M. A. C. L i b r a r y, Easrtfc L a n s i n g, M i c h. THE M. A. C. RECORD R E - C O RD ESTABLISHED IN 1 8 96 M. A. O. Cannot I/ive on Her P a s t — W h at Will You Do for Her F u t u r e? Entered as second-class matter October 30, 1916, at the post office at East Lansing, Michigan, under the Act of March 3, 1879. Published every Friday during the College Year by the Michigan Agricultural College Association. H. E. Thomas, '85, Lansing H. B. Gunnison, J. H. Prost, C. W. McKibbin, '00, Detroit . .. ' n, East Lansing '04, Chicago - - - . - - - - Pres. Vice Pres. Treas. Sec'y and Editor Ass't Sec'y May E. Foley, '18 Members of Executive Committee. Elected at Large: C. S. Langdon, '11, Hubbardston. A. C. Anderson, '06, Flint. Mrs. Helen Esselstyn Wood, '09, Lansing. which MEMBERSHIP IN THE M. A. C. ASSOCIATION to includes subscription Record, $2.50 PER YEAR. payable Association. Unless members request a discontinuance it will be assumed that a renewal of membership is desired. Make Remittances the M. A. C. the to M. A. O. ASSOCIATIONS. Central Michigan. Pres.—Leslie H. Belknap '09, Highway Dept., Lansing. Detroit Club. Pres.—G. V. Branch '12, 1934 Livernois Avenue. Sec.-Treas.—S. B. Lee '17 8230 Lawton Avenue. Grand Rapids. President—Roswell G. Carr '08, Association of Commerce Building. Sec'y-Treas.—Luie Ball '13, 100 Madison Ave. S. E. Flint Club. President—H. L. Froelich, '18, 139 W. Dayton St. Secretary—Mrs. P. B. Pierce '05, 200 Josehine St. Treasurer—A. C. Anderson, '06, 1640 Euclid Ave. Owosso. President—R. S. Linton, Secretary—H. E. Dennison, '16, 329 W. Oliver St. '11, 305 Miner Bldg. '11, 109 Third St., Jackson. Pres.—G. A. Sanford Secretary—Harry E. Williamson '04, 108 Winthrop Jackson County. Ave., Jackson. President—Jason Woodman, '81, Paw Paw. Kalamazoo Club. Saginaw Ass'n. Pres.—O. H. Frederick Sec'y—Treas.—Daniel H. Ellis '16, 551 S. Weadock Ave. '07, 616 Owen St. Bay City Ass'n. Pres.—A. C. MacKinnon, Sec'y-Treas.—J. Harry Nelson, South Haven. President—Floyd M. Barden, '08, South Haven Secretary—Virginia Flory, '20, South Haven, home; '95, 1214 Center Ave. '10, 1302 Webster. teaching in Sandusky. Barry County '85, Hastings. Pres.—R. M. Bates Sec'y—Leta Hyde Keller Treas.—Milton Townsend '09, Hastings. '20, Hastings. President—Charles Richards, '16, Benton Harbor, R. R. Fair Plains. Berrien County. Secretary—Kittie Handy, Sodus. Treasurer—Willard Sanborn, w '13, Sodus. Pres.—Harold King '19, 47 Elizabeth St., Battle Calhoun County. Sec'y—Nenna Dunlap Treas.—Don Stillson '19, 58 Grant St., Battle '11, 75 Central St., Battle Creek. Creek. Creek. Ionia County. President—Stanley Powell Sec'y-Treas.—Walter A. Wood '20, R. F. D. 1, Ionia, '12, Tower Apts., High St., Ionia, Mich. Pres.—Oliver Cleveland Sec'y-Treas.—Mrs. Maude Bennett Steger '10, Adrian '11, Lenawee County. Hudson. Northwest Michigan. President—H. A. Danville, '83, Manistee. St. Joseph County. President—H. C. Bucknell, '06, Centerville. Secretary—Vern Schaeffer, '11, Sturgis. Pres.—E. L. Overholt '20, 426 Cross St., Ann Washtenaw Club Sec.-Treas.—Plummer Snyder '20, 423 S. Fourth Arbor. Ave., Ann Arbor. Chicago. President—Clem Ford, '05, 2 So. Catherine Ave., Sec.-Treas.—H. P. Henry, '15, 4916 Glenwood Ave., LaGrange, 111. Chicago. New York City. President—John J. Bush, '84, 616 W. 137th St.. New York City, N. Y. Secretary—O. S. Shields, Brooklyn, N. Y. '16, 719 Hancock St., . Northern Ohio. Lakewood, Ohio. Bldg., Cleveland. Secretary—H. G. Smith, '17, 625 National City Treasurer—Helen Canfield, '03, 5808 Clinton Ave., Cleveland. Mason St. Milwaukee, Wis. Pres.—Wm. L- Davidson, '13, Scout Executive, 84 Sec'y—Geo. B. Wells, '00, Schroeder Lumber Co. Portland, Oregon, Association. Pres.—Roy G. Scofield, w'07, 1061 E. 6th St. N. Sec.-Treas.—A. F. Douglass, w'08 896 E. Yamhill Minneapolis Club. Secretary—C. C. Cavanagh, '09, Hopkins, Minn. Washington, D. C. Pres.—R. C. Potts Sec.-Treas—Mrs. H. S. Skeels, 210 Holly Ave., '06, 3106 19th St. N. W. Takoma Park. Western New York. Pres.—D. J Crosby Secretary-Treasurer-D. A. Brice '93, Ithaca, 303 Cornell St. '13, Rochester, 301 Laburnum Crescent. Southern California. Pres.—H. E. Truax '12, 129 N. Mariposa St., Los Angeles. Sec'y-Treas.—Eric E. Nies' '08, 5215 DeLongpre Ave., Los Angeles. Northern California. Vice-President—E. C. Bank, *84, 1972 Marin Ave., Secretary—G. H. Freear, '10, 120 Jessie St., San Berkeley, Calif. Francisco. Sec'y—Merritt Reeves, '20, East Lansing. P r e s i d e n t s. L. Appleyard, '00, 14529 Lake Ave., Upper Peninsula Association. President—E. L. Kunze, '14, Sault Ste. Marie. Secretary—Helen Pratt, '16, Sault Ste. Marie. Livingston County. President—G. P. Burkhart, Secretary—F. S. Dunks, '05, Court House, Howell. '10, Fowlerville. Seattle. Vice-President—Capt. Wm. D. Frazer, '00, 4730 17th N. E., Seattle. Sec'y-Treas.—Emma B. Barrett, '03, 4001 Whitman. New England. Secretary-Glenn C. Sevey, '03, 57 Worthington St., Springfield, Mass. " THE M. A. C. RECORD 3 IF YOU WOULD HAVE REAL SERVICE - LET M. A. C. MEN SERVE YOU EDWARD N. PAGELSEN, '89 Patents, Patent Law, Trademarks 1108-9 Detroit Savings Bank Bldg. Detroit, Michigan. A. M. EMERY, '83 223 Washington Ave. N. H. C. Pratt, '09, in charge of Office Supply Department. Books, Fine Stationery, Engraved Calling Cards, Fountain Pens, Pictures, Frames, Filing Cabinets and General Office Supplies. SMITH POULTRY & EGG CO. Commission Merchants in Solicit consignments Poultry Veal Guy H. Smith, '11 Eggs Western Market, Detroit. DR. E. D. BROOKS, '76 Diseases of the EYE, EAR, NOSE, AND THROAT Glasses Fitted Suite 704, Hanselman Building, Kalamazoo, Mich. Office hours 9 to 12, 1 to 5. THE CORYELL NURSERY '84; R. J. Coryell, Ralph I. Coryell, '14 Growers and Planters of Shade and Fruit Trees, Shrubs, Evergreens and Vines. Landscape Beau tinea t ion Service, Birmingham, Mich. THE EDWARDS LABORATORY Lansing, Michigan '99 S. F. Edwards, Anti-Hog Cholera Serum and Other Biological Products. Legume Bacteria Cultures for Seed Inoculation. LANDSCAPES WITHOUT WAITING Plans by Graduate Landscape Architects F. A. Carlson, 'IS 508 Mathews Bldg., Milwaukee, Wisconsin GOODELL, ZELIN C. (Forestry, M. A. Cj '11) Insurance and Bonds of Every Kind. If you haven't insured your salary, better see or write Goodell about a good proposition. Lansing Insurance Agency, Inc. 208-212 Capital National Bank Bldg. AMERICAN EXTENSION UNIVERSITY Correspondent Courses—20,000 Students (M. A. C, A. C. Burnham, B. S., LL. B. '93), Pres., 433 Stimson Bldg., Los Angeles: Suite 507, 30 N. Michigan Ave!, Chicago! Suite 17, 729 6th Ave., New York. Unusual opportunities for M. A. C. Men as Specialty Salesmen. WALDO ROHNERT, '89 Wholesale Seed Grower, Gilroy, Calif. THE PATRICIAN PRODUCTIONS INC. W 672 Corondalet Ave. Hollywood, Calif. SCENARIOS SOLICITED Miss Clara Morley (with '07) J. H. LARRABEE 325 S. Washington Ave. Sport Shop—Athletic Goods of all Kinds. VIRGIL T. BOGUE, '11 Landscape Architect and Nurseryman Your grounds planted with our extra grown shrubs and specimen trees and evergreens will give you immediate results. Geneva, Ashtabula Co., Ohio. "MAPLEHOME SHORTHORNS" Herd Sire, Wedding Goods 742959, A Scotch-topped Whitehall descedent; herd of 20 females, estab lished 1899; young rea sires sonable; one white, one red, and one roan on hand now. terms sale, for J. H. READ & SON, L. W. READ, '14. Proprietors, Copemish, Mich. , MAYER & VALENTINE Consulting Engineers Power Plants Heating Ventilation Electric Wiring Plumbing Refrigeration Plans, specifications, supervision F. H. VALENTINE, '09 621 Bangor Bldg. Cleveland, Ohio. LOUIS BECK CO. 112 Wash. Ave. N. Sam Beck, with '12, Sec'y and Treas. Best in Clothes for Men, Young Men and Boys. Royal Tailored Garments to order. FRY BROKERAGE CO., INC. Shipper's Agents Car-lot Distributors of Fruits and Vegetables 192 N. Clark St. M. Fry, President; H. P. Henry, '15, Vice President and Treasurer; V. C. Taggart, Oldest Brokerage House in Chicago. '16, Secretary. O. C. Howe, '83, Manager LANSING INVESTMENT CO. Stocks—Bonds Capital National Bank Bldg., Lansing, Mich. BREEDER OF HOLSTEIN CATTLE AND HAMPSHIRE SHEEP C. I. Brunger, '02 Grand Ledge, Michigan. SHERIDAN CREAMERY CO. Sheridan, Wyoming. CHAS. J. OVIATT, '09 The best butter, ice cream and eggs in this neck of the woods—we admit this freely KEITH BROS. NURSERY, B. W. Keith, '11 Strawberries, Raspberries, Blackberries, Orna mental Shrubs, etc. Everyone should have a fruit garden and attractive home grounds. Special Offers to M. A. C. People. Address Box 11, Sawyer, Mich. FARGO ENGINEERING CO. Consulting Engineers, Jackson Michigan Hydro-Electric and Steam Power Plants, Difficult Dam Foundations. Horace S. Hunt, '05. FRED M. WILSON, '17 310 Rogers Bldg., Jackson, Michigan District Manager The Equitable Life Assurance Society of the United States. Life Insurance Group Insurance Non Cancellable Health and Accident. The Readers of the Record Own %%, That's Why They Patronize Its Advertisers 4 THE M. A. C. RECORD — IF YOU WOULD HAVE REAL SERVICE- LET M. A. C. MEN SERVE Y O U— CLUNY STOCK FARM Registered Holstein Friesian Cattle Can furnish young sires of splendid and breeding backed by yearly records. Correspondence solicited. large short individuality and time R. BRUCE McPHERSON '90, Howell, Mich. CHARLES H. ROUSE, '17 Telephone Main 3783. Pardee & Rouse, State Manager, Continental Assurance Co. 605 Lincoln Building, Detroit, Mich. EDMUND H. GIBSON, '12 Consulting Entomologist and Agricultural Engineer and Staff of Sanitary and Civil Engineers. 508 Munsey Bldg., Washington, D. C. Fred M. Wilson, '17; Einar A. Johnson, '18 602 Lansing State Savings Bank Bldg., Lansing, Mich. The Equitable Life Assurance Society of the United States. Life Insurance, Health, Accident Insurance. Citz. 3556. Bell 2646. DR. C. A. GRIFFIN, '10 Osteopath 360 Capital National Bank Building. Citz. Phone: Office 8341. House 4950. WRIGLEYS Trees, Shrubs, and Hardy Plants. Landscape Plans and Plantings. WILLIAM J. ATCHISON '16 Landscape Gardener and Nurseryman Opposite Baker's Switch, East Michigan Ave., Box 525, East Lansing, Mich'. Citz. Phone 9733 ^302 Helen St., Flint, Michigan. Tel. 2109 HILCREST FRUIT FARMS Fennville Michigan. H. Blakeslee Crane '14—Muriel Smith Crane, '14 We are members of the Fennville Fruit Exchange— the largest in Michigan. THE GRAND RAPIDS SAVINGS BANK, Grand Rapids, Michigan. "The Bank Where You Feel at Home." M. A. C. People Given a Glad Hand. Chas. W. Garfield, '70, Chairman of the Board. Gilbert L. Daane, '09, Vice President and Cashier. I CE CREAM W. A. McDonald, '13-F, Mgr. Aids to sood looks, sound teetfe. eater appetite and healthy digestion are only 5c a package. Sealed Tifiht- KePt Rtehf THINK IT.' TALK IT! WRITE IT! The Record is Owned by Its Readers, That's Why They Patronise Its Advertisers THE M. A. C. RECORD VOL. X X V I. No. 31. E A ST LANSING M AY 27, 1921 ABBOT HAIL, always experiencing thrills, had another shock Monday this week when a one pound explosive shell entered uncere moniously through the screen of an open win dow, whizzed across the hall and fell dead against the wall of a room in which there It had come from a light were three girls. field piece being used in practice firing, thence to Abbott via numerous ricochets, one from a stone sidewalk, one from a two inch tree limb and then from the -skylight cupalo of the old Bath House. Although-such firing has been customary on the campus, now that the exploring propensities of a one pound shell have been discovered, it is needless to say that it is being discontinued. ELABORATE PREPARATIONS are being made by Lansing Knight Templars for the entertain ment of visiting commanderies at the State Conclave to be held in Lansing Tuesday, May 31- The campus will be the center of the outdoor activities, the exhibition drills to be held on the College drill ground. The College Band is to head the parade playing for the Detroit No. 1 .Comandery of two hundred forty men, said by some to be the> best drilled body of men in the world. SENIOR HURTS left Wednesday for Detroit and Monroe to inspect markets and nurseries. They are spending two days in Detroit, where they will visit the Detroit Bureau of Markets, the office of the American Fruit Growers' E x change, and several nurseries. On Friday they will go to Monroe to inspect the Green ing nurseries. T he Detroit Club luncheon is being held Thursday this week in their honor. instead of Friday WILFORD B. S H A W, A L U M NI SECRETARY at the University of Michigan and editor of the Michigan Alumnus, Prof. David Friday, Ph. D. whose name has been mentioned among prospective candidates for the presidency of M. A. C. and Dwight B. Waldo '85, president of Western State Normal were the principal speakers before the forty-seventh annual meet ing of the Michigan Pioneer and Historical Society convening in Lansing Wednesday and Thursday. A L MA COLLEGE is carrying on a drive for $685,000 for an endowment fund Their bud get proposes $500,000 for a Memorial Gym nasium and $75,000 for a Trustees' Fund. T he city of Alma will finance the Memorial Build ing, $125,000 has been promised by the Gen eral Educational Board of the Rockefeller Agency and the General Board of Education of the Presbyterian Church, and they are seeking to secure the balance of $450,000 "from education the friends of Christian throughout the State of Michigan." received for their T HE BAND is beginning its spring term con certs this week. Green heather sweaters suit ably monogramed are to be purchased by the band men and will furnish very appropriate uniforms for informal occasions such as mass meetings, basket ball games, and entertain ments at which the Band appears. Funds to be services during the Knight Templar Conclave will help defray the expenses of their purchase and the customary Band dinner will be sacrificed this spring in favor of these sweater coats. Provided it can be arranged, the Detroit Commandery of to take the Knight Templars have offered Band as their accompanists to the National Conclave at New Orleans next spring. SENIOR ELECTRICAL ENGINEERS left T h u r s d ay morning for a two-day trip to inspect the hy draulic stations on the Au Sable river-. Some of the largest dams of the state a re on the Au Sable river and furnish electric power for many cities. Fishing is reported to be good on the Au Sable this spring- T i ns YEAR'S PAGEANT, " T HE HISTORY OF MICHIGAN," a gay spectacle combining his torical events with allegorical dances and pro cessions, is to be much more pretentious than anything attempted in the past.two years. A p proximately 700 people will participate, 200 more characters than appeared in last year's pageant- Because of the enormity of the un dertaking, a professional director has been engaged, F. K. Crowley of New York, who has had wide experience in pageant direction. He has worked with Thomas Wood Stephens at Carnegie Institute, and during the w ar was connected with Mr. Stephens in the entertain ment unit. Seating capacity will be provided for 3000 people for both Tuesday and Wednes day. The performance, to be given in the evening, will be for the benefit of the visiting Rotarians, who will be in state convention at Lansing, and for Lansing people, and the Wednesday afternoon performance is partic ularly for college people and returning alumni. " T O M M Y" GUNSON, who with Mrs. Gunson is to sail from New York on June 1, to visit his old home in Scotland, and to rep resent the Lansing Rotarians at the Rotary International Convention at Glasgow, was warned "out of town" and then presented with a long purse of double eagles by the Lansing branch at its luncheon last Friday noon. "Tom" received the shock with native fortitude, for a moment, and then stepped, into a Scotchily burred e x most naturally, pression of feeling, with a deft little turn of fun in the midst, that won the laurel of true eloquence. Charles McKenney '91, President .of Ypsilanti Normal, was the formal speaker at the luncheon. PROF. THE M. A. C. RECORD VIEWS AND COMMENT is a gigantic This youthful Western world its education must be youth, and therefore It is born to such pow such as befits a giani. er as no heir to an earthly inher throne ever ited, and it must be trained to make that power a blessing and not a curse to mankind. —Horace Mann, founder of Antioch College PREDICTING If we were A prediction on A BIG REUNION the attendance at Com mencement reunions is always a difficult mat clever ter. lose money we would never enough at these predictions. on our Commencement din ners. We might even make some. However, this year all signs point to a record breaker. This forecasting isn't based on ouija board machinations or observations of the stars but on sound facts, one of which if that seven of the largest classes that have ever graduated are holding reunions this year. They are '20. These class reunions alone are a guarantee of numbers- '13, '14, '15, '16, '19 and !n, The lifting of the ban on national frater nities has stirred practically every one of the twenty-two literary societies at M. A. C. more or less and many of them are arranging spec ial society reunions at which they may discuss with their alumni the national fraternity field. Some will undoubtedly take up the selection of a national organization and go through the steps looking toward petitioning for a char ter. This will bring many society brothers and sisters back to the campus who otherwise might not feel there "is al ways a good big crowd of "regulars" who come year after year for the joy of it. Those who come this year can be assured that they will meet a good big crowd of the "old boys and girls." the urge. Then and the educational is a leavening of views and THE NATIONAL CONFERENCE The good that comes from a national con ference of alumni workers such as the one just passed is immeasur- able. In the meeting of the East and West and South the North reactions there and ideas that makes for a deeper and broader understanindg of institutions of the nation and their problems, for alumni workers surely know what these problems are. It is good for Texas to meet Yale and good for Yale to meet Texas- Beside the enjoy ment of the renewing of acquaintances and the entertainment prepared for the Conference by Cornell and the opportunity it offered for seeing a great university both in work and in inspiration a holiday, there was a wonderful in the meetings and the common problems of the alumni office. the discussions of in state that exists between One of the distinct reactions that registered during the conference was the singular dif the attitude of ference alumni in the endowed college and in the state college- The average state college alumnus has gasped at the amounts of money that en dowed college alumni have raised for their institutions. Yet is a question whether it in an endowed college are more graduates institutions. That loyal than those toward Alma Mater of the mental attitude the endowed college student is different than that of the state college alumnus was con vincingly brought out. This mental attitude is of course developed In the endowed college the student is constantly impressed with that his college days are made possible through the gifts of those who have gone before. There is cre ated a feeling of the heart of every student and a determination to pay back for what he has been given. . This does not obtain in state colleges but it should. Here he has been educated at the expense of the state and he owes both money and service to the state in the same proportion that the en dowed college alumnus owes. We of the state colleges must be brought to realize this and must find some effective means of instilling it into the very spirit of our students- in student days. indebtedness thought the in the that ROWING the crew man The many western colleges and universities who, for lack of sufficient water ways are un able to participate in rowing as a college sport, are surely miss eastern ing something institutions have and make much of. ' This has impressed itself very strongly after hav In those colleges ing seen our first crew race. where rowing is is possible, the highest looked upon as type in athletic development and the crew stands far above the football team or the track or baseball men in the estimation of the student body. There this, the first, two reasons for are probably the nature of the sport itself in whioh there must be a steady, constant grind of the crew together as a machine, with no chance for individual starring which so often in other sports tends to break down team play. Row ing is an exacting sport and demands con stant and a very high degree of training. A is in him man must give the very best that that and that all the time. Another reason has been suggested in for which rowing is held in the college world, is it is typically a college sport the fact in any and has not been professionalized or way commercialized. in purity during the many years it has held sway in eastern institutions. We who are not fa vored with the facilities for rowing are sure ly losing one of the best and the cleanest types of college athletics. It has retained itself the high esteem that THE M. A. C. RECORD 7 Alumiii Secretaries Have Besultful Con ference at Cornell. About secretaries, seventy alumni repre sentatives of American colleges and universi ties from Maine to California, and From Wis consin to Texas, met for the .Eighth Annual Conference of Alumni Secretaries combined with the Association of Alumnae Secretaries . and Alunini Magazines Associated, at Cornell University on May 19, 20, and 21. The Con ference headquarters were at the Glenwood Hotel on Lake Cayuga, four miles from Ith aca. The weather was ideal, the sessions be ing held on the veranffa of the Hotel. This year's meeting was one of the most enjoyable and that alumni secretaries have ever had. Much of the credit for the success of the meetings is due R. W. Sailor, Editor of the Cornell Alumni News, who with Walt er Okeson, Alumni Secretary of Lehigh Uni versity, had charge of the arrangements and , "did the work." instructive funds to send The conference was arranged so that the visiting representatives of other colleges might see the Cornell "Spring Day" celebration, which has now become one'of Cornell's fam ous traditions. Originally it was planned to raise the Cornell crew to Poughkeepsie for the annual regatta on the Hudson. This year's Spring Day celebrants witnessed a Wild West Carnival in the morn ing, a Yale-Cornell ball game in the afternoon and the crew races at 5 p. m-, between the Varsity and Freshmen Crews of Yale, Prince ton and Cornell, at which Princeton won the Varsity with Cornell second and Cornell took the Freshmen's race with Princeton second. A glance over the program tells in a few words the story of three very full days for college and university alumni workers. Among the subjects presented and the entertainment provided were: Ideal Office Organization, W. A. James, Yale Alumni Weekly. Buying Paper in Bulk—Mr. Jesse W. Clark, of S. D. Warren Paper Co- Editorial Boards—R. W. Sailor, Cornell Alumni News. "Selling Alumni Loyalty"—Mr. Lucius E. Wilson, American City Bureau. Advertising—1. = Standardization; 2. In serts ; 3- Group rates. Printing Contracts—C. W. McKibbin, Mich igan Agricultural College. Dinner at Women's Dormitory, as the guests of Cornell University. Alumni Advisory Bodies—Their Organiza tion, Powers and Accomplishments—W. D. Towner, University of Maine. Alumni Representation on College Admin istration Boards— ( a) State Colleges; ( b) Endowed Colleges; ( c) Women's C o l l e g e s- Miss Florence H. Show, Smith. The Relation of the Alumni Office to the Undergraduate Body:—A. M- Souby, Vander- bilt. Inspection of Cornell University and C a m pus, and motor trip to see surrounding coun try. Some Results of Alumni Giving—A. D. Butterfield, Worcester Polytechnic Institute. Conferences—On problems peculiar t o: ( a) Women's Colleges, Chairman, Miss Florence H. Snow, Smith College; ( b) Endowed Col leges, Chairman, Walter R. Okeson, Lehigh University; (c) State Universities, Chairman, Carl Stephens, University of Illinois. Spring Day Circus—Ball game, Yale vs. Cornell; Regatta, Yale, Princeton, Cornell. Freshman and Varsity Races- At Cornell we met Dr. Georgia L. White formerly Dean of Women at M. A. C. and just recently made Dean of Women at Cor nell, Professor G. H. Collingwood '11 of the Cornell Forestry Department, Merle Bottom- ley '16 who is taking graduate work at Cor nell, and H. N. F ox '17, of Mantour Falls. The Library Lilacs--A Tribute Dear Cliff:— The Lilacs on the south side of the library are in bloom—a than schedule—and as usual the first on the campus. little earlier Few news stories, of even page length, have drawn me back more closely to M. A. C. than this homely little paragraph on your May 6 editorial page- those lilacs. I do remember Four springs I watched them grow greert and then blossom into one of the summer's first colorful landmarks. I have sniffed their fragrance, worn them in my lapel, and played mumple-te-peg beneath their shade. I read your athletic news, but the players names have an unfamiliar sound. I read the squibs about the departments, but many refer to men and women I never saw. I return to the campus, but the familiar faces, the friendly saluta tions, the nick-names—they are gone. But those lilacs—they are there yet, as they have been for years, giving of their fragrance and beauty to those who come to spend a few glorious years on our campus They are a real part of college life. Lilacs are rare in California. Take a deep sniff of our lilacs for me. Don Francisco '14. M. A. C. HAS BEEN INVITED to be represented at the inauguration of President Finley of the University of Kansas. T he State Board re quested President Kedzie to invite L. D. Bush man '05, who is head of the department of bacteriology in the Kansas College of Agri culture to represent his Alma Mater at the inaugural ceremonies. 8 THE M. A. C. RECORD ATHLETICS Green and White Drop Before Notre Dame 7-4. Notre Dame took the first earned victory of the season from M. A- C- when it defeated the Green and White at College field Thurs day afternoon, 7 to 4. Their 10 hits made up the first flock of bingles of any size for which an Aggie pitcher has been touched this spring. At that, the first part of the game was all Aggie and there wasn't a lot of excuse for the blow when it did come. Errors entered the battle with a punch in the first part of the inning and it was then that the dirty fourth work started. In the long run, however, N o tre Dame blew just about as many chances as the Aggies, and so the Blue and Gold is credited with a duly earned win. Kuhn came to be a solved problem for the Notre Dame hitters during the game, this lot of bat swingers being the first which has been able to find him for hits in any quantity. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 89 0 0 1 3 0 1 10 1—7 2 0 1 0 0 0 00 1—4 Notre Dame M. A. C- Score by innings—• Michigan Intercollegiate Meet Saturday. Eleven teams including the M. A. C. varsity teams are now entered in the and freshmen track sixth annual Michigan meet to be held on College field Saturday morning and afternoon. Alma college orig inally made a twelfth entry but the smallpox there will make it impossible for epidemic that team to come to East Lansing. Intercollegiate The list now is made up of Kalamazoo col lege, Albion, Hillsdale, Adrian, Olivet, West ern State Normal, Detroit Junior, Highland P a rk Junior, M. A. C and the M. A. C. fresh man squad. Trial heats in the 100 yard dash, the 220 yard dash, the high hurdles and the low hurdles will make up the morning program, which opens at 10 o'clock. Final heats in these events and all other events will be run off in the afternoon. Give and Take W i th Oberlin. Winning the first game 10-2, but losing the second 3-1, the Aggies split even with Oberlin in the two-game series staged on College field last Friday and Saturday- T he Big Green outfit took the game played at Oberlin earlier in the season and this coupled with Friday's victory gives Coach Clark's proteges the edge in the three contests with t he Buckeyes this year. A concentrated attack in the fourth inning which was responsible for ten runs accounted for all of the Aggie scoring in Friday's game. F or three and one-half innings of this melee both teams played airtight ball with only a hit apiece chalked up in the score book- Al Brown, veteran southpaw pitcher, looked after the mound duty and gave ample proof in his first performance of the year that he still carries a good assortment of tricks in his throwing a r m. Al allowed Oberlin, only six scattered hits, walked only three men and fanned six of the Buckeye hitters. No fireworks were uncorked in Saturday's game and from start to finish the contest was featured by airtight playing. Keller, the Oberlin coach, selected Andrews as his hurling choice and L o me Ross was named as the Aggie gunner. It became evident before the third inning was over that both hurlers were going good and that th« fans were to witness a bitter oitching duel- In the first three in nings only nine men faced Ross and ten toed the plate for Andrews- Second Game— First Game— Oberlin . M. A. C. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 89 0 0 0 0 0 01 1 0— 2 0 0 0 1 00 o 0 00—10 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 89 0 0 0 0 1 0 00 o—1 0 0 0 00 r 10 1—3 This week the team is on tour, meeting Kazoo Normal Wednesday afternoon, Notre Dame Thursday at South Bend, Ind., and Val paraiso University on Saturday- M. A. C Oberlin VISITING DELEGATES at the Michigan Inter- scholastic Athletic Association meet to be held at M. A. C. June 4 will be entertained by various organizations and individuals while on the campus. T he Track Club is acting as a committee of the whole to make arrange ments, and is assisted by an inter-society com mittee with Jimmy Hasselman at its head. Each society house will entertain as many vis representatives itors as possible, and special will act as guides to take the visitors in tow around the campus. T he Varsity Club will give a big banquet for all contestants. is T HE MICHIGAN AGRICULTURIST to be launched as a student agricultural formally publication next year, the first issue to come forth in October. The new publication upon which the Agricultural Club have been work ing for nearly a year will be fashioned after the Cornell Countryman, the Purdue Agricul turist and other similar student publications that carry live articles oh agricultural sub jects and provide a means of disseminating up to the minute agricultural messages from the College laboratories to the farmers of Michigan. It will also help keep the agricul tural interests of the State in close touch with the College and its work. be sought among agricultural alumni and farmers, the subscription price to be a dollar a year. L, E- Harper '22 of Middleville has been selected as Editor-in-Chief, and G. S. Gill '23 of Ypsilanti as Business Manager. The balance of the staff have not yet been appointed. Subscribers will ' H- T. THOMAS '01, chief engineer of the Reo Motor Car Company of Lansing, has loaned the Military Department a Reo Speed Wagon for the use of the department. THE M. A. C. RECORD 9 Senior Engineers On Inspection Trip Meet Alumni. Senior Mechanical Engineers last week made a very instructive and enjoyable inspec tion trip to several industrial plants in De troit. The party consisted of eight members of the class with Professor G- C. Wright in charge. Wednesday morning at 9 o'clock at the main office of the Detroit Edison Company we were met by Don Shannon '09, C. H. Dick inson '12, and H. E. Macomber '17, who fliv- vered us out to the Conners Creek Station, and showed us the massive workings of that power station. During our visit another M. A. C. man, W. G- Knickerbocker '16, joined the party. After a thorough inspection of the plant, we all had lunch together at the Edison lunch room, where Shannon and Dickinson told us all of their escapades while here at M. A. C. Not content with leaving us to our own resources for the afternoon, they drove us to the city water works and then on to the Parke Davis & Co. plant, and thence back to the hotel. ,'.... The next morning we went out to the Cad illac Motor Car Co. plant where we were met by Frank Johnson '95 and Mr- Merrill who, after showing us the new home of the Cad illac, took us to lunch. On our way to the Cadillac lunch room we ran across Ben Ani- bel '09, chief engineer of the Cadillac, who asked about all the late news from M. A. C. After lunch Mr." Johnson got a couple of cars and drove us out to River Rouge to in spect Ford's blast-furnace plant. The next day we visited Ford's Highland Park plant, and the Burroughs Adding Machine Company. Saturday morning we inspected the $20,000,- 000 office buildings of the General Motors Cor poration in the company of Mr. Wilcox, who was instructor in the machine shop at M. A. G' about 1909. Saturday noon found us at the end of our trip, thankful for the opportunity of visiting so many industrial concerns, and especially of meeting all of the M- A. C. men who enter tained us so royally. Every graduate whom we met seemed intensely interested in the fu ture of the college in carrying out the idea of "A Greater M. A. C. Straight Ahead." We hope to see all of them again here at East Lansing Commencement week. —H. Y- Hartley '21. MARRIAGES Clarence Huston Shaver w'20 and Helen Marguerite Whitcomb '20, were married on May 14 at the home of the bride in Oxford. They will live at 537 South Scotville Ave., Oak Park, 111. P. Edward Geldhof '14 and Miss Marion M. Mayer, of Syracuse, N. Y., were married on May 23. They will take a three months' auto trip thru the Adirondacks and Berk shire mountains. Now We Are Ready. IJCM