cot ton crop to adopt the live stock system of farming. He also states that in his travels he has found that R. C. Potts, now professor of dairying at that insti tution, is very popular, and has won more than ordi nary success. Floyd Barden, '08, an enterprising farmer near South Haven, has just added to his dairy herd some mere pure bred Holstein stock. There is an effort being made in this vicinity to get away from the one crop method, as fruit raising might be consid ered, and take up systems of farming that will better handle the help problem, and also keep up the fer tility of the soil to a greater extent. We are glad to know that Barden is in the lead in this movement. Norma Burrell, ex-'15, is in charge of the milk and water testing laboratory at the South Haven mu nicipal water and electric light plant. The .purity of the city milk and water is maintained by this in spection. The following letter has been received from Irving Gingrich, who is supervisor of music and drawing in the schools of Miami, Fla.: "Dear RECORD: "This is one big jump from Price, Utah. But there is a reason for taking it, and that is—larger opportunty. The c'imate is 'hot stuff' for people ac there are a good customed to mountain air, and many new kinds of vermin—enough to make B. B. Alley turn green with envy. Among the latter is the scorpion, which wet weather drives into the houses. "There are compensations here, however. The tropical fruits are much more delicious than the same. fruits in the north, and there are many per ishable fruits that we have scarcely heard of in the north. This is surely a land of good eats. THE M. A. C. RECORD. 7 "This is a city of northern people. There was one house here 18 years ago, 5,000 inhabitants in 1910, and I believe the city's contention of 25,000 at present is a reasonable estimate. "Every street in the city is paved with native white rock. The schools and churches are of beau finished off with pure tiful Spanish architecture, white stucco and red tile roofs. In fact, so many buildings are white that it can be literally called 'The White City.' A man can wear Palm Beach trousers a week without getting them soiled. "The entire state of Florida is undergoing a change for the better in educational system. Bet ter salaries are paid than in Indiana and Michigan. School boards are requiring high school teachers to have college degrees, in addition to which the state requires a special subject taught, and these papers must grade at least 90 per cent. examination in each "Enclosed find some filthy lucre to defray costs on the M. A. C. RECORD. I am always interested in the boys and girls that have been, are, and are going to be in the institution. "Sincerely yours, "IRVING GINGRICH, '02." NEWS AND COMMENT. M. A. G. STUDENTS A L W A YS W E L C O ME c^T The Mills St ore A complete assortment gf Bedding, Rugs, Draperies, Women's Wear, Coats, Suits, Skirts, Waists, etc. The New York Club banqueted at Club B last Thursday night. Plates were laid for 40. L ET US TRY TO PLEASE YOU At the Forestry Club last week seniors Ewing and summer experiences, and Alden talked on Fisher told of his trip to Penn. State. their Hon. Herbert S. Bigelow, in the second number of the Liberal Arts Course, addressed the students last Thursday on "Old Institutions and New Ideas." President Snyder spoke at the Farmers' Club last week on his eastern trip, which included the game at Penn. State. The membership of the club is fast approaching the 200 mark. R. G. Cotton, of Lansing, talked to the class in farm mechanics on farm construction last Monday, laying especial emphasis on the need of planning carefully for buildings before starting the construc tion. E. G. Greenman, assistant professor of mechani cal engineering, has begun a double card index system for cataloging the catalogs and advertising matter in commercial engineering, so that they may be more easily available for use. A fire was discovered in the top floor of the Botany It did not prove building last Sunday morning. to be serious, so there was no chance for ex hibition of such courageous skill as was manifest at the fire in the Farm House two years ago. NORTHWESTERN TEACHERS' AGENCY We are greatly in need of teachers for emergency vacancies of the early autumn, which offer the best opportunity for promotion. The leading Agency for BOISE, I D A H O. the entire West and Alaska. Let Us Feather Your Nest We Hoover-Bond Company FURNITURE C A R P E TS S T O V ES Makers of Happy Homes 8 THE M. A. C. RECORD. ALUMNI NOTES. L. B. Gardner, '12, is teaching agri culture in Traverse City. "Windy" Hobart, ex-'12, is a book store in Traverse City. r u n n i ng Huber P r a t t, '09, is traveling for the Novo Engine Works, of Lansing. Louise Lindsley, '10, is enjoying her teaching at Stephen, second year of Minn. * "Beany" Bennett, ex-'12, is working in his father's jewelry store, in Trav erse City. J. M. Rankin, '02, has charge of the at Experiment Station, Maryland Rockville. Md. S. W. Doty, the Office of Markets, Department of Agri culture, Washington, D. C. '07. is now with E. C. Green, '97, is cotton expert for the Brazilian government, with head quarters at Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. the Mt. Union The following old grads. were back for Glenn France, '11; E r n e st Lautner, '12; Milt Gearing, '12: E. A. Peters, '93. game: E. H. Brown, 'Pi. is having much success as consultingyagriculturist for the Western Michigan Development Bureau. Brown lives at Benzonia. While on her recent trip East. Mrs. A. M. Brown had the pleasure of a visit with Evelyn Koph. '11, now Mrs. G. M. Barnes, of Queen's Lane, Ger- mantown. Pa. B. H. Ernsberger, '14, left last week for California, where he will work on the Limoniera ranch, at Santa Paula. for the National Orange Co.. at Corona, Cal. Verne Piekford, '14, will work '08, called at H. H. Musselman, the home of A. B. Cook, '93, last week end. that A. B. Prof. Musselman has a strictly up-to-date farm house, one of the most nearly ideal t h at he has ever seen. reports of L. J. Reed, '13. is farm superintend the Maryland F a r m s, E a st ent Grand Rapids, owned by D. E. Waters, of G r a nd Rapids. Mrs. Reed will be remembered as Miss Ruth Rutherford, '14, of Sparta, 111. government, as Floyd Bohn, ex-*09. is with the Can adian in n o r t h w e s t e rn Alberta, and is r u n n i ng survey lines at intervals of 20 miles, topographic maps and and m a k i ng establishing monuments. surveyor O'CONNOR Sells the Famous Kuppenheimer and Steinbloch Smart Clothes cTVIanhattan Shirts, and Stetson H a ts EVERYTHING THE BEST IN TOGGERT L y m an C. Carrier, '02, has given up his connection with the Virginia Agri cultural College, and is now connected with Investigations of the B. P. I., and is living at 1334 Irving St., N. W., Washington, D. C, the Forage Crop H. A. Schuyler, of Wichita. Kan., modestly writes to correct the impres sion we had that he was district man ager of the California F r u it Growers' Exchange at that place. Assistant un the der position he claims. the district manager is all for the J u ne to attend to r e t u rn Prof. M. G. Kains, of State College, Pa., w a n ts to get in touch with every member of the class of 1895 who ex pects the next twentieth anniversary—and no doubt especially with those who have not as yet planned reunion—- that "everybody and his wife" may be there. He w r i t e s: "We ought to get a full attendance with one living ex ception, perhaps—Yebina of J a p a n ." And who knows that he isn't coming to this country for the big exposition, and may surprise the class of 1895. Drop Kains a line, you who graduated and you who did not, that he may know that the reunion is to be a suc cess. F. J. Niswander, '89, writes to cor rect a statement in a recent RECORD, which said Merritt Skinner was killed "I was not born in the war. He says: Until the war was over some time, and while a s t u d e nt at M. A. C. knew Mer r i tt Skinner well. He was originally from from Pine Lake, and did enlist M. A. C. For several years he was clerk of the circuit court at Albion, Indiana. Three miles east of Albion is a beautiful called Skinner lake Lake, which took its name from Mer ritt Skinner. Mr. Skinner was a loyal to M. A. C, and no doubt friend loyalty J. B. Cotton, of through his '86, entered M. A. C, and from t h at time on other 'Hoosiers' became mem bers of M. A. C." Lawrence &. Van Bur en Printing Company 210=212 Grand A v e. North They're not shott-lived The Jerseys In 1913 eighteen Jersey Cows were officially tested which averaged 12 years and 7 months of age. Their average milk production was 8617 pounds. Average butter fat, 3S7 pounds. One of these cows was over 18 years old. Longevity, Constitution and Economic Production are Jersey characteristics. THE AMERICAN JERSEY CATTLE CLUB 324 W. 23d St., New York City