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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 
G.  V.  Branch,  '12,  Detroit,  T e rm  expires  1927 
Clifford  W.  McKibbin,  '11,  East  Lansing,  Term  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 

ed. 

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 

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Vol.  X X X I.  No.  30 

EAST  LANSING,  MICHIGAN 

May  17,  192G 

JASON WOODMAN, '81, ENDS WORK 

Active 

in  Farm  Organizations 

From  Earliest  Days; 
Served  Tzvelve  Years  On  State  Board  of  Agriculture 

Program; 

Initiated  Much  of  Grange 

and 

Tzvo  Terms 

in 

Legislature. 

P>y  H O N.  DORA  H.  S T O C K M AN 

Member  State  Board  of  Agriculture 

was  then  a  young  struggling  farm  organi 
zation. 

In  the  passing  of  Jason  Woodman,  Mich 
igan  has  lost  a  pioneer  leader,  who  helped 
the  state.  Mr. 
shape 
Woodman  was  a  man  who  dearly  loved  and 
keenly  enjoyed  -farm 

the  agriculture  of 

life. 

His  college  training  at  M.  A.  C.  instead 
the  farm,  enabled 

leading  away  from 

of 

him  to  enjoy  farm  life  as  only  the  trained 
I lis  scientific  knowledge  and 
scientist  can. 
his  skill  he  shared  prodigally  with  the  peo 
ple  of  his  community  and  the  state. 

George  B.  Horton, 

then  master  of 
to  his  home  and 

the 
laid 
state  grange,  went 
leader 
his  hand  on  this  promising  young 
and  inspired  him  to  go  out  to  work  for  a 
great 
farm  cause.  T h e re  was  an  empty 
treasury  behind  him,  but  in  his  heart  burn 
ed  the  zeal  of  a  great  purpose. 

in 

L'p  and  down  the  state  he  went  organ 
izing  and  teaching  the  gospel  of  the  grange, 
of  better  farming  and  better  country 
liv 
ing.  Hack 
those  pioneer  days,  Jason 
Woodman  was  practicing  rotation  of  crops 
with  potatoes,  a  cash  crop,  a  rotation 
that 
has  given  increasing  instead  of  decreasing 
y  elds.  F or  over  30  years  his  yields  did  not 
fall  below  225  bushels  per  acre  and  he  was 
first  beaten  by  a  fatherless  neighbor 
lad, 
whom  he  had  taught  to  grow  potatoes  and 
who  grew  over  400  bushels  per  acre.  F or 
a  quarter  of  a  century  no  potato  program 
In 
was  complete  without  Mr.  Woodman. 
fact,  he  was  lovingly  and  admiringly  call 
ed,  "Old  Spud",  by  his  many  friends.  A 
name  that  will  live  after  material  monu 
ments  have  crumbled. 

of 

A  patron 

in  one  grange 

talked  of  better 

in  Northern 
Mich'gan  which  he  organized,  said  to  me 
not  long  ago,  "when  Jason  Woodman, 
the 
state 
little  sandy-haired  lecturer 
the 
grange, 
than  200  bushel 
per  acre  yields  30  years  ago,  we  thought  he 
was  the  biggest  liar  in  the  state.  Now  this 
club 
northern  region  has 
where  only  300  and  400  bushel  per  acre 
yield  producers  are  eligible,  and  he  helped 
do  it." 

a  good 

sized 

When  but  a  young  man,  Mr.  Woodman 
the 

into 
threw  himself  with  enthusiasm 
work  of  the  Michigan  State  Grange,  which  Grange,  though  himself  a 

After  a  period  as  lecturer  of 

the  State 
fluent,  pleasing 

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the  grange  needed  as  state 

and  powerful  speaker,  he  became  convinced 
that 
lecturer 
one  who  could  build  programs  for  others 
to  carry  out.  At  his  suggestion,  a  woman. 
Mrs.  F.  D.  Saunder.  was  chosen  and  with 
the  state  master.  George  B.  Horton  in  con 
ference  they  outlined  the  program  bulletin 
plan,  the  first  formulated,  which  is  now  be 
in  many  grange  states.  A  pro 
ing  used 
gram  of  outlines  that  have  been  continued 
by  state  grange 
the  present 
lecturers 
time,  nearly  30  years. 

to 

The  success  of  the  grape  growers  organ 
later 
ization  owes  much  to  his  efforts  and 
the  farm  bureau  found  him  a  staunch,  de 
pendable,  sound,  councilor  and  adyisor. 

It  is  significant  of  his  farming  and  teach 
ing  methods,  that  a  neighbor  county,  with 
the  big  city  of  Kalamazoo,  where  he  did 
business,  should  choose  him  for  their  agri 
cultural  agent,  one  of 
Their 
funds  were  given  with  the  promise  that  he 
be  their  agent,  a  job  he  held  for  about  10 
years, 
to  enjoy 
life  on  his  farm. 

till  he  resigned 

to  retire 

first. 

the 

In 

and 

service, 

the  halls  of 

legislation  and  on 

the 
State  Hoard  of  Agriculture  and  as  a  clear 
forceful  writer,  he  was  a  strong  champion 
of  and  a  powerful  influence  for  farm  folks. 
A^  I  stood  upon  a  little  ridge  the  after 
looked 
noon  of  the  funeral 
across  the  broad  expanse  of  sweeping  green 
lawn,  with  the  trees  and  shrubs  about 
the 
old  fashioned  home  and 
the  modern  new 
home  with  the  fertile  fields  and  the  lakes 
ideal 
beyond)  1  said  to  myself 
fulfilled,  the  real  home  of  a  country  gentle 
man,  a  man  who  had  so  lived  and 
loved 
country  life  that  his  neighborhood  has  more 
"grandfather"  farms  with  the  third  family 
generation  on  them  than  any  spot  I  know 
in  Michigan.  His  was  a  full  fruitful 
life 
that  overflowed  into  the  community  and  in 
the  state  of  Michigan, 
to  the  borders  of 
and.  passing,  he  has  left 
the  world  better 
than  he  found  it. 

is  an 

this 

By  A n i s ox  M.  BROWN 
Former  Secretary  of  the  College 

Jason  Woodman  of  P aw  Paw.  whose 

death  at  his  farm  home  occurred  on  Mon 
day,  April  26th,  was  a  life-long  resident  of 
Van 
l'uren  county.  He  came  of  a  race 
who,  for  generations,  were  attached  to  the 
soil,  sturdy  and  independent  farmers. 

for  his 

His  father,  David  Woodman,  was 
interest 

a 
name  widely  known 
in 
agriculture  and  all  that  pertained  to  it  and 
during  his  life  time  he  gathered  a  remark 
able  collection  of  agricultural 
seeds  and 
products  of  the  soil.  His  uncle,  Jonathan 
(.  Woodman,  was  still  more  wridely  known, 
as  a  large  and  successful  farmer,  wdio  was 
for  many  years  intimately  connected  with 
farmers' 
t he 
grange  of  which  he  was  at  one  time  na 
tional  master. 

organizations, 

especially 

chairman 

state  grange, 

With  such  a  background,  the  subject  of 
this  sketch  was  predistined  to  have  a  deep 
interest  in  all  that  pertained  to  the  soil  and 
its  tillers.  His  formal  education  was  "com 
pleted  with  his  graduation  from  Michigan 
State  college  in  1881  and  he  spent  his  life 
upon  the  paternal  farm  which  he  nourished 
and  cultivated  with  assiduous  care. 
For  a  number  of  years  he  was 

lecturer 
an  organization  in 
of  the 
which  he  took  a  deep  interest.  Mr.  Wood 
man  took  a  commendable  share  in  politics 
the 
of 
and  was  at  one 
time 
In 
in  his  county. 
Republican  committee 
1903  and  1905  he  w:as  a  member  of 
the 
State  senate  and 
to 
in  1911  was  elected 
membership  on  the  State  Board  of  Agri 
culture  for  the  full  term  of  six  years  and 
It  was  in  this  position 
re-elected  in  1917. 
that  the  writer  came  to  know  him  most  in 
to  understand  his  zealous 
timately 
cause 
agriculture 
of 
the 
espousal 
farmer  had  no  more 
The  farm  and 
sincere  and  earnest  advocate  and  his  efforts 
their  betterment. 
were  always  devoted 
During  part  of 
the  period  of  his  mem 
bership  on  the  State  Board  of  Agriculture, 
he  was  county  agricultural  agent  for  Kala 
mazoo  County  and  to  his  credit  it  should 
be  said  that  he  gave  unselfishly  of  his  time 
farmers 
and  effort 
in  the  interest  of 
In  the  grow 
of  the  countv  as  he  saw  it. 
farm. 
ing  of  certain  crops  upon  his  own 

and 
of 

the 

the 

to 

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notably  potatoes,  he  came  to  have  a  state 
wide  reputation  and  was  an  authority  on 
their  culture. 

Mr.  Woodman  well  represented  a  gene 
ration  of  American  farmers  that  is  gradual 
ly  passing,  a  race  of  men  fond  of  the  soil 
and  of  rural  life.  To  them  there  was  joy 
in  the  tilling  of  the  fields,  in  watching  the 
progress  of  wheat  and  corn  and  oats,  and 
scenting 
the  aroma  of  new-mown  hay. 
Rural  nature  brought  to  them  a  continual 
panorama  of  pleasing  pictures  and  exper 
iences  that  made  life  a  glad  adventure. 

It  were  well  if  those  of  the  younger  gen 
to 
eration  who  are  devoting 
agriculture,  could  feel 
in,  the 
zest  for  and  the  love  of  their  job  that  was 
ever  present  in  Jason  Woodman. 

their  efforts 

the  interest 

By  R. 

J.  BALDWIN 

Director  of  Extension 

In 

lost  a  leader  who 

the  passing  of  Jason  Woodman  on 
for 
April  26  Michigan 
rank 
half  a  century  has  been  in  the  front 
in  progressive  movements 
the 
affecting 
agriculture  and  rural  life  of  the  state.  He 
was  born  on  June  2, 
farm 
near  Paw  Paw  where  he  passed  away. 

i860,  on  the 

Mr.  Woodman  entered 

the  Mich'gan 
in  1877  and  was  a 
Agricultural  College 
leader  in  student  activities. 
l ie  was  grad 
uated  with  the  class  of  1881,  after  which 
he  returned  to  the  home  farm.  T he  suc 
farming  operations  attracted 
cess  of  his 
wide-spread 
in 
attention.  His 
this  regard  became  state-wide  through  his 
services  as  F a r m e r s'  Institute  lecturer  over 
a  long  term  of  years.  His  great 
interest 
in  the  building  of  community  groups  found 
expression  through  serving  the  state  grange 
as  lecturer  and  organizer. 

influence 

In  a  large  way  Mr.  Woodman  was  called 
upon  to  serve  the  state  as  a  member  of  the 
Senate  during  the  1903  and  1905  sessions 
of 
twelve  years  he 
was  a  member  of  the  State  Board  of  Agri 
culture,  his  term  of  office  expiring  on  Jan 
uary  1,  1925.  During  that  period  his  whole 

the  Legislature.  F or 

interest  was  in  the  welfare  of  the  College, 
particularly 
in  the  work  of  the  Extension 
Division,  which  was  organized  and  largely 
developed  while  he  was  a  member  of 
the 
Board. 

yet 

not 

county 

On  November  1,  1912,  Mr.  W o o d m an 
was  appointed 
agricultural  agent 
for  Kalamazoo,  the  fourth  agent  to  be  em 
In  this  position  he  did 
ployed  in  the  state. 
some  real  pioneering.  The  whole  plan  was 
developed. 
new,  methods  were 
Leaders  had  not  been  found  and 
trained. 
There  was  much  prejudice  to  be  overcome. 
Through 
the  genuine,  sympathetic,  under 
standing  service  which  he  gave  to  the  far 
mers  he  won  their  confidence  and 
friend 
ship  and  left  the  work  at  the  end  of  seven 
years  on  a  sound  and  permanent  basis.  He 
was  a  man  of  faith  and  vision,  with  wis 
dom  and  foresight.  These  qualities  made 
influence 
him  a  wholesome  and  guiding 
extension 
the 
during  the  first  decade  of 
work  of  the  College.  One  of  the  last  great 
college  enterprises  which  he  took  part 
in 
was  the  securing  of  funds  for  the  erection 
of  the  new  Hort  cultural  building. 

Mr.  Woodman's  home  was  a  gathering 
point  for  the  neighborhood  and  for  friends 
from  many  of  the  southwestern 
counties. 
Apart  from  his  official  duties  his  memory 
will  live  and  his  influence  will  be  felt  as 
a  friend  and  counselor  in  more  farm  homes 
than  any  other  man  of  his  time  and  place. 

In  speaking  of  him  President  Butterfield 
said,  "His  going  removes  one  of  the  most 
useful  ctizens  of  Michigan  and  one  of 
of 
the  outstanding  alumni 
the  College 
from 
real  achievement. 
the  standpoint  of 
I le  served  his  generation  ably  and  con 
scientiously.  He  had  about  him  a  certain 
spirit  of  chivalry,  facing  life  and  its  prob 
light  heartedness." 
lems  with  courage  and 

Mr.  Woodman 

is  survived  by  his  wife, 
child 
Airs.  Fannie  Woodman,  and 
P a w; 
ren,  Thornas  B.  Woodman, 
David  Woodman,  Bad  A x e; 
John  G. 
Woodman,  Paw  P a w;  and  Mrs.  Cora 
Woodman  Chaffee  of  Detroit. 

four 
Paw 

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VIEWS 

AND 

COMMENT 

in  its  origin  until 

Conceived  as  a  mark  of  respect  for  those 
who  gave  or  offered  their  lives  in  the  ser 
vice  of  their  country  the  Union  Memorial 
building  has  lacked  a  formal  acknowledg 
ment  of  this  factor 
the 
action  of  the  Washington,  U.  C.  M.  S.  C. 
Association  provided  a  bronze  tablet  bear 
ing  the  names  of  those  who  made  the  great 
sacrifice,  to  be  placed  in  the  lobby  of 
the 
building.  This  tablet  will  be  formally  dedi 
cated  and  unveiled  on  Alumni  Day,  Sat 
urday,  June  19.  T he  ceremony  will  be  the 
high  spot  in  the  activities  of  the  day  which 
in  the  past  have  included  some  of  the  most 
notable  events  in  the  history  of  the  Asso 
ciation. 

The  tablet  is  the  visible  expression  of  the 
idea  which  made  possible  the  erection  of 
It  presents  in  concrete  form 
the  building. 
the  tribute  to  service  rendered  by  the 
in 
dividuals  as  well  as  the  ideal  which  govern 
ed  the  construction  of  the  Union  Memorial 
it  will  re 
In  enduring  bronze 
building. 
main  as 
the  structure  stands,  a 
that  those  who  went  have  not  been 
proof 
z 
forgotten. 

long  as 

class  dinners  and  such  reunions  may 
be 
conveniently  held.  The  president's  recep 
tion  and  alumni  dance  will  begin  at  8:30  in 
the  ballroom  of  the  Union  Memorial  build 
ing.  All  together  it  will  be  a  complete  day. 
your 
There 
schedule  which  will  give  you  better  returns 
for  the  time  you  spend. 

appointments 

few 

are 

on 

Dean  John  Phelan  has  taken  possession 
of  the  Vedder  house  at  2  Faculty  Row  fol 
lowing  extensive  alterations.  H.  F.  T h o m p 
son,  College  engineer,  now 
the 
Barrows  house  at  3  Faculty  Row  which, 
for  three  years,  served  as  a  Union  head 
quarters  and  alumni  offce. 

occupies 

Landscaping  about  the  Union  Memorial 
building  is  adding  greatly  to  the  appearance 
of  the  structure  and  the  grounds  should  be 
in  fair  shape  by  Alumni  Day,  J u ne  19. 

pipes  with 

A  collection  of 

historical 
significance  is  on  display  at  the  desk  in  the 
Union  Memorial  building.  One  of  the  col 
lection  is  an  exquisitely  carved  meerschaum 
depicting  the  head  of  a  harem  girl. 

If 

there  still  exists  any  doubt 

in  your 
mind  that  you  should  be  present  on  Alumni 
Day  look  up  some  of  your  classmates  and 
you  will  find  that  you  are  singularly  alone 
in  this  respect.  The  big  day  will  start  as 
early  as  you  can  get  to  the  Campus.  There 
is  much  to  see  and  there  will  be  many  peo 
ple  who  will  want  to  see  you.  There 
is 
the  morning  of 
no  formal  program 
June  19  but  from  noon  on  the  occasion  will 
be  filled  with  events  you  will  regret  having 
missed.  The  alumni  luncheon  will  be  ser 
ved  in  the  Union  Memorial  building.  This 
the  general  meeting 
will  be  followed  by 
and 
the 
the  dedication  and  unveiling  of 
memorial  tablet,  then  the  alumni  and  var 
teams  will  meet  on  College 
sity  baseball 
field  and  a  short  period  will  intervene  when 

for 

Bids  on  the  construction 

new 
chemistry  building  will  be  opened  May  26, 
according  to  an  "announcement  by  H.  H. 
Halladay,  business  manager  of  the  College. 

the 

of 

Not  to  be  outdone  by  the  men  with  their 
cap  night  celebration  the  co-eds  are  plan 
ning  a  lantern  night  ceremony  which  will 
undoubtedly 
traditional 
take  a  place  as  a 
affair. 
It  is  proposed  that  on  June  2,  all 
classes  of  co-eds  be  provided  with  lighted 
lanterns,  except 
that 
the 
seniors  to 
down 
these  be  handed 
juniors,  juniors  to  sophomores  and  sopho 
mores  to  freshmen  so  that  the  graduating 
class  can  leave  without  its  supply  and  the 
freshmen  will  have  something  to  guide  them 
through  their  remaining  three  years. 

freshmen,  and 

from 

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"Close  Beside  The  Winding Cedar" 

The  Un'on  Memorial  building  will  con 
tinue  in  operation  throughout  the  summer. 

Summer  school  sessions  will  be 

held 
from  June  22  to  July  30  concluding  with 
the  annual  Farmers'  Day. 

Professor  J.  T.  H o r n er  of 

the  College 
economics  staff  will  teach  cooperative  mar 
keting  at  Minnesota  university 
this  sum 
mer. 

Poets  are  in  the  majority  in  the  competi 
tion  for  Campus  literary  prizes  this  spring 
according  to  an  announcement  by  Professor 
Johnston. 

Kappa  Alpha  Theta,  national 

sorority, 

has  granted  a  charter  to  the  Sororian  so 
ciety,  the  fourth  national  woman's  organ 
ization  to  be  represented  on  the  Campus. 

(hvosso  won  first  and  Eaton  Rapids 
second 
in  the  singing  contest  for  Smith-
Hughes  students  staged  as  one  of  the  fea 
tures  of  the  high  school  agricultural  conven 
tion  at  the  College  during  the  past  week. 

A  new  College  sign  graces  the  boulevard 

entrance  to  the  Campus. 
It  r e a d s:  "Mich 
igan  State  College  of  Agriculture  and  A p 
plied  Science." 
It  is  attractively  made  and 
stands  near  the  great  white  oak  in  the  cen 
ter  of  the  boulevard. 

H.  A. 

( Hrown'e)  Springer, 

in 
'21,  is 
charge  of  gathering 
alumni  baseball 
t e am 
oppose 
to 
on 
v a r s i ty 
Alumni  Day.  June  19.  He  promises 
that 
list  of 
some  of 
alumni  will  be  in  uniform  on  the  big  day. 

the  best  players  on 

the 
the 

the 

President  Lutterfield  foiled  student  plans 
for  a  "bolshevik'^day  on  Thursday,  Found 
ers'  Day,  by  announcing  that  the  entire  day 
would  be  a  holiday.  The  students  took  ad 
vantage  of  the  occasion  by  staging  an  im 
promptu  pavement  dance  on  the  boulevard 
the  Union  Memorial  building 
in  front  of 
during  the  morning. 

George  L.  Dirks, 

'27,  Coopersville,  has 
been  elected  president  of  the  student  coun 
cil  to  succeed  H a r ry  Wakefield.  During 
the  past  year  Dirks  was  secretary  of 
the 
council  as  well  as  junior  class  president. 

The  president  of  the  M.  S.  C.  Associa 
tion  and  the  treasurer  of 
the  Association 
have  been  added  to  the  membership  of  the 
board  of  directors  of  the  Union  with 
full 
voting  power.  The  secretary  of  the  Union 
becomes  a  permanent  officer  of  the  board 
but  is  no  longer  a  director. 

the  state  for 

large  cities  of 

Many  entries  have  been  received 

from 
the 
the  an 
nual  horse  show  which  will  this  year  be 
held  in  the  stadium  on  May  28  and  2y. 
It 
is  also  reported  that  animals  have  been  en 
tered  from  Chicago.  T he  show  has  been 
taken  over  by 
the  College  as  an  official 
activity. 

just 

Sixteen 

football  men  were  honored 

for 
outstanding  performance  during  the  train 
ing  season 
completed.  They  w e r e: 
James  A.  McCosh,  '28,  Detroit,  best  punt 
'28,  Adrian,  best  place 
e r;  K.  L.  Drew, 
'27,  Lansing,  best 
kicker;  J.  H.  H a n d s, 
drop  kicker;  Fred  Barratt, 
'29,  Lansing, 
best  kickoff  m a n;  H u go  Kanitz,  '29,  Mus 
kegon,  best  defensive  back  ;  Captain  Mar-
t'n  R ummel,  2j,  Saginaw,  best  defensive 
lineman;  R.  E.  Gordon,  '28,  Midland,  best 
interfering  back;  ().  E.  Grimes, 
'28,  Des-
Moines,  Iowa,  best  interfering  lineman  and 
hole  opener;  F\  W.  Ross,  '28,  Port  H u r o n, 
best  ball  follower;  Ernest  Deacon, 
'29, 
Lansing,  best  open  field  r u n n e r;  D.  Teach-
out,  '29,  Big  Rapids,  best  bucker;  James 
Both well,  '29,  Saginaw,  best  forward  pass 
'29,  Lansing,  best  ball 
e r;  Ernest  Deacon, 
handler;  John  Anderson,  '29,  Lansing,  best 
pass  receiver;  H.  J.  Raths, 
'29,  Dunkirk, 
N,  Y.,  best  punt  receiver;  Glen  Hitchings, 
'29,  Petoskey,  man  showing  most  improve 
ment. 

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DOOLITTLE  HONORED AS CHEMIST 

Member  of'Class  of  '96,  Who  Died  Recently,  Was  Once  Acting  Chief  of  Bureau 

of  U.  S.  Department 

of  /igficuUure; 

Eulogized 

by 

dissociates. 

to 

In  the  untimely  death  of  R.  E.  Doolittle, 
Michigan  State  college  has  lost  one  of  her 
most  prominent  and  esteemed  alumni.  Al 
though,  Mr.  Doolittle  had  not  been  in  ro 
bust  health  for  several  years,  he  had  been 
attending 
the  duties  of  his  office  as 
usual  and  there  had  been  no  indication  of 
the 
He  was 
stricken  during  the  afternoon  of  April  23 
and  was  found  at  his  desk  in  a  semi-con 
scious  condition. 
revive  him 
were  onlv  partially  successful  and  he  pass 
ed  away  quietly  and  peacefully  at  his  home 
in  Evanston.  Illinois,  on  Sunday.  April  25. 

approaching 

catastrophy. 

Efforts 

to 

from 
in 

and  graduated 
college 

Koscoe  Edward  Doolittle  was  born  at 
Fowierville.  Michigan,  January 
if),  1874. 
He  attended  the  public  schools  of  Howell 
the 
and  Mortice, 
Michigan  Agricultural 
1896. 
His  decision  to  devote  his  life  to  the  cause 
of  pure  food  and  drugs  must  have  been 
made  while  a  student  for  immediately  af 
ter  graduating  he 
in 
food  analysis  under  Prof.  A.  B.  Prescott 
the  University  of  Michigan.  He  was 
at 
in 
then  appointed  assistant 
the 
department  at 
food 
Michigan  dairy  and 
Lansing,  being  promoted, 
the 
position  of  chief  analyst  which  he  held  for 
five  years. 

took  special  work 

in  1890,.  to 

chemist 

the 

passage 

food  and  drug  act 

He  entered  the  service  of  the  bureau  of 
chemistry  of  the  United  States  department 
of  agriculture  on  September  1,  1904  and 
was  hrst  stationed  in  Xew  York  City  where 
he  was  delegated  to  enforce  the  importation 
the 
act  of  1903.  With 
federal 
in  1906,  Mr. 
Doolittle  was  recognized  as  one  of  the  best 
qualified  men  in  the  United  States  to  pro 
mote  its  enforcement  and,  in  various  capac 
ities  has  been  actively  connected  with 
the 
service  ever  since.  He  was  made  a  mem 
ber  of 
in 
spection  in  1911  and  upon  the  resignation 
\Y.  Wiley  was  appointed 
of  Dr.  Harvey 

food  and  drug 

the  board  of 

of 

acting  chief  of 

the  bureau  of  chemistry 

from  March  15  to  December  15,  1912. 

When 

the  district  system  of  enforcing 
the  food  and  drugs  act  was 
in 
K)i7.  Mr.  Doolittle  was  made  chief  of  the 
later 
eastern  district  being 
to 
the  central  district. 
Chicago  as  chief  of 

transferred 

initiated 

His  contributions 
to  the  service  were  al 
ways  of  a  constructive  character  and  he 
has  been  recognized  as  a  leader  in  regula 
tory  operations. 

a  member  of 

the 
Mr.  Doolittle  was 
American  Association 
the  Advance 
ment  of  Science,  the  American  Chemical 
the  American  Pharmaceutical  so-
society, 

for 

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Page  485 

of 

the  association 

the  Association 

the  American  Public  Health  asso 
ciety, 
ciation  and 
Official 
Agricultural  Chemists.  His  membership  in 
the  latter  association  covers  many  years  of 
loyal  and  tireles  service.  He  was  president 
of 
in  1924  and  served  as 
referee  on  many  occasions,  as  chairman  of 
various  committees  and  as  editor  of 
the 
"()fficial  Method  of  Analysis".  His  un 
tiring  devotion  to  this  latter  work  will  ever 
remain 
friends 
in  the  hearts  of  his  many 
as  a  sacred  memory. 

character 

Doctor  Wiley,  a  former  chief  of  the  bur 
eau  of  chemistry  and  Dr.  C.  A.  Browne  the 
present  chief,  with  whom  Mr.  l>oolittle  was 
associated  many  vears  have 
summarized 
his 
following  w o r d s: 
the 
"There  are  few  men  that  I  have  ever  met 
who  had  a  higher  standard  of  ethics  than 
Mr.  Doolittle.  He  was  especially  devoted 
to  what  he  believed  to  be  the  truth, 
fear 
less  in  his  expressions  and  in  his  actions. 

in 

"Accurate  knowledge, 

rare  administra 
tive  ability,  tine  judgment,  and  spotless  in 
tegrity  were  traits  of  Mr.  Doolittle  which 
the  qualities 
won  everyone's  respect,  but 
to  his  many 
which  endeared  him  most 
friends  and  co-workers  were  an 
indefinable 
gentleness  and  charm  of  manner  that  made 
him  the  best  loved  man  in  the  whole  ser 
vice  of  the  bureau." 

COLLEGE  OBSERVES 

ANNIVERSARY  DAY 

Anniversary  Day,  May  13,  was  generallv 
observed  on  the  Campus..  O ne  of  its  fea 
tures  was  a  holiday  from  classes  which  was 
accepted  in  characteristic  holiday  spirit  by 
the  students  who  staged  a  dance  on 
the 
pavement  at  the  west  entrance  to  the  Union 
Memorial  building  during  the  morning,  at 
tended  the  convocation  in  the  gymnasium  in 
the  afternoon  and  used  their  spare  time  for 
impromptu  affairs  of  various  sorts. 

At  the  convocation  Charles  \Y.  Garfield, 
'70,  was  the  chief  speaker  of  the  dav.  He 
told  of  the  early  years  in  the  history  of  the 
the 
College,  stressed  the 

importance 

of 

through 

to  profit 

them  a  broad  vision  of 

worth  while  events  in  college  life  and  urged 
his  audience 
the  exper 
their  predecessors  and  keep  be 
ience  of 
fore 
T he 
gymnasium  was  decorated  specially  for  the 
occasion  and  Campus  organizations  march 
ed  in  groups,  completely  filling  all  available 
space. 

life. 

'27,  editor  of 

Keith  Himebaugh, 

the 
Michigan  State  News,  acted  as  master  of 
'27,  presi 
ceremonies  and  Ruth  Ketcham, 
the  M.  A.  C.  Union 
dent  of 
presented 
to  the  group  of  alumni  who  were 
flowers 
the  presidents  of 
on  the  platform  with 
Michigan  colleges,  as  guests  of 
the  day. 
President 
liutterfield  entertained  the  group 
at  luncheon  at  the  Union  Memorial  build 
ing  before 

the  program. 

' 9 1;  J. 

II.  Gunnison, 
'67;  James  Satterlee, 

The  following  alumni  were  in  the  group 
President 
of  graduates  on  the  platform: 
' 6 1; 
Putterfield, 
' 6 9; 
Daniel  Strange, 
Charles  W.  Garfield, 
'70;  H.  P.  Halstead, 
•71;  William  Caldwell,  '76;  W.  S.  Emery, 
' 7 8; 
'jy; 
Charles 
' 8 1;  F r a nk  F. 
McKenny, 
(). 
'82;  T. 
\Y.  L.  Snyder, 
Rogers, 
Williams,  ' 8 5;  J.  R.  McColl,  ' 9 0;  Dean  F. 
S.  Kedzie, 

Eugene  Davenport, 
' 8 1;  J.  F.  Root, 

' 8 3; 

'jy. 

There  was  a  baseball  game  in  the  after 
noon  and  in  the  evening  an  all-college  ban 
quet  at  the  People's  church  and  a  Union 
dance  at  the  Union  Memorial  building. 

Weekly  demonstrations  by 

the  military 

units  are  bringing  large  crowds  to  the  Cam 
pus.  The  various  branches  of  the  service 
represented  at  the  College  show  their  spe 
cialties  on  different  days. 

at 

following 

Sphinx  pledged 

the 
the 
Founders'  Day  p r o g r a m:  Ruth  Ketcham, 
Hastings,  president  Michigan  State  U n i o n; 
Dorothy  Goodson,  Detroit,  president  Y.  \V. 
C.  A .;  Erva  Prescott,  Lincoln,  co-ed  editor 
State  N e w s;  Ruth  Norton,  Port  H u r o n, 
president  W.  A.  A .;  ()lga  Bird,  Milling-
ton,  president,  W.  S.  G.  A .;  Katherine 
Merriffeld,  Bangor. 

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'25  011  Out! 

T'm 

Qrmy  Now" 

Don't 
F o r q Ct 
The 
192.5 
Luncheon 
On 
fllumni 
Day  , 
June 
'?, 
fit 
The 
Union. 

Press  f"m  -Hahvtjawd. 

fh)mer  sti!)  looks 
em  over 

through  a  transit. 

"T/i«9  keep  us in  ni9hts 
at  Johns- Hop kins* 

-MS  what  T a r fe 

r e p o r t s. 

C h i l l i es 
fte+JSpaprr. 
"retiring" 

£>*«n  play  my 
yarn* 

S i l Ct 

ttt€ 

from 

the  Colhye.. 

Jerry's  4 

banker  now. 

ftob 
C o r n e ll 

is  a. 

/?99o1t 

Oor  S t a t i s t i c al 

Fri*m{ 

^—  Ch45.  Armstrong. 

Boots  do<rs  his 

strirtfiny 

in 

florid*. 

How  you  90frna  Keep  ffad 

down  on  ttje 

r a r / n" 

FJwood  st/7/  /»k«5 
f/)<  Wd  college 

yama 

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C L A SS  N O T ES 

'01 

that 

letter 

indicates 

The  result  of  my  first  circular 

relative 
to  our  25th  graduation  anniversary  on  June  19 
next 
the  following  will  be  back: 
W.  J.  Bailey,  Mrs.  Chloe  Goodrich  Carpenter, 
Arthur  H.  Hayes,  M.  L.  Ireland  and  Mrs.  Irma 
Thompson  Ireland 
('00),  N.  A.  McCune,  C.  A. 
McCue,  P.  L.  Radford,  V.  M.  Shoesmith,  H.  T. 
Thomas,  W.  \V.  Wells.  While  but  a  small  per 
centage  of  replies  have  been  received,  every  day 
brings  fresh  ones  full  of  desire  to  join  in.  They 
in  his 
all  express 
to 
annual  respect  for  grandma  when  he  wants 
the  home 
get  off 
funeral  on 
is 
season. 
team  opens 
very 
evident  from 
they  are 
the  replies  however 
mere  amateurs  in  excuse  making,  because  1  have 
not.  given 
they 
see  the  list  of  names  grow,  they  will  borrow  or 
steal  excuses  on  which 

them  25  years  of  practice.  As 

the  day 
It 
that 

the  office  boy 

to  get  away. 

the  spirit  of 

the  baseball 

for  her 

'01,  after  a 

that  Chas. •'W.  Taylor, 

Among  the  sad  messages  the  letters  bring  are 
the  information,  from  Roswell  A.  Whitney,  with 
the  California  Co-operative  Canneries,  Hemet, 
long 
CaL, 
sickness  passed  away  some  time  since  at  Hemet, 
Cal.;  from  his  relatives  at  Chesaning,  Mich.,  that 
Ralph  Pldred,  with 
'01,  died  some  years  ago 
from  a  roller  coaster  accident  at  Flint,  Mich.; 
that  Phelps  L. 
in  Kalamazoo 
from  his  widow 
Millar,  with 
in 
1808,  died  from  scarlet  fever  June  29,  1925.  They 
lived  in  Montana  for  years,  because  of.his  afflic 
tuberculosis  following  pneumonia,  but 
tion  with 
to  Michigan  before  his  death. 
had  returned 

'or,  varsity  baseball  pitcher 

Hugh  P.  Baker  and  wife,  Fleta  Paddock  Baker, 
18  East  41st  street,  New  York  City,  are  almost 
sure  they  can  be  present  for  the  reunion.  Hugh 
is  forwarding  my 
to  Sam  Kennedy,  '01, 
letter 
which  was  returned  to  Sam's  present  address. 

to  adjust 

their  visit  until  fall  when 

Geo.  C.  Humphrey  wants  an  airplane  to  bring 
him  to  the  reunion  from  University  of  Wiscon 
sin,  because  of  conflicting  dates.  Peggy  McCue 
and  I  will  arrive  early 
the  fly  paper 
for  Ellis  Ranney  to  step  in  when  he  wakes  up 
and  finds  himself  at  a  '01  reunion.  Mrs.  Mary 
'99,  seem  bent 
Knaggs  Stone  and  Allan  Stone, 
on  postponing 
they 
expect  to  send  their  daughter,  Carol,  to  M.  S.  C. 
along  with  her  brother  Jim  of  1928.  Their  ad 
is  Box  449,  Sanford,  Florida.  Old  man 
dress 
W.  Wr.  Wells  wants  all  of  us 
to  dig  out  our 
senior  class  canes  and  bring 
If 
you  can  find  yours,  bring  it  along  as  a  piece  of 
"substantial  dignity"  to  atone  for  some  of  your 
efforts  on  Alumni  Day  to  prove  that  you  are  no 
than  you  were  25  years  ago.  Geo.  W. 
older 
White  wants  someone  else  to  help  me  persuade 

them  along. 

Box 

company. 

168,  Newark,  N. 

him.  Write  to  him  in  care  of  Pittsburgh  Plate 
Glass 
J. 
Arthur  H.  Hayes,  Kendallville,  Ind.,  will  be  on 
hand.  Maybe  he  will  tell  us  more  about  himself 
than  he  did  in  his  letter,  but  after  all  he  covered 
item,  namely,  that  he  would 
the  most  important 
be  on  hand. 

to  their  classmates 

I  need  help  in  obtaining  the  addresses  of  our 
classmates  who  did  not  graduate.  A 
fellow's 
enthusiasm  for  Michigan  State  does  not  depend 
upon  whether  or  not  he  won  his  diploma.  How 
ever,  they  do  need  to  be  told  sometimes  that  the 
fact  that  they  missed  it  does  not  make  a  bit  of 
difference 
to 
see  them  at  our  class  reunions.  None  will  ap 
preciate  more  our 
join 
fellows  who  started  with  us  but 
us 
who, 
their 
control,  did  not  happen  to  finish  with  us.  Let's 
find 
this 
If 
effort  would  have  brought 
to  my 
classmates,  I  surely  would  have  started  earlier. 
Try  it. 

the  joy 
to  me  and 

for  many  excellent 

reasons  beyond 

letters  urging 

I  had  known 

their  desire 

them. 

them 

than 

that 

the 

in 

to 

Sincerely  yours 

MARK  L. 

IRELAND. 

the  Panama  canal  and  will 

is  preparing  for  an  extensive 

'91 
Gager  C.  Davis  has  closed  his  business  in  Los 
Angeles  and 
trip 
to  the  east  with  his  wife.  The  trip  will  be  made 
via 
include  atten 
dance  at 
the  Harvard  commencement  evercises; 
their  son  completing  his  work  there  this  spring. 
'97 
Mrs.  Jeanette  Carpenter  Wheeler  lives  at  2731 
Benve:.ue  avenue,  Berkeley,  California.  She  has 
two  sons  attending  the  university  and  two  other 
children  who  will  soon  enter  college.  Her  hus 
band,  Colonel  Mark  Wheeler, 
retired 
from  the  army. 

recently 

'03 
W.  M.  Brown  is  vice  president  of  the  Brown-
Hutchinson  Iron  works,  Detroit,  furnishing  mis 
cellaneous  iron  and  steel  work  for  factories  and 
buildings. 

H.  M.  Eaton  has  moved 

to  2070  Longfellow 

avenue  in  Detroit. 

'04 
A.  R.  Carter  was  recently  reappointed  county 
county, 
superintendent  of  Winnebago 
highway 
the 
"I  hope  to  attend 
Illinois. 
Chicago  association  on  the  16th. 
is  a  good 
place  to  go  to  bring  back  old  memories  of  col 
It  has  been  20  years  since  I  was 
lege  days. 
think  I  would  know 
on 
in  Rockford. 
the  place?"  Carter 

the  Campus.  Do  you 
lives 

the  meeting  of 
It 

'08 

F.  J.  Twaits,  vice  president  of 
company,  was  cited 

Engineering 

the 
in 

Scofield 
the  Los 

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Angeles  Times  recently  for  the  prominent  part  he 
is  playing  in  bringing  alxmt  hetter  relations  be 
tween  employers  and  employees  in  the 
industrial 
field,  particularly  affecting  mechanics.  Accord 
ing  to  the  report  Twaits,  as  chairman  of  the  lahor 
and 
the  Southern  Cali-
the  Associated  General  con 
ornia  chapter  of 
in  bring-
tractors,  has  been  the  principal  factor 
ing  ahout  registration  of  mechanics  for 
the  pur 
pose  of  establishing  fair  wages. 

industrial  committee  of 

'14 
De  Loss  Towar  and  Marion  Sly  Tower  are 
now  living  in  Indianapolis,  Indiana,  where  Towar 
is  associated  with  the  Kresge  stores. 

David  Purmell 

is  superintendent  of  horticul 
ture  at  the  National  Farm  school.  Farm  School, 
Pa. 

F.  K.  Chamberlain  has  moved 

'15 

in  Grand  Rapids,  according 

to  824  Turner 
to  postal  ad 

street 
vice. 

'16 
Allen  \Y.  Barron  is  a  member  of  the  engineer 
ing  firm  of  Tuyl.  Heartt  and  Barron,  1112  Union 
Trust  building,  Detroit.  The  firm  is  engaged  in 
consulting  work,  design  of  industrial  plants,  heat 
ing  and  ventilating,  electrical  design,  etc. 

"Now  with 

'18 
Thomas  Keating.  105  \V.  12th  street,  Holland, 
writes: 
the  Donnelly  Kelley  Glass 
company,  selling  mirrors,  plate  glass,  automobile 
to 
glass  and  window  glass.  This  is  a  live  town 
living  in  New  York,  Montreal  and 
come  to  after 
such  villages  for 
1  haven't 
met  all 
firemen,  but  haive 
a  nodding  acquaintance  with  the  uniformed  door 
man  at  the  big  movie." 

the  past  few  years. 
the 

the  cops  yet.  or 

'20 
Allan  G.  and  Fdna  Kidd  Willbee  are  the  par 
ents  of  a  son,  David  McComb,  born  April  10. 
Address  40y  S.  Hidalgo  street,  Alhambra,  Cal. 

Iva  Beach,  401  N.  Main  street,  Bloomington, 
Illinois,  writes  :  "The  Greenwich  Village  Inn"  is 
a  quaint  old  English  cellar  tavern  of  which  Bea 
trice  Beckwith,  '21,  U.  of  M.,  and  myself  are  the 
owners. 
\Ye  have  been  struggling  since  1923  to 
make  it  a  success.  We  are  just  beginning  to  get 
on  our  feet.  Now  we  have  a  very  good  business 
established." 

Stanley  Johnson 

the  South  Haven  Experiment  station. 
husky  sons  preparing  for  State." 

is  finishing  bis  sixth  year  at 
"Have  two 

'21 
G.  E.  Culver  has  moved  to  1500  Pennsylvania 

avenue,  Columbus,  Ohio. 

George  L.  Fick  can  be  reached  care  of  U.  S. 
1,  Greenville,.  Tennessee 
the  Ten 

Army  Unit  number 
"Working  on  a  topographic  survey  of 

nessee  river  and  basin. 
opment  and  canalization  of 
and  its  larger  tributaries." 

Is  a  hydroelectric  devel 
the  Tennessee  river 

Neal  H.  Fenkell  lives  at  688  Meadowbrook  ave 
nue,  Detroit.  He  is  in  the  department  of  water 
supply,  bureau  of  engineering. 

'22 
L  F.  French  writes  :  "Change  my  address  back 
again  to  care  of  J.  H.  French,  Chevrolet  Motor 
company,  Flint." 

'23 
is  with 

Hazen  S.  Atkins 

public  health 
West  Boulevard. 
foods 
and 

for 

in  Pontiac. 

the  department  of 
located  at  89 
I  am  now  director  of  dairy 

"Now 

the  city  of  Pontiac. 

A.  W.  Emery  is  in  Atkins'  department  at  Pon 

tiac,  in  charge  of  meat  inspection. 

'24 
George  W.  Cato  writes  as  follows  of  his  son, 
"M\  son  Ralph  A.  Cato  has  been  very 
Ralph  : 
ill  since  October,  1924.  He  was 
in  the  Henry 
Ford  hospital  at  Detroit  during  part  of  1925. 
We  brought  him 
last 
fall  but  he  did  not 
improve  at  all  at  the  sani 
tarium  there.  He  is  now  in  a  private  sanitarium 
is  much 
in  Atascadero,  California.  His  health 
improved  and  we  expect  a  steady 
improvement. 
Address  P.  O.  box  12." 

to  Livermore,  California, 

'25 
E.  J.  Ray  Bates  is  practicing  veterinary  medi 

cine  at  Chesaning.  Box  73. 

B.  H.  Belknap 
northern  peninsula. 

lives 

in  Grand  Marais 

in 

the 

Burgess  Iseman  w r i t es  : 

in 
Jacksonville,  Florida  but  will  return  to  my  home 
at  384  Tuxedo  avenue,  Detroit,  in  June. 

"Am  now  located 

Myrl  Newark,  1116  Jerome  street,  Lansing,  is 
now  on  the  engineering  staff  of  the  Reniger  Con 
struction  company  of  Lansing. 
"On  December 
16  a  daughter  arrived,  Lois  Marie." 

time 

leaving 

to  send 

Carl  Boehringer,  in  his  trip  around  the  world 
in  a 
with  Robert  Powers,  found 
"Are  on  the  S.  S.  Liberator 
card  to  the  office. 
the  Far  East. 
leaving  New  York  May  8  for 
Get  cargo  at  New  Orleans, 
there  May 
20.  Our  first  stop  is  Hawaii,  then  Japan,  China, 
India  and  the  Philippines. 
In  New  Orleans  we 
may  get  all-around  route  via  Suez,  Genoa,  Mar 
seilles,  Hamburg  and  Southhampton.  Since  leav 
ing  Lansing  we  have  worked  on  government  fleet 
at  Staten  Island  and  also  on  a  collier 
running 
to  Newport  News,  Va.  Our  cruise  will  take  about 
six  or  eight  months." 
Lea  Jensen  writes: 

"Still 
junior  high  school  here 

teaching  H.  E.  in 
in  Bay  City  and 

the 
like  it  very  much." 
Malcolm  Waring 

is  with  T.  Glenn  Phillips, 
landscape  architect  and  city  planner  of  Detroit. 
"We  are  very  busy  these  days  but  I  am  plan 
ning  on  l>eing  back  next  month. 

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Fred  Moore,  state  division  of  highways  at  East 
"I  have  been  help 
last 
I  like  the  work.  So  far  I  have  been  in 
to  get  some  field  work 

St.  Louis,  Illinois,  writes: 
ing  to  build  concrete  roads  in  Illinois  since 
July. 
the  office  but  I  expect 
soon." 

Emily  Perry  Thies,  16  N.  Prospect 

street, 
Amherst,  Mass..  announces  the  arrival  of  Wilbur 
Herman  Thies  on  April  16. 

of 

a  music 

Myrtle  Lewton,  549  Riverside  Drive,  New  York 
"I  am  not  married  and  whoever 
city,  w r i t e s: 
in 
heard 
New  York  being  wealthy;  Am  satisfied 
that 
1  am  on  the  right  track  in  my  studies.  Besides 
this  I  am  assistant  registrar  and  recreational  as 
sistant  in  the  club  and  music  department  of 
the 
Heckscher  foundation  for  children." 

'on  her  own' 

student 

Bernice  Nelson  is  dietitian  at  the  Walter  Reed 
"Rather  ex 

general  hospital,  Washington,  D.  C. 
pect  to  be  on  the  Campus  on  Alumni  Day." 

Justin  Cash  has  been  county  agent  of  Man 
istee  county  since  February  1,  headquarters  in  the 
post  office  building  in  Manistee. 

the  home  of 

Alice  Skeels  and  Fred  Moore  are  to  be  married 
at 
in 
Washington,  D.  C.  "We  hope  to  be  on  the  Cam 
pus  for 

the  horse  show  on  May  28-20." 

former  on  May  19, 

the 

home 

teaching 

Helen  Taylor, 

in 
economics 
"No,  I'm  not  mar 
Pickford.  sends  in  her  bit: 
ried  or  wealthy,  but 
I  am  healthy  and  happy. 
As  for  drink  and  amusement,  anyone  who  knows 
Pickford  will  know 
in 
dulge  in  either." 

it  is  impossible  to 

that 

Mrs.  E  E.  Emshwiller 

lives  at  Big  Rapids 
is  in  the  physics  department 

where  her  husband 
institute. 
at  Ferris 

Doris  Redmond  completed  her  dietetics  course 
at  Johns  Hopkins  in  January.  Since  then  she  has 
in  Detroit 
been  engaged 
and  resides  at  4708  Brush  street. 

in  social  service  work 

Ezra  Eby  teaches  agriculture  in  the  Perry  con 
the 

"Will  be  glad 

to  attend 

solidated  schools. 
1925  luncheon  on  June  19." 

Wayne  Plastridge  is  taking  graduate  work 

in 
833 
bacteriology  at  Yale  university, 
Whalley  avenue,  New  Haven,  Conn. 
"Will  re 
ceive  my  Ph.  D.  in  1928.  Have  just  received  an 
in  bacter 
appointment  as  assistant 
iology  for 
receive  T HE 
RECORD  every  week  and  enjoy  it  very  much. 

the  coming 

instructor 

living 

year. 

at 

I 

Mildred  Kyes  teaches  H.  E. 

French  Junior  high  school 
pects  to  remain  there  next  year. 
on  attending  the  class  reunion 
it  will  be  a  big  one." 

in  Walter  H. 
in  Lansing  and  ex 
"Am  planning 
in  June  and  hope 

Clifford  Conrad  teaches  agriculture  and  science 

and  coaches  at  Berrien  Springs  high  school. 

Leland  Dewey,  1662  Fifth  avenue,  Sharon,  Pa., 
is  in  the  transformer  plant  of  the  Westinghouse 
compary. 
lone 
time  but 
some  for  the  friends  I  had  at  the  College." 

"Happy  most  of 

the 

is  with 

the  Dow  Chemical 
"My  work  is  mostly  sur 

Howard  Bezenah 
company  at  Midland. 
veying  and  mapping  of 
the  company  property. 
My  wife  and  daughter  are  well  and  we  spent  our 
spare  time  rambling  about  the  state  in  our  Ford. 
Will  be  there  on  June  19." 

Ellsworth  Thiele  is  employed  by  the  Meadow 
lives 
Brook  nurseries 
at  174  Phelps  avenue. 
"I  enjoy  my  work  very 
much  as  it  takes  me  to  all  parts  of  New  York 
and  New  Jersey." 

in  Englewood,  N.  J.  and 

Charles  Armstrong  is  with  the  General  Electric 

Lamar  Wood 

in  Schenectady,  N.  Y. 
"Am  busy  making  out  re 
ports  and  taking  the  course  which  the  company 
in  accounting."  Address  822  State  street. 
offers 
lives  at  12787  Mendota  avenue 
in  Detroit. 
I  have  been  with 
the  Briggs  Manufacturing  company,  makers  of 
automobile  bodies.  My  work  is  in  the  dry  kiln 
department." 

"Since  February 

Henrietta  Edgcumbe 

teachers  cooking  at  Big 

Rapids,  address  203  Pine  street. 

Kenneth  DeGraw 

lives  in  Midland.  Box  615. 
"Five  from  our  class  picked  this  pleasant  smelling 
place  for  a  home:  Grace  Mitchell.  Wilma  Wade, 
Braamse,  Bexenah  and  yours 
truly."  DeGraw 
teaches  in  Midland. 
in 
Max  Hood  is  at 
Buchanan,  "getting 
facts  of  orchard 
handling."  Hood  says  he  will  be  on  hand  on 
June  19. 

the  Hall  Apple 
the 

inside 

farm 

Amy  Leveaux 

is  dietitian 

in  Wilmington,  Delaware  and 

cafeteria 
208  W.  14th  street. 
Great  sport.  Margaret  Snyder, 
of 

in  the  Y.  W.  C.  A. 
lives  at 
"Feeding  1,200  people  a  day. 
'23,  is  director 

the  cafeteria." 
Richard  Paddock 

is  applying  his  college  edu 
cation  on  a  250  acre  farm  just  outside  of  Char 
"For  amusement  I  walk  the  floor  with 
levoix. 
our  newly  acquired  daughter,  Mary  Jane." 
.  Hazel  Bradley  teaches  in  Hillman  and 
to  remain  for  another  year. 
Roy  MacMillan  has  been 

game 
at  1425  Loma  Vista  avenue  in  Pasadena. 
be  on  hand  for 
ing  east  for  a  three  months'  stay. 

real  estate 
lives 
"Will 
lurcheon  as  we  are  com 

in  California  since  graduation.  He 

intends 

the 

the 

in 

W.  S.  Stover  is  a  ranger  in  the  Stanslius  na 
"The  chief  de 
tional  forest  at  Groveland,  Cal. 
mands  on  an  assistant  district 
the 
ranger 
Sierra  Nevadas  are  that  he  be  a  strong-backed 
jack-of-all 
trades,  capable  of  surviving  his  own 
cooking  and  be  immune  to  rattlesnakes  and  poison 
oak." 

in 

Albert  Hazard,  1209  Beach  street,  Flint 

in 
the  engineering  department  of  Chevrolet  motors. 
to  Marjorie  Sexton  of  Lansing 
"Was  married 
on  October  3,  consequently 
I  have  been  busy, 
healthy,  satisfied,  happy,  but  do  not  drink  as  I 
can't  say  I  am  wealthy." 

is 

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Jeanette  Walker  graduated  as  dietitian 
from 
Peter  Bent  Brigham  hospital  on  March  31. 
"On 
the  day  of  my  graduation 
the  same 
hospital  as  a  patient  and  since 
then  have  been 
entertaining 
I  am 
further 
going 
plans.''  She  can  be  reached  care  of  the  hospital, 
Boston,  Mass. 

the  east  before  making 

tonsilitis.  When 

I  get  out 

I  entered 

to  see 

Ralph  Folks  is  principal  at  Morencie. 

"I  also 
teach  agriculture  and  expect  to  stay  here  another 
year." 

are 

Jerome  Brabb  lives  at  292  Grove  street,  apart 
ment  2B,  Highland  Park.  He 
is  employed  by 
the  John  Miller  Electric  Contracting  company. 
"On  January  1  was  married  to  Reva  M.  Bronson 
of  Lansing.  We 
exceedingly  happy  and 
haven't  had  a  fight  yet  and  hope  we  never  will." 
S.  \.  Chen  is  completing  his  work  for  a  mas 
"On  August  1 
ter's  degree  here  at  the  College. 
I  may  sail 
the  world. 
My  address  will  then  be  35  E.  Straight  street, 
from 
Changchow,  Ku.  China.  That  I  can  hear 
you  often  would  certainly  be  my  greatest  pleas 
ure. 

the  other  side  of 

for 

Russell  Gault  can  be  reached  at  903  Prudde'i 
the 

is  associated  with 

building,  Lansing.  He 
Equitable  Life  Assurance  company. 

C.  C.  Bishop,  Spinney-Run 

farms,  Gurnee, 
Illinois,  is  busy  managing  his  418  acre  property, 
on  which  there  is  a  dairy  herd  of  JT,  Ayrshire's. 
"The  best  boy  in  the  world  came  to  us  on  April 
2.  His  name  is  Wilbur  Cory  Bishop. 

out  his  questionnaire  Seeley  states  that  he  lives 
on  cod  fish  and  Bosto'i  beans  and  drinks  Boston 
filtration  plant's  specific  gravity  1.000.  He  says: 
"See  you  in  June." 
D.  L.  Bailey 
Harbor  Springs. 

is  superintendent  of  schools  at 

R.  A.  Troman, 

6346  Marchand 

street, 
the 
R.  E..  Pittsburgh,  Pa., 
Blow-Knox  Steel  company. 
"Am  very  well  sat 
isfied  with  the  company  and  my  position.  Lornie 
Ross.  '23,  and  Harold  Neuman,  '24,  are  also  here, 
so  we  have  a  yojCTg  alumni  association  here." 

is  employed  by 

"Just  completing  my 

Ruth  Gene  Palmer,  2210  S.  LaSalle  street,  De 
troit,  writes: 
first  year 
of  teaching  in  Detroit.  Expect  to  stay  at  home 
this  summer  and  would  be  glad 
to  have  any 
twentv-fivers  stop  off  and  visit  me,  address  342 
Delaware  street,  Grand  Rapids. 

Charles  Fuller 

lives  at  227  West  21  street, 

Holland. 

Floyd  Wightman  bas  moved 

to  1843  Asburg 

street,  Evanston,  Illinois. 

R.  A.  Troman 
E.  Pittsburgh.  Pa. 

lives  at  6346  Marchand  street, 

Myrl  K.  Xewark  has  moved 

to  1116  Jerome 
street  in  Lansing.  He  is  employed  by  the  Reni-
ger  Construction  company.  Newark  reports 
the 
arrival  of  Lois  Marie  on  December  16. 

W.  B.  Matthews  has  again  moved.  Now  he  is 
located  at  Tarpon  Spring,  Florida,  where  he 
is  faying  out  more  golf  courses. 

Denise  LaPlant  teaches  home  economics  in  De 

(".race  Mitchell  and  Wilma  Wade  are 

teach 

troit.  Her  address  is  3357  Chope  Place. 

ing  H.  E.  at  Midland  high  school. 

George  and  Anne  Wykoff  Green  are  also  re-
residing  in  Midland.  Green  is  on  the  engineering 
staff  of  Dow  chemical. 

Max  Seeley,  766  Boyleston  street,  Cambridge, 
Mass.,  is  rounding  out  his  first  year  of  graduate 
In  filling 
work  in  the  Harvard  business  school. 

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.  HF) 
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 

Gerald  Miller 

the  Farmers  and 
teller 
Merchan  s  bank  in  Milan.  Jerry  says  its  the  "big 
gest  little  bank  in  the  state." 

in 

is 

Fred  Moore,  512  Metropolitan  building,  East 
"Am  occupied  now  in 
St.  Louis,  Illinois,  writes: 
designing  concrete  roads  for  the  state  of  Illinois. 
Have  been  here  since  last  July.  Would 
to 
hear  more  from  the  classes  of  '2^  and  '25  through 
the  class  no  es  of  T HE  RECORD." 

like 

Earle  M.  Chapman,  518  Broadway,  Baltimore, 
Maryland,  in  a  letter  to  the  office,  staunchly  de 
fends  the  climate  of  his  adopted  state.  He  adds : 
"March  is  spring  out  here.  No  canoes—but  how 
the  birds  do  twitter."  Earle  is  planning  on  study 
ing  abroad  after 
the  year  at  Johns  Hopkins  has 
been  completed. 

C.  B.  Dibble  is  studying  forest 

insect  problems 

"Do  a  little  exten 

indefinitely  depending  entirely  on 

and  teaching  at  the  College. 
sion  and  experiment  station  work  occasionally." 
Phelps  Vogelsang  is  city  engineer  at  Polk  City, 
"I  am  very  fond  of  Florida  and  will 
Florida. 
the  cli 
stay 
If  I  can  survive  the  hot  summers,  all  well 
mate. 
the  Florida 
and  good. 
division  of  State  foresters 
is  a  thriving  organ 
ization,  consisting  of  Glen  Marvin,  .'24;  R.  M. 
to  have  a 
Harper, 
'big'  reunion  in  the  near 

'24,  and  myself.  We  plan 

I  might  also  state 

future." 

that 

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traveled  the  same  road  voluntarily 
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that  road  to  make  the  journey  worthwhile. 

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as  the  outstanding  post-graduate  training  in 
practical  business,  is  the  Alexander  Hamilton 
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Composed  partly  of  university  teachers,  and  partly 
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You  mill  never  find  us  claiming  that  every man  who 
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