€©ILILI€ The Book Store In East Lansing Will be pleased to extend a MAIL SERVICE TO THE ALUMNI of Michigan State College We specialize in Textbooks but will be glad to order any book for you. We carry Station ery, Felt Goods, Jewelry and Novelties mark ed with the college seal. The State College Book Store EAST LANSING "Always at the Service of the Students and Alumni" THIS MAGAZINE is PRINTED BY THE CAMPUS PRESS (Incorporated) 106 West G r a nd River Avenue EAST LANSING, MICHIGAN Equipped to produce all kinds of PRINTING To All Our Friends: Students! Townspeople! Faculty Members! Alumni! t a b le Call us when you want a reserved, a specially prepared meal, party or bridge reserva Phone 2-0738 tions. EAT Where the Food is Best Where the Service is Prompt And the Prices are Right We extend thanks and appreciation for your patronage in the past and for the future. AT THE UNION Visitors: No trip to East Lansing is complete without at the least one meal at Union. Free checking. (where the atmosphere of the college town prevails) At the entrance of the campus Raymond H. Riggs, '26, Manager Louise I. Clemens, '13, Director of Food Service Bina Boonstra. '30. Assistant Director of Food Service September. 1931 THE MICHIGAN STATE COLLEGE RECORD Listening In this iNCE again we t u rn another page on the old ledger of time a nd wonder what the sum will be at the c o l l e ge end of year. The anticipation is what of t he future is It keeps us going. not to be said. "Let's begin over again," but "Let's Build." It's a solid founda tion this old school picked back in May 1857. for hasn't it stood t he ravages of time pretty well? Our Michigan State still stands, more glorious t h an ever, and we, her stand, prosper and grow, a mighty symbol of her ideals. alumni, must are r a t h er cooperation We may as well become personal in this year. Let's take an this column inventory. Is our organization on an efficient working basis? Are we co operating as we should? Organization and subtle things, don't you think? They cannot the neck be taken up by the n ap of they two kittens and say, "Here like are: organization a nd cooperation." We are largely dealing in the abstract, not the concrete. Can we not bring our selves into a systematic relationship so t h at we will act as a unit or as a whole, Is this not having a common object. organization and cooperation? Now. other points—our objectives. W h at are they? W h at do we repre sent? W h at do we stand for? I've been talking about us as a group. I now appeal to you to take personal inventory. Have you as an individual been doing your share? All t h at you can do? There are no back seats. take part. No m a t t er Everyone must how small your share m ay be. (for t h at reason you may neglect it,V for unless we have complete t he effect of t he whole is lost. We repre for sent the past, we are an example the present, and a foundation for the future. coordination, The discovery, several years ago, t h at there is in the heart of the average to help his latent desire alumnus a Alma Mater, led to the establishment of Alumni Funds, and whereas Yale and one or two other colleges were pioneering in this field for some years, t he movement h as been so successful t h at there are now about one hundred Alumni F u nd organizations well estab lished. This type of fund also makes a p a r t i appeal because cular it provides a medium through which the alumnus of limited financial means m ay to an ex tent commensurate with his year by year income, contribute his bit in sucn a way t h at it, along with the combined gifts of others, aggregates a total which is of great practical benefit. The MICHIGAN STATE COLLEGE R E C O RD Established 1S96 Published for the alumni and former students of the Michigan State College by the Member of the American Alumni Council M. S. C. Association. Published monthly throughout in Membership the year. the M. S. C. Association, including subscription to THE RECORD, $2.50 per yL'ar. 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 THE M. S. C. ASSOCIATION Union Memorial Building OFFICERS 1931-32 R. Bruce McPherson, '90, President L. T. Clark, '04, Treasurer A. S. Armstrong, '06, Vice-President Glen O. Stewart, '17, Secretary EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE L. O. Gordon. 'mi, Muskegon, term expires 1932 ; S. Fred Edwards. '99, Lansing, term expires 1.933; W. O Hedriek, "91. East Lansing, term expires 1934; Harris E. Thomas. '85. Lansing, ex-officio ; E. W. Ranney, '00, Greenville, ex-off icio ; Frank F. Rogers, "S3, Lansing, ex-officio; A. C. MacKinnon, '95. Bay City, ex-officio; Luoile Harris. Johnson. w'25. President of Alumnae League Entered at the East Lansing Postoffice as Second Class Matter Vol. XXXVII. No. 1 East Lansing, Michigan September, 1931 In This Issue Who's Who Among t he Alumni Page 4 New Building Program Given Board Approval. ... .... ...., Eastern Alumni In Renaissance Movement Inspection of Wells Hall Reveals Secrets.... .... Over the S p a r t an Goalposts! . . . . . :. Brown New Mentor of Distance Men New Map of M. S. C. Campus Marriages, New Forestry Head Arrives, In Mernoriam Additions Approved to Engineering Building Alumni Affairs i : .'.:, 5 6 7 8 9 10 12 13 14 do not While alumni exist funds a p a rt from money, experience in many t h at by-pro colleges shows decidedly ducts of increased interest in the Col lege, a nd closer contact of alumni with college affairs, are quite as valuable as the financial return. The Alumni Fund of our alumni a s sociation is the result of considerable investigation a nd study and was adopt ed by the executive committee more t h an a year ago. T he Alumni F u nd is strictly an alumni project, directed to and by alumni. The immediate purpose of the fund is to provide the annual operating expenses of the as sociation, but beyond that, as the fund grows to give to t he College an a n n u al gift for such purposes as the alumni may direct, covering general needs of the institution which are not usually obtained from state appropriations. At t he present time loan funds for needy imperative. students are If Michigan State alumni seize upon this new opportunity for taking part in the progress of their Alma Mater, as t he graduates and former students of m a ny other institutions are now doing, t he support of t he Alumni F u nd will be the most the important alumni ledger of this new year. item upon —GLEN O. STEWART. 4 THE MICHIGAN STATE COLLEGE RECORD September. 1931 Who's Who Among the Alumni in in life then school district father's emigrants law there out articles After graduation gan, his parents, in Southern from schools of Idaho and Montana; the public of Nebraska, where he studied settled there boy, ivorking on his the winter. law and political in San Francisco, where he still finished, he located for eighteen and books on Peter V. Ross, '95, Ag., started out in pioneer days. His early career in the summer farm taught he entered science. New York, having that of a country teaching a time University legal education He practiced turning Elizabeth A. Bates, well known Christian Retiring attention reader, the he has visited Europe, speaking and he pioneered to the other continents travels bring him says, he finds a truly great Michi Central ivas and for the His resides. time In 1903 he married practitioner. in 1917, he has since devoted all his times as practitioner, lecturer he has, during Twice Britain of 1929 Trips have been deferred because of lack of time. His so he to repeatedly. in practically all the cities of Great the summer centers. good in a most substantial way, a credit left/ years, his pen busy much of the legal subjects. cities on the Continent. in acting at various As Christian Science in contact with many of the alumni. toured United States and Canada legal profession Science, the to Christian teacher, and lecturer. Science writer and last nine years, South America, in the principal them making of learning, Invariably, institution important lecturing During from (To the its 7 is occupied fast growing and detached. in special research in the U. S. Army, attached ~E' X LflLeyf in New York City where he is actively ivho has attained foreign and John Parke Arbor. Michigan. He is another one of that State graduates the U. S. Government tinuous duty time Colonel Finley of Michigan but is usually as manager of the National serving alumnus of the College can be credited filled so many military and civil service appointments. Colonel Finley Constantinople. mendan at the Turkish Vekil-I-Mutlach. government. of meterology '73. Colonel. U. S. Army, retired, Was born April 11. 1854 at Ann list of Michigan prominence service of in the military service. He has had 42 years of con present ivork at the University engaged also other having service Embassy. the Moham- representation titles of Tuan Maas and Turkish sciences the Malay-Arabic later received a special decoration for publication right) by chiefs as their Ajnbassador, with highest poivers of Insurance Bureau, Perhaps no sketch with In foreign He has written many articles and climatology. Storm and Aviation and statistician. in a biographical in 1913-14. He was appointed as consulting meterologist filled many Turkey, by the in the the American court, with important roles at (To the the He At J l ' T) / ** u. '06. Home Ec. entered public school work in una i . urant, Lansing At time following the present of vocational identified with leaving Lansing her undergraduate in the Detroit schools. In this position she held the title of supervisor of at the College. art. After the work of she became Detroit public schools, acting as supervisor of domestic art or clothing education. the department the position of supervisor of home economics the meeting of the National Home Economics association Grant was chairman of general arrangements. work in the field of home economics Miss Grant has always been a in philantrophic Red Cross and supporter of enthusiastic association has extended of the success made by the association The Detroit branch of the Michigan State college alumni association always been ably supported of the for the women's ship and kindliness, which brings many of her associates and friendly helpfulness. work domestic the in she holds During last June Miss splendid leader the the National Needlework Guild. Miss Grant has been an This deal leadership. has leader the funds were needed friend to her for advice local alumnae group who helped greatly when lounge in the Union building. of Detroit, and a very great to Miss Grant's the Detroit Home Economics to environs She has given generously She has a genius for by her and at one time she was association. from her (To the of her is due work. Aside time left) to September, 1931 THE MICHIGAN STATE COLLEGE RECORD New Building Program Given Board Approval Shaw Announces Additional Aid Not Needed; Another Dormitory Planned 5 teaching staff of t he College b ut h ad been brought savings in his own office. through largely about The most important unit of t he pro gram is t he new women's dormitory which Will accommodate 180 girls, making it nearly as large as t he r e cently opened women's dormitory des ignated by t he board of agriculture as Mary Mayo Hall. The best information on t he n ew building's cost is t h at t he College will advance t he initial p a y m e nt of about $100,000, allowing for starting of construction pending com pletion of t he negotiations for t he loan required. T he present new dor t he same mitory was financed . manner. in " . To MOVE JUDGING PAVILION room The new stock Wells hall h as been in use for 25 little h as time years, during which toward repair or improve been dona " It is planned," according to ment. statement, "to make the president's the building livable a nd comfortable, by finishing t he fourth story, repairing, replastering, a nd redecorating t he e n installing showers, a nd tire building, modernizing dining facilities in the basement, a nd providing quarters for social a nd recreational activities." pavilion would be located south of t he R ed Cedar river near t he new barns, a c cording to plans, its present location making t he task of bringing t he a n i mals from t he stock barn to t he pres in t he agricul ent tural building "very difficult a nd ex pensive." t he announcement explained. The floors of t he agricultural building, released for other use by t he judging building, would be new stock placed at t he disposal of t he agri cultural enginneering department. judging pavilion judging two In commenting on t he necessity of remodeling t he present women's dormi tory, President Shaw said: "The great need of t he College is for more office, classroom, a nd laboratory space, a nd this building could be made to meet these needs for 10 or 15 years to come." Classrooms would be built into t he old building. Music BUILDING TEMPORARY A BBOT hall's adaptability as a music **• practice building, was pointed out to t he board by t he president. T he solid brick walls a nd double floors make t he building nearly sound proof. T he addi tion of a third floor would be required. This step is apparently regarded only as a makeshift arrangement, in con- ideration of t he present money string ency general t he nation. throughout "During t he present depression." it is explained, "with t he unusual* mental state of mind of legislator, taxpayer, educator, etc., it would seem unwise to take even t he initial step toward a huge building project in t he form of an auditorium . . . . " The wing for t he gymnasium was originally contemplated when t he pres ent structure was built. Since then, t he enrollment h as a b o ut doubled. college A three-unit transformer was r e cently constructed in t he electrical e n gineering d e p a r t m e nt without t he use of a single bolt, rivet or screw. T he a p p a r a t us was assembled entirely by the aid of a stable a rc welder loaned by the Lincoln Electric company of Cleve land. A contribution to t he Alumni F u nd will keep t he RECORD coming another year. ICHIGAN S T A TE M a r c h es O n! Because of t he enterprise a nd s a gacity displayed by P r e s i d e nt R. S. S h aw an exten sive building pro gram of unusual significance to t he growth of t he College a nd to employ ment conditions in t he building trades in csntral Michigan, was adopted by the State Board of Agriculture at its monthly meeting at t he Collage Friday, September 11. t he approximate While exact figures as to t he cost of the contemplated new buildings were not arrived at by t he members of t he beard, expenditure was unofficially place at $650,000, of which $200,000 will be borrowed from a Detroit financial house, to be repaid over a term of years from t he income of a new women's dormitory, one of the units included in t he program. Through practiced t he economies under t he administration of President Shaw t he expense will be m et without additional state aid or burden on t a x payers. Funds to t he credit of t he College building fund, appropriated by the 1929 legislature, a nd t he reserve and rehabilitation fund of t he school, built up during t he last few years, will be drawn upon for t he approximately $450,000 construction, over and above t he financing from o u t side sources. necessary for The program includes: <1> renova tion of Wells hall, men's dormitory; (2) addition to t he engineering shops; installation of an additional boiler (3) in t he central heating power plant to take care of the demands of t he new buildings; i4> construction of a stock judging pavilion; (5) erection of a new women's dormitory; <6» remodeling t he Women's building for offices; <7> refit ting Abbot hall for music instruction; 18 > building an additional wing to t he gymnasium. NEW BUILDINGS COST $475,000 New buildings will total about $475,- 0C0. including t he loan for t he wom en's dormitory: t he remodeling a nd renovation plans account for t he r e maining $170,000. as" nearly as u n learned. official President Shaw, while declining to dis cuss these matters, stressed t he fact t h at his estimates to t he board were necessarily tentative a nd were a p proved as such. could be estimates The president pointed out t h at t he building up of t he reserve a nd rehabil itation fund of t he school h ad not been accomplished to t he detriment of t he TRA, LA, LA! MUSIC PRACTICE FOR OLD ABBEY 6 THE MICHIGAN STATE COLLEGE RECORD September. 1931 Eastern Alumni In Renaissance Movement Alumni Secretary Finds Spartan Groups Interested in College ^1 - Irs.— ^i ters and to spend four very pleasant days at Cornell university in conference with the board of. directors of the American Alumni Council. Home again after strenuous, yet a feel trip. I cannot help but pleasant that the economic depression, u n e m ployment and consequent financial con servatism have not seemed to seriously affect the activities of our alumni as sociation. Local clubs have not passed an idle summer. This phenomenon, in itself, has most promising ramifica tions. More old grads affiliated with the alumni association summer this t h an in several seasons past. T wo MEETINGS IN O H IO In speaking of Toledo one naturally remembers the recent collapsing of the many financial centers. But many of our alumni had not heard of the bad news and a fine group were on hand at the country home of Leslie Sanborn, a few miles from the city on the even ing of August 16. A picnic dinner with lots of eats, ice cream for all. and a friendly contest of barnyard golf topped the evening. The Toledo alumni are committed to advertising the College by placing pictures of the Campus in local high students will Several enter college this fall from Toledo. evening of August 17 more t h an a dozen grads. with wives and husbands, gathered at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Harry Driskel. After an evening of bridge a chatty conversation ran into the wee interest of Michigan hours but State was always uppermost the minds of all. At Cleveland on schools. the the in BUFFALO DISTRICT N OW ORGANIZED in Buffalo on August 19 S T O P P I NG to renew gave me an opportunity ^ friendships with many State grads. J o h n ny Walker, the energetic 4-H club agent of Erie county, was responsible for rounding up more t h an 25 people to attend a picnic and organization meet just a ing at Como Park. Lancaster, few miles distant from Buffalo. It was a great pleasure to talk to this group because of their keen interest in Michi gan State activities. 'following officers being The organization meeting resulted in elected: the '25; first vice- President, Justin Cash, president, Charles W. Knapp, 12; second vice-president, Carl F. Barnum, By Glen O. Stewart, '17 '12; secretary-treasurer, J o hn Walker. '22; directors. Mrs. Tone Barker Cash. '25. John J. Harris. '12, a nd Miss Ger trude Meyers. '21. Others who attended the picnic '25, and wife. Mrs. C. P. Barnum. Mrs. J. D. Walker. Mr. and Mrs. George Meyer, Miss Agnes Schillo. Ellsworth A. Pier- son. '26. and wife. Mrs. J. J. Harris and children Roberta and Robert. included: R. L. Wirt, ROCHESTER AND SYRACUSE Ed Walker, our Rochester leather ex pert, gave ever his cottage on the lake to the local club. Ed and his wife were in Maine but Carl Warren. '20. presi dent of the club, organized his efficient picnic committee and the steaks were done over the charcoal to the satisfac tion of all. the Bibbins home Diiving into Syracuse on August 21, I '15. an excellent found Al Bibbins, golf instructor and the Bibbins family ideal hosts. About a dozen people were entertained at t h at evening and between Dean Hugh Baker. the 01. and Dean Reuben Nye. '12. of Syracuse university faculty I felt t h at I was undergoing undergraduate quiz. We had a fine time and Syracuse will miss the Bibbins family and G. L. F. men when their offices are moved to Buffalo this winter. an to It was a real privilege stop at Willard Straight hall a t, Cornell from August 22 to 25. This building is used as the Union building of t he university and the 18 alumni secretaries who a t tended t he American Alumni Council enjoyed fully board meeting the of PHILLIP KOSK. 'W —the busy editor of Gentleman time organization meeting phia. found the Country the Philadel to head at the hospitality of workers. with half a dozen M. S. C. alumni. the Cornell alumni Informal visits were made I through N EW YORK ANXIOUS FOR ARMY GAME found old the East All grads interested in the athletic program of the College, but when I reached New York city I found football enthusiasm boosting the alumni mercury well up into the fever-heat zone, threatening to break the tube. Needless to say after a conference with Norm Weil I was a s the old gang would all be sured out October 10. A full account of t he alumni program is given in this issue. t h at PHILADELPHIA ALUMNI ORGANIZE CHOOSING the occasion of my visit for the first formal a t t e m pt to or ganize an alumni club Philadelphia alumni certainly put on a real party. this First of all. credit starting for meeting dates back ten months ago when "Uncle" Frank Kedzie suggested to Phil Rose. '99. and George Davis. '21. of t he Curtis Publishing company ^U9at he thought the alumni of Philadelphia were just as wide awake as those of Washington. D. C. and surely ought tc set out this year to experience a real renaissance of interest a nd activity. T h at they succeeded was indicated the attendance at by the dinner a r ranged for me at the Benjamin F r a n k lin hotel on the evening of August 31, twenty-five alumni present. with people registered: following r p HE -*- Phillip Rose, '99. and Mrs. Rose. Mary Ross Reynolds, w'03. George F. Davis, '21, Sibyl Titus Davis, w'21, M. B. Wilford. '20. and Mrs. Wilford, Keith M. Farley, '23. and Mrs. Farley, W. S. Hulse, w'13, Lt. L. K. Cleveland, w'17, Scott B. Lilly. '09. and Mrs. Lilly. F r a nk V. Warren. '98. and Mrs. Warren. H. Grcothuis, '12, and Mrs. Groothuis. N. L. Reed, '19, Georgiana Lambert Fould, TO, Mrs. K a t h r yn Branch Etris, '23, G. S. Etris and John R. Lambers, '06. Officers President. elected were: Frank V. Warren. '98; first vice-presi '21; second vice- dent. George Davis. '23; president. K a t h r yn Branch Etris, secretary-treasurer. Mary Ross Rey nolds. w'03. board of directors addi tional. Phillip Rose. '99. and M. B. Wol- ford. '20. Two days later the Smithfield grill the Pittsburgh. Pa., boys met at for dinner and an evening of reminiscing. Saul Semenow, '16. and Carmen D. '26. serve t h at group as presi Miller. dent Unemployment has taken quite a toll from this alumni group but the suggestion just received from Tom Skuce, '24, of Morgantown. West Virginia, t h at their vicinity be in- secretary. and (Continued on page 7) September, 1931 THE MICHIGAN STATE COLLEGE RECORD 7 Inspection of Wells Hall Reveals Big Secret Reason: Surprising Trans formations to Give Men Showers in Campus Dormitory WELLS HALL UNDERGOES CHANGES sole " recollection of SOME ALUMNI there still are, whose their College days is of Wells hall, men's dormitory. They remember it as their home on the Campus, as their recitation and labor atory building; boarding hall a nd liter ary headquarters. Its halls, were even their gymnasium. Consequently our alumni as a whole, things have happened time to time t h at cer apprised from tain to Wells hall, ought to be interested in learning just what those things are. T he recent period of amazing t r a n s formation around the Campus, which has added an array of new structures. h as made no small impress on the only dormitory available for men students. somewhat This revered structure which has proudly born the n a me of Wells hall, after Honorable Hezikiah G. Wells, president of in the State Board Of Agriculture 1886 and long after. beneficiary the is SECOND WELLS HALL The present Wells hall, referred to by t he old-timers as t he "new" Wells, the was built and first occupied during school year of 1907. the It replaced in 1877 and original Wells hall built destroyed by fire February 11, 1905. T he now existing dormitory was built in six compartments or wards, with fireproof walls between, and with an outside entrance for each. Every floor contained lavatory, five in the build making accommodations floor ing for 156 students. T he fourth with its gable roof was finished in the same m a n n er a nd furnished very pleas a nt quarters for six literary societies. a The English basement rooms, large pantries, storage rooms, dining rooms with a seating capacity for 300 or more, besides living rooms for the help. kitchen with rooms and a contained serving EXTERIOR FORM PRESERVED The putting of new wine in old bot tles has been characterized as folly, but no folly is here evident in placing p r a c in old walls. tically a new dormitory The only distinguishing feature of the present exterior, as contrasted with the old. is furnished by the addition of in six new gable windows, attractive in the performance of their outward appearance, a nd more practical their functions within. They allow for r e arrangement of into five modern dormitory rooms each ward. the old society rooms in let us step Across t he Campus, then, the old ivy- covered red building still looms as a inside familiar bulk, but a nd look around for a few minutes— or a few hundred words. No sooner do we cross the threshold of a ny ward t h an a sense of transformation comes over us. We are not standing on the old oil-soaked floor of splintered boards. but on a highly polished floor covering. The old stairways of battered treads, up which m a ny an upperclass- m an has fought hosts of sanguinary is also covered a nd made opponents, to look like new. jaspe the impression of Every room gives the greater size by reason of light- tinted walls and ceiling, and the addi tion of panel stripping. A number of rooms are being fitted with new beds and practically the entire stack of old mattresses have been replaced with the new "restful" type. t he We have heard t h at t he big surprise the renovation awaits us on of floor. We are at once curious third t h at one room has been to discover labeled t he "BAWTH". Horrors! It's come to t h at in Wells hall. Neverthe study less, what was once a h a u n ty room is now completely equipped for a shower room, with clean white enamel tile partitions. A hidden cupboard re vealed also t h at a few pressing boards were to be available for the S a t u r d ay afternoon mezzanine hurdles, who trot out a few worsteds in place of t he old corduroys; DINING R O OM N OW A LOUNGE Seeking the English basement, we proceeded from end to end, entering Ward A a nd emerging at Ward F. We are at once curious to discover t h at t he "senior" dining room of a decade complete ago had befallen change. Here, where Mother F a r l e- m an fed dignified sweater-clad seniors, was another big surprise. This east dining room had become a large and lounge—furnish luxuriously appointed a most ed to seat comfortably more t h an forty in roomy daven time people at one comfortable ports, and upholstered, this to say, Windsor chairs. Needless social room will be an to innovation Wells hall and a very welcome addition to the new dwellers. The former kitchen and west dining room will remain as heretofore a nd the one boarding club the for men on Campus will be known as Club A. To Start Student Inspection the care of most TT^ACULTY inspection of men's dormi- -*• tcries ended in 1925. Since then a t r i creeping air of carelessness has rooms. umphed in Under a new system launched this year an organization of students will partly supplant the one time fac- culty supervision of dormitory quarters. Some committee of faculty, now the in student housing problems, engaged will assist inaugurating in the new student supervisory system. the group to be EASTERN ALUMNI IN RENAISSANCE MOVEMENT (Continued from page 6) eluded in the Pittsburgh club will do a let to add to their membership. At some meeting of the alumni board I am going to ask consideration of a retiring allowance for worn down sec retaries of the M. S. C. association; this to provide allowance to be sufficient visits to all alumni clubs, with time enough for a real visit with each. OFFICE ROUTINE AGAIN I am indebted to t he alumni of towns for a delightful t he trip. foregoing You have asked me to come back. I now warn you t h at if I do I shall check up on the efforts you will have made to do something for Michigan State college. East Lansing, Saturday, September 12; ninety-three in the shade. Kindest regards to t he East. A contribution to t he Alumni F u nd will keep the RECORD coming a n o t h er J year. Cavort with college chums on Campus. Homecoming October 31. t he THE MICHIGAN STATE COLLEGE RECORD September, 1931 Coaches meet the alumni, alumni meet the coaches who are responsible for this year's team. They don't Icok so gloomy do they? Left to right: "Mik->" Castee!. 'Jim'' Crowley, "Judge" Camerry. OVER THE SPARTAN GOALPOSTS Team's Chances Candidly Discussed From the Sidelines / N A M E LY facing one of the hardest ^~* schedules with one of t he smallest squads in recent years is the football situation this fall. When Coach J a m es H. Crowley rallied his forces for the first drills he discovered t h at attend ance at t he early season camp did not meet with his expectations. While all of the letter men returned, the failure of many of last season's reserves a nd some of the freshman hopes to report caused a shrinkage t h at impressed the S p a r t an coaching staff at once. t h at lineup T he old story about a team being as strong as its reserves h as come home to followers of the team in the early season practices. Coach Crowley h as a formid first string able but lack of supporting troops is cramping his style in developing the the team. team would go througth season with a minimum of injuries or other losses of talent, he might forget some of his worries. If he could be sure looks that the L I NE LACKS RESERVES line is hardest hit. There are r p HE -*- two ends, one tackle, a pair of guards and a center ready to answer the call. All of these are tried players who helped State to one of its most successful seasons a year ago. There was not a single lineman beyond those who was considered a first string r e serve. Two tackles. Warner a nd Exo. had scholastic troubles in their path. Guard a nd end reserves were known to be lacking last spring. t h em existed A general t h at impression Crowley would have a great set of backs right at the start this fall. He has a combination of ball carriers, four looks good. Monnett. of Eliowitz and Kowatch are the only first string returning. Gone are such valuable men as Carl Nordberg. Gerald Breen a nd Roger Grove. Grove's punting and pass throwing, as well as reserves that BY GEORGE ALDERTON success. I feel sure we shall attain our share of it." his piloting experience, were valuable assets and it is no small task to re place him. That big backfield problems. is one of Crowley's C R O W L EY M A K ES S T A T E M E NT p O A CH CROWLEY sized up the situa- ^ tion in a statement c o n f i n i ng the outlook as follows: "We are facing the stiffest schedule in years. The returning veterans are all capable players a nd if I could be sure of their being available for every minute of each game, the job of p u t ting a strong team together would not Just now we are faced be too difficult. with the task of developing reserve material. This is made necessary by failure of some of our hopes to the materialize. Some did not return to college, others the wayside scholasticaly. We cannot stand many losses in material without seriously ef fecting our chances of winning our major games or giving those opponents fight. We are all hoping for the a hard best a nd I can assure everyone inter ested t h at State will be in there bat tling. If hard work will bring about fell by All Ready for Action DATE VARSITY SCHEDULE S e pt Oct. Get. Oct. Oct. Oct. NOV. Nov. N&v. 26 3 10 17 24 31 7 14 21 Alma Cornell 1 Iowa l Army Illinois Wesleyan Georgetown Syracuse - £* 5J tO 3 r o w e «. MOLI 37 E**&lwerR|r«ij 60 COOeNT LK-J fal W t L Ll HALL t»> CAf * M MS C»£t£MHOO*t BA.BV A,P)A,«"< AJSAT P O VL FAR.-! HOU r o u L i »i 1 i T A TC pOLlCfc QARAGt 75 7fc POLICE RADIO 77 STATE POL.ICC 76 SHOW Hoest OAK.* 7» MoQSfcRv Of-UCE 8C HOC. tOf B*«.N BULL B A » .N M t * ^i LAOOtATOa^ B t tf CATTt BAAN CI PeRiMCNTAL SHfcEP I»-\fLtf-»Cr>rtS HO K it BARN tiVCR GAUC'NG 3TA"n0f> CATTLE 0 * * .™ September, 1931 THE MICHIGAN STATE COLLEGE RECORD CAMPUS OF STATE MffOiMAN many years. and still active at 73." 1883 Frank F. Rogers. Secretary ;IMI W. Washtenaw St.. Lansing, Mich. William A. Bahlke is a lawyer, f a n n at Alma. Michigan, er, and banker where he lives at 608 State street. 1886 Jason Hammond, Secretary Porter Apts., Lansing, Mich. 232 Capitol Jason E. Hammond is manager of the Michigan Retail Dry Goods associa tion, Michigan. Hammond secretary of chants* Mutual Fire pany. avenue. Lansing. is also associate the G r a nd Rapids Mer com Insurance George L. Spangler Forest Lake. Minnesota. is a lawyer in 1887 George J. Hume, Secretary R. 3, Lansing, Mich. H. W. McArdle writes from 224 N. Eighth street. Fargo, North Dakota: "Still at Forty the same old stand. years of service as secretary-treasurer of this institution (North Dakota Agri cultural college) on April 15, a nd still going strong. Enjoying good health and glad to get any news about class mates. Visited Lansing and the Cam pus and had lunch in the Union bund ing May 15. but found no one I knew except Mrs. Mary Cone Wheeler, a graduate from this school." 1888 Charles B. Cook. Secretary R. 1. Owusso, Mich. Henry Thurtell sends hs blue slip from 1217 Delafield place. Washington. D. C. with the following note: "Lawyer. Busy day by day. week by week, and all t he time with cares respecting rail- load rates and practices." 1889 Edward X. Pagelsen. Secretary Box 315 Panama City. Fla. Mary Smith VanDervoort writes t h at she has four the months' Philippines. Mrs. VanDervcort lives in Urbana. Illinois, at 706 S. Colen. returned in the Orient and just trip from a 1890 R. B. M.Pherson. Secretary Howell. Mich. Lewis Spaulding lives at 1015 W. Watson. Lewistown. Montana. 1891 W. (). Hedrick. Secretary ZM Oakhill, East Lansing, Mich. Frederick W. Ashton may be reached at 444 N. Beverly drive. Beverly Hills, California. L. G. Barber is ill writh sciatic rheu matism at his home. 131 N. Euclid ave nue. Westfield, New Jersey. tribute luncheon was a On March 28 more t h an two hundred teachers, principals, and superintend ents from northern Indiana met in an educational conference at Manchester Indiana. college. North Manchester. to The neon Professor Willis A. Fox, who. after forty-seven years of work in education, is retiring voluntarily from active serv ice. During the year 1929-30 Dr. Fox. accompanied by Mrs. Fox, enjoyed a year's in the United States. various parts of Canada. Mexico, and the West Indies. Professor and Mrs. Fox will make their for home at Angola. Indiana, where eighteen years Mr. Fox was dean of education at Tri-State college. leave of absence traveling 1893 Luther H. Baker, Secretary 205 Delia St.-, East Lansing, Mich. William L. Harvey is president of the International Milling company, i 100 Flour Exchange building. Minneapolis. Minnesota. Harvey in Minne apolis at 2740 West Lake of Isles boule vard. lives 1894 Clarence B. Smith, Secretary 1 Montgomery St., Takoma Park, D. C. M. F. Loomis may be addressed at R. 3, Pontiac, Michigan. 1896 William K. Clute, Secretary 608 Central Trust Bldg., Grand Rapids, Mich. D. T. and Myrtle Peck */«' \ and 6'i compounded is paying quarterly on Savings Certificates n k ' S M B B BB IOUR Chicago Hotel — because the ALLERTON is O f f i c i al R e s i d e n t i al H e a d q u a r t e rs f or M I C H I G AN STATE COLLEGE alumni and for 101 other Colleges and 21 National Panhellenic Sororities fill QUIET • OVERLOOKING LAKE MICHIGAN 1 HERE are 1000 rooms in the Allerton Hotel with RCA radio in every room at no extra charge: there are 7 sep arate floors for women and 12 separate floors for men; a nd there is a well- planned to all social program open residents. The rates per person a r e: daily. $2.00 to $3.50. and weekly. $8.50 to $12.50 (doublet, and $10.50 to $25.00 isingle". Two separate floors for m a r ried couples. P H I L IP E. C O B D E N, MANAGER 701 NORTH MICHIGAN AVENUE A L L E R T ON H O T EL Chicago avenue. Port Huron. Michigan. He is an engineer with the State Highway department. "Married Margaret Campbell ('23) in 1924. Have one daughter. Mary Frances. 2 years old." He writes: Roy Maitland is "still single." and is with the Allied Engineers. Inc.. in G r a nd Rapids as superintendent of survey. He lives there at 1551 Sher m an street S. E. turkey Stanley J. Marsden is associate poul try husbandman for t he U. S. D. A. in investigations, a nd m ay be reached at U. S. Range Livestock Ex periment Station. Miles City. Montana. He married Lottie Reece (U. of Nebr. '27). H. J. Plumb is an engineer with Con sumers Power company Jackson. Michigan, where he lives at 738 West Morrell street. in Maurice B. Rann is a sales engineer with the General Electric company of Schenectady. New York, and lives in Lansing. Michigan, at 1059 Osborn road. He married S a r ah Adams in 1922 a nd they have two sons. 7 and 3 years of age. Lee J. ("Bill") Rothgery is field e n gineer in the Engineering Experiment station at in the College, and East Lansing at 421 Linden street. He adds: "Married Leta J a ne Veeder June 7. 1922. No politics