HI II € IHI II € A INI S T A Tl C@ILIL1€ JULY Hear Spartan MomHjrams a* mi: ATHLETIC DEPARTMENT Awards OSHEA SWEATERS As T o k e ns of Service O'SHEA KNITTING MILLS 1414-24 N. Sacramento A CHICAGO June-July, 1932 THE MICHIGAN STATE COLLEGE RECORD 3 Listening In T is seventy-five years since Michigan State college was the founded. T h o u gh College was dedicated in 1857, as far back as agitation was 1844, started a more for thorough education of t he medium of an It through to delve into farmers agricultural school. t he is soul-stirring archives and pick out this story of the completion of t h r e e - q u a r t e rs of a century of educational effort at East Lansing. Soul-stirring because there is nowhere t he record of a finer idealism a nd struggle on the part of those early Michigan pioneers, and personal sacri fice a nd devotion on t he p a rt of those who were called to carry on the edu cational work. fully there were Discouragements t h at none of us realize. today can Business depressions there were, more serious t h an t h at through which we are now passing. But those brave souls— t he founders, the supporters, the edu defeat. cators — would never They found in every adversity a new reason for pressing on to the goal they had set for themselves. They h ad dis t h at covered "the hour of defeat to make a new advance." the military m a x im the hour admit is The MICHIGAN STATE COLLEGE R E C O RD Published for the alumni and former students of the Michigan State College by the Established 1896 Member of the American Alumni Council M. S. C. Association. Published monthly throughout Official national advertising Chicago, Boston. the year. representative: The Graduate Group, Inc., New York. Membership in the M. S. C. Association, including subscription to THE RECORD, $2.50 per year. Unless members request a discontinuance before expiration of their memberships, it will be assumed a renewal is desired. Checks, drafts and money orders should be made payable 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, '27, Alumni Recorder T HE M. S. C. ASSOCIATION Union Memorial Building OFFICERS—1932-33 Charles W. Garfield. '70, Honorary President L. T. Clark, '04, President L. O. Gordon, '06, Vice-President C. Fred Schneider. '85, Treasurer Glen O. Stewart, '17. Secretary S. Fred Edwards, EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE '99, Lansing, term expires 1933: W. O. Hedrick, '91, East Lansing, term expires 1934 : J. A. Hannah, '23, East Lansing, term expires 1935 ; Harris E. Thomas, '85, Lansing, ex-officio: E. W. Ranney, '00, Greenville; ex- •''••;•';.. officio ; Frank F. Rogers, '83, Lansing, ex-officio; A. C. MacKin- .'-non,. '95, Bay City, ex-officio: R. Bruce McPherson, '90, Howell, ex-officio; Carolyn Ellsworth Ed wards, '06, President of Alumnae League Vol. XXXVII. No. 10-11 Entered at the East Lansing Postoffice as Second Class Matter East Lansing, Michigan June-July, 1932 This story, told so ably by our own "Uncle" F r a nk Kedzie, College his torian, is an epic of struggle, sacrifice, devotion — of presidents on meager salaries, yet planning heroically for t he teachers who survived future, and of on a pittance, put their soul into their work, encouraged by t he coming of more students, though often disheart ened by the lack of facilities. in all Naturally, t he 75th anniversary p r o gram planned on Alumni Day, J u ne 11, revealed as few programs have ever revealed t he contributions of the Col lege the its divisions. reason for pausing to honor our past presidents, to eulogize t he long line of administrators and It gave us a new faith in the College and a new courage to aid as we can in build ing the Michigan State college of t o morrow. teachers. It was As alumni we have seen the develop ment of a broader understanding of Michigan State as a public institution a nd t he rendering of a greater service to t he people of Michigan. We have seen the realization of a new campus plan providing increased facilities; the replacement of almost the entire phy together with new addi sical plant the construction of new high tions; t he of ways and Campus; student body, both undergraduate and gradu ate; the college staff for teaching, research, and exten sion. t he beautification t he the enlargement of the growth of In This Issue Celebrations of Yesterday Michigan State—Historical and Pictorial We Honor Our Presidents Anniversary Program High Spot of Alumni Day Foresters Honor Dr. Beal Employment Scarce for Freshmen Clark Elected Alumni President Large G r a d u a t i ng Class Hears Dr. F r a nk Citations for Honorary Degrees Statistical Table of Enrollment. S p a r t an Sports Review Registration of Alumni Day Visitors Marriages—In il^Qri^!.-^.-.i:TW-::.^v---^-v-rr<^---r.^-r ...: Page 4 5 to 11 12 to 14 ; 15 to 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 30 31 33 a nd 34 We have seen the College brought into useful contact with m a ny organ the state and ized groups throughout m a ny new and valuable friendships established. This great body of Mich the igan constant the various services of t he College. citizenry has touch experienced of uplift and For these accomplishments we pay special honor during this anniversary year. We point with pride t h at Mich igan State college has h ad leaders, past a nd present, with a vision a nd determination t he h e a rt and to keep spirit of the institution true to t he best t h at is in our cherished traditions. Seniors have graduated, and d e p a r t from farfiung home towns; u n d e r ed for sight; classmen have dropped half the faculty have skipped joyously off for their vacations, and t he other half scowl at summer school inmates, who are mostly oldsters t h is year; a n other college year h as slipped into t he limbo of t he years, never to r e t u rn ex cept at mellow Alumni Days in the dim future. The Campus t he is deserted, only t he j a n i t o rs and Record staff remain to view t he year in retrospect. The leafy walks of M. S. C. start t he last lap of a century of existence. Seventy-five behind .. . will we see you at t he H u n d r e d t h? in memory . 4 THE MICHIGAN STATE COLLEGE RECORD June-July, 1932 Celebrations of Yesterday "-^ZZZST our just 75th month. celebrated, TITE HAVE two brick buildings made last anniversary. from With the clay of the Campus, on May 13. 1857. there was celebrated the opening of a pioneer college which marked an epoch in modern education. "the You and I. graduates of this institu tion, have participated in developing a unique system of education wThich is now known under the general term college." Sur land g r a nt of rounded by woods, with eighty students occupying lighted by candles, start was made. The unique and central idea was t he com bining of book learning and field work for the purpose of developing scientific in agriculture. knowledge twenty rooms the CIVIL WAR AFFECTS ATTENDANCE its opening the news of the exercise: from DeWitt the band, patriotic TT^OUR years after t he first class was just ready to gradu ate when the attack on Ft. Sumpter and what it m e a nt reached the Campus. A celebration expressing loyalty took place the 4th of July. 1861. furnished A brass band the music; a salute of 13 guns from a cannon opened the De claration of Independence was read; an oration by Gilbert A. Dickey. "61. was later fell at Get given (this student tysburg); a bonfire was built, more music by songs. and then a promenade about the little lan Campus in in terns College hall and the boarding hall was illuminated; there was a grand dis play of fireworks most of t h em home made affairs, but not a piece failed. The next celebration came on lighted by 450 Chinese the the had fallen. night when Richmond Again every window on the Campus Was illuminated by candles. T h is cele bration I well remember held as it was the pain and stress of the Civil after Few left a war were the students with us. so m a ny of them were soldiers in the army. trees; every window impression. lasting led by nation. of this The next celebration was t he 4th of the July. 1876. the c e n t e n n i al of Another the founding parade, the college time band, speeches in the chapel, students dressed to represent t he various races which compose our nation—Will Holds- worth, the American Indian. Will Prud- den, the American negro. Joel S. P a r dee, t he continental soldier, and many others. The the Col lege ever presented to the student body was given on this occasion by President Abbot in the College chapel. first history of EARLY HISTORY BY PRESIDENT ABBOT from "Bi-annually QUOTATIONS some of history: term would open a nd for weeks this the college the the impatient of discussion would go on as to whether live or die. Students would it would disheartening get suspense, pack t r u n ks a nd go their away. Others would not come to a col lege t h at might die of starvation before they they had opened could not afford . the present day have easy times compared with the students of the first years. W h at would you think and of prayers so as to begin work at half- in the morning? T h at was past six their books; . breakfast "You of t h r o u gh getting it." . BEAUMONT TOWER —marks the site of old College Hall and its clock times the Campus of today. the class implements the way it was. And then at half-past nine you gave your into t he h a n ds of t he second division, made toilet a nd took your places a hurried address in the marked founding of to President Abbot's idea for he considered the College founded when the constitu tional convention of 1850 provided for its establishment. the 25th anniversary of the College according room." This DAILY LABOR IN STUDENT SCHEDULE for today r p HE curriculum of student activities -*- for t he first 30 years of the College three history provided uniformly hours of required labor daily. To the student of is a m a t t er of it wonder how this could be worked out successfully. But when you consider t h at we started as a College located on unimproved land a nd realize t h at the labor of students cleared this land of trees, removed the stumps, built fences, laid drains, built roads a nd walks on t he College what you now know as the attention of m en the development of premises a nd t h at the number of stu in attendance varied from one dents to 200 you can see the College t h at was developed by the muscle of youth. The uniqueness of the institution and its curriculum of work and study sooh inter attracted in ested similar in other colleges, a nd we had ideas many visitors who came to see and witness the results of this combination of labor and study. During the early years of M. A. C.'s existence, the cur riculum of other colleges everywhere recognized a nd accepted the demand for literature, philosophy, mathematics, and the classics, Latin and Greek. But in as the American for found science and the development of scienti fic knowledge, courses thorough in all sciences laboratory which we now enjoy was early recog nized. Thereafter, the work needed to be done to develop what is now known as the College property, the farm, the gardens, greenhouses and orchards had been accomplished by student aid, and the pressure of basic scientific knowl edge came to be exerted by the students themselves, the labor system which was fundamental yielded, laboratory and instruction took its place. inventive genius instruction the need inherent life for VICTORIES CHANGE W I TH YEARS in which you the sophomores; in baseball and football, this, turn "IT7HILE you are reading the cele "* your memory towards participated brations the College. The while a student at victories t he celebrations a t t e n d a nt on the advent of a large freshman class placing a great responsibility on in times have you uniform how m a ny participated in the exercises of Decora tion day, you remember the celebration of Armistice day in 1919. The cata logue which you as a student carefully to habituate your thumbed self to college life does not now carry in attendance, a you are t h at you may know what we can celebrate Of fifty years' growth I give you the following: lost to the public. But the students in order list of 1882 Total number of students Graduating class il girl) M. S. degrees granted in attendance . _ . 2!fi 28 5 1!W7 Semi-centennial Year Total number of students Graduating class 1.001 100 Honorary degrees granted, all doctorates, 16 (5 of these M. A. C. graduates). Theodore Roosevelt the center of attraction; a grand celebration. 1932 Total number of students Graduating class M. S. degrees granted Ph.D. degrees granted Professional degrees, C. E., M. E., E. E. Honorary degrees 4,600 —. 422 58 68 6 11 —.—. _ _ June-July, 1932 THE MICHIGAN STATE COLLEGE RECORD IT IS May, 1857, and Michigan Agricultural college is come into being, the first state institution in the United States to teach scienti fic agriculture. practical a nd students matricu Seventy-three late in English literature, mathe matics, and the natural sciences, go to classes in Old College hall, and live in "Saints Rest," men's dormitory. Behind lies eight years of struggle and planning by pro ponents of the agricultural school idea, legislative campaigning, the preliminary physical inception of the College. The legislators have had their say, the executors are now the stu dents; to them the task of clearing the forest, of building here, three miles from Lansing, a campus 6 THE MICHIGAN STATE COLLEGE RECORD June-July, 1932 impassable from primeval wilderness, marshy roads. ground, and 1861, the State Board of Agri culture is founded, first President Joseph R. Williams is succeeded by T. C. Abbot, and there follows the long, disappointing years of trial and struggle, lack of support and absence of sympathy. Not till the "nineties" does hope come, success seems in the offing. It is 1876 and "Saints Rest" of hallowed memories lies in ashes. $25,000 is raised for the erection of old Wells hall. the department of 1885 and mechanic arts is introduced, an engineering building, armory, and veterinary laboratory are erected. In 1870 there were ten co-eds at M. A. C, but they were forced to June-July, 1932 THE MICHIGAN STATE COLLEGE RECORD is 1896 and in agriculture. Now matriculate it t he women's con tingent comes into its own. A di vision of home economics is found ed, buildings rise among the ageing oaks. Corn huskings, sleigh-rides, and the enrollment slowly passes the three h u n d r ed mark. Abbot hall becomes the first co-ed dormi tory, and vacation time is c h a n g ed from winter to summer months. flies and events crowd thick and fast. The Women's building is erected, t h en the College hospital; music be comes undergraduate activity; class spirit a nd class t r a dition commences in dead earnest with the inauguration of t he a n Ivy crawls up the nual barbecue. older buildings and the Campus mellows. 1901 and 1910—tima serious a THE MICHIGAN STATE COLLEGE RECORD June-July, 1932 1917. The Campus is an armed camp. Mock soldiers play has become serious, and natty cadet uniforms give way to ill-fitting O. D. uni forms. Taps are heard along the Red Cedar, and the men move into wooden barracks along Harrison road. "Tipperary" and "Over There" thrill freshmen hearts and co-eds steep them selves in Florence Nightingale. The book and the musket are the Campus symbols; behind the froth of collegiate life burns one dread word— War! Liberty Loan speakers spur the student body and loyal M. A. C. gives generously of its purse and manhood. After—the Armistice. Returned doughboys endeavor to get down again to pro saic college life. Aggie alumni pay tribute to its soldier dead, agitate the erection of a Union Memorial building. The Campus becomes noted as one of the most beautiful natural spots in America; in summer If "Pi 'W» Jg * 44M%inriri June-July, 1932 THE MICHIGAN STATE COLLEGE RECORD shady walks, gently rolling stately old elms a nd oaks; in win ter ermine-coated grounds, frost- tinted tree skeletons. lawns, course the State Board 1921 and a P o s t - w ar troduces science. brings scholastic expansion. comes liberal arts a nd 1925 its a d dition, business administration. applied expansion 1924 in in May 13, 1925, a nd Michigan Ag ricultural college becomes Michi gan State college by act of the state legislature. Students rejoice and hail a new era. The "Aggies" "Spartans." officially become throbs with the T he Campus fast mounting pulse. spur of a New buildings, ever-jumping en rollments, enlarged a nd more pro gressive faculties enter as the end t he -, \ 10 THE MICHIGAN STATE COLLEGE RECORD June-July, 1932 tower, marking of the " t w e n t i e s" wing past. A noted a l u m n us p r e s e n ts Beaumont t he site of old College hall. Old b a r ns retreat across the river be fore the advance of modern brick structures. It is a day of expansion in stu dent activities, and an awakened athletic consciousness. Michigan's highly-touted A 11-A m e r i ca n, H a r ry Kipke; a serious D u t c h m an from "down East," Ben F. lanky VanAlstyne; Mort Mason, coach of Olympic J o hn stars; Kobs, who beat the Wolverines; all add their bit to the glory of S p a r t an To the king of t h em all: Jimmy Crowley fame. The of Pour Horseman foot- time is come for far-flung is to be added teams. them June-July, 1932 THE MICHIGAN STATE COLLEGE RECORD t r i p s, monster pep-meets, ball gyrating cheerleaders, L e o n a rd Falcone, a nd his crack military band, becoming noted throughout the nation. college. It is 1932—the 75th anniversary Its of Michigan State thousands of sons and daughters r e t u rn to the Campus or pause in distant cities a nd states to honor those conceived and executed t h at this anniversary to might those, also, who believed and work ed here in the days of '70 a nd '80 t h at the idea might not die. forgotten who take place; some day fall The pictures of the past, stilted, s t r a n g e, unreal, face down. The pictures of the future are yet to be turned up. Seventy-five years . . . from s t u mp land to mellowed . . . Michigan State college. oak j -1 r w >• • fffm '. .0 v * \ * ^xi^m* I « * srjBf #"*-""*• «SK 12 THE MICHIGAN STATE COLLEGE RECORD June-July, 1932 We Honor Our Presidents -because glancing at the past and have not been years of ease. solved State on which we give to our They founders. the advance. the problems of its day and generation looking upon Each succeeding should have some the future these administration years has and has kept Michigan honor share of the r p H E O P H I L US CAPEN ABBOT. -*- principal of the Ann Arbor high school, was elected professor of Eng lish literature at M. A. C. in F e b ruary 1858; later elected professor of civil and rural engineering Feb ruary 1860: and unanimously elected president of the College. December in Vassalbora. 1862. He was born Maine, outstanding scholar he graduated at Colby uni versity at nineteen. Teaching at once became his life work. He has the honor of holding the presidential office at this college for the longest individual, 22 years. period of any An optimistic, patient, d e v o t ed worker: he is entitled to the honor formative of being considered president, He died in 1892. in 1826. An the EDWIN WILLITTS president third the from in 1855 "C*DWIN WILLITTS, third presl- -Li dent, was born in New York in 1830. The schools of Washtenaw to county, Michigan, prepared h im graduate state university. He was admitted to the bar in 1857 and became prominent in southeastern Michigan both as a lawyer and politician. A member of the state board of education from 1861-73, later becoming principal of of in the Ypsilanti Normal school 1882 (now Michigan State Normal college). While still principal of the Normal he was elected president of M. A. C. J a n u a r y, 1885, bringing with him Dr. Lewis McLouth the Normal as head of the newly estab lished mechanical course. Mr. Wil- litts resigned in April 1889 to become t he first assistant secretary of agri culture established t he newly unit of the president's cabinet. from in THEOPHILUS C. ABBOT second president 1862-1884 J'OSEPH WILLIAMS first president J O S E PH RICKELSON WILLIAMS, first president of M. A, O, was " born in Taunton. Massachusetts, in 1808. the son of a shipmaster. Dr. Williams graduated from Harvard in 1831. He was an intimate of the great Wendell Phillips, and was also associated with Daniel Webster in business in Michigan transactions lands. Coming west in 1835 he first in Ohio identifying himself settled the with local politics and founding to Con- Toledo Blade. in stantine. Michigan, he engaged flour milling and became active in politics. A member of the constitu tional convention of 1850 he urged the proposed the establishment of agricultural college to be under the control of the board of regents of the University and a department of t h at institution. The farmer m e m bers of the convention body would not accept the suggestion. Elected president of M. A. C. J a n u a ry 1857, resignation accepted M a r ch 1859. He died at the age of 53. Removing June-July, 1932 THE MICHIGAN STATE COLLEGE RECORD 13 its presidents elected from t he body of graduates. Prior OSCAR CLUTE, fourth president of M. A. C, was the first of to entering college he h ad largely earned the money for his college course by t e a c h i ni in t he rural schools of Ionia county. G r a d u ating from M. A. C. in 1862, he was appointed by t he board as instructor in mathematics, later holding a professorship. P r e p a r t h at ing for the ministry of the Unitarian church, he labored in field in t he states of New Jersey, Iowa, and California. He was to accept a elected president in 1889, resigning four years later similar position as head of t he Florida Agricultural college. Ill health overtook him, a nd returning to California he died in 1902. OSCAR CLUTE fourth president 1889-1893 / in later teaching T EWIS G R I F F IN GORTON was -^ born at Waterloo, Michigan, in 1860, graduated from Ypsilanti Nor mal, the Detroit high school and Orchard Lake Mili tary academy. A fine reputation as administer of the Bishop high school in Detroit recommended him as an administrator at M. A. C. Not find ing the work here congenial his term as president was not prolonged, 1893-95. LEWIS G. GORTON fifth president 1893-1895 in a JONATHAN L E M O Y NE SNYDER in 1859 small was born town, and graduated Pennsylvania from Westminister college in 1886. He entered the profession of t e a c h ing and devoted himself to improv ing methods used in kindergartens, m a n u al training, and home econom led ics. His work in Pennsylvania him to the principalship of the Alle gheny schools from which he came to M. A. C. in 1896 as president. He served for 18 years during which the College enrollment grew from 300 to 2000. He died at East Lansing, October 22, 1919. t h at office in JONATHAN L. SNYDER sixth president 1896-1915 FRANK STEWART KEDZIE was born in Vermontville, Michigan, May, 1857, the son of Dr. Robert C. Kedzie (professor of chemistry at M. A. C. for 39 years). G r a d u a t i ng from M. A. C. in 1877 he became assistant in chemistry under his father in 1880. becoming head of the In September, chemical d e p a r t m e nt upon his father's d e a th in 1902. in 1915, he was elected acting president, later becoming president April, 1916, and continuing until September, 1921, at t h at date being appointed dean of t he applied science division established at t h at time. On completing three score years and ten he was appointed College historian. FRANK S. KEDZIE president seventh 1915-1921 14 THE MICHIGAN STATE COLLEGE RECORD June-July, 1932 T \ A V ID FRIDAY, nationally known economist, was born -*-' in Coloma, Michigan, in 1876. A student at Benton Harbor college from 1893 to 1895, he took his degree work at the University of Michigan in 1908. In t h at school he served as an instructor until 1912, and as a full professor until 1916. From 1916 until 1919 he occupied the same position at New York university, and latter year the In 1919 he returned to Mich was head of his department. igan as professor of political economy for two years, when he resigned to take t he presidency of M. A. C. until 1923. taxation expert on a He has served as an economic and multitude of civic and commercial commissions, most im portant, as statistical advisor to the United States treasury. in D A V ID F R I D AY eighth president K ENYON LEECH BUTTERFIELD. ninth president of the College, was born in Lapeer. Michigan. 1868. and received his B. S. from M. A. C. in 1891. From 1900 to 1903 he took graduate work at the Univer in 1910 he obtained his sity of Michigan, achieving his A. M. there; L. L. D. at Amherst and another from Rhode Island State college in 1921. From 1891 to 1903 he served variously as editor of the Grange Visitor, assistant secretary of M. A. C. field agent for t he College, and instructor at the University of Michigan. 1903 to 1906 he was president of Rhode Island college of agriculture and mechanic arts, and 1906 to 1924 held the same position at Massachusetts Agricultural college. He was appointed by President Roosevelt in 1908 as member of t he Country Life commission. From 1924 to 1928 he was president of Michigan State college. Since t h en he has served in many national and international capacities as an agricultural adviser. K E N Y ON L. B U T T E R F I E LD ninth president 1924-1928 p C - B E RT s i D EY SHAW, t e n th president of the College, -'•*' was born in Wootfburn, Ontario, Canada, in 1871, and obtained his B. S. A. from Ontario Agricultural college in 1893. In 1898 he went to M o n t a na State college as pro the experiment fessor of agriculture and agriculturist In 1902 he was appointed professor of agriculture station. In 1908 he became and livestock experimenter at M. A. C. director of in 1910 dean of the agricultural division, which positions he held until 1928. In t h at year he was elected president of t he College by the State Board of Agriculture, and under his director ship has seen t he institution reach its greatest growth from the standpoint of enrollment and building construction. t he experimnt station and in P R E S I D E NT R O B E RT S. S H AW tenth president 1928- June-July, 1932 THE MICHIGAN STATE COLLEGE RECORD 15 By The Way— grad of the College of T?VERY J-^ being mailed a copy of issue thanks appropriating funds the RECORD. the State Board sup pi em en purpose. the of speakers With permission program this for to versary are presenting from on Alumni Day. herewith the main addresses anni we abstracts given is this Our for tary Among "Close Beside purposely have regular monthly We three —W ho's Who Alumni, ing Cedar's," the Fill out and get all regular year, starting with issue.—Editor. ber and Class subscription omitted features the the Wind Notes. blank next Septem issues the SPEAKERS AT 75TH ANNIVERSARY PROGRAM family. left from to right are: E. N. Pagelsen, —were all members of the big Michigan State alumni above Dr. Liberty Hyde Bailey, man), L. Whitney Watkins, President R. S. Shaw and the picture. '93, and J. R. McColl, the Rev. N. A. McCune, '82, Florence Hall, Chairman Rather's remarks follow '89, R. Bruce McPherson, '09, Howard Rather, '90, (honorary '01, were not available '17 picture '90, (chair chairman), for In the below. Seventy-fifth Anniversary Program High Spot of Alumni Day Ceremonies its the t h at something r p W E N T Y - F I VE years ago Michigan fiftieth •r State college celebrated time Theodore anniversary. At speakers. Roosevelt was one of This year they have called upon me to present to you several of t he alumni of Michigan State college who can fit cut tingly point her t he future by telling of in functions her splendid achievements in t he past. President Williams, at t he i n a u g u r a tion of the then Michigan Agricultural college, pointed out several things a to contend with. college would have This was to be an experiment. It was an a t t e m pt to teach in a new field and teaching in a new field might be im practical. W h at can be t a u g ht about farming? T h en t h e re was the cost. of for fail institution should President Williams' answer was, "If an such reasons, it would be a poor u n d e r t a k ing." He also pointed out something of t he desire and scope of this institu tion. He pictured the College as an in stitution of moderate means where people could come to strive for a higher education at a low expense. This was to be an institution where it would be institution of to work; an dignified things, not books alone. T he value of an educational institu tion is not measured by the hopes of its founders, t he size of enrollment or t he the size of achievements and caliber of its alumni as a token of what can be expected of her in t he future. Now you are its buildings, but by greetings receive two presidents, Robert S. from your to Shaw and R. Bruce McPherson. You are all more or less acquainted with this m an of Scottish the wisdom of institu descent who guides t he entire tion. to present to you President Robert S. Shaw. It gives me great pleasure S H AW WELCOMES ALUMNI including P R E S I D E NT SHAW: I have always felt it a privilege a nd an honor to appear before any public audience as a representative of the a d ministration of Michigan State college. This is more particularly true on this occasion while we are assembled in rec ognition of t he seventy-fifth anniver sary of the founding of t he institution. For seventy-five years Michigan State college has participated in agricultural education and research the t h r o u g h dissemination of information out results procured have unquestionably h ad a material in fluence on t he trend of agricultural de velopment throughout m a ny of t he civ ilized countries of t he world. t he institu tion engineers, m a ny of whom now occupy places of official dignity a nd importance in their interre profession. Because of lations and is but t h at agriculture a nd engineer fitting among ing should both be t he activities of land g r a nt colleges. forty-five been years training t he state. The interdependence included their For h as it F or thirty-five years home economics in this institution has been striving for the specialized training of women for t he purpose of improving and develop ing home living conditions, a basic fac tor in maintaining a high type of civ ilization in any country. SCIENCES FORM BASIC FOUNDATION n p HE sciences have always played an -*- important part in the institution by founda providing a substantial basic tion upon which the super structure of specialization in t he tech nical courses. From t he very beginning science has its achievements among our activities m ay be regarded with pride. to build stressed been and More recently m u ch stress has been placed upon the liberal a nd the cultural in association with the technical in ed ucation, never having d e m a nd seemed greater t h an at present. t he it well. Michigan State to do anything of adversities but has college h as never impor undertaken tance without doing In h er history she has h ad to struggle against a l w a ys m a ny emerged stronger and more efficient t h an before. The institution seems pos sessed of the ability to t u rn out gradu ates with utilitarian qualities capable of succeeding admirably in their life work. T he in a c institution state cordance with organic acts upon which it was founded a nd is not trespassing on t he field of the state or other larger universities. is functioning the federal a nd May I offer you a formal welcome t he S t a te Board of Agriculture from a nd t he faculty of Michigan State col lege and m ay you be permitted to maintain close contacts with the insti tution a nd this, the most wonderful of all college c a m puses. frequently r e t u rn to CHAIRMAN R A T H E R: and And ladies now, we are proud from greeting gentlemen, to have a word of t he the president of 16 THE MICHIGAN STATE COLLEGE RECORD June-July, 1932 M. S. C. Alumni association, R. Bruce McPherson. of Howell. MCPHERSON GREETS ANNIVERSARY GUESTS R. BRUCE MCPHERSON the this brate of WE ARE gathered here today to cele anniver seventy-fifth sary Seventy-five college. years is not a long period of time as compared to the distance of the uni verse, but it is as compared to the life time of any one of us. The past is the formal concept of three score and ten. or fitting, three therefore, the alumni, who are supposed to be the finished product of institution, should have a this large part the exercises commemorating in the anniversary of this generations. t h at institution. is It We have. I am sure, a deep abiding love for this institution. We have r e ceived its seal, and none of us. per haps, know how deeply the effects of our education here have marked our lives. We have a deep abiding interest in the institution and in its future suc in cess. We look forward with deep terest and to glorious future. its continued growth The officers of the alumni associa tion are exceedingly glad to have you with us today, and we offer you greet ings and a very hearty welcome from the alumni association. CHAIRMAN RATHER: DR. LIBERTY HYDE BAILEY has just returned from the Canal Zone to be with us at the celebration of t he seventy-fifth anniversary of the found ing of the College, and the fiftieth a n niversary of the graduation of his class. At the dedication of Michigan State college. Governor Bingham, who re cently h ad visited Mount Vernon, compared the methods of agriculture of t h at those of Michigan. farm "None of implements were there. Everything was clumsy, crude and old fashioned." His words bring a smile to us as we picture the mechanical progress of Michigan since 1857. Her progress h as not been a mere mechanical it has been scientific and technical. to the highly institution, improved state One of the men who has had much is present t h at progress to do with recent with us this afternoon. publication. Dr. Liberty Hyde Bailey was described as "One of America's greatest agriculturists." In a DR. LIBERTY HYDE BAILEY: While my official part in is merely this after noon's program intro to duce another person, I wish to extend congratulations t he M i c higan to State college on its long and produc It h as made a real con tive history. tribution to educational welfare. We are becoming conscious t h at in these days of stress and doubt, the col leges and universities still stand on firm foundations a nd continue to make They their contributions are founded in t he ideals of t he people a nd have an enduring quality. to society. REVIEWED PAST QUARTER CENTURY ers the to pause a moment to catalogue their common to agriculture and WHILE it remains for other speak for the epoch covered by particular contributions t he Michigan State col lege h as made to engineering and to related subjects, it to is well those recognize years in general advancement and wel fare. Within t h at period machinery has come to be an accepted part of Organization enterprise. agricultural of farmers interest in has come into reality. The marketing of produce is now a semi-public func tion. The whole range of economics as applied to agriculture a nd rural af into being within a fairs has come I recall my own third of a century. experience in this field, by endeavoring into one of my to introduce a book editorial series on The result was the book known as "Rural Wealth and Welfare" written by George T. Fairchild. my old the Michigan Agricultural college and who was t h en president of t he Agricultural College of Kansas. The reviewers did not for books in the agricultural field and the series failed. this a proper subject this subject. teacher at think Within the automobile has not only been invented the seventy-five years '17, Alumni Stewart, OLDEST LIVING GRADUATE '67, never Day fails —and Daniel Strange, festivities. to attend Secretary congratulates Mr. Strange on June 11, over his pos cane. traditional session of the is to be retained by This memento the the College of oldest his during loas The the prised possessions of Dr. R. among C. Kedzie and given as sociation by his son, Frank S. Ked zie, '77. living graduate to the alumni lifetime. alumni cane t he T he telephone but has become a common necessity, requiring improved roads. Within t h at period have developed telegraph to say nothing of and the wireless and applications. its m a ny Compulsory education has become a fact. The conserving of h e a l th is a internal-com public program. bustion engine has arisen, with r e markable applications in invention and industry. The steel construction of buildings has developed, mass produc tion, mercantilism, industrial revolution, are a p a rt of everyday life. Within t he seventy-five period Dar win's books, and others, have changed the direction of biological discussion. The discovery of the sake of the t r u th has become an acti vating force in t he world, t he reward being not in honor, or in applause. The mind has become emancipated from the old fear to of nature, and it is now legitimate discuss and fact or subject within t he range of our mental powers. to discover any in position, in money, t r u th t he the for STRESSES HUMAN VALUES a in in All the the the their remain. changed t h at period in t he United "IT7TTHIN three great '' States has been wars. The net result of last of these wars is not yet apparent, arid we have not escaped from the effects of it. these changes, and very many more, are arresting and even startling. We love to dwell on t h em as evidence of progress, yet we are likely to forget t h at some same. things remain The h u m an being is the same. T he fundamental necessities of food, sleep, The shelter and protection aspirations moral qualities and funda have not differing mentals whatever may be modes of expression. This is well to remember time of depression, when we may not know what consti our tutes preaching and our teaching may have t h at been, we are now vividly aware the lie primarily in money or property or posi tion. The great objective of civiliza tion is to develop personality. This is the Christian philosophy, whereby every person is called by name. We shall be a chastened people when we are the present dejection. We done with shall h u m an a nd values. These values will come again to the fore in all t he agricultural oc cupations, where personal contact with essential circumstances and training in family life are essential not only to h u m an happiness but to t he stability of society. The end results in agricul ture are h u m an com mercial. values. Whatever satisfactions of life do not recognize r a t h er desire r e al t h an With all the expansion of h u m an interests within the seventy-five years, we have not yet learned to live the en larging the horizons become broader emotional and more life, whereby June-July, 1932 THE MICHIGAN STATE COLLEGE RECORD 17 interesting with every additional year. We are likely to look through t he wrong end of the telescope of life. Dr. Bailey, in conclusion, introduced L. Whitney Watkins to speak on t he subject " T he Seventy-five Year Con tribution of M. S. C. to Agriculture." He h ad special reason for introducing him because he knew Mr. Watkins' father in t he days long ago. Mr. W a t kins was long a member of t he State Board of Agriculture a nd was for sev eral years chairman of t he Board. Through his father and himself he has spanned much of the history of the institution. M. S. C.'s CONTRIBUTION TO AGRICULTURE MR. W A T K I N S: in t h at practical thorough instruction first printed catalogue of t he n p HE college set r-. Michgan Agricultural it would be t he object of forth this pioneer institution "to offer to t he graduates of t he common school an op portunity to pursue a course of study theoretical terminating a nd those in sciences a nd arts which bear directly upon agriculture and kindred industrial pursuits." T he foundation, therefore, of this new Venture in education was built in the sciences of chemistry, bot any, zoology, a nd animal physiology, and t he first chair in agriculture to be established in t he United States was authorized. to Strong m en were called upon guide this new experiment. T he first president, Joseph R. Williams, was a graduate of Yale, an able m a n, splen didly trained in t he science a nd philo In 1862, Dr. T. C sophy of t he day. twenty-two upon Abbot year period as president, a period t h at in a broad way establishd the policies of t he new college. Three outstanding scientists formed t he early faculty: t he nucleus of entered a Dr. R. C. Kedzie, professor of chem istry, Dr. W. J. Beal, professor of botany a nd forestry, a nd Professor Manley Miles, t he first p r o fessor of agriculture. Two of these, Dr. Beal a nd Profes sor Miles, were personal friends, s t u dents a nd collaborators of t he great Agassiz. EARLY STUDENTS FROM PIONEER FARMS r p HE students of this "free agricul- -*- tural college", numbering 124 d u r ing t he two terms of t he first year, were drawn from 24 counties of Michi from gan. Nearly all of surprising farms. pioneer It t h at courageous these students stock, trained to work at an early day, educated by t he great pioneer teachers of Michigan Agricultural college, would take active p a r ts in making t he agri cultural history of America. t h em came is not from T he first great contribution of t he Michigan Agricultural college t he agriculture of America was in its birth. to TEN YEARS OUT FOR THE CLASS OF 1922 A NOTHER proof of the tenth anniversary being most popular of alb re- than 70 members ./"i. unions was again demonstrated headed of the 1922 class met for their big reunion dinner. unusual by Francis Bateman attendance. inter esting program, and the voting of $150 to the Alumni Fund for loans to needy time. students. A special class dinner at the Union was followed by an The class of 1917 added $50 to this special The local committee the and Claud Erickson was responsible this June when more fund at the same for formally dedicated On May 13, 1857, Governor R. S. Bing h am the Agricul t u r al College of t he State of Michigan, a nd addresses were given by t he Hon. H. L. Miller, president of t he Board of Education, a nd President Josph R. Williams of the College. A large con course of Michigan citizens from all over the state was in attendance. T he t he steps first group gathered about of t he newly built Agricultural college building, Old College hall, spot now marked by the Beaumont tower, in the center of the Campus. t he For over 20 years, leaders in Michi gan agriculture and broadminded citi zens h ad made effort to bring about t he establishment of institution. As this far back as 1844, J o n a t h an Schearer, Farmer, t he Michigan writing for a more cause of the championed thorough education for farmers. In 1849, the Michigan S t a te Agricul tural society requested legislature to provide aid for agricultural educa tion. t he On April 2, 1850, t he Michigan State Legislature passed a resolution asking Congress to give Michigan 350,000 acres of land for agricultural schools. T h i r teen years later, the Morrill Act, known also as t he Land G r a nt College Act, was passed which gave Michigan 244,- 000 acres a nd all states of t he Union a proportionate a m o u nt for agriculture a nd mechanic arts a nd military struction. i n HOLMES PLAYS ROLE IN POLITICS n p HE Michigan Constitutional Con- -L vention of 1850, in t he included a provi state constitution, revising sion t h at the legislature shall encourage t he promotion of intellectual, scientific a nd agricultural improvement by pro viding, as soon as possible, for t he es tablishment of an agricultural school, a nd stated t h at t he legislature might appropriate 22 sections of salt spring lands for t he purpose of raising n e c essary money. These lands were sold t he foundation of a nd some of Michigan's great chemical i n dustries. The moneys secured were used in buying 640 acres of land, erect ing t he first buildings a nd hiring the faculty of t he Michigan Agricultural college for t he first year. later became Strong efforts were m a de to place the new State Land G r a nt Agricultur al school with t he University of Mich igan, also with t he Normal school at Ypsilanti. However, the Hon. J o hn C. t he Michigan Holmes, Horticultural these early efforts to frustrate t he establish ment of t he L a nd G r a nt college i n dependently with t he following argu m e n t s :— society, overcame secretary of t he "To teach interest is p a r a m o u nt science thoroughly, a nd practice of agriculture m u st be t he main object of t he insitution, for our to agricultural all other interests in this state, t h e r e fore, these teachings must n ot be m a de subsidiary or second to a ny other o b jects." He insisted this pioneer venture in education must s t a nd sepa rate a nd a p a rt from all other institu tions of learning. t h at The new college was first governed by t he Board of Education but in 1861 a State Board of Agriculture was 18 THE MICHIGAN STATE COLLEGE RECORD June-July, 1932 t h at sets Hardigan alfalfa, a variety seed under Michigan conditions, our great plant breeder, F r a nk Spragg, left us a gift t h at even now gives promise in making Michigan self-sustaining in giving t he state her own alfalfa seed. During t he World war, the high yield ing varieties developed at M. S. C. came into great demand. teaching Improvement throughout Michigan, The support of the Experiment S t a tion in 1888 by the H a t ch Act a p p r o t he in priation by Congress resulted development of a service t h at includes a great variety of research lines, sup ported by seven sub-stations strategi cally located. Along with the Experi ment station movement, the Extension service of the College, carrying its in struction the state, to the borders of came into being. Today, with county agents in 65 of our counties, 216 Smith agri schools Hughes high culture, Boys' and Girls' Club work available the association. Cow Crop Testing association. Poultry Improve ment association and many other co the operative groups working with Michigan State college under the lead ership of trained members of its staff, it may be truly stated t h at t he campus of the Michigan State college extends the Beaumont tower to t he bor from ders of the state. We have much to be the old Michigan proud of in Agricultural college was the start of a new educational venture in America, type of education or in ideals of held close to the needs and the people, contributing to t he com mon everyday needs of the home and of daily life, building up a great con ception of our own to our state and our nation, training m en a nd women to be greater citizens and inspiring ideals of ser to new vice. responsibility the world, a t h em t h at you contribution, I have held to the last, mention of t he greatest contribution of all to ag riculture by the Michigan State college. This undoubtedly have guessed, is the group of m en a nd women who have gone forth from this this state to give service campus a nd neighboring states and in foreign Included among our alumni countries. are those living agricul two greatest turists of America, Dr. Liberty Hyde '82, and Dean Eugene Daven Bailey, port,'78. in created by members appointed by t he governor. legislature and t he the CO-EDS ENTER COLLEGE 1870 the education. the ladies the College. However, A T an early date. President Abbot £% and the State Board of Agriculture in were greatly embarrassed by sistence of certain young in Michigan t h at they wished to take an agriculture Though Dr. R. C. Kedzie and his wife were both graduates of Oberlin. a co-educational fear school, Dr. Kedzie expressed t h at co-education would be a bad t h i ng for the young ladies could not be denied, and by 1870 Dr. Kedzie had them working ten of job of picking potato beetles at from t he experimental plat of potatoes. This was the period when the Colorado potato beetle threatened the potato in dustry of America. As Uncle F r a nk Kedzie states, his father found t h at the girls could handle the beetles but not the slippery slugs of the Colorado po t a to beetle mor could anybody else) so t he job before Professor Kedzie was to find a poison or some other means of the controlling the poison and was the first to use Paris green for this purpose. insect. He found the sprays fly-killing various commercial made from pyrethrum a nd oils appear ed on t he market. Today, flies, moths, and other insects are almost univers ally controlled by modifications of method given to t he public by Profes sor Pettit. the into equipment, The Soiltex originated by Dr. Charles Spurway of our soils department, brings a complex chemi cal determination t he h a n ds of t he farmer and makes it possible for him to determine accurately as to t he lime needs of his soils. This alone has saved Michigan farmers many thous ands of dollars and has made possible alfalfa, the clover, and sweet clover on m a ny acres where these crops were not successfully grown previously. establishment of sound times flocks From early and the the Michigan State college herds of have contributed animals of splendid breeding to the farmers of Michigan, serving in instructional work a nd m a k ing available at reasonable prices t he most productive lines of cattle, horses, thousands hogs, sheep, and poultry to of Michigan im proving farmers desirous of their breeds. CHEMICAL LABORATORY FIRST IN FIELD time. Paris green was used A T t h at ^*- to dye window7 shades and wail paper. Dr. Kedzie proved he could not only kill the potato bugs but the potato plant did not absorb t h at t h at copper arsenate the poison and became insoluble and harmless in the ground. t h at The chemistry laboratory of M. A. first C, established investigation laboratory not connected with a medical college, to be founded in America. for chemical in 1861, was the COLLEGE IMPROVES METHODS FOR FARMERS the m HE same idea has prevailed in and distribution of -*- improvement s u p e r i or merit. plant varieties of the state has The crop production of efficient been made much more through the introduction of great va rieties of wheat such as t he American Banner and the Red Rock, the Rosen rye. the Robust bean continues to be the greatest pea bean of the state and of other bean growing states. With in and this t h at insect insect started the World war, institution in T he potato bug menace was control a led control great new chapter through the use of poisons. The horti culturists of the state have worked in the Michigan close cooperation with insects State college in the control of and plants diseases continually imperil our great fruit and truck crop industries. Later, another revolutionary control method was developed. Two regiments of troops the Campus. The were quartered on flies were bad. An epidemic of influ enza raged, 15 or 20 cases per day be ing reported. Professor R. H. Pettit entomology department was of our t he called upon fly. Working with his assistants, he t h at one pound of pyrethrum found dissolved in one gallon of kerosene, sprayed about t he stables and kitchen and other places w h e re flies gathered, in controlled them. The epidemic of fluenza was also reduced as the flies were controlled. The facts were given to the public through the publications thereafter d e p a r t m e nt a nd immdiately in controlling to aid CHARLES W. GARFIELD, '70 —first honorary president of the ni association, played a prominent business meeting. in the annual sincere welcome to the older of the College was as inspirational his record of more unbroken alum part His graduates as than 60 years of mater. to his alma loyalty t h at great Dr. Bailey, as dean of agriculture at institution Cornell, shaped as the model for all Land G r a nt u n i versities. He is known as the agricultural writer of America, and his little book, "The Holy Earth", expresses more beautifully other writer, as a great endowment leading in he t h an any land t he conception of inheritance. Dean Eugene Davenport, writing and from Woodland Farms, his speaking home in Michigan, maintains his lead leaders ership among our agricultural these and h as assumed the burden of June-July, 1932 THE MICHIGAN STATE COLLEGE RECORD 19 PATRIARCHS OF '3*2 CLASS OF 1895 Front row: Wm. Cald well, '76; J. Warren Gunni son, w'66; Henry '74; Chas. Garfield, Ervin D. Brooks, ford J. Chappell, win A. Murphy, row: Thomas Gun Wm. L. Snyder, Gulley, '78; Harris Lewis B. Hall, Strange, '84; Frank F. Rogers, Liberty Harry McArdle, Root, coln, Charles, Haigh, '70; '76; Al- '82; Ed '82. Back son; '82; Frank Robson, '85; '82; Daniel Smith, '83; '82; '87; J. F. '81; Daniel S. Lin B '81, and Clifton H. Bailey, '67; Ed. L. '80; Frank Thomas, '79. CLASS OF '82 HOLDS 50TH REUNION Meeting at the Beaumont tower, donated by one of their loyal classmates, the class of '82 held the spotlight on Alumni Day. Members of the class and guests in the above picture are, front row: L. H. Bailey, Mrs. Alice Coulter, L. B. Hall, A. J. Chappell, W. L. Snyder, and E. A. Murphy. Back row: Mrs. Garfield, Chas. Garfield, J. F. Root, Daniel Strange, Mrs. Strange, F. S. Kedzie, and D. S. Lincoln. fifteen June 11 was a red-letter day for members of '95 and the families. Through their Kains, of M. G. efforts class secretary, peo ple enjoyed a well-planned lunch reunion. A special eon fol- in the Union was secretary's the low>ed by report on each member of the class. the picture above are Smith, following: the Jones, Kains, Newman, Sharp, Mitchell, MacKin non, Johnson, Mrs.- Smith. son, row: Johnson's Front John Laitner, Rockwell, son, Mrs. younger son's Linda Landon and Mrs. MacKinnon. (guest), In For times. thirty years he difficult served as dean of the University of Illinois, building there one of the great est divisions of agriculture in America. t he He cannot be here today because this University of Illinois has chosen date to honor him by hanging his por t r a it among the paintings of illustrious leaders of t h at institution and present ing him a testimonial dinner. to some of There are m a ny others who carried t he torch the far corners of the earth, including Alaska, Austra lia, England, Isle of Borneo, Philippine islands and Russia. As M. S. C. graduates, it interests all of us to know t h at Charles Augustus Lindbergh, when he stood in readiness for his great flight across the ocean, awaited word from J a m es H. Kimball, '96, meterologist of t he U. S. weather bureau of New York City, as to weath er conditions over the Atlantic. Our illustrious list of alumni also in cludes university chancellors, normal school presidents, college and univer sity deans, directors of experiment sta tions, directors of extension work, a u t h ors, editors, lecturers and a great n u m ber of leading scientists in t he employ of t he United States D e p a r t m e nt of Agriculture. splendid Throughout Michigan there are to be found of whom have become statesmen, who are numbered among this College. farmers, m a ny t he alumni of t he farms a nd At t he present time, a greater n u m ber of graduates are going from M. S. C. to into service as county agents, teachers, specialists, and any various other time in t he history of the insti tution. Many of t h em are destined to be as great as the leaders of t he old days. research lines t h an at t he With t he great inspiration of leaders of the early faculty, t he record of students who have gone before, and with President Shaw at the helm, we may 3,000 students now attending Michigan State confident t h at feel t he college and coming generations will profit by render even greater service to their state and nation. their heritage a nd CHAIRMAN R A T H E R: Our next speaker is E. N. Pagelsen, '89, of P a n a ma City. M. S. C.'s CONTRIBUTION TO ENGINEERING MR. PAGELSEN: y e ar forty-five talk on to contribution I HAVE been asked t he of Michigan State college to engineering. I will not a t t e m pt to describe present conditions for they are before us today. t he An inspection of the buildings, of physical equipment a nd an acquaint ance with the teaching staff will dis t h at close to even t he here first t h is department can be portrayed only by those who were present at its birth, a nd in the few minutes allotted to me, I will try to picture to you the progress of this full-grown man, who, as a baby, is an engineering school of t he genesis of rank. But t he most captious 20 THE MICHIGAN STATE COLLEGE RECORD June-July, 1932 was known as a school of mechanic arts. Professor Carpenter was a civil engineer. thorough and establishment .agricultural expansion. The years preceeding and t h at the nation depended, on following of the Michigan the in 1857 witnessed Agricultural college The a great i m p r o v ed farmers began adopting horse-drawn plows cultivators, labor mowers a nd reapers and other The Civil War saving machinery. t he came and Congress realized the fate of maximum production of farm products for feeding the armies a nd for exporta tion for munitions and other supplies. The "Land G r a nt Act" of 1862 was passed to encourage schools of agriculture, and. in order the students should have some knowledge of t he best farm machines and how to repair them. Congress included pro visions "the the Mechanic Arts." in exchange t e a c h i ng t h at for of At that time, this country had a number of schools of quite high order teaching civil engineering, but there is no doubt t h at instruction in pure civil the minds engineering was far from this framers of of They law. the merely the students of t h at intended the so-called "Land G r a nt Colleges" should receive in both agri training culture and mechanics. the from t he new course a nd It was not until August of 1885 t h at t he faculty of the mechanical course met t he 43 freshmen who h ad enrolled for three sophomores who h ad decided to come over agricultural course. The faculty consisted of Dr. Lewis McLouth. professor of mechanics, who h ad formerly been professor of physics at the State Normal school at Ypsilanti. He never pretended to be a mechanical engineer. regular the ENGINEERING S H O PS OF 1885 MEAGER later on instruction in 1885 for the students of r p HE physical equipment established the -*- e x t r e m e ly mechanical course was meager. building The mechanical comprised one class room, one draft ing room, offices for t he professors of civil engineering a nd mechanics and a small shop provided with a balcony equipped with a few carpenter's h a nd lathe and a band saw. tools, a wood in There was at first no the College wood-work, but employed a carpenter who gave part of this time to instructing in his trade. The equipment of the machine shop lathes, a planer, a consisted of tools. A small drill a nd some hand simple steam engine at one end of the shop furnished power for tools, a nd a blacksmith's h a nd forge in one corner filled the shop with smoke and grit. Here instruction was more practical t h an technical. The field work in surveying and civil engineering under the personal direc tion of Professor R. C. Carpenter was for as complete as could be wished, these two t he and they t h us knew STUDENTS OF '80's HAD PERSONAL SUPERVISION the instruction the daily personal A LL of in engineer- **• ing and m a t h e m a t i cs was given by three men. the two Carpenters and Dr. Durand. the strength and weakness of each student and how to get t he best out of him. This was only possible with classes as small as they were in t he '80's. The mechanical course class of 1889 entered with 43 students a nd graduated six. Under supervision of two such strong men as Professors small and Durand, Carpenter number gained a broad m e n t al training. in chemistry, phy sics, electricity, magnetism a nd m e t a l the lurgy received by t he students of first mechanical three years was t he same as given t he students of t he agricultural divi sion by Dr. Robert Kedzie and his son Professor Prank Kedzie. The latter gave us advanced lectures in electricity and magnetism in our senior year. Dr. Beal gave a special course for mechani cal students on the strength and struc tures of timber. course during our instruction T he this We students of the first class of t he instruction mechanical course received from all but the entire teaching staff during our entire four years. three members of In 1891, Professor R. C. Carpenter of to Cornell a nd was suc transferred ceeded by Professor H. K. Vedder, as professor Dr. Breckenridge was followed by Profes sor Charles L. Weil. In 1904, Arthur R. Sawyer became professor of physics and electrical engineering. engineering. civil lecture illustrated In 1886, our well beloved College his in torian gave an Lansing on the subject of electricity. His equipment consisted of one i n c a n descent light bulb of about two candle- power and a small arc lamp which used pencils of charcoal. His direct current dynamo of a fraction of a kilo watt capacity had two armatures, one for high and the other for low voltage, changed and a r m a t u r es were these BASEBALL SCORES SEASON 1932 1 11 Apri 21 Apri 25 Apri 2< Apri Apri 3i 3— M ay M ay 7— 11- M ay 14 May 1 9- M ay 25- May May 27- 2 S- M ay 30- M ay 1— June 4— June June 8- —M. S. C. —it. S. C. —M. S. C. M. S. C. —M. S. C. M. S. C. 3 M. S. C. 3 -M. S. C. 8 -M. S. C. 5 -M. S. C. 8 -M. S. C. 1 -M. S. C. 5 -M. S. C. 2 - M. S. C. -M. S. C. 0, M. S. C. 3; -M. S. C. 4; 6 ; St. Viators 1. 19 ; Central State 2. 1 ; Luther 3. L2 ; Iowa 4. 4 ; Iowa 3. Michigan 3. Ypsilanti 7. ; Hillsdale 5. ; Notre Dame 2. ; Ohio U. 10. ; Michigan 4. ; Central State 6. Western State 5. 7 ; Chicago 6. Michigan Normal 1. Notre Dame 6. Western State 6. during the lecture to provide t he prop er currents. The school also h ad a Miller-Holtz static m a c h i n e, a few Leyden jars, a few primary batteries and one or two Crookes tubes. The students were encouraged to construct m a ny of t he simple electro magnetic devices illustrated in t he t h en current edition of Ganot's physics a nd the current theories of electricity and magnetism were thoroughly worked out by Professor F r a nk Kedzie. We listened the professor of mechanics on heat, light, and sound but h ad no a p p a r a t us to test or meas ure h e at or light, a nd sound was in vestigated by means of one small organ pipe, forks and a wire tuning stretched over a sound box. lectures by two to We steam learned instructions supplemented by engines about from books, but did not see the inside in limited of one. The metallurgy was a visit to Bement's foundry in Lansing to the observe metal founding. However, theoretical the m e instructions chanics of materials, analytical m e chanics and thermo-dynamics were of as high order as could be h ad at any engineering the painstaking efforts of Professors Car penter and Durand. school, t h a n ks to in N EW THEORIES ADD TO KNOWLEDGE TT^ROM this small beginning has grown * a mighty tree. The d e p a r t m e nt of engineering has kept pace with t he ex pansion of h u m an knowledge. T he supplied civil engineering branch with instruments of which we begin ners never dreamed when we operated our one compass, one transit, one level, home-made one plane table. theodolite a nd our is for most of In our day, electricity was an i n the men such as fant, Edison, DeForest, Brush, Tesla a nd Kelvin, were still groping in the dark It is true for t he laws controlling it. internal combustion engines h ad t h at been invented but few engineers had learned their details. Cement was be in small quantities but ing imported first if any member of I doubt class ever saw a sample before grad uating. the Dr. Robert Kedzie proudly exhibited to each class a piece of alumnium weighting a few ounces and predicted t h at some day this metal would be used extensively. Dr. Kedzie was one of t he foremost chemists of his day a nd his While lectures were up-to-date. in elec the new discoveries tricity, metallurgy, a nd chemistry h a ve wiped out the theories taught t he stu dents of forty, yes, even twenty-five years ago, the mental training received by t he older alumni now in engineering in lines enabled t h em to discard the correct theories a nd formulas and r e place them with new ones as fast as they have been proved to be correct. the Much of this advance is due to J u n e - J u l y, 1932 T HE MICHIGAN STATE COLLEGE RECORD 21 t he think they were thinking a nd accurate experi correct m e n t a t i on of these same old alumni of our old school of mechanic arts. While in some of those theories t a u g ht incorrect, early days m ay have been t he students were trained in t he fun damental principles of engineering and trained allied sciences and accurately to correctly, and became skilled in applying principals to p r a c t r a i n i ng tical affairs. they for received bred a contempt shams a nd a hatred for dishonesty. No like degree other class of men, stands for such high principles in t he administration of public affairs .as well as for private honor. The scientific scientifically study in a they a nd This trait in engineers has been rec the legal profession ognized by and by t he courts of justice, a nd decisions involving great sums are based often testimony of one engineer. t he upon He stands between the railroad com pany and the contractor building a bridge or a tunnel, or constructing roadbed, and both parties invariably superin accept his decisions. When tending the erection of a large building, the architect's engineer, although paid the building, deter by mines all claims for extra labor and material. Any suspicion of unfairness in any job would m e an an end of his usefulness for no contractor would work under him. But in all my ex periences I have yet to h e ar of an alumnus of this college who h as been untrue to his trust. the owner of followed It is true t h at some of the graduates of our old mechanical course a nd of our present engineering courses have not t he professions which they chose when entering college. But we find this to be true among the al umni of all t he institutions of learning everywhere. By a nd large, the engineering b r a n ch of t h is college a nd its graduates have reflected great credit in the school, as is evidenced by large number of the these m en who have achieved m u ch more their chosen local reputations fields. t h an in Among these numbers are names of members of classes of twenty or more years back. Most of the younger m en have not h ad time to achieve promin ence, but an examination of the alumni in 1931, will con catalogue, pubished the vince even t he most skeptical t h at roster of chief engineers, consulting engineers a nd managers of engineering works of all kinds throughout the world this college who have graduated from received indicates t he t h at here was good a nd training was a most valuable contribution to our civilization. training this t h at CHAIRMAN R A T H E R: Our next speaker is Miss Florence Hall,, '09, of Washington, D. C. M I SS HALL: M. S. C.'s CONTRIBUTION TO H O ME ECONOMICS n p H I R T Y - P I VE years of home eco- -*- nomics at Michigan State college. the W h at have these years m e a nt young women students to t he professional field in home econom the hundreds of homes ics, and where today as homemakers and mothers? these women preside themselves, to to In presenting this movement I am reminded of a quota tion from Macaulay— the history of "History has its foreground and its background, and is prin cipally its t h at one artist differs perspective from another. Some events must the m a n a g e m e nt of in it the four women graduates in the class of 1900. to However, t he underlying purpose of t he work is the same today, as it was when organized. The aim of t he course, quoting from an early report t he S t a te Board of Agriculture, was "To give a good college education in which the science and a rt of homemaking shall be a prominent feature. We e n t h at deavor to so t r a in young women to they will be able to apply science the ordinary duties of the home. At the same time we give t h em a training in music, art, modern languages, and such other studies as will develop t h em into broad minded, cultured women." W h en I r ma Thompson Ireland studied home economics t he basis of t he work was cooking and sewing. It was then called domestic economy, and reflected homemakng of t h at day, which was previous to the great expansion of t he ready-to-wear the clothing tremendous growth of the commercial It was before canneries a nd laundries. the m a ny electrical labor saving de vices were in common use in the homes of America. industry, So I r ma Thompson Ireland learned bread making and laundering, and even in spring house cleaning. had lessons in plain thorough course S he h ad a sewing, including the making of many samplers. instruction She also h ad in fancy sewing, including hemstitch ing, feather stitching, fagoting a nd t he Emphasis making of F r e n ch knots. throughout the course was placed on the preparation of food and t he con struction of clothing. FLORENCE HALL, '09 large scale, be represented on a others diminished; the great m a jority will be lost in the dimness of the horizon, and a general idea of their joint effect will be given by a few slight touches." There have been during these t h i r t y- t h an 1400 graduates t he home economics course and four several five years more from today they are found states of foreign countries. the Union, a nd in all but in W h at are they doing, you in hospitals a nd several are inquire? Many are teaching home economics in schools and colleges. Some are dieti tians in extension work. Others are managing tea rooms a nd cafeterias or have en tered service. have gone health work. research or social n u m b er into nursing a nd public later years, a field of t he In Two-thirds of our home economics graduates marry, applying and their college training daily in a p r a c tical way. are Needless to say t he course here at t he College h as changed in thirty-five years a nd Evelyn Hardy, who will receive her diploma next Monday, goes forth with quite a different t h an Ireland, one of did I r ma Thompson training graduates who will And now let us consider the present. the 98 home Evelyn Hardy is one of economics r e ceive her degree on Commencement Day. She too has h ad laboratory work in food preparation. She h as had some in managing a home, actual practice t he term while home m a n a g e m e nt practice house, with five other students and an instructor, studying t he organization a nd care of a household and t u rn at buying food a nd planning, preparing and serving meals for t he group. living for half a taking her in t h em should the retail buying for Since women in America today do 85 per cent of t he home, it is fitting t h at home economics to buy t r a in courses wisely and well, so Miss H a r dy h as t he studied selection of equipment for modern home. A problem in one of her courses was planning the furnish ings for a medium priced home from the standpoint of beauty and economy. learned the fundamental stitches as did I r ma Thompson in Ireland, applying constructing several costumes for h e r self. She has also studied t he buying of clothing; becoming colors and ser her viceable materials. courses a d e p a r t m e nt the laboratory and she studied merchandis- In her clothing work she In one of store was t h em 22 THE MICHIGAN STATE COLLEGE RECORD June-July, 1932 ing problems under the supervision of a store executive and a college staff member. She has studied economic problems of t he household including family bud family gets and how income. to apportion a t h at So we see the present home economics course reflects homemaking of today. Cooking and sewing are only part of to health are studied. it. Food a nd its relation There is considerable work on child In study, including the mental and phy sical growth of children, child n u t r i tion and correct food habits. this connection, students use as laboratories a nursery school and air school in Lansing. Through an affilia in tion with Lansing, a combined and nursing course of five years is now of fered. the Sparrow hospital collegiate open an the home During 1930. economics courses were brought up to date, by eliminating 19 courses t h at had either become obsolete or unnecessary, and adding seven new courses. in for The sociology graduation, apprciation, But Evelyn Hardy was not allowed to take more t h an 76 of the 200 credits required purely home economics subjects. Her other languages, included modern work has economics, psychol a rt and English ogy, history, literature. purpose which characterized the establishing of home economics thirty-five years ago, is still t he guiding star of this depart ment, namely, "to give instruction in the science and art of homemaking and at in such other studies as will develop these students into broad minded, cultured women." time to give training same high the same RURAL WOMEN GAIN BY EXTENSION COURSES through economics teaching to courses for T T O ME is not students -*--*- confined here at the College. In addition to the resident students, there is a large group of women outside of these college halls receiving home who are economics I refer to rural homemak- education. the state to whom home eco ers of nomics work the is carried extension service. This work began in It has its headquarters here and 1914. t he College. is a definite function of The department includes a state er of home demonstration, specialists in home economics, who are what we might call "traveling teachers," and the county home demonstration agents. This staff carries on a comprehensive farm women. During program with rural home- 1931 more makers of Michigan were enrolled in 1.000 organized groups which met teaching. At regularly not least 45,000 group members, were reached through extension channels. additional women, for extension t h an 15.000 lead These rural women meet in groups, in the scientific including such to study homemaking problems feeding their as of t he families, the planning of a garden and preserving food for family needs interests of health and economy. They learn to make and r e t h an 3,000 model clothing, a nd more women improved methods followed along this line last year. They study problems in household buying, in m a n agement of the income a nd they learn to keep home accounts as a basis for wise spending. They study a r r a n g e ment of furniture, and last year, ap proximately kitchens and convenience and beauty. 400 women rearranged living rooms for greater More t h an 1300 of these homemakers studied problems related to the ing of children. This work the following courses: t r a i n included influence Understanding your child. Helping your child to be his best. Keeping your child happy. No doubt this question arises in your minds, "How can a staff of 17 home such demonstration workers rural women?" a large number of these One explanation is t h at 5.000 of t h e m- rural women acted as teachers local they are called, serves, or as from training leaders; receiving turn, in agents and teaching have they learned, in accordance with an organ ized plan. their specialists, and others what EXTENSION WORK PAYS DIVIDENDS in resident teaching, T71XTENSION work is quite different -^ from t h at there is no working for credits and no compulsory attendance. These students facing are homemakers on every day m a ny in homemaking a nd child rearing. Their in extension work de participation pends upon whether or not it gives t h em definite help. real problems job, the Extension courses must be practical a nd they must also be flexible so t h at they may be changed quickly as occa sion demands, such as in the present financial emergency. in the At the present time all home demon the state h as been stration work readjusted because of economic situation, with greater emphasis placed on home gardens, home canning, sew furniture. ing, renovating clothes and R u r al girls in Michigan as well as their mothers are receiving training in home club work which is a p a rt of the extension service. Last year more t h an 16,000 girls living on farms or in small towns of the state were enrolled in this work taught by home demonstration agents a nd county club agents. economics t h r o u gh 4-H W h at of the homes t h at have come Are under this influence? families is selecting their health food more wisely and improved because of better food habits? Does their clothing indicate good taste and color harmony at reasonable cost? Is there happiness a nd cooperation in these homes, showing understanding and helpfulness among family m e m bers? These are some of the objectives of home economics, and I am sure you will agree ful filled. they are being t h at And now what of Interesting as it it is far more challenging to look ahead. is to reminisce, the future? W H AT OF THE NEXT THIRTY-FIVE YEARS? 1T7TTH the general trend of the times toward more labor saving devices " in the home, more clothing bought ready-made, more work done outside t h at home of the home, we assume economics courses will again change their emphasis to meet changing needs. In order to do this it is those charged with the economics important respon t h at sibility of home courses know conditions in homes, in both city and country. They need to be familiar with family life, and be able to answer these questions: "What are the home- makers needs today?" " W h at will they be tomorrow?" the n e ar future, w i th t he In toward tendency shorter working a day in field, factory, and office, pros pects are there will be more t h at leisure in Michigan homes. The homemaker upon whom rests the responsibility of directing a joyous use of leisure in the home must know what activities will best develop members of her family, giving them a chance to express themselves with satisfaction and to and others. themselves happiness it art, such Shall lines? leisure It seems craft work Such knowledge and understanding eco training.' Shall home requires along nomics prepare young women train for con these time activities, such structive interior decoration, gardening and as as landscape weaving and pottery? t h at this could well be a, m a t t er for home economists There increasing interest in adult education. the is an country over, It is yet new, but growing. We are r e a l t h at education izing more and more Professor is life-long Thorndike's studies prove t h at age is no bar to learning and t h at childhood and youth are not necessarily the best periods for learning. to consider. process. a So we see t h at home economics has made a place for the state of Michigan. F r om a small beginning, here at t he College, with few students, it has grown steadily. itself in T he is idea of alumni growing, and it may be in t he future t h at the four years of college may be to a life-time of only an introduction education (Continued on page 24) June-July, 1932 THE MICHIGAN STATE COLLEGE RECORD 23 Foresters Honor Life Work of Dr. Beal By Dedicating Memorial at Pinetum neers /"VNE of Michigan's outstanding pio- ^ in forestry a nd in science, the late Dr. William J. Beal, professor of botany from 1870 to 1910, a nd d u r ing a part of t h at period professor of forestry, was honored in an appropri ate way on Alumni Day in t he dedica tion of a bronze tablet at Pinetum. T he tablet, commemorating h is h a v i ng planted t he Pinetum in 1896, is m o u n t resting ed upon a granite field stone under t he pines near t he entrance on Hagadorn road. More t h an a h u n d r ed alumni a nd friends of Dr. Beal gathered in t he oool shade of t he pines for t he brief exercises in which t he tablet was p r e sented by its donors, the foresters of received by t he class of 1911, and President R. S. Shaw for t he State Board of Agriculture and Dr. Beal's daughter, Mrs. R ay S t a n n a rd Baker, on behalf of the Beal family. PIONEERING EFFORTS RECALLED those "pvR. BEAL'S great work as a scien- *-* tist who corresponded a nd com pared notes with Darwin and Huxley, in forestry a nd his pioneering efforts conservation while Michigan lumber men were still cutting her virgin n o r t h t he Pinetum ern pine a nd in which itself stands as a glorious object lesson, his place among outstanding teachers a nd characters of t he early days of Michigan State college from whose classrooms m en went out to gain- leadership in new fields a nd to become some of our most illustrious alumni, were in r e c a l l ed reminiscence by C. W. McKibbin, chair com man, a nd ments d u r i ng t he presentation talks. in those outstanding teachers of t he of early days of Michigan State college, from whose early classrooms m en went out fields leaders and to become some of our most illus trious alumni. to become in new "Dr. Beal stamped his students in delibly with his scientific methods, his personality, his character, to their u n dying credit a nd to his, a nd to the glory of this college. "He was one of Michigan's pioneer conservationists, a nd began preaching forestry practice in t he early days of Michigan lumbering when we still h ad our white pine forests. "Bob Holdsworth of our class is r e sponsible J or this story of Dr. Beal's pioneering: Being scheduled to make a speech on 'Our Forests' up in n o r t h ern Michigan he was introduced by t he c h a i r m an of t he meeting in t he little schoolhouse as ' t he m an who h as come to tell us what to do with these woods of ours—how to get rid of t he d a mn nuisances so we can plant corn.' Dr. to t he chair Beal paid no attention man, b ut launched into his conserva tion in open-mouthed surprise a nd t h en dis gust. He got up, looked around t he room, said 'Hell' a nd walked out. talk. The chairman listened this afternon "We are glad to do h im honor in this delightful spot which he created and to dedicate this boulder in his memory. "There are seven of us of t he forestry class of 1911 here this afternoon. Each I am t he prologue. will have his part. W h en t he class h as made its presenta tion Dr. Beal's daughter, Mrs. Jessie Beal Baker, will respond for Dr. Beal's family a nd President R. S. S h aw will respond in behalf of Michigan State college. Zelin Goodell of Lansing will speak to you next." Mr. Goodell in his remarks stated: " T he idea of t he tablet was first sug gested among its donors by Harris Collingwood, forester for t he American Forestry association, Washington, D. C, and promoted by Devillo Wood, forester for t he British N o r th Borneo company a nd others through a round robin letter which h as been in constant circulation among t he 1911 foresters since gradu ation. Arrangements for t he p r e p a r a tion a nd erection of t he tablet were made by a committee, Zelin Goodell a nd Clifford McKibbin. local "The 1911 fellows have always felt r a t h er close t h at he to Dr. Beal finished his active teaching days dur ing their senior year a nd brought his class work to a close with them. in "The bronze tablet contains a bas relief portrait of Dr. Beal done by Carl deZeeuw, son of Dr. Richard deZeeuw who came to the botany department as an instructor under Dr. Beal. Carl is a sophomore in t he a r ts d e p a r t m e nt a nd one of the outstanding students in plas tic arts. He was assisted a nd directed in his work by Miss Elma Schulmerich of t he arts department. (The wording on t he tablet is given on page 24). t he from "The boulder came field south of F a rm Lane woodlot which was known in other days as 'Old Number 17'." After a few words from each member of the 1911 class, Presi dent R. S. Shaw a c cepted t he memorial for t he College a nd made t he suggestion t h at t he thereafter splendid pine p l a n t a tion be known as t he Beal Pinetum. DR. BEAL'S DAUGH TER PRESENT AT THE BEAL MEMORIAL DEDICATION those participating in the dedication of Dr. Beal's MONG A Harry Lee Baker, James H. McCutcheon, Jessie Beal Baker, Clif ford W. McKibbin, Charles Garfield, Basil Wales, William Millar and Zelin Goodell. f or J E S S IE B E AL BAKER, of A m herst, Massachusetts, daughter of Dr. Beal, responded t he the family as follows: to express how deeply touch ed we, as a family, are tribute by life a nd to my father's for love work—and h is this beautiful is difficult "It (Continued on next page) intimate Charles W. Garfield, '70, as a student a nd friend a n of Dr. Beal, recalled his life a nd the place his home held t he college life of the early days. family in BEAL CALLED PIONEER CONSERVATIONIST The c h a i r m an call ed upon H a r ry Lee '11, to say a Baker, few words. His r e marks were as fol lows: "Friends, we are afternoon this gathered in this beautiful spot to do honor in our humble way to t he memory of a great pioneer in science and forestry. He was one 24 THE MICHIGAN STATE COLLEGE RECORD June-July, 1932 WILLIAM JAMES BEAL P r o f e s s ir (if B o t a ny a nd F o r es S7 i-mifi t ra " F a t h er of Mi chisran F o r e s t ry P l a n t ed th is Pint-turn in 1*96 P l a c ed in h is m em >ry hy rail F o r. s t e rs " K e ep on S q u i n t i n' WORDING ON BEAL MEMORIAL the Michigan Agricultural college. To the very end of his long life t he Col lege a nd its interests lay always nearest to his heart. "He would be surprised—and I know deeply gratified—to see us gathered here beside one of his many experi ments, now grown to such lofty dignity a nd beauty, a nd to know t h at it was his labor and his faith and h is e n t h u siasm t h at h as moved t he class of 1911. one of t he last he ever taught, to do this lovely t h at others of the family might be here, but in a larger sense all these older graduates, all who ever 'squinted' through his microscope, are his family a nd for us all—I t h a nk you." thing. "I h ad hoped FORESTERS OF 1911 PARTICIPATE SEVEN MEMBERS of the class were present and took part in t he presen tation—Harry Lee Baker. Florida state forester: Frederick G. Wilson, Wiscon sin Conservation department; H. Basil Wales, assistant regional forester, Lake States area. U. S. Forest service; James H. McCutcheon. banker. Washington, Michigan: William I. Millar. Mueller Furniture company. G r a nd Rapids; Zelin Goodell. a nd Clifford McKibbin of Lansing. instrumental Other members of t he class having a part in t he gift are—George Harris Collingwood. for American forester Forestry association. Washington, D. C; Ion J. Cortright. Nash Motors Sales company. Cincinnati. Ohio; Guerdon L. Dimmick. farmer a nd realtor. Bir mingham. Michigan; Huber C. Hilton, supervisor Medicine Bow forest, L a r a mie, Wyoming, a nd in establishing the Beal forest nursery at East Tawas when he was supervisor of the Michigan forest: Robert P. Holds- worth, professor of forestry, Massa chusetts Agricultural college. Amherst, Massachusetts: Leon J. Johnson, P a cific States Building a nd Loan asso ciation. Sacramento. California; Mal colm K. Kedzie. Kootenai National forest. Libby. Montana; E. S. Keithley. supervisor Pike National Forest. Pikes P e a k, Colorado Springs. Colorado; R a l ph W. Sloss, Big Rapids. Michigan; Will J. Sproat, Forest service. Portland. Oregon; Devillo D. Wood, late con servator of forests for t he British North Borneo company. Island of Borneo, now J a m es Logan, at British Columbia; apple rancher at Sebastopol, California; a nd George Brault, Allman Hubble Tug Boat company, Hoquiam, Washington. It was pointed out t h at six members forestry (Yale), (Yale), Wales, a nd of t he class have master of degrees: Hilton. Holdsworth McKibbin, Sproat Wood. E M P L O Y M E NT B U R E AU A C T I VE The Y. M. C. A. and Y. W. C. A. e m ployment bureaus in t he Peoples church have general charge of t he placing of students in other t h an college employ ment. These bureaus report t h at t he hundreds of requests for work a nd t he requests for workers practically balance throughout t he year. portunities for students Part Time Employment Scarce For Freshmen IN times like these t he question of o p to earn a part of their college expenses is asked of many who advise young men a nd women to go to college. At East L a n sing t he situation is probably similar to t h at at most other college cities— there are many more students desir ing employment a nd somewhat fewer opportunities t h an usual. in all divisions of Because of t he strengthening of t he t he curriculum College there appears to be very little likelihood t h at a student m ay carry a full college program a nd at t he same time do enough work on t he outside to support himself. There is, of course, an o c c a s i o n al sufficiently gifted to accomplish this but those who try usually find t he program too diffi cult a nd have to give up or readjust their affairs.—L. C. Emmons, Research Management. Professor of Institutional student t he fact Students who contemplate coming to Michigan State college for t he first t h at recognize time should they will have to compete in securing employment with those who have been on t he ground for at least a year and who will have made many contacts with prospective employers. Usually new students have to be content with odd t h an steady employ ment unless they have come to East Lansing before t he opening of College and made arrangements for some per m a n e nt job. jobs r a t h er CAMPUS FAVORS STUDENT LABOR effort is being A VERY definite to t u rn as •^ made by t he College to stu much work as possible over dents. As evidence of this m ay be cited t he fact t h at t he building a nd grounds department employs about 90 students at p a rt students time work. These earn from $2.00 to $10.00 a week. T he agricultural department employs stu dents about t he farms, t he barns a nd in t he laboratories. Probably 25 stu dents earn as much as board and room in this way and many others have oc casional employment. Fraternities, The rate of pay for student help varies from 30 cents to 50 cents per hour according to t he type of work and t he experience of t he individual. the Union, and eating establishments employ a great many men as waiters, dishwash ers, janitors, etc.. a nd m a ny residents of East Lansing furnish room or room and board to students who can serve as h a n d y m an around t he home. sororities, Young women employment in find homes in East Lansing and Lansing. About 85 girls during t he past year were able to earn room a nd board in find this way. Several more girls places t he through central stenographic office a nd as t y p ists for individual members of t he faculty. t he College in M. S. C.'s CONTRIBUTION TO HOME ECONOMICS ( C o n t i n u ed f r om p a ge 22) effort. this Several colleges educational are sponsoring idea by directed reading courses, or by short courses at the institution. Surveys by colleges in various parts of t he country show t h at women have taken a definite interest in this alumni education. Is this not an opportunity for home economics to pioneer in adult education, to arrange ways and means t h at homemakers may receive t r a i n ing which they will welcome? Looking ahead, it seems t h at home economics h as a promising future, rich with opportunity. Training women to take in their places as homemakers the midst of t he bewildering cross cur rents of our present social order, t r a i n ing t h em t h at they m ay have a broad r e s o u r c e f u l, culture, be adaptable, equipped to enjoy what life offers and to direct others t h at they m ay enjoy it too. All of which means t h at our home economics courses will be constantly changing, but let us not be dismayed by change so long as it is a continual striving toward a higher degree of use fulness a nd service to the homes of Michigan. Faculty heads plan on again r e vamping the procedure of t he annual fall. Freshman Week activities next Most important is t he announced i n tention of photographing all frosh e n identification purposes, a t r a n ts for in policy last few t he inaugurated large universities years among m a ny Only English placement a nd general intelligence t he yearlings from now on, t he College h as decreed, a nd t he entire list of events will be considerably telescoped. tests will confront June-July, 1932 THE MICHIGAN STATE COLLEGE RECORD 25 r~ - ——— - - :— -] L. T, CLARK, *U4 Incoming President Clark Elected Alumni t he Assocation Association President the P R E S I D I NG over the affairs of •*• M. S. C. association during the coming year will be Lawrence T. Clark, of Detroit, a graduate of the class of 1904. Mr. Clark, who h as served as two treasurer of for the years, was declared president of '23, association when G. A. Thorpe, read the results of the mail ballot a nd t he secretary was instructed to cast a unanimous vote. Other officers elected by majority the mail ballot which ended vote J u ne 10, were L. O. Gordon, '06, of M u s k e g o n, vice-president; C. Fred Schneider, t r e a s urer; Mrs. Carolyn Ellsworth Edwards, '06, Lansing, the alumnae league and J. A. H a n n a h, '23, of East Lansing, a member of t he ex ecutive committee. Approximately 1,200 ballots were mailed those alumni their 1931-32 member who h ad paid the Association and a to ship dues large n u m b er were returned. '85, G r a nd Rapids, representative of in to to know is a pleasure The new officers h a ve already begun their tenure of office. Mr. Clark is the kind of a fellow to it i n inspiration meet a nd an timately. Bubbling over with ideas, original and alert, dynamic in energy, he may safely be relied upon to direct the M. S. C. association through a year accomplishment. He was of selected by the College t h is year to r e ceive the honorary degree of Doctor of is managing dir Science. Mr. Clark ector of lab oratories of Parke, Davis and company, Detroit. research a nd biological great Two outstanding S p a r t an ball a nd bat men will be given a tryout in big league baseball t h is summer. Griffin, ace southpaw, to s t a rt out is slated with Milwaukee Brewers, and J o h n ny Madonna, diminutive second baseman, will be with either Des Moines or Den ver of the Western league. R. B. MCPHERSON, '90 President Retiring CAROLYN ELLSWORTH EDWARDS, President Alumnae League '06 Early Student Life Honored Discipline T^ROM a rigidly enforced ban against •*• leaving the Campus without faculty permission in 1885 to a state where 33.7 per cent of the present day enrollment is absent each week-end, is the course of h u m an events as charted recently by an M. S. C. sociology class. the this from leave Strict discipline from 1857 to 1885 de t h at no student could under the Campus t he a written permit regula Infraction of immediate expulsion a nd manded any circumstances without president. tion m e a nt disgrace for t he offender. Today — a different automobiles, story. Paved roads, outstretched t h u m b, and 33.7 percent of the student body is on its way home over the week end. } In a college sociology class survey of 45 average students, among t h em 10 freshmen, 27 sophomores, 4 juniors, a nd 4 seniors, t he following was discovered: freshmen leave over the week-end, 32.8 per cent of all sophomores, 24.5 per cent of all all 16.2 per juniors, seniors are among the missing every S a t u r d ay afternoon. Forty-nine percent of all cent a nd of class of to graduation. Many t h an 160 members of '32 Joins Association the TI/TORE f*^ their names '32 enrolled as members of the alumni association prior took ad vantage of t he customary plan of a p their cap a nd plying t he their membership. gown deposit on Many others have indicated a desire to join, but have postponed the pay m e nt of the fee. T he special offer of $3.00 for t he first two years still holds for members of t he class of 1932. refund of C. FRED SCHNEIDER, Treasurer '85 Association of Homecoming Day is Set for November 3 September 24 Alma October 1 Michigan at Ann Arbor 8 Grinnell 15 22 F o r d h am at New York City 29 Syracuse at Syracuse Illinois Wesleyan November 3 University of South Dakota 12 Open 19 University of Detroit The officers of the alumni association take this opportunity of welcoming the new class to the alumni family. 26 T HE M I C H I G AN S T A TE C O L L E GE R E C O RD June-July, 1932 IflHf! *£m. . ^iSS^-*': -:*-'" T HE seventy-fourth spectacle of each division conferred ichen more to read degrees on the graduating class of 1932. Commencement exercises held than 400 seniors passed their candidates. By authority in the Demonstration to the ranks of alumni. invested hall, June 13. again created an President R. S. Shaw called upon the in him by the State Board of Agriculture impressive dean the president Large Graduating Class Hears Wisconsin President Decry Petty Politics at t he on 422 T \ E G R E ES we're conferred candidates ay-President Robert S. U Shaw annual seventy-fourth commencement on J u ne 13. The grad uation exercises brought to a culmina tion one of the most successful com mencement seasons the College has h ad in many years. From points of view of graduating class, general attendance, weather con ditions a nd in other respects the 1932 commencement will long be remember ed as successful. speakers, size of t he Both the Rev. Frederick B. Fisher, of Ann Arbor and Dr. Glen Frank, presi dent of who delivered respectively laureate sermon and m e nt audiences with excellent the University of Wisconsin, the bacca the commence large address, highly pleased talks. to GOVERNOR'S W I FE RECEIVES DEGREE The number of students receive degrees was somewhat smaller t h an last- year but as usual those receiving the B. S. degree led in numbers with a total of 286. There were 54 master's degrees granted and four doctorates conferred from Among those receiving a master's degree was Clara Hantel Brucker, B. A. '31, wife of Governor Wilber M. Brucker. the graduate school. Seniors in t he advanced military di vision were awarded commissions in the United States Reserve Officers T r a i n ing corps at a parade held two hours previous to the commencement exercis es. Major-General F r a nk Parker, com manding officer of the sixth corps area reviewed impressive military pa rade and awarded the commissions. the political DR. FRANK DECRIES PETTY POLITICS "pvEMANDING a moratorium on petty in American leadership ^ political life. Dr. Glenn F r a nk delivered one of com mencement day addresses in the history of Michigan State college. the most outstanding to the nation "We as a people demand a morato rium on all petty, political bickering from one end of the other," President F r a nk said. "We must have the best brains and the best char acter t h at this nation can afford. We to be interested in stale cannot afford catchwords and weather-beaten slo gans. We must have a program on which the nation can act. The mere maneuvering of political parties seems to me to be a kind of political treason at this time." Referring forthcoming "two small meetings in Chicago," Dr. F r a nk said that he did not question the ability but the sincerity of present-day leaders. then the to "There is not a single nation in the western world today where the sincerity and ability of its leadership is coming to into full play. me t h at our leaders could not plan an economic and political stabilization pro gram but political necessities force them to play poker with international policies," he said. is inconceivable It The two greatest needs of our present "leadership in his ad day civilization are great and followership" he said dress. "The Renewal of America." "We are in a phase of national emergency. We must find an emergency leadership rooted in the twin soils of sanity and courage. The United States languishes in this critical emergency for a political, economic and social leadership." the Striking at traditional Anglo- through". Saxon policy of "muddling t h at Dr. F r a nk said he h ad no fear America would not emerge from the depression. "We shall go through to a sounder political and economic basis t h an ever before but we shall not do it by muddling," he said. "The compli cated society of 1932 will not leadership t h at muddles." tolerate Dr. F r a nk said he could name "a dozen men" who could lead the nation out of the depression if they "could fol low along the p a th they know is best." He said, however, t h at the small busi ness m an "would set them down as radicals. No one knows how much potential leadershp is held back by the inability to swing the majority." leadership has A more comprehensive union between business and politics was one of Dr. Frank's pleas. "The business and polit ical appointment with destiny and sooner or later we as voters will realize we cannot endure the dangers of a political leadership pulling in one direction and an economic lead ership in another." its In his conclusion, Dr. F r a nk struck an ominous note in the t h r e at of rev olution. He warned is a growing army of victims of our ec- t h at "there June-July, 1932 T HE M I C H I G AN S T A TE COLLEGE R E C O RD onomic insecurity that can be recruited if a business leadership persistently re mains recreant to economic stabiliza tion. Slander and jail sentences will provide a futile answer to communism or any other kind of "ism." When a great individualism results in ragged individuals it is time to stop and think. The only answer to communism is com petent capitalism." Citations Given for 11 Honorary Degrees (Doctor of Letters) left JOHN W. BEAUMONT this campus, by graduation, in 1882. After leaving college, he studied to the bar law and was admitted in 1886; opening an office in Detroit soon thereafter. Since INKS he has been the senior member of the law firm of Beaumont, Smith, and Harris. In 1912 he was elected a mem ber of the Michigan State Board of Agricul ture which position he held Until 1921. During these nine years of service his wisecounsel and keen judgment were of invaluable assist ance. The Beaumont the the country de site of in agriculture will stand voted to instruction as a the generosity of lasting both Mr. Beaumont and his wife who jointly made the gift. tower which marks the first building reminder of in CHA'U KS McKENNY is another alumnus whom the College is especially happy to honor, having graduated with the class of 1881. He later received the degrees of bachelor of arts and master of arts from Olivet college and a second master's degree from the University of Wisconsin. For a time he served as instructor and as professor at Olivet college, then as principal of Mt. Pleasant Normal school and the Milwaukee Normal later as president of school. the Michigan State Normal college at Ypsilanti. He has contributed literature both as an author and editor, arid has several the presidency of times been honored with state and national educational societies. As a teacher, and educator, and an administrator he has made for himself an enviable reputa tion in both state and national educational circles. In 1921 he became president of to educational from 1881 DWIGHT BRYANT W A L DO attended to 1883, Michigan State college then to Alma college where he transferred received the degrees of bachelor of philosophy in 1&8.7 and master of arts in 1890. He spent in Wisconsin as two years at Beloit college professor of history. In 1892 he became pro fessor of history and economics at Albion col lege, and in 1899, principal of the State Nor In 1904 Western mal school at Marquette. in se State Teachers college was fortunate curing him as is jne of the leaders in the field of education in the State of Michigan. Under his efficient administration Western State Teachers college itself a prominent place among has won for the country. -similar institutions of its president. Dr. Waldo (Doctor of Science) from increasingly this college LAWRENCE TWILLEY CLARK, after in 1904, was graduation appointed research worker in the laboratories of Parke, Davis and company of Detroit. He maintained his connection with this company in important capacities until in the 1929 he was made managing director of research and biological is laboratories. He author and co-author of numerous articles in dealing with various phases of his work research. Mr. Clark's achievements in his special field, bacteriology, have been of great scientific value and benefit, especially the live stock interests of the state. to in 1895, and LYMAN JAMES BRIGGS received the de gree of B. S. from this college in 1893, the degree of M. S. from the University of Michi gan the degree of Ph.D. from Johns Hopkins university in 1901. He served as physicist of the U. S. Department of Agriculture from 1896 to 1907, when he was placed in charge of biological investigations of the bureau of plant industry. Since 1920, he has been physicist in chief of the division of mechanics and sound in the U. S. bureau of standards. Mr. Briggs, together with his associate, Dr. Schantz, did valuable work on the problem of physics and the bureau of soils in physiology of plants in dry areas, and he is in the bureau now carrying on investigations of standards on various phases of aeronautics is a member of a arid aerodynamics. He number of among other honors, has shared the Magellan Medal. societies, and, scientific in RICHARD A. SMITH, state geologist of Michigan, was graduated from the University the degrees of B. A. and of Michigan with M. A. From 1909 to 1911 he was graduate the department of geology and assistant rninerology of the University of Michigan. In 1911 he became assistant state geologist of Michigan, and to his present position. Mr. Smith is the author of numerous publications relating to the geology of Michigan ; his report on the limestones of this the state recognized authority on subject. He has also been i n s t r u m e n t a l in the development of the oil industry of Michigan, and has rendered valuable service in drafting the conser numerous measures dealing with the state. vation of the natural resources of in 1919 was appointed is a (Doctor of Forestry) the U. S. forces the rank of Major of one of CHRISTOPHER M. GRANGER entered the TJ, S, Forestry Service following his gradua tion here in 1907. His work brought him in charge of all the forests of Colorado, Wyoming and part of California. During the World war in France, he served with the reaching In 1924 he became engineering divisions. in charge of all the forests regional forester In 1929 he was of the greatest selected piece of attempted—-a the United States. As forestry evidence of in which he is foresters Mr. Granger held by professional is now president of the Society of American Foresters. to organize and direct research ever the Pacific Northwest. the high esteem inventory of forest (Doctor of Agriculture) this leaders institution in agricultural L. WHITNEY W ATKINS was graduated from in 1893. Since gradu ation he has been one of Michigan's most prominent activities. Mr. Watkins has twice served as a member of the State Board of Agriculture, his first term extending from 1899 to 1905, the second term from 1919 to 1931, a period of eighteen years of efficient and loyal service. From 1924 to 1928 he served the State of Michigan as com missioner of agriculture and contributed valu able aid that branch the development of of public service. in to JOHN CLARK KETCHUM, member of Congress from the fourth district of Michigan ranks high among those men who have con tributed the advancement of agriculture. His interest was early shown in his connection with the Grange, being honored with the post of Master of the State Grange from 1912 to 1920. From 1917 to 1921 he served as lecturer of the National Grange. As Congressman he —Courtesy Wisconsin Alumnus DR. GLEN FRANK Commencement Day Speaker the enactment of law and has further demonstrated his interest in agri in secur through his instrumentality culture ing the Gooding-Ketchum the Capper-Ketchum extension " seed act, both of which have been of incalculable benefit to agriculture throughout the country. (Mechanical Engineer) HORACE T. THOMAS after some years of training and practical experience in his native New England state, entered the engineering course of institution and was graduated in 1901. After graduation he was employed by in Detroit, then In 1903 he became chief engineer of the Reo Motor Car company. this position until forced by He remained three years ago to take a less active illness is now vice-president and director post. He of the Reo Motor Car company. One of the outstanding achievements of Mr. Thomas was designing the first Reo automobile. He has designed and patented many valuable auto mobile parts and accessories. the Olds Motor Works, in Lansing. later first this in For this in 1909. institution (Master of Home Economics) FLORENCE LOUISE HALL was graduated from several years she taught mathematics and home eco nomics in the high schools of this state. In 1917 she became a member of the home eco nomics staff of Pennsylvania State college, she continuing her work until 1922 when the bureau of received an appointment dairy In 1928 she again entered the extension field as supervisor of home economics twelve Eastern in states, which position she now holds. industry at Washington. the in Pauline Scott Writes Interesting Juvenile Book T^ORMER students at Michigan State •* college will be greatly interested to learn of the publication of a juvenile book, The Pink Porcelain Pipe, by Pauline Scott, class of 1928. The book was issued by Dorrance & company. the story Although is addressed primarily to children who are at the age when it is quite natural to believe in dragons, mysterious magicians, and fair princesses, reader, especially the one of sensitive imagina tion, will find much to relish. the mature this great to complete corncob, but The Pink Porcelain Pipe, as the title indicates, is concerned with a pipe, not a brown, tobaccoey briar, nor a Mis souri a magic pipe fashioned from pink porcelain by Old Crokipo, the Porcelain Maker, who took one hundred years and one hundred days labor. Then, at his moment of triumph, the pipe is stolen, by the Mysterious Magi cian Mooka. Tompa the Tinker goes in pursuit of the evil magician, because the burden of his years has made Old Crokipo too infirm to leave his shop, and it is the series of adventures suf fered and enjoyed by Tompa in which he encounters such curious characters as Old Oga of the Tricky Treadle, Han- nomar, the Once Happy Princess, and even the Absent-Minded King Adel himself, that constitutes the story. for is notable The narrative its freedom from the labored fancifulness of many juveniles, wherein the writers make it painfully apparent that they are "writing down" to their readers; instead, Miss Scott's style of writing is marked by an easy,, natural whimsi cality and a rich inventiveness that is uncommon, and which make of thii story something which children will de light to read. 28 THE MICHIGAN STATE COLLEGE RECORD June-July, 1932 Statistical Table of Enrollment at M. S. C, for Past Ten Years YEAR Afi C u l- ture En gin- ering Home Eco nomics Forestry Veteri nary Applied Science Liberal Arts PJ ly s i c al E d u c a" tion Men Women Total 1919-20 1920-21 532 505 467 543 1921-22 509 535 1922-2:5 466 469 1923-24 1924-25 1925-26 395 394 353 490 484 532 1926-27 358 538 1927-28 1928-29 402 381 572 562 1929-31) 403 630 1930-31 423 657 351 432 402 398 349 379 379 384 407 423 466 457 40 59 70 64 60 61 70 70 54 72 58 53 1 35 32 42 36 43 34 42 44 48 59 69 88 122 159 258 262 284 259 262 335 716 881 901 273 1,046 1,424 1,692 1,270 447 1,714 1,236 445 1,688 1,397 1,659 537 2,032 693 2,493 1,781 748 2,665 1,806 762 2,719 2,006 875 2,883 13 13 79 223 1,033 137 1,978 912 2,890 231 1,091 157 2,105 1,003 3,108 253 1,104 176 2,165 1,043 3,208 H U R D 'S join with the E. R. Moore Co. of Chicago (who have furnished us with Caps and Gowns for graduating classes since the custom was instituted at old M. A. C.) in extending greetings to all alumni and students, and to tell you that our stores are most appreciative for all your favors in the past and solicit the con tinuance of your business for the future. -4*. # **