Agricultural College Meetings in Chicago Draw Many of Alumni and College Staff. Dr. Bouyoucos, Returned Red Cross Worker, Tells of Grecian Agricultural Conditions. Alumni Committee Suggest Site for Union Me morial Building. Notre Dame is Winner in Annual Contest, 13-0. The Union Building As A Memorial. 5VA5 5* cannot live onHerpast- a s* mWi *- •sws What "will you do forHerJiiture?" fitM^ %e MICHIGAN AGRICULTURAL COLLEGE ASSOCIATION - East Lansing Jitichigan H Ec i i i i n ni I K" LLLLL zsm i ll Ld '76 T HE E D W A R DS L A B O R A T O R I ES S e c r e t a r y — E a rl "Hotchin, '12, M i c h i R i v e r s. 2 I — ALUMN! = 5£ DIRECTORY E D W A RD N. P A G E L S EN "S9" P a t e n t s, P a t e nt L a w, T r a d e m a r ks 1107-10 C h a m b er of C o m m e r ce B l d g \, D e t r o i t, M i c h i g a n. F o r m e r ly E x a m i n er U. S. P a t e nt Office. A. M. E M E R Y, ' 8 3. 223 W a s h i n g t on A v e. N. H. C. P r a t t, '09, in C h a r ge of Office S u p p ly D e p a r t m e n t. B o o k s, F i ne S t a t i o n e r y, E n g r a v ed C a l l i ng C a r d s, F o u n t a in P e n s, P i c t u r e s, F r a m e s, F i l i ng C a b i n e ts a nd G e n e r al Office S u p p l i e s. SMITH P O U L T RY & EGG CO. C o m m i s s i on M e r c h a n ts S o l i c it c o n s i g n m e n ts P o u l t ry V e al in E g gs G uy H. S m i t h, "11 W e s t e rn M a r k e t, D e t r o i t. M. A. C. ASSOCIATIONS. Central M i c h i g a n. P r e s i d e n t — L u t h er H. B a k e r, '93, M i c h i g an M i l l e rs I n s. Co., L a n s i n g. V i c e - P r e s i d e n t — M r s. T h o s. G u n s o n, '12, B a st L a n s i n g. g an M i l l e rs I n s. Co., L a n s i n g. D e t r o it Club. P r e s i d e n t — H. B. G u n n i s o n, '00, D e t r o it E d i s on Co. V i c e - P r e s i d e n t — E d w a rd '08, 198 S e e b a u lt A v e. C. K r e h l, S e c r e t a ry K e n y o n, w'14. M u t u al B e n e f it 80 G r i s w o ld St. a nd T r e a s u r e r — J o hn H. I n s. Co. Grand R a p i d s. P r e s i d e n t, M r s. L. B. L i t t e l l, "03, 554 G i d d i n gs A v e. Vice p r e s i d e n t, M r s. C a s p ar B a a r- m a n, 636 P a r k w o od St. S e c r e t a r y - t r e a s u r e r, M i ss L u ie H. Ball, '13. W a s h i n g t o n, D. C. P r e s i d e n t — C l ay T a l m a n, '95, C o m m i s s i o n er of L a nd Office. V i c e - P r e s i d e n t — H e n ry '04, O r d n a n ce Office, W ar D e p t. ( R o s s) S e c r e t a r y — M r s. M a ry R e y '03, B u r e au of I n f o r m a t i o n, D e n o l d s, p a r t m e nt of A g r i c u l t u r e. P r e s i d e n t — I. J. W o o d i n, '13, W h o l e s a le T e r m i n al B l d g ., L os A n g e l e s. S e c r e t a r y — H. C. S c h u y l e r, '13, Lef- f i n g w e ll R a n c h o, W h i t t i e r. M i l w a u k e e, W i s. P r e s i d e n t — W m. L. D a v i d s o n, '13, S c o ut E x e c u t i v e, 8 4 M a s on St. S e c r e t a r y — G e o. B. W e l l s, '00, S c h r a- d er L u m b er Co. P o r t l a n d, Oregon. P r e s i d e n t — J. V. G o n g w e r, E. S h e r m an St. V i c e - P r e s i d e n t — J o hn W i l l i a m e t te I r on W o r k s. '08, 8 32 D e c k e r, '04, S e c r e t a r y — C. W. B a l e, '00, 39 B a r n es R o a d. B l a n c. F l i nt Club. P r e s i d e n t - ^ -L E. P a r s o n s, '07, G r a nd V i c e - P r e s i d e n t — M r s. O. G. A n d e r s o n, '13, G r a nd B l a n c. M. C. A., F l i n t. S e c r e t a r y — H o w a rd R. E s t e s, '17, Y. C l e v e l a n d, Ohio. P r e s i d e n t — M. F. L o o m i s, w ' 9 2, V i l la B e a c h. 27 S e c r e t a r y — H. G. D r i s k e l, '02, c a re M c K e n n ey S t e el Co., 4002 D i l ls A v e. C h i c a g o, I l l i n o i s. J. R u p e r t, '00, 6332 P r e s i d e n t — H. M a r y l a nd A v e. S e c r e t a r y — S t e p h en W i rt D o t y, '07, R o om 3, 817 E x c h a n ge A v e. THE M. A. C. RECORD. DR. E. D. BROOKS, t he U i s e a s es of E Y E, E A R, NOSE, A ND T H R O AT G l a s s es P i t t ed Suite, 704 H a n s e l m an B u i l d i n g. K a l a m a z o o, Mich. Office h o u rs 9 to 12, 1 to 5. T H O RN SMITH, "1895," In c o m p l e te c h a r ge of t he L a b o r a t o ry of D I A CK A ND SMITH, 49 W e st L a m ed St., D e t r o i t, Mich. C h e m i c al A n a l y s es a nd R e s e a r ch W o r k. T HE C O R Y E LL N U R S E R Y, R. J. C o r y e l l, '84, R a l ph I. C o r y e l l, G r o w e rs a nd P l a n t e rs of S h a de '14 a nd F r u it T r e e s, S h r u b s, E v e r g r e e n s, a nd V i n e s. L a n d s c a pe B e a u t i f i c a t i on S e r v i c e. B i r m i n g h a m, Mich. JOHN P. N E L L I S T, '96. P u b l i s h er of M i c h i g an T o u r i ng M a p s. 1955 J e f f e r s on A v e n u e, S. E., G r a nd R a p i d s, Mich. N ew Y o rk City. P r e s i d e n t — H. W. C o l l i n g w o o d, 333 W. 30th St. '83, St. J o s e ph C o u n t y. P r e s i d e n t — W. T. L a n g l e y, s t a n t i n e, R. F. D. '82, C o n- S e c ' y — S am H a g e n b u c k, '10, T h r ee B e r r i en C o u n t y. P r e s i d e n t, C h a r l es R i c h a r d s, B e n t on H a r b o r, R. R. F a ir P l a i n s. V i ce P r e s i d e n t, B e a t r i ce J a k w a y, S e c r e t a r y, K i t t ie . H a n d y, '17. '16, C o u rt H o u s e, St. J o s e p h. T r e a s u r e r, W i l l a rd S a n b o r n, '13. P r e s i d e n t — A. P h i l a d e l p h ia Club. J. A n d e r s o n, w o o d, U p p er D a r b y, P a. M i n n e a p o l is Club. P r e s i d e n t — J. A l l en Miller, T a y l or St., N. E. '05, B y- '12, 2938 V i c e - P r e s i d e n t — I. J. W e s t e r v e l d, c a re U n i v e r s al P o r t l a nd C e m e nt Co. '12, S e c r e t a r y — C. C. C a v a n a g h, '09, 836 S e c u r i ty B l d g. P r e s i d e n t — L. W h i t n ey W a t k i n s, '03, V i c e - P r e s i d e n t — W. K. '04, 415 W. F r a n k l in St., S e c r e t a r y — W. B. A l l e n, J a c k s o n. H i ll St., S a g i n d o r p h, J a c k s o n. '07, 129 S. P r e s i d e n t - — J a s on W o o d m a n, '81, F e d e r al B l d g. '85, C h a se B l o c k. W. F r a nk St. V i ce P r e s i d e n t — F r ed L. C h a p p e l l, S e c r e t a r y — F r ed W. T e m p l e, '14, 209 L e n a w ee County. P r e s i d e n t — C. L. Coffeen, S e c ' y — J e s s ie I l l e n d e n, U p p er P e n i n s u la A s s o c i a t i o n. '19, A d r i a n. '12, A d r i a n. P r e s i d e n t, L. R. W a l k e r, H o u s e, M a r q u e t t e, Mich. S e c r e t a r y, A u r e l ia B. P o t ts H o u se M a r q u e t t e, Mich. '15, C o u rt '12, C o u rt N o r t h e rn California. V i c e - P r e s i d e n t — E. C. B a n k, f e ry H o t e l, S a l i n a s, Calif. '84, Jef- St., S an F r a n c i s c o. S e c r e t a r y — G l e nn C. Sevey, '03, R u s N ew E n g l a n d. sell, M a s s. N o r t h e a s t e rn M i c h i g a n. P r e s i d e n t — A. M a c V i t t i e, V i c e - P r e s i d e n t — M o r r i ce '11, C a r o. C o u r t r i g ht w'13, 1820 C e n t re Ave., B ay C i t y. N o r t h w e st M i c h i g a n. P r e s i d e n t — H. A. D a n v i l l e, '83, A r c a d i a. V i c e - P r e s i d e n t — L. W. C o p e m i s h. S e c r e t a r y — A l i ce K u e n z l i, t e e. R e e d, '14, '16, M a n i s S o u t h e rn California. K a l a m a z oo Club. L a n s i n g, M i c h i g a n. '99. S. F. E d w a r d s, A n t i - H o g - C h o l e ra S e r um a nd o t h er Bio l o g i c al P r o d u c t s. L e g u me B a c t e r ia c u l t u r es f or s e ed i n o c u l a t i o n. L A N D S C A P ES W I T H O UT W A I T I NG P l a ns by G r a d u a te L a n d s c a pe A r c h i t e c ts P. A. Carlson. '16, 508 M a t h e ws B l d g. M i l w a u k e e, W i s c o n s i n. GOODELL, Z E L IN C. ( F o r e s t r y, M. A. C, '11) I n s u r a n ce and B o n ds of Ever?' Kind. s a l a r y, If y ou h a v e n 't i n s u r ed y o ur b e t t er see or w r i te G o o d e ll a b o ut a g o od p r o p o s i t i o n. L a n s i ng I n s u r a n ce A g e n c y, Inc. 208-212 C a p i t al N a t i o n al B a nk B l d g. T HE A B B O TT L A B O R A T O R I ES C h i c a go M a n u f a c t u r i ng C h e m i s ts We m a ke a c o m p l e te l i ne of h u m an a nd v e t e r i n a ry m e d i c i n es a nd v a c c i n e s. Q u a l i ty a nd a c c u r a cy g u a r a n t e e d. N". S. M a y o, '88, M a n a g e r, V e t e r i n a ry D e p a r t m e n t. A M E R I C AN E X T E N S I ON U N I V E R S I TY C o r r e s p o n d e n ce C o u r s es 20,000 S t u d e n ts A. C. B u r n h a m, B. S.% L L. B. (M. A. C, '93), P r e s i d e n t, 433 S t i m s on B l d g ., L os A n g e l e s; S u i te 507, 30 N. M i c h i g an Ave., C h i c a g o. U n u s u al o p p o r t u n i t i es for M. A. C. Men as S p e c i a l ty S a l e s m e n. W A L DO R O H N E R T, '89 W h o l e s a le Seed G r o w e r, Gilroy, Calif. N O R T H V I L LE MILLING COMPANY N o r t h v i l l e, M i c h i g an D. P. Y E R K E S, '89, P r o p r i e t or "Gold L a c e ," " C r y s t al P a t e n t ," F a n cy P a s t r y ," W h o l e s a le a nd R e t a i l, F l o u r, F e ed a nd G r a i n. L a n d s c a pe A r c h i t e ct and N u r s e r y m a n. Y o ur g r o u n ds p l a n t ed w i th o ur e x t ra g r o wn s h r u bs a nd s p e c i m en t r e es a nd e v e r g r e e ns w i ll g i ve y ou i m m e d i a te r e s u l t s. G e n e v a, A s h t a b u la Co., Ohio. C H A R L ES E. SUMNER, A t t o r n ey at L a w. S o u t h e rn T i t le B l d g ., S an D i e g o, Cal. '79. H e rd "MAPLEHOME S H O R T H O R N S" s i r e, W e d d i ng G o o ds 742959, A S c o t c h - t o p p ed W h i t e h a ll d e s c e n d a n t; h e rd of 20 f e m a l e s, e s t a b l i s h ed 1899; y o u ng s i r es s a l e, a b l e; o ne w h i t e, o ne r o an on h a nd n o w. t e r ms r e d, a nd r e a s o n o ne for J. H. R E AD & SON, L. W. R E A D, '14. P r o p r i e t o r s, C o p e m i s h, Mich. V A L E N T I N E, M A Y ER & HOUSMAN, C o n s u l t i n g, H e a t i n g, V e n t i l a t i n g, E l e c t r i c al a nd P o w er P l a nt E n g i n e e r s. D e s i g n s, S p e c i f i c a t i o ns a nd S u p e r v i s i o n. F. H. V A L E N T I N E, '09. LOUIS B E CK CO. 112 W a s h. A v e. N. B e st in C l o t h es for Men, Y o u ng M en a nd B o y s. R o y al T a i l o r ed G a r to m e n ts o r d e r. F RY B R O K E R A GE CO., INC. Shipper's A g e n ts C a r - l ot D i s t r i b u t o rs of F r u i ts a nd V e g e t a b l es 192 N. C l a rk St. M. F r y, P r e s i d e n t; H. P. H e n r y, Vice P r e s i d e nt a nd T r e a s u r e r; V. '15, C. T a g g a r t, '16, S e c r e t a r y. O l d e st B r o k e r a ge H o u se in C h i c a g o. J. S c h n e i d e r, M a n c h e s t e r. J a c k s on County. V I R G IL T. B O G U E, '11. S e c r e t a r y — G. H. F r e e a r, 120 J e s s ie 622 B a n g or B l d g. C l e v e l a n d, Ohio. T HE M , A, C. RECORD : XV. E A ST ' L A N S I N G, M I C H I G A N. N O V E M B ER 21, 1919. N O. 9 T HE SUBJECT FOR T HE TRI-STATE de bate between M. A. C, P u r d ue Uni versity a nd Iowa State College is "Re solved that labor should have a s h a re through representatives of their own choosing in the management Of indus try." The first t ry out is set for De cember 5. During t he past five years judges' votes have been cast, thirty nineteen, a nd 0 Ur the two opposing receiving a combined vote of only eleven. teams receiving teams T HE HOLCAD STAFF held a b u s i n e ss and social meeting at t he College resi dence on the evening of November 1 1. at which time t he Holcad p in w as presented to four senior members of co-ed the staff; Marjorie Williams, editor; Barbara Lillie, co-ed business manager; M. B. Wolford, business manager, and E. L. Overholt, editor- " J i m m y" Hasselman of t he in-chief. publicity department, t he pins, and gave a very interesting talk in which he expressed t he sentiment that t he u n d e r g r a d u a te paper, as offi cial organ of t he student body, should be absolutely free from outside re straint. presented lecture T HE LIBERAL ARTS course was opened on Tuesday evening, No vember 18, at t he Armory, by Dr. A. M. Rithbany of Boston, on t he sub ject, "Can H u m a n i ty Be Civilized?" T HE SOPHOMORE CLASS held i ts fall term party in t he Armory last Fri day evening, November 14. T he pa trons were Dean Savage, Coach Brew er and " J i m m y" Hasselman. T HE MICHIGAN AGRICULTURAL Col lege section of t he American Chemi cal Society held its first meeting of the year in t he Kedzie Chemical Lab oratory Nov. 19, at 7:30. Dr. R. C. Huston of t he Chemistry department and recently of t he Sanitory Corps, gave a talk on t he "Newer Nutrition." . A brief business session followed. On Friday evening, December 5, Prof. Hart of t he University of Wisconsin will give an illustrated lecture before the Society on "A Survey of t he Re cent Progress in Animal N u t r i t i o n ." This will be an open meeting a nd any one interested in chemistry is urged to attend. Prof. H a rt h as been intimately associated with recent in vestigations t h at have h ad a profound influence on n u t r i t i on problems and no one is better qualified to present this matter from first-hand knowledge than is Prof. H a r t. A NUMBER OF PAINTINGS Of CampilS views by Samuel J. Kennedy, '01, a re now on exhibition in t he Blue Room 01 the Hotel Kerns in Lansing a nd t h at in this section to t he the exhibition will be open public during t he present week. On F r i d ay evening, Mr. Kennedy will lec t u re on h is work, in t he Blue Room of t he Hotel a nd promises to point out some of t he features of t he sce from t he nery a r t i s t 's standpoint enable it to r a nk with many of t he much painted a rt grounds of Europe. One of Mr. Ken nedy's pictures, a Cedar River scene worked out on t he new school idea, was honored at t he Salon of P a r is a nd is on exhibition w i th t he others. Another of h is paintings m a de during t he summer, he h as given to t he Fed eral Club of t he College, an organ ization of t he federal aid students. The money from t he sale of t he pic t u re is to be used for t he temporary assistance of soldiers sent here by t he Federal government, who a re await i ng long delayed compensation. T he money will be loaned as it is needed, to be paid back as t he m en receive their government funds. three AT A MEETING of t he Forestry Club last Tuesday night, reels of moving pictures were given before an audience of o»e hundred forestry stu presented dents. T he movies were t h r o u gh t he new moving picture ma chine of t he military department a nd were to t he club by t he Bureau of Education. T he pictures were of "Recreation in t he National F o r e s t s ," "Forest P l a n t i n g" and " T he W o rk of a Forest Ranger." furnished T HE HORT CLUB is a l r e a dy m a k i ng plans for t he annual h o rt show, to be held this year, in connection with t he F a r m e r s' week program. Among large exhibits will be those on the pathology, entomology, fruit market ing, floriculture, a nd fertilization a nd spraying compounds. One very im p o r t a nt feature, t he pie baking con test by t he co-eds, will n ot be omitted, and consequently apple pie a la mode in quantities may be expected. AT T HE FIRST ANNUAL MEETING of the American F a rm Bureau Federa last week, t he tion held in Chicago Michigan Association, which h ad i ts origin at M. A. C. last spring, took' a p r o m i n e nt place. G. A. Bingham of the Michigan Association, in a strong speech before the assembly, was in s t r u m e n t al in having t he representa tion question settled with one direc tor from each state and one for each 20,000 members. T he Michigan Asso ciation w as organized during F a r m e rs Week last year, a nd although t he col lege takes no active part in i ts work, they have been behind it from t he beginning, a nd have given assistance when asked. T HE DETROIT CLUB h as i ts w e e k ly t he luncheon for M. A. C. m en at Board of Commerce at noon every Wednesday in Dining Room No. 4. M. A. C. m en of Detroit and visitors a rs most welcome. FRESHMEN OBSTREPEROUS p r o b a b ly have n ot noticed it, b ut those w ho e n t er t he president's office with a free conscience a re r e m a r k i ng on t he pleas ing effect of decorated walls a nd refinished wood w o rk done this week. t he newly With a total of three games played lost t he Junior class h as and none title captured t he inter-class football at M. A. C. T he team r e p r e s e n t i ng '21 copped t he championship when the seniors were defeated last Satur day morning, 6 to 0. students The Sem Bot, t he honorary botany society at M. A. C, initiated seven men last Thursday evening, November 13. T he new m en a r e: L. E. Tis- dale, '19; H. B. Smith, '19; R. E. Trip- pansee, '20; H. Cudaback, '20; L. J. '20, a nd Klotz, '20; W. C. Earsman, W. Clench, '21. There a re more t h an advanced eighty term. Never courses in botany large before h as there been such a n u m b er of excellent students, is it said a nd t he average, on a whole, is above t h at of former years. E. J. Kotila, '18, who h as been conducting potato experiments in the Upper Pen insula, and w ho is r e t u r n i ng to take up work towards a Master's degree, will direct t he work of t he Sem Bots for this year. t a k i ng this At a meeting of the Executive Com mittee of t he M. A. C. Association at the time of t he Home Coming Game, the m i n u t es of which a re p r i n t ed this week, associate membership in t he Association was provided for. It will t h at at t he changing be remembered of t he organization from t he A l u m ni Association to t he M. A. C. Associa tion, t he membership w as extended from alumni to include those w ho h ad completed one term's college wTork. t h us broadening t he m e m b e r s h ip In to take in all those " in whose h e a r ts t h at a M. A. C. sang," it was found small b ut very group enthusiastic were being omitted. T h is group is made up of faculty, members of t he college staff a nd certain friends of t he college who, through y e a rs of asso ciation, have grown to love M. A. C. almost as their own. T he step t a k en by t he Executive Committee will now permit tnem to become m e m b e rs on an associate basis, and allow their be ing counted among t he Association and t a k i ng a p a rt in Association af fairs. 4 THE M. A. C. RECORD Entered as second-class matter October 30, 1916, at the post office at E a st Lansing, Michigan, under Act of March 3, 1879. the Published every Friday during the Col lege Year by the Michigan Agri cultural College Association. W. K. Prudden, '78, Lansing President E. W. Ranney, '00, Greenville, Vice President H. H. Musselman, '08, East Lansing, Tr^as. O. W. McKibbin, '11, East Lansing, - May E. Foley, '18, A. O. McKinnon. '95, Secretary and Editor - Assistant Secretary Bay City Members of Anna Cowles,'15, I Executive Coin- East Lansing f mittee Elected Alexander Mac Vittie, Mi, Oaro^ at Large. MEMBERSHIP IN 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, NOVEMBER 21, 1919. THE UNION AS A MEMORIAL. BUILDING is living, the benefit of T h at a memorial building, which may be used as a community center for the the fitting expression of our grati most tude to to our brave soldiers, seems be the trend of opinion of men who serious h a ve thought. These are days of commu nity uplift, of civic service, of broth tenden erly spirit, and t h an cies. W h at then is more fitting a community house the in which ideals of democracy may be perpet uated? this matter democratic given to expensive monuments It has been the custom in the past or to erect the memory of men and statues their coun women who have served too try or humanity. These to be often been so unattractive as landscape, and even at blots on the practical no the best have been of value. Is it not more in keeping with the spirit of the times to erect a me morial which will be of use to future generations? have At least eight colleges and number less organizations, communities, and cities have caught the spirit, and have already started or are making plans for the erection of buildings which reminders of may serve as constant the sacrifices which our boys made over there, and also, help to keep alive the spirit of democracy and benefit h u m a n i t y. for the brave men, F r a n k l in K. Lane, Secretary of the Interior, emphasized this t r e nd of the times, when he said, "In expressing ser our gratitude vice of and dead, who helped to win the war for democracy and h u m an is it in every most fitting community, a living memorial r a t h er t h an a mere shaft or monument. The houses will erection of community the patriotic living t h at we erect liberty, THE M. A. C. RECORD. establish gathering places which will give the r e t u r n i ng men opportunity to perpetuate the camps." democracy the of up to me President Ked?ie summed the situation here at the college in a way which cannot be improved upon, we "The Memorial Building," believe. he said, "has appealed very strongly as a memorial. W h at we particularly need and have for a long is a place where students and time faculty can mingle in a so cial way. This applies to t he younger the as well as the older members of as staff, and as well seniors. to The College has grown that efforts m u st be such an extent made on the part of all those inter ested in the institution to secure per sonal contact between various members of the college family. freshmen together the to or "In a business way, I t h i nk we all recognize that business can be round ed up better from a more less friendly contact of the individuals con cerned. The day is at hand when one 'Well, business m an says when and lunch talk it all over?' There is something about proper the social atmos kind of suffi phere ciently friendly basis. food and t h at mellows to do business on a the excitation by to another, the b r a in together can we the "At present the new g y m n a s i um of to fers a meeting place for s t u d e n ts is a gymna a sium and lacks the social atmosphere which I believe is very desirable. limited extent, but it "A t h at to any society. large number of our students, t he too large to suit me, pass t h r o u gh the privilege college without having T h e re of belonging those belonging in which is no way their to various societies can exercise talents as social workers in m a k i ng the non-society student's lot more at t h is me tractive, and so I feel morial building devoted, not a to single purpose but to a great variety of purposes is a project which every friend of M. A. C. can well afford to boost. There are a large n u m b er of alumni and old students who, I be lieve, will feel in which they have had a hand in erect to them back ing will act to draw the the college at stated if building serves a proper purpose for the students in attendance at the col lege." intervals building t h at a M. A. C. BANQUET AT AGRICUL TURAL COLLEGE CONFER ENCES, CHICAGO. the and the Association In connection with annual meeting of the American Association the Advancement of Agricultural for Teaching of American Colleges E x p e r i m e nt Stations held in Chicago November 11 to 14, the Chicago M. A. C. Asso ciation arranged for a banquet for M. the A. C. people at is an meetings. This banquet, which in attendance and feature of annual conferences was held at the Auditorium Hotel oii the evening of November 12. these Kenyon L. Butterfield, '91, Presi the Massachusetts Agricul dent of t u r al College, F. B, Mumford, '91, Dean of Agriculture at the University '87, of Missouri, and E. A. Burnett, Dean of Agriculture at t he Nebraska Agricultural College, gave very inter esting accounts of their war experi ences while in Europe. the under Station, Other M. A. C. people who were present were E. E. Gallup, '96, Super visor of Agricultural Education for Smith-Hughes Michigan Act; Robert J. Baldwin, '04, Director of Extension Work for the Michigan Agricultural College; Dick J. Crosby, '93, Professor of Agricultural Teach ing, New York State College of Agri culture; A. B. Cordley, '88, Dean of Agriculture and Director of Agricul tural Experiment Station, Corvallis, '96, Director Oregon; R. E. Doolittle, for Central of Bureau of Chemistry Division, Chicago; F. B. Mumford. '91, Dean of Agriculture and Director of Columbia, the Experiment Missouri; Elizabeth Frazier, '11, Crit ic Teacher of Home Economics, M. '11, Faculty A. C; E. C. Lindemann, Y. M. C. A. T r a i n i ng School; Mrs. E. C. Lindeman (Hazel Taft, '10); R. D. Maltby, of Vocational Education, Athens, Ga.; H. T. French, '85, Director of Extension, F o rt Col lins, Colorado; L. A. Clinton, Director of Agricultural Extension at the New Jersey A. C; S. W. Doty, '07, Office Of Markets, U. S. Department of Agri '99, in charge culture; Wm. D. Hurd, Improve of western work of Soils ment Committee; H. R. Smith, '95, the Chicago Livestock Commis with sion; '10, Livestock J. A. Waldron, Extension Specialist at M. A. C; G. '88, Chemist at Columbus L. Teller, '04, Laboratories; C. G. Woodbury, at Director of E x p e r i m e nt Station '02, P u r d ue University; E a rl Young, Insti Director of tutes; '00, instructor and H a r ry Rupert, with in the P u l l m an School. Illinois F a r m e r s' '04, Director Faculty members who wrere present from the college were Dean Mary E.. Edmonds, Dean R. S. Shaw, and C. H. Graves, F a rm Management Spe cialist. President Howard Edwards of the Rhode Island Agricultural Col lege, former professor- of English at . M. A. C, was also present. DETROIT ALUMNI TO BANQUET TEAM. Members of the M. A. C. football eleven are to be banqueted in Detroit November 29 as guests of the M. A. C. Club. The invitation was formally through Presi team extended to the dent Gunnison, talk given '00, in a before the South Dakota game. In behalf of the team, Coach Ches invi ter L. Brewer has accepted the tation. Banqueting of the team by the De- THE M. A. C. RECORD. 5 E X E C U T I VE C O M M I T T EE S U G G E ST S I TE F OR UNION M E M O R I AL B U I L D I N G. Also Provide Associate M e m b e r s h ip in M. A. C. Association. Wells Hall a nd R. E. Olds H a ll of E n g i n e e r i n g. troit alumni club is an a n n u al affair and the w i n n e rs of the Li. A. C. mon the ogram look towards the event as culmination of season. the Speakers will be chosen from Detroit alumni, M. A. C. coaches a nd mem bers of the team. football The banquet is to be at 6:30 at the Elks Temple a nd Detroit Club mem bers are asked to m a ke their reserva are tions early as but 200 available. places M. A. C. P E O P LE AT C H I C A GO M E E T I N G S. M. A. C. was well represented at the various meetings and conferences held in Chicago last week. in the National At the National R u r al Life Confer ence at t he LaSalle Hotel November 8-9-10-11, Kenyan L. Butterfield, '91, the Massachusetts A g r i president of cultural College, was re-elected presi organization. dent of Representatives were attendance from 33 states a nd two foreign coun tries. Other M. A. C. delegates to the '09, convention were R ay T u r n e r, State Leader of Boys and Girls' Clubs; '85, director of exten H. T. French, in F o rt Collins, Colorado; Dr. sion '87, R u r al Field Agent W. W. Diehl, the Methodist Episcopal Church for '11; in Michigan; E. C. Lindeman, Hazel Taft Lindeman, '10; J. W. Cha- pin, '10. Dr. W a rd Giltner and Prof. E. H. Ryder were faculty members present. * Pres. F. S. Kedzie, Dean R. S. Shaw, '04, Profs. Director Robert Baldwin, the Cox, Megee and Millar attended of annual meeting of Association American Agricultural Colleges and- Experiment Stations, Nov. 12-14. Prof. Walter French, E. L. Grover, '07, a nd Elizabeth Frazer, '11, took p a rt in the conference of t he American Associa tion for Advancement of Agricultural Teaching. Dean Mary E d m o n ds and Miss F r a z er were present at the meet ing of t he A. of A. C. and E. S. C. H. Graves, F a rm Management Special ist, a nd Hale T e n n a nt of the M a r k e ts D e p a r t m e nt were at the American. F a rm Economics Association meeting on t he l i th and 12th. Prof. Cox at tended t he American Society of Agro nomy conference, November and 11, a nd Prof. A. J. P a t t en represented t he college at the meeting of Officials in Charge of Feeding Stuff Regula tions and Feed Manufacturers, on No vember 11. 10 Dr. Eben Mumford, S t a te Leader of County Agents, was present at .the meeting of the F i r st American F a rm Bureau F e d e r a t i o n/ Nov. 10-11-12. T HE DOWNFALL OF T HE ABBEY. If walls have ears, as some m a i n t a i n, And wits, as some declare, Old Abbey h e a rs a softer s t r a in T h an w h en my home was there. And thinks, no doubt, the change is r a re Of smothered feminine F or yell and shout t h at filled l a u g h t er t he a ir And rattled every rafter. W h e re B. V. D.'s were once O. K. T he Jay kimono blooms. Our savage ease has passed away tough old Abbey's rooms. F r om I wonder do the m a th s h a r ks meet In old one-forty-three And ramble sheet, through t he Holcad's Neglecting m a th 6d. I'll bet t he bruised old stairway y e a r ns To h e ar As w h en we used to r u sh rattle, t he Like wild stampeded cattle. the scrap-can's t u r ns B ut dry your tears, old Abbey Gang, Long weeping h a r ms t he lungs. Let walls *have ears. Who gives a h a n g? Thank'heaven, they have no tongues. '20, in —R. S. Clark, the Holcad. the m e e t i n g: in t he Council Room of Minutes of The meeting of the Executive Com m i t t ee of the M. A. C. Association w as held t he Y. M. C. A. on the campus at 10:00 a. m. Saturday, November 8, 1919. Those '90, Jack present w e r e: E. J. Frost, '93, Central son Ass'n; L u t h er Baker, Michigan Ass'n; Charles Richards, '16, B e r r i en County Ass'n; W. B. W i l l i a m sr '17, G r a nd Rapids Ass'n; E. N. Pagel-: son, '89, Detroit Club; C. H. Parker,. '00, Saginaw Ass'n; L. A. Copeman, '05, F l i nt Club; W. H. P a r k e r, '06, '93, E a st F l i nt Club: W. O. Hedrick, '00, Green L a n s i n g: E. W. Ranney, '00, Detroit ville; H u gh Gunnison, '78, L a n s i n g; Club; W. K. Prudden, Alexander MacVittie, '11, N o r t h e a st Michigan Ass'n; A. C. McKinnon, '85r '85, Central J. D. Towar, Bay City; Michigan Ass'n, and C. W. McKibbin, '11, Secretary. '78, called Pres. Prudden, to order. the m e e t i ng to t he faculty a nd T he Secretary presented the need the by-laws which of an addition will permit of an associate member ship in the M. A. C. Association for m e m b e rs of friends of the college who, under t he present, constitution, are not eligible to mem bership. It was moved by Prof. He drick and seconded by W. H. P a r k er t h at t he by-laws of the M. A. C. As sociation be added to so as to provide t h at t he faculty and friends of M. A. C. m ay be admitted to t he M. A. C. Association as associate m e m b e rs up on t he payment of the regular $2.00 dues. plans Sketch the Memorial for Building prepared by Architect Bowd were presented for consideration a nd discussion. t he alumni A motion was made by Mr. Baker, seconded by Mr. Pagelson and c a r r i ed t h at a committee of three be appoint ed to be known as a "plans and speci committee" who will repre fication in conferences w i th sent the College Architect on the draft of t he plans and specifications of t he Union Memorial Building. A resolu tion w as t h is com mit; 3e of t he Me to select a suitable site for the- morial Building and to r e p r e s e nt a l u m ni t he State- in conference w i th Board of Agriculture in a r r a n g i ng for the site. t h at t h r ee be also empowered1 t h en passed A motion was made by Mr. T o w ar the- and seconded by Mr. B a k er t h at site of the building be on t he campus-, not far and the m a in preferably on the site of the old house known as Dr. Beal's residence, now occupied by Dr. Bessey. s t r e et from THE M. A. C. RECORD. AGRICULTURAL CONDITIONS IN GREECE. Told by Dr. Bouyoucos. two years as t h at most f a r m e rs the system once every of rotation follow consists of cropping the land one year to r e m a in fallow or and allowing idle t he next year. it an by the in Greece as a member of Dr. G. J. Bouyoucos who has j u st to the campus after a year returned t he spent a g r i c u l t u r al soils committee of P r e s i d e nt commission appointed following Wilson h as prepared sketch of conditions and his work in Greece his native country. So grate ful were t he officers of the Greek gov his to Dr. Bouyoucos e r n m e nt work they conferred upon h im three a w a r ds of honor—the highest in their power to bestow—the Order of Our Savior, t he Cross of the Battalion of George F o u r t h, and t he Military Medal. t h at for uses became i m p o r t i ng her acute Greece has been they could be m a de the Great W ar very from h er w h e at other countries most of bread. Being unable for she the wheat she needed to import all bread during a nd situation in her distress she called upon t he United States for help. The Ameri can Red Cross responded by sending her an Agricultural Commission com posed of Dr. Cyril G. Hopkins of t he University of Illinois and Dr. George Bouyoucos of the Michigan Agricul tural College and member of the Soils department. The object of this com mission was to study the soils of the country and then to recommend meth ods by which to produce 'more food. The Commission made a general examination of most It collected m a ny soils it analyzed for nitro samples which gen, phosphorus, potasium, magne sium and calcium, and conducted pot field experi culture experiments and ments on some of the most i m p o r t a nt and extensive soil types in the coun try. T he results obtained from these investigations, the knowledge various acquired together rec with advice ommendations the Greek govern ment, were published in a little book which was sent free to nearly all the farmers in Greece. Although the com mission remained only about a y e ar accomplish much in Greece, it did good for the agriculture of the coun try. to the farmers and from observations, in Greece. to the found It was t h at nearly all the soils of Greece are quite unproductive. This was to be expected, however, be farmed these soils have been cause probably for thousands of years with out the farmers ever t r y i ng to main tain beautiful fertility. Many plains with soil of good physical con dition have become so t h at the farmers have agriculturally aban t he doned them and have gone to farm rocky m o u n t a i ns where is the soil new and more productive. The aver age yield of wheat in the e n t i re king dom the is only about 8 bushels acre; and this yield is produced only infertile to steel the other Only about one-third of the farmers employ modern methods of agricul two-thirds use very ture, primitive methods. The farmers live in villages. They sow t he wheat by (broad cast) and plow it in by h a nd point a wooden plow with a the driven by oxen. They harvest wheat with a sickle a nd t r a n s p o rt it to t he village on t he back of donkeys, where it floor, and have upon a Scone-paved t r a mp horses the it. When over straw fine condition is reduced the g r a in is separated from the straw to the a ir by t he m a t e r i al with a the wind blows away the s t r aw and leaves the grain alone. is threshed by spreading large wooden fork, and t h r o w i ng to a it the people two-thirds of is very mountainous, t he a r ea of These primitive methods of agricul t u re cannot be a t t r i b u t ed entirely to the n a t u r al backwardness of t he peo factors ple. There are m a ny n a t u r al to employ which compel instance these primitive methods. F or in the country t he deed country consists of m o u n t a i n s, there are no roads, the fields are small and scattered, and considerable of the land it difficult is stony. All these m a ke the modern for farmers too, agricultural machinery. Then, the present kingdom is young, being less t h an 100 years old, its exist this period of a nd d u r i ng ence, it has never been left in peace by her enemies to develop her agri culture. of Greece to use the tried T he Greek people and the govern m e nt were very appreciative of w h at t he commission tried and did do. The the ser government vices of the commission for a period of salaries. In recognition of t he services the king conferred upon the commission two of the highest decorations the king dom. five years at very high to r e t a in in to the The members of commission were officers of the American Red Cross. Dr. Hopkins held the r a nk of Major and Dr. Bouyoucos the r a nk of captain. The commission was on its this country when Dr. Hop way kins was suddenly t a k en ill on board the ship and upon arrival at Gibral the British t ar he was to Military Hospital, where passed he away. Dr. Bouyoucos remained with him and after he died brought his body back the death of Dr. Hopkins the agricultural world its greatest soil experts and scientists. this country. loses one of removed In to M. A. C. DEFEATED BY NOTRE DAME, 13-0. Never did a F a r m er football team the Michigan fight h a r d er Aggies on Cartier t h an did field. the Never did a visiting eleven more courage in t he face of odds }k all fight a nd courage which' tl invaders could develope was not 1 ficient to stop t he equally courage^ and more powerful ried team which the colors of Notre Dame The E a st L a n s i ng m en were defe ed cleanly and decisively. The sco-1 was 13 to 0. But w i th all the visitors m t h at ceeded expectations, for they held « Gold and Blue aggregation, herajJL as twi touchdowns. the fastest the west in to Notre Dame opened t he game wiffl || a complete second s t r i ng line up. long, however, until Coach was not the futility of trying to Rockne saw defeat the Aggies with t h is combinai tion so he rushed his regular backfield and ends the start! of into the second quarter. the fray at In stand to K i rk placed the m u rk of defeat, the East L a n s i ng m en found one bright beacon! light—the brilliant their! of eleven on its five-yard line in the sec-! ond quarter. A series of long passes! the ball on the! Gipp line where the lo-| Aggies' eight-yard cals h a m m e r ed times! four the without m a k i ng the required distance] the ball going to the visitors on downs.] Short forward passes over the linej were responsible for the Notre Dame' victory. F i n d i ng unable; to gain ground, either by end circling,) their strongest a t t a ck or through the line, t he Catholics resorted to the ab breviated aerial game and in this way crossed the Aggie goal line twice. themselves line While the condition of the field was perfect for a r u n n i ng game the fast Catholic backfield wras halted almost every time. foot of rivals every The Aggies played a game far sur passing a n y t h i ng shown by them be fore this year. F r om the first whistle till the end of the battle they fought their the way, and with the exception of the forward terms. they fought on equal passing Probably football the greatest bit of displayed by a Big Green team since twrice stop 1915 occurred when ped the Catholic attack on the Aggie one-yard line and held them for four downs. they in Notre Dame used good strategy in knocking out "Brownie" Springer the felt keenly by the Aggies both on the of fense and defense. first quarter. His loss was S u m m a r y: M. A. 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IjNG FOR BUMPER FARMERS' WEEK. lans for F a r m e r s' Week, perma- "dates for which were set Febru- to 6 by the State Board of Agri- spring, are well u n d er last Ire the |(r- c. V. McCollum, of J o hn Hop- " University, probably best !rn authority on animal feeding the United States, in •f nutrition Jd Cecil Roberts, English poet, who "