Seventieth Annual 

COMMENCEMENT 

Michigan State College 
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Agriculture and Applied Science 

DEMONSTRATION  HALL 
CAMPUS 
MONDAY,  JUNE  EIGHTEENTH 
NINETEEN  TWENTY-EIGHT 

PROGRAM 

.  aI_Coronation  March 

ProcessIon 

MICHIGAN  STATE  COLLEGE  BAND 

LEON ARD  FALCONE,  CONDUCTOR 

Meyerbeer 

In  ocation-
R 

EV. 

NEWELL  A.  MCCUNE,  Peoples  Church,  East  Lansing 

Pace  Pace  from  "La  Forza  del  Destino" 

a) 

The  Crying  of  Water 

b) 
c)  Love  in  My  Heart 

Verdi 

Campbell-Titton 

Woodman 

MRS.  OLIVE  DOBSON  HENKEL, 

MRS.  CHARLES  HAYDEN,  ACCOMPANIST 

mmencement  Address-Education  in  a  Democracy 

DR.  EUGENE  DAVENPORT,  '78 

DEAN  AND  PROFESSOR  EMERITUS,  UNIVERSITY  OF 

ILLINOIS, 

Woodland,  Michigan 

orma  Overture 

Bellini 

MICHIGAN  STATE  COLLEGE  BAND 

Conferring  of  Degrees-

PRESIDENT  ROBERT  SIDEY  S HA W 

arding  of  Reserve  Con1missions-

CAPTAIN  JOSEPH  HENRY  HINWOOD 

Recessional-Hail,  America 

Drum 

MICHIGAN  STATE  COLLEGE  BAND 

The  audience  is  requested  to  remain  seated  until  the  Faculty  and 
Graduating  Class  pass  out. 

Class  Roster 

DIVISION  OF  AGRICULTURE  AND  FORESTRY 
Degree:  Bachelor  of  Science 

a,  Agriculture;  f.  Forestry;  1,  Landscape  Architecture 

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Hiram  Leonard  Barney,  a ' ;  
Victor  Clement  Beal,  a 
Bennett  Black,  a 
Leonard  Henry  Blakeslee,  a  v 
James  Randall  Bliss,  a . 
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Albert  Ferris  Bradley,  a  V' 
Andrew  Keith  Braidwood,  £ ,/ 
John  Harold  Breyfogle,  a 
Nelson  Coy  Brumm,  a 
George  Lee  Burre·n,  1 
Arthur  Emerson  Carls,  f  0/ 
Walter  Rankin  Clark,  a  v' 
Darwin  Elwood  Clay,  a 
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Robert  Foster  Collins,  f  v 
William  Connellan,  1 
Jason  Hubert  Converse,  a  . 
Roland  Allison,  Cook,  a 
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Charles  Lewis  Crapser,  a 
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Theron  Edmond  Daw,  f 
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Merrill  Edwin  DeLonge,  1  y 

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a / Harold  John  Foster,  a 
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.Emerson  Earl  Frye,  f 

Edward  Lee  Hammond,  a  ./ 
Wilbur  Dryden  Haskins,  a'" 
George  Hobart  Hitchcox,  a 
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Berto  Heath  Holden.  a  .  v 
Owe'n  Bedford  Hurley,  £  v 
John  Kurt  Kroeber,  £ 
LaVern  Elmer  Laubaugh,  a 
Andrew  Simpson  Leavitt,  f 

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Wayne  Judson  Lowry,  1  /I ' 

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Ruth  Harriet  Ught  LyOD,  a  ,/ 
Frank  Gass  Mclnnls,  1 
Marion  Eugene  Malone,  a  v' 
Edmund  Ferris  Markle,  a 
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Bohn  Edward  Musgrave,  a.V' 
*Claire  Whitbeck  Nelson,  a 
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Hale  L.  Pearce,  a 
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Clark  Marvin  Pierce,  a 
Fred  Washburn  Pierce,  f  v 
Kenneth  Brownridge  Pomeroy, 
Thomas  Harlan  Price,  a, 
Robert  Warren  Reid,  a  v 
William  Paul  Robinson,  a 
Karl  Schuster,  £ 
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George  Theodore  Schwartz,  a  v 
Burdett  Frederick  Seizer\,  £  v 
George  Howard  Selkirk,  a 
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A.  Daniel  Shaw,  a 
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Harry  Francis  Smith,  a 
Verne  Allen  Stockman,  a  ¥ 
William  Leonard  Story,  1  v 
John  Sheldon  Thole,  f 
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Harold  Bennett  Tubbs,  a  v 
Daniel  Urquiola,  a 
Clayton  Van  Slyke, 
Donald  James  Weddell,  f  ~ 
Harold  Paul  Widdis,  a 
S.  Clark  Willrinson,  f 
Henry  Elsworth  Wylie,  a 

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DIVISION  OF  ENGINEERING 

Degree:  Bachelor  of  Science 

m,  Mechanical;  c,  Civil;  e,  Electrical;  eb,  Chemical 

George  Arthur  Abbott,  m  v 
Glenwood  Floyd  Baker,  c  v' 
*John  Murchison  Beardslee,  c  ,,/ 
Clyde  Houghton  Beck,  e 
Theodore  Allen  Benton,  ch  " 
Arthur  Tanner  Bersey,  c  J 
Paul  Blake,  c 

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Bruce  Burnside  Bolton,  c  J 
James  Gibson  Braybrook,  e  v 
Lyle  Rutherford  Brown,  m  v 
Gilbert  Burrell,  e 
Merrill  Walter  Byrne,  e  v 
Arthur  Ellsworth  Chettle,  e  " 
Cleo  Edward  Coles,  c 
William  Annstrong  Conklin,  e" 
Raynold  Jackson  Cooke,  c 
Leslie  Lawrence  Cornetet,  c 
Ralph  Edwin  Dailey,  c 

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*With  Honor. 
**With  High  Honor. 

Maurice  Adelbert  Davies,  e  " 
John  Ellsworth·  Doty,  m 

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*Kenneth  Bidwell  Fishbeck,  c  v 

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Alvah  Lee  Gatrell,  ch  v' 
Donald  Horace  Geiger,  e  II 
George  H.  Giddings,  c 
*Milton  Henry  Grams,  ch  \I 
Hubert  Claude  Griffith,  m 
Ingwald  Halvorsen  Gronseth,  e  ~ 
Maynard  Charles  Hoffman,  e 
*Philip  Thomas  Hob,  e 
Garnet  Karr  Honsberger,  e  • 
Howard  Edway  Houser,  ch 
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WilUam  Ellis  Hoy,  c 
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**Keith  Evans  Hunt,  e 

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Howard  Evans  Hunter,  c  " 
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Ralph  H.  KauffmaD,  e 
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Ralph  Metcalf  Kilby ,  m 
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Elmer  LeValley  KIrk,  e 

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HeDl1d  Fredric  Lay~, c  v 
JIarOlc Ralph  Lietzke,  e  l--
I"'"  BalleY  Loasbury,  ch  v 
Pierre  Rolloa  Lord,  m  v. 
RU~~ Wilford  Luther,  e  v 
i:~er Martin  L~M!:!_~  ,/ 
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Edwin  Du~ McLean,  • 
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10_..1  Edward  Mannerow,  c v 
Dale  Martin,  e 
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~::~ Charles  Miller,  m  v 
ThCJlD8s  Orville  Morgam,  e  P' 
John  Paul  Morrow,  <: 
k  Otto  Niedermeier,  C  Ir 
C~w Harvey  Patterson,  c  v 
:. bren  Clifton  Peterson,  c  v 
JJ:n  Coventry  Phelps,  e 
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Paul  Addison  Piper,  e 
Langley  WiJJiam  Rayner f  ch  ", 
Charles  Joseph  Rydzewski,  e  .... 
Adam  John  Sajkowski,  c 
Norman  Elmer  Sedelbauer,  ch  v 
Harry  William  Shipp,  e  y- 
Stuart  Eldred  Sinclair,  ch  1/ 
Donovan  Neil  Smith,  c  v 
*William  James  Sparling,  ch  v 
William  Bartlett  Spurrier,  c  v 
Walter  Anm-ew  Studley,  m 
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Lawrence  Hartley  Thomas,  m  ./ 
Collins  Elsworth  Thornton,  c  t.,.-

·,--Frederic  Edward  Wilkins,  e  v 

Fred  Byron  Wortman,  e 
George  Norbert  Yerkes,  e 

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Arthur  G.  Tyler,  as  of  1913 

DIVISION  OF  HOME  ECONOMICS 
Degree:  Bachelor  of  Science 

Elaine  Ainsworth  v 
*J)onna  Louise  Bassett 
Marian  Alethea  Bennett  v ' 
Maxine  Adeline  Boone v 
Ella  Lucretia  Bordine .... 
Elna  Lucille  Bowen  ".., 
Ruth  Anne  Bowen.  Y 
GJadys  Rather  Bnggs-.IO 
Catherine  BroadweU 
Edith  Dorothy  Carpenter ... 
Kathryn  Jean  Dinkeloo ~ 
Lois  Isabell  Duncan  v 
*Doretha  Estella  Eclmcmds v 
Vi ... iDia  S.  Ford  v 
Dorothy  Rhuberta  French v 
Geraldine  Ida  Gillespie  v 
Marion  Gertrude  Green  " 
Dorothy  Louise  Hartman  v 
Grace  Lottie  Hoffman  ..... 
Florence  LUliaD  Hurst y 
Emma  Mae  Hyde  ....... 

y 

" Evelyn  Keyes 

....... 

Mu,.uerite  Evelyn  Kirker v 
Helen  Josephine  Klute  .... 
Elizabeth  Esther  Krieger  v 
Isabel  Johnston  Laird  'V 
Luc.iUe  Smith  Latson  v 
Mary  Frances  Learned v 

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Willena  Mary  MacDonald  l/ 
Annabelle  MacRae 
Margaret  Ann  Matthews  v-- 
Marion  Ullrey  Maxfield  v 
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*Estelle  Howell  Morse 
Ella  Mae  Murdie  v 
Flossie  Jean  Pangborn  v" 
Elsa  rdargaret  Partlow v 
Arlene  Selma  Pearson  v ' 
*Mildred  DeEsta  Peterson  tV 
Catherine  Hale  Phillips ",' 
Florence  Belle  Priest  ,... 
Mildred  Parry  Proctor ... 
Caroline  Read 
Dorothy  Roberta  Sawyer  v 
Lotus  Emma  Schoolmaster  v 
Alice  Marjorie  Seigneur  v 
Beatrice  May  Shepard  " 
Dorothy  Shoesmith 
v 
*Rutb  Allison  Simmons 
Alberta  Henrietta  Slu~r .... 
Helen  Winifred  Small 

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. *Marguerite  Lewis  Sprague  v 

Lela  McCarty  Stich  v 
Louise  Carolyn  Stoner "... 
Helen  Louise  Topliff  v 
Ethelyn  Josephine  Wallace,.. 
N alalia  Marguerite  Wiedoeft r?' 

DIVISION  OF  APPLIED  SCIENCE 
Degree:  Bachelor  of  Science 

RoIaert  Siclney  BaUmer v 
-Harlow  Robert  BriBham V 
Maurice  Ralph  Caldwell  v 
Ruasel  James  Davis  V' 
"Francis  George  Dressel  y 
~ Gerald  DuLude  y 
Merwyn  G.  Farleman  v 
Freel  Clement  Garlock  v 
KeIth  RIchard  Hicks  V 

"Harry  Lee  H06ler  0/ 
ArtJ.ur  R.  Kempf  II' 
wUUam  Shuford  Kirk v 
JaIm  Gerald  Lyle 

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-with  Honor. 
"With  HIP  Hcmor. 

**Mary  Alexandria  Marshall  v 

Justin  Kemp  Munger  v' 
Walter  W.  Neller  ..... -
Harry  James  Newell  v 
Jurgen  George  Raymond v 

**Dorothy  Robinson  v 

Francis  Ward  Ross  " 
Gaylord  Clifford  Smith  \I 
LeRoy  Calkins  Stegeman  .; 
Mark  Arthur  Ullrey 
Olive  Elizabeth  Wheeler  v" 
.; 
Josephine  Leota  Wise 

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DIVIS ION  OF  LIBERAL  ARTS 
Degree:  Bachelor  of  Arts 

LIBERAL  ARTS 

/ 

Miriam  Hope  Alchin 
Magdalene  Virginia  Alger 
Lucile  Allen 
Bernhard  Theodore  AIm 
Donald  Eri  Anderson  II 

v 

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** Anna  Irene  Austin  v 

Harold  Glenn  Baldwin.  v 
Duane  Wieand  Beurmann  v 
* John  Francis  Brisbin 
**Lyle  D.  Brundage 
v 

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Arnold  Oscar  Carlson  ,/ 
Frances  Mary  Chambers' v 
Virginia  Chase 

v 

**Verna  Harriet  Church  v 
John  Carruthers  Cook  V ' 
Adelaide  A.  Cribbs 
Harvey  DuBois  Douglass '  v 
*Frances  Evora  Eddy v 
Thelma  Estelle  ... 

... 

. *'1<Ward  Martin  Estes  '" 

**M'aryElla  Fahrney 
**Elaine  Force 
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Kathleen  Leota  F ox  v 
v 
Clara  Irene  Giffels 
Laurence  David  Glerum  v 
Frances  Winifred  Harvey J. 
Clifford  Henry  Hauptli '  v' 
Keith  Himebaugh  v 
Oliver  Z.  Hood 

v 

**Gladys  Elaine  Hutchinson  v 
Lucille  Jeanette  Kellogg  v 
Ruth  Peterson  Kelly 
Jeanette  Aida  Kennedy  I 
Ruby  Louise  Kincaid  v 
Ray  Earl  Leavengood  v 
Emily  Loree  Lyon 
James  Arnold  McCosh  L--

v 

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Caroline  Georgia  McKinley ., 

*William  Anthony  Mann  ..,. 

Ruth  Loretta  May  v 
Helen  Allur.a  Nesbitt  v 
Wilfred  Frank  Newell  ........ 
Josephine  Vietta  Nichola v 
Lucile  Margaret . Niebling  v 
Ma~ion  Blanche  O~ v 
Ercel  Greta  Oliver 
...... 
Emery  Donald  Orner  v 
Florinel  Alene  Peebles v 
Ruah  Lucile  Post 
Vernon  Fredrick  Raulaut ... 
*Helen  Orpha  Ric:hey 
,v' 
Forrest  Albert  Rrnehart  v 
Marjorie  Bernice  Sanford  tI' 
Margaret  Jessie  SawYer  V' 
Christena  Jean  Schram  y 
'Pauline  Maude  Scott  v 
Edith  Lenore  Si.manton  '" 
Helen  Irene  Smith  v
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** Jeanette  Rose  Smits  v 
*Rosabelle  Rita  Snohr  v" 

v 

Robert  Benard  Southworth v 

v-

**Dorothy  Lucile  Stophlet 0/ 
** Amy  Elizabeth  Taylor  j.. 
*Lois  Martha  Tenny  v 
Ruth  Tower 
Edna  Anne  Traynor  v 
. 
Agnes  Mary  Trumbull  v 
Keith  M.  Waggoner  v 
Lazell  John  Wan 
Frank  Henry  Willis 
· 
George  Herv,.  Wilson  v 
Robert  Leslie  Wilson  v 
William  Amos  W oolfitt  ." 

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BUSINESS  ADMINISTRATION 

''''Vivid  Bainbridge 
John  Ira  Caruso  v 
Russell  Melville  Daane '; 
Karl  Frederick  Davies  .I 
Duncan  Gilchrist  Hudson ." 
John  Douglas  Kaiser  v 
Frederick  Frank  Klein  v' 
Gerald  Frederick  Knapp -/ 
James  Kerr  McElroy  If" 

Charles  William  Mitchell  v 
Everett  Howard  Perrin  ,,'" 
H.  Amy  Perry  v 
Gerald  B.  Peterson  v 
Clark  LaVern  Snyder  ""-
James  B.  Stephen 
Sylvester  Mahlon  Vaughan .; 
Cecil  Burke  Wallis 
v 
Fred  Mohr  Wargowsky  ./ 

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DIVISION  OF  VETERINARY  MEDICINE 

VETERINARY  MEDICINE 

Degree:  Doctor  of  Veterinary  Medicine 

I' 

Harr y  Leach  Cole 
Clyde  Ernest  Dutton 

Sidney  A.  Wel1~ 

MEDICAL  BIOLOGY 

Degree:  Bachelor  of  Science 

Howard  Whitney  Johnson 

Margaret  Funsten  Semma 

*With  Honor. 

**With  High  Honor. 

MASTER  OF  SCIENCE 

Elbert  Martin  Alderman  .....•....• Bactt;riology 
Flood  Shields  Andrews  ........•..•. H orhculture 
Richard  Harold. Baugh  . .. ... ........ Farm. Crops 
Orson  David  Bird  .... . ............ . .  C hem:"stry 
HoWard  B.  Cordner  .............. . • Horhcultu1'e 
Arthur  Louis  Delez  .........•....... Animal  Pathology 
Harry  Avalon  Elcock  .. . ............ Botany 
Errol  Edmo?d  EmshwiIler  ......... M echan~cal  Engineering 
Marion  LOUIS  Fast  ................. M echa;mcal  Engineering 
John  Oliver  Hardesty  .. .. .......... Chem1,stry 
Alva  LeRoy  Houk  .. ... ............. C hem,istry 
Luke'  Harry  K.elly  .......... . ....... H ort1,~ulture 
Marjorie  BeatrIce  Kenyon  .......... Chem1,Stry 
Henry  Jacob  Kurtz  . . .. . ..... . .....• Electrical  Engineering 
Murl  Byron  Kurtz  .................. Bacteriology 
Finley  G.  Larmer :  .................. B o~any 
Ariel  Cardon  Merrill  ...... .. ........ Da1,ry  Husbandry 
Donald  Elton  Mook  ....•........... . Dairy  Husbandry 
Howard  Allen  Preston  ... . •......... Civil  Engineering 
Ramon  Imasa  Quinet  .........•..... Bacteriology 
Elias  Morshed  Sabbagh  ............ . Electrical  Engineering 
Benjamin  Gaillard  Sitton  .... . ...... Horticulture 
Alfred  Benjamin  Strand  .... .. ...... Horticulture 
August  Henry  Teske  ....... . ....... Horticulture 
Walter  Toenjes  .. . ................... Horticulture 
Frank  Willis  Trull  ................ ... Soils 
Robert  Edward  Vincent  ............• Dairy  Husbandry 
Leo  J.  Waldron  .........•.... . .... . . Chemical  E nginee1'ing 
Ernest  Joseph  Wheeler  ............ Farm  Crops 
Simon  E.  Wolff  ......... . .... ........ Botany 

MASTER  OF  ARTS 

• 

Harold  Cleland  Clancy  Willey  .. .. . Socwlogy 
Vera  Euretta  Wriggelsworth  ...... History  and  Political  Science 

DOCTOR  OF  PHILOSOPHY 

RusseJl  Hayden  Austin  .......... . ............................. Soils 
Thesis:-The  Effect  of  Soil  Type  and  Fertilizer  Treatment  on 

the  Composition  of  the  Soy-Bean  Plant 

Charles  L.  Isbell  .............. .. ...... . ................ Horticulture 

Thesis :-Growth  Studies  of  the  Pecan 

MECHANICAL  ENGINEER 

Zenas  Eucene  Colby 

Guy  Charles  Shumway 

Her  James  Fairchild 

CIVIL  ENGINEER 

Frederick  William.  Trezise 

HONORARY  DEGREE 

Edna  Noble  White,  LL.D.