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Timeline - 1918

Date: 1918
Title: Student Army Training Corps unit established on campus
Description: 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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SATC Students, circa 1918
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1918 SATC Students
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The M.A.C. Record; vol.24, no.01; September 30, 1918
September 30, 1918
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3rd M.A.C. Training Detachment, Company A, 1918
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The M.A.C. Record; vol.24, no.03; October 18, 1918
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The M.A.C. Record; vol.24, no.09; November 29, 1918
November 29, 1918
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The M.A.C. Record; vol.24, no.12; December 20, 1918
December 20, 1918
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