... .i-ry Mich. Agr'i. College Page 354 plllllllllllllllllllllllllillllllllllllMlffl The M. A. C. Record I The M. A. C RECORD | | H |§ M W §1 §j % ^ §j I I H 1 §§ 1 H M W m 1 1 1 1 1 1 E s t a b l i s h ed 1896 j per year. the M. A. C. Association. ber; thirty-five issues annually. Membership in the M. A. C. association, including subscription to T HE RECORD, $2.50 Published for the alumni and former students of the Michigan Agricultural College by M M Published weekly during the college year and monthly during July, August and Septem- m W §j p their memberships W W ^ p § 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. request a discontinuance before expiration of R O B E RT J. MCCARTHY, '14, Editor. Unless members it will be assumed a renewal is desired. T HE M. A. C. A S S O C I A T I ON 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, T r e a s u r er Robert J. McCarthy, '14, Secretary E X F C U T I VF 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, ' 1 1, E a st Lansing, T e rm expires 1926 G. V. Branch, '12, Detroit, T e rm expires 1927 W. K. P r u d d e n, '78, Coronado, Calif., ex-officio H a r r is E. T h o m a s, '85, Lansing, ex-officio E. W. Ranney, '00, Greenville, ex-officio BRANCH ASSOCIATIONS In Michigan unless otherzvise noted BARRY COUNTY NORTHWEST MICHIGAN j M g H 1 §j §} •{§ 1 jj g H j§ jj BERRIEN COUNTY BAY CITY CENTRAL MICHIGAN CHICAGO DETROIT CLUB FLINT GRAND RAPIDS OTTAWA COUNTY PORTLAND, ORE. ST. CLAIR COUNTY ST. JOSEPH COUNTY SEATTLE, WASH. SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA SOUTH HAVEN MILWAUKEE, W I S. WASHINGTON, D. C. NEW YORK CITY NORTHERN OHIO II WESTERN NEW YORK WESTERN PENNSYLVANIA I lilHIl III IJilllllliliMIIJI 1111:11 THE M. A. C. RECORD VOL. XXX. No. 23 E A ST L A N S I N G, MICHIGAN MARCH 16, 1925 GUNSONS TELL OF CAPITAL TRIP Visit to Washington for Annual Meeting of Association Came at Time of Inauguration; Visited Places of Interest and Many Alumni. travelers the environs from their way Professor Thomas Gunson and Lutie Robinson Gunson, '12, were the guests of the Washington, D. C., M. A. C. Associa tion at its annual meeting on February 28. They present the following outline of their journey. T wo of to Washington, Okemos made D. C, to be present at the banquet of the M. A. C. Association of that city, held the is always a evening of February 28. pleasure to renew old friendships and that pleasure was enhanced by the number of familiar, friendly faces to be seen not only at the meeting but from the time Clarence Reed, '05, greeted us at the station on our arrival, until Roy Potts, '06, bade us good- live as our train pulled out. It listening thousands Perhaps the red letter day was inaugura tion day, when we were privileged to see the president of these United States take the oath of office and deliver an address to in view about us, and other invisible thousands all over this land of ours. This ceremony was great not less impressive because we had wor shipped, with him and hundreds of others, in the church of his choice on the previous Sunday. and the national currency in the bureau of engraving and printing. As we inspected the capitol, the White House, the congres sional library, and other public buildings, we were struck with their simplicity and beauty, and also with their dignity and fit ness to purpose. it W h en we speak of the Lincoln memorial, we pause, for mere words cannot adequate ly describe the impression it makes upon one. Set on an eminence and surrounded by open spaces, for miles is visible around. It is of pure white marble with a colonnade of 36 columns, representing the 36 states in existence at the time of Lin coln's death. At one end on the inside is carved the Gettysburg address, at the other, the second inaugural address. In the cen is mammoth ter, calm, majestic, is figuie of Lincoln, carved sacrilege here to speak other than in whis- pers, and as one notes in that rugged face, hewn from stone and re- those the sim- shoulders, one thinks how fitting plicity, the purity and the majesty of the structure. Here one can go as to a shrine to pay a tribute of revence and pay a bene diction. the character in stone. alone, It The impressions are very similar as one visits Arlington cemetery and the grave of the unknown soldier. Space forbids detail but mention must be made of beautiful white marble amphitheater from one side of which stretch away, as far as the eye can reach, rows upon rows of white stones our which mark the soldier dead and, on resting places of the other side, the the grape We were privileged to have as our head quarters the hospitable home of H o m er Skeels, '98, where hyacinths greeted us when we came and the crocuses hurried out to regale us with their fresh- ness ere we went. F r om here we took our members the burden once borne by daily flirtings to visit other friends and en- joy other scenes in this ''city of magnificent distances.'' Through the courtesy of our local con- marble receptacle in which repose the re- in the unknown soldier. Here, !a commanding position,, overlooking the placidly flowing Potomac and from which spot his nation's capitol looks the more im- gressman, the Hon. Grant Hudson, we were mains of to visit the White House, also privileged to watch the various interesting processes the making of stamps in connection with Page 356 The M. A. C. Record posing, he rests. Like his comrades sleep ing nearby he gave his life, but more than that he gave his identity. None knows how he lived but all know how he died. honor and responsibility all over the land, we are more proud than ever that we are Americans and to call the M. A. C. greenhouse, home. that we are privileged to visit It was also our privilege the to home of Washington, at Mt. Vernon, enjoy the impressive view from the house, in to note the comfortable and artistic the estate not far ()n teriors. the from little mausoleum containing the house is the remains of George and M a r t ha W a s h ington. The site and materials were select ed by Washington himself some time be fore his death. The box trees in the gar den, arranged in conventional forms, after the Italian, doubtless were planted there many years ago under the supervision of the Washingtons. to all the This interested. in addition And now a final word about the M. A. C. folks at Washington. We not only had a taste of their wondrous friendliness and hospitality but we had a banquet of them. ties of mutual But interest be friendship we felt an added cause we represented the dear old institu tion which they all love and in which they are interest was evidenced again and again by the questions that were put to us regarding the College its various activities. They have at and institution heart in them and stand ready to help further any legitimate way they can. They want to see the steady, healthy growth of a fine superstructure, built on a strong, deep, foundation of right principles. They want to see this not only because of their own tender memories of the past but it is that type of institution which they wish to be the alma mater not only of their children but of their children's children in the years to come. interests of the best the FRANCISCO IS LISTED FOR AD CLUB HONOR the office of president of it convenes at Houston, Texas, Don Francisco, '14, is a prominent can didate for the Associated Advertising Clubs of the World when in Mav. He has served as vice-president of the Pacific that organization, president of Coast Advertising association, president of the Advertising club of Los Angeles, and of National director of the Association the Na Advertisers, and is a director of tional ()utdoor Advertising bureau. "Emminently In the Pasadena Star-News, announcing him as a speaker at a meeting of a local club, he is accorded the following: training, exper fitted by ience, and acknowledged leadership in the field of national advertising and club acti vities, and as co-manager on the Pacific the Lord & Thomas advertising Coast of agency, Mr. Francisco is the logical candi date, not alone of the local clubs, but of all the Pacific Coast clubs, who, without question, will get back of the movement to the have Pacific Coast as its due for the largest club representation from any of the seven dis tricts comprising the world association." the next president come from to Francisco's name was presented the convention at London in 1924 in a resolu tion from the Pasadena club endorsing him for the presidency, the president was, how ever, retained in that position for another term. After visiting the nation's capitol and be ing thrilled with pride and admiration at the beautiy of its parks, its boulevards, and the its buildings and being also proud of history they suggest and remembering that our institution has produced and will con tinue to produce many of America's most useful citizens who are holding positions of C. Fuller and F. J. Gibbs, both juniors, were elected to Sem Bot and the organiza of Charles tion marked the anniversary Darwin on February 12 with its annual banquet at which Dr. E. W. Badis, of the University of Michigan was chief speaker. the The M. A. C. Record Page 357 DR. BEAL ADVOCATED CHANGE History of College Shows Man Who Supported Agricultural Aims of Institution Through Early Years Sazv Necessity Movement Began in 1884. for Nczv Name; It has been repeatedly asserted that the older graduates of the College are the ones opposing the proposal to change the name to Michigan State, or an amended version. in some cases, This but Dr. Real, professor of botany for forty years, and one of the early faculty members says in his history of the College : is undoubtedly true and alumni " In the writer's addresses to associations in Chicago, Detroit, Grand of Rapids. Washington, Boston, else where, he referred to the name of Michigan Agricultural College as no longer suitable It is a for the institution at East Lansing. name that all the older conservatives cling to, but in time these will disappear, and the younger alumni will consist of persons not only of the division of agriculture, but of the division of engineering, the division of home economics, for forestry, and later for veterinary medicine, not to mention the sixth division of arts and sciences liable at to be established, and perhaps any follow. others Pennsylvania time to "Iowa, have made changes State College would do equal each division at M. A. C." and Mississippi in name. The name to justice He quotes from the College Speculum issue of October, 1884, before the division of engineering was established: "A change in the name that would im ply the scientific as well as the agricultural the use of character of the school, and proper and sufficient means the college widely known and understood as it is, and as not wholly agricultural, would, it can hardly be doubted, result in a large increase in the number of students." to make Dr. Real's history was edited in 1913. In an issue of T H E: RECORD printed in April, 1901, Dr. H o w a rd E d w a r d s, then professor of English at M. A. C. and now president of Rhode Island State college, contributes the following: .. .. .. ., that he to be satisfied with "It is as unwise to expect a mechanical graduating engineer the Agricultural College, as to de from mand of an attorney-at-law take pride in displaying his L L . B. diploma from the dental college. There is only one strong argument in favor of a is retention of the present name, and that that the halo of glorious shines above is under the old name. this name that it has fought its battles and won its victories. Fifty years of history hallow this name. The long line of honored alumni bear M. A. C. on their diplomas and have used the name all along as their rallying battle cry. leave all this and go after strange gods—cut our trust our selves off from selves to make a new past out of the pres ent and achievement It the past and Shall we future ? the deception and increases " T he name becomes deceptive the seriousness of in geometerical ratio with the importance and size of the institution. We have fifty years toward behind us but our the long years of the future. Shall we sacri fice the hallowed past or the unknown but to choose flattering It but wisdom the choice should be." leaves us no doubt what faces are is hard future? It is apparent that the anonymous edi tor of The Speculum deserves some of the credit for originating to the movement change the name. T h e re was never an individual connected with the College who believed more firmly in the policy of hav ing agriculture first on the list of studies in the curriculum of M. A. C, his history that such was the case is sufficient proof for agriculture he but saw that the College could not fulfill the vision of its founders without branching out into other fields and that after having done so it could not do justice to all of its graduates without changing its name. in his enthusiasm Page 358 The M. A. C. Record VIEWS AND COMMENT tracing Lines of faint green are the course of steam pipes about the Campus. While winter has not yet completed its farewell visit, if it lives up to previous his tory, there is still an air of spring which is undeniable. There is the atmosphere of surging force about to break forth, a faint hint of the days to come when nature will transform the drab colors to those of the new season. to time is not the day This feeling of spring re stricted to nature's manifestations, it is al ways keenly sensed about a College. Fresh men are about to break the bonds of their initiatory period as students, seniors are looking ahead in June when they will sever old ties and take on new ones. It seems that an institution of learn ing such as M. A. C. is forever cleaning house. Like some of the trees, branches no longer useful in its scheme of existence are dropped off and new ones added, there is perpetual growth, perpetual evidence of progress. lust now it is doubly noticeable at the College, There is this spirit of growth. is an increase in enrollment, with promise increase, a promise that in of still further the not far distant future institution the is to drop long out worn name and its present one indicative of its n a t u r e; the oak tree will no longer appear with pine needles as a disguise of its true character. With its new divisions the College has provided itself with new sources of strength, the tree has added new vigorous roots, with this the number of branches has increased and thus its usefulness. it is less possible It is impossible not to feel optimistic in the spring, than ever when you are surrounded by such life as a the provides which shadows of discontent with its glow of pro gress and frightens away the lurking gob lins of failure and worry. pierces college lies in the fact to the matter That an alumnus of M. A. C. should be the presidency prominently mentioned for of the Associated Advertising Clubs of the World is an occasion for congratulations to the College, but should not be one for surprise. Other alumni have held cor responding positions of importance but the point that Francisco is an agricultural graduate, who specialized in horticulture. It shows how far fetched is the idea that an agricultural the training of agricul college exists for turists alone, .it shows how equally far fetched is the idea that this College should focus all of its efforts toward the benefits of one particular group. Whatever credit reflects upon the success of a graduate the it alone. To the name, whatever tached institution it designates. the marks of achievement of is reflected upon it may be, is at institution the It is well for all alumni to mark down May 13 as a red letter date this year. On that evening the college radio station will broadcast a program presented by alumni It will recall old for alumni especially. times and will give an intimate glimpse of College and alumni affairs not obtain able the in any other way. May 13, is the dedication sixty-eighth anniversary of and formal opening of the agricultural col lege, the forebear of the present M. A. C. The date the start of the present great educational sys tem founded especially that the sons and daughters of industrial classes might have training in the several professions and It is true that the original pursuits in life. founded under such a college was not im charter but it accepted the conditions institution and posed upon such an the benefits derived therefrom but six years later. is significant it marks the for The M. A. C. Record Page 359 "Close Beside The Winding Cedar" Lyman J. Briggs, '93, of the U. S. bureau of standards, was one of the featured speak the annual meeting of University ers at of Michigan at Washington, on March 10. alumni Taking advantage of the ruling which allows freshmen to start their college work following graduation from high school at the end of January, a score or more enter ed at that time. The College is advertising for bids on the furniture and fixtures for the new hor ticultural building and on the construction of a high pressure steam line to the horti the power house. cultural building from Reunion days are but three months away. If you haven't made your plans for the trip it is time to do it. Wilbur Wright, '16, reports that he is all set for the journey to East Lan sing. from Corsicana, Texas, This week and next promise to be to heed customary full seasons of study for who fail structors and final examinations start Monday. the advice of fall behind the winter for the those in their in class work, term in promoting a better F a rm organizations are joining with the College staff seed the week, March 16 to 20, during which gospel of using tested seeds will be spread among the producers of crops. W K AR will assist in the program the week by broadcasting lectures on the subject in the radio school that week. for Those alumni who will attend the meet ing of the Associated Advertising Clubs of the World at Houston, Texas, in May into touch with Wilbur are urged to get Wright at Corsicana. He that alumni are scarce in his territory and that to make sure that none evades he wants him at the convention. reports Alumni radio night will provide a pro any gram which alumnus in the United States. almost should reach Fair weather of the past week brought the baseball squad out onto the drill grounds for practice, the first of the year to be held in the open. Professor John Phelan will deliver a lec ture on ''Cooperation of Community Social the Rural Life conference at Forces" at Kalamazoo Normal school on March 20. Dr. Eben Mumford.will be chairman of the morning session of the conference. It has been announced by the Union Title & Guaranty company, of Detroit, that Harvey D. Hahn, "04, vice-president, has been placed in charge of the legal section of its organization and will have full charge of all legal matters for the company. An indignation meeting of upperclassmen was called last week to decide on measures freshmen to bring to the attention of that their be havior on the Campus. Resolutions were passed and summary action was promised. the there are certain rules for ()rganization to act as official guides is under way of a group of students for visitors to the Campus, especially visiting teams in athletics and debating. W i th the completion of the Union Memorial build ing such an association will make its head quarters at that place and will aid in giv ing the stranger a welcome in accord with M. A. C. principles of hospitality. in the long interests of George Dobben, Everett Bristol and Harold Zorman, all of the class of '24, have the started trip Veterans of Foreign W'ars. They will visit all land grant colleges in the United States in the course of their journeys which will require two months. T he men will take divergent routes, one going east, an other south and west and another north and west. Page j do The M. A. C. Record SIGMA XI CLUB HEARS HUNGARIAN PROFESSOR the dinner. Dean Bissell, ()n Tuesday evening, March 10, the win ter term meeting of the M. A. C. Sigma Xi club was held in the H u nt Food Shop. Following the chairman of introduced the organization, Dr. G. Doby, professor of bio-chemistry in the University of Hudapest, Hungary, who gave the address of the evening. Dr. Doby " T he Study of chose as his Enzymes", a subject on which he is a recognized authority. Doctor Doby, in the in botany department, and Doctor Kotlan the veterinary division, are visiting profes sors at M. A. C. this year under the Ameri can- Hungarian Foundation. subject, The M. A. C. Sigma Xi club is an or ganization of M. A. C. professors and in structors who are members of the national Sigma Xi organization. The object of the organization is to promote high ideals of in pure and ap scholarship and research plied science. With that end in view, the club plans to bring distinguished scientists to East Lansing from dress specialties. time to time to ad their the faculty and students on NEW SYSTEM CHECKS STUDENTS' ACTIVITIES system, which The point activity the students voted to adopt at the election held a year ago, will go into effect at the be ginning of spring term. ()f course it will be impossible to hold seniors to this system this year, but from the junior class down it will be effective from the beginning of next term. It is true that with the increase in at tendance there should be a greater avail ability of timber for campus jobs. At other colleges where the point activity system has been attempted it has met with varied suc cess. Some have reverted to the unsuper vised situation within a year, while some It have retained it as a decided success. seems to be a matter which is up to the individual college or university. 15; Under Holcad 15; Holcad the new system no student can carry more than 20 points of activity. T he first schedule of points as released by the student council is as follows: editor, business manager, 15; Wolverine editor, 15; Wol verine business manager, president Union board, 15; president student council, 12; secretary-treasurer of student council, i o; Green Onion editor, 10; Green Onion business manager, 10; Green Onion art editor, 10; captain varsity teams, 10; presi- council, 8; Michigan den Pan-Hellenic Agriculturist editor, 8; member student council, 8; president liberal arts board, 8; junior class president, 8; senior class presi dent, 8; manager athletic teams, 8; var sity squad members, 8; assistants Holcad staff, 7; 7; assistant Wolverine sophomore and freshman class officers, 7; members Union board, 7; members liberal treasurer, 7; arts board, 7; senior class junior class treasurer, 7; secretary-treas urer Pan-Hellenic council, 6; manager of band, 6; assistant manager of athletic teams, 6; freshman squad members, 6; varsity quartette, 6; president, treasurer or secre tary-treasurer of honorary fraternity or society. 5; members of Green Onion staff, 5 ; manager glee club, 5 ; minor sport mem ber. 5; member of Pan-Hellenic, 4; cheer leader, 4; assistant cheer leaders, 3 ; secre tary-treasurer of V. M. C. A., 3. staff, SET 1000 AS MARK FOR FRESHMAN CLASS '17, Earl Chapman, At the largest convocation of the year on March 4, students and faculty heard the plans for a freshman class of 1000 for the fall of 1925. President Hutterfield, Howard Rather, '25, and El- wood Mason. '25, and Director Young, dis cussed the proposal through which the stu dents are to aid in the campaign and all were urged their home high schools during the spring va cation. to get into touch with The M. A. C. Record Page 361 that that President Putterfield stressed the the College must con have sideration quality as well as quantity in the new class and recognized the handicap under which the workers would be with the name re this maining M. A. C, but urged would require harder work. Rather gave instances of the work alumni are doing outside the lines they studied in College and Mason explained the part the students were to play. Posters have been placed in the new library bearing the names of high schools from which the College has not re ceived lists of seniors and space is left for students to indicate that they will provide receipt of the missing names and the list College will get in touch with those leav ing high school and present the advantages the the of curriculum. fall of more than 700 students set a new mark for M. A. C. and it is quite generally be lieved that this increase will again be noted next fall since 1924 was the first year of the new liberal arts course. the extent of last the compilation of a The entering class institution and Following lists. STAFSETH APPOINTED EXCHANGE PROFESSOR Dr. H. j. Stafseth, associate professor of in the diseases bacteriology and specialist of poultry has been appointed the first ex change professor under the American-Hun garian Foundation and will spend a year in study at the University of Budapest. Staf seth will travel three months visiting veterinary colleges. He will leave the College in August. through Europe for Stafseth is a native of Norway and an accomplished linguist. Several years ago he returned to Norway for a period during which he did important work there. '1 nose who receive ballots in the forth coming election of officers of the M. A. C. Association must have paid through May 1, 1925. their dues NEW WEATHER STATION VOTED BY CONGRESS in use at the main entrance in W i th the approval by the U. S. senate of a bill for the erection of a new building for the weather bureau on the Campus, an other landmark well known to several gen erations of students is doomed. T he build to ing now the College grounds may be its present location and remodelled for use by the College or it may be removed. It was erected in 1910. The offices of the weather bureau will be located in a new building which will probably be located near the west entrance to the Campus on the high point now solely occupied by the hospital, for merly the president's residence. left the district and The new building which will house the offices of the equipment necessary for the forecaster and his staff will represent an expenditure of $38,000, part of which will be borne by the state. Dewey A. Seeley, '98. has been in charge of the the station since it was placed on Campus. and interruptions he carried out Although there was no weather bureau service established by the government until 1871, for eight years previous to that a systematic set of data was collected by Dr. the R. C. Kedzie who recorded each day atmospheric precipitation, temperature, pressure, wind velocity, direction humidity and the relative cloudiness. W i th this but few self-imposed task until 1902, the year of his death, reporting his observations to the Smithsonian Institute. F r om the time of his final illness until the new station was opened in 1910 the observations were made by the chemists of the experiment station, '98 and A. J. Patten. Floyd W. Robison, An effort was made in 1883 by President Abbot and Dr. Kedzie to have a branch of the the weather bureau, established at the College for the benefit of the farmers, according to Dr. Peal's history of the College. renamed service, signal since Page $62 The M. A. C. Record BASEBALL SCHEDULE ANNOUNCED Michigan, Wisconsin, Minnesota, Notre Dame, High Lights of List for ip2j Season; Nucleus of Veterans of Team, Pitching Staff Needs New Strength. third second base, Fremont, is starting regular work With the close of the basketball season Coach Kobs for the varsity baseball squad. F r om the 1924 team he will have Captain Richards, out field, Beckley, outfield or first base, M c l n- base, nis, first base, C. Baynes, Ranney, catcher, Wakefield, pitcher, Kebler, second base or catcher, and Hough, infielder. The most important of to be filled from the new squad are those on the pitching staff. There is also the mat ter of outfielders and a shortstop. Kebler can do acceptable work as a relief catcher when Fremont does not play. Wakefield last season was the most dependable pitch er on the squad, in fact he did most of the work. F r om the 1924 freshmen there will be several promising candidates. There were two fairly good outfielders and men who appeared to have the qualifications for varsity material at other positions. the positions Workouts for the candidates, of whom there are more than fifty, has been started in the gymnasium and will be transferred to the stock-judging pavilion as soon as that is available. The 1925 schedule, as approved by the board in control of athletics, follows: Institute at Chicago. April 16—Armour April 17—St. Viator's at Bourbonnais, 111. April 18—Wisconsin at Madison. April 25—Kalamazoo Normal at East Lan sing. April 29—Michigan at Ann Arbor. May 4—St. Mary's College at East Lan sing. May 9—Hope at East Lansing. May 14—Minnesota at East Lansing. May 16—Kalamazoo Normal at Kalama zoo. Mav 20—Michigan at East Lansing. May 23—Notre Dame at South Bend. May 28—St. Viator's at East Lansing. May 30—Butler at East Lansing. June 6—Notre Dame at East Lansing. INDOOR COMPETITION SETS NEW RECORDS In lowered the most eventful the 440 and 880-yard distances. invitational meet four ever held at the College gymnasium, records for the indoor competition at M. A. C. were eclipsed. The Green and White relay quartet of Rupp, Zimmerman, Grim, the existing mark and Alderman for In the former the sprinters covered the four laps of the tracks in 148.3, defeating De and Central Normal troit City college school runners by a generous margin. In the half mile event the same group of run ners made their goal in 1 :q1.2 to outdo the from Kalamaboo Normal. competitors Heath, of Michigan, put the shot 42 feet ujA inches and Doherty, of Detroit, clear ed five feet, 11 3-8 inches in the high jump for the other two records. Entries from most of the state colleger took part in the meet. There were close to 100 athletes listed. Separate squads were entered by the M. A. C. freshmen and var sity. The summary: Shot put—Heath (Michigan) first, 42 ft. 11 1-2 in.( new record) ; Smith (M. A. C. Fresh) second, 40 ft. 1 1-2 in.; Zuber (Detroit) third 39 ft. 9 in.; Herkimer (Ypsi.) fourth, 37 ft. 3 1-4 in. 40-yard dash for M. I. A. A. colleges—Boyd (Ypsi.) first; Peel (Ypsi) second; Goeriz (Hills dale) fourth. Time—• 104.8 sec. third; Marshall (Ypsi.) 40-yard dash open—Alderman (M. A. C.) first; Snarey (Ypsi) second; Sterling (Michigan) third; Altcnherg (W. S. N.) fourth. Time—104.7 sec. Pole vault—Seitz (Detroit) first; Smith (M. A. second; C. Fresh) and Seed (Ypsi) tied for The M. A. C. Record Page 363 Goeriz (Hillsdale) and Huff fourth. Height—11 ft. 6 in. (Michigan) tied for 440-yard relay open—M. A. C. (Zimmerman, Rupp, Grim, Alderman) first Detroit City, second; Central State Normal, third; M. A. C. freshmen, fourth. Time—:48.3. (Record.) 40-yard low hurdles—Voelker, first; Lassar, sec (All of Mich ond ; Hulse, third; Snider, fourth. igan.) Time—:05.2 sec. 40-yard high hurdles—Voelker (Michigan) first; Foster (Ypsi) second; Van Noppen( M. A. C.) third; Snider Time—105.5 sec. (Michigan )fourth. 880-yard relay—M. A. C. Fresh (Humphrey, Miller, Lord, Woods) defeated Central State Nor mal. Time—1 :47.2. One mile relay—M. A. C. (Sheldon, Dorrance, Rarnett, Farley) defeated Central State Normal. Time—4.00.9. Two mile relay—Ypsi (Carpenter, Wetzel, Scott, Wesloski) defeated M. A. C. Fresh. Time— 8:52.9. Two mile relay—Michigan (Lickert, Freeborn, Wagner, Walsh) defeated M. A. C. Time—8.52.3. (Beyer, Two mile relay open—Won by Detroit Hill, Griffiths, Lange.) Time—8:56.8. 300-yard dash—Alderman (M. A. C.) Grim (M. A. C.) second; Ramsay (Detroit) Bean (Michigan) fourth. Time—:35-i- (Detroit) High jump—^Doherty first; Goeriz (Hillsdale) second; Gentile (Detroit) and Kurtz (M. A. C.) tied for third. Height—5 ft. 11 3-8 in. (New carnival record). first; third; 880-yard relay—M. A. C. (Zimmerman, Rupp, Grim, Alderman) defeated Western State Nor mal. Time—1.41.2.( New record.) M A R R I A G ES W H I T M A N - W E L T ON Roscoe H. Whitman, '23, and Thelma Welton, '24, were married December 26, 1924. They are living is a science the high school. Their local address is 1002 Park avenue. Illinois, where Wightman in Galena, instructor in KIDDER-SPRINGER Ralph Kidder, '23, and Neva Springer, '24, in Eaton Rapids on August 27, were married 1924. They are living at 553 S. Main street, Jamestown, New York, and Kidder is managing his father's dairy farm. Announcement OUSTERHOUT-HENSLEY is made of the marriage of '23, and Naomi Hensley, Kenneth Ousterhout, '24, on May 23, 1924. SKIVER-SWANTZ Skiver, Clifford '21, and Clara Elizabeth Swantz of Allegan were married February 5, 1925. They are at home at 834 E. Main street, Lansing. BASKETBALL SQUAD LOSES FINAL GAMES On its trip into Ohio the varsity bas ketball squad lost to both John Carroll and Oberlin, two teams which defeated the M. A. C. five on its journey to their floors in 1924. These were regular games of the season for Coach Kobs' team. The final contest was against the alumni contingent headed by T a r ry K u r tz at the gymnasium, the evening of March 14. two last the (25) FB FT TP rf O B E R L IN rf Sullivan, Tessenvitz, Leahy, If Mentier, If Butler, c Raikula, c Weber, rg Channon, rg McPhee, lg lg ..„ Ballard, Totals M. A. C. (15) If Nuttila, rf McMillan, If Hackett, Robinson, c Frederick, c Mason, rg Richards, rf Marx, lg (30) Totals J O HN CARROL Junosky, rf Sammon, If O'Brien, c Stringer, rg ( C) Toma, lg Sapp, rf Murphy, rg Totals M. A. C. (14) ( C ), rf Nuttila, Mason, If Robinson, c Richards, lg Fredericks, McMillan, Marx, rg Hackett, rf rg rf Totals : 2 0 15 00 o 10 1 02 3 5 0 o 0 0 00 il 00 0 2 00 5 1 1 25 5 10 FB FT TP 2 o 1 2 0 1 0 2 1 0 04 00 02 00 04 24 00 7 16 2 FB FT TP 1 1 4 2 1 1 1 19 3 37 02 1 02 02 5 3. 30 8 11 FB FT TP 2 o 1 1 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 24 13 00 o 2 02 00 1 5 4 14 Page 364 HELP! ! THESE PEOPLE HAVE NO ADDRESSES Anderson, Egnar C, '21. Atzenhoffer, Arthur, '16. Arnold, John J., w'02. Avery, James W., '16. Baldwin, Morris J., '21. Benkert, Edwin R., '19. Bartlett, E. S., w'07. Bidwell, John N., '10. Brown, Harry L-, 07. Brown, Mabel Sherwood, w'16. Caldwell, George L., '15, Hesperian. Caldwell, Mitt, '21, Phi Delta. Chandler, Clara L., w'13. Churchill, Jesse M., '03. Clark, R. Sherman, '20. Colthrop, Floyd C, w'21. Copson, Florence E., '10. Cortright, Ion J., ' i t. Union Lit. Dakin, John B., '23. Davis, Roy, '20. Denning, Henry G., '18. Dressel, E. D., '23. Dunphy, Charles B., w'16. Dyer, George T., w'21. Engels, John L., w'19, Olympic. Erickson, Frances M., '15, Feronian. Fitch, Clifford F., '22, Trimoria. Floten, Donald W., '22, AeTheon. Foster, Carl C, w'16. . Fox, Grace E., '22. '21, Phi Kappa Tau. Franson, Harry E., '19, Aetheon. Frey, Ernest J., '17. (iettel, Arthur J., Goodenough, Walter J., '95, Union Lit. Grant, Katherine Huckins, w'06. Hall, Leonard E., '21, Hesperian. Hallock, Eugene D., '10, Deleta Sigma Phi. Hausherr, Frank E., '17, Delphic. Herkimer, Emily, '23. Hetrick, Russell E., '20, Orphic. Hill, Fred M., '22, Trimoira. Hoag, Chauncy A., '17, Phi Kappa Tau. Hohnke, John H., '22, Phi Kappa Tau. Householder, B. W., '17. Johnson, Mary S., '18, Omicron Nu. Kenny, E. Gerald, '05, Hesperian. '21, .Sesame. Kenney, Leanore, Kling, Ralph B., '20, Trimoira. Knapp, Morris, w'13. Knevels, Ada F., w'17. Kober, Claudice M., '19, Themian. Kurtz, William J., '19. Lawrence, Mina ()., '22, Ero Alphian. Lefler, Martin J'., Livingston, Geo. A., w'19. Lossing, Herbert A., '11. Mahrle, Helen B., '19. Marling, Katherine Langley, '23, Themian. '22, Delphic. The M. A. C. Record '23. Maze, Jacob, M. H., '16. Merriman, Delia M., '21. Morrison, Earl L., '23, Union Lit. Morrow, Earl R., '21, Trimoira. Nelson, Sheril P., w'21. Nerreter, Ferolyn B., '21, Sororian. Neville, Ann L., '20. O'dell, T. B., w'04, Hesperian. Perry, Seymour M., '23. Sass, Harvey M., '18, Trimoira. Saxton, H a r ry R., '20, Phi Kappa Tau. Sayre, Howard R., Shields, Oscar S-, '16. Siefert, William E., '19, Trimoira. Small, Henry F., '23, Trimoira. Smith, Clarence E., Smith, Ethel M., '21, Omicron Nu. Snyder, Rufus W., '22, Delphic. '24, Sororian. Smith, Leah W., Strong, Wilfred, 05. Thomas, Marian C., '19. Trubey, Geo. W., '19, Alpha Psi. T waits, Ford, J. '08. Walkup, Alfred W., W'IO, Aurorian. Washburn, Durward E., '24. Watson, Charles E., '21, Trimoira. Weber, Allen Raymond, '22, Columbian. Weston, Keith A., '21. Wood, Walter A., '12, Athenaeum. Yates, Everett C, '16. '84. C L A SS N O T ES '15 Frances Hilton Lincoln says that her RECORD should go to 1360 Scenic avenue, Apartment A, Berkeley, Calif. The postmaster at Newark, New Jersey, says to Elkhart, the Metal Forming that Charles H. Hatch has moved Indiana., where he corporation. is with '16 Ruth E. Wagner is at the St. Luke's hospital in Cleveland, Ohio. T. L. Jackson is working on bridge and grade separation railroad company at Detroit. He lives at 311 W. Breck- enridge, FY>mdale. the Michigan Central for '24 Mr. and Mrs. B. Lauren Hewett of Kalamazoo announce the birth on February 2 of a son, Ber tram Lauren, 3rd. Mrs. Hewett was formerly Mildred Kinney of East Lansing. Ted Prank requests his RECORD sent to 99 Brattle street, Box 35, Cambridge, Massachusetts. Wilma Stevenson is a dietitian in the Decatur Macon county Hospital at Decatur, Illinois. She writes: "Heard the military ball over a radio at the T. R. Sanitarium the music broadcasted from The M. A. C. Record Page 365 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. m ^ Page 366 The M. A. C. Record Friday night, and will probably wear out radio from now on tainly sounded good." the for more. Cer listening Merle Freeman reports that her work in Beth lehem, Pennsylvania, as a home economics work er is very interesting. Miss Freeman expects to be in New York city sometime this month. Don Godfrey reports that " T HE RECORD is as It is a pleasure welcome as the flowers in May. WALDO ROHNERT, '89 Wholesale Seed Grower, Gilroy, California GOODELL, ZELIN C. (M. A. C. 'llF) Insurance and Bonds 208-211 Capital National Bk. Bldg. — THE — Grand Rapids Savings Bank Grand Rapids, Michigan "The Bank Where You Feel at Home" M. A. C. People Given a Glad Hand Charles \V. 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 read about the activities which are to taking place on the campus even if it is so that I am unable the doings." Godfrey is with the Consumers Power company at Mesick, Michigan. to attend any of Frances Angela is at her home in Chicago, 6555 Lakewood avenue. Harold B. Huntley is an engineer for the Lan sing Board of Water and Electric Light com lives at 530 S. Capitol avenue. missioners. He Don Uebele is with the Libby, McNeill & Libby company at Pinconning, Michigan. Milford A. Tyrell is manager of a real estate office which his father has opened at 618 First National bank building, Detroit, under the name the Real Estate Information Bureau. They of will conduct business. a general Tyrrell lives at 3444 Second boulevard. estate real James Baynes is with the State Highway de partment, and is living at home in Birmingham. for Grover Kurtz teaching at the School the Deaf is in Flint. Helen Buckley Pollock is living at 220 E. Belleplaine avenue, Park Ridge, Illinois. '27 Mr. -and Mrs. Robert Teel announce the birth of a daughter on February 20. Mrs. Teel was Velma Hill, w'27. All Together, Now!!! 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