V O L. X X I. D E C E M B ER 7, 1915. No. 12 ^I*L v^J W37 6? x.Jf/. £ 'Jk •<* -'..in, J >3g*j«E We Chemistry- Building AfV' f > P U B L I S H ^ S^ BY^T -f> > AGRICULTURAL COLLEGE . XS^QCIATION EAST LANDING, MfCHiGXlK »• ^ ^ •1 ^ & £ V^ LANSIN6 ENG.to. Dt4l5N£BS. D I R E C T O RY LANSING BUSINESS AND PROFESSIONAL MEN names in this Directory, as well as those of all our other advertisers, are of re ^HE liable parties. We hope the faculty and students will patronize those who patronize us. A. M. EMERY 116 Washing-ton Ave. N. Books, Fine Stationery, Engraved Call ing Cards, Fountain Pens, Pictures, Frames. Fine F r a m i ng a Spec ialty. Loose leaf note books for all purposes. CROTTY BROS. 206 Washington Ave. N. Stationery, Books, Bibles, Fountain Pens, Diaries for 1916, I. P. Note Books. BLUDEAU & SIEBERT Bookbinders, Account Book Makers, Paper Ruling, Library and Fine Art Bindings, File Boxes, Map Mountings, Albums, Pocket Books, Etc. Citizens' phone No. 3019. In City National Bank Building. Geo. G. BludeaU and Henry H. Siebert. LOUIS BECK COMPANY 112 Washington Ave. N. Correct Clothes, Up-to-date H a ts and Caps, Classy Furnishings. DR. CHARLOTTE M. JACKSON Osteopathic Physician 220 Tussing Bldg. Hours, 9-12; 1:30-5. Bell Phone: Office 932-J; Res. 235-J. J. E. STOFFER, D. D. S. Office 203-5 City National Bank Bldg. Automatic phone 2361 Bell phone 61 NORTON'S HARDWARE General Hardware, Tinware, Granite- ware, Cutlery, Stoves, Etc. I ll Washington Ave. S. See ad. MRS. O. T. CASE Manufacturing all styles of Hair Goods to order, and Hair Goods Shop. Old switches enlarged, colored and renovated to look as good as new. The Franco-American Hygienic Toilet Requisites a specialty. Automatic phone No. 3451 214% Washington Ave. S. ALLEN & DE KLEINE PRINTING CO. 128-130 Ionia St. W. Printing, Typewriters, Office Supplies, Adding Machines, Programs, En graved Cards, Filing Cabinets, Sectional Book Cases. Bell 1094 Automatic 3436 Special care given to M. A. C. and its students. ELECTRICAL EQUIPMENT COMPANY Electric Supplies of all Kinds Tungsten Lamps, Shades, Etc. Latest Improvements in Reading Lamps. Motors and Generators. 117 Michigan Ave. E. DAVIS' QUALITY ICE CREAM. Not a fad, but a food. 110 Grand Ave. S. THE M. A. C. RECORD. PAGELSEN & SPENCER Patents, Patent Law, Trademarks 1107-10 Chamber of Commerce Bldg., Detroit, Michigan E. N. Pagelsen, *89 L. M. Spencer, '06 Formerly Examiners IT. S. P a t e nt Office. GOODELL, ZELIN C. (Forestry, M. A. C. '11) Insurance and Bond's of Every Kind salary, If you haven't insured your better see or write Goodell about a good proposition. Lansing' Insurance Agency, Inc., 110 W. Michigan Ave., Lansing, Mich. SAMUEL L. KILBOURNE, ex-'61 Lawyer 2141/2 Washington Ave. S., Lansing, Mich. Ship all your Hay and Straw direct to SILAS E. CHAMPE, '06a, 289-495 W. Jefferson Ave., Detroit, Mich., and get $25 more per car. Warehouse and hav sheds on M. C. and P. M. Railroads. SMITH-LAHUE CO. Specializing in Poultry—Veal—Eggs Consignments solicited. Sales dailv. Write for tags. G. H. Smith, '11. 26-28 Western Market, Detroit, Mich. CORYELL NURSERY Birmingham, Mich. Growers of High Grade Ornamentals. We raise a large variety of vigorous stock for home grounds and public parks. R. J. Coryell, '84, presi dent; Ralph I. Coryell, '14, secretary and treasurer. BETTER PAINT—DIRECT TO YOU West Chemical & Paint Co., Springport, Mich. R. J. West, ex-'05 W. H. West West pays the freight If Experience and we w both. Equipment Count /n j™T 9, s s s French Dry Cleaners, Dyers and Tailors. A. G. B I S H OP 774-76 Washtenaw W. Both Phones CHRISTMAS GIFTS Carving Sets Food Choppers Knife and Fork Sets Manicure Sets Pocket Knives Aluminum Ware Razors Scissors N O R T O N 'S HARDWARE East Lansing Directory DR. H. W. LANDON Office hours: 7 to 8:30 a. m.; 1 to 3 and 7 to 8 p. m. Sundays, 12 to 1 p. m. Citizens' phone 3261. DR. OSCAR H. BRUEGEL Cor. Michigan Ave. and Grand River Ave., E a st Lansing. Hours: 7 to 8:30 a. m.; 2 to 4 and 7 to 5 p. m. Sundays 12 to 1 p. m. Citizens' phone 3244. M. C. SANDERS East Lansing Bakery and Grocery. M. A. C. Bread a specialty. Your barbers for "HANK" AND "FRANK" the At the Students' Trade Shop, Cor. Grand River and M. A. C. Aves. last five years. WILDWOOD TEA ROOM Service a la carte. 318 Abbott Ave., E a st Lansing-. Fountain Pens Waterman's, Mercantile, Parker's, Etc. $1 to $ 6, all g u a r a n t e ed A T- College Drug & Grocery Store Full Line gf Everything. Agents for Star Laundry. Electric Supplies. Good Things to Eat E A ST L A N S Ii L E A D I NG GROGERj) T ML M AC RECORD V O L. X X I. E A ST L A N S I N G, M I C H I G A N, T U E S D A Y, D E C E M B ER 7, 1 9 1 5. N O. 12 THE CHEMISTRY DEPART MENT. The history of the Department of Chemistry at M. A. C. is very closely interwoven with the growth of the coL In lege from the very fifty spite of the fact t h at more t h an beginning. he servd very ably for m a ny years. His death occurd in F e b r u a r y, 1901. Professor F i s ke was followd by Dr. R. C. Kedzie, father of F. S. Kedzie, now head of the department, who oc cupied the position for nearly 40 years, from 1863 until his death in 1902. The remarkable influence which Dr. Ked zie exerted upon t he affairs of M. A. S T A FF OF CHEMISTRY D E P A R T M E N T. Back row, left to right—E. L. Underwood, D. T. Ewing, C. D. Ball, Jr., R. C. Huston, H. L. Publow. F r o nt row, left to right—W. P. Wood, D, C. Carpenter, K. G. Hancher, T. E. F r i e d e m a n n, B. E. Hartsuch, A. J. Clark, Mabel Mosher, Blanche Hornbeck (office a s s i s t a n t ), F. S. Kedzie. to fill in the chair of professor of chemistry, T he first of these was L. R. Fiske, who held the chair from 1857 to 1859, when he was, on account of his s t r i k i ng abil the vacancy, made Acting ity President. He continued this ca in -^aeity and also t h at of professor of chemistry until 1862, when, upon not (it is said being appointed President t h at politics do creep in, in the man agement of educational institutions, occasionally), he resignd to accept the presidency of Albion, which institution '85, who in t he words of C. can best be told J u d ge C. B. Collingwood, in a recent article in the Holcad, entitled "An Appreciation," gives the following "Dr. Kedzie's per characterization: sonality was a tremendous factor in the formation of this college. He gal the day he vanized every t h ru first enterd. F r om college and t h ru life t h at m an never wholly got away from influence. J u st w h at it was worth to the college (Continued on page 5.) t h at day on freshman this MAJOR F. W. FUGER. the S t u d e n ts of three classes pre ceding and including the entering class in 1908 will regret the death of Major F. W. Fuger, which occurd residence at Grosse Pointe F a r ms near Detroit, F r i d a y, November 26th. to know of at his regiment, After leaving M. A. C, Major F u g er the T h i r t e e n th joind his United States Infantry, then stationd at Manila, P. I., and it was while there the disease developt which resulted in his r e t i r e m e nt service and from in his death. finally the in As an officer the army, he ren dered distinguisht service at the battle of San J u an Hill later was in charge of some of the n o r t h e rn provinces in the Island of Luzon dur ing the Aguinaldo rebellion. in Cuba and He was retired two years ago with the r a nk of major and since then had enjoyd fairly good health until within a week of his death. He was buried in Mt. Elliott ceme in Detroit, Monday, November tery 29th, with full military honors. Prof. Thomas Gunson attended funeral as representative of the college. the As c o m m a n d a nt of the college cadets he was an exceptionally capable and popular officer, being presented with a gold sword, the gift of the regiment, as a token of respect and esteem. A large n u m b er of the alumni and former students, who knew Major F u g er will join w i th the m a ny friends in a nd residents of t he city to Mrs. F u g er and her four little children their deep sympathy for her and their sad bereavement. the campus and in extending them in Mr. R. S. Kellogg, of Chicago, secre t a ry of the National Lumber Manufac t u r e r s' Association, talkt to the senior foresters a nd lumber dealers of Lan sing on last Wednesday afternoon "The Marketing of Lumber." Mr. Kel logg provd a very interesting speaker and his ability as shown at the after noon lecture evidently h ad wide pub the For licity for the attendance at in estry Club meeting the evening the club. His broke all records evening lecture was on "Forests of Alaska" and was very e n t e r t a i n i ng as well as instructiv to the 70 would-be- foresters present. of 4 THE M. A. C. RECORD THE M. A. C. RECORD. STATE STUDENT Y. M. CONVENTION. Published Every Tuesday During College Year the Michigan by Agricultural College Association. the Entered as second-class mail matter a t' the Post Office in Lansing, Mich. C. S. LANGDON, '11, Managing Editor. SUBSCRIPTION PRICE, $1.00 PER YEAR. Subscriptions may be paid for by P. O. Money Order, Draft, or Registered Letter. Business Office with Lawrence & Van Buren Printing Co., 210-212 Grand Ave. No., Lansing, Mich. Address all subscriptions and adver tising m a t t er to the M. A. C. Record, E a st Lansing, Mich. Address all con tributions the Managing Editor, East Lansing, Mich. to TUESDAY, DECEMBER 7, 1915. ALUMNI EMPLOYMENT AGENCY. It h as been one of our hobbies t h at the alumni office should act as a clear ing house for m e m b e rs of the M. A. C. Association who a re looking for posi looking tions a nd m e m b e rs who are for m en to fill positions. This aim can never be two classes of individuals recognize it as a desirabl function of t h is office. a t t a i nd these until in another column. We are glad to say t h at during this to fall term we hav h ad opportunity do this kind of service to some extent. There hav been several calls for men and j u st at the present time we could place several engineers, as will be seen In general tendency has been this year t h at the more men were needed there were men available. This may be only because we are not in touch with the unemployed situation, but we believ t h at it is because M. A. C. men in gen eral are not out of work, and t h at t he industrial and educational progress is great. t h an * * * the letter ONLY FOR CLASS OF '13. from one of The "live the class of 1913, printed wires" of elsewhere in this issue, speaks abun dantly for itself. We wish there were more such live letters from men in other classes. The writer of this particular letter is to be especially does not at commended because he tribute the lack of news of his class to little bo- quets of t h is n a t u r e. t he editor—who expects similar to know While we are on this subject of the class of 1913 it m i g ht be interesting to t h at t h is class members of out of t he 161 graduates, but 75 or 46 t a k i ng the RECORD. A per cent, are hasty glance over t he records of t h is term show t h at about 60 of the class hav been heard from so far t h is year. * * * .:. ' ' M r s. A. B. MacGregor, *iee Carolyn daughter •Ellsworth, special Gertrude at Fowlerville, live Mich., since the death of her husband, Dr.' MacGregor, of Cheboygan. '06, and now called t h r u o ut secretary are held the state. All of The first State Student Y. M. C, A. convention was held at M. A. C. last This F r i d a y, S a t u r d ay and Sunday. the Geneva convention grew out of Conferences which every summer, and was to consider the problems of college Y. M. C. A. men the state educational institutions were rep largest resented, U. of M. having the number—33—in attendance. The list of speakers shows talent of such merit t h at no doubt can be entertaind but t h at the Y. M. C. A. boys are in earn est. Fletcher S. Brockman, associate i n t e r n a t n o n al general of Y. M. C. A. of North committee America, gave several s t i r r i ng talks; "Dad" Elliot, international field secre tary of central west, was on hand with his old J. W. Pontius, secretary Y. M. o. A. of Ohio State, was on the program, and convincing talks were also given by J. H. Dague of Detroit Y; Dr. 0. J. Price of Lan sing; Prof. W. H. F r e n ch of M. A. C, and W. H. Tinker of U. of M. "Y." the chapel exercises Sunday m o r n i ng t he Armory with Mr. took place J a m es S c h e r m e r h o rn the Detroit Times as speaker. As a result of the series of meetings can be no doubt b ut t h at a great deal of good will be accomplisht. time power; there of of in DETROIT ALUMNI BAN QUET VARSITY. The Chamber of Commerce, Detroit, was the scene last S a t u r d ay n i g ht of a very successful buffet luncheon when t he Detroit Alumni entertained the M. A. C. coaches a nd about 20 members of the varsity squad. Wm. Carl Chap m an acted as master of ceremonies at the occasion and speeches were made by H. A. Haigh, Coach Macklin, Dr. C. B. Lundy, "Dutch" Miller, and foot ball m en Smith, Vandervoort, Frimo- dig, Henning, Blacklock, and Pattison. Charles R. Haigh sang the new song. the M. A. C.-Michigan Pictures game were shown, the elevens of the Detroit Central High and Everett High of Boston in to view being invited these. About 100 M. A. C. people were present. of Coach E. C. Buss, ex-'09, of t he De troit Central High eleven, has surely past a successful season, as his team has won 11 games and tied a scoreless game with E v e r e tt High of Boston, Saturday. This game was supposed to settle t he high school cnampionship of the U. S., and it did so far as Detrdit- ers are concerned. T he Girls' Glee Club will furnish the music for the meeting of the State As sociation of F a r m e r s' Clubs which oc curs this week Tuesday at 7:30 p. m. in t he Agricultural Building. ^ ONE WEEK SCHOOL'S FEA TURE COLLEGE EX TENSION. the Director of Extension R. J. Baldwin has been devoting much time this fall to the organization of the one-week school project t h r u o ut t he state. The numerous and de calls hav been so m a n ds so extensiv task has t h at not been an easy one. It has been an nounced t h at in addition to the usual subjects which hav been offerd in the past such as "Feeding F a r m - A n i m a l s ," "Dairying," "Crops," "Alfalfa," "Soils," etc., some features hav been introduced. These are lectures on and such subjects as " F a rm H e a t i ng Lighting," "Needs and Possibilities of Country Homes," " F a rm Sewage Dis posal," Management," "Home Canning," "Care of Sick," "Bal anced Rations for the Home," etc. special new "Household The following persons are included in the lists of lectures in these one- week schools: Margaret Justin, Paul ina Raven, Clara Morris, Mary E. Ed monds, C. A. Tyler, J. A. Waldron, I. K. Maystead, A. L. McCartney, O. E. Robey, Don B. Whelan, Ashley M. Ber- ridge. Agricultural The list of one-week schools t h at hav this winter a r e: been announced for Home economics schools—November 29-December 3, Portland; December 13-17, Battle Creek; December 27-31, J a n u a ry 3-7, Berlin; Janu Caledonia; J a n u a ry 17-21, ary 10-14, Middleville; Ray Center; J a n u a ry 17-21, Davis; J a n u a ry 24-28, Hopkins; F e b r u a ry 7- 11, Scotts; F e b r u a ry 14-18, Athens. schools—December 6- 10, Texas township, Kalamazoo coun ty; December 13-17, Battle Creek and Coldwater; December 20-23, Beulah and Shelby; December 27-31, Cale donia; J a n u a ry 3-7, Berlin, Albion a nd 10-14, Coopers- Hemlock; ville, Fennville, New Richmond, Mid J a n u a ry 17-21, dleville and Quincy; Durand, Monroe and Ray Center; J a n u a ry 24-28, Edwardsburg, Hopkins a nd Allegan; J a n u a ry 31-February 4, (Tuscola county) Marshall, Ellington a nd Bronson; F e b r u a ry 7-11," Scotts; F e b r u a ry 14-18, Athens, Dowagiac and Algansee; F e b r u a ry 21-25, Springport. economics home in the up schools will be conducted in Ontonagon county, per peninsula Schoolcraft county, Delta county a nd Marquette county. During March J a n u a ry study they will According to the present plans, four teen forestry students will s t a rt out with Prof. Chittenden and W. I. Gil- son the day after Christmas for Davis, W. Va., where the p l a nt of Babcock Lumber Boom Co. This company has holdings of 20,000 acres a nd their modern logging opera tions, p a rt of which will include log ging by t he oyehhead cable system, very instructiv. The party will plans also to visit pulp mills, t a n n in industries and other points of interest in t h at locality. be THE CHEMISTRY DEPT. shams and humbugs, (Continued from page 3.)- in thtfse dark days when so m a ny were eager to h a ng crepe on the door, never can be estimated. * * * H is eminent service as a scientist, h is ex posure of the powerful influence he exerted upon the young m en of his time, these are noteworthy abov and beyond this was his notable serv in ice renderd making possibl the 'Land Grant Colleges.' " the entire nation, success of achievements, but to in his in t h en The Michigan Agricultural College It opend its doors on May 10, 1857. so happend then t h at F r a nk S t e w a rt Kedzie, born in Vermontville on May 12, 1857, was two days late—and late ness has been a condition ever since abhored by the Doctor (it is rumored that his students hav been infected at this times with equal virulence, with g r a d u a t i on abhorence). After from M. A. C. in 1877 Mr. Kedzie workt a year and a half as clerk un the State der Dr. H. H. Baker Board of Health. He studied medicine under a practicing physician. In 1880 he was elected assistant in chemistry at M. A. C. and has been this department con connected with tinuously since t h at time, except two periods of six months each which were spent t he in studying chemistry University of Berlin. Mr. Kedzie re- ceivd the degree of M. S. in 1882, and the degree of Dr. Sc. was conferd upon him in 1912. He was made head of the Chemistry Department in 1802, and his is Acting Presi latest duty dent, which position he bears with be coming dignity and effectiveness. t he Associated with Dr. Kedzie in department are twelv instructors, t he following four of which came t h is last year: C. D. Ball, Jr., B. S., from Penn. State; K. D. Hancher, B. S. and M. S., from Ohio State; T. E. F r i e d e m a n n, B. S., from Oklahoma A. & M.; C. L. Underwood, M. A. C. '15; W. P. Wood, a new m an l a st year, has his A. M. and B. Ch. E. from the University of Michigan and ex pects to take his M. S. there in 1916. D. C. Carpenter, B. S., from M. A. C. '11, came to the department in the fall of '14. After g r a d u a t i on he . t a u g ht physics a nd chemistry in various h i gh schools and h as t a k en graduate work at U. of M. D. T. Ewing, on his t h i rd year with the department, comes from E w i ng h as Parson's College, done a year's graduate work at the University of Chicago. H. L. Publow, B. S. at M. A. C. '14, began work in the fall of t h at year. Mabel Mosher, a graduate of M. A. C. in '08, has charge of the experimental work with flour and teaches the flour chemistry: B. E. Hartsuch, a g r a d u a te of W a b a sh College, h as been teaching at M. A. C. Since 1911. He has specialized in this y e ar Physical chemistry. Until Hartsuch has h ad charge of the Glee Club at M. A. C. R. C. Huston, asso ciate professor of chemistry, did h is the d e p a r t m e nt Iowa. in THE M. A. C. RECORD. u n d e r g r a d u a te work at Parson's Col lege, Iowa, a nd receivd his M. S. and Ph. D. from the University of Iowa in 1908 and 1914 respectivly. He spent two years at the University of Wash ington, coming to M. A. C. as assist a nt professor in 1911. He h as special ized in organic chemistry. A. J. Clark, associate professor of chemistry, has been connected with M. A. C. since the fall of 1908. Professor Clark gradu ated from the University of Wisconsin in 1905 and has since studied at Madi son three s u m m e rs and one summer in t he University of Chicago. In addi tion to his w o r k , in chemistry, Profes sor Clark h as been director of the Col lege band and has made this organiza tion one t h at has, upon numerous oc casions, brot much credit upon M. A. C. this department gave a * sources. . One of T he Chemistry Department at the present time h as over 600 students enrold. T h r ee h u n d r ed and ninety- three of these are freshmen, 253 of w h om a re ags.; 136 engineers and 14 taking vets. Over 100 students are q u a n t i t a t iv analysis, 72 girls are tak ing organic chemistry, 22 senior en gineers are t a k i ng applied engineer ing chemistry and the others are scat term tering, in special courses. Next the department the regular work of will be sweld by the addition of all the short course men. At one time in its history s h o rt course in sugar chemistry. This has been discontinud for several years on account of the call being fild from other recent changes in the work given in the de p a r t m e nt is the complete isolation of t h at of the work for the girls from t he men. H o me economics students are now^given work, directly applied to their course. There is no tendency in toward great the w o rk of department, and it is doubtful if degrees in chemi cal engineering will ever be given. The m a in idea is to instruct in those processes, an u n d e r s t a n d i ng of which is necessary in the various applied sci- . entific courses pursued at this college. And while are not the ultimate goal of chemistry w o rk at M. A. C, a list of the gradu ates of this institution will show t h at m a ny of t h em hav gone out in indus trial fields a nd made excellent use of the college t he chemistry specialization industrial chemists t r a i n i ng receivd. the LETTER FROM DR. BEAL. Amherst, Mass., Dec. 2, 1915. M. A. C. RECORD: I believe in athletics for every stu dent, especially when carried on with regularity and not to excess. An old person should exercise as well as a young one, as can often be seen when he r e t i r es from active business and be gins to t a ke a rest. In my own lawn case, I mower, hoe shrubbery, dig dandelions and plantains, saw wood, shovel snow, fix t r ap n e s ts for hens, and when these duties and sundry chores r un short, r un a ^ 5 I spend an hour and a half or more a dumb r u n n i n g, day walking, bells, pullies, I n d i an clubs, and other k i n ds of exercises. using for Some of you may not know t h at I am an old teacher of gymnastics a nd have given a good deal of study to t he I t a u g ht 50 girls an hour a subject. day, five days in five the week years, beginning in 1863. We used a piano, drum and a variety of light ap p a r a t u s. t he invention and use of noisy cheers, nor the class m a ke to did contest with schools, having other spent much time in special t r a i n i n g. is w r i t t en to partially prepare the reader of my history of M. A. C. for some plain words on col legiate athletics of jthese times. I never was expert long journeys T he above in Cordially, W. J. BEAL. DR. KEDZIE PLEASED THAT Y. M. C. A. STUDENTS SE LECTED LANSING. To the E d i t or M. A. C. RECORD: May I t h r o u gh the columns of the RECORD express my appreciation of the in splendid co-operation of a nd out of college in t he m a t t er of se curing the Boys' Y. M. C. A. Confer ence for L a n s i ng next year. the men larger It is a notable fact t h at the Lansing vote was t he combined t h an vote of the other two cities in the race (Bay City a nd Battle C r e e k ). T h at the loyal friends of M. A. C. through out the state used their influence for L a n s i ng is plainly apparent. Great credit is due the s t u d e n ts now in col lege as well as our a l u m ni for the very activ interest t a k en in this matter. E a ch letter sent out from M. A. C. carried with it influence for the insti tution wrhich will only be begun w i th the coming conference in 1916. F R A NK S. KEDZIE, . Acting President. P l a ns are already u n d er way to m a k e; a day at the college a special feature of i n s t r u c t i on w h en t he State Y. M. C. A. boys assemble in L a n s i ng next November for t h e ir 1916 conven tion. There were exactly 28 m en who tried out for the debating squad last Mon day and Tuesday nights. Of these, seven m en were picked each n i g ht and these 14 will hold a final elimination in contest this week when they meet t h at debate on t he question is to be the subject of the Tri-State Debate. T he m en a nd t he way they will line follows: the debate up Affirmative—K. B. King, '16a; B. W. Bellinger, '18e; H. E. Cowles, 1 6a H. U Rather, '17a; G. Clegg, '17a; C. A. Smith, '16a. '16a; A. B. Winslow, Negative—L. S. Wells, '16a; C. G. Nobles, "16a; H. PL Fuller, '16a; H. C. Huebner, '18a; W. G. Retzlaff, '18e; A. G. Kettunen, '17a. '18e;. H. A. Furlong, t h is week in 6 NEWS AND COMMENT Dr. J. S. McDaniel of the v e t e r i n a ry division, gave a general discours on veterinary science at the meeting of t he F a r m e r s' Club last week. The F e r o n i an fall term party, held F r i d ay night at the Ag. Building, took the form of a clever masqued ball. Dr. a nd Mrs. Hedrick and Mr. and Mrs. H a n s e l m an acted as p a t r o ns and Ros- coe's orchestra played the program. F r om information recently receivd it is quite probable t h at the joint vaca tion p a r ty of the Grand Rapids M. A. C. Club and the G. R. M. A. C. As sociation will be held at the Sigsbee School Gymnasium, the date to be an nounced later. W. A. Blonck, prominent engineer of Chicago, gives an address in the Arm ory t h is Tuesday evening on "Boiler the Efficiency Methods in Europe and United States, with Reference to Pow er P l a n t s ." This last Liberal A r ts lecture of the fall is the term. The announcement has been made t h at after J a n u a ry 1st there will be a mighty a t t e m pt made to interest every male student in athletics, in college not only t h ru interest in varsity teams but t h ru active participation. the language of the street "this is some contract." We shall have more to say of this later. In The members of the Hort. Club were favord last week with a talk by Paul Armstrong, '15, on his experiences the past summer. A r m s t r o ng been connected with a small pickle firm at E a t on Rapids and his knowledge of t he pickle and s a u e r k r a ut business formd the basis for a very interesting and instructiv talk. has to give The barns back of the houses on torn Faculty Row are being rapidly the college campus a down t he more pleasing appearance Faculty members will be entrance. allowd garages are but old b a r ns taboo.i It is said t h at only an a r md con guard prevented game flagration- this year. another b a rn the Michigan from after R. J. Baldwin, director of extension, r e t u r n ed last Saturday from a week's trip in New York and Canada. He visited at Cornell University, Roches ter, and Welland, Ontario. Baldwin re ports t he majority of county agents and extension men in Canada hav enlisted for the war and t he agri cultural extension work is being de moralized. t h at in a concert at A crowd of over GOO waxed enthusi astic over the M. A. C. band last week when it appeard the High School Auditorium in Charlotte. The concert was scheduled under the auspices of t he sophomore class and they were highly gratified at the re t u r n s. This form of good advertising for M. A. C. and there ought to be more opportunities of a similar n a t u r e. inexpensive is an THE M. A. C. RECORD. the Dr. Bessey and Dr. Coons of the Botany Department, took p a rt in program at t he joint meeting of the State and National Potato Growers' Associations held in Grand Rapids last week. Dean Shaw, Prof. Mum- ford and C. W. Waid were in attend ance from t he college. Nearly all the county agents were present a nd also three members of the State Board of Agriculture, Graham, W a t e r b u ry and Woodman. Institutes are County F a r m e r s' in to be held the following places dur ing the remainder of this m o n t h: Ros common county, Roscommon, Dec. 8-9. Montmorency county, Atlanta, Dec. 9- 10. Crawford county, Grayling, Dec. 10-11. Cheboygan county, Wolverine, 13-14. E m m et county, Petoskey, Dec. 13-14. Wexford county, Manton, Dec. 14-15. Otsego Dec. county, Elmira, Dec. 15. Lake county, Bristol, Dec. 16-17. Missaukee county, McBain, Dec. 17-18. In addition to the college represen tatives present, President Kenyon L. Butjterfield, '91, of Amherst, presided at two of the meetings and R. G. Hopp- ingarner, '09; Samson Liph, '14; S. C. '15; H. Vandenberg, E. Young, '02, and E. D. Sanderson, 97, were present. President Howard Ed w a r ds of Rhode Island, Prof. J. A. Jeffery of Duluth, and Prof. Hestor McPherson of Oregon A. C, all of whom were formerly connected with M. A. C, were also in attendance. '15; A. J. Buell, Dean R. P. L y m an and Dr. E. T. H a l l m an of the Veterinary Division, and Dr. W a rd Giltner of the Bacteriol the meet ogy Department, attended ings of the U. S. Live Stock S a n i t a ry Commission in Chicago on Dec. 1 and 2. In addition, Dean Lyman attended several i m p o r t a nt committee meetings one of which, the executiv committee the American Veterinary Medical of Association, decided next meeting of this i m p o r t a nt body would be held in Detroit next August. t h at the in been purchasd An interesting sample of the applied work which t he home economics stu in organic chem dents are receiving istry was the work on breakfast foods, given the past week. The fifteen "best sellers" h ad t he usual m a n n er at groceries, net con^ tents, per cent, of moisture, fat, crude fibre, protein, a nd ash were all deter mined a nd then the n u m b er of calories of heat which were bot for one cent were calculated. interesting fact t h at our old friend oatmeal comes out of the comparison nearly 50 per the nearest t h an one of cent, better competitors and about six times better t h an one of the puffed cereals. None t he this work, as it t h r o ws light on the ordin ary work incident teaching chem istry, is the fact t h at it took one in structor the largest p a rt of two months this experi to prepare the data for m e nt which was covered two lec in tures. i n t e r e s t i ng feature of It is an less to HOTEL HEADQUARTERS FOR M. A. C. PEOPLE HOTEL STATLER Detroit 800 rooms—800 baths. 400 rooms (with shower bath) at $1.50 and $2.00 a day. Club breakfasts. Grand Circus Park, between Washington Boulevard and Bagley Avenue. NEW BURDICK HOTEL Kalamazoo, Mich. Absolutely fire proof. 250 rooms; 150 rooms with private bath. European plan. $1.00 per day and up. THE PARK PLACE HOTEL Traverse City, Mich. The of leading all-the-year-'round hotel the reg-ion. All modern con veniences. All outside rooms. W. O. Holden, Mgr. OCCIDENTAL HOTEL Muskegon, Mich. 150 rooms. Hot and cold water and telephone in every room. European plan, $1.00 and up. Edward R. Sweet, Manager. When in Pontiac stop at HOTEL HURON Central location, near Court House. All outside rooms. Cafe in connec tion. "Rates $1.00. Rooms with private bath $1.50. Phone, 671-W. OTSEGO HOTEL Jackson, Mich. DRESDEN HOTEL Flint, Mich. Two Good Hotels. Under Management of Elmer C. Puffer. Lawrence & Van Buren Printing Company 2 1 0 - 2 12 Grand A v e. North The Remington Typewriter Co. 211 Prudden Building, Lansing, Michigan Now offers REBUILT Remington, Smith- Premier and Monarch typewriters. Prices, $25.00 to $65.00. These machines are guar anteed by the Company. Rentals, $2.50 per $5.00 applies on purchase price. month. Bell Phone 873. Citizens 9585. S P E C I AL A N N O U N C E M E NT ! Chocolate Cherries ) 2Q_ _ __ Chocolate Assorted Nuts % ™ , „ rf Chocolate Assorted Fruits ) P °U I , a- Assorted Stick Candy, 2-pouud box, 29c Every Saturday and Sunday. C. J. R O U S ER D R UG C O. Cor. Allegan and Washington Ave. NEWS AND COMMENT. Miss Bertha Thompson of the Bot any Department, is confined to the hos pital and it is feared will not be able to be around before the term. the close of the college, attended Dr. W. 0. Hedrick, Dean R. S. Shaw, J. N. Mc- prof. Eben Mumford, and Bride, from the National Conference on M a r k e t i ng and Farm Credits held in Chicago, Nov. 29, 30 and Dec. 1 and 2. At this very im portant meeting 46 states and prov inces were represented by 400 mem bers, and in the four days 50 papers were read and discust. The delibera tions and papers are to be printed in book form and will m a ke a most valu- abl record of the advanct thot on this question. of food. With With board at M. A. C. ranging, in the boarding clubs, from $2.13 to $2.70, it can readily be seen t h at the high cost of living in college is not due to the cost the present high prices it seems really remarkable that the board could be kept down so fault low. Of course, there finding among the students, but so is there with all people who board. The reason for this low cost is, of course, the co-operative buying and the serv ing of the food at cost. is some It has j u st come to our notice t h at Prof. C. D. Smith, formerly director of the E x p e r i m e nt Station and Dean of Short Courses at M. A. C, and for five years president of the Agricultural College at San Paule, Brazil, h as had to refuse to consider the appointment as commercial attache at the United States embassy at Rio Janerio. Prof. Smith's knowledge of the commercial needs of the South American people especially fit him for such a position is t h at his health and we are sorry such t h at he was unable to accept. This week Monday and Tuesday the County Agricultural Agents of Michi gan hold their a n n u al conference at the college. The i m p o r t a nt problems to be dis of county agent work a re cust, projects for 1916 proposed and in addition there are addresses by Dr. Kedzie, Dean Shaw, W. A. Lloyd, agri culturist n o r t h w e s t e rn charge states, E. C. Lindemann, Eben Mum- ford, J. N. McBride, Dr. McCool, Prof. V. N. Shoesmith, Prof. A. C. Anderson, C. W. Waid, A. J. Patten, C. P. Reed, L. R. Taft, R. J. Baldwin, and I. R. Waterbury. in in celebration The Omicron Nu Society, the hon orary organization for home economic students at M. A. C, had a unique sup per Friday night of Home Economics Day in memory of Mrs. Ellen Richards, one of A m e r i c a 's home most prominent workers t he economics. Each table vied with others to see who could feature the most original "stunt." The p r o g r am was very ably presided 'over by Flor ence Stoll, '16, president of the society, aud the following t A s ts were respond " H o me Economics—the P a s t ," ed to: in THE M. A. C. RECORD. by Dorothy Lillie, '17; "The Present," by Kate McDonald; "The F u t u r e ," by Miss Mary Edmonds. the One of the interesting things to be the in the opening meeting of noted last F r i d ay Y. M. C. A. convention night was first the fact t h at for time in its dingy history the old Col lege Armory was well lighted. Hither to it has been well lighted—for dances only. The adequate lighting is due to new drop lights and globes that Presi dent Kedzie has had instald. An im provement in this direction brings out inadequate all the more in lighting the several of E n g i n e e r i ng Building. in our Library and also the drawing rooms of forcibly the A LUMNI NOTES Sidney E. Johnson (e) has quit the teaching game and is now a building superintendent, with residence at 705 Riverside Drive, Madison, Wis. '09. Max L. Towar (a) chemist of Char lotte, was at M. A. C. the first p a rt of last week. Mr. and Mrs. William R. Stafford of Port Hope, Mich., announce the birth of a daughter, Elizabeth Nicklin, on secretary October 25th. Stafford and m a n a g er of the Port Hope Tele phone Co. is '10. Sam Hagenbuch ( a) dropt in on col lege friends last Thursday. He has re cently r e t u r n ed from North Dakota where he has been posing as a gas t r a c t or engineer. ' l l. E. H. Brown of Benzonia, and C. L. the campus Rose of Evart, were on last week-end. the Philippine Devillo D. Wood (f) has arrived in Islands L a n s i ng from where he has been sine graduation in forestry work. He r e t u r n ed via. San this Francisco where he had charge past s u m m er of for the Philippine estry exhibit. Wood expects to remain in L a n s i ng until J a n u a ry 1st, when he the will go to Borneo to work under forestry British government policy of the second largest island in the world. the on Hinsdale, 111., Nov. 24, 1915. 311 F o u r th St. E d i t or M. A. C. RECORD, E a st Lansing, Mich. My Dear Sir:—Well, here goes, I I just got can keep still no longer. my RECORD and t h e re was not a word in there about the class of 1913. I be lieve t h at they have as much right to be h e a rd to from as anybody demonstrate, here goes very and little. is W h at the m a t t er with you fel lows t h at were so activ while we were l e a r n i ng how to get out of work? Are you w a i t i ng for some of the oth- The Holiday Season is close at hand. The Mills Store 108-110 Washington Ave. S. Offers you the very best facilities for c o n v e n i e nt shopping. Many new and exclusive novelties have been added to our regular stock of Christmas goods. Beautiful Ivory Shell Goods Hand Bags Neckwear Gloves Hosiery Handkerchiefs, Etc. Invitations Programs Cards Announcements Personal Stationery E N G R A V ED OR P R I N T ED the Always a selection of latest styles and the new est features conforming to correct social usage. Orders sent in by mail receive our most careful attention. Robert Smith Printing Co. Lansing, Michigan 8 THE M. A. C. RECORD. something a national the or are you ers to s t a rt reputation waiting for which will save you trouble of w r i t i ng about yourself? Both spirits are commendabl but it leaves the rest of us wondering where you are. I hear of some of the boys once in a while. I will m a ke a report and if some of the rest will do the same we can gather a little news and the spirit of '13 won't die yet. "Cowboy" Campbell is working on tunnel machines in Toronto, Canada. He was here in Chicago last summer and if I am any judge he knows more about t h an any other the tunnel living man. business " P a" Riblet is in E k h a r t, Ind. He is new business m a n a g er for the In diana-Michigan Electric Co. " R i b" did last sum more business for his firm mer they now look up to him. He has another baby so he is now "papa." thot possibl, so t h an they I met a m an from Minnesota this summer who knew F r a nk Cowing. He told me t h at F r a nk was teaching agri culture and buying a farm. He added with much w a r m th t h at Cowing is a fixture up in t h at country. teaching in J. D. Fletcher t he is West Aurora high school, Avhich is not very far from here. I have not seen him but from all I hear he has a life job if he w a n ts it. I r an across J. A. McDonald over in Grand Rapids, Mich., this summer. He was chief engineer on construction work for a local firm at t h at time. He was looking well and had The same old grin. You all know w h at I am doing for I I expect to take put it in the RECORD. from one year the bar examination I will open an office but this spring. I do not know where. I have a wife and a baby seven months old. She is a comer and looks like her father. Now some of the rest of you fellows limber up, Simpson, Chamberlain, Gil- son, Hall, Cary, Stege, VanKerchove, Cook, Colgan; Cumming, Prescott, Pail- thorp, Sibley, Granger, Gorenflo, Love lace, etc. We ought to have a letter from some member of in every num ber of the RECOKD during the rest of the year. this class Very truly yours, EARL C. DOUGLAS. J a n et Renwick mestic a rt school. in '14. ( h) is teaching do the Mt. Pleasant high J e an Lovejoy ( h) ing at Ann Arbor and Judson Court. ( w i t h) is teach lives at 1110 George A. Newhall is Grand Rapids the Denby Motor Truck Co., with residence at 530 La Grave St. representative of (e) Martin V. McGill ( a ), who has been teaching agriculture for some time at Baraga, Mich., has been called home by the serious illness of his uncle and should now be addressed at 1444 E. E r ie Ave., Lorain, Ohio. '15. Marion E. Walker ( h) is at home at ALUMNI LUNCHEONS. St. Ignace, Mich. A. N. Hall eral delivery, Dayton, Ohio. (e) new address, gen Arda Strong ( h) is teaching domestic town, her home a rt in science and Homer, Mich. J o hn W. Lawson is farming at Grand Ledge, Mich. Mail should be sent in care of E. E. Jones. ( a) R u th Beebe ( h) is teaching domes tic science the Detroit a rt schools, with residence at 962 Wabash Ave., Detroit. and in EL J. Field (a) has been elected to teach agriculture at Baraga, Mich., in place of Martin McGill ('14a), who h as resigned on account of sickness. WANTED. One or two drafstsmen for the en gineering department of an automo bile m a n u f a c t u r i ng company. Experi ence is desirable. One or two men in cost and time keeping department of an automobile Experience m a n u f a c t u r i ng company. along this line is desirable. A m an who has had three years' experience as mechanical drafts m an on machinery or s t r u c t u r al steel. Kindly communicate with the Dean two or of E n g i n e e r i ng for further details. There will be a weekly M. A. 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