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A report from Middleton some time ago related t h at t he major's arrival in t he Con necticut city was attended by much grief in some quarters. Middleton is wet, a nd in t he midst of this moist- ness t he university is located. Major Wrightson, exercising h is military prerogative, ordered all t he saloons closed within half a mile of t he uni versity. T he roar followed al most shook Middleton from its foun stuck—and dations. B ut t he Major so did h is order. t h at of t he T HE DISBAXDI'XG fighting forces is gradually b r i n g i ng back to the college t he members of t he fac ulty a nd instruction staff who have been serving Uncle S am in various military capacities. Paul Miller, in structor in economics, w as one of this week. He those w ho r e t u r n ed was released from an officers t r a i n i ng camp. C. B. McKibbin, alumni secre tary a nd editor of t he RECORD, is ex pected to r e t u rn on F r i d ay or Satur day of this week, while Prof. J. F. Cox, w ho also h as been with t he Bu reau of Aircraft Production, is looked for before t he first of t he year. SOME CONCERN w as occasioned about the college this week by t he apparent r e t u rn of Spanish influenza. On Wed nesday 10 cases were reported among co-eds, while a n u m b er of other per likewise sons in E a st L a n s i ng were ill with t he malady. T he first visita tion of t he epidemic w as only lightly felt by t he women of t he college. T HE WILT, TO DO THAT IMBUED BLAKE Miller, "Charlie" Butler, "Fizz" Chad- dock a nd other of our football heroes of old who were wont to trot forth to battle in spite of fractures, sprains a nd splints, still lives among t he foot ball m en of t he college. Those who saw H. E. F r a n s on (Siwash) play at Ann Arbor m ay have noticed t h at he failed to work in h is customary bril liant style, b ut few were a w a re t h at he went into t he fray with a dislo cated collar bone. T he injury was one he received in t he brush with Notre Dame, b ut like H o r a t i us of old, he sallied forth w i th " h is h a r n e ss on his back" to give battle. T he r ig was a special one of harness-leather a nd steel. In t he Michigan game Siwash's shoulder was t h r o wn out again in t he first quarter, b ut he played t h r o u gh the three periods despite r e m a i n i ng this handicap. fall to offer societies on t he campus. ANOTHER LEAN YEAR is in prospect It is for planned t e rm work on J a n u a ry 2, and while this is expected to a t t r a ct back to t he college t he m en who a re free to come, t he most opti mistic estimate t h at t he attendance of masculine students will probably not exceeu 600. To t he men's socie ties this spells close competition, a nd slim memberships all around. Very few of t he societies, it m i g ht be added, are at present in a position to resume full pre-war activities. T he Hesper ian, Eunomian, Union Lit, P hi Delta, Athenaeum a nd Phylean houses a re all doing duty as dormitories a nd hos t he E u n o m i a ns a re pitals—though "keeping house" in t he Collingwood residence. T he immediate prospect is t h at only t he Eclectics, E u n o m i a n s, Columbians, Union Lits a nd possibly the Olympics will be able after t he first of t he year to set themselves up as of old, a nd with all of them a much decreased membership is cer tain. T he societies on t he campus such as t he Delphic, Forensic, Tri- moira, H e r m i a n, Orphic a nd others t h e ir a re also much broken up, w i th in storage in divers spare furniture Since t he train rooms a nd cellars. ing detachments came, society q u a r t e rs in Wells a nd Williams have been doing service dormitories. Few society m en look for a n y t h i ng like normal conditions before t he fall of 1919. I t e r a t ed a nd reiterated ap peals to a l u m ni to shift "dig ging i n" to "digging u p" m ay be ex pected as a n a t u r al consequence. from t he as A SERIES OF SHORT courses b r o u g ht up to date by Ashley M. Berridge, director of s h o rt courses, will be an i m p o r t a nt feature of t he winter at M. A. C. One of t he new things about the courses will be t he special atten tion to industrial t r a i n i ng for women, such as a two weeks' course in poul try h u s b a n d r y, a course in farm man agement for women, a course in trac tor engineering for women as well as for m e n, a nd a course in gardening for women. T he work in farm man agement for women will commence on J a n. 7 a nd r un until F e b. 28. T he short course program as a whole will be as follows: Dairy husbandry, J a n. 6 to F e b. 28; horticulture,. J a n. 6 to Feb. 28; poultry husbandry, J a n. 20 (four to j a n. 31; poultry h u s b a n d ry weeks) J a n. 6 to J a n. 31; farm trac tor school (for m en a nd women) F e b. 17 to March 16; gardening course, Feb. 17 to Feb. 28. T HE XEW SPIRIT which since April, 1917, h as been a n i m a t i ng t he fair folk of t he land, is finding expression at M. A. C. in t he person of Miss Lenna Green, who h as enrolled as a fresh m an in t he engineering course. Being young a nd fair -forsooth, s he h as been w a r m ly welcomed by t he masculine members of t he class. It h as also been noted t h at where such a depar ture from t he precedents of yore would have been received somewhat frigidly a mere three or four years ago, t he department of home economics is t h is season welcoming t he innovation w i th approval t h at appears almost cordial. The t h is i n t e r p r e t a t i on placed upon a t t i t u de a m o ng those w ho direct t he educational policies for t he home eco incur nomics division is t h at sions by women into industrial r e a l ms are something t h at educators believe should be encouraged. these U N I F O R MS FOR T HE H A LF HUNDRED boys enlisted in t he M. A. C. naval t r a i n i ng unit of t he student corps arrived I n a s m u ch as t he unit will be mustered out with in a few days, t he receipt of t he sea going clothes occasioned little jubila tion. this week. a r my T HE SOCIETY T H E M I AN - LITERARY opened and—as far as c an be learned —also closed t he fall t e rm social sea son on t he campus last S a t u r d ay even ing. T he function, which w as quite a blithe affair, graced by t he presence of a n u m b er of r e t u r n ed fighters a nd fliers, w as conducted in t he Masonic Temple, E a st Lansing. Major Walter Wright, of Camp Custer, was one of these m i l i t a ry guests. C. G. Gallard, '19E, t he naval aviation camp in Florida, was anoth er. Prof, a nd Mrs. H. J. Eustace, and Secretary a nd Mrs. A. M. Brown were p a t r o n s. T he p a r ty w as t he first of t he season given by a ny of t he societies. r e t u r n ed from j u st 4 THE M. A. C. RECORD. T H O L ^ A^ RECORD MacLACHLAN, '10 FALLS IN BATTLE. Published every Friday during the Col lege Year by the Michigan Agri cultural College Association. Entered as second-class m a t t er October 30, 1916, at the post office at Bast Lansing, Michigan, under Act of March 3, 1879. the C. \V. McKIBBIN, '11, Managing Editor. MEMBERSHIP IN T HE M. A. C. ASSO CIATION WHICH INCLUDES SUB SCRIPTION TO THE RECORD, $2.00 P ER YEAR. Memberships may be paid for by P. O. Money Ordtr, Draft, or Personal Check. MAKE THEM PAYABLE TO THE M. A. C. ASSOCIATION. FRIDAY, DECEMBER 6, 1918 COACH AX GAUTHIER— APPRECIATION. the m an who so Geo. E. .Gauthier, the coaching of successfully handled football varsity, deserves this year's t h a n ks of every the recognition and the service he M. A. C. a l u m n us for has rendered the time he has served as acting-director and coach. the college during into "Gouchy," as he the is known on tem campus, stepped the shoes last porarily vacated by Mr. Brewer summer and proceeded the to handle a d m i n i s t r a t i on of the new gymnasium building, meeting the special demands made upon his department by the S. A. T. C. unit faultless manner. He organized intra-mural sports, pro vided equipment for the soldiers, and the war-time into fitted generally the college. needs of in Later far between. At Then, under extraordinary difficul the ties, he took up the coaching of team. To begin with, nearly football all the football men he had to work with were decidedly "green," which meant t h at an unusual amount of spe cial coaching was necessary. To add the handicap, coaching assistants to were few a nd the beginning of the season Gauthier han dled the squad of nearly 100 men alone. '10, was secured as assistant coach, and '14, helped with the line dur Gifford, In spite of ing the last two weeks. insufficient this enormous handicap of least five (there are usually at help men on the coaching staff) Gauthier an eleven which more t u r n ed out t h an upheld the reputation of M. A. C. on the gridiron. By unceasing ef intelligent forts and he finished, well-coached ma molded a the u n t r i ed m a t e r i al at chine hand. J. Cortright, instruction from Ion Gauthier, '14, h as done much to build up and to keep up the standing of M. A. C. a nd the RECORD takes this opportunity the apprecia tion of the alumni. to express C o m m a n d er of 125th Infantry Victim of Boche Bullet. list of Dec. 2, was Among the names appearing in I ra D. MacLachlan, the 125th the t h at of casualty '10, com Capt. mander of Infantry, 32nd division. Captain MacLachlan, it has since been learned, died on Oct. 31 from a wound in the abdomen received the while Boche. leading his men against The circumstances of his death are set forth in the following clipping re ceived from the Sault Ste. Marie News by the RECORD: "The death of Captain MacLachlan on Oct. 31 was the result of a wound in t he abdomen caused by a Boche machine gun bullet. the upper "When Major Guy Wilson, who commanded peninsula's 125th infantry, was wounded, his du ties fell to Captain MacLachlan, who the command until his death. held expecting his He was momentarily last commission as a major when he wrote this to Mrs. MacLachlan city. in the in action respect of his "Captain MacLachlan held a record for bravery t h at won and held for him both the esteem of his fellow m en a nd officers. He led his command through the thickest of the fighting at Chateau Thierry, and again in the fighting on the Vesle. His wound, it is believed, was the the in though only Argonne. The captain, 31 y e a rs of age, was looked up to by his men as a veteran. received fighting in "Captain MacLachlan was born at Sault Ste. Marie, in the house at 669 B i r m i n g h am avenue, which is still oc cupied by his parents. He was grad the Soo high school, and uated from the Michigan Agricul in 1910 from the tural college. In college he held r a nk of lieutenant colonel of the ca det regiment. to the Soo inspector of from "Upon his r e t u rn the college, he became work on the new canal. In 1913 he m a r r i ed Miss Helen Sharpe, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. A. M. Sharpe of this city. the firm of MacLachlan brothers as sec retary-treasurer. In 1916 he was taken into "With the outbreak of the Mexican trouble Captain MacLachlan, with his company of the Michigan National Guard, was called to the border. When war with Germany was declared Co. in France, for service finally M left leaving Waco, Captain though before MacLachlan was the machine gun company of the 125th regiment. transferred to "Surviving the captain are h is wid J e a n; ow and four-year-old daughter his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Mac Lachlan, and a sister, Miss Mabel MacLachlan of South Haven. last letter written "Following are a few excerpts from to Mrs. Mac It was pen like the enemy. The the Lachlan by the captain. ned wise captured from letter was dated October 1: in a H un dugout on paper but "Dearest—Here I am in a perfectly they fine Boche Concrete dugout t h at four r a t h er hurriedly vacated days ago. I have my battalion here and it is dug in. As usual they did not give our division very much rest the Boche again and —we are after going is I expect we will be out looking for. of the lines in a couple of days as we have been up here three days already. We are moving so much and sleeping very little and then only short naps on the ground, consequently haven't had a chance to do any writing. to give him more t h an he husband's "While Mrs. MacLachlan had been informed of her injury, death was not expected to result from it, for on the day the captain fell the attending surgeon wrote her, telling of the n a t u re and location of the h u rt a nd declaring t h at the chances for re covery were three to one in the cap t a in s favor. Other later letters from the surgeon were equally encouraging in telling of his death, received here on Nov. 23, came as a shock. tone. The message I u n d e r s t a nd "At the present moment we are not a t t a c k i ng so am t a k i ng advantage of t he opportunity. My Majority h a s n 't it any come yet but am expecting school moment. t h at to go opens October 15 so I expect then. Am feeling fine, though r a t h er dirty—haven't h ad a bath nor change time.. All I of underwear for some carry now toilet articles. is one blanket a nd "I have telephones here so am in (Continued on page 8.) DEMOBILIZATION POSTPONED. S. A. T. G. U n it Held at College Until Papers C o me T h r o u gh F r om W a s h i n g t o n. The demobilization of the M. A. C. unit of t he a r my t r a i n i ng corps, which was ordered to commence on Decem ber 2, has been postponed a few days, pending the arrival of necessary dis charge papers and payroll funds from Washington. forms by t he end of Medical examinations for discharge m u st be m a de w i t h in twenty-four hours of the time the papers are made out, and so this phase of the prepa rations has had to be put off too. Ma jor Murchie, commandant, expects the necessary the week, and the discharge of the eleven h u n d r ed m en in the t r a i n i ng u n it will begin immediately. The military au thorities expect to discharge about 100 m en a day, at which rate it will take the less t h an two weeks to complete demobilization. Officers will be re leased as soon as they can be spared. t h at about one-half Indications are (colle in section A of the 600 m en giate division) of the t r a i n i ng camp "will r e t u rn to the campus as regular In addition there students next term. will be the 125 students who are enrolled at present, and a large n u m b er of former s t u d e n ts who the will be released from service various a r my camps before first of the year. "civilian" the in BASKETBALL WORK STARTED. Return of Several Old M en Brings Promise of Successful Season— Schedule Being Formed. W h en Coach Geo. E. Gauthier called out his varsity basketball candidates last Monday evening he found t h at the prospects for the coming season were far from discouraging. Two of last year's regulars are in school how, a nd at two more are expected to r e t u rn the first of J a n u a r y. A fast team should be built a r o u nd this nuc leus of veteran m a t e r i a l. least t h at t h e re J o hn H a m m e s, " L a r r y" Kurtz, guard, and I. J. Sni two old m en t he forward, are der, the practice Mon who for reported day night. Garrat, who played the opposite guard from Kurtz last year, has sent word t h at he will be on h a nd is a strong proba later, while a n o t h er bility guard, will be released from the navy in time to join- the squad. Foster, a tall youth who played center for the is m a k i ng an all-fresh a year ago, effort the varsity. P a lm and Webber, other all- fresh players are also on hand. These m en m a ke up a promising squad and Gauthier expects to t u rn out an un usually strong the same place on to land team. It is possible t h at the "three-year" athletic rule, which has not been ob THE M. A. C. RECORD. served d u r i ng the S. A. T. tne time C. has been stationed at the college, will not be enforced until the spring In this case, several first year term. the m en of ability will be eligible for varsity. the season The schedule for is be ing a r r a n g ed at present, and will in clude games with Michigan, Notre Dame and other large institutions in t he middle west. FOOTBALL SEASON SUCCESS. Varsity Carries M. A. C. to P r o m i n e nt Place in Collegiate Circles in Spite of Three Defeats. football The 1918 season, which came to a close with the 7 to 6 game at Madison last week, r a n ks as a suc t h r ee de cessful one in spite of the varsity. A re feats suffered by view of the games played and of the itself account team throughout t h at M. A. C. really gained prestige during the fall. the year shows gave the the of in the t h at teams to stamp the game, the strongest the P u r d ue men t h at M. A. C. h ad by All early season games were won by comfortable scores, showing beyond a doubt the Aggies far and away outclass t he teams of the M. I. A. A., one-time rivals of the green and white. P u r d ue University T h en came fluky eleven, which won a decidedly touch contest by the m a r g in of one down. All who saw in themselves, cluding a d m i t t ed far the varsity team, and the stronger really lost no s t a n d i ng by the defeat. T he following S a t u r d ay Notre Dame, one of the country, was beaten 13 to 7 on Col lege Field. This victory in itself was enough t he varsity as an unusually strong eleven, especially as later gave P u r d ue Notre Dame a t r i m m i n g. The Michigan 25 to disap game was a considers pointment, but when one t h at the t h at best she defeated Chicago, Ohio State and Syracuse by as large a m a r g in as she did M. A. C. he realizes t h at it was no the Wolverines disgrace to this the defeat. to Wiscon The .final game was sin by t he n a r r ow m a r g in of a goal after touchdown. Wisconsin is a very team reputable which plays even t e r ms r a n ks h i gh in national football circles. the U. of M. h ad one of t e a ms institution, and any on fall, bitter as was lost in h er history a nd the Badgers to lose r a t h er bitter 6 The review shows, then, t h at from a broad M. A. C. viewpoint the sea son was really a decided success. The for 1918 varsity h as paved renown. better schedules and broader the way R. O. T. C. EXAMINATIONS. Medical examinations civilian students for admission the R. 0. T. C. corps, which is the "peace-time" of to b t r a i n i ng corps of the college cadets, were completed during the past week. Authorities in the athletic d e p a r t m e nt who conducted re students youthful the t h at p o rt showed an unusually high s t a n d a rd of physical the examinations fitness. the less the average The heaviest m an among those ex amined was R. R. Palmer, who in at 178 pounds, consider weighed s t a n d a rd t h an ably for freshman "heavies." At the other end of list came R. L. Rayner, who managed to t a ke only 97 pounds on the scales with him. One boy, C. G. F e n n er by name, s t a n ds 6 feet 2% in his stockings, while W. A. inches Cook can walk under a bar 5 feet and 3 inches above the floor without ruf fling his pompadour. The only phys ical defect which was at all notice examinations was "flat able having feet," several of slightly broken arches. the m en the in Practically all the boys in this unit are under 18, the m i n i m um draft age at the time they entered college. AGGIES LOSE TO WISCONSIN. Archer's Failure to Kick Goal Gives Badger's 7 to 6 Victory. A touchdown in the last half min ute of play deprived t he Aggies on Thanksgiving day of a victory over t he University The final score was Wisconsin 7, M. A. C. 6. Gauthier's boys m a r k ed up t h e ir tally in the second period. of Wisconsin. if in imagined the g r a n d s t a nd t h at a football was it h ad not been for used, This briefly is the story of the scor t he ing, for fact the three or four h u n d r ed spectators who were huddled at Randall Field, Madison, could easily have they were witnessing a mid-winter carnival, or m a y h ap by an equally easy mental exercise, an acquatic meet. The game was played on a field two inches deep in slush, in the thick of a snowfall driven by a first shock and splash the m e m b e rs of both squads were so chilled a nd altogether they ever knew numbed up if any lost no they certainly football time in forgetting all about Following the first kick-off it. the play consisted of 90 per cent fumbles, with slithering and splashing the m ud and slush m a k i ng up the other ten per cent. twenty-mile wind. After t h r o u gh t h at the the really The w i nd w as toss and elected biggest factor in the contest. Wisconsin won receive to the the kick, w i th t h e ir backs. the w i nd at T he Aggies were weak all fall in their p u n t i n g, a nd with a wet ball and a high wind failing, to aggravate the kicking at Madison was little less accord t h an miserable. Wisconsin the defen ingly held t h o u gh sive d u r i ng t he to m a ke they were at no line. any impression on M. A. C.'s first period, time able the squad on this 6 THE M. A. C. RECORD. the bull in in pate series. the approaching basketball The q u a r t er ended with midliehl. In the second half, into the Badger's the change of goals gave M. A. G, the advantage <>i wind, and it. was no tittle before Sni der, F e r r is and Graves bad penetrat ed territory. Wis consin, failing u> make gains, attempt' to punt, hut Archer and Schwei ted broke kick, Archer recovered the hall and scooted 40 yards three-yard to Wisconsin's line before he was hauled down. Fer ris carried this point on a lake forward pass. Archer failed the hall across from through, blocking to kick g p ai the • s e e m ed N e i t h er The linal the progress of two periods were a repe tition of the first, with not much of football and no end of slipping, slid ing and slithering. Both coaches sent in numerous reserves without an.\ ap the parent effect on g a m e. to he s q u ad able to speed up, though the fault was theirs. As far as Al. A. ('. hardly was concerned the held and weather conditions were such a.s no Al. A. ('. team has endured at any lime al least during the past eighi years. In fourth quarter, Wisconsin, the still enjoying the wind, and taking advantage of the failure of to punt, Graves, Archer and Schwei kept, the hall Oil Al. A. C'y. -10 \ aid line. The Badgers simply were un- the Aggies hail no ahle to gaitt and the low arils better BUCCesS. Along end of four only niinut.es to play, a, couple of the Had ger backlielders rolled Schwei rather the slush after he had brusquely Schwei, somewhat attempted a k i ck roiled, endeavored to reciprocate, hut. the referee spotted him and ruled him out of the period, with the help of the game. in lo T he big fellow, w ho h ad up t h is point been playing a wonderful game at left end (in fact, im- oiiiciais rated him after the game as all-American m a t e r i a l) was replaced by S. EL An in derson, a scrappy J OUttgesi er, but experienced. Working around Ander son's end, Keuhn of the Badger squad three pretty circled gains, the hall l i n e. H e r e, after the Green and White had piled Badgers times, iheiii up drove K e u hn through for a touchdow n, tieing the score. Barr kicked goal for the Crimson, winning the game in the last half minute of play. the last of which brought tO Hie Al. A. C. y a rd for a series of three the F r om such small evidence as the execrable conditions made visible, Al. A. ('. appeared the superior eleven, and ceriainly possessed by far t he field fleetest backlield. A dry would unquestionably have made it a different story. to have I he Al. A. ('. The game was I he last of team. the sea Shorlly son for after left the battle Captain Archer for the Municipal Pier, Chicago, where the ensign's he school. T h e re is a chance, however, t h at he will be able lease to secure a re to r e t u rn and partici is now enrolled time in in football virtually the fray, recognizing Coach Gauthier had no fault to find the after thai like held and weather made a n y t h i ng real impossible. Something of the state of the weather can he gleatted that from despite Wisconsin's 5,000 students, and Madison's considerable population, on the game, ly SOfl persons witnessed taking care and of to do any cheering. these were I heir hands and loo busy feet fact the The summary : Al. A. ('. Wisconsin. LE . . LT Schwei Anderson Van Oi'den Archer J o h ns l>os Young Ferris Snider Brady Graves lirader Mann . . . .. L ( J . . . . . .. . Margoles Brumm . . . . ( ! . . .' Below lid I t T. . .. . . . Donaghey R E .. . . . .. . .. Lea per . .. Ban- QB. Smith . . . . : . . .. L H. Collins R H. Sundt FB Score by q u a r t e r s: 6 0 0 0 .6 . . .0 Wisconsin, Sundt. Al. A. C Wisconsin consin, kiii'lin. Goal from 0— <; 7— 7 Touchdowns Al. A. ('., F e r r i s; Wis touchdown Substitutions— Al. A. ('., Simmons for Brady, lUinphy for Simmons, S. E. Anderson for Schwei, Franson for B. Anderson, Bai ley for Van Oi'den; Wisconsin, Kuehn for Collins, Ecklund for Brumm. S T I M P S O N, 'o6, LOSES A R M. W o u nd Received in Action M a k es O p e r a t i on Necessary. intimation of the n a l u re of to Al. A. C. friends suffered by him during A letter from C. A. Stimpson, '(Mi, their has brought the first the injury comse of his experiences in meeting t he Boche. As a result of his wound the a rm was ampu in tated recently at a hospital in Wash ington where he w&t taken for treat ment. The amputation was made be tween the elbow and the shoulder. left arm, the gj <£# Alumni Notes 1 J* | I BSSSSS J M ^ a K 3 2 E S 3S -afcKfc- gBSat: 83Saca ' 9 3. "1 have been with the. Marston Company, a dry goods firm, for more j!0 years," writes J. T. Wight,' than to '!»;' "with a week off every month look after buildings and in which I am interested- Our farms are in the Imperial Valley, 125 miles east of here. This is a wonderfuly fertile country with plenty of water, usually, the for this summer. is so country was a desert. Now its a n n u al pro well developed irregation, but very w a rm Seventeen y e a rs ago it farms t h at in duce approximates £30,000,000." H is address is 751 -'lib St., San Diego, Calif. •00. Florence E. Case, '06, and Fred It. Scobie of Berlin, Wis., were m a r r i ed in Evanston, 111., Thursday, Oct. 31. Air. and Mrs. Scobie will in Berlin, Wis. reside the Ernest F. Smith, 014 Karpen build Inter is still with ing, Chicago, state ( ominerce Commission, Bureau of Valuation, in charge of a field party of the roadway and track department. 'OS. Lillah Al. Haggerty, with 'OS, is tak in home economics ing special work 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 Washington 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. T HE PARK PLACE HOTEL Traverse City, Mich. The ot leading all-the-year-'round hotel the region. All. modern con veniences. All outside rooms. W. O. Holden, Mgr. WENT WORTH-KERNS HOTEL New E n t r a n ce on Grand Ave. European plan $1.00 room and cafeteria tip, with dining in connection W. W. KERNS, Proprietor IF ITS DRUGS WE HAVE IT C. J. ROUSER DRUG CO. 123 South Washington Avenue MET/iL DOOR M A TS Conform to the floor, tire easy to clean. We have them in three sizes. They sell for $ 1 . 2 5, $ 1 . 5 0, # 2 . 25 Norton Hardware Co. 212 S, Washington Ave, y at the University of Chicago—address 7638 South Union avenue, Chicago. '00. Walter Well Kempster made his debut on Sept. 26 at the home of Mr. and Mrs. H. L. Kempster, 801 College, '09 Ag, is Columbia, Mo. His father, associate professor of hus bandry at the University of Missouri. think we should a r r a n ge for a classified ' J u n i or Section' at reunions," '09, of 2625 declares N. B. Hubbard, l.roadvvay, Toledo, Ohio. "I have an in the 1937 H. E. class which entry would win the blue ribbon anywhere —if. my folks were the judges." poultry "I but tardily (Grace Perry, with This comes a little is still news—a daughter, Ruth Davies, was born on May 7 to Mr. and Mrs. VJ. K. Nies '09) al llieir borne, 1421 Kingsley Drive, Los Angeles, Calif. Mrs. Nies also tells of a daughter, Roberta Rose, who on July 12 arrived at t he home of Mr. and Mrs. Herbert Streit. Mrs. '09. Streit was ^t&tgsdtei Merrill, with 'JO. A r t h ur L, Campbell, '10 Ag, writes "we Mrs. from Lysite, Wyo., Campbell, our little boy Donald, and baby girl P a y e t t e — a re staying with the ranching job, raising horses, cat tle and wheat." that E L. Podegeb, Ag, 1125 South Fifth. street, Wilmar, Minn., is a county ag ricultural agent The information also comes from him t h at in his there are now two youngsters in Minnesota. U N I F O R MS F OR ARMY OFFICERS V e ry h i gh grade Military Uniforms made to indi v i d u a! measure by mi litary tailors. CAPS, HATS, LEGGINGS, PUTTEES COLLARS ANDFUNK INSIGNIA SEND FOR CATALOG NO. 39A. T HE Henderson-Ames Co. KALAMAZOO, MICH. THE M. A. C. RECORD. family, one four and the other seven, both girls. F. J. Richards, ' i i. '11 Eng., is serving t he Buick Motor Company at F l i nt as a civil engineer and surveyor at No. 25 factory. tells of A note from U. S. Crane of Penn the arrival on Oct. 19 the ville, of a daughter, Rena Dorothy, at Crane home. '12. A note from David W. Thomson, Eng., dated Oct. 31, brings word that he is a mechanic with a machine gun troop, l l th Cavalry, Fori Myer, Va. MS. Mamie Knickerbocker teaching history the E m e r s on high school, at Cary, Ind. Her address is 600 Jef ferson St., Gary, Ind. in is M4. A son, William Albert, was born to Mr. and Mrs. Albert at on J u ne 2 S i m ka '14), (Majorie Atchison, Balboa, C- Z- (Po. O. Box 27X). M5. 1. K. May stead, Ag, the agricultural into himself by p u r c h a s i ng seo, near Hillsdale. is F. S. Vaughn has launched for business a farm at 0s- high the Saginaw the past fall he assisted teaching agricul school. ture in During the U. S. d e p a r t m e nt of labor in meeting t he labor shortage t h at existed prior to the signing of t h e . a r m i s t i ce by as signing his high school boys to help ful employments about t he city. '16. C. A. Secrist is with the 10th Sec tion, Seamen Gunner Class, Torpedo Station. Newport, R. I. Reeva Hinyan, H. E., is a pupil die three m o n t hs at the City Blackwell's Island, New (care Dietician). tician for Hospital, York City '17. Russel R. Nellist, with, who enlist ed in the Ambulance Corps, at Grand Rapids in July, 1917, is acting as ser geant for Field Hospital Co. No. 125, 107 S a n i t a ry Train, A. E. F. in on h i m" Guy A. New.lon. '17 Ag, extends an to invitation to members of his class "drop if they happen to- be t o u r i ng in the vicinity of St. Johns, in Clinton county. Newlon is associ ated with Newton B a r n h a rt on a live stock farm one mile north and a half mile east of St. Johns. L y m an Frimodig, otherwise " F r i m ," Ag, announces t h at he is " w i n t e r i n g" with Battery B, 58th Field Artillery, at Camp Jackson, S. C. T he upper peninsula, he says, does not suffer by comparison. F r i m, for the time being, is a second lieutenant, without hopes, now t h at the war Is over, of ever be coming an officer. 'IS. '18, C. Goetzen, and H e n ry Dorr, foresters, F r ed Thompson, '16, h a ve been employed the Aircraft Production Service at Bay City. Dorr gives h is residence as 319 North Van B u r en St., Bay City, Mich. all in '20. Walter F. Case, stationed with '20 Ag, has been t he 2nd Prov. Reg't, 7 19th Spruce Squadron, Aviation Sec tion, Signal Corps, Vancouver Bks., since Sept. 9. ontee TO expect to pay a high price for talc perfumed with an odor that cost thousands of dollars to produce would be natural. But to be able to obtain such a superb perfume at a low price is a delightful surprise. This surprise awaits you in the Talc perfumed with Jonteel— the New Odor of Twenty- six Flowers. THE COLLEGE, DRUG & GR0., Inc. The Rexall Store ft C. BAUER, Pharmacist Opposite M. ft. C. East Lansing, Mich. LAKSINv 3@td£9KATE COMPANY £tt<3RAVE*S A concern whose ability a nd f a c i l i t i es p ut L a n s i ng in t h» same Class W i tH C h i c a go in the p r o d u c t i on of Engravings to illustrate Catalogs - C i r c u l a rs - B o o k l e ts - Newspaper A r t i c l e s - in f a ct anuthino. r e q u i r i ng a p i c t u re in o ne or m o re c o l o rs X X XK PROMPT SERVICE MO WASHINGTON AVS MO XAKSlXu HlCHtCAH Ci*-..J»hon» M*o7 — e « ll 1 9 04 Q THE M. A. C. RECORD. Our Fresr| aqd Very Conqplete Liqe of Drugs is iq charge of F. J. Eilenberg, oqe of Lansiqg's rqost ex- perieqced druggists. R A N D A LL DRUG Co. 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 c ck of the EAST L A N S I NG PIERCE G R O C E RY and are ready to fill your orders for a n y t h i ng in G R O C E R I ES YOURS FOR GOOD MERCHAND ISE AND FAIR PRICES! EAST LANSING GROCERY CO, Two West from the Bank EAST LANSING HARDWARE EDWIN F. CARVEY PAINTS, OILS, YARNISHES, BUILDERS' SUPPLIES, and A Fall Line of Hardware and Cutlery Bell P h o ne 2460-J 278 G R A ND R I V ER A V E N UE * H O! F OR T HE W O L V E R I N E! are This student tenacious of letter, which to discourage even editors the RECORD on, passing believes worthy of was received a day or two ago from A r t h ur W. Winston, editor- in-chief of the 1919 "Wolverine": "The unsettled conditions of the present period of collegiate and industrial coupled readjustment, with a direful shortage of compe almost tent help enough the but most ( h u r r ay for the class of 1920) we issue a propose "Wolverine" anyway. is our modest ambi tion also to make it as attractive and desirable a publication as is possible under the circumstances. "There will be special military features commemorative the s t i r r i ng days of 1917 and 1918 with a review of t h at M. A. C. and M. A. C. men have college played activities, such as they were, will not be neglected. them. Other the p a r ts to It of in to do. the will to reach ' We have I may add we also have the mate rial—but (sad fact) most of our subscribers are w i n t e r i ng abroad or s i m m e r i ng in Texas. We need and your help them—we when you have reached most t h at respectfully they will 'come back' and help us. the We desire to place a copy of 1919 Wolverine the hands of every M. A. C m an and woman here and everywhere." request them, in The moral of this pithy epistle, this— the RECORD sees it, is as SUBSCRIBE! The RECORD is informed that in copies m u st dividuals desiring their names and addresses mail to the manager, Ed. E. Carpp, E a st Lansing, with $1.50 as an in itial deposit, owner's name to be stamped on cover without extra charge. MacLachlan, '10 Falls in Battle. ( C o n t i n u ed f r om p a ge 4.) regi constant communication with t he mental and brigade except when wires are cut by shell There a re stoves in here, bunks, etc., so am very comfortable. We have Boche electric table light on my desk which was in working order when I got h e re so you see we weren't far behind the Hun. fire. "The outlook for peace is brighter now t h an at any time during the war, t h at is it looks t h at way to me. Tur key is practically out of the running, Austria is wavering, Bulgaria is ask If Germany's allies all ing for peace. least cave in, she won't last long, at I hope she wont." Big Stock Reduction Sale o! Rugs and all Floor Goverinos Do you wish to brighten your home, or your room? A small amount spent for Rugs, C a r' pet or Linoleum will do more toward making a room cheerful than almost twice the amount spent for anything else. You owe 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 to gov ernment requirements of raw 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. Made to indi vidual rqeasure by military tailors. Caps, Belts. Puttees, Swords, Collar aqd Raqk Insignia. 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