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SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA PICNIC.

iIlay 30th was picnic day fo r the Southern Cali fo l'!)ia M .. -\. C. Associa­tion. We met under the large shade t rees at the ranch home or J. Rodney Abbot, '84, who Ii\-es about ten miles east of Los Angeles on the ma in boule­vard to San Bernardino. 1t was all ideal o~lt-of-door picnic day, )as most Cali fOl'nia da.vs are, <:111(\ the members and family came in their automol,iJ.:~s

from Los .-\ ngeles, Pasadena, Eagle Rock, Alhambr a, :Mol1l'ovia, Sunn ~'

Slope, Pomona and Long Beach. Thi s was the nrst time we had met the wives of the members and it necess i­tilted i ntroductioll S all around.

By the t ime luncheon was ,"eady there were thirt)·-eight present. We brought well-filled baskets alld were all ca red 1'0 1' at one long table 011 the front lawn or our host and hostess, ~f r. and Mrs. Abbot, who sel'\'ed hot coffee with real cream f rom thei r dairy. Througll the meal, and after, se\ eral photographs were taken by HalTY Whi te's private photographer with his large camera and Harry promises each member a photogra ph of the group.

Considerable ti me was spent after luncheon going moer the creamery, dairy and "anch with :lil'. Abbot. He

owns twenty-seven acres. six of which are in oranges, The remaining twen­t~' -one ac)'es are de\'oted mo~tly to growing feed for the dairy. hogs and cah-es. He has forty high g rade J er­.e)' COli'S and sells his milk to pr ivate Clistomers in the ~urrounding towns. lie is "bOSR" of the jon, leaving most of the work. except the sllpen'i~,:jon, to other s.

To show YOLI hO\\' much Rodney thinks of his l"0\\ s, we ,\"i !1 tell you on the qui et that II'hile his home is out in the country more than a mile rl'om any " isible city, he keeps all his stock, in­cludin g the dairy. in the city' of' San Gab riel. To h'H'e his stock city bred no dou bt enhances the "<llue (cost) 01' his dail'~' prodlltf~ and may account in some measure fol' his sllcce~s in the work. Fot' fear, howeycl'. that some I'eader. oj' th is mOl)' th ink the boy ha s gone a bit dippy since he lel't college, \\'e will explain that San Cabl'iel ex­tendEd its city limits south to the boulevard and so took in pal't of the ranch oc~ upied by the dairy while the home an d orchard are directly across the boulevard and not taken into the city. TIodne,v is still sanc,

C. C. DAVIS. Sec.-T,·.,,,.

Pu blished by-we MICHIGAN AGRICULTURAL COLLEGE ASSOCIATION

East Lansing, Michigan

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library and fine art bindings. t1Je boxes. map mountings, albums. p(K':ket books. etc. Qltlzens' phone No. -189. In OIty National Bank Blllldlnll. Geo.G. Bludeau Bud Henry H. S.le~rt.

CLOTHING.

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MIl: Bell phone 61. Former M. A. 0, student .

DRUGGISTS.

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STORE. Opposite

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M RS. 0. T. CASE. Manufacturing all Styles of Hall' Goods to o rder, ftnd

Hall' Goods Shop. Old switches en larged. ('oIOl'ed and rello \' llted to look 8.S good as new. The t~ranco-Alllerlcal Hygenlc Toilet ReQuisites n. specialty. Automatic phone. No.8461. 214'" Washington Ave. S.

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(lild Player Pianos. Easy Terms. Pianos to Rent. - Year's Rent.al ont on Purchase. F;"erytblng In the Realm of Music. LA.-;-8n;'O STOKE: 2UI N. Washington Aye.

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. \11 the newest weaves in the pl'etty sheer and the hea\·jer \\'t'ight white materials. Also wash fabrics ill all the newest Tango shru:les. If t here is anything that you desi re in the line of new fabri cs for spring gow ns and dresses, write for samples, Remember we prepay all charges on mail orders and gua.rft.ntee satisfaction or refund your money,

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DETROIT MEMBERS TO MEET HERE.

According to E. C. Krehl , secrera;:;-of tbe Dc­t rait M. A. C. Associat~on , the members of that body will be requested t o meet in a noon-day luncheon at the Edelweiss cafe on Friday, June 12th, to di s­cuss plans for attending the 1914· Reunion a t the College.

APparen tly a good deal of Reunion en thusiasm is being manifested by the M. A. C. people in De­troit, and prospects for a large delegation from tbat city are growing dail y. It is hoped that a large number can arrange to get out to tb is noon meet· ing, as Judge W_ L. Ca rpenter, '75, an d John W. Beaumont: '82, wi ll address the gather ing.

PROF . BAKER TO RESIGN.

AN ·I NVITATION.

Los Angeles, Ca1., May 2i . 1914. Dear Sir: - W e are bound to be heal'd f r om in th is

neck of the woods, and for that reason eve ry iSSUE of the Rf:COI:l) finds' some articl e from Los Angeles. Personatly , I am ve ry much interested in the "per­sonal s," and I presume that is what interes ts most of the former students.

I noted recently the article from J. D. Towa!". wan t to have this catch his eye, and to say to him t hat the next time he comes to Los Angeles 1 want him to take time to look m e UIl, and that is the in­vit ation the Southern Californ ia M. A. C. Associa­tion gives to all the boys who may come on a vis it of pleasu re or business to this attracti ve southland, to look up the old M. A. C. boys by go ing to t he headquar ters of the Secreta ry, G. C. Davis, or to tlH'

office of the writer , at the Ca lifornia Furn itu re Com· It has recently been stated, on good !i.nthority, pany on Broadway, in the progressive cil y of Los

that Prof. J . F red Baker, head of the forest ry de- Angeles. partment, will not return to East La ns ing a t tbe close of his European studies.

Prof. Baker, who was graduated from M. A. C. in the class of 1902, has been at the head of the local forest ry depar tment s ince 1907. During tbe past year he bas been taking advanced work at some of the leading Germa n uni versities.

Details as to 1\'lr. Baker's reasons fo r leav ing )1.

A. C_ have not yet been given out. At the present time the department is in the hands of F. H. San­ford, '04, assisted by Irving Gil son , '10, and S. V.

Klem.

THE TENT WILL BE HERE.

Advices received from the office of Secreta ry A.

M. Brown g ive us the best news yet. 'rHJ~ TENT

WILL BE HERE. Owing to t he lateness with which the efforts tn

obtain a "big top" were begun, some doubt was ex­presssed as t o our ability to secure one, bu t the ur'­rangements wit h a Chicago fi rm have been con­cluded, and the tent will be on hand for Sunday, Monday and Tuesday of Com mencement w~f?k.

The RECOIW has received notice of L. L. Apple­yard's, 'OOe, new address. It Is now 4 Lamber t St., East Cleveland, Ohio.

Very tru ly yours, A. H. VOw'!'. '81.

A. C. ANDERSON LEAVES FOR EUROPE.

Prof. and Mrs. A. C. Anderson, wHh th d .- lwO sons have left for an extended EUropean t rip. Pleasu re and study will be combined, the famil y en­joying the novelties of fo reign lands , while Prof. Anderson stUdies dairy condi tions in the va rious countri es.

In addition to investigating dairy methods in Switzerland , Hoiland a nd Scotland , Prof. Anderson will attend the National Dairy :F;xposition at Ber-ne, Switzer land, and will visit the expe r imenj. ~ lations

at various pOints in the Nethe rl ands and aL neat!­lng, England.

Incidentally, the family will visit the ori gina l Anderson family home in northL'rn Scotland, whi ch is still in possessio n of the fami ly. The entire summ er will be spent a broad, a nd t hey will r-el urn to EastL..'ln!;ing about September' fi rst.

1. R. Brown ing, '12f, who ho lds a position with a Forest Protective Association in the Upper Pen in­sula, vis ited the College recently. "Dick" look !> as t hou g'h h is wo rk agreed with him, and exprel"s(:s his regret a t not being able to attend the Reun ion.

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COJfI.\"(; l XTO THe; STP,8TCH.

The preparations for the 191-1 Heunjon are going ahead. and there is an absolUle certainty that when June 23 rolls around, Old Sol is going to will1ess one of the best gatherings of )1. A. C. peopll" he ever smiled on.

Negotiations with the band have been closed. I'e·

suIting in the securing of this fine organization for Heunion Day. This band is without a doubt one of the best in this pal't of the country. To fully a l)' pl'eciate the-ir ability one should have heard them play at Ferry Field last fall, when :'.1. A. C. defeated :\Ii chigan; or at :\Iadison. when our own Agg ies made the Weslern Conference champions look like beginners. It certainly is "some band." and yOll don't want to miss il.

The largest class ever to graduate from ~1. A. ('. will receive its dilllomas. This in itself is quite an e\·ent. and to enhance the desirability of altending. lhe speaker will be Thomas 1Iotl Osborne, well known to all disciples of democracy.

And the dinner. Ah! There's something to ))on­del' 0\'£1'1'. Think of sitting down to a fine banquet. sur rounded by old friends and classmates, a dinner served by dainty. demure young maidens, the pride and flower of our college. Picture. if you can. the round of stories. old and new, the recital of well· nigh rorgotten jokes, the short. talks of fellow­alumni. Can 111.111 afford to lose out on such an op· portunity?

Se'..-erai important. matters will probably be brought up at the business meeting. You want. to have your say about. them, we are su re, and the best way to say it is to be there.

J ust a few days more, and the old boys and girls will be throwing things into the suitcases for the trip. We are coming into the stretch, the time is short, so let's pull logether, let 'er go out a notch and come across the line in grand style,

WHBRB ARE THE "B IG MENr"

to the preparation of plans for the Reu nion. one feature has stood out above all the rest. It is the lack of activity on the part of men who were class alld college leaders while in school. With a tew excepUons the men who held the most offices and directed the activities of the st.udent body in their time. have failed to respond to the Reunion talk.

That is a rather bold statement, and we realize that we may be making a few enemies, but we be­li eve it is time the alumni began to wake up. In a way, it is too bad that the financia l troubles were settled so peaceably for thereby the former studen ts a nd friends of the College lost a good excuse to get together and do sometbing big. However, h istory shows that times of pence produce about as many big men as days of str ife, and we are hop ing tha t lhe old t ime spirit will show itself on June 23.

To return to the subject, "Where arc tbe big men?" Why don't we hear from them more often? We know thal their classmates and associates wou ld rejoice to know of their doings, and it some one would start the thing, the rest would come easy. It would be easy for some of the old·time leaders to s tart something in the good old way. and the otners would follow from force of habit.

We need the influence of these "big men" al the Reunion. The measure of success in thi~ gather­ing will be twice as great it we can get the former class nota.bles back he re to meet the others. We want the old foot ball men, the old base ball play­ers, the debaters, the class and society o(flcers, and y('s, \\ e want the fellows who were most lovable for the ir ingenious conceptions of harmless deviltry. We want the boys who were loved and app reciated for themselves, for the traits which made their mates follow theOl in lhe old days s till predominate, and will provide the strongest kind of material with which to cement the crumbling spirit of the old classes.

Let's ha'-e the "big ruen" and the little men, and the plain everyday fellows. They'll all belp, and you want to see them too.

• • • The banding ou t of the diplomas on June 23d will

mark llle passing of the largest class in the history of th~ College, The number, which is four times as large as that graduated in ]904, is composed of 77 in agriculture, 59 in engineering, 50 in home economiCS, 12 in forestry and 2 in veter inary medi­cine. ~early all of these young men and wornell are from l\"lichigan, although 13 other states a nd 2 for­eign count ri es a re rep resented.

The energetic work of Hany L. Kempster, '09a, is ably portrayed in two press bulletins recently issued by tbe University of Missouri. Prof. Kern l)­stel' is head of the poullry department there, and has just written two articles relative to that subject, one on ":\Ioulds Fatal to Poultry," and the other on methods of prennting egg losses in hot weather.

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LEWIS VANDERBILT, '64.

Many of t he old boys of the s ix ti es will doubtl ess be s urprised and pained to learn tha t Lewis Vander­bilt, the last liv ing g raduate of the class of 1864, is se riously ill a t bis hom e in Phoenix , Ariz. The foJ ­lowing le tter has been received from Frank B. Wil­son , '08, also of that cilr: Dear Mr. S heffield :

J Hm enclosing some facts abou t Lewis Vanderbil t, '64. HI" is very ill and !loi exuected to live. At t he nresent time he is over 80 years old. and lIntil now has been very a cti ve. H e makes hi s bomp with olle of m y nei ghbors.

Tbe other day he sent for m e and had m e wri te down these facts abou t hi s life , bu t as he is delirious at timf'S . t h ey may no l be a u the ntic. He m e nt ione d several of hi s professors bu t could not remember which we re U. of j\'L and wbich 1\'1. A. C. Ho weve r. I k new t hat Robe rt K edzi e, '1'. C. Abbo tt and Ma nl y lIHles we-re M. A. C. professors.

The notes are as follow s : Lewi s Va nde rbil t was born a t L yons, N. Y. , No­

\'ember 30, 1833. When he was less than foul' yea r s old hi s fathe r purchased 200 a cr es of wild [and Il f;'a r Memphis, Mich.

During t he s umme r of 1855 Mr . Va nde r b il t was with a s urvey in g pa rty in nortbe rn ~1ich i gan , an d in t he fa ll e n ter ed t he f reshman cl ass a t t he Un i· vers ity of Michiga n. Ow in g to t he death of twO

FROM THE SUNSET COAST.

Fre-sno, Cal., 1I1ay 30, 1 91·1. Deal' ~J r. S heffie ld :

The las t nllm be- r of the Ih:('OIw ( May 2fi) con· tained conesJ)ond ence upon a m o .... emen t wh ich ap·

peal s to m e so s trong ly that I feel impelle d to wri te a s hort boost fo r t he proj ect. T am 'r efer r ing to tl lf' cru sade sta r ted by some 0 1" t h e Southern Cali for n ia a lumni for nil i\ 1. A. C. day at L h ~ Panama·Pa cific E xpos ition next yellr .

1 und e rstand th,\( olle of the lale g raduat ing classes voted to hold its class reu ni'o n in San F r an· cisco in 1915. It has been my lo ng felt wish , t hat the class of 1907 m igh t ga the r Ihere ne xt yea r. but 1 did not. fpt' l li ke s uggesti ng a la rger meet ing fo r t he wh ol e Col lege. No w that other and older alumni ha ve don e so, I wish to do what li ttle I ca n to h elp that idea along.

II is ce r tain that a large nu mbt:'!" of .\1. A. C. g r ad· uates an d form e r students will vislt the fai r at smnt' ti me a nd wi th a yea r in which to nwke thei r plans, nea rl y a ll cou ld a rrange 1hpi r trips to meet w ith the othe rs on l\1. A. C. day. The g reat beamy of s uch a r e un ion wo uld be that instead of a sin,g'le da y, ihe reu nio n wou ld last neal"iy a week for mOf'l1 of us, a s no o ne \\'0\11 £1 make the trill for a s in,glp day at the fai r.

1 ce r ta in ly ex pecl to visit the exposit ion. and if a n 1\1. A. C. day is d pc ided upon, 1 wi ll be the rp o r

broUle r 5, he was obliged to leav e the univ e rs i lY be· ha ve a mi gh ty good excuse fOI' not making il , fore th e end of h is fir s t yea r. One of the uni ve l'si ty Sincerely yours, professors whom he best rem embe rs was E. O. Ha ve ns, later p r es ide n t of the uni ve rs ity , and still later a Bis hop in t he Me th odi s t church.

In 1861, Lewis e n te r ed t he Ag ricul t ura l Coll ege, being g raduated witb four ot ber s in 1864 . The o the r member s of thi s class we re Sylves te r M. Mil · la rd, L ewi s Gil son, William W. Daniels, and 'Willia m A. Hardy. 1\Ir. Vanderbilt was t he oldest of th e class and tbe only one now li v ing.

H e was marrie d to Jane E. Blakely in th e spring of 1865. Late r they moved to _Io wa, wh e re Mrs. Vanderbilt died in October , I Si 8. After fi ve yea rs Mr. Vande rbilt a gain marri ed. hi s bride be ing Ali ce Chambe rs of New Yor k. They moved to Fall Ri ve r , Ca] ., wh e r e MI'. Vanderbilt was c oun ly s urveyor for two te rms. Whil e taking a mountain trip with 1\'11'5. Vanderbilt, t.he wagon over turned and s be was in­jured. Mr. Vande rbilt the n sacrificed hi s prope rty and took he r ba ck t o New York. S he was inva lid for twelve years be fore h e r death .

In 1902 l\·l r. Vanderbilt r eturned to Michigan , wh er e h e r emained until Marcb. 1908, whe n, ow ing to the cold climate and advancing a ge, h e came to Phoenix, Ariz. H e is at presen t mak ing hi s home w ith Mr. K. A. Townsend.

The program for the Graduate School of Agricul· tu r e at Missouri bas been r eceived . Amling the names of speaker s we find th e follow ing : F. R Mumford, '91 ; K. L. Butterfield , '91; U. P. H ed r ick, '93; D. J. Cr osby, '93, a nd Harry J . Ell s tace, '0] .

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JONES- CHURCHILL.

1\ 11'. Om a r Orlando Church ill, '03a, was Iluitf-'d in marriage to ) Iiss J essie Gr3eme Jones. of Stillwatl·r. Okla" o n Tuesda y, ~lar 2G. in Ihal ci ty. The couple will be a t home to t heir friends at 119 West Elm S t. . S Ull w:lter, Ok lahoma.

j\'T!'. Chu rc h ill has fO!" se\"el'aJ Yf'aI'S been p r ofessol' of agron om y io th p Ok lah oma Ag r icultUl'al and :\'Iechanical College, a nd has made m a ny fri ends t he r e. Hi s 1\ 1. A. C. f r ie nds un ite i n wishi ng hi m a ll hapll iTl f'Ss.

A let te r has just bee n l'ecei\"cd f ro m Ramon ,I . Alva r ez, 'O i sp .. who is in lhe forest serv ice in Ule Philippines. H e re marks tha t there a r e two 1\ li ch i­gan m e n and two M. A. C. men in the se r vice, t he ot he r from M. A . C. be ing D. D . Wood, '11 f, in c harge of Distric t 5. H e says fllrthe r , "1\11'. Wood a nd t he und e rs ig ned a dopted the 'hus tlin g- syst em ' of Prof. Baker , a nd for that reason we are success· ful in ollr work here."

Mr. Alvarez's addl"P-ss is Naga, Ambos Camarin ps, P. T.

George A. Newh all. 'H e, has fin ished h is work and accf'pted a l)Qs iti o n w i th tilt"' B di so n compnny of

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ORIGIN OF THE " LOCOMOTIVE. "

We wonder how many of the present stu­dents, ' 0 1' those who have graduated si nce, say 1900, know about the or igin of t he "lo­comotive yell. " Some interesting informa­tion about th is popula r bit of "rah rall" ejacu lation has recently come to the R ECORD. and we believe it will be read with interest.

Just 28 years ago Decoration Day, Prof. Johnson, then head of the agr icultural de­pa l'tment, was giving a lecture on s?iis, and mentioned the different kinds of soJ! water. Among them was "ooze water ," and in some way this word ;'ooze" tickled the fancy of some members of the class.

Later , on the same day, a party of stu­dents were on thei r way to Lansing, and as they walked along the road t hey decided to get up a yell. Havi ng t he word "ooze" ~resh ill mind, the yell as finally f ormed consisted of three "hoorays," the word ooze three times, with M. A. C. and a tiger at the end.

F rom this was evolved QUI' present " loco­motive:' The wor d "oozeH has been con­tracted into "Uz," but otherwise the good old yell has remained the same, and has sen:eel to put the " pep" into many an l\L A. C. team cro\\'ded back to its own goal line.

We are indebted to lVIr. Calvin D. Beecher. e,,-'89. f or the above story. !VIr. Beecher was present at the Flint banquet, although he is 1i ving at Flushing, Mich., and express­ed his intention of being back to meet the boys of his old class on June 23d.

REUN ION cDOPE.

"I want to nh~t't all thf' old boys. Hah~ ]{ah:"­

'I;;, A. Holden. 'S9, " I wani. 10 llWt'1 the wholE> cla:;s," - Fra n\, F'. no,?­

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Det roit, Mi ch., JUlie 1, l!)H.

Dear :\11'. Sheffield: It i s Ilos-sible that at Ollr coming ga thering 1 shtt ll

not see eve n one of P.1y dear classmates who, on tlHH morn ing of th.,. 13th day of :"ola)" 1857, stood in fronl of old College H all, wait ing for i ts door~ LO open wide to rpceiv e Ih e nl'5t class of studen ts.

B Ul my 10\'e for the old College grows stronger as the years go by. und so 1 inte nd to be there 10 greet t hose that have followed in late r years, fOJ' r feel that ever y M. A. C. st udent. whethe r in rpy clasl': 01' some other, shou ld stand by l"ach oth er and eve!' extend the hand of fe llowship, be it. on the cam 1m" or an y other s ll ot where o ur lol may be cast. With kindl y g r eeting to one and all. L will m~el you al IVI, A, C, Very truly,

GEOHOE G. TORR~:Y, ex-'G].

'I'. C. Lewis, 9ge, has changed his add ,'pss from Los Angeles to PorUaJld , Of'e,

A LETTER FROM DIXIE.

Birmingham, Ala~ May 24, 1914 , Dea r Ih~CQIu):

1 have just re t u r n ed from a three wee ks' t r i p tbrough sOllthwest M iss issippi, and tbe first th ing I looked fol' on entering the offlce was tbe last three n u mbers of the Rt::CQIW, I am always anxious to find 0111. wha t th e old boys and g irl s are dOing, a s well as learn how the baseball and t rack team s are fare' ing in the alhletic world.

When I see the lette rs from tbose wbo are going to be back for commencement this yea r it makes 111(>

lon g LO be among th ose present, even though it is not the year for nau gh ty-two . I would come anyway but In .... 'work h(> re 'will not pennit this year,

On my recent ll' ilJ m e ntioned above, I was looking liP conditions in <I section of the country thai. has been ravaged by th e cotton boll weevil. This sec' tion, extend in g from Vicksb urg to the southe rn l\I is­s issipp i line, was at one lime one of the wealth iest sect ions of tbe United Stales , bul the a dv ent of the boll weev il e liminat ed rattan a s a comme rc ial propo­s ition, and a s that was the only CI'OP Ihe land own­er s knew how to grow, most of th em went brokf'. A new era is now dawnin g on tha I. seclion , The la nd is naturall y very fert il e, a nd well adaptp(l 10

genel'a l farming and li vestock production. New sel ­tie l'S are coming in and buying up the cheap land, an d 1 pred ict that wi th in a few years it will be one of the most prosperous sections of the country, Corn , oa ts, l)eanut s, polaloes, and aJi lhe clovers ann most of the standard hay g r asses ca n be grown to pf' rfection. Pasture !!lUY be had the -yea r arou n d , and beef and l)Qrk ca,n be produced much cheaper lhan in tbe north , Land va lues are low. Good Cpr­tile la n d can be secu red at from $5 to ~ 1 5 an a cre, r saw oats ready to cut that will yie ld from ~O LO

;)0 bushels to lhe acre ; r pd ciov£'r sow n last Octobe l' that will y iel d two and one-half tons 10 the ar,I'€' at tbe first cutting. 1n fa ct, 1 never sa w a coun t rr w i t h g reale r possibilities.

On many of the places fhe build ings alone ar(' wort.h more Wan the pf'ice asked for the land. One lliace of 430 acres sold for $5 ,500, :lnd the house on th is place couId no t be built for $1,500. There are many such bar ga ins to be picked lIJl and I wish Borne of 0 \11' lluslling Michigan farme rs had som e of t.h is land, They would work a r evolution in that section ,

Sincerely, M, A . C I~O~flY,

W, Carl Chapman of Detro il. sJ)en t sevez'al {lays at thl' College last. week.

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ALUMNI ( ? ) DEFEAT VARSITY IN HOT­LY CONTESTED GAME.

Following the hint handed them by Notr e Dame the day before, the team representing the alumni look the measure of Macklin's t eam last Friday af­ternoon by the score of 3 to 2. That only four of the members of the superannuated aggregation were former students is excused by tbe fact t ha t the remainder of the learn were " near-grads ." and at any raLe. it is felt tha t the "was-er s" have a ri ght to all they can ge t.

Weeder. the diminutive spit-ball artist, was sent to the firing line for tbe co!1eg ians. and twirled so effectively that not a hit was reg iste red on him un· UI th e seventh round. This, of course, was due to the old t imers hav ing been out of the game, and lost l he knack of sm iting the bal J. We admit t ba t the players of former years were naturally better than those of the p resent. Oh, nat urally!

" Baldy" Spencer, who will deign to a ccept his diploma within a couple of weeks, pitched fo r the alumni , and let the 'varsity men down with tive hits. Although wild in tbe opening inn ings, he steadied and pitched stellar ball t oward the fini sh.

Of the old men who were back, there was; Cr issey, the star back-stop of 1909 and 1910. "Cr iss" re­marked that he had not played a game s ince the alumni-'va rsity contest last yea r , but hi s perforuY­ance would have done credit to a league player. T he way he caught the runners going to second made t hem hesitate to take liberties on t he bases.

Walter Vance, former th ird baseman and one-time dangerous ba tte r, played second, and lived up to h is reputation by poling ou t a two-base hi t in t he eighth inning. Cortright at th ird, and both men th roughout t he game. Spencer and Buell were

was at short and Dancer di splayed their old form Gau th ier , Hunt. Griggs,

drafted from the ranks of the senior class to fill up the li ne-up.

The 'varsity scored its first run on a base on ball s, a s tol en base and Dodge's h it t o ri ght. Following that, bu t two m en got on until the six th , when Ful­ler's two-base dri ve followed by Frimodig's s ingle to ri gh t., scored the 'varsity's last ta lly.

The " Has·Beens" remained passive until the sev­enth, when Gauthier s ing led, went to second on Vance's pass, took th ird and tore on home when E . Chilton fu mbled Fick 's toss of Cortri ght's easy grounder. A base on balls, a sacrifice h it, Vance's two-bagger and Gr iggs' s ingl e scored Spencer and Vance in the eigh th, a nd won t he game.

The score by innings: R. H. E . Alumni ................ 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 0- 3 5 1 Vars ity ................ l 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0- 2 5 " o

Batteries-Alumni: Spencer and Cri ssey; 1\1 . A.

C. : Weeder and Bibbi ns.

The Freshmen won the ann ual C<.1.ne s pree last Friday evening by winning five of the nine events. Winn ing is a habit with 1917.

IRISHMEN PUNISH TWO PITCHERS WINNING LAST GAME.

... Nolre Dame staged an old-fashioned sl ugg ing u~e

last Thursday, when they drove Ralph Dodge from th e mound in his last appearance fO I" .\"\. A. C., a nd greeted Mill e r , his Sllccessor, lI'ith a volley of hits. The fina l score was 12 to 4 in favo r of the fighting Iri shmen.

Wben Dodge left the mound in the eighth, it was the second lime in his four years at M. A. C_ that he has fa il ed to finish a game after he had sta rted it. H e has not always won, but hi s w inn ing pe r­centage is unusuall y hi gh . Given a warm day a n d even fair support, the Aggies' premier SOuthpaw would have won in a walk.

Berger , who started for Notre Dame, may ill:' CO Il ­s idered lucky. for the Aggies were hilling the bal l. Some fielder always cha nced to be in the way, how­ever, spoiling many good dr ives, wh ile the vis itors were h itting eq ually 'well, and placing them safely. Kelle)r, who pitched the last two innings, featurerl the ninth by reti r ing the locals on eleven pitched balls.

The Rcore by innings: R. H. E. ~1. A. C . ............... 001003000-- 4 5 7 Notre Dame ........... 0 0 0 300 2 6 1-1 ~ 14 5

Balteries-:'ol. A. C.: Dodge, ~1i1ler and Bibbins ; Notre Dame: Berger. Kelley and Gray.

INTERSCHOLASTIC HONORS WON BY DETROIT EASTERN.

It is customary to refer to each intel'scholastic meet as "the largest ever held here," and this was no exception th is yen 1'. With more schools repre­sented than eve r before, and t he race for first honors unsettl ed until the final event , Detroit F.ast­ern H igh too k first honors by t wo pOints, having a tota l of 25. Bay City Eastern finished second, aft\' 1" a see-saw battle, with 23 tallies. !\Iuskegon with 20 5-6 a nd Grand Rapids with ] 7 we re t he other school s in t he running. Detroit Central was the sU T{1ri se the day, g'atherin g but tw o lo nesome poin ts when Tillotson took a thi "d in the h igh hUl'dles.

ro.'1ost of the events were hotly contested but with the exception of the 100 yard dash none of the ex­isti ng records was endangered. In thi s event. H enry, of Det roi t Eastern. made a new recOl'd of 10 seconds, lower ing the previous mark by 1·5 second. This mark looks good, in view of the fact that a stiff breeze was blowing down the st retch in the races of the runners.

One of the features prOVided fo l' the enterlain­mellt of the visit ing high school athletes was a canoe tilting contest on the Cedar . Tip-overs were frequent. a nd the fun was enjoyed by a large crowd . Row land and l\1 andenbe rg won t he contest, tipp ing over three of their opponents.

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JESSE J. MYERS

Aft'.r an illness of but one week, Prof. J .. J. Myers passed away at the Yale University Ha sp ita I from a disease thought to be typhoid fever, though all the attending phy­sicians did not concur in the belief. Every effort was made to save him, but all proved of no avail. At the time of his death, Prof. Myers was 37 years of age, just entering the period of greatest service to the state and the community.

THE M. A. C. RECORD.

study are to count for anv­thing, the advance notices need have no hesitation in declaring the efforts a success.

Over forty people are requir­ed to complete the cast, and these will be further assisted by an orchestra of 18 pieces. The stage will be the broad ex­panse of sloping lawn just north of College Hall, with a large group of stately ever­greens for t he background. The seat sale has progressed rapidly, and by the time the opening scene takes place, standing room will be at a pre­filum.

SUMMER SESSIONS ASSURED.

Mr. Myers was a native of Illinois, being a graduate of the Genesee High School and the University of Illinois, where he served as laboratory assistant for a year previous to coming t6 M. A. C. in 1901. In 1907 hel was made assistant Prof. E. H. Ryder, in charge professor in the zoological de- of the plans for the summer partment, which position he school at M. A. C. this year, is held until his death. authority fo r the statement

At the time of his death that t he work of the proposed Prof. "Myers was enjoying a session will in no way be ham­leave of absence granted him pered by the recent troubles of by the State Board for the pur- the college. pose of studying nutrition un - For some time, considerable del' Prof. L. B. Mendel of Yale doubt was expressed as to university . He had intended whether the institution would remaining through the sum- be able to carry out the plans mer, unless needed for the sum- for the summer school this mer session at M. A. C. year, but with the clearing up

Boundless energy and can- of the tangle, the way seems scientious hard work charac- ~ clear and classes will begin terized Prof. Myers' life at the June 24th. . College. Active in the Chris- . OWl1lg to the delay. III mak­tian work of the community lng a start, but little IS known and always ready to aid the as to the probable nu.mber of students in their doings, he was reglstratlOns, but from the popular and beloved by all who knew him. Hi s loss will be keenly felt, not only by his im­mediate associates but by a large circle of friends, who ex­tend to Mrs. Myers healtfelt sympathy in her bereavement.

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Keats K. Vining, 'I3a, com­pletes hi s work at Fremont, Mich., high school this week, and expects to go to Ypsilanti shortly after to take charge of instru ction in agriculture for the summer school there.

The M. A. C. tennis teams tied with Ypsilanti last Satur­day, the local boys sweepina

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