THE, M ' A ' C' RECORD VOL. XX TUESDAY, DECEMBER 8, 1914. NO. 11 AGRICULTURAL BUILDING Published by t3fe MICHIGAN AGRICULTURAL COLLEGE ASSOCIATION East Lansing, Michigan 2 THE M. A. C. RECORD. D I R E C T O RY Alumni Business and Professional Directory Lansing Business and Professional Men I ' HE n a m es in t h is D i r e c t o r y, as well as t h o se of nil 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 us. A. M. E M E RY IMS W a s h i n g t on A v e. X. Books, Fine S t a t i o n e r y, E n g r a v ed O a i l i n g C a r d s, F o u n t a in Fens. P i c t u r e s, F r a m e s. F i ne F r a m i n g a S p e c i a l t y. Galling Cards p r i m ed p r o m p t l y, $1.00 p er 100. C R O T TY B R O S. 806 No. "Washington A v e. S t a t i o n e r y, Books, Bibles, F o u n t a in Pens, Diaries for 1915, I. F. Note Books. 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M i c h i g an A v e ., Lansing. Mich. O R N A M E N T AL N F R S E RY Our n u r s e ry stock is " Made in America.*' We h a n d le h a r dy trees, shrubs, e v e r g r e e n s, vines, and p e r e n n i a l s. No war prices on l a n d s c a pe p l a n s. R. J. C O R Y EI l.. si R A L PH I. O O R V E E I ., "11 B i r m i n g h a m, Mich. B E T T ER P A I N T - D I R E CT TO Y OU W E 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 E S T, ex-'n5 W. H. W E ST West pays t he freight v ) uOi l u t lo ruv \ ) to(iitimo' t, a * i b' 'LI I i no it 11 e <2i n-e nW .oneti :i Tr*- Printed Always a selection of t he latest styles and the new est features conforming to c o r r e ct social u s a ge O r d e rs 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 iiiimiiiiiliimiimiiiiniiiiiiiiiiiiiiimiiiniiiii!!! ii::i:i:ianiiimiiiiiiiniiuiiilniiHiiiiiiimiiiiiHmniniiiiiiiiiniiiitiiiiiin!iiii!iiiMiiini;i!iiiiiiniiii^ • . : . : , : : : : :" T HE M AC RECORD EAST LANSING, MICHIGAN, TUESDAY, DECEMBER 8, 1914. NO. 11 VOL. XX. HORTICULTURE STUDENTS CONTEST AT THE STATE MEETING OF HORTICUL TURISTS. The a n n u al meeting of t he State H o r t i c u l t u r al So ciety, held last week at Kalamazoo, is t he occasion of much interest to students in horticulture at M. A. C, for this society h as appropriated $60 to be given as prizes for contests in speaking and fruit identification and judging. This year twelve seniors competed in the speaking contest, which was won by D. A. Stroh, who took for t he subject of his five- "Two Common Scales, a nd Their m i n u te speech, Control." G. W. Cochrane won second place, with "Michigan's Need of an Apple P a c k i ng L a w ." T h i rd prize was given to K. P. Bemis, w ho talked on "Rais ing Bartlett P e a rs in t he Northwest." In the fruit identification and j u d g i ng contest all the hort. stu dents participated. D. A. Riker won the first prize of $15; F. L. Bloom, second, $10; P. S. Armstrong, third, $5. On the r e t u rn t r ip from Kalamazoo, the students, stopped at with Prof. Gunson and Prof. Eustace, Marshall to visit S t u a rt Acres, managed by J. Glenn '11. This farm consists of 1,600 acres, 400 France, of which are set to fruit. F r a n ce went directly to this place upon graduation, and since h as built up a fruit farm which is t he envy and marvel of fruit men in t he state. He h as designed and superin tended the building of a combined cold storage, pack ing house, and cider mill, installed same w i th equip m e nt of h is own planning, and is now buying apples by t he carload to store for better prices. A notice h as from St. Louis, j u st been received Mo., in which the work of Mary Maiben Allen ('09), t he H e n n e m an School of eminent contralto with Music, is spoken of in the following glowing terms, the convention of t he Missouri in connection with Music Teachers' Association: " T he most notable performance was the singing of Miss Mary Maiben Allen. Grieg, McCoy, Rubenstein, and Schubert were the composers represented. T he last number, 'The E r l k i n g ,' was given a magnificent interpretation." "Bob" Gilham, ex-'ll, was a campus visitor last to week, also " F i g" Newton, s t a rt soon for the Philippines where he will work with E. G. Hoffman, '10, on his new rice milling pro ject. '11, who is planning FORESTRY EXHIBITION. this forest; in detail the methods of this month. F r om t he interest The students in forestry have been w o r k i ng nearly all t e rm on the forestry show t h at is to be held t he afternoon and evening of the 11th and the afternoon of the 12th of t h at has been shown, and the a m o u nt of m a t e r i al already first exhibition will collected and constructed, be an unqualified success. The following features tree dent will be shown: Model national repairing istry, showing trees, the ideal r u r al school planting; wood finishes and process; distillation of wood; river driving with the typer. of gates and dams; s u m m er school exhibit, showing equipment and camp activities; cookery; saw exhibit; working model of erosion; specimens of t he various trees in tree diseases; woodlot m a n a g e m e n t; United States; devices used in logging operations. There will also be a complete collection of views of various forest operations, and a n o t h er attractive feature will be a small sawmill in operation. Besides this, short lec l a n t e rn slides tures, will be given upon such interesting topics as "Log ging t he Giant Trees of California," " F o r e st F i r e s ," and "River Driving." illustrated with hand-colored forest products; student SHORT COURSE FOR HOUSEKEEPERS. While the regular eight-weeks' short courses in agriculture, from J a n u a ry 4th until F e b r u a ry 26th, are quite generally known, the information concern ing this "Short Course for Housekeepers" is not as widespread as it should be. Last year was t he first time this course was given, and when it is t a k en into consideration t h at comparatively little publicity w as given to it, the enrollment of 21 in t he w o rk seems t h at a n o t h er very meritorious activity to indicate has been t a k en up. The required courses in home economics are three in number, as follows: (1) T he Home, in which home p l a n n i ng and decoration, home management, home nursing, and home reading a re (3) Sewing. Besides t he considered; elective courses in g a r d e n i ng a nd poultry t h at were offered last year, courses in dairying and apiculture will also be given. At the completion of t he course a certificate of attendance is issued. More detailed information will be sent out upon (2) Cooking; request. Harold H. B a r n u m, '12, and Gertrude R. Price were m a r r i e d, in Lansing, December 3d. ' THE M. A. . RECORD. T HE M. A. C. RECORD P U B L I S H ED EVERY TUESDAY DURING T HE BY T HE MICHIGAN AGRICULTURAL COLLEGE YEAR COLLEGE ASSOCIATION. E n t e r ed as second-class mail Office in L a n s i ng m a t t er Mich. at the Post C. S. LANGDOX, ' l i Managing Editor. SUBSCRIPTION PRICE, $1.00 P ER YEAR. Subscriptions may be paid for by P. 0. Money Order, Draft, or Registered Letter. Stamps 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 t he Managing Editor, E a st Lan sing, Mich. TUESDAY, DECEMBER 8, 1914. AXXUAL JUXIOR HOP. this into to in is much more worthy to do something better it seems that The recent decision of the j u n i or co-eds to m a ke the 1916 J u n i or Hop, on F e b r u a ry 26th, a "cotton party," at which the girls will wear simple muslin the frocks, "made at M. A. C ," seems to point this t h at there is a good deal of initiative fact class t h at will be put to m a k i ng this J u n i or Hop the best one of all, but in an entirely different way t h an It surely is a worthy move to most classes see fit. t h an your predecessors, try t h an but falling the usual custom of m a k i ng a better party by more costly decorations and more expen sive dress. This move, coming at a time when the whole country is thoroughly aroused to the need of co-operation of the different sections of the country, of which the "buy a bale of cotton" movement is a these students do tangible expression, proves t a ke cognizance of w h at the outer world, and also realize t h at simplicity will set off t h an the n a t u r al beauties of face and do irills and furbelows. We hope t h at a precedent is hereby established, for we believe t h at t h is is a worth while departure. figure better is going on t h at in A SUGGESTION. indicate therewith, a nd inclose a n o t h er The press is full of Christmas suggestions these days, and with only one more number of the RECORD before the holidays, it seems very desirable to sug gest that when you send in your dollar for renewal, you some college friend of yours who likes to pick up your paper when he comes in, as a recipient for the RECORD for t he next year. There are a great m a ny alumni and former students who a re not subscribers, need less to say, whom we know would greatly enjoy the RECORD, and looking "once a subscriber, always a subscriber." this isn't true, you haven't done your duty towards these in columns. And if you do not know of some one the position t h at a year's subscription is given to some worthy a l u m n us whose influence we need in the Association. the editor will see columns of indicated, through the If M. M. McCOLL, Head of Soils Dept. Howard Evarts Weed, '89, was recently in San Francisco, platting the ground of the Oregon building at the Exposition. This building is of a distinct character, in that everything in and about the building is of "made in Oregon" material. The trees and shrubs on the grounds are all natives of Oregon, and came from the Weed Landscape Nursery, at Beaverton, Ore. Mary Ellen Ireland, a nine-pound girl, took up the position of manager (not house keeper) in the home of Capt. Mark L. Ire land, Coast Artillery Corps, U. S. A., '01, and Mrs. Irma G. Thompson Ireland, '00, at Fort Mills, Corregidor, P. I., on August 21, 1914. Corregidor is the American Gibral tar, an island about one mile by three and one-half miles in size, at the mouth of Manila bay. Capt. Ireland commands one of the coast artillery companies stationed there. D. W. Francisco, '14, is at present carry ing on an advertising campaign and investi gation in several Michigan cities for the California Fruit Exchange. Don spent the latter part of last week at the college. THE M. A. C. RECORD. 5 ALUMNI NOTES. R. M. Norton, '01, was a college visitor last Tues day. Norton is now located in P o rt H u r o n. D. D. Cushman, '14, is principal of the high school at F r a n k f o r t, Mich. R u th Normington, '13, is teaching domestic science a nd a rt in Colfax, la. H. H. Bradley, '13, is with the Michigan United Traction Co., at Jackson, Mich. " K. S. Clark, '14, is now with the Lincoln Memorial University, of H a r r o g a t e, Tenn. Clara M. Steele, '98, is a g r a d u a te student in the home economics d e p a r t m e nt of Cornell. Vern C. Schaeffer, '11, is farming at Sturgis, Mich. Mrs. Schaeffer was Betty Dorgan, w i th '15. D. G. Hack, '13, is w o r k i ng in the production de partment-of Chalmers Motor Co., of Detroit. Catherine Koch, '09, a g r a d u a te student at Cornell, lives at Graystones, Cayuga Heights, Ithaca, N. Y. F. C. Reimer, '03, is s u p e r i n t e n d e nt of the South ern Oregon E x p e r i m e nt Station, at Talent, Oregon. O. M. Elliot, '11, is with Mason L. Brown & Co., of Detroit, civil engineers a nd landscape gardeners. The death of the mother of C. D. Sterling, '05, oc c u r r ed November 27th, at 248 Lothrop Ave., Detroit. P. I. Allen, '13, is n u r s e r y m an a nd landscape gard ener, with his office in the Cutler Building, Roches ter, N. Y. G. F. Conway, '11, is general m a n a g er of the Lan sing S t a m p i ng & Tool Co., with residence at 110 W. Maple St. M. B. Kurtz, '14, writes t h at he is engaged as as sistant in the E x p e r i m e nt Station of the University of Redlands. Willgert Reiley, '13, has resigned his position Door county, Wis., a nd is now on the home at Bellaire, Mich. in farm, F. L. Johnston, '05, is mechanical engineer for t he W e s t e rn Chemical Mfg. Co., of Denver, Col., with residence at 211 S. Downing St. H. D. Severance, '03, C. E., '13, is city engineer of Monterey, Cal., and also of Pacific Grove, Cal., and licensed land surveyor of the state. T he m a r r i a ge of Mary J. Bray, '06, to Robert Ham mond occurred November 25th. Mr. a nd Mrs. Ham m o nd will live near Okemos, on a farm. L. R. Dorland, '07, wishes changed from Friendswood is deputy the state. inspector of o r c h a r ds a nd n u r s e r i es to have h is address to Houston, Texas. He for The. home of C. E. Swales, '05, at 646 E a st Grand Boulevard, Detroit, was entered November 27th, by ' trade, a b u r g l ar who h ad too squeaky shoes for the a nd he was detected by Swales, w ho appeared w i th a revolver, a nd the burglar hastened away w i t h o ut t he box of jewelry, valued at $2,675. He did, how ever, get away with a watch and Masonic pin. P. B. Pierce, '04, is with the Weis Manufacturing t h at '05. Mr. and Mrs. Co., of Monroe, Mich. Mrs. Pierce was Alta Gunnison, Pierce live at 353 Cass St., Monroe. It will be remembered is t he farm the farm itself, and t a k en from a extracts are '14, who letter The following from K. S. Clark, is teaching a g r i c u l t u re at Lincoln Memorial University, at Cumberland Gap, "This school lacks a whole lot of being Tennessee: of university caliber. The s t u d e n ts come in at any and all seasons of the year. The only laboratory I have buildings. There are 600 acres of farm land, mostly set up on edge, which gives it added value, in t h at both sides can be farmed. The soil is dark red clay, and very productive. F r u it trees and small fruits of all k i n ds grow t h is in profusion, a nd I see no reason why region cannot be developed into one of t he best hor ticultural regions in N o r th America, and t h at is w h at I'm going to t ry and do. It is up to me to m a ke the farm support the s t u d e nt boarding clubs, besides teaching classes in animal husbandry, horticulture, feeds and feeding, etc., to students who have not the I foundation knowledge of a r i t h m e t ic and botany. see a m o u n t a in of work ahead of me, larger t h an any in to climb it if possible, and I see a lot of pleasant experiences ahead of me with t he only in a nd cut off 'real Americans,' having been shut from outside influence since t he days of Daniel Boone and David Crockett." these people, who are range, but I'm going the Cumberland first from come the following '05, editor of Farmer, writes t h at t h e re was a special the Penn. Some more good reports the State game. A. J. Anderson, Pennsylvania l e t t e r: " T he readers have long since learned t he r e s u lt of the game. loyal sup I think, however, t h at m a ny p o r t e rs of the Big Green will be interested in know ing something of the way the team, band and crowd invasion of of rooters were received on their the East. The fact train, c a r r y i ng a crowd of 110 rooters and the band ac companying the team is an indication of the change t h at h as t a k en place at M. A. C. in the last ten years. We fellows of '05 remember the troubles we h ad in t a k i ng a crowd to Albion, and we remember more painfully how all-fired h a rd our t e a ms h ad to play to beat Alma. the wounds of I was still n u r s i ng some of those defeats at t he h a n ds of t he preachers until I saw some of t he contempt in which the pres ent M. A. C. crowd holds our old rivals. And we used to fear t h at the band was a hoodoo; a j i nx t h at t he way of victory. The present always stood any college is band could have, a nd it is admitted to be the best seen at an eastern football game t h is fall. But, best of all was the clean game and high s t a n d a rd of sports team m a n s h ip shown by players and rooters. The the and the crowd m a de an enviable r e p u t a t i on for college, which will be of m a t e r i al value in y e a rs to t h at other M. A. C. come, when it is to be hoped teams will win other victories from the eastern col leges." in t he best advertisement t h at 6 THE M. A. C. RECORD. IF there is anything you need for •*• Christmas kept in a Hardware, we have it — and want your trade. 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 — COLLEGE D R UG & GROCERY STORE Electric Supplies. Full line of Euerything. Agents for Star Laundry, ANDY'S Same old Cut-up BARBER 3—and then some Basement of College Drug & G LOOK FOR T HE SIGN S H OP shoes shined) "ocery Co. H. A. SIAS Close at 6:15. H O T EL W E N 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 both — In business since 1891 FRENCH DRY CLEANERS. DYERS AND TAILORS 114-16 W a s h t e n aw W. Both Phones A. G. B I S H OP FOR A S T U D E NT Working his way through college A R E M I N G T ON 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. „. Phones: j c i t i z e ns 9 5 85 \ Bell 873 211 Prudden Bldg. Lansing, Mich. Visit our Candy Department You'll find t he best to be had in bulk and package goods. Our S a t u r d ay S p e c i al at 29c per pound cannot be duplicated in t he city. C . J. R O U S ER D R UG C O. 1*5 s. Wash. Ave. MONOGRAMS AWARDED FOR GRIDIRON STRUGGLES. F o u r t e en m en were given M. A. C. monograms the R for the last F r i d ay and seventeen awarded past season's work. Blake Miller was chosen as captain for the 1915 team. The following is t he list of men who received the m o n o g r a m: Capt. J u l i a n, Blake Miller, Hewitt Miller, Dutch Miller, J e r ry De P r a t o, F r a nk Chaddock, L. F. Vaughn, H. M. Straight, VanDervoort, Smith, Ralph Henning, H u gh Blacklock, C. E. Loveland, L. A. Cobb. The m en se lected for honor as reserves a r e: Coryell, McWil- liams, Hamill, Brownfield, Dan Henry, Murphy, Brown, Beatty, Kurtzworth, Oviatt, Johnson, Childs, Frimodig, O'Callahan, Fick, McClellan, Hutton. Hut- ton would have won h is monogram, w i t h o ut a ques tion, h ad it not been for an injury early in t he sea son t h at kept him out of the play almost entirely. Air but six of the above m en a re slated to be back next year. Carp J u l i an and Dutch Miller will be the ones of these whose places will be h a r d e st to fill. Cobb and Loveland a re t he other monogram men to g r a d u a te and H u t t on and Dan H e n ry are the outgoing reserves. TAU BETA PHI INITIATES initiation occurred last Thursday, and Six men were honored last week by being chosen as members of the T au Beta P hi fraternity. The junior to receive first honor in his class is W. H. Betts and the seniors are E. M. Young, R. V. Lester, R. W. Covey, W. G. Hildorf, and R. F. Giffels. The the public m a in stunt of the day was to set up a gasoline en gine in front of t he engineering building and m a ke it run, the latter of which took some three hours. test was c a r r i ed out by which it was An efficiency that the engine developed 5.46 H. P. with an found overall efficiency of 14.04 per cent. The new men were banqueted F r i d ay night at t he Wildwood, after which the following were called upon by Prof. Ved- der to respond to toasts: Dean G. W. Bissell, "The Sphere of the Honorary F r a t e r n i t y ;" S. M. Dean, " W h at Tau Beta P hi Means to M e ;" George Gauthier, " F r a t e r n a l i s m ." present were Gauthier, '14, a nd Dillman, '13. Alumni m e m b e rs supervisor of F r a n c is Kiefer, the '08, is forest Ozark National Forest, with h e a d q u a r t e rs at Har rison, Ark. This is one of the most i m p o r t a nt of the 163 National Forests, as it contains the largest body of white oak existing under one m a n a g e m e nt Sixteen men, under —over 500,000,000 board feet. civil service" appointment, have charge of this tract of 450,000 acres. Six are district rangers, four are timber sale assistants, and six a re attached directly to the supervisor's office at Harrison. W. W. Lankton, '14, is employed in t he electric department of the Solvay Process Co., of Detroit, a nd is living at 562 25th St. THE M. A. C. RECORD. 7 NEWS AND COMMENT. Prof. A. J. Patton addressed the Farmers' Club last week, on fertilizers. The Phylean's held a Ten O'Clock in their rooms last Saturday night with about 60 present. The engagement of Coach John Farrell Macklin to Miss Phoebe Weaver, of Philadelphia, has been an nounced. The State Bee Keepers' Association meets at the and this week Wednesday Entomology building Thursday. The Columbians held their fall term party in the Ag. building last Saturday night. Prof, and Mrs. Shoesmith and Prof, and Mrs. Rhyder were patrons for the evening. Word has been received of the birth of a daughter, Gretchen, to Mr. and Mrs. Otto Rahn, both formerly connected with the bacteriological department here, now in Germany. Mrs. Rahn was formerly Bell Far- rand, '06. The meeting of the Forestry Club last week was one of the most successful of the year. Prof. San- ford read several letters from men in the field, and Gilson talked on logging. Miss Bertha M. Ronan, who taught here during the school year of '98-'99, was a recent visitor at the college. She. is now at Mt. Pleasant Normal,, as instructor in physiology and physical education. the different The M. A. C. Veterinary Medical Association held a very interesting meeting last week, when Prof. types of A. C. Anderson talked on Switzerland dairy cattle, with emphasis upon their methods of developing, and also their methods of registration. G. L. Caldwell, '15, is president of this association, and C. S. Burgett, '17, secretary. The next meeting will be held December 9th, when T. W. Churchill, '15, will read a paper on "The Physiologic Effect of Certain Drugs." H. E. Truax, '13, judged the horticultural exhibits at Arkansas State Fair at Hot Springs last week. Truax has been out on a diversified farming campaign, and has been boosting all lines of agriculture, as well as horticulture. He advocates the "buy a bale" plan, the "buy a barrel" idea, the "buy a bull" movement, and also says he still sup ports the "get a wife" idea. He's had one some weeks. Mr. and Mrs. George W. Stroebel, of Schenectady, N. Y., announce the birth of George Fowler Stroebel, Nov. 24th. Weight, eight and one-half pounds. 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, IDAHO. the entire West and Alaska. T HE M I L LS S T O RE We HEART OF LANSING About time to buy your Christmas Gifts Come and see what this, The Bountiful Christmas Store If it is for Mother, F a t h e r, has to offer. Wife, Sister, Best Fellow, Sweetheart, or it here, in either just a friend, we have Coats, Suits, Skirts, Waists, Dresses, Silks for Dresses, Gowns or Waists, Wool Goods for the same purposes, Fancy Neckwear for the Ladies, Silk Hose for either Men or Women, besides hundreds of other useful suitable for holiday gifts. things 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. U. S. Crane, '11, fruit raiser at Fenn- ville, Mich., sends in h is contribution and best wishes. P. B. Haines a nd " T e d" Tinker, '13, a re in a t t e n d a n ce at t he Yale Forest School, New Haven, Conn. E r n e st H. Burt, '14, received a schol a r s h ip in t he Yale Law School, and reports t h at he is enjoying t he work very much. The engagement h as been announc ed of Maxwell J. Dorsey, '06, to Miss J e an Muir, of Winnebago, Minn., t he wedding to take place early in Decem ber. C. R. Winegar, '92, w as in Lansing last week. He is traveling for Brad- ner, Smith & Co., paper makers, of Chicago, a nd lives at 82 Frederick Ave., Detroit. A. MacYittie, '11, teaching agricul t u re in t he Bay City E a s t e rn High, in getting away from stereotyped science for beginners, is giving some practical adulterations, a nd is work m a k i ng himself useful to t he city, other t h an his teaching, by conducting a city gas analysis. in food The name of J o hn P, Finley, 73, should have been included in t he list of those present at t he recent banquet in Washington. Not long after gradu ating. Finley t he weather entered service, where he did fine work, b ut t he m i l i t a ry gradually merged service. Later he went to the Philip pines a nd tamed t he Moros. into Lawrence &. Van Buren Printing Company 210=212 Grand A v e. North They're not short-lived In 1913 eighteen Jersey Cows were officially tested U'_\-C^ which averaged 12 years and 7 months of age. Their average milk production was 8617 pounds. Average butter fat, 387 pounds. One of these cows was over 18 years old. * > Longevity, Constitution and Economic Production are Jersey characteristics. TH£ AMERICAN JERSEY CATTLE CLUB 324 W. 23d St., New York City recently The following is an extract from a from J. N. received letter Bidwell, '10, who is with t he Cali fornia Highway Commission, with residence at 2115 F i r st Ave., W. C. O., Sacramento, Cat;: "We a re very for t u n a te in having for a neighbor Prof. A. J. Cook, '67, a nd we occasionally see E. H. Bradner, '69, from whom we reminiscences. hear very interesting imagine, he is L. G. Johnson, '11, is acting as man ager for a lumber company here, a nd as those who knew h im in school can interested so easily cially. Our baby J a ck h as been with us for six months,^ a nd h as developed a great assortment of vaudeville stunts to entertain our friends whom we hope to. see during 1915. We sincerely hope they will not forget t he number." 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