DEPARTMENT REPORTS Kil 



REPORT OF THE M. A. C. ASSOCIATION. 



To the President : 



Sir: — Upon taking over this office in August, 1922, I was informed 

 by the executive coniniittee of the M. A. C. Association that an appro- 

 priation of 14,500 had been made for tlie use of this Association and 

 that an agreement had been entered into between the mend>ers of our 

 executive committee and the State Board that, should the expenses of 

 tlie office total more than the ajjpropriation, the Board would appro- 

 priate enough more to make up the deficit. I have the pleasure to re- 

 port that the office was run within the appropriation during the ]»ast 

 year, in spite of the fact that only 14,500 was appropriated, while dur- 

 ing the previous year |G,.'>00 had been set aside for our use. 



I should like to bring to the attention of the Board several unusual 

 conditions which have affected the conduct of the office during the past 

 year: 



There was no regular secretary from January 1, 1922, until 

 August 1, 1922. As a result the Association paid an acting secre- 

 tary $100 from its funds for special work at commencement time. 

 This lack of a directing head also found the office seriously lacking 

 in equipment and supplies and. as a result, a comparatively large 

 sum was spent on this account during the past year. 



The college did not see fit to send out invitations to the alumni 

 to return for commencement so this office assumed the responsibility 

 and the expense of the undertaking both at that time and at Home- 

 coming in the fall. On both occasions the results were gratifying 

 and of consideraible benetit to the college in almuni interest and 

 the influence these affairs have on the general public. 



This spring the college ceased paying the telephone bills of the 

 office and this expense was added to the fonuer burden of the office, 

 subtracting that amount from the gross appropriation, which had 

 l)een greatly reduced from the previous year. 



Requisitions from this office were not honored by the college pur- 

 chasing agent after July 1, 1922, except those signed by the secre- 

 tary of your Board, which in all cases were paid from our funds. 



The secretary of the Association is also engaged as director of 

 the campaign for the Union Memorial Building Fund. This is the 

 only known case where a special director was not engaged by the 

 college or detailed from the college payroll for such a purpose. 



Ai)pliances used in the office have decreased the expenditure for 

 student labor by a large amount over previous years, and a new ar- 

 rangement for addressing The Record has also aided greatly in 

 this respect. 



This office has been active in advertising the advantages of the 



college. An issue of The Record in May was financed by the East 



Lansing business men and 0,000 copies were distributed through 



the alumni to prospective students among the senior classes of the 



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