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Com panies A a nd D combined dancing with t he more serious business of eating, while t he other three units con tented themselves with strictly bache lor affairs. Good speaking, plenty of music, a nd a generous allowance of "pep" characterized all t he banquets. services as VARSITY MONOGRAMS h a ve been pre sented to eleven members of t he 1918 football squad, t he n u m b er being t he smallest which h as been given out in several years. Five m en were pre sented m i n i a t u re gold footballs in ap first preciation of their s t r i ng substitutes, while 28 other members of t he squad were classified as reserves a nd given silver footballs. Those who have earned t he right to wear t he coveted letters a r e: Cap tain L a r ry Archer, Captain-elect F r a n- son, Dean F e r r i s, E. D. Young, J o hn Schwei, H. Dunphy, J o hn Bos, J. E. Johns, R. 0. V an Orden, 1. J. Snider, and H a r ry Graves. T he substitutes a r e: B. Anderson, J. O. Brady, W. Simmons, R. J. Wilson, and P. F. Bai ley. Every one of these m en except Anderson a nd possibly Archer is ex pected back next fall. T HE REGISTRAR, Miss Yakeley h as not been at h er customary desk for two weeks, being detained the past at home because of t he illness of h er mother. T HE 1918 FOOTBALL season came to an official close this Week w i th t he election of H. E. "Siwash" F r a n s on as captain for 1919, and t he squad ba-nquet, which w as held at t he Hotel Downey on Tuesday evening, Decem ber 17. F r a n s on played right tackle this fall, a nd proved on t he varsity linemen M. himself one of t he best A. C. h as ever had, which is saying a good deal when one considers Gid eon Smith, Gifford, Blacklock and t he rest. Service with "the Great Lakes gobs interfered with F r a n s o n 's college w o rk to such an extent t h at he will have to come back next fall in order to earn h is diploma, in spite of t he t h at he would have graduated fact conditions. with '19, under normal The football banquet lived up to t he precedents set by former celebrations of a similar nature, a nd incidentally set a few s t a n d a r ds of its own. For ty-five m e m b e rs of t he sqiiad, t he offi cers in charge of t he college post, and a few invited guests made up tire '12, as mas party. " P e t e" Bancroft, ter of ceremonies, called talks from Lt. J. F. Lessig, athletic officer, A r t h ur H u r d, L i e u t e n a nt Lord of t he Canadian Expeditionary forces, Cap tain Franson, Coach Gauthier, Eddie Shields, 'Michigan, '94, a nd others. for E L E V EN m NDIiE!) AXD T H I R TY M. A. responded to t he C. m en • who have colors a nd a re serving or have served in t he a r my a nd navy a re represented on t he service in t he library. Twenty-seven, gold stars a re being placed oh t he flag. flag h a n g i ng for P r e s e nt plans call A CHRISTMAS TRIP i s . b e i ng a r r a n g ed for t he basketball team so t h at t he boys may secure a little seasoning be fore they u n d e r t a ke t he regular sche dule. four games, to be played t he first four days in J a n u a r y. T he Grand Rapids Y. M. C. A., a nd Kalamazoo College a re two of t he teams t h at will be met. The formal schedule will open on Jan u a ry 8 when DePauw comes to t he new gymnasium. ' O b e r l in at Oberlin on t he eleventh a nd Hope here on t he 17th a re t he next two games. T he two meetings with Michigan have been set for F e b r u a ry 15 a nd 28, t he first at home a nd t he second at A nn Ar bor. Under t he coaching of Gauthier rapidly a nd the should be in fine shape by t he time of t he first game. Kurtz, G a r r a tt a nd Johns, guards, Snider, Heasely a nd Gilkie, forwards, a nd Foster, at cen ter, seem to be about t he best of t he m en who have been practicing. is improving team Thursday. DEMOBILIZATION of t he S. A. T. C. unit is practically completed. Com panies A a nd B, t he vocational m e n, were m u s t e r ed out on Tuesday, De cember 17, while Company E w as dis banded Indications a re t h at Companies C a nd D will be dis charged before S a t u r d ay night, De cember 21, which will complete t he demobilization of t he entire detach dis ment. T he officers a re b e i ng charged with their companies. An en couraging feature of t h e • d e p a r t u re of the " a r m y ," is t he fact t h at m a ny of the m en have signified an intention of r e t u r n i ng to t he campus on Janu ary 2 as regular students. T HE Hoi.(Ai). which suspended pub lication during t he S. A. T. C. regime, will reappear during t he winter term. The surviving members of t he staff are already m a k i ng plans for t he pub lication, a nd expect to get out t he in itial Fortu nately is in very good the Holcad financially, for t he trials of t he shape business manager, with a small stu dent body to draw upon, will be great. issue early in J a n u a r y. COLLEGE WILL RESUME i ts r e g u l ar peace time schedules on J a n u a ry 2d. term work, as well as t he regu Fall lar winter t e rm schedule -will be of fered in all courses. T he reasons for giving t he fall term work is to per mit young m en a nd women, who, for military and industrial reasons, could last fall, to begin college not enter work without further postponement. E A ST LANSING, SCHOOLS h a ve been closed because of influenza for t he past ten days a nd will n ot be reopened until after t he holidays. T he epidem ic which was apparently more preva lent in the city t h an on t he campus, is being brought under control. SOLDIERS "DITTY" BAGS a re m u ch in this week. evidence on t he campus Groups of them their soldier owners in front of t he quar t e r m a s t e rs office register t he passing out of soldier life on t he campus. lined up with T HE ALVHA P S I, Honorary Veteri nary F r a t e r n i t y, initiated t he follow ing men, on t he evening of Dceember 14: E a rl G. Baxter, w'15, of Roch ester, N. ¥ .; Stanley G. Colby, '19, of Siiaitsburg, Mich., a nd Gerald D. Tea- ney, '19, of White River Junction, Vt. The banquet which h as usually been held at t he time of t he fall initiation has been postponed until t he spring initiation. a nd SHORT COL USES T HE WINTER dates on which they commence a r e: Eight weeks courses in Agriculture, H o r t i c u l t u re a nd Dairying, J a n. 6; sixteen weeks course in Agriculture, Jan. 7; eight weeks course in F a rm Management for Women, J a n. 7; four weeks Auto Truck Tractor course, Jan. 20; two weeks gardening course, Feb. 3; four weeks Auto Truck-Trac tor course, F e b. 17; one week Bee keepers course, F e b. 24; F a r m e r s' week, Feb. 3. 4 THE M. A. C. RECORD. THE M. A. C. RECORD to them and talk h a rd for Alma Mater needs . ue students. Published every Friday during the Col lege Year by the Michigan Agri cultural College Association. Entered as second-class matter October 30, 1916, at the post office at E a st Lansing, Michigan, under Act of March 3, 1879. the C. W. McKIBBIN, Ml, Managing Editor. MEMBERSHIP IN THE M. A. C. ASSO CIATION WHICH INCLUDES SUB SCRIPTION TO THE RECORD, $2.00 P ER TEAR. Memberships may be paid for by P. O. Money Order, Draft, or Personal Check. MAKE THEM PAYABLE TO THE M. A. C. ASSOCIATION. FRIDAY, DECEMBER 20, 1918 THE 8. A. T. C. PASSES. and t h at there A r e t u rn to the old peace time order things again will be welcomed by of the everyone at M. A. C. Not college on a war basis has not pro harmoniously, ceeded smoothly for the closest lias been only sort of co-operation and harmony be tween college heads and the army of the military ficers regime. M. A. C. has been most for If tunate is there any feeling of regret the passing of the S. A. T. C. it is in the loss to the community of staff of officers who guided M. A. C.'s mili tary establishment. in charge d u r i ng the splendid respect. that in in But the lifting of the restrictions so necessary in war time and in prep aration for war is bringing a feeling of unqualified relief. There is a plea sure in the thought of taking up t a s ks unfinished, of old the and of getting courses a nd the back old college spirit so noticeably lack ing in the the old student body and . A. T. C. returning classes to SEND A STUDENT, It is 600 term. Of encouraging. to re-enter for the the S. A. T. C. will Indications for a student body are doubtful not vocational whether any of r e t u rn men of the for college work next collegiate section sixty per cent are being counted on the regular college work. At the present time there a re not in sight more t h an the 450 men students who will begin term. Alumni can and must help to to that of pre-war swell this number days. Right now there are hundreds of r e t u r n i ng soldiers whose futures them ought are unsettled. Many of Few of in college. to be them but that can come they have the will if the inclination. There are some and of these young men in your commu nity. Point out to them the value of it your busi college talk with ness them a nd t h at at M. A. C. every m an has an equal chance. Talk training. Make them and to meet the fact Tbe next RECORD will be issued on Friday, J a n u a r y, the tenth. In the m e a n t i me a very Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year. Charles A. Pratt, w i t h ' 0 6. Charles A. P r a t t, with '06, died of pneumonia following influenza on De cember 11th at his home at Benton Harbor, Michigan. Charles P r a tt was '09 whose a brother of B u rr P r a t t, death occurred two months earlier of the same cause. He was two years older t h an B u rr P r a t t. the Charles P r a tt entered M. A. C. from Benton Harbor and , followed, as did horticultural his brother Burr, course. He did not graduate, however, having left college at the end of his junior year. F r om college lie returned to farms at Benton Harbor and has been very successful in their development. the home fruit There survive him a wife and three small children. He was a member of the Eclectic society. DIED IN SERVICE. Harold A. Furlong '18. in Lieut. Harold A. Furlong, '18, was the December 16th cas reported ualty in action. No other details are known at this list as having been killed time. F u r l o ng was one of the first of the the instructor lieutenant of inspiring message under classmen to enter an officers' training camp and received his com mission as second in fantry August 15, 1917, at Ft. Sheri dan. He was assigned, however, to the 341st F. A., Camp Funston, Kan in calisthenics, sas, as an trans but in November, 1917, was ferred to Co. M, 353d Infantry at the same camp. His regiment sailed for F r a n ce in the early summer. On Au gust 4th he wrote, "as you will notice I have recently made a very violent change of address. The commence the RECORD brought ment n u m b er of me from Dr. I very recently met Liberty Bailey. is just out of a Bottomley, '16, who t r a i n i ng school a nd is here with an other regiment of my division as a signal officer. I only met him for a short conversation in the street as he was departing for his regiment. He stayed all night in my village and I sob every time I t h i nk of the good old gossip I missed. E v e r y t h i ng is O. K. immensely al I am enjoying myself things though find I I have always been used the experience is a truly great one." His interest in agriculture is shown throughout the letter by his frequent mention of agricultural conditions and the methods of farming in France. I miss a great many to. At this time the engagements there are no details of in which Lieut. Furlong took a part or the m a n n er in which he was killed. He entered M. A. C. from Detroit with the class of '18 and in his fresh m an year made a name for himself by winning a place on the debating team. He was one of the varsity de baters in 19x5-16-17. He was a mem the Forensic society, Oakland ber of County Club, F a r m e r s' Club and the Y. l\i. C, A. Cabinet in 1916-1917. He had a wide circle of acquaintance, on the campus and in July en route from Camp F u n s t on to a point of embarka tion he visited East and called on college Lansing friends. Garth J. Williams w i th '19. Information has just just come from his parents at Laurium, Michigan, of the death of Garth J. Williams, with '19. He died November 14th in a hos pital in F r a n ce of wounds received in action. Through an error occurring the official casualty lists his death was reported on October 13th and men tioned the RECORD. in an October number of in Death resulted from an abdominal wound, although he had never writ ten of any wounds except those re ceived in the leg. Several letters were written to his parents for him by the army chaplain in the hospital, but in none did he mention the seriousness of his condition. Williams was in college two years with the agricul tural course. He entered from Laur ium, Michigan. He was a member of the Students Citizenship League. the class of '19 in G O LD STAR M E N. M. A. G. Soldiers Who Have Been Killed in Action a nd Died in Service. C h u r c h i ll T. W., '15, 1st Lieut., De failure troit. Mich. Died of h e a rt at West Point, 7/8/18. Cooper, Gordon W., w'18, F l y i ng Cadet, Lansing, Mich. Killed falling airplane on Taliaferro Field, F t. Worth, Tex., J u ne 13, 1918. in Crone, Leonard, w'13, Lieut. Cadet, Royal Air Forces, Shepardsville, Mich. Killed in aeroplane crash in Waddington, Lincoln, Eng., 7/1/18. Edwardson, Arling F., w'13, Manistee, Mich. Died of pneumonia, 10/19/18. Esselstyn, F r a n k, w'18, Private, Lan ' in of wounds sing, Mich. Died F r a n c e. 8/11/18. Cordon, Walter, sc. '12-'15, Plymouth, Co. A, 125th Inf. Died in New Jer sey, F e b r u a r y, 1918. Halbert, Earl, w'20, Lawrence, Mich. Died at Camp MacArthur, Tex., 3/8/18. H a r r i e, Lester P., w'17, Johnson City, in action in F r a n c e, Tenn, Killed 7/9/18. Harvey, S. D.. w'16, 2d Lieut., Grand at Camp Custer, Died Haven. 10/4/17. Hice, Lewis K., w'18, Private, T h r ee in in action Rivers, Mich. Killed F r a n c e, 6/19/18. Johnson, Wm. R., '12, P v t, Metamora, Mich. Drowned in s i n k i ng of Tus- cania, Feb. 6, 1918. Leveaux, Cosmer. w'18, Corp., Luding- in action in ton, Mich. Killed France, 8/10/18. Luther, Olin C, w'19, Lake Odessa, in Alsace, in action Mich. Killed Sept. 25, 1918. McMillan, Donald C, Detroit, Mich. Died of wounds F r a n c e, 11/1/18. '15, 1st L i e u t, in McNair, Samuel R., w'20, Dansville, N. Y. Died of bronchial penumonia on U. S. S. Mercy, 10/13/18. MacLachlan, I ra D., '10, C a p t, Sault Ste. Marie, Mich. Died of wounds in France, Oct. 31, 1918. Miller, Donald A. Died in eastern camp, 1918. Monroe, George S., w'18, Supply Sgt., in ac South Haven, Mich. Killed tion in F r a n c e, 8/22/18. Peterson, E r n e st E., '15, Corp., Kinde, Mich. Died in F r a n c e, Sept. 1918. Perrottet, L a v e m e, w'19, Wheaton, 111. Killed in action, 6/15/18. Rust, W m. H., w'18, L i e u t, Merrill, in F r a n c e, Mich. Died of wounds Sept. 2, 1918. Sheldon, H. J., '14, Lieut., Lansing. Killed in action in France, 10/10/18. Smith, Burrell F., w'19. Private, F l i nt Died at Camp Custer, 3/29/18. Woodbridge, John, sc. '15, Wilmette, 111. Killed in action at Vimy Ridge, THE M, A. C. RECORD. F r a n c e, Apr. 9, 1918. Member of 72d Highlanders, Canadian Inf. Wylie, H u b e rt B„ w'19, Pvt., Shelby, Mich. Died of pneumonia at Camp Helabird, Md., 10/2/18. Williams, Garth J., w'19, L a u r i u m, in F r a n c e, Mich. Died of wounds 11/4/18. F u r l o n g, Harold A., w'18, 2d Lieut., Detroit, Mich. Killed in action in November, 1918. THE WAR F A C U L T Y. in various subjects T h at the M. A. C. faculty are a very accom- versatile group and widely lished is shown clearly in a glance at t he S. A. T. C. schedules force t h at have been d u r i ng term. T he soldiers courses were of course outlined a nd laid down by t he w ar d e p a r t m e nt and included strictly w ar subjects with practically none of the sciences. t he p a st in those students in W ar Aims, W i th t he diminished teaching force at the college m a ny shifts were nec essary in order to provide instructors for all classes. Botany, zoology and English departments with practically no classes of regular fur nished instructors for t he w ar courses. Among the most noteworthy of the shifts were involving Dr. Bes- sey and Professors Johnston, Hedrick, K i ng a nd Roseboom. Dr. Bessey, head the botany department, h as been of teaching classes a course the causes t he history of in leading to t he war. Prof. Ryder h as directed the w ar aims courses. Prof. King of the E n g l i sh d e p a r t m e nt h as been teaching mathematics. Prof. He drick, head of the economics depart ment, has become one of Prof. Ryder's instructors in W ar Aims. Prof. Rose- boom of t he Zoology d e p a r t m e nt h as been teaching classes in physiological chemistry. Profs. DeZeeuw and Wood cock of t he Botany d e p a r t m e nt have been m e e t i ng classes in physics; In structors Mayne and Weaver of t he E n g l i sh department, a nd Prof. Con ger of the Zoology department, have been teaching W ar Aims; Profs. B u rt of the Geology d e p a r t m e nt a nd Dar lington of t he Botany d e p a r t m e nt have been Prof. teaching m a t h e m a t i c s. Dunford of t he Economics d e p a r t m e nt has been giving a course in business m a n a g e m e nt for prospective ordnance officers. Prof. Reuling of t he mechan ical engineering d e p a r t m e nt and Philp of t he civil engineering d e p a r t m e nt h a ve both been teaching mathematics. R. S. CLARK '18 WRITES OF RUSSIA. interest -since Clark The following extracts from a let ter from R. S. Clark, '18, to Mrs. C. C. Wood, E a st Lansing, is of particu lar is t he only M. A. C. m an so far as we know w ho is a m e m b er of expeditionary force in Archangel. Clark is in Co. C, 1st Bn., 310th Eng., A. N. R. E. F. " T h e re a re a host of t h i n gs about t he 6 tell one or two Russia a nd R u s s i a ns t h at I m i g ht tell you about. The rules of t he censors indeed, so I be are very reasonable lieve I will things. Archangel, one of the principal ports of Russia and a city of 40,000 inhabi t a n t s, is situated at the m o u th of t he from Dvina river about 50 miles up the W h i te Sea. The whole of the s u r r o u n d i ng country is alluvial de posit or delta, and so flat is the coun t ry t h at even h e re t he tide rises t h r ee feet or more. The river is navigable for t he largest ships, a nd is almost the sole support of the city. T h e re is practically no a g r i c u l t u re in this vi cinity, only m a r sh h ay a nd small gar den stuff being produced a nd these at fabulous prices. Carrots are one rouble (10c) each. Hay, 1,000 roubles per is ton. A skinny Russian pony ($400). Arch held at 4,000 roubles line, electric angel h as a street car lights, telephones, wireless, and a rail t he most road. Great sawmills form front p r o m i n e nt a nd for miles piles of very complete a nd modern ( in t he R u s s i an m e a n i ng of t he word) and as all t he lumber t h is is soft wood they m a ke a veritable carpenter's paradise. industry. The river y a r ds lumber is all a re logs. T he mills t h at indeed ''The Russian streets and roads are very, very miserable, not to say abso I ride a bicycle to a nd lutely rotten. from work, and find it takes an engineer to r un it. A motor lasts about six months. The t r u ck good old Ford certainly comes into its own in Russia. T he homes a re mostly of logs—not the rough cabin our American pioneers built b ut veri table log castles, the joints and crev ices all packed w i th tow, t he corners all dovetailed, all p a r t i t i o ns ditto, and the w o r k m a n s h ip most admirable. I take off my h at to t he R u s i an car penter. He is a slow old fogie, a nd does most of his work with a razor- edged, club-handled h a nd axe b ut he is a 31 degree craftsman. He seems times, to be in to t h at shall still be O. t u rn out work K. when the first few eons of E t e r n i ty have rolled past. He takes a week to do a day's work, a nd for t h at rea son he can't work on my gang, but I t he same. I fancy some a re t a ke off my h at to build for all to h im t r y i ng t r y i ng j u st fact "One-half of Archangel seems well to do enough, but t he other half seems positively destitute. I see scores of well dressed m en and also scores of very pretty girls. I truly believe there are more handsome young women and more hideous and decrepit old ones in any one I have in this city t h an visited in before. T he men strongly for uniforms — gold braid, brass buttons, military orna caps, little gewgaws of m e n ts a nd dinkly all sorts. A n i g h t w a t c h m an in Arch angel h as an American A d m i r al beat goes. en a mile so far as Everyone who h as ever h ad a job w h e re a uniform could be considered as permissible wears uniform uniform t h at go 6 I in jobs imagine the meantime. T h at long as a rag and a brass button remain, though he work at 25 differ is ent the Russian of they it. t h i nk our plain uniform pretty slow. "Russia is t he L a nd of the National Smell. The well dressed people, men as well as women, affect strong per fumery. The ragged people wash only to once a year and describe to be appreciated. to The houses are devoid of ventilation. is no adequate sewerage sys There t h at smell tem, open sinks are used to high heaven. Refuse of all sorts is dumped Somebody said pretty aptly t h at one's strongest impression of Russia enters one's head through try the result—it simply has I shall not experienced the street. the nose. be in if job. The (some are tobacco, but some of "Not knowing a word of Russian, I fast. don t get acquainted here very Most of my Russian friends are the children who swarm about our car little boys beg con penter the tinually for little girls are nice enough they were only well scrubbed and dressed still bare more warmly in. ice footed and we have had l-8th named a l r e a d y ). One in particular Lualua the "rumble seat" of my wheel. The long, and Dvina Bridge makes a splendid place for trick rid ing. Tonight as I came across the bridge with Lualua on behind and her little chum on the handle bars, both in laughing and c h a t t e r i ng at once long-whis Russian 1 saw a score of kered, smile sullen-faced Russians who h a d n 't smiled in a blue moon I'll w a r r a n t. rides home with me on is 1-3 mile "Paper money is plenty here but the catch is, it takes a hatful of it to buy three I enclose a rouble anything. note stamp (30c) and a 10-kopeka ( l c) as curiosities. Both are "pub lished" (lo cally only) as legal tender. The chil dren are rich kopeka—everybody has a pocketful of it. The boys some times have silver and copper coins also, which to barter in large sheets and pass they would be glad tobacco, for in That the work "I am very busy these days, helping sprout and grow to m a ke b a r r a c ks is before. where none grew the old trade for me, and I back at enjoy immensely. The na tives look with wonder at our hurry- up methods and no doubt prophesy the collapse of our structures. The boys are contented enough here, being to busy a nd well-quartered. Contrary our expectations we a re from vermin. Can you imagine t h at in the a r m y? "The is to beginning long night I saw the Aurora close down a little. at the zenith the other day. The sun already sets at 5:30 p. m. and only gets 25 degrees high at noon. We are expecting 40 degrees below zero about C h r i s t m as when the s un only shows for three h o u rs at noon, but w a rm clothes are plentiful and I guess no If these one dreads the winter much. free THE M. A. C. RECORD. poor people can live I reckon we can wory along some way. * * *" M. A. C. S O L D I E RS R E T U R N I NG TO CIVIL L I F E. Baker, H. P., '01, Captain, Camp Gor don, Ga. Bartley, H. J., '18 ( w i t h ), Lieut. Camp Lewis, Washington. Brownell, S. J., '16, Lieut. Camp Lew is, Washington. Calrow, Lytton, '18, Lieut. Camp Tay lor, Ky. Cawood, WT. N., w'18, Lieut. Camp Perry, Ohio. Dee, Thomas, '18, Lieut. Montgomery, Ala. Edmonds, G. C, Taylor, Ky. Froelich, H. L., '17, 0. T. S., Camp '18, Sig. O. T. C, Camp Meade, Md. Hall, J. W., w'18, Lieut. School of Fire, Ft. Sill, Okla. Keating, T. W., w'18, Lieut. Camp A. A. H u m p h r e y s, Va. Kelly, W. T., '19, Cadet, Ebert's Field, Lonoke, Ark. Pino, Otto, '17, Lieut. Camp Jackson, S. C. Rainey, D. P., w'20, Sig. O. T. C, Camp Meade, Md. in the ten days to t he Eng F r i tz m a de "I am here in E n g l a nd in a British Hospital, I was getting mended. Wounded on October 17th at LeCateau is on the Cambrai-St. Quentin which front. first I spent A u s t r a l i an Base Hospital at Abbeville a nd was t h en transferred lishman's Blighty. five h i ts on me—thigh,, side, two in back, and left hand, but none of t h em are to get really serious, and I'm going off with only two and one-half fingers I am gain missing on my left hand. to be entirely ing rapidly and hope I well can get around by myself some now. I am the first of the year but of course t h at all rests with Uncle Sam." in a couple of weeks more. to be home by in hopes H A R D T A C K. How v e r d a nt they bloom in the of my memory,-— The feeds we enjoyed in old Com fields pany "C," The mystery stew, the delicious "plum apple," • And even the tan-liquor rationed as tea. I chuckle to think of the 'M. & V. '16, Candidate, Camp mixture, Ralya, L. L., Taylor, Ky. Seidel, C. J., Va. . '17, Lieut. Ft. Monroe, Strauss, Carl H., w'18, Lieut. School of Fire, Ft. Sill, Okla. * WITH THE COLORS * IN H O S P I T A LS S t i m p s on '05. front. C, A. Stimpson, '05, is in the Wal ter Reed Hospital, Washington, D. C, recovering from wounds received on the F r e n ch Stimpson was in action March 28th. He wounded was with Co. B of the 6th Engineers. During in a base hospital in F r a n ce and has since been removed to the Walter Reed Hospital in Washington, D. C. His wounds have necessitated the amputa tion of his the el bow and shoulder. the early summer he was left a rm between Mrs. C. A. Stimpson ( E d na Hop- son) a former music instructor at M. A. C, is living at Hillsboro, Oregon, at 1548 Maple Ave. G o r s l i ne '19. '19, is R. H. Gorsline, in England recovering, from wounds. Gorsline left college only last spring and made record time in getting over to France, the up to ap.d top finally in action. He was with Co. A, 102d Eng. and is now in W a rd 7, War Hospital, Bath, Som erset, England. The following is from to Mrs. C. C. Wood, a East L a n s i n g: the front, over "getting h i s" letter w r i t t en T h at vegetable compound of flavor so r a r e; And l a st but not least, of the famous Iron Ration, The U. S. A. hardtack they fed to us there. The armor-plate hardtack, the jaw- breaking hardtack, The case-hardened fed to us there. h a r d t a ck they T h at 'piece de resistance" I hail as a treasure, F or often at mess-call I've waited in line, To get, at the hands of the Cook- shanty Despot, The kitful of "soupie" t h at I could call mine, I grumbled, perhaps, t h at the stew was of mutton,— Recalling Camp Custer's more sump tuous fare. But always I grabbed for the fair "Bishkie Dobra," The two a r my hardtacks he handed me there. The water-proof hardtacks, mond-drill hardtacks, the dia The oil-tempered hardtacks he hand ed me there. And now far removed from Archan gel's environs, My w a r t i me experience dims on my view, the fair In light of PEACE all the angles are softened, Old memories fade, before those t h at are new. No longer I t h i nk of inspections and chillblains, And guard-tours at night Bolshevik's lair, in the , But never I swear will I cease to re member, The dainty white h a r d t a ck they fed to lis there. The elegant hardtack, hardtack, thrice blessed The fill-belly h a r d t a ck they fed to us there. SGT. R. S. CLAKK, Company "C," 310th Engrs., '18, Archangel, Russia. BY HARVEY PHOTO SHOP- TUB LAST CALL. t h is week After campus will t u rn the college bell as a m a r k er of times and periods. the bugle from the to F r om R. W. Peterson, '16, Base Hos is from going Although little of w h at pital 62, A. E. F. F r a n c e. the some distance front, we have plenty of evidence t h at on. Characteristic a war Yankee pep accomplishing is surely things and the United States is push ing the war in a way highly satisfac tory to all but the Germans. Sounds more or less trite but the significance can only be grasped by one who has the Americans seen a the present were up against before organization was built up. is as the F r e n ch have ac tonishing w h at equip the meager complished with ment at it spirit with not for which the past four years, the Americans would be tempted to laugh at their antique them methods, or possibly swear at after bouncing along a day or two on one of in a Kooner- railroads trolley car. But after ex ville like few American dollars for changing a bale of F r e n ch paper and investing in a pair of wooden shoes, some of is unconsciously the P a r i s i an swank acquired. their command and were the they have conducted war immortal their It We hear m a ny r u m o rs over here of the war as a be t e r m i n a t i on of it will t h at an early all a re satisfied whirlwind finish. THE M. A. C. RECORD. F r om J o hn P. DePagter, '15, an in spector of bridge construction with the 87th Squadron, Spruce Production Division, Siemscarey, W a s h i n g t o n: in The tales the RECORD from the boys at the front m a ke one feel Un kindly to say the least towards a fate t h at keeps a healthy young buck so far behina the lines t h at he can't even imagine things as they are over there. But Uncle Sam says he can't use men trenches with Defective vision in the so here I am. At t he Spruce Division do all we can and w h at more can any m an do. least, we of is regarding in aeroplanes and I have never come across any arti cle in the JAKCOIUJ t h at indicated t h at any other M. A. C. m an was out here or t h at you had ever received any in formation the activities of this organization. On the supposition t h at you might be interested in what we are doing I'll give a little resume. the The S. P. D. is organized for purpose of getting out spruce for air the plane construction. As you know to is the best material S i t ka spruce in found use commercial quantities only in the Pa So Uncle Sam or cific Northwest. ganized it. He the S. P. D. to get appointed Colonel Disque ( now brig adier general) as told him to supply ten million feet a m o n th of first class spruce lumber. He did. He used limited service m en to build the largest mills in the world at Van couver, Wash., and Wash. At the same time he sent lim ited service men into the forests. He time. built railroads Cut timber till the old t i m e rs gasped. He reached the ten million m a rk all right and Uncle Sam said "Well done good and faithful servant," now get out t h i r ty million feet a month. Wise acres sani "It can't be done." Gen. Disque says nothing but the wheels. in super record Port Angeles, its head and starts it in m a ny t h at extra these hills We're after looks much t w e n ty mil in lion. This country is undeveloped, like one would fact imagine the forests "over t h e r e" look now. Some twenty years ago fire de vastated places and the naked snags stick up out of the green as silent m o n u m e n ts of the "days before." Some hills are entirely barren. But inside is vegetation such as m an seldom sees north of the trop ics. The likeness to the country "over t h e r e" is continued by the m a ny a r my camps with their rows of white tents. Each m o r n i ng and each n i g ht the call Throughout is heard. the bugle of the day we hear roar of heavy the charges of dynamite and the calls of the Swede powder monkeys. it's leave the service Oh, it's a great life and a gay one. but We'll he glad when any wouldn't I hap m a n 's money till it's pen to be a Forester so I guess I'm in the right place at that, though I'd like to be with my old classmate, Doc Brundage "over over for finished. there." 7 '16, who h as Lieut. S. J. Brownell, j u st been discharged from the service at Camp Lewis, Washington, visited college this week. A coincidence oc first curred in the officers' mess of the and second battalion of the Depot Brigade at Camp Lewis, Washington, in which out of eight m en at his table six were M. A. C. men. The names of a'l six of the Aggie contingent there there begin with B. Beside Brownell were . J. Bartlett, w'18; Gus Bartels, w'20; W. B. Brown, '16; C. F. Barnett, '17, and Hugh J. Bartley, w'18. Bart- ley was discharged and r e t u r n ed to Michigan with Brownell. §j <£# Alumni Notes <£# | •JJSS18 3SS3K'3S^!SS51S 33SI32ZSSIS2M3K '61. ( w i t h) of J a r ed M. Knapp the de p a r t m e nt of Biological Sciences, Wash ington State Normal School Belling- ham, Washington, has just written, the Michigan Agri "all s t u d e n ts of cultural College who were present in the beginning of institution will the greatly miss old College Hall where the'y received instruction. All classes were held in this building. I would', like to attend the r e u n i on at the col lege next year but the journey seems a long one for a m an 80 y e a rs old. I t r u st the college may have a pros perous year." '89. of E. A. Holden, 600 Shiawassee St., Lansing, Michigan, is secretary of the P a t r o na Mutual F i re I n s u r a n ce Co., the P a t r o na Cyclone Co., also both of which he organized. He is "doing a to help little farming feed the world, especially the boys at for world freedom." the front His son, Harold P. Holden, with '17, is a sergeant at Camp Custer. fighting j u st '00. J o hn R. Thompson, Bureau of Valu ation, I n t e r s t a te Commerce Commis sion, Chicago, Illinois, received a com mission as Captain of E n g i n e e rs in October. He expected at t h at time to leave for service w i t h in a week or ten days. '01. H u gh P. Baker, Capt. Inf., has j u st from been m u s t e r ed out of the army r e t u r n ed Camp Meade, Md., a nd h as to resume his duties as dean of the New York State College of F o r e s t ry at Syracuse, New York. 8 THE M. A. C. RECORD. '02. H. ^E. Young, Secretary of the Illi nois F a r m e r s' I n s t i t u t e, h as j u st sent in a very attractive booklet on "Illi nois Mighty Agricultural Patriot," a 1918 centennial issue. F r om the book let we learn t h at Illinois ranked first among all the states in the value of all farm crops produced as estimated by the IT. S. Department of Agricul It presents t u re for the year 1917. in a very graphic way the work t h at the state h as done in food production reflects and farm development Mr. Young's own activity and success as secretary of the Illinois F a r m e r s' I n s t i t u t e. and '04. W. J. Wright, director of the New York Agricultural School, Alfred, N. Y., has j u st resigned t h at position to become state junior exten leader of sion work at Cornell University. The following is quoted from the F i at Lux, a publication of the students of Al fred Lniversity, "The work which Dr. W r i g ht takes up was created through the Smith-Lever law and carries with it great responsibility a nd importance. Dr. W r i g ht has held his p r e s e nt posi tion since 1912 and has proven so emi nently successful the to the University and deepest regret the * community resignation has been received. The state is to be congratulated on being able to secure and so the Director a m an authoritative Wright." services of competent t h at his is with t h at as it He has the other officers of '05. Horace S. H u nt was appointed by Dr. H. A. Garfield last July as ad ministrative engineer for Michigan on the Bureau of Conservation U. S. Fuel recently Administration. moved with the to the Book Building, a d m i n i s t r a t i on Detroit. H u nt has charge of all coal conservation activities in Michigan as to steam power plants. they p e r t a in is be He writes, effi ing ciency, and recommendations are be the adoption of more ing made for in order efficient operating methods to save coal." His work includes the i n a g u r a t i on of skip stops on railways, utilization of excess water power and the closing down of inefficient isolated plants. He expects to retur*n soon to the F a r go E n g i n e e r i ng Company of from whose em Jackson, Michigan, inspected and r a t ed as 'every power plant to ploy he was assist the Fuel Administration. temporarily released to '06. E. N. Bates, who has been Assist a nt Professor of Mechanical Engineer ing at Pennsylvania State College, re to enter gov signed during the fall the e r n m e nt work in connection with storage and dockage of and grain products. grains 07. O. A. K r a tz is now chief of the Bur the city of for eau of Construction Portland, Oregon. 'OS.- H. I. Glazer is now captain the Q u a r t e r m a s t e rs Corps. His address is 1340 Randolph, Washington, D. C. in Laura Hyde Kratz, Hillsdale, Ore gon, writes t n at she is doing her "bit bringing up two young sons, Malcolm, four years old and Courtney nearly three." F. M. Barden writes of a light peach crop during the past season, having only 1,200 bushels, but t h at what they lacked in quantity was made up for by the splendid price which they brought. There are many things to be thankful for. '00. Leta Hyde Keller who been spending the past year in Oregon and California has to her home returned j u st in Hastings, Michigan. has This from Chan C. Taylor, 205 Hill- "though crest Ave., Lo isville, Ky., much belated I wish to announce the arrival of R u th Eleanor Taylor on J u ne 26th. Time flies so rapidly t h at I have not realized t h at five m o n t hs have since passed. Still at the same old job, assistant to vice president of the Kentucky Tobacco Product Com pany, Louisville. '10. in instructor last week. M. M. Babcock, In- I n d u s t r i al E n g i n e e r i ng at Pennsylva nia State College, was a visitor in E a st Lansing The engi neering buildings and power p l a nt at Penn State burned on November 25th and college men and S. A. T. C. sol leave. diers were given still Babcock t h at P e nn State team talks about the M. A. C. football which administered to them on their new field in 1915 and t h at ever since t h at memorable day their sole object in military work has t h at would been to develop a band the drubbing ten-day says a to themselves equal the M. A. C. band t h at accom panied the team to P e nn State. They also wish in redeem football as the defeat M. A. C. admin istered was t he first they suffered on field. Mr. a nd Mrs. Bab their new cock '12), attended the wedding of Mrs. Babcock's sister, '12, and Russell Val- Verna S. Allen, '16. leau, (Fernelle Allen, 'li. H. E. Dennison is back in Michigan the working in one week schools for extension service of the college. HOTEL HEADQUARTERS F OR M. A. C. P E O P LE 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. 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E. C. Lindemann at present with the War Camp Community Service, will accept a position with the Y. M. C. A. College of Chicago on January 1st. The Chicago college trains county "Lindy" has been "Y" in New York securing 50 community singing leaders for War Camp Com munity Service. leaders. W. H. Urquhart has just been made superintendent of the Michigan Bolt and Nui Works, Detroit, Michigan. A recent issue of the Iron Age in an item on the personnel of the company contains a picture of Urquhart and mentions that "he came to the com pany six months ago as mechanical engineer and has been assistant su perintendent for a considerable por tion of the intervening time." Urqu hart is living at 670 Helen Ave., De- UNIFORMS F OR ARMY O F F I C E RS V e ry h i gh grade Military Uniforms made to i n d i v i d u al measure by mi litary tailors. CAPS, HATS, LEGGINGS, PUTTEES COLLARS AND FUNK INSIGNIA SEND FOR CATALOG NO. 39A. T HE Henderson-Ames Co. KALAMAZOO, MICH. THE M. A. C. RECORD. troit, Michigan. There are two Urqu hart children, Barbara two years, and Robert Gordon, six months. Jane, '12. F. H. McDermid writes in Novem ber, "we have just finished harvest ing our biggest crop of apples and they are bigger, and a better crop than ever. We now have 2,400 bushels in our storage." ' 1 3. J. M. Wendt, Agricultural Agent for St. Joseph county, reports a young- son, nine and a half months old, whose name is John Martin, Jr. Wm. Curtis, Jr. (with) is driving a lied Cross ambulance in France and may be addressed, care American Red Cross, Transportation Department, 4 Rue Gabriel, Paris. R. R. Pailthrop, employed by the Bureau of Markets, at 424 Federal Bldg., Spokane, Wash., says, "now that • the war is about over I hope that the fellows Avho have been in service will take a few minutes off and let us com mon citizens who have not been for tunate enough to get into the scrap hear from them through the columns of the RECORD." '14. R. B. Kellogg, Jr. (with) who has been a junior lieutenant on the U. S. S. Iowa, is now chief engineer on the U. S. S. Raleigh, a gunboat. His ad dress is care Postmaster, New York. Mrs. W. R. Cartwright (Miss Jessie Whitney) has moved from Cuyahoga Falls, Ohio, to 741 W. Exchange St., Akron, Ohio, where her husband is employed by the Firestone Tire Co. Austin L. Coons is on his farm at Lowell, Michigan, and has had a very good year with his orchards. This year's apples were the best quality that he has yet produced and next spring he expects to start a good-sized peach orchard. '15. Etha B. Smith, who operates the End of the Trail Store at Houghton is now in Webber- Lake, Michigan, ville. F. E. Burrell. has moved from 337 Putnam Ave., to 733 Second Ave., De troit, Mich. Burrell is employed with the D. U. R. Company. Julia A. Raven, St. Mary's School, Mission, S. Dakota, has been changed from matron to the Domestic Science Department, and together with her teaching and other school duties over sees cooking for the institution. John W. Leggat is order clerk and stock chaser in the shell department of the Maxwell Motor Company. He entered the munitions work on July 1st. Previous to that time for two years he was connected with the tech nical advising branch of the Maxwell 9 service. "Am father of another boy now four months old, making for me a family of two boys." IT T A LC 1 onteel 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 & GRO., Inc. The Rexall Store ft. C. BAUER, Pharmacist Opposite M. fl. C. East Lansing, Mich. t A N St N G €?£e£3>XATE COMPANY S J W l l A V E S tS A concern whose ability a nd f a c i l i t i es p ut Lansing in the same class w i th Chicago in the production of Engravings to illustrate Catalogs-Circulars - Booklets - Newspaper A r t i c l e s - in f a ct anuthinq r e q u i r i ng a p i c t u re in o ne or m o re colors soesoc PROMPT SERVICE 230 WASHINGTON AVS.NP. tAHSl** JtfKHlCA* Citi.Phono SU67 — »*11 1 9 04 II THE M. A. C. RECORD. HolidayGoods? [Yes! Only a few, but enough for w ar t i m e s. Prices Right Randall Drag Co. NEW DRUG STORE We have purchased the stcck 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 Y O U RS F OR GOOD M E R C H A ND ISE AND F A IR P R I C E S! EAST LANSING GROCERY CO. T wo West from the Bank EAST LANSING HARDWARE EDWIN F. CARVEY PAINTS, OILS, YARNISHES, BUILDERS' SUPPLIES, and A Full Line of Hardware and Cutlery Bell Phone 2460-J 278 GRAND R I V ER AVENUE the Charles B. Dunphy, captain the Veterinary Corps, is assistant the Depart d e p a r t m e nt surgeon of m e nt of the South, and is located in t he department surgeon's office at Ft. Sam Houston, Texas. in to ' '17. - Helen Peterson m a n a g es the cafe teria of the Reo Motor Car Company in Lansing. instructor Lieut. F r a n k. W. Marx is acting as an in France and is located at 0. & T. Cen ter Xo. 5, A. P. 0. No. 922. A. E. F. t r a i n i ng camp in a H. E. Macomber is in the Chemical Warfare Service at Edgewood Arsenal, is working un Edgewood, Md., and der Lieut. Al Iddles, '12. Macomber is in Company 2, 2d Bn. J. Clyde Anderson, Creek, the Michigan, writes, "doing duty on let me farm. Uncle Sam would not t he in take me enlist nor would he draft. that no account class of physical disabilities. Yours for a post war M. A. C. t h at will outshine all others. Sand In Chauncy A. Hoag who is with Diak in De & Smith, chemical engineers troit, has accepted a position with the Lincoln Motor Company, and on Jan uary 1st will enter their chemical re search a re laboratory. The Hoags living at 671 Lothrop Ave,-, Detroit, Michigan. ( w i t h) 1st Lieut. A. L. T u r n er is with the 37th Infantry of the regular army guarding the Mexican border in the vicinity of Laredo, Texas. Ft. Mc intosh at Laredo is h e a d q u a r t e rs for the regiment. D u r i ng September Lt. T u r n er was detailed for four weeks to hell* instruct University of Texas stu dents at Camp Mayby of Austin. He was commended for his work among the students. Mrs. A. L. T u r n er who was Susan E. Black, w'19, has been with her husband on the border for over a year. j u st out This from a the war Some of is an excerpt letter from Glenn S." Thomas, Hort, w h o ' is the business office of Stark gracing ,Mo.: Bros.' Nursery, at Louisiana, just got word down here "We have that the is over. natives are wondering 'what war,' but they can't fool me. I know. Darned if I wasn't pretty nigh into it—-I had almost convinced the war department I Av.ould make desirable cannon fod der. Now little Tommy will be com to stand around, feeling about pelled as necessary to m a n k i nd as the hole in a perforated doughnut, and cheer while the boys come m a r c h i ng home." '18. H. C. Diehl h as been working in the Yale Chemical W a r f a re Service Lab oratory at New Haven, Conn., princi in gas defense. He pally on research '14, and Prof. t h at Doolittle, writes the Medical Huston, now captain in the Corps, are also lab former connected with oratory and the Brady Army Laboratory at New Haven. in New Haven, the Yale latter at the A Merry Christmas to You. On this day, business is for gotten, and it is as your fellow t h at we extend our townsmen wishes a Merry Christmas to you for lor the coming uear. 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