• • ' • ; .• ' HI II € IHI II € A INI I T A Tl COILILIC ELECTRICITY puts the news on the street before the fans leave the arena A THE fight ends and final reports flash in, the last ' newspaper plate is made up.and locked on the w o r k ed hand in hand w i th the newspaper industry. To-day, the -high-speed, newspaper press, w i t h, max press cylinder. W i th the tiny click of. a push button/ imum outputs, of 50,000 and 6 0 , 0 00 papers per the snap of contactors, the w h ir of motors, the roar hour, owes no small portion of its success to elec of press units, the fight edition goes to press. Each tricity,and the skill of General Electric engineers. unit automatically controlled and perfectly synchro nized w i th Sel'Syn elements — each-section arrives at the folder at the correct instant. Sixty thousand papers an hour. To-day the dead-line is postponed — the news is red hot. The fight news is on the street before the c r o wd leaves the arena. For the last 30 years, college graduates in the em ploy of the General Electric Testing Department have played an important part in the development of newspaper: equipment. Here they gain expe rience w h i ch .enables them to apply electricity to the advancement of this and countless other in- inCe its beginning, the electrical industry has dustries. GENERAL# ELECTRIC S F R V I <. E R ] N C I I' A I. C IT I - ES December. 1931 THE MICHIGAN STATE COLLEGE RECORD 3 Listening In you i^tr) heard T T A VE t h at Michigan State college is the approved now on list and enjoying an "A" rating by the Am erican Association of Colleges a nd Universi ties. Were you one of t he 7,000 alumni to give three cheers? how Have you seriously m u ch this means to you and to your Alma Mater to gain this coveted stand ing? considered this When Professor L. C. Emmons important r e ceived announcement Saturday night, November 14. it was t he prize news feature of proclaimed the last decade here on the Campus. The g r a nt was a cause of much rejoic ing by members of the faculty and the alumni and the first time in its history the Michigan State News, undergraduate paper, pub to lished an extra carrying townspeople and students. student body. the news For t h an For more two years President Shaw has had a committee orientating courses t h at pointed toward this long- this is one sought goal. To say t h at of the most significant steps ever taken by the institution is putting it mildly. No other move could possibly be made the College on a which would place the level higher American Association. t h an admittance to it has become In recent years the custom for more and more alumni to affiliate with graduate organizations. Only too often has been the cry of some State alumnus being barred from vari organizations. While ous graduate this discrimination has not seriously affected their well-being, still there was resentment, always a slight due to a reactionary feeling they were "not quite as good as the o t h e r s /' tinge of t h at Not infrequently does one hear the complaints of undergraduates who ex transferring perienced credits to other institutions. From now on this high loss of credits will be met with an equitable exchange. difficulty in Scores of alumni wishing to take up in other colleges and graduate work universities will no longer hesitate on the doorsteps of graduate schools fear ing an appreciable loss of credits. The new rating should prove a stimulus to m a ny more who each year advance their standing in the educational field. MICHIGAN STATE had the early pioneers of when its origin the t h at Michigan commonwealth decided should and always would be an agri cultural state. The primary motive in its founding was a practical education in agricultural. Later engineering was added to the curricula, and this marked 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 $2,50 per yoar. the year. the M. S. C. Association, including subscription to THE RECORD, 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 T HE M. S. C. ASSOCIATION Union Memorial Building OFFICERS—1931-32 Charles W. Garfield, R. Bruce McPherson, '90, President L. T. Clark, '04, Treasurer '70, Honorary President A. S. Armstrong, '06, Vice-President Glen O. Stewart, '17, Secretary EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE L. O. Gordon, '06, Muskegon, term expires 1932 ; S. Fred Edwards, '99, Lansing, term expires 1933 : W. O Hedrick, '91, East Lansing, term expires 1934; Harris E. Thomas, '85, Lansing, ex-officio ; E. W. Ranney, '00, Greenville, ex-officio; Frank F. Rogers, '83, Lansing, ex-officio; A. C. MacKinnon, '95, Bay City, ex-officio : Lucile Harris Johnson, w'25, President of Alumnae League Entered at the East Lansing Postoffice as Second Class Matter Vol. XXXVII, No. 4 East Lansing, Michigan December, 1931 In This Issue College Given "A" R a t i ng S p a r t an Backfield of 1931 The Football Season Spends Itself S p a r t an Linemen of 1931. Visitors to Russia Miss the Red Shirts My Hobbies—1931 Prize Essay Lawson Contest "Close Beside The Winding Cedar" Marriages—In Memoriam ... Registrar Announces Registration Figures.. S p a r t an Clubs—Basketball Starts—Co-Captains for 1932 S p a r t a ns Alumni Affairs ... •--: Page 3 4 5 6 7 8 10 12 13 14 15 the turning point in the type a nd class of students who matriculated. In t he years t h at followed came t he addition of home economics, veterinary medicine, applied science and in 1924 the liberal a r ts division. All these ad ditions broadened the scope of the in stitution. T he present decade has wit nessed the doubling of the enrollment and with it the addition of m a ny a t tractive courses. t h at the College merited some sort of recognition by reason of its rapid progress, administrative of ficials opened a movement to revamp curricula and policies to more nearly t he American meet the approval of Realizing Association. Then came the past two years of reorganization and planning. At last, every necessary change h ad been made. The petition for recogni tion had been made and all t h at r e mained was final approval. the inspection, and Finally, after months of correspond ence, tedious days of waiting—the realistic drama closed with the good news, "Michigan State col lege has been placed on the approved list." The true value of the rating cannot be fully realized at present but future years will prove t h at this step is epoch making in t he history of the institu tion. THE MICHIGAN STATE COLLEGE RECORD December, 1931 M'NUTT FULL JOE KOWATCH QUARTER December, 1931 THE MICHIGAN STATE COLLEGE RECORD 5 The Spartan Football Season Spends Itself "Iron Men" Give Opponents Hard Battles; Tie Michigan But Lose to Detroit FOOTBALL at Michigan State h as passed through a n o t h er season. T he record, on t he basis of victories a nd defeats, was not exceptional. There were five victories, three losses a nd one tie game. All of t he defeats came at h a n ds of major opposition while only one was from a team rated in or above the class of t he S p a r t a n s. there Yet in t he face of these cold statis tics, t h at Coach is a feeling Jimmy Crowley's charges accomplished a good deal this fall, more perhaps t h an in a ny season in recent history. From t he standpoint of national pres tige, t he team a nd individual players received more attention, was accorded more general applause from t he source Of national criticism t h an any in many, in defeat S t a ts many years. such a high class brand of played football, flavored t h at t he losses were to t he liking of t he team's close fol lowers. Even all One of t he highlights, perhaps t he brightest one of t he year, was t he scoreless tie with t he University of Michigan, co-champions of t he Western It was t he second year in Conference. left t he succession t h at t he S p a r t a ns frisndly field their square with rivals at Ann Arbor. And both times Michigan shared in t he championship claims of t he Big T e n. This year, especially, did State make an unusually good showing against Michigan. T he S p a r t a ns played en strictly even terms throughout and t he Wolverine official statistics showed t h at State's defensive against Michigan was better record rival Michigan met. t h an a ny other The S p a r t an attack was better t h an any except Ohio, t he team t h at defeat ed Michigan. SMALLEST SQUAD IN DECADE K EEN disappointment over t he loss of t he final game to Detroit, ela tion over t he second successive score less tie with t he University of Michi gan, even in defeat, a nd t he overwhelming of all minor opposition, all played a part in the 10 weeks since first rallied for practice on September 10. thrilling performances t he squad From t he outset it was apparent to t he student of t he game t h at Coach Jimmy Crowley would be handicapped in forming his 1931 team. When only 30 m en reported out of 54 invited, it was seen t h at there would be a serious lack of material. Operating with t he smallest squad in more t h an a decade, the S p a r t a ns keenly felt t he need of reserves in every one of t he strong By GEORGE ALDERTON," Sports Writer NEED L I NE RESERVES major games. Lack of this strength was reflected on all S a t u r d a ys during the season. The biggest margin of defeat was by 13 points. Army won 20 to 7, Syra cuse 15 to 10, and Detroit 20 to 13. In these three defeats it m ay be seen t h at thor t he S p a r t a ns were never oughly conquered, a nd as a m a t t er of fact only t he hardest a nd best brand of football beat them. T he team r e ceived national attention campaign, an accomplishment sought but seldom realized. through t he long Attention was riveted on State in 1930, when conquered t he S p a r t a ns Colgate, accepted champions of t he this east, a nd it was a hang-over from t r i u m ph a nd t he fact they were playing a rugged schedule t h at brought t h em t he to attention campaign this year. throughout t h at • • P g H^ ^^^k was the main at the annual Smiling Jim Crowley speaker "Football ^9^ ^ 8 Pr Bust" which was held at the Union, Decem- 12- Details oer will January £ iiiSr^5 ; "** M appear in the HAD STRONGER ATTACK this year over t he 1930 r n H E RE was a marked difference in •* t he team eleven. It was about 30 per cent more powerful on attack, b ut fell off about t h at much in defensive ability. This spectacular combination made performances. threaten State everybody b ut t he security of this po sition was offset by t he feeling t h at the S p a r t a ns were vulnerable on d e fense. could for There were two major weaknesses in t he State team. It h ad trouble d e fending against forward passes a nd did not possess t he s t r e n g th to throw back t he goal line charge of a strong rival. This combination paved t he way to every defeat t he S p a r t a ns sustained. They could not seem to function when it came to meeting t he aerial attack of a strong opponent. Every team t h at moved t he ball inside t he S p a r t a n s' line scored a touchdown, ex five-yard cept in one instance. State did throw back a goal line attack staged by S y r a cuse b ut fell victim to a n o t h er by this same t h at team a nd t he touchdown was counted won t he game. In reality TT IS EASY to see t he lack of strong this •*• reserves h ad much to do with defensive weakness. there was only one reserve lineman who h ad t he confidence of t he coaches. Reuben Dill, a h a n dy m an at either of t he guards or tackles, operated in all t he positions named. T he slim tackle ranks were thinned by injuries to two m e n. From there t he start of t he season were only two guard replacements a nd neither seemed strong enough to cope with t he stronger rivals. The backfield problem presented i t self at t he outset when Coach Crowley found himself without a quarterback. He attempted several lineups b ut h ad to be content with Abe Eliowitz calling signals from t he fullback berth. One sophomore, Jerry Jones, broke into t he ball-carrying r a n ks while Joe Kowatch. in t he absence of capable blocking backs, was shunted to t he quarterback position where he did all blocking a nd t he ball'. handling of very Crowley discovered t h at other backfield talent, through injuries a nd inexperi ence, would n ot measure up to t he standards of his regulars. little to So t he S p a r t an m e n t or w as forced to play an "iron m a n" combination, whether or no, a nd in t he end, t he defeats could be traced lack of powerful supporting troops. W h en t he regulars became tired in a game, they gave way. L a te in t he season, t he long schedule h ad t a k en its toll a nd the players could n ot respond to t he urge of their coaches. With a small squad on hand, some of t he regulars failed to rise to t he heights they r e a c h ed a year ago. They probably honestly tried to do so, b ut t he long grind a nd knowledge t h at there was no help at h a nd h ad an ill effect on t he morale. T wo STAR BALL CARRIERS football. to cheer about. BUT t he team gave t he crowd a lot I ts most ardent backer h ad reason to feel proud over t he performance of his favorites in every game. T he team played smart a nd hard It developed in Abe Eliowitz a nd Bob Monnett, two of t he finest backs ever to wear t he Green. Eliowitz was a marvel in a l l- around work, directing t he team, r u n ning with catching a nd throwing passes, a nd punting. He was compared favorably in t he east with some of t he game's greatest kickers a nd h ad an edge on every rival he encountered. t he ball, Monnett contributed to t he brilliant career he started as a sophomore. He (Continued on page 13) THE MICHIGAN STATE COLLEGE RECORD December. 1931 mm* December, 1931 THE MICHIGAN STATE COLLEGE RECORD 7 Visitors Miss the Red Shirts of Russia By J IM M C E L R O Y, '28. Impressions of First Day in Moscow Disillusion Many Foreigners in Rounds of Sight-seeing his thirteen months the interior. ^r*HE AUTHOR -L into waiting "Heaven" and for railroad of this series of articles on Russia has returned to East Lansing with some in Siberia. The picture at the tickets; the center picture was The pictures above represent left was taken at Perm, Russia, on taken in the little some typical scenes the Trans-Siberian town of Ryeva, which, interesting taken taken at depots while he was pictures line and shows some translated during enroute peasants into Russian means train. the scene on the right shows the mode of dress worn by small groups as they await a departing the s m i l i ng M "Y first illusion of Russia as it the Polish-Russian raining, is today, was destroyed as I stood, the car. the window of looking out t h at carried us first class of course, It frontier. over cleanly was looking young Polish dressed, train were dis the army officers on tinctly in contrast with t he dreariness of the out look in general. Barb wire entangle m e n ts separated two guard houses, t he the Polish one neat and clean and Russian a dingy wood building. the weather outside, and smart t h at from I would see Somewhere I had picked up an idea t h at every which I carried with me the Russian moment we crossed t h at dismal fron tier would be clad in a red shirt. Such was not the case, drab khaki uniforms prevailed, and to see a red i was net shirt until m o n t hs later out in Siberia, when I finally saw a single one which "shouted" at me across the field where a group of peasants were in tents. living t h at we were It was a new world now in, and one feels it instinctively. Nigorelye, five or six miles away from t he customs house, t he frontier, and built much as cur old settlers in this country would have built it, i. e„ of logs, was different through station t h at we h ad yet seen, France, Belgium, G e r m a ny and Pol t he and. No one talked our language; t h an railroad itself was a wider gauge t h at which we h ad to just come Russia on. t h us necessitating wider trucks if an attacking army is to use in t h an any railroad • it for supply purposes. Soldiers every where, a wait of an hour, a glass of tea, and we were off for Moscow. F O R E I G N E RS C U R I O US TO P E A S A N TS to from to r e It is hard X JO ONE, be he tourist, or engineer, -^ fails impelling feel a certain desire to leave Russia at the moment he enters t he t he d o o r w ay railroad platform to the Alexondrovski station in Moscow. first, member which strikes a person It was the smells, t he dirt, or both. there was no cold t h at morning, and heat. Unfortunately a a n telegram nouncing our arrival had been terribly mangled and no one expected us. As we waited there on t he platform our clothes immediately gave us away, and we were at once surrounded by a curi ous the throng of peasants, most of women with heavy bags of belongings the thrown over their shoulders, and tea men "struggling" along with a kettle. They were as one interested in fcreignc.ro, and crowded about us, looking blankly into our eyes, feeling of t he clothes which for we wore, a nd others who promptly took their places. It seemed to us t h at all Russia was moving, and we were to later find t h at actually t h at is not far from t he t r u th of the matter. Finally, baggage loaded into "droshkis" or the typical Russian carriage, ourselves into a single taxicab we started downtown, happy to escape from our cage at the "zoo." the "istranitz" or then passing on Paris cabs have been written about, but they are classed as a funeral pro tooting, service. Horns ride cession when compared with the one gets taxicab, when in a Moscow one is fortunate enough to obtain this r a re people the driver scurrying out of cussing with all the expertness of the Venetian gondolier as he barely missed three, miraculously we killing two or arrived at an a p a r t m e nt where we could wash and clean up preparatory to our first meal in Moscow. the way, OUR FIRST DAY IN Moscow TT WAS a gorgeous meal, table loaded •*- down with all sorts of Russian deli cacies, and several hours later it didn't make much difference to us where we stayed. t h at we didn't because Moscow is always short of hotel rooms, a nd we h ad take what they gave us. important It was to tourist It wasn't all bad however. In a day or two t he weather broke m u ch w a r m increased, so did er. While the smell our interest, for we began a round of sight-seeing which becomes the lot of the The Russian bailet. made famous in this country by Pavlowa, was beautiful. Marvelously cos tumed, perfect dancing, it wasn't n e c l a n essary for us to understand guage t he to understand story of the ballet as it was unfolded to us in t he dance. staged, wonderfully the perfectly The opera a night or two later was equally as well done as t he ballet. The same huge symphony orchestra played for both. Sitting in the box next to (Continued on page 18) 8 THE MICHIGAN STATE COLLEGE RECORD December, 1931 My Hohhies . . . 1931 Prize Essay George E. Lawson Contest By LYNFORD WICKERHAM, "34 this t h at to tune It was during radio time to broadcast station WREO began radio-minded. to make Lansing a nd One of my chums made a radio and invited me to his home one evening to in sta listen-in. His ability tions from all over the state and the fine reproduction of t he music by the radio entranced me. I decided to build a radio, and a radio I did make, out of an oatmeal box and a spool of wire for the tuning coil, a square of wood for the base, and a piece of galena for laughed at the detector. My brother me. my mother scolded me for giving so m u ch time to radio which I should have been giving to my violin, and my father sat back quietly and watched developments. At the last radio was I myself did not believe I had no headphones it. finished, to use but with it would work, so I hesitated at buying I expressed my t he expensive phones. trouble the manager of Henkel"s Radio shop, and he said I could work for him until I had earned a headset. late one Saturday He gave it joy night, and in my heart as I clasped the set under my arm. to me I hurried home with to in to to too after It was the coil t he water pipe listen-in the t h at late night aerial connecting terminal to my bedsprings, the ground connection the bathroom, and making a shelf beside my bed for the radio. Sunday m o r n ing I tuned in-with hopeful fingers, but in my with a premonition of failure terminals, heart. I adjusted I began to but no sound was audible. trembled so perspiie. and my the cat's- that I could scarcely adjust whisker on the surface of the galena I struck a sensitive spot, and crystal. a clear, vibrant note from the chimes of t he First Methodist Church caressed my ear. This dog's day was dawning. I called downstairs to my folks and some of our relations who were visiting, to come up and listen-in. They all to this day thought I believe it was the best radio repro duction I have ever heard. it was fine, and fingers I had become a real radio fan, and from then on I was building new sets, trying new circuits, a nd trying for dis tance. My violin remained untuned, and the sheets of music were accumu lating dust. Even Mother, now a con radio bug, forgot to remind me firmed time my to practice, and for a violin remained silent. long in tracing As with many good things. I event ually lost a large part of my consuming in radio, accelerated, perhaps, interest found by a new interest which I had lecture in our school by a through a the Mr. Carpenter, who spoke about in stars. He described the heavens so fascinating manner, a nd such a the to search I started that clearly, early morning sky on Sundays when pulling my little Sunday paper wagon the dark streets, a nd had no along difficulty the outline of Orion a nd his dog. Cassiopia's Chair, or Vega, followed across the sky by I started to read her four attendants. books on astronomy; the learned formation of the solar system, the idio syncrasies of the eccentric meteors, the I spoke vast depths of on Keppler's and Bode's Laws before high the Science school. the construction of a small telescope when an important change took place in my life, which put my mind and energy things. We had to work on other moved from Lansing to a farm, a nd I forgot astronomy for a time, so busy was I in adjusting myself to farm work. I was even considering club of Eastern the universe. I From my life on t he farm have orig finest, best liked inated some of my I was born with a love of a n i hobbies. mals, plants, things rocks, and all which make up nature. So it was only natural t h at I should take up hiking on t he week-ends and begin a study of plants and animals. I used to think fishing a cruel sport, but one night fish- Dad and several neighbors going BEAUMONT MEMORIAL TOWER forgotten. I have acquired new ones by reading articles relative to some interesting subject, or by hearing a speaker things which might be developed as a hobby, or through the acquaintance of others interested in a particular hobby. tell of My first transform through a j u nk yard. things going into a useful love has become the good What models I have had an affinity junk which my second n a t u re now. Ever since I can r e m e m for any ber imagination piece of thing can When going I thought of am always struck by the to waste. all I could make, what machines I might repair and make use ful, and what fun it would be to remove all the gears and bearings from worn- out machines which I could carry home and place with the rest of my plunder. Why. I almost feel justified in carry ing off under my shirt the small gears the heap of half- scattered around f r om automobiles junked wrecked. which all useful parts have been sal vaged. Once I obtained a fairly good generator, bought new bearings for it, learned from a garage mechanic how to voltages, adjust various the number of horse-power measured in the small stream t h at flows not far from our house, and constructed a power plant in my mind which I was not able to build, as Dad said it would interfere with the drainage system of our farm. Thus it is with most of the things I bring heme: they form a pile of junk, a monument to uncompleted plans and unfulfilled desires. for it like to learn the door and wanted I was about Then one day when twelve years old and the in living north end of Lansing <* «**•« carrying c* violin inside an oilcloth case rapped at to know of Mother whether she had any children that would the violin. Mother called me. and the three I had always of us it over. I de been very fond of music, and the learn. At cided twelfth or t h i r t e e n th lesson I was be ginning to realize t h at musical appre ciation a nd musical ability were two very different things, and I was losing interest. the end of to play talked to December. 1931 THE MICHIGAN STATE COLLEGE RECORD 9 In ing with him coaxed me to go along. I Dad baited my hook for me, a nd tossed my line into the river. just a few minutes I felt a tightening of the line, a tug, and t h en a steady pull. I brought up my line, and with it a large bullhead, weighing about a pound a nd a half. Right t h en I became a fishing fan, a nd h ad no more qualms about baiting my hook a nd hooking a fish. I satisfied myself morally by reading in a zoology book about the low de velopment of the nervous system of angleworms a nd fish, a nd consequently their inability to feel pain. the tin I put I now have On my hikes a nd it. While working last spring. I covered the dog dug up after trips fishing interesting plants. I noticed many I gradually developed the habit of taking t h em home to replant. This summer my notable additions to the collection laurel, of which were some mountain tree I hope to start a hedge, a birch t r a n s which in planting a nd which mother's it must flower-box. where remain until next spring, when I can up r e t r a n s p l a nt n o r th t he out side of a cake tin with birch bark peeled from trees felled to make way for a telephone line through the woods. Inside loam a nd white sand mixture so necessary to I t he growth of arbutus which planted in it, along with some winter- green, an acorn, a tiny white pine, and red, waxy a vine which produces a the n a me of which I do not berry, t he know. Over the entire surface of ground, which was about a half inch below the top of the tin, I placed five different kinds of swamp moss, some looking like fine, silver-tipped feathers, some like solid masses of delicate ferns, some resembling evergreen twigs, and some looking like small, flat masses of green thread. Everything in my plant box the saying cessfully t h at arbutus cannot be suc is still growing, transplanted. in spite of the black the the cultivator preparatory Not only did I study plants while farm, but animals as well. on Three years ago, on my birthday, the fifth of July. Dad a nd I were over to hauling cultivating corn, when we heard the dog barking in the barn. We investi t he dog worrying a gated, a nd found in one corner tiny, frightened skunk It h ad not perfumed of t he haymow. t he dog, and Dad said he t h o u g ht it was too young to have bad habits, so I picked it up in my a r ms to take to the house t he children. scared motionless, and even permitted t he children to pet it without moving. As I was carrying it back to t he barn, Mother came out on t he porch and called to me to put it down on the ground in order that my little brother and sisters might see I did, and its queer, waddling walk. to show Mother a nd It was STATELY CAMPUS MONARCHS to its throw to air, a nd went down little animal needed no pistol toward the high grass. the to s t a rt it off I it a nd picked r an after it up, m u ch to my regret, for I learned t h en t h at no m a t t er how young a skunk is. it can scent. And what a scent! I put my clothes on t he wood the pile spring with a towel over my shoulder a nd a bar of laundry soap in my hand. My h a n ds had received the most of it, a nd it was impossible to wash off all t he odor. T h at night at supper, when ever to my I would raise my h a nd m o u th to take a bite of food, the odor would come with it, making wave after I wave of nausea t he learned t h at night w h at must be emotions of a person afflicted with a loathsome plague. in my stomach. in t he But t h em up sky, a nd the next morning a new sun I determined rose skunks to make pets of some small which I knew I could get by catching a few of the young ones which came out every morning from under the barn to play. They were unsuspecting a nd t h em to c a t ch it was easy a nd safe t h em by throwing a burlap sack over a nd picking in it. Between Dad a nd me we caught five. We made a place for t h em in t he granary, where they thrived well on table scraps a nd the were rapidly growing t a m e. Soon children were handling them, a nd even t he presence of a dog in front of t h em only produced a short lull in their play ing. They became good acrobats and clowns. The favorite pastime of my little brother and sisters was feeding t h em narrow strips of bacon rind, for which t he skunks h ad a great liking, in order to see the tug-of-war resulting when two skunks would get on oppo site ends of the rind and pull in oppo site directions. Not many wild a n i m a ls so well adapt themselves I also had three muskrats which I tried captivity. to to tame, but was unsuccessful. They were reticent, savage, and would j u mp lightning-like quickness at any with in one disturbing them. nearly they had reached full growth, yet they were less t a me t h en t h an when I first got them as kits. ideal condition until I kept t h em Of course, these animals a nd plants in my memory a l would not remain to buy a camera ways, so I decided them. I in order to take pictures of bought a box camera at a reduction sale for $1.39 a nd Mother gave me the money at my next birthday for a por trait a t t a c h m e n t. With it I could get good pictures of animals and plants as well as head-and-shoulder portraits of people. I like to take pictures a nd I seldom make one exposure on a film the without exposing all of same day. Photography i n teresting hobby, but a r a t h er expensive one, also. t h em on is a very I fleas, in short, interesting found most a nd Cyclops. Last summer, in order to study t he smaller plants a nd animals ordinarily invisible to the unaided eye, I bought a small but quite powerful microscope. I made a test tube rack, a water dis tilling apparatus, obtained culture m e I dia, a nd bacterial stains; h ad a fairly complete biological labora tory. the small forms of water life; the amoebas, waterwheels, I the hay bacterium, bacillus studied subtilus, which I found on our farm, a nd several other kinds of bacteria which I got from Michigan State col lege. They were very interesting. E a ch night before going to bed (my labora tory was to in my bedroom) note t he change in colonies of bacteria I was raising on agar slants test tubes. One n i g ht after having been in bed a few hours, a nd the room was dark, I sat up in bed for some unknown reason a nd looked toward my cultures. There, in t he middle of t he table, was a dull, red glow. Phosphorescent bac I h ad always wanted to study teria! I jumped out of bed, bounded some. to t he table, a nd found to my intense disappointment glow was t h at caused only by t he light of an a u t o mobile refracted through a bottle of red stain. I used t he in like All of my hobbies have been interest ingly educational, a nd have stimulated in me a joy of living. T h r o u gh t h em I have found the work which will be my life occupation, a nd which I shall it. Everyone, do well because I it seems to me, should have at least one hobby to provide mental relaxation from his other duties. I would prefer leisure having several hobbies, if my time permitted. Especially are hobbies necessary to country folk in outlying districts where e n t e r t a i n m e n ts a nd t he means of forgetting one's daily tasks and cares are few. 10 THE MICHIGAN STATE COLLEGE RECORD December. 1931 We on the Campus would never have known it was winter if t he usual little pine trees had not been placed on East Lansing streets. Then came snow and their by-products, mittens wind and and overshoes a nd mufflers and wet fest and coughdrops. Christmas is in the stores announce the air. and all and "Joy Month—Buy Here Save time, says your Money.'" Not a bad chronicler, writh a warm towel around his feet and his socks drying on the radiator. to In the annual appointments the College R. O. T. C. group of superior officers. Robert Darbee. coast artillery, was named cadet colonel; Snover H. Sarjeant. infantry, and J o hn B. Wilson, cavalry, were made lieutenant-colonels. t he various battalions The majors of are as Infantry — Eno W Schraft; cavalry—Curnel S. H a m p t o n, coast artillery—Dale K. Boyles. follows: A campaign for revival of the point activity system was ended November 9. when the Student Council, A. W. S.. and Sphinx met to catalog the points and coordinate the men's and women's divisions. All offices were divided into system three groups, and definitely clears up the situation. the new later the date of November 6 was the Michigan State News' open proposal to the faculty for a new "cut" system. opinion of A showed a nearly change of some kind in the m a t t er of class absences, but as yet no definite settlement has been made. faculty all favored survey t h at A list of names from the new student directory shows thirty t h at Smiths, twenty-three Johnsons, twenty- one Millers, and a liberal sprinkling of Joneses Clarks. Davises. Andersons. and Browns, on the Campus. there are Sophomore fall term party, held in the Union the night of December 4, was especially noticeable for its unique scene with decorations. An Arctic totem poles of green and igloos and white carried out "Snow-shuffle" theme. the Two in accidents recently, are sophomores. Robert Edgerton and Stewart Morgan, who were badly injured im proving. Edgerton was struck by a h i t - r un driver, a nd Morgan suffered a broken back as a result of a fall from the window of his room. i( CLOSE BESIDE THE is an A new system of buying the Wolver ine, college yearbook, was announced by James G r a n u m. business manager. This installment plan, whereby sums, the buyer pays small weekly instead of the whole amount. Accord ing to the yearbook staff, it is working fairly successfully. Members of the class of '34 were hosts to a large crowd of students and townspeople at the a n n u al sophomore barbecue. An arrangement of flood lights and public address system was installed for the affair. Speakers were Jim Hasselman. President R. S. Shaw, and two class presidents, Harry Sandstrom and Richard Pendell. the Pi Kappa Delta, honorary forensic society, has a prospect of meeting the Cambridge or Oxford de either bating team here at t he close of the season. Other debates will be with small local colleges. Co-ed sponsors for the various R. O. T. C. units were recently elected. They a r e: Donna Bartlett, Alpha G a m ma Delta, corps sponsor; Katherine Gor don, Kappa Kappa G a m m a, infantry sponsor; Dorothy Emmons, Alpha Phi, J e an Butler. Alpha cavalry sponsor; Chi Omega, coast artillery sponsor; and Harriet Rix, Kappa Kappa G a m ma, band sponsor. five Three five-horse thousand spectators saw the the College plowing contest held at November e n t r a n ts were: The 3. Three four-horse teams, drawing sulky plows, teams, drawing two bottom gang plows, eight six-horse teams drawing two bottom gang plows, and one eight-horse and one nine- horse team drawing three bottom t r a c tor gang plows. The judges were men the agricultural engineering de from partment and the soils department. In conjunction with the appearance of the Abbey Players, who gave a play in Lansing December 10, under the auspices of the American Association of University Women, Lennox Robin son, director of the Abbey Theatre and the Little play write of note, spoke in Theatre December 3. He also talked to several women's organizations on the same day. the largest crowd ever thousand students and State Eight supporters, to leave for Ann Arbor, were in the exo dus to the Michigan game November 13 and 14. The sale of tickets exceeded last year's total by nearly 4,000. t h at think listed: from are Lest graduates the Campus, the the stu t r a dent council's ruling removed all r e those ditions and maining pot toque, the ban on freshmen walking with girls, the no-smoking-on-campus rule, sophomore barbecue, Class Night, senior traditions, the sophomore hats, the the Water Carnival. Only more violent and childish customs were banned. the Individual interpretative dances by each member are the projects of O r- chesis, society. "Nymphs at Play," "The Slave-Driver," "The Volga B o a t m a n" are some of the titles. d a n c i ng honorary is best, After a delay of three years, while type officials have been deciding what of walk and the buildings grounds department of the College have asphalt construction begun of former walks, cinder than 3,200 square yards paths. More of surfacing will be this fall finished and the remaining 2.500 square yards next spring. the replacing the Dates for the M i c h i g an State the speak 8, as are follows: December college lecture course, and ers, Phidelah Rice; J a n u a ry 2, J. E. Wil liamson; February 9, C. Ray Hansen; March 6, Louis K. Anspacher; March 15, Will Durant. The course is one of the most extensive ever attempted by the College. December. 1931 THE MICHIGAN STATE COLLEGE RECORD 11 WINDING CEDAR" A resolution to force every fraternity on the Campus to decorate for future Homecoming anniversaries was passed at a recent meeting of t he interfrater- nity council. This will secure proper observance of the traditionary day. this three of freshmen Michigan State football their sched players lost all fall. As usual, no uled games effort is made to mould a team. Coach indivi Jimmy Crowley believing dual coaching is what benefits t he first year m an most. t h at team might claim "On paper," according to a Michigan State News columnist, the State foot ball the national championship. He says t h at Minneso ta beat Ripon 40 to 0 while State beat t h em 100 to 0, making State 60 points better t h an Minnesota. Northwestern beat Minnesota by 18 points, a nd State is t h an Northwestern. To go on—Notre Dame to an 0-0 and Northwestern played tie, m a k i n g, State still 42 points over Notre Dame, and Southern California was two points better t h an the South t he S p a r t an Bend Iron title by 40 points. Men football. Simple game, team, giving the national this 42 points better therefore swing-outs. Fall term brings its usual quota of Zeta. Alpha honorary Sigma Alpha Iota, T au Beta Pi. Phi Lambda Tau—these are but a few of t he many. the college By following a timely plan of install floodlights on buildings throughout ing authorities the Campus, hope theft, to auto accidents, and night prowlers. T he two radio towers and Mary Mayo hall are already equipped with the huge lamps. the danger of lessen lristmas successful S p a r t an Day activities, held Novem ber 23 in celebration of the closing of a season, were football poorly attended by the student body. About 200 were present at a convoca tion scheduled for 8:30, but many a t in tended the free dances given later t he day. Student leaders deplored the lack of reciprocal spirit which kept the convo attendance small in spite of the half-holiday which had been declared. Short courses attracted more t h an this year. A new their usual quota the fruit growers' record was set in agricultural course, and course enrollment largest since 1923. according to R. W. Tenny, direc tor. the general is the " large student audience the second number attended A the concert course—the Detroit Symphony orches t ra performance at the Prudden audi torium, Lansing. en chorus The College practicing "Creation,'' is Joseph Haydn's oratorio, and will give it in the spring to com memorate the 200th anniversary of t he birth of its author. Since permission to allow Lansing people was granted and faculty members to join, the chor us has great deal. its membership increased a three t e a ms The first round of the polo t o u r n a ment between represent ing the Lansing unit of the 119th Field Artillery and the College three frcm military department was played off the December 2, with a victory State team. The remaining games will two weeks. be played off Polo, under t he careful nursing of the military department, is rapidly gaining status as a competitive sport. in the next for The interfraternity council recently adopted a plan to schedule each soci ety for two dinner guests from one of the other houses on every Thursday of the college year. While the plan is in quite general practice at Southern institutions, it is unique here. The College took a big step forward rating. it was given t he "A" when Read page 3. Registration this year was perhaps t h an any smoother and more efficient larger enrollments be year since the gan. Practically the same system of pre-registration as t h at used two terms results were ago was used, and most successful. Waiting in line was almost entirely eliminated. the Miles Casteel suffered from a gentle manly pair of thugs lately. After r e lieving him of his watch and $20, they complimented football coach on the performance of the team. assistant t he a second place State's Livestock Judging team, which this has h ad a very successful season term, puts the at American Royal Livestock Exposition at K a n s as City highest on its list of honors. The team carried off many places in other exhibitions and expo sitions. some team promises Coach Russell Daubert of the swim surprises ming t he this year. He believes he has strongest the the history of in College. Several of his t e am candidates have already bettered existing records and the season does not open until J a n u a r y. team in In a statewide Extempore Speaking included nine colleges, contest which t he Little T h e a t re December in held '32, St. Johns, 4, Margaret Patterson, first representing Michigan State, took place T he colleges completing were Calvin, West ern State Teachers, Olivet, Central State Teachers, Michigan State Nor mal, Battle Creek, Albion, Hillsdale, and Michigan State. Extempore speak ing is two years old at M. S. C. the women's division. Blue Key. junior honorary men's society, is making a survey of cut sys tems in various colleges throughout the country. This is in keeping with the recsnt agitation for cut revision here. and taps the playing of Now it is getting on toward Christ mas, a nd not only C h r i s t m a s, but exams. Exams, written to the beating of dead marches. Like the specter at the feast, in the midst of jollity and confusion the evil thought strikes the collegian's mind a nd he starts and grows grave. Christmas-exams. S a n ta Claus — the dean. Between pitfall and high heaven the student walks with uneasy steps. 12 THE MICHIGAN STATE COLLEGE RECORD December. 1931 MARRIA GES RINEHART-GREEN Forrest A. Rinehart. '29. a nd I r ma E. Green were married in East Lansing August 22. 1931. They are making their home in Imlay City where Rine instructor hart is band and orchestra in t he high school. VANZYLEN- ABBEY J a m es H. VanZylen. '30. a nd Beryl E. Abbey. '31. were married in Battle Creek. Michigan. September 19. 1931. They are making their home in G r a nd Haven. Michigan, at 615 Washington avenue. WILLIAMS-SAWDY Jack C. Williams. '34. and Thelma Sawdy were married in East Lansing on September 19. 1931. They a re at home at 601 W. Michigan avenue. L a n sing. WOODRUFF-REED Ralph L. Woodruff. '28. a nd Norma J e an Reed. w'31. were married in East Lansing June 6. 1931. They a re living in DeWitt where Woodruff is assistant cashier in t he Woodruff Brothers bank. MILLER-NOVAK C a r m an D. Miller. '26. a nd Enid Novak of Chicago were married Sep tember 19. 1931. They are living at 3223 P i t t s Pinehurst burgh. Pennsylvania. Miller is light ing service representative for t he D u- quesne Light company in Pittsburgh. avenue. Dormont. WONSER-GREEN Cash H. Wonser. '29. a nd Dorothy I. Green, w'33. were married August 15. 1931. at t he bride's home in Detroit. They may be addressed at Box 44, Pin- conning. Michigan. Wonser is with t he U. S. department of agriculture in t he bureau of chemistry a nd soils. HEYDRICK-MILLER Raymond C. Heydrick. '26. a nd Mar- jorie Miller were married at t he Ply mouth Congregational parsonage in Lansing on November 14. 1931. Hey drick is connected with t he College e x tension department. H I C K S - S C H M I TT Keith Hicks. '28. a nd Florence Schmidt, w'29. were married Novem ber 14. 1931. JEFFERY-ARENS J. Stanley Jeffery. '28. a nd Theresa Mary Arens were married in Lansing on October 24. 1931. They will make their home in Saginaw where Jeffrey is with t he Consumers Power company. CAMPBELL -CRANE Robert Campbell a nd Helen Crane. '27, were married June 21, 1930. They live in Flint, Michigan, at 711 Mary street. LOTT-SCOTT Richard C. Lott. '29, a nd K a t h e r i ne A. Scott, '30. were married November 27. 1931. in t he Union church at T u s cola, Michigan. They a re living in Imlay City where Lott teaches agri culture. NEUMANN- AYRES H e r m an P. Neumann and Sally Ayres. w'33, were married at St. Paul's Episcopal church in Lansing on S a t u r day afternoon. October 24. 1931. They are making their home in Lansing at 317 Mifflin avenue. TERHUNE-CLAPPER Donald Z. Terhune. '30. a nd Beatrice Clapper were married in Albany, New York, on August 18. 1931. They a re living in Floral Park. Long Island, New York, at 131 Tulip avenue. Terhune took his M. S. degree from t he farm crops department in 1930. a nd is now employed with the S t u m pp a nd Walter company, a large seed a nd bulb house in New York city. T H O M P S O N - H I LL Robert A. Thompson. '30. a nd Eliza beth Hill were married November 25, 1931. at t he Presbyterian parsonage in Mason. They a re making their home in Lansing at 710 Princeton avenue. WAKEMAN-BOUDREAU Max Wakeman. '27. a nd Lucile B o u- dreau were married October 3, 1931. They are living in Lansing at 801 Grove street. Wakeman is employed in t he game division of t he conservation d e partment. W H I T E - O R M I S T ON Gerald White and Ccrrine Ormiston, '25. were married August 17. 1931. They are living at 705 Kimball street. Sault Ste. Marie, Michigan. SPRINGER-CHASE Announcement is m a de of t he recent marriage of Ralph Springer a nd Doro thy Chase, w'26. They a re living near South Haven, Michigan. . STARRETT-VORSATZ Forrest W. Starrett, w'26, a nd Eliza beth Vorsatz were m a r r i ed May 16, 1931. They are making their home in Detroit. Michigan, at 3510 McClellan. STITZER - BURROUGHS Ralph B. Stitzer a nd Neenah Mullen Burroughs, w'10, were married in Chi cago, Illinois. July 13, 1931. They are at home in Toledo, Ohio, at 661 Lincoln avenue. TORREY-NORTH J. Philip Torrey, '31, a nd Celia North were married in Flint, Michigan, July 15, 1931. KROEBER- JOHNSON J o hn Kroeber, '28, a nd Evelyn John son of Oak Park, Illinois, were married September 6, 1931. IN MEMORIAM NEWTON LUTHER REED, 1919 Newton L. Reed, '19. died in Phila delphia. Pennsylvania, Sunday, O c tober 4. 1931. He h ad been ill only a infection. few days, with streptococcus Reed was manager of t he truck d e p a r t m e nt of t he Crew Levick company, a subsidiary of t he Cities Service cor poration. J O S E PH ARTEMUS HORTON, 1876 AN APPRECIATION My friend is gone. A vacant chair Now m a r ks t he home where once he dwelt. My heart is sore, 'tis empty there, The place where once in prayer he knelt. The home which once his presence blest, A place replete with t r u th a nd love, Where I have often been his guest. He left, for mansions bright above. We roommates were in Williams hall. Together learned to better live. But he h as answered to t he call And I this loving tribute give. His gentle spirit, free from guile, Endeared his friends, disarmed his foes, His pleasant smile Will stay with me until life's close. face, his ready If I am worthy then. I'll meet Him where no farewell tears are shed. And walk with him t he golden street, Where nevermore adieus a re said. — D r. Ervin Davis Brooks, '76. MAURICE IRWIN, W i th 1932 Maurice Irwin, w'32, died at his home in East Lansing, October 24. 1931. He is survived by his mother; one sister, Mildred, a clerk in t he engineering division; a nd two brothers. Merrill F., '29. a nd Ivan M.. w'34. RUSSELL JAMES MCCURDY, W i th 1916 Dr. Russell J. McCurdy, w'16, was from a hunting killed November 1. 1931, when an air plane in which he and four other men trip were returning crashed at Snoqualmie Pass, Washing ton. He is survived by two children, Eileen 14, a nd Wells 12. Mrs. McCurdy, (Gertrude Hudson, w'17). was killed in an automobile accident near Seattle on March 24. 1929. HERBERT THURTELL, W i th 1888 Herbert Thurtell, w'88, died at his home in Benton Harbor, Michigan, on November 29, 1931. He h ad been e n gaged in t he practice of medicine in t h at city for t he last fifteen years. JOSEPH BRUFF WARE, W i th 1882 Joseph B. Ware, w'82. died Septem ber 14, 1931. Alice Weed Coulter, a classmate, writes of h i m: "Mr. Ware was with '82 for two years. He was prominent in business and religious circles and left his imprint for good in the city he loved." December, 1931 THE MICHIGAN STATE COLLEGE RECORD 13 VISITORS MISS THE RED SHIRTS OF RUSSIA (Continued from page Ti to watch t h at of t he late Czar, it was interest the people who very ing proudly crowded into it. Not a single suit of dress looking course, drab crowd to be exact, and not out of keeping to sit and eat apples or grapes, as t he performance moved on. VISITS INCLUDED FAMOUS MUSEUMS r n HE KREMLIN, with its museum * containing more gold, silver and precious stones t h an can be seen a n y where, is clean and well kept. The art museum across t he Moscow river looks like a livery stable of the old days on the outside, inside beautiful paintings. Many of t h em are so perfect in detail to be colored photo t h at graphs. The communist is past m a s the art of propaganda, conse ter the quently, huge murals of scenes at time of the revolution also adorn the walls. they seem in it traces Another museum, the Museum of the is also interesting histori revolutionary the use of mementos, its earliest days. in what was Revolution cally, as movement by also pictorially, from This museum is situated formerly t he British embassy. the races r un by Anti-religious museums, parks, the horse the government, but allowing p a r i - m u t u al betting, oc cupied what remained of our two weeks there. To reach Cheliabinsk t h at we go to Sverdlosk on it was neces sary the railroad about a day Trans-Siberian and a half east of Moscow. We saw late there -Czar killed. It was thrilling to stand in t he room a nd realize t h at here a great dynasty had met its ignominous end. in which family were room his t he a nd the RUSSIA HAS ITS MUD From Sverdlosk into Cheliabinsk at 5:30 to Cheliabinsk we traveled by automobile, and after driv ing the most of t he night in the rain, a nd about 15 kilometers from our des tination, we bogged down in a black gumbo which reminded us of t h at out in in Missouri. There were four cars the party a nd we had become separated driving across the steppe, consequently, we, without an interpreter, slipped and slid the morning, barefooted, cold a nd hungry a nd encountered what we later came to t e rm a "Russian condition." There are m a ny of them, but this was p a r ticularly discouraging. No one knew where we were to live, so we sat there the running board of our a u t o on mobile a nd waited for someone to show up in the early morning sunshine and tell us where to hang our hats. Not that we could talk to them, but by in making that time we were adept in Registrar Announces Registration Figures ANOTHER MILESTONE was reached in the history of Michigan State college "According to our figures," states Elida Yakeley, registrar, " this is an increase of 85 students over t he all-time record of a year ago." When 3,296 students enrolled in the institution for fall t e rm work. Liberal arts, including business administration, public school music and hotel training, heads the list with an enrollment of 1,111. Engineering r a n ks second with 565, with agriculture a nd home economics t h i rd and fourth. In classes, freshmen outnumber seniors more t h an two to one. The greatest slump occurs between t he freshman a nd sophomore classes with a drop of about 400. in T he graduate school under Dean E. A. Bessey has the largest enrollment indication the recognition given prominent its history. This has been viewed by authorities of the College as an of the growth of quality of teaching staff and faculty members. T he official tabulation below given a bird's eye view of the situation: .. . Agriculture Forestry Applied Science Physical Education .... Engineering Home Economics Liberal Arts Business Administration Public School Music. Music Course Hotel Training Veterinary Medical Biology ..,...: . 3 M. W. M. W. M. W. M. W. M. W. M. J u n. Frosh 144 90 17 45 21 151 Soph. 77 10 53 25 148 Sen. 60 23 31 25 84 Spe. 3 1 3 69 63 181 10 19 5 17 Total 374 51 201 134 564 2 6 5 2 3 164 143 8 19 10 1 1 130 105 12 3 11 32 3 93 104 8 17 2 1 4 70 64 8 1 10 13 1 54 52 2 3 6 12 8 5 11 5 1 96 50 3 12 4 1 7 27 49 4 5 10 4 286 271 26 7 32 67 16 8 12 1 98 75 3 15 1 1 1 7 W. 10 34 54 1 456 383 383 22 17 4 1 19 Totals 753 378 L,131 480 256 736 461 322 224 685 187 509 13 19 32 2,029 1,064 Post-Graduates G r a nd Total signs. Finally help came and we were located. The next year was to be spent there in Cheliabinsk and in Moscow meeting with all sorts of "Russian conditions." Our interest in t h em naver waned. Next m o n th I'll tell you some of my the back in interesting experiences yard of Russia. THE SPARTAN FOOTBALL SEASON SPENDS ITSELF (Continued from page 5) t he through recognized was country as one of the year's best halfbacks, a fine work. deserving No Michigan State back ever h ad his n a me mentioned more t h an did Mon- nett during the past season. for his reward George H a n dy was t he greatest im proved lineman this fall. Although he operated in four games with a severely t he big Detroit guard bruised side, stood out as defensive t he greatest player. He was consistently brilliant. Others rose to heights on occasion, but Handy was up there most of the time. the best left Art Buss, to State sophomore lineman in many seasons. He displayed form that marks him as a sensational pros pect. tackle, was to come 160 43 2,189 1,107 3,296 The season had its disappointment. t h at It proved again it is true, but there were compensa tions. Jimmy Crowley is a keen .football coach, with capable assistants in Glenn Carberry and Miles Casteel, and t h at with better breaks in the way of playing talent will attain more glorious accomplishments. Since insti t he Crowley regime was tuted, State has always had a good football team, one t h at could come to grips with any leave t he field without having seized at least a share of the honors. rival and not The season's record: Michigan Michigan Michigan Michigan Michigan Michigan Michigan Michigan Michigan Total points 61, State, State, State, State, State, State, State, State, State, : Mich 74 47 7 34 6 10 100 0 13 igan (la.). 0. Alma, 0. Cornell Army, 20. 111. Wesleyan, 6. Georgetown, 0. Syracuse. 15. Ripon, 0. Michigan, 0. Detroit, 20. State, 291 : opponent; "The Gossipy Sex," a rollicking t h r e e- act comedy, was presented Thursday. December 3, by T h e ta Alpha Phi, '32, dramatic society. East Lansing, and Albertine Haviland, '33, Traverse City, h ad the leads, while the supporting roles were played by Richard G. Holland, '33, Lansing, and Irma G. Caswell, '34, East Lansing. Paul Younger, 14 THE MICHIGAN STATE COLLEGE RECORD December, 1931 SPARTAN CLUBS to hold NEW YORK CITY T71LECTION of new officers, a decision -^ plans fall were t he plished by a large gathering of New York alumni at their last meeting. two meetings a year and the F o r d h am game next important feats accom for The new officers a r e: Edward M. '15. president; Paul Troth. '30. Young, '23. vice-president; J o hn F. Spalding. treasurer; Mary Allen Phillips, '09. sec retary; Wallace B. Liverance. '07 a nd Neva Bradley. '26. members of board of directors. Ellis Ranney. '00. of Greenville. Michigan, and a member of the execu tive committee of t he M. S. C. associa tion, was in the city and gave us a fine talk. We are preparing for a winter meeting when we hope to have Secre tary Stewart with us. Mary Allen Phillips. Secretary. 25 Cummings street. New York. D E T R O IT CLUB in TRADITIONAL RIVALRY w as \ f\ three temporarily while forgotten hundred State and Michigan alumni gathered at a .ioint luncheon in Detroit, on Friday. November 13. The affair, the Fort the ballroom of held Shelby hotel, was sponsored by the Detroit alumni clubs of the two schools. Among those who were seated at the speakers' table and representing Michi gan, were Coaches Kipke and Cappon. T. Hawley Tapping, alumni secretary, and Frank Cody, prominent Michigan alumnus acting as toastmaster. while State was represented by Coach Jim Crowley. Director R. H. Young, and G. O. Stewart, alumni secretary. Another joint dinner, this time with Jim Crowley's varsity squad, was held in the Cave room of the Detroit-Leland hotel on Friday evening. November 20. Cagers Start Season r p HE strongest schedule in history! is That the assignment of the basketball team this year. Coach Ben F. Van Alstyne h as booked a program t h at betters anything ever attempted in the court sport at East Lansing. Home a nd home games have been a r ranged with Michigan, Notre Dame. Detroit. Marquette and Xavier. Col gate and Cornell are coming here, the "Van" former booked 12 of the games for the home court. two games. to play Van Alstyne has always subscribed to the belief t h at Michigan State teams are worthy of strong opposition. He preceding the U. of D. game. Although the alumni attendance was considera bly less t h an 100 the affair proved to be most enjoyable in every way. Dr. O. A. " F a t" Taylor. '15. acting as chair t h an a dozen man, called on more representative alumni to respond to short talks. The three C's of the Spar tan coaching staff, Crowley. Carberry and Casteel gave t he boys lots of shop talk. At t he close of t he meeting a number of interesting movie reels were shown by W. G. Knickerbocker. '16 a nd G. V. Branch. '12. t h at H a ns Keydel. plans will start the annual dinner-dance to be held on the evening of February 12. '20. announces immediately for CHICAGO VTEWS of Michigan State being a c- -^ cepted on the accredited list of t he American Association of Colleges a nd Universities, with an "A" rating, was the big bombshell which President R. S. Shaw tossed at the alumni attending luncheon of Land G r a nt College the delegates at the Stevens hotel, Chi cago, on November 17. The Chicago alumni club officers and a number of old grads enjoyed some 15 faculty members and deans during this i m p o r t a nt meeting. As usual "Pete" Woodworth. t he the hospitality Chicago alumni to out-of-town guests, '86, extended and best wishes of the visit of BERRIEN COUNTY GRAND RAPIDS MEETS football banquet the Ma'sonic THE annual spon sored by t h e j j r a nd Rapids alumni club at temple. Monday evening. November 30. when they h o n ored the all-city high school team, the undefeated Union high champions and a number of other prominent high school stars, was a typical S p a r t an suc cess. talk on An attendance of 130 was consider able more t h an was anticipated. Herb Straight. "17. one of the old "Aggie" guards on Macklin's eleven, presided. Coach Jim Crowley furnished most of t he eloquence, when he sprung a sur the crowd. The prise chalk trophy, awarded annually by alumni formally the G r a nd Rapids club was presented school squad by "Red" Vandermeer, '33. var sity end and former student of Union. The remainder of t he program includ ed short talks by Jim Hasselman. G. O. Stewart, movies and introduction of prominent high school players. the Union high to for the the capable believes t h at the students and follow ers of to see high team deserve It took a lot of cour class opposition. line age up such a program this year because he has only two veterans, Dee Pinneo and Randy Boeskool. co-captains, r e turning. The former is a forward and the latter a center. coach to The schedule follows: Decembe Decern be January January January January January January January- January February February February Feb. 17 • S M. S. C. 19, Alma 12. r 12 -Michigan, there. 1 Ohio University, here. 2 Cornell, here. 8—Western Reserve, here. 9 Notre Dame, here. 15—Xavier, here. 19 Detroit, here. 29—Colgate, here. 30—Colg-ate, here. 6- Kalamazoo, here. tl -Michigan, here. 1") Marquette, here. Detroit, there. the pot "IX/TEMBERS of t he Berrien County the -*-*-*- Alumni club staged one of most successful meetings in its history at the Fairplain hall in Benton Harbor, on Wednesday evening, December 2. Following talks were given by Alumni Secretary G. O. Stewart and Art Buss, '34. the towering left team. tackle on Crowley's 1931 Buss was also well received by his home town friends when he appeared at the Benton Harbor high school foot in the evening. ball banquet earlier luck dinner, The peppy meeting closed with in intermingled w i th formal S t a te is president a nd Francis Daniels, '27. sec retary of the Berrien group. dancing songs. Leo Stanley, '16, FLINT CLUB lY/TEMBERS of the Flint club started *•*•* their winter program off with a meeting and dance at the I. M. A. hall, James Tuesday evening, December 8. R. Buchanan. and Agnes McKinley. '20, secretary, for the current year. is president '27, Co-Captains For 1932 A T THE annual meeting of the Spar- ^"*- t an football lettermen two of their "Ironmen" were honored with the co- captaincy of the 1932 team. Robert G. Mcnnett, Bucyrus, Ohio, a nd Abe Elio- witz, Detroit, were named as the joint leaders. Monnett laurels for a nd Eliowitz have been regulars for two years, and this season won many their backfield feats. Eliowitz came in for additional honors when a Lansing m e r c h a nt a n t h at his committee of news nounced paper men and alumni fans had named the S p a r t an fullback as the winner of t he most valuable player award. This is a watch known as the Governor of Michigan trophy. December, 1931 THE MICHIGAN STATE COLLEGE RECORD 15 ALUMNI AFFAIRS last 1888 Charles B. Cook, Secretary R. 1, Owosso, Mich. After thirty-six years of active serv ice, t he twenty-three as dean of agriculture, Dr. A. B. Cordley has been given t he r a nk of dean emeritus of the school of agriculture at Oregon State college. Corvallis. Dean Cordley will devote his attention again to his former research studies in plant p a t h ology especially cherry diseases. Reso lutions adopted by the governing board state t h at t he new r a nk is "in recog nition of his long distinguished service to the state and many notable achieve relief ments, which entitles him from the many administrative burdens and obligations borne with unsparing devotion." As both entomologist a nd plant pathologist of t he Oregon Experi ment station. Dr. Cordley contributed three outstanding discoveries in prac tical horticulture t h at have won him international recognition. These three discoveries h ad to do with the life his tory of the codling moth under Oregon conditions and of a successful method of spraying for control of this orchard pest; t he cause of apple tree a n t h r a c- nose and a method of control with invention bordeaux mixture; and the method of and development of stock solution of spray for control of apple scab, which has since come into universal use. lime-sulphur the to 1902 Norman B. Horton, Secretary Fruit Ridge, Mich. is principal of Ereminah J a r r ad the girls' vocational school on Marquette lives at 2110 avenue. Detroit. She P a rk avenue. 1913 Robert E. Loree, Secretary East Lansing, Mich. William A. McDonald is m a n a g er of the McDonald Dairy company, 617-21 Lewis street, Flint, Michigan. He lives at 1035 Woodside drive. J a m es A. McClintock associate professor of horticulture a nd associate horticulturist at Purdue university, L a fayette, Indiana. He recently resigned as horticulturist and associate patholo gist at the University of Tennessee, a position which he has held since 1922. is 1916 Herbert G. Cooper, Secretary 1125 S. Washington Ave., Lansing, Mich. Carol Davis teaches home economics in the Highland Park, Michigan, high from 59 Seward school. t he American avenue, Detroit: Home Economics association conven tion in Detroit J u ne 22-27, six Sesame girls of t he class of 1916 h ad a reunion at Hudson's dining room. Two former She writes "At is Carl M. K i d m an t he Michigan representative of Philip R. Park, Inc.. of S an Pedro. California. He lives in Lansing at 219 Virginia street. He r e ports t h at J a m es Robert arrived May 16. Alice M. Powell may be reached at 924 W. Second street, Boone, Iowa. J. T. Bregger is extension horticul turist for Washington State college at Pullman. He reports: "Visited M. S. C. in September on vacation one day spent in Michigan. Also attended the silver anniversary convention of Phi in Oxford. Ohio. K a rl K a p pa Tau Hendershott, '20, is at Chelan, W a s h ington. Dr. L. C. Wheeting. '16, is t he the latest arrival of M. S. C. men on Washington campus. L. J. Smith, '06. is head of the a g r i c u l t u r al engineering department. 1918 Willard Coulter, Secretary 1265 Randolph S. E., Grand Rapids, Mich. Howard L. Fisher is assistant super Insurance intendent of the Prudential avenue. company Cleveland, Ohio. He lives in Lakewood at 1502 Orchard Grove. 11621 Detroit at Russell V. Perry has been t r a n s ferred from Camp McCoy, Wisconsin, to Fort Hayes, Columbus. Ohio, as assis t a nt to t he corps area q u a r t e r m a s t er of t he Fifth Corps area. Harold A. P u t n am is m a n a g er of the Printing Register company in Detroit where he may be reached at 4809 J o hn R. street. Joseph F. Ryan is with the George Hitz company, 28 S. Delaware street, Indianapolis, Indiana, where he lives at 1823 N. Delaware street. He reports t h at H. J. Buell, '16, is with the Phoenix Mutual Life in Insurance Indianapolis. Buell h as a young d a u g h ter, born November 28, 1931. company 1919 Paul Howell, Secretary 1010 Braman St., Lansing, Mich. Dr. Clarence E. Bird may be reached in care of the d e p a r t m e nt of surgery, University of Louisville Medical school, Louisville, Kentucky. Harold H. a nd Winnifred Haywood to 621 Clark Himebaugh have moved avenue, Webster Groves, Missouri. M a r t ha P r a tt may be reached at 36 Chapel road, Apartment 8. Kenmore, Buffalo, New York. Dr. Ethel Hopphan is a bacteriolo gist with the Cincinnati General hos pital, Cincinnati, Ohio, and lives at 353 Thrall avenue. is on Wilber H. Thies sabbatical leave from Massachusetts State college a nd is doing graduate work in pomol ogy at Cornell. He a nd Mrs. Thies three (Emily Perry, their and '25) Courtesy Oregon State Monthly A. H. CORDLEY (See 1888 class notes) deans of home economics were present at the meeting, Mrs. Cade (nee Agnes (nee Mary Hunt) and Mrs. Gerlaugh E d m o n d s ) ." lives T. B. Dimmick is a statistical e n gineer with t he state highway d e p a r t in Lansing at 1614 ment and "Bruce Inverness avenue. He reports: Brown called recently. He is selling Stinson aircraft in this locality. Bruce has been with Stinson for several years in almost every capacity. He h as alsc had his share of 'crack u p s \" E. G. Hamlin gives his new address as 72 W. North street, Ilion, New York. R. A. Runnells may be reached at 2107 Country Club boulevard, Ames, Iowa. Runnells is associate professor of veterinary pathology at Iowa State college. He Iowa State college catalog lists the following instruc M. S. C. men as "officers of tion": '14, professor of E. C. Volz, horticulture; L. O. Stewart, '17, assist engineering; a nt professor Stanley C. Whitlock, in veterinary anatomy. '27, instructor reports civil t h at the of Royce W. Wyant is manager of the O. K. Dairy company, 1120 N. Kickapoo, Shawnee, Oklahoma. 1917 Mary LaSelle, Secretary 420 W. Hillsdale St., Lansing, Mich. Born November 8 to Mr. and Mrs. (Leola Lewis) of Donald W. Sessions Chicago, a daughter, Nancy Louise. Henry N. P u t n am may be reached in care of the forest service, Customs Service building, Milwaukee, Wisconsin. 16 THE MICHIGAN STATE COLLEGE RECORD December, 1931 children are living on R. 1. Kline road. Ithaca, New York. Mildred Mead Brewer (Mrs. H. H. > h as moved in Los Angeles to 5819 Ar lington avenue. EAST LANSING BUILDING & LOAN ASSOCLATION 124 West Grand River East Lansing, Mich. '•>',, 7t'••_.'', and 6'i compounded quarterly on Savings Certificates is paying I O UR C h i c a go Hotel — b e c a u se t he A L L E R T ON 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 a nd for 101 other Colleges a nd 21 National P a n h e l l e n ic S o r o r i t i es QUIET • OVERLOOKING LAKE MICHIGAN T A HERE are 1000 rooms in the Allerton Hotel with RCA radio in every room there are 10 sep at no extra charge; arate floors for men. 7 for women a nd 4 for married couples; a nd there is a well-planned social program open to all residents. NEWEST RATES Dailv, S1.75 to $4.00 Transient Weekly, S10.50 to S25.00 Single Weekly. S8.50 to S12.50 Double Per Person P H I L IP E. C O B D E N, MANAGER 7 01 NORTH MICHIGAN AVENUE ALLERTON HOTEL Chicago them 1920 P. <;. Lundin. Secretary Kast Lansing, Mich. Edward E. Carpp notes on his blue slip: "This will be my eleventh year of running a canning factory, t he seventh year here in Lawrence (Michigan) so my chances of change in occupation are pretty slight. We have learned how to get t he sand out of asparagus, so have added this to our line of berries and cherries. If a ny of my old friends ever drive through town on U. S. 12 I would be pleased to have stop a nd get a hand out of our products." A. M. Hopperstead writes from 121 "Still Hitchcock. Alpena. Michigan: with t he Michigan state highway in capacity of resident maintenance e n gineer covering corner from Arenac. Ogemaw of Michigan, t he a nd Roscommon Straits, road mostly gravel. Golf game n ot good enough to consider t he profession seri ously yet. Lloyd Leavitt, '17. h as recov ered illness a nd an operation. Gregory Shadko. '23, is with the highway here on an engineering construction project. R a l ph Henning. '17. was the leading light in t he Rotary golf to includes 800 miles of from a serious t he northeast tournament." counties R. P. Maloney is a foreman with t he Davey Tree Expert company a nd may be addressed at Box 204. Madison, New Jersey. He notes: "My family con sists of my wife a nd one child. Billy, aged 2 years. I enjoy T HE RECORD as a source cf information of newT develop ments and old acquaintances at t he I never see a ny alumni a nd College. seldom get any news concerning them except through T HE RECORD." in Alaska E. L. Overholt writes from 907 S. Ogden drive. Los Angeles. California: "We v a c a t i o n ed this summer, in the Yukon region. Family consisting of Llewellyn. J r. Indiana, at 814 N. lives in Auburn. Main street. F. R. McFarland m ay be reached in Detroit at 6927 E. Warren avenue. Wesley F. Malloch gives his new a d dress as 2701 N. Broom street, Wil mington. Delaware. finished t en years of C. H. Osgood writes from 805 Pearl "Have street. Ypsilanti. Michigan: just teaching since I left M. S. C. Hardly seems like two years. All is well with t he Osgoods." Lester L. Beltz is an electrical e n gineer with t he Packard Motor Car company in Detroit, where he Jives at 12792 Kilbourne avenue. 1922 Mrs. Donald Durfee, Secretary 12758 Stoepel Ave., Detroit, Mich. George D. Blair lives in Jackson, Michigan, at 756 Oakridge drive. Richard a nd Harriet Hoooper Boon- stra are living in Libertyville, Illinois. They write: "Were back at M. S. C. December, 1931 THE MICHIGAN STATE COLLEGE RECORD 17 Fine June. campus. in Wish we were ten years younger a nd in again. just starting school a nd R. W. and Alice Voorheis Snyder live at 2 Fowler street, Worcester, Massa chusetts. Snyder is a metallurgist for the American Steel and Wire company. Their daughter. Ethol Glenden was born May 22. Allan R. Weber is superintendent of the Colonial Creosoting company. Bog- alusa, Louisiana, where he lives at 403 Mississippi avenue. Mr. and Mrs. Victor Hurst (LaFern the birth of a son, Merrill) anounce Donald Merrill, on June 12. Charles F. Bassett is assistant a t h letic director the University of Arkansas. He lives in Fayetteville at 511 Forest avenue. at A daughter, Marjorie Chase, was born to Mr. and Mrs. J. C. Ackerman, 1526 Drexel road, Lansing, on Novem ber 12. 1923 Wm. H. Taylor, Secretary Okemos, Mich. Carl F. Behrens is an economist with the Union G u a r d i an Trust company. Detroit, and lives in Ferndale at 519 W. Woodland avenue. Jessie Church Briggs (Mrs. M. D.) is kept busy with a year old son a nd a four year old daughter at 210 S. Butler boulevard. Lansing. L. C. Davies sends the following: the new naval a m "Still building at munition depot in Hawthorne, Nevada. We are building a mine filling plant and a 120' arch dam for water storage inspector this winter. of construction this station. The m o n th of July saw every day register over 100 degrees here for a new long time heat record." I am principal t he Navy at for L. E. Heasley is an engineer for t he Hart & Cooley Manufacturing com pany of Holland. Michigan, where he lives at 139 East 18th street. Albert Schweizer is a chemical en gineer with the Motor Wheel corpora tion, Lansing, and lives at 607 N. Hay- ford street. in to slow up W. A. L. Willard Sr. writes from "This makes Marenisco, Michigan: the Northland country. five years Had the other day for a big black bear who gave me the once over to cover. Wonderful weather up here as evidenc ed by the partiality shown us by the millionaire class. Nasty politics a nd lots to write a book about." then decided j u mp to A daughter, Margaret Frances, was born August 26 at Chicago, Illinois, to J o hn S. and Elsa Foote C25) Hyde. Faye Foster may be reached at 416 Culver street, Compton, California. Margaret Patterson is teaching trade dressmaking in Detroit, and lives there at 7042 Thatcher. Hester Bradley writes from 714 F o r est Park, Crystal Falls, Michigan: "I am teaching my second year in Crystal Falls. Science is my pursuit, having in physics and biology. 136 students '25, is still in Ironwood, so I Hazel, Ferris, see her often. A recent week-end at Marquette with Gladys Hoff G r a n t, '24, was much enjoyed. '28, a nd his wife (Dorothy Mulvena '29) are managing Inwood Park farm at home as well as a husky young son, Roger, future who will certainly be a ag. in Perry a nd Evelyn, judging t he report the Fowler- team came out the U. P. a ville fair. fine place to live. A trip to t he Soo for M. E. A. gave me to see the Big Spring, Miner's Falls a nd the picture rocks besides t he best asso ciation meetings I ever attended." is t h at her stock third at I am finding '31, is teaching the chance P. J o hn Truscott is a p a t e nt attorney in Chicago, Room 1117, 53 W. Jackson boulevard. He in Evanston at lives 604 Sheridan road. 1924 Mrs. Joseph Witwer, Secretary Plymouth. Mich. V. W. Bunker may be reached at 752 East 22nd street, Portland, Oregon. Walter Ewald is a special agent for the Detroit Fire and Marine Insurance company, 625 Shelby avenue, Detroit, Michigan. He lives in Detroit at 13561 Wark avenue. H e r m an W. Jennings is a structural designer for General Electric company lives in Schenectady, New York. He there at 86 Linden street. Harold J. Lutz is a graduate research student at the Yale School of Forestry, New Haven, Conecticut. Donald C. Ray is in engineering work in Barberton, Ohio, where he may be addressed at R. 1. Box 165A. Thomas A. Skuce writes from Ogle- bay Hall. Morgantown, West Virginia: "Still for in extension work pushing the people of West Vir estry among ginia, while my wife, Florence Smith, keeps the household on an even keel by keeping our one and only, Jack aged 2, straight and narrow. A. C. in t he for Mclntyre, est research at Penn State was down t he summer trip of the Alleghany sec tion of the Society of American For esters held in West Virginia, July 30 and August 1. He reported everything '24, now professor of moving state." smoothly in t he Keystone A. J. Reading is assistant division engineer for the Pere Marquette rail way company in Detroit, where he lives at 12050 N. Martindale. 1927 Eleanor Rainey Mallender, Secretary 405 Oakdale, Royal Oak, Mich. Louis W. Kraft avenue, Norwood, Rhode lives at 35 Lyman Island. J. S. Sawvel is with t he Central Ohio Light & Power company. 120 N. Main street, Findlay, Ohio. 1928 Karl Davies, Secretary 533 Cherry Stret't, Lansing, Mich. The class of '28 has among its r a n ks a "The Pink Porcelain Pipe," a juvenile publication by Pauline M. Scott is being brought, out during the holiday season by Dor- rance and company, Philadelphia p u b lishers. Miss Scott may be reached at Paton Hall, Romeo, Michigan. rising young author. A son was born September 26 to Mr a nd Mrs. Collins Thornton. J o hn P. and Marian Bennett Morrow a re living at 182 Washington avenue, Mt. Clemens, Michigan. Morrow is with t he highway d e p a r t m e nt at Ply mouth. with 1929 Phil Olin, Secretary 46 Delaware Ave., Detroit, Mich. Charles E. Myers is a milk inspector the Detroit Health department. in the government service, and is located at Lake City, Florida. 1930 Effie Ericson, Secretary 223 Linden Ave.. East Lansing, Mich. Theodore A. Liefeld is a forester Edward L. Beutner is in his second year of graduate work a nd assisting in t he geology d e p a r t m e nt at N o r t h western university. He gives his ad dress as 1812 H i n m an avenue, Evans- ton. Margaret Beckley is a laboratory and technician at t he Pontiac G e n x-ray eral hospital, Pontiac. Michigan. Vernon H. Donaldson is an inspector EAST LANSING STATE BANK BANKING IN ALL ITS BRANCHES East Lansing:, Michigan COURTESY — SAFETY — SERVICE 18 THE MICHIGAN STATE COLLEGE RECORD December, 1931 in t he engineering corps of t he U. S. army, with headquarters at 540 Federal building. Buffalo. New York. Eugene Lepley may be reached in care of t he U. S. Forest service. Cen tennial. Wyoming. Marian Finch is living in Montgom ery. West Virginia. Mary L. Gumaer gives her address as Ovid, Michigan. Lucile Groat avenue. Chicago. lives at 6844 Wabash Charles M. Leeson is a landscape architect a nd golf course superintend ent for the Sparks Foundation in J a c k son. Michigan, where he lives at 355 Hillside avenue. His son Frank Arno was born October 30. 1931. Helena Close Andersen (Mrs. J o hn E.) lives at 206 Second street. Jackson. Michigan. Keith D. Crane gives his address as Box 2253. Auburn. Alabama, and notes: "I am working here at Alabama Poly- technical full time research work experimenting with a syrup from a Mexican tree in regard to its curative properties in Brights disease." carrying on Institute Cass Kershaw is a veterinarian at 89 Mulberry street, Wyandotte. Michi gan. Thomas Northey is principal of t he Mark high school at McMillan. Michi gan. Carl Stinson is teaching at Potter- ville. Michigan. 1931 (Jlcnn Larke. Secretary for Men 1966 Pin'frree A v e n u e. A p t. Tl. Detroit.. Michigan Mary Hewitt. Secretary for W o m en Kast L a n s i n g, Michigan Howard Collins is forestry superin tendent of t he North American n u r series. 3909 S. Division avenue. G r a nd Rapids. He lives at 343 Corrine street S. E. Collins is married a nd h as two children. W. A. Simanton lives at Lincoln Way Cottage. Ames. Iowa. Marian McDonagh gives her address as Edwardsburg. Michigan. Glenn Larke is student manager for the Kroger company in Detroit, a nd lives at 1956 Pingree avenue, Apart ment 22. ALUMNI BUSINESS DIRECTORY Our Business is Growing Provident Mutual Life Ins. Co. THE CORYELL NURSERY Nurseries at Birmingham, Southfleld and Utica Headquarters at West Maple Ave. Birmingham of Philadelphia Arthur 8012 He E. Warner, ok T o w e r. Detrti ]>h Mill." FairrrH '13 it nt 1 703R P h o n e s: R a m lo TheEquitableLifeAssuranceSociety of the United States F. M. Wilson, '17 E. A. Johnson, '18 530 Mutual Bldg., Lansing, Mich. The Edwards Laboratory Lansing. Mich. S. F. Edwards, '99 Veterinary Supplies Urinalysis LEGUME BACTERIA FOR SEED INOCULATION Insurance The B. A. 136 W. G Faunce rand River East Lansing: Bonds Co., Inc. Avenue Real Estate Rentals CAPITAL PHOTO ENGRAVI Students and Alumni Always Welcomed The Mill Mutuals MV/RDS tANSINC AMP i • I EAST LANSINC V 9V *AMT UEAVE PIS3ATISFIU? Hate — Haberdashery — Clothing Agency Lansing, Michigan INSURANCE In All Its Branches ART HURD, Prop. A. D. Baker, '89 L. H. Baker, '93 Byron Mate was granted a fellow ship by t he Dow Chemical company, for whom he went to work following his graduation, a nd is now doing work under Dr. S. C. Lind in t he chemistry school at t he University of Minnesota, Minneapolis. Marylou Lipka is with J o hn W a n a- maker's infants' wear department, a nd lives at 201 Rhoads avenue, Haddon- field, New Jersey. Harley F. Lawhead gives his address as 15367 Evergreen road, Detroit. Margaret Stephens m ay be reached at 1239 N. Dearborn street, Chicago. She h as a position with t he United Charities. Marjorie Altoonjian may be a d dressed at Box 312. St. Augustine, Florida. Edwin R. Crook is employed at t he I n t e r m o u n t a in Forest Experiment S t a tion, Ogden. Utah, on grazing a nd erosion projects. Mable Sncw is teachinf home eco nomics at Alanson, Michigan. Peggy Trott is teaching home eco nomics in New Troy, Michigan. John F. a nd Esther Fager C24) Leveaux are living in Middleport, New York, where J o hn works for t he Niag ara Sprayer company. Call the Coven Electric Co. For Wiring, Fixtures, Appliances, Repairing 1204 S. W a s h. A v e. P h o ne 3235 J. Stanley Coven, '27e, Prop. You Will Enjoy Eating at the MARY STEWART SHOPS Lansing—123 E. Michigan Ave. East Lansing—114 W. Grand River HOME MADE ICE CREAM Eaton Rapids, Michigan D. G. Miller, '91 Geo. F. Miller, '17 Chas. D. Miller. 24 Gladys Gruner Miller, '18 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. 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