VOL. XXII. APRIL 17, 1917. No. £6- 11M. A. C. Cannot Live On Her Past—• What Will Tou Do For Her Future?'''' THE MA.C. D ECOR D STATE BOARD AUTHORIZES OFFICERS TRAINING CORPS AND COURSE IN HIGHWAY ENGINEERING. SPECIAL FACULTY MEETING ON PREPAREDNESS. NEWS FROM THE ALUMNI. PUBLISHED BY THE MICHIGAN AGRICULTURAL COLLEGE ASSOCIATION EAST LANSING,MICH. 2 DIRECTORY L A N S I NG BUSINESS A ND PROFESSIONAL M EN THE names in this Directory, as well as those of all our other advertisers, are of re liable parties. We hope the faculty and students will patronize those who patronize us. A. M. EMERY 223 Washington Ave. N. Books, Fine Stationery, Engraved Call ing1 Cards, Fountain Pens, Pictures, Frames. Fine Framing 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. LOUIS BECK COMPANY 112 Washington Ave. N. Correct Clothes, Up-to-date Hats and Caps, Classy Furnishings. J. E. STOFPER, D. D. S. Office 203-5 City National Bank Bldg. Automatic phone 2361 Bell phone 61 ALLEN & DE KLEINE PRINTING CO. 128-130 Ionia St. W. Printing, Typewriters, Office Supplies, Adding Machines, Programs, En 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, Ear, Nose, Throat and Fitting Glasses Has removed from 116 W. Allegan St. to 208 S. Washington Ave. (over Gateley's Jewelry Store). Citizens, 2724. A. G. BISHOP French Dry Cleaners, Dyers and Tailors 114-16 Washtenaw St. W- Both Phones. J. H. LARRABEE 325 S. Washington Ave. Sport Shop—Athletic Goods of All Kinds. H. H. LARNED China, Glass and Lamps 106 Washington Ave. 8. THE M. A. C. RECORD. BUSINESS AND PROFESSIONAL PAGELSEN & SPENCER Patents, Patent Law, Trademarks 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, '06a, Attorney at Law 71 Washington Blv'd, Detroit, Michigan Cherry 4511 SMITH POULTRY & EGG CO. Commission Merchants Solicit consignments in Ponltry—Veal—Eggs Guy H. Smith, '11 Western Market, Detroit. GOODELL, ZELIN C. (Forestry, M. A. C. '11) Insurance and Bonds of Every Kind insured your salary, If you haven't better see or write Goodell about a good proposition. Lansing Insurance Agency, Inc., 208-212 Capital National Bank Bldg » 1 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, '16—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 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. "HANK" AND "FRANK" Your barbers for the last five years Pool, Billiards, Cigars. In the new Dickson Building. WILDWOOD TEA ROOM Service a la carte. 318 Abbott Ave., East Lansing. Fountain Pens Waterman's, Mercantile, Parker's, Etc. 91 to $ 6, all g u a r a n t e ed College Drug & Grocery Store Full Line %f Everything. Agents for Star Laundry, Electric Suppliet. LOFTUS Good Things to Eat EAST LANSING'S LEADING GROCER^ THE, M AC RECORD E A ST L A N S I N G, MICHIGAN, T U E S D A Y, A P R IL 17, 1 9 1 7. NO. 25 VOL,. X X I I. ALLUMNI SHOULD APPLY FOR COMMISSIONS. Captain Longanecker, c o m m a n d a nt at M. A. C, advises t h at all alumni interested who have had three or more years of m i l i t a ry training, should ap ply to the Adjutant General, Central Department, Chicago, for examination in t he Officers Re for a commission is serve Corps. This is the way he is a n s w e r i ng the flood of letters t h at from coming to him on this question the alumni. for commissions E x a m i n a t i o ns in t he Reserve Corps will call for infor mation along these lines: A r my regu lations, field service regulations, firing regulations, m i l i t a ry law, organization of a company of sketching and r e a d i ng maps. A certificate of drill credits a nd a physical examina tion will also be necessary. infantry, In case readers of t he RECORD wish to follow this up and secure additional t h is subject, Captain information on Longanecker has these two books as covering t he whole field: Manual of Military T r a i n i ng by Moss, obtainable at M. A. C. Bookstore, and the Co-op. "A P r i m e r ," obtainable at Store, Champaign, 111. recommended FACULTY HOLDS SPECIAL MEETING. t he college was held A special meeting of the entire staff last Monday the purpose of consider the the college the policy of of m o r n i ng for ing war crisis. in asked to hold Captain Longanecker t h at provision be made for extension of the j u n i o rs drill h o ur a nd suggested t h at and seniors be advised them selves in readiness for drilling volun teers. He said the Military depart ment would not advise the forming of their a unit of M. A. C. m en since t r a i n i ng would be more valuable if they enlisted at home and there would be more chance for promotions. Director R. J. Baldwin, of the Ex tension division, outlined in which the college and state could m a ke use of the county agricultural agents and other extension specialists in se curing m a x i m um crop production. the way Dean W h i te reported t h at the Home considering Economics division was the forming of classes nursing. in Red Cross "This Professor Giltner, head of t he Bac teriology department, emphasized the seriousness of the situation a nd epit omized the spirit of the meeting when he said: to is a accept some m i l i t a ry discipline. We the should all be at the command of Military department. the Bacteri ology d e p a r t m e nt can be of any service in giving in military hy giene or in any other way, it is t h e i rs to order and ours to give willingly. time for us instruction If A committee was appointed to revise the the schedule of classes to p e r m it Military d e p a r t m e nt to have one and one-half h o u rs for drill four days a week. Regarding the athletic schedule following resolution was adopted: the the college " In view of the national emergency the pressing neces now existing and its to direct all sity for future efforts toward p r e p a r a t i on for the in calls from our nation for aid way of military and other resources, the Faculty of the Michigan Agricul t u r al College in special session on this ninth day of April, 1917, recommends to the Board of Athletics t h at all pub of lic schedules of Athletics for t e rm be re scinded. the Department the spring NEW ENGLAND ALUMNI MEET MAY 12. The New E n g l a nd Alumni of M. A. C. will have their a n n u al meeting at Hotel Worthy, Springfield, Mass., on May 12, beginning 6 p. m. P r e s i d e nt Kedzie is expected to be present. Fur ther information r e g a r d i ng this event m ay be obtained by addressing G. C. Sevey, J u dd Co., Springfield, Mass. '03, c/o Orange The Y. M. C. A. OFFICERS FOR COMING YEAR. following Y. M. C. A. officers for the coming year have been elected: President, W. H. Thies, Traverse City; vice president, E. E. Ungren, Oil City, Pa.; secretary, Stanley Powell, Ionia; treasurer, R. S. d a r k, Assyria. B e r t r am Geffels, '15, and R. V. Ten- '12, have m a de applications the E n g i n e e r s' Konohy, for appointments Reserve Corps. in STATE BOARD ESTABLISHES OFFICERS TRAINING CORPS. COURSE IN HIGHWAY ENGINEER ING AUTHORIZED. The passing of a resolution looking to the establishment of a u n it of the Reserve Officers' T r a i n i ng Corps at M. A. C. was one of the most i m p o r t a nt acts of the State Board of Agriculture last monthly m e e t i ng held at in the college March 28. Those present at the meeting were P r e s i d e nt Kedzie, Messrs. Graham, Woodman, Doherty, W a t e r b u ry and Wallace. its the county college requested Appointment to be divided between introduction of a course Next to the military m e a s u re in or der of importance was the approving of in highway engineering. The president was to present a detailed plan for this at the next meeting. to positions E z ra Levin, were m a de as follows: in m u ck crop diseases, his specialist time research and extension; R. N. Kebler, a s s i s t a nt in boys' club work in the Upper Pen insula, beginning July 1; H. L. Bar- for Missaukee agent num, county; H. D. Hootman, foreman of 10; the orchards, beginning March Judge C. B. Collingwood, special lec t u r er for v e t e r i n a ry s t u d e n t s; A. M. Berridge, director of short courses for five or six m o n t hs during the w i n t e r; Joseph Cox, acting head of Depart m e nt of F a rm Crops until September 1 with ihe title of associate professor. in potato and vegetable An assistant extension to begin work July 1 was authorized. The president was given a u t h o r i ty to approve the a p p o i n t m e nt of county agents for Tuscola, Presque Isle and Wayne counties, it being un derstood t h at to the college before July 1. L. R. Jones to was appointed g r a d u a te assistant in bacteriology. Rob succeed himself to succeed Mr. Berry, ert L. Tweed to succeed Mr. Staff- a nd G. D i k m an seth; the d e p a r t m e nt of Botany in David F r i e d m an and C. W. Bennett to were appointed g r a d u a te assistants succeed P. C. Kitchen and W. K. Mak- emson. there be no expense The recommendation of Mr. Baldwin t h e re be~ a committee t h at hereafter (Continued on page 4.) THE_MLA._C1RECORD 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. THE M. A. C. RECORD. informed. it seems organ—will p r i nt t he history as rapidly as it is made, if you will help us keep These duties, to us, a re sufficient to justify the office both from the the standpoint of the alumni and college. But the touch field of possibilities. Others we will point out from time to time for your use on our these barely friends. C. S. LANGDON, '11, Managing Editor. * * • * SUBSCRIPTION PRICE, $1 P ER YEAR for by P. O. Money Order, Draft, or Personal Check. Subscriptions may be paid TUESDAY, APRIL 17, 1917. PLANS FOR ARE GOING COMMENCEMENT FORWARD. forward announces should go this year, being P r e s i d e nt Kedzie t h at plans for Com mencement and alumni reunion, and t h at the 60th anni versary of the founding of the college, should see one of the finest commence m e nt celebrations in our history. This is all contingent of course on the na tional crisis which may go so far as to demand t h at college be closed before the end of the term. * * * WHY AN ALUMNI OFFICE. It has come to the a t t e n t i on of the a l u m ni secretary several times during t he past two weeks t h at there still are a l u m ni who have no conception of the purpose of t he a l u m ni office. This, in letters and spite of from circulars which have gone out t h is office. these like P e r h a ps are good for us who are in the work to consider our work liable and are too t he possibilities of i m p o r t a nt or t he office too great. the numberless jolts Without exception this ignorance is found only among those a l u m ni who do not to t a ke the RECORD. SO it you regular readers to set them right. W h en you meet them, and your con versation to college days, will you not impress t h em with the following: inevitably t u r ns is up is student 1. The alumni office, believing t h at M. A. C. a nd M. A. C. people are m a k i ng history worth preserv ing, assumes the duties of his torian. To this end every gradu ate and former card catalogued three times, one of the to cards being of sufficient list all the occupations and activi ties of a g r a d u a te d u r i ng his life over-active, time—unless he two when we a re willing to use is cards. This index is by classes. One of the others alphabetic and is geo graphic. large card t h i rd size t he is 2. T h at merely a receptacle for t h is mation, the office m ay not be infor t he RECORD—our official ALUMNI NEWS. T he criticism which come to us most often is in the form of a r e q u e st for more alumni news. Since t he RECORD and the alumni office a re linked up so closely, this criticism reflects on our accuracy as historian. But it should be remembered t h at we can p r i nt only the news t h at comes to us, and if t h at isn't much it may be t h at you a re just a little responsible. three k i n ds of a l u m ni There are news. One is r e g a r d i ng changes of address and occupation, and an alum let nus should feel j u st as bound to us know this as he does to give t he postmaster or gas office a change of address. The second kind of news is more personal, like marriages, births, and deaths. Modesty should have no effect r e p o r t i ng items of t h is kind, with exception of t h i rd k i nd the is still more personal, examples being items of success, personal activities, etc. This form is perhaps most inter esting of all but we have found for the most p a rt t h at we are dependent upon others for r e p o r t i ng it. We a re so modest! latter perhaps. The a l u m n us upon an Various schemes have been worked out in several places to give us news. the element of They all fail unless responsibility comes personal If the " a l u m ni n o t e s" column like you a nd w a nt to to see it grow, you. it's up in. M. A. C. IN THE WAR. Especially in this national crisis is it i m p o r t a nt t h at the RECORD be kept informed of the doings of the alumni. If in such a crisis as this any history may be spoken of as bright, we have every reason to believe t h at M. A. C.'s shining. M. A. C.'s page will be p a rt in previous wars makes us sure of this. This makes an accurate his tory much more important, and we are counting on the alumni. We w a nt the name of every enlisted m an and the u n it with which he is connected. Then we will be able to keep him in formed of w h at others are doing, and if he does go to the front, we m ay help lighten h is burden. A SUGGESTION. In order to give more time for mili t a ry drill class h o u rs have been short ened so as to b r i ng t he dinner h o ur from 11:30 to 12:30 a nd permit drill from 3:50 to 5:30. Not a few instruc tors have wished t h at classes d u r i ng the spring term could begin at seven in the morning. T h is would give full longer period of time for classes, a if desired, a nd would be a real drill in electricity. saving for Many o'clock seven have classes during the summer, and, espe cially the the desire on to use E a s t e rn Time part of many during the s u m m er months, it seems to us t h at this is a very good sugges tion. in view of t he college colleges * * * Did you ever t ry to get a new sub t h at scriber—and have h im the he didn't have periodicals to h im now? Ask h im if he finds t i me to read let from home. T h a t 's w h at ters the haven't is. T h a t 's why we RECORD it. made a scientific magazine out of tell you to read all t h at come time We hope t h at these past two weeks have been weeks of recuperation for you so t h at you are ready to receive the weekly news from Alma Mater with renewed interest. letter STATE BOARD ESTABLISHES OFFICERS TRAINING. (Continued from page 3.) in charge of F a r m e r s' Week, and t h at the committee be composed of the fol lowing persons, was approved: Direc t or Baldwin, Professor Eustace, Pro fessor Anderson, Dean Shaw, Doctor McCool, and Professor Taf-t. The resignation of Mr. H. E. Denni- son, assistant professor of dairy hus bandry, to take effect May 1, was ap proved. Resignations of H. L. Lewis and Ray Nelson, as graduate assist take a nt in botany were approved effect April 1. The reso lution was adopted on the resignation of Professor V. M. Shoesmith as head of the F a rm Crops department: to following Resolved, that, in accepting the res ignation of Professor Shoesmith, we desire to express odr appreciation of service and his earnest a nd faithful of his loyalty to the interests of the college, while at the same time wish ing him unstinted success in his new undertaking. The secretary was authorized to lease the Dickson house, known as the College Cottage, for another year. in The secretary ^jvas authorized stall a soft water system in the house occupied by Professor Gunson. to The president presented the m a t t er of employing a publicity m an in con nection with college advertising. The m a t t er was referred to the Committee on employes. The president was au thorized temporary as sistant in place of Sergeant Cross. The per diem of n r s e ry inspectors was increased to $5.00 a day. to employ a to a t t e nd Mr. Schepers and the secretary were authorized the meeting of the Association of Business Officers of the Middle West Universities and Col transpor leges April 11 and 12, with tation expenses paid. The following resolutions regarding fraternities was unanimously adopted: Resolved, that, in the opinion of the Board, the college will not be bene fited by the introduction of Greek let ter fraternities. ALUMNI IN ARMY STAND GOOD CHANCES OF PROMOTION. There are several graduates of M. A. C. serving as officers in t he U. S. Army who will siand a good chance of being promoted rapidly in the event of a large army being called out. Chief of these is J o hn P. Finley, a g r a d u a te in the class of '73, who is a colonel of infantry and who is given in the March A r my a nd Navy Direc tory as head of the E a s t e rn Depart ment, Governors Island, N. Y. the latest address Others who are in line for promo it has tion, with been possible to get a r e: Robert S. Welsh, '94, captain field artillery, Lar edo, Texas; M. L. Ireland, '01, captain, artillery, Brownsville, Texas; coast K. B. Lemmon, '08, captain, coast ar tillery, F o rt Stevens, Oregon; W. P. Wilson, artillery, '06, captain, coast F o rt Du Pont, Delaware; W. D. Fra- zer, '09, 1st lieutenant, coast artillery, U. of Wash.; R. R. Lyon, '09, 1st lieu tenant, F o rt Moultrie, S. C; E. G. Smith, '15, 2nd lieutenant, F o rt Leav enworth, Kansas; C. A. Ross, ex-'12, 1st lieutenant, F o rt W. H. Seward, Alaska. Of the former commandants at M. A. C. we have data on the following: A. C. Cron, 1911-13, captain 11th in fantry, Douglas, Arizona; G. M. Hol- '09-'ll, captain infantry, St. Aug ley, ustine, Fla.; Chas. A. Vernou, '00-'04, major, retired, Ann Arbor, Mich.; H. H. Bandholtz, lieutenant-colo '96-'99, infantry, New York City; Edson nel, A. Lewis, lieutenant-colonel, 6th infantry, El Paso, Texas; J o hn A. Lockwood, '84-'87, major, retired, New York City. '92-'96, THE M. A. C. RECORD. SPECIAL BOARD MEETING. The State Board of Agriculture met in special session at the college Fri day to consider the preparedness pro gram. Nothing definite r e g a r d i ng this was done although much consideration was given to the m a t t er of appointing, just for war crisis, special agents in those counties of Michigan t h at have no county agricultural agents. Upon adjournment the board agreed to meet with t he W ar Preparedness Board, ap pointed by this week the governor, Tuesday to consider the whole matter. The resignation of J. A. P e t r ie as extension specialist in the Upper Pen insula was accepted. F r ed H a g a d o rn was appointed assistant in dairying to September 1. Professor Burgess was given permission t he poul try conference in Chicago on April 20. to a t t e nd ALLUMNI HOLD GOOD MEETING AT BAY CITY. the The annual meeting of the North east Michigan Association was held at the Y. W. C. A., Bay City, March 30. About 40 alumni and guests were present, good delegations coming from Saginaw and Midland. President Ked- the guest of honor, a nd al zie was though he arrived somewhat late, due he acknowledged to the meeting of a discipline committee in the afternoon, his many friends gave him a great welcome. banquet was splendid After served the to t he alumni adjourned parlors where P r e s i d e nt MacKinnon presided in his usual droll and effect ive m a n n e r. Considerable interest was in the discussions since sev aroused to explain eral present were called some of the activities of their student it was evident days, life" had escaped that '11, or E. C. either A. MacVittie, the presiding officer Peters, recount to compelled himself was some of the student doings in the early '90s. C. S. Langdon, 11, alumni secre tary, talked on " T he Next Step for the M. A. C. Association." P r e s i d e nt Ked- zie told of the problems of the college today and how they were being met. little "college this way '93, and In W. P. Wood, assistant professor of chemistry, and Miss Antoinette" Willey of Ypsilanti were m a r r i ed April 6. Mr. and Mrs. Wood live on Linden street, E a st Lansing. to These people were present in addi those mentioned: Mr. and tion Mrs. Chas. Ponitz, '10; T. J. Warm- ington, '16; Mr. and Mrs. D. H. Ellis, '15; N. M. Spencer, '07; W. J. Baker, '15; M. H e n i k a, '14; G. R. Schaffer, 5 ex-'18; Mrs. A. C. MacKinnon; Mr. and. Mrs. F. N. Lowry, '99; A. J. Runner,. '12; Mr. and Mrs. C. A. Hach, '05; Sarah Wood Stevens, '83, and Mr. Ste vens; Mr. and Mrs. F r a nk Merritt, '12; T. F. Marston, ex-'92; Mrs. Mac Vittie; Mr. and Mrs. Z. E. Colby, '09; F. H. Nickle, '03; Mr. and Mrs. F. C. Ohland, ex-'05; R. Wallace, ex-'09; C. '16; Mr. and Mrs. C. A. R. Oviatt, '14; E. '11; H. E. Aldrich, Hamilton, P. Robinson, '07; Mr. and Mrs. A. E. Boehringer, ex-'96; E. H. Collins, '13; Kate M. Butterfield, ex-'03. F or the coming year A. MacVittie was elected president; S a r ah P a r k e r- Lowry, vice president; E. P. Robin son, secretary, and C. H. Ponitz, trea surer. TRI-STATE DEBATE THIS WEEK FRIDAY. team, The annual Tri-State debate between P u r d u e, Iowa State, and M. A. C. oc this week Friday. M. A. C.'s curs negative consisting of E. R. T r a n g m a r, Walter G. Retzlaff, a nd H. E. H e m a n s, and accompanied by Pro fessor Johnston, meets Iowa State at Ames. The affirmative team, consist ing of B. W. Bellinger, Harold K i ng and Howard C. Rather, meets P u r due's negative at M. A. C. The question to be debated i s: Re solved, t h at the United States govern m e nt enactment, provide for the compulsory a r b i t r a t i on of all labor disputes involving public utilities. should, by federal REVISED BASEBALL SCHEDULE. so The varsity baseball schedule h as been cut down considerably t h at tuere will not be any interference w i th It was the increased drill schedule. in con decided by the athletic board trol no that home mid-week dates be cancelled. This following as the probable schedule: team will m a ke t h at games will the trips and for mid-week leaves tne all April 20, Marshall College. April 27, Western State Normal. April 28, Western Reserve. May 4, Syracuse. May 5, Alma. May 18, U. of Niagara, May 19, U. of Buffalo. J u ne 1, Notre Dame. J u ne 2, Notre Dame. Alumni Reunion and Commencement June 19--20 WILL YOU BE WITH US, MEMBERS OF '72, '73, '74, '75, '91, '92, '93, '94, '95, 'lO, '11, '12, '13, '14, '15? THE M. A. C. RECORD. ALUMNUS WRITES FROM MEXICO. A CASE OF LOYALTY. Mr. C. S. Langdon, E a st Lansing, Mich. Dear S i r: A week ago I received a letter from Prof. F r a nk S. Kedzie, a s k i ng for a contribution the expense of to meet the new to be placed a p o r t r a it engineering building j u st approaching completion. in The news of this unhappy to run around the b u r n i ng of this building is something I did not know, as I have had these last years so much, on account of the revolution country, in the effects so where we all have felt lost during heavily. We have these livestock and property last years in over 100,000 pesos, which is equiva to $50,000.00 of your currency, lent but I am still alive and p u s h i ng along, and hope to recover with time, if we manage to have complete peace in our 6 DETROITERS HOLD ANNUAL MEET ING APRIL 4. 150 About students evening, April and former friends of M. A. C. in Detroit gathered for the a n n u al meeting at McCollister Hall, Wednesday 4. T h is attendance was considerably be low normal, possibly on account of t he fact t h at the executive committee h ad to a r r a n ge a date very hastily in order to get the hall and hence were unable sufficient notice. the alumni to give Mrs. Linda Landon, college librar ian, Secretary A. M. Brown, and Hon. I. R. Waterbury, member of State Board of Agriculture were honored guests. The program was presided over by Floyd W. Robinson, '98, presi dent of the Detroit Association. Mrs. Landon, who knew nearly every one present through her library work, re called several a m u s i ng t h at served to t r a n s p o rt the alumni to the campus for a time. Secretary Brown spoke of the confidence he had in the a l u m ni and the power they m i g ht be for good if they would only get back of the M. A. C. Association and boost. e n t e r t a i n m e nt was provided by four cabaret singers the a nd orchestra. After the banquet hall was cleared of the tables and alumni danced the rest of the evening. the banquet incidents D u r i ng WILL BOOST INTRAMURAL SPORTS. the t h an time losers lost, I do not w a nt Prospects a re brighter they have been at country. present since the revoltion started, and although so in actual property heavily to be a nd one of the few who will not help M. A. C, whenever she needs it, and will always be ready to do so, to t he ex tent by my resources, for I consider t h at the t r a i n i ng I received there, and learning I acquired While a stu the dent, have carried me with more suc cess times, t h an a good m a ny others, a nd I will always be thankkful for it to dear old It is a little m i te I am going M. A. C. time, but hope on to contribute some other occasion for to malte up it if I am in a better position to do so t h an at present. troublous through these this Enclosed please find, cien, check No. A103724 of Montgomery W a rd & Co., of Chicago, for $1.05 which I happen to have on hand. It is an old check, t h i nk you will have no diffi but find culty in cashing it. In case you I According i n t r a m u r al intersociety contests. to an announcement by sports Coach Gauthier, will be given consideration especial t h is t e rm on account of the dropping of much of the intercollegiate sched ule. An effort will be made to secure a general participation interclass a nd In affords largest best accommodations tennis n u m b e rs of students, a special the t o u r n a m e nt contest class lines. A tennis racket will be award ed to the individual champion, and the c h a m p i on class team will receive class sweaters. the sport which the is being worked out, to be organized tennis, along for in Due to the fact t h at an entire new backfield will have to be developed for M. A. C.'s football team next fall, nearly all of the all-fresh and reserve candi dates h a v i ng been compelled to drop college on account of their scholastic s t a n d i n g, special t r a i n i ng will be given the football men on Monday and Tues day n i g h ts from six to seven. T r a ck and baseball practice will h a ve to be confined to vacant hours, evenings, and F r i d ay after 4:00 p. m. since all athletes now drill the same as the rest of the students. R. C. Huston, professor of chemistry, attended the convention of the American Chemical Society in K a n s as City last week. associate T. C. DEE G. O. STEWART T. C. Dee, '18, of Brooklyn, N. Y., the new editor of the Holcad, is the first engineer ever to be elected to this office. G. O. Stewart, '17, of Avilla, Ind., the r e t i r i ng editor, is largely re sponsible for the adoption of the com petitive system of election for Holcad editors. Dee is a member of the For three editors ensic society. The last have been Ionians. Since the Holcad started in 1908 the the position of "Chan" Taylor, '09, now hold- following have held editor: ing a very responsible position with the Kentucky Tobacco Products Co. '10, at Louisville, Ky.; J. W. Chapin, Coldwater; '11, E. C. Lindemann, state leader of boys' and girls' clubs; G. V. Branch, '12, Department of Mar kets, Washington, D. C; K. M. Kling- '13, ranching at Buffalo, N. Y.; er, '14; Poultry Department, R. F. Trvin, New Brunswick, N. J.; G. K. Fisher, '15, D. & C. Navigation Co., Detroit; '16, nursery work M. E. Bottomley, and Indepen dence, Ohio. landscape gardening at a ny difficulty kindly r e t u rn it a nd I will t ry to exchange it, but I am sure it is 0. K. There a re no banks at present here, a nd it is very difficult to get checks for small amounts, hence my sending you this one, properly en dorsed. Hoping M. A. C. will prosper again in t he near future, as she was doing when I w as there, I remain, Very truly yours, '07. C. Lerdo, Dgo., March 27, 1917. A. G. PALACIO. CORRESPONDENCE. T he M. A. C. RECORD: Enclosed please find check of $2.00 the for subscription to the RECORD for coming year. During the past week we were pleas a n t ly surprised by a visit from Capt. W. P. Wilson, '06, who w as detailed w i th two other U. S. a r my officers to m u s t er out t he T h i rd Regiment of Tennessee in this city. Capt. Wilson is stationed with the Coast Artillery at F o rt Dupont, Delaware, in command of the 1st Co. t h at is assigned to a 12-inch battery. in Jan u a ry he h as been engaged in detached service in m u s t e r i ng out organizations of t he National Guard in Pa., N. C. a nd Tenn. H is work here in muster ing out t he troops won for him the highest respect and praise of the m en a nd officers at this place. Since early Sincerely for M. A. C, Knoxville, Tenn., April 2, 1917. C. A. WILLSOX, '06. E d i t or of M. A. C. RECORD: '18, since J u st a little space to say a word I see t h at according to '93 M. A. C. to t he schedule of class reunions this is t he year for '93. It is 25 years in Aug. this class went out from M. A. C. mid the excitement of t he World's Columbian Exposition. Many of t he class no doubt have not m et since t h at time. W hy not delay t h is one more year and then each a nd effort every member m a ke an extra to get back to the old place once more a nd let us all see w h at each other looks like since t he battle so long for existence. Boys, let us all talk it over as we did between classes in the days gone by. Most sincerely yours for a rousing r e u n i on of t he class of '93 in June, A." T. STEVENS.. . 1918. [Ed. Note.—The editor h as no par ticular objection to the plan suggested above by Mr. Stevens r e g a r d i ng a re union of '93. It would seem, however, t h at for t he r a nk a nd file of t he class one year would not be any better t h an a n o t h er as far as old grads being able to r e t u r n, and the question as to date resolves t he 25-year r e u n i on is more of a drawing if the class card r e t u r ns it will be present with g r a d u a t es of '91, '92, '94 a nd '95, itself down to w h e t h er this year t he fact t h an t h at THE M. A. C. RECORD. practically all of whom all m e m b e rs lies of t he '93 will know. Herein value of t he Dix plan of reunions. There are bound to be "non-conform ists," such as '95, which meets every year, but we believe t h at in the m a in it will be well to follow out t he Dix plan in full.] Dear E d i t o r: living near there until While on my recent drip t h r o u gh New York state I h ad some market ing work I never to do at E l m i r a. t h o u g ht about J. Sloat and Arvilla Welles the local county agent, Mr. Vann, spoke Immediately I called up Ar of them. villa a nd invited Mr. Vann and my self out for supper. We " F o r d e d" out t h r o u gh a beautiful stretch of coun to Sloat's farm where he raises try the is, at finest Holstein cattle what t h a t 's w h at he says. Anyway least they m u st be good for several of them them test from 4 to 4y2 a nd one of 7 h ad j u st m a de an enviable record for a week's b u t t er production. I t 's t he first time I ever knew there was a ny butter fat in Holstein milk. We cer tainly h ad a good visit a nd a good supper. I never supposed t h at a girl who could dance like Arvilla used to could ever cook so good a meal, b ut then, M. A. C. does a pretty good job at accomplishments. There a re two little Welleses, age 4 I only and 1, whom I h ad never seen. chil knew of two more promising dren and I wouldn't mention their names. The older boy h ad j u st fallen into a very substantial creek before we got there a nd was duly proud of the fact. teaching both Of course we always expect to h e ar t h at an M. A. C. m an h as made good although he does pick out Holstein cattle to work on, but I w as more t h an pleased to have the county agent, itUf. Vann, tell me t h at he considered farmer J. Sloat t he most progressive THE " T I C" HOUSE "TICS" WILL CELEBRATE 40TH ANNIVERSARY. Members of the Eclectic society a re p l a n n i ng a big jubilee for the Com mencement week when they expect a large g a t h e r i ng of the "old boys" in celebration of the society's 40th anni versary. by P r e s i d e nt Abbot, history by G. C. N o r t h r u p, p r e s e n t a t i on of the rooms by Chas. E. Sumner, acceptance by J. A. Briggs, a nd a dedicatory address by the secretary of the college, R. C. Baird. A class room in College Hall was the birthplace of this organization on Nov. 12, 1877. Students who took a p r o m i n e nt p a rt the organization in were C. J. Leonard, P. J. Lewis, J. A. Briggs, J. R. Monroe, a nd Charles Morrison. Meetings were held in Col lege Hall for in t he "Model some time but after two years society fitted upon t he top floor rooms were of Williams Hall, where t he society remained for 30 years. These rooms were dedicated on September 27, 1879, with the following exercises: P r a y er room" this home, and an urgent Building operations on t he present " T i c" home started in 1906 a nd the house was opened for rooming pur poses in t he spring of 1907. Alumni members have contributed generously for invita tion is extended to all by the present active membership to m a ke this Com mencement season a gala time in " T i c" history a nd to recount t he activities of lifetime. Alumni a re requested to address R. P. Sullivan for further re g a r d i ng this reunion. the society d u r i ng information its 8 t h at region, and they sport some in pretty good m en around there. He seems to be president or on the board of directors of nearly all the r u r al neighborhood, in organizations which of course means service. the Must hasten to old Virginia now and set a broody hen and make gar I am getting some of the prac den. tical experience I should have that received before or during college. My home address at present is II Russell Road, Rosemont, Alexandria, Va. My official capacity is "Specialist in City Marketing," Bureau of Markets, U. S. Department of Agriculture. G. V. BRANCH. '12. Dear Langdon: Certainly I want to have a share in it. Please credit the enclosed check to the "Alumni F u nd for the Encour agement of Public Speaking," and oblige. Such a movement can but do good, and no one realizes the need of it more keenly than I. It is a demo cratic and worthy beginning; may it prove larger the forerunner of still and better things for our college, our nation and our world. Why not a Public F o r um some day, just off the campus, where anyone with a message may speak freely and without fear? Is it not the lack of t h at freedom and opportunity—both of which are guar anteed to us by our constitution—that causes most of our street riots and bloodshed? Suppose the common peo ple of Europe and America h ad been meeting each other week by week in gatherings where little anyone might talk of what lay near est his heart. T h i nk you they could now have been induced to fight each other? We all know they could not. Who. then, is fomenting these national animosities? and for what? neighborly By all means, let us encourage and preserve the spontaneity of expression and native friendliness of youth. And let us use them "for the healing of the nations"—our own among rest. the the open for W h en we are ready forum, I'll make my gift ten times as much. Most sincerely, F. D. LINKLETTEK. '06. Seattle. Wash. E d i t or M. A. C. RECORD: t h at I remember being president of the Public Speaking Association one year t i me nearly everyone I and at approached t h at he had no interest in the matter, but I hope times have changed and it is no to longer necessary m a ke the dead subject wiggle. told me frankly to use oxygen Corona, Calif. I. T. PICKFORD, '13. following It h as come to our attention t h at the pedagogs are alumni giving military instruction to s t u d e n t s: R. S. Linton, '16, Owosso; Paul Rood, '16, St. Joseph; A. MacVittie, '11, Bay City; G. R. Wheeler, '14, Mt. Pleas a nt Normal. THE M. A. C. RECORD. JOHNNY RAVES ON SPRING TIME JOYS. When Springtime comes around, by gee, It means a lot to chaps like me; Of course the m ud is soft and squirty, And gets Ma's carpets awful dirty, An' Pa he just insists a feller Must sprout potatoes in the cellar; But see how high the crick h as riz, An' think how deep the water is— I'll bet the swimmin' hole's a-brim- min,' I wish Ma'd let me go in swimmin'. My flannels itch, but all the same I'm mighty glad t h at spring h as came. The cattle and the calves, and all, Just stand beside the fence and bawl; An' yesterday the calves got out An' frisked and capered all about, An' stuck their tails s t r a i g ht out like sticks, tricks. An' cut all sorts of crazy But most of all I had to laugh To see Pa catch the brindle calf. The mud was pretty slippery But for a spell the race was fair, 'Till Pa let go of Brindle's tail, An' stubbed his toe across a rail An' went kerflop amongst a heap Oh hay I'd brought to feed the sheep. Bob Gorsline was a-goin' by, laughed so h a rd I An' thought he'd there, die— An' t h at was all t h at I could see Prevented P a 's lambastin' me, laughed 'Cause too. You see in I Spring A feller laughs at anything. The wilier bark will soon be slippin' I know a tree that's a pippin'— The limbs all lined with water sprouts, And bark as thick as all git out, Jest right to make a wilier flute, And no one knows but me and Newt. There ain't a chap but Newt and me Knows where to And t h at whistle tree. I've killed six snakes since Sunday week; Two snakes down by t he creek, One blue-racer, an' the rest Was mostly streaked snakes I guess. I tell you what, us farmer boys Just gets our share of Springtime joys. R. S. Clark, '18e. M. A. C. TRIMS OLIVET IN OPENER. Michigan Aggies started the base ball season very auspiciously last Sat urday by walloping Olivet to the tune of 19 to 2. The weather was much more appropriate for football and the crowd was slim. The M. A. C. men were able to col lect 15 hits off McDonald and Green wood, and six was the best Olivet could do off Demond, Ronan and Mills. As might be expected with the ting ling weather, errors were many and costly; nine were counted against Oli vet, three against M. A. C. Tnis is the line-up Coach Morrissey used for the F a r m e r s .: P r a t t, 3b; Hood, 2b; Hammes, rf; Fick, ss; Will- man, cf; McWilliams, Frimodig, l b; Millard and Oas, c; DeMond, Ro nan, and Mills, p. If; The summary—Runs—M. A. C.— P r a t t, 3; Hood, 1; Hammes, 2; Fick, 2; Willman, 1; McWilliams, 1; Frim odig, 3; Oas, 2; Millard, 1; Ronan, 1; Mills, 1. Olivet—Myers, 1; Thersby, 1. Struck out—By Mills, 3 in 5 innings; by Ronan 2 in 3 innings; by McDon ald, 1 in 7 innings. Hits—Off DeMond, 0 in 3 innings; off Ronan, 3 in 3 in nings; off Mills, 3 in 3 innings; off McDonald, 13 in 7 innings; off Green wood, 2 in 1 inning. Wild pitch—- McDonald. Umpire, Green. Time— 2:15. NEWS AND COMMEN7 A daughter was born to Mr. and Mrs. E. T. Hallman, East Lansing, is associate March 26. Mr. Hallman professor of animal pathology at M. A. C. Professor A. J. Clark, head of the Chemistry department, to an operation for appendicitis the day after school closed last term. Recov ery was very rapia so that he w as back at work the middle of last week. submitted ENGINEERING DEPARTMENTS MOVE TO N EW QUARTERS. transferred The headquarters of the several de p a r t m e n ts of the Engineering division to the R. E. have been Olds Hall of Engineering, two the lower floors having been turned over to the possession of the college. The entire building will not be finished until later in the term. N EW B A NK GOING U P. for the property Building operations the new bank block which will be constructed on formerly owned by Professor Anderson have begun. The house, on the property, will be turned around so as to face on Evergreen ave nue. has pur chased the home of Mr. and Mrs. H. E. Dennison who have moved to Ful ton, N. Y. Professor Anderson VISITORS. Alumni visitors at the college re '12; H. cently were: C. L. Harrison, '98; R. G. Cooper, '16; F. B. Ainger, G. Crane, '10; George Campbell, '98; Max Wershow, ex-'13; Ralph Coryell, '14; A. Henricksen, '11; Huber Hilton, '11; E. H. Meyer, '13; Gertrude Thompson, '15; Dan Henry, '15; J. D. Towar, '11; G. C. White, '16; R. W. Goss, '14; S. P. Doo- little, '14; W. J. Geib, '02. '85; Floyd Gibbs, THE M. A. C. RECORD. 9 ANNA UADA OF GRAND RAPIDS IN RE CITAL AT COLLEGE. DEAN SHAW ATTENDS IMPORTANT MEETING. Faculty, students, and friends are invited to attend a recital in the Wo man's building, Thursday, April 19, by Anna Cada, pianist of Grand Rap ids, and Matinee Musical Quintette of Lansing. The following program will be given: Sonata in G minor—Schu mann; Piano Quintette Op. 30—Carl Goldmark, Adagio Scherzo; Etude, Op. 10, No. 5 and Ballade, A flat ma jor—Chopin; Calm as the Night— Bohm; Minuet---Boccherini; "Wedding March and Elfin Chorus—Mendelssohn —Liszt. Dean Shaw was recently called to Chicago to attend a meeting of the ex ecutive committee of the National Ag ricultural Society to consider a na tional program of agricultural pre paredness. Resolutions adopted at this conference were taken to a larger conference at St. Louis, called by Sec retary Houston, which was attended by presidents, deans and extension di rectors of 32 states. Dean Shaw re ports that at this conference these rec ommendations, among others, were adopted for the consideration of con gress : FRESHMEN BREAK EVEN IN DEBATING. M. A. C. freshmen won from Albion at East Lansing and lost to Kalama zoo at Kalamazoo in the tri-college de bate last Friday night. ' J. W. Sims and F. F. Rogers com prised the M. A. C. affirmative that met and defeated B. F. Field and H. G. Werner of Albion at M. A. C. C. J. McLain and Leon Bateman represent ed the college at Kalamazoo. The lat ter was compelled to substitute with only three days notice for Watson Fowle who was unable to appear on account of sickness. The question under debate was the advisability of federal ownership and operation of Judges were Rev. 0. J. Price, F. L. Dodge and Harry Hooker. the railroads. 1. That enlistment for war ser vice include in addition to those men of right age and physically qualified, all men above military age, all boys under this age, and those of military age disqualified for some to be placed on government pay except when they might be ordered as ag ricultural laborers. reason. These 2. That there be a national coun cil of defense for organizing agri cultural production and that sub sidiary to this would be smaller units in each state, connected with the agricultural colleges, and in each county the county agricul tural agents would connect the movement with the farmer, advise as to labor needed and other con ditions to be ameliorated. FLAGSTAFF PRESENTED BY ENGLISH STUDENT IS BLOWN DOWN. The flagstaff which has stood at the west end of the Armory since about 1888, and which was presented to the college by W. M. Babcock, a student '82-'84, blew down from England in in the high wind storm recently. It the Armory and was com fell on pletely demolished as far as future is concerned, but the vet usefulness eran armory withstood its onslaught with hardly a scratch. Regarding this gift President Wil- lets said in his report in 1886: "A few years since a young man came to us from England and spent two years at our college but did not graduate. It was a source of constant amazement to him to find here such wonderful facilities for scientific study free of charge and he always expressed a de sire to show his appreciation of the benefits conferred in some way. I am in receipt from him of a certificate of deposit, which with accumulated in terest will amount to about $150. It will be used, with his approval, in the flag erection of a one-hundred-foot staff in front of the Armory." Plans for replacing the flagstaff have not been completed. It has been sug gested that the senior class might erect a steel flagstaff as a memorial. ALUMNI NOTES '89. The Chicago Tribune recently an nounced that P. G. Holden, director of agricultural extension for the Interna tional Harvester Co., is chairman of the newly organized Garden Bureau of Chicago. In an effort to arouse the citizens as to the possibilities of back yard gardening, a 10-day campaign in which 1,000 meetings would be held was planned. Alfred R. Locke, attorney at Ionia, Mich., writes that he will attend his in June. How many class reunion others ^are there? '92. G. E. Ewing of Ross, Mich., hopes to send two co-eds to M. A. C. next year. Ewing is making all plans for the reunion in June. '98. Acquaintances of Otto W. Slayton may be pleased to know that after three years' effort the editor has been able to locate him. His address has been unknown at the college for many years. He is now in the contracting business, living at 9 Montana avenue, Detroit, but we learn that he is just starting a cement plant at Wayne, Mich. '01. Fred L. Radford, e, chief draftsman for the Reo Motor Car Co., was elect ed to a position on the Lansing school board in the recent election. forestry Mr. and Mrs. (Fleta Paddock) Hugh Potter Baker and their daughter and son, ages 11 and eight, have been vis in East Lansing. Mr. iting friends at Baker, who is dean of Syracuse University, has a year's leave of absence which he expected to spend studying vegetation in the Orient. The war may change some of his plans but he will visit many of the educational institutions on a western trip and then if conditions are favorable, will sail from San Francisco, visiting Honolulu, Japan, China, Philippine Islands, Java, and India, and studying commercial problems as well as forestry. Mrs. Baker will not accompany him to Eur ope but will spend some of, the time at the old Baker home in St. Croix Falls, Wis. Dean Baker's uncertainty as to the trip to the Orient comes as a result of his offering his services and that of the 300 forestry students under him to the governor of New York, just be fore he left Syracuse. At the annual banquet recently of the Forestry club of Syracuse University, Professor Baker was presented with a collection case and a suit case by the students for use on the trip. '03. Frank H. Nickle, e, is a consulting in Saginaw. He chemical engineer lives at 1321 N. Bond avenue. H. Ray Kingsley, who has been working in Chicago for some time, ad vises that he has been cabled to re in turn charge of building design the Philippine government. His address is Bureau of Public Works, Manila, P. I. to his position as engineer for •05. Friends of Nelson J. Smith will be pained to learn of the death of his wife which occurred April 12. Mr. Smith, from whom the RECORD had not heard in many years until recent ly, is city salesman for the Gleaner Clearing House in Detroit. We un derstand he has built up a thriving hay business. His residence is 365 Philadelphia W. •07. B. C. Stewart, e, civil engineer with the Detroit Testing Laboratory, has recently changed his residence to 421 Park, Birmingham, Mich. Stephen W. Doty, a, who is with the Office of Markets and Rural Or ganization, U. S. Department of Agri culture, has been stationed perma nently in Chicago, his office being at Room 3, 817 Exchange avenue. O. I. Gregg, a, is teaching physics, chemistry, botany, and agriculture in the Klamath county high school, Kla math Falls, Oregon. He also has the position of county fruit inspector on 10 t he side. He writes, " T h e re a re no other M. A. C. m en in the city, but Donna E d w a r ds Eason, '12, wife of the resident engineer for the new railroad, friend is a frequent visitor and dear of Mrs. Gregg. Their red-headed boy- Sterns is one great boy. He and our three children m a ke quite a houseful." '08. of t r e a s u r er reports a Shelby E. Race, t he recent L a n s i ng Company, meeting he h ad with H. L. Brunger, '02, a nd V. G. Anderson, '12, in Mans field, Ohio. Both are with the Ault- m an Taylor Co. a nd both are p l a n n i ng on being back for Commencement. '09. A son, J o hn E d w a r ds Mitchell, was born to R u th E d w a r d s, ex-'ll, and J. Alfred Mitchell of Quincy, Cal., March 27. Henry B. Ihnken, ex-'09, is in the engineering department of the F o rd Motor Co. and lives at 202 Massachu setts avenue, Detroit. the Zenas E. Colby, e, who was formerly I n d u s t r i al Works, designer with is now assistant m a n a g er Bay City, of the Bay City F o u n d ry and Machine company. His address is 213 F r a s er street. E. B. Hulett, who with his family, has spent most of the winter in Michi gan, is now back in California at his old the Stauffer Chemical Co., Stege, Calif. His resi dence is 5221 Manila Ave., Oakland. job as chemist for Russell A. Murdoch, e, civil engineer with offices in the F r ee Press building, in charge of con Detroit, is engineer structing the new cement road which is to be built at once from the west limits of E a st L a n s i ng along t he col lege property to the point on Grand River avenue where the car line bends north to Pine Lake. instructor " P r e x y" F a i r b a n k s, in t he Lane Technical m a t h e m a t i cs at School of Chicago, still lives at Des Plaines, 111., "just out of Chicago's smoke." L. A. Dahl, '16, who was also time and a the same in college at great friend of F a i r b a n k s, is teaching math, at the same school. Both will be " s h a r k s ." Neither, however, knew of the other's they appointment the school year h ad begun. met after to this school until remembered as math, '10. J a m es E. Wilcox, e, is checker for living at t he F o rd Motor company, 1070 F o rt St. W., Detroit. Chase Crissey, '06-'09, of consider able baseball fame at M. A. C, is now working in the F i r st National Bank, Bay City. R. G. Crane, a, who has been herds m an .at the Waddington F a r m s, Elm Grove, W. Va., for a year, has returned to Michigan. His temporary address is c/o E. L. Bowers, Owosso, Mich. J. Harold Nelson, formerly with the I n d u s t r i al Works, Bay City, is now with the Lewis Manufacturing '06-'09, THE M. A. C. RECORD. Company, t h at city. "Nellie" is now one of the "city fathers," h a v i ng been elected to the position of sixth ward alderman in the recent election. • n. A daughter, Elsie Holmes, was born to C. W. and Ruth Mead ('12) Mc- Kibbin, 7 Savoy Court, Lansing, April 5- Robert A. Piatt, '07-'09, is general in agent Buenos Ayr.es, S. A., with office at 142 Libertad. Ingersoll company t he for in California on L. B. Scott, a, is bud selection work for the U. S. De p a r t m e nt of Agriculture and expects latter to be stationed p a rt of J u n e. His is 824 Brent avenue, South Pasadena. there until the address G. W. Dewey, a, evidently likes the j u st West. He writes t h at he h as land. bought 60 acres of high priced He expects to be with the department the coming season, however, in h is present capacity as superintendent of the U. S. E x p e r i m e nt F a rm at Jerome, Idaho. •12. H. E. Taylor, a, is a dairy farmer at for Dry den, N. Y. Mrs. Taylor was merly Mae Parmaleee, '11. B. F. Moulton, assistant m a n a g er of the Buffalo branch, Studebaker Cor lives at 576 Parkside, Buf poration, falo. His business address is 336 Elli- cott Square building. The RECORD learns t h at G. C. Shef field of Detroit, who served as second lieutenant in the 31st Michigan on the border, greatly distinguished himself. "Sheff" has now served eight years in the guard and has retired. He is eli gible for appointment in the Reserve Corps a nd if called will go out as a captain at least. Advice has come from J. H. Tibbs, who has been principal of t he Central to Luzon Agricultural School, P. I., change the address on his RECORD to R. 2, Ludington, Mich. This means t h at he and Mrs. Tibbs ( H a n n ah Wil r e t u rn '11) are planning liamson, they can get If to the States soon. t r a n s p o r t a t i on they will be in April here in June, otherwise it will be some months later. to '13. J o hn H. Dennis, who spent years at M. A. C. and later U. of M., is engineer with Highway Department at Lansing. three finished at the State R. F. Kroodsma, f, has resigned his position with the Stiles Bros. Lumber Co., Grand Rapids, to accept an ap pointment as forester at the Military Academy, West Point, N. Y. F r a nk P. Cowing, a, in instructor agriculture at Maddock, N. Dak., is t he author of a live quarterly, "The Benson Booster," which has its purpose the connecting up of the work of the county a g r i c u l t u r al school with the people of the county. for D. W. 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FOR SALE—At the secretary's office the following publications: Michigan Bird Life, by Prof. Walter B. Barrows. 60 cents and postage. History of Michigan Agricultural College, by Dr. W. J. Beal. $2.00 and postage. The First Thought in D R U GS G. J. Rouser Drug Go. I For 21 Years I | I | I Printers of the M. A. C. Record Hatorenr? & Han j&nxm printing (ErnnnanE A WRITING MACHINE does every class of work on the same machine. It is flexible. A TYPEWRITER does only straight away copy, THERE IS BUT ONE WRITING MACHINE in the full sense of the word. MULTIPLEX HAMMOND Instant ly Changeable Type. Change Your Type in a Second. Many Typewriters in one. It will do all that other machines can do BUT IT STANDS ALONE in the special fields of writing endeavor. For instance:— Literary People because of its instantly change type system, with many able styles of type and many lang uages. Two sets of type always on the machine-"Jwst Turn The Knob." Business Executives because of individuality of work, writing dainty, small type. Re fined appearance. Large business type for business letters. "Just Turn The Knob.'" aesthetic Professional Vocations, Including (Mathematicians) Engineers type-sets es because of having pecially adapted to each class, with all special characters need ed ; interchange able. immediately COLLEGE PROFESSORS AND STUDENTS because of small space occupied; instantly typ , high individuality of work and condensation. interchangeable CLASS OF PATRONS President of the United States—per United States Government Depart sonally ments Departments of Foreign Governments Mrs. Gene Stratton Porter, Yale William Dean Howells, Sir James Matthew Barrie Walt Mason, John Kendrick Bangs Rev. L. R. Stickney, Secretary to Cardinal Gibbons Rev. J. G. Trandt, Chancellor to Ar- bishop Messner Our stock of Factory Rebuilt Ma chines permits us to offer values at a wide range of prices, and one ob tains dependable machines. Open accounts with monthly pay ments to those with whom such would be a convenience. Discounts for immediate Catalogue settlement. sent for the gladly asking. The Hammond Typewriter Co. 592 East 69th St., at East River New York City, N. Y., THE M. A. C. RECORD. in a recent RECORD as having taken up horticultural work at Orange, Cal., has returned to his old position as manager of the Orchard Bay Farm, Charlevoix. Lee M. Hutchins, who is with the Bureau of Plant Industry, Department of Agriculture, and also pursuing work at Johns Hopkins University, has just been initiated into the Gam ma Alpha fraternity of Johns Hop kins. This is a fraternity for grad uate men in scientific work. The alumni office has just learned that E. G. Chambers is electrical en gineer with the Mutual Fire Preven tion Bureau at Oxford, Mich. F. F. Burroughs, '09, is at the head of this organization which is the consulting bureau for the Miller's Mutual Fire Insurance companies in the several states. Chambers' work takes him over a large part of the United States. H. K. Wright, who is traveling for the H. K. Mulford Co. of Philadelphia, writes from Canastota, S. Dak.: "Hav ing just read two numbers of the RECORD I have acquired the necessary stimulus to send a small contribution for the public speaking fund. During my rambles I have had the pleasure of seeing E. S. Good, '02, at a meet ing in New Orleans and also R. S. Brown, '14, at the Cattlemen's Con I diligently vention in Fort Worth. search the RECORD for '13 news but usually is conspicuous by its absence. If at all possible I hope to attend the reunion in June. See if you can't stir up some '13 people, Mr. Editor." '14. "Slim" Williams, ex-'14, is drafting for the Buick company at Flint. "Clif" Reynolds, ex-'14v, is now with the Studebaker sales force in Detroit. L. G. Conway, a, has recently gone to Cleveland to do landscape garden ing work. A son, John Morgan, was born to Mr. and Mrs. Verne A. Freeman of Evart on March 22. Almira Brimmer, h, now at Keosau- qua, Iowa, will teach at Birmingham, Mich., the coming year. "Clif" L. Snyder, ex-'14e, is sales man with the Maxwell Motor com pany, living in Detroit. Janet Renwick has asked that her address be changed from Mt. Pleasant, Mich., to Ocean Beach, San Diego, Calif. After spending the winter in De troit, H. B. and Muriel Smith Crane are now back on their fruit farm at Fennville, Mich: A son, Gordon Powell, was born to Mr. and Mrs. H. L. Publow of East Lansing, March 26. Mrs. Publow was Hazel Powell, '13. Jeane Avery Fisher, weight seven pounds, arrived at the home of Mr. and Mrs. J. W. Fisher, Jr., Washing ton, D. C, on March 28. 11 A son, John Harland, Jr., arrived at the home of Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Ken- yon, Detroit, April 9. "He will be ready for M. A. C. about 1935." F. Royal Kenney, a, has been pro moted from extension instructor in poultry husbandry to extension asso ciate professor of poultry husbandry at Iowa State College. Francis C. Gilbert, a, has resigned his position as farm manager at Pon- tiac to work the home farm at Route 3, Kalamazoo. Celery and other gar den truck will be his specialty. H. K. Beebe, e, is with the broker age firm, W. A. Hamlin Co., 1010 Pe nobscot Bldg., Detroit. His residence is 29 Edmonton street. W. H. Clayton, ex-'14f, also has a prominent position with this firm. H. H. Allen, e, who is with the Sul livan Machinery Company of Salt Lake City, has gone to Alaska to rep "Snake's" ad resent dress is c/o W. F. O'Brien, Juneau, Alaska. that concern. G. A. Somerville, e, has been sta tioned by the Illinois State Highway department at Newton, 111., where four miles of state aid road are under con struction. "Skipper" expects the work to keep him at that place until the middle of the summer. P. E. Geldhop, e, is superintendent of the United States Hoffman Co., of Syracuse, N. Y., whose specialty is Sanitary Steam Clothes Pressing Ma chinery. Geldhop lives at 329 Temple street but is traveling most of the time. '15. G. K. Fisher, f, who is with the D. & C. Navigation company in Detroit, has recently moved to 215 Milwaukee W. C. J. Gatesman, a chemist with the Michigan Carbon company, lives just out of Detroit and gets his mail at Navarre P. 0. R. J. Hagy, a, is in charge of a dairy farm at R. 14, Atwater, Ohio. Jane Todd, h, has been hired to teach in her home town, Birmingham, Mich., the coming year. H. I. Davies, formerly with the State Highway department, is civil engineer in charge of building opera tions of the new Michigan Union at Ann Arbor. He lives at 213 N. Ingalls. A. M. Engel, e, who is in the con struction department of the Eastern Michigan Power company at Jackson, has changed his address to 423 W. Clinton street. Kris P. Bemis, a, who has been working in Philadelphia during the winter for the California Fruit Grow ers' Exchange, has returned to his former position as orchard manager for the Diehl Fruit company at Honor, Mich. W. S. Fox, e, who has been working in the Electrical department at M. A. 12 THE M. A. C. RECORD. C. this last term, is now with the Eas t e rn Michigan Power Co. at Jackson. His residence is 214 W. F r a n k l in St. the t h at t h at report The RECORD has a u t h o r i t a t i ve infor m a t i on " C a r p" J u l i an had his leg amputated recently was u n t r u e. J u l i an is now at his home in Rochester, N. Y., n u r s i ng a very bad foot, but is gaining rapidly, due to the use of a t r e a t m e nt which has been very successful infec tions in F r e n ch hospitals. It h as been 19 weeks since he has put his foot down. A letter from t he president of t he Superior P r i n t i ng Co. at Akron, Ohio, with which company J u l i an was employed, says: " ' C a r p ' s' personal ap pearance is just as rugged as ever and he has never lost h is appetite or mus cle.' in curing '16. C. N. Griffendorf, e, is now drafting for the Reo Motor Co., Lansing. M. B. Eichelberger, e, is drafting with the Duplex Motor T r u ck Co. at Charlotte. Ruth Wagner, h, is studying medi the University of Michigan. cine at She lives at 1411 Wells street. Rudolph Eriksen, a, is now w i th the H. J. Heinz Co. in P i t t s b u r g, h is address being 829 L o c k h u rt street. H e n ry Goss, a, h as r e t u r n ed to M. A. C. to t a ke up work in Veterinary Science. He expects to get his degree in two years. V. N. Morrison, a, h as recently ac cepted "a position as bacteriologist for the P a r k e, Davis Co, in Detroit. He lives at t he Detroit "Y." W. J. Atchinson, a, who is teaching agriculture in Muskegon, has been given charge of the back-yard garden movement in t h at city. W. G. Knickerbocker, e, h as accept ed a position in the property depart m e nt of the Detroit Edison Co. H is residence address is 191 12th street, Detroit. M. B. Kannowski, '12-13, who h as j u st completed his work at t he Uni versity of Michigan, has secured a po sition as s u p e r i n t e n d e nt of t he p a rk board, Mitchell, S. Dakota. W. Murphy, a, has been placed in t he adult gardening work is in the em the Old National Bank and farm charge of in Grand Rapids. He ploy of is co-operating with bureau. t he county A. H. Hunzicker, a, who h as been forestry the Detroit city working in department, eight stood highest who recently took the exam for assist a nt city forester, so he secured the appointment. of in Claude Postiff, e, who has been structor in mechanical drawing at the A r t h ur Hill T r a de School, Saginaw, the construc began work April 2 in tion d e p a r t m e nt of the Detroit Termi nal Ry., Detroit. A. L. Alderman, also '16, in Saginaw, in Postiff's place teaching is Miss and Mrs. America t h e ir S p r i ng Are now b u y i ng Outfits. They're crowding our store, examining and buying new styles, especially t he Ready- to-Wear Section. in NEW COATS DRESSES S U I TS SKIRTS AND W A I S TS The Styles, t he Colors, the the Clothes—all Spring have fashion tendencies and are mod eled on lines t h at give the sea of son's wanted youth. W i th these most attract ive and youthful looking styles are combined lasting service. suggestions And moderate prices prevail. 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