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more lasting and gratifying than can be done with monumental stone 

 or brazen tablet. To have one's name forever fresh in the hearts of the 

 best youth of the land, to have given aid to struggling and worthy ambi- 

 tion, to have made possible a broader and better life for some of our fel- 

 lows or those who may come after us, is a consummation that may add 

 luster to the life and memory of any man. 



BUILDINGS UNDER CONSTRUCTION. 



A contract for the new gymnasium was awarded to Charles Hoertz 

 & Son of Grand Kapids, Mich. 



The contract for the re-erection of the Engineering Building was 

 awarded to Fred Trier of Saginaw, the new shops to Byers Bros. Con- 

 struction Co., of Kalamazoo. 



A THREATENED EPIDEMIC. 



The loss by the fire had hardly been discounted by the college com- 

 munity when on March 14th scarlet fever made its appearance among 

 the students. The general hospital and four detention hospitals were 

 made use of, and in addition the old boiler house was fitted up and used 

 for detaining those suspected, or for those who had been exposed to the 

 disease. 



Those who were afflicted were given the choice of a physician, but the 

 general health situation was in the hands of Dr. O. H. Bruegel, City 

 Health officer of East Lansing, and Dr. Ward Giltner of the College. 

 The State Board of Health by one of its members, Dr. Harry S. Bartho- 

 lomew, advised us in taking preventive measures. 



At a mass meeting the students were told of the situation before leav- 

 ing for the spring vacation and urged to note any symptoms of the dis- 

 ease and report to their home physician. Upon their return letters were 

 written to students requesting that they report to Dr. Bruegel should 

 any suspicious symptoms be noticed. 



The College and East Lansing milk supply was thoroughly investi- 

 gated but the trouble could not be traced to this source. A map of the 

 infested district was made, and the houses in which the trouble had ap- 

 peared plainly indicated. 



Total number of cases investigated and detained.... 21 

 Total number finally diagnosed as scarlet fever 13 



It is a source of great satisfaction to know that none of the cases of 

 this dangerous disease resulted fatally and that so far as is now known 

 all of the students are making a complete recovery. 



RESIGNATIONS DURING THE YEAR. 



Prof. V. T. Wilson, Department of Drawing and Design, resigned 

 early in the year, his resignation being formally accepted by the State 

 Board on November 17, 1915, same to take effect September 1, 1916. Prof. 

 R. K. Steward, Associate Professor and Acting Head of the Department 

 of Drawing and Design at the University of Illinois, was tendered and 

 has accepted the position thus made vacant. 



