LIBRARY MICHIGAN STATE COLLEGE OF AGRL AND APP. SCIENCE .•':!SS5S£ Michigan Agricultural College Association Publishers ffl East Lansing No. 14 Vol. XXIX Jan. 14, 1924 1&o The M. A. C. RECORD Established 1896 Published for the alumni and former students of the Michigan Agricultural College by the M. A. C. Association. Published weekly during the college year and monthly during July, August and Septem ber ; thirty-five issues annually. Membership in the M. A. C. association, including subscription to T HE RECORD, $2.50 per year. Unless members request a discontinuance before the expiration of their memberships it will be assumed a renewal is desired. Checks, drafts and money orders should be made payable to the M. A. C. Association. Entered as second class matter at the post officec at East Lansing, Mich. R O B E RT J. MCCARTHY, '14, editor THE M. A. C. ASSOCIATION 3 Faculty Row, East Lansing, Mich. OFFICERS—1923^24 \Y. Ranney. '00, Pres. '93, Vice-Pres. F.. A. B. Cook, F. F. Rogers, 83, Treas. R. T. McCarthy, 14, Secy. EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE Elected at large Henry T. Ross, '04. Airs. Grace Lundy Drolett, Horace Hunt, '05. '00. BRANCH ASSOCIATIONS In Michigan unless otherwise noted. BARRY COUNTY BERRIEN COUNTY MINNEAPOLIS NEW YORK CITY BAY CITY NORTHERN CALIFORNIA CALHOUN COUNTY NORTHERN OHIO CENTRAL MICHIGAN NORTHWEST MICHIGAN CHICAGO CLINTON COUNTY DETROIT CLUB FLINT GRAND RAPIDS HURON COUNTY IONIA COUNTY JACKSON COUNTY LENAWEE COUNTY LIVINGSTON COUNTY MACOMB COUNTY MILWAUKEE, WIS. OTTAWA COUNTY OWOSSO PORTLAND, ORE. SAGINAW ST. JOSEPH COUNTY SEATTLE, WASH. SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA SOUTH HAVEN UPPER PENINSULA WASHINGTON, D. C. WASHTENAW WESTERN N EW YORK WESTERN PENNSYLVANIA 221 THE M. A. C. RECORD VOL. X X I X. No. 14 E A ST LANSING, MICHIGAN J A N. 14, 1924 BRANCH ASSOCIATIONS MEET Alumni in Grand Rapids and South Haven Transact Yearly Business— Collingwood and Young, Speakers. After a long and peaceful slumber of over a year, the Grand Rapids M. A. C. association stirred itself and held a meet ing at the Y. W. C. A. on the evening of December 11. The banquet was in charge of Francis Carr, '21. A delicious chicken dinner was served in true M. A. C. style by the light of green and white candlesv The guests of honor were Director Young and Blake Miller. President and Mrs. "Fritz" Mueller, "Gink" and Mrs. Bar man, Art Wolf, and John Bos were also seated at the speakers' table. After the dinner was served Blake Mil ler told about the new Memorial building and Excavation week. Director Young gave a resume of the football season and the prospects for a good season in 1924. After the program was completed Presi dent Mueller appointed Herb Duthie, Mrs. Jack Knecht, and Art Wolf as a nominat ing committee for next year's officers. The minutes of the last meeting were read and approved. There being no unfinished bus iness the following officers were unani mously elected for the coming year. President— D. E. Barman, '14. Vice-Pres.—Helen Edmonds Coulter, '19. Sec'y-Treas.—J. O. Barkwell, '21. the . There being no further business meeting was adjourned and the balance of the evening was spent in dancing. The new officers decided to make hay while the sun shines, also while the stu dents were home from school. A party was held at the St. Cecelia on Thursday, Dec. 27, at 8:3c Music was furnished by Dallavo's Part Time Syncopators, vaude ville, such as it was, by the Sorrowers. Practically all the members of the local or tele ganization were notified either by phone or by personal calls. Enough prom ised attendance to insure the success of the party. There were twenty-eight cou ples present and about six of these were outsiders. All of the old faithfuls were on hand, however, and the party ran behind only about $37.00, which wasn't so bad considering that the treasury is depleted. We have a nice nucleus to work with and we know the live ones, also the dead ones. If you want to be classed as a dead one just stay away from the next meeting which will be held sometime the last of January or the first part of February. Most every Aggie in Grand Rapids has grumbled at the way things have been going at the college, at home, and in the alumni organi zation here in the city. Show that you are a booster, be at the next meeting, get in and help us head good men toward M. A. C. help us put M. A. C. on the map in Grand Rapids. Let's show the here others that we have a strong alumni or ganization in this town. Be on the look out the Press, Herald, Record or by telephone or postcard. LET'S GO! for an announcement through J. O. Barkwell, '21. Sec'y G. R. M. A. C,. Ass'n. After seeing the alumni movies at the Centre theater, the South Haven M. A. C. to the Scott club Association adjourned the on the evening of December 26 for annual meeting of the organization. Paul D. Ketcham, '13, was elected president and Mrs. Floyd Barden, '09, was re-elected sec retary and treasurer. C. B. Collingwood, '85," was the main speaker on the program. He sketched the history of the college and the work which had been done by the stu- Page Four The M. A. C. Record dents in connection with the Union Me morial building. Mrs. Barden writes: "We were disap pointed with the pictures. We think they would be an excellent means of advertising the college if more of the student activities in class room and laboratory were shown. We are hoping to have the M. A. C. glee club with us during spring vacation. ''Those who attended the meeting were: George Monroe, '91, Randolf Monroe, Al bert Chase, '93, George Chatfield, '04, Mrs. George Chatfield, Roy Chatfield, Floyd Harden, '08, Myrta Severance Barden, '09, Paul Ketcham, '13, Mrs. Ketcham, Clare Rood, '20, Mrs. Rood, Stanley Johnston, '20, Laura Collingwood '20, '20, Alice Bronson Wol- Lloyd Spencer, brink, '19, F. M. Hazel, '22, Mrs. Hazel, Orvis Williams, sp., George Compton, '25, Lloyd Conkel, '25, Corland Lyman, '25, Esther Iddles, '25. Here's hoping every 'old one will show school' by being present at the next meet ing." loyalty to the Johnston, tbeir EXCAVATION WEEK NOTED BY COLLIER'S for In the issue of Collier's Weekly December 22 is printed an editorial para graph which shows how widely Excavation Week came into the public eye. The fig ures quoted on the amount of dirt to be removed are a little wide of the mark but the achievement relies for its fame more upon the fact that it was accomplished rather than the relative amount of work done. The comment follows: At Lansing, Mich., students and faculty of the Michigan Agricultural College grabbed shovels and began their me digging the foundation of morial building. The alumni pay for flie materials: the student body gives the brawn. These boys are moving 10,000 wagon loads of dirt. It's a good spirit, and, what's more, the pick and shovel are great educators. May they get their blisters cum laude. MEMORIAL PASSED BY DETROIT CLUB a task Those qualities in men which gather beauty and strength during their test in the crucible of life are too often marked only in the perspective which comes after the death of the individual so endowed. In paying its tribute to the life and deeds of Professor Walter H. French, the M. A. C. club of Detroit acknowledges a debt to a teacher and friend. Suddenly called from this life Professor French had just completed imposed upon him through the talents with which he was gifted. His ability as a speaker was one of his most marked attainments and through it he had become widely known to alumni and friends of the college as well as to a the large circle of others interested same causes for which he was a tireless worker. Among the hundreds of alumni who came into contact with him his sin cerity and devotion to duty had made a profound impression. His standing as a leader in his profession and his outstand ing work as a pioneer in agricultural edu cation have gained for him enduring fame. We can but add the admiration of friends and associates to the plaudits already ac corded him. Therefore, in Be it resolved, That through the death of Professor French, members of the De troit club have lost a good friend, the col lege has lost a most imposing figure from its staff, education has been deprived of one of its most ardent crusaders and future generations of M. A. C. men and women have been denied the benefit of his charm ing friendship, understanding counsel and high example. Be it further these Resolved, That resolutions be spread upon the minutes of the M. A. C club of Detroit and published in the M. A. C. RECORD. G. Y. Branch, President. E. W. Middlemiss, Secretary. The M. A. C. Record PROF. W. H. FRENCH DIES SUDDENLY Professor Walter H. French, for fifteen years head of the department of agricul tural education, died suddenly at his home in Lansing on January I. Stricken by a cerebral hemorrhage as he finished speak the previous evening ing at a meeting he failed to regain consciousness before his death. Through his work at M. A. C. and the positions he held before coming here he had become widely known in educa tional circles. For eight years he was assistant state superintendent of public in- Prof. W. H. French struction before joining the faculty at M. A, C. and had occupied important positions in the organization of teachers in the state. Professor French was born January 28, 1862, at Cuba, N. Y. Not long after his birth his parents moved to Otsego, Mich. At the age of 21 he married Caddie M. Chaffee of Allegan, and moved to Ypsi- lanti where he completed his work for a degree at the state normal college in 1885 and later completed a course in law. From 1888-1893 he was superintendent of schools at Litchfield, Mich.; 1893-1900 he was county commissioner of schools in Hills Page Five dale county; from 1901 to 1908 he was assistant state superintendent of public in struction, joining the M. A. C. faculty in 1908 as professor of agricultural education. In 1908 he was also president of the state teachers' association. During his period of service to the col lege, Professor French saw the develop ment of agricultural education from the smallest beginnings to one of the most im portant departments of instruction in the rural school system. He was a pioneer in the work and played a leading part in the progress it has made. Some of the duties which came to him as agriculture became a generally recognized subject for instruc tion in the schools of the state included keeping the schools up to the standard set by the Smith-Hughes law. More than one hundred M. A. C. men now teaching agri culture in the schools of the state were trained under his direction and taught ac cording to the program he had outlined. He was an active and influential member of the Lansing Rotary club, was very prominent in Masonic circles and in the affairs of the Central Methodist church of Lansing. He is survived by his widow, a son, Dr. H. L. French of Philadelphia, and a sister. Funeral services were under the auspices of commandery, the Lansing Knights Templar, of which Professor French was a past eminent commander. NECROLOGY DR. GivORGS W. DUNPHY Dr. George W. Dunphy, for twelve years state veterinarian and well known to many alumni, died at his home in East Lansing on December 17. Miss EDITH FRANKS itinerant Miss Edith Franks, teacher trainer connected with the department of education, was killed by a train while spending the holidays at her home in Indi ana. Miss Franks was a graduate of the University of Chicago and joined the col lege staff last fall. Page Six The M. A. C. Record m VIEWS AND COMMENT JEE] Many alumni, especially those engaged in the profession of teaching, will mark with sorrow the passing of Professor French, who for fifteen years was at the head of the department of agricultural education. His acquaintances extended far beyond the bounds of those who attended his classes. in student and He was especially noted forceful alumni ranks as an eloquent and speaker and was continually in demand for alumni meetings. for next Wisconsin with which satisfactory arrange ments could not be made fall. This game, to be played at Evanston on October 25, gives Chicago alumni another action. opportunity to see their team The program prepared fall ap pears to be better balanced than was that for 1923. The team will not be subjected to such heavy opposition without an inter vening period of what to be somewhat lighter competition. in for next is expected to in the state, his In the work of which he stood at influence was the head far- reaching. He made the functioning of the youthful mind his deepest study and was considered an authority on various phases of psychology. He had devised, the satisfaction of school authorities, a system of agricultural education secondary schools and had taken active part in Smith- Hughes work He throughout was a prominent member of the faculty and was responsible for much of its important work. A vigorous pioneer has gone but he has laid the foundation for work of in calculable advantage to the cause of edu cation and credit to the college he served. the state. for T he football schedule for 1924 is under It represents the best efforts discussion. of the director of athletics to adhere to the policies of his department, which are neces sarily those of the college and to abide by In the case of the wishes of the alumni. home games he has scored a victory of some merit in the addition of Michigan to the East Lansing schedule. Olivet, second to the champions of the M. I. A. A. last fall, is on the list instead of Albion, with which arrangements con cluded. South Dakota state is a newcomer which exhibited a high grade of prowess the M. A. C. last elevent to a tie-score game in St. Louis in replaces 1922. Northwestern university St. Louis held could not be fall. to Again we wish to call attention the new system prevailing for the election of officers of the M. A. C. Association. Ob viously it is only fair that those taking part the or in these elections be members of ganization, also justice it is a matter of that all members have an opportunity "to take part in choosing the executives of the Association. The details of the plan as in corporated in the constitution are printed in another column of this issue. The suc cess of the organization depends upon active interest in its affairs by its members. Corey J. Spencer, of Jackson, an active friend of the college ar ^ther of F r a n ces Spencer, '19, r e c e n tv *eceived notifica the French consul at Chicago tion from that the government of France had con ferred upon him the Croix de Chevalier du Merite Agricole. The award was in recog nition of Spencer's presentation to France of two pure-bred bulls to aid in the post war rehabilitation of agriculture. farm students' '24, Highland, H. B. Armstrong, took third place in the crops judging contest at the International grain and hay exposition in Chicago. O W Behrens, 25, East Lansing, repeated his triumph of 1922 and took first place in the poultry Interna tional. judging contest at the The M. A. C. Record Page Seven "Close Beside The Winding Cedar" Dorothy McWood, '26, set a new wom en's record for the plunge in the Y. M. C. A. tank at Detroit during the holidays when she registered 68 feet. The former record was 66 feet 6 inches. Dewey Seeley, '98, heads the Lansing Kiwanis club for 1924, Professor A. J. Clark, of the chemistry department, is vice- '99, is ser- president and Elmore Hunt, geant-at-arms. If the rooms can be finished by that time most of the exhibits for Farmers.' week will be housed in the new library build ing which has several large well-lighted rooms on the first floor just off the en trance. During the annual farmers' week to be held at the college February 4 to 8 it is planned to open the new Home Economics building. A program is in preparation for the structure which will the opening of be in shape for use by classes shortly after ward. Ribbons won by college livestock at the various fairs during the fall made an at tractive display in the windows of the City National banV in Lansing during the holidays and o. large die attention of crowds bent on Ciiristmas shopping. there appears In a recent issue of the Lyndon, (Ver mont), Union-Journal the information that Carl A. Smith, '16, has left the employ of the New England Milk Producers' association, for which he was a district manager, and entered the lum ber business in Lyndon. Construction work on the new bridge to the stadium has continued through the It should winter as weather permitted. be ready in the summer or late spring. The State Board at its recent meeting au thorized the design submitted by the col lege landscape architect instead of the one submitted by the state highway department. At the meeting of the National Econom ics association in Washington, D. C, De cember 27-30, M. A. C. was represented by the following alumni: W. D. Hurd, '99, Dwight Sanderson, '96, W. O. Hedrick. '91, E. C. Lindemann, '11, H. E. VanNor- man, '97. A Christmas tree of large proportions was the observance accorded the season by the campus. One of the spruces near the new Home Economics building was decor ated profusely with electric lights for the occasion and it was the center of a com munity meeting sponsored by the Peo ple's church. At the annual meeting of the Synthetic Organic Chemical Manufacturers' associa tion in New York on December 14, George F. Richmond, '98, was elected vice presi dent of the fine organic and medicinal chemical section. Richmond is character ized by Dean Kedzie as the best chemist ever graduated from M. A. C. He lives, at 5 Russell avenue, Nutley, N. J. G. Y. Branch, '12, director of municipal markets for Detroit, has been widely quot ed in state papers specializing in agricul tural news concerning the proper way to market farm products. He also recently completed a study of the milk distributing problem in Detroit and presented a com prehensive report to the city council out lining a plan for remedial measures. '01, was recently Plorace T. Thomas, elected vice-president of the Reo Motor Car company. Thomas began his career in the automobile business when the original Oldsmobile company was in operation in Detroit. He came to Lansing as chief en gineer when the Reo company was formed and has served in that capacity since that time. He will continue to serve as chief engineer as well as being second in au thority over the organization. Page Bight The M. A. C. Record NEW ELECTION PLAN IN EFFECT C o n s t i t u t i on P r o v i d es f or Selection of Officers by M a i l — C o m m i t e es Seek S u g g e s t i o n s. for the nomination of Changes made in the constitution of the M. A. C. Association at the annual meet the ing on June 16, last year, provide for They election of officers by mail ballot. also provide two complete sets of officers by two committees of three each appointed by the president. These committees will present their selec the tions after receiving suggestions from in membership at good standing will have a voice the election and the results of the balloting will be announced at in June. it was planned by the executive committee of the association that all entitled to participate in the elec the tion might do so without attending annual meeting, which many are forced to forego. large. Only members the annual meeting In this manner in The following section of the constitution explains the new plan: Article VI Section I. Nominations for officers of the association shall be made by two committees of three each, appointed by the president, each committee to nomi nate a full ticket for vacancies to be filled. The names of the nominating committees shall be published in T H E: RECORD not less than five months prior to the annual meeting, with a request for suggestions from the membership at large. The committees shall confer not to the annual meeting and shall consider all names which have been suggested, after which each committee shall nom to inate one person for each position be filled. All nominees must be active in good standing who shall members have signified their willingness to at tend to the duties of their offices. The two tickets, thus nominated, shall be published in T H E: RECORD not less than three months prior than less sixty days prior ing in order nomination by petition as provided Section 2. to the annual meet for in to give opportunity Section 2. Any twenty active mem bers may also present the name of any to the secretary, nominees for offices provided it is done at least forty days before the annual meeting. to serve. election: investigate the offices Suggestions for the standing of to be filled should be sent to one of the committees im mediately in order that they may have time the candi to date and his willingness The offices to be filled at the June election in the following and any member of clude the association in good standing is eligible for vice-president, president, treasurer; three members of the executive three years, committee for one, two, and respectively; the board two members of of directors of the M. A. C. Union, one the board member of in control of ath letics. Of these the president, vice-presi dent and treasurer should be located close enough to the college to be able to take part in the monthly meetings, this applies as w e ir to the members of the executive committee, Union board and athletic board. It is advisable to have for treasurer a man close to the Union Memorial building is being erected as considerable sums of money are pass ing through his hands. the campus especially while '99, 702 The nominating committees a r e: C. B. Collingwood, '85, 433 Seymour street, Lan Insurance sing; W. D. Hurd, building, Washington, D. C.; Julia Grant, '06, 980 W. Ferry street, Detroit; and M. B. Rann, '21, 522 W. Hillsdale street, Lan sing; E. N. Pagelsen, '89, 1321 Lafayette building, Detroit; A r t h ur D. Wolf, '13, r i2 Sheldon avenue, S. E., Grand R a p i d s . ' T he chairman is the first named in each case The M. A. C. Record ' Page Nine FOOTBALL SCHEDULE ANNOUNCED M i c h i g an a nd N o r t h w e s t e rn O n ly C o n f e r e n ce G a m e s — S ix C o n t e s ts L i s t ed F or N ew S t a d i u m. At its meeting January 7, the board control of athletics approved ing football Director Y o u n g: schedule the as presented in follow by Sept. 27—Northwestern college, East Lansing. Oct. 4—Olivet college, East Lansing. Oct. 11—University of Michigan, East Lansing. Oct. 18—Chicago Y. M. C. A. college, East Lansing. Oct. 25—Northwestern university, E v- anston, 111. Nov. 1—Lake Forest university, East Lansing. Nov. 8—St. Louis university, St. Louis, Mo. Nov. 15—South Dakota State college East Lansing. to Efforts were made schedule games with the University of Detroit, Ohio W e s- leyan university, and several Conference teams, including Indiana, P u r d ue and W i s consin. to again place Albion on the list because of conflicting dates. It was also found impossible for T he first two games should serve as good preparation tussle with the annual Michigan which will take place in the new stadium. Chicago Y. M. C. A. college should serve as some relief and training be fore the Northwestern game and St. Louis and South Dakota State both promise formidable contests as the closing features of the season. As wras the case in 1923 the season will close the second week in November, allow ing the members of the football squad time to make up the class work they missed be town. cause of practice and games out of W i th the large seating the stadium it was found possible to schedule a the home gridiron. large proportion of the games on capacity of Arrangements are being made by the athletic department for handling the crowd which is certain to attend the Michigan game. Temporary bleachers will be erect ed to bring the capacity of the field up to the 20,000 mark at least and ticket distribu tion will be carried out by a method calcu lated to handle the visitors to best advan tage. T he Michigan athletic department has asked that the entire east stand be re served for the Ann Arbor crowd. Detroiters' Doings is interest Of chief to Detroiters the the season's dancing parties on first of Thursday, January 17, to be held at the Twentieth Century club, corner of W i t h ered and Columbia. F or those who do not care to dance, card tables wdll be furnished. T he party will be informal. Advance re ports indicate that Detroit alumni will be out in force. Knocking over the maples has become a regular thing for the Aggie bowders in the dropping league. Intercollegiate the quintette to H a r v a r d, three straight let P u r d ue down, 2 to I. T he team rolls each Wednesday evening at the Garden al leys on North W o o d w a r d. After to The unique honor of being allowed hang part of her work in landscape archi tecture wdth the Detroit the work of T h u mb Tack club was recently accorded to Genevieve Gillette, '20. T he T h u mb Tack club is a group of professional archi tects, the members of which annually ex hibit and their best drawings models at the Detroit Institute of Art. some of " D a d" Roland, '15, said " h o w d y" to the Detroit crowd last week while in the city on business. Page Ten The M. A. C. Record BASKETBALL TEAM STARTS ITS SEASON With a much larger squad of men ex perienced under Coach Walker's system than was on hand last year the basketball season began during the holidays when varying combinations defeated Adrian col lege, Hope, St. Mary's, Detroit College of Law, Upper Canada Law college and lost to the University of Chicago and Carleton college. The Chicago game was marked the by an unusually strong showing second half. It ended 21 to 17 but M. A. C. was behind the Maroon, 15 to 2, at half time. Nuttila and Eva were the particu lar stars in that game as they were consist ently through the rest of the program. in There is a weakness at center which may be filled when Robinson is in shape to take the floor. Bilkey, Mason and Kitto have served at that position with indifferent suc cess although both have ability. F o r w a r ds have been chosen from Nuttila, Ralston, Richards, Brinkert, M a rx and the guards have been selected from the following list: Eva, Smith, Green, Hultman, Hackett. Richards has also served at guard. Rob last season, had an inson, regular center and operation then was under quarantine for diphtheria, but may soon be in shape for regular work. Carleton college, last season's champion of Minnesota, came to East Lansing with one of the best teams seen at the college in a long time. The first half was almost even but in the second period long shots piled up an imposing lead for the visitors and they won, 26 to 12. for appendicitis last fall WORK CONTINUES ON UNION BUILDING the presented first week some obstacles While cold weather in and January snow of varying depth another work on the Union Memorial building has been progressing that within a short founda tions and piers will be completed and con to such an extent time the interior added struction can be commenced on the base ment. Not only has construction proceed ed rapidly but the plans through which the building will be erected have reached an advanced stage. While awaiting the con clusion of negotiations with the construc tion manager, H a r ry L. Conrad, who has had a wide experience in the construction field, has been acting in that capacity and, with the building committee, has contract ed for much of the material which will be needed. Buying out of the regular build ing season has resulted in a saving which increased propor in the will be reflected tion of the building which can be com pleted with the funds available. Conces sions were obtained on brick and steel the woodwork prices and on certain of which must be on hand. The added ad vantage of having the material on the job when the weather allows for active oper ations is also important. the The construction manager plan was ap proved at the meeting of executive committee on December 17 and Treasurer Rogers, G. C. Dillman, of the engineers' advisory committee and the secretary were appointed a committee to complete the ne gotiations according to the plan submitted. It is expected that the contract will have that an announcement been approved so can be made in the near future. Under the construction manager plan the builder becomes, in effect, a member of the building committee and advises with the committee on all questions affecting the work. The committee acts somewhat in the capacity of a general contractor. This allows for an elasticity not possible in the case of a general contract being let the work being for outright. carried on re in accordance with sources without tending to embarrass either the Union or the contractor should a short age of funds unexpectedly occur. It allows the In the the meantime under temporary arrangement work will proceed as fast as good building practice permits under the Alumni prevailing weather wanting visible evidence that work has been started need go no further the en trance the campus. conditions. than to The M. A. C. Record Page Eleven C L A SS N O TE 8 '77 W. C. Latta writes from Lafayette, farmers' Indiana: institute 1889-1923, 34 "in charge of years. This is probably a longer time in a mana gerial institute work relation the U. S. or Canada. than any other man Present Present position consulting agriculture. job, writing 50 years of specialist. Indiana farmers' to, the in '79 M. S. Thomas of Decatur, Michigan, writes: "My son works my farm and I am still doing cow testing work in the north part of Van Buren I county. Will soon complete my fourth year. enjoy the dairymen select and build up their herds. The cows I test are mostly pure bred." the work and hope I am helping '98 F. V. Warren is president of the F. V. Warren company, engineers and ' contractors, 1913 Arch street, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. He in Swarthmure, Pennsylvania, at 517 Walnut Lane. Edmund A. Calkins reports no change in occu pation and is still addressed at Mason, Michigan. lives '01 C. B. Lundy has removed his office to Suite 607 Stroh building, 28 West Adams, Detroit, Michigan. Walter W. Wells sends his blue slip from 325 Smith avenue, Lansing. '07 George Henry Ellis writes : "Please change my address on your records from St. Louis, Michi gan, to Burgin, Kentucky, care of Dix Dam. We are building, I believe, the highest rock-fill dam in the world, 287 feet from the lowest point in the cut-off wall, to the top. Mr. L. F. Harza, who taught me my higher algebra at M. A. C, the power com is pany." the designing engineer for Daniel Ellis reports: "In the same line of work. Doing landscape work in and about Saginaw, and a little farming on the side. Want to work into the growing of ornamental nursery stock and the best spy apples in fruit. This fall we had this part of the state. The second crop har vested from a young orchard of about 100 trees so we have something to look forward to. This summer when in Kalamazoo saw Guy Smith, '17. there raising chickens." He Ellis lives in Saginaw, at 616 Owen street. is on a farm near '09 R. L. Pennell is still foreman of the Detroit House of Correction farm near Plymouth. He the arrival of James Ray on May 16. reports Pennell lives on R. 1, Salem, Michigan. M. C. Hutchings sends his new address as R. 2, Bancroft, Michigan. J. R. Dice is head of the dairy department at the North Dakota Agricultural college at Fargo, and writes: "Excavation week put M. A. C. on the front page of the Fargo Forum, the football sporting team was seldom mentioned to get page; moral—everybody has recognition." on to dig the in Since the first of January, Major and Mrs. W. D. Frazer have been located at Fort Monroe, Vir ginia, where Major Frazer is taking the field offi This cers course the School of is prerequisite course at Fort Leaven Command and General Staff they spent worth, Kansas. With family their the holidays with Major Frazer's parents in Lansing. for coast artillery officers. to that of '11 H. E. Dennison continues as dairy extension specialist at M. A. C. '12 is investigating I. J. Westerveld writes truck crop Max W. Gardner and fruit diseases at the experiment station at Purdue. He lives at 312 Sylvia street, Lafayette. Jeffer son street, Wausau, Wisconsin: "C. W. Par to keep sons, the Wisconsin at the head of the procession dairy silos of concrete staves. We also make many other con crete products." '12, and I are still busy helping industry by building permanent from 311 1-2 in F. W. Crysler Holt, Michigan. is farming and gardening at C. Ross Garvey is sales representative for the company, handling Sawyer Goodman Lumber all northern hardwoods and soft woods. He may be addressed at 709 Railway Exchange building, Chicago, Illinois. Sumner L. Hall gives his new address at 5-7 West First street, Charlotte, North Carolina, and (Nov. 1) reports: "Have resigned my position with Newaygo county as county engineer and accepted position as dis tributor the Warford Corporation of New York City, with the state of North Carolina as for territory. Handling Warford Ford from White Cloud, Michigan." transmissions through trucks and cars. Drove commissioner road for R. R. Pailthorp is still with the U. S. depart ment of Agriculture but has moved from Spo kane, Washington, to 269 Park avenue, Takoma Park, Mandand. Carroll B. Chapman may still be addressed at Box 665, Rochester, Michigan. '14 J. Wade Weston writes from his home in last June with East Lansing: "Been sick since in exophthaline goitre. Was at Ford's hospital the Detroit in Lakeside hospital at Cleveland October for the Lake side on December with Dr. G. W. Crite. Am ligations. Operation at in September, and at two weeks two weeks &? Page Twelve The M. A. C. Record coming by April i" fine. Expect to recover from treatment oratories at the Detroit department of health. He lives at 879 Lawrence avenue. Mr. and Mrs. Gerald H. Mains announce birth of Alary Alice on December 29, 1923. the H. B. Vasold writes from Freeland, Mich.: '10) "We, Mrs. Vasold and I are at the same stand under the same ban ner and the same cobwebs across the door." (Catherine Benham, '15 Paul E. Smith writes: "Same old thing, selling in a I'm cross in St. Fords and Lincoln s, except I am interested cherry farm on Grand Traverse bay. ing engineering with hort.'' Johns, Michigan, 501 S. Oakland. Smith lives Earle J. Reeder is now connected with head quarters staff of National Safety council at 168 in X. Michigan avenue, Chicago. Reeder Evanston, at $33 Asbury avenue. lives in that interested in knowing Donald A. Stroh writes: "Captain Infantry U. S. A., executive officer, 339th infantry, 85th division. Six AT. A. C. men besides myself are now assigned to this regiment as reserve officers : (W. D.) Thompson, captain; Curtis L. Bill Roop, captain ; Charles R. Clausen, second lieu tenant ; Sheldon B. Lee, first lieutenant; Hans lieutenant; Arthur Dinsmore, B. Keydel, second second Stroh may be reached at lieutenant." 2675 Vicksburg avenue, Detroit. Marion C. Hengst has moved in Grand Rap ids, to 710 Commercial Savings Bank building; He says : "If C. F. Foster hasn't told you to do in his address. so please make the same change the \Hu will be reorganization of our department he remains in charge of the Grand Rap;ds office. I am one of the nineteen road engineers and will resident have my office at the same address with Cliff. R. R. Havens ceives most of his mail at 317 Beulah street, S. E., Grand Rapids. He becomes one of the resi the new organization." dent: bridge engineers in M a n' Darrah Mueller writes from 1874 Lake drive east, Grand Rapids, Michigan: "Same bus iness, same home, same family of three, although the baby it seems like more. We had a fine M .A. C. meet the V. W. C. A. ing here Tuesday night at Frances Carr had charge of the dinner which was fine. Afterward we danced a while. Director Young gave a fine talk on athletics at the col lege and Blake Miller told of the Union building. The spirit must have been fine during Excavation week." H. L- Barnum has first year as publicity manager for the Michigan Po tato Growers' exchange. Barnum lives in Cadil lac, 311 X. Simons street. in so many places at one just completed his (also known as the work on 'Doc') now time re is for class of E. M. Young reports E. M. Young III, almost '39, and Robert A. 5, candidate '40. \ o u n g, half past 3, a candidate for class of Young may be reached at 619 Singer building, New York City. Fred O. Adams is assistant director of lab '16 Mrs. Ira Taggart is no longer located at Day ton, Washington. lecturer department Dr. Bessey of in the educational it was apparently necessary they promoted him of '17 con the botany tributes the following: "I am just in receipt of a letter from Dr. D. Atanasoff who gives the information about himself. Owing to following institutions financial shortage in Holland to drop one of the scientists at the Instituut voor Phyto- pathologie at Wageningen. Because he was un married, Dr. Atanasoff offered his resignation so that the man to lose the job should not be one Instead of accepting of his married colleagues. tc his resignation, however, a higher position—that plant pathology. He has also been offered the position of professor of plant pathology at the University of Sofia, Bulgaria (his native country). He does not expect to accept this position, however, this since work and one for several years. He hopes that he may make a visit to the United States after his marriage but is not sure that he can do so this coming year." Orene Smith Al-oran writes from R. 4, Rogers, '15, is teaching Smith- Arkansas: "Air. Moran, consolidated Hughes agriculture here the schools of Pea Ridge. This village is near scene of the Battle of Pea Ridge of Civil W ar taken up lame. My with two years and seven months, and Orene Fenton age nine months." thoroughly is quite looking after Alary Haze, age laboratory available for built to be is not is no likely there time the in in A. L. and Susan Black Turner may be reached at 785 Tate avenue, Alemphis, Tennessee. Victor Cooledge is still a resident bridge engi is is ad the State Highway department but in Clare, Alichigan, where he neer for located dressed at P. O. box 494. '18 Caroline Wagner Tasker writes: "We have changed our address to 215 Fourth street, Jack- .son, Lloyd the Hayes Wheel in C. A. Hoag's department company, working to announce under Leo Grant. We are happy the coming of Carol Jean on the seventh of December." is a chemist at Air. and Airs. P. J. Hoffmaster announce birth of Alargery Jean on December 15, 1923. the '19 Frederick A. Clinton is no longer to be reached at 53 Oakwood avenue, West Hartford, Con necticut. '20 L. V. Benjamin requests us to change his ad dress from Coeur d'Alene, Idaho, to 810 Third The M. A. C. Record Page Thirteen z%n On December First More Than $55,000 was Due on the Union Memorial Building Fund Prompt Payment will insure the success of t he project at the lowest possible cost. The Students used shovels to start the con struction work, you can use a pen to keep it going. Page Fourteen The M. A. C. Record street, Lewiston, Mutual Life Insurance company. Idaho. He is still with the Clare Rood has moved from Chassell to Hes- peria, Michigan. '21 G. E. Culver is no longer in Lansing but has inform us of his present where to neglected abouts. Leonard P. Benjamin is now West Virginia, at 126 Sixth avenue. He charge of field hospital. laboratory of the in Huntington, is in the Kessler-Hat- Harold Allen requests his RECORD sent Celluloid Zapan company, LaSalle streets, Chicago. and to 45th Earl Morrow may be reached at 500 North First street, Miami, Florida. is Pearl McComb Teter is a captain where her husband artillery corps. in Manila, P. in I., the coast '22 R. P. Maloney is in Lansing at 1031 S. Wal nut street. Alice Voorheis in the Bloomfield is teaching Hills school near Birmingham, Michigan, and lives in Birmingham at 513 Bates street. '23 Carl Ripatte the Briggs Manufacturing company at Detroit and lives at 2592 Montclair avenue. is a dry kiln operator for L. E. Perrine is a student engineer at Westing- house Electric and Manufacturing company, and lives at 429 S. Trenton avenue, Wilkinsburg, Pennsylvania. B. W. Lafene is an instructor in bacteriology at the Louisiana State University and is reached in care of the Botany Department L. S. U., Baton Rouge. Oran W. Rowland, writes from Hort depart ment, Univ. of Arkansas, Fayetteville, Arkansas : "Jack Spalding and his wife, Anne Harvery, '21, are giving the Windy City a treat. Their ad dress is 4840 West Madison, Chicago. M E E T I NG OF T HE S T A TE B O A RD OF A G R I C U L T U RE President's Office December 14, 1923 Present: President Shaw, Mrs. 9 o'clock A. M. Stockman, Messrs. Watkins, Brody, Woodman, McColl, Mc- Pherson and Secretary Halladay. The minutes of the previous meeting having having been in the hands of the members, were approved without reading. Motion by Mr. Brody, three months' leave of absence without pay be given Miss Thompson of re the Botany quested by Prof. E. A. Bessey. Carried. department that a as Motion by Mr. Watkins, leasing a quarter acre of that the matter of land for experimental in blueberry culture at South Haven, be the station director with authority work referred to act. Carried. to tract of in connection with athletics, as Motion by Mr. Woodman, that the matter of the Red Cedar land across using the the gymnasium for various pur river south of poses requested by the board in control of athletics, be referred to Mr. T. Glenn Phillips, landscape architect, for consideration before final action is taken. Car ried. Motion by Mr. Watkins, that the president be in control the board made member ex-offcio of of athletics. Carried. Motion by Mr. McColl, that Roger W. Gan in I, 1924. nett of Frederick, Wisconsin, be appointed structor Carried. in Geology, effective January Motion by Mr. Brody, that the plan of Miss Hamilton, superintendent of the Edward W. Sparrow hospital, and Mrs. Knapp, member of the board of directors, proposing an affiliation with the college, whereby nurses entering train ing may take work in the applied science division, lie referred to the committee of deans for con sideration. Carried. Motion by Mr. Brody, that Mr. A. L. Kurtz, instructor in farm crops, receive additional sal ary for his services in coaching the short course basketball the short course athletics, as recommended by Mr A. M. Berridge, director. Carried. Motion by Mrs. Stockman, that team and general supervision of the farm mechanics department be changed agricultural engineering. the name of to that Motion by Mr. Woodman, the proposed bridge across the Red Cedar river according to plans submitted by the state highway department, the standpoint of har is not satisfactory the college campus mony with the landscape of the river, and and beautifying of the banks of that sub the preliminary plans and drawings mitted by Mr. T. Glenn Phillips, landscape archi tect, be approved. from that is with profound long been identified with Motion by Mr. Woodman, the the secretary be following resolution be adopted and in structed to send a copy to Mrs. T. A. Farrand. Carried. "It that the State regret learns of the passing of Board of Agriculture the department of horti Mr. T. A. Farrand of the culture. He has the horticul horticulture of Michigan and with a while the college. tural activities of the South Haven Experiment superintendent of then as county agricultural agent and station, more recently in charge of the extension work in horticulture of the college, he has done much to establish contact between the the horti experiment station, and cultural to Mrs. T. A. Farrand and family our most sin cere, sympathy." the state. We extend the farmer and industries of to build up For The M. A. C. Record Page Fifteen Zl°i AMERICAN EXTENSION UNIVERSITY The Life Planning Institute A. C. Burnham, B. S., LL. B. President (M. A. C. '93) C O R R E S P O N D E N CE COURSES 50,000 Students Already Enrolled Address: 1108 Wrigley Bldg., Chicago. 1829 Roosevelt St., Los Angeles. 1218 Longacre Bldg., Times Square, New York City. Unusual opportunities for M. A. C. men as Specialty Salesmen. Our Business is Growing THE CORYELL NURSERY Ralph I. Coryell, '14 R. J. Coryell, '84 P L AN YOUR S P R I NG P L A N T I NG N OW Birmingham, Mich. West Maple Ave. FARGO ENGINEERING Hydro-Electric and Steam Consulting Engineers Horace S. Hunt, COMPANY Power Plants Jackson, Michigan '05. COMPANY T HE STRAUS BROS. First Mortgage Bonds G. O. STEWART, '17 700 W. Washtenaw St. Lansing, Mich. THE GRAND RAPIDS SAVINGS BANK Grand Rapids, Michigan "The Bank Where You Feel at Home" M. A. C. People Given a Glad Hand Charles W. Garfield, Gilbert L. Daane, '70, Chairman Executive Com. '09, President '85, Manager Division Branch C. Fred Schneider, WALDO ROHNERT, '89 Wholesale Seed Grower, Gilroy, California SAM BECK, '12, with LOUIS BECK COMPANY 112 North Washington Ave. Society Brand Clothes Complete Haberdashery A. M. EMERY, '83 Books and Office Supplies 223 Washington Ave. N. H. C. Pratt, '09, in charge of Office Supply Department THE EDWARDS LABORATORY, S. F. Edwards, '99 Lansing, Michigan Anti-Hog Cholera Serum Other Biological Products E. N. PAGELSEN, '89, P a t e nt Attorney 1321 Lafayette Building, Detroit. GOODELL, ZELIN C. (M. A. C. '11F) Insurance and Bonds 208-211 Capital National Bk. Bldg. FORDS—W. R. COLLINSON, '18 The F. J. Blanding Co., Lansing " Preferred Position t he b e st p r e f e r r ed p o s i t i on O ld T i m e rs t h at small t o wn " s h e e t" a l o n g s i de t he p e r s o n a l s. • in advertising w e ll r e m e m b er in any t h i r ty years ago was T he a l u m ni p u b l i c a t i on is t he o n ly mag azine t o d ay t h at offers a d v e r t i s i ng space a l o n g s i de p e r s o n al n e ws n o t e s. T h e se n o t es are all a b o ut p e r s o n al f r i e n ds of t he r e a d e r s. S o — e v e ry page is p r e f e r r ed p o s i t i o n. Forty-four a l u m ni p u b l i c a t i o ns h a ve a c o m b i n ed c i r c u l a t i on of 160,000 college t r a i n ed m e n. A d v e r t i s i ng space m ay be b o u g ht i n d i v i d u a l ly or collectively— in a ny way d e s i r e d. T wo p a ge sizes—only t wo p l a t es n e c e s s a r y — g r o up a d v e r t i s i ng rates, T he m a n a g e m e nt of y o ur a l u m ni m a g azine suggests an i n q u i ry to ALUMNI MAGAZINES ASSOCIATED ROY BARNHILL, Inc. oAdvertising 1(epresentative NEW YORK 23 E. 2 6 th S t. CHICAGO 2 30 E. O h io S t. Page Sixteen The M. A. C. Record W 1 J&. He took the world to her Twenty-five years ago a boy left a little country town to find his fortune. He found it. T wo years ago, w h en radio w as still a novelty, he took a receiving set back to the old h o me a nd set it up in his mother's room. T h at evening the world spoke to her. She could not follow her boy a w ay from h o m e. B ut t he best that the world has to give —in music, in lectures, in ser mons—he took back to her. The modern vacuum tube, used in radio t r a n s m i s s i on a nd r e c e p t i on and in so many other fields, is a p r o d u ct of t he R e search L a b o r a t o r i es of the General Elec tric Company. These Laboratories are con stantly working to de velop and broaden the service of radio. GENERAL ELECTRIC