MAC+Record

The MAC Record served as the alumni newsletter for Michigan Agricultural College from 1896-1925. It was then changed to the MSC Record and continued to be published until 1955. The MAC Record was preceded by the Speculum, which was published from 1888-1896.

=1909=

Vol. 14 No. 30, May 4, 1909
toc**Storm Does Much Damage**

"The heavy storms last week did considerable damage, especially along the river [Red Cedar River ], which reached the highest point of the year and flooded hundreds of acres. The botanic garden [Botanical Garden], which usually suffers from the late season floods, has now practically all been raised above high water mark and so escaped. The heaviest damage was done at the athletic field [College Field] and approach [Red Cedar River Bridge], which were at one time three feet under water. Though it is still impossible to judge exactly the damage done to the field itself, it is thought that it is not large, but a section of the roadway [River Road] has been washed away and one end of the bridge undermined. Brush and other debris floating down the river became entangled in teh piles, adammed back the water and threatened to destroy the bridge. The damage to the field and approach is estimated at between $100 and $150. The water is now going down at a rate of about a foot per day, and repairs will be begun as soon as possible and the field will be ready for Thursday's game with Wabash."

Vol. 14 No. 33, May 25, 1909
"The lakelet at the rear of the Women's Building Morrill Hall ] which for several years was an attractive spot on the campus with its rustic bridges and willow frunged shores is no more. For the past week the horticultrual department has had a number of men at work cutting the trees and shrubs and scraping dowwn the island, and before the summer is over the scenery in that part of the campus will havebeen entirely changed. The lakelet was largely artificial although it occupied a naturla depression and was originally fed by the brook which runs through the botanic garden [Botanical Garden ]. Pipes were also laid to supply it with water in dry seasons but it proved so expensive that this means was seldom resorted to and in times of drought the sight was anything but but pleasant. Of late years and especially with the coming of the large county drain the problem of keeping it filled has been a hard one to solve and this, together with some unsatisfactory conditions which ave arisen from time to time, have influenced the authorities to make the change. For the present that part of the campus will receive no special attention except to sod it over, but later the space will probably be given over to gardens more or less formal in design, a plan for these having been worked out by Prof. Halligan some time ago. The formal style of gardening has received but little attention at M.A.C., as the campus is laid out in the naturalistic style."
 * Campus Lakelet is No More **