=3- • J » r^ -.•%.;•• * > * . ; < • • • • / ^^ -v.**.. • • • * • • • • • *• P %v«. "•*«n*5 >v^. Michigan Agricultural College Association Publishers s East Lansing Dec. 15, 1924 Vol. XXX No. 13 Page 194 WW •• 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-fn e 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. 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 Arthur C. MacKinnon, '95, Bay City, Vice-President Luther H. 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., T e rm expires 1925 Clifford W. McKibbin, '11, East Lansing, Term expires 1926 G. V. Branch, '12, Detroit, T e rm 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 otherwise noted. BARRY COUNTY NORTHWEST MICHIGAN BERRIEN COUNTY BAY CITY OTTAWA COUNTY PORTLAND, ORE. CENTRAL MICHIGAN ST. CLAIR COUNTY CHICAGO DETROIT CLUB FLINT GRAND RAPIDS MILWAUKEE, WIS. NEW YORK CITY ST. JOSEPH COUNTY SEATTLE, WASH. SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA SOUTH HAVEN WASHINGTON, D. C. WESTERN NEW YORK NORTHERN OHIO WESTERN PENNSYLVANIA —-+ THE M. A. C. RECORD VOL. X X X. No. 13 E A ST LANSING, MICHIGAN DECEMBER, 15, 1924 COLLEGE SCORES HEAVILY AT FARM SHOW A. W. Jewett, '20, Again Takes Long List of Prices on Farm Crops; Six Horses Take Bight Azuards at International. Winning prizes, all the way from ribbons and medals to grand championships, seems to be more of an ordinary occurrence for the college with each succeeding year. T he show and International H ay and Grain in held recently Livestock Exposition the to further strengthen Chicago served position this in strenuously contested class of exhibits. the college holds that In the livestock show the college horses were in a class by themselves. Although only six animals were exhibited, the honors they carried away would have done justice to an entry several times greater. As usual, the Belgian class was the most fertile field, two first, one second and one fourth be ing the regular prizes carried off by M. A. C in this breed. Many additional trophies were also taken by the Belgians. T he two- year old mare "Margelotte" won fourth in her Line stallion Phoenix" won second in the three-year old " P e r- exhibit of his class. T he mares firsts venche and "Betty de Camille" won in four- three and year old respectively. Pervenche also car ried off the senior and grand championship. This makes the third consecutive year that this mare has won the grand championship. their classes, namely "Range class; the In the Percheron class the college mare "Leila" wron first place in the five-year old class, as well as the reserve grand cham pionship. in the four-year old class of the same breed. " M a r i e" won second honors On group horse exhibits the college also came in for a good share of the ribbons, securing second place in the three-mare Bel gian group, as well as second in the stal lion and three-mare group, also a Belgian competition. In short, the college, by the exhibition of these six horses, won a total of 10 ribbons, one trophy and $250 in cash; or expressed in another way, the winnings amounted to three two seconds, one fourth and two grand championships, a record which will go down in college history. firsts, Jewett Michigan farmers came the exposition. is a law unto himself Aside from the horse entries, there were also other animals of various breeds. Sev eral ribbons and cups were won by exhibits of Hereford cattle, as well as of hogs and sheep. However, these winnings were not as formidable as those won by the horses. in for a good share of honors in the grain and hay show T he outstanding ex of hibitor was again A. W. Jewett, Jr., '20, of Mason. in this show, at least as far as high average for places won is concerned. Mr. Jewett won 7th in yellow dent corn, 20th in white dent, 2nd in flint, 3rd in soft red winter wheat, Tst in soft white winter wheat, 6th in oats, rst in flax, 4th in rye, 22nd in six-rowed in barley, 1st and grand alfalfa hay, 1st in red clover hay, 1st in timothy hay, 2nd in mixed hay, 6th in yel low soy beans, and 4th in field beans. This is a record which stands practically un- paralled in the history of the International. He took the grand championship for the third successive year. championship the exposition the winnings of Michigan Mr. Jewett was not the only Michigan man to gain fame at the show, as the rec reveial. Notable ords of amongst far mers are three first places in yellow soy beans, the first five places in mixed hay, first five places in timothy hay, first four in red clover hay, first four in alfalfa hay, first first first eight in soft red winter wheat, first three in flint corn and first three in 10 best ears of junior corn, as wrell as many more places further down the list of each class. in rye, flax, four two in Page ip6 The M. A. C. Record T he work of the crops and plant breed ing departments of the college through the extenson division significant fruit and establishing the vital relation of the College agriculture more state forcibly than ever. is bearing to NEW YORKERS EXPECT BUTTERFIELD TO SPEAK In announcing his plans for the meeting of the Western New York M. A. C. Asso ciation at Syracuse on J a n u a ry 17, R. L. Nye, '12, president of the organization de clares he expects President Butterfield to be the chief speaker of the day. Nye holds out glowing promises for the dinner to be served and expresses himself in the follow ing language: " We are pulling every wire to have President Butterfield with us for a meet ing on January 17. Supplementing my own invitation, one has gone from Chancellor Flint of Syracuse university urging him to spend the day with us. I have delayed the matter of announcing a completed pro gram pending the president's decision. In case a different date should suit him bet ter, we would be glad to change. I expect to urge Ray Stannard Baker, Liberty Hyde Bailey, and any other prominent M. A. C. alumni within reach, to be here and to make this the biggest reunion ever held outside of Michigan. " We have in mind a noon-day dinner with some M. A. C. talks, and followed in inter the afternoon by a meeting for all ested, with a talk from President Butter field on rural leadership. If other promi nent men such as Ray Stannard Baker were present we should expect other talks along the same line. Chancellor Flint of the university will be our local guest. This afternoon meeting would be held under the joint auspices of the M. A. C. alumni and the Collegiate our Syracuse Chapter of Country Life Club. We are anxious to put out a program to our alumni who are within reach that will fairly compel them to come in. The dinner will be served by the Home Economics college the girls of and their dinners are famous in this part the state. They serve banquets which of outdo anything the hotels can put up, for about half the College, who has recently been elected Secretary of State for New York, Dean Knapp, has assured me that they will give us their best. the price, and the Dean of Yours truly, R. L. N Y E, "12. CHICAGO ENTERTAINS VISITORS FROM M. A. C. '11, added considerably regular The presence of Director Young, Assis tant Director Frimodig, Dr. Huston, and I. J. Cortright, to the enjoyment of luncheon the meeting of the Chicago alumni, December 5. Coach Young told the alumni something of the difficulties of schedule making, par ticularly the problem of getting good home games. The new stadium and a better out look solve the problem, he said. football prospects should help for Assistant Director Frimodig described the physical changes that have taken place at M. A. C. during the past few years. Dr. Huston spoke of the spirit of optimism pre vailing at M. A. C, and of the cooperation which the student body is giving the athle tic department. '11 from Cincinnati, fame, brought greetings and urged the hearty support of all alumni to M. A. C. I. J. Cortright, of At an impromptu luncheon meeting Wed nesday, December 3, a number of the col lege men in Chicago for the International meet with alumni at the College Inn, at Hotel following were The present: Sherman. From M. A. C.: Dr. WTard Giltner, Dr. E. T. Hallman, D. F. Rainey, G. W. P u t- man, H. J. Stafseth, Larry Kurtz, J. I. Huddleson, and J. W. Weston. From outside Chicago: P. R. Taylor, '15, Harrisburgh, P a .; G. V. Branch, '12, Detroit, Mich.; R. A. Runnells, '16, Blacks- burg, V a .; P. R. Miller, '24, Ames, I o w a; A. W. Jewett, Jr., '20, Mason, Mich.; M a rk F. Welsh, '19, College Park, Maryland. The M. A. C. Record Page 197 F r om Chicago: W. R. Rummler, ' 8 6; P. B. Woodworth, *86; George F. Davis, ' 2 1; Ove F. Jensen, '14, and W. L. Nies, '13- CHICAGO A L U M NI P L E A SE N O T I CE Regular luncheon meetings are held on the first and third Fridays each month at the Chicago Engineers club, 314 South Federal street, 12 130 o'clock. Next meet ings Dec. 19, Jan. 2, and Jan. 16. Ina Butler, Lou Butler, Naomi Hensley, Mrs. Marion Grettenberger Musselman, Mrs. Dorothy Sanford Miller, Mrs. R u th Kintigh Rainey, E a st Lansing; Mrs. Min nie Schmidt Erickson, Lansing; Mrs. Imogene Nellie Bowerman Reed, B a t h; Carlisle, E d w a r d s b u r g; Mary Rogers, St. J o h n s; Gladys Love, Richland; Mildred Grettenberger, South H a v e n; and Roberta Snyder, Lake City. the holidays—committee Plans are being made for a dinner-dance in charge, '21, C h a i r m a n; P. B. '86, and Paul Donnelly, '17. after George F. Davis, Woodworth, KAPPA DELTA CHAPTER INSTALLED ON CAMPUS by With sorority the acquisition of a chapter in Kappa Delta, national the Letonian society there are now three such chapters among the College organizations. Alpha Phi and Alpha Gamma Delta are the others. the Feronian society while the latter was or ganized as a branch of the sorority, both were installed in 1922. former was originally The Installation services for the Alpha Alpha Chapter of Kappa Delta were held at the home of the Letonian society on Ever green avenue on Nevember 27, 28, and 29. Representatives from chapters at Michigan, Minnesota and Beloit, Wiss., aided in the ceremonies. T he charter members are O r ma Sim mons, Lansing; Frieda Gilmore, Mt. Pleasant; Beatrice Nelson, F a r w e l l; Emily Perry, East Lansing; and Helen White, Middleville. T he college members are Ber- nice Mitchell, Holly; Virginia Jorgensen, D e a r b o r n; Evelyn Paul, Hinsdale, Illinois; W a n da Hack, Milan; Marian Crosby, Three O a k s; N o r ma Collins, O k e m o s; Myrtle V a n H o r n e, Rives Junction; Geneva Church, Elaine Alvord, Mable Biery, Marie Fiske, East Lansing; Winifred Landon, Dorothy Schaibly, Alice Hathaway, Lan sing; E r va Prescott, Lincoln; Tina Skeels, Whitehall; Nina Ray, New E r a; Dorothy Fisk, Jackson, and Lelas Frost, Dansville. include T he alumnae who were installed VARSITY FINDS ADRIAN EASY IN FIRST GAME There was not much opposition of a the team when first game of serious nature offered to the M. A. C. bas it met Adrian college ketball in the the season at the gymnasium, December 10. The final score wras 41 to 16, and at no time were the visitors dangerous although few first minutes found the teams on even terms in respect to points acquired. Coach Kob's team with a lineup of veterans demonstrat ed power, it also had acquired some polish in the art of shooting baskets from the floor or fault quite common among the Green and White players. This characteristic was no doubt due to the presence on the team of Richards and Robinson who, a few weeks previous ly, had completed the football season. roughness was a line but foul McMillan made the basket. Robinson fourteen points with five baskets from the floor and four from the foul line. He and Captain Nuttila fea tured the contest with some exceptional re passing under peated his feat of last year in the Michigan game when he knocked a ball into the bas ket on a toss-up in the end zone. M a r x, playing his first game as a regular, and he was the only member of the squad to stay through the entire contest, proved himself a steady guard and good shot. Poor shoot ing by the Adrian players cost their team several points. Theta Alpha Phi, the former dramatics club, presented the four-act comedy " M r. Blank" in the assembly room of the Home Economics building on December 11. Page ip8 The M. A. C. Record IJJ VIEWS AND COMMENT the in its present state To leave a task partially completed is an acknowledgement of weakness, an admis failure. Consoling yourself with sion of the pap that you did what you could is for a poor exhilaration substitute success. The Union which accompanies Memorial building is concrete evidence that part of the power of the alumni body of M. A. C. has not yet reserves of been demonstrated, real strength and energy which are elements which make organization worth while have not yet been drained, have not even demonstrated a part of their true worth. The football team that plays a wonderful game the first quarter to find at re it has exhausted source is not the one to win a champion ship. The alumni organization unable to carry out its purpose is also in a fair way to be classed among the "also rans''. the end that any last the the its The Union Memorial building is the first project of its magnitude to be attempted by It is not too great the alumni of M. A. C. a task for the association, for others with less than half the numbers and no greater in affluence have done proportionately as well. to at It would be an easy matter tempt an effort with the goal set at half the present height and have it prove suc cessful, self-satisfied feeling, an air of content, both of which would vanish as soon as the achievement thus attained was placed alongside of those of smaller colleges. it would produce a itself It has in 1919. Completing the Union Memorial build ing is a task which the M. A. C. Associa tion set for taken five years to get the shell of a building In those years the depth of M. erected. A. C. loyalty has not been plumbed, the weight of sentiment for Alma Mater has not been recorded, the sense of indebted ness to the institution which gave you more than you truly valued or the Union building would now the functions for which be performing it It stands now a job almost was designed. returned has not been completed, it represents part of wdiat the alumni and former students of M. A. C. can accomplish, it is the asknowledgement It is of a weakness which does not exist. a false testimonial to failure for all that <-an be done has not yet been done hence it is premature as an indication of a lack of effort. But there it stands, its argument is irrefutable. To fail in its first big task would be the death knell of the M. A. C. the Association; acquisition of strength. Which shall it be? to succeed would mean a boundless wealth of 03 If you have not pledged to the Union Memorial building fund, send in your sub scription immediately. . If you have not pledged all that you know you should, send in the renewal of your subscription. If you have pledged but have not paid, send in your check to cover all you owe. FV)llow any of these directions and you will be aiding the Union Memorial build ing project and bring to yourself the satis faction of having participated in a project which will prove a lasting benefit the College and to the generations of students and alumni to come. The Union building has been built the spirit It will stand back of it is more enduring. after all others now on the Campus have crumbled. to endure, only to There is but little change in college life. Year after year finds a large proportion of those enrolled studying late nights when the era of examinations comes around. This week is the one for burning the mid night oil. By Thursday night the Cam pus will be almost deserted for a surpris for ingly small number of to Friday. Winter start January 6, with registration the pre- ceeding day. term classes are due tests are set The M. A. C. Record Page ipp "Close Beside The Winding Cedar" T he M. A. C. rifle team will match tar gets with eighteen teams during the season. Dwight B. Waldo, of Western State Normal was the speaker at the convocation on December 3. '85, president T. W. Keating, '18, who is representing in western the Ingersoll- Rand company Canada was a Campus visitor last week. Christmas will probably find the Cam pus appropriately decorated with snow, a storm during the past week liberally cover ed the ground. Virtually the entire staff of the horticul tural department attended the meeting of the State Horticultural the state apple show at Grand Rapids, Decem ber 2, 3, 4. President Butterfield was one of the speakers. society and B A S K E T B A LL S C H E D U LE December 10, Adrian at East Lansing. December 13, Michigan at A nn Arbor. December 20, Chicago at Chicago. December 22, Northwestern at Evanston. January 6, Michigan or a southern team at East Lansing. January id, St. Mary's at East Lansing. January 13, St. Viator's at East Lansing. January 16, Notre Dame at South Bend. January 23, Western State Normal at East Lansing. January 30, Earlham at Earlham. January 31, Franklin at Franklin. February 3, Hope at East Lansing. F e b r u a ry 11, University of Detroit at East Lansing. February 20, Franklin at East Lansing! February 25, Western State Normal at Kalamazoo. February 28, Oberlin at East Lansing. March 3, Notre Dame at East Lansing. March 6, John Carroll at Cleveland. March 7, Oberlin at Oberlin. Entrances to the Campus are giving con clusive proof these days of the need of pav ing with all three of them perilous to au tomobiles and uninviting to pedestrians. the inter-class Sophomores won swim took ming meet on December 6. Collett first place in the 50 and 100-yard dashes and swam with the winning relay team for the second year men. "Crop Production and Soil Manage ment" is the title of a book by J. F. Cox, farm crops, which will be professor of placed on sale J a n u a ry 1. It is published by John Wiley & Sons. Yale university has recently announced a gift of a million dollars for the establish ment of a department of dramatic art and a and the the use of theater for equipment the department. construction of Freshmen are so numerous and husky this fall that the sophomores are having a strenuous time keeping them up to the mark in the matter of obeying regulations in re gard to the proper caps to be worn by the members of the new class. Co-ed debaters will argue the question: "Resolved, that the Japanese Exclusion act should be repealed", in their public appear ances this winter. Tryouts were conducted squad on to select the personnel of in December 11. This which the fair sex has taken part in this recognized activity and ithey plan on a schedule of six meets, one of which will take them out of the state. the is the third year to Senior engineering students elected membership in T au Beta Pi include: L. H. Nagler, South H a v e n; Marlin R. Bige- low, Kalamazoo; John Killoran, Lansing; Donald Pflug, Massillon, O h i o; Donald A. Stickle, Midland; Seth Goodman, F l i n t; F r a nk Bornor, P a r m a; Donald Smith, I r o n w o o d; W. H. Bezenah, Bay City; L. Hollerbach, Massillon, Floyd Holmes, East Lansing, was the juniors ad mitted. O h i o; Page 200 The M. A. C. Record COLLEGE ASKS CONFERENCE MEMBERSHIP Huston Presents Request at Chicago Meeting; Move Made in Effort to Arrange Better Schedules With Constant Competition. it in for schedules satisfactory With the increasing difficulty of arrang ing athletic teams growing more of a problem each year the application of M. A. C. for mem the Western Conference WTas bership made at the meeting in Chicago, December 6, in an attempt to gain recognition for the College and place in a position where it will be able to conduct its affairs wdth the greatest efficiency. R. C. Huston, chair the board of control of athletics man of presented the Conference delegates and asked that M. A. C. be con sidered first should that organization de cide to enlarge its numbers. There is no likelihood of immediate action but should a chance arise M. A. C. will be in a posi tion to be taken into membership. the matter to toward its members F or the past two years Director Young and Chairman Huston have been active in attending Conference meetings and learning the attitude of the It has been point desirability of M. A. C. is ed out that, territorially, East Lansing close to the center of the group, that M. A. C. has maintained standards of scholar ship and intercollegiate ethics comparable to those of the Big Ten, that it has com peted on even terms in several sports and the would be desirable competition smaller colleges im mediately. With its new stadium and ath to letic fields the College is in a position handle crowds which attend Conference games and could develop facilities not now available should the need arise. All of these points were placed before the gathering for consideration in connection with the appli cation for entrance. for the organization in It is a matter of note that it is not diffi cult for M. A. C. to obtain dates on Con ference schedules at any time, nor has it been for some years. These dates, are of institutions but course, set by the larger the most of the Green and White at some course of their schedules. W i th the intro them are willing to take on in time for next duction of inter-sectional contests on most schedules fall Director Young found it almost impossible to get the extra football games he tried to arrange on the dates he had open. The Michigan game has been set for It will be played at F e r ry Field October 3. the and will probably be the first game of season for the Maize and Blue. North western has offered October 10, for a game at Evanston but this date may be changed as for Coach Young's plans for the squad. is not a suitable one it It was Michigan's early contention impossible for that its basketball it would be later team to play at East Lansing but developments may allow this classic which has come to be recognized as the best the attraction on possible exception of Notre Dame, and which has hitherto brought largest crowd of the year to the gymnasium. the home court, with the for A schedule has been fixed for the wrest ling squad. M. A. C. is a member of the Western Intercollegiate Wrestling associa tion, the other members of which are the Big Ten and Iowa State. The list for this season includes the following: January 17, Michigan at East Lansing; January 24, Northwestern at Evanston; January 31, Indiana at East Lansing; February 7, M. A. C. at Ohio S t a t e; February 21, Iowa State at East Lansing; March 7, P u r d ue at East Lansing; Wrestling association cham pionships late in March. team has been With a schedule comprising some of the best teams in the middle wrest the varsity basketball launched on a season of training which should prove the mettle of the veteran squad. Three Con ference fives are met in preliminary games; Franklin, the strongest team in this section last year, Notre Dame and Western State Normal are fair samples of what Coach Kobs has lined up for competition for his men. The M. A. C. Record Page 201 MONOGRAMS AWARDED FOOTBALL MEN Athletic Board Issues Tiventy-two for Effort Majo on r Stveaters; Nineteen Others Azuarded F or participation the in the football season following have been just concluded awarded varsity m o n o g r a m s: Vivian J. Hultman, (captain, Grand R a p i d s; Harold Eckerman, Muskegon; H u gh A. Robinson, Detroit; Roland G. Richards, Lansing; Elton A. Neller, Lansing; E d w a rd C. Eckert, Grand R a p i d s; A r t h ur K. Beckley, Bay City; Ernest L. Lioret, Ishpeming, all seniors who have won three football mono '26, Saginaw; grams ; Donald R. Haskins, Paul M. Hacket, '26, Saginaw; Roy A. Speikerman, '26, Saginaw; Carl F. Schultz, '25, Lansing; Verne J. Schmyser, '26, Bad '26, East Lan A x e; Richard P. Lyman, sing; Ray L. Kipke, '25, Lansing, who have won two football m o n o g r a m s; Alfred R. Vogel, F. Thayer, '26, Lansing; Martin R. Rummell, '27, Caro, '27, Saginaw; John E. Garver, '25, Charles Mich.; Benjamin L. Goode, ton, W. V a .; P e r ry J. Fremont, '26, Bad A x e; Paul J. Anderson, '26, Lansing, who for were awarded the first time. Clark Strauch, '25, Durand, was given the manager's monogram. the football monogram '26, Evanston, 111.; Robert service Honor sweaters for meritorius the following: Allen T. Ed were given munds, '25, Bedford; Horace B. Farley, '26, Albion; Harold C. Kiebler, '26, Man chester; Lynn M. Wolfinger, '27, Litch field ; Clarence L. Cole, '27, H a s t i n g s; Wil '27, M a r q u e t t e; Phelps liam H. Schneider, '25, Grand R a p i d s; G. I. Col- Vogelsang, '21/, Quincy; Harold K. Gerdel, lett, '27, East Lansing; M. F. Elliott, '25, Fennville; '27, Brooklyn; Bohn Elwyn A. Wenner, W. Grim, Jerseys were the following: Grant R. Smith, awarded '27, Allegan; Walter L. Bennett, '2y, R a v e n n a; A r t h ur M. Hooker, '27, Muske gon ; Stewart M. Bair, '26, Grand Ledge; L. E. Laubaugh, '27, H a s t i n g s; Wilbur C. Gunn, '26, H o l t; Wrilliam A. Rossow, '27, Utica. '27, Sturgis. Milton Francis, '26, of Ontonagon, was elected manager for 1925. 1924 Squad. to Monograms have been awarded the following members of the cross country s q u a d: W. D. Willard, '25, Oak Park, 111.; C. E. Banks, '26, Detroit; C. E. Ripper, '26, '26, Wellsville, O h i o; Floyd A. Harper, '26, East Middleville; Horace Thomas, Lansing; F r a nk Haven, '27, O v i d; Roy Severance, '27, Cass City; Herrick W a t e r man, '27, Grand R a p i d s; manager, Ken neth Kayner, '25, Adrian. SQUAD NAMES HASKINS 1925 FOOTBALL CAPTAIN Donald R. Haskins, '26, for the past two seasons the outstanding lineman on the M. A. C. football squad was chosen captain of the 1925 team at a meeting of mono It was also gram winners last Thursday. announced that Haskins was the winner of the Killoran trophy for his persistence in following the ball during the past season. at football Haskins played Saginaw Eastern high school before entering M. A. C. He was also a basketball and baseball player of promise in his high school days but has not had the time to follow those sports consistently since entering college. He is a junior in the applied science divi sion and has been self-supporting through out his college career. Alumni Opinion EDITOR OF T HE RECORD : the name of my alma mater I have been melancholy every time after read ing the discussions in T HE RECORD concerning the changing of from I have watched M. A. C. to something else. the battle of words with a saddened heart, and wonder what the outcome will be. The situation seems to be crystallizing and no statement from in such a crisis means silent concent, aiumnin the and then, such if in such a crisis means silent consent, alumni that a rose by any other name would smell just inevitable does happen, Page 202 The M. A.C. Record to me M. A. C. by any other and traditions, historic prestige, as sweet, but name loses cherished memories. The alumnus who to the name of his looks alma mater as a basis for gaining recognition in a chosen field of work is doomed. Whether we have a B. S., M. S., or Ph. D. attached to our the goods. M. A. C. name, we must deliver alumni have the on coming graduates able to do so? I no longer feel humiliated someone mentions a college or university I am not familiar with, for there are hundreds in U. S. A.. Canada and Europe. Can we expect all people the various curricula of M. A. C. ? the past and are not to be familiar with in if The articles appearing the columns of T HE RECORD have been for the most part personal slaps at the name. We have yet to see strong, constructive and unbiased argument for a new name. Will M. A. C. have ten years of greater development than the past decade if given a new name? Will the state legislature be more liberal in its appropriation? Will the number of stu dents increase at a greater per cent? Will the alumni attain greater their chosen field of work? Will other colleges and universi ties look with more favor on graduates of M. A. C. ? Will educators rate M. A. C. as giving a higher quality of instruction? success in Such arguments if convincing will make, I am sure,- a bigger and better M. A. C. and would lead to the need of a new name, and then my acquiescence is assured. But pampered and per sonal arguments should not be taken as the basis for changing the Michigan Agri cultural College. the name of Yours truly H O W A RD C. A B B O T T, 18, Ag. M A R R I A G ES HEATLEY-KIDDER Lynn Heatley, '23, and Eleanor Kidder, '24, were married August 18, 1924 at Jamestown, New York. They are living at 515 McDonald street, Midland, Michigan, where Heatley teaches agri the high culture, sociology and economics school. in GRIFFITHS- FLORY Edwin K. Kriffiths and Virginia Flory, '20, were married in South Haven, November 29, 1924. is Hotel Fort Hayes, Their present address Columbus, Ohio. CARYL-PORTER R. E. Caryl, '14, and Anne Louise Porter of Los Angeles, were married at Santa Barbara, California, August 16, 1924. They may be ad dressed at Box 586, Riverside, California. ERNSBERGER-BELL Benjamin H. Ernsberger, '14, and Beryl Bell, of Montreal, Canada, were married in September 1922 at Santa Barbara, California. NIXON-BROTHERTON Allen R. Nixon, '14, and Ellen Brotherton, were married July 12, 1924. They are living at 9601 Prairie avenue, Detroit. C L A SS N O T ES '81 E. C. McKee has changed route numbers at is now R. Glendale, California. His address 2, Box 16. '85 T. D. Hinebauch writes from 3643 Vista street, Long Beach, California: "Still living here and having much better health than formerly. Think live long enough. I will get entirely well Am in the real estate investment business, buy ing and selling." if I '87 "Still on the old job," writes H. W. McArdle, the North Dakota who is secretary-treasurer of Agricultural College at Fargo. He enjoyed a brief visit to M. A. C. this summer and con cludes, "you may change her name but to me she will still be M. A. C." '89 Homer R. Wood is a civil and mining engineer in Prescott, Arizona. He has held various politi cal positions them: county in Arizona, among treasurer, delegate to constitutional convention, state senator in first state legislature, state fair regis commissioner, member of state board of tration for engineers, presidential elector. He lives at 319 S. Mt. Vernon street, Prescott. law which Edward Pagelsen's blue slip reads : "Still prac takes me around the to keep from getting into a then run for gain." lives at 889 Longfellow avenue, De ticing patent country sufficiently rut. Hope to stop after a while and a small farm Pagelsen troit. in Florida. But—not '93 A. C. Burnham writes: "Start on trip around the world January 14 with my seventeen-year- old son, Brodie, who thereafter may enter M. A. C. We go west, Japan, China, India, Palistine, Europe. Gone about six months. Can't some old It would be much timer, '90 to '94 come along pleasanter." Burnham is in Los Angeles, Cali fornia, at 1550 Curran street. '95 M. W. Fulton the Fulton Orchards at Cherry Run, West Virginia, and in addition to those duties has charge of two young is still manager of The M. A. C. Record Page 203 orchards with 17,000 peach and 9,000 apples, just across the Potomac river in Maryland. The Na tional Old Trails road runs through one of these orchards, ten miles east of Hancock at Park- head, Maryland. He says: "M. A. C. people driving to Baltimore, Washington, or the south are most cordially invited to stop." through A. C. MacKinnon, a retired manufacturer of Bay City, Michigan, was elected this fall for his second term as a member of legisla ture by a vote of 11475 to 4112. the state '03 E m ma Barrett is teaching home economics in the Ballard high school in Seattle, Washington, and lives at 4001 Whitman avenue. '01, has is connected with the James G. Moore, who that George University of Wisconsin, the Humphrey, fresh University of Wisconsin, George Jr. a man in agriculture, and Beth, a junior in home economics. Moore lives at 2125 W. Lawn ave nue. two children attending reports '04 C. G. Woodbury is director of the Bureau of Raw Products Research of the National Can- ners association with headquarters at Washing ton, D. C. He lives at 1739 H street N. W. '05 P. H. Wessel is a research professor the in the Long Island Vegetable Research Cornell department of vegetable gardening charge of farm at Riverhead, Long Island, New York. for in '06 Ernest F. Smith is employed by the Chesapeake & Ohio railway the chief engineer's office, Room 1807, First National Bank building, Rich mond, Virginia. His tasks are entirely office work; estimating, track layouts, and squad boss the drafting office. He says for one section of ideal environment, satisfactory promo it tions, and apparently permanently located. He lives in Richmond at 307 S. Fourth street. is an '07 Herman Kramer appears on the payroll of the W. E. Wood company of Detroit as building superintendent. He lives at 2655 Gratiot avenue. '08 informs The post office us Small may be addressed at 915 W. street, Madison, Wisconsin. '10 that J. N. Bidwell isn't living where he moved from anymore, and Susan- ville, California, no longer reaches him. We have discovered that Ray A. Johnson A. L. Campbell began his work as farm advisor for Shasta county, California, on July 1. This location is in north central California at the head of the Sacramento valley. Mr. and Mrs. Camp bell and their three children live at 421 Chest that nut street, Redding, California, and report is a It they are enjoying the mild climate. livestock county with some small irrigated val leys, and wonderful scenery. '11 to for "In lived since. landscape gardening Florence Brennon Stone writes: last RECORD all were asked tell what occurred since leaving M. A. C. As M. F. Brennan, I in Lansing after practiced finishing my course in 1911, until January 1914, when the death of a friend called me suddenly to Virginia where I have In June 1915 was married to Professor Ormon Stone, retired, who was astronomer at University of the Virginia the observatory Flagler farm has been our home and farming our occupation." "Always did thirty years, and director of Since my marriage there. the chickens," writes Guy H. Smith, who is in the wholesale dressed poul to try business dressing the boy the butcher hired, however. When asked if 'Naw, not he could dress chickens.he on $5.00 a week.'" in Detroit at Smith 2537 Perry street. "Now I've living. Nothing in Detroit. for a replied, lives taken like them love '12 Alfred Iddles is chief power engineer for Day & Zimmerman, Inc. of Philadelphia. He lives at Wayne, Pennsylvania, at 304 Conestoga road. Alan Iddles was born July 10, 1923. Box 33, Washington, Michigan, is the address given by the post office for Aurelia B. Potts. Edmund H. Gibson is a minister in the Pro testant Episcopal church at Baltimore, Maryland, and lives on Old Orchard road, Ten Hills, Balti more. if to find so '13 Laura Crance Eaton writes: " T HE RECORD just little received and was disappointed news about the ones I knew, but they were all as negligent as I there would be a 'circle' for the class notes. two additions to the family since last I wrote: Louis Crane born April 14, 1923, and James Riley born August 28, 1924. Like the woman who had so many children (as this makes four for us) she always had time to greet old friends. Hope to see some of the M. A. C. folks at 912 Sixth street S., Fargo, North Dakota, in the near future." First we have J. M. Wendt lives in South Bend, Indiana, at 913 Lawndale. Recent communication from him the International H a r reveals: "Am still with vester company. considerably larger but not more nurerous than a year ago. Happened to run across Clare Gilson, '13, at Niles a short time ago. He is still making slide rules and probably uses them as proficiently as ever in figuring costs and profits." is now Family H. K. Wright has moved from Swarthmore, Pennsylvania, to 2027 Chestnut street, Philadel-. phia. Rena Crane Pearson wishes her RECORD sent to 1522 Patton avenue, San Pedro, California. She writes: "Keeping house for my big husband, Page 204 The M. A. C. Record and teaching clothing in the Los Angeles high to school district at Wilmington, have plenty to do. Spent the summer in Michi gan with the rest of the Cranes." to be sure of '14 Norton W. Mogge is at Wenatchee, Washing the Northwestern for ton, as division manager Fruit Exchange, marketers "Sflookum" apples. He is "married and happy". . He reports that D. F. Fisher, '12, is rendering a wonderful service to the apple industry as U. S. pathologist. recently for Europe as Edwin Smith, marketing investigator for the U. S. Department of Agriculture. Karl Hendershot is manager of the Lake Chelan Fruit Growers, a cooperative grower organization, located on Lake Chelan, the "Switzerland of America". '12, left to the improve is "still helping R. E. Caryl California citrus the bud selection industry via route" at Riverside, California. On August 16, 1924, he married Anne Louise Porter of Los Angeles. He reports that Benjamin H. Ernsber- ger was married September 1922 to Beryl Bell of Montreal, Canada. Commercial block, Benton Harbor, is the new business address for Fred L. Granger. Three sons, R. C. Jr., Jimmie, and William Nixon Johnson, help to keep Lenore Nixon John son busy. She sends her blue slip from Burling : "My ton, Colorado, with brother, Allen R. Nixon, last July 12, to Miss Ellen Brotherton, and lives at 9601 Parairie avenue, Detroit." '24, was married the following note the Reo Motor lives at 801 N. R. S. Russell is working at Car company at Lansing, and Chestnut street. S. M. Dean is with pany as electrical engineer bureau. He lives at R. 2, Redford, Michigan. the Detroit Edison com the construction in the department of E. C. Volz is "still saying it with flowers" as chief of and vegetable crops at Iowa State. He lives at 619 Ash avenue, Ames. He the newly elected president of the Society of Iowa Florists. floriculture is "I am still in the contracting business special izing in single residences, two and four family flats. Have offices at 16476 Woodward avenue, Detroit," writes Wallace J. Dubey. "The big private "I am still logging," writes H. C. Hall, from logging Pysht, Washington. the coast are starting some concerns here on reforestation. With definite plans proper cooperation these plans may develop a new field for forestry grad uates which is badly needed." regarding from the government, B. L. Fralick, who is the Irving in Detroit at 12048 lives the district sales representative Cherrylawn, Iron Works company of Long- for Island City, N. Y. He that Robert Jarratt Fralick who arrived March 24, 1924, makes a good sized family of two boys and a girl. reports '15 W. S. Dilts may be reached at the Army and Navy Club, 112 W. 59th street, New York city. the lives is assistant director of Fred O. Adams laboratory. He Detroit Board of Health at 625 Mullett street. Albert H. Jewell is executive secretary of the Health Conservation association of Kansas City, Missouri, with offices at 420 Hall building. He says: "Have been pretty busy with new job but hope to find time to look up M. A. C. people living here. Would enjoy a visit with anyone who may be going through Kansas City. C. W. Simpson has signed up for another three in Gallatin county, years of farm bureau work Illinois, to live at Ridgway. Director, Bureau of Markets Pennsylvania job which the Department of Agriculture, Porter R. Taylor is living up to. His address is 224 S. 20th street, Harrisburg. is writes Frank Richardson and "The same address and the same work, grow from ing fruit," Wyoming, Delaware. I are planning on driving back for commencement this coming year. Make your plans, '15, then carry them out, we want a regular reunion." "The family The Presidio of Monterey, California, fails to reach G. L. Caldwell. Louis A. Dahl is doing research work on the chemical Portland Cement company, and may be reached at 3134 Leland avenue, Chicago. the Lehigh problems of H. F. Klein who is in the landscape gardening business at Birmingham, Michigan, reports that business conditions are very good in that vicinity. '16 Merrill S. and Kitty Handy Fuller are spend ing the winter in St. Joseph, Michigan, and ex pect spring. farming again While in St. Joseph they will live in the Hatfield apartments, 515 State street. resume the in to Walter T. Gordon is a captain in the ordnance the is stationed at department of the army and Springfield (Mass.) arsenal. "Assistant professor of shop work, College of Engineering, Northwestern University, Evanston, Illinois. Getting along fine. 1 see Floyd Bunt, '16, very often. He lives at 723 N. Paulina street, Chicago," writes R. G. Bigelow. He lives at 2020 Sherman avenue, Evanston, Apartment E - i. "We're proud of our football team this year," says Fern Hacker Nank of 136 S. Wilson blvd., Mt. Clemens. She attended the M. A. C.-Mich- igan game and says long that enough to see "the good old campus with all its many changes." the day wasn't '17 is serologist Elsa Schueren the Detroit Health department with laboratory hearquarters at 625 Mullett street. She lives at 2914 Helen avenue, Detroit. for The M. A. C. Record Page 205 H. C. Stewart has moved in Detroit to 2471 Lothrop avenue. W. E. Savage is with the engineering division of the air service, and it is his duty to determine whether or not an experimental airplane is air worthy. Savage lives in Dayton, Ohio, at 25 E. Burton avenue. Gordon C. Edmonds is living in Hastings, Michigan. the "I am still with the Ainsworth Manufacturing "No change of occupation or address," writes from 4741 Garland avenue, De Earl Lauffer inspection division troit. company, of makers of windshields and visors. We are mak ing closed body shields for the Dodge, Maxwell, Chrysler, Studebaker, and Hupp cars, and visors for I believe we also handle open car shields for the Dodge, Chrysler, Stude I baker, Hupp, Maxwell, and Rickenbaker, but am not sure as I have handled no frames in that department for some time." Frank G. Chaddock is a regular army instruc tor for the Kansas National Guard field artillery with station at Ottawa, Kansas. the Studebaker. '18 501 Ivanhoe Edgar Anderson is at the Missouri Botanical Gardens, St. Louis. He writes : "Bought a house place, Webster in the suburbs, to all M. A. Cites. Groves, Missouri. '17, in cherry Visited Johnny Breggar, time at in Louisiana. Recom Stark Brothers nursery mend is sadly to others. the practice changed, belongs to country club, plays golf, likes Ziegfield Follies." Johnny Open Paul C. Jamieson is a poultry specialist at the Colorado Agricultural college and lives at Engle- wood, Colo. '19 Ethel Spaford reports her address at 2310 Elm street, Denver, Colorado, but doesn't say what she is doing there. Marian Irene Smith, 1725 Lee road, Cleveland Heights, Ohio, says she is still teaching in Cleve land Heights high school, and that any passing M. A. Cite can reach her at telephone number Fairmount 1078-J. R. L. Baxter is in Muskegon, Michigan, with the Brunswick-Balke-Collendar company. '20 Deborah Cummings Knott writes from 320 Elm street, Ithaca, where Mr. Knott is working for his Ph. D. degree. The post office says that W. E. DeYoung is street, Springfield, at 414 1-2 E. Washington Illinois. Clara Perry Hay writes that they are living in Arkana, Ontario. Palisades, Colorado, is the present address of A. M. Estes. "Married Edwin K. Griffiths November 29, at in South Haven," \writes Virginia tell about She goes on to my home Flory (what w a j ). then on to San Francisco the a trip which she took this summer: "Spent in Pasadena, California, going out by summer way of Denver Rio Grande, stopping over to go t h e' the Garden of up Pike's Peak and through to Gods at Colorado Springs, the Royal then I spent some Gorge at Salt Lake City where time, the through From Frisco beautiful Feather River canyon. I went to the Mojave Desert for a few days, saw some magnificent desert sunsets, then drove 87 miles over the mountains down to Pasadena. Visited Catalina Islands, Hollywood, and many other places of interest, bathed in the ocean at Long Beach, climbed Mt. Lowe, experienced an earthquake,— and had a wonderful through the San Diego and the famous Imperial Valley." '21 Ernest D. Menkee reports that his address has to the desert and 100 miles over from Blossburg, Pennsylvania time. Came back been changed Galeton, Pennsylvania. Ralph E. Yeatter requests that his RECORD be sent to Y. M. C. A., Santa Ana, California. 525 Farrin street, Shreveport, Louisiana, reach es Neal Fenkell. Henry Fellows is working on the new dam at Mesick, Michigan. O. R. Beal has left teaching for the building- game. He was married September 25, 1924 to Doris O'Rourke, and they are living in Ypsilanti at 104 Middle Drive. '22 L. F. Keeley and R. A. Koppana, '23, are liv ing at Apartment 12, Miami apartments, 143 14th street, Milwaukee, Wisconsin. 8892 Otsego avenue, Detroit, is the new address for Josephine Matthews. L. C Atkins is teaching agriculture and athle tics at the Reed City, Michigan, high school. Mr. and Mrs. Rex P. Bond (Olive Clinton) an nounce November 9, 1924. the birth of William Clinton Bond on '23 Neil J. Miller can be reached at 430 Magnolia avenue, Lansing. intimate "M. A. C Waino J. Helli, Box 71, Ironwood, Michigan, writes: is still and always will hold an important place in my mind. Since severing the more relationships with my alma mater, several noteworthy events have transpired. The foremost of these I presume is succumbing to Cupids darts, when on May 19, I married Miss Ellen Fredricksen at Chicago where I spent all last winter. Being matrimonially established of I set sail for home soil where I took over the general managership of our farm. Besides farm duties I have found time to squeeze into the line up of our local legion football team, playing the more accustomed tackle position. M. A. C folks always welcomed here." Grace DuBois has changed her address to 14624 Savanah avenue, East Cleveland, Ohio. Page 206 The M. A. C. Record '24 Frances Angela is now technician at St. Johns hospital, St. Johns, Michigan, and can be ad dressed there. Linton A. "Spike" Carter says: "I am now holding down a junior foresters position on the the Cascade National forest. We've got one of best stands and finest forests in the country. This is a fine country and we have plenty of work. Shoot along the old RECORD, I sure miss it." His address is care U, S. Forest Service, Oakridge, Oregon. psychology. He reports other M. A. C. men in Cambridge as Doug. Steere, C. F. Behrens, Wayne Palm, Sam DeMerrell, Don Yakeley, John Longyear and C. J. Overmeyer. Ted says: "Am having a fine time but am studying much more than I used to. Coach Young spent an af ternoon last week-end and we saw the Harvard-Yale game in New Haven together. M. A. Tyrell is selling securities for the H. E. Dominy sales organization at Los Angeles, Cal ifornia, where he lives at 2627 Orchard avenue. Wendell S. Pollock is in Detroit at 1641 Col- Otto Meyer may be reached at 4300 Virginia lingwood avenue. Park, Detroit. Onni Kotila has moved to 189 Euclid avenue, Sharon, Pennsylvania. V. O. Braun is teaching at Owosso, Michigan, and may be reached at 654 North Wrater street there. Theodore F. Frank is in the graduate school at Harvard University studying philosophy and 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 2c8-2ii Capital National Bk. Bldg. FORDS—W. R. COLLINSON, '18 The F. J. Blanding Co., Lansing Irene Burkholder is teaching home economics in the Harbor Beach, Michigan, high school. I am summer but now Paul H. Allen writes: "I was on the spray information service of the State College of Agri installed culture all as manager of the Sullivan county, New York, Farm bureau, and live at Liberty which is about one hundred miles from New York city. I see W. D. Mills, '14, occasionally. He was also on the spray service in Wayne county this summer and expects to get his Ph. D. in plant pathology from Cornell within the next year." transferred Don Clark has been to the Har ney National forest in the Black Hills of South Dakota on a timber survey for the winter. He may be addressed the U. S. Forest in care of Service, Moon route, Newcastle, Wyoming. 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 207 WRIGLEYS After Every Meal It's the longest-lasting confection you can buy —and it's a help to di gestion and a cleanser for the mouth and teeth. W r i g l e y 's m e a ns benefit as w e ll as p l e a s u r e. 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. P r a t t, '09, in charge of Office Supply Department THE EDWARDS LABORATORY, S. F. Edwards, '99 Lansing, Michigan Anti-Hog Cholera Serum—Other Biological Products E. N. 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Forty-four a l u m ni publica tions have a combined circula tion of 160,000 college trained men. Advertising space may be bought individually or collec tively—in any way desired. Two page sizes—only two plates nec essary—group advertising rates. T he m a n a g e m e nt of your alumni magazine suggests an inquiry to Alumni Magazines Associated ROY BARNHILL, Inc. c/Idvertising Representative NEW YORK 23 E. 2 6 th St. CHICAGO 2 30 E. O h io St. Page 208 The M. A. C. Record WORK Has Been STOPPED Awaiting Payment OF PLEDGES NOW DUE Each day's delay increases the cost of completing the Union Memorial building. YOUR CHECK WILL REDUCE THE EXPENSE OF MAKING AVAILABLE ITS BENEFITS TO THE PEOPLE OF M. A. C.