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oducational siandpoiiit as well as the slaiulpoint of inililai\' liaiiiing, 

 owing to the luultiplicity of details and tlie newness of the idea together 

 with the overpowering drawl)ack of the gjcat Influenza epidemic, the 

 results obtained edueationally were far from satisfactory. 



On tlie signing of the armistice November 11th, the (picstion at once 

 arose whether the plan of the 8. A. T. O. should be continue<l. The matter 

 was submitted to be voted upon at a mass meeting of the members of 

 the corps and an overwhclniing niajoi-ity of the meml)eis \-oted adv(U'sely. 

 This being also the outcome of similar expressions of stud(>nts in other 

 colleges, the plan was not continued beyond the close of the fall term. 

 One of the members of the organization expressed it thus — "S. A. T. C. — 

 Stick Around Till Christmas." 



The College opened for tlie winter term on the pre-war l)asis and with 

 a fairly large representation of young men at the opening of the term; 

 many were Ijack from the service in the cantonments and from time to 

 time men wearing the service stripes from abroad dropped in so that 

 each Aveek showed an addition to our student body due to soldiers from 

 the service. 



The severity of the Influenza epidemic made the postponement of the 

 winter course scheduled to begin earl}- in November, advisable. 



The Eight Weeks' courses were inaugurated as usual and at the close 

 of these courses we made use of the now useless barracks for a display of 

 material at our Round-up Institute which, owing to lack of space here- 

 tofore, we have never been able to do. The eight barracks, 20x120, 

 were filled with illustrative and instructive material from the various 

 departments of the College to w^hich w'ere added very interesting exhibits 

 from the State Food and Drug Commission, the State Board of Health and 

 the State Highway department as well as other contributors. The United 

 States loaned us a machine gun, also a liberty motor with j^ropeller blade 

 which attracted much interest. As a consequence of this, our attendance 

 dui'ing the Round-uj) Institute was the largest the College has ever en- 

 jo^^cd, estimated at l)etween four and five thousand people. The planning 

 and carrying out of this project should be credited largely to the efforts 

 of Mr. Ashley M. Berridgo, Director of the Winter Courses, and his as- 

 sistants. Those who saw the exhibit urged upon us the necessity of 

 making such an exhibit annually. It should be one of our future plans 

 to provide a large and appropriate place for similar exhibits to be made 

 annually as a feature of Round-up week. 



Early in the spring term the Government began assigning to us re- 

 turned wounded soldiers who under the Smith-Sears Act were eligible for 

 technical training as a means of rehabilitation. These men have remained 

 with us for tlu^ balance of the year and have been doing exc(^llent work 

 and we are confident that the efforts of the (lovernment in this direc- 

 tion will warrant the outlay of money. 



CHANGES IN BUILDINGS. 



January first, at noon, Williams Hall w^as discovered to be in flames 

 and notwithstanding the sti-enuous effoj'ts of both the I^ansing and the 

 East Lansing fii'e dci)ait meiils, it was burned to the ground. This was 

 the oldest of our present dormitories having been completed in 1868. The 

 fire involves the loss, not only of rooms for men students but also the 



