Timeline - 1918
The U.S. War Department established a Student Army Training Corps (SATC) unit at M.A.C. in the fall of 1918. According to Keith Widder in "Michigan Agricultural College: the Evolution of a Land-Grant Philosophy 1855-1925, "Eight temporary barracks that could house 1,400 men and two mess halls were built east of the Horticultural Laboratory to accommodate the 500 men of "Class B" enrolled in the auto mechanics course. Another 500 men of "Class A," who met the requirements to be regular college students, arrived in October to study subjects useful in the military such as mathematics, chemistry, war history, drawing, and French. They lived in the men's dormitories and on the top floors of Agriculture Hall and the Olds Hall of Engineering."
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 The M.A.C. Record; vol.24, no.01; September 30, 1918 September 30, 1918 Text: pdf MSU Archives and Historical Collections, MSU Libraries |  3rd M.A.C. Training Detachment, Company A, 1918 October 1, 1918 Image: jpg MSU Archives and Historical Collections |  The M.A.C. Record; vol.24, no.03; October 18, 1918 October 18, 1918 Text: pdf MSU Archives and Historical Collections, MSU Libraries |
 The M.A.C. Record; vol.24, no.09; November 29, 1918 November 29, 1918 Text: pdf MSU Archives and Historical Collections, MSU Libraries |  The M.A.C. Record; vol.24, no.12; December 20, 1918 December 20, 1918 Text: pdf MSU Archives and Historical Collections, MSU Libraries |
