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 X X XI N o v e m b er 3 0. 1 9 25 NUMBER 11 Page I/O The M. S. C. Record ^ l i i ' i 'i 11-1 i!i riTi'HTi-i i ri rt I'i i'i!i I I'l'M'i I'lTii r rn I ri I f I u ITI I I I I M i'i n:rrri.ri-t:i'n:i-rt'i n.i I.I 11:1 I:I:I:I:I:I 11:1 i:i-i:i:i!i-i:i i!i-ri:i:iJi:i!iiiii:i:iii!ifi]iiiiiii:i!iii!iii^ 1 THE M. S. C. RECORD f Established 1896 = • M. S. C. Association. H ber; thirty-five issues annually. Membership = per year. Published weekly during the college year and monthly during July, August and Septem- Published for the alumni and former students of the Michigan State College by the S H 9 = in the M. S. C. Association, including subscription to T HE RECORD, $2.50 M s £ M a their memberships 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. s I I % I | = 1 1 1 i I ROBERT 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, Luther H. Baker, '93, East Lansing, Treasurer Robert J. McCarthy, '14, Secretary '95, Bay City, Vice-President EXECUTIVE; 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, Term expires 1926 G. V. Branch, '12, Detroit, T e rm expires 1927 W. K. Prudden, '78, Coronado, Calif., ex-officio H a r r is E. Thomas, '85, Lansing, ex-officio E. W. Ranney, '00, Greenville, ex-officio BRANCH ASSOCIATIONS In Michigan unless othenvise noted. BARRY COUNTY NORTHWEST MICHIGAN BERRIEN COUNTY BAY CITY 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 III! The M. S. C. Record Page 171 b V ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ V W V ^ ^ ^ W V ^ W i f W W A ^ W V % r \ V » V A W ^ ^ ^ f ^ V i i ^ V W J % ^ A r ^ A AW 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 h as 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 the 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 January 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, is but $2.50 each the privileges accorded members of the M. S. C. for which they are also given Association. Of course the office of this publication is on the Cam pus at East Lansing. (Reprinted from the 1925 Wolverine). A W M. Page 1J2 The M. S. C. Record Unusual View of the New SB Library Central structure on the Campus and one of the recent additions to the equipment of the College, as seen from the water tower. Re printed from the 1925 Wolverine. THE M. S. C. RECORD Vol. XXXI. No. 11 EAST LANSING, MICHIGAN November 30, 1925 FRANCISCO DISCUSSES ADVERTISING Alumnus, An Authority In Co-operative Work, Industry, and Essentials for Success Organized Effort to Insure Good Markets Tells How In a Program; Finds Need Products. for It Can Aid for An third. As "Agricultural thought has passed through two stages and entered a the first period was marked by the focusing of science upon production, and the second by the a stimulated study of marketing, so third is distinguished by an awakened in terest in the market itself—the public, its habits of buying and consuming and how those habits may be influenced". This is the characterization of the present situation in the discussion by Don Francisco, '14, of " T he Co-operative Advertising of F a rm P r o d u c t s" in a booklet recently issued un der two major problems confronted by agriculture, which title. He finds that the spoil." W i th the expansion of producing agencies to meet war demands he sounds the warning that some of California's agri cultural industries" are going to feel many years of low prices until the people of this country consume more of our products. We may expect to be obliged to develop by-products that will yield a lower net re turn, extend our export business with its many uncertainties, and spend more money for stimulating demand and expanding our home market." Instead of legislative panaceas to aid the agriculturist he finds that "we are badly in 'marketing need of what might be called control', eugenics' or 'agricultural birth along so his lines are not shared by other "agriculture cannot be placed on a cost plus basis" and the amount of production can- not be controlled is developed proper methods of education of the buying public the demand can be influenced as it has been in many cases he cites. industries, to be Many more millions of dollars would flow and back to our ranches orchards were not planted on lands patent- ty unsuited to them. Still other millions through would remain here if the lower grades of n i a n>' products now produced were never shipped." He favors governmental aid in disseminating information of value to the grower and interpreting about production as to whether production should be encouraged or decreased. reasoning that " T he prices of farm products crops facts new the the if is the and not quickly or directly affected by the cost of is determined chiefly by production, but supply and demand impact of world wholesale prices." He traces the ef- feet of unsatisfactory prices on agricultural production and shows that while other in- dustries react quickly to a poor market, there are so many factors to be considered the growers' position in connection with that it takes a long period to reduce the it is not certain because then output and of the supply being made up of ducts of so many individual efforts. " No • 1 aibitrary price can be placed upon a perish- 1 -i^. ^ • 1 1 J r . farm product. ,ri , , 1 I he producer must able sell at the existing price or allow his crop to , While there is no way to consistently in fluence supply he states that the individual teaching can increase the demand through in a people to use more of his products greater variety of ways than those to which they are accustomed. F or this purpose he the urges advertising in publications as cheapest and most effective means. In summing up he says "thus with time and i- . , Increase . the . . product by stimulating consumption, r *••••;•:'. •••••• , , demand . 2. Develop a consumer and trade t h i n g s: . for . a the pro- money agriculture can do these Page 1/4 The M. S. C. Record preference tain country, state or locality. the product of a cer for 3. Develop a consumer and a ]'reference for brands of a commodity. certain brand trade or 4. Prolong the consuming or build up demand during suming periods. season low con 5. Stimulate the demand for par ticular sizeSj grades or varieties. "This influence may be focussed on a -ingle market, a selected list of markets or If other factors are on the entire country. constant, the result of any one may b e: Increased prices; Increased -ales; or, Increased prices and a. b. c. ales." increased thus the scope of for enlarging From tlie experience of the co-operative organizations in California he cites the ef fectiveness of advertising as an aid in en larging the basic market for farm products. Further he finds a held in competitive ad vertising the -ending Washington applies market into the markets of the east where they will meet with the competition of the eastern growers. He demonstrates how the latter industry was worked out where there was strong competition from Europe. Along the same lines is the possi bility for "strengthening the weak spots in demand". This means education the the year when public to buy at times of crops are in the least demand and has been successfully worked in stances, and, as well, increasing the volume its height of sales when production in order that the crop may be sold advan tageously without must be sold at a sacrifice. leaving a portion which in several lemon is at out the of in In general he finds from his experience the and quotes statistics to cost of such advertising as is necessary to accomplish the desired end is but a small the item since it has already saved one of industries. largest of the California prove fruit that the advertising has been The effect of sustain quality and increase land values. to that In reply to an inquiry involving the ques tion as to whether or not the extending of the market would promote greater planting thus make an over supply, he activity and that states matter make it necessary for the industry to keep demand its highest possible point since a slackening of effort on ad vertising and education would surely re sult in loss to the growers. the principles underlying at In conclusion Francisco says: "If ad vertising is to be fully effective the follow ing conditions should exist: 1. Satisfactory Product— a. Standard grades and packs. b. System of force rules. d. Goods unfit inspection for kept off market. consumption to en 2. ()rderly Distribution— a. Widest possible distribution in territory where advertising is done. b. Regulate all distribution markets to avoid either local or national gluts or famines. to c. Fair price. 3. Aggressive Sales Organization— a. Co-ordinated with advertising plan. b. Products pushed and display ed at fair margins by trade. "Advertising function when is no panacea. It cannot properly system of marketing or the distribution of a product is wrong. It cannot save an industry that has been undermined by land speculation. the " F a rm product advertising can change habits but it cannot change human nature. It can stimulate demand but it can not the law of supply and demand. abrogate inevitable And imposed whims and climatic upon all fruits of nature." the restrictions it must never bow to The M. S. C. Record Page 175 COLLEGE REPRESENTED AT HORT MEETING in its T he College will be represented by six people on the program of the 55th annual the Michigan State Horticul meeting of tural society three-day conference, held in Grand Rapids December r, 2 and 3. The Coliseum will be the headquarters for the meetings. the horticul In addition, tural students of the college will participate in an apple judging contest and in a speak ing contest on horticultural problems and questions. in and h. G. Gentner, assistant in entomology at the subject the College, will speak upon the morning "Side W o rm or Sting'' session of the first day. Wednesday morn ing will be featured by the student con tests by Grace H. address Hitchcock, '15, of Ludington, who will dis cuss the subject of horticultural advertis ing. the same day F. L. Granger, '14, of Benton Harbor, will talk on Michigan's market ing problems. the afternoon conference of an In R . E. Loree, '13, associate professor of the College will address horticulturee at the the convention on "Strawberriees" at H. A. forenoon meeting. T h u r s d ay Cardinell of the horticultural extension de partment will lead the discussion group at this meeting. J. the Uni Dorsey, "Some versity of Factors Influencing t he Set of F r u i t ." '06, chief pomologist of the afternoon M. Illinois, will talk on In In addition to the regular speakers, 91 questions will be brought up for discussion including problems during the conferecne, confronting all phases of fruit growing and marketing, gardening and greenhouse operation. The State Horticultural society is one of functioning the best organized and best state. the agricultural of During the society will stage an exceptional horticul tural exhibit and conference with the new the coming F a r m e r s' Week organizations horticultural building as its headquarters. On J a n u a ry 19, The Record will publish a special horticultural number which will contain of F a r m e r s' Week. the details of feature this JEWELL, 15, HONORED BY HEALTH SOCIETY According to the Kansas City Post for '15, the first November 21, A. H. Jewell, engineering graduate of to specialize in public health work has been the appointed to the board of directors of American Child Health association. T he article follows: the College Albert H. Jewell, executive secretary of the Kansas City Health Conservation association, has been elected a member of the board of directors of the American Child Health association. Eighty national directors were named at the annual meet in ing of the association which was held New York last week. Herbert Hoover is president of the association. Air. Hoover was instrumental in found ing the association soon after he returned to America from the W o r ld war. " T h e re are many factors which influence " T he the child's health," said Mr. Jewell. city water supply, garbage disposal, street conditions, control of disease and school and home sanitation are among the major influences." Mr. Jewell came to Kansas City a year ago to take the position of executive secre tary of the Health Conservation associa tion. He has been engaged in public health work for ten years, first in Michigan and later as the chief engineer for the Kansas state board of health. for General convocations the College h a \e proved more successful this year than in the past due, so students believe, to the high calibre of speakers. President Little of the University was to address the meet ing on December 2. Page 176 The M. S. C. Record VIEWS AND COMMENT The Michigan State News finds "Demo cracy a Failure" in an editorial under that heading in a recent issue. T he discussion is filled with epigrams of undergraduate manufacture and proves something to the satisfaction of the -writer. Excerpts are re printed herewith. " W h e re there is no vision, students " T h at our democratic spirit is shifting and weakening all along the surface should not make us run up the Valspar flag: Save the surface and you save all! We have had that here. We have never too much of in deep, creative things. had a fellowship We have never experienced the zest of working out great issues together." perish. "Democracy without leadership is a pud dle of protoplasm without a nucleus. the belief "Leadership without vision is a bell wether process of luring so many head of mutton to the edge of a cliff, and then down. "Vision without horizon is the authorized base for the that wheeling systems turn round the earth, that to all other na your nation in the duke is tions, stitution, that your fraternity is the ne plus ultra, and that you yourself are the elected center of all that is. is superior that your college the sun and "Without horizon, without vision, without leadership democracy is not only the best form of bad government, it is the worst form of the perversion of the best. "Democracy with leadership is a nest of eagle eggs fertile with cosmic heat. "Leadership with vision is a strong flight of eagles toward the sun. "Vision with horizon is the eagles' dis the the infinite systems beyond covery of sun. " W i th horizon, with vision, with leader ship democracy is that perdurable and un- the great pervertable best bi-ped has, in the slow centuries been bring ing himself more and more erect. toward which "Hello does not spell democracy. You need but to drop the last letter of it and it spells something quite other. O ur practice of speaking to each other may lead to friend liness and on into fellowship, but demo cracy is the result of something more than exercising the vocal organs in saying hello. to appeals to a variety of As a matter of recording Thanksgiving officially to the it might be well to refer financial condition of T he Record which is now the best it has been in several years found due, largely, to the ready response among advertisers space for sales. T he subscription list is also in better shape than it has been for some time which may be ascribed reasons, each of which might be as valuable as the next. Without a doubt there are reasons for rejoicing in the offices of the Associa tion but it is largely a matter of contrast w i th other occasions instead of being a that improvement. marked bills are sent out quarterly covering sub scriptions due during the succeeding three months. It is proposed to change all sub scription dates to July 1 so that much of the detail now involved will be obviated. In that case an adjustment of accounts must be made, a task which will probably be undertaken some time during the cur rent year. Whether The Record becomes a monthly or stays on its present schedule depends upon the returns on subscriptions this year. W i th full support it can retain times its scheme of publishing annually, without that it must curtail the ex pense of publication. Please note thirty-five Paul Miller, extension specialist in farm the crops, the state is International H ay at Chicago, November 28 to December 5 and has charge of the competitive exhibits from Michigan. representative at show and Grain The M. S. C. Record Page 177 "Close Beside The Winding Cedar" Early winter weather some the women's what with soccer championships which have become an annual fall event. interfered of the play-off T he Detroit alumnae of the Themian so ciety gave a bridge team at the College club, Peterboro street, on November 7. T h e re were thirty Several of tables of bridge. the active members attended. Total figures on the football season re veal, among other things, that the varsity made a better showing in yards gained against the Michigan team than did any of the others on the Wolverine schedule. Professor G. H. Coons, who has been in Europe for several months doing research work in botany for the federal government, to Washington, D. C. He has returned expects to be in East Lansing at an early date. T he I'nion is also arranging a chess and checker competition and plans on having a noted player give an exhibition during the early part of the winter term. Both stu dent and faculty players have signed for the tournament. H. J. Gallagher, '15, of the agricultural engineering department will speak at the forenoon session of the annual meeting of the the Horse Association of America at Blackstone hotel in Chicago on December 2. His topic will be the pulling test that the College has the staged summer. throughout C. D. Curtis, '11, assistant chief of the bureau of public roads, U. S. department of agriculture, was one of the representa tives of the bureau at the convention of the American Association of State High way Officials in Detroit late in November. F r a nk F. Rogers, '83, president of the M. S. C. Association concluded his term as the highway association at president of that meeting. the College P. A. Herbert, of forestry department, has recently had an article on "Collegiate Forestry Teaching" published in the Journal of Forestry, official publica tion of the Society of American Foresters. Students and faculty will compete for to be honors at billiards in a tournament held in the billiard room of the Union. Teams have been selected by both groups and the championship will be decided before the fall the winter term another tournament will be scheduled in which there will be a greater list of en tries. term closes. During to be held at In recognition of the opening of the new horticultural building and the special con vention of the Michigan State horitcultural the College during society F a r m e r s' week a special number of T HE RECORD will be issued J a n u a ry 16, devoted to the program of the meeting, the details of the building and the work of the alumni of the College in the field of horticulture. Students from Lenawee county have or T he the Lenawee County Club. ganized for social purposes, will club, organized hold regular literary meetings as well as informal parties. Officers of the club a r e: '28, Adrian, president; H. L. G. Morse, '29, Hudson, vice president; M. Avery, '28, Tecumseh, secre Geraldine Gillespie, t a r y; Theodore Knopf, '27, Blissfield, treasurer. that corn Officials of the H ay and Grain show at Chicago have announced from Michigan, Ohio and O n t a r io will be barred from the show due to the European corn borer scourge that is infesting this district. former years Michigan growers have In won a generous share of corn prizes at the International and many farmers had planned on exhibiting this year also. T he quaratine will not affect other grain or hay exhibits, however. Page 1/8 The M. S. C. Record Alumni Opinion Editor of The R e c o r d: A is certainly football season with three victories terrible—- to and five defeats those alumni who expect ioo per cent of victories in ioo per cent of seasons. Being endowed with a certain amount of reason ing power, in expecting I don't believe the impossible and so 1 wish to congratu late our coaches on their 1925 record. There were 280 colleges playing foot ball this fall. They played in approximate ly 2,300 games. Of least 1150 were lost or tied. And we lost only five games! these at I have been looking up the records of Penn State, Indiana, P u r d u e, Butler and Iowa State and I find that in games from Oct. 3 to Nov. J4, these institutions fared as follows: Penn State defeated Franklin & M a r tied to Georgia Tech, shall, Marietta and Michigan State, Notre Dame and Syracuse and West Virginia. lost Indiana defeated Indiana Normal, Miami and Rose Poly and lost to Michi gan (63-0). Syracuse, Northwestern and Ohio State. P u r d ue defeated De Pauw, Rose Poly to Wabash, W i s and Franklin and consin, Chicago and Northwestern. lost and Dayton, and lost to Illinois and Minnesota Butler defeated Franklin, Rose Poly tied De P a uw and W^abash (33-7) Iowa State, in the only five games I can find recorded, defeated Kansas and Wash ington tied Grinnell and lost to Wisconsin (30-0) and Missouri the Pacific champion), (23-3). (not Enrollments Indiana and ward. Butler able Tat Paige. Reflecting which our working, I at Penn S t a t e, Purdue, Iowa range from 3,500 up is coached by the redoubt on the two-man coaching conditions am impressed with under staff was three the players they had at their things—that disposal came mostly from within the bor ders of Michigan, that these players were to enter Michigan State Col persuaded lege by considerations other finan than these players were cial and experienced at in the beginning of the season. intercollegiate football few of that Playing the hardest schedule a Michigan in State team ever faced, the team turned only one bad game (and the Lake Forest if some defeat might have been avoided of our alumni had the Michigan result more sanely) and extended Penn State, Colgate and Wisconsin to the limit. taken Several of the new men, notably Grim, Smith, Ross, V an Buren and Mc Cosh showed during the season. development remarkable two or football. I am forced that we to the conclusion records are surpassing our best previous in The much-vaunted pre-war teams made their records before the Col lege had adopted conference rules; a prom inent Lansing business man subsidized the teams in various questionable w a y s; foot ball had not then become as popular nor as highly competitive as it is today; these teams played only three hard games a y e a r; and they lost at least one game in every season except 1913. The adoption of conference rules and the purified methods of obtaining material brought years of painful reconstruction. We are only now reaching stability under In 1923, Mr. Young's the new system. first year as athletic director and head the University of coach, we Detroit with a 2-0 victory. In 1924, our veteran team held Michigan to 7-0, North to 13-9 and gave South Dakota western State The record of our green team of 1925 is about on a par with that of our veteran eleven looking of 1924. A re we not justified forward with expectation future? Are we not warranted in congratulating our coaches on doing all that was humanly possible, against tremendous odds? Could its only beating of the year. surprised in the to The M. S. C. Record Page 179 Yost, Zuppke, Wilce, Little, Spears have done more? .Rockne or isn't And it going to be a miracle if Michigan State, with a student body only a little more than half as big as the small school, with players who est conference are amateurs in the strictest sense of the facilities which permit prac- word, with fall, ice only outdoors in the spring and it and with a two-man coaching staff—isn't going to be a miracle when we demonstrate institutions we can hold our own with the several country to obtain material, no matter how, which have field houses permitting practice the year round and which can afford a coach for every position? Let us look facts in the face. times as from large, which scour to coast coast ed by Coach Young also functioned to best advantage during this game when sixteen out of thirty-four tries were completed. F or the season the varsity completed 44 passes out of 166 attempts, average considered bet ter than ordinary. less than Rain and wet grounds caused a large crop of fumbles in the course of the fall. T he varsity committed thirty-six errors of it recovered one this sort and dropped. Opponents let the ball slip thirty- one times and took the extra fumble not acquired by State. Figuring from the mid dle of the field penalties cost seven touch- towns for the varsity was set back a total of 349 yards for rule violations; opponents, on touchdowns, being penalized 244 yards. the other hand, lost five But the miracle is possible, if we follow the excellent advice of Major Ireland. All in the men at the helm we need is faith and 100 per cent loyalty. Their brains and our morale will make an unbeatable combination. F r ed W. Henshaw, '23 FINAL FIGURES SHOW STANDING OF SQUAD Statistics on the football season, as com piled by Director Young, show several sur prising totals which would not be noticeable to the spectator. F or the entire season the varsity gained some four hundred yards from scrimmage above the total registered first by its opponents, downs registered seventy-two against fifty-five for the oppo sition and, in points scored the other teams had a margin of one point on the season. In the Penn State and Colgate games only did the opposition register more first downs than the varsity. in the Green and White the matter of Against the University Captain Haskins than and his men made more first downs in the Wolverines but were outdistanced yards gained. In this game Fouts' run of seventy-five yards doubtless set a record for gains made against the Maize and Blue dur ing the season. T he passing attack develop Only one punt was blocked by the varsity while the opposition stopped the Green and White kicks on seven occasions. Smith and for an scrimmage McCosh kicked average of 34.7 yards while average the made by their opponents was 33.3. from T he following statistics show some of the details: • FIRST DOWNS Game Adrian Lake Forest Michigan Centre Colgate Penn State .. ... Toledo Wisconsin ..- State 6 2 10 8 8 6 21 11 Oppon. 4 2 8 6 12 9 4 10 Totals 72 55 YARDS GAINED FROM SCRIMMAGE Game Adrian Lake Forest Michigan Centre Penn State Colgate — Toledo Wisconsin State 311 77 238 248 144 170 474 220 Oppno. 108 139 327 108 246 202 85 251 , Totals 1882 1466 Page 180 The M. S. C. Record BASKETBALL SQUAD TO PLAY IN DETROIT F or the first time in a long period the varsity hasketball squad will play a game in Detroit. Coach Kobs has scheduled a meeting with the University of Detroit in that city for Tuesday, J a n u a ry 26, and it will probably be played at the Light Guard armory. F o ur games have been schedul ed to be played before J a n u a ry 1. These include Olivet and Adrian on the home floor before the fall term ends and Chicago at and Northwestern respective gymnasiums during the holiday vacation. Michigan will be met at A nn A r b or on J a n u a ry 16 but will not play at East Lan sing. T he entire list, with the exception of four games, is made up of strong com feud with Notre D a me petition. The is two game basis, Western renewed on a Normal will likewise try two and Carnegie Tech and Marquette are among the new comers. Ten of the games will be played at East Lansing and six on out-of-town courts. their in trying to meet With but two men left from the regulars last year Coach Kobs has a difficult of task ahead of him the sort of opposition he has lined up. T h e re is material of value from last year's fresh man team and several reserves will make strong bids for places on the five but Cap the only tain Hackett and Frederick are letter men T he to return lineup is impossible to forecast but should be fairly well fixed by the beginning of the winter to the squad. term. B A S K E T B A LL S C H E D U LE Tuesday, December 8—Olivet college at East Lansing. Saturday, December 12—Adrian college at East Lansing. Saturday, December 19-—University of Chicago at Chicago. Monday, December university at Evanston. 2 T—Northwestern Saturday, J a n u a ry 9—St. Viators col lege at East Lansing. Saturday, J a n u a ry 16—University of Michigan at Ann Arbor. Saturday, J a n u a ry 23—University of Notre Dame at South Bend. Tuesday, J a n u a ry 26—University of Detroit at Detroit. Friday, J a n u a ry 29— Michigan State Normal at East Lansing. Tuesday, February Detroit at East Lansing. 2—University of Saturday, February 6—Western State Normal at Kalamazoo. T h u r s d ay , February 11—Marquette university at East Lansing. Saturday, February 13—Earlham col lege at East Lansing. Tuesday, February 16—'University of Notre Dame at East Lansing. Friday, February 19—Carnegie Tech at East Lansing. Friday, February 26—Western State Normal at East Lansing. Don Francisco, '14, formerly advertising manager for the California F r u it Growers' Exchange and who is now connected with firm of Lord & Thomas, the advertising will be one of the speakers at the National Horticultural Conference and annual meet the American Pomological Society ing of it was in Kansas City December announced yesterday. 8, Upon the punctuality of the students in returning to class on Monday depended the success of the Thanksgiving recess allowed this year for the first time in fifteen years. The College authorities decreed that unless classes were well attended on the Monday following the vacation it would be again dis continued. The M. S. C. Record Page 181 CROPS JUDGING TEAM to be staged COMPETES AT CHICAGO in the T he College was represented judging third annual intercollegiate crops contest in conjunction with the Grain and Hay show, a feature of the International Live Stock in Chicago on November 28 to December 5. in Twelve state colleges were entered the event. team placed fifth and two years ago third. A $250 scholarship team the five men placing placing receive first. T he individual prizes. the College show, held is awarded Last year first to in T he College the agricultural division, team, composed of B. K. Ruch, Coldwater, E. J. Wheeler, H a m monds Port, N. Y., W. G. Winemiller, Coldwater, S. E. Wolff, Manchester, all seniors left Friday for Chicago. They competed with the other teams on Saturday. C. E. Cor- farm crops, many, of coached the team. RUMMEL ELECTED the department of led 18 points to his credit. Paul Smith, Saginaw, including touchdowns, points after down and field goals. One of the in the Centre game, which won was game in the closing minutees of play. '28, the scorers with 26 points, touch latter the '28, Jackson, Earl VanBuren, receives the vote as best defensive back, playing his best games against the stronger opposition. It was V a n B u r en who effectually stopped Tryon of Colgate. In Of seven games Don Haskins, Saginaw, comes in for at in the tention also. total which he participated, he played a of 409 minutes out of a possible 420. Haskins missed the Toledo game, scouting Wisconsin on that day. the 15 who made this fall, eleven will be back next fall. Only Haskins, P. M. Hackett, R. P. Lyman and A. Vogel have played their last football for Michigan State. Of the eleven returning, seven have two years yet to play. Con sidering the freshman squad this fall, prospects for an other year are conceded to be good. that composed the material letters their FOOTBALL CAPTAIN Martin Rummel, '27, Saginaw, will cap tain the football team next fall. During the past season he won the name of the "iron m a n" of the squad, playing a total the possible 480 of 439 minutes out of which comprised the 1925 schedule of eight games. In his sophomore year Rummel played at guard while this year he was placed at tackle when Haskins was moved to an end position. Rummel is a junior in the div ision of applied science and a member of fraternity. During the Delta Sigma Phi his high school days at Saginaw he played tackle four years. In the Wisconsin game this fall Rummel starred, being the bul wark of State's defense as well as being team's greatest gains the cause of through the line. the Richard Lyman, East Lansing, Illinois, and both Alfred Vogel, Evanston, records of not missing a seniors, have practice during the entire season. In ad dition, Lyman was second in scoring with N E C R O L O GY Mrs. George W. Davis Addie E. Davis, wife of George W. Davis, '92, died at her home in Tekonsha, Michigan, on October 22, after a brief ill ness. She was born in Tekonsha and had lived there throughout her life except for few years when she resided with her a parents in Albion. She is survived by her husband, a daughter and two grandsons. She was active in the affairs of her home community being a member of the Eastern Star, the Research club and other organiza tions. Funeral services were held at the Union church on October 25. M i ss BERTHA E. T H O M P S ON (Contributed) Miss Bertha E. Thompson died at the home of her brother in Gladstone, Oregon, Wednesday, November 25. The funeral was held on the Sat urday following. Miss Thompson had been in ill-health for a number of months and on that account resigned college. from her position at Michigan State Page 182 The M. S. C. Record About the first of August, accompanied by her to Oregon. Her health became sister she went much worse and slie was confined to the house most of the time, but only a few days before her death she seemed to be considerably improved and hopeful of recovery. from Miss Thompson was born in Michigan not far the from Battle Creek. She graduated State Normal school at Ypsilanti and taught in the grade schools for a number of years. She was always interested in plants and finally went the University of Michigan where she spe to cialized in botany, graduating in 1910. That fall she was appointed instructor in botany at M. S. C, coming here at the same time as Professor llessey. She was an excellent teacher, exceeding in ly thorough, and well-liked by her students whom she took great personal interest as well. She spent one summer in Woods Hole, Massa chusetts and other summers at the University of Michigan, obtaining her master of arts degree there. Three or four years ago she was appoint three ed assistant professor of botany. About years ago she was given leave of absence and spent a year in Oregon, being connected with the Oregon State Agricultural college at Corvallis. She returned to Michigan State college but her health was not of the best, so that it was neces sary for her to take a leave of absence for part ill of another year. Because of this continued ALUMNI!!!!!! Do you want to give yourself A Real Christmas Present those large, heavy, one that will be serviceable and useful for many years to come? Then order one of 100 % wool "STATE" blankets. These blankets are a beautiful green with the word "STATE" sewed on and need no introduction to the alumni of the past five years, since be tween four and five hundred have been sold on the Campus during this perjod. The size is 66x84; weight about 454 pounds; and the price is $8.50. Send your order now so I can make Christmas delivery. Postage extra. W. R. COLLINSON, '18 904 East St. Joe LANSING, MICH. P. S.—I have a few of the old "M. A. C" monogram blankets on hand which will sell for $8.00. State which kind you wish. These are the same as the blankets awarded varsity men. that to resign health she felt in order the to trouble of having to take her classes on the oc casional days when she was ill. that she might not put others it was her duty the students the department. As a teacher Miss Thompson made a host of taking botany. As friends among a colleague she was well-loved by the members of teaching she carried on for awhile some Sunday school work until her health was such that she could not attend to that. She was also the benevolence the People's church but had ' to treasurer relinquish for that also on account of In addition to her ill health. C L A SS N O T ES '03 Burr Wheeler is general manager of the Gug genheim and Annaconda mining interests in South America, operating ten mines, copper and nitrate, in the vicinity of Chuqriecomata, Chile. '08 Robert Wallace can lie reached at you Second National Bank building, Saginaw. '10 R. (i. Voorhorst the new school at Flint. Mrs. Voorhorst, teaches biology senior high w'20. teaches in Kearsley school in Flint. in '11 Myndret C. Greeuleaf, 818 California street, Columbus, Indiana, is with the Cummins Engine company of that city, in the testing and field de partment. He adds : "The latchstring is always out to Staters". G. C. Dillman '13 reports Anne on November 19. the arrival of Helen L. R. Servis, according to report, is the proud parent of twin boys. Bob and Jim, born on July 8. Address 408 South Macomb street. Monroe. '16 Olaf Olson is living at 626 Wellington avenue, Chicago. Greyer C. White schools at Okemos. '17 is now '19 superintendent of Del VanDervoort amotinces the arrival of a baby daughter, born November 21. Born to Mr. and Mrs. B. H. Bentley of Jef- '20 The M. S. C. Record Page 183 ferson City, Tenn., a daughter, on November 20. Isabel Gordon, Ruth Miles lives at 1651 Gratiot street, Saginaw. '23 Dorothy Bacon teaches in Lansing and lives at the Embassy apartments. W. J. Helli, 32 Iron street, Hurley, Wisconsin, "We had a real Michigan State reunion writes: last week. In putting across a series of six meet ings last week I was ably assisted by Professor G. C. Humphrey, '01, of the University of Wis the early history of consin. Everything from M. A. C. to future were dis the present and cussed". Helli is in county agriculture work. Harold Schaibly lives at 1338 Argyle street, Chicago. On June 15 he and Frances Gates, of Grand Ledge, were married. Doug Steere can be reached care of Oriel Col lege. Oxford, England. '24 B. L. Smits lives at 415 Albert avenue, East Lansing. Don Clark, with the U. S. forest service can be reached at Box 634, Laramie, Wyoming, dur ing the winter months. Marjorie Kenyon now lives at 204 South Fan- clier, Mt. Pleasant. Hugo Sundling has moved to La Madera, New Mexico. '25 Ronald Lowry is in aeronautical research work lives at the Packard Motor company and with 31S Louise street, Highland Park. U. E Goodspeed lives at 715 Wellington, I'Vrrdale. L. K. Dewey is employed by the Westinghouse E. & M. company and lives at 162 Fifth avenue, Sharon, Pa. John W. Owen the Palm Beach Gas compang and can be reached at Box A-19, West Palm Beach, Fla. is with E. M. 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