VOL. XXI. FEBRUARY 1, 1916. No. 17 1CKK3A v, AGRICULTURAL COLLEGE ^XS^CIATION u ^/ \ EAST LANDING, M/clHIGAN^ f ^ \\ ^: ^ cc. v. ^ \ 1 LANSING E NO Co, D E S I S N E B S. }% HJ^ |y ^ •1 > '&:%£ 3 ^ 2 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 "Washington Ave. N. Books, Pine 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. Phones: Office-Citizens 6287, Bell 932-J. Residence-Bell 235-J. J. E. STOFPER, 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, E n 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. BUSINESS AND PROFESSIONAL PAGELSEN & SPENCER Patents, Patent Law, Trademarks 1107-10 Chamber of Commerce Bldg., Detroit, Michigan E. N. Pagelsen, '89 L. M. Spencer, '06 Formerly Examiners U. S. P a t e nt Office. GOODELL, ZELIN C. (Forestry, M. A. C '11) Insurance and Bonds 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 hay sheds on M. C. and P. M. Railroads. SMITH-LAHUE CO. Specializing in Pon ltry—Yea 1—Eggs Consignments solicited. Sales daily. 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 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 8 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. "HANK" AND "FRANK" Your barbers for the last five years. At the Students' Trade Shop, Cor. Grand River and M. A. C. Aves. WILDWOOD TEA ROOM Service a la carte. 318 Abbott Ave., E a st Lansing. Founts in Pens ^ a ™, s • V H I I U I I ll • VJWBU Parker's, Etc. $1 to $ 6, all g u a r a n t e ed College D r ug & Grocery Store Full Line %f Everything. Agents for Star Laundry. Electric Supplies. LOFTUS If Experience and Equipment Count we have both. '» j™7 s;9;. French Dry Cleaners, Dyers and Tailors. A. G. B I S H OP 114-76 Washtenaw W. Both Phones Good Things to Eat DEPENDABLE GOODS 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'S LEADING GROGERj) T I IL M AC RECORD 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, F K H R l ' A RT 1, 1 9 1 «. N O. 17 .VOL. "XXI. AGRICULTURAL EXTENSION WORK IN MICHIGAN. EIGHTH ANNUAL HORT SHOW. SUPERVISION AND WORKERS. T he entire in a g r i c u l t u r al rural communities extension work done in Michigan at t he present time is under the supervision of t he Extension Divi sion at M. A. C.—a division establist last J u ne on a p ar with t he other di visions at the college, namely, agri cultural, engineering, home economics, and veterinary science. The staff of the E x t e n s i on Division is as follows: state Extension director, leader of county agents, leader of boys' state and girls' club work, county agents, ex tension school specialists, one-week lecturers, farmers' institute leader and f a r m e r s' i n s t i t u te lecturers. F I N A N C E S. The money to finance the work done by the Extension Division m ay be con sidered in t he following classes: funds. (1) Smith Lever (2) College funds. (3) F u n ds raisd in counties. (4) F u n ds direct from United States yearly fiscal year the present $46,000. Of Department of Agriculture. The Smith Lever fund is made up from two sources, Federal government a nd state government, a nd aggregates (ending for this J u ne sum 30th) $28,000 comes from t he Federal gov ernment, $10,000 of this being a con tinuous and appropriation, t he state. The Federal $18,000 from appropriation increases every year un til 1923 when it will reach the maxi mum of $133,000. Jn order to secure this, however, t he state m u st put up dollar for dollar (except t h at the orig inal yearly $10,000 does not have to be duplicated). According to t h is pro gram M. A. C. will be using, in 1923, $256,000 for extension work, paid out of t he Smith Lever fund alone. This fund goes to pay p a rt of t he salaries of t he county agents, t h at of the ex tension specialists, a nd the one-week school state money which goes to m a ke up this Lever fund comes out of the one-fifth mill tax set aside for t he legislative action. T he ( u n d er No. 2 funds above) a re moneys set aside by t7te t ax college out of t he one-fifth mill lecturers. The college by college (Continued on page 4.) " B E ST EVER" SLOGAN REALIZED. Due to t h e . o r i g i n a l i ty and u n t i r i ng efforts of Manager Wm. J. Atchison and h is associates the E i g h th Annual Hort. Show held in the live stock pa vilion F r i d ay a nd S a t u r d ay will go down in history as the "best ever"-^- at least until next year. The superior ity over former years was due to the m o re a r t i s t ic a r r a n g e m e nt of the vari ous lines of exhibits a nd the introduc tion of new features. The m a in new features were t he fountain surrounded by greenhouse plants in t he center of the room, a nd t he pergola at the east from which the end of t he pavilion servd pie, 'a-la white-aproned co-eds (and w i t h o u t) a nd fruit the usual store did business. Carefully gotten up programs were to each visitor. handed from show As usual t he apple exhibit w as the center of attraction, a nd provd not only Michigan's eminence as an apple state b ut also t h at Other states a re interested in M. A. C.'s annual Hort. show. Not counting Michigan, sixteen exhibitors showed apples four states. There was a teen different total of 537 separate plates, most of which were of unusual quality not season w i t h s t a n d i ng t he unfavorable last year for producing fruit. E v e ry year t he former M. A. C. stu dents play a larger p a rt in t he apple show, a nd t h is year, of t he seventeen individual exhibitors from Michigan, seven were former short course m en and from Dan Mather, '13, of Charlevoix; Mac- Dermid, '12, of Battle Creek; Geo. E. Starr, '96, of Grass Lake; Crane Bros., '11 a nd '14, of Fennville; Lindsley, '09, H a r b or Springs, and Lautner, T2, of Traverse City. B. W. Keith, '11, of Winona Lake, Ind., and D. F. Fisher, '12, of Wenatchee, Wash., were indi other states. vidual exhibitors from Several state experiment stations sent exhibits which alumni h ad a h a nd in preparing. D. F. Francisco, '14, sent an i n t e r e s t i ng exhibit from the Cali fornia F r u it Exchange, and J. F. Nel- list, '94, of G r a nd Rapids, h ad an ex hibit of greenhouse also exhibits there were flowers. Connected with the apple show were exhibits of well a r r a n gd education a In a nd s t a n d a rd planting, pruning, spraying, spraying- machinery, insects and insect control, tree surgery, various fruit a nd garden library. diseases, Landscape gardening receivd promi n e nt attention. N ut culture, vegetable culture and m a ny other horticultural activities of Michigan were displayed. the annual pie contest for t he girls there were 36 entries. E va Brit ten, '17, of Lansing, receivd first prize, a $5 gold piece; Alice Smallagan, '16, second, a $3 box of of Hudsonville, '17, of oranges, and Bernice Hales, fine box of Oak Park, 111., third, a apples. The pies were auctioned off S a t u r d ay evening and occasioned the usual display of sense of values by the male students. ARE '94 AND '96 REALLY DEAD ? Dear RECORD: cent, three per Here's my dollar for you so as to keep up the honor of '95 with its re ported delinquent. This is equivalent to about one m a n, for we graduated 32 and two a re dead. Not a '94 or '96 m an "came back" at me to challenge the superiority of '95 on any score, concerning m o re espe cially, my letter some m o n t hs ago as to our subscription record. Probably they're dead ones but don't know it. S. H. Fulton, '97, of Sleepy Creek, W. Va., delivered a couple of talks on peach growing d u r i ng f a r m e r s' week at P e n n s y l v a n ia State College. We had a renewal of acquaintance and an exchange of gossip. He and his two brothers a n o t h er (M. W., '95, a nd whose name I don't know) h av about 70,000 trees to look after so they can't class as a m a t e u r s. A. J. Anderson, '05, editor of the P e n n s y l v a n ia F a r m e r, visited t he col lege d u r i ng the recent meeting of t he State Grange. H is paper h as made wonderful improvement since it chang ed h a n ds to the present managemenl and editorial policy. (Prof, of Hort. at P e nn State.) M. G. KAUNS. Joseph C. Bock, instructor in chem istry at M. A. C. '11-'12, is now teach ing chemistry in Cornell University Medical College, New York City. 4 THE M. A. C. RECORD. THE M. A. C. RECORD ADDRESSES WANTED. Published Every Tuesday During- College Year by Agricultural College Association the Michigan the Entered as second-class mail m a t t er at the Post Office in Lansing, Mich. 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. Business Office with Lawrence & Van Buren P r i n t i ng Co., 210-212 Grand Ave. Xo., Lansing, Mich. Address all subscriptions and adver to the M. A. C. Record, tising matter East Lansing, Mich. Address all con tributions the Managing Editor, E a st Lansing, Mich. to TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 1, 1916. i:XTE\'SIOX IX MICHK1AX. The organization of extension work WORK in Michigan at the present time is ex ceedingly complicated, especially the financing, hence we have been prompt to ed to give r a t h er detaild attention the m a t t er in t h is issue of the RECORD. believing that graduates of M. A. C. will be glad to know about this com It paratively new phase of education. should be appreciated the outset t h at M. A. C. has increasd in numbers of students to such an extent t h at the longer available teaching staff is no for extension work except in the im mediate vicinity of the college. at t h at The demands which the extension work as outlined by the Smith Lever law will make on the future are legion. in 1923 Michigan will Consider have the Smith Lever fund alone in money to the extent of $256,000 for this purpose, and t h at all other states will can have a proportionate easily see that this work will demand a veritable army of workers, all of whom will have to be grounded funda mentally in the sciences. sum, we The present scheme for extension is admirable in that it provides for ade quate attention to the problems of the farmer's wife as well as the farmer. And it will b r i ng the farmer, the farm er's wife, and the scientist into a more cordial appreciation of their separate duties along a common line. It seems that there will be another interesting outcome of the work as now the extension division pland. With carrying workers organiza tion, m a r k e t i n g, and farm manage ment on its staff, the time will hasten the college will give attention, when t h ru instruction in specially organized departments, to farm management and r u r al sociology. in r u r al The new song, "Hail, M. A. C." by Charles R. Haigh, '94, has been put on sale in regular music form and can be secured at the M. A. C. book store at 25 cents per copy. The following people ought not to be hard to locate as we hav had some word of them recently but letters sent to the last known address have been r e t u r n d: Otto W. Slayton, '99, reported to be living near Highland Park, and en gaged in the contracting business. '99, last known J o hn Severance, be with Chemical Co. of Marquette. the Lake Superior to Iron & Lee H. Wright, '02, last known with Rapid Motor Vehicle Co. of Pontiac. Oscar M. Mead, '02, seen at Michigan game last fall but letter sent to com pany reported to be with has been re turnd. Nelson J. Smith, '05, last known at Gleaner's Temple, Detroit. T. F. Locke, '06, with Metal Products Co. of Detroit last year. '07, seen at Detroit Ray F. Minard, banquet last year. M. R. Allen, '08, with Michigan Sugar Co., Sebewaing. A. L. Snyder, '08, Spokane, Wash. C. H. Sutherland, '08, Rochester, Mich. L. D. Mead, '10, Hastings, Mich. W. B. Clark, '11, with the Automatic last Sprinkler Co. of San Francisco year. I. E. Brands, '13, Corunna, Mich. H. E. Hewitt, '13, Lansing, Mich. E. F. Dowd, '15, Medina, NY Y. DOES EXTENSION WORK PAY WITH BOYS AND GIRLS? Fruitport, Mich., Jan. 18, 1916. Dear Prof. Taft: I am a little girl 13 years old, in seventh grade F r u i t p o rt public schools, Muskegon county. in the Mr. X spoke at the F a r m e r s' Insti the t u te Friday, Jan. 14th. Most of there and were school children were interested very much lecture, named "Our Boys and Girls." Which gave us some importance for we liked just than to be considered as more plain everyday like cows and things horses. Mr. X said we were the most important things on the farm. I think so to, don't you? I just wish Mr. X would come next year, he seemed so interested in us if he did have his teeth out. That must be an awful thing, isn't it? * * * The snow inches or more but when you have pancakes and maple syrup it's real fun I think. is awful deep here, ten ( S i g n e d) SARAH FKAZEU. p. S.—Please send Mr. X next year. The E u n o m i an Literary Society held their annual winter term party at the last Lansing Woman's Club House F r i d ay night. P a t r o ns for the event were Prof! and Mrs. Wilson and Mr. and Mrs. H. E. Dennison. AGRICULTURAL EXTENSION WORK IN MICHIGAN. (Continued from page 3.) (in addition to the above part of the Lever fund) for the payment of farm ers' institute lecturers, their expenses, and the expenses and salary of a mar ket director. The funds raisd in counties where county agents have been establist are used to pay the expenses of the county agents and their salaries in part. the salaries of F u n ds coming direct from the U. S. Department of Agriculture are used to the state partly pay in leader of county agents, the leader farm boys' and girls' club work, management and extension $600 to each county agent in the state. EXTENSION STAFF. the agent, farmers' is leader, of R. J. Baldwin, '04, is extension di rector at M. A. C. Dr. Eben Mumford is state lead (University of Chicago) er of county agents. Prof. L. R. Taft (Mass.) insti tutes. The following are the 18 county agents now at work in Michigan: C. '93, Allegan county; R. G. B, Cook, '09, Iron county; E a r le Hoopingarner, P. Robinson, '07, Saginaw county; H. G. Smith county; (Wisconsin), Kent H. B. Blandford, Newaygo; J u l i us W. Chapin, '10, Branch; L. M. Geismar, Houghton; J. F. Zimmer (Ohio S t a t e ). Wexford; J. F. Kadonsky (Wisconsin), Gogebic; J. M. Wendt, '13, St. Joseph; C. L. Brody, L. R. Walker, '15, Marquette; C. V. Ballard, '12, Dickinson; C. L. Coffeen, '12, Lena wee; R. G. Carr, '08, Ontonagon; C H. Knopf, '11, Cheboygan; D. L. Hager- man, '13, Ottawa. Counties to be pro in the near future are Al vided for pena, Mason, VanBuren and School craft, and when agents have been se cured for these, Michigan will have 22 agricultural county agents. These their county agents receive salary fund, from $600 direct from the U. S. Department of Agriculture, and the rest, with their traveling and office expenses from the counties in which they work. $600 of the Smith Lever '04, St. Clair; are the The following economics; extension '04, specialists: Paulina E. Raven, home economics: Anna Cowles, '15, home economics; Margaret M. J u s t in ( K a n s a s ), home E. C. Lindemann, '11, boys' and girls' club leader; I. K. Maystead, '15, farm crops; J, W. Nicolson, '15, farm crops; J. H. Carmody, '12, horticulture; C. W. Waid (Ohio S t a t e ), potatoes and vegetables: '13, household engineer O. E. Robey, ( K a n s a s ), ento ing; Don B. Whelan '01, farm man mology; G. P. Reed, agement; W. F. Raven, upper penin sula; J. W. Weston, '14, upper penin sula; C. A. Tyler, forestry; J a m es N. McBride (U. of M.), m a r k et director. The above extension specialists to gether with J. A. Waldron, '10; Ashley the county agents, Berridge, constitute the one-week school lectur ers. '12, and The farmers' institute lecturers are prominent farmers aided to a very limited extent by college teaching staff. t h r u o ut the state, t he "EXTENSION" ACTIVITIES. Space permits a citation of but a few of the many extension activities which In the extension division engages in. THE M. A. C. RECORD. The work of the specialists is hinted at in t he above paragraf. D u r i ng the winter their time is used largely in in struction work in the one-week schools which are held t h r u o ut the state where 30 or more people in a community get together and signify their willingness to support the movement. This year COUNTIES CROSS-LINED H A VE COUNTY AGENTS. the the scheme of work the county agent is an all i m p o r t a nt factor. He is the m an t h ru whom the farmer is reacht. extension He has as a resource, specialists, who may be called to in help on specific problems. He makes the advice and work of the specialist count for something after the special ist has left the county by his follow- up work. In addition to being a great source of agricultural information with the aid of his many the county agent also shapes community there has programs. This past year been a wide state movement towards more general distribution of pedigreed grains developt by the college. Live stock improvement t h ru breeders' or ganizations has receivd attention, and, in restricted areas, the county agents have done in hog cholera prevention and control. admirable work resources, 50 one-Week schools in agriculture are being conducted and 25 in home eco nomics. These schools are becoming very popular and 100 of them could easily have been held this year if in structors were available. Even at t h is for date applications are being m a de schools for 1917. Standardization of varieties of pota toes and control of disease has receivd special a t t e n t i on this past year. The in specialist farm m a n a g e m e nt h as conducted farm m a n a g e m e nt demon in eight counties. The for s t r a t i o ns estry extension m an has done pioneer work along the lines of reforestation of waste land. The problems of w a t er and sewage systems for farm homes is coming realized as especially the spe urgent and cialist in household engineering are in much demand. With an extension m an services of to be the 5 in entomology the great problem of control of insect pests is being dented. One of the phases of extension work which is particularly bright and which seems will be exceedingly productive of results is the work done with the boys and girls of the state. The pro^ jects carried out under the Boys' and Girls' Club Work are not only highly instructive to the farm youth of Mich igan but demon also strations to the m a t u re farmers. An is given example of these projects in a n o t h er column of issue under "A Definit Extension P r o title the ject" and t he this will serv great value of this work. to show furnish they this The work of. the specialists in the lower peninsula of Michigan is done with T h at is done done t h ru representatives of the college lo cated at Marquette. the college as a center. in the upper peninsula the Plans ENLARGING THK SCOPE. for enlarging scope of the work of the extension division in clude, for the near future, an extension in animal and dairy h u s b a n d ry force two assistants, a, with a r u r al organization, spe specialist cialist in soils work, an assistant for the state leader of county agents, and in boys' and girls' club an assistant work. leader and in last Considering even this brief discus sion of the organization and work of the extension division it can be seen that at the machinery has been set in motion to put into actual prac the knowledge and tice on the farms scientific the colleges and experiment stations of the world, to the end t h at farm life in America may not only be r e m u n e r a t iv but more livable and capable of appealing and developing it in should, the highest type of American civilization and citizenship. findings of all that which theory The Eclectic winter term party was a dinner dance, held at the house last S a t u r d ay night. A Japanese scheme of decorations was carried out and a feature of the evening was a shower of toy balloons which fell during one of the dances. Roscoe's orchestra fur- n i s ht the music and the patrons were Prof, and Mrs. Halligan, Prof, and and Mrs. Mrs. Lodge, Mrs. Osband town Woodard. Among the out of '94, J. guests were Charles R. Haigh, F. Cole, '16, D. D. Henry, ' i s, and R '14. W. Street, The Veterinary Medical Association held an open clinic at the New Sur gery and Clinical Building last Wed nesday evening, members of the senior class, Sales, Hough, Burgett and Run- nells performing the operations. The large operating room was taxt to the limit with t he courses. The m a in object of the open to demonstrate modern clinic was surgery methods of veterinary and from it "is certain t h at the object was accomplisht. students interest taken from the all 6 THE M. A. C. RECORD. MR. HAIGH'S REPLY ON PREPAREDNESS. E d i t or M. A. C. RECORD: favor Your to Brother Linkletter's strictures on my address of last J u ne is just at hand. requesting a reply to I am compelled It will be impossible to answer his assentions in a way which will satisfy him, or those who t h i nk with him, be- • cause his view point of this whole sub is opposite to the one ject of defense which take. He views the subject with the eyes of a poet or sentimentalist, doubtless a sin cere lover of his fellow man and a believer in the better instincts of hu m a n i ty and the power of righteousness and mercy and the might of non-resist ance: w h i le I am forced to look at the • question in the light of h u m an history, the dreadful history of the past, and with that h u m an na t u re changes very slowly and that "the atmosphere of a generation ago" must, and preparedness so far as foresight are concerned, be regarded as an index of h u m an n a t u re and national char acter today. the knowledge is meant since .Moreover, it is difficult to know just what the writer does not state it directly but only by infer ence, and the reader may draw an in ference different from the one intend ed. The letter consists of some very complimentary r e m a r ks about the REC ORD and about myself latter of which I am truly grateful and wish that even in part I merited t h e m ), and follows with a rhapsody of arraign ment—a veritable vertigo of vitupera tion—concerning my well-meant sug gestions for t he protection and perpet the writer aptly calls uation of what "the institutions of a dearly bought freedom." (for the . have sometimes is W h at I suspect Brother Linkletter means, in part, by his denunciation of preparedness, to be prepared that to defend our country and the rights of our people, means t h at we m u st have a r m a m e n ts and military s t r e n g th arid efficiency, and as these have been rulers the agencies by which selfish in in other countries, oppressed the people, we should not permit them in America. If this is the meaning, my reply is t h at the criticism of the address is partly misdirected since the burden of it was to show how we might secure the pro tection and benefits without i n c u r r i ng dangers . of military the strength. the past, and risks and the that You will remember J u ne address dealt mainly with the subject of neutrality and described how t h at body of international, laws, known as laws of neutrality, which have the been slowly developing for about a thousand years, and whose purpose is to secure to noncombatants and non- belligerents left un molested by w a r r i ng nations, were not of great value to h u m a n i ty until there arose neutral nations with the power t h at a nd the determination to enforce the right to be t h at from I cannot within right. the limits of this reply recount again the ample his torical proofs of this contention, nor can I here set forth in detail the his the broader conten torical proofs of tion the dawn of history down those nations and only those na tions who possessed the power to pro I tect themselves have long persisted. can only assert t h at these proofs seem to me adequate and ample and t h at the American people, so recognizing them, and acting on them, as well as upon the present European the lessons of influ t h an upon any conflict—rather ences from munition m a n u f a c t u r e r s- have to to have some system of adequate pro tection, some condition of comparative the defense of our preparedness, for interests country and and for the priceless "institutions of a dearly bought freedom" and also for the protection of the rights of weaker nations and t he common r i g h ts of hu manity. the determination its enormous reached t h at it was I feel fairly positive this re solve stands already registered in the great heart of our patriotic people, and the possible to mitigate evils of the great power necessary' to this purpose that I be developed for in made those concluding suggestions the address of June which our last friend now condemns as a prostitution of the termnology of our institutions to fasten upon of freedom America autocratic rulership, etc. shackels of in order the I agree that we do not want a great this country, and standing army in that we ought to avoid it if there is any other way of getting adequate pro tection. All we want to follow our various pursuits of happi ness without fear or danger of moles tation, and to be able to render to less favored nations and to the common cause of h u m a n i ty such effective as sistance as a great and powerful na tion owes to destiny. is security be" and cannot it must be more organized. though This means that our great strength must be in some way and to some ex left tent It latent, it need not be made constantly active in a military sense, than dormant, but it must be made capable of being quickly available. Mr. readily Bryan says, "Millions would to a r ms overnight to defend the country if attacked." That is true. But they must have the a r ms to leap to: and, if they had the arms, to say t h at a mob of a million or more of un trained citizens, however brave and patriotic, could ac complish anything against the trained and tested soldiery of Europe or Asia is simply stupid. And to send such an army of u n t r a i n ed men to battle would be criminal murder. undisciplined figuratively leap and (which we want No. we must either have an adequate standing army to avoid) or we must have the materials and means of creating one quickly. To in that end I suggested land our schools of the youth of the the t r a i n i ng in the r u d i m e n ts of tactics a nd drill, a nd the t r a i n i ng of a lesser number in our colleges in military science, en gineering, chemistry, sanitation, etc., the latter could quickly de so that into such an a r my velop interests, of defense of our enormous and such a b a r r i er temptation and greed of against others less fortunate or less frugal, as would insure beyond peradventure our perpetual tranquility and peace, great wealth, the former the the that to feel thing." I confess this general scheme, , or something like it, seemed to me at the time of the address to have some possible merit, and the fact that since then idea with modifications h as run over the country and has been ad- vocatel by numerous students, experts and publicists, leads me that. I h ad not, contrary to my brother's as sertion, entirely "missed my aim." Mr. Linkletter may also mean t h at rely on moral we m u st as a nation force alone for defense and upon the power of peaceful example, for he says, "that t r a i n i ng our youth in the a r ts of m u r d er can never bring peace or jus tice or democracy or any other desir able "The a r ts of m u r d e r" are harsh t e r ms to apply to military in education and the ability to assist • t he defense of one's country, h a r sh terms to apply to the means by which bought "the and my freedom" were institu answer is that these priceless tions were acquired by means result training and could ing from military not have been acquired any other way. I will further answer by quoting from the appeal of Washington where he says that not disciplined."—and ouhi be armed to ••according disciplined or so)ne i>lan." Washing ton's advice has never yet been dis It is safer and saner for the credited. nation to follow Mr. Linkletter's. "a, free people but trained institutions of a dearly irell adjusted acquired; to follow should t h an to judge, which The latter's observation that the ef training upon young fect of military men is to undermine and destroy the spirit and power of freedom and democ racy, does not at all agree with my own observation nor t h at of many oth is ers well qualified to the effect t h at the habits of deport ment, order, promptness, obedience, sense of duty, cleanliness, temperance and everything t h at goes to make a useful citizen, which young men ac quire as a result of a certain amount discipline of military does not undermine their love of free is worth dom and more to them t h an any in after other study in school or college. Prob quickly and ably nothing will more prevalent completely- eradicate slouchiness and looseness of mental and bodily action of the average school boy t h an a certain amount of military I wish I had discipline and training. splendid service space to tell of the the rendered by crowded city of Christmas week. during thoroughfares of the Boy Scouts democracy in this the rush training and life and the the little These were urchins who heretofore have added to the havoc in j a ms of Woodward avenue, but t he who t r a i n i ng this year by reason of and discipline rendered service to the traffic officers which was so efficient casualty occurred. that not a single t r a i n i ng Surely to per which gave it, did not lessen their spirit of form freedom the power of democracy. this service and them the power impair nor the is Mr. Linkletter's insinuation t h at the the American determination which people are reaching on this m a t t er of defense eminations influenced by from privately owned m u n i t i on plants a nd that the "profits of preparedness" a re our impelling motive solemn sense of duty to the nation and to the world, does not merit reply. the for In conclusion let me repeat t h at one the present European con lesson of flict is that war mad belligerents will t r a m p le on the r i g h ts of n e u t r a ls just as much today as they would a gen eration ago. The whole fabric of in ternational law would have collapsed into chaos had it not been for the pro tests of the United States, m a de large ly on "bluff" at that. Do we want to in position where we cannot r e m a in it should be if defend our protests come necessary? Moreover, since we are becoming by the great our industry, frugality and n a t u r al resources of our country the wealthiest of nations, do we not owe it to ourselves and to the peace of the interests world not to leave our great including our dearly bought institu tions of freedom unprotected and ex posed as a temptation less themselves fortunate who may work (Monroe up on one pretext or another into the belief doctrine, for example) t h at t a k i ng t h em if they can? they may be justified to others in If our institutions of freedom, were, as my brother "dearly truly bought," are they not worth protect ing? says, The fact, conceded by the expression refuta "dearly bought," is of itself a theory of unprepar- tion of the fateful edness. All the blessings for which our beloved country stands as the hope and beacon of h u m a n i ty were indeed fought for and died for by our patriot true patriots, not fathers, who were t r a i n ed m u r d e r e r s, and the perpetua tion of these blessings, for our decend- the oppressed of other ents and for lately fought for a nd lands, was but died for by our patriotic brothers in t he Civil War. Shall we now who have grown opulent by these sacrifices be unfaithful and undeserving and un willing even to m a ke reasonable prep these a r a t i on for the protection blessings? Would could shame an enemy t u r n i ng into righteousness by t he other cheek. But we can't. T h at philosophy will not work. We m u st light of look at h u m an history and of common sense. If we leave our country and its "dearly this m a t t er t h at we the of in THE M. A. C. RECORD. bought institutions of freedom" unin sured a nd unprotected, if we leave our great wealth lying loose, open a nd ex posed to the temptation of those who feel they need it, some one, to whom my brother's a l t r u i sm is a sealed book, and to whom justice, righteousness and mercy are but empty sounding words, will surely take them from us. in the way of t r a i n i n g — w i th But if we have reasonable prepared fairly ness, even only general military rea sonable coast and naval defense—no one will ever even think of molesting us, and we may be free to follow "the neglected avocations of peace for the enlightenment of the world." HENRY A. H A I G H. FORESTRY DEPARTMENT ACTIV. The F o r e s t ry Department is plan ning on a campaign of education, for the young people of r u r al communi ties, on tree planting t h ru distribution of 20,000 sugar maple and white ash trees to r u r al schools for Arbor Day planting. the maple It is pointed out in this A movement is also on foot to start an organization of syrup a nd maple s u g ar producers of the state looking towards standardization of pro label and consequent duct, a uniform t h at h i g h er prices. industry, Michigan r a n ks fifth It is further involving about $400,000. and syrup t h at maple pointed out sugar producers of Michigan can well those of Vermont, t a ke a lesson from where~ standardization the watch word, a s t a n d a rd label has been adopt ed, and the price of syrup raised from $1 to $1.75 and $2 a gallon. is There is further activity along the line of forming a farmers' so-operativ timber organization as is believed in a community t h at several f a r m e rs can pool timber and get more bids and better prices t h an could each farmer m a r k e t i ng individually. their it CORRESPONDENCE. FOOTBALL SCHEDCLE. "The M. A. C. RECOIUI: 'our that in this year's "I notice is team' last year. football schedule the making. Here's hoping t h at t he m a n a g e rs will have a t h an little more faith in It to hav they appeard seems strange that after M. A. C. had gained a national reputation in foot ball t h at only two games were sched uled with teams of that class. M. A. C. won her reputation by playing well- known teams and it will soon be for if the boys are only given a gotten real games and chance to play time most then stop the to play football games. Better their be i m p o r t a nt teams worth while beaten by some to 0 practice t h an win a lot of 50 games. teams t h at sporting editors outside of Michi If M. A. C. will play teams are beginning just about two 7 gan hav heard of before there will be no trouble getting the scores p r i n t ed in other parts of the country. "Very sincerely yours, " J. R. DICE. '08a." (Dairy H u s b a n d m a n, N. Y. State School of Agriculture, Morrisville. N. Y.) M. A. C. M EX IX MADISOX, W I S. " E d i t or M. A. C. RECORD: "There are a n u m b er of worth while M. A. C. men in Madison. Prof. Hum the Department of Animal phrey of H u s b a n d ry Association; Prof. J. G. Moore of Horticulture, and W. J. Geib of the U. S. Department of Agriculture are among alumnae, the agricultural while P. S. Rose, as editor of Gas Re view and associate editor of The Am erican T h r e s h e r m a n, is a recognized a u t h o r i ty on agricultural e n g i n e e r i ng problems. "The writer quit the teaching game over a year ago because of ill health, t h e' outside but feels confident work of building superintendence will enable him to sometime get back there. t h at " S. E. J O H X S O X, '04." (Architectural Engineer.) E. E. Hotchin, 13e, of Constantine, news the following sends in Mich., i t e m s: '97, "Lewis Munson, of is superin tendent for a large m a n u f a c t u r i ng con cern lives in Cincinnati. His father here and was telling me the other day some of his history. He is a chemist and h as been very successful. "J. M. Wendt, '13, county agricul to t u r i st of St. Joseph county, comes see me quite often. I hear his work very well spoken of by the farmers, one farmer saying he saved him $500 ori his last potato crop. "C. L. H a r r i s on has bought 160 acres of his father and is improving the land. 'Red' will surely m a ke a success of it if any one can. " H a r ry Taft, the '12, youngsters in the high school in Con stantine, some of the principles of agriculture. teaching is "Margaret Erickson, '15, is teaching the W h i te English and chemistry Pigeon high school. in "Merle Burger, with '15, is assistant cashier in the Commercial State Bank of Constantine. He was m a r r i ed last October to Miss Helen Look of Lowell. Mich. "H. N. Gilmore, with '14, is farming with his father east of White Pigeon. Gilmore was m a r r i ed this fall to Miss Grace Burch of W h i te Pigeon. "E. Dunn, '13, is a draftsman for the Sheffield Car Co. of T h r ee Rivers, as is also Ed. Lamott, with the class, of '15 or 1 6. "I am still in the clothing business change t h i n k i ng of m a k i ng but am soon." Mrs. Catherine Cameron, formerly m a t r on at M. A. C, and now at Mon treal, Quebec, visited college recently. A DEFINIT EXTENSION PROJECT. Michigan's twelve million dollar bean crop again came to the forefront on J a n u a ry 8th. This was the date of the annual exhibit of the H u r on Coun ty Boys' and Girls' Bean Growing Club. This contest has been carried on for several years under the auspices of the Producers' Elevator Company. During the past year the work has been supervised by the Michigan Agri cultural College. Thirty-nine boys and girls entered this number 24 completed the requirements. All of the plots which consisted of one acre for each member were in- the contest and of THE M. A. C. RECORD. the received Martha Powlowski first honors for t he county with the follow ing record: Quality, 81; yield, 36 bushels: profit, $93.24; story and re port, 90. H er total score on the four point basis was 86.85. This record makes her state champion. All town ship w i n n e rs were given gold watches, and those receiving second place were sweaters.. presented received a Martha Powlowski twenty dollar gold for being county champion. She also is awarded a short course scholarship at the Mich igan Agricultural College for being state champion. Alex. Bochardt re ceived a ten dollar gold piece for sec ond place in his county. All other members of the club who did not re- woolen also piece with improvement A considerabl in the. shooting team work and also basket was evident with the Aggie quintet, over that of the last home game. T he s u m m a r y: M. A. C. KALAMAZOO. C . . .. L. F R. F Ricker Hood Wood Frimodig Rigby T a y l or . McGregor Fausch . Hootman L. G Pyle R. G . . . .. Substitutions: Miller for Frimodig, Spencer for Hood, Sheffield for Miller. Refree, Perrine of Michigan. Time of halves, 20 minutes. Score end of first half: M. A. C, 19; Kazoo, 14. Final. M. A. C, 35; Kazoo, 27. NEWS AND COMMENT Dean R. S. Shaw went to Montana last week on business. . . Senior girls at M. A. C. are learn the fine points of the basketball ing game thru the coaching of Hewitt Mil ler. The idea is mainly the girls another qualification for teach ers next year tho it is hopt that some girls' teams will be developt and in- terclass games scheduled. to give HURON COUNTY BEAN CLUB. spected twice during the season. A. L. of the Chamberlain, bean club idea, and Prof. J. H. Muncie supervised these inspections. originator the In spite of the fact that this was an exceptionally poor season for beans. these young farmers made a remark able showing. The average yield per acre for The .State of Michigan during lasl eleven years has been 12.4 the This Stepped down TO 8.6 is year. The boys and girls v*eraged 24 bushels aer<—approxiniately ol H r :. ; _ - .. -- 5 t the :'-•-'-*'• for the state. •- three timet -" The ' - - • - - ._-.--• • - _ - •.;-"':— 44 bushels and . •;- • i Arthur stacer. • l i • • | tighest was • : acre, or five times .',-..-; _• • : per member. 24 btish- j- •• •• - estiriiated thai if all of the have done farmers growing beans in Huron coun ty Would as well as The members of The club The TOial wealth of the county would have been increas ed by one and a half TO two million dollars. The annual comesT was held al Har bor Beach. Prof. J. H. Muncie. assist ed by E. C. Lindemann, and three local judges examined all of the samples and The reports. A program was then ren dered and The prizes were awarded. ceive prizes were presented with pocket their flashlights achievements for having fulfilled the requirements of the contest. recognition of in entire state. Over 400 The meeting itself was one which is certain to have a deep significance to the farmers gathered for the event. Some of the interesting facts revealed by this con test were as follows: Total income for 21 members, $1,844. Average income per member, $87.81. Total yield for 21 members, 512 bush els. 56 pounds. Average yield per member, 24 bush els. 23 pounds. AGGIES WIN FROM KALA MAZOO, 35 TO 27. Kalamazoo College went down to de feat at East Lansing Saturday after noon after leading the Aggies several points at the beginning of the game.. Hood was the star basket shooter from The field for M. A. C, having six to his credit. form and Threw three before he was forced to leave the game on account of fouls. Kicker got three baskets from field and nine out of twelve chances on fouls. Taylor from Kalamazoo also threw nine baskets from fouls out of 12 attempts. Frimodig was in good in the The last word about football schedule was to the effect that Notre Dame University has been signd up to play at East Lansing Nov. 18th. This will be the first game between the fall of '10. the when M. A. C. drubbed the Catholics at East Lansing, 17 to 0. two teams since S. V. Klem, of the. Forestry depart ment, talkt at the meeting of the For estry Club last week on his experiences in the collection of bull pine seeds on the Harney National Forest. Next week Devillo D. Wood, '11, will give some of his interesting experiences in the Philippine forestry work. in lectures the Armory J o hn A. Lomax of the University of Texas, t h is week Tuesday at 7:30. on "Songs of the Cowboy." Prof. Lomax is presi dent of the American Folk Lore So ciety, h as made a special study of cow boy life and literature, and his lecture should prove very interesting to M. A. C. people. Floyd Barden, "08, addrest the Hort. Club last week-on "Peaches and Orch ard Accounting." He advocated t he combination of live stock farming with orcharding. thoro yearly pruning, thinning, cultivation, and cover crops and daily accounts a re some of the things Barden believes in and carries out. varieties, Few Three thousand alumni and former students of Cornell University hav con tributed the to the University Alumni fund. In the last three years over $60,000 hav been contributed and this h as been used very largely to in crease the salaries of some able pro fessors who would otherwise hav been lost to the University. t h ru THE M. A. C. RECORD. 9 the the members of The Sesame L i t e r a ry Society enter- taind college teaching- staff at an open house in the parlors of the W o m a n 's Building last S a t u r d ay night. An original playlet, "Betsey Ross E n t e r t a i n s ," was pre sented and the whole affair was very much enjoyd, being one of the few op teachers portunities hav had of meeting each other this year. the college t h at L. N. Field, a g r a d u a te of the Uni versity of Michigan, has been appoint ed acting a s s i s t a nt professor of me chanical engineering to fill the vacancy caused by t he resignation of Prof. E. G. Greenman. Field did his first year of u n d e r g r a d u a te work at M. A. C. with the class of '12. He comes to t he new Flint, where he h as position been connected with the Buick com pany. from " T he Jew and t he W a r" The J a n u a ry n u m b er of the Cosmo politan Student contains some excel lent articles by M. A. C. s t u d e n ts and teachers. is treated by 0. S. Shields; "Who a re A r m e n i a n s ," by M. S. T a r p i n i a n, and "The Moral Effect of t he E u r o p e an W ar on the Balkan S t a t e" by Dimi- t ar Atanasoff. The l a t t er was a stu dent at Leipsig, Germany, when t he war broke out. E. C. Lindemann, '11, has an article explaining forma the M. A. C. Cosmopolitan tion i n s t r u c t o rs t he Club, and i n t e r e s t i ng hav also w r i t t en for n u m b e r: E. T. Bessey, "A T a r a n t a ss "Improved T r i p ;" W. 0. Hedrick, Means of T r a n s p o r t a t i on and Com m u n i c a t i o n ;" E. F. Fischer, "The Ex change of Teachers Between P r u s s ia and United S t a t e s ;" M. Simpson, "The Changing Social E m p h a s i s ." following t h is the of at The on account of vocal solo, "But S t u d e n t s' Recital the Woman's Building last F r i d ay night was very much enjoyed, not alone be cause of the excellence of the n u m b e rs the variety but also the program presented. The which p r o g r am was as follows: H u n t i ng Song, Me>idelssohn, Miss Arnot Lewis; Will o' the Wisp, Jensen, Miss Lois McBride; I Love Thee, Greig, Miss Margaret Holliday; vocal solo, "Once," Hervey, Miss Bernice Hales; Minuet 1' Antico, Seeboeck, Miss Agnes Mc- Kinley; Gondoliera, Seeboeck, Miss E r ma Preston; t he Lord is Mindful of His Own," Mendels sohn, Miss Mildred Coors; Shadow Dance, MaeDowell, Miss Gladys Las- enby; Mazurka, Saens, Miss Gladys Gruner; Waltz, Neicland, Miss E d na Tussing; vocal solo, "Love H e re is My H e a r t ," Lidemi. Miss K a t h r yn Smith; The Butterfly, Lavelle, Miss in Ab, Chopin, Marion P r a t t; Waltz vocal solo, "I Miss Mildred Mead; D r i nk the Rose," Clougli Leighter. Mr.- F r ed Trezise; Impromptu, Op. 142, Shubert, Miss Ma rion Morse; piano quartet, "At Dawn," the " In "Ace's Death," Mountain King," Greig, Misses Mildred Mead, Margaret Holliday, Gladys Las- enby, Gladys Williams. t he F r a g r a n ce of the Hall of Saint ALUMNI NOTES '78. George J. H u me is farming at R. F. D. No. 3, Lansing, Mich. the fact '79. A recent report of the superintend ent of the poor for Wayne county dis t h at 0. P. Gulley of closes the board of Detroit, s u p e r i n t e n d e n t s. T h o m as Burt, '10, is report foreman of for the past year bespeaks one of con- siderabl activity. the farm, and his is president of '95. Charles H. Robison dentist at Milan, Mich. is a successful '96. R. L. Clute (a) is spending the win ter in Washington, D. C, rooming at the Y. M. C. A. '98. Wesley M. Backus renews his subscription for two years. Backus is a dentist at 475 Grant St., Buffalo. N. Y. ( w i t h) '01. J. Hackley Skinner, the late county county, is now farm agent of Kent m a n a g er at Belmont, Mich. '03. Merrick P. Willett C00-'03), is pub t r a de paper at 108 lisher of a sugar Wall St., New York City. Word has been t he m o t h er of E d na V. S m i th of Berlin, died recently. Miss Smith is a teacher in her home received • t h at town. '04, William 0. Thompson is work ing at the Reo Motor Car factory, and lives at 1027 Allegan St., Lansing, Mich. ( a) E d w a rd Balbach ( m) is mechanical J a m es Leffel & Co., engineer with Springfield, Ohio. His residence is 28 E. Cassilly St. '05. Clyde W. S t r i n g er is automo bile engineer with the H u pp Motor Car Corporation at Detroit, living at 2633 2d Ave. ( m) '06. J. E. Poole the W e st Allis Continuation School, West Allis, Wis. is director of ( m) Wedworth V. Baker estimator, t u r al Dyke Ave., Detroit, Mich. is a struc living at 803 Van (e) J e an B a r r is in ( w i t h) the McNangher School, P i t t s b u r g h, Pa., with residence at 316 Marshall Ave. is teaching •07. Rudolph Seiler (e) is engineer with the American Rod Co. of Detroit, liv ing at 166 W e s t m i n i s t er Ave. (e) W. B. Allen is civil engineer the F a r go E n g i n e e r i ng Co. of lives at 129 S. Hill St. '77) and I are still on the old home farm at Rushton. He with Jackson, and " F a t h er (with hopes pared and I am as a home for WAKDKX." t h at College Hall will be pre it the Alumni.—WAI.TF.I: in favor of using '08. Neine F. Andrews ( h) is serving h er in household third year as i n s t r u c t or a r ts in the New E d m o n t on Technical High School, E d m o n t o n, Alberta. She has Address, 9925 five 114th St. assistants. F. H. Dains (e) '09. is a plumbing and heating contractor at 628 E. Michigan Ave., Lansing, Mich. ( w i t h) P. H. Elwood received his B. S. degree at Cornell and is now pro fessor of Ohio State University. a r c h i t e c t u re landscape at "I the time recently attended to describe t h at at the time of twenty- second a n n u al meeting of the Ameri can Society of H e a t i ng and Ventilat ing E n g i n e e rs in NewT York City, the meetings of which were very educa in character and which would tional take considerabl in detail. One feature of the meetings which appealed to the w r i t er is the in troduction of a course of heating and ventilating in colleges and university. the I will a d m it w r i t e r 's days at M. A. C. such a course it* was not was in evidence, however thoro enuf. t h at time considered as a minor engineer ing course, but today it should be con sidered as a major engineering course. Another i m p o r t a nt feature of this an t he g r a n t i ng of a nual m e e t i ng was Chapter the location at Cleve Ohio Chapter with favored with land, t he w r i t er being t r e a s u r e r. the n o m i n a t i on of office of — F. H. V.U.EXTIXE, 9230 Wade P a rk Ave., Cleveland, Ohio. to Ohio to be known as It was, I believe, at '10. R. G. Voorhorst Stevensville, Mont. (a) is teaching at A r t h ur B. Winchell ( w i t h) is chief designer of the m u n i t i on department of the Bucyrus Co., Evansville, Ind. ( w i t h) Lillah M. H a g g e r ty is dieti t i an and domestic economy teacher in Chicago, living at 1704 W. 100th Place. is- a member of the firm of T w a i ts & Carroll, s t r u c t u r al engineers, 903 Marsh Strong Bldg., Los Angeles, Cal. Ford J. T w a i ts (e) ' l l. F. J. R i c h a r ds (e) B. F. K i n d ig ( w i t h) h as gone the bee business in E l k h a r t, Ind. is still with in the Michigan Light Co. of Flint, the capacity of s u p e r i n t e n d e nt of manufac ture. into T. H. Kay (e) is a s s i s t a nt to garage foreman of Michigan State Telephone Co., living at 481 Garland Ave.,. De troit. ( a) A. McVittie in supervisor of sci t he Bay City high schools, ences visited college last week on a search for teachers. According to available report Wells 10 Pratchner seems to be m a k i ng a stir the community with his agricul in tural work at the Marysville HfgB School, Marysville. CaL B. B. P r a t t. South Announcement has been received of the arrival of Robert Marshall P r a t t, on Jan. 18th, at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Pasadena. (al. Mrs. Pratt was Louise Kelley. '11. and B. B. Pratt graduated with '09;, "The work is coming here first rate, at least as well as can be expected for a month on the job. The only fellow I is Sam bay seen since coming here Anker, who was in the city recently on engineering work for the Detroit & Mackinaw By. (County Agent, Cheboygan Co.) "CARL H. K N O P F ." K. D. VanWagenen (a) and wife (Mae H e r b e r t ), are doing a bit of pio neering at Palmers, Minn., w h e re they are engaged in developing a successful farm on cut-over lands. "Van" writes t h at the place is on the main line rail road between Duluth and the iron dis tricts and hence he has a good out let for produce. He has about 40 acres now u n d er lots more the plow and "back in the timber to keep me out of is desirous mischief." VanWagenen of getting touch with a certain in group of members of the classes of '11, '12 and '13, relative to the whereabouts of a certain chain letter and Avishes to hear from these men r e g a r d i ng the date t h at the letter was last seen. T he following is an item from Van's recent letter: "Mrs. VanWagenen and I re gret to inform you of the death of an infant son two days old. on Dec. 26th. Heart trouble was the cause." '12. H a r ry E. Bone (e) at Bedford, Ind. is a cafe owner Alanson Hobart at Fairgrove, Mich. ( w i t h ), is farming Ezra I. Holmes .(a) "Ducky" is farm- ins at Bronson, Mich. Charles B. Baker (f) is in the U. S. Forest Service at Kalispell, Mont. Verna S. Allen