michiqan yfate colleqe R IBC O 1^ D EAST LANSING, MICHIGAN THE M. S. C. ASSOCIATION AUGUST, 1931 Farmers' Day Climax of Summer Session Events President Shaw Warns Visitors History of Depressions Calls For Better Economic Systems and t h an 1,500 A D D R E S S I NG m o re ^"*- farmers families who their assembled on the campus Friday. July 31, for the t h i r t e e n th a n n u al F a r m e r s' Day program, members of t he College staff discussed t he Michigan farmer in such a m a n n er as showed a the conditions in t he state a nd a realiza tion of farmers. thorough knowledge of t he problems of the difficulties faced by the Stating final day of The F a r m e r s' Day celebration was the the a n n u al F a rm Women's week, and also brought to a close the a n n u al two weeks' conference teachers. of Smith-Hughes agricultural t h at while depressions are unpleasant, they teach valuable lessons. the President Robert S. Shaw stressed farmer fact t h at depressions force t he to devise better a nd more economic systems of farm management. V. R. experiment Gardner, director of station, pointed out t h at during such times as these the College could be of more real assistance to the farmer t h an in more prosperous times. H. C. R a t h er, head of the farm crops department, stressed t he fact the growing of t h at alfalfa offers an opportunity for ex pansion at a time when practically no other crop can be profitably increased. J. F. Cox, dean of agriculture, was chairman of the F a r m e r s' Day program and reviewed the history of the event as well as outlining its purpose. t he the theory often President Contrary Shaw Principal to Speaker a d vanced t h at general prosperity is based on prosperity in agriculture, President t he Shaw said t h at his recollection of t h at depression of 1893 to 1898 was industry proceeded agriculture r e in covery. "Agriculture," he said, "needs the consumer demand t h at follows gen eral and generous incomes." "Economic depressions are not new," said President Shaw, "and there is no in history when depressions instance I can were not followed by recovery. t he the depressions recall periods between 1893 a nd 1898, 1907 a nd covering the the a nd from 12 recoveries varied low 1910, and 1921 and 1924. T he to 24 points usually came last previous high m o n t hs after in point T he present conditions of rapidity. recovery seem similar the period between 1893 a nd 1898 and are influenced by world wide depression. I t h at we have venture t he present t he passed depression. "There the prediction low point is consolation to those of the in in t h at some good comes out of fact the ex- the the DEAN J. F. COX of reviewed —as chairman Day program of the event and outlined pose. The agricultural laboratories, mental plots, herds, and poultry well as numerous campus were all on display and all their the share of those gathered here tion of the College time in the plant. Farmers' history its pur experi test flocks as buildings received by inspec spent and barns, lessons of my periences of depressions. The most valuable life were ob tained through the operation of a 520- in the five years fol acre stock farm lowing my graduation from which coincided with of 1893 to 1898. college the depression the "In order to m a n a ge t h at enterprise, I had financing to do more of time hard thinking t h an at any other I h ad to apply sane busi in my life. ness principles to agriculture a nd set up a sound farm m a n a g e m e nt system. t h at de pression, I had a place to sleep, enough to eat, and m a n a g ed to pay t he taxes and other necessary expenses, but at t he end of t he following four years I sur had accumulated a comfortable plus." first year of "During t he t he t h at t h at cautioned President Shaw against financial retrenchment, especially as it affected education a nd said t h at educa tion and to world religion are basic luxury civilization. He said which had crept into education during prosperous years might well be elimi t he n a t ed now for a while but public cutting should go slowly on school budgets a nd teachers' salaries. to Farmers the prob lems of t he navigator on a stormy sea. He said t h at while the College could have no control over present conditions, it did have a function in assisting t he farmer to become the best possible navigator for these conditions. "The experiment station a nd t he extension service of the important College now have a more function prosperous t h an years," he said. College Service Helpful Director G a r d n er t he farmer in more those of likened to famers is also good increase alfalfa Professor R a t h er urged t h at Michi acreage. gan "We have but a little more t h an half enough alfalfa in Michigan to feed the dairy cows a nd for it horses, sheep and poultry. We could grow one a nd one-half million of acres of alfalfa a nd use it all in Michigan." Music for t he day was furnished by t he Boys' Vocational t he band school. The Farmington choir, for the second consecutive year, winners of t he R. E. Olds Community Singing contest, also appeared on t he program. from 2 THE MICHIGAN STATE COLLEGE RECORD August, 1931 _» •• . « Summer Session Ends TT^OR t he first time in its seventeen *•' years of history, the summer ses sion had more outside students enrolled t h an regular four-year matriculants. I n cidentally, the enrollment for 1931 ex ceeded 800. an increase of 75 over t h at these, 334 were summer of 1930. Of students only. 293 were regular students, and 175 were graduates. Twenty-five superintendents, school two commissioners, and twelve principals, as well as 230 teachers, took work dur from ing the session. Forty students other institutions studied here during the summer. county AT THE DOORWAY OF THE BEAUMONT TOWER Pictured ceremony the group, the principals the double wedding the of T^OLLOWING icalk in front of the •*• wedding party held a reception on the to right, are: Mrs. reading in carillon. Charles Parks of Reading, who attended Miss Sylvia King; Margaret King Huntley, sister of the brides, who served as matron of honor; Merwyn G. Farleman. Sylvia King Farleman. Frederick Taylor. Julia King Taylor and Miss Mary Schuberth for Miss Julia King. ivho served as bridesmaid flagstone left of Port Huron, from Daughters of Professor and Mrs. E. S. King: Wed at Double Ceremony On Campus tall ivory tapers against in cathedral a softly A MYRIAD of candelabra ^*- burning of background arranged in stately palms and cybodium fern, terspersed with many standards and vases of garden flowers, formed an exquisite setting in the chapel of Beau mont tower on the Campus for a most impressive double wedding ceremony. Tuesday morning. August 4. when Miss Sylvia H. King. '25. daughter of P r o fessor E. S. King and Mrs. King, be came the bride of Merwyn Farleman. '28. son of Mrs. Dana Benson, and Miss the daughter of Julia King. '27, also Professor a nd Mrs. King, became the bride of Frederick Taylor, w'28, son of J. Siebert Taylor and Mrs. Taylor. Rev. N. A. McCune. pastor of the Peoples church, performed the service at 10 o'clock in the presence of an a s semblage of some 75 guests. The brides were given in marriage by their father. Mrs. Harold Huntley, the brides served as matron of honor. Mrs. Charles Parks of Reading, attended Miss Sylvia King while Miss Mary Schuberth of Port Huron served as bridesmaid for Miss Julia King. Bud Cummings served Mr. Taylor as best sister of m an and Harold Huntley assisted Mr. Farleman. Charles Park of Reading and Robert Taylor were ushers. Following the ceremony a reception was held on the flagstone walk in front of the carillon. The wedding colla tion was served at the Hotel Olds with long covers for 25 guests table which was embellished with a massed center-piece of roses and gar den flowers surrounded with tall ivory tapers. laid at one Mrs. Farleman was a member of the Ero Alphian society and Mr. Farleman of the Phi Delta fraternity. He is now connected with the entomology depart ment of the College. Mrs. Taylor was a member of the Ero Alphian sorority. Mr. Taylor was a member of the Hes attending perian Kirksville at Kirksville. Mo. college of osteopathy fraternity and is Immediately after the wedding Mr. and Mrs. Farleman left for an eastern trip. They plan to sail aboard the S. S. Moritania for a cruise to Novia Scotia. the They will latter part of return reside at 213 Ann August and will street. East Lansing. Mr. and Mrs, Taylor left on a southern motor trip, had four each; Among these students were 58 non residents of Michigan. Ohio led with Indiana, Illinois, and seven students; K e n t u c ky and Massachusetts, New York, and P e n n r e sylvania had mainder were scattered t he south and west, with one from Califor nia and two from Florida. China and Canada, with two each, were the only foreign countries represented. three apiece. The through to In addition Work Given in All Divisions in Regular college work was given 34 departments by a staff of 101 in the six divisions structors. Each of was represented. the work given at the college, the regular summer camp of the forestry depart ment was held at the Dunbar station with an enrollment of fourteen, and the school of biology at the W. K. Kellogg Bird Sanctuary was by members of the botany, entomology and zoology departments with an enrollment of eighteen. Another special course was in the graduate school t h at arranged for county agents, and extension men who are able to spend only study. in the various Nineteen men enrolled courses offered in this curriculum. Smith-Hughes four weeks conducted teachers, in Among the 101 instructors during the session were six visiting professors: Montague F. Modder of the University in English; G r a e me of Michigan O'Geran in history; A. L. Carson of Cornell uni versity and Superintendents Donald O'Hara of East Lansing, J o hn S. Page of Howell, and H. J. Ponitz of Royal Oak in education. of Syracuse university and attended twenty-five T he usual Conferences Well Attended conferences short courses were well attended. Twenty- two registered for the Town and Coun try Ministers' course which met July 6-17; over the Social Workers' conference July 20-25 and about the same number took part the Librarians' Round Table, July in the ses 14-24. Other events during sion included the 4-H Boys and Girls' club week, July 6-10. F a rm Women's week, July 25-31 and F a r m e r s' day on July 31. All of these were well a t tended. Since "all work and no play makes (Continued on page 4 part 1) August, 1931 THE MICHIGAN STATE COLLEGE RECORD 3 Where do Faculty Members Spend Their Vacations? AGRICULTURAL DIVISION Dean J. F. Cox has been busy with groups many conferences of held on the Campus during t he s u m mer session and this m o n th will spend some the Upper Peninsula visiting points of interest near G r a nd Marais. farmer time in talked E. B. Hill, professor of farm m a n agement, has farm groups during the summer m o n t hs and also spoke at the a n n u al farmers' meet ing at the C h a t h am Experiment S t a tion. to several Professor E. L. Anthony, head of the dairy department, returned to the Cam pus early in August after an extensive trip abroad. He studied dairy practices and marketing methods in the British Isles. Sweden, Denmark a nd Germany. Professor V. R. Gardner, director of the Experiment Station a nd head of the horticultural d e p a r t m e nt has spent some time at Lake City and made m a ny ' contacts with fruit farmers of the state during the summer. Ralph Hudson, associate professor of animal husbandry, has spent many busy days grooming the college horses which will be shown at and county fairs this fall. several state in July. More A. G. K e t t u n en and members of the 4-H club staff conducted a five day in tensive school for county champions on the Campus t h an 600 beys and girls were fed at the Union building and given class instruction daily by various members of the Col lege staff on projects which were- of special interest to them. LIBERAL ARTS Acting Dean E. L. Austin h as r e turned to his desk after a short trip to southern t he a n n u al meeting of county school com missioners last week at Mt. Pleasant Normal. Indiana. He attended Professor A. G. Scheele, recently a p pointed head of t he art department, is spending and studying summer painting scenes in Massachusetts. the Dr. H. S. Patton, of the economics several department, weeks at Harvard university, is travel ing in the east. spending after Mrs. Mary Hendrick, associate pro fessor of history, is listed as a summer resident of Petoskey. Michigan. Dr. J. M. DeHaan, professor of psy spending chology and philosophy, t he summer in Holland. is Lewis Richards, director of t he school this in Austria of music, is teaching summer. ENGINEERING DIVISION is spending Dean H. B. Dirks the m o n th of August at The Brackens, in Ferrisburg, Vermont. R. K. Steward, professor of drawing a nd design, and Mrs. Steward spending the vacation period at summer home at Bayside, Maine. are their Professor W. A. Murray and Asso ciate Professor M. M. Cory of the elec d e p a r t m e nt were trical numbered among the summer school a t t e n d a n ts at the University of Michi gan. engineering G. W. Hobbs, associate professor of a nd M r s. engineering, mechanical Hobbs are spending the summer in Wis consin. Professor C. L. Allen of the civil e n gineering department and Professor L. S. Foltz of electrical engineering have been spending most of the summer in East Lansing. B. K. Osborn, of t he electrical en gineering department, and family are the m o n th of August at a enjoying Park, G r a nd in Highland cottage Haven. APPLIED SCIENCE DIVISION Professor A. J. Clark, head of the chemistry department has selected Wis consin as a vacation spot this summer. He intends to motor with his family to points of interest in the Badger state. t he physics department, is on a motor trip with his family through the Upper P e n insula. Professor C. W. C h a p m a n, of Professor H. R. Hunt, of t he zoology department, has taken a cottage at Gull lake for several weeks. He intends to the interest himself with trips around Kellogg Bird Sanctuary. S. G. Bergquist, associate professor of geology, is doing some special work for the State Geological Survey. B. B. Roseboom, associate professor of physiology, and Mrs. Roseboom, asso ciate professor of English, will motor through New York state a nd visit points of interest in the East. Dr. Lydia L. Lightring, associate pro fessor of physical education, h as plan ned a trip through Wisconsin and Min nesota for the vacation period. Dean R. C. Huston is spending most in East Lansing and of his vacation EDITOR'S NOTE "IT^HILE most college and u n i- *™ versify alumni publications the suspend publication during months of August a nd Septem ber, t he RECORD will continue the regular monthly schedule. issue the August to a By action of t he executive com r e is mittee duced bulletin and a supplement containing a printed the contributors of the first a n n u al alumni fund. four-page list of was seen swinging Walnut Hills country club during forepart of August. the golf sticks at t he Dean E. A. Bessey is spending the vacation period in Wyoming. Director Ralph H. Young and Assis t a nt Director Lyman L. Frimodig of t he athletic d e p a r t m e nt are spending in East most of the vacation period Lansing. the painting of t he stadium seats and has everything foot in readiness for ball fans this fall. F r im h as supervised the J o hn Kobs a nd Ben VanAlstyne, var sity baseball a nd basketball coaches are spending most of the time on nearby golf courses in preparation of the in vading freshman football men the mid dle of September. HOME ECONOMICS DIVISION Dean Marie Dye has been on the Campus most of the summer. She has been extremely busy in preparation of Sylvan Lodge, the new girls' dormitory, and may be able to spend several weeks at a nearby lake before the fall session starts. Announcement was made recently of in the marriage of Margaret Vardy, structor in home economics, to H. J. Barnum. Mrs. B a r n um will continue to teach in the d e p a r t m e nt this fall. Mrs. S a r ah M. Cooledge, for several years instructor in the heme economics department, has resigned her position with the College and is now with the Detroit Dairy Council. Miss Edna V. Smith and her assis t a n ts in the home economics extension division have held m a ny meetings this summer with farm groups in various parts of the state. Miss Winifred Gettemy who has been the in Europe. She will in on a leave of absence is spending present summer again p a r t m e nt this fall. take up her duties the de Miss K a t h e r i ne Miller, supervisor of the nursery school, is continuing hex- studies at Teachers' college, New York city. Miss Anna Bayha, associate profes sor of home economics, is spending the summer with her family at Wheeling, West Virginia. Miss Irene Shaben after teaching in t he summer school classes here left for the University of Iowa where she will teach the the second semester of summer session at t h at institution. in Miss Elizabeth Whittaker, assistant professor of nutrition, is on a motor trip through Wisconsin. Miss Sylvia Medsker, Mrs. Amy New- taking- the University of berg a nd Miss Julia Tear are graduate work at Chicago summer session. Miss Erma Gross has spent the past in Chicago. few weeks visiting friends 4 THE MICHIGAN STATE COLLEGE RE ^ORD August, 1931 Football Practice to Start September 15 It A CCORDING to Ralph H Young, di- •^•rector of athletics, official practice fcr the 1931 varsity and freshman foot ball squads will begin Tuesday. Septem ber 15. t h at Coach is understood Crowley has invited more t h an 50 men from the varsity and freshman squads of 1930 for training. Two practices will be held daily on College field school. September 28. the early opening until the of The schedule, which includes at least five major contests, is one of the most difficult t h at any S p a r t an team has a t tempted in years. The Army. Syracuse the and Ripen games schedule, while teams the have been met one or more times for a number of seasons. are new on remaining Veteran Coaching Staff Head Coach Jimmy Crowley will have his entire veteran staff w7ith him again this fall, including "Judge" Glenn Car- berry. "Mike" Casteel. J o hn Kobs and B. B. VanAlstyne. latter coaches w:ill supervise the yearlings and as usual seme former varsity men will augment the freshmen tutoring staff. The two It appears now* as if backfield m a t e r t h an in past ial will be more plentiful seasons. However, there lack of is a good seasoned reserve line material on It is likely t h at the coaches will hand. their shift several men to the line in efforts to bolster up the first defense. The loss cf Roger Grove at quarter back leaves Coach Crowley in a q u a n dary as to this position. He has several of his backfield men in mind a nd it is quite possible t h at one of his fullbacks or halfbacks will be calling signals for the opening game September 26. College Budget Cut A REDUCTION of $63,000 in the bud get allowance for the operation and maintenance of the College for the year ending June 30. 1932. was announced this m o n th by President R. S. Shaw. This is given as a seven per cent cut over last year. for The budget According to the announcement t he salary roll of the College staff remains the same as the past year, with prac tically no increases and no reductions. this new year was prepared by the new budget committee which is composed of President Shaw. Secretary H. H. Halladay and C. O. the sys Wilkins. comptroller. Under tem now in effect recommendations for the budget comes from the heads of de partments to the division deans. The deans t h en make the recommendations direct to the budget committee. The most serious decrease in funds is the $85,000 cut in the agricultural ex tension budget made by action of the legislature. Director Baldwin recent this has worked heroically large cut by effecting other economies. to offset FOOT] 3ALL SCHEDULE SEASON 1931 September 3 October 26—Alma college* —Cornell college* (Iow7a > October 10 October 17 October 24- - A r r av —Illinois Wesleyan* —Georgetown university* October 31—Syracuse university* (Homecoming I November November 7—Ripon college* 14—University of Michigan November 21—University of Detroit :Home C rames Crowley to Be Guest of California Grads n ^ A K I NG advantage of the presence of -*- Coach Jim Crowley during his stay in Hollywood, members of the Southern California club are planning a meeting in his honor. "We are pleased to have your word t h at Coach Crowley will be in Hollywood during the early part of August." WTites A. H. Voigt, '81. presi dent of the California alumni group, and "we expect gether while he is here." to get the bunch to The alumni cf California have been the past two years very active during and their the attendance at many of meetings totals more t h an half a h u n dred. COACH JIM CROWLEY joined Coach Crowley left East Lansing July 25 and was in Chicago by a number of Notre Dame football play ers. These men will be a part of the cast in a new movie w^hich to represent t he Spirit of Notre Dame. The leading role was to have been played by Knute immortal coach of Notre Rockne, the Dame university. Summer School Head Host to Visiting Staff A T the close of t he summer school •*> session. July 30. Professor and Mrs. Albert Nelson entertained a group of visiting staff members at a dinner party the Union. Professor Nelson has at two for served as director ye.ars. the past The guest list included President and Mrs. Robert Shaw, Secretary and Mrs. H. H. Halladay. Acting'Dean and Mrs. E. L. Austin. Professor a nd Mrs. Graeme O'Geran of Syracuse university. Professor J o hn Page, of How7ell. Professor and Mrs. A. I. Car son of Cornell university. Professor a nd Mrs. M. F. Modder of the University of Michigan. Professor and Mrs. Donald O'Hara of East Lansing and Professor and Mrs. H. J. Pointz of Royal Oak. and Mrs. SUMMER SESSION ENDS l Continued from pa^rc '2: Jack a dull boy," an unusual number of events were included in the enter tainment program for the summer. Two dances were given in the Union ball room and one in the Little theater. All were well attended. Two convocations were held at 11 o'clock. President Shaw addressed the first one on July 25. a nd Tom Skeyhill the second on July 28. In addition. Mr. Skeyhill delivered hi > famous lecture, "The Trojan Way" on the evening of July 28 in the Peoples enthusiastic church, large and audience. an Stack, Dr. Herbert authority on safety education, spoke on the evening of July 6. to a trip the most to As usual the annual summer session picnic on July 15 drew a large crowd to the banks of the Red Cedar. One interesting events was a cf the W. K. Kellogg Bird bus Thirty-four Sanctuary near Augusta. spent Saturday, July 11. on this tour. the summer's entertain To complete ment. Professor E. S. King's class in dramatics presented "The Gate to H a p piness," in the Forest of Arden. (THE MICHIGAN STATE COLLEGE