WCHFGAf*- STATE COL <&-, '1 i Published by and for The Alumni and Former Students of the Michigan State College EAST LANSING SfeSO §^^>l/i?^ Page 382 The M. S. C. Record THE M. S. C. RECORD Established 1896 —* ! Published for the alumni a^d former students of the Michigan State College by the M. S. C. Association. 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 THE RECORD, $2.50 Unless members request a discontinuance before expiration of it will be assumed a renewal is desired. their memberships 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 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 Henry T. Ross, '04, Milford, Mich., T e rm expires 1928 Clifford W. McKibbin, '11, East Lansing, Term expires 1926 G. V. Branch, '12, Detroit, Term expires 1927 W. K. Prudden, '78, Coronado, Calif., ex-officio Harris E. Thomas, '85, Lansing, ex-officio E. W. Ranney, '00, Greenville, ex-officio BRANCH ASSOCIATIONS In Michigan unless otherwise noted. BARRY COUNTY NORTHWEST MICHIGAN BERRIEN COUNTY BAY CITY CENTRAL MICHIGAN CHICAGO DETROIT CLUB FLINT GRAND RAPIDS OTTAWA COUNTY PORTLAND, ORE. ST. CLAIR COUNTY ST. JOSEPH COUNTY + SEATTLE, WASH. SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA SOUTH HAVEN MILWAUKEE, WIS. WASHINGTON, D. C. NEW YORK CITY WESTERN NEW YORK I NORTHERN OHIO WESTERN PENNSYLVANIA THE M. S. C. RECORD Vol. XXXI.. No. 24 EAST LANSING, MICHIGAN M a r ch 22, 1926 VAUGHAN HEADS WASHINGTON PROGRAM Fanner Dean of University Guest of Honor at Annual Meeting Alumni; Dean Phelan Represents College; R. A. Turner, of Capitol 'op, Elected President of Association. formed Pioneer stages of the agricultural move its present day ment as compared with development the subject of dis cussion at the twenty-sixth annual meeting and banquet of the Washington, D. C, M. S. C. Association, held at the Grace Dodge Hotel, February 26. the the state of Missouri. " My heart and soul are D r . Y. C. Yaughan, honor guest, to be connected with told the how he came University of Michigan. At time of the Civil W ar Dr. Yaughan was a teacher in Schools were closed and a law passed requiring teachers and preachers to take oath that they had 110 sympathy with the south. This oath Dr. Yaughan was not able to take. Having be come interested in reports of the work of Eugene Hilgard, the scientist, he decided to enter the Michigan university, where he sur later became dean of medicine and for gery, in which capacity he served thirty years. in terested in the rural population", said Dr. Yaughan. He gave a review of Public health work in Michigan, mentioning Doc tors Baker and Kedzie, first members of the State Board of Health. Dr. Kedzie is to remembered for his experimental work lamp. prevent explosion of resuscitation T he Kedzie-Baker method of has erroneously become the as " S h a f e r" method. Dr. Yaughan thinks no three institution such able men as Beal, Kedzie and Cook. In closing he said he hoped to see a well- established hospital in every county in the the reach of state, and education within every boy and girl. in the United States had the kerosene known Dean the John Phelan. Michigan State College, paid to Professor French, his predecessor, as "a representing tribute for that teacher, a the student is when he goes o u t; great teacher of men", and a pioneer in agricultural education. He sees in alumni gatherings proof the Col lege is a school of long traditions. He be lieves that the time for the College to help the student that courses should be built up on the life out side ; and that the alma mater should fol low three or four years after he leaves school. He has the great today est respect for the young people of looks upon every boy and every girl and as a real project. The first need the humanizing of education is an understand ing of emotional life. Freshman advisers are needed to help bridge the gap between home and college. He believes in cultural education, but it must not kill or dam the intellectual interests. The name Michigan Agricultural College is written in the lives of many of the older men, but the change of name meant no change in the work of the College or in President Butterfield's attitude. in The dean reported the erection of many for new buildings, building improvements the past five years equaling the that of previous 65 years. The Union building, especially, is finding a place in the social life of the students. received back The Honorable James C. McLaughlan, speaking for "state's rights" in the man agement of agricultural as well as educa that Michigan has tional matters, stated in proportion never to the amount of is dis turbed at the trend toward centralization of government and ideas at Washington. . In the time of Washington and Jefferson he would have been called a "strict construc tionist". taxes paid. He funds Page 384 The M. S. C. Record Mr. McLaughlan, himself might be call ed a pioneer in the agricultural movement. Twenty years ago. when he first came to Washington, he"asked Uncle Joe Cannon for a place on the agricultural committee of the house and was one of the six mem In his opinion the coun bers appointed. try may well be proud of its department of agriculture. "Looking Over the Back Fence" was the the Honorable Grant Hudson, in Michigan State College the campus theme of whose interest arose from the proximity of and the fact that he had three sons to edu President cate. Mr. Hudson considers Little and President Butterfield as Michi gan's two great educators. registrar of Michigan State College, reported an attendance of 2,300 students, an increase of 400 over 1924-192 5. Miss Yakely, '05, and Mrs. Reed, Mrs. S. L. J o d i d i; A. E. Kocher, '02, and Mrs. K o c h e r; P. W. Mason, '12, and Mrs. M a s o n; Hon. James C. McLaughlin; E d na B. McNaughton, ' 1 1; Ruth F. Musselman, fohn P h e l a n; '19; Mary M. Nicoll, Dean '14; C. A. Mrs. L. Pickett; Ruth Picket, Reed, ' 0 5; Alice A. Skeels, '25 ; H. C. Skeels, ' 9 8; L>. A. Spen cer, '12, and Mrs. Spencer; W. C. Steb- bins, '95 ; F. D. Stevens, '03 ; W m. A. Tay lor, '88, and Mrs. T a y l o r; Henry Thurtell, '88; P. John Truscott, ' 2 3; R. A. Turner, '09, and Mrs. T u r n e r; Dr. and Mrs. Victor C. Y a u g h a n; Mary Baker White, ' 9 8; C. '04, and Mrs. W o o d b u r y; G. W^oodbury, Elida Yakelev. ASSOCIATION OFFICERS ARE RE-NOMINATED Dr. Blanche M. Haines, formerly connected with of the Michigan, but children's bureau in Washington, express ed her appreciation of the College and of the home demonstration workers. now Miss Ruth Hudson sang a group of She was accompanied by Mrs. songs. Grace A. Jackson. The business meeting was conducted by President C. A. Reed, '05. and the speakers of the evening were introduced by Dr. Wil '88, acting as toastmaster. liam A. Taylor, Officers elected for the coming year are as follows: President, R. A. Turner, ' 0 9; vice-president, G. H. Collingwood, T i; secretary-treasurer, Cora L. Feldkamp, '05. Members and guests present w e r e: A r t h ur Adelman, '04, and Mrs. Adel- m a n; Evelyn Barnes. ' 1 1; E. W. Brandes, former 13; Grace Xewbold Brandes; Secretary and Mrs. A. M. B r o w n; Blanche B. Clark; G. H. Collingwood, ' f i; C. • P. '95, and Mrs. Close; Dr. G. H. Close, '02; Cora L. Coons; Matt A. Crosby, Feldkamp, '13, Mrs. ' 0 5; W. S. Fields, Felds and daughter; Welland Gay, w ' 1 8; Dayton A. Gurney, '04; Dr. Blanche M. H a i n e s; Hon. Grant H u d s o n; Ruth M. H u d s o n; Mrs. Grace A. Jackson; Dr. and is in the through the most Officers of financing of committee was urged It the affairs of the Association have been renominated to serve another year by the committee headed by J. D. Towar, '85, and the wish of ' i i. Elizabeth Palm. these committees the that organization be conducted by the men who difficult have served period the Union Memorial building. C. W. McKibbin, '11, former secretary of the Association, who has completed one term as a member of the executive to serve another but asked to be relieved be importance of other duties. cause of that he serve- Both committees requested again but acceded to his wish that he be In his allowed to withdraw his name. place nominated Frances Kirk Patch, '14. and Ruth Russel, interested '13, both of whom are actively live within a dis in alumni affairs and tance of that insures to attend meetings of they will be able regular elective of the committee. The the Association have signified ficers their willingness to continue in office for another year. the College which committees have the the of The list of offices as presented by the committees appears as follows: The M. S. C. Record Page 385 I N S P I R A T I ON FOR N EW COVER D E S I GN 'S3. President, F r a nk F. Rogers, Vice-President, A. G. MacKinnon, "95. Treasurer, Luther H. Baker, '93. Member of for executive three-year term, Mrs. Frances R i rk Patch, '14. Ruth Russel, '13. committee Ballots will be mailed to all members of the Association whose dues are paid up to July 1 immediately after May I. Dur ing the interim it will be possible for any twenty members of the Association in good standing to present names for inclusion on in the ballot. Ballots must be returned they properly endorsed envelops so that than will arrive at E a st Lansing not later June 17, according to the by-laws govern ing elections. L. II. Baker, '93, has been nominated to succeed himself as mayor of East Lan sing. His opponent is Dr. F. W. Chamber lain who has been veterinary division of fifteen years. connected with the for the College A drawing of one view of the old split rock serves as the background for the new cover design prepared by G. N. Swanson, '2^. business manager of T HE RECORD. reunion group shows a The photograph rock the the portion of gathered around now standing near the southwest corner of the Union Memorial building. T he bronze follow tablet marking the rock bears the ing verse : When half the toilsome way was passed, we rested by the stone Within whose cleft a cherry pit had taken root and g r o w n; The cleft was not so very wide, just half an inch or s o; The little tree scarce touched its side some forty years ago. Forty years a g o; Forty years a g o; T he cleft has spread; the tree has grown since forty years ago. — F R A NK H O D G M A N, '62. Page 386 The M. S. C. Record VIEWS AND COMMENT in these to make an the Union. the office of its activities for its books and all At the close of the fiscal year, June 30. financial the Union will issue a complete summary statement together with a brief of the past year, parti cularly in relation to the Union Memorial building. The funds of the Union have not been so plentiful as to allow for serious to discrepancies to creep insure in, but the books proper accounting an audit of firm is made quarterly by a well-known reports are on of accountants and file All responsible employees of the Union are under sufficient bond to guarantee the safe handling of the funds and every precaution has been taken to keep the business of the organization on a solid basis. These facts are evident to the person enough interested inspection in the organization of information bearing upon them is available at any time to the active or life member of the Union. a commercial project the Union Memorial building has reached the point where its success another year seems as Its main departments are operating sured. to give upon a profitable enough margin In general, the out standing reassurance. the structure by students, alumni use of and since September. The first month or so was dis the period during appointing. That was which the enterprise was struggling to jus tify itself as a Campus institution. Since that time the growth has been so marked that the anxiety of the few weeks has been replaced by confidence fostered bv exper ience. As a business, the Union must go the same stages as those exper through ienced by a commercial It must through service, make a place for it self in competition with other businesses and, to do this, it must change the habits of a large number of people. faculty has greatly enterprise. increased As It is disturbing to think that so-called be lievers in the Union Memorial project will to not bring their complaints and suggestions to the responsible officers of the Union, it is disturbing is not think full support at all times for the institution which has been erected after an effort over in by a period of six years, participated the great majority of alumni. there that the such from from which Hut out of the ruck of this disappoint ment comes the all compensating vision of an organization which has completed most of its first active year in a creditable man financial ner, when considered standpoint, enterprises are judged, as well as when considered from the point of view of service render ed. The remaining three months may re veal deficiencies not now apparent but, in most respects, this possibility is remote be cause of the experience gained during the first nine months. The Union Memorial building has been started on the path to success through the consistently hard, con it scientious work of a group seeing possibilities for great service and willing that service in the interests of to further the profound conviction the College and which has brought the Union Memorial building. into being in is the final the year The days are passing rapidly as June 19 comes into view. There is probably no period in College life which goes as quickly as does the spring term. One reason is be cause the term of in number of days but another, shortest and perhaps more potent, is the fact that enjoyed, is a period more generally it usually accompanied by the best weather of the year and bringing as it does a most delightful season to the Campus. F or those the reunions on June who plan to attend 19 the time is just as short. If there are special plans to be made, if it is required that a program be in advance then the time is very short in which these arrangements can be made. laid out The M. S. C. Record Page 387 "Close Beside The Winding Cedar" The Union Memorial building fund needs the amount due on your pledge. E. H. Ryder, dean of liberal arts, will again act as director of the summer school. Classes will begin J u ne 22 and last until July 30. F a r m e r s' Day will be July 30. No clues have been uncovered as to-the present the- location and custodianship of famous black box from the old barber ship. the is assured a permanent home and best of care in the Union Memorial build ing. 1 It No further issues of Tiitf RECORD will be published until April 12. This suspen sion is in accordance with the publication issues schedule calling for but years with monthly numbers in July and August. thirty-five Eight invita teams entered the College tional swimming meet which was held last last year's week. Detroit, Northwestern, winners, Ann Arbor, Pontiac, Redford, Belding, Jackson, Detroit Northern and Lansing competed. "Francesca da Rimini" by George H. Boker will be presented as the senior play this year during the week preceding com an mencement, the departure nouncement which stresses for from the Shakespearean programs of mer years. according recent to a states An announcement from the botany de the use of glacine that partment paper cones over vegetables during the early part of their growth will not only be assure a protection from earlier maturity. Experiments covering two years, using various types of protect ing materials, showed that glacine paper is speeds that tomatoes reach superior. This growth to the extent maturity two weeks earlier. frost but will protection V far Eleanor Rainey, '27, Birmingham, presi dent of Omicron Nu, has been selected to attend the national convention of that fra ternity being held at Kansas State next month. A condensed College catalog of thirty pages has been published by the registrar's It is designed to serve as advance office. information for prospective students and contains a general account of the work of fered at the College. Bishop Francis J. McConnell, of Pitts burgh-, will deliver the commencement ad dress on June 22, it has been announced by the committee in charge. Dr. Lloyd C. Douglas, pastor of the First Congregational church at Akron, Ohio, will be the bacca laureate speaker. W o rk on the new boulevard to connect Lansing and East Lansing along the Mich igan avenue route has been started by the state highway department and proceedings are underway to obtain the necessary rights of way for sections not already under the control of the state. With an unusually persistent winter held responsible, the Red Cedar, dammed by the ice which accumlated and closed parts of its customary channel, has broken bounds field. Out the old athletic and covered door practice for the baseball team has, of course, been these con ditions. impossible under students the Under the direction of Alexander Laurie, in department of horticulture, task of floriculture i will be assigned the designing and planting shrubbery on lawn. T he students who will be Capitol ;are allowed in to participate those of the advanced classes who have al ready had floricul- tural department. intensive work this work in the Page 388 The M. S. C. Record COLLEGE STARTS SOCIOLOGICAL STUDIES Funds Provided by Purncll Act Allow for Intensive Study of Rural and Urban Conditions and Factors Responsible; Dr. Mum ford Heads Activities Mow Under Ji7a\. By the provisions of the Purnell act, Michigan State College and other land grant colleges have received appropriations investigational projects for which afford institutions an avenue of activity which is entirely new and prac tically unexploited. research and these T he act enables these colleges to study rural and urban life from every angle. At the College, although the work has not been time, in progress for any great length of to show it has been carried on sufficiently is one which grows as that continued. the the problem investigations are Under the direction of Professor Eben the College's share of the work Mumford is being systematically carried on. Mum- ford has two assistants who are actively employed in the field, J. J. Thaden, Iowa State and P. II. Pearson, Minnesota. As an initial effort live counties in the general the College are being studied, locality of namely Shiawassee, Eaton and Livingston. These counties are being studied in relation to every phase of human activity in the community. Ingham, Clinton, kind their there the churches In Doctor Mumford's office is a series of maps of these five counties. One in each community. shows The denomination and whether or not the church has a resident pastor is also noted. Another map indicates the distribution of fraternal organizations, and membership. Others show trading centers, creameries, threshing centers, and girls' clubs, banking centers, schools and voting areas. im in the rural and portant features of city sections are all graphically illustrated. According to Dr. Mumford, every con ceivable type of human activity has an in " H u- fluence on community life and spirit. man activity" he sav In other words, these boys' life groups, is also of great assistance three natural education, religion and employment and trade. Such a classi to us fication It gives us a in carrying out our work. in every case. Churches, starting point stores, boys' country p »unty agricultural clubs, school groups, fraternal lodges and even county boards, all afford us concrete means obtaining initial figures and contacts." and girls' clubs, of To these substantiate investigations seminars are held every Monday evening at the College. Rural leaders from the five Some counties drive a distance of 40 miles to lend their efforts these meetings. to the work. attend the life, to community the scattered nature of At present the entire project is merely in its infancy. T he time needed to collect initial data, the people in these regions, the diversity of the aims of the various organizations now con tributing lack of central motive behind these groups, all tend to retard rapid progress. T he dominating purpose in such an exhaustive investigation to is not as outlined by the Purnell act standardize to break the community nor It is rather for down existing institutions. the scattered ef the purpose of unifying It will not forts along educational lines. only to more centralized community life but will be a direct aid to Americaniza tion and the solution of the rural residents' closer problems. Marketing, contact with neighbors and with the outside world, co-operation, all will be possible in a more efficient degree. education, lead Other natural centers will be studied as soon as the Lansing area has been studied is a more intensively. T he entire work pioneering project and the initial territory is educational to those conducting the work itself. as much as it is to the community that )lves itself into Grand Rapids has already requested The M. S. C. Record Page 389 in turn, studied In regard to the courses offered at a study be made of its region. According to Dr. Mumford, each natural section will be Jackson, Detroit, Muskegon, Ray City, Northern Michigan and others until the state has been covered. the the study of sociology, P r o College for entire that fessor Mumford stated the curriculum the College demands of It is now possible to program in general. minor, major or in this subject. The degree of doctor of philosophy can now be granted by the de partment. is being built up to meet the expansion of take advanced work the ALUMNAE AT WORK ON BUILDING PROJECT Lou E. I Sutler, "17, secretary of the alumnae council submits the following re port of the recent meetings and business of the council: The alumnae council meeting of March 8 was not so largely attended as it had been hoped; but, considering the dangerously icy streets, the presence of thirty members showed a good interest in the undertaking of furnishing the women's lounge. the Several committees which had been ap pointed at the meeting of executive board on February 19, reported as to the desirability of various ways raising money, selling certain articles, holding a benefit bridge party in the Union Memorial building, or a dancing party in the same place, and silver teas. of The conclusion was reached that the best to raise funds was to mail circular way letters to all women graduates and former students of Michigan State College, and ask each one to contribute a sum of money. After this plan had been given a good trial, it would be decided whether it would be necessary to raise money in other ways. Mrs. \Y. P. Kaltenbach was appointed corresponding secretary and has, since the letters mimeographed meeting, had to go to one thousand women who were students here. She is asking for $2.00 each. Larg er or smaller sums will be thankfully ac cepted, but an average contribution of $2.00 each will make possible the amount the room. Mrs. Kal required to furnish tenbach hopes in this large number of addresses some one may be inadvertently missed, and she asks that this notice in T HE RECORD be consider ed a personal invitation to contribute. to reach everyone, but the been received. It is not necessary to wait for let two contributions ter, anyway. Already have Fillingham F e rn Leonhardy started the ball rolling the night of the Alumnae meeting, and a few days later the Themian Alumnae sent us a check for $25.00. Mail your checks to the treas urer, Lou Butler, East Lansing. Please do not expect receipts, but look for your name in Tniv RECORD. to sponsor The Council also decided the worn- things other than furnishing of men's issue. lounge, which was T he suggestion was made that we work for an old-time alumni party Commencement Week. the main A. C. BURNHAM OFFERS NEW SENIOR COURSE for the spring Alton C. Curnham, '93, has been added term. to the College staff He will be instructor in the new life plan ning course, which. has been added to the It curriculum as an elective for seniors. take is expected that a great number will advantage of this chance to secure valuable advice on how to select their careers. Regular classroom work will be aug mented by seminars, lectures and personal conferences. T he course will also include a survey of business opportunities and pub lic life as a profession as well as studies of the individual members of the class as types. \ Page S9° The M. S. C. Record ALL-COLLEGE BALLOT DRAWS HEAVY VOTE It is believed that the all-college elections staged on March 12 set a new record as far as total voters is concerned. T he stu dent council has announced that 1,039 took part in the elections which were held in the lobby of the Union building. This vote is more than 300 over the 1925 total. interest for several The election was watched with more reasons. than passing One was the race between Keith Hime- baugh, '2j, Lowell, and T. L. Christie, '27, Lansing for the position of editor of the Michigan State News, successor to the Hol- cad. T he vote on whether or not college activities should be placed on an eligibility basis also drew a large number of voters. In these two important issues Himebaugh was elected editor by more than 600 major ity and the activity issue was favored by a heavy majority as well. the student After the elections. I Tarry Wakefield, council, Kinde, president of in the stated that the conveniences offered the staging of an election had Union for the number of votes a direct bearing on cast. In former years they have been held in scattered places on the Campus, whereas the Union this year, placed in the polls the path of student travel. in a position directly the main lobby of PHONOGRAPH FUND DRAWS CONTRIBUTIONS if the latest type phonographs There are some prospects of the Union Memorial building being equipped with one of the re sults of the past week are to serve as an indication of what J. C. DeCamp, '10, a member of the faculty of the forestry department, and R. B. Mc- Pherson, '90, have contributed to the fund being raised to provide the machine. Thus the ten year classes are far in the majority to come. is importance of such an and have apparently taken the matter into their own hands. The field is not limited but those who are especially interested in this project could soon make up the entire amount if the different groups were to be canvassed. T he instrument can be readily conceived by comparing the cost of hiring one man to operate it with that of engaging an orchestra to give the the music same service. The quality of can be much higher than that given by a local group because of the large selection of records. It would be possible to have operatic and sacred concerts as well as pro grams consisting only of dance music. As an educational influence such a machine would operate the same as exhibitions of it would make masterpieces of art and available to the great majority of the stu dents what is now within the reach of but a few. the Union Memorial building would be more numer ous and the structure given more general If you are interested your use as a result. to the Phonograph check should be sent Fund, M. S. C. Association so that the sum will not be credited to your account with the Memorial building fund or T111C RECORD when you are particularly desirous of the building equipped with a seeing phonograph. Informal affairs in FREDERICK, '27, CHOSEN BASKETBALL CAPTAIN Charles Frederick, '27, Saginaw, has been elected captain of the 1926-27 basket ball team. Frederick played center during to the season that position from guard due to shakeups in the squad through ineligibility of several players. just passed, being shifted Kenneth Moco, '29, Detroit, was elected team for the sea captain of the freshman son completed and Allen Berquist, '27, Ironwood will lead the State wrestlers next vear. The M. S. C. Record Page 391 UNION CHOOSES CO-ED PRESIDENT FOR YEAR the chairmanship of F or the first time in the history of the M. A. C. Union (it still retains that title) the a co-ed has been elected president of board of directors. Ruth Ketcham, '27, the or will assume ganization at the beginning of the spring for a year. Miss term and hold office Ketcham has been an active member of the board for a year and was the only student member to her work in the Union she has taken part in two in class athletics and holds offices co-ed organizations. H er is Con- gresman John C. Ketcham of Hastings. to be re-elected. In addtion father This is doubtless the first time in the his in American tory of Union organizations that a woman has been elected colleges chief executive, unless in women's colleges where Unions have been inherited organized. Whether or not an trait which carries talent for politics is re sponsible for her success is a subject for discussion among learned eugenicists. there be cases NEW TYPE OF IODINE FOUND BY CHANDLER A discovery which Dean W a rd Giltner of the veterinary department believes will open up entirely new channels in surgery and medicine has been made by Wallace L. Chandler, Ph. D., assistant professor of bacteriology at the College. research and remedy find a in animals. The result of During the past six years Chandler has investigational been doing intestinal for work to parasites this work was that he found a remedy which is equally effective for humans and for ani incidental discovery mals. But which accompanied the above which Dr. Giltner states is really the remarkable part of the project, namely, the discovery of a type of iodine which is non-corrosive. is the it As iodine is the only thing known This iodine, developed by Chandler, can be held in suspension in very finely divided particles. Tincture of iodine, as now used, is often irritating to the skin, but the new is non-irritating as wrell as stainless. form that will kill parasite eggs, its use in the new form is very valuable as a disinfectant for animal quarters. Yermicidal iodine as a investigations, has result of Chandler's been found to be very efficient in ridding men and animals of parasites. T he new form can also be used with match-like ap plicators. Chandler has been called into consulta tion by physicians charge of various in cases and his services are in general de mand. He has specialized in parasitology in cases of and did much of veterans of the world war, many of whom suffered from parasitic infectations. this work Alfred A. Vogel, Evanston, Illinois, and the Cecil E. Radwen, Lansing, seniors in department of landscape architecture, re cently acquired experience in their chosen profession by making a study of the pro posed park and recreation center for the city of Portland, Michigan. T he Portland Review, in commenting on the work of the the plans had embryo artists, stated that the city. been officially adopted by ''Michigan Staters" has been selected as the official nickname for College athletic teams. A committee composed of members of the faculty, student council and Varsity club chose the new name from an enormous list that was submitted by the student body. the Lansing, Pauline Edkin, winning name. submitted Professor G. H. Coons, of the botany department, who recently returned from an extended investigational tour of Europe for the federal government, stopped off at the College for a few days while on his way to Colorado and California, where he will continue his investigations in sugar beets. Page 392 The M. S. C. Record C L A SS N O T ES '92 L. C. Brooks writes: the that 1 have the early the electrical last eight of which "Some of '90's might be joined the old inter acquaintances of President ested to know Coolidge's army of defense of the 'back to the farm' movement. As many of your old readers know, I have been following in dustry, especially the marine applications, for the last 25 years, I have the Bethlehem Ship been electrical engineer of just building corporation, which position I have resigned. rest I expect to take a much needed of a few months, after which I shall settle on in Groton, a fruit Mass. My address after April 1 will be Com mon street, Groton, Mass. Professor Gunson will probably be very much interested in this ven ture as he will no doubt recall the days when 1 worked in the hort department with him." in Xashoba fruit belt farm '98 Fred L. Woodworth now lives at 3267 Calvert avenue in Detroit. Clara M. Steele has moved to 133 Woodlawn avenue in Albany, X. Y. '00 Hugh Gunnison will soon be returning to his home at 103 Richton avenue in Highland Park. Of his winter in Florida Gunnison writes: "We have had a pleasant winter. Missed some severe weather. A bit cold here at times for this state. Attended the Palm Beach regatta, also the Tampa the national yatchmen's regatta where race. We then for Miami, home." leave on the 17th I won '01 Lawrence H. Taylor avenue, Burbank, Cal. He civil engineering Tegart in Burbank. firm lives at 924 San Jose is a member of the of Davidson-Taylor & '04 Grace Taft Kunze is living at 7 Ingleside ave nue, Catonsville, Md. '06 Wed worth V. Baker, 4022 Hogarth avenue, De the Detroit Sheet is general manager of troit, Metal works. '07 Clara Morley. 4743 Second boulevard, Detroit, writes: "Am still in the advertising business with the All man advertising agency. Am handling ac counts for several of our M. S. C. folks." Glenn H. Hayes, 4109 Vicksburg avenue, De troit, is assistant right of way agent for the De troit Edison company. '08 "I continue Mrs. L. L. Peppard writes: to enjoy my work at Rhode Island State college, Kingston. While in Alaska last summer I met two State graduates. At Whitehorse. V. T., just the Klondike, before the boat left Amy Hurlbert Fowler, for a few minutes. On the S. S. Prince George I heard someone praising the valor and achievements of the men of M. S. C. This booster was F.dward two good friends see B. Hodges, these If them greet this in T HE RECORD I hereby send ings." '09, came aboard the dock for 'o'). '09 C, E. Jacobs, 3283 Glynn street, Detroit, vice president and sales manager of Swift company, manufacturers radiator cooling fans, grey iron castings, etc. of is the Cope- automotive F. X. Howe now lives at 2024 E. Colvin street, Syracuse, X. V. '11 Vivian G Anderson, 500 X. Binney street, Bay "Still with the Industrial works— City, writes: the one big credit to the city. If you hear of any big business that wants a location send it to Bay City. Lots of room. Most of the saw mills are gone. Town is free from saloons." in has won the north central Ion Cortright, athletic director at Xorth Dakota the baskdtball State college. Fargo, championship conference. It will be remembered that his football team did likewise. Cortright writes: "Have met many old Staters around the loop at Omaha, Des Moines, Sioux City and St. Paul. Always happy to meet them. Glad to see the old school prosper ing so well." Carl H. Taylor, 4239 Richton avenue, Detroit, is in charge of the salvage department of Gen eral Motors in that city. '12 E. B. Reid, for the past two years director of the legislative department of the American farm bureau federation at Washington, is leaving that position to become publicity man for the federal farm loan system, according to a Washington newspaper account. The article goes on to state: "His job will be to keep Uncle Sam's farm loan organization more directly in front of the people. Xo one in America knows the ins and outs of the agricultural game better than Reid, both from 25 Jerome Brabb has moved to 292 Grove street, apartment 2B, Highland Park. He formerly lived on Chandler avenue. William Baker teaches agriculture in the Bliss- field high school. '25 Arthur Howland resides at 1222 Phelton street, Saginaw. Look it on the dealer's counter Carl Schultz has Ellsworth Thiele has moved from Negaunee to Englewood, N. J. Address is 174 Phelps avenue the Michigan Millers Mutual Fire Insurance com pany and will represent that firm in its mill and elevator division territory. Lan in the Indiana sing will be his headquarters. taken a position with Can you pay all or part of your pledge to the building fund now ? All payments due on pledges are need ed to pay the outstanding indebtedness on the building and interest accrued on loans. WRIGLEYS |aw jm AW • WkW L • mm • Wt* • M o re for y o ur m o n ey a nd thtf b e st P e p p e r m i nt Chewing Sweet for any money T HE C O R Y E LL N U R S E RY GROWERS OF HARDY NURSERY STOCK R. J. Coryell, '84 Ralph I. Coryell. *i4 — T HE — Grand Rapids Savings Bank Grand Rapids, Michigan West Maple Ave. I. Wangberg, '25 Birmingham, Mich. "The Bank Where You Feel at Home" M. S. C. People Given a Glad Hand Charles W. Garfield, '7°. Chairman Executive Com. A. M. EMERY, '13 Books and Office Supplies »3 Washington Ave. N. H. C. Pratt, '09, in charge of Office Supply Department GOODELL, Z E UN C. (M. S. C. 11F) Insurance and Bonds 308-311 Capital National Bk. Bldg. SAM BECK, '12, with LOUIS BECK COMPANY 112 North Washington Ave. Society Brand Clothe. Complete Hahardaahary THE EDWARDS LABORATORY, S. F. Edwards, 'M Lansing, Michigan Anti-Hog Cholera Serum—Other Biological Products E. N. PAGELSEN, 'M, Patent Attorney 1321 Lafayette Building, Detroit C. Fred Schneider, Benj. C. Porter, Gilbert L. Daane, '00, President '85, Manager Division Branch '84, Manager South G. R. Branch Benj. C. Porter, Jr., '11, Asst. Manager South Willis Vandenburg, G. R. Branch '21, Manager Fulton St. Branch WALDO ROHNERT. •«• Wholesale Seed Grower, Gilrey, California THE STRAUS BROS. COMPANY First Mortgage Bonds G. O. STEWART, '17 7H W. Washtenaw St. Lansing, Mich. Page 396 The M. S. C. Record 1 I Will It Remain An Alumni Memorial *>—/>—'>—'> OBLIGATIONS DUE on the Union Memorial Buildinjg 1 I 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 I 1 I. I