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H A R F O RD C o l l e ge W a t ch M a k er V a r i e ty a nd Gift S h o p. 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. THE C A M P US PRESS E A ST L A N S I N G 'S M O D E RN P R I N T I NG P R E SS 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 L0FTUS H E A D Q U A R T E RS FOR Fruits of all Kinds Sweet Cider Candy and Salted Peanuts TME, M AC RECORD E A ST L A N S I N G, M I C H I G A N, F K I D A T, N O V E M B ER 1, 1 9 1 8. N O. 5 TOL. X X I V. H AT CORDS FOR T HE MEMBERS of t he term w as 1190. registrar, points out, ginning of t he fall Miss Yakeley, however, t h at there is some little dif ference between t he number regis tered at t he beginning of t he term, and t he n u m b er now attending classes and enrolled in t he S. A. T. C. T he following figures for enrollment a nd attendance were compiled on Oct. 18: In S. A. T. a, Co. C, 215; Co. D, 200; Co. E, 200; Navy, 52; total, 667. In regular courses. Ags., 56; Eng., 52; H. E., 303; Vet., 9; P. G.'s, 6; total, 426. Of t he total number t h at regis- terred, 32 were rejected because of physical disability, or for others rea sons; 18 were awaiting transfers from local boards, and 47 h ad left their registering. By age college after classes, t he S. A. T. C. is divided as follows: 18 year old class, 140; 19 year old class, 226; 20 year old class, 173; 21 year old class, 31; over 21, 39. Total Oct. 15, 609. T he above figures do not nclude t he vocational section n u m b e r i ng 550 men. ing as a convalescent ward, had there been room for them there. There a re still several severe cases of pneumonia in t he hospital, b ut most of them have now passed t he critical stage. Up until Wednesday night, there have been b ut 13 deaths in the S. A. T. C. unit at M. A. C. and three in E. Lansing, m a k i ng a total of sixteen deaths for t he com munity. Regular drills were taken up t he middle of t he past week a nd it is ex pected t h at t he regular school classes may be resumed t he coming Monday. It is not yet known j u st when it will be possible to lift t he quarantine. The sending of quotas to t he offi cers' camps have been resumed, and four m en left on Wednesday for t he Central Officers' Training School at Camp Grant. On November 9, five men will be sent to F t. Monroe, Va., for t he Coast Artillery Officers' Camp, and a quota of twenty more for Camp Taylor, Ky., will be m a de up to leave later in November. PROF. A. C. ANDERSON, '06, head of the dairy department, h as been hon ored with t he presidency of t he Amer ican Society for t he Advancement of Dairy Science. President Anderson was elected for t he coming year, at a meeting of t he society which w as held recently. He is also one of t he Board of • E d i t o rs of t he J o u r n al of Dairy Science which is a monthly pub lication of t he society. T wo F R E N CH ORPHANS were adopted a year ago by M. A. C. girls. Soon after school began, a fund to care for them during t he coming year started. for It costs $36.00 a year to each one of t he little F r e n ch children, and through an average donation of 40c apiece t he fund was overscribed. Of t he $130.00 raised, t h at r e m a i n i ng over t he a m o u nt necessary for t he or p h a ns h as been used to buy delicacies for t he convalescent soldiers. care S P A N I SH INFLUENZA CONDITIONS at improved. the college a re very much On Wednesday there h ad been no new cases of influenza reported for t he t h r ee days, a nd t he hospi preceding tal is rapidly being cleared of its pa tients. There were 107 cases in t he hospi tal on Wednesday. Fifty of these would have been moved to t he con stabulary camp which h as been serv to Major. from Captain COMMANDANT W I L L I AM E. M L R C H IE received notice T h u r s d ay of his pro motion In honor in h is raise in r a n ks t he entire paraded S. A. T. C. by cofnpanys Thursday evening a nd with t he band drew up i n. front of t he Woman's Building for a program of songs and yells. Major Murchie gave t he m en a short t he steps of t he Building. from talk SWIMMING h as gone o ut of vogue at M. A. C. since t he influenza made its first appearance in t he r a n ks of t he S. A. T. C. about two weeks ago. In consequence of this aversion of t he boys to water t he big pool in t he col lege gymnasium h as been unruffled for days. T he sudden disappearance of t he swimming habit was caused by an order from t he campus medics and bacteriologists, who feared t he pool m i g ht harbor too many of t he germs of t he Spanish malady. fense W H EN COMPANY D. MOVED into t he Agricultural building, t he old scragly wire t h at disgraced t he front lawn of M. A. C's. largest hall of learn ing, disappeared. Praises to D. Com pany. One would scarcely know t he Ag. building on a bright sunshiny morning. Blankets a nd mattresses waive in t he breeze from above t he skylights on t he roof, a nd t he entire lawn in front of t he building is strewn with bedding a nd clothing which is being given a s un bath. t h ru A LARGE MEGAPHONE, some six feet long, h as been suspended from a limb of t he elm tree at t he south end of Abbot Hall. All of t he bugle calls a re t he megaphone a nd by blown m e a ns of it t he calls may be heard from one end of t he campus to t he oilier. Even E. Lansingites a re roused their m o r n i ng slumber by its from s t e n t o r i an blasts. Previously it was neccessary to have a bugler in front of each of t he different barracks halls, so t h at t he calls, could be heard when sounded. A 'LITTLE FAMILY ENTERTAINMENT' in the form of a football game between M. A. C. a nd Kalamazoo Western State Normal will be played on Col lege Field Saturday, Nov. 2. T he game is sanctioned by Commandant Capt. Murchie as an e n t e r t a i n m e nt for t he S. A.. T. C. men. Assurances have been received from Coach Spaul- ding of Kalamazoo Normal t h at h is team, Avhich is also made up of S. A. T. C. m en will be on hand. T he fac ulty, a nd people from E a st L a n s i ng community may attend, b ut m u st oc cupy t he east bleachers a nd will have to leave t he field before t he soldiers and t he team. BOARDING CLUBS A. G, and E, of t he good old days a re no more. In their place is one large open mess hall. T he t h at divided Clubs A, G, partitions and E have been recently removed and a new cement floor for t he entire basement is now being p ut in by S. A. T. C. men. T he change affects a great improvement in s a n i t a ry condi tions, a nd facilitates service in t he mess hall. T he entire dining room is now under t he m a n a g e m e nt of Mrs. James, formerly of Club A and t he former Club A kitchen is used for the mess. T HE SENIOR GIRLS p ut across t h e ir annual s t u nt of a senior breakfast on Wednesday m o r n i ng of this week, very much to t he humiliation of t he juniors. T he spread, very quietly p ut on, was held in Club C, at 5:30 o'clock. When t he "feed" had been consumed, songs a nd yells awakened t he slum t he Woman's bering building, to t he fact t h at t he annual breakfast h ad been successfully ac complished. i n h a b i t a n ts of 4 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 East Lansing, Michigan, under Act of March 3, 1879. the C. W. McKIBBIN, '11, Managing Editor. MEMBERSHIP IN THE M. A. C. ASSO CIATION WHICH INCLUDES SUB SCRIPTION TO THE RECORD, $2.00 P ER YEAR. Memberships may be paid for by P. 0. Money Order, Draft, or Personal Check. MAKE THEM PAYABLE TO THE M. A. C. ASSOCIATION. FRIDAY. NOVEMBER, 1 1918. THE HOME-COMING CAME. There are two particular reasons why alumni should take, advantage of this year's Home-Coming game for a visit first one is that you ought to see the college and the second that the college ought to see you. to Alma Mater. The And itself the college as As alumni you ought to acquaint t h r o u gh a personal visit, yourselves, with in it finds wartime. You ought to see your old campus as it looks under arms, as a military t r a i n i ng camp. You ought to see the S. A. T. C. in action. It will t h an a n y t h i ng else show you better can how M. A. C. has adapted herself to war order production. You m ay see for yourself w h e t h er she is living iip to s t a n d a rd you have set for her, and whether she is doing the part in the war t h at you would have her do. to see you. the college ought This year's s t u d e nt body is here for only a year at most. They will gain few of the campus t r a d i t i o ns of that are yours. At Home-Coming time is offered us to show an opportunity them something of t he spirit t h at goes the name of M. A. C. A good with t u r n o ut of a l u m ni will show today's student body t h at t h e re is something great back of i n s t i t u t i on with t h is which they have a t e m p o r a ry connec tion while they l e a rn the a rt of war. An impression made upon them Home- Coming day may be the means of bringing them back to M. A. C. after the war. the Let's go! JOHN SEVERANCE, '99. The death of J o hn Severance, '99, occurred Oct. 17th, at his farm a few The miles south of E a st cause was Spanish influenza. Jordan. Mr. Severance entered M. A. C. at term of the beginning of the spring 1895. He h ad to help at home dur ing the farming season of 1898, there fore did not g r a d u a te with his class, THE M. A. C. RECORD. r e t u r n ed and but year. finished the next He was a very good student and in mathematics, agricultural the the of particularly strong although took counse. He was a member Union L i t e r a ry Society. he it. E. Morrow, '98, writes lowing concerning Severance: the fol and L a ke their woods "Since graduation he has been the in Superior the employ of and Chemical Co., as railroad superintendent; later, the civil engineer for the Boyne City and Alpena railroad, during its con struction east from Boyne -City. Al from though receiving a large salary this company he severed h is connec- them a few years ago, so lions with as to get into the farming game for all there was in it. He was j u st get ting nicely squared away and doing well in his chosen life work. is one of committee, "He has been county surveyor of Antrim county, and was a member of the county board of school examiners at the time of his death. He was also a member of the Antrim County F a rm and Bureau Executive president of the East J o r d an Market ing Association, which the federated associations of the Michigan Potato Growers Exchange. The t r u th of the m a t t er is t h at J o hn Severance is the father of t h is newly organized f a r m e r s' organization. He h ad been trying for some time to have a simi lar tri-county organization embracing Antrim, Charlevoix and E m m et coun ties, but when the organizing actually soon commenced spread to other counties. summer, this it "Mr. Severance's field of usefulness as a community uplifter and benefac tor was much greater the ordi nary man's. t h an "He leaves to m o u rn his loss a wife, father, mother, as sisters, friends t h r ee daughters, a three brothers a nd well as a very large circle of and acquaintances." two be sent to Camp Custer. He declined an opportunity to enter an officers' school for the reason t h at he believed he could get to F r a n ce sooner as an first assigned enlisted man. He was the to Ambulance Co. No. 339, of 310th Sanitary Train, but was later transferred 310th Engineers. to the F r om this organization he was one of 25 chosen special take up month's t r a i n i ng for the meteorologi cal division of the Signal Corps, and was assigned the Grand Rapids weather bureau for his meteorological studies. He left for F r a n ce in Febru ary. the to to The camp in Which he was reported to have died is an artillery concen tration camp, but was not very near the front. In school Peterson was very well known and well liked. He was popu larly known as "Peerless." He en tered M. A. C. from Kinde, Mich., and the civil engineering course. pursued He was class president his sophomore year, served on the J. Hop committee, was . basketball in 1914, and was a member manager of Saber Knot. He was also a mem the Olympic Society. ber of leaving college he was em After ployed by the State highway commis sion. varsity during REPORT G. J. WILLIAMS WITH 19 WOUNDED ONLY. in France very Word h as j u st been received from the parents or Garth J. Williams, with '19, of Laurium, Mich., t h at he is in a hospital severely wounded, and is not dead, as was re lists of Oct. ported 13th and announced last week's t h at date, it appears RECOIID. Since t h at he has written his parents. He is suffering from a severe fracture be low to be the knee, but slowly recovering. the casualty is reported in in ERNEST ELWIN PETERSON, 15. GAME WITH GAMP PURDUE NOV. 9. E r n e st Elwin Peterson, '15, a cor poral in the meteorological division of the Signal Corps, American Expedi tion Forces died last had week been doing special work in a field de t a c h m e nt of the meteorological divi sion. the Peterson September. in F r a n ce in relative As yet, very meager information has been received to his the major of death. The letter from the artillery camp where he was sta tioned was dated Oct. 1st, and as the last from letter which was received Peterson, by friends here was dated Sept. 21st, his death to have occurred suddenly, and at some time during the last w e ek of Septem ber. The cause is not known, and his name has not yet appeared in offi cial lists. t h o u g ht is Peterson entered in Sep tember, 1917, with t he first selects to the army M. A. C. Opens Athletic Relations With New and Worthy Rivals. An athletic contest of unusual sig nificance will be held on College Field November 9th when the football team from P u r d ue University meets M. A. C. in the first game ever played be tween the two institutions. This game will m a rk the opening of athletic re colleges which two lations between in every way, are essentially alike and which are n a t u r al rivals the intercollegiate sport. field of in P u r d ue and M. A. C. are both land g r a nt colleges. They are of approxi mately the same size, P u r d ue having a. slightly and about the same percentage of women students. in an adjoining state, being at Lafayette, Indiana, and so no long trips will be in c a r r y i ng on athletic re- necessary is situated enrollment P u r d ue greater the t r a d i t i o ns of to become a traditional latons. The two schools are very similar, and the Hoo- sier college seems in every way quali rival of fied the green and white—a rival which can be met in a spirit of keen, clean sportsmanship. Because of in re gard the to future relations between two colleges, M. A. C. men are partic ularly interested in the game on No vember n i n t h. T he meeting here will fulfill the first half of a two-year con tract which calls for a game at Laf ayette next fall. this significance t h at team the football the n a me of t h at all men Little is known of P u r d u e 's s t r e n g th this year. A letter from Dr. O. F. Cutts, athletic director, brings the in is formation "Camp playing u n d er in uni P u r d u e ," and for form are considered as eligible varsity sports. T h is situation exists at M. A. C. also, and, in fact, at all S. A. T. C. schools in the country, b ut large num P u r d ue has- an unusually t r a i n i ng men upon ber of vocational for material. whom she As a member of the Western Confer ence, her s t a n d i ng in athletic circles is high, and there is no question but t h at P u r d ue times teams will at all be worthy of the Aggies' best. is drawing the The team some the men the varsity it has at any While the M. A. C. varsity team has the really h ad no severe test as yet, preliminary games give basis for judgment. The eleven which piled certainly up 53 points on Hillsdale has scoring power, and the fact t h at to make a single Albion was unable first down line t h r o u gh indicates t h at t he defense is not weak. right now looks better t h an time this season. All the boys who were laid up with job, and influenza are back on there are no "cripples" except Bailey, is still keeping h im whose shoulder out. The cancellation of the North last S a t u r d ay permit western game is ted the squad a rest up. Gauthier driving in an t h em in top shape by effort the ninth, and it looks as though one of the best elevens t h at has worn the green and white in recent years will t a ke the field against P u r d u e. Pros pects for a victory are mighty good. The m en who will probably s t a rt t he game a r e: Capt. L a r ry Archer, center; Bos and Van Or den or Johns, "Shvash" F r a n s on and An g u a r d s; tackles; Schwei and Lyons, derson, ends; F e r r i s, q u a r t e r; and Dunphy, halves; a nd Graves, fullback. Young, McGregor, Ginrich or Graham may be used at an end, and Buck, Duso, Shigley and Wilson a re avail service. able for guard or Brady, Simmons and Scmitt are three mighty good backs who are not likely tne bench. to spend all time on to have Snider tackle limit the the to THE M. A. C. RECORD. the the work, the men's section are able Butler, Secretary of the home econo mics section of the class has volun teered to assume the duties of secre t a ry at large for the entire class, and for the period of the war, will collect notes and data for the class secretaries secretaries records. As soon as in to re the data which she sume to h as collected will be t u r n ed over them. The a t t e n t i on of all '17 class members is being called to t h is volun teer work which Miss Butler has un dertaken, t h at any '17ers may give her in helping to keep track of classmates will be very grate fully received. Miss Butler's addres is Scottville, Mich., % County Agent's office. assistance and HOME COMING GAME NOV. 16. A n n u al A l u m ni Gathering to Witness Clash w i th Notre D a m e. the t h an fighting W o r t hy opponents have been select ed by Coach George E. Gauthier a nd t he the athletic board of control for game on November 16 which will be the feature of our a n n u al fall "home coming." The visitors will be none I r i s h m en of other Notre Dame—than whom we have never had more doughty rivals. But there will be a difference from t h at will come this the year—one t h at we Mill have in the field a fact football to handle any eleven in the middle west, if not victoriously, at least in a way respect a nd will t h at will command leave no In view of this prospect, "old g r a d s" who come back on t he big day, will be certain to see a battle t h at will well m a i n t a in the traditional reputation of M. A. C. teams. Notre is strong as usual, but M. A. Dame C.—well, t h an usual. regrets or bickerings. t h at should be able the 16th is much s t r o n g er team for it Of course t h i ng d u r i ng the day, but the old spirit of battle will be there, and as ever will be t he big this year there will be other features as well t h at r e t u r n i ng boys and girls of yesteryear will find F or there will be south stand one of banked husky, cheering youths, members of our student army t r a i n i ng corps, a nd soldiers all. in khaki—row interesting. t h i ng row on These will march onto the field in in between military formation, and t h at times will stage a s t u nt or two should contribute mightily to the pep and zest of the occasion. Also there will be the band, as well drilled as ever, so musical, for while Professor Clark has been struggling heroically bring h a r m o ny out of discord, the m i l i t a ry duties of inter fered m u ch with the bandsmen have though m a y h ap not rehearsals. quite to FOR CLASS SECRETARIES OF '17. On account of the fact t h at the class secretaries of the '17 class in the m e n 's sections are all in service, Miss Lou football game But as aforementioned, it will be the attraction. Coach Rockney the Catholics has advised Coach t h at he has a fast eleven—• the p r e m i er of Gauthier t h at will be while Coach Gauthier h as ed with similar information. 5 reciprocat As the big game of the season on to a t t r a ct it ought field, the home alumni in force—and from indications t h at have become a p p a r e nt t h us early, it will a t t r a ct them. I n t e n d i ng visit ors should bear this fact in m i nd and drop a the ath (George E. Gauthier, act letic office ing director) or to the a l u m ni office. T he prices will be as set forth in the insert with line early either issue. this to lunch Alumni will gather a nd have together S a t u r d ay noon, provided it is possible to u n e a r th a suitable place. Messing facilities on the campus are so s t r a i n ed at present outside crowds cannot be accommodated. An nouncement of the place will be made next week. t h at * D E T R O I T E R S. * * Detroit M. A. C. m en are having * * lunch at the dining room of Elliott * * Taylor Woolfenden Co., on Henry * * St., every Wednesday noon at 12- * * 15. There are always a number * * there. M. A. C. men of Detroit, * * as well as visitors are invited to * time and * * to bear * place, shake the glad h a n ds and * * lunch with the M. A. C. crowd on * * * Wednesday noons. in m i nd the * : •: * : •: * * * * * * MICHIGAN SEEKS SOLDIER COLONISTS. to collect all obtainable in conjunction with of commission An effort to interest t he Federal de p a r t m e nt of t he interior in the m u ck is being made by lands of Michigan the the college public domain t he state. Through its county agents a nd muck crop specialist the college is at in tempting about Michigan's muck formation lands, for the summarized Secretary before It is believed t h at if Michigan Lane. it can present a s t r o ng enough case, t he can secure as colonists m a ny of soldiers to whom the government pro poses giving farms when the war is over. the purpose of placing facts them to mail farming; estimates to county agricultural land lands a s k i ng An appeal is being made by the col agents, lege farmers, a nd owners of muck in m u ck farm the names of successful muck sys ers, with descriptions of their the tems of a r ea of swamp land now being uti lized, the areas being m a de available of by drainage; ' l a r ge swamp areas in the county; the char acter of these swamps, i. e., m u ck or peat, the i. e., sand, the extent of the small clay or m a r l; the names areas, and they of the owners of large tracts, if can be obtained. type of bottom, their use and location the of 6 These replies, when received by the college, will be summarized by E z ra the is Levin, work. in charge of '14, who WEDDINGS. Lieut. D. W. Mather, '13, with Co. Proving H, Ord, Dept., Aberdeen he was Grounds, Md., writes m a r r i ed "last summer," and t h at his wife spent in a bungalow on Bush River, where his outfit was stationed. the summer with h im t h at Miss Lodie R. Smith, '13, of Marion. Inaiana, was m a r r i ed Oct. 12, to Ralph G. Stahlsmith, of Hartford City, Ind. Her address 2, Hartford is R. No. City. Miss Nina Carey, '16, and Lee X. '15, were m a r r i ed Oct. 21, living at 306 Put- is Stockman the De in Stockman, 1917. They are m an Ave., Detroit. Teaching m a n u al troit schools. t r a i n i ng 18 WOLVERINES, Three copies of the 1918 "Wolverine" the Alumni Office Postage to about. 15c, and any one it for a have been left at for sale at $2.75 per copy. amounts desiring a copy may have check, covering the entire amount. A STAKE IN THE WAR. ( F r om July Reclamation Record.) B>) (h-orge Hnirtj ?JUis. '07, V. S. R. Si, Fort Shaw. Mont. the year of nineteen eighteen In There were Bob and Al and I s t r u c t u r es J u st a s t a k i ng little F r om the m o rn till night was nigh. O n. the project called Sun River, On the Greenfields Bench so wide, little structures, We were s t a k i ng Checks, and t u r n o u t s, side by side. Weirs and drops and drainage cul verts, Highway pipe of wrinkled tin. Grades were fixed for all those struc tures, And we drove the stakes all in. F r om the camp called Number Four teen, With its temporary shacks, We set out to stake those structures, Drive to grade and set the tacks. ' Every m o rn we'd crank our Lizzie, Load the level, ax, and hub, Books of notes for little structures, Grub box full of A-l grub. Then at noon we:d build a fire, The Bacon, eggs, and sptids to fry, those lunch among And eat our s t r u c t u r e s— Tin-can fruit, war bread, and pie. And every night we'd work till bed time, THE M. A. C. RECORD. F i g u re grades to use next day, And so we staked t u r es those little struc In the m e r ry month of May. I like to think, with war in Europe, And every nation needing grain, T h at irrigation from those s t r u c t u r es Will be a substitute for rain. LOST ONES. The following with their last known addresses have been lost track of. In formation of the whereabouts of any them will be greatly appreciated. of Ashley, L. J., '12, 4th O. T. S., Camp Custer. Bartley, Hugh J., with '18, 0. T. S., Camp Custer. Beatty E. E., '16, 4th O. T. S., Camp Custer. Best, Newton S., with T5, U. S. S. Kansas, care Postmaster, N. Y. Howies, H. R., '13, 16 Avery Ave., De troit, Mich. Canfield, Harold, Camp Custer. '17, 4th 0. T. S., Casey, W. J., '14, 154 H a r p er Ave., Detroit, Mich. Clark. Geo. S.. with '18, A. S. S. C, Dallas, Tex. DeWinter, F r a n c i s, Camp Custer. '18, 4th 0. T. S., Dimmick, T. B., '16. 1511 Washtenaw, Ann Arbor, Mich. Drew, Herbert E., '17, 0. T. S., Camp Funston, Kansas. Dunford, J. A., Seattle, Wash. '02, 314 N. 79th St., Dunford, H. V., '15, Morley, La. Fisher. H. L., '18, 4th 0. T. S., Camp Grant, 111. Fisher, L. D., '16, Oliver Hotel, Hib- bing, Minn. Griggs, M. K., '14, 210 Lincoln Ave., Detroit, Mich. H a r r i s, Wayne, with '18, Camp Mac- Arthur, Tex. Hendricks, Lauretta. Wyandotte, Mich. Hill, «. R., with '19, 4th O. T. S., Camp Custer. Hubbel, Clark, Dawson City, Y. T. Nome, Alaska. Hurd, A. L., TO. 421 Orchard Lake Ave., Pontiac, Mich. Johnson, C. E., '05, 228 Glendale Ave., Highland Park, Mich. Kelley, Wm. C, '16, 4th O. T. S., Camp Custer. Kline, J. H., troit, Mich. '09, 834 Brush St., De Liddicoat, R. J„ with '19, O. T. S., Camp Custer. Longnecker, E. D., '18, 4th 0. T. S., Camp Custer. Lux, G. J., '16, Meldrum Ave., De troit, Mich. Lumbard, B. B., '07, Neuva Gerona, Isle of Pines, West Indies. McCurdy, R. J., with Blvd., Chicago, 111. '16, 4160 Drexel Mclntyre. H. H., troit, Mich. '13, 43 Oregon, De McLean, H. P.. '17. 4th O. T. S., Camp Custer. McWilliams, -R. H., Camp Custer. '17, 4th O. T. S., Martin, S. A., R. No. 3. '12, Cranberry, N. J.. Mead, W a l t er J., with '21, Co. C, 309th Inf., Camp Dix, N. J. Newlon, Wilson E., '17, O. T. S., Camp Custer. Nies, W. L., Custer. '13, 4th O. T. S., Camp Post, F. B., '14, 500 Greenwood Ave., Blue Island, 111. Reynolds, Clifford W., with '14, 600 1st National Bank Bldg., Omaha. Neb. Richards, H a r r y, Camp Custer. '16, 4th O. T. S., Shumway, G. C, with '18, 501 Lindsey Bldg., Dayton, Ohio. Spaffard, F r a nk S., '17, 4th O. T. S., Camp Custer. Speltz, A. F., with '18, O. T. S., Camp Custer. Stephenson, M. G., '05, 97 Canfield Ave., Detroit, Mich. Stolte, C, E., with '12, O. T. S., Camp Custer. Storms, L. S., with '13, O. T. S., Camp Custer. Vollmer, G. C, with '19, O. T. S., Camp Custer. Walter, Roy D., '17, 0. T. S., Camp Custer. WTebb, W. E., with Camp Grant, 111. '19, 4th O. T. S.. Wildern, F r a nk H., with '18, O. T. S., Camp Custer. Winslow, A. B., '16, Co. Agr'l School, Menominee, Mich. Woodworth, Bernice, '17, 57 West St., Hillsdale, Mich. Yuncker, T r u m an G., Main St., Urbana, 111. '14, 1207V2 W. '09ers. Robert C. Brodie, Canby, Oregon, R. D. 2. Charles H. Edwards, Helena, Mont. Dick Edwards, Butte, Mont. Ben C. Ellis, care I. C. R. R. Co., Chicago, 111. J. L. Graybill, Selma, Ala. Seth F. Knight, 3142 Fullerton Ave.. Detroit. UNDERCLASSMEN IN SERVICE. Pvt. Duane F. Rainey, '20, 1st Stu dent Co., 14th Service Co., Sig. Offi> cers T r a i n i ng Camp, Camp Meade, Maryland. Ray L. Gulliver, '20, Naval Radio School, Co. 30, Cambridge, Mass. Geo. A. Vance, '20, 255th Field Hos pital Train, Camp Custer. J o hn Milton Burdick, '20, Co. 7, Reg. 4, U. S. N. T r a i n i ng Station, New port, R. I. Lieut. A. W. Jewett, '19, 341st Inf.. S6th Dry., Araer. E. F. Ralph W. Tenny, '19, Co. A, 214th Field Signal Bn., Camp Custer. Albert N. Nesman, '20, Co. A, 217th Field Signal Bn., Camp Beauregard, La. Walter F. Case, '20, 19th Spruce Squadron, 2d Prov. R e g t, Vancouver Barracks, Wash. Lieut. C, H. Shaver, '20, S. A. T. C. u n it of Northwestern University, 2211 S h e r m an Ave., Evanston, 111. THE M. A. C. RECORD. 7 t i me t h at Russel Crosier, E. P. Wandell '11. Lieut. E d m u nd P. Wandell, '11, has r e t u r n ed is sta from overseas, and tioned at Camp Custer, with Co. L, "Maggie" 40th Inf., as an instructor. r e t u r n ed early in September, about the same '16, did. He was at t he second battle of tne Marne, with the 30th Inf., 3d di vision, which helped to hold the H u ns at Chateau Thierry, and started them on t h e ir retreat. He a ac been up at the front a little over two months, and recently was promoted lieu tenant. While he was in Brest, await ing his sailing orders, he came across Capt. F r a nk Webb, '09, who was also a w a i t i ng orders to leave for the Unit ed States. first to R. J. J o h n s o n, '16. left fore arm. in his Corp. R. J. Johnson, '16, of Co. B, 29th Eng., has been invalided home from F r a n ce on account of a severe wound The wound was from a machine gun bul let, which entered near the wrist and It is reported came out at the elbow. t h at J o h n s on discharged from t he a r my a nd is at his home at Gwinn, Mich. His father and sister were recently drowned in a canoe ac cident. been has PROMOTIONS. Lieut. Willard B. Clark, '11, with the Hdq. Co., 51st R e g t, F. A., Camp Bowie, Tex., received his commission August 31st, at Camp Taylor, Ky. M. H. Pancost, with received the commission of E n s i gn on Oct. 9. His address is Radio Laboratory, U. S. Naval Base, H a m p t on Roads, Nor folk, Va. '18, N o r m an O. Weil, '17, has been com missioned a second lieutenant in the is Box S a n i t a ry Corps. His address 905, Yale Station, New Haven, Conn. "OVER HERE" few a Being expurgated extracts from letter from Lieut. Howard C. Rather, '17, of B Battery, 103d F. A., A. E. F. to E a rl T r a n g m a r, '17. the grace of a t r a i n s, no I didn't happen F r e n ch "By freight to take the cattle car, but after odd days spent 2 miles out in the freight yards of beautiful dwelling centers I have at last changed locations. Last J u ly 19th I with several cohorts was m a de a 2d lieutenant; some chance yet of getting to be an officer. Although we to be r a nk from J u ne 1st were said to work us out of a they m a n a g ed m o n th and a half's worth of francs on the deal whereas the boys licking the w ar in the States drew full lucre. But w h at are a few million odd yen for your fighting to t he privilege of country. I wouldn't pull a swap with any of them on a bet. I finished the school, cheveaux and all, August 28 and left S a u m ur about in a week later. The F r e n ch captain "PASS GIRLS." AT THE LIBRARY "PORT OF ENTRY" WHILE THE A PASS TO ENTER Photo by Harney Shop. QUARANTINE CAMPUS. THE IS ON. EVERYONE MUST POSSESS Chet A r t h u r, '19, and Nelson R. Carr, '20, 635th Aero Squadron, Rich mond, Va. Ray Oas, '19; H. F. Peters, '19; C. '20; F. D. Morley, '20; W. Gustafson, R. L. Gulliver, '19; and H. J. Ellis, '20, all in training, U. S. Naval Radio School, Cambridge, Mass. Postoffice box n u m b e rs are 970, 1798, 174, 299, 918 a nd 1074, respectively. R ETURNED FROM OVERSEAS. E. G. H a m l in '16. Lieut. E. G. H a m l i n, '16, r e t u r n ed from F r a n ce on t he 11th of August, and has been assigned as an instruc tor at Camp Custer. He is now com t he 14th Machine Gun Bn. m a n d i ng commissioned H a m l in was there. last fall. sent from F o rt Sheridan, and was overseas In December, he was assigned to Co. M, 166th Inf., but to a m a c h i ne gun school later went the a nd was assigned fought 150th Machine Gun Bn. He with the t h at organization spring and summer. to Co. D, of d u r i ng Frank T. Warner '17. instructor F r a nk T. W a r n e r, '17, has recently to r e t u r n ed from F r a n c e, and expects to in in an be assigned as an as American camp. Lieut. W a r n er was id the chest a nd wounded ir- again in the leg, while in action dur ly fully ing the summer, but has now Ie recovered, and is feeling fit again. He of visited M. A. C. for the week end of Oct. 26. slightly in 8 THE M. A. C. RECORD. of the the end interested charge of our division there came to me shortly before the course and asked what I did in Amer the work or ica before fight order I told him I r an the gov came out. from an agricultural point ernment of view and being the tillage of conversed long and freely. He asked me what like to do upon leaving Saumur, I'd in said he, "being proficient "for," bullistics as well as ballistics, both it is my desire interior and exterior, it be." to g r a nt your wish what'er I said I wanted front and he said, "The war will soon be over." soil we to go the in to to do to aid in our in any "And so at the front I am, a r r i v i ng just in time to work a few problems in simple arithmetic in our recent little celebration of the C in C's birthday. We had some fine shooting for about 12 hours, then it t u r n ed into sort of a m a r a t h on carnival and we till all the day's al didn't catch up lowance had been bagged. In spite of the map of Germany on my coun tenance I think the guy t h at said my the Hohenzol- ancestors hailed from lern's backyard was the original An- nanias. No one relation so far as history records has ever been able less the hundred t h an 23. I'll swear by all E t e r n al that these blood sausage eating H u ns across the plains here do the h u n d r ed flat. Of course it must be in nothing admitted that our fellow countrymen garnered in some 15 odd thousand of t he barbarous but t h at was because we beat the gun a nd Joe Boche didn't know a race was on till a couple of our birds cut in on their alley and held sway to the tape. The American a whole regiment m a in squeeze and all just as they were packing up to move t h at moment just out. They had learned of the fight. Our Doughboys captured everything from a brass band to a machine gun outfit j u st detrain the loss of a man. ing with scarcely the They advanced so fast they had for cavalry all out of breath and as artillery—well we were only 2 days behind. All this took place over land Germany had held-for four years and fortified you'd the way she had t h i nk she never would have it. Trenches and dugouts 14 feet deep in solid rock and in many places wind breaks of solid concrete 4 to 6 feet thick to' shield their humble home. unsympathetics, captured infantry lost it the Back of they had every lines thing from a moving picture show to things com to make an extra wife fortable and in looking over the cap territory we discovered several tured places where our little barrage had busted unceremoniously on a party of Berlin Brew. The doughboys usually made dead soldiers out of both bottles and d r i n k e r s. in. fire to see the show looked out over to see and feel it J u st at last n i g ht was enormous tillery though and the letup has been slight is not exactly where the m a in show we a re now in position. We played bass drum to the music all last night I got up on a and most of the day. high hill and the plane t h is morning and description is entirely inadequate. I was too far to get details but even to at t h at o n e . h as this hour of take it all the day my place of vantage of this A. M, isn't exactly comfortable not to mention its safety. But being me thodical he only strafes at given hours and so I don't go there at t h at time. the exer cise of the day is resulting but I an ticipate favorable reports. Boche may be long on liquid spirits but he has gotten decidely snort on t h at less tan gible spirit t h at we used to hit up a bit over in the old Armory. The pris oners I have seen, including officers, frankly were to be such and admit their cause is hopeless. In fact they have already admitted so much refutation. there will be no need for The Yanks will clean them on con structive argument. And of course our Allies have already established a firm case. "I don't know just how tickled our licked the French. They've for I greatly admire frog-eating got comrades, this style of a war fair. Not a move made or a shot fired but to a definite purpose. You must hand it to them. Maybe they haven't the dash and pep of our own troops but they are in the thick of every drive and within hollering distance of the time. leaders every " J u st at present I am in charge of the battery and about the horses of 60 per cent of the men. You can't keep a farmer off a m a n u re pile even in the army. The duties are those of a 1st lieutenant but the entire officer personnel of our battery are 2d lieu tenants, so such to be expected. is The same is true of a great many out slow fits as promotion on this side. is somewhat I'll do what you did " J u st a word as to my 'outfit, and in your t h en things letter, stop writing. All good must end. I hope I don't get too good for a while but j u st this minute F r i tz is ranging pretty close to my tent and I feel very righteous. ' Battery B, 103d Regt. F. A. is a part the 26 Division of New England of National Guard. It's called the Yan kee (oooo—that one was close but a dud) division has been cited in gen eral orders and claim lick a n y t h i ng on wheels. When I was as if the divi signed here I knew it soon sion was not already famous would be for m o d e s t y . )" (I have a reputation they can t h at T h is m o r n i ng at 5:30 we slipped them another H hour so t h at is why I write. You wanted your epistle as near time as possible. The ar t h at '02. Lieut. N. B. H o r t on is now at Camp Sevier, S. C. I 7 •" S e ll 1 9 04 THE M. A. C. RECORD. '06. J. E. Poole is a staff instructor the Emergency Fleet Corpora with tion, Dept. of Education and Train ing at Philadelphia, Pa. Two sum mer numbers of the weekly organ of the Division of Wood Ship Construc tion, of the Emergency Fleet Corpo ration, called the "Blockade Runner," give Prof. Poole's work very credit able mention. He taught classes of workmen in blue print reading during the summer. 07. I. E. Parsons is farming at Grand Blanc, Mich. R. L. Pennell is superintendent of the farm of the Detroit House of Cor It consists of 100 acres, rection. chiefly of garden are worked by prisoners from the institu tion. His address is North Detroit, R. F. D. No. 2. lands, which '08. J. M. Walkup is "still on the farm here at Crystal Lake, 111. Raised I some wheat have two boys to help me farm some day." to beat the Kaiser. '09. R. V. Tanner is a first lieutenant of Infantry, and is commanding a com pany of the vocational section of the S. A. T. C, at Camp Purdue, Purdue University, Ind. '10. Barbara Van Heulan is emergency in boys' assistant state club leader and girls' club work at M. A. C. ' 1 1. Huber C. Hilton, who has been For est Supervisor of the Michigan Na tional Forest, at East Tawas, has re cently been assigned by the Forest Service to work in walnut production. Hilton has charge Of the timber pro duction in Kentucky and Tennessee, and at present is located at the St. James Hotel, Knoxville, Tenn. The work is being carried on by the For est Service and the Ordnance Depart ment to stimulate a greater supply of walnut for rifles and aeroplanes. '12. corps Hartley E. Truax is a first lieuten* ant in the quartermaster at Washington, D. C. His assignment is with the subsistence division, pur chasing branch, potato and onion sec tion, and his duties consist of pur chasing potatoes and onions, sweet potatoes, and other fresh fruits and vegetables for the army camps in the United States." His address is 2620 13th St., N. W. Lieut. Truax is the only M. A. C. 'hort' man the RECORD is aware of, holding such a position. that '13. A. H. Hendrickson, assistant pro fessor of pomology, at the University of California, is this year an exchange professor in pomology at Cornell Uni versity. • 1 4. Born of Mr. and Mrs. H. C. Hall, on Aug. 27th, a 9% pound son, Don ald Clark Hall. Hall logging engineer at Twin, Wash. is a UNIFORMS F OR ARMY OFFICERS V e ry h i gh grade Military Uniforms made to i n d i v i d u al measure by mi- litiry tailors. CAPS, HATS, LEGGINGS, PUTTEES COLLARS AND RANK INSIGNIA SEND FOR CATALOG • NO. 39A. T HE Henderson-Ames Co. KALAMAZOO, MICH. Hill Waterman's, Mercantile, Parker's, Etc. $lto$6 ALL GUARANTEED at E Full Line of Everything Agents for Lansing Laundry Electric Supplies 10 THE M. A. C. RECORD. '15. O ur Fresrj a qd V e ry C o n q p l e te L i qe of D r u gs is iq charge of F. J. Eilenberg, oqe of Lansiqg's rqost ex perienced druggists.- R A N D A L L D R U G C O- Next to the Bank 'WATCH THIS COLUMN EACH WEEK We h a ve p u r c h a s ed t he s t o ck of t he EAST L A N S I NG PIERCE G R O C E RY and a re ready to fill your orders for a n y t h i ng in G R O C E R I ES YOURS F OR GOOD M E R C H A ND 1SE A ND F A IR P R I C E S! EAST LANSING GROCERY CO. T wo W e st f r om t he B a nk EAST LANSING HARDWARE EDWIN F. CARYEY PAINTS, OILS, YARN1SHES, BUILDERS' SUPPLIES, and A Full Line of Hardware and Cutlery Bell P h o ne 2460-J 278 G R A ND R I V EK A V E J N CK Ruth Beebe is teaching mathematics at the Northwestern high school, De troit, and is living at 963 Wabash Ave. She writes t h at Miss Howes, a former M. A. C. teacher, is teaching F r e n ch a nd L a t in in the NorthAvest- ern high school. to save W. R. Thompson h as been with t he June, en Bureau of Markets since deavoring t he sweet potato crop. He h as been working among the farmers of Alabama, Georgia and North Carolina. He writes t h at al though M. A. C m en a re not so plen tiful in those parts, he found J. A. McKlintock, T4, at Athens, Ga.; Har old Bird, '14, called on h im at Foley, to Ala.; and he rode New Orleans with Don Stroh, '15, two m o n t hs ago. Thompson's about address is 100 N. Bloodworth St., Raleigh, N. C. from Atlanta '16. F r ed A. Thompson inspecting wood p a r ts for aeroplanes, with t he Bureau of Aircraft Production, De troit Branch. He is living at 277 Hol- comb St., Detroit. is Dorothy Lewis is teaching domestic science in the H a m t r a m ck high school. Her address is 103 Horton Ave., De " F e rn Hacker a nd Theo troit, Mich. dora Hollinger, '15, are teaching here also." ' 1 7. Glenn W. Osgood a nd Charles Rouse are in the Aviation Section a nd with Squadron B, Post Sill, Okla. Field, F t. J. F r a n k l in Sheldon is an ensign aboard the U. S. S. Seattle, care Post master, New York. T he Seattle is reported to be doing convoy duty. F r a nk W. Openlander Is employed in t he industrial engineering depart ment of t he Westinghouse Electric Co., at Pittsburg, Pa. He is living ?.t 7920 Tioga St., Wilkinsburg, P a. Helen P e r r in is supervisor of do mestic science a nd domestic a rt in t he scnools at Hartford, Mich. She h as succeeded in "sending three freshmen to M. A. C from Hartford. Everyone please be good to them, they a re splen did men." ' 1 8. R u th P a t t e r s on is teaching at Royal Oak. H er address is Box 24. John W. Randall is working up a very good veterinary practice at Cli max, Mich. W a l t er O. Dow is a private in Co. I, 2d E n g. T r a i n i ng Reg., Camp Hum-, phreys, Va. Dow is regularly assigned to the 472d Eng., but is attached to this camp. Howard Abbot, with, teaching agriculture in t he high school at Al legan, Mich. Abbot spent the s u m m er eastern Mon on a cattle ranch in tana, near Wibeaux. is t r a i n i ng H. K. Abbot a nd J a ck H a r m on are in in t he Artillery Officers Camp at Louisville, Ky. Abbot is in t he Second T r a i n i ng Battery, at is with Camp Taylor; a nd H a r m on the 6th T r a i n i ng Battery, at Camp West Point, Ky. Big Stock Reduction Sale of Ruos and all Floor Goverlnos Do you wish to brighten your home, or your room? A small amount spent for Rugs, Car- pet or Linoleum will do more toward making a room cheerful than almost twice the amount spent for anything else. You o we it to those at home to keep your home cheerful, is one argument; another argu- ment for buying such things now, is that some' times you can save money by spending money. We are selling our entire stock of Rugs, large and small. Carpets and Linoleums at 20 and 25 Per Gent Reduction from regular prices. This means a big saving when these goods are growing in value, and almost withdrawn from market, due t6 gov ernment requirements of r aw material, labor, and looms for our nations protection. Our stock is large and offers great advant- ages of selection. Wilton, Axminster and room size rugs; Velvet, Axminster, Tapestry and Ingrain carpets by the yard; Matting of all sorts; Printed and Inlaid Linoleum; Grass Rugs; Bath Room Rugs; Rag Rugs. Beautiful novelties in special small rugs which will cov- er up a worn spot and brighten a room A special sales week in this department be- gins October 5, to October 13, is the National Home Craft W e e k. T he last week of Oc tober is our Annual Harvest Sale. Do not miss them. MILLS DRY GOODS GO. 108-110 S. Wash. Ave. LANSING, MICH. LILLEY UNIFORMS for ARMY OFFICERS The best high grademilitary uqi- | form made. I f Made to indi- vidua! rqeasure by military tailors. Caps, Belts. Puttees, Swords, Collar aqd Raqk Insignia, Write for FIELDSERVICECATALOGNo. 13.7 Address THEM.C.LILLEY&CO. COLUMBUS OHIO