VOL.XXI. MAY 30, 1916. No. 33 vl I ao m • • - J .. K1 1% R1 J \*> *r° f* ~^~ m^ ras-^g * ^T • f c^ r- .•-* PUBLISHED BY \ > AGRICULTURAL COLLEGE EAST LANS Rfc f, A. 3 % LANSINO ENC Co, OtJlSNeHS. 2 THE M. A. C. RECORD. D I R E C T O RY . L A N S I NG BUSINESS 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 "Washington Ave. N. Books, Pine Stationery, Engraved Gall 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. STOPFER, 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. BUSINESS AND PROFESSIONAL PAGELSEN & SPENCER Patents, P a t e nt Law, T r a d e m a r ks 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 If you haven't insured your salary, better see or write Goodell about a good proposition. Lansing Insurance Agency, Inc., 20-8-212 Capital National Bank Bldg. SAMUEL L. KILBOURNE, ex-'61 Lawyer 214 y2 Washington Ave. S., Lansing, Mich. Ship all your H ay 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. 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 E a st Lansing Bakery and Grocery. M. A. C. Bread a specialty. "HANK" AND "FRANK" Your barbers for t he last five years. Pool, Billiards, Cigars. In the n ew Dickson Building. WILDWOOD TEA ROOM Service a la carte. 318 Abbott Ave., E a st Lansing. Fountain Pens M^rnX,8* • w M i l i um • V l l vf Parker's, Etc. $1 to $ 6, all g u a r a n t e ed College D r ug & Grocery Store Full Line if Everything. Agents for Star Laundry-. Electric Supplies. LOFTUS If Experience and we haue both. Equipment Count '* £™97 French Dry Cleaners, Dyers and Tailors. A. G. B I S H OP 114-16 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 H A R D W A RE EAST LANSING'S LEADING GROCER^ Trie 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, MAY ,50, 1 9 1 6. N O. 33 NEW DRAWING DEPART MENT HEAD ELECTED. Mr. R. K. Steward, who has been of the Department acting head of General E n g i n e e r i ng Drawing at the Univerity of Illinois since 1912, has j u st been elected the position of to professor of Drawing a nd Design at M. A. C, in the place of Prof. V. T. Wilson, who resigned early in the pres ent year. A been change an has slight nounced for the work of this depart ment for the next college year, when P r o£ Steward will t a ke charge, in t h at the machine design courses, formerly u n d er the mechanical engineering de partment, will be administered by the drawing department. from in 1908, Prof. Steward graduated the University of Maine t a k i ng in civil engi his professional degree n e e r i ng at t h at place in 1911. Follow ing his g r a d u a t i on he t a u g ht there for then spent two years a nd two years the U. S. Reclamation Service. with Since the time he has been at t h is University of Illinois. MICHIGAN MILK PRODUC ERS ORGANIZE AT M. A. C. The convention of u p w a r ds of 500 Michigan milk producers, held at M. A. C. last Tuesday, was, without a doubt, the largest and most enthusias tic group of farmers ever assembled at the College for one specific purpose. The meeting was called by the Liv ingston County Milk Producers Asso re invitation was the ciation, and sur sponded the from to by m a ny rounding country and delegates from all over the state. Space for p a r k i ng autos was fairly at a premium. to to organize The real purpose of the meeting was to form .the Michigan Milk Producers Association and the pro ducers to such a point t h at they will have something to say about the price their milk, they are r a t h er to by some outside milk corporation as is now al leged. Rodney B. Swift, president of the N o r t h e rn Illinois Milk Producers* Association, was the principal speaker. Mr. Swift engineered the recent "milk s t r i k e" in Chicago which created such for t h an be dictated receive their milk widespread interest, and he had much to say about t he producers getting less for the cost of pro t h an duction. Statistics on file at the Col lege bear out m a ny of Mr. Swift's state the pro ments. Other speakers on gram were Prof. A. C. Anderson, head of the college dairy department, J a m es N. McBride, state m a r k et director; N. P. Hull of Dimondale; and G. P. Hor- ton, State Grange. former m a s t er the of secretary-treasurer, Officers of the association were elect ed as follows: President, N. P. Hull, Dimondale; vice-president, R. C. Reed, Silas Howell; Munsell, Howell; members of the board of directors, Silas Munsell; A. R. H a r r i n g t o n, Grand Rapids; J o hn C. Near, F l at Rock; J a m es Kerr, Birch R u n; A. L. Chandler, Owosso; J o hn Hull, Dimondale; Milo Godfrey, Na poleon. t h r u o ut the t h ru directors elected by It is the plan of t h is newly organ to be the mother of ized association state, local associations these, and, situation will be the whole m a r k et held in hand. The association also plans to carry on an educational cam paign which shall present the figures to the people, for cost of production and also to show the value of them milk as compared with other foods. SOME OF THOSE WHO WILL BE BACK. H E LP US GROW! '96; J a s. R. Petley, '96; W. J. Merkel, Geo. W. Haigh, '61; Richard Haigh, '69; H e n ry A. Haigh, '74; C. L. Bemis, '74; C. J. Strang, '78; W. K. Prudden, '78; F r a nk A. Gulley, '80; J. C. Staf ford, '88; O. B. Hall, '93; M. G. Kains, '95; Thome Smith, '95; H. R. Parish, '96; Robert '95; Geo. W. Williams, '96; S. B. Buek, Young, '98; F r ed Woodworth, '98; A. N. P a t r i a r c h e, '98; H e a r ty Brown, ex '07; Muriel Smith, '10; Dorothy Brown, ex '11; Donna E d w a r ds Eason, '12; G. P. Boomsliter, '06; F r a nk B. Wilson, '08; Sidney S. Smith, '12; A. H. Hollinger, '14; C. A. Spaulding, '14; Ove Jensen, '14; L. C. Milburn, '14; Agnes Stover Smith, '14. M. A. C. MAY RUN FOUR TERMS. A letter sent out by President Ked- the zie last week teaching staff paves for a four-term schedule at M. A. C. The letter follows: to the members of the way The coming s u m m er will m a rk To THE TEACHING FOUCE OF M. A. C. the completion of our t h i rd experiment of It has been holding a s u m m er session. suggested by others, and I have felt like accepting the suggestion, t h at this College is the best adapted to continu the summer of any ing work d u r i ng similar the United States. institution located in this year what In order to render the work of this College more efficient and far reaching it seems likely t h at we shall discon is called tinue after the S u m m er Session and replace it by a four ten in which special em weeks' d u r a t i on phasis will be instruction laid upon in the elementary sciences and in ad instruc dition, the work of technical tion which was contemplated the in founding of the college. term of perhaps eight or in order to accomplish w h at I have in mind, to ask it may be necessary some of the teaching force to a r r a n ge for t a k i ng their vacation during some other portion of the s u m m er in order t h at the work of this term may be provided fourth the year t h an for. I w a nt it thoroughly understood t h at whatever changes* in your yearly sche to be dule m ay be found necessary made, you will be given due notice and t h at we shall keep in m i nd the ab solute necessity of your having op p o r t u n i ty d u r i ng the year for doing advanced work in your profession. Very truly yours, F R A NK S. KEDZTE. ' l i. E d w a rd W. Steck, e, a nd Miss Clar issa Scott of Brighton, Mich., were m a r r i ed at the bride's home last Tues friends day. After a brief visit with and and relatives the young couple southern Michigan, left in P o rt Arthur, their home Texas, where Steck is w o r k i ng for the Gulf Refining Co. in E a st L a n s i ng for 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. LANGDOIV, '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 tising m a t t er to the M. A. C. Record, E a st Lansing, Mich. Address all con the Managing Editor, tributions E a st Lansing, Mich. to TUESDAY, MAY 30, 1916. 1916- JUNE ^1916 SUN. HON. TU£. Wso THUR. Fm. SIT. 6 1Z 19 6 13 zo 7 14 4 11 IS zs Z6 Z7 ?7Z.-U/^A// D/frs" Z 9 16 3 10 17 1 a 15 zz Z4 Z3 21 za Tue.-Weo. J J r,1tl4 T~ Z9 30 THE LAST CHANCE. The alumni directory is now being printed. Only for those who have re their occu cently moved or changed pation does this have interest. If this affects YOU, drop us a card at once, giving us the change, so t h at the data following your n a me m ay be correct. W h en the directory is out a copy will be mailed free of charge every graduate. to EVERYBODY'S OPPORTUNITY. * * * President Kedzie is counting on the support of the former students to keep the attendance at M.'A. C. on the gain. Every g r a d u a te has at some time or other a chance to advise with a pros pective student. the requirements for entrance, as they ap pear in the college catalog j u st issued, less are here given. We hold t h an a d u ty to have these requirements fairly well in mind. for every g r a d u a te In view of this it no Graduates of approved high schools, who meet t he entrance requirements, are admitted to our four-year courses without examination. Such applicants m u st present 15 units for admission, a u n it m e a n i ng a subject pursued thru- t h an out a school year, with not less t he other three u n i t s; four recitation periods per week. F or admission to the E n g i n e e r i ng Courses, seven of these u n i ts are required as follows: English, three u n i t s; algebra, one a nd one-half u n i t s; geometry, one and one-half units.; physics, one unit. F or courses—Agricultural, Home Economics, Forestry, Veterinary Science—five u n i ts are required as fol lows: English, algebra, one unit; geometry, one unit. To com plete t he fifteen units, credits may be selected from the following; English, one additional unit; algebra, one-half unit; unit; solid geometry, one-half trigonometry, one-half unit; history, two, three or four units; Latin, one, two, three or four u n i t s; Greek same; F r e n c h, Spanish, German, same; chem- isry, one unit; physics, one unit; bot any, one u n i t; physiography, one unit; free-hand drawing, one unit; commer cial work, one or two u n i t s; manual training, domestic science, and domes tic art, one or two u n i t s; agriculture, one, two or t h r ee units. F or applicants who have not grad uated from an approved high school, an examination m u st be taken. F or those who would take engineering the examinations will be in English, plane and solid geometry, algebra and phy sics. F or all other courses candidates will be examined only in English, alge bra and plane geometry. THAT LAX SING ROAD. Graduates of M. A. C. for many years must have a distinct picture in their mind of the road from Lansing to the College. It has been torn up and re paired several times, and yet with all this has never been in first class con announce dition. m e nt made l a st week t h at a good, sub stantial road is to be built will be re ceived with Consequently interest. the t he In this announcement the generosity and public spiritedness of an alumnus crops out again. Not content with finest auditorium giving Lansing in the state, W, K. Prudden, '78, said some time ago t h at he would donate $10,000 a mile the for a b u t t i ng property owners would put up the rest. For a long time it looked as forth coming but the recent announcement assures t h at the other $2,000 is avail able. 'rest' would not be road t h is the if if The type of road to be built is still it will be brick undecided. W h e t h er on cement foundation, plain cement, or asphalt is not of great importance to us. We are very glad to know t h at the road will be p ut in shape so t h at it will be passable at all times and will really encourage auto visitors at M. A. C. * * * F r a nk Somner, Michigan Aggie foot ball coach, spent last Saturday at M. A. C. looking over his material and gee-ting acquainted with conditions. He said the College looked good to him. the boys and t h at ADVANCES IN TEACHING FORCE. following The contracts for the teaching staff at M. A. C, which were sent out last week, carried many advances in title. Associate Professor Poison was made Professor of Mechanical Engineering. professors The were made associate professors, t h us giving t h em a voice in t he F a c u l t y: C. H. Burgess, poultry h u s b a n d r y; F. H. Sanford, F o r e s t r y; C. A. Melick, engineering; Chace Newman, civil drawing; C. W. Chapman, physics; Mrs. Lillian Peppard, domestic art. assistant The following i n s t r u c t o rs were made Irving Gilson, assistant professors: forestry; horticul Thomas Gunson, t u r e; C. M. Cade, civil engineering; L. H. Cooledge, bacteriology; W. P. Wood, chemistry; A. C. Conger, zool ogy; C. L. Grover, agricultural edu cation. in The following workers the Ex from periment Station were advanced to research associ research assistant ate: F r a nk A. Spragg, crops; G. H. Coons, plant pathology; R. P. Hibbard, plant physiology; C. S. RobinsOn, chemistry; G. J. Bouyoucbs, soils. M. A.C. PEOPLE IN SCHE NECTADY. the reading of E d i t or of the M. A. C. RECORD: Characteristic of all M. A. C. people I enjoy accomplish ments of those t h at I knew and with whom I associated while at college. Although t h e re a re but a small num I ber of us feel safe in saying t h at the individual M. A, C. spirit is still as strong as though there were a larger number. this section, located in I believe there are some classmates or friends scattered through the coun t ry t h at would appreciate a line in the record telling w h at each of us is do ing. We a re all connected with the General Electric Company with the ex ception of Miss Steele, is teaching in one of our city schools. '98, who in the position Mr. L. C. Brooks, '92, h a v i ng shown his marked ability to handle m en a nd produce results now holds a very in fluential I n d u s t r i al Control Dept. Mr. H a g a d o r n ,. '98, is the civil engineer at t he plant. Mr. Geo. Strobel, '02, is now chief drafts the Direct C u r r e nt Motor man of Dept. Mr. Friend Kierstead, '09, al though not now residing in Schnectady is an engineer at the Pittsfield works. Mr. Russell W a r n er '12, was recently transferred from the Testing Dept. to the District Office at Washington, D. C. Mr. S. M. Dean '14, a nd Mrs. Dean ( F r a n c es H u r d) also with the same latest arrivals. Mr. class, are our Dean testing- is course. As for myself, I am w o r k i ng with Mr. Brooks. the student t a k i ng The announcement in a recent is- sue of the RECORD of the a p p o i n t m e nt of Dr. Kedzie as p e r m a n e nt president, also of the support which he is re ceiving, w as a source of great gen eral satisfaction. T he prospects for the college certainly look very promis ing, being u n d er the guidance of a m an who is so thoroughly known espe cially by the alumni and one who h as had the interest of the college at h e a rt for several years. All a t t e n t i on h as been directed to ward t he rebuilding of the Engineer ing Building a nd shops as it naturally should be, as they are of p r i m a ry im portance, a nd we a re all, most in terested in them b ut as a m a t t er of information I would like to ask w h at is being done concerning the new Gym. it being built as planned before Is the b u r n i ng of the E n g i n e e r i ng Build ings? • Mrs. Clark a nd I will be pleased to have any one from M. A. C. stop at 139 Division street, Schnectady, when in this vicinity. B. L. CLARK, '09. AN APPRECIATION FROM ONE OF THE EARLY STUDENTS. Boston Building, Denver,, Colo. May 6th, 1916. My Dear Mr. P r e s i d e n t: — I have j u st received a copy of the M. A. C. Record a n n o u n c i ng your elec tion to t he presidency of the Michigan Agricultural College. This is an oc casion where both yourself a nd the college m ay be felicitated. I extend you my h e a r ty wish for many years of useful service to this great insti tution. I am glad I h ad t he privilege of attending the college for three years. It is t r ue there was little choice with me for I did not have m e a ns sufficient to a t t e nd any other school. Looking in the light of back over t he years experience, a nd considering t he fact t h at I chose t he legal profession, I do not see how I could have m a de a bet t er choice even if I h ad been possessed regret of financial means. My only is lack of funds prevented my being graduated. t h at ray T h e re were big m en in t he faculty about the time of the centennial year and your father m e a s u r ed up with the best. May you enthuse the students of today as Dr. Abbot did t he students of my day. W h at an inspiration he was. H is conduct of chapel exercises m a de t he place seem hallowed. W h at a sturdy, splendid character your fath inspir er was. He likewise w as an ation to t he students. Owing to my residence in Colorado I have been unable to do much service to t he M. A. C, though once a mem ber of the Michigan legislature I w as in a position to render h er some serv ice. tried to fulfill my obli gation to Michigan by assisting wher I have THE M. A. C. RECORD. ever possible the Agricultural College I have helped in getting of Colorado. it appropriations, a nd some y e a rs ago I delivered t he Commencement Ad dress. W i th my very best wishes, C A SS E. HERKIXGTOX ( w i th '79.) MR. F. S. KEDZIE, Pres. Michigan Agricultural College, E a st Lansing, Mich. Cass E. H e r r i n g t on and h is brother F r ed Herrington, '84, have been for years chief counsel for the Colorado Fuel and Iron Company. M. A. C. WINS FROM NI AGARA, 4 —3 The game with Niagara University on College Field last Tuesday came as near being a 'vodeville' production as any ever staged. W i th a green um pire substituted for t he regular one, all the varieties of errors, delays, a nd general m i x u ps known to t he game, the affair would do justice to a comic supplement. the frame, in t he first Niagara started t he game with two tallies r u ns coming from an error by Fick, and two This two-base hits off DeMond. latter usually h as them eating out of his h a nd but the Falls' boys got h is m e a s u re right at t he first. In the fifth . i n n i ng DeMond was t a k en out after H a r t e ry h ad connected with a three- bagger. Springer was sent in to fin ish but proved unequal to the task as he only pitched five balls, and on one of these he fell flat on his face in the pitcher's box. Brown was sent in to take up t he loose ends a nd acquitted himself in fine style, by s t r i k i ng out nine men, allowing three h i ts a nd no earned r u ns in four a nd two-thirds in nings. The score h a r d ly shows t he compar ative strength of the two teams. M. A. C. got b ut three h i ts off Mangen, and no earned runs. Niagara got seven hits, no earned r u n s. T he l a t t er made five errors, M. A. C. four. JUST COULDN'T RESIST. Dear E d i t o r: — Lawrence, Michigan. irresistible. O, for T h at recent invitation in t he RECORD some is almost "stuff" and a "turkey." If they can be produced or borrowed myself and wife, or daughter will be on hand at the Reunion. Here's hoping, J. C. STAFFORD, '88. The A-theon society gave a dancing party in the Agricultural building last F r i d ay night. T he Lyric orchestra played the program and p a t r o ns were Mr. a nd Mrs. Cory and Mr. and Mrs. Kiefer. 5 AGGIES LOSE TO MICHIGAN 5 TO 3. the In one of longest and most ragged games of baseball ever played on the College field, the University of Michigan defeated M. A. C. Saturday, 5 to 3. And t he use of superlatives m u st be extended to the h i t t i ng depart m e nt for t he A nn Arbor boys found Brown a nd DeMond for 10 hits while the Aggies got nine off Miller a nd Roberts. in the The game was a tie until the ninth i n n i ng when DeMond weakened, al lowing three hits and two r u n s. Michi gan started fifth the scoring i n n i ng with one run, and then AI. A. in the sixth a nd put C. came back three m en across. T he record-breaking crowd breathed easier for a time. Then in the seventh, t h ru errors and passes, Brown got three m en on bases with none out. DeMond w as called in and pulled out of the hole, allowing two scores which tied up the game. Nieman featured at t he b at with two singles and a double. Labadie got two singles, a nd t he other five h i ts were credited to Walterhouse, Brandell, H a r r i n g t o n, Thomas, and Roehm (bat t i ng for Miller). Williams, for M. A. C, got a single and a double, Huebel tripled, and hits Were also made by Davis, Fick, Fuller, Thomas, Brown- and DeMond. Brown, who pitched the first six in nings for M. A. C, did not seem to have any of his usual versatile offer ings, and, in all, passed five men. Brown got two strikeouts, as also did DeMond. Miller, said to be Michigan's sixth, and Roberts s t ar pitcher, was knocked out of the box in the substituted. This latter seemed to be wild at first but settled down and held the Aggies to two hits and no earned r u ns for the r e m a i n d er of t he game. B ut two of Michigan's scores were counted as earned r u ns while M. A. C.'s were all legitimate. they will meet Coach Morrissey's boys a re now looking forward to J u ne 9th and 10th when the University at home, a nd if precedent cuts any figure here the boys will be able to come home with Before this, however, this week T h u r s d ay to be exact, M. A. C. finishes t he home games with a tilt with Notre Dame. Here also the Aggies will have to stage a come-back in order to m a ke the sea son's record look good. t he bacon. Delightful weather brought a large crowd out from L a n s i ng for the band concert last T h u r s d ay evening. A con siderable increase in t he attendance at the regimental parade in the afternoon was also noted. Dr. W. J. Beal of Amherst h as writ ten t he RECORD t h at he will visit M. A. C. at Commencement time. 6 M. A. C. TAKES MEET FROM ALL-FRESH. M. A. C. won the track meet, which was held with Michigan All-Fresh last Saturday alter the baseball game, by a score of 90 to 41. This large score came as a surprise since it was freely the Aggies' predicted with Sheldon, star the iniler and half miter, out of meet on account of sickness, that M. A. C. would the mile in which M. run was the only event A. 0. had t h i rd the half mile place. Uarnett three easily. Michigan secured only other first places, H o rr taking first in both of the dashes, and Haigh winning the high jump. to be content with In fact lose*. took took T3eatty individual honors by winning first place in both of the hur dles a nd in the broad jump. Barnett won both half-mile and two-mile. Pep- pard, Brusselbach, Jewett and F r a z i er easily Avon the mile relay. The meet was conspicuous by a lack of startling records, none of them being broken or tied. NEWS AND COMMENT A very large crowd of visitors was present on The campus last Thursday from the Albion schools. The E u n o m i a ns held an enjoyable 'open house' at the home of R. C. Kin ney, one of the E a st Lansing members, last Saturday evening. Now that a valuable fiber can be pro duced from milk weed it is to be hoped (hat they will be able to rope in quack grass and the Canada thistle. A picnic breakfast was enjoyed by the Sesame girls at the P i n e t um early last Saturday morning. Louise Clem ens and Mrs. Hazel Publow chaperoned the party. The Athanaeum society entertained at a dinner dance last Friday night. the Armory, The nance was held Logan's orchestra furnishing the mu P a t r o ns were Mr. and Mrs. J. B. sic. Hasselman. in The Columbian society gave a very pretty dancing party at their house last Saturday night. The house had the oc been entirely redecorated casion. furnished Logan's orchestra the music and the e n t i r e - l i st of resi dent graduates and wives were the guests of the society. for indulged the senior and Guiss scraps were in be junior classes tween the las; week. Affairs started when junior girls secreted the senior girls' caps and gowns on Monday night. The situation was relieved by the senior men on Tuesday morning by the loan to the co-eds. ing of the proper garb the Later and in -the week, canes (?) worn by the derbies so gracefully THE M. A. C. RECORD. senior men on stated occasions, mys teriously disappeared. Rumor was rife t h at a riot was in store but t he diffi culties were amicably settled as the lost goods came filtering back. in Under the auspices of the Botanical Seminar Dr. William Crocker, profes sor of P l a nt Physiology the Uni versity of Chicago, will give an ad dress in the botany lecture room, 7:30 p. m. Thursday, J u ne 8th. The subject of his address will be "History of Our Knowledge of P l a nt Nutrition." Dr. Crocker is a plant physiologist of in ternational repute and is particularly noteworthy because although doing the highest is connecting it up with the practical ap plication of the subject to agriculture. inter Accordingly, all those who are in Agricultural Chemistry, Ag ested in Botany ronomy, H o r t i c u l t u re and will find the greatest value. type of scientific work he this lecture of in that P l a ns for the sham battle on Me morial Day were canceled last week when it was announced t h at the cadets would march the Lansing parade in the morning. T h is will be the first time the M. A. C. cadets have taken part in the general celebrations this kind of for some years. Many the alumni will remember one of of the t he entire body last went to Detroit. The afternoon pro gram for Memorial Day at M. A. C. will be the same as planned and will the consist of demonstration drill on athletic field, and company and indi- yiduaj competition. times when average the is not wealthy Cornell University has a "Cornellian Council" as one of the branch organ the general Alumni Asso izations of ciation which has for its purpose "the stimulation of the interest of alumni financial support of the univer in the Cornell sity." Since a l u m n us (this would probably fit M. A. C. as w e l l) the plan adopted by the council has been to ask every former student to pledge him self to contribute a definite sum an nually, thus assuring systematic finan cial support of the university by her the same time stimu alumni and at interest lating an ever in increasing Alma Mater. The gifts present at range from $1 to $400 annually and the hope is t h at the Council can soon have 10,000 members who are contrib uting .$10 annually. HOTEL HEADQUARTERS FOR M. A. C. PEOPLE HOTEL STATLER Detroit 800 rooms—800 baths. 400 rooms (with shower bath) at $1.50 and $2.00 a day. Club breakfasts. Grand Circus Park, between Washington Boulevard and Bag-ley Avenue. NEW BURDICK HOTEL Kalamazoo, Mich. Absolutely fire proof. 250 rooms; 150 rooms with private bath. European plan. $1.00 per day and up. THE PARK PLACE HOTEL Traverse City, Mich. The of leading all-the-year-'round hotel the region. All modern con veniences. All outside rooms. W. O. Holden, Mgr. 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C u r t a i n s, W i n d ow D r a p e r i e s, E t c ., on t h i rd pay us a visit—it will pay you ALUMNI NOTES '93. l i t e r a t u r e ,' suggestive, address on "At a recent meeting of the the Crab Apple Club, students' horiticul- tural organization of the Penn. State College, Prof. U. P. Hedrick, '9 3, de livered a highly appreciated, because highly 'Re search Work in Horticulture.' He laid special emphasis upon the necessity of thorough work before publish doing ' F ar too much of the past ing reports. in and even the current horticultural vestigational 'is said he, therefore misleading.' half baked and importance, He also emphasized lines of especially for work thorough grounding in the fundamental sciences and also a strong course in logic. 'Too m a ny students,' he declared, 'are so strongly attracted im pair their efficiency. Better a year or two at routine, even menial but neces sary work along" t he desired or a cog nate line flowery-bed-of-ease method.' About 200 s t u d e n ts attend ed t he lecture and paid excellent atten to finish. While at tion from s t a rt the college, Hedrick stayed with M. G. Kains, '9 5, and the two had a first- M. G. K." class M. A. C. chin-wag. investigational to the dollar to have a t h an they t h at the the '94. William F. Wight, a, botanist for the U. S. Department of Agriculture at Washington, visited M. A. C. last week. He had been at the South Haven sub- Station doing work to further his ex periments cold-resistant securing peaches. in '98. is Rufus W. Landon, a, spending part of his sixty days' vacation with his mother, Mrs. Landon, college libra rian, at M. A. C. Mr. Landon is, and has been for the last seven years, work ing for the the U. S. Government Canal zone, doing clerical work in the time department. Mrs. Landon's other son, Lee, who was also a student at M. A. C, the American Tin Plate Co. at Elwood, Indiana, where he has worked for 15 years. is with in '02. W. D. Wright, with, called at the alumni office last week. He had not visited M. A. C. in many years and the m a ny had much changes which h ad taken place. W r i g ht is secretary of the Board of Public Works at Harbor Springs. say about to '04, to A son, Milton Dodds, was born Mr. and Mrs. (Elizabeth Dodds) Mil ton Cain, both of this class, on May 10th. Mr. and Mrs. Cain form p a rt of the M. A. C. aggregation at Copper- hill, Tenn., where Mr. Cain works for the Ducktown Sulphur, Copper and I r on Co. ' i i. The stork called at the home of Mr. a nd Mrs. Albert E. F r u t i g, Couer d' Alene, Idaho, on May 8th, leaving a in girl, Rosaline Caroline. F r u t ig the U. S. Forest Service at t h at place. Dear E d i t o r: — is the Sorry to have delayed my subscrip I do enjoy the RECORD and espe tion. notes. Wish we the alumni cially could hear more from '11 class. W h e re are they all? Bess Schneider, Zella Kimmel, Helen Dodge, Evelyn Kopf and all the rest? Probably mar ried and so busy they haven't time to write. We used to be rushed to death when we had lessons to get and social s t u n ts galore, but how about it now? "Times do change." '12. Born to Mr. and Mrs. (Cora Oberdor- fer) L. R. Himmelberger, a, seven and a q u a r t er pound boy, Leo Ransom Him- milberger, Jr., May 15, 1916. Himmel the veterinary depart berger is with m e nt of the Kentucky Ept. Sta. at Lexington. ' 1 3. it t h at "I feel Mayaguez, Porto Rico, is my duty to offer what scant news of interest t h at .May in aguez has to offer Record readers it r e t u rn for the very welcome visit the pays this out-of-the-way corner of world every week. R. L. Clute, '96, arrived yesterday from Washington to fill a vacancy in the faculty of the Porto Rico Agricultural College. So far as I know he is the only other M. A. C. m an on the island. My sug gestion t h at we form a Porto Rico M. A. C. Association found favor with treasurer, him provided he could be which was a delicate compliment to me but he would get to be a pretty the old m an w a i t i ng t r e a s u ry to a size suitable for abscond ing, with butter at 60c per pound here and a family to support. Mrs. B r a n d es fine and into a j u st moved cement bungalow built for us on the If the alumni have station grounds. in connection with started a n y t h i ng the engineering depart helping out m e nt it. M. A. C. h as a good r e p u t a t i on here and my leav laboratory assistant ing E a st L a n s i ng next m o n th to enter college and the Cosmopolitian Club." in any way count me in on join Sincerely, for me I have fill to is E. W. BKAXDES. '14. A daughter, Dorothy Jane, was born and '04, to Robert J a m es Baldwin, B e r t ha Van Orden Baldwin of this class, on May 27th, at Lansing, Mich. is building in Toledo, was a A. W. Dorgan, a, who homes and grounds College visitor last week end. "Columbia, Missouri, "May 6, 1916. "Dear E d i t o r: " J u st a few lines to say t h a t ' M r s. A. H. Hollinger and myself will be on h a nd over commencement doings. My eyes ache for some of those old familiar scenes and faces and so here's hoping t h at I will not be disappointed when I r e t u r n. 8 THE M. A. C. RECORD. is the matter? "Everything's spring-like and lovely here 'Ti in Central Missouri. The gers' under Coach Brewer's able di recting are cleaning up everything both out of and in the Conference. I occasionally see the other M. A. C- M. L". people—Dean Mumford, Pro fessors Kempster, Rinkle and others. Have heard nothing from Gibson from Charleston, Mo., lately regarding the tent alive M. A. C. -Missouri Associa tion. What If he doesn't make things go shortly, I will take up the formation of that club the other M. A. C. men here. with The faculty baseball' team are going fine here. We trimmed the Journalists 7 to 1 yesterday. The 'Farmers' Fair' was a stupendous success yesterday, the features of which were the Horti cultural Exhibit, the Follies and the Minstrels. The Hort. Show at M. A. C. thing 1 have seen to is the nearest such co-operation as takes place among the agricultural, horticultural, forestry It certainly and veterinary students. speaks well for the Missouri School of Agriculture. "Sincerely, "A. H. Hoi.uxM-'.rc. '14." '15. j';.ul S. Armstrong, a, left his posi tion with the canning company at Eaton Rapids last week and went to Chicago where he will take up work in the Dealers' Service Department of i he California Fruit Exchange. E. F. Holser, e, has recently moved from Lansing, where he has been con nected with the Michigan Power Co., to Detroit, where he is working with Smith, Hinchman and Grylls, Archi tects and Engineers. Holser lives at 926 Cass Ave. DR. J. S. OWEN Bye, Kar, Nose, Throat and F i t t i ng Glasses Has removed from 115 W. Allegan St. to 208 S. 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