V T HE M. S. C. R E C O RD •September, 1927 o#?C^fyftfo#^ O L D S M O B I LE A N N O U N C ES NEW BEAUTY N EW COLORS NEW LUXURY PF INTERIORS AT NEW LOWER PRICES 875 Come and see the new styling, new colors, new upholstery, new details of trimming and finish— N ow glorifying American family! Come and see this showing, all the models, all the colors, all the interior treatments* t he car for the TWO-DOOR SEDAN K BODY BY FISHER F.O. B.LANSING Here is modish beauty as satisfying as the additional qualities of perform * < ance and endurance that make such staunch friends of Oldsmobile owners. r r N OW ON D I S P L AY Come and marvel, as you will, at this Oldsmobile Six—the latest and great est, and yet at new lower prices! 4 83 3 The M. S. C. Record Entered at the East Lansing postoffice as second class matter. Vol. XXXIII. No. 1 EAST LANSING, MICH. September, 1927 Association Joins Nation-Wide Project Forty Million Dollars In Facilities for Michigan State Alumni Throughout the Country; Alumni Reading Rooms Established In Every City; Magazines and Lists of Resident Alumni Available When the complete story of the Intercollegiate Alumni Hotel Plan is told, it will be a story of romance and achievement well worth the reading. Even at this early date, the plan having been in effect for only a year, we find the alumni or ganizations of ninety-three colleges, is one, of which Michigan State working harmoniously with the managements of forty hotels in an effort to fulfill a mission of worthy ideals and mutual interest—to bring to fruit:on a dream of far-reaching significance, yet withal a dream definitely possible of practical real ization. Like most tales of achievement the Intercollegiate Alumni Hotel Plan had its beginning in compara tively humble surroundings. Six years ago a business man was made alumni secretary of the University of California alumni association. As a good business man he could thirty not reconcile the thousand California alumni in the state of California with the three thousand members of his alumni association. His sense of proportion told him furthermore that the fault lay not with the thirty thousand alumni but with the alumni organization. So he set about the development of a plan of found rejuvenation and himself hampered right at the start by the handicap which has beset first alumni secretaries since class graduated from H a r v a r d— lack of funds. There was a job to be done and no money with which to do it. the WOLVERINE HOTEL, Detroit An Intercollegiate Alumni Hotel larger He considered the geographical distribution of his alumni and found them concentrated naturally in the towns and vicinity of the cities of the state. He knew that they could not afford to build club houses. He figured that they would not be inclined to lease even tem porary quarters. He knew that they could be safely counted upon to be enthusiastic about the success team or the crew of and equally downcast over their failures. Nevertheless, he was posi them could be tive the football few of that 67614 in to exert a great counted upon amount of personal effort the development of local alumni asso ciations. He knew, furthermore, that the weather reports concerning California were on the whole ac curate as given out by the San F r a n cisco chamber of commerce and not as inferred by the other forty-seven states in the Union. He knew that his alumni motored from one end the state to the other, seeking of pleasure and diversion, and that they motored throughout the year. In other words, he knew his Cali- fornians. the alumni of Taking all these things into con sideration, he conceived the idea of having suitable hotels in the various cities act as official headquarters for the University throughout the state. After confer ring with the managers, it was de cided that at the start the managers local themselves were It was also de alumni secretaries. cided should that each manager have in his possession a list of all the alumni of the University togeth er with their addresses and other information necessary to facilitate local contacts. to act as Next came the problem of pub licity. H ow were the thirty thous and alumni to be told that the offi cial hotels had been designated and that lists were available for the con venience of motorists or residents in affording their friends and classmates? H ow were the alumni to be told that if they (Continued on page 4) contact with 4 T HE M. S. C. R E C O RD September, 1927 ASSOCIATION JOINS NATION WIDE PROJECT ( Continued from page 3.) they stopped at the official hotels friendly would receive cordial and treatment and the manage that ments would do everything in their power to make them comfortable J. there Publicity costs money, and was no money treasury. There was more conferring and it was finally decided inasmuch tlie hotels would undoubtedly as increased business, it benefit the hotels would be fair to defray the publicity, which they agreed to do. for the costs of from that the in a p a ge the members of So in the next issue of the Cali there ap fornia Alumni Monthly advertisment p e a r ed the acquainting alumni association with the whole stoiw and asking to center their activities in the hotels which displayed the Sign of the Bear, the the emblem main entrance of the designated hotels. Pictures of the hotels ap peared in the page of publicitv. to be displayed over them the state, notifying During the year that followed the alumni secretary travelled through out the hotel managers as to his time of arrival, in anticipation of which dinners, luncheons and parties .were staged at the official hotels, the managers themselves arranging the details. Suffice it to say, that in three years the alumni association of the Uni versity of California grew from 3,- 000 to 18,000 members, divided into strong local clubs each of which had become an important factor in local affairs and each of which was administered effectively by officers pleased the tangible importance of the work in they Were engaged. Each which local club made its headquarters in an official hotel at no cost to itself. Seeing the success of their neigh bor at first hand. Stanford and the University of Southern California the plan which had seized upon proved so effective. In order not to divert attention the same hotels and selected were Southern California. same methods were used and the alumni association of both institutions pros pered as had their predecessor. to serve because of by Sanford The E. E. GALLUP, '96 Member M. S. C. Association executive com mittee who will talk af several alumni meetings this fall. INTERCOLLEGIATE ASSO CIATION OF DETROIT The Intercollegiate association of Detroit, a central organization of resident alumni of all colleges and universities, has recently taken a definite step toward developing a downtown social and athletic club. The association will have the ex clusive use of the whole eleventh floor of Webster Hall. Cass and Put man. which will accommodate nearly a hundred men. T he per manent C. Barnes, University of Illinois, will floor. have his office on the twelfth association Intercollegiate secretary, W a l t er The expects to make the place the cen ter of college and fraternity alumni activity in Detroit until such time as it can develop its own club build ing. the Thus, the aim of Intercol legiate association which has been fraternity loyalty and to promote among all college men, and to pro vide a place where young college graduates might continue live among congenial surroundings that carry the spirit of the campus, is gradually being realized. T he De troit- M. S. C. alumni are now giv ing their cordial support to this new and larger venture. to — C I I A S. E. J O H N S O N, '23 In 1924 the alumni secretaries the to stimulate Pennsylvania. and editors of practically all of the American colleges had their annual convention at Lehigh university in The Bethlehem, major subject up for discussion was the possibility of a coordinated ef fort interest of alumni generallv in college problems and to increase in some way the number of local alumni associations and the activities of existing local clubs on some basis other than the time-worn plea of loyalty and affec tion to Alma Mater. Actuated pos sibly by a desire to prove that Mr. Creek-}- was wrong, the alumni secretary of the University of Cal to propose ifornia came east the the plan which nationalization of had been applied successfully in one state by one universitv. No doubt he figured that the standards maintained by California would be difficult of duplication. Califor- nians are that way. Nevertheless, he presented his plan and it was re ceived with acclaim. Yoq can readily picture the task of organization which was thrust upon the convention at Lehigh; the committees that had to be appoint ed ; the theories that were expound ed and exploded, and the general furore which naturally followed the adoption of such a plan by sixty editors in alumni secretaries and To make COnvCiition assembled. interesting matters editors alumnae from colleges were present! even more secretaries and the women's the the specific ( Hit of confusion there emerged a year later a triumphant committee, task of which was the accomplishment of the Intercollegiate Alumni Hotel Plan. The plan as evolved con templated the designation in every large city in the United States and Canada of an Intercollegiate Alum ni Hotel. At the hotel was to be the maintained a card resident alumni of all the participat ing colleges, and to the hotel were to be sent the current copies of the alumni publications. A suitable shield was designed to be displayed by the hotels in the lobbies. index of A non-profit corporation was formed to administer the plan, the directors of wdiich were alumni (Continued on page 7) September, 1927 T HE M. S. C. R E C O RD 5 ALUMNI INTEREST SAVES REAL BOTANIC GARDENS ALUMNI REUNIONS SCHEDULED FOR OCTOBER TEACHERS' MEETINGS Alumni interest was greatly aroused last week when it became known that a thirty foot strip was being cleared across the Real botan ical gardens to permit East Lansing to run a five-foot sewer to a new sewage disposal plant south of the Red Cedar River. Rut since everv faction, which included the alumni, the College officials and the mem bers of the East Lansing council, was anxious the beauty spot of the Campus, an acceptable relocation was made. save to to returned immediately A crew of men had started clear ing a space: about thirty feet square at the rear of the garden and when Secretarv Halladav, who was at his summer home, was informed by long distance phone, of their action. he the Campus and stopped the work. The grounds committee of the State Hoard of Agriculture, consisting of '<;o, of Detroit; L. J. R. McColl, '93, of Man Whitney YVatkins, chester, and Clark Brady, '04, of Lansing were summoned to the Coir to consider the matter with lege Secretary Halladav, T. Glenn specialist Phillips, and Clarence Hubbell, engineer. landscape '02, through Since the path following open the bo tanical garden offered the most eco nomical route and the law gave the engineers the right to use any nat ural watercourse, it was agreed that the a slight relocation course of a small stream would be advantageous. T he newr sewer will relieve the garden of this stream now polluted with sew age, and the new location will elimi the valuable nate the removal of perennials as bad first been propos ed. East Lansing officials have agreed to pay for the removal of any annuals, and the work is under the direction of 11. R. L. Chapman, superintendent of the garden. All excavating work will be done by hand avoidable damage. Roth Mr. Chapman and T. Glenn Phillips of Detroit, land scape adviser for the College agreed that for the balance of this fall and most of next year a twenty foot strip would not present the best of (Continued on page 10) to prevent any District No. 1. No meeting'. District No. 2. Saginaw, October 20 and 21. Headquarters, Room B Hotel Bancroft. Alumni reunion dinner Thursday, October 20, 5:30 p. m., place announced later. A. B. Love, chairman. District No. 3. Jackson, October 20 and 21. Headquarters, Room 605 Hayes Hotel. Informa tion table on mezzanine floor. Alumni reunion dinner Friday noon, October 21, 11:30, Y. M. C. A. Geo. Dobben, chairman. District No. 4. Grand Rapids, October 31 and Nov. 1. Headquarters, Pantlind Hotel, Room 427. Information table in lobby. Alumni reunion dinner Monday evening, October 31, 5:30, place announced later. Herb. G. Straight, chairman. District No. 5. Ludington, October 24 and 25. Headquarters, Stearns Hotel. Alumni reunion Monday evening, October 24, 5 :30, Hotel Stearns. Dorr Stack, chairman. District No. G. Cheboygan, October 24 and 25. Headquarters, Ottawa Hotel. Alumni reunion later. Miss Hazel dinner Monday evening, October 24, 5:30, place announced Bradley, chairman. Ironwood, October 6, 7, and 8. Headquarters, Memorial Building. Alumni reunion dinner Friday evening, October 7, 5:30, place announced later. Hugo Swanson, chairman. District No. 7. District No. 8. Kalamazoo, October 27 and 28. Headquarters, Room 255 New Burdick Hotel. Alumni reunion dinner, Thursday evening, October 27, 5:30, place announced later. R. G. Oas, chairman. District No. 9, Detroit, October 31 and Nov. 1. Headquarters, Hotel Statler. Alumni reunion dinner, Tuesday noon, November 1, 11:30, place announced later. All former students and alumni are urged to attend one or more of Watch for posters at the district meetings and complete information Why I Attend Alumni Reunions the above meetings. in the official programs. is the student T he development of the intellect ual powers of the generally accepted function of col lege training. Friendship, loyalty, and enthusiasm may be by-products of a college course; they are, how ever, precious personal qualities and are quite as valuable assets as intellectual power. Without them education is an empty sham. In the many years since my col lege days I have observed that one of the best ways to preserve and foster these endowments so gener ously bestowed upon the college, students is to frequently renew col the lege associations. Herein real value of class reunions, alumni lies banquets, and home-coming days. in connection with Your Alma Mater extends to you a cordial welcome at the M. S. C. banquets the nine district meetings of the Mich igan Education Association. Every former M. A. C. and M. S. C. stu dents living within the Wolverine state should be present at one of these meetings the friendship, the loyalty, and the en thusiasm of those happy years on the campus. renew and May your friends of college days clasp your hand and hear your word of greeting? Sincerely, E. E. GALLUP. Vi 6 T HE M. S. C. R E C O RD September, 1927 THE M. S. C. RECORD Established 1896 Published for the alumni and former students of the Michigan State College by the M. S. C. Association. Published monthly Membership in the M. S. C. Association, including subscription to T HE RECORD, $2.50 throughout the year. 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. GLEN O. STEWART, '17, Editor THE M. S. C. ASSOCIATION Union Memorial Building OFFICERS—1927-28 Arthur C. MacKinnon, '95, President G. V. Branch, '12, Vice-President R. Bruce Ate Pherson, '90, Treasurer Robert J. McCarthy, '14, Secretary Glen O. Stewart, '17, Field Secretary EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE Henry T. Ross, '04, Milford, Mich., term expires 1928 ; E. E. Gallup, '96, Lansing, term expires 1930 ; Frances Kirk Patch, '14, East Lansing, term expires 1929 ; Harris E. Thomas, '85, Lansing, exofficio; E. W. Ranney, '00, Greenville, ex-oflficio ; Fi*ank F. Rogers, '83, Lansing, ex-officio. Views and Comments just T he period This issue of T HE RECORD marks the new year point for our publi cation, and the start of a new vol ume. closed brought a change from a weekly to a monthly. It was necessary to do so with the time alloted to the secretary being divided between alumni endeavor and managerial duties at the Union building. T he publication costs even with a small er magazine would not warrant the continuance of four issues a month with the finances available. In a business way we feel we have pros pered fairly well the past year. Issuing T HE RECORD to Michi gan State alumni is pleasant work. The vast area which the circulation of our magazine covers is a distinct challenge to the sense of news val ues of any staff. We aim to present a cross-section of the activtities of the College each month. We know our alumni have many varied in terests ; some of which center along activities, and some of which cen ter in politics, research and inves- itgation. Alumni are a bit back ward, or perhaps too busy, to criti cize or console the editor in his ef forts to produce a magazine that will be representative of all these interests and still be acceptable to the general body of subscribers. We notice a fluctuation of our subscrip tion list, new names appearing with each graduating class, and at time subtraction of membership in the Association from older members. \\ e want you to voice your senti ments, your criticisms, adverse as well as favorable. They a re the only our work. indications we have to plan We never make a prophesy. But Michigan State is growing, and with that growth We like to feel we are promoting more efficient alumni service. If our work is to be in creased and made more effective we need the supj>ort of a larger alumni body. We are not reaching fifty per cent of our former students. We do predict, however, that our influence, o ur service and o ur ex pansion will increase only in pro portion to the increase of interest and financial support given by the alumni to the Association. The alumni reunions and meet ings listed on page five gives one something to look forward to if liv ing in or near the cities entertaining the visiting teachers of Michigan this fall. Careful plans have been made for the success of these eight meetings but the plans will come to naught without the cooperation of every alumnus within the bounds of the districts where the meetings are held. T he best way to find out more about Michigan State is to at tend one of these meetings; the best way to show your interest in what is going on is to be present; and the best way to quicken your enthusiasm is to seize every oppor tunity and meet often with groups of alumni and former students. The Intercollegiate Alumni Hotel movement is a cooperative effort on the part of the alumni of the col leges and universities of the United States and Canada to concentrate their activities in designated centers. It will afford opportunity for social and intellectual exchange of mutual benefit for the resident alumni of these colleges. It will provide points the traveling of contact between alumni and their friends of the same institution. there are Many times it is convenient for teams, as well as non-athletic activi ties to make their headquarters in the designated hotels whenever they require accommodations in cities in which Intercollegiate Alumni Hotels. A card index of resident alumni and a current issue in of T HE RECORD will be found each center. T he best service is secured from hotels when interested alumni make known to the manage ment the fact that they are alumni and interested. T he inspection and use of the hotel's special facilities are to be recommended. A new bank in East Lansing to be known as the Michigan State Bank has recently announced its board of directors and officers. F. F. Mus- real selman, estate dealer has been named as one of the vice presidents. T he new bank has been located at 218 Abbot road in the College Manor building. '19, East Lansing Paul Larkey, '28, Lit., passed away at the home of his parents in Jack son, Michigan, Wednesday, August 17, after a week's illness of typhoid fever. Larkey was one of the most prominent students on the campus, a member of the Eclectic society and very active in class affairs. Three other universities have joined the University of Pennsyl vania in a no-scouting agreement. schools are H a r v a r d, The Chicago and Penn State. three September, 1027 T HE M. S. C. R E C O RD FOOTBALL SQUAD BACK supplying the cooperation necessary to success. 1 FOR PRELIMINARY PRACTICE G r i d i r on O p t i m i sm J u st F a i r; I n e l i g i b i l ty H i ts S e v e r al Y e a r l i ng P r o s p e c t s; M a ny V e ts R e t u rn T he stage on which Michigan State's 1927 football drama will be enacted has been set and already half a hundred Spartans have start ed the preliminary workouts with Kalamazoo college on Sept. 24 as the first objective. Official practice will start at the college on Sept. 15. Head Coach Ralph Young, and his assistants, Barney T r a y n or and Miles Casteel have a nine-game It is true that schedule this year. it does not contain games with Col gate, Cornell, and the Haskell In dians, but Butler, Ohio University, and North Carolina State, while not in the class with some of last year's to opponents, will be troublesome, say nothing of Michigan, and the LTniversities of Detroit and Indiana, all of whom expect to put high class elevens on the field. This fact, com bined with the probable ineligibility of some of the veterans, and scho promising lastic freshmen of last year failed to clear, all tend to make for a none too op timistic outlook. hurdles which But a bright feature of the situa tion is the presence of about 15 let ter winners from last year in uni form. While few of this number are real stars, they all can be de pended on to deliver a steady brand of football. Heading the list is Cap tain Paul Smith of Saginaw, kicker extraordinary and adept in a broken field. State is looking to him to play his third and last year at least on a par, if not better, than the first two. W i th Smith in the backfield will be four other veterans, James Mc- Cosh of Detroit, a two-letter m a n; H a r ry Kurrle of Owosso, Earnest Deacon of Lansing and Fred Dan- ziger of Detroit, sophomores last year. Leslie Fouts of South Haven is ineligible and it is probable that Vincent Define of Navarre, O., will not be allowed to play. This leaves to as pilot candidates, in addition Deacon, Harvey Cunow of Detroit, a likely prospect, and several sopho mores. H e n ry Schau of Crown Point, Ind., is expected to make his presence known at fullback, as is Vern Dickeson of Highland P a rk at half. Should Kenneth Drew of Adrian be eligible. State would have four veteran ends. In addition to Drew there is Jack Hornbeck and John Anderson of Lansing .and Koester Christensen of Escanaba. Other good men are Carl Felt of Muske gon and Max Crall of Lansing. The veteran tackles are Glen Hitch- ings of Petoskey, H u go Kanitz of Muskegon, and George Wrenner of Brooklyn. F r om the freshman ranks comes George Ferrari of Bessemer, Marion Joslin of Grand Rapids, and William Doyle of Wilwaukee, Wis. At guard State will have a two- letter winner in W a rd Ross of P o rt Huron, a rangy and scrappy line man. Other veterans are William Moeller of Detroit and Ogden Grimes of Des Moines, la., Law rence Smith of Lansing and Chester Smith, an all-Detroit tackle and a star of freshmen eleven, are promising. the With two big centers available, it would not surprise State sport fans to see one of to a guard or tackle post. Joseph Crabill of Battle Creek and Fred W. Bar- ratt of Lansing are the lads with experience. them moved ASSOCIATION JOINS NATION WIDE PROJECT (Continued from page 4) and editors secretaries serving without compensation. Fundamen tally the plan as adopted was much the same as the successful Califor nia experiment. T he hotels were -called upon to pay a fee, which fee was to be used for publicity pur poses and for organization and ma terial. T he alumni organizations were to pay the costs incident to the dissemination of the lists of alumni in and the alumni magazines and In the form its final Intercol legiate Alumni Hotel Plan ap proached a perfect mutualization of interests between the hotels and the alumni organizations. So much so in that when September, 1926, some thirty hotels, visualizing the possibilities, had ap plied for designation and had been accepted. the start was made In the succeeding six months af fairs were in a state of flux. Eighty- two alumni secretaries and editors, forty hotels (ten more having been des:gnated) and more than a million alumni had to get acquainted. Some of the hotels expected an over-night return on their investment. They were disappointed and rightly so. Some of the alumni secretaries an ticipated a rush of application for membership. No rush occurred. Some of the alumni expected to stop at Intercollegiate Alumni Hotels for half rates. They, too, were disillu sioned. Sane-minded hotel men, however, sure they were playing a knew thing. secretaries who recognized work as a part of their curriculum were more than content with the progress made. Alumni the second half of the During first year Intercollegiate Alumni Hotels took on a new significance. Alumni gatherings of all sorts were held in them. Graduate managers of athletics directed their teams to them. Some of the hotels set up small reading rooms in which were resident contained alumni and the alumni magazines of participating colleges. index of the organizations Today, one year after the start of the plan, more than a million alumni in the United States have, for their convenience and comfort, facilities which total to a value of more than forty million dollars. New college new alumni hotels, viewing the practical appli cation of the plan, are applying for admission. The number of parti cipating colleges has increased from e:ghty-two the eleven new participants being urged to apply at the request of alumni desirous of obtaining the advan tages of the plan. ninety-three, and to (Continued on page 13) 4 T HE M. S. C. R E C O RD September, 1927 "Close Beside the binding Cedar' of and in showing new College Barns Expansion I'artially Removed en- largement of various departments the College always calls for more quarters. Secretary Hal- laday has an unusual hard time to locate many new exhibits which the College should have. This is espe the farm mechanics cially true of department farm machinery. The old horse barn di rectly in front of the new chemistry building would have been suitable for this hut a structure of that na ture would mar the beauty of the is new Kedzie being torn down, and the artillery garage, once known as College Hall, will he revamped and put in service for another year to house the farm machinery exhibit. A few7 shrubs and other plantings will he made this fall in an effort to heautifv the spot. The alumni greatly appre ciate added bi-ennially, and will wait patiently until the use of obsolete buildings is no longer necessary. new buildings laboratory. This the Rufi Heads Education Department Professor John Rufi, has been appointed head of the ed ucation department according to Pres. Butterfield- Mr. Rufi has been an instructor in the department for the past two years. He was formerly an associate professor at Columbia Teacher's college and at one time principal of the high school at Iron wood. He is a member of the National Education association for and serves on consideration of the curriculum for rural high John Phelan will continue in his position as Dean of the College. schools. Dean the committee New Entrance Blank Used A new form of en- trance blank is being the College used by stu this year. The dent fills out the first page and the high school principal completes the blank and sends it to the registrar. Miss Yakeley then sends a card of admission to the student if his en trance credits are satisfactory. A new Spartan ceremony Welcome for known as the "Spar- tan Welcome," for the Freshmen freshmen, wiH be in augurated by the student body on Friday; September 23. A greeting is planned by the Blue Key, nation al service fraternity, the Student Council and the Women's Self-Gov- ernment organization. Freshmen in a body will be escorted by upper- the classmen and the band CJnion building to field. They will be instructed in new col lege songs and yells, while talks will be given by President K. L. Butter- field, Governor Fred Green, Coach Ralph Young, Miss Flossie Pang- horn, president of the Women's Self Government, and Clyde Olin, presi dent of the Student Council. from the drill is well New Weather Construction w o rk on $38,000.00 the new Bureau sta weather bureau Started under tion way. The building is to be located on property secured from the College, just back of the hospital. The site is almost the spot where Professor Pettit's residence stood for many years. The building will be of roof, brick and will have a slate having a frontage of 137 feet on Michigan avenue. The new build ing when completed will be one of the largest and best equipped sta tions in the entire country, accord ing to Dewey Seeley, '98, meterolo- gist in charge. New Military Two military officers, distinguished Officers with records, have for K.O.T.C. war been added to the Col to replace lege R. (). T. C. staff Major E. B. Gray and Captain W. 11. Warren, whose four-year terms expired in June. Major Charles T. Stable at F o rt Leavenworth, Kansas will succeed Major Gray. He is a graduate of Penn State and received his masters degree at Massachusetts Technical Institute. Lieut. K. P. Flagg will take the place left vacant by Captain to F t. W a r r en who was moved recently located President Undergoes Operation President Butterfield underwent an opera- for appendicitis tion the E d w a rd W. at room Sparrow hospital Saturday ing, August 13. Pie was attended by Dr. E. P Carr of Lansing. I k- has stood the operation well and is taking a much needed rest before the opening of the fall term. submitted. The A story Makes ;i Song to Alma Mater. W h at According to Profes- Sor J. S. Taylor of the music department, the faculty committee ap pointed last spring to look over song manuscripts, was not satisfied with committee thpse feels that songs to live and become popular should not stress athletics alone, nor should they he entirely a is toast wanted is good college songs suit able for general use on all occasions. They must prove popular they prove to he useful. Songs similar and Vale's to iiail Pennsylvania, I'oola, Bolla have a certain; fixed ness and perpetuity that make them live on and on. Certainly our alumni and former students will not hesitate to submit their manuscripts to Mr. Taylor, chairman of the com mittee. if Confirm Selection of Bandmaster confirmation Official of selection of the Leonard Falcone, well known bandmaster, as leader of the College military hand, was given last week by Lewis Richards, newly appointed head of tlie music department. Mr. Fal cone is a graduate of the school of music of the University of Michi gan, and is an experienced hand man. His hrother will lead the hand at the I niversity of Michigan this year, and the competition between the two organizations will be un usually keen this fall. , e 1Q07 ; September, 1927 Monroe, Va. In addition to his ser vice in the world war, in 71st artil three lery, Lieut. Flagg has had years in Panama. He comes here direct from F t. Monroe. He is a graduate of Cornell university and also college, New York. Both are in the coast artillery division. attended Hamilton in a from State R.O.T.C Praise of the officers the graduated Officers College R. O. T. C. is Lauded letter expressed just received by Colonel Sherburne from W. A. Cornell, lieutenant in the cavalry division of colonel the United States army. Colonel Cornell had just returned from F o rt Sheridan where he had been on duty with the Michigan officers of the 65th cavalry. Among the offi cers were a number who had just received commissions from the Col lege R. O. T. C. '"These officers," their he said, "were a credit .school and their instructors. They were constantly outstanding in their appearance, courtesy, and ability to to perform congratulate you on the fine ma terial you a re turning out." their duties. I want to P. M. Holds Pere Marquette rail- Annual Field way officials and em- ployees, with their Day Here families enjoyed their field day third annual track and fields at the stadium and athletic on Saturday, August 27. More than 150 men and women ath letes competed for prizes during the day. Special trains were run for the occasion and the attendance was estimated at 5,000. their recently specialists started his Sims, specialist Soils Truck Not to be outdone by of Touring other the College who have State extension put work "on wheels" for the summer, John appointed soils soils truck the last of August on a tour that will eight counties before October 5. T he the truck will information purpose of spreading concerning fertilizer. and Stopping at various farms along the road, M r. Sims will hold meetings, and will confer with farmers, test ing soils and marl samples. the state for seven or reach lime tour T HE M. S. C. R E C O RD * Extension Specialists Added F o ur specialists and assistants have been the home to added extension economics to Mrs. according department, Louise I I. Campbell, state leader. Miss Rosalind Jewett, former as the sistant national secretary of American Country Life association, and state secretary of extension work in Maine, will come as assis replacing Miss tant Irene Tay Julia Brekke, resigned. lor, former clothing at Kansas State College will take a similar position here. Mable Clare state Atwood, at present leader for Illinois, will be a general specialist while Muriel Dundas, '18, a former home demonstration agent here has returned from a year at Columbia and will be a nutrition specialist. specialist leader, acting state First Aid for the Newcomer Coming into a new world where faces are strange, with new sur roundings, with new kinds of study, new methods of teaching the boy or girl entering college for the first time experiences a time of-loneliness and too often of homesickness. Freshmen week, an institution now in its third year on the Campus, is scheduled for Sept ember 14 to T7 and will be filled with events that will give the stu dent the "at h o m e" feeling at once. Getting on the grounds a week earlv. registering, getting settled in their new quarters, and connecting with their church home is a splendid first aid for the newcomer. and just been Noted Composer On A r t h ur Farwell, Music Staff A p p o i n t m e nt of in- famous ternationally con composer ductor, to a position on the faculty of the College music department, under Lewis Richards, recently ap pointed head, has an nounced by President Butterfield. Mr. Farwell will direct the chorus and orchestra and give instruction in such courses as theory and his tory of music. He is well known for his original compositions on In dian themes. He has previously been associated with the music de partments at Cornell university and the University of California. R e cently he has made his home in Los Angeles. and years the establishment of Dean Kedzie of Fifty-one Made College continuous activity, as student, faculty mem Historian president, ber merged into a new7 service last week when "Uncle" F r a nk S. Kedzie re signed as dean of the applied science division to become college historian. In his new capacity, Dr. Kedzie will take up the woik of collecting ma terial incident to the early history and development of the College. The effect of the institution over 70 years ago, upon the the agricultural progress of state will be studied and recorded by the former dean. He is probably the best informed living alumnus of the institution on matters concern ing the early development of the College, and has always maintained a personal former students and graduates as they took their places in life the world over. He will have offices the new $600,000 Kedzie chemical building, which does honor to his own name as well as that of his father. interest in the in to duties, addition his In Dr. Bessey Becomes Dr. usual Acting Dean Ernst A. Bessey, pro fessor of botany since 1910, becomes acting bean of ap plied science to replace Dr. Kedzie, resigned. The newT dean was one of the original committee which form ulated plans for the applied science course, and has been chairman of the committee on advanced degrees for a number of years. Dr. Bessey foremost is considered one of the botanists of America. He the son of the late Dr. C. E. Bessey, '69, a well known scientist. is A new concrete dam is being built across the Red Cedar river on the site of the old dam. T he level of the river will be slightly raised and it is anticipated that canoeing on the river will be more popular than ever. \1 T HE M. S. C. R E C O RD September, 1927 Selling SERENITY Aman wants to sell you serenity of mind — one of the best possible possessions. He offers to insure an adequate education for your children. He offers to insure you a sufficient and unfluc tuating income in your later years. He offers to create an estate for your family. He offers to make sure that your business will through the not suffer death of a key executive. He offers to be of great assistance to you in your relations with your em ployees. Who is he? He is a John Hancock Agent. He does not create a need in you, he fills one. His commodity is future ma terial security, the basis of serenity of mind. Ask him to come in. ALUMNI INTEREST SAVES BEAL BOTANIC GARDENS (Continued from page 5) appearances but after that time a decided improvement could be made in the garden. Among the alumni who voiced their opinions in protest to marring the garden was A. C. MacKinnon, '96, state representative and presi dent of the M. S. C. Association, who wrote that thirty-five years ago Dr. Beal had a sign in the garden that read, " N ot Even the President of the College is Allowed to Pick a Flower from this Garden." F r om Ray Stannard Baker, '89, and Jessie '90, Amherst, Massa Beal Baker, chusetts, a wire " H o pe reading, von will take as great care as pos sible not to disturb botanic garden in building sewer. ( )ld alumni feel great affection for botanic garden." Liberty Hyde Bailey, 'S2, of Ithaca, New York, at one time superintend ent of the garden under Dr. Beal, wired Mr. W'atkins of the State Hoard, "1 hope Heal Botanic Gar den may be held intact as one of the established parts of the institution." Several alumni clubs wrote their protests after hearing of the move ment. club through Chas. Garfield, '7°. did n ot want any damage done to the gar started over 50 years ago. den Similar letters were received from Turner Broughton, ' T 6, president of the Central Michigan club, and G. Verne Branch* '12, a member of the Detroit club. The Grand Rapids A w rr ftoMPAKY**-—J NECROLOGY A STRONC COMPANY, Over Siity Years in Business. Liberal as to Contract, S a fe a nd S e c u re in E v e ry W a y. 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 Fred Schneider, '85, Manager Division Branch Benj. C Porter, '84, Manager South G. R. Branch Benj. C Porter, Jr., '11, Asst. Manager South G. R. Branch Willis Vandenburg, '21, Manager Fulton St. Branch S O P H IA DODC.K ARMSTRONG, Sophia Dodge Armstrong, '14 '14, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Frank L. Dodge, died very suddenly at St. Lawrence hospital, Lansing. Wed nesday- morning, August 31, while Dr. A. E. Owen was preparing to remove her tonsils. Mrs. A r m strong had a thorough examination in preparation for the tonsillotomy and so sudden and unexpected was her death doctors several in vain for several hours worked life. hoping to save her that While an was in college Sophia Dodge the active member of Feronian society. She was a well known and popular young woman both on the campus and in Lansing. Fler husband, Corwin C. A r m strong, who with a daughter ten years of age and another child born last year survive, besides the par two ents, a Franklin brothers. Wyllis and is a well Dodge. Mr. A r m s t r o ng known newspaper man in Balti more, holding a prominent place in the Hearst organization. sister Marian, and A L L AN W. FICRLK, T6 Allan W. F'erle, T6, died sud denly at his home, 115 S. Sycamore street, Lansing, Wednesday', August 24. Mr. Ferle was a graduate of the Lansing high school and took an active part in class affairs while attending college. He was a mem- l>er of the Phi Delta society. Dur ing the World W ar he served as a lieutenant in the 330th Kield Artil lery. He yvas very active in Mason ic circles in Lansing, and for some time had been engaged in the real estate and insurance business. Beside the yvidoyv, Mrs. Bernice R. Faerie, he is survived by three children and the mother, Mrs. John W. Ferle. HASSELMAN HEADS AGRI CULTURAL EDITORS James llasselman, director of the College yvas publications of elected president of the association of agricultural college editors at its meeting held last week at Fort Col lins, Wyo. Hasselman was secre tary of the association during the past year. The annual meeting of the association was held in East Lansing one year ago. Next year the association will meet at the Uni versity of Louisiana. CLASS NOTES '19 Nellie E. Bandeen gives her new ad dress as 1435 S. Fourth street, Louis ville, Kenutcky, where husband, Stanley Bandeen '18 is connected with the Bush-Bandeen sanitorium. her '20 the hills of New in York," writes J. M. Burdick from Lit- "Still dairying September, 1927 T HE M. S. C. R E C O RD tie Valley. "We have a son, John Mil ton Jr., horn July 10, 1926. At present he is a big boy, doing fine and shows promise of a real farmer." Norma K. Burrell writes: "Please change my address from Toledo, Ohio, to 410 Lyon street, South Haven, Mich I have been bacteriologist in the igan. laboratories for City of Toledo Health nearly two years. During the last five months we have had a rabies epidemic with no effective quarantine. I am go there will be ing home where I hope no rabid dogs loose on the streets. I have not met any M. S. C. people in Toledo." Gerard Dikmans has been transferred to the New Iberia Live Stock Experi ment farm, Jeanerette, Louisiana. E. C. Hach has been transferred by the Beckwith company from Chicago, where he was in charge of the oil burn er division, to the factory at Dowagiac, Michigan. He is research engineer and is enjoying the work very much. 406 W. Division street reaches him. Apartment 312, 8620 Epworth boule vard, Detroit, is the new address given for Harvey L. Myers. "Have a new daughter, Carolyn Ann, born January 31, 1927," writes Norman J. Pitt. Pitt is teaching drawing at the West Technical high school in Cleve land. Pie lives at 1448 Coutant avenue, Lakewood. C. F. Ramsey has been appointed su perintendent of the State Girls' school at Coldwater, Michigan. Salt the Colonial Harvey Schnur gives his address as Iowa. the Hotel Wagner, Waterloo, representative Schnur is state of Iowa for of company Akron, Ohio. He concludes: "Tipping the beam at 200, taking up golf." Steinbauer in Boston, Massachusetts, at 408 Atlantic building. of parks at Mitchell, South Dakota. Rob ert Clinton Webb celebrated his first birthday on January 29. superintendent Walter Webb Walter is is Larry Archer tells of a trip to Cali fornia as follows: "Had a nice visit with Prof. Eustace in San Francisco. Also was in Los Angeles and saw Paul '14, who is assistant gen Armstrong, the California Fruit eral manager of Growers exchange. Saw R. S. Sim mons who is in the advertising depart Simmons ment of the same concern. from took myself and Mrs. Wallace New York, who is quite a noted do mestic science writer for the Woman's 180 Acres Landscape Designs THE CORYELL NURSERY Birmingham, Mich. Growers of Hardy Trees and Shrubs R. J. Coryell, '84 I. Wangberg, '25 Ralph I. Coryell, '14 Carlton McDonald, '26 Send for Latest Price List L. 0. GORDON MFG. CO. Muskegon, Mich. C A M S H A FT M A C H I N I S TS L. O. Gordon, '06 (Pinkey) The Equitable Life Assur anceSoci ety of the United States F. M. Wilson, '17 E. A. Johnson, '18 903 Prudden Bldg., Lansing, Mieh. WALDO ROHNERT, '89 Wholesale Seed Grower, Gilroy, California The Mill Mutuals Agency INSURANCE In All Its Branches H.Baker,'93 P U B L I C A T I ON W O RK A S P E C I A L TY The Campus Press (Incorporated) 139 East Grand River Ave. East Lansing, Michigan Printers of the M. S. C. Record and Michigan State News a Always at the Service of the Students and Alumni yj THE STATE COLLEGE BOOK STORE N. E. WAGNER, Manager B A NK B L O C K- .—.4. \V T HE M. S. C. R E C O RD September, 1!>27 llMIII F rase? AUK( 136 W. Bonds E & Grand Ea st L SCHEPERS River Avenue ansing fees! Estate Rentals SAM BECK, '12 with LOUIS BECK CO. 112 North Washington Ave. Society Brand Clothes Complete Haberdashery Olympic Kecrealicn Club BOWLING A M) BILLIARDS College Manor Barbershop BOBBIN*; A SPECIALTY 224 Abbot Bast Lansing THE EDWARDS LABORATORY S. F. Edwards, '99, Lansing:, Michigan. Bacteria for Seed Inoculation Veterinary Supplies COLLEGE PHOTO SERVICE J. H. Pratt, The Photographer College Views :il Abbott Road East Lansing HEATONCj I • •• I I I • I I I I — •• Bank Block East Ijinsiiig, Mich. ±i ill M111111111111 h 11111111 in 1111111111111111 n 11! 111111! 1111111111111 i i 11111 li ll i i i 111 i 111111111111111 li c I | 1 I Citizens' Mutual Automobile Insurance Co. Howell, Michigan THE OLD ORIGINAL (Organized Aug. 30, 1915) | ( = I E All Forms of Auto Insurance Full or Limited Coverage ARTICLES OF FAITH:— Over 65,000 Claims Paid Totaling over 41 , Million Dollars Over 55,000 Members Assets, June 20, Surplus, Full Legal Reserves .$957,839.11 $101,555.27 to my old headquarters, It was very I won't Home Companion, out to the Famous Players studio in Hollywood where we spent a half day watching them make interesting and p ctures. regret spending 75c hereafter to see a movie. I was in Los Angeles just one day and did not have time to go down the ranch at Whittier, where Leffihgwell out. '14, still h&UgS Marry Schuyler, Harry had made arrangements to come in to I,os Angeles to see me hut could not get away the particular day I was there. He did not give any reason, hut to that was his day I rather stay home and help the wife with the washing. Was out there about a month in Oregon visiting the various districts J am and California where firm connected with pack and ship our fruit the eastern markets. VanTaggart, to Paul Dorinolly, Dave IVppard, Clare I all have our headquarters Perry and in the same building hen- 011 South Water market. We are all getting along line and hope to make a pilgrim- Stgo hack there before this school year 1425 S. Racine avuuie, Chi is iivcr." imagine the ts the address hie winch he relers. ' 21 Harold I). Allen's hhie slip contains: "Living at 2070 Pingree avenue, De '_>o, and troit with R. J. Thoinasma, Pal Hanigah, is practic the city's expense and ing the I'at I draw .American Radiator company, my checks the Kohler company, from Kohler, Wisconsin. Hard to tell what I'm doing." forestry at is underequipping buildings for '25. Tommy The post office notes a change in ad to 23 for Dorothy d i r ts Buck dress Williams street, Pontiac, Michigan. Herbert Pihnigan is with the Yellow Truck and Coach manufacturing com pany of Pontiac, Michigan, and lives on Route 6. Elaine Florence was horn M a r ch 20, Mi-J/. h',. C. Haniaun has moved i-'joo Birwood avenue. to in Detroit Raul H. Lemon is with the city engi neering department of Saginaw, Mich igan, and lives at 520 Stark street. reports R. R. Britsman that A. D. Martin and wife (Marguerite Beck) are at Alabaster, Michigan, where Martin farm. is in charge of the U. S. Gypsum in Hills hred K. Rogers has moved dale, Michigan, to yj Broad street south. is "still single and and the hoys leader" at Mar K. C. Sackrider, happy. Looking after girls as county club shall, Michigan. Dorothea Wetherhee Chase gets her Record at Fort Sheridan, Illinois. ' 22 & Every fourth auto meets with an accident once a year. K. I. Besemer has moved to White Is yours adequately protected? | SEE LOCAL AGENCY OR WRITE HOME OFFICE ri",i 1111111111111111111 li in in in 11111 in 1111111 ii 1111111111111111 ii 111111 IJ 11 I:I 1111111111111111 hall, Michigan. Nellie Bowerman Reed has moved in to 1515 McGregor ave Canton, Ohio, nue N. W. Harold M. Coburn gives his new ad dress as 416 Marshall street, Cary, In- diana. = September, Y.Y21 T HE M. S. C. R E C O RD 13 rt Harry and I,my Cple Grill announce i<)2(>, of the l)inli on September 25, live in Sag-: JcaiHttc I'.llura. Tin- ('.rills inaw, Michigan, at 1010 Federal avenue. James 0. and Anah McGool Stclzer are living in Jackson, Michigan, at 1014 Third street. Stelzer is in the standards development department of the Com monwealth J'ower corporation, STATIONERS AND OFFICE OUTFITTERS 223 Washington Avenue, North LANSING A. M. Emery, '83 H. C. Pratt, 'OS H. A. D. Sales H. A. Douglas Caskey-Depree An tomob'Ue Harry A. & Engineering Manufacturing Manufacturing Klectric Supplies Douglas, w'06 Co. Co. Co. Bronson, Michigan ALBERT W. HAINES, '17 Attorney and Counselor 1212 First National Bank Bldg. DETROIT M. S. C. RESTAURANT Kast Lansing increasing /'>, while my ' 23 "I still truly enjoy teaching at How ell, Michigan," writes Hester Bradley "My group is still in size, I have doubled my enrollment in for chemistry, making the year's enrollment class average stands at 20 for For tlu- summer our family farming at Augusta and we'll welcome all M. S. that care to drive our way." G. friends from Buffalo to 1/; (ilendale park, Rochester, New York, according to notice received from physics third year. is still Calvin A. Brown has moved tlie postolfice. the ASSOCIATION JOINS NATION WIDE PROJECT the (Continued from page 7) \\ hut the second year of the In tercollegiate Alumni Hotel Han will disclose is a question which on ly time can answer. When we trace this very remarkable achieve ment hack lo its inception, we arc current political reminded of slogan, "Less government in busi ness, and more business in govern Perhaps the outcome will ment." he fewer alumni appeals to business and a greater desire on the part of college men in the business world to promote, as tlie result of enjoyable association, the fundamental ideals of American education which made such association pos sible for them. higher the The Franklin, Pennsylvania; Intercollegiate A l u m ni Hotels are liankhead Hotel, Pirmingham, Alabama; The Pen- Philadelphia, jamin Pethlchem, Pennsylvania; Hotel Bethlehem, The Plackstone, Chicago, Illinois; Cal- ifornian Hotel, Fresno, California; Hotel Claremont, Berkeley, Cali fornia; The Copley-Plaza, Boston, Massachusetts; Coronada Hotel, St. Louis, Missouri; Hotel Lincoln, Lincoln, N e b r a s k a; Los Angeles Biltmore, Los Angeles, California; The Williamsport, Pennsylvania; King E d w a rd Hotel, Toronto, Montcleone Hotel, New Orleans, Lousiana; Mount Royal Hotel, Montreal, Can- Lycoming, C a n a d a; J. LEE BAKER CO., '07 Brokers and Developers of Subdivisions 301 Penobscot Bldg. Detroit Tables for Ladies GOOD COFFEE PROMPT SERVICE E. N. PAGELSON, '89, Patent Attorney 1321 Lafayette Building, Detroit (> V IS N A LL N I G HT Concrete Pavements Are Safe for Night Driving, Too No wonder motorists every where are enthusiastic boosters for Concrete Streets and Roads. They are safe by day, and safe by night—rigid and unyielding. They are also a pleasing light gray in color—even on a starless, moonless night you can hold your path surely and steadily when you motor on Concrete. You want your pavements to be an investment — not an ex pense. You want to receive divi dends in service and satisfaction. That means Portland Cement Concrete Pavement. OUT booklet tells many interesting things about this office for your copy. Concrete Streets. Write PORTLAND CEMENT ASSOCIATION Dime Bank Building DETROIT, M I C H. QA National Organization to Improve and Extend the Uses of Concrete O f f i c ei in 32 C i t i es i» 14 T HE M. S. C. R E C O RD September, 1927 a d a; Hotel Muehlebach, Kansas City, Missouri; Multnomah Hotel, Portland, O r e g o n; Neil House, Columbus, O h i o; New Willard, Washington, 1). C. ; The Northamp- ton. Northampton, Massachusetts; Hotel Oakland. Oakland, Califor nia ; The < Hympic. Seattle, Wash ington ; The Onondaga, Syracuse, San New York; Palace Hotel, Francisco, California; Park Hotel, Madison, Wisconsin; The Pere Marquette. I'eoria, Illinois; Hotel Kadisson, Minneapolis, Minnesota; Roosevelt Hotel, New York City; Hotel Sacramento, California; Hotel St. James, San Diago, California; The Saint Paul, St. Paul, Minnesota; Hotel Schen- Pennsylvania; ley, Sacramento, Pittsburgh, Seneca Hotel, Rochester, New Y o r k; Hotel Sinton, Cincinnati, O h i o; Southern Plotel, Baltimore, M a r y l a n d; Urhana-Lincoln Hotel, I'rhana, Illinois; Waldorf-Astoria Hotel, New York City; Hotel Windermere, Illinois; Hotel Wolford, Danville, Illinois; and Hotel Wolverine, Detroit, Michigan. Chicago, Michigan State Bank 218 Abbott Road, C o l l e ge M a n or B l d g. East Lansing, Michigan A New Banking Institution for East Lansing OFFICERS William W. Potter Bert S. Hani Forrest F. Mnsselnian Roland Spalding Pres. Y-Pres. V-Pres. Cashier Wm. W. Potter F.ert S. H a r r is Forrest F. Musselman D I R E C T O RS Roland Spalding Herman K. Yedder (uiv E. Crook The W o l v e r i ne Cabriolet Another Wolverine for pleasure or for busi the equal popular Wolverine In every way the ness —(lio Cabriolet. of companion, its Brougham. the woods --strongest animal of Like the Brougham, it is named for the Wol verine of its the master of north- size known land trails. An able smaller ally of the famous Reo Flying Cloud. to man and Reo-Michigan Sales, Inc. 317 E. Michigan Ave. Lansing, Michigan September, 1927 T HE M. S. C. R E C O RD 15 • | » * - — »" •« • "- •• • •— •« «n M I — a i —— MM Mr L •*.»» '• » • — » • —— «• « • — « —« « N- MP i . «• _ • •_ . • •« M—— HH mi nn^—«*—— •« M—— n« • M * • — « « — Mj tin '• The Hotel Olds LANSING, MICHIGAN "Welcomes the Alumni of Michigan State College'' 3 00 Rooms, all with Bath Absolutely Fireproof Rates from $2.50 C o n t i n e n t a l - L e l a nd C o r p o r a t i on DIRECTION GEORGE L. CROCKER, Manager i- Wood Wheels Steel Wheels Wire Wheels MotorWh LANSING, MICHIGAN « World's Largest Wheel Builders \> 16 T HE M. S. C. R E C O RD September, 11)27 You Get More Than Just Furniture We are gaining an increasing appreciation of the part the Home plays in American life. There is a great satisfaction in realizing that we are not here merely to sell so much furniture and rugs. Nor can we persuade ourselves into thinking that the home equipment of itself is capable of solving entirely the problem of making home at tractive. For we know today, better than ever before, that the real salvation of the home rests upon the willingness of those responsible for its maintenance to put into action the inherent desire to make it more attractive. m