VOL.XXI. APRIL 11, 1916. No. 26 U Of *4 ^l A t Yi w '- .« S & S S* A / 'A $ SNffiv* * i A<«0 THE RED CEDAR AT FLOOD S T A G E — W H E RE THE N EW GYMNASIUM W I LL BE BUILT. —Photo by E. M. Harvey, '75, *i. $ ^ -AGRICULTURAL COLLEGE ^S^QCIATION /> s. * > &i .-i> EAST LANDING, M/GlHiGAkx ? A t J /- LANSINS ENti Co. DEilSNEBS. • 1 - J ^ ^t -• I1D- V D I R E C T O RY L A N S I NG B U S I N E SS A ND P R O F E S S I O N AL M EN "J^HE names in this Directory, as well as those of all our other advertisers, are of re liable parties. We hope the faculty and students will patronize those who patronize us. A. M. EMERY 116 Washing-ton 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 A rt 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, ana 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 Ms 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 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 214^ 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 POULTRY & EGG CO. Commission Merchants Solicit consignments in Poultry—Veal—Eggs Guy H. Smith, '11 Western Market, Detroit. 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. If Experience and Equipment Count We have both. ln *."n'itte" French Dry Cleaners, Dyers and Tailors. A. G. B I S H OP 714-16 Washtenaw W. Both Phones DEPENDABLE GOODS Carving Sets Food Choppers Knife and Fork Sets Manicure Sets Pocket Knives Aluminum Ware Razors Scissors 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 S 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 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., Bast Lansing. Fountain Pens SSKSSJ^ • v u i i t u i ii • VllW 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. Electric for Star Laundry. Agents Supplies. LOFTUS Good Things to Eat EAST LANSING'S LEADING GROCERjj TI-IE 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, A P R IL 1 1, 191G. MRS. W. B. BARROWS. the Mrs. last T h u r s d ay morning, Elizabeth Barrows, wife of Prof. W. B. Barrows, who has been professor of Zoology at M., A. C. since 1894, died at her home on Faculty Row im mediate cause being pronounced appo- plexy. Mrs. Barrows had been in good health until a week ago Saturday, when she was stricken. Both children, W. M. Barrows, '03, professor of zool and ogy at Ohio State University, Marguerite Barrows, '04, instructor in the Pontiac High School, history at were home when death came. The burial was on Saturday. The many college friends of feel a great sorrow at this parting and ex tend to Prof. Barrows and family their deepest sympathy. the family REUNION INVITATION EX TENDED. in invitation at our home. Now TO THE CLASS OF '98. "I am asking Mr. Langdon to send this m a r k ed copy of the RECORD to you to ask t h at you be sure and come to the reunion of our class at M. A. C. in next June. Mrs. Seelye joins me an to to every one of you m a ke our house your headquarters, and come time for a get-together and feed Tuesday evening, J u ne 13, all by ourselves it may be h a rd for some to get here, and some have to come a long way, but it will do you good to come back once more, after 18 years, have a good rest and visit, and see w h at has been go ing on at dear old M. A. C. the past years. You know the classes of *95, '96, '99 will be here too, and you will find a lot of the old boys and girls here t h at you haven't seen since I w a nt t h is invitation to be you left. just as personal and h e a r ty as I could take your hand and urge you to come. Drop me a card saying you wTill be here sure and I will let it be known through the RKOOIU) who is coming. '98, "D. A. SEELYE, '97 and if "Director of Weather Bureau." " E a st Lansing." Spring football practice began this week with Acting Coach Gauthier and Assistant " D u t c h" Miller in charge. GRAND TRAVERSE M. A. C. ASSOCIATION ENTER TAINS GLEE CLUB. Friday, March 31, was a big day for M. A. C. in the Grand Traverse region. It m a r k ed not only the a n n u al banquet of the Grand Traverse M. A. C. Asso ciation at Traverse City, but also a t he Glee and Mandolin concert by Clubs, and a big farmers' meeting in the afternoon at which President Ked- zie g a v e ,a fine talk on w h at M. A. C. is doing for the farmers of Michigan. Considerable sentiment was developed at this afternoon meeting for a county agent. t he program over The a n n u al banquet was held at the Central M. E. Church and was well at tended, not only by t he alumni but by m a ny M. A. C. students, members of the Glee Club being guests. After the banquet P r e s i d e nt F r a nk M. Paine, '89, to G. t u r n ed Karl Fisher, '15. O. A. Charles, sec retary of the Traverse City Chamber of Commerce, was the first speaker and he very warmly welcomed the guests to the city. E. 0. Ladd, '78, of Old Mission, then told some stories of M. A. C. in the early days. The program talk from Dr. was closed by a short insight Kedzie who gave an into the work of t he college and as sured loss of the E n g i n e e r i ng Building would be quickly overcome. those present inspired t h at the the The following officers were elected President, coming for F r a nk M. Paine, '89; vice president, E. 0. Ladd, '78; secretary-treasurer, H. C. Morgan; registrar, Dean Hobart. y e a r: first time. is being used by Dr. W a rd Giltner's Laboratory Guide the in Microbiology students in bacteriology this t e rm for the In fact, it is j u st off the press of the Robert Drummond & Co. of Brooklyn, being one of their Wiley Technical Series. This guide is alone in its field and is a distinct to the pedagogy of bac contribution to be a It will be found teriology. valuable adjunct in to General Microbiology by Dr. Marshall, formerly head of the Bacteriology De p a r t m e n t. We predict t h at it will find much favor the agricultural col leges of the country. the text book in DETROIT ALUMNI AT TENTION. INTEU-COLLEGrATE Lr xc aE<>X. The a t t e n t i on of Detroit M. A. C. people is called to the Inter-Collegiate Lruncheon which will be held at the Hotel Statler at 12:15, April 20th. M. A. C. is allowed only 75 tickets so you should get yours early, either of H. B. Gunnison, 1800 David Whitney Bldg.; F. W. Robinson, Detroit Testing. Lab oratories; C. H. Chilson, Board of Health; F. B. Ainger, 39 Congress St. W.; Dr. C. B. Lundy, 27 Grand River Ave. E., or J. E. Jonas, 1800 David Whitney Bldg. After the luncheon the party will go to the ball game. At the general com mittee meeting on April 6th, 20 col leges and universities were represent ed, so this will be a grand gathering of college men. M. A. C. GRADUATES GO TO CHINA. WILL in the living service respectively, the missionary News has recently been received of the appointment by the Yale Foreign Missionary Society of Mr. and Mrs. R. W. Powell, graduates of M. A. C. in to posi 1911 and 1913 tions in in have China. Mr. and Mrs. Powell been for in New Haven now two years where he has been nearly teaching Scientific Sheffield School. Both have been t a k i ng work in the University and Powell will re ceive a degree in June, a degree from before an ap Yale being necessary pointment can be received from the Yale Foreign Missionary Society. Mr. in China will be Powell's along lines preparatory to engineering to build up a and he hopes flourishing the middle of China. The exact date of sailing h as not yet been fixed but it will probably be the last of August or the first of September. engineering school teaching time in in , for Plans the organization of the M. A. C. Union are going forward rap idly and a mass .meeting will be held this week T h u r s d ay at which time the proposition will be put up to the stu dent body. . ' 4 THE M. A. C. RECORD. THE M. A. C. RECORD 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. No., Lansing, Mich. Address all subscriptions and adver to the M. A. C. Record, tising m a t t er E a st Lansing, Mich. Address all con tributions the Managing Editor, E a st Lansing, Mich. to TUESDAY, APRIL 11, 1916. DR. JAMES B. ANGELL. Alumni of M. A. C. may well pause and m a rk the passing" of J a m es Burrill Angell, president emeritus of the Uni versity of Michigan, who died at his in Ann Arbor on April 1st, at home the age of eighty-five. Dr. Angell has been for more t h an a generation one of the leading educators of the coun try, r a n k i ng with President Eliot of H a r v a rd and President White of Cor nell. F r om 1871 until 1909 he was president of the University, and how well he served is in part indicated by the respect, a d m i r a t i on and love cher ished for him by the thousands of the University's his graduates. service in Michigan he was for seven years professor of modern languages and literature at Brown University, editor of the Providence (R. I.) Jour nal for six years, and president of the University of Vermont for five years. In addition to being an educator, Dr. Angell distinguished himself as a dip to China lomat, being U. S. minister in '96-'97, and upon several occasions acting as a commissioner in the negotiation of i m p o r t a nt '80-'81, minister to Turkey, treaties. Before those younger Dr. Angell was always a very close In an address made friend to M. A. C. at the Semi-Centennial Celebration in 1907, in speaking of the friendly rela tions between the two institutions, he "* * * Not to speak said, in p a r t: of teachers who have been t r a i n ed in our halls, we remem ber as you do with pride the long and conspicuous services of our graduates, It would be Dr. Kedzie and Dr. Beal. in perhaps difficult to name a teacher services have any been more useful t h an those of Dr. Kedzie; and Dr. Beal, we spared are happy to continue creditable long career. As the demands upon the in stitution the rapid growth of our population and intelligent p u r s u it of with the m e a ns not be agriculture, may say, is still and i n s t i t u t i on whose increasing with to Michigan t he more to his are w a n t i ng to it to make its future even more beneficient this first half century of its useful t h an has been life." FRANCISCO RECEIVES FINE PROMOTION. The many friends of Donald W. Francisco, a graduate of M. A. C. in the class of 1914, will be pleased to the know t h at he has appointment of advertising manager for the California F r u it Growers' Ex received just change. This is a signal honor, com ing so soon after graduation, but one which Francisco has truly earned in the com short connection with his this position he will have pany. complete charge of the nation wide advertising campaign which this com pany m a i n t a i ns for Sunkist oranges. In in less "Don," as he was familiarly known to his classmates and college friends, began to work for this company right at the bottom of the ladder soon after graduation. He started in as a fruit inspector. His wojth was soon learn ed so t h at last May to be exact, he was made assist a nt advertising manager for t h is com pany. this capacity he has pre pared himself for the larger and more responsible duties of the new position. The advertising offices of the com pany are in Chicago at present but they will be removed to Los Angeles on J u ne 1st. t h an a year, In The faculty of M. A. C. enjoyed an evening with the Lansing Chamber of last Commerce celebrating with them their first annual meeting in the new P r u d d en Auditorium. A fine buffet luncheon was served. Friday, PROFESSOR JOHNSTON, ON ALUMNI ENCOURAGEMENT FOR PUBLIC SPEAKING. the to read "I was pleased I t h i nk t h at w i t h in letter from Mr. McVittie in the last issue of the RECORD. two or three years after g r a d u a t i on nearly all of our alumni realize impor tance of ability to speak and to write. Graduates who have not attained t h at lack as one of ability their most serious deficiencies. recognize the the letter suggests "Mr. McVittie's a method of increasing our students' in terest in public speaking. It proposes to provide prizes showing t h at alumni recognize the importance of ability to speak, t h at they stand behind our de bates and t h at they will support con tests if we in extemporary speaking institute such contests. interested is greatly to considerable "I scarcely need to say that the de p a r t m e nt of English and public speak in Mr. Mc ing Vittie's suggestion. Within last the two or three years we have developed debating extent, but have felt keenly the lack of prizes for our debaters, and we are ready and to follow Mr. McVittie's sug anxious to prizes for ex gestions temporary a very brief review of our progress in debat ing, I shall m a ke a suggestion in re to extemporary speaking. gard speaking. After in regard " F o ur years ago our only debate was a t r i a n g u l ar contest with Alma and Few stu Michigan Normal College. dents received any benefit the from tryouts, as very few entered them, and only forty or fifty received any benefit from listening to the debate, for only forty or fifty attended. "Three years ago we abandoned this t r i a n g u l ar debate and organized a dual debate with Iowa State College and P u r d ue University. The president of the college and the Board of Agricul t u re agreed this con to back us test, and members of the faculty ex interest. pressed stu their dents entered the tryouts. Those se lected as members of the team showed great in working on the de bates,, and when the contest was held four or five h u n d r ed students were in attendance. Several loyalty in the two dual "Last year debates were merged into a t r i a n g u l ar contest with Iowa State College and P u r d ue University. The interest continued to the debate was increase, and when students held eight or nine h u n d r ed interest were present. T h is year the still There was further the keen competition teams, and on the evening of the de the armory was bate every chair in taken. F u r t h e r m o r e, on the campus students could fre and in the cars quently the discussing speeches, the good and bad qualities of the m a n n er of speaking. the a r g u m e nt and for places on increased. heard be "However, since t h is tri-state league was organized two years ago we have felt keenly the need of some definite recognition for our debaters. If Mr. McVittie's proposal can be carried out, the one alumni will be supplying t h i ng needed to put these men on an institu equality with the tions. symbol of recognition is a gold fob. those of other all colleges nearly In "Now a word on Mr. McVittie's pro posal in regard to extemporary speak ing. Would the following plan meet with the approval of the alumni? " 1. To encourage ability in extem porary speaking by holding a contest each year open only to seniors. "2. To give a gold fob as the first the second prize and a silver fob as prize. to "3. To invite each technical society to choose from among its members two this contest. men of These course, the En gineering Society, the Horticultural Club, the M. A. C. Foresters, the M. A. C. Veterinary Medical Association. take part in societies would the F a r m e r s' Club, include, "4. To select each contestant's sub ject for him, giving him only three or four subject chosen. h o u r s' notice of the "5. To choose as subjects questions with Avhich the student is already fa miliar in a general way, but on which he has not spoken. "I offer the above as a tentative sug gestion for a method of conducting a It contest is a method which h as been tried else where and found in extemporary speaking. to be successful. "If a l u m ni will express t h e ir opin ions on t h is question through the REC ORD, the department of English will i n s t i t u t i ng endeavor to do its part in in and carrying out these contests or adopting some other plan for leading students extemporary to improve speaking. in "W. W. JOH-XSTON, "Head of D e p a r t m e nt of English and Public Speaking." BERRIEN COUNTY ASSOCIA TION HOLDS BANQUET. in Benton Harbor, The M. A. C. people of Berrien county did not wait long for another get-together, after their organization some three weeks ago. On March 31st a banquet was held at the Methodist forty-two Church people being present. In the absence the president, C. A. McCune, '01, of who had but recently passed through a very serious operation, W. T. P a r k s, '00, acted as m a s t er of ceremonies. the Prof. T h o m as Gunson represented college. The local speakers were Chas. Hilton, '85; Agnes Stover Smith, '14, a nd Louise Hogue Sanborn, '13. '00; J. J. Jakway, J. P. Mills of Detroit h as donated a n u m b er of bound volumes of Cassier's Magazine to start, the new E n g i n e e r i ng library. THE M. A. C. RECORD. TRACK PROSPECTS GOOD- _ FIRST BASEBALL THIS SATURDAY. 5 at 7:30 p. m. in The Glee Club will give a concert t he this Tuesday Armory u n d er the auspices of the Lib eral A r ts Council. This concert will be the same as they have been giving on the only tour and will be chance the college people will have to hear them. their Prospects for a winning track the old men likely youngsters out for team ^ at M. A. C. are the best in years. Be a there are a good sides P l a ns are going rapidly forward for e the m a ny the meeting of the agricultural teach ,e team and competition is going to be ers of the s t a te which will occur at keen. The following are the v e t e r a n s: £ M. A. C. on April 21 and 22. Prof. Brusselbach ( c a p t . ), Beatty, Alderman, Nolan, head of the agricultural educa- I Blacklock, Peppard, Barnett, Sheldon, tion department at the University of d Cowles, Jewett, Frazier, Huebner, and Illinois, is to be the principal outside e W a r n e r. On April 29th there Avill be n speaker. Dr. Kedzie and Dr. Hedrick an M. I. A. A. meet at the M, A. C. On ,f will also address the meeting. May 13th the Aggie squad will meet Notre Dame at E a st Lansing, and on n the 27th the Michigan All-Fresh. On n J u ne 5th a team will be sent the e Western Conference meet at Chicago. ). These events will be sure to b r i ng out t the best talent M. A. C. can boast. Letters were mailed last week to the a l u m n ae of M. A. C. asking for con- tributions the guest room at the Woman's Building. Responses have already begun to come in a nd feel c confident of the success of the move- interscholastic 1 ment. The project which was out- meet will not be held this year until lined in the RECORD earlier in the year, r J u ne 10th, but Acting Coach Gauthier is r while not one of great magnitude, believes t h at this will m a ke it better t h an ever. Due to conflicts the committee to furnish to a fund in charge very much worth while. the to The Aggie nine, under the tutelage e of Coach Morrissey, s t a r ts out the sea L" Celery" has son this week S a t u r d ay With a home e game with Olivet. Morrissey is well pleased over the e wTay the boys have been showing up in 1 spite of the limited facilities for early y practice. No practice in dulged in on the athletic field on ac count of its moist condition, but work men have been p u t t i ng it in order so t h at it is expected the first game can be played there. been has 3 1 NEWS AND COMMENT " ; The Novo E n g i ne Co. and Bates & fur the the Agricultural E d m o n ds Co., of Lansing, have nished sets of engine castings for in machine Building. shop just The F o r e s t ry Department has from received 40,000 willow cuttings Pennsylvania. . These will be used in t he co-operative willow experiments at Grand Rapids and Ionia. the state Superintendents of schools through out are already glancing toward M. A. C. for teachers for next year and it is understood t h at several have already signed up. Miss Lois Mertes of Traverse City, is t a k i ng Miss Madison's place as as sistant seed analyst. Miss Mertes h as had considerable experience t h is work with various seed houses in the state. in Shrill notes of the the bugle and sharp command "Company, Fall I n !" featured early m o r n i ng activities on college the campus Monday when In cadets began their drill at 7 a. m. early days drill was held before break fast but of late years it has been the last t h i ng in the afternoon. A popular bulletin on "Leaf Spot of issued, the just been the a u t h o rs being Dr. G. H. Coons of Botany Department and E z ra Levin, '11. A Dutch t r a n s l a t i on made by. Dr. deZeeuw has also j u st been published. This was considered necessary because a majority of the celery growers of the '" State are Hollanders. This is the first time t h at M. A. C. has put out an edi- tion in a foreign language but several of our bulletins have been t r a n s l a t ed into F i n n i sh by foreign papers of the Upper Peninsula. Others Dr. Bessey was at Ann Arbor dur ing vacation in attendance at the an- nual meeting of the Michigan Acad- emy of Sciences, of which he was the the retiring president. of 1 Botany Department present at this I meeting were Dr. deZeeuw, Dr. Coons, Mr. Munn and Mr. Kitchin. Other M. A. C. m en at A nn Arbor d u r i ng the week were Prof. Chapman, Prof. Burt, Dr. Hedrick, Dean White, Prof. Ed- 1 munds, Miss Morris, and Mr. Dunford. The latter read a paper on " F a rm Ac counting," and Dr. Hedrick gave a talk on " F a rm F i n a n c e ." J. E. HAMMOND, '86, WINS AS LOCAL OPTION ORGANIZER. I n g h am county went dry in the elec tion last week by almost 2,500 major ity. One of the s u r p r i s i ng things in t h is campaign w as t h at L a n s i ng itself went dry by over 600 majority, where as two years ago the wets rolled up a majority of over 1,000. J a s on E. Hammond, who h as been city organ izer for the drys, has been the recip congratulations over ient of profuse in the city. He made a the r e s u l ts prediction the drys would win t h at by 2,500 a nd his forecast was less t h an 100 out of the way. 6 A L UM NI NOTES '65 W a t ts S h e r m an Humphrey, a stu dent at M. A. C. in '58 a nd '59, and one of the oldest lawyers in t he state from the point of years of practice, died at h is home in Saginaw on April 4th. Mr. H u m p h r ey was one of t he many M. A. C. m en who enlisted in J he army at the beginning of t he Civil War. three horses were shot from under him during the service. Among the 1VI. A. ( ' . m en who have been intimately associated with Air. H u m p h r ey a re S. L. Kilbourne, "(>1, of Lansing, in whose law office he worked at one time, a nd B. F. Davis, '66, now president of the City National in Lansing. Mr. H u m p h r ey Bank graduated t he University of Michigan in 1869. It is said from that THE M. A. C. RECORD. i n t e r r u p t i on forth, a nd w i t h o ut t he class of '92 continued i ts work. Time demonstrates t h at all s t r u c t u r es of this character should be as nearly fire proof as possible. from I cannot u n d e r s t a nd "With t he exception of W. D. Groes- beck, none of '92 have contributed of late to t he RECORD'S columns. A re t he members of this class dead or only sleeping? their silence and m u st believe t h at if they appreciated h e a r i ng t he mem bers as much I do they would get busy. H. B. Baker, t he W i n e g ar Bros. (Chas. and H e n ry B . ), L. Whitney W a t k i n s, and Colfax Gibbs were al ways on t he job when we conducted the Abbot Hall Debating Club, a nd t he memory of should alone those days dictate an obvious duty, viz., w r i t i ng something for t he RECORD if only a line as their whereabouts.—H. ARNOLD W H I T E, El Reno, Okla." to ' 8 1. Editor M. A. C. RECORD:—The fol lowing item may be of interest: W. S. Delano of t he class of '81, was t h r o wn from h is wagon in a r u n a w ay Satur day, April 2d, a nd died t he next day injuries. He i n t e r n al at noon from was a farmer, last a nd all the first, time. Yet he h as found time to work farmers. publicly for t he welfare of He h as read papers before the Na- tional F a r m e r s' Congress, w as a lead i ng member of t he Nebraska Rural Life Commission, a nd it was due to t h at t he Nebraska F a r m his efforts ers' Congress, composed of delegates from all t he agricultural organizations of t he state, was placed on a perma nent a nd prosperous basis. He was its secretary for several years. He was a tireless worker a nd w as greatly es teemed by those who knew him. He leaves a wife a nd three children.—F. E. DKLANO. '82, Westerville, Neb. 'S9. C. D. Beecher C85-'87) is proprietor of the Orcharddale F a rm at Flushing, Mich. The alumni office h as just learned that H. A. Stewart, a graduate of t he class of 1889, and a very successful farmer at Clio, Mich., was killed by an i n t e r u r b an car near Clio on Octo ber 22, 1915. '92. Charles M. Conner ( a) is a farm ad viser at Modesto, Cal. " E d i t or of RECORD: i n t e r e st to t he alumni. Last RECORD contains news that the alumni directory will soon be out, that Dr. Beal's History of the College is off the press, a nd the fact of the b u r n i ng of t he E n g i n e e r i ng Building—all of This great fire reminds me of the day when re t u r n i ng from a vacation, we found t he old Botanical Laboratory in ruins on the banks of t he Red Cedar about where I imagine the new gym is to be located. But, undaunted, Dr. Beal ar ranged for classes in botany in t he t h en new Agricultural Laboratory, where Prof. E u g e ne Davenport held ' 9 9. F. E. West is using t he "sabbatical year," granted h im by Alma College, for g r a d u a te study a nd is at present at t he University of California t a k i ng work in chemistry a nd experimental agronomy. He writes t h at at a meet ing of t he graduate students he m et H. E. V an Norman, '97, who is dean of t he farm school at Davis, which is lo cated about 70 miles from Berkeley, a nd also C. W. True, ex-'OO, who is a member of the faculty at Davis. He also speaks of spending a week-end with Mr. a nd Mrs. M. B. Stevens, who are living at Kenwood, in one of t he beautiful California valleys. Stevens was of t he class of '02, a nd Mrs. Stev ens was Elizabeth Johns, '04. . '03. A r t h ur C. Miller ( a) is a creamery- m an at Berrien Springs, Mich. Jesse M. Churchill ( a) is in irriga tion engineering work at Twin Falls, Idaho. Homer M, E a t on ( m) is a gas en gineer at 710 Union T r u st Building, Detroit, with residence at 239 Euclid Ave. west. Alice Hadley (Mrs, Sidney Wise) is a farmer's wife at Artesian, S. Dak. She writes t h at she h as been kept in for several m o n t hs on account of sick ness in t he family, but all a re well now. '06. I. M. Phippeny (e) civil engineer with t he U. S. Reclamation Service, is now stationed at Ysleta, Texas. John G. Cavanaugh (e) is a mem ber of t he Cavanagh-Linn Co., en gineers a nd contractors, 623 Citizens Bldg., Cleveland, Ohio. '07. George A. Brown, pro fessor of animal husbandry at M. A. C, h as purchased t he Tobias farm just north of t he college. associate A. T. Keech, who spent a little over two years w i th t he five-year mechani cals of this class, is at present with ( C o n t i n u ed on p a ge 7.) HOTEL HEADQUARTERS FOR M. A. C. PEOPLE H O T EL S T A T L ER D e t r o it 800 r o o m s — 8 00 b a t h s. 400 r o o ms ( w i th s h o w er b a t h) at $1.50 a nd $2.00 a d a y. 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R o o ms w i th p r i v a te b a th P h o n e, 671-W. $1.50. O T S E GO H O T EL J a c k s o n, M i c h. D R E S D EN H O T EL F l i n t, M i c h. T wo G o od H o t e l s. U n d er M a n a g e m e nt of E l m er C. P u f f e r. 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. Citizensj9585. S P E C I AL A N N O U N C E M E NT ! Chocolate Cherries Chocolate Assorted Nuts Chocolate Assorted Fruits 2 9c p er p o u n d. Assorted Stick Candy, 2-pouud box, 29c Every Saturday and Sunday. C. J. R O U S ER D R UG C O. Cor. A l l e g an a nd W a s h i n g t on A v e. Invitations Programs Cards Announcements Personal Stationery ENGRAVED OR PRINTED Always a selection of the 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 The Busiest Store on Lansing's Busiest Street. The Mills Store 10 Washington Ave. S. Is always ready to supply you with the latest styles and best goods of the season. Our Silks and Dress Goods Sections and our L i n e n, Domestic, Hosiery, Gloves, and Underwear are on the first floor. Our W o m e n 's Suits, Coats, W a i s t s, Dresses, S k i r t s, Cor sets, Muslin Underwear and Rustic Tea Room will be found on the second floor. Carpets, Rugs, Linoleums, Curtains, W i n d ow S h a d e s, Draperies, Etc., on third floor. Pay us a visit—it will pay you THE M. A. C. RECORD. 7 A L U M NI NOTES. (Gontinued from page 6.) his father in the laundry business at Rockford, Mich. He writes that he needs some help on water problems in connection with the business. With regard to the recent fire he says: "I was very sorry indeed to hear of the great loss to the Engineering Depart ment, but fully believe Dr. Kedzie is equal to the situation." '09. Wm. J. Baumgras (e) is a mining engineer at 2822 Whitehall Bldg., New York City. Charles W. Mason (a) (L. L.) is now farming at Notingwood, R. F. D. 2, Green Bay, Va. Alice Latson is a student at Teach ers' College, Columbia University, New York City, living at 1230 Amsterdam Ave. Joseph A. Cavanagh (a) is now su perintendent of the lead arsenate and spray material plant of the Dow Chem ical Co., at Midland, Mich. O. W. Fairbanks, "Prexy," is still teaching science and manual training in the high school at Des Plaines, 111. He reports the arrival of a son, Harold Vincent, on December 7, 1915. '10. A. L. Hurd (a) formerly at Gage- town, has asked that his address be changed to R. F. D. No. 3, Pontiac, Mich. A. L. Campbell (a) writes as fol from Lander, Wyo.: "Please lows change the address of my RECORD to Holt, Wyo. I have resigned my posi tion as county agricultural agent here, and on April 1st we will move to our ranch in the foot hills of the Big Horn Mountains, in the northeastern part of this county. My younger brother and I have owned a cattle ranch there for four years. The business has been making a good growth for the last year or so and is now in shape so it will pay both of us to put in our en in the ranching and live tire time stock operations. Our place is 12 miles north of Lysite on the new line of the Burlington R. R. It has been three years since I started in the county agent work here and I am really sorry to leave it as it is great work, but ranch life looks good to both Mrs. Campbell and myself, also to our two-year old son, Cole." ' l i. E. G. Hulse (a) is county engineer for the Clinton County Board of Road Commissioners, at St. Johns, Mich. H. C. Hilton (f) is now Forest Su pervisor of the Michigan National For est with headquarters at East Tawas. This promotion took effect March 1st. L. B. Scott (a) who is in the depart ment of Horticultural and Pomologi- cal Investigations, U. S. Dept. of Agr., now has his permanent headquarters at Washington, D. C, Since last fall he has been in charge of a new project, Sub Tropical Fruit Production, his ter ritory including Southern California, Arizona, the Gulf States and Florida. '12. E. G. Culver (a) is an electrical contractor at Manistique, Mich. Ad dress, 223 Walnut St. E. E. Hotchin (e) began work April 1st as electrical engineer with the Michigan Millers' Mutual Fire Insur ance Co., of Lansing. Announcement has been received of the birth of a nine-pound daughter, Dorothy Bissell, Sunday, April 2d, to Mr. and Mrs. S. F. Delvin of Detroit. Mrs. Delvin was formerly Miss Rilla Bissell, ex-'15. Mr. Delvin is with the Detroit Edison Co., and lives at 671 Fourth Ave. The RECORD has recently received a copy of the Farm Bureau News of Jackson county, Minnesota. In addi tion to the fact that it is a project of, and edited by, A. G. Bovay, county agent, we are interested in as an in dication as to what is probably the step in increasing the next general efficiency of the great body of county agents. A local farm paper has been projected by many and theoretically would seem to furnish an excellent avenue for the county agents to keep in touch with the farmers. The par ticular paper in question is very well edited and shows that our old friend Bovay is on the job. '13. Arthur A. Sorenson (a) still teaches agriculture in the Fresno High School at Fresno, Cal. R. B. Delvin (e) with the Edison Illuminating Co. of Detroit, lives at 421 Second Ave. Rollin D. Carl (e) is draftsman for the Buick Motor Co. at Flint, living at 530 Garland St. Arthur Cronk (a) teaches at the Crary School, Detroit. His address is 1607 Vinewood Ave. George A. White (e) is mechanical engineer for the Sparton Radiator Co. of Jackson, and lives at 314 Bush St. C. R. Gifford (e) is in the research department of the Detroit Edison Co., Detroit, Mich., living at 386 Hubbard Ave. Paul E. Kuenzel, now draftsman witli Utah Copper Co., Bingham, Utah. Ad dress, "Utah Copper Club," Bingham Canyon, Utah. Announcement has been received of the marriage of Karl M. Klinger (a) to Miss Dorothy Haviland, on April 1st, at Buffalo, Wyo. F. R. Harris (with) is located at Leipsic, Ohio. "Red" was married last summer and has a fine position as dis trict manager for some large electrical company. '14. Rudolph W. Streat (a) is a land scape architect at 1017 S. Saginaw St., Flint, Mich. 8 THE M. A. C. RECORD. instructor F r a n c es M. Madison, who h as been assistant seed analyst at M. A. C. for t he past two years, and G. T. Hayes ( a) in horticulture during the fall a nd winter terms, were mar ried at t he home of the bride's parents, Burlington, Iowa, on April 5th. After a wedding tour t h r o u gh p a r ts of the West their home at Monrovia, Cal., where Hayes has a fruit they will m a ke ranch. (v) the benefit F r ed Moran is now an active practitioner with the Jersey City Vet erinary Hospital, Jersey City, N. J. He writes t h at he is "house surgeon" and for the rides all house surgeon and at day visiting night sleeps over the pharmacy with a satchel of colic m i x t u r es near at hand, a telephone on the wall with a persistent operator at the other end. of the wire. is one who dumb animals of the laity ALUMNI LUNCHEONS. CHICAGO. Every Wednesday at 12:30 p. m. t he M. A. C. Association of Chicago holds a luncheon at the New Morrison Ho tel, Clark and Griswold Sts. Any M. A. C. m en who happen to be in Chi cago at t h is time will find some friends here and a h e a r ty welcome. DR. J. S. OWEN Eye, Ear, Nose, Throat and F i t t i ng Glasses Has removed from 115 W. Allegan St. to 208 S. Washington Ave. (over Whitney's Jewelry Store). Citizens, 2724. Northwestern Teachers' Agency BOISE, I D A HO The largest agency West of Chicago. We cover the entire WEST and ALASKA. Write immediately for free circular. Lansing Engraving Co. Now removed to its new quarters 120 E. Washtenaw St. DESIGNING .-. ILLUSTRATING All Kinds oi Engraving KINNEY LANSING Electric Lighting Plants for Country Homes, Stores, Churches, Halls, Etc. Circulars, etc., free. H. A. KINNEY, Lansing, Mich. W. T. McXanney is working with the . E t na Explosive Co., at Gary, Ind. ( w i t h) ( a) Mark K. Griggs (e) is now drafts the Detroit Steel Products and lives at the "Bachelors' Club," m an with Co., 210 Lincoln Ave., Detroit, Mich. "Chi" ( w i t h) E d w a r ds left Detroit recently for New Orleans where he is steel and employed by a s t r u c t u r al concrete company. He expects to be in the south about five months. the is with Gerald H. Mains, who the Bureau of Chemistry at Washington, the following note with D. C , - s e n ds " T he efficient work of his renewal: President Kedzie and loyalty of the student body after the loss of the certainly E n g i n e e r i ng Building commendable. State Board took a backward step in elimi in n a t i ng the reformed spelling used the RECORD. 'tho,' 'thru.' etc., as used today by the larger number of periodicals, should certainly find place repre senting the college." the publication Such words I believe the are as in '1.1. Dudley P. Hall (e) is draftsman for the American Bridge Co.. at Detroit, Mich. Hall lives at 511 Cass Ave, ( h ), Miss Hazel Mundy and T. Wayne of Midland, were m a r r i ed on March 4th. They a re m a k i ng t h e ir home in Midland. E. A, Boettcher ( a) who has been doing landscape work in Chicago since graduation, h as accepted a position as assistant superintendent of cemeteries at Muncie, Ind. Kris P. Bemis ( a) is now in charge of the Diehl orchards at Honor, Mich. The orchards of company are about 400 acres in extent and K r is writes t h at he is plenty busy. this C. J. Gatesman ( a) who has been chemist at Isabella, Tenn., since grad uation, recently accepted a position in Detroit as chemist for the Michigan Carbon Works. Gatesman lives at 261 19th St. Miss Berniee Beckwith ( h) of E a st Lansing, and Rolan W. Sleight (a) of Laingsburg, were m a r r i ed E a st L a n s i ng on March 29th. They will make near Laingsburg where Sleight h as a fine farm-. home their at line, W. G. Hildorf H. J. Gallagher (a) has j u st asked t h at his address be changed to R. F. D. No. 3, Lansing, where he expects to reside permanently and follow farm is ing as an occupation. His farm four miles south of Lansing on the i n t e r u r b an of a Prescott ( e ). master mechanic the Copper Range Mining Co. at for the Baltic. Mich., h as j u st completed plunger installation pump. The pump h as a foundation 30 by 50 feet, goes down 2,500 feet into the m i ne and is capable of t h r o w i ng a six-inch stream the surface. Hil dorf writes t h at some of the pieces in the pump weighed two and one-half tons. to