VOL. XXII. JANUARY 23, 1917. No. 15 "M. A. C. Cannot Live On Her Past- c What Will Ton Do For Her Future?" 3 x x XJw JL \OUML •V.*/* D ECOR D PUBLISHED BY THE MICHIGAM AGRICULTURAL COLLEGE ASSOCIATION EAST LANSIMG,MICH. F!—- 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 THE 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 ialty. Loose leaf note 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 "Washington Ave. N. Correct Clothes, Up-to-date H a ts and Caps, Classy Furnishings. J. E. STOPFER, 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. 8. DR. J. S. OWEN Eye, E a r, Nose, Throat and P 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 W a s h t e n aw St. W. Both Phones. J. H. LARRABEE 325 S. Washington Ave. Sport Shop—Athletic Goods of All Kinds. H. H. LARNED China, Glass a nd Lamps 105 Washington Ave. g. PAGELSEN & SPENCER Patents, Patent Law, T r a d e m a r ks 1107-10 Chamber of Commerce Bldg., Detroit, Michigan E. N. Pagelsen, '89 L. M. Spencer, '06 Formerly Examiners U. S. P a t e nt Office. SILAS E. CHAMPE, '06a, Attorney at L aw 71 Washington Blv'd, Detroit, Michigan Cherry 4511 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 214% 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. 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 F I X T U R E S, 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 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 i 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 "PRANK" 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., East Lansing. Fountain Pens ^ "s' • v H i i i u i ii • \/iivr P a r k e r'S) Etc. $1 to $ 6, a ll g u a r a n t e ed College D r ug & Grocery Store F u ll L i ne gf E v e r y t h i n g. Agents for Star Laundry. Electric Supplies. LOFTUS Good Things to Eat EAST LANSING'S LEADING GROCER^ T HE M-A/C- RECORD E A ST L A N S I N G, MICHIGAN, T U E S D A Y, J A N U A RY 2.-?, 1 9 1 7. NO. 15 V O L. X X I I. MUSKEGONITES ORGANIZE M. A. C. CLUB. to solve In an effort the question asked weekly on the first page of the Record, the Muskegon M. A. C. Club tendered a banquet to Dean Bissell of the E n g i n e e r i ng Department at the Occidental Hotel, J a n u a ry 15, 1917. We hoped by this means to do some t h i ng interest for M. A. G. here in Muskegon. • toward s t i r r i ng up an twenty. included The affair was not limited to M. A. prominent C. alumni, but engineering men. educational and Covers were laid for F r a nk Morse, ex '96, acted in a very efficient m a n n er on toastmaster, '16, to "Blackie Daw," N. E. March, respond to the toast, " W h at M .A. C. Means to Michigan." March gave a very good talk on w h at every depart m e nt of the College can come to mean to this city and county. calling as Dean Bissell responded to t he toast, "M. A. C ," telling in his own dry hu morous way several incidents of col lege life and speaking seriously on the effects of the fire on the E n g i n e e r i ng Department. S. 0. Hartwell, s u p e r i n t e n d e nt of schools of Muskegon, spoke on the sub ject, "Tne Relation of the College to the High School," saying t h at he was now in a better position to help a nd advise high school students in t he se lection of the college they expected to to do his s h a re attend. He expected toward to M. A. C. sending Muskegon's boys the College Roy E. Ashley, Valparaiso, '96, spoke on, " T he Relation of to Engineering." Being introduced to us as being of a serious n a t u re he sur prised us with a stories mixed in with the serious p a rt of his speech. good few '11-'12 and the subject of Mr. Morse t h en called on Mr. Paul '12-'13, Moon, short-course who spoke of t he value of the short courses. Mr. Moon gave up business farming, interests for and when we realized t h at he could be "daddy" to most of us we were par the spirit he ticularly showed for the work. Mr. Tom Rogers, '74, gave several pleasing views on in the county by the different bureaus of the College. the work done interested in L. 0. Gordon, '06, was there in all t he glory of h is red hair, which still the n a me of " P i n k y ." holds for h im '16; Atchi H. B. Clark, '16; son, '16; March, Brown, t he younger generation. '16, a nd myself were of '16; Billings, '00; Morton, W. H. BETTS, '16. LIVE STOCK MEETINGS WELL ATTENDED. the The a n n u al g a t h e r i ng of live stock feeders and breeders of the state at M. A. C. last week was considerably above the average in attendance, and t he programs, especially those pertain ing to general live stock m a t t e r s, were In an address on, full of good things. for "The F a rm Building P r o g r am Michigan," Dean Shaw criticised the farmer for being backward about bor the rowing money. city people can get a nd use to good advantage, t he higher they hold their heads," said Dean Shaw. " T he more credit the farmer gets the lower goes the big problems his chin." One of for program in the farm Michigan, t he is rejuvenation of m a ny of t he old build ings now used. t h i n ks Dean Shaw, " T he more credit building r e m a r ks oh Professor G. F. W a r r en of Cornell the gave some pointed farm place of live stock in scientific management. Results of m a ny sur veys in New York were shown and the importance of in v a r y i ng amounts was discussed to a nicety. live stock to P r e s i d e nt Halladay of t he state sani tary commission sounded a w a r n i ng as to depletion in the n u m b er of live the possibility stock, and also as of b r i n g i ng disease into t he state by buying so m a ny feeders outside. I. R. Waterbury, editor of The Michigan State F a r m er and member the Board of Agriculture, the forth the public view more in t he spring t h an it does now. Professor J. A. of Duluth pointed out the grazing opportunities for sheep in t he Upper Peninsula, and he said t h at western r a n c h e rs a re be ginning to realize these. of set t h at meat will cost Jeffrey The meeting closed w i th the election of officers as follows: I. R. W a t e r b u r y; C. C. Lillie, Coopers- ville; secretary, Geo. A. Brown, M. A. C; assistant secretary, W. E. J. Ed wards, M. A. C; t r e a s u r e r, C. P. Reed. President, IMPORTANT CHANGES IN BOTANY COURSES. In division. a g r i c u l t u r al At a recent m e e t i ng of the faculty some i m p o r t a nt changes were adopted in in the botany courses for students the these changes Dr. E. A. Bessey, head of the department, sees an opportunity for m i n i s t e r i ng more exactly to the needs of the students who elect botany, and the who, according to much study on p a rt of botany teachers, fall into these (1) those s t u d e n ts who three classes: expect to to lines of work closely associated with farm life; (2) those students who plan in sec teach a g r i c u l t u r al science to ondary and normal schools; (3) those who are especially capable in this di rection who desire to secure positions the science of where a botany and is requisite. research methods t r a i n i ng its the farm or to r e t u rn in It is recognized t h at the larger num first ber of students fall class. The. course for all freshmen is to remain about as at present. After this there will be t h r ee distinct lines of electives. into t he Electives for the first group, which shall be known as applied botany, are named as follows: Economic plants, plant reproduction, general p l a nt phy siology, diseases of economic plants, of weeds and weed plant diseases, grasses. The depart ment hopes in future years to be able to develop other special courses on the botany of special crops as an auxil iary to courses offered in these crops in other departments. control seeds, F or those who expect to teach bot any a special teacher's course will be given which will take up the question as to what should be the content of a in a secondary or course of botany ap normal proach, labora tory, source of material, etc. school, the equipment of the method of the in plant physiology For the s t u d e n ts who wish to work along technical lines some changes are m a de in courses now t a u g ht and a new is added, course m a k i ng the possible subjects elections: Mycology, p l a nt pathology, methods in plant pathology, plant nu trition, plant physics, advanced plant physiology, technique, cytology of he redity. these '1 THE M. A. C. RECORD. 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, 191(5, at the post office at East Lansing, Michigan, under the Act of March 3, 1879. C. S. LANGDON, '11, Managing Editor. SUBSCRIPTION PRICE, $1 PER YEAR for by P. O. Money Order, Draft, or Personal Check. Subscriptions may be paid TUESDAY JANUARY 23, 1917. MORE WORK IN ENGLISH. the t h at system t r a i n i ng educational There is a general movement at M. A. C. towards greater recognition of the needs of students for more funda mental in English composi tion. "Whether or not t h is is a fault lower of is a It down we are not concerned. pleasure college the to know recognizes and is a t t e m p t i ng to meet the demands. To this end, the course in composition, which is required of in agriculture, forestry and freshmen t e r m s, and v e t e r i n a ry science, which has h i t h e r to been but two term, has been changed credits each to t h r ee credits a term. To accom plish this one h o ur is cut from chem istry in t he fall term, one from mathe term, and one matics from botany in t he spring term. The required work for the engineers is also increased, m a de possible by dropping some work in the course in elements of engineering. the w i n t er t h r ee in for this work, In this work a high s t a n d a rd is set up. This is shown by the number of students who did not pass the course last fall, five sections in all. Instead of holding these students until another fall thereby keeping them out of English for a whole year, repeating the English department these five sections this term—certainly a move m e nt towards greater efficiency. The the department depart ready ments these changes possible. co-operation of other in m a k i ng all is much pleased over term courses for first the is THE "J" HOP. * * * L a st week's issue of the Holcad, the s t u d e n t s' paper at M. A. C, came out strong in its editorial columns against the rigid formality and excessive cost of J u n i or Hops. Lest the retort be made, and with some justification, t h at fling—and we have h ad our day—our the sit have no business discussing uation, we will not a ir our views. It is interesting- to note here, however, t he opinion of one of the most promi n e nt students in college—a senior by fling." t he way, who has also "had his He s a y s: " T he " J" hop is supposed to It is really the be the most delightful function of the least, college course. the the biggest bore. Most of and fellows have never worn dress suits be fore and feel very conspicuous. Then t he affair becomes the latter p a rt of simply an endurance fellow can't get out of the occasion for a song now, either." test. A * * * ALFRED NOYES LECTURES TONIGHT. tonight Students and faculty will have the opportunity to h e ar Alfred Noyes, the celebrated English poet, in a the Armory. T h is is a r a re t r e at for M. A. C. peo ple. lecture on poetry in Noyes resident is 36 y e a rs old, a of southern England, a g r a d u a te of Oxford University. While in college he was a member of t he college crew. He first came to America in 1914. H is so popular lectures on poetry w e re t h at Princeton asked him to accept a visiting professorship, and he now comes to the United States every win ter. is so popular It is said t h at at Brown University he t h at at one time a basketball game failed as a d r a w i ng t he card when same lecture. W h en the m a n a g er of the game r an his eyes oyer t he vacant seats, he called off the event and went to join the crowd. it was scheduled at time as Noyes' PROFESSOR CARPENTER RESIGNS. (The following is clipped from a re Alumni t he Cornell issue of cent News.) Professor Rolla Clinton Carpenter of Sibley College has resigned and his resignation was accepted by the ad m i n i s t r a t i on committee of the trustees last Saturday. take effect at It will the end of t h is academic year. Pro fessor Carpenter will reach the age of sixty-five on J u ne 26, 1917, the day before Commencement. The commit tee instructed to apply to the Carnegie Foundation for a re t i r i ng allowance for Professor Carpen ter. the president in America. Orion, Mich., is Professor Carpen ter's native town. T he biographies of him and his two younger brothers fill the better p a rt of a page in Who's Who T he brothers a re Louis George Carpenter, irrigation en gineer, of Denver, a nd Judge William Leland Carpenter, president of t he De troit College of Law. They are all three graduates of the Michigan Agri cultural College. (R. C. Carpenter graduated in 1873; L. G., in 1879; W. L, in 1875.) After he took the bachelor's degree in 1873, Professor Carpenter went to the University of Michigan a nd be came a C. E. T h en he r e t u r n ed to his t a u g ht m a t h e m a t i cs alma m a t er and took and civil engineering till 1890. Mean the degree of M. M. E. t i me he in 1888. He has been a at Cornell member of since 1890. In 1906 the Michigan Agricul tural College made h im an honorary Doctor of Laws. the Sibley faculty T h r o u g h o ut his m a t u re life Profes sor Carpenter has had a large practice as consulting engineer. He has con structed n u m e r o us power stations for electric railways and has h ad active charge of m a ny engineering construc tions. In the building of many cement plants he has been consulted. High pressure fire systems, including those in New York, Brooklyn, and Balti more,, have been installed under his supervision. A year ago he served in a national scientific commission which was appointed at the president of the United States to in vestigate the problem of the slides at t he P a n a ma Canal. the request of KINGSLEY, 03, RETURNS FROM FRENCH BATTLEFIELDS. SERVED AS AMBULANCE DRIVER. to get a impression of '03, stopped off While en route to the States from t he Philippines, where he spent four years as superintendent of construc t he b u r e au of public works, tion for in H. Ray Kingsley, F r a n ce last September first h a nd t he war. While there he enlisted as ambulance driver in the American Hospital service. Kingsley is now in Kalamazoo. In the Detroit F r ee Press for J a n u a ry 14, trans he in the hospital porting men from trains the French war and battlefields in zone. tells of his experiences "There were from eight to ten m en in my squad, and we transported as many a as 200 wounded night," Mr. Kingsley said. soldiers "Of course most of the work is done at night, because the Germans will shoot at any moving object, and it was comparatively safe to work at night. We never knew when a shell would be exploded, nor where it might come. but F o r t u n a t e ly more t h an once as I drove along the road I would see a hole where some shell h ad exploded. Had I been there at t h at time, of course, I would have been t he victim. escaped injury, I "One of the biggest hospitals is the Invalides, established by Hotel des the Napoleonic wars. Napoleon after Seven thousand F r e n ch soldiers may be cared for in this hospital, and here many of t he government for bravery. Every week one or m o re this soldiers honor at this hospital. them are decorated by receives "Of course the most thrilling expe riences come from service in the war zone. Men a nd women worked side ambulance. the hospital by side on ambulances. According the English Girls drove several of hospital to Mr. Kingsley, the most terrible scenes of all are the burial services held for the men in the trenches. "Every man is given a military fu neral, and a priest is always in serv ice ready to pronounce the last rites," he said. "I stood on the battle field of Marne, where, after that terrible bat just tle, the soldiers were buried where they fell. And all over that battlefield little crosses, there were white for the French and English, and black for the Germans, bearing the number of the soldier, and the name when it was known. "On the aviation fields the scenes are entirely as pathetic, and often not even the soldier's number is left by which identify him," said Mr. to Kingsley. As relics of the battlefields, Mr. Kingsley brought back with him the nose of a German shell and a German helmet. Whether or not he will re turn to France to continue his war service he has not decided. last week It was reported that George E. Julian, alias "Carp," and the best fullback that ever graced an M. A. C. uniform, was in danger of having his right leg amputated as re sult of blood poisoning which set in from a football injury. Nothing more has been heard about his condition. He was in a hospital at Akron, Ohio. JUST A WORD. About that book of poems an nounced in the Record recently, "The Poets of the Future." The book, which is a compilation of the best poems written by stu dents in American Colleges the past year, is ready for distribu tion. M. A. C. people who have seen it are most enthusiastic about it, not alone because of the promi nence of M. A. C. poets, but be cause of its literary merit. William Stanley Braithwaite, in his beautiful introduction, says, "these singers reach for truth and beauty through a kind of murky realization of the uncelestial sub stance of the world they know. Here the heart and soul stand be fore the gateway. * * * A di rectness that has also a warm cur rent of emotion, is what strikes me as mainly characteristic of these poems. This book may well serve as the yearly Spring of Song." Order a copy of this book, through the Record, and you will have something at hand that will serve as an impetus for a renewal the freshness and vigor of of youth. In cloth, $1.10 postpaid; leather, $2.10 postpaid. THE M. A. C. RECORD. ENGINEERING SHOP NUMBER 1. this Engineering shop No. 1, shown above, is just east of the R. E. Olds Hall of Engineering, the end of which is shown on the right. The lower floor of shop, de voted to wood working, is well along towards completion. The benches and lathes are in place and students at work. Both engineers and agricul tural students will use the wood-work ing equipment, this being part of the program to bring the students in these courses together in a greater spirit of unity. temporarily At the present time the second floor several different houses kinds of work. One of the permanent features is the planning department, which has its offices here. This de partment was just organized last term and will work out a system of scien tific management for the shops. The west end of this floor will be used permanently by the girls as a wood working laboratory. The east end of the shop now houses mechanical en gineering drawing and some lecture and laboratory work in electricity. CHANGE IN GRADING SYSTEM PROPOSED. The committee on advanced credits at M. A. C, consisting of Professors Johnston, Plant, Clark, and Halligan have suggested a radical change in the present grading system. It is claimed that at present the students are not given a sufficient incentive to obtain more than a passing grade, essentially recognizing quantity of work rather than quality. After considering the question very carefully the committee believes that the defects can be overcome by adding the point system to the hour system as a basis for graduation, thus making it necessary for a student to have 240 points as well as 240 credits before graduating. This will necessitate the adoption of four passing grades. For the lowest grade a student would re ceive his credits but no points. For the next highest grade he would re ceive as many points as grades so that a student having average all through his course would have just enough points and credits. For the next highest grade he would receive two points for every credit, and for the highest, three points per credit. These excess points would be used to this balance any credits below the average, if necessary. According to this plan students re ceiving less than average grade for a term would automatically be placed on probation, and any student receiv ing fewer points than hours for two successive terms would be automatic ally dropped. There would be no con flunks. Grades below the ditions or point where credit could be obtained would count negative points. This plan was submitted to the fac ulty at the meeting last week and dis cussed at some length. It is believed that it will be adopted, perhaps with, some minor changes. BORDER SOJOURNER WRITES ON UNIVERSAL SERVICE. Sheffield, '12, one of M. A. C.'s rep resentatives to participate in the Mex ican border mobilization, in response to a request of the editor, writes as follows his idea of universal service as gained from six months' of soldier life. Ft. Wayne, Detroit, Mich. Dear Record: Well, we are back again, after six months' of more or less active service. As Rupert Hughes said in a recent 6 THE M. A. C. RECORD. the and t h an eastern issue of Colliers,' "we found the bor der asleep when we arrived, and it was still slumbering peacefully when It is a fact t h at the people we left." states of the n o r t h e rn t he were infinitely more excited over Mexican " s i t u a t i o n" inhabi t a n ts of the border states. The resi dents of the various military districts were glad to see the soldiers, of course. However, it was not so much a m a t t er of protection as profit for them. By t he time we left, any m an who had not developed some means of collect ing a portion of the soldiers' shekels, was looked upon by the community as being independently wealthy already, or else lacking in initiative. replied It is just as a private though, W h en all is said and done, they not many of the men are sorry the in went. to a m an F i r st Pennsylvania who hailed him as the regiment was through Philadelphia upon i n a r c h i ng "Well, Jim, are you i ts r e t u rn home. "Yes, but I'm d— glad to be h o m e ?" glad I didn't stay at home." It h as been a great experience for all of us, and made men out of lots of the young fellows. Military service will, it has been said, m a ke a m an or a bum out of anyone, and so far as I have ob t h at served, I they joined way before c a n n ot see how military service, prop erly officered and conducted, can fail to be a good t h i ng for any young fel low. And t h at brings me to the sub ject you wanted enlightment on, the compulsory military t r a i n i ng bill. the b u ms were headed the army. Talk to any man, officer or private, who has j u st been through a tour of border duty, and had a chance to ob serve the regular army and the Guard at close range, and he will tell you, compulsory without hesitation, service is the only thing, and t h at it is bound to come before long, possibly w i t h in the year. t h at T h e re a re any number of a r g u m e n ts for and against forced military serv ice, but you will find most of the opin ions against such a measure advanced by a class whose stomachs are where t h e ir h e a r ts ought to be, and who are terrified at the mere thought of_ hav ing to serve in an army. They have t he support* of those who are so busy a m a s s i ng wealth and devising new w a ys to spend it, t h at they never give t h o u g ht about what would happen a to in case of a serious t h at wealth w a r. I'll try this t r a i n i ng Lest you t h i nk to give a few of is a pure sob- the letter, there m u st be universal reasons why is to m i l i t a ry m a i n t a in present s t a t us a m o ng world powers. Let argu m e n ts of preparedness advocates be considered as already stated. We beg to add the following land its this like a n y t h i ng if The people of have this been lulled to a beautiful slumber by beautiful orations on our magnitude a nd power. "We can raise an a r my of a million over night," says the Grape r e m a r k s: country it fact took t h at while Sure! But he didn't Juice booster. say a million fighting men, good equipped to do their work. Not m a ny of our orators have dwelt upon the un pleasant there were less t h an 200,000 soldiers on t he bor four der this summer, and five months after there to obtain some vitally necessary equip there ment, and after we h ad been to s t a rt six m o n t hs and were ready home, we still things. some lacked Sure, we can raise an army of a mil lion over night, but how m a ny sol diers would t h at a r m y? And what good would those soldiers be without tools to work w i t h? them they got there be in We have always heard a lot about our regular army. The army, w h at there is of it, deserves a lot of credit, but its good work doesn't m a ke up for In practic what it lacks in numbers. ally every regiment of infantry in the army, t h e re are sixty or seventy m en to a company, where the tables of or ganization call for one hundred. Many companies have fifty, but less we're giving them the best of the argu ment. Congress has authorized an in crease, and recruiting officers have la bored long and tirelessly to obtain the men. But you can't get blood p ut of a for turnip, and you can't get m en the army at fifty cents a day, when pa triotism is measured by dollars and cents as it is with us today. t h an Some say, "Pay it attractive." At the soldier enough the pres to make labor, ent rate of pay for commercial last our Treasury department would about a month. Even now, our sol diers receive from four to eight times as much as those of other armies. t r a i n i ng The answer is, simply, to provide a means of military in which some every male citizen can secure military knowledge without having to leave his work, and have the knowl edge of the practical field sort, which time of will be of the stress. All in force will not that hope that be needed, but ample preparedness road to future real value the army this military they also believe is the surest in a is a unit peace. The National Guard organizations of the various states form the most log this ical basis upon which to develop great citizen army, for from it would have to come most of the thousands of officers which would be needed. The to Guard's present status might have the be altered considerably certainly requirements, but new ought not to be railroaded out of ex istence, a stunt some of its loving ene mies have tried to accomplish at the present session of Congress. to meet it To summarize, then, we need univer sal military service because we need an army, and what is not offered freely, the state m u st compel. The handwrit ing is on the wall, and only the blind can fail to read. " S H E F F ," NEWS AND COMMENT the in The " J" hop will be held Masonic Temple, Lansing, again this year. Two orchestras will be used, Finzels' and Fishers', and there will be some Hawaiian specialties. J. C. France, '11, talked at the meet ing of the Hort. Club last week on the farm labor problem. The meeting was •very largely attended and tne annual horticultural show, which will be held this week F r i d ay and Saturday, was shown to be well under way. FOUR M. A. C. M EN ON FLORIDA P L A NT BOARD. There are now four M. A. C. men on the State P l a nt Board of Florida. Joy Heck, the citrus eradication work in South Flor ida. A. C. Mason, '13, is assistant en tomologist, and U. C. Zeluff, '14, and C. B. Maloney, '15, are inspectors for the P l a nt Board. in charge of '95, is COLLEGE A N N U AL BOARD B U S Y. t he W i th the opening of the winter term t he general student body became fully junior the activity of aware of board t h at has for its task the m a k i ng of the 1917 Wolverine, the "best ever." Each student was asked to pledge to paying some down, buy a Wolverine, a and, as an inducement, promised in book with his n a me on t he cover gold letters. This is only one of the many schemes of to make good. the board KNOWLES, '15, INSTRUCTOR IN POULTRY. of head After much solicitation on the p a rt of Professor Burgess, the Poultry department, Bernard Aloysius raiser Knowles, a successful poultry at Azalia, Mich., has been induced to in instructor accept poultry to begin February 3, Knowles received his degree at M. A. C. in the place of W. H. 1915. He Tully, who resigned to go into busi ness. the position of takes CONTAGIOUS DISEASES. The College is especially fortunate at this time of year when certain con tagious diseases are so prevalent in the state, and consid other p a r ts of ering the facilities at M. A. C. to handle a real epidemic, to have so lit tle difficulty along this the authorities are tapping on wood. At the present time there is one case of '18, M. A. scarlet fever, R. S. Clark, C.'s prize poet, being the victim, and a case or two of mumps. line—but U SE OF SOY BEAN FLOUR. Lieut. 31st Mich. Inf. One of the unique features of the THE M. A C. RECORD. 7 meetings of the Michigan E x p e r i m e nt Association last week was the demon s t r a t i on by Miss Mary Edmonds, pro fessor of home economics, of the use flour. She not only gave of soy bean an interesting lecture on its uses but to the farmers some bis passed out flour. All pro cuits made from It nounced is said t h at pastry m a de from t h is flour is especially good for patients with diabetes, since little s t a r c n. the them most delicious. it contains very MARSHALL'S MICROBIOLOGY IMPROVED. is much improved. One of The new edition of Prof. C. E. Mar revised, shall's Microbiology enlarged, and the new features is a division dealing with "Microbial Diseases of Insects," writ ten by Zae Northrop, '06, assistant professor of bacteriology at M. A. C, who h as done considerable original re search along line. Other M. A. C. contributors are S. F. E d w a r d s, '99, proprietor of the E d w a r d s' Labo ratories, Lansing, and Dr. R a hn and Professor Sackett, who were formerly connected with the department. this for $196, investment. champion. Her record production on is 28 bushels, which were an acres this n e t t i ng h er 700 sold per cent on her It cost 8 4^ cents a bushel to raise her crop. Floyd W. Bergey of Caledonia was named corn champion. He secured a yield of 104.25 bushels of shelled corn on his acre. it It cost him $32.57, leaving h im a profit of $87.52. to grow A L U M NI GATHERING NEAR F L I N T. During the holiday vacation the fol lowing people met at the farm home of Mr. and Mrs. J. B. Myers for a '14a, social evening: C. F. Thomas, and wife; Dr. M. B. Kurtz, '14v, and wife; O. G. Anderson, '11a, and wife (formerly Miss Grace Dickinson, with '13); and Z. W. Storrs, the class of J. B. Myers was with '14a, and wife. the class of '12e. These people are all living on farms of the exception of Mr. and F l i nt with Mrs. Storrs, who are at present lo cated at I r on Mountain, Mich. A most remi evening was enjoyable niscences of old M. A. C. being in dulged vicinity freely. spent, the in in AN APPRECIATION. Dear E d i t o r: to us of Word has come t he very sudden death on December 9, at his home 594 N. P a rk Ave., Pomona, Cali fornia, of Mr. H. P. Piper, father of William E. Piper '07, of San Diego, Calif., and Philip H. Piper ( e ), class '10, of Detroit, Mich. ( e ), class While at E a st L a n s i ng their home was on Abbot Ave., and it will be re membered with pleasure by m a ny who were fortunate enough to be a m o ng their m a ny friends. Mr. Piper was one of the most loved men I have ever met. His widow r e m a i ns at present at the old Pomona home. A N NA M. ANGELL, Alma, Mich. A L U M NI VISITORS THE P A ST W E E K. Ivan E. F. I. Lankey, '16, Bay City; C. H. '11, Cheboygan; Gale Gilbert, '07, '84, '08, Knopf, '12, Ousted; Parsons, Grand Blanc; Colon C. Lillie, Coopersville; O. W. Stephenson, Ann Arbor; L. R. Queal, burg; A. Mac Vittie, Alfred Henrickson, '11, Ham '11, Bay City; '11, Shelby; E. Owosso A L U M NI K E EP STIRRING. SPLIT ROCK PICTURE STARTS MUSE. their J u st now Owosso Fletcher A. Gould, '07e, city engi neer for Owosso, and Wm. A. McDon ald, 13f, with the Connor Ice Cream Co., have some time to devote to com m u n i ty affairs outside regular duties. is s t a r t i ng technical and t r a i n i ng n i g ht school a for its citizens. Gould is president and McDonald will give lectures on wood technology. These sons of M. A. C. are also p r i me movers in t he establish the city m e nt of an athletic club for the which shall b r i ng under one head several athletic activities. M. A. C. WORK PRESENTED AT N EW YORK MEETINGS. At the meeting of the Botanical So ciety of America in New York City, December 30, Dr. Coons, plant pathol ogist at M. A. C, read several scien two by tific papers by M. A. C. men; to himself, "The Relation of W e a t h er the Late Blight of Po Epidemics of tatoes," and "A P h o ma Disease of C e l e r y ;" one by J. H. Muncie, "A New Leaf Spot Disease of Cultivated Ger a n i u m ;" one by I. J. Krakover, '15, "A Disease of Red Clover Caused by Macrosporium S a r c i n a e f o r m e ;" one by Ray Nelson, of '16, "A Field Rot Watermelon Caused by P y t h i u m ." STATE CORN AND BEAN C H A M P I O NS NAMED. The boys' a nd girls' d e p a r t m e nt of the the Extension division named champion corn and bean growers last week. The latter is Dorothy Pawloski of Harbor Beach, a sister of last year's No doubt m a ny others t h an the ones we heard from were led to reminisce by the picture of the split rock which we ran upon the cover of .the Record in December. H e r b e rt W. Collingwood, '83, editor of the Rural New-Yorker, w r i t e s: "I remember this old rock very well. It was a familiar and s t r i k i ng t h i ng to us, when over 30 years ago we t r a m p ed up and down the road from Lansing. T h at was long before anyone thought of such a t h i ng as a trolley car. I am s u re t h at many of us who were obliged to dig our way through college got m a ny a sermon or lesson out of t h at old rock." With Byron D. Halsted, '71, retired professor of botany at R u t g e rs College, New Brunswick, New Jersey, the musings took the form of poetry: Fifty years have passed since first my eyes, In the rocky cleft, beside the youthful Beheld t he cherry sapling. A moment's effort Might have wrenched the treelet from its strange abode road, it a yielding cane to help me And made from On my way. Year after year with wonder Thousands have noted t he widening of the cleft And the living wedge t h at pried the p a r ts asunder. Its own unfitness has been its preservation Through struggles, all u n d a u n t ed it was e a r n i ng T he r i g ht to stand—a memorial On the highway to the home of h u m an learning. Now its stalwart branches bear their yearly Of fruit for singing birds and more t h an welcome shade F or the weary s t u d e nt who rests beside the rock Reflecting upon the way e a r t h 's topography l a n d m a rk is made. load W a r m ed by the s u m m e r 's sun; chilled by snow a nd ice T he rock and plant t h us rocked in firm embrace Has been a worthy teacher in a c h a r m i ng way Begetting thoughts t h at the whole creation trace. More t h an plant has been the imprisoned cherry More t h an mineral composed t he splitting boulder. The m i nd r u ns back upon the misty road of time, And t h en on a g a in to things t h at a re still older. The sermon is in the cleft a nd t he wayside shadow As well as in the stone itself. How supremely g r a nd The silent forces t h at never j ar our senses! How potent, patient, persuasive is the Unseen H a n d! tree; 8 E. Beatty, '16, Detroit; Geo. H. Wooley, '12, A nn Arbor; E. 0. Elmer, '03, Devereaux; C. B. Taylor, '04, Ox ford; J o hn Strange, '02, Grand Ledge; H. B. Vasold, '14, Freeland; E. P. Rob inson, '07, Saginaw; Mr. and Mrs. R. W. Sleight, '15, Laingsburg; C. H. Chilson, '12, Detroit; W. J. Baker, '15, Midland; L. A. Lilly, 77, Grand Rap ids; K. S. Clark, '14, Wacousta; C. H. Dickinson, '12, Detroit. AUCTION SALES DRAW MANY. BIDDERS. one. A The auction sales of 34 p u re bred draft horses a n d , 53 s h o r t h o rn cattle, held in t he Agricultural pavilion last Friday, were carried out to the great satisfaction of every large n u m b er of breeders were attracted and the prices obtained and the sincere interest t a k en m a k es it almost certain t h at the sales will become a n n u al af fairs. This is w h at I. R. Waterbury, who addressed the sale in behalf of t he State Board of Agriculture, hoped would come out of it. in recent Thirty-four horses were sold for a total of $9,790, an average of about $288 per head. One team b r o u g ht $1,- 245, a high price for sales, in the Mid years. T he 53 dle West s h o r t h o r ns sale t he b r o u g ht a total of $10,759, giving an average of $203 a head. A bull which sold at $500 headed list. One heifer, under a year of age, brought $375. consigned the to SHORT COURSES ENROLL 130. The eight weeks' short-course, which started J a n u a ry 8, h as a total enroll m e nt of 169, divided as follows: 108 25 17 10 9 General Agriculture Dairying F r u it Growing Housekeepers Poultry . last year, when This is quite a falling off, compared w i th the total w as 217, but is in line with what Avas ex pected after the falling off in attend ance upon the 16 weeks' course. This decrease is explained by a variety of things, chief of which m ay be men tioned lack of advertising by the Col lege on account of financial condition, opportunities for high wages in cities, a nd poor farming conditions t he past year. T h at the advertising feature is p r o m i n e nt seems to be borne out by the fact t h at the second year of both the eight a nd sixteen weeks' courses hold up well, 'showing t h at those who know of the opportunities will avail themselves of them. SOCIAL F U N C T I O N S. Organizations at scheduled parties for the winter as follows: the College have term J a n. 27—Electic, Electic House. J a n. 27—Hesperian, Ag. Bldg. Feb. 2—Forestry Club, Ag. Bldg. THE M. A. C. RECORD. Feb. 9—"J" Hop, Masonic Temple, Feb. 10—Hermian, Ag. Bldg. Feb. 16—Union Lit., Ag. Bldg. Feb. 17—Sesame, Armory. Feb. 17—Columbian, Masonic Tern. Feb. 21—Aurorean, Ag. Bldg. Feb. 21—Varsity, Armory. Feb. 23—Eunomian, Ag. Bldg. Feb. 24—Delphic, Ag. Bldg. Feb. 24—Sororian, Armory. March 2—Military, Armory. March 3—Trimoria, Ag. Bldg. March 9—Ionian, Ag. Bldg. March 10—Senior, Armory. March 10—Aethenaeum, Ag. Bldg. March 16—Dorian, Ag. Bldg. March 17—Themian, Armory. March 17—Ero Alphian, Ag. Bldg. March 24—Foresnic, Ag. Bldg. March 24—Feronian, Armory. ATHLETIC BOARD MEETING. At a meeting of t he board in con trol of athletics a week ago Monday, J o hn Morrissey was chosen baseball coach for the 1917 season at a salary of $750. Coach Gauthier spoke of h is t e r m s. last year in the highest work Morrissey will commence drilling t he battery boys in the Agricultural pa vilion some time in F e b r u a r y. t h e ir work, it was decided Among other important things t a k en up, t h at a committee of three from the board be appointed, including the athletic director, a mem ber of the faculty, and an alumnus, to see t h at a closer tab be kept on t he scholastic standing of athletes, and recommend that, if athletes get behind they drop out until in their work is caught up. It is hoped by this method to prevent such whole sale dismissal of athletes from college J a c ks as was necessary last term. and Al Brown were those among t h at the lat dropped. ter may r e t u rn for work in the Sum mer session but it is doubtful if he will be able to play football next fall. Several others, prominent in athletics, were p ut on probation. It is possible MICHIGAN EXPERIMENT ASSOCIATION REORGANIZED. A strong interest in pedigreed seeds was shown at the meeting of t he Mich held igan E x p e r i m e nt Association early last week at M. A. C. A reor ganization of the farmers under t he Michigan Crop Improvement Associa tion was consummated as one of t he chief the items of business. Under new form there is an increase in t he membership dues for local groups a nd a cutting down of the a m o u nt of seed furnished. The changes made will work for greater usefulness a nd effi ciency for the association in the pro for Michigan. crops gram of better This organization is really the medium for the extension work done in farm crops. 1. E. Parsons, '07, of Grand Blanc, president of the old organization, w as made president of the new. Other of a r e: ficers F r ed Cornair, Chesaning, vice president; J. W. Nicolson, '15, M. A. C, secretary; C. Hunsberger of Grand Rapids, D. E. T u r n er of Hills dale, and Professor Shoesmith of M. A. C, executive committee; F. A. Spragg of M. A. C, plant breeder. BASKETBALL. M. A. C, 41, W. VA. WESLEYAN 22. W i th a team composed at t he s t a rt entirely of seniors M. A. C. defeated in t he Col West Virginia Wesleyan lege Armory F r i d ay evening, J a n u a ry 12, to the tune of 41 to 22. Dave Pep- pard, playing center, made a total of 31 points. He got 14 baskets from the field and three fouls. The other seniors were Vevia, Sheffield, F r i m o- dig, a nd Captain McClellan. The fol lowing M. A. C. m en were used as sub s t i t u t e s: Davis, Archer, - Murray, Wood, Miller, and Rigby. Stephenson of Michigan refereed. M. A. C. 34, HOPE 20. The Hope College quintet made t he M. A. C. five go the limit in t he game last F r i d ay night. Once they were in the lead a nd threatened again, b ut in the last few minutes of play M. A. C. pulled away by m e a ns of the Pep- pard-Murray t he game ended 34-20. Murray a nd Pep- pard each got five baskets, Vevia two,, forward and F r i m o d ig two. Dalman, for Hope, was the chief cog in the Hollanders' scoring machine. Hope fouled eight times, M. A. C, ten. Pep- pard fouls, Dalman, six. threw six from combination, and M. A. C. 47, ALMA 7. Alma failed to score a single field basket, and M. A. C. used every mem ber of the varsity, reserve, and scrub basketball teams in t he game at E a st Lansing Saturday afternoon. The .final score was 47-7, Alma getting her points from a nd Archer at g u a rd showed up well as substitutes. Peppard threw eight bas kets, Archer, four; Sheffield, Frimodig t h r e e; Miller, one. and Vevia each Rowe of Michigan refereed. fouls. Wood center at Tool House in the Wild Garden. CORRESPONDENCE. AN APPRECIATION. President Kedzie: I take pleasure in communicating to you the information that at a joint meeting of the Michigan Association of Co-operative Creameries, the Mich igan Creamery Owners and Managers' Association, and the Michigan Butter Bakers' Association held at the Went- worth Hotel in Lansing on the evening of December 1, the Michigan Agricul tural College, and particularly the Dairy department of which Professor A. C. Anderson is chief, was accorded a unanimous rising vote of thanks for the dairy the opportunity afforded through manufacturers the excellent short course designed for experienced butter makers, creamery owners and man agers. in Michigan special week's Yours very truly, H. D. WENDT, Chairman, Joint Session. A CORRECTION. In a recent issue of the Record Dr. Beal told of the positions now filled by some M. A. C. men. He was in error in one statement. Mr. Clarence B. Smith, '94, is chief of the Office of Extension "Work for the North and West and L. A. Clinton, '89, is assist ant chief of the same office. There is no separate division or office for the work of the Eastern States, but they are included in the general division of work for North and West. This office of extension work is a part of the States' Relation Service of the U. S. Department of Agriculture of which Dr. A. C. True is director. L. A. CLINTON. Waterloo, Iowa. Dear Langdon: The first and most important fact of this letter is the inclosure of a check for one cart-wheel long past due. I am pleased that you, as editor, can sense the desire of one alumnus at least, and that is the pleasure of reading the Record regardless of an unpaid subscription. As for news of my classmates or of any alumni I have little outside of meeting Dwight Curtiss in Des Moines about a month ago for the first time since both of us came to the state over two years ago. Our headquarters is Ames; Dwight is a member of the state highway commission, and I am a member of the teaching force of the college. I was interested in the allusion to Brewer by "Lindy," and to him must be credited a great deal of M. A. C.'s athletic fame. It is my hope that the new athletic coach may be a man of the finest and best athletic ideals, such as those embodied in Brewer. How ever, my ultimate hope is that physi cal development of the student body THE M. A. C. RECORD. will supplant intensified athletic de velopment of a few. This hope must abide by time for its realization, but it must come, and this by the way, is not casting any reflection upon pres ent-day athletics as developed and de manded by the American student. This statement is simply a concurrence and approval of Lyman Carrier's letters. Yours very truly, O. H. JOHNSON, '11. training * * * you are certainly dead right in regard to physical training for the whole student body and not so much the few selected individuals of teams. Throughout the West all the colleges taking up the and universities are physical idea with great promptness and thoroughness. 0. A. C. requires all students, I believe, to take some" physical work. Here the same thing applies, but, while our fa cilities are bad at present, we hope for the new combined armory and gym to make possible a complete solution of the problem. I am a most enthusiastic advocate of physical and, of course, military training, and believe that the day will come soon when the two will be com bined in a great movement to the bet ter development of the American youth physically, mentally, morally, and patriotically. At this place there is a doctor in charge of the physical training who does not have charge of the athletic teams and all students get a certain amount of physical training Under his direction, as well as a course in hygiene, sanitation, etc. Dr. Hall is now giving his men hygiene from army textbooks, combined with sani tation from the same source. He is about to take up the physical train ing textbook as used at West Point and teach his classes therefrom ac cordingly, and of course there is no better work published than that, at least a great many think so, for it is the result of years of study under the most favorable circumstances in the development physically of the young man. If the colleges of this country would put into force a loyally sup ported combined course of military and physical training a partial solu tion of the military problem of the country would result. I am expecting to see a REAL phy sical training course scheduled at M. A. C. with the completion of the gym, and let us hope that by that time The Officers' Reserve Training Corps, now established in certain of the Colleges, will, combined with Universal Mili tary Training, place the safety of the country in such a state that we can go about our occupations without fear destruction. Whatever of national physical training does for the body, military will do the same with added development of mental faculties and a discipline of mind and body so badly needed by the American youth. W. D. FEX\ZER, '09, U. of W., Seattle. 9 ALUMNI SHOULD GET BEHIND SOME WORTH-WHILE MOVEMENT. Editor Record: Your editorial of December 12th, "Our College Spirit," was read with considerable I might say interest. that it is some challenge. Regarding the comparative loyalty of Harvard and Yale men and the grads of M. A. C. a few things might well be pointed out. In the first place a large proportion of Harvard and Yale men are found in the large cities of the east. This concentration of alumni is a powerful factor of university spirit. Moreover, a goodly percentage of these men are assured of wealth and position before they enter college; their life courses are pretty well marked out. All this tends toward a centralization of uni versity spirit. Compare with this the diversity of location and pursuits of the M. A. C. graduates. The two principal centers of these are Detroit and Lansing. The majority of the Detroit graduates are occupied in pursuits not associated di rectly with the curriculum of the col lege and their active interest with their Alma Mater can only be kept alive by some movement of common interest. Notwithstanding all this I believe the M. A. C. spirit is fully as deep as that of any other institution in the country, although it may not be mani fested in as spectacular a manner. Witness the gathering of the M. A. C. clans at the U. of M. game. Consider the gatherings at the various associa tions. While the M. A. C. spirit may have lain dormant in the past, it is awakening with a vengeance. I believe this spirit could be brought out more clearly if the alumni could be enlisted in some movement worth while. As soon as the officers of the M. A. C. Association consider the time is ripe, a thorough canvass should be made among the alumni to raise a me morial of the graduates. This could be the home of the association or any thing else which might be deemed nec essary at the time. By distributing pledge cards the amount to be contrib uted could be spread over a longer time and enough money to build a real edifice. I believe in this way the issue could be put squarely up to the alumni of this college and that they would respond liberally. By ask ing them to pledge either by class or locality considerable competition could be started. raised Concerning the achievements of the early alumni of M. A. C. no one is more proud of them than are the re cent graduates. The latter, however, have not yet met their opportunity. I am expecting great things of certain young men. In the matter of sending athletes to M. A. C. some of the grads are already on the lookout for promising materials 10 THE M. A. C. RECORD. not should solicitation Their end here, h ut should include good m en of all kinds, not merely athletes. Here's hoping for further ing of t he M. A. C. S P I R I T. Yours very truly, awaken R A L PH I. CORYELL, '14. '1912 NEEDS BOOSTING FOR RE UNION." HOW TO DO IT, BY KIRBY received a The Record h as letter from Kirby, class secretary for 1912, in Avhich he clears up some of the 'misappropriation of funds' which he t h i n ks in "Dad" Barrows' bit of jingle in a recent Record. He the also way for a successful class reunion in June. The following a re e x t r a c t s: takes occasion to point out is alleged reunion. I was elected '"The class h ad 23 representatives at t he first to get o ut a directory of the class. T he receipts were as follows: 23 at re union at 25 cents—$5.75; 38 more re sponding total of to cards—$9.50, a $15.25. The disbursements for postals a nd p r i n t i ng the class now has $12.00 in t he treasury, a use for which I will suggest. totaled $3.25, and at and t h at directory concluded "Unfortunately only 61 members of the class responded to the cards and this made it impossible for me to get out a satisfactory t h at time. Later I learned of the alumni ours directory would simply be a duplication of the work of the college. * * * All of the '12 m en I saw favored holding the $12.00 until our next reunion in 1917. is my opinion '12 should " It this a big event in every way m a ke and I suggest t h at we t u rn over the $12.00, plus the interest at 3 per cent, to t he Record editor for as much pub licity as he will give us in booming this J u n e. Perhaps we our reunion this a r r a n g e m e nt some can make spring to have a 1912 Record well filled with items concerning our class. * * * As the 1912 members know we cannot afford to go ahead publish ing a paper as "Dad" has suggested my duty on 61 responses at 25 t h at cents each. to use q u a r t er idea how letters, either "I will appreciate to myself or through the Record, to give me a better this money in furthering the best interests of the class. As friend "Dad" may be worrying about his I will state t h at the cash is in the bank, and if the bank fails I have a herd con two pedigreed sisting of two cattle, Airedales, and some hens which lay in winter, which I will sacrifice to pay t he bill. B ut leaving all joking aside the class needs some boosting for this coming J u ne and I can see no better way t h an to co-operate with the Rec ord and try and get all members back for a big jollification." A LU'MNI NOTES Northwestern Teachers' Agency '74. L a r g e st t h at the Record M. T. Rainier, who is a Presbyte r i an pastor, moved from Talmage, Kansas, to South Dakota last fall. He wrote the new ad dress was Beverlie. The Record soon learned t h at there was no such place Through his as in former address we he t h at lived at Belvidere, S. D., and, after getting in touch with h im again, he the s t a te had gone dry said, t h at as thought he since he would make no more mistakes. first wrote, he the state. learned t h at '86. William K. Clute of Grand Rapids, formerly assistant prosecuting attor com ney in Kent county, has pleted an analysis of a nd comment on the problems of m o d e rn city c h a r t e r s. in book The work will be published form and will be of especial use to lawyers and others interested in com mission forms of government. j u st 'S8. j u st received The Record has the annual report of the Bureau of P l a nt Industry, U. S. Department of Agri culture. The writer is the chief of the bureau, Wm, A. Taylor, who describes the wide range of activi as follows ties which come under his jurisdic "These have chiefly to do With tion: crop production and utilization, in cluding the improvement of plants by breeding and cultural methods, the in vestigation and development of meth ods of control of destructive diseases of plants, the ac climatization of crops from other p a r ts of the world, t he determination of crop relationships, both argonomic and eco nomic, and the meeting of agricultural emergencies as they arise from time to time in widely separated regions of the country." introduction and '90. Lewis W. Spaulding is given in the at be and Iron last alumni directory Lewiston, Montana. Leicistoicn. manager Works. living as It should is owner Here he the Lewistown of is doing special Albert L. Waters, who is a consult ing mining engineer residing at 146 So. Van Ness Ave., Los Angeles, Cali fornia, report work for the Universal Mines Co. J u st now he is at Globe, Arizona. Mr. W a t e rs lost his son, Albert L., Jr., age 13 years, from pneumonia on December 16. The boy had a powerful mind and was destined for M. A. C. in 1920. H is remaining child, Alice, aged 16, may come here in 1918. '93. Chas. G. Percival, '89-'91, is now edi tor of the New York Globe, New York at 1986 Broadway. City, with office Percival at Tufts College and at H a r v a r d, a nd in studied medicine has in t he W e s t — F or W e st O n ly a nd A l a s k a. t he E n t i re - - - HOME OFFICE HELENA, MONT. MONTANA OFFICE P r o g r e s s i v e — A g g r e s s i v e — Y o ur B e st M e d i um to S e c u re a W e s t e rn P o s i t i o n. W r i te immediately for free circular. BOISE, IDAHO - - HOTEL HEADQUARTERS FOR M. A. C. PEOPLE H O T EL S T A T L ER D e t r o it r o o m s — 1 , 0 00 1,000 b a t h s. 400 r o o ms ( w i th s h o w er b a t h) at $1.50 a nd $2 a d a y. 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RECORD. 11 — 1902 graduated from the College of Physicians and Surgeons in New York City. In 1910-12 he took an automo bile trip around the world. '95. A change of address was recently requested for W. W. Smith, '91-'94, from Los Angeles to 50 Broad St., New York City. '00. Bertha Malone is at the University of California taking graduate work in German. Her address is 2239 Marin Ave., Berkeley. '03. W. M. Barrows, a, assistant profes sor of Zoology at Ohio State Univer sity, is using his sabbatical leave for graduate study in genetics at Harvard University. "Ordinarily I do not care to appear in print, but just to let "Hod" Nor ton know that he has not gotten the start of me any, you might mention that Mary Elizabeth Foster was born Oct. 5, 1916," F. O. Foster, manager Walker-Gordon Department, Detroit Creamery Company. '04. Two splendid horticulture bulletins have just been issued at Purdue Uni versity under the direction of C. G. Woodbury, who is head of the depart Indiana Farm "The ment. One is Orchard, Operating Costs and Meth ods," and "Commercial the other, Onion Growing." '05. in H. Foley Tuttle, a, is working soil physics at the University of Illi nois. His address is 812 W. Spring field, Urbana. »08. J. W. Wilber, a, is drug-farming at Glen Allen, Va. M. R. Allen, a, is superintendent of a sugar factory at Saginaw, living at 814 State St. Oie W. Stephenson, e, (M. A., U. of Chicago, 1915) is instructor in his the University of Michigan tory at this year. Incidentally Oie has ref- ereed two basketball games at M. A. C. this term and his decisions have been most acceptable to every one con cerned. '09. "Prexy" Fairbanks, e, is instructor in mathematics in the Lane Technical School of Chicago, still living, how ever, at Des Plaines, 111. '11. C. A. Hamilton, "Short," who is su perintendent of distribution of heating department for the Consumers Power Co., asks that his Record be sent to Saginaw for the present. J. W. Knecht, e, is still assistant en gineer with the Grand Rapids Railway company, in which position he has charge of all the construction work for that company—this in spite of ru mors current last fall which were to the effect that he had taken a position as inspector of materials in the navy yards at Washington. He did pass the civil service examination for this po sition and was offered an appointment, but a trip to Washington convinced him that he should stick to his work in Grand Rapids. The editor was recently much pleased to get a letter from Sandakan, British North Borneo, expecting that the contents would disclose an inter esting message from D. D. Wood, who is in forestry work the British government there. But, to prove that the editor is not alone a "mere mer cenary critter," the letter only con renewal. Well, for tained a check we're glad to know you are alive "Divie," but what about your life there on the underside of the world? for '12. Earl W. DeGraff, a, is milk inspector for the Detroit Board of Health, now working at Howell, Mich. J. J. Harris, e, is assistant super intendent of construction for the Ache- son Graphite Co., Buffalo, N. Y. His residence is 97 Henrietta Ave. Geo. W. Massnick, ex '13, of Bay City, has recently been appointed to take charge of the sales end of the ready-cut house business of the Lewis Manufacturing Company, that city. This firm is doing an enormous busi ness and Massnick's position is an en viable one. '13. Franklin B. Burns, ex '13e, is do ing a general insurance business at 710 Corn Exchange Bank Bldg., Chi cago. Burns the course in business administration at the University of Illinois in 1914. graduated from In Phytopathology for December, 1916, J. A. McClintock, pathologist at the Virginia Truck Experiment Sta tion, Norfolk, Va., has an article on "Sclerotinia Snap Beans;" also in Science for December 1, 1916, he has another article in which he discusses the question, "Is Cucum ber Mosaic Carried by Seed?" Libertiana On '14. P. C. Baker, e, is in mechanical en gineering work in Detroit, with resi dence at Addison Hotel, Apt. 218. is now in the valuation department of the Illi nois Central, living at 901 Gait Ave., Chicago. George Somerville, e, The Sunkist Courier, the organ of the California Fruit Growers' Ex change, which is edited by Don Fran cisco, comes to the M. A. C. Library. All who have seep it say that it-ranks well with Francisco's other successes in "putting things across." '15. W. S. Fox, e, is helping out in elec trical laboratory instruction at M. A. C. this term. R. R. Havens, e, is working in the Michigan Geological and Biological Survey, Lansing. Invitations • Programs Cards • Announcements Personal Stationery ENGRAVED OR PRINTED f][ Always a selection of the latest styles and the new est features conforming to correct social usage. <]f Orders sent in by mail receive our most careful attention. Robert Smith Printing Co. M i c h i g an L a n s i ng -:- -:- 12 THE M. A. C. RECORD. The Heart of Lansing 108-110 S. W a s h i n g t on A v e. ANNOUNCE T H E IR January Stock Clearing Sale T h is u n u s u al o p p o r t u n i ty of sav ing m o n ey on d e p e n d a b le m e r c h a n dise will be y o u rs d u r i ng t he e n t i re m o n th of JANUARY. Coats, Suits and Dresses At G r e a t ly R e d u c ed P r i c es SPECIAL PRICES on SILK a nd W O OL D R E S S ES 2 5 ^, D I S C O U NT on all C O A T S, b o th C L O TH a nd P L U SH SUITS AT ONE-HALF.PRICE AND LESS A ny v e l v et s u it up to $50.00 at s u i ts $20.00. B e a u t i f ul b r o a d c l o th n ow $12.50, $15.00 a nd $17.50. F i ne p o p l in a nd g a r b a d i ne suits at $10.00, $11.25 a nd $12.50. Sizes 14, 16, 18, 36,38. 40, 42, 44, 46. Colors, n a v y, black, b u r g u n d y, g r e e n, b r o wn a nd t a u p e. C H I L D R E N 'S C O A TS at 1 -4 L E SS R E G U L AR a^rS?!5rl5ri5c^r!5E5r!5Z5H5H5H5E5S5H5S^ M. R. Brundage, f, has been placed in charge of irrigation projects for the Chase plantation at Corona, Calif. C. B. Morton, e, is with the Grand Rapids & Indiana Railway, rooming at the Y. M. C. A., Grand Rapids. A. L. Finch, a, has asked that his Record be sent to Sidnaw, Mich., in stead of Arcadia. He is poultry man ager at Emblaagard Dairy. Samsom Liph, a, began duties No vember 1 as superintendent of Chi cago Jewish Educational Alliance at 1243 North Wood St., Chicago. This is considerable advance over his pre vious position, he writes. E: M. Young, e, was married last September to Miss Helen Higgins of Boston. He is still with the Sturte- vant Mill Co., "with all indications of a bright future." Mr. and Mrs. Young live at 888 Mass. Ave., Cambridge. George T. Hayes, a, has been given the territory of Southern California as representative of several standard hardware manufacturers. He will es tablish headquarters at Los Angeles, but will still continue to manage the fruit ranch at Monrovia. Perhaps other members of the class can profit from the methods used in floating a loan as outlined in a recent letter from M. R. Brundage, who is on a fruit ranch at Corona, California: "I arranged with some influential San Francisco and Eos Angeles bankers for the loan of one pesos, 20 years at 17 2-3 If the per cent compound interest. good times keep up and the frigidity does not ruin our lemons and oranges, I may be able to pay it back in the specified time." Though we're not "up" on the denomination in question, dire this looks to the editor straits. like '16. M. B. Melican, a, is teaching agri culture and science at Baraga, Mich. F. R. Bates, v, is doing milk inspec tion work for the Detroit Board of Health. G. R. Warren, a, is working in the packing house at the Chase Planta tion, Corona, Calif. C. P. Pressley, a, is with the John W. Ladd Co., in Detroit. His resi dence is 383 Military. is Win. Murphy, a, in soils in the one-week schools being conducted by the Extension division this winter. instructor F. I. Lankey, e, is now at Bay City where he is working with the Mich igan Central Railway. His address is 903 Florence. R. W. Peterson, a, commenced work January 1 with the Experiment Sta tion at M. A. C, his time to be de voted largely to seed production of vegetables. Since graduation he has been on the seed farm of George Starr, ex '96, at. Grass Lake. Hoover-Bond's cTWAKERS OF HAPPY HOMES NEW TUSSING BLDG. LANSING, MICHIGAN 25E5E52525E5E515Z525Z5E5252&