State Library? %11 s bs == — . : r—- : : ±r£ — . ' - -1 ' z*—77^: £-5= 5^? I^Ffi:—• • 4^,,.... *•***§ Michigan Agricultural College Association Publishers ffl East Lansing June 9, 1922 No. 33 Vol. XXVII 2 THE M. A. C. RECORD R E - C O RD ESTABLISHED IN 1896 M. A. O. Cannot Live on Her P a s t —W h at Will You Do for Her F u t u r e? Entered as second-class matter October 30, 1916, at the post office at East Lansing, Michigan, under the Act of March 3, 1879. Trees, Shrubs, and Hardy Plants. Landscape Plans and Plantings. WILLIAM J. ATCHISON '1« Landscape Gardener and Nurseryman Opposite Baker's Switch, East Michigan Ave., Bex 525, East Lansing, Mich. Citz. Phone, 9733 302 Helen St., Flint, Michigan. Tel. 2109 HILCREST FRUIT FARMS Fennville Michigan. H. Blakeslee Crane '14—Muriel Smith Crane. '14 We are members of the Fennville Fruit Exchange— the largest in Michigan. THE GRAND RAPIDS SAVINGS BANK, Grand Rapids, Michigan. "The Bank Where You Feel at Home.' M. A. C. People Given a Glad Hand. • Chas. W. Garfield, '70, Chairman of the Board. Gilbert L. Daane, '09, Vice President and Cashier. W. A. MeOoiuda, U-F. M,r. Published every Friday during the College Year by the Michigan Agricultural College Association. E. W. Ranney *oo, Greenville H. C. Pratt '09, Lansing W. K. Prudden J. B. Hasselman, East Lansing '78, Lansing - - . - .. Pres. Vice Pres. Treas. : - Acting-Editor - - Members of Executive Committee. Elected at Large: C. S. Langdon, '11, Hubbardston. A. C. Anderson, '06, Flint. Mrs. Helen Esselstyn Wood, '09, Lansing. ' MEMBERSHIP IN THE M. A. C. ASSOCIATION which includes subscription to the Record, $2.50 PER YEAR. Make Remittances payable to the M. A. C. Association. Unless members request a discontinuance^ it will be assumed that a renewal of membership is desired. lr YOU WOULD HAVE REAL SERVICE LET M. A. C. MEN SERVE YOU CLUNY STOCK FARM Registered Holstein Friesian Cattle Can furnish young sires of splendid individuality time and and breeding backed by yearly records. Correspondence solicited. short large R. BRUCE McPHERSON '90, Howell, Mich. CHARLES H. ROUSE, '17 Telephone Main 3783. Pardee & Rouse, State Manager, Continental Assurance Co. 605 Lincoln Building, Detroit, Mich. EDMUND H. GIBSON, '12 Consulting Entomologist and Agricultural Engineer and Staff of Sanitary and Civil Engineers. 508 Munsey Bldg., Washington, D. C. Fred M. Wilson, '17; Einar A. Johnson, '18 602 Lansing State Savings Bank Bldg., Lansing, Mich. The Equitable Life Assurance Society of United States. Life Insurance, Health, Accident Insurance. the Cite. 3556. Bell 264C. DR. C. A. GRIFFIN, 'li Osteopath 360 Capital National Bank Building. Citz. Phone: Office 8341. House 4950. , THE M. A. C. RECORD VOL. X X V I I. No. 33 E A ST LANSING, MICHIGAN J U NE 9, 1922 EXCALIBUR, M. A. C. HONORARY general ac tivity fraternity, initiated three men into mem bership last Monday evening. The initiates were A. L. Brown, '22; F. W. Henshaw, '23, and O. W. Rowland, '23. Election to, Excali b u r, is considered one of the highest honors which can be given upperclass students of the college. T HE ARTILLERY UNIT of the college military forces won high honors in the competitive field day held last Friday at the close of the gen eral inspection, taking the lead by virtue of victory in the final event of the day. T he first award in the annual guidon, signifying event, has been held during the past year by the cavalry unit, winners of the field day in 1921. Miss EUDORA SAVAGE, dean of women for the past two years; left the campus last week. Miss Savage will be on leave of absence un til the end of the college year, at which time she will re-enter normal school work. MORE THAN 500 HIGH SCHOOL ATHLETES, by far the largest entry ever recored for ' t he event, took part in the competition at the Six teenth Annual Interscholastic Track and Field Day, held on college field last Saturday. Fifty- six different high schools were represented in the three classes. Detroit Northern, with a total of 21 points, won first honors in the class A group. Allegan was high in class B, and Plainwell pulled down the greatest number of points in class C. Several meet records were broken and the competition was keen in every event. While the large the rooming accommodations of the college com munity to the limit, every visiting athlete was taken care of well. T he entire meet went off smoothly and on time. crowd taxed MAJOR M A CK GARR, in charge of cavalry work in the college cadet corps since the spring of 1921, will leave his present post at the end of the college year to take charge of the cavalry division at Camp Custer. Major Garr won the esteem of every one with whom he came in contact during his work at the col lege. Under his direction the M. A. C. cav alry unit became so proficient that it has been spoken of by inspecting officers as the best Land Grant college unit in this section. H I GH AWARD IN T HE EUNOMIAN-HOLCAD Prize literary contest for the current year has been won by F. W. Henshaw, of the class of 1923. M r. Henshaw was granted first honors on a poem entitled "Cities." The same author also won the second generalprize with a short story, and in addition the first special poetry prize. T he winning poem will be published in next week's Record. injured DON BREMER, '25, special motorcycle- traffic officer for the City of East Lansing during his spare hours, was seriously last Sun day when his machine crashed into the front of a Ford car. Bremer was, following a speeding car, in an effort to make the arrest, when the Ford turned off Grand River Avenue lane. U n toward the entrance to the farm able to check his speed or turn out, Bremer was forced to meet the car head on. He was thrown through the wind shield and quite seriously injured, although hospital authorities report that he is resting easily and improving rapidly. TEAM won . T HE VARSITY BASEBALL from Kalamazoo College by a 5-2 score last Wednes day in the final home game o*f the season. The visitors scored twice in the first inning, but were held safely after that by Kuhn, who was pitching for the varsity. The game was rather slow, the team showing the effects of its Four games away from home complete the season's schedule. since the last game. lay-off long to be unusually to T HE ANNUAL COMMENCEMENT PAGEANT, be known this year as a Festival of Games and Dances, promises effective. More than 200 students will take part in the representing dances and various divisions, times down to the games from old Roman present day. A King and a Queen of the Pageant have been elected the senior class, but the identity of the winners will not be divulged until just before the first pre sentation. T he pageant will be shown on the campus at 6 .-30 p. m., on Tuesday and Wednes day evenings of commencement week. from H. S. A T K I N S, '23, of Chicago, 111., was r e cently- elected captain of the varsity track team for next year. Fifteen men won varsity monograms for their work during the past season, the most successful in the history of track work at M. A. C. While DeGay Ernst, individual star of the last three years, will be lost to the team by graduation June, along with Brendel, Houston, Adolph, Carver and Schwei,. enough good men will be left to insure another strong team in 1923. this L E W IS P. WALDO, INSTRUCTOR in the college English department during the past year, has been awarded a spe'cial scholarship by the French government, entitling him to a year's graduate study in France. Mr. Waldo, who will leave for Europe the last of the month, will be accompanied during most of his travels by L. B. Mayne, also an instructor in the English department. Both men expect to re sume work at M. A. C. after their year abroad. 4 THE M. A. C. RECORD Expect Biggest Commencement Crowd little more With commencement a week off, and plans for the various class re unions and the general program nearing com to the largest crowd pletion, all signs point of returning alumni who ever wandered back to the old campus in June-time. than commencement The combination of and the most presidential inauguration promises interesting Commencement Week in history, and alumni everywhere seem to be planning to make this one of their home-coming years. Class secretaries have been busy with plans for the special reunions; details of banquets, etc., are being worked out carefully ; the offi cial commencement program is complete and interesting—in short the stage is set for a real commencement. No features of former years are being omitted, and many new attractions are being planned. Milwaukee Association Holds Annual Picnic The Milwaukee Alumni Association gath ered on May 26 their annual meeting, which took the form of a picnic at Lake Park. The following account of the affair was sent in by J. Van Kerckhove, newly elected sec retary : for "The men enjoyed themselves, by playing ball, the women as usual by visiting and pre paring the lunch. However, this is a secret; the main reason for playing ball was to work the occasion, and up an appetite fitting take it from me, the women certainly did fur nish some eats. for "Between bites Mr. A. L- Pond was elected President, and J. Van Kerckhove Secretary for the coming year. "During the course of the evening we found out that just recently the wife of one of our members, Mr. Homer Fay, had died. "Among those present were the following: Mr. and Mrs. A. L. Pond, Mr. and Mrs. W. L. Davidson and boy, Mr. and Mrs. Frank Campbell, Mrs. R. G. Chamberlain, Mr. and their two daughters; Mrs. Geo. Wells, with Mrs. W. . Merkel, two daughters and son; Mr. and Mrs. J. Van Kerckhove, Mr.. A. Parr, Mr. A. R. Carlson, Mr. John O'Callahan." '07 Plans Fifteenth The class of '07 will hold its fifteenth this year. The class supper will re union be served at the college at 5:30 p. m. on Wednes '07 A LL OUT. day, June 21. We want your family. * That . means the too. Come on. You're about 37 children years young, but it's a sure thing you'll never be any younger- Let's see you on the 21st. headquarters—254 West Grand River Avenue. East Lansing (1-2 block down from Make my place yOur. the new Bank >Block). E. L. Grover. Buck Ewing Rounds Up '92 East Lansing, Mich., June 8, 1922. Dear Class Mates of '92: As you all have heard more than once by thirtieth reunion on now, '92 is to hol°d her . Many this month. the old college campus to make members of the pilgrimage back to East Lansing for the gathering, and indications are that '92-ers will have a real, old-time class meeting when the call is sounded. the class are planning for June 18 to 21 are the commencement days this year. A complete program has been pub lished in the Record, and all of you will get a revised and final program direct from the col invita lege President's office, along with an commencement tion . exercises. the , to come back - Remember that President David Friday's is to be combined with commence-- inaugural ment this year. The result will be the big gest, most interesting commencement week in the old college's history. You can't afford to miss it, and '92 can't afford to miss you at the class reunion table. The classes of '90, '91, and '93 will also be holding regular reunions this year. The stage couldn't be set any more perfectly for mem bers of our class to meet again the old friends of undergraduate days and live over the times we had together on the campus thirty years ago. All the classes who were in college our the sophomore year will be back. Think of they will not opportunities come again for a long, long time. (Think of those who .never will come again.) this offers,—and While I have not received positive replies from enough members of the class to give a definite estimate on the number who will re turn, many have written of in the reunion and have promised to make every effort to be with us. We are certain of a" a splendid representation of goodly proportion of the members of the class on hand. '92-ers, with interest their If every one will send in word at once, tell ing to the best of his knowledge whether or not he can be back, the matter of planning the luncheons or other special gatherings for class will be simplified greatly. We must have some check on the number who will be with us. It has been suggested that we have a lunch eon Tuesday, evening, June 20, after the pre sentation of the Pageant. Please send word that you'll be here then—it will be no time to think of sleeping. looks', from the splendid' letters which have come in, that many of the old gang will be back (including both graduates and those who did not ^finish). All the rest will be with. us in spirit,"at-least. It Make your plans right now to be with us during the Commencement Week, and don't fail to let us know soon that you can come. Yours for a "large time," G. Elmer (Buck) Ewing. THE M. A. C. RECORD 6 Final Commencement Program The program for the Sixty-Fourth M. A. C. Commencement, combined in augural ceremonies for President David Fri day, has been completed and is published be low in its final form. The events of the pro gram 17, until Wednesday, June 21, with Commencement Day proper on the 21st. from Saturday, this year with June run SATUKDAT, JUNE SEVENTEENTH Senior Class Parties Games Canoe Carnival Society Reunions SUNDAY, JUNE EIGHTEENTH 2 :oo P. M. Baccalaureate Service, " Andante Gymnasium Longo Matinee Musical Quintette Baccalaureate Prayer Rev. N. A. McCune Solo—"With Verdure Clad" Haydn Mrs. Olive Dobson Henkle Baccalaureate Address Rev. Ozoroa Davis of Chicago Longo Allegro . 7 -.30 P. M. Band Concert Matinee Musical Quintette Forest of Arden, Campus MONDAY, JUNE NINETEENTH Senior Class Picnic 7 :oo P. M. • Swimming Exhibition 8:15 P . M. Senior Class Play Forest of Arden, Campus "Merry Wives of Windsor'" Gymnasium TUESDAY, JUNE TWENTIETH 12:15 P - M. Farewell to Campus 6:30 P . M. Twilight Pageant 8.30 P. M. Reception by Faculty, for President and. Mrs. Friday Secretary and Mrs. Halladay Gymnasium 8 :oo P. M. Union and Alumni Dance Armory WEDNESDAY, JUNE TWENTY-FIRST 9130 A. M. Academic Procession to the Gymnasium 10:00 A . M. Commencement and Inaugural Exercises Lenore March Raff M. A. C. Orchestra Invocation..Rev. E. W. Bishop President Inauguration Friday, by of Hon. Jason Woodman, Senior Member of Board of Agriculture '81, State Inaugural arid ment Address • President David Friday Solo—-"Chanson Provencale" Commence E. Dell 'Acqua Miss Lucinda Munroe Conferring of Degrees 12 :3o P. M. Alumni Luncheon 2:00 P . M. Alumni Inaugural Program Armory L. Whitney Watkins, Gymnasium '93, President of the State Board of Agriculture, Presiding Overture: "Magic Flute".... — Mozart M. A. C. Orchestra Address : Dr. F. S. Kedzie, '77 Address: Dean R. S. Shaw, Act. Pres. 1921-1922 Welcome by M. A. C. Alumni and Friends: Dr. L. H. Bailey, nell University '82, Cor Mr. R. E. Olds, Lansing Pres. P. B. Woodworth, '86, Rose Polytechnic Institute Mrs. Gertrude Lowe Wood- worth, '97, East Lansing Mr. E- W. Ranney, '00, Greenville Dr. Howard Edwards, Kingston, R. I. Mr. A. B. Cook, '93, Owosso Mr. F. F. Rogers, '83, State Highway Com'r Judge Wm. L. Carpenter, '75, Detroit. Dr. W. A. Taylor, '88, Chief Bureau of Plant Industry, Washington Selections—M. A. C. Glee Club Addresses by Representatives and of Michigan Colleges Universities Regent University of Michigan Pres. Dwight B. Waldo, Western State Normal Junius E. Beal, President J. W. Mauck, Hillsdale College 4:30 P . M. Alumni-Varsity Baseball Game 6:30 P . M. Twilight Pageant 9:00 P . M. Cap Night 1912 Reunion East Lansing, Michigan. June 5, 1922. Dear Classmate: The class of 1912 will be ten years old this month. All the members, either graduates or former students, are requested to be pres ent at a birthday dinner to be given June 21, at Club D in Old Wells Hall. There will be reunions, your real wife may meet informal your "wife" of college days (and compare notes). Original class yells may be aired, very few speeches, if any, many reminiscences, and possibly something to eat, though doubtful. The college often makes the statement that If you have M. A. C. cannot live on its past. done anything for its future, pack it (he or she) in the auto and bring it along. We may have a big parade presenting to the college the freshman class of 1940. Lock Old Father Time in the cellar and „ THE M. A. C. RECORD come on back. We assure you a worth-while time and a chance to renew acquaintances of college days. Verne Branch says we are to wear white with red the class trimmings. Those were colors be it remembered. The committee will to pin on your hat or have " '12" numerals is the blouse, so all that you need to furnish "dressing"—and the "stuffing." You have the "stuffing" and you can borrow the "dressing." The local alumni have appointed themselves a committee to see the thing through. Earl Hotchin is chairman, Clint Ballard, banquet; Verne Branch, costume; Mrs. Gunson, recep tion, and the writer, scribe. Pete Bancroft is booked as toastmaster for the occasion. His. story about the bull fight is worth coming all the way from New York to hear. You are expected. The Committee, Ralph Goodell, Scribe. N E C R O L O GY MRS. C H A S. E. WHEELER Mrs. Katharine T. Wheeler, widow of Dr. Charles F. Wheeler, '91, died last February, at the age of 73. The following notes from the pen of F. S. Kedzie, '77, tell of the Wheelers' intimate connection with the college: "Mrs. Wheeler was the widow of "The above notice will be read with regret by the older members of the M. A. C. family. the late Dr. Chas. Wheeler who graduated from the college with the class of 1891 and who was for many years a member of the Botanical faculty. in "Professor Wheeler died in Washington 1902, while serving as botanist to the Depart ment of Agriculture. * " 'The Wheelers,' father, mother and two daughters, resided from 1890 to 1902. During this period three of the four members of the family graduated from the college, Charles F., 1891, Lillian 1893, Clara Fay 1899. in Howard Terrace C L A SS N O T ES '67 will be the oldest class reuning this It will be the fifty-fifth anniversary for '67 June. them. '72 Golden jubilee, June 18 to 21. All out! '7i, '73, '74 And '71, '73, '74, June 21 will be a gala day for you too. '77 '77 is planning to make her forty-fifth anni versary reunion one to be remembered. Ruby anniversary that's the fortieth. '82 this year. W h a t? Oh, Fit, fat and^-thirty-five this June. '87 '90, '91, '92 and '93 Four in a row. anniversary are here for regular reunions. this year, and '92 celebrates the thirtieth the other classes '97 Are you going to let a silver anniversary slip by without being here on the best little old campus in the country? Now all together — WE A RE N O T ! !! '02 '02-ers in Lansing are making plans to wel 'o2ers seen around come back all wandering the campus June 21. '06 Alida Alexander will be located at Manitou Beach, Michigan, during the summer. '07 Of course '07 will be right on hand for her fifteenth birthday. Why L- B. Hitchcock came all to see the bunch. While in Michigan he may be lo cated at 517 Webb St., Jackson. the way from Phoenix, Arizona, '09, '10 and '11 '09, '10 and '11 are all going to be there for regular reunions. '10 list," P. G. McKenna, recently returned from the "lost in our files at Cordy Building, Iron Mountain, Michigan. We should have said, is now at work. is now at home 1922 Reunion Schedule are scheduled as follows: The classes which unions next June are .'71 regular '72 regular, 50th '73 regular '74 regular '77 Forty-fifth '82 Fortieth '87 Thirty-fifth '90 regular '91 regular '92 regular, 30th '93 regular for J. E. Wilcox has moved in Syracuse, New York, to 114 Circle Road. '97 Twenty-fifth '02 Twentieth '07 Fifteenth '09 regular '10 regular '11 regular '12 regular, 10th '17 Fifth '20 regular '21 First Mabel C. Rogers may be Bloomsburg, Pennsylvania, B. S. N. S. addressed in care of at the '12 letter from Isn't it a blinger? Have you got your the com course we mittee? can't to tell right here what we are going do but—•. You might as well come back, then you'll see. Of '14 Norton Mogge is in Wenatchee, Washington, in the interests of the Northwestern Fruit Ex change. He may be addressed in care of P. O. Box 791. THB M. A. C. RECORD 7 Jessie Whitney Gartwright in Alma, Michigan, with the Northern Wheel Company. the Michigan State Telephone Company at De troit. He lives at 8649 Colfax Avenue. is estimate engineer for Frank Phelps is '16 Frederick C. Wise has moved from Akron, to 733 Lake Drive, Grand Rapids, Ohio, Michigan. 'i7 The Glad Hand Committee will certainly '17-ers show up for earn their salaries when their fifth anniversary reunion. Percy O'Meara has moved in Lansing to 223 Clifford Street. '18 Tommy Keating says, "Engineer with sales engineering department, Ingersoll Rand Com pany. S A ME P L A C E ." Tommy lives at 12 Seventh Avenue, Brooklyn, N. Y. S. T. Wellman is draftsman for the Hayes Wheel Company of Jackson, Michigan. Due to renumbering the city his address is changed to 356 W. Carr Street. He writes, "C. R. Stough '17 and C. H o ag '17 are also with the Hayes Wheel Company. C. Collins '17 is with the Frost Gear and Forge Company and T. C. Dee '18 is with the Consumers Power Com pany. Lou Lockwood with the Lockwood Ash Motor Co." '18 is with '20 The following was taken from the Lansing State Journal: "Hugh B. Smith of Lansing in scholarship and proficiency the 47 University of Michigan was among students elected to Sigma Xi, honorary scien is based on tific fraternity, election to which excellence in original scientific received research." his B. S. from the Colorado Agricultural Col in 1919 and was a graduate student at lege M. A. C. last year. He is a graduate student this year at Michigan and in science. Didja last week? Pretty good wasn't it? Coming back? Better had. is specializing the Record Smith letter that see in Fern Fillingham is in Lansing at 1017 East Michigan Avenue. She has been teaching in Bowman, North Dakota, the past year. '21 Pretty close to a hundred p er cent attend first. ance is expected at the '21 reunion—-the Ralph E. Yeatter is farming at Colon, Mich igan. Roy Maintland says he has been for traveling the past around Oklahoma and Kansas the Millers Mutual in the interest of month Fire Insurance Association, of Alton, Illinois. He is rooming in Alton, at 1106 State Street. For a short time, S. P. Nelson will rip the at Kiva, Michigan, transferred by from Grand cover from his Record Alger County. He has been the State Highway Department Rapids district to the Escanaba district. Fred Rogers, has moved in Lansing to 1610 Blair Street. One M. A. C. Man Succeeds Another E. Davenport, '78, Retiring Dean at Illinois University THE M. A. C. RECORD IF YOU WOULD HAVE REAL SERVICE - LET M. A. C. MEN SERVE YOU EDWARD N. PAGELSEN, '8S Patents, Patent Law, Trademarks 1108-9 Detroit Savings Bank Bldg. Detroit, Michigan. A. M. EMERY, '83 223 Washington Ave. N. H. C. Pratt, '09, in charge of Office Supply Department. Books, Fine Stationery, Engraved Calling Cards, Fountain Pens, Pictures, Frames, Filing Cabinets and General Office Supplies. SMITH POULTRY A EGG CO. Commission Merchants in Solicit consignments Poultry Veal Guy H. Smith, '11 Eggs Western Market, Detroit. DR. E. D. BROOKS, 1* Diseases of the EYE, EAR, NOSE, AND THROAT Glasses Fitted Suite 7(4, Hanselman Building, Kalamazoo, Mich. Office hours 9 to 12, 1 to 5. THE CORYELL NURSERY '84; R. J. Coryell, Ralph I. Coryell, *T4 Growers and Planters of Shade and Fruit Trees, Shrubs, Evergreens and Vines. Landscape Beautification Service, Birmingham, .Mich. THE EDWARDS LABORATORY Lansing, Michigan '99 S. F. Edwards, Anti-Hog Cholera Serum and Other Biological Products. Legume Bacteria Cultures for Seed Inoculation. LANDSCAPES WITHOUT WAITING Plans by Graduate Landscape Architects F. A. Carlson, 'IS