gg -—* VOL. XXIV. The M A G RECORD S. A. T. C. Combating Epidemic. Burr B. Pratt '09, an Influenza Victim. Two '91 Men Rendering Important Service. M. A. G. 5 3- Hillsdale 7. >5? S WS & ZMvfcC*cannot live onHerpast- & 20»9Si SSk ^ •s^va What will you do forHerfidureT S&M^SS =!» %e MICHIGAN AGRICULTURAL COLLEGE ASSOCIATION * East Lansing,^Michigan Publishers Ec W Lil UlL ill S 2 THE M. A. C. RECORD. D I R E C T O RY LANSING BUSINESS AND PROFESSIONAL MEN fHE names in this Directory, as well as those of all our other advertisers, are of re liable parties. We hope the faculty and students will patronize those who patronize us. A. M. EMERY, '83. 223 Wash. Ave. N. H. C. Pratt, '09, in Charge of Office Supply Department. Books, Fine Stationery, Engraved Call ing- Cards, Fountain Pens, Pictures, Fra.mes, Filing Cabinets and General Office Supplies. BLTIDEAL, SIEBERT & GATES Bookbinders File Boxes, Map Mountings, Etc. Citizens Phone No. 3019. Cor. Washington Ave. and Allegan St. LOUIS BECK CO. 112 Wash. Ave. N. Best in Clothes for Men and Boys. J. E. STOFFEB, D. D. S. Office 203-5 City National Bank Bldg. Automatic phone 2361 Bell phone 61 ALLEN & DE KLEIN CO. 124-130 Ionia St. W. Bell—1094 Auto—3436 Printers, Stationers and Office Outfit Loose Leaf Books, Ever- ters. Sharp Pencils, F o u n t a in Pens, Calling Cards, Dance Pro grams, Desks, and Chairs. ELECTRICAL EQUIPMENT CO. Electrical Contracting and Engineering. Dealers in E v e r y t h i ng Electrical. 117 Michigan E. H. KOSITCHEK & BROS. 113 N. Wash. Ave. The Home of Those Celebrated Ed. V. Price Tailor-Made Suits and Over coats (Fashion P a rk Clothes) (Style Plus, Suits and Over coats.) A. G. BISHOP, Odorless Cleaners, F a n cy Dyers 114-6 Washtenaw W. Citz. 2268 Bell 580 J. H. LARRABEE 325 S. Washington Ave. Sport Shop—Athletic Goods of All Kinds. H. H. LARNED China, Glass and Lamps 105 Washington Ave. S. The M. A. C. Association is organized to keep alive the Spirit of M. A. C. ARE YOU HELPING? Membership is $2.00 a year which includes subscription to the Record. East Lansing Directory DR. OSCAR H. BRUEGEL Hours: 11 to 12 a. m., 2 to 4 and 7 to 8 p. m. Sundays 12 to 1 p. m. Evening hours: Mon„ Wed. and Sat. by appointment. Office in East Lansing State Bank Bldg. Phones: Res. Bell K:«>, Cits. 8244- Office Citz..2572 Your barbers for "HANK" AND "FRANK" the Pool, Billiards, Cigars. last five years. In the new Dickson Building. COLLEGE CAFE AND TEA ROOM Grand River Ave., E a st Lansing. A' Real Good Place to Eat. Operated by the Misses Smith, Former Pro- ' prietors of the Wildwood Cafe. A. B. HARFORD College Watch Maker Variety and Gift Shop. HARVEY PHOTO SHOP 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. 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 LOFTUS •HEADQUARTERS-FOR Fruits of all Kinds Sweet Cider PAGELSEN & SPENCER Patents, P a t e nt Law, T r a d e m a r ks 1107-10 Chamber of Commerce Bldg., Detroit, Michigan E. N. Pagelsen, '89 L. M. Spencer, '06 Formerly Examiners U. S. Patent Office. Telephone Grand 2635-M ALLEN & BOONE, ENGINEERS Electrical, Automotive, Mechanical, Chemical. Testing Laboratories, 870 Woodward Ave. G. H. Allen, '09. Detroit, Mich. SMITH POULTRY they are producing before, and t h is year almost two grains of w h e at for each g r a in of wheat they have been h a r v e s t i ng heretofore. T h at would be a simple t h i ng for one m an to do on one farm, but for a whole state to do it is~showing us—the Nation—as Mis to souri herself be the cry of shown. In the whole world of for from food, Missouri m o re fourteenth place to fifth place in total food production by the states of the Union, and harvested in 1917 a great er t h an did any other state." to democracy j u m p ed in crops, over 1916 is predisposed response increase tells of T h us begins an article in t he Aug ust 10th n u m b er of t he Country Gen "Missouri W ar Ra tleman, entitled splendid tions," which the '91, in work of Dean F. B. Mumford, Missouri. Dean Mumford, who is c h a i r m an of t he State Council of Na tional Defense, and State Food Ad t he m i n i s t r a t o r, as well as dean of Missouri College of Agriculture, is featured t h r o u g h o ut the article. T h at his work in these capacities is bring ing wonderful results to Missouri and the nation, as well as to Missouri's Agricultural College, is shown by fig the ures on crop yields d u r i ng last two years. concludes w i t h: "No fly, no bands play and no champagne is spattered against a rounded side as Missouri launches her 50 per cent pork increase, but it nev import ertheless is as patriotic and a nt a work as when huge tonnage slides down the ways at Hog Island." article, flags The BUTTERFIELD '91 T EDUCATIONAL COMMISSIONER. Kenyon L. Butterfield, '91, president the Massachusetts Agricultural of received an ap College at Amherst, in September as c h a i r m an pointment of the national educational commis sion of the Y. M. C. A., and has al- redy to be left A m h e r st for F r a n ce gin the work. A commission of three m en is in charge of the work u n d er the direction of the Y. M. C. A., and t h e ir duties will be to develop educa tional work in France. interview with a correspon In an dent of from the Springfield Union, which the following clipping h as been explains taken, President Butterfield in detail is en t e r i n g: t he work which he soldiers our for " T he commission, while organized under t he auspices of the Y. M. C. A., is to deal wholly with educational m a t t e rs a nd to have practically com plete t he develop m e nt of educational policies, subject, of course, to the rules and orders of the c o m m a n d i ng general in France. responsibility for t h at During t he period of t he war, it is the educational work expected t h at will be directed wholly in fields h a ve to do with t he war itself, such as lectures on t he character a nd his the tory of the F r e n ch and English peo instruction in t he causes of w ar ple; and a nd of America's participation perhaps particularly of study languages. The F r e n ch and German work will be voluntary on the p a rt of t he s t u d e n t s, but it has already been found t h at there is a great eagerness for it. A r my officers a re becoming more and more convinced t h at the in fluence makes decidedly the clearer a nd clearer their being in F r a n c e. education sort for effectiveness of it m a k es for fighting m an because the reasons t h is of of the scheme soldiers " P e r h a ps larger aspect of towards America the commission will be of t he American the time when the boys embark t he to work of m a ke a plan for an even more com educational prehensive in work for fight F r a n ce between ing ceases and for home. Of course the soldiers will all be looking j u st as they a re now looking toward Berlin. Consequently the education should di them get toward helping rect itself ready for life when their work and they a re back again. Vocational work will have a t he plan, large place but the economic and social problems of the days of reconstruction a nd in general the questions of good citizen ship, relations, world peace a nd so on m u st have a very r a nk large part. Not only m u st and file be provided for, but also the men of college grade. i n t e r n a t i o n al the in least one-fifth and "President Butterfield's special work on the commission will be of course I n a s m u ch as in t he agricultural at one- fourth of the soldiers are farmers and a good m a ny more are in r u r al affairs, t he opportunity for ser vice is a very ample one." interested perhaps field. INTRA-MURAL SPORTS ORGANIZED and Under the plan the direction of Coach Gau- thier, " J i m m i e" Hasselman who is as sisting in the athletic department, h as for d r a wn up a comprehensive plan i n t r a m u r al sports for m e m b e rs of the there S. A. T. C. Under in athletics will be something doing and sports for M. A. C. soldiers for every m i n u te of their spare time, and every evening will see a n u m b er of mass inter-company games t he campus. An contests in t he gymnasium, or on in boxing, door baseball, volley swim wrestling, ming, tug of war, and soccer games has been a r r a n g ed so t h at each com pany will enter its company team in competition with other company teams in each sport. E a ch company will have an opponent for an entire week sports, in each of the the above schedule being a r r a n g ed to cover a five weeks' period. Most of the sports will g y m n a s i um floor, with t he exception of boxing and wrestling, which will be held on inter-company schedule for t a ke place on basketball, track, ball, t he 6 THE M. A. C. RECORD. the platform long as t he w e a t h er permits. in "Sleepy Hollow" as Soccer ball will be played outside from 3:00 to 5:00 on Sunday after noon and the t ug of w ar contests will be staged Saturday afternoons on the athletic field between q u a r t e rs of the home games. It is planned to work up some big athletic features for the P u r d ue and t he Notre Dame games, and toward end of the football season, a military athletic field day will be p ut on with mass competitions and group games in whicn every member of every com pany will have a part. responsible the company The organization which is p u t t i ng through t he athletic a nd sports sched ule is made up of the athletic com mittee, composed of t he company ath letic' officers of each company. The company athletic officers, in t u r n, ap point team m a n a g e rs for each sport. The team m a n a g e rs are t h e ir company teams and carrying out the schedule. T he athletic board of con trol consisting of Capt. Murchie, Com m a n d a n t; Prof. Plant; Lieut. Lessig, athletic officer; Coach Gauthier, Prof. H. H. Musselman, and C. W. McKib- bin, the '11, has general control of policies of the athletic department as in for organizing t ne past. The gymnasium floor is now quar tering 15. Co. d u r i ng t he Spanish in fluenza epidemic, and application for the new schedule, particularly as it applies to basketball, t r a ck and swim ming, cannot be u n d e r t a k en until t he danger from over. the influenza Out of* door contests, however, are well under way. is The S. A. T. C. men have been m a k i ng very general use of the build lockers having been ing, some 1,500 this t h us far issued fall. A LETTER FROM BRADNER '69. Oct. 1—18. Dear |L A. C: recent The of "M. A. C." issue RECORD telling us of t he fall of dear old College Hall, took me back to the happy days of '65-'69, as had nothing since I saw t h at last memento of the College early days. It would be all new *J3 rne now. I might see a few of the faces of those early days on some reunion, b ut even I they would be clearer in memory. The following is quoted from a let ter recently received from Hon. Wm. H. Wallace of Saginaw: '"'I note your If. A. C. RECORD keeps tabs on t he boys who are after the H u n s. My son, Billy, with '16, is now a full-fledged Scout Patrol 212, doing duty about Block t he vicinity of Nan- Island a nd commander of in accomplishing — work am rejoiced of the magnificent growth and prestige of Michigan's Agricul tural College, and t he great work she is has grown beyond my sphere of vision. My own work Les in other lines-—no less useful, a nd as a re all really good things, in m u t u al helpfulness. t h at The splendid type of vigorous use indicates the fulness of today clearly the of unselfish motives a nd lives early promoters of the college found ers. F r a t e r n a l l y, '69, 1423 O S t, Sacramento, Cal. E. H. BRAD-STER, WEDDINGS. Ove F. Jensen, '14, now second lieu t e n a nt in the Aviation Section of t he Signal Corps, was m a r r i ed on April 2d at LaPorte, Ind., to Miss Zora Switzer, of Cnicago. Lieut, and Mrs. J e n s en visited t he campus on Oct. 12. Jensen was commissioned the Flying School at Rantoul, 111., Octo ber 7th. from Preston W. Mason, '12, and Miss Pearl F a i r m a n, of Lafayette, Ind., were m a r r i ed October 15th in Lafay ette. Mason is now connected with t he U. S. Bureau of Entomology, al though for the past six years he h as been a member of t he staff of Perdue University. The Masons are living at 1476 Clifton St., N. W., Washington, D. C, and will be h o me to M. A. C. friends after November 1st. is first-class Miss Bernice Horton, '17, was mar ried on July 3d at Wrightstown, N. J., to Walter R. Fowler, Co. F, 26th Eng. Mr. Fowler clerk with the 26th Eng., a nd h as been in F r a n ce since tne latter p a rt of Aug is teaching domes ust. Mrs. Fowler tic science and sewing, and conduct ing t he high school chorus and girls' glee club J o r d an high the E a st school. H er address is Box 16, E a st Jordan, Mich. in G. R. Bogan, '16, was m a r r i ed J u ne 24 to Miss Eileen Wilson, '18, of Cleveland, Ohio. T he Bogans are liv ing on the farm at Rosebush, Mich. Lieut. Marshall H. Shearer, '16, was m a r r i ed to Miss Florence L. Scott, of Vicksburg, Mich., on August 30th. t h at boat. in order small tucket. He t u r n ed down the commis he sion for ensign might stay with a I have h ad a letter from his Command ant, who advises me t h at he is very efficient and is anxious to keep h im in t he small boat service. F r om t he patrol captains they choose their sub is m a r i ne chaser captains, and this what he is after. Since April he h as refused a furlough home, fearing t h at he might miss a chance to go across." come to UNDER CLASSMEN WITH UNCLE SAM. Carl M. Horn, '21, Co. B, 2d Reg., U. S. N., Camp Dewey, Great Lakes, 111. N. J. Pitt, Pvt., '19, 29 Co., 8 Bn., 160 Depot Brig., Camp Custer. Walter T. Kelley, '19, Flying Cadet, Co. D, Camp Dick, Air Service, Dal las, Texas. R. T. Stevens, '19, Sqdn. D, Air Ser- HOTEL HEADQUARTERS FOR M. A. C. PEOPLE HOTEL STATLER Detroit 1,000 rooms—1,000 baths. 400 rooms (with shower bath) at $1.50 and $2 a day. Club breakfasts. Grand Circus Park, between Washing-ton Boulevard and Bagley Avenue. NEW BURDICK HOTEL Kalamazoo, Mich. Fire proof construction; 250 rooms, 150 rooms with private bath. European plan. $1.00 per day and up. THE PARK PLACE HOTEL Traverse City, Mich. The of leading: all-the-year-'round hotel the region. All modern con veniences. All outside rooms. W. O. Holden, Mgr. WENTWOHTH-KEJRXS HOTEL New E n t r a n ce on Grand Ave. European plan $1.00 up, with dining room and cafeteria in connection W. W. KERNS, Proprietor IF ITS DRUGS WE HAYE IT C. J. ROUSER DRUG CO. 123 South Washington Avenue M£T#L DOOR M A TS Conform to the floor, a re easy to clean. We have them in t h r ee sizes. They sell for $ 1 . 2 5, $ 1 . 5 0, $ 2 . 25 Norton Hardware Co. 212 S. Washington Ave, THE M. A. C. RECORD. 7 vice, Camp Dick, Dallas, Tex.: "Here in ' F l u' q u a r a n t e en at present. Ex field pect to go to preliminary in five weeks." flying Paul P. Smith, '19, 2d Co., 3d Motor Mechanics, A ir Service, Amer. B. F. France. Albert N. Nesman, ' '20, Barracks 231, 15th Service Co.., Sig. Corps, F t. Leavenworth, K a n. E d w a rd J. Grambau, Pvt., '20, A. & M. College, School for Radio and Electricians, U. S. S. C, 32d Service Co., College Station, Tex. Mitt M. Caldwell, '20, Co. O, Reg. 2, U. S. N., Camp Logan, Zion City, 111. Am on a U. S. Naval Rifle Range, t r a i n i ng for oversea duty." Chas. C. Higbie, '20, Co. G, 307th Am. Train., Amer. E. F. F r a n c e. J o hn M. Burdick, '20, Co. 2, Reg. 11, Radio Service, U, S. Naval Train ing Station, Newport, R. I. Murdo S. Stitt, '20, U. S. S. Talbot, care Postmaster, New York. J o hn L. Engels, "Jack," '19, Pvt., Co. B, 106 Engrs., Camp Mills, Long Island, N. Y. Harvey L. Myers, '20, 218th Field Signal Bn., Camp Travis, S an An tonio, Tex. Geo. Harold Rowley, '21, Co. D, Room 71-1, Officers' Material School, Princeton, N. J. L B. Golden, '20, 536 Reg., 9 Bar racks, Camp F a r r a g u t, Great Lakes, 111. Wm. H. Sturm, '20, Camp 2, Puget "I am in love with transferred Sound, Wash. this camp, from Great L a k e s ." have been Duane F. Rainey, '20, Pvt., 218 Field Sig. Bn., U. S. Sig. Corps, Camp Trav is, S an Antonio, Tex. Boyd A. Rainey, '19, Pvt., 218th Field Sig. Bn., U. S. Sig. Corps, Camp "Would Travis, S an Antonio, Tex, be . glad to h e ar t he "Gang." from a ny of I