^%48ffi** THE M. A. C. RECORD. Secretary and Editor - Assistant Secretary St. Joseph. THE M.A.C. RECORD Entered as second-class m a t t er October 30, 1916, at the post office at Bast Lansing-, Michigan, under the Act of March 3, 1879. Published every Friday during the College Year by the Michigan Agricultural College Association. W. K. Prudden, President '78, Lansing E. W. Ranney, '00, Greenville, Vice President '08, E a st Lansing, Treas. H. H. Musselman, '11, East Lansing, C. W. McKibbin, - May E. Foley, '18 Members of Executive Committee, Elected at Large, A. C. McKinnon, Anna Cowles, E. N. Pagelson, '89, Detroit. '95, Bay City, '15, E a st Lansing, MEMBERSHIP IN THE M. A. C. ASSOCIA TION which includes subscription the Record, $2.00 P ER YEAR. to Make Remittances payable to the M. A. C. Association. Unless members request a discontinuance renewal of will be assumed t h at a it membership is desired. M A. C. ASSOCIATIONS Central Michigan. President—S. F. Edwards, Vice President—Elizabeth Palm, '99, Lansing. '11, Li brary, E a st Lansing. Secretary-Treasurer—E. E. Hotchin, '12, E a st Lansing. Edison Co. Seebault Ave. President—H. B. Gunnison, '00, Detroit Detroit Club. Vice-President—Edward C. Krehl, '08, 198 Secretary and Treasurer—John H. Kenyon, Ins. Co., 80 Griswold. w'14. Mutual Benefit President—Mrs. L. B. Littell, '03, 554 Gid- Grand Rapids. dings Ave. Parkwood St. Vice-President—Mrs. Caspar Baarman, 636 Secretary-Treasurer—Miss Luie H. Ball, '13. Flint Club. President—I. E. Parsons, '07, Grand Blanc. '13, Vice-President—Mrs. O. G. Anderson, Secretary—Howard R. Estes, '17, Y. M. C. Grand Blanc. A., Flint. Owosso. President—R. S. Linton, '16, 329 W. Oli ver St. Bldg. chester. Jackson. Bldg. Secretary—H. E. Dennison, '11, 305 Miner Jackson County. President—L. Whitney Watkins, '03, Man Vice-President—W. K. Sagindorph, '04, 415 W. F r a n k l in St., Jackson. Secretary—W. B. Allen, '07, 129 S. Hill St., Kalamazoo Club. President-—Jason Woodman, '81, Federal Lenawee County. President—C. L. Coffeen, Secretary—Jessie Illenden, '12, Adrian. '19, Adrian. President—W. T. Langley, '8 2, Constan- St. Joseph County. tine, R. F. D. Secy.—Sam Hagenbuck, '10, Three Rivers. Northeastern Michigan. President—A. MacVittie, Vice-President—Morrice Courtright, w'13 '11,. Caro. 1820 Centre Ave., Bay City. Berrien County. President—Charles Richards, Benton Har bor, R. R. F a ir Plains. •Vice-President—Beatrice Jakway, Secretary—Kittie Handy, '16, Court House, '17. Treasurer—Willard Sanborn, '13. Northwest Michigan. President—H. A. Danville, Vice-President—L. W. Reed, '14, Copemish. Secretary—Alice Kuenzli, '16, Manistee. Chicago, III. '83, Manistee. President—Wm. D. Hurd, '99, 820 Lumber Exchange Bldg. Secretary—H. P. Henry, '15, 192 N. Clark. New York City. President—John J. Bush, '84, 616 W. 137th St., New York City, N. Y. Secretary—O. S. Shields, '16, 719 Hancock St., Brooklyn, N. Y. Cleveland, Ohio. Secretary—L. C. Milburn, '14, 1451 E. 134th St., Cleveland. Milwaukee, Wis. President—Wm. L. Davidson, Executive, 84 Mason St. Secretary—Geo. B. Wells, '13, Scout '00, Schrader Lumber Co. Portland, Oregon. President—C. W. Bale, '00, 718 E. Ash St., Portland, Ore. Secretary-Treasurer—R. G. Scofield, 1061 y9. East Sixth St., Portland, Ore. '07, Minneapolis Club. President—J. Allen Miller, '12, 2938 Tay lor St., N. E. Vice-President—I. J. Westerveld, Universal Portland Cement Co. Secretary—C. C. Cavanagh, '09, 836 Secur '12, care ity Bldg. Washington, D. C. President—John W. Rittinger, 364 House Office. Secretary—Mrs. D. A. Gurney, Gallatin St., N. W. Western New York. '94, Room '04, 1217 President—Prof. G. H. Collingwood, '11, 408 Dryden Rd., Ithaca. Secretary—Prof. W'. J. Wright, nell Univ., Ithaca. President—Harry A. Schuyler, Southern California. '04, Cor '13, of Whittier. Riverside. Secretary-Treasurer—Ralph E. Caryl, '14, Northern California. Vice-President—E. C. Bank, '84, Jeffery Hotel, Salinas, Calif. Secretary—G. H. Freear, 120 San Francisco. New England. Secretary—Glenn C. Sevey, Jessie St., '03, Russell, Vice President—Fred L. Chappell, '85, Mass. Secretary—Fred W. Temple, '14, 209 W. Chase Block. F r a nk St. Upper Peninsula Association. President—L. R. Walker, '15, Court House, Marquette, Mich. Secretary—Aurelia B. Potts, House, Marquette, Mich. '12, Court Seattle. President—Josephine Hart, '12, 4001 Whit man Ave. Secretary-Treasurer—Emma B. Barrett, '03, 4001 Whitman Ave. T HE CAMPUS PRESS EAST LANSING'S MODERN PRINTING PRESS Now located in the New Bank Building PRINTING, EMBOSSING, ENGRAVING. THE M. A. C. RECORD. 3 IF YOU WOULD HAVE REAL SERVICE—LET M. A. G. MEN SERVE YOU E D W A RD N. P A G E L S O N, '89 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, '83 223 W a s h i n g - t on A v e. N. '09, H. C. P r a t t, 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 in 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 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. D R. E, D. B R O O K S, t he D i s e a s es of '76 E Y E, E A R, N O S E, A ND T H R O AT G l a s s es F i t t ed S u i t e, 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, Micl>. 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 RY '84; J. C o r y e l l, R. '14 G r o w e rs a nd P l a n t e rs of S h a de 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 ns 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, M i c h. I. C o r y e l l, R a l ph J O HN F. 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, M i c h. T HE E D W A R DS L A B O R A T O R I ES L a n s i n g, M i c h i g an '99 S. F. E d w a r d s, A n t i - H og C h o l e ra S e r um a nd O t h er B i o l o g i c al P r o d u c t s. t u r es L e g u me B a c t e r ia C u l I n o c u l a t i o n. for S e ed 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 F. A. C a r l s o n, '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. '11) ( F o r e s t r y, M. A. C, If y ou h a v e n 't I n s u r a n ce a nd B o n ds of E v e ry K i n d. i n s u r ed y o ur 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, I n c. 208-212 C a p i t al N a t i o n al B a nk B l d g. s a l a r y, b e t t er 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 N. S. M a y o, a c c u r a cy g u a r a n t e e d. '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 nt Courses—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 ., 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 Grower, 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 " G o ld 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. V I R G IL T. BOGUE, '11 L a n d s c a pe A r c h i t e ct a nd N u r s e r y m an 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 t r e es a nd e v e r g r e e ns s h r u bs a nd s p e c i m en 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, '79 A t t o r n ey at L aw S o u t h e rn T i t le B l d g ., S an D i e g o, Cal. " M A P L E H O ME S H O R T H O R N S" H e rd 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 f or t e r ms r e a s o n a b l e ;, o ne w h i t e, o ne r e d, s a l e, a nd o ne J. H. R E AD & SON, L. W. R E A D, r o an on h a nd n o w. '14. P r o p r i e t o r s, C o p e m i s h, Mich. VALENTINE, M A Y ER & H O U S M AN 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 F. H. V A L E N T I N E, S u p e r v i s i o n. '09 622 B a n g or B l d g. C l e v e l a n d, Ohio. LOUIS B E CK CO. 112 W a s h. A v e. N. B e st Sam B e c k, w i th in C l o t h es B o y s. '12, S e c y, a nd T r e a s. f or Men, Y o u ng M en and R o y al T a i l o r ed G a r m e n ts to 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, '15, V i ce P r e s i d e nt a nd T r e a s u r e r; V. 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. O. C. H o w e, 'S3, M a n a g er L A N S I NG I N V E S T M E NT CO. S t o c k s — B o n ds C a p i t al N a t i o n al B a nk B l d g ., L a n s i n g, Mich. '16 W M. J. ATCHISON, L a n d s c a pe Gardener of F R I S S EL & ATCHISON F l i nt L a n s i ng M u s k e g on H. K O S I T C H EK & BROS. 113 N. W a s h. A v e. T he H o me of T h o se C e l e b r a t ed E d. V. P r i ce T a i l o r - M a de S u i ts a nd O v e r c o a ts ( F a s h ion P a rk C l o t h e s) ( S t y le P l us S u i ts a nd O v e r c o a t s ). B L U D E A U, S I E B E RT & GATES B o o k b i n d e rs F i le B o x e s, M a p. M o u n t i n g s, E t c. C i t i z e ns P h o ne No. 3019. Cor. W a s h i n g t on A v e. a nd A l l e g an St. J. H. L A R R A B EE 325 S. W a s h i n g t on A v e. Sport S h o p — A t h l e t ic Goods of All K i n ds A L L EN & DE K L E I NE CO. Printers—Office Outfitters 124-130 W e st I o n i a. F i n e st e q u i p p ed p l a nt in C e n t r al M i c h i g a n. B e ll 1094. C i t z. 3436. THE M. A. C. RECORD. D R. C. A. G R I F F I N, '10 O s t e o p a th 360 C a p i t al N a t i o n al B a nk Building-. Citz. P h o n e: Office S341. H o u se 4950. S H E R I D AN C R E A M E RY CO. Sheridan, W y o m i n g. CHAS. J. OVIATT, '09 T he b e st b u t t e r, ice c r e am a nd e g gs t h is in a d m it n e ck of t he w o o d s — we t h is f r e e l y. K E I TH BROS. N U R S E R Y, B. W. K e i t h, '11 S t r a w b e r r i e s, R a s p b e r r i e s, B l a c k b e r r i e s, O r s h o u ld n a m e n t a l s, S h r u b s, e t c. E v e r y o ne h a ve a f r u it g a r d en a nd a t t r a c t i ve h o me g r o u n d s. S p e c i al Offers to M. A. C. P e o p l e. A d d r e ss B ox 511, S a w y e r, M i c h. B R E E D ER OF H O L S T E IN C A T T LE A ND H A M P S H I RE S H E EP C. I. B r u n g e r, '02 G r a nd L e d g e, M i c h i g a n. CLUNY STOCK F A RM 1 0 0 — R e g i s t e r ed H o l s t e i n s—1 00 E x c e p t i o n al h e rd r e p r e s e n t i ng t he b e st p r o d u c i ng f a m i l i es of t he b r e e d, w h e re h e a l t h, q u a l i ty a nd p r o d u c t i on a re s t a n d a r ds s e t. T he p l a ce to b uy y o ur n e xt h e rd s i r e. '90, H o w e l l, Mich. R. B r a ce M c P h e r s o n, t he C H A R L ES H. R O U S E, '17 T e l e p h o ne Main 3783. P a r d ee & R o u s e, S t a te M a n a g e r, C o n t i n e n t al A s s u r a n ce Co. 605 L i n c o ln B u i l d i n g, D e t r o i t, Mich. F A R GO E N G I N E E R I NG CO. Consulting- E n g i n e e r s, J a c k s o n, M i c h i g an H y d r o - E l e c t r ic a nd S t e am P o w er P l a n t s, Difficult D am F o u n d a t i o n s. H o r a ce S. H u n t, '05. F r ed M. W i l s o n, '17; E i n ar A. J o h n s o n, '18 602 L a n s i ng S t a te S a v i n gs B a nk B l d g ., L a n s i n g, Mich. T he E q u i t a b le L i fe A s s u r a n ce S o c i e ty of t he U n i t ed S t a t e s. I n s u r a n c e, H e a l t h, A c c i d e nt C i t z. 3556. B e ll 2646. I n s u r a n c e. L i fe E D M U ND H. GIBSON, '12 C o n s u l t i ng E n t o m o l o g i st and A g r i c u l t u r al E n g i n e er a nd Staff of S a n i t a ry a nd Civil E n g i n e e rs 508 M u n s ey B l d g ., W a s h i n g t o n, D. C. F I T Z P A T R I CK & WOOD '18 " F i t z ," C o n f e c t i o ns '18 F l o w e rs "Deac," T o b a c c os " W h e re F o l ks Meet P h o ne M a in 6889. in D e t r o i t" 169% Gd. R i v er A v e. H I L C R E ST F R U IT F A R MS F e n n v i l l e, M i c h i g a n. H. B l a k e s l ee C r a n e - ' 1 4 — M u r i el S m i th C r a ne '14 We a re m e m b e rs of t he F e n n v i l le F r u it E x c h a n g e — t he l a r g e st in M i c h i g a n. A SK F OR I ce CRETAN W. A. McDonald, '13-F, Mgr. Barker-Fowler Electric Co. ""We Motor People" ELECTRICAL SERVANT SERVICE 117 E. Michigan Ave. Bell 724 Citizens 2102-3303 L A W R E N CE & V AN B U R EN P R I N T I NG C O M P A NY PRINTERS, BINDERS AND ENGRAVERS 210-212 NORTH GRAND AVENUE JUST ARRIVED! 150 Boxes of Morse's Candies, and About 100 Schaffer Foun tain Pens. Can we do anything in this line for you? Bring Your Prescription To Us. RANDALL DRUG CO. ENGRAVINGS mad e by Lansing's Up- to-the-minute Engrav ing Company are equal in every particular to " t h o se m a de in a ny p l a nt in t he country and the service feeder because of our location Lansing Colorplate Co 230 Washington Aye.: North V T HE M. A. C. R E C O R D. T W E N TY M EN INFESTED W I TH T HE ADVER TISING BUG m et Wednesday n i g ht t h is week in t he Alumni office to lay plans for t he organization of an M. A. C. Advertising Club. T he g a t h e r i ng w as about evenly di vided between faculty a nd students. T he discussion of t he project brought out t he possibility of service of such an organiza tion both to students w ho propose to e n t er advertising work or in fact a ny business field, and to t he college itself. . T he Alumni Secretary acted as C h a i r m an a nd appointed an organizing committee 'of Prof Mitchell of the English department, " J i m m y" Hassel- m an of t he Publicity d e p a r t m e nt a nd L. W. Ross '21, Business Manager of t he Hoi cad. The next meeting will be held next Wednes day evening at which t he Club will be ad dressed by t he livliest advertising m a n t h at can be procured in Lansing. T he need for t r a i n i ng in advertising as indicated by t he large n u m b er of almuni w ho a re engaged in advertising work, t he students w ho propose to enter advertising work when they have finished college a nd t he value, even t he ne cessity of advertising both to s t u d e n ts a nd to faculty have prompted t he formation of the Club. T HE DRAMATIC CLUB directed by Prof. King is to present " T he Comedy of E r r o r s ," in an open air t h e a t er on the campus d u r i ng Commencement week. Tuesday, J u ne 14, is the date set for t he play, instead of on Mon day as last year. T he pageant will be given on Monday night. to t a ke AN AGRICULTURAL SOCIETY, t he place of t he old F a r m e r s' Club of recent years w as organized at t he college last Wed nesday. E. L. Overhold '20 of A t h e ns w as elected president; J. Tyson '21, Bay City, vice-president; R. R. Nellist '21, Ada, secre t a r y; a nd K. D. Bailey '22, Reading, treas urer. Dean R. S. Shaw addressed t he 60 charter members, a nd brought out t he need for such an organization, a nd t he great problems confronting agriculturists today. M I SS A L MA B I N Z EL of t he U n i v e r s i ty of Minnesota h as given a series of lectures to the girls at M. A. C. d u r i ng t he past week on "Making t he Most of our Children." Miss Binzel came here from Cornell, w h e re s he gave a series of lectures on child training. While thi's work w as a r r a n g ed p r i m a r i ly for the classes, other classes a nd visitors were allowed to at discussed were, tend. Among t he subjects " U n d e r s t a n d i ng I n h e r i t a n c e ," "Controlling t he I n v e s t m e nt of T h e ir Inheri tance," "Some Bad Investments," a nd " T he P a r e n t s' Obligation to Democracy." junior a nd senior education t he Child's COLLEGE TRADITIONS will be a special fea t u re of t he 1920 Wolverine. T h is novel ad tell in thirty-two dition to t he book will beautifully illustrated pages t he story a nd history of t he m a ny distinctive M. A. C. cus toms a nd traditions. This section will be of interest not only to u n d e r g r a d u a t es b ut also to alumni. No books will be printed ex cept those for which orders a re placed. T he book is now being made up, a nd orders will be t a k en for a limited time. T H R EE NEW BULLETINS by M. A . C. a l u m n i, recently issued by t he E x p e r i m e nt Station, are " T he Effect of Fertilizer Salts Treat ments on t he Composition of Soil E x t r a c t s" by C. H. Spurway '09; "Vinegar" by Zae N o r t h r up W y a nt '06; a nd "Studies in T he H e at Resistant Organisms of Cold Packed Canned P e a s" by R u th Normington '13; un der t he direction of Dr. W a rd Giltner a nd Zae N o r t h r up W y a nt '06. DIRECTOR C. L. BREWER a t t e n d ed the meet ing of t he Michigan Olympic games commit tee at Detroit last Friday, April 9. T he pur pose of t he m e e t i ng w as for t he considera tion of a ny athletes in t he state who m ay be m a t e r i al for t he American team in t he coming big world championship event, t he Olympiad, to be held at Antwerp next sum mer. Director Brewer stayed over in De troit on S a t u r d ay for t he Y. M. C. A. Athle tic Carnival, a nd t h en left with t he M. A. C. baseball team on their eastern trip. T HE ANNUAL SPRING INSPECTION d a t es a re set for May 31 a nd J u ne 1, if officers from the general staff can be sent to t he college at t h at time. F r e s h m en companies especial ly a re working h a rd to get in first class con those dates arrive, and un- dition before der-graduates a re looking forward to a holi day. Capt. Teter h as asked t h at a r e g u l ar coast artillery m an be sent to inspect t he Coast Artillery Unit. MID-WINTER SPORTS a re to be e n c o u r a g ed at M. A. C. next winter. Plans a re already started for a toboggan slide from the Senior t he President's house—• House—formerly around t he edge of Sleepy Hollow a nd thence down t he b a nk of t he Cedar River. Skating, skiing and snow-shoeing will be In previous winters at t he encouraged. college, a t t e m p ts have been m a de to per fect a skating rink, b ut t he u n c e r t a i n ty of the t e m p e r a t u re a nd t he porous n a t u re of the ground, have made t he u n d e r t a k i ng un successful. A wooden bottom for t he a r t i ficial p nd is being considered, a nd w i th a winter as cold a nd as long d r a wn out as t he past one, a r i nk should be a success. W i n t er sports a re gaining favor among all north ern colleges, a nd with t he large percentage of upper peninsula m en enrolled here w ho a re familiar with this type of athletics, M. A. C. should excel in t h is newly p l a n n ed pastime. 6 THE M. A. C. RECORD. EDITORIAL COMMENT. THE STUDENT MEMORIAL DRIVE FOR BUILDING. THE the necessity of If any alumni have been in doubt as to the the Union actual use and to the campus a nd to Memorial Building present day college life here at M. A. C. their doubts must have been dispelled by the unanimous approval of the Building as it was and last week cents in student subscription cards. Nearly the twelve h u n d r ed students contributed to Building F u nd and their subscriptions aver aged between $35 and $40. in dollars voiced The faculty entered the drive for $50,000 spirit and enthusiasm with which students and it and put across t h r ee endorsement, days constitutes an unusual should such an endorsement be necessary. It shows beyond a doubt the real need of the Building by the campus family. into in the t he m en and women now But besides actual dollars and cents repre sented by the subscriptions, the drive h ad impressing another distinct value—that in college upon the propriety of giving something back to their college. is possible t h at m a ny of the subscriptions may never be paid, yet the idea of owing something to the 'Old School' and of paying something back after one has graduated—the realization of an obligation to their Alma Mater was imprinted on the mind of every student. It lesson t a u g ht new That is a new lesson at M. A. C. It is a to M. A. C. men and women new a l u m n i — t h is to everywhere, particularly idea of giving something back. An old dog may not be tricks which ac counts possibly for the lack of speed in re ceiving and pushing the campaign in some alumni areas. But les in son upon the mind of every student in col the source, so lege, we are beginning at t h at alumni of the future will realize their obligation to Alma Mater even more keenly t h an does the present alumni generation. impressing t h is from OPPORTUNITIES Forty different FOR M. A. C. GIRLS. lines of work are open is to girls who graduate from M. A. C. it estimated, and demands which have come to the Home Economics depart t h at at least ment recently, it would seem in need these varieties are thirty-nine of of trained workers. Our greatly improved courses during the last few years have plac ed the work level with the best in the country. institution on a in this t he Added courses in physiological chemistry, problem bacteriology, cookery, millinery, textiles and design, and institutional management, give a broad and practical t r a i n i ng to all women students. advanced dietetics, than them. course in the teaching profession, and these former have been more numerous in years. Many schools are installing house hold arts and science courses and none are discontinuing The strong agitation for higher salaries for teachers has resulted in a m i n i m um of $1200 for inexperienced girls, and some of this year's graduates are taking positions in Detroit at $140 a month. There a re always more requests for die ticians t h an can possibly be met, and women who have specialized in institutional man agement can always find excellent openings. recently had a call for a Dean Edmonds system telephone cafeteria m a n a g er The in ten cities, but no one is available. t he demand for social workers far exceeds supply. Many girls in take special work chemistry and bacteriology and go out as laboratory in hos in pitals, commercial concerns, and as food analyists. There and good salaries technicians, pathologists as chemists and bacteriologists are n u m e r o us these openings for a in lines. And of course, most important of all, m a ny girls t a ke up the work of home-mak in home nursing, plan ing. The courses ning and preparation of simple meals, child feeding and care, and home furnishing, are practical and workable, and prepare women for their most i m p o r t a nt work life. in * * * MORE HOMES NEEDED FOR COLLEGE is sadly to rent homes and within STAFF in need of more East L a n s i ng houses. Even with the college enrollment smaller t h an usual houses are at a premium Members of the college staff find it next to impossible t he past six m o n t hs a score of college families have had their rented homes sold "from ov er t h e m" and have been literally t u r n ed out into the street either to take rooms, and but to few of these are to be had, or be forced to there are • even fewer houses buy a nd buy. One cause for the shortage may be attributed to the lack of dormitory facilities on the campus. Another to the discovery of East L a n s i ng as an ideal residence spot by enterprising citizens of Lansing. If is the college to grow E a st Lansing must have more homes, both for the shelter ing of students and the housing of college staff families. The E a st Lansing Building and Loan Association made up almost en tirely of M. A. C, alumni and faculty has taken upon itself the boosting of a building program for t he college city. As M. A. C. men they are determined t h at the Michigan Agricultural College shall t h at E a st Lansing which has always been "hand maiden unto the college" shall grow to ac least t he college family. commodate they intend to see to it t h at E a st Lansing shall not stand in the way of M. A. C.'s pro gress. grow and At The biggest demand for women is of In a drive t h at they conducted two weeks THE M. A. C. RECORD. 7 ago $25,000 of stock was sold and a p a rt of that amount made available for financing new homes. j u st now they are m a k i ng an especial ap peal to a l u m ni who are interested in a safe and profitable and a most worthy invest ment for t h e ir earnings. There is certain ly much m e r it in placing one's "rainy day" money where it will help put a roof over t h at the other other fellow is a teacher in your old college and t r y i ng in your old col lege town. fellow's head, particulary if to find shelter CAMPUS DRIVE W I LL NET $ 5 0 , 0 0 0 . 00 FOR UNION MEMORIAL BUILDING. "Have you placed your brick in the Union Memorial Building?" was the slogan on the campus last week. have is expected list with a the campaign to be increased The total a m o u nt of $44,707 reached Mon to nearly in. F r e s h m en of total a re in pledges. The sophomores the to their credit; the in $7,378, and signed t he day $50,000 when all cards are head $13,386 second with $10,879 t u r n ed seniors juniors $6,301.50. $6,763 has been for by the members of the faculty a nd administration force. Eighty-five students headed by four class presidents carried the work to an en thusiastic finish among the undergraduates, and classes vied with each other to be at the top finals. One freshman gave $300 and a number of pledges for $200 a nd $150 were t u r n ed in. $30 was the m i n i m um except in a very few cases. The students are all anxious to see the new building be gun as they appreciate w h at it will mean in the life and activities of the campus. the the in Professors R. C. Huston, J. F. Cox, a nd R. K. Steward were the m en who put t he drive across among of pledges are not yet limit of $8,000 staff. faculty. A n u m b er in but an upper from t he college looked t he for is S T A TE FARM BUREAU LOCATES IN LANSING. The Michigan State F a rm Bureau h as j u st made the purchase of a building on north Cedar St., .Lansing, j u st off Michigan Ave nue, for offices and warehouse. The new t he seed and warehouse will be used for wool and for selling on a co-operative basis. Pure, cer tified seeds will be sold for the m e m b e rs of the Crop and other seeds will be bought for t h em in car load I m p r o v e m e nt Association, both buying departments, lots. The Michigan Wool Growers Association who are a r r a n g i ng to pool t h e ir 1920 clip, will also m a ke use of the warehouse at t he F a rm Bureau office "Wool will be graded and sold in classes by carload lots in Lansing. the American woolen mills. to This ar r a n g e m e nt will be advantageous to both pro ducer a nd consumer, as it will minimize the cost of h a n d l i ng and result in a saving at both ends. t h at 2,000,000 is estimated pounds of wool will be handled this season. The decision to m a ke L a n s i ng t he S t a te F a rm B u r e au h e a d q u a r t e rs is being welcom ed as b r i n g i ng t he college an opportunity for closer co-operation with Michigan's new and m i g h ty a g r i c u l t u r al organization. It R. V. T a n n er '09 has j u st been appointed as assistant to J. W. Nicolson '15, Manager of the seed department. YEA ' 1 0 - K t CK IN YOUR 10S FOR THE UNION MEMORIAL BUILDING. Dear " K i b b y ": I have j u st finished reading the two num It bers of t he Record which came looks to me as though some member of the class of '10 ought to speak up good and loud so if you will give me a little space I'll do the deed. Classmates of 1910: today. J u st look at t h at "per cent loyal" table in Only the April 2 n u m b er of the Record. 26.8% of us have subscribed a n y t h i ng to the Memorial Building F u nd while the one side and '11 'on the other have respond ed to the extent of 5 1% and 47.6% respec tively. This certainly looks bad for I don't believe we are really t h at bad. Come let's go. W h at do you say Tom Jordon, Bill May, J a ck Knecht. Gilson, P. G. McKenna, "Con" De Camp a nd t he rest of t he gang? "Big" Campbell, "Burky", '09 on '10. Let us not forget t h at it is our duty a nd to at the same time o ur happy opportunity support this and every other worthy pro ject u n d e r t a k en by our Alma Mater for we are a p a rt of the big M. A. C. family. Men a nd w o m en of '10 let's send in our quota now and show t h at we are more t h an 26.8% loyal to the memory of the m en who gave t h e ir all for the honor of the U. S. A. and M. A. C. in the World War. The mem ory of such m en as I ra MacLachlan, our should representative prompt us to action. to being In addition the Union Building will be a a memorial benefit to the M. A. C. family. on t h at honor roll to all who belong Oh yes, do you remember where we w e re ten years ago t h is coming J u n e? T h i nk it over a nd m a ke your plans to come back t h is year. W E D D I N G S. SANFORD-VAN VOOKHIS. E a rl C. Sanford '12 and Vivian Van- Voorhis of Grass Lake, Michigan, were mar liv ried on December 15, 1919. They a re ing at Montpelier, Idaho, where Sanford is F o r e st Supervisor oir*the Caribou National Forest. 8 THE M. A. C. RECORD. WITH THE ALUMNI CLUBS. season and Director Brewer accordingly has been unable the to get a definite capabilities of all candidates. idea of M. A. C. CLUB LUNCHEONS. Detroit—Every Wednesday noon at 12:15, Fellowcraft Club, 70 Washing-ton Blvd. Chicag-o—First and third Fridays of every month at 12:15, Inter-collegiate Club, 16 W. Jackson Blvd. Lansing—Second and fourth Mondays of every month, 12:15, Hotel Kerns. LANSING CLUB STARTS LUNCHEONS. luncheons A handful of M. A. C. men met Monday noon at the K e r ns Cafeteria for the first of the twice monthly t h at are pro posed as a r e g u l ar p r o g r am for L a n s i ng and E a st L a n s i ng a l u m ni henceforth. Each one a t t e n d i ng went out with to t he two more Michigan Aggies bring at with him to the next luncheon which will be held Monday noon April 26 at the K e r n s. Special tables are reserved on t h at day for M. A. C. men. resolve least N EW YORK M. A. C. BOOSTERS MEET. The M. A. C. A l u m ni Association of New is York City, of which J o hn J. Bush the president, enjoyed a social evening form of a dinner dance at the Clarendon on t he evening of April 8. Grads a nd former students of M. A. C. present w e r e: '84 in (with) '16, Norton D. Mogge, '84—President. Mrs. Bush, John J. Bush, '97, Mrs. Sedgwick, Reva E. H. Sedgwick, '14, Norma Himgan, '16, Bert C. Chambers, Marie Loewe Lucy Chambers, '12 (Arner), Laverne Jones, '16, Elizabeth K. Lofberg, '16, J. F. Ryan, '18, E. J. Frey, '17, Elmer F. Way, '19, Geo. L\ White, '01, H u gh -P. Bates, '01, Mrs. G. D. '14, Arthur W. White, Lucile Titus Kohler, Kohler, Ray Stannard Baker, '8 9, L. A. Clinton, '89, W. J. Meyers, '90m. ATHLETICS. M. A. C. 7, ROCHESTER U. 0, FIRST QAflE OF EASTERN TOUR. then on to halt S t a r t i ng off The M. A. C. baseball squad t h r ee the F a r m e rs had defeated in Rochester TJ. 7-0 in a fast game Tuesday t r i p. A cold the first stage of t he eastern the game drizzling r a in attempted the in on several occasions. r u ns i n n i ng M. A. C. garnered first from the and their own way. H a r t w ig and John game ston comprised started the game, H a r t w ig demonstrating ability as the New cold weather pjtcher by holding Yorkers to two hits. Tichenor and Oas re lieved H a r t w ig and J o h n s t on in t he seventh inning, the former allowing one hit. Spring er p ut the game on ice in n i n th i n n i ng when his single scored H e n d e r s h o tt and Snider. the battery which In proceeding on series in New York, P e n n s y l v a n ia and Ohio the team will face five s t r o ng nines without hav this ing played a single preliminary game five game the Games a re to be played with University of Rochester Tuesday, P e nn State, Wednesday, Washington and Jefferson Thursday, Buch- tel college Friday, and Wooster Saturday. The P e nn State game the most important. The game will m a rk a re the Michigan relations between newal of As gies and the P e nn Staters. The last tercollegiate game to be played was in 1915, when Coach Macklin took his football team to State College and walloped Pennsylva nia's agricultural representatives. is considered in The list of men t a k en on the trip includes 14, with 5 possibilities for mound duty and a lot of utility men. Those who went were Captain Johnson and Oas, catchers; Mills, Tichenor, Hartwig, Donnelly and Springer, pitchers; Higbie, and Hendershot, second base; Carr, shortstop; W. Andrews, t h i rd base; Doscher a nd Will- man, outfielders. first base; Snider * MOVIES TO AID COACH S M I TH AVITH TRACKSTERS. Ultra-rapid movie films to aid in coaching t r a ck m en will soon be t he latest addition to the athletic equipment at M. A. C. An announcement to this effect was made by Coach A rt Smith at a meeting of t r a c k s t e rs held last night. Although only short notice was given of the session, between 40 and 50 men attended. in into introduced the best form for The movies will be t he Aggie t r a i n i ng as a means of i n s t r u c t i ng the athletes their respec tive events. Such a system has been used for a short time at a few institutions, a nd it h as been found a very successful method. The pictures will be shown at weekly meet ings to be held every Wednesday evening. up at The question of electing a new varsity the meeting. captain was brought finished h is L a r ry Kurtz, captain-elect, has In addition work and is not in school now. to team, who will be the chosen in the near future, six sub-captains were appointed by the coach to assist in de veloping the squad. the captain of the lead head of E r n st was named s p r i n t e rs to and broad j u m p e r s, and Waite was placed at the half-milers and milers. the two-milers, T h u r s t on the Schwei of the hurdlers and Wilson of high j u m p e rs and vaulters. the weight men, Ames of is sub-captain of M. A. C. PLACES IN DETROIT "Y" MEET. T h r ee Michigan Aggie track men who were entered the Detroit Y. M. C. A. athletic carnival at Detroit Saturday dis played winning ability in competition with the states foremost athletes. took two 440-yard dashes, first place in one of E r n st in THE M. A. C. RECORD. 9 while Wetzel, University of Michigan man, took first place in t he other. Although Wet zel's time was four-fifths of a second better than in which E r n st made tance, neither of them approached the speed which the Aggie athlete has been developing all winter. the dis t h at Thurston dropped the 2-mile r un to May- nard, U. of M., by a n a r r ow margin, and in the quarter- Noblett copped t h i rd place in which Wetzel placed mile The meet which was the first of its kind to be held in the state brought together college, high school and club athletes from all over Michigan. the Detroit arena. r un off It was first. in The small squad of men which the Aggies entered in the meet will furnish the nucleus around which Coach Art Smith will build his outdoor team. THE NEW 1 RAINING FOR WOMEN. By Dean Mary E. E d m o n d s. dance all round canoe. Never of Michigan Girls of today at M. A. C. do and besides have young women ed such a well developed and practical of both a scientific they are today at M. A. C. under tion of Dean Edmonds. go to prepare nomics the demands home, the many other opening The rate at which are being literally tions attests the this years up" "snapped the character of their young women have been developed lines of endeavor in business, of present something before been offer training as nature the direc that eco from the and are sex. girls posi training. The courses in home directly life, day in in scientific work gentler senior for doors their that to for first The floor. rooms have The Home Economics Division of t he col the lege has suffered considerably w i t h in It has last few y e a rs with growing pains. room scarcely known w h at to do for class space and living q u a r t e rs for t he students. The division numbered at the beginning of the fall t e rm 350 students and 14 teachers. This year's Senior class numbers 65. Abbot Hall, for m a ny years occupied by m en stu dents, has been redecorated and converted into a' residence hall freshmen girls. The former dining room in this building is now a dignified a nd attractive parlor. In the Woman's Building there are noticeable all changes. students' been removed from the their place are t h r ee Household Art unices; a Y. W. C. A. rest room andt two c mfortable is parlors. The old parlor on second floor laboratories. being used for Household A rt amphi The old gymnasium an is now is room theatre equipped with sink table, gas with hot and cold 'water to be used for lec t u re and demonstration purposes and a lan illustrative purposes. t e rn and c u r t a in for the It was decided early Household Science Department m u st have to be used in connec some real equipment in Household Manage tion with courses ment. Laboratory in space was obtained the southwest corner of the W o m a n 's Bldg., by halving several of the former m u s ic prac tice rooms t h r o wn into one larger room. The music d e p a r t m e nt a the campus. Work separate building on is now quartered seating 175. range, and in 1919 lecture t h at In in It was begun on securing equipment and w h at had a small beginning u n d er perhaps unfav orable circumstances, h as now developed in to the Mechanical Household Device Labora It was opened during F a r m e r s' Week, tory. F e b r u a ry 1920. An attempt has been made to show substantial and representative ar ticles of various kinds. They are on exhib it so t h at classes and visitors may have an them and experi opportunity ranges m e nt with from kitchen cabinets, washing machines, vacuum cleaners, etc., down to small kitch en equipment. to examine them. The equipment is today, who A n u m b er of changes have been made in the past year. the course of study during the chief The housewife of spender and consumer of the country, needs t r a i n i ng in the judgment of m a t e r i a ls and t he appreciation of color and line, to aid her in selecting suitable, durable and be coming clothing for hereslf and family. The added Household Arts Department and courses Applied Design and modified in Sew ing and Clothing with to prepare the aim women to meet these demands. in Millinery, Costume Design those has research laboratory A Textile is about to be opened, w h e re the students in Textiles classes may test m a t e r i a ls for quality a nd durability, the fastness of color, etc. It is laboratory may be m a de hoped available the State and community, and give them an opportunity to b r i ng or send in their materials for test ing. this the women of t h at to in for h as been given The course in Experimental Foods is one the Household t h at Science Department sometime. Last year the course was made elective for each laboratory was equipped term and a new It is of interest t h at soon especially for it. the after department, the American Home Economics Association went on teaching of Experimental Foods in Home Economics Courses. such- a step had been the Science record as favoring Section taken in of the The course seems the girls as shown by to be meeting the fact with approximately course both fifty girls h a ve elected last year and this year. favor t h at t he 10 THE M. A. C. RECORD. The value of this Avork lies in the techni cal knowledge the girl herself gets, as well to as in the information she is often able contribute foods to and cookery. the general science of The problems, as the name, E x p e r i m e n t al Foods, implies, deal chiefly with the cook ing of food and a re often worked out not in only in the foods laboratories, but also the bacteriological labora tories. and chemical electives. Advanced courses The special course in physiological chem t he istry and dietetics have been added to in of list teaching Home Economics has methods of been enlarged and from improved. Aside the regular members of the staff, specialists in. Miss Alma Binzel of a re being called the University of Minnesota, is at present giving lectures for ten days on the subject, "Making More Children W o r th While?' Miss Binzel the is giving special attention mental, moral a nd social t r a i n i ng and de velopment of the child. to This is the second year t h at t he girls of M. A. C. have had the opportunity to enjoy the new gymnasium and swimming pool. T h is building is given over to the girls al most the entire' m o r n i ng of the five school days. The young women are already mak ing plans for the s w i m m i ng demonstration a nd the pageant which are to be given com mencement week. Base ball games and ten nis matches will be in vogue on t he cam pus when Through t he snow disappears. t he courtesy of the Military Department the d u r i ng young women h ad an opportunity the Winter T e rm rifle to participate club. The class numbered forty. for interesting program for the summer session. The teachers of Household A rt and Science is to be held J u ne 29th—July 2nd. D u r i ng the same week a school will be held for in struction of women in political organization, issues of exercising the suffrage. t he campaign and methods is outlined conference in a An of LETTERS TO THE RECORD. TEA, '15—MEMORIAL BUILDING— LET'S GO. Dear McKibbin: The uarcli 5th Record came yesterday along- with that of March 12th. No kick, just a comment. Well, in that issue I looked over and the Memorial Fund by for when I came to the class of a moment a feeling- of resentment, soreness toward my fellow classmates; then I thought better-—some of them must be holding off to surprise us with a big lump in June at our 5th Anniversary. classes, '15 I had to make matters some of them are thinking how much can afford June of '15 will bring their total up to $10,000. to give, I'll pledge $200 more if by commencement interesting while they in the class My message is "Get Busy." Everyone of the class (of course there are to give the pardonable exceptions) total at least $10.00 every six months for a the class is able time, But to I didn't belong to of $60.00. the Y. M. C. A. crowd nor do I remember caring much for church services but somewhere it says, "As ye give, so shall ye receive." like you Exercise your bank roll or pocketbook so t h at in the process of contraction and ex pansion it can develop that power of growth, the manifestation of your efforts. Now, I've not got what is termed even "a I a pot of gold under plenty," nor have it comes some rainbow's end, but is hard and goes easy. The bank account nix and I've hardly the price of tomorrow's grub in my pocket and payday is at the other end of the week, and how much do I owe? That would be incriminating myself, but when June rolls around, I'll meet my pay ment. And we all have the hope of seeing the project, our class started in the way of a Union Building fund put across on a big the pace. scale, and Now, $10,000 may be more than our class quota, but it is none too much, as I'd hate to see M. A. C. attempt such a building un der ^300,000 at the present cost of materials. forget we all So' "Let's go" and don't to set to us is up it Dan Henry, '15. meet in June. Chicago, 111. ANOTHER WORD ABOUT SALARIES. Berkley, Calif. Dear McKibbin: This may be r a t h er late in the day to get the Memorial Building Fund. How in on from if you will accept ever, to do my wife and self we shall be glad our bit. she helped me recently moved from Washington, D. C, we have been under heavy expense, hence this late contri bution. is not much but may buy a brick or include my wife because the enclosed it. Having to save two. It I I would never feel just right if I did not help keep alive the memory of those class mates and other men of M. A. C. whom we would honor. A memorial which is useful as well as ornamental has always appealed to me. There thought is one more before I certainly should see our M. A. C. professors nition in the form of larger salaries. that the college has been fortunate retained so many on such small tion. Best wishes tee for success. in my mind to receive recog I feel to have remunera the commit to you and I close. like W. S. Fields, '13. H E RE IS THE SPIRIT THAT "REALLY BELONGS." My dear Secretary: this. to see I do not know how anyone could with stand the earnest appeal in your circular let the "M. ter in regard to the subscription to A. C. Record." During the last few years M. A. C. has certainly developed a lot of pep, and I am mighty glad I haven't been on the campus at M. A. C. but once since '93. I left there Sometime this year I am going to make it a tilings point to come down there and look I over and suppose the left; I doubt that I will see any old Profs familiar to faces, at all, but I would see what the old College is doing. them. there will be but very few of I approve of in June of I was only at M. A. C. for one year, so be have never felt as longed," but I have always been interest ed, just the same. Some way, the germ gets into the blood, and you can't drive it out. I "really though 1 am enclosing my check and assure you this Record will be of the reading of like see if that the greatest interest. F. C. Morse, Browne Morse Company THE M. A. C. RECORD. 11 THE CAMPUS RUMOROMETER. By T. S. Blair, ' 2 1. 100 PER CENT ATHLETICS. With a new t r a ck coach fast whipping into shape one of the finest teams ever to represent t he Green and W h i te on t he cin t he the baseball der path, a nd road home invasion of from a successful the east M. A. C. athletics m ay well be said as being upon a 100% basis. And despite all the above activity inter-class, and inter- society athletics a re also greatly emphasiz ed upon the campus. team on to The "disclosure of the 1920 football sched- • ule reveals some new opponents recent Aggie followers. And of especial interest is the addition of W e s t e rn Conference elevens. The day of the entrance of M. A. C. into t h is organization m ay not be so far distant, as some believe. As far as t he Athletic D e p a r t m e nt a real article in the way of doing things. A comparison of last several Holcads will reveal t h at nearly one half of t he interesting news of the campus centers in and about «Ditector Brewer's De partment. t he news pages of is looked upon as is concerned the campus the T HE NATIONAL F R AT SITUATION. . After all is said and done the introduc tion of national fraternities' at M. A. C. ap pears to be favored by the student body as a unit. Also faculty in favor of the idea. The members appear societies alumni of have been decidedly to the pro position but in the large the former students have been favorable to the .change. local literary lukewarm the more aggressive several However a more thorough canvas of the sentiment of subject t he alumni on m u st be h ad before the student committee can present the subject to the State Board of Agriculture. Each society will probably get in t o u c h. with her m en by means of a circular to letter, but why not beat it by w r i t i ng them first? t h em this the trip.' Yet in spite of T HE GLEE CLUB T R I P. The m en m a k i ng t he glee club t r ip speak in very high t e r ms of the hospitality given this t h em on features. there were several disappointing Chief of these was the fact t h at the larger towns did not have the well organized al u m ni association of the smaller cities, a nd therefore in t he places where a large popula- ton would be reached, t h ru lack of extensive advertising a small assemblage greeted the songsters. The M. A. C. is an agricultural college and yet we h a ve something here of value to t he city m an too. T he fact t h at a greater per centage of our a l u m ni settle in t he cities r e t u rn to f a r m i ng communities t h an is proof of this fact. And yet in the m a t t er of advertising by m e a ns of the Glee Club the city crowd was not present in any num ber. We are not a small town college alone and it appears t h at a wider recognition of this fact would be of advantage to t he in stitution. ADVERTISING—A T E C H N I C AL SIDE OF . AGRICULTURE. In the near future an a t t e m pt will proba bly be m a de to introduce a course in Agri cultural the college curiculum. fostered by Advertising Club. into This step will be the newly organized M. A. C. J o u r n a l i sm and Advertising in today. Many alumni are actually the com mercial advertising game It would greatly aid t h is a t t e m pt if some expression the alumni a t t i t u de either pro or con of could a d m i n i s t r a t i ve wheels of an educational institution by ne cessity move slowly. But these same wheels are often speeded up by the requests and de sires of m en who have already m a de their m a rk the non-college world. secured. The be in OB»TION f I BE T T ER operating re sults at lower cost have been obtained on farms w h e re our a c c o u n t i ng and supervisory services have been employed. Par ticulars on request. Ask for Booklet 00. NATIONAL FARMING CORPORATION 98 CHAMBERS S T R E ET N EW YORK B texa J4UUUV4 mm ' ^3 most every day," he says, "and it brings back memories of many good times, and I hope some day soon to pay a little visit to dear old M. A. C." Henry N. Putnam, Room 3, Hilgard Hall, the Berkeley, California, elusive blister r u st in California, in the em ploy of the Bureau of P l a nt Industry in Blister Rust control. chasing is still Alton M. Porter has been transferred from Marble to Hunters, Washington, at a sub stantial promotion in position and salary. "Am now superintendent of the Hunters' Land Company rancho," he writes, "where they raise alfalfa, wheat, hogs, cattle and apples. We have a $50,000 irrigation pro ject here which has just been completed for use on our ranches. This is certainly a great producing country." is giving me J. H. Thompson in Greens- is burg, Ind., and likes t he town and the work. "So far lots of amusement," he writes, "basketball, volley ball and indoor baseball, which keeps me busy most all the while. You see we have a good Y and gym here and I'm making it profitable for myself. Hope to get back to school for a day or so before it closes this year." teaching Wilson Newlon, who h as been associated with his father and brother Guy, on a farm at Newton Falls, Ohio, since his discharge from the service, has returned to the college as an instructor in t he Poultry Husbandry department. Spencer Burnham, with the Cadillac Mo tor Co., Detroit, sends his subscription to the Union Memorial Building Fund, with in favor "of this comment, "I am heartily the Union Building as a meeting place for the students, and a place where the stu dents and faculty-can gather for social ac quaintance and association. town this The Mills Dry Goods Co. LANSING'S REPRESENTATIVE STORE. Highest Quality of— Women's and Children's Apparel, Millinery, Underclothing, Accessories of Dress, ana Toilet Requisites. in the Heart of Lansing," 108-110 South WASHINGTON AVENUE THE M. A. C. RECORD. 15 Cut Down Your Cost A number of the most successful dairy m en testified before the Federal Milk Com mission, which has been fixing the price of milk from the producer to the consumer, that they had cut down their costs of production by feeding C o rn G l u t en F e ed and wheat bran freely rations they mixed themselves. ' T he Commission must have been convinced by what these representative good dairymen had to say about different feeds and the economy of a m a n 's mixing up his own rations. in grain For, in arriving at the price it thought the dairyman ought to get for his milk, the Commission based its calcu lations on home-mixed rations in which Corn Gluten Feed was a principal basic ingredient. Made by Cofn Products Refining Co. New Iferk Write to H. Ohrystal, Building, Detroit. Ford Chicago If you have not yet fed Buffalo Corn Gluten Feed, to know more if you want it, and about how your dealer doesn't happen to have it, write us—giving his name. to feed 16 THE M. A. C. RECORD. THE WOMAN'S BUILDING. The aim of the Home Economics Course at the M i c h i g an A g r i c u l t u r al C o l l e ge is to prepare young women for the practical affairs of every day life. THE COURSE IN HOME ECONOMICS INCLUDES: Household Art, Household Science, Household Management. Speciai.emphasis is laid upon sciences such as Chemistry, Botany, Physiology, Zoology, Bacteriology, etc , with good courses in English Mathematics, Language, and History. Music is elective, as is also Education for those who desire to prepare for teaching. Young women live in dormitories and are under the direct supervision of a matron or house mother. The campus is unexcelled in beauty. Plenty of opportunity for recreation and social activity. Send for catalog and information to FRANK S. KEDZIE, PRESIDENT, East Lansing, Michigan. The College also offers courses in Agriculture, Engineering, Forestry and Veterinary Medicine. Over 100,000 Bushels of Our Victory En silage Corn have been sold to Michigan f armers, w ho are loud in their praise of it. We especially recommend it. Special attention is given to the orders of M. A. C. men. Put your class numeral on your order. Your copy of the 1920 Garden Book will be sent whenever you say. Harry E, Saier Co., Inc. J14 East O t t a wa Street L A N S I N G, M I C H I G AN Harry Saier '\\.