V OFAGJ \ 4$ T HE M. S. C. R E C O RD More than 60 per cent of the mechanical power used by American industry is applied through electric motors. But the electrifi cation of the tasks performed by man power has hardly begun. Electric power not only saves dollars; it conserves human energy for better purposes and raises standards of living. We could all use more electricity to advantage—in our factories and stores, on our farms, and in our homes. You will find this mono g r am on all k i n ds of electric equipment. It ic a symbol of quality and a mark of service. GENERAL ELECTRIC 201-37H The M. S. C. Record Entered at the East Lansing postoffice as second class matter. Vol. X X X I I. No. i) E A ST LANSING, MICH. May, 1927 Registration Will Aid Visitor June 10 and 11 Fee Covers Admission to Baseball Game and Takes Half From Cost of Drama Tickets; Come Early on Saturday, Anniversary Rally Set for 10:30; Last Call for Reunions. to for attend Registration the announcement on Alumni Day a new value this year takes on with ar that rangements have been made to al low all registered the baseball game without charge and the drama, " T he Be tickets for ginnings," will be 50 sold cents to those who have registered while those who have not must pay In accordance twice that amount. with these conditions you may reg ister on Friday, June 10, or on the upon following been when you arrive. As customary since the building was opened, there will be tables in the lobby of the Union where you may register, pay dues or subscriptions building to the Union Memorial fund, and obtain information as to whom among your classmates is present. depending has day, It is important that you arrive on Friday, June 10, in order to at tend the president's reception and T he alumni dance that evening. early following day is filled from morning until the final word at the class reunions in the evening. At 10:30 the anniversary alumni rally will be held; the meeting place has not as yet been selected, but you will be notified upon your arrival at the Union. This will be imme diately followed alumni luncheon at noon at the Union and then the class pictures will be tak en south of the main entrance of the building. the by In order that alumni may see the drama " T he Beginnings," which the varsity baseball depicts the history of the founding of the College, a performance will be staged at 3 o'clock on Alumni Day. Tickets for this will be avail able to those who have registered the at 50 cents each. Following team drama on will meet St. Xavier college the College Field. Admission to baseball game will be free to all alumni who have registered. Class be dinners and reunions scheduled for 7 o'clock the rest of the evening may be taken up in this form of activity. should and a annual chance The alumni rally will include on business its program the meeting of the M. S. C. Associa tion and a discussion by President the Butterfield of the relation of alumnus to the College. It will be necessary to carry out this program within the limits of an hour to al to low all who attend reach the Union for luncheon. T he luncheon this year will be served at the tables which will give a bet those ter opportunity present by classes. The classes of 'yy and the Association at the affair. A spe cial program is being arranged for it of any the possible dullness and, in addition, there w.ll be no business carried out during that hour. '27 will be guests of to arrange to relieve luncheon this each The registration fee year person will be 50 cents for registered and those who do so the advantages enumer that ated above. It in your correct address be given is important it will give that addition to your name and class in rec order ords may be checked with the lat est the alumni office information. T he program does not admit of coming in at the last moment on Saturday and expecting to take in all of the affairs listed for the day. Those who plan to be here early Saturday will miss but little but it must be no later than 10 o'clock when they arrived or there will not be time to register and do the oth er things necessary complete enjoyment of the day. Then, too, the alumni dance which has been a popular program for several years will be held on F r i d ay night. fixture on the for and is open You will find the Union ready to serve you in several new ways. The main dining room on the sec ond floor operating n o w; it will be in shape to handle a crowd by that time. T h e re will be eight hotel rooms available in building the Union Memorial last where there was none offered year. T he checking service has been improved and will be in full operation that day. T h e re is a booth for telephone calls and most of your train or bus in formation is available at the desk in the lobby. You will miss some thing if you fail to try the dining room and your rest in any other place cannot be as complete as it equipped would be in the newly In rooms case in the building. reserved, your you wish a room forwarded reservation should be long distance \*% 4 T HE M. S. C. R E C O RD May, 1927 immediately addessed to the alum ni office; it will he given prompt attention and YOU may he among the privilege unless those t" gain TOUT request is too late for consid eration. The rooms are all equip ped with double beds and each has a private hath. The register commencement if you come on Friday, register if you come on i in mediately, and Saturday, immediately. The benefits will accrue most rap idly to those who register earliest. program will be held on Friday, June 10. Diplomas will be formally passed out at the exercises to begin at 10 o'clock on the morning of that day. The drama. " T he Beginnings," will he presented at 4 o'clock that af ternoon and the president's recep tion and alumni dance I'S scheduled f< if 8 :30 that evening. A complete program for the week elsewhere in this issue. carried is S C H E N E C T A DY A L U M NI fiie chapter Schenectady of Michigan State alumni met for a social "get-together'- on the even ing of the home of IF A. Warner, '12, at 1155 Avon Road, Schenectady, N. Y. iT'hruary 18, 1027, at The evening was spent in danc ing, playing billiards, and bridge. Light refreshments were served by the the group, the women. two-thirds" of "better Those present w e r e: 11. \Y. Jen in plant engi nings. " _ ' j. engaged neering. General com Electric pany; Mrs. 11. \\ . Jennings, Mrs. G. \\". Stroehel, Mrs. F. K. Harris, II. F. Small, '23, switchboard sales. General Electric Co.; Mrs. II. F. Small. Mrs. R. A. Warner, E. F. Iluhhard, '25. sales training depart \\ est Fvnn works. General ment. Electric; C. M. Armstrong. r2$, Schenectady Electric works, general accounting; G. W. StrObel, "02, engineering. turbine General Electric. Schenectady; L. K. Harris. '23. switchboard sales. < icneral Electric; R A. Warner, lawyer. General Elec '12, patent tric; F. B. Whelan, '26, research laboratory, General Electric; F. F. Taylor, '26. motor testing depart ment. General Electric; W. Fitch, '26, radio testing department, Gen eral Electric. General A L U M N AE COUNCIL SIGMA XI C H A P T ER to of The following committee was appointed at the April meeting of the Alumnae council arrange for the furniture in the woman's lounge the Union Memorial building: Mrs, Helen Dodge Stack, chairman, Mrs. Futie Rohinson Gunson, Mrs. Cara F a r m er San- ford, and Mrs. Frances Kirk- Patch. This committee is working with the Detroit alumnae on select ing a rug for the room. The De troit alumnae are giving the rug. to The council passed a resolution that furniture, as such, will not he accepted hut if an organization or contribute individual wishes money for an article of furniture that the council will be glad to ac cept it and carry out the wishes of individual such an organization or resolu as far as possible. This the tion was passed furni uniformity of ture. to safeguard the style of S U M M ER M E E T I N GS at A scries pi notable meetings will the mark the summer months ( Hitstanding among these College. is the International Country Fife conference which promises to draw representatives from many of the European This will countries. open on the evening of August 4 and continue until the afternoon of August 6. It will he preceded by the American Country Fife confer ence. August 1 to 4, and the Na tional Catholic Rural Fife confer ence, the F a rm Women's institute, School for Managers and Direc tors of Cooperative Associations, School of Feadership for College Students Interested in Rural Fife, Conference of Rural Pastors, and the World Agricultural society sessions. Many prominent men are listed as speakers. Secretary of Agri culture William Jardine will ap pear on one of the programs and leaders in the various lines of work to he discussed will take part in the discussions. The American Country Fife association will meet jointly with the American F a rm Economics association and the gen eral topic will be " F a rm Income and F a rm Fife." installed. On March 2 the Michigan State the society of College chapter of Sigma Sigma Xi was Xi probably needs no introduction to those familiar with college and university work, as it is the best scientific the honorary known of societies, occupying a, position in relation that occupied by Phi P>eta Kappa in re at the arts. lation in 1886, it has Cornell university until now consistently progressed the 46 chapters are installed more of important learning. in institutions to science similar to Founded to in line were the day was The first event of an academic procession li to the brary at 3 p. m. Dean Bissell, the the local chapter, ac president of companied Professor F. R. Moul ton, the national president of Sig ma Xi, at the head of the proces the sion. Following other delegates from chapters in universities, and lastly the mem bers of facility and experiment sta tion staffs who had been elected to elsewhere, Sigma Xi membership in all. On comprising about fifty arriving at the library, pro the cession proceeded to the graduate study room, in which the installa tion ceremony was held. Profes sor Moulton acted as installing of ficer. At 6:30 p. m. a formal banquet was tendered by the local section to Professor Moulton and the vis the Union Me iting delegates at college morial building, with station and faculty staff as guests. the experiment lecture chemistry Following the banquet, the first annual Sigma Xi lecture was held room. in the Doctor Moulton, who is professor of astronomy in the University of Chicago and one of the country's most distinguished authorities in that field, addressed a college au dience on "Some Recent Explora tions in Space and Time," and il lustrated with lantern slides. first The coming of Sigma Xi to M. S. C. is an event of impor tance, not only because of the im the work of plied the scientific lines, but even more on account of the stimulus which will come in the years ahead. recognition of institution along 927 T HE M. S. C. R E C O RD Wanderers Visit Alumni in Far East Boehringer and Powers Tell of Work C. F. Baker is Doing in Philippines; Members of Class of '26 Continue Journey Through Europe and Plan on Attending Campus Reunions on June 11 Jesselton, British N. Borneo, January 7, i<>27- Dear '•Mac"— Instead of going direct [bib, cities not often to Singapore, Bob and from Manila I decided to see more of the Philip pine Islands and therefore wan dered about them in a southerly di rection, stopping at Cebu, Zambo- in atJga and cluded tour in the intineraries of ists. From Jolo, it was hut a little jump over here to Bbrriep and we spent January 6 at Sandaken where a Michigan State forester had built up a very tine forestry department for the British North Borneo com pany, D. D. Wood, the name, and now home on leave. In We left Shanghai on the ' ' E m press of Canada*' December 22, ar rived in Hongkong on the day be fore Christmas and left for Man ila 011 'Christmas Day. good Christmas cheer, Hie China Press third sent us off with a couple of class tickets on the Canada and third class on this boat is the finest we have bumped up against so far, steerage including of course passage we had on a Chinese boat from Shanghai to Tientsin. the in Manila was ours December 27 the indeed we were and here tropics. One of the first persons we met here was Leroy H. T h o m p son, '13 M. E., originally of Lan sing. Thompson took us under his wing and Manila was made most pleasant for us. Also met E. G. Hoffman and wife as well as their beautiful Hoffman daughter. cleared up some more of the mys teries of Manila for us. He is doing very well, has re from resigned cently the bureau of public works to go into business of his own. His immediate pro is to construct a hydro-elec ject towns, tric plant to supply three Nagcarlan, Ljlilio and Rezal, lo cated about 90 miles south of Man ila, with electricity. The success of this seems quite assured and af ter its completion, Thompson plans on putting out his private shingle in Manila as a consulting mechani cal engineer. Hoffman, the other grad we saw, is No. 2 in the Asso is well- ciated Oil at Manila and fixed with worldly goods and en thusiasm for his work. Thompson took us out see to '91, Dean Charles Fuller Raker, head of the Agricultural College of the University of the Philippines. The college is located at Los Ban- os, go miles south of Manila, while the university the other parts of are located in Manila. tells the Filipino ( )f the truly remarkable men of the world, Dean Baker ranks very and high as a scientist, educator politician. He has his resigned position four times, at which times he authorities what he thinks of them. Although he has built up a remarkable col lege from what was once a jungle inside of fifteen years, his most lasting work is in the scientific line. He keeps the position at the col lege merely to be able to carry the collaboration of no of the world's leading scientists. On his own ac cord he has carried on a wrork that ordinarily the whole-hearted labors of a score of men and women. He has discov their ered numberless insects and ab effect on agriculture hitherto collects solutely unknown. He insects, and mounts thousands of classifies use and thousands of others he sends out to scientists in all parts of the world, for classify^and them marvel over. And all this in addi tion to his regular duties as dean of a thriving agricultural college with a total enrollment of 600 stu dents. them for his require would own to I honestly think Michigan State can be justly proud of Dean Baker to enrich studies education the work of Dean Baker for his record in the Philippines. He lives in a native house, his per sonal belongings being scant and limited, his money going into his scientific the world. A Japanese man and his wife are his sole companions at home. If is mentioned, the college itself must come in for a big share of praise. Can you imagine a campus, a mile wide, one end of which is a moun tain and the other a tropical jungle where parrots, monkevs and orch ids thrive, and where deer, wild hoar and other game can be found? Such is the college at Los Banos. The buildings which had been se cured only after great agitation are ample and fit in well with the in surroundings. F or the Philippines has taken per verted the majority of stu dents taking law as they deign sci and ence and hence unfit for a genteel Filipino. These young men are all good ora tors and think they're due to save the nation. This group of "law yers'' are out to get all they can get and they see their way easy to do this by telling America to clear out of the Philippines. We have heard the and read a great deal about granting of the to Filipinos and know there is a great deal to be said on the question. In however, we the final analysis, must admit that if Uncle Sam does clear out within 25 years, the Phil ippines will go to smash. In a land is no dishonor, wdiere where graft is un private known, government funds are legitimate prey, indepen dence is impossible. agriculture work to a position independence and where turn, trust a We celebrated New Year's in Cebu and regaled in American and Spanish is an important shipping and distrib to surpass uting surroundings. Cebu center, destined (Continued on page 8 ) u T HE M. S. C. R E C O RD May, 1927 THE M. S. C. RECORD Established 1896 former students of the Michigan State College by the Published for the alumni and M. S. C. Association. Published monthly Membership per year. the year. in the M. S. C. Association, throughout including subscription to THE RECORD, $2.50 Unless members request a discontinuance before expiration of their memberships, it will be assumed a renewal is desired. Checks, drafts and money orders should be made payable to the M. S. C. Association. Entered as second class matter at the postoffice at East Lansing, Michigan. ROBERT J. MCCARTHY, '14, Editor THE M. S. C. ASSOCIATION Union Memorial Building OFFICERS—1925-26 Frank F. Rogers, '83, President Luther H. Baker, '93, Treasurer Arthur C. MacKinnon, '95, Vice-President Robert J. McCarthy, '14, Secretary Glen O. Stewart, '17, Field Secretary Henry T. Ross, '04, Milford, Mich., term expires 1928 ; G. V. Branch, '12, Detroit, term ex pires 1927 ; Frances Kirk Patch, '14, East Lansing, term expires 1929 ; Harris E. Thomas, '85, Lansing, ex-officio; E. W. Ranney, '00, Greenville, ex-officio. EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE BRANCH ASSOCIATIONS and PRESIDENTS BARRY COUNTY—Leta Hyde Keller, 333 Green St. W., Hastings. BAY CITY—A. C. MacKinnon, 1214 Center Ave., Bay City. BERRIEN COUNTY—Dan W. Mather, 612 Jones St., St. Joseph. CENT. MICHIGAN—Turner Brough- ton, 428 S. Townsend St., Lansing CHICAGO, 111.—L. C. Archer, Stewart Fruit Co., 142s S. Racine Ave., Chica- go, 111. DETROIT—Emil C. Pokorny, 53 Mar- ston Ave. FLINT—George R. Fryman, 140 Lapeer St, Flint. GRAND RAPIDS—John C. Rappleyea, Comstock Park, Grand Rapids. IONIA—A. B. Cook, Jr., High School. Ionia. OWOSSO—A. B. Cook, R. F. D., Owosso. JACKSON COUNTY—Geo. J. Dobben, Broadway, Jackson. MILWAUKEE, Wis.—Harold L. Smith, 661 Illinois Ave., Milwaukee. NORTHERN OHIO—Fred Curtis, 1487 Wayne Ave., Lakewood, Ohio. OTTAWA COUNTY—C C. Hanish, 107 S. Fourth Ave., Grand Rapids. PORTLAND, Ore.—Carl S. English, Camas, Washington. ST. CLAIR COUNTY—Marshall G. Draper, 307 Fifteenth St., Port Huron. SEATTLE, Wash.—Bernice Campbell, 1407 E. 45th St., Seattle. SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA — L. E. Esselstyn, 2686 Locksley PL, Los Angeles. SOUTH HAVEN—Floyd M. Barden, South Haven, Mich. UPPER PENINSULA—L. R. Walker, 322 E. Ridge St., Marquette, Mich. WASHINGTON, D. C—Ray Turner, 213 Baltimore Ave., Takoma Pk., D. C. WESTERN NEW YORK—Charles N. Silcox, 1021 Ackerman Ave., Syracuse. Views and Comments Complete accounts of the anni together with versary celebration the dedication of the Kedzie Chem ical laboratory and the new armory will be published in the J u ne issue of The Record which will also car ry the story of Alumni Day and Commencement. than before It will be less a month the time you receive this is from sue of The Record the events scheduled for Commncment and reunion time will be underway. It will be many years after that is over before another with one equal significance and comparable importance will return to the cal endar. This is the final warning that you must not miss the big day. in In this issue there is a brief re view of the report of the commit tee on the supervision of intercol legiate athletics. The report itself covers many pages; it is too long to admit of publication even an abridged form, but the chief com the plan are outlined. ponents of It is an effort to better the under standing that alumni have of the needs and operation of the depart represen ment through additional It tation and a special committee. is a plan which has been found successful, according to the report, and one which should fit into the situation at the College. is Excalibur sponsoring what will become an annual song contest. Aspiring groups or individuals are new being urged to submit any songs Spartan compositions. The will be sung at an all-College sing and the favorite picked. Winners have of each annual contest will their names engraved on a huge public shield to be hung in some place and will also be given a small similarly shield T he thus collected are expected songs the greater mass in time to form of the popular campus songs. The students contest is open only and is independent of the contest fostered by the College. engraved. to One of the w a r m e st sessions of Pickle the recently formed Dill club had for its discussion topic, "Compulsory Military Training in Colleges." Roth sides were well represented and the subject was studied from a multitude of angles. state ()ne of ments forwarded by the group was to the effect that the training uses time that could be more profitably spent in studying international rela of tions and averting further war. investigating means the most striking College lands in Iosco and Al cona counties which are no longer desirable as a forest reserve will be placed on the market if the bill sale" measure repealing the "no some passed on these properties through years ago voyages safely the state legislature. Women of East Lansing oppos ing the opening of Sunday movies in the city have been harshly criti the columns of cized through the In public letters and State News. in editorials Campus opinion has been registered in opposition to the women. of recently John Kelly, president the appointed Union board, committees to study and make re ports on student relations, an opera for 1928, life membership, and committees will activities. T he hold office for one vear. "Robin H o o d" is the play select ed to be given in the Forest of A r- den during commencement week. May, 1927 T HE M. S. C. R E C O RD \s* T he second annual Co-ed Fol lies entertained a in the Little Theater, April 27. Al pha Chi sorority won the highest award. large crowd Paul Smith, Saginaw, been football captain-elect, elected has president of the Varsity club, hon orary athletic organization. Don Bremer, '27, former East has police, Lansing motorcycle is been hired by the College and confining his work solely to Cam pus drives. Leading twelve other bands, the band State military Michigan in the played a prominent Blossom Time festival in Benton H a r b or and St. Joseph May 3. T he the entire sixty-five pieces made trip. part tour this summer under The Pastime Players, a popular Campus orchestra a few years back have contracted to play on a E u r o pean the leadership of Maxwell Seeley, '25. 'zj, Wallace Ben Keith Hicks, nett, w'27, Richard Roach, '28, Carl Egeler, and Frederick Taylor, '28, will compose the band. Professor \Y. J. Muilenberg, au thor of " P r a i r i e" and member of the English staff, has been advised to drop all wTork and give himself over to complete rest for a time. Miss Katherine H u me of Lansing is handling his classes for the re mainder of term. the Governor Fred W. Green bought the fist box seat thus opening the tickets to what is claimed sale of to be a Horse Show far superior to any ever staged in East Lansing. T he exhibition is to be staged on the parade field, May 30 and 31. T he bleachers to be erected are to seat over a thousand people while ringside parking spaces will be nu merous. The ring will be entirely encircled by box reservations con each. Entries taining six chairs for the show thus far have been very pleasing indication that some of the finest mounts in the middle west will compete. It Several committees and organi zations within the Union will af ford you various services during is your stay on the Campus. planned, howrever, that the nursery will be established in the H o me Economics for June T I so that you the can check the offspring with that minimum of worry since all the Union staff is trained to do is to care for adults. You cannot afford Anniversary Alumni 10:30 a. m. on J u ne 11. to miss Rally the at T h at student talent can produce the lyrics, music and manuscripts for the next Union musical comedy is the hope of the Union board in offering prizes for accepted work ranging from twenty-five to a hun dred dollars. C O M M E N C E M E NT W E EK Tuesday, May 31, 8:00 p. m.—Cap Night, Cavalry Drill Field. Thursday, June 2, 7 .-45 p. m.—Water Carnival. Friday, June 3, 7:45 p. m. — W a t er Carnival. Sunday, J u ne 5, 3 :oo p. m. —Baccalaureate S e r v i c e s, 4130 p. m. People Church. —Informal to Seniors, Pres. and Mrs. But- terfield at Union Memorial Building. Reception Monday, J u ne 6, 7 :30 p. m. 8:30 p. —All-College Sing. m.—Lantern Night. Thursday, J u ne 9, 8:00 p. "Robin Play, m.—Senior Hood", Forest of Arden. Friday, June 10, 10:00 a. m. Exercises. —Commencement 4 :oo p. m.—Drama, " T he Be 8130 ginnings". p. m.—- and Reception President's Alumni Ball, U n i on Memorial Building. All day registration of Alumni, Union Memorial Building. Saturday, of Alumni, J u ne 11—Regis Union tration Inspec Memorial Building. tion of new buildings. 10:30 a. m.—Anniversary Alumni to be announc Rally, (place e d ). m.— Alumni Luncheon, Union Memorial 2 :oo p. m. Class Building. Pictures. 3 :oo p. m.—Drama, " T he Beginnings". 4130 p. m.—Baseball, Varsity vs. St. Xavier College. 7 :oo p. m.— Class Dinners and Reunions. 12:00 turned In the College interdepartment bowling league, President Butter- in the high score of field 220, making consecutive strikes. T he faculty has enjoyed a most season, with high honors going to the English department. successful nine at to fire the An early morning Delphic house, thought have been caused by defective wiring, created a great deal of excitement but little damage. T he flames were confined the gables and were effectively dealt with by the East Lansing fire department. to one of Leads in the Theta Alpha Phi play, "Minick," which was present ed May 11, were Clyde Olin, '28, East Lansing; Ivan Collett, '2^, Modesto, California, and Carolyn Manor, '29, Pittsburgh. T he play, though a difficult one to stage, was handled with considerable ease. T he College will be host to rep resentatives from forty-four coun ty normals May 20. A community singing contest and addresses by John D. Willard, director of con tinuing education, and Isabelle M. de Becker of the United States the are partment of agriculture, outstanding features of pro gram. the in to offer Coach Leonard, full time wres tling instructor, sees great possibil ities for lacrosse the middle west. In order that State be among the first in this area, Mr. Leonard is spending several weeks of the spring term in teaching the old Indian sport. He hopes to have his men well enough exhibition trained game during commencement week. competition to put on an ^ 8 T HE M. S. C. R E C O RD May, 1927 N E C R O L O GY Charles Edward Marshall ( By Dean W a rd Giltner) is the institution The saving of Emerson, that a - r i al lengthened shadow of a single man, is exem in Michigan State College. plified However, is made this institution Up of a group of institutions. In a nutnher of influence instances the of a man on the huilding of one of these institutions in others it is not so clear. is very clear, its kind laboratory; the urgent need of To the older Kedzie surely we chemistry first can attribute the laboratory; to Deal the first bot any huilding; to Bailey the old hor ticultural to Grange the old veterinary building, and to Charles E d w a rd Marshall the lab hygi oratory of bacteriology and ene. The strong personality and forceful character of this man can be demonstrated in no clearer way than in a study of his efforts which had a material culmination in the building of this, the most complete in its day, laboratory of It is noteworthy that in in 1902. and >pite of demand for a building house physics, the oldest and most sub the all stantial of sciences—with prestige of this great science and with its obvious need on the cam pus—Professor Marshall succeed to have adequate ed in his efforts provision made for what was, at that time, the youngest of the sci Justification of his note ences. worthy efforts and of his success need not be a matter of discussion at this time. T h e re are many who are willing to testify, if not to the wisdom of the choice between bac to teriology and physics, at the notable services which the lab under oratory, that was Marshall's direction, to the state and humanity while oper ating under his wise direction. rendered erected least to Prof. Charles E d w a rd Marshall was born October 6, 1866. He re ceived his degree of Bachelor of the University from Philosophy of Michigan '96. He studied in in Jorgensen's laboratory at Copen hagen in '98 and received his P h . D. from Michigan in '02. Returning to Europe, he studied in the P a s- '03 and teur Institute, '13. In the meantime he became assistant bac the University of teriologist at then bacteriologist Michigan, and station, of our own experiment working with Doctor Grange in the old Veterinary building. He became professor of bacteriology '02-T2, and scientific and hygiene and assistant director experi of '08-T2. ment station In 11,112 he was called to the po the graduate sition of director of school and professor of microbiol ogy at the Massachusetts Agricul tural college, in which capacity he served until his death, March 20, 1027. Thus he was peculiarly and intimatey associated with our own faculty of and with a number of our present fac ulty who were with him at Massa chusetts. fifteen years ago the most in our the research activities l ie distinguished himsef as the comprehensive editor of language on mi textbook crobiology, as a research worker in his chosen field, and as a direc tor of of others. But, perhaps, especially as a teacher who had a big view of his, a new subject. Doctor Mar shall is deserving of a distinguish ed pi ace. his . friends were drawn as by a mag net. He did a great deal to build the research spirit up and among the younger men the staff. l ie was a man to whom foster of MRS. EVA COKYKU, MCBAIN, 'J<> Mrs. Kva Coryell McBain, the '70,. the College, first woman graduate of died at fjeV home in Grand Rapids on March 14. Mrs. McBain was an ac tive worker in alumni affairs and often visited the Campus. She noted the lack of drinking fountains when the Union Memorial huilding was first opened and requested supplying them ''to express my love for my alma mater and to inspire good deeds in oth ers." In addition she had given gener ously to the the privilege fund. of In Grand Rapids she was active in civic and social affairs. During the summer season she conducted a hotel in northern Lake Huron on an and had remained in active control of the project. island A son, Ralph S., was graduated with the class of 1920 and she was related to the Coryell family which has many representatives of among alumni. Last year a Lansing newspaper printed her story of her first years at list the the College and situation the which presented itself when she entered as the first woman to he enrolled. novel W A N D E R E RS IN FAR EAST (Continued from page 5) Manila, experts say. Zamboanga lies almost 250 miles southwest, on is a It the beautiful city with parklike streets and squares. island of Mindanao. its It Jolo lies in the vSulu archipelago is (JO miles from Zamboanga. the capital of the picturesque Moro tribes, Mohammedans with color ful turbans, sarongs and silk trou sers. Met the sultan here and al so Chief Mama, who has 1.4 wives, all beauties, too. We decided to make this run to Borneo and have been well repaid. lesselton, Sandakan, Port Kudal, Miri, and Port Labium are some of the stops en route to Singapore, from where we ship out to Calcut ta via Penang and Rangoon. We are receiving mail at Treis- kirchen, Austria, care Fratt llein- rich llruna, who is an aunt to Bob. Would like to hear from you and Yours others, Mac. B o E H R I N G ER and P O W E R S. in Borneo, trip their rapidly On April letter typewriter was stolen. to. Poehringer penned a from Treiskirchen, A u s from tria, telling of Singapore where their "vest pock et" Thev through Rangoon moved to India where in Burma, thence they visited Eugene Kolb, T i, whom, they understand, married an English princess. The glories of the Himalayas and the magnifi cence of the Taj Mahal were not passed up by the hurrying team nor did they miss the sights at Del hi, the model city being built by natives. the British They described the city as "Eng land's wdiite elephant." to awe the "Syria was a positive revelation with its flowers in spring beauty," " T he sea of Galilee they write. surpasses and description just Jerusalem thrilled us as no other city unless it be Pekin." and made The pair visited the Rhone val ley, spending three days in Heidel berg, trip flying through Europe. It is their plan to be on the Campus at commence ment time. a May, 1927 T HE M. S. C. R E C O RD 9 A Championship Relay Team Runners Win Honors in All Big Meets, Pole Vaulter Close at Top at Penn Con tests; Baseball Squad Loses to Michigan by Close Score But Wins All Other Contests. T HE A T H L E T IC COUNCIL I'nder the new is being organized the same as it was in An athletic council with advis to ory powers in con replace the present hoard trol of athletics which has func tioned in a purely advisory capac ity for the past two years. In the new body representa- the ratio of tion of the various groups is main the tained old bbarcL plan there are six representatives of the faculty and administration, four alumni representatives, and two to stu the he chosen from and by dents. The president of the Col lege, the director of athletics and four memhers of the faculty, the alumni secretary, two alumni to he appointed by the executive commit tee of the M, S. C. association, and one to be chosen by the alumni var two students com sity club, and pose the list. U n d er the old plan the president of two faculty members, two alumni mem bers and one student constituted the board. the College, A committee composed of facul ty, student and alumni members the made an exhaustive study of institu methods in use at various tions and reported the new plan as being best adapted for use at the College. More ioo colleges and universities were asked for in formation concerning their partic ular type of organization and their suggestions before final plan was submitted. than the Alumni representatives on the committee appointed by President Butterfield included E. W. Ran- ney, 'oo, M. W. Taber, '04, G. V. '12, Branch, O. R. Miller, '15, G. E. Gauthier, '14, H. C. Rather, '17. T he work of this group involved a study of covered and the entire question nearly a year of effort. '12, E. E. Uotchin, In its report, wdiich covers the history of athletics generally and to the Col with special reference lege, the committee recommends a close cooperation between the ath the alumni. letic department and report the this end To urges the appointment of an alum ni relations committee which would serve as a special connecting link between the department and scat tered groups of alumni. further The report also recommended that the new council investigate the department handling of athletic they that proposes and funds should be handled through the of fice of the College treasurer. The new board will take office on July r. T R A CK track crew Turning their eyes to the dual meet with Notre Dame at South leave Bend, the Spartan thinclads trailing at their heels a sorely de from Detroit feated vic City college, and a series of are tories at national meets that causing the eyes of sport critics all over America to turn to Michigan Sate College. in the Coach Young gave his men the first acid test of the spring term at the ()hio Relays late in April. T he crack 880-yard relay team, though running under adverse field condi fifth tions, won its event lane, beating out Indiana, who held the pole. It was Capt. Alderman's powerful finish as anchor man that State the victory decisive. made won second place in the mile relay. Grim, Lang, and Kroll ended three quarters place. W h en sixth Alderman took the baton he held the first half of his his place for race and then one by one began to that pass the best quarter milers universities Western Conference the could offer until he crossed mark second. McAtce was second best pole vaulter at the meet. W y- in he and placed relay when lie created a sensation in the med outstepped ley Charlie Judge, ace famous rival from N o t re Dame, by more team than five yards, yet State's the only showing made by Young's men in the south, the meet no longer allowed them to enter in the college class as in previous years, but placed them in university com petition. fourth. After officials that topple It had the world's Five nationally known The crack 880-yard relay team maintained its prestige at the Penn Relay carnival by slipping past all the university opposition in both and college classes. been their dream they should not only win the race, which means na they tional championship, but that record. should This was impossible due the to heavy track, yet their time was sen sational under the given conditions. athletes were in action when Detroit City college met Michigan State at East Lansing, May 7. F r om Detroit came Dougherty, Illinois decathlon champion; Spence, national hurdle winner at P e n n; Zuber, ace with the weights. T he merits of Grim and Alderman known. Though State nearly doubled De troit's score, the spectators were forced to note the weaknesses of the home team in many of the field vents and in the hurdles; on the track State was supreme. are well Track events of a minor nature have occupied the interests of less er athletes on the Campus. W h en the sophomores met the freshmen in their regular spring meet the sec ond year men the yearlings, 73-49. T he same group dominated the inter-class meet, tak ing a lead of nearly thirty points over the freshmen in second place. The yearlings squeezed out with a narrow victory in a dual meet with the Central Normal, 71-60. overpowered $H 10 B A S E B A LL Be their opponents weak or strong, it seems to make little dif ference to Coach Kobs' hard hit ting willow wielders. T he Spartan baseball men have consistently laid low all who dared invade the stronghold at East Lansing. T he games have ranged from complete contested shutouts to fairly well battles. Tolles. Albion was the first to fall, 17-0, in a masterfully pitched game by " B o b" Bremer "Lefty" succeeded him in the next tilt with Adrian, allowing only two runs to tlie Spartans' thirteen. Olivet was the next to be shut out in a score nearly equal to the one amassed against Albion. those of Tolles took been the State The Michigan game at Ann Ar thus bor brought disaster to the far perfect spring term record of It was a fairly good the Spartans. day for ball, just a bit chilly. It seemed that the exodus from East nearly Lansing must have rooters complete for the nearly outnumbered maize and blue. the mound but disaster was spelled to him in the first inning when a ser ies of in five Michigan runs before the side was State made one in that block. T he university started pounding heavily in second but was checked after a single run, which ended their scoring for the game. State began to feel the ball again in the fifth and in the sixth drove out hits that netted three runs. No more scores were made that day and the brief rally proved the score the insufficient; to turn Spartan way, leaving it 6-4. long clean hits brought retired. the in With Tolles well spent the Michigan game the Spartans facwd another formidable foe two days later in the University of West Virginia. Bremer governed the mound with Caruso, who had made previous a good showing in game relieving the diminutive Wit ter at catch. T he visitors scored heavily in the first round but fail thereafter. ed to make a circuit nine State came through, scoring runs to the opponents' three. the State downed Hope college with Davis, her third pitcher, starting and Bremer helping out string T HE M. S. C. R E C O RD May, 1927 It was a second- after midgame. rate game in which State showed a letdown both in twirling and hit ting. only finest The finest scalp on t he Spartan belt thus far is a red one collect ed at South Bend from Notre Dame. Tolles was at the peak of perfection, three allowing hits from which Notre Dame scor ed one run. State had a big sev enth frame in which they knocked the the Irish pitcher box, meanwhile scoring four times. the same as in its first appearance on the home field. It seems that H o i- replaced sington has permanently first. Caruso is looking Macier at good at catch while Barratt and Rhinehart have alternated in right field. The team stands practically from M A R R I A G ES HouD-KuEHMSTED '17, and G, C. Hood, Josephine (Univ. of Chicago) were Kuehmsted married at Hinsdale, Illinois, Septem ber 15, 1926. Hood is with the Curtis Publishing company, General Motors building, Detroit. H A RM AN-TYLER John H. Harman, '18, and Joyce Ty ler were married at Sugar Creek, Ohio, on February 18, 1027. They are at home at 1898 East 82nd streets Cleveland, Ohio. W IG HTM AN- STEIN Announcement is made of the mar riage on December 26, IQ26, of Chester Wightman, w'2&, and Hilda Stein, '23, at Evart, Michigan. COTCHETT-FRACE Amory C. Cotchett and Margaret M. Frace, '25, were married February 5, 1027. They are living in Chicago where Mr. Cotchett is in government service at the Marine Hospital, 4141 Clarendon avenue. VANNOPPEN-EDMONDS Leonard M. VanNoppen, '23, and Amy Edmonds, '26, were married in the lounge of the club floor of the Hotel Olds in Lansing on January 29, 1927. They are making their home in South Bend, Indiana, at the Washington-Col fax apartments. D E N N I S - M A H L ER Ivan M. Denrus, '26, and Mabel E. Mahler of Lansing were married Jan uary 1, J 927. They are at home on Gratiot avenue, Highland Hills, Grand Rapids, Michigan. Dennis is connected with the Michigan Trust company. S M I T H - H Y DE Murrel J. Smith and Alcy Hyde, '24, were married January 18, 1927. Sta tion B, R. F. D. 2, Toledo, Ohio, is their address. CLARK -DOUBLEDAY Don Clark, '24, and Marguerite Dou bleday of El Cajon, California, were married at Laramie, Wyoming, on De cember 23, 1926. They are making their home in Laramie. MENGE- ANDERSON Raishe Menge, '24, and Edna Ander son, '24, were married October 2, 1926. They are at home at L'Anse, Michigan. SULLIVAN-SEVERANCE Samuel Sullivan and Inez Severance, both in Holland on October 31, 1926. They are living at 403 14th street, Port Huron, Michigan. '24, were married BAGULEY-ALLEN Announcement is made of the mar riage on December 11, 1926, of Keith L. Baguley, '24, and Eva Allen, of East Lansing. COATES-SHULTIS Announcement is made of the mar riage of Esther Shultis, '25, to William E. Coates. They are living at 804 W. Allegan street, Lansing, Michigan. C L A SS N O T ES The Detroit M. S. C. club meets ev ery Wednesday noon at 12:15 at the Union League club, 35 West Grand River avenue, and invites all transient alumni to take in the meeting. Grand Rapids alumni meet the Masonic Temple cafeteria each Friday noon. They have a special for their meetings and invite visiting alum ni to lunch with them. room at 71 Richard Slocum from Glen- ham, South Dakota, "Going strong at 82 years" reports '79 L. G. Carpenter sends the following notes about alumni: Roderick B. Norton, '79, died at St. Mary's hospital, Kansas City, July 6, 1926. His home had been at Arkansas City, Kansas, from shortly his graduation. His wife preceded him by 12 years. A sister, Katie A. Norton, lives at Arkansas City. after senior term of his Cyrus T. Randall, '80, died in March, 1926. He was with the class of '79 un til the last year, when he dropped back to the following year, forming one of that small class. He studied law, and was for years at few Duluth, Minn. During years he had been living on a farm at Oxford, N. Y. He has a son, Roy L. Crandall, First National Bank Bldg., Chicago. last the Wm. K. Prudden, '78, whose death May, 1927 T HE M. S. C. R E C O RD 11 Mh the baseball in his years was noted in The Record, was pitcher for in team college. When the first reports came out that some pitchers could throw a curved ball, he practiced until he could dupli cate the feat. Some of the doubters in the college and faculty were convinced when he set up three poles in a straight line and made the ball pass to the right of the first and last and to the left of the middle one. Rolla J. Coryell, '84, is spending the winter in Arizona. He visited some of the places he was associated with in Colorado when there in £5164 to 1907. He laid out some of the parks of the city of Colorado Springs as well as Glen Eyrie. '81 Carlton R. Dart for is consulting bridge engineer of the sanitary Chicago. He lives in Wilmette at 706 Greenleaf avenue. district '82 ''Same old story" writes H. S. Hack- staff boulevard, Eos Angeles. He is in the carbonic gas business as president of the Hackstaff- Atkinson company of Eos Angeles. from 1821 Crenshaw is president of George L. Teller the suc Columbus Laboratories, Chicago, ceeding Dr. J. A Wesener, who died sevral months ago. Teller lives in Riv erside at 02 Kimbark road. I.yster H. Dewey is "still working on fiber plants in the C S. department of agriculture" at Washington, D. C. He lives at 4512 Ninth stret N. W. '89 Gager C. Davis writes that he re tired from business on March 1, 1926. 5501 Monte Vista street, Los Angeles, reaches him. '91 F. B. Mumford, dean of the Missouri College of Agriculture, is president of the Columbia Rotary club for 1927-8. He delivered the commencement address at Nebraska School of Agriculture on April 13. Mumford lives in Columbia at 812 College avenue. '92 that W. D. Groesbeck remarks there "is not likely to be ane change until the undertaker gets on the job. He reports that William Petrie, '90, is planning to drive to M. S. C. for the class reunion on June 11. from Washington '93 The senior class of the Ithaca, New its York, high school has selected for leader Richard Collier Crosby, son of the late Dick J. Crosby. '94 The following is from J. W. Perrigo the John S. Metcalf company, Ltd., of of Montreal: "Have just returned from are La Guaira, Venezuela, where we the engineers on some port improve I stopped en route at San Juan, ments. the pleasure Porto Rico, where I had '96, who as of a visit with McGee, the department of agricul chemist for ture has very well appointed offices and laboratory the federal building." in '98 H. C. Skeels is in charge of seed col lection and herbarium as associate bot in anist in the office of foreign plant troduction of in the bureau of plant dustry, U. S. department of agriculture. He in bearded in Takoma Park at iris. Skeels 210 H o l l y. is especially interested lives Elmer L. Thomson is a wholesale but ter, egg and cheese merchant in Los An geles. He claims to be the only dealer in west of sweet cream butter around. 144 E. 47th street, Los Angeles, reaches him the Rockies specializing the year '99 Macy H. Lapham from the in the Federal same address, his office building, Berkeley, California. He lives in Oakland at 5515 Taft avenue. reports '00 Paul Thayer is professor of pomol ogy extension at Penn State college. He lives in State College at 215 Hillcrest avenue. E. W Ranney of Greenville writes that Dr. Oliver Edgar, '02, of Detroit was killed at Springfield, Ohio, early in November. H. B. Gunnison says that he has. had a very busy year, but that construction cold weather. work closes up in the Park, 163 Rich-ton avenue, Highland Mich., reaches him. '01 5121 Chicago boule\^-d west, De troit, Michigan, reaches W. A. Bar tholomew. Samuel J. Kennedy is again lost, this time from 17 W. 71st street, New York City. D. B. Jewell serves Antrim county, * Michigan, as county agricultural agent, headquarters at Bellaire. in is now the catalogues teaching voice and '02 The March 4, 1927, issue of the "Mu sicians' Magazine" of Chicago, Illinois, contained a biographical sketch of Irv ing Gingrich, extracts of which follow: "He came to Chicago twelve years ago, and theory in Northwestern conservatory and his home studio. His published composi of tions are found Willis Music company, John Church company of Cincinnati, Ohio, and other leading publishers. His art song, 'Be loved It Is Night,' won a prize, and 'Romance in D Flat' for piano, honor the Chicago Daily able mention, News contest. Two manuscript organ numbers, 'Grand Choir in A Flat,' have often been pro grammed. His operetta Jolly Tars' is published by the Willis Music treasurer company. Mr. Gingrich the Choir and one of Directors' Guild of America, treasurer of the Western Music library, Inc., and is a member of Rho chapter, Phi Mu Alpha, Sinfonia fraternity of America." is the founders of 'Scherzo in G' 'The and in is "still making Oramel H. Skinner industrial permanent magnets for purposes" Indiana. 4034 W. 15th street, Speedway, reaches him. all Indianapolis, at H. L. Mills has moved in Harvey, 111., to 54 E. 155th street. After 22,y2 years with the U. S. Bur eau of Soils, A. E. Kocher resigned Nov. 1 to take a similar position with the Mexican government. His work of projects will irrigation investigating SERENITY What is it 'worth ? IF you have known se renity of the mind, even once for a short time only, you will know that it is priceless. But there are those who can sell you for a small part of your income one of the most direct steps to this serenity — they can sell you security, material security for the future. They are life insurance agents. They sell a priceless commodity at low cost. When a John Hancock Agent calls on you, re member this. It is worth while seeing him. Better is worth your still, it while to send for him and set your mind at rest on this score at once. OF B O S T O N. MASSACi A STRONG COMPANY, Over Sixty Years in Business. Liberal as to Contract, Safe and Secure in E v e ry W a y. 12 T HE M. S. C. R E C O RD May, 1927 ALBERT W. HAINES, '17 Attorney and Counselor 1212 First National Bank Bide. DETROIT Grand Rapids Savings Bank Grand Rapids, Michigan "The Bank Where You Feel At Home" M. S. C. People Given a Glad Hand '70, Chairman Charles W. Garfield, Executive Committee Gilbert L. Daane, '09, President '85, Manager C. Fred Schneider, Division Branch Benj. C. Porter, '84, Manager South G. R. Branch Benj. C. Porter, Jr., '11, Asst. Manager South G. R. Branch Willis Yandenburg, '21, Manager Fulton St. Branch E. N. PAGELSON, '89. Patent Attorney 1321 Lafayette Building, Detroit take him into all parts of the repuhlic. He may be reached at Comision Nation al de lrrigacian Casa del Lago Chapultu- pec D. F., Mexico City, Mexico. D. \Y. Smith is president of the Col- borne Manufacturing company of Chi cago. His home is at 337 Washington avenue, Wilmette. He writes in December he started for Davenport, Fla., where he combines business with golf during the cold weather. that \V. P. L;hl should be addressed at 201 Devonshire street, Boston, Mass. '03 At the present time George Tryon is the employed as designing engineer for Andes Copper Mining company on their new copper smelting and leaching plant at Potrerillos, Chile, South America. James G. Moore is teaching horticul ture in the University of Wisconsin. He lives at 2125 West Lawn avenue, Madi son. is living Lew'is F. Bird in Otisville, Mich., where he is interested in farming and operating an oil Station. He says: that which "Serving up to the fellows makes them go." M. S. C. RESTAURANT East Lansing A. R. Carter is county superintendent of highways for Winnebago county, Il linois. He lives in Rockford 1528 ('•rant avenue. at Tables for Ladies GOOD COFFEE PROMPT SERVICE O P EN A LL N I G HT 18 i Acres THE Growers Landscape Desig ns CORYELL NURSERY Birmingham, Mich. of Hardy Trees and Shrubs EC I. J. Coryell, W'angbe Ser Ralph I. Coryell, Carlton McDonald, rg, d for Latest Price List '25 '84 14 26 H. A. D. Sales H. A. Douglas Caskey-Depree Automobile Harry A. & Engineering Manufacturing Manufacturing Electric Supplies Douglas, w'06 Co. Co. Co. Bronson, Michigan J. LEE BAKER Brok e rs and Developers '07 CO., of Subdivisions 301 Penobscot Bldg. Detroit STATIONERS AND OFFICE OUTFITTERS 223 Washington Avenue, North LANSING A. M. Emery, '83 H. C. Pratt, '09 SAM BECK, '12, with LOUIS BECK CO. 112 North Washington Ave. Society Brand Clothes Complete Haberdashery THE EDWARDS LABORATORY S. F. Edwards, '99, Lansing, Michigan. Bacteria for Seed Inoculation Veterinary Supplies addresses those who to all whose '07 Plans are being made for the reunion dinner to be held at the Union Memor ial building on Friday evening, June 10. The time will be posted at the registra tion desk in the Union. Fletcher Gould, C. II, Cade. O. I. Gregg, R. S. Hud son, W. W. Hitchcock, E. L. Grover. ('.. A. Brown. M. F. Johnson, and Inez Kinney Tallmadge constitute the com mittee making the preliminary arrange ments for the reunion. A letter has been are sent out known and among have promised or voiced a possibility of at tending the runion a r e: A. W. Wilson, in Toronto, Flor who sells Franklins ence B. Rounds, who says her address should be box 7370, Miami, Florida, F. I. Glazier, C. Pokorny. Detroit, H. Pennell, Youngstown, Ohio, and Ray the Salem, Michigan. Replies rest of the mails for they have not arrived. Kelley Lemmon finds the army too strict about his attendance at camp to permit him making the trip, and W. W. Gasser must go for a frolic with the bankers the next week so feels he cannot have two vacations so close the class must still be in together. Dr. F. J. Kraus has recently trans ferred from the University of Wiscon in botany at the sin to a professorship University of Chicago. from W. W. DeLange 830 Whittier avenue. lives in Detroit at LaMesa, New Mexico, is the address for which Calla Krentel Fylar herself. gives '08 to his In addition at South Haven, Michigan, F. M. Barden is acting as county agricultural agent for Allegan county. duties farm Mail addressed '09 to Mary Allen Phil lips at 419 S. 44th street, Philadelphia, has been returned unclaimed. Coyne G. Bullis notes on his blue slip: "Completing 16 years continuous service in the U. S. Navy. Transferred to the U. S. fleet naval reserve on April 30, 1927, with a retainer pay or pension and reverted to civilian life. Will make my home for the present at 5 Fee ave nue, Newport, Rhode Island. Am still a chief machinist's mate, U. S. navy." Catherine Koch is now associate pro of at fessor college, Northampton, Mass. Smith Miss Koch has been chairman of the city planning board of Northampton for the past three years, Olive Graham Bennett in the economics department at the Col lege. She lives in East Lansing at 513 Forest avenue. architecture is a clerk landscape I am to attend the country to Michigan '10 F. C. Findeman writes : "All the Lin- (Hazel Taft, demans, Mrs. Lindeman '10 >, Doris, Ruth, Betty, Barbara, and this sum myself coming mer. life conferences at the college and the whole family is to spend the month of August at Eveline orchards near Charlevoix. ()ccupations : Lecturer at the New York School of Social Work and the New School of Social Research; contributing "Grey- editor of The New Republic." Jersey, stone," High Bridge, New reached them. "Still a housewife," writes Elizabeth Schneider Foster. "Two children, Jean, aged 6 years, and her new baby broth er, Robert Alan, who arrived on her 6th birthday January 16, 1027. We are now engrossed new home in Perryidge road grow and hope to be in it by June 1. Will probably in watching our HgATDN'S I I— 1 • 1 1 1 1 —J Bank Block East Lansing, Mich. WALDO ROHNERT, '89 Wholesale Seed Grower, Gilroy, California Olympic Recreation Club BOWLING A ND BILLIARDS College Manor Barbershop BOBBING A SPECIALTY 224 Abbot East Lansing Insurance Bonds FAUNCE & SCHEPERS 136 W. Grand River Avenue East Lansing Real Estate Rentals May, 1927 T HE M. S. C. R E C O RD 13 IS>7 not be at the reunion Fosters this year." The live in Greenwich, Connecticut. '12 A T T K N T I O N: By this time we the that you must have received know 1012 questionnaire which was mailed to you by the committee in charge of the 15'th reunion plans. We know most of this these must have been received by re twenty have been time, for about turned with the class dinner to be held the evening of June II. reservations for With many of these have been en closed a dollar to help defray expenses, but if you want a class news letter pub lished it will be necessary for about 50 more to kick in with a one spot. "Andy" Anderson writes from Bay City that he is bringing a couple of 10 ton cranes to convey the class about the campus, while Karl DeCrraff, who is an attorney in Cleveland, Ohio, promises to take care of all legal ca-ses in which the involved. the chemical de "Chuck" Stahl partment, of of agriculture and, we think, will agree to test all "white mule" free of charge. class might is the state department become in Dig up a spare tire, put a couple of rattle and the big 1912 fif the that new gaskets on the Ford, over to M. S. C. for teenth birthday on June 11. meantime don't forget to mail In in questionnaire and don't loose a one dollar william. Let's go. forget to pry Max W. Gardner is plant pathologist agricultural the Purdue University at doing experiment station at Lafayette, research work on fruit and truck crop diseases. 312 Sylvia street, W. Lafay ette, Indiana, is his address. '13 Leroy H. Thompson should be ad follows: Consulting Fngi- dressed as neer, 136 Conception, Manila, P. I. lives '13 men in Grand Rapids K. K. Vining is in his sixth year as county farm agent in Kent county and his tenth year in agricultural extension at work. He 1415 Bates street. He reports that oth er there are Art Wolf, L. C. Carey, Dick Kimball and Lee Markley in reached Denver, Colorado, at 1690 Quince. is editor of Dairy Products Merchandising, Detroit, Michigan. He may be addressed at P. O. Box 1013. H. F. Miners may be Howard H. Mclntyre Rena Crane Pearson sends her blue slip from 153.2 Patton avenue, San Pe dro, California, with the following no tations : "Well and the Kuenzels often. Had a call from Fran ces Hilton Lincoln and Mr. Lincoln, al so John Hunt and Mrs. Hunt." happy. See William Frederick Brandes was born January 15, 1927, to Dr. and Airs. Flmer W. Brandes of 3404 Fulton street N. W., Washington, D. C "We made ourselves a Christmas present of a new home," writes Francis to K. Andrews. see any Staters out where it is real liy- hig (139 Dover street, LaGrange, Illi nois). Am still drawing my salary at 72 W. Adams street, Chicago, with the Public Service company of Northern Illinois." "And would be glad from street, St. Dan W. Mather writes 612 Jones Joseph, Michigan: "Think we have better than 10O M. S. C. people around here, engaged in many occupations. As I travel over the coun ty I see a good many of them." frequently '14 Ove F. Jensen offers: "See M. S. 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PERE M A R Q U E T TE Peoria, 111. These Hotels Offer You Unusual Service Use Them! Alumni from the institutions listed below arc urged to use Intercollegiate Alumni Hotels when travelling, and when arranging for luncheons, banquets and rct-togethers of various sorts. You will find at each Intercollegiate Alumni Hotel an index of the resident Alumni of the participating colleges. Think what this means when you are in a strange city and wish to look up a classmate or friend. You will find at these hotels a current copy of your Alumni publication. You will also find a spirit of co-operation and a keen desire to see you comfortably housed and adequately pro vided for. Reservations may be made from one Intercol legiate Alumni Hotel to another as a convenience to you. Intercollegiate Alumni Hotels are a new and vital force in assisting your Alumni Secretary. He urges you to sup port them whenever and wherever possible. He will be glad to supply you with an introduction card to the managers of all Intercollegiate Alumni Hotels, if you so request. THE PARTICIPATING COLLEGES The alumni organizations of the following colleges and universities are participants in the Intercollegiate Alumni Hotel movement: Akron Alabama Amherst Bates Beloit Brown Bryn Mawr Bucknell (California Carnegie Institute Case School Chicago City College New York Colgate Colorado School Mines Colorado Columbia Cornell Cumberland Emory Georgia Goucher Harvard Illinois Indiana Iowa State College James Milliken Kansas Teachers' Coll. Kansas Lake Erie Lehigh Louisiana Maine M. I. T. Michigan State Michigan Mills Minnesota Missouri Montana M o u nt Holyoke Nebraska New York University N o r th Carolina North Dakota Northwestern Oberlin Occidental O h io State O h io Wesleyan Oklahoma Oregon Oregon State Penn State Pennsylvania Purdue Radcliffe Rollins Rutgers Smith South Dakota Southern California Stanford Stevens Institute Texas A. and M. Texas U n i on Vanderbilt Vassar V e r m o nt Virginia Washington and Lee Washington State Washington Wellesley Wesleyan College Wesleyan University Western Reserve W h i t m an Williams Wisconsin Wooster Worcester Poly. Inst. Yale '~^3@& "ilsifew U IFORNIAI rono, Call!. SAINT PAUL St. Paul, Minn. M U L T N O M AH Portland, Ore. P A L A CE San Francisco, Calif. P O N CE DE LEON Miami, Fla. T R A N C IS M A R I ON C h a r l e s t o n, S. C. M a y, 1927 T HE M. S. C. R E C O RD 15 \