UBRAHY ^"CHfGAN STATE COLLEGF vw Michigan Agricultural College Association Publishers a East Lansing No. 15 Vol. XXVIII. Jan. 22, 1923. III %%% THB M. A. C. RECORD R E C O RD ESTABLISHED IN 1896 Member Alumni Magazines Associated Entered as second-class matter October go, 1918, at the post office at East Lansingr, Michigan, under the Act of March %, 1870. Published every Monday during the College Year by the Michigan Agricultural College Association. E. W. Ranney, '00, Greenville A. B. Cook, '93, Owosso F. F. Rogers, '83, Lansing R. J. McCarthy, '14 Pres. Vice-Pres. Treas. Secretary Members of Executive Committee. Elected at Large: Henry T. Ross, '04, Milford. Mrs. Dorothy Lillie Crozier, '17, Grand Rapids. Horace Hunt, '05, Jackson. MEMBERSHIP IN THE M. A. C. ASSOCIATION includes subscriptiin Record, $2.50 PER YEAR. to The which Make Remittances payable Association. Unless members request a discontinuance it will be is desired. that a renewal of membership assumed the M. A. C. to A R C A D IA Strand Arcade Building THE HOME OF REFINED DANCING TUESDAY, THURSDAY, SATURDAY 8 to 12 Park Plan, Admission 15c DANCING LESSONS 8 to 11 Assembly, Admission $1 Per Couple FRIDAY—COLLEGE NIGHT Music By CLARK'S ARCADIA ORCHESTRA Class and Private Instruction Daily. A. G. Wesson Miss Adelaide Rodler _,_„_.._«,_.„_.._„„_.„_„.,_„„_„„_„„_„„_ .j. BELL PHONE 2020 FARGO ENGINEERING CO. Consulting Engineers Jackson, Michigan Hydro-Electric and Steam Power Plants • I Hirace S. Hunt, '05. Barker-Fowler Electric Co. Electrical Supplies—Motors Radio Equipment Mail Orders 117 East Michigan Ave., Lansing ROSEBERRY-HENRY ELECTRIC CO. Dan Henry, '15 Grand Rapids. TWENTIETH CENTURY RADIO CORP. L. V. Williams, '16. Detroit All Together, Now!!! Are you ready when the song leader gives the signal ? When the bunch sings the old songs don't just hum the tune. All of M. A. C.'s best songs, with the music, are included in an attractive booklet of convenient size. You boosters of the Green and White need it on your pianos. It is indispensable for branch association and club meetings. Your copy will be mailed prepaid upon receipt of 50 cents at the alumni office. Attractive prices for group orders. The proceeds will be applied to the Memorial Union Building Fund. THE M. A. C. RECORD VOL. X X V I I I. No. 15. E A ST LANSING, M I C H I G AN J A N. 22, 1923. CAMPUS CAMPAIGN NEARING GOAL Students Close to $75,000 Mark—Lansing1 Alumni Gather to Hear Friday and Plan for Effort to Complete Fund indicated Late reports from the campus campaign for that the Union Memorial building the student the minimum of $75,000 set by the final committee would be passed before in gen returns are compiled. The campus eral greteed the plan with enthusiasm and the students of to the front quickly with their subscriptions. A lack of organization delayed results among the the older freshmen but the aid of men from in a classes is expected to put the yearlings prominent position in the standing. the three upper classes came Early in the week a sign was displayed on the Post office which gave in detail the re sults of each day's efforts by classes. The lead but class of 1923 nearly assumed the superior numbers affected totals before the the end of the week and the winner seems to lie between sophomore freshman classes for total collected. It is probable, how ever, that the seniors will' gather in the high est per capita amount for the campaign. and the Faculty members are being visited by a spe cial committee of alumni and facultv and it is expected that the total from instructional and administrative force will boost the amount collected among the student body. the it obtained at this year why Rolling down upon the campus with the convocation the impetus last Monday the campaign was soon under way to ward the M. its goal. President Ranney of A. C. association was unable to be present at this meeting but the association was ably rep '93, vice-president, resented by A. B. Cook, who told the greatest crowd the gymnasium has held the Union building should be supported. He struck an optimistic the other speakers. note which was followed b Harold Furlong, '18, winner of the congres sional medal of honor, now a student in the medical college at the University of Michigan, stressed the value of the Union as a memorial to those M. A. C. men who failed to come back. Furlong's address was well timed. He used humorous illustrations which caught the fancy of the crowd and succeeded in impress the need for an ing upon institution which would serve living as well as providing a most suitable recognition of the deeds of those whose spirit had carried them forward in 1917. He said: "Michigan would not be a university without its Union. We go there before classes, after classes and the student body the it between classes. We eat there. We find the place to make our engagements and the place to spend a dull evening or a place to re focusing treat for quiet reading. point of university spirit and the crucible ii which alumni and student sentiment are fused. M. A. C.'s Union building will be greater than Michigan's for it will take care of the needs of both men and women. M. A. C. needs just what the Union Memorial Building will pro vide for it." the is It idea that a minimum President Friday concluded the program, the student body' laughing at the had decided on of amount $75,000 as its present contribution to the fund. He said the students couldn't think in terms of that sort after they had had an opportunity to study the benefits of such a project and told them to go out after double that amount. He too urged the need of such a structure as the only thing M. A. C. lacked which would never be provided by state funds and told his audience to make certain the fund was realized so the alumni would see that the col lege was thoroughly back of the proposition and would do its share to make the building possible. that Tonight the Central Michigan M. A. C. association meets in the Episcopal guild house, opposite the state capitol. Preparations have been made to care for more than 200 alumni and their guests who were to include Gover the com nor Groesbeck and the members of mittees in charge the affairs of M. A. C. At a recent meeting of the association Fred M. Wilson, '17, was chosen president pro tem. while Presi dent E. E. Hotchin, '12, was out of the city and a committee was appointed to arrange for the meeting at which President Friday and Blake Miller were scheduled to speak. legislature who have fro mthe There was a heavy demand for tickets for to the affair and the committee early began fear that accommodations would not be availa ble to handl the crowd but arrangements were made ot use sufficient the overflow from the regular dining hall. to handle space Speakers at this meeting planned to present the Union idea to the alumni and their friends and after forming a general committee visit everyone in Lansing interested in the building. The printer has promised early delivery on through detailed the Union will explain pictorially and description the various aspects of Memorial building. 4 THE M. A. C. RECORD "CAMPUS NIGHTS" IS BEST OF UNION SHOWS MEET FARMERS' WEEK MANY ASSOCIATIONS in the in uniqueness of style, That "Campus Nights," is the promise of, is itinerary also third annual its M. A. C. Union revue, will surpass all of predecessors ex travagance of costumes and decorations, in the caliber of its song selections, and in its capa the ble cast and chorus, managing board. The the includes most complete ever arranged and all icties which were visited during the trips of the last two shows. The outstanding fea ture of this year's opera lies in the fact that it has been written especially for the M. A. C. Union to fit conditions peculiar to this college, that has not been emphasized very thing a lyrics, former operas. The greatly the in which are unusually good reflect this year, M. A. C. life at East Lansing, and M. A. C. hopes and desires. it is to display All the stage settings for "Campus Nights" are entirely new and have been made for this revue by a famous Chicago house of stage decorators. Cost is of secondary considera tion in making this revue distinctive and out standing. This the settings, but true of more so of the costumes. These are the best the various that can be obtained characters in the cast and the chorus will be resplendent in new and unique styles of dress. The itinerary for the 1923 revue includes all the cities played by former revues. Last year performances were presented at Owosso, Lan sing and Jackson. This year Grand Rapids follows: has been added. The dates are as Owosso, February 12; Lansing, February 13- 14; Grand Rapids, February 15, and Jackson, February 16. Although regular re hearsals since the middle of the fall term, it as never had an official coach would could de vote intensive effort to the opera. On Janu ary 15, Miss Katherine Kenned^- of Chicago took charge of the coaching and good results are assured, record. Miss judging by her Kennedy has been connected with the Harle quin Club of Purdue University and was very prominent in the production of the big operas that have been put on the stage there in the last few years. the play has held There is a wealth of experienced material for both the cast and the chorus this year and good in the selections. use has been made of that are Manager Teter reports that parts the especially well-chosen the this year and that progress that has been made has been highly gratifying. Ruth McKinley, '17, has been appointed li brary assistant at the college, taking the place of the late H. K. Patriarche, '02, who died at Christmas time. She has been in library work in Detroit for several years and comes to the college library with valuable experience. newspaper Editors and publishers of the weekly and of Michigan will semi-weekly gather at the college February 1, 2 and 3 for James Schermerhorn, their annual meeting. noted Detroit newspaperman, Congressman Sidney Anderson and President Friday will' speak to the organization. Women will have the Farmers' Week program. Many of meetings will be held the People's church and their headquarters be at the Woman's building. their separate share of their the auditorium of in for All. of the important state organizations de voted to the improvement of the various phases of agriculture will gather their, annual meetings during Farmers' week. Thirty of these have special programs and events of gen eral interest will serve to combine in terests at least once each day. Programs of spread the throughout the' state and fully 5000 will be present to attend the group and organization sessions. different events have their been PLAN ALUMNI LUNCH FOR FARMERS' WEEK for to get Alumni who attend the Farmers' Week this month will have an program the last of luncheon at together opportunity least once during the period from January 29 Plans are being made by to February 2. the com Ashley Berridge, '12, chairman of mittee on Farmers' week, and alumni office to draw the old M. A. C. crowd together feature. Arrangements are for being made for dining facilities and enter tainment will be provided by student talent. this annual the WASHINGTON CLUB GETS COLLEGE MOVIES for I. J. Fairchild, '14, president of the M. A. C. association of Washington, D. C, reports thht February 22 has been set for the annual meet ing of his organization and a program is be ing prepared the alumni. One of the features will be a reel or so of Farmers' week movies which Ashley Berridge, '12, chairman of the Farmers' week committee, has promised the capital that date and assurances have been given that a member of the faculty will be sent fro mthe college for the meeting. the entertainment of to forward for to More than two-thirds of the senior students of horticulture did practical work in line with their studies during the*summer vacation. %%\\ THE M. A. C. RECORD 5 NELSON, 16, FINDS MOSAIC CAUSE Scientists Acclaim Discovery by Member of College Botany Staff—Means Prevention of Millions in Loss to Potato Growers Ray Nelson, '16, came into prominence at the recent meeting of the American Associa tion for the Advancement of Science at Cam the dis bridge, Mass.. when he announced covery of the organism which causes mosaic diseases in potatoes. Nelson has been on the staff of the past the botany department for three years but during this year is doing work at the University of- Michigan toward a Ph. D. degree. Dr. E. E. Slosson, writing for the New York Evening Post, comments on the discovery as follows "The mystery of the mosaic disease has been revealed. For years plant pathologists have been searching for the microbes that cause the destruction of millions of dollars' worth of crops every year. But at last one of these lit tle and elusive creatures has been photographed and displayed upon the American Association for the Advancement of the last week Science in session at Harvard in December. the screen before long "The creature has a spindle-shaped body with whip-like hairs at either end by which it propels itself about the cell sap. The biologists call such microbes 'flagellates' on ac count of their whip-like tails, and they are con sidered the most primitive forms of animal life. have been actually coiled about like a snake around its prey. the nucleus the secret, but all are cordial "Prominent botanical pathologists are frank to declare that this is the greatest discovery of the century in the field of plant diseases. Scores of them have been zealouoly striving to uncover in their congratulations to the lucky man who has attained the goal of their endeavor. This dis covery will doub.tless be followed by others and so may be the beginning of a new era in the cure of plant diseases like that inaugurated by Pasteur just a hundred years ago. The whip-like microbes that have been the scourge of mankind be for centuries may brought under control." soon Nelson has been engaged in plant pathology investigations most of the time since he was graduated. During his student days he was. elected a member of Sem Bot, the honorary botanical society. Max Gardner, '12, recently intermediate announced his discovery of host of tomato mosaic. Thus M. A. C. men have solved the nation during the past year. two important problems for the CATLIN FINDS WARM CLIMATE PREFERABLE to "It has been for some time suspected that the mosaic microbe belonged the animal kingdom, but no one had caught the criminals actually engaged their depredations. A young man, Professor Ray Nelson, of Michi gan Agricultural college, by cutting thin sec tions of potato stems and examining the munder a high-power microscope, was able to see them alive and wiggling. inner part of infected the in "The mosaic disease that the plant doctors to every one talk so much about is familiar for we have all observed regularly mottled yellow leaves of sickly plants, com monly called 'calicoleaf.' their leaves are often "They cause enormous losses to potato, to- in moto, sugarcane and other crops. The fected thickened and rolled and the plant dwarfed. The virus is carried from plant to plant by sucking insects such as lice. There are various kinds of these para sites, each preying on a particular sort of plant. Those discovered by Prof. Nelson infect beans, clover, they are found to be very similar to the microbes that caus ethe sleeping sickness which kills man and beast less than a hundred thousandths of an inch thick and ten or twenty times as long. They attack the cell in its most vital spot, the nucleus. Some of them. tomatoes and potatoes, and in Africa. They are Dear Mac: Enclosed please find check to cover payment due on the Union Memorial Building fund. I am enjoying the beautiful summer weather that we are having in Southern California, . For some reason or other 93 degrees in the shade looks better to me than zero terhpera- ture at this time of the year. the heat, you can reach the white capped moun ride ranges which are only an hour's tain from here, and there enjoy all the sports of If you desire to go in our northern climat. bathing is only twenty-five miles to the beach where you will find the water not more than four degrees colder than it was during the summer. throwing snowballs In spite of instead of it I am teaching agriculture in Los Angeles and am very interested in my work. During the past week I put in my hardwood cuttings and planted my educational plots with legumes, grains and fiber crops. Just think, "Here it is only the middle of January." Sincerely, Leon G. Catlin, '21A. 1646 N. Mariposa Ave., Hollywood, Calif. Signor Cintron of Porto Rico is enrolled as a graduate student of plant pathology. G THE M. A. C. RECORD VIEWS AND COMMENT FOR THOSE WHO GAVE The years will come, each in its turn, to J u n e; for And June, sometimes, will bring us awhile To greet old friends and, ere we go our way, To live again the dreams we lost too soon. But those who gave will never come again To walk beneath the quiet trees Or listen to the whispering of the breeze, Remembering the days that once have been. There came one Spring, while dreams were at their tide, A challenge—and, like knights of old, they went Without a word into the ghastly tourna ment, Each high young hope a garment stripped aside. — Io wa Alumnus. M. A. C. has the assurance of Governor its Groesbeck that it will have a stadium for from athletic teams in the near future, built loaned to the college. The gov state funds ernor believes this would be a most desirable step toward bettering the college and sees in it the solution of some of the college faces ranks men who want training in such an institution but who are influenced to attend other schools be cause of better facilities for competition. the problems in drawing its to The ethics of the matter as far as the finan- ccial angle is concerned have been carefully investigated and previous the instances of state loaning money in this way are noted. There is not the slightest question as to the ultimate success of any plan which banks on the possibilities of M. A. C. athletics as long as they are placed upon a firm founda tion and built by thoroughly ethical methods. As an institution claiming among its students at least 1200 men M. A. C. has a right to ex pect accommodations for crowds which would attend contests on the home field and with the bright future appearing above the horizon the school there can be no in the affairs of doubt as such a place. its enlarging need for to that as a state With 5000 students M. A. C. cannot expect to be content with an athletic field suitable for a college of 500. Governor Groesbeck's in terest in the progress of the college has been demonstrated on several occasions. He be lieves institution M. A. C. should not be allowed to lag behind the prog ress of other colleges in its class because of a lack of funds. M. A. C. has an efficient, far-sighted its affairs exceptionally well. All she needs _ is the authorities the support she merits who have the power to give her the financial aid she needs. executive who can handle from '97, president of H. E. Van Norman, the Maryland Agricultural the World's Dairy Congress association, spoke be society fore on January 11. He emphasized to his audience that the dairy industry had grown to interna tional proportions. He suggested co-operative lowering costs organizations as a means of of production. ROSE COLEMAN FINDS THE RECORD NECESSARY Editor of the Record: their team Recently I was talking with the pharmacist in Espanola, and touching on schools, he asked I said, me what school I attended. When "Michigan Agricultural" he said, "I played football against two years ago." He was a Creighton man. He fished out a program of this year's Creighton-M. A. C. game and as I gave it a casual, a thorough, a sharp once-over I experienced a sort of sink there wasn't a ing feeling as I realized that single line-up. familiar nmae M. A. C.'s line-up might have been Creighton's and I'd never have known the difference! It take any very profound or prolonged didn't concentration to bring me the conclusion that just that I'd I'd been so busy living myself about forgotten that M. A. C. was still alive. Hope the enclosed M. O. will assist in cover ing the lapse. the entire in I am at present at the government school here trying to teach 33 young Indians a few the 33 be whys and wherefores. None of long to the same tribe as the calm and digni fied rekskins so often seen adorning the side these In walks in front of cigar stores. dians had enough English vocabulary they'd say their middle names were the three words indoor "Heap Much Noise." Their favorite and outdoor sport activities, of course, serve to keep inter ested frame of mind—a condition, I seem to have heard, absolutely necessary to successful teaching. in an alert and teacher the If this If any M. A. C. people should wander down into land of sunshine and greasewood and snow-capped mountains and Indians and Spanish and sand and cacti and Mexicans and sunsets and Rio Grande they'd never want to leave it. If they should stop at Santa Clara school they'd be given a right noisy and en thusiastic reception. And I could easily ac commodate a good-sized party for the nigh or several nights. I live all alone in the gov ernment quarters - and they are large, enough for two small families. Very truly, Rose Coleman, '16. tH THE M. A. C. RECORD "Close Beside The Winding Cedar" F. T. Riddell, '12, is now an instructor in farm management at the college. Genevieve Gillette, '20, has been appointed a graduate assistant in landscape design. W. R. Riblet, '13, M. A. C. quarterback for three years, returned for a brief visit to the campus last week. Kenneth S. Frazier, the soloists on a radio program recently broad cast from Detroit. '21, was one of A Catholic club has been organized among .the students to promote social affairs among the followers of that creed. Judge C. B. Collingwood, '85, is lecturing to the classes in commercial law in the engineer ing administration course. Baseball teams in the inter-society which in the sport, are battling for the college title. indoor variety of indulge league, the R. M. Roland, '15, resigned as agricultural agent for Calhoun county on January 1 and has taken up residence in Detroit. The M. A. C. band will go to Howell for It may play in a concert on February 7. Williamston on the afternoon of that day. the Advancement of The Association for Science was formed more forty years ago and Dr. W. J. Beal was its first president. than B. E. Hartsuch of the Chemistry, department addressed the annual convention of the State Association of Dyers and Cleaners in Lansing recently on "Artifiical Silk." A comprehensive bulletin on the pruning of fruit trees was recently issued by the experi ment station, the work of Roy E. Marshall, of the horticultural department. recently A bulletin issued by the experi ment station and compiled by J. W. Weston, '14, urges to stock feeding excess potatoes and gives directions for their best use. Karl H. Miller, '16, was recently transferred from the county agent's duties in Dickinson county to the position as district dairy spe cialist covering territory in the western part of the state. Students are preparing their entries for the Lawson prize essay contest and the Eunomian- Holcad contest, which includes short stories, poems, and plays. Material entered in either competition must be in the hands of Professor Johnston of the English department by the last Monday in April. A full page of the Holcad was devoted to a discussion of the new Wolverine in the last number of the fall term. Professor Giltner has been to serve on the committee on soil microbiology international conference on fourth for soils which will be held in Rome, Italy, in 1924. requested the C. L. Brewer, now director of athletics at the the University of college of agriculture of tournament California, reports winning a golf in which 200 players were entered at a country club near his present home in the Sunkist state. Circulation workers for the 1923 Wolverine occupied the attention of all on the campus the term. Nearly 500 the first two days of paid installment on the cost of a year book. The staff, headed by R. K. Rosa, of Pontiac, predicts the best annual" in' M. A. C. history. the first Bates college, a small institution in Maine, raised $1,000,000 for an endowment fund and it is necessary gymnasium, neither of which their that M. A. C. graduates provide for alma mater. Bates has less the number of living graduates which M. A. C. boasts. than half An innovation introduced by the class of 1924 is to prohibit the wearing of flowers at the J-hop this year. The class believes that this custom has caused needless expense and expects to have a better time than any of its predecessors even without the bouquet which had hitherto always been deemed necessary. a the Truth," "Nothing But three-act comedy by James Montgomery, which had a successful run in New York city, will be pre the college dramatic sented January 23 by trained club. T he amateur actors have been by Prof. E. S. King and he announces that they are in shape to put on the best produc tion M. A. C. has witnessed. North Dakota universitv and M. A. C. de baters discussed the advisability of the gov ernment owing and operating the coal mines in the first regular debate of the season at the Armory last Monday. Doug Steere, '23, and Harry Smith, '23, shouldered the responsibility and acquitted themselves well on the affrma- tive side of the question. The varsity quar tette added enjoyment to the evening and after the discussion in an the audience open forum during which the problem of the ownership of coal mines was thoroughly dis cussed. There was no decision given and no judges were selected. indulged THE M. A. C. RECORD EIGHT GAME SCHEDULE FOR 1923 Barron Announces Program for Grid Season with Michigan, Wisconsin and Detroit as Major Contests—Pour for College Field. announces indications are Acting Director Barron that after entering negotiations with a large num ber of desirable institutions he has completed the football schedule for 1923. The final list shows Alma and Lake Forest on the first two Saturdays of the fall term, then comes a game with Wisconsin at Madison, Albion follows on College'Field, Michigan at Ferry Field, Ohio Wesleyan at Delaware, Creighton at East Lansing and the University of Detroit at De troit. The season begins September 29 and concludes November 17. Barron was not satisfied with the lineup of. opponents he. ob the Green and White but reports tained for that for a -more representative showing of conference elevens in 1923 and, with the possibility of a stadium the being ready for use at that time some of big games will be played within reach of the campus and city crowds. intention of the athletic depart ment to build up relations with the best teams in the middle west so M. A. G. games will be as much fixtures on other conference lists as they are on Michigan's. that It through this policy of courting higher com pany and observing the rules governing ath letics in the conference it will only be a mat ter of time before the Green and- White will be flashing out among the Big Ten colors as a full fledged member. is believed favorable is the It Barron has often stated that 1922 was a building year for M. A. C. and that his entire efforts. were headed toward producing a win ner with the exceptional though inexperienced last fall. He material he had on his squad will have an opportunity to show the mettle of his team in at least three contests this fall and some other numbers on the program will require intensive work if they are to be added to the credit side of the football ledger. Four games will be played on College Field, Alma, Lake Forest, Albion and Creighton and the Michigan and Detroit games will undoubt edly draw-a the campus. large number from In Ohio Wesleyan, Albion and Creighton the M. A. C. team will have opponents who should be defeated to even up old scores. Wisconsin fell before Macklin's wonder team in 1913, in 1918 the Badgers barely nosed out a victory by making a point after touchdown which the M. A. C. booter missed and in 1920 they piled up a 27 to 0 score. Material prospects for the season are good for M. A. C. Most of the men who played regularly last year or were considered likely substitutes will again be in college and eligi ble for competition. Five seniors will leave the squad in June but only two of them saw much service on the 1923 eleven. the Governor Groesbeck has been quoted again as favoring the plan • for a stadium for M. A. C. to be built from state funds which will be reimbursed from athletic contests and it is probable this plan will meet with - favor at ad the hands of ministrative board and be put through in time for to the state department of construction start work when weather permits and the site is finally decided upon. returns from state the the low There is a great undercurrent of sentiment among graduates for having the stadium oc cupy the site of College Field but this is meet ing opposition because of level-of the ground and the consequent difficulty of properly draining it. . The proponents 'of .the plan to retain the present location argue that a diversion of flood waters of the Red Cedar through a drainage ditch which could be dug south of the field would prevent high water encroaching upon the playing field and a slight raising of the present level of the ground could easily he accomplished through using exca vated, soil as a filler spread over.the surface. It is probable that this question will be settled in the near future by the college landscape ad visor and the state board of agriculture. The present location could be made easily accessi ble from Grand. River avenue by building a the bridge in the vicinity of White Elephant stood and the area to the west of the field could be readily converted into c;er at Racine, Wisconsin, but we are unable to locate his present address. to Fred Ohland has neglected inform us of his latest address and the Saginaw postmaster tells us that Ohland isn't living where he moved from any more. 07 Daniel Ellis has "enjoyed a busy and fairly pros lives at 616 perous year" at Saginaw, where he Owen street. He recently heard from L. R. Dor- land, '07 who is now in Nogales, Arizona, Box 77. '08 Eric E. and Grace Perry ('09) Nies are at 1413 N. Kingsley drive, Hollywood, California. "We write our address Hollywood because we are proud to live '08, called on us there. Chan Taylor, here. So recently. Such a good taste of old times that we want some more. Welcome, everybody." Walter Brown is no longer at Miami, Florida, but don't ask us where he may be addressed because he didn't tell us. for thoroughly enjoy Elmer Nichoson sends the following from 526 W. Fort street, Detroit: "Got a line from Glenn Myers, the Cadillac Motors '14, mechanical engineer company of Detroit. reading I the Record. similar publications have passed through my hands every month dur ing the past seven or eight years, I don't feel a bit backward in sporting The Record as a 'blue ribbon' It brings an abundance of getter in news, has readers or work in vari- aware <5f the tremendous amount its class. the right spirit, and keeps Because many its I 12 THE M. A. C. RECORD ous lines A. C. and her offspring." that has been and is being done by M. '09 the is Edward B. Hodges (Michigan) dealer for Hudson and Essex motor cars, 147 15. Saginaw street. His home is at 277 Orchard Lake avenue. Pontiac H. L. Kempster is married and his family roster reads as follows: "Elizabeth 8; John," 6; Stephen 3; June, 1." Kempster lives in Columbia, Missouri, at 811 College street. '10 thing of is the class notes, especially the . D. E- McMillan sends greetings from Chatham, Michigan: "The Record is a welcome visitor in our home each week and the part that always attracts my attention first classes from '07 to '12. While I seldom write any thing for The Record myself, I am always eager to hear about the boys that I knew while in college. The second is usually athletics. interest While I would like to see many of the scores re versed, nevertheless, we know our boys are scrap pers from start to finish as they always have been. I was never more proud of M. A. C. than I have the International Live Stock been last week. The farm crops de show at Chicago their own way in partment seemed to have things many of the classes live in. The stock department had a wonderful exhibit of horses, the beef cattle, sheep and hogs and they stood at it in nearly every class. top or well towards It certainly was an eye opener Institutions to otiier and breeders and I believe it has done as much to give favorable publicity as any one thing that has happened in many years.". they exhibited since visiting the college A; M, Walkup is living at the Y. M. C. A. at El gin, Illinois. " Mabel C. Rogers, dietitian at the State Normal, Bloomington, Pennsylvania, visited her father and relatives in Lansing during the holidays. '11 . C. N. Frey may be reached at 103 West 183 street, New York City. . G. P. Springer is with the State Hignway depart the bridges ment in the Ann Arbor district. He in Ann Arbor at 514 E- Wil liams. looking after lives that may or may not be made '12 R. G. Kirby sends his bit from R. 1, East Lansing, as follows: "I still think that the teacliings of Deal, Kedzie, Eustace and others at the college help a man to enjoy farm life in a way entirely aside from the profits the business. Foreman is one of the present day work ers who is making M. A. C. useful. the I enjoyed It football games on the home schedule this year. was no terrible disgrace to be beaten by Gauthier s Ohio Wesleyan team. They were good. My broth er-in-law, Raymond Jeffery, w'16, is now practicing orthopedic surgery His address in Seattle, Washington. is 613 Cobb building." in 13 Mrs. William Patterson is no longer at 923 East Fulton street, Grand Rapids, but has neglected to inform us of her latest home. (Clara Chandler) C. S. Lord is now in Detroit, at 2137 Lakewood boulevard. . Mamie Knickerbocker regained her health and is teaching in Gary, Indiana. She lives at 600 Jefferson street. fully has Mary E. Turney has moved in Detroit to 2152 Fullerton avenue. is Following (but not found) Col umn: J. M. Mahar, formerly at 565 Jefferson ave nue, Gran d Rapids; F. H. Ewing, Pentwater; Fanny . Keith, 910 West Michigan avenue, Lansing. '13 Lost the living in Lansing, at Ellen Thompson '14 is now 604 Madison avenue west. James T. Seibert writes from to help Iron Mountain: in -Michigan "Attempting who owns timberland and operates mills and also believes in growing timber, acquire more land and stumpage. This man is Henry Ford, who operates the Michigan Iron Land and Lumber company here." Seibert lives at 300 West C street. the only man The following people have moved but neglected to inform us of a new mailing address: W. B. Gleye, formerly at 156 Grand River avenue, Grand Rapids-; Paul Galrow, 1452 Raymond avenue, Min neapolis. '15 L. R. Walker is county agricultural agent for Marquette county and works out from Marquette. to stack He reports" the following M. A. C. folks up against .Washington graduates employed on the extension force: E. G. Amos, leader; Sylvia . Wixom, '21, home demonstration agent; A. C. Ket- tunen, '17, assistant boys and girls club leader. is county agricultural agent 'is, assistant county agent three Wisconsin and Kris P. Bemis Mason county with headquarters at Scottville. two for still fruit "I am this year with farming at Wyoming, Dela ware," writes F. W. Richardson. ' "Had a bumper low prices. Mrs. Richard crop '17, son, William, son, who was Dorotha Voss, and I took a motor trip toi Toronto, Ontario, this fall. Had a fine trip, and also had a good visit with Sloat W.e-lles, '09. and family of Elmira, New York. (). B. Bitrrell, '05. of Calena, Maryland, spent a night with us a short while ago." in there country with this: "Will you Anna B. Cowles sends .kindly change my address from Hotel Caro, Washington, the American Red Cross, Manila, P. I. D. C, to the Orient, some 10,000 miles Even over here away from home, I am finding quite a few of the I saw Mr. and Mrs. Devillo Wood M. A. C. people. in Sandakan, Borneo, when I was in July. Here in Manilla, I have seen Mrs. Reynolds, Leroy Thompson and Mr. Hidrosollo. This is a most de lightful interesting people and its beautiful islands and mountains. Right now we arc in the midst of the Red Cross drive. to enroll a million children the Junior Red Cross. If I can do that. I shall then be ready to set sail in a few more months for home. The Red Cross is carrying on a tremendous program here and is re ceiving splendid co-operation from Filipino people. If you find anyone who is headed for the Orient, please give them ray address and tell them I dare anyone to come this way and not stop in Manila." W. A. Baril is at 326 W. Madison street, Chicago, I expect in Illinois. Temporarily. Karl Miller may be reached at 1000 Moffit street, Muskegon Heights, Michigan. to infant son. A. L. Bibbins, has surrendered the wiles 01 an "Bib"-, warns M. A. C.'s athletics rivals that they must prepare for strong opposition when James Whitney as the youngster has been named, enters competition for the Green and White. follows: His introduction Dear Mac: Please get in ^touch with "Dutch" Mil ler and Norm Weil and se°e what you can do con cerning the following: to the youthful prodigy APPLICATION FOR MEMBERSHOP to M. A. C. VARSITY CLUB from JAMES WHITNEY BIBBINS whose credentials are:— 1. Born November 26, 1923. 2. Wreight, ?y2 pounds; Height," 22 inches. 3. Shoulders and arms as per Hugh Blacklock. 4. Chest, of type, Del Vandervoort. 5. Wrists and hands, of Dutch Lebuardsow and Larry Archer model. 6. Feet, as large'as Bub Kuhn. 7. Right handed^Will the first ing left harfded throw him out the window timehe gives any indication of be (attention Ralph Dodge). 8. Right arm, little crooked in accordance with the Boldy Spencer form. 9. Throws with Fick. the speed andaccuracy of "Chi" 10. Can beat Frimodig and Swede Peterson in 50- yard dash; right now. 11. Charges "and plunges in typical Carp Julian and John Hannes'.style. 12. Twists and squirms as per Miller Bros., and George Gauthier. THE M. A. C. RECORD 13 Have You Paid Your Debt to M. A. €.? You know your education cost the state twice as much as it cost you. As a business or professional man or ordinary citizen this must make it clear in your mind that you are under a moral ob ligation to make a return on this investment. HERE IS ONE WAY Do your share to help build the UNION MEMORIAL building. It will be an imposing structure of great utility. It will be an attraction to desirable students. It will serve students, faculty and visitors and, to consider it from a selfish viewpoint, it will provide you with a campus home, a place to meet your friends, a clubhouse where you will be always welcome and where you can enjoy true M. A. C. hospitality. V;, JJ & 14 THE M. A. C. RECORD SCENES FROM "NOTHING BUT THE TRUTH" Dramatic Club Pay January 23. ? I ' ^ THE M. A. C. RECORD 15 13.. Kicking form resembles that of Jerry DeFrato. 14. Has the reach of a Jack Foster. 15. His yells resemble a combination of those of Fat Taylor and Ted England along with Marc Small's band. 16. When ten days of age, he knocked the doctor out in second round (attention Jimmy Dev- ers.) 17. This morning he made a regular Hill drop kick, booting his bottle over transom. "Bubbles" the In 18. He uses a catching mit for a pillow; chest pro ;catcher's mask for a tector for a mattress rattle, and shin guards for a fan. the spirit of fair play, the U. of M., Notre Dame, Harvard, Yale, et al., are warned against booking games with M. A. C. in i942-'43- and '44— for this demon will surely give them terrible mings. trim Respectfully submitted, MINERVA FONTS BIBBINS. A. R. BIBBINS. Endorsed, Hub Hartwig. '16 for A. Davis the American Loan and Trust company, 151 W. Con gress street, Detroit. is an auditor and salesman We quote the following from W. B. and Ruth Price Massie: "We are still farming and practis (Indiana). ing veterinary medicine here at Boston We're building a new house next summer, owing to the death of the man who owned the farm we are on we will the farm after next year. The campus looked quite natural when we were back last August, but were there at a poor time to see many of to know. We are hoping for a bigger and better M. A. C. each year." Merrill Fuller is moving to Eau Claire, Michigan, last R. 1 .Box 23, on a farm which he purchased spring. the people we used leave Lyman T. Greve the American Seating company of Grand Rapids doing experimental work - in is 150 Sweet lumber and dry kilning. His address is with street. Carl B. Waters is living at 311 W. Dixon avenue, Hicksville, Ohio. His blue slip reads: "Occupation as pedagogue same as before. No startling events can be related except the youngest member that of the family has cut both eye teeth. He is still the town. Everybody looking baby says so." • and best smartest in in Glen Thomas returned temporary from C. N. and Rhoda Reed Winston Honolulu, December 26, and are lo cated in Lansing, 418 N. Sycamore street. Winston recently resigned his position the service. the Stark Brothers' Nursery, of Louisiana, Missouri, at ah apple and potato show in Grand Rapids recently. the college the Christmas vacation. He in ad ministrative work on the White Mountain National Forest in New Hampshire and reports a very busy season. P. M. Hodgkins visited is now engaged represented 'during Lester and Frances Smith are living in Baldwinsville, New York, where Flanders is flour milling business. ('18) Flanders, the in _ • George H. Gillespie has in to us but we are confident ; that succeeded himself '17-er knows where Gillespie form us of his address. is and will soon losing some in '17 Robert Essig the Pontiac Nur sery- company of Detroit-, and also of the W. W. Essig & Company. He lives at 2299 Lothrop ave nue. is president of Harold Iddles has moved in New York City to 418 West 118th street, apartment 51. Wayne Harris terior decorator with pany, of Detroit, and apartment 18. is a landscape architect and in the Breitmeyer Floral com lives at 3566 Cass avenue, Ruth Paterson Miller is Illinois, but has changed her local address E. Empire street. Mable MacLachlan is still teaching in Sault Ste. Marie, where she lives at 669 Bingham avenue. .,, still _, . in Bloomington, to 104 Donald Bennett tells us that he is now at 220 Irving street, Toledo, Ohio. is no share our '18-ers also Coughlin Detroit, and mail addressed at Alger has been formation about lost column. Mary G. longer at 118 Davenport avenue, to Earl B. Sheldon returned unclaimed. Any in these people will be appreciated. '19 R. M. Hain, formerly of East Lansing, is now In Cassopolis. Frank L. Vaughn, of Fort Ann, New York, de for scribes his occupation as "selling The^ Aluminum Company of America, is in Essex, Saratoga, W'arren and Washing counties. 'home In addition farm' the three-fourths the past year, having purchased a i.iterest of my father passed away last year." Helen Kellogg Drew sends two sisters and brother after my • I have been runing 'Wear Ever' territory address in her as 1515 Cohassett avenue, Lakewood, Ohio. Alvin E. Downer has moved in Detroit to 467 High street. We have learned in Can ton, Ohio, living at 831 Ninth street North West. He the per ishable freight department. that R. W. Wright the Pennsylvania railroad is with John M. Kuder Dallas, Texas. At far as we have been able to trace him. is no longer at 1203 Elm street is as the present time that in is '20 W. E. DeYoung is working for the Illinois State Highway department and he and Mrs. DeYoung (Patricia Lvons, '21). are living in .Springfield, 601 South Sixth street. Peter Von Sprecken receives his Record at Hill- man, Michigan. Mahlon P. Parsons is with the Santa Cecilia Sugar company at Guantanamo, Cuba. is in Grand Rapids at 518 Clifford McCormick Norris avenue S. E. the college during I. V. Anderson, Norman Koleman, and Frank R. the to Wildern had a reunion at Christmas vacation. leave his present location with us and we are un able trio kindly supply Some to adress him. Will one of the the missing '2oites might also supply last heard the addresses of from at Hotel Clayton, C. W. Beers, Detroit, and Melvin Wolford of Akron, Ohio. Norman Koleman forgot item. '21 January 1 started Fred Rogers as engineer for in Hillsdale at 32 N. Hillsdale county. He lives •Norwood avenue. Hollis Norman is in Berwyn, Illinois, at 3445 IvI- instead of Quison avenue as recently son avenue, printed. Guy E. Culver is a full-time salesman Peoria Life Insurance company and the present time at 8 Tussing building, Lansing. is S. P. Nelson recently left Covington, Michigan, and is now located at 206 Benton street, Steuben- ville, Ohio. Mildred Bennett is at 3417 Home avenue, Berwyn, the for located at Illinois. Howard J. Eddy street, Evanston. is still located at 1213 Oakton '2Z Victor Whittemore is teaching ag ville fayette street. (Michigan) schools and in the Green lives at 707 S. La '21. Am 'Michigan S t a t e ' ?" to an M. A. C. meeting C. W. Gustafson's slip s a y s: "Am with Mutual in Chicago along with Fire Prevention Bureau look Hach and Noddins, '20 and Kinney, in Chicago ing forward time convincing people soon. Am having quite a taught at M. that engineering as well as ag .is A. C. so why not Gustafson may be addressed at Room 401, 230 E. Ohio street. S. P. Nelson says: "Am a civil engineer on a is by-products plant which I am building This plant when with completed will be the most efficient in the world. Capacity 1000 tons per 24-hour day in a battery of 37 coke ovens. Still singly blessed." Nelson may be addressed at 206 Benton street, Steubenville, Ohio. the Weirton Steel company. the Koppers company the Koppers company. for 1G THE M. A. C. RECORD IF YOU WOULD HAVE REAL SERVICE- -LETM. A. C. MEN SERVE YOU PEORIA LIFE G. E. Culver, '21 INSURANCE CO. OF ILLINOIS 531 Tussing Bldg. Citz. 2070 Harold M. King, '19, Wholesale Seeds H. C. King & Sons, Battle Creek A. M.^MERY, '83 223 Washington Ave. N . H. C. Pratt, '09, in charge of Office Supply Department. Boiks, Fine Stationery, Engraved Calling Cards, Fountain Pens, Pictures, Frames, Filing Cabinets and General Office Supplies. THE EDWARDS LABORATORY Lansing, Michigan S. F. Edwards, '99 Anti-Hog Cholera Serum and _ Other Biological Products. Legume Bacteria Culturues for Seed Inoculation. LANDSCAPES WITHOUT WAITING Plans by Graduate Landscape Architects F. A. Carlson, '16 508 Mathews Bldg. Milwaukee, Wisconsin LOUIS BECK CO. 112 Wash. Ae. N. Sam Beck, with '12, Sec'y and Treas. Best in Clothes for Men, Young Men and Boys. Royal Tailored Garments to order. FRY BROKERAGE CO., INC. Shipper's Agents Car-lot Distributors of Fruits and Vegetables. 192 N. Clark St. M. Fry, President; H. P. Henry, '15, Vice President and Treasurer; V. C. Taggart, Oldest Brokerage House in Chicago. '16, Secretary. Fireproof Lansing's New HOTEL ROOSEVELT Opposite North Side State Capitol Bell Phone 3020 CAFETERIA WALDO ROHNERT, '89 Wholesale Seed Grower, Gilroy, Calif. E. N. PAGELSEN, '89, Patent Attorney 1108-9 Detroit Savings B'k Bldg., Detroit T HE CORYELL NURSERY R. J% Coryell, '84 Ralph I. Coryell, '14 Over 60 acres Full of Growing Nursery Stock. We Furnish Planting Sketches and Estimates. Send for Oru Price List and Landscape Booklet. PLAN YOUR SPRING PLANTING NOW Birmingham, 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-Pres. and Cashier C. Fred Schneider, '85, Manager Division Branch GOODELL, ZELIN C. (Forestry, M. A. C, *II) Insurance and Bonds of Every Kind. [f you haven't insured your salary, better see or write Goodell about a good proposition. Lansing Insurance Agency, Inc. 208-211 Capital National Bank Bldg. AfterEvery Mcc&i 250 Outside Rooms Rates $1.50 Up LARRABEE'S SPORT SHOP Sporting and Athletic Goods Exclusively American Extension University THE LIFE PLANNING INSTITUTE A. C. Burnham, B. S., LL. B., (M. A. C. '93) President CORRESPONDENCE COURSES 50,000 Students Already Enrolled Address: 1108 Wrigly Bldg., Chicago. 126 Stinson Bldg., Los Angeles. 818 Longere Bldg., Times Square, New York City. Unusual opportunities for M. A. C. men as Specialty Salesmen. The Flavor Lasts