sfc 4;..!. V * >5P ® § & && - ^ w j, i*c?*r-: -\ Michigan Agricultural College Association Publishers o East Lansing Jan. 26, 1925 Vol. XXX No. 16 Page 242 The M. A. C. Record The M. A. C. RECORD Established 1896 Published for the alumni and former students of the Michigan Agricultural College by the M. A. C. Association. Published weekly during the college year and monthly during July, August and Septem ber ; thirty-five issues annually. Membership in the M. A. C. association, including subscription to T HE RECORD, $2.50 per year. Unless members request a discontinuance before expiration of their memberships it will be assumed a renewal is desired. Checks, drafts and money orders should be made payable to the M. A. C. Association. Entered as second class matter at the post office at East Lansing, Mich. R O B E RT J. 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 F r a nk F. Rogers, '83, Lansing, President A r t h ur 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 H a r r is 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 ST. JOSEPH COUNTY SEATTLE, WASH. SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA GRAND RAPIDS SOUTH HAVEN MILWAUKEE, W I S. WASHINGTON, D. C. NEW YORK CITY WESTERN NEW YORK NORTHERN OHIO WESTERN PENNSYLVANIA THE M. A. C. RECORD VOL. X X X. No. 16 E A ST LANSING, MICHIGAN JANUARY 26, 1925 ANNOUNCE FARM WEEK PROGRAM Noted Speakers Listed and Rural Community to Discuss Va Life; E.vhib rious Phases of Agricultural itions Increased in Number and Size. Economics F a r m e r s' week, February 2 to 6, will be marked this year by the customary meet ings of farm organizations and a program which will bring to East Lansing national authorities on farm problems. More than thirty groups of the week the occasion for their annual meetings and will take part in the general program which will deal largely with phases of farm economics. farmers will make the invitation of H. M. Gore, secretary of agriculture, is scheduled as one of the chief speakers of week. He accepted the committee before the death of Secretary Wallace and asserts he will keep the ap pointment unless circumstances at W a s h ington interfere with his making the trip. Secretary Gore is also governor-elect of West Virginia. Dr. H. P a r ks Cadman, noted New York minister and lecturer and Dr. J. M. Evans, of Chicago, authority on health matters will be speakers from outside agriculture. Dr. is scheduled to speak February 2, Evans and Secretary 4, Dr. Cadman, February Gore, February 5. technical two Men from life will be time to the study of federal department of the the east and west, who agriculture, from farm have devoted economics and rural included on the program. F. R. Pirtle of the U. S. bureau of agricultural economics will dis cuss "Selling the Public.'' John M. Kelley, a widely known authority on advertising will speak on his specialty as applied to the farmer. B. H. Hibbard of the department of agricultural economics at the Univer sity of Wisconsin will describe conditions on farms of Wisconsin. H. E. Babcock, secretary of a cooperative organization in New York in which the farm bureau and grange listed. President Butterfield will address one of the meetings on social life of the rural com- are participants also is munity. east for his work also speak. John Keich, well known the in rural sociology will in Fred Arbogast, a practical farmer from Union City, will describe " H ow to Pep Up a W o r n o ut Michigan F a r m ." He achieved distinction by of land. wheat on 100 acres of Michigan Members of the College staff will also ad dress the various meetings. raising 4,000 bushels The annual H o rt show conducted by stu dents in that department, will have opposi tion from other departments. A poultry and rabbit exhibit, an egg show, and a po tato show will vie with the fruit on exhibi tion in drawing the attention of the visitors. other While the customary products will also be on display. The poultry show demonstrated such popular ity last year that it will utilize the engin eering shops this time while others will be distributed about the Campus. showing of there will be F or entertainment the usual features including a basketball game imple and parade of ments. There will also be the attraction of the Union Vaudeville revue which will be presented at the Gladmer theater on T h u r s day, Friday and Saturday of that week. farm animals and crop improvement Among the organizations which will meet at the College during the week is the Mich igan Press association comprised of editors of country weeklies, the various breeders' associa associations, tion, and a score of other of a similar na ture. T he program is certain to draw to the College a larger number of people than can be accommodated in the Campus build ings for meetings or attending exhibits but sessions of organizations will be scattered as much as possible to prevent overcrowd ing. A complete lack of facilities for such af fairs on or near the Campus will again pre- Page 244 The M. A. C. Record the holding of an alumni vent luncheon such as has been held in the past. W i th the Union Memorial building in operation, as it should be in another year, a day and time can be set apart for a general get to In the meantime gether during the week. the alumni office at 3 Faculty Row will be open for visitors and all former stu dents attending are urged to make use of such facilities as it can offer. NEW YORKERS ELECT HARTWIG PRESIDENT The Western New York M. A. C. Asso ciation held its annual meeting January 17 at Syracuse, N. Y. President Butterfield was with us at the luncheon after which he delivered a public address to the faculty and students of Syracuse university and community leaders of central New York. We all greatly enjoyed meeting President Butterfield and the association unanimously pledged its support to him. Those who attended lecture were strongly the ability, sin cerity and wonderful personality and char acter of M. A. C.'s leader. T he remarks of to the press were most complimentary President Butterfield and M. A. C. impressed wTith the Forty-three attended the luncheon which we believe is the best attendance to date. Svacuse was chosen for next year's meet- . ing. The following officers were elected : H. B. Hartwick, '20, president; H o w a rd '20, vice-president; A. L. Bibbins, Haight, '15, secretary. in fact, she left her duties at The luncheon was served by the domestic science department of Syracuse university the the direction of Dean Knapp, under newly elected secretary of state of New York; the Capitol to serve the luncheon. All Aggies were firm in the belief that if she handled the duties of the secretary of state's office as well as those in the kitchen and dining room that she would be a most wonderful public official. W I N T ER A T H L E T IC S C H E D U LE Basketball January 30, Earlham college at Rich mond, Indiana. January 31. Franklin college at Franklin, Indiana. February 3, Hope college at East Fan- sing. February 11, University of Detroit at East Lansing. February 20, Franklin college at East Lansing. PAebruary 25, Kalamazoo Normal at Kalamazoo. February 28, Oberlin college at East Lansing. March 3. Notre Dame at East Lansing. at March 6, John Carroll university Cleveland. March 7, Oberlin college at Oberlin. March 14, Alumni-Varsity, at East Lan sing. Indoor Track January 31, Inter-Class meet. February 21, Kalamazoo Normal at East Lansing. February 28, Illinois Relays at Illinois. March 6, State Track Carnival at East Lansing. March i^,, Ypsilanti at East Lansing. Wrestling January 31, Indiana at East Lansing. February 7, Ohio State at Columbus. February 21, Iowa State at Ames. March 7, Purdue at East Lansing. March 20-21, Intercollegiate meet at Minneapolis. Swimming January 31, Indiana at Bloomington. February 19, Ohio Wesleyan at East Lansing. February 21, S t a te Intercollegiate ( W o m e n) at East Lansing. February 27, Detroit City College at East Lansing. February 28, Notre Dame at N o t re Dame. A. L. B I B B I N S, '15, Sec. March 7, Michigan at East Lansing. The M. A. C. Record Page 24.5 NEED COMPLETE LIST OF WORLD WAR DEAD the that from There the number is still some doubt records has forty-two list of M. A. C. men who gave their lives in is entirely complete. Re the world war in cent search of available creased to forty-eight. The following list is the best compiled thus far, alumni having knowl edge of names which should be added will prevent an injustice being done by sending them together with such information as they may have in re spect to date of death, unit with which the man served and other details. to the alumni office, The Washington, D. C, M. A. C. Asso itself to procure a ciation has pledged bronze tablet commemorating the war dead of M. A. C. for the Union Memorial build ing, this tablet must have all names en titled to be placed upon it, a careful check by RECORD readers will aid in making the list accurate. N A ME Bauer, Laurence J Burdick, Louis H. Churchill, Thos. W Cooper, Gordon W Crone, Leonard Edwardsen, Arling F Esselstyn, F r a nk Ewing, Edwin Harold Ewing, Eugene E Halbert, Earl H a r r i s, Lester P Harvey, Silas D Hice, Louis K. Hill, Irving D. Hinkle, Olin N Hood, N o r m an F. Johnson, William R King, Barlette A Lankey, Francis I. Lekstrum, Rudolph T Leonard, Franklin E Leveaux, Cosmer M. Lewis, Stevenson P Luther, Olin C •'.. CLASS w'18 w'21 '15 w'18 w'13 .....w'13 w'18 w'17 '15 w'20 w'17 w'16 w'18 w'15 w'19 w'15 '12 w'19 '16 w'17 w 'n w'18 w'16 w'19 ..:. Lutz, William Bryan MacLachlan, I ra D McMillan, Donald C. McNair, Samuel R McNeil, William T. Miller, Donald A Monroe, George S Moore, W. L Myers, H a r ry A Palmer, James S Perrottet, LaVerne T Peterson, Ernest E Rothenberg, Samuel Russell, F r a nk Granger Rust, William H Sheldon, Herbert J Siggins, Harold R Smith, Burrell F. Smith, F a r q u h ar L Utley, Fred H. Welsh, Robert S Williams, Garth J. Wissmann, Otto W. Wylie, Herbert B. - w'20 '10 - L - ' lS w'20 '13 w'16 w'18 w'20 w'18 w T8 w'19 '15 w'15 w'19 w'18 '14 w'17 w'19 w'20 w'19 '94 w'19 w'20 w'19 - ...., ,. - :-. — MARY ALLEN TO SING IN DETROIT MARCH 24 and choir Mary Allen, '09, will sing the contralto the part in Mendelssohn's "Elijah" with Detroit Symphony orchestra under the direction of Ossip Garbrilowitsch, at Detroit on March 24. Miss Allen has been meeting with marked success during the past two years and has engagements for appearances with several noted organiza tions. in This will be her first appearance as a singer in Detroit, her home city, and where she the public schools before taught In May, 1923, she sang studying music. a concert at the gymnasium under the aus pices of the alumnae for the benefit of the fund. Metro Union Memorial building in strong politan ' critics have continued their appreciation of her voice and ability. Dean S. S. Marquis, St. Joseph's parish, Detroit, was the convoca tion speaker on J a n u a ry 21. rector of Page 246 The M. A. C. Record IX] VIEWS AND COMMENT |Jj By March 20 the names of those chosen to be candidates for officers of the M. A. C. Association will be made public by the in accordance two committees appointed with the provisions of the constitution. In the meantime it is the privilege and duty of the members of the Association to sug gest to the committees printed in this issue the names of they believe would make good officers. those to apply their energies Class secretaries not already engaged in the tasks accompanying such important events as five and ten year reunions can well af ford to the work immediately. Lansing and East Lansing former boast several hundred alumni and students who usually take over most of the work involved but they need early notice as to what their duties are to be. of to undertake for which There are two outstanding qualifications for elective officeholders. They should be the work willing the positions they are nominated and they must be members of the M. A. It is cus C. Association in good standing. tomary that those who are willing and capable be con time tinued in office for such a length of as they will consent to accept election. This scheme per manence of policy and undoubtedly works with advantage to the Association. in such organizations as this is one which makes for With the introduction of the bill in the state legislature which would authorize a change in the name of the College to Mich igan State those who have long expressed themselves as favoring this move have a chance to do constructive work in support of their convictions. Legislators generally want expressions of opinion their constituents to justify their decisions. from Chickadees, blue jays and cardinals have been busily forecasting spring throughout the winter season on the Campus, they are z e ro the most weather of the past two months. considering optimistic player equalled With three B's, one A and a C, Paul An derson, '26, Lansing, wras the highest stand ing man on the football squad and was awarded the silver trophy for his achieve ment. Hugh Robinson, '25, Detroit, foot ball and basketball the marks made by Anderson but had already received a trophy for the best defensive work among the linemen on the squad so scholarship he was disqualified award. Complete figures for the men on the football squad show the general average than B. There were to be slightly fifty-two C's, twelve A's, forty-eight B's, eighteen D's, two failures. conditions less and the for no Reunion plans are best made before the rush of spring comes. The season set aside for such functions is June and the season set aside for making preparations for the "biggest ever" could appropriately'be Jan uary. Thus far the classes of '17 have started the preliminary work on pro grams. Among the other groups scheduled to meet for special reunions are '70, '75, '80, '85, 'CJO, '95, '00, '05, '10, '15, and '20. '85 and A series of Student F o r um meetings be gan on January 14. N. A. McCune, '01, pastor of the People's church was the first speaker, others scheduled the students and lead discussions include: P r o fessor W. W. Johnston, President Butter- field, Dean Giltner, Professor E. A. Bessey, Professor H. R. Hunt, and Dean Shaw. is sponsored by the College The program Y. M. C. A. to address The M. A. C. Record Page 247 '-Close Beside The Winding Cedar" Line Coach Taylor is in charge of foot ball classes conducted two hours each week in the gymnasium as a part of elective phy sical training work. Co-eds will enjoy their annual gambol at the gymnasium on February 6. They will while away the assistance of members of the opposite sex. the evening without Members of the class of 1926 decided to hold the J - H op on February 13 without the usual banquet, then they reversed their decision but have continued the ban against corsage bouquets. elected president of A. J- Clark, professor of chemistry, has been the Lansing Kiwanis club succeeding Dewey A. Seeley, '98. is a director of the club. Jacob Schepers, College treasurer, W i th the usual type of stunts and several special attractions the College Y. W. C. A. entertained students and guests at the an nual carnival presented by the organiza tion in the gymnasium. W i th the aid of the citizens of Rochester, the alumni and friends of the University of for Rochester have completed a campaign a $10,000,000 building and endowment fund for the institution. L. Whitney Watkins, '93, and Mrs. Dora Stockman have announced they will be candidates for re-election to the State Board of Agriculture for six-year terms be ginning January 1, 1926. that H e n ry T. Ross, the M. A. C. Association, '04, former state sena tor and member of the executive committee is spending of part of the winter with neighbors near his farm at Milford. Late in December fire destroyed his home and most of the house hold goods. He will rebuild when weather permits. Coach John L. Taylor, who has trained is in M. A. C. linesmen for charge of squad this year. He has seventy-five candidates from whom to select a team. two seasons the freshmen basketball A four-day school for veterinarians be gan at the College J a n u a ry 24 and will con tinue through J a n u a ry 30. Topics of spe cial interest to the various branches of the profession were to be discussed by special ists. Final reports from the registrar's office indicate that a total of 1870 students was enrolled for the winter term including the short course men. T he four-year enroll ment is 1732, a marked gain over the same date in 1924. Students in charge of preparations for the annual H o rt show, F e b r u a ry 2 to 6 largest and most the are preparing for complete exhibition the in the history of Several special attractions will be event. offered for the benefit of the visitors. Cavalry students will learn some of the arts of war as practiced in their branch of service through a series of motion pictures to be exhibited the proper manner of accomplishing the most important tasks of the mounted soldier. in February detailing the American Association T he College was wjell represented at the meeting of for the Advancement of Science at Washing ton during the holiday vacation period. A large number of members of the staff and many alumni the various meetings. took part in to T h r ee visits the Campus in eleven years is the record of C. D. Curtis, '11, an official of the bureau of public roads, who asserted on his most recent journey to East Lansing trips oftener in the future. that he would make these Page 248 The M. A. C. Record CAPITAL HONORS SCIENCE DELEGATES Washington Repeats November and Faculty There Meeting for One who signs himself "Critic" and who is suspected of being a member of the class of 1905 sends the following account from the national capital: this, preceding turned out immediately in Washington. That it is not hard to get an M. A. C. as sembly together was demonstrated on the night of December 31 when thirty alumni of the college and their friends met at the Grace Dodge Hotel The local members were busy with holiday af fairs and not many were able to attend. for a Besides they had banquet on November 12, when a total of sixty-eight had assembled to greet one another and to do honor to President But- terfield, Dean Shaw, Dean Krueger, Mrs. Stockman, H. W. Gowdy, Dean Bissell, R. J. Baldwin, Dr. H o w a rd E. Edwards, Dr. U. P. Hedrick and other old grads includ ing several Deans and Directors from about the country. The days the December meeting had seen many M. A. C. men remote in Washington Incidentally it may parts of the country. be remarked with justifiable pride that in the agricultural sections of the Associations for the Advancement of Science, some of the most prominent men were from M. A. C. E. J. Krause, '07, of the University of Wisconsin, where he is handling the post in botany and plant physiology graduates was perhaps the most eagerly heard speak er there was V. R. Gardner , '05, professor of horticulture at the College, who spoke on several occa sions. During his first address, when, as always, his audience was listening closely, watching the man quite as much as hear ing what he said, one of his fellow alumni remarked to another "Old Vic is running true to f o r m "; and he was too—no ques tion about it. His subject was " P r u n i n g ". T he words were coming in trip hammer fashion, snap-snap. You could fairly hear the twigs j u mp as they were clipped off. from widely fields. Then in his on December 31 to Entertain Organization Sessions. Alumni Others prominent at these meetings were M. J. Dorsey, '06, of West Virginia, presi dent of the Association for the Advance ment of Horticultural Science who presided '95, with ease and ability. C. P. Close, secretary of the same organization who seems to have a life lease on the j o b; Phil Wessels, "05, of Riverhead, L,. I .; L. D. Bushnell, '05, bacteriologist at the Kansas Agricultural College, and no one knows how many more. There were quite a num ber of the M. A. C. faculty present with whom in touch. the Critic could not even get But things at to return the College; McHatton, to the banquet, Gardner told of the generally satisfactory condition of '07, arose to talk about the alumni but never touched the subject, as good speakers so often fail to d o; Phil Wessels responded to the subject " W o m e n" by delivering an original poem so satisfactory that at least two of the ladies present insisted upon hav ing copies; McClintock, the serious order of the evening lighter by giv ing a reading from James Whitcomb Riley; the and lastly, Dr. Wra. A. Taylor gave closing talk of the evening by reminiscing in interesting manner and leaving the im pression in the minds of everyone present that the whole program had been of high class and thoroughly dignified. '13, made to all Of lead in November, the sixty-eight present at the meet ing other '04 classes with five present. This time, the '05 with seven on hand. laurels went These were, O. B. Burrell (Galena, M d . ), L. D. Bushnell, V. R. Gardner, Cora Feld- kamp, C. A. Reed, Katherine ( M c N a u g h- ton) Reed, and Phil Wessels. The oldest class represented was that of '88, with W. A. Taylor and L. H. Dewey present. As so often happens, A r t h ur Adelman, '04, engineer present. Dayton was forgiven Guerney of the same class was the only The M. A. C. Record Page 249 this time as he had but lately been through an operation for mastoid. T he Association there again on February 21 of the Grace Dodge like Hotel as a meeting place so well that it will the for go officers. annual banquet and election to Arrangements are already under way make this as successful as have been the It may be the other meetings of the year. equal of any meeting the Association has ever held. T he call is hereby sent out to all M. A. C. people who are likely to be in town at the time to keep the place and date in mind. If possible for out of town guests to do so, it is requested that they send no the Secretary, Miss E d na B. tice and McNaughton, T u d or Hall, 10th their Massachusetts avenue, N. W., of coming, or, upon arrival in the city to tele phone C. A. Reed, care Department of Agriculture during office hours or at his home other times. to Detroiters, Doings Social events are beginning to take up the time of M. A. C. folks in Detroit. T he first dancing party of the season will be held Thursday, February 5, at the Detroit Federation of Women's clubs, 4811 Sec ond Boulevard. A vigorous effort is be ing made to bring out a large crowd and start the season right. . Cards will be pro vided for those who do not care to dance. Cost will be Si.50 per couple. the St. Johns Arbor Proof that the class of '23 can lay claim to class loyalty and class spirit was shown informal dinner party staged by in the in and near the class living the men of Detroit on January 5. Ten men of the class met at for dinner; two came in from Birmingham while A nn Arbor and Milan were each represented by the one. Following a short discussion of activities of the local M. A. C. club and other alumni doings, it was decided to or ganize for the purpose of getting together once a month during the winter. C. E. Johnson was named president and F r ed E. Holmes secretary. The date for the next get together was set for Saturday, F e b r u a ry It is planned to make this a combined 7. dinner and next theater party. W a t ch week's RECORD for more particulars. Those who made the first blowout a success and are working to make the next one a big ger one a r e: W. C. Johnson, and E. P. Weamer, of Birmingham; W. A. L. Wil- Irvine, of A nn lard, of Milan; George A r b o r; C. R. Clausen, F. E. Holmes, J. H. Smiley, R. K. Phelps, F. W. Henshaw, C. E Johnson, and Eli W. Middlemiss, '20. Roy W. Knopf, who spends most of his time with the City Board of Health as a milk inspector, has been confined at home in Blissfield last month the with a bad case of erysipselas. for most of L,. E. Perrine, '23, reports that he is no longer with the Consumers Power company as cold weather caused the cessation of the construction work that he was on. Both he and his brother, E. C. Perrine, '24, are working with their father in his machine shop at present. They should be addressed at 8614 Carrie ave. M A R R I A G ES CLARK-JERMIN is made of '24, and Dorothy A. of Announcement Harold R. Clark, Jermin, '23, on January 1, 1925. They are at home at The Oaklands, Ann Arbor, Mich. the marriage MILLER-BURKE Harold Miller, of Lansing, and Helen Burke, '24, of St. Johns, were married December 31, apartments, in is 1924. Their home Abbey Court, Lansing. the Abbey ROBINSON-KELLER Donald G. Robinson, '22, and Margaret Keller, in '23, were married is Detroit assistant purchasing agent for the Detroit Range Boiler and Steel Barrel company. last May. They are living Robinson blvd. at 15934 LaSalle HERR-COWLES Charles Ryman Herr and Anna Bryan Cowles, in Lansing, January 19, '15, were married both 1925. After March 1 they will be at home at Flemington, New Jersey. Mr. and Mrs. Herr are both graduates of Columbia university, he re ceiving his degree in law in 1920. He is a mem the firm of Griggs and H e rr of Somer- ber of returned ville, N. J. Mrs. H e rr has from in charge of Junior Red Cross work recently the Orient where she had been in the Phillippines. Page 250 The M. A. C. Record WRESTLERS EASILY DEFEAT MICHIGAN Score 20 to 6 Victory; Basketball Score Close Squad to 1924 Figures Loses First Game in Notre Dame for Contest at South Bend. Series; the rate it may be Wrestling has not come to be regarded as a major sport but installed as such if the squad under the direction of Coach Burhans continues at it started on January 17 when the Michigan team was defeated at East Lansing, 20 to 6. Last year the two squads had a close contest but the Ann Arbor contingent has evidently failed to keep step with the pro gress of the net entaglement found Captain Hansen's men better by far team than their antagonists. T he home three deci falls and four registered sions by narrow margins. the Green and White and results of latest their lost in the full C. M. Morhardt. the overtime period alloted in '26, lost a decision to Baker in the 115-pound class in the first bout on the program. F. H. Williamson, '25, went twelve minutes with Karbell in the 125-pound class and took the honors to him. Captain Hansen the 135-pound event threw Toepper in 5 minutes, 11 sec onds. A. W. Bergquist, from Kailes in 4 minutes, 45 seconds, wrestling in the 145-pound class. J. A. Murray, "25, finished his match in record time, pinning down Langguth in 3 minutes, 42 seconds, in the 175-pound class. L. E. Teeter, '26, lost his match to '28, in Sinclair on points. F, H. Hogan, to the heavyweight class, lost a decision Goldstein. in the 155-pound class '27, won recently come Wrestling has but into prominence in the M. A. C. program after a long period when it was not recognized as an intercollegiate sport. The victory over Michigan is the first one of major con sequence for the squad under Coach Bur hans, who took over his duties last year. in the loss of the first contest in 1924. A lack of effective offensive work was again the dominating the game. Nuttila, factor captain of outstanding squad scorer during the past two seasons has not vet succeeded in restoring his skill and sub stitutes have lacked his former form. and After the Notre Dame game Robinson, from regular center on the squad suffered leg trouble which kept him out of the game for more second choice for the job, was also unable to play, adding to the coach's troubles in keeping an effective combination on the than a week. Bilkey, floor. The Notre Dame contest was quite free suffering team from neither fouling, heavily. The s u m m a r y: N O T RE D A ME M. A. C. : ... RF ..... LF Dienhart Conroy Nyikos Mahoney Dahman C RG DG Substitutions—Crowe Mason Hackett Bilkey Richards Federicks Dienhart; McNally for Conroy; Kiser for Dahman. M. A. C — M c M i l l an for M a s o n; Nuttila for Hackett; Robinson for Bilkey; Huff man for Fredericks; M a rx for Huffman. Field goals—Notre D a m e: Crowe 3, Conroy 3, McNally 3, Nyikos 3, Mahoney 2, Dahman, Kiser. for f M. A. C — M a s on 2, Hackett, Richards, Marx. Fouls—Notre D a m e: Crowe 3, Nyikos, D a h m a n; M. A. C.: Hacket 2, Bilkey, Richards. C L A SS N O T ES Notre Dame's basketball team defeated the M. A. C. five at South Bend on Jan uary 16, 37 to 14, close to the score by which the Green and White suffered a re verse at the hands of its old rival in their '75 In summing up his activities since leaving col lege in 1875, O. E. Angstman says : "Just a gen eral law practice since 1877. September 1881, the "Acanthus Club", was organized here, which 1 in 1884, now in its 44th year, so I have joined been a member for forty years, successively, re- The M. A. C. Record Page 251 Nominating Committees President Rogers, as directed by the constitution of the M. A. C. Association has appointed the following committees, each to prepare a complete list of candi dates for office and report their choices so that they may be printed in The Record by March 20. Members are urged to send to the committees their suggestions for candidates. The committees are: Fred L. Woodworth, '98 Chairman 2244 Edison Avenue, Detroit, Mich. Willard M. Coulter, 18 1265 Randolph s. w. Grand Rapids, Mich. Cora Feldcamp, '05 1211 Deiafieid Place N. w. Washington, D. C. W. R. Rummler, '86 Chairman 1212 Tribune Bldg., Chicago, 111. O. W. Schleussner, '12 Box 1052 R. D. 5, Los Angeles, Cal. Mrs. E. W. Ranney, '99 Greenville, Mich. At the annual meeting on June 20 the following offices are to be filled: President, Vice-President^ Treasurer, one member of the executive com mittee for a term of three years, two members of the board of directors of the M. A. C. Union. All officers must be members of the M. A. C. Asso ciation in good standing. Executive officials should be close to Lansing so the organization may be handled expeditiously especially during the financing and construction of the Union Memorial building. the pressing affairs of t h at Committees must make their selection and report the result to the alumni office by March 10 so t h at the two tickets may be published in The Record for March 15. Ballots will be sent to all members of the Association in good standing as of May 1. After the committees make their reports t h e re is an oppor tunity for nominations at large by any twenty members of the Association in good standing. These nominations must be signed by all twenty mem bers and will be placed on the ballots with the names presented by the two committees, and must be forwarded to the alumni office at least forty days before the date of the annual meeting, or by May 10. The advantage of this method of nomination is t h at each member has an the equal voice with every other member Association and only members in good standing are allowed to vote. the officers of in choosing # Page 252 The M. A. C. Record I of that time. subject, the seventh lots of fine the members have in various walks of that cently elected president So far as I know, this is the oldest literary society in the country anywhere. We haye a printed program, each year, and do good serious work, meet once in two weeks, omitting July, August and September. Good dinner at every meeting, the one having charge entertains. limited, have about 20 active members. Number two degrees, all Most of life. educated men feel like adding, I have been I am sure as active and busy a lawyer as most anyone in the profession, but I have been guilty of stealing a little time, almost daily, to devote to study and general reading, philosophy, science, history, bio I have been interested in mechanical graphy, etc. things of all kinds, tools, quite a wood-worker, always a gardener, some vegetables, many shrubs, and lots and lots of flowers, and did my own work, as a good M. A. C. man should. I made a fine mechanic of our son, but it was a case of "the pupil excelling the teacher," be cause he took electrical engineering at U. of M. so couldn't escape excelling as a mechanic. Our two son-in-law died, so our daughter and is per baby boys came to us. This information tinent, because I can now good mechanics my two grandsons already are, at the respective ages of 7 and 9. We have had them interested over six years. in the various bodies of Free Masonry, as this In a word, I might be termed, non technically. wish to make this all as plain as one must to a Briton, as to go on record as one who believes, that one may do as if he well in his chosen business or profession, has a reasonable hobby or two on the side. When I started in the law, I scarcely slept, studied in my office every evening until late and deprived myself of all outside pleasures of every kind. three or four years I repented, a After about repenting. wise in the profession as ever, and I am as active down springs, (touching wood this minute, a cheap and harm less precaution) willing to work, as long as I is feel 1726 Chicago boulevard, Detroit, and his offices at 710 Penobscot building. though not a sadder man I have been much residence address it." Angstman's to date, am relate what I just want filled with they say. steel like the for '76 Until 1885 Ervin D. Brooks was a farmer and then started his practice of medi teacher. He cine, specializing throat. The scene of his activities is Kalamazoo, Michi gan, where he lives at 10 South Park street. in eye, ear, nose, and '81 Charles McKinney, president of Michigan State Normal college at Ypsilanti, started his career as a teacher in Charlotte. Then in 1896 he took over the duties of president of the Central Michi gan Normal school. He in 1900 to take the position as president of Milwaukee Nor ih-te left time he has held mal school, where he remained until 1912. Since the position as head of that the Normal school at Ypsilanti. McKinny is in chief of The American Schoolmaster. editor He has written articles journals, and has had one book published, The Person ality of the Teacher. in educational '84 Homer D. Luce worked in a general store in then moved to Lansing Indiana until 1889. He where he entered In 1894 he sold out and formed the company with which he is now associated, The Hugh Lyons company. He lives in Lansing at 711 S. Capitol avenue. the drug business. '93 B. F. Bain left recently for Miami, Florida, to first of April. He will be remain until the stopping at the McAllister Hotel. leave from '95 Until June 1, W. C. Bagley may be reached at is on Haviland Hall, Berkeley, California. He sabbatical the Teachers college of Columbia university, and for the next five months will be engaged the elementary in a study of school curriculum the state of California. His headquarters are at the University of Cali fornia. for the subject, '00 C H. Hilton says that he is at the '"same old stand" at R. 4, Benton Harbor, and that "the latch string still hangs out for all M. A. Cites." '01 W. W. Wells comments from 325 Smith ave "If anyone who feels melancholy nue, Lansing: the at the thought of a change in the name of the engineering- college care to understand how imagine let him graduate feels on in the following situation. He is apply himself ing for an agricultural position, and his prospec tive- employer asks where he received his educa tion. He is obliged to say that he is a graduate of is asked Illinois Medical college, and 'Why didn't you stick to medicine?' The name in helping to hold a posi will rot mean much tion, but in securing one. There are two ways in which a change of name would tend to increase the attendance. Engineer ing graduates would be less inclined to send their sons to some other college, and students would be less liable to go to some other college before completing it can be a handicap their course." the '07 Maurice F. Johnson is a mathematics instructor at the University of Michigan ,and lives at R. F. D. 8, Washtenaw road, Ann Arbor. '09 F. W. Howe is on leave of absence this year teach in agricultural economics and or- from Syracuse univesity. He some courses intends to The M. A. C. Record Page 253 ganization at Peabody college, Nashville, Tennes see, this summer. His address is 640 E. Colvin street, Syracuse, X. V. '10 for the Charles Ponitz is sales engineer In dustrial works at Bay City, and is, as he expresses 'endeavoring to do my part to build and sell it, the world." the best cranes '11 The forwarding address which the post office is 1432 Rascher avenue, in gives for Lucile Stout Edgewater station, Chicago. '12 Francis G. Brown year in the construction department of Motor company. He Virginia park. lives is just starting his second the Ford in Detroit at 3261 that Arvilla Voss Welles writes Sloat Welles, '09, is kept busy hoping for better farm ing conditions. They are living near Elmira, Xew York, on route one. Dorothy Arvilla was born March 16, 1924, and is the only girl in the family of four. J. '13 Frank P. Cowing is in the real estate business at Homewood, Illinois. He reports the birth of Tonetta Elaine on December 16. Ruth Russel is a home economics instructor in the Lansing high school. She says that Mil dred Ferguson Pribnow, Thorn street, San Diego, California. living at 2826 '10, is Willgert Reily writes from Oakland, Illinois : "I saw the warriors from East Lansing in action this season. First M. A. C. game at Evanston I have seen since we beat Wisconsin 12-7 in 1913. Same job, same place, same in every way as a year ago." W. S. Felds is moving from Berkeley, Califor to Washington, D. C, where he may be nia, reached at the Federal Horticultural board. '14 Martin V. McGill is an instructor in chemistry at the Lorain, Ohio, high school. Another of his activities is that of chairman of the Chemistry Teachers association of northeastern Ohio, work ing on research problems connected with teaching of chemistry. He in Lorain, at 1444 E. Erie avenue. lives "Same place, same job, same family as a year ago," says Melvin A. Russel, 705 N. Latrobe avenue, Chicago. He continues: " P. T. Barden, '13, is now in Chicago employed in the market inspection work of the U. S. Department of Agriculture, the same office with which I am con nected." D. M. Purmell is superintendent of the horti cultural department of the National F a rm School at F a rm School, Pennsylvania. He is also an instructor in pomology, vegetable gardening, and landscape gardening. to the world "We announce The following flowed from the pen of D. M. that an Pierson: heir to the throne arrived at our house, October 14, and altho he is burdened with my name we J. C. Johnston, feel that he is a knock 'em dead. '14, suffered very painful in an auto mobile accident two months ago and just left the hospital, two days before Christmas, though still confined in bed." Pierson is connected with the Dodge Brothers Motor Car company, and a re cent change in the organization made him ex perimental engineer with H. W. Hayes, w'15, chassis engineer. injuries J. C. Johnston sends in his own report of the to wrestle with a "Am getting over my ex accident as follows: perience of rolling trying automobile. Like the fellow who replied, when asked if he had had any experience in theatricals, that his I am also qualified. Most of my anatomy was in a cast from November 1 to Christmas Eve. Now that I am home again and can sit up and write a letter, things look brighter." Johnston lives at 2215 East 13th street, Tulsa, Oklahoma. in a cast once, I feel leg was that '15 Kris P. Bemis is seed sales managed for Al bert Miller & Company, and has for his address 26 Washington boulevard, Oak Park, Illinois. R. M. Roland announced: "Have a fine blond baby girl now nine months old. Will be on hand at Lansing for the tenth anniversary of the class of 1915 next June." 408 W. Fort street, De troit, reaches Roland. H. W. Hulbert the department of is head of agronomy at the University of Idaho, Moscow. the Grand Rapids Welding Supply company, and lives at 455 Lakeside Drive, East Grand Rapids. connected with Dan Henry is F. S. Vaughan has been teaching in the Sag inaw school system since his graduation in 1915. He lives at T8 Schmelzer apartments. J. A. Bennett is teaching in Holland, Michigan, where he lives at 74 W. 15th street. E. A. Boettcher is engaged in poultry and fruit raising at R. 4, Muncie, Indiana. Mrs. A. W. Farley, '16 (Margaret Haddon) has moved in Bay City, Michigan, to 408 N. Hamp ton street. Jerry DaPrato stopped off at the college Jan uary 16, and tried to sell his wares. He is with a paint manufacturing concern at Fairview, Mich igan. R. G. Bigelpw is assistant professor of shop work at the college of engineering of Northwest ern university. He lives at 2020 Sherman avenue, Evanston, Apartment E - i. '17 H. F. Anderson is spending the winter at 1008 Selma avenue, Tampa, Florida, and wishes his mail addressed there. Page 254 The M. A. C. Record H. L. Campbell is scheduled January 30, and will reach San Francisco February 23. addressed Yale, Michigan. to leave Manilla on the meantime mail should be in care of W. B. Campbell, In to him R. P. Sullivan and Mrs. Sullivan (Alice Dalby) the birth of Anne Elizabeth on Jan announce uary 6, 1925. WALDO ROHNERT, '89 Wholesale Seed Grower, Gilroy, California GOODELL, ZELIN C. (M. A. C. '11F> Insurance and Bonds 208-211 Capital National Bk. Bldg. FORDS—W. R. COLLINSON, '18 The F. J. Blanding Co., Lansing — THE — Grand Rapids Savings Bank Grand Rapids, Michigan "The Bank Where You Feel at Home" M. A. C. People (iiven a Glad Hand Charles W, Garfield. '70. Chairman Executive Com. C. Fred Schneider, Benj. C. Porter, Gilbert L. Daane, '09, President '85, Manager Division Branch '84. Manager South G. R. Branch Benj. C. Porter, Jr., ' n . - A s s t. Manager South G. R. Branch Willis Vandenburg. '21, Manager Fulton St, Branch Gienri Osgood is "superintending aerial and un derground systems, radio and undertaking, with Dad," at 207 W. Cass street, St. Johns, Mich. Mr. and Mrs. Karl Kinsey the birth of announce and Annis, on January 3, 1925. (Mildred Force) twin daughters, Phyllis Lester E. Flanders is secretary-treasurer of the Mercer Milling company at Baldwinsville, New York. This concern manufactures flour and. feed, making five grades of flour besides graham and flours. Flanders says that his prepared pancake in handy when knowledge of cowology comes talking feed. He reports that he has had a few calls in Baldwinsville in 1920 but can stand a lot more. He says : "Expect to attend an M. A. C. gather ing at Syracuse University on January 17 where I shall no doubt see some of my near neighbors who seem far as 12 miles out of Syracuse very often. Come 0:1 out Svracuse.'' from M. A. C. it hard work to get as locating to find since folks Harry K. Wrench '18 is connected with company of West Palm Beach, Florida. H. H. McKinney announces a change in ad dress to 1833 Rowley avenue, Madison, Wiscon sin. the gas Robert Essig has moved to Birmingham, Mich igan, 616 Buckingham Road. 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 255 Hiiro Chew it after every meal gjiiiiiiiiiniiHiiiimiiiiiiiii) 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. 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Representative cAdvertising N EW Y O RK 23 E. 2 6 th St. C H I C A GO 2 30 E. O h io St. Page 256 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.