293T703 31V13 NVOiHOlrt AMVijSn -%&$h Mr= = S ^ ^ w t ^^ m i •'• %jfi//v. .' Iy//>,,'//'! Published by and for The Alumni and Former Students of the ; J IMichigan State College ' J 52 Page 430 The M. S. C. Record m „- „ „ „.-4. THE M. S. C. RECORD Established 1896 Published for the alumni and 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 in the M. S. C. Association, including subscription to T HE RECORD, $2.50 per year. 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 postoffice at East Lansing, Michigan. 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 H e n ry T. Ross, '04, Milford, Mich., T e rm expires 1928 G. V. Branch, '12, Detroit, T e rm expires 1927 Clifford W. McKibbin, '11, East Lansing, T e rm expires 1926 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 otherwise no ved. BARRY COUNTY BERRIEN COUNTY BAY CITY CENTRAL MICHIGAN CHICAGO, ILL. DETROIT CLUB FLINT MILWAUKEE, WIS. ST. JOSEPH COUNTY NEW YORK CITY SEATTLE, WASH. NORTHERN OHIO SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA NORTHWEST MICHIGAN SOUTH HAVEN OTTAWA COUNTY UPPER PENINSULA PORTLAND, ORE. WASHINGTON, D. C. GRAND RAPIDS ST. CLAIR COUNTY WESTERN NEW YORK THE M. S. C. RECORD Vol. X X X I. No. 27 EAST LANSING, MICHIGAN April 26, 1926 HONORED STATE BOARD MEMBER PASSES R. D. Graham Served On College Governing Body for Seventeen Years; Appre ciation of His Work Written by Jason Woodman, Station at Grand Experiment Horticultural '8i; Donor of Rapids. for and donor of Robert Darwin Graham seventeen the State Board of years a member of Agriculture horticultural experiment station to the Col- was active in the business lege, died at his home in Grand Rapids on Sunday, April 4. He was born at Union, Ontario, on November 11, 1855. He was educated in district and city schools and studied law after coming to Michigan, be elected under the new state constitution in ten years he served as chair- 1909. F or the Graham man of the State Board, retiring 1919. He financial circles of Grand Rapids, serving as a di- rector in various corporations and banks and trust companies, the M. S. C. RECORD : E d i t or of and Honorable Robert D. Graham, who died recently at his home in Grand Rapids, was so long identified with the horticulture of the state and with the College itself that his passing deserves notice. We asked '81, a for Honorable Jason W o o d m an of the mer colleague of Mr. Graham's on State Board, I to write a brief sketch. knew Mr. Graham when he was a mem ber of the Legislature in the nineties and for found him at everything that would promote the welfare of the College. His interest in the College was, of course, showm by his splendid gift the Graham Experiment of what Station. H is service to the state and to the College is of such character that there is no adequate measure of expression. We can only be grateful. time very keen is now that K E N Y ON L. BUTTERFIEED. in living all his life out Robert Graham was a many sided man. Reared and the country on a farm, working there with both head and hands, he was a skilled farmer and horticulturist. He studied law for the knowledge and understanding study would give him. He was admitted to the bar but chose to raise fruit rather than to practice fruit grower he made his financial start in life. As he grew into middle age his increas ing business interests in the nearby city of law, and as a farmer and that ing admitted to the bar in 1879. His chief interest was in fruit farming and he fol lowed that vocation. In public life he was prominent over a from long period. He was a supervisor 1894, in Walker township, Kent county, in served '99-roo. 1895-96 and He was appointed to the State Board of Agriculture in 1902, was re-appointed, and in the house of representatives '96-'97 the senate in Page 432 The M. S. C. Record Grand Rapids drew him more and more into business life. He was by nature an executive. His ability to successfully man age affairs showed equally on his farm, as president of a City bank and as presi dent of a great T r u st company. He took in the part of a good citizen the public business and was active in the political affairs of his township, his county, and the state. He held public office not because he sought public office but because of recognized ability and merit. He was supervisor of his township, member of the State House of Representatives and of the State Senate. F or eighteen years he was a member of the State Board of Agricul ture and for ten years was its chairman. In all his activities, public and private, he showed exceptional ability, tireless indus try and hard common sense. He was by nature a conservative and was not led astray by fancies and fallacies. Quiet and unostentatious in manner, he disliked dis play and was never spectacular. He never sought mere popularity, choosing rather the line of action dictated by good sense and sound judgment. His inherent qualities linked with his wide experience in agricultural and busi ness affairs made him an especially val uable member of the College board. F or nearly fifty years, with few exceptions, 1 I have known the members of that body. can truly say that none of. them have been of greater value to the institution than Mr. Graham. It might be difficult to name one of equal value. A few years ago he gave to the state the farm near Grand Rapids which has become the Graham Horticul tural Experiment Station. T he act was characteristic of the man and is the cap- leaf of a long life of public and private usefulness. is The station, an enduring monument of his memory. let us hope, I became acquainted with Mr. Graham later was closely associated in 1895 and with him for many years. W h at I have said of him is not mere perfunctory eulogy. I have pictured the man as I knew him. J A S ON W O O D M A N. WILL UNVEIL TABLET ON ALUMNI DAY follow luncheon and Dedication of the memorial tablet pro vided by the Washington, D. C, M. S. C. Association has been definitely placed on the program for Alumni Day. T he cere mony will the the chief speaker for the day will be designated by the Washington group. T he tablet bears all of the names, so far as they are known, of alumni and former students who lost their lives in the various wars in which the United States has participated since the founding of the College. that this ceremony It was first thought advisable and appro take place on priate Memorial Day but the fact that the holi day falls on Monday has somewhat dis organized plans for the day. T he change wTas made recommendation of on the entire President Butterfield and with approval of the executive committee of the association. the One of the first moves in preparation for either the continuation or casting aside of dramatics projects on the part of the Union was a meeting called by a special com mittee appointed to inquire into the wishes of the students in the matter. A. T. Ed munds, '26, presided at the conference to which were invited representatives of Cam pus organizations and suggestions were of It was fered concerning such an affair. trouble generally agreed that the main with such an affair the lack of sufficient preparation and thorough It was proposed that more orgajization. music be used the in the show and acts be better coordinated. Suggestions wrere also made concerning the employment It is probable of a professional director. that the vaudeville or some variation of that form of entertainment will be continu ed but that the programs of the past two years will be somewhat altered. in the past was that . The M. S. C. Record ALUMNAE ANNOUNCE FUND CONTRIBUTIONS The for completing and following contributions toward a the fund women's the Union Memorial building are announced by Lou E. Butler, the alumnae council. furnishing floor of lounge on t he first secretary '17, of March 8—Fern Fillingham Leonhardy, $2.00. March 12—Themian Alumae, $25.00. March 30—Edna V. Smith, $2.00. April 5—Dorothy Sweeney, $2.00. April 6—Ina L. Butler, $2.00. • April 7—Bessie Andrews Hays, $2.00. April 8 — Josephine Fry Nicolson, $2.00; Blanche Evans Broughton, $2.00; Fanny Rogers Stewart, $2.00; Mabel C. Rogers, $3.00; Amy L. DeLand, $2.00; Kate Lamed Runnels, $2.00; Lou E. Butler, $2.00. April 9—Cora D. Stocking Palmer, $2.00; Olive Graham Bennett, $2.00; Jennie Towar Woodard, $5.00; Mildred Kyes, $2.00; Neenah Kyes, $2.00; Cornelia Fisher Peters, $5.00; Ella McManus Lamb, $2.00; Hazel Powell Publow, $2.00; Eva H. Wright, $3.00; Lois McBride Callard, $5-00; Mary Carpenter Mayo, $5.00; Ruth Gene Palmer, $2.00; Grace Bryant Taggart, $5.00. April 10—Eva K. Schurr, $2.00; Emily Orwig- Lyman, $3.00; Alice D. Voorheis, $3.00; Leona M. DeYoung, $5.00; Laura E. Moore, $2.00; Mar guerite King, $2.00; Iva Beach, $2.00; Clara W. Nellist, $2.00; Lauretta M. Hendricks, $5.00; Ruth Newman, $2.00. April 12—Florence F. Harrison, $3.00; Lolabel Green, $2.00; Inez E. Morford, $2.00; Amanda Harms, $2.00; Gladys Hoff, $2.00; June Clark Sawyer, $2.00; Irma Thompson Ireland, $2.50; Frances E. Wimble, $4.00; Lavina Cottrell Bent- ley, $2.00; Esther M. Rehkopf, $2.60; Emma J. Davenport, $5.00; Bessie Rogers Sears, $3.00; Jeanette Walker, $3.00. April 13—Airs. Alice W. Coulter, $5.00; M. Louise Larrabee, $2.00; Fannie E. Beal, $2.00; Wilma Wade, $2.00; Therese Scuddef, $5.00; Harriet , Moore, $10.00; Roberta Hershey, $2.00; Dorothy Hanigan,, $2.00; Hazel J. Loomis, $3.00; Edith Graham, $2.00; Ruby L. Shadduck, $2.00; Mary E. Rogers, $2.00. April 14—May E. Foley, $2.00; Elda Robb, $3.00; Jessie Brown Bolte, $5.00; Emma Du Bord, $2.00; Fleta Paddock Baker, $4.00; Helen M. Harvey, $2.00; Helen Ashley Hill, $5.00; Alice J. McCartney, $5.00. April 15—Vera' Gruner Oviatt, $2.00; Eva D. McBain, $4.00; Mabel Tussing Barron, $2.00; Page 433 Helen Storrer Beebe, $2.00; Mrs. John F. Cole, $2.00; Mary E. Robinson, $2.00; Margaret Pratt Claflin, $3.00; Neva B. Howard, $2.00; Claribel Pratt Welsh, $2.00; Alida Alexander, $2.00. April 16—Mrs. L. L. Peppard, $2.00; Mrs. Rena Crane Pearson, $2.00; Bertha Lyman Barkwell, $2.00; Florence Stoll England, $2.00; Mrs. Chloe Goodrich Carpenter, $2.00. April 19—Florence Simonson Symes, $2.00; Helen Peterson Cawood, $2.00; Rose Hogue, $2.00; Grace Mitchell, $2.00; Hazel L. Bradley, $2.00. April 20—Harriet Weston Allen, $10.00; Mary F. Baldwin, $1.00; Thelma Haite Sanford, $2.00; Bessie M. Christopher, $2.00; Mary La Selle, $2.00; Lavina Spindler, $2.00; Elizabeth F. Mor gan, $2.00; Veva Jorgensen. $2.00. April 21—Mrs. J. W. Rigterink, $2.00; Clara Morley, $5.00. April 22—Louise I. Clemens, $2.00; Marian I. Smith, $2.00; Cora L. Feldkamp, $5.00; Catherine E. Koch, $2.00. Total, including April 22, $305.50. PROPOSE GRADUATE BAND ALUMNI DAY Shine up your horns, alumni musicians, and get into the parade because the alumni will have a band on the job on J u ne 19. Through the efforts of the Band club, the the alumni office, ar the their T he College band will also for Alumni Day and Com College band and rangements are under way to have alumni represented on their day by own band. be retained mencement. to put If you played in the band during your let us undergraduate days write in and know if you will be on hand the alumni band across. The more the mer is too big, rier. Unless your thrown bring it along. it away, borrow one. At any rate—come. The officers of the Band club advise that they will have a limited number of pieces to loan. instrument If your wife has function at The alumni band will the luncheon on Alumni Day as well as at the Alumni-Varsity ball game in the afternoon. As a headliner for the the right zest alumni band will add to insure a successful day for all. the class reunions just Page 434 The M. S. C. Record y^ VIEWS AND COMMENT the executive committee of Beginning with the September issue this year THE; RECORD will be published month the year. This action was ly throughout taken by the Association at its meeting on April 17 and was approved by a general vote of the members of the organization taken during the summer of 1925. T he change is due to the policy of the Association to make the its publication self supporting and at same time to give the maximum of ser vice the Alumni. A publishing bill which equals the receipts on the advertising leaves only subscriptions and revenue to pay all office editing costs. Under issuing T HE RECORD weekly the matter of meeting expenses was so pressing that the work of field was an alumni organization curtailed. to the College and the plan of expenses the in This the each year. combined with Under the new plan, provided the income there from subscriptions remains constant, in T HE RECORD should be some surplus sum would account when advertising revenue, add to the available funds enough to go a long way toward making the pub lication and the alumni office self-support ing, one of the goals of the Association in its program of the past several years. The year 1925-26 has been unusually success advertising this ful revenue has been that of previous years and general expenses have been latter has, reduced, however, involved economies which are not for the organization and which will not be necessary in the fu ture. the best interests of increased over somewhat respect the the for in It is planned that the new RECORD will be larger in page size and larger in number of pages than the present publication. This question of page size is one of economy since it brings T HE RECORD dard used by alumni magazines generally to the stan in impossible it has been issuing the publication thirty-five that has proved the path and will be a valuable factor in the general advertising campaigns conducted by the Alumni Magazines Associated, of which T HE RECORD The entire is a member. question of the financing of alumni organ ization affairs is bound up in the fortunes its of T HE RECORD for greatest stumbling block to ward financial soundness. Under the plan times of annually to make the revenue great enough to offset the cost of presenting a magazine of the proper type and still meet other expenses. Ad vertisers the monthly plan. They find that for gen eral products is put across their message as well by being printed once each month. T h at leaves the other three issues deprived of the funds which go toward meeting the bills of the office. As a monthly T HE RECORD will be in a position to obtain as great a volume of* advertising as it does the publishing cost will as a weekly and If present pro be considerably reduced. jects are put to maturity T HE RECORD will, another year, be favored with a much greater volume of advertising than it has had in the past but that too will be on a monthly basis. in an . alumni magazine prefer through in into Entering the cost of publishing a magazine are various items which do not come directly to the notice of the reader but which influence his the aggregate opinion as to its value. The cost of supply illustrations, of using a good ing proper grade of paper, of cover designs attractive enough to carry a message are among these and there are others. A weekly should have a larger staff of contributors than a monthly, placing the burden on the weaker of the two. An attempt will be made to make the September issue an example of what can be done, basing costs on the sub scription receipts of the past year. The M. S. C. Record Page 435 "Close Beside^The Winding Cedar" J. V. Sheap, '08, has been appointed agri cultural agent for Hillsdale county. Cadet corps officers are now wearing the new style uniform, sporting the roll collar and bright buttons. The College R. O. T. C. has resumed general drills, being held every Wednesday afternoon instead of Mondays as last year. The annual co-ed prom was held in the Union Memorial building on April 23, be ing the first event of this kind held in the building. Members of the Cosmopolitan club at the University of Michigan were the guests of the College at a luncheon at the Union Memorial building on Thursday, April 15. It has been decided by the senior class that the water carnival will again be a fea ture of Commencement activities. Either June 10 or 11 will be the date of the fes tival. J. S. Hyde, '22, who has been connected with the soils department of the College since completing his course has been ap pointed an instructor in landscape archi tecture. R ..O. T. C. inspection will be held on May 24-25 according to an announcement from the military department. In 1924 and 1925 the College unit received "distinguish ed rating". Luther H. Baker, '93, has been re-elected mayor of East Lansing. The recent city balloting returned him victor by a much larger majority than he could muster the preceding year. The annual alumni radio program will be put on the air on Wednesday, May 12, on WKAR, 285.5 meter wave length, from 7:00 to 8:15, eastern stan dard time. The faculty advisory committee to the 1926 Wolverine has sanctioned the printing contract with Robert Smith Printing com pany of Lansing. Fifteen hundred copies will be printed this year. A bugle and drum corp, once a regular feature of the College band, but of late years discontinued, is again to be organized according to a recent announcement by C. F. Kuhlman, director of the band. Cap night, when freshmen discard their badges of humility, is scheduled for June 9 so that the newly created sophomore class may have an opportunity to test out its powers before examinations set in. According to the College land clearing department, over 150,000 pounds of pyro- tol, a war salvage explosive, will be deliver ed to farmers of the state this spring for use in land clearing work. A life saving course has been introduced this term. Students successfully complet ing the course will be eligible to member ship in the Michigan State Men's Life Sav ing corps as well as receiving the official life saving insignia of the Red Cross. A fire of unknown origin demolished the roof and upper story of the Kappa Delta house on April 10, forcing them to move to the house adjacent to the College Resi dence until the damage has been repaired. The estimated damage is $3,000. The sorority house is located immediately north of the East Lansing bank. To train leaders for a "better commun ity'' organization in various counties of the staged a state, the State Farm bureau school of instruction at the College during the past week. On Wednesday, the big day of the week, over 400 rural leaders were in attendance. The visitors availed themselves of the facilities of the Union during their stay at the College. Page 436 The M. S.-C. Record TAGGART, 16, HEADS CHICAGO ASSOCIATION Editor of T HE RECORD : During the past few months the Chicago M. S. C. Association has had no active secretary. We did, however, elect one at our Annual Meeting held Saturday even ing, April 17, but as 1 neglected to advise to her in advance , she was not prepared send to our annual meeting. Accordingly I am giving you some of the details below which you may want to put into shape for use in T HE RECORD. to you relative information The meeting was held Saturday evening, April 17th, 1926, in the Florentine room of the Congress hotel. Forty-two alumni and our friends were present. We '17, Department guest, H o w a rd C. Rather, of Extension Work. number larger A made reservations but for some reason or another only 42 were present. had as Greetings were read from L. Whitney Watkins, '93, president of the state board of agriculture. President Kenyon L. But- leriield and H. Arnold White, '92. activities Air. Rather gave a very interesting and talk, and his word picture of instructive various improvements, brought up-to-date the ideas of many of us who have not been back to the campus for many years. His talk was thoroughly en joyed by everybody. and The election of officers for the ensuing year resulted as follows: President, V.'.C, Taggart, '16; Wee President, Mrs. Ruth H u rd Snyder, '17; Secretary and Treasur er, Barbara Van Heulen, T o; Permanent Secretary, Zoe Benton Ford, ' 0 5; Director for three years, E. A. Armstrong, T i. Two directors previously their terms until 1927 (Raymond C. Kinney, '21) and 1928 ( H. E. V a n N o r m a n, elected retain '97). The following alumni and guests were '86; W m. R. '86; Miss R u m m l e r; George L. ' 8 8; Mrs. Teller; W. F. Hokms, ' 9 7; Airs. Van present: P. B. Woodworth, Rummler, Teller, ' 9 3; H. E. V a n N o r m a n, ' 0 9; Fred II. ( M a c M a n u s) Lamb, N o r m a n; Wendel S. Alerick, '04; Airs. Alerick; G. G. Robbins, '04; Mrs. Robbins; A. S. Armstrong, .'06; Cass A. Eamb, ' 0 6; ' 0 8; Bertha Ella ( Aluehlmann) Rittschof, J. Rittschof; Emerson A. Armstroing, T i; Airs. A r m s t r o n g; F r a nk P. Cowing, '13 ; <). '14; Airs. J e n s e n; Ruth H u rd P. Jensen, ' 1 6; Air. S n y d e r; H. P. English, Snyder, "17; Airs. English; Nellie Fredeen, ' 1 7; ' 1 7; Claudice Kober H o w a rd C. Rather, Engels, ' 2 1; Richard Boonstra, ' 2 2; Herriet H. Bonnstra,. ' 2 2; C. W. Gustafson, ' 2 2; C. L. Richards, ' 2 3; Josephine E. Eddy, ' 2 3; L. J. Bullen, ' 2 3; ' 2 4; Al, J. Peterson, Harold J. Foulkes, his '24; Air. Peterson had as his guest for mother, Airs. Ann J. Peterson, who forty years has been engaged home the economics and is now associated with People's Gas company of Chciago. Alany of you have doubtles heard Airs. Peterson's radio talks from station K Y W, on home economics. J. Eddy, '19; H. in Air. Rather brought with him some "ancient and modern" pictures which were the subject of considerable conversation as they were passed around the table—every one enjoyed seeing them. Air. Rather told that the bringing of these pictures was due to the thoughtfulness and courtesy of Dean F r a nk S. Kedzie. Talks limited to two minutes were given older the younger and by several of alumni present W. F. H O P K I N S. that It was erroneously stated in a recent is sue of T HE RECORD funds were available for a bridge across the Red Cedar field. F u n ds are avail to the old athletic able for a bridge but it is to be constructed at F a rm Lane to replace the present struc ture which has borne well the heavy traffic of vears. Students of geology visited the oil fields near Saginaw last week to study the forma tions and other in con items of nection with the area. interest The M. S. C. Record Page 437 FIELD ORGANIZATION IN CONSTRUCTION Fisk, '06, Gives Details of Plan Relations Between Superintendent Paper for Engineering Number. for Efficient Handling of Projects; and Foremen On Job; Stresses Second only to business management is the field organization in construction work. Contractors seldom lose money in buying material which goes into a building. Labor is the big hazard or risk which a contractor assumes when he signs a con tract to erect a building. 5. Clerks. a. Material clerk. b. Time clerk. c. Cost clerk. 6. Civil engineers. 7. Koreman in charge of brick work. 8. Foreman in charge of mill and cabinet work. The field organization deals with labor, and therefore its problems are real. This is the production department of the com pany. this department succeeds, nine times out of ten the company succeeds and vice versa. If It is therefore of the utmost that great consideration be given field men w ho are to direct the various op required erations other construction work. importance to the to build a building or T he editor of T HE RECORD has limited the writer of this article to 800 words or less. I will confine this discussion to the relation of the superintendent to his fore men and his men. Let us consider the field organization re costing say quired to build a that the $500,000.00. We will assume frame of this building is composed of re inforced concrete. structure The following is suggested as an outline of the field organization. In general charge, superintendent. 1. General foreman in charge of form build ing. a. Foreman in charge of column b. Foreman in charge of beam forms c. Foreman in charge of slab forms d. Foreman in charge of carpenter e. Foreman in charge of removing forms. labor. forms, 2. General labor foreman. a. Foreman in charge of excavation. b. Foreman in charge of placing concrete. in charge of miscellaneous c. Foreman labor. 3. Foreman in charge of placing reinforcing steel. •:' 4. Foreman in charge of cement finishers. 9. Etc. It must be kept in mind that a building organization is not a permanent one. T he organization changes as the requirements of the job demands. Many of the foremen may have been transferred to another job when the bricklayer foreman starts work. Nearly all of the first foremen will, no doubt, have been the foreman in charge of cabinet and mill work starts. transferred when We a re now ready to discuss what the writer considers the most important sub ject matter pertaining to field organization. Viz.: the relation between the superinten dent and his foreman. important role throughout The superintendent naturally plays the most the pro gress of the job. H is duties are varied a nd should be well defined so that each fore man will know just what his job is, where it commences and where it ends. T he pride of every responsible man is to be placed in full charge of t he work al lotted to him to do. T he superintendent's job is to produce work through his fore It is the foreman's job to produce men. work through the men under his direction. This relation is all important if you have selected good foremen, give them a chance to produce—do not direct his men—direct the foremen. Permit the foreman to em ploy and discharge his own men. Then the men will feel responsible to their fore employment. O ne not men for foreman. this is not a capable of doing Get men w ho are. their Page 438 The M. S. C. Record It job is the superintendent's to carry his foreman on his back, so to speak. It is not the foreman's job to carry the super intendent on their backs. Failure to appre ciate this distinction has resulted in failure for many so-called superintendents. It is the superintendent's job to see to it that into the various materials which go the building are on the job when his fore men need them. It is even wiser to have material on the job before they are needed. these materials in place in the building. Failure to have material on the job is disastrous from the standpoint of labor efficiency as well as to the progress of the job. foremen's to put job the is It It is the superintendent's duty to be on time. the job a half hour before starting This is of utmost importance. It is his bus iness to stimulate enthusiasm and morale among his foremen and men. Morale is a among big factor workmen. in producing efficiency It is the superintendent's It is the superintendent's job to be thor oughly familiar with the specifications and the building plans which outline the work to be executed. Read every note on every plan and you will eliminate error to a large extent. Such a superintendent will be able to intelligently direct his foremen. job to spend most of his time in the field with his fore men. Low unit costs cannot be produced unless foremen are constantly in touch with their men. F or the same reason the super intendent must place himself where his foremen can consult with him in the field, not in the field office. It is the duty of to the superintendent the cost of production. keep a record of This is imperative to efficient cost produc tion. Foremen become very much interested in what they are able to produce. Men like to know where they stand. If a foreman finds out he is slipping, he usually will buck up and go after his job with more deter mination and zeal. The cost record is fur nished for the superintendent by his time and cost clerks. Every week the superin is an tendent should furnish every foreman with a schedule of his unit cost of production. This method in factor Foremen will keeping up strive to do better from week to week as the job progresses. that a If foreman is a quitter—get rid of him. job efficiency. it is found important to your foreman Help your foremen and Give the foremen credit that is due them. If a man is slipping, boost him. A word of confidence is often all that is required to renew faith in him self t nd give him a new heart for his job. they will help you. Stand back of him and he will stand If you bring energy and en back of you. thusiasm to the job and to your foremen, this optimism passes on down the line to the the men themselves. majority of the foremen will do likewise. fair and Play GARFIELD, 70, HEADS MAY 13 PROGRAM Founders' Day events will commence on May 12 with the alumni radio program in to 8:15, eastern the evening standard time, followed by freshman class party in the Union Memorial build ing. from 7:00 the in the hands of May 13 has been designated as a half holiday by President Butterfield, classes be ing excused for the day at noon. At 1 130 the All-College mass meeting will take This program place in the gymnasium. will be entirely the stu dents, Milton Francis, '26, Ontonagon, be arrangements. ing general chairman '70, Grand Rapids, Charles W. Garfield, F r a will be the speaker of the afternoon. turn out ternities and "en masse" for interior of the gymnasium being decorated in fitting collegiate atmosphere. The College orches tra, Swartz Creek band, glee club and other campus musical organizations will add their talents to the program. independents will the occasion, the of At 3 130, following the mass meeting, the Varsity will oppose Hope college on Col lege field. The M. S. C. Record Page 439 VARSITY WINS TWO, LOSES TO MICHIGAN Opening Contests On College Field Easy Victories for Green and White; Ann Arbor Clash Goes to Wolverines When Wakefield Weakens; Michigan In Return Game at Bast Lansing, May 19. t0 t he in f o u r th w o u ld little difficulty t he d uS0 Ut a nd State experienced for two bases. The Varsity performed so downing Albion, 7 to 2, in the opening well that Kobs sent in some of his untried sophomore talent, all of whom played ball game of the season on College Field, April every minute while they were in. Bradley 15. Cold weather did not prevent a capa- had a good fielding team but its pitching city attendance and the Varsity displayed staff was very weak; three pitchers were mid-season form throughout the game. s e nt h a ve followed had there been possible re- f or h im Bradley's win over Notre h ef Wakefield kept Albion's eight hits well scattered. Outside of the fifth inning when the visitors collected a brace of hits and succeeded in putting two runs across, ulti- Dame the preceding week placed State on mate victory was never in danger. Gilt Against Michigan at Ann Arbor on Wed- the play of both edged support featured teams. Fleser, who was unable to make nesday, April 21, in a game replete with errors and misplays by both teams, Mich- the southern trip due to an attack of in- fluenza, led State at bat, collecting four in defeating State 6-1. jg an succeeded first Wakefield started the mound duty for the hits in five trips to the plate. His two hits landed in the outfield bleachers. Green and White but a weird third inning in which the University scored four runs raising was held, followed by the appear- on five hits and an error by Captain Kiebler ance of President Butter-field, the dugout. Luther Baker, '93, mayor of East Lansing, Kuhn, who relieved him, was master of as pitcher and to himself at all times, allowing only seat- catcher officially open the home Huston, chairman of , respectively, season. R. C. the athletic board, • , ,, ^ State s lone score came in the sixth on Preceding the game the traditional t e r ed n i ts and but one run. sent Wakefield scurrying e dSe f r om '91, and t he s t a rt of c o n t e st flag -n to ,, t he ,' , . . . . , . , , . , , , . .. r ,. followed ., , a series of wild throws which _-. ,, ideal weather Kiebler around the bases, conditions, the warmest day of the year, left the Campus deserted for the day. Mich- jg an wiH piay a r eturn game on May 19. , , acted as batsman, but the Presidents hop , bail was too much for him. , £ , - ,, , On the following Saturday State routed Bradley Tech, Peoria, Illinois, to the tune of 18-3. Cold weather held over from the preceding Thursday, cutting down the at tendance somew hat. Kuhn pitched airtight ALBION ball the entire way, allowing nine hits Hoaglin, 3b which were scattered, Bradley's three . J counters coming in as many innings. State scored almost at will, the heavy hitting of the opening game continuing in g g g ^ tf — good measure. Again Fleser led the hit- Eastman, c ters, securing four bingles the two Perkins, p chances, making his record for opening games nine hits in ten times at H R J0^* p , i_•*•••• ••••••> bat. Lxtra base hits featured the game. Fremont collecting a three bagger while Spiekerman, Rowley and Kuhn each hit in as many Nutt, c *Kuhlman Totals -p 7 .i j . , " Jf1!6;5; ss lf bhields, If McKinney, cf C a m b u r n> lb *Ran for Eastman in 5th. AB R H O A E 40 5 0 0 1 1 1 2 o o o ~ 4 0 0 00 0 4 0 o 1 1 o 4 0 o 14 o o \ 0 0 0 00 2 0 2 4 00 2 0 0 2 20 1 1 1 o 2 o 1 1 o 1 o 2 o o 0 o _ _ _ _ _ __ 35 2 8 24 16 2 o o Page 440 The M. S. C. Record MICHIGAN STATE AB R HO A E 5 1 0 0 00 Rhinehart, If 00 4 Fleser, cf Tolles, rf 00 2 4 o 1 10 3 0 Fremont, c 4 0 1 1 1 o Kiebler, ss 0 Baynes, 2b 3 1 02 Hood, 3b 3 1 o 11 o o Speikerman, ib 4 2 30 Wakefield, p 61 2 3 0 5 o 5 4 2 0 0 1 4 0 bases—Fleser, 4; Kiehler, Baynes, Bland. Sacri fices—Haskins, 2. H it by pitcher—Dixon. Pass ed ball—Ratkovitch. H i t s ^ O ff Metzer, 6 in 2 and 1-3 innings; of Elness 4 in 2 and 1-3 in nings; off Roberts, 1 in 1-3 inning; off Thomp son, 3 in 3 innings. Strikeouts—Kuhn 7; Thomp son 3; Metzger, 1. Bases on balls—Metzger, 2; Elness, 2; Thompson, 1. Double plays—Rowley to Spiekerman. Let on bases—Bradley, 9; State 8. Umpire—Green. Totals 36 1 11 27 16 1 Albion ... Michigan State 0 0 0 0 2 0 00 o—2 .....1 1 0 3 0 0 02 x—7 Stolen Sacrifices—Perkins. bases—Kanaga, Hood, Wakefield. Two base hits—Eastman, 2; Fleser, 2; Tolles, Wakefield. Three base hit—• Kiebler. Struck out—By Wakefield, 8; by Per kins, 3; by Lightbody, 2. Bases on balls—Off Wakefield, i ; off Perkins, 3. Left on bases— Michigan State, 8; Albion, 8. Hits—Off Per kins, 5; off Lightbody, 6. Losing pitcher—Per kins. Winning pitcher—Wakefield. Umpire— Green. MICHIGAN Loos, ss Wilson, ib ....! Lange, If Edgar, c Davis, c Miller, rf p Puckolwitz, cf Kubicek, 2b Friedman, 3b Jablonowski, p Walters, p Oosterbaan, rf APRIL, 21 AB R HO A E 5 0 1 1 1 0 S o 1 7 1 1 4 2 12 0 0 3 0 1 9 01 0 00 0 00 2 3 00 o o 2 3 o 0 1 3 1 12 4 12 4 1 1 1 1 3 0 o 2 1 .2 o 1 .. ... 1 00 ...... 1 o 0 0 0 0 00 Apiat 15 Totals 34 6 9 27 8 6 . B R A D L EY POLY Dixon, If Carlson, 3I) Bland, cf ..4 Gingrich, ib DeCremer, ss Smith, 2b Shipper, rf Ratkovitch, c Metzger, p Elness, p Roberts, p Thompson, p : .. Totals M I C H I G AN S T A TE Flesed, cf Haskins, If Rhinehart, If Tolles, rf Fremont, c Kiebler, 3b Baynes, 2b Rowley, 3b Speikerman, ib Macier, lb , Ktihn, p .. AB R H O A E 4 1 o 11 0 I 1 5 1 20 5 01 o 0 1 4 o 1 11 o o 4 0 22 4 0 . . . . 40 2 1 2 o I o o 12 8 4 1 1 4 0 0 I 0 o o 1 o 0 1 0 1 o o 0 1 o 00 00 0 0 0 0 0 ?<7 3 9 24 11 4 AB R H O A E 5 5 5 1 o o 0 o 2 2 20 00 0 1 1 1 51 \ 2 0 o 6 0 2 8 00 5 3 42 5 2 2 1 1 2 0 o 3 1 1 9 00 2 1 00 1 1 .;.--.-, 1 3 0 10 2 12 .3 4 0 Totals 40 18 18 27 92 Bradley Michigan State . o 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 o— 3 3 2 41 5 0 03 x—18 Two base hits—Rowley, Three base hits—Fremont, DeCremer. Spiekerman, Kuhn. Stolen 4 4 0 1 0 ... 0 0 0 0 4 00 1 20 MICHIGAN STATE AB R H O A E Fleser, cf Haskins, If Tolles, rf Rhinehart, rf Fremont, c Kiebler, ss Baynes, 2b Hood, 3b Spiekerman, ib Macier, ib Wakefield, p K u h n. P 1 2 0 4 o o 11 1 o 41 3 0 3 o o 1 1 1 0 1 0 0 - 3 o 01 00 4 00 3 0 30 1 o 0 2 1 2 21 0 0 00 00 00 0 0 0 r 2 T o t a ls • 33 1 3 24 11 4 Michigan State Michigan .....o 0 0 0 0 1 0 o o—1 1 0 4 0 0 1 00 x—6 out—By Three base hit—Edgar. Two base hits— Kubicek, Jablonowski. Struck Jablo nowski, 2; Walters, 1; Miller, 4; Wakefield, 2; Kuhn, 5. H it by pitched ball—By Wakefield ( E d g a r ); Walters ( H o o d ). Bases on b a l l s- Off Jablonowski, 1; Walters, 1, Miller, 1 ; Wake field, 2; Kuhn, 1. Let on bases—Michigan State, 8; Alichigan, 6. Umpire—Green. Time—2:00. The Themian society has won permanent possession of the all-round athletic cup of fered by the womens athietic department. To gain permanent possession it must be won three consecutive seasons. The M. S. C. Record Page 441 C L A SS N O T ES is in the to major construction work. '97 E. H. Sedgwick, 168 Howard street, Passaic, improvement engineer's depart N. J., the American Gar and Foundry com ment of pany, taking care of every thing from plant re arrangement "We have three children, Atwood F. attending Stevens Institute of Technology, Margaret S., attending the Na Middlebury and E. Kenneth, attending in New York. We tional Academy of Design the are particularly pleased over name of the engineering experiment station, splendid the Union Memorial community church '00, and building. occasionally call on F. M. Morrison, the change in the College, its wonderful growth, I often see H a r ry Westcott, '03." your and G. A. Parker, sales engineer with the Bartlett & Snow company, Cleveland, writes: "Am still wrestling with problems relating to the economi this cal handling of materials. Have been at work for sixteen years and find it just as inter like esting now as when I started. my work so well that I expect for some time to come. I have but one candidate for college^ in my family. As her talents incline to I always en music she items of old class mates joy reading any news their achievements and and am glad to learn of happiness, especially I wish success to old M. S. C. and her alumni." In fact, I to continue is attending Oberlin. the latter, '01 Major Mark L. Ireland, Q. M. C, during the two years has been serving as executive past the Jeffersonville Quar officer and adjutant of the termaster Intermediate depot, located across Ireland writes: Ohio river from Louisville, Ky. "Please send me the names and addresses of my class. I will try to stir them up for their 25th anniversary". Naught-one, stand by for a bar rage. '02 if E. A. Richmond, of there be any candidates the Richmond-Franklin Sales company of Battle Creek says: "Taking engineering commissions, developing real estate, selling automobiles, robbing the poor. . Please ad vise for my atten tion in your neighborhood." '04 W. S. Merick sprang a surprise on his friends when to Catherine Shaughnessy, Chicago, on February 2. Merick is the engineering company bearing his head of "Our business", writes name, located in Chicago. Merick, "is principally the development of In the last two and one-half years subdivisions. in we have done all the construction work the includ development of some 500 acres of land, he was quietly married in street landscaping- and ing layouts, water systems, sewer systems, street lighting. One paving, department of our business inter ested, in the building of factories, hotels, ware houses, banks, I enjoy time with life and hope continued enjoyment." theaters and office buildings. is especially live a long to '06 to the looking forward time when Ernest F. Smith is in the office of the chief engineer of the C. & O. railway. Smith writes : "I am I can visit State again. There have been so many changes that I know I shall scarcely be able to recognize the place. I am a long ways away but my father still resides in Marshall. To me the greatest stride of in recent years is the change of name. Next comes the Union is 4810 Memorial building." Honover avenue, Richmond, Va. Smith's address the College Cass A. Lamb writes: interesting work. Our plant "As production engin- the Great Lakes Forge company I have er for very is up-to-date and improved in every way for the handling of iron and steel materials of our line. I live with my family, Ella MacManus Lamb, w'o8, and two children, at 7817 Bennett avenue, Chicago. the College since 1907 and I have not visited in that realize the old Campus. The change of name is a great satisfaction to show any State engineers through our plant who visit Chicago." there must be a great change to me We would be glad "It L. O. Gordon of to his classmates: the class of the L. O. Gordon Manufac turing company of Muskegon sends in this re minder is only a short '06 will have been out time until of M. S. C. twenty years. I expect to be back for commencement and am wondering how many I wish some of of my classmates will be there. in T HE the other fellows would go on record RECORD SO that we will know who to expect when we make plans." Major William Wilson, Frankford Arsenal, like to re "I would that contemplate visiting in Philadelphia Philadelphia, Pa., writes: the mind my friends Sesqui-Centennial among the many other interesting points in this vicinity the Frankford arsenal occupies an important posi tion and should not be passed without a visit." A recent edition of Army Ordnance was devoted to this arsenal, featuring its work and personnel. '07 that The February 24 edition of the Astoria (Ore gon) Evening Budget contains a full account of the city's commission-managerial form of govern ment. O. A. Kratz is city manager. The article stresses the economy of this form of government, in which money was saved on citing the city city projects through "There can manager. The article concluded: the medium of instances Page 442 The M. S. C. Record Does Your Hat Fit? In college you wore the going style of hat, dented and pulled according to your era. And then, perhaps, you went into business on the same principle, for there are also distinct fashions in businesses for college men. You have recovered from the college hat. How about your job? Does it fit you— is it suitable to your char acter, your purposes, your pocketbook, your idea of a life which is worth living? Many college men are wise enough to change their jobs when they realize the importance of personal suitability. And many of those men have gone into life insur ance, and in a short time have found places on the lists of high-ranking insur ance producers, in addi tion to the comfort of a satisfactory hat. You, can obtain complete infor- mation, confidentially, and with no obligation, by calling on one of our Qeneral Agents or by writ' Bureau", ing to the "Inquiry John Hancock Mutual Life In' surance Company, 197 Ciaren* don St., Boston, Mass. LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY* OF BOSTON. MASSACHUSETTS A STRONG COMPANY, Over Sixty Years in Business. Liberal as to Contract, Safe and Secure in Every W a y. be 110 gainsaying that Astoria has a more stable, a more efficient, a more economical, a more order ly government than ever before and to the city manager plan this must be credited by those who take and give a fair judgment." '09 D. L. Boyd, 118 Austin avenue, Albion, writes: "This is my thirteenth year with the Albion Malleable Iron company Any of you who drive along Al-17 may be interested to know that you pass by my home and should you stop some time I shall endeavor to take you out on one of the sportiest of golf courses and remember I don't like to he beaten." "To undergraduates L. L. Smith is in general charge of the mechan ical and electrical departments for Smith, Hinch- man and Grylls, architects and engineers of De troit. I might say," adds Smith, "that we do not know of any responsible positions on our engineering staff or as a matter of fact on those of any other concern that can he filled by men not qualified draftsmen. For the past from universities come to us for positions imhued with the idea that drafting, ii beneath them, seemingly many of the colleges encourage this thought. It is in error as drafting is the real way engineers have of expressing themselves and as we must creep before we walk, the engineer who does not care to do drafting has very limited possibilities and may never walk." just graduated few years the men '10 still "Am Vernon N. Taggett writes: city engineer here at Niles. In the six years, that I have been here our city has grown about sixty per cent so the work has been continually inter esting. During this time my family has increased 33 i-3 per cent so that row we have a boy and a girl." THE CORYELL NURSERY GROWERS OF HARDY NURSERY STOCK R. J. Coryell, West Maple Ave. '84 I. Wangberg, Ralph I. Coryell, '14 '25 Birmingham, Mich. A. M. EMERY, '83 Books and Office Supplies H. C. Pratt, '09, in charge of Office Supply Department 223 Washington Ave., N. GOODELL, ZELIN C (M. S. C. UF) 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, '90 Lansing, Michigan Anti-Hog Cholera Serum—Other Biological Products E. N. PAGELSEN, '89, Patent Attorney 1321 Lafayette Building, Detroit The M. S. C. Record Page 443 WHAT IS THERE TO THESE "SUCCESS STORIES"? ROBABLY you have sometimes wondered, "Where do all the 'success stories' come from? Can they really be true? Is there any one successful?" thing that can actually make men O ur answer will perhaps surprise you. For we say without hesitation that most of the men whose success stories we have published would have been successful •without the help of the Institute. We don't take credit for the fine records made by our graduates any more than Yale or Princeton or Harvard take credit for the success of theirs. We provide no trick formulas to make men prosperous overnight. We simply give them the facts they need to know about business. If they are big enough to use these facts, they succeed. If they aren't—well, they would have failed anyway. What the Institute does—and the only thing the In stitute claims to do—is this: it brings success sooner. The reason why independence comes so late for most men is that there is so much to learn. Only a man who knows all the different departments of business is qualified to reach the higher positions, or to enter business for himself. And learning all depart ments from practical experience in each is a matter of many years. Is there no way to shorten this process? Must every man's life have so many wasted years? The men whose success stories you have read determined to eliminate those wasted years from their lives; they found a way in the Alexander Hamilton Institute. For years we have specialized in the single task of training men for the higher executive positions of busi ness. Into the Institute's Course have been built the experience and the methods which have made many of today's business leaders successful. Its subscribers learn in months what ordinarily takes years. That the Course is authoritative and practical is proved by the calibre of the men who constitute the In stitute's Advisory Council. They are: General T. Coleman duPont, the well known business executive; Percy H. Johnston, President of the Chemical National Bank of N ew York;Dexter S. Kimball, Dean of the College of Engineering, Cornell University; John Hays Hammond, the eminent engineer; Frederick H. Hurdman, Certified Public Accountant; and Dr. Jeremiah W. Jenks, the statistician and economist. A booklet has been especially prepared that gives all the facts about the Institute. More than 100,000 college men have read it. If you would care to have a copy, write us. A L E X A N D ER H A M I L T ON I N S T I T U TE *3 Astor Place New York City WRIGLEYS • f et WMF More f or y o ur m o n ey • wff Wpr & • • I II and t h£ b e st P e p p e r m i nt Chewing Sweet for any money — T HE — 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, '85, Manager Division Branch Benj. C. Porter, '84, Manager South G. R. Branch Benj. C. Porter, r., '11, Asst. Manager South G. R. Branch Willis Vandenburg, '21, Manager Fulton St. Branch WALDO ROHNERT, '89 Wholesale Seed Grower, Gilroy, California THE STRAUSS BROS. 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