VOL. XXII. DECEMBER 19, 1916. No. 13 "M. A. C. Cannot Live On Her Past- C3 C What Will You Do For Her Future?" THE MA.C. E> ECOR D S P E C I AL N U M B ER F E A T U R I NG Letters From the Alumni The Banquet at Washington An "All-Star" Football Team PUBLISHED BY THE MICHIGAN AGRICULTURAL COLLEGE ASSOCIATION EAST LANSING,MICH. 2 THE M. A. C. RECORD. 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 Y^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 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 leaf note ialty. Loose books for all purposes. BLUDEAU, SEIBERT & GATES Bookbinders File Boxes, Map Mountings, Etc. Citizens Phone No. 3019. In City National Bank Building-. LOUIS BECK COMPANY 112 Washing-ton Ave. N. 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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 214% AVashington Ave. S., Lansing, Mich. CORYELL NURSERY Birmingham, Mich. Growers of High Grade Ornamentals. AVe 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. REMOVAL Having been forced to vacate our present location, we have rented S A B I N S' Hardware Store 2 12 Washington Ave. S., Bought his stock, and same will be on sale next week. We wish to close same out; also FIXTURES^ before we move. Norton's Hardware East Lansing Directory DR. H. W. LANDON Office hours: 7 to 8:30 a. m.; 1 to 3 and 7 to 8 p. m. Sundays, 12 to 1 p. m. Citizens' phone 3261. DR. OSCAR II. 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. "HANK" AND "FRANK" Your barbers for the last five years. Pool, Billiards, Cigars. In the new Dickson Building. WILDWOOD TEA ROOM Service a la carte. 318 Abbott Ave., E a st Lansing. Fountain Pens s s s s* • V H l l l U MI • \ s l l «r Parker's, Etc. $1 to $ 6, all g u a r a n t e ed College Drug & Grocery Store Full Line if Everything. Agents for Star Laundry. Electric Supplies. LOFTUS Good Things to Eat EAST LANSING'S LEADING GROCER^, THE. M - A / C- RECORD E A ST L A N S I N G, M I C H I G A N, T U E S D A Y, D E C E M B ER 19, 1 9 1 6. N O. 13 VOL,. X X I I. FINANCIAL STATEMENT OF ATH LETIC ASSOCIATION. The M. A. C. Athletic Association had a balance on h a nd November 30 of $4,004.54, as against $6,325.30 a year ago at t h at time, the according financial report which was presented at the meeting of the Athletic Board of Control last week Tuesday. to this year the freshman "The smaller balance is due," says Coach Gauthier, "to the fact t h at we outfitted team, in all about 50 more men t h an ever be fore and this, when supplies have ad vanced considerably. Also the Asso ciation paid more of the salary of the coach t h an ever before. Another year our t r a i n i ng table expenses will be cut down if our are carried out." intentions present T he s u m m a ry of receipts and dis b u r s e m e n ts from J u ly 1, 1916, to No vember 30, 1916, is as follows:- Gate Receipts Season Tickets Guarantees Student Fees Salaries and Labor Officiating Travel Office Expense and Supplies T r a i n i n g ' T a b le P r i n t i ng Miscellaneous Receipts. Dis'b'ents. . .$3,895.25 176.00 7,666.54 $2,900.00 37.90 2,503.02 2,261.75 484.73 2,387.41 2,240.66 1,208.10 93.25 135.08 22.55 40.63 Total ..$14,303.99 $11,748.88 from Receipts the various Bal. July 1, 1 9 1 6 . .. 1,449.43 Bal. Nov. 30, 1916 $ 4,004.54 home games ranged from $182 for the Car roll game t h e. Notre Dame game. The big factor in the re ceipts, however, was the $6,286.54 re ceived as a g u a r a n t ee for the Michigan game. to $2,690 for FRAZER, '09, PROFESSOR OF MILI TARY SCIENCE AT UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON. News h as recently been received of the appointment of L i e u t e n a nt W. D. Frazer, of the U. S. Artillery Corps, to the position of Professor of Military Science and Tactics at the University of Washington, Seattle, Washington. Despite the fact t h at M. A. C. has several graduates in the United States Army this is the first time t h at an M. A. C. m an has been detailed for work of this kind. The selection speaks very well of Frazer, who graduated at M. A. C. in 1909, and incidently reflects no little honor upon his alma mater. in military The University of W a s h i n g t on is not supported by the U. S. Government and hence is not c a r r y i ng on m i l i t a ry drill for the same reason as is M. A. to es C. The faculty voted last fall tablish a course t r a i n i ng and have even gone so far as to pro vide for a coast artillery unit of the Reserve Officers' T r a i n i ng Corps. At time two officers are sta the present three non-commis tioned sioned body s t u d e nt n u m b e rs 4,000, with great prospects for growth. F r a z er writes t h at a new a r m o ry is under consideration which will be a little better t h an any other in yet built for a college or university this country. there and officers. The in points first Since g r a d u a t i on F r a z er has been the stationed at several United States. His post was F o rt Williams, Maine. Then he spent some time in the school of i n s t r u c t i on for a r t i l l e r y m en at F o rt Monroe, Vir to ginia, after which he was ordered F o rt Barry, San Francisco. Some time last June, on account of the gen eral unpreparedness of the country, his to the Mexican company was ordered border where he stayed three months. Shortly after r e t u r n i ng to his post in San Francisco he was called to his present position. As r i g ht end on the varsity football team at M. A. C. in his student days, repu F r a z er established an enviable field." The tation for "going down the t h at above brief resume goes to show he has been "going down field" is an expert pistol ever since. He several medals shot, t h r o u gh his m a r k s m a n s h i p. Under his supervision a cadet rifle club will be organized at the University. h a v i ng won the '14. J. C. Alderdyce, e, has left the Inter state Commerce Commission and is now computer in t he valuation depart m e nt of the C. B & I. R. R., Burling ton Bldg., 547 West Jackson Blvd., Chicago. His residence is 613 Carpen t er Ave., Oak Park, 111. MYTHICAL ALL-STAR ELEVEN FOR M. A. C. C O R T R I G H T, FORMER COACEl AND BACKFIELD STAR, MAKES CHOICE. Editor of Record: In reviewing past, present, a nd fu fan-fest a t h at team of M. A. C. teams of 1906 the to your t u re football teams in a little recently, it occurred mythical All-Star including players, to 1914, might be of interest readers. to me I played full I knew the 1906 team although not in a student until 1907. in 1908, 1907 at 144 pounds, q u a r t er in 1909 and 1910. q u a r t er and half in Then I r e t u r n ed as assistant coach t h at 1912 and 1913. Therefore I feel I have a fair knowledge of the men who represented M. A. C. on the grid iron for almost a decade, and d u r i ng which time she earned her r e p u t a t i on as having one of in the Middle West. the best teams to in to This tried is the consider annually first mythical it at all as a rule. team of any n a t u re I ever picked, as I do not believe The game is fundamentally an eleven-man game and not one of individuals, but it gives me pleasure recall once more the men who did their s h a re of team work and still shone as individ uals. A second or a t h i rd team might be easily picked of almost equal abil ity. Also I the change of rules and the sterner oppo a sition encountered. As coach I feel I could lick any team in t he country with L.E.—Blake Miller. L.T.—H. Blacklock L.G.—Leonardson 150 pounds . . . 1 90 pounds . .190 pounds 225 Pounds R.G.—B, Shedd 185 pounds R.T.—C. Gifford, C a p t . . . . . l 75 pounds 165 pounds R.E.—L. H i l l. 145 pounds Q.—Gauthier 195 pounds R.H.—L. Exelby . . . 1 80 pounds L.H.—Ed. McKenna 185 pounds F.—C. It may be noted t h at six were mem C—Moore following: J u l i an the bers of their playing form and record their selection. - the 1913 team, but I believe justify Miller a nd Hill would a pair of ends fast and aggressive, great h a n d l e rs of open field r u n n e rs furnish and ( C o n t i n u ed on p a ge 5.) 4 THE M. A. C. RECORD Published Every Tuesday During- College Year the Michigan by 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, 1879. C. S. IiANGDON, '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 19, 1916. RESERVE OFFICERS7 TRAINING CORPS taken some Since t h e re has been a request for information concerning t he provision in the National Defense Act of J u ne 22, 1916, for the establishment of units of Reserve Officers' T r a i n i ng Corps, we to look up have the m a t t er and submit the following, in answer to questions appearing in a letter in this issue under "Correspond ence," have arisen in the minds of other graduates to t h is concerning M. A. C.'s relation Act. t h at m ay trouble those and authorized is hereby to provide Section 40 of the Act says: "The President to establish and m a i n t a in in civil educa tional institutions a Reserve Officers' T r a i n i ng Corps, which shall consist .of a senior division organized at univer sities and colleges requiring four years of collegiate study for degree, -includ ing state universities and those state (Land Grant Colleges) institutions t h at are required instruc tion in military tactics. "Sec. 41. The President may, upon the application of any state institution described in section forty of this Act, establish and m a i n t a in at such institu tion one or more u n i ts of the Reserve Provided, Officers' T r a i n i ng Corps: T h at no such unit shall be established or m a i n t a i n ed at any such institution until an officer of the Army shall have been detailed as professor of military science and tactics, nor until such in s t i t u t i on shall m a i n t a in under mili t a ry instruction at least one hundred physically fit male students. . to prescribe "Sec. 40. The Secretary of W ar is hereby authorized stan dard courses of theoretical and prac tical m i l i t a ry t r a i n i ng for u n i ts of the Reserve Officers' T r a i n i ng Corps, and no u n it of t he senior division shall be organized or m a i n t a i n ed at any educa the authorities of tional which adopt to neglect the prescribed into the courses of m i l i t a ry senior division or least t h r ee h o u rs per week an average of per academic year to such military t r a i n i n g. their curriculum to devote at t r a i n i ng for institution fail or "Sec. 45. The P r e s i d e nt is hereby to detail such n u m b e rs of authorized officers of t he Army, either active or THE M. A. C. RECORD. and retired, not above the grade of colonel, as m ay be necessary, for duty as pro assistant professors of fessors m i l i t a ry science and tactics at institu tions where one or m o re u n i ts of the Reserve Officers' T r a i n i ng Corps are m a i n t a i n e d ." . . .. for In General Orders No. 49, issued by the W ar D e p a r t m e nt u n d er date of September 20, 1916, it is declared that, " It is the p r i m a ry object to qualify, by systematic and s t a n d a rd methods of training, students at civil educational reserve institutions It should be the officers institution aim of every educational to m a i n t a in one or more u n i ts of the Reserve Officers' T r a i n i ng Corps in or der t h at in time of national emergency t h e re may be a sufficient n u m b er of educated m en in m i l i t a ry science and tactics, to officer and lead large intelligently armies upon which the country will depend. the safety of the u n i ts of trained the . for the first "A civil educational . M. A. C. more t h an fills the institution de siring to have established t h e r e at one or more units of the R. O. T. C. should the apply to the Adjutant General of to Army for admission of such u n i ts . ." membership in the corps. initial is requirements of the Act since drill compulsory three years and since she has two commissioned fit officers and about 900 physically male students. to establish such a u n it there would have to be a prescribed course of five hours a week for the junior and senior years, which, student, when entered upon by any should be a prerequisite for gradua tion. The s t r e n g th of one u n it is from 50 to 80 men, hence at least 50 would have to elect to take the work. An other qualification, which it seems M. A. C. could not meet at present, is t h at of adequate facilities for storage, care, and safekeeping of supplies needed in connection with such a unit. In order Upon the establishment of a unit of the R. O. T. C. each member is issued a complete uniform and when the in dividual members agree to participate in summer camps of instruction, addi tional uniform equipment issued. During the junior and senior years the members would be allowed rations a m o u n t i ng to about $2.50 a week. is In some comments on the admirable spirit of eagerness to co-operate with the Government, displayed by the uni versities and colleges, as expressed at the recent conference of university presidents and W ar Department offi cials at Washington, Secretary Baker the civil says t h at the utilization of train colleges of the country for the ing of 50,000 officers needed for the Army would be a "businesslike plan." Mr. Baker suggested t h at it m i g ht be better to confine college work to theo t he a rt of war retical and a r r a n ge for the practical t r a i n i ng in s u m m er camps w h e re experience t h at students gain great pro shows the ficiency in maneuvers and where to is conducive military atmosphere serious work. instruction in A RESTATEMENT. to say again In order t h at we m ay be clearly un t h at derstood we wish the editorial policy of the Record is not opposed to inter-collegiate athletics at M. A. C. as long as they are handled entirely by the institution and as long as the participants are developed and trained from t h at continual stream of "possibilities" which flows towards the college because it stands for higher education in the broadest sense. We do not believe t h at we have gone far a s t r ay in this, but do believe t h at this idea is not compatible with an ex tensive propaganda, by any outside or ganization at least, for bringing star high school athletes to M. A. C. Points brought out in this this and need not be repeated here. issue bear directly on letters published in And when we argue t h at t h e re has been some tendency in the immediate past to place the wrong emphasis upon athletics, it seems as if we a re almost borne out in our contentions when one of the products of this system says: "Strive to m a ke your athletics better and your education will improve along with it." but is held by * * * At Cornell university m i l i t a ry drill is not confined to t he last hour in the sections afternoon throughout the day as are sections of any other subjects. Only one day a week does the corps assemble as a whole. This makes it possible for the officers in charge to give more personal attention to t he units of the corps t h an would be possible if all 16 companies drilled at once. There are about 1,800 they m en in the corps at Cornell and and have two commissioned officers two non-commissioned officers—this is only one more officer t h an at M. A. C, where we have but about 900 men and two commissioned officers one "non-com." On one n i g ht a week at Cornell a platoon of sixty men drills from 7:45 till 10:30 o'clock. These are men who a re excused from the regular they are support drill hour because ing themselves and need t h at hour for work. and We team as * * * commend most heartily recorded elsewhere the selection of an M. A. C. "All S t a r" foot in ball this issue; not because it has any real value in itself but because it will serve to refresh the memories of more t h an and former a thousand to alumni. This renews our desire t he publish as a special n u m b er of Record, sometime within a year, a more or less complete history of foot ball at M. A. C. Can we count on your help? students * * * The p r i n t er tells us we committed a to our new in referring bad blunder the In "dress" in last week's issue. nomenclature of find the p r i n t er we this means a new type face, and he was worrying for fear he would have to m a ke a change. This is another is bliss"—ex case where "ignorance cept t h at there was a flaw in our "new dress"—did you notice it?—and we were compelled to send it back to t he "tailor" for repairs, a nd t h at after having worn it but once. * * * The next Record will probably be J a n u a ry 16, printed u n d er date of 1917. Until then— * * * We wish you a pleasant vacation— * * * With loads of C h r i s t m as cheer— And a Happy New Year. MYTHICAL ALL-STAR ELEVEN. (Continued from page 3.) passes, a nd both great football heads, while Hill h ad no peer in t he West in t he drop-kicking game. He scored in every game o ne year by t he aerial route. Leonardson was an ideal g u a rd —rangy, heavy, a nd fast; equally good back of t he line a nd a wonderful punt er. Octy Moore is chosen at center be cause h is passes were always accurate, a nd he w as all over t he field defen sively, a nd h is weight wore o ut h is op ponents. -Blacklock a nd Gifford a re chosen at their speed a nd cleverness, both on defense a nd offense, while "Giff" took advan tage of everything possible for h is team; held them down in t he pinches, and still always h ad them on their toes. H is playing w as always an in spiration to h is teammates. The same m i g ht be said of Bert Shedd; he w as tackles because of THE M. A. C. RECORD. 5 to t he t e a ms of '08 a nd '09 w h at Gif ford w as to t he t e a ms of '12 a nd '13. Always reliable a nd afraid of n o t h i ng in Such a line would m a ke it extremely h a rd for a ny offensive to m a ke ground against. this world, or t he next. backs t h at In t he backfield a trio composed of Exelby, Julian, a nd McKenna would be h a rd to improve on. J u l i an a nd Exelby were picked for All-Western honors, a nd McKenna would have been if he h ad played in t h e ir day. This t r io h as so much speed, weight, a nd driving ability, coupled with ability to r un interference or r un in t he open, they would be practically impossible to stop. None of t he three ever knew w h at it w as to be injured either. Their defensive work would be equally strong while J u l i a n 's work t a k i ng used to be absolutely vicious, all t he speed o ut of t he opponents backs. I consider Exelby t he greatest all-around mechanical player I have ever seen in action. W h en Yost said he w as a second Heston, he m a de one s t a t e m e nt I fully agreed with. Several m en ended their football careers meet ing " E x" simultaneously. McKenna was always a star performer, a nd a m an of exceptional all-around ability with no weaknesses. In picking a quarterback, which I consider t he most i m p o r t a nt position on any football team, I have given t he choice to Geo. Gauthier on h is ability as a field general. Other m en h ad as much or more mechanical ability, b ut none showed the j u d g m e nt in the selec tion, or were better in t he execution, of plays, while Gauthier was an adept in receiving a forward pass and -getting away with it. Small w as an excel lent q u a r t er a nd field general, b ut did not shine in h is big games, while Rib- let was a good all around q u a r t er a nd could kick or pass equally well. A ny one of these could be chosen with no injustice to t he other. Other s t a rs w e r e: Vaughn at cen ter, P. G. McKenna at half, B a l d w in at guard, H e n n i ng a nd O. R. Miller at ends, Campbell at tackle, a nd m a ny others whom I fail to recall at t he mo ment. The recent teams have excelled t he old, I presume, a nd every old stu dent is proud of them—win, lose, or draw. Although m a ny miles away I deeply interested in t he outcome of- t he South Dakota game, t h r o u gh my connection as athletic director a nd coach of football at t h at institution in '14 a nd '15. CORRESPONDENCE. MOVEMENT TO RAISE ATHLETIC STANDING. E d i t or of RECORD: Appearing in t he Record of Novem ber 28th, u n d er t he subject, "Move m e nt to Raise Athletic Standing," w as an article which in itself well defined the purpose for which t he meeting was held. However, in order t h at a clearer u n d e r s t a n d i ng m ay be h ad of why t he w r i t er "issued i n v i t a t i o n s" this article is w r i t t en as a supplement. F or t he past two years business h as THE POETS OF THE FUTURE. AS FEATURED IN THE "ANTHOLOGY OF COLLEGE POETRY." The good news has just been received publishers of "Anthology this book will be ready for distribution Company, that from the of College Stratford Poetry," within a week. to feel proud M. A. C. graduates ought in this by contributions. but is one of the six colleges Mater is represented she represented, by more time ago in the Record, poems by Rose Coleman, R. 8. Clark, '18e, appear in this than one "Poet of the Future." As reported book. that Alma their Not only is represented some '16h, and students university The purpose The anthology contains 1^0 of the best poems written by sixty the past year. American such colleges are represented. lit a book is two-fold. erature lov ers in this country what a wealth of gems of the purest to the public. For the ray has hitherto ideals are still real and the age of poetry con artistic and to show to the poetry has not yet been tainted in the universities, is youth, when in publishing It is desired to encourage temperament inaccessible the best through In all been the stern material realities of life. Keats did tact with his best work at the college age; so did Shelley; so did Byron. The college student writes not for a living, but be remain cause he has something unspoken. within him that will not In dramatic to the world instituting the Harvard ago, Mr. John Craig proved playwright in the matter of thought and technique. same to be true of college The "College Anthology" can go the professional poets. reveals in the making. ters of the future The Record has made arrangements bookstore at regular us for calling it to your attention. mo. volume, made in two editions; ing, $1.10 postpaid; leather with postpaid. It would make a splendid gift. that playwright contest a few years the college one better find the You will to us the literary mas to handle the book thank It is a handsome 12 cloth with gold stamp gilt edge, boxed, $2.10 prices. Order it and you will 6 THV M. A. C. RECORD. brought me to Lansing frequently and as a result, I t h i nk it fair to say t h at I have been in reasonably close touch with M. A. C. athletics. F u r t h e r m o r e, as my business has been done with several members of the Lansing Auto mobile Club I have had first hand op to study and understand portunity interest in athletics at the Col their lege, and I can state emphatically, t h at it is only on the basis of clean sports interest. m a n s h ip t h at they have this t h at this outside Knowing on t he other hand t h at there was a feeling among faculty and in s t u d e nt body fluence was trying to gain actual con trol of the Athletic department, I felt it my duty as an a l u m n us to give both interests an opportunity to meet and understand each other. T h at this was accomplished is a source of satisfac tion to all I am sure. If I m ay now refer to t he editor's comment in the same issue, I would speak for the negative, since he con cedes there is room for a r g u m e nt in his editorial. The editor bemoans t he fact t h at in the big colleges there is an organized effort among alumni and other interested sources, to secure high class athletic material and, a d m i t t i ng these the alumni of M. A. C. to "establish a reputation for doing something different." facts, calls on Most assuredly the fundamental rea son for the establishment of higher institutions of learning is knowledge. And furthermore, we. do not lose sight intercollegiate this when of ruling demands in athletics m a i n t a in scholastic standing. t h at participants their the The editor will surely admit the general need of t he student body for physical t r a i n i ng and w h at follows, a stimulus inter-class for competition, —intercollegiate. To my mind t he alumni of M. A. C. would be fathering a radical and un to tell the wise move in attempting inter institutions of the country t h at collegiate athletics are to be frowned on. Possibly coaches a re not neces sary—perhaps we can seek to abolish t he rules committee—maybe is as much enjoyment in just "kicking a two well football" as coached teams. in watching there Our State Board h as shown its approval of athletic t r a i n i ng in giving M. A. C. t he fine new gymnasium, but it would seem a shame to confine this plant and equipment to the develop m e nt of interesting athletics without competing material. If t he college a nd t he alumni a re satisfied to see M. A. C. drop back into the days of the old M. I. A. A., the pro gram for securing star material is un- 1 necessary. B ut if we a re going to have high class athletics we must seek out high grade prospects. We m u st fol low the course now well established in all t he bigger colleges and universities and do our best in t r y i ng to "keep up " with Lizzy." I say, boost tematic effort in obtaining material for winning teams. the p r o g r am of sys t he best Sincerely, H. I. GLAZIER, '07. is dangerous WHAT THEY SAY AT A M H E R S T. " It stuff. Athletics should be a p a rt of t he educational system and entirely w i t h in the col lege." CURRY S. H I C K S, ex '06. (Director department of physical edu cation a nd athletics at Massachu setts Agricultural College.) "I agree heartily with the above statement." KEXYOX L. BUTTERFIELD, '91. "If adopted t he plan will soon kill itself." R AY STAXXARD BAKER, '89. " It looks as students though and faculty were incompetent to r un athletics and h ad to let out the job. We don't little bit." like the new plan a W. J. BEAL. t he FROM ONE OF LAST YEARS " S T A R S . '' F o rt Morgan, Colo., Dec. 1, 1916. DEAR LAXGDOX; entitled The article in the last edition of t he M. A. C. Record "Careful Weighing Needed," attracted my at like a j u st tention, because Jew Socialist talks. I believe the writ ers m u st be connected with t h at dis satisfied group of individuals who are living in the age of the armadillo a nd cavemen. it read This is t he age of winners. Every one who h as a spark of real life, fed by t he good red blood, loves a winner, or w a n ts to be a winner. W h at does this group of shy ones, who do not believe in "keeping up with Lizzie," define as education. We do not g et any education in college, all we get is t r a i n i ng to get an education. Those Socialist have broken they are getting stale. The world doesn't want stale ones today; it w a n ts fresh football ones. indi team individuals upon viduals, duties of life are whom Icing I could rave on here for a long time, b ut I t he won't. t h i r st for a grind on books a nd prose, to step off at the next corner, there is a horse car going back. ice did not have a lose the strong the strenuous placed If ice would the boys with for execution. the active training, J u st tell Give me the fellow who likes to win, who wants to win, who will fight to win, by fair means, and you will have a fellow who will some day be edu cated, but he m ay not be an encyclo pedia. In other words strive your athletics tion will improve along with W h at is wrong with o ur athletic de better, and your to make educa it. partment. department, I believe t he faculty member on t h at the economics board should be from and he or the history ought to r e m a in there as long as pos sible. I don't approve of t he way our athletics have been handled this year. We should have an Athletic Director, who knows he is director, a nd we should leave t he directing to him. The office should be a separate department. I ambition should not enter into those affairs. personal believe t h at We w a nt M. A. C. spirit to be en into everything, h a r m o ny a nd thused competition co-operation. The only should be physical competition among the various candidates for the teams. I remember how this appealed to me when I was s k i n n i ng my shins for M. A. C. and personal pleasure. I am an a l u m n us a nd shall always . w a nt to see M. A. C. w in no m a t t er w h at t he activity. This is a mild ex pression of my sentiment, a nd I am signing my name. truly Yours t r i u m p h a nt M. for a A. C. H. H. MILLER, '16, A WORD FROM Dear L a n g d o n: " O LD I R O N S I D E S ." for time sport and wait Express yourself quick and then be a to tell w h e t h er you have chosen wisely or not seems T h at method does not suit me but if I had to m a ke a choice right now on the question at hand I would say, let the their h a n ds off Varsity Club keep from M. A. C.'s athletics. to be t he rule. I cannot help h a r p i ng back to those good old Brewer days. There never seemed to be a question then nor since then on Brewer's true we were defeated once in a while yet we averaged up very well with M. A. C. teams since then. But since leaving rumors college I have heard several t h at were not a credit the old school. teams. It is to But w h at am I going to say in the face of t h r ee letters I have received from t he Varsity Club and the article in the Record? . All t h at can be said is t h at we are more open about t he m a t t er than most colleges, or, as others It certainly will say, less diplomatic. does not m a t t er how good their inten tions a re or how open their methods, it is bound to tarnish t he fair n a me of our college to have any outside or ganization connected in a ny way with our athletics. And a n o t h er it will do, it will compel coaches to cater to their whims by bringing pressure to bear when it comes to t he selection or dismissal of a coach. is wrong; yet it is inevitable, for where are you going to get mortal m an who is willing to give his time, energy, and money the welfare of a project without wanting a voice in the government of t h at project? to promote t h i ng T h at It does not m a t t er much to me what the other colleges and universities of If it is going the country a re doing. to endanger t he good name of M. A; C. to fall in line let us stay out of the parade. There is no one who likes to t h an yours see M. A. C. win more to a sorry truly, ~but things have come to main pass tain col It isn i so. Let old M. A. C. be lege. entirely free from suspicion and take w h at the future has in store for her. if we must always win the reputation of a creditable be should Athletics normal, healthy outgrowth of the work carried and on by the athletic d e p a r t m e nt should be controlled entirely by t h at department. a Yours very truly, J. F R A NK CAMPU"EI.L, Milwaukee, Wis. SOMEWHAT DISPLEASED. Editor M. A. C. Record: I have read with disgust the article in your issue November 28th entitled "Movement to Raise Athletic Stand ing." t h at I was very enthusiastic As a s t u d e nt from 1898 to 1902 I re call to have M. A. C. teams win, but cannot that I desired M. A. C. to be recall represented by paid athletes or games won by a n y t h i ng but fair play. Is it possible t h at the members of the Auto Club and Lansing business men gen erally are such poor sportsmen t h at they cannot enjoy a game unless t h e ir side wins? And if they m u st have a team, why do they not h i re w i n n i ng A PRODUC TION OF THE CLASS OF '18. THE M. A. C. RECORD. it let I, like any other a good one of compete with other paid their own and teams? loyal a l u m n us of M. A. C, wish to see our College well up in front in everything she attempts, which includes athletics as well as ag riculture and engineering, but I am eternally opposed to the sentiment "if a m an is especially good we will see t h at he gets an especially good job." Mr. E. J. Rork, ated with me here, joins me in sentiments. '08, who is associ these 0. H. S K I V E R, Indianapolis, '02. Ind. FROM A FORMER FOOTBALL MANAGER. My Dear Langdon: to throw some I am writing to tell you t h at your efforts the athletic situation at M. A. C. are bound I find many results. to bring good alumni and friends of t he college tak ing a new interest in the welfare of the institution. light on thought. The proposed plan for securing the enrollment of star high school athletes I do not deserves careful think t h at any one should question the motives of those who are promoting the plan. They a re undoubtedly sin cere the athletic s t a n d a rd of M. A. C. high and clean. The plan itself is, however, so fraught with dangers I do not see my way clear to support it. their a t t e m pt to keep t h at in I have just happened on a case where a star high school athlete claimed t h at he had been approached by M. A. C. Fortunately m en to enter our college. in he did not enter, hut the report of which he has circulated the advances made done M. A. C. immeasurable to Mm has harm. the manner the stars. former There is some question in my mind these high real value of about school coach, Our Brewer, once told me t h at his best and most dependable athletes were those who had had no high school reputation to spMl them. Ought not the athletics of a^ institution r e p r e s e nt t he type of select stud- r ts who would n a t u r a l ly the particular college for its educa tional worth? Or should the college be made up of those students who come because M. A. C. s t a n ds for something to them in the educational world, and other students who come because they have been urged and induced to come because they m ay here be able to work out a successful athletic career? Per sonally I feel t h at it will be a sorry day its athletic teams are m a de up of men who a re picked from the r a n ks of high school stars—men who have had their heads t u r n ed by special for M. A. C. when inducements. To further pamper these high school stars by m a k i ng less difficult for it for them to secure an education t h an the average hard-working student who m* lair Uniform? THE ONE BOOK THAT AN M. A. C. MAN DOES NOT BURN—AND WHY IT ASKS YOUR PATRONAGE. If a pretty co-ed appears on the M. A. O. campus in a pair of millinery- shoes, the boys look 'er up in the Wolverine. They And her picture, her home town, her class, her soci- ties, and most everything else but her age. The WOLVERINE is a prominent part, of the furniture in every M. A. O. Student's room. The W O L V E R I NE is t he a n n u al publication of t he Michigan Agricultural College. It is produced by t he m e m b e rs of t he J u n i or class. The WOLA'ERINE will m a ke its twelfth ap late in May, 1917, as t he college pearance year is closing. It will be a beautifully bound volume of 400 pages, containing nearly 1,500 cuts, and recording all of t he greater—with m a ny of t he lesser—activities of M. A. C. between May 15, 1916, and May 15, 1917. This year more than ever before— because of the increased cost in book production—the W O L V E R I NE board needs generous financial sup port. If we raise the price of the book to meet production cost, scores of fellows who are working their ways through school could not afford a copy of the one college book that isn't burned on Cap Night. The Wolverine Board, M. A. C, 1917. 8 THE M. A. C. RECORD. •&? S ~ THE WASHINGTON BANQUET NOVEMBER In the following legend the rows of tables r un from left to right, the Beal, Mrs. L. A. Clinton, L. A. Clinton, '89. Table 2: Mrs. F. H, Hillman, F. H. Hillman, , Roy V Adelman, '04; F r ed Stevens, '03. Table 4: S. M. Tracy, '68; Mary B. Waite, '98; M. G. Kains, '95; Cora Feldkamp, '95; C. B. Cook, '88; Mrs. Cook. Table 2: Prof. Taft, W. J. Myers, '90; Mrs. Myers; C. P. Gillett, '88. Table 3: Dr. M. E d w ar Dean Bissell. Table 4: Dean White, C. A. McCue, '01; K a t h e r i ne McNaughton Reed, '05; Verne Branch, '12; Secretary A. M. '87; H. Van Norman, '97; Mrs. Van Norman. Row No. 3—Table 1: F. B. Mumford, '91; G. H. Mains, '14; O. W. Schleussner, '12 '12; Mrs. H. Conolly, '09; Mrs. H. B. Hendrick; H. Conolly, '08; E. O. Elmer, 03. Table 3: J. M. Rankin, '02; Mrs. W a r n e r; R. . '94; Matt Crosby, '02; Mr. Jodidi, '09. Table 5: H. T. French, '85; D. McPherson, '74; A. B. Cordley, '88; R. L. Clute, '96. Row Dick Crosby, '93; R. J. Baldwin, '04; H. J. Schneider, '04. rows being numbered to from '88; H e n ry Thurtell, 88; C E. F er t he back the college represents in some other capacity would not only be dangerous b ut would be wholly unfair. I can see no reason for securing remunera tive positions for athletes in prefer ence to other industrious students who m ay not have the time, the physique or competitive t he to enter athletics, As a matter of fact, and inclination from the standpoint of n a t u r al selec tion, I can see many reasons for secur ing the other type of student in preference to the so- called high school "star." the good positions for I know t h at the men who are t r y i ng to express their loyalty for M. A. C. to g u a rd this plan expect through the above mentioned dangers against and the m a ny others which the plan their suggests, but I know also t h at t he plan will soon be conception of colored and perverted by the high school boys themselves, and by men of other educational institutions. It is my privilege to t a lk to hun dreds of high school boys every year I believe that about going to college. I £ sui alu nei enl he be tha thr THE M. A. C. RECORD. 9 football team which t h i nk of m a ny in prestige or the enrollment of t he I am myself a "poor loser" stitution. and yet I can things t h at would be worse for M. A. C. t h an to have occasionally a losing football team; one of those would be to have was a winning made up of men who did not represent the dominant M. A. C. type of man— men who had been especially induced happened they because to matriculate to be endowed with a strong body and were successful athletes. T r u s t i ng t h at the loyal men who are t r y i ng to assist in the development of M. A. C. athletics will find some less dangerous method for r e n d e r i ng serv ice, and in the i n t e r e st of t he broader welfare of M. A. C.—which I t r u st will always include wholesome, representa tive athletics—I am, high school Sincerely yours, E. C. LlNDEMANN. FROM A CHAMPION TWO-MILE WALKER. Washington, D. C, Dec. 4, 1916. Editor M. A. C. Record: Your editorial of Nov. 28th, entitled "Careful Weighing Needed," as well as the same previous expressions along line, meets my heartiest approval. I wish to congratulate you on the stand you haA^e taken. You will no doubt stir up considerable opposition, but I sincerely wish you success. No one to reform an abuse, no ever started t h at did not stir m a t t er how flagrant, some up some opposition. Give us more of the same sentiment. No one feels any prouder of M. A. C. when the papers record a victory for the w h i te and green t h an I. The advertising value the from h a v i ng p r o m i n e nt win college t h at can not ning teams is a feature be t h r u st looking lightly aside. But at the whole m a t t er from every angle I would the price? like to ask, is it w o r th t h at comes to •R 16, 1916. ', to the front. Row No. 1—Table 1: F. S. Kedzie, '77; Dr. W. J. . F e r r i s, 90; Mrs. H. Thurtell. Table 3: Mrs. A r t h ur Adelman, A r t h ur toy Waite, '07. Row No. 2—Table 1: Mrs. C. P.. Close, C. P. Close, dwards, W. W. Tracy, '67; C. E. Thome, '66,-'67; J. E. W. Tracy, '96; . M. Brown. Table 5: W. D. Hurd, '99; Mrs. H u r d; E. A. Burnett, r, '12; F. W. Howe, '09; Lee H u t c h i n s, '13. Table 2: H. B. Hendrick, ; R. A. W a r n e r, '12; Mrs. R a n k i n. Table 4: Mrs. Jodidi, W. F. Wight, Row No. 4—Table 1: A n na Pickett Gurney, '05; D. A. Gurney, '04; I am just as sincere and loyal in my support of M. A. C. athletics as is any alumnus, and yet I never have and I never expect to urge a young m an to enter our college p r i m a r i ly because he is a good athlete. If he happens to be a good athlete and also represents t h at type which made M. A. C. known throughout the world before we ever a team, football an had as a l u m n us and an a r d e nt believer in athletics I m a ke my strongest appeal to h i m; but even is not it p r i m a r i ly an athletic appeal. then then You have shown in yoUr editorials t h at a winning football team m ay give a college notoriety but t h at there are the no indications t h at it ever affects I need but refer of fatal to the distressing accidents football the t h at comes from n u m b er every fall, to call a t t e n t i on to one se intercol rious peril legiate athletics. The newspapers t ry to give total n u m b er of deaths this game at t he close of each from season but they can never give the list of m i n or accidents, some little short of death, which also occur. M. A. C. has been perhaps unusually free from serious football accidents, but during the time I was there I recall t h at one student h ad an ankle broken, a n o t h er h ad a broken collar bone, a n o t h er had t he muscles t o rn loose from h is shoul der, and a n o t h er had his spine so bad ly injured to give up his college course. This fall a Virginia boy whom I knew very well, the only surviving child of a re cently widowed mother, died from the result of a football injury. Every col- legate g r a d u a te of twenty y e a rs in t h is country can probably re- t h at he was compelled last the 10 t h at t h at to t r a i n ed their acquaintances count j u st as m a ny or more a m o ng from this game. injuries resulting Is it worth the price? Danger in one branch of athletics is reason for condemning not sufficient intercollegiate t he whole subject of contests. But there are other evils connected with strenuous t r a i n i ng for athletics attention. An need agent for a large life insurance com told me t h at his com pany recently pany was seriously considering the ad insure any visability of refusing for ath m an who had ever letic contests. He stated such training, while not giving noticable injury to the health at the time of the the h e a rt and ar training, so affected teries of the athletes t h at they were much more likely to succumb to dis ease ten or fifteen years later. Witness the deaths of Shevlin of Yale, Snow of the U. of M., and Brainerd of M. A. C. It m ay be said t h at the deaths of these giants were t he exceptions and not the rule; but are they? Professional base ball players a re old men at thirty- five. Prize fighters begin to break at about twenty-eight years of age. Cir ten cus performers last years. t h at these athletes are far above the aver age m an physically and should there fore live much longer t h an the aver and age. Would we cheer as lustily at these games if we fully realized that those heroes on the field had shortened the n a t u r al spans of their lives from ten to twenty years by their t r a i n i ng and exertions? Is it worth the price? about It must be remembered joyful feel but so t h at it would be wise T h e re were several them entirely. W h at I am not ready to say t h at all inter collegiate athletics should be dropped, but if these contests a re going to be carried they are to the extent which at the big eastern universities, then I to would say drop I would like to see instead of a more difficult schedule of games would be to have gymnasium work made compulsory. I believe t h at gymnasium work should be given a standing in the curricculum equal to t h at given any other study. T h at it should be required of all stu the dents one hour a day six days in week. a t t e m p ts to introduce gymnasium work at M. A. C. d u r i ng my time b ut they were spas modic and ineffectual. The students who needed the exercise most did not get it, and I believe t h at such will al ways be t he case while intercollegiate athletics holds t he all-important posi I tion would like to see m o re attention paid to t r a ck games t h an they receive now. The plan here suggested, I believe would t u rn out a large n u m b er of splendid specimens of young manhood, physically as well as mentally fit, instead of a few over t r a i n ed athletes with enlarged h e a r ts and weakened arteries. local class, field and it has at the present time. Yours very truly, L Y M AN CARRIER, '02, THE M. A. C. RECORD. REGARDING VARSITY CLUB. My Dear L a n g d o n: Noted in your columns a short time ago t h at the Varsity Club admitted to living down some men membership town and in no way connected with the Old School. This is all wrong, as I see it. That club was organized with together the sole purpose of b a n d i ng school more closely all in in any who had earned a monogram field of sport. these m en a re in our athletics because of the presence of the "indefin able force" called M. A. C. spirit, but rather, as it was nicely put, t h at they they wanted interested because were something to play with. I do not believe interested the men I believe our alumni can wield a powerful influence in the field of get ting young fellows looking toward M. A. C. The call h as been sent out, " W h at will you do for her Very sincerely, future?" E. G. MANDEXBURG, '15f. MILITARY WORK. Owosso, Mich., Nov. 30, 1916. Dear Dr. Kedzie: You are close to the situation and are doubtless conversant with the de tails of the plan to m a ke land g r a nt colleges a source of supply for officers I am in case of national emergency. greatly interested in this matter, but I m u st a d m it t h at I am not thoroughly informed about t he details. Last F r i d ay I was examined for a commission the Officers' Reserve Corps. The examination took place in Chicago and I qualified for a captain's grade. in I couldn't have passed t he examina tion if I had drilled at M. A. C. until in I was gray. t a u g ht volved under the M. A. C. system. It was practical and t h at cannot be things As long as M. A. C. is going to have a military department why not have a the good one; one students of they are patriotism r a t h er slaves to the strings tied to an appro priation? teach obligations t h at t h at can great t h an the in the defense of Theoretically M. A. C. plays a dis tinct p a rt t h is country; practically she has no p a r t. She has shirked responsibility and the fact students have appreciated and have taken advantage of it. this t h is meeting versities having Student Unions were represented at t h an at either of the conferences held in 1914 and 1915, and sent several learning t he delegates with just w h at this big student union move m e nt really means. idea of schools The business meetings took the form of round table discussions, each dele gate being called upon to give informa tion regarding the organization of t he Student Union at his school. Such questions as the following were asked and answered: Methods used to raise building funds? fea tures of Union buildings already con structed? The s t a r t i ng of an organi zation and the same? the administration of The prominent for and the alumni were asked the amounts pledged by T he Case School of Science reported as follows: The Union building was $60,000 bought equipped t he ($30,000 used for equipment) by t u r n ed Case Athletic Association and over to the Student Union organiza tion. At the beginning of each semes ter each student is charged the student activity fee of $5.00 and gymnastic fee of $5.00 and a certain percentage of the whole given over to the Union fund to be used for upkeep of t he building, janitor service, etc. Heating and light ing are furnished by the college. Be the sides students, to contribute amounts of five dollars per year for every year they have been graduated from the college, to total a contribution of $50.00. The Union building at Case has two stories and the basement which consists of a large first dining room and kitchen. The floor consists of a spacious hallway, lobby, reading room, dance hall, cloak reception room, manager's office and The second room. floor consists of rooms used the Union business for meetings, a balcony to the lobby below and pool room containing candy and cigar stands. The Union board is com posed of the same n u m b er of men and proportioned to the three upper classes the same as at M. A. C. For entertain m e nt throughout the year; besides t h at it afforded self, dances are given as often as con venient with a charge of 50 cents per couple. While the dances provide a means for developing social etiquette, Union dinners are given occasionally to remind the men t h at table etiquette is also useful. the Union building from There are hundreds of M. A. C. alumni with a real sense of patriotism who a re to to come forward and meet her obligations as she should. their college looking Very respectfully yours, W. A. MCDOXAI.D, '13. 1916 STUDENT UNION CONFERENCE HELD AT CLEVELAND. M. A. C. RECORD: The third annual conference of the National Association of Student Unions was held at the Case School of Applied Science at Cleveland, Ohio, Dec. 8 and 9. More colleges a nd uni Customs as followed by the other institutions in regard to the adminis tration and e n t e r t a i n m e nt at their re spective Unions give still a better important idea of how successful and they have become. Ohio State Uni versity was donated $75,000 by the legislature for a Union building and borrowed a sum of $22,000 to be used for equipping it. The debt has been the staging of through entirely paid various e n t e r t a i n m e n ts throughout the year and by the amount of money made on the dining room which is in service throughout the school year. At Ohio State they are also very much in favor of t he idea of giving d i n n e rs on Sunday evenings, to which the men and women of the university are in vited. Every male student upon enter ing the university automatically be comes a member of the Student Union and pays $1.00 which in with the blanket tax. For entertain ment, open houses and dancing parties In are given as often as convenient. fact the Union there has become so prominent from the viewpoint of the faculty that the Union board may use its own discretion in the matter of the number and time Union parties are to be given. is entered At the University of Wisconsin also, every student upon entering auto matically becomes a member of the Student Union, without, as yet, any fee for membership. For entertainment there the Union stages a University Exposition. This is given every fourth year and at the time the legislature is in session. The purpose of giving it at that particular time is, of course, evident. Each department of th'e uni versity makes its best possible ex hibit at the Exposition. Dances or so- called mixers are also given on Fri day or Saturday evenings and free dancing lessons given in order to get the greatest possible number of stud ents out for those parties. At the Universities of Michigan, In diana and the others having Unions, like forms of entertainment are also given and each reports great success. It is interesting to note the method of campaigning that was used for so suc cessfully securing funds for the One million dollar Union at Michigan. The country was divided into seven sections and one alumni member was appointed to take charge of the cam paign work in each section. Seven students were also hired at the end of the school year to assist the alumni members working at the heads of the seven sections. The work was well planned and its results. M. A. C. students and alumni can do correspondingly as great work and we must get ready to do that work soon for the College Hall Union build ing is not to be one only dreamed of. Considerable discussion was had at regarding just what the conference proportion of the college activities should be taken in hand by the Union. For example in some of the universi ties the Union board has taken over many duties formerly performed by Student Councils and Y. M. C. A. or ganizations. the $800,000 shows It was pointed out by the delegates representing schools who have Union buildings that those buildings are used for as many of the different college activities as possible, so that all students will accustom themselves, to the place from whence come many good times and will, as a result, wish to return to that Student Union build ing, when becoming alumni. One method of taxing students for the running of a Union fund which is highly favored by most of the schools having Unions is to have one or two dollars added to the blanket tax at the THE M. A. C. RECORD. H the school desiring beginning of each year, if such a tax to is levied at thus raise funds. Special taxes are auto avoided matically becomes a member of the Union. student every and to show The purpose in this discussion has been to give an idea of the manner in which Student Unions are organized the and administered and great spirit and enthusiasm aroused. Dr. C. S. Howe, president of the Case School, spoke of such organizations as the greatest of all student activities. His arguments were that all students that certain amount of refine need ment which is made possible, while away from home, only through asso ciation with each other and with the faculty, at a home such as a Union building offers. Let us hope that Col lege Hall may be called the M. A. C. Union building at the next conference meeting to be held at the University of Indiana in December, 1917. Signed, E. H. PATE, '17, (Representative of the M. A. C. Union at Conference.) IN REGARD TO PUBLICITY. Los Angeles, Calif., Dec. 5, 1916. Mr. C. S. Langdon, Managing Editor Michigan Agricul tural College Record: I suppose it is because my business requires me to deal in publicity that some of your editorials and news items on college publicity have been of par ticular interest. The last year I was on the campus we had a Press Club, made up of the editor of the Record, the editor of the Holcad and the correspondents for the that various newspapers. At time there were a half dozen men engaged in publicity work. The chief reason in for organizing was placing before the public news which reflected to the credit of the Agricul tural College. to co-operate There were many times when hazing escapades were unfortunately exag gerated, to the discredit of the school. While incidents of this sort must be considered as news, we agreed between us to handle them in a conservative way. I recall that during the winter cer the state started a in tain parties crusade against Junior the Annual Hop, declaring that it was taking the students' starting last pennies and them on the road to evil. In handling a situation such as this the Press Club is a very valuable asset to any school. The way this particular attack was handled would make a good yarn in itself. There were editorials, half- page stories, cartoons, many stanzas of poems, and statistics—to prove the low average cost of Junior Hop costumes. cover a thoroughly I think the Press Club could go one step further and divide up the work of news reporting so that each man could certain "beat." In an educational institution there is a great fund of news which is good advertising for the school and which the public wants to know about, but it takes systematic co-ordinated efforts to dig it out and dish it up in an effective way. I should like to see someone apply the pulmotor to the M. A. C. Press Club. 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National Fire Proofing Company 1143 Fulton Bids., Pittsburgh, Pa. 23 Factories Prompt Shipments Short Mauls > 12 THE M. A. C. RECORD. A LETTER FROM DR. BEAL. Readers of t he Record should be in terested in t he following, which gives some intimation of t he s t a n d i ng which M. A. C. men hold in t he U. S. Dept. of Agriculture, and among the land g r a nt colleges of t he nation. This year t he association of land g r a nt colleges and experiment stations held its meeting in Washington. Charles E. Thorne, '66-'67, was presi dent of this association. He is director of t he experiment station at Wooster, Ohio; also president of t he society for t he promotion of agricultural science, which m et in Washington. K. L. But- terfield, '91, was elected president for 1917. in of eleven charge is bureaus. William A. Taylor, chief of t he bureau of plant The U. S. D e p a r t m e nt of Agriculture scientific '88, is industry. Extension work of t he U. S. Depart m e nt of Agriculture is in charge of three m e n: L. A. Clinton, '89, is chief for the north and east; Clarence B. Smith, '94, is chief for t he north and west. a nd Each forty- land g r a nt college of eight states appoints a director for its experiment station. C. C. Georgeson, '77, is director for Alaska; H e r b e rt E. Van Norman, '97, vice-director, dean of also agriculture, Davis, California; president of t he national dairymen's association. Clarence P. Gillett, '84, is director for Colorado; dean Eugene Davenport, "78, director and dean of Illinois; F r ed B. Mumford, '91, is director and dean for Missouri; E d g ar A. Burnett, '87, is director and dean for Nebraska; Charles E. Thorne, '66-'67, is director for Ohio; A r t h ur B. Cordley, '88, is director and dean for Oregon; F r a nk W. Howe, '09, is dean of agriculture for Syracuse Univer sity; Clare B. Waldron, '87, is dean of agriculture for N o r th Dakota; in all ten directors or deans. There a re four college presidents: Kenyon L. Butterfield, '91, Massa chusetts; F r a nk S. Kedzie, '77, M. A. C; J a m es W. Tourney, '89, Yale College of F o r e s t r y; H u gh P. Baker, '01, State College of Forestry, Syracuse, N. Y. Dean L y m an was re-elected secretary of t he Association of State and Pro the vincial Veterinary Colleges at meeting in Chicago recently. Mrs. Myron Strong, formerly Miss Florence Farwell, house director at M. A. C, spent some time at t he College last week. She assisted with the ban quet given to t he S t a te Grangers. A L P HA P SI OFFERS PRIZE. The Iota chapter of the Alphi Psi F r a t e r n i ty located at M. A. C. offers a prize to t he v e t e r i n a ry s t u d e nt pre senting t he best essay on some appro priate subject to Veterinary relative Medicine. The prize is to be a pocket- size surgical i n s t r u m e nt case fittingly engraved. T he prize essay will be read before t he a n n u al banquet of the M. A. C. Veterinary Medical Association. NEWS AND COMMENT F o r m er coach, J o hn F a r r e ll Macklin, the College re visited L a n s i ng a nd cently. It was given out t h at t he pur pose of his visit was not to recom mend another good coach. TENTATIVE FOOTBALL SCHEDULE. Oct. 6,—Alma at M. A. C. Oct. 13.—Kalamazoo College at M. A. C. Oct 20.—Michigan at A nn Arbor. Oct. 27.—Nebraska at M. A. C. Nov. 3.—South Dakota at M. A. C. Nov. 10.—Pending. Nov. 17.—Notre Dame at South Bend. Nov. 24.'—Syracuse University at M. A. C. ATHLETIC ASSOCIATION BANQUETS T E A M. C a r r y i ng out a custom established several y e a rs ago, members of t he foot ball squad, athletic board of control and coaching staff were given a ban quet Monday n i g ht at t he Hotel Dow ney. At the short program of toasts Norm Weil, r e t i r i ng football manager, acted as toastmaster a nd called for re m a r ks from Coach Gauthier, Captain- elect VanDervoort, a nd Lee Briggs, president of the L a n s i ng Auto Club. SCABBARD AND BLADE. Scabbard a nd Blade, t he h o n o r a ry military fraternity at M. A. C, held its initiation last week, culminating in a banquet at the Wildwood Tea Rooms on Wednesday evening. L i e u t e n a nt M. S. Murray was t a k en in as an honor ary member, a nd the following stu dents as active m e m b e r s: B. S. Mc- Clure, C. J. Seidel, G. W. Quick, G. G. Dicker, M. S. Nelson, W. J. Clark, D. L. Mead, W. F. Van Buskirk, a nd F. G. Hehn. All are seniors except t he latter, who is t he first to be chosen. j u n i or COLLEGE LOSES Two V ET INSTRUCTORS. Announcement has been made of the resignation of Dr. J. S. McDaniel and Dr. J. P. Hutton, both of the division of Veterinary Science. Dr. McDaniel has a position as veterinary extension representative at t he University of Missouri, h is alma mater. Mr. H u t t on has accepted a position with a corpo ration at Wooster, Ohio. Both will sever their connections with M. A. C. t h is term. Dr. Kedzie h as expressed regret t h at the College was unable to meet these men h ad received, as t he work of both is very highly thought of in Michigan. flattering offers t he Very M. A. C. F R E S H M EN LOST TO HILLSDALE IN DEBATE. By a count of two to one the varsity team from Hillsdale College won from t he M. A. C. freshmen in t he debate last T h u r s d ay night. T he question was the same one which t he M. A. C. var sity debaters will use when they go up against P u r d ue a nd Iowa State early t h at in March, namely: "Resolved, . the United States government shall provide by federal enactment for t he compulsory a r b i t r a t i on of disputes be tween labor and capital involving pub lic utilities. F r e s h m en who upheld the affirmative for M. A. C. w e r e: Stanley Powell, of J. Mitchell, of Roscommon, and Stanley Johnston, of Monroe. Ionia; Alfred C H R I S T M AS TREE CALLED O F F. The all-college Christmas celebration on tree, which was announced in last week's Record as being one of t he new fea t he t u r es of student campus, was called off after it was found t h at Prof. Eustace, w ho h as charge of t he campus, would not give his permission to use t he Norway spruce planned on. T h at the students were much enthused over the project is shown by their ready contribution to a fund to finance the proposition— some $35 was raised at t he boarding clubs at one meal. F or busied with t h e ir class s t u nt GIRLS HAVE CHRISTMAS PARTY. The a n n u al Christmas party of t he co-eds was held in t he gymnasium of the Woman's Building last Saturday night with each class, excepting t he seniors who were t he senior dance, competing for honors with s t u n ts a nd songs. The j u n i o rs won the song contest with a song, t he words a nd music of which were both t he original. freshmen p ut on a circus; t he sopho mores "took off" various members of the faculty to the great amusement of the few guests—those favored of t he faculty were Dean White, Miss Casho, Miss Osterholm, Miss Holt, Miss Hatch, Dr. Giltner, a nd Prof. H a r t- such; the j u n i o rs came in dressed in sailor suits with red ties and bearing placards with all m a n n er of new rules. Members of the home economics fac ulty acted Tennyson's "Lady Clare" in pantomine, using a m i n a t u re play house, t he most s t r i k i ng features of which were t he boxes, occupied by Dean White and Mrs. A. M. Brown. An ornamented Christmas tree added the holiday to t he party and candy canes were distributed among those present. touch GRANGERS ENTERTAINED AT COLLEGE. seven Between six and h u n d r ed Grangers visited M. A. C. last Tuesday thoroughly in order to become ac t he agricultural quainted with w h at college is doing. The cars were m et at t he station by m e m b e rs of the college faculty a nd the visitors t he were conducted by them around special campus. At 5:30 the Home Economics department, with an almost super hu man effort considering the facilities at hand, served the Grangers with a de licious supper. A program was given in the evening in the auditorium of the Agricultural building. The following were on the program: College Glee Club, President Kedzie, State Grange Master Ketcham, Mayor Reutter of Lansing, Dr. J. L. Snyder, C. B. Mit chell of the English department, and C. E. Holmes, '93, superintendent of the School for the Blind. RIFLE CLUB GETS INSTRUCTIONS. Members of the M. A. C. Rifle Club have been doing considerable practice shooting this term but have been somewhat in the dark since they did not know just what the requirements would be for the coming contest. Last year all shooting was done from the prone position and such high scores were run up that a change was ex pected this year. Instructions came last week and were to the effect that in each match each contestant would have 10 shots standing and 10 prone. This is the same condition the men shot under two years ago. The time in which the shots must be made this year is shortened to 25 minutes, in cluding the four sighting shots and 20 record shots. Any number up to 10 may shoot in each match, the best five counting. Any .22 calibre rifle weighing not over 10 pounds may be used and the am munition is .22 short. The matches begin the week ending January 27. It will be remembered that the'M. A. C. Rifle team won the intercolleg iate match in class A last year by nos ing out Washington State by one point. Only Freeman and Berry of last year's team graduated last June, so that M. A. C.'s team has a good chance again this year, although some of the men feel shaky about their 10 shots stand ing. ALUMNI NOTES '81. J. F. Root, '77-'80, a large land owner farmer near Plymouth, was a and campus visitor last week. '98. Clara M. Steele, h, arts is teacher of the Plattsburg in household State Normal school at Plattsburg, N. Y. Her residence address is 36 Broad St. '00. Charles H. Chadsey, '96-'93, has a planing mill at Sutton's Bay, Mich., and is reported to be doing fine. '01. superintendent "As county of schools and clerk of the board of edu cation, I am kept busy trying to keep the work in some sixty schools going THE M. A. C. RECORD. smoothly." Don Beebe Jewell, Inter national Falls, Minn. '02. O. L. Ayres, a agriculturist for the Tennessee Coal, Iron and Railroad Co., at Birmingham, Alabama, is spending a week visiting friends and relatives in East L/ansing. A. G. Craig, a, horticulturist for the Arcadia Orchards Co. at Deer Park, Washington, was on the campus last week. Craig believes that this com pany has the largest orchard in the world under one management. '03. A son was born Saturday, Decem ber 16, to Mr. and Mrs. H. W. Norton, Jr., of Howell. E. O. Elmer, a, of Devereaux, visited the college while in attendance at the State Grange meeting in Lansing last week. Dorr Skeels, dean of forest school of the University of Montana, has been appointed manager of the Western Pacific Lumber Company at Riordan, Arizona. the '04. Gilbert L. Daane, ex '04, cashier in the Michigan Exchange Private Bank, Grand Rapids, was a campus visitor last week. Jerome Priest, a, of Romeo, repre sented his grange at the state meeting in Lansing last week and spent some time on the campus. Robert D. Maltby, a, is still director in Atlantic schools of vocational county, New Jersey, with headquarters at Pleasantville. On his staff of five assistants we notice the name of J. C. Schaefer, '05, who has charge of agriculture and chemistry at Pleasant ville. '06. J. E. Fisk, e, is now in the building game at Northville, Michigan, whether temporarily or not we cannot say. »07. A daughter, Lucile Cornelia, was born November 27 to Mr. and Mrs. Neal C. Perry, 1030 Verde Ave., Fresno, Calif. L. B. Hitchcock, e, division engineer of the Arizona Eastern Railroad with headquarters at Phoenix, sustained se rious injuries when an inspection car in which he and three others were rid ing was ditched near Gilbert, Arizona, on December 12. Hitchcock was the most seriously injured, having several broken ribs and severe cuts and burns. '08, Arthur T. Barley, e, is sanitary en gineer with Smith, Hinchman & Grylls, 710 Washington Arcade, Detroit. His residence address is 98 Hogarth Ave. H. E. Marsh, e, head of the Depart ment of Physics and Treasurer at the University of Redlands, California, writes: I regret that there is so little in the Record from members of '08, but cannot complain as I have been very negligent myself." 13 '09. A son, Bert Abel, was born Decem ber 11 to Mr. and Mrs. Bert Shedd of Tekonsha. Edwin B. Hulett, a, who has been for some time dry color expert for the Stauffer Chemical Co., at Stege, Cali fornia, visited M. A. C. the first of the week. He has been in Michigan some time now and may locate in Detroit. Hulett told of using his chemistry this fall to mighty good financial advan tage in converting comparitively cheap chemical salts into others which would bring a high market price. '10. Duncan McMillan, who spent two years at M. A. C. with the class of '10, owns a farm at R. 2, Coopersville, Mich. A. H. Sargeant, e, who has been traveling out of Lansing for some time as electrical engineer for the Miller's National Fire Insurance Co. of Chi cago, has been definitely in the St. Louis, Missouri district, and he and Mrs. Sargeant (Jessie Gibson) have taken residence at 6186 Berlin Avenue, that city. In a recent letter he says: located in an "We are living apartment within a stone's throw of Forest Park and a block from the Washington Uni versity. Last night the students had a torch-light parade past the house, following a mass meeting, just as we used to do in days long ago. The scene brought back the good old days, so you see we have not lost all our en thusiasm in our- old age. I followed the team's work in the newspapers but now that I have a permanent address I would like to hear the real news. M. A. C. boosters have failed to in habit this part of the country and I have not met any in my many days of traveling. Will be glad to see any who happen to come south with the birds." ' l l. Mary Heath Brainard arrived at the home of Mr. and Mrs. A. E. Brainard of Onsted, Mich., on November 25. Geo. E. Watts, a, is now in charge of the office work with the Dick Brink Clothing Co. of Grand Rapids with resiaence at 12 Portsmouth Place. E. C. Lindemann, a, state boys' and girls' club leader for Michigan, gave four lectures at Hillsdale College last week on Rural Sociology. At the first lecture his class numbered 25; for the remainder, attendance ran between 100 and 150. Bert W. Keith, a, who is now dean of the College of Agriculture of Win ona Federated Colleges, Winona Lake, Indiana, and also head of the depart ment of horticulture, writes, "I can't see how a live alumnus can do without the Record." The live ones don't, Bert. '12. B. P. Pattison, a, assistant coach at Purdue University, visited M. A. C. last week. 14 THE M. A. C. RECORD. Charles E. Atwater, ex '12, who has been m a n a g i ng C. B. Cook's farm at Owosso, will re-enter M. A. C. next term and he expects to finish in J u n e. H. E. Wilcox, e, who is with the In terstate Commerce Commission, Divi sion of Valuation, at Chicago, was a campus visitor the first of this week. "I'm engaged at the farming game t h at here at Constantine and regret the neighbor's call for help in husk ing corn came when I most wanted to get away for the reunion game. I certainly enjoy the Record. ,"C. Lee H a r r i s o n ." A. J. Olney, a, is an in instructor the horticultural department of the University of Kentucky. His address is 114 Gazette Ave., Lexington. He writes t h at he took a class of students to the western p a rt of the state for in apple packing, an a week's work orchardist there paying expenses and the students w o r k i ng in r e t u r n. is as valuable M. T. Munn, a, who took graduate work at M. A. C. last year and who is back at the Geneva Station this year, the Record t h i n ks to the E x p e r i m e nt Station Rec him as t h at both m a ke him work ord and the n u m b er of Station harder. F r om Records which never get farther t h an the postoffice waste basket at the Col lege we t h i nk this compliment may be a questionable one. O. \V. Schleussner, a. of the U. S. Office of Markets, w r i t e s: "You have injected some pep into the old 'College the good work." Lemon.' Keep up This recurrence of t he use of this de incident nomination reminds us of an of two or three years ago. "Chappie," with '09—and other classes, wrote a stinging letter to the Holcad, in which he mentioned the "College Lemon" in no exalting terms. The Holcad editor of that time, believing t h at the Holcad was meant, spent some space in deny ing the insinuations. But the Record doesn't mind—lemons are being sneez ed for this time of year and not at. three years. "Here it comes. then. Have been It's the dollar. And it's worth more today than it was in 1911. T h at proves t h at we are getting more in and out of the Record than we in Mansfield did See (Ohio) nigh onto very few M. A. C. people around here. C. A. P r a tt of '07 comes this way once in a while and we get together each time and talk over the old days. C. L. Brunger, '02, and I are the only Michi gan F a r m e rs -here and we are both with The Aultman & Taylor Co., and proud of the company's output. Brun ger is chief engineer and I am head of the r a t i ng d e p a r t m e nt Of course the dollar is for the Record and not for an old l a u n d ry bill." V. G. Anderson. "I see t h at Bess Frazer, '11, is quite elated t h at she can vote. She isn't t he only one, for Washington has woman's suffrage too. I am living this year in the house with E m ma Barrett, '03, and we have great times comparing notes. the the teacher every day and . My work this year is some . . w h at order. p re-vocational on Many of Seattle's elementary schools a re being organized so as to give the seventh and eighth grade girls about half their time with the home econom ics re m a i n i ng t i me to academic work. The time with the home economics teacher sewing is divided between cookery, and industrial design. I have 90 girls this work, so keep each day doing reasonably busy. I sometimes wonder if any of the other women grads have felt the need of more work along the line of a rt and design is given at M. A. C. in the regular course. . . . Will you say for me in the Record t h at if any M. A. C. people in Seattle or t he it worth State of Washington while alumni form a Northwest association, if they will write to either Miss B a r r e tt or myself we will both do all we can to help the work along." Josephine H a r t, 4001 W h i t m an Ave. t h i nk t h an to If you will t ry you may recall How one bright day, near College Hall, We sat under one of the big oak trees And rested and chatted at our ease. W h en up rose one of our high-brow bunch And 'lowed as how he had a hunch T h at we should choose from among our men, One who could cleverly wield the pen. Make him editor of a class paper, small, And we'd pay and all. the bills for p r i n t i ng So we picked out one from the rest, Who was wide of beam and broad of chest. He had red h a ir and a great big smile, looked so honest a nd free from And guile, That we took up some money, eleven J e an Avery F i s h er of Washington, D. C, has been visiting her p a r e n ts in Lansing. Lee M. Hutchins, a, stopped off at fruit disease M. A. C. last week on his way to Wash ington, D. C, from Missouri w h e re he spoke before the State H o r t i c u l t u r al Society meeting. H u t c h i ns is still in the investigation busi ness for the U. S. Department of Ag riculture, using his at spare J o h ns Hopkins University in p u r s u it of a doctor's degree. He is specializ ing on plant physiology. time 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 Washington Boulevard and • Bagley Avenue. NEW BURDICK HOTEL Kalamazoo, Midi. 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, Mich. The of leading- all-the-year-'round hotel the region. All modern con veniences. All outside rooms. W. O. Holden, Mgr. • OCCIDENTAL HOTEL Muskegon, Mich. 150 rooms. Hot and cold water and telephone in every room. European plan, $1.00 and up. Edward R. Sweet, Manager. And dollars or so, told " F a t" would go, to see how far it When in Pontiac Stop at HOTEL HURON Towards paying for postage and ink and paper, Expecting of course to hear from him later. But F at retired to a nice farm home And lives on interest from the the "loan." t h at pretty soon Never a word did. he ever write, But lives in ease with a big appetite. Don't forget We'll have with us the month of June, And at t h at time if things go right, We'll all be back to re-unite. Can't we plan to all be there, F a t h er and mother and children fair, Bachelors, Old Maids and the Rest, And helpd pin a medal on Kirby's breast. "Dad." '13. H. H. Hunn, a, is in the h a r d w a re business at P a r m a, Michigan. this year, R u th Normington, h, is back at Col fax, Iowa, again teaching the girls there how to cook and sew. She also expects to give lectures before the woman's club this winter on do mestic science. Central location, near Court House. All outside rooms. Cafe in connec tion. 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He has isolated the causal organism of a disease of bananas, and definitely proved its parasitism. This is said to be t he most serious disease of economic plants in the tropics and has caused the a b a n d o n m e nt of thou sands of acres of bananas. He is now working on m e a s u r es of control. the people who trained him Porto (D. V. M. H. H. Mclntyre, a '15), commences work this week with the Mathews-Tanzey Corporation of Detroit as editor of a -monthly maga zine entitled "The Producer and The Distributor." This, will be p a rt of the campaign of this company, extending over t he United States and Canada, for a general realization on t he p a rt of the producer of the value of clean milk, and also the Other questions which distributor. a re closely associated with the pro duction of milk, such as food value, etc., will also be featured u n d er Mc- "Mac" was on the I n t y r e 's direction. campus l a st week and was enthusiastic over his new position. the problems of '14. The address of Mrs. P. E. Kuenzel, hee Mae Bartlett, is Cobie, Nevada. C. R. Silcox, ex '14, is draftsman with the New-Way Motor Co. of Lan sing, with residence at 229 N. Holmes St. H. W. Delzell, a, of Cadillac, expects the spring to form a p a r t n e r s h ip which will t a ke up tree surgery on a large scale. in A nine and one-half pound son was born Sept. 2 to Mr. a nd Mrs. B. L. F r a l i ck of Detroit. F r a l i ck is with the Edison Illumination Co. C. H. Taylor, a, asks a change of address to New E r a, Mich., where he is w o r k i ng with his father. He quit the Heinz Co. at Mayville, Nov. 15. Harvey J. Lowe, f, after spending some time as assistant superintendent of a graphite q u a r ry at Burnett, Texas, is back at Fillmore, California, as en gineer for the Montibello Oil Co. F. Royal Kenney, a, has recently in poultry been appointed h u s b a n d ry in the Agricultural Exten sion department, Iowa State College, (Hazel Ames, Iowa. 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She observes, "This m a k es two Lemmons to aid in the future foot ball teams at M. A. C." "The At a large m e e t i ng of citrus grow ers held in Riverside, California, Mr. G. Harold Powell, the general man ager of the exchange, m a de a speech in the work of which he complimented following Don F r a n c i s c o , ' ' 1 4, the in l a n g u a g e: t he advertising of Exchange, with an appropriation of $400,000, is handled by Don Francisco, advertising manager. Mr. Francisco d e p a r t m e nt much is m a k i ng stronger and m o re efficient. T he name, strongest pulling 'Sunkist,' has the s t r e n g th of any selling force a nd it is directed p r i m a r i ly to the consumer. An investigation which we have made t he con t h at 50 per cent of showed Sunkist sumers the already brand, whereas no is known generally." b r a nd know other this t h at feet, of t r i m m ed and yet, '14, who Park, is " J a c k" Boerema, ex 111., building homes at Oak the following observations on m a k es football: to Cham "I drove down paign a week ago last S a t u r d ay and saw the Maroon-Illini game. The play I firmly be was ragged on both sides. lieve I t h at any M. A. C. team have ever seen play could t r im either one, the the Illini Gophers. Speaking of the Gophers, I the Minnesota-Maroon game, or saw rout, last S a t u r d ay and, believe me, the Gophers are t he class of the West the h a n d s, t h e ir defeat at this year, Illinois n o t w i t h s t a n d i n g. or Have been t h i n k i ng of late w hy there h as not been an organization of recog nized colleges formed to a r r a n ge some system whereby the best t e a ms of re the spective localities or divisions of country could be pitted against each other at the close of t he football sea son. This could be done by shorten ing the existing schedule a nd leaving the Saturday before T h a n k s g i v i ng Day and Turkey Day itself for champion it would re ship games. Of course, a r r a n ge quire some organization this but t he situation now stands, there are usual ly three or four t e a ms in the U. S. un fan defeated and t he average football in a q u a n d ry as to which one is left is really the champion." ( t e a m) it could be done. As to '15. 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