CORD Bear SPARTAN MONOGRAMS THE ATHLETIC DEPARTMENT Awards O'SHEA SWEATERS As Tokens of Service O'SHEA KNITTING MILLS 2414-24 N. Sacramento Ave. CHICAGO July, 1930 THE MICHIGAN STATE COLLEGE RECORD 3 Listening In r p HE Pulitzer Prize of $2,000 for the best book in 1929 upon the History of awarded the Initial S has been posthumously to Claude H. Van Tyne. of founded the Rocky Mountains, r p HE OREGON BRANCH the American Association of University Women is n a m i ng a $30,000 fellowship in honor of Dr. Margaret Snell who, forty years ago "in. a little room, scant ily equipped with a few cooking u t e n sils a nd a wood stove, the school of home economics at Oregon State college—the first of such schools and west of among t he first in the United S t a t e s .' An orator refers to Dr. Snell as a pio neer who "blazed t he way w i t h' in struction in homes beautified, in cook ery m a de a virtue, a nd in housekeeping instruc made a culture—who, in this cookery, classics with tion, mixed blended hygiene, housekeeping with combined culture with care of children, a nd made household drudgery an art.'* T he spread of which gospel is possibly responsible for the census-attested fact t h at t he American people are rapidly leaving their homes for a p a r t m e n ts and automats. t he Christian Science Monitor r p HE STARTLING F I G U R ES given in in the vast December, give some idea of this a r my of in learners of all ages the country. The numerical order of total institutions 25 largest enrollment which includes p a r t - t i me a nd summer students, is as follows: in grand Columbia, 33,367; College of t he City of New York, 32,032; New York u n i versity, 29,419; California, 25,274; Min nesota, 21,027; Illinois, 13.883; Univer sity of Pennsylvania, 13,828; North western, 13.558; Wisconsin, 13,293; Uni versity of Southern California, 13,293; Ohio State, 13,179; Chicago, 12.747; Western Reserve, 12,454; Boston u n i versity, 12,372; Michigan, 11,800; Cin cinnati, 10,891; Harvard, 10,866; Uni versity of Washington, 9,908; Nebraska, 9,349; Texas, 8,523; University of Iowa, 7,988; Cornell, 7,915; F o r d h a m, 7,289; Syracuse, 7,236; H u n t er college, 6.848. r p HE seventeenth a n n u al conference •*• of t he American Alumni Council, in t he M. S. C. Association holds which The MICHIGAN STATE COLLEGE R E C O RD Established 1896 Member of the American Alumni Council Published for the alumni and former students of the Michigan State College by the M. S. C. Association. Published monthly Membership in throughout the year. the M. S. C. Association, including subscription to THE RECORD, $2.50 per year. Unless members request a discontinuance before expiration of their memberships, it will be assumed a renewal is desired. Checks, drafts and money orders should be made payable to the M. S. C. Association. Entered as second class matter at the postoffice at East Lansing, Michigan. GLEN O. STEWART, '17, Editor GLADYS FRANKS, w'27, Alumni Recorder M. KATHERINE LYNCH, '31, Feature Editor T HE M. S. C. ASSOCIATION Union Memorial Building OFFICERS—1929-30 A r t h ur C. MacKinnon, '95, President G. V. Branch, '12, Vice-President R. Bruce Mcpherson, '90, Treasurer Glen O. Stewart, '17, Secretary EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE E. E. Gallup, '96, Lansing, term expires 1930; Earl E. Hotchin, '12, term expires 1931; L. O. Gordon, '06, term expires 1932; Harris E. Thomas, 85, Lansing, ex-officio; E. W. Ranney, '00, Greenville, ex-officio; Frank F. Rogers, Mrs. Turner Broughton, '17, President of Alumnae League. '83, Lansing, ex-officio. Entered at the East Lansing Postoffice as Second Class Matter Vol. XXXV. No. 11 East Lansing, Michigan July, 1930 In This Issue Page 5 6 8 10 11 12 13 16 17 18 19 20 T e am Ends Victorious Season ;.... Alumni Affairs ...:... F. A. L. Bloom Conducts Unique Business Change Credit System Marriages ......... G r ad Recalls Old Days Deaths membership, was held at Amherst, Massachusetts, May 1, 2 a nd 3 with S m i th college, Mt. Holyoke college, Am herst and Massachusetts Aggies acting largest of a ny as hosts. meeting of alumni workers bringing to the Connecticut Valley nearly 250 men a nd women r e p r e from senting 30 states a nd Canada. institutions It was t he Outstanding among the talks of t he convention was the discussion on "The College and the Alumni," by Dr. Ernest Martin Hopkins, president of D a r t m o u th college, a nd the addresses by Miss Mary E. Wolley, president of Mt. college; Dr. William Allan Holyoke Neilson, president of S m i th college; Dr. A r t h ur Stanley Pease, president of A m herst college, a nd President F a r r a nd of Massachusetts Agricultural college. Officers elected and retained for t he coming year by t he American Alumni Council are as follows: President, J o hn G. Olmstead, Oberlin; vice-presidents, Glen O. Stewart, Michigan State, George E. Thompson, Yale, Laurence B. Smelser, Vanderbilt; secretary, A r t h ur treasurer, Benja C. Busch, Rutgers; m in A. Ross, New York university; editor, R. W. Sailor, Cornell; director of regional conferences, Fred Ellsworth, University of K a n s as a nd c h a i r m an of 1931 program committee, J a m es A r m strong, Notre Dame. " P R I V A TE G I F TS to higher education which amounted to over $64,000,000 in 1928 were donated two-thirds to i n crease educational plants a nd one-third for current expenses. Commencement ... ,.. Annual Alumni Day M. S. C. Rating S h o w n .. Secretary's Annual Report Close Beside t he Winding Cedar 4 THE MICHIGAN STATE COLLEGE RECORD July. 1930 Heave the Line This month marks the beginning of the Annual Alumni Fund for the M. S. C. Association. Annual "dues"-are the thing of the past. From now on alumni are making yearly "voluntary" contributions to the M. S. C. Association and in so doing receive the RECORD each month. Our ship is coming in! Today, many alumni are saying proudly t h at they went to Michigan State and want to have a part in this annual giv ing for a stronger alumni organization. The swelling list of total con tributors to the Alumni Fund reflects this new enthusiasm and spirit. The amount of each contribution is not too important; the total number of contributors is. This year we want a full crew on the alumni ship. Numbers will count. Heave the line, m a t e s! Send something in the check line. Mail your contribution to The M. S. C. Association Box 974 East Lansing, Michigan Andrew Carnegie once said: '// J Had Only Played Safe" thai did not do good honest work, and "I have never known a concern success in these days of fiercest competition, when would seem to be a matter at more to make a decided even everything there lies still the very much the root of great business of price, success factor of important quality." 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LANSING July, 1930 THE MICHIGAN STATE COLLEGE RECORD 5 College Graduates 436 For Record 1930 Class Bissell Given Honorary Engineering Degree As Thousands Watch; University of Chicago Dean Commencement Speaker DR. G. W. BISSELL new four /^vVER hundred alumni were added to the ranks of M. S.C. graduates on Monday, J u ne 23, when this year's senior class, filing one by one across the platform erected in t he new their solemnly m o r t ar board tassels from left to right in token of graduation. armory, swung a It was record-breaking thirty-eight masters'; class— four hundred and nineteen bachelors' degrees, four doctors of philosophy; six civil engi neers, ons mechanical engineer, and one honorary degree of doctor of en gineering. One of the most impressive events of the day was the conferring of the one honorary degree given upon George Welton Bissell, for m a ny years the college of engineering at dean of spectators, M. S. C. Thousands of many of t h em former students who r e membered Dr. Bissell in this capacity here, applauded conferred the degree. as President Shaw Alumni Get Degrees Twenty-six of the forty-nine advanced degrees given went to Michigan State Claude College graduates, who a r e: Marshall Cade, Margaret Cawood, and Samuel Joseph Patterson, master of arts degrees; Eldon Eugene Down, Harold Warner Edwards, Merwyn Gale Farleman, Kishan Singh Gill, Stanley Johnston, Walter F. Morofsky, Myhren Clifton Peterson, Austin Lester Pino, J o hn Wilson Sims, S t u a rt Eldred Sin clair, Gaylord Clifford Smith. Henrik Joakim Stafseth. and Donald Zabriskie science decrees; Terhune, master of Lamar Munson Wood, master of for estry; Floyd William Owen, doctor of philosophy; J a m es Bibby Baynes. I v an Foster French, LaVerne Jesse Hendryx, J o hn Bouton Lazell, Louis F r a nk Levin. Clare Edwin Slaughter, civil engineer degrees; Walter Percil Robinson a nd Albert Sobey, mechanical engineer de grees. Laing Gives Address told scored heavily Dr. Gordon Jennings Laing, dean of the graduate school of the University the com of Chicago, who delivered this year's mencement address, t e rm graduating class not to fear t he "high-brow," and t he tendency today in artistic fields toward intel the popular a nd away from t he lectual. Particularly true, a c cording to Dr. Laing, in the American theater. Vaudeville, he declared, is "a the national patience," m o n u m e nt interesting and scien a revue is "an tific experiment conducted for the pur pose of determining the legal minimum of clothing" a nd the requirements for a "a successful musical comedy are fool, a fairy, and a little fluff." He appealed to college graduates for con structive thinking along cultural lines. is this to (Continued on page 20( THE MICHIGAN STATE COLLEGE RECORD July, 1930 Classes Gather On Campus for Annual Reunion June 21 Sees Old Grads Meet for 1930 Alumni Day Program J u ne 21. MICHIGAN STATE'S PAST lived again on the Campus. Class rivalries of a decade or so ago were revived, men who had not met for years grew young again in reminiscence undergraduate of every days, and the one attended Sunset S u p p er a nd met everyone else he knew when he was an M. S. C. undergraduate. For J u ne 21 was Alumni Day at East Lansing. The time- honored M. S. C. "patriarchs" w e re in there, venerable their ability to r e the College member when a woman stu dent was a rarity, and when a bicycle was College to Lansing. the best means of getting ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^^ the from their From the patriarchs, the roll call came clear down the line to last year's graduates, first Sunset Supper, and attending meeting for the first time the older grad uates of their College. Some of t h e . a l u m ni in old "Saint's Rest" present and lived wore peg-top trousers when they were on this campus; some of them left here only last year; but all went to Michigan State College; and all had a glorious time remembering Campus it. Changes to The Campus was turned over its graduates for day. Everywhere were alumni, signing up tournament, entering inspecting have built, in general "doing" the Campus. a good deal since some of t h em were here. the Union building which their children in their for the baby the the golf show. contributions It has changed E. R. Unruh. of t he class of '20. said in this connection: "If you'd brought me here blindfolded so I couldn't see where I was going, I'd never have recognized East Lansing. first This is my first time back in eight years. hearing of I was asleep in the Y. M. C. A. one afternoon when Blake Miller woke me up a nd hit me for a subscription." this Union building back about 1923. I remember T he older classes respond most nearly unanimously at time you reunions. graduated the better it seems to get back. The boys look "The farther you get away from the to you," declared J. S. Mitchell, good Garfield, '70. said, concerning Alumni Day: '95. And Charles "This is one of the red letter days for me. and brings a to meet my contempo the old ones gone mingling of joy and sorrow. raries, and sorrow to find so m a ny of and so few of t h em returning. Joy it changing so is a joy for me to come back to the Campus even "It though landmarks are dis appearing. There are two men who a t t a ch me to the Col lege. They are Dr. F r a nk Kedzie and Tommy Gunson. knew Dr. F r a nk when he was a boy six years old. the old t h at I - "There were 26 in my class and 12 of us graduated. When you add up all the students in the College and the faculty, our 26 were one-sixth of t he entire number. "I wanted W a r r en Reynolds of Cassopolis to come along today so our class would be represented one hundred per cent, but he had a business meeting and couldn't m a ke it." Attended Sunset Supper One of the most i m p o r t a nt and truly enjoyable events of Alumni Day was the Sunset Supper, at which Reverend N. A. McCune of the Peoples Church was toastmaster. and Reverend M. S. Rice, of Detroit, t he main speaker. Here alumni of all classes, who during the day had been separated, were brought to renew old friendships and together make new ones; to talk over old times and meet the families of men who have the day grown up amazingly w n en in cap a nd gown and received the white rolled diploma which meant they were u n they walked down R " V" ] ^t •^ t he aisle •'• I HI since t h r o u gh with dergraduate life. there was T h en t o u r n a the g o lf ment, with the ad vertised "dubs and d a r b s '' manfully doing their 18 holes the a p i e ce over W a l n ut H i l ls course. Bud Hew itt. the '24, won large trophy with score of 77, his but even t h o se shooting up in t he hopeless hundreds had a lot of fun, if no prizes came their way in the final awards. (Continued on page 20) July, 1930 THE MICHIGAN STATE COLLEGE RECORD Old Grads Pose on Alumni Day Here they are—some of the alumni who came back to see M. S. C. again, on June 21. On the opposite page, the '70, Daniel Strange, '69, and Frank Kedzie, '77; (2) R. Bruce McPherson, '90; snapshots are: (3} Charles Garfield, '70; (4) M: T. Ranier, '04; (6) Harris Thomas, '85. (1) Charles Garfield, 8 THE MICHIGAN STATE COLLEGE RECORD July, 1930 Scholastic Rating of College Shown in Study Dr. John W. Crist Gives Figures on Academic Standing "V7"OU know t h at in the last t en years thousands of dollars have been spent on new buildings at Michigan State college. Probably you know about the present building plan, which pro vides for thousands more to be spent within the next ten. You know about the growth of the student body; about the expansion of t he college d e p a r t ments; a nd most certainly you know about the remarkably fine athletic ex pansion which makes you, an M. S. C. alumnus, proud to read t he collegiate sporting news. in All these things are vital the growth of college; b ut there is another thing which is perhaps even more basically important. Has the academic growth of the college within the past ten years kept pace with its physical expansion? T he question is being ask ed by Michigan State college alumni in terested in the growth and prestige of their Alma Mater, a nd it is most satis J o hn W. factorily answered by Dr. in a paper on "Ten Years of Crist, Academic Improvement at M. S. C ." which Professor Crist h as prepared for use by the Record. Figui'e Z- JZe/aiiva dominance ten orer past of advanced years. degrees ^ ^^ 5^ 0 ^> •^o^> zj^ 50 40 20 ^'*«ltJ ~ - — ^ o rs A.^ £#?>- £**£- £2^"^ ^ i J ^ l d ! o £ e ^_ Loclots <*e rfree -Slope. JM**I__ + 0.4SO Charts Show M. S. C. Trends The illustrative c h a r ts reproduced on these pages show trends at M. S. C. which may be used as indications of academic progress, a nd have also been prepared by Dr. Crist to accompany his paper. There is a tendency, says Dr. Crist, to t h at pronounced material ex im- believe pansion a nd adequate academic provcment at an institution for higher learning are more or less contrary to each other a nd can not take place at the same rate. The former, it is often said, nearly always overshadows and retards t he latter. Hence, it is contend ed by some authorities t h at safety lies in a persistent policy of closely restrict for physical ing the enlargement, the outlay of funds the size of limiting the same student body, and at time keeping strong and active emphasis on In view of the quality of scholarship. this theory, great interest attaches to the academic situation at a study of Michigan State college over the past ten years, during which time vast m a terial expansion h as t a k en place, and t he faculty h as increased from 149 to 238, a gain of about 60 per cent. Faculty Ranking Shown Figure 1 — £e/ative dominance past ten of pz-ofessoria/ yeax'S, ranks *s ±o 35 30 25 20 /5 JO 5 W t u c Um - s |0pe , - Q.1 Sa , P r o f e a a o r s — s l o p e, — o. 392 to highest the college The ranking of lowest faculty instructors, from assistant professors, associate profes sors, and professors theoretically at least, scholastic ideals and abilities increase in t he same order. Therefore an increasing relative predominance of persons of higher academic rank can be taken as an evidence of scholastic pro gress, a nd Figure 1 shows t he trend. a nd Straight lines have been fitted to t he data and used exclusively. The slopes of these lines indicate t he trends u p favorable and downward ward being unfavorable. t he slopes are stated numerically, making more exact comparisons possible. Military a nd music departments are not includ ed in the data. Furthermore, Figure 1 shows t h at the proportions of instructors a nd assistant professors have declined at t he respective average rates of 0.13 a nd 0.72 per cent per year. t he relative number of pro Likewise fessors h as decreased annually at the rate of 0.39 per cent—a fact not so pleasant. However, t he rate of gain in associate professors (0.93 per cent per (Continued on page 18) July, 1930 THE MICHIGAN STATE COLLEGE RECORD Notables Among Alumni Day Celebrants of R. Bruce McPherson, the new president Before '90, of Howell the taking the M. S. C. this post, he served loyally years as treasurer. He is a member settled family which early and village. is, of course, M. S. C. Association. over Association association of the McPherson in the vicinity part of has contributed much in the century, that the nineteenth of Howell three for to term '95, of Bay City, A. C. MacKinnon, by is succeeded retiring president who the Association has served McPherson, and well during faithfully as president McKinnon The his of office. family the with identified past and present of M. S. C. Two of at Mr. McKinnon's youngest tended junior daughter, Charlotte, will be a fall. liberal arts division next in the college here, and his is closely daughters have 'Bud" Hewitt Won the Golf Tournament Trophy Here are a few members of the coming generation at M. S. C. Prize-winning son or daughter of someone who spent undergraduate days at State. It looks the babies, every one, and every one like a big year for the class of, say, 1949. 10 THE MICHIGAN STATE COLLEGE RECORD July, 1930 Alumni Secretary Makes Annual Report A NOTHER alumni year has come to •*^* A close, and the time has arrived to review it, both for the information of | he Association a nd as a m a t t er of permanent record. The year just con cluding h as furnished less of t he bizarre in t he under-graduate life of the Col lege t h an some previous years; less of the sensational in the columns of t he daily press. in mind In t he consideration of There are many methods of report ing progress. Words may be used in prolusion to sound well, figures may be quoted without end, a nd c h a r ts and graphs designed to picture almost a n y thing, but behind all of these must lie the actual facts upon which the report is based. the the past year we should activities of bear forces t h at make for the success or failure of any particular enterprise, the state of mind of our constituency, the condition of t he times and the fact t h at the gen eral body of our alumni, numerically speaking, are comparatively young men and women who have been out of school only a .few years. At the risk of being materialistic in an academic atmosphere I shall consider: the contributing in these are the mailing this system the main cogs list are sorted as the members are of first The Alumni Office Essential to the very existence of any the records and alumni organization, files of im portance. Our office h as adopted, as far as possible, a visible card index sys tem of cards containing address, bio graphical lecord and vital statistics of nearly 8000 alumni of Michigan State, and t he functioning of our organization. The maintenance of requires constant attention and research on the p a rt of our alumni recorder and some. student assistance. Our stencil records for to members a nd non-members of the As sociation, as well as being divided geo graphically. The magnitude of the task of recording a nd following 7000 to 8000 appreciated souls may be with the average monthly address change file often n u m bers 150 and 200. with each change r e quiring four operations and numerous cross references before the task is com pleted. The office constantly supplies lists to class secretaries, local clubs, and address changes to m a ny sororities and fraternities. We feel our job is ever to realize t h at these m a ny Spartans, even though they are careless about notify ing us of address changes, do not wish lose contact with Alma Mater—so to in we accept our office for their welfare. the ordinary procedure somewhat t h at the knowledge The Michigan State College Record T he second vital factor in the m a i n tenance of an alumni organization the official publication. For is the size in the to make of our institution our magazine stands high field of national college alumni publications. Our adoption of a two color cover on recent issues h as helped it a more attractive publication a nd one t h at any alumnus might be proud to have on his library table. T he magazine has broadened its scope the addition of a feature editor. Miss Katherine Lynch. Editorials, longer articles and treatisies of merit and weight have been included between our covers in addition to the regular news and personals of previous issues. We have the comfortable edi torial feeling of having in our desk at this year by GLEN O. STEWART, '17 are t he these result of t he present time a reserve supply of contributed articles which we know will meet the approval of our readers. Some of several m o n t hs of solicitation on the part of the editor, while others are voluntary responses, and gratifying acceptance of the Record as the airing of a desirable medium for alumni views and experiences. indicating a growing Local Alumni Clubs in t he t h at work t he mutual f i e ld Feeling friendship of strengthens t he alumni as well as promotes t he usefulness of our Alma Mater t he exe cutive committee has directed your secretary to continue efforts along these lines. During t he fiscal year just clos ing there have been fifty meetings of the local alumni clubs with an approxi mate attendance of 2000. To meet with these clubs we have provided college speakers, movie some musical films, talent, etc. This includes one or more meetings in the following places: Ann Arbor, Berrien c o u n t y, Cleveland, Chicago, D e t r o i t. Escanaba, Flint, G r a nd Rapids, Jackson, Kalamazoo, Lansing, Los Angeles, Milwaukee, P i t t s burgh, Pontiac, P o r t l a n d, O r e ., Rochester, Saginaw, Seattle, Toledo. Traverse City a nd Washington, D. C. The alumni secretary h as attended a majority of these meetings, except in the far west and has managed to keep in close contact with t he officers of the many clubs. T he t r e nd h as been in t he direction of smaller clubs as the reports from De troit, G r a nd Rapids a nd Jackson have been meager. Interest on the part of m a ny clubs has been the establishment of a local alumni directory and spon soring idea. the a n n u al alumni fund New elections might stir up genuine a c tivity among the slumbering clubs. An increased awakening of alumni interest has been noticeable each fall when meetings are held in eight of the nine district conventions of the Michigan State Teachers' Association. College Congress t h at third a n n u al College Congress • T he neld on the Campus on the evening of February 8 was well received and seem ed to offer certain distinct advantages over previous types of official meetings, indicating this new practice has come to stay as an a n n u al business gathering of Michigan State alumni, second only in importance to t h at of Commencement. The talks of President alumni Shaw secretary of Oberlin college, gave those attending a careful resume, first of the working condition and the College a nd secondly a picture a nd in evaluation of alumni achievement the modern college a nd university. J o hn Olmstead, finances of and and list annually, I still Association Membership Finance The collection of financial sustenance for the continuance of our alumni work is one of the most pressing and con stant functions of the alumni office. Although new names are added to our membership feel t h at this is one of the big problems of the association and is the most perplex ing duty connected with the alumni of fice. No secretary wants to be a beggar and yet there are times when it has almost been a case of begging to in It has been crease t h at a p p a r e nt the fairly deep seated. The very size of t he Col lege today makes personal contact out of the question. The result is t h at in most cases a student will enter and graduate without any consciousness of his future relations with the College. I feel t h at alumni interest must have its inception con sciousness which can be fostered to a much greater extent t h an now by t he faculty and administration. to us for several years this in an undergraduate the membership. trouble along line is P e r h a ps t he greatest step forward along progressive a l u m ni finance was the establishment this year (Continued on page 19) lines of July, 1930 THE MICHIGAN STATE COLLEGE RECORD 11 "Close Beside the Winding Cedar' Colonel T. L. Sherburne, former c o m m a n d a nt of the college R. O. T. C, v/as graduated from the Army War col lege at Washington, D. C. J u ne 27. Colonel Sherburne was a lieutenant colonel before entering t he war college for advanced officers last year. He in stituted t he R. O. T. C. horse shows held at the College and managed t h em for seven years. the damage caused a couple of from large sewer years ago by running a directly portion, t h r o u gh necessitating the disturbance of many plants. its m a in Many new plants are added year, both native and foreign. of adapted to Michigan conditions. latter are proving t he each Some to be well "In m e- for A bronze tablet reading: moriam, Mrs. George W. Bissell, twenty-two years an active and de voted member of this parish. 1855-1929. She loved to do for others," was recent to its place in St. Paul's ly dedicated Episcopal church. tablet was placed by Dr. George W. Bissell, former dean of engineering, in memory of his wile. The R. H. Kelty, treasurer and named '19. East Lansing, of department, the College horticulture was elected a member of the American Honey insti tute, t he only national organization of bee-keepers, at a recent meteing held in Indianapolis, Indiana. 600 Approximately students were enrolled in t he a n n u al summer session the College when classes opened at Wednesday morning, J u ne 25. This number is about eqral to the registra tion for 1929. 9QC disease An animal The building will be a research a nd anatomy building to cost not more t h an $100,000 has been approved by the state board of agriculture and plans for the structure have been completed. to contractors Plans were submitted and the lowest bid came from t he R e n- iger Construction company of Lansing. two-story structure of fireproof construction. T he design is in keeping with t h at of other new structures which have been erect ed on t he Campus during the past few years. The old veterinary building now used by Dr. F r a nk W. Chamberlain, professor of anatomy, will be razed as soon as the new building is completed. announced Secretary Halladay h as t h at plans for the new women's dor mitory are being completed by Detroit architects a nd a Detroit trust company is ready to handle t he financing. T he new dormitory will probably cost about $400,000. this s u m It will be started mer. t h is summer. T he It is a delight to visit t he Beal botan rock in there are interest. to recover ical garden garden other p a r ts of m a ny plants of beauty and The garden is especially beautiful a nd the garden is beginning junior, John Annual student awards for literary achievement were recently announced by Professor Randall of t he English department. J. H. Murphy, Lansing, freshman, won the George E. Lawson essay contest with a paper on "Ben- J o hn venoto Celini, Artist a nd Bravo." r e A. Downes, East Lansing, I. ceived honorable mention. Olson, Shelby, t he winning poem in the contest sponsored the Michigan State News jointly by and the English department. Florence Swanson, East Lansing, junior, ranked second. Guilford Rothfuss, Brooklyn, story contest. junior, won the Rosalie Ruonovaara, Lansing, junior, second place, while Grace received Bower and Effie Erickson, both of East Lansing, received honorable mention. junior, submitted short Those who received keys in Service awards were given to seven t he students at t he a n n u al banquet of Michigan S t a te News staff held J u ne 5. recog nition of their work on the campus bi J a m es S. Haskins, How weekly a r e: editor; Majel ard City, managing Horning, Brooklyn, co-ed editor; Glenn R. Larke, Sault Ste. Marie, associate editor; Alfred O'Donnell, New York former assistant editor; K a t h- City, feature erine Lynch, Detroit, former editor; Roy Sample, Royal Oak, busi ness m a n a g e r; Dora Worden, G r a nd Rapids, member of t he business staff. About 140 guests were present at an tea given Sunday afternoon, informal J u ne 8, in honor of R a m on Novarro, famous screen star, who studied voice with Louis Graveure at the College. took place at t he home of T he affair '00, and Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Lyons, was given by t he active chapter of Alpha Phi sorority. varsity Five men were selected for member ship in Excalibur, men's Campus h o n orary society, at t he Cap Night cere monies J u ne 4. They are Wayne Scott, Fort Wayne, Indiana, member of t he varsity basketball t e am and president t he Union board; Gerald Breen, of and Holland, president-elect class; Roger Grove, St. Joseph, president of t he Varsity club and a member of t he football, teams; track, and basketball William P r a t t, East Lansing, editor- elect of the Wolverine; Douglas Car- ruthers, Plymouth, president-elect of the student council a nd president of Blue Key. football m an senior the of received Mrs. Helene Perrin Smith, '17, was t he the J u ne 9. Mrs. one of the two women to receive degree of master of science from University of Texas, Smith's thesis, "The Health and Nu trition of the Mexican Infant and P r e school Child," the unusual tribute of being placed on the required reading list. for courses in educational psychology This at interesting thesis study was unusually t h at Mrs. S m i th due gleaned all her information from day to day, first h a nd observations of Mex icans in their own quarters in the city. reside in Austin, Texas, where her husband, Everett G. Smith, '16, is acting head of the d e p a r t m e nt of marketing in the school of business administration of t he university. Mrs. S m i th will continue t he university. fact t he to to Capt. P. W. Hardie and Mrs. Hardie and son, Billy, recently left East L a n s ing for Pensacola, Florida, where C a p tain Hardie will report for duty. C a p in tain Hardie h as been senior officer t he coast artillery unit of t he College R. O. T. C. T he old picnic ground back of Ar boretum has been t he scene of m a ny a family group gathering this summer. T he quietness a nd beauty of surround ings seem to appeal to many people more than the confusion of a more public place. 12 THE MICHIGAN STATE COLLEGE RECORD July, 1930 Team Ends Season with 8-4 Victory Over U. of M. State Comes Back in Second of Series to Win Final Game team played r\NE OF THE BEST, if not t he very " best, baseball teams in t he history of Michigan State college polished off its season with a neat 8 to 4 victory team over t he University of Michigan J u ne 21 in the a n n u al commencement If and alumni day athletic feature. ever a to real baseball take two out of three games with t he University this spring, it was t he 1930 aggregation coached by J o hn H. Kobs. Michigan slipped in for a 6 to 3 vic tory in the game played Friday. J u ne 20. The S p a r t a ns had hopes of a n n e x ing the entire series but it wasn't in the books. In t he first place Harris Kahl, big junior right-hander, h ad an off day in t he box a nd was t a k en for "BUD" GIBBS in t he few first lead innings. seven hits t h at State Michigan gained a could not cut down. Kahl was wild as well as ineffective. T h en Compton was hurling wonderful ball for Michigan, holding State's hard hitting aggrega tion to four hits, so it is not difficult to see why the boys lost. State Stages Comeback took their The next day it was a different story. With six seniors playing final game, it was evident they would win. t he sophomore who Charley Griffin, pitched the so well all year, mound. He was taken for 13 hits but managed to squeeze by. Had not t he Spartans sharpened up their batting eyes they might have lost the game but the big sticks were beating out a sol emn if ever a Michigan State captain finished off his career as did Captain Albert Sachs. The big outfielder enjoyed a perfect day. He was four times at bat, It is highly doubtful tattoo. Baseball Scores April 12—Chicago 4, M. S. C. 12. April 19—Michigan State Normal 1, M. S. C. 4. April 24—Syracuse 3, M. S. C. 4. April 26—Central State Teachers 1, April 30—Iowa State Teachers 6, M. M. S. C. 11. S. C. 5. May 3—Notre Dame 2, M. S. C. 3. May 10—Western M. S. C. 7. State Teachers 4, ] • May 14—Hope College 5, M. S. C. 13. May 17—Western State Teachers 4, j M. S. C. 7. May 19—Chicago 4, M. S. C. 3. : May 22—Miami University 3, M. S. C. 11. C 3 May 24—Oberlin University 0, M. S. ! May 26—Notre Dame 3, M. S. C. 5. | May 27—Cincinnati 3, M. S. C. 5. May 30—Michigan 1, M. S. C. 3. i June 7—Michigan State Normal 3, M. S. C. 9. | June 20—Michigan 6, State 3. 1 June 21—Michigan 4, State 8. made four runs a nd pounded out four clean singles. Wendell tWindy) K n i- sel, the junior right fielder, was another big star. Knisel really accounted for every r un t h at State scored. He made four hits in four times at bat, included a double and a triple. He scored six of State's eight runs with his hits. He engineered a double steal t h at let State score t he run t h em ahead a nd came home on a perfect squeeze play h i m self. t h at sent Team Average High The team this year had a batting average just a little over .300, consid ered a sensational mark. Ed Gibbs, Gladstone athlete who was elected cap tain of t he 1931 team after the game, led t he team in hitting for the season with a m a rk of nearly .500. Both Gibbs t he object of and Griffin have been major spring. scouting league told both Detroit Tiger scouts have Griffin and Gibbs to play all t he base ball they can in t he next couple of years. Gibbs' great throwing a rm a nd his speed m a ke him appear as real big league material. this is figured, training All told Kobs' team won 15 out of 18 games on t he home schedule a nd if the spring they trip won 18 out of 24. A real record! They beat Michigan, Notre Dame, Cincin nati, Western Normal and Michigan Normal defeated Chicago. Syracuse, Oberlin, Miami, and many others. twice. They each GYMNASIUM GOSSIP r n HE YEAR just past h as been a •*- highly successful one for Michigan State College major sport teams. The season was a football under t he new coach, J a m es H. Crow ley, in the eight games went on t he right side of t he ledger. record-breaker five of t h at to equal m HE TRACK TEAM fell off some- -*- what. Loss of stars through poor scholastic grades and failure of other men their performances of past years h u rt t he team's chances. At in t h at the state intercollegiate, t he first time they have been out of t he title in four years a nd placed r u n n e r - up to Notre Dame in t he Central Intercollegiates. thinclads placed second the Crowley Loses Smead T\/rlCHIGAN STATE'S football pros- -*•'-*- pects for t he coming fall suffered a severe blow with t he receipt of word t h at Harold Smead, center a nd here team, captain-elect of t he 1930 grid CAPTAIN SMEAD was injured a short time ago in a traf fic accident and will not be able to play next season. The accident occurred in the East where Smead is spending t he summer visiting his brother. He was riding a motorcycle which collided with t he an automobile, breaking one of S p a r t an captain's ankles and inflict ing other lesser injuries. for team, two Smead, who has played years on t he regular State is one of t he greatest grid stars M. S. C. has ever had. Last fall he consistently outplayed all opponents, and was gen erally considered one of t he outstand ing players of the middle west. His loss leaves a hole in the S p a r t an lineup fill, a nd which will be difficult weakens the team considerably. to The State center has been notable not only for his mechanical ability at the center position, but for his u n in anticipating a nd canny headwork forestalling plays planned by his op State adherents have been ponents. looking t he 1930 season, to with Smead as captain of t he Green and White team, as one of t he most successful in t he history of the College. forward July, 1930 THE MICHIGAN STATE COLLEGE RECORD 13 ALUMNI AFFAIRS 1876 Ervin I). Brooks, Secretary 710 S. Park St., Kalamazoo, Mich. J. E. Taylor wrote from Greenville, "This chances Michigan, on J u ne 9: to be my 76th birthday. Ten of our original seventeen are like myself, cap able of doing good solid labor." 1881 Charles McKenny, Secretary Michigan State Normal College, Ypsilanti, Mich. D. S. Lincoln writes from Big R a p location and "Forty-seven years ids, Michigan: same agriculture, horticulture, and ture." in in same vocation, floricul A. W. Troupe gives his address as 917 W. Fifth, Pine Bluff, Arkansas. 1885 James D. Towar, Secretary 1212 W. Kalamazoo St., Lansing, Mich. Elwyn T. G a r d n er is farming at Ben nett, Colorado. 1887 George J. Hume, Secretary R. 3, Lansing, Mich. O. C. Wheeler has moved in East Lansing to 501 East G r a nd River. 1888 Charles B. Cook, Secretary R. 1, Owosso, Mich. Charles H. R e d m an is an assistant in the city engineer's office in Saginaw. He lives at 835 Emerson street. He reports t h at the following men are also connected with Arthur Ritchie, '16, Carl Miller, '20, Paul Lem on, '21, a nd George Giddings, the office: '28. 1890 R. B. McPherson, Secretary Howell, Mich. in trained increase t h an in leaders h as resulted A record enrollment of more five hundred engineering students the current year 1929-30, a nd the enor industrial demands mous for in a great expansion of the technical units of the t he College of Engineering at University of Tennessee. New build ings for t he basic sciences of physics and chemistry were occupied this year and engineering building will be ready for fall use. The industrial development which h as more t he t h an doubled to college since 1923 is expected again this shatter all records of attendance fall. Charles E. Ferris is dean of t he engineering college. the enrollment of completely new a 1895 Arthur C. MacKinnon, Secretary 1214 Center St., Bay City, Mich. Dr. William C. Bagley recently de livered a eulogy on Dr. Edwards before an assembly of alumni at Rhode Isnad S t a te college. 1899 S. Fred Edwards, Secretary 801 Ionia St., Lansing, Mich. T. H. Libbey writes from Nunica, Michigan, t h at he is sorry he couldn't be back for the "big doings" this year, but hopes to be present next June. 1900 Bertha Malone, Secretary 81 Waverly Ave., Highland Park, Mich. Charles Bale is a mechanical engineer t he Potter Refrigerator corpora with tion, and gives 481 E. 18th street. N„ Portland, Oregon, as his address. 1904 L. T. Clark, Secretary 296 E. Grand Blvd., Detroit, Mich. P. B. a nd Alta Gunnison <'05> Pierce are living in Lansing at 1812 Osband avenue. 1905 V. R. Gardner, Secretary East Lansing, Mich. Bertha Hinkson in De is teaching troit a nd 11537 Hamilton at avenue, Ranier building, a p a r t m e nt 412. living 1906 L. O. Gordon, Secretary R. 2, North Muskegon, Mich. requests A. C. Anderson t h at his Record be sent to Schoolcraft, Mich igan. He writes t h at Edgar Anderson, '18, and family, are spending the year in England where he has a national research fellowship at t he J o hn Inness Institution research at Merton Park, London. for horticultural Rasmus Rasmussen is chief engineer for Bates & Rogers Construction com pany of Chicago, a nd m ay be reached at 7342 South Shore drive. is still with A. C. Anderson the Michigan Milk Producers association of Detroit, living the summer months in Schoolcraft, and the winter ones in t he Hotel Clifford, Detroit. He reports t h at his son, Edgar S., '18, is in Lon don, England, studying along his line of work at the J o hn Inness Horticul tural institution, Merton Park, London S. W. 19. He fellowship from the National Research association entitling him to a year's study a n y where he chose to go. His wife and daughter, Phoebe, are with him. An derson also notes t h at his son Richard J., '22, is in K a n s as City, Kansas, a nd is m a n a g er of t he Kresge dollar store there. received a R. G. Potts writes t h at he is manager of the E. F. Fisher F a r m s, comprising 1,840 acres, near Romeo. Michigan. Mrs. Potts was Mary E. P r a t t, '08. They have six children, Alice, 20, a senior at the University of Michigan; Helen, 18, senior in Romeo high school, John, 16, a junior in high school; Gerald, 13, eighth grade; Frances Jean, 6, and Robert Frank, 2. 1907 George Brown, Secretary East Lansing, Mich. is with William E. Piper t he Door company, engineers, of 247 P a rk ave nue, New York City, as sales engineer. M. R. Bowerman is an engineer with t he Alliance Machine company. He lives in Homeworth, Ohio, with his wife and three children. He adds t h at he would like to hear from members of his class. L a t h am Coffin is farming a nd teach ing district school n e ar Clayton, Michi gan. He has three daughters, aged 22, 18 and 13. E. L. Giover is still teaching at M. S. t he University. He the University C. and attending received his M.A. from of Michigan last November. 1909 Olive Graham Howland, Secretary 513 Forest Ave., East Lansing, Mich. Catherine E. Koch is on a year's leave of absence from S m i th college, and expects to do further study abroad. 1911 James G. Hayes, Secretary 213 Bailey St., East Lansing, Mich. Elton L. Jewell is superintendent of the R. H. Comey Chicago company, dyers and bleachers of straw braids and h a ts for the millinery m a n u f a c turers. He may be reached in Chicago at 3338 Pierce avenue. '16, they discussed baseball J im Hays writes t h at on May 21 he fruit spoke before t he Berrien county growers at Pearl Grange, n e ar Benton Harbor. As he was placed n e ar "Chief- in Fuller, out particular m a ny other Michigan State people in '86; the group including J. J. Jakway, Clara Jakway Colby, '14; William And erson, 17, a nd Beatrice Jakway Ander son '17; Norman Harris, F r a nk Culby and Charles Winters! "Chief" pointed a nd son three, to make Virgil T. Bogue sends his blue slip from Geneva, Ohio, with t he following: "Am still endeavoring the world more beautiful with Geneva, Ohio, as my base of operations. Realiz ing what a big job this was, Mrs. Bogue presented me with a new for Christmas. Nelson Eugene arrived on December 22. This makes a daughter, 12, a nd a son, 10. Bill Shanor who is still teaching in Erie, Pennsyl vania, tells me H e r m an Knoblauch of Blissfield (both 'ID has a new son last fall. Ben Laubach, '01, has a nice posi tion with the Cleveland Electric Illumi in nating company with headquarters Ashtabula. His company is spending about forty million dollars in Ashtabula county this year. W h at h as become of George Dewey, '11? C an think of just a lot of people from I would like to hear about but news of to be is little a nd seems this period getting lot of less. C an remember a t h em as freshmen t h at were not nearly little on so quiet. Let's our for news and pep up twentieth reunion." loosen up a little '08 to '14 t h at a 14 THE MICHIGAN STATE COLLEGE RECORD July. 1930 1912 ('. V. Ballard, Secretary East Lansing, Mich. S. L. Hall writes from 1008 Harding place. Charlotte. North Carolina: "Hazel Peck Wooley. '11. and Harry Wooley, '12. called on Dora Dancer hall, '11, and lived myself they h ad recently. Said in Charlotte since September. Had also called on J. J. McDevitt. '11, who is a contractor here in Charlotte. Harry is with the Hyatt Roller Bearing divi sion of General Motors in the south two nice eastern states. They have to col daughters about lege." to go ready Roy M. Montfort surgeon with offices building. Danville. is a physician a nd at 312 Temple Illinois. D. P. Fisher, who for the last eigh teen years has worked on diseases of fruits in orchards and storage for the office of horticultural crops and dis Industry, was eases. Bureau of P l a nt the recently appointed as leader of t r a n s fruit and vegetable handling, investigation. portation, He has made his headquarters at Wenatchee. Washington, since 1913 but is now located in Washington. D. C. storage a nd four "Still farm. I n d i a n a: Living on L. L. Jones writes from 12 N. Main street Lafayette. in poultry work, now operating hatchery and poultry farm about one mile from Purdue university, children— with same wife and youngest two months old. Doing con siderable outside poultry work, such as secretary-treasurer of the International association. Baby Chick Still poor life." enough to enjoy R. L. Nye is closing his eleventh year in connection with the College of Agri culture of Syracuse university, and his t e n th year as dean of the college. He reports t h at Henry R. Adams. '21. has there. charge of Nye lives in Syracuse at 515 Comstock avenue. the soils department 1913 Robert E. Loree, Secretary East Lansing, Mich. H. M. Jacklin is associate professor of automotive engineering and research associate in the engineering experiment station at Purdue university. He and live in Lafay Florence Hayes Jacklin ette at 111 Fowler avenue. George F. Leonard is sales manager for and the Tobacco By-Products Chemical corporation at Louisville, Ky. His address is 2825 Grinstead drive. there N a t h an D. Simpson may be reached t he Chrysler Motor Car in care of company. Detroit, Michigan. J. A. Waldron may be reached at R. 3, Box 166B, Minotto Ranch, Phoenix, Arizona. 1914 Henry L. Publow, Secretary East Lansing, Mich. J o hn C. Alderdyce is sales engineer of t he Concrete Steel company, Detroit, with offices at 1245 Michigan Theater building. He lives in Dearborn at 521 P a rk West. Mr. a nd Mrs. Harold S. Bird a n nounce the birth of a daughter, Nancy, on J u ne 1, 1930. R a l ph I. Coryell landscape department at is secretary-treas urer of t he Coryell Nursery at Birming ham. Michigan. He lives there at 992 Arlington road. He writes t h at they are opening a new office for their ex panded the Birmingham headquarters. He adds: "Quite a few of our college friends drop in during the year and we are always '84. to see them. R. J. Coryell. glad was reelected president of the Michigan Association is president of the board of education at Birmingham a nd recently took part in the Michigan Educa the program of tional association's meetings at L a n to sing. other numerous scout master of Bl troop at Birmingham, and has t a k en up archery as a sideline." Josh Billings. '15, m addition of Nurserymen. activities, He is Blanche Hays Gailey lives in Swiss- vale. Pennsylvania, on Miriam street. Roy F. Irvin h as for his South P a s a dena, California, address 2029 LeDroit drive. Lee L. Kennedy gives his address at 15 N. Genesee avenue. Pontiac. He is the Radio proprietor and manager of Sales. Inc.. at 96 N. Saginaw street, handling Majestic radios. George T." Smith writes from R. 17. "I Box 240P, Indianapolis. I n d i a n a: for am still designing electric motors the Fairbanks. Morse & company. By company way, Fairbanks. Morse and ratings in build high quality motors, from hk to 900 horse power. I built us a nice home in t he country in 1928 and 1929 and we would like to see any M. S. C. people who happen this way." H. C. Zeluff is in charge of q u a r a n tine work for the United States depart ment of agricultural and t he Florida state plant board. Box 283. Tampa, Florida, reaches him. 1915 Rolan W. Sleight, Secretary Laingsburg, Mich. J. Sam H a r tt gives his address at 132 W. Washington avenue. Madison. Wis consin. He is a consulting engineer. H. W. Hulbert is head of the agron the University of omy department at Idaho, and at time has under way a very active a nd successful weed eradication campaign. Hulbert lives in Moscow at 720 D street. the present Karl G. Meschke says t h at he can be reached in care of W. C. Hardy, 520 Ellis street, Brunswick, Georgia. J o hn W. Nicholson is a seedsman for Earl E. May Seed and Nursery com pany, and located at Shenandoah Iowa. is (Michigan) is manager Ross Waffle t he Owosso the Belle Isle Creamery company a nd lives is at 626 E. Comstcok street. Waffle married and h as five children, "every of division of one healthy and happy." He adds "Al ways glad to hear from a member of •15." L. R. Walker sends, his blue slip the from Marquette, Michigan, with county following n o t e: terms of years agricultural agent service S t a rt my 15th year July 1, 1930, and all in one coun ty." in in Michigan. "The oldest 1916 Herbert G. Cooper, Secretary 1125 S. Washington Ave., Lansing, Mich. Helen Edison Cavan in Royal Oak, Michigan, at 515 Gardenia avenue. living is Kittie Handy Fuller is county t r e a s urer of Berrin county. in Benton Harbor at 341 Pipestone street. the W. K. Kellogg F a rm at R. 1, Augusta, Michigan. C. M. McCrary is m a n a g er of lives S he George A. Willoughby is professor of industrial arts at t he Michigan State Normal college at Ypsilanti. He lives at 712 Washtenaw avenue. 1917 Mary LaSelle, Secretary 420 W. Hillsdale St., Lansing, Mich. H a r ry Blumenthal is an automobile merchant for the Marmon company of Pittsburgh. His address is 1241 Dennis- ton avenue. Pittsburgh. G. C. Collins is with the Frost Gear and Forge company at Jackson. His local address is.224 Wall street. C. M. K i d m an has moved to 219 Vir ginia street, Lansing. W. Doyle Kimmel is secretary of t he Detroit Hume Pipe company, and gives his address there as 173 W. Longwood. M. A. Leach is head of the science department school, Lansing, and lives at 1112 E. Michigan avenue. His son, Jacey H., is a junior in at M. S. C. at Eastern high applied science course the 1918 Willard Coulter, Secretary 1265 Randolph S. E., Grand Rapids, Mich. R. A. Beers sends his blue slip from 309 McNair building, Kalamazoo, Mich "I am still with the igan, and notes: State Highway department, being resi dent construction engineer in charge counties of southwestern seven Michigan. I am also the father of a daughter, Betsy Ann Beers, born J u ne 8, 1930, who should be ready to attend M. S. C. by 1948. Mother and d a u g h ter are getting along fine." in "Just 1919 Paul Howell, Secretary 1010 Braman St., Lansing, Mich. Hazel B. Deadman gives her address r e as 6758 Rutherford. Detroit, and teaching science which ports: clothing indicates historical geology, foods, electricity, a nd fire, materials, considerable of the practical side of biology and hygience. The state col leges of agriculture seem to provide the very best of foundational know ledge upon which to base a career as a t h at teacher of general science. Not intended at the teaching career was July, 1930 THE MICHIGAN STATE COLLEGE RECORD 15 the time of taking the ag course but one usually accepts an unavoidable situation." Forrest G. Millard is superintendent of t he Ingalls Shepard division of t he W y m an Gordon company, and lives at 67 E. 156th street, Harvey, Illinois. B. F. Latter is superintendent of schools at Millington Michigan. for Einar E. Ungren is publicity and a d vertising manager t he Michigan S t a te F a rm bureau at Lansing. He lives at 221 N. Clemens street. Marion Templeton room instructor t he Girls' Vocational school in Detroit, 2975 Chicago boule vard. is a tea at 1920 P. G. Lundin, Secretary East Lansing, Mich, C. W a rd Andrews is a county agri cultural agent and lives at 432 River- view, Monroe, Michigan. Rodger S. Clark is a civil engineer with t he Allied Engineers, Inc., J a c k son, and gives his address as 315 N. Grinnell street. Roy Davis h as for his address 67 W. Court, Farmington, Illinois. Dr. and Mrs. Alan C. Gibson (Helen Hilliard) announce the birth of J o hn Hilliard Gibson on April 20. Pilcher m ay Agnes T a p p an be reached in Detroit at 2930 Burlingame. Roland A. and Josephine Zachariah Shenefleld announce t he birth of M a r garet Sue on May 16, 1930. Rebecca Collingwood T r a n g m ar gives her address at 7 Denny place, Marie- mont, Cincinnati, Ohio. Earl, '17, is with the Ralph H. Jones company of t h at city. 1921 Maurice Rann, Secretary 1409 Osborn Road, Lansing, Mich. F r a nk C. P i n k h am sends his blue t he slip from Exeter, California, with following note: "I am still a grower and shipper of California fruits, prin cipally table grapes." Richard F. Rey is a structural en gineer in t he city engineering depart m e nt at Lansing. L. V. Judson writes from McMechen, "Am teaching general West Virginia: science a nd physics in Union high school, Benwood, West Virginia. R e ceived A.B. degree from Michigan State in August 1926. Am doing Normal second summer in vocational education at t he University of Michigan this year. Married Mae Hale of Morristown, Tennessee, grad of East Tennessee Teachers college, Dec ember 28, 1927." term on master's Everett Sackrider is extension spec ialist in soils for t he College a nd lives in East Lansing at 131 Albert avenue. 1922 Mrs. Donald Durfee, Secretary 12758 Stoepel Ave., Detroit, Mich. L. M. Thurston is in charge of dairy manufacture at t he University of West Virginia, Morgantown. R. J. Anderson writes from 1323 North 24th street, Kansas City, K a n s a s: "Have been m a n a g er of Kresge dollar store in K a n s as City for t he past year a nd a half. Business is getting better each month, t h a n ks to Henderson of K W K H. Sidney H. Yarnell gives his new a d dress as College Station, Texas. He is with t he horticultural division of t he station. state agricultural experiment 1925 Frances Ayres, Secretary East Lansing, Mich. Leland K. and Dorothy Fisk