Record Published by and for the Alumni and former Students of the Michigan State College. -CastLansinp. ENTERED AT THE EAST LANSING POSTOFFICE AS SECOND CLASS MATTER. VOLUME xxxi N o v e m b er 2 3 , 1 9 25 NUMBER 10 Page 154 The M. S. C. Record £ jn 1111111! 1111111111111111111111111111111111111 in 1111111111111 iri 1111111111111111111111111111111 ri in 111111111111111 n i T n nn 1 i ii 1 THE M. S. C. RECORD Established 1896 1 j Published s M. S. C. Association. for the alumni and former students of the Michigan State College by the i§ = Published weekly during the college year and monthly during July, August and Septem- §| ber; thirty-five issues annually. Membership per year. in the M. S. C. Association, including subscription to T HE RECORD, $2.50 Unless members request a discontinuance before expiration of it will be assumed a renewal is desired. Checks, drafts and money orders should be made payable to the M. S. C. Association. Entered as second class matter at the post office at East Lansing, Mich. |§ §§ |§ their memberships M H §§ || j R O B E RT J. MCCARTHY, '14, Editor. THE M. S. C. ASSOCIATION Union Memorial Building O F F I C E R S — 1 9 2 5 - 26 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 H e n ry T. Ross, '04, Milford, Mich., T e rm expires 1928 Clifford W. McKibbin, '11, East Lansing, T e rm 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 ttnless 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, WIS. WASHINGTON, D. C j §f gj j§ M g 1 1 s m ^ 1 1 f§ §§ | W 1 §f §§ g H M H W I I W 1 1 H 1 = § m § I H § § P 1 g j § P m '••'-'; ' NEW YORK CITY WESTERN NEW YORK 1 s NORTHERN OHIO WESTERN PENNSYLVANIA s ^WIIIIIIllilllllllllllffUllllllfltl1l]IltfPIIIIIIIIJtllllllilillltfii:ifliltl!lllil;l'l:l IH-1111=1-11111111-11114.I-111-111 l-l-l 11111111'l.l 11 t-l-l-l I I.I.I l>l:l I l-l 11-1 i 1111=11111.| I l-l-lil l.l-l I |:|.l I.^P m THE M. S. C. RECORD Vol. X X X I. No. 10 EAST LANSING, MICHIGAN November 23, 1925 UNION MEMORIAL LACKS MANY FACILITIES Use of Building Shows Inadequacy of Space N&W Available and Definite Need for Much Equipment and Furniture; Development Until Funds Several Projects Await .Ire Provided. N Because the Union Memorial building is in use its deficiencies are much more ap parent than they could be from a survey of the structure standing on the Campus with out its crowd of students making demands upon its facilities which it is now unable to meet. Since it was opened for student use this fall there has developed a mounting list of necessities which must be provided from funds other than those designated for construction and equipment purposes. The first woman graduate, Mrs. Eva Coryell McBain, the needs and to supply it, there are dozens has offered of others which present opportunities for classes or sectional groups to leave memor ials in the building and many small items which will give the donor the satisfaction of supplying something which will used constantly. '79, noted one of to rooms is small Among the facilities for which there is for the greatest demand group meetings. This is taken care of at present in a more or less satisfactory man ner, at least for a certain number of the organizations, by assigning them large rooms. As a usual thing committees and small groups want some privacy surround ing their meetings and this is not always possible. T he woman's lobby on the first furnished. floor should be completed and It could serve a variety of purposes, a small dining floor would be constantly used, were it in shape and equipped properly. There is a need for small tables for the lobby which would be used for chess, checkers or cards. A tourn- anient for chess and the pieces are being checker players and the Union until loaned by a member of this to purchase is enough revenue there is being organized the second room on It is a compara equipment for the Union. tively small matter but one for which there are now no funds, nor is there likely to be any except from new sources. accommodating In the matter of hotel rooms a more am bitious undertaking faces the committee in charge of completing the building. It will requires about $25,000 to put into use two floors of rooms, twenty people under normal conditions but which can be used for a large number wrhen oc It is considered possible, casion demands. the installation of By the committee, that invest these mav be brought about on an ment basis and a plan of procedure to ac complish this will be announced as soon as it is in final form. that several alumni Before the building was put into use it was forecast by it would prove much too large for the present, enrollment but the opposite has proved true thus far. It is probable that the end of the vear will show definitely that additions, at least in the amount of space available in the building, must be made as soon as it is practicable. On several occasions there has been evident a need for a larger ball room and on almost any day there is defi nite proof that the supply of small rooms is inadequate by a marked amount. The building still lacks there are no chairs available the amount of furniture necessary to conduct it properly. Dining room tables have been constructed, at least those for banquets have been built, the but It will require building for this purpose. a considerable this to provide investment equipment. T he lobby is only partially fur- nished and the matter of drapes and cur- is still one for consideration when ta:'ns funds are available. in Page 156 The M. S. C. Record to Through the desire of M r s. McBain "express her love for M. S. C. and possibly to provoke good works in others" the build ing has been given the drinking water fountains it has needed since it was opened, there are many other items of a similar de gree of necessity and desirability which could be provided with the same objects in mind. The usefulness of the building de pends largely upon the equipment for sup plying the demands made a structure by those who use it constantly. As a memorial of utility it should be pro vided with facilities to keep its service at the maximum. upon such Alumni Opinion i .- - • • - Editor of T u r: RKCORD: of the I am sending the report of yesterday's game with U. of \Y. as considered by the state. This leading newspaper article was written by a Wisconsin alumnus and I believe it is a real tribute to our men. I saw the game from the Wisconsin alumni section and heard many times an expressed fear of defeat and many times warm tri bute to the play of State's team. T he play on which we made the touch down was so perfectly executed that every the runner could man got his man and apparently have walked five yards. the needed It is evident that we have a powerful team and sound coaching system. All that is needed is that we continue playing this brand of football and victories in coming seasons Avill take care of themselves. L. F. K E E X E Y, '22 The following is taken from the story in to which Keeley the Milwaukee Journal, refers : They may talk of their green wave from Dartmouth but there was another here Saturday from Michigan State that was far It had such proportions, in from a ripple. the Badgers swimming that fact, it kept lustily all afternoon above water. to keep their heads There was nothing about the Michigan that State team here Saturday to indicate it early Lake Forest college had defeated the fact in the season. As a matter of green looked every bit as good as Ames, if not better, and Ames, you know, stands pretty high right now in the Missouri Valley conference. invaders W i th a neat passing attack and with Smith's great kicking toe, State harassed the Badgers all afternoon and threw them with their backs to their own goal on more than one occasion. Wisconsin, however, played its best game of the season, best in the sense tackling and the blocking, co-ordination was better than at any other time this year. that Crofoot running. The game drew less than 10,000 although this was Dads dav, but it rewarded these faithful. Do vie H armon and Pat Mac An drews, in fact the entire regular Wisconsin backfield broke loose with dazzling bits of open field returned punts splendidly and Burrus played a fine defensive game. Nor did State hesitate to contribute its share of good football with the versatile Smith running, passing and kicking, with Van Buren plunging over center off tackle. All and all, it was far from being In a soft spot on Wisconsin's schedule. fact it provided as many thrills as any other game at Camp Randall this year, save per haps, the first two minutes of the Michi gan debacle. and with McCosh slipping LINTON, 16, TELLS OF ALUMNI MEETINGS Robert S. Linton, '16, assistant professor of education, visited most of the sectional meetings of the Michigan State Teachers' the alumni took part association and gatherings at the various places. He writes the following account: in Three hundred stu dents of M. S. C. ate together, talked to gether, yelled together, sang together, and thirty-five former The M. S. C. Record Page 157 thought of Alma M a t er together, at the re cent M. S. C. reunions and banquets held the Michigan State in connection with Teachers' association meetings during the first week of and last of October November. the largest Jackson walked away with the honors of having the tournout, ninety-three being present; Big Rapids was next with sixty-six; then Grand Rapids with fifty- seven; Saginaw with fifty-six; Detroit with thirty-eight; Houghton with eighteen and and Cheboygan with Cheboygan of course did not have the num bers of alumni that were to draw eligible in the other districts, and did very well indeed, considering per Cent of total numbers. seven. Houghton from at to and these reunions Members of classes from '70 to '25 wyere present happy reminiscences were indulged in. President the Butterfield sent a message to each of meetings urging alumni take a more active interest in the affairs of the institu tion. T he talks given and the opinions ex pressed by the alumni showed a keen de sire to keep in touch with wdiat is being done at and for the College and it is cer tain that these meetings wall grow, and that the start made this year will lay the founda tion for greater unity in thought and action from the ever increasing alumni body. The local chairman are to be congratu lated on the results of their effort in man aging these affairs as are also those mem bers who assisted in the arrangements. All are planning on bigger, better meetings for next year. As mentioned in an earlier is sue the chairmen w e r e: C. E. Johnson, De troit; A. B, Dove, Saginaw; G. A. San- ford and Roy Decker, J a c k s o n; H u gh Lynch, Mrs. John P. Otte, and M r s. Ray mond W. Starr, Grand R a p i d s; Benjamin Bosink, Big R a p i d s; L. B. K a r r, Cheboy gan ; H u go Swanson, Houghton. Members of the heard Dr. American Chemical Boldyreff of Battle Creek on the evening of November 9 and dined at the Union. the College section of society N E C R O L O GY BEXL,E; C. CROWE; Belle C. Crowe, from 1899 to 1902 in structor in domestic science at the College, died at the Madison ( W i s .) General hospi tal on October 19 after a long illness. She left M. A. C. in 1902 to become matron of Chadbourne hall at the University of W i s- con and becoming the con struction and handling of apartment houses left the university to follow that work. She leading business is characterized woman of the city and was active in all civic enterprises as well as taking a promi nent part in club and social welfare work. interested the as in She in Brooklyn, N. Y. Miss Crowe was born in T r u r o, Nova in Scotia and attended Dalhousee college latter attended P r a tt that province. following Institute the position she held which she accepted at the College for three years. Noting the need for living accommodations in Madi it and was suc son she set about cessful the throughout her ventures. first apartment house she built many noted people have been residents, according to a Madison newspaper. to fill In In her will Miss Crowe left for institutions educational Dalhousee college, the T r u ro or the Col chester hospital the University of Wisconsin are included in the list of beneficiaries. in Nova Scotia, and funds to fellowships. Miss Crowe was well known at the Col lege for her initiative and the energy with which she conducted the duties of her posi tion. M A R R I A G ES CHADDOCK-NORRIS Gapt. Frank Chaddock, w'17 and Esther Norris of Lawton, Oklahoma were married on Novem ber 12. Chaddock is stationed at Ottawa, Kan. MELLENCAMP-BENNETT Burton C. Mellencamp, nett of Boyne City were married on October 21. '22, and Gladys Ben that city in Page 158 The M. S. C. Record VIEWS AND COMMENT joined Another football season has the In a short period of ranks of history. the eight weeks the most lasting marks of year are made by a comparatively small group of men, although many may parti these. With cipate in the preparation of hut the fear of becoming tedious through repetition but discounting that in favor of bearing down upon an important point we refer again football schedule for the College will never be sat isfactory until arrangements are made to bring a suitable some sort of rival recognition into the competition late in the season. the fact that the for to in the to be true Quite frankly is not a rival in the sense it is not within the range • if possibilities that the Michigan game may least . this be changed to a later date, at would appear light of Ordinary reasoning; quite frankly as well Michigan that an institution with an enrollment compar- ahle to that of the College could be. It i$ the case of the bulldog taking on the lion in regular combat; he may gather in a mouthful occasionally but the lion is almost certain the lunch. the greater share of to have list from From that There may or may not be a solution to the evidence at hand the problem. the Michigan game it would seem might well be dropped in the favor of some other contest which might develop along a more, even level. The fact that consistently university wins should be no deterrent to the development it is. of The fact to that win does not mitigate the circumstances which always disorganize the varsity after the siege on Ferry field. the Green and White team, but it consistently deserves the As -Tmc RivCORD has stated on many pre vious occasions the varsity football sched ule is lop-sided, contests after the Michigan game are in the nature of anti-climaxes, a situation which is decidedly unfair the squad. to in making up a program for the year the coaches have many things to consider. The big game at Ann Arbor has many features which make it almost indispensable and it it un lias as many features which make desirable, the stronger consideration for the good of the squad should decide the matter. If into such a hard game to which is attached so much importance so early in the season that game should be discontinued. it is wrong to send the team in lies they their chief value landmarks remain upon the Cam Two pus while their age and not the extent of their utility. We refer specifically to the former residence of L. 1\. Taft and to the basement of old Col lege hall. The former is in use as a prac tice house for co-eds while the latter has been used as a garage for military equip ment since the war. Both have passed the the are stage where beauty of the Campus. The Taft house blocks' the southwest corner of the Union Memorial building, the basement of Col lege hall is an ugly ruin in a place •where the dignity and beauty of grounds It has been decided should be emphasized. the decision to remove both of takes It has not been followed by action. time to bring about improvements of this sort but they should not be too long delayed for the best interests of the institution. them but additions the to the series One factor in favor of the continuation that team of is that of finances but might be offset by the playing of a which could go through two or more con ditioning and co-ordinating contests before it met the strongest opposition of the year. Thomas Gunson, well known to alumni for more than thirty years, is spending a few days in Sparrow hospital, Lansing, where he was taken for two operations, the first of which was successful according to the most reliable reports. The M. S. C. Record Page 159 "Close Beside The Winding Cedar" This year's military ball, the social event of the year for those with warlike aspira tions, will be held in the new armory of the 119th field artillery in Lansing on Jan uary 29. Sponsors for the various military units were installed at an impressive ceremony in the gymnasium on November 20. All mem bers of the cadet corps attended the event in uniform. The Union orchestra will probably con tinue to broadcast over W K AR each F r i day night. Early success has attended the effort of this organization and it promises to be one of the best the College has had. B. A. Walpole, assistant professor of education at the College, has been elected the National Association vice-president of for the Promotion of Agricultural Educa tion, and in the normal course of events will succeed to the presidency in 1926. E. E. Hotchin, '12, reports seeing the fol lowing at the Wisconsin g a m e: Sam H a r t t, "15; Ray Small. ' 0 8; F. F. .Burroughs, '09; Elliot Fran>on. 'IQ; Jack Schwei, '21 ; F r ed '22; R. E. Brightup, , ' JI ; R. 0. Wilcox, I I. C. Knudson, Rather, '16; Ray Turner, '17, and Larry Archer, '09; '20. It is announced that outstanding speakers have been secured to address the students during the Christian conclave to be held at the College March 5, 6 and 7. This scries of meetings is conducted by the student re ligious council. T he the 1926 sessions is ''Education and Responsibility". theme for Agricultural late head of the state, most teachers of of them alumni of the College, are prepar in honor of Walter H. ing a memorial the department of French, agricultural education and who was the the present system of leading pioneers of agricultural It has not been announced by the leaders in the movement the memorial will take. teaching in the state. just what form More than 800 students and faculty mem bers who heard Justice Clarke talk on the world court idea signed petitions urging that the plan be approved by congress at its forthcoming session w h e n 'a resolution favoring it is introduced. in the senate. Dr. H. L. Morency, a graduate of N o t re Dame university, who has been doing grad uate work at Colorado agricultural college, the has been appointed veterinary division to fill the place in phy siology and pharmacology left vacant while Dr. (). A. Taylor, sence. '15, is on leave of ab to the faculty of One feature of the sales of student di this year have been dis rectories, which pensed from the main desk of the Union, is that the proverbial curiosity of women is the another exploded theory. But few of fair sex part with the necessary dime in order to check up 011 names and addresses while there is a constant demand among the men. This year's book is the largest pub lished thus far. Snow for several days and nights in the first week of November put a stop to the promise of an Indian summer and clothed the Campus in the glory peculiar to it in the winter season. T h e re is no more ef fective decoration for the evergreens with which the College grounds have been beau tified, than soft, clinging snow padding each twig and b r a n c h; white daubed on a dark green background with the stroke of a mas ter artist. to In addition the College radiophone station W K AR a new station has been set up for sending out telegraphic messages. Licensed amateurs among the students have fofmed an organization to handle the sta tion and offer to send messages for any stu dent or member of the College staff. T he new equipment operates on 250 watts with a wave length of 40 meters and is sched uled to be in service every evening from 9 to 12 o'clock. Page 160 The M. S. C. Record FACTORS IN A FOOTBALL SEASON Alumni Call Attention On Manner to Changed Status In IVhich Record Must Praise 1923 Record Meritory of Game and Quote Sports Be Judged; Benner, for Squad and Coaches. '12, Finds Authority With the close of a football season, there is always a wave of sentiment in praise of the coaching staff and the squad or con demning it unreservedly. T he past season has brought the customary crop. On suc cessive days letters came to T HE RECORD recent article by Grantland enclosing a in Rice, nationally known sports writer, football whicn he discusses the lot of the coach. L,. O. Benner. '12, writes: Editor of TiiE RECORD: Attached you will find a clipping from by Grantland Rice) (the the article November 17 issue of the Detroit Free Press which T believe is worth re-printing in T HE RECORD. F r om a lot of agitation which we have all heard. I think there are a good many alumni who can benefit by reading what a real football authority has to say about a successful season. and have In spite of tbe reverses which our team has met this year. 1 still think that we may well be proud of them. They have had a some tough schedule mighty good football, and think they and their coaches are deserving a lot of credit. this article by Grantland Rice, or at least such portion of it as the ME. S. C. alumni can take to heart. I hope you will see tit to publish played Yours sincerely, L. O. B E N N E R, '12 the N. O. Weil. '17, writes briefly from New York city calling attention to same article and suggesting that it might well be printed. It is impossible to reprint the en are pertinent tire article but given herewith with recognition of the fact that the material is copyrighted by the New York Tribune. excerpts If Pittsburgh goes against New York or Cincinnati in a four-game series and bags three out of the four Pittsburgh is given credit for the showing. If Pittsburgh wins two out of the four the series is not supposed to be a total loss. A pennant winning team will not average much better than two out of three for a mark of .667. Possibly not that well. Football has now reached that stage. No team having a hard schedule can be expected to win all its games. Many alumni their teams to have hard schedules and then win every game. today want It can't be done—except in rare in stances. But just as no baseball team can be expected to win every game, the same is now true of football, and the sooner there this fact will be a return to sanity and to fewer tears and moans and outbreaks on the part of many students and more old grads. the sooner is realized An understanding of this sort may help to tame down .some of the rabid members allied with football hopes and ambitions and championships. We have maintained for many years that football fans, old grads, etc., are the most biased, the most prejudiced and the most unfair of all who follow sport. They become victims of the wildest brand of hallucinations, where they can see as a rule only a long one narrow track line. Judgment, reason and fairness are Usually the last things they ever con sider. They are unfair to their own teams, tootball to their coaches and to every writer. The M. S. C. Record Page 161 just why as fine a game as football should produce this breed of non-com batant critic is another affair. But it does. There are few fair-minded football followers. Very few. FOOTBALL LETTERS GIVEN TO FIFTEEN it third letter, time. T he the past season. their the remainder list Director Young has announced the foot Fifteen ball awards for F o ur men will receive the coveted " S '\ their three have made receives for second and the follows. T h i rd first year m e n: D. R. Haskins, S a g i n a w; Paul Hackett, S a g i n a w; Roy Spiekerman, Sagi n a w; Richard Lyman, East Lansing. Sec ond year m e n; Martin Rummel, S a g i n a w; Alfred Vogel, Evanston, 111.; John Garver, Caro. First year m e n: Paul Smith, Sagi naw ; Bonn Grim, S t u r g i s; Kenneth Drew, A d r i a n; Leslie Fouts, South H a v e n; James McCosh, Detroit; E a rl V an Buren, Jack son ; Rudolph Boehringer, Bay City and W a rd Ross, P o rt H u r o n. Of the above, five have played their last football for Michigan State, namely, H a s kins, Spiekerman, Hackett, Lyman, and Vogel. ASSOCIATION PLANS FOR FOOTBALL FEED to give them an opportunity To honor the men who have made good in prep school football during the past sea son and to meet one another and visit the College, the Central Michigan M. S. C. association will stage a banquet in the Union building on Saturday, December 12. is expected that about 600 will attend, half of whom will be high school football men. It A feature of the event will be the ad dress by Major J o hn Griffiths, conference commissioner of athletics. Those in charge of arrangements for the '15, president affair are T. H. Broughton, of the association; E. A. Johnson, w ' 1 8; G. O. Stewart, ' 1 7; E. E. Hotchin, ' 1 1; G. E. Julian, '15, and W. S. Beden, '16. the gymnasium. This year, with In former years this event has been held m the in the new Memorial conveniences offered building, the banquet should be a greater success than ever before. T h at these an nual banquets are not only enjoyable af fairs, but fruitfull as well, has been demon strated in the number of high school stu dents who come to the college after attend ing one of these banquets. throughout Several special features are planned for the evening to acquaint the students with the College and the Union Memorial build It is customary to have a varied pro ing. gram first the evening as well as a for the state class meal. Alumni have co-operated in the past to the extent of furnishing transportation for the mem bers of the squads in their own towns and many of them have attended the banquet. the Central is sponsored by Although Michigan association, admission is not re stricted to those living in the territory of that organization. It is expected that this year's event will eclipse in size and impor tance that of previous years. it EXTENSIVE ADDITIONS TO STAGE EQUIPMENT The Little Theatre in the H o me Econo mics building is being remodelled to facili tate the handling of plays. A huge cyclor- ama of silk is being installed to serve as a back ground when the full stage is employ ed. Double deck dressing rooms are also being built, to replace the single ones which have been there in the past. New lighting effects have been worked out and are being installed. It is in this theatre that the productions of the college dramatics classes and Theto Alpha Phi, national honorary dramatics fraternity, are staged, as well as many re citals, conferences and other events requir ing an auditorium. Page 162 The M. S. C. Record BASKETBALL SQUAD BEGINS WORKOUTS NEW UNION ORCHESTRA BEING WELL RECEIVED several weeks, Although basketball practice sessions has the direction of Coach been held under Kobs real workouts for have been delayed until the past week. T he football reporting of candidates from squad has almost doubled the list of candi dates. the from three team. letter men remain But last Paul Hackett, Saginaw, a year's forward; C. Frederick. Saginaw, a guard, and H. B, M a r x. Monroe, guard. Hackett will captain the coming the team during season. Most promising of all is the list of men who are making their first bid for varsity positions. Foremost among these is Leroy in high Russo, Jackson, a guard. While school Russo made the all-American prep school team and is rated 2ts OIK- of the best basketball players to come up from high school ranks in vears. He is a sophomore. in court prom Almost equalling KUSMJ inence are the Jagnow brothers, also of Jackson and former teammates of Russo. Rov plays forward and George center. last year's ( nher men coming up from fresh squad who are expected to make a strong bid for positions include Farleman, East Landing, a f o r w a r d; Kenneth Drew, Adrian, a g u a r d; Hood, Ionia, a f o r w a r d; Ross, Port Huron, center; Lewis, Owosso, center; Fonts, South Haven, f o r w a r d; McCosh, Detroit, guard, and Van Buren, Jackson, guard. E. Eckert, Grand Rapids, a varsity foot ball man, is trying out for the team. While in high school at Grand Rapids Union Eckert played on the state championship team. It is expected that the detailed basketball schedule will be announced in a short time. the past, all home games will be As radio broadcast over W'KAR, station. the college in In an effort to establish more continuity in the way of dance music for Union activi ties ,the Union has created its own orches tra. Alumni who were here at Homecom ing will remember the trouble at the time with the orchestra problem. This was but an example of the Union has had to face all fall. thee problem which The newly organized Union orchestra, consisting of eight pieces, will function pri marily for Union purposes, but its program will be filled with other campus and out side engagements, assuring steady work for the musicians in the band. U n d er the di rection of Carl Cross, the orchestra has already filled several engage fall ments. The first was the sophomore term party. ( )ther jobs they have satisfac torily tilled are Union parties, the sponsor installation party in the gymnasium and the Faculty club party. All have expressed the greatest satisfaction over the new organi zation. '28.I, Haslett, Management of the Union orchestra will be under the direction of the Union music committee, consisting of two juniors and one sophomore. The chair man of this committee acts as manager of all bookings being made the orchestra, through tlie main office of the Union. two seniors, The management is making an effort to prepare a holiday tour for the Union musi It is hoped that several of the larg cians. the er cities within a reasonable radius of college can be visited at this time. Bay C i ty and Midland have already been tenta tively arranged. Every Friday night, or rather Saturday morning the Union orchestra broadcasts a dance program over W K A R, between the hours of 12:30 and 2:00 a. m. The wave length is 285 1-2 meters. The M. S. C. Record Page 163 CROSS COUNTRY TEAM DEFEATS MARQUETTE After suffering several setbacks, includ ing Michigan and Notre Dame, the college cross country team defeated Marquette at Milwaukee, 24-31. Last year Marquette was defeated on the State college course. Only two Marquette men finished before Shimek, the trailers on the State in rated as one of the middle west, five mile course just ahead of Severance of State, third. Murphv Thomas. Banks, Rush, H a r p er and Van Armen finished in the order named behind Murphy. the best distance men of Marquette finishing finished team. the While this race was being run in Mil waukee, the State college reserves won sec invitational ond place in the M. I. A. A. meet hid at the College, Ypsilanti finishing first. Potter of Ypsilanti broke the stand ing college time for 26:26. T he old record was made a year ago by H a r p er of Michigan State, time 27:28. the course, record UNION TO ENTERTAIN HIGH SCHOOL STUDETS the state with To acquaint the high school students of the Union this vicinity of its activities and Memorial building and the Union will stage on Open purposes, their entertainment House and dance for on the evening of Saturday, November 28. F or some time past it has been the desire of the management of the Union to make such an event possible but because use of the building has been taken up so complete ly by the student body, the opportunity of extending invitation has to be taken during the Thanksgiving vaca tion. this prep school Letters have been sent out schools within about a thirty-mile urging the students to all high radius, to take advantage of as chance to avail themselves of the build ing and its facilities for an entire evening. to join and Alumni who can possibly be present are also asked the role of hosts take to the prep school visitors. A dance will be staged in the ballroom with music by the new Michigan State Union orchestra, to couples a nominal charge being made dancing to help defray the expenses of the musci. MOUNT GERMAN GUN NEAR OLD ARMORY One of the German guns secured by the the war department has been state from given to the College and mounted tempo rarily west of the armory near the flag pole on the parade grounds. It is a field howit zer comparable in calibre to the 155 milli meter guns used by army Its range is estimated at during the war. about six miles. this It piece was used in the defense of the Meuse- Argonne sector and was captured that area by U. S. troops. the American is reported that in that the new armory when It is planned that the gun will be placed near is com pleted but it will remain in its present lo cation until then. After it was received at the College the gun was carefully cleaned and painted to preserve it against rust. It is an object of considerable interest espe cially to military students and visitors to the Campus. AREA NEAR ENTRANCE BEING IMPROVED Since the new entrance to the Campus improve was installed the need for further ments around the site formerly occupied by the bookstore and alumni office has been more apparent. W i th the removal of the street car loop from the grounds this area has been further torn up. To complete the plans for beautifying the area it has been necessary to remove the old roadways and fill in parts of that locality. This work has been going on during the fall and the sec- Page 164 The M. S. C. Record tions should be in shape for planting by spring. One of the east the projected improvements to the Campus is a cinder walk running from Grand River avenue to the Beal botanical gardens. A cinder walk has been partially constructed along the arboretum and some grading has been done there. W h en in that section is it will harmonize well with the completed rest of the Campus and will add to the im- pressiveness of the entrance point which has always been more or less of an eyesore, especially in wet weather. the work side of at a FRESHMAN FOOTBALL SQUAD PLAYS GAME formations of the plays and Freshman football players whose activi ties up to November 14 were confined en tirely to opposing the varsity and demon the strating opposition took their place on the program on November [8 when two teams selected from the squad played a regulation game in the stadium for class honors. Fumbles marked the game which was played under adverse weather conditions and the Blues finally emerged victorious by 24 to o. Both teams exhibited strong line play and both the winners had had good backfields but the advantage of better punting. Overhead contest, football was a feature the both sides using passes. Zeller the for Blues intercepted a pass in the third quar ter and went thirty yards for a touchdown. One of the most unusual plays in football was shown by H a un of the Blues who took the ball from Danzinger as the latter at tempted an end run and made thirty yards for the goal. H a un also added another fea ture to the game in the second period when he picked up a Green ran eighty yards for a touchdown. fumble and of The teams had not been organized dur ing the season but were made up from the squad and had little opportunity for train In spite of this fact ing in co-ordination. the men worked well together and played commendable football, showing the common been trained as units. faults to those squads which have not restricts During the past three years no attempt has been made to schedule outside games for the freshmen. Director Young believes in the plan followed by Conference mem bers which to freshman their own fields. T he effort of the coaches fundamentals of is to teach the freshmen college football and give them their prac tice in scrimmage again To form a team each fall means sacrificing the school necessary instruction which high players need before their places in college ranks. the varsity. they can squads take Tlie lineups : G R E EN ". Barratt Felt Moeller McGirr Kanitz Arnold Shultz Deacon J. Bothwell Tuttle Douviile Danzinger Blue Green L.E ~L.T..................... L. G C... R.G ...R.T... R.E Q.B L.H R.H F.B BLUE Anderson Joachim Hitchings (C) Smith ., Haun, Hornbeck Richter Dickenson Zeller Bevier 12—24 0— 0 Sub stitutions: Eldred for Bevier, Wills for Zeller, Eggert for Deacon, Her- for mel for Hitchings, Crabill for Barratt, Rath for for Hornbeck, Archer Eldred, Stechman for Haun, Fulton for Arn Dickenson, Warren old, Webber Shultz, Schaar for Douville, Ehinger for Joachin. Touchdowns: Haun 2, Zeller,. Richter. for Richter, Wareham for Kanitz, Fisher 12 0 o 0 0 0 (C) ....: for .;.. Excavating for the new Union building at the University of Wisconsin will be done by the students working by classes, ac cording to word brought back from Madi son by those who attended the Wisconsin game. This is the first attempt on the part of another institution to duplicate the feat of students at the College who in 1923 did all of the excavating for the Union Memo rial building, the first recorded instance of indication its kind. that other colleges similar events to start their new buildings, many of which are ready for the first stages of construction. are planning is also some There The M. S. C. Record Page 165 yv^rt^v^^v^rt/v•^vv^^.vv^Av^v^v•^^vvVl^A^^^^^v^v^%v^A1 ,w^^^^nA^^uy Why is An Alumnus? It might be more to the point to ask, where do these theorists get the idea that in the life of an individual there is such a factor as college spirit. learning. An Alumnus is a person (either masculine or feminine, according to the most recent interpretation) who has received a degree from an institution of higher It may be one of the various academic appendages conferred by the faculty or it may be an" in dividual appellation presented by his classmates before t he College In made up its mind t h at he was eligible for the regulation honor. any case .An Alumnus the is one who has extracted something from atmosphere of a college which is not absorbed by the one who merely lives in a college town. One entitled to this distinction has qualifica tions other than those necessary to win the approval of the faculty and outstanding among these is college spirit. This prolongs the argument, for college spirit is a much abused term. The true nature of the ailment has never been definitely de cided, it is an infection which causes the heart to palpitate, an ir resistible force which brings the victim to his feet when Alma Mater is played or sung, a chronic inflammation which had its inception when the alumnus was yet an undergrad and walked across the Campus on a bright spring day or waded through the snowdrifts after a J a n u a ry storm. More than this it exerts a mysterious influence which in later years draws the important events of college days into focus, sorting out individuals and occasions but blending the whole into a tapestry It constitutes—and draws to itself woven from fondest memories. strength—the bonds which draw the graduate to his alma mater. There are some three thousand of these peculiar individuals who read The M. S. C. RECORD thirty-five times each year and the cost to them twelve months, which they are also given the privileges accorded members of the M. S. C. is but $2.50 each for Association. Of course the office of this publication is on the Cam pus at East Lansing. (Reprinted from the 1925 Wolverine). WVWWVJ Page 166 The M. S. C. Record MILWAUKEE ASS'N ELECTS NEW OFFICERS William A. Schulgen, '26, Traverse City, the college has been elected president of band for this year. in the Republican hotel T he Milwaukee M. S. C. association met that city on in Friday. November 13 and organized for the coming year. H. L. Smith was elected president and Mrs. Iya Wilson Chamber lain secretary. Those in attendance w e r e: F. A. Archer, '16; H. S. Katy, ' 0 1; C. Ross Garvey, '12; A. D. Carlson. ' 2 1; L. P. Keeley, ' 2 2; H. L. Smith, ' 1 4; R. A. Koppana, ' 2 3; W. L. Davidson, '13, and M A. P a r r, '14. Earle E. Hotchin. '12. stopped off at Milwaukee for the event, being bound for the State game at Madison. He was joined by P a r r, Garvev and Davidson. the basketball About fifteen games have been arranged for team beginning with Olivet at East Lansing on December 8 and concluding with Kalamazoo Normal at East Lansing on February 26. It is pos sible that several more dates will be added before the schedule will probably be limited to sixteen games. starts, although season the of the In this issue there is printed a discussion of the past season giving the viewpoints of alumni who watched the situation closely. The opinion of a noted writer on football coaching is also included at the request of two alumni. Developments past three years have been progressive. T he de partment of physical education has been organized on a sound basis, functions smoothly and brings the most desirable re the sults. According football season has been a decided success. im There provement but the ideal can be brought about depends upon involved. the co-operation of all interests for the speed with which is always an opportunity to Rice's reasoning it C L A SS N O T ES '01 Horace T. Thomas has moved from Lansing to 1921 E. Lloyd street, Pensecola, Fla. . '14 Ruth Turner now lives at 2>T/ Tuxedo avenue, Highland Park. Don Francisco, recently recovered from small pox, describes his experience. the it seems Theni comes for this "'You start off with chills and then a fever of several days' duration that runs your temperature 'sleeping with ants' up to 104. Next comes the for stage when every pore on your body cries 'shelling a good scratching. stage' which to is less unpleasant suggest progress. But about time your whole face feels as though it was covered with boils. Your nose doubles in size over night. A couple of the beastly things appear on your eye ball just as. you thought you were going to be able to do a little reading. Like grass after a warm spring rain they spring up by the thousands under your nails, in your nostrils, all over your seal]) and also your beard, which by this time is an just as you become able to sit up and think you see daylight ahead you get your secondary that you go through it all again on a milder scale, a sort of anti-climax, or half-hearted encore. This proves too much for your system and the var ious glands in your jaws (and how many there are) begin to swell and ache. It's like a frater nity initiation in which each stunt is harder than those that preceded but when you get through you haven't gotten anywhere. But that's enough of it's the nightmare to give you an idea of what like and how letters from the outside world help, for, of course, you can't see a soul except the doctor and those quarantined with you." infection which means long. Then inch '15 A daughter, Doris Helene, was born to Harold and Mrs. Blades on November 15. They live at 1141 N. Genessee, Lansing. '16 O. A. Olson now lives at 626 Wellington ave nue, Lakeview station, Chicago. '17 Gilbert Clegg has moved to 1532 Collingwood avenue, Detroit. The M. S. C. Record Page 167 '18 Howard C. Abbott is now professor of botany at South Dakota university. He and Mrs. Ab bott reside at 107 Prospect street, Vermillion. WRIGLEYS '19 Oertrude H. Xewlirough Park. Detroit. '22 lives at 11 Farrand AFTER EVERY Margaret P>. Thomson lives at 2104 Harrison avenue, Muskegon. She teaches foods and cloth ing in Bunker junior high in that city. '23 Keith Parley requests bis mailing address he changed to Manluim apartments, 3B, 1200 Spruce street, Philadelphia. Vernon G. Pino now lives at 2016 Atkinson avenue, Detroit. Edwin J. I'.rown writes: "Still seeing the coun try with the Coast and Geodetic Survey. Doing the the astronomic work in ternational boundary survey northwest this season." Mail to Brown should he addressed care of Coast and Gocdetic Survey. Washington, D. C. in connection with in the Henry Dieterman '24 the Link Belt com is wtih pany of Milwaukee. Mail reaches him at 405-i3th street in that city. Howard Markle is employed by the Federal Drop Forge company and lives at 720 W. Lena wee, Lansing. '25 is teaching at Springport. Ruth Freeland Harold \Y. Lautner is with the American Park Builders, Inc., and receives his mail at 639 Fifth avenue, Huntington. \Y. V. Malcolm Waring is doing landscape work in Detroit and lives at 727, Y. M, C. A. NURSERIES Probably one reason for the popularity of lasts WRIGLEY'S is that it so such long and returns great dividends for so small an outlay. * It keeps teeth clean, breath sweet, appetite keen, digestion good. Fresh a nd always in full-flavored its wax-wrapped package. — T HE — 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 G. R. Branch Willis Vandenburg, '21, Manager Fulton St. Branch THE CORYELL NURSERY GROWERS OF HARDY NURSERY STOCK A. M. EMERY, 'S3 Books and Office Supplies 223 Washington Ave. N. H. C. P r a t t, '09, in charge of Office Supply Department •• R. J. Coryell, W e it Maple Ave. I. Wangberg Ralph I. Coryell, '14 '25 Birmingham, Mich. E. N. PAGELSEN, "89, Patent Attorney 1321 Lafayette Building, Detroit THE STRAUS BROS. COMPANY First Mortgage Bonds G. O. STEWART, '17 700 W. Washtenaw St. Lansing, Mich. WALDO ROHNERT, *8» Wholesale Seed Grower, Gilroy, California GOODELL, ZELIN C. (M. A. C. »HF) Insurance and Bonds 208-211 Capital National Bk. Bldg. SAM BECK, '12, with LOUIS BECK COMPANY 112 North Washington A r e. Society Brand Clothes Complete Haberdashery THE EDWARDS LABORATORY, S. F. Edwards, 'M Lansing, Michigan Anti-Hog Cholera Serum—Other Biological Products Page 168 The M. S. C. Record Will Memain An Alumni Memorial , " > _ * •> _ ^ — "J OBLIGATIONS DUE on the Union Memorial Building I I I i 1 j i i n mm 1 1 MUST BE PAID PROMPTLY IF THE BUILD ING IS TO RETAIN ITS SIGNIFICANCE. YOUR PLEDGE IS COLLATERAL FOR FULL PAYMENT OF THE INDEBTEDNESS Your Support Will Keep It An Alumni Affair