MOVEHBER Walter P. Chrysler's New Plymouth Six Now on Display This Time He's Setting the Pace for All Three T OOK AT ALL THREE!"' said Walter P. Chrysler JL/ April. "Look at all three!" he repeats today. last Free Wheeling can be enjoyed in security. And safety steel bodies—so you ride with peace of mind. "For a lot of things have hap])ened since the last time you looked!" Today he announces a brand new Plymouth! It's a Six with Floating Power. A BIG. full-sized Six! This time it's Plymouth t h a t 's "out in front!" the pace. Showing the nation what style can mean what values can be these days. Setting . . .. The new Plymouth lias hydraulic four-wheel brakes—so It has big-car roominess . . .. big car performance, and yet. because of brilliant engineering, it has amazing economy . tires . . .. upkeep! of gas . . .. oil . .. It's a solid car—solid-looking, and solidly built. Honest It was created by hard, earnest thinking! in every part and detail. . . . keen, straight effort We ask you to look at to "Look at All Three," and decide for yourself . . . "Is Plymouth America's next "Number One' Car?" the new Plymouth Six . .. ABEL MOTOR SALES 730 EAST MICHIGAN AVE. LANSING, MICHIGAN November. 1932 THE MICHIGAN STATE COLLEGE RECORD Listening hi the led his charging their conquering lOOTBALL. as of yore, occu pies a major place in the alumni spotlight each fall. This is as it should be. No out - of - state publicity could e q u al the publicity gained for the College when Jim S p a r t a ns Crowley invasion to New York state for the and of subsequent the undefeated Fordham Rams, and and vanquishing of courageous It was stubborn Syracuse Orangemen. the first time in the history of the Col lege t h at a State two successive out-of-state victories. Never in our visits to New York have we ex perienced the unanimous, whole-heart ed good will of so many alumni to wards the College as we did at the old grads' open-house on the Fordham game. More t h an 100 alumni were eager the the courses, College, the news of undergraduate life. The alumni party at long remembered. the enrollment, . . . the the Vanderbilt hotel will be learn more about team had won the eve of faculty latest to in learned in this country, and THEY write about an oft-repeated expression to the effect t h at educa tion is what one has left after he has forgotten all he college. From the growing movement for alum ni education the large number of outsiders we have facilities of our noticed library inferred that many college graduates have dis left covered t h at —perhaps not enough, to do a good job of forgetting. the it might be they haven't enough using lately, in fact, Here bewhiskered is an old man browsing over the Encyclopedia Brittanica; here is a individual white-haired, studying the "New Republic-"; here is the wife of a college professor going over the index files for materials for her club paper; and down in the peri odical room is an adventurous youth looking over an anthropological tour of the southwest, where the earliest evi dence of man in America is found. in the time to pass Although Some of these people, men especially, are a part of the army of 12,000,000 unemployed. Reading gives them some thing t h at away might be otherwise wasted. the library, as Librarian Towne points out issue, can not afford a program of alumni read ing guidance at this time it can sug gest some valuable recreational read the columns ing each month of the RECORD. We have reason to be lieve t h at these timely suggestions will spur our alumni into borrowing or pro curing books t h at are given to after- college reading. through this The MICHIGAN STATE COLLEGE R E C O RD Member of Established 1896 the American Alumni Council Published for the alumni and former students of the Michigan State College by the M. S. C. Association. Published monthly Official national Chicago. Boston. throughout advertising 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 Entered as second class matter at the postoffice at East Lansing, Michigan. to the M. S. C. Association. GLEN (). STEWART. 'V, GLADYS FRANKS. '27 Editor Alumni Recorder THE 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 EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE S. Fred Edwards. '99. Lansing, term expires 1933; W. O. Hedrick, '91, East Lansing, term expires 1934; J. A. H a n n a h. '23, East Lansing, t e rm ex pires 1935: Harris E. Thomas, '85, Lansing, ex-officio; E. W. Ranney, '00, ex-officio; F r a nk F. Rogers. '83. Lansing, ex-officio; A. C. MacKinnon. '95, Bay City, ex-officio: R. Bruce McPherson, '90. Howell, ex-officio; Carolyn Ellsworth, Edwards, '06. President of Alumnae League. Enter-d at the East Lansing Postoffice as Second Class Matter Vol. :•)>. .No. 3 East Lansing, Michigan November, 1932 In This Issue Listening In , When State's Homecomers Came Home., Alumni Fall Homecoming Memorable Affair... Alumni Reunion at Iowa City; Campus Given New Interest in Politics: Fu. '14, Writes F r om China "Close Beside the Winding Cedar" S p a r t a ns Victorious on Eastern Invasion S p a r t an Clubs; Football Scores ... Schooling For Jobs; Canticle of Praise Alumni Affairs In Memoriam Marriages : Page 3 4 5 7 8 10 12 13 14 17 18 WHEN STATE'S HOMECOMERS CAME HOME club pauses at the memorial boulder at the stadium T HE camera man snapped a few pictures on Homecoming day. At the top (No. 1) Alumni Varsity inset (No. 2) Leon C. Exelby, '12, is greeted by his former coach, Chester L. Brewer; (No. j) the military band in "S" formation plays the Alma Mater between halves; (No. 4j more than 6,000 alumni and undergraduates fill the west stand with eyes fixed on the next play. to honor State's deceased athletes; November, 1932 THE MICHIGAN STATE COLLEGE RECORD Annual Homecoming Memorable Affair for Old Grads Varsity Alumni Honor Exelby, '12 terming r p H O SE persons themselves -L alumni of Michigan Stat? college who have the idea t h at Homecoming celebrations at their Alma Mater are decaying in spirit and in interest, and as a result make no effort to attend the annual observances, can be counted among those who missed something by not being present to take part in the celebration of t he 1932 Homecoming, observed November 4-5. From t he start of the first music at the Sphinx "Homecoming Hop." at t he Union on Friday evening. November 4. until a late hour Saturday night when the final blat of t he trumpet sounded rouse at dances, given in honor of returning alumni and guests, t he celebration was one grand period of excitement for to be in fortunate enough everyone East Lansing. t he fraternity and sorority "LET'S GIVE A YEA, F R O S H" the alumni visitors Coming from behind IN starting t he festivities of t he S a t urday program. Cheerleader Carle- ton Spencer had t he large number of freshmen pulling for John Kobs year lings in their forenoon game with t he freshmen of Western State. By tieing the visitors, 13-13, Kobs football pro teges gave some confidence t h at a few of t he holes on next year's varsity will be well plugged. in t he second touchdown quarter to score their the State freshmen outplayed t he K a l a mazoo the rest of t he game. T he fra ternity and sorority houses and t he block " S" flags in front of Lansing and East Lansing business houses gave t he College city a neat appearance in ob servance of Homecoming. First prize for house decorations was awarded to traditional decorating of team during first the Hesperian society who also won t he cup last year. Second place went to Lambda Chi Alpha society a nd honor able m e n t on was granted t he Eunomi- ans a nd Sigma Alpha Epsilon groups. The Hesperian decorations were built around t he "Iron M a n" idea. T he a r rangement figure of an iron m an shoveling coyotes, represent ing South Dakota players, from a model gridiron. T he trees and t he lawn were also decorated to carry out t he theme of t he day. included the VARSITY CLUB HONORED DECEASED "|\/TOST impressive was t he memorial -*•* ceremony of the Alumni Varsity club. More than 100 members met at the gymnasium and marched to t he club's memorial boulder just inside t he stadium grounds. There Del Vander- voort. w'19. of Lansing, acting in t he absence of A. L. Bibbins, "15, president. placed a wreath in honor of t he d e parted alumni varsity men. Earl H o t- '12, honorary member, of East chin, Lansing, read a short eulogy of the four varsity men who had died during the past year. T he group t h en pro ceeded to the game and as usual oc cupied t he benches along t he sidelines of t he field during t he afternoon game. The greeting of old friends, warm interest hand-clasps, a nd a renewed team was noticeable in a S p a r t an afternoon. W h en this on Chester L. Brewer, now director of athletics at Missouri a nd honored guest of t he Varsity club, arrived on the scene stadium spectators thought the game was on and Bob Monnett hipping touchdown Among those first to greet his former coach was Leon C. Exelby, '12, of Brit- ton, who later in the day was given a testimonial banquet at t he Union. through for a sunny A L U M NI I N T E R E ST R E V I V ED t he University of r p HE game with -*- South Dakota to be left nothing desired. Alumni and undergraduate spirit had been revived with t he team's sensational invasion of t he east on t he two previous week-ends. Everyone who saw the game could not help but feel t h at J im Crowley h as built a fighting team a nd in his training h as given his men t he little details of t he game t h at make for a smooth working eleven. Read what t he New York papers h ad to say about t he 1932 Spartans, on t he sport pages of this issue. There you can also read of the details of t he Homecoming game. Spectators, at a ny game where t he M. S. C. military band performs, are well entertained between halves. T he antics of t he drum major in tossing his baton over t he goal posts, his leading of t he dizzy moving zig-zag letters a nd the forming of t he block " S" prior to the playing of Alma Mater, ruled t he attention all during t he rest period. BREWER VARSITY CLUB SPEAKER the game, t he Union T^OLLOWING building was indeed a busy place * t h an 150 evening. More Saturday members of t he alumni varsity club and guests met at t he testimonial din ner honoring Leon C. Exelby. '12. all- western fullback here in 1910. "Intercollegiate athletics in general, football in particular, are on a much higher plane t h an they were 30 years ago but there was something about t he 'good old days' t h at warms t he hearts of those who can remember them," said Chester L. Brewer, t he main speaker of the evening. He t h en recalled m a ny chapters of t he early history of State athletics when he was director of a t h- I Continued on next pagei 6 THE MICHIGAN STATE COLLEGE RECORD November, 1932 P. K. Fu, '14, Writes News From China Honglok. Canton, China, Sept. 29, 1932 Dear Editor: I t h a nk you very much for your good letter of July 29. It made me homesick for the old Alma Mater and aching to see the old boys there again. Yes, gold is high and we earn our money in silver but I have been doing this for several years (sending a five bugs each year* and seem to be accustomed to it. Being so far away to learn of M. S. C. once in a while and twenty-five this dollars in silver. it is a great pleasure is worth more t h an time in S h a n g h ai but now Yes, Ming S. Lowe, 15. had an awful I ly bad learn t h at he and family are well situ t he ated in Teintsin and are enjoying cooler climate up there and we cor respond once a while. I was expecting I wish someday I have the chance to attend one of those great M. S. C. to football games-. come to the Chicago Fair next year, but the silk industry has gone bad and I don't think my expectation will be able to come true, but may yet have a chance in the near future. letters Recently. I got some from old M. S. C. college mates and cer tainly it's good to learn of them. to Sometime ago. people here try form an M. S. C. association, but the few graduates here are so scattered about t h at the idea had to be dropped. There are two M. S. C. men in Canton, and about a similar number in S h a n g hai, a few more farther up north and so on so you see it's very h a rd to or ganize spreading all over the country. thing with members such a I am now head of the department of sericulture. Lingnan university, and you can reach me in this address. But I also have charge of the Provincial Bureau for the Improvement of Seri the Provincial Bureau of culture and these make me Raw Silk testing and j u mp quite a bit each day. I enjoy the work, but still I like farming best. Everything seems to be O. K. here except a bit tight with money, but this is a world wide symptom and can't it. kick much about In case you come to this part of the world please drop in and I hope to be able to do you something. I close with best regards. Yours sincerely, P. K. FU. 14. ALUMNI REUNION AT IOWA CTY T HIS summer there when George Gauthier icas a real and his reunion family to Floyd Nagler for Top rcnc—Jack Gauthier; is indebted The Record tlie group as: Powell. Gauthier, tom roic—Mrs. Marion Truax Nagler Nagler. thier. Robert '13; Ralph W. Powell, f Skidmore, stopped of to State former Michigan enroute the the above picture who folks Olympics. identifies '14; Mrs. Maude Nasori '15; George Bot '21); Donald Nagler, Dick Gau (Iowa 'i//. Floyd Nagler. '11; Mrs, Evelyn Harbottle Gauthier, '14; Mrs. Alleda Zwickey Mather. '14; Anders Mather, Campus Given New Interest In Politics this year p A M P US political interest was much ^ more keenly felt t h an intense excitement ever before. The shown by the outside world was a p parently communicated to the students, resulting in a small fever of discus sions, dissentions, and decisions. in t he Two political clubs—the Young R e publicans and the Student Democratic club—were formed here later weeks of October. Several meetings of each were held, with officers being elected a nd speakers heard. Badges of partizanship were seen in great n u m bers on lapels—a small white elephant for Hoover voters, a blue button for Roosevelt supporters, and a red button in for Thomas adherents. The Democratic and Socialist strength was especially noticeable, though the p r e vailing sentiment was plainly Republi can. In few days before three election, the State News carried articles written by students: "Why I Shall Vote for Hoover." "Why I Shall Vote for Roosevelt," and "Why I Shall Vote for Thomas." Arguments for the respective candidates were put forth very forcibly. its edition rise a in trades jack-of-all letics and the S p a r t an camp. He revealed briefly t he growth of athletics at t he College, un veiling many to interesting the Homecoming athletes of t he past and present. incidents M r/ Brewer said he believed to be the t he present day football game best of all time. He praised it as a builder of men. He said t h at Michigan college had State to a great risen in national college circles and height it is the well developed program that in all departments t h at has accom it. plished •'You men here in Lansing and East realize with what Lansing may not high regard you are held in the coun try." he said. "I hear your praises sung almost everj^cfay/y I am proud that I h ad my statu-ern this campus. Those were the happiest days of my life." Exelby. presented with plaque which designated him for dis tinguished service to his Alma Mater, recalled many incidents during his col lege days. a bronze A. D. Vandervoort. W19. vice presi in the a b dent, of the club, presided '15. president, sence of A. L. Bibbins. who was unable to attend because of illness. President R. S. Shaw welcomed the old athletes and J im Crowley, foot ball coach, introduced members of team. C. V. Ballard. master. the toast- '12. was One of the features of t he banquet was a skit t h at portrayed a room scene in old "Bill's hall" in 1911. Characters were H. Lee Bancroft, '12, J a m es Hays, 11,.H. E. Dennison, 13, a nd Ballard. A large percentage of the students were able to vote. Absent voter's bal lots were procurable at the Union desk, and the m a ny Lansing and East L a n sing students cast their votes person ally. This local election interest was the activity in many where paralleled by in colleges all over the country. Straw votes were prevailing held sentiment was in doubt. The vote from educational institutions undoubt edly contributed to the record-breaking ballot. t he November. 1932 THE MICHIGAN STATE COLLEGE RECORD The Alumni Library r p HE Michigan State college library -*- cannot afford a program of alumni reading guidance at t h is time, although several new experiments in recreational reading cm the Campus have been initi ated since t he opening of t he fall term. Each m o n th t he College library can undertake to suggest three or four good books to our alumni, books worth buy ing and owning or probably obtain able library of local public in any average size. The college library does not books to individuals but will other libraries for individuals. loan to loan In this way t he books t he follow on ing list might be borrowed. It was not possible to buy addition al copies, and if requests prove t oo numerous we shall have to disappoint all those who make t h e m. W. B. KERSHAW, '31 is our first suggested '31, a nd a graduate of At a ny rate, list. T he here descriptive notes were written by W. B. t he Kershaw, Columbia university school of library service. Kershaw h as assumed t he d u librarian for ties of evening reference the fall, winter a nd spring terms, while working for his master's degree. Cuthbertson, George A., Freshwater. N. Y., Macmillan, 1932. S7.50. A fascinating and romantic tale, of t he growth of shipping on t he Great Lakes. We see t he I n d i an canoes, t he sailing vessels a nd finally t he develop m e nt of great steamships owned by transport corporations, which large millions of tons annually. I m p o r t a nt historical events centering in the G r e at Lakes region add color and action to the story. There a re numerous inter t h em by t he esting plates, m a ny of author. I n m a t e - W a rd 8. Behind t he door of delusion. N. Y., Macmillan, 1932. $2.00. A trained newspaper man, placed in a state hospital for mental disorders, has recorded in a most vivid m a n n er life where delusion rules. T he tragedy, h u m or a nd routine within a strange world produces an entirely readable book. Keller, Albert Galloway. Man's rough road. N. Y., Stokes, 1932. $3.00. M an h as gone through a definite process of evolution, due to his ability to think a nd to adjust himselk to life's environment. T he a u t h or traces so ciety's customs and systems, giving r e a sons for their existence a nd a t t e m p ts to predict future developments. T he style is clear cut and direct, as well as h u Alumnae League Active OF F I C E RS of t he Lansing chapter of the Michigan S t a te College Alumnae league held their first executive meeting at t he Union Bldg. September 28 when extensive plans for t he ensuing year were discussed. Regular meetings were scheduled for t he last Wednesday eve ning of each month, according to Mrs. (Carolyn Ellsworth, S. F. Edwards, w'08), president of t he League. On October 26 t he League held a Hallowe'en masquerade p a r ty with numerous prizes being offered for best make-ups. Refreshments, games and stunts gave those attending an enjoy able evening. Tentative plans have been made for an Olympic sports evening at which time R a l ph Young, director of athletics, will last tell of his California visit summer and describe in detail t he i n ternational contests. Husbands a nd friends of the active members will be invited guests. morous. T he point of view is derived largely from the works of t he late Prof essor William G r a h am Sumner of Yale. Kipling, Rudyard. Limits a nd renew als. N. Y., Doubleday, 1932. $2.50. Although not Kipling at his best, t h is group of poems and short stories, n ot previously printed in book form, makes enjoyable reading. T he charming, clev er and imaginative style holds one's i n terest throughout. Jackson E. Towne, Librarian. Mother Bright Dies M ANY old grads who were in College from 1907 to 1917 a nd who enjoyed the good food prepared in Club G under old Williams hall will be sorry to (November 3) of learn of the death Mrs. Lillian "Mother" Bright at h er home. 417 East G r a nd River avenue. East Lansing. Mother Bright, as she was commonly in the h e a r ts of called, had a place many generations of students. W h en asked to make a few comments about her passing, E. C. Mandenburg, '15, of the State department of agriculture, said: "I think it was Art Sargeant, '10, who was the first student to call her 'Mother' Bright. She came to Club G in 1907 succeeding Mrs. Farleman, who took over Club D under Wells hall. t he partitions of Club G was managed by t he Colum bian Literary society (now Sigma Al pha Epsilon) until t he R. O. T, C. units in 1917. Then came to t he Campus they t he removed three clubs in Williams hall and made one large boarding club, with Mother Bright serving as one of the assistants in later when Williams hall burned, t he Columbians and Mother built dining their Bright room. their new home took charge of t he kitchen. A little "While Mother was on t he Campus, she frequently made trips in t he sum m er time to cook at t he forestry camp. I think it was in 1919 t h at Mother d e cided to leave t he Columbian house and move to Pontiac. She was away from the Campus but returned often to visit with old friends. Last year she came back to East Lansing to take charge of the kitchen for t he new Delta Sigma Phi house. This year, however, she was running her own house on G r a nd River avenue." Mrs. Bright is survived by a d a u g h ( K a t h- '20), two grandchildren, ter, Mrs. B e r t r am G. Edgerton ryn Bright, three brothers and three sisters. is gradually The graduate student section of the English d e p a r t m e nt i n creasing from year to year, according to an announcement. This year s t u dents have come here from Albion, Toledo, and Lincoln university at Jef ferson City, Missouri. MRS. S. F. EDWARDS The a n n u al spring flower show and bridge p a r ty will be held as usual in May. luncheon, In addition to t he meetings planned for all members of t he League, m e m fre bers of quently with t he president at her home at 801 West Ionia street, Lansing. t he board discuss plans Other officers of t he executive board, to t he president, a re as in addition follows: Miss Mildred Davis, w'12, first vice- president. 118 West Maple street, phone 52Q65. Mrs. F r a nk S c h r am (Norma Sim mons, w'23), second vice president, 309 South Logan street, phone 27526. Mrs. Forest Musselman (Marion G r e t- tenberger, 1 8 ), recording secretary, 140 Oakhill, East Lansing, phone 21835. Mrs. Barney C. Cox (Gladys Wilford, '26), treasurer, 305 S o u th Pennsylvania avenue, phone 58553. Miss Esther Allen, '19, corresponding secretary, Sparrow hospital, phone 3175. Miss Beulah Isles, '27, program chair man, City Library, phone 24323. THE MICHIGAN STATE COLLEGE RECORD November, 1932 Judge Leland W. Carr of I n g h am circuit court, who conducted a search ing investigation of affairs of this col lege in the form of a one-man grand jury inquiry, handed down an opinion t h at he had November 2 to the effect found no violations of statutes in the alleged officials which formed the basis for the investi gation. activities of college statement on S p a r t an James H. Crowley, head football coach, announces t h at State can beat any team wearing red shirts. He bases this victories over Mississippi A. a nd M.. Colgate, recently Fordham. When asked and in about 1929. Crowley smiled and said. "We played on a muddy field t h at day and after tell the whether Colgate was wearing maroon or field gray. My boys have to see red to win." the Colgate win couldn't play first you Several class elections were held this fall to fill office vacancies. In the sen ior class. Corrine Goulet. Detroit, won the office of senior secretary. the junior class Marion Lewis. Detroit, be came vice-president, and Stuart Mc- Callum. Detroit, treasurer. Sophomores elected Robert Armstrong. Benton Har bor, to fill the office of student council representative. In the In the annual, hotly-contested elec tions for corps sponsors, results were as expected—some girls won a nd some girls lost. In this case Florence Hess. St. Louis, defeated Corrine Gou let. Detroit, for the position of honor ary corps "colonel"; Katherine Mc- Cutcheon, Detroit, won over Beverly Meehan. Lansing, for cavalry sponsor; Elizabeth Shigley. Lansing, beat Marion infantry Paddock. Cheboygan, sponsor; J a ne Stockton. Lansing, de feated Vivian Sherman. Coldwater. for coast artillery and Dorothy sponsor: Whitman. Lansing, was named sponsor for in the band. The co-eds were the usual colorful cere stalled with monies. f or "CLOSE BESIDE THE is director. economists as an One barometer of economic condi tions which has been neglected by the great indicator of business the Michigan State short course, recently said R. W. Tenny. '19. its short short courses has always shown a defi nite increase in periods of greatest ec onomic stress and a corresponding de improved. A cline as business affairs big enrollment is expected this year, by the way. Enrollment in are Cavalry students who thrown their mounts sign the "Book." a from large register which records the date Of the fall and the excuse given for it. their names Several have already put down three minor ac this year, and cidents have taken place—a dislocated elbow, an injured wrist, and a bruised Forcible dismountings are not head. uncommon in the cavalry, but serious injuries are few. Campus organizations are beginning their year's activities with announce ments of membership drives, elections of officers, and program plans. Groups the which have started to stir include I n t e r n a Y. M. and Y. W. C. A., the tional Relations club, the music hon- oraries. Mu Phi Epsilon and Sigma Alpha Iota. Green Splash, the Student Grange. Sphinx, and many technical honoraries and clubs. In the recent military appointments of cadet officers. Horton W. Stickle. Gardner. Mass.. was named cadet col onel. His two lieutenants colonels are Burl D. Huber. St. Louis, and F r a nk J. Emerick. Detroit. Heading the various units in their positions as cadet majors are Robert P. Wilson. Washington. D. C. cavalry: James K. O'Dell. East L a n sing, infantry; and Walker G. Walker. Jackson, coast artillery. All the men are seniors. for for favors. Otto Recently were announced the list of the 1933 chaiimen of committees J-Hop. annual big gun of the winter social season. They are: for a r r a n g e ments. Carl Mitchell. Benton Harbor; for decorations. Jack Tichnor. Battle Pongrace. Creek; Grosse Pointe: Stuart for McCallum. Detroit; for music. Edward for programs and Krammer. Detroit: invitations, Eldon Rolfe. Niles: for pub licity. Max Andrews, East Lansing; for reception. Robert Nelson. Traverse City. Thirty-two other members of the class cf '34 were named on the various com mittees. finance. swimming department Figures recently released by the Col indicate lege that over thirty per cent of the fresh men who have entered Michigan State during the past five years could not swim a stroke. Forty per cent of the ag freshmen knew nothing of the art, and liberal arts frosh followed with thirty- two per cent, engineering with twenty- nine per cent, and applied science, with the smallest percentage—twenty-three. One-fifth of the 1932 freshmen were not able to swim. interest Dramatic is high on the production of class the the Campus. With advanced dramatics "Holiday", on November 11. a season was opened which will probably close with "Death Takes a Holiday", another advanced dramatics class presentation, sometime in December. Between these two dates the Seven-Arts club will offer A. A. "The T r u th About Milne's comedy, Blayds," late November or early December. "Holiday" was sponsored by Theta Alpha Phi. honorary dramatic It is believed t h at this is the society. three full-length plays first in a single will have been presented term. time t h at in long A new State News feature is "Willie", letters home which who writes t he somehow get into the columns of paper. Purporting the expres sions of a very innocent and wondering transplanted farmer boy. the letters are short on spelling, punctuation, and par agraphing, but long on humor. to be A new service will be offered by the M. S. C. library when balanced book collections are built up for the various fields. Bibliographies of books college containing any divisional work of any division will be made up and sent out to the various departments for their convenience. information a b o ut Four members of the college faculty are serving on the staff of the Temple Institute of Lansing. House Cultural They are Professor W. W. Johnston of the English department. Professor E. L. Austin of the education department, and Professor E. S. King and A. B. Nickle of the speech department. November. 1932 THE MICHIGAN STATE COLLEGE RECORD 9 WINDING CEDAR" Class rush activities this year were only slightly attended by either specta tors or participants. About 125 fresh men and 100 sophomores came out. In a cold driving rain which soon drove away the little crowd which gathered, the classes competed in contests—cage- ball, tug o' war, greased pig, obstacle, bicycle, and relay races. The freshmen carried the day with a score of 65-45. There was no "black Friday", class kid napping, or "Poster Night". the Gitta Gradova, called foremost to East Lansing woman pianist, came first Thursday, November 10, with the performance on the Michigan State College concert course. A large crowd of students heard this artist. Decem the to be ber 14 faculty concert, which will feature Fred Patton, newly appointed head of t he voice department. Lewis Richards. Michael Press, and Alexander Schuster. the date of is The following forestry graduates of the College have been taken into the n a t ional professional forestry organization, the Society of American Foresters, as '27; junior members: Ronald L. Bird, Louis C. Hermel, '30; Clayton C. Jobbet '30; Russell O'Neil, '23: Robert O. So- wash, '32; '31; Morrice A. Huberman, Earl C. Bachman, '25. Daniel DenUyl, '22. was advanced the grade of junior member to senior membership in the same organization. from The following Michigan State fores ters were at the Land Utilization con in Munising, Michigan. ference held October 7. 8, and 9: E. C. DeGraaf. '32; J. G. Harris, '29; J o hn Krober, '28; George Ferrari, '30: R. F. Kroodsma. '13; P. W. Robbins, '27; Byron Groes- beck, '31; H. D. Switzer, '29; A. C. Mor- ley, '13; H. Basil Wales, '11: and P A. Herbert, head of the forestry department at M. S. C. '30; E. W. Tinker, the Following tradition set by this year's last a n n u al year's Wolverine, will continue the practice of making a "prominent S p a r t a n" Four men and four women will be chosen from a selected senior list of twenty- one. section. The thirteenth annual "football bust" sponsored by the Central Michigan Alumni club will be held at t he Union building, Saturday. December 10, ac cording to Earl Hotchin, '12, president. Committees have been appointed by B. '22. general chairman, and R. Proulx, in charge of members ticket sales are Junior Chamber of of Commerce. Dick Remington, Detroit the official sports writer who selects all-state high teams, will be school present and make his award to the 1932 heroes. the Lansing the College The crying need for is a larger loan fund for needy students. to The demand this year, according Jacob Schepers. College treasurer, far exceeds the available cash for loans. the beginning of Eighteen grades of "WA" have been the given out since term, according to J. W. Steward, a t t he new cut tendance officer. Under system, unexcused absences doubling the number of credit hours forcibly r e moves him from it. This is the grade of "WA," which is marked down as meaning the same as an " F ." Senior class appointments were r e cently announced by William Vondette. Saginaw, class president. The chair men of the various committees are as follows: Commencement. Andrew Mc- social, Charles Elroy, East Lansing; Fawcett. Benton Harbor; athletics. Francis Meiers, Muskegon; men. J o hn Larraway, New York city; women, Dor othy Cummings. Coldwater; publicity, Clarence Van Lopik, G r a nd Haven; cap and gown. Robert Porter, Detroit; finance, George Thomas, Detroit; a n invitations, Richard nouncements and carnival, Elder. Ann Arbor; water Forty Richard MacDonald, Dearborn. other seniors remainder of the groups. filled up the Technical honoraries which have been initiating during t he past m o n th include Phi Lambda Tau, engineering society. Alpha Zeta, agriculture, Mu Phi Epsilon and Sigma Alpha Iota, music and Scabbard a nd Blade, military. fund scholarship A memorial has been established for Mary A. Hendrick, late professor of history at Michigan t he State, by t he Lansing branch of of University American Association Women. The fund to help girls graduating from Lansing or East Lansing high schools to attend college. is to be used the the lumber produced as real In a newspaper statement, Professor college P. A. Herbert, head of idea forestry department, spiked from t h at synthetic stalks would material such ever replace "Synthetic lumber may be produced in time," he said, "but when it does it will come from trees, because they can be grown much more anything else." corn lumber. cheaply t h an the A humorous feature of co-ed habit of keeping small animals made of porcelain, china, or other materials the S p a r t an around Women's League Pet show. Staged in the old armory, it was the occasion for much m i r th and discussion over t he various points of the "pets." their rooms, was flashing is better. Dull, drear November snow fell It gets dark about is—Here! be ginning t h at way again. Somehow this private p a r a g r a ph always degenerates into an animated weather report. But perhaps you are glad to know whether the Campus is wet or dry, hot or cold green or bare. J u st now it is wet, cold three and bare. The first days ago. five- thirty, and t he girls playing soccer be frantic legs and come mere football cries in the gloom, while the men knock off before-time a nd lights glow early, increasing t he electric bill. Several Bumming large t he Campus, police dogs run barking at the squirrels, who disdain .hem. The canoes have all gone into winter quarters—as well as some of t he cars—fur coats appear, t he rich sport Parties! gloves Parties! Parties! The voice of the land, along t r u m p et with the whine of the saxophone, the boom of the drums, and t he plunk of I'm so sad. My girl has gone the viol. a nd left me. Say it isn't so. Love me, love me tonight. No more money in the bank, plink, plink. Vodeodo. Hot- cha, hotcha. Loud, sweet music in the air above—and in the e a r th below.—O. L. B is heard scarves. about a nd But t he in 10 THE MICHIGAN STATE COLLEGE RECORD November, 1932 Spartans Close Most Successful Season by Defeating Detroit » » » Crush Fordham and Syracuse on Eastern Invasion by JAMES H. CROWLEY Head Football Coach the FRANK BUTLER, Center A poicerful varsity for his ability lineman who has won a place on play. to diagnose opponents' football V i rE HAVE finished another to say. ** season, one I am happy joy and t h at has brought me much personal satisfaction. Why? Largely because I saw a team arise from de the feat, a crushing 26 to 0 reverse at hands of Michigan, when they played one of their best games in their Con ference Championship march, raise its in a victorious head and carry on nothing manner. else, the fire of defeat and teaches that it takes more t h an one knockdown to keep a good m an down. If it chastens the spirit with football does I am very happy over the to advantage t u rn of events. We showed in defeating a very clever Grinnell col lege t e am 27 to 6. overcome a stubborn Illinois Wesleyan eleven. 27 to 0. and then move forward to defeat F o r d h am university. 19 to 13. humble Syracuse. 27 to 13. satisfy the old grads at Home coming by trimming South Dakota. 20 to 6. and closing the season by out classing the University of Detroit 7 to 0. to expect WHEN we started out FOOTBALL HAS EMBARRASSING MOMENTS this fall our students, townspeople and alumni football t h at we had a great believed machine. So did I. but experience had taught me not to build my football hopes too high. Just when you get to the point of patting yourself on the back in this old game of football, you need not be surprised to suffer an fall. Michigan whipped embarrassing us with a grand team. the time t h at the Wolverines were the best looking Maize and Blue eleven t h at I had ever seen and other members of I said at the coaching staff agreed. And you only have to look at Michigan's record to see how close we came to being cor rect. But I still think t h at Michigan should not have rolled up 26 points. that. We We are much better have a very good the day at Ann Arbor but just couldn't get organized. team, had one t h an I immediately asked Grinnell showed us something. The Missouri Valley Conference t e am gave us a real workout. I was so much im pressed with the clean, hard and clever brand of football supplied by this team t h at t h at Grin nell be back on our schedule next sea the opening game. son, possibly for to us twice now by Alma has bowed large scores in the season's inaugural and I would like to have stiffer compe too tition. Maybe Grinnell will be much for us next year, seeing t h at we team by are losing t he heart of our think graduation, but so. Anyway, when you see the result of the Grinnell game next year it may be taken as an indication of what we will do during the rest of the season. I hardly KIRCHER DIRECTS TEAM about left-handed the in insured first A DETERMINED drive our just ^*- period I had named t h at game. victory in Alton Kircher. junior a from Gladstone who is this year's co- captain of basketball and for two years the baseball a regular outfielder on team, as quarterback during t he week. I was this game. He showed me something by whipping his team into line for a pair t o u c h of touchdowns and points after in his work interested in a in the they initial four-yard down for a 14 to 0 lead in the period. The that produced little U. P. fellow, he weighs under 160 pounds, whipped forward passes with that left hand of his like the a baseball pitcher. A heave set stage for a touchdown. Monnett getting line and the ball on the to 0 Eliowitz going across. The 21 the lead at the half seemed to satisfy third let down boys for period and never really got going again until Grinnell opened a lateral passing attack touchdown. Aroused, our boys went back into gear and scored again in the fourth period. Illinois Wesleyan. this year's c h a m pion of the Little Nineteen in Illinois, had fallen to us the year before r a t h er to arouse handily and I didn't enthusiasm care to. particularly, for we had a dif ficult three weeks' stretch in front of us. starting with Fordham. We found strong de team very the Wesleyan fensively. in little It could do but moving the ball against us but we had to really stretch to get anywhere our selves. We produced four touchdowns again, winning 27 to 0. I was worried at the half as we had only a 7 to 0 team it was just what lead, but needed. We scored another marker in third period and polished off by the punching over last two more quarter when t he sturdy Wesleyan line began to weaken under the continued assault. it was difficult the game. for the the in FORDHAM VICTORY A GREAT THRILL r n H EN we were ready for Fordham. rv It wasn't a bright prospect. Ford h am had rolled over all opposition, had November. 1932 THE MICHIGAN STATE COLLEGE RECORD t h at were so nearly equal two teams t h at there was no choice between t h em and it looked like a sad S a t u r d ay for us. At least, everyone in East Lansing (save a few like Mr. Young who will never believe we a re licked until t he last gun is shot), thought we were in F o r d h am was for a. royal touchdowns. Mike being given Casteel, our scout, brought back t he dope a nd between us we reached the t h at we not only had a conclusion good chance of holding Fordham, but of beating trimming. three them. to say We shaped our attack accordingly, t h at Mike a nd here I want Casteel is the best scout in t he busi ness. He did not miss a thing. Every thing worked out just as he said it would. There weren't many down at the railroad station to see us off for New York (seven by actual count) but when our Pullmans rolled in Monday there was a cheering mob morning awaiting us. Here's a secret, t h at I hope doesn't get back to t he boys. They were fighting mad over the way the students and alumni had a p parently they went out there to lick F o r d h am just for their own satisfaction. Well, they did it. And on arriving home, t he boys their were still a little put out with fellow students, but they went around wearing satisfied grins. They showed 'em! t h e m. And forgotten little t h at t h at The 19 to 13 victory at Fordham gave me a great thrill, naturally. T he winning was one thing—but it was t he refused indomitable spirit to be quenched impressed all who sat on the sidelines. T h at slashing r un for 80 yards and a touchdown on the first play of t he game was the first thrill. How Monnett drove! Then Fordham came right back, crushing, smashing, down t he field to score and take t he lead, 7 to 6. T h a t 's how it stood at the half and through the third quarter. F o r d h am made a mistake like m ad men, fighting T he boys were refusing to concede a thing. F o r d h am kept alternating teams on us, starting first, substituting t he second a nd t he then sending back t he first. But m an power could not whip State t h at day. Will power did win for those S p a r t a n s. shortly after t he third period opened a nd t he boys cashed in. Captain Eliowitz inter cepted a forward pass a nd r an about 70 yards for a touchdown. T h at hurt F o r d h am a nd t he game was scarcely started again before McNutt, our big lateral a nd to from Eliowitz and raced 63 yards score. We h ad a lead, 19 to 7. I could settle back then and enjoy what was going on out there. Such blocking as was given the ball carriers. It was 11 men, 10 of t h em playing for t he other scored fellow, not himself. F o r d h am again, throwing wild passes a nd tried touchdown by the to produce another same methods. This time Meiers i n tercepted a heave and we had t he ball line when on the R a m s' seven-yard caught a fullback, fast "BUD" MEIERS, Genfer Francis came from Muskegon. He to State as a backfield the man center gap when Harold Smead was in jured and ivas used at end as well. this year ':•';-•::.'•: filled the game ended, mighty close to a n other touchdown. SPARTANS G ET REVENGE AT SYRACUSE A LL WE h ad to do t he next week was ^"*- to get revenge against Syracuse. They h ad defeated us the year previous at Homecoming. 15 to 10. We took a battering in the F o r d h am game but came through in fair shape. The boys were very tired, however, a nd were a real problem for the coaches. We h ad to tell t h em how pleased we were over t he victory, prepare t h em for a stiff game a nd yet not work them too much. The mere fact t h at Syracuse h ad won from us the previous year served as a life saver. State wanted revenge a nd got it in t he shape of a 27-13 victory. team of field. Fortunately, sophomores oh t he however, we never let Bill Orange get us on the r u n. We climbed Syracuse h ad a very good really "RED VANDEMEER, Left End the "Red" wore old "27" last for the U. of D. last week. in the game, always in the play, time against Always he retained his position all season. J J OE KOWATCH. Fullback The Ionia "butcher boy" finished his Joe's ex for his season. is blocking career ability this Spartan ceptional mates. to stay on top a nd were able there, leading 27 to 6 at one stage. We h ad only a 7 to 0 lead at t he halftime, still leaving a ball game in the last half. team was not quite up to t he The standard of previous the Saturday This was too m u ch to expect, anyway, so we were not disappointed. Instead, we were pleased with the outcome. T he line played a steady game again a nd our backfield was unbeatable. Kircher proved to me t h at he was t he real answer to our quarterback prob lems. just I want Our relations with Syracuse have a l ways been very pleasant. to state here t h at t he Orange eleven is as well coached, as spirited and clean- playing as any I have ever seen a nd the boys back me up in this statement. We have a great deal of respect for Syracuse. I hope to have t he Orange on t he schedule for next year at East Lansing, perhaps for Homecoming, and t h at game. take a tip from me—see You won't be disappointed over t he article of football, I feel sure. SUCCESSFUL HOMECOMING FOR ALUMNI r p H EN Homecoming. We weren't very -*- much worried over South Dakota t h at our squad would be but feared suffering from a terrific let-down after to two hard games. We didn't care push this season h as been an easy one for the standpoint. players from Seven of the regulars are seniors a nd know t he game pretty well. We worked easily and produced a 20 to 6 victory. An epidemic of fumbles (seven of them, I think there were) sort of spoiled our attack. We could have won by 40 points if we h ad not fumbled. But t he old grads were happy with t he victory just t he same. t he boys hard. a practice fact, In The night of t he game the squad 12 THE MICHIGAN STATE COLLEGE RECORD November, 1932 Spartan Score Boatd VARSITY SCHEDULE DATE Sept. 24—Alma 0. M. S. C. 93. Oct. 1—Michigan 26, M. S. C. 0. Oct. 8—Grinnell 6. M. S. C. 27. Oct. 15—111. Wesleyan 0. M. S. C. 27: Oct. 22—Fordham 13. M. S. C. 19. Oct. 29—Syracuse 13. M. S. C. 27. Nov. 5—S. Dakota 6. M. S. C. 20. Nov. 19—U. of Detroit 0. M. S. C. 7. to Detroit's 180, and made 14 downs to the Titan's 7. first GEORGE HANDY. Guard "Bud" did not see much action this his senior year. of M. game, he bench. from the Injured for fought in in the U. team the at coaches club the Alumni attended and Varsity the Union session where L. C. Exelby was given t he great est honor t h at can be bestowed on a Michigan State athlete—that of dis tinguished service. A bronze plaque suitably engraved, told of Mr. Exelby's services. We were very much im pressed. To us of the younger genera tion it was very interesting to hear Mr. former director of athletics, Brewer, tell of joys of those pioneering days of State a t h letics. We are indeed fortunate. the hardship and the left t h at we were going DETROIT VICTORY ENDS SEASON A FTER a week's rest, during which the snow was so deep we •**- time could not use the stadium grounds, we met our old rivals the Titans from I told Gus the University of Detroit. to wear Dorais white jerseys so that the Detroit boys with only their red sweaters for I was quite sure t h at Abe. the game. Bob and Big Mac would go strong if the Titans appeared in red. And what fans a had when Bernard McNutt. fullback, ran 34 yards for a touchdown before the game was five minutes old. and Bob Monnett kicked the extra point. in They were the game but there was plenty of foot ball until the last minute of play. the coaches and 12.000 the only points scored thrill line, but their the Detroit Bob Monnett and Abe Eliowitz. with five other veterans playing last line game, ripped through for heavy gains, but neither one could cross the goal Tine. In the second half we rammed the ball down to Detroit's 4-yard the Titans made a great stand and held our ball-carriers on tne one yard line for four downs. sun early the game turf very treacher made to sweep the ends ous. the Titans so we hammered away at line. With Kircher and Monnett play ing mostly a defensive game Eliowitz and McNutt found sistent gains. t h at our boys had rolled up the a m a z ing total of 324 yards from scrimmage the holes for con find the It was hard I was surprised to A bright frosty in the U. of D. game told some of that Detroit filled the air with passes, at tempting 26 during the afternoon but completing only 7. We tried but sev en and completed 3. The Detroit boys tried desperately to connect with a pass for a socre. but the Titan receiv ers were well covered or muffed one after another. Following the coaches and squad were dinner guests of a group of Lansing business m-n. the fans and alumni I in all my years of that night coaching run across a finer pair of football players and men t h an Abe Eliowitz and Bob Monnett. our co-captains this year. They want ed to win this last game before ring ing down the curtain on inter collegiate football careers. I was con fident they would give eveything be cause they are two of the most unself I have ish, ever had the pleasure to work with. In all their games they worked for each other, the team and the school. They played hard and fair. They are real men. loyal, hardworking boys I had never their SPARTAN CLUBS NEW YORK CITY ENTERTAINS "TX/TORE than 100 enthusiastic grads -*• and former students of New York held an open-house at the Vanderbilt hotel on the Fordham game. October 21. the eve of No banquet, no speeches, no col for ideal evening an lection .. reminiscing. . We enjoyed hearing Jim Crowley on theater the radio from the P a r a m o u nt and then later to have him with us in person. He made a great hit with us in New York and t h at victory over Fordham upset all the sports dopesters It seemed mighty good on M a n h a t t a n. to have a dozen or so visitors with us from the old College and I'm sure our folks have more interest in their Alma Mater t h an ever before. It was impossible to secure a com those the open-house and game among registration but plete present at were the following: H. E. Aldrich. '14; A. D. Badour, '12; L. S. Baker. '15; R. H. Boyle. '24, and wife; Prof. W. L. '29; A. L. Bibbins, RALPH H. BRUNKTTK. Tackle "Bruno," as he is called, finishes three years as one of the on the squad. His 200 pounds are portant blocking. in open field his fastest men im '17; Wallace B. Liverance, Chandler; S. A. Clark. '29; Ella.Kemp-- fer Clark. '29; Lt. L. K.. Cleveland, '17; F r a nk A. Davis, '18; T. J. Deegan Jr.: M. L. Denning; H. Conrad Doscher. '20; Walter Flynn. '99; Gaylon T. Ford. '29; Geraldine Gillespie Ford, '28; Betty Forshaw. '31; E. J. Fray, '17; '23; Nels Hansen. J. A. H a n n a h, '12; '32; Charles H. Hatch, Evelyn Hardy. '15; W. N. Headley. '28; Levon Hor- ton. '28; Cr.arles Irrgang, '31; Mr. and Mrs. G. D. Jordan; Mary S. Jordan. '34; George E. Julian. '15; H. F. Law '07; rence. John F. Macklin; D. R. Mapes, '29; F. M. Morrison. '03; Matt E. Nuttila, "25; Howard Odel, '30; A. C. O'Donald,•''31, and wife; R. M. Olin; Stanley L. Otis, '27; Mary Allen '91; Lloyd A. Perrin. '30; E. W. Phillips. '09; H. C. Pierce. '00; C. B. Rose, Ranney, '03; J. Paul '29; Fern Streeter Schwab. Schwab. '23; Ann Harvey '31; J o hn Spalding. Spalding, '17; Wayne H. Sutton, '25; Willard Sween ey, '28; Harry A. Sylvester; Norval Tyrrell. '27; L. R. Vear, '22; Helen Gray Vear. '16; Will Wedge; N. O. Weil, 17; Clara Kling '29; E. M. Weil, Young. '15. and wife; Ralph H. Young. '21; Glen O. Stewart, '24; G. Ray Warren, '22; H. W. Wolters. ALUMNI MEET AT SYRACUSE TN S P I TE of the cold, heavy, driving *- rain more t h an 60 alumni and their friends used the Syracuse game on October 29 as an occasion to meet and greet again old chums of college days. the Through , courtesy of resident alumni "Hank" in Adams and other Syracuse an open-house was held at the Hotel Syracuse on the eve of t he game and a luncheon at Slocum hall Saturday on Ithaca, noon. Delegations drove from Buffalo, Rochester and other parts of western New York to see the S p a r t a ns seek revenge for their 1931 defeat at the hands of the Orangemen. the Syracuse campus Among those attending the luncheon and the game were the following; November, 1932 THE MICHIGAN STATE COLLEGE RECORD 13 Schooling For Jobs r p HE Harvard Business school which -*- has enrolled five Michigan State men in recent years, will start J a n u a ry It 30 and continue to August 16, 1933. is designed to meet the needs of college men graduating at midyears with a business career in mind but no present position in view, and of recent college graduates who have not yet secured p e r m a n e nt positions. those the same classroom Students who attend t he session will have instructions under the same faculty as the regular first-year class. They will be entitled to full academic credit, t h us enabling them the second-year class next fall. The extra session is open to college graduates and those who have had executive experience in busi ness. to enter to Three seniors, Charles Fawcett, cap tain of the baseball team, Edwin Bath, team and presi captain of the track dent of the Varsity club, and Richard MacDonald, president of the Union board, were recently initiated into Ex- calibur. senior men's honorary. Headquarters Michigan for State Alumni H OTEL SYRACUSE the place w h e re your college they classmates stay whenever come to Syracuse. is CANTK'LK OF PRAISE MKMORIAL SERVCE the service for Michigan State's war dead, called T HE annual memorial Canticle of Praise," was given four hundred people jnost elaborate and colorful campus 13. More than cf reading, and orchestral work were presented M. S. C. glee clubs, the Lansing Orpheus partment R. O. T. C. stood guard at the cenotaph Members of the speech department of Praise" aloud. the M. S. C. military the Armory in took part in what ceremonies. on Sunday, is coming Singing, "The November to be one dramatic the as and de the hall. in the center of the riding read Witter Bynner's poem, "A Canticle the college chorus, the military by such organizations the roll call of our "Glorious Dead" while cadets of club. CJI. Dorsey R. Rodney band, read of scholarship selections and assures you t h at we are ready to follow your sug gestions for this year. Jim Crowley came splen didly this year and we are all pulling for him strong up here. through —E. C. Geyer, '13, Past President. WASHINGTON D. C. CLUB T T T I L I Z I NG the occasion of the a n- >r nual Land G r a nt College meeting this m o n th the alumni of Washington. D. C, honored President R. S. Shaw and a host of visitors to the Capitol city. The luncheon was held Tuesday noon, November 15, at t he Hotel H a r rington. More t h an in cluding many delegates the con to hear vention, were greatly pleased President Shaw discuss college prob from lems, according to a recent note Florence Hall, the Washington M. S. C. Alumni club. '09, president of fifty alumni, to T h o m as J. Arrigo. '21. and wife; '01, and wife; E. W. Hugh P. Baker. Baldwin. '11; Earle G. Baxter, .'19; A. L. Bibbins. '15; Ray F. Bower, '29; G. V. Branch. 12. and wife; John T. Breg- ger, '17, and wife; Calvin A. Brown, '23, and wife; S. J. Brownell, '16, and wife; Miles Casteel; Seymour K. Fowler; P. Eduard Geldhof. '14; J o hn H. Hammes. '20; J. A. H a n n a h. '23; J o hn H. Hawk '20, and wife; ins, '29; H. V. Hoffman. George E. Julian, '15; L. D. Kurtz. '20, and wife; H. Elton Moore, '30; Dr. '20, and wife; William E. E. Redfern. '20, and M. Rider. '28, and wife; wife; L. C. Stegeman. Glen O. Stewart, '17; E. H. Walker, •'18, and wife; Norma Vedder Walter, '10, and husband; Carl L. Warren, '20, and wife. '08; C. N. Silcox, SAGINAW CLUB ELECTS n p HE Saginaw alumni club at its meet- -r- ing on October 21 elected officers for t he coming year. They a r e: '23, vice president; Fred G. Ricker. 16, president; Philip and D. Prentice, Mrs. F r a nk Niederstadt (Bonnie J e an Hill, '25) secretary-treasurer. The dir ectors include the above and Norman M. Spencer, '14, Mrs. Karl Phelps, '25, Fred Pierce, '28 and Elmer C. Geyer. '13. The Saginaw club has enjoyed work undergraduate alumni the on ing Michael Press and Zinovy Kogan fea have been the subjects of recent tures in t he State News. These two members of the music department, both Russians, were in their native country when t he Bolshevik insurrection broke out. Their stories, full of h a i r - b r e a d th escapes and extreme hardship, showed t h at is not life of a musician t he tea and roses. 600 outside rooms, each with bath, ice water. servidor, circulating Owned and operated by Citizens Hotel Corp. E. K. CARY, Manager 14 THE MICHIGAN STATE COLLEGE RECORD November. 1932 ALUMNI AFFAIRS 1874 Henry A. Haigh. Secretary 539 Penobscot Bldg., Detroit, Mich. Henry A. Haigh has moved his law in the Penobscot building. Det office roit, to 539. 1880 Willard L. i nomas. Secretary Alton. Mich. I married J o hn W. O'Bannon breaks his long silence with the following letter: "Please send me the year book of the College so t h at I can look up old classmates of I have sadly neglected my Alma mine. I was back in 1914 for a short Mater. I want to come back in 1939 if visit. I possible, and I will come if living. want to beg the pardon of all the 'old boys' for long silence. I am located in Bonita, Mississippi, a suburb of Meri dian. I am a consulting geologist with a fair practice. A client of mine will two test wells on my soon put down location. in 1890 and my wife died leaving me an only daughter. She died, leaving me two grand-chil dren, a boy 16 a nd a girl 10. They live I n with their father at Grandview. diana. them to M. S. C. T h a n ks to Dr. Kedzie I have invented a water fuel t h at is n o n- corrosive. is made up partly with gasoline. Am doing fairly well with it." 1882 Alice W. Coulter, Secretary 457 Union Ave. S. E., Grand Rapids, Mich. the H. S. Hackstaff company. Inc.. 1312- 14 Santa Fe avenue, Los Angeles. They deal in bottlers equipment, car bonic gas. and crowns. He adds "Am still active in my business at 74. Drive the my own car and can still stear ship. Business has not been good and collections worse." to send both of H. S. Hackstaff is president of I want It 1889 Edward N. Pagelsen. Secretary Box 315 Panama City, Fla. "A rather quiet fall here in P a n a ma City." writes E. N. Pagelsen. "although we h ad plenty of rainfall in September. I have a new job, or rather two. One is director of the Community Chest and the other is being in charge of the work for one township under the Un employment Relief. We are putting in some good ditches and cleaning the roadsides. The funds are meager and we have 900 unemployed registered m this county of some 12.000 people. We pay these men one round dollar a day and they work three days a week every other week. Our oldest son. Charles, is at Gainesville working his first year at the University." 1891 W. O. Hedrick, Secretary 220 Oakhill, East Lansing, Mich. Henry H. Doty is in the business of at manufacturing mower sharpeners 238 Central avenue. Highland Park. Illinois. 1894 Clarence B. Smith, Secretary 1 Montgomery St., Takoma Park, D. C. The August 22 issue of the Dowagiac, Michigan. Daily News carries an edi torial praising Dr. Clarence B e a m an Smith for his work and achievements m the office of cooperative entension work in Washington, D. C. Dr. Smith was recently appointed assistant direc tor of extension work.—Editor. 1895 M. G. Kains, Secretary- Suffer n. N. Y. Samuel C. Laitner gives his address as Amherstburg. Ontario. E. J. Heck has moved in Miami. Florida, to 753 N. W. 23rd Court. 1896 William K. Clute. Secretary S06 Michigan Trust Bldg., Grand Rapids, Mich. Dwight T. and Myrtle Peck. w'98. in Plymouth. Michigan. Randell. at 1376 W. Ann Arbor street. live 1897 Hubert E. VanNorman. Secretary Room 1686, 221 X. LaSalk St. Chicago, Illinois for ready The Century Dairy Exhibit. Inc. of is president Which H. E. VanNorman the millions of is getting visitors expected at the World's Fair in Chicago next year from J u ne 1 to November 1. O. E. Reed, former head the dairy department at M. S. C. of is a member of the board of direct ors. 1899 S. Fred Edwards, Secretary Sol Ionia St.. Lansing, Mich. Edward R. Russell has moved in De troit to 8840 Dexter boulevard. 1901 Mark L. Ireland, Secretary As dean of the New York State Col lege of Forestry at Syracuse university Hugh P. Baker has suggested t h at em ployment may be found for the jobless in the cutting of fuel wood from wood- lots and woodlands of New York state and to needy families through fctje distribution of fuel wood so produced. relief may be brought t h at 1902 Norman B. Horton, Secretary Fruit Ridge, Mich. Dennis W. Smith is president of the Colborne Manufacturing company, 157 W. Division street. Chicago. He makes in Wilmette at 337 Wash his home ington avenue. 1904 R. J. Baldwin, Secretary East Lansing. Mich. G. G. Robbins called at the Alumni office November 7 on his wray back to Chicago where he is connected with the Harnischfeger Sales corporation of Mil waukee. Wisconsin. His headquarters in Chicago are at 20 N. Wacker drive and he lives at 8848 Bishop avenue. 1909 Olive Graham Howland, Secretary 513' Forest Ave., East Lansing, Mich. Gilbert L. Daane. president of the Grand Rapids Savings bank. Grand Rapids. Michigan, was elected head of the American the savings division of annual Bankers' convention Los Angeles. Mr. Daane had been vice- president of the division the last year. Catherine E. Koch may be reached temporarily at Northrop House. Elm street. Northampton, Massachusetts. association recently at held its in 1911 James G. Hayes, Secretary 213 Bailey St., East Lansing, Mich. The state forester in Florida is Harry Lee Baker who has his headquarters in Tallahassee, is a Virgil T. Bogue and nurseryman landscape a r at Geneva chitect Nurseries. Geneva. Ohio. He lives in Geneva at 279 Eagle street. He has three two fine children, a girl and boys. Glen A. Sanford now lives at 405 University drive. East Lansing. 1912 C. V. Ballard, Secretary East Lansing. Mich. C. Ross Garvey is treasurer of a lum ber concern at 325 W. Huron street, Chicago, where he lives at 1400 Lake Shore drive. Earl Hotchin has discovered t h at G. W. Weston is secretary-manager of the Electric and Radio association of K a n lives at sas City, Missouri, where he 106 West 14th street. "Jerry" pitched and played field on the Varsity base ball team his two years at M. S. C. He graduated from Purdue, is married and has a boy of 14 and a girl of 8. oj take DR. HUGH P. BAKER. recently —icas Massachusetts office February 1, 1933. named State college '01 president to November. 1932 T HE MICHIGAN STATE COLLEGE RECORD 15 1913 Robert E. Loree, Secretary East L a n s i n g, Mich. resides J o hn H. Dennis in Flint, Michigan, at 1627 Elwood avenue. Almyra Lewis vonThurn is living in Maysville. Kentucky. 1914 Henry E. Publow, S e c r e t a ry E a st Lansing, Mich. One of the engineers in the Checker in corporation is S h e r m an R. lives at 1208 Maple C ab Manufacturing Kalamazoo. Michigan, Anderson who street. Samuel M. Dean is still living in De troit. Michigan, but has moved to 18985 Oak drive. F. B. Post may be reached at i n t e r national House, University of Chica go. Chicago. 1915 Rolan W. Sleight. Secretary L a i n g s b u r g, Mich. chemist issue of Rock The September 10 engineering Products, a cement and news magazine, contained a very in teresting article by Louis A. Dahl, re search the California for Portland Cement company of Colton. The article was the fourth of a series t he manufacture of Portland ce on the progress of ment and dealt with the melt and the course of crystalliza tion. 1916 Herbert G. Cooper, Secretary 519 Riley St.. L a n s i n g, Mich. A. J. George is employed by the St. at association Joe Valley Shipping Buchanan. Michigan. 1917 Mary LaSelle, Secretary 420 W. Hillsdale St., L a n s i n g, Mich. L. J. Doherty recently resigned from the Midland. Michigan, city engineer ing department take care of his to deceased father's estate at Coleman. Michigan. G. M. Glidden is district manager of the E. D. Bullard company of 215 S. Leavitt street. Chicago, and makes his home at Cedar Springs. Michigan. (Mrs. P. W.t sends the following new address to the alumni drive. office. 640 Brookside Birmingham. Michigan. Frances Klasell Guest 1918 Willard Coulter, Secretary 1266 Randolph S. E.. Grand Rapids, Mich. Raymond and Beatrice Stewart, w'20. DeMond live in Jackson. Michigan, at 766 Crescent road. John R. Drumm is a first lieutenant in the air service at Kelly Field. San Antonio. Texas. H. Curtis Howard in Los Angeles. California, at 4062 Brighton avenue. lives T. W. Keating has moved in El Paso. Texas, to 1140 E. Rio Grande. H. H. McKinney gives his new ad dress as 155 N. Oak street. Clarendon. Virginia. Donald D. Emerson is living in Sturgis, Michigan. Florence Yeiter Young (Mrs. Wayne lives in Grand Rapids. Michigan, H.) at 1570 Mackinaw road. Howard L. Fisher may be reached in Los Angeles. California, at 9045 Keith avenue. 1919 Paul Howell, Secretary 1010 Braman St.. L a n s i n g, Mich. Jay M. Bellingham is in the plumb ing and heating business. Sisson & Bellingham, Box 945. Kalamazoo, Mich igan. He lives on Lovers Lane, R. F. D. No. 5, Kalamazoo. Harold G. Carrow has moved to 116 Isbell street, Howell. Michigan. Ethel M. Spaford Denver, Colorado, street. in has moved to 913 Humboldt Ada D. Tucker may be reached at Lindenwood College, St. Charles. Mis souri. Marjorie Black is working in t he ex perimental the Fresno laboratory of Dried Fruit company, Fresno. Califor nia. W. H. H. Curtis is located at 16487 Prairie street. Detroit. Michigan. 1920 P. G. Lundin, Secretary East L a n s i n g, Mich, J o hn F. Yeager reports t h at he has to 75 in Lapeer. Michigan, moved Monroe street. Agnes McKinley is teaching home economics in Flint, Michigan. 1922 Mrs. Donald Durfee, Secretary 12758 Stoepel Ave., Detroit, Mich. Richard and Harriett Hooper Boon- to stra have moved from Libertyville Lombard. Illinois. Owen S t r i d d en is associated with the in Ann Ann Arbor Dairy company Arbor. Michigan. 1924 Mrs. Joseph W i t w e r. Secretary 764 Burroughs, P l y m o u t h, Mich. Harold Archbold may be located at theater at Madison near McVickers State. Chicago. Paul and Lucille Grover ('23) H a r t- from Cleveland to avenue. Cleveland such have moved 3996 Rosemond Heights. Ohio. Harvey E. Prescott gives his new ad dress as 3266 Warrington road. Shaker Heights. Ohio. Fern Schneerer Whitmarsh (Mrs. W. C> teaches foods in the Neinas I n t e r mediate sc'.:ool m Detroit. She makes her home in Palmyra. Michigan. Harold J. Wilkinson has moved in to 1056 Ferdinand Detroit. Michigan, avenue. 1928 Karl Davies, Secretary 533 Cherry St.. L a n s i n g, Mich. J a m es W. and Evelyn L. Carbine ('30) Muessig are living in Oak Park. Illinois, at 114 Home avenue, Apart ment 6. Muessig gives his occupation as sales engineer and his business ad dress as 333 N. Michigan avenue, Room 1930, Chicago. 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