JLt Jr tt Michigan Agricultural College Association Publishers a East Lansing No. 35 Vol. XXVII July 7, 1922 2 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 F u t u r e? 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. Enterer! as second-class matter October 30, 1916, at the post office at East Lansing, Michigan, under the Act of March 3, 1879.- PuMisbrd every Friday during the College Year by the Michigan Agricultural College Association. E. VV. Kanney H. C Pratt '09, Lansing W. K. Prudden J. B. Hasselman, East Lansing '00, Greenville .. '78, Lansing . - - - - Vice Pres. 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, 'OQ, Lansing. MEMBERSHIP IN T HE M. A. C. ASSOCIA HON Make Remittances which includes subscription to Record, $2.50 PER YEAR. payable Association. Unless members request a discontinuance it will be assumed that a renewal of membership is desired. the M. A. C. 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. short large individuality and time 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. 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RECORD VOL. X X V I I. No. 35 E A ST LANSING, MICHIGAN J U LY 7, 1922 Commencement and Inaugural Draw Record Attendance The largest crowd of alumni and friends of the college that ever gathered for commence ment week at M. A. C. was present on the campus from June 18 to 21 for the combined exercises which marked inauguration of President David Friday and the sixty-fourth annual commencement. the From graduates in the early sixties down to members of the class of 1921, alumni from all sections of the country and from all periods in the history of the college took part in the various activities of the commencement week. All events went off smoothly, and on time. In fact, the week was generally voted the best commencement in the memory of even the old est returning alumnus. Appearance of the entire college staff in full academic regalia for the academic procession commencement morning, added greatly to the general effect, and gave the day a more dis tinctive tone than has marked previous com mencements. More than 600 guests were served at the annual alumni luncheon on Wednesday noon, June 21—and the seating capacity of the "ar- •mory" dining hall fell woefully short of ac commodating the crowd at that. the special The commencement proper, held Wednesday morning and combined with President Fri alumni inaugural; day's formal inaugural program Wednesday afternoon • the two showings of the annual college pageant; the senior class play; the alumni-varsity ball game (won by the varsity 5 to 4 after seven innings of airtight play) ; the cap night exer cises ; the various class banquets and reunion meetings; and the many other special events on the general program all were very effective and successful. Accounts of many of the class reunions and of other events and meetings are printed else where in this issue of the Record, as is Presi dent Friday's commencement inaugural and address. The head of the academic procession leaving the administrative building for the gymnasium President David Friday and Jason Woodman, senior member the Board, and on commencement morning. of the State Board, front row; Michigan college presidents, members of Deans following. 4 THE M. A. C. RECORD Director Brewer Accepts Place at California. C. L. Brewer, director of athletics at M. A. C. for the last five years, has resigned his po sition to accept an appointment as Professor of Physical Education and Director of Ath letics at the Agricultural College of the Uni versity of California. Director Brewer is to leave for the West about August i, in order to line up the duties of his new position be fore college opens in the fall. The work at California, in a big, growing university located in a state which is head and shoulders above in the rest of the development of physical training pro grams, is reported to offer an unusually at tractive position from every standpoint. Great as is the disappointment of M. A. C. people generally in that the California directorship is too fine an opening to be passed up lightly. This is the losing Brewer, the country recognize they Physical Directors, and a member of nearly a dozen other less widely known associations and commissions. Graduating at Wisconsin University in 1899, Mr. Brewer spent a year as assistant in the athletic department at his Alma Mater. He was a four-sport man in college, winning foot a place on ball team in his senior year, and also earning letters in baseball;'track, and crew. the mythical Ail-American After a season with the Chicago White Sox in the American League, Brewer came to Al for bion College as athletic director the the director's year 1902-03. He duties at M. A. C. for the first time in the fall of 1903, remaining until 1910. During this period he brought M. A. C. athletics up from the "M. I. A. A." standard to a point where Michigan and other leading teams were being met on even terms. took over In 1910 Brewer went to Missouri University as director of athletics, coming back to M. A. C. for the second time in the fall of 1917. Dur ing 1918 he was on leave of absence, serving as director of training camp activities for the Southern Division of the army, under the U. S. War Department. No man in American athletic circles holds a position of greater respect and esteem than C. L. Brewer. His reputation for unfailing sportsmanship and fairness is a national one. Associates in the athletic profession generally, as with the great host of M. A. C. men and women who have come to know him. during his years at the college, recognize in Brewer a prince of good fellows, a professional man of great ability, and a gentleman first, last and all the time. It is indeed with regret that the college bids farewell to Brewer, and wishes him a world of success in his new position. for familiar in vain impossible Dr. Beal Missed Commencement looked Returning alumni the friendly and figure of Dr. W. J. Beal about the campus during commencement week. A long and quite serious illness made it the "Grand Old Man of M. A. C." to make his customary annual pil grimage back to the campus, and his absence was noted with keen regret by literally hun dreds of his close friends among the com mencement crowd. The following from Ray Stannard Baker in response to a message from President David Friday: telegram was received for President Friday: Amherst, Mass. In response to your cordial telegram, Dr. Beal replies—"Express my appreciation and delight that the authorities at the College still retain a high regard for me and my long years of service. Join with me in the high hope that the College has entered upon a winning I have brilliant hopes for the future." career. Dr. Beal, while feeble, suffers- no pain and C. L. Brewer third year in which has been .offered him. the same appointment in his profession. He Mr. Brewer enjoys an enviable and nation wide reputation is a member of the rules Committee of the National Intercollegiate Athletic Association, a member the Michigan State Council of Physical of Education, a member of the American Play ground and Recreation Association, a charter the Society of American College member of THE M. A. C. RECORD retains his clearness of mind. His daily- thought is of the College, his former students and the high, noble work being accomplished. Ray Stannard Baker. Dean Sweeny Resigns Miss Mary E. Sweeny, dean of home eco nomics at M. A. C. for the last two years, pre sented her resignation at the last meeting of the State Board of Agriculture, to take effect July 15. After Miss Eudora Savage's resig nation as dean of women two months ago, the two State Board voted offices, going back to the old system of one dean in charge of the duties both of the dean of home economics and of the dean of women. Miss Sweeny, a highly in home economics, did not wish' to assume the responsibilities of the work handled by a dean trained specialist to amalgamate the Resolutions of the M. A. C. Association The following the Association at noon, June 2 1: resolutions were passed by its meeting Wednesday Be it Resolved, That we think it a matter to be approved that the State Board of Agricul ture now has on its membership a larger num ber of alumni than any previous Board in the history of in terests of the College more at heart than its alumni and the State Board made up of such membership certainly should give the maxi mum efficiency. the college. None have the Be it Resolved, That we have learned with . time since sorrow of the serious illness of Dr. Beal. His presence is missed from among us today for the first these gatherings were commenced. We recall his devotedness as a teacher, his faithfulness as a worker for t h e' general interests of the college, and his study and serene personality, which has so often gladdened us with its presence. We hope that many days may be spared him yet of life and . health. to the raising of Be it Resolved, That a vote of thanks be the State Board of Agriculture tendered for its gift at a recent meeting of $1500 to the Union Memorial Building. We trust that the matter of pushing funds for, this building which has been delayed for a time on account of indus trial depression may be again taken up. We feel that with the coming of times throughout the country the enterprise will be within the abilities of the alumni to bring it to a successful finish and give the practical benefits which such buildings and equipment give. the widespread better Be it Resolved, That the cordial thanks of the Association be extended J. B. Hasselman for his generous efforts as acting- editor of the M. A. C. Record. We appre ciate, his skill and wisdom with which he has performed, in addition to his other labors, a task which means so much to us. to Mr. to say with We are glad the business side of our organization its finances are in excellent shape. The report of the treasurer when summarized shows the fol lowing statement: to that respect hereby expresses the college the affairs of This Association the college by our and records its appreciation of the administration of fellow alumnus, Doctor Frank Stewart Kedzie, dur ing his term as acting and actual president of the institution. To have administered the af fairs of im mediately preceding and during our participa tion in the recent great war, and the early por following tion of it over to his same, as he did, and to turn successor as a going institution having great immediate possibilities of recovery a n d. large expansion required courage and ability of a high order. the reconstruction the period through period full Dean Mary E. Sweeny it that intended both phases of of" women, according to the statement of her resignation, and resigned when the. Board in dicated the work to be handled by the dean of home eco nomics in the future. President Friday has expressed great regret at losing the services of M,iss Sweeny, characterizing her resignation as "the severest blow this administration has yet suffered." No plans have as yet been an nounced the home economics division. the future management of for 6 THE M. A. C. RECORD Whereas, Dean R. S. Shaw, as Acting I, President of 1921 to April 1, 1922, has administered its af fairs in a most commendable manner this College from September ,and Whereas, the Alumni Association desires to express its appreciation of the work done by Dean Shaw during the time he was acting president, Be the it hereby resolved, That the Alumni thanks Association extend to Dean Shaw its upon and and congratulations in which he conducted business-like manner the administration during a portion of this very critical period in the college history. His is a source of great success this work to present students, as pride and satisfaction well as to all former students of this insti tution. efficient in The Alumni Association greets M. A. C.'s new president, David Friday, and bespeaks for him a long and highly successful administra tion. We believe M. A. C.'s greatest days lie just ahead. We are ready to back President Friday in any project that looks toward mak ing the college more influential, and more effi cient in promoting the great objects for which it was founded. We highly approve the presi dent's willingness to represent the college on public occasions, and to present it to the peo ple of in the not distant future when M. A. C. will enroll double the present number of students. We felicitate the college for the prospect of a new Library building and a Home Home Eco nomics building. We endorse the President's determination to revise, or add to the courses of study in such ways as will meet the chang ing times in which we are living. Long live President Friday. Our hearts, our hopes are all with him. the State. We look for the day We welcome to the big M. A. C. family circle Secretary H. H. Halladay. N. A. McCune, '01, D. S. Cole, '93, E. B. Hill, '15, C. L. Crozier, '17, R. A. Turner, '09, Committee. Association Officers Elected at Annual Meeting Officers of the M. A. C. Association for the coming year were elected at the annual meet ing, following the alumni luncheon on June 21. The meeting was a short one,, because of the fact that the special alumni inaugural pro gram was scheduled for 2 o'clock. • President Ellis Ranney, '00, called on but two speakers: President David Friday, and '82. President Friday Liberty Hyde Bailey, the outlined briefly some of his hopes future M. A. C, mentioning the Memorial Building, the new course in Engineering Ad ministration, and funds would be requested from the state legislature, for which things for including possible requests for a new horti cultural building and for dormitories. The • resolutions committee submitted a re port which is printed in other columns of the Record, and the nominating committee, com posed of James Satterlee, '69; W. O. Hedrick, '91; Fred L. Woodworth, '98; O. W. Laidlaw, '11, nominated the fol '17; and J. G. Hays, lowing list of officers who were elected at the general meeting : President, E. W. Ranney, '00; Vice-Pres., A. B. Cook, '93; Treasurer, Frank Rogers, '83; term—Henry Executive Committee, one year Lillie two year Ross, Crozier, '17; three year term—Horace Hunt, '05- term—Dorothy '04; Dr. Clyde Reynolds to Leave M. A. C. Dr. Clyde Reynolds, health officer at M. A. . C. for the past two years, has resigned his po sition to accept a two year fellowship in sur gery at the University . Dr. Reynolds, a graduate of the U. of M. medical of Michigan. Dr. Clyde Reynolds the University school in 1918, served as assistant health offi for. two years before cer at coming to M. A. C. He has built up the. col lege Jiealth- service to a high state, and will leave the work in splendid condition. to his successor ' . • at F I F TH ANNUAL SUMMER FARMERS' DAY the college is to be held on August 4 this year. More families gathered for the conference last summer and an even larger crowd is expected on August 4. than 3,000 farmers and their THE M. A. C. RECORD 7 Good Attendance Marks Class Reunions in almost every With good attendance in stance, and proverbial enthusiasm and loyalty everywhere in evidence, the various class re unions held during the recent commencement week were unusually successful. While de tailed reports of all reunions were not availa ble, the Record publishes below accounts of the meetings of those classes which have re ported. in greater the old battles over, jokes on ourselves, 1892 The thirtieth anniversary of '92 was an un certainty for a long time. It was as the old class song says, "In courage great, in numbers small." After trying in vain to get a line on the fellows who would be here until too late to gather at to have a luncheon, we agreed Ewing's after the president's reception Tues day evening. The first ones arrived, at 8:30 and they kept straggling in until 10 :oo when the roster included Baker, Bateman, Davis, Dunn, Ewing, Hinkson, Pennington and Stow. We read letters from thoughtful absent ones, reminded each fought other ' of inquired after absent ones, and passed reminiscences gener ally until the "wee sma' hours" when we ad journed, resolved force to gather the next day at the luncheon. As we gathered for the luncheon we met many from contem poraneous classes and old instructors, i. e., Dr. Edwards, and a very pleasant half hour was spent. As usual, at the luncheon there were not enough plates at our assigned place to get all together, after being reinforced by George Hawley and Dor Stowell and his family, but we "did manage to hold a place for "Our Baby," Margaret Irene Pattengill (Foster) who came as she has promised to. She wants us to hold a reunion at her home sometime.) After the ball game Ewing gathered all he could get hold of and took them to 307 Abbott Road where Mrs. Bateman and Mrs. Ewing had prepared supper. What we did those victuals was a plenty, trying to make up for what we did not get at the luncheon. After the more sensible less hungry) the ones had removed rest of us loose from our chairs, we began to think of home again. With regret at not seeing instances, unfortunate, ones who did not, or could not come, the farewells were lingeringly (and re peatedly) said. We dispersed feeling well re paid for our trip. All expressed the hope of seeing more together at some future gather ing. (or possibly the dishes and pried the misguided, or in some to —The '92 Eye Witness. 1902 Eight members of the class of 1902 met at the Kerns for lunch Tuesday noon, June 20th. There were present E. R. Burnett, Idaho; Matt E. Crosby, Washington, D. C.; Burt Peterson, Rockford, 111.; C. M. Ludlow and wife, Albion; R. W. Griffith and wife, Albion; N. B. Norton, Fruit Ridge, E. I. Dail, F. C. Fox, and Frank Carpenter, Lansing. On Wednesday afternoon in the gymnasium showed 38 from '02 registered, which that is creditable in view of. the fact this was not a regular reunion year. reunion occurs in 1924 and all present resolved to be present if living and likewise to urge those who could not be here to make a like resolution. the registration The next regular list I have not advised the alumni office of your correct address. Please do so at your early convenience. (This means everyone who en tered with the class in 1898 as well as those who joined later). The local alumni will also use this information as it may be advisable for them to communicate with you from time to time. —Frank Carpenter. 1907 The '07 people met on Wednesday, June 21, for their 15th reunion. A large number of '07 took people with the alumni Association. The luncheon with rest of in renewing acquaintances and visiting familiar places on the campus. their wives and husbands the afternoon we spent At S :30 in the evening, the '07 banquet was held at the Wildwood Inn. The old time en thusiasm prevailed. The new members of the '07 family proved themselves pleasing addi tions. The following people were present: L. G. Hitchcock, Phoenix, Ariz.; F. A. Gould, East Lansing; Mrs. F. A. Gould, East Lansing; Geo. A. Brown, East Lansing; Mr. and Mrs. Earl T. Robinson and son Francis, Durham, N. H .; R. L. Pennell, Salem; Mr. and Mrs. Daniel H. Ellis and two sons, Sagi naw; Mr. and Mrs. O. I. Gregg, Dearborn; Mr. and Mrs. W. F. Johnson, Ann A r b o r; W. W. Hitchcock and wife, Lansing; Mr. and Mrs. C. M. Cade, East Lansing; Mrs. Helen Ashley Hill, Flint; Mrs. Bess Harcourt Christopher, Lansing; C. L. Rowe, Detroit; Ralph S. Hudson, East Lansing; H. R. Beck- with and wife, South Bend, Indiana; E. H. Taylor, Oxford; L. E. Smith, Newaygo; E. C. Fowler and wife, H o r t o n; E. L. Grover and wife, East Lansing. to at the the After supper the crowd adjourned tend cap night and the pageant held on to be present at campus, all agreeing regular reunion next year. 1912 As early as Monday of Commencement week '12 began to ar the members of the class of rive on the campus, eager to learn what 10 years had done for and to the others and to the old college itself. Among the number were included doctors, teachers, preachers, city officials, home mak- THE M. A. C. RECORD ers, insurance agents, bald heads, babies and others. refused- to print (the Record The home of Lutie Robinson Gunson at the college greenhouse on the campus was the class headquarters. Here the 'i2ers registered their names and their curiosity about every thing and everybody. The following are the the names curiosity),—Mr. I. Munn, Geneva, N. Y.; Lillian Muellenbach Nehil and daughter, Mid land; E. E. Gallup, 507 N. Pa. Ave., Lansing; Mary Richardson Caldwell and : :Ted" Cald well," Ludington; Philena Smith and daughter, Lansing; C. L. Coffeen and Vera Bates Cof- feen; Mayville ;• Grace Ellis, Gregory; Lucile Hawkins Barrows and F. L. Barrows, Ply mouth ; Mr. and Mrs. Nels Hansen, Muske gon; Mr. and Mrs. O. B. Holby, Soo; C. R. Garvey, Chicago; E. F. Hock and Mrs. Mabel Robinson Hock, Detroit; Ralph Goodell, Lan sing; Milton J. Gearing, St. Clair; G. V. Branch and Mrs. Branch, 9184 Leverences, De troit; V. G. Anderson, Mansfield, Ohio; A. T. "Fritz" Loherty, Lansing, Leon B. Gardner, Detroit; Jimmy Barrett, Addison; A. E. Day, Charlotte; C. L. Harrison, Constantine; Harold H. Barnum and Mrs. Barnum, Wood land; "Pete" Bancroft and Mrs. Bancroft, Lansing; Blanch Clarke, Kalamazoo; C. V. Ballard and Mrs. Ballard, Ruth Mead McKib- bin and husband, Ralph Kirby and Mrs. . Kirby, Mrs. Ella Lentz Brown, "Stub" Geag- ley and Bessie Howe Geagley, Sarah Vander- voort Riordan, Lee Ashley, Arthur W. Cronk, Gale Gilbert and Mrs. Gilbert, Carrie Lock- wood and her husband, Grand Rapids; Alywin Mead Collins, Helen Norton Knecht and Jack Knecht, Sidnev Smith Stover Smith, C. A. Stahl, H a r ry Taft. and Agnes The red and white "crowns" worn by the '12 delegation at the general alumni luncheon on Wednesday added much to the .dignity of the occasion and added something, if possi ble, to the generally intelligent expressions of In fact, they were quite regal. the wearers. the members of the class repaired to the Memorial grove near the President's house where a short service was held in memory of "Bill" Johnson, the only member of 1912 to give his life in the war. Immediately following luncheon the The class supper was held at the Wildwood Tea Room on Wednesday evening, but due to the fact that many had not seen the pageant and wished to go, there were no speeches. This must never happen again. "Pete" Bancroft was to have been master of ceremonies and had a lot of new stories. He will never re cover from his disappointment at not being able to tell him. Just how much oratory was lost talent present will never be known. At our next re union a time must be arranged for our class supper when nothing else will conflict or the sun may be darkened and the moon refuse to give her light, or something more serious oc cur. Needless to say there was "something the world with all of that to doing" from the time of the baccalaureate ser rock mon on Sunday P. M. until hissed skyward on cap night, and the last automobile had growled its way off the cam pus and the last freshman was tucked in his little bed in the same garment he had worn for the festivities of the evening. the last —The 1912 Sub-Scribe. 1917 Honors Prof. King Fifty-five persons were present at the re the class of union banquet of .held Wednesday evening, June 21, at the People's Church, East Lansing. The honoring of Prof, and Mrs. E. S. King for valuable services to M. A. C. was a principal feature. 1917, At the invitation of Chairman Howard Rather, each person the as sembly his address, what he was doing, and insisted upon why. The "why" was always and provoked much laughter. rose and told C. C. Hood was the first speaker. The popu lar Aggie athlete had come to the banquet after taking part in the Alumni-Varsity game. gave news of Dorothy Dorris Frimodig some 'i7ers. A from letter further plans for Norm Weil was then for M. A. C, bringing introduced. The '17 senior class president has been acting as field agent to Michigan youth more intimate knowledge of the college. treasurer, O. W. the class report Pino, was read by M r, Weil. The shows a balance in the treasury of $126.06. Only fifty-seven persons have paid their dues. Further activities of the class, Mr. Pino be lieves, should depend on the desire of 75 per cent of the class. Fifty-seven is too low a number out of 266 graduates to finance and control the action of the whole class. Mr. Pino asked a more general response before issue of the '17 newsletter and be another fore '17 reunion to be staged in 1925. Mr. Weil gave instances of initiative It was the action taken by shown by 1917. class of '17 which resulted in an annual fee being paid by alumni to enable the Associa tion to become self-supporting and independ ent. The, '17 newsletter mailed to each mem ber of the class (the credit for which should be given Mr. Weil) is a factor in holding the class in unity. The class is a strong alumni unit and 1917 will continue its loyalty and leadership. Much is hoped from the new ad ministration, that the college may be built up. In the same way, the influence of the younger in the Association as classes should be felt they join the ranks of alumni, with fresh vim and strength. the big the If the young alumni will stop to think, they will realize their debt to M. A. C. The 'i7ers, said Mr. Weil, desire to show their gratitude for what M. A. C. has meant to them. The unforgettable associations have been of im mense value, and particularly do we remember with deep gratitude the untiring effort and loyalty of the faculty. M. A. C. is being con- THE M. A. C. RECORD 9 the "Our guest of honor improved. Members of stantly faculty and alumni are now and were, at the time '17 was being guided through college, making his tory for M. A. C. as much as in the old days. tonight, Prof. King, is a man we honor and respect for his work for-M. A. C ," said Mr. Weil. "His, zeal and unselfish labor m the interest of students can thankless not be surpassed. task, Prof. King, but students do see these things, and students appreciate and remember them. The class of 1917 wishes to show in a small way its great gratitude for your devo tion to your work, the time and effort you have given in unstinted measure to 1917 and all students at M. A. C. We tender you, .in token the golden key of honorary membership in the- class of 1917 as. an all too insufficient expression of the love and respect we bear for, you." It may seem a thereof, in acknowledgment of Mrs. King was presented with beautiful roses the active part she has played in the success of her husband. Her assistance and loyal support has been of recognized value. Amid hearty applause, Prof. King rose, and accepted in his witty and effective manner. He remembered and had enjoyed, he said, his In fact, he contact with the members of didn't know which he enjoyed most, the pleasure he derived from his association with students or the fun he got out of it. He sug gested some member might wish to kick him out as soon as he was in the class, but he had lived great situations courage and was willing to take the chance. requiring through '17. Chairman Howard Rather welcomed Prof. King to membership in the class in a manner be recognized, with bursts of Professor King's best. laughter, to The meeting was adjourned to meet again at the big regular reunion in 1925. There were sixty present at list of A elsewhere in this Record. 'i7ers who registered the banquet. included is —Lou E. Butler. it from laughed the bunch 1920 How many members were there in the class of '20? Well! At least fifteen. The registrar said two years ago that there were considera bly over two hundred but one would never that went wander guess '20 camp site on ing down to the permanent Wednesday night after the ball game. As usual they carried enough eats for an army in the regulation and swatted the mosquitoes '20 style, but the old trees along the Cedar must have to sleep over the brave front The point '20 folks; so they made up in appetite what they lacked in num bers and the committee carried back only three jar of dozen buns, mustard, sixteen dill and sweet three whole watermelons. That pickles and is—I was giving you the numbers of those things which they carried back in their arms. The rest went back but in the places original ly intended for weenies and melons. The com mittee consisted of the whole crowd plus Rainey's sedan and then part of the commit tee had to do double service by lugging back themselves that group put-up. forty-two weenies, one is they were twenty-five The annual canoe tilt proved an interesting feature of the commencement program. THE M. A. C. RECORD the near ???? the axe and what—come next time and find out) cans. (we won't say the young The only real old fellow was Reeves, Jr., who mistook mustard for butter and covered his bun. There weren't any real old girls, although Garratt tried his best to raise a row with ladies. Al sees everything through rose spectacles now and we can't see his idea in trying to make everybody else blue. Time doesn't seem to have made many, changes in the old '20 Spirit and though some faces were changed a little we managed.to recognize everyone soon after they began to reveal their hunger. On account of the pageant some of the crowd ( ?) had to stop eating or the com mittee would not have been so burdened on its return trip, but we tremble to think what might have happened had the pageant not interfered. Of course, some people were at the alumni luncheon who were not at the picnic. They tottering businesses or had to rush back to stock exchange bulletins. Some were at the President's reception on Tuesday who could not stay over The Flint for Wednesday. delegation surely are 100 per cent M. A. C- ites, as well as 100 per cent school teachers, for they rushed over to the party and back to give their poor innocent children some exams. We thought we taught them to have a heart but if we did they have forgotten. Some '20 they had folks strolled back on Sunday but to be back for the Monday grind and so it was only the timid ones who have stayed close to the Alma Mater or those who have gotten rich quick who stuck around for the whole show. thirty-five of Well anyway! About the original number showed that they were strong for M. A. C, and of that number fifteen still tell their age by going down across the bridge and there in the swamp getting back to young times. We know all would have been there they could, and we hope they will begin if now to look up big enough machines so that the whole family can come back in comfort for the fifth reunion. By that time the class ought to own about two hundred and some odd (I mean anything better than a Ford when I say odd) machines and if everyone comes back loaded the total will run between twelve five and per Ford the Jrs.), there ought to be at least six hundred prospective M. A. C. students, and President Friday will surely be convinced when he sees that crowd that the state legislature ought to give us at least ten new dorms in the next fifteen years. Be sure to bring the kids to the fifth. We all want to see if they are as handsome as their '20 ancestors. least the chauffeur and fifteen hundred. Figuring at (one ma, Genevieve Gillette, Scribe. 1921 The first regular 1921 reunion was well at tended. We had nearly fifty members back for Commencement, part of whom stayed for a picnic lunch served on the picnic grounds Wednesday evening, June 21. We heard all kinds of reports of all Everyone the enjoyed members of the class. meeting old classmates. The meeting was adjourned to attend the pageant and capnight. Those present at the picnic lunch were: X. B. Shaffer, Doctor of Veterinary Medicine at Vicksburg, Michigan; Pearl McComb, teach ing at Bellevue, Michigan; Wilma Strauch, teaching at Coldwater, Michigan; R. C. Kin ney, Inspector with Michigan Miller's Ins. at Chicago; Dale Musselman, Research Assistant, bac E a st Lansing; Dorothea Weatherbee, Bergman, teriologist at Lansing; R. veterinarian at Schoolcraft; S. Cutler, teaching farm crops at Ohio State University; Dorothy E. Curts of Detroit; McGlenard Wil liamson of Detroit, and Wayne Crampton, teaching at Buckley. E. J. Alumni Registration The following registrations were made by the commencement for alumni who returned week. They are listed by classes. '61—James H. Gunnison, '66—Ryan B. Cowles. '69—Richard Haigh, James Satterlee. '70—A. H. Phinney '71—H. P. Halsted, R. M. Slocum. '74—George W. Brewer. '75—Mrs. Jennie Bigelow Kuhn. '77—Charles Bloodgood, C. I. Goodwin, Charles S. Emery, F. B. Jones, Frank S. Kedzie, W. C. Latta, Lyman A. Lilly, A. B. Simonson. '78—Clement J. Strang. • '79—E. D. McBain. '80—E. A. Gulley '81—J. F. Root. '82—L. H. Bailey, Alice Weed Coulter, J. E. Coulter, W. E. Hale, Wm. L. Langley, E. D. Millis, Theo. F. Millspaugh, E. A. Murphy, W. L. Snyder. '83—A. M. Emery, 0. C. Howe, Frank F. Rogers. '84—Colon C. Lillie, E. E. Vance. '85—John W. Matthews, A. T. Miller, M. H. Smith, Harris E. Thomas, J. D. Towar. '86—J. W. Clemons, P. B. Woodworth. '87—Frank R. Smith. '88—Louis A. Bregger, Chas. B. Cook, Francis J. Free, A. B. Ide, A. B. Goodwin, Wm. A. Taylor. '89—E. N. Pagelsen. '90—B. K. Bentley, Paul Woodworth. '91—Alex. F. Gordon, George C. Monroe. '92—Howard B. Baker, A. N. Bateman, George W. Davis, John W. Dunn, G. E. Ewing, George A. Hawley, J. E. Hinkson, Arthur F. Stow. '93—L. H. Baker, Albert B. Chase, Dwight S. Cole, A. B. Cook, Edwin C. Peters. [94—A. J. Beese, R. S. Campbell. '95—Guy H. Frace, Frank Johnson, A. C. THE M. A. C. RECORD n MacKinnon, J. S. Mitchell, Chas. H. Robin son, H. R. Smith. '96—E. E. Gallup, George E. Starr, S. B. Young. '97—Benj. Halsteacl, G. A. Parker, A. L. Pond. '98—George Campbell, Pearl Kedzie Plant, Floyd W. Robinson, Dewey A. Seeley, Fred L- Woodworth. '99—F. N. Lowry, Charles H. Palmer, Mrs. E. W. Ranney, F. E. West. '00—Mrs. Addie McGillvra Cook, E. W. Ranney. '01—D. B. Jewell, N. A. McCune, Floyd H. Smith. '02—E. R. Bennett, Frank Carpenter, M. A. Crosby, E. I. Dail, Ralph W. Griffith, M. O. Horton, Charles M. Ludlow, Burt A. Peter son, Mrs. Alice Robb, Mrs. F. E. West, Mrs. C. V. Yoder. '03—Harry W. Dey, H. Morton Jr. Elsie Morrison Shoesmith, Edna V. Smith, J. R. Tower. '04—R. J. Baldwin, Marguerite Barrows, C. I. Brunger, C. L. Brody, Geo. McMullen, H. T. Ross, E. A. Seelye, Bess Rouser Seelye, C. G. Woodbury. '05—Helen Baker Morgan, E. B. Morrison, Paulina Raven Morse, Lillian Taft Sage, R. J. West. '06—Alida Alexander, Wm. E. Morgan, Cora L. * Sanf ord, Mary Tingley. '07—Bertha I. Beal, H. R. Beckwith, Ora Luther Beckwith, G. A. Brown, Bessie Har- court Christopher, Bernice Black Dail, Daniel H. Ellis, Fletcher A. Gould, O. I. Gregg, E. L. Grover, Helen Ashley Hill, L. B. Hitch cock, R. S. Hudson, M. F. Johnson, Ruby Newman" Ludwig, Ray L. Penned, Emil C. Pokorny, A. Crosman Pratt, Earl P. Robin son, C. L. Rowe, L. E. Smith, H. G. Stone, Ernest H. Taylor, Andrew Van Halteren. '08—Philip J. Baker, Fannie E. Beal, Ros- well G. Carr, Mrs. Bertha Payne Gladden, Bess Covell Gould, Irma M. Gregg, H. H. Musselman, J. V. Sheap. '09—Edith Hudson Bearup, Olive Graham Bennett, O. W. Fairbanks, Wm. D. Frazer, A. J. Hutchins, Ethelyn Hudson Smith, C. H. Spurway, R. V. Tanner, R. A. Turner, Lenora Smith VanHalteren. '10—-Norma Vedder Andrews, Chase Crissey, John Conely DeCamp, Hazel K. Johnson, A. H. Perrine, O. L. Snow, Minnie Johnson Starr. '11—Emerson A. Armstrong, Harris Col- lingwood, H. E. Dennison, Herbert I. Duthie, Winifred Felton Duthie, Helen Eichele Gard ner, J. G. Hays, Mabel Robinson Hock, John W. Knecht, Carl H. Knopf, C. S. Langdon, C. W. McKibbin, Betty Palm, E. C. Sauve, Thos. C. Whyte. '12—Lee J. Ashley, V. G. Anderson, C. B. Baker, C. V. Ballard, Marjorie George Ballard, H. Lee Bancroft, O. G. Barrett, Frank L. Bar rows, Lucile M. Barrows, A. G. Bovay, G. V. Branch, Ella Lentz Brown, C. G. Burns, Mary Richardson Caldwell, T. H. Caldwell, Arthur Cronk, A. E. Day, A. G. Doherty, Grace Ellis, Edward J. Frear, Leon B. Gardner, C. Ross Garvey, Bess Howe Geagley, Milton J. Gearing, Gaile W. Gilbert, Mrs. Carrie L. Glenn, Nels Hansen, C. Lee Harrison, E. F. Hock, O. B. Holley, R. G. Kirby, Helen Louise Knecht, M. T. Munn, Lillian Muellen- bach Nehil, Philena Smith Pratt, Sara Van Dervoort Riordan, H a r ry G. Taft, James B. Watkins. '13—Louise I. Clemens, Chrystal G. Colvin, G. C. Dillman, Harriett B. Gardner, D. L. Hagerman, Martha VanOrden Loree, Hazel Powell Publow, F. T. Riddell, O. E. Robey, Ruth A. Russell, Keats K. Vining, Arthur D. . Wolf. '14—Bertha VanOrden Baldwin, D. C. Bar man, H. Blakeslee Crane, Muriel Smith Crane, L. P. Dendel, Blanche Hays Gailey, G. E. Gauthier, F. C. Gilbert, Geo. F. Gilbert, Bessie Andrews Hays, Alice Wood Irvin, Roy Irvin, J. H. Kenyon, J. W. Longnecker, M. J. Paine, H. L. Publow, Bessie Rogers Sears, J. W. Weston. Barman, '15—Marjorie Eckliff T. • H. B rough ton, J. E. Burnett, Ray Campbell, E. E. Down, Evelyn L. Gauthier, Mrs. Addie Gladden Donald, E. B. Hill, W. W. Lavers, A. C. Lytle, C. R. Miller, J. W. Nicolson, Douglas E. Phillips, R. M. Roland, B. E. Shaffer, Alice Crafts Storrs, O. A. Taylor, Anna VanHalteren Vernier, Hazel Mundy Wayne. '16—S. J. Browned, Helen Edison Cavan, Pauline Coppens Colville, Herbert G. Cooper, D. F. Jones, Esther A. Keating, Mrs. O. W. Laidlaw, H. L. Lewis, C. M. McCrary, K. H. McDonel, Grace Martin, Blake Miller, Laura Cole Phillips, R. A. Runnells, Lucius D. Sears, J. P. Smith, Kate MacDonald Smith, L. R. Stanley, Louella Wilder. • Blanche '17—H. A. Andrews, Evans Broughton, Helen Peterson Cawood, Cydna Free Cooper, S. J. Culver, L. L. Frimodig, Dorothy Dorris Frimodig, George H. Gil lespie, E. M. Gordon, Emma Harms, Frank Harris, Josephine Carver Hedges, F. B. Himes, C. C. Hood, O. W. Laidlaw, Gertrude Hudson McCurdy, A. L. Maire, Helen G. Per- rin, Austin L. Pino, Hazel E. Povey, H. E. Rather, W. E. Savage, A. R. Sheffield, Howard W. Sheldon, Albert K. Smith, Glenn O. Stewart, Delbert E. Storrs, Herbert D. Straight, Helen Hancorne Washburn, Chas. A. Washburn, W. L. Waterbury, N. O. Weil, F. M. Wilson. .'18—W. N. Cawood, L. Merle Chubb, F. R. Frye, Cleo Gledhill, Marion L. Grettenberger, K. I. Inselman, Einar A. Johnson, Alice J. McCartney, I. B. McMurtry, W. L. Mailman, B. M. Murray, Julia M. Rigterink, Fannie Rogers Stewart, Gladys H. Straight, Mabel E. Wiley, Robert A. Wiley, C. A. Wood. '19—R. L. Baxter, Margaret Coppas Colvin, Sherli Blair Dedrick, Frank W. Fitzpatrick, John H. Hammes, Robert Huxtable, J. Aletha 12 THE M. A. C. RECORD Keiser, Boyd A. Rainey, Irene Smith, Harold F. Thayer, W. H. Thies, Einar E. Ungren, A. G. Weidemann, Irma Moore Wood. '20—H. J. Andrews, O. W. Andrews, Ger trude R. Babcock, L. V. Benjamin, L. J. Bot- timer, W. K. Bristol, Carleton H. Currie, A. M. Estes, Fern Fillingham, Ruth Dane, Thomas F. Foster, George A. Garratt, E. Genevieve Gillette, Edith M. Graham, E. C. Hach, L. N. Jones, Ralph B. Kling, M. Louise Larrabee, E. J. Leenhouts, Bertha D. Lyman, Eli W. Middlemiss, B. A. Murbach, Robert E. Post, Stanley M. Powell, D. F. Rainey, Flor ence Rouse, I. J. Snider, Ethel M. Snyder, Milton C. Townsend, Louise J. Watson, G. D. Wible, Harriet E. Wilder. '21—H. D. Allen, K. C. Andrews, Clyde H. Arend, L. P. Benjamin, Mildred Bennett, L. P. Benjamin, R. E. Bergman, Marie F. Cor coran, Catherine A. Craig, Wayne Crampton, Laura H. Crissman, John S. Cutler, Dorothy E. Curts, Patricia Lyon DeYoung, John B. Donovan, H. B. Hartwig, Wm. J. B. Hicks, 01 eta Coverdale Hiller, Laura E. Hoover, Beatrice W. Hosmer, T. G. Lindquist, Lester C. Lunden, R. C. Kinney, Carol Macgregor, Pearl McComb, Mary Anne Hunter Merrill, Frances G. Middlemiss, Dale T. Musselman, Russell G. Phillips, John B. Ranger, Laurence W. Ross, Everett C. Sackrider, Marian F. Seeley, Earle F. Sheffield, X. B. Shaffer, C. E. Skiver, Wilma Strauch, C. R. Stull, C. J. Thomson, Janet Isbell VanDervoort, W. K. Wellman, Dorothea M. Wetherbee, W. B. Williams, McGlenard Williamson, Ralph E. Yeatter. '22—Frances N. Bateman, Guy R. Bennett, G. D. Blair, Clara M. Carbine, , H a r ry W. Coon, H. L. Fleming, Don M. Gray, Allie L. Hatovsky, Ralph E. Hammond, Chas. Hig- bee, John H. Hohnke, Arno H. Johnson, Caroline Jennings McCune, Geo. R. Phillips, G. W. Putnam, Stanley S. Radford, Mary Emily Ranney, Douglas V. Steere, George E, Wilson. Specials—Mrs. Gertrude H. Babcock, Eva W. Carrett. M E E T I NG OF T HE S T A TE BOARD OF A G R I C U L T U RE President's Office June 29, 1922. 1 o'clock. Present—President Friday, Mrs. Stockman, Messrs. Watkins, Brody, McPherson and Sec retary Halladay. The minutes of the previous meeting, hav ing been in the hands of the members, were approved without reading. Moved by Mr. Brody that $4,500 be con the the Alumni Association tributed next year, beginning July 1. Carried. for to Moved by Mrs. Stockman that the follow ing resignation tendered by Dean Sweeny, be accepted. Carried. June 20, 1922. the State Board of Agriculture, To Lansing, Michigan. Gentlemen: I hereby tender my resignation as Dean of the Home Economics Division of the Mich igan Agricultural College, to become effective I shall appreciate the favor if I may July 15. be released at tha ttime. Very truly yours, (Signed) Mary E. Sweeny. Dean of Home Economics. Moved by Mr. Watkins that the Board ap prove the authorization of degrees to the fol lowing candidates. Carried. (List of seniors receiving B. S. degrees.) Master of Science: Hung Chun Chang, Sarkis Garabed Der Sarkissian, Romine Carl Stoll, Christos Demetrios Christoulias, Otto Herman Friedmann, Grosvenor Ward Put nam. Master of Agriculture: Elton Brainard Hill,' Stanley J. Brownell, Eldon Eugene Down. Electrical Engineer: Emerson Allen Arm strong. Doctor of Agriculture: Robert Sidney Shaw. teacher's Moved by Mrs. Stockman that a certificate be granted to Mr. Fred C. Smiley, Carried. Moved by Mr. Brody that a new department that the head the' of Landscape Gardening be created, and Prof. Halligan be transferred from of head of to the new department. Carried. Moved by Mr. Watkins that the following the Department of Horticulture appointments be approved : Carried. V. R. Gardner, Professor of Horticulture, beginning September 1. F. C. Bradford, Associate Professor of Horticulture, beginning September 1. E. P. Lewis, Instructor in Horticulture, be ginning September 15. Mr. Rofkar, Instructor in Horticulture, be ginning September 1. that Moved by Mr. Brody Moved by Mrs. Stockman the open ing of the bids for the new Home Economics Building lie postponed to Wednesday, July 12, at one o'clock p. m. Carried. that the half-time in Botany previously graduate assistantship instead granted to Donald Leith, be awarded the half-time to Delbert Swartz; also assistantship to An toinette Trevithick be awarded instead to Miss Dorothy Yakeley. Carried. in Bacteriology granted that Moved by Mr. Brody and carried: _ 1. That Mr. R. P. Miller be appointed half- time graduate assistant in Farm Crops. 2. That Mr. H. R. Adams be appointed half-time graduate assistant in soils. 3. That two half-time graduate assistants be granted the department of chemistry, one in biological and one in electrical chemistry. 4. That one additional half-time graduate the department of bac assistant be granted teriology. 5. That the two quarter-time graduate as- THE M. A. C. RECORD 13 President Friday's Inaugural Address The combined inaugural and commencement address which President David Friday de livered on commencement morning proved so that full of that the Record alumni who could not attend the commence ment exercises may read the message the new President brought to members of the gradu ating class, alumni, faculty, and friends of the college in this "keynote" address of the new ' . administration. thought is publishing it all in order interest and analytical Commencement day and is an occasion when students for faculty go up the last time into the high places of that land called "college is a pleasant and leisurely domain from the calm and' serenity of together life." It sistantships now assigned to the department of in one half-time assistant- botany be united ship. 6. That one additional half-time graduate assistant be assigned the department of botany. 7. That the salary in each case be $800 per annum and the appointments date from Sep tember 1. Moved by Mr. Brody that Mr. E. E. Huyck in poultry husbandry federal students from June 26 to Sep instructor be appointed for tember 1. Carried. Moved by Mr. Watkins that the resignation of Mr. W. H. Bonner as instructor in English, be accepted, effective August 31. Moved by Mr, Watkins that Prof. John ston's request for permission to employ suc cessors to L. P. Waldo, absent on leave, and W. H. Bonner, resigned, be referred the president with power to act. Carried. to Moved by Mr. Watkins that a post summer school be established for federal aid men from the August 4 to September 15, offering fol lowing agricultural surveying and engineering 61 and 62, bacteriology, subjects: Moved by Mr. Brody that Mr. Reed's ex penses in attending the Mid-West Dairy Show at Kansas City, be approved. Carried. Moved by 'Mr. Watkins that the matter rela the Minnis farm, be to the secretary with, power to act. tive to the purchase of referred Carried. Moved by Mr. Brody Schepers be made beginning July I. Carried. treasurer of that Mr. Jacob the college, Moved by Mrs. Stockman that the treas urer's bond be placed at $50,000. Carried. M A R R I A G ES DOYLE-CURTISS Richard L. Doyle '18 and Dorthy B. Curtiss '21 were married Saturday, June 24, at South Haven, Michigan. They are living in Mount Clemens, at 163 Clinton Street. Floyd R. Frye FRYE-ODOR '18 and Helen M. Odor of Kansas City, Missouri, were married June 14, 1922. They will live in Okeman, Oklahoma, where Frye is field engineer for the Empire Gas and Fuel Company. Box number is 156. DE YOUNG-LYONS Warren E. DeYoung '20 and Patricia Lyons '21 of Fenton, Michigan, were married Febru ary 25, 1922. is on a construction job at Sommers, Wisconsin, with the Liberty Engineering Company of Chicago. "Skinny" RATHER-M'KNIGHT Howard C. Rather '17 and Emily McKnight '22 were married, Saturday, June 24, at Bir mingham. They will make their home in East Lansing. David Friday Its detachment whose heights one looks forward and surveys the world which the graduate is about, to en ter. of vantage which enables us to get a view of the orientation of the universe. We .can see it in perspective, and can fix in our mind's eye its main outlines. These are apt to be lost later the when we are threading our way among furnishes a point 14 THE M. A. C. RECORD tangles and the forest of every-day life. As the new President of this, your "Alma Mater, It is I am about to enter this land with you. to therefore, fitting, gether live and the world is as yet an unexplored have our being. land, and it bids fair to turn out materially different from the country which we have been traversing thus far in our lives. that we should survey in which we will It in change in constitutions the very essence of It seldom occurs to us that those who are graduating from college today have not seen a world at peace since they entered high school. Tbe whole social process has been flux; the change has been of things reported in the daily press, in the maga zines, in the very books which men have writ ten during the last eight years. The boundaries of political states have been moved and are not yet fixed. High potentates have been cast down; old ruling dynasties have gone the way of all flesh. New and radical political princi ples have been embodied for the government of peoples. In short, the old world has been revolutionized during the eight years since the graduate of today left the com the mon school. This sort of natural by-product of war in a civilized world. As a consequence of all this, we will be living, during less orderly than that which existed a decade ago. Where before there were main traveled roads, we will find pathways but vaguely marked Out. There are many people of middle age and beyond who believe that the natural course of events will merely bring us back to normalcy. They hope to see the old order reestablished once more. That was a settled, complacent, simple self-satisfied philosophy of life. But the younger genera tion is beginning to realize that the discussion over re-establishing is a fury of words, dictated by the necessities of old-fashioned political intrigue. The task of the world is reconstruction, and the men and women who are going out from the American today will be busy establishing a colleges changed order on a foundation of reformed institutions. the pre-war world the next decade, in a universe order, with fairly is a the that until we understand it will be valuable the society If we are to undertake this task of recon struction intelligently, to in have some understanding of which we find ourselves. And we will never society have series which preceded our day and the of changes which brought us from that condi tion to this. Indeed, the changes which have the particular and peculiar world produced of this moment did not begin in August, 1914. Those which have occurred since that date are more dramatic and grandiose than others which occurred in the three decades preceding. fundamental. But they are certainly no more the Western civilization, by which we .mean has civilization of Europe passed industrial and technological changes in the last half century which have shattered and swept away a whole through a series of and America, the "Modern Industrial Revolution," system of time-honored opinions and dogmas. In my own thinking I have coined a new name I have come to designate it for this period. as in contra-distinction to that industrial revolution which took place during the decade which pre ceded the great European upheaval of one In discussing our present- hundred years ago. day world and the problems which it presents to the education world, I wish to direct atten in tion dustrial revolution has wrought. For what happens to America during the next quarter in of a century must be explained primarily the through which we light of have just passed. the changes which this modern the decades to the to sense There are three outstanding results of this industrial revolution. The first is a great en industrial power and eco largement of our first na nomic security. Germany was tion this, but she had a medieval political organization ruled over by William III, the last of the dynasty of Hohenzollerns, who attempted to use it for the aggrandize ment of that ruling family. But with char his militaristic acteristic political clique had overlooked the spirit of democracy which was a by-product of the increased well-being which this modern to the common industrial revolution brought man. To America the war revealed for the first time its- economic possibilities. the growth dullness . of The second result of the advance which has occurred in the world of science and of in dustry since 1870 is that it has made obsolete thought a large portion of our old system of and of it. Politics and the state, religion and the church, philosophy and ethics, are all decades behind the advance which we have made in mastering the secrets of our physical environment. the institutions which represented The third result of noisy,—movement the events of half a decade is an attempt to embody the new world of ideas and of values in a new art. America has never before had such a vigorous, inde pendent,—albeit the world of art as we are observing today. The younger generation is free, intellectually and It is moving in a new world, en artistically. joying re forms which fuses grew out of the experiences of other men and the conditions of other times. it with pagan abandon, and to express in the itself in it With this sketch as a starting point, let us look somewhat more closely at the changes which have been wrought and at the nature of the intellectual problem which the changed to the college-bred man and world presents woman I can speak with most au today. thority concerning industrial change. To me as an economist the war to this country was that it revealed our power to produce goods when the whole na tion had some end to strive for which was straightforward and stimulating so that it brought our whole productive capacity into operation. During the time that we were the greatest service of enough THE M. A. C. RECORD 15 in excess of the war and in each year. A part of engaged in hostilities, we devoted to the prose cution of war fifteen billion dollars' worth of our product this went to feed and arm our allies, and part to support our own army and navy. We created it, in field, factory, and -work shop. And yet, after applying this amazing volume of prod uct to the prosecution of war, our output was great enough so that what was left fed and clothed our people in comparative comfort. In fact, one never heard greater accusations of extravagance the period which followed than during it. In the last seven years we have sent Europe more than three billion dollars' worth of our product every year the product they sent us. Before invested abroad, by exporting of the war we the economic power of England and Ger many. But during these last seven years we have to other nations on credit, more than England had in vested in foreign nations in the one hundred years, which preceded 1914. We know now that even in an ordinary year before the war the produced wealth of this nation was grow ing at a rate equal to that of England, Ger- : many, France and Italy combined. And yet, in international matters we are still mouth ing over the old shibboleths ; we are still keep time ing alive the old prejudices. inter that someone were formulating a new national policy for this country which com ported in dignity with our economic power. I fear that this task awaits a younger gener ation. Thus far we have produced little ex pect a flow of Congressional bombast com pounded out of precedent and prejudice. It is high stood fear in in More important than its significance for our international position are the possibilities of the industrial revolution for the realization of a great society which shall be truth a democracy. It is fair to say that the average output per man, woman, and child has doubled during the last four decades. It is capable of proof that the produced wealth of this coun try, its equipment and means of transportation and electrical communication; buildings, both public and private, in short its accumu lated capital wealth has been doubled during twenty years. We have added as the to that much during the last quarter-century portion of our national wealth which is the product of human toil as our forefathers had two centuries and more accumulated during which this conti nent. they had inhabited in the last its unemployed. We were But we are not producing to our full ca pacity during that period. There was always labor and equip .a considerable amount of to ment periodical depressions of business in which to one-fifth of our productive ca one-fourth pacity was allowed to run to waste for a year or more before we recovered our stride again. There were strikes- and there was industrial strife and sabotage; all of which lockouts; subject interfered with the full realization of our eco found It was only when we nomic power. to face with some great na ourselves face tional end which fused us co hesion that we rose to our possibilities. into , social from its operation those in ordinary Just there lies one of the most challenging problems which confronts your generation. We must devise some method of freeing our elements industrial machinery which retard times. If we can do this our volume of output per man, woman and child will be greatly. in creased over anything that the world has yet the danger of insecurity, seen. Economic from starvation and of suffering starvation and want, must be reduced to - a minimum. The discoveries of science and the experience of if the last six years have shown us that we can realize the possibilities of production tarined man, we known shall be able to establish a decent standard of living for our entire population. We can do this not merely now and then,* in a favorable year, but we shall be able to maintain it con- technically the to • sistently decade after decade. repeat As long as men were ignorant of the pos sibility of accomplishing this end they could "The honestly enough the proverb, poor always ye have with you." But once . science and experience has revealed to us the possibilities of production we are shirkers if we do not realize them to the full. For po litically and ethically we are a democracy, and democracy has for its simple and funda mental idea the notion that it is in the-public to all classes. interest to furnish opportunity Those who have unusual capacities in for tellectual and spiritual attainment must not, have those capacities stifled because of eco nomic poverty. Those who have merely ordi nary capabilities, the ability, forethought and enjoyment of the common man, must be given life of comfort the opportunity of living a that we are a and security. The mere fact democracy makes the question of ample pro duction and of just distribution of the product a cultural question for us. The world has dreamed for centuries of a society in which the means of well-being shall be established for all. No country except ours has ever been that within dream. We can do it. And by a process of reconstruction we must do it if we are to suc ceed in the fullest measure as an industrial nation. striking distance of realizing for foundation the great swing-out In the scientific work which has constituted the in productive capacity, our colleges and universi ties have been leaders. This is notably true land grant colleges, which dedicated of our to this task. Their work themselves frankly on is by no research It is not given to any man means complete. to say where their attainments will end. But on the side of political and social reconstruc the work has hardly begun. Here we tion interrela- know as yet little about the causal the side of scientific i6 THE M. A. C. RECORD in the institution? These are questions the phenomena which we ob tions between serve about us in the world of business and politics. Why do prices rise and fall? How . do taxes affect prices and the production of wealth? Why are a few so rich and the many so poor? And what would be the effect upon the total product of industry if a more nearly industry could be at equal distribution of tained? Will men work harder in dustrial field for money than for an ideal or an about which we know curiously little as yet. Our knowledge is slight concerning these matters because we know as yet so little about' the nature of man and of this complex organism called society, in which he lives and moves. This new world will surely demand of you and of your Alma Mater an attack upon these problems of social and political justice which shall be as vigorous and as sincere, which •shall be as patient and long-suffering as was the attack of the pioneers of the 70's and the 8o's upon the problems of physical science. the accomplishments the center of On the surface seemed discovering of science and of industry which constitute what in we have been pleased to call the modern dustrial revolution seem to pertain to material things alone ; to the discovery of casual inter The relations between physical phenomena. con votaries be cerned only with secrets of nature. But man had constructed for him self a whole theory of conduct, a philosophy of life, yea, a religion, which was based upon what he believed to be facts concerning nature. The world was flat. Your eyes told you that. The earth was the universe. Man was created in the image of God; fallen from his high estate, it is true, but only a lit tle lower than the angels at that. The whole universe was presided over by a deity with feelings and passions like unto man; a jealous in his God, to wrath, but The anger when he was once aroused. rulers and the wise men of the earth set them selves up as the representatives of this great Ruler of' us all. Now when the flatness of the earth was called in question, and when tha£, earth itself was made to revolve around the sun; when things which had been thought to be miraculous and like visita tions of pestilence and disease, were seen to be the results of determinable and preventa ble causes; there followed a questioning of our philosophy of life and our theory of con duct as well. irrational, terrible science slow the of to this In short, the by-product of scientific and industrial revolution has been skepticism and doubt in the field of philosophy. Some of it has even extended into the field of religion. This was only natural; for after all the scien tists and the engineers, who were the leaders impious the scientific movement, were an of lot of iconoclasts on the intellectual side. It was of that they should question everything, holding none of our time-honored opinions about our physi the very nature of their work cal environment sacred: This questioning atti tude of mind which made doubt a virtue and which made the formulation of new and inter esting hypotheses a mark of intellectual dis tinction was bound to find its way into other fields of Philosophy, politics, and art are fields in which the revolution is even It has not as yet gotten far now in progress. beyond in the first two of these domains. The task, of reconstruction is still before us. its critical and destructive phase thought. It must be a faith In religion and ethics we must reconstruct a broad faith in the worthwhileness of life and in of human striving. the in which there shall be ample room for tellectual honesty of the scientist and for the those who find a keen zest in aspirations of these changes have been living. Not until wrought institu in our social and political tions will the full fruits of our scientific and industrial revolution be realized. At present is like new wine in our technical knowledge the old bottles of medieval and theology eighteenth century political institutions. in to in ideas. treatises ideas with is embodied little potency as the ballot box and Above all, America must bring forth a new art. Our ideas on politics, on religion, on so cial justice, will have long Just so long as they remain abstract as they are mere subjects for discourses in class room and on lecture platforms and for the magazines of philosophical life learned societies, they will not touch the of they do the common man. Not until they come to expression touch his life will institutions which at stand as living structure to body forth these ideas. The word must become flesh and live It is the 4unction of the artist to among us. in forms which are rich and body it forth colorful and which stir our emotions the the bare bones of depths. He must clothe abstract living beauty. America will never be a democracy,—she will never, be the quintessence of her reconstructed,—until faith in architecture and paint ing; in poetry and music; in the novel and the drama. When in this has been accomplished, dustrial revolution of the last fifty years will in have come to fruition. On the side of dustrial output and economic well-being it has already borne fruit. In the field of religion it has produced little beyond skepticism. For any young man or young woman this is a field for labor which promises rewards commensu rate with the place which religion has always occupied and, in the long run, always must occupy in the life of humanity. In the field of politics we seem to be in a back-wash for the time being. Whether we will soon embark upon the high tide of political reconstruction, time alone can tell. Certainly it is for youth to furnish the impetus which will take us out of our present slough. Especially in interna tional affairs the earth making a sorry spectacle of herself. is the strongest nation of the Most hopeful for democracy is the stir and THE M. A. C. RECORD 17 W I TH THE ENROLLMENT Q? 350 STUDENTS in the Summer School, which opened on June 26, for the total enrollment of resident students the year passed the 2,500 mark for first the time in the history of M. A. C. In addition to regular students in the four-year courses, winter agricultural course and summer school students are included in this count. C L A SS N O T ES '74 Henry Haigh attended the annual meeting of the State Historical Society at Lansing, May 24, and left for Cincinnati, Ohio, for an indefinite time. the Grand Rapids the company, you do '81 The following is taken from the June -issue Record, Furniture of ' W h en you walk into the California Furni ture Company's beautiful store in Los Angeles, you instinctively remove your hat. When you meet A. H. Voight, president and general manager of the same its creator thing, because the California and refinement. possess the same atmosphere of At. every Grand Rapids market you will notice a scholarly man surrounded by friends. He never seems to have a moment of leisure. His opinions are highly valued by retailers and being salesmen alike and he quizzed. Mr. Voight is a bachelor of science as well as one of the foremost furniture mer chants in the country. But for his doctor's orders, which to Los Angeles, practically without funds, he probably would have been lost to the furniture industry. With is constantly sent him in of and There these civilizations activity the field of art. Here America, with her abundance of means and her possi bilities for leisure, is big with promise for the that America may future. is hope succeed in contributing to the history of the world something comparable to the art con tributed by the civilizations- of Greece, of the medieval Christian Europe, Italian renaissance; of aristocratic France and England.. Each of left a unique set of art forms.which constitute an expression of life. As long as civilization stands, the architecture, the sculpture, the painting and the literature of these civilizations will be considered as the world's most priceless possessions. And now America comes in the name of democracy and bids fair to evolve another such set of crea the em tions which shall bodiment of the large and distinctive view of life which has grasped men's souls and held them now for centuries. its spiritual and emotional likewise stand as in one of which we stand In this movement the colleges of the middle today, are west, sure to occupy a position of leadership. Read Willa Cather's novel, "My Antonia," and then despair of American if you can. She has distilled the quintessence of democracy from life, the atmosphere of middle western and has made out of it a thing immortal. literature for for the last and The lack of opportunity. industrial revolution of together with all the possibilities fifty years has given us economic and commercial power for carrying out magnificent leisure industrial power? projects, that come with There is no reason why any bit of intellectual and artistic ability in America, should go un developed The aristocracies of the past were able to discover and train only a handful of the- capacity for intellectual, artistic and spiritual attainment which is born into all classes of society. Their economic means were limited. But we were fertile continent un- given simultaneously a in exploited, and an unparalleled swing-out technical development. We have the means to attain the ends which they were foreclosed If we develop this,ability which from gaining. it will surely body comes from forth the ideals of democracy in living forms. For to them the dream of democracy is the one thing which has made life endurable for centuries. into which we are venturing today, but in Ameri ca, at least, it is a world full of hope and of new possibilities. indeed a new world the masses is It So let us take the. freedom from fear and superstition which science has given us. Let us take the power which the modern' industrial revolution has placed in our hands. Let us hold to the joy of life, to the high hopes and aspirations which are ours today. With these we can construct a new and better world which shall stand as the spirit of the American college. the expression of i8 THE M, A. C. RECORD faith in himself and an abundance of the future of this country, he secured work in a furniture store as general utility man, despite his education, and from 1881 until 1905 he re mained with this store. He then resigned and organized the California, which is known from coast to coast as one of furniture in the country. Mr. Voigt never be stores lieved furniture. He has always in selling considered it his duty to sell beauty and con tentment. He has had a far clearer vision of the mission of the furniture merchant than most of his contemporaries, and that is why insti the California has become a national tution." the finest '90 R. B. McPherson has sold the Cluny Stock Farm, road, six miles west of Howell. He still receives his Record at Howell. the Detroit-Lansing located on '02 Frances Sly Lane may be addressed at Box 1275, Station C, Los Angeles. T. P. Chase gets his mail at R. R. 16, Dayton, Ohio. '07 Clara Morley has moved in Los Angeles, California, to 2520 Wilshire Boulevard. '09 C. C. Taylor and Bessie McCormick Taylor are living in Louisville, Kentucky, at 11 East- over Court. '11 Mr. and Mrs. George F. Conway announce the arrival of Robert Thomas on June 17. The Conways live in Lansing at 716 W. Mich igan Avenue. Mail addressed to J. H. Hawkins on board the U. S. S. Shawmut, has been returned un claimed. to anyone Hawkin's present whereabouts ? enlighten Can us A. E. Warner writes from 320 Exchange Building, South Omaha, Nebraska, "Am with the Packers and Stock Yards Administration, Department of Agriculture. Will be at Omaha, Nebraska, for a month or more." Mary Ellen Graham has located for left Lansing and the summer at Berrien will be Springs, Michigan, at 405 Ferry Street. '16 Emma O. Zieske is in Lansing, living at 123 South Eighth Street. H. L. Lewis may be reached at Howell, Michigan. Grace Martin has returned to her home in Detroit, 10265 Prairie Avenue. '17 Charles D. Anderson received his M. A. from Columbia University this June. H. C. Stewart has moved in Detroit, to 7465 Byron Avenue. ing to Box 919, Palmer School of Chiropractic, Davenport, Iowa. '18 John E. Kotila has gone back to the U. P. again as Assistant State Plant Pathologist at the Experiment Station at Chatham. Cleo Gledhill is in Galion, Ohio, for summer. Ohio, again next fall. She expects to be back the in Carey, May E. Foley received her M. A. from Columbia University and located at Camp Josephine, Lake Mohegan, New York. to George Spoon has moved in Muskegon is now 225 Pine Street. Wesley E. Thomas has moved in Lansing to 'x9 . . • • 1200 W.. Ottawa Street. '19? Never see them The following is quoted from a note from Gertrude Rogers Moody, "What's the matter the Alumni with column. We are still at the same place and in the same business. " Am spending July and August in New Hampshire with my mother. Mr. Moody '20 will be there part of August and then back to Dixon, Illinois." * in Newton L. Reed is still located in Philadel phia and lives at 3929 Locust. Edgar Osborne is metallurgist with the Buick Motor Company at Flint. Ada F. Cobb is back the summer. Her address is 818 Seymour Street. for left Yale,' Michigan, Madge Dilts has in Lansing for Flemington, New Jersey. William Kurtz has moved in Madison, Wis consin, to Room 410 University Y. M. C. A. Since the first of October, Boyd A. Rainey has been connected with the Michigan State seed de Farm Bureau at Lansing, partment. the in '20 Raymond Noddins is with the Mutual Fire Prevention Bureau, 230 East Ohio Street, Chicago. Marie Schreiber sailed June 10 for a sum mer's tour of Europe. She will visit France, Germany, Switzerland and perhaps Holland, This- comes from Edith Smith, Sebewaing, Michigan, "Next year, I expect to hold my old position as principal of Reese High School. And this from Martin R. Crocker, "The Record has been getting to me regularly since I've been in Pittsburg and is about the only tie I have with, the school. We have a small . local .association in Pittsburg but due to the size and variety of interests in everything ex cept our Alma Mater, we do not meet very the Bell Telephone often. Company, at present' in the Transmission En gineering Division." Maurice Jewett is metallurgist and super intendent of the heat treating department of the Interstate Iron and Steel Company. He lives at 4738 Magoun Avenue, East Chicago, Indiana. I am still with Mr. and Mrs. Lyle M. Wilson announce the arrival of Genevieve Mae on May 26, 1922. The Wilsons may be reached by writ Karl Hendershott sends in this, "Manager, Lake Chelan Fruit Growers, Inc. We are building common storage warehouse .this sea- THE M. A. C. RECORD 19 son at cost of $15,000 to properly handle our fruit. This is a great country for the apple. Planted 17 acres myself I want to know what all the '20 Horts are doing. Can't we have it in the Record?" Hender- shott may be addressed at Chelan, Washing ton. this spring. Harold M. Vaughn of Fremont, Michigan, that's a Ford^, says, "Nothing new except enough to keep anyone busy." George Garratt's blue slip says, "McClellan Avenue, Mineola, Long Island, New York. The above address is only temporary as I ex pect to be more permanently located in New later on. Am planning Haven, Connecticut, on . spending next year taking up graduate work at the Yale Forest School. H. R. Weber, with '21, graduated from Massachusetts Aggies this year and is at present in the hardware business. Address is 5-7 Queens Blvd., Elm- hurst, Long Island." Virginia Flory is back in South Haven for the summer. Blanka Retingerowa, whom many will re member as taking the eight weeks' course in poultry in the winter of 1920, sailed recently with her husband to Poland where she will the social service: work. Mr. Retin enter gerowa will be connected with the University of Poland. '21 Linus Palmer Avenue, Grand Rapids. Can anyone where he is now? is no longer at 405 Sheldon tell, us John S. Cutler requests vis to change his address to 67 West 10th Avenue, Columbus, Ohio. '20 Paul L. Ginter and Cora Baske Ginter may be addressed at Box 1068, Freemont E x periment Station, Colorado Springs, Colorado. A recent letter from Ginter says, "Please send my Record to the above address since I have been the Forest Products Laboratory at Madison, Wisconsin, and am transferred from now doing work at the Freemont Experiment Station which is located half way up to Pikes Peak. Mrs. Ginter and I shall be very glad to have any M. A. Cites drop in (long drop) and see us, if they chance to come this way. We are very sorry that we are unable to at tend the reunion this spring." This comes from Sen Yu, address should be changed from now on to Robinson Hall, Cambridge, Massachusetts. I heard lately from Jen Nan Shu, '21, of Nantungchow, China. He wrote in China, working that - he 'There with 2,000 acres of I were didn't take either, for is a poor job for any beginner.' " two positions offered me is a real farmer land. He said, University, Harvard teaching I think teach. "My to Emmanuel Carlsen, father of Albert Carl- sen '21, was crushed to death when he was the caught in the wheel he was oiling Currey mine at Vulcan, Michigan. He died before his companions the ma chinery. could stop at L. C. Schafer is now with the Consumer's Power Company as combustion engineer at the is living • with H. J. Elm Street plant. He Kurtz '21, at 119 E. VanBuren Street, Battle Creek. E. Duelle Devereaux and Mildred Mattoon Devereaux '21, may be addressed at Box 243, Corunna, Michigan. Mr. Devereaux is assist Shiawassee engineer ant to the county in county and Mrs. Devereaux is instructor of sciences at the Corunna High School. They extend a hearty welcome to all M. A. Cites. Bruce Gleason is a chemist with the Jaxon Steel Products Company and lives at 220 W. Wilkins Street, Jackson. Gertrude Rankin is now in Shelby, Michigan. Myron V. Gleason has moved to Old Mis sion, Michigan. Claude M. Stover is no longer at Hastings, informa Michigan. Can anyone give us late tion concerning him? Howard Terrace, being torn down to make room for the new Home Economics building. W o rk on the razing of the old dormitory was started this week. 20 THE M. A. C. RECORD IF YOU WOULD HAVE REAL SERVICE-LET M. A. C. MEN SERVE YOU EDWARD N. PAGELSEN, '89 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, '71 Diseases of the EYE, EAR, NOSE, AND THROAT Glasses Fitted Suite 714, Hanselman Building, Kalamazoo, Mich. Office hours 9 to 12, 1 to 5. THE CORYELL NURSERY '84; R. J. Coryell, Ralph I. Coryell, '14 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 508 Mathews Bldg., Milwaukee, Wisconsin GOODELL, ZELIN C. (Forestry, M. A. C, ' n) Insurance and Bonds of Every Kind. If you haven't insured your salary, better see or write Goodell about a good proposition. Lansing Insurance Agency, Inc. 208-212 Capital National Bank Bldg. A. C. Burnham, B. S., LL. B. 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