VOL. XXII. MARCH 6, 1917. No. 21 " M. A. C. Cannot Live On Her Past- c What Will You Do For Her Future?'1'' 3 CD X JL IJLL' JL j^n"\*Vw^» R ECOR D ALUMNI MEETINGS. WASHINGTON--PHILADELPHIA--NEW Y O R K- CLE VELAND--PORTLAND--CHICAGO "STUDYING THE SCIENCES FIFTY YEARS AGO." CORRESPONDENCE. PUBLISHED BY THE MICHIGAN AGRICULTURAL COLLEGE ASSOCIATION EAST LANSING.MICH. 2 THE M. A. C. RECORD. D I R E C T O RY L A N S I NG BUSINESS A ND P R O F E S S I O N AL M EN 2"HE names in this Directory, as well as those of all our other advertisers, are of re liable parties. We hope the faculty and students will patronize those who patronize us. A. M. EMERY 223 Washing-ton Ave. N. Books, Fine Stationery, Engraved Call ing- Cards, Fountain Pens, Pictures, Frames. Fine Framing- a Spec ialty. Loose leaf note books for all purposes. BLUDEAU, SEIBERT & GATES Bookbinders File Boxes, Map Mounting's, Etc. Citizens Phone No. 3019. Corner Washing-ton Ave. and Allegan St. LOUIS BECK COMPANY 112 Washing-ton Ave. N. Correct Clothes, Up-to-date H a ts and Caps, Classy Furnishings. J. E. STOFFER, D. D. S. Office 203-5 City National Bank Bldg. Automatic phone 2361 Bell phone 61 ALLEN & DE KLEINE PRINTING CO. 128-130 Ionia St. W. Printing-, Typewriters, Office Supplies, Adding- Machines, Prog-rams, E n graved Cards, Filing- Cabinets, Sectional Book Cases. Bell 1094 Automatic 3436 Special care g-iven to M. A. C. and its students. ELECTRICAL, EQUIPMENT COMPANY Electric Supplies of all Kinds Tung-sten Lamps, Shades, Etc. Latest Improvements in Reading- Lamps. Motors and Generators. 117 Michig-an Ave. E. H. KOSITCHEK & BROS. Lansing's Leading Clothiers 113 N. Washing-ton Ave. DAVIS' QUALITY ICE CREAM. Not a fad, but a food. 110 Grand Ave. S. DR. J. S. OWEN Eye, E a r, Nose, Throat and F i t t i ng Glasses Has removed from 115 W. Allegan St. to 208 S. Washington Ave. (over Gateley's Jewelry Store). Citizens, 2724. A. G. BISHOP French Dry Cleaners, Dyers and Tailors 114-16 W a s h t e n aw St. \V. Both Phones. J. H. LARRABEE 325 S. Washington Ave. Sport Shop—Athletic Goods of All Kinds. H. II. LARNED China, Glass and Lamps 105 Washington Ave. S. BUSINESS AND PROFESSIONAL PAGELSEN & SPENCER Patents, P a t e nt Law, T r a d e m a r ks 1107-10 Chamber of Commerce Bldg.. Detroit, Michigan E. N. Pagelsen, '89 L. M. Spencer, '06 Formerly Examiners U. S. Patent 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—Egg's 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, * •— : —:^ -~ ; ; —, . 1 i i— 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 8 p. m. Sundays 12 to 1 p. m. Citizens' phone 3244. A. B. HARFORD College W a t c h m a k er At Variety Shop. Your barbers for "HANK" AND "FRANK" the Pool, Billiards, Cigars. In the new Dickson Building. last five years. WILDWOOD TEA ROOM Service a la carte. 318 Abbott Ave., E a st Lansing. Fountain Pens Waterman's, Mercantile, Parker's, Etc. >1 to $ 6, all g u a r a n t e ed A T- College Drug & Grocery Store Full Line %f Everything. Agents for Star Laundry. Electric Supplies. Good Things to Eat EAST LANSING'S LEADING GROCERj, TI-IE: M AC RECORD E A ST L A N S I N G, MICHIGAN, T U E S D A Y, MARCH 6, 1917. NO. 21 VOL,. X X I I. CHICAGO ALUMNI HOLD REUNION MEETING. PRESIDENT KEDZIE ASKS COUNSEL ON FRATERNITIES. By far the largest n u m b er of a l u m ni t h at ever gathered in Chicago to "re- une" and refresh memories of M. A. C. were present at the a n n u al ban quet at "The College Club," 17 North last S a t u r d ay night. W a b a sh avenue, to In addition local a l u m ni the following were pres a nd friends a w a y: President Kedzie, ent '11, and Dean Bissell, C. S. Langdon, E. C. Lindemann, the col '11, from '78, Lansing; lege; W. K. Prudden, '02, Indianapolis; Jos O. H. Skinner, eph Van Kerchove, '13, and A. L. Pond, '97, of Milwaukee. the 130 from the following J. D. Nies, '96, was toastmaster for the occasion and pro g r am was p r e s e n t e d; "Chicago Alum ni," P. B. Woodworth, '86; "How Col lege, Will Be R un W h en We Get There," Miss Merrett, daughter of W. '93; " T he Alumni," C. S. G. Merrett, Langdon, '11; "Extension W o r k ," E. '11; "The College," F. C. Lindemann, S. Kedzie, '77; "Results," W. K. Prud den, '78; "Some Reminiscences," Nel lie Kedzie Jones; "The Public Speak ing F u n d ," Mrs. P. B. Woodworth, '93, a nd J. R. Thompson, '00; " T he Engi neering Department," Dean Bissell. t h at towards In his toast to "The College," Presi dent Kedzie aroused much interest by citing the m a ny organizations now at M. A. C. which to break down tend formal b a r r i e rs in the social life. He fraternities led up to the question of there was some agita a nd saia tion now the acceptance of charters from national organizations. He went on record as being opposed to ,this movement, saying, " W h en I was a student we h ad national fraternities. I belonged to one, but they went out they weren't of existence because I do not believe adapted to our life. they a re now. ideas on this matter, I shall be glad to h e ar put from forth as his opinion that, in view of our present national crisis, the m o st needed building at M. A. C. is an armory. After cleared hall was the younger members the banquet and President Kedzie If you have any you." the included everyone) (which made m e r ry nearly in dancing. The splendid success of the gather ing was due in no small p a rt the efforts of Florence B. Sturgis, a special s t u d e nt at M. A. C. 1912-13, who is now in charge of the Chicago College Club, a nd who took an active interest in seeing t h at everything w e nt off in fine snape. to M. A. C. LEADS IN RIFLE MATCH. WASHINGTON STATE DROPS OUT. to the The latest According intercollegiate rifle shoot, bulletin t he from\ Washington, M. A. C. is leading the in total for t he first four matches being 3,871. is nearest Notre Dame with a score of 3,697. W a s h i n g t on State, which led easily in the first three matches, has fallen by because is the wayside—it the score of the fourth shoot was not in competitor t h o u g ht time. in Last week t he fifth one of the con test a nd M. A. C. m a r k s m en m a de a total of 965. Other scores had not been reported up to time of going to press. AGGIES WIN FROM NORTH WESTERN, 28 TO 14. AVENGE. EARLIER DEFEAT. The 28 to 14 defeat which the M. A. C. quintet administered to North western college last F r i d ay n i g ht was largely due to the work of F r i m o d ig right guard who played a position and five baskets from field. Vevia a nd Peppard were also s t r o ng on offensive. faultless in tossed t he In besting final g a me of t he N o r t h w e s t e rn crew, M. A. C. established a record which surpasses any Aggie basketball q u i nt It has broken even w i th in 10 years. the tnree opponents and defeated all rest. The t he season comes tins week S a t u r d ay when De troit "Y" will be played at Detroit. Though the Detroit boys Were defeated earlier in the season, t he game is ex pected to be a tough one, and the M. A. C. five will be at some disadvantage since no practice will be possible t h is week owing to the Round-up., NEW YORK ALUMNI ORGANIZE. HOLD SUCCESSFUL INITIAL MEETING. It was a typical group of enthusi astic M. A. C. people* and their friends which gathered at the Hotel Colling- wood, in New York City, on the even ing of F e b r u a ry 24 to attend t he or ganization m e e t i ng a nd banquet of the newly formed M. A. C. Association of the City of New York. The n a me of the hotel itself was a good omen, as being the same as t h at of the oldest a l u m n us present, • H. W. Collingwood, the editor of the Rural New Yorker. The large majority of the people pres ent were u n k n o wn to begin with, as t he twenty-nine guests table to who sat down the banquet classes represented from nineteen true M. A. C. 1883 to 1918, but with it was initiative and good-fellowship long before all were acquainted, not and is k n o wn no the spirit which w h e re else t h an along the Cedar was soon evident in t he general good time which everyone enjoyed. to each other for the revelations i n s p i r i ng one, a nd The organization got off to a flying start, and if present plans materialize it will t a ke its place a m o ng t he other admirable a l u m ni associations in all p a r ts of the country. No little credit t he college rep is due Mrs. Landon, success resentative, the splendid first meeting. The message of the t he campus which she b r o u g ht from facts was an she presented were to m a ny who have not availed themselves to E a st of the privilege of r e t u r n i ng recent years. Mrs. Lan L a n s i ng in don stated the college h ad en t h at tered upon a period of tremendous expansion not only w i t h in itself, but in the people of t he state. She traced the development of in the co-educational system now vogue, touched upon the quick recup eration with which the E n g i n e e r i ng Department recovered from the fire of a year ago, and dwelt on t he excellent is doing un the college work which der the Smith-Lever law in extension lines. its activities among Mrs. Landon's talk was followed by brief r e m a r ks from every person pres ent, w h e t h er graduates, former stu dents, or not. Everyone t h e re was a (Continued on page 4.) 4 THE M. A. C. RECORD Published Every Tuesday During- College Year the Michigan by Agricultural College Association. the Entered as second-class matter October 30, 1916, at the post office at East Lansing, -Michigan, under the Act of March 3, 1879. C. S. LAIVGDON, '11, Managing Editor. SUBSCRIPTION PRICE, $1 P ER YEAR Subscriptions may be paid for by P. O. Money Order, Draft, or Personal Check. TUESDAY, MARCH 6, 1917. THE LIBRARY BILL. The $250,000 appropriation for a library at M. A. C. has been favorably reported out of the Senate committee on "Agricultural College." The next step in its progress will be that of referring it to the finance committee of the Senate, where it will die or be pared unless suitable nourishment is provided. Due to the present condition of high prices every state institution is war ranted in asking for increased appro priations. But M. A. C. has some ad ditional reasons for an extra appro priation that are both rational and compelling. Your attention is called to the following: 1. The replacement of the engineer ing building which burned last March will cost the college in the neighbor hood of $250,000. Manifestly state does not have its college build ings insured, it and not the college, should stand the losses. Especially is our case urgent when savings from the mill tax, which were to have been used for a library, have gone to the replacement of the engineering build ing. if the 2. The need of a new library at M. A. C. is indisputable. The legislature recognized this six years ago for they then passed a library bill which only failed of enactment by the governor's veto. 3. The student body has increased materially in recent years so that at present our library is not more than half adequate as to reading room and research facilities. 4. Containing volumes which could not be replaced, the pres ent building is a fire-trap. countless 5. The library, which should be the main laboratory of all the students, is completely lacking in features which encourage the library habit. 6. The college desires to extend the privileges of its library to the people of the state in an extension service, but facilities for this are at present entirely lacking. If the alumni of M. A. C. who are personally acquainted with represen tatives and senators will see to it that they understand the situation, we be THE M. A. C. RECORD. lieve there will be no question as to the passage of this bill. The above items will appeal to any fair-minded individual. There are a good many things needed at M. A. C. which the state board might have asked for with the expectation that the list would be pared down to one. Instead of doing this they have made only one request, and the alumni should see to it that the legislators realize the urgency of this one. * * * THE PUBLIC SPEAKING FUND. The editor wishes it were possible to print all of the almost countless numbers of good ideas that have come to hand regarding the "alumni public speaking fund." But space will not permit, and we will pick those most representative. It is interesting to note that many touch on the same points. All are pretty much agreed that it isn't the old style "oratory" that we want to encourage, but good conscientious ef fort, and an interest in self-develop ment along lines of clear thinking and clean-cut can controvert the fact that we nearly all missed some opportunities in our day. Some suggest, and we think the po sition is very well taken, that all reci tations should be made from the stand ing position. expression. No one All will not agree that the method we have taken to direct student in terest the to this subject will bear fruit we expect. On this point no one can be sure. But the mere agitation itself will be fully worth the effort and cost, since it will point out to some channels which the students those who have been the "mill" believe are greatly undevel oped. through This fund must be completed if we ever hope to "put anything big across." We will gain much confidence in do ing it, and the subscriptions which have come so far from all classes and all sections of the country indicate that the response will be general and that sub scribed. the fund will be readily in the metropolis. Not * * * NEW YORK ALUMNI ORGANIZE. (Continued from page 3.) friend of M. A. C, and from their re marks the college need fear no abate ment in the generous support from the alumni least interesting of these extemporan eous talks was that of J. A. Rosen, '08, who stated that after his arrival in this country from Russia fifteen years ago, he found America the most lonely country in the world for a stranger until he entered M. A. C, where the friendships he formed and the support accorded him by the college and its students convinced him that the Amer ican people were as cordial as any. The association also adopted a reso lution of congratulation and support to be presented to President Kedzie, and another of respect to be sent to Dr. Beal. At a short business meeting the fol Presi lowing officers were elected: first vice dent, H. W. Collingwood; president, J. J. Bush; second vice president, Mrs. R. S. Baker; secretary, Donald Stroh; treasurer, M. P. Kains; member executive committee, Mr. Ir- vin. Board of Governors—Term of one year: Miss Forte, Mr. Collingwood, Mr. McCullock; term of two years: Miss Rogers, Mr. Otis, Mr. Bigelow; term of three years: Miss Baker, Mr. Cot ton, Mr. Bush. A constitution and by-laws were also adopted. Besides Mrs. Landon, the following persons were present: Herbert W. Collingwood, '83; John J. Bush, '84; Joseph B. Cotton, '86; Robert W. Mc Cullock, '87; Mrs. Ray S. Baker, '90; Stanley L. Otis, with '91; M. G. Kains, '95, and Mrs. Kains; J. P. Churchill, '95; E. H. Sedgwick, '97; R. S. Bige low, '01; F. M. Morrison, '03, and Mrs. Morrison; A. N. Robson, '06, and Mrs. Robson; C. B. Peck; '07; J. A. Rosen, '08; Evan S. Martin, '08; Hable C. Rogers, '10; Edna B. McNaughton, '11; Aurelia B. Potts, '12; Roy F. Irvin and Mrs. Irvin, both of '14; F. W. Schmidt, '14, and Mrs. Schmidt; Ry- man Herr, '15; W. W. Blue, '15; Don ald A. Stroh, '15, and Clara P. Forte, with '18. DON STROH, Secretary. FACULTY HOLDS BIG MEETING. committee, About 120 members of the M. A. C. faculty met at the Kedzie Laboratory last Wednesday evening in the first Supper was get-acquainted party. served in Club D, following which Professor Plant, as chairman of the explained arrangements the way in which agitation for the meeting started and called first upon G. H. Coons as the one to blame if any good ever came of the meeting. Dr. Coons threw off the responsibility by saying that a big gun needed but a mighty small trigger to shoot it off. Others who spoke were E. G. Fischer, A. C. Conger, Alfred Iddles, E. T. Hallman, J. F. Cox, R. J. Baldwin, M. M. McCool. The success of the initial gathering was attested to by all and it was decided to hold one such, at least every term. COMMUNITY CONCERT. A large and appreciative audience greeted the M. A. C. band and solo ists in the Community Concert at the armory last Sunday afternoon. The playing of the band showed that Di rector Abel has it very well in hand and knows what good music is. The band was assisted by Miss Mabel Ferry, violinist; Mrs. Esther Phillips- Toy, soprano; Miss Mabel Leffler, ac companist; R. H. Cromley, '17, cornet. THE M. A. C. RECORD. 5 ANNUAL DINNER OF THE M. A. C. ALUMNI ASSOCIATION WASH INGTON, D. C. T he a n n u al dinner of t he Washing ton M. A. C. Association was held at 611 12th St., N. W., Wednesday even ing, F e b r u a ry 21st. Fifty-seven peo ple gathered for the occasion and after inter a period of greeting and social course, all were seated at tables and dinner was served. the rendered by the orchestra, During the dinner p a rt of the music the was the diners. At each plate other by a copy of familiar college songs was placed and whenever the spirit moved a certain song would be called for, the orchestra leading and the diners join ing in the chorus. Between courses dancing was in dulged in by those so inclined. The e n t i re d i n n er was a very informal af fair, there being no set speeches, no toasts, but plenty to eat and abounding good cheer. The t i me usually devoted to stereopti- to speeches was devoted con pictures, shown by G. V. Branch, '12. Due to t he kind offices of Secre t a ry Langdon, l a n t e rn slides showing familiar college scenes of the old days as well as of current times were avail scenes able. W h en were t h r o wn upon the screen they were greeted with prolonged applause. The have come under in- t he librarian, herself, Mrs. Linda E. Landon. the old familiar t he beneficent library and then the students owe particular The real event of t he occasion was the presence of Mrs. Landon. Some of t he obliga tions to the Agricultural Department, others the Engineering, or Home Eco nomics Department, but all students in have come under She was fluence of Mrs. Landon. the greeted not only as an official of college b ut also as a personal friend by nearly every one present. the beneficent President H a r ry Thurtell, '88, in in the t r o d u c i ng Mrs. Landon, spoke of personal interest she has t a k en in the welfare of the col lege has never sent a representative w ho was more warmly greeted and whose words were more appreciated t h an Mrs. Landon's. the students and She told something of the recent de velopment, not only of college equip ment, but of college spirit. The old boys and girls are always interested in learning t h at t he spirit of work which prevailed at t he college in their day the is still institution. Mrs. Landon particularly emphasized the generous service given to the college by the members of t he State Board of Agriculture. the dominant feature of At the business meeting a new con stitution- was adopted which provides for three regular meetings during the year, a mid-winter meeting which will always be held in the F e b r u a r y, another meeting in July at which time the officers will be elected a nd one in November. fourth week the The a d m i n i s t r a t i on of college has in the W a s h i n g t on M. A. C. Alum ni Association a bunch of royal sup porters all thoroughly believing in t he kind of t r a i n i ng for which M. A. C. stands. Those precent were Mrs. L i n da E. t he from Landon, college a nd t he representative following: t he '05; Roy H. Waite, Donald MacPherson, '74; William A. '88; Kinnan, '86; William A. Taylor, H a r ry Thurtell, '88; L. A. Clinton, 89; Walter D. Groesbeck, .'92; L y m an J. '93; Mrs. K a t h e r i ne Cook Briggs, Briggs, '94; '93; Clarence B. Smith, '94; Charles P. William F. Wight, '96; J. E. Close, '95; R. E. Doolittle, '96; H o m er C. Skeels, '98; W. Tracy, Mrs. Mary Baker Waite, '98; Orla L. Ayrs, '02; J o hn M. Rankin, '02; H. E. Young, '02; A r t h ur Adelman, '04; Day ton A. Gurney, '04; Cora L. Feldkamp, '05; George R. F r y m a n, '05; Mrs. A n na Pickett Gurney, '05; Clarence A. Reed, '05; Mrs. K a t h e r i ne McNaughton '07; H e n ry Reed, '08; M. Conolly, Mrs, R u th Foster Conolly, '09; J. A. Mitchell, '09; G. V. Branch, '12; H. B. '12; H. E. Truax, '12; Rus Hendrick, '12; Gerald H. Mains, sell A. W a r n e r, '14; C. E. Bassett, '80; Mrs. Elva E. Hicks, '90-'94; Mrs. Lottie Lee Smith, '97-'00; Mrs. Mabel McCormick Young; Dr. S. L. Jodidi, '07-'09; Mrs. William A. K i n n a n, Mrs. H a r ry Thurtell, Mrs. Sherman, Mrs. William F. Wight, Mrs. Charles P. Close, Mrs. Homer C. Skeels, Mrs. J o hn M. Rankin, Mrs. A r t h ur Adelman, Mrs. Roy C. Potts, Mrs. G. V. Branch, Mrs. H. B. Hendrick, Mrs. Mrs. H. E. Truax, Mrs. Russell A. W a r n e r, Mrs. S. L. Jodidi, Mrs. C. E. Bassett, Miss Bassett, Mrs. Kingsley. '08; F r a n c is Kiefer, CORA D, F E L D K A H P. PHILADELPHIA MEETING. The second a n n u al dinner of the Philadelphia M. A. C. Alumni Asso ciation was held at the Hotel Nor- mandie on F r i d ay evening, F e b r u a ry 23d. Mrs. L a n d on was present as t he rep resentative from the college, and added much to the pleasure of the evening by her e n t h u s i a sm for t he college and the interesting account she gave of its recent development and growth. to the college or t h at he or she m i g ht have Mr. A. J. Anderson, president of the the informal association, presided at meeting after the dinner, and called upon each member present to give any in ideas r e g a rd the associa In these talks t h e re was brought tion. out each t he eagerness with which a l u m n us receives and reads his copy of t he RECORD and his- subsequent dis in it more appointment at not finding the news from his own class, and classes following his. t h at t h is disappointment was in no way the fault of t he editor of t he RECORD, but due to t he general reluctance of grad and preceding realized immediately It was uates to write about themselves. Act ing upon t h is belief, the Philadelphia Association elected Miss F a n n ie Beal, '08, t he association corre to act as to be the collect spondent, h er duty ing a nd w r i t i ng of news items for the RECORD. It is hoped t h at in doing this she will have t he co-operation of every person who was ever connected in any way with M. A. C, who lives in the vicinity of Philadelphia. Miss Beal's address is W e s t t o wn Boarding School, in Westtown, Pa. W r i te to her any teresting your item you can classmates or yourselves. about in renewing and The evening passed most delight recalling old fully friendships a nd ended with t he asso ciation to M. A. C. a nd a keener interest in her progress and development. feeling a stronger loyalty Those present were A. J. Anderson, '98, '05, president; F r a nk V. W a r r e n, vice president; Scott B. Lilly, '07, sec r e t a r y; F a n n ie Beal, '08; F. A. Ses sions, '71; R. D. Maltby, '04, and Mrs. Maltby; Mrs. A. J. Anderson, J e an McCoy Lilly, with '09; J o hn R. Lam- '06; Mrs. F r a nk V. W a r r e n; Jos. ber, C. Johnston, '14, a nd K r is P. Bemis, '15. S. B. LILLY. MICHIGAN AGGIES IN PORTLAND BANQUET. ( F r om Sunday Oregonian, Portland, Oregon, Feb. 25.) former s t u d e n ts Graduates a nd .of Michigan Agricultural College gath ered in the Tea Garden at the Multno m ah Hotel last n i g ht for t he a n n u al banquet of the P o r t l a nd Alumni Asso ciation of t h at school. t he reminiscences College yells, given by caused to h a rk back in repre sentatives of the different classes, high the j i n ks a nd former students im agination to the t i me when they were at the "old school." A seven-course banquet was served, t he various dishes being named after cities in Michigan and alumni. Gordon Stuart, president of the as sociation, was toastmaster. Responses were m a de as follows: Professor F r a nk Stewart Kedzie, president of the col lege, "The J-Hop Lassie," address read by J a m es L. Shaw; J u s t in L. Suther "College land, of Vancouver, Wash., T r a i n i ng Life as P r e p a r a t i on W o r k "; Howard E v a r ts Weed, of Bea- verton, Ore., "Weeds and F l o w e r s "; " T r i a ls Kinton B. Stevens, Portland, and Tribulations at Michigan Agricul t u r al College"; W. F. Staley, Portland, " T he 1916 Commencement Compared W i th 1888"; Mrs. J u s t in L. Sutherland, of Vancouver, Wash., former mission ary to India, "Life in India." for T he Tea Garden was decorated w i th a profusion of red and w h i te carna time-hon tions, college p e n n a n ts and ored ukases to frightened issued by sophomores freshmen. The m e nu and toasts were p r i n t ed 6 THE M. A. C. RECORD. in size. the Michigan Agri in a facsimile of official t he cultural College RECORD, duplicated college paper, which was except Jokes and a m u s i ng advertisements concerning members of the association were displayed. The publication was issued by Gordon Stuart, editor, and J. L. Shaw, busi ness manager. The election of officers in Kinton B. Stevens being chosen presi dent for the ensuing year and J. V. Gongwer, secretary. resulted P r e s e nt at the affair were Mr. and Mrs. W. F. Staley and son, Ralph; Mr. and Mrs. Howard E v a r ts Weed, Bea- verton; Mr. and Mrs. J. L. S u t h e r l a nd and Mr. and Mrs. Gordon Stuart, Van couver, Wash.; Mr. and Mrs. J a m es L. Shaw, Mrs. Clara Borrows, Mr. and Mrs. E. D. Searing, Mr. and. Mrs. J a m es A. Searing, Mrs. F ay E a s t m a n, Mr. a nd Mrs. L. C. Thomas, Mr. a nd Mrs. Kinton B. Stevens, Mr. and Mrs. J o hn Decker, Mr. and Mrs. 0. A. Kratz, Mr. a nd Mrs. J. V. Gongwer, Mr. and Mrs. T. C. Lewis, A r t h ur Wilcox, Al bany, and Mrs. C. C. Cornell. FIRST CONTRIBUTORS TO PUBLIC SPEAKING FUND. The following are the M. A. C. peo ple of Saginaw Valley who started the idea of an "Alumni Public Speaking F u n d" and were t he first contributors, the sum being $100.00. '11; Z. E. Colby, '06; E a rl P. Robinson, A. C. MacKinnon, ex-'95; A. Mac- Vittie, '09; W. E. '07; Wilson, Geo. Bradford, ex-'Ol; F. B. Sweeney, ex-'08; H a r ry Nelson, ex-'lO; Lorenzo Roeller; C. R. Garlock, '14; Morrice Courtright, ex-'14; A. G. Boehringer, ex-'96; A. J. Runner, '12; E. C. Peters, '93; E. E. Curtis, ex-'S3; A. J. Beese, ex-'93; H e r b e rt Vasold, J. Smith, '15; W. J. Smith, ex-'71. '14: T. Before the general request for sub scriptions was mailed from the alumni office these Chicago alumni contribut ed: P. B. Woodworth, '86; Lucy Clute '02; Woodworth, '93; I r v i ng Gingrich, '84; Josephine Douglas, C. E. Smith, ex-'06; C. E. Webb, '12; H. L. Mills, '02; George Martin, '04; W. R, Rumm- ler, '86; G. L. Teller, '88; J. A. Wese- '15; R. I. Phil ner, ex-'90; R. Giffels, lips, ex-'03; H. E. Harrison, '88; P. M. Chamberlain, '88; Loa Renner Croke; A. C. B u r n h a m, '93; I. J. Woo- din, '13; F e rn Liverance Woodin, '14; ex-'OO; Mrs. H. R. H a r ry Rupert, Bowles, ex-'12. the these Since con last RECORD t r i b u t o rs have been heard from: How ard R. Smith, '95; Belle Hubbard, ex- '09; C. T. Bradley, ex-'14; C. B. Craw ford, '13; C. J. Whitacre, ex-'13; Clara Morley, ex-'07; E. R. Bender, '12; E. G. Smith, '16; A. D. Doherty, Jr.; W. S. Dilts, '15; A. H. Jewell, '15; H. H. '02; E. S. Jenison, '68; Wm. Lautner, '67; H. L. Mills, '12; S. M. Tracy, Lightbody, '89; Floyd Bunt, '15; E. L. Digby, 13; E. H. Merz, ex-11; J. B. Strange, ex-'02; F. H. Pressler, '16; F. A. Nagler, '14; J e a n' Lovejoy, ex-13; J. A. Holden, '12; L. D. Rudolph, '02; R. A. Bentley, ex-'94; A. E. Kocher, '02; Rosemond H. Kedzie, '06; E a r le A. Towne, '07; M. T. Foote, ex-'74; David M. Purmell, '14; F r a nk P. Cow ing, '13; V. M. Morrish, ex-'14; C. H. Alexander, ex- '15; D. W. Smith, '93; F. M. Keyes, '02; W. F. Jordon, '05; J. R. Thomp son, '00; N. S. Mayo, '88; Mrs. N. S. Mayo; Bertha M. Rittschof; E. C. Po- korny, '13; B. E. Mooney, '07; H. J. Lowe, '14. SOME MEXICAN EXPERIENCES. BY ALLEX C. REDDIXG, '83. the in the s o u t h e rn portion of It was d u r i ng the year 1914 t h at I was called into Mexico to m a ke a tech nical examination of a gold m i ne sit uated the state of Sonora and about sixty miles or more West of the railroad leading from Nogales south. The month was November and certainly pleasant and I certainly enjoyed trip, encoun t e r i ng so m a ny s t r a n ge a nd unaccus tomed scenes as we traveled along the railroad as well as by team across the country. presented the vege m a ny new features tation was entirely strange, consisting as it did of mesquite, palaverda, oc- cotilla, yuccas and a great variety of similar plants inter esting. Of course the usual forms of liz in small a n i m al ards, horned toads, etc., were very nu merous. landscape to me; t h at were very the way of The life little interesting. Their The method of living by the natives through t h at section was also extreme ly thatched the adobe cabins with dirt floors for most p a rt were scrupulously clean and t he little r ed cheeked children, scant ily clad, were picturesque and I t h i nk I saw some of the pretti est faces t h at ever adorned a h u m an figure. certainly t h an little more Outside of the dust, t he journey was not a very severe one, however, in due time we reached the mine in the Elca- jon m o u n t a i n s. I spent a eight living with a weeks on the property their Mexican family and enjoying ( ?) tortilles, frejolas and simple fare of This diet was not unaccept coffee. for able but after one h ad eaten eight or nine weeks, it got entirely too familiar to be thoroughly enjoyed. During t h is period of my visit there the bandits, for they can be called by no other name, m a s q u e r a d i ng under the title of rurales, were very persist to get all ent i n h a b i t a n ts they could from of t h at section. They stopped at noth little villages they pillaged ing; everything and individual homes of they could carry away and w h at they could not carry they destroyed. This, of course, seems barbarous to a well- in their determination the poor the it you regulated American, but when t he realize the conditions s u r r o u n d i ng life of these peons, one can h a r d ly blame them. Their life, at best, w as the op a m e re existence and when p o r t u n i ty came for them to apparent ly better they were their condition, not at all slow in grasping it. to agree to give it up. After completing my work, my t h en most earnest desire was to get back to the railroad and eventually home. The number of horses and carriages in t h at sparcely settled country was con t he quality siderably below p ar a nd I spent several days still in lower. t he a t t e m pt to get someone who, for a consideration t h at he was to n a m e, would get me back to the railroad but was finally obliged I in engaging a did succeed, however, young Mexican boy to help me to the railroad but the only m e a ns we had of getting there was to walk. The distance in round n u m b e rs w as about sixty-eight miles. Before we started, one kindly old Mexican ad vised us t h at we had better travel at nights only. Consequently we started along one through sand and cactus and at day light sought cover of some mesquite brush where we ate our tortilles and lay down for a nap. We spent the day under cover and at nightfall started again on our jour ney toward the railroad. This method of procedure, while in a measure novel, kept us from the h a n ds of the bandits. We carefully hid our selves during the daytime and covered as much distance at n i g ht as the dark ness and the n a t u re of the road would permit. slow and friendly evening trudged and the in to guard our baggage After four nights of this method of traveling, about four o'clock t he m o r n i ng we came to w h at seemed to be a little village although no light w as visible. H u m an instinct evidently was the responsible for our suspicion of near presence of h u m an beings. I sent my moso to see if he could dis cover any signs of life in the appar In the course ently dead community. of half an hour he returned saying t h at there was nothing stirring. Leav ing him t h at we had packed thus far, I started out to find, sometiiing or somebody and t u r n i ng just as I was on the point of back disappointed, I heard a dog bark. I followed the b a rk and, in the dark ness, I discovered t h at the canine was on one side of an occotilla fence and I on the other. His actions, however, led me to believe t h at he was inclined to be friendly and I consequently felt along the fence until I found the gate through which I opened and passed to the other side. A few shade trees shut out w h at meagre light the s t a rs might give and the darkness was so dense t h at I could see nothing. By using my h a n ds and feeling along the t h o r ns fence, encountering millions of which made I found the wall of a house and finally a door which I opened. This proce- themselves manifest, as take. Nevertheless, dure was not one which could be gen erally and recommended anywhere particularly so in some portions of Mexico at this time. However, as ne cessity knew no law and our belts were becoming uncomfortably loose, I decided to take the risks that perhaps on second thought I would have hesi tated to I opened the door, I found the inside an old lighted and standing over patched-up kitchen stove, was none other than a Chinaman. I spoke to him in as good English as I could muster and he very quietly informed me that he "no savvy." I tried my poor Spanish on him with no better success. Just as I was about to leave, more or less disgusted, the door on the opposite side of the kitchen was opened and a gentleman, unmistakably English, walked into the room. Of course he was considerably surprised to see me and perhaps I was as much surprised, although agreeably so, to see him. I introduced myself and ex plained my situation. After listening to my story, he turned to the afore said Chinaman and told him to hurry up and get me some breakfast. The Chinaman replied "all lite Boss." From this it was evident to me that the Chinaman understood English very well and it was brought to my atten tion that there are none so dumb as those who won't understand. Well, we had some breakfast and the kindly Englishman agreed to conceal us during the day and send us on our way in the morning if we did not in sist upon traveling that evening. Dur ing that day I slept much more com fortably for more reasons than one, principally among which was the fact that I knew we were safe from ban dits. Soon after nightfall we started on the last leg of our journey and when morning broke on the fifth day out, we came to the railroad. A little railroad station had once stood beside the track and now it was only a pile of ashes and a few twisted pieces of iron giving unmistakable evidence of the presence of bandits through that section recently. Here I dismissed my attendant and crawled under Some mesquite brush to wait for a train that would carry me across the border. The sun was rather uncomfortably warm this day which, by the way, was the thirtieth of December. I flagged the About five o'clock in the afternoon, a locomotive with three freight cars came in sight. train and by slipping the engineer a, five peso note, he permitted me to get into the Cab with him and we started on our journey north toward the border. We had gone perhaps a quarter of the distance when we came to a bridge that had recently been burned and which, of course, effectively blocked our way. The engineer dispatched his fireman on foot up the railroad track to the nearest telegraph station for the purpose of securing another train that would meet us on the opposite THE M. A C. RECORD. side of the aroya. It was now almost dark. The engineer shared his tor- tilles with me and we crawled under some mesquite brush at some distance from the track and went to sleep. The next morning about nine o'clock a train backed up on the opposite side of the aroya and I got aboard and started north again. We had reached within a few miles of the border when we heard some desultory firing in ad vance of us. The train came to a standstill and we waited perhaps an hour. The firing by this time had largely subsided and had apparently traveled considerably to our right. We in a then proceeded cautiously and few minutes came in sight of the bat tle field, the battle having occurred in the streets of a small village. There were perhaps a hundred and fifty dead Mexicans lying in the streets and no doubt many more wounded. We had to remove three or four from the track before we could proceed. This done, we lost no time in getting away and at six o'clock that evening we crossed the. international boundary line at Nogales. Never before, I believe, in my whole life did Old Glory look so beautiful as it did then. I have had many other experiences in Mexico, some of them perhaps even more perilous than this but none, I believe, that entailed more hardship. It is rather amusing at this distance from the occurrence but I assure you that it was anything but funny at the time it happened. I had been advised by my friends not to attempt the trip and when asked the, reason, they sim ply said that I was entirely too good a target; that even the poorest marks man would have no difficulty what ever in hitting the mark. THEODORE A. STANLEY, '86. Theodore A. Stanley of the class of 1886 died at New Britain* Connecticut, February 27, 1917. Soon after graduation he was mar ried to Miss Sadie McLouth, daughter of Lewis McLouth, professor of me chanics at Michigan Agricultural Col lege. incidents interesting His student life was at a time in the history of the college full of un usually and struggles, and through them all Stan ley won the confidence, respect, and love of all of his associates. He was an energetic force in every student activity. His standing can be read from a remark made by the great analyist, Dr. Robert C. Kedzie, about an unfortunate college prank: "Stan ley was not there. He is not capable of meanness, and he is capable of pre such venting others things." doing from The side of his character which ap pealed particularly to the members of his fraternity, to his classmates,.' to the student organization, and to the faculty, was his sterling honesty and 7 sense of justice. In every trying sit uation, and indeed in every - detail of his college life, he was governed abso lutely by a fairness of mind which came to influence his associates more than any other trait of character could have done. OVERHEARD ON A BELT LINE CAR. (Part of address made by A. C. Conger at the meeting of the faculty last week.) "Will, till me, Dooley, phwat is the av manin' av this worrud which we hear so much?" science "Science is a grate thin,' " said Mr. Dooley, "av course, Hinnessey, to a man av yoor onidjucated condishun th' rale progriss av science manes but lit tle, but to thousands av collidge pro- fissers 'tis the brith av life. Av coorse it isn't much av a livin the pore divils git, but the likes av thim don't nade to spind money like you an' me—thim havin' no bad habits." "Phwat do their fam'lies do?" asked Hennesseey. "Shure an' they don't have anny." "Will, till me, what is this science av which you are talkin'? "I'm surprised at yer ignerunce, 'Tis knowledge sit in orr- Hinnessey. der, as me friend Doc Giltner" says." "Do ye know anny scientists?" asked Hennessey. "I do that, some av the gratest in the state," replied Mr. Dooley. "I have just coom from visitin' wan av me by-hood friends, who is a grate scientist." "Where does yer friend worruk?" "Niver say that worrud av a scien tist. Me friend retains a posishun av the thrust an' responsibility out be collidge." "Do they have scientists out to the collidge?" "They do that, manny rale progris- sive • wans, too. Ye see, Hinnessey, scientists are like politishuns; manin' consarvi- there are progrissives an' tives. Th' progrissives want to see somethin' a-doin' aven they hav to do it thimselves, while the consarvitives want thin's rale quiet, aven th' others do want to worruk." if "Wnat do these scientists out to the collidge do?" "They ask the Ligislachoor for large appropriashuns frum the money the' tax-payers rajoice to conthribute, fer the perpuss av amelioratin' the con dishun av th' poor farmer." "What ilse do they do?" "I forgot to ask," said Mr. Dooley, "but be th' way me ould friend was wipin' the sweat av toil frum his brow, I know he was not Avan who would accept his small honyraryum from the ginerous and grateful state without doobly airnin' it. He had just fin ished, be tremendjous laboor, a moni- mental worruk showin' how anny farmer, be the simple use av a tilis- 8 cope an' siv'ral ither chimicals which iscape me m i m ' ry can luk at a single g r a ne of w h e at an' tell w h at farm it grew on." " B ut to know till me, why should he w a nt t h a t ?" THE M. A. C. RECORD. STUDYING THE SCIENCES FIFTY YEARS AGO. (Reprinted from the Michigan Alum nus for F e b r u a r y .) it was " He don't," said Mr. Dooley, "but it will ameliorate his condishun anny- t h at 'Twas not this awful labor way. friend's the beads upon me projuced brow; throuble he the grate w as afther havin' to kape science upon t he plane to which it properly belongs. It sames t h at there are some will-in- tinshuned but mis-guided villains who persist in w o r r uk which is av no value is, as me to me nor you, but which friend nixt t h i n' ye know, sez he, they will be fillin' the pages av me fav'rite maga zine, The Ixperiment S t a s h un Ricord contradic- with shuns. sez, pure science. The their mistakes and "I sez to me friend, to 'Don't all con- t r i b u s h u ns some j e r n u ls times contain mistakes?' sez l a m ed I. " 'All but those av meself an' a few ithers,' sez -he. " ' H o w 's t h a t ?' sez I. " 'We don't contribute sez he." annything,' " I 'm not sure phwat it is all about," said Mr. Hennessey, " b ut it m u st be a to be a raly grate scien g r a nd tist. t h i n' I should like to be wan." " F e r g it it," said Mr. Dooley, " t h' "there life among grate wans a re all dead." "But said Hennessey, are some signs av the scien tists out be the collidge. Only Mon day lasht, I read in the State J e r n ul t h at they were after havin' a dinner on Wednesday avenin' fer the perpus av talkin' thin's over and knowin' Avan a n i t h er betther." th' "Tis some verry favor of true. Hinnessey. true. Me friend was afther tillin' me about t h' feed and shure he says the younger w a ns out there, who are sbtill aspirin' they are with to be rale scientists, the w an accord in h e a r ty folks scheme. Y'see. Hinnessey. o ut there are like th' brook, some are afther comin' an' all the time, and this dinner plan makes t he new wans get acquainted with the ould wans, and be t a l k i n' t h i n 's over, they ould they wans. are, with all t h is w o r r uk for the com m on good, and feelin' the which such meetin's fosters will help to m a ke little m o re congenial, shure t h a t 's w h at me t h i n k i ng out friend sez be the collidge." the like soldiers, learn somethin' from their w o r r uk they are all 'Tis very friendly a-goin' j u st a —W i th Apologies to A. P. Scndo. WANTED. '02; H. G. Stone, T he addresses of Wallace K. Won ders, '07; David G. Hack, '14; F r ed P. Clark, '93; Robert A. P r a t t, e x - ' l l; H e r b e rt Bamber, '81; E t h el T r a u t m a n, '11; L. Eyer, '12; W. S. Reiterman, '15; G. Verran, '01. their t r a i n i ng till President Van Hise somewhere makes the r e m a rk t h at it is h a rd for young people to realize t h at t he per son one h u n d r ed years old h as seen more progress in the conveniences of living t h an were made in the thousand years before. During scarcely m o re t h at time nearly all depart t h an half in college ments of science as t a u g ht growth. have made most of Even without t he aid of an instructor Professor Winchell t a u g ht geology, zo ology, and botany in the University of Michigan, and h ad considerable spare t i me left for work in the m u s e um and the study of those topics in the field. In the the spring of 1856 he met sophomores daily for six weeks in bot t h em w i t h o ut micro any, scopes they were reasonably cer t a in in identifying clay ton ia virgin ica, This ended in and lupinus pcrennis. struction in botany. Zoology a nd ge ology were formidable. little more Even these slight introductions to nat ural science the writer with a thirst for more in preference to more knowledge in Greek, Latin or mathe matics. in an academy in Union Springs, New York, to get money to pay t he expense of further study at H a r v a r d, where I presented myself in 1862. Against my inclination, I decided to work in chem likely istry because it would be more to help me teacher was a tall circumspect young man, by the name of Charles W. Eliot, whom you all heard of some y e a rs later. The received s t a rt in analytical chemistry scarcely suggestions. helpful Twice a week a class of three of us were questioned on lessons in Cook's Chemical Physic and Fowne's Organic the slightest at Chemistry, without laboratory tempt at experiments or work—but were book lessons. In 1859, I began teaching teaching. My any left in life. After about ten weeks of chemistry, which by t h at time I thoroughly dis liked, I decided to quit and study zo ology and botany, with Agassiz a nd Gray whether they helped me or not; and re I have never for a moment gretted the change. Agassiz was glad to see me, "But why do you w a nt to study zoology; there is no money in it? You must m a ke up your mind to be poor all t ry your patience. your You have read books on zoology, but the objects. You have not studied m u st not read any books on the ob jects you are studying." He gave me some dried sea u r c h i ns and assigned "Tomor me to a desk with drawers. row I will call to see how you are getting along." There were nine other time students, spending most of their in studying small animals. I h ad all the daylight for this work, interrupted I used a by lectures a week. I shall two t he I b r o u g h t, living cheap h a nd lens, note paper, and pen cil, a nd settled down for task, b r e a k i ng in pieces and sketching as I went along and by n i g ht I believed to there was nothing more for me learn. T he next day I was glad to see Agassiz saunter in with a smile, the question, "Well, Mr. Beal, and w h at have you seen?" He saw the drawings and listened to my talk, say ing, "This and t h is are right, t h at is wrong." He gave me a few names and said, "Look it over," and with a is call of five m i n u t es left me. This a sample of his daily visits for three specimens weeks. from Nahant, surprised myself by ad ditional discoveries, becoming abie to the details wThen my eyes were see s h ut as well as when open. Then he to said, are follow composed of similar parts, a r r a n g ed in a similar m a n n e r, how is i t ?" After twro days I was able to tell him. I studied and compared related animals spatangoids. Every including I time a new* specimen was studied, was in detail. "It is easy enough to observe isolated facts; any one can soon l e a rn to do two or that, but when you compare then you more objects, step I want now to find out in philosophy. whether you are fit for a captain or a major general." I made models of wThat I was studying. are sea . urchins. They to compare "here the Sometimes starfishes t a ke a some some them told I In t h is time Agassiz I spent six weeks in studying and comparing a few* m a r i ne animals allied to the starfish and sea urchins, a nd d u r i ng all in h is brief calls never told me a t h i ng ex cept to say, "You are right, you are wrong." studied like m a n n er corals, fishes, mollusks, crabs and lob sters, and spent six weeks dredging and m a k i ng notes at Eastport, Maine. little to more and mentioned I wTas with Agassiz most of the read. time for a little more than a year, and train consider ing I ever h ad In all my I made use of this plan, adapted more or less to As time went on he talked a in anything. fifty years the most valuable teaching for the students something in hand. it a condition surpass me, t h at to make money, and Dr. Gray was glad to assist me, but there was agreed with Agassiz little chance if I became a teacher, I m u st make up students my mind t h at some of my would of things t h at long ago proved to be true. At t h at time (1862) a small n u m b er of students of Agassiz found little de m a nd for services, and of botanists there were only two men in this coun try, Dr. Gray, of Harvard, and Pro fessor Eaton, of Yale, who earned their living by teaching botany. True, Dr. Torrey was professor of botany of Co lumbia University, but he had to piece out his salary by doing some assay work the United States govern ment. for By this t i me the reader m u st have t h at my prospects for sue- concluded THE M. A. C. RECORD. 9 cess in natural history were not very bright, and wonder why I did not give up the job. I never for a moment I was con thought of such a thing. tinually joyous in the work. I had some hope for the future, but no pro phetic vision of what was to come, nothing like a dream of meeting 500- 600 botanists, as was recently the case in New York. The work with Dr. Asa Gray was mostly in his private laboratory, where I was his only stu dent giving my time chiefly to the gross anatomy of seed plants, ferns and their allies, aided by a stage mi croscope and free use of books, and Dr. Gray was always ready to help over any difficulties, saying that "It wasn't worth while to work under false ideas." Tuition was $150 a year, but in my there was no charge on the case ground that I was paying my own way. Some service was rendered by way of collecting specimens for class use. During one spring Dr. Gray met three of us for lessons in his text book freely illustrated by fresh speci mens. The botanical department of Harvard did not own a compound mi croscope; it had the use of a thousand dollar instrument belonging to the Lowell Institute. A little crude work was done, such as viewing the stream ing motion of granules of chlorophyll in leaf-sections of valisneria, looking at grains of pollen, sections of ovules, etc. During my time Dr. Gray gave lec a valuable course of illustrated tures to juniors in geographical bot any. I attended popular lectures given by Professor Agassiz to undergradu ates, lectures on elementary chemistry by Professor J. B. Cooke, another course on comparative anatomy by Dr. Jeffries Wyman, several lectures by Professor James Russell Lowell, occa sionally lectures by Professor E, N. Hosford, Dr. Oliver Wendell Holmes, Professor Lovering, Professor Benja min Pierce, one by Emerson on the life of Thoreau, one by Senator Charles Sumner, one by John B. Gough, one in Tremont Temple by Wendell Phil lips, the day after President Lincoln was assassinated; three or four plays by young Edwin Booth, of whom Har vard and Boston were very proud, one lecture by Artemus Ward, soon to leave for Europe. At a lecture Dr. Wyman at one time exhibited a number of small bottles containing boiled hay and other mate rials filtered after boiling, some of which were still clear and others tur- pid. It had been found out that if boiled three or four times the mate rials were more likely to remain clear. Reference was made to spontaneous generation, and why boiling did not destroy all traces of life. Here was the beginning of microbiology in America. When I left the University of Michi gan in 1859, there was a grand total of 430 students; on entering Harvard in 1862 there were 814, including di vinity, law, medicine, resident gradu ates, and yet Harvard was 226 years old. With some interruptions I. studied at Harvard about two years, receiving S. B. in 1865; the special examination was held for nearly two hours, con ducted by three professors or instruc tors. I left, going immediately to an academy at $1,000 a year, gradually increased earning more in the old University of Chicago and some private schools. In the sum mer of 1870, I became one of. the small faculty at the agricultural college, teaching several things to a small num ber of students, holding the job for forty years. to $1,300; later During the first decade I was one of the first four teachers in the country to place a compound microscope in the hands of each student of a section of a class; the other professors were Dr. Falow, of Harvard, Professor Harring ton, of the University of Michigan, and C. E. Bessey, of Iowa Agricultural Col lege. In 1868 I attended the seventeenth meeting of the A. A. A. S. held in Chi cago where there were only two sec tions of the society. There were only three papers presented in botany, by Dr. Asa Gray, Thomas Meehan, of Philadelphia, and Mr. Hilgard, a brother of Dr. E. W. Hilgard, at one time professor in the university. Hasn't botany some progress during years? in America made last' 54' the W. J. BEAL, '59. CORRESPONDENCE. Editor M. A. C. RECORD: I am pleased to learn of the effort to increase the interest in oratory at M. A. C. I am wondering if a per sonal reminiscense of early days at the college can be of interest to the association. I think it was President Garfield who gave as his idea' of the oppor tunity for a liberal education for a student was that he might be seated upon one end of a log with Mark Hopkins on the other. Our early ad vantages at M. A. C. were somewhat of this nature. We did not often sit upon the logs nor upon the innumer able stumps on the campus but we did have the advantage of a very close communion with a few great educat ors. President Abbot was a man of vast scholastic attainments and a heaven born spirit for imparting in struction and creating a thirst for fur ther knowledge. Dr. Kedzie, so fa vorably known to all the alumni, needs no encomium from me but I may remark in passing that I knew very well the class of '64 who had a year of chemistry before Dr. Kedzie came in 1863. They often tested the this new teacher with most trying ques tions but never with one to which he did not have the instantaneous reply. None who ever tried to quiz this grand old teacher will question testi mony. Dear Dr. Miles, the father of agricultural science in America, had a marvelous instinct for scientific re search and marked ability in impart ing this to others. Professors Clute and Prentis were only "instructors" at this time and Prof. Clute was the only one of them all that indulged in attempts at oratory. He indeed re cited "Spartacus" for us and required us to memorize the same and make some feeble attempts at imitating his somewhat grandiose style of delivery. This was practically the extent of our instruction in this line. Attendance at the college during the years of the Civil war was very slight and the op liter portunities for culture through ary societies was slight indeed. Personally I taught for a few years after graduation and often felt great ly the need of ability to stand upon my feet and make a five-minute or even one minute address. Teachers do not often acquire facility at this. Although I frequently wrote longer addresses I was completely lost in at tempts at impromptu speaking. I was greatly suprised, a little later, to find that unlearned farmers who had acquired facility at grange meet- tings could surpass me immeasurably. It was not until twenty-five years after I left the college that I was forced into public speaking and I was greatly I ac surprised to find how easily quired some ability to be at home "upon my feet." I then realized for the first time how much I had missed at college or rather how very much I might have been benefited by even a very little of proper instruction in this line. May the good work, much needed work, go on to the grea,t ad vantage of all. Detroit, Mich. DANIEL STRANGE, '67. Dear Mr. Langdon: I have yours of 2/16, making an appeal for money for an "Alumni Fund," and, of course, I enclose a check. The ability to think, and to talk convincingly when one is on his feet before an unfriendly audience is one of the most valuable assets in any busi ness life. The ability to argue logi cally and to debate clearly is worth far more than is mere "oratory." One does not need to be "a Webster, or a Clay, or even a Bryan," to be a man of power. Bryan is the greatest and most eloquent orator to whom I have ever listened, but in his long public career he has never been able to con vince a majority of the American peo ple that he was right. Gov. Hoard is no orator, but his speeches have made Wisconsin the greatest dairy state in Joe Wing had no stage the Union. 10 THE M. A. C. RECORD. listen and field. presence, a nd was an awkward speak er, but when he talked about alfalfa t h en he made his hearers "Uncle go home and plant a Joe Cannon" h as never made a speech so eloquent t h at it will be quoted in the " H u n d r ed Gems of American Ora tory," but we all recognize his power in Congress, which comes from h is in any unexpected wonderful ability a r g u m e nt or debate. Whatever else may be done with this "Alumni F u n d ," I hope a good it may be used for t he en p a rt of couragement of speaking i m p r o m p tu and debate, as I regard t h at as being of far greater importance t h an is t he to m a ke a high-sounding, or ability even an "eloquent" oration after t he student h as been given unlimited time a nd opportunity for preparation. Yours very truly, S: M. TRACY, '68. Alumni Secretary: I am heartily in favor of raising a fund to encourage debating a nd pub lic speaking among students attending Enclosed you will M. A. C. find If you need more I shall be check. further. glad LIGHTBODY, to contribute W M. '89. Detroit, Mich. "Enclosed find check for my sub scription to t he $1,500 Alumni F u nd to encourage public speaking at M. A. C. It is a good cause a nd I will r e m it further if necessary. . Before attending college I couldn't m a ke a talk in pub lic to save my life. I remember my first chapel oration was on the sub ject " T h e . S t a te Board of Agriculture Should Be Elected by the People." Much to my delight Dr. E d w a r ds gave me credit by delivering it to him in private because it m i g ht reflect upon the state board t h en serving. During recent years public speaking h as been "bread and b u t t e r" to me and we man age to get along. W h a t e v er success I have h ad made is to be attributed to these old time debates in the Olym pic Society inspired by such dignified and eloquent seniors as H. Arnold White, Geo. David, Chas. Winegar, etc. Wishing you continued success, "HOWARD R. S M I T H, '95." Chicago, 111. "I am heartily in sympathy with the s e n t i m e n ts expressed in t he REC ORD relative speaking this public It h as not received its measure work. of a t t e n t i on from the student body in the past." Louis S. WELLS, '16. to Hartford, Mich. Alumni Secretary: to -aT'fund interest I am glad of the chance to con to promote more tribute in public speaking. * active * * J u st how far-reaching t he pro posed plan will be, no one at present knows, b ut I'll say for one t h at it is t he great mass not going to reach it, still students they know larger mass . of t h at really need the t r a i n i n g. * * * F or example, a college youth goes out for football, or other forms of athletics for the exercise, pleasure, glory, or re w a rd derived therefrom, but there is t h at t h at would like the exercise a nd know they really need they haven't a chance, and everybody would them so, even the coach, should tell they get out on t he field. But you a re soon to solve t h at problem with your new gymnasium and competent direc tor of athletics. * * * To be frank, it was lack of confidence, in I ' l l ' s ay training, and tensified by t he wrong there were others who were in t he same boat—yes, m a ny others. W h at little I came in contact with only served to break down my confidence still further a nd I t h i nk it is true of the others. * * * Let speaking be en couraged in all class rooms, not t he m e re answers to questions, but a paper or talk to be delivered at least once a term by each student in- every sub ject t h at allows discussion. The Eng classes lish would then serve their supplementary function of putting on t he polish by proper t r a i n i ng in speech. Then I am sure contest for the awards t h at the M. A. C. As to give for para sociation proposes mount efforts there would be keener speaking public a nd in public speaking. D. D. H E N R Y, '15. Grand Rapids, Mich. NEWS AND COMMENT H. J. Burton, of the Consumers Power Co., talked at the Engineering meeting last week on "Opportunities for Technical Men." The M. A. C. All-Fresh were de feated at Grand Rapids by the Grand Rapids Y. M. C, A. last F r i d ay night by a score of 31 to 21. The M. A. C. their oppo boys played rings around nents, but were unable to connect with the baskets. FORESTRY N E W S. The F o r e s t ry department h as been asked to recommend a m an for assist a nt state forester for one of the south ern states, a city forester for an east ern city, two m en for timber preserva tion work, and several men for lum ber companies. The department expects to s t a rt tap ping the sugar bush this week or next. About 700 trees will be tapped t h is year a nd experiments will be started to find out t he proper number of buck ets t h at should be h u ng on trees a nd also the effect of tapping on the stain ing of lumber. ANOTHER COLLEGE POETRY ANTHOLOGY. the Stratford Publishing, Company, Bos- Announcement h as come from Northwestern Teachers'Agency Largest in the West—For the Entire West Only and Alaska. - - HOME OFFICE Progressive—Aggressive—Your Best Medium to Secure a Western Position. "Write immediately for free circular. - BOISE, IDAHO HOTEL HEADQUARTERS FOR M. A. C. PEOPLE HOTEL, STATLER Detroit 1,000 rooms—1,000 baths. 400 rooms (with shower bath) at $1.50 and $2 a day. Club breakfasts. Grand Circus Park, between Washington Boulevard and Bagley Avenue. NEW BUBDICK HOTEL. Kalamazoo, Mich. Fire proof construction; 250 rooms; 150 rooms with private bath. European plan. $1.00 per day and up. T HE PARK PLACE HOTEL. Traverse City, Mich. The of leading all-the-year-'round hotel the region. All modern con veniences. All outside rooms. W. O. Holden, Mgr. OCCIDENTAL HOTEL Muskegon, Mich. 150 rooms. Hot and cold water and telephone in every room. European plan, $1.00 and up. Edward R. Sweet, Manager. When in Pontiac Stop at HOTEL HURON Central location, near Court House. All outside rooms. Cafe in connec tion. Rates $1.00. Rooms with private bath, $1.50. Phone, 671-W. The First Thought in D R U GS C. J. Rouser Drug Go. | ^ j ^ i ^ i M i i y j ; ^ i M i ^ ; ^ ^ ^ i ^ ; ^ ; ^ ml For 21 Years Printers of the M. A. C. Record iCabirenre & Han Ulurrn •Printing Olnmnang 210-212 North Grand Ave., Lansing TilrTTilrT^itfrT^i^irTTt^TtlrTrtl^l^l^fr^ffiT^F t h at ton, they a re already m a k i ng plans for publishing another volume of poems by college students a nd they have asked t h at poems be submitted by May 15. Those alumni who pur chased the first book of t h is kind, is sued last year, a re delighted over t he quality of t he poems, a nd it is certain t h at t he yearly production will be looked forward to with interest. Since two M. A. C. poems of high quality were accepted last year, M. A. C. stu dents have a h i gh r e p u t a t i on to main tain in the succeeding volumes. scenes EDUCATIONAL MOVIE. Xi Sigma Pi, t he honorary forestry society, h as been fortunate enough to film of five reels, showing secure a lumbering conditions a nd in t he n o r t h w e st a nd Mr. Harvey will show it at the E l m ac before h is regu lar n u m b e rs on Saturday, March 10. There is no extra charge, t he film will be p ut on at about 12:30 Satur day afternoon, and as m a ny as c an are urged to see the pictures, for t he in t he western states a re operations intensely interesting. The difficulties which have to be overcome in lumber ing, a nd logging big trees a re numer ous a nd t he film VFIII present all t he phases i n t e r e s t i ng a nd fashion. vividly in AixPHA P si BANQUET. The Alpha Psi fraternity held its winter term banquet at t he Wildwood on Wednesday evening, Feb. 7th. T he banquet set a record for attendance and, in all, six chapters were repre sented. P. E. Kunze acted as toast- master. Speakers w e r e: Dr. H. Pres ton Hoskins, of Detroit, national sec r e t a r y; Dr. Hayes, of Kalamazoo; Dr. Handley, Dr. Benner a nd Dean Lyman. Speakers of local chapter were Dr. Giltner, H. J. Stafseth a nd R. B. Bolton. t he The fraternity held a short meeting on Tuesday evening of last week. Mr. report Kunze gave a very interesting of h is recent to K a n s as City, where he represented t he local chap ter at t he national council meeting. trip SHORT COURSE GRADUATION EXERCISES. Exercises for t he short-course grad uates were held at the Agricultural Building last Tuesday night. The fol lowing program was given: Address, Dean Shaw; music, college quartet; address, Mr. Cleveland, president of the first year class; address, Mr. Hef- fley; address, Mr. Reavey, president of the second y e ar class; reading, Mr. Berridge; address, Professor Ander son. In t he social time after t he for mal m e e t i ng and presentation of cer tificates, 400 cones, 50 pounds of peanuts, a nd 20 pounds of candy were consumed. E n o u gh proof sheets from t he general catalog h ad been obtained so t h at each member of the various courses was given one ice cream THE M. A. C. RECORD. t h us carried a w ay with h im t he and addresses of his m a ny friends: GIRLS' GLEE CLUB CONCERT. Tuesday evening t he Girls' Glee Club gave one of the m o st ambitious a nd enjoyable p r o g r a ms in its history. T he first half of t he p r o g r am consisted of t he usual chorus, q u a r t e t te a nd solo work. Among t he especially fine num bers were Nevin's "Little Boy Blue" as sung by the entire club, a nd t he fine solo work of Miss Horton, whose voice is so well suited to t he two bird songs she sang, " T he Joy of the Morn ing," by Ware, a nd "I H e ar a T h r u sh at E v e ," by Cadman. The second p a rt of t he p r o g r am was t he ordinary a nd was quite out of made up of scenes from college life as a r r a n g ed by Miss Agnes Mclntyre, a member of t he Glue Club. W i th song a nd dialogue the audience w as shown t he four years of a. girl's col lege life, from h er homesick freshman days to her senior year. In t he sere nade scene d u r i ng the j u n i or year t he girls were assisted by t he q u a r t e t te from t he Men's Glee Club. Miss Frey- t he club is to be hofer who directs congratulated on t he success of the evening's e n t e r t a i n m e n t. ALUMNI NOTES '81. Byron S. Palmer, of Palmyra, N. Y., traveling salesman for t he Borcherdt Malt E x t r a ct company, is now in De troit, where he expects to r e m a in until May 1. He is living at t he Cadillac hotel. t he '83. A. C. Redding, of S an Francisco, last spent some .time on t he campus week, it being his first visit since t he early 90's. Mr. Redding is a m i n i ng engineer, a nd m a k es all terri tory on the western coast from Can ada down into Mexico. He h as h ad some harrowing experiences in Mexico in recent years. On one of t he occa sions he was imprisoned in a Mexican h ut for a whole week, his money a nd clothes stolen, w i th food brought to him b ut once a day by a little Mexi It was she who brought his can girl. u n d e r g a r m e n ts to h im one n i g ht about m i d n i g ht a nd whispered t h at t he door was unlocked. By traveling at night he was able, to reach civilization un harmed. passed t h r o u gh a clump of trees where thirty- seven Mexicans were hanging. T he only m a rk of civilization there was a battered On his way he typewriter. Kenyon L. Butterfield, president of to Massachusetts A- C., h as declined become a candidate for representative in t he constitutional convention which will be held in t h at s t a te in t he near future. He felt it unwise to take t he t i me which would be required from his college duties. 11 The Alumni W o l v e r i ne W I LL C O N T A IN An A l u m ni Honor Roll of M. A. C.'s T w e n ty Greatest A l u m n i. C o m p l e te Review of t he A l u m ni Association. Dedication to an A l u m n u s. T i n t ed C a m p us Scenes familiar to you all. Pictures of Every Organization on t he C a m p u s. P h o to of t he n ew Eneineering Building a nd Write-up. Athletics, a nd Our N ew Coach. And, in addition, a c o m p l e te re view in 433 pages of t he pres e nt College year, w i th 1300 pictures & drawings. " illustrated YOU WANT THE 1917 WOLVERINE T he theirs: following have ordered Henry D. Haigh, '74 A. L. F i n c h, '15 J. W. B e a u m o n t, '82 K. L. Butterfield, '91 D. W. Francisco, '14 K. H. McDonel, '16 A. H. S t a n e, '99 Alumni Advertisers are Henry D. Haigh, '74 A. C. B u r n h a m, '93 A. M. Emery, '83 to Have your n a me added t h e se lists by writing today to THE WOLVERINE BOARD, EAST LANSING, MICHIGAN Please reserve .copies of 1917 Alumni Wolverine. I am sending one dollar and will pay $ 7.50, plus 30c for postage before April 21, 1917. Name Address 12 THE M. A. C. RECORD. to Women Who A Message Appreciate High Grade Suits-Coats-Dresses At Our January Clearing Sale Prices. HPHIS is Central Michigan's Appar- •*• el Shop for Women and Misses— and founded upon a foundation of satisfaction—giving principles at the same time rigidly maintaining our reputation of high justly earned quality standards at moderate prices. WINTER S U I TS Every Suit must go— andlnow. is'the time to buy. 1-2 R e g u l ar P r i ce is all you'll have to pay for any Suit in stock. WINTER C O A TS Every woman wants a new; Coat— like ours—at our prices. 1 -4 R e g u l ar P r i ce is the amount you'll save on any Coat in stock. — 108-110 S. Washington Ave. '02. Mrs. P. B. Woodworth, '93, writes of '02, now Mrs. recently. lives at Poison, Mon meeting Maude Briley, W. J. Marshall, Mrs. Marshall tana. in Chicago '03. E. S. Good, a, of the Kentucky Ex periment Station, is the a u t h or of a recent bulletin at t h at station entitled "Etiology and Control of Infectious Abortion in Mares." Good discovered the specific germ of this disease and gave it its name. '07. A son, William Marshall, was born to Mr. a nd Mrs. C..M. Cade, E a st Lansing, March 3. M l. J. G. France, a, completed his work with the short course students at M. A. C. last week and will now be lo 2, cated at Richmond, Va., Route in where he has leased a farm, with it proves satisfactory. t e nt to buy if '12. Plans for a " b a n n e r" class reunion this J u ne were last F r i d ay started n i g ht when nine members of the class a nd guests gathered at t he Wildwood Tea Rooms, E a st Lansing, to put some " p e p" into circulation. Those present were Mr. and Mrs. R. G. Kirby; Mr. and Mrs. E. E. Hotchin; Mr. and Mrs. Carl Geagley; Mr. a nd Mrs. George O'Dell; A. M. Berridge; Mr. and Mrs. Alfred a nd Iddles; H. L. Bancroft mother, Mrs. Bancroft; Mr. and Mrs. the C. S. Langdon. T he money which class h as on h a nd was put the into h a n ds of a committee to use in pro moting the coming reunion. '14. E z ra Levin, a, is now the m u ck crop specialist for M. A. C. H is headquar ters are at 90 F e d e r al Building, Kala mazoo, Mich. Karl G. Meschke, f, h as requested a change of address from C/o Federal Creosoting Co., Rome, N. Y., to C/o American Creosoting Co., Russell, Ky. •15. Invitations • Programs Cards • Announcements Personal Stationery E N G R A V ED 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. R o b e rt S m i th P r i n t i ng C o. Lansing Michigan -:- -:- "If it h ad not been for the RECORD t h at Leah I would not have k n o wn Swift is only three miles away. I can see the Rosebud Boarding School form my window and am anxious find out how she likes 42 below zero." to '16. M. S. Strong, sp., was on the cam pus last week. He has j u st accepted a position as general adviser t he H u s t on F a rm company at S. Charles ton, Ohio. 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