LJ ' •"•'•UOLLtm 'PP. SCIENCE LJ tftSC. Record Published by and for the Alumni and former Students of the Michigan State College. -CastLansinp. Radio N u m b er ENTERED AT THE EAST LANSING POSTOFFICE AS SECOND CLASS MATTER. VOLUME xxxi F e b r u a ry 1 5 , 1 9 26 NUMBER 19 D D Page 302 1 I J The M. S. C. Record THE M. S. C. RECORD Established 1896 Published for the alumni #~d former students of the Michigan State College by the j M. S. C. Association. I ber ; thirty-five issues annually. per year. Published weekly during the college year and monthly during July, August and Septem Membership in the M. S. C. Association, including subscription to THE RECORD, $2.50 Unless members request a discontinuance before expiration of their memberships it will be assumed a renewal is desired. Checks, drafts and money orders should be made payable to the M. S. C. Association. Entered as second class matter at the post office at East Lansing, Mich. ROBERT J. MCCARTHY, '14, Editor. THE M. S. C. ASSOCIATION Union Memorial Building OFFICERS—1925-26 Frank 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 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, ' n, East Lansing, Term expires 1926 G. V. Branch, '12, Detroit, Term expires 1927 W. K. Prudden, '78, Coronado, Calif., ex-officio Harris E. Thomas, '85, Lansing, ex-officio E. W. Ranney, '00, Greenville, ex-officio BRANCH ASSOCIATIONS In Michigan unless othenvise noted. BARRY COUNTY 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 ->• nfi I s J 1 s • j ' I 1 L THE M. S. C. RECORD Vol. XXXI. No. 19 EAST LANSING, MICHIGAN February 15, 1926 STATUS OF RADIO STILL UNKNOWN Hasselman Describes History of Station and Raises Question Concerning Future Development; Rather, 'if Gave First Agricultural Lecture Over Radio In 1922, Now College Station Reaches Great Audience Regularly. By J. B. Hasselman the When instructors and students of electri cal engineering began experimenting wTith broadcasting equipment some five or six part years ago, little did they realize that radio was destined to play in the edu cational extension work of the College. The use of the radiophone for the transmission of in the voice and of music was but its infancy. Wireless telegraphy was well the developments which established, but into have brought general programs the homes of millions of "listeners in" were just starting. Coming down to 1926, however, we find the college reaching out regularly to thous ands of receiving sets, not only in Michigan but also in practically all other sections of the United States and Canada, through the medium of station W K A R. Education lec tures, music, and entertainment features— cross sections of the life and work of Mich igan State College—-are thus made avail able for unknown numbers of people who have never set foot on the campus. It the country. W K AR operating on 285.5 meters wave length and using 1,000 wTatts of power, the leading broadcasting takes rank with stations of reaches out over the air so effectively that on the same in on evening Ralph 0. Kirby, lectures at his farm near the agricultural East Lansing, and " B i r d y" Bellenger, '20, is taking notes at Mexico City, Old Mexico, on the English literature lectures of P r o fessor Johnston. '12 tunes In short the college radio station has come to play an important part in the edu cational possibilities of the institution. A the brief station, its present operation, and the possi the development of review of bilities for the future may be of interest to alumni—at least to those who are "radio fans". After a year or two of in the laboratories of the experimental work the electrical transmitting engineering department, equipment of the early W K AR reached a point where test programs of a sort were put on the air by R. L,. Raymer, '22, work ing under the direction of the electrical de partment. An interesting test in this period was the successful sending of special mes sages to a motorcycle man of the Michigan state police force, who carried a small re ceiving set about 100 miles north from East Lansing for the experiment. During the winter of 1923-24 the station, then under the guidance of F. I. Phippeny, '26, the present engineer at W K A R, reach ed a stage of development which made pos sible the broadcasting of a number of com bined musical and lecture programs. These in nature, were irregular programs while "picked u p" at distant points and showed the possibilities of broadcasting. Fred Holmes, '24, wras chairman of a spe the cial student committee which planned programs during this first year, and it was under his administrations that much of the first work was done. college It was during the winter of 1924 that basketball games were first broadcast from W K A R, the effort having since been re corded as the pioneer basketball broadcast ing of the country. U se of a special booth for the announcer, to keep out room noises, made interesting development possible. this rather January, 1925, marked the advent of the station in "big time" circles. During that to broadcast month W K AR was licensed Page 304 The M. S. C. Record with 500 watts of power and on a wave length of 285.5 metres. This inclusion in the select group of so-called "Class B" sta tions insured adequate power and a defi nite place on the air without interference on this particular wave length while the sta tion was on broadcasting. Regular pro grams were started at once, reports were soon received from hundreds and even thousands of listeners. and forward Another important step came during the summer of 1925, when authority to advance the station power to 1,000 watts transmitter, was received. T he 500 watt which had been a gift the Detroit from News, was rebuilt during the summer, and in the fall W K AR took the air with its in creased power. A summary of letters and cards received by the station show that the signals have been heard clearly in every state of United State, in all Canadian provinces, and even as far away a> Central America. Foremost among the program efforts of the college station are those which deal with educational material. T h at the broad casting of lectures and other material of an basic educational nature should function as W K AR has been generally taken for grant ed by those in charge of the station. be station a college such the of five nights in January, a During the past fall, eleven different de partments of the college joined in the pre paration of programs for an eight-weeks school, which was broadcast from 7:15 to a week. 8:00, eastern time, Early twelve-weeks F a rm Radio School was started, with five separ ate courses included. Each course is given on a special night of the week, from 7:15 until 8:00. A Nature Study course from 7:00 until 7:15, just before the school, on four nights of the week, and programs fur nished by departments of state government each Friday evening from 8:00 until 9:00 are other educational numbers being broad cast from the station at present. Special features include a musical hour each Wednesday, bedtime stories on Mon days, and broadcasts of athletic events and outstanding programs on the Liberal 'Arts Course, during F a r m e r s' Week. Chief emphasis, however, as mentioned above, is being placed on the educational side. Agricultural material, broadcast as a definite part of the agricultural extension work of the college, has proved most suc cessful so far. Reports show that literally farmers are listening to the thousands of lectures on the Radio School, and appar ently with interest. College authorities who are interested in they are not to say that radio are frank certain what the future will hold in regard to the development of radio as an integral part of college work. There may be some element of "fad" about the present vogue felt of find likely radio an link between the country and the city-—and of course between the farm and the agricultural divi sion at M. S. C. the farmers at increasingly useful radio. On that is least will the other hand, it Most of the Land Grant colleges of the country are giving radio serious considera tion. "Several have already developed quite extensive programs of broadcasting. With the single exception of the Kansas State Agricultural College, however, it is felt by those who are in touch with the situation the that Michigan State has been blazing trail in adaptation of radio to agricultural extension work. President Butterfield, Dean R. S. Shaw, Director R. J. Baldwin and other execu tives at M. S. C. are enthusiastic about the possibilities of radio development and are prepared to support such expansion as the future may warrant. Because of the strict the work of W K AR ly "service" nature has assumed, the management of the sta tion was transferred a year ago to the Col lege secretary's department. The programs are planned and given general supervision by a special radio committee from the Col lege staff. H ow new of development the whole that radio is can be realized from the fact an agricultural talk given early in 1922 over The M. S. C. Record Page 305 and to be '17, is believed W W J, the Detroit News station, by H. C. Rather, first the definitely scheduled announced farm educational talk ever broadcast. The next five years may see even greater develop ment and expansion than the past five, and W K AR will be ready to carry the voice of the Michigan State College out over the state and nation, if such proves to be the case. COMMITTEES NAMED TO SELECT SLATES filled In compliance with the constitution of the Association, President Rogers has appoint ed two committees to nominate officers of for another year. These the Association committees are to confer before March 15, by mail where it is impossible to meet, and report to the office of the Association their selections so they may be published in T HE RECORD immediately following that date. The positions to be include those of president, vice-president, treasurer and one member of the executive commit tee to replace C. W. McKibbin, '11, whose term expires in June this year. In all cases the persons nominated must be members of the Association in good standing and must the indicate offices for which they are nominated. Vot ing is conducted by mail ballot which will be sent out about May 1. During the in terval between the time nominations are an nounced and the vote is taken it will be pos sible for any twenty members of the A s sociation to submit additional names to be placed on the ballot. Ballots must be re turned to the office of the Association so that they will be available two days before the annual meeting of in June. Any received after that time will not be counted. their willingness the Association to serve in The ballots will be mailed in special envelopes on which there will be space for endorsement and they must be endorsed bv forward the sender. other matter in the ballot envelope and bal is inadvisable to It lots must not be returned envelope or with other mail. in an ordinary Those w ho will serve on the nominating committees a r e: Elizabeth Palm, East Lansing, Chair man. Fred W. Henshaw, Webster Hall, De troit. W. F. Hopkins, Chicago Trust company, Chicago, 111. Mrs. E va D. McBain, 435 Crescent ave nue, N. E., Grand Rapids. R. Bruce McPherson, Howell, Mich. J. D. Towar, 225 S. Capitol, Lansing, Chairman. L. T. Clark, 296, E. Grand Boulevard, Detroit. Mrs. E. W. Ranney, Greenville, Mich. W. A. Taylor, 1315 Gallatin street, N. W., Washington, D. C. Willard Coulter, Jenison, Mich. HOMECOMING DAY SET FOR NOV. 6 At a recent meeting of the board of con on as the Centre game designated trol of athletics November 6 was officially Homecoming day. The schedule as authentically announced three away. carries five home games and T wo new teams appear, Cornell university and the Haskell Indians, the former game at Ithaca and the latter at the college. The schedule follows: Sept. 25—Adrian at East Lansing (Boy Scout D a y ). Oct. 2—Kalamazoo College at East Lan sing ( K i d s' D a y ). Oct. 9—Michigan at Ann Arbor. Oct. if3—Cornell at Ithaca. Oct. 23—Lake Forest at East Lansing ( P a r e n t s' D a y ). Oct. 30—Colgate at Hamilton, N. Y. Nov. 6—Centre at East Lansing ( H o m e coming). Nov. 13—Permanently left open. Nov. 20—Haskell Indians at East Lan sing. Page 306 * The M. S. C. Record -, VIEWS AND COMMENT QJ received the great In recognition of audience which listens to the programs broadcast by YYKAR and the work that station has been doing to extend the influence of the Col lege by disseminating information of value to the people of this and surrounding states, this issue of T HE RECORD is devoted al most exclusively to radio. Thousands of letters come to the station each day com menting on the programs, hundreds of tele favorite grams are several numbers on thousands have been enrolled i n - t h e - t w o' courses of the radio school, one of which is the now College had a limited appeal to the people of its ex tension workers reach a considerable num ber of the agricultural group, but now far mers and city man alike may listen in on the lectures and benefit while the message of the institution is marked indelibily in his memory. asking the programs the state, it could not through in progress. A few years ago for and has benefited There is no question but what the annual F a r m e r s' week greatly has through the interest aroused by the radio, there is no question but what the effective been ness of the extension division greatly enhanced by the school of the air the city dweller has come to a and that greater appreciation of farm life and his own surroundings. All of these considera tions are true but the extent to which they are true can only be realized by a perusal of the great stacks of letters which come in weekly to the officials in charge of the station. force for good, T he radio is truly an instrument of edu cation, an unrivalled if handled properly and the public character of its work keeps its programs within their proper sphere. In addition it is of great value to the College both through the lec tures it cap broadcast to thousands and the in the good feeling It is the link stitution among its listeners. it engenders toward in the chain which ties alumni to their alma mater and is fast becoming one of the most important avenues of communication for it reaches all of and reaches them all without dependence upon the vagaries of second class mail. the United States In this issue is printed the list of com the mittees appointed by the president of Association to nominate officers for 1926- 27. Under the plan for choosing the exe cutive every member in good standing has an opportunity to suggest names of desir to one or both committees. able persons T he system was designed to give all quali fied a voice in the affairs of the organiza tion and to clear the docket of the annual meeting so that general matters might be considered. In past years, before this plan prevailed, elections were perfunctory mat ters conducted almost entirly by the nomi nating committee method, and they brought uniformly good results but failed to offer an opportunity to the membership at large to take part. Look over the list of com mittee members and send the one nearest constitute to your a good group of officers. Bear in mind that the persons nominated must be willing to accept the office and should be located close they can enough to the College so take part in the direction of the affairs of the association. idea of what would that the Preparations for the J - H op were in full swing early this week. A firm of decorators began work on transforming the Union building into a fairyland in deference to the the wishes of class of 1927 were rushing through their last minute attempts to pay up class dues the affair which and become eligible for promises inaccessible peak in the history of the social climax of the year. juniors. Members of to attain a hitherto The M. S. C. Record Page 307 "Close Beside The Winding Cedar" ' F r a s er Gange, baritone, appeared in the final number on the Artists' course at the gymnasium on F e b r u a ry 10. In addition to the H op the Union build ing is this week host to the members of the Varsity club and their guests. G. H. Collingwood, '11, addressed the forestry club, F e b r u a ry 9. Collingwood is in extension work with the U. S. depart ment of agriculture. During the week beginning February 8 the Union building ballroom was in use every evening except T h u r s d ay and on that day the state marketing conference was in session in the building. L. Whitney Watkins, '93, chairman of the State Board of Agriculture and state commissioner of agriculture, was ill at his home in Manchester and unable to take part in the F a r m e r s' Week program where he had been listed to speak. Co-eds are planning a show which they will stage in the home economics building on March 3 and 4, the proceeds from which furnishing will be used toward a fund for a room in the Union Memorial building. Novel acts will be offered on the program. T he fund will be reserved to outfit a room where student organizations may meet. the Women's The event is sponsored by Self Government association. Alpha Zeta, honorary agricultural fra ternity, announces the election of the fol lowing seniors: B. Dobben, N e w a y g o; H. C. Kiebler, Manchester; K. Landsburg, Deckerville; H. Rush, Watervliet, and the following j u n i o r s: R. Severance, Decker; K. Post, Mulliken; Harold Lakin, P o r t land; Theodore Knopf, Blissfield; Leonard Morse, A d r i a n; K. . Bordine, Dundee. Kiebler is captain-elect of the baseball team and a football letterman, and Severance is captain of the cross-country team. _ A a train special carrying complete demonstration of forest fire fighting equip ment and methods and. specialists w ho ex plain the operation of forest fire prevention principles is touring northeastern Michigan the upper peninsula. College exten and train. sion workers are accompanying the for team college the s e v e r al Co-ed debaters will discuss amendment with child col labor leges and a schedule has been arranged for both affirmative and negative teams. T he schedule follows: the negative March 27, Monmouth college at Monmouth, at 111.; March 29, Northwestern Napierville, 111.; March 30, Marquette uni versity at Milwaukee; April 8, Detroit City college at East Lansing; April 13, Albion college at Albion. T he schedule for the af firmative team includes: April 8, Detroit City college at Detroit; April 9, Kalamazoo college at K a l a m a z o o; April 13, Western State Normal at East Lansing. F u n ds for expenses have been provided by apportion ing to debating part of the sum formerly devoted to athletics and liberal arts num bers. Detroiters' Doings The next event of importance to Detroit alumni is the third of the season's dances to be held at the Federation of Women's clubs, corner of Han cock and Second ave., on Saturday, February 20. The party will be informal in all respects and it is expected that the largest crowd of the winter will be out. Tickets are $1.50 per couple and may be secured from any of the officers. Try to get all your old gang out. A few minutes of the time will be taken up with the business of the annual meeting. Three new directors to succeed Messrs. Pagelsen, Mid- dlemiss and Knickerbocker will be elected. Di rectors whose terms will not expire at this time are N. B. Hubbard, '09, Emel Pokorny, '07, E. C. Krehl, '08, D. A. Stroh, '15, A. W. Barron, '16, and C. F. Johnson, '23. Page 308 The M. S. C. Record EDUCATIONAL SPECIALTIES ON SCHEDULE Station Broadcasts Many Types of Instructive Lectures; Student Organizations Provide Lighter Entertainment; Mechanical Work Handled by Groups of Students; Plant Rebuilt by F. I. Phippeny. By J. I). Gamble, w'24 from Programs station W K A R, the Michigan State College radio station, are largely educational. T wo radio schools are broadcast during the course of the college year from September to June. These radio schools, however, do not take up the same length of time as do the three terms of the college work. Starting in November, a fall radio school is given to include a variety of subjects of general in terest. These lectures, of course, are giv en by the members of faculty No attempt to make this school agricultural in its nature. in October or early the college is made late During the winter, shortly after the holi days, a second course is given. This school is almost purely agricultural with the ex ception of the courses given in home econo mics, which are arranged, however, to be of value to the farm housewife particular ly- of the The broadcasting hours radio schools are from 7:15 to 8:00 o'clock, east ern standard time. Lectures are broadcast from Monday five nights through Friday, the present wrinter school, a nature study series has been instituted to fill out the hour of each week, inclusive. During as the Boy Scouts, Veterans W a rs and others. of Foreign Wednesday evening, from 8-9, following the farm radio school programs musical hours are held. The Michigan State Col lege military band, the College orchestra, and general student musical programs" are broadcast at this time. Departments of state government from Lansing are cooperating with the College station in an educational feature broadcast from 8-9 each Friday evening. The var ious of speakers to give the outlines of of work, problems and departments. government the interests of lend type their departments The station is now broadcasting on 1,000 watt power, twice as much as was allowed when the apparatus was first installed. The the Michigan State College rating given is considered is class " B ", which station the highest possible rating. During the summer of 1925, the appara tus was gone over and completely rebuilt to broadcast under the increased power by F. I. Phippeny, engineer of W K A R, and his assistants. all five, These assistants number of whom, with Phippeny, are college students. They are G. K. Rollins, senior operator, I. D. Ball, junior operator, and William Fitch, R. D. Martin, Jay Parkhurst, opera- tors, from from 7-7:15 7-7:15 o'clock T he College faculty body broadcasting from Tuesdays through Fridays, inclusive. The Monday evening period is taken up with a bedtime story feature de signed especially for farm children by Mrs. Dora Stockman, of the State Board of Agriculture. Dance in charge of the work is a radio committee composed of the following members: James B. H a s- selman, chairman; Dean Jean Krueger, home economics division; Dean G. W. Bis- sell, engineering division; Karl McDonel, extension division; Elton B. Hill, assistant and A. H. to the dean of agriculture; .However, special programs Lavers, head of the buildings and grounds department, who has been untiring in his efforts for the station. on Mondays from 8-9 p. m. formerly, but be cause of in securing good dance orchestras it was necessary to drop this feature. are broadcast at this hour whenever they from outside agencies such are available programs were broadcast the difficulty The M. S. C. Record Page 3 op influx of visitors, more During the course of the recent F a r m e r s' week than 5,000 saw the interior of the radio broadcasting station. regis tered at the station, giving their names, ad dresses, and they liked best. Several hundred actually the types of programs F a rm Broadcasting is not confined to the studio on the fourth floor of the home economics radio school and varied building. musical programs, together with speeches and the like are broadcast from there. But it is possible, through remote controls, to broadcast from the Union Memorial build the armory, where ing, the band room of the college band and other larger musical organizations are the gymnasium, and the People's church, as well as in Lan sing, where special telephone lines are leas ed. taken, RATHER, 17, TELLS THRILLS OF SPEAKER radiitis. The radio. I've backed I laugh. Among the many things for which I am grateful this comes first: that I haven't yet succumbed to de the spotted mentia pasteboards till a new day dawned. I've paid good money for front seats at poor I've walked seventeen midnight reviews. floors, miles and a half on slippery maple on tripsichorean I've practiced almost every form partners. of inane insomnia. But, thank goodness, I the have never stayed up all night to get Gold Brickers Quartette, K Y Z, Los Angeles. the brogans of wornout intellect sufficient I'd like to ask you folks something: you who still maintain to peruse this periodical by preference rather than spend your hours listening to alleged interrupted by the squeals and harmony, shrieks of regenerative sets, and accompan ied by conflicting wave lengths. I want to ask you what contribu tions radio has made to health, happiness, or national prosperity? the bedlam of the morals of the only departures Consider the effect this atmospheric golf the country. has had on that to America had been getting about point where from Washingtonian paths of veracity were the forgotten strokes of some snake killer per suing the municiple cow pasture. T he golf Annanias, however, is at least developing his physique and contributing to the supply of artistic American adjectives. tell, of what earthly use is the crystal set liar that says he got Cuba ? the migratory But, pray around apple And certainly radio's contributions have not been to art or literature. Not when its music sounds like unloading time at the Chicago stock yards, and its only story is that that terrible wheeze about the bimbo set his battery on the piano and got hell. Probably its one redeeming feature is that it has provided harmless outlet the histronic and musical outpourings of ar tistic souls whose physiognomy would not permit of their appearance in person, and whose vacalizings are splendidly submerged I've no in the scraping clatter of static. the truly great ticed this,—that whenever artists perform they always have a regular audience at hand and transmission over the ether to station hunters is merely inciden tal. for if any. Oh, I'll confess t o ' h a v i ng been an occa sional accomplice at cluttering up the at mosphere via the microphone, myself. But I've never felt particularly sympathetic to They ward my radio audiences, don't have to listen. And the thrill which so many broadcasters claim at talking to the great w i de spaces has not been a new one to me. E v er since, in extension work to an for nouncing my appearance I've become used to talking to vacant spaces. The W K AR studio serves one excellent It's a good place to take purpose, though. college visitors when Ralph Hudson's horses are away at the fairs, the " C o o p" the summer and other such is closed for institution are interesting features of not available. You can always kill a lot taken in advance the College, they have the Page 510 The M. S. C. Record of time by taking visitors to the broad casting studio. The way to work it is this: Get about twenty-five or thirty of the bankers, grang ers, or rural ministers' delegation which happen to be making the call and start 'em up the home economics building stairway. Then slip around and take the elevator yourself and meet the folks as they limp up to the top. Throw open the portals, exhibit the curtained nothingness of the studio and note the awed gasps of your victims. No doubt they are only trying to get their wrind after making five strenuous stair flights, but that's all part of the great "Magic of the Air" mania. I remember taking a group of farmers to the studio last fall. We were just com ing out of the main entrance of the H. E. building over Sec. Halladay's carefully constructed antique pavement where bits of broken brick and cement have been laid in painstaking disorder to give the effect of rugged age. I asked one of the husband men if he were not impressed by the won ders of radio and he said, " "S all right, but the mason that laid that sidewalk sure did a rotten job of mixing concrete. The frost's got her all busted to smithereens in less than two years." I haven't decided yet, whether to get a five or an eight tube outfit. What do you think? „JJ H. U RATHER, '17. SPEAKERS, MUSICIANS OF NOTE ON WKAR LIST Although the programs broadcast from station WKAR are mostly of local the outside variety, a diversification of material is also to be found. During the course of the broadcasting done by this station, speakers of national renown have been numbered in the programs. a Frank O. Lowden, former governor of Illinois and a well-known political light has spoken for the benefit of WKAR lis teners. S. Parks Cadman, a minister and public speaker of note from New York City, is another of the celebrites of which this station boasts. Only recently, during the 1926 Farmers' week, James Schermerhorn, leading jour after-dinner nalist of Michigan and speaker of national fame talked from the station. On the same program J. D. Wil- lard, director of extension at Massachusetts Agricultural college, also gave a speech which was broadcast. an As a part of the liberal arts courses there have been talks and concerts by Al fred Noyes, English poet and visiting pro fessor of English at Princeton university, Charlie Paddock, world famous sprinter, Ernest Hutcheson, pianist, and Eraser Gange, baritone. TRACK CONTESTS In addition FOR OUTDOOR SEASON A track schedule that will bring some of the best teams in the middle west to Col lege field is what the athletic department of fers to State followers for the coming out door season. the annual Michigan intercollegiate there will be dual meets with Detroit City college, Iowa State and Notre Dame. The varsity will also take part in the Ohio relays, the National Collegiate meet in Chicago and either the Drake or Penn relays. Besides the above the freshmen will meet Mt. Pleasant and Alma here in dual meets. to The schedule as announced by the athle tic board is as follows: April 17—Ohio relays at Columbus, O. April 17—Fresh-Soph meet. April 23-24—Drake or Penn relays. April 23-24—Interclass meet. May 1—Detroit City college at East Lan sing. May 8—Iowa State at East Lansing. May 15—Notre Dame at East Lansing. May 21-22—State Intercollegiate at East Lansing. June 12—National Collegiate at Chicago. May 1—Mt. Pleasant vs. Fresh at East Lansing. May 8—Alma vs. Fresh at East Lansing. The M. S. C. Record Page 311 BASKETBALL TEAM IMPROVING Varsity Loses Two More But Shows Best Form of Year; Plays Western Normal and Marquette On Even Terms; Lewis Comes Up As Possible Center. State continued its losing streak in bas ketball by dropping two more games, one at W e s t e rn State normal on February 6 by the score of 30-25 and another at the Col lege to Marquette university on F e b r u a ry 11, score 29-25. Both contests were very evenly played throughout and the varsity deserves credit for the brand of ball displayed. At no time was the Green and White outplayed. All it lacked was sufficient punch to maintain a lead. Considering that the team lacks a center having the necessary range and ver satility every team encountered to date has had a decided break in its advantage on the tip off. T he Kalamazoo game marked the first '28, Owosso, a rangy real test of Lewis. man full of promise, who seems to be a comer at the pivot position. During the game he replaced Frederick and showed every indication of developing into a good center. In addition to having the required height, speed and basketball knowledge, he has a good eye for the basket. T he Marquette game was roughly played, three men being sent from the contest via the personal foul route. State might have won this game had the shooting from the foul line been more consistent. During this game the varsity played the short pass to perfection while Marquette employed the long pass almost continually. T he rangi- ness of the visitors evidently permitted such a style of play although. State was in pos session of the ball the greater part of the time. WESTERN STATE Nester, F Shrump, F Lee, C Elias, G Johnston, G Total S T A TE Hackett, F Smith, F Frederick, C Drew, G Cole, C Hood, F Lewis, C Kelly, G Marx, G . FG 1 2 ,... 1 3 1 0 2 0 0 FT TP 2 4 5 8 2 0 4 0 0 0 0 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 . Total Score at half time— . 10 -Western State 17, M A R Q U E T TE E. Herete, F ... Urabel, F Razner, F Alegeo, F B. Herete, F Curran, C Heimsch, C Thaanow, G Demoting, G — • Total .. ....... .................. S T A TE Hackee, F Hood, F Smith, F Frederick, C Lewis, C Cole, G Kelly, G Drew, G ....... . .. 5 25 State 13. FT TP 4 2 6 0 4 0 0 2 11 2 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 3 9 29 FT TP 11 0 5 8 0 0 0 1 1 0 3 0 0 0 0 1 FG 1 1 1 0 2 2 0 1 4 10 FG 5 0 1 3 0 0 0 1 Total Score at half time- —Marquette 14, St 25 5 ate 16. the following winter T au Sigma honorary society for applied science and liberal arts students announces term the election of Bancroft; initiates: M a ry Mixer, Genevieve Lane, '27, Marcellus; Dorothy Dundas, '27, Bad A x e; Marian Sachs, '27, FG FT TP Lewiston; Mable Biery, '27, East L a n s i n g; '27, L a n s i n g; June Ran- '27, '27, Grand '27, L a n s i n g; '27, Charlotte; Ronald Corrine Backus, ney, '27 Greenville; Joseph Archer, Constantine; Gordon Jarman, Ledge; Clifford Sheathelm, Donald 12 4 8 4 2 'Olson, 2 4 0 '27, 2 1 1 5 i 0 2 2 12 8 30 Walsworth, 27, H a r t. Page 312 The M. S. C. Record C L A SS N O T ES Loa Renner-Croke. says that "Bob" Renner will come to keep open headquarters for us. She will come with him. '70 is spending the winter Charles W Garfield in DeLand. Florida. Address 2IQ E. Rich street. He will return to Grand Rapids about April i. '71 Richard Slocum, Glenham. S. D., says he hopes this to be at the College during Commencement year. '85 James A. Dai\ lives at 6o Lexington apart ments. Indianapolis, I ml. L. H. Harrison, i 107 Union building, Charles "Am still at it; as I have ton, W. Ya., writes: been since leaving college—selling electrical coal cutting machines and mi"e that you 'birds' in the north can get your winter's fuel at a lower Cost than you would if coal was be the old fashioned 'way. Kindest ing mined regards the early to eighties." in the boys of M. A. C. of locomotives so Dear Classmate : '86 The last Class Letter was dated December 15th. It was not my intention to write again until about this Jme. Have received letters from lulling and Spangler. lulling is a druggist in Ashland. Wis consin and Spangler is a lawyer in Forest Lake, Minnesota. Both will a t t e 'd the reunion? A letter from Ernest A. Gammon, Hood, Cal ifornia states that the last time.he heard Walter was in Florida He doesn't keep his family well informed as lulling wrote ,0 his whereabouts. a fine letter. Said he was in Lansing and at the that he' indicates College went away with a feelFg and with •the intention not to return. However my letters have seemed .0 cause him to reconsider and he partially promises to come. Drop "Dick" a let ter and tell him he must come. letter lonesome in 1007. Llis I quote from his letter. He says he hankers to see the old place once more. "Financially I am over the fence and on easy street". Congratula tions "Dick", we are all glad of Spangler says, "Nothing will give me greater pleasure than to be present at that time and so far as I now know I will certainly be there." it. No letter has been received as yet from Brown, "Jake"! Nichols, Dunham. Eldridge and Hooker. to drive around by Plainwell It and bring "Xick" along with you. My next letter will tell of the date of our reunion, to you is up "Bill" and "Pete"! It is up to you to locate Eldridge in the big city of Chicago and get the that word over to him. You are all admonished it if you should drop me another from only contains a few sentences. A letter even letter The sprFgtime will soon he here and you must the middle of for about mark your calendar June. WLh best regards, Very sincerely, JASON E. HAMMOND, Sec'y. ' 91 V. S. Hillyer now lives at 3302 Central avenue in Indianapolis, Ind. agent William F. Johnston, county in Van Buret county, is the first on our list of W K AR radio fans who has written in to J. B. Hasselman. His communication "Please mail roe a reads: couple copies of your program of the radio farm talks." '94 Duncan McArthur, 2:148 B street, San Diego, Cali says: "No change in address or occupation. My sons Colin and Hugh are almost full grown is a sturdy little chap of youths while Douglas seven. the wonderful love with in climate of San Diego. 1 frequently see J. T. Wright, '93, who has long been a resident of San Diego. I am still '02 Lyman Carrier, Coquille, Oregon, writes: "Am still working my slogan 'For Better Turf" over time. With a creeping bent stolen nursery and Indiana, a creeping- fertilizer plan: at Granger, rursery at Willits, California and a seed bent harvesting job at Coquille. I manage to do quite a lot of traveling during the year Am putting in machinery to grind stock feed at Coquille as there. there is a well established dairy in The besr. American cream cheese is produced Coos county, Oregon, of which Coquille the county seat." industry is '03 Emma Barrett, 4001 Whitman avenue, Seattle, Washington, is teaching home economics in Bal lard high school of that city. in to Hasselman appears L. A. Barrack, Williamston, is the next radio this fan whose let.er "Have enjoyed your column. Barrack writes: radio school very much as well as your regular I know of several others who enjoy features. your programs, but, rest of us, are the like rather busy and are negligent in telling you about it. But you can always know that we are 'on the air' with you every time. Professor King's read ings reminded me of days of third floor of old College Hall. Kindly send me your :he next radio school." program for '04 T HE RECORD wishes to clarify the addresses of the real estate depart- J. H. Prost, manager of in the igoi The M. S. C. Record Page 3T3 • M m Will It Remain An Alumni Memorial />—*>_">_ o OBLIGATIONS DUE on the Union Memorial Building i1 1 I 1 I Hi .Allium sl 1*11 *M Ml? I ll JJ n i i i i mu 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 1 1 Page 314 The M. S. C. Record ment of Cochran & McCluer company, Chicago. His home address is 511 Laurel avenue, Wilmette, Illinois, while his office address is 40 X. Dear born, Chicago. C. G. Woodbury, 1739 H street, X. W., Wash the the Xational ington, D C, office address, is director of raw products research bureau of Canners association. '06 Curry S. Hicks has now been director of phy sical education at Massachusetts Agricultural col lege fifteen years. His address is Pleasant street, Amherst. j6 A. A. Towner of the Red Star Milling com pany, Wichita, Kansas, writes to Hasselman: "I thought you might be interested in knowing that your program of Monday evening came in fine here at Wichita and we enjoyed it very much. Seems very good to get spoken words now and then from our old Alma Mater. '10 Ezra E. Kurtz, 520 9th street, Royal Oak, is the Sherrard the general shop of in charge of high school, Detroit. '11 G. P. Springer is assistant professor of civil engineering at Drexel Institute, Philadelphia, Pa. He adds: "Just received nry license as profes sional engineer in Pennsylvania consulting work on subdivisions, developments and building is 4816 Pine Springer's address construc.ion". street, apartment 302, Pine Lodge, Philadelphia. for '12 L. L. Jones, 129 E. McCreight avenue, Spring the field, Ohio Jones Buckeye Incubator company of Springfield. lists his assets as follows: four "One wife, children, one regular automobile and one good job." is now director of service for O. W. Schleussner is manager of the vegetable department of the American Fruit growers, Los Angeles. His address is 3811 San Rafael avenue, Los Angeles. K. D. Van Wagenen, route 3, Duluth, Minneso ta, says: "Farm manager, same place as hereto fore. M. S. C. friends often call on us enroute east or west." Ira Westerveld now lives at 211 Jefferson street in Wausau, Wis. Illinois, '13 Carl Carstens, 508 East Euclid street, Arlington fan who is an alumni Heights, letter to found to dispatch Director Hasselmann: in on your concert on January 18. Came in very fine and clear." radio the following "Listened time '14 R. E. Caryl, box 586, Riverside, California is still doing bud selection work on citrus fruits. He is the co-author with A. D. Shamel of the U. S. D. A. of several bulletins, including "Pruning Citrus Trees in the Souihwest", "Growing Citrus Trees in the Southwest". Samuel Dean's address has been changed to route 0, box 412, Detroit. is one of Xorton Mogge, box 711, Wenatchee, Washing ton the Xorthwest the organizers of Fruit Distributors, a marketing organization of which he is vice-president. Mogge adds that he has one child, Dwight Charles, six weeks old and active and husky. Austin L. Coons, Lowell, writes to Hasselman : "While we wonder how you keep up with the ball, the men and the crowd at the games, we surely do get a kick out of your football and basket ball announcing. thank you for your work. Such as you can do much good 'on the air.' " \Ye appreciate and '16 Airs. J. F. Cole (Helen Hatch) now lives at 4059 Montgomery avenue, Detroit. Glen Hacker, 649 Price avenue, Lexington, Ky., writes: "Still turning out those husky chicks at south. the Kentucky Hatchery—larges; Joy Hacker arrived April 12, 1925 She's husky too." the in Russell Runnels, box 545, Blacksburg, Va., "James Godkin and I continue to represent says: '16 and Michigan State at Virginia the class of Polytechnic institute. is in the department 'Jim' of botany and plant pathology and I am in the department of zoology and animal pathology. We wish in southwest Virginia would drop in on us." that alumni from F. A. Hagedorn and "Just a Hasselman is in receipt of the following com family, munication Sij2 X. Leroy street, Fenton: to line let you know we enjoy your programs very much. We are very fond of the solos of Danny Kiefaber and the orches:ra music. Please send me one of your programs on Xature Study talks that will lie given over W K A R ." : '18 Henry Dorr, Jr., now lives at 183 S. 3rd street, "Still with the Medford Lumber Medford, Ore. the company. Expect to complete operations spring. I do not know just where I will.go from here. Xo increase in family." Dorr is master of the Medford Masonic is a the People's Congregational Church deacon of and a member of the Eastern Star string quartet. '19 lodge number 217, in C. M. Hatland, Walnut, Illinois, writes: "Teaching Smith-Hughes agriculture is my main an the occupation. Coached track team in The M. S. C. Record Page 315 emergency last spring. Acting as local Boys and Girls' club leader. Elected director of the Illinois State association of vocational agricultural teach ers for three years. Mildred Arlene, born on October 11, 1924, is doing fine." '22 Ivilliam Ru:h Grimm, 217 E. Main street, Elk- ton, Md., writes: "I am still with the Maryland Extension in definitely. Returned last week from our annual conference at Washington, D. C. This was also reunion time for the four Michigan State alumnae now in Maryland service: Blanch Clark, w'12; Lolabel Green, '20; Eva Schurr, '20 and I." service and expect to continue '23 A son, J. Vincent, born June 19, 1925., is the from information contained in a. communication Gordon and Mattie Vincent Morrison. They re side at Cold Spring Harbor, Long, Island, N. Y. E. P. Weamer lives at 130 E. Morley, Dearborn, Michigan. R A D I O LA "RADIO'S BEST HenkeFs Radio Shop 125 W. W a s h t e n aw St. LANSING'S LEADING RADIO STORE WRIGLEYS RK. NEW HANDY PACK Fits hand *~ pocket and purse M o re f or y o ur m o n ey and t he b e st P e p p e r m i nt Chewing Sweet for an* -uoney Look for Wrigley's P. K. Hanuy Pack gf on your Dealer's Counter - j j^ THE CORYELL NURSERY GROWERS OF HARDY NURSERY STOCK R. J. Coryell, '84 Ralph I. Coryell. '14 I. Wangberg, '25 West Maple Ave. Birmingham, Mich. A. M. EMERY, '83 Books and Office Supplies 223 Washington Ave. N. H. C. Pratt, '09, in charge of Office Supply Department GOODELL, ZELIN C. (M. S. C. 11F) Insurance and Bonds 208-211 Capital National Bk. Bldg. SAM BECK. '12, with LOUIS BECK COMPANY 112 North Washington Ave. Society Brand Clothes Complete Haberdashery THE EDWARDS LABORATORY, S. F. Edwards, *•• Lansing, Michigan Anti-Hog Cholera Serum—Other Biological Products E. N. PAGELSEN, '89, Patent Attorney 1321 Lafayette Building, Detroit — THE — Grand Rapids Savings Bank Grand Rapids, Michigan "The Bank Where You Feel at Home" M. S. C. People Given a Glad Hand Charles W. Garfield, '70, Chairman Executive Com. Gilbert L. Daane, '09, President C. Fred Schneider, Benj. C. Porter, '85, Manager Division Branch '84, Manager South G. R. Branch Benj. C. Porter, Jr., ' n, Asst. Manager South G. R. Branch Willis Vandenburg, '21, Manager Fulton St. Branch WALDO ROHNERT, '«• Wholesale Seed Grower, Gilroy, California. THE STRAUS BROS. COMPANY First Mortgage Bonds G. O. STEWART, '17 7M W. 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