J A N U A RY ]7, 1919. ^n 1 VOL. XXIV. <%he M A C RECORD Alumni Endorse Dormitory System. Alumni Magazines Associated. Student Activities Resumed. A Letter from Lacey '14, Army Flyer. 5? 2 WS *= O&JkOcannot live onHerpast~ s* •5WS What will you do for Her Jidure T =* SftNV5— fit %e MICHIGAN AGRICULTURAL COLLEGE Lansing,Michigan ASSOCIATION - East Publisher\y nniim mi LUJ TTT Ec a 2 THE M. A. C. RECORD. DIRECTORY L A N S I NG B U S I N E SS A ND P R O F E S S I O N AL M EN JTHE names in this Directory, as well as those of all our other aduei Users, are of re- lable parties. We hope the faculty and students will patronize those who patronize us. A. M. EMERY, '83. 223 Wash. Ave. .N. H. C. P r a t t, *09, in Charge of Office Supply Department. Books, Fine Stationery, Engraved Call ing Cards, Fountain Pens, Pictures, Frames, Filing- Cabinets and General Office Supplies. BLUDEAU, SIEBERT & GATES Bookbinders File Boxes, Map Mountings, Etc. Citizens Phone No. 3019. Cor. "Washington Ave. and Allegan St. LOUIS BECK CO. 112 Wash. Ave. N. Best in Clothes for Men and Boys. J. E. STOFFER, D. D. S. Office 203-5 City National Bank Bldg. Bell phone 61 Automatic phone 2361 ALLEN & DE KLEINE CO. 124-130 West Ionia.. Printers—Office Outfitters PAGELSEN & SPENCER Patents, P a t e nt Law, Trademarks 1107-10 Chamber of Commerce Bldg., Detroit, Michigan E. N. Pagelsen, '89 L. M. Spencer, '06 Formerly Examiners U. S. Patent Office. Telephone Grand 2635-M ALLEN & BOONE, ENGINEERS Electrical, Automotive, Mechanical, Chemical. Testing- Laboratories, 870 Woodward Ave. G. H. Allen, '09. Detroit, Mich. SMITH POULTRY & EGG CO. Commission Merchants Solicit consignments in Poultry — Veal — E g gs Guy H. Smith, '11 Western Market, Detroit. GOODELL, ZELIN C. (Forestry, M. A. C. '11) Insurance and Bonds of Every Kind If you haven't insured your better see or write Goodell about a good proposition. Lansing Insurance Agency, Inc., 208-212 Capital National Bank Bldg. salary, T HE BIRNEY ELECTRIC CO. 119 E. Mich. Ave. Leo J. Hughes, Vice Pres., With Class of '15. A Variety of Fixtures for Students' Rooms—Students' Lamps and Mazda Bulbs. The finest equipped plant in Central Michigan Bell 1094 Citz. 3436 LANSING BATTERY SHOP 123 E a st Ottawa St., Lansing, Mich. E. E. Kinney, '15, Proprietor, Storage Batteries and Auto Electrical Troubles Our Specialties. ELECTRICAL EQUIPMENT CO. Electrical Contracting and Engineering. Dealers in E v e r y t h i ng Electrical. 117 Michigan E. H. KOSITCHEK & BROS. 113 N. Wash. Ave. The Home of Those Celebrated Ed. V. Price Tailor-Made Suits and Over coats (Fashion P a rk Clothes) (Style Plus, Suits and Over coats.) SAMUEL L. KILBOURNE, ex-'61 Lawyer 214% Washington Ave. S. Lansing, Mich. CORYELL NURSERY Birmingham, Mich. Growers of High Grade Ornamentals. We raise a large variety of vigorous stock for home grounds and public parks. Coryell, '14, secretary and treasurer. '84, president; Ralph I. R. J. Coryell, Coryell, '14, sec'y and treasurer. A. G. BISHOP, Odorless Cleaners, Fancy Dyers 114-6 Washtenaw W. Citz. 2268 Bell 580 J. H. LARRABEE 325 S. Washington Ave. Sport Shop—Athletic Goods of All Kinds. H. H. LARKED China, Glass and Lamps 105 Washington Ave. S. The M. A. C. Association is organized to keep alive the Spirit of M. A. C. ARE TOV HELPING? Membership is $2.00 a year which includes subscription to the Record. SAIER GARDEN BOOK FOR 1919 AN UP-TO-DATE SEED BOOK of Michigan grown seeds for Michigan growers. Ask for your copy now before supply is exhausted. HARRY E. SAIER, Seedsman 109-111 E. Ottawa St. Li&JSSiBQ, MICH, For 21 Years Printers of the M. A. C. Record Uaforettre Sc Han IBurm •printing donttfang 210-212 North Grand Ave., Lansing East Lansing Directory DR. OSCAR H. BRUEGEL Hours: 11 to 12 a. m., 2 to 4 and 7 to 8 p. m. Sundays 12 to 1 p. m. Evening hours: Mon., Wed. and Sat. by appointment. Office in East Lansing State Bank Bldg. Phones: Res. Bell 830, Citz. 3244. •• Office Citz. 2572 "HANK" AND "PRANK" the Pool, Billiards, Cigars. last five years. the new Dickson Building. In Your barbers for COLLEGE CAFE AND TEA ROOM Grand River Ave., E a st Lansing. A Real Good Place to Eat. Operated by the Misses Smith, Former Pro prietors of the Wildwood Cafe. A. B. HARFORD College Watch Maker Variety and Gift Shop. H A R V EY PHOTO S H OP P O R T R A I TS Kinds Photographic Work All We Do Framing E. M. Harvey 1915. J. H. P r a tt Mgr. ABBOT AVE. THE CAMPUS PRESS E A ST LANSING'S MODERN PRINTING P R E SS Now Located in the New Bank Building P R I N,T I NG E M B O S S I NG E N G R A V I NG Welcome WE are glad of your return. YOU will be glad of our GOOD THINGS TO EAT. L0FTUS T HE M AC RECORD E A ST L A N S I N G, MICHIGAN, F E I D A Y, J A N U A RY 17, 1 9 1 9. NO. 14. VOL.. X X I V. term. P a r t i es a nd social in STUDENT LIFE a nd a c t i v i t i e s, as days before t he w ar a re beginning this func tions after a long period of inactivity are again coming to t he fore. Class meetings a re being held for t he elec tion of officers absent, a nd class yells are again heard, after nightfall. To ajl appearances t he stu dent body a re p r e p a r i ng themselves for t he reconstruction period. particularly T HE E A ST L A N S I NG C H U R CH is con t i n u i ng i ts community service in t he capacity of an information bureau a nd clearing house for rooms short course students. T h r o u g h o ut t he S. A. T. C. regime it w as used as a Hos tess House, a nd proved its worth un der t he direction of Mrs. Holt w ho is continuing as i ts matron. for "Community Life" E A ST L A N S I NG COMMUNITY L I F E, vol ume one, n u m b er one, made its ap community pearance in t he college repre last week. sents t he fulfillments of hopes long cherished by E a st Lansing business men for a community newspaper. It is to be issued weekly on F r i d a y s. Glenn Kies, Gardening Club Leader for Lansing, h as been selected by t he businessmen's association as manag ing editor. Paul Miller, formerly an instructor depart m e nt a nd now a teacher of history in the E a st L a n s i ng high school, is as sistant editor. T he p r i n t i ng is done by t he Campus Press in E a st Lansing. The first inter esting report on t he community gar den project by N. A. McCune, '02, en titled "When t he Church T u r ns Far illustrations mer." T he story with was reprinted "Michigan F a r m e r ." issue contains a very in t he economics from t he have T HE EATING CLUBS in t he b a s e m e nt of Williams Hall transferred their scenes of action to t he basement of t he Dickson Building in E a st Lan sing. Mrs. J a m e s, w ho was in charge of t he combined Williams Hall clubs for t he S. A. T. C, h as opened up a new dining room " on h er o w n" and is operating independently of t he col lege. fire. T he lean ROOMING HOUSES in E a st L a n s i ng have profited greatly by t he Williams Hall times felt while the R. 0. T. C. w as in vogue have snap t e r m i n a t ed with apparently for rooms a re now in great demand. a Nearly one h u n d r ed m en w ho h ad signed up for q u a r t e rs in Williams r e t u r n ed for t he winter term to find no happy homes a w a i t i ng them. T he placing of Williams Hall roomers into off campus houses, together with t he usual winter demand of "Short H o r n s" for lodging places h as filled up prac in t he tically every available room community, even t he college attendance is small. It would not ap pear to be an opportune time for E a st dormitory oppose L a n s i ng to scheme at M. A. C. though t he * * * HAVE YOU SOMETHING F OR * * T HE WAR E X H I B I T? * * T he exhibit of w ar relics in which * * pieces collected by M. A. C. m en * * a re to feature is being prepared as * * a part of t he general exhibit for * * F a r m e rs Week F e b r u a ry 4 to 10. * * The committee will appreciate t he * * loan of a ny w ar pieces of a ny sort * * that will add to t he attractiveness * * of t he exhibit, a nd will pay trans- * * portation charges a nd assure their * * safe should be * * sent to C. W. McKibbin, Alumni * * Recorder, East Lansing. * * * return. Pieces ** * * * * * * A CASUAL ONLOOKER would scarcely believe his eyes should he drop in at the gymnasium Wednesdays a nd Fri days from 5 to 6 to witness t he fac ulty gymnasium class in action. T he t he once cavortings a nd antics of to termed "staid old faculty" p ut spring shame t ne gambolings of a lamb. T he pool too is being heavily patronized. they their attention SIGNS THAT T HE YOUNG MEN of Mich igan, as a result of some of t he les sons learned in t he war, a re to engineer t u r n i ng ing, have become manifest at M. A. C. Registrations in Miss Yakely's of fice show time in t h at for t he first years t he number of young m en who have t he mechanical, engi chemical, civil a nd electrical neering courses h as leaped up until it is nearly equal to t he number w ho are p u r s u i ng t he study of agriculture. The show 227 Ags a nd 220 engineers, with a total enrollment including of 800 regular women. students, enrolled figures last in M i ss ELIZABETH P A L M, '11, a s s i s t a nt librarian, who h as been serving with the Red Cross at t he Base Hospital at Camp Custer, h as been released from service a nd r e t u r n ed to h er for mer post in t he library on Monday. as '89, h as R AY STANNARD BAKER, re publicity cently been appointed agent for P r e s i d e nt Wilson d u r i ng the peace conference. Mr. Baker h as been in England a nd F r a n ce in an official capacity for a number of months. T HE ANNUAL JUNIOI: H OP h as been set for t he evening of April 4th. It is t he first time in years t h at t he J Hop h as not been held in t he w i n t er term. Unsettled conditions with t he reopening of college a nd t he inability of t he committee to conveniently ar range for t he gymnasium in which to hold this year's party a re t he reasons for its postponement to t he spring- term. Plans a re being made for an annual J Hop t h at will equal those of former years. COMMANDANT M U R C H IE of t he S. A. T. C. a nd t he officers of h is staff a re still at t he college. Major Murchie and L i e u t e n a nt Lessig, Adjutant, ex pect to leave this week, but it is ex pected t he q u a r t e r m a s t e r, Cap tain Walsworth, will n ot be able to close up h is office for some time. t h at S U CH ORGANIZATIONS as t he M. A. C. Union, t he Student Council, t he Ath letic Board a nd t he Liberal Arts Un ion a re finding t he necessity of hold ing elections to supply officers to their boards. T he M. A. C. Union an nounces an early p a r ty t h at will serve as a " g et together" for new students a nd r e t u r n ed sol diers. community Prof. E. J. McEwan, who was pro fessor of English at M. A. C. from at Kalamazoo, 1880 to 1889, died Michigan, December 10th. He is sur vived by a wife a nd four children. Dr. McEwan h ad been professor of l i t e r a t u re at Kalamazoo Col English lege for some years. F r om 1880 to 1883 he w as l i b r a r i an in addition to his position as head of t he English d e p a r t m e nt at M. A. C. There is still some influenza among campus people a nd students, although during t he week t he n u m b er of cases reduced to nine, none of have been which appear to be serious. 4 THE M. A. C. RECORD. THE_M. A. C. RECORD Published every Friday during- the Col lege Year by the Michigan Agri cultural College Association. Entered as second-class m a t t er October 30, 1916, at the post office at E a st 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 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, JANUARY 17, 1919. "ALUMNI ASSOCIATED." MAGAZINES national The Association of Alumni Secre taries h as been at work for several years to effect a consolidation of all alumni magazines for the purpose of securing advertising. The details of such a consolidation have have finally taken combination known as "Alumni Magazines, Asso ciated," which incorpo rated. been worked out in shape is now being a nd t he Individually the advertising prob lem for the alumni magazine h as been an uphill climb, b ut in combination Alumni Magazines Associated is able to furnish a circulation and a select group of readers which taken togeth er means service to advertisers. From our standpoint when worked out prop it will effect a great saving of erly the p a rt of time and effort on the editor and provide the Association larger working capital. with a much T he advertising of Alumni Maga zines Associated will no doubt be only large nationally known t h at of advertisers and will not effect in any way being carried in t he RECORD or h i n d er us the from procuring advertising RECORD combi nation. independently of t he advertising already t he the for for among The campaign advertisers began J a n u a ry 1 a nd h as met with unhoped success. Progress has been so rapid t h at plans a re now be the organiza ing d r a wn for m a k i ng it. tion p e r m a n e nt and s t r e n g t h e n i ng its success We sincerely hope t h at will continue. the Close followers of THE THREE-YEAR RULE. intercollegiate importance athletics will realize of t he step t a k en by t he athletic de resuming p a r t m e nt at M. A. C. rule. sports u n d er There was discussion considerable among middle western colleges about the t he S. A. T- C. as to w h e t h er it would be in three-year t he disbanding of time of t he possible to resume intercollegiate ath letics under the three-year rule, which t a k i ng part does not permit freshmen in the varsity contests, a nd it is un derstood t h at at a n u m b er of schools it is not now in force. This rule h as been the means of standardizing ath letic contests among t he colleges and h as been a trade-mark of fair play and clean cut sport for its users. Ac cordingly the action of M. A. C. in r e s u m i ng athletics u n d er non- freshman though it may be at first, makes clear our position with respect to the mainte in pre nance of s t a n d a r ds attained war days, and places us in splendid s t a n d i ng with other middle western schools w i th whom we come in con tact. regulation, difficult t he from freshmen m a t e r i al The effects of in basketball the rule are being some term, this felt having splendid been kept the varsity because of it. However, it is the expectation of t he coaches t h at t he adherence to the three-year rule will not effect M. fall, later A. C. athletics as many are counted on to reenter college in Sep tember. t h an next varsity men former F r a n k l in E. L e o n a rd w i th ' 1 1. Captain F r a n k l in E. Leonard, with '11, was killed t he Wolverine Limited at South Byron, N. Y., on Sunday morning, J a n u a ry 12th. in the wreck of a Captain Leonard was son of F r a n k l in E. Leonard, Sr., vice presi dent of the Grand Rapids Refriger ator Company, and was in charge of t he New E n g l a nd States office, with h e a d q u a r t e rs in Boston up to the time he joined the army. He had recently been in the office of the Chief of Staff at Washington, D. O, where he was attached to the requirement section of the Ordnance Department. E a r ly in 1917 he was connected with t he Red Cross in Washington. In college Leonard was popularly known as "Jock" and was a member of the Hesperian society. He spent two years at M. A. C. in t he agri cultural course with t he class of 1911 and then entered H a r v a rd University in busi wnere he followed a course ness leaving Since administration. H a r v a rd he had been connected with his father's company in eastern states. He is survived by his wife, formerly Miss Marguerite Tuthill, Grand Rap ids, his parents and one sister. E l i z a b e th P e t t it S c h a r t ow w i th '12. Elizabeth P e t t it Schartow died No vember 24th at the Women's Hospi tal, Columbus, Ohio. Mrs. Schartow spent a year at M. A. C. in 1908 and will be remembered as a cousin of Professor Rufus Pettit. Her death re sulted from overwork general breakdown while caring for sufferers from influenza. She had t a k en a Red and Cross Nurses course a nd at t he out break of the disease was one of the to volunteer h er services. She first did not contract t he disease. She graduated t he Saginaw County Normal and t a u g ht for two years before her m a r r i a ge in June, 1913, to Mr. Schartow. in 1910 from ALUMNI E N D O R SE D O R M I T O RY S Y S T E M. The following telegram was sent by alumni in attendance at t he meetings of the Association of American Agri cultural Colleges and E x p e r i m e nt Sta tions: Baltimore, Md., J a n u a ry 8, 1919. President F. S. Kedzie: We, the Alumni, believe the dormi i m p o r t a nt tory system h as been an factor in developing strength of char acter leadership among at M. A. C. We therefore strongly urge the Board of Agriculture to continue the dormitory system. qualities students and of - D. J. CROSBY, 93. '87. E. A. BURNETT, '12. E. E. GALLUP, H. T. F R E N C H, '85. D W I G HT SANDERSON, C. P. GlLLETT, '84. L. A, CLINTON, '89. C. G. WOODBURY, '04. '97. WAR D E P T. SEEKS P H O T O G R A P H S. that To the Editor of- the Michigan Agri cultural College Alumni Magazine: It is requested and very vigorously the alumni of the Michi urged gan Agricultural College who have served in any capacity with the Amer and who ican Expeditionary Force in have snapshot photographs, France, forward copies of all such photographs, together with the neces to be sary explanatory used as captions, to the Officer in Charge, Pictorial Section, Historical Branch, W ar Plans Division, General Staff, Army W ar College, Washington, D. C. information t a k en These photographs are requested for in the p e r m a n e nt pic files, which will serve as t he record and his incorporation torial official photographic tory of the war. C. W. W E E K S, Colonel, General Staff, Chief, Historical Branch, W. P. D. Captain, U. S. A., Pictorial Section. By A. GOODRICH, BASKETBALL P O P U L A R. The Aggie basketeers are j u st about breaking even in their games won and lost so far this season. Wednesday night of this week Gau- thier's men succeeded in t a k i ng a very t he Kalamazoo Col clean game from lege team in the college gymnasium. The final score stood 42 to 22. K u r tz t he game be was playing cause of taken out during injuries, b ut t he t h r o u g h o ut was especially clean and sprotsmanlike. In School M. A. C. is specializing on Kalama zoo this week, playing a game with Kalamazoo Normal F r i d ay night at Kalamazoo. trip last week's team was the downed by the Rayles of Detroit, 35 and 16. The Rayles are a professional team of high caliber a nd the fact t h at M. A. C. held them 13 and 11 up to t he middle of the last half speaks well for the Aggies. The game w i th Ober- lin S a t u r d ay night was lost to Ober- lin 2 to 14. This year's home games are being especially well attended, in fact there is t he best support accorded a basket in some years. ball team SPECIAL MEETING OF THE BOARD. of the A special meeting State Board of Agriculture was held Janu ary 8th in President Kedzie's office. Those present were President Kedzie, Messrs. Graham, Doherty, Beaumont, report Wallace and Woodman. from the auditor general and the gen eral accountant, F r ed Z. H a m i l t on of an examination of the accounts of the t r e a s u r er of the Michigan Agricul tural College was received and placed on file. The report shows a balance of $8,578.71 on h a nd at the close of De cember 30th, 1918. The Stanley J. Brownell was appointed as assistant t he E x p e r i m e nt Sta tion connected with the dairy depart ment, effective J a n u a ry 15th. in The request of Director Baldwin for the appointment of Roswall G. Carr to succeed H. G. Smith in K e nt County was referred to Mr. G r a h am with power to act. to Director Baldwin was authorized employ Carl Knopf as County Agent the for Manistee County, provided a r r a n g e m e nt t he to is Manistee County F a rm Bureau. satisfactory A request from Prof. C. A. Melick for permission to u n d e r t a ke work for the highway department in addition to his college work was granted, subject to certain recommendations from Dean Bissell. , The chemical d e p a r t m e nt was au thorized to employ Miss Mable Mosher for the m o n t hs of J a n u a r y, F e b r u a ry and March as instructor in wheat and flour chemistry. Professor Eustace was authorized to attend the h o r t i c u l t u r al meeting held at Rochester the second week in Jan uary, with expenses paid. Professor Eustace's suggestion t h at t he M. A. C. offer professional advice in p r e p a r i ng plans for im- the grounds of differ provements of the ent State institution receiving the" service bear incidental expenses in connection with it, was approved. institutions providing landscape for The plan of C. W. McKibbin the p r e p a r a t i on of t he history of the college in its connection w i th t he w ar was approved with t he u n d e r s t a n d i ng THE M. A. C. RECORD. t h at all m a t t er be submitted the president a nd secretary for review and criticism before printing. to Professor P a t t on was authorized to a t t e nd a m e e t i ng of the Association of Feed Control Officials at P i t t s b u rg January. 13th. B. F. K i n d ig was authorized to at tend the m e e t i ng of the National Bee Keepers Association at Chicago, Feb r u a ry 19th. The president was to purchase a car for his official use, t he selection to be his own. authorized Mr. T r a n g m a r 's plan for publicity was approved. T h at p a rt of the resolution of r e g a r d i ng a December m e e t i ng clinic on the campus so far as it re to Dr. McKircher's work was lates stricken out to t h us p e r m i t t i ng him collect his usual fee in such cases. the free Dr.-Oscar H. Bruegel was appoint t he college be ed medical officer of ginning J a n u a ry 1. Miss Helen Grimes was appointed instructor in athletics and Miss Anna in domestic a rt be Bayha, instructor ginning J a n u a ry 1. Adjournment. RETURNED SOLDIERS W HO HAVE REENTERED COLLEGE. Behler, Harold, w'18, from U. S. S. Minnesota, Elec. Div., Ft. Monroe, Va. Bugai, W. J., w'18, Sgt. from Hdq. Hosp. Group, School for Adjutants, Camp Greenleaf, Chickamauga Pk., Ga. Burdick, J o hn M., w'20, from Reg. 4, Co. 7, U. S. N. Tr. Station, New port, R. I. Carmody, M. F., w'18, from 0. T. S., Camp Taylor, Ky. Coleman, Claude, w'19, from C. Q. M., Co. A, Naval Aviation D e t, Minne apolis, Minn. Corbett, J. A., w'18, from Co. D, 328th M. G. Bn. Davis, Roy, w'20, from 303d Cav. Troop K, Camp Stanley, Tex. Deal, K i rk J., w'19, from 5th Co., Chesapeake Bay Defenses, C. A. C, F t. Monroe, Va. Diamond, J. M., w'19, from Co. H, 3d Bn. Chemical W a r f a re Service, Edgewood Arsenal, Edgewood, Md. Fitzpatrick, F. W., w'18, from Aero Q. M. Depot, Ft. Sam Houston, Tex. Hoyt, W. J., w 18, 1st Lieut, from 2d Co., 1st Bn., Inf., 160th D. B. Hill, S. R., w'19, 2d Lieut. F. A. Millard, F. G., 84th Aero '18, from Sqdn., A. S. S. C, Kelly Field, S an Antonio, Tex. Kuder, J o hn M., w'19, from G.3 Coast Artillery School, F t. Monroe, Va. Musselman, F. F., '19, from 158th D. B., 16th Co., 4th Tr. Bn., Camp Sherman, Chillicothe, Ohio. Speltz, A. F., w'18, from Co. L, 3d Repl. & Tr. Camp, Campe Lee, Va. Wolford, Melvin B., w'20, from 43d Class, School of F i r e, F t. Sill, Okla. 5 WEDDING. the bride's The m a r r i a ge of Lieut. Wm. N. Ca- '17, wood, '18, and Helen I. Peterson, took place at in home Lansing, S a t u r d ay afternoon, J a n u a ry 10th. Since g r a d u a t i on Mrs. Cawood the Reo Motor h as been m a n a g er of Lieut. Ca Car Company's cafeteria. the from wood has been discharged a r my and the extension service of the college. They will re side at 1501 S. W a s h i n g t on Ave., Lan sing, Mich. is e n t e r i ng ^ About the Campus ^ A daughter, J a ne Sellars, arrived Dec. 23, at the home of Dr. and Mrs. Darlington. Dr. and Mrs. R. P. Hibbard are re joicing over the a r r i v al of a son J o hn Sidney on J a n u a ry 11. Mrs. Hibbard was formely Miss von Walhausen, an instructor in t he English department. The popular Young Men's Class of the Pilgrim church in L a n s i ng is now being directed by William Krieger, '02. Mr. Krieger is r e c r u i t i ng a num ber of college men. The h o ur is 9:30 a. m. Mrs. Clinton D. Smith, formerly of T r u m a n s b u r g, N. Y., i n s t r u c ts us t h at she is now living at 113 ~W. Buffalo t h at street, Ithaca, N. Y., and 'hopes if any of h er M. A. C. friends a re in Ithaca they will call. t h at recently President Kedzie received from A. C. Cron, a communication C o m m a n d a nt at M. A. C. from 1911 to 1913 and now Lieut.-Colonel of the in F r a n c e. Lieut-Col. 104th I n f a n t ry Cron sends congratulations the ' work college for t h at the past year. it h as accomplished d u r i ng the splendid war to the Dr. Bessey and Dr. Coons saw following people at a m e e t i ng of t he American Phytogathopological Society in Janu in Baltimore J. H. Muncie, formerly research a r y: R u th associate Allen, instructor in botany from 1910 to 1914; M. W. Gardner, 12; L. J. Krakover, '15, and T. G. Yuneker, '14. in plant pathology; last week the ANOTHER LETTER FROM NED LACEY '14. following is p a rt of a letter T he w r i t t en '14, an aviator in F r a n c e, now at A. P. O. 725, to Don Francisco, from Lieut. Ned Lacey, '14. t h is time and when Your letter found me t a k i ng a long rest in m i n us the S u n k i st label the h a nd a nd register old at all. though as I was j u st cursing my way out of t r a c ks didn't little wonder t i me pen it came It was 6 nice w a rm blankets into my cold clamy clothes when friend orderly appeared with my pal. Since this business took its present hue I have been so busy doing nothing t h at my pen simply h a s n 't functioned. And maybe your good old " c h a t t e r" didn't m a ke me feel good. A glitter ing plutocrat, wife and big bouncer while this one time unit of aviation is a fit candidate for an old soldiers' Sharp knife-pine home. stick-a wee bit of scrap" on t he sunny side of a big red barn. the But it is all over now safe for t he epitaph on old Bill's m a r k er a nd I for one arn glad. "Wnere w as I when I wrote you last? As for travel the w ar has surely been good to me. In late s u m m er we were flying n e ar Mi- lano spending our days off duty on the beautiful city. lakes north of Those days would m a ke a thesis all itself themselves for it is poetry by there the Alps, the foothills of among t he villas and m o u n t a i n s. We tennis, met some fine people, played were guests at teas and dinners, at breakfast in bed—in short, everything t h at didn't have to do with Mr. Mars. Then we were imposed upon to the to go to t he It wasn't so bad only traveling is hard and packing up a extent of being asked front. in Italy nuisance. in The Command was a It was attached to a Capproni Squad ron in t he Royal Marine. We had a fine camp near a fair sized city on the regular Po. fellow whose, left breast looked like a menu card in a paint shop. All of us had individual rooms which were well furnished with to b r i ng in t he coffee at 8 A. M. a nd keep the boots in shape. The Italian idea of being an officer t h at of having someone around to h a nd you your clothes as you dress and to make you feel I doubt if I shall ever recover. a "Man-Friday" like an invalid. is time. On Outside of a few machine gun punc tures and heavy anti-aircraft fire none of the boys h ad much to write home about until the offensive. Weather was bad for weeks which made work very slow. We knew t he drive was going to s t a rt a nd were waiting for it a long I had a smash which took me out of the run ning for a few days. The result of landing at dusk on a foggy a forced day. fell She sure " w a r" dark. clear of the good old w ar horse which spread itself over the countryside and there netted only a s t r a in here and a nd a few square fairly good hide. the 23rd inches of I THE M. A. C. RECORD. the t h u n d er of t he great motors, the majestic birds bristling with bombs and machine guns, the life and action tempered by the thought t h at perhaps some of us wouldn't come back. The A u s t r i an g u n n e rs sure would do credit to any a r my and for a cou ple of days t he a ir was hot. We lost two good Americans in another camp and it left an i m p r i nt on all of us for a day or so. After the resistance was broken the r e t r e at soon became a r un and the work for us w as over. three days Later I spent t r a m p i ng Ruin through t he zone of disaster. was your companion at every t u r n. The s t a r v i ng a nd sick Italian prison ers r e t u r n i ng on foot from the inter ior of A u s t r i a; t he thousands of Aus t r i an prisoners on their way to Italy; the stream of traffic to a nd from the advanced lines; t he riddled homes and cities; the trenches a nd entanglements shell surrounded by great holes—it gave one a great deal to think about. y a w n i ng We were j u st clearing up to move up on the prospective Bavarian front when Germany saved us the trouble. Orders soon recalled us to France. We h ad a couple of days in which to in Milan and say goodbye to Italy Turin, then came t h r o u gh to P a r i s- all of this on top of a three-day visit in Venice has given me a fine month's vacation. • Now we a re in an American camp, as "casual," with real American food and the prospect of seeing the God dess again very soon. The worst news in weeks to me—eh w h a t? ? ? Suffice to say it makes me take a long look at all made-in-America signs j u st to "get the feel of t he m a c h i n e" again. It sure was good to see the "family" loom out of the script. It sort of made me feel h u m an again. Ours was sure a damnable occupa tion. Always t he t h o u g ht t h at one of those infernal eggs was going to seal some child's forever. One day one of the best lads we had over-shot a bridge and h it a hospital which was close by. He saw it "go u p" and I t h i nk t he thoughts of it a re going to stay with the fellow always. life I guess this will be about my last season in Europe a nd I am glad t h at I am spending it far from the miles t h at has been our diet of spaghetti for a year. for a F r a n ce change and you should have seen us of hot go after our first breakfast cakes, bacon and coffee. fine is of Two days later t he push began and we were detailed to deposit about one eggs thousand pounds h u n d r ed along the A u s t r i an lines of communi cation. Most every one had done a few first tricks alone b ut it was my experience with a large camp in day light formation. Don, I would not those days for a great have missed deal of money. The crisp, frosty air, t he g a t h e r i ng dawn, t he m o u n t a i n s,