illJ ISi • 113? HlBI KTE C©ILILICI Miipo mm The January Visitor Swings Around the Campus natural Christmas F AMILIAR SCENES around the old Campus. The Library at top, left, with the interesting illuminated is the Gymnasium Annex, where the wc?nen cavort in their physical education classes; right center, the new Horticultural layout. Below, the Botany and Bacteriology buildings carefully guarded by Dr. Bessey and Dr. Giltner, et al. tree in front of the Home Economics building. At left center J a n u a r y, 1932 THE MICHIGAN STATE COLLEGE RECORD 3 Listening In assurance P O S I T I VE t h at T Alma Mater has progressed faultless a l m o st in fashion d u r i ng the past year is quite a p parent in a short r e view of the year 1931. Following Presi d e nt Shaw's conservative program three new structures were completed and occu pied and two more started. The anatomy building, constructed at the the past year provides laboratory the study • a cost of $100,000, put into use at beginning of the College with a modern and classroom building for of veterinary medicine. Mary Mayo hall, new dormitory fox- girls, was opened at the beginning of It was constructed a nd the fall term. furnished at a cost of $412,000 and houses 247 women students. The com pletion of this building makes it pos sible for more co-eds the to Campus t h an was possible when only the Woman's building was used. live on It to new locate another is planned HHHE construction of •*• dormitory for co-eds h as been a p proved and work will possibly start this winter. this t he weather bureau building west of building and will cost about $350,000. The entire cost of Mary Mayo hall was handled on a financing plan whereby, except for the site, all costs of building and furnishings are covered by a bond issue. The self- supporting on this basis. building will be After completion of t he second dor mitory t he administration officials plan the Woman's building as an to use administrative and classroom building for t he arts and science divisions. This will t he relieve much congestion on Campus. WORK is now under way on two new engineering units to cost $80,000. power laboratory These will enlarge the mechanical en gineering one on labora floor and highway materials tories on the other. The present forge and foundry building is to have a third bay. t he east end of which will provide added room for the t he heat west end a treatment of steel. the foundry, and laboratory for The addition of new buildings has necessitated an enlarged heating plant. A new boiler, stokers and other equip- are being installed in the power house at an expense of about $45,000. The most outstanding campus im provement in recent years, the paving of the most frequently used drives; was completed last summer and t he m a i n t e- The MICHIGAN STATE COLLEGE R E C O RD Established 1896 Member of the American Alumni Council Published for the alumni and former students of the Michigan State College by the M. S. C. Association. Published monthly throughout the year. Membership the M. S. C. Association, in $2.50 per year. 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 Vo. XXXVII. No. 5 East Lansing, Michigan January, 1932 In This Issue -.• : ••'.,'. Review of Past Year Who's Who Among t he Alumni Football Banquet Thrills Hundreds Results from Placement Examinations "Russian Conditions" European Travel Stresses Educational Aspect S p a r t an Clubs; Michigan Millers Banquet "Close Beside the Winding Cedar" "State Cagers S t a rt Season".. Keen Competition In Winter Sports In Memoriam; Marriages Alumni Affairs Page 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 , 12 13 14 15 the nance of all drives t a k en over by state as a p a rt of the highway system. In connection with campus beauti- fication, much grading and tree p l a n t ing was done during t he past year. Much of the lawn was re-seeded a nd the appearance of t he Campus greatly improved. A new botanical greenhouse was built last year at a cost of $45,000. One of t he outstanding improvements last fall was the modernization noted of Well hall, men's dormitory. A $25,000 improvement program was com pleted a nd included the installation of bathrooms renovation and redecoration. complete and Q E V E R AL more of t he older buildings ^ were razed bringing t he total down since 1922 to 40. The old veterinary the power house, m a ny building near the old brick of practice house near the Union were among those removed or torn down. t he old barns and Enrollment went to 3,299 students, an all-time high mark. T he athletic program was the best ever with 68 victories out of 97 contests, bringing more prestige to the College and larger cash receipts. The administration a nd alumni groups survey results of the past year, in view of the economic conditions, as most a nd encouraging. remarkable the THE MICHIGAN STATE COLLEGE RECORD J a n u a r y, 1932 Who's Who Among the Alumni through September in Lansing. Millers Mutual of the Michigan two. decades of meritorious 8. 1872 and after attending leaving M. S. C. he attended ivas principal at Albion. Michigan, from Michigan State with a B. S. degree in Insurance Fire Shoe Dealers Mutual Fire loork, in the Luther H. Baker, '93. Ag.. secretary-treasurer and secretary-treasurer company, has risen field. He was born public schools, graduated After He later the Kalamazoo. Michigan, of the Michigan Millers and in 1906 ivas made he also assumed Mr. Baker and Loan association. for years has had his home at, 205 Delta of the College he icas for several years still holds the position of class secretary a member of the Phi Delta Theta of the Michigan company Insurance insurance the agriculture. time. high school and also principal of secretary year to date. Savings Lansing. He is a former mayor of East Lansing and affairs treasurer of the M. S. C. Association and In college he icas The following duties State bank and Capital the duties of treasurer, is a director of the East Lansing for the 1893 group. (To the right/ -street. Always active in alumni In 1907 he became assistant the University of Chicago the combined high school, for a short fraternity. secretary. holding from C0ntinu0UJ LjCLi\.eP} he entered ivas elected service with the company the agricultural company of Lansing in 1898. secretary-treasurer Insurance ±J. company. He was born in Lansing A-n+Jn/y, T) TKnlcor* 89, Ag" has had 42 vears of the Michigan Millers Mutual * *' LiLLLl in July 28, 1869, educated Fire Insurance division the public schools and received his B. S. degree the employ of the Michigan Millers in 1889. Upon graduation in 1928. He organized secretary and in 1904 and was its the Michigan Commercial repre force until leading companies Mr. Baker has served as a senting several member of the Conference Committee and Western Insurance Bureau, both of Chicago. He is president of the Association of Mill and Elevator Mutual Fire Risk Insurance Mutuals, New York City, Mill Mutuals Agency, Lansing, Bank of is chairman of Lansing and F. B. McKibbin the board, Union Building of the board of directors of the Capital National bank and Central Trust company, Lansing. Mr. Baker married Edith Cooley of Lansing, October 8, 1895. They have two children, '20/ and Stannard L. Baker, w'22. In college Katherine mow wife of Paul Yull (To the Mr. Baker was a member of the Olympic companies, Mutual Fire Prevention reinsured and retired Lansing. Mr. Baker association, member Bureau. Chicago, in 1918. Besides large eastern and Loan fraternity. Industrial insurance company, Improved left) ~\/T ' /~* TT' ' '95, Ag., had exceptional garden opportu- Maurice u. r^ains, It was natural '82, and J. H. Comstock friendly with nature—plants, course with botany and entomology as his minors. nities as a boy in the orchards of his For years while still a boy he had his own vegetable insects, for him to enter and complete two father and grandfather. garden, grew fruits and flowers and became birds and the smaller animals. the horticultural years at Cornell under L. H. Bailey, entomolo gist, he received his master's degree a?id started government work at Washington as special crops culturist. school Encyclopedia Mr. Kains became one of the editors of the New International Americana. (1902-1904), and later chief horticultural contributor the horti For ten years he edited the American Agriculturist mainly cultural department in consultant subjects. His books lecturing and writing on horticultural include Ginseng, Culinary Herbs, Home Fruit Grower, Making Horticulture Pay, Since 1930 Mr. Plant Propagation and Principles and Practices of Pruning. Kains has been general editor of Orange Judd Publishing company. He is a member of Sigma Xi society and lives at Suffern, New York. to the Cyclopedia and then headed The past 15 years he has spent in a new agricultural of Penn State. the noted (To the practice, teaching right) After some After J a n u a r y, 1932 THE MICHIGAN STATE COLLEGE RECORD 5 Football Dinner Thrills Hundreds at Close of Grid Season Coach Crowley Main Speaker Before High School Players; Denies Foot ball is Over-Emphasized O P A R T AN gridiron feats of 1931 ^ were in the history books fol lowing the twelfth annual football banquet sponsored by the Central Michigan alumni club, Saturday evening, December 12. T he affair, from the standpoint of attendance the pro and applause accorded successful the most gram, was ever held. More t h an 650 e n t h u siastic football boosters sang and 'yea boyed" their way through a fast moving program t h at conclud ed with Coach J im Crowley, who as usual tremendous ovation. received a Because cf t he great number a t tending, it was necessary to spread the banquet in four rooms of the Union building. At t he start of the program large ballroom the was cleared of tables a nd the en tire crowd was seated comfortably. Of great interest on the program was t he introduction cf the all- state high school football teams as selected by Richard E. Remington of t he Detroit News. Mr. Reming ton personally presented nearly 150 of t he high school players from all sections of Michigan who were the guests cf t he banquet sponsors. GOVERNOR BRUCKER ATTENDED Appearance of Governor Wilber CROWLEY DEFINED GAME unusually "Fcotball has been on the d e fensive ever since it became popu "This fall we lar." he declared. large have an seen number of deaths occurring from injuries alleged to have been sus tained in t he game. I am convinced t h at that investigations will show most of reported as t he deaths caused by football are the results of sandlot games, where curbstones mark t he sidelines a nd boys play equipment a nd without p r o p er where the players do not receive proper care a nd training. in It "Football is a strong game. is needed in this country to keep this day of our youth virile mezzanine floor hurdlers and the hip flask." Crowley often-heard ball is being over-emphasized. took exception to t he foot statement t h at Other lasts only about sports "I don't believe it is being over emphasized," he stated. "The foot two ball season months. demand much more time. Basketball and baseball r un t h r o u gh most of six months and track nearly as long. As to loss of classroom time, I wish to point out t h at our players this fall lost only four days of classes during the entire season." COACH JAMES CROWLEY -football youth hurdlers. is needed virile in in this country this day of mezzanine to keep our floor speech M. Brucker added an official note. T he chief executive of the state remained t he banquet and made a throughout brief t he G r u en in awarding watch offered by the Daniels Jewelry company for t he most valuable player team. Abe Eliowitz. on fullback, t he trophy at received hands of Governor Brucker. t he S p a r t an t he Others on the program were Presi t he dent Robert S. Shaw who gave official greeting of the faculty to t he guests, Ralph Young, director of a t h letics, who presented the reserves a nd freshmen players and bade the visitors welcome, and Coach J a m es H. Crowley. talk, t h at in football awards and Governor Brucker. in his brief declared penalties go h a nd in hand. "A penalty is a good thing at times," "A reverse serves to i n he declared. spire one to greater goals. T he rewards are also to be h ad a nd the one I make to Abe Eliowitz is outstanding." The governor also took occasion to pay high compliments to Crowley as a coach. He said t h at t he brand of foot ball being played now is t he best in the game's history, t h at in Coach Crowley Michigan State had a teacher who was carrying its banner over t he nation. t h em at home, a nd engage In the main speech of t he evening Coach Crowley announced t he S p a r t an schedule for 1932. He revealed t h at S t a te would play five major games, two of three so-called minor opponents. Michigan, Syracuse and Fordham will be m et on foreign ground while Detroit a nd the University of South Dakota will be played on the College gridircn. T he latter is a newcomer on the schedule and will no doubt be marked as t he Homecoming day game. Alma will serve as the opener again a nd Illinois Wesleyan r e t u r ns for a second game. Grinnell college of t he Missouri Valley conference will be met in t h i rd game of t he season. t he CALLS TEAM GREATEST iiT AST year," Crowley declared, "our •^ team was hailed as t he greatest in If t h at were true, t h en I m a i n years. tain this 1931 team is t he best in years. We lost several of our games but I am entirely satisfied with t he playing of the team. It did its best and t h at is all we can ask. In t h is respect I desire "We were criticized in some quarters for not awarding more t h an 13 major letters to t he players. It occurs to me t h at more letters are awarded at other to schools. point out t h an 30 t h at we h ad less players on the entire squad. T he 13 is a fair percentage as m en awarded compared with t he squads of 80 at Michigan a nd 150 at Notre Dame. T he coaching staff knew t h at we h ad only one reserve for every position a nd t h at if we made a substitution, as we m a ny times hoped we might, we would be 6 THE MICHIGAN STATE COLLEGE RECORD J a n u a r y, 1932 left without a reserve on the bench for those duties. "Many of my friends have asked me about these radio reports a nd news paper stories t h at I would be coaching at some other school next fall. My answer to all is t h at I have a contract for two more years here at Michigan State and I am entirely satisfied. These rumors annoy me greatly." BANQUET INVITATIONAL AFFAIR "The success of t he banquet this year," stated B. R. Proulx. '22. general chairman, "was due largely to the fact t h at some 250 high school players were sent special invitations. More t h an 190 boys accepted. We expect to adopt this plan in future years." Many entertainment features were given by Detroit entertainers. Another well staged act on the program was put on by Dr. E. L. Austin, of the liberal arts division, and H. Lee Bancroft. 12. Lansing city forester, the former a t tempting to make a speech while t he latter made t he gestures. The gale of laughter and applause drowned the speech completely. Ticket sales were in charge of t he Junior Chamber of Commerce of L a n sings. J ay W. Sexton, superintendent of schools, presided as toastmaster. t he Lansing 19 32 SCHEDULE here. 1—Michigan, at Ann Arbor. 8—Grinnell. here. 15—Illinois Wesleyan. 22—Fordham. at New 29—Syracuse at Syracuse. FOOTBALL Sept . 24—Alma. Oct. Oct. Oct. Oct. Oct. Nov. Nov. Nov. 5—South 12—Open. 19—Detroit Dakota U.. here. here. here. York. 4-H Clubs Hear Turner A RADIO FEATURE of national im- is the performance a r -*""*- portance ranged on the first Saturday of each m o n th by t he United States Depart ment of Agriculture in broadcasting a national 4-H program. This consists of a carefully planned and staged series of related composi tions, played by the United States Marine band and explained by Ray A. Turner, 09. former state club leader of Michigan, and now field agent for the Central States. United States De partment of Agriculture. radio music Thousands of 4-H club members from time coast to coast tune in on this impor tant program at 12:30 Eastern stand ard the first Saturday noon of each month. This feature gives club members the opportunity of hearing t he best music played by one of t he world's premier bands Results of Some Predictions From Placement Examinations By L. C. EMMONS, Research Professor of Institutional Administration TN COOPERATION with the Univer- •*• sity of Michigan and the majority of the colleges in t he state, Michigan State college has been engaged for two years in an experiment with placement examinations. T h r ee examinations have been given each year. These are in the Iowa placement examinations mathematics t he American Council of Education's pysch- ological test. and English, a nd The results of these reported by all of examinations these have been colleges to the bureau of educational research of t he University of Michigan for analysis and comparison a nd the results have, been carefully tabulated to t he cooperating col a nd furnished leges. This analysis has brought out some very important facts relative to students the comparative abilities of entering t he in insofar as ability to do college State work may be judged by such exam inations. the various colleges t h at this study It is not with this discussion will concern itself. The ex periment is not yet completed. When final data are available they will be given out through t he bureau making the analysis. EXPERIMENT STARTED IN 1930 from alone, results of At t he opening of t he fall term in September 1930. an a t t e m pt was made these t he to select placement two examinations groups of students, one of which might be expected to do superior work in col lege—the other inferior work to do This selection was made, as indicated above, on the basis of success in t he three examinations given a nd no refer ence was made to the high school rec ord or any other record of t he student. From a total of 1135 new students entering school in t he fall. 105 were selected who made high grades on each of the three tests a nd 103 were selected who made low grades on each of the three tests. T he records of these two groups of tabulated students were separately at the end of each term of the school year a nd were compared the record with each other a nd with of t he whole entering class. the the 103 in Before t he close of t he fall term 38 lower group had of dropped out of College of their own volition while but 8 of t he upper group of 105 had left. In t he lower group t% of t he grades earned were A's while in t he upper group 25% of t he grades earned were A's. If we consider as usual t h at A. B a nd C a re satisfactory grades we find 94'; of all grades: earned by the upper group satisfactory while but 67'; of those earned by t he lower group are satisfactory. These figures are for t he fall term only. N EW MARKING SYSTEM USED The marking system in use at t he present time uses four passing grades— A. B, C. D—and two non-passing grades—X and F. For each credit hour of A work 3 points are given, for B grade 2 points, C grade 1 point, D grade no points, and for X and F one nega tive point for each credit hour. A stu dent must earn as many points as credits in order to graduate. The records of is interesting. selected t wo t he the basis of groups of students on points earned t he In first term the upper group h ad a point- credit lower group 0.38. Of the upper group six failed to reach a point-credit ratio of 1 while of t he lower group 67 failed to make this ratio. ratio of 1.8, the HIGHER GROUP PROVES CAPABLE The full year's record of these same groups of students brings out some interesting facts. At t he end of t he year only 9 of t he upper group had left College, one only by request, while 48 of the lower group were gone, 20 by request. the the During the year 92.4% of the grades of t he upper group were satisfactory; in lower group but 66% of t he grades were satisfactory. T he upper group h ad earned 1721 grades a l t o gether, lower group h ad earned 1188 grades. Twenty-four per cent of the grades given to t he upper group were A's; 4.9% of the grades given to lower group were A's. One a nd the t he grades t h r e e - t e n t hs per cent of given to t he upper group were F's; ten and eight-tenths per cent of the grades group were F's. lower given the to The records of the 55 students from the lower group who carried through to the end of t he college year a re worthy of consideration. Twenty-nine of these have failed to make as m a ny points as credits. T he remaining 26 have a point-credit ratio above 1. Nine of t h at are well records these have above a C average. Some of t he d a ta given above a nd some additional facts for comparison of the selected groups with t he whole group of 1135 for whom records a re table available are set forth t he in (Continued on pajre 14) January, 1932 THE MICHIGAN STATE COLLEGE RECORD 1 ''Russian Conditions" by -being gained "28, after months in the Soviet the impressions McElroy, Jim many spending the employ of government. Above! McKlroy at his yard of Russia. transit in the Lack (To the left I The first irovernment under tractor produced by five- the the Soviet year- r> Ian. A BSOLUTELY discouraging in many - ^ - i n s t a n c e s, but at time humorous, are the "Russian Conditions" with which every American in Russia is faced nearly every day. the same the life of the Russian the foreigner A "Russian Condition" may be de fined as: any act or happening invol in his ving daily contact with for is a "Polly- which the best treatment a n n a" attitude. In other words, when one is faced with a stone wall which cannot be climbed, tunneled under, or with a long march be circumnavigated, it is a "Russian Condition." One of first encountered, as through my diary, the in checked back volved nearly all the executive heads of the organization with which I was connected. . I PREPARING FOR THE RED DIRECTOR the trip the day when in Siberia, after his While the Red Director had been in America, in active job had been charge of t he first vice-president, also a communist. On the Red Director was to arrive in Chelia- binsk from Detroit, there was considerable excite ment. Everybody hurried about calling for automobiles, 'phoning to make sure t h at each department would be s h i p should shape when look be ready time. at t he huge layout for He (the Red Director) was impatient It seemed such a long with everybody. to start. time before Finally, first car, departmental henchmen in t he second, t he a nd in the American delegation t he third, the cavalcade moved off for t he from drive of the "great" m an to drive out to have a the first seven kilometers they were ready the "Reds" the in t he city, the car window and, the Americans suddenly time h ad considerable town office to the plant. On the road it was necessary t he party cross t h at a narrow bridge. Shortly before r e a c h ing it, the parade stopped. Sitting in in conversa t he third car, engrossed tion, realized passed. t h at Remembering the rush to be off back their heads in they poked from their amazement, saw t h at t he whole execu tive organization of t h at large corpora tion was held up by a peasant who had the stopped his horse a nd wagon on bridge, and was patiently waiting for the colt, who was nursing its mother, to finish its breakfast. They waited— another five minutes. It was typically to be in such a great hurry Russian a nd for anything but a logical reason, whatever might be going on. stop, t h an to INTERPRETERS HARRASS FOREIGNERS tantalizing, /CONSIDERABLY more anything else but humorous, was ^ a situation involving our work with respect to the use of interpreters. My first interpreter was a woman, an Eng lish teacher who knew nothing of my little work, no technical English, a nd of what I was trying to accomplish. I h ad worked with her for a few days, had t a k en considerable pains to explain by sketches of what I was trying to get across. Out on the job one day a question. Russian engineer interpreter Turning my back a nd to the engineer, I slowly and care fully sketched t he explanation on t he side of a temporary building. Thinking t h at she had followed t he course of t he told conversation-to-be, I asked to t u r n ed a nd t he a her to go ahead a nd explain it to the engineer. She replied very nicely t h at she h a d n 't heard a word t h at I had said. typical and It was also quite t he real reason for my trying to learn to speak enough Russian to be able to to give t he orders myself, or at least understand t he order had been given. t h at RUSSIAN RAILROADS A PROBLEM the the worst of QU I TE "Russian Conditions" is the railroad service. It is of prime importance in the first place, as anyone who has ever made the use of it will tell you, to be on If t r a in for which you have a ticket. you miss it for any reason at all, the to you. price of Tickets are extremely difficult to get, and t he purchaser must be sure t h at he knows what has been sold him. ticket lost the is for to erect some equipment finished An American friend of mine, in R u s t he sia government, at Moscow, and desiring to go to Leningrad, overnight from t he capital city, purchased a ticket to be t he next for what he supposed day. On presenting the ticket at the train, he was told t h at it was a ticket three days for a later. Intourist (the Russian National Tourist office the girl on duty Bureau) he asked ticket there why she h ad sold him a for the wrong day. Her reply ,"Why, t h at is not t he ticket which I sold you, you must have traded it with someone else!" train which went Returning t he to This American was of Irish extrac tion, a nd in his rage he nearly climbed over the counter after her. Oldtimers (Continued on page 13) THE MICHIGAN STATE COLLEGE RECORD J a n u a r y, 1932 -college men and women their will be assisted on Ex- travels by American sta interpreters pr e s s depots at piers, tioned frontier points. and (To left) the Mu -Munich, Germany: sic Lovers, Art Psychol ogy. Education Study and Social Welfare Tours will this spend the charming scenic High lands. time in capital of Bavarian the right) some (To European Travel Emphasizing the Educational Aspect the WHEN Intercollegiate Alumni Extension Service. Inc.. of which Michigan State is a member, chose tne American Express company as its offi cial travel agency, it properly e m p h a sized the educational value of both European and American travel. Accordingly the American Express company is offering a highly specialized group of educational tours, which it is hoped will commend themselves to edu cators, alumni and students as worthy of the name. The itineraries have been worked out with special reference to the subject to be emphasized on each tour. The educational directors have been ever the ground again and again and know how the material available may best be used in connection with the tour. The following nine by tours have been the American Express the wealth of arranged company: MUSIC LOVERS TOUR. Fifty-five days, under the direction of Professor Earl V- Moore, of the University of Michigan, sailing from New York July 1, a nd returning on August 24. EDUCATION STUDY TOUR. The group will sail on June 30. on the S. S. General von Steuben and return on the S. S. Europea. September 7. Dr. Thomas Alexander of Teachers College. Colum bia university, will be the director of the tour. will return on September 7. the S. S. Europea. on the AGRICULTURAL TOUR. The edu cational director of tour will be Dr. Carl E. Ladd, director of exten sion work of Cornell university. The party will sail from New York on the returning S. S. Homeric on July 1. the S. S. Pennland. September 4 on this I N D U S T R I ES TOUR, EUROPEAN tour will have The members of the opportunity of getting a first-hand picture of the industrial and economic situation in Europe. A seven-day ex tension tour of England is also offered. Professor N. C. Miller, of Rutgers uni versity will direct the tour. The party will sail July 1 and r e t u rn August 29. ARCHITECTURAL TOUR. Profes sor W. M. Campbell of the University t he of Pennsylvania will direct tour, leaving on returning June 28 a nd September 3. A RT T O U R. PSYCHOLOGICAL Residential Study Tour and A N T H R O POLOGICAL Tours, will cost $775. $645 and $502. respectively. to tours these in educational We recommend the careful consideration of all who are in terested The directors of each tour know from ex the peculiar problems which perience travel imposes and have learned how to adjust their programs accordingly. travel. SOCIAL WELFARE TOUR. Profes sor Thomas Alexander of Columbia. assisted by Professor J o hn W. Taylor, of Raleigh, N. C, are uniquely fitted to direct tour. They will sail from New York on the S- S. General von Steuben on J u ne 30, and this comprehensive The Alumni Office, East Lansing, the American Express Michigan, or company at 65 Broadway, New York City, will be glad to furnish you more detailed Literature giv ing itineraries and costs will be sent you promptly upon request. information. College Congress A LUMNI-COLLEGE relationships are continued •**- usually t h at de good will. to some votion may extent by the condition of the times. by expressed Just what form take is governed for many. times, asks In such committee With this thought in mind the Conditions will arise, like the pres ent, when a b u n d a nt giving is a h a r d ship the t h at Alumni Fund those who can contribute more, should through It will carry others do so. this and depression. The College, especially the alumni office asks of its alumni family at least an expression of good will. "Not what we give but what we share" is t he only worthwhile attitude of alumni-college relationships. fifth a n n u al College Congress will be held at the Union building, Tuesday evening. February 9. to President In addition R. S. Shaw, who will outline as usual the immediate policy of the institution. Harold Flack, executive secretary, of the Cornellian Council of Cornell u n i versity has been secured as the guest speaker. Through the efforts of Mr. Flack's organization m o re Cornell alumni were reached in 1930 t h an any the other world. college or university in Administrative officers, deans, class the secretaries local and offices of to attend. alumni clubs are expected the Again, the time is 6:30 p. m. at Union building, on evening of February 9. the to Twenty thirty per cent of the students received dean calls in the fall term, according to an estimate. This is not an abnormal figure, as the liberal a r ts department announced t he average number for the past 12 years h as been approximately thirty per cent. t h at J a n u a r y, 1932 THE MICHIGAN STATE COLLEGE RECORD 9 SPARTAN CLUBS CHICAGO CLUB A. S. Armstrong, '06, president of the Chicago club, announces an unusual program for the a n n u al dinner-dance of the Chicago club on Friday evening, J a n u a ry 29. The meeting will be held at the Auditorium hotel. Heading the speakers will be Presi dent R. S. Shaw, who will make his first official the Chicago talk before group. Coach Jim Crowley and Alum ni Secretary Stewart will also appear on the program. informa tion may be secured from Mr. Arm strong at t he Bates & Rogers Con struction company, 111 W. Washington street or by,phoning him at State 0793. I i c k e ts and R IO GRANDE VALLEY CLUB OF TEXAS '28, who in live and Dorothy Ross, i n Harlingen. They will be properly itiated into our group on New Year's eve when we all meet at the home of Harry Crisp. MILWAUKEE CLUB T he notices of t he a n n u al meeting the Milwaukee, Wisconsin, alumni recently been mailed by of group have Marjorie S. Jewett, '18, secretary. As usual the club will banquet at t he Old Manse, 1426 N. Prospect ave nue, in Milwaukee. T he date h as been set for Saturday evening, J a n u a ry 30. All alumni in Milwaukee and surround ing cities are urged to attend. Besides G. O. Stewart, alumni secre tary, President Shaw will a t t e nd as a speaker. CINCINNATI, O H IO the Under leadership of Myrl Bot- tomly. '16, t he State alumni of Cincin nati, Ohio, and surrounding towns will gather at the Eastern Hills Y. M. C. A. at 6:30, Friday evening, J a n u a ry 22 for an organization meeitng. Professor L. C. Emmons, research professor of institutional management, will a t t e nd as t he College. Professor Emmons will attend a meeting of the American Association of Colleges and Universities in Cincin nati, t h at week. t he speaker from the evening of February 12. A call has been sent to the Commisioner of t he State Police to have J im Crowley in h a nd for the event. Crowley p r o m ises to make good for his absence last year. The place of meeting will be a n nounced later. the recently IN compliance with t he by-laws of association, President a n alumni R. B. McPherson h as nounced t he appointment of W. G. Knickerbocker, '16, Detroit, a nd Dudley Pritchard, '24, G r a nd Rapids, to head two nominating committees to present the general elections nominations for of the alumni body next June. Each committee slate of candidates a nd each committee will be responsible t h at all persons nominated shall have agreed to serve t h at each committee shall confer on sug gestions to publish in their selections in the March issue of the Record. if elected, a nd to the extent to present a received further time full is in Ultimate revision t he "cut" sys t em at Michigan State was seen with the first meeting of t he appointed com mittee, which met J a n u a ry 8. Members three deans, a research p r o include fessor in institutional management, a nd the excusing officer. D E T R O IT CLUB H a ns B. Keydel, '20, president of the announced Detroit t h at the t he annual dinner-dance of Detroit club will be held as usual on alumni club h as J a n u a ry 10-16 was observed by the Women's Athletic association as Health Week among co-eds. Advice was given to the girls on correct posture, shoes, dress, and diet. AFTER '-• m\ FIFTY ISU YCARS JJ JESSOP. 17, is T 3 E R N I CE HALES -*-' responsible for the following newsy bit of information from an enthusias tic group of Michigan S t a t e rs down in the the Rio G r a n de Valley of Texas. grapefruit section of family "In October a number of former M. S. C. students gathered at the home of Walter Hart, '07, and wife, in Mc- Allen. We enjoyed a pot-luck dinner a nd social evening together. Besides from the Hart our city of Edinburg were: H a r ry E. Wilcox, '12, wife and daughter; Harry Crisp, '16 and family; Fred Hagadorn, '16 a nd wife; Albert LaFever, '16 and '18; Henry J e s- Ellen Sanford LaFever, sop. '16, Bernice Hales Jessop, '17 and their family. those present Since this meeting we have met Ward the P AUSING in a moment of the shadow employes fiftieth milestone, Millers the Michigan of Fire company, Insurance many of whom are Michi assem gan State in bled at Lansing this important the home office to celebrate event. alumni, 10 THE MICHIGAN STATE COLLEGE RECORD J a n u a r y, 1932 and evening All Sunday afternoon the buses came pulling to loaded in t he guards. All along t he roads from Detroit to East Lansing and Lansing to East Lansing and Bay City to East Lansing stood gentlemen with topcoats and suitcases, giving the conventional sign of outstretched road—the t h u m b. Cars crowded with mothers, fathers, sisters, cousins and best girls steamed tho Campus with a sort of overloaded, top- term. The heavy amiability. Winter wheels begin to grind again. "Hi yuh. boy! Didja have a good vacation?'" town and around into the intends Student drivers on the Campus now have to have their cars registered and tagged. For purposes of convenience and utility, the College police depart to keep a record of all m e nt student-driven identify t h em by a sticker on the windshield. Fine cooperation with the new ruling was shown by 136 persons, who reg two days their autos within istered after the order was first published. cars and to Completion and the early occupation of the new $82,000 addition to the en in gineering building, which has been the past progress of erection during few months, bids well to put Michi gan State's engineering school among the leaders of schools of this type. F r a nk Conover. Hazel Githens. and represented Michigan Leonard Logan State at the seventh annual congress of the National Student Federation of America, held at Toledo, Ohio, Decem- cember 27-31. The most decisive move to go on record of as favoring the entrance of the United t he League of Nations and States in the World Court. It also deplored the intervention policy of protec armed interests, and tion for private foreign training. opposed compulsory military the congress was Three attractions remain on the con cert course of the M. S. C. Institute of Music. Robert Goldsand. pianist. appears J a n u a ry 18; and Paul Robe son, baritone, and the Cleveland sym phony orchestra, on dates not yet cer tainly determined. t h at A survey revealed there is one eating house for every 16.6 students who a t t e nd t he College. And all 16.6 were ahead of us when we tried to eat dinner the other fifteen minutes in night, too. "CLOSE BESIDE THE With no ice in sight, hockey seems the to remain dropped from destined list of winter sports. Death of Mrs. Edward Morrison, wife the physics cf Professor Morrison of department. December 26. marked the passing of one of the most prominent of the older members of Michigan State college society. Mrs. Morrison once at taught young Herbert H o o v er Friend's Academy. Newburg. Oregon. this t e rm after a The Union second h a nd book counter, lapse begun again of two years, is doing a rousing bus iness- The Union acts as an exchange medium allows text-books, both the buyer and the seller of t h em to pay and obtain a satisfactory price. a nd for Offering "David Garrick," a play by T. W. Robertson. Phidelah Rice, a moncactor. opened t he M. S. C. lecture large crowd course December 8. A effective heard Mr. Rice an demonstration of monoacting—the re cital of a play in which one m an takes the parts of all characters—in the Peoples church. give the c o l l e ge Twelve members of the American forestry staff attended Forester's convention at New Orleans, where Professor P. A. Herbert was a speaker. The main point of his talk was a recommendation of the county as the sole unit of local rural govern ment. Recently Dr. J. Earl Mclntyre of Lansing opened a series of health lec feature of tures which are through WKAR, college radio station, the winter. to be a Clark Chamberlain, State's distance the cross the All-American team. Last year Chamberlain ace. was recently awarded country berth on track was placed on the All-College team. of The "Gods composition. the Mountain," a work of A r t h ur Farwell, was included on the regular program the Syracuse symphony orchestra, of Saturday, J a n u a ry 9. It was the fourth time t h at this work h ad been offered to the public by a symphony orchestra. Mr. Farwell is a member of the Music Institute faculty. The a n n u al J-Hop, the outstanding events of looms up the social year, distinctly in the foreground now. The date h as been announced as February 5, and the price $8, the lowest in over the Lansing- a decade. The place Masonic temple, and the n a me of the orchestra has not yet been divulged, but an extraordinary one is promised. leaders—as Already the Campus social looking for well as the followers—are ward with eager anticipation. is the seventy-fifth toward Preliminary steps were taken the one of the largest celebrations in to history of Michigan State college commemorate a n n i versary of the founding of this institu tion when a committee on arrange ments was appointed by President R. S. Shaw. The personnel is: R. C. Huston, applied science dean, chairman; Prof. L. C. Emmons. Dean J. F. Cox, Dean H. B. Dirks, Dean Marie Dye, Director Lewis Richards of the Music Institute, the Col H. H. Halladay, secretary of alumni lege, a nd Glen O. Stewart, secretary. Christmas tree lights blazed on the in front of the Woman's building for several weeks before a nd after Decem ber 25, and only lately have been r e moved. Date for in the Military ball, probably second importance among winter term affairs, is to be J a n u a ry 22, with t he place the Hotel Olds. The " R h y t hm Kings," a Gorrell-Delbridge unit, are to play. of survey recently Professor William Haber the com economics d e p a r t m e nt pleted an unemployment for Gov. Wilber M. Brucker. The survey, how in the national offices at W a s h ington, showed t h at unemployment has increased since last year, and greatly t h at there are over a quarter million people in the state with no source of income. Out of t he Michigan popula tion of 4,800,000, there are 250,000 u n employed. The American Institute of Steel En gineering is posting prizes for the best steel bridge design by a senior engin eer. Several State students are eli gible to compete. J a n u a r y, 1932 THE MICHIGAN STATE COLLEGE RECORD 11 WINDING CEDAR" A new class in creative a rt is being- to East Lansing children by the offered Miss Alma Goetsch, instructor on College a rt staff. the t h at The Union Board, after an announce ment regular Union opera would be replaced by a three-act play, changed its plan to sponsor a one-act play contest. Any Campus group may compete, giving any play, the only r e the scenery must striction being not be elaborate or expensive. The plays will be given in the Little Theater at term, a nd a cup will probably be awarded the winning presentation. the end of t h at this for informal Hell Week began J a n u a ry 12. Rules for fraternity initiation of pledges include: C average the installation held second week initiate; of winter term, not exceeding 72 hours rough house, dangerous, in duration: initia forbidden; or vulgar practices tion must not regular interfere with college work; no requirements to. be of such a character as to a t t r a ct public attention. Edward W. Walker, consulting engin eer and recent technical advisor to the Internation Railway of Central Ameri ca, was one of the most prominent men to address the student chapter of the American Society of Civil Engineers. Mr. Walker spoke J a n u a ry 7. Record again! According to official figures obtained from Elida Yakeley, registrar, enrollment has reached a new term peak. winter thousand Three students have registered, and fifty-six this total is 58 more t h an t h at reached last winter term. for the Wolverine the Twenty-four S p a r t a ns of distinction in its yearbook's were named by nomination first " S p a r t an Leaders" section. The n u m ber included men a nd women promi n e nt in activities, athletics, a nd schol arship. Eight persons—four men a nd final four women—will be left after the elimination, which will be made by an all-college vote. At its last meeting, the State Board closed the boarding club at Wells hall, which, under varying managements, has r un for a good long while. Reasons given were t h at it was unprofitable and brought about much discussion a nd dissatisfaction. A definite decision on its re-opening has not yet been made. The 75th anniversary of the founding of the College will be held J u ne 10 to 13, with Alumni day on J u ne 11. Thirty per cent of the student body the received dean calls, a check of liberal arts d e p a r t m e nt records showed- Of 1,100 students. 384 got them, 162 for two or more subjects. This is the nor mal percentage. J a n u a ry 21-23 will see the annual convention of the Michigan Press asso ciation on Editors of the Campus. weekly papers all over the state plan to gather for t h at the convention will contain. the many features is A longer program was revealed for the 1932 Farmers' Week, to be held here February 1 to 5. Nearly a full day more of activities planned, with a livestock show, a turkey show, milking contest, rural d r a ma contest, horse-pulling matches a nd a Little I n ternational show as the highlights. The list of speakers include a governor, a from former "minister of agriculture Canada, a representative of the federal farm board, and many other notables. '96, reported At one of the recent district meetings where many alumni were present, E. E. t h at 35 S m i t h- Gallup, teachers attended Hughes agricultural t he University of Michigan this past summer, working on advanced degrees, 34 at Michigan State, three at Cornell, two at Wisconsin and one at Chicago. This fall there are 216 high schools in instructors Michigan with agricultural and all but one have t a k en work at M. S. C. More t h an 100 of these men are holding combination positions such as superintendent and agricultural in structor. Of this number 29 have com pleted their master's degree. Student smokers seem to be turning though some are to pipes following t he new ads and are rolling- their-own cigarettes. this year, T he entire faculty membership of the division of agriculture gave a r e ception to the students of t h at division December 10. The affair was primarily a social mixer to acquaint the students with the faculty. Dr. Eugene Daven port, the m a in address of t he evening. '78, gave candidates Coach Russell Daubert breathed a relief when all of his 1932 sigh of c a me swimming varsity in good their examinations through form. splashers will launch their campaign for the coming season ineligibility, with G r a nd Rapids Junior college fur nishing the first opposition. The S p a r t an u n h a m p e r ed by here An all-college program of sophomore next tests will be introduced spring in unison with a new policy of general tests being conducted in more t h an 100 American colleges. Nationally uniform tests in general culture, gen intelligence, general science, and eral English will be applied to sophomores at State the development of sophomores in all col leges. in an a t t e m pt to study t he board on The toque tradition seems to be going by the Campus. Here and there is a green-topped frosh, but most of them wear h a ts or go b a r e headed. None of t he sophomores seem to mind. "Round the World" swim, which in total of 1000 cluded an approximate lengths of the pool, and which has been in progress for some weeks, was recently won by A. B. Jaeger, a fresh man. Dr. N. A. McCune, '07, popular pastor cf the Peoples church, let the vote of the members of his congregation decide whether or not he should stay in East Lansing. By a they decided t h at he should, and he will probably continue in harness here for m a ny years more. large majority engineering Professor M. M. Cory, of the elec- department, was tical of t he Lansing installed a meeting held Engineers' J a n u a ry 5. J im McElroy, '28, now writ ing t he m a in the RECORD, was for speaker. president club at reported Thirty-five men to Coach first Young in the gymnasium for the indoor varsity practice. The track squad is expected to fill out later on. It is strong in the dashes a nd the dis tance r u ns at present, but lacks men for the pole vault and hurdles. 12 THE MICHIGAN STATE COLLEGE RECORD January. 1932 Strong Opponents Face State Cagers this Season by GEORGE ALDERTON required all ol without a heart. It Van Alstyne's ability his rebuild to machine and although the material on hand is not sensational in any depart ment, is giving everybody a ball game and that is what most of the followers demand. the S p a r t an mentor BOESKOOL IMPROVES AT CFNTER consecutive four -for seasoiis Coach Ben Van Alstyne has cut basketball c] calibre. championship teayns turned [ONE are six of the 17 games scheduled. the basketball and team has s c o r ed f o ur victories and two defeats. W i th s t r o n g opponents further a l o ng the list. Coach Ben Van is bending Alstyne to bring his charges along the every effort at a pace t h at will keep them on winning side of the ledger. struck during T he basketball hopes were none the very start of too high at the season, the but a blew was Christmas holidays t h at sent t he stock low record. Three players, to a new ruled a one 01 them regular, were in ineligible and two reported with out of juries action for t h at may keep the balance of the year. them SQUAD SUFFERS SEVERE LOSSES T OSS of J o h n ny Wojtylo. bright for-. from Hamtramck. -*-^ ward prospect and Waldo Freebold. center relief man. hurt the team.' Kubik. another sopho more hope, also fell by the wayside in his studies. Montie Holcomb. a letter winner of last year, aggravated an ankle injury he sustained in the track season last spring, so he was also lost. Wen dell Patchett. another sophomore for ward, has been afflicted with such weak ankles t h at he can play but little. In spite of these reverses. State won from Cornell university. Ohio uni versity and Western Reserve, while losing to Michigan and Notre Dame. Alma was conquered season's the It was an easy con- opener. 39 to 12. in team went to Michi the S p a r t a ns handled the looked good on they suffered a 27 to 5 defeat. the field a nd testify the boys were test. Then the gan and while the ball well and floor, State had 32 shots from made only one of ing the sadly off form. them good, that fact to vacation Ohio university, champions of the Buckeye conference, was the first team losses. the to meet after State came through in nice fashion to win handily. 29 to 15. Western R e serve, a trouble team beating at Cleveland last year by a 25-24 score, was the next rival. Coach responded Ben Van Alstyne's charges with a 29 to 26 victory in a thrilling game with the eastern cagers. t h at State had NOTRE DAME W I NS HARD CONTEST their usual form the Spartans X J O T RE DAME barged into East Lan- -^ sing with one of its greatest teams in recent years. Twice victorious over Northwestern u n i v e rsity. defending Irish the Big Ten. the champions of were easy favorites to win. But true against Notre to Dame, to new arose heights and gave the invaders a great fight the game. Within three minutes of the end of play, the score was tied at 22 all. The lead had all the way. Finally. changed hands through with Notre Dame three field goals, two of long pitches, and won the game. 28 to 25. throughout cracked t h em Coach Van Alstyne's p a th has been beset with troubles-all season. Having lost the services of such great stars as Roger Grove. Art Haga and Wayne Scott all in one season, t he team was the team the co-captains of "pvEE P I N N EO of Grand Rapids, and */ Randy Boeskool. of G r a nd Rapids, are this year. Pinneo plays forward a nd Boes kool at center. Neither could compare with the three stars mentioned above in last year's team, but they have come along in fine style this winter. Pinneo ran into a decided slump against West is ern Reserve and Notre Dame, but trouble. expected center Boeskool time. He game seen here the controls in nearly all tip-off t he games and his great height under t h at few basket is an offensive teams can meet. to is playing the best long recover without threat in a the Development of Alton Kircher, Glad stone, a nd Bill Vondette, Saginaw, as guards, has been one of the interesting features of the team. Kircher has come along so rapidly that- Coach Van Al styne has singled him out to rate with the best guards he ever coached. While short of stature, he is very speedy, a defensive player with practically no weaknesses and has a left h a nd shot that piles up the points. Vondette has developed a fine shooting eye. With six games in the books. Vondette was r u n n e r - up tied with Boeskool for position in the individual scoring race. in front with 37 and Pinneo Boeskool have totaled 27. and Vondette is out each the the State has some fine home attractions list. University of remaining on Michigan is coming here February 13 for a return game and one t h at will probably see D e m o n s t ra tion hall packed to the rafters. Colgate is com ing here for a pair of games J a n u a ry 29 a nd 30, a nd Marquette is due Febu- rary 14. Detroit plays here J a n u a ry 19. Coach Jim Crowley's classes in foot ball are popular, according to physical thorough education knowledge of t he classes valuable, while his wit enlivens them. the game makes students. His J a n u a r y, 1932 THE MICHIGAN STATE COLLEGE RECORD 13 Wringing wet, they stood on the plat form of the car, and suddenly decided t h at to there was time for all of us go into the crowded station a nd buy what passes t h at in t r a in did not country. Actually leave ten station t h at minutes. ice cream t he for another for Enough there were count them all to you. of too many of "Russian Conditions,'' them to r e DISAGREES W I TH COMMUNIST PLAN In conclusicn, I wish t h at if it were talk possible for me to sit down a nd the Michigan State with each one of family, and do my p a rt in convincing you t h at the Communist answer to our present difficulties here in America and throughout the world is not the proper cne, if what I have seen in the Union is any of Socialistic Soviet Republics indication of the way it would operate anywhere else. I am convinced of t h at I feel t h at a ny other country in t he t he Communist to world which falls from Mos will operate on order issued cow. through association with several of their " I n t e r in Russia, a nd observa nationalists" tions made personally in Germany, Denmark, England, Scotland and I r e International land. The Communist is working every day, advan tage of our and other countries' ills to further a cause which means, if suc there will be more agony cessful, t h at a nd tears spent as a result, t h an under any other system t h at the world might see. taking I feel t h at There is a great good to come from Russia, possibly not ^what you might think it to be. it will be t h at the rest of t he world, capitalistic so-called, will awaken to t he t h r e at of Communistic Russia and put its own house in order. T h at being accom plished there will be no t h r e at of Com munism here or anywhere else on the face of the globe. Keen Competion Certain in Winter Sports Program Schedules for all winter sports as a n nounced last week by Director R. H. Young promises to present sterling tests to all S p a r t an the next ten weeks. teams during Coach Fendley Collins h as seven let- teimen and last year won Michigan A. A. U. champion ships to start the wrestling season. two sophomores who the Blind, It looks as though Floyd Austin, the Lansing youth, who graduated from the Michigan School and tor Gordon Reavell, Durand, will make the team as sophomores. Austin, despite the serious handicape of defective vi sion, is one of the stars of the squad. He won the State A. A. U. 115-pound title last year handily. Reavell is' t he best heavyweight prospect seen here in a number of years. Like Austin, he won A. A. U. honors only in the u n limited weight class. TANK SQUAD WEAKENED State's swimming team suffered losses in graduation t h at cannot be recouped believes. this year. Coach Daubert Horace Craig, Ray Schaubel, Howard Clark and Gordon Schneider, all passed out of time, taking the S p a r t an learn. the picture at the heart out of the same for the best of There are five looking t he in letter men and sophomores who jobs on race two are likely ahead the team. Capt. J o hn Tate, of Detroit, the dash crop. looks like Other letter m en a r e: Evans Boucher, Lansing, back Jouger, Tonawanda, N. Y., fancy dive; Howard Higley. Benton Harbor, a nd D a le Vaughan. Oscoda, breast stroke. Others the first squad who are ranked with are: Dave Meinzinger, Ronald Mac- Donald a nd Art Cole. stroke; Lyle TRACKMEN LAST TO START the While they are trackmen reporting out last the number all others, fresh-soph meet to see service. The starts the schedule J a n u a ry 30. The list, however, calls for some swift com petition in dual meets with Ohio Wes- leyan and Marquette universities, as well as the Central Intercollegiate a nd State in the season. Indoor Relay Carnival later The complete schedule: INDOOR TRACK Jan. 30 Freshman-sophomore meet. Feb. 6 Interclass meet. Feb. 1!' Ohio Wesleyan. Feb. 27- Indoor relay carnival. March 5 Marquette at Milwaukee. March 11 and 12- -Central Intercollegiate at Notre Dame. March 25 and 26' Texas and Rice university relays at Austin and Houston, Texas. WRESTLING Jan. 11—Toronto university. Jan. 16—Michigan. Jan. 23—Mechanics N. Y. Institute of Rochester, Feb. 12—Syracuse. Feb. 27—Indiana at Bloomington. SWIM M INC, i(i Grand Rapids Junior college. Jan. Feb. M Michigan. Feb; 2fl Triangular meet with Western Re •i-ve and Case at Cleveland. Feb. 27 Cincinnati university. Other meets pending. FKNCINC Jan. re Michigan at Ann Arbor. Jan. 2 Ohio Wesleyan at Delaware. Jan. 23 Ohio State at Columbus. Feb. Feb. 12 Detroit at Detroit. Feb. 13 Cadillac A. C. F-b. 2(i Detroit. (', Cadillac A. C. at Detroit. CO-CAI'TAINS BOKSKOOL AND IMNNKO 'RUSSIA CONDITIONS" (Continued from page 7 in the country recognize the hopeless ness of a situation like t h at a nd pass it off with a laugh. involves to Cheliabinsk, PLENTY OF T I ME TO S W IM My classic experience with the rail two young roads in Russia, trip from Russian engineers. On a t h r o u gh Moscow Samara-on-the-Volga, Ufa, and what we used route," to call the "southern the train passes for miles along a river in t he Ural mountains. At every little station t he train, as is usual, stopped for an indefinite period. People were in swimming all along the river. The two youngsters, both of whom just s c h o ol finished, as graduate h ad en gineers, a year's course in an engineer in Moscow, were my ing Auto-suggestion compartment-mates. little overpowered dumpy t he train, r an about a quarter of a mile their clothes to and went swimming! them, and station, both piled river, pulled off in one from the t he station platform Splashing about in the river, oblivious to the passage of time, the boys heard ring the bell on the twice, to indicate to everyone t h at t r a in would be pulling out in five m i n utes. Madly they rushed back to the t r a in pulling on their clothes, consist ing of a shirt, p a n ts a nd sandals. I was relieved to see t h em within a step t r a in pulled out. or two before the 14 THE MICHIGAN STATE COLLEGE RECORD January, 1932 IN MEMORIAM WARNING! Imposter Working Alumni LAFOY G. BARBER, W i th 1891 Word has been received of t he death on October 8. 1931. of LaFoy G. Barber, -91. W I LL E. HALE. 1882 '82. died Will E. Hale. in Eaton Rapids.. Michigan. October 21. 1931. One of his classmates. Alice Weed Coulter, writes: lost one of its valued members and one who stood for high ideals in the community where he was so well known." "Our class has L E W IS WANDELL DYMOND, W I TH 1919 Lewis W. Dymond. w'19. died at his home in Lansing August 24. 1931. Mr. Dymond had been a resident of Lansing for fourteen years, coming here from Pennsylvania, and had been in business as an optometrist for ten years. He is survived by his widow and three children. J O HN E. BREOR. 1926 J o hn E. Breor. '26. died in a Lansing hospital December 11. after having been taken suddenly ill while at work in the administration building of t he Olds Motor Works, where he was em ployed on sales analysis. He is survived by the widow a nd one child. MRS. BLANCHE GALLUP Mrs. Blanche Gallup, wife of E. E. Gallup. '96. died at the home. 507 North Pennsylvania avenue. Lansing, Decem ber 29, of cerebral hemorrhage. She is survived by Mr. Gallup, state super visor of agricultural education. MRS. MARIE KING Mrs. Marie King, wife of Professor E. S. King, died a t - t he home in East Lansing. December 9. following a long illness. She is survived by Professor King and three daughters, Mrs. Harold Huntley. '24. Mrs. Fred Taylor. '27. and Mrs. M. G. Farleman. '25. MRS. MARY E. MORRISON Mrs. Mary E. Morrison, wife of Pro the physics fessor Edwin Morrison of department, died at the home in East injuries Lansing, December 26. of re sulting from a fall. She is survived by Professor Morrison and a daughter, Elizabeth, also of t he physics depart ment. PROFESSOR J O HN WILLARD Word has been received of the death at his home in Amherst. Massachusetts, of Professor J o hn Willard. former heaa of t he continuing education depart ment at M. S. C. Professor Willard succumbed December 22 as t he result of a heart attack. Recently, a man representing himself to C. be Dr. Clifford Copeland has swindled several alumni in Detroit sums of small and Chicago out of money. He was at one time associated with for the Peoples church but today has abso lutely no connection with the church or Michigan State college. fund-raising campaign the It is alleged drug addict and alumni are warned disregard any plausible he uses that he has become a to stories which to secure donations. trying in EDITOR. Forestry Department Plans Unemployment Relief governor's unemployment Professor P. A. Herbert, a member of relief the commission, prepared a plan of u n e m ployment relief work to be carried out on state and municipal forest land. The plan points out t h at a larger percentage of the relief funds would be expended directly for labor in forestry work t h an in most other types of relief. The work would consist in the con struction of fire lines, building of roads improvement of camp trails, the and sites, planting of trees on denuded areas and the thinning and ment of existing timber stands. improve RESULTS OF PLACEMENT EXAMINATIONS (Continued below. These data are year 1930-31. from page <> I for the full Upper Group All 105 92.3 92.4 7.6 16.4 Freshmen 1135 71.5 80.7 19.3 14.9 Lower Group 103 53.0 66.1 33.9 11.5 When the predictions of success the student does his work in college made on the basis of placement tests alone are considered with refer ence to the division of t he college in which it appears t h at one m ay predict with considerably greater accuracy for cer tain divisions t h an for others. Accu racy seems to decrease as one goes from t he divisions having the highest toward percentage of those t h at have more a nd more free electives. required work The results set forth above show two t h at things r a t h er conclusively. First, placement examinations aid in select ing students capable of carrying on college work. Second, they are by no means perfect in their operation therefore should not be used as and t h at MARRIAGES BRYAR-TREFRY Robert E. Bryar. '30, and Arleen L. Trefry were married August 22, 1931. They are living in Detroit where Bryar is employed the an as United S t a te Rubber company. auditor for EGGERT-MCCONNELL Marvin A. Eggert a nd Helen McCon- nell, both '30, were married at the Mc- Connell home in Lansing, October 31, 1931. '31. were married HENRY-HART Burrell E. Henry and R u th M. Hart, both t he Delta Alpha sorority house in East Lansing. December 19, 1931. They are making their home in Sheridan. Michigan, where Henry is school principal. in single determinant a whether a student is prepared to em bark upon t he college sea. deciding in At time the present the results of placement examinations are placed in the h a n ds of the student's adviser who i n t h em along with all other uses formation in his effort to help t he s t u dent make the very best out of his stay in college, whether this be a short or long period. New Appointments The State Board of Agriculture at its meeting on December 18 announced the appointment of Dr. L. M. Turk as assistant professor of soils to take over the work formerly done by Professor C. E. Millar, previous to his appoint m e nt as head of the departent. Dr. Turk received his doctor's degree from the University of Missouri. On J a n u a ry 1. J. L. Van Camp a s sumed the duties of superintendent of t he forestry nursery, succeeding J. J. Hendryx, resigned. Mr. Van Camp r e ceived his bachelor's and doctor's de the University of Toronto. gree from Dr. P. J. Schaible was appointed r e search assistant the chemistry ex periment station. Dr. E. J. Miller was made chief chemist at the time of the resignation of Dr. C. S. Robinson. in 1932 BASKETBALL, SCHEDULE AND SCORES 9—State 25, Notre Dame 28. 1—State 29, Ohio Uni. 15. 2 State 29. Cornell Uni. 26. December 3—State 39, Alma 12. December 12—State 5, Miehian 27. January January January 8—State 17, Western Reserve 15. January January 15—State 22, Xavier 20. January 19—-Detroit, here. January 29 Colgate, here. January 30—Colgate, here. February February 13 —Michigan, here. February 15—Marquette, here. February 17—Detroit, February 20 -Xavier, February 23—Notre Dame, February 25—Marquette, 6—Kalamazoo, there. there. there. there. here. J a n u a r y, 1932 THE MICHIGAN STATE COLLEGE RECORD 15 ALUMNI AFFAIRS 1867 Daniel S t r a n g e. Secretary Grand Ledge, Mich. is sure t h a n ks for the cane: I did not, and cannot A note from Dr. F r a nk Kedzie in dicates t h at Daniel Strange, oldest liv the College, was a ing alumnus of happy m an when he the received honorary cane which was voted to him last June. As time takes it toll this cane to be h a n d ed down. Mr. Strange has recently written Dr. Ked "I zie the following about am in words express a tithe of my apprecia this wonderfully tion a nd it time I view beautiful cane. Each I discover new beauties and my won der, and my gratitude increase. I r e member your father's visit to Mexico. I wonder if this cane has been in your I understand family so m a ny years. the plan of the entailed gift is yours r a t h er t h an your father's, and I t h a nk shall you over and over again a nd in while ferrule remains. artistic beauty matches the cane. Its cost is doubtless much more financial t h an the first price of the cane but t he labor of its carving is incalculable. I am field, of course, thinking of its descent. To G a r if he survives me. The life friends to my close Then in order, Henry Halstead. '71, Henry Haigh, '74, and F r a nk Kedzie, '77. All these may possess it within ten years and I hope it may be. and remain yours for many years." for counsel 1878 Frank E, Robson, Secretary Beaumont, Smith and H a r r is U n i on Guardian B H g, Detroit, Mich. After completing twenty-two years of the service as general Michigan Central Railroad in Detroit, F r a nk Robson has entered the general practice of in association with Beaumont, Smith '& Harris, 2900 Union Guardian building, Detroit. He r e- remarks: "You know all about Beau mont, '82, who, while not a classmate, was a schoolmate for several years. All firm of the principal members of t he are old associates and persons of many years standing, a nd I look forward to a very pleasant association with them." law 1881 Charles McKenny, Secretary Michigan State N o r m al College, Ypgilanti, Mich. A. H. Voigt writes from Los Angeles: "George Grover and I just h ad a very enjoyable visit with Ed. C. McKee. He wanted to hear all the news about our class reunion and the College. He is feeble but quite alert." in poor h e a l th a nd r a t h er 1886 J a s on H a m m o n d, Secretary Porter A p t s ., L a n s i n g, Mich. Jason E. Hammond, manager of the Michigan Retail Dry Goods associa tion, has moved his offices in L a n to 207 Wolverine building. The sing Record predicts t h at m a ny emergent class letters for '86 will be mailed from these offices prior to t he J u ne 11 a n niversary celebration. 1887 Geo. Hume, Secretary K. 3, L a n s i n g, Mich. Irving B. Bates may be reached at 923 E. Kearsley street, Flint, Michigan. 1893 Luther H. Baker, Secretary 205 D e l ta St., E a st L a n s i n g, Mich. research. J u st now during Lyman J. Briggs is assistant director of the Bureau of S t a n d a r ds at Wash- and t he illness of the director he has also a s the duties of t h at office. The sumed reside at 3208 Newark Briggs family B r i g gs street, Washington. Mrs. their iKatherine Cook) daughter. of Swarthmore, Pennsylvania, in L929 won states Isabel Briggs Myers, t h at O. P. DE WITT & SONS WHOLESALE GROCERS ST. JOHNS, MICH. Distributors of "Defiance Brand" Ask For Them By Name COFFEE TEA SPICES SOUPS and CANNED GOODS 16 THE MICHIGAN STATE COLLEGE RECORD January, 1932 Twin Cities Service Station 2513-2519 E. Michigan Ave. Lansing- Caters to College and Alumni Patronage Near the Old Split-Rock Site M A KE N EW FRIENDS at The A Her ton Horseback r i (1 i n g. swimming, skating, golf, bowling and many other special parties. Complimentary h o u s e dances, concerts, bridge parties, inter esting trips, etc., weekly. An Intercollegiate 88 Alumni Hotel m Official Residential Head quarters for Michigan State College 1000 outside soundproof rooms with RCA radio speaker in each room at no 10 floors' for men, 7 extra charge. floors for married couples. for women and 4 floors RATES SINGLE Daily $1.75 to $4.00 Weekly $10.50 to $25-00 DOUBLE (per person) Daily $1.50 to $2.50 Weekly $8.50 to $12.50 P H I L IP E. C O B D E N, MANAGER 7 01 NORTH MICHIGAN AVENUE ALLERTON HOTEL Chicago literary in a nation-wide first prize contest with her mystery story "Mur der Yet to Come." Last summer her first play. " D e a th Calls for Margin." was purchased by Lawrence Shubert Lawrence, theatrical producer, and will soon be played on Broadway. 1895 M. (;. Kains, Secretary SufTcrn. N. Y. and William C. Bagley is a member of a commission of four appointed by the government of Iraq to study the edu economic problems of cational that kingdom. He sailed from New York on January 12. Enroute he will have conferences with t he ministry of the education of Egypt, and following India Iraq mission he plans where several of his former students are in the educational service. He will resume his duties at Columbia univer sity in the winter session of 1932-33. to visit "I have been more M. G. Kains writes from Suffern. New York: t h an occupied with editing a general gar for a dening book, a book on dogs two noted breeder, and reviewing my books ' P r u n ing.' three other books to edit—fertilizers, basket mak ing, and poultry. My publisher has to write a garden also been at me book along certain lines, and I have been collecting material." 'Plant Propagation" and In the offing are 1898 D. A. Seeley, Secretary East Lansing, Mich. Fred L. and Gertrude Lowe A6LEY AVENUES DETROIT O. M. HARRISON, Manager is T H£ M I C H I G AN S T A TE COLLEGE RECORD January. 1932 1920 V. (i. L u n d i n. S e c r e t a ry Kast L a n s i n g, Mich. Harold Bauer is owner and manager of a garage a nd filling station at 750 Capital avenue N. E.. Battle Creek. Michigan. He lives at 22 Olivet street. Ludovico Hidrosollo is a senator from the senatorial district 12th the of Philippine Islands. He lives in Manlia at 1020 Oregon. William M. McKnight lives in Wil- mette. Illinois, at 1041 Seminole road. Harry E. Michael is an elevator m e the in foreman chanic Fisher building. Detroit. He Detroit at 15100 Burgess street. in lives night and Alvan E. Stoddard lives at 409 N. EAST LANSING STATE BANK BANKING IN ALL ITS BRANCHES East Lansing, Michigan COURTESY — SAFETY — SERVICE ALUMNI BUSINESS DIRECTORY Elmwood avenue, Traverse City. Mich igan. 1922 M r s. D o n a ld D u r f e e, S e c r e t a ry 12758 S t o e p el A v e ., D e t r o i t, M i c h. James G. a nd Anah McCool Stelzer are living at 437 Bell avenue, Brooks- ville, Florida. 1923 W m. H. Taylor, Secretary O k e m o s, M i c h. Howard C. 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