^Vie M I C H I G AN STATE COLLEGE RECORD Propose Annual Alumni Fund New Faces On Staff Number 109 M. Women Praise College Extension Work Night Shirt Parade In 1900 1930 Union Opera a Success Alumni Hold College Congress Farmers' Week Breaks Record State Having Big Court Season ehruar y 1930 THE Mill Mutuals Afeency REPRESENTING THE Michigan Millers Mutual Fire Insurance Co. AND The Michigan Shoe Dealers' Mutual Fire Insurance Company ml MUTUAL BUILDING LANSING, MICHIGAN A. D. BAKER. 89 President L. H. BAKER. 93 Secretarv-Treasurer February. 1930 THE MICHIGAN STATE COLLEGE RECORD Listening In tin to be "II7HAT in Ghestei is believed the oldest l'ranrnity pin in America was r e cently plowed county Pennsylvania, where Washington m a neuvered Howe and where Lafayette was wounded. The pin is a Phi Beta Kappa key. Cn one side is the name. J o hn G r a h a m, and the founding of the fraternity. 1776. The and pin was presented by William Mary college. Virginia, where records show t h at J o hn G r a h am attended, was to join the Revo graduated, and lution. about the eight months later, the finding of pin proves that he was killed in battle where the pin was found. Since he disappeared the year of left —Bantu's Greek E.cchanc/c. live at their meeting J O HN U. McKEE. Wooster college ^ alumni secretary and president Of the American Alumni council, speak stales ing the secretaries of eight to in in disirict Wooster J a n u a ry 10. said. "A college its exis alumni association is tence on the it best method for graduates a nd former students to keep in touch with the edu cational world after* school days are over, and because stitutions association be'ween thp field of education." in the educational that the alumni is a definite bond the school and realize there ihe graduate, justifies that the grounds in T ) R I T I SH and French soldiers in the -^ World War. fighting over ground settle where ancient m< n onc° had ments, to man's early history, and archaeologists are now following up stumbled . on many the clues. clues French soldiers in the near east in seventy-four lived, a c found the Archaeological Macedonia alone sites where early men had to Dr. R. V. D. Magoffin, cording president of Insti tute of America. T he time when these sites were inhabited has been dated by layers the pottery found the of earth earliest pottery, dating back to about 3000 B. C. British soldiers in different found given the students to Minnesota i ^ O L L E GE apitude bests which have ^-' been high school graduates since 1926. have been found to be about ninety-eiqht per eeni indicators of whether or accurate as not they wen given were ready for higher education according to Professor Raymond B. Nell of the department of education of Hamline university, chairman of the committee which compiled a report of the tests. to which The MICHIGAN STATE COLLEGE R E C O RD Established 1S96 Member of the American Alumni Council Published for the alumni and former students of th*3 Michigan State College by the M. S. C. Association. Published monthly Membership in $2.50 per year. throughout the year. be assumed a renewal is desired. the M. S. C. Association, including subscription to THE RECORD, Unless members request a discontinuance before expiration of their memberships, it will 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 GLADYS FRANKS, w'27, Alumni Recorder M. KATHERINE LYNCH, '31, Feature Editor T HE M. S. Q. ASSOCIATION Union Memorial Building OFFICERS—1928-29 Arthur C. MacKinnon. '95, President G. V. Branch, '12, Vice-President R. Bruce McPherson, '90. Treasurer Glen O. Stewart, '17, Secretary EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE E. K. Gallup. '96. Lansing, term expires 1930: Earl E. Hotchin. '12. term expires 1931; L. O. Gordon. '06. term ixpires 1932; Harris E. Thomas, 85. Lansing, ex-officio; E. W. Ranney, '00. Greenville, ex-officio : Frank F. Rogers. Mrs. Turner I'roughton. '17. President of Alumnae League. '83, Lansing, ex-officio. V..I. XXXV East Lansing. Michigar February, 1930 Lansing: Postoffice *s Sei <\ Class Matter In This Issue Editorial Comment Our New Alumni Fund—College Presidents—The Colleges—The State of Repair. Junior Changes Made In College Staff Number 109—Flint Club Meets Housewives Save Steps R e a r r a n g i ng Kitchen Night Shirt Parade of Thirty Years Ago—Zuppke Speaks Here— Berkey On State Board "Close Beside the Winding Cedar" What's Doing On the Campus This Month—Scholars' Day Observed—1930 Union Opera Successful . College Congress Meets—Many S p a r t an Clubs P l an Meetings— ... Farmers Set Record ... Basketball Interest Increases—Grove Brothers S h a re Glory Gymnasium Gossip Alumni Affairs . Page 5 10 11 12 13 14 THE OLDEST college alumni publi is the Yale Alumni cation Weekly, the first number of which was p u b lished September 29. 1P91. as a small four-paged paper. The Harvard Grad uates' Magazine was founded a year Bulletin later; s e v en Princeton Alumni Weekly nine years later. the Harvard Alumni later; years the T3 0 B E RT F. BALLENTINE g y m n a- •*•* sium of Rutgers university at New Brunswick. N. J., was destroyed by fire on J a n u a ry 6, completely wiping out fifty all years, it is feared, as well as all athletic equipment. The loss is estimated at $200,000. records sport last t he for r n HE SOCIAL SCIENCE building of •*- t he University of Chicago, which, its equipment cost $060,000. was with dedicated two-day ceremony. The building a nd its m a i n tenance was provided by a gift of Laura Spelman Rockfellow Memorial. last m o n th to a the r n HE WORK of placing memorial -1- tablets on several buildings import a nt in t he history of Wabash college time. is under way at the present Tablets will also be placed at three intersections, bearing the n a me street the of founding. the college and the date of THE MICHIGAN STATE COLLEGE RECORD February, 1930 The combined ton nage of Admira Dewev's fleer in the hattlr of Manilla Bay was 19,000 tons—less than the t o n n a ge of t he Pen nrykania or her the sister ships, California or the Virginia, the new electrically driven vessels in the serv ice of the Panama Pacific line. FOR THE HOME — General Electric ami irs asso ciated companies manufacture a complete line of electric products and appliances, including G-E M '.ZDA lamps, G-E refrigerators, G-E fans, G-E vacuum cleaners, G-E wiring systems, Edison Hotpoint ranges, percolators, toasters, and other Hotpoint products. and G-E Edison MAZDA FOR INDUSTRY—Several thousand electric products and appliances, including generating and distribut ing apparatus, motors, electric heating apparatus, street lights, floodlights, traffic lights, airport lights, Cooper Hewitt lights, X-ray equipment, motion- picture apparatus, electric locomotives ami equip ment, and street-car equipment. BIGGER than Dewey's whole fleet BU I LT not for war but for peace, the 35,000-ton is not only bigger than all the ships of Dewey's heroic squadron put together, but more efficient than any of them. Her 17,000-hp. motors have enabled the Pennsylvania and her sister the ships, the California and the Virginia, coast-to-coast schedule of the Panama Pacific line to thirteen days, and have set a new standard of noiseless, vibrationless ocean travel. <5\ S. Pennsylvania to cut General Llectric engineered and built the electric equipment of these magnificent new vessels. Other General Electric engineers and research scientists are doing equally important pioneer work on land and for the new traffic of the air. The G-E mono gram appears on thousands of electric products and appliances as a symbol of research, an assurance of advanced electrical correctness, dependability, and service. 9S-722H GENERAL ELECTRIC JOIN IS IK THE GENERAL ELECTRIC HOUR, BROADCAST EVERY SATTRDAY AT Q P.M., E.S.T. ON A \ MION-WIDE N.B.C. NETWORK February. 1930 THE MICHIGAN STATE COLLEGE RECORD 5 Editorial Comment OUR NEW ALUMNI FUND for alumni activity A LMOST coincident with the appearance of this issue, the treasurer of the M. S. C. Association. R. Bruce McPherson, '90. announced at the third a n n u al Col lege Congress the inauguration by the executive com mittee a new plan to combine alumni dues, magazine sub into one scriptions a nd other gifts "Alumni Fund." Perfection of the plan has entailed a great a m o u nt of careful thought and investigation on the part of the execu is in no tive committee, a nd other interested alumni. It rapid for sense a mere "get-rich-quick" scheme doomed destruction, but a permanent alumni policy vitally affecting every graduate and former student of t he institution. The "Alumni F u n d" is developed from the most scientific plans in use among America's best colleges a nd universities. To elucidate t h an news which h as heretofore are given below. college, stand quested by your class fund manager. the "Alumni F u n d" even more completely reached you, its details in Michigan State to under to become its supporter when so r e therefore, you can do no better If you are interested the plan, and t h an Object:— a. To establish a channel through which every alumnus and non-graduate according to his means, can ex press his loyalty to the College and his belief in its future. b. To promote the habit of a n n u al giving by means t he alumni association. c. To assure to the College a regular a n n u al support of the alumni office activities, especially t he alumni magazine, expended to t he of an a n n u al appeal from the aggregate gifts fund. from d. To retain each year a percentage of the net income to form a principal account designated for some desirable object or retained as an emergency fund. e. To give to the College as the fund grows the balance income to be used for such purposes of as the alumni may direct; i. e. for some needs of the institution which it is difficult to derive from state appropriations. the net COLLEGE PRESIDENTS office shows the median to be 43 years. T h i r ty per cent were 40 or under, 46 per cent between 41 and 50. Only two per cent were 60 or over. typical college president?" asks t he a u t h or "Is there a in his summary. "The data in this study tend to give an affirmative answer. T h at answer would be: He was either a teacher or a minister (sometimes both) before becoming president. He h ad h ad thirteen or fourteen years' experi ence a nd was 43 years of age when he became president. In almost half the cases he was a member of P hi Beta Kappa. He is 56 years of age in his present position." THE JUNIOR COLLEGES HAS T HE J U N I OR COLLEGE MOVEMENT reached its peak? T h e re are now 395 junior colleges t he United States, enrolling 51,000 students a nd with buildings, land, and equipment valued at $91,000,000. according to Carl Holliday in School & Society. All but five states have junior colleges, but Texas a nd California p r e dominate. Most of t h em are towns or by churches. financed by cities a nd in e*K of The most home management year's work t he is projects, Demonstration Day or the Kitchen Tour. This consists either of exhibits, prepared by group members, or of a tour, in gayly-bannered automobiles, of notable examples of improved kitchens in t he county. In one Michigan county achievement day consists of rally day, projects, with men's, women's a nd boys' a nd girls' the pro clubs working floats features gram, which usually showing different the projects, speeches, and music. the work of together on extension all of the under All of inaugurated this statewide extension sys tem has grown up since 1914, when it was the S m i t h- Lever Act, until now, as Miss Smith, nerself an M. S. C. graduate, says: the farm woman can't come to us here at t he College, the College will go to the farm woman!" "If county shall be one trained in n u t r i tion, clothing, home furnishing, home m a n a g e m e nt or child care. And within fifty-nine Michigan the last four years counties have chosen learn about home management. to Model Kitchen on Truck takes in a good deal more t he t he number of steps takes t h an It farm just in making a cake, housekeeper of course. There is, for instance, t he m a t t er of procuring better-looking and the more is kitchen. A sample carried on the home convenience truck belonging tours t he state, and is shown in connection leaders. with given this F a rm women are eager kitchen. to the College, which ideal kitchen convenient furniture to copy lectures group for "Why," said Miss Smith, "we often to the meet have women who come ings go and get that they may see our stepladder-stcol or some other piece of our equipment, a nd make one like their husbands, it." The truck also carried simple water systems'for farms, a model of a septic tank which many farmers have copied farm for bathroom wilh running water supplied by the system demonstrated. their homes, and a model agents. to a limited A great deal of the work in renovat ing and making over kitchens is done with no considerable outlay of money, say demonstration Lessons and suggestions are planned with ref erence income, a nd most of t he articles used in demonstrations can be made by any a m a t e ur carpen there are almost as ter. many men as women at t he home demonstration meetings, examining t he furniture, the water system, t he septic tank, with a view to making similar ones. Sometimes Then there's the m a t t er of beauty in t he kitchen, which is stressed in this work. Many farm kitchens, according to College agents, tend to be dark, u n attractive, and poorly arranged. Prob lems are given in the a r r a n g e m e nt a nd attractive redecoration of these rooms while retaining as much of t he original furniture county leader says: possible. One as "The number of women who have repainted and redecorated their kitch increased at each meeting. ens has in making They vie with each other in their kitchens more attractive and inventing new labor-saving devices." The group members are encouraged to invent a nd labor- tell about saving devices by t he College d e p a r t list of women's ment, which keeps a magazines having contests or offering financial prizes for recipes, p e r m a n e nt their MRS. LOUISE H. CAMPBELL State Home Demonstration Leader THE MICHIGAN STATE COLLEGE RECORD February, 1930 Night-Shirt Parade of 1900 Forerunner of Present Cap Night T HE WOO NIGHT-SHIRT Pettit's home, when suddenly to go up in smoke with a roar, and night-shirts to posterity, and all! CROWD gathered in the immediate found themselves front of Professor seemed perpetuated vicinity they Q O M E T I M ES ^ danced, at parades on Sometimes ago. in pajamas on And sometimes staid solo instructors the annual nightshirt thirty years they sang, standing their porches. front they gave speeches. this campus It was customary to do these things, when you were aroused in t he middle of the night by shrieks and horns be fore your house. Up you got. and came out for a delegation of night-shirted M. A. C. upper-classmen demanding entertain ment. to do your parlor tricks didn't But Professor R. H. Pettit of the entomology department think much of his singing powers; he was no dancer: and he hated to make speeches. And still he knew, one night when the parade was due, t h at he wa.3 slated for the evening's act. "It happens." says Dr. Pettit in tell ing of the incident, " t h at I was given to stage fright in those days and every body knew it. Worst of all I knew it myself.'' sing, dance, r a t h er be shot But if he was prone to stage fright, and couldn't couldn't would t h an make a speech he still had an accomplishment to fall back on in time of need. P r o p erly inspired. Dr. Pettit could take a very fair flashlight picture. instance?" After all, therefore," take reasoned he, "Why not. the place of a "let a picture dance, for jigs and polkas on the faculty front steps these occa were taken a sions, but no one had ever picture of tyrants the night-shirted who demanded this entertainment. fairly common on its progress up Faculty Row When the white-clad parade paused t h at in night, then, before Dr. Pettit's home and, beating on tin pans and honking the horns, demanded way of amusement, they were informed t h at this member of something the fac though in ulty couldn't oblige t h em with the cus tomary of substitute would be forthcoming. entertainment, forms a So they there stood, night-shirted and night-capped, waiting expectantly for the professor to turn a handspring or whatnot, when suddenly—the imme diate vicinity seemed to go up in smoke t h e m roar, and with a found they selves perpetuated to posterity, night shirts a nd all! The picture was very successful, both for in appeasing the in "stunt" a bizarre parade, and is herewith repro duced. the crowd's demand reproducing and It should have been successful, in deed. Dr. Pettit. according to all r e ports, very nearly blew up his house the de with gunpowder sired illumination. For this was before t he day of m a ny commercial pho tographers in Lansing, and a great deal of flash powder was not to be obtained at short notice. to achieve it all up. "I went to Lansing and secured most of the flash powder in town," says Dr. Pettit. "getting a little here a nd there. It was clearly and stirred to make a not enough flash powder good illumination, so a piece of board was nailed on railing a nd half a pound of ordinary gun powder was poured on t he board. On top of this was sprinkled all the flash powder available a nd some aluminum powder such as is used to paint radi ators. to the veranda "The flash." he adds reminiscently. "lighted up quite a bit of the campus." The old nightshirt parade ceremony was the predecessor of the modern Cap Night on the M. S. C. campus. It was less formal a nd more spontaneous t h an the upper- the modern event, with n i g h t- classmen shirted, on some warm night to parade up Faculty Row, demanding e n t e r t a i n gathering, simply ment from all and sundry among their instructors. The old nightshirt parade was fun, if t he the affair to be or t he modern, more said Dr. Pettit, in telling of it, but was finally changed because, with rapid increase of students, became unwieldy and had ganized, hence carefully-worked-out Cap Night. Zuppke Speaks Here " D O B E RT (BOB) ZUPPKE, the wiz- -* ard of University of Illinois foot ball teams, developer of such gridiron and stars as Harold "Frosty" Peters and an artist in his own right made his bow to the S p a r tan grid team a nd Lansing business men, Wednesday evening. J a n u a ry 29. The banquet was given J im Crowley's football squad at the Downey hotel by the Lansing Merchants association. (Red) Grange The. Illinois gridiron chief made a speech t h at was filled with anecdotes, witticisms, bits of a nd philosophy a nd packed with conclu sions he has drawn as the result of study in the field of college sports. psychology, Berkey On Board JANUARY 1 Hon. H. W, Berkey, r\N ^ the of Cassopolis. new member of State Board of Agriculture, officially the to which the position assumed voters of Michigan placed him in t he election of 1928. He succeeds Herbert Gowdy of Union Pier, and his term expires in 1936. Mr. Berkey is editor of t he Cassopolis Vigilant, owner and operator of a farm in Cass county a nd has been very active in the Michigan Press association. term The personnel of the State Board of is L. the present time Agriculture at '93, Manchester, Whitnev Watkins, expires, 1932; Mrs. chairman, Dora Stockman, East Lansing, term expires, 1932; Melville B. McPherson, Lowell, J ay R. McColl, '90, Detroit, term expires, 1934; '04, Lansing who and Clark L. Brody, was elected to succeed himself for a n other six years with Mr. Berkey. expires, 1934; term February. 1930 THE MICHIGAN STATE COLLEGE RECOKD 9 "Close Beside the Winding Cedar" A new low record for n u m b er of students who "flunked out" at t he end of the fall term, as well as the record enrollment for t h at period, was shown by figures recently announced by Anna Ferle, registrar's office. charge of t he in Of t he 3,020 students enrolled for the fall term, only 100 failed to r e t u rn be In cause of failing scholastic standing. addition to this number, 137 more stu dents did not enroll in t he winter t e rm financial difficulties. T he en due to rollment of 2,783 for t he winter t e rm is also a record figure. Dr. J o hn W. Toan, '90, prominent Portland, Michigan, physician, n a r r o w ly escaped d e a th when t he machine in which he was riding was struck by a train at a Mulliken Pere Marquette grade crossing Sunday, J a n u a ry 19. Witnesses said t he machine was com pletely demolished carried about a h u n d r ed feet down the track. a nd was Dr. Toan suffered severe shock, but no serious injuries were reported. The state administrative board r e cently authorized t he release of $25,000 to the College for agricultural exten sion work. thousand to farmers soil outfits have Forty been sent in all p a r ts of the world from Michigan S t a te college, Dr. M. M. McCool, head of t he College soils department, said in a radio a d dress station WENR, Chicago, from J a n u a ry 20. to this equipment take advantage of furnish Dr. McCool urged more agriculturists t he College's to offer for testing the acidity of their soils. He also small a m o u nt of lime in the rows with legu minous seeds instead of t he broadcast method of "sweetening" soil. t he use of a suggested food service staff of Lois Harwood, '26, h as been added to the Union. t he floor a nd '25, t he Miss Harwood will be director of dining room on the second will assist Miss Orma Simmons, director of food service. Two major resignations of faculty took effect February 1. Dr. in '18, research assistant to take up work t he office of sugar plants, bureau industry, United Spates d e members J. E. Kotila, plant pathology, left in of plant p a r t m e nt of agriculture, Washington, D. C. No successor h as been named. Paul Rood, '16, was n a m ed to suc '18, extension ceed J o hn W. Simms, to in specialist enter t he Tennessee Copper & Chemical company. resigned field with t he commercial soils, who Paul Troth, '30, of East Lansing, h as t he semi- to succeed Joseph been appointed editor-in-chief of Michigan S t a te News, campus weekly publication, A. Porter, G r a nd Ledge, resigned. campus Three new members of Excalibur, w e re fraternity, honorary selected J a m es recently. They a r e: Van Zylen, of G r a nd Haven, captain of team; Paul Troth, East Lansing, editor of t he State News, a nd Al Sachs, Lewiston, captain-elect of three are seniors. ' the basketball t he baseball team. All time Two courses are being given for the first in an American college at M. S. C. during the winter term. State is leading the way a nd offering courses in rural electrification a nd agricultural statistics. this study of course, which H. J. Gallagher, '15, of t he agricul tural engineering department, is giving i n t he electrification profitable t he cludes power a nd convenient uses of electric ity on t he farm. The course is given with one lecture a nd one two-hour laboratory period each week. Verne H. Church, federal agricultural statistician, is giving instruction in t he is offered by other course which the farm m a n a g e m e nt department. Mr. Church lives in East Lansing. two-hour 0Q0Q A three-week course in aerial sur t he veying was started at t he College first week in February. T a l b e rt M. Abrams, of t he A. B. C. Air Lines, Inc., of Lansing, is giving instruction Tues day a nd Thursday evenings. He dis plays his cameras a nd a t t a c h m e n ts a nd offers t he opportunity to view his specially equipped plane. rides Two College freshmen were arrested recently and fined $1 each for solicit automobiles while ing standing arrests were made under t he new East Lansing traffic ordinance which h as been in effect about a month. from t he street. T he in Michigan S t a te college h as lost one temporarily. "Golden Hour," but only T he beautiful painting by George El m er Browne which is a loan from t he Ranger fund collection, is on a sort of leave of absence since it was required for contemporary American artists held at t he National Gallery of Art in Washington, D. C. the exhibition by T he "Golden Hour" came to M. S. C. last fall a nd in t he catalog of the pres t he College is credited ent exhibition with t he loan of t he painting. It h as a t t r a c t ed m a ny a rt lovers to the small gallery in t he College library since it was h u ng a nd of course was a great inspiration to t he faculty a nd students in t he a rt department. T he formal winter social season for students was opened J a n u a ry 31 with t he a n n u al Military Ball, held in t he ballroom of Demonstration hall. T he grand m a r ch was led by J a ne Haire, Detroit, a junior at t he University of Michigan, a nd Harlow Meno, St. Clair, cadet colonel of the R. O. T. C. Foremost a m o ng t he College's social t he events, t he a n n u al J - H o p, held in Lansing Masonic temple Friday night, February 7, m a i n t a i n ed in its kaleido scopic setting a nd youthful atmosphere of gayety, a campus tradition. Carol Johnson, University of Illinois co-ed, was the p a r t n er of Charles Ladd, president of t he grand march. t he J u n i or class, in for T he elaborate decorations the J - H op were used the following evening at t he Varsity club ball, and Fletcher Henderson's 13-piece colored orchestra from New York city, h ad been engaged for both affairs. A record n u m b er of alumni returned for the affair. A play, "So's Your Aunt Anna," will be staged Monday evening, February 24, at 8 o'clock, at t he Little T h e a t er in t he h o me economics building, being spons the Michigan S t a te College ored by t he purpose of league, for Alumnae securing funds to complete the "wom en's lounge" in t he Union building. As an added attraction, a beautiful oriental t he rug, now on display at East Lansing Dry Goods store will be given away during t he evening. is Mrs. T h o m as Gunson general c h a i r m an of the drive. Tickets m ay be t he secured at t he Union building, East Lansing Dry Goods a nd store, ticket commit from members of tee. Ticket sales a re in charge of Lor- e t ta Fillion, c h a i r m a n. t he io THE MICHIGAN STATE COLLEGE RECORD February. 1930 March nomian, Hotel Kerns. March 8—Ulyssian. Hotel Olds; Eu- What's D o i ng On the CampUS T h is M o n th Scholars' Day Observed a n n u al OF INTEREST feature at the college when official recognition for high scholastic a t t a i n ment is made each year, was held in the gymnasium. Thursday morning, J a n u a ry 23. Dr. Allyn K. Foster, of the Baptist board of education, was the the student •lathering of nearly thousand on "Can Science Give You a View of to our m a ny alumni readers are the monthly happenings of the old school. To be of assistance to those who contemplate returning to the campus we are offering this col umn. t h at many will so is hoped time their visits t h at they may a t t e nd the functions most interesting to them. T he party dates will no doubt be of interest the various groups. The list of social., a t h letic and special events scheduled be tween February 15 and March 15 are given below: 14—Themian. Hotel Olds: F r e s h m an Class. Union: Hesperian, Hotel Olds. February 20—Hockey. Varsity vs. University of Minnesota. February 21—Basketball. Varsity vs. February 15—Basketball < floor dedi of c a t i o n ). Varsity Michigan. Demonstration Hall. speaker, addressing a February 19—Swimming.. Varsity vs. Q C H O L A R S H IP DAY, University of Michigan. former members of vs. University .."••' Athletic G o d ? ": ' • • an to It Social Hillsdale, gymnasium. February 15—Sigma Kappa. Hotel K e r n s: Phylean. Hotel Olds; Scabbard a nd Blade. February 22—Alpha G a m ma Rho. Hotel Olds. February 28—Lambda Chi Alpha. Hotel Kerns; Alpha Chi Sigma. Hotel Olds; Sophomore Class. Union. March 1—Union Literary. H o t el Olds: Alpha G a m ma Delta. Hotel Olds: Pi K a p pa Phi. Hotel K e r n s; Kappa Delta. Woman's City Club: Eclectic, house. March 7—Sigma Alpha Epsilon. Ho tel Olds; Phi Kappa Tau. Hotel Kerns. February 22—Indoor Track. Varsivy vs. Ohio Wesleyan. March 1—Indoor Track. Michigan S t a te Relay Carnival. of correspondent A SPECIAL the ^~*- New York Herald recently reported the Hamaguchi cabinet has de that cided to relieve the financial burdens of the people the total cost of J a n a n 's compulsory edu treasury. cation out of been expense This borne the government and jointly by the respective towns and cities. the national heretofore in part by defraying has in Nineteen scholarship Excalibur, honorary senior organiza- tion. selected; for its membership three senior m en prominent scholarship and extra a u r i c u l a r, activities. special and prize awards were given, and the senior students whose names appeared in the printed Honor Roll, will also receive special recognition in the Commence ment Day program. The words. "With inscribed upon High Honor." will be the diplomas of graduating honor stu dents who have made, a continuous record for four years of not less t h an "B". T he word.-. "With Honor." will the diplomas of be ...inscribed upon graduating honor students who haye made the same record i'or three years. 1930 Union Opera Successful S T A N I . K .\ D e F R E E, S et BKTTY R A H D K X. Ml '.•••' C A R L E T ON S P E N C E R, *33 . B A R B A RA P E EK ':;:! smoothest and most U D A GE THE PRINCE." one of the finished productions ever staged by the Union was presented to the Gladmer theater patrons on February 6 an 7. Miss Betty Rarden. '31. with Stanley DePree in the leading roles, and Miss Barbara Peek. '33. sharing almost equal honors, carried their parts admirably and easily won the applause of audience with their full, rich voices blended to gether in several songs. '33. with Carleton Spencer. the entire The second the minor characters performed no less well and wove together a theme of romance and leads and comedy. should be Special mention given Charlotte MacKinnon. '32. of Bay City, and Bud Gibbs. '31. playing lead ing comedy leads; B a r n a rd Critten den. '30. of Jackson, a nd Claude Strep, '31. of Birmingham; Maxine Sturgeon. '30. '32. of Davison, and Lewis Snider. of Lansing; William Montgomery. '30. of East Lansing; Howard Bentley. '31. of Eaton Rapids, and Garfield T h a t '31. of Jackson;. Marian Hawley. cher. '32. of Ludington. Tom Garland., '31. of Owosso. a nd Jess Bird. '30. of Lake- view. Chorus groups displayed excellent training and danced together with an assurance that far outshone any chor the us act which has been staged by Union in recent years. Not t he least worthy of praise were t he Gondolovian guards for their precise and charming moyements in t he royal drill. W. D. Judd, director of the 1930 re vue, is associated with the J o hn Rogers Producing company of Eostoria. Ohio, and last year directed the large Cen Jackson. tennial pageant student Raymond L. m a n a g er of the 1930 production, has been active in previous Union produc tions, and gave m a ny long hours to the t he successful Prince." staged Jennings, production at '30, "Page of February. 1930 THE MICHIGAN STATE COLLEGE RECORD n '17. Lansing; gress included: J o hn Olmstead, a l u m ni secretary of Oberlin college; Presi dent R. S. Shaw; Hon. C. L. Brody. -04. and wife; Hon. M. B. McPherson and wife; Dean Elisabeth Conrad; Dean Marie Dye; Dean H. B. Dirks; Dean E. A. Bessey; Dean W a rd Giltner; Dr. J. W. Crist; Dr. E. L. Austin; Thomas Gunson; A. C. MacKinnon, '95. Bay City; G. V. Branch, '12, Detroit; L. O. '06, Muskegon; Ellis Ranney, Gordon. 00. Greenville; E. E. Gallup. '95. and Mrs. Gallup, East Lansing; G. O. Stewart. J. D. Towar, '85, Lansing; Jason Hammond. '86, a nd Mrs. Hammond, Lansing; A. C. B u r n- ham. '93. Chicago; William Taylor. '23. Okemos; R. W. Sleight. '15. and Bernice '16. Laingsburg; Beckwith '07. East Lansing; E. George Brown. M. Hunt, '99, Lansing; D A. Seeley. '98, East Lansing; J o hn Ott, '27, Flint; Henry Lansing; Robert Loree. '13, East Lansing; F. W. Starrett. '26. G r a nd Rapids; George E. '92. East Lansing; Gladys Ewing. Franks. '27. Lansing; Marietta M a r s h all. '30. Lansing; F a n ny Rogers Stewart, '18, Lansing; Mary LaSalle. '17. L a n sing. '14. East Publow. Sleight, I . MANY SPARTAN CLUBS PLAN MEETINGS February 18—Rochester. N. Y. Meeting for Western N ew York. Dinner at 6:30. Sen eca hotel. Rochester. N. Y. February 19—Pittsburgh. Penn. 6:30. Hotel Henry. Meeting in charge of S. D. Semenow. care S t a n d a rd Oil Co. of Pa. Phone Fisk 2480. February 21—Annual meeting of alumni Washington. D. C. club, Grace Dodge hotel, 6:30. D. A. Gurney. 1217 Gallatin St., N. W.. president. 22—Cleveland. O h io club. 6:30, W i n t on h o t e l. Paul H. Hartsuch, president, 2502 Mayfield road, Cleveland Heights, Ohio. February February 26—Annual meeting of Jackson club, 6:30, Presby terian church. Herb Schmidt. 210 W. High St., president. April 3—Annual meeting of Mil waukee club, 6:30. Place to be announced later. April 4—Annual meeting of Chi cago club. 6:30. Place to be later. announced The number of small game hunters in Michigan has increased 30 per cent in t he past seven years. In 1928 there were 304,066 in t he state. ItAYMOND L. JENNINGS, '30 Student Manager ** 1930 Union Opera is conservatively Farmers Set Record r r i HE MOST SUCCESSFUL F a r m e r s' -*- Week in Michigan history was held at the College from February 3 to 7. It t h at at least 10,000 rural residents were on the five-day agri the campus during cultural exposition. i n crease of more t h an 2,500 over t he 1929 attendance and is gratifying to college officials because the slippery condition t he of the highways m a de travel from outlying districts hazardous. • estimated is an This during among these was Five general sessions in Demonstra tion hall were held a nd a large n u m ber of state farm associations staged the week. a n n u al meetings the Outstanding t e r m i Michigan State F a rm bureau, nating with a banquet a nd dance in the Union building Thursday evening. to T he week's program was designed to to m en a nd women desiring cater obtain regarding the line in which they are specializing a nd was generally acclaimed success ful information this phase. specific in re-elected t he fifth consecutive session served one M. L. Noon, Jackson, was re-elected president of the Michigan State F a rm bureau for time late Friday at an executive two-year afternoon. He four t e rm a nd h as been times. W. W. Billings, Davison, was re-elected vice-president. M. B. M c Pherson, Lowell, together with Mr. Noon and Mr. Billings, will compose the executive committee. It was d e cided t h at Clark L. Brody, '04, Lansing, will continue secretary-treasurer, a nd general manager. The next m e e t t he ing of t he bureau will be held at College in No t he second Thursday t h us allowing these delegates vember, more time for general meeting during the 1931 F a r m e r s' Week sessions. as JOHN C. OLMSTEAD Alumni Secretary. Oberlin College the in 1928 executive College Congress Meets TTiOLLOWING a custom inaugurated •*•• third annual College Congress, a special mid-winter meeting the M. S. C. Association, was held of the Union Memorial building. S a t at urday evening, February 8. with over forty people m attendance. As usual the as invited secretary of their guests an alumni the another college. President Shaw, deans of representatives the College, of the State Board, and encouraged permanent class secretaries and officers of local alumni clubs to attend. The third a n n u al College Congress was a t tended by officers of six branch clubs, and twenty-three different classes were represented or their some delegate. secretaries committee by In his word of welcome President Shaw painted a very optimistic picture the for future plans and policies of the institution. His complete word story of the present developments was well received by the Congress delegates. Hon. C. L. Brody. 04. representing the State Board, reviewed the changes of the past few years and discussed the relationship of the alumni leaders with the growth of t he college. J o hn G. Olmstead. aiumni secretary for of Obsrlin college, guest speaker the Congress, gave a very interesting address on t he •"Evaluation of Alumni r e Achievement." Mr. Olmstead's marks were very as he the American recently Alumni Council in making a complete survey among several hundred colleges and universities the United States and Canada. represented interesting in In the absence of R. Bruce McPher- son. '90, treasurer of the alumni asso ciation. Secretary Stewart outlined the proposed a n n u al alumni fund as is be ing worked out for this institution a nd which will no doubt be inaugurated for the next fiscal year. Those present at t he College Con 12 THE MICHIGAN STATE COLLEGE RECORD February. 1930 Interest in Basketball Increases Van Alstyne's Cagers Lose But Two Games to Date; Grove Brothers Share Glory in Several Major Contests m 1 --Jfe: DON G R O V E, 'So Review by ALDERTON to college basketball Q IX VICTORIES out of seven starts constituted the record of the Mich ^ igan State team during the middle third of its basket ball schedule. The one team take the measure of Coach Ben F. Van Alstyne's capable Spartans was the Bethany college five of Bethany. W. Va. Carnegie Tech. Notre Dame. Uni versity of Detroit. Hope college. M a r quette university and Kalamazoo col lege were the opponents who bowed to the flying State team. The K a l a m a zoo game, with a score of 33 to 12. wras played before a large Farmers' Week crowd. in view of The Eastern trip resulted in an even split for State. Before Van Alstyne took his squad on the road he knew trouble at t h at he would have some Bethany fine team's that early season record and sure enough a 36-27 defeat was encountered. While the State Bethany was credited by fine players with team, yet factors that worked against the S p a r t a n s' suc cess. An unusually small court, one the smallest State has played on of in years, the S p a r t a ns at Bethany. seriously handicapped there were other exceptionally an The proved team could not g^t traveling the result its attack functioning in the small quarters and then. too. t he East's adversion to drib handicap. A bling another midwestern team which moves east ward usually finds the East somewhat tactics to extensive dribbling hostile rather is called and freely with is well nigh it t h at impossible to move the ball except by passing. The the game pretty well in hand, however, and in front by any State never was out comfortable margin. Carnegie Tech felt t he w r a th of t he aroused S p a r t a ns t he following night, however, for State won handily, 35 to 23. The Eastern tall Bethany quintet kept the two first least. regular things, at In trip proved place Wayne Scott, Fort the Wayne. high Ind.. guard, was scorer on the trip and definitely estab lished himself guard. as a Roger Grove, who had been battling Scott for the guard berth, was tried at a forward in Capt. J a m es Van Zylen's p l a ce impressed immediateley Coach Van Alstyne. Since the experi tried. Roger has been ment was first playing the guard. This gives State a brotherly combination at the forwards since Don. Roger's kin, has been a for three years at right forward.. regularly with Scott at regular and Don Grove a Star It will be many a day before those who attended the Notre Dame contest here will forget thrills provided. the the kind of ball t h at Coach Playing Van Alstyne h as made famous since his appearance here as coach, t he Spartans defeated Notre Dame in such a m a n ner as to leave no doubt as to their superiority. The score was 28 to 21. first State held a lead in all but the minute of play, showing the way at halftime. 15 to 8. sense of Don Grove must be credited with the major share of the glory for this tri umph. The Sturgis senior, a midget in every the word, never played a more spectacular game. He caged five field goals in the first half alone, giving a marvelous display of shooting under speed and successful extreme pressure. Notre Dame's c a p tain. Donie Donovan, was at a loss to guard this mighty mite. Don had 12 points to his credit for the game, mak ing one field goal in the second half. Guarding of both Wayne Scott and Art Haga, a pair of juniors, also stood out. University of Detroit, a t h at season, hustled State earlier supplied some more trouble in the sec- team the in R O G KR G R O V E. '31 ond meeting in the armory at Detroit. State came through with a three-point took about victory, 21 to 18, but everything Van Alstyne's men had. Wayne Scott won the game in the last couple of minutes of play by shooting a field goal and caging a free throw. Detroit's defense was superb. it Something in the way of a celebra tion was staged when Hope, an old and honored rival of State basketball The teams, came to East Lansing. speeding S p a r t a ns pulled away from in a hurry, eventually 55 the vistors time this season to 16. For the first in Coach Van Alstyne found himself a position to call upon his reserve m a terial. the schedule the coach has found it neces sary to keep his first string material in the game virtually all the way. The reserves played all but 15 minutes of the game and gave a very good account of themselves against Hope. In every other game on in some State shooting scored another victory over Marquette, 24 to 17. An unusual situ ation, so far as State was concerned, developed this game. The Green and White trailed for all but the last 10 minutes of the game. An almost puncture-proof Marquette defense had really worried. Van Alstyne's State men kept within distance through "long-torn" work of Fred Den Herder and Don Grove and finally claimed a one-point late this slim m a r in to gin to their credit. State withdrew let their own end of the court and Marquette know they wanted t h at to play they had better come and get the ball. Marquette stretched out its ideal situation for State, defense, an and three baskets were marked up for the S p a r t a ns in jig-time. the contest. With lead if Alumni dues include subscription to The Record. February. 1930 THE MICHIGAN STATE COLLEGE RECORD 13 GYMNASIUM GOSSIP r an team the hockey T J A N D I C A P P ED by the lack of good -*--*• ice, into the early part of three defeats during to the schedule. State cannot hope meet its major ice opponents on a n y thing like even terms until some gen erous person or persons provide the funds to construct an artificial ice rink similar to the one in use at Michigan. With only one or two days of practice. Coach J o hn Kobs' puck chasers lost a 2 to 1 decision to University of De troit and a week later were hopelessly outclassed by Michigan. 7 to 0. in an Ann Arbor engagement. Then Ralph's Sport shop of Battle Creek, an a m a the teur team which has been on schedule for several seasons, beat the S p a r t a ns last minute of play. 2 to 1. the in p A RL FELT, former varsity basket- ball center and 1928-29 captain, has ^ a winning freshman basketball team. defeated Battle The yearling Creek college and Albion college fresh men handily in their first two games. There seems to be a lot of height on the squad. Kench of Ionia, Wykes of team G r a nd Rapids, Duffield of Lansing, McAffee of Battle Creek, and Vond- ette of Saginaw, make up first string. t he mile record a nd tied t he quarter-mile m a rk for this particular meet. F r e s h men wrestlers, informal meet, in an defeated a G r a nd Rapids Y. M. C. A. team 21 to 12. the fall the end of T T A V I NG lost two or three perform- -*--*• ears at term. Coach Russell Daubert has been build team again and ing up his swimming in term t he winter the first meet of captured a thrilling 38 to 37 victory over the capable G r a nd Rapids Y. M. C. A. team. Two varsity relay records the went by the board 240 free style and the 180-yard medley relay. Those who swam on free style relay team a nd their time: Craig. Clatworthy, Scheid Schaubel— 2:11.4. Those on the medley team a nd the time: Craig, Vaughn and S c h a u bel—1:55.9. this meet, a nd the in .track men have TTrRESTLERS and vv been busily preparing for inter collegiate competition since the win ter term opened but their active c a m paign has not opened as yet. The flashed power by freshman track team inter- in an the sophomores beating Ira C. Lewis class struggle. 59 to 26. of Detroit, set a new meet record in t he high j u mp while David Swanson. the half- a Buffalo sophomore, broke to figures t he first A CCORDING released by r* L. L. Frimodig. assistant director of athletics, there were 12,571 persons five home in attendance at in Demon basketball games played stration hall. Of two came during the holiday vacation when stu from t he campus. dents were absent average t h at T he the figures mean crowd was gymnasium 2,642. T he could have seated only 2,200 at each the five, R ALPH H. YOUNG, athletics, declares director of t h at basketball t he Increased crowds its way this season for will pay first time in history. towns of East Lansing a nd Lansing people who find plenty of seats avail able in Demonstration hall is t he rea record son. An all-time attendance for basketball was h u ng up at t he Notre Dame game when 3,725 passed t h r o u gh t he gate. Keep yourself a nd your friends post ed through The Record. 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Quality, Service and Consideration Play safe and climb the ladder of success. We will help you. THE CAMPUS PRESS (Incorporated) 106 West Grand River Avenue EAST LANSING, MICHIGAN American State Savings Bank NORTH LANSING SOUTH LANSING 2033 EAST MICHIGAN AVE. LANSING 14 THE MICHIGAN STATE COLLEGE RECORD February. 1930 ALUMNI AFFAIRS 1876 K r v in 1). B r o o k s, S e c r e t a ry Tin S. P a rk St.. K a l a m a z o o. M i c h. William Caldwell gives his address as Lock Box 387. Pontiac, Michigan. 1878 F r a nk E. R o b s o n. S e c r e t a ry L aw O.'pt.. M. C. R. R.. Room 303, D e t r o i t. Mich. Eugene Davenport's blue slip con tains t he following: "Spent six months of last year in active service again at to the University of Illinois, returning the Woodland in home June, where the latch string is out for M. S. C. men a nd women." t he old teaching at stand. Am now on my forty-sixth year." writes J a m es Troop from Purdue university. Lafayette, (Michigan* Indiana. 'bugs' "Still 1882 Alice W. C o u l t e r. S e c r e t a ry ir.T Union Ave S. h\. Grand Rapids, Mich. in Lansing at lives A. J. Chappell 609 W. Kalamazoo street. 1887 (ieortte J. H u m e. S e c r e t a ry R. S, L a n s i n g, Mich. Harry W. McArdle sends his blue slip from 224 N. Eighth street. Fargo, North Dakota, with following: "Secretary-treasurer of the North D a I kota Agricultural college. Fargo. the came to this institution April 15. 1891. Our first regular class entered the fol I was professor of lowing September. years for mathematics and have been job almost eleven years." twenty-seven in present reach to easily looking after from manufacturing '87, Reedsport. Oregon, Winthrop C. Hall writes from 1454 "Re 1927. investments Onyx street. Eugene. Oregon: in tired Now busy for made; also living with my wife, merly Carmelita Hill with '08. We enjoy entertaining our former Michi gan friends a nd have much of interest to show t h em hereabouts. This city is situated the beauty spots of n a t u r al scenery. H. L. C h a- pin. recently- entered his youngest child. Miss Lucile, at the state university here. His other in gaining five children are all busy further education, useful in ordinary walks of life, foreign missionary work and teaching. Two have recently re turned from engagements at Canton. China, formerly Canton Christian college. F r a nk E. '89, is with the city engineer Semon. in Eugene. Ar ing department here the t h ur R. Wilcox. Sinslaw National forest, headquarters. Eugene. sustained the loss of his auto loaded with camp in Lingnam college, '08. is still with summer he Last taking Irish, the beach Jeff supplies while driving along the ocean beach by an unexpected high wave in all t h at swept '82, r e eight automobiles. tired, is in good health and conducting in his usual dignified manner. himself Clarence B. Kratz. with '08. is busy making the best signs in town which inter find a ready sale. ested in football games everywhere." Is still quite 1893 l . u t h er H. B a k e r. S e c r e t a ry 1M:> Delta S i .. KaM L a n s i n g. Mich. O.' B. Hall of Warrensburg. Missouri, ills of If any old friends happen is still doing his best to "relieve suffer the ing humanity from flesh. this way tell them to stop at the W a r r e n s burg Clinic a nd I will give them a cor dial welcome." the 1897 H u b e rt K. Y a n X o r m a n. S e c r e t a r\ Car.- Borden Co.. 360 Madison A v e. New York City L. S. Munson gives his address as 1115 Franklin street. Wilmington. Del aware. His blue slip contains: "Have been with the DuPont company dye- stuff department since 1918. Became manager of the dye works J a n u a ry 1, its 1930. The dye works employed at plant at Deepwater. New Jersey, a p proximately one hundred chemists a nd its payroll." has sixteen workmen on DETROIT* LELAND HOTEL BAGLEY AT CASS AVENUE DETROIT William J. Chittenden, Jr., Manager N e ar I n t e r s t a te Bus T e r m i n a ls C o n v e n i e nt for S h o p p e rs a nd T h e a t re P a t r o ns S u p e r i or Service a nd M o d e r a te Prices X M o d e r n, H o m e l i ke Best P a t r o n a ge D a n c i ng D u r i ng D i n n er E a ch E v e n i ng No C o v er C h a r ge F i n e st P u b l ic R o o ms I n s t a nt E l e v a t or Service 1 a* L a r g er R o o ms f or G u e s ts M o d e rn S a m p le R o o ms Finest R e s t a u r a n ts S u r p a s s i ng C u i s i ne R e a s o n a b le Prices February. 1930 THE MICHIGAN STATE COLLEGE RECORD 15 1899 S. Fred Edwards, Secretary 803 Ionia St.. Lansing, Mich. from item about Waldo M. Ball writes 288 Fuller avenue S. E.. G r a nd Rapids: "In rummaging through some old fam ily ran letters and papers recently I across the enclosed newspaper clipping and noted an the State Agricultural school. Thinking it might interest some one at old M. S. C. I am sending t h at you will see t h at it gets into the h a n ds of I note from other date lines t h at it was published in t he the spring of 1855, two years before College was opened. Kindest regards to old Alma Mater." to you and hope the historian. it 1901 Mark L. Ireland, Secretary Hd(|1s., Hawaiian Dept., Fort Shatter. Honolulu, T. H. H a r ry J. Eustance lives in Berkeley. California, at 179 Alvarado road. 1904 L. T. Clark. Secretary 296 K. Crand H'lvd.. Detroit. Mich. H. E. Williamson is production m a n the Frost Gear a nd Forge lives at 510 , ager at company. Jackson. He Winthrop avenue. 1907 George Brown. Secretary 'East Lansing, Mich. The J a n u a ry 12, 1930, issue of the Portland Oregonian. sent to the alumni following article: office by E. D. Mallison. '23, contained the "Direction of the nation-wide forest survey, now be ing launched by the forest service of the department of agriculture, will be handled by C. M. Granger, district the Pacific northwest dis forester of trict with headquarters here (Port land ' since 1924. according to the a n nouncement yesterday of his promo title will tion. Granger, whose new be head left P o r t land last week for Washington, D. C. to confer with where he was called to R. Y. Stuart, chief forester, and the work. He will discuss plans for r e t u rn in February a nd will place his offices here temporarily." forest economist to Portland 1908 Harry H. Musselman, Secretary East Lansing. Mich. F. M. Barden sends his blue slip following from South Haven with the "Same place, and same work. n o t e: the soil to persuade Still endeavoring to yield its increase. Myrta Severance Barden. '09. now scheduled for broad casting." "Still trying to improve on 'Bisodol' and incidentally doing my best to i n crease sales," writes A. E. Rigterink from 130 Bristol street. New Haven, Connecticut. He continues: "Stopped in to see J. W. Wilber, '08, Dumbarton, Virginia, last October. He is t he same few 'Willie' as of old. only added a gray hairs, wife a nd two fine children looked very prosperous. He h a p He 'czars' of pens to be one of the florist time." Richmond the present at 1910 Mrs. Minnie Johnson Starr. Secretary H2T Madison Ave., Grand Rapids. Mich. Norma Vedder Walter (Mrs. George A.) gives her address as 114 Heights court, Ithaca, New York. 1913 Robert E. Loree, Secretary East Lansing, Mich. Herbert R. Bowles gives his new a d 1634 W. Washington St., dress as Phoenix. Arizona. I. T. Pickford t h at says "personal notes about boys and girls we knew as students, also t he teachers who labored with us m a ke up the news items which we alumni particularly like to read in The Record. Old '13 seems to be Scotch to when loosening up on it comes lives in Hart, Michi news." Pickford street. gan, at 311 Griswold H e r m an Waagbo reports "no change of occupation or address" from North- port. Michigan. 1915 Rolan W. Sleight, Secretary Laingsburg. Mich. S. C. and Edna Tussing (17) V a n- denburg announce the birth of Richard S t u a rt on J a n u a ry 19. 1930. at Seattle. Washington. despite winter--* "ADJUSTMENTS AT TELEGRAPH SPEED" T he old c o m p a r i s o n, ".slower t h an m o l a s s es J a n u a r y ," d o es not a d e q u a t e ! } ' - d e s c r i be tion w i th w h i ch it is s a fe to d r i ve t h e se d a y s. in t he c a u W i n t er in a h a p py F r e e ze a nd t h a w — f r e e ze a nd a nd p l a y f ul m o od F e b r u a ry w i th d a vs of s n ow a nd d a ys of shine. t h a w — a nd t he t i me is r i pe f or s o m e o ne else to collect u n d er is no i n s u r a n ce policy. his a u t o m o b i le g e t t i ng a r o u nd it—-your c ar s h o u ld be i n s u r e d ,— a nd h ow ! ( or h ow ?) T h e re s u n fills t he best way t o u ch w i th is to gel M o w? live . \ u t o -( )wiiei"> a g e n t, the n e a r e st w i re t h at w o n 't be s h o rt c i r c u i t ed w h en it c o n i es to ' g i v i ng -you t he k i nd of p r o t e c t i on y ou s h o u ld h a v e. l i e 's a in A f t er y o u ' re i n s u r e d, t h en w h at ? L et w i n t e r 's t he p l a y f ul m o od c o n t i n u e — a ll t he r e s o u r c e s, of t he t e l e g r a ph a re at v o ur s e r v i ce to d e f e at w e a t h e r, finest a d j u s t t i me a nd d i s t a n ce to g i ve y ou t e l e m e nt s e r v i ce e v er o f f e r e d — " a d j u s t m e n ts at g r a ph s p e e d ." Y ou a re p r e p a r ed a g a i n st e v e ry t h r o u gh A u t o - O w n e rs free E m e r i n c o n v e n i e n ce t he h i g h w a ys of a g e n cy T r o u b le S e r v i c e, a nd c o n t i n e nt t he A u t o- ( h v n e rs T o u r i ng B u r e a u. for vou by a re c h a r t ed D e s p i te w i n t er a nd t he t e n d e n cy to g r ow cold on a p r o p o s i t i o n — a sk y o ur A u t o - O w n e rs a g e nt a b o ut is as n e ar as v o ur i n s u r a n ce -service. Tie real a u t o m o b i le t e l e p h o n e. oAuto-Oumers INSURANCE COMPANY OF LANSING 615 N. Capitol Ave. LANSING, MICH. 16 THE MICHIGAN STATE COLLEGE RECORD February. 1930 1917 Mary LaSelle. Secretary 12ii \V. Hillsdale St.. Lansing. Mich. M. V. Carmody gives his address as street. Kalamazoo. 2329 T r e m o nt resident "Now Michigan. He says: for the State maintenance engineer Highway department at Kalamazoo, located at 309 McNair building. Glad tc to be nearer East Lansing, easier take two children, a boy David 6 and a girl Mary Celia VA" the home games. Have in Henry P u t n am writes from 618 Realty "Still building. Spokane. Washington: with the U. S. department of agricul ture, office of blister rust control. M a r ried December 14. 1922. Priscilla J e an born February 1. 1925. Phyllis Vainey born February 12. 1928. Occasionally I see R. W. Billings. H. C. Diehl. C. H. Johnson. I. V. Anderson, and Dorr Skeels. Howard G. Smith is account execu tive for the H. K. McCann advertising agency. 910 S. Michigan. Chicago. He lives at 720 Cass street. Apartment 215. Chicago. Richard Sullivan has moved in Mt. Clemens to 128 Moross. 1919 Paul Howell. Secretary lulo, Hraman St.. Lansing. Mich. sends his blue Clarence Bird slip from 1201 Wilshire Medical building. the following note: Los Angeles with "Surgeon, attending staff. Hollywood hospital and the Good S a m a r i t an hos pital. Visited J. DeLoss Towar. Jr. a nd Marion Sly Towar recently. He has managerial work with Montgomery Ward and the Pacific company on coast. Mildred Mead Brewer (Mrs. H. H.) f. ., . gives her new address as 579 Mt. View avenue. Pomona. California. Lieut. D. W. K e nt notes on his blue slip the birth of a daughter. Chrystel Capell. on December 4. K e nt is on duty at DePauw university. Green- castle. Indiana, in the military depart ment. Dorothy Kahres (Mrs. lives at 13725 Maplerow. Gar Flemming P. Ot field Heights. Cleveland. Ohio. H. H. Himebaugh gives his new ad dress as 437 Newport avenue. Webster Groves. Missouri. 1921 Maurice Kann, Secretary 1408 Osborn Road, Lansing. Mich. is engineer of E. W. Carlson the Medusa Portland Cement company, and is stationed at Dixon. Illinois. His address there is 710 S. Galena avenue. at G. E. Culver may be Thompsonville Michigan. reached Ivan Parks should be addressed in Birmingham at 555 Merrill street. 1506 Woodcroft 1922 Mrs. Donald Durfee, Secretary 127-> Stpepel A \ c. Detroit, Mich. Ivan F. French sends his blue slip avenue. Flint. from "Engineer for Flint Board Michigan. of Water commissioners. Ceased to rove for a while—not married. Glad to hear to wear they are not going pup tents in military science any more. Hope the moths eat the band uniforms and they'll get uniforms to m a t ch their football playing. Hope they pipe t he uniforms with white, looks much snappier. Heard Bill Otto and Sleepy Jim at Shrine club the other day. They in fine shape. Heard advertise State favorable comments on Sleepy manv it Starting 15th Year j j of Success Assets Over $1,000,000 Claims paid for 14 years over $6,000,000. ON August 31. 1929. the company started on its fifteenth year of success. The company is operating on a state-wide basis a nd is carry ing over 60.000 policyholders. It h as an agency a nd adjusting in every part of Michigan force to assist the automobile owner in trou ble. The growth of the company is due to t he prompt and fair methods in in paying out over $6,000,000 claims since organization. If not insured, call on the local agent or write | CITIZENS' MUTUAL AUTOMOBILE j WM. E. ROBB, Secretary INSURANCE CO. j | HOWELL, MICH. lefs have from Flint, afterwards. Keep up good work. S t a te its share of students a nd doesn't get players t h e m. Still strong for State. Think U. of M. graduates should spend four years at State to get an education. Let's see a snappier football jersey and a basket ball victory over Michigan." George Irvine is with the State De p a r t m e nt of Agriculture, and is located in Lansing. K e n n e th Kerr is in dairy work with health department. the Grand Rapids inspection city Thomas Navarre has moved from Monroe and gives his new address as 658 Fern wood avenue. Toledo. Ohio. 1923 Wm. H. Taylor, Secretary Okcmos. Mich. Dr. Hazen S. Atkins is in charge of the city inspection for milk a nd food of Pontiac. G. W. Olson is teaching in the m a n the Howell ual arts department of schools: 215 Hesse street reaches him. Charles Richards says he is still on the for job doing construction work the Klein Landscape company of Bir t h at Edward mingham. He and Dorothy Hubbard Laird, both '24. the birth of Edward Junior announce on December 31. 1929. Richards lives in Birmingham at 984 Clark street. reports 1924 Clarissa Anderson. Secretary ,>34 Evergreen, K:isi Lansing, Mich. •A. J. Bell has been doing agricul in tural engineering extension work the College the upper peninsula since August 1. Mail reaches him at the Court House. Marquette. for Walter G. Lensen gives his new a d dress as Room 48. Detroit Union P r o duce terminal, corner Fort street and Green avenue. Detroit. Edward Ludwig sends his blue slip the follow from Gypsum, Ohio, with ing: "If going over route 2 to Cleve land you pass our place of abode. We in alfalfa. Guernsey cows, specialize Herefords. and fruit. Would be glad to have any Michigan Staters passing through give us a once over. Mr, and Mrs. Max McLay are now at Perry, Michigan. Max is teaching ag." Lillian Haskell is still at the Youngs- town hospital Youngstown. Ohio. J o hn G. Lauffer sends the following "Would is it in I c an keep from Kent City. Michigan: miss about the only way touch with College affairs." the Record very much as 1925 Frances Ayres. Secretary •East Lansing, Mich. J e a n e t te Walker Barr (Mrs. A. H.) gives her new address as 1004 Wisconsin street. Port Washington, Wisconsin. L a m ar M. Wood h as moved in Caro. Michigan, to 420 Burnside street. A. W. Hanigan is a sales engineer for the American Blower company. He February. 1930 THE MICHIGAN STATE COLLEGE RECORD at Webster Hall. lives Pennsylvania. Pittsburgh. 17 -* Myrl Newark writes from 328 North "Still e n Hayford avenue. Lansing: gineer-estimator for Reniger Construc a n tion company nounce family. Theodore Elmer, born November 29. Lois Marie is now four years old." in Lansing. We addition to our an 1926 Ray Riggs, Secretary Union Bldjr.. East Lansing, Mich. living Leland Curtis M u nn is in Detroit at 4406 Canton avenue. Orson D. Bird gives his address as 4424 Helen, Detroit. for The postoffice gives a change O. M. Liang to 425 Centre street, Wil- kinsburg. Pennsylvania. E. L. Lioret gives his address as 108 E. First street, San Dimas, California. He is with the Los Angeles county for estry department, and moved around with the seasons. EAST LANSING STATE BANK Banking In All Its Branches East Lansing, Michigan COURTESY — SAFETY — SERVICE still "I am located F. W. "Sparky"' S t a r r e tt speaks his own piece: in Grand Rapids and covering t he west ern half of the state for t he American T. Fred Burris. Radiator company. '27, Jack H o r n- '24. Jurgen Raymond, the beck, try to keep '28. a nd myself Y awake, as we all live there. I might also state t h at we are all single. Any body living in the western part of the state who gets up enough pep to put his name in the Record may get a call one of these days when I am passing through his town." 1927 Eleanor Kaincv Mallender, Secretary •105 Oakdale, Royal Oak, Mich. S. F. Carlson gives his new address as 2051 W. G r a nd boulevard. Detroit. A. McLeod Coan writes from 318 W. Second street. Apt. 306, Flint: "Am in charge of General Motors employes' savings and fund at Flint unit n u m ber one of the Fisher Body corpora tion. Married life still going fine, en joy it very much." Paul Dutcher is equipment engineer for the Western Electric company at Kearney, New Jersey. He lives at 654 Bergen avenue, Jersey City. Alice Folks is in her second year as the Hanover, Michigan, principal of high school. Lorraine Butler Morrice sends her blue slip from 165 Main street, Imlay City, with t he following news notes of '27 girls: "Elva G. Hazel, is dietitian at a girls' school at Romeo, Michigan. Elizabeth Henderson Rozell is living at 415 Worden S. E.. G r a nd Rapids. Hazel Burge is teaching home econom Friends of Beatrice ics at Allegan. to hear she has Beck will be sorry been at the Copper County sanitarium at Houghton six months. for about Eiliene Downer Hobolth, w'28, is living at Pontiac, Michigan, with two small daughters and the Mr." A. F. "Duke" Southwick is field e n gineer for the G. J. Wagner a nd Com pany, consulting engineers of G r a nd It's THE HOTEL OLDS FOR SOCIAL G A T H E R I N GS THE HOTEL OLDS is favored by a nd college university people because it offers t he h i g h est degree of comfort, conven ience and quietude. Here, with practi all downtown Lansing cally at s t r a t e t he doors, and gically located opposite the State Capitol, is every feature of a c commodation, including 300 r e poseful, modern guest rooms and several dining halls. Rooms are moderately priced from $2.50. there are m a ny appropriate, in size, rooms, varied pleasing including a ballroom generous in proportions a nd of charming e n vironment. G UESTS arriving by motor are relieved of the care of their cars at t he hotel entrance. Tick ets to a ny event in t he city a nd especially to athletic a nd musical events at Michigan State College, reserved in advance upon request at t he Hotel Olds. GEORGE L. CROCKER Manager 18 THE MICHIGAN STATE COLLEGE RECORD February. 1930 Rapids. They are engaged in valua tion, rate and appraisal work. S o u t h- wick reports t he work "more t h an pleasing." C. Rydzewski. '28. is with t he same company. t h at he finds Mrs. F r a nk Dodson < Marie Fiske> may be reached at Athens. Tennessee. Mark H. and Esther Sanson, w'28. F r a nk are living in Royal Oak. Michi gan at 703 S. Pleasant. Vicla S t r a u ch is director of the cafe teria and teaching home economics at Muskegon Heights. Michigan. She lives at 831 E. Fifth street. 1928 Karl Davies. Secretary Sot; K. Court St.. Flint. Mich. Ward "Pot" Ross is traveling out of Chicago and Lumber corporation, and mail reaches him at I ll W. t he general offices. Washington street. Chicago. the Chicago Mill for The postoffice gives J o hn F. Bris- bin's address as 222 W. Ionia street. Lansing. Henry A. Lake lives in Kalamazoo. Michigan, at 122 W. Lovell. R u th H. L. Lyon gives her address as Box 232. Grandville. Michigan. Beatrice Shepard Detroit to 915 Fisher. has moved in Clyde H. Beck gives his new address as Hotel Roosevelt. Schenectady. New York. He adds: "I am still with the General Electric company, doing de sign engineering work in the motor di vision. '27. and Arm Berquist. '26. quite often. Also. I saw strong. Pete Lonsbury. '27. in New York city shortly before Christmas. He is at 74 Irving place I see McCotter. '29. Crary. '29. Cook. '29. there." Virginia Chase is chief assistant in the Duluth. library system. She may the children's division of Minnesota, be reached at the city library there. Josephine V. Nichols is teaching in Grayling. Michigan. Helen Small has moved in Jackson. Michigan, to 627 Webb. Karl Davies is working in the insur ance department of the Fisher Body corporation in Flint, and living at 306 E. Court street. He says: "Everything coming fine and meeting a lot of old is the m a t t er with. classmates. What '28. Come on. news from the class of ALUMNI BUSINESS DIRECTORY Our Business is Growing THE CORYELL NURSERY Nurseries at Birmingham, Southfield and Utica Headquarters at West Maple Ave. Birmingham Insui The Real anre I rai i.-t B. A. \V. (, 3fi '• E Estate aii nee d River Lansing Bonds o.. Inc. "enue ( A Rentals let's go. and send in your news items. No social activities as there are none in this metropolis." 1929 I'hil Oiin. Secretary t<; [Maware Ave., Detroit, Mich P a m e ll E. Anderson is m the Borisl business with Schramm Brothers of Toledo. Ohio, and lives at 1315 Cherry street. K a t h r yn Barron tech nician at the Gallingev Municipal hos pital in Washington. D. C. is laboratory Mary Biebesheimer is teaching home economics in t he junior high school in Holland. lives at 202 W. 15th street. She Ray F. Bower is in the forestry- di the Ohio Agricultural Ex vision at periment station at Wooster. Edward Bredlow is an industrial en the Fruehauf Trailer com gineer at pany. Detroit: 10302 Livernois avenue reaches him. in Harold E. Carlson and Harold Priest are the accounting d e p a r t m e nt of the Michigan Bell Telephone company at Detroit. Carlson mves his address as 3031 Hazelwood avenue, L Keith Cheney is teaching agricul lives ture at Bellevue. Mi< higari. He at 404 South street. Marian Chinnick is employed at the National Catholic Community house in Toledo. Ohio. and Lee H. Coles is an engineer m department the civil of Stevens and Wood. Inc.,. Jackson; 308 W. Randolph reaches him. hydraulic Bernice Cooke is teaching home eco the Harrisville. Michigan, in nomics high school. TheEquitableLifeAssuranceSociety TheEquitableLifeAssuranceSociety of the United States of the United States T HE CAPITAL I>HCTO-K:\GRA\,ER^1:NC. T HE CAPITAL I>HCTO-K:\GRA\,ER^1:NC. F. M. Wilson, '17 E. A. Johnson, '18 F. M. Wilson, '17 E. A. Johnson, '18 •7 E 0TTAWA ST •7 E OTTAWA ST '^SSsicf' "^SSsicf' LAKSII^GI. Mien LAKSIT-'OI. MlCrt 530 Mutual BIdg.. Lansing. Mich. 530 Mutual BIdg.. Lansing. Mich. HERBERT G. COOPER, '16 HERBERT G. COOPER, '16 BUILDER OF GOOD HOMES BUILDER OF GOOD HOMES with with South Lansing Real Estate Co. South Lansing Real Estate Co. 1125 S. Wash. Ave. 1125 S. Wash. Ave. Phone 2-0751 Phone 2-0751 The Edwards Laboratory The Edwards Laboratory S. F. Edwards, '99 S. 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