£ i§i rnm VOL. XXIV. W>e M A G R E C O RD Farmers Week Program Announced. Lieut. Furlong '18 Wins D. S. C. Colonel Robert S. Welsh '94 Killed in Action. Prof. Rolla C. Carpenter '73 Dies at Cornell. ejyAS B# *5 •54W5 cannot live onHerpast~ ^ SO»VS What will you do for Herjiiture T (Sk ifc.V/55 %e MICHIGAN AGRICULTURAL COLLEGE ASSOCIATION - East Lansing ^Michigan flub lish er*$ £y >a E2 FTT i K i i ii LiiiUJ m a 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 J^HE names in this Directory, as well as those of all our other advei tisers, 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. LOOTS BECK CO. 112 Wash. Ave. N. Best in Clothes for Men and Boys. J. E. STOPFER, D. D. S. Office 203-5 City National Bank Bldg. Automatic phone 2361 Bell phone 61 ALLEN & DE KLEINE CO. 124-130 West Ionia.. Printers—Office Outfitters The finest equipped plant in Central Michigan Bell 1094 Cite. 3436 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.) THE M. A. C. RECORD. BUSINESS AND PROFESSIONAL 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 POTJLTBY & EGG CO. Commission Merchants Solicit consignments in Poultry — Veal — Eggs 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. LANSING BATTERY SHOP 123 E a st Ottawa St., Lansing, Mich. E. E. Kinney, '15, Proprietor. Storage Batteries and Auto Electrical Troubles Our Specialties. SAMUEL L. KILBOURNE, ex-'fll 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, F a n cy Dyers 114-6 Washtenaw W. Citz. 2268 Bell 580 J. H. LARRABEE 325 S. Washington Ave. Sport Shop—Athletic Goods of All Kinds. SAFER 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. LANSING, MICH. H. H. LARNED China, Glass and Lamps 105 Washington Ave. S. The M. A. C. Association is organized to keep alive the Spirit of M. A. C. ARE YOU HELPING? Membership is $2.00 a year which includes subscription to the Record. For 21 Years Printers of the M. A. C. Record Hafomtr? Sc Han Humt Printing (EnntnantJ 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 Bast Lansing State Bank Bldg. Phones: Res. Bell 830, Citz. 3244. Office Citz. 2572 Your barbers for "HANK" AND "FRANK" the Pool, Billiards, Cigars. last five years. In the new Dickson Building. COLLEGE CAFE AND TEA ROOM Grand River Ave., E a st Lansing. A Real Good Place to Eat. Operated by the Misses Smith, Former Pro prietors of the Wildwood Cafe. A. B. HARFORD College Watch Maker Variety and Gift Shop. HARVEY PHOTO SHOP P O R T R A I TS All Kinds Photographic Work We Do Framing E. M. Harvey 1915. J. H. Pratt Mgr. ABBOT AVE. THE C A M P US PRESS E A ST LANSING'S MODERN PRINTING P R E SS Now Located in the New Bank Building P R I NjT 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 THIINGS TO EAT. L0FTUS TI-IL M - A / C- RECORD E A ST L A N S I N G, MICHIGAN, F R I D A Y, J A N U A RY 2 4, 1 9 1 9. NO. 1 5. VOL. X X I V. T HE OLD BATH HOUSE a nd pool build ing, whose steamed walls have so long resounded to t he lusty shouts of swim m e rs a nd athletes will soon reverb e r a te to t he s t r a i ns of t he M. A. C. band. T he building is being remod eled a nd rejuvenated as a band prac tice room a nd headquarters. F or t he past couple of years t he band, which h as been such a great asset in mili t a ry a nd athletic work, h as been driven to post from in an endeavor to find suitable quar ters Professor Clark, w ho h as t he band in charge this year, is rejoicing in t he fact t h at at last a h o me h as been found for them. a nd h e a d q u a r t e r s. pillar about handicraft. CHAMPIONS of Boys' a nd Girls' Club work to t he number of 100 or more will a t t e nd F a r m e r s' Week Wednes day a nd T h u r s d ay a nd view t he ex fellow hibits of their own a nd their club members' Anna Cowles, '15, State Leader of Girls' Clubs, is t he originator of t he plan to bring t he boys' a nd girls' club cham pions for e n t e r t a i n m e nt by t he col lege as a reward for efforts. T he champions of t he state and of each c o u n t y - ^ t h at is those w ho have done t he best work a nd obtained t he best results in their club endeavors— are to be t he college guests. their to F R E S H M EN ARE LOOKING f o r w a rd a hard winter as a result of t he deci sion of t he Student Council to hold up t he a n n u al class rushes a nd other bophomore-Freshmen hostilities until the spring t e rm of school. Hereto fore t he fall r u s h es presumably end ed strife between t he classes, b ut with t he final struggle delayed u n t il first-year m en term, the spring a re facing t h r ee or four m o n t hs of jeopardy at t he h a n ds of t he sopho however, mores. In t he meantime, the freshmen have discovered t h at a certain degree of i m m u n i ty m ay be through w e a r i ng khaki. As secured a t he a r my uniform h as be come k h a ki pajamas a re among t he possi bilities if they will contribute toward t he safety of t ue wearers. tremendously popular. result Even t he FARMERS ATTENDING t he F a r m e r s' Week meetings at t he college, Febru ary 4 to 10, will be privileged to hear some p r o m i n e nt speakers in agricul t u r al a nd community work. Among those w ho have been secured farm by t he college for t he F a r m e r s' Week programs a re J a ne Adams, director of Hull House, Chicago; 0. H. Benson, National Leader of Boys' a nd Girls' Club Work of t he D e p a r t m e nt of Agri culture; J a m es Schermerhorne, editor of t he Detroit Times; Professor E. G. Montgomery of Cornell University; Hon. F r ed Woodworth, '98, Michigan Food a nd Drug Commissioner; Hon. F r a nk Pearson, superintendent of pub lic instruction of Ohio; Mrs. Lewis H. Campbell of t he Home Economics De p a r t m e nt of Iowa State College; Hon. Lewis Wallis of Chicago, a nd B. L. F a a st of t he Federal F a rm Loan Bank, St.Paul. Minn. T he evening lectures will be held in t he a r m o ry a nd w ar and educational moving pictures a nd them. community singing will feature ONE OF T HE RESULTS of t he confer ence at M. A. C. in F e b r u a ry of offi cers of t he farm b u r e a us of Michi gan's 82 counties is expected to be formation of a statewide-farm bureau association. T he aim of t he new body it is announced" will be to foster and to encourage all t h at is beneficial country indus life a nd t he farming try within t he state. T he president and secretary of each of Michigan's 82 farm bureaus, it is reported, will be in attendance at t he meeting in F e b r u a r y. This session, which will be conducted from F e b r u a ry 3 to 7, take place in conjunction with will the many other meetings scheduled during farmers' a nd housewives' week at t he college. in its application. MILITARY WORK as before t he w ar under t he regulations of t he Reserve Officers' T r a i n i ng Corps, h as been re sumed at t he college u n d er Command a nt Major Wrightson with practically F i ve no change companies have been organized, four of which a re freshmen. Owing to t he fact t h at many of t he upper classmen find it necessary to- p ut in every avail to able moment m a ke up credits there lost is a dearth of officer material a nd not more t h an half a dozen j u n i o rs a nd seniors a re electing military work. " T he m en will be required to wear their uniforms seven days a week— not with a ny idea of m a k i ng M. A. C. a m i l i t a ry college, b ut merely to give more dignity to m i l i t a ry t r a i n i ng a nd to accustom young m en to military usages," declared Major Wrightson. Men who served in t he national a r my in academic work last fall p r i d i ng themselves had been t h at their days in t he r a n ks were over, but according to Major W r i g h t s on all m u st earn t he military credits nec essary for g r a d u a t i on from M. A. C. Individuals who have been in t he ser vice, however, will be permitted to take an examination in military sub they jects if they request it, and- if m a ke t he required grades, will be ex cused from drill. T he military de p a r t m e nt h as moved its offices back into t he a r m o ry from t he gymnasium a nd will from henceforth occupy t h at It is expected building permanently. t h at d u r i ng spring vacation a num ber of changes will be m a de in t he building, chief of which is a new floor. from ribbon w i n n e rs A PURPLE SHOW at which all of t he purple t he va rious poultry shows held in Michigan during t he past year will be assembled is planned by t he Poultry Department for F e b r u p a ry 3 to 7 at t he college. At this roundup of t he best b i r ds of the S t a te selections will be m a d e . of the w i n n i ng fowls of Michigan. Pre liminary show a matinee show for poultry fanciers of L a n s i ng a nd vicinity, at which they may show their birds for grading a nd possible entrance to- t he purple show will be held J a n u a ry 31st a nd F e b r u a ry 1st in b a r r a c ks seven on t he campus. to t he purple ribbon T HE ANNUAL BANQUET of t he Michi gan Crop Improvement Association will be held Tuesday night, F e b r u a ry 5th, in t he People's Church at E a st Lansing. As in t he past, foods pre pared from pedigreed grains will be a feature of t he dinner. . Two barrels of flour milled from Red Rock wheat and one barrel of flour produced from rosen r ye have been received at t he college from t he Allegan Milling com pany. Miss H u n t, director of Club C, will prepare t he pedigreed dishes, although t he banquet will be served by t he College Cafe. t h is T HE Y. M. C. A. GAVE a b a n q u et last T h u r s d ay evening in Club D in honor of 150 freshmen entering col lege representa term. A large tion of t he first year m en were pres ent a nd enjoyed t he dinner which w as t he first "free meal," as some of t h em remarked, they h ad separated from service. P r e s i d e nt Kedzie, Pro fessor Clark, Dr. Giltner, Rev. Mc- Cune a nd student members of t he Y. M. C. A. gave talks following t he din ner. since 4 THE M. A. C. RECORD Published every Friday during the Col lege Year by the Michigan Agri cultural College Association. Entered as second-class matter October 30, 1916, at the post office at East Lansing, Michigan, under Act of March 3, 1879. the C. W. McKIBBIN, '11, Managing Editor. MEMBERSHIP IN THE M. A. C. ASSO CIATION WHICH INCLUDES SUB SCRIPTION TO THE RECORD, $2.00 P ER TEAR. Memberships may be paid for by P. O. Money Order, Draft, or Personal Check. MAKE THEM PAYABLE TO THE M. A. C. ASSOCIATION. F R I D A Y, J A N U A RY 24 1919. THE M. A. C. UNION IDEA. life of college students T h at social is becoming and recognized m o re more as a necessary p a rt of a college following education p a r a g r a p hs quoted from a recent edi torial the Detroit F r ee Press en titled "Social Life in Colleges": is seen from the in to overestimate '"Whatever yalue may be set upon educational a t t a i n m e n t s, we m u st rec they are not the whole busi ognize to ness of things help life. Other It h as ward recognition and success. been our fault the worth of "book learning." The social life of college or university is not a it is also a p a rt of mere side issue; preparation for what is to come later. Years ago old William de Wyckham declared " m a n n e rs makeih men"; Em erson corroborated him in "God may forgive sin, but awkwardness has no forgiveness in heaven or earth." Many a young m an has worked so h a rd to put himself through college on a min imum sum t h at he has ignored or dis dained the social side of its life and has gone forth wiser intellectually but in m a n n er as uncouth as when he en tered. A professional m an is handi capped by a boorish m a n n e r. t he "Coming, as students do from country, small towns, the back o' Be yond, t he contact with a more formal social life is an essential p a rt of col lege discipline and experience, a part which should not be missed, nor yet exaggerated, but subordinated a minor and valued accomplishment of college life." as To promote the "social welfare of t he Michigan Agri t he students of cultural College a nd to foster a whole some spirit of social chivalry" is the p r i m a ry object of the M. A. C. Union. The Union idea a nd its purposes are not s p r u ng from the minds of a few but are generally recognized as one of institution. the greatest needs of our idea furtherance of t h at plans a re now going forward for a p e r m a n e nt home for the Union—an M. A. C. Union Building t h at will be for a social and community center t h is in is It THE M. A. C. RECORD. students, alumni and faculty. There is not much t h at m ay be divulged at t h is time except t h at the Union Build ing committee consisting of H e n ry A. '74, c h a i r m a n; F r a nk Rogers, Haigh, '06; W. O. He- '83; A. C. Anderson, COLONEL R O B E RT S. WELSH '94. the in action the signing of Colonel Robert Sylvester Welsh, '94, highest r a n k i ng of M. A. C.'s sol dier sons, was killed in F r a n ce on November 5th, six days be fore armistice. Colonel Welsh had been recommended the position of Brigadier-General to and w as actually the •155th brigade at the time of his death but his promotion had not been con firmed. t h at he was is reported killed by a German shell Avhile mak from ing a reconnaissance. A letter has Major General W. S. McNaire given to the following facts his death: in charge of relative It "He was commanding A. Brigade on November 5th and h is h e a d q u a r t e rs w i th one t he 155th F. left orderly, drick, 91, and C. W. McKibbin, '11, a re functioning and m a k i ng prepara tions p r e l i m i n a ry the to most worthy campaign t h at M. A. C. men and women have ever h ad an opportunity of participating launching in. both being mounted on horses to make a reconnaissance. He later joined Gen. Henry T. Allen and they went togeth they progressed er for a while. As they their or derlies and went on foot. their horses with left "The Germans began shelling the road and they had to progress along the side'of a hill until r e t u r n i ng they came left to where Gen. Allen h ad his horses. Gen. Allen mounted and rode off and Col. Welsh proceeded alone toward where his horses were little further along. He never ar a r e t u r n ed rived and his orderly finally to headquarters him and missing. The officers began a search and found him almost w h e re Gen. Allen had left him. He had evidently been killed instantly by a shell ex ploding very near him. reported THE M. A. C. RECORD. 5 h ad become Edith B. L e m on '15. ten miles the north to is buried close " He town- of wall of t he in t he church is town Villers Devant Dun. This about the of northwest Meuse. Dun sur Meuse is on the river Meuse about 20 miles north of Verdun. "The grave is m a r k ed with an oak en cross about six feet high and with 'Colonel R. S. Welsh' plainly marked on it." T he cross was made by devoted sol diers of h is a m m u n i t i on train. in to the there company to Cuba The military In 1897 when the 34th Michigan life of Colonel Welsh began w h en he was a student at the Michigan Agricultural College. Upon graduation he went the Soo and high held a position school as teacher of science and math ematics. the Spanish war broke out he w as captain of Co. G of Infantry, which was t he first military company took to be organized at the Soo. He his and went the battle of San J u an Hill. through the w ar his company was mus After tered out but shortly afterward he went to the Phillipines with t he 35th the Phillip Michigan volunteers. ines service Captain Welsh distin time and again. Re guished himself t u r n i ng the United States he re ceived a commission as 2d in t he regular army and was first sta in tioned at Ft. Dade, Fla. His rise the army was rapid and he served at many posts t he United throughout States. lieutenant In to field In 1915 he was a captain of artillery, but before our entrance into t he war he had-become a major. Aug to ust 22, 1917, he was colonel and given command the 314th F. A. t h en in t r a i n i ng at Camp Lee, Va. His regiment went to F r a n ce t he summer. He had been early cited in orders for his work with the 155th brigade when he took over their in active combat. command promoted of in Colonel Welsh is survived by his wife, formerly Miss Eleanor E. Gong- wer, a sister of J. V. Congwer, '08, and one daughter, Helen, who is with their home at 1823 Wyoming her at Ave., Washington, D. C. He was forty-eight years old and a member of the Hesperian Society. spinal ailment, which chronic. Professor experimental connection Carpenter's witn from the Cornell faculty dates 1890, when he was elected associate professor of engineering. F r om 1895 until his r e t i r e m e nt from active ser vice in J u n e, 1917, he was professor of engineering. Born near Orion, Mich., in 1852, he received t he degree of bachelor of science from t he Michigan Agricultural College in 1873, and t he degree of civil engineer the University of Michigan ing from to t he Michigan . in 1875. R e t u r n i ng instructor, Agricultural College as an received he did g r a d u a te work and the degree of m a s t er of science in 1876. Cornell awarded him the degree of in m a s t er of mechanical engineering 1888. Long regarded as an expert in engineering m a t t e rs his advice along t h at line of endeavor h as been much sought, and he has been equally prom engineering inent as an a u t h or of field text books, for his work in the of investigation and research, h is in ventive genius and as a p a t e nt expert. in Memberships were held by h im leading engineering so eight of in many of which cieties of America he held offices and of served on i m p o r t a nt committees. He appoint h ad also been honored m e nt to various positions of distinc tion. He was judge of machinery and t r a n s p o r t a t i on at the Chicago expo- sion in 1907. importance the by He w as a member of t he commis sion appointed by the Academy of the Science in 1915 at the request of P r e s i d e nt of the United S t a t es te in t he P a n a ma vestigate canal, and recommen dations as would improve conditions and the possibilities of slides lessen in the future. to m a ke such t he slides at Surviving are h is wife, a daughter, two sons; three sisters, Mrs. Charles H. Seeley, of Lewiston, Mont.; Mrs. '88, of Chicago; Mrs. N. fc>. Mayo, Mark Wheeler, '98, of San Antonio, Tex., and two brothers, Louis G. Car- pener, '79, of Denver, a nd William L. Carpenter, '75, of Detroit. PROF. ROLLA G. CARPENTER '73 Harry S. Kneeland 'o2 Rolla Clinton Carpenter, '73, pro fessor-emeritus of experimental engi neering at Cornell University, died J a n u a ry 19 at his residence in Ithaca. Professor Carpenter had been confined first of to h is home since about November, when he fell a nd received a about t h r ee y e a rs he h ad suffered from a disease of the spinal cord, believed to have been caused by a fall which j a r r ed t he spine. fracture of leg. F or t he the Before his r e t u rn home in Novem ber he h ad been devoting himself un tiringly t he In so doing he was Liberty motor. t h at obliged to travel extensively and the to have aggravated is believed t he development of to H a r ry S. Kneeland, by a car injuries December 18th. in Chicago a nd died '02, was struck from He entered M. A. C. from Traverse business City a nd was engaged there for a time after graduation. in He h ad been a merchandise broker t h r ee years t he past in Berwyn, Illinois. He three in Chicago for and resided is survived by his wife children. a nd In college he was very t he Michigan h a v i ng been class president t r e a s u r er of giate Oratorical Society p r o m i n e nt tennis He was a member of society. in popular, in 1900, Intercolle in 1901 and t o u r n a m e n t s. t he Eclectic Miss E d i th Bella Lemon J a n u a ry influenza died of Spanish in 6th to Seattle, Washington. Responding the call for Red Cross n u r s es Miss Lemon entered t r a i n i ng at t he Seattle the first of August. General Hospital She contracted influenza d u r i ng her work in t he hospital. She attended M. A. C. t h r ee years and after one year at Columbia Uni versity received a B. S. degree. Fol lowing her work ac Columbia she en father's office at Olympia, tered her the man Washington, and in agement of a part of his business She w as a member of real estate. the F e r o n i an society extremely loyal to M. A. C. . took over and LIEUT. FURLONG '18 NOT KILLED IN ACTION, RECEIVES D. S. C. to is quoted Lieut. Harold A. Furlong, '18, who the official casualty was reported on lists as having been killed in action on November 1st, is still living, and for h as been awarded e x t r a o r d i n a ry bravery ac cording received information from his father, A. D. F u r l o ng of De troit. The following from letter: Mr. F u r l o n g 's "I am very happy to s t a te t h at the D. S. C. in battle j u st the report of t he death of my son, Lieut. Harold A. Furlong, was erroneous. On the 8th of December last we were t h at notified by the W ar D e p a r t m e nt he had been officially reported killed in action November 1st. We mourned t h en him as dead for some days a nd received a him w r i t t en subsequent to t he date he was report ed killed. Later we received official notice from the W ar D e p a r t m e nt t h at the notice of h is death was an e r r or and reported on duty. t h at he was a g a in letter from from "We have h ad several l e t t e rs him w r i t t en since the signing of the armistice and so far as we know he is alive a nd well a nd stationed some where in Germany with the a r my of occupation. first, to you interest " It may be of to learn t h at he has been promoted to a first lieutenant and also been award ed t he D- S. C. for e x t r a o r d i n a ry bra very in battle on November the day t h at the first official report stated he was killed. He h as seen some very severe in several battles a nd reports has conducted himself in a most cour ageous m a n n er and we a re very proud of his achievements. We are glad t h at flag so ably he could serve a nd are very life t h at h is has been spared. fighting having participated t he old thankful from all M. A. C. WINS FROM KALAMAZOO NORMAL. M. A. C. defeated the W e s t e rn State in It was Normal quintet a h a rd fought game, 27 to 23. last F r i d ay n i g ht 6 anybody's game up to the last m i n u te two baskets in quick of play, when a nd B a r r a tt succession by Kurtz clinched t he game for the Aggies. Sheppard s t a r r ed for Normal with four baskets and seven t h r o ws trials. M. A. C.'s team out of eight teach work ers, baskets times as t he Nor- only half as m a ny steadi malites, but showing greater ness a nd accuracy when they did. told heavily against t he t he visitors t r y i ng for free five will meet Coach Gauthier's Camp Custer officers in t he gymna sium F r i d ay night. The officers are reported a strong team made up of former college a nd high school stars. As a preliminary, team the all-fresh will play Mt. Pleasant Normal. INTERSOCIETY I N D O OR MEETS PLANNED. indoor literary schedule for in basketball, resumed activity on this week of mem At a meeting societies bers from all the who have the campus Coach Gauthier outlined the proposed inter- society contests. T he societies will compete base ball, volley ball and relays. A silver shield trophy suitably mounted is be ing offered to the winners in each of the sport's. W i th the intersociety con tests under way practically everyone in college will be d r a wn some kind of athletics. Contests in the in tersociety schedule begin next week. indoor into EXCELLENT FARMERS' WEEK PRO GRAM ARRANGED. farmers This year's F a r m e r s' Week Febru from present ary 4 to 10 promises indications to be exceptionally well attended. F r om a glimpse at the pro gram now coming from the press the attendance of Michigan in n u m b e rs is merited. F or besides the conferences of m a ny meetings and a g r i c u l t u r al organizations half the dozen notable speakers being brought to t he college during the week will more t h an repay those p u t t i ng aside farm duties for a few days to attend. Monday, F e b r u a ry 4th, will be re ception and registration day, the first program being in the evening, with Dr. W. A. E v a ns of the Chicago Trib une t he speaker. T he evening meet ings will be held in t he armory and w ar a nd educational movies a nd com m u n i ty singing will feature them. conferences On Tuesday there will be in the of Michigan m o r n i ng County F a rm Bureaus; the Crop Im provement Association; County School Commissioners and the Muck Crop F a r m e r s' Association. Hon. F r a nk Pearson, superintendent of public in the struction of Ohio, will present to t he m e e t i ng of Ohio school plan In the after school commissioners. noon Lieut. C. Russell Crozier, '17, an M. A. C. g r a d u a te who h as been over t he top, will speak on t he war. Rev. McCune, '02, and 0. H. Benson THE M. A. C. RECORD. of the Department of Agriculture, who is national leader of Boys' and Girls' Club Work, will address t he meetings on gardening a nd club work. In t he evening, in the Armory J a ne Adams of Hull House, Chicago, 111., will talk on " T he World's Food Sup ply a nd World Politics." the associations, Several of the Michigan live stock breeders' Poultry Association a nd the Michigan Maple Syrup Makers Asociation will hold conferences on Wednesday morning, as will also t he State and County Champions in- boys' a nd girls' club work, who will be guests of the college Wednesday a nd Thursday. The Mich igan Drain Commissioners are also to be entertained by the college on Wednesday a nd will be lunched and hold t h e ir m e e t i ng in t he afternoon. F. M. W h i te of Chicago will address the afternoon meetings on "The Pos sibilities and Limitations of the Trac tor," and E. G. Montgomery of Cor nell will talk on "The Management of P a s t u re L a n d s ." Hon. Lewis Wallis of Chicago, 111., addresses the after noon meetings on " F a r m e r s' Business J a m es Problems." editor of Schermerhorne, t he Detroit Times the armory. the clever evening In the speaks in T h u r s d ay m o r n i ng the Holstein breeders hold an auction sale a nd the Michigan Potato Growers Association meets for a conference. " T he Legis lative P r o g r am for 1919" is the sub ject of a talk by Hon. F r ed Wood- '98, Michigan Food and Drug worth, Commissioner. J. L. Torney of the Chicago Stock Yards will talk at the same meeting on Breeding the Best, and B. L. F a a st of the Federal F a rm Loan Bank, St. Paul, Minn., will ex In the plain Federal F a rm Loans. evening a general the to reception legislature and F a r m e r s' Week state visitors will be given by the college in t he gymnasium. Live stock meetings, sales and dem t he visitors onstrations will a t t r a ct Thursday m o r n i ng a nd an athletic t o u r n a m e nt in the Agricultural pavil ion will e n t e r t a in them in the after noon. Mrs. the of Home Economics Department of the Iowa State College, Ames, la., will be section the speaker on Thursday. Lewis H. Campbell in the women's During exhibits the entire week from almost every department in the college will be held in the barracks the Bacteriology buildings north of including laboratory. These exhibits boys' and girls' club work, farm crops, live stock, war relics, etc., will be a large feature of t he week's program and will add greatly to its attendance drawing power. WEDDING' Lieut. William W. Blue, '15, a nd Gladys Phyllis Gram, '13, were mar ried at Ithaca, Michigan, on J a n u a ry 14th. Lieut. Blue was recently dis from charged service at Camp Lee, Va. He will be connected with his father upon the large home farm near Marshall, Michigan, where Mr. and Mrs. Blue will be at home after an extended eastern trip. <*# Alumni Notes «*# '7S. W. K. Prudden, president of t he M. A. C. Association, with Mrs. P r u d d en and his daughter last week for Deland, Florida, to spend the remainder of t he winter. left Lansing Prof. J. Troop is just finishing his HOTEL HEADQUARTERS 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 Bag-ley Avenue. KEW BVRDICK HOTEL Kalamazoo, Mich. Fire proof construction; 250 rooms, 160 rooms with private bath. European plan. $1.00 per day and up. T HE PARK PLACE HOTEL Traverse City, Mich. 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