Michigan State College Bulletin, Vol. 28 , No.3, January, 1934. Published monthly by the Michigan State College of Agriculture and Applied Science. Entered as second-class matter at the post office at East Lansing , Michigan. - - - - - - - - - - -111151111 - ~lma Mater Close beside the winding Cedar's Sloping banks of green, Spreads thy campus, Alma Mater, Fairest ever seen. --1111511111----------- Sloping Banks of GTeen MICHIGAN STATE COLLEGE of Agriculture and Applied Science East Lansing, Michigan . . ROBERT SIDEY SHAW PRESIDENT Michigan State College Addresses The High School Senior ~ODA Y you stand at the cross roads. For four years you have been studying and working for a high school education. N ow you are facing the question: "Shall I or shall I not go to college? If I go, will it be worth my while; if I don't go, will I find myself handicapped and left behind in the race of life?" You know, if you have observed what has been going on around you, that the man who is properly trained has a great advantage over the one who lacks such training. A college, because of its equipment and educational facilities, can give more and better training with a smaller expenditure of time and money than can any other method of preparation. The skill and training of a college graduate are sure to place him far ahead of those handicapped by insufficient prepa ration, for we are facing a changed world in which education and the things it stands for are increasingly important. If you are to fit into this new order, you must learn not only how to work, but how to use leisure. The change calls for intelligent enjoy ment of a greater leisure than has been possible in the past-in other words, culture. Such being the case, it behooves you to get as much education as you are prepared for and can afford. Which College You are immediately confronted with the problem of choosing a college. What should be considered when making such a choice? Many things enter into the complete answer. Some years ago a college was chosen because it stood almost exclusively for a cultural education or because it stood, even more exclusively, for a so-called "practical" education, the aim of which was to teach the student some trade or profession which would enable him to earn more than he could have done otherwise. But that basis of choice is a thing of the past. The new order calls for a combination of the ability to work and the ability to use leisure, the practical and the cultural. If a college can combine the practical and the cultural, it is the type best suited to present day needs. Along with this must go proper equipment, a competent faculty, a sane social life, reasonable cost, and other elements which will promote a normal and healthful life for its students. These are the points on which to base your choice. PAGE FIVE OLd CoLLege HaLL Site Now Occupied by Beaumont Tow er DOES MICHIGAN STATE COLLEGE MEET THESE REQUIREMENTS Here the practical and the cultural are blended in every course of study. Though the divisions of Agriculture, Applied Science, Engi neering, Home Economics, and Veterinary Medicine are planned primarily to give practical scientific training to their students and prepare them for specific occupations and professions, their curricula are so arranged that those enrolled must take certain subjects which are classified by the world as cultural. The Division of Liberal Arts, which is primarily cultural in . its objectives, makes such subjects available to the students of the other divisions and at the same time offers to its students certain curricula which will prepare them to meet the practical problems of earning a livelihood. But that is not all. If culture is compounded of all those elements which make a person richer and wiser in his tastes and sympathies, no student at Michigan State can escape such contacts. They meet him at every turn. Each year the College sponsors a Student Lecture Course and men who are eminent in many fields, such men as Sandburg in the field of contemporary poetry, Stefansson in the field of exploration and discovery, and Stuart Chase in the realm of the new economics, are brought to the Cam pus so that the students may learn from them at first hand something new in experience and knowledge. An Artists' Course, under the direct supervision of the M a y Morning Sing P AGE SI X The Librar y Thousands of Vol urnes Hold Literary Riches Department of Music, brings such individual artists and musical organizations as Zimbalist, Giovanni, the Vienna Boys' Choir, and the Detroit and Minneapolis Symphony Orchestras to the Campus. The Department of Music itself adds to the cultural life of the Campus through its glee clubs, chorus, orchestra, and sixty-piece military band. A series of evening band concerts in the out-of-doors is staged every spring against a background of massive spruces, and crowds from miles around gather to listen to the excellent music. Art exhibitions, sponsored by the Department of Art, bring to the Campus the work of leading artists of today and yesterday. Members of the department exhibit their own works, a result of long hours of toil during the summer vacations. The Campus Even the Campus, beautifully wooded and landscaped, adds its bit to the cultural life of the College. No one can spend four years walk ing its paths and drinking in its beauty without learning to appreciate and love the beautiful. Visitors and home folks alike consider it one of the finest and most beautiful in the country. It furnishes an in comparable setting for four years of college life in the oldest institution of its kind in the United States. Let's get a bird's-eye view. From the top of the Beaumont Memorial Tower, which rears its lovely height above the trees and buildings grouped trike V i) the Band PA.GE SEVEN Home Economics Building around it, the view is magnificent. In a long slow curve, the wind ing Red Cedar flows through the grounds dividing the Campus proper from the College farm. To the south stretch the fields and woods of the 1500-acre farm with its large and modern livestock barns; to the southwest are the football stadium and Demonstration Hall; to the west lies Lansing with its Capitol; to the north, just across the boulevard with its double row of stately old elms, is the business district of East Lansing; to the east is open country. City and country meet at Michigan State College. In Lansing three miles away can be found all the forms of activity and recreation avail able in a city of 80,000 people; on the Campus itself are found many of the quieter diversions of the countrysi,de. One can enjoy canoe rides up the Red Cedar, or go for a walk along its banks to the College woods where, in spring, hepaticas and other woodland flowers bloom beneath old trees. Or, if one prefers, he may stroll down Farm Lane past the barns and out to the fields. All that is best in country life is here, and all that city life offers is very near at hand. Every season gives its own particular mood to the Campus. In winter, the spruce and pine stand in dark outline against the snow covered lawns. Early in February, some times even in January, the cardinals start to sing and their gay, airy fluting gives a lift of mood to lagging students on their way to early "eight o'clocks". In summer, the great beeches and oaks give shade and coolness. Home in Mary Mayo PAGE EIGHT Agricultural Hall And Its Predecessor In the fall, and on balmy days in spring, it is a pleasure to watch the students about their work. The walks and paths are crowded with students going to and coming from classes. The engineers are out with transit and chain, surveying some part of the College grounds. Students of Art, scattered here and there, are trying to catch on canvas the color and detail of some interesting view. Out among the extensive flower gardens and in the greenhouses, the classes in Horticulture are busy. Occasionally a Forestry group goes by, each embryo forester armed with pencil and notebook, identifying, by the study of bark and foliage, the various trees on the Campus. From the Music Building comes the sound of violins and pianos, or the trills of some ambitious vocalist preparing for the concert stage. The Buildings Against the background of green grass and old forest trees stand the college buildings in a sweeping circle. A few of the buildings of fifty or more years ago still remain and lend that suggestion of age and tradition so essential to a college campus, but most of the structures are comparatively new. Central on the Campus is the Beaumont Tower. Erect ed in 1928 by ~1:r. and Mrs. John W. Beaumont of Detroit, it marks the site of the first college building in the country devoted to the teaching of Agriculture. From its belfry ring out the chimes that mark the passing hours and celebrate Michigan State athletic victories. Doors To Open PAGE NINE Mary Mayo Hall Dormitory for Women Nearby stands the Library, built a few years ago to house the more than 100,000 volumes already acquired and to furnish space for the ever-increasing number necessary in a school which touches inti mately a great many human activities. Just across the drive is the vine-covered Physics Building, once the Chemistry Building, linked inseparably with the Kedzies, father and son, whose names have been synonymous with Chemistry at Michigan State College for three quarters of a century. The Home Economics Building, one of the more recent buildings, is located to the north near the boulevard. It is completely equipped to meet the growing needs of this expanding science. On its fourth floor is the Little Theater wht;re student dramatics and recitals are given, and in its tower is found the broadcasting studio of W K A R, the college radio station. Farther along the circle to the east and south is a group of the older buildings on the campus, venerable and filled with traditions of former days of glory. The Botany Building, to mention only one, is associated in the minds of the older alumni with Dr. Beal, a great teacher and a lovable character, who spent fifty years at Michigan State College and had a profound influ- ence upon the development of Scientific Botany. It was Dr. Beal who planted Pine tum in 1896 and started the Botanic Gardens in 1877, two of the beauty spots at Michigan State College. If . >' . • At the east end of the Campus, bound ed on one side by a broad area devoted A Sorority HOllse PAGE TEN Wells Hall- Dor·m itory for First Ye ar Men to the experimental growing of fruits and flowers, and on another by greenhouses, is the Horticultural Building. Here, in fall and early winter, the corridors and classrooms are redolent with the rich fragrance of cider and stored apples from the College orchard. A little farther south is the Dairy Building, a place known particu larly to students because they can stop there on a warm afternoon and enjoy the flavor of an ice-cream cone. Across the paved drive the new chemistry building, Kedzie Hall, rears its massive bulk. Like all of the structures that have been built within the past ten years, it is completely equipped. And so, on and on to the west, one building after another comes into view-Agricultural Hall, the Shops, Olds Hall of Engineering, Wells Hall, and then another group of green houses at the edge of the Beal Botanic Gardens, which constitute one of the finest sights on the campus. The Gymnasium is just west of the Gardens. Across the river is Demonstration Hall, where the offices of the military department are located. A tanbark ring occupies a large part of the building. Here, in the winter months, the varsity basket ball games are played on a specially constructed floor, and baseball practice is started. Not far away are the football field, the baseball diamond, and the outdoor track. Only a relatively few of the buildings can be mentioned; there are twenty-four major classroom and laboratory build ings, and three dormitories, besides many service buildings and barns. A Fraternity House PAGE ELEVEN .. PAGE TWELVE Chimes the Golden Hours As They Pass Sunshine and Shadow PAGE THIRTEEN Kedzie Chemical Laboratory The Faculty But buildings alone are not enough. There must be a faculty to utilize the equipment in training the students. The Michigan State faculty consists of more than 300 well-trained members. It has been a definite policy of the administrative officers to bring into this teach ing group not only those who have a scholarly background but also those who have shown genuine distinction in their teaching. As a result, Michigan State College is recognized as a Class A institution by all of the accrediting organizations, including the Association of American Universities. A degree from Michigan State College admits the student to graduate work anywhere. Relations between faculty and student are cordial at all times. During the first two years of his course, each student is under the personal supervision of a member of the faculty; during his last two years, he receives the personal attention of the head of the depart ment in which he is majoring. In this way he is encouraged to make the fullest and best use of his time, and many difficulties which would otherwise arise are avoided. The personal contact with members of the faculty is a potent influence in the student's life. Careful Supervision In many other ways, the College looks after the students' welfare. It maintains a hospital on the Campus under a competent physician. Every freshman receives a thorough physical examination, and all students are re- Demonstration Hall-Military Department PAGE FOURTEEN R. E. Olds Hall of Engineering quired to report to the hospital authorities upon the slightest illness. It is almost impossible for a student to be really ill without the im~ mediate knowledge of the doctor in charge of student health. The College also sees to it that the new student is properly intro~ duced to college life by asking all freshmen to appear on the Campus three days before the formal opening of the fall term so that they may become acquainted with the purpose and traditions of the College. At that time they meet their faculty advisers, who guide them through registration and try to make them feel at home. Short talks are given by the men at the head of the administrative and teaching staffs. As a result, the freshman loses his feeling of confusion and quickly be~ comes a happy member of the student body. "Town and Gown" Supplementing the influence of the college is that of other agencies. "Town and gown" mingle without friction. The influence of the town is quiet and wholesome and clean. Probably its most potent influence is exerted through the city's one church, an inter~denominational organization which cares for the religious needs of the students. The Y. M. C. A. and Y. W. C. A. form an integral part of the church program and, in addition, the church supports a student pastor. Through a cooperative arrangement with the college, the student pastor conducts several courses in Religious Education, for which the College gives credit. As a re~ sult, the College, though a state~supported institution and non:~sectarian, does not lack a religious atmosphere. Dea dl in e in T en M inutes PAGE F I FTEE N The Gym From the Beal Botanic Gardens Student Life Student life at Michigan State College is full of activity and yet singularly free from irritating and meaningless social distinctions. "Hello" is the greeting of student and faculty alike. Friendliness predominates. Social life and activity center for the most part in the Union Memorial Building at the main entrance of the Campus. It is the scene of many a dance and luncheon, as well as the place to while away an hour between classes. The Michigan State News and the Student Council have their offices in the building, and most of the extra-curricular clubs and societies, of which there are many, find it a pleasant place in which to meet. Other centers of student life are the three dormitories-Wells Hall for first year men, the Women's Building and Mary Mayo Hall for women-and many fraternity and sorority houses located just off the Campus. Wells Hall commands a wide view of the Campus. Immediately fronting it" is open lawn where on Saturdays in autumn, students enjoy informal football scrimmage and, in spring, tryout their golf dubs or "play catch". The rates of lodging in this dormitory are very reasonable. No student lacks oppor tunity to become well acquainted with his fellows if he has a room in Wells Hall. Mary Mayo Hall, the most recent of the women's dormitories, was construct ed with an eye to all the little niceties , ,' Three Bagger PAGE SIXTEEN Flashing Bodies In a Clear Pool and conveniences appreciated by young women. It is situated among old, spreading trees, looking out upon a highway which ends, three miles to the west, at the Capitol grounds of the State of Michigan. The discipline necessary to such a dormitory is quietly and firmly main, tained so that studies may always receive first emphasis, but there are many good times too-dormitory parties and dances, and many in, formal group festivities. The atmosphere of the Hall is cheerful, and the young women who come here as students quickly learn to find congenial friends. The fraternities and sororities, both national and local, have their own properties, very desirable ones, and bring together those of like tastes and sympathies, whether they be purely social or partly pro, fessional. Students who prefer may find rooms in private houses which meet the approval of a faculty committee. Many a friendship and good time result. Athletics No phase of college life is more popular than athletics in all its forms. It is a stirring sight on a crisp afternoon in October to watch a football game at the Stadium. Bands play, the stands are a mass of bright colors, there is cheer after cheer as the teams battle their way up and down the field. And nothing sets off a spring day quite so well as an afternoon spent at the Touchdow n P AGE SE V EN T EEN ; diamond watching a good baseball game while the long shadows of evening stretch across the field and lose themselves in the trees along the Red Cedar. In recent years Michigan State teams have competed in all of the major sports on even terms with some of the best teams in the country. Under the tutelage of a new coaching staff, football promises to be even more successful than in the past. During the fall, State meets in football such powerful opposition as the University of Michigan, the University of Detroit, Syracuse University, and Kansas State College. In basket ball, baseball, and track, the record of accomp lishment is high, and State teams are rapidly assuming a place among the strongest teams of the Middle West. Cost Michigan State College offers these facilities and opportunities to its students at a reasonable cost. College fees are no higher than those of any other institution with equal facilities, while personal expenditures may be as large or as small as the individual's tastes and habits may dictate. Courses Offered Courses at Michigan State College have been grouped into six Divisions to correspond, roughly at least, with the great fields of human activity and interest. Within each Division, series of courses are set up so that a student after the first year or two of college work may follow more closely his particular interest and bent. DIVISION ,OF AGRICULTURE The Division of Agriculture offers two general fields of study which may be followed: (1) Agriculture and (2) Forestry. Agriculture (Including Horticulture, Floriculture and Landscape Architecture) Modern training in agriculture is based upon an understanding of the sciences and a knowledge of effective farm practices and market ing. The courses in agriculture are planned to give fundamental training in the basic sciences and arts during the first two years. How ever, a direct contact with the field of technical agriculture is main tained by requiring at least one agricultural course during each term. The Division is well equipped with modern barns and carefully selected herds and flocks for the study of the most effective methods PAGE EIGHTEEN of housing, feeding, handling and breeding of livestock. Its experi~ mental fields, orchards, and plant breeding nurseries are close at hand and provide an excellent opportunity for students to study scientific methods of crop production and improvement. Forestry Before taking up technical work in Forestry the student in the fresh~ man and sophomore years is trained in the basic sciences. The work taken during the last two years is divided into required and elective technical courses. The required work deals with the basic technical forestry courses and related subjects. The electives permit specializa~ tion in the various fields of forestry, such as forest management for wood and game production, forest economics, forest utilization, forest influences, and municipal forestry. The required summer camp of six weeks between the sophomore and junior years, extended field trips and field laboratory during the school year acquaint the student with the application of forestry in the field. DIVISION OF ENGINEERING The courses in Engineering are designed to give knowledge of the fundamental principles of the sciences which are the basis of engineer~ ing practice. All engineering students take a prescribed course to the end of the freshman year. From the sophomore year on, some election of tech~ nical and professional studies permits students to follow individual inclinations toward special phases of engineering: Chemical, Civil, Electrical, Mechanical, Agricultural. The Engineering Administration curriculum is designed to meet the requirements of students who, in addition to a natural aptitude and liking for engineering, feel that the business side of the engineer~ ing industries has a stronger appeal than the technical side. This course offers an unusual type of work to those who feel that they have latent business, executive or administrative ability. DIVISION 0 F HOME ECONOMICS Home Economics, a study of the problems of the home and family, includes a broad field touching many phases of human activity rather than one of limited subject matter. Through the utilization of the results of research in the sciences, social, biological, and physical, and through the elective arts courses, a broad cultural education for women has been developed, particularly suited to their needs and interests. This type of education will train them for the various PAGE NIN ETEE N tasks of home,making, such as the care and training of children, the maintaining of the security of the home, and the wise feeding and clothing of the family. In addition to this general training, Home Economics prepares women for several types of positions, such as extension workers, managers of cafeterias and tea rooms, dietitians, stylists, directors of experimental kitchens for food or equipment companies, teachers of the various phases of Home Economics, and social service workers. DIVISION OF VETERINARY SCIENCE In this Division two curricula are offered: The Veterinary curric, ulum leading to the degree of Doctor of Veterinary Medicine, and the Medical Biology curriculum leading to the degree of Bachelor of Science in Medical Biology. Veterinary Departments, both within and without the Division, are well equipped to give full instruction in the phases of science that deal directly with the making of a veterinarian and in the related subjects which have a more or less close connection with the work of the veterinarian. Although many graduates enter private practice, they may do in, vestigational and teaching work in biological and pharmaceutical laboratories or act as managers of stock farms. They are also eligible to take competitive examinations for inspection work in the Bureau of Animal Industry of the U. S. Department of Agriculture, for the U. S. Army Veterinary Service, and for state and municipal veter, inary control work. Medical Biology This course prepares men and women for positions in hospital laboratories, physicians' and surgeons' clinics, and federal, state, and municipal health laboratories. It also fits the especially adapted student for either commercial or research laboratory work. Such work requires a technical knowledge of medical biology in its broad, est sense. DIVISION OF APPLIED SCIENCE In the Division of Applied Science three curricula lead to the Bachelor of Science degree: 1. The Applied Science curriculum in which the student may major in the principal sciences; 2. The PAGE TWENTY Age Adds a Touch of Beauty Physical Education curriculum for men; tion curriculum for women. 3. The Physical Educa, Applied Science The Applied Science curriculum was established for those students who wish to gain a thorough training in some fundamental science, together with adequate supplementary training in supporting sci, ences, languages, and mathematics. With but slight modification the first two or three years of this curriculum will serve to prepare students for entrance into Class A dental or medical colleges which accept students with two or 'three years of pre,dental or pre,medical training. Physical Education for Men The curriculum has been planned to give instruction to men de, siring to enter the field of Physical Education. It will train them to serve as directors of physical education and athletics in high schools and colleges, and as coaches in football, basket ball, track and field athletics, wrestling and swimming. In addition, it will prepare them to conduct classes in calisthenics and gymnasium games, and to give physical examinations. In addition to Physical Education, students must prepare to teach at least Snow Lends Enchantment PAGE TWENTY.ON E one other subject selected from the courses now offered by the College. For this preparation there is available a sufficient number of elective hours. Physical Education for Women Physical Education for Women is organized to meet the demand for women of liberal education and broad professional training in this field. It aims to develop skilled teachers and supervisors of physical education in public schools and colleges, and directors and leaders of playgrounds, recreation centers, camps, and clubs. It is suggested that students majoring in Physical Education also prepare to teach another subject from the courses offered by the College. DIVISION OF LIBERAL ARTS The Division of Liberal Arts offers a curriculum in Liberal Arts with numerous opportunities of electing subjects. In addition, the Division presents definitely arranged courses in Business Adminis# tration, Hotel Training, and Music. Students graduating from this Division are given the Bachelor of Arts degree. Liberal Arts The curriculum in Liberal Arts is very elastic. Of the 200 academic credits required for graduation, 42 are prescribed; the remainder are left to the student's choice, subject to the requirements of the major which he selects. As many of those taking Liberal Arts plan to teach, the Department of Education is fully equipped to give the proper teacher training wHich will qualify the student for a State Life Certificate in whatever 'subject he has chosen as his specialty. Majors are offered in Art, the Social Sciences (Economics, Political Science, Philosophy and Psychology, Sociology), English Literature, Composition and Journalism, History, Mathematics, Music, and Modern Languages. Students contemplating the study of Law can meet the pre#law requirements recommended by law school admin# istrators. Business Administration The Business Administration curriculum is designed to provide a basic training for those proposing to enter the fields of industry, commerce, and finance. The general aim is to provide a social ap# proach to business and to develop a broad understanding of the insti# tutions, laws, and practices which operate in the modern world of PAGE TWENTY.TWO business rather than to offer detailed technical or professional training in actual business occupations. Hotel Training The Hotel Training curriculum is offered to meet a special demand for personnel adequately trained in present-day hotel methods. The course has been outlined in cooperation with the Michigan Hotel Association. It offers three lines of preparation: (1) Training in the business management of hotels; (2) Training in the supervision of the mechanical service of hotels; (3) Training in household econ omy pertaining to housekeeping and the kitchen and dining service of hotels. Public School Music The primary purpose of the Public School Music courses is the preparation of teachers and supervisors of music. These curricula are planned for four years of work and lead to the degree of either Bachelor of Arts or Bachelor of Music, depending upon the courses taken. Three types of work are offered: (a) Bachelor of Arts curriculum General supervision; (b) Bachelor of Music curriculum-General su pervision; (c) Bachelor of Music curriculum-Instrumental super vision. The curriculum for Instrumental Supervision is designed to pro vide specialized training in orchestral and band instruments with the purpose of conducting musical organizations. A p plied M u sic Students wishing to specialize in Applied Music may do so b y following a definitely outlined curriculum which leads to the degree of Bachelor of Music. One of the following options should be selected in which to do major work: Voice, piano, organ, stringed instruments. P AGE TWENTY.T HR EE General Information Admission Requirements Graduates of approved high schools who present fifteen acceptable units of work including three units of English, one unit of Algebra, one unit of Plane Geometry, and four additional units of academic work, and who are recommended by their high school principals, will be admitted to all Divisions of the College except the Engineering and Liberal Arts Divisions. Candidates for the Engineering Division must present as additional requirements an extra one-half unit of Algebra, one-half unit of Solid Geometry, and one unit of Physics. Candidates for the Liberal Arts Division must present two units of a foreign language in addition to the general requirements previously stated. Graduates of approved high schools whose work has been otherwise satisfactory may be admitted although conditioned in as many as two of the non-required units. Expenses Expenses at Michigan State College are as low as at any other college with equal facilities. Aside from the expense of clothing, transportation, and extras, a young man may spend a year here for as little as $300.00. Women students will find the minimum expense a little higher, perhaps $400.00. Most students will, of course, spend more than these respective amounts. An increase of $100.00 in each amount should be ample to provide for those who must be conservative. Others, of course, will spend according to their tastes. The necessary expenses of the first term are heavier than those of succeeding terms; therefore, one should plan to have from $125.00 to $150.00 available for the first term. Opportunities for Self"help There are many opportunities for students to earn a portion of their expenses while pursuing college work, but most of these opportunities are taken by students who have been in college for some time. It is advisable, therefore, for those entering college to have sufficient funds available to meet most, if not all, of the first year's expense. Junior College Students Graduates of junior colleges whose work has been of satisfactory grade are granted full Junior standing in Divisions of the College corresponding to their Junior College . preparation. Post Graduate Work in High School For post-graduate work done in the High School the Dean of the Division may grant six college credits for each unit of work in Group One (see catalog under "Admissions") completed with a grade of "B" or better. The maximum number of such credits that may be granted is twenty-four. Further Information Inquiry concerning any phase of the work offered at Michigan State College or any question about a particular educational problem will receive prompt attention if addressed to the Registrar, Michigan State College, East Lansing, Michigan. PAGE TWENTY-FOUR