TME, M AC RECORD VOL. XX TUESDAY, DECEMBER 15, 1914. NO. 12 MAIN E N T R A N CE TO T HE FORESTRY EXHIBIT. Be MICHIGAN AGRICULTURAL COLLEGE ASSOCIATION East Lansing, Michigan Published by 2 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 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 a ll o ur 1 o t h er a d v e r t i s e r s, a re of r e l i a b le p a r t i e s. We h o pe t he f a c u l ty a nd s t u d e n ts will p a t r o n i ze t h o se w ho p a t r o n i ze u s. A. M. E M E I tY IK) W a s h i n g t on A v e. N. B o o k s, F i ne S t a t i o n e r y. E n g r a v ed G a l l i ng C a r d s, F o u n t a in P e n s, 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. C a l l i ng C a r ds p r i n t ed p r o m p t l y, fl.00 p er 100. C R O T TY B R O S. 206 S o. W a s h i n g t on A v e. S t a t i o n e r y, Books, Bibles, F o u n t a in P e n s, D i a r i es for 1915, I. P. N o te B o o k s. B L U D E AU & S I E B E RT B o o k b i n d e r s. A c c o u nt Book M a k e r s, P a p er R u l i n g, L i b r a ry a nd F i ne A rt B i n d i n g s, File Boxes, M ap M o u n t i n g s, A l b u m s, P o c k et B o o k s, E t c. C i t i z e n s' p h o ne N o. 489. In C i ty N a t i o n al B a nk B u i l d i n g. Geo. G. B l u d e au a nd H e n ry I l . S i e b e r t. L O U IS B E CK C O M P A NY 112 N o. W a s h i n g t on A v e. C o r r e ct C l o t h e s, U p - t o - d a te H a ts a nd Cap Classy F u r n i s h i n g s. H. I I. L A R > ' ED C H I N A, G L A SS A ND L A M PS 105 W a s h i n g t on A v e. S. J. E. Office 203- A u t o m a t ic P h o ne 2361 S T O F F E R, '1 C i ty N a t i o n; r>. D. 1 B a nk S. Blclg. Bell P h o ne 61 > ' ( ) R T ( ) . \ "S H A R D W A RE G e n e r al 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, S t o v e s, E t c. I ll W a s h i n g t on A v e. S. Se< A d. M R S. O. T. C A SE M a n u f a c t u r i ng a ll s t y l es of H a ir G o o ds to o r d e r, a nd H a ir G o o ds S h o p. O ld s w i t c h es e n l a r g e d, c o l o r ed a nd r e n o v a t ed to l o ok as g o od as n e w. T he F r a n c o - A m e r i c an H y g i e n ic T o i l et R e q u i s i t es a s p e c i a l ty A u t o m a t ic p h o n e, N o. 3451. ->Uh W a s h i n g t on A ve S. D R. O S C AR I I. B R C E G EL C o r. M i c h i g an A y e. a nd G r a nd R i v er A v e ., E a st P a u s i n g. H o u r s: 7 to 8:30 a. m .; 2 to A a nd T t o S p . m. S u n d a y s. V> to 1 a nd 5 to 6 p. m. C i t i z e n s' p h o ne 1341; B e ll 625. I > R. I I. W. L A N D ON F a st L a n s i n g, M i c h. Office h o u r s: 7 to 8:30 a. m .. 1 to 3 a nd 7 to 8 p. m. S u n d a y s, 12 to 1 p . m. C i t i z e n s' p h o ne 9228. . D R. . 1. S. O W EN E Y E, F A R, N O SE A ND T H K O AT 15 W. A l l e g an S t ., L a n s i n g. C i t i z e n s' p h o ne 473. A L L EN & DE K L E I NE P R I N T I NG C O. 128-130 I o n ia S t. w e st P r i n t i n g, T y p e w r i t e r s, A d d i ng M a c h i n e s, Office S u P P b e s, P r o g r a m s, E n g r a v ed C a r d s, F i l i ng C a b i n e t s, S e c t i o n al B o ok C a s e s. B e ll 1094 A u t o m a t ic 3436. S p e c i al c a re g i v en to M. A. C. a nd i ts s t u d e n t s. A. E O W E N, M. D. 128 W. A l l e g an S t ., L a n s i n g, M i c h. E Y E, E A R, N O SE A ND T H R O A T. D R. C. A. G R I F F I N, O s t e o p a th 424 T u s s i ng B l d g ., L a n s i ng 328 G r o ve S t ., 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 C O. E L E C T R IC S T P P L I ES OF A LL K I N DS P A G E L S EN & S P E N C ER P A T E N T S, P A T E NT L A W, T R A D E M A R KS 1107-10 C h a m b er of C o m m e r ce B l d g ., D e t r o i t, M i c h i g an F. N. P a g e l s e n, '89 L. M. S p e n c e r, '06 F o r m e r ly E x a m i n e rs TJ. S. P a t e nt Office. D R. E. A. S E E L Y E, 300 P r u d d en B l d g ., L a n s i n g. ' ( 1 1, O s t e o p a t h ic P h y s i c i an H o u r s: 9 to 11:30 a nd 1:30 to 5. S p e c i al a t t e n t i on g i v en to r e c t al d i s e a s e s. K U M B O SS ! K U M B O S S! H o l s t e i n s, of c o u r s e. K t ' M B O SS H O L S T E IN F A R M, H o w e l l, M i c h i g an .1. G. H A Y S, '11, P r o p r i e t o r. K U M B O S S! E v e ry t i me y ou c a ll y o ur c o ws y ou a d v e r t i se my f a rm G O O D E L L, Z E L IN C. ( F o r e s t r y, M. A, C. ' 1 1) I N S U R A N CE A ND B O N DS OF E V E RY K I ND If y on h a v e n 't i n s u r ed y o ur s a l a r y, b e t t er s ee or w r i te G o od e ll a b o ut a g o od p r o p o s i t i o n. L A N S I NG I N S U R A N CE A G E N C Y, I n c ., 110 W. M i c h i g an A v e ., L a n s i n g, M i c h. O R N A M E N T AL N U R S E RY O ur n u r s e ry s t o ck is " M a de in A m e r i c a ." 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, v i n e s, a nd p e r e n n i a l s. No w ar p r i c es on l a n d s c a pe p l a n s. R. . 1. C O K Y E I . L, '81 B i r m i n g h a m, M i c h. R A L PH I. C O R Y E L L, '14 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 A- P A I NT C O ., S p r i n g p o r t, M i c h. K. . 1. W E S T. e x - ' 05 W. H. W E ST W e st p a ys t he f r e i g ht U n$ Italian^ 3 >ia€Vumi&/ CcritLv LI i i n ou nee m e 11 b CD J s.tdonat/ wlall ^litgrafeii ox pratteh Always a selection of the latest styles and the new est features conforming to correct social usage O r d e rs s e nt in by m a il r e c e i ve o ur m o st c a r e f ul a t t e n t i on R o b e rt Smith P r i n t i ng Co. Lansing, Michigan 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 M i c h i g an A v e. E. = FT. 111 ri r 11 • 111 n 111 iiiiimiiiuuiuiiiiniinitini! uiUiiiwiiriiiiiiiriNi •ii!i.:i:r!!!i'i;:iiii:iii'i:ii,ri'i:iraiinr; - : T ! T I, !i;i;i;iiii!lMi:i:iiii;!iii:i.i;i!: ,:;: :!::•: I.; ;•:!:.; :•:•-:! i : I::I .:.:::i nil ::.: i . : \; :,= TML M AC RECORD VOL. XX. E A ST LANSING, MICHIGAN, TUESDAY, DECEMBER 16, 1914. NO. 12 FORESTRY EXHIBIT GREAT SUCCESS. BOTANY DEPARTMENT. F r om the log chopping contest to the a rt gallery, the first a n n u al show put on by the forestry students last week u n d er the auspices of the F o r e s t ry Club, was an unqualified success. Few people connected with the college lost an opportunity to see the exhibi the tions of forestry F o r e s t ry building, and on F r i d ay S a t u r d ay nights m a ny Lansing folk availed themselves of the the splendid opportunity front much talked of forestry. Beginning with the of t he building, where tools the s u m m er camp and were shown, and biscuits and doughnuts were made, through the exhibits a nd contests and on the second learning and skill shown at to learn something about .and to in the original size, but also The policy has been In the past four years the botany d e p a r t m e nt at the college has undergone some very decided changes, not only in the building itself, which has been en the larged to twice courses offered. intensify inter courses, and to add new ones as the increased est in botany seemed to demand. Pathology has been split into three courses. P l a nt physiology, which was formerly t a u g ht in one term, has been extended into technique has been two, and a course in botanical is offered, added. An advanced course fresh dealing very largely with reproduction. The men botany h as been entirely remodeled. The stu dents now begin with the compound microscope and the study of the simple cell, protoplasm, and types of tissue. in cytology is represented The experimental work in botany h as had a very noticeable growth. With a fine equipment and sev eral instructors, a good deal of practical work has been accomplished, part of which in the diagnosing of the 1,500 specimens of disease sent in. A good deal of a t t e n t i on has been given to apple cankers, and, u n d er the Hatch fund, work has been tomato diseases. progressing on potato, celery a nd Also much emphasis has been placed upon bean dis eases, since Michigan is the principal bean growing state of the Union, and bean diseases are beginning to curtail the production very materially. Seven g r a d u a te students are majoring in botany, from several of whom are here on fellowships—one the University of Minnesota, one from Penn. State, and one a Heinz one from Virginia Polytechnic, in agri Pickle fellowship. The culture are in g r a d u a te students, besides botany, have charge of the botany given to the two- In all t h e re are 540 students year short course men. t a k i ng botany Five g r a d u a te students their m i n or t h e ir in botany. regular work t a k i ng term. this The recent fire in the a t t ic of the building, thought to be caused by faulty insulation, damaged the build ing to the extent of about $300, a nd the botany equip ment to about the same amount. If not, Have you sent in your dollar for renewal? (help and you wish to do a little missionary work both w a y s ), get one of your friends to subscribe and send in $2.50, for which your subscription will be re newed one year a nd t he RECORD sent to your friend for the rest of this college year and all of next. Help boost list. Don't knock— at least until after you have helped boost. We have heard of an a l u m n us who has kicked o n ' t he amount in an item t h is year, of news, yet he h as not sent and his subscription for the year is still unpaid. the RECORD subscription Dwight Sipperly Cole, '93, consulting engineer, me chanical expert, and solicitor of patents, 623 Ashton Bldg., Grand Rapids, Mich. the five-minute identification lectures were given by for the boys and a tree guessing contest the floor where students, the entire place was alive with interested folk. The opinion was prevalent t h at the show was one of the best things of like n a t u re t h at has ever been seen at the college. Many prizes of 100 three- trees, Christmas year-old like were trees and the different contests, among which were in given the deciduous twig identification for m a r r i ed people, the co-eds, log chop the ~ conifers ping for for everyone. Hugh Blacklock, of football fame, won one t h r o u gh log chopping contests, cutting of the ten seconds. log in one m i n u te and 10-inch beech The exhibits which a t t r a c t ed he most attention were "loggiug in cypress swamps," "comparison of erosion on forested and nonforested " t r i a n g u l a t i on identification," "tree surgery," "big method of fire trees," "model farm with windbreak and woods," "model school ground," "technology exhibit," and "pictures of logging operations." areas," the P a r t i c u l a r ly pleasing to the i n s t r u c t o rs in forestry took the in was the fact t h at the students largely itiative interest shown by the public as well as other students makes it certain t h at this show was eminently worth while. in t h is work, and the appreciated 4 THE M. A. C. RECORD. T HE M. A. C. RECORD P U B L I S H ED EVERY TUESDAY DURING T HE COLLEGE YEAR BY T HE M I C H I G AN AGRICULTURAL COLLEGE ASSOCIATION. Entered as second-class mail m a t t er Office in Lansing, Mich. at the Post C. S. LANGDON, '11 - - Managing Editor. SUBSCRIPTION PRICE, $1.00 P ER YEAR. Subscriptions may be paid for by P. O. Money Order, Draft, or Registered Letter. Stamps will not be accepted. Address all subscriptions a nd 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, DECEMBER 15, 1914. T HE N E XT RECORD W I LL APPEAR JAN. 5, 1915. RVPPORT FROM THE RIGHT PLACE. We are glad to note t h at the State Grange, in its a n n u al session at Battle Creek last week, drew up resolutions to be presented to the legislature favor ing an increase in the mill tax for M. A. C. Some t h i ng of this sort will be expected of the next*legis- l a t u re and it is particularly pleasing t h at the initia tive along this line has been taken up by a body of the largely people whip are very people upon whom this increase in tax will fall. To quote if any school in Michigan has been so hampered as the in stitution at E a st Lansing." representative of is doubtful the State -Journal: "It the mill increased the approval of the governor. The The legislature of 1911 made a special appropria tion of $150,000 for a library for M. A. C. This did • not meet last legislature desired also to extend aid to the college and to one- sixth, which would have brought in by this time some .$300,000. Everyone knows now the court which t h r ew M. A. C. back to the one-tenth mill basis. This makes a total of $450,000 which the peo ple of the state, through their representatives, wish ed to be credited to M. A. C. and which must be m a de up if the development of the institution is not to be retarded. tax from one-tenth the action of MILES-FAIRCHILD PORTRAIT FUND. • % & to acknowledge the receipt of subscrip We wish tions from the following alumni for t he Miles-Fair- child P o r t r a it F u n d: President H. A. Haigh, '74; J. '82; F r a nk E. '82; George Lawson, W. Beaumont, Robson, 7 8; W. K. Prudden, 7 8; B. D. Halstead, 7 1; O. E. Angstman, 7 5; Class of 70 (by C. W. Gar field). M. A. C. RECORD: teachers could be I was much interested in the letter of my Brother Haigh in a recent number of the RECORD, relating to the Miles-Fairchild portrait. No encomium on the work of these great too strong. They were two of the men who wrought in the forma tive days of timely and the college. Mr. Haigh's singularly cogent appeal will meet with a generous in interested response, I know. I his suggestion t h at subscriptions should be small. t he also the privilege of it should be t h at great number of our alumni to contribute, and I am particularly t h i nk that should not be deprived of this pleasure by the large remittances of the smaller number, nor embarrassed thereby. Please find inclosed my check. Yours truly, O. E. ANGSTMAN. It seems that the preceding letter is particularly timely and to the point regarding this fund, especial ly t h at p a rt which relates to the size of the subscrip tions for the number of alumni who should contribute. We believe t h at every gradu ate who has achieved distinction as a result of the sart he got at M. A. C. should feel it a privilege to help along this very worthy enterprise. the majority, and COURSE IN RURAL SANITATION PLANNED. If the institution recommendations in regarding a course the r u r al sanitation are adopted, M. A. C. will be first in the land to take up this subject which is becoming one of the most widely taiked of, of all the subjects of r u r al betterment. It has been said t h at with the equipment at h a nd in bacteriology, farm mechanics, botany, entomology, and veterinary science, and other allied subjects, a course of study could be worked out with little inconvenience to. the t h at would be of much value present teaching staff the in placing map as a servant of the plans this special course is to be pursued during the j u n i or and senior years, in each of which there will be 30 required credits and 30 electives. A more de tailed report of this work will be given in the future. t h an ever on state. According to institution more the this CHICAGO M. A. C. ASSOCIATION PLANS INFORMAL SOCIAL DANCE. The Chicago association has taken the right steps in p r e p a r i ng an M. A. C. meeting for the holidays, in and it is hoped t h at other associations will fall line. An is announced informal social and dance for Saturday evening, December 19th, at Lewis In stitute, Madison and Robey Sts. All M. A. C. men and women, past and present, are invited to come and bring t h e ir friends. College closes at noon on representation the 18 th, so there should be a good of the present student body at this meeting, and in this way first hand the old grads. will get some news of the college. There will be something doing for everybody; both old and new dances will be on the program. Will you be there to lend some Christ mas cheer and talk over the good old days at M. A. C? George F. Talladay, '05-f., merchandise broker of Auburn, N. Y., writes, in response to a request from the F o r e s t ry Department there for specimens: "All my time is t a k e n . up in traveling seven states, and, although I am not active in forestry, I am always interested and glad, indeed, to learn that M. A. C. is m a k i ng such a showing. Prof. Bogue had an awful time with his class in forestry, of which I was the star and only member." A. T. Swift, '99, is now with the Ottawa Lumber Co., of Harbor Springs, Mich. He reports t h at G. J. Foreman, '94, is also in H a r b or Springs. P a rt of his "I regret t h at the boys slipped up at letter r e a d s: acquaintance Lincoln, as I have a I there and I have been ever since paying bets. have forgiven them since the Penn. State game, how ever. Since we beat the team t h at tied the champs, why can we not read our title clear?" large personal THE M. A. C. RECORD. 5 ALUMNI NOTES. "Polly" Walker, '11, was a campus visitor last week. Walker is now a furniture dealer in St. Ignace. "Jennie" Holland, '13, national representative of Vaughn Seed Co., Chicago, spent three days last week at the college. J. Wade Weston, '14, and C. L. Brodie, '04, con ducted a very successful week's short course at Bliss- field last week. H. S. Bradford, ex-'Ol, is farming near Ionia, and shipped in a car of feeding steers before the quaran tine closed down. T. E. Conway, '14, has been state inspector on the new Veterinary building and is now teaching gas engines to the two-year short course men. Ernest Hart, '14, and wife (Sybil Glickly, '13), of Middleport, N. Y., were in Michigan for the Hort. show at Kalamazoo, and made a call, last week, on friends at M. A. C. The folloAving encouraging word comes from Belle Hubbard, sister of N. B. Hubbard, '09: "After my brother and I have read the RECORD someone always happens along to enjoy it, so we have never thrown a copy in the waste basket. Ours gets worn as well as read." Wilgert Reiley, '13, was present at the State Hort. show at Kalamazoo, and stopped at the college on his way home. Other alumni at the Hort. show were: J. G. France and U. S. Crane, '11; F. H. ivic- Dermid, '12; I. Pickford, '14; J. A. Petrie and Blakes- ley Crane, '14. The Palette and Chisel Club has hung paintings by Samuel J. Kennedy, ('01), in its galleries in the Athenaeum building. Mr. Kennedy is a landscape painter, a pupil of Henri Martin. He has exhibited in the Salon Nationale des Beaux Arts, and critics (From the Chi spoke of him favorably as a colorist. cago Evening Post, of Dec. 10th.) E. P. Robinson, '07, county agent of Saginaw ; county, writes: "I have had some correspondence with A. J: Hutchins, '09, county agent of Clark county, Indiana. A. J. says that he is rushed.with work, since recovering from a run of typhoid fever, which kept him off the job for three months. He is the proud father of a 11 months' old prospect for M. A. C. honors." Editor RECORD: I read with great interest in a recent number of the RECORD the recounting of the achievements of the military department, past and present. I remember very well the attempted enlistment of a company from M. A. C, and spent several days at Lansing waiting to join it, and afterward enlisting in the 34th Michigan, under Capt. Bob Welsh, '94, now a major in the regulars. Besides those listed in the RECORD, Bob Swift was with the 31st; J. F. Flanagan in the 1st U. S. Engineers, and Ralph Hastings with the 34th. I have no doubt that there were many more M. A. C. men in the service at that time, and it would seem like a fine work if all who have at any time, or are at present members of Uncle Sam's forces, could be compiled. Lieut. Bandholtz was a great in spiration to the battalion while he was in charge, and has since been prominent as the head of the constabulary in the Philippines. At the close of the Spanish war -he was mustering agent in Michigan, and met us upon our arrival in Detroit. It is to be hoped that in the event of another war M. A. C. can be represented by its own organization. Yours truly, L. C. SMITH, with '97 and '99. . Allen C. Redding, '83, is consulting mining and metallurgical engineer, and mining geologist of the Pacific Laboratories, San Francisco, Cal. M. G. Kains, '95, head of the horticulture depart ment of Penn. State, having been previously in the toward newspaper business, has the right attitude RECORD news, and we hope others will feel the same. He writes: "My experience leads me to believe that if a man wants to get something worth while out of a paper he should give the editor something worth while—something more than a paltry dollar." Kains makes it a practice to lecture to his classes very often for a few minutes on some subject foreign to the subject under study. The talks are no two alike. "Sometimes ethics, sometimes poetry, again business features, quotations from trade papers, M. A. C. REC ORD—in fact, anything that I think is good in itself, interesting, amusing, character forming, or instruc tive. One talk I gave about a month ago on mush rooms had such a marked effect that the whole com munity has apparently risen as one man and made it a good deal harder to get a meal of these tooth some articles. However, the Kain's household has had its share—fully twenty full meals for the four of us, besides trimmings half a dozen other times. I have never known mushrooms to be so abundant in the autumn." The following interesting letter has been received from E. S. Keithley, '11, who is in the Forest Service on the Pike National Forest, with headquarters in the Majestic Bldg., Denver, Col.: "I am assigned to reforestation work here on the Pike, where I have charge of the planting. From 1,000 to 1,500 acres are planted with nursery stock each year. I am con centrating all the planting operations within the Colorado Springs watershed, where, with this annual acreage, eight to ten years will be required to com plete the work on this watershed alone. Camps of from 50 to 100 men are maintained. Species planted are yellow pine, Douglas fir, and Engleman spruce. Last spring I planted 875 acres, at a total average cost per acre, including stock, of $9.02, and obtained an average of 90 per cent, where 700 trees per acre were planted. This is the best record yet for plant ing in rough, mountainous country. Nursery stock is produced at the Monument Nursery, within the Pike Forest, where the annual output is nearly a million trees. A new reconnaissance has been in stituted, known as planting reconnaissance, which is a basis for reforestation working plans. During July and August last, with a crew of four men, I covered the entire Colorado Springs watershed. Next year I hope to extend this work over other portions of the forest, and so on until the entire forest is covered, and, data in hand for a complete working plan." BASKETBALL TEAM HARD AT WORK. Contrary to the usual practice of holding the major portion of basketball practice off until the first of the winter term, Assistant Coach Gauthier and B. B. Goss, both of last year's team, have been putting the material on hand to a vigorous test the past two weeks. One hundred and fifty reported for try-outs. At present the lineup of the squad for the big sched ule, which begins with the Toledo Buckeyes, Janu ary 9th, on the home floor, looks something like this: Frimodig, '17, center; Dutch Miller, DePrato, Sheffield and McClelland, guard material; Hewitt Mil ler, '16, DePrato, England, '17, forwards. Goss and Gauthier are the only men of last year's team that were lost by graduation, and with these men back to coach, and the excellent material at hand, we should have another winning team. 6 THE M. A. C. RECORD. TF there is anything you need for * Christmas kept m 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 DRUG & GROCERY STORE Electric Supplies. Full line of Everything. Agents for Star Laundry. A N D Y 'S B A R B ER S H OP Same old Cut-ups—and then some (shoes shined) Basement of College Drug & Grocery Co. LOOK FOR T HE SIGN — Close at 6:15. H. A. SIAS 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 Exp erience and Equipment Count We have both — In business since 1891 FRENCH DRY CLEANERS, DYERS AND TAILORS A. G. BISHOP 114-16 "Washtenaw W. Both Phones ATTENTION, STUDENTS Call and see our CHRISTMAS stock of " R K B r i L T' RKMIXCTilN', MONARCH and SMITH PREMIKR typewriters. Prices $81.50 to $r>5.o0. Rentals $2.50 per month. $5.o;) applies on purchase price. REMINGTON T Y P E W R I T ER COMPANY, (INC.) 211 Prudden Bldg. _, Lansing, Mich. Phones: j c i t i z e ns g 5 85 ( Bell 873 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 the city. C. J. R O U S ER D R UG C O. m S. Wash. Ave. NEWS AND COMMENT. Prof. E. C. Sanford, '04, talked on "Woodlot Man agement" at the F a r m e r s' Club last week. F. E. Millen, instructor in apiculture, went to New York City last week to meet his wife and little baby. Airs. Millen has been visiting her p a r e n ts in E n g l a nd for the past year. C. \V. Scoville, of Pittsburgh, delivered a lecture on life insurance in the a r m o ry last week. This is the first of a series of similar talks to be given at M. A. C. this winter. Alary Antin, w r i t er of "The Promised Land," her self an emigrant from Russia, spoke before a packed house last week on "The Responsi the armory bility of American Citizenship." in President Snyder spent two days last week at the in Battle Creek. F r i d ay he State Grange meeting left for Ithaca, N. Y., where he was asked to give the address at the a n n u al banquet of the agricultural students of Cornell. The two-day m e e t i ng of the State Branch of the last Wednesday National Bee Keepers' Association, and Thursday, was a very profitable one indeed. About 100 of the prominent beekeepers of the state were present and to speakers of wide re nown. listened J. H. Mustard, of the Westinghouse Company, was here last Thursday and Friday, interviewing senior electricals and mechanicals with their going with the company after graduation. Two of last year's class, G. T. Smith and H, L. Smith, are very pleasantly connected with company at Pittsburgh, Pa. the view of this The annual meeting of the Michigan E x p e r i m e nt Association occurs J a n u a ry 14th and 15th, in con junction with the Corn, Grain and Bean Show, which r u ns from the 12th to the 15th. A splendid program has been prepared, built on the idea of giving in struction in pedigreed seed breeding and seed selec tion, with special attention to source of alfalfa seed for Alichigan Stewart & Kidd Company, of Cincinnati, has an nounced the publication of a volume of verse called "The Man Sings," by Rescoe Gilmore Stott. Those who were students at AL A. C. during the years of 1909 and 1910, will remember the author as one of the popular in the English department. He is now at the head of the English department of the Normal College of Kentucky. instructors inquiry In a recent it was found t h at of the 14 men who received monograms for football this fall, 12 are taking the agricultural course, thus proving, cf course, the much mooted question, as to whether the farm does or does not produce the best physical types of men, and also t h at the city and office, which the term engineering work is often associated with, is a center of physical degeneration. Neither the E u r o p e an war nor the high cost of living seem to have much influence on the student boarding clubs at AI. A. C, as the cost per week, which ranges from $2.05 to $2.99, is not materially ten years. different The average for all the clubs is 37% cents a day per person The cost in the various clubs is as follows: A, $2.68; B, $2.75; C, $2.28: D, $2.05; E, $2.97; G, $2.99. the average of the past from The meeting of the Engineering Society enjoyed greatly the opportunity of h e a r i ng George K. Elliot, of Cincinnati, last week. Air. Elliot is chief chemist and metallurgist for the L u n k u s h h e i m er Company, of C i n c i n n a ti He talked on "The Globe Valve as a THE M. A. C. RECORD. 7 Metallurgical Problem." Week before last M. M. Cory, of the electrical department, dealt with the sub ject, "Development of the Electrical Industry." A number of lantern slides were shown to illustrate the progress in the use of different in lights. filaments The Bulgarian government has just sent thre6 stu dents to take their degree at M. A. C. They are: Dimitar Atanasoff, of Gramaola, Kenla, who has had, in the agricultural schools of Bulgaria, three years of chemistry and two of botany, and has spent one semester in Leipsig; Zwetan Ivanoff, of Kovat- schiza, Lompalanka, who has been studying in Ber lin; Christo Sardjoff, of Strumitza, who has been taking work in the college at Saloniki, Greece. The first two students were transferred from Germany on account of the war. Only one of these students talks in a little English, and they find great'satisfaction having, in the person of Prof. Bessey, one who can converse with them in their native tongue. The course in kinematics next term, as arranged by Assistant Professor E. C. Greenman, will be given so that the students' time is not put in, drawing the mechanism on which the problem is based and then working the problem out, but these drawings will be made and handed out to the students,' ready for the solution of the problem. In this way, Mr. Greenman hopes to accomplish much more in kinematics, at least 50 per cent, more, as a great deal of time will not be occupied in work other than kinematics, as previously given. In the past a textbook on this subject has been found somewhat unsatisfactory, since a good many books needed to be consulted to make the course well rounded. With this in view a set of mimiographed notes will be sold to the stu dents next term as a textbook. These have been se lected from various texts with the view of placing in the students' hands a more satisfactory source of text material. FORESTERS ARRANGE VACATION TRIP. Fifteen foresters, with Prof. Chittenden and In structor Gilson, have completed their plans for an intensive study of the logging and milling operations around Davis, W. Va., for the annual holiday for estry jaunt. The start will be made directly after Christmas, and the plan is to return for the open ing of school next term. Davis is in the heart of the mountainous region, where power logging and skidding devices of the very latest kind will be found. The particular project that the boys wish to visit is one that has been often spoken of as the most difficult of logging operations east of the Rockies. Half of the time will be spent studying logging, and the other half the manufacturing end, which includes besides lumber manufacture, also paper making, tannin extracts, etc. While this winter forestry trip has been an annual affair in the past, and until last year only seniors went, it is planned for the future that the trip will be undertaken only every two years, with both juniors and seniors in the list, being compulsory for none of them. The way in which the planning for the trip this year has worked out is especially pleas ing to the forestry instructors, for the enthusiasm and initiative came entirely from the students. 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. 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, T he Bountiful Christmas Store has to offer. If it is for Mother, F a t h e r, 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 ALUMNI NOTES. Mr. a nd Airs. A. A. Fisk, '05, are the proud p a r e n ts of Jessie Louise Fisk, born Nov. 25th. C. F. Barton, ex-'13, with the Wil liams Bros. Co., of Detroit, was on the campus last week. Allen Gibson, ex-'12, and Isabelle Drummond, - of Scranton, Pa., were m a r r i ed on Thanksgiving day. TEE M. A. C. RECORD. most part. But I m u st not rave about football when I should be t a k i ng ad vantage of to do some more plowing." this fine w e a t h er '14, now Edith Lemon, studying home economics at Columbia Univer interestingly of h er sity, writes very is at work. Her practice teaching present vocational the one of in schools near the Bowery. She writes, "Clara Forte, '17, and I were in p a r t: the very loyal to our alma m a t er on and. evening day of the Michigan game, even if we were miles away. We both invested in white c h r y s a n t h e m u m s, a nd wore them all afternoon in honor of the day. We went walking over on Riverside, and managed to see field a fairly good M. A. C. athletic see where other people would only Grant's fairly good student body, guests, team, and all the rest, but we could not exactly m a ke out what t he score was." tomb. We pictured a locking Blanche Clark, '08, dietician at the Traverse City Insane Hospital, spent three days with Mrs. Thomas Gunson last week. '07 and sp. The former Miss Edith Hudson, '09, informs us that she changed her ad dress to Mrs. G. H. Bearup, 120 Sixth St., Grand Ledge. Mich. last September C. W. Knapp. "12. is employed in the engineering d e p a r t m e nt of the Peo ple's Gas, Light and Coke Co., of Chi cago, with at 1508 N. La Salle St. residence Milt Gearing, '12, at present with the the engineering d e p a r t m e nt of Diamond Crystal Salt Co., of St. Clair, in consultation was here with members engineering the teaching staff. • last week of at Goshen, C. L. Coffeen, county agriculturist, Ind., with h e a d q u a r t e rs has been on the sick list, but is back on the job at the present time. Mr. and Mrs. Coffeen are both g r a d u a t es in the class of '12. They have a boy, who will be a year old in F e b r u a r y. F. Royal Kenney, '14, of the Hazel- fern F a r m, Hazardville, Conn., w r i t e s: "I guess t h at Penn. State game will put M. A. C. on the E a s t e rn football map. 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