48 STATE BOARD OF AGRICULTURE. 



General average |3.11 



THE PRUDDEN HIGHWAY. 



One of the most important improvements of the year was the com- 

 pletion of one and seven-eighths miles of concrete highway reaching from 

 Harrison avenue (the AVhite Elephant corner) to the eastern limits of 

 the City of Lansing where the brick pavement at present ends, at an ex- 

 ])eiise of $25,000. This enteri)rise was fostered and largely financed by 

 W. K. I'rndden of the Class of '78. The work was begun in August, 1916 

 and completed IS'ovember 30th. 



The inlluence which such a highway has and will have in the future 

 u]>on the growth and development of the College cannot be ovei'estimated. 

 The M. A. C. community will not soon forget what it owes to Mr. 

 I'rudden's successful efforts. 



STUDENT LOAN FUND. 



The fund for rendering emergency relief to young men has helped 

 forty-five of our students to remain in college Avho might otherwise have 

 been obliged to give up their studies. The fund itself is small compared 

 to the good it accomplishes. 



Provided for by funds derived from the blanket tax of two dollars 

 per term paid by each student for the support of athletics and entertain- 

 ments our students attended the following course : 



Oct. 24. The Mawson Motion Pictures with lecture concern- 

 ing the Shackleton investigations of the Antarctic 

 regions. 



Jan. 23. Professor Alfred Noyes, Cambridge University of 

 England, Visiting Professor of English at Princeton 

 Universit}^ 



Feb. 6. Frederick Palmer, European War Correspondent. 



Mar. 6. l*rofessor A. M. Wenley, University of Michigan. 



Apr. 15. Concert by College Glee Club. 



May. 16. Concert by Minneapolis Symj)hony Orchestra. 



STUDENT LITERARY SOCIETIES. 



Two additional Literary Societies were organized during the fall term 

 to meet the needs of our increased growth in numbers. The Orphic for 

 men and the Letonian for wom,en. 



For several years past there has been much interest developed in the 

 scholarship records maintained by the membership in the various so- 

 cieties. The following table compiled from the official records of the 

 College Kegistrar gives the relative j)osition of each of the twenty-three 



