LIBRARY MICHIGAN STATE COLLEGE Of AGRI. AND APP. SCIENCE 5 QJ >, i38?!9WSC^ \*5» < ' • • * * • - • *& > ii Michigan Agricultural College Association Publishers ffl East Lansing June 9, 1924 Vol. XXIX No. 33 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—IOJ23-'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 NEW YORK MILWAUKEE, WIS. WESTERN PENNSYLVANIA THE M. A. jl RECORD VOL. X X I X. No. 33 E A ST LANSING, MICHIGAN J U NE 9, 1924 REGISTRATION AIDS ALUMNI OFFICE Tables Will Be Placed on Campus if Good Weather Prevails June 14 telling where you are A full day on the Campus will be neces sary if you are to take part in all of the activities planned for June 14 and also have a chance to view the recent changes in the College. The first thing to do. when you arrive is to find alumni headquarters and register your name, address, and occupa tion according to directions. Signs will be posted to do this. In case of good weather registration will take place near the Union Memorial build ing, in case of rain the alumni office at 3 Faculty Row will be headquarters. Classes will establish information centers at regis tration places where the various reunion groups will be told of the plans of their particular classes. All this should be done before 11 o'clock on the morning of June 14.. the members of in luncheon At 11 :30 the doors will be opened for the the Union Memorial alumni building. You will be provided with a box lunch and the other necessities and allowed to carry the major portion of these to your own seat with your class. Luncheon time will be followed immediately by the busi ness meeting of the M. A. C. Association. Announcement will be made concerning the officers elected for the next year by mail for ballot, consideration by the meeting and the an the organization will be nual business of transacted. the retiring president will deliver short ad lhitterfield, newly dresses and Dr. K. L. elected president of the College will out line his plans in the course of a short talk. The College band will entertain with several special numbers and will occupy a balcony overlooking the dining room. resolutions will be presented The new president and After the luncheon there will be a period when classes can congregate and complete the evening before going their plans for latter to the cornerstone ceremony. This in for furnish music is scheduled to begin at 2:3o o'clock and the speakers will from a stand at talk the south front of the building. The band this event will also Joseph B. Cotton, '86, will deliver the main address of the day in the last number on '78, the program before W. K. Prudden, inter assisted by a dozen others specially ested the corner stone in position. Preceding Cotton's ad dress there will be talks by D. E. Clark, president of the Union, a representative of in the firm of Pond and Pond, architects charge of the building; H. L. Conrad, of the Christman company, builders of the Union and E. W. Ranney, president of the M. A. C. Association who will be chairman of the program. the building, places reception Following the president's there will be this ceremony class dinners and reunions many of which have been arranged, and in the evening at 8 o'clock the guests of the day are invited to attend and alumni dance in the gymnasium. All those who can come before Saturday are request ed to register at the alumni office relieving registration the the around It has been tables on the following day. register arranged filed and on cards which can be easily arranged by classes eliminating the neces the big book. sity of waiting a Several tables will be established for this purpose and will be readily accessible. that all attending will congestion t u rn at Although it should not be necessary, it is again pointed out that all alumni and former students are invited to the Alumni Day celebration with such guests as they may choose to bring. T he luncheon will cost one dollar per box and the crowd will have the its own exception of beverages and ice cream which will be served at the tables. T he luncheon program has been kept as short as pos- lunch with to collect Page Four The M. A. C. Record sible in order that the diners may not be come impatient at the extent of business which must be transacted. Reports will be they may printed and distributed so that be more generally understood than was the case when they were read. A com mittee of tellers appointed by the president will canvass the vote on the evening pre ceding the meeting and report the results at the time of resolu tions committee will meet before the gen eral session and have its report ready. The schedule has to give all t e en arranged possible time to the class gatherings which important to most alumni are events of the day. Classes will be seated together where is possible, although some of the larger groups may be separated somewhat when the seats are arranged. the meeting. T he the most this The hrst essential is to register, other details of the program will follow quickly and you will be carried along with the tide. GILLETTE PUBLISHES RESULT OF RESEARCH in pamphlet C. P. Gillette, '84, is joint author with M. A. Palmer of the Colorado agricultural experiment station of an article printed in the Annals of the Entomological Society of America and reprinted form by "that organization entiled ''New Colorado It is a report on the results of Lachnini." three investigations covering a period of years concerning new species of aphids found in Colorado. To quote the introduc tion: "some of the species are difficult of separation. We have found it almost es sential, in several instances, to obtain eggs or stem-mothers in the spring and rear the later broods from them under control con ditions and record the color characters in all stages." The booklet is illustrated with twelve plates, some of which are in color. A large number of species are described in the article which requires fifty-six pages, 7x 1 o. H a r ry Wakefield, Had Axe, has been the class of junior president of elected 1926. Detroiters' Doings to Genevieve Gillette, the '20, was a delegate from Detroit Interstate Meet of the Friends of our Native Landscape held at Big Point Sable dune near Ludington, May 30 to June 1. More than 200 dele gates Indiana from Illinois, Wisconsin, and Michigan were in attendance with liberal representations from the University of Michigan and M. A. C. Stewart M. F a r r, '22, is now a bacter iologist for the Detroit Creamery with his office at the main office, Cass and Grand River avenues. His home address is 66 W'est Hazehvood ave. to Gilbert Clegg, '17, has bid Detroit adieu is now connected writh for a while. He the Public Land commission at Milwaukee an organization similar the City Plan commission of Detroit. Clegg has been granted a six-months leave of absence from his position with the Department of P a r ks and Boulevards. Answering the weekly the roll call at luncheons by his absence is W. W. "Octy" '15. Barron has gone to Lansing Barron, where he the Tussing building. in" charge of is HORSE SHOW WINS GENERAL APPROVAL for both days and good Fair weather crowds marked the second annual R. O. T, C. horse show held at the College, May 30 and 31. There were entries in special events from several cities and the cadets were also well represented in the different the classes. A show ring was erected on south side of the new athletic field south of to the ridge on which is a thriving pine plantation giving the scene an unusually picturesque setting. Before the first day all reserved seats and automobile parking space had been sold. It is understood that the profits from the show will be used in the construc tion of a field for polo practice and other projects of the military department. the Red Cedar, next there The M. A. C. Record Page Five TRAINS FOR SCIENCE, HOME, BUSINESS H. B. Division Also Produces Teachers—New Courses Added. is the This series designed to give information offered by M. A. C. final article of a While the number of girls enrolled in the applied science and liberal arts courses at M. A. C. is expected to show a constant increase as the divisions become older, the home economics course, the establishment of which in 1896 was a pioneer venture in this field of education, is expected to retain its popularity in spite of the encroachments of the new courses. in the application of the sciences fundamental " T he ultimate purpose of this course," to says the official M. A. C. catalog, "is the train students to principles of re living and utilization of all modern sources in the improvement of the home. Courses of instruction in home economics, correlated together with all therewith, are designed the civic, moral and economic responsibility of the individual home to the community and instruct in the' right care of human life in the home." to emphasize subjects the division: economics Eight groups of subjects are offered in general, the home institutional manage foods and nutrition, ment, clothing, textiles, related arts, voca in home tional, and a five year course these economics and nursing. the is practically the work to first two years. The groups are offered permit to junior and senior students specialize in the desired phase of home economics. In each of the same for the All groups prepare the student for teach four or state certificate being ing, a three-year available upon completing five courses in the education department. This certificate may be converted to a life certifi cate at the end of three years' successful teaching. . The general and the vocational groups of subjects are especially planned as preparation for teaching, the latter ful the Smith- requirements of filling the Hughes law. Technical groups also pre pare the student for commercial work of larger various kinds which are calling for numbers of graduates. for group room and and marketing. institutional management The food and nutrition group gives ad vanced work in foods, nutrition and insti tutional management, and offers prelimi nary preparation the vocations asso ciated with proper eating and nutrition. in The clude courses in tea cafeteria management, advanced cookery, and ac counting clothing major includes advanced work in clothing construction, tailoring, costume design, mil linery, home decoration, and textile buying. Training in all phases of textile chemistry, buying and selling of textiles, economics, clothing construction, and home furnishing in the textiles group. T he re is offered includes courses in home lated arts major furnishing, costume design, applied design, clothing, and art. T he T he five year course in home economics through an affilia and nursing is offered tion with the E d w a rd W. Sparrow Hospital of Lansing. The course leads to the degree of bachelor of science and the certificate of graduate nurse (G. N . ). The new $400,000 H o me Economics building, which was completed this spring contains complete facilities for study and training h o me their economics. T he equipment are models and are unsurpassed in any educational institution in the coun try. laboratories phase every and of in The availability of this building and the high standard and wide range of the work offered economics division make possible a strong appeal to girls who are prospective college students. in the home E. C. Hayhow, '26, Royal Oak, has been elected managing editor of the 1925 Wol verine and Raymond Riggs, '26, Flint, has been chosen editor of the yearbook. Page Six The M. A. C. Record VIEWS AND COMMENT At the close of this college year T HE RECORD finds itself in poorer financial cir cumstances than a year ago. Subscriptions have been paid by a larger percentage and advertising has grown in volume hut with this there has been in publication which has taken more than the increase in advertising income to equalize. increased expense aid. also ()ne increase its income. are among issue would the subscription least S3.00 and many of There are probably two solutions to the problem of issuing Tine RECORD within the bounds of is to reduce the number of issues per year and another is to rate. At $2.50 per year T HE RECORD is the cheapest alumni weekly in the I n k ed Sttaes. Others them charge at more than that. As a corollary to the lat ter statement a larger percentage of adver tising per . F i ve pages of advertising would pay all ex penses of printing the regular sixteen-page number and allow the use of subscription returns to handle the affairs of the office. There reader of Tin-: the IVI-:CORI> large numbers of men and women who in Tin-: Ri-voRi). A business .may be purely local its in character and have many of profits depend solely upon the patronage it receives from transient customers. It may have nothing at all to do with agriculture or engineering and still be one of great appeal to most RECORD readers. In any case advertising has proved itself a profitable in it is no longer a luxury but a vestment, demonstrated necessity. F u r t h er than this the advertisement of an alumnus in T11E RECORD has extra value which will en hance its ability to bring returns. The M. A. C. Association must arouse itself from a feeling of complacency, take stock and do radical its established to some of ideas if it is to retain its self respect. should advertise their business things It is unfortunate that T HE RECORD can not be published and sent free to all it former students, the affairs of is unfor alumni and tunate the M. A. C. that Association must be conducted on strictly business principles because that robs it of some of its sentimental value but the worth of any organization is reflected in its ability to run it own affairs. A searching inven tory shows the Association is weak in that it has not yet demonstrated its power. T&E RECORD should be run to suit its readers but the readers should also take into con-' sideration that the cost of printing an up to date magazine with attending features is an obstacle in the path of doing all that might be done. T he affairs of an organ from ization deserve the closest attention its members if they are truly interested in its welfare and to exist it has no unless they are. right regret of Dr. liutterrield is leaving Amherst with that the people of the heartfelt place and the college staff and students. Business men honored him at a recent ban quet and student publications have ex pressed the loss the college must face with his departure. In his eighteen years at the Massachusetts Agricultural college he has the marie many friends and press of the east as a leader in rural affairs. Massachusetts feels that Ikitterfield's alma mater is getting all the better of the deal the presidency through his acceptance of of M. A. C. Those who have worked with him for such a long time should be in a position to judge of his merits as a college is president and citizen and their opinion unanimous that he is an outstanding figure eminently to occupy. the place he is hailed by fitted for is K. D. Bailey. '21, will continue teaching agriculture and will be principal of the high school at Holly, Michigan, next year. '69, '74, '79,'82, '83, '84, '85, '89, '94, '99, 01, '02, '03, '04, '09, '14, '19, '20, '21, '22, '23 The M. A. C. Record Page Seven "Close Beside The Winding Cedar" D. M. McCormack, '26, has been chosen Pewamo, schools of at superintendent Michigan, for the next year. L. Whitney Watkins, '93, has been com the quartermaster in missioned a major corps in the organized reserves. M. C. Herdell, '24, was entered the 100-yard dash and the 220-yard low hurdles at the Conference track meet on June 6 and 7. in T. L. Sherburne, Jr., '27, son of the com mandant of the College military units, has been appointed to West Point and will report at the Military academy on July 1. lingered Spring has long. Early June still finds the white oaks on the Campus undecided as to send the season or call it out their leaves for a vacation and hold them over another win ter. to whether or not A program for those interested in feed the ing of livestock will be presented at College on June 18 when the results of the experimental work of the past year will be given out and illustrated with exhibits of various animals from the College herd. the singles Captain Croll won title in the state intercollegiate tennis tournament at the College on May 30 and 31 but, with for Lawrence, was defeated the doubles title causing the meet to end in a tie with M. A. C. and Western Nor mal leading the field. in the finals recently Theta Alpha Phi, installed honorary dramatics society has elected the following to membership: Ruth Chris topher, '24, Lansing; Marian Larkworthy, '24, Benton H a r b o r; Mary Wing, '25, De troit; Mary E. Ranney, '22, Greenville; Donald Clark, '24, Manistee; Nicholas Kik, '24, Grand R a p i d s; S. M. Vaughan, '26, Alpena; R. H. Powers, '26, Hartford. Thomas E. Johnson, state superintendent final instruction, addressed of public convocation of the year, May 27. He emphasized the need of qualities of leader ship among college graduates. the Theodore R. Smits, '26, a student in the applied science division was awarded the Lawson prize for his essay on "William Hazlitt." in the Com mencement issue of T HE RECORD. It will be printed '25, G. N. Swanson, Ishpeming, was elected president of the Union for the next y e a r; Elsa Foote, '25, Lansing, was elected '15, was vice-president; and E. B. Hill, elected treasurer at the final meeting of the college year. the Seniors who have completed receive their attainments re quirements for commissions in the officers' official reserve corps will acknowledgment of at Commencement. commissions have been given out at the last review of the year. A large class will attend the sum mer school at Camp Custer and Fortress Monroe. Hitherto the A. B. Cook, Jr., '23, teacher of agricul ture in the school of Ionia is credited with a successful year in a recent issue of the Ionia County News. He organized a F a r mers' day program which drew a record crowd to Ionia and has introduced a sys tem of teaching which has met with genera] approval in the county. He has also ser ved as coach in two branches of athletics. in the A contest for those taking the course in public speaking resulted following a w a r d s: first, R. H. Powers, '26, H a r t f o r d; '26, Harrisville; second, H. C. Roberts, '26, Howell. Prizes third, R. E. Horwood, of $15, $10, and $5, respectively were fur nished from the income of the alumni pub lic speaking fund. It is planned that these contests will be held annually. '69, ' 7 4, ' 7 9, ' 8 2, ' 8 3, '84, ' 8 5, ' 8 9, '94, ' 9 9 ,' , ' 0 2, ' 0 3, '04, ' 0 9, '14, ' 1 9, ' 2 0, ' 2 1, ' 2 2, ' 23 <&* Page Eight The M. A. C. Record THREE BASEBALL VICTORIES SCORED Wisconsin, St. Viator's and B utter Defeated on College Field. St. Viator's, Wisconsin and Butler were all vanquished in the most successful week of the haschall season ending on May 3 1. In the Monday game vSt. Viator's lost out in a thrilling ninth inning finish, Wenner's hit accounting for the winning run after two men were out and concluding the game failed to exhibit t he 8 to 7. Wisconsin haseball expected of a Conference squad and was vanquished, 7 to 4 in the first day of Butler took an 8 to 4 heating on the following day. InLtwo cases the visitors tried left banders and in both cases the former terrors of the M. A. C. hitting attack were the means forces. of insuring victory to the home the Memorial Day holiday. after scores, T he first game of the week was a repiti- tion of a contest with the same club a year Iij.1923 MacMillan was the hero of ago. the day sending a home run to deep left this year held for the winning Wenner took his turn and drove a long hit to center field scoring enough ahead of him to make victory certain. Wakefield started on the mound but retired in favor of Wenner runs had been four scored in the first two innings. T he latter allowed but five hits in the remainder of the game, and kept his opponents from inning crossing the plate after until, the ninth when they pushed another run across. T he visitor's pitcher showed signs of weakening several times during the game and gave out bases on balls at critical moments. His wildness filled the bases in the ninth with two bases on balls and a hit batsman and then forced in two runs by giving another base on balls and hitting another batter. This was the time chosen by Wenner for his long hit. the third proved Wakefield effective e n o u g h against Wisconsin. Although the Memorial Day visitors collected the same number of hits as did the home team they were not placed advantageously for scoring purposes. The Badger coach used three pitchers in his efforts to save the day but none was quite right for the task. Richards proved fourth his value in the field by halting a rally in the inning with a running catch which he took with one hand. He also stole two bases. MacMillan had a big day making scoring two runs. three hits in four attempts, and Wisconsin undoubtedly had good talent on its squad but a lack of coordination pre vented a good showing, an exhibition which was all the more evident because of the close team work on the M. A. C. nine. T he visitors also showed an inclination to pay more attention to the* umpire than to the work at hand. M. A. C. M c M i l l a n, ,3b ;'; Sepaneck, ss Richards, If, cf Kebler, 2b Williams, rf Wenner, rf, p Fremont, c '.- Mclnnis, il> Wakefield, p Beckley, cf *I!aynes **Waliis Ranney, rf Kuhn, rf - 3 o 3 13 0 0 0 0 0 0 00 4 1 1 0 1 0 o 1 o o o 0 0 1 o 0 0 o 0 0 0 0 00 1 00 4 0 0 2 30 2 1 0 5 20 2 0 o o 1 I 4 1 2 1 2 1 3 AB R H PO A E 3 1 1 o 3 0 0 1 5 20 0 0 20 o 1 0 - 31 ..... ...'. '•. - : Totals *Ran for Mclnnis in third. *::''Ran for Mclnnis in fifth. - 28 8 8 27 16- 2 ,lf St. VIATOR McGinriis, cf Jordan Dairymple, ss L. Winterhalter, 2b J. Winterhalter, ib Murphy, 3I) Fitzgerald, rf Bell, c Dundon, p ;; AB R H PO A K 2 3 0 0 00 3 2 10 5 0 0 3 10 4 1 5. o 1 3 3 1 2 5 00 I 1 - 3 1 2 2 3 I 4 0 0 1 00 4 1 2 10 3 o 3 0 0 0 20 -33 7 10*26 11 2 Totals *Two out when winning runs were scored. The summary: Two base hire—L. Winterhalter, Jordan 2, Mc lnnis. Sacrifice hit—Sepaneck. Stolen bases— McGinnis, Kehler 2, Jordan, Richards. Double play—Wenner to Fremont to Kebler, Jordan to Dairymple, Bell to J. Winterhalter to Bell. Hit batsman—by Dundon, Mclnnis, Kebler. Hits— off Wakefield 5 in 2 innings, off Wenner 5 in 7 innings. Base on balls—Wakefield 2, Dundon 8, Wenner 5. Struck out—Wakefield 3, Dundon 8. Let on bases—M. A. C. 3; St. Viator 7. The M. A. C. Record Page Nine Sv - .•... WISCONSIN Tangen, 3I) Dugan, rf Goss, 2l> Aschenbrener, c Emanuel, cf Ellingson, ss Johnson, If, p Servalius, If Ritchie, p Steen, ib Coleman, p, lb , - , Totals M. A. C. Ranney, If .. Sepaneck, ss McMillan, 3b Kebler, 2b Wenner, If Fremont, c Richards, cf Mclnnis, lb Wakefield, p - - - - Totals ..._.... - - - - - AB R H PO A E I 5 o 1 1 3 5 1 2 2 00 5 1 1 0 2 o 4 0 2 6 00 3 0 0 0 00 4 0 0 1 30 3 0 1 4 00 1 o o 1 o 0 3 .1 1 0 1 o 3 1 1 7 « 0 1 0 0 2 00 37 4 9 24 9 * AB R H PO A E 4 1 1 1 o 1 4 1 1 o 3 o 4 2 3 2 01 , 3 0 0 6 1 1 00 3 1 2- 1 4 1 1 7 1 o 4 1 1 5 0 o 4 0 0 5 01 3 0 0 0 20 i?, 7 9 27 7 4 The summary: Stolen hits — Sacrifice bases—Richards2. Kebler, Wakefield, Wenner. Two base h i t s- McMillan, Wenner, Ritchie Aschenbrener. Three base hits—Goss, McMillan. Double play—Kebler to Mclnnis to McMillan. Hits—off Ritchie 6 in 5 innings ; off Coleman 3 in 1 inning; off Johnson o in 2 innings. Struck out—by Wakefield 7 ; by Ritchie 2;.Coleman 3; Johnson 1. Base on balls —Wakefield 1. Passed ball—Aschenbrener. the visitors used Butler closed the program of the week in a Saturday attraction which resulted in an the Green and White. 8 to 4 victory for Again two pitchers but were outhit so badly that their chances were never bright. On two occasions Richards was able to go from first to home by suc cessive stolen bases and six other thefts were marked up by the M. A. C. squad. T he home team played laxly in the field and was charged with six errors. W e n n er pitched most of the game. He was relieved by Wakefield in the seventh inning and took right field that session returning to the total Three clean hits' was eighth. for Butler off both Wakefield and Wenner. through in the mound the Butler M A. C 0 I° 0 20 I 0°—4 3 0 -0 11 * 32 °°*—8 10 5 Stanton, Slaughter and Goett; Wenner, Wake • - field, Wenner and Fremont. WILL CONSTRUCT ROOF ON UNION IN AUGUST Slate for the roof of the Union Memorial building has been ordered delivered by August 1. By that time the present schedule indicates most of the structure will be com plete so far as the outside walls are con cerned. Interior work will take up most of the time in making the building ready for operation. As soon as the cornerstone is put into place the walls can be brought up from level with the second floor and work rapidly that point on can progress more than has been the case the past month. is filled with pictures of In distributing the 1924 Wolverine dur ing the first few days of June the staff has achieved a mark not often set before. T he big annual the College and the events of the year. E x c a vation week finds a place with five pages to it, athletics, social affairs and devoted rest. the campus organizations make up In the typography, art work and effect volume for this year is decidedly pleasing. It is a notable addition to the records of life at M. A. C. which the Wolverine so well portrays. Fourteen are new schools. Of records were broken at this state marks while the eighteenth annual track and field meet held at the College on May 30 and 31 for class list B and C high the two others are for those two classes of schools only. Wood, of Northville, hurled the javelin 162 feet 11 1-2 inches for a new schoolboy record for Michigan and George, of Petoskey inches jump mark. . Petoskey for a new broad in class B, while finished Plainwell took for the fourth consecutive year. the honors in class C jumped 21 feet 8 1-2 first place in Dudley Pritchard, '24, is working for the Gen eral Motors with the Oakland Motor Car com pany at Grand Rapids, where he lives in room 920 Y. M. C. A. Page Ten The M. A. C. Record 1919 DRIVES STAKES FOR REUNION CIRCUS ALDERMAN QUALIFIES FOR OLYMPIC FINALS Everything is set for the fifth reunion of the class of 1919, Alumni Day, June 14 Festivities will start wtih all members at the alumni luncheon Saturday noon in the new Union building. T he reunion will be as lively as a Democratic national conven tion after the 33rd ballot and will be run on the same principles—whatever they are. Bob Huxtable is chairman, unanimously so. Since he is no longer concerned about the shortage of bananas in Guatemala. H ux has joined the other '09'ers in Lansing who didn't have to leave town in order to get a job. At the reunion he will urge the ad visability of every home providing itself with a pair of oars in case of a flood. from them Class delegates the well known (Wells Hall) Reconstruction W a rd E. Commission of the early post war days have already made reservations, bringing immovable their .movable and with equipment. The Commission will collect class matrimonial statistics and will award suitable decorations to the heads of the ten largest the class. Ambitious take advantage class members should not of this early announcement and bring some of their neighbors' children in an effort to beat out any rivals. families in Nothing has been overlooked to make the to reunion a howling success, according field the drill Chairman Huxtable. Half has been reserved free perambulator for parking space, to be in charge of Siwash Franson. For the "pleasure of The alumni dancing party will be held that evening. the ladies, Mr. Huxtable has arranged to equip all the men with ball bearing feet, Forrest Musselman with a double set, but is main taining the strictest secrecy about the mat ter. Don't miss this reunion. the Alpha Zeta has elected following: '25, Oak Park, I I I; D. W. Willard, C. H. Boehringer, '25, Bay City; J. C. Cash, '25, A l m a; C. A. Davis, '25, Mason; B. L. Braamse, '25, Coopersville; G. D. Quigley, '26, Eria, P a .; M. C. McEay, '25, F l i n t; H. L. Wilkinson, '24, Detroit. in for the 200-meter events. Fred Alderman, '27, qualified the finals in the Olympic tryouts at Ann Arbor, May 30 and 31. He ran third in both the 100-meter and It is probable that he will compete at the lat ter distance the eastern eliminations. Bohn Grimm, also a freshman, ran fifth in finals. He ran fourth in the the 200-meter qualifying heat beating some of the best in men the middle west. Hartsuch was in the preliminaries of the 800-meter fifth the 3,000- run, Baguley placed fourth meter the 3,000-meter steeple chase. Herdell placed third in his heat in the preliminaries but failed to place finals. in the 100-meter to have Alderman It was planned take the part in the finals for the selection of Olympic squad, as his the time equalled world record for 200-meters. Every mem ber of the M. A. C. squad entered in the meet bettered his best previous record. run and fifth in in This is the final issue of T H E; RECORD for the present college year. The Commence ment number will not come from the press until about July 20. It will have a com plete report of Alumni Day affairs, pictures important events and general scenes. of the book can be carried the plans for If out it will have a special cover and will be liberally to pay the expenses of publication. There will be other features to mark the largest number of volume X X I X. filled with advertising Alumni Opinion Editor of T H E; REXORD: Enclosed find my ballot on the new plan, which is a good one. The letter and editorial published on In my May 5 are a surprise to me. opinion, THE; RECORD has been getting steadily better. Campus news, particularly and buildings, board regarding meetings, and alumni news, are the sub jects I find most interesting. faculty The M. A. C. Record Page Eleven F o ur years contact with Perm State and University of Maryland have convinced me that a broader name for the College must be secured, the sooner the better. "Mich igan State College" without any additions is my preference, although it while in college. I opposed Have just spent a week giving a series of classes in marketing at State College. Had pleasant visits with both Paul Thayer, '22, and Dr. S. W. Fletcher, 'oo, Snyder, formerlv professor of horticulture at M. A. C. Sincerely, P. R. Taylor, '15. Harrisburg, Pa. Editor of T HE RECORD: '78, Isn't it strange how M. A. C. men react to the circumstances produced by time and distance? H e re we have C. C. Georgeson, of Sitka, Alaska, Class of requesting that his subscription be discontinued on the ground that T HE RECORD is not worth the money, that it is not just the magazine that it might be, that it caters too much to the sporting element of the College, and that it should devote more space and talent to science and the records of the alumni! Strange attitude this, but consider where the brother lives and that he is where a low temperature usually prevails! F or what other reasons can we assign his position in the light of the welcome and warmth T HE RECORD receives at the hands of the great majority! No, the publication cannot be what our friend would have it for reasons last stated so ably by the Editor number. the in appreciate The trouble is rather with our esteemed alumnus who does not the quiet dignity and able presentation of local affairs, incidents and sports as well—and by the same token, reverse his position, sup the porting the paper instead of rejecting only connection between and the outside present, of College days and world. But so be it; we will have to part light—but company if he can not see the we are thankful we live in a country less remote and where a view-point may obtain the consistent with means to an end the past in elevation and enlightenment of an ever increasing army of the M. A. C. alumni—• the sons and daugh the appreciation of ters of one of the greatest educational in stitutions in the good old U. S. A. H. Arnold White, '92 Springfield, PI. To T HE F R I E N DS OF M. A. C.: H ad I been at the Chicago meeting which asked a change of the name to State Col lege I would have voted : NO ! About 70 years ago Michigan was a idea which was pioneer in an educational the into the establishment of crystallized present M. A. C. and which has from the beginning been the guiding principle of that institution. Ps followers in other states, of which there soon were many, referred to it as the Michigan idea. P is now promi nent in the majority of the leading educa tional institutions of America, is continual ly growing and is recognized everywhere. Pi general it is the application of systema tized education industries of the human race. This system of educa tion is the outgrowth of a desire of the patrons of Agriculture to acquire and dis in tribute knowledge that would be useful promoting Ps advantages industry. were quickly recognized and sought after by those interested in other industries. to the practical that foundation though meager My education at M. A. C. gave me a right, even in many branches, including various sciences, veterinary, civil and mechanical engineer ing, military, home economics, and some thing of literature and art, with the thought uppermost in the mind as to how most of these might be applied, especially to agri it culture and horticulture. a most useful training and one for which I am very thankful. I have found in those days in occupations followed by They have built upon The breadth of the training as given even the wide is apparent in the diversity graduates. the foundations laid. These were naturally in cluded as a part of the course of instruc tion because they belonged to it and were a necessary part of it. T he college itself Page Twelve The M. A. C. Record that to which the work has recognized then done was but a foundation and has now estab lished several additional courses of instruc tion but upon various nuclei already there. I have spent many years in active work in one of America's greatest cities where, because of duties and opportunities, I have come somewhat in touch with a great variety of human activities and have often been impressed with the the extent great majority of these have had their part farm and counterpart in the old farm and They are a life of my boyhood days. natural outgrowth of life, however farm enlarged and intensified they may now be. The names Harvard, Yale, Wellesley and the like are not descriptive but in stitutions have become known and recog nized because of the sons and daughters who have gone from them. Agricultural is in a measure description, but it is broadly inclusive and noble enough in its character that it need offend no one. I never have been ashamed of it. these If a time has come that the name ought to be changed, the new name should be significant and should indicate g r o w t h . a nd advancement. W h at could be more fitting than Michigan Agricultural University? That would be distinctive. That would mean something because of what it repre sents. T h at would be a fitting tribute to the minds that conceived its being, and to in the sturdy characters its earlier years and have done so much to make it what it is. that nurtured it Geo. L. Teller, '88 Editor of The Record: I notice in a recent copy of T he Record the letter from Mr. C. C. Georgeson of Sitka, Alaska, criticizing the character of the Record for containing so much news of little of special interest to alumni. local interest to students and so I quite agree with the Editor of that the agricultural press of the Record the country forms a more appropriate organ for publicity on the scientific work of the College. While occasional articles from members of the faculty are greatly to be desired, they cannot make up the bulk of any college newspaper. interest to furnish information I recall many appeals to alumni of the College regarding their work, matters of public interest, and incidents in their careers which would be to fellow alumni. Doubtless of every alumnus thinks that he will tell the Record what he is doing and how he has been prospering, but thru neglect or diffi the the dence he puts off amount of information which finds its way less into than could appropriately be used. I do not know how an editor of the Record can this situation unless each alumnus cure takes it upon himself to furnish such in formation. is very much the Record time so that It is but natural that the content of a the college paper should be made up of current events in the life of the studnts, and if college athletics seem to occupy more space than chemistry or agronomy or horti culture, it is because such events are more in the limelight. They are better organized from the student standpoint. They depend more for their success upon full student support than does the educational program which is paid for by taxation. interested They are specially I believe most graduates of the College look with anticipation for each issue of the Record. They are interested in .personal in news. items regarding the growth and welfare of the College. They like to know of its con institutions tacts with other educational the state. and with life of They would like to see mention of new scientific facts which have been developed by the Experiment Station, but they would naturally depend for fuller information on the official publications. the general The erection of the Union Memorial Building will do much the to stimulate interest of the alumni in the College as an institution. Too many of us have gone out upon graduation without a proper appre in which M. A. C. ciation of to our has given lives. Wre have not returned frequently enough to keep our personal contacts. We the maner impulse and direction The M. A. C. Record Page Thirteen Plan To Be on the Campus SATURDAY JUNE 14 It is the day set apart for you to renew acquain tances, visit the old buildings and the new and strengthen your allegiance to your alma mater through seeing her in the beauty of her summer foliage. The following classes are planning reunions, most of the others will be represented. '69, '74, '79, '82, '83, '84, '85, '89, '94, '99, '01, '02, '03, '04, '09, '14, '19, '20, '21, 22, '23 Come on Friday, June 13, so that you can see all of the crowd you knew best in college. Attend the Alumni Luncheon at 11:30 o'clock on Saturday. The ceremony at the cornerstone of the Union Building will be at 2:30 in the afternoon. JOSEPH BELL COTTON, '86, will be the orator of the day. In the evening there will be the annual President's Reception and Alumni Dance as a fitting conclusion. The important date is Saturday, June 14 ALUMNI DAY It is more important than usual this year. The College is progress ing; keep in step with her advance. See the new buildings, the changes which will make it a better institution more able to serve, see the friends of your College days. Write your class secretary or the alumni office that you will come. Page Fourteen The M. A. C. Record g&SL . . - "--," "\1 Contract and Security THE LIFE I N S U R A N CE POLICY is a C O N T R A CT or BOND between the IN SURED and the Company— it is the Agreement of the parties and the basis of their mutual obligations. In life insurance two things are essential — the Contract and the Security. The former, if rightly drawn, safeguards the Insured; the latter pro vides for carrying out the terms of the Contract. The Policies issued by this Company are ideal examples of liberal, sound and rightly Insurance progressive Life Contracts. There is no insurance in the market today more worthy the name ot insurance than that embodied in these Contracts. These policies have been developed out of experience and study to a high degree of perfection. The Equities and Options are clearly set forth so that the Policyholder is able to determine just where he stands when he becomes a Member of this Company. Everything embodied in the contract has been tested by time, and the rights of the policyholders carefully con served on every point. By the terms of the Contract ALL JOHN HANCOCK Poli cyholders are entitled to par ticipate in such Distributions of Surplus as may be declared annually. Policies of the Company are made secure by reserves main tained onthehigheststandard, with ample additional contin gent reserves providingprotec- tion against all emergencies. ' L I FE I N S U R A N CE COMPANY*^-—* \ears Sixty-one in business. Now insuring One Billion Seven Hundred Million dollars in policies on 3,250,000 lives. ft" .v. H i s f M s? ^^r^p&sg-smis * H» have associated ourselves with other in stitutions or with business enterprises and allowed these to absorb our interests until many of us have forgotten the debt we owe to our alma mater. from that of the daily little with indeed different T he character of the M. A. C. Record some is other institutions which undertake to pub lish a monthly or a quarterly journal deal ing largely with the activities of the alumni the and but College, such student life being presented thru a daily paper devoted wholly to stu dent interests. Possibly such an arrange ment would be advantageous to M. A. C. The Record's history and attainments are this need not prevent a creditable but critical analysis of the preferences of the alumni membership. life of Very truly yours, E. A. Burnett, '87. the Record: Editor of Don't let my friend Georgeson's views give you the blues. The field of a college paper and a scientific publication are as similar as those of the W ar Cry and Police Gazette. Most of us older graduates want to learn of the college life and progress of the present even if the actors are unknown to us. there is one important While the name M. A. C. does not now express fully all the functions of the col lege that must be considered. We have in business a valuable asset in " T r a de M a rk and Good to an just as will." This educational institution. M. A. C. has made her reputation on this name and I fear the loss by a change would be great. important factor is Today what the world needs is that her workers and leaders shall be well trained thought and action. and independent As to just how the college from which he graduated is worded is un is the ability of the real important, the individual and his training. the name of test in N. S. Mayo, '88. - F O R DS G E R A LD B O S, L I N C O L NS - '16 w i th S T A N D A RD A U TO CO. F O R D S O NS Grand R a p i d s, M i c h i g an The M. A. C. Record Page Fifteen after every meal C l e a n s es m o n th and teeth and a i ds digestion. R e l i e v es t b at o v e r eaten feeling and acid mouth. Its 1-a-s-t-l-n-g flavor satisfies the craving for s w e e t s. W r i g l e y 's Is d o n b le value in the benefit and pleasure it provides. Sealed in &* Parity Package. 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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 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.