l(#V THEMS T HE M. S. C. R E C O RD ^m 30: MOUNT ROYAL Montreal, Can. RADISSON Minneapolis, Mil SENECA Rochester, N. Y. BLACKSTONE Chicago, 111. O'HENRY Greensboro, N. C. PERE MARQUETTE Peoria, 111. These Hotels Offer You Unusual Service Use Them! Alumni from the institutions listed below are urged to use Intercollegiate Alumni Hotels when travelling, and when arranging for luncheons, banquets and get-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 N o r th Dakota Northwestern Oberlin Occidental O h io State O h io Wesleyan Oklahoma Oregon Oregon State Perm 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 CALIFORNIAN Fresno, Calif. MULTNOMAH Portland, Ore. PALACE San Francisco, Calif. PONCE DE LEON Miami, Fla. FRANCIS MARION Charleston, S. C June, 1927 T HE M. S. C. R E C O RD \fc» G E O R GE VANDERB1LT Asheville, N. C. ST. JAMES San Diego, Calif. ^ W A L D O R F - A S T O R IA New York, N. Y. W O L V E R I NE Detroit, Mich. B I L T M O RE Los Angeles, Calif. BENJAMIN F R A N K L IN Philadelphia, Pa. Intercollegiate Alumni Hotels COPLEY-PLAZA Boston, Mass. W I N D E R M E RE Chicago, 111. O L Y M P IC Seattle, W a s h. S A C R A M E N TO Sacramento, Calif. P A RK Madison, W i s. Every Dot Marks an Intercollegiate Alumni Hotel Asheville, N. C, Qeorge Vanderbilt Baltimore, Md., Southern Berkeley, Cal., Claremont Bethlehem, Pa., Bethlehem Birmingham, Ala., Bankhead Boston, Mass., Copley-Plaza Charleston, S. C, Francis Marion Charlotte, N. C., Charlotte Chicago, 111., Bladcstone Chicago, 111., Windermere Cincinnati, Ohio, Sinton Columbus, Ohio, Neil House Danville, 111., Wolford Detroit, Mich., Wolverine Fresno, Cal., Califomian Greensboro, N. O, O'Henry High Point, N.C., Sheraton Kansas City, Mo., Muehlebach Lincoln, Nebr., Lincoln Los Angeles, Calif., Biltmore Madison, Wis., Park Miami, Fla., Ponce de Leon Minneapolis, Minn., Radisson Montreal, Canada, Mount Royal New York, N. Y., Roosevelt New York, N. Y., Walaorf-Astoria Northampton, Mass., Northampton Oakland, Cal., Oakland Peoria, III., Fere Marquette Philadelphia, Pa., Benjamin Franklin Pittsburgh, Pa., Schenley Portland, Oreg., Multnomah Rochester, N.Y., Seneca Sacramento, Cal., Sacramento St. Louis, Mo., Coronado St. Paul, Minn., Saint Paul San Diego, Cal., St. James San Francisco, Cal., Palace Savannah, Ga., Savannah Seattle, Wash., Olympic Syracuse, N.Y., Onondaga Toronto, Canada, King Edward Urbana, 111., Urbana-Lincoln Washington, D. C, Willard Williamsport, Pa., Lycoming The Intercollegiate Alumni Hotel movement is sponsored by the Alumni Secretaries and Editors of the participating colleges and directed by INTERCOLLEGIATE ALUMNI EXTENSION SERVICE, 18 E.41st St., New York, N.Y. DIRECTORS ]. O. B A X E N D A LE Alumni Secretary University of Vermont A. C. B U S CH Alumni Secretary Rutgers College M A R I ON E. G R A V ES Smith Alumnae Quarterly Smith College R . W. H A R W O OD Harvard Alumni Bulletin Harvard University D A N I EL L. G R A NT Alumni Secretary University of N. Carolina J O HN D. M c K EE Wooster Alumni Bulletin Wooster College H E L EN F. McMILLIN R. W. S A I L OR Wellesley Alumnae Magazine Wellesley College Cornell Alumni News Cornell University J. L. M O R R I LL Alumni Secretary Ohio State University W. R. O K E S ON Treasurer of Lehigh University W. B. S H AW Alumni Secretary University of Michigan R O B E RT SIBLEY Alumni Secretary University of California E. N. S U L L I V AN Alumni Secretary Penn State College L E V E R I NG T Y S ON Alumni Federation Columbia University E. T. T. W I L L I A MS Brown University N O R T H A M P T ON N o r t h a m p t o n, Mass. CHARLOTTE Charlotte, N. C. SHERATON High Point, N. C SINTON Cincinnati, O. KING EDWARD Toronto, Can. BETHLEHEM Bethlehem, Pa. LYCOMING Williamsport, Pa. SAVANNAH Savannah, Ga. MUEHLEBACH Kansas City, Mo. 4 * T HE M. S. C. R E C O RD June, 1927 >* i "Always at the Service of the Students and Alumni" "W The State College Book Store N. E. Wagner, Mgr. liank Block Compliments of Michigan's Oldest Lansing's Greatest Furniture and Undertaking Establishment Victor Records M. J. and B. M. Buck Company Washington at Ionia 79 Years L Ifc* The M. S. C. Record Entered at the East Lansing postoffice as second class matter. Vol. XXXII. No. 10 EAST LANSING, MICH. June, 1927 Many Alumni Make '27 Reunion Success Pageant, Alumni Rally, Class Dinners, Luncheon, Baseball Game Gave Those Who Returned a Full Day; Arthur C. Mac Kinnon, '95, Heads Association for Coming Year. the 'less by one-third Alumni Day. June 11, was favor the ed with excellent weather and registration attendance, while was that than totalled in 1926, was still large and wxlely distributed over the classes. Beginning on Frida'y, whch was Commencement day, alumni started to gather on the Campus and early Saturday morning the lobby of the I n i on Memorial Building was fill ed. The first regular alumni event was the reception tendered by Presi dent Butterfield and the members of the State Board of Agriculture to the alumni and graduating class at the Union on the evening of June to. Registration and the inspection of the new buildings occupied Sat urday morning until the band con cert scheduled for 10 o'clock. At 10:30 about 300 attended the anni versary alumni rally on the third floor of the Union Memorial build ing where in an unfinished section the of the building the officers of Association gave their reports for the year and President Butterfield spoke briefly. The alumni rally was the first oc casion of its sort in the past five years it was the first opportunity the officers have had of making re ports which could be heard by the membership. President Rogers told of the .work which had been done in connection with the Union Mem orial Building. He found that the main the accomplishment was change in the board of directors of the Union, that the president and treasurer of the Association became ex-officio members of that body guaranteeing close cooperation be tween the two. T he main achieve ments in the building itself he de clared were the completion of eight of the hotel rooms, the opening of the new dining room on the second floor and the furnishing of the wom en's lounge for which the alumnae are responsible. T he finances of the Union were detailed briefly by the president showing that the op eration of the building had resulted in the accumulation of assets total i ng nearly $14,000 and the business had been started without capital of any sort. that the T he secretary reported that change a from in T HE RECORD weekly to a monthly had resulted in a favorable balance, that the work of compiling the ma terial for an alumni directory had been completed, that the organiza to tion generally had progressed self-support. w a rd its goal of financial G. O. Stewart, '17, field secretary, introduced the plan for an alumni counc 1 which would meet at least twice a year and would act as an advisory body working with and through the executive committee of the Association and the College authorities. He proposed that each branch association have representa tion on this council in proportion to its membership and that each class secretary be also a member or work ing through a class secretaries coun cil furnish further membership for the council. It was brought out that such a organization could be of great benefit to the College and the Association. reported T he secretary for the canvassing committee that the fol lowing had been elected to hold of fice until July, 1928: A r t h ur C. '95, president; G. V. MacKinnon, '12, vice-president; R. Branch, t r e a s u r e r; Bruce McPherson, '90, E. E. Gallup, '12, member of the executive committee for three years. T he resolutions committee of which F r ed U. Woodworth, '98, was chairman, prepared following resolutions but they were not pre sented to the meeting because of a lack of t i m e: the Recognizing the splendid work accomplished by President Butter- the College field in building up along lines favored by the alumni and increasing its prestige by his international the in country life movement, be it leadership Resolved that we affirm our con tinued and hearty support of his program. Recognizing the splendid coop eration which the newly organized Athletic Council makes possible be the College authorities and tween the alumni, and believing that a similar degree of cooperation may be attained in many other direc tions, to the substantial benefit of our alma mater, by the establish ment of a joint committee or com for mittees of alumni and faculty, the consideration of other subjects which may be of mutual interest to both parties, be it that this Association Resolved 6 T HE M. S. C. R E C O RD June, 1927 heartily favor such a project and will welcome suggestions from the College authorities looking to that end. the dignity Believing that and prestige of the Michgan State Col lege calls for a president's house in keeping therewith, and that the that residence now being used for purpose is inadequate, be it Resolved that we heartily recom mend to the State Board of Agri culture that a suitable and adequate home for the president be construct ed at as early a date as possible from any funds that may be proper ly available for that purpose. Resolved that we highly com mend the publications office of the College for the excellent work of the past year. loyal support of Resolved that we pledge our con tinued and the program inaugurated by the execu tive committee for the financing of the Union Memorial building. that Resolved the Association give commendation to the secretary, Robert J. McCarthy, for his cour ageous and able management of the Union Memorial building project. Resolved that we extend to Field Secretary Glen O. Stewart our com mendation the program of alumni organization which he has successfully launched. for Resolved that wre re-affirm our K. B R U €E M C P H E R S O N, Treasurer, M. S. C. Association 1927-28 '90 A. C. MacKINNON, '95 President, M. S. C. Association 1927-28 hope that the State Board of Agri culture will soon find it convenient to remove the Practice House and the Music Center from their pres ent locations both being obstructions to the view of the Union Memorial building and the former being a constant course of expense to the Union because of the great quanti ties of soot discharged its chimney. from In view of the notable successes achieved by our track and baseball teams, due, in a large part, to the work of Director Young and his able assistants, be it Resolved that we express our ap preciation to the athletic department and register our continued and loyal support. Resolved that we note with deep sorrow and regret the passing of our beloved past president, Wil liam K. Prudden, '78, since our last meeting. No alumnus w?as more loyal, more zealous, nor more help ful in our alumni project than he and his counsel and advice were al ways of the Association, further be it inestimable value to Resolved that we note with sor row the passing of Gideon Swan- son, '25, a former president of the Union, and for three years assis tant to the secretary of this Asso ciation. President Butterfield urged that a larger proportion of the alumni become members of the Association because through their participation as a group they could have a larger place in the development of the in stitution. "People are here today", said the president, "largely because of sen timent. They are here to see the College again and their friends of It is an unusual oc College days. the casion for seventieth anniversary of the found ing of the College. • its marks as well to few years "I hope that while you are here you will take the opportunity to in spect the new buildings dedicated during the anniversary program and will take due note of the additions which have been made during the the physical past F or equipment of the institution. the Col change in policy toward lege which has this resulted prospecity we m u s t material thank former Governor Groesbeck, to whom Governor Green has given the credit for instituting the present method of building up the educa the tional program projects of state. in "Commencement this year will mark the beginning of a series of meeting on the Campus. Those of International and the American G. VERNE BRANCH, '12 Vice-President, M. S. C. Association 1927-28 June, 1927 T HE M. S. C. R E C O RD 7 y y [ i | r * * < yi Class of 17 Celebrates Its Tenth Anniversary STL *A y 3| iKwSdi mfrwin -»-.~™^i • • ^ ^ J^ -'-^^^ BET*-." •? ^•fe*^*^^» * R J HH L^CaP m L—• ^ &,• M H W* ("fir" W y" ' H . W X& iHi^^V I J & /. &. s S^j! CL v^ t w ^ jt » ^, • ' " ll HJM» V My F-i i«i W I M II '^ JHh ^j6#^#~"^P^H 1 M^wTPifflPip 3N§I J ttftHflQ fr^* J|g Country Life associations will be the most remarkable gatherings in I hope the history of the College. that all of you who can and are interested will avail yourselves of the opportunities offered by these meetings. " O ur request for new buildings was severely cut this year due to the economy program of the state ad ministration. We are however, very fortunate in that the legislature and Gov. Green removed the million dollar limit on our receipts from the mill tax so that our funds for gen eral purposes will total $1,500,000 annually. We were also granted $335,000 per year for the next bien- nium to be used for extension work, or as I like to think of it 'continu through which we ing education' can carry to the individual citizens of the state the results of our ex perimental work and aid them in other ways to get the most out of life.. " F or our excellent treatment at the hands of the legislature much of the credit goes to Senator N o r m an B. Horton, '02, and Representative Arthur C. MacKinnon, '95. "During the past year we have faculty had combined student and committees working on the various problems faced by the College. As a result we have organized a stu dent-faculty congress which will discuss College problems. Through out the past conferences these dis cussion have been marked buy un usual frankness on tire part of both faculty and students and I consider this movement a triumph for lead ership among students and faculty." President Butterfield paid tribute to the achievements of the athletic teams and to the work of the de partment under Director Young and urged that it be supported generally by alumni. He the modern college faces many prob lems which are new to such institu tions and quoted at length from his biennial report to the State Board of Agriculture. He urged that the alumni work with in solving these problems. the College found that to With respect the Union Memorial Building he said that it had found a great place in the life of the institution, that it was up to the individual to see that the build ing was completed and made avail "Its ideals must be able for use. worked out, it must be supported, its problems must be solved," he said. He said there were certain things the College needed which the state would not provide and that it must go to individual citizens of the state for the funds to obtain these things. "continuing He spoke further of education" as a great new problem before the College and the extent to which this might be solved. it was expected that 1917 C L A SS R E U N I ON It was a big night at the Union Building Saturday June 11. T he one get-to-gether the old walls of the building to vibrate, that brought fourth a weird com rattles, and racket, mingling of roars was the 10th anniversary ban that caused quet of the Class of 1917, held in the main dining room. Some eighty- five members of the old class, with husband or wife adopted members for the evening, thoroughly enjoyed the very formal program worked out by A r ne Kettunen. On behalf of her splendid work for the class during the past two years, Mary LaSelle, the permanent class secretary, was presented with a beautiful box of roses. Assisting A r ne with the enter tainment of the evening was A. B. impersonating Love of Saginaw, Levonborbajski, who distributed to honorary degrees and diplomas L. L. Frimodig, Chas. Washburn, Lou Butler, Glen Stewart, A r ne Kettunen, A. J. Patch and H o w a rd Rather. the old class continued A. J. Patch, editor of this year's "Reunion Barker" or news letter re sponded to a call from the chair man and announced that as long as the present bunch was around East financial support Lansing and the of there would always be a biennial sheet published. He further pointed out that since our class took over the direction of affairs, women have been given the right to mark ballots, a world war has been settled, pro the hibition has been thought of, fair sex has been relieved of the necessity of braiding their hair every night, and the static is partly cleared up. T h at the class should donate a sum of money for the Deputation work at the People's church was presented by Austin Pino, pillar of the church. He was supported in T HE M. S. C. R E C O RD J u n e, 1927 Reunion of the Class of 12 like size enough to fill a table of Im were seated with other classes. mediately luncheon following the class picture was taken in front of the Union Building. the for At 7 :oo about 50 members of the class with wives and husbands were seated in one section of the Union ball room their class dinner.. Pete Bancroft with all of his old time fun and life presided as toast- master. President Putterfield was introduced to the members of the class and responded with a short talk about the College. There was no set program of the speeches but each member of ciaSS introduced himself and his mate also telling about his work, family, etc. Each one w as asked to relate from his college experience some anecdote in his memory. that stood out Followng this program permanent class officers were elected as fol lows : E. E. Hotchin, president and C. Y. Ballard, secretary-treas urer. Plans are being carried out which will place in the possession of each member of the class a print ed news letter in which a short his tory of each member will be in cluded in-so-far as we can obtain this information. Quite a number responded to the request for one dollar and sent in their question naire with the information request ed. We still need a few more dol lars to pay the cost of printing the news letter and any information you may have in regard to to yourself some since graduation or about other member of the class will be Please send it much appreciated. to C. V. Ballard, 922 Huntington Road, East Lansing, Mich. Also if you haven't already sent in a dol lar YOU know that one would be ap preciated. Ruth H o ag Wood, Monrovia, Cal.; Gordon G. Gabel and wife, St. Joseph; C. P. P a r n um and wife, East Lansing; Gal Gilbert and wife, Ansted; E. L. Lautner and wife, Detroit; Samuel Anker and wife, P o r d s o n; L. N. Field and wife, East Lansing; D. M. Bennett and wife. Lansing; A. G. Bovay and friend. Jackson; Ruth Mead Mc- Kibbin, East Lansing; A. W. Eid- son and wife, Berrien Springs; Alida Dearborn Fisher and son, Wenatchce. W a s h .; O. B. Holley and wife. Sault Ste. M a r i e; C . ' H. 1) ickinson. Detroit; Ralh G. Kirby and wife, East Lansing; Lutie Robinson Gunson, East Lansing; Ralph Goodell and wife, Lansing; Earl C. San ford, wife and daugh- Montpelier, I d a h o; Josephine H a rt Fogle, O k e m o s; Louise Norton Knecht, Grand R a p i d s; C. V. Bal Lansing; Marjorie lard, East George Ballard, East Lansing; Bess Howe Geagley, Lansing; H. L. Bancroft, S. Prumm, Sharon, P a .; F. L. Bar rows, Plymouth; Lucile Hawkins Barrows, P l y m o u t h; Chas. A. Stahl, Lansing; T. H. Caldwell, Ludington ; Mary Richardson Cald well, Ludington; Grace Ellis, St. Louis; C. Ross Garvey, Chicago, 111.; Lee O. Benner, Lansing; G. V. Branch and wife, Detroit; E. E. Hotchin and wife, East Lansing; L. R. Himmelberger, Cora Ober- dorfer Himmelberger, Flint. Lansing; Lynn and emotional his remarks by Fred Wilson, Lou Butler and Howard Rather. The new assistant pastor was introduced by Austin and after some very in spiring remarks pleaded with the class to sign the cards that were passed around. A split in the class ranks was soon evident, and a heated discussion fol lowed about religious work being endowed by the class of 1917. T he it hard to get an chairman found the expression disorderly crowd, but finally the proposition was floored by a standing vote of 79 to 6. Mr. Pino apoligized for breaking up the meeting and intro duced again the new "assistant pas tor" as Prof. \Y. PI. Wise, debating coach of the College. from Letters were read from several members in distant states who were not able to attend. The next big meeting of the class will be held in June 1930 according to the Dix plan of reunions. —SCRIBE;. 1912 C L A SS R E U N I ON On June n t h, there were exact ly $J members of the class of 1912 who were again on the M. S. C. campus to attend the 70th anniver fifteen- sary commencement and the the birthday reunion of their own class. In addition these 37 brought 26 wives, husbands and children who were not with the class of '12. the class was labeled with a white silk badge with the figures 1912 printed in large size in red. At the noon alumni luncheon the table reserved for 1912 was soon filled and almost returning member of Each June, 1927 T HE M. S. C. R E C O RD 9 Three Score Years and Ten Dedication of New Armory and Kedzie Laboratories Included In Two Days of Birthday Festivities, May 12 and 13; Joseph B. Cotton, '86, Awarded Doctor of Laws Degree. a than thousand the purple Within the partly completed walls of the new armory an audience oi students, more faculty, and friends basking in the May sunshine witnessed the cere mony of conferring upon Joseph B. Cotton, '86, the College's honorary T he degree of Doctor of Laws. donning of trimmed gown came as a surprise both to the audience and to Mr. Cotton after the New York lawyer had finished the address at the seventieth birth the College. day convocation of interesting Among the many honored of achievements alumnus noted by President But- terfied before the presentation was Mr. Cotton's ninety-eight average in his four years at College and the place of eminence he now holds among America's leading corpora tion lawyers. the Mr. Cotton's Anniversary day thor address stressed the need of life's wTork ough preparation and spread the gospel of service, of right ideals in living, of duty and responsibility, of mental and moral honesty. for The program at the end of three score years and ten since the crea tion of the first agricultural college President in America was varied. P.utterfield gave a bit of the history Justice Earnest of the institution. A. Snow, wdio was present at the request of Governor F r ed Green, paid tribute to the pioneers whose hardihood gave courage to start the College in an isolated community, thirty miles from the nearest rail living gradu road '67, was ate, Daniel Strange, in troduced and took the opportun ity to recite a poem of his own dealing with man's composition freedom. struggle intellectual for T he verse was prepared the for fifteenth the College when President Roosevelt was oh the Campus but the turmoil of that birthday of T he oldest busy day cut Mr. Strange's part of the program short so he put aside fittingly, his poem and gave it, very twenty years later. T he students greeted with rising applause a few of the older generation, Charles W. 'jo, of Grand Rapidis; Garfield, James and W a r r en Gunnison, age ninety and eighty, who witnessed the College the seventy years ago and attended school at intervals betwreen '57 and '66; and James Satterlee, '69. dedication of On the eve of the birthday of State one hundred and seventy-five friends of Dr. Frank S. Kedzie's gathered at a banquet in the Union Memorial building to do homage to the dean on his own seventieth birthday. This manner of recogni tion of service came after forty- seven years of work at the College. Toasts were offered by President P.utterfield, J. E d w a rd Roe of Lan '86, of sing; Phillip Woodworth, Chicago, and J. B. Cotton, '86, of New York City. D e an Kedzie re sponded with a short talk. Dr. J. H o w a rd Mathews, head of the department of chemistry at the University of Wisconsin was the main speaker at the dedication cere mony of the new Kedzie laboratory on the afternoon of May 12. The story he unfolded concerning the revolutionizing of science sounded like a romance and through it all ran the name of the honored ser vant of the College in pioneer agri cultural chemistry, Robert C. Ked zie. T he exercises of dedicating the new armory occupied the time of most of the guests F r i d ay after noon. Major General Andrew H e r o, chief of the coast artillery corps gave the dedicatory address. F l ag raising conducted by General Guy Wilson of Flint and Colonel J o hn the Bersey, adjutant general of the General state, presentation of W. H. Withington memorial by presided Judge Benjamin Williams and its unveiling by little Phyllis Withing ton, the introduction of the speaker by Colonel Bersey were parts of the ceremony over by L. Whitney Watkins, '93, chairman of the State Board of Agriculture. Colonel William D. Wallace, one of the visiting military guests, address ed five hundred club members at the inter-city club luncheon in the Union ball room F r i d ay noon pre ceding the services at the armory. The gala day of the military depart ment ended in a cadet exhibition Friday- evening on the drill field un der the brilliance of a half score of giant floodlights. in '08, '09, '10, '11 R E U N I ON The joint meeting of the classes the of ' o 8 - ' o 9 - T o - 'n was held marked corner of the ballroom in the Union Memorial Building Sat urday evening, J u ne 11. About thirty-five old in at tendance, with ' n e r 's most numerous. timers were the We had No attempt was made at a pro gram on account of the hubbub of other old timers and the class of '22 just across the curtain. just one stunt. Each class selected its best orator and he attempted to tell wherein his class excelled the other three. " As time was short" we had all four talk at once, then awarded the prize by the popular each speaker at the end of the speech ifying. As I held my hand over his head the 1911 champion was award ed the prize, a fine hand painted " E x i t" sign. T he speakers w e r e: '08, '09, " H a p" M u s s e l m a n; " G e r r y" Allen; '10, "Chet" W a g n e r; '11, " D o c" Walker, accorded applause P. S.—"Doc" won by the happy idea of '11 class yell, also because as said above '11 was most numerous in the gathering. leading an — J IM HAYES. 10 T HE M. S. C. R E C O RD June, 1927 THE M. S. C. RECORD the Michigan State College by the the alumni and Published for M. S. C. Association. Published monthly Membership in the M. S. C. Association, including subscription throughout the year. Established 1896 former students of to T HE RECORD, $2.50 per year. 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, ' I4, 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 EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE 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. 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., 1425 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, O61 Illinois Ave., Milwaukee. NORTHERN OHIO—Fred Curtis, 14S7 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 PI., Lo* 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 that In T HE RECORD for May there was an editorial comment in which there was a discussion of the aims of the Association. Mention was made of the appropriations which the the College has made during past five years in comparison with what was done before time. This has caused some misunder standing. F or the past five years the attitude of T HE RECORD toward the question of a College subsidy the Association has should finances, and the reference to the appropria tion was made in an effort to ex plain why there has not been more constructive field work during the period just passed. that furnish its own been During its officers the the past five years the Association has been granted asked entire amount the College and the general from policy has been to place the affairs the organization upon a basis of where it would be unnecessary to ask for funds. Alumni, as a whole, their should be willing to support own organization for its full pro gram. Carlton H. Murry, '29, of Grand Rapids won the Lawson essay prize for the college year just ended. His topic was " T he Philosophy of the Forest." APPROPRIATION in addition An official College bulletin shows that the $335,000 to granted for each of the next two years for extension work the gov ernor has signed bills totaling $533,- 250 for additions to the equipment of the College. T he original re quests of the State Board of Agri culture, according to the same bulle tin totalled $2,592,933 for the bien- nium and the legilature approved a total of $1,114,250. Of the amount approved by Governor Green, $225,000, or nearly half of the total, will be available only if the state administrative board finds the gen eral large is enough to grant this amount. the state fund of for drainage, include $75,000 T he item approved by the gover nor for a dairy b a r n; $50,000 for a poultry plant; $15,000 grading roads, etc.; $25,000 for the potato experiment station; $35,000 for a equipment; physics building and $50,000 for a recitation hall and equipment; service $25,000 equipment; $100,000 for academic department equipment; $50,000 for the construction of minor buildings and repairs and improvements for existing buildings; $50,000 for im provements to g r o u n d s; $58,250 for farm land purchases. for the Lansing Rotary Secretary H e r m an H. Halla- day has been sent as a representa club tive of group to the eighteenth annual con vention of Rotary International in Ostend, Belgium, June 5 to 10. He left New York, May 25, sailing to convention Antwerp. After Mr. Halladay will tour Europe. the NECROLOGY treasurer of M R S. JACOB S C H E P E RS Mrs. Henrietta Schepers, wife of the Jacob Schepers, College, died May 31 at Ann Arbor. Funeral services held at the First Presbyterian church, Lansing, and internment was made in Deepdale Memorial Park. Besides her hus band she is survived by a daughter, Mrs. Joephine Schepers Dunphy, '24, and two sons, Kenneth, '29, and Thomas. June, 1927 T HE M. S. C. R E C O RD 11 D Close Beside the Winding Cedar O President Kenyon L. Butterfield has been called by the president of Columbia university to attend an institute dealing with the problems of rural life. A program of ten numbers was offered by the men's glee club and the College orchestra in a joint con cert at the gym, May 19. A fea ture of the evening was the intro duction of new Varsity song. A practical demonstration of the results of good feeding was a part of the Livestock Day at the College when producers of the state gather ed at the Union Memorial Building to feast on cuts of prime baby beef which had been fed under ideal conditions the College barn. Prof. F. G. King of P u r d ue was the main speaker at the luncheon. in In response to a petition signed by fifteen Phi Kappa Phi men of the College staff a chapter of the scholastic honorary has been install ed at State. Twelve senior class men and women were chosen from all divisions of the College to be, along with the faculty men owning keys from other schools, the first members of the local chapter. A. J. Patten of the agricultural experi ment station is one of the charter members of Phi Kappa Phi, organ ized at the University of Maine, 1897. Setting a new precident of pro ducing the water carnival on t wo nights, the senior class was host to a large appreciative audience, June 2 and 3 at F a rm Lane bridge. The theme of the 1927 pageant of floats emulated a conclave of the gods of ancient Sparta, each god being brought down the river on a float under vari-colored lights and landed at the stage which was built after the style of an ancient Greek temple. Prometheus, stealer of the fires, was the last deity to appear and in the darkness he seized the fire from throne and fled up over the high bank. Immediately following his escape there was a great fireworks display. the foot of the Prof. J. T. H o r n er of the econo is one of the mics department econo authorities on agricultural mics who will conduct summer courses at the second annual Amer ican Institute of Cooperation to be held at Northwestern university, June 20 to July 16. H is special field of work will be in cooperative dairy marketing. Burren Brown, '28, of Levering, won the editorship of the 1928 Wol verine at t he open election in late May. His opponent was Russel Daane, '28, of Grand Rapids. T he matter of having a Wolverine fee three and one-half dollars as of compared with a five dollar sub scription price carried in favor of the former by a large majority. T he 1927 Spartan the Wol verine had not yet been distributed when the elections were held. issue of Senior Swing-out marked the be ginning of the senior class festivi ties May 18. More than three hun dred members of the dignified estate donned their black robes for the first time marching in column of twos from the front of the new library through the Forest of A r d en and beneath the class arches. A short grand march brought the class fours which into a column of separated into pairs again at the formation of the figures " 2 7 ". T he first year book under the fee initiated last fall has been released. The W'olverine as edited by A r t h ur Hannah of Grand Rapids has met the general approval of all concern ed. T he book, dedicated to Thomas Gunson, is bound in a brown mock leather cover banded on both sides by a frieze of ancient Greece done in dull gold. T he art work produc ed by Lucile Allen, '28, Lansing, has never been equalled in the history of the Wolverine. T he h u m or sec tion, which includes a cartoon for nearly every organization on the campus, is responsible for its origi nality to James Trott, w ho though deaf catches the humor about him and imbodies it in his cartoon work. : Initiates of the national honorary fraternity of Pi Delta Epsilon roast ed the faculty and fellow students, May 12 and 13, with t wo issues of T he Eczema. Co-eds of the physical education department presented a swimming that outclassed all demonstration previous exhibitions in the natator- ium J u ne 7 and 8. Features of the program were demonstrations of canoeing, speed swimming, swim ming to music, life saving, and a pageant of costumes from 1870 to that 1927, showing bathing attire varied to the from eight pounds ten ounce silk suits in modern use. T he pool was cleverly decorated and the program was well received by a large audience both evenings. As rewards for exceptional work in their respective fields, Dorothy Permar, Leroy Stegeman, and Vic tor Nelson have been granted op to study in N ew York portunity this summer. Miss P e r m ar has re ceived a scholarship appointment through the courtesy of Dr. Charles B. Davenport, the Eugencis Records office at Cold H a r b or Springs, and will do re search work using the records filed there. Stegeman and Nelson have the been accepted as students summer biological laboratories of the Long Island Biological associa tion. director of in T he little green " p o t s" on the heads of the freshmen have been absent since Cap night ceremony, May 31. T he usual ritual of pass ing on the class scroll from the re tiring senior president to the presi the incoming senior dent-elect of followed. Coach class was duly talk on " T he Barney Traynor's New Spartan Spirit" was well re ceived as were the remarks of the new president of the student coun cil, Clyde Olin, East Lansing. T he complete service was evening's when seniors the black gowned trailed around the big fire and de posited their worst despised books in the flames T HE M. S. C. R E C O RD J u n e, 1927 a 12 1877 C L A SS R E U N I ON Continuing the custom inaugu rated by President Butterfield, last rear, six of the 'yjers were seated the platform Commencement on dav. introduced president them, one by one; and at the same time, he annottced the title of the "graduation oration" delivered by each individual fifty years ago. The 'yj, Of the fifteen men who received their diplomas twelve are in -till living. Those present and in troduced w e r e: Charles Bloodgood, Grand Rapids; Charles Emery, Lansing: Charles Goodwin, Ionia; Prank Kedzie, Lansing; Lyman Lilly, Allegan; Bion Whelan, Hills dale". Major E. B. Cray of the military department was also present, be \Y. Gray, ing the son of Mason 1'ontiac. (deceased), a member of the class. A d;t>< breakfast was participat ed in by the above named gentle men, together with I'.artlett Xevins, 'j^, Detroit, and H a r ry Emmons. 7 8, Xcw York City. 1882 C L A SS R E U N I ON Although but five of the seven teen living members of the Class of '82 were able to attend the alumni reunion, vet for their eft arts. those felt repaid The Campus was in its beautiful June adornment. The wild garden, that monument to Dr. Beal, was ar rayed in all its glory and the new buildings attracted much attention. Lincoln Avery, Theodore Mills- paugh and Will L. Snyder were ac companied by their wives, Alford L. Chappelle by his son. < )ur breakfast together Saturday morning was most enjoyable. Re grets were expressed that illness de that tained several classmates and others lived at such great distances from the College. Many incidents of College life were recalled and letters from absent members talked over. Only two failed to answer the class letter sent out. ALICJC WiciCD COULTER, Class Secretary of '82. in reception Friday for Major. These long absent numbers found their spare time very useful in orienting themselves to the much- changed condition of the Campus. evening The the Class aroused enthusiasm breakfast which was held the H u nt Food Shop annex and was at tended by eleven of the 20 living three who did not graduates and finish with us, vis. Baker with wife and mother (a distinction which I think is shared by few classes any Bateman, where Bauerle, Davis, Ewing, Gibbs, Groesbeck, Hathaway, Hinkson, Major, O'Neil, Peet, Pennington and wife, and C. R. Winegar and wife. Tho saddened by the loss of the faithful Brooks, who would otherwise have been with us, this breakfast was much enjoyed by all. to Sagendorph and Stowell failed find the place; o u r s ). near At and in general. After two and one-half hours of reminiscing we ad visiting to journed to the Union Building listen to the "report" of President " K e n" Butterfield on conditions and prospects of the College and educa- t'on the noon luncheon our forces were augment and ed by Sagendorph, Stowell Watkins. To try the to describe enjoyment of this gathering is use those who attended, and less for futile for those who did not. After the luncheon the most of us, for as usual some got away, had our pic tures "Prof. F r a n k" to give respectability). Af ter the pagent and ball game we met in the ballroom for the "Best of All" the inter-class dinner and reunion ('89, '00. '91, '92). Here of course "ossible. told In 1932 it is hoped that there will twenty-eight be two hundred and present. — F R A N C IS N. B A T E M A N. in in found thousand than to the All-College The "Festival of Carnia", a song its fest of ancient Sparta, sing likeness staged the Forest of Arden, Tuesday of commencement week. a More people gathered the College's sing praises both new and old. Blue Key was responsible for the arrangeing of the program which lasted more than an hour. With the aid of a song leader and the support of the vars'ty band several new songs were nearly mastered and some of the old ones were rehearsed. When twi- lght turned to darkness the second annual "Lantern Night" ceremoney took place. Senior co-eds carrying lighted Japanese lanterns accompan ied by junior co-eds followed in a long, winding line of march across the drill field, through the botanical gardens and back to Arden. Presi dent Butterfield talked on the signi ficance of the event and the cere mony was ended with the passing of the lighted lanterns to the junior girls. T he twenty-third annual meeting of the Michigan Audubon society was held at the College June 3 and included dis 4. T he conferences cussions of various conservation projects of the state and nation and the ended with rally cry, "If Michigan saves her birds, her birds will save Michigan." Prof. J. W. Stack appeared on the program and conducted a bird hike on June 4. the adoption of June, 1927 T HE M. S. C. R E C O RD VA Ohio Senator Addresses Graduates Honorable Simeon D. Fess Makes Plea for Spirited Leadership; Three Hun dred and Thirty-one Degrees Awarded; Many Honors Conferred. Three hundred and thirty one received diplomas at the Commence ment ceremony in the new armory Friday morning, June 10. T wo hun the appli dred and twenty-six of science, cants were bachelor of fifty-two were bachelor of arts, eight doctors of veterinary medi cine, thirty masters of science, four masters of arts, four doctors of philosophy, four honorary Civil Engineers, one honorary mechani cal Engineer, three honorary metal lurgical engineers. The number of advanced degrees exceeds all pre vious records. The commencement address was given by Senator Simeon D. Fess of ( )hio, noted educator and member of the national governing body. America's rightful place to take the leadership of the world, the wisdom of America's constitutional govern ment as it now stands, the necessity of retaining the majesty of the law, the need of young, spirited and leadership in matters of politics and world diplomacy were the themes upon which Senator Fess dwelt. Governor Fred Green took time from his busy life at the capitol to be present at the opening of the ceremony. T h at even higher offi cials than the governor turned eyes to Michigan State on commence ment day was evident in the reading of a personal letter from President Calvin Coolidge praising the insti tution for its many years of service and regretting the fact that he could not accept the invitation to address the graduates. recommendation of T he deans of each division pre sented their seniors recommending that they receive degrees and " u p on the dean and on behalf of the State Board of Agriculture", President Butter- field handed each graduate his dip loma. Doctor E. A. Bessey, chair man of the committee on graduate work presented the following appli cants : Master of Science—L. H. Ad- dington, dairy husbandry, E a st Lansing; Christene Alvord, East Lansing, chemistry; E. R. Carlson, James East Lansing, pathology; Cotter, Williamston, education; Sara Marion Cooledge, Muskegon, home economics; O. P. Dausman, Saranac, electrical engineering; C. I'». Dibble, E au Claire, entomology; IJjarne Dundas, Mohotton, Nor way, farm crops; Cornelius Evers, East Lansing, mathematics; H. P. ikiston, East Lansing, horticulture; C. I>. Green, Ashley, zoology; J. A. Ikerman, Selina, Ala., chemistry; llasper, Lansing, chemistry; J. J. E. P. Johnson, Gulliver, animal pathology; Te Hsia Kao, Siengu Fukien, China, chemistry; D. A. Kimball, Guelph, Ontario, horticul ture ; H. W. Koch, Pittsburgh, Pa., bacteriology; A. M. Mallor, Mc- Keesport, Pa., chemistry; A. R. Marston, Monroe, farm c r o p s; C. \Y. Mclntyre, Dowagiac, dairy hus b a n d r y; O. C. Medlock, Grand Rapids, horticulture; Flenry Cost ing, Holland, botany; D. T. Ithaca, New York, entomology; G. S. Schilling, Fayetteville, Ark., bacte riology ; Clark Sinclair, Jackon, chemistry; H. W. Strickler, El Centrom, Cal., chemistry; F. C. Strong, East Lansing, botany; H. <). Swartout, Okemos, chemistry; W. E. Thomas, Lansing, physics; J. K. Van Haarlem, Lethbridge, Can., horticulture. Master of Arts—Mildred Hilton, Coldwater; L. L. Dovocool, Addi son, New Y o r k; Daisy Swartout, ()kemos ; and W a y ne Van Riper, Shaftsburg. Of the four receiving the robe of doctor of philosophy two were residents of China. They w e r e: H. D. Brown, East Lansing, horticul t u r e; K. M. Liu, China, farm crops; Ivan Wright, Urbana, 111., economics; Cato Young, China, so- cilogy. H o n o rs in the field of civil engin eering went to F. L- Kendrick, Chicago; R. F. Rey, L a n s i n g; L. F. Rothgery, East Lansing; F r a nk Rogers, Lansing. Mechanical Engineer —• C. R. Erickson. followed The setting of the ceremony this spring was especially fine. A mam- for the pageant mouth stage built which the afternoon, in was decked high with pines and ferns while the brilliant colors of the acedemic hoods lent color and life to what otherwise would have been a great, dull, unfinished riding hall. Amplifiers made every spoken word plain to each listener. the the " T he Beginnings", a pageant de picting the growth of feeling for education among Michigan peo- pe, was a feature of the afternoon of commencement day and was at tended by a great number of the friends of graduating class. Leading parts in the drama were taken by seniors while underclass men, authentically and brilliantly costumed in the dress of the people of old Michigan, were used in group scenes. There were more than three hundred and fifty par ticipants in what was called by many the greatest effort over made to depict the struggles and poverty of Michigan settlers and the laying of for several of the state's educational systems. T he pageant was sponsored by the Col lege and was written for the oc casion ,by a New York author of similar works. " T he Beginnings" was also presented on Alumni Day for the special benefit of alumni. the foundation WTith following citations the President Butterfield conferred honorary degrees upon six alumni and a the Commencement ceremony on June 10: M A S T ER OF1 H I G H W AY E N G I N E E R I NG former professor, at Grover Cleveland Dillman, grad uate of this College in the Class of 11 T HE M. S. C. R E C O RD June, 1927 i O i 3; Deputy Commissioner and Chief Engineer of the Michigan State Highway Department; has served with conspicuous success in his chosen held; member of numer ous committees of engineering and highway organiza tions; a man with fine professional achievements to his credit but a man larger than his profession and with a greater future in prospect. societies and Howls Your CREDIT? Y E S T E R D A Y— life insurance agents were considered a bore, a time consuming nuisance. That prejudice has disap peared now. Today, if you ask a banker about your credit, he asks you about your life insurance. But, though you may have enough insurance to satisfy your banker, you may not have exactly the right arrangement of policies to secure you and your dependents the max imum of future security. A John Hancock agent is a specialist in security for the future, the founda tion of mental serenity. Ask him to come in. A STRONG COMPANY, Over Sixty Years in Business. Liberal as to Contract, Sale and Secure in Every Way. DOCTOR OF AGRICULTURE Herbert Windsor Mumford, graduate of this College in the Class of 1891 ; member of its staff for a period of six y e a r s; for more than a quarter of a century connected with the college of Agriculture of the University of since 1922 its Dean, and Director of the Experiment Station and the Exten sion Service; student; teacher, in vestigator ; organizer; thinker; ad ministrator ; widely travelled; lover skilled breeder; of member of numerous associations; writer, and rural leader. livestock and Illinois; DOCTOR OF AGRICULTURE Frederick Blackmar Mumford, an alumnus of the College in the Class of 1891 ; member of the staff of the College for four y e a r s; suc cessively Professor of Agriculture, Professor of A n i m a l, Husbandry and Dean and Director in the Col lege of Agriculture in the Univer- sitty of Missouri, covering a period of service in that instituton of more than thrty years; chairman of the Missouri Council of Defense during the war as well as Federeal Food Administrator for the state; a lead er in the Land Grant College asso ciation and the terms of the vastly important P u r- nell Act providing federal funds for further research in the agricultural field ; student in E u r o p e; admirable teacher; author and investigator; able executive. responsible for DOCTOR OF FORESTRY in James William Toumey, Prefes- sor of Silviculture at Yale Univer sity ; one of the pioneers of Ameri can F o r e s t r y; graduate of this Col lege, Class of 1889; teacher and the University of executive Arizona; specialist in in forestry the U. S. Department of Agricul ture ; for twelve years Director of the Yale Forest School; able scien tist ; author of books and pamph lets ; a great the leaders in his profession. teacher; one of travel throughout the large cities few roads side of suitable for the y e a r; during these fourteen years the trunk line system of the state has been expanded to seven thous * and miles and the far-reaching ef this good roads program fect of can hardly be overestiated; promi nent in highway engineering asso ciations; president of the National Association of Highway officials; loyal a l u m n u s; influential honorable and effective public ser- servant. and DOCTOR OF E N G I N E E R I NG Louis George Carpenter, grad uate of the College in the Class of in engineering at 187c;; instructor M. S. C. for nearly ten y e a r s; for more than twenty years Professor of Engineering in Colorado Agri cultural College, giving especial at tention to irrigation engineering in which he established the first course in this country; served as State Engineer in Colorado in charge of irrigation systems; irrigation Com missioner of Brtish Columbia; ex pert in numerous projects dealing with irrigation and allied problems; recognized authority irrigation and reclamation engineering in its economic, political and agricultural aspects; thorough student; cultivated gentleman. teacher; able in DOCTOR OF L A WS inspiring Howard Edwards, southern gen tleman successfully transplanted to a northern clime; for fifteen years faculty teacher ^and un leader at this College; for twenty- one years President of a sister in stitution in the small but great state and of Rhode powerful the language; courageous de English fender of all that is good; frank hater of sham and hypocrasy; 1 have peculiar pleasure, sir, in con ferring upon you, a former teacher, long-time neighbor, fellow sufferer in an exacting executive position, the degree of Doctor of Laws. Island; original thinker; master of DOCTOR OF E N G I N E E R I NG Frank Foster Rogers, graduate of the College in the Class of 1883; practical surveyor and civil engin eer for a period of y e a r s; since 1913 State Highway Commissioner; when he assumer office there were no trunk lines in Michigan and out in T wo scholarship to students awards were made the applied science division, Fred J. Brockett, a graduating veterinarian, and Stan ley Hartsell of Benton Harbor, making bacteriology his major, will spend next year at H a r v a rd in re search work. June, 1927 T HE M. S. C. R E C O RD 15 A New Era in State Sports Captain Frederick Alderman and Ex-Captain Bohn Grim Help Bring Na tional Recognition to Michigan State; Other Sports On the Incline. W h en Captain F r ed Alderman of State broke the tape in victory in both the ioo and 220 yard dashes the National Intercollegiate at at Chicago, J u ne 11, he brought to a conclusion the best year that Mich igan State has ever known athleti cally. track, wrestling, In at least five sports, Spartan teams were the strongest that this college has ever known and were the west. T he throughout feared in cross outstanding teams were country, swim ming, and baseball. State broke even in basketball, during the win ter, and last fall had a representa tive football team capable of hold- inng the highest calibre competition. Hockey proved a trifle weak as did tennis, but in the net sport, the doubles team of Farleman and Hendershott won the state championship. its own against T he track team, coached by Di rector of Athletics Raph H. Young, assisted by Miles Casteel and Mor ton Mason, brought State national prominence. In Alderman, develop four ed by Coach Young in years he has been at East Lansing, State had a man whom Grantland Rice, noted sports writer, declared to be one of the two "fastest hu m a n s" today — the other being Borah of California. the Alderman's records over varying distances are without equal in the history of track. F r om 40 yards through to the quarter-mile he was well nigh unbeatable. He set the present Western Conference 220 the record as a world's indoor record at 300 yards as a junior and concluded his last year under College colors by amass ing a brilliant array of titles. sophomore, tied Alderman is indoor Central In tercollegiate champion and record holded in the 60-yd. dash and broad j u m p. He is also state A. A. U. champion and Illinois Relay cham pion at 220 yards. Outdoors, he is State and Central Intercollegiate 100 and 220 yard champion, eastern intercollegiate Quarter-mile cham pion, and national intercollegiate 100 and 220 yard title holder. He holds the state record in the 220, records the Central Intercollegiate in the 100, 220, and broad jump, and the college records in the 100, 220, 440, and broad jump, in addi the tion to being a member of the record holding relay teams at quarter, half, and mile. His teammate, Bohn Grim, who also graduates, was almost as bril liant. Grim won the 75-yard dash at the Illinois Relays. He set a new state A. A. U. record in the 40- yard dash, in addition to capturing the Burton trophy at the A. A. U. meet for being the most versatile athlete in Michigan. Grim won the 40, was second in the 300, won the standing high jump, and was sec ond in the standing broad j u m p. Outdoors, Grim turned in excel lent times in the dashes, setting a new state record in the 100, which was also tied by Henson of State at :o9.7. He set a new quartermile record at the state meet in :48.9, erasing his own college record, only to have Alderman better the college mark at the eastern games with a time of :48.3. relay State's team, Alderman, Grim, Henson, and Lang, won All- American honors in the half-mile, and was given honorable mention in the quarter-mile. T he half-mile team has never been defeated, win ning at Texas, Rise, Ohio, and Penn. The quartermile team won at T e x as and Rice, and the mile first at Penn. combination the mile Kroll ran team. for Lang on took the Another outstanding performer on team was Harold McAtee, sophomore, who vaulted the 13 feet 3 and 5-8 inches at track Central Intercollegiates. This is the highest mark ever made by an ath the lete in Michigan, and one of It best ever recorded in the west. is better than the Western Confer ence record. in Captain Elect H e n ry Wylie was the a consistent point winner mile, and Tillotson and Smith scor in weights. Notre ed frequently Dame was defeated first in a dual meet. time in 20 years Detroit City, Western Normal and Maruette were also subdued in dual competition. the for T he baseball team, the third win ning combination developed in as many years by Coach John Kobs, won 11 and lost two of its regular games. In cross country, the combina tion coached by Morton Mason won the Central Intercollegiates with plenty to spare. Although the tra ditional dual with Michigan was lost, State boasted in Captain Roy Severance, the first Spartan to cross the tape in victory against Michi gan in a number of years. T he State wrestling team, devel oped by Coach Ralph Leonard won four and its dual meets. Only strong Western Con to nose teams were able ference out the Spartans. three of lost team, T he State swimming the product of Coach W. Sterry Brown, won four and lost three of its dual meets, shattering a number of col lege records. T he hockey teams, although los ing close games to Notre Dame and Michigan, won from several state teams and made a strong showing. In tennis, Coach Charles D. Ball had a representative team, although victories were not as numerous as might be desired. Hendershoot and Farleman, who wan state title, were the best play doubles ers. the T HE M. S. C. R E C O RD June, 1927 \*w 16 *._., I5011N GRIM, 27 »_.+ B A S E B A LL the (hily tilt with When Coach John Kobs' Spartan batsmen left the field on the even ing of Alumni Day in possession of St. Xaviers scalp, after a heavy battling the Cincinnati team, the 1927 eight-four per cent successful baseball season was at an thirteen two of end. games of spring term were dropped and those two teams who in turn were measured by Kobs' men on the home-and-home schedule. T he loss of a 6 to 4 game to the University of Michigan in early season at Ann Arbor and a complete shut out of 5 to o suffered at the hands of Notre Dame on the East Lansing diamond are the only sore spols in the season's playing. A in t he T h is :07.6. t w i ce e s t a b l i s h ed I l l i n o is R e l a ys t wo y e a rs a go G r im t i ed t he w o r l d 's 7 5 - y a rd m a r k, s p r i ng t i m r, be n ew r e c o r ds t he 440. H is m a rk of 48.9 fiat as a n ew C o l l e ge r e c o rd w i ll p r o b a b ly s t a nd f or s o me t i me to c o m e. G r im is a l so t he f a s t e st m an on t he f o o t b a ll t he s q u a d. h o l ds 1 0 0 - y a rd t he f or M i c h i g an I n t e r c o l l e g i a te t r a ck m e e t, h is i ng 9.7 sec. t i me b e r e c o rd G r im Barker-Fowler Electric Co. "The Motor People" 116 East Ottawa Street I^ansing, Michigan . i T h e re are many victories for which the backers of the Green and White may be justly proud. T he humbling of the University of West Virginia, the trouncing of the Notre Dame Irish at South Bend, being the only school, or one of very few, to take the measure of St. Viators, and the trampling of the team in Maize and Blue are the high lights in the Spartan season about which there excitement. < Hher crews a- tho-e from Albion, Olivet, Adrian, Hope, Bradley Institute, .and St. Tech. Armour Xavier were easily tripped up by the State men. reason lor is Team playing records are note In the thirteen games the worthy. nine made one hundred and five runs to the opponents' forty, aver aging more than eight runs per game while the opposition made lit For twenty- tle more than three. seven consecutive innings the Green and White was not scored upon. Tlte outfield went through the entire season wihout a single error. T he double play record, though not so impressive, averaged one in every eighteen innings. Despite the ab sence of the old wooden bleachers in center field and the presence of a ball proof fence along the river in right field the Spartan men have four home runs to their credit, two for for Rowley and one apiece Rinehart and Baynes. T he team averaged .317 at a bat. Individual assure the coaches that the graduating men achievements the but Baynes .363, Rowley '28, was among will be sorely missed. Of the five leading hitters four are now alumni —Zimmerman .431, Captain Fleser, .310, .404, them Rinehart, with .348. W i th runs the seniors al-. so lead, Zimmerman with twenty, Rowley with sixteen, Baynes with twelve, under-classmen showed some ability as base thieves for Rinehart and Eggert, '29, book ed nine and eight respectively, fol lowing Zimmerman with thirteen. Baynes made six sacrifices during the season and Eggert made four. Rinehart lead the three base hitters with four, Rowley, two, and one apiece for Witter, '29, Tolles, 28, Zimmerman, Prettier, '27, Fleser. Coach Kobs is left next year with but one veteran pitcher, Captain- elect "Beftv'Tolles, who in the sea son past was much superior to the rest of the squad. Bremer did well in the lighter games showing great development since last year. Davis and Morgan are a couple of young er twirlers who may make useable material next season. It will be hard to replace Baynes at second and Rowley at third. T wo sophomores, 1 ioisington, vie for the Weed and first base position. Though Weed seems to be the surest hitter, the latter plays neater at the bag. Weed may..find a place in the outfield re placing Zimmerman or Fleser while is almost sure of a place Parratt along with the veteran Rinehart. The catcher's job will continue to be and a Whitter. toss-up between Caruso President and Mrs. Putterfield attended the Commencement cere monies at Cornell where their son Victor, received his diploma. He was an honor graduate and was ac football tive and holding a place on the wrestling squad. He was as well a member of the board of directors of Willard Straight Hall, the Cornell Union. in athletics, playing According to a notice sent out by President Ihttterfield the new athle tic council will meet either early in July or early in September. T he Board in Control of Athletics or ganized in February, 1923, held its final meeting in June. J u n e, 1927 T HE M. S. C. R E C O RD 17 \-n KNIT SWEATERS Bear Capt Frederick Alderman's Spartan Monograms The Athletic Department Awards O'Shea Sweaters as Tokens of Service O'SHEA KNITTING MILLS 2414-24 N. Sacramento Ave. CHICAGO . _ «* "Freddy" Alderman, '27 One of America's foremost sprinters \n* 18 T HE M. S. C. R E C O RD June, 1927 Let Solid Kumfort Folding Chairs Save Investment and Replacement! 1. You can equip your auditorium — and use the same chairs for your banquet halls, dining room, on the stage, etc. 2. Fasten them together in sections if desired. Many can be put in place or removed very quickly. 3. 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In addi tion to the regular summer session several short courses a re planned, one for library workers July 5 to 15, another for ministers from July 18 to August 6, and another in hos pital administration for executive nurses, July 20 to 29. Among t he fortunate survivors of the school explosion at Bath was Evelyn Paul, '26, of Hinsdale, 111. She was teaching home economics and with h er handful of pupils rushed from the building after the explosion in the basement in time to see t he second bjast kill t he superintendent of schools, the plot ter himself and two other men in the Panic-stricken Miss Paul huddled her seven girls about her in an open field some distance from the wrecked school until the children were identified by t he anxious parents. street. 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 C. 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" S i d" is studying under Dr. M u r r ay East and taking care of his experiments in plant genetics so he and Floy and Jimmie live on (aged the grounds of the Bussey Institu tion in the immediate neighborhood of Arnold Arboretum and Franklin Park. three) Those who anwered the call were W. J. Clench, ' 2 1; W a y ne Palm, 21 ; George Irvine, H. K. Men- hinick, and W. H. Taylor, all ' 2 3; M ax Seeley, ' 2 5; E d na Rabe Tay lor, w ' 2 5; R. P. Lyman and A. B. Vogel, '26. S. S. Kennedy, '23, was unable to be present. T he engagement of M ax Seeley to Miss Helen Burhans, w'28, wed ding to take place in time to make a trip to Europe, beginning the last of June, as part of the honeymoon. M ax received a great deal of more largely or from the unmarried members. less valuable advice, It was decided to make the spring picnic a permanent affair and to or ganize for regular meetings, mak ing an effort to get in touch with other and older grads who may be in this vicinity. 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