"E=3- :E£ / i - - " ^^ >!SX&Jk&$$»^B ~j pf=--> Michigan Agricultural College Association Publishers o East Lansing Vol. XXX Nov. 10. 1924 No. 8 ^ Page 114 * The M. A. C. Record 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 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 office at East Lansing, Mich. R O B E RT J. M c C A R T H Y, '14, Editor. T HE M. A. C. ASSOCIATION 3 Faculty Row, East Lansing, Mich. O F F I C E R S — 1 9 2 4 - 25 Frank F. Rogers, '83, Lansing, President A r t h ur C. MacKinnon. '95, Bay City, Vice-Fresiderit Luther Ff. Baker, '93, East Lansing, Treasurer Robert J. McCarthy, '14, Secretary E X E C U T I VE C O M M I T T EE Members elected at large Henry T. Ross, '04, Milford, Mich., Term expires 1925 Clifford W. McKibbin, '11, East Lansing, Term expires 1926 G. V. Branch, '12, Detroit, Term expires 1927 W. K. Prudden, '78, Coronado, Calif., ex-officio Harris E. Thomas, '85, Lansing, ex-officio E. W. Ranney, '00, Greenville, ex-officio BRANCH ASSOCIATIONS In Michigan unless otherzuise noted. BARRY COUNTY NORTHWEST MICHIGAN BERRIEN COUNTY BAY CITY OTTAWA COUNTY PORTLAND, ORE. CENTRAL MICHIGAN ST. CLAIR COUNTY CHICAGO DETROIT CLUB FLINT GRAND RAPIDS ST. JOSEPH COUNTY SEATTLE, WASH. SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA SOUTH HAVEN MILWAUKEE, WIS. WASHINGTON, D. C. NEW YORK CITY NORTHERN OHIO WESTERN NEW YORK WESTERN PENNSYLVANIA THE M^A. C. RECORD VOL. X X X. No. 8 E A ST LANSING, MICHIGAN NOVEMBER IO, 1924 MUMFORD, '91, HONORED BY CLUB Portrait Hung in Gallery of Saddle and Sirloin Club With Other Notables. to be so honored at five portraits placed at In the Saddle and Sirloin club galleries at the Union Stock yards in Chicago there this year a portrait of F. B. was hung Mumford, '91, dean of the college of agri culture at the University of Missouri. This was one of the time and the only other leader in agricul the tural education time was Dr. Walter F. Handschin, of the ' specialist in farm University of accounting. The rest of included leaders in the livestock industry and busi ness closely related to it. The club was formed some twenty years ago by men at industry and the head of its shortly began to collect the nucleus of present gallery which contains pictures of breeders prominent in Europe as well as America. live stock Illinois, the list the In the A rt World Magazine of the Chicago Post for October 14 there is the following description: recipient " T he other ( D r. H a n d schin was the first described) of the club honors from the field of agricul tural education was Dean F. B. Mum- ford, head of the college of agricul ture at the University of Missouri, and lines a constructive thinker along the of practical animal breeding and live stock economics. Dean Mumford's textbook on animal breeding is used by most of leading agricultural the schools, while his own department has taken a prominent part in the exhibits at the international. ()nly two years ago his college won the grand cham pionship honors in the swine section, and it has always been a strong con tender in the beef cattle as well. "All of the portraits are the work of the well-known Swedish artist Arvid Nyholm, who has painted many of the finest pieces of work in the gallery." Discussing the origin and impor this collection of portraits tance of "Eloquent of the article continues: the far-seeing men who have built the fortunes of the United States, the por trait gallery of the Saddle and Sirloin club stands alone in its honors. London the National Portrait gallery of has Great Britain, her admirals and gen erals who made her mistress of the seas, her literary leaders and many in various stations. T he stranger goes to see who is there. the most is one of " T he portrait gallery of the Saddle and Sirloin club at the Union Stock important yards features of interest in Chicago in the eyes of the thousands who have built up the live stock industry. T he Saddle and Sirloin club itself was founded by Robert B. Ogilvie, A r t h ur G. Leonard and Alvin Saunders in June 1903. The idea of the gallery actually came from the late Robert Ogilvie, who had the assistance of H e n ry F. Brown, of Minneapolis, the por traits. The entire collection numbers about 150 pictures and every year some worthy is discovered whose por trait adds distinction to the works of those who pointed the way and devel oped the agricultural wealth of our nation." in assembling So far as is known, Mumford is the to be alumnus of M. A. C. first honored by this organization. from Reports several places indicate that the broadcasting of football games is a popular move with alumni, W K A R, the College station works on a 280-meter wave length and the two home games remaining at 2130 o'clock, start on eastern standard time. schedule the Page 116 The M. A. C. Record PRIZE WINNER TURNS AWARD OVER TO UNION T wo have early achievements been the name of Margaret Plant placed after a senior in the home economics division: she has earned the title of the best student among the co-eds over the first three years of her College course and she has used the money she received in recognition of this to pay in advance her pledge to the Union Memorial building fund. There H er mother are mitigating circumstances which disarm all adverse criticism of her these is her an work. Not the least of cestry. is Pearl Kedzie Plant, '98, her father is L. C. Plant, pro is fessor of mathematics, her great-uncle 'jj< her grandfather Dean F. S. Kedzie, was the late W. K. Kedzie, '70, and her great grandfather was Dr. R. C. Kedzie. family Reing connected with which has been so closely intertwined with the successful beginnings and development of the college, her background is inspiring. In addition to this she has spent some ten or more years of her life in East Lansing where she came into contact with the Col lege and early began to realize its needs. the Kedzie In the course of her career at M. A. C. she has been elected to membership in the home economics honorary society, Omicron Nu, has taken £** active part in co-ed ath letics, is a member of the Alpha Phi fra ternity, and has been prominent in Campus affairs generally. and from interest allowed by for personal the The $100 she received is part of the in come from a fund of about $5,000 which in the secretary's office, was accumulated that as a de while students were using organization pository the funds, It was put banks on monthly balances. to this use by former Secretary Brown shortly before he left the College and, since that time, has been made the source of an nual awards of $100 each for the best man and woman student. C. M. Parks, Lan in the senior class was sing, an engineer awarded the other prize of $100 as the best student representing the masculine element. His endeavors have been confined class room. to the The check Miss Plant received was en the Union Memorial building to pay her transaction was accom to She said she wanted dorsed fund. pledge and plished without delay. the TRYING OUT ASPHALT FOR CAMPUS WALKS According to The Holcad, the asphalt sidewalks now being laid on the Campus they are experimental, but desirable, if prove their efficiency. The article follows: the The asphalt surface that will soon cover sidewalk rought concrete base about the campus will be a matter of experiment here. Asphalt walks have proven a success in many places, espe- ciallv in parks. Often, too, they have proven unequal to the hard usage. M. A. C. officials see are anxious whether the black surface will stand the wear and tear of the heavy mower and snow sleds used on the campus. Asphalt is being used in an attempt to get away "commercial look'7 that concrete always gives to a place. The dark walks will seem more nearly like a campus path than do the bright, cement miniature turnpikes. from the to PARENTS INVITED FOR NOVEMBER 15 the football game against A special invitation has been extended to to parents of students now at M. A. C. South attend Dakota State college on November 15. On the preceding evening the visitors can wit ness the annual barbecue and spend Satur day morning on an inspection of the Cam pus. This is the first effort in recent years to bring to M. A. C. the parents of students, at least during the regular college term, for a special event. A day of this sort has been set aside quite generally at other colleges and has proved a popular feature. The M. A. C. Record Page 117 NEW ROADS HINDER TRAFFIC TO COLLEGE is now more marked The revolution in Campus traffic which has been noted in previous issues of T HE than ever. RECORD W h e re last year saw a small percentage of students and staff using the old entrance near the weather bureau building, this year that has been cut almost to the vanishing roadw^ay on point. T he new the old Grand River avenue has blocked entrance the to all vehicular exception of street cars and pedestrians have largely chosen to use better paths than the ones now afforded at that place. traffic with concrete At the driveway the west entrance is also almost completely blocked, although that affords the only outlet toward Lansing. At F a rm Lane a temporary roadway has been made across the new concrete to the north side of Grand River avenue and this shares the burden of traffic with the west entrance. SMITH. 12. TO STUDY EUROPEAN MARKETS According to the official publication of the bureau of agricultural economics of the U. S. department of agriculture, Edwin Smith, foreign duty as assistant chief business specialist of The explanation of his work and a history of his experience fol lows : '12, has been assigned the bureau. to "Edwin Smith, formerly of the bureau of markets, has been reinstated as assistant chief business specialist, and has reported to the Washington office of the fruit and vegetable division. On November 1, he will sail on the S. S. George Washington, going first to England and later to the con tinent to study the marketing of fruits and vegetables, peanuts, and other American for farm products, in European countries the purpose of determining the market re quirements of trade European markets importing these agricul improving tural products, with a view to our present methods and enlarging our out the amount of actual and potentia lets, preferences and these markets importing countries, from other competition in the distribu surplus-producing countries, tion within the the grade and quality of American products ar to riving export determining the practicability trade of the grades recommended by this department. foreign ports, with a view for in " M r. Smith at Washington, October 17. His headquarters abroad are to be Marseilles, France. reported resigned districts. He ''From 1917 to 1920, Mr. Smith was em ployed in the bureau of market studying the preservation of fruits and vegetables in transit and storage. Practically all of Mr. Smith's work has been in the northwestern fruit the bureau in 1920 to accept a position with the association. Wenatchee Valley Later, Mr. Smith went the export time he also was business, during which representa employed as the northwestern tive of the United States Cold Storage company of Chicago. The past year Mr. Smith served as secretary of the North western Fruit Grower commission." Traffic from into ALUMNI PLAN DINNER FOR FOOTBALL SQUAD the squad football G. E. ( C a r p) Julian, '15, will have gen eral charge of the banquet to be given- in in Lansing honor of sometime between December 6 and 13. He will be assisted by a large committee which was chosen at a meeting of Lansing and East Lansing alumni and former students at the Elks' home on November 3. John L. Griffith, commissioner of western con ference athletics, has been invited to speak. include a the College dinner at with all of former years and a few new ones in addition. Another meeting was scheduled for the same place on November 10 when it was planned that further details would be decided and more names added to the committee list. the gymnasium at the features of Tentative plans for the affair Those who will assist Julian a r e: E. E. '07, H. A. Hotchin, Clark, '16, Blake Miller, '16, A. D. Vander- voort, '19, and G. O. Stewart, '17. '12, F r ed Jenison, Page 118 The M. A. C. Record Ul VIEWS AN COMMENT those who Its success or Action to change the name of the College failure in sight. is now depends upon the effort favor the move put into the work at hand. Presi dent Butterfield has announced that he feels the time is ripe and that it is the just due of the institution that it be known as Mich igan State College the instead of under name it-has borne officially since 1909. the F or that Since that of fifteen years sporadic movements this have been under way to bring about end. They have existed mainly among students and with the unorganized aid of a group of alumni favoring the change have increased greatly. time more than 75 per cent of the alumni of M. A. C. have received their degrees, so that present opinion among a majority of the graduates as expressed by various organizations is al later so an expression of alumni because they constitute the majority. is noteworthy that A. B. Cook, '93, It the State several years master of for the organizations which Grange, one of the might be looked to for opposition to change was chairman of committee which reported favorably on the proposed change when it was discussed by the exe cutive committee of the M. A. C. Associa tion. that President Butterfield made the announcement of his sponsorship of the annual meeting of the Grange for this or ganization is possessed of enough power in legislative affairs to do much for or against such a proposition. With leader al ready announced as favoring the movement the Grange can be expected to offer no de cided resistance. the movement before It is also significant the its Action necessary the to bring about change rests with the legislature. At the October meeting of the executive commit tee of the M. A. C. Association a commit tee consisting of President Rogers, Presi dent Butterfield and the secretary was ap pointed to take such steps as it found ad Just what visable to further form this action will take has not yet been the project. decided but plans will be made in the near to bring about an effective expres future sion of the sentiment of alumni in respect to the proposal. of the into letters coming This question has been the subject of de bate in the columns of T HK RKCORD, a large the proportion alumni office contains reference to it. Stu dent vote was seven to one in favor of the change at latest all-campus election, alumni voted at the annual meeting of the M. A. C. Association the change. By far the greater majority seem to favor it, only concentrated cooperation will accomplish the end sought. T he duty is of analagous to his duty on election day. A cause worth believing in is worth support ing fully. to recommend alumnus respect this the in to the U To appreciate the beauty of the lines of the Union Memorial building future visitor to the Campus will have an oppor tunity to get one of the most charming views presented by coming through the for mal entrance, or at a point just west of it. From there can be seen the outline of the south front of the structure with the tower dominating the scheme but not furnishing such a strong contrast as to make it seem a separate feature of the landscape. The tower on the Union is an integral part of the building and in the general architectural scheme is so plain to the ob server that it needs no apologies. its part To further adorn the uniforms of mem bers of the R. (). T. C. a blue star is being issued to all members of the College cadet unit in token of the "distinguished" rating in given the organization by the federal spectors the last spring. Together with brass buttons being affected by budding army officers the new decorations have added a multiplicity of decorations to the olive drab outfits. The M. A. C. Record Page up "Close Beside The Winding Cedar" Rev. Benjamin Heideman has been add the People's church as ed to the staff of assistant pastor. Northwestern's touchdown was the one scored on an M. A. C. team in third quarter in the past two seasons. first the The College flag was at half mast for three days following the death of H e n ry C. Wallace, secretary of agriculture. Glass is being placed the window frames of the Union adding to the appear ance of permanence and usefulness. in It is quite important that photographs be enclosed with biographical data requested on the blanks now being sent to all alumni and former students. M. M. McCool, head of the soils depart ment, and president of the American Soils Survey association will attend the meeting of his organization at Chicago, November 21 and 22. F. F. Rogers, '83, will attend the annual the American Association of late the meeting of State Highway Officials this month. He organization. in California is vice-president of V; R. Gardner, '05, professor of horti culture, will visit middle western agricul in tural colleges on a tour of the near future so that he may be familiar with the best practices at each. inspection Physical examinations for all co-eds tak ing part in courses under the department of physical education will be made at the be ginning and end of each to check up on the results being accomplished. term '17, H o w a rd C. Rather, in charge of farm crops extension work, has been ap pointed assistant superintendent of the In ternational Grain and H ay show to be held m Chicago the first week in December. G. H. Coons of to do special work the botany department has been given leave of absence for a short time the bureau of plant industry of the U. S. department of agriculture. He will investigate the dis eases of sugar beets. for Registrations for the sixteen weeks' short course totalled 45 when the final check was are eleven more courses made. scheduled for the winter months. There P. C. Kitchin, a graduate assistant in the botany department from 1915 to 1917 is now practicing dentisty in Sycamore, Ohio. After leaving M. A. C. he was connected with the forest service resigning to enter the dental course at Ohio State. the The personal agricultural library of late W. D. Hurd, '99, has been turned over to the College in compliance with the terms of his will. It consists of about 250 volumes and each will be marked by a spe cial bookplate the gift. indicating the origin of Three included tapestries have been in the equipment of the new library and add a touch which has heretofore been lack ing. They are not the original master pieces of great museums but are still of a type which attracts attention and adds to the education of the individual. Alumni and former students will all re ceive requests for biographical information in the course of the year. They are urged to fill out and return the blanks, with a photograph as early as is convenient. De lay in this matter will cause delay in the preparation of the alumni catalog wdiich is now long overdue. Completion of all but a very little of the concrete work on the Union Memorial building has allowed the contractor to re move much of the material which has been cluttering up the Campus in the vicinity of the structure. Roofers are putting the slate into place and outside connections for most necessities have already been made so the area around the building should soon be well groomed as is the rest of the Campus. Page 120 The M. A. C. Record VARSITY LOSES HARD BATTLE TO ST. LOUIS Ncllcr Scores With Field Goal; Victors Make Touchdown and Safety. been Although small his gains had through the first three periods of the game and M. A. C. had gathered a lead of three points bv the first field goal scored by the Green and White three years, Ram- in aceiotti, star fullback on the St. Louis uni versity team broke loose at the center of the field in the final quarter and whirled his way through the M. A. C. defense for a touchdown and the deciding points of the contest, which St. Louis won 9 to 3. The final two points marked up by the St. Louis team came late in the game when Fremont's attempted pass from behind the goal line was blocked and the ball was recovered by M. A. C. for a safety, narrowly averting a second touchdown. through fullback its brilliant With the exception of the strength gain ed the St. Louis team was fairly matched by M. A. C. and his efforts at running the ball had not been productive of any great yardage until his dash for the winning touchdown. L.ecklev was charged with but few short punts and generally gained on exchanges. The home team displayed strength at the the game but at no time was it start of superior as a the winning margin team, individual whose work all was a single season has been the feature of the St. Louis play. There in the defeat, is consolation however, for it is the first time in at least that an M. A. C. team has three years Scored a goal from field. Neller ac complished this from near the 20-yard line early in the third period, and he has but one more game to play in college football. the to develop A'ogel. who went in at guard for Hult man. was generally accorded praise for his efforts in the line. He is a junior and has just begun the ability which marks him as varsity material for next sea son. There was better handling of the ball to mark team. Fumbles were infrequent and not costly. A short punt paved the wav for the St. Louis it was not dangerous, under score, but for Ramacciotti ordinary circumstances, the M. A. C. the play of took the bail from midfield when he started his run for the goal line. The M. A. C. team excelled in forward passing, completing six in eleven attempts, most of them being for short distances. St. Louis was successful in but one try out of five throws and that gained but a few vards. In the last few minutes of play St. Louis had failed to make good in attempts at the line from the M. A. C. 30-yard line and kicked out of bounds on the M. A. C. to 5-yard line. As a final desperate effort score, Fremont started to pass from behind his goal but one of his heaves was blocked and the safetv resulted. Haskins. suffering from a sore wrist, was twice relieved and Richards left the game early due to old injuries which were aggravated. Spikerman, who has been looked upon as a regular at tackle, wTas un able to make the trip because of a case of poisoning which has kept him out of prac It is expected tice for more than a week. that several of in shape to take the field against South Dako ta State college at East Lansing on Novem ber 15 in the final contest of the season. the squad will not be rather Lyman, who had to tlie goal through In the first period the M. A. C. attack futile but and defense were' both they succeeded in giving sufficient protec line tion to prevent a score, mainly lieckley's kicking being superior to that of his opponent. Neller returned the kickoff to his 23-yard line, he failed at end and Beckley kicked to the St. Louis 35-yard line. On another exchange St. Louis had the ball on its own 30-yard replaced line. Richards at quarter, lost a St. Louis punt on his 40-yard line. The ball was recover ed by St. Louis on the M. A. C. 30-yard line. St. Louis lost fifteen yards for hold right ing and O'Reilly went tackle for twelve yards. Yogel went in for Hultman and Hultman went to end in place of Schultz. A pass made eight yards but the next one failed. St. Louis tried a field goal from the 40-yard line but it was wide of the bar. Leckley punted from his own through his early The M. A. C. Record Page 121 the M. A. C. 30-yard 20-vard line to the St. Louis 40-yard line. Line plays failed to make first down and the St. Louis punt went out of bounds line. Beckley on punted to O'Reilly on his 23-yard line. Lyman caught the St. Louis punt at mid- field. Beckley made a yard the line and passed to Robinson for six more. Neller made first down. Lioret made eight yards tackle and Neller made another first down putting the ball on the St. Louis 30-yard line as the quarter ended. through through lost line and twenty on through A, bad pass went by Lioret and St. Louis recovered on the M. A. C. 48-yard line. The home team made three yards through two plays. the and Robinson dropped broke Ramacciotti for a ten yard loss after he had fumbled on the previous play. Lyman took the kick on his 30-yard line and re turned it ten yards. Lioret, Beckley and Lyman made first down through the line. Lyman passed to Robinson but both teams Beckley were off side. Another punted over the 32-yard the side line at mark, Lyman took the return on his 25- yard line. Beckley's punt was returned to his 30-yard line but M. A. C. recovered a fumble on the next play. An exchange of punts gave M. A. C. the ball on its ten- yard line. Lioret and Lyman made first down as the half ended. failed. to Robinson, made Fischer returned Neller's kickoff to his 25-yard lost five line. Ramacciotti again yards on an end run and punted to the M. A. C. 40-yard line. T wo line plunges and first a pass, Beckley down. T wo more plays, a penalty, and a pass, Beckley to Robinson, again made first down putting the ball on the St. Louis 35- yard line. Lioret made seven yards on two tries at the line but M. A. C. lost five yards for offside and a pass, Beckley to Lyman made first down and Beckley again passed to Robinson for a first down on the St. four Louis yards on three plays and Neller dropped back and kicked a goal from placement. Lioret made ten-yard line. Ramacciotti kicked over the goal line and to the St. Louis 30-yard Beckley punted line. O'Reilly made first down around his to gain left end. Successive plays failed line. He advanced the ball to Lyman on his and Ramacciotti punted thir 20-yard teen yards. Beckley was forced to punt and St. Louis put the ball on its 40-yard line. Lyman took O'Reilly's piint on his 30-yard line as the quarter ended. St. Louis got the ball in midfield after line plays had failed to gain. On the first play Ramacciotti went around right end, cut back through the field and evaded the last M. A. C. tackier going across for a touchdown. Stanton kicked goal. the ball on Fremont replaced Lyman at quarterback. The kickoff went over the goal line and M. its 20-yard. line. A. C. had Fremont made two yards at tackle. Neller failed in a line play and Beckley punted to O'Reilly who took the ball on a fair catch at midfield. Yogel went through and drop ped Fischer for a yard loss. Ramacciotti went around right end for twelve yards. He was stopped by Fremont on the M. A. C. 35-yard line. O'Reilly made four yards at left end but St. Louis lost five yards for offside play. in Kipke went four yards on to pass after St. Louis was penalized for Hultman. R a m two plays. acciotti made being O'Reilly attempted fifteen tackled. yards but the penalty was not allowed. Richards replaced Beckley and Ramacciotti punted out of bounds on the M. A. C. five- yard line. the goal Fremont tried a long pass from behind his goal. It was grounded. A St. Louis player stopped the next one and the ball line. There was a rolled over tangle as the men drove for the ball but it had been captured by a Green and White player and St. Louis was awarded two points. T he ball was put into play on the M. A. C. 30-yard line. Anderson relieved Robinson at right end just before the game ended. ST. L O U IS M. A. C. Stanton Schwartz Higi Hannegan Klausner Simon Fitzgerald O'Reilly Fischer McKenzie Ramacciotti : , L.E L.T L.G C. R.G R.T R.E Q.B R.H L.H F.B. Schultz Eckert Hultman Eckerman Hackett Haskins Robinson Richards BeckLy Neller Lioret Page 122 The M. A. C. Record HALSTED, 17, GIVES FRENCH VIEWPOINT Service as Missionary Extended to Include Agriculture ; Sends Boy to M. A. C. During five years spent in F r a n ce in the employ of the Methodist Board of Foreign '17, who has Missions Alfred T. Halsted, leave of ab returned to Michigan on a sence found a good opportunity learn to the sentiments of the common people of in Ger that country, many, and increase the fame of M. A. C. as an agricultural center by sending to his alma mater a youth who wished to learn scientific methods. to view conditions the affairs of Halsted's work consists of the supervi sion of a 425 acre farm which served as a home for 90 war orphans and an educa tional institution as well. He and Edgar Blake, Jr., a graduate of Northwestern university, conducted the place with such assistance as they could ob tain from men they trained for the work. The orphanage is situated fifteen miles east of Lyons at Charvieu and is wTell located for agricultural purposes. is designed to care for orphans and train them in agri culture and the various trades or prepare them for higher education. Religious edu cation is a part of the program and to this end Halsted has been made a minister in the French conference of the Methodist church and is in charge of the training in trades and agriculture. It It is He not that finds toward is their view the French people unable to understand why the influence of the United aiding applied States Europe to recover from the effects of the war. the situation is a matter of world concern and that thus the United States should be vitally inter in the efforts ested and actively engaged being made to put affairs on a stable basis. " T h e re is no doubt about the moral effect of United States participation" said Hal sted." During the occupation of the Rhine valley when American forces were a part of the Allied armies Germany paid part of its reparations debt. As soon as that force wras removed payments ceased. The gov ernment of France mortgaged future pay ments from Germany to rebuild its devas through Germany sections and when tated there was no money forthcoming it was forced to defer payments on these debts. trip the poverty which " On a I saw little of that nation claims. At any of the great watering find Germans places of Europe you will spending their money. These of course are the war-rich and some of those whose for tunes were not hurt by the conflict but the is is money there that fact sufficient proof there to the French is no excuse for that nation not paying its just debts. in Germany that " To France. America's attitude is disap pointing. On a visit to an American ceme tery I saw an aged French woman placing flowers on a grave. She told me she had lost three sons in the war, when I spoke of her thoughtfulness and told her if Ameri cans knew of her deed they would appre ciate they 'Do you would? It seems to us as if they had for gotten-." That, perhaps, expresses as well the popular mind of as anything could France in regard to the United States. The people believe their country aided America in time of need and expected that our coun try would reciprocate.'' it she replied think finds In his work Halsted found many chances to aid the surrounding farmers in the con duct of it their acreage. He now necessary to spend about one-third of his time in the type of work done by the agri cultural agent in the United States. His first experiments along this line found the peasant dubious of the methods he pro posed but success on the farm he was con ducting soon brought them to him for ad vice. Roger Palpalt,, eighteen years old, son of to northern Africa, a French missionary worked on the mission farm for some time and decided he wanted to learn American methods so Halsted arranged for him to be given employment on the College farm so he might learn English and get the prac tical side of agriculture as practiced here. The M. A. C. Record Page 123 to for is also coming learn what he Palpalt came to East Lansing last April and will continue here until he has had an opportunity can through the short courses in the winter at the same time earning his way on the farm. same the A brother purpose and both will return to aid their father who works among the Arabs and Kabyls in Algieria. One graduate of is studying electrical engineering at the uni versity of Grenoble and others are continu ing their work or are planning on continu ing it after leaving Charvieu. Mrs. Hal- sted is also actively engaged in the work of the is institution, and with her husband spending some time at her home in Ypsi- lanti. Although he has until next July on leave Halsted expects to return to France is for university work before ended. the mission school term that SEPARATE DIVISIONAL CONVOCATIONS TRIED A new departure in convocations was instead of tried on October 29, when, the gathering the students and faculty at the gymnasium to hear a single speaker the various divisions took up the work w7ithin their curricula before their courses only. taking those Acting Dean E. H. Ryder spoke before the liberal arts students giving a general outline of the aims of the division. Pro fessor Plant described some of the fascina tions of the study of mathematics and P r o fessor Johnston discussed the English de partment to which he predicted additions in the number of courses another year. Dean Kedzie and Professors Bessey and Gardner spoke before those taking the ap plied science courses. Dean Kedzie an nounced a scholarship of $30 for the fresh man doing the best work in his division and the ad the other speakers gave some of vantages of to the division and what opportunities ex isted for the student. their course, their relation Dean Shaw, E. B. Hill, and Professor Phelan were the speakers at the meeting of the agricultural division with a discus trained sion of the extent of the field for men in science, industry and teaching. Dean Giltner, Dean Bissell, and Dean the veterinary, engin students, information toward Krueger addressed eering, respectively, and gave about their work and which they might aspire. economics them the goals home and The program was one of education so that the student might have a little clearer insight into the available opportunities. It was the first attempt of its kind and will probably be followed by similar occasions during the year, so that the student may be well informed concerning the aims of the College and the courses available. is installing the new the new entrance the The clatter of paving machines and thunder of great trucks add an unaccustom ed din to the Campus while the highway roadway department and building the grounds. Cement sheds were constructed in the lane leading west from F a rm Lane and from that point all cement and gravel is hauled across the Campus to the point where it is used. to college, and St. Anne's Not content with a schedule including the teams of colleges throughout the United States the co-ed rifle squad has been listed for competition with Brisbane college, A u s tralia, South Africa. Traveling expenses, are, however, not a matter to be deeply considered for all matches will be shot on the home range and results compared by telegraph. Maryland, Oregon, Vermont, Nebraska, Michigan and George Washington are a few of the others the competition which will ex listed for the winter months. Myrtle tend through Lewton, tain of the team. '25, Takoma Park, D. C, is cap to have T he College expects the new hospital being prepared at No. 1 Faculty Row ready for duty by November 15. In the meantime the few students who have failed to keep pace with health standards are accommodated at the Sparrow hospital in Lansing. o Page 124 The M. A. C. Record Alumni Opinion E d i t or of T H E; RECORD: Your college and alumni stuff in T HE RICCORD is good. Wish some more of those silent meat hounds around the year 1901 would yip occasionally so one can tell where they are hunting. Saw William R. Rummler, '86 the other ravishing that day. He still has smile neatly enclosed in the usual hand some vigorous brown beard. T h at is the one patent thing about William upon which I should like to infringe. same Wednesday evening I dined with Mr. and Mrs. Dr. Xed Mayo, *88. Their stalwart son, Bob, a successful construction engin eer, is about to graduate at A r m o ur Insti tute. Their talented daughters, Margaret and Louise sang and played marvelously. You know their dad is a prominent member of the Chicago Business Men's A rt club and their mother is the dashing Mollie Carpen ter of '88 fame, which proves once more that talent is a hereditary disease. T wo other interesting cronies present were Mrs. Jennie Towar Woodard, '86, and Dr. Philip B. Woodworth, '88. M r s. Woodard was the charming Jennie Towar, is '86, and that in her graying hair she is still more beautiful. She doesn't seem the least bit spoiled although you know in those days co-eds were very precious and scarce. the only noticeable change Dr. Phil Woodworth is contributing to the delinquency of certain Chicago million aires by aiding and abetting them in taking out more radio patents—charity work for to add more Phil of course! Wishing strength to his already thrifty family tree he argued earnestly that the Woodards and the Woodworths are one and the same '18, is construc family. His son Paul, raido com tion engineer for the largest pany in Chicago. Sam J. Kennedy, '01. Wanted—1917 Wolverine. James Godkin, V. P. I., Blacksburg, Va. N E C R O L O GY HERBERT F. P A L M E R, '93 Herbert Frink Palmer, '93, D. V. S. in (Detroit Medical College), '95, died Foote hospital, Jackson, Mich., on Septem ber 11, following an operation for appendi citis. Since 1916 he had resided in Brook the place of his birth. lyn. Mich., near Previous to that time he was in the employ of the H. K. Mulford company of Phil adelphia and was engaged in traveling for that concern. Dr. Palmer was born May 16, 1869 at local Papoleon, Mich. He attended schools coming from there to M. A. C. In 1894 he married May Stimson of Tomp kins, Mich, and then completed his course in Detroit. He is survived by his widow and two sons, Lynn, '20, and Russell, '24. the He had served two terms as president of his village, was prominent in church work and a member of the Masonic order. While in College he was a member of the Union Literary society and editor-in-chief of T he Speculum, 1892-93. EDWARD P>. COPPKRTON, '23 E d w a rd Boswdrtli Copperton, ( K u p f e r) '2^. died at the Battle Creek Sanitarium hospital October 5, after an illness of three u .onths. He completed his course in agri culture at the close of in 1923 and had been employed in the dairy that business time. in Cleveland, Ohio, the fall since term Copperton, whose name had been chang ed from Kupfer, was born in Bareilly, India, May 6, 1901. He was educated in the public schools of Leonia, N. J. and Battle Creek, Mich., at Hotchkiss school, Lakeville, Conn., and Horace Mann school, Xew York, N. Y. and came from the last named institution to M. A. C. While in College he was a member of the Hesperian society, on the varsity swim ming, tennis, and track squads, took part in a Union opera, and a pageant, and was a member of the mandolin club. He had The M. A. C. Record Page 125 Mr. C. S. A. Williams, whose experience proves to you what a college man can do with the guidance of the Alexander Hamilton Insti tute. Read his story on this page. story of a man who started at scratch Mr. Williams was made a President after years of practical experience, T HIS IS A STORY for any college man who hopes ever to be in busi- ness for himself. Graduating from Wrilliams College, C. S. A. Williams started in a humble capacity with the Thomas A. Edison industries, and worked himself up thru the grades of assistant foreman, depart- ment head, and production manager. Finally he was appointed Chief Store- keeper for the Phonograph Division. It proved that Mr. Williams would eventually attain to large success. It was good progress. in his own right. He became owner and executive head of the Bates Man- ufacturing Company, manufacturers of the Bates Numbering Machine. From Storekeeper to President in six years! It is a fine record; and yet it is what any earnest man can accom- plish who knows how to push hard, and how to take advantage of every available outside agency. 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A little book has been published which will help you to answer that question. It is called "A Definite P l an for Y o ur Business Progress." This book tells all about the Modern Business Course and Service and its remarkable work in hastening the suc- cess of more than 250,000 men. It will come to you, without cost or obligation, in return for the coupon below. Fill in the coupon now, and set up for yourself a definite goal. manufacturing along all lines, with the idea of sometime going into business on my own account." Soon there were more promotions. And then came the inevitable climax. sonal advice, it gives them t h at w o r k i ng k n o w l e d ge of a ll d e p a r t m e n ts of business which o t h e r w i se w o u ld be t h e i rs o n ly . j • 'J I J '~'~' ALEXANDER H A M I L T ON I N S T I T U TE *~~ ' _ 208 Astor Place ~„ ~, " New York City „. „ .. "7 " bend me at once the booklet, A IJen- nite Plan for Your Business Progress," which I may keep without obligation. c Alexander Hamilton Institute {signature JnAustralia: UCCastlereaghSt.Sydney \Modeir»7 InCanada: C.P.R. Building, Toronto \ Position I^™""^— Please write plainly j Business 1 Address . 1 I Business j I L [ J I I Page 126 The M. A. C. Record specialized in dairy work and had planned to complete his on entering a seminary preparation for work as a missionary. His parents reside in Cleveland, Ohio. for in place Foundations are the new horticulture building which will be a decid ed addition to the east end of the Campus. Disposition has not been made of the old building which bas boused the department over a long period of years. W i th the two greenhouses, already erected the depart ment will have one of the best plants for instruction and research of any college. M A R R I A G ES SAWYER-CLARK L. E. (Buck) Sawyer, '24, and June Clark, '24, were married at. Weale, Michigan, September 9, 1924. They left immediately for Athens, Georgia, where living at 1234 South Lumpkin street. they are S C H E N K - L A C H A N CE H a r ry Schenck and Xoella LaChance, '23, were married in Lansing on Saturday, October 25, 1924. RICHARDS-CHRISTOPHERSOX Charles N. Richards, '16, and Lina Christopher- son, were married June 17, 1924, in Benton Har bor, Michigan. They are living at Fairplain, Ben ton Harbor. KSTKS-YHATTER is made of Announcement the marriage on October 1, 1924, of Aura Moss Estes, '20, and Celia Kathleen Yeatter, w'24, at Palisade, Colora do. CHAMBERUN-JOHNSTON Ernest K. Chamberlin, Julia Johnston, 1924, in Grand Rapids. They are at home their M. A. C. friends at Sparta, Michigan. '15, and Margaret '19, were married August 29, to C L A SS N O T ES A scenic post card '81 from Honolulu, Hawaii, bears a message from A. H. Voigt: "Greetings from 'Paradise of Pacific'. A most won derful the land for a vacation." '05 '07 C. M. Granger gives his new address as U. S. Forest Service, Portland, Oregon. '14 Glenn Myers has changed street numbers to 1547 Buena Y'ista W., Detroit. '15 Bertram Giffe!s has moved in Detroit to 2304 Webb. '18 to According in storage. We are attempting the post office Lytton Calrow is living at 242,;; Cleveland, Kansas City, Missouri. "Would like to have you change the address for my copy of T HE RECORD to Box 132, Wenatchee, "I hope now Washington;" writes H. C. Diehl. to be several years in this wonderful country as 1 am engaged in collecting data on the maturity and ripening of apples, both before being picked and when to determine more accurately than has, hitherto been accomplished, the behavior of apples of different varieties, and are using this purpose a mechanical tester to determine the relative soften ing of life. Similar work is being carried on at various ex them periment stations our own at East Lansing, and eventually we hope to prepare a comprehensive survey of the the harvesting and storage apple industry from standpoint unbracing This is the extent of my annual report, and I will add only my best wishes for the association." the fruit at various stages the country, among the United States. the success of for its in in '19 Gladys Gordon Brockway sends in her address as 8373 Curzon avenue, Hartwell, Cincinnati, Ohio. Helen Mead Lambert has moved in Detroit to 1915 Longfellow. Melita Kaiser is teaching domestic science and art at Grand Ledge, Michigan. She lives at 419 Jackson street. '21 is an engineer Edwin W. Carlson the Petoskey Portland cement company, and lives at 512 Mitchell street. Carl Hemstreet that agricultural agent- ing for Oceana county keeps him pretty well oc cupied. He receives his mail at Shelby. finds for '23 John Watson is "living at 1725 Wilson avenue, '23, and still with Chicago, with Earl Mallison, Tyler & Hippach, wholesale glass." Karl Phelps and Joe Smiley, '24, are with the in the Real Estate A change is given as T74 Broadway, Dobbs Ferry, New York. for Richard Fowler in address Inspection bureau Michigan Exchange building, Detroit. The M. A. C. Record Part of the slate roofing is in place on the Union building. Thus far it gives promise of making that portion of the structure one of the best planned on the Campus. The slate is in a variety of dull to purple and from gray tones ranging green with just enough difference to bring out the quality of the work. For the first time since igiy the fresh men have established their supremacy over the sophomores. In the class rush that was recently held the freshmen, by their larger numbers, overwhelmed the sophs and made the latter take the small end of the final score, 82 1-2 to 42 1-2. Our Business is Growing THE CORYELL NURSERY K. J. Coryell. '84 Kalph 1 Coryell. 14 PLANT TREES AND SHRUBS N OW West Maple Ave. Birmingham, Mich. THE STRAUS BROS. COMPANY First Mortgage Bonds G*. O. STEWART, '17 700 W. Washtenaw St. Lansing, Mich. A. M. EMERY, '83 Books and Office Supplies 22$ Washington Ave. N, H. C. Pratt, '09, in charge 01 Office Supply Department THE EDWARDS LABORATORY, S. F. Edwards, '99 Lansing, Michigan Anti-Hog Cholera Serum Other Biological Products E. N. PAGELSEN, '89, Patent Attorney 1321 Lafayette Building, Detroit. FORDS LINCOLNS FORDSONS GERALD BOS, 'IS with STANDARD AUTO CO. Grand Rapids, Michigan 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, 'oq. President C. 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