® S E P T E M B ER 30, 1918. VOL. XXIV. The M A C RECORD College on Full War Order Basis. Capt. W m. E. M u r c h i e, New C o m m a n d a n t. T h r ee '18 M en Killed in F r a n c e. Football As Usual W i th Prospects Bright. = swsa B* "MyJb& cannot live onHerpast- zzws What will you do forHerJuture T sso><^a SSk ^MICHIGAN AGRICULTURAL COLLEGE ASSOCIATION T East Lansing ^Michigan Publisher's Mi M EG i ll m H 53 2 THE M. A. C. RECORD. D I R E C T O RY LANSING BUSINESS AND PROFESSIONAL MEN in THE names as well as this Directory, 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. E M E R Y, 'S3. 223 W a s h. A v e. N. H. C. P r a t t, '09, in C h a r ge of Office S u p p ly D e p a r t m e n t. B o o k s, F i ne S t a t i o n e r y, E 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, F r a m e s, F i l i ng C a b i n e ts a nd G e n e r al Office S u p p l i e s. B L I D E A l, S I E B E RT & G A T ES B o o k b i n d e rs F i le B o x e s, M ap M o u n t i n g ' s, E t c. C i t i z e ns P h o ne N o. 3019. Cor. W a s h i n g t on A v e. a nd A l l e g an St. LOUIS B E CK CO. 112 W a s h. A v e. N. B e st in C l o t h es f or M en a nd B o y s. J. E. S T O F F E R, D. D. S. Office 203-5 C i ty N a t i o n al B a nk B l d g. B e ll p h o ne 61 A u t o m a t ic p h o ne 2361 IF I T 'S D R U GS We H a ve I t. C. J. R O U S ER D R UG CO. 123 S. W a s h. A v e. A L L EN & DE K L E IN CO. 124-130 I o n ia St. W. Ho t e r s. Bell—1094 A u t o — 3 4 36 P r i n t e r s, S t a t i o n e rs a nd Office O u t f i t L o o se L e af B o o k s, S h a rp P e n c i l s, F o u n t a in P e n s, C a l l i ng C a r d s, D a n ce P r o g r a m s, D e s k s, a nd C h a i r s. E v e r- E L E C T R I C AL E Q U I P M E NT CO. E l e c t r i c al C o n t r a c t i ng a nd E n g i n e e r i n g. D e a l e rs in E v e r y t h i ng E l e c t r i c a l. 117 M i c h i g an E. H. K O S I T C H EK & B R O S. 113 N. W a s h. A v e. T he H o me of T h o se C e l e b r a t ed E d. V. P r i ce T a i l o r - M a de S u i ts a nd O v e r c o a ts ( F a s h i on P a rk C l o t h e s) ( S t y le P l u s, S u i ts a nd O v e r c o a t s .) D A V I S' Q U A L I TY I CE C R E A M. food. N ot a f a d, b ut a 110 G r a nd A v e. S. A. G. B I S H OP F r e n ch D ry C l e a n e r s, D y e rs a nd T a i l o rs 114-16 W a s h t e n aw St. W. B o th P h o n e s. J. H. L A R R A B EE 325 S. W a s h i n g t on A v e. Sport S h o p — A t h l e t ic Goods of All K i n d s. H. H. L A R N ED C h i n a, G l a ss a nd L a m ps 105 W a s h i n g t on A v e. S, East Lansing Directory D R. OSCAR H. B R U E G EL H o u r s: 11 to 12 a. m., 2 to 4 a nd 7 to 8 p. m. S u n d a ys 12 to 1 p. m. E v e n i ng h o u r s: Mon., W e d. a nd S a t. by a p p o i n t m e n t. Office in E a st L a n s i ng S t a te B a nk B l d g. P h o n e s: R e s. Bell 880, Citz. 8244. Office Citz. 2572 Y o ur b a r b e rs " H A N K" A ND " P R A N K" t he P o o l, B i l l i a r d s, C i g a r s. l a st f or five y e a r s. In t he n ew D i c k s on B u i l d i n g. W I L D W O OD T EA ROOM S e r v i ce a la c a r t e. 318 A b b o tt Ave., E a st L a n s i n g. COLLEGE CAFE AND TEA ROOM G r a nd R i v er Ave., E a st L a n s i n g. A R e al G o od P l a ce to E a t. O p e r a t ed by t he M i s s es S m i t h, F o r m er P r o p r i e t o rs of t he W i l d w o od C a f e. H A R V EY PHOTO S H OP P O R T R A I TS All Kinds Photographic Work We Do Framing E. M. Harvey 1915. J. H. Pratt Mgr. ABBOT AVE. Fountain Pens =£ $1 to $ 6, a ll g u a r a n t e ed College Drug & Grocery Store Full Line if Everything. Agents for Star Laundry. Electric Supplie*. LOFTUS Good Things to Eat P A G E L S EN & S P E N C ER P a t e n t s, P a t e nt L a w, T r a d e m a r ks 1107-10 C h a m b er of C o m m e r ce B l d g ., D e t r o i t, M i c h i g an E. N. P a g e l s e n, '89 L. M. S p e n c e r, *06 F o r m e r ly E x a m i n e rs U. S. P a t e nt Office. T e l e p h o ne G r a nd 2635-M A L L EN & B O O N E, E N G I N E E RS E l e c t r i c a l, A u t o m o t i v e, M e c h a n i c a l, C h e m i c a l. T e s t i ng L a b o r a t o r i e s, 870 W o o d w a rd A v e. G. H. A l l e n, '09. D e t r o i t, Mich. SILAS E. C H A M P E, '06a, A t t o r n ey at L aw 71 " W a s h i n g t on B l v ' d, D e t r o i t, M i c h i g an C h e r ry 4511 SMITH P O U L T RY & EGG CO. C o m m i s s i on M e r c h a n ts S o l i c it c o n s i g n m e n ts In P o u l t ry — V e al — E g gs G uy H. S m i t h, '11 W e s t e rn M a r k e t, D e t r o i t. GOODELL, Z E L IN C. ( F o r e s t r y, M. A. C. '11) I n s u r a n ce a nd B o n ds of E v e ry K i nd If y ou h a v e n 't i n s u r ed y o ur b e t t er s ee or w r i te G o o d e ll a g o od p r o p o s i t i o n. L a n s i ng I n s u r a n ce A g e n c y, Inc., 208-212 C a p i t al N a t i o n al B a nk B l d g. s a l a r y, a b o ut . , ~, e, H >f Y Leo T HE B I R N EY E L E C T R IC CO. 119 E. M i c h. A v e. J. H u g h e s, V i ce P r e s ., W i th C l a ss of A V a r i e ty of F i x t u r es '15. f or R o o m s — S t u d e n t s' L a m ps a nd S t u d e n t s' M a z da Bulbs. L A N S I NG B A T T E RY S H OP 123 E a st O t t a wa St., L a n s i n g, M i c h. E. E. K i n n e y, '15, P r o p r i e t o r. S t o r a ge B a t t e r i es a nd A u to E l e c t r i c al T r o u b l es O ur S p e c i a l t i e s. S A M U EL L. K I L B O U R N E, ex-'Ol L a w y er 214% W a s h i n g t on A v e. S. L a n s i n g, M i c h. CORYELL N U R S E RY B i r m i n g h a m, Mich. G r o w e rs of H i gh G r a de O r n a m e n t a l s. l a r ge v a r i e ty of v i g o r o us r a i se a We s t o ck f or h o me g r o u n ds a nd p u b l ic p a r k s. C o r y e l l, '14, s e c r e t a ry a nd R. J. C o r y e l l, C o r y e l l, '84, p r e s i d e n t; R a l ph t r e a s u r e r. '14, s e c 'y a nd t r e a s u r e r. I. T E L E P H O NE G R A ND 2635-M ALLEN & BOONE, ENGINEERS E L E C T R I C AL M E C H A N I C AL A U T O M O T I VE C H E M I C AL TESTING LABORATORIES 870 W o o d w a rd A v e. G. H. A L L E N, '09. D E T R O I T, M I C H. s E E D S H A R RY E. S A I ER W I TH ' 1 1. SEEDSM A N—FLORIST Michigan Grown Garden and Greenhouse Seeds 109-111 E. Ottawa St. LANSING - - MICHIGAN s E E D S EAST LANSING'S LEADING GROCER^ T ML M AC RECORD E A ST L A N S I N G, MICHIGAN, MONDAY. S E P T E M B ER 30. 1918, NO. 1 VOL. X X I V. NINE BARRACKS ON HORT. GAR DENS. "Chet" has been assistant state leader of Boys' and Girls' Clubs since gradu ation. Twenty-five men, under the super vision of Sergeant 0. E. Smith, a re busy building nine large barracks, 160 feet by 120 feet, which will be t he fu ture homes of the vocational t r a i n i ng units. The b a r r a c ks are being built on ground back of the h o r t i c u l t u r al building. They are sectional build ings, ready built in St. Johns, Michi gan, and were hauled overland on the ten big army t r u c ks of the Motor Me chanics School. TWO M. A. C. GIRLS ENTERED RED CROSS. Two graduates of the Home Eco nomics Department have answered the call of t he Red Cross and are now en tering a r my hospital work. to Alice L. Latson, '09, h as j u st been sent the Base Hospital at Camp Gordon, Ga., where she is to serve as a dietitian. H er t r a i n i ng in dietetics t he summer at was received u u r i ng the Asbury Hospital in Minneapolis. L a st y e ar Miss Latson t a u g ht at Bis marck, N. D. Her address is Nurse's Quarters, I Base Hospital, Camp Gor don, Ga. Elizabeth Palm, l i b r a r i an '11, who h as been asistant graduation, since has been granted leave and will leave E a st L a n s i ng early in October to enter Red Cross work. into t r a i n i ng as a n u r se at the Base Hos pital at Camp Custer. She will go LINDEMANN '11 AND SPAULDING '14 LEAVE FOR SERVICE. The college is losing both heads of the Boys' a nd Girls' Club w o rk t h is week with the entrance of Lindemann, familiarly 11, known as " L i n d y" a nd "Chet," into army service. and Spaulding, '14, E. C. Lindemann, and '11, Boys' the Girls' Club leader, h as entered left W ar Camp Community work and Sherman, September Chillieothe, Ohio, one week's training. He has no definite assign ment as yet, but he will do recrea tional work in the army. for Camp for 30 Chester A. Spaulding, '14, left early to school. last week for Seattle, Washington, enter aviation ground an L i n d e m a nn has been employed at the college as state leader of Boys' and Girls' Clubs for five years. H is 60 club leaders gave him a beautiful gold watch as a farewell gift. '10, formerly a teacher of at Hillsdale agriculture high school, will be the new leader of Boys' and Girls' Clubs. Ray A. Turner, EAST LANSING BOND QUOTA RAISED IN TWO DAYS. The bond quota for the F o u r th Loan to $51,350 h ad practically a m o u n t i ng the all been subscribed at the end of second day of the drive. On Satur day, the first day, $39,000 was volun second teered and on Sunday "volunteer day" to it was within $3,000 of the goal. As E a st Lansing's fourth Liberty Loan quota was almost twice t h at of t he first, it would seem the college commu nity is developing the lending spirit. the brought t h at FIFTY SAILORS TO BE PART OF S. A. T. C. K h a ki isn't to be the only color on the campus this fall, for fifty Jackies in blue are enrolling for work similar to t h at given the S. A. T. C. the navy a re These men of t r a i n i n g. As yet sent here from other t r a i n i ng stations for special they have not been assigned a naval officer as a commander, although one is expect instruc ed soon, in order t h at in seamanship may keep pace tion their scholastic with training. their GYMNASIUM OPEN TO GIRLS. the the girls Beginning with the term fall g y m n a s i um to college is to be open girls and women five mornings each week from nine o'clock until twelve. News of the opening of the building to is being greeted with keen satisfaction by the feminine side the of the campus—particularly since use of the pool was denied t h em last spring. Two g y m n a s i um classes and a one-hour s w i m m i ng class each morn ing constitutes the girls' schedule in t he building. Coach Gauthier intends to m a ke the for and social activity building a center of recreational, ath letics, the whole campus a nd to this end the Ath letic Board has t h at the building be opened to both voca tional and collegiate sections of the t r a i n i ng corps every day in the week, including Sunday. recommended A r r a n g e m e n ts are being made for a number of assistants to help carry on the athletic and recreational work in the gymnasium. " J i m m i e" Hassel- man, of the English Department, will assist Coach Gauthier as a gymnasium instructor and the general hand ling and m a n a g e m e nt of the building. in HESPERIAN AND EUNOMIAN HOUSES FOR GIRLS. in the reduced rented by Because of changes m a de the Women's Building during the s u m m er which have dormitory space and the prospects of a normally large enrollment of women, t he Hes p e r i an and E u n o m i an Society houses have been to house girls. Unless some similar ar r a n g e m e nt can be made a n u m b er of to other society houses are the stand vacant. entire student body of m en in bar racks on the campus and under strict m i l i t a ry surveillance there can be no society activity. likely F or with almost the college SOUTHERN CALIFORNIANS HOLD PICNIC. at one-thirty The M. A.-C. Association of South ern California had a most enjoyable trip to F o rt McArthur, S an Pedro, Saturday, August 10th. A basket lun cheon was served at Point F i r m i n, San Pedro, after which t he kindness of Major Kelly through trip '08, a very Lemon, instructive the the fort was taken. All through places of interest were carefully ex plained and everyone reported a most large n u m b er of enjoyable day. A wives, friends a nd m e m b e rs were present—among which w e r e: G. C. '93; H. A. Davis, Schuyler, '77; E r ic '13; W. O. F r i t z, C. Nies, '15; Mrs. Nies (Grace P e r r y) '09; Albert Dodge, '77; H. E. Marsh, '08; Rodney Abbott, '84; F. J. Twaits, '08; F l o ra L. Campbell, '06, and Capt. F r a nk M. Siebert, '89, who is located at F o rt McArthur. '89; R. M. Ke'dzie, 4 • THE M. A. C. RECORD. THE M. A. C. RECORD Published every Friday during the Col lege Year by the Michigan Agri cultural College Association. Entered as second-class matter October 30, 1916, at the post office at E a st Lansing, Michigan, under Act of March 3, 1879. the C. W. McKIBBITf, '11, Managing Editor. MEMBERSHIP IN THE M. A. C. ASSO CIATION WHICH INCLUDES SUB SCRIPTION TO T HE RECORD, $2.00 P ER YEAR. Memberships may be paid for by P. O. Money Order, Draft, or Personal Check. MAKE THEM PAYABLE TO THE M. A. C. ASSOCIATION. MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 30, 1918. A COLLEGE WAR' ORDER. With the commencement of the fall turned its sixty-year- farmers, t r a i n i ng term this week, M. A. C. has almost overnight from old business of foresters and engineers fighters. producing to Those who are acquainted with the faced when problems manufacturers they changed their machines and fac tory equipment from peacetime pro duction to take over a war order can appreciate the changes t h at have been going on at M. A. C. to p ut the col lege on a war order basis. and July i n s t i t u t i o n s. W ar All summer the war department h as in been making preparations for an higher tensive use of colleges educational today is a series of scientific problems—It takes brains as well as brawn. The emptying of colleges and universities was recognised as a situation deplor able. Their facilities should be made use of to the very fullest extent. But five with a war program demanding million next fighting m en by in year how could these educational stitutions be used? It h as been a big problem, one not to be solved over night. Many schemes were projected before the S t u d e n t s' Army Training Corps plan was hit upon, and it is no "blue wonder p r i n t s" have come t h r o u gh and many the conflicting orders received before perfected plans Avere drawn the for successful h a n d l i ng of a h u n d r ed thou sand soldiers in the colleges. While the war d e p a r t m e nt was planning the Students' A r my Corps the new draft law was passed, b r i n g i ng further com plications and eleventh hour changes. But now on the eve of registration .day the changes have been a r r a n g ed is for and ready. W i th 540 tractor men, 25 horseshoers, 50 Jackies, and some 500 or more collegeate "fresh men" in uniform the college is on w ar type. order production of the highest looking a r o u nd at institutions But some of the neighboring the faculty, t h at m a ny everything practically truck and different thought the collegiate section weren't satisfied w i th the number of men in the collegeate section t h at M. A. C. was taking. They the college should have 500 more, espe cially in view of a w a i t i ng list of 200 men who had been t u r n ed away. So now at the last m i n u te our enrollment in to be increased when the courses are un der way and t he extent of the teach ing resources have been determined. As we begin this college year—one many feared would never be begun—- we find M. A. C. greatly changed, 'tis true, but back in t he harness, strain ing every sinew, bent on quantity pro duction of quality m an power. is likely HENRY GRAHAM REYNOLDS, 70. the past H e n ry G r a h am Reynolds, '70, who for twenty-four years has been a resident of Pasadena, Califor: nia, died September 5th, at his home after a two m o n t hs illness. The fol lowing is contributed by Chas. W. Garfield of Grand Rapids, a classmate of Reynolds: "The death of Hon. H e n ry G. Rey nolds will touch m a ny h e a r t s, for his college friends were legion. He came to in this college from a city home Chicago because he loved country life. He was a born s t u d e nt and h is sweet disposition and courteous m a n n e rs en deared him to the entire student body faculty. He and members of graduated with '70 and for a year thereafter served as fore m an in the Horticultural department. the class of the two years He t h en spent in Europe, applied t a k i ng a special course in chemistry with Fresenius and becom the German ing quite familiar with language. In p a r t n e r s h ip w i th Prof. Will W. Tracy he established a fruit farm in Grand Traverse county, re m a i n i ng there until he was called to the position of secretary of the Michi in living filled gan Board of Agriculture. He satisfaction this place with eminent until failing health compelled him in 1893 to seek a milder climate. He r e: established moved his residence t h at beautiful city until he passed away the evening of September 5th. "His wife had passed on to P a s a d e na and there, several years ago. D u r i ng his declining years he h ad t he satisfaction of seeing all his seven children established in life and his great joy was in usefulness and happiness of his children. As his leaves n i ne grandchil: successors he dren. in and d u r i ng through and "For fifty years I have been privi leged to be in a most i n t i m a te rela tionship with Mr. Reynolds. We were chums college. classmates When illness lay heavily upon me he the was my comforter and it was slow period of convalescence at his suggestion travel t h at we through Europe together on our bi cycles for four winters at his earnest solicitation. My wife and I have been I knew members of h is household. him through and have never met his equal in sweetness of spirit and in patience under prolonged physical Socially H e n ry Reynolds always shone because of his kindly attitude, his broad culture and gift of expression. Politically he was absolutely partisan ship, and religiously he was a devout Christian, unbiased by sectarianism and always glad to extend the r i g ht h a nd of fellowship to anyone whose religious convictions were a stimulant to right independent ailments. living. of "A r a re soul has passed the it great beyond and an inspiring memory of nobility of thought and kindly and sympathetic service." leaves behind into Mr. Reynolds received the M. S. de gree from the college in 1873 and an M. H. in 1893. Dr. Beal in his history of the college says of Mr. Reynolds: "To his friends he is intensely loyal; enemies he has none." * FRANK ESSELSTYN WITH '18. Frank Huston Esselstyn, '18, died Aug. 19 of wounds received Aug. 11 on the battlefield in France, official word having j u st been received by his moth er, Mrs. L. F. Esselstyn of Lansing. He was a member of the headquarters company of the 119th Field Artillery. Plainly revealed to the view of Ger m an soldiers when the camouflage of the observation post where he was sta- tioneu was destroyed by a H un shell, Esselstyn was the knee injured August 15th, according to a letter re ceived by his mother from a friend who was a member of the observation party. F o ur of the headquarters men were in an advanced observation post scientifically camouflaged, watching the activities of the enemy. Suddenly the shell from a H un gun destroyed stood the concealment and in open view of the Potsdam troops. the four in THE M. A. C. RECORD. 5 H is comrades, u n d a u n t ed by the fact t h at they were in great danger, gave they could, Esselstyn w h at m a k i ng a stretcher of poles and a blanket and carried him to a dressing station, thence to an ambulance and a hospital. first aid Esselstyn was born 24 years ago in Persia where his father was a pioneer missionary. He was brought to Lan sing when nine years old and edu cated with his sister Helen, Mrs. F r a nk Wood, '09, and his brother, L. '13. He entered M. A. Spencer, with C. from L a n s i ng high school and in the Hes college was a member of p e r i an Society. the His death is the second one in iamily father, in a few months, h is Dr. Lewis F. Esselstyn, having died of t y p h us fever Persia, May 30. Dr. Esseystyn had been a P r e s b y t e r i an missionary to Persia for the past 31 years a nd was at his post of duty caring for a stricken people when he was overtaken by death. in Meshed, * LESTER P. HARRIS WITH '17. The death of Lester P. H a r r i s, with in F r a n ce on July 9th. '17, occurred H a r r is was a m e m b er of the Ameri can Army Ambulance S e r v i c e r s. S. U. 648, which was the F r e n ch a r my at the time of his death. He was severely wounded in action on July 4th and death the hospital on the 9th. serving with followed in inflicting severe exploded, t r a p p i ng the boys. One fell directly at the r e ar of our car, wound ing one of the other boys in the foot flesh wounds a nd upon Lester's his knees. All three had hardly descend ed when our car and the one adja cent to it burst into legs, particularly flames." He is buried in the military ceme tery near the hospital where he died near the village of Catenoy. While in college H a r r is was one of the best liked and most popular among his friends and classmates. All his companions in the service have writ in praise of his* good comrade t en ship, his cheerfulness, his bravery and his quick response to duty. * COSMER LEVEAUX WITH '18. Corporal Cosmer M. Leveaux was killed in action in F r a n ce on August 10th. Leveaux was a member of Bat tery A of the 119th F. A. and with the his r e g i m e nt was t a k i ng p a rt splendid fight which the 32d Division made against the H un north of Cha teau Thiery. The circumstances sur rounding his death have not yet been reported. in In July, 1917, H a r r is volunteered for six m o n t hs Red Cross service with the F r e n ch a r my and in F r a n ce on J u ly 10th. In October his organization was transferred as a unit of had served in F r a n ce j u st a year. t he American' army. He arrived He was born in Johnson City, Tenn., t h at place and entered college from the class of 1917. He was a with member of society. Following two years at M. A. C. he at h ad special Columbia University where he was a member of the Phi Gamma Delta fra ternity. h o r t i c u l t u r al work the A t h e n a e um In informing his brother of the cir the the cumstances, a comrade of h is ambulance section has w r i t t en following: in at the "Last night, fourth, our to car (Lester and I were assigned t he same a m b u l a n c e ), with the other two this ambulances, was stationed the Inasmuch as relai." "Poste de enemy planes h ad not bothered the to sleep outdoors, place, we decided retired about 10 near our car. We came they o'clock and at m i d n i g ht over, and for nearly an they h o ur the nearby crossroads, and bombed fired upon the convoys which were en route. This one plane circled over head for some time, when suddenly it lowered, swerved and swooped down two upon us. Lester and I was fellows remained two up and had my shoes on when and descended monstrous torpedoes the other the car. in the best g u a rd in Minnesota, where he was known as t he Superior had ever had. He reentered college in the fall of 1916. In college he was well known among foresters, having been a member of forestry fraternity. He was also a member of the Aetheon society. t he h o n o r a ry He enlisted in 1917 at Lansing in Battery A of the 119th F. A. and was soon promoted . corporal. Al though killed August 10th h is n a me did not appear on list until September 5th. the casualty to a Leveaux was engaged to m a r ry Miss Hildah Cummings of the Bacteriology department. * GEORGE S. MONROE WITH '18. George S. Monroe, '18, elder son of George C. Monroe, '91, of South Haven, Michigan, w as killed in F r a n ce at noon on August 22nd. No tification of his death came to his father from Major E. W. Thompson of the 119th F. A. u n d er whom Mon roe was serving. action in two full to his being Monroe entered M. A. C. with the class of 1918 a nd remained one year. He had served enlistments the South Haven with Troop A of inducted Cavalry, prior into F e d e r al service a nd was on the Mexican border with his organization before t he entry of the United States into the Michigan units were reassigned he was selected as a sergeant of Battery F of the recently 119th F. A. and was transferred In a to a machine gun unit. to his parents, Major the war. W h en letter only Thompson wrote the following: they were, with "George w as greatly beloved by all his officers and comrades. He was all ideal soldier. He performed an his duties, no m a t t er how arduous and t r y i ng cheerfulness and exactness. He was generous and always unselfish, and was looking interests and comforts of after always h is comrades. George was willing and anxious to divide any t h i ng he had for the welfare of any they were. comrades, no m a t t er who "He became greatly attached to the operation of his m a c h i ne gun, and was an expert gunner. the to in the I tried repeatedly to have him con leave his machine gun and sent battery, become a sergeant with an to an idea of sending h im officers' school, but he always argued t h at he was perfectly content with his present position, and preferred to r e m a in with his machine gun. this w ar seems, t h at our best are t a k en "The sad p a rt of is, it first." in Leveaux was born in Ludington 1896 and on graduation from the Lud ington high school entered M. A. C. in 1913. During 1915-16 he was em service, as a ployed forest guard on the Superior Forest in Government SON OF THORN SMITH '95 KILLED IN FRANCE. '95, of Detroit, was killed Robert Kedzie Smith, son of T h o rn Smith, in action August 3rd. He was a bugler Infantry, a nd was in Co. H, 126th twenty years old. He enlisted in the 6 THE M. A. C. RECORD. National Guard when eighteen served on the Mexican border. and W. W. SMITH '95. ; ' The death of W. W. Smith, with '95. occurred last April, after a very short illness. He was in Wisconsin at the take up new work with the Cadillac Motor Co., and expected to go to Brazil very soon as their representative. time, preparing to Smith entered college from Douglas, Michigan, and was here from 1891 to '94. After leaving M. A. C. Mr. Smith spent some time at P u r d ue University taking up special work in civil en gineering. Three y e a rs ago he was president of the local chapter of the American Society of Civil Engineers, of which he was made a member while in at Purdue. He spent some .Mexico City as chief engineer; in 1911 he came to Los Angeles and remained there until '16, when he went to Porto to the United Rico. Upon r e t u r n i ng States he went to Wisconsin, where his death occurred. time COLLEGE ON FULL WAR BASIS. S t u d e n ts A r my T r a i n i ng C o r ps C o m prises b o th Collegiate a nd Voca t i o n al U n i t s. F i n al plans for the i n a u g u r a t i on of the Student Army T r a i n i ng Corps at the M. A. C. are being completed and many time seemed overwhelming, are rapidly be ing smoothed out and organization ?ccompilshed. changes, which for a The entire soldier population of the campus will be known as the S. A. T. C. unit and will include section A, made up of the collegiate men who are eligible to enter college as in normal the vocational times, and section B men who are sent for eight weeks' courses in motor mechanics and other trades. Five h u n d r ed of the section A m en have been contracted for and five h u n d r ed and fifty of the section B men are well along in t h e ir courses. The section B m en will be quartered in the the collegiate sec new b a r r a c ks and tion will be given rooms in the dormi tories and armory. is given The section A men enter college for three, six and nine m o n t hs periods, to age classes respectively, according the youngest of 20, 19 and 18. To instruction, besides m i l i t a ry class, considerable to mathe time matics, chemistry and war history, hygiene, drawing and F r e n c h —a typi cal war time schedule. The 19 and 20- year groups who will be in college for the shorter periods of six and three to specialize m o n t hs will be allowed a nd select t he course for which they are best fitted and which will lead to one of five different branches of a r my service, 1, I n f a n t ry and Artillery; 2, Air Service; 3, Ordnance a nd Quar 4, E n g i n e e r i ng termaster's Corps; and Corps, including signal, air, thoroughness t h an quantity of chemical branches, and 5, Motor and T a nk Corps. The w ar d e p a r t m e nt e m -, quality phasizes r a t h er instruction. They insist on three h o u rs of labora tory to one of lecture and two hours r a t h er of study t he the t h an college. to one of recitation two to one schedule of a nd Beside the officers already stationed at M. A. C. to assist in t he mili'tary work of detachments, t r a i n i ng t h i r t e en newly commissioned officers have just reported to Capt. Murchie. the It to suppose is reasonable t h at a very large percentage of the collegiate section men of the S. A. T. C. will be sent to officers' camps, following their work at M. A. C. It is expected t h at there will be a the number of m en not eligible for S. A. T. C. who will enter such regular college courses as may be given. All such men must be quartered off the campus. CAPT. WM. E. MURCHIE NEW COM- MANDANT. Capt. Wm. E. Murchie, commanding t r a i n i ng de the vocational officer of the the college, h as j u st tachments at for been appointed as Commandant the Student Army T r a i n i ng Corps t he vocational which combines both and units. Capt. Murchie succeeds Major P. G. Wrightson, who has been ordered to Wesleyan University at Middletown, Conn., to serve as a c o m m a n d a nt for an S. A. T. C. unit there. collegiate t r a i n i ng to this country the K a p pa Sigma Capt. Murchie is of Scotch descent, having come from Scotland while young. He is a gradu ate of t he New H a m p s h i re College of Agriculture and Mechanic Arts, a nd a frater member of nity. He has been engaged in elec trical engineering work since 1896 and has gained prominence as an electrical engineer in Indiana. P r i or to his en the second Officers' T r a i n i ng tering Camp at Ft. Benjamin H a r r i s on he was manager of the Southern I n d i a na Power Co., and t he I n t e r s t a te Public the Service Co., of Bedford, Ind., and Central of Indiana Lighting Co., Bloomington, Indiana. in in college Capt. Murchie has had considerable military experience. He was major of the cadet battalion and served the New H a m p s h i re later National Guard. His captain's com the mission was given him following second officers' camp at Ft. Benjamin Harrison. He was attached the 338th Infantry at Camp Custer, and electricity while a nd magnetism the Division Liason School. taught there in to He came here on May 12th as Com m a n d er of the F i r st T r a i n i ng Detach ment and the success with which he has met in the a d m i n i s t r a t i on of the two vocational detachments undoubt edly has had much to do with his.be ing given command of the entire unit. He has moved his family to E a st Lan sing. FOOTBALL AS USUAL. Regular Varsity Schedule To Be Played by S. A. T. C. T e a m. Anyone dropping in the Aggies are wont on College to Field, where frolic, will find each evening "football as usual," with Coach George E. Gau- thier "Carp" J u l i an assisting in impressing the cus tomary " r u d i m e n t a r i e s" on a squad of attentive pupils. barking orders, and All uncertainty as to the s t a n d i ng of intercollegiate athletics at the col lege was cleared up when Cap. Mur the M. A. C. chie, Commandant of T r a i n i ng Camp, announced t h at he was heartily in favor of intercollegiate contests. Coach Gauthier is by no means gloomy over the prospects for a team which can uphold M. A. C.'s football traditions in creditable fashion. The demands of the army have, of course, last made year's team, but a number of promis ing men haye signified their intention inroads upon tremendous THE M. A. C. RECORD. 7 the of being on h a nd when season opens. Among t he m en who will be back a r e: Archer, Snyder, Bailey and Lefler of last year's 'varsity; Graves, Beltz, VanOrden, McGregor, P u t n a m, Noblet, Simmons and Trumbull of last year's all-fresh squad; and Anderson, Kelty, Lyons, McGaw, Pless, Sheffield and Theis of the reserves. this fall. The decision There will be vacancies in the r a n ks of the squad, but these Coach Gauthier hopes to fill up by drafts upon the in coming members of the Student Army T r a i n i ng Corps, who in less military In other times would be freshmen. words, the Aggies will play first year men to hold the three-year rule in abeyance while the war is on, came h a rd with the ath It was a case letic board of control. of either using incoming young the sters, or going without football, for by exact estimates obtainable up to date, t h an a half there will not be more hundred upper college this year, a nd such of these as are en rolled are to liable pack up and depart overnight. classmen required to be in With a half h u n d r ed to choose from, Coach Gauthier expects to be able to find enough ablebodied and fairly experienced football men among them, to fill up the blanks. freshmen for report All t he boys on the squad will be un they der military orders this fall and football drill at 4 will j u st as they o'clock every afternoon roll out of their bunks the chilly in dawn at the first blast of the reveille. With the full force of army discipline back of to have their work considerably simpli fied. the coaches expect them, The complete schedule follows: Saturday, Oct. 5—Albion College at E a st Lansing. Wednesday, Oct. 9—Kalamazoo Col lege at E a st Lansing. Saturday, Oct. 12—Alma College at E a st Lansing. Saturday, Oct. 19—-University of Michigan at Ann Arbor. Saturday, Oct. 26 — Northwestern University at Evanston, 111. Saturday, Nov. 9—Purdue Univer sity at E a st Lansing-. Saturday, Nov. 16—Notre Dame University at E a st Lansing. T e a ms from the vocational section are also working out nightly and some excellent material is showing up. Games are being a r r a n g ed with army teams at Michigan, P u r d u e, and Camp team at Great Custer and Lakes. the navy AUGUST AND SEPTEMBER STATE BOARD MEETING. The August m e e t i ng of the State Board of Agriculture was called in the President's office August 28th with President Kedzie, Messrs. Graham, Wallace, WaterbUry a nd Doherty pres ent. The m i n u t es of the previous meet ing were approved without reading. Mr. Ray Baker of Camden, Michi field accountant the Dairy gan, was appointed for cost of production department, beginning July 25th. in Mr. E d w in Ewell was appointed ex agriculture be in tension specialist ginning July 1st. leader of Boys' Dr. Hibbard was authorized Mr. Ray T u r n er was appointed as and Girls' s i s t a nt Club work beginning September 1st. to at tend a meeting the American of Chemical Society at Cleveland, Sep tember 10th and 13th without expense to the college. The request of Prof. George Brown for permission to hold a Short H o rn Breeders' Association sale at the col lege October 9th was granted. The request of Director Brewer for leave of absence for six m o n t hs with out pay was granted. Dr. L. E. Heasley of Saugatuck was appointed assistant professor of poul try husbandry to succeed Mr. Dick son beginning October 1st. Mr. E. F. E l d r i d ge was appointed beginning chemistry instructor in September 1st. Professor A. J. Clark was given charge of the band, chorus, orchestra and glee club. liberal a r ts was referred The m a t t er of fees to cover athletics and the president and secretary with power to act. to The question of additional compen sation for Mr. Conger for work done in the field in July was referred to the president with power to act. The resignation of C. E. Wood as the wood shop was ac instructor cepted effective July 31st. in Miss Bessie Palm, assistant libra rian, was given leave of absence with to out pay for t he period of t he w ar take effect September 30th. Lloyd C. A t k i ns of Augusta was ap in the cost of pro September beginning pointed field m an duction work 1st. The special committee appointed the additional compensation to for fix in college employes who are teaching re the United States A r my School ported ten per cent additional salary had been allowed for each of twenty t he per cent two summer periods or in all. t h at Prof. Joseph F. Cox was given leave of absence for one m o n th with pay to assist in certain phases of airplane production. The secretary was contract with for four additional ments. authorized to t he W ar D e p a r t m e nt detach t r a i n i ng in The action of P r e s i d e nt Kedzie authorizing Mr. T r a n g m ar to m a ke a to t r ip west study journal ism was approved. t he question of r u r al i n s t i t u t i o ns to several E m e r s on A. A r m s t r o ng was em ployed as assistant professor of phys ics beginning September 1st. a The secretary presented from Mr. W. M. Taylor, agent for public domain commission, report the in regard timber. timber upon to dead a nd down the college lands, together w i th a propo sal from Joseph H. H a ys to purchase t h is The secretary was di rected to ask the public domain com timber, t he to sell mission it being the understood timber shall be t h at scaled a nd t h at t he e n t i re t r a ct cov ered by the estimate shall be cut. refusing Resolutions were passed the by to comply with the Board declining the Michigan budget com request of mission and the provisions of a general budget law on the ground t h at it would prove inim institution. ical to the welfare of the The president and secretary were report given a u t h o r i ty of the committee on employes. to accept to revise the Expense accounts of Board mem bers were approved. Adjournment. S E P T E M B ER MEETING. The September meeting was called to order September 18th in the presi dent's office with P r e s i d e nt Kedzie and Messrs. Graham, Beaumont, Wat- erbury and Woodman present. The m i h u t es of the meeting were approved without reading. The request of Professor Anderson for permission to a t t e nd t he National Dairy Show at Columbus the middle of October with expenses paid was granted. In order to to provide an exhibit in relation the cost of milk produc tion to be used at the National Dairy Show and elsewhere $200.00 was add ed to the appropriation for t he Dairy department. The request of J a m es W. Benner for leave of absence for the duration of the w ar was granted to date from August 31st. The leader, request of Miss A n na W. Cowles, State Club t h at Len- nah Morgan who won the State Cham pionship in boys" a nd girls' club work be permitted to enter college without fee, was paying granted. the m a t r i c u l a t i on Miss Winifred Gettemy was ap pointed head of the Domestic Science d e p a r t m e nt and professor of domestic a rt beginning September 1st. Miss Hildah F a u st was appointed sci assistant professor of domestic ence beginning September 1st. The title of Miss E d na Garvin was to as raised from assistant professor sociate professor. Miss Nellie Campbell was appointed office bookkeeper in beginning September 16th. secretary's t he The request of Major P. G. Wright- son for leave of absence on account of being ordered away from the college was granted. The m a t t er of Mr. Kindig's t r a ct was and secretary with power referred to con the president to act. Miss Marion Nichols was appointed clerk of the Alumni Office beginning September 1st and the secretary was authorized an additional clerk. to employ 8 THE M. A. C. RECORD. T HE NEW BARRACKS UNDER CONSTRUCTION AS T H EY LOOK FROM T HE TOP OP T HE WOMEN'S BUILD ING—BACTERIOLOGY BUILDING ON E X T R E ME RIGHT. Expense accounts of the Board mem bers were approved. tain such commissions, required to r e m a in in the service. they will be The resignation of F. L. True, County Agent of Alpena county was accepted to take effect September 2d on account of Mr. True's having been called to military service. Adjournment. in Through an error the title of W. E. Laycock was reported the RECORD of August 3rt as Assistant Professor of Physics in the minutes of the July State Board meeting. The action taken was 10 raise his title from As to Asso sistant Professor of Physics ciate Professor. OFFICERS CAMPS AGAIN OPEN TO CIVILIANS. to Central Officers' Applications of civilians for admis sion T r a i n i ng Schools may now be received, accord ing received here from the W ar Department. recent advices to The age limits for admission of civ ilian applicants to the Central Officers' T r a i n i ng Schools are from over IS to less t h an 4b at the date of registration. Special induction for t r a i n i ng at these schools will be regulated so t h at a fair proportion of candidates shall come from (1) the Army at large in accord ance with existing (2) civilians in class 1-A; (3) civilians of the deferred classifications, on grounds other than industry, occupation or em ployment, including agriculture. instructions; Civilians in Class 1-A, who may be admitted to Central Officers' T r a i n i ng Schools, with a view to obtaining com t he pre missions scribed course, will, upon entrance to the schools, be inducted into the serv the d u r a t i on of the war, and ice for to ob provided that should they fail close of the at Civilians the deferred classifica in industry, tions on grounds other t h an including occupation or employment, to agriculture, who may be admitted Ceneral Officers' Training Schools, with a view of obtaining commissions at the close of the prescribed course, will, upon entrance to the schools, be inducted into the service for the dura tion of t h at to obtain such com should the op missions, they may be given the service tion of a discharge from original and reversion a to Selective under classifications Service Regulations. the war, and provided their the they fail Applications at Schools. The applications of civilians will be submitted as heretofore to the Army officers on duty at the various educa the tional country. institutions throughout Capt. Murthie, the new command ant at M. A. C, is enrolling officer for this district interested should make application through him. alumni and WEDDINGS. The wedding of Arnold L. Olsen, '16, and Mary Louise Barber took place August 19th at Munising, Mich igan, where Olsen as County Agent. employed is R. Verne Lester, Miss Janice Morrison, '17, was mar ried to Lieut. Raymond C. Zettel, R. M. A. of West Branch, Michigan, at Dayton, Ohio, August 17th. Mrs. Zet tel will teach in Wyandotte this year. '15, was married on August 18th to Miss Addie Kline, Kalamazoo College, is with the Westinghouse Electric and Mfg. Company in the capacity of night foreman of testing department. '15. Lester transformer the Sergeant R. S. Clark, with '18, and Miss F r a n c is Granger, with '18, were m a r r i ed at the bride's home at Berrien Springs early in July. Clark, who is well known to recent M. A. C. folks because of his ability as a poet, is with the 310th Engineers in France. Lt. Morrice G. Jewett, with '18, and Miss Marjorie Smith, with '18, were married in Ann Arbor, Mich., early in July. Lt. Jewett is with the 328th F. A. in France. The wedding of Lieut. H a r ry Taft, '12, and Miss Bertha Wagner, .took place August 14, at the bride's home Lieut, a nd Mrs. at Harbor Beach. Taft are living at 167% Cherry St., Battle Creek. The marriage of Lieut. C. F. Bar- nett, '15, '17, and May L. Hamilton, occurred at the bride's home at Fen- ton, Michigan, on April 27. Lt. Bar- nett is assigned to the F i r st Bn. De pot Brigade, Camp Lewis, Wash. '18, The wedding of Glen 0. Stewart, '17. and F a n n ie Lee Rogers, took place at the bride's home in Lansing on July 6. Stewart, who was formerly the Kent County F a rm Bureau with in Grand Rapids, has entered t h e' Coast Artillery and is now with 9th Co., Chesapeake Bay Defenses, F o rt Monroe, Va. Lieut. H a r ry Lee Campbell, '17, and Elsie C. Huffman were married Aug ust 6th at Ft. Stevens, Oregon, where Lieut. Campbell is now stationed with the coast artillery. Caroline Louise Wagner, '18, and Lloyd J o hn Tasker, '17, were m a r r i ed August 21, at the home of t he bride in Oberlin, Ohio. The Taskers are living at Bellevue, Michigan. Lieut. Russell Crozier, and Miss Dorothy Lillie, '17, were married 5th. in Grand Rapids Lieut. Crozier, who h as been serving for the past year on the western front September '16, and participated the recent big in push which the American troops made on the Vesle river, has been sent back to the United States as an instructor • in infantry warfare. He is now as signed to Camp Dix, N. J., and Mrs. Crozier is living in Philadelphia, Pa. Crozier has recently been made a first lieutenant. Lieut. D. L. Wernette, with '18, and Miss Kuth Williams, '16, were married in Grand Rapids on December 8th, 1917. Lieut. Wernette is stationed at the headquarters of the 32nd Division in France. Sergeant Robert John McCarthy, '14, was married September 4th, to Elizabeth at West Irene Hawley, Haven, Conn. Sergeant McCarthy is a member of the 102d M. G. Bn. and has been serving in France for the past six months. Miss Jane E. Todd, '15, and George L. Henning, '16, were married June 28th at the home of the bride. The Hennings are at home on the Henning farm near Birmingham, Michigan, Royal Oak, R. 2. Miss Frances Smith, '18, and Lester E. Flanders, '17, were married June 12th. The Flanders are at home to any M. A. C. friends at 304 E. State St., St. Johns, Michigan. Flanders is teaching agriculture in the St. Johns high school. THE M. A. C. RECORD. 9 first pected to get in quite a little lan L- The earth center will then be graded guage study, but the fact that our into the moat and it is rumored that r supervising architect left us gave him thus be the wide road which will a finally additional duties so that he y formed will be used for a trolley line. had to give it. Now that the bache *r Nor is that all. They are building lors have gone, everyone will have to another road from the new railroad 0 have longer hours and he will have It runs right e station to the river. to postpone Chinese until next sum the and i- between our new hospital year's mer. Maude took the college campus. And how wide do s you suppose it is? 110 feet! Stran- t in October at language examination ger still, the work has been progress- t the same time as those who had spent ing without interruption all the fall e the Nanking Language the year at and the grading is nearly completed. e term she School and passed. This * * * yye a re gja(j tbat we a r rived 3 has taught a class in dietetics and the nurses in Chinese. Her teacher, before these modern innovations were her a former Yali student, helped started. It would have been a pity r rules and notes on the theory into to have missed the pleasure of walk- D Chinese and mimeograph copies were ing on the city wall and the thrill of B students. Then Maude given returning late at night and hammer- 3 would explain them as best she could ing on the city gate for entrance and 1 and then give them questions on the then hearing the bolt slowly with- 3 preceding lesson to write out and her drawn and the great gate open just r teacher would help her grade them. far enough to squeeze in. * * * The subject of dietetics offers an in teresting field and one upon which very little work has been done. the In the medical school five students I were baptized at Christmas time mak ing the Christian students in the ma- jority, something quite unusual even in mission schools, and of course our school receiving government money as it does must recognize all religions Changsha is surely a progressive 3 city. The wall which we mentioned 1 in our first letter is almost a thing I of the past. They have been tearing ; it down for the last six months and 1 on an equal basis. using the bricks for other buildings, , hospital. including a new military RALPH W. POWELL, '11, and MAUDE NASON POWELL, '13. CORRESPONDENCE. W I TH T HE C O L O RS Changsha, Hunan, China, February 22, 1918. - This is vacation time in school, as Chinese New Year came on February 11th and all China considers the first fifteen days of their new year a holi In the first place, the day. * Great War reaches out here more vividly than you would perhaps imag ine. We have the same periodicals and "My Four Years In Germany" are quite as popular here as at home. We constantly receive news of more friends gone to the front or to train ing camps. * * * in that the contact with The English have discouraged busi ness men and missionaries the Orient from entering military service, these feeling nations which she maintains through these men was too important to jeop ardize by calling away. America seems to feel the same and until the supply: of men becomes a real problem in the United States we do not believe many from here will feel called to go. the men But we have had troubles much nearer home than Europe or Ameri ca. We mentioned in our letter of August 30th the storm which seemed to be brewing in China. The storm has since broken and- shows no sign of quieting at the present time. We have been in the midst of it and are liable to be until the North and South either unite or divide. * * * Ralph only taught 18 hours per term and ex week during the fall M. A. C. TEAM 'OVER THERE'. M. A. C. MEN RAISED IN RANK. France, July 14, 1918. To Alumni Secretary: Subject—The Alumni of M. A. C. have organized a baseball team, and I and writing to the Alumni Secretary for a game with the M. A. C. ""varsity. In a beautiful little spot in France our team made up of such stars as Leal Bibbins, '15; Ralph Dodge, '14; '17; O. R. Taylor, '15; "Chi." Fick, "Hocky" Knapp, '13, and myself— "Tommy" Thomas, '16. We accept all challenges. We are particularly anx ious to arrange a game with the U. of Michigan at Ann Arbor. 12 we had to be very unhappy, And could choose between France and the States, We would much prefer to be in Eng land And slave on the lords' estates. For oh, it must simply be dreadful— The worst that could befall, If we had to live in the States all the while, With nothing to hope for at all. With the best wishes for good old M. A. C. we continue to remain loyal supporters of the Red Cedar and its surrounding campus. 2nd Lieut. Asst. Adj. 5th F. A. Brig. WALTER P. THOMAS, A. E. F., France. Forester, 1916. Clare J. Perry, '18, 2d Lieut. 39th Co. 161st D. B., Camp Brant, 111. Wm. V. Taylor, '19, 2d Lieut. 2d Regt. 1st Brig., F. A., Camp Jackson, S. C. Wallace E. Hartman, '18, 2d Lieut. Co. 3, E. 0. T. C, Camp A. A. Hum phreys, Va. Milton H. Wakefield, '20, 2d Lieut. Unattached Air Service, American Ex. Forces, via N. Y. Herman A. Andrews, '17, 2d Lieut. 28th F. A., Camp Funston, Kan. Orva L. Kimble, '18, Lieut. 38th class, School of Fire, Ft. Sill, Okla. Richard L. Doyle, '18, 2d Lieut. 68th F. A., West Point, Ky. Willis Doyle Kimmel, '17, 1st Lieut. C. A. T. C, Ft. Monroe, Va. Floyd Manby, '18, 2d Lieut. 3rd Development Bn., Camp Grant, 111. O. R. Miller, '15, 70th Co. 6th Group M. T. D., Camp Hancock, Ga. George J. Henshaw, '17, 1st Lieut. 1st Inst. Co., S. C. Buzzer School, Ft. Leavenworth, Kan. Welland Gay, with '18, 2d Lieut., Camp Meade, Md. Ralph Strope, with '18, 1st Lieut. 31st F. A., Camp Meade, Md. Leslie L. Urch, with '11, 2d Lieut. Bat. C, 2d Regt. F. A. R. D., Camp Jackson, S. C. Sidney Medalie with '17, Lieut. 38th Class, School of Fire, Ft. Sill, Okla. 10 THE M. A. C. RECORD. Walter R. Wright, '17, Major, Camp Cluster, Mich. A. W. Barron, '16, Captain, Camp Custer, Mich. has been w a r p i ng his plane over the Appenines in Italy in g r e at style and sooner or later I hope to see him on our side of the Alps. F r a nk J. Yuhse, '14, 1st Lieut. Ord. Instr. School, Camp Herring, Motor 111. Gilbert Clegg, '17, Lieut. 49th F. A., Camp Bowie, F t. Worth, Tex. F r om J. A. Bennett, '15, aboard U. S. S. Antigone, care Postmaster New port News, Va.: issue of I have enjoyed every the to me. RECORD which has been sent I read advertise ments, a nd all t he rest. The newsy letters from M. A. C. men are best of all. it all, title page, ship this ship So far, I've met but two M. A. C. men in the service, both of them sail ors. One of them, M. H. Pancost, '18, for was radio operator on a time but was transferred to the re ceiving at Washington, D. C. The other was Lloyd Cleveland, with '17, who is machinist's mate, 1st class, I t h i nk you on the U. S. S. De Kalb. have him chalked up as being with I loaned him the A. E. F. in F r a n c e. as m a ny copies of I could find, for he h ad received none as yet. the RECORD as fine. i n t e r e st It may be of The account of the Union banquet to was you to know t h at on t h at same day two sailors from M. A. C. sat down j u st as to e at a s u m p t u o us their ship entered w h at is known as t he war zone. We also found an op portunity to poach a bit for some of the Mich, boys on board. repast, The novelty of t h is life is gone and we are settled down to a monotonous routine of coming and going with only an occasional sub. scare to vary our daily work. Do not t h i nk we a re careless. Our lookouts are on the job all' the time and n ot a t h i ng escapes them. to I have even known fire at a porpoise because, as it swam looked along a little out of water, it very much like a periscope. The tin fish t h at sticks its nose above water near an American convoy is going to reception. get a w a rm The one t h i ng t h at we all hope to receive when we reach p o rt is a heap of news from friends, so t a ke the h i nt friends and come across. M. A. C. news is always welcome. them P e ar McKibbin: If I should have tried to keep you informed of my various changes of r a t h er address, it would h a ve been fast work for me and probably tire is my eleventh some for you. This stopping point since I m a de my first acquaintance w i th t he U. S. Army, but the to postal forward our mail t h r o u gh promptly. The M. A. C. RECORDS have been ar riving quite regularly and while we were I would hold a reunion every week or reports Ned Lacey so. together Ted H i n g er authorities m a n a ge latest F r om and So far I h a v e n 't met any of the M. A. C. boys in F r a n c e, but am liable to see some of t h em almost any time. P. C. Baker, '14, left one post about two weeks before I arrived, and I re ceived a letter from Klasell, '15, who There is with t he 10th Engineers. were several M. A. C. n a m es on the the A m e r i c an University register of Union in P a r i s, but of course it isn't t h at city. always easy to reach All t he F r e n ch soldiers we have to expect much talked wiih profess from America both in personnel a nd in m u n i t i o ns and supplies. Our us they will is t h at we hope ual reply Incidentally not disappointed. the advan this w ar seems tages of preparedness and shows the difference between schedules and actual accomplishments as well as the t he danger of operating on theory of "Let George do it." to prove paper be t h at enjoyed experiences our far, although a On the whole our bunch of fellows in have things did F r a n ce so time. We not look so good for in much with haven't been t h r o wn t he army, men of other branches of but can say some real fellows in aviation, at least, and the same holds good with I believe the r e st of the m en I have seen are pulling h a rd to be in t he first contingent to go to t he front. I am sending a copy of "Beaumont the Bull," a Beaumont F l y i ng Cadets of F r a n c e, now scattered over the country. t he army. All I have met published p per by CADET R A L PH I. CORYELL, '14, U. S. Air Service, A. E. F. France, 1st Obs. Group, A. P. 0., No. 703. Wilbur W r i g ht Field, Dayton, Ohio, J u ne 12, 1918 Dear Mac: I am tackling to some for some t h e re a re three events in my mind—in fact, remember flight, my first solo. In flying experience, I am still very I young, but time; my shall tail-spin, and my first first t he game in a conservative way, but one has to establish new s t a n d a r ds for speed, distance, sensations, etc., and those fellows things come faster t h an to others. My first solo is still I fresh the second time, went up the a ir and so the ship fight t h at I h ad bumpy landing In one t he course. around instruc I broke a wing-skid, b ut my to break tor said I was lucky not more t h at first, that—inferring, I am pretty rotten, and, secondly, t h at it was pretty for a beginner. However, I've seen so m a ny smashes on felt pretty happy to set t he ship down safely on the last for only it was gusty, and rough today landing. One day my instructor took me up for tailspins and spirals in a " s t u n t" ship. We dropped from 4,500 to 2,500 feet in the first spin. 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Record iGafomtr? $c Han j&nxm Printing Olomnang 201-212 North Grand Ave., Lansing ltira\li^ir/i\-;y»ir,--»A::,*vV*\'Y(i^v«vv»V7«hW«.-7»x determined ing thing to me as I think of it now is that I had fully to count the number of seconds, besides reading the altimeter, but I was so absorbed in watching the controls and seeing the ground come up, be sides counting the number of turns, that I forgot about the seconds com pletely. CADET OVE F. JENSEN, '14. FROM WOUNDED, CONVALESCING. From Paul L. Ginter, '19, Co. B, 6th Eng., Reg. Army, Base Hospital, No. 19, A. E. F. France: In in I have met several M. A. C. men fact on this side of the pond. this "Red" Broadwell, '20E, is ward. I have met big "Jake" John son, 16F, in a British hospital. We the Somme were both wounded in Drive last March. I have been in the hospital or rather eight of them, ever since. I wish I could get back to dear old M. A. C. this fall, but my duty is over here till this thing is over with. Base Hosp.. No. 6, Aug. 28, 1918. Dear McKibbin: You may or may not have heard that I have been wounded, not ex actly wounded, but worse—gassed with mustard gas. I was gassed Aug. 7-8, being in the gas continuously from 11:00 p. m. till 8:00 a. m. The gas mask protected my lungs but the mask won't protect against body burns. My eyes got it rather badly also. I was blind for a week and then they opened but I can't see but dimly. It will be two more weeks before I can see normally again. The body burns are very dis agreeable and slow to cure. Nature is the only cure for gas. It will probably be another month before I'm back at work. About six weeks ago I saw Furlong, '17, and we had a short talk. This war is a "busy life. I suppose old M. A. C. is quiet. The best of luck to her. Best regards to the RECORD and you. M. E. BOTTOMLEY, '16, 2d Lieut. Inf., , Dear, Editor: Reports have reached me that I have been mortally wound ed and that I have been killed in action; I wish, to notify any of my M. A. Ck friends who have heard such reports that., I am very much alive, and as soon as the doctors are willing I will go back to my regiment and fight like the devil again. I am not sure just what happened to me but as near as I can tell, it was like this: I was at the head of my plattoon in that glorious scrap near Chateau Thiery early in June when a German sniper took a crack at me and shot me so close to the heart that I lay down and went to sleep. (The German sniper is dead now.) For passed tunately for me the bullet through my gas equipment and a note THE M. A. C. RECORD. book in my breast pocket, struck a rib over my heart and then did a "column right" and came out under my left arm. Before I woke up a piece of shell had torn several pounds of flesh out of my back just below the right arm. No bones were broken, but it sure did rock my floating rib. Another piece of shell struck my auto matic and mashed it to pieces, several of which stopped in my right leg. I remember of being placed in an am bulance by my men and of giving my sergeant some instructions. Then I went to sleep again and did not wake up until we reached the field dress ing station. Only the quick work of my comrades saved me from bleeding to death and as it was I must wait 2 days before I was strong enough to be operated upon and have the Ger man hardware removed. For a week afterward I felt pretty low, had gas gangreen in my back wound and was expected to "kick the bucket" most any time, but excellent care by a young Chicago doctor and three real American nurses pulled me through. In a month I was able to get out of bed and now I feel very much like my old self. My right arm don't work just right yet but it is getting better. My wounds are healing as fast as nature and good care can make them. Am able to get out and take hikes and rides in the beautiful hills about here. The photo inclosed was taken two months after I was wounded so you see I do not look much like a dead one yet. Some one may wonder how an en gineer gets into such a fight. The engineers are supposed to fix bridges and roads, make gun emplacements, dugouts, bob-wire entanglements, etc.; but when the fight gets real warm, they drop their tools, grab their guns and rush into the fight where it is hot test and fight like the devil. We did it at Chateau Thiery and helped the Marines give the Kaiser's best troops an awful licken and are proud of it. I have now been in the hospital 2V2 months and am getting fat and lazy but anxious to get back to my outfit again. • that I have not "busted" any of the censorship regulations and that you are all happy and prospering at M. A. C. I remain sincerely, RUSSELL A. WARNER, 12E, Hoping 1st Lt. Engineers, Co. D, 2d Engineers. 10 About the Campus ^ | 11 A. C. the past three years, is assistant sanitary engineer with the U. S. Health Service and is assigned to anti malarial operations with headquarters at Houston, Texas. George R. Johnstone, who was a member of the botanical staff for three years, from 1914 to 1917, is now a private in the quartermaster corps of the National Army and is with the American Expeditionary Forces, in France. He should be addressed Q. M. C. N. A., A. S. D. I. No. 8. satascs -32SJ2aE>32sa^ai^i2a;^a2sa2Ea^ <$# Alumni Notes fm&temSi sasgSF&aK&ak H. H. Jenison is proprietor of the Mid River Farm at Eagle, Mich. <67. S. B. Share (with), is a merchant at •Alva, Okla. '81. .'88. Dr. Ned S. Mayo has recetnly been elected the American Veterinary Medical Association. He lives at 4650 Maiden St., Chicago. secretary of '95. A. C. MacKennon writes the follow 'Breathes there a man whose ing: soul is so dead, who never to himself hath said, 'To hell with the Kaiser!'" 'OS. Oliver R. Austin is a Major in the 12th F. A. American Expeditionary Forces and writes that he has been with the organization as surgeon since June, and "very active most of the time." '01. Clarence Christopher handles sum mer fruits to the resort trade at Pe- toskey. '02. W. K. Wonders is a salesman at Stratmore, Mich. There has recently been received a copy of the Journal of Soil Improve ment which is published quarterly by the Wisconsin Soil Improvement As sociation and whose editor in chief is Warren J. Geib. Geib is on the soil staff at the University of Wisconsin and is secretary and treasurer of the Wisconsin Soil Improvement Associa tion. The Journal is an interesting magazine of some 100 pages devoted to soils work in Wisconsin. The follow ing is quoted from one of Mr. Geib's "The soil is our greatest editorials: resource, and its improvement and conservation is therefore our most im portant duty. We must not be con tent until we are doing our utmost. Can we be loyal to our country with out being loyal to our soil?" instructor F. W. Fabian, in Bac teriology, has received a commission as 2d the Sanitary Corps and left East Lansing Septem ber 21st to report at a cantonment. lieutenant in Lieut. F. D. Messenger,, who has been an instructor in drawing at M. '05. Victor R. Gardner, Professor of Pomology at Oregon Agricultural Col lege, has just been appointed Profes sor of Horticulture at the University of Missouri. A news note from a Co in lumbia, Mo., publication speaks terms of Professor Gard- very high 12 ner's w o rk at the Oregon Agricultural College and states is recog nized as one of the Ifading horticul t u r i s ts of the west. t h at he • a fellowship '08. J i m m ie R. Dice has been elected to in Dairy Husbandry, at the University of Missouri, and from now should be addressed at Columbia, the Mo. He expects to be there for next nine months. '10. • A son, Robert, was born August 19th to Mr. and Mrs. Bert G. Edgerton, who a re living at 512 Atkinson Ave., De troit, Mich. ' 1 1. Floyd J. Gibbs ( w i t h ), is a bank teller in the bank at Ithaca, Mich. E a rl G. Forbes ( w i t h ), is a corporal, F., Co. A., 21st Engineers, A. E. F r a n c e. L. G. Johnson, " J o h n n i e ," is a ser geant major of t he 372d Aero Squad (service), A. E. F., F r a n c e. ron Lieutenant Chas. N. Frey of the Sanitary Corps is now stationed at t he H e a d q u a r t e rs Co. of the 14th Division at Camp Custer. '12. Capt. F r ed A. Stone h as returned from F r a n ce for instruction purposes and is now assigned as commanding officer of Co. C, 7th E n g r s. T r a i n i ng R e g t, Camp A. A. H u m p h r e y s, Va, A daughter, Mary Elizabeth, arrived August 21st at the home of Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Tibbs ( H a n n ah Williamson, '11). The Tibbs are now living in Fin- castie, Va., where he is employed as agricultural demonstration agent. He writes t h at his county has about two thousand canning factories and r a n ks among the heaviest tomato producing sections in the country. On their re t u rn from the Philippines a year ago in J a p an and visited they "stopped "We were with Yoshio Kawada, and face pleased were fact the t h at M. A. C. has representatives all over the earth." impressed again with '12. familiar to see a '13. L. C. Carey is a sergeant the h e a d q u a r t e rs company of t he 2d Mo tors Mechanic Regiment, S. C, A. P. O. 717, A. E. F., F r a n c e. in Mrs. J. W. F i s h er (Jeane Avery) is living with her parents at 701 Wash tenaw st., W. Lansing, Mich., J. W. entered Fisher, Jr., having military service. He was formerly with the Bureau of Markets at Wash ington, D. C. recently of professor A. H. Hendrickson, who h as had the of a s s i s t a nt position Polmology at t he University of Cali fornia, h a s, t h r o u gh an a r r a n g e m e nt with t h at i n s t i t u t i on and Cornell Uni versity, been exchanged for t h is year. He is now at Cornell; address care of the Department of Polmology, College of Agriculture, Ithaca, N. Y. Prof, and Mrs. Hendrickson called on cam pus friends May 28 en route to Cornell. • 1 4. A son, Donald Robert, was born on September 25th to Mr. and Mrs. A. B. THE M. A. C. RECORD. Branch, 104 S. Troy st., Royal Oak, Michigan. Branch is in charge of the Southern Michigan E n g i n e e r i ng Com pany. '15. Clifford Foster has moved from Dti- to H a r d g r a ve Apts., Marquette., luth Mich. F i r st Lieut. Chas. R. H e rr is now with the 319th Infantry, A. E. F., F r a n c e. the I r v i ng W. Townsend 25th Aero Squadron of Signal Corps, American Expeditionary Forces and is now in Ayr, Scotland. is with the L. R. Stanley '16. is a lieutenant, 7th Co., Inf., Inf. Repl. Camp, Camp Lee, Va. F. G. Hacker is with the Camp Up ton Ordnance Detachment, A. E. F., France. lieutenant E. K. Sales is a first in the r e m o u nt station, A. P. O. 727., and is senior v e t e r i n a r i an at t h at station. ( w i t h ), Lieut. H o w a rd E. Cowles Butchery Co. 306, h as recently joined t he American Expeditionary Forces in F r a n c e. A daughter, Florence Louise, was born August 22d to Mr. and Mrs. W. J. Atchison '17). Atchison is garden supervisor and ag the Muskegon ricultural schools. (Blanche L. Snook, teacher in B e r n a rd Moll, who h as recently com pleted a six weeks' course in ordnance supply work at the University of Chi cago, is now stationed at Camp Han cock, Ga., w h e re he is a member of provisional company C, Supply School, Ordnance T r a i n i ng Camp. '17. Gero Himebaugh, 2d in the air service, is now a pilot officer the with the 190th Aero Squadron of 2d Prov. Wing and located near Houston, Texas. lieutenant is in F. A. is a t t e n d i ng J a m es H. Thompson, who is a 2d lieutenant the School of F i re at F t. Sill, Okla., and .may be addressed there as a member of class 39, F. A. School of Fire. in the is a corporal D. E. Gower in the chemical and Medical Corps bacteriological laboratory at Evacua tion Hospital, No. 11 American Expe ditionary Forces, France. He has been in the Medical Corps since April 20th, and trained at Allentown, Pa. '18. R. if; Simmons is in the 18th Co., Coast Artillery, Ft. William, Port land, Me. Edgar S. Anderson is in Co. U, 15th Regt., New Aviation Field, Great Lakes, 111. Grace Urch Mable MacLachlan is teaching home economics at South Haven and may be addressed at 453 LaGrange st. is domestic science and a rt in the high school at Bartlett, Tenn. Her sister, Lucille, is teaching domestic science and a rt at Rosemark, Tenn., and may be ad dressed in care of Mrs. J. B. McFerrin, R. D. 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