. The Mississippi agricultural and mechanical college war record: the civil war; the Spanish-American war; the world war . on one of theneighboring hills. As the last caisson was rumbling along in the out-skirts of the village, with its load of American shells, a German shellcame over and landed in the road with all its destructive power, afragment of it claiming the life of Prentiss McDonald, Jr. Paying theprice on the field of honor, this hero passed out smiling, to meet his following morning he was buried just back of the town ofFleville, France, his chaplain performing the simple c
. The Mississippi agricultural and mechanical college war record: the civil war; the Spanish-American war; the world war . on one of theneighboring hills. As the last caisson was rumbling along in the out-skirts of the village, with its load of American shells, a German shellcame over and landed in the road with all its destructive power, afragment of it claiming the life of Prentiss McDonald, Jr. Paying theprice on the field of honor, this hero passed out smiling, to meet his following morning he was buried just back of the town ofFleville, France, his chaplain performing the simple ceremony thatmarked the last tribute to a soldier dead. George was the sole pride of his venerable fathers life, his motherdying when he was in his early teens. The seriousness of his purpose,his generous spirit of friendship, and the purity of his life are prominenttraits that his numerous friends will always remember. Only his father, Mr. G. P. McDonald, of Collins, Mississippi, sur-vives him, but with this father the A. and M. College and his numerousfriends are left to mourn the loss of this noble young man. [51]. HOMER DANIEL McDONALD Homer Daniel McDonald was theson of Mr. and Mrs. Daniel C. McDonald,of Moscow, Mississippi. He was bornnear Moscow, October 2S, 1889. He diedfrom broncho-pneumonia while in theAmerican Hospital at Neufchateau,France, September 9, 1918. Mac, as he was familiarly calledby his friends, received his elementaryeducation in the public schools of September, 1907, he entered theMississippi A. and M. College. Duringthe second term of his stay at A. and had a spell of measles which affectedhis eyes to such an extent that he was forced to withdraw and drop hisstudies altogether. Returning to his home in Moscow, he was employedas a clerk in a general merchandise store. This position he held untilDecember 10, 1917, when he enlisted in the army. After a shortperiod of training on this side, Mac was promoted to Sergeant andassigned to the Seve
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