Pioneer history of Ingham County, compiled and arranged by Mrs. Franc L. Adams, secretary of the Ingham County pioneer and historical society.

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throughout the world as the foremost agricultural school," said
President Frank S. Kedzie in his Founders' Day address to the
student body this morning. "Of late there has been some agitation concerning a new name for M. A. C. I hope that it will
never be found necessary to change the name which this college
has so proudly borne for close to three-quarters of a century."
From 11 to 12 o'clock this morning all classes were dismissed
and the students joined in a huge mass meeting on the campus.
President Kedzie was followed by Clarence E. Holmes, '93, superintendent of the State School for the Blind, who spoke briefly in
praise of his alma mater. Led by the college band, the mass
meeting closed with an impromptu parade around the campus.State Journal, 1921.
LIST OF PUPILS OF SCHOOL OF '60'S WIDELY CIRCULATED.
Old-time school days in Lansing have been made to live again
because of the memories called up in the minds of those once here,
now scattered far and wide.
The list of names of some of the high school and grammar school
pupils of the late '60's, which was published in the State Journal
fairly recently, after having been preserved through half a century,
by Charles S. Emery, has aroused interest in various sections of
the country.
A copy of the paper, containing the list of the boys and girls of
the old times, was sent to W. D. Bagley, of Old Mission, and he was
moved to subscribe for the State Journal and because of the news
it carried moved later to come to attend Farmer's Week at Michigan Agricultural College. It was his first visit here in 11 years.
Another interested person is Miss Delia M. Howe, M.D., who
is at present in Riverside, Calif. Some extracts from her letter
to a friend follows:
"The names of the high school pupils of 51 years ago carried me
back to those days so completely that I re-lived them again. It
was really vastly entertaining.
"Colonel Burr and I were the babies of our class; and when we
met at 12 years of age, in high school, it was the first time that