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A m e r i c an To All Our Friends: StudentsI Townspeople! Faculty Members! Alumni! \ February, 1931 THE MICHIGAN STATE COLLEGE RECORD 3 Listening In 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 Entered as second class matter at the postoflfice at East Lansing, Michigan. to the M. S. C. Association. GLEN O. STEWART, '17, Editor GLADYS FRANKS, w'27, Alumni Recorder T HE M. S. C. ASSOCIATION Union Memorial Building OFFICERS—1930-31 R. Bruce McPherson, '90, President W. O. Hedrick, '91, Vice-President L. T. Clark, '04, Treasurer Glen O. Stewart, '17, Secretary Earl E. Hotchin. '12. East Lansing, term expires 1931 ; L. O. Gordon, '06, Muskegon, term expires 1932 ; E. Fred Edwards, '99, Lansing, term expires 1933 ; Harris E. Thomas, '85, Lansing, ex-oflficio; E. W. Ranney, '00, Greenville, ex-officio; EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE Frank F. Rogers. '83. Lansing, ex-officio : A. C. MacKinnon, '95, Bay City, ex-officio; Margaret Zachariah, '26, President of Alumnae League Entered at the East Lansing Postoffice as Second Class Matter Vol. XXXVI. No. 6 East Lansing. Michigan February. 1931 In This Issue ..... F a r m e r s' Week Largest Many Delegates Attend F o u r th College Congress in America :,.., .; In Memoriam Who's Who Among t he Alumni Dedicate Laboratory of Anatomy and Pathology First Ten Years of Co-edism at Michigan State Many S p a r t an Clubs P l an February Meetings Court Squad Launches Long Winning Streak "Close Beside the Winding Cedar" Alumnae Hold Musical—1931 Class Reunions. ..... Alumni Affairs............. 4 5 6 7 8 9 .. 10 11 12 13 15 is for the the topic fresh While today. We hate our printer happy and our credit good. in your mind, those of you who are delinquent or non-contributors current year, please write out a check a nd mail to p a rt company it with a lot of fine folks, it's just like losing an old friend. B ut we have been to keep the a c paying a bookkeeper counts our promises to the printer a nd engraver to t he point of threatened separation; have paid Uncle Sam a nice postage bill for delivering the RECORD to you; have been paying for collection letters —paying, paying and praying. red; have stretched in Therefore, after this month, Law '04, treasurer of subscriptions will necessarily rence T. Clark, the Association purse, announces t h at good business j u d g m e nt dictates t h at a n u m ber of have to be discontinued, unless an im mediate the Association coffers. We know you will miss faith t he RECORD and we have t h at you will a t t e nd to t he m a t t er at once. contribution comes to the American FIVE of T y S T R I CT a n n u al Council held —•?•; A l u m ni mid-winter meeting at Michigan State Normal college at Ypsilanti and at t he University of Michigan J a n u a ry 23 and 24. Five M. S. C. delegates attended. its it TNDICATIVE of the growing promi- -*- nence gained by Michigan State is College a nd her prominent alumni for No shown in School and Society t h at 139 vember where is stated institutions of higher learning furnish 85 per cent of t he college men and women listed in Who's Who. T he results of study on this book list 28,805 illustrious men a nd women of America, of whom 16.433 are college graduates. More t h an 500 colleges and universities are these graduates. represented by It is interesting to note t h at of the 139 institutions which furnish t he 85 per cent only 34 are state colleges or universities. Of these only four are land grant colleges. Michigan purely State is second with 56 alumni listed on is surpassed only by Iowa S t a te college. the honor rolls, and lawyers A T ONE of the dinners of the seven '•**• women's college presidents a nd a company of noted in New York last winter. President Neilsen of S m i th college suggested t h e m e: "Where there's a will there's a way." This witty remark was appreciatively received by t he gentlemen of the bar. is said, have since been Millions, these c o l l e g e s- written suggestion. all into wills for this impelled by t he it Michigan S t a te college although a state institution is coming into a period when more a nd more benefactions of this kind will be made. Most note worthy to date is the gift of Mr. a nd Mrs. J o hn W. Beaumont, '82, of Detroit, the College have who as projected into M. S. C.'s long future by their gift of the Beau mont tower and chimes. Other names, no doubt, will annually be engrossed on t he scroll of builders of our great college. loyalists of themselves A ND a n o t h er t he RECORD, as thing, •**• an alumni news sheet, h as a vora cious appetite for ink and paper, so it costs more t h an one suspects to keep 4 THE MICHIGAN STATE COLLEGE RECORD February, 1931 Farmers' Week jp OOD ROADS and favorable weather ^-* everywhere in Michigan from F e b ruary 2 to 6, aided materially in m a k ing the greatest farm festivity of the year—-Farmers' Week, a splendid suc cess on the Campus. Because many of the visitors never register it was impossible to know how many people visited the Campus. Over 10,000 people were on the grounds on Thursday, the big day, over 7,000 pro grams were distributed, a t and tendance estimated at 9,000 to 10,000 taxed the spacious Demonstration hall much beyond its normal capacity. Ad this ditional bleacher space was used in charge year but even were helpless record the crowd. then in seating those an The idea of Farmers' Week originated with Dr. R. S. Kedzie. father of F. S. Kedzie. '77. now College historian, more t h an 53 years ago. Known then as a Farmers' Institute the n a me continued for over 20 years until it was changed first to the Institute Round-Up. T he in so-called Farmers' Week was held J a n u a ry of 1914. Coincident with the development a nd expansion of the Col lege extension service the type of pro gram has changed from the class room inspira type tion and broadens in terest of the farmers. All types of ex lectures hibits now replace class room a nd with the use of Demonstration hall many more new features are added each year. to one which furnished the scope and The "Little International" livestock show held on Thursday. February 5, was a student-fitting and showing con In the evening Governor Brucker test. this was gave the main address, and followed a trained mule performance, athletic ex championship hibitions and a world horse-pulling contest. livestock parade, by a S ETTING 1930 team A NEW RECORD for dairy judging took third among 19 teams at later Iowa, and a week at Waterloo. Dairy Show at St. Louis. Missouri. at entire International" during Farmers' week. Back row (left '31: Coach G. E. Taylor: Russell Wait. Laurel Keyt. '31. Front contest These show. latter '31. the took ninth among 23 teams at Laurel Keyt ivas high State, teams at Michigan the the National Dairy Cattle Congress the National the individual man of in "Little Charles Davis, row: Kenneth Parish, 31: and young men assisted to right): the were turned away from the general programs, since our Demonstration hall only holds 10.000. "The programs were character ized by the spirit of cooperation and made evident by the meeting on the Campus of 35 farm organ izations. low prices. In spite of Michigan farmers are not discour aged but are determined to make t he necessary changes in produc to tion and marketing methods meet the situation." p BARLLY-A CROP Of1 IfcCRtAS annual DEAN J. F. COX —served as general chairman Fanners' Week of the committee IN A STATEMENT made exclusively for the readers of the RECORD. Dean J. F. Cox. of the agricultural division, stated "the staff of Michigan State college is very proud of the 1931 Farmers' Week was t he fact without doubt in is safely estimated America. t h at 18.000 It farmers and their families were in a t t e n d ance during the week. The only regrettable thousands feature of the week was ever held largest t h at t h at the EDUCATIONAL EXHIBITS AT THE DEMONSTRATION HALL February, 1931 THE MICHIGAN STATE COLLEGE RECORD 5 Many Delegates Attend Fourth College Congress Ohio State Alumni Secretary Talks on ''Whither Football?" r n HE high-spot of the fourth a n n u al •*• alumni College Congress this year, in addition to President Shaw's policy talk, was the discourse given the half hundred delegates in t he main dining room of evening, the Union Friday J a n u a ry 30, on "Whither Football?", by J o hn B. Fullen. alumni secretary of Ohio State university. forget "Critics In discussing the howling neglect the manifest benefit of the Buckeye t h at "Over-emphasis on football is greatly the critics who to t he alumni football over-emphasized, and are doing all consider sport," declared official. pays t he way for all minor sports, m a k ing possible intercollegiate competition for hundreds of men who otherwise would not have this opportunity." the other side of question, Mr. much-debated urged the alumni to lead the way t o ward correcting some of the "unsavory for aspects" in intercollegiate football t he sake of the game. He cited particu larly "intersectionalism, gate receipts r a t h er t h an n a t u r al riv alries in making new schedules; hiring the and firing of football coaches on r a t h er basis of leaders t h an and teachers, recruiting proselytizing of athletes and the public hullabaloo." Urge Alumni Lead Way abilities as and their winning ability the Fullen emphasis on their Mr. Fullen, in speaking of the public hullabaloo, pointed out t h at about the only time a college president can get onto "page one" with an annual report —welcomed pleaded PRESIDENT R. S. SHAW alumni "key" the and for a strong, well informed national alumni association. is when he has acumen enough to in clude in it some reference to football. the news about colleges "Judging by which seeps into many newspapers," he stated, "the average child who hopes some day to go to college gets an pression of a campus as a place where is a fieldhouse a nd a stadium, there presided over by a football coach who is president of the college, and where a number of bearded old professors sit around in the way." im In closing his remarks, Mr. Fullen the College Congress delegates urged as "key" alumni in their communities, to lead the way toward putting football it belongs—as an in the niche where incidental part of the college curri culum. Prexy Reviews College Growth Touching upon the items of general policy of the College and comparing t he development of each division as a in his "chain unit," President Shaw, sympathetic a nd humanizing m a n n er brought to his listeners a most interest ing picture of the adjustments which have taken place during his regime. in t h at "For degrees science, to home the extent influence upon Shaw 73 years," President pointed out. "the institution has been graduating men trained in agriculture they have h ad a to profound agricultural teaching. For 45 years the College has turned out graduates engineering characterized by their ability to make good. For 35 years the institution has granted economic graduates, and then there came other additions in quick succession, including veterinary science, liberal arts and a number of other courses. 16 courses for graduation we are often confronted with the question of whether or not we are getting out of line. My reply is t h at we-are on the right track in regard the purposes for which the institution was originally organized, is being special attention and given each year to strengthening and broadening all sciences of the institu tion. My interests lie in the develop m e nt of a basic training in science. I am progress along t h at Today when we offer interested intensely applied line." t h at in to Faculty Promotions Cited t h at During his present administration three President Shaw mentioned to acting deans had been advanced two professors p e r m a n e nt deanships. to deanships. six associate professors promoted to full professorships, 11 a s sistant professors had become associate professors, and 19 instructors elevated this to assistant professors. During time the salary payrolls have been ex panded $100,000, half of this amount JOHN B. FULLEN —told College Congress delegates that over-emphasis is greatly on college football over-emphasized. having been used salaries and ditional employment. in the other $50,000 for a d increases for "To him has been given "To Professor L. C. Emmons, of the mathematics department, goes the posi tion of research professor of institu tional administration," stated President the Shaw. task of trying to get recognition for t he College by national organizations, such as the National Association of Colleges and Universities, and the American Association of University Women. By giving Michigan State this recognition our alumni will not have to appear as beggars on the doorsteps of other in stitutions when asking for admission to their graduate schools. We have to believe Professor E m every reason mons will be successful in his under takings." Wants Alumni Well Informed the credit system, In discussing the changes in depart mental heads, the graduate school, the revision of the physical changes of grounds and build ings, m a t t e rs of policy on leave of a b sence for study by faculty members, questions of re the tirement, facilities, activities and progress of the College in a most interesting manner. President Shaw's final statement to the College Congress delegates was t h at to be poorly the alumni cannot afford informed about Michigan State. T he constant interflow between the College travel, pensions and covered t he president 6 THE MICHIGAN STATE COLLEGE RECORD February, 1931 a nd all parts of t he state requires t he co-operation and support of its graduates and t h r o u gh affiliation with t he a l u m ni association a nd formation spread m o n th this knowledge will be gained. in the RECORD each the all in Coach Jim Crowley was introduced by t he c h a i r m an a nd given a hearty his J im welcome. "suicide schedule" for 1931. spoke briefly of A\umni Fund Progress In the absence of E. E. Gallup, '96, fund, c h a i r m an of the a n n u al alumni who was ill and unable to attend, chair m an R. B. McPherson. '90. called upon Secretary Stewart to briefly review the first six months of fund. the the t h at start a n n u al a new type of in more recognized Secretary Stewart reported t he old method of having alumni dues of $2.50 per year had been superseded by the contribution voluntary plan, known as the alumni fund, and now alumni t h an eighty college support the present year, associations. While the country-wide economic de with the most auspicious pression, was not finance plan, time to nevertheless, first the t h at six months proved conclusively the method this is sound. The gifts year on the voluntary plan have aver aged S3.63 per capita, showing at least $1.13 last increase per member over year. The total number contributing to date is somewhat less but the total amount is slightly over the income for the same period last year. immediate the fund." stated Secretary Stewart, "is to current provide results of purpose funds "The the the the for of t he association, operating expenses of but the members of the executive com mittee had a much larger plan in mind when they proposed this fund, namely: to eliminate a n n u al association deficits by retaining yearly a percentage of t he net income to form an emergency fund, a nd to give to the College as the fund grows, an annual gift for such p u r poses as the alumni may direct, i. e„ for some need of the institution which is difficult to obtain from state appro priations." Loan Funds Urged is in and loan fund a n n u al prizes t h at Michigan State It was pointed out by the alumni secretary in need of more loan funds for students, scholarships for students achieving excellence in a p a r is ticular line. The student loan fund a College controlled loan fund, where small amounts are loaned to students at interest and t he amount is repaid, so turn other students may also profit from the generosity of the donor. A to requires $5,000 and generally carries the n a me of the donor. Scholarships are usually outright gifts to students with proven ability to succeed but lacking financial means. A gift of $2,000 or over returns the at least $100 a year as a gift unfortunate help. needing Prizes consist of $25 in gold and are given at the present time to a limited number of students excelling in some particular establishment of any gift along these lines is an ex pression of faith in higher education. study. T he from $500 student to Classes Plan For Future A number of class secretaries and officers of local alumni clubs met with the secretary in the alumni office S a t urday morning to plan future activities of their respective groups. Alumni day was officially set for Saturday, J u ne 20, to when m a ny class secretaries plan gather for their elan on t he Campus reunions, a nd to discuss with t h em the larger scope of organized alumni effort. t he Among and alumni delegates present were the fol lowing: faculty members President R. S. Shaw. Secretary H. H. Halladay. Deans Conrad. Dye, Huston, Cox. Austin. Giltner and Dirks; Direc tor R. H. Young a nd Coach Crowley; Dr. J. W. Crist, Professor L. C. Emmons a nd T h o m as Gunson. '19. R. Bruce McPherson, '17, and Mrs. Stewart, '00; Effie Ericson. and Mrs. '90. and Mrs. McPherson, Howell; Secretary Glen O. '18. Stewart. '91: L. T. Lansing; W. O. Hedriek. '83; E. W. Clark. '04; F. F. Rogers. '30; Ralph Ranney. Sweeney, Sweeney; Frances Ayres, '25; Russell Palmer, '22; Mrs. T h o m as Gunson, '12; Charles B. Cook, '88. and Mrs. Cook; W. B. Wil liams, '19; Herbert Straight. '17; DeGay Ernst. '22; Dudley Pritchard, '24; C. E. Thompson. '17; William Jacobs. '23, a nd Mrs. Jacobs; '13, and Mrs. Loree, '13; R. E. Loree, E. E. Hotchin. '12. a nd Mrs. Hotchin; Minnie Johnson Starr, 10; Olive G r a h am Howland. and Mrs. Lyons; William Taylor. P. G. Lundin. '08; Gladys Franks. Marshall, '30. '09; Arthur Lyons. '00. '23; '20; H. H. Musselman. '27. and Marietta '16; Mary LaSelle, IN M E M 0 R I A M MOLLIE EARL BROWN TWTOLLIE EARL BROWN. 72. wife of ™~ Addison Makepeace Brown, form er secretary of the College, but of late a resident of Schoolcraft. Michigan, rounded her life's cycle to completion J a n u a ry 14. 1931. at their home in the village in which she was born. Al though Mrs. Brown's health had been poor for two or three years it was be lieved t h at a winter in the South had improvement. effected and her death, after an illness of three weeks, was a great shock to her family a nd to her countless friends. some marked On October 29, 1885. Mollie Earl was married to Addison Makepeace Brown, of Schoolcraft, her early play-fellow, a nd their wedded life has been an idyll of r a re beauty and completeness. To t h em were born five children, Hearty Earl, Edward Lakin, Dorothy Miles, Malcolm Makepeace a nd Pamela. In 1902, Addison Brown was appoint- her and to be their home contacts with to t he College and ed secretary of the then Michigan Agri cultural college, a nd the Brown family installed moved themselves at 11 Faculty Row, which was for 20 years. • This same house now stands between the Union and Home Ec buildings and houses the offices of the economic d e partment ). The associations here were grateful to her; she enjoyed the faculty life young people, particularly young women who were so constantly passing her door. And soon they did not pass, but stop into talk with her. ped, lingered, fell tolerance, Her sympathy, her bright her alertness a nd independence, her quick repartee, even t he violence of her opinions, set her a p a rt from her gen eration and made her companionship a children delight their t he hosts of college friends, and irresistably students who were drawn in her direction. T h e re were no duty talks with Mr. and Mrs. Brown when to her to a nd they chaperoned instead chance to chat. there was competition the college dances; for a the There In 1922. Mr. and Mrs. Brown returned bright to Schoolcraft. later presence of their son Lakin. a nd of the devoted companionship their to make daughter Pamela, did much t he old home happy, while the intimate they maintained with contact which family their absent children drew the circle close. Schoolcraft became the rallying place for m a ny East Lansing friends, a nd for scores of former stu dents and alumni of M. S. C, and these calls a nd visits were a keen delight to the Browns, who would drop anything for a chat on the old front porch. Her husband, who is critically ill, and her children will remember her not only as a devoted a nd cherishing wife a nd mother, but as a great personality, whose influence will be immortal. To left t he m a ny men a nd women who Michigan State years ago her memory their grateful hearts. will live on in February, 1931 THE MICHIGAN STATE COLLEGE RECORD 7 Who's Who Among the Alumni in the that later lawyer is held, prominent offices on corporation the country. section, and in Minnesota, lawyers in in 1886, taking his Ag., is one of the most here He settled first degree becoming Joseph Bell Cotton, corj prominent in country the division of having graduated as a agriculture. to New York City, corporation his duties although where he now maintains in which the regard take him all over asked he seconding to deliver in Chicago. convention Roosevelt's for all the interests of the U. S. Steel Mr. Cotton has been general solicitor corporation the the F. A. Patrick and company, Callahan Zinc Lead company, Green Cananea Coppermines Copper as corporation, honorary well as holding directorships right) degree of L. L. D. was granted later moved lower Broadway, of that he was honored by being section of the country, in many prominent concerns. to him by the College in 1927. company. Consolidated company American Metal Radiator it is interesting for to note the northwest of Minnesota, Wisconsin the speech nomination and other organizations, the 1904 Republican As an example and Michigan, the Richmond company, (To the states for An at society is no telling the events of Phillip S. Rose, ?? '99 E., is one of those grads about whom there might be said that extent one's college activities may or may not govern life. For instance, the famous national magazine, The Country is run and edited by Mr. Rose, a Tau Beta Pi, as well as the Literary years after graduation, Mr. Rose was North Dakota Agricultural of the Gas Review and from man full editorship. pany vania. it to what later Gentleman Columbian ten at editor Thresher- the to com Pennsyl to the associate editorship of the Country Gentleman, then the Curtis Publishing led, via the American and he lives at 640 Ardmore avenue, Ardmore, if your memory the engineering college. there his path lags). For department In 1909, he resigned his offices are with S. A. E.'s now in Philadelphia to become Although (they're left). (To the in at the past tion during in command rec°9ni- ±±» ±\^i/HfL\J\A/VVy '95 Ag-' achieved national Inmes H Kimhnll JlA/frviL/O "consulting meteorologist is second is regarded by leading meteorologists Atlantic weather, he is consulted by all those contemplating flights, and his "O. K." anxiously meteorologist for called confidential meteorological He is the author of "Storm Log of the North Atlantic Ocean," prepared and first North Atlantic published received M. A. degree from New York university. few years as for Lindbergh, Chamberlain, Byrd, et. al." He the New York Weather Bureau and his advice As a specialist on North trans-Atlantic As is dated. is frequently the war was troops. the has an in 1916 the hop-off he Bureau, in Federal Courts, and during the dispatch Dr. Kimball in 1914 and a Ph. D. various works on marine weather. the United cases States Weather in on admiralty from Richmond awaited before weather maps of ships and trans-Atlantic as expert. university advisor flying, right). (To the for in THE MICHIGAN STATE COLLEGE RECORD February, 1931 Dedicate Laboratory of Anatomy and Pathology Veterinarians Inspect Newest of Modern Campus Building's |door grade entrance and is modern in every way. Electric refrigeration, high incin pressure steam, and a modern facilitate erator, soon working in this laboratory. to be installed, Laboratories and Research Roonis Commodious Occupying the entire second floor of the and Adjoining embryology the building is the d e p a r t m e nt of a n atomy. On the west side of the cor ridor is a large, well-equipped a nd well lighted museum as well as a commod ious laboratory for the study of smaller splendidly animals. histology equipped laboratory on the northeast corner is a preparation room which will be used in preparing material for class work. room also connects The preparation with a spacious laboratory for an a n atomical technic which in t u rn opens room—the only into a t he southeast one in the building—in corner. For the is being used as a unoccupied offices library. the present, one of lecture large LABORATORY 01 ANATOMY AND PATHOLOGY lab and the two large gross anatomy to oratories are depressed several feet give working room a nd head space of about 14 feet. Under the direction of Dr. F. W. Chamberlain of the anatomy department, an ingenious set of vats for the embalming and storage of all animals has been installed. The small er gross anatomy room will be used for osteology and dissection work. T he pathology autopsy room has a double to classes at the opening of in campus the improvement a n a t o my /CLIMAXING another extensive proj- and ect ^ expansion, and new pathology building was formally open ed t he winter term. J a n u a ry 5. and dedicated the eighth a n n u al post graduate at J a n u a ry for veterinarians conference 26 to 30. The new building is located the approximately one block east of dairy building, but on the south side of the new circular drive which curves G r a nd northeastward street. River avenue opposite Haslett fire proof, brick and concrete construction and cost approximately $100,000. ex clusive of equipment. Like the major it ity of the newer Campus buildings is of modern Gothic architecture. Be sides the three stories there is an attic which is fully utilizable. The new building is of m o d e m, intersect to Offices and laboratories on the third floor house t he department of animal pathology and the state pathologist. there are seven well equipped In all tech private research nique labora laboratory, tories, and a well-lighted pathological museum. High pressure for autoclay operation is available on this floor and in t he attic. laboratories, a two student steam Rooms on t he fourth floor or attic and are well ventilated and lighted l Continued on pajre 14 i in Equipment Install Modern Equip?nent the new b u i l d i n g-is largely new and of modern design. Heating and ventilating systems are of up-to-date types, the walls are of yel low washable tile a nd the offic3. cor ridor, and entrance floors are of terrazo. A new stain-proof floor dressing, T h o r- in seal. the rooms. An laboratories and autopsy elevator facilitates transportation from floor to floor. for rooms the main entrance a nd offices, under the building has no basement. The first floor is shared partly for the p a t h ology and partly by t he anatomy de partments. The floors of t he mortuary is used over concrete fan and service Except FIRST FLOOR PLANS OF NEW LABORATORY February. 1931 THE MICHIGAN STATE COLLEGE RECORD 9 First Ten Years of Co-edism at Michigan State Ephocal Events of 1870-80 Paved Way for Women Students By FRANCES AYRES, '25 in it was admitted m HE YEAR of 1870 proved a mile- the history of Michigan -*- stone t h en educational circles, for t h at women were to first the University of Michigan and both the Agricultural college. Private in the state had practiced in stitutions co-education frequent for years and requests for admission found their way to President Abbot's office. T he answer, however, was always the same: "We would like to have you come, but there is no room." The laundry were found In 1869 Williams hall, a fine, spacious building, was erected just southeast of steward a nd his College hall. floor, first family occupied part of t he the boys lived in t he second a nd third floors, while the kitchen, dining-room in the base and (This, by the way, started off ment. fifty years of basement- the ensuing eating. Occupants of Wells hall still feast in the lowly spaces). There were five rooms on the first floor for which there was no in its doors a 1870, the few inches to admit a limited number of girls. immediate need, so faculty opened Co-edism Epochal Event in his President Abbot charming this epochal memoirs wrote regarding event: "March 11. 1870—'To town from 4-6. All about the application of girls for the College. Saw in succession except Professor faculty to thought we ought not Cock. All reject town and saw Mr. Jones (the postmaster who had a them. Went admission to to T HE LADY GRADUATES '83; Mary L. Harrison, (first girl to graduate). in 1888. Front row—Left '88; Jessie Beal, '90; Jennie Tower, to right, Ella Wood. '79 '86; Eva Coryell, Back, row—Alice Johnson, '84; Carrie French, '86; Mrs. Mary Merrill, '81; Alice Weed, '82. tea with daughter who wished to e n t e r ). Went into the Rev. Mr. Allen. March 14—Faculty meeting. Report on application of ladies. Misses Mary Jones, Belle Allen, Ella Brock, Katie Bacon entered and came to College. Miss Thrift rejected on examination." (She evidently did not live up to her n a m e ). During the year ten girls were ad mitted into the College,—Isabelle Allen, Catherine Bacon, Ella Brock, Mary Daniells, Harriet Dexter, G e r t r u de Howe, E m ma Hume, Mary Jones, Eliz abeth Sessions a nd Catherine Steele. the group were daughters of Four of farmers terri the surrounding from tory, while the rest came from homes of business a nd professional men of Lansing and vicinity. Co-eds Compete With Men The girls pursued to graduate. Besides t he same studies offered the boys, namely, mathematics, geology, history, surveying, English, botany, moral philosophy, logic, book keeping, languages a nd chemistry (all branches including agricultural chem istry). Eva Coryell, '79. was the first t he above girl subjects she delved into such interest ing material as astronomy, civil en gineering, horticulture, landscape gar dening and mechanics, a nd graduated with an average of 89%. All the young women were good students a nd highly their professors by making pleased grades above t he average. TTf ILLIAMS HALL, where W rapid dropped succession. the second and from first co-eds third lived and where notes to those on story windows tied to first strings in floor the T he ages of t he "pioneer t e n" ranged from 16 to 23 years. They were c h a r m ing, delightful girls a nd their coming had a very decided effect on the a t t i the male tudes a nd population. Allow me from "Memoirs of Student Life at M. A. C." by one of t he boys of '74 who attended the school during '71-'74 and who gives a vivid picture of his impressions as a lad of seventeen. interests of to quote io THE MICHIGAN STATE COLLEGE RECORD February, 1931 Memoirs Tell a Story May 16th. 1870—"The ladies have Romance Ever Present Later lustrous! three of a nd with titian-haired came Miss Hollister "Right opposite me at the the dining table were five co-eds. Oh. they were beautiful! Belle Allen, rosy fair, cheeks and a skin like alabaster; Mollie Jones with a smile so winning and such c h a rm and so pretty, and Libby Sessions, dainty and brunette, with hair inclined to curl and eyes so black seemed beings (They and apart, a little but not much lower t h an the angels, and far above the boys). Then there was Hattie Dexter. She did not remain at college very long. But she was a very sweet and very pretty girl. a serious minded girl and a good student. I They were very nice promptly fell in love with all of them, and violently too. for I remember being jealous of Shelton. a senior, who after wards married Miss Sessions, and I would gladly have challenged Fairfield who later married Molly Jones. The fine presence of the Col ladies as students at young lege was an for good and influence helped much in the movement to admit women into all colleges in Michigan." little '85. appeared the college news rhyme by J a m es Clark. in the Speculum, sheet: "The boys no more are rough and these exceptionally Some time later the following to me and rude. their actions have a manlier Tlian when, as in the days of yore, alone. to fellows And now. kind 'ruled tone ive the roost' friend, advice take quite fair and you, kindly; square. I'm Look at sure you'll this matter not as before, so blindly. Do you not see your daughters writh only half the meager You give your lazy, worthless can. chance the sons advance. school there And so to give broad domains of truth the State's is due, send your sons out your daughters, the honor send that You'd better and fair for and the ground, tomato too." As far as the labor system was con the girls did what work could cerned be provided for them. They prepared cut potatoes, seed transplanted flowering plants, p r u n ed shrubbery, gathered small fruit and did work in the green their house. Not to be forgotten was work with the Colorado potato beetles to Michi ipotato bug) the young t h at gan the same year In ladies appeared on the Campus. the the course of a few short years girls left, but the potato bug—ah. it is still with us. t h at migrated Faculty Stern On Privileges Were alloted the girls same privileges on the Campus as the boys. you ask? throw an Faculty minutes interesting light on this query. t he May 9th. 1870—"It was voted t h at to the question of admitting the lyceum (the one a nd only literary and social function of t he week) be re ferred to the president." ladies been informed they are not per mitted to join or to attend the lyceums of the College." t h at the Gentlemen of No one was allowed to leave the Campus without a written excuse from t he president and strict hours were kept by both girls and boys. T h e r e fore, the only social contact was found in the recitation rooms, prayer meet ings a nd in the corridors of old College hall. The girls were especially active m services. President Abbot says on March 15th. 1870: "The in at prayers and four classes." lady students religious the March 27th—"Rained all day and was I preached on Book of (Mrs. r e very muddy. Ecclesiastes. Bible class. S a r ah the Abbot) mained." students lady and Occasionally there was a social func tion of some kind. The president men "In evening attended P r o tions one: fessor Cook's party in chapel. All the girls were there, Mrs. K. (Kedzie) and Mrs. A. (Abbot). The occasion was the first maple sugar." students to Many S p a r t an Clubs Plan Meetings February 11 — Oakland County alumni club meets at C h a m ber of Commerce, Pontiac. Dinner at 6:30 p. m. February 12—Detroit alumni club p. m.. 7:00 b a l l r o om Detroit- dinner-dance, main Leland hotel. February 13 — Chicago alumni club dinner-dance. 6:30 p. m.. Medinah Athletic club. February 14—Milwaukee annual alumni club dinner. 6:30 p. m.. place to be announced. February 17—Flint alumni club winter dance, seventh floor I. M. A. auditorium, 8:45 p. m. a n nual meeting, banquet Hayes hotel. 6:30 p. m. February 18—Jackson club February 19—Toledo and Monroe club meeting, area Ottawa Park shelter house, Toledo. 6:30 p. m. annual February 25—Proposed organiza for Buffalo. tion meeting N. Y. alumni. Arrangements in charge of F r a nk J. W h e- lan, 73 Niagara Falls Blvd., Buffalo. February 26 — Pittsburgh, Pa., club a n n u al meeting. Hotel Phone Henry, 7:00 p. m. to Geo. F r a n reservations cisco, Lehigh 4715-W., Mt. Lebanon. February 27 — Rochester, N. Y. Annual banquet for Western New York club. Hotel Seneca, 6:30 p. m. February 28 — Cleveland, Ohio. Annual banquet for Northern Ohio alumni group, Alcazar Hotel, 6:30 p. m. Call Mrs. L. L. Appleyard, Lakewood C153. for reservations. in (Molly) two m a r is historically let down from In spite of the rigidity of rules, ro mance crept in, as is its way. After hours when studying and quiet were on the program, notes tied on strings were the second a nd third story windows to the five on t he first floor. And as suggested above, all this interest culminated riages—those of E. Burritt Fairfield Jones, and E. M. and Mary (Libby) Ses Shelton and Elizabeth sions. The Fairfield-Jones combina important because tion the long and yearly it is t he increasing list of S t a te ties. We found some mighty interesting facts about it. took place at Molly's r e the just store. home in Lansing, which will be membered by m a ny of you as octagon house still stands east of Arbaugh's department The ceremony was performed by Presi dent Abbot (who, by the way, was an o r d a i n ed Congregational minister). T h at he did it out of the goodness of his heart may be seen by his follow ing note of it: The function first of t h at J a n u a ry 1. 1872—"Fine New Year's morning. I went to town and at 9 a. m. late married Elihu Burritt Fairfield, graduate, at Mr. and Mary Jones. Declined a Jones Whereas ladies in ten to eight in '70. the number '71, fell and to four in '72. The Williams hall the '72 a nd in project was dropped lived either at girls t h at did attend The home or at professor's homes. year 1873 saw but three ladies a nd in 1874-75 there were no traces of student t he Campus. Had femininity about t he experiment failed? Was this to be forever after a man's lone paradise? No, indeed. The comeback was staged in there was still no place provided them, five girls a p to peared. The number grow, slowly it is true, but from then to now the College has always carried the names of girls on its roster. The first women had themselves worthy of admission and had paved t he way t h at their sisters and d a u g h ters might follow easily. '76 when, although continued shown fee." there were Theta Alpha Phi a Presents Dramas T h e ta Alpha Phi, national honorary fraternity, presented "Three dramatic fast moving mystery Shadows," comedy in afternoon and evening per formances at the State Theater in East Lansing, J a n u a ry 28. Beside r e h e a r s ing another presentation, "In Love With Love" a nd planning for one or two other productions during winter term, t he cast of "Aren't We All" which was so successfully presented during t he fall t he perform ance on Wednesday evening of F a r m t he benefit of out-of- ers' Week for town visitors. term, repeated February, 1931 THE MICHIGAN STATE COLLEGE RECORD 11 Court Squad Launches Long Winning Streak Show Peak of Power In Double Victory Over Colgate the streak opponent, team. first lineup definitely longest winning The students gained "IT71TH settled ** after the playing of the Christmas holiday vacation games, the Michigan launched State college basketball team into in t he The S p a r t a ns mowed many years. down opponent the after most noteworthy accomplishments of t he successful offensive being the sub jugation of Colgate and Western R e serve, t he latter a Cleveland their real peek at t he 1931 aggregation when Marquette came to East Lansing for a game on J a n u a ry 9. This game was the best of the home attractions with the possible exception of thrilling see-saw battle t h at was waged against Brigham Young university during t he recess. Marquette came to town with a powerful aggregation. The Hilltop- pers had subdued University of Wis consin 16 to 10 in an earlier game. The team was one to be feared. One tall player center, who had scored 20 points against Brigham Young and 10 against Wis consin, was t he real problem for t he Spartans. in particular, Budrunas, a t he Spartan State Speed Subdues Marquette less t h an started slowly. T he visitors were ahead at half time 13 to 6 and it looked as though they would continue their domination of the game. But t he S p a r t a ns put on a burst of speed right at the outset of the second half, scoring three two in field goals minutes and were soon fighting neck a nd neck for the lead. Finally, State gained a one-point lead, 16 to 15. Then the the S p a r t a ns back court a nd held it there in an: a t tempt to break up the compact Mar quette defense. The visitors, under instructions from the bench, r e fused to come out of their stall. They stood stock still in their tracks for six minutes, refusing the play. to State tried going in with the ball once, lost it, stayed outside t he danger zone. regaining the ball it and acting force t h en took into remaining Marquette play. When figured on being able to win t he game in t he last three minutes there were of three they started play minutes again. And State beat t h em at their own game, winning out by a 19 to 16 It was one of the most scientific score. the State bits of basketball seen on court seasons. Marquette's tendency to stall m a r r ed the play, but last t he fast a nd furious pace of three minutes the compensated slower stages. in m a ny t he for The game proved R a n dy Boeskool, six foot four-inch center to be the m an the great Bud for r u n as to two field goals a nd made five the job. He held in these two games. On his t h at Michigan State to 30, proving basketball can really gather the points in large numbers if t he condi tions are right. The S p a r t a ns were hot for r e t u rn t h at he had Coach Van Alstyne said never team floor work, passing a nd display such timing. A r t h ur Haga, one of perfect the captains, amazed Colgate with his speed, basket shooting and guarding. Compliments were heard on every h a nd after the game. seen a Michigan State three Smother M. I. A. A. Champions t he present season, came T he t e am was still rolling along in high gear when Kalamazoo college, the M. I. A. A. champions of t he year pre league ceding, a nd undefeated in their during to East Lansing. The result was a S p a r t an avalanche of points. S t a te winning without any trouble by a 48 to 19 score. In this game a sophomore guard n a m ed Alton Kircher, from Gladstone, served to step t h at he will be ready notice into a regular berth next season. T he speedy little fellow rang up four field goals in t h r ee minutes a nd showed u n mistakable class in handling a nd guarding. the ball A aggregation, second Michigan Central State Teachers college from Mt. Pleasant, presented the next home problem. T he u p - s t a te quintet h ad won 13 games in a row a nd h ad not met defeat at t he h a n ds of a college team. S t a te rushed into a 16 to 6 first last lead t h at helped stave off a half period stampede on t he t he p a rt of visitors. The S p a r t a ns finally won by a score of 31 to 18 but t he count does not accurately indicate how fast and furious t he play really was. Win Two Road Games State managed Having appeared at home for a couple of weeks, t he S p a r t a ns took to t he road following this game. They rested up for two days a nd t h en went to Cleve land to meet Western Reserve, a team t h at Coach Van Alstyne predicted would be difficult to conquer. His a p the outcome were prehensions over squeeze justified. to out a one-point decision, 25 to 24. Western Reserve early t he season defeated Pittsburgh, a team of national lost a hair-line reputation, a nd h ad decision to Brigham Young university. Then t he following evening t he S p a r to Oberlin, Ohio, for a t a ns moved college. Most game with Oberlin have maintained pleasant with this institution for several years particularly and pleased t he Oberlin court. The game was very first half, S t a te get- close during the to be able to appear on the S p a r t a ns were relations in (Continued on page 14) BASKETBALL CAPTAINS Haga. Scott. Grove points himself, work of his opponent. thereby offsetting t he Xavier university (formerly St. X a v- ier) of Cincinnati, was t he next home opponent. Coach Van Alstyne sent his team into the game without any knowl S t a te the visitors' strength. edge of soon learned they h ad a very capable opponent to stand off. The game was a rough and tumble affair, both teams indications of being willing showing to mix it. The S p a r t a ns managed to in front nearly all t he way stay out and put on a burst of speed in the lat t er stages t h at let t h em win without trouble, 32 to 19. its power t e am was to the peak of Double Victory Over Colgate Having stretched their winning streak t h en the to four straight, for brought the invasion of Colgate. The games were played on consecutive nights at Hamilton, New York, and a large n u m ber of alumni from t h at section of t he country were on h a nd to watch Coach through Van Alstyne's speedsters wade uncertain t he Maroon team in fashion. Having beaten Colgate football, State wanted to add a basket ball scalp a nd Colgate t u r n ed out en mass to help their favorites t u rn back the Green and White. State won both to 31 games, score, and the second by a count of 50 first one by a 41 in no t he 1930- 31 BASKETBALL SCHEDULE Dec. Dec. Dec. Jan. Jan. J a n. Jan. Jan. J a n. Jan. Jan. Jan. Feb. Feb. Feb. Feb. Feb. •5_ 1 3- 29- 1- 9- 13 16- 17- 2 3- 27- 3d- 3 1- 6. 10- 14- 2 1- 29- C. 22. Cincinnati 8. C. 22, Michigan 32. C. 29, Brigham Young C. 25, Ohio Wesleyan 1 C. 19, Marquette 16 C. 32, Xavier 19 C. 41, Colgate 31 C. 50, Colgate 30 C. 46, Kalamazoo Col. C. 31, Central State 18 C. 25, Western Reserve C. 33, Oberlin 22 C. 42, Alma 20. - M. S. - M. S, - M. S. - M. S. - M. S. M. S. - M. S. - M. S. - M. S. - M. S. - M. S. - M. S. —M. S. —Detroit at East Lansing —Loyola at East Lansing -Detroit at Detroit -Marquette at Milwaukee 28 " 10 24 12 THE MICHIGAN STATE COLLEGE RECORD February, 1931 fa <£ TKgSs Agriculture took part Faculty members who at other in Farmers" week agricultural colleges include Professor H. C. Rather. '17. head of the farm crops department who talked at the University of Wis consin. Madison. Wisconsin. February the 5. and Professor C. R. Megee of farm spoke crops department who J a n u a ry 22 at Harrisonburg. Virginia, to the Virginia crop improvement as sociation. in Reorganization of the previously in active agricultural council has recently- been accomplished. The council is now made up of the presidents of the vari the agri ous departmental clubs cultural division and the editor and business manager of the Agriculturist. and has as its main winter term project, the sponsoring of the All Ag banquet officers in February. Newly elected are: '31. Chairman. D. K. Parish. Fairgrove; vice-chairman. Earl Steimle. secretary-treasurer. '31. Hartford; and '31. Blissfield. Harold Knoblauch. The sale of 1.600.000 seedlings and transplants during the past year is r e ported by J. J. Hendryx. superintendent of the college forestry nursery. Almost all of the stock was disposed of within the state and was sold at cost. More t h an 5.000.000 t r a n s plants will be available for distribution during to Mr. Hendryx. the coming year, according seedlings a nd a during started feature sessions Continuing two years ago, the animal husbandry and dairy departments are conducting night school the winter months in nearby towns. Professor G. A. Brown. 07. of t he animal husbandry department is conducting meetings on livestock feeding management at G r a nd Ledge, while Professor G. E. Taylor of the dairy department conducting weekly meetings on t he dairy situation, feeding, at Reading. herd management and is Members of t he agricultural engineer ing department are working on a replica of the first combine harvester in pre paration of the celebration of the 100th the anniversary of machine. The imple ments, which revolutionized grain grow ing in this country, was invented and patented in June. 1836. The present model is being patterned invention of these the first of in Michigan "CLOSE BESIDE THE directly from and Hascal. original t he drawings of Moore inventors. Announcement was made recently of the resignation of G. E. Starr, w'96. ex tension specialist the horticultural in department. Mr. S t a rr has accepted a position as field manager with the Rice Seed company of Cambridge, New York. Before coming to the College in 1923 he was manager of the Rice Seed farms at Grass Lake. Michigan. While at issued co-author several bulletins t he populai with Dean J. F. Cox of book entitled and Marketing." the College Mr. S t a rr h as "Seed Production and was Engineering recently the State College At a recent meeting of the electrical engineering faculty and at the J a n u a ry meeting of club. Professor M. M. Corey demonstrated "colorameter" his devised which produces beautiful color p a t terns, developing any combination or effect desired. The new device is of theaters, audi special use in lighting toriums and display exhibits where a continuous change of light is desired. before recently a paper L. J. Rothgery, '21, field agent of the engineering experiment station deliv the ered American Road Building association in St. Louis. Missouri, on "The Rural Highways of the State of Michigan." The past five years have been spent by Mr. Rothgery as councilor and guide to county and township rural road com mittees. Professor H. B. Dirks, acting dean of the engineering division, recently a t the National tended a conference of Electric Light association in Milwaukee as a delegate and member of the com mittee on power. A new standards laboratory is being the electrical engineering created by department and a number of very a c curate instruments are now on hand. special They are being glassed-in compartments where they will be kept clean and accurate in order to facilitate the testing and calibration of instruments. laboratory installed in for An addition was recently made to t he test stand which was dynamometer secured from the General Electric com last pany spring. A bank of three transformers which will supply 440 volts, single or 3-phase, will supplement the original equipment. the A. C. laboratory loaned Using an electric welder to the College by the Lincoln Electric company. B. K. Osborn of the electrical engineering department, has completed several angle iron frames for m o u n t ing capacity units, two dozen of which were given to the College recently by the Westinghouse Electric company. The new units greatly facilitate ratory work requiring a rent. labo leading cur to all came to prohibit I n s p e c t o r s" Two Michigan State students were the the many who applied among Georgia for posi legislature recently tions as "Runs in Hose and Red Neck tie about It when a bill was presented in the legis lature red socks, decorated neckties, variegated in. trunks, and the bill might become Expecting t h at a including those of the Michigan State students, were received asking for positions as "inspectors." law, m a ny applications, ladies hose with runs the wearing of Liberal Arts "Grain Growers' Cooperation in Western Canada" is the title of a recent book, by Dr. H. S. Patton, head of the economics department, which has r e ceived national recognition. Dr. P a t- ton before coming to Michigan State had considerable experience as profes sor of economics at the University of the University of Al Cincinnati and berta. t h at studies for the book were compiled. It was during time this Members of the English faculty who into" print recently have "broken in clude J. A. Clark, E. P. Lawrence, and Professor C. M. Newlin. T he Sewanee the Saturday Review of Litera Review, are ture, and t he Philological Quarterly among their contributions. t he magazines printing February, 1931 D THE MICHIGAN STATE COLLEGE RECORD 13 WINDNG CEDAR" Music quartet Making their initial appearance be fore a college audience, the " S p a r t an Singers" pleased a capacity crowd at Peoples church, J a n u a ry 26. A wide variety of numbers, both classical and popular were pleasantly presented by of G u n t h er the consisting '34. Decker, Jack Williams, baritone; tenor; Burton Dole, and Russell '31, bass; Wood, '33. accompanist. The quartet is not sponsored by the Institute of Music but several members are students in the department. '33, tenor; Carlos Fessler, '34, at the appearance The 1931 Men's Glee club made its Jackson initial State prison, Sunday, J a n u a ry 25, p r e senting the day. three recitals during The members report a pleasant recep tion both at t he old prison in Jackson the new during prison, the afternoon.~ the morning, and at just outside the city, in sorority, Mu Eta Omicron, former local hon orary music sorority, was granted its charter as Phi Eta chapter of Mu Phi Epsilon, national music on J a n u a ry 10 at an installation ceremony held in the Peoples church. Mrs. R. E. Kenny, national musical adviser, a nd t r e a s Miss Dorothy Paton, national urer of the sorority, as well as repre sentatives from Detroit. Ann Arbor, in a t t e n d and Toledo chapters were ance ritual. Twenty-one active members were initi follows: Miss ated, with officers as Doris Posthumus, '31. president; Sabi- na Henderson,'31, vice-president; Majel Horning, secretary; '31, corresponding '31, recording secretary; Ellen Larson, '32, treasurer. and Margaret Crummer. assisted and the in Applied Science Dr. R. C. Huston, dean of the a p the addressed plied science division, the American Notre Dame section of Chemical Society on "Effect of unsaturation as it affects the condensa tion of alcohol with aromatic com pounds." This subject has been one of those under investigation for the past fifteen years. the "The Effect of Various Annealing- Temperatures on Cold Worked Low Carbon Steel" is the title of an article '14, which by Professor H. E. Publow, appeared Alloys magazine in recently. the Metals and in the The a n n u al lecture of Sigma Xi was delivered Wednesday, J a n u a ry 28, by Dr. Maurice C. Hall, chief zoologist of the United States D e p a r t m e nt of Agricul ture, the lecture chemistry building. Dr. Hall's subject was "A Zoological and Sociological Con sideration of Parasitism," and he spoke from actual experience having spent several years of research in discovering a drug which would effectually elimi n a te the deadly hookworm. room of for the class in "Heredity taught by Dr. H. R. the Members of and Eugenics," Hunt, professor of zoology, visited feeble-minded at La home the first of a peer on J a n u a ry 27 as t he the series of asylum for epileptics at Wahjameeka and the insane asylum at Kalamazoo. Observations are made and reports pre pared by members of the classes. trips which will include The zoology department, to determine through Professors G. W. Bradt a nd J. W. Stack are cooperating with the Isaak Walton League of America in a project near best Williamston methods for the propagation and pre serving of pheasants on agricultural lands. Mr. Bradt the winter feeding work while Mr. Stack the bird census, using will supervise the compiling system banding statistics. is in charge of the for At a recent meeting of in the Wilson Ornithological Cleveland, c l ub Professor J. W. Stack of the zoological department was re-elected president of term the society in t h at office. His past offices the organization t h at of councilor and secretary of the Inland Bird B a n d ing association. to serve his second include in Home Economics in The class institutional m a n a g e ment, at the home economics building, is holding a series of weekly teas open each Friday to faculty, upperclassmen, a nd gradu afternoon ate students during the winter term. Each of the 18 girls in t he class will have an op portunity to act as manager, cook, and waitress, respectively during the course of t he term. the "Sore instructors the Hospital," and "Had No more will students be able to the deliberately cut classes and use throat," worn out excuses of, it Went to and excused," with J. W. Steward, excusing professors. form of officer, has devised excuse slip which is presented the instructor by the student when such is granted. This aids in determining whether the student pur posely missed the class or was absent due to some good reason. instructor a new the to Athletics in the the '30, For fifth time last year's captain, the past year among six years Michigan State has again been award ed places on t he American honor roll of track men by placing two members of r a n ks of outstanding performers. L a u r en P. Brown, a nd Clark S. Chamberlain, '31, cross country the captain honor by virtue of their stellar per formances in t he two-mile run. Brown set a new indoor record at t he U n i versity of Chicago last winter when he covered a nd Chamberlain set a new meet, state, and varsity record outdoors at the Milwau kee Central Intercollegiates last spring, with the time of 9:32 this year, both attained the distance in 9:31.2, flat. In its first appearance of the season, the F r e s h m an basketball team, under the tutelage of Coach Ryerson Bredin, suffered a 15 to 8 defeat at t he h a n ds of Ferris institute at Demonstration hall, J a n u a ry 24. Roger Keast, L a n sing, Joseph Krick, Holland, a nd N. A. VanderRoest, Kalamazoo, were t he star the Frosh aggregation. performers for Setting a precedent at Michigan State, Coach Ben VanAlstyne matched his " B" basketball squad against the St. John's Independents of Saginaw, J a n u a ry 24 at t h at city. They won by a good margin. Use of his reserves in this m a n n er gives Coach VanAlstyne under an estimate of ability actual playing competition a nd inter est among the players. their 14 THE MICHIGAN STATE COLLEGE RECORD February, 1931 1931 Class Reunions the Campus monarchs a nd TT7ITH beautiful shrubbery covered by a " blanket of snow one can barely imagine t h at plans are now being started for class reunions on Alumni Day. J u ne 20. Needless to say. many live-wire secre taries have sent letters while others have consulted the staff* of the alumni office for their respective group. These are good omens. information a nd help for Alumni Day. Saturday. J u ne 20— inter m a rk t he date now! For those ested in the class of 1931 the bacca laureate services will be held Sunday. J u ne 21 and t he commencement pro gram on Monday. J u ne 22. the anniversary The following classes are being called to back to the Campus for this June celebrate their graduation.