VOL. XXII. DECEMBER 5, 1916. No. 11 -^ K M(%. The Cloud. i. In the morning air Would I rise with you, Sweet spirits of dew— To deck the breeze In mantle fair, Floating through the ether blue. Oh, joyous dream, In sunshine stream, Casting shadows here and there. II. Herald of the land and sea, In thy errant boat so free; Bearing tokens seal'd in showers To the earth, that silently Answers in the smiles of flowers. Never a secret can you keep; From the flower-hearts they peep. And from the tongue of warbling bird The beauties of thy life are heard. —Russell H. Waldo, '16. •".•wte ii'l.^Hffl r ' " j u i i i ii P U B L I S H^ BY — ^ >v M % 1§» 4sT ^ ' * SJttL2£ '*\fl m AGRICULTURAL COLLEGE CIATION te t EAST LANDING, MjCHIG^ A JS ^ ^ mmmmmmmm : i^ LAN31NS E NQ Co, D E S I G N E R S. 2 THE M. A. C. RECORD. DIRECTORY L A N S I NG BUSINESS A ND P R O F E S S I O N AL M EN 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. I^HE ALUMNI Z ZZ DIRECTORY PAGELSEN & SPENCER P a t e n t s, P a t e nt Law, T r a d e m a r ks 1107-i0 Chamber of Commerce Bldg., Detroit, Michigan E. N. Pagelsen, '89 L. M. Spencer, '06 Formerly Examiners U. S. P a t e nt Office. A. M. EMERY 223 Washing-ton Ave. N. Books, Fine Stationery, Engraved Call ing: Cards, Fountain Pens, Pictures, Frames. Fine F r a m i ng a Spec ialty. Loose leaf note books for all purposes. SILAS E. CHAMPE, Attorney at Law '06a, 71 Washington Blv'd, Detroit, Michigan Cherry 4511 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. A. B. HARFORD College W a t c h m a k er At Variety Shop. Your barbers for "HANK" AND "FRANK" the Pool, Billiards, Cigars. In the new Dickson Building. last five years. WILDWOOD TEA ROOM Service a la carte. 318 Abbott Ave., E a st Lansing. Fountain Pens ""'s' • V H I I I H I II • «*••«* pa r ker's, Etc. $1 to $ 6, all g u a r a n t e ed College Drug & Grocery Store Full Line s/* Everything. Agents for Star Laundry. Electric Supplies. L0FTUS Good Things to Eat SMITH POULTRY & EGG CO. Commission Merchants Solicit consignments in Poultry—Veal—Eggs Guy H. Smith, '11 Western Market, Detroit. GOODELL, ZELIN C. (Forestry, M. A. C. '11) Insurance and Bonds of Every Kind If you haven't insured your better see or write Goodell about a good proposition. Lansing Insurance Agency, Inc., 208-212 Capital National Bank Bldg. salary, HARRY E. SAIER, '11 Cut Flowers, Seeds, Trees and Shrubs Greenhouse, W. St. Joe St. Nurseries, W. Main St. Retail Store, 109 E. Ottawa St. KINNEY & ALLEN Lansing Battery Shop 109 N. Grand Ave., Lansing. E. E. Kinney, '15—S. C. Allen, '14. Storage Batteries and Auto Electrical Troubles Our Specialties. SAMUEL L. KILBOURNE, ex-'61 Lawyer 214y2 Washington Ave. S., Lansing, 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. We will appreciate your, patronage. NORTON'S HARDWARE 111 Washington Ave. S. E A ST LANSING'S L E A D I NG GROCER^ . BLUDEAU, SEIBERT & GATES Bookbinders File Boxes, Map Mountings, Etc. Citizens Phone No. 3019. In City National Bank Building. LOUIS BECK COMPANY 112 "Washington Ave. N. Correct Clothes, Up-to-date H a ts and Caps, Classy Furnishings. J. E. STOFFER, D. D. S. Office 203-5 City National Bank Bldg. Automatic phone 2361 Bell phone 61 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. H. KOSITCHEK & BROS. Lansing's Leading Clothiers 113 N. Washington Ave. DAVIS' QUALITY ICE CREAM. Not a fad, but a food. 110 Grand Ave. S. DR. J. S. OWEN Eye, E a r, Nose. Throat and F i t t i ng Glasses Has removed from 115 W. Allegan St. to 208 S. Washington Ave. (over Gateley's Jewelry Store). Citizens, 2724. A. G. BISHOP French Dry Cleaners, Dyers and Tailors 114-16 Washtenaw St. W. Both Phones. J. H. LARRABEE 325 S. "Washington Ave. Sport Shop—Athletic Goods of AH Kinds. H. H. LARNED China, Glass and Lamps 105 Washington Ave. S, TME 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 T, D E C E M B ER 5, 1 9 1 6. N O. 11 VOL,. X X I I. "THE AGRICULTURAL COLLEGE." Among the new books at the M. A. C. library is one entitled "The Agricul tural College." It is written by Frank A. Waugh of the Massachusetts Agri cultural College and published by the Orange Judd Company. In this Mr. Waugh presents a study of the organ ization, management, and especially the problems of teaching of an agricul tural college. Those directly concern ed with such institutions will find in this book an interesting setting-forth of the ramifications of the subject, and a discussion of the broad questions of agricultural education. The author may be right when he says in his preface, "Too many to know nothing outside their own de partments." If this is true then the book should have a wide reading for it gives a fine perspective of the en tire subject. teachers are content epigrammatic We quote here some of the more or statements Mr. less Waugh makes, in order to show the character of the discussion and the general spirit of progressivism which seems to permeate the whole book. For the purpose of culture, profes in sional subjects are more effective the educational program the conventional "cultural" subjects. Ex perience offers no foundation for the expectation that a consolidation (with in the state) of institutions will de crease the cost of maintenance. than Traditionally the faculty is the gov erning bod^ of the college and the embodiment of all power. Practically it is a negligible congress of unor ganized whims and prejudices * * * It is still considered necessary for the course of study to be made up by leg islative performance of faculty. This is curious, especially in view of the fact that this is precisely the field in which the faculty is helpless and worse than useless * * * The whole idea of such men is to have their own courses put on the required list. the The most important unit of college organization is the department and the most important element in the depart ment is the man who heads it. The most obvious and ghastly mis takes in most colleges are advertised in brick and mortar * * * The ease with which legislatures and men of wealth give buildings to colleges, and the difficulty with which they give for maintenance or salaries money have often been com pared * * * Three good men can make a very good plan for the physical development of any college. sorrowfully to post-graduates, Everywhere we see individual teach ers trying to cover the whole range from graduate to extension school teaching. Not infrequently we find a man giving the same lectures and dem onstrations four- year men, short-course students, and farmers' institutes. Everybody knows this is wrong, but only a few colleges have had the money and the grit to face the situation. In the beginning there was one chair of agriculture * * * There were great men in those days, whose reputation remains undimmed by the fact that they were never specialists in the modern sense. Beside the modern lecture course those old sociable dialogs between Soc rates and the Greek boys under the shade of the spreading plane trees of Athens were the paragon of pedagogic efficiency. The lecture course is be yond all comparison the laziest and least effective method of teaching ever invented. It seems ridiculous to send out a graduate of a professional agricultural course who cannot harness and hitch up a horse or run a mowing machine. The necessity for practical farm expe rience in applicants for admission be comes more and more acute. The summer vacation is an anomaly and an absurdity in an agricultural college, and should be immediately, eternally and universally abandoned. ENGLISH IXSTIUCTOKS GltADF, EXGIXI KKIXG REPORTS. Now that the work in engineering laboratory is well started the English department has been asked to take up the task of looking over student re ports of laboratory exercises. This was started a year ago, and, while some students considered at first that it was their an unwarranted work, by the end of the year every body could see its value. The instruc tors especially, who make the English report part of the grade on the work, speak in glowing terms of its value. inquiry into PEET, '92, MADE HEAD OF CHEM ISTRY AT STATE NORMAL COLLEGE. A recent number of The Normal Col lege Neics, Ypsilanti, announces the elevation of Professor Bert William Peet to the head of the department of chemistry. The Xeics says: Professor Peet graduated from M. A. C. in 1892, taught biology and chemis try in Grand Rapids high school un til '97, when he entered the U. of M., getting his master's Degree in '98. He then came to the Normal as assistant in the fall of '98, was made instructor the following year, assistant profes sor in 1905, associate processor in '09, In addition to and professor in 1912. his school work he is an Associate Edi tor of School Science, has written two Chemistry laboratory manuals, one on elementary and one on Chemistry of foods. He- is a member of the American Chemical Society. chemistry When Professor Peet came to the Normal only three chemistry courses were in the curriculum; an element ary course and qualitative, and quan- tative analysis. Since then courses in organic chemistry, organic prepara tions, chemistry of foods, water and coal analysis, and food analysis have been introduced. Full credit is given for each course offered at Columbia, Michigan, and all other leading uni versities of the country. The student enrollment in chemistry has increased three or four fold since he has been in the department. The growth of the department is further shown by the fact that in 1899 Professor Peet did the chemistry work alone, while now there is an instructor, an assist ant, and a laboratory assistant besides himself. Prof. Peet is held in high esteem by the students of his classes and his ready wit distinguishes him - as has his excellent work in chemistry. His principal sideline is his garden plan tation in the rear of his home on Nor mal street. The Neivs also comments at length upon the appointment of Prof. F. R. Gorton to the head of the Physics de partment. Gorton was a student at M. A. C. in '9 5-'96. 4 THE M. A. C. RECORD Published Every Tuesday During the Michigan by College Year Agricultural College Association. the Entered as second-class matter October 30, 1916, at the post office at East Lansing, Michigan, under the Act of March 3, 18T'.i. C. S. LA1VGDON, '11, Managing Editor. SUBSCRIPTION PRICE, $1 P ER YEAR for by P. O. Money Order, Draft, or Personal Check. Subscriptions may be paid TUESDAY, DECEMBER 5, 1916. THE ENGINEERING EXPERIMENT STATION the Newlands bill, The passage of which was referred to in last week's Record, would mean much to M. A. C. Alumni should watch its course care- ' fully and boost if necessary. stations at The establishment of engineering ex land-grant col periment leges is not a r e m a r k a b le movement. It is r i g ht in line w i th other national amount legislation. And while provided is not large we may expect t h at there would be additions, as in the legislation rela tive sta to agricultural experiment tions. And in t i me we might come to t he point of extension work in engi neering. in the bill (§15,000> the Coming j u st now the agitation is concrete evidence of for the the bill movement towards industrial efficiency in this country, and t h at very fact as it of most sures thorough considera Some years ago a bill similar tion. to introduced but failed of passing because such strong opposi tion came from the separate state uni versities. These are again up in a r ms b ut if the supporters can cencentrate their energies there is a general feel ing t h at the bill can be passed. this was * * * THANKSGIVING DINNER THE HIGH COST OE BOARD AND time upon Many people waste loads of sympa thy at Thanksgiving the students who are unable to p a r t a ke of the bountiful home dinner. And while t h at day associated is particularly with home-comings, it should not be considered t h at the students who re m a in at College fare poorly in the way of eats. L a st T h u r s d a y 's dinner at Club D consisted of the following: Friscasseed chicken a nd biscuits, mashed Irish po tatoes, mashed sweet potatoes, celery, olives, cranberry sauce, fancy cakes, mince pie, fruit, n u ts and coffee—all t h at could be consumed of each. The Club normally feeds 220 students a nd nearly every chair was F or t h is number 250 pounds of chicken, three five bushels of Avhite potatoes, filled. THE M. A. C. RECORD. bushels of sweet potatoes, a nd other things in proportion were prepared. Upon being asked as to how the high cost of living would affect the price of board t h is term, Mrs. F a r l e m a n, who has h ad charge of Club D for several years, and who, it might be mentioned, responsive has been most kind and w h en asked to furnish a l u m ni lunch eons, said, "Well, we're going to r un about $2.75 a week this term. T h a t 's say the highest ever and the boys the best board they're getting they ever did. I t h i nk this feeling is due to t he fact t h at on account of t he high cost of foods everybody expected wre would cut down on the board, b ut we haven't a bit. But it does amuse me to see how much noise they're m a k i ng in Chicago over health squad on 40 cents a day. T h a t 's $2.80 a week. We t h i nk our board is run- ing high, but we don't expect it to go that high." feeding the LATE NEWS FROM THE WESTERN FRONT. Please don't forget Oregon is on the map j u st because we didn't send a team east this year to m a ke old M. A. C. tear up the grass. I n d u s t r i es are beginning ship I believe. Six new plants have started up here in Port land w i t h in four m o n t hs a nd saw mills are crowded for work. to boom, building at Chas. Bale, '00, is back a g a in as de the Williamette J o hn Decker, with '04, is '03, the W a r r en Construction Co. for himself signer of ships Iron Works. there also. L. C. Thomas, with has left and gone into business r u n n i ng a machine shop. Our M. A. C. organization here in P o r t l a nd is growing. F o ur new active members have been added t h i s . s u m m er and all a re already rooting strongly for t h e ir future Alma Mater. H a r r o ld H.. son of Mr. and Mrs. E. D. Sear ing, '02, joined on April 11; Helen Ynez, daughter of K. B. Stevens and wife, on Aug. 28; Margaret Elizabeth, daughter of J. L. Shaw, '10, and wife, on Sept. 25, and H a r r i et Louise, daughter of Mr, and Mrs. A. F. Doug lass, with '08, Sept. 26. Business is r u s h i ng at the P o r t l a nd Woolen Mills where I am factory en gineer. We are producing nearly a h u n d r ed thousand dollars of output I have forty men in per m o n th now. my department constructing buildings and installing machinery. We have already added improvements to the ex tent of $50,000 this summer a nd fall and now have the largest w7oolen mills this side of the Mississippi river. We get the reports of the M. A. C, games in the Portland papers. Wish I could be • present to let out a good yell once more. K. B. STEVENS, '06. TROPICAL COUNTRIES HAVE HOLD ON VISITORS. Nelson Slater Mayo, '88, of Chicago, writes very interestingly of the Ameri can tropics in the November American J o u r n al of Clinical Medicine. He spent some time in Cuba, we under stand, and while he a d m i ts the magic from spell of the above the mentioned article in no is h a s te to r e t u r n. following extracts of t h at he the region one gathers in the It is said t h at an American who has tropics lived eighteen m o n t hs is doomed to spend the remainder of his days there, always longing for the the en north, b ut unable chanting spell t h at the tropics throw- around him. And, in a general way, this may be true. There seem to be no halflikes or dislikes, you either are charmed by tropics or you h a te everything t h at smells of garlic or sounds like Spanish. to break t he t h at friends Memory still paints for me a vivid picture of a certain Thanksgiving Day d i n n er the good wife h ad pa triotically a r r a n g ed for some of our in one of isolated American the Spanish-American countries. A tough native turkey was procured as the piece de resistance—although all table tropics-bred fowl served on the appear to have been fed on the leaves of the castilloa elastica and religiously retained t he rubber in their system. A sort of mestizo pumpkin, packed some leagues into town on mule-back, sup the pie custo plied m a ry to the day. Our cook, with char acteristic Latin claimed t h at he could m a ke elegant pumpkin- pies, for he once h ad cooked for an A m e r i c an a r my officer; when, however, table, the t he pie appeared Shades of P u r i t an Mothers! there were two crusts, with chunks of sweet ened boiled p u m p k i ns between. How ever, each guest heroically did swal low one bite of the mess. the m a t e r i al for assurance, upon t h at have The food and cooking are not the only problems to be over come or swallowed. There is the rain, rain, rain, and t h en the mud. Then, is so in the morning, one's clothing clammy and so smelly—even though the " s t r a n g e" foreign cus you follow tom of t a k i ng a daily bath—and green if not worn every day, with mildew besides one's having the habit of t u n k i ng them before donning them, the scorpions, and centipedes and other visitors. to acquire j ar out to The county agents aren't really such a bad looking bunch of fellows as the last Record m a de them out. in A Faculty Recital will be given the parlors of the Woman's Building tonight by Louise Freyhofer, pianist, assisted by Frederic L. Abel, 'cellist, a nd Mabel Louise Leffler, accompan ist. THE M. A. C. RECORD. 5 TORONTO MAN WINS CROIX DE GUERRE. NEWS AND COMMENT FLIGHT SUB-LIEUT. ROCHFORD GRANGE DECORATED BY FRENCH GOVERNMENT. T he news t h at F l i g ht Sub-Lieut. Rochford Grange, Royal Naval Air Service, h as been awarded t he Croix de Guerre by t he F r e n ch Government h as been received by h is father, Prin cipal E. A. A. Grange, of t he Ontario Veterinary College. Lieut. Grange was graduated from t he School of Practical Science a the Curtiss course' of t r a i n i ng School of Aviation at Long B r a n ch in the s u m m er of 1915 and left for Eng land in October of t h at year. He com pleted h is p r e p a r a t i on for service w i th the Royal F l y i ng Corps in E n g l a nd a nd was sent to F r a n ce in F e b r u a r y, 1916. in 1915. He u n d e r w e nt at F r om M A IL AND E M P I R E, Toronto, Canada. Prof. E. A. A. Grange was professor of veterinary science at M. A. C. from In 1908 he was given 1883 to 1897. the honorary degree of m a s t er of science. He h as m a ny friends in Lans ing a nd among the alumni. N. S. Mayo, '88. TWO M. A. C. GRADS ON ONE FARM. Waddington, E lm Grove, W. Va. Nov, 21, 1916. M. A. C. Record: two dollars in I enclose herewith to t he Record p a y m e nt for renewals '10, a nd myself, re for R. G. Crane, spectively, with the request t h at you change Crane's address from Mt. Ver non, 0., to the above. You see we are killing two birds with one stone. Crane joined forces w i th us at Wad dington last May, t a k i ng charge of t he Dairy d e p a r t m e nt at t h at time. I was surely pleased to welcome a n o t h er M. A. C. m an to our family here, a nd I h a ve been wondering how m a ny other f a r ms in t he country can show two or more separate departments, each r un by an M. A. C. m a n. It would not surprise me to learn t h at we have t h at exclusive honor at Waddington. I asked Crane if t h e re w as a n y t h i ng he wanted me to say for him, and h is v e ry modest reply was, " J u st tell t h em I am h e r e ." t h at al I m i g ht though Crane is "batching i t" in the cottage provided for h is use, I have noticed furniture wagons from town on several occasions leaving off furni t u re at said cottage, such as would not be needed by a m an living alone. add Sincerely yours, H u b er Shull, '08. B EE SPECIALIST GOES-TO A M E S. F. E r ic Millen, whose resignation as state bee inspector w as accepted at t he recent State Board meeting, will begin work J a n u a ry 1 as professor in bee culture at Iowa State College. Mrs. Millen was recently called home to E n g l a nd by t he serious illness of h er father. there the first of t h is week. She expected to reach Xi SIGMA Pi ELECTIONS. Xi Sigma Pi, the forestry honorary society, which was organized last year, h as elected the following mem b e r s: Henry Dorr, Jr., '18, of Chi cago; H e l m ut C. Diehl, '18, of New Haven, Conn.; C. M. Leveaux, '18, of Ludington; E. G. Hamlin, '16, of Ilion, N. Y., g r a d u a te assistant in forestry; Paul C. Kitchin of Sycamore, Ohio, in botany; E. C. g r a d u a te a s s i s t a nt Mandenburg, specialist in forestry for M. A. C. '15, extension INTEREST IX DEHATIXG. It h as been announced t h at t he M. A. C. freshmen will debate Hillsdale College some time this month. A de bate has already been scheduled with the Albion freshmen for F e b r u a ry and a movement is now u n d er way to in vite Kalamazoo a nd m a ke it a tri-col- lege affair. Tryouts for the Varsity debating team will be held this week. that, due E n g l i sh t he a n n o u n c e m e nt of the alumni to fund in for debating, m u ch greater terest is being shown t h an ever before. i n s t r u c t o rs report A U ' M Xr COXTIUHLTK APPARATUS. Prof. Sawyer of t he Electrical de p a r t m e nt h as j u st received news from Schenectady, N. Y., t h at several alumni the General Electric connected with Company are presenting t he depart m e nt with some electrical a p p a r a t u s. The gift consists of a 200 ampere 250 w a tt D. C, circuit breaker, a nd a 200 ampere 3-pole A. C. oil circuit breaker. Alumni mentioned in connection with t h is a re L. C. Brooks, '92, H. A. Ha- '09; S. M. gadorn, Dean, '14; R. A. W a r n e r, '12. '98; B. L. Clark, class secretaries, one PERMANENT CLASS SECRETARIES. One of the items worthy of m e n t i on in the constitution a nd by-laws of t he class of 1 9 1 8, as published in the last Holcad, is the provision made for per m a n e nt from each of the divisions of Agriculture, Engineering, a nd Home Economics, who shall begin office in t he w i n t er t e rm of t he junior year. This is a dis t i n ct step in advance in t he strength ening of class organizations a nd we are sure it will have great fluence upon a l u m ni effectiveness. t h at in SENIOR D I N N E R S. senior The senior girls, as a p a rt of their course in advanced cookery, have be gun their series of dinners. During t he series each girl h as to do the cooking, waiting, a nd serving for a meal. They a re allowed 35 cents a plate. This is carried on at the Senior house on the P r e s i d e n t 's house—ahd in addition to this practical experience with meals, each girl gets experience d u r i ng t he t e rm in all other phases of home keep ing. Two credits are allowed for this as laboratory work. t he campus—formerly MARRIED STUDENTS CEI.F.RRATE. One of t he student organizations at limited M. A. C. which is necessarily is the Married Stu in membership, this club, dents' Club. Members of their guests, m a k i ng a total of with about 40, held T h a n k s g i v i ng dinner in t he basement of t he People's Church last T h u r s d a y. Following t he meal a short p r o g r am of toasts was given. Alumni members of the organization present, with their wives, were H. H. Fuller, '16, a nd H. V. Kittle, '16, both of Lansing. COLLEGE W I LL EXTKRTAIX STATE next week GRANGE The a n n u al meeting of the Michigan State Grange occurs at Lansing. Tuesday afternoon a nd even ing M. A. C. will be host to t he grang ers a nd it is expected t h at between five and six h u n d r ed will take this op portunity to get acquainted with t he work of the college. inspection of The afternoon will be given over to the depart t o ur of a t he at ments. The tour will five o'clock Woman's Building about where, after an inspection of t he build ing, the Home Economics d e p a r t m e nt will e n t e r t a in w i th a supper. end The evening p r o g r am of t he grange meeting will be held at the College, probably at t he Agricultural building. "Y" BOYS SWARM C A M P I S. It is estimated t h at fully 1000 of the 2,000 boys in a t t e n d a n ce at t he 14th A n n u al Conference of t he older Y. M. C. A. boys of Michigan, held in Lans ing last Friday, Saturday, a nd Sunday, took a d v a n t a ge of M. A. C.'s hospital ity on S a t u r d ay a nd gave t he College at; least t h r o ng t he once over. The filled the Armory where, as they en tered, they were given cocoa a nd sand wiches. T he short p r o g r am was in charge of H o w a rd Rather, a senior, who was introduced by E. C. Linde- m a n n, state leader of boys' club work. P r e s i d e nt Kedzie welcomed t he boys. Prof. C. B. Mitchell of the English de p a r t m e nt gave several h u m o r o us read ings. Dinnie Upton of Grand Rapids and Coach Gauthier were other speak ers. r THE M. A. C. RECORD. those who were AIAXY GP.ADS RETCKX. Thanksgiving, t he Y. M. C. A. Con ference, and week-end parties brought a large number of graduates back last week. The fact t h at high schools had no school on F r i d ay contributed to the number of teachers who were able to return. Among in Lansing with groups of boys in attend ance at the State Boys' Conference '00, and M. J. were: E. W. Ranney, Paine, '14, of Greenville; C. H. Par ker. '00, and Lynn Ralya, '16, of Sag inaw; A.' MacVittie, '11, and W. H. Ballamy, '16, of Bay City; J. A. Ben nett, '15, of Traverse City; C, M. Loe- '16, of Otsego; W. J. Athcison, '16, sel, of Muskegon; G. I. Hobbs, '16, of Three Rivers: L. R. Stanley, '16. of Colon; H. G. Taft, '12, of Constantine. Other alumni seen on the campus last week are: W. T. Gorton, '16; R u th Beebe, '16; Dorothy '14; Amanda Eisenlohr, Lewis, '16; Ethel Casterton, '16; Bes sie Andrews Hays, ex ' 1 3; Mary Bald win, '16; Lou- ella Wilder, '16; W. J. Rawson, '16; A. C. Lytle, '15. '15: Lillie Thompson, SOCTAL EMCNTN. The Phylean all-term party was held held last S a t u r d ay evening in the Agri cultural Hall. Wenz's orchestra played the patrons were: the program and Prof, and Mrs. R. C. Huston. Prof, and Mrs. Morse, Dr. and Mrs. Giltner, and Roscoe H. Bush. The a n n u al Olympic Venison Roast party occurred last Saturday evening in the new Masonic Temple, East Lansing. Dancing began at five o'clock. The venison roast was held after the t e n th dance. Charles W a s h b u rn pre sided as chief h u n t er at the program and called for responses to The Deer, from The Chase, and The Oampfire Minton Nelson, K. W. Willman, and Jacks Engels, Patrons for t he event were Dean and Airs. Bis- sell, Prof, and Mrs. Eustace, Prof, and Mrs. Cox, Prof, and Mrs. Hasselman. Dr. and Mrs. Griffin. Alumni members present from out of. town were A. L. Sayles, S. C. Vandenburg. Dean Wil liams, H. N. Van Aken, Walter Vance. Music for t he evening was furnished by Roscoe's orchestra. respectively. ALUMNI NOTES The following '86. letter has been re ceived from Chas. H. Davis, secretary of the Lansing Chamber of Commerce, regarding his brother, Frederick C, who graduated in 1886: "Relative to my brother, Fred erick C. Davis, have to advise t h at he is the head of the Gladding & McBeam Co., t e r ra cotta manufacturers, San Francisco, California. This is conceded to be one of t he largest t e r ra cotta firms in the country. Since graduat from M. A. C. from I m i g ht Leaving school, he went t h at my brother h as j u st re ing t he Michigan Agricultural College, my brother also g r a d u a t ed from the Michigan University at A nn Arbor. to Chicago and was assistant to the City Engineer for some time and then pro ceeded to San Francisco, which town and which firm mentioned above, he is still connected with. further advise t u r n ed from Sydney, Australia, where he was successful in securing a very large contract for his firm, and, as I from prac understand it, engineers tically all over the globe had figured on this project. I wish to t h a nk you at t h is time in m a k i ng inquiries rela tive to my brother and I feel very proud of his achievements and have always felt t h at a large s h a re of his talent, if he special possesses amount, is due to t he Michigan Agri cultural College and to President Ked- zie." any '93. U. P. Hedrick, h o r t i c u l t u r i st at the New York E x p e r i m e nt Station, a s ks t h at his Record be sent to Mt. Dora, to spend Florida, where he expects the next four m o n t hs wtih his family. '95. Howard R. Smith, live stock expert for the First National Bank, St. Paul, to the front again Minnesota, comes "Cat little book, as the author of a tle for the Northwest," published by the bank in t he interests of p e r m a n e nt It is agriculture for t he Northwest. gotten out in beautiful leather bind ing, on high grade paper with numer ous illustrations. Prof. Smith is truly the chapters a on the various livestock farming give a splendid outline of the possibilities of t he livestock i n d u s t ry in t h at region. It is a fine bit of pub licity as well as a most useful publi cation. livestock expert a nd phases of '98. A from letter to Mrs. Landon, college Mbrarian, J e n n e t te Carpenter Wheeler of F o rt Logan, Colo., ad vises us t h at Captain Wheeler h as been ordered to the 34th Infantry, El Paso, Texas. Capt. and Mrs. Wheeler expect to leave their present post Dec. 1, and, to go, Mrs. while Wheeler they will no doubt meet many M. A. C. people on the border. loathe t h at they are r e m a r ks '00. t he Illinois. While H a r ry J. Ruppert, ex '00, has a fine position as instructor in machine-shop practice with the new P u l l m an F r ee School of Manual T r a i n i ng at Pull man, first class was admitted to this school of Octo ber, 1915, the dedicatory services were not held until Sept. 30, 1916. The school was made possible by a bequest of George M. Pullman, who had a vi sion of the industrial needs of t h at community. At t he present time the fund for the school is over three mil lion dollars. In addition to Ruppert, Geo. H. Buckley, ex '11, a nd Stanley B. Oakes, ex '12, a re on the staff of in struction. T he former is instructor in drawing and superintendent of con struction, in structor in drawing; both live at 5418 Woodlawn Ave., Chicago. Ruppert's address is 6332 Maryland Ave., Chi cago. is assistant latter the '01. Roswell A. Whitney, a, is farming at San Jacinto, California. W. W. Wells, e, who is designing motor sends trucks at ' Clyde, Ohio, these news i t e m s: G. A. Goodenough, M. E. '91, is t he a u t h or of the chap- HOTEL HEADQUARTERS FOR M. A. C. PEOPLE HOTEL, STATLER Detroit 1,000 rooms—1,000 baths. 400 rooms (with shower bath) at $1.50 and $2 a day. Club breakfasts. Grand Circus Park, between Washing-ton Boulevard and Bagley Avenue. NEW BURDICK HOTEL Kalamazoo, Mich. Fire proof construction; 250 rooms; 150 rooms with private bath. European plan. $1.00 per day and up. T HE PARK PLACE HOTEL Traverse City, Mieli. The of leading all-the-year-'round hotel the region. All modern con veniences. All outside rooms. W. O. 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"Just Turn The Knob" and presto, there is one or the other. Other changes on the moment. CATALOGUES GLADLY SENT FOR THE ASKING. NEW AND SECOND-HAND, AT ALL PRICES. The Hammond Typewriter Co. 69th St. at East River New York City, N. Y., U.S.A. THE M. A. C. RECORD. the Mechanical En ter on Heat in gineers' Handbook this published year by D. Van Nostrand Co. Hugo Diemer, assistant professor in M. E. 1900-01, is also a contributor in the chapter on machine-shop practice. '02. 0. H. Skinner, general superintend ent of the Prest-O-Lite Co., Indianapo lis, must be some busy man these days. He gaye, as the reason for his inability to attend the Notre Dame Game, the news that he has two acres of build ings started which required his per sonal attention. '06. Silas E. Champe has disposed of his warehouse and hay and grain business in Detroit and will now devote his full time to the practice of law. His law office is at 71 Washington Boulevard. to '07. George Henry Ellis, e, junior en gineer in the U. S. Reclamation at Fort Shaw, Montana, called at M. A. spend C. last week on his way Thanksgiving with his parents at Gregory. It was his first visit in sev eral years and he had many interest ing tales of his work at Fort Shaw. In his opinion reclamation work is for an unmarried great experience man, but no place for a married man. Since Ellis dropped the hint that he was looking for another job, we can only guess the rest. 'OS. Floyd M. Barden, a, writes that he had a very good peach crop which he sold at a good price this last year. Nina F. Andrews, h, teacher of do mestic science and art in the Edmon ton Technical School, Edmonton, Al berta, gives her new address as 10710 98th Ave. E. S. Martin, resident engineer and manager in the New York office of C. A. P. Turner Co. of Minneapolis, asks that his Record be changed from 1366 St. Nichols Ave. to 30 Church St., that city. "Mr. Kratz, our two sons, and my self have just returned from a visit in the east. Drove through the cam pus the day of the Michigan game and it looked very much deserted. Surely Michigan's victory was not due to lack of support on part of M. A. C." Mrs. 0. A. Kratz, (Lora Hyde,'08) Portland, Oregon. '09. Claude Greenhbe, e, is now chief draftsman for the Republic Truck Co., Alma, Mich. '10. James Lester Shaw, superintendent of heating for the Portland Public Schools, Portland, Oregon, asks for an explanation of the score in the Notre Dame game. It's a sore point with us, "Jim," and we feel the less said the better. 7 El Paso, Texas. My Dear Langdon: Inc., dealers I see by the Record that occasion ally some one with the class of '10 breaks into print and as I am always glad to know where any of the class are and what they are doing, I thought possibly they might be interested in regard to my location and occupation. For five years after graduation I was engaged in engineering on the gov ernment work at Sault Ste. Marie, Michigan. Early in the spring of this year I left the government employ to secretary-treasurer of Mac- become in Lachlan Bros. Co.. building materials and supplies, also floor, grain, etc. The calling out of the National Guard on June 19, 1916, found me just nicely working into my new business, and also a captain of the guard, consequently I have been sol diering since the above date and since October 11th have been with my com pany in El Paso. I was very pleased to meet so many M. A. C. men the day we received the M. A. C.-Michigan returns and to know that the military training they had received at old M. A. C. hadn't been for naught. We were disappointed at the the Michigan and Notre Dame games, but by the way the All-Fresh team has shown up this fall I don't think we need worry about the results of next year's games. The coming of the Rec ord is an event with me, especially since I have been on the border, and I also would appreciate hearing from some of the old gang as it gets mighty lonesome and monotonous down here where we are so far from home and Michigan. Best to yourself and best wishes for the continued suc cess of the Record. results of regards I. D. MacLachlan, Captain 33d Mich. Inf. Camp Cotton, ' l i. "I have decided at last that it is time for me to get busy and send in my subscription or the welcome visits of the Record will stop. There are two M. A. C. men here in La Porte, '04, and myself. We H. G. Walker, are both with the Advance-Rumely Co." H. A. Lossing. L. B. Scott, a, was recently offered a position as Citrus Specialist for the Brazil Government at a salary of $4,- 000 per year and a very liberal ex transportation pense allowance for himself and family to Rio De Ja neiro. 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