SEPTEMBER 19, 1919 TTT No. 1 m>e M A- G RECORD Many Changes in College Staff. Biggest Football Year Ever, in Sight. Olmsted Bros. Report on New Building Sites. Union Memorial Building Campaign Organizing. 1VAS "O&JbC-cannot live onHerpast ~ StOrVS •2W5 M What will you do forHerfuture T =s» SvM^S- fi=i %e MICHIGAN AGRICULTURAL COLLEGE ASSOCIATION - East LansingJitichigan m iiii Uii iniiiiiiiiiiniii BUSINESS AND PROFESSIONAL EDWARD », PAGE.LSEN "S9" Patents, Patent Law, T r a d e m a r ks 1107-10 Chamber of Commerce Bldg\, Detroit, Michigan. Formerly Examiner U. S. Patent Office. A. M. EMERY, '83. 223 Washing-ton Ave. N. H. C. Pratt, '09, in Charge of Office Supply Department Books, Fine Stationery, Engraved Call ing Cards, Fountain Pens, Pictures, Frames, Filing Cabinets and General Office Supplies. Solicit consignments SMITH POULTRY & EGG CO. Commission Merchants in Arcal Egg's AVestern Market, Detroit. Guy H. Smith, Poultry '11 M. A. C. ASSOCIATIONS. Central Michigan. President—Luther H. Baker, Michigan Millers Ins. Co., Lansing. Vice-President—Mrs. Thos. Gunson, '93, '12, E a st Lansing. Secretary—Earl Hotchin, gan Millers Ins. Co., Lansing. '12, Michi Detroit Cluh. President—H. B. Gunnison, '00, De troit Edison Co. Vice-President—Edward C. Krehl, '08, 198 Seebault Ave. Secretary and Treasurer—John H. Kenvon, w'14, Mutual Benefit Ins. Co. 80 Griswold St. Grand Rapids. President—H. I. Duthie, '11, 332 Carl ton Ave., Vice-President—Mrs. L. 554 Giddings Ave. Secretary—Mrs. C. H. 636 Worden St. "Washington, D. President—Clay Talman, missioner of Land Office. Vice-President—Henry B. Littel, '03, Perkins, '11, '95, Corn- J. Schneider, '04, Ordnance Office, War Dept. Secretary—Mrs. Mary (Ross) Rey nolds, '03, Bureau of Information, De partment of Agriculture. Southern California. President—I. J. Woodin, '13, Whole sale Terminal Bldg., Los Angeles. Secretary—H. C. Schuyler, fingwell Rancho, Whittier. Milwaukee, Wis. President—"Win. L. Davidson, Scout Executive, 84 Mason St. Secretary—Geo. B. Wells, '00, Schra- der Lumber Co. Portland, Oregon. President—J. V. Gongwer, E. Sherman St. Vice-President—John Williamette Iron "Works. '08, 832 Decker, '04, Secretary—C. W. Bale, '00, 39 Barnes Road. Blanc. President—I. E. Parsons, '07, Grand Flint Cluh. Vice-President—Mrs. O. G. Anderson, '13, Grand Blanc. M. C. A., Flint. Secretary—Howard R. Estes, '17, Y. Cleveland, Ohio. President—M. F. Loomis, w'92, 27 Villa Beach. Secretary—H. G. Driskel, '02, care McKenney Steel Co., 4002 Dills Ave. Chicago, Illinois. THE M. A. C. RECORD. 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 Overcoats.) Your barbers for "HANK AND FRANK" the Pool, Billiards, Cigars. last five years. In the new Dickson Building. J. H. LARRABEB 325 S. Washington Ave. Sport Shop—Athletic Goods of All Kinds. A. B. HARFORD College Watch Maker. Variety -and Gift Shop. ALLEN & DE KLEINE CO. 124-130 West Ionia. Printers—Office Outfitters The finest equipped plant in Central Michigan Bell 1094 Citz. 3436 New York City. President—H. W. Collingwood, '83, 333 W. 30th St. St. Joseph County. President—W. T. Langley, stantine, R. F. D. '82, Con- Sec'y—Sam Hagenbuck, '10, Three Rivers. Berrien County. President—Charles Richards, Ben ton Harbor, R. R. Fair Plains. Philadelphia Club. President—A. J. Anderson, wood, Upper Darby, Pa. '05, By- Minneapolis Cluh. President—J. Allen Miller, Taylor St., N. E. '12, 2938 Vice-President—I. J. Westerveld, '12, care Universal Portland Cement Co. Secretary—C. C. Cavanagh, '09, 836 Security Bldg. Jackson County. President—L. Whitney Watkins, '03, Manchester. Vice-President—W. K. Sagindorph, '04, 415 W. Franklin St., Jackson. Secretary—W. B. Allen, '07, 129 S. Hill St., Jackson. Kalamazoo Club. President—Jason Woodman, '81, Fed Vice President—Fred L. Chappell, eral Bldg. Secretary—Fred W. Temple, '14, 209 W. F r a nk St. President—C. L. Coffeen, Sec'y—Jessie Illenden, '12, Adrian. '19, Adrian. Upper Peninsula. President—Neil Van Home, Arch St., Marquette. '11, 225 Northern California. Vice-President—E. C. Bank, '84, Jef- fery Hotel, Salinas, Calif. Secretary—G. H. Freear, 120 Jessie St., San Francisco. New England. Secretary—Glenn C. SeVey, '03, Rus sell, Mass. Northeastern Michigan. President—A. MacVittie, Vice-President—Morrice Courtright, 1820 Centre Ave., Bay City. '11, Caro. w'13, Northwest Michigan. President—H. A. Danville, '83, Ar '13, Lef- '85, Chase Block. '13, Lenawee County. President—H. J. Rupert, '00, 6332 Vice-President—L. W. Reed, '14, Maryland Ave. Secretary—Stephen W i rt Doty, Room 3, 817 Exchange Ave. '07, tee. Secretary—Alice Kuenzli, '16, Manis cadia. Copemish. CORYELL NURSERY Birmingham, Mich. Growers of High Grade Ornamentals, We raise a large variety of vigorous stock for home grounds and public parks. R. J. Coryell, '84, president; Ralph I Coryell, '14, sec'y and treasurer. DR. OSCAR H. BRUE.GEL Hours: 11 to 12 a. m., 2 to 4 and 7 to 8 p. m.; Sundays 12 to 1 p. m. Even ing hours: Mon., Wed. and Sat. and by appointment. Office in East Lansing State Bank Bldg Phones: Res. Bell 830, Citz. 3244. Office: Citz. 2572. COLLEGE C A FE A ND T EA R O OM 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. BLUDEU, SIEBERT «fc 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, Young Men and Boys. Royal Tailored Gar ments to order. GOODELL, ZELIN C. (Forestry, M. A. C, '11) Insurance and Bonds of Every Kind, salary, 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, H A R V EY 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. T© ^ O L. X X V. E A ST L A N S I N G, M I C H I G A N, S E P T E M B ER 19, 1 9 1 9, N O. 1 session T HE CAMPUS h as been very much I alive d u r i ng t he summer, in fact t he r activity in July w as not unlike t h at \ during t he usual college year. T he ; two s u m m er courses offered for re- ; turned soldiers a nd sailors who wish- I ed to catch up with their classes were \ the largest s u m m er sessions t he col- [ lege h as known. T he usual short 1 courses for teachers and t he confer- ; ences for r u r al m i n i s t e rs were unu- \ sually well attended a nd brought a • good m a ny n ew faces to t he campus. : Dr. Liberty Hyde Bailey '82 was t he principle speaker at t he s u m m er con ference in July. Following his lectures at M. A. C. Dr. Bailey left for E n g l a nd where he expected to study in t he Kews Botanical Gardens I near Kensington. Many special meet- \ ings a nd picnics were held on t he [ Campus in t he latter part of t he ; summer, among t he most notable being i the picnic of t he L a n s i ng Masonic | Lodge w ho were t he college guests of Director Brewer a nd Prof. Gunson on [ August 1. T he first annual meeting of j the Michigan Soil Improvement Asso- i ciation brought m a ny leading farmers I to t he state a nd noted specialists from | other states. W. D. H u rd '99 of t he | National Soil Improvement Committee I addressed t he meeting. T he Holstein- i Friesian cattle breeders held a picnic ! and m e e t i ng later in August which ; was very largely attended by dairymen ; of Michigan. special is receiving HOUSING FACILITIES FOR STUDENTS | is a problem t h at t he college is facing at t he beginning of t h is year. With an expected a t t e n d a n ce larger t h an M. A. C. h as h ad in several years a nd , with much less dormitory space avail able termed t he situation m ay be acute. T he proper housing of t he girls attention. The two men's society houses which ' were leased for last year by t he college and used as girl's dormitories have re verted to their owners t he Hesperian and E u n o m i an L i t e r a ry Societies so they offered that t he facilities will have elsewhere. to be secured With all of t he dormitory rooms on the campus t a k en m a ny students a re to secure r e t u r n i ng rooming early in E a st Lansing. accommodiations From present appearances it would seem t h at these will soon be exhausted W h e t h er an a t t e m pt will be made to place t he young women students in houses by themselves or whether they will be permitted to take rooms where- ever in colleg- ville cannot be determined. they m ay find them t h at T HE LARGEST ENTERING CLASS in t he history of t he College is expected to enroll when t he college opens its sixty- second year on September 30. In to prepare terest in agriculture h as been greatly increased by t he war, a nd indications are t h at many more young m en t h an usual will themselves for scientific farming. More young wo men have already m a de application for entrance economics course t h an ever before, a nd t he col lege is adding to its equipment a nd strengthening force in order to take care of t he demands upon it. T he demand for teachers of in domestic hospitals is partly responsible for t he increased enrollment of girls. science and dietitians t he home teaching its T HE 'CO-OP' BOOK STORE w h i ch for 19 years h as operated adjacent to t he alumni office in t he c ar station build ing on t he campus h as moved to t he Bank Block on Grand River Avenue. Enlarged a nd more advantageous busi- siness quarters a re gained in t he move, and t he store facilities a re made L a n s i ng more school chhildren. T he Book Buying Association h as h ad a very steady a nd solid growth for t he time of i ts found ing in 1896 a nd t he present move to a better business location with t he possibilities of_ b r a n c h i ng out a nd broadening its lines of trade is a fur- tner m a rk of progress. convenient to E a st former C. D. BETTS, purchasing agent fOr t he college w as appointed State purchasing Agent by Governor Sleeper during t he summer a nd h as left t he college to take up h is state duties. F or eight years Mr. Betts h as been purchasing agent for M. A. C. coming to t he college from t he pur chasing department of t he Pere Mar quette Railway. H is new position was created by t he last legislature a nd provides beside t he purchasing agent an advisory board consisting of t he Governor, t he State Food a nd Drug Commissioner a nd Stewards of nine of t he State Institutions. Mr. W. N. Sweeney, for a n u m b er of years Sec retary of t he State Railroad Commis sion, h as been appointed by t he college to take t he position made vacant by Mr. Betts Mr. Sweeney is t he father of Ralph Sweeney '19. taken a decided R E AL ESTATE ACTIVITIES in E a st L a n s i ng have j u mp and t he usual rush for houses prelim inary to t he opening of college is scarcely a r u sh at all, for practically every available house in t he college filled a nd a p a r t m e n ts community lists. T he real e s t a te have waiting boom and t he demand for homes is showing itself in t he development of two new subdivisions near t he city Ardson Heights and Oak Ridge ad ditions. T he first one is largely sold out to college people a nd w as p ut on is by t he S t a n d a rd Real E s t a te Co. of Lansing. T he Oak Ridge L a nd Com pany w as recently organized to devel op t he Cowley property just west of the college and h as as its officers Jocob Schepers, President; Prof A. C. Con ger, Vice President; a nd A. J. Nash, Secretary a nd Treasurer. During t he s u m m er demands for a local building loan association were m et by t he orga nization of t he E a st Lansing Building and Loan Association. T he new com pany is organized under t he state laws for such associations. T he officers a re D. A. Seeley '98, President; Mark Smith with '85, Secretary and Trea surer. T he Board of Directors con sists of Prof. Ryder, Director Brewer, Prof. Plant, Luther H. Baker '93, Prof. Chapman, Dr. Gitlner, Prof. E m m o n s, Prof. Sawyer, Chase New m an with '95 and J. A. Nash. T he new association h as had several appli cations for loans a nd is j u st a r r a n g i ng It will to begin an active business. be a great aid to t he city in develop ing E a st Lansing as a home owner's town. Approximately forty new hous es a re in t he course of construction and should relieve t he situation some w h at before winter. A RECENT ORDER OF T HE W AR D E t h at if PARTMENT placed Major P. G. Wright- son upon t he retired list a nd Major C. A. Ross with '11 w as sent to t he college to succeed Major W r i g h t s on as commandant. Major Ross w as here but two days, however, when orders were received assigning h im to a post at t he Acadamy at West P o i nt a nd wrhether Major Wrightson will leave M. A. C. is still indefinite. There is now before Congress a bill providing t h at retired officers now successfully serving as commandants at schools and colleges m ay be retained. It is entirely possible t h is bill is passed by both houses Major Wright son will continue at t he college. T he order which retires Major Wrightson places upon t he retired list every army officer in t he country who w as on t he inactive list prior to t he w ar a nd went into active service during t he war. It was t he idea t h at these m en were to be replaced by officers who were on t he active receiving the order r e t i r i ng him. Major Wright son made plans to move to Los An geles. He h as n ot proceeded with t he plan, however, awaiting t he decision of Congress a nd t he W ar Department. The fact t h at at t he a n n u al govern m e nt inspection, t he college regiment went into t he distinguished class as one of t he first t en college regiments, should prove a strong a r g u m e nt for the r e t a i n i ng of h is services at M. A. C. list. Upon first 4 THE M. A. C. RECORD. of an operation performed upon his lungs. Entered as second-class m a t t er October 30, 1916, a t . t he post office-at E a st Lansing, •Miehipar, tn?.Her Act "of "Mar-chr'S, \1S?9. fhe Published every Friday during- the Col lege Year by the Michigan Agri cultural College Association. W. K. Prudden, '78, Lansing President E. W.Ranney, XX), Greenville, Vice President H. H. Musselman, '08, East Lansing, Treas. O. "W. McKibbin, '11, East Lansing, - Secretary and Editor - Assistant Secretary May E. Foley, 18, A. O. McKinnon, ^5, Anna Oowles, '15, Bay City Members of I Executive Oom- East Lansing [ mittee Elected Alexander Mac Vlttie, '11, Oaro„ at Large. MEMBERSHIP IK THE M. A, O. ASSO CIATION which includes subscription to the RECORD, $2.00 PER YEAR. Make Remittances payable to the M. A.C. Association. FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 19, 1919. THE ALUMNI PROJECT. to t h en itself there the At commencement t i me t he Associa t he r a i s i ng of tion pledged to erect a Union Memorial $150,000 sub and and Building stantiated sub its pledge with scription of $35,000. During the sum mer an untold a m o u nt of preliminary work has been accomplished which results does not show but .which is necessary, nevertheless— and the campaign organization gotten issue under way. Probably of the Record will announce the re gional directors a nd the local associa tion committees. Then t he drive will be put on in earnest with the goal to be reached by December. immediate t he next in It is intended t h at the campaign by mail shall be supplemented and fol lowed up by personal contact solicita local tion by committees a m o ng associations. Certainly no one shall the be missed the extending of opportunity to give. T h is is t he first big project ever, u n d e r t a k en by M. A. C. alumni. M. A. C. S p i r it w o nt per m it of any result b ut an early "over the top." t he in * * * The last issue of l a st year was t he commencement number. It w as nec essary to omit s u m m er issue number of t he Record and t h is begins t he new year. T he next num ber will issue October 3 a nd weekly thereafter. t he u s u al GEORGE T. HAYES '15. News h as recently been received of the death of George T. Hayes, '15 on J u ly 26 at W h i t t i e r, Calif., after a long illness. He had a severe attack of In in F e b r u a r y, 1919, which was fluenza followed by pneumonia. Since May he in consequence had failed gradually Hayes, at the time of his death, was superintendent of field work for the Leffiingwell Orange a nd Lemon Ran- cho, at Whittier. after his graduation he was an instructor in the d e p a r t m e nt of horticulture, at M. A. C. While in college he was a mem ber of the Sem. Bot. fraternity, the H o rt Club, and the New York Club. the Electic Society, Immediately Mrs. Hayes will be remembered as to the F r a n c es Mary Madison, assistant Miss Hollister, Seed Analyst at college in 1914-16. HARRY A. MYERS '18. H a r ry A. Myers, with '19 of Leip- sic, Ohio, was accidentally drowned J u ne 6, in the Sarthe River at LeMans, France. He was a Sargeant of the H e a d q u a r t e rs Detachment, 546, En gineers, A. E. F. He was buried with military honors at LeMans. Myers entered M. A. C. in the fall of 1914 as a student the Agricul tural course, a nd left at t he begining of the spring term in bis j u n i or year, in immediately after the b r e a k i ng out of the t he war. He was a member of F a r m H e r m i an ers' a nd Buckeye Clubs, and of the S. C. L. of t he Peoples Church. Society, and t he Myers left New York w i th his re g i m e nt Sept. 14, 1918, and arrived in F r a n ce Oct. 7. He was in the Argone drive which began November 1, at which time the Germans were driven back letter the w r i t t en last winter, he mentioned p l a n n i ng to get back in time to attend college t h is fall. time. In a last for FLOYD C. TAYLOR '09. Floyd Clyde Taylor '09 died very suddenly at the home of his parents in Charlotte July 20th. He had un dergone an operation a m o n th or so that it previously thought and is death was due to a blood clot in brain. the the Novo E n g i n e - C o. Mr. Taylor was consulting engineer at in Lansing and has been living in Lansing since graduation. He h ad been employed in the Novo Company since 1916. Pre time he was engaged vious w i th the Central Welding Co. of Lans ing. t h at to THE WAR RECORD. in coming in con inquiries have come Many the W ar Record, which the cerning College is contemplating publishing. We hope now to have this completed Information has been before winter. slow the boys have not yet returned, and mat ters at the college have also somewhat delayed the publication of this book. As soon as it is completed, all m en who w e re in the service, will be noti fied and photographs will be returned. in as some of FROM DR. BEAL. Amherst, Mass. August 1, 1919. Dear President Kedzie: to Last evening a flying m a c h i ne with three men arrived from Washington, sailing over Amherst lighted in a field of the Agricultural College. One of the m en lectured to the crowd of the they summer courses. This m o r n i ng fancy a re rise, performing s t u n ts and r e t u r n. On the trip they t h u n d er storm. Ray went around a (Ray Standard Baker '89) rode in a machine from P a r is to Belgium and got terribly scared. He now believes the young driver purposely to scare him. No doubt M. A.. C. will add this sort of t h i ng to help entertain the farmers. These are great times. up-to-date crowd some tried of W. J. Beal. WINNER OF LAWSON PRIZE ANNOUNCED. A in the agricultural tabulation of the the grades Lawson Prize Essay Contest gives first place, with a prize of $25.00, to Stanley M. Powell, of Ionia, a junior The in winning essay is entitled "Living the F u ll Life on the F a r m ." T he second prize, of $15.00, goes to Walter Hock- of stad, t i me Traverse City. This is t he first t he a freshman h as won a prize in Lawson Contest. agricultural division. student, '22, in Mr. Powell, who wins first place, h as made an exceptional record h is academic work and in h is outside ac tivities d u r i ng h is t h r ee years in M. A. C. He h as the too r a re distinction of m a k i ng an A in each t e rm of English d u r i ng h is freshman year. t he spring t e rm of t he same year he rep resented M. A. C. in its freshman de bate with Hillsdale College. In 1918 he was a member of the debating team t h at defeated Iowa State College. This time he h as contested is the second In t he Lawson Prize. Last year he for wrote on "The Bright Side of the War," but was defeated by H. C. Diehl, senior forestry student, whose essay on " S t r i n d b e r g" won first place, a nd by Paul C. Jamieson, now county agent of Calhoun country, whose 'Patriotism and Production" took sec ond. The judges this year were A. M. Drummond, director of the Cascadilla School, Ithaca, N. Y., Richard T. F. Harding, m a n a g er of the Youngstown Telegram, Youngstown, Ohio, a na Professor J. E. Rogers, of Carroll Col lege. The grades sent the judges are kept on file in the English seen office, where by anyone who is interested in the con test. they may be by in MISS MAY FOLEY '18 ASSISTANT ALUMNI SECRETARY. The alumni office announces with to its much pleasure staff of Miss May E. Foley '18 of St. Johns as an assistant to the secretary and editor. the addition first agent to enter Since g r a d u a t i on Miss Foley has been home demonstration in Menominee County, leaving t h at work J u ly the alumni office. Miss Foley is especially well fitted for associated her new work. She was in with E. R. Trangmaf, the its or college publicity office during ganization and while she was still in college. During the past year she or ganized t he home demonstration work in Menominee county. '17 tasks of The Union Memorial Building cam paign and t he g a t h e r i ng of the mate rial for the college w ar history, be sides the regular alumni work which is by no means diminishing—have so alumni increased the office the appointment of Miss Foley as an assistant is most pleasur- ably greeted. We know t h at along the us, members of the Association a nd readers of t he Record, will appreciate her services in a facilitated handling of Association m a t t e rs and a larger and a m o re newsy M. A. C. Record. t h at the THE M. A. C. RECORD. BIG FOOTBALL YEAR EXPECTED. Coaches Call Out Greatest Squad in History. "With the opening of the Aggie t r a i n i ng at M. early season football this week work will be started A. C. in developing a gridiron aggregation, which should be t he very best ever turned out at E a st Lansing. M. A. C. coaches, fans and followers all agree the prospects been t h at never have time. the present as at as bright This year because of abnormal the conditions resulting from the w ar no less t h an 18 winners of football mon ograms in former years will be back to have a at try at m a k i ng team. And besides these men there are a host of candi dates who have been members' of all- in years past, and who fresh have developed enough the others hustle this year. their alma m a t er to m a ke teams the Great . teams the past which in have mostly been built around some brilliant four particularly three or performers, but it would this year appear from a paper view of the sit uation that every single position can be filled by a m an who is a real star. At least 35 are expected to come out to t he early season t r a i n i ng and there will be more after classes start. to make teams The forming captains who are ex pected to be back are Del Vandervoort, captain-elect for 1917; Sherman Cor yell, captain in 1917; " I r i s h" Ramsey, in 1918; and L a r ry Ar captain-elect addition cher, captain the there will be Siwash F r a n s o n, appointed is expected to have his hands full hand flock of old-timers, m a ny of ling a whom • were regulars when he was serving his apprenticeship. leader for this fall, who in 1918. In are not take predictions the wonderful based lineup of into ac Other varsity men who will be in the fold when the coaches take c h a r g e. are H a m m es Snyder, Simmons, Oas, and Springer, all backfield men, and Schwie, Basset. Bos, VanOrden and several other linemen. Followers of the team are already predicting a re petition of Aggie successes of >1914 and '15. Their alone upon material at hand, but count the unparalleled coaching staff. Director Brewer will be on job fall and alumni know himself the Directors "failing" for football and is his favorite sport. Assist t h at '14 who direct ing is G. E. Gauthier ed last year and the Aggies destiny who "built something out of nothing." As second assistant, L y m an Frimo- dig '17 will t a ke his part in bringing out another w i n n i ng aggregation. It will be F r i m 's first y e ar at college coaching, but those who remember his record as an athlete at M. A. C. have no doubts as to the big boy's ability F r i m o d ig the machine. to holds t he M. A. C. record for all time into this the fit it in m o n o g r a ms won, having corralled no less t h an ten varsity letters d u r i ng his stay at college. the D u r i ng s u m m e r, first practice will the baseball diamond on College field has been dug out and a solid turf is now in its com place. The mence on field. Condi regular tioning for wind a nd legs will be the object of exercises. Until college- opens the men are to be housed in Wells Hall. No t r a i n i ng table will be established. first the the FACULTY CHANGES. New Dean of Women. Miss E u d o ra Savage, until recently dean of women at t he Kirksville Nor mal College, Kirksville, Mo., is to be the new dean of women. She suc ceeds Miss Anna Howard, who resign ed before the close of the college year, and begins her new duties this week. Miss Savage was director of teacher t r a i n i ng at the Kirksville Normal and was connected with institution for 12 years. P r i or to t h at she taught at the Stevens Point, Wis. Normal. She is a graduate of Michigan State Normal and Chicago University and has taken work at the University of Wisconsin and Columbia. that from Bibbins Prof. '15 Made Assistant Baseball fans among the alumni and many others will be glad to learn of to t he college staff of A. the r e t u rn "Bib," who was dis Leal Bibbins '15. charged the Motor Transporta tion Service August 2. Bibbins comes to the college as assistant pro back in the farm crops department. fessor He was an instructor in this depart m e nt for two years after graduation. He enlisted as a private in t he 310th in September, 1917, and Engineers volunteered overseas t r a n s p o r t a t i on in service, corps. While across, he studied crop rotation at the Rothamstead Experi ment Station, at Aberdeen College, Scotland. Bibbins' company had a famous baseball team, which beat up teams, all Brigade w i n n i ng 22 games out of 22 played. Three other famous M. A. C. baseball s t a rs were on the team, Morris Knapp, '13, '14, and "Chi" Fick, '17. ' Hockey" Ralph Dodge and Regimental the motor immediate for Alumnus Goes Prof. M. F. Johnson, to U. of M. '07, on the staff of the m a t h e m a t i cs d e p a r t m e nt for ten years, has accepted a position with University of Michigan. He was instructor at M. A. C. from 1909 an to 1912, acting head of t he d e p a r t m e nt in 1912 and 1913, and was made as sistant professor in 1913, which posi tion he held at the time of his resig nation. Last g r a d u a te work at the University, and received his master's degree. fall he did 6 Prof. Hailigan Heads Department. Horticultural Professor Charles P. Hailigan who has been connected with the depart ment of horticulture since 1907, was made head of the department at the August meeting of t he State Board of Agriculture, to take the place of Prof. H. J. Eustace, resigned. Because of his broad experience and knowledge of the department, Mr. Hailigan was considered better quali fied t h at any other m an to fill this po sition. He graduated from setts Agricultural College the Massachu in 1903, t a u g ht two years in the National F a rm School of Pennsylvania, a nd previous to coming here was an instructor in the Massachusetts Agricultural College Prof. Hailigan was made Assistant in 1910, and Associate Professor Professor acting in 1913. He was t h ai Prof. Eu head during the year stace was connected with t he Food Administration in Washington, and previous to t h at when Prof. Eustace was m a k i ng a tour of inspection of the United States. He is particularly interested gardening, in and h as featured this work. landscape to New goes Popular Club Leader York. Anna B. Cowles, '15, who since her graduation has been connected with the extension department of t he col lege has resigned to accept a position with the National Community Coun cil of New y o rk City. Miss Cowles has been State Club Leader for Girls d u r i ng the past three years, and pre vious to t h at was an extension spe cialist t he department of home, economics. U n d er t he supervision of in Miss Cowles, the girls club work the state h as developed rapidly, and in THE M. A. C. RECORD. she h as an enviable reputation as a club leader all'over the United States. Miss Cowles will organize commu in Manhattan. Her ad in New York will be 609 W. nity centers dress 114th St. Miss B a r b a ra Van Heulen, '10. who has been Assistant Club Leader for the past two years, will probably be appointed as State Leader. M. A. C. Man Becomes Associate in Dairy O. T. Goodwin, Department. '13, who h as been connected with t he college for a year as extension specialist in dairy manu facturing was appointed Associate Professor of Dairy H u s b a n d ry be ginning Sept. 1. Previous this and since his graduation from M. A. C, he was with the University of later Georgia, first as i n s t r u c t or and as assistant professor of animal hus bandry. He takes the place of Prof. H. W. F. Newhall, resigned, who is leaving for New York University to do graduate work. Mr. Newhall was with the department for three years. to "Fat" Taylor Joins Faculty. in discharged Dr. O. A. Taylor, '15, " F a t" popular yellmaster, while at M. A. C. h as been appointed assistant professor t he Veterinary Department. Dr. Taylor was service where he was a L i e u t e n a nt in t he Ve t e r i n a ry Division, on April 22. Prior to after his graduation from college, he w as in practice in Detroit with Dr. R. Arm strong. He succeeds Dr. J. W. Ben- ner, who h as resigned. immediately this and from the Prof Melick Leaves. E n g i n e e rs and other alumni will re gret to learn of t he resignation of G. A. Melick, associate professor of civil engineering at the college. Mr. Me lick has been connected with the col lege for eight years, first as assistant later as associate professor. He and t he State Highway De is now with p a r t m e nt at Lansing. Mr. Melick is succeeded by Chester Allen of Wash ington, D. C. Popular Home Economics professor Miss E d na Garvin, Associate Pro Leaves. came here in the department, and fessor of ! Domestic Science, resigned her position on September 1. Miss Garvin from Columbia t h r ee y e a rs ago as an in University structor last year was made associate professor. She was well known, and liked among the home economics students, and did splendid work in t he diet kitchen at the t i me of the influenza epidemic in the S. A. T. C. last fall and winter. Drawing Instructor Myron Chapin, for Returns. three years in in the Drawing Department, structor previous t he service, re to entering t u r ns t h is year. Mr. Chapin went to Camp Custer in the fall of 1917, and has j u st recently been discharged. Takes New Horticulturist J o hn H. Carmody, Position. '12, Extension two for in H o r t i c u l t u re Specialist years, left August 1 to take a position as field m a n a g er for the Holland-St. Louis Sugar Co., Decatur, Ind. Car mody was discharged in May from the Ambulance Corp. 340, after serving for nearly two years with t he 85th Divi sion. Previous to his appointment as Extension Specialist at the college he held a similiar position with t he Ken tucky University. Carmody did ex cellent work with the college and is well known among horticulturists; CAMPUS LANDSCAPERS REPORT ON CHURCH AND BUILDING SITES. At t he J u ne meeting of the State Board of Agriculture, Olmstead Bro thers of Boston, into whose charge the future a r r a n g e m e nt and development of t he college campus h as been placed made the following report relative to the advisability of p e r m i t t i ng a church site on the campus and the location of library-administration building and t he auditorium. new the it If is The "You have referred two questions to religious institutions the policy of us for an opinion. first relates transferring- land now included to the expediency in of the Campus to the People's Church as a site for a church building-, and to the best location for such a site if expe dient. Bearing in mind the history of other educational in r e gard to extension and contraction of the lands held by them for educational purposes, and bearing in mind the pre-- sent logical and satisfactory boundry of the Campus along Grand River and Michigan Avenues, we would advise in the strongest terms against alienating any of the College land south of those Avenues. the Board to enter into co-operation with congregations which the maintain the People's Church, or with any or all of the religious congrega tions which are rfQW or may hereafter be established in Bast Lansing, for the purpose of providing a common place joint use by students of worship for and citizens, it would seem this end could be accomplished in either of serious two ways without the very risk of future complications involved in alienating any part of the Campus. One way would be the erection on the Campus of a non-sectarian collegiate chapel or church open to the citizens of the town and partly supported by them but owned by the College and providing for worship to time according to the number of any and every faith professed by any con siderable students. The other would be to aid by money grants in the support of any and otherwise church or churches to the in which the students resort. A church it, within and wholly beyond the control of your board as the future developm.ent would be almost certain to prove em- barassing in some future contingency to the growth of the College. the Campus but not of number of town from time t h at to The question of a suitable site for a church within the Campus would be important, even if the opinion of the Board concurs with ours in regard to inexpediency of alienating any the part of the Campus, in case there is any probability of co-operation with congregations in East Lansing in the erection and use,of a structure on the Campus without transfer of title from the selection of a the College. But in view good site is not easy, and to convert instructions. f our opinion on the major question 0 have not attempted to select a site nerving- further Th