m. t=J>- >.-.+. ».'•• ' \. SHW^k. inofHuX Michigan Agricultural College Association Publishers ffl East Lansing No. 23 March 17, 1924 Vol. XXIX 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 E. W. Ranney, 'oo, Pres. A. B. Cook, '93, Vice-Pres. F. F. Rogers, 83, Treas. R. J. McCarthy, 14, Secy. EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE Elected at large Henry T. Ross, '04. Mrs. 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 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 MILWAUKEE, WIS. WESTERN PENNSYLVANIA THE M^V. C. RECORD VOL. X X I X. No. 23 E A ST LANSING, MICHIGAN MARCH 17, 1924 CALIFORNIANS HEAR BUT TWO CONCERTS '24 BASEBALL CAPTAIN ON SPRING TOUR Earl Harvey had . About twenty M. A. C. alumni gathered at the monthly luncheon held at the Garden cafe, Los Angeles, on February 29. just returned from East Lansing, and gave us some news on the current events and developments on the. campus, which had not been seen by many of those present for many years. Mr. Chase of East Lansing was also present and gave a very interesting dis cussion on the administrative problems of the College as viewed by an East Lansing resident who had been familiar with its activities for many years. R. A. MacMillan, class of '24, and cap tain-elect of the 1924 baseball team, gave some information on the status of athletics at present, particularly the prospects for the baseball team this season. Announcement was made that the an nual banquet will be held early in May at the University club. The following alumni were present: Louise Kelley Pratt, '11, L. B. Scott, L. Spencer Esselstyn, '13, S. S. Pierce, '16,. C. M. Marshall, '03, Roy A, MacMillan, '24, F. R. Kenney, '14, Chas. H. Chase, U. of M. '78, Paul S. Armstrong, '15, W. O. Fritz, '77, H. J. Andrews, '20, E. M. Har vey, '15, R. A. Brown, '14, H. A. Schuyler, '13, H. C. Howard, '18, C. L. McMillan, '21, Jessie Godfrey, '18, A. J. Wilson, '13, R. V. Pearsall, '08. Paul S. Armstrong, President. took Michigan's swimming squad the meet in the College pool on March 4 by 50 to 18. Bordeaux and Richmond, for M. A. C, took the first two places in the fancy diving competition, in other events the home team had to be content with there were close minor points although finishes in most of the races. It is announced that the trip of the glee club and band which had been scheduled to include Battle Creek, South Haven, Sparta and Grand Rapids has been changed to include only the first two. Both organi zations will go to Battle Creek and only the glee club to South Haven. At the lat ter place the local alumni organization will have charge of the concert. On Wednesday, March 26, a combined concert will be given at the Post theater, Battle Creek, and the following evening the singers will go to South Haven where they will appear in the Center theater. A concert at the gymnasium on April 3 will complete the work for the year. A varied the band program will be presented by under the direction of Professor Clark and Professor J. S. Taylor announces a series of classical and popular selections for the glee club. George W. Spinning, who entered with the class of '17 and returned after the war to complete his course in 1919, has been an invalid for the past two years at the home of his mother at the state school for the blind at Lansing. Paralysis followed an operation for appendicitis and it is only within a short time that he has been able to use his arms, his legs are still affected. A cheerful disposition in spite of his afflic tion has aided in his recovery. Classmates and college friends can write to him at the State School for the Blind, Lansing. Daniel Strange, '67, suggests: "In your issue of March 3 a member of the latest graduating class suggests a very desirable new name (for the College) meeting four requirements. A member of the oldest class having living representatives herewith offers another: M. A. C.—Michigan Ag gregation of Colleges." Page Four The M. A. C. Record ANGSTMAN DESCRIBES HIS RARE PLANT Mammoth Flower Grows to Maturity in Six Weeks Without Soil or Water In printing the following description of so-called "resurrection plant" T HE the RECORD is giving another insight into the character of the careers followed by alum ni. Angstman was graduated from the ag ricultural course in 1875, obtained his de gree in law from the University of Michi gan in 1877 and has engaged in that pro fession since. His interest in botany is undoubtedly a result of his early studies at M. A. C. Pictures of the "flower" have been printed in pictorial sections of news papers but they have not come generally to the attention of the alumni. Angstman's description, which follows. contains information he has gathered after a score of years' search among available sources. He is in doubt as to the origin of the plant, as are those botanists who have seen it. ' • R E S U R R E C T I ON P L A N T" roots removed, the stem, which foliage, petioles This is one of the common names of this plant, so called most likely, because the bulb or tuber is there in May, and about mid-summer, planted appears at the top of is olive green, mottled, a fine umbrella-shaped mass of glossy, olive green smooth; blade ample, three parted, divisions pinnatified; the stem and foliage drying up and wasting away in November, at which time the tubers are dug up, fibrous and placed in the vegetable cellar, where it rests until about Ash Wednesday. By this time it has sent up a single pink sprout, about three inches high. in a light warm room, where It is now placed the "flower" grows, without earth or water, and reaches its maturity about Easter. After about ten days of maturity, the "flower" wilts, dies, and dries up as before, placed in the vegetable cellar where it rests again until the latter part of May, at which time the bulb is placed in the ground, when the foliage starts and grows as be fore. tuber washed in this bulb, to alternate in summer, growing The significant wonder of the plant is its power, in producing residing the earth, in only foliage and only the "flower" in early spring, without earth or water, in this unvarying sequence from year to year. I know of no other bulb having this peculiar power. A little over half of the height of the "flower" is the stem, and the remainder the spadix, which the is rich, red maroon color and enveloping through. the spadix, where the spadix, extending lower part of upwards nearly half the length of the spadix is the spathe, bell or funnel shape, with a horizontal spreading fluted border, the latter for a couple of inches from the edge is a brilliant metallic bronze, and is also a red maroon color, gorgeously transpar ent when the sun or light shines It tiny flowers, At the lower end of it is covered by the lower end of the spathe, and just above where the latter is attached, the spadix is encircled by two bands of one above the other, one yellow and one red, and that bright as burnished metal. the is here in some to revel loving insects gather, carrion exceedingly melodorous matter, placed there by Nature, no doubt, to secure the pollination and the plant fertilization of last is growing ten it gives off a days of laymen, pestilent odor, which is so offensive that many gorgeous the interest "flower" saying it is no wonder that the bulb can not be obtained commercially and little is known about it. the seeds, to be, when in its native habitat. The the "flower" the" life of lose all that so in to to the scientist, to the olfactories, however the odor, But the won is one of offensive ders of the pur the plant, when we remember pose of its being placed there, the same as honey in the basswood blossom and nectar in the blue gentian; however, the odor need not be trouble some, if the room is kept sufficiently cool. feet high, the bulb, the larger the bulbs increases every year, and The two "flowers" in the picture, are each over eight the bulbs each weighing 40 pounds, and are probably over 20 years old. The the size of larger the "flower." They blossom about four or five years after being first the cultiva planted, depending on the quality of tion, which the growth each year. As a rule, when the bulb is as large as an ordinary bowl, it will begin winter blossom ing. The original bulb is about as large as a is small marble having one "eye." Propagation by planting a miniature bulb, an offset from the end of the large roots growing out of the par ent bulb. really determines it, a missionary, who sent We have been cultivating these plants over 30 a from years, and secured our first wee bulb as I friend who secured his "starter" from understand I never could find out somewhere in the Orient. I have given away a good it definitely. about many bulbs but only very few them have had any success with them, for want of in telligent care. receiving from, it I have been much interested all these years, to discover the species to which our plant belongs, but so far have not succeeded. I have no doubt but that it belongs to the Arum or Araceae fam- The M. A. C. Record Page Five ily, and the genus Amorphophallus. Dr. Bailey (class of 1882, M. A. C.) in his monumental work of six volumes, "The Standard Cyclopaedia of Horticulture," describes this genus, giving also more than a dozen species, but ours is not included, though a noted botanist assured me our con plant vinced him he was mistaken. Quoting from Dr. Bailey's work, "the leaves begin to grow imme diately after is Amorphophallus Rivieri, but the flowering • season." But as I I Angstman and two of his eight-foot "flowers." flowering, leaving. Had leaving and and takes a distinct and rest have explained, our " plant between between flowering I space I would like to describe the largest "flower" of this fam ily known, which grew in Sumatra in 1890, hav ing leaf blade 45 feet in circumference, spathe three feet in diameter, spadix six feet high and stalk 10 feet high. Detroit, March 8, 1924. O. E. Angstman, '75 STUDENTS ELECT C. H. Boehringer, YEAR'S OFFICERS '25, son of A. G. Boehringer, '96, of Bay City, was elected editor of the Holcad for the next year at the spring elections. He will have on his staff in the capacity of business manager, Gerald Miller, '25, Milan. Elwood Mason, '25, Burton, was chosen student represen tative on the board in control of athletics. F. B. Ranney, '25, son of E. W. Ranney, '00, Greenville, was re-elected cheer leader. Lyle Abel, '25, Sand Lake, will edit the Michigan Agriculturist and Andrew Huff, '25, White Pigeon, will control the business end of that publication. The student council will consist of El wood Mason, Robert Shaw, '25, son of Acting President Shaw; Palmer Slack, '25, Hermannville; T. R. Foster, '26, East Lan sing; D. L. Stouffer, '26, East Lansing; G. L. Dirks, '27, Coopersville. The follow ing were chosen to represent the students on the board of directors of the M. A. C. Union: Elsa Foote, '25, Lansing; Gideon Swanson, '25, Ishpeming; W. R. Matthews, '25, Hastings; Florence Pangborn, '26, Bad Axe; J. D. Baxter, '26, Highland, Park; J. I. Collett, '27, Quincy. Nearly a thousand votes were cast, the largest number registered in any election in the last five years. One of the weekly convocations was given over to impressing upon the students the necessity for voting the and, with name as an added attraction, was ap parently responsible for the turnout. the question of changing the A large number of wells supplying drink ing water to residents of Ohio have been condemned at instance of R. C. Sweeney, '19, assistant state sanitary en gineer, according to press reports. In one case Sweeney ordered filled fourteen out of- thirty-four wells which had been the source of drinking water for a large sum mer resort. Several others were con demned temporarily and will not be avail able for use until certain conditions pre scribed by the sanitary engineer are com plied with by the authorities. Page Six The M. A. C. Record 1 is feature of T he spirit of progress remorseless. It overturns much which was once out standing as a the College. Those who left M. A. C. years ago cannot realize that institution it is no longer an devoted solely to the teaching of agricul ture, perhaps the rudiments of mechanics and military science. Likewise they are slow to understand that East Lansing is a city, in size as well as in name, which has the old community known as supplanted Agricultural College. College hall, Wil liams hall, old Wells hall are gone and in their places or taking over their functions are structures of beauty and great utility. The day when all students worked a cer tain number of hours daily on the College is passed along with the time when farm lived on the campus. Rude all students labora shops have given way to modern tories to the end that the institution serves better. The faculty has been enlarged to the point where it is much larger than the student body many graduates remember. Along with all of these changes have come additions to the courses with the necessity for additional buildings, a great plant for physical education the student may that have an opportunity to develop mind and body proportionately and fit himself or herself as a well-trained leader. But these steps in advance have not been made with out changes which mean sacrifice of much that meant M. A. C. to the alumni of the earlier classes. But that is the way of the world. a the physical equipment of One of the older graduates recently re turned to the sender a bird's eye view of the campus which portrays the latest addi tions the to it was no the remark Campus with longer the M. A. C. he knew and as such he had not sufficient interest to retain the picture. This was an extreme case and one which is not often encountered. H o w ever, it is true that the alumnus returning find? to the campus after a long absence that It standing the trees, they are still landscapes on institution had outgrown but little to remind him of his college days the Red Cedar, several except the general houses on Faculty Row and effect of certain the cam pus which have not been altered, and lack ing the landmarks of his college days finds little to please him. T he same alumnus, however, will be the first to demand that M. A. C. keep step with the leaders among the colleges. is unfortunate, perhaps, that the original builders of the College did not build permanently enough so that the structures they erected could withstand the strain of years. On the other hand from the one who wants his the viewpoint of alma mater to progress it would be a handi cap to have buildings which must be used although because the and needed new structures to house its classes. the trend of education realizes the necessity for changes in physical equipment as well as in to extensive additions order that a college may cope with the need for its services. T he laws of progress are immutable, whether it means the changing of a busy street from a sylvan lane to a concrete highway or the demolition of old buildings to be replaced by new, the re linquishing of old customs for those which have proved themselves superior, they ride rough shod over sentiment and take their toll of heartaches. Not only to keep pace with the world but to lead it is the duty of an institution of learning, especially is this true with those supported and controlled by the people of a commonwealth and this cannot be accomplished without decisive steps in advance. The alumnus who follows the personnel closely them A point activity system which is intend ed to prevent one person holding too many important campus positions, will be insti tuted by the student council. There was a in vote of six to one favoring the annual elections. this plan The M. A. C. Record Page Seven "Close Beside The Winding Cedar" Seventeen indoor baseball teams, repre senting that number of men's societies, are struggling intra mural league. for supremacy the in A total of thirty-two names was added to the list of alumni at the February meet ing of the State Board when degrees were granted to that number. It is expected that entries in the College horse show to be held May 30 and 31 will be much more extensive than they were in 1923 and that they will rep resent a wider range of territory. this year Billed as the best of the series the Co-ed prom was held in the gymnasium on March 14. Following established custom man was excluded so reliance must be placed upon reports from the Woman's building that it was its the most extraordinary event of kind. the Bay City Junior college defeated team 18 to 13 March 5 on the freshman floor. The first year men have Bay City not had much opportunity into shape as a team because of the policy of Coach Young in using as large a squad as possible to develop what varsity material there may be within its ranks. to get The plot ship a forestry department will large number of trees this spring to vari ous places in the western part of the state for experimental plantations on shifting sands and poor soils. Ten acres will be near the experimental planted on Grand Rapids in cooperation with the Kent county board of supervisors. %,. C. Pal field mer, the '21, will have charge of work on this project. The ten acres that were planted last year were only partially successful owing dry to weather during trees planted last year consisted of Norway spruce, larch, Austrian pine, black walnut and red oak in blocks of about one acre each. the extremely the summer. T he the College. A m o ng Campus sentiment seems to have crystal lized in favor of a change in name. T he vote at the spring election was nearly seven to one for discarding M. A. C. as a title for the suggestions which have been offered a r e: College of Michigan, Michigan State college, Michi gan State university, Morrill university, University of the Great Lakes, Wolverine university. their minds W i th $400,000 in hand for a home for the department of horticulture the College authorities can well turn to ward providing adequate accommodations for the chemistry department which is now in several different buildings and housed under whose student finds it necessary to spend a certain amount of time as well as the large number who specialize in that subject. instruction every lost on March T wo squads of co-ed debaters State Normal to 7. Western Neither the affirmative nor the negative arguers of the M. A. C. list succeeded in judges convincing they were entitled the Judges characterized both to the honors. meets as being of a high type of competi tion. The co-eds continued their forensic activities on March 15 when they met the Kalamazoo college debaters. the circle the crowd, the college staff and the their Members of wives attended informal party given by the Faculty Folk club at the gymnasium on March 3. There were several varieties of entertainment offered in cluding variations of two-step to assure a thorough mixing of all ele ments. Refreshments were served dur ing the intermission and a medal was pre sented to O. E. Reed, head of the dairy induced most of department, to attend. T he the members of his staff the affair women handled with what assistance they could get from their partners. the details of for having 0 ^5 Page Eight The M. A. C. Record VICTORIES MARK END OF THE SEASON Basketball Team Defeats Valparaiso and Lake Forest in Final Games to failed Although it was heralded as the cham pion team of Indiana the Valparaiso bas ketball squad impress Coach Walker's team with its superiority and was defeated 22 to 12 at East Lansing on March 6. There was plenty of action in the early part of the visi tors, upon finding their offensive unavail ing apparently lost heart and failed to keep the last. T he con up the battle toward test was marred by referee-baiting by the Hoosiers and the actions of their supposed star. Valparaiso succeeded in getting the ball within shooting distance on many oc casions but inaccuracy spoiled its chances. the game but In the from four. the teams counted an the first half equal number of baskets floor but M. A. C. was more successful from the foul line and the period ended 12 to 9 with the Green and White leading. In the last twenty minutes of play the visitors counted only one goal from the floor while M. A. the C. was making high scoring player on team, making half of the baskets from the floor and two from the foul line for a total of ten points. The Valparaiso team came to twenty-one East Lansing with a record of straight victories which had been held at that it was defeated by St. Viator's, also a conqueror of M. A. C, but figure on the East it cut a rather sorry Lansing court. Ralston was the home figure until With this victory the squad earned an even break for its season, winning ten and losing a like number in some of the most closely contested games seen on the M. A. C. court in several years. Of the men who took part for the Green and White Cap t a i n - E v a, Ralston, Nuttila, Bilkey, Kitto the outstanding play and Richards were the in some of ers. Robinson appeared the after most important games, shortly season opened and until its just before close, contributing greatly to the power of the team. In fact Coach Walker's main worry through the schedule was supplying not a good center when Robinson was available. Bilkey rounded to the schedule and Kitto ward at was first forward monogram after ef fort ; Nuttila had difficulty repeat ing his 1923 record for scoring because of the close guarding to which he was sub jected. Eva was easily the best back guard on the floor in any of the games played at East Lansing this year. Richards was a star at times and at others mediocre. W i th Marx, Smith and Mason as reserve mate rial the 1925 season now has promise of developing a first class contender on the M. A. C. court, for E va and Ralston are the only members of the squad who may not be available for duty next year. the end of reliable and throughout. guard, seasons of in Ralston, his into form several earned first period In the final game on the regular sched ule the varsity defeated Lake Forest uni team played to 19. Neither versity 29 good basketball. saw The much poor passing and a general lack of accuracy on both sides. The half ended 9 to 8 with M. A. C. leading. In the sec ond half both sides put in better work on the floor at times. Lake Forest started an offensive which it a lead until Captain Eva's men braced and period while did they were adding enough points to make their margin secure. their best for a brief threatened to give Illinois university co-eds were defeated by the M. A. C. girls' rifle to 489 in a telegraphic match on February 29. Few women's teams have been able to score consistently as well as the Green and White squad. team 491 In a meet in the College pool the Grand Rapids Y. M. C. A. swimming team was defeated by the varsity 36 to 32. T he " Y" teams the the decision when had gained met the in the Furniture City early in season. The M. A. C. Record Page Nine USE RADIO STATION FOR SHORT COURSES In a series of talks by experts in the various branches of agriculture the ex tension division offers the farmers of the state a radio short course which began on Monday of this week and will continue through another week. There will be two fifteen minute lectures, the program be ginning at 7 o'clock and ending at 7:30 each evening from Monday to Friday, in clusive. According to R. J. Baldwin, '04, director of extension, the results obtained from this trial will determine to what ex tent WKAR will be used for this type of work because, at present there is little in farmers formation as to the number of owning receiving sets. If it is successful it is probable that the radio will be em ployed for sending out timely information is of different available. sorts when the station This is the first attempt in the state to use radio transmission for distributing ad- . vice to the agriculturist, hitherto it has been accomplished through bulletins and send ing men out into the field. It is believed that wireless will prove a valuable aid in spreading available data on the proper handling of crops, preparation of the soil and certain problems which beset the farm er during the various seasons. is represented every important department in the agricul tural division, agricultural engineering, bacteriology, veterinary medicine, botany, forestry, chemistry, entomology, soils, farm crops, poultry, horticulture, and animal husbandry will be discussed by members of the college staff. Acting President Shaw has the place of honor at the end of the two weeks' series. On the schedule there The following will take part in the pro gram: Monday, March 17—7 P. M., R. J. Baldwin, director extension work; 7:15., J. F. Cox. Tuesday, March 18—7 P. M., Prof. H. H. Musselman; 7:15, Prof. V. R. Gardner. Wednesday, March 19—7 P. M., Prof. G. A. Brown; 7:15, Dr. Ward Gilt- ner. Thursday, March 20—7:00 P. M., Prof. A. K. Chittenden; 7:15, Prof. O. E. Reed. Friday, March 21—7:00 P. M., Prof. R. H. Pettit; 7:15, Prof. Geo. Starr. Monday, March 24—7:00 P. M., Prof. M. M. McCool; 7:15; Prof. E. C. Foreman. Tuesday, March 25—7:00 P. M., Prof. C. P. Halligan; 7:15, Mrs. Louise Campbell. Wednesday, March 26—7:00 P. M., Dr. E. A. Bessey; 7:15, H. C. Rather. Thurs day, March 27—7:00 P. M., A. J. Patten; 7:15, W. E. Reddy. Friday, March 2&— 7:00 P. M., R. A. Turner; 7:15, Acting President R. S. Shaw. ENROLLMENT PROBLEM PUT UP TO STUDENTS Acting President Shaw took before the students the problem the College faces at the convocation on March 5. He explained that the equipment of M. A. C. would soon be sufficient to care for an enrollment of three thousand students and outlined the manner in which that number could be in duced to enter M. A. C. in the fall. He proposed that each student take it upon himself to see that one more starts in Sep tember and told the faculty of its duties in this respect. In a review of the history of M. A. C. he explained the steps which have brought it into prominence as a general educational center instead of its original character as a purely agricultural school. Changes in the state from general agricul ture to other industries have created a de mand for a different type of education without relaxing from the plan to teach scientific agriculture and its branches. In discussing the proposal for a change in name President Shaw suggested that the movement take on a more orderly aspect and be brought to the attention of the au thorities in an impressive manner. To this end the student council had decided to place the question before the College at the annual election on March 7 when the question was placed on the ballot, merely voting for or against a change in name. Page Ten The M. A. C. Record Detroiters' Doings The third dancing party of the win ter season for the Detroit M. A. C. club will be held at the Twentieth Cen tury club, corner of Witherell and Columbia streets, on Friday, March 28. All Detroiters are urged to plan to spend a pleasant evening with the rest of the "old gang." M. A. C. women of Detroit stirred up quite a little spirit in a Teapot Dome affair of their own held in the form of a tea at the Woman's City clubs on Saturday, March 1. Some thirty-three former co eds were out and assisted in reviving the former M. A. C. Women's club in Detroit. Plans were laid to hold a bridge-tea in the near future and a dinner party with the is also hinted at. better halves invited Those present were Julia P. Grant, '04, '07, Ann Huntington, '07, Clara Morley, of Ann Arbor, Almira Brimmer, '14, Clarissa Pike Lee, '18, Gertrude M. Beebe, '20, Catherine Willison Beebe, '14, Luie H. Ball, '13, Helen Storrer Beebe, '15, Mary Ann Gilchrist, '22, Ida B. Pokorny, '07, Irene W. Fisk, '06, Bernice Woodworth, '17, of Dearborn, Lillie Thomason Black, '16, Ethel Taft, '16, Elizabeth Pagelsen, '16, Josephine Mat thews, '22, Flora Wettlaufer Gleason, '22, '23, Laura Miriam Packard Sheppard, Crissman, '21, Mrs. R. H. Gordon, '03, Mrs. Mabel Tussing Barron, '14, Anne E. Carson, '17, Anna Marshall, '18, Mabel Robison Hock, '11, Gertrude Lowe Wood- worth, '01, Marion Lowe Hemans, '18, E. Genevieve Gillette, '20, Hazel B. Deadman, '19, Lavenia Cottrell Bentley, '19, Helena Lawrence Prakhin, '05. '16, Carol Davis, time," One feature of this party was the large number of alumni who were present who had failed to be out for the first time. Howard K. Menhenick, '23, was a re cent visitor in Detroit. Menhenick is now assistant superintendent with O. C. Simonds of Chicago and was combining business with pleasure on this call. Sheldon B. Lee, '17, and Clarissa Pike Lee, '18, now report that their new ad dress is 2218 Tenth street, Port Huron. J. W. Owen, '23, has quit selling steel and is now connected with the Eastman Building Corporation with offices at 1448 Penobscot building. This company is en gaged in building small houses in and near Detroit. PROHIBITION VOTE IS HEADED OFF Although The Holcad had planned to work with the Michigan Daily and other college publications in getting a wet and dry vote among the students and faculty, on the recommendation of R. B. Weaver, student pastor, it was decided at the last minute to drop the project. The argument which decided the authorities to abandon getting opinions on the issue was that pro hibition was already a part of the constitu tion and as such was not to be questioned. It was proposed to place on a ballot the following questions: 1. I favor retention of the prohibition amendment and the Volstead act as they now stand. 2. I favor modification of the Volstead act to permit the sale of light wines and beers. 3. I favor repeal of the present pro Eclipsing the first M. A. C. party of the year the second of the season's dancing parties, held on February 28 at the Twen tieth Century Club went into the records as better than ever. Around sixty couples "good were present for the proverbial hibition amendment. Apparently the fear that the registered vote might not indicate the actual senti ment of the campus was one of the con the suppres siderations which prompted sion of the movement. The M. A. C. Record TRACK TEAM TOPS MICHIGAN ENTRANTS In a meet which brought out keen com petition, two new records for the event and three victories over Michigan entries the 1924 track carnival marked a point in the development of track athletics at M. A. C. Killoran, Baguley, Ripper and Hartsuch the Ann Arbor took first honors from quartet in the two-mile match relay when Hartsuch came from behind in the final lap to defeat his competitor. In the high and low hurdles VanNoppen and Herdell, they are respectively, demonstrated ready for high class company when they captured the honors final heats. Wittman, of Michigan, was forced to clip a tenth of a second from the meet record in the 40-yard dash to take the honors and the team set 1 42.1 as the mark for future contests of this sort just before the Western Normal runners managed to nose out the varsity in 1 142,2. The Fresh avenged their 1923 de feat at the hands of Highland Park Junior college when Rupp, Wood, Grim and Alderman gained nearly a full lap on their opponents. freshman half-mile relay that the in Herdell was and Alderman second fourth in a special 40-yard event, Grim was second and Zimmerman fourth over this distance for regular college entries. Miner, Holihan, Cawood, Warner and Lovejoy tied with McRay, of Ypsilanti, for fourth tied for place in the pole vault. Kurtz third in the high jump, and the freshman squad lost a two-mile relay to Ypsilanti. Considered as a whole the meet was one of the most successful in the history of the Page Eleven N E C R O L O GY MRS. FRANK W. HowK Mrs. Frank W. Howe, native of Pe- toskey and wife of Frank Howe, '10, pro fessor of rural economics at the college of agriculture, Syracuse university, died at her home near Syracuse on March 3. She attended M. A. C. for a short time. She is survived by her husband and five chil dren. ROBERT GOLDSMITH Robert Goldsmith, one time pastor of the People's church, died at his home near Philadelphia on February 24. Since leav ing M. A. C. he had been active in various capacities with newspapers and philan thropic and religious organizations. He served as an assistant editor of Collier's Weekly for two years, as editorial writer on the New York World and Philadelphia Evening Bulletin, he had been founder of the Civic church at Little Rock, Arkansas, assistant to Newell Dwight Hills, noted the Brooklyn League to Enforce Peace, the Rockefeller Foundation and Interchurch World' Movement. associated with pastor, the feature and from the M. A. C. standpoint it marked the first time a Green and White team has been able to defeat the university over the two-mile distance. F O RD A. W. H O CK L I N C O LN w i th D A L R Y M P L E - M O R L EY CO. Mack A v. at V an D y ke D e t r o it S~> rJ> r vb **-** »1 IV •—« rV ^^ I ^—^ I ^ C> 1 1 ^ "^ • •••;-••.-••" m ^ POSTPAID TO YOUR DOOR! 100% LIVE D E L I V E RY G U A R A N T E ED ! V a r i e t i es B a r r ed R o c ks and S. C. R. I. R e ds S. C. 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SMITH, 12, CHOSEN TO STUDY MARKETS Edwin Smith, '12, has been chosen sec retary of the Northwestern F r u it Growers commission, recently formed to work out plans for bettering the marketing of north '12, writes western fruits. D. F. Fisher, that Smith was chosen after twenty-five applicants for the position had been turned down, although he had not entered his name "con tinues : " E d 's connection with this work gives it an assured standing for he has the respect and confidence of all conflicting elements in the northwestern fruit market ing situation." the competition. Fisher in A clipping forwarded by Fisher states: "While in Seattle the commission retained the services of Edwin Smith of Wenatchee as executive secretary. This appointment was made because of Mr. Smith's wide ex perience in fruit marketing and knowledge of problems involved." Alumni Opinion Editor, T HE RECORD: I was glad to note in T HE RECORD for the Student in the 18th of February Council has recommended a change name to Michigan State University. that On the same page you very correctly state that " It is not so much a matter of advertising M. A. C. as it is one of edu cating the people to the point where they understand it is no longer merely an agri cultural college, that it is instead a great university, etc." Any alumnus w ho has really made an effort to send students back to the college will testify that right there is the big difficulty to overcome. Any child could see that all this big dif ficulty could be overcome in one stroke by simply changing the name to fit the college as it is today. We have a college to be proud of, and with the new buildings and new courses the prospective worth-while to "sell" to student. But the minute you say agricul tural college to the prospective engineering or chemistry or home economics student, they lose interest. Everybody agrees that there has been something wrong with M. A. C. the last few years. While other col leges phenomenal growth and are taxed to capacity, M. A. C. has even slipped back in enrollment. experienced have a Can anyone who really has the interest of the College at heart offer any real ob jection to this great step forward? H o w a rd L. Fisher, '18. Lorain, Ohio. Dear McCarthy: Just had the thrill that comes once in a the lifetime. W as playing around with dials on my super-heterodyne when I picked up the wildest yelling I have heard for some time. I was going to pass it up but I had a hunch to stick with it a few minutes and find out what it was all about and where it was from. You cannot im agine the kick I got when I discovered it was W K AR broadcasting the M. A. C. It came in so Valparaiso basketball game. loud and plain it into the loud speaker so that I could get more bene fit of the yelling. It was the best thing I can imagine next to being there. Got so blamed excited that my mother I started yelling myself. I took the "com bination" and you can believe me that I will be on the receiving end when the old school does any future broadcasting. Con gratulations to the team and the men who are responsible for W K A R. truly, that I turned Very said F r a nk G. Chaddock, '17. Field Artillery School, F o rt Sill, Okla. Editor of T HE RECORD: I have a profound respect for Mr. Fred Henshaw. Have known him since he was a small boy. Am personally acquainted with his family. However, I must take issue with F r ed on the proposed name for the college. The M. A. C. Record ^) Page Thirteen This letter may mean greater business progress to you ALEXANDER ^ g ^ *- -r^uTe \t*s :..<->-D- ,- rtC.S. JCHA ,"0T HO. 0PPD rt firm THE LETTER reproduced herewas written to acquaint present and future executives with the vigorous force that the Institute can be in their busi ness lives. It offers a book called "A Definite Plan for Your Busi ness Progress, "which tells about the Modern Business Course and Service and what it has done for over 200,000 men. • This letter is being sent only to a carefully selected list of business men—Presidents and business heads, controllers, gen eral managers, and other men whose education and training indicate their probable need for increased business knowledge and self-assurance. You may receive this letter. If you do, read it thought It may mean much in fully. your future earning power. If you do not, it may be, of course, only because we have not been given your name. In any event, we suggest that you take this opportunity to get your copy of "A Definite Plan for Your Business Prog ress." A copy is ready for you; the coupon at the foot of this page will bring it at once, and without the slightest obligation. If you have ever asked yourself, "Where am I going to be in business ten years from now?" —send for it today. Institute VMSCH Alexander Hamilton 90 Astor Place New York City Send me the book, "A Definite Plan for Your Business Progress," which I may keep without obligation. Please write plainly Signature 4, Business Address Business Position Page Fourteen The M. A. C. Record We simply cannot leave out agriculture. We should make that suggestive that the college was brought Upon it is known the world over. the word the name in some way. Upon into being. that it has grown, and upon that to It seems the main contention is to use a term that will apply to the mechanical part. The word Michigan should also be used. If we have outgrown the word col lege, then there can be no objection to the word university. We may the word Agriculture, if that seems best, and use Agr'l instead. shorten T he name I propose is Michigan Agr'l- Mechanical College! or Michigan Agr'l.- Mechanical University, whichever pleases best. I prefer the old name as If the name must be changed, although, personally, it stands today, let us not get too far removed from that name to throw the institution out of its well-worn standing it has made for itself in history. Very truly, Ray Sessions, '79. Grand Rapids, Mich. Editor of T HE RECORD: T he logical presentation made by Mr. Henshaw in a recent issue of T HE RECORD to the selection of a new with reference name for the College has appealed to me more strongly than the name which he sug gested. • The name "University the Great Lakes'" fails to indicate that it is a state in that Michigan. institution or located of is it the All of requirements of distinction and dignity as well as location and relation ship to the state would be met by the name ''Wolverine State University." In addition this name is short, euphone- ous, looks well balanced in type and would be adaptable for use in college yells and songs. Very truly yours, R. J. Baldwin, '04. East Lansing, Mich. C L A SS N O T ES '92 "Have rented my farm and am now post master at Tekonsha, Michigan," writes George W. Davis. '96 J. E. W. Tracy is a seedsman with the D. Landreth Seed company at Bristol, Pennsylvania, where he lives at 725 Radcliffe. '99 "Jack" Edwards, "Bill" Hurd, Teresa Bristol Ranney and E. M. Hunt constitute the reunion committee for the twenty-fifth anniversary cele bration on June 14. A few letters have been re ceived from members of the class addressed to the secretary, S. F. Edwards, 726 W. Ionia street, Lansing. The following is from G. N. Gould, who is an attorney at Harbor Springs: Dear Jack: We have your communication calling our attention to our class reunion this coming June and it hardly seems possible that twenty-five years have slipped away since we re ceived the coveted sheepskin. However, we have a daughter now in school who will graduate this coming June, providing the professors are as kind to her as they were to me. We have planned on being back at M. A. C. to renew old acquaintances and to estab lish new friendships this coming June. We hope you will be able to round up many members of '99 and make the reunion a real success. Seymour L. Ingerson writes from Chickasha, Oklahoma, where he is a chemist in a cotton oil laboratory, that he cannot promise to be back. He recalls the reunion of 1920 and expresses the hope that this year's will far eclipse that one. He tests samples of cottonseed products and re ports his busy season about at an end. E. A. Winegar will return from Wacousta, Alich., for the event. He is the local postmaster as well as a farmer and says he needs the former job to pay his expenses. W. R. Kedzie ministers to the spiritual needs of a large congregation at Cleveland and is not certain that he will be able to drop his duties long enough to reune with the class but indicates that he will make an extra effort to be present. '07 Walter Warden of Rushton, Michigan, reports no change except in years. He says: "Last sum mer a little item appeared local paper which might interest those who knew Mary M. Kyes, who was with the class of 1902, I think. It follows. 'The Michigan Christian Advocate is running a continued story entitled The Build ers, which is the work of Mrs. W. E. Allen, who resides on a farm near South Lyon. Mrs. Allen has also recently sold a story entitled Pals to St. Nicholas.'" the in The M. A. C. Record Page Fifteen MTOi .iiiiiiiiimiHiininiiHtimi j Chew it after every meal It s t i m u l a t es a p p e t i te a nd a i ds d i g e s t i o n. It m a k es y o ur food do you more good. Note h ow It r e l i e v es that stufly feeling after b e a r ty e a t i n g. W h i t e ns t e e t h, s w e e t e ns b r e a th a nd it's t he goody that L-a-s-t-s. Pfif - in its Purity! Package? 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 s m a ll 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 a d v e r t i s i ng w e ll r e m e m b er in a ny t h i r ty years a go w as T he a l u m ni p u b l i c a t i on is t he o n ly m a g 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 c o l l e c t i v e l y — in a ny w ay 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 i n d i v i d u a l ly or azine suggests an i n q u i ry to ALUMNI MAGAZINES ASSOCIATED ROY BARNHILL, Inc. cAdvertising l^epresentative NEW YORK 23 E. 2 6 th S t. CHICAGO 2 30 E. O h io S t. AMERICAN EXTENSION UNIVERSITY The Life Planning; Institute A. C. Burnham, B. S., LL. B., (M. A. C. '93) President 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 '•S. THE STRAUS BROS. COMPANY 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, '70, Chairman Executive Com. Gilbert L. Daane, '09, President C. Fred Schneider, '85, Manager Division Branch 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. P r a t t, '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 Page Sixteen & The M. A. C. Record ~£&%M :'~. *t~ WSSESm Cash is Needed to Carry on the Work on the Union Memorial Building Prompt Payment will insure the t he success of project at the lowest possible cost. The Students used shovels to the con start struction work, you can use a pen to keep it going.