V Michigan Agricultural College Association Publishers m East Lansing No. 34 Vol. XXVII June 16, 1922 THE M. A. C. RECORD R E C O RD ESTABLISHED IN 1896 M. A. C. Cannot Live on Her P a s t — W h at Will You Do for Her Future? Entered as second-class matter October 30, 1916, at the post office at East Lansing, Michigan, under the Act of March 3, 1879. Published every Friday during the College Year by the Michigan Agricultural College Association. E. W. Ranney H. C. P r a tt '09, Lansing W. K. Prudden J. B. Hasselman, East Lansing '00, Greenville '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. which MEMBERSHIP IN T HE M. A. C. ASSOCIATION includes subscription Record, $2.50 PER YEAR. payable Association. Unless members request a discontinuance it will be assumed that a renewal of membership is desired. Make Remittances the M. A. C. to the to IF 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 and breeding backed by yearly records. Correspondence solicited. large short individuality time ° and 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 the United States. Life Insurance, Health, Accident Insurance. Citz. 3556. Bell 2646. DR. C. A. GRIFFIN, 'H Osteopath 360 Capital National Bank Building. Citz. Phone: Office 8341. House 4950. Trees, Shrubs, and Hardy Plants. Landscape Plans and Plantings. WILLIAM J. ATCHISON '16 Landscape Gardener and Nurseryman Opposite Baker's Switch, East Michigan Ave., Box 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 Jof 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. I CE C RE AM W. A. McDonald, '13-F, Mgr. WR1GLEYS Newest Creation P e p p e r m i nt fla vored chewing g um w i th Sugar Coating. P e p p e r m i nt S u g ar j a c k et "melts in your mouth," leaving the deliciously flavored gum center to aid d i g e s t i o n, brighten teeth a nd s o o t he mouth and throat. GREAT TREAT! :IZ THE M. A. C. RECORD VOL. X X V I I. No. 34 EAST LANSING, MICHIGAN J U NE 16, 1922 T H AT MARKED IMPROVEMENT in the appear ance of the campus will be made during the coming summer is indicated by action pi the State Board of Agriculture at its last meet ing. The old Farm Mechanics Building, red frame structure which stands southwest of the Agricultural Building, is to be torn down as soon as possible. T he various pig pens, very much in evidence when the wind is right, are also to be removed in the very near fu ture. Plans for a modern piggery, to be lo cated on the south-side of the Red Cedar river, are being drawn. These improvements thorough cleaning up of will make possible the entire back-campus area. Rubbish piles will be removed, the strip of land between the college buildings and the river will be graded and seeded down to grass, and all necessary work will be done to make the river bank as beautiful as any other part of the campus, ac cording to Secretary H. H. Halladay. MORE THAN 500 STUDENTS are expected to enroll in the M. A. C.-Summer School, which opens its six weeks' term on June 26. Many teachers and others from over the state, in addition to undergraduate students from the various divisions of the college, are register ing for the special term. Prof. E. H. Ryder, director of summer work, expects the en rollment to establish a new record for the col Summer School students, along with lege. last winter's short course men, will bring the total enrollment for the year above the 2,500 mark. No M. A. C. TRACK MEN entered the N a tional Collegiate Track and Field Meet at Chicago, June 16 and 17. The fact that Cap tain Ernst and his mates have been idle for more than two weeks, the crowded scholastic schedule of the men at the term e n d/ resulted in decision to .withdraw entries. together with faculty. T he local team journeyed.to Ann Arbor A TEAM OE TEN MEN from the college fac last ulty golf representing the Saturday to meet a squad University lost by a 21 to 7 count against the more experienced Ann Arbor players, but the competition was interesting and enjoyable. The same team met and defeated the Howell Country Club team at Howell last Wednesday afternoon, and is planning one or two other tournaments dur ing the next two weeks. team PROF. W. B. BARROWS of the college Biology department * returned recently from a six-day Professor ; field trip into Northern Michigan. Barrows was in search of information on the Kirtland warbler, a bird which nests no where in the world except on the jack pine plains in certain sections of Michigan. luncheons, in addition SPECIAL ALUMNI EVENTS will occupy their usual prominent place in the general com Special class meetings mencement schedule. and to the general gatherings and business meetings, will provide a full program for returning graduates. A list of events in which alumni will be particularly concerned is published elsewhere in this issue of the Record. T HE VARSITY BASEBALL team won its final state game last Saturday, defeating Albion 12 to 4. T he team left Wednesday for a four- day trip to close the season's play. Bethany College was to be met on the 15th and 16th, and Oberlin on Saturday, the 17th. twice T HE ANNUAL COMMENCEMENT PAGEANT will be given this year, on Tuesday and Wednesday evenings, June 20 and 21. Lan sing and East Lansing people are expected to attend on the first night, with the Wednesday performance reserved largely for alumni and students. The pageant will be known as "A Festival of Games and Dances." Instead of paying A NEW SYSTEM of STUDENT FEES will go into individual effect next fall. laboratory fees, all students in the different divisions will pay a "blanket" fee at the be ginning of each term. The total amount of fees is neither raised nor lowered by the new plan, payment simply being made .on a group rather than an individual course -basis. FOR THE FIRST TIME in the history of M. A. C. commencements, all members of the col lege staff will wear academic regalia this year. The faculty will be grouped on a platform be hind the speakers, forming an impressive back ground for the commencement exercises. A SPECIAL EXAMINATION schedule the finals of the term will be in effect next week. Classes close on Friday,. June 16, with the last week given over entirely to the final tests. The schedule has been worked out so that 'no than Student will be required to take more one examination on any half-day. for . T HE ANNUAL CONFERENCE of Boys' and Girls' Club leaders of the state will be held at the college from June 26 to 30. During the week of July 10 the club members themselves will come to the campus for their annual gather ing. Special courses of instruction and vari ous entertainment features are being planned by.the staff of the college extension .division. IMPROVEMENTS IN THE COLLEGE picnic ^rounds have been made during recent weeks. Water has been piped to the grounds, the old picnic "shanty" has been into a rest room, and the grounds have; been made generally more attractive for the hundreds of visitors who picnic there during the summer months. remodeled 4 THE M. A. C. KLCUKD Commencement Events Of Particular Interest To Alumni Alumni Headquarters in the Gymnasium TUESDAY, J U NE 20 5:30 Alumni supper at the People's Church. Be there on the dot as the pageant follows at 6:30. 8:30 Reception by faculty for President and Mrs. Friday and Secretary and Mrs. Halladay, in the Gymnasium. 8:00 Union and Alumni dance in the Armory. WEDNESDAY, J U NE 21 (COMMENCEMENT DAY) 10:00 Commencement and Inaugural Exercises in Gymnasium. 12:30 Alumni Luncheon in Armory. 2:00 Alumni Inaugural Program in Gymnasium. Welcome by M. A. C. Alumni and friends: Dr. L. H. Bailey, '82, Cornell University Mr. R. E. Olds, Lansing Pres. P. B. Woodworth, '86, Rose Polytechnic Institute Mrs. Gertrude Lowe Woodworth, '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, '93, State Highway Commissioner Judge Wm. L. Carpenter, '75, Detroit Dr. W. A. Taylor, '88, Chief Bureau of Plant Industry, Washington. 4:30 Alumni-Varsity Baseball Game. IMPORTANT NOTICE On account of the large numbers of alumni who will return for commencement this year and the fact t h at the Armory will hold only 600 the committee in charge urges that, to avoid disappointment, re turning alumni purchase their tickets for the Alumni Luncheon just as soon as possible. They may be had at the headquarters in the Gymnasium. Eastern Time Holds For Commencement Events on the commencement program are scheduled on Standard Eastern "fast" Central time, the time which prevails in Lan sing and East Lansing this summer. The fact that there is no uniformity in the times used throughout Michigan, or the entire Middle West for that matter, has resulted in numer ous queries regarding the "official" time at the college. or T HE COLUMBIAN SOCIETY won in the intersociety baseball tournament last Mon day, defeating the Olympic team by a 9 to 4 score. finals the South Haven Association to Meet June 29 The South Haven M. A. C. Association will meet on Thursday evening, June 29, with Mr. and Mrs. F. M. Barden, at their home north of South Haven. All members are ex pected to Lloyd A. Spencer, '20, President. Those with cars will help to transport others to the meeting, which is to be called at 7:30 p. m., Central Standard time. All M. A. C. students and friends from the surrounding invited. territory are The roads are good and everyone is guaran teed a good time. to attend, according also THE M. A. C. RECORD 5 Class Reunions , '67 Fifty-fifth '71 Regular '72 Regular and Golden '73 Regular '74 Regular '77 Forty-fifth '82 Fortieth '87 Thirty-fifth '90 Regular '91 Regular '92 Regular and thirtieth at the stunts:— Some of Harry White will orate chapel Tuesday, speak at dinner, and will probahly be called upon at the ban quet in evening. He again at breakfast, and so forth. For informa- more complete and detailed "Buck" Ewing, mostly the campus June 18 starts that • tion meet everywhere on to 21. '93 Regular '97 Twenty-fifth '02 Twentieth '07 Fifteenth— '07 supper and banquet at Wildwood Inn on Grand River Avenue at 5:30, commencement day. Will be out in time for pageant. - '09 Regular '10 Regular '11 Regular '12 Regular and Tenth— service Class headquarters — Greenhouse, home of Lutie Robinson Gunson. "Bill" John Memorial following son at Memorial Grove morning picture promptly at 5 :oo on lawn of People's Church. All this on Comencement day. '17 Fifth exercises. Class for Big dinner and get-together at 6:00 Wednesday evening room of People's Church. Howard Rather toastmaster. in dining '20 Regular Picnic at 5130 Wednesday, back of the athletic field. '21 P'irst Picnic on picnic grounds Wednesday. Note:—Practically all the "reuning" classes their own, the list of programs. are planning special stunts of above being an incomplete Last Minute News on Class Gatherings '74—George Brewer expects to see lots of his classmates back. '88—A petition signed by "Line" Avery, L. H. Bailey, E. N. Ball, J. W. Beaumont, A. J. Chappell, J. E. Coulter, Alice Weed Coulter, F. F. Delano, W. E. Hale, W. T. Langley, T. F. Millspaugh, J. R. Shelton and W. L. Snyder, was sent to the alumni office request '90, '91, '92 the '92 folks. the ing the presence of all other members of '82 on the old campus June 18 to 21, class of the last day in particular. J. H. Irish and J. L. McClear sent regrets and a kindly word. '93—W. O. Hedrick and A. B. Cook are expecting to see all members of these four classes on the campus. They have said so in various letters. Buck Ewing has received letters from several of J. W. Lamb wants to come but "it can't be done, so if any of the boys remember who used to peddle the mail in Abbot Hall, and Faculty Row tell them I am still taking care of other is making my hair a people's money, which little white around the edges. I have gradu the tennis class to the golf class. ated from Otherwise am as young as 1 used to be." George Ford, also of '92, writes that he is a farmer and has been unsuccessful in raising it while he vacates, but boys to take care of otherwise he will try to be here. Baker says he is moved to attend. Albert Chase of '93 says, "Just whisper a word to the editor of the Record asking him to state the kind of time M. A. C. is using. When there is such a great mixup in the time all over the state, is meant, it Eastern Standard or Central Standard, fast or slow, city or farm. Hope no cyclone or other catastrophe will keep me from being there on time, whatever time may be." ( We are going on Eastern Standard or Fast Central time.) tell what kind is necessary that to '07—L. B. Hitchcock has come from Phoe '07 class yell the reunion. nix, Arizona, for will be the pass word to the luncheons. '12—Jollie Tibbs regrets that he cannot at '12 this year, tend the Tenth Anniversary of but sends best wishes. time '17—Just is Dane Lloyd, two-weeks old son of Lloyd J. Tasker and Caroline Wagner for Commencement ('18) Tasker. in '20—A. M. Estes says "This is to notify you is going to help the class of that 1920 eat the watermellon next week." this coon '21—Wayne Palm says that most everyone that he has written to has signified his inten tion of returning. Sackrider is back. Cramp- ton and Maurice Rann are stirring things up with the help of Dorothea Weatherbee. 1912 Lansing, Michigan. June 14, 1922. Members of 1912: the general All plans for the big 10th reunion June 21 st have been finally arranged. Commencement exercises in the morning, inaugural ceremonies alumni in the afternoon, with luncheon in between and the pageant the in evening will make a busy day. However, your committee has arranged a worth-while pro gram and assures you a good time. Our class headquarters will be at the home of Lutie Robinson Gunson. There you can register, find out who is back, and what's red doing. The girls will be provided with the greenhouse, 6 THE M. A. C. RECORD and white Japanese parasols, and the "fellows will have paper hats of the same color. - A memorial service for "Bill" Johnson, the only mcmher of 1912 to give his life in the war, will he held at the Memorial grove near the Senior house. We will meet at the flag pole immediate!}' following ^the morning exer cises and go to the grove in a body. Mr. and Mrs. Johnson, Bill's parents, have been in- vited, and may possibly be there. This service will be short but impressive, and we trust a good number may take part. From the grove we go direct to the general alumni luncheon at the armory. From lawn of People's Church. The class picture is to be at five sharp, on the there we will go directly to the class dinner which will be held at the 'Wildwood," east of the church, where you can stay as long as you like, especially if you have seen the pageant the night before. Everything is informal of to be master of course. Pete Bancroft ceremonies, and when he gets through you will say—"a good time was had by all." But you can't enjoy this unless you come. is The Committee. 1907 East Lansing, Mich., June 15, 1922. Dear Classmates of '07: As you will remember, at this Commence ment, the class of fifteenth reunion. Classes of '09 and '10 will hold regu lar reunions also. '07 will hold its the After Of course, you are coming and.will want to know the arrangements for the day, June 21. the alumni have their doings and banquet. The classes sit together. Let's all be there and do our part by giving the good old yell. Don't you remember it? commencement exercises, Who rah ! you rah ! We rah rah! Naughty seven, naughty seven, Rah, rah, r a h! After the dinner the alumni inaugural pro gram will be held. At 4130 the alumni varsity baseball game. At 5 '.30 the '07 supper and banquet will be Inn on Grand River the Wildwood held at Avenue.. the At 6:30 twilight pageant. At 9 :oo cap night. Some remark has been made to the effect '07 class was not very active; but that past records do not seem to bear this, out, for last year about '07 people regis twenty-five tered at commencement time with, no special attraction either. But like our Alma Mater, we cannot live on our past, so let's turn out and make our fifteenth reunion a howling suc cess. Bring the kids. Let us know by return postal when we may expect you. is it necessary we will provide lodging for you. If The following people in and around East Lansing are expecting to see you: George A. Brown, C. M. Cade, Ralph S. Hudson, Mrs. Beatrix Skeels Tanner, Mrs. Bernice Black Dail, Elgin Mifflin, L. E. Severance, L. B. Hitchcock, Mrs. Inez Kinney Talmadge, Mrs. Bess Harcourt Christopher, Mrs. Helen Ash ley Hill, Fletcher A. Gould, E. L. Grover, Mr. A. S. VanHalteren, Dr. Karl Brucker, W. W. Hitchcock, A. C. Pratt, O. K. White, Earl Town. Yours for a big reunion, E. L. Grover. 1917 East Lansing, Michigan. June 5, 1922. Fellow Classmates : If that number of to the College for Were you one of the 114 who signified in the tentions of returning 1917 reunion? live wires come to the campus for the big doings,—well, President Friday will sure enough know that he is associated with an up and doing, aggress ive, spirited group of alumni. Come on you 114 and more too. Bring friend wife and the youngsters with you. there Traveling about the state from Benton Har to Detroit, I bor to Cheboygan, from have met just many of the old pals. What have they said in parting? "We'll see you at the college at Commencement time." And A. J. Patch, Chi Fick, Bill Anderson, Ralph Ken ning, Ernie Carlso, George Butler, Line Maire, Shelly Lee—all the friends will be here. What will we do ? Eat, drink and be merry. is scheduled A local 1917 committee has been appointed take care of our class activities. A big to dinner and get-together for.just our number and our good friend Professor Edgar Sylvester King. This function will take place at 6:00 on the evening of Wednes in the dining- It will be held day, June 21. room of the People's Church. Remember the banquet of two years ago? This one will surpass it for Howard Rather is to be toast- master .and he will call upon A. J. Patch, Len Verschoor, Otto Pino, Bill Thompson and Dode Dorris Frimodig. (Charley and Helen .Washburn will be there with their All- American boy, Die. Bring your youngster, by all means, and we'll have a contest to de for likely half-back cide the 1940 the most team, also the the Campus leading lady for Review.) • The questionaires sent out previous, to pub lication of the News Letter, disclosed the fact" that 114 'i7ers were planning on being here local committee has for our just one request to make. It is this. Buy a one cent post card, address to the writer" of this letter, advise as to the number of places you will want at the 1917 dinner. The price will' not be over $1.00, probably 85c. Please do this before June 16 so that we may know just the number to prepare for. reunion. The THE M. A. C. RECORD Come on you ' i / e r s. We've always been in everything. Let us have the greatest first reunion ever. One hundred and fourteen will be up at the top for 1917. Norman O. Weil. '21 Warning ! L a st call!! Lest you forget!!! This is the first reunion of '21. Let's start it off right. We want 100 per cent attend ance. Remember this is .the B IG commence ment. • ' • We will sneak one over on Prof. Gunson and picnic on the picnic grounds, Wednesday, June 21, whenever we get hungry. See you at the Campus. Committee, W. I. Crampton. 1921 Engineers Springfield, Mass. J u ne 15, 1922. Dear Brother Alumnus:. In this, my-first letter written to '21 __ engi neers, I wish to call your attention to the first reunion of the class which will, occur on Wednesday, June 21, 1922. The commencement program, a schedule of which was published in the Record of May 19, will run from June 18 to 21. The commence ment exercises proper, as well as President luncheon and Friday's other leading events will be held on Wednes day, June 21. inaugural, the alumni I am counting on your presence in order that the class of '21 may have the record repre sentation. that I will I regret, exceedingly, be unable' to greet you when you return to the • old campus, this commencement, and I will take this opportunity of extending you my best regards and a welcome hand. Yours for a big reunion, Maurice B. Rann. 1921 Ags. Bad Axe, Michigan. Dear Classmate: Don't forget that our first class reunion is to be held in East Lansing at commencement time. Let's show the other classes how much pep we have and turn out ioti per cent strong for this, our first reunion. I am sure that we there with the fellows will all enjoy being again and living over again our old college days. Also let's see if things have, changed as much as we have read they have. If you are located where you can reach the high school boys and girls, let's don't forget to do all we can for our college and send them there to take our course, or even engineering or applied science. Now that things have started to pick up we want to make them boom all the more. Yours for a Greater M. A. C, Wayne Palm. T HE HORSES OF T HE M. A. C. 'CAVALRY unit have been transferred to Gamp Custer for the summer. T he animals will be in charge of the regular staff of enlisted men, and will be returned to the college in the fall. T HE LANSING SORORIAN AEUMNAE will en- .tertain the active girls of the society and the visiting alumnae at a tea at the home of Mrs. Van Halteren, 458 Evergreen Avenue, East Lansing, from 4 :oo to 6 :oo, on Wednesday, Commencement Day. Business meeting and election of officers for the National Sororian Alumnae Association will be held. The "Night Lights" of Wells are shining still. 8 THE M. A. C. RECORD Alice M. Powell, '17, Writes from China Union Girls' High School, Hangchow, Cheking, China. Mr. C. W. McKibbin, East Lansing, Michigan, U. S. A. Dear Mr. McKibbin:— to Lovers' Lane, class rooms, college parties, etc. Perhaps this is a service M. A. C. per forms, not listed in the catalog, but somehow some of us seemed to have missed connections and are still living in single blessedness ( ?) ; therefore I can, report no marriages, births, deaths, or other such interest, but want you to know that I have by no means forgotten you. items of My brother wrote you of my leaving Chang- sha to teach here in Hangchow. This is a very interesting city, once the capital of China. It is said by the Chinese to be one of the two places on earth comparable to heaven. West Lake, with its famous scenery, is only about ten minutes' walk from our school, and there are many temples and other places of interest • hereabouts. Hikes over the hills are a favorite pastime. An automobile road is being built around the north side of the lake. The streets in this part of the city are built of crushed stone and very wide, and are lined with trees, as this "Manchu City" was.rebuilt by a pro gressive governor after at the time of the revolution. There are parks, resi and nice appearing shops, hotels, and dences, and the "New World" with its tower ablaze with varied colored electric lights every night. There is a big moving picture hall just over the wall from our school. You see the Chinese believe in being up to date. The old Chinese city is quite as filthy as other cities of this country, with no resemblance to "heaven." institution, but now has over 300 students, including all departments. I teach English, American his tory, and nature study in the high school, and enjoy the work very much. There are six other foreign teachers here and twenty Chinese teachers. is a rather young the destruction This school the new health We alumni far from Alma Mater are most interested in ail of the many changes at M. A. C, which, though they will make the school seem less familiar to us when we return, yet are marks of progress which we all desire. We- who graduated a few years ago cannot help but wonder whether the present students ap preciate their privileges of the new gym with its swimming pool, service, the science course, the practice house, etc. We read that now students may even have aero plane stunts between courses, and enjoy a real bird's eye view of the campus ! The class, of 'ly was the first to enjoy the benefits of the the Senior House, but doubtless opening of the need the new Practice House will meet the much better, and I am pleased interest the alumnae are showing in-this mat ter. How I wish our girls here might have such a building. They have to study domestic science in the upper story of an old building. I was much interested in the statistics "Why They Came to College," and hope a similar survey will be made of M. A. C. When I read if you the marriage notices I wonder regarding how many of have any statistics these romances M. A. C. is responsible for. I will wager much wedded bliss can be traced to note I hope M. A. C, under her new president and new members of the Board will go for ward to greater achievements, and that every effort will be made by the administration, stu dents, and alumni to secure the much needed dormitories, hospital, stadium, etc., as well as the Memorial Build ing. auditorium, library, 1 have just one suggestion for the better ment of the Record. Those of us who were interested in the Christian Associations while in college I am sure would appreciate more news of what they are doing. Could not we have a report of their activities at least at the' end of each term? I note by a recent Record that M. A. C. has a Student Volunteer Band at present. Those on the foreign field Would be glad to know something about its activities. Yours very truly, Alice M. Powell, '17. M. A. C. Student Pastor Announces Resignation Rev. O. W. Behrens, who for the past three student the position of years has occupied the college, under a co-operative pastor at arrangement promoted by the Baptist, Con gregational, Methodist and Presbyterian de nominations, will close his work the last of June, and will take up special work in agri culture, rural sociology, and economics at M. A. C. for the next two years. A successor to Mr. Behrens will be appoint ed as soon as fhe secretaries of the four de the nominational boards can find a man for position. . His name will probably an he nounced within the next few months. Mr. Behrens assumed the work here in the religious educational field as an entirely new project. It had never been tried in any uni versity center before, and' so there were no precedents- to follow. Methods of approach under these circumstances had to be devised the proper, relationship established with and the existing organizations. The work from the very first was carried on in cooperation with the work of People's Church, where Mr.. Behrens was assigned an office. the During three years' of Mr. Behren's pastorate many projects have been developed. -Y program of creating^ deeper interest among the students in Christian work was carried out and quite a large number of students have chosen forms of missionary and welfare work as their voca tions. Emphasis was placed on the need for M. A. C. students to do constructive religious work in their own communities, and as a re- the ministry and various THE M. A. C. RECORD 9 suit many rural projects have received new life and have been revitalized. the recent organization of Probably the finest piece of work done in the student pastor's three years of work has been the Council for Religious Work at M. A. C. This organi ac the campus zation was formed on complish the various religious organiza for tions what is accomplished by the Council of in Lansing and other cities where Churches such organizations have been The organization has been fully established and is functioning actively already. formed. to It is regretted that Rev. Behrens is leaving his work at this time, but the organization is quite well established now and another man less can assume difficulty the be than was encountered at ginning. People of the college community are pleased that Rev. Behrens and his family have decided to remain at past Lansing. task with considerable the The Lawson. Contest Essay in First prize the Geo. p. Lawson prize essay contest, • held annually and open to all men students of the college, was won this year by Mr. C. R. Clausen, the Dorian Literary Society. His essay, entitled "The Farm, Nation Builder," won generous praise from judges of the contest. We print Clausen's paper below, in the belief that many alumni. will be as interested as we have been in his presentation of farm life advantages. '23, a member of T HE FARM, NATION BUILDER. The F a r m: Best Home for the Family Main Source of National Wealth Foundation of Civilized Society The National Providence— Such an inscription appears on the Union Sta- v.'on at Washington, D. C. Volumes have been in four those them one finds short true reason written about the farm and about farm prob lems. But the whole "case for the farm", is statements. summarized In the the greatness of the United States. A nation is no greater than its people. The greatness of the the people—their state of education and civilized development—depends upon that great in national unit, any way to increase the greatness of the nation. The one thing that is of greatest benefit to the family 1 is the home. the family. Anything that tends to benefit this unit tends for is the best home for "The F a r m: Best Home for the Family." The family means primarily the children, for wherever the children, there also is the best home for the parents ; it is naturally so. The adult wolf could sur vive with no den at all, for she is swift-footed enough to escape enemies and she can with stand the cold. But the wolf cubs must have a den to live in. Hence the best home for the wolf family is a den, and a den is used. This is the case all thru the animal kingdom. The best argument as to the relative value of the city and the farm as a home comes in the words of a boy, sitting forlornly on the back fence in a large city: tootin' in his ear. Ain't no crick "Aw, shucks, there ain't no fun in this here town. Wisht Ma'd go home. Ain't no place fer a feller t' run around, less'n 'some ol' horn comes t' dam up and wade around in. Ain't no calves' tails t' ketch holt of when yer Pa ain't look- in'. Ain't no fishin,' 'ceptin' - off of some ol' dock where others squawkin' 'round, scarin' the fish. Ain't no in winter, I can't see. hills. What There aint no nuthin 'round this ol' place fer a guy t' do." a million they do they's 'bout And the boy was right. The city is no The "Coop"—next year there'll be a new Woman's Buildim 10 THE M. A. C. RECORD place in which to rear a boy and give him room to develop. The average American boy is a bundle of dynamite, full of energy and mis chief. Dynamite in its place does a great deal of good; but in the wrong place it does in estimable damage. So it is with the boy. Give him the right place in which to play, so that he can use his imagination and energy without harm to others, and he is a safe proposition. But drop him in an alley in the city, and some thing is bound to happen. And something does happen. amateur in a large city. Boys You will not find any patrol wagons backing up to a barn in the country to take young boys "gambling to jail for running an this kind have joint." But many cases of been known in • their early 'teens have been "run in" because of too much education in "rollin' the bones." The papers are full of accounts of hold-ups com mitted by young men who ought to be playing baseball, basketball, and school, young fellows who are to .become the leaders of the nation. How many such cases do you hear of in the country? The reason for the difference lies in the fact that the country boy has enough to keep him busy without such activities as "African golf." football in in, and that he knows, the rabbits The country boy has practically the whole to explore. There universe to play are the birds to hunt, the Indians to kill. " There are the dams to build in the old pasture "crick." Many the engineer has got his start building just such a dam. And then there is ,the "ol' swimmin' hole" that is known only to the country boy. The boy in the city cannot run down to "jus' past the big bend in the crick," tearing off his blouse while on the run, holding up his over alls with one hand for the last fifty feet, to be ready to jump out of them and b e t he "first one in." The country boy swims as nature intended, "raw." There is no bathing suit to realm of boyhood hinder him. . The whole in the "swimmin' hole." activities is reflected to be the first one dressed, and watch Then the others finally home, tired and always hungry, to slide up to the stove where mother's cooking fried-cakes, and have her the under- Standing smile, and give you a real, regular, hot one, and tell you to "go 'long now; don't bother me." Who wouldn't lie a country boy;? the chance to be natural, without bothering grown ups, to- any great extent, without the necessity of "rollin' bones" for excitement. There can is the only be no question about it; the farm place for "There* ain't no nuthin' " in the city; in the country there is the —everything. Where family, is on the farm. And the same applies to the girls. People cannot grow up in a realm of singing birds, bright sunshine, animals, and other such pleasures, and lead lives of crookedness and disregard for their fellow-men. there the best home for is a boy in the family look at you with raw beef." • And the growing boy. the growing the country lad has "chaw In "The F a r m: Main Source of National leading nations of Wealth." The wealth of a nation depends on the its agriculture. The world are agricultural. Even the British Em the pire is agricultural when one considers dependencies; although situated as it is, the homeland itself is an industrial state. But the United States, (Germany, France—all are agri cultural. Then the other nations, for example China, where the agricultural activities are slow and backward are the backward nations. Truly, the agriculture of a nation is the main source of national wealth, of national great ness. revenue of the railroads. Farm The farm industry provides more than half the raw materials used in manufacturing,'and it also provides a market for forty per cent of the manufactured goods. This was brought out at the Conference on Unemployment at Washington, D. C. Farm products and farm equipment furnish fifty per cent of the gross freight in dustry employs 13,000,000 out of 40,000,000 industry is the basic in laborers. The farm dustry on which all industries and workers depend for the food and the raw materials of clothing and life. to agriculture. Everything There is no acute problem of unemployment on the farm. On the contrary, the farm has It is a powerful influence on unemployment. the unem the haven for great numbers of ployed from other, industries, from the large industrial centers. Many city men went back. to the business depression the farm during that followed the war. the other necessities of related is vitally If the Then, towns of in the small too, a depression of farm the entire industrial life of in the dustry affects nation. The people on the farms comprise forty per cent of the population of the United States. the prices received by the farmer are low, then he cuts down on what he might normally buy. This causes stagnation of busi ness the agricultural sections, and this in turn affects the business trans in the larger cities, and it also affects rural portation. The buying power of the communities cannot" be overlooked. It has a powerful influence on the wealth of the nation. the Providing more than fifty per cent of raw materials, and providing a market for forty per cent of the manufactured goods, is the nation it any wonder that the wealth of is so dependent on its agriculture? Is it any wonder that the farm industry is the greatest industry of the greatest nation of the world? "The F a r m: Foundation of Civilized So ciety." Man first lived by hunting and fishing, killing his food from day .to day. But this he soon found to be a very precarious method of existence. On some days he could not kill -—and he did not eat. Hence he gradually col lected a few of the natural plants and eared for th em so that they would grow and pro vide food the animals which he had tamed. The constant care for the plants and animals built up agriculture. The necessity to remain in one spot caring for his crops and stock led to permanent homes. for himself and for THE M. A. C. RECORD So man started to build villages, instead of being forever on the move from one camping spot to another. With the villages came a the growth of stronger union between the individuals of tribe. A love of their town grew.; patriotism received its start. The problems of the com munity became more and more numerous. the people broadened. A The social life of love of art, music, and various other things was the natural result; a love of peace, and brotherhood, sprang up. The tribes that did not plant crops nor care living for stock, but continued to make their by hunting, developed much more slowly than the other tribes. Note the case of the Indian in our own country. The Indian (the Aztecs) that is considered to be- the most high ly developed, was an agricultural tribe, living the val in cliff dwellings and growing corn in tribes leys. Other more warlike and roving were among the first the continent. to disappear from tribe The cities banded into states; the states -united to form nations. Thus the foundation laid on for our present-day civilization was agriculture. These bands of men that planted crops and raised stock survived, grew, and ex panded. Those that kept to the old way of living from day to day were exterminated. "The F a r m: The Natural Providence." How truly wonderful it is that one small seed them into food, one will develop into a plant yielding a great many food. similar seeds and a greater amount of How wonderful that one small seed will de velop into a huge tree which will furnish ma terials for the comfort of man. When one thinks that plants are the only things on earth capable of the air and taking elements* from realizes soil to convert that the farm is indeed a Natural Providence. the air; water Carbon dioxide is taken from two are united is taken from the soil. The and changed by the energy of into compounds suitable for human consumption. Can any chemist take these elements and make Synthetic cows we may have, the replacing of horses by tractors' we may accomplish; but the-farm will always remain the Creator has supplied for his Children. . the Natural Providence which' the sun . them into human food? Is it any wonder then that the United States, the greatest agricultural nation in the world, is also the foremost nation ? With her agri-. cultural possibilities as yet scarcely touched, is to suppose that our nation there any reason will not continue to be the foremost nation . of the world? For the United States is a farming nation and the Farm is : Tin: Best Home for The Main Source of National Wealth,- . The Foundation of Civilized Society, The Natural Providence. the Family, The Commencement Pageant will be more beautiful than ever this year. 12 THE M. A. C. RECORD Meeting of the State Board of Agriculture President's Office June 3, 1922. 10 o'clock A. M. Present, President Friday, Mrs. Stockman, and Messrs. Brody, McPherson, McColl Halladay. The minutes of the previous meeting were approved without reading. On motion of Mr. Brody, the recommenda tions contained in the following communication from Director Baldwin were approved: Pres. David Friday, East Lansing, Mich. Dear Pres. Friday: items your consideration Board: listed below are submitted to May 15, 1922. submission for the The and Mr. A. L. Strang, County Club Agent for Saginaw, has presented his resignation to be effective May 15. Appointments : Mr. W. S. Wood to be County Club Agent for Jackson, effective May 1. Mr. Joseph Turner to be County Agricul tural gent for Delta, effective April 15. Mr. Vern Freeman to be Extension Spec ialist in Animal Husbandry, effective July 1. Mr. Donald Williams, who has been E x is at tension Specialist in Sheep Husbandry, the present in charge of is now Michigan State F a rm Bureau. He acting on leave, and I should ap preciate having his leave of absence extended formally until Jan. 1, 1923. the Wool Pool for informal On May 4, the chairman of the Committee the twenty-one on Fruit Marketing of of American Farm Bureau Federation, made urgentrequest for Mr. Tennant to assist them in conference In asmuch as the action of vital to progress keting to attend the conference. approval of the expense of this trip. fruit mar I asked Mr. Tennant I should appreciate in New York on May 9. the committee was. in cooperative in Michigan, Yours very truly, (Signed) R. J. Baldwin, Extension Director. On motion of Mr. McPherson, the matter relative to employing an instructor in English to succeed Mr. R. T. Taylor, resigned, was to the President with power to act. referred On motion of Mrs. Stockman, Miss Jose phine Hart was granted leave of absence with pay, until September 1, Miss Sweeny was authorized to employ Mrs. Florence Stoll Eng land to take care of work due to Miss Hart's absence. On motion of Mr. McColl, the matter of experimental the to employing an extra man in Entomology, was work president with power to act. for referred On motion of Mr. McColl, following recommendations made by the Committee on Advanced Degrees, were approved: the That the quarter-time graduate assistant- ship now allotted to the Department of Bac teriology, but not filled this term, be changed to a half-time graduate assistantship, and that the next college year by the appointment of R. H. Weaver, a graduate of Allegheny College. this position be filled Also that C. C. Dethloff and D. R. Yoder be .appointed half-time Graduate Assistants in Soils. On motion of Mr. McColl, Prof. Cox's re quest through the Secretary of the Committee on Graduate Study, for two half-time Gradu ate Assistants and two quarter-time Graduate Assistants in Farm Crops, was granted. the "The committee appointed On motion of Mr. McColl following recommendation of the faculty dated Decem ber 16, 1919, and laid upon the table at that time, ,was taken from the table and approved: the question of permitting members of the teach ing force and of the staff of the experiment station to take for credit courses offered by the various departments of the Michigan Agri cultural College, beg leave to report as • fol lows : to consider In the belief of The committee heartily approve the princi ple of permitting our teachers and the mem to earn bers of the experiment station staff college credits. the commit tee this action will,, if taken, be a progressive step and will result in the betterment of con ditions- in in a general institution and improvement of our standard of teaching. The the committee it to faculty approve the principle and refer the Board of Agriculture to gether with the following rules under which .it may be carried out: for approval recommend, therefore, that the " 1. The maximum number of credits which a member of the staff may earn in one year exclusive of summer school shall be ten. "2. In each instance permission to under take work and approval of work undertaken shall be granted by a committee consisting of the president of the applicant's division, and the head of his de partment." the college, the dean of On motion of Mrs. Stockman, the resigna tion of Miss Helen Reid Goodrich from the department of Home Economics, was accept ed to take effect August 31. On motion of Mr. Brody, the building of a piggery was authorized and the details of the matter were referred to the Building Com mittee. the On motion of Mr. McPherson, ex penses incurred by Dean Bissell in attending the Conference on Engineering* Administra tion at Pittsburgh, were authorized to be paid. On motion of Mr. Brody, the following Fair the M. A. C. Horse Exhibit as Circuit for presented by Mr. Hill, was approved. Ohio State Fair. Michigan State Fair. Jackson Fair. West Michigan Fair at Grand Rapids. On motion .of Mr. McPherson, the matter THE M. A. C. RECORD 13 the On motion of Mr. McColl, of awarding scholarships to winners of State Championships in Boys' and Girls' Club Work, . as presented by Mr. Turner, was approved. following schedule of fees as presented by the Registrar, was adopted: - $26 each term Division of Agriculture 26 each term Division of Engineering 28 each term Division of Home Economics Division of Applied Science 30 each term Division of Veterinary Medicine.. 30 each term On motion of Mr. Brody, the Secretary was authorized to employ Mr. Clarence W. Hub- bell of Detroit to make a survey of the water situation at recom mendations for improvement. The following motion by Mr. Brody, was the College, and make carried: "It is moved that the Board authorizes the granting of the degrees of Bachelor of Science, Doctor of Veterinary Medicine and the various graduate degrees, to such candi dates as have fulfilled for such degrees and who will he recommended by the Faculty for graduation." the requirements On motion of Mr. McPherson, the action of the the follow the Board concerning salaries passed at May meeting, was rescinded and ing resolution substituted: that the President, with the Budget Committee, shall the ap "I move re proval of view the salary roll for the purpose of elim least $15,000 of stenographic help inating at from the payroll for the year 1922-1923; and for the purpose of reducing the personnel of departments whose expenditures are dispro portionate to the results which are being ob tained." On motion of Mr. CcColl, the plan for ad the vertising for bids for the construction of Home Economics building, as presented by the Secretary, was approved. The Secretary was further directed to secure a guaranteed esti mate of to the Library building be presented to the Administrative Board. the cost of On motion of Mr. McColl, was directed to move building at the earliest possible time. the Secretary the Farm Mechanics On motion adjourned. The '90 Group East Lansing, Mich., June 13, 1922. 'Dear fellow member of the '90 group: This year, the best part of the "ninety" group, the classes of '90, '91, '92 and '93, are to have a reunion. Some of us have grown up since the nineties and it would be worth while to come back and see how the college looks to a person who is of age. Come and show your classmates whether the predictions you used to make of yourself have come true •or not, also find out whether theirs have. Be sides, this year there are things of unusual interest. 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