Aiich. Agr'L College Page 338 The M. A. C. Record m m i i i i i i i m i i m i ii iTiiiisiiiwiiiiiiiiiiiinimiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiinii Mini 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-fi\ 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. THE 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 EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE Members elected at large Henry T. Ross, '04, Milford, Mich., Term expires 1925 Clifford W. McKibbin, '11, East Lansing, Term expires 1926 G. V. Branch, '12, Detroit, Term expires 1927 W. K. Prudden, '78, Coronado, Calif., ex-officio Harris E. Thomas, '85, Lansing, ex-officio E. W. Ranney, '00, Greenville, ex-officio BRANCH ASSOCIATIONS In Michigan unless othenvise noted BARRY COUNTY BERRIEN COUNTY BAY CITY NORTHWEST MICHIGAN OTTAWA COUNTY PORTLAND, ORE. CENTRAL MICHIGAN ST. CLAIR COUNTY CHICAGO DETROIT CLUB FLINT GRAND RAPIDS ST. JOSEPH COUNTY SEATTLE, WASH. SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA SOUTH HAVEN MILWAUKEE, WIS. WASHINGTON, D. C. NEW YORK CITY NORTHERN OHIO WESTERN NEW YORK WESTERN PENNSYLVANIA - | I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I M i l l l i l l l l l l l i l l l l l ! l l i M I M I I I I I I I I M I I I I I I I I I l ! i l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l i l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l ll THE M. A. C. RECORD VOL. XXX. No. 22 E A ST LANSING, MICHIGAN M A R CH 9, 1925 WHY CHANGE THE NAME? A Collection of Arguments Campaign b\ Alumni Advanced For and Against New Title During Long and Students—Question For Decision. Nozv Before Legislature Whether the name of the College stands as it has stood for some sixteen years or is changed to "Michigan State College" with some certain amendments to that title, the campaign by alumni to effect the change has brought to light some hitherto but dim ly known facts concerning the institution. It has emphasized the general character of the law under which M. A. C. has received appropriations from the federal government and under which it was supposed to have been operating. Just how close it has come to meeting the conception of the author of the Morrill act is a matter of doubt but that it is tending toward that goal is more evident each year. THK STOCK A R G U M E NT Arguments advanced by the opponents to the change have been led by one statement, "M. A. C. has gained a reputation under that name which it cannot afford to lose. Alumni of its earlier days who have made their marks in the world of education and science would have done for naught in so far as the good of the insti tution is concerned. It was founded as an agricultural college, the first in the world, and must retain its name so that it may re tain its fame." their work to be changed, This has been followed by assertions that M. A. C. would lose its federal appropria that tions were the name the College would lose touch with the far mers of the state and with its object as an agricultural center. That there is no rea son why it should expand its courses. T h at such expansion tends to increase the cost of education through duplication of work given at the University of Michigan. With out doubt there are others of a similar na their ture which have been put forth but general classification in these statements. is quite well covered ARCU M lvNTS N()T MKT a first are not seriously than in represented they confine in g e t t i ng start their work In the dicussion which has ensued since proposed the change was some fifteen or more years ago, the main argument for the new name has been that the graduates from other divisions agricultural the the College and are at a great name of in disadvantage life unless to the immediate vicinity of Lansing. This argument has not been met by the opposi tion to the change; and no more has that of the opposition been met by the proponents. It has been a wordy affray with two sides opposed in argument but each has argued beside the point made by the other. Unless the student of agriculture could see the other man's viewpoint clearly he was not in sympathy with the argument and offered his own side of the case. that While the graduate of the early days of the College has argued the name be retained as it was then he has failed to take into account that severeal different names It was had been applied to the institution. not until the early '90's that students be gan to call it Michigan Agricultural col lege and it was not until 1909 that an act It had been was passed giving it that title. the the Agricultural College of Michigan, State Agricultural college and is known as the agricultural college in the State con stitution. F A ME STILL CLINGS It that is true the accomplishments of the graduates determine the reputation of the agricultural a College. The name of it may college of Michigan or whatever Page 340 The M. A. C. Record have been called at the time noted graduates were in school was passed on to M. A. C. so that now they say that M. A. C.'s con letters has been to science and tribution first It was them. great because of agricultural college in the world and the di vision of agriculture works to uphold that honored heritage but all of its renown has been much more lasting than the original name and it has attached itself to whatever name the college bore. the the measure was There can be no foundation In one the its name four to the ex pressed fear that the federal appropriations for the College would not be forthcoming instance were the name changed. land grant a college operated under act has changed times and is still in healthy vigor. Connecticut found its land grant college a part of Yale uni- first ap versitv when proved by the legislature state. Later it became the Storrs school of agri later Storrs Agricultural college, culture, later Connecticut Agricultural college. There are numerous instances of a similar nature the history of Land Grant colleges and in no case has there been a stoppage of federal aid for the projects. Purdue and Illinois might be cited as in stances closer at hand, if it be necessary to go out of Michigan to prove the point. throughout that of NO LOSS TO AGRICULTURE It is unnecessary to discuss the matter of the College losing touch with agriculture, if the name be changed. Funds are appro priated for a specific purpose, the College will never relinquish this important func tion. We have only to point to Purdue, Perm State, Ohio State, Illinois, Wisconsin, outstanding in their work for the farm and the farmer. As to the expansion of the curriculum, that is a matter of national and state law as well as it is a matter for the people of the state to decide. Demand should regu late the nature of the subjects offered and thus far, it has been the determining fac tor in the additions which have been made in the way of new divisions and the di- versification of courses which has been brought about. Duplication is a will-o-the- wisp which appears periodically. T he late President Burton said to an audience two years ag° : "Send your children to M. A. C, we have too many at Ann Arbor." There can be no harmful duplication unless one institution is injured by the presence of the other. Through the years M, A. C. has given many students the preparatory edu cation necessary for professional wrork at the University. The two have never work ed in closer harmony. They are comple imposed in scope and limitations mentary by legislative appropriations are certain to keep them so. T E C H N I C AL WORK LIBERALIZED of justice The important question to those who follow courses other than agri culture, or those closely allied, has never been answered. The answer has always been an evasion of some sort, there has never been advanced a sustaining argu ment which would justify an answer. The onlv one in use has been. " M. A. C. was founded as an agricultural college, you en gineers must establish its ascendancy as an engineering college'' which left the burden with the other man and failed to meet the issue involved. of In the past few years there has been a technical demand for a liberalization courses, and a more insistent demand for general arts and science courses. Enroll ment figures of colleges and universities bear out the statement that general courses are much more strongly preferred by the youth of today than is the technical course. Technical societies have recommended that liberal educations be made an object of technical schools. To meet the demand the applied science and liberal arts divisions were instituted and the engineering admin istration course offered to engineering stu their dents as a measure to better success insure OBSTRUCTIONS TO PROGRESS The progress of the College has been im things: a restricted curri former peded by two culum and a restricted name, the The M. A. C. Record Page 341 is is Of the four is often the enrollment is in a fair way to be removed, the name is yet to be made to fit the institution. thousand graduates some three thousand have been graduated in the past fifteen years. It is in that period that the the diversified curriculum has been strongest, it is growing stronger each year. than During the present college year less one-quarter of included the agricultural division. T he in that of proportion bids fair to grow smaller each It is year as the College increases in size. not true that M. A. C. has lost in agri cultural enrollment over the past few years, true with stated, and as as many other colleges of a similar nature. Ten years ago there were three divisions: agriculture, engineering, home economics. recall Those that all students wishing a liberal education or one in specific sciences were registered in the agricultural divisions. Now there are three divisions comprised of those classes of students, agriculture, applied science and liberal arts. T he cry is losing ground cannot justifiably be applied to M. A. C. in view of the facts as they for wdiile exist. others were slipping back its purely agri cultural its strength, its experiment station and exten sion division have expanded in size and service to the state. It has gained ground that agriculture enrollment has in college at r e t a i n ed time will that that as T HE MATTER 01" T R U TH There might be added to these arguments long as the additional statement the name of the college remains expressive of but the work of one division it is un truthful, it is not doing its duty to the peo ple of the state because they do not know to its scope and possibilities, it is unfair alumnus, the student and the faculty. A college of science and arts is, in the abstract at least, a place where truth is sought, it its precepts by certainly should exemplify having a title which indicates its character. to there has been no answer several points which were brought up early in this article. The matter of author ity for the new courses which have been Thus far introduced, the question of duplication of courses, the question of carrying out the precepts of the founders of the institution. Some of these are included in the address of President Williams, first executive of the institution speaking when the College was formally dedicated on May 13, 1857. " We would be President Williams said: gin with the farmer himself. It has been aptly said that the only part of European agriculture that has not been improved is the man himself who tills the soil. Now7, there is where we ought to begin. T he far mer ought first to be a sound man physi laws on cally. He should be taught which his own life and health depend. He should have capacity for thought and ac tion. Morally, intellectually, and physical ly, he must be a man before he can be a farmer.'' the A C H A N GE IN COURSES The early days of the College exempli fied this program with a broad curriculum containing philosophy and letters to a large degree. It trained men in the fundamentals of science but agriculture in those days had not reached the stage of an exact science It wras dur which it has reached today. ing those days, according to those wdio op pose in name, during which were educated the men who made the Col it re lege famous by their work. Later stricted its curriculum to technical subjects, a tendency of the times. Only recently has it been brought about that broader courses the more college were available for those who wished them. in keeping with the aims of the change T HE BASIC REGULATIONS So well does the original act under which the State accepted the terms of the Morrill act set for the aims and scope of the Col lege that the pertinent section is reprinted herewith : Act No. 140, laws of 1863. An act to provide for the selection, care and disposition of the lands donated to the State of Michigan, by act of Congress, (Morrill A c t ), July second, eighteen hun- (Continued on Page 344) Page 342 The M. A. C. Record aJWd VIEWS AND COMMENT EC; Members of the committee on M. A. C. representatives are now in the house of considering the request for appropriations the biennium ending June 30, 1927. for the College along material The needs of to lines have been accurately set forth gether with they should the reasons why be granted. The committee has visited the Campus and has been shown the condi tions with which the administration must the contend. items will be stricken from the list before the bill goes to the house for final passage but the apparent necessity for many of the improvements will undoub- buildings and tedlv carry them through. It is inevitable that some of the two years, representing The total asked is just short of $4,000,- 000 for the largest amount ever presented on a budget for the College. The most important rea son for this is the lack of physical additions during the past twenty years, during which M. A. C. has witnessed a great increase in in the work de number of students and manded of it by the state. All colleges have found to their physical plants in the years since the large proportion of the war because of high school graduates who now seek to continue their educations. to add extensively it necessary to the space adequate to meet classroom, laboratory, the College the requests of It is to be hoped that the legislature will grant the greatest extent computable with the income available so that it may have the advantage of and dormitorv demands increasing number of made by a rapidly the College is students. The function of determined entirely by the wishes of the people of the State. It is operating under a law which states that it shall "promote the the liberal and practical education of i industrial class in the several pursuits and professions of life."' Michigan's popula tion is preponderantly industrial, for agri the culture term. pursuits commonly known by industry as well as is an that The clause places the mandate with the en their tire people, wishes, and offer they de mand. the College must obey the education to by for amendment. Those who find the time to read in this issue of Tniv RECORD the resume of argu ments for and against the change in name will be interested in knowing that the col lege committee of the house reported out the original bill making the change but found the opposition so strong that the bill was withdrawn T he treasure is promised better consideration if it does not leave out of the name the term flooded "agriculture". F a rm organizations propaganda, the legislators' desks with resolutions organizations, various editorials in agricultural journals, in one of which TmC RECORD is pilloried for its stand on the question, and other material has the been forwarded the members of the house and senate. The proponents of change have contented themselves with a more dignified form of making known their wishes, individuals to the number of sev eral thousands have sent in petitions and their have written representatives and senators in the legisla ture. The outcome will determine quite largely whether the ordinary legislator re sponds more quickly to requests from those interested directly in the proposition than The next it does to organized agitation. week or so will decide this legislature effort it is due should the alumni, the College who faculty, and students of have given the proposition careful thought rather than the demands of those who are law not so familiar with the fundamental under which the institution is operated is not open for discussion, what it should do and what follow divergent paths. to adjourn on April 10. That follow to change the name, the the wishes of the fate of sometimes personal letters does to it The M. A. C. Record Page 343 "Close Beside The Winding Cedar" An operetta ''Love presented by the music department at Little Theater building on Thursday, February 26. and W h i s t" was the the Home Economics in Editors of student publications took the platform at the People's church on Sunday evening, March 1, and discussed Campus affairs. Campus circles are stirred by the cam elections annual paigns for the scheduled for March 13. The usual list of positions are at stake and several close contests are in prospect. student A committee of bankers met with College officials on March 5 to discuss the part of the banker in aiding the farmer. Coopera tive marketing, pure seed, and other pro jects were on the program. "Thirteen P l u s" a melodrama comedy in three acts was presented the Little Theater on Thursday, March 5, by Theta dramatics Alpha Phi, honorary fraternity. Sylvester King directed the production. college Professor Egbert at Superiority traditions and the in numbers has made class of 1928 a troublesome problem for the class of 1927 to handle. It is charged by Campus leaders that the freshmen are not respecting they should. To make up for the default of the sophomores taken the situation into their own hands and will administer discipline, according to an an nouncement recently appearing in The Hol- cad. the upper classes have living as In taking the season their first debate of the debaters defeated those of Marquette uni the negative versity, Milwaukee, side of the question : "Resolved, that con gress should be empowered to over ride, by two-thirds vote, decisions of the supreme court which declare acts of congress uncon stitutional." T. L. Christie, '27, Lansing; L. R. Miller, '28, Lansing, and E. M. Chap man, "25, Cheboygan, made up the M. A. C. force. The debate was held in the Little Theater on the Campus, on February 24. The Campus shivered when March ap proached with zero weather and blizzard tendencies but was the thought that such temperature is more fit ting in March than it is in May. comforted by Fred Y. Shigley, '23, visited the Campus while returning to Rolette, N o r th Dakota, after a brief into Massachusetts. Shigley is assistant to the state veterinarian of North Dakota and has a private practice as well. journey Hohn Grim, '2J, placed third in the 300- yard dash at the Illinois relay carnival at '27, Urbana on February 28. Alderman, in the trial heat by Locke of was beaten Nebraska who the Conference record for the distance. Ripper, '26, placed sixteenth in a field of twenty-six runners in the 1,000-yard run. These three men were the only entries from M. A. C. ran to leaders National religious instituted representing many creeds were brought to the Campus the Christian on March 5, 6, and 7, for Conclave which was last year for the purpose of bringing about better cooperation among the various denomina tions. The program began with a mass meeting at the gymnasium on the afternoon of March 6. Appointments were made for those who wish talk over personal problems with the speakers. to East Lansing has its own crime wave. The Fashion Shop at the corner of Abbot Road and Grand River avenue was enter ed on the night of March 4 by thieves who took merchandise represented to be worth $2,000. The Fashion Shop was East Lan sing's first store in addition to the College Drug store. It was opened in 1914. Page 344 The M. A. C. Record WHY CHANGE THE NAME (Continued from Page 341) dred sixty-two, for the endownment of col leges for the benefit of agriculture and the mechanic arts. less Sec. 8: remain forever It shall be the duty of said land grant board, from time to time, as money i- received from the sales of said lands, to cause the same to be invested in the stocks of the United States, of this state, or some other safe stocks, yielding not than live per cent annually, upon the par value of such stocks, and to keep the same invest ed to constitute a perpetual fund, the capi tal of which shall un diminished ; and the annual interest shall be regularly applied, under the direction of the State Board of Agriculture, to the en dowment, support, and maintenance of the State Agricultural college, where the lead ing object excluding shall be, without other scientific and classical studies, and including military tactics, such branches of learning as are related to agri culture and the mechanic arts, in order to promote the liberal and practical education of the industrial classes in the several pur suits and professions in life. teach to CHICAGCTWILL MEET APRIL 4 INSTEAD OF 14 Through an error the date of the annual meeting of the Chicago M. A. C. Associa in TiiK RECORD as tion was announced April 14. The meeting will be held at the City club, 315 Plymouth court, beginning at 7 o'clock on Saturday, April 4. Ar rangements have been made by the asso ciation committee for a dinner and business meeting, scheduled to be entirely concluded by 9 o'clock following wliich dancing will be on the program for those who indulge while other varieties of amusement and en tertainment will be provided for those who are not lured onto the floor. The 1924 meeting of the Chicago asso the this ciation was held at the City club and for facilities offered there are ideal In addition the build type of gathering. ing is fairly close to the center of the city making it easily accessible. Election of of ficers and other business of the organiza tion will occupy the attention of the mem bers for a short time only. All alumni in or near Chicago, or who plan to be in or near the city on that day are urged to at tend the meeting. ENGINEERS TO CONFER ON FARM ELECTRICITY Dean liissell announces that a conference on the problem of extending electric light and power service to the farms will be held at the College on March 20. It is probable that a survey will be initiated at this meet ing to learn some of the possibilities. Dr. E. A. White, director of the National Committee on the Relation of Electricity to Agriculture, will be the chief speaker on the program which will begin at 10 o'clock and there will be a full discussion of the subject by representatives of the various interests concerned in the problem. TWO MEMBERS OF STATE BOARD RENOMINATED the state E. Whitney W'atkins, '93, chairman of the State Hoard and Airs. Dora Stockman were nominated for reelection to the Board at the convention of republican in Detroit. Mrs. Stockman was party in 1919 for a term of six years. elected W'atkins was first elected in 1899 for a term of six vears, he was re-elected in 1913 and again in i'91.9. Should he complete the term for which he will undoubtedly be elected he will have.served on the govern for nearly a ing board of the College quarter-century. W'atkins has been for two years commissioner of agriculture for Michigan, he succeeded John A. Doelle in that post who had also served for a short time as a member of the State Board. Doelle's predecessor was H. I I. Ilalladay, now secretary of the State Board of Agri culture. The M. A. C. Record Page 345 NOTRE DAME SQUAD SWAMPS VARSITY Green and White Team Fails to Shozu Teamzvork or Individtial Play Up to Standard—Overtime Contest Taken Prom Oberlin by Tzvo Points. a dozen other reasons which tions or By outscoring the visitors by two points caused it the Notre Dame-M. A. C. bas- in the overtime period the varsity basket- ketball game, usually the big feature of the ball squad took the game from Oberlin on the East Lansing court on February 28. court season, was little more than a travesty The rinal totals were M. A. C. 29, Oberlin when the two teams met at the gymnasium on March 4. T he score is of little conse- 2j. Richards. MacMillaa and Robinson quence but for the benefit of those who de- accounted for most of the points made by mand the the Green and White. board were M. A. C. 10, Notre Dame 42. the points made the others were spread the guards and MacMillan scored six of forward. The starting lineup had Alason at center, statistics the figures on final by his team and among Robinson, M a rx and Hultman. in lead Marx and Frederick at This Hackctt and Nuttila at to pile up a combination allowed Oberlin 17 to 11 first half. When the Robinson, Richards and MacMillan enter- ed the game they made up enough points to have the tied at the score regular playing time. In the extra period MacMillan made two baskets from the and Frederick and Robinson added a point C. each on free throws while the visitors were making four The summ M. A. C. the close of points. a r v: FT PF Nuttila, rf Hackett, If, rf MacMillan, If Mason, c, If ... Marx, m O r . K R UN , Leahy, If Butler, McPhee, rg lg . ... ... FB 0 2 2 2 0 4 0 1 11 FB 1 ...... 3 1 3 2 10 0 1 1 1 3 2 1 1 10 PF 4 0 3 1 2 0 0 0 2 0 1 0 4 7 FT 0 2 1 0 0 i 29 TP ^ 8 3 8 5 7 27 10 (2), Butler (1), Hackett ( 3 ), Cole, c Missed fouls: Leahy (1), Weber ( i ), McPhee (1) ; Nuttila Robinson (4), MacMillan (1). . Whether it was a lack of observance of training rules, dissatisfaction the members of the team, disregard of instruc- among team play but It may have been that the Notre Dame team played a world beating game but Franklin college beat Notre Dame twice this season and failed to register anywhere the Notre Dame near so heavily as did floor aggregation in its two tilts with the M. A. five. Coach Kobs used eleven men in an attempt to draw out some resemblance the of ball it was passed to them and shot at the bas ket but not through it. An offensive by Notre Dame, and they followed each other in rapid succession, was invariably success ful. Accustomed to seeing the best game of the year when this contest appears on the program the spectators gymnasium and saw basketball but it was played by one team. the players passed 0 4 4 6 0 9 0 6 raggedly, crowded it when to hold failed TP The s u m m a r y: M. A. C. rf MacMillan, Hackett, rf Mason, If Marx, If Nuttila, ( C ), If Robinson, c Richards, rg Hultman, rg Fredericks, lg Kidman, lg FB FT PF TP 2 0 0 16 00 40 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 o 00 02 00 00 I 20 00 1 1.. 2 68 10 Page 346 XOTRE DAME ...... 3 If Xyikos, rf Edwards, rf Crowe, If Dienhart, MsXally, c Mahoney, c Kizer, rg Dalman, rg Conrpy, lg E. Crowe, lg FB FT PF TP 14 4 5 0 0 2 2 1 2 0 1 0 0 o 1 0 0 5 1 1 0 17 89 2 02 O 00 35 14 2 02 1 10 3 2 0O 42 ( 1 ), (1) ; Missed fouls: MacMillan (2). Fredericks Robinson Xyikos (2), McXally (1), Mahoney (1), Marx (1), Nuttila ( 1 ). In a meet at South Bend, the M. A. C. swimming squad lost to the Notre Dame wehfeet, 49 to 15, failing to score first in a single event. The summary: 160-yard relay—Won by Xotre Dame, McCaf- ferty, Hudson, Byrkesynski and Royhe. Time— I.33J4. Fancy diving—Won X'otre Dame: Richmond. M. A. C., second; Bordeaux, M. A. C. by McCaffrey, third. 40-yard free style—Weihel, Xotre Dame, first; Purdy, M. A. C. second; Alvarez, Xotre Dame. third. Time 21.7 seconds. Plunge for distance—Won by Seivers, XTotre Dame; Porter, M. A. C, second; Houpert, X'otre Dame, third. Distance—60 feet. Time—30 sec onds. 220-yard free style—Won by Hudson, XTotre Dame; McCaffery, Xotre Dame, second; Collett, M. A. C. third. Time 2:4s 4-5. 40-yard hack stroke—Won by Fuite, X'otre Dame; Richmond, M. A. C, second; McLaugh lin, Xotre Dame, third. Time—26.4 seconds. breast 100-yard Rhodes, Xotre Dame; MeKiernan, Xotre Dame, second; Eckerman, M. A. C, third. Time—1:22:4. stroke—Won by 100-yard free style—Won by Weibel, Xotre Dame; Purdy, M. A. C, second; Whitlock, M. A. C, third. Time—1 :3 7-10. Another way which has been opened to the student wishing to earn his college ex penses is through the R. (). T. C. F or the fall term the 123 men who elected advanced military training received a total of $3,- 653.10 or S21J.70 each, commutation of rations. These students also are given uni forms and funds are provided for their up keep. The M. A. C. Record INTRA MURAL SPORTS DRAW MANY STUDENTS term the various the athletic department, Intra-mural athletics have established their popularity this season as the rivalry hetween teams, societies and classes" well testifies. W i th the beginning of the fall in collaboration with the Pan-Hellenic Coun cils, outlined a comprehensive schedule of inter-society sports of all inter-class and kinds. At the schedules are nearing a close, especially basketball, which has the attention of the classes as well as the societies. time many of the present An innovation this year is the subdivision increasing of the classes themselves. The student body has made this action pos sible. Xow, instead of just competition be tween the classes, there is also that involv ing the four major courses given at the col lege, which increases from four to sixteen the number of participating for every sport. The include agriculture, engineering, science and arts, each of which in turn is divided into the four classes. For a time it was thought that in participation would con this that so sume in many students would also society events. But the contrary proved out, as there is equally as much enthusiasm over class games as there is in those be tween time considering four courses fraternities. take part too much increase teams In addition inter-society to basketball, bowling is also drawing to a close. The inter-class and track meets inter-society have been staged. It is a safe estimate that fully 8 0% of the men students are actively engaged in phy sical sports. A redeeming feature of the new status of inter-class games is the ex those tended opportunity not members of latter are in great evidence this year, due to the larger enrollment without any increase in the number of societies. fraternities. to The it gives that The M. A. C. Record Page 347 C L A SS N O T ES '74 in that (part of than for reverting forth. But tell whether the property "I was a student at the "I am not certain as to the exact date of at tending M. A. C ," writes Isabel Allen Thayer of Saginaw. 'Michigan Female college, the buildings are now the Blind at Lansing), when in the School for the school the manager, Miss Rogers, died and the to was broken up, state. I believe I was a junior, but the examina tions for admittance was hard and we were put in college a grade lower than at the girls school. the M. A. C. was said to be un The board of to the admittance of girls and made favorable the young the questions more difficult I was also a student of Albion college men. for a year at least, taking special work, but I it was before or after my cannot attendance at M. A. C. I have saved for nearly half a century several old catalogues, programs at commencements, and so re building my home two years ago, cleared out the attic of all such 'rubbish" which now I greatly regret. I could give you the names of many of the students who attended at the same time, the the young women first admitted a r e: names of in my scrap book). (I copy an excerpt pasted 'The Lansing Republican says faculty the of the State Agricultural College have decided to admit six young ladies to enjoy the benefits of institution. Four have been examined and that follows: Miss Mary Jones, Miss admitted as and Miss Ella Belle Allen, Miss M. Bacon, that Miss Sessions of Broch. It froim Grand Rapids Ionia, and a young ladies will be admitted floor are furnished with rooms upon as the family of Mr. Rockwell, steward of the college. if appropriate buildings the number of women will be shall be erected largely this date should be I think 1871, as I find one program of commencement in 1871, and I made" on it, should judge that I had been there long enough to become quite well acquainted with the participants. There are some mistakes in the quoted excerpt as Miss Hattie Dexter, also of Ionia, came with Miss Sessions and was ad there are the same time. Of course mitted at long ago very many happy memories of that letter time which were revived somewhat soliciting from Henry A. Haigh the small help that I could give toward the Union to speak a Memorial building. good word for M. A.- C." Mrs. Thayer is oc cupied with home, church, club, and Daughters of Revolution work in Saginaw, where she lives at 323 Sheridan avenue. the coming week. The the same the side comments which I never cease is expected the future, increased.' last year in a from lady In in '78 that there reports E. O. Ladd is no change in occupation or address. He is at Old Mission, combining dairying with fruit growing. He says that Guernsey cows and cherries and apples are a good combination. His youngest daughter is a student at M. A. C. James Troop is starting his forty-first year at Purdue. He is professor of entomology. and '79 Eva D. McBain reports from 435 Crescent ave summer nue N. E., Grand Rapids: "Owner of hotel in Les Cheneaux resort property Islands, a group of islands east and a little north of Mackinac Island in the northern part of Lake Huron. We have spent the most of our sum Ralph S. mers McBain, '20, is with Kinsey & Buys, real estate firm of Grand Rapids." thirty-five years. there for R. B. Norton continues as treasurer of the Hill Investment the and Arkansas City Savings, Building & Loan associa tion as Arkansas City, Kansas. secretary company of '81 Carlton R. Dart in living at 706 Greenleaf avenue, Wil- is a consulting engineer Chicago, mette. E. C. McKee is living near Glendale, California, R. 2, Box 176. He is in rather poor health. He reports that he has heard from McCurdy, Bam- ber, and Clark, and hopes to hear from others through T HE RECORD. personally or '83 Leslie A. Buell is a salesman, living at Holly, leaving col Michigan. For a short lege he was insurance business, and until 1916 lived on a farm near from Highland. His son, Herbert J., graduated the horticultural course in 1915. time after real estate and the in William A. Bahlke was admitted to the bar in February 1886, and since that time has been practicing in Alma, Michigan. He organized the Alma State Savings bank in igoi and is its presi dent. He says: "Farmer all my life." '84 C. P. Gillette's address remains the same, Colorado Agricultural college, Fort Collins. in 1913, the Bureau of Plant Industry of '88 William A. Taylor assumed the duties of chief the U. S. of following Department of Agriculture many years of service in the department. From 1891 to 1901 he was assistant pomologist, and in 1901 took charge of field investigations. He was made assistant in 1910, a position which he held until 1913 when he took up the duties of the chief of the bureau. He has two children, Porter R. who graduated from M. A. C. in 1915, and Ritchie P. While the chief of the bureau to in college Taylor was editor in chief of the Col lege Speculum. He lives in Washington, D. C, at 1315 Gallatin street N. W. tural bureau of the chamber of commerce. This position he now holds. Alvord has four children, three girls and a boy. The M. A. C. Record strains of hemp by selection Lyster H. Dewey is continuing his work of the im past 25 years with fiber plants, developing the for proved United States Department at of Agriculture Washington, D. C. and Wisconsin. He super vises flax at M. A. C.; fiber henequen and sisal in Porto Rico, and abaca in the Philippine Islands. His Washington address is 4512 Ninth street, X. W. '89 the work with Waldo Rohnert is a wholesale seed growrers and orchardist at Gilroy, California. David Anderson sums up his general occupa tions since 1880 a s: "One year on experiment station, two years teaching, lawyer since." The is Paw Paw, Michigan. scene of his activities Anderson two two boys and girls. lias four children, W. D. Groesbeck '92 reports "no news and no changes" from 210 13th street S. W., Washing ton, D. C. Howard B. Raker in Detroit, is a physician living at 4867 Hamilton avenue. He the University Michigan, received his doctor's degree from of Michigan in 1898; '93 Philip S. Burnham has been railway mail service for 2(> years. He lives in Alamora, Colorado, at 512 Second street. the in Henry D. Baker '94 is engaged loans, abstracts of estate, mortgage nesses at St. Croix Falls, Wisconsin. in banking, real title busi John C. Butler has a 400 acre stock farm near Portland, Michigan, where he breeds registered Percheron horses, Holstein cattle, Poland" China the hogs, Oxford various national these activities. is a member of societies which sheep. He sponsor farm '95 Since his graduation in 1805, Charles H. Alvord in a number of pursuits. He was has engaged superintendent of from 1898 the college to 1:899. He then went to the Texas Agricultural and Mechanical college as assistant professor of agriculture. He remained there until 1902, when he came to Michigan to farm. In 1907 he was legislature. He re a member of turned to tlie Texas School as professor of agri culture, and [gn he was placed in charge of the two agricultural development For years after 1917 be was a field agent for the United States Department of Agriculture. He then the agricul went to San Antonio as director of the Michigan ranch. taft '96 Robert Buek is a farmer and a newspaper man. For five years he was with Arthur Capper, (now U. S. senator) on his Topeka, Kansas, publica into an advertising busi tions. He ness in Detroit. this he took over the publishing of the Richmond Review, and founded and published the New Haven Star. He lives sold in Richmond, Michigan, and is not married. in May 1924. He latter paper Soon after then went the '98 "Statistician, Michigan Public Utilities commis sion continues to be my business or professional engagement as it has been for the past several years," writes Edmund A. Calkins from Mason. H. C. Skeels is assistant botanist in charge of seed collection and herbarium, office of foreign seed and plant introduction and distribution at the Bureau of Plant the Department Industry of of Agriculture, Washington, D. C. He lives in Takoma Park at 210 Holly avenue. '02 Myr^elle M. Canavan says that besides a few things she in chaperoning a lady. Dr. Canavan may be reached at other young 240 Longwood avenue, Boston, 17, Mass. is engaged Oramel H. Skinner is a member of a part nership, Thomas & Skinner Steel Products com for pany, manufacturing electrical ad instruments, magnetos, dress is 425 Harmon street, Indianapolis. permanent magnets etc. His '04 Fdward Balbach is chief draftsman and engin eer for the James Leffel & Co., of Springfield, Ohio. He has responsible charge of all work going through the factory pertaining to design ing and engineering. He excites our curiosity by saying that he has one patent but has never • exploited it. Balbach lives in Springfield, Ohio, at 28 East Cassilly street. He has three children, two boys and a girl. '05 Arthur D. Peters is a division superintendent of the New York Central and St. Louis Railway. He lives in Chicago at 223 Coles avenue. Other roads with which he has been connected are L. vS. and M. S. Ry. from 1906 to I911, becoming assistant land agent in i y i o; Lake Erie and West ern from 1911 to 1922, land agent until 1913, spe cial engineer until 1016, and then division super intendent. Samuel H. Brower is in the retail dry goods business in Marshall, Michigan. 794r Euclid avenue, Chicago, reached W. S. Jordan. The M. A. C. Record Page 349 '06 Whitfield V. Ackley is managing a lumher company at Bangor, Michigan. Howard C. Bucknell is farming near Center- ville, Michigan. He has two boys, Kenneth aged 13, and Robert 9. The general, manager of the Detroit SheeL Metal works is Wedworth V. Baker, who has made some rather successful inventions along the lines of industrial ovens and ventilating systems. Baker lives at 4022 Hogarth avenue, Detroit. '07 Myrtle Craig Bowen lives in Fulton, Missouri, in at 519 Bluff street. She has recently taught the public schools there. that Mary Allen is still practicing domestic Bertha Beal is farming near Adrian, Michigan. that Alma Kenyon Piper W. E. Piper writes (w'09) science at 199 S. avenue, New Canaan, Connecticut. He adds is an occasional visitor, and that Mabel McDowell was their guest a week is assistant chief mechanical or so ago. Piper the Dorr company of New York- engineer at City. This concern operates as metallurgical, mining, chemical, and sanitary engineers. Walter Warden says: "Still farming with my father the farm near Rushton, Michigan, where we were both born." Warden is serving his fourth term as township clerk. (sp. w'77) on George Henry Ellis the Kentucky Hydro-Electric company working on the highest rock-fill dam in the world at Burgin, Kentucky. is with '07 A. W. Wilson requests that his RECORD be mail street, Toronto, Ontario, to 522 Yonge ed Canada. '09 Bertha C. Cameron is a bacteriologist for the lives at 2166 Newport Parke Davis & Co., and avenue, Detroit. Clarence E. Jacobs the Cope-Swift company, 247 McDougall avenue, De troit. His home is at 3283 Glynn Court. is sales engineer for '11 F. C. Hecox is an officer in the army, and may be reached at the U. S. Custom house at Mobile, Alabama. '12 Frank P. Cowing sends word that Alfred B. Mead may be reached at 4120 Chicago avenue, Minneapolis, Minnesota. Russell A. Warner the General Electric company, and lives at Schenec tady, N. Y., at 109 Avon road. He is the com the Schenectady Post 21, American mander of the Legion Legion, and county commander of live in Schenectady county. They have a good the com organization which is doing things for is patent attorney for munity. Warner has 9, Robert 3 1-2, and James 16 months. three children, Gertrude '13 0. T. Goodwin the Michigan Producer's Dairy company. He lives at 128 Dal las street, Adrian. is manager of Arthur C. Mason is engaged in work on citrus insects in California for the U. S. Department of Agriculture, and reports that Harold Fredericks was born February 13, 1925. in Lindsay. He lives R. F. Kroodsma at 643 Grove street. is living in East Lansing, "Newrs 1. T. Pickford expresses the following com ments ^ ^ " T HE RECORD : alumni from pleases us most, especially those in classes near enough to our own so that we knew them. Then more or less specific items about the faculty and college executive affairs are in teresting. We lose interest in some of the cam pus and student activities as years fade away and perplexing business and family cares crowd into our limited thinking space." important and '14 Hazel Ramsey is living at 211 E. Knight street, Eaton Rapids. She writes that Sada Anderson, '15, is head of the home economics department at the Normal college at Moorehead, Minnesota. team seemed "Last year's football " T HE RECORD is my chief connecting link with M. A. C. and cannot lose it," writes George E. like Smith. old ti mes and M. A. C. really came back on the I am enclosing a card doubling my pre map. vious amount on the building fund. It is a bit but perhaps will keep someone busy another day in completing the work." Smith is the field horti the Niagara Sprayer company of culturist Albion, New York. for Lucille Titus Kohler lives in Ardmore, Pennsylvania, at 102 School House Road. George T. Smith may be reached at 1138 West 33rd street, Indianapolis, Indiana. '17 that Otto Pino writes a successful year on Michigan. Their baby beef per hundred weight more market in Detroit. their they have just passed farm near DeWitt, for a dollar top notch than sold the Galen M. Glidden has been transferred to Mans field as distribution engineer for the Ohio Public Service corporation. lives at 43 Parker He introduces Barbara Ray as H. E. street. He 1938. Ralph J. Morgan has for his mailing address 432 Stahlman building, Nashville, Tennessee. Anne Carson is in the laboratory of the Her man Keifer hospital in Detroit. Page 350 The M. A. C. Record '18 G. C. Dillman advises us that R. A. Beers is a resident road engineer for the State Highway department with headquarters at Galesburg. is with the Michigan Potato C. E. Atwater Growers association at Cadillac. '20 Carleton Currie may be reached at i on E. Uni- WALDO ROHNERT, '89 Wholesale Seed Grower, Gilroy, California versity avenue, Ann Arbor, Michigan. W. E. DeYoung is in Ann Arbor at 500 E. Catherine street. Marjorie Williams is at Sage College, Ithaca, New York. She does not say what she is doing. in Brookings, South Robert Post has moved Dakota, to 604 Eleventh avenue. '21 Neal Eenkell reports his address as 324 Pros pect avenue. Shreveport, Louisiana. '22 is in Detroit at 1438 W. GOODELL, ZELIN C. (M. A. C. '11F) Insurance and Bonds 208-211 Capital National Bk. Bldg. Mary Ann Gilchrist Eoiclid avenue. — THE — Grand Rapids Savings Bank Grand Rapids, Michigan "The Bank Where You Feel at Home" M. A. C. People Given a Glad Hand Charles YV. 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., '11, Asst. Manager South Willis Vandenburg, G. R. Branch '21, Manager Fulton St. Branch Harold Koopman has moved in Grand Rapids to 60 Baylis street, S. W. is to a report Vera Benore teaching home economics in the Santa Barbara. California, high school, ac cording from E. E. Gallup. He also says that Floyd M. Hazel is superintendent of the Lakeview consolidated school at Battle Creek, Michigan, and that Donald G. Reiman is the high school at the agricultural Croswell, Michigan. teacher in Lucy Cole has returned in Iron Mountain on account of the illness of her mother. She may be reached there at 212 West E street. in De Paul V. Howard changed his address to her home troit to 12216 Washburn avenue. 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. 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