VOL. XXII. FEBRUARY 20, 1917. No. 19 "M. A. C. Cannot Live On Her Past— c What Will You Do For Her Future?" D ECOR D 1917 Commencement Set for June 20. Results of Boys' and Girls' Club Work. Detailed Program of Farmers' Week. PUBLISHED BY THE MICHIGAN AGRICULTURAL COLLEGE ASSOCIATION EAST LANSING,MICH. m^mimmmmm 2 THE M. A. C. RECORD. D I R E C T O RY LANSING BUSINESS AND PROFESSIONAL MEN names in this Directory, as well as those of all our other advertisers, are of re ^HE liable parties. We hope the faculty and students will patronize those who patronize us. A. M. EMERY 223 Washington 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. Corner Washington Ave. and Allegan St. IiOUIS BECK COMPANY 112 Washington Ave. N. Correct Clothes, Up-to-date H a ts and Caps, Classy Furnishings. J. E. STOFFER, D. D. S. Office 203-5 City National Bank Bldg. Automatic phone 2361 Bell phone 61 ALLEN «fc 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 F i t t i ng Glasses Has removed from 115 W. Allegan St. to 208 S. Washington Ave. (over Gateley's Jewelry Store). Citizens, 2724. A. G. BISHOP French Dry Cleaners, Dyers and Tailors 114-16 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 and Lamps 105 Washington Ave. S. PAGELSEN & SPENCER Patents, P a t e nt Law, Trademarks 1107-10 Chamber of Commerce Bldg., Detroit, Michigan E. N. Pagelsen, '89 L. M. Spencer, '06 Formerly Examiners U. S. P a t e nt Office. SILAS E. CHAMPE, Attorney at Law '06a, 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 salary, insured your If you haven't better see or write Goodell about a good proposition. Lansing Insurance Agency, Inc., 208-212 Capital National Bank Bldg. * . : , 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 Ms 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 W a s h i n g t on A v e. S., Bought his stock, and same will be on sale next week. We wish to close same out; also FIXTURES^ before we move. 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., East 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 "Watchmaker At "Variety Shop. Your barbers for "HANK" AND "FRANK" the Pool, Billiards, Cigars. In the new Dickson Building. last five years. WILDWOOD TEA ROOM Service a la carte. 318 Abbott Ave., E a st Lansing. Fountain Pens Waterman's, Mercantile, Parker's, Etc. $1 to $ 6, all g u a r a n t e ed College D r ug & Grocery Store Full Line ?f Everything. Agents for Star Laundry. Electric Supplies. LOFTUS Good Things to Eat EAST LANSING'S LEADING GROCER^ RECORD V O L. X X I I. E A ST L A N S I N G, M I C H I G A N, T U E S D A Y, F E B R U A RY 2 0, 1 9 1 7. N O. 19 PROGRAM OF FARMERS' WEEK, MARCH 5 TO 9. Illustrated address, . " F a rm Life and the Children, "Charles W. F a r r, Chi cago. Library," " R u r al Traveling Samuel H. Ranck, Grand Rapids. RESULT OF BOYS' AND GIRLS' CLUB WORK IN MICHIGAN FOR 1916. Monday, March 5, 2:00 p. m.—Room 402, Agricultural Building — "Newer Phases of Agricultural Production as Influenced by the Abnormal Season anji the Condition of t he Markets," V. "An E ar of Corn a nd M. Shoesmith. it," E. C. Martindale, How to Grow 4:00 p. m.—El- Wilkinson, illus theater, moving pictures mac t r a t i ng "Growing the Corn Crop," and "Poultry Husbandy." Indiana. Monday evening, Armory—Illustrat ed lecture, "To the S h i n i ng Mountain and t he Sunset Sea," Gilbert McClurg. Tuesday, 8:45 a. m., Room 201— Soils testing demonstration, Dr. M. M. McCool a nd assistants. 9:45, Room 402 -— " T he Management of Sandy Soils," Prof. A. R. Whitson, Univer sity of Wisconsin. "Better F a r m i ng by Better F a r m ," Prof. M. L. Fisher, P u r d ue university. 1:15 p. m.—"Field Results with Lime and Phosphoric Acid," Professor Whitson. "Alfalfa and How to Grow it," Mr. Martindale. "Growing a nd Using Soy Beans," Pro 4 p. m,—Dairy Build fessor Fisher. ing, Demonstration on "Using Soy Beans in t he H u m an Diet," Prof. Mary Edmonds. Wednesday, 8:45 a. m.—Studies in Dairy Type, Live Stock Pavilion. 9:45 Room, 402—"The Work of the State Dairy a nd Food Department," F r ed L. Woodworth. "Dairying in the Upper Peninsula," A. T. Roberts. 1:15 p. m. Armory — " T he Transformation in Michigan Dairying," F r ed M. W a r n e r. "How the Milk Producers of Michigan Organized," N. P. Hull. in Cost of Market Milk," Prof. A. C. An 4:00 p. m.—Special Dairy derson. Demonstration, Dairy building. 7:00 p. m., Armory—Music by Men's Glee Club. M. A. C. Dramatic Club will present the Minnesota play, "Back to t he F a r m ." "Studies stock demonstration, Thursday, 8:45 a. m.—Swine judg ing pavilion. 9:45—Feeding and R e a r i ng Swine," "Swine Management Mr. Martindale. During Critical Periods," Prof. J. G. Fuller, University of Wisconsin. 1:15 p. m., Armory—"Feeding and Devel oping Draft Colts," Professor Fuller. .4:00 p. m.—Horse j u d g i ng demonstra 7:30 p. m., Armory— tion, pavilion. Friday, 8:45 a. m.—Spraying dem 9:45—"The Management onstration. t he Orchard," Prof. S. A. Beach, of Iowa State. "Some Horticultural Com 1:15 parisons," Prof. H. J. Eustace. —"Co-operative Marketing F a rm of Products," Roland Morrill, Benton Harbor. from t he Growers' Standpoint," C. W. Waid. " T he Potato Question COLLEGE FACULTY ORGANIZES. A movement is now u n d er way to organize t he m en of t he teaching staff at M. A. C. into an association which will promote wider acquaintanceship and m a ke for greater democracy a nd greater efficiency. This, with the or teachers ganization which t he women complete already have, will provide organization of the teaching staff. Under t he present conditions there is no opportunity for m en teachers to meet in a social way, or exchange views, or learn of the definite policies of the institution. New teachers come in a nd do t h e ir work without feeling p a rt of a great u n it which is a i m i ng at a certain goal. The proposed or ganization would this. T he committee w o r k i ng out the details is made up as follows: L. C. Plant, chair m a n; G. H. Coons, C. W. Chapman, Don Heffley, and C. S. Langdon. remedy for The organization the women teachers, which h as already held two meetings is known as the Q Club. It meets in a social a nd educational way every three weeks. At each meeting some member of the staff presents a topic in which she is particularly in terested. At t he first meeting, which was held with Dean White as hostess, Mrs. Hendricks of the history depart m e nt talked on "The History of Aus t r i a ." At t he second meeting t he club was t he guest of Mrs. Landon, where Miss Rose Taylor presented the sub ject of " F u n g i ." This week T h u r s d ay the club is to meet with Miss Hollister, state seed analyst, a nd Miss N o r ma Gilchrist will be t he speaker. T he club is open not' only to t he present women teachers teachers b ut former now m a r r i ed and living in E a st Lan sing. The year of 1916 h as seen m a r k ed increase both in interest and enroll ments in t he Boys' and Girls' Clubs of Michigan. The following statement will show briefly t he extent of t h is type of work d u r i ng t he past y e a r: 1. N u m b er of Clubs, 394. 2. Total n u m b er of boys a nd girls enrolled, 5920. 3. Total n u m b er of boys and girls actually started, 3498. 4. Total number of boys a nd girls reported, 1984. 5. Total n u m b er of boys and girls completing requirements, 1570. reports even It should be understood t h at owing to weather conditions a nd other causes m a ny boys a nd girls did not t u rn in their they m ay have done nearly all t he work neces s a ry fin to finish. T he number of ished reports merely signifies t h at 1,- 570 boys a nd girls actually did all the required work, exhibited t h e ir pro ducts and t u r n ed in their reports. though The total income a nd t he n et profit m a de by t he boys a nd girls in t he dif ferent clubs was as follows: 1. Poultry—Income, $608.44; profit, $301.32. 2. Corn—Income, $4,171.27; profit, $1,825.32. 3. Potatoes—Income, $8,302.97; prof it, $4,904.57. 4. Beans—Income, $8,277.50; profit, $5,914.92. 5. Pigs—Income, $547.34; profit, $270.94. 6. Gardening — Income, $2,142.38; profit, $1,607.30. 7. Canning—Income, $1,008.16; prof it, $552.10. 8. G a r m e n t - m a k i ng — Income, $1,- 410.16; profit, $613.52. income, $26,468.22. Total Total profit, $15,989.99. The work of judged on these boys and girls was "Four- the so-called Point Basis," t h at is, from t he stand point, of Quality, Quantity, Profit, a nd following Report. On t h is basis boys a nd girls scored t he highest in the s t a t e: the Potato Club—Verner Felt, Marquette county. Acre yield, 402 bu. Acre profit, $503.30. (Continued on page 4.) 4 THE M. A. C. RECORD. THE M. A. C. RECORD Published Every Tuesday During- the Michigan by College Year Agricultural College Association. the Entered as second-class matter October 30, 1916, at the post office at East Lansing, Michigan, under the Act of March 3, 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, FEBRUARY 20, 1917. COMMENCEMENT IS SETTLED. DATE T he faculty recently voted to hold Commencement this year on J u ne 20, and to follow about the same plan as last year in holding the examinations the two days after Commencement. for the t h at requests is t h us assured This will m a ke the two big a l u m ni days fall on Tuesday a nd Wednesday, J u ne 19 a nd 20. T he editor h as h ad reunion n u m e r o us dates and there is a wide interest in reunion plans. The classes which a re scheduled to '72, '73, '74, '75, meet t h is y e ar a r e: '92, '93, '94, '10, '11, '12, '13 and '91, '15. it appears to these as if '82 could not be kept from meet ing a nd '95 has declared t h at they are scheduled for reunion every year. At the meeting of '14 last year the mem bers decided to hold a "real one" in 1917, so that, with t he classes of from 1910 to 1915 back, there should be t he largest " g a n g" of alumni in years on the campus. In addition The editor will be pleased to have the the backward ones. the alumni use RECORD to exhort the columns of JUNIOR EXTENSION WORK. * * « i m p o r t a nt aspect of The fact t h at 1,570 of the boys and girls of Michigan made a n et profit of $15,990 last year in the junior ex tension work is not by any m e a ns t he most this work. Nor do the above figures represent all t he boys a nd girls and all the values t h at were touched in this p a rt of M. A. C.'s extension program. One of the real and encouraging things about it failed those y o u ng people who t h is last year but who are ready and eager to j u mp into the work this com ing year a nd profit by their failures. Of course not all will do this but many will a nd a valuable weeding-out pro cess will be begun. is is t h at T he most i m p o r t a nt t h i ng about t h is t he y o u ng people who work go into it to w in a re g e t t i ng the habit of doing things r i g h t. And not only t h is but they are getting a vision of farm life t h at is h a rd to obtain in the way boys and girls h a ve worked on to t he farm in t he past. We v e n t u re say t h at nothing h as been done before t h at h as exerted a greater influence in conserving b r i g ht boys and girls for farm this j u n i or exten sion. And t he state of Michigan can these do n o t h i ng better in conserving " n a t u r al expand the work in boys' and girls' clubs. resources" t h an t h an life to "THE ALUMNI SPEAKING FUND." PUBLIC The alumni office h as j u st mailed out a general request for subscriptions to the "Alumni Public Speaking F u n d ." Up to t h is t i me no general appeal h as been m a de a nd the sum which h as been received, about $140.00, h as been t h r o u gh the loyal efforts of a few indi viduals. It m i g ht be said The securing of this fund has been the M. A. C. accepted as a work of Association. in a sense to be the first constructive a nd lasting piece of work t he a l u m ni h a ve really set out to do in m a ny years and, in view of this, the necessity for com pleting it is most apparent. Will you not call this m a t t er to t he attention of your college friends who m ay not be on our m a i l i ng list and assist us in m a k i ng t he fund complete w i t h in two m o n t h s? RESULT OF BOYS' AND GIRLS' CLUB WORK IN MICHIGAN FOR 1916. (Continued from page 3.) Corn Club—Floyd Bergey, Kent county. Acre yield, $104.25 bu. Acre profit, $85.95. Poultry Club—(a) H a t c h i ng a nd Brooding Club: K e n n e th Ousterhout, Hillsdale $60.55. Profit, $17.07. Income, county. (b) Hatching, Brooding, Egg and Meat Club—George Hall, Lenawee county. Income, $123.65. Profit, $93.00. P ig Club—Russel Liebknecht, Sagi naw county. Average daily gain, 1.58 lbs. at cost of $.031/£ per l b .' Bean Club—Dorothy Pawloski, Hu ron county. Yield per acre, 28 bu. Profit per acre, $172.34. Gardening—Walter Crocker, Grand Rapids, Kent county. Profit, $98.75. Canning—Evelyn Popper, Osceola county. Canned 231 j a rs fruits a nd vegetables. Profit, $82.49. Garment-making—Senior class: Ada Kline, St. Joseph county. Value of g a r m e n ts made, $12.50. J u n i or class: Ruby Zwerck, Saginaw county; value of garments made, $16.75. Champion all classes: L e n na Morgan, Calhoun county; g a r m e n ts made, $33.04. value of It cost the state of Michigan, t he U. S. d e p a r t m e nt of agriculture and the various other co-operating agencies $6,700.00 to promote boys' a nd girls' club work during t he past year. The club members produced in food pro ducts a nd m a t e r i a ls m a de $26,468.22. in Michigan a re Fifty-one counties doing club work on the co-operative basis. Several more a re being organ ized for the coming season. F o u r t e en counties are p l a n n i ng on special sum m er supervision. to In addition the projects men tioned in these results, there a re also calf clubs, cow-testing clubs, and clubs for girls which u n d e r t a ke to m a n a ge the school hot-lunch problem. There are also a n u m b er of handicraft clubs. MAPLE SYRUP MAKERS ORGANIZE. At the the instigation of forestry d e p a r t m e nt an organization known as the Michigan Maple Syrup Makers' As sociation was consummated at Char lotte on F e b r u a ry 10. It is the pur pose of t h is association to improve t he the maple grade of a nd standardize the to in syrup produced advantage of both producer and con sumer. t he state E. C. Mandenburg, '15, extension t h is m a t t er in b r i n g i ng specialist in forestry, has been instru mental to a focus. Officers of the association were President, L. D. elected as follows: Dickinson, Charlotte; vice-president, A. B. Cook, '93, of Owosso; secretary, E. C. Mandenburg, E a st Lansing; trea surer, Wm. Huber, Charlotte. Mr. Mandenburg will organize local groups t h r o u g h o ut feasi ble. the state wherever RECENT PUBLICATIONS BY ALUMNI. in for literature, To every appearance M. A. C. grad uates are doing their best to keep up the supply of the last week a book of about two hun dred pages and many illustrations on "Modern Marketing Methods," by Bliss S. Brown, '03, has been received. Professor Brown is professor of horti the University of Maine. culture at This book is very well put together, a nd will certainly be useful. J. S. Boyle, '08, is the a u t h or of a t h at treatise a nd will book on "Vegetable Gardening," is a very complete surely find a place of usefulness. j u st been A bulletin has received the Virginia Truck E x p e r i m e nt from Station by J. A. McClintock, '13, on "A Serious Disease of Snap Beans," and an article is noticed in the Can adian Entomogolist "Shell B a rk Hickory Mealy Bug," by A. H. Hol- linger, '14, who is assistant entomolo gist in t he University of Missouri. on Roy C. Potts, '06, is j o i nt a u t h or of Bulletin 456 from the department of a g r i c u l t u re on "Marketing Creamery Butter." into initiates The following j u n i o rs are t he w i n t er t e rm t he Alpha Zeta: M. A. Wattles, Troy; C. N. Silcox, Battle Creek; H. A. Iddles, South Haven; R. M. Shane, E n s i g n; W. C. Earseman, Knox, Pa.; H. E. Alford, St. Joseph. '82 GRAD. SUGGESTS AVERAGING TRAVELING EXPENSES FOR REUNION. Through t he kindness of W. T. Langley, '82, of Minneapolis, we are privileged to p r i nt t he following letter which he received from T. F. Mills- paugh, Detroit: "Dear Old L a n g: in I have since 1882. little for us h e re a re t he RECORD t h at you "I see by t h em up again. commencing to stir Well, h e r e 's hoping you succeed, for it will give me much pleasure to grasp t he h a nd of old G. W. Thompson, or J o hn Evert, or J. M. Smith, none of It seen whom m e a ns b ut the state to get to Lansing, a nd of course if t he outside boys will come it is our duty to be there. It will cost Thomp son, Irish, McClear, Delano, Shelton, t h i nk a nd yourself quite a little, but w h at it's w o r th to get back to Michi gan once "Where Life's W o r th Living." "If t he outside boys t h i nk it unfair t h an we of to spend so much more Michigan, I for one will be in favor of adding total fare and each paying average cost. "At any rate, Langley, if you can get t a ke a German s u b m a r i ne to keep me away." t he boys s t a r t ed it will in R e g a r d i ng an M. A. C. meeting Minnesota t h is year, Langley observes: "All t he officers of t he M. A. C. Asso ciation live in St. Paul, and it is such a slow town (although it is our t w in they will not wake b r o t h e r) we fear t h is time in up year." to have a m e e t i ng COMMUNITY CONCERT TONIGHT. T h e re will be a community concert in the Armory tonight at 7:30 o'clock. T he following p r o g r am will be pre sented : 1. Trio—Gade, for piano, violin, a nd 'cello; Mrs. Kedzie, Miss F e r ry a nd Miss E l la Birdsall. 2. "Keen t he Air and Clear t he Sky," Spence; Men's Glue Club. 3. 'Cello solo—Romance, by Heberlein, a nd Scherzo, by Von Goens; Mr. Abel. 4. " C a r m e na Waltz Song," Wilson; Glee Club. 5. Quintet—Jadassohn, piano, two vio lins, viola, 'cello; Mrs. Kedzie, Miss Florence Birdsall, Miss Coo per, Miss F e r r y, a nd Miss E l la Birdsall. T he Union L i t e r a ry society gave a banquet last Wednesday n i g ht at Club B in honor of the following i n i t i a t e s: M. R. Stitt, E a st Lansing; F. W. Ash- ton, Saginaw; G. A. Garratt, New York City; F. Johnson, Roscommon; C. C. Higby, Jackson; C. E. McCorm- ick, Grand Rapids; W. H. Steinbauer, Saginaw; J. H. Caldwell, Williamsport, Pa. THE M. A. C. RECORD. ALUMNI BANQUET AT AMES, IOWA. An t he is w i th '11, who In addition informal banquet was held at Ames, Iowa, last week, during t he na tional conference on boys' and girls' club work. Twelve M. A. C. people participated as guests of C. Dwight Curtiss, Iowa state highway department, a nd Ove Jensen, '14, of t he F a rm Crops depart to m e nt at Iowa State. F r a nk the hosts those p r e s e nt w e r e: '15, engineering depart C. Sharrow, ment, Des Moines Bridge & I r on W o r k s; Rosemond H. Kedzie, '06, and J e n n ie A. H u m p h r e y, sp., home eco nomics department, Ames; C. B. Smith, '94, extension work, N o r th & West; A n na B. Cowles, '15, M. A. C.; Hazel Cook Kenney, '15, Ames, Iowa; C. A. Spaulding, '14, and Mrs. Spaulding, M. '11, M. A. C. A. C, E. C. Lindeman, the banquet Following adjournment room the to t a k en was which was m a de to resound with M. A. C. cheers—the only ones h e a rd at t he conference. conference 5 half M. A. C. was able to keep up h er end fairly well, b ut after Sheffield was p ut out, t he boys lost their punch a nd had to accept the small end of a 43 to 23 score. W i th a t e a ms at N o r t h w e s t e rn C. could not hope strong Notre Dame. game the score was 26 to 16; Notre Dame game, 33 to 19. team M. A. t he and t he N o r t h w e s t e rn the twice crippled to w in from In in Those w ho made t he t r ip were Cap t a in MeClellan, Frimodig, Karl Miller, Peppard, Wood, Vevia, Sheffield, Arch er and Coach Gauthier. GLEE CLUB TRIP. for trip Manager McClure has scheduled a t he M. A. C. Glee 10-days Club beginning March 30. In addi tion to the club of 25 voices there will be a m a n d o l in club, a nd Prof. C. B. department Mitchell of the English will give readings. F r e d e r i ck Abel, director of music at M. A. C, and a famed 'cellist, will appear on t he pro gram with several 'cello solos. KEMPSTER, '09, TO LECTURE ON POULTRY. to Missouri was head of Among the m a ny good t h i n gs which are promised for the p r o g r am on poul t ry h u s b a n d ry for F a r m e r s' Week, March 5 to 9, is a lecture on "How Missouri H as Developed I ts Poultry Products," by H. L. Kempster, head of the poultry d e p a r t m e nt at Missouri University. Professor Kempster grad uated at M. A. C. in 1909 a nd before the going poultry d e p a r t m e nt at his alma mater. Prof. A. G. Bishop of P u r d ue is an other speaker on is also Prof. W. H. Card from Connecti cut. These three authorities from out t he side t he state, w i th m e m b e rs of d e p a r t m e nt at M. A. C, and the secre taries of various poultry associations, will p ut on a week's poultry p r o g r am of g r e at value to all k i n ds of poultry growers. the program, as BASKETEERS LOSE ALL THREE GAMES ON TRIP. The Aggie basketball squad dropped losing all three games on the trip last week end, to Illinois Athletic Club, N o r t h w e s t e rn college, and Notre Dame. Murray, who h as been doing some s t ar forward work for M. A. C. in t he pre vious games, was unable to accompany the team on account of a broken rib, suffered t he W a b a sh game. T h is left the Aggies somewhat crippled. To m a ke m a t t e rs worse, Sheffield, substi tute forward, broke his t h u mb in the first game a nd was compelled to r e t u rn to E a st Lansing. in T he i t i n e r a ry of t he Glee Club is as follows: Grand Rapids, March 30; Benton Harbor, March 31; Muskegon, April 2; H a r t, April 3; Ludington, April 4; Reed City, April 5; Cadillac, April 6; T r a v e r se City, April 7; Bay City, Lansing, Flint, April 10; April 9; April 13; E a st Lansing, April 15. WENLEY TO LECTURE AGAIN. Robert M. Wenley of the University of Michigan, who made such a s t i r r i ng address at M. A. C. at t he occasion of the celebration of Angell day last fall, will appear in a lecture u n d er t he aus t he Liberal A r ts committee pices of "The topic will be March 6. H is lec H u m an Element." Dr. Wenley's t u re will be given at 8 p. m. in t he Armory. At 7 p. m., the same even ing, Miss Isabel Bevier, professor of household science at the University lecture on "Problem of Illinois, will of t he F a rm Home." GIRLS' GLEE CLUB TO GIVE CONCERT. is a musical The Girls' Glee Club t h at does organization at M. A. C. not a, receive m u ch publicity, yet group of 21 girls h as been w o r k i ng faithfully all y e ar with Miss Louise in p r e p a r a t i on Freyhofer as director, for t he a n n u al concert which is to be held in the Armory Tuesday, F e b r u a ry 27. Some clever feature s t u n ts have been worked out a nd the whole pro gram is sure to be an interesting one for music lovers. The squad encountered I. A. C. first a nd t he Chicago boys were primed for the occasion, h a v i ng u n h a p py mem ories of the defeat suffered at M. A. C. first the season. F or earlier the in W. O. H e d r i ck class of men's church, Leslie, High Cost of Living." talked before the the Congregational last Sunday on "The 6 THE M. A. C. RECORD. WINIFRED CANNELL PETT, '02. CORRESPONDENCE. t h an Winifred Cannell P e tt died at her home in Muskegon, J a n u a ry 30, 1917, after an two illness of more years. She had lately gone to a sani treat t a r i um in North Carolina it ment, but was brought home when became certain case was hopeless. She is survived by her hus little girl band, a two years old, a two sisters, and a brother. mother, the F e r o n i an She was a member of in 1902. society and was graduated t h at her for POSITIONS FOR ENGINEER GRADUATES. in the Those interested positions specified below may communicate di rectly with Dean G. W. BisselL E a st Lansing, Mich., referring to the Key No. of the position about which the in quiry is made. No. 6 Technical graduate, competent to m a ke tests of boilers and forge fur naces in a large drop forge plant, with type of a view to d e t e r m i n i ng best securing furnaces economy and methods in fuel. of No. 7.—Technical graduate with two or more years' practical machine shop experience to assist in " r a te setting" in a large shop in Ohio, *75 to $100. Prospects good for future. 1912, ATTENTION! J u st to help fan the coming class reunion, the spark of en thusiasm started by Kirby, in regard into a to great conflagration of class spirit, I want to say to every member of 1912 t h at graduated and to those who did not, get on the wagon t h at will head for Lansing J u ne 19 and be on h a nd for the big doings. serenad- " P e t e" Bancroft with his ers, "Dad" Barrows with his bass drum, and "Dickie" with his bugle, will all be there. Yes, and perhaps the '12 baseball team m i g ht reorganize '11. a nd put" another game over on Who can tell? live J u st to get things started the bunch t h at in Lansing and E a st Lan sing a re p l a n n i ng to have a little get together banquet at the Wildwood Tea Rooms F r i d ay evening, March 2nd, at 7:00. J u st a good chance to renew old acquaintances, meet the new members the who have sea of matrimony, and m a ke some plans for the coming reunion. Every the class will be gladly member of welcomed to the eats upon receipt of 75c and a place will be reserved. If you can be on h a nd kindly write me so t h at a reservation at the table can be made for you. r a n ks via joined the E. E. HOTCHIX, E a st Lansing. An M. A. C. Union p a r ty will be t he afternoon of in the Armory held F e b r u a ry 22. Editor M. A. C. Record: to publicity but I don't. My friends from the class of '13 seem to object I read Woodin's report on the Chicago luncheons and saw t h at our class was well represented. Leave them when there is a n y t h i ng to eat. Those little parties come on T h u r s d ay noon, and how a school teacher with a one o'clock class is going to attend is more t h an I would give a good deal those very figure out. However, fellows. to see I can to it I wish some of you Chicago boys would b r i ng your wives and come out It to Hinsdale for a Sunday dinner. is only seventeen miles on the C. B. If you will call us up or drop & Q. a card a day or two ahead we will m a ke an extra effort to t r e at you well. Now, I m e an this and w a nt you all I know Joe Van Kerchove to come. can eat a pile of chicken, but he is some talker, too, and I am looking for some one to talk to. Come on, Joe. is coming back I am mighty well pleased to hear t h at Mr. Brewer to to keep M. A. C. Tell Uncle F r a nk the good work up and we will all come back and take a post g r a d u a te course in chemistry. I am Now, to get personal, still teaching m a n u al t r a i n i ng but expect t h i n k i ng to move this spring. of going west where the people don't know me and going into the law busi ness. I know w h at some of you fel lows will think, but w a it until you get into I am trouble, How about then send for me. the reunion this y e a r? It seems to Are we all coming back? me t h at I h e a rd something about a class secretary some time ago. W h a t 's the m a t t er Bill, do you need some money? It would seem mighty good to see a letter from some member of our class in each copy of t he Record. Let's get the E a st Lansing postoffice. together and fill Yours for more news, E A RL C. DOUGLAS. Dugger, Ind., Feb. 8, 1917. M. A. C. Record: In the J a n. 30th issue of the Rec ord I was most joyfully surprised to read t h at Coach Chester L. Brewer (our old Athletic Director) had signed with M. A. C. for the ensuing year. I am sure t h at I am voicing the sen t i m e n ts of each a nd every a l u m n us when I say t h at President Kedzie and the Athletic Board are to be congrat to show poach ulated Brewer t h at his place is at M. A. C. in being able Watch out "Michigan," we're after you now; if we don't get you this year, we will next. Brewer us again. is with W. N. Moss, '09. The F e b r u a ry meeting of the State Board of Agriculture will be held this week T h u r s d ay at the college. Northwestern Teachers'Agency L a r g e st in t he W e s t — F or t he E n t i re W e st O n ly a nd A l a s k a. HOME OFFICE - - - BOISE, IDAHO 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. Write immediately for free circular. HOTEL HEADQUARTERS FOR M. A. C. PEOPLE H O T E L. 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W h en in P o n t i ac S t op at H O T EL H U R ON C e n t r al l o c a t i o n, A ll o u t s i de r o o m s. C a fe n e ar C o u rt H o u s e. in c o n n e c t i o n. R a t es $1.00. R o o ms w i th p r i v a te b a t h, $1.50. P h o n e, 671-W. The First Thought in D R U GS C. J. Rouser Drug Co. '^s^MiummmmMMmmmMj^ For 21 Years Printers of the M. A. C. Record iCafairena & Ban Humt Printmn. dompattg 210-212 N o r th G r a nd Ave., Lansing w w w i n f f w w ^ m W N i r ^ iE NEWS AND COMMENT Professor Burgess the students specializing in poultry at t he Wildwood Tea Rooms last T h u r s d ay night. banqueted A. L. Hopkins, a special s t u d e nt at M. A. C, '00-'01, and a farmer at Bear Lake, now a member of t he legisla ture, talked at t he H o rt club meeting last Wednesday night. W i n t on S. Nelson, a senior engineer ing s t u d e nt from I r on Mountain, and Miss Jessie Pettit, daughter of Prof, and Mrs. P e t t it of E a st Lansing, were m a r r i ed at t he P e t t it h o me on Febru ary 6. t he faculty to secure a The efforts of t he special committee of suitable speaker for Washington's b i r t h d ay be ing without avail, there will be no formal college celebration of this event this year. The M. A. C. band held a smoker in the band rooms in Williams Hall last time plans T h u r s d ay night. At this were several week-end concerts for t he band in nearby towns during the spring term. initiated for EXTENSION W O RK IN H O ME ECONOMICS. T h is m o n th Miss Mary Edmonds, professor of home economics, is giving lectures a nd demonstra a series of t he L a n s i ng Mothers' tions before Union. H er "Selection, topics are, a nd P r e p a r i ng of Meats," Buying "Food and Dietaries for Children," and "Budgets and P l a n n i ng of Simple N u t r i t i o us Meals." She is being as sisted in h er demonstrations by Louise Clemens, '13, a nd E d na Garvin of t he M. A. C. faculty; R u th H u r d, '16, as sistant supervisor of domestic science in t he L a n s i ng schools; and Margue rite Eriksen, '15, visiting housekeeper. F R E S H M EN CONVOCATIONS. A committee of t he faculty was re cently appointed by t he president to consider t he m a t t er of holding meet ings for all freshman students for t he purpose of informing freshmen about the m a ny general facts r e g a r d i ng t he college; something of its history, t he is supported, how way the subjects t h at a re t a u g ht a re re lated to each other and some of t he different t h at a re open to the graduates of t he various divi sions. lines of work in which it These meetings a re to be known as F r e s h m en Convocations. The first one will probably be held early in March or the week following F a r m e r s' Week. Other announcements will be made from time to time, . __ .; 7 A WRITING MACHINE does every class of work on the same machine. It is flexible. A TYPEWRITER does only strai away copy, J THERE IS BUT ONE WRITING MACHINE in the full sense of the word. THE M. A. C. RECORD. R I F LE CLUB SHOOTS BETTER. The M. A. C. Rifle Club did by far t he best shooting of t he year last week when a score of 971 out of a possible 1,000 was made. R. M. Shane w as t he leading shot with a score of 198. Other scores w e r e: S. W. H a r m o n, 196; R. W. Berridge, 194; A. V. Aronson, 193; R. A. Pennington, 190. Aronson is a new m an on t he team in fact, he is a freshman, a nd t he rifle team coaches a re m i g h ty glad to find such a shot among t he recruits. this year; Word h as j u st been received at t he military office t h at M. A. C. had to t a ke second place in t he second match. Washington State was again t he win ner with a total of 992. M. A. C.'s score was 964. STUDENT RECITAL. Music students at M. A. C. gave a splendid p r o g r am at t he s t u d e nt re the W o m a n 's building- cital held in last Wednesday evening. In fact the program was worthy of a much larger audience t h an attended. The best in terpreted and most perfectly played n u m b e rs were t he Norwegian Bridal Procession, by Grieg, played by Miss Allice Rhodes; t he Nocturne, by Grieg, played by Miss Agnes Mclntyre; and the Bluette Valse, No. 10, by Schuett, played by Miss Mildred Mead. Miss Marion Treleaven of L a n s i ng who as sisted in the recital, gave much pleas ure by h er singing of "Reveries," by Shelley, and " T he Spirit-Flower," by Campbell-Tipton. Miss Treleaven h as a beautiful voice and is a singer of much promise. A faculty recital h as been announced in for March. some time COLUMBIAN W I N T ER T E R M. The Columbian W i n t er Term p a r ty and banquet was held at the Masonic Temple, E a st Lansing, Saturday. toastmaster. 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It is un derstood t h at through his work along r u r al church lines he h as a t t r a c t ed nation-wide attention. He has done very fine work in N o r t h e rn Illinois. 'as. B e r n a rd A. Stowe, is pro prietor of Reserve F u n d i ng Co., with address 1762 E. 90th St., Cleveland, Ohio. '89-'92, '06. Mr. a nd Mrs. Roy Potts of Wash ington, Mich., announce t he b i r th of a son, Gerald R., on December 23, 1916. Mrs. Potts was Mary E. P r a t t, '08. J a m es B. Wilkinson, '02-'05, is in the inspection d e p a r t m e nt of t he P a c k a rd Motor Co., Detroit, with residence at 1617 Holcomb. '09. J. Oliver Linton, a, was a campus visitor last week. He has been farm ing the past year at Plainwell, Mich., tools but is now selling his farm and to and will move the Chester, Pa., where he will t a ke up the i n s u r a n ce busi ness. real estate and first of March ' l l. 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