Page 178 The M. A. C. Record The M. A. C. RECORD I ! ! 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. MCCARTHY, '14, Editor. THE M. A. C. ASSOCIATION 3 Faculty Row. East Lansing, Mich. O F F I C E R S — 1 9 2 4 - 25 F r a nk F. Rogers, '83, Lansing, President A r t h ur C. MacKinnon, '95. Bay City, Vice-President Luther 11. Raker, '93. East Lansing, T r e a s u r er 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 \V. McKibbin, ' n, East Lansing, T e rm expires 1926 Henry T. Ross, '04, Mil ford, Mich., T e rm expires 1925 Clifford G. V. Branch, '12. Detroit, T e rm expires 1927 W. K. P r u d d e n, 'j8, Coronado, Calif., ex-officio H a r r is E. T h o m a s, '85, Lansing, ex-officio E. W. Ranney, '00, Greenville, ex-officio BRANCH ASSOCIATIONS In Michigan unless otherwise noted BARRY COUNTY BERRIEN COUNTY BAY CITY NORTHWEST MICHIGAN OTTAWA COUNTY PORTLAND, ORE. CENTRAL MICHIGAN ST. CLAIR COUNTY CHICAGO DETROIT CLUB FLINT GRAND RAPIDS MILWAUKEE, W I S. NEW YORK CITY NORTHERN OHIO ST. JOSEPH COUNTY SEATTLE, WASH. SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA SOUTH HAVEN WASHINGTON, D. C. WESTERN NEW YORK WESTERN PENNSYLVANIA THE M. A^ C. RECORD VOL. XXX. No. 12 E A ST LANSING, MICHIGAN DECEMBER 8, 1924 WORK IS STOPPED ON UNION BUILDING Lack of Funds Necessitates Suspension One Remedy of Construction; Situation. for Payment of Pledges the lived up lies with With the outward appearance of a com interior pleted building and much of \vo;k underway the Union Memorial build ing must stand for some time until financ ing arrangements are concluded which will allow for further work or until pledges now due are paid in full. The responsibility for subscriber who the the delay for has not to his promise from the funds which could be available the receipts on pledges which have matured would keep the contractor going for some time. The problem of providing temporary from finances pledges mav be capitalized is also one which the alumnus can help to solve and which he is pledged to aid in solving through the action of the alumni some five years ago in taking the responsibility for the completion of the project. the future so that income It has been the reasonable expectation financing of the executive committee that a plan would be accepted before it became necessary to stop work so that the resultant expense might be avoided but unforeseen obstacles arose which put ahead by several this could be months the stand of realized. the executive committee far as it did on the work can only be justified the by prompt payment of amounts due fund by all subscribers. the date on which In the meantime in going as the same time, there To December 1, when work was stopped, there was due the contractor nearly $150,- the 000, at Union Memorial building fund about $50,- 000 which could be utilized in carrying on the work over a period of a month or six weeks at it might be possible to consummate funding plans over the original the intervening before the end of which is due time plan eration. In is finally accepted and put into op of the task getting the Union Memorial building into operation the exe cutive committee of the M. A. C. Associa tion has been assisted by many alumni and many who are not connected with the Col lege but who believe the project will be of lasting benefit to the state and the institu '83, president of tion. Frank F. Rogers, the M. A. C. Association has been the to complete the build leader in the effort ing. He has been assisted by other elective officers of the Association and by state oficials who are in a position to appreciate the com what munity and the College. The list of those who have aided and will continue to aid in furthering the efforts of the Association and require space not available here but when negotiations are complete this will be compiled and publish ed fact that those who have helped most material- lv in the furtherance of the funding project fund, have also subscribed liberally to the although many are not alumni or former students. the building will add is also an interesting the Union would in full. to It The fund. is effort a the of sufficient this end will be published In the course of time, when funding ar rangements have been consummated a com plete history of the different steps taken to accomplish to all subscribers to the Union Memorial build com ing sum mittee in of money, to in come the the putting sure major portion of In order to do this obligations of some sort, bonds or notes, will be issued on the property of the Union and these will be paid off with receipts from pledges, which should remain virtually constant over a period of years. into commission of the building. to provide based on the next ten years, known the for Ptujc 180 The M. A. C. Record it will the promise in no way reduce This plan will in no way lessen the need for the ob money, ligation upon the person who has pledged to pay into the fund, in fact, if such a state is possihle, to pav will he further obligating because the name of the Union has been pledged that these will be met. At present the outcome of negotia tions is not a certainty but there is reason to believe satisfactory, they will be after a lapse of a few weeks. that ()n than liberal is certain to suffer. While awaiting the availability of funds to be secured under the financing plan the necessity for ready money is more press the basis of pledges ing than ever. due the M. A. C. Association has entered into contracts which must be upheld or the The building project in contractor has been more his terms, he has been more than willing to go full length with the proposition and relv upon the family of integrity of M. A. C. people who have promised to pay money into the treasury which is handling the funds for the building. To violate this confidence would be a serious blow to the Union, the M. A. C. Association and the It is granted that pledges will all College. be paid in the course of time but the prob lem is to get the money in now that it is so badly needed. the alumni As the Union Memorial building stands today it represents the partial fruition of a great effort, a little added expenditure of energy by those who have signified their willingness to aid will make it much more than that, it will insure the early realization of the goal which has been the object of endeavor for the past five years. Now the the blighted hope of structure represents students, its and facilities might be ready for use this winter. Its gaunt, unfinished spaces are reminders of frustrated labor, it is a body without a spirit for until the Union Memorial build ing is put into use it can be in no sense °ither a Union building or a memorial there be building. Neither exists unless some the structure carries out its purpose. It can not serve the College as a mere monument, Its halls and it was not designed as such. indication of usefulness, unless faculty that corridors were built to be utilized by crowds of undergraduates, faculty and alumni. As it stands now it is a monument to the faith of the leader of the executive committee, it can be nothing further until its doors are open ed to those it was created to serve. the builder and industry of the temporary remedies but Pay the instalment now due on your pledge, pay in advance if you find it pos sible and induce you neighbor to pay his. not Those are panaceas nor permanent Cures unless they are carried out continuously until the pro ject is completed and paid for. All alumni are interested in the building, either direct ly or indirectly, for it is the materialization of alumni alumni lovalty, but such effort and such loyalty are lacking in a vital element if the proposition is not carried through to the end. the mark of effort, JOHNSTON. 14. INJURED IN AUTOMOBILE WRECK for in superintendent James C. Johnston, '14, was seriously in jured in an automobile accident near Tulsa, ()klahoma, on November 1. is Johnston the Mutual Oil field corporation operating region and that was making a trip of inspection with an other official when the car in which they It was feared at were riding overturned. later first that fractures were examination revealed It will be confined the pelvic arch. to necessary for him to remain in a plaster cast until March 1, after which the doctors assert he will again be able to walk. that both hips were broken but At present he is in the Oklahoma hospi to his home at the tal but will be removed 2215 East 13th street, Tulsa, before holidays. The Holcad renews a periodical plaint on for the question of distinctive names buildings on the Campus. But few of the present building are equipped with names other than those designating the classes ac commodated within their walls, and several which have been named are, through long usage, still disguised by more readily under standable appellations. The M. A. C. Record Page 181 SEEDS 150 YEARS OLD SPROUTED AT COLLEGE Dr. E. A. Bessey, head of the depart ment of botany, believes a new record has been set for the length of time seed will lie dormant and retain its germinating powers with the successful conclusion of an at tempt to show signs of growth in seeds of a Manchurian water lily, known to be at least 150 years old and believed to be much older than that. It is explained by the de partment that the University of Paris had previously laid claim to the record for such instances when seeds in its care sprouted at an age of no years. the they were J. D. Wilson, '22, who is doing graduate work at Johns Hopkins university, obtain ed the seeds from a Japanese scientist who is also in attendance at that place and their history is that for at least a century and a half in a peat bog imbedded which had been covered over with sand from a nearby desert. Originally the bog had been the bed of a lake but lake had been drained off by a river which had cut through the soil to a depth of forty-five feet since the lake passed out of existence. When sand from the desert had drifted in and covered the peat to a depth of two feet, on top of this sand when the seeds were found, were trees at least two hundred years old. T h us the actual age of the seeds is considerably more the botany de partment insists that the age be placed at figure unless proof positive can be that found to the contrary. lake bed was uncovered than 150 years but the The Japanese scientist, who came from Korea, where the seeds were discovered, insists that the property on which they were found had been in the same family for at least 150 years, according to evidence which he found conclusive, and that the peat bed had not been disturbed during that period. It was necessary to file through the tough shells encasing the seeds before they could be sprouted. When the plants are develop ed Dr. Bessey will have them placed in the botanical garden to add to the attractive ness of that place through their novel his It is not probable tory. the plants will mature and flower before several years have passed. that five years Experiments to determine the lifetime of seeds imbedded in the ground were begun by the late Dr. Beal in 1879 when he placed twenty bottles containing fifty seeds each of a definite number of varieties of Michi gan plants near the center of the Campus. The bottles are buried with the open end down, several feet below the surface of the the past ground and each the one has been taken up ten percentage of germination. varieties of seeds which had been the ground responded when given a chance to grow. F u r t h er tests will be made at inter vals of ten years, the next bottle to be taken up in 1930. The final test will be made at the conclusion of a 160 year period, unless something happens to disturb the store and that should give a fairly good index of the length of life of seeds which is of special value to botanists and in the problems of plant life generally. in to determine In 1920 in those interested WESTERN NEW YORK MEETS IN SYRACUSE R. L. Nye, '12, president of the Western New York M. A. C. Association announces that the annual meeting of that organiza tion will be held early in January at Syra cuse at a date and place to be revealed later. With the assistance of A. L. Bibbins, '15, secretary of the association, wdio also re sides in Syracuse, Nye predicts the largest gathering in the history of the organization. Western New York has maintained a con stant strength in alumni ranks and its an nual meeting always draws well from that the In previous years most of section. meetings have been held at Rochester but Nye's eloquence prevailed upon the mem bers to transfer the setting of the big occa sion to Syracuse so that the advantages of that place might be exhibited to the alumni. T he University of Pittsburgh plans to erect a 52-story building to house some of its departments at a cost of $10,000,000. Page 182 The M. A. C. Record VIEWS AND COMMENT Putting physical effort into a project seems to create within the person doing it a feeling of ownership not inspired within him who merely aids in paying for some thing for general use. This is brought to mind by a short article which recently ap peared in The Richmond Review, a Mich igan weekly edited by R. B. Buek, '96. I>uek mentions a visit to the Campus dur ing the summer season and takes the occa sion to tell how he painted the labels which formerly were on most of the trees on the main part of the grounds. T h at was his visible contribution it was something he had done with his own hands and was there for all to see. There is a spark of vanity it represents, nevertheless, a general attri bute of mankind. in such a thought but to M. A. C, the members of took part lust a year ago some sixteen hundred students, a hundred or more faculty mem the State bers and even Board of Agriculture in Exca vation week. As a result there are some two thousand people to whom the Union .Memorial building will, as time goes on, have a deeper meaning than it can have to those who stood and watched the work. All who took part will recall the thrill of accomplishment, the feeling of satisfaction at having completed a task, long after they will have forgotten other efforts they put forth in College. An outstanding athlete, a leader in Campus affairs cannot look back upon his feats with the secure knowledge that his deeds will endure but the man who tossed a shovelful of earth into a truck is assured of comparative immortality. There is a second best opportunity for alumni to join the class of those who will appreciate the Union Memorial building; they can contribute their share of effort in It will not return to them the grati- cash. ficaion it those who labored will feel but will mark them as men and women who do they can to discharge an obliga the best is tion, they know needed more than labor with pick or shovel, theirs. Money to be the highest the building has long ago passed the stage where anything but skill in the various trades will aid in its construc tion. There is no further need for mass muscular effort but is a stronger, more pressing need for financial help now than ever before. there to help in A delay in construction work has been forced by a lack of funds ; the opportunity has arrived for mass effort on the part of the those who had no chance physical work on the building. This will accomplish more for the Union Memorial building than did Excavation week for it will insure against mounting costs, further the structure and put the completion of ahead the date when it will become the fac tor in Campus life it was designed to be. It the highest possible personal satisfaction but. in the future, visits to the Campus and the Lnion building for those who aid it now the will bring home to them the value of they exertions is" could for its own reward" may satisfying enough for some, but that each has done at least as well as his colleague for a common cause surpassing- worth. they put the building. That "virtue is an added prize of there will not be is granted to do all prove forth that m it can be used by The east side of the new entrance to the road has been graded Campus at Abbot so that traffic giving an opening which has been lacking for the past two months at that point. The road way is east of the big white oak and within a few feet of the Practice House, the resi dence formerly occupied by Professor Taft. Between that road and the western branch of the entrance will be a parkway eighty in width which will be planted and feet cared for as is the rest of the main Campus. Alumni and friends of the University of Rochester have started a campaign for an construct endowment of $10,000,000 new buildings and finance the institution. to The M. A. C. Record Page 183 "Close Beside The Winding Cedar" President Butterfield, Tom Gunson and James B. Hasselman were speakers interfrater- at the smoker sponsored by the nity council in the armory on December 3. the Photographs are lacking in a large num ber of cases where requested It is important with biographical material. that these be included in the alumni files. A snapshot will suffice if it be clear enough. they were Professor A. J. Clark, director of College band, has asked ment to provide a number of new ments for his organization. cases he has asked for larger pieces those now in use. the the war depart instru several than In Credit men of the state appreciated the fund which has been gathered for student loans and the small percentage of loss to they collected $150 and the extent turned it over to the fund at their meeting Secretary at the College Halladay described the fund as an example of first class credit. the operation of in November. that in charge of organizations Various Campus have presented acts for the approval of the com mittee the Union vaudeville to be staged in the Gladmer theater, Lan sing, February 5, 6, 7, afternoon and even ing. Coming during the period set apart the show should give for F a r m e r s' week many alumni an opportunity to see what present day students can do in the line of entertainment. Campus beauties were announced in the the Detroit News rotogravure section of on November 30. Those selected by pur chasers of 1925 Wolverines w e r e: Alice Foley, St. J o h n s; Bernice Baker, Grand Rapids, Maribel McKnight, Lansing; Margaret Longnecker, Traverse City; Ruth Marsh, Detroit; E m ma Burns, Petoskey, Margaret Webb, Bay City; Thelma Kling, East Lansing; Ernestine Bolter, Lansing. The four best will be announced on Decem ber 14. Hockey may become a regular varsity sport this winter, if the weather is of the proper type to provide the athletic depart ment with a suitable rink. In the meantime aspirants for places on the squad are taking exercises in the gymnasium them selves for active competition. fit to Ralph Powell, '13, represented M. A. C. at '11, and Maude Nason Powell, the formal installation of Dr. E. H. H u me as in China or Yali at president of Yale Changsha, Hunan, China, on October 3. Both Mr. and Mrs. Powell are connected with the institution and have been members of the instructional staff since 1917. '14, instructor E. L. Grover, '07, addressed the meeting of Bay City alumni on the evening of October 24, at the Grotto club. C.'R. Gar- lock, in the Bay City high school, A. J. Runner, '13, and Grace Urch, the dinner '18, had charge of plans for and meeting. A. C. MacKinnon, '95, was the toastmaster, about thirty were present. '24, is district L. W. Hornkohl, forest ranger on the Wasatch national forest in Utah. His address is 219 Federal building. Salt Lake City. He writes that he has just come out of the mountains for the winter after having had a splendid summer in the forest. He is to give instruction in wood technology in Salt Lake City this winter. W i th the opening of the pavement on the that south side of Grand River avenue safer thoroughfare has been made much for pedestrian and motorist alike. The business section of East Lansing draws a large number of automobiles to its doors and they have been parked facing in either direction, making to drive the length of the street or attempt to the pavement between Abbot Road cross and M. A. C. avenue. W i th double lanes available the is now possible north side of the street cleared of many of the cars which formerly were forced to pass that way. it a hazardous to keep trip it Page 184 The M. A. C. Record National Cham pion Dairy J u d g es 1924 From left to right—• J. E. Burnett, '15, Coach. E. S. Weisncr, 25, East Lansing R. P. Britsman, '25, East Lansing F. H. Williamson, '25, Pontiac the with trophies they won at the Na tional Dairy Show. HOW DAIRY JUDGES ARE TRAINED Burnett, '15, Coach of Successful Which Men Teams, Explains Process Are Selected. Through [. E. Burnett, "What are the qualifications of winning judges of dairy cattle?" was the question the College asked the success of dairy division, the. student dairy teams he has coached in the last two yeears. in view of judging '15, of According to Burnett, farm-reared hoys arc not always the best judges. A striking illustration of this is borne out in the team which represented the College this fall. Of the three men on the team, two are from East Lansing, and have spent little, if any, time on a farm. Burnett also declared that class standing has no bearing upon the choice of men, that their actual scores in practical farm are the only considerations. judging on the College in the end of each judging are selected ten students who have shown The judges are selected by a process of spring elimination. At the term, to best aptitude make the trip to the Michigan State Fair the following fall. ten men,. the three showing the greatest proficiency are then selected as the final choice for the the National team. Dairv show the coach and his three men Ten days prior From these to start out for the show, taking their and doing farms situated along completes intensive their training, of route. the men. some judging the time on This that thorough as possible, In order as the men may possess a training the courses in dairy husbandry at the College are outlined with this point in view. The first the term of dairy work consists of the dairy study of the specific cow. In This breeds are then taken up has been found to be the most satisfactory way of funda mentals of the dairy breeds. the general the following training a student type of term in turn. in the Of for the the eleven colleges and universities which have sent judging teams to the nat last four consecutive ional show field. Although years, M. A. C. leads the but one first place in all-around judging has been secured, the closeness to the top in the preceeding years gives this college its high rank. This year M. A. C. not only won highest individual honors, as it did last year, but also won the sweepstakes. the records established by past teams, it seems that a city youth can gain F r om The M. A. C. Record Page 185 as great, if not greater proficiency, in this the country. art than can the youth from The men who come from the farms, ac cording to Burnett, must generally be trained as carefully, with as much atten tion to detail, as the others who are out for the team. Another interesting fact is that it is not in dairying who F. H. Williamson, who individual honors at the ' in poultry while always student-specialists make the team. the highest won this year, majors show is his minor. dairying Detroiters' Doings booster banquet at Lansing, December 13, a howling success. A number are expecting to drive over from Detroit and take along a crowd of prominent high school football players. Any Detriters who can go and have cars to drive are urged to get in touch with Eli Middlemiss at 508 Griswold street. It is the desire of to take up as many high school boys as possible. They will be housed in fraternity houses on the campus, so the only expense to local men will be in taking them to Lansing . the officers Ray Covey, '15, who, while with the Gabriel Steel Co., designed the new M. A. C. stadium, is now in partnership with W. W. "Bill" DeLange, '07 in the general con tracting business. Winter activities of the Detroit M. A. C. those of club already bid fair last winter. Besides backing the bowling team, some social events are being planned for shortly after New Years. to surpass Dean Swift, '24, reports that he is em the Republic Flow-Meter Co. ployed by which has its offices at 2-139 General Motors Building. Swift says that he lives at 4503 Trumbull avenue. the General Motors building On November 19, M. A. C. was well represented at the bowling dinner of the Intercollegiate association. The dinner was held at for the purpose of bringing the large body of men representing different colleges in the country together in a social way, and also to boost the Intercollegiate bowling league. More than Cards, radio music and bowling filled up the even ing. The M. A. C. bowling team headed by " T y" Manuel, '17, showed its strength by taking the five from Boston Tech into camp. fifty men were out. As bowlers the M. A. C i t es are setting an enviable record. Until recently the team held third place in the league, being headed only by Wisconsin and Cornell. Records for high game and high individual average are held by Manuel, while the team has the record high single game and record match scores. Manuel, Miller, Hayes, Smith, Digby, Hubbard and Mills are listed among those hurling the mighty ball. Instead of holding a football banquet as has been the custom heretofore, the De the Central is combining with troit club Michigan M. A. C. association to make the "Sparky"' Starrett, w'26, has been wield ing a paint-gun at the new Book-Cadillac hotel. He has been living at the Y. M. C. A. but reports that his next move will be to Chicago, where he will be in much the Ingle Wright, w'26, is another same work. inhabitant of the Y. M. C. A. He is tak ing a course in the Detroit College of P h a r macy. He should be addressed at the Fair- bairn hotel. " J o e" Flanagan, '24, has been added to Detroit's population. He for the American Express company but reports his address as unknown. is working Inspecting shipped-in fruits and vege tables for the state department of agricul ture means bread and butter for Austin L. Pino, '17, this winter. He expects to be in Detroit all the winter and at present is staying at the Fairbairn hotel. college. M. A. C. probably has more students at the Merrill-Palmer school this winter than any other '23, Dorothy Hanigan, '23, and Ethel Sharp, '22, are taking advanced work there while undergraduates are Helen Marie Jones and Miriam Bechtel. Belle Farley, Page 186 The M. A. C. Record ENGINEERING STATION SHOWS PROGRESS Pjeven Projects Listed During First Year; Appropriation Increased for Current Period; Fhnploys Pacuity and Graduates. existence, engineering The Michigan shown the purpose for which experiment station, located at the College, has, after a progress well year's worthy of it was created. Through systematic research of problems the state from an engineering standpoint, both members of the engineering faculty as well as graduate students are devoting consider able time and energy to this phase of the engineering division. important within that are engineering The Michigan the year 1923-24, and for experiment station had an appropriation and budget of $3,000 for the current year has a budget and appropria tion of S8,ooo. There are now eleven pro jects on the list of activities of the sta tion. The titles are as follows: Projects: No. 1. Mixed Fuels for Domestic Heat ing. No. 2. Defects in Case-Hardened Spe cial Steels. Xo. 3. Modulation in Radio Transmis sion. Xo. 4. Infiltration in Heating and Ven tilating Systems. No. 5. Properties of Michigan Cements. Iron and Steel No. 7. Protection of from Corrosion. Xo. 8. Value of Impact Test for Steels. No. 9. Bituminous Fillers for Cracks in Concrete. No. 10. Aluminite Cement. No. 11. Heat of Combination of Alloys. In carrying on this work many graduate students are employed. Eventually, many of the projects will require the employment of full-time research assistants in order to carry them on satisfactorily. The engineering experiment station was established formally on January 16, 1924, the matter had been brought to the after the State Hoard of Agricul attention of ture by Acting President Shaw and the dean of engineering, in a letter of Novem ber 20, 1923. Objects to be attained by the engineering experiment station are the carrying on of investigations and research in engineering; the publication of results thereof, in order to stimulate scientific ideals and the inter est of the engineering students and teachers to of the college; engineering science: and to increase the con tact of the college with the people of the state engaged in engineering industries, or in other industries dependent to a greater or less extent upon engineering. to make contributions Indiana, The engineering experiment station is one of the twenty-four similar organiza tions at as many land grant colleges and universities, namely, Arkansas, Colorado, Iowa. Kansas, Maine, Illinois, Maryland, Minnesota, Massachusetts, Missouri, Nebraska, Nevada, New York, North Carolina, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Ten nessee, Texas, Utah. 'Vermont, Virginia, Washington. West Virginia, and Wiscon sin. These stations are expending annually nearly a million dollars for experimental work in engineering and publications of re sults, and 110 full-time research m e n; 136 part-time men; and 222 co-operating mem bers of teaching staffs of engineering col leges are engaged in the work. Since the establishment of the first ex periment station in 1903, 490 bulletins have been issued, and during the past year bulle tins to the number of 45 were printed. The Land Grant College Association, through its engineering section, attempts to the several sta correlate the energies of tions through a committee on engineering experiment of stations, which Dean Anson Marston, of Iowa, Dean M. S. Ketcham, of Illinois, Dean G. W. Bissell, of M. A. C, and Dean E. A. Seaton, of Kansas, ex-officio the as engineering section. This committee has published a summary and index of Engin eering Experiment Station Projects and Bulletins up to July 1, 1923. This will be secretary of consists The M. A. C. Record Page 187 supplemented each two years by the publi cation of information up to date. At the same time the committee publishes a quarterly bulletin containing lists and ab stracts of new projects, reports of progress, and bulletins published. N E C R O L O GY CTIARI.KS K. C A L K I N S, '7$ W o rd has been received of the death on April 21. 1924 of Charles K. Calkins, w'73, at his home in Ionia. He attended M. A. C. for one year, following which he was a farmer and school teacher, served as super visor in his township, as postoffice inspec tor, and was admitted to the bar. PART OF SPLIT ROCK OBTAINED FOR CAMPUS Through the efforts of Secretary Halla- day part of the historic split rock will be preserved on the Campus near the Union Memorial building. The owner of the land the road where the rock stood adjoining for so many years had ordered it broken into pieces suitable for building purposes. W h en he was approached with an offer to purchase the entire two blocks of granite he asked $300. There were no funds for such a purpose so the stone was not pur chased. It had so Last week the owner began the demoli tion of the landmark and was besieged from to all parts of the community in an effort have him stop his work. far advanced however, that there was no use in trying to save the entire piece. An at tempt was made to prevent the destruction through application to the state attorney- general. This failed because the owner of the adjoining property was entitled to the use of such material, according legal authorities. Finally, instrumentality of the Secretary Halladay the owner consented to give the rock in return for enough small stones to serve his purpose. The latter bargain was the College to the benefit of carried out large section of the College a through to and the rock was delivered to a point near It will be mounted the Union building. opposite the west entrance to the building and will be suitably inscribed, in the course of time. is so closely The split-rock intertwined with the recollections of early alumni that its preservation in some form will recall to them the days when all trips to Lansing were made on foot and when they stopped at the rock to rest. Of course the cherry tree will be missing from its new location, it was cut down more than a year ago. the rock in ALUMNI PLAN FEATURES FOR FOOTBALL BANQUET Preparations are being made by Central five Michigan alumni to feed a crowd of hundred at football banquet the annual which will be held in the gymnasium at the College at 6130 o'clock on the evening of December 13. H. A. Clark, '16, and Fred C. Jenison, '07, are in charge of the tickets and they have placed them in several places in East Lansing as well as turning over a number to a selected committee for sale in Lansing. At the College they are on sale at Washburn's. for is not Del VanDervoort, '19, in command of releasing the program detachment, the for publication a complete report on the evening but " C a r p" attractions Julian, '15, will be master of ceremonies and H o w a rd Rather, '17, and James Grant the '11, are both nominated Hayes, position of toastmaster, they will probably decide the issue as to who is to have pre cedence in the presence of the guests of the evening. T he Swartz Creek band will in troduce some of the newest novelties and other favorites will add to the pleasure of the occasion. for all-state high Richard Remington, known for his selec school tion of mythical teams and A. W. Thompson, the commis sioner of high schools, L. Whitney Watkins, '93, and sev like prominence have been eral others of induced for Michigan to appear on the program. athletics Page 188 The M. A. C. Record As its share of the evening's work the Detroit M. A. C. club will send representa tives and a number of guests from among the high school football players and coaches of that city. Other local organizations have signified in representative groups a similar way and from several different cities will attend. intention of cooperating their the banquet but this year's event Previously there has been no consistent plan through which the high school boys who attend were entertained before and is after to be marked by a plan which contemplates the various assigning groups of boys fraternities and making responsible for their entertainment so that the youths may have a chance to see something of the College. to them It is probable the program will include the presentation of certificates of award to foot members of the varsity and freshman ball teams along with the other features of unusual is the general committee and chairman of '17. is charged with the Glen (). Stewart, responsibility of providing for the the crowd. Earl Hotchiu, interest. food '12, COACHES DRAWING UP . PROGRAM FOR 1925 to the Director the approval of scheduled meetings of Director Young, Assistant Frimodig and Coach Kobs of the depart ment of physical education and Chairman Huston of the board in control of athletics attended the Western Conference at Chicago on Decem ber 5 and 6 to fix the important dates of next year on the football and baseball lists. Director Young announced recently that in subject control of athletics the M. A. C. football team would play Penn State at State Col lege, Pa., on November 7, 1925. On his trip through to the east which most of the large colleges and universities or to points where he could meet the ath letic directors. Young with authorities there the possibility of obtaining games for football squad. He found but little opportunity be filled with en cause of schedules being the Green and White the board took him discussed gagements for several years in advance and was unable to gain encouragement for his project of bringing eastern teams to East Lansing. The Penn State engagement is for one year only and was made possible through that team being left off the Uni versity of Pennsylvania schedule for 1925. the board Unless unforseen complications arise the football schedule will be finally settled by December 15, with the main dates listed by in control December 10, when .of athletics meets to award monograms and discuss schedules for baseball and football. Several for games at East Lansing but thus far the outstanding features of next season's list have not been fixed. teams have asked Minor sports and basketball are taking the time of those interested in athletics at the College. Swimming, under the direc tion of Coach W. 15. Jones, a Penn State graduate who is an instructor in dairying, indoor track, wrestling and boxing are all receiving their share of attention. Boxing is not an intercollegiate sport but a class has been formed which works out regular- T. L. Hroughton, '15, addressed the Col lege dairy club at its meeting on November 26, He explained the work of the bureau of dairying of the state department of agri culture, of which he has been in charge for past two years. Autumn fires destroyed a large acreage in Chandler's marsh near East Lansing, burning off most of the soil to the water level on a major portion of the area. E x perimental plots conducted by the College were not destroyed by the flames but their im value mediate the destruction of the soil which soils special ists were trying to make available for types of for because neighborhood is somewhat farming. lessened the of Liberty Hyde Bailey, '82, was recently elected an honorary member of Pi Alpha Xi, national floricultural fraternity, started at Cornell last year. The M. A. C. Record C L A SS N O T ES to put '90 George S. Jenks views the name of the college in the name question: to is changed "Hope Michigan State line with colleges it of a similar character elsewhere. The present name is too narrow to cover the wide range now included in the curriculum." He continues: "No change in occupation or address. While I have been twenty years 1 am still interested in M. A. C. activities." Mr. Jenks' address in Pittsburgh in Pittsburgh is Box 62. located last the for '93 A. T. Stevens the Connecticut Agricultural where he has been since August 1, K;07. is professor of gardening at college at Storrs, Page 189 '04 lots of roads and bridges A. R. Carter reports from 980 Court street. Rockf ord, Illinois : "I am" still county superinten dent of highways of Winnebago county. We are building the county and since the $100,000,000 bond issue was passed upon favorably in the state of Illinois, it means that we will get about 60 more miles of concrete pavement I very often see W. R. Shed, Burt Peterson, and J. M. Ran kin. T. G. Li'-idquist is now employed as county forester in Winnebago county. in our county. in '05 is "still Clarence A. Reed investigating nut culture" for the U. S. Department of Agricul ture, and lives at 109 Chestnut avenue, Takoma Park, D. C. He says: "O. B. Burrell, '05, is a successful at Galena, Maryland." asparagus grower fruit and '98 W. J. Merkel reports no change from 528 Beverly road, Shorewood, Milwaukee, Wisconsin. '02 January 1, IQOO, marked the beginning of (). L. the Tennessee Coal, Iron and in Birming Ayrs' service for Railroad company. He ham, Alabama, at 1001 Crescent avenue. located is '06 A. E. Falconer of Cherrydale, Virginia, reports: "Still doing engineering work the highway department, bureau of yards and docks. Add my approval of suggested change of present name of college to Michigan State." '08 P. G. Baker has moved in Lansing to 1106 for '03 lulna V. Smith is enjoying" her work with the extension department of Cornell University. She lives at 204 Dryden road, Ithaca, N. V. Allegan street. '09 R. 2, Homeworth, Ohio, is the new address for M. R. Bowerman. UNCLE SAM and PRESIDENT COOLIDGE Keep Budgets—Why Not You? VICE-PRESIDENT-ELECT CHARLES G. DAWES earned national acclain by working out a budget for the United States Government. This was adopted as the only practical plan of reducing unnecessary Federal expenditures and of knowing the financial status of the nation. President Calvin Coolidge says that he keeps a personal budget and runs his home on that basis. He believes in it for himself and for others. Business men and practical women (of large as well as of small income) have put their homes on the budget basis or believe it a good thing to do so. If you have found the budget system easy to operate at home, we believe a copy of the JOHN HANCOCK BUD GET SHEETS would interest you par ticularly. like some others, you believe a budget is too much trouble then we want you to see how simple is the John Hancock Budget. If, This would help you to start 1925 along the right lines. Without charge or obligation a copy will be sent on request. Over Sixty Years in Business. Now Insuring Over Two Billion Dollars in Policies on 3,500,000 Lives "LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY OF BOSTON. MASSACHUSETTS Page igo '11 Box 742, Rhinelander, Wisconsin, appears under the name of Frederick* G. Wilson on RECORDS. "Same job in the same old town," says Clarence S. Roe, 404 W. St. Joseph street, Lansing. "Sabra Helen, age 4 1-2 months, may possibly be a candidate for Omicron Nu in a few years," writes H. Basil Wales, care U. S. Forest Service, Prescott, Arizona. C.. Dwight Curtiss writes: "No change in occu pation or address. Completed five years service last'July as assistant to the chief, U. S. Bureau seeing of Public Roads. Very sorry Dean Bissell and the others on their recent visit to Washington. Serving second term as secretary Of highway division American Society of Civil Engineers, member citizen committee of Section 4, Chevy Chase, Maryland, town council).*' I missed (similar to WALDO ROHNERT, '89 Wholesale Seed Grower, Gilroy, California SAM BECK, '12, with LOUIS BECK COMPANY 112 North Washington Ave. Society Brand Clothes Complete Haberdashery GOODELL, ZELIN C. (M. A. C. '11F) Insurance and Bonds 2c8-.n1 Capital National Bk. Bklg. FORDS—W. R. COLLINSON, '18 The F. J. Blanding Co., Lansing The M. A. C. Record '12 7823 Cregier, Chicago, Illinois, is the forward ing address left in the Lansing postoffice by A. P>. Shuart. Max Gardner is engaged in research work on diseases of fruit and truck crops at LaFayette, Indiana, where he lives at 312 Sylvia street. He reports Mary Francis born December 29, 1923. R. L. Nye's blue slip reads: "Dean of College of Agriculture of Syracuse University; Presi dent of Western N. Y. M. A. C. Association, A. L. Bibbins, secretary. Great annual reunion plan ned for January at Syracuse. All M. A. Cites within aeroplaning distance expected. Exact date announced later. Address changed from Warner, New York, avenue, Syracuse, New York. Was elected second vice-president of the Collegiate Country Life club at their annual meeting in Columbus, Ohio, in November. Will have a son ready for the class of '31, and another for '34. to 102 Ostrom I. J. Westerveld and C. W. Parsons are still in the concrete products business at Wausau, Wis consin. Westerveld says that the family in each case consists of wife and little girl. C. V. Ballard is assistant state leader of county agricultural agents with headquarters at the E x tension department at the college. All Together, Now!!! Are you ready when the song leader gives the signal ? When the bunch sings the old songs don't just hum the tune. All of M. A. C.'s best songs, with the music, are included in an attractive booklet of convenient size. You boosters of the Green and White need it on your pianos. It is indispensable for branch association and club meetings. Your copy will be mailed prepaid upon receipt of 50 cents at the alumni office. Attractive prices for group orders. The proceeds will be applied to the Memorial Union Building Fund. The M. A. C. Record Page 191 CEMa 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 your food do yon more iiliiiiiiiiiiiiiininiiiiiiiuiiiirc g o o d. N o te b ow It relieves that stally feeling after bearty eating. 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 the goody that L-a-s-t-s. 7 in its Purity Packac Our Business is Growing THE CORYELL NURSERY Ralph I. Coryell, '14 R. J. Coryell, '84 PLAN YOUR SPRING PLANTING NOW Birmingham, Mich. West Maple Ave. THE STRAUS BROS. COMPANY First Mortgage Bonds '17 G. O. STEWART, 700 W. Washtenaw St. Lansing, Mich. A. M. EMERY, '83 Books and Office Supplies 223 Washington Ave. N. H. C. Pratt, '09, in charge of Office Supply Department THE EDWARDS LABORATORY, S. F. Edwards, '99 Lansing, Michigan Anti-Hog Cholera Serum—Other Biological Products E. N. PAGELSEN, '89, Patent Attorney 1321 Lafayette Building, Detroit FORDS LINCOLNS FORDSONS GERALD BOS, '16, 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. 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