VOL. XXIII. OCTOBER 12, 1917. 4- •Jf. A. C. Cannot Live On. Ller Past—- What Will Ton Do For Her Future?" THE MA.C. R ECOD D The Michigan Game Send for Your Reservations. Member of First Class Visits M. A. C. Rev. Newell A. McCune '01 Comes as Pastor of the People's Church. Alma Wins First Football Game. PUBLISHED BY THE MICHIGAN AGRICULTURAL COLLEGE ASSOCIATION EAST LANSING,MICH. 2 THE M. A. C. RECORD. D I R E C T O RY LANSING BUSINESS AND PROFESSIONAL MEN in '/'HE names this Directory, as well as those of all our other advertisers, are of re liable parties. We hope the faculty and students those who patronize will patronize us. A. M. K M E KV 22H "Wash. A v e. X. B o o k s, P i ne S t a t i o n e r y, K n g r a v ed C a l l ing- C a r d s, F o u n t a in P e n s, P i c t u r e s. 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St i l l. h m a t t er office a u n d er 3, 1879 O c t o b er t KH t h. st ('. W. M c K I B B l X, 'J I. Managing- E d i t o r. M E M B E R S H IP IN TH 10 M. A. C. ASSO CIATION* W H I CH I N C L U D ES SUB* S C R I P T I QN To T HE RECORD* $2Ji0 P ER "TEAR. M e m b e r s h i ps m ay be p a id for by P. O. M o n ey O r d e r, D r a f t, or P e r s o n ;! I C h e c k. M A RK T H EM P A Y A B LE To T HE M. A. C. A S S O C I A T I O N. FRIDAY OCTOBER 12. 1917. .THE MICHIGAN GAME. "Everybody's going." "We'll all be there," are the words that are coming in from Detroit and froth other places too about the Michigan game. Octo ber 20. Alumni will have no better oppor tunity for welcoming Coach Brewer back to M. A. C. footbal t h an at the U. of M. game. In fact U. of M. might do well to join us in receiving such a man back into the r a n ks of Michigan athletics. The student body is taking steps for a big revival of the old time to put behind pep Brewer's teams and have called a big mass meeting for Friday night. Plans are being made for a special train for trip. the Ann Arbor they were wont With Brewer giving every minute of his attention to the team, the squad working h a rd and such indications as have been manifested of strong sup it port from alumni and looks as time, though, even the Michigan game would be every bit to normal. We only hope for a up nice day. students, in war IN FRANCE. As far as we have knowledge nine teen M. A. C. men are now in F r a n ce and nearly a half dozen more are en route.' Practically all are officers and serving in which lines of work in training. As al M. A. C. gave them first. ways, the trained man is needed * * * ST. JOSEPH CO. ASS'N'S ANNUAL PICNIC. The second annual picnic of the St. Joseph County M. A. C. Association was held at Sand Lake, August 23. basket After the big and bountiful dinner had been President Kedzie, J o hn Evert, '82, 'Chef Spauld- ing, to others toasts. responded '14, and served, In the afternoon 'Chef Spaulding their age and the big intro they had consumed by made all forget dinner ducing some John F. Evert, lively games. An election of officers wound up the very successful and enthusiastic meet ing. '82, was re-elect ed president and " S a m" Hagenbuch, treasurer. '10, secretary and the account Secre t r a n s m i t t i ng "Change this tary Hagenbuch w r i t e s: write-up any way you see fit. Mack. I'm so darned busy farming and rais ing Red Rock wheat that T hardly to sleep." have time In '11 and '11 and The following a t t e n d e d: President '77; John F. Evert, F r a nk S. Kedzie, '82; S. C. Hagenbuch. 1 0; W. H. Ar- ney; D. S. Mead; C. F. Evert. W. '10: J. F. Langley, '82: Don Osgood. Steinbarger. '12; Robt. C. Dreisbach. '12; Mrs. R. C. Dreisbach, Mrs. B. S. Hice. Marjorie Shafer, Mrs. Aaron Hagenbuch, Mrs. S. 0. Hagenbuch, Mrs. Rose Thomas. Mrs. C. M. Dudd. Miss Ethel Huff, Miss Yerna Bristol, Laura B. Wendt; Harold Himebaugh. '19: Gero Hime- baugh, .'17; Mrs. J o hn Wahl, Yerne Fillmore. J o hn A. Wahl, Marian Fill more. Melva Wahl, Aaron Hagenbuch: C. Lee Harrison. '12; Willis M. Wahl, '12: J. M. Wendt. '13: Lynn H. Clark: G. Lee Barnes. '17: Chester A. Spauld ing, '18: Mrs. J. F. Evert. James Yauney, C. M. Dudd, J o hn Shafer, Mr. and Airs. L. R. Slote. '14: Louis K. Hice, THINGS WORTHY CO IP. to itself letter letter every in pledging is charac- * :|: received '•'• The following * teristic of many being * lately and goes to show how mem- * * bers are viewing the action of the * ::: ::' Association :|: self-support. Besides the. congrat- * and well * felicitations * ulations, * wishes con- * single * tains the -*2.00, which goes to show :;: * that when the Association nails * * up its colors every M. A. C. man * * and woman will stand by. * My Dear E d i t o r: * It is a renewed pleasure to re- * * ceive the REC-OKD again. With this * * is gladly sent my subscription * * dues. That they are higher is in * * accord with the progress of things * * worthy. All of the best of earth * * go up—at least so the sainted of * :|: * days * chapel of dear old College Hall. * Yours cordially, Bvnox D. HAI.STEI). taught us long past the '71. in * ;|: * ' i l. T. C. Whyte was a campus visitor the middle of September. is head of the mechanical department of the Northern high school, Detroit, and has charge of mechanical drawing and manual training. He is also drilling several battalions of high school stu dents there. "Tom" MEMBER OF FIRST CLASS VISITS M. A. C. the Grand Army of the college has that It is not often to e n t e r t a in such a the opportunity the visitor as Jay H. Vandusen of at Grand Rapids. Soldiers' Home in his uniform When Mr. Vandusen the Republic of the car, September 20, stepped from in the first he saw M. A. C. for sixty-one years. His recollections of the campus span the colitge for Mr. Vandusen was a mem ber and entered with first class at Al. A. C. lifetime of time tne the in the college He attended the old State Normal at Ypsilanti with Sidney M. Abbott, who attended '57 and '58, and who was killed in action at Missionary Ridge, Tenn., in 1863. He and Abbott came' here together in the Stephen spring of 1857 and enrolled. Galloway also a member of first the class was Vandusen's roommate for a time. in that incidents He recalls that there were only two the faculty, beside Presi members of time.. They dent Williams at were Professor Weeks and Professor Tracy. It seems t h at Professor Tracy and Vandusen did not get along as well as professor and student should. Mr. Vandusen recounted a number of connection interesting with his attendance at M. A. C- He said t h at as a youth he prided him self on his axmanship and one day in front of the dormitory he was cutting an old dead tree when President Wil liams came along and paused to watch his smooth clean cut t he president commended his skill and kept him employed for sev eral weeks felling dead trees and old stumps and clearing up about the cam pus where Williams hall now stands. He also helpeu pull stumps and clear in t h at vicinity. much of the campus It that nearly all is his recollection of the central part of the campus was land and he was cleared as for farm to see so many very much surprised trees t h at many there. He must have grown since the first clear ing. chopping. Noting thinks the the first term. He Mr. Vandusen remained at the col lege only taught school in 1859 and I860 near Pontiac and from that time until 1882 lived in county. Farmington, Oakland He in 1901 and since moved m at the Soldiers' Home at Grand Rapids. He has long been contemplating a visit to the col lege, but has never been able to m a ke the trip before. He was attending a reunion of his regiment in Lansing. to Jackson time has been in is a fellow Wm. T. Wolfe department State College. He writes working under L. D. Bushnell, 1204 F r e m o nt St., Manhattan, Kan. the of bacteriology, Kansas is the direction of Prof. is '05. His address t h at he in MCCUNE'01 BECOMES PASTOR EAST LANSING CHURCH. '01, arrived Newell A. McCune, in E a st L a n s i ng last week and has ac tively entered upon his duties as min Reverend ister of People's McCune comes from to the Benton Harbor where he has been pas tor of the t he Methodist church past seven years. church. college for this he Following his g r a d u a t i on in 1901 Mr. McCune t a u g ht agriculture for two years at Berea College, Berea, Ky. took following Immediately some work at the University of Mich the Boston igan and then entered University School of Theology and spent three years there, g r a d u a t i ng in 1907 with the degree of S. T. B. Dur the School of ing the Theology he in the g r a d u a te school and received an M. A. degree in the univer first post was as m i n i s t er sity. His of Three Rivers where he remained until 1910. the Methodist church took residence work time spent '09 from in in Since then he has been in Benton Harbor. Mr. McCune traveled abroad for six months in 1914, r e t u r n i ng just before the war. During the winter of in King's 1913 a nd 1914 he studied College, University of London. Mrs. McCune was Caroline R. Jen nings of Petoskey. She attended Oli the vet College and was Petoskey schools at the time of their m a r r i a ge in 1907. teaching in Reverend McCune has energetically entered upon his work in E a st Lan sing and has made plans for a church survey a nd visitation day in which the whole city of E a st L a n s i ng will church be thoroughly canvassed for THE M. A. C. RECORD. 5 t e r r i t o ry non-church members. members and The work will be divided a m o ng a large n u m b er of t e a ms a nd each team to will be given a certain cover. As Reverend McCune expresses it, "Our survey will give us informa tion of t he field in E a st Lansing, and its needs and will show us how and where the church can do better busi to ness for the church m a ke E a st try L a n s i ng a real good place in which to live." t he city. We a re going to m a ke indeed We are fortunate in being able to secure a m an of Rev. McCune's doubly ability strength pleased to be selected is an old M, A. C. man. t he m an t h at and and MICHIGAN GAME TICKETS. Tickets for the Michigan game, Oc tober 20, will be placed on sale t h is week. A section of the new bleachers in the center of F e r ry field h as been reserved for M. A. C. folks and seats in t h is section may be had by enclos ing checks to the alumni secretary, C. W. McKibbin, E a st Lansing, or direct to the athletic office. A uniform price of $1.50 is being charged for all seats this year. the spelling If the commas are left out this week its because to and t he editor is moving from L a n s i ng E a st Lansing. is poor ALMA TAKES FIRST GAME 14 TO 7. The final F or the first time in 10 years Alma football College defeated M. A. C. at score was last Saturday. to E a st Lan 14 and 7. Alma came the best team she has h ad sing with the in years while M. A. C. displayed the greenest eleven in the history of the oldest inhabitant. T h at explains the contest. Fumbles were result of frequent on both sides and especially costly to M. A. C. for they came j u st at the game when team was w o r k i ng w i t h in s t r i k i ng distance of the goal. One es in M. A. C.'s ter pecially bad fumble score a let Alma ritory touchdown line. The kicking from t he 25-yard the season was good for so early and the M. A. C. line held much better during t h at of Alma. the kicking kicks were Several of blocked. it was very noticeable t h an did the Alma the crucial moments t h at the in in factor greenness It was absolute r a t h er t h at b r o u g ht t h an any other The m en did M. A. C.'s downfall. t he proper not know w h at time. The coaches a re very confident the of showing of the new men. from individual ability by the material, however, to do at second Inability inexperience to h a ng onto in the In s t r a i g ht a nd down field the t h i rd quarters. football M. A. C. gained twice as much ground the as Alma. ball, in covering passes and a tendency to play the ball more t h an the m en in Alma's forward pass es showed greenness and nothing else. This was the first big game of foot the ball for all t he backfield m en a nd first game played by H a m m e s, very Leffler and Atkins. Except the three old men, Coryell, Ramsey and T u r n e r, the rest of t he team were absolutely green and had played but one or two the games big s t ar at full back and t he way he s t a r t ed his first game, he will in the team M. A. be a big bullwork C. will r u ns and h i ts the line h a rd and his kicks go low and strong. last y e a i. H a m m es was from to Michigan. He take In the game. T he losing fumbles The scoring was all done in the t he ball several they first half of first q u a r t er was a display of close playing with the fumbling which the exception of gave Alma her the touchdown. second q u a r t er M. A. C. came back real ability with a and showed her line bucking. Al series of s t r a i g ht times though kept m a r c h i ng with t he down until accom this q u a r t er Alma, with In plished. an almost dazzling s t r i ng of short for ward passes made a touchdown from the middle of the field before M. A. C. h ad fully awakened the occasion. The last half of the game was chiefly a kicking match, each side t r y i ng for back and end runs. In this work M. A. C.'s s t r a i g ht football was ahead of Alma's and much more ground was gained by our men t h an by Alma's. score was to S u m m a r y: M. A. C. ALMA. L.E . . L .T Ramsey Coryell Bailey Atkins Leffler Miller Bassett Kellogg Oas B o a r d m an H a m m es Foote Lott Miller L.G. . Burch C Baribeau R.G Spooner R.T Richards R.E H e r b e rt Q.B. Smith L.H N a r r a n ce R.H Mills F.B Touchdowns — Narrance. Hammes, Mills. Goals fro mtouchdowns—Mills 2, H a m m es 1. Referee—Hayes, Batth Creek T r a i n i ng Lynch, Brown. Head Ohio State. linesman—Cox, Umpire- school. Everyone feels t h at with more ex perience a nd with t he enthusiasm en couraged by Mr. Brewer's presence, team will develop into a the present formidable opponent the for any of the schedule. The larger schools on coaching staff they can give Michigan as h a rd a fight for t he game on October 20 as at any time in the past years. is confident t h at team ' The potential s t r e n g th of their was brought out decidedly ability to gain almost at will in going- the in It is hoped t h at the back field m ay this week by Huebel, It is fairly be strengthened Butler and Vandervoort. 6 THE M. A. C. RECORD. certain t h at these men will r e t u rn this week. Archer, last year's sub-center, reported Monday. Murray, captain of the n o r t h e rn Michigan resorts. Mr. and Mrs. H e n i ka a re at home at 66 Benjamin Ave., N. E., Grand Rapids. THE HOME COMING GAME. 4N% Co'~!/('ll. last • me hack strong i/rai-'s tackle who has i/car. this the back this year's basketball team, is w o r k i ng with the squad and t r y i ng for a place the arrival field. With in to Of the student body, is hoped it • mild UP a squad of 100 men for the lack of experi tally practice. The enced men is felt very strongly at this I ine, but along with other colleges •% shall have to m a ke the best of it &hd develop the new material. Mr. [ ewer's arrival has had a strong ef- togs himself p ct on is on the field every day working J^ is cer- h a r d er It friends Tam t h at alumni and former representa will see t h is year a team formidable former tive of Brewer's always t h at have Pahting machines given such good account of themselves in the past. With Brewer on t he job we can feel sure that we will get the \ e ry best out of t he m a t e r i al t h at we ilian anyone else. t he squad. In WEDDINGS. War and weddings seem to go h a nd ll hand. At least so it seemed this summer. Weddings of M. A. C. peo ple w e pt on, even when the RECORD did not, so t h at with our limited space ir h as been necessary them installment plan, a few each on week, and state only the place and time, the man. to p r i nt the the the girl—and HEXIKA-COXRAD. The m a r r i a ge of Morgan Henika, with '19, and Bertha Mae Conrad took place at the home of the bride, Grand Rapids, Michigan, August 13. Follow to ing the wedding they took a trip CHILDS-CRIIXY. Miss Florence Crilly of Newark, Ohio, and Lieut. F r a n c is M. Childs, '16, were principals in a m i l i t a ry wed ding at N e w a rk August 18 at the Crilly home. Lieut, and Mrs. Crilly Saugatuck, time spent a short Mich., previous to t he l i e u t e n a n t 's re porting for duty at Camp Custer. in GOODWIX-WOLVERTOX. Miss Corrine Wolverton was mar ried to Oza T. Goodwin, '13, of Ionia August 22. Mrs. Goodwin h as been a teacher in the Greenville school and the groom is professor of animal hus b a n d ry in the Agricultural College at Athens, Georgia, where they will make t h e ir home. Goodwin's father is C. I. Goodwin, 7 7. ATCHISOX-SXOOK. SE x i K A-Arc H i s o x. A double wedding took place at the home of B. L. Snook, Hadley, Mich., August 28, when Blanche L. Snook, '17. was united to Wil liam J. Atchison, '17, of Muskegon, and Margery C. Atchison, '14, of Pan ama City was m a r r i ed to Albert Sin- ika of Balboa, Canal Zone; P a n a m a. A number of M. A. C. friends attend ed the wedding. in m a r r i a ge CoiTiiors-Jov. The wedding of Lieut. D. J. Cou- chois, '16, v e t e r i n a r i an in the officers reserve corps, and Miss P^lorence Joy took place Thursday evening, Septem in Lan ber 20, at St. Mary's church sing. Lieutenant Couchois received orders to report at Camp Custer on the 21st and the wedding was a r a t h er h u r r i ed affair on t h at account. Mrs. Couchois h as joined her h u s b a nd at the camp. E M M O X S-PE X X IX G'lOX. An announcement has j u st come of the m a r r i a ge of Grace C. Pennington, to Q u a r t e r m a s t er Sergeant Rob '15, ert Emmons, which took place Sep tember 12, at the home of the bride in Grand Rapids. Sergeant E m m o ns the is with Grand Rapids naval militia, which is now stationed at Rifle Range, Illinois. Mrs. E m m o ns is continuing her do mestic science work in G r a nd Rapids and has charge of the sewing at t he Sigsbee school. first contingent of the '16, and Blake Miller, J e r ry De- Prato, '16, a re playing football in old M. A. C. form in the officers' team at Camp Custer. Miller starred with a in t he recent game with 40-yard run the officers won 7-0. Alma . O'Callaghan, displaying former M. A. C. tendencies as mana ger of the officers' team. He was var sity m a n a g er his senior year in col lege. in which '16, is also is t he last game of It h as been decided to m a ke the game with Syracuse, on No vember 24, this year's home com ing football game. The Suracuse game t he season and will be the biggest t h at has been played on game the M. A. C. field in years. The team and the coaches will need the support of all the a l u m ni and students to m a ke the game a successful one and show peo ple t h at M. A. C. is still a big- leaguer in athletic sports. The team will need all our sup port in this their biggest game. The alumni body are offered an t h e ir unusual opportunity for is it annual home coming and t h at a big n u m b er may hoped the home col r e t u rn to renew lege the game Seats for will be sold as follows: Chairs in boxes, $2.00; bleachers at the field, $1.50; bleachers, sides of $1.25; general admission, $1.0.0. Begin to make plans now for-the home coming and your check in as soon as possible for the seats you desire. Orders for tickets may be sent direct to the Athletic Department or the alumni office. send ties. to CORRESPONDENCE. Batangas, Batangas, Phil. Isles, C. S. Langdon, Sec'y M. A. C. Association, East Lansing, Mich.. U. S. A. Sir:—Enclosed find P. O. M. O. for $5.00—my belated contribution toward portrait of R. E. Olds in new Engi neering Building. In case the cost of p o r t r a it is al ready fully subscribed for, please have a for the M. A. C. RECORD sent me to year, and t u rn over the r e m a i n d er Tau Beta Pi Association to help fur nish the new room. for etc. The the war, except E v e r y t h i ng here goes on n e a r ly as tripled before Filipinos prices of food, have stopped clamoring for "Indepen- dencia," and seem anxious to help Uncle Sam all they can. We are giv ing m i l i t a ry drill in the schools this year (with wooden g u n s ). F or my self, I purchased a " W ar Bond," and •have applied for exam, in the Officers' Reserve Corps, but long to get my credentials from the States, t h at I'm afraid the w ar will be over before I see any of it. takes so it If subscriptions are slow in coining for the p o r t r a it referred to, j u st drop me a line and I will "come across" again. Very respectfully, LEUOY H. THOMPSON, '13, Teacher Math, and Science, Batangas High School. THE M. A. C. RECORD. 7 Wenatchee, Wash., Sept. 24, 1917. Dear Kibbie: I surely was glad to see the. RECORD again and am hastening to pass over the price of my dues and subscription lest the new editor become headstrong and cut me off. We can hardly get along without from the campus and old friends scattered everywhere. The RECORD will be more valuable t h an ever now t h at so many of the fellows are called for duty over seas. they can be kept of us. t h at in sight for most I • know of no other way the weekly news I time For a thought I might be one of them but t he examining board decided I would not be of much use after a 42 cm. shell hit my spectacles so they the first call. I was up in let me go. llf, News? Lets see. Early in August their state convention the Elks held came here and F r e n c h ie Brault, the Hoquiam Elks band. over with We had quite a reunion for besides Frenchie, Lafe Carey, 13 Hort, was (Alida Dearborn, here, also my wife in a T2). little feed, but we -see him quite often. F r e n c h ie has grown fat but has lost none of his skill as a cornet player. He is supply clerk for a large lumbering concern at Ho quiam, Wash., and spent most of his Ed Smith, 12 Hort, got late for the two later. train, freight tied up (literally) in Wenatchee the I. W. W., whose leisure cussing strike h ad their operations. Carey is helping me t h is season. At present he is in the midst of examin of ing a million or p r u n es in various stages of decay. He is now at Vancouver, Wash., but will be back Smith left here a couple of weeks ago aboard the caboose of a en route for Chicago with a trainload of the prob is investigating pears. He lems of refrigera t r a n s p o r t a t i on and tion of fresh fruit, a nd h as charge of this line of work for the government in the Northwest. Another M. A. C. I did not know while I man whom was there, naturally, since he was in attendance after my time, called here last week. His name think he graduated last year. He has been on a tour of the harvest fields of the the country." He se west, "seeing cured a job in a large orchard near here and expects to r e m a in during the apple harvest, and then go on to the to study some of the park sys coast landscape tems there. T h i nk he is a I am still architect. As for myself, doing investigating diseases of fruits for the Dept. of Agr. My field covers Washington and Ore gon, with Wenatchee for .headquarters. Very truly yours, the same is Clegg, thing, D. F. F I S H E R, '12. With Our Fellows in Olive Drab. 312th Infantry, Camp Dix, N. J. The M. A. C. RECORD. East Lansing, Mich. Gentlemen:—Have missed Today when I learned the old paper of late as I have been changing about so rapidly it has not overtaken t h at Ma me. jor (H. R.) Allen of my battalion was '95 m an at M. A. C. it struck me a like to learn how many old I would M. A. C. men are wearing the grand old uniform. Heard from O. H. Cleveland, '11, while he was at F o rt Monroe this summer and he said Moss and Collins were him. My brother, Capt. K. B. Lemmon of '08, is still at F o rt Ste vens, Oregon, so far as I know. Mrs. Lemmon daughter, born May 26th—and by the way t he regimental baby—will join me here in about a week. and our My address for the present will be at Camp Dix, N. J. With kindest re gards, yours, C I I A S. A. LEMMON. TO. Capt. 312th Infantry. . A v i a t i on School, O. S. U., Columbus, Ohio, Sept. 2, 1917. Mr. F. S. Kedzie, Pres. Michigan Agricultural College, E a st Lansing, Mich. My Dear Mr. Kedzie: The commandant of our school has very kindly consented to allow me to final examination on take my last Wednesday next instead of T h u r s d ay and has granted me a pass from Wed. eve. till Saturday noon. that to be ordered Conditions are such t h at I will not be in Lansing next year, in fact I am to Italy on expecting I visit you. You the Saturday after may be the to know interested so-cajled "honor m e n" are sent abroad immediately, and I have been uphold ing the standing of M. A. C. with an average of 96.~(/< on my five finals. take which are considered easier t h an those past. For the above reasons it looks little "Willie" will be sent as though abroad and squadron to Italy, although no official will go information is available on the last. first There are three more to I believe your The work here has kept all of us in reason comes exceedingly busy, but teresting and t h at easy. is quite for it it is I certainly wish t h at M. A. C. had a similar course, for I believe to become a very i m p o r t a nt one. Those schools which get the ground floor should have a great course at the end of the war. I have been sur the system and complete prised at tne course here, considering ness of the is such a t h at aeronautics fact new subject. in on Quarters 69, F o rt D. A. Russell, Cheyenne, Wyo., Sept. 18, 1917. Dear Langdon: If the I am enclosing check for $1 for I'll it is on a %% basis yet RECORD. tell me. I send another when you have been commissioned in the Regu lar Army as lieutenant of cavalry and have at resigned (Hazel Cook, Ames. Mrs. Kenney this fort, '15) and I are stationed at with the F i r st Cavalry to which I am assigned. ihy professorship truly, Very F. ROYAE K E N N E Y, T4A, Lieut. 1st U. S. Cavalry. A. E. F., Aug. 26, 1917: The M. A. C. RECOKD. East Lansing, Mich.: Please send my copy of the RECORD further notice. over here until Have been in F r a n ce about three is going weeks now and everything 0. K. Dr. O. A. Taylor, To, is sta tioned here with me and wishes you too. would The forward his copy, censor rules are too strict to be able to write much of interest. We are a good ways from the front at present. in t h at we traveled quite fit and saw a great deal of in both England and France. We were also fortunate the country Submarines gave very little the Pond. the way across on trouble Taylor and to hear from any of our classmates who may care I will be glad Sincerely, to write. Address 2nd Lieut. E. K. Sales. V. O. R. C. A. E. F., Via New York. 2nd Lieut. (). A. Taylor, V. O. R. C. A. E. F.. Via New York. » Fort Barrancas, Pensacola, Fla., Sept. 9, 1917. Dear Captain: Yours of August 31st duly received. little survey of my * * * Here's a work: trained I am of The coast artillery branch of the U. S. A. consists of men in warfare with big guns, 6, 8, 10, 12, 14. In addition the versa a nd 16 inches. is augmented with tility of t r a i n i ng (obsolete), small "field" pieces "3.2" 3 in. and 4.7 in., also infantry tactics. the mainland located upon F o rt Barrancas. Directly the entrance of there is F o rt McRes, where heavy post across the bay from me is F o rt Pick there are 6 in. guns, field ens where batteries. pieces, and 12 the West of here at is bay some more The garrison consists of 4 companies of artillery and one company of mine planters. contains about 125 m en and five officers, cap tain, 1st lieutenant and 3 second lieu tenants. All of the second lieutenants here are the Reserve Officers' from Training" Camps. in. m o r t ar a r m a m e n t. company Each Cordially yours, E. M. HARVEY, '15. At 6:10 a. m. we have reveille and 10 m i n u t es setting up exercises. At 8 THE M. A. C. RECORD. tire g u n n e r s' theory of artillery instruction 7:45 Ave start (very in and t e r e s t i n g ). At 9:00 we supplement the theoretical with the practical and have g un drill until 11:30. At 12:00 all officers meet for discussion, in struction, reports, etc. 1:20 finds all engaged in athletics, swimming, base- ban, r u n n i ng a nd contests of all sorts, fencing, boxing, wrestling: 3:45. in struction in first aid, sanitation, etc.: 4:55 Tuesdays and Thursdays retreat is preceded by battalion drill and parade. Saturdays are given over to inspection. sounded. retreat is That program is a wartime one and it is p u t t i ng all of us into mental and physical shape to stand the strain of service. Coast artillery will foreign be used in part in this great war in heavy railroad artillery at the front. Big siege guns are very similar to coast defenses and out of t he scope of the field artillery. * * * Please give my best wishes and per sonal regards to members of the M. A. C, Home Guards. Very sincerely. CI.AKK N. W I X S T O X. 1st Lieut. C. A. G. E d i t or M. A. C. RKCOKP: to hear I r e. -ived your copy of the RECORD and was much pleased from my old friend. M. A. C. At present 1 am busily engaged in learning how to fly an aeroplane without breaking I finished my ground ir all to pieces. school work up here in Toronto under the R. F. C. and now I am out here at a hying school. We were sent up •here from F o rt Sheridan July 21 and are now under the care of the Can adian government. We have our own headquarters at Toronto but we are under the Imperial officers entirely for instruction. We expect to go to Texas time in a few weeks. In t h at short I expect to be able to fly alone. I can hardly expect to get your paper while here, but when I reach Texas I will immediately look for it because I sure hate to miss those football games and I w a nt at them. I am not an alumnus, but possibly a "fall-thru" for awhile. In other words more aeronautical I have "washed-out" of college for awhile, although I want at to m a ke another safe "Uncle F r a n k ' s" home before leaving for F r a n c e. least an account of boarding Well, here's hoping for all kinds of success for old M; A. C. this year as football, in other years. baskeball. debating and—war work. I t h i nk we have a fair showing at pres ent the a r my a nd am certainly proud of i t, A. C.'s patriotism. Success in in Sincerely yours, E D W IX R. CLAKK, U. S. Signal Corps, Squadron 87, Camp Mohawk, Deseronto, Ont., Can. |v • • • • • ; " .• •; : - :' | News and Comment | j| the army with The American Library Association, of which the college library is a mem ber, h as t a k en up actively t he work of supplying reading m a t t er and of organizing a nd super libraries. They ask the vising army assistance of men librarians for can tonments. They are also soliciting the assistance of young women librarians to sort out a nd a r r a n ge reading mat ter in the district headquarters. The college library is collecting books and libraries and magazines for soldiers' are have particularly books of fiction, biography, adventure, history and invention. They also seek magazines that are not older t h an two contribute years. Any wishing reading m a t t er may do so through the college library is not in position to receive books for the armv. anxious library their local to to if short F or one of its regular weekly noon meetings in July the Lansing Rotary Club was the guest of Prof. Vedder on the campus. Luncheon was served to some fifty members of the club in the dining room of the Women's building. talks by President Following Kedzie, Secretary Brown and Dean Bissell the club adjourned to the R. E. Olds Hall of Engineering, where un der the guidance of Dean Bissell they were shown the buildings and equip ment of t he engineering department. leading The club is made up of the business and professional men includ ing some of the foremost manufac t u r e rs of Lansing and their comments on the arrangement, floor layout plan and equipment of the shops as well as of Olds Hall were exceedingly com plimentary. '11, discovered Dr. Beal sends the following: Charles B. Tubergen, that a well-marked correlation between the in the inside of the calyx-cup color and the color of the flesh of the fruit is one of the distinguishing features of peaches. IT. P. Hedrick, '93, in his great work on 'The Peaches of New York,' says: the discovery of in the Station orch this correlation ards by Mr. Charles B. Tubergen it has been in yearly use and has en abled us to tell a year or two in ad vance seedling flesh-color peaches, since the first peach-blossoms seldom set fruit.' 'Since the of t r y i ng For a number of years the entomol to ogy department has been together display material for the get they met the s u m m er fairs. During with success and have prepared a num ber of cases containing specimens of crop destroying a nd other insects for educational purposes. Several cases of Northwestern Teachers'Agency LARGEST IN T HE BOISE • W E ST IDAHO 20 % TO ONLY OF LACK OF 1916 CALLS FILLED DUE HIGH-CLASS TEACHERS HOTEL HEADQUARTERS FOR M. A. C. PEOPLE HOTEL STATLEK Detroit 1,000 rooms—1,000 baths. 400 rooms (with shower bath) at $1.50 and $2 a day. Club breakfasts. Crand Circus Park, between Washington Boulevard and Bagdey Avenue. MOW BURDICK HOTEL Kalamazoo* Mich. Fire proof construction; 250 rooms, 150 looms with private bath, European plan. $1.00 per day and up. THE I'ARK 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 ft. Sweet, .Manager. 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. C ON K L IN Fountain Pens G. J. ROUSES DRUG CO. \w^mM2^mmmMMMM>mMM^ For 21 Years Printers of the M. A. C. Record iOatarntrp Sc Ban llurat Printing (Eompanrj 210-212 North Grand Ave., Lansing ,WMMWffifrti»H. E. Gower has left his position in Farmington. New Mexico, and since inspector August 20 has been nursery in the Illinois department of agricul ture. His address is Urbana, 111,, care P. A. Glenn, chief inspector, depart ment of agriculture. E. C. Huebner is state1 secretary of a division of the U. S. committee on public information known as the F o ur Minute Men. The office m a i n t a i ns a corps of speakers to present official topics to the people in theaters. His address is 2(Mi E. Kirby Ave.. Detroit, to M. A. G. but extends an invitation friends the Board of Commerce. to call on him at Malcolm Brown was a campus visi in the month. He is farm 'JO, at tor early ing with his brother Lakin, Schoolcraft. Mich. Frances Klasell gives M7 E. Euclid Ave., Detroit, as her present address. Roy L. Cadmus. Charles Carthe, Herb Abel and "Baldy" Fivy are em ployed as food inspectors for the New York Central Railroad. Cadmus gives as his address Hotel Lysitt. Barker, X. Y. in New York City Amsterdam Dorothy where her Ave. Lillh addr Beatrice Jakw Win. C. Eggei at Howell. Mich, an electrical en- 'V Gas and Elec- this year. His gineer with the Denv< trie Eight address company is ll:]f) South Pearl St. ('has. H. House is in Lansing work ing with the Equitable Life Insurance is Company and writes in suring everything like a healthy man. that, he looks that THE C A M P US PRESS EAST LANSING'S MODERN PRINTING PRESS Now Located in the New Bank Building E M B O S S I NG P R I N T I NG E N G R A V I NG H A R V EY PHOTO S H OP P O R T R A I TS AH Kinds Photographic Work We Do Fraiming E. M. Harvey 1915. J. H. Pratt Mgr. ABBOT AVE. Be Patriotic—Carry Small Parcels—Start Now! Mills Dry Goods Co. s E E D S H A R RY E. S A I ER W I TH ' 1 1. SEEDSMAN—FLORIST Michigan Grown Garden and Greenhouse Seeds 109-111 E. Ottawa St. LANSING - - MICHIGAN s E E D S Falls Cleverest Fashions Dresses of Serge and in Silk * $IO--$i6.50--$l8--$30 Beautiful dresses for ladies and misses. Simple lines, new fitted waist line, some coat styles, and new side s k i rt draping. Georg ette sleeves and collars on many. G e o r g e t te W a i s ts Georgette crepe blouses in all new suit shades, white and flesh. Beautiful combination of colors —embroidered, beaded and plain from $5>9§ to .fi'O.OO. S i lk P e t t i c o a ts A very special number at $5.95. E x t ra good quality of taffeta and styles beautiful and colors. assortment of cJ7W. cA C. ASSOCIATION to Alumni and A S E R V I CE former Students D u es $ 2 . 00 A n n u a l ly I Half a cent a day) IS SPENT The MONEY To maintain an office. To keep records of all living and dead J alumni and former students, -t- To publish the RECORD, a weekly pa per that aims to keep M. A. C. folks in touch. To organize, inform and help local M. A. C. associations. To publish Alumni Directories. To inspire and inform graduates and others everywhere. Thus far the College has had to do these things because the Associa tion was unable. Now we are to be self-supporting and the SERVICE we render M. A. C. is only limited by the funds you provide. M. A. C. 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