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The  Campus 

liif  B&U SaHXfUek 

Mechanical  C^ainee/i,  M.  B,  C. 

Dedicated 

to  Thomas  Gunson  who  since  1891  has  been  responsible 
. 
.  have  enjoyed 

many  students 

friendships 

their 

. 

. 

in  many  ways  for  beautifying  the  campus.  Said  Mr.  Gunson:  "I've  known 

. 

. 

they  and  faculty  have  brought  untold  happiness  to  my 

life." 

THERE  IS  GRANDEUR  on  the  Campus  with  its  colors 

in  the  Fall, 

When  Nature  with  a  lavish  hand  spreads  beauty  over  all 
And  glorifies  each  leaf  that  hangs  on  bough  or  slender 

T HERE  IS  PROMISE  on  the  Campus  when  Life  opens  in 

the  Spring; 

When  sleeping  buds  awaken  and  the  birds  commence  to  sing 
And  the  withered  grass  grows  green  again,  and  leaves  begin 

stem 

to  show 

And  makes  each  one  a  jewel  in  a  leafy  diadem 
Bedecked 

in  tints  of  every  hue,  red,  green,  and 

russet 

And  crocuses  and  daffodils  peep  bravely  through  the  snow; 
Then  the  Spring-time  sun  pours  down  his  rays  to  warm 

brown 

the  earth  anew 

Or  in  shades  of  deepest  purple  as  if  for  a  Royal  gown 
Or  in  variegated  yellows,  as  they  wait  King  Winter's  call, 
They  bring  grandeur  to  the  Campus  with  their  colors  in 

To  bring  thoughts  of  gentle  breezes  and  of  skies  of  azure  blue 
And  to  tell  of  flowers  and  foliage  and  birds  upon  the  wing. 
There  is  promise  on  the  Campus  when  Life  opens  in  the 

the  Fall. 

Spring. 

THERE  IS  SPLENDOR  on  the  Campus  when  the  Wintry 

air  is  chill, 

When  an  ermine  blanket  covers  all  and  the  world  is  white 

and  still, 

Then  the  bare  trees  point  their  tops  on  high,  so  august  and 

serene, 

And  the  tall  pines  stand  majestic  in  their  shaggy  coats  of 

green; 

And  when  the  feeble  Winter  sun  shines  on  the  crackling 

snow 

He  brings  forth  a  million  diamonds  as  the  shadows  come 

and  go. 

No  artist  hand  could  ever  paint,  however  great  its  skill, 
The  splendor  of  the  Campus  when  the  Wintry  air  is  chill. 

T HERE  IS  BEAUTY  on  the  Campus  when  the  Summer 

skies  are  fair, 

When  every  bush  and  flowering  plant  with  fragrance  fills 

the  air 

And  the  trees,  arrayed  in  Summer  dress,  spread  out  their 

leafy  arms 

As  if  to  catch  each  vagrant  breeze  and  proudly  show  their 

charms 

Or  to  whisper  to  the  verdant  lawns,  out-spreading  far  below. 
Do  they  speak  of  changes  both  have  seen  since  the  days 

of  long  ago? 

Do  they  whisper,  as  he  passes  by,  to  him  whose  tender  care, 
Helped  them  beautify  the  Campus,  when  the  Summer  skies 

are  fair? 

2  .  .  .  M I C H I G AN  STATE 

MicUkfan  £tcde  CoUecfe 

RECORD 

A  Ma gazine  For State's  11,996 AI umni 

EDITOR—LLOYD  H.  CEIL 

MAY.  1939 

Vol.  XLIV,  No.  3 

tf-ecUWl&l 

Page 

The  Campus 

Know  The  Pacific  Islands? 

I  Remember  These  Things 

By Bert  Sangster  2 

By Elida  Yakeley  4 

By W. O. Hedrick,  '91 10 

THE  COVER:  Men's  Glee  club. 

On  May  18 members  officially 
welcomed  their  new  director, 
W.  B. Kimmel,  at the  club's  annual 
smoker  in  the  Union. 
Professor 
Patton,  director  for  almost  seven 
years,  resigned  recently  because  of 
health. 

By Ralph  Norman  5 

•  Members  are,  left  to right,  front 
row— 

Alumni  Day 

Watch  For Impostor 

May,  w'33,  Writes  Book  On Advertising 

Sports  In Review 

G.  A. Garrett,  '20 

H.  J.  Lutz.  '24 

6 

6 

By George  Alderton  12 

17 

18 

AdntiniUnxUiatt 

Summer  School's  25th  Birthday 

By Goldie  Renz,  '39  6 

Presenting  Liberal  Arts  Division 

By Dean  L. C. Emmons  7 

Close  Beside  The Winding  Cedar 

9 

With  Alumni  Clubs 

By G. O. Stewart,  '17  14 

Today  Among  The  Alumni 

By Gladys  M. Franks,  '27  15 

Cover—Photo  by  Huby.  For story  see adjoining  column. 

0  Pierson  Brower,  Grand  Rapids ;  Lloyd 
Campbell,  Kinde;  Bernard  Oosting,  treas 
urer.  Grand  Rapids;  John  Spencer,  vice-
president,  Cape  May,  N.  J.  ;  William 
Kimmel,  director,  East  Lansing;  Emerson 
Oelem,  president,  Grand  Rapids;  Arnold 
F.  Schultz,  Detroit;  Don  Morrison,  ac 
companist,  West  Branch;  Ulysses  Trem-
blay,  librarian,  Lennon. 

0  Middle  row—Bryce  Lee  Clack,  Oxford ; 
George  Konkle,  Sebewaing;  Ted  Hart, 
Vassar;  Carl  Moeller,  Saginaw;  Harold 
Frye,  Sturgis;  Harold  Guillaume,  Petos-
key;  Robert  Henney,  Hastings  ;  Thomas 
Connelly,  Cassopolis;  Alton  Ambrose, 
Carson  City;  Derald  Hatcher,  Detroit; 
Ralph  Cook,  Lakeside. 

row—Ronald  Bishop,  Almont; 
£  Back 
Richard  Bates,  Ovid;  Bert  LaDu, 
Jr., 
Lansing;  Don  Farmer,  East  Orange,  N.  J .; 
Len  Barnes,  Cadillac;  Walter  Schroeder, 
East  Lansing;  Baldwin  Grosse,  Benton 
Harbor;  Traverse  K.  Pollock,  Jackson ; 
Kenith  Templin,  East  Lansing;  Truman 
J.  Hammel,  Edmore;  Kenneth  Hale,  Cale 
donia :  Howard  Irish,  Jr.,  Coopersville. 

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State  College,  East  Lansing,  Michigan.  Changes  of  address  should  be  sent 
aecond-class  matter  at  the  Post  Office,  East  Lansing,  Michigan.  Member  of  the  American  Alumni  Council. 

C O L L E GE  R E C O RD  . .. 3 

were  killed  or  driven  out  by  the  Siam 
ese.  The  buildings  are  marvels  of  beauti 
ful  architecture,  sculpture,  and  a  sort  of 
sculptured  etching. 

A  day's  journey  from  Angkor,  through 
low,  wet  country,  took  me  to  Bankok, 
a  large  city,  sometimes  called  the  Venice 
of  the  East.  Aside  from  its  many  water 
ways,  the  city  is  noted  for  its  300  or 
more  Buddhist 
temples  or  wats.  The 
Siamese  are  fond  of  color  and  decoration, 
and  both  have  been  lavished  upon  these 
temples,  inside  and  out.  Brilliant  reds, 
blues,  and  gold  give  the  city  a  very 
colorful  appearance. 

IN  continuing  my  journey  through  the 
*  lower  part  of  Siam  and 
the  Malay 
states  I  traveled  second  class  in  a  sleep 
ing  car.  The  natives  travel  in  the  usual 
oriental  way,  which  is  to  bring  all  their 
in  bundles,  baskets,  and 
possessions 
boxes  into  the  coach.  Many  also  bring 
their  food.  After  a  few  hours,  they  all 
I  enjoyed 
become  one  happy  family. 
I 
think 
the  experience,  but  hardly 
would  care  to  try  it  again. 

From  Penang,  a  typical  port  town  in 
the  Malay  states,  I  traveled  by 
train 
and  bus  through  miles  of  rubber  planta 
tions  with  an  occasional  view  of  a  tin 
mine,  down 
to  Singapore,  with  brief 
stops  at  Kuala  Lumpur,  a  beautiful  resi 
dential  city,  and  Malacca,  an  old  town 
dating  from  the  fourth  century.  A  week 
in  Singapore  enabled  me  to  see  a  con 
siderable  portion  of  that  territory,  also 
adjoining  Johore,  but  having  no 
in 
fluential  friends  it  was  not  possible  to 
see  the  new  naval  base  located  seven 
teen  miles  down  the  river. 

An  over-night 

from  Singapore 
run 
brought  me  to  the  island  of  Sumatra. 
Much  to  the  horror  of  Dutch  officials,  I 
insisted  on  traveling  across  this  country 
in  a  bus  rather  than  in  solitary  state 
in  a  private  motor  car.  In  the  north  of 
the  island,  the  Achinese,  a  not  wholly 
conquered  tribe,  live  rather 
independ 
ently.  A  bit  south  are  the  Bataks  who, 
not  so  many  years  ago,  were  cannibals. 
Due 
influence  of  missionaries, 
they  are  now  peaceful,  and  to  some  ex 
tent  Christian,  although  they  still  cling 
to  some  old  Animist  beliefs. 

the 

to 

In  a  Batak  village  I  was  permitted  to 
enter  one  of  their  houses,  a  sort  of  com 
munity  affair  for  eight  families.  It  was 
one  large  room,  the  only  division  being 
the 
to  support 
timbers 
the  necessary 
massive  roof.  Their  architecture, 
like 
that  of  other  native  tribes  of  the  island, 
is  very  unique,  the  principal  parts  be 
ing  the  roof  and  gables. 

live 
In  the  central  part  of  Sumatra 
the  Minankabaus.  They  are  Mohamme 
dan,  but  have  an  interesting  matriarchal 
system,  all  property  being  in  the  hands 
(Continued  on  page  16) 
of  the  women 

4  .  .  .  M I C H I G AN  STATE 

Cremation  Scene  In  Bali 

Here  Miss  Yakeley,  on  her  30,000  mile  tour,  witnessed  Balinese  people  on  their  way  to  a  crema 
t'he  same 

tion.  When  a  good  Balinese  dies,  he  will,  if  cremated,  return  after 
family  and  live  again. 

two  generations 

to 

Know  The  Pacific  Islands? 

*  er 

LAST  OCTOBER  when 

laden  with 
suitcases,  an  assortment  of  steam-
tickets,  and  a  few  express 
checks,  I  boarded  a  west  bound  train. 
It  began  to  look  as  though  my  dream  of 
seeing  the  islands  of  the  Pacific  would 
be  realized. 

On  the  way  to  the  coast  I  stopped  at 
Fort  Leavenworth,  Kansas,  for  a  brief 
visit  with  Lt.  Col.  and  Mrs.  William  C. 
Chase 
'21).  At 
Los  Angeles,  Frank  and  Helen  Esselstyn 
Wood, 
their  home  for  an 
old-fashioned  Michigan  State  college 
get-together. 

(Dorothea  Wetherbee, 

'09,  opened 

The  trip  really  began  when  I  left  Los 
Angeles  bound  for  Hawaii.  At  Honolulu 
I  spent  four  delightful  days  as  the  guest 
of  Colonel  and  Mrs.  William  D.  Fraser, 
'09  (Shirley  Gardner).  Miss  Emma  Gar 
rison,  a  former  M.  S.  C.  teacher  who  is 
now 
in  the  Kamehameha  school,  also 
helped  to  make  my  stay  pleasant. 

After  Honolulu  I  followed  the  usual 
route,  stopping  for  two  days  in  Japan 
where  the  people  were  looking  very  ser 
ious.  The  day  our  ship  left  Kobe,  five 
troop  ships  pulled  out  for  unknov/n  ports 
in  China.  The  following  day  brought 

us  to  Shanghai  where  we  had  but  a  few 
hours.  The  miles  and  miles  of  devastated 
area  in  the  Chinese  part  of  this  city  are 
being  gradually  cleaned  up  by  Japan 
ese  soldiers. 

In  Hong  Kong  conditions  were  norm 
in 
al,  but  across  the  narrow  channel 
thousands  of 
British  New  Territories 
refugees  were  camping  with 
Canton 
their  pitifully  few  possessions  in  baskets 
or  small  bundles.  Organizations  and 
wealthy  Chinese  of  Hong  Kong  were  fur 
nishing  food  and  medical  care. 

It  was  something  of  a  relief  to  leave 
this  troubled  area  for  the  quiet,  peace 
slow-going  country  of  Indo  China, 
ful, 
a  French  possession  lying 
immediately 
to  the  south.  A  two  day  trip  across  this 
country  by  Government  bus,  where  one 
rode  with  natives  and  stopped  frequent 
ly  at  small  native  towns,  was  interest 
ing.  As  one  neared  the  western  part,  the 
yellow  robe  of  the  Buddhist  priest  was 
much  in  evidence,  and  the  typical  Budd 
hist  temples  were  scattered  thickly  about 
the  country. 

section  of 

the  northwestern 
the 
province  of  Cambodia  lies  Angkor. 

IN 
' 
Much  has  been  written  about  this  col 
lection  of  ruins  which  is  really  not  in 
bad  condition  considering  the  centuries 
inhabitants 
that  have  passed  since  the 

ALUMNI  DAY 

commencement 

A'DOUBLE  FEATURE"  is  in  store 

for  Michigan  State  alumni  who 
come  back  to  the  campus  for  the 
81st  annual 
program 
which  ends  with  graduation  ceremonies 
on  Monday,  June  12. 
the 
Besides  all  of 

traditional  com 
carnival, 
mencement 
the 
senior  play,  alumni 
luncheon  and 
Sunset  Supper,  baccalaureate  and 
the 
commencement  program—visitors  will 
find  a  campus  undergoing  the  greatest 
building  program  in  its  history. 

activities—water 

There  will  be just  twice  as  many  things 
to  do  as  in  the  past.  Everyone  will  want 
to  see  the  new  million-dollar  auditorium 
which 
is  under  construction  on  Farm 
Lane.  The  million-dollar  men's  gymnas 
ium  and  field  house  near  Demonstra 
tion  hall  will  be  one  of  the  largest  and 
most  modern  athletic  plants  in  the  en 
tire  country.  These  are  only  two  of  the 
eight  buildings  which  are  coming  into 
existence  and  which  will  be  completed 
for  use  during  the  next  school  year. 

to 

Visitors 

the  campus  who 

return 
just  once  a  year  for  the  commencement 
program  will  find  it  hard  to  believe  that 
so  many  changes  could  have  taken  place 
in  the  year  since  they  attended  the  80th 
annual 
last 
June. 

commencement  program 

But  not  all  the  commencement  pro 
gram  will  be  centered  around  new  build 
ings.  First  of  all,  the  alumni  will  find 
on  Saturday  a  full  day's  program  plan 
ned  especially  for 
them,  ending  with 
the  traditional  Sunset  Supper  and  dance 
in  the  Union  building  Saturday  evening. 
Alumni  Day,  on  Saturday,  June  10, 
begins  at  8  a.  m.  with  a  golf  tournament 
at  Walnut  Hills  Country  club,  and  also 
for  early  risers,  beginning  at  8  a.  m.,  is 
registration  and  welcoming  of  alumni 
in 
the  Union  Memorial 
the 
building. 

lobby  of 

class 

reunion 

T HE  golden  anniversary  of  the  Class 
*  of  1889  will  be  celebrated  with 
the 
Patriarch's  club  dinner  at  noon  Satur 
the  Union  building. 
day,  June  10,  in 
Other 
are 
luncheons 
scheduled  to  begin  at  12:30  p.  m.  The 
afternoon's  program  will  include  the  an 
nual  Alumnae  conference  on  home  econ 
omics  in  the  Little  Theater  of  the  Home 
Economics  building  and  various  sports 
programs  on  the  college  athletic  fields. 
Malcolm  Bingay,  Detroit  Free  Press 

C O L L E GE  R E C O RD 

. ..  5 

Let's  Check  The Attractions—Water  Carnival...  Sunset  Supper  . ..  Dance 

. ..  R e u n i o n s . ..  L u n c h e o n s . ..  G o l f . ..  81st Commencement—Let's  Join 

The  Parade  To M. S. C. June 10. 

editorial  writer  and  humorist,  will  be 
the  speaker  at  the  12th  annual  Sunset 
Supper  Saturday  evening. 

Few  alumni  need  to  be  reminded  of 
the  senior  water  carnival  which,  as  al 
ways,  will  again  be  a  part  of  Saturday's 
program.  The  water  carnival  will  be 
presented  at  8:15  p.  m.  on  the  Red  Cedar 
river. 

The  largest  senior  class  in  Michigan 
State's  history  will  be  graduated  in  cere 
monies  in  the  Band  Shell  on  Monday, 
listed  as 
June  12,  with  827  students 
in 
candidates  for  degrees.  This  figure 
cludes  fifty-two  seniors  who  completed 
requirements  for  degrees  at  the  close 
fifty-seven  who  fin 
of  the  Fall  term, 
ished  Winter 
term,  and  718  who  are 
for 
eligible 
degrees  Spring  term.  Six  hundred  and 
seventy  degrees  were  granted 
seniors 
last  year. 

to  complete  requirements 

Commencement  speaker  this  year  will 
be  Dr.  Edward  C.  Elliott,  Purdue  uni 
versity  president,  and  Dr.  Preston  Brad 
ley,  pastor  of  People's  Church,  Chicago, 
will  make  the  baccalaureate  address. 

in 
r^OCTOR  Elliott  is  widely  known 
*^  educational  circles,  and  his  seven 
teen  years  as  president  of  Purdue  uni 
versity  have  been  notable  ones  for  the 
Indiana 
in 
augurated  by  Doctor  Elliott,  the  student 

institution.  Under  policies 

Dr.  E.  C.  Elliott 

. 

. 

recently 

. 
where  he  assisted 
educational  program. 

returned 

from 

in  the  reorganization  of 

the  Philippines 
their 

enrollment  has  more  than  doubled,  the 
number  of  buildings  on  the  campus  and 
adjoining  farms  has  been  doubled,  and 
the  value  of  Purdue  university  property 
has  grown  in  proportion.  Likewise,  Pur 
due  university's  courses  of  study  have 
been  greatly  expanded,  being  practically 
double  those  offered  when  Doctor  Elliott 
became  the  chief  executive. 

r \ O C T OR  Elliott's  educational  "extra 
L^  curricular"  activities  have  brought 
him  into wide prominence, not  only  in  the 
United  States  but 
in  many  countries 
throughout  the  world.  He  recently  re 
turned  from 
the  Philippines  where  he 
assisted  in  reorganization  of  their  educa 
tional  program.  He  is  a  trustee  in  the 
Carnegie  Foundation  for  the  Advance 
ment  of  Teaching,  and  he  holds  many 
honorary  degrees  from  universities  and 
colleges. 

The  baccalaureate 

speaker,  Doctor 
Bradley,  is  a  forceful  and  entertaining 
speaker,  and  each  Sunday  in  his  Chicago 
People's  church  preaches  to  an  audience 
of  more  than  1000  persons.  His  services 
are  broadcast  and  are  familiar  to  radio 
listeners  in  the  Chicago  area.  Besides 
his  church  work,  Doctor  Bradley  is  a 
past  national  president  of  the  Izaak  Wal 
ton  League  of  America,  and  is  a  member 
of  the  Normal  School  board  of  the  State 
three 
of  Illinois.  He  is  the  author  of 
books  and  has  written  numerous  articles 
for  magazines  and  other  publications. 

Other  activities 

in  Michigan  State's 
81st  annual  commencement  program  in 
clude  the  senior  play,  which  will  be  pre 
sented  on  Wednesday  and  Thursday 
nights,  June  7  and  8;  Lantern  Night, 
Tuesday,  June  6;  and  the  college  sing, 
to  be  held  on  Sunday  evening,  June  11. 
The  senior  play  to  be  presented  under 
direction  of  the  Speech  department  this 
year  will  be  Shakespeare's  "The  Taming 
of  the  Shrew." 

The  commencement  program 

is  ar 
ranged  by  a  faculty  committee  headed 
by  Professor  E.  T.  Hallman  of  the  Ani 
mal  Pathology  department;  and  includes 
Dean  E.  L.  Anthony,  Agricultural  divis 
ion  head;  V. R.  Gardner,  experiment  sta 
tion  director;  Miss  Elida  Yakeley,  form 
er  registrar;  and  Professor  M.  M.  Cory, 
of  the  Electrical  Engineering  department. 
Glen  O.  Stewart,  alumni  secreatry,  is 
in  charge  of  arrangements  for  the  Alum 
ni  Day  program,  and  Robert  Ritter,  sen 
ior  Liberal  Arts  student  from  Dundee, 
Michigan,  is  serving  as  chairman  of  the 
student  Senior  Week  committee. 

Summer  School's  25th 
Birthday 

By.  Qoidie  Rene,  '39 

MICHIGAN  STATE  COLLEGES 

Summer  Session  will  be  twenty-
five  years  old  on  June  19  when 
the  doors  swing  open  for  another  six 
weeks  of  study. 

instruction 

Started  in  1914,  when  President  Sny 
der  guarded  the  destiny  of  the  college, 
the  Summer  Session  has  grown  from  an 
enrollment  of  123 to  approximately  1600. 
Professor  E.  H.  Ryder,  now  retired, 
was  the  first  director.  He  recalls  how 
the  session  began  with 
in 
only  three  divisions  of  study—Agricul 
ture,  Home  Economics,  and  Engineering. 
taught 
Twenty  members  of  the  faculty 
courses  designed  primarily  for 
regular 
students.  Later 
instruction  broadened 
in  scope  to  include  teachers,  graduates, 
ministers,  and  other  specialized  groups. 
Since  1936  professor  S.  E.  Crowe  has 
been  director  of  the  Summer  Session. 
A  member  of  the  mathematics  depart 
ment,  Professor  Crowe,  in  addition,  is 
president  of 
the  State  Association  of 
Summer  School  directors,  president  of 
the  State  College  Faculty  club,  vice 
president  of  the  North  Central  Associ 
ation  of  colleges  and  universities  and 
secretary  of  the  M. S.  C.  Student  Lecture 
Course  committee.  "This  summer,"  said 
Director  Crowe,  "there  will  be  160  regu 
lar  and  visiting  faculty  members  who 
will  teach  350  courses  from  the  six  divi 
sions  of  study  and  graduate  school." 

Among  these  courses  will  be  a  cur 
riculum  workshop  designed  for  superin 
tendents,  principals,  and  instructors.  Its 
purpose  will  be  to  show  teachers  and 
supervisors  how  they  can  improve  their 
teaching  methods. 
It  will  be  directed 
by  Dr.  C.  V.  Millard,  of  the  department 
of  education. 

teach 

nell  university,  will  be  here  during  the 
several  marriage 
summer 
to 
is  the  author  of 
courses.  Dr.  Nimkoff 
s e v e r al 
b o o ks  on 
child  -  par-
e  n  t 
rela 
tions  h i ps 
a nd  mar 
riage  prob 
lems. 
L.D. Barn-
hart  of  the 
N a ti  o n  a 1 
Broadcast 
ing  c  o m  -
pany,  Chi-
c  a  g  o,  has 
been  on  the 
c a m p us 
teaching  a 
during 
radio  dramatic  production 
course 
summer 
and  will  remain  here  during 
School.  Mr.  Barnhart  has  produced 
such  skits  as  "Vic  and  Sade",  "Young 
Hickery",  "Girl  Alone",  "Attorney  at 
Law",  "Vocational  Service",  and  "Mary 
Marlin". 

S.  E.  Crowe 

the 
in 

spring 

term 

Other  activities  include  weekly  dances, 
lectures,  dramatic  productions,  sports, 
and  field  trips  to  Detroit  and  other  places 
of  interest. 

Wanted  .  .  . 

Back  copies  of  the  Wolverine.  The 
call  came  from  Athletic  Director  Young 
who  needs  the  1924  and  the  1936  year 
books  to  complete  his  file.  If  you  can 
spare  one  or  both  send  the  package  to 
Director  Young's  office. 

An  outdoor  training  course, 
taught  by  E.  B.  Brauner,  in 
structor  in  art,  will  be  offered 
to  graduate  students  at  Lee-
land,  Michigan,  near  Glen 
Lake.  The  place  has  been 
two  purposes—it 
chosen 
for 
provides  perfect 
landscapes 
for  the  artist,  and  it  is  a  place 
where  vacation  and  work  can 
be  combined. 

Dr.  Myer  F.  Nimkoff,  of  the 
sociology  department  of  Buck-

Movie,  tycut 
^ O A CH  CHARLEY  BACHMAN,  football  coach,  is 
^"»  a  movie  fan—that  is,  a  football  movie  fan.  The 
off  season  finds  Bachman  searching  the  pictures  of 
recent  games  not  only  for  flaws 
in  the  play  of 
opponents,  but  for  material  that  may  help  him  solve 
new  plays  for  the  coming  season.  His  office  is  vir 
tually*  a  projection  room,  for  a  screen  is  available 
on  the  wall  at  all  times  and  a  projector  is  at  his 
right  hand.  Players  who  drop  in  to  visit  him  are 
asked  to  stick  around  and  watch  a  game  they  may 
have  played  months  before. 

Watch 
For  Impostor 

Michigan  State  graduates  and  former 
students  are  warned  of  a  man  posing  as 
a  Mr.  Brewer  or  a  Mr.  Bessey  and  repre 
senting  himself  as  a  friend  of  the  alumni 
secretary. 

in 

lately  has  been  operating 

This  man  has  presented  himself  dur 
ing  the  winter  months 
to  numerous 
Michigan  State  people  in  New  York  city, 
and 
the 
vicinity  of  Lemoyne  and  Harrisburg, 
Pennsylvania.  Frequently  he  has  a  lady 
with  him,  who,  he  claims,  is  his  wife, 
although  she  is  usually  outside  waiting 
for  him  and  seldom  appears  on  the  scene. 
is  usually  modestly  or  poorly 
dressed,  out  of  a  job,  and  attempts  to 
secure  a  loan  of  $3  to  $10.  Recently  he 
has  used  the  ruse  of  having  an  automo 
bile  accident  a few  miles  away  and  need 
ing  some  funds  to  reach  a  certain  desti 
nation,  where  he  states  definitely  a  job 
awaits  him. 

He 

Should  an  individual  of  this  type  con 
tact  you  or  your  alumni  club,  please 
wire  particulars  to  the  alumni  office  at 
once.  He  is  a  man  in  his  late  40's,  about 
5  feet,  10  inches  tall,  weighs  about  160 
pounds,  sandy,  bushy  hair, 
freckled, 
nervous,  interested  in  athletics,  especial 
ly  track  and  football,  and  has  a  very 
"plausible"  manner.  He 
seems  most 
familiar  with  faculty  members  and  stu 
dents  during  1912  to  1917. 

May,  w ' 3 3.  Writes 
Book  On  Advertising 

Don  May,  w'33,  promotional 

layout 
man  for  the  Chicago  Daily  News,  has 
recently  published  a  book,  wi  Roughs, 
which  deals  with  advertising  layout.  The 
publishers  of  the  book  are  Frederick  J. 
Drake  &  Co.,  Chicago.  The  book  is  sold 
not  only  in  America,  but  in  Canada  and 
England. 

In  a  review  which  appeared 

in  the 
Chicago  Daily  News,  March  29,  Mr.  May 
is  referred 
to  as  a  "master  craftsman 
looking  at  you  good  naturedly  over  his 
glasses  and  attempting  in  his  own  way 
to  tell  you  what  makes 
the 
wheels  go  round."  The  writer, 
a  practical  advertising  man, 
claims  no  pretense  to  genius, 
turned  out  a  book 
but  has 
which 
by 
newspapermen  to  anyone  con 
templating  an  advertising  ca 
reer  and  to  the  professional. 
After  l e a v i ng  Michigan 
State  college,  Mr.  May  attend 
ed  the  American  Academy  of 
Arts  and  at  the  same  time  be 
came  associated  with  many 
well  known  advertising  men. 

recommended 

is 

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"Spring  Dance" 

Speech  and  dramatics  of  the  Liberal  Arts  division 

organized 
departments  on  the  campus.  Here  you  see  a  view  from  the  dramatic  production,  "Spring  Dance,"  staged 
April  12,  13,  14.  Left  to  right:  Ruth  Taylor,  Albion;  Robert  Whitsit,  Highland  Park;  Helen  Beatte, 
Howell;  Merritt  Reeves,  Detroit;  Jean  Fjetland,  Lansing;  Carleton  Avery,  Oakland;  Norma  Rankin, 
East  Lansing. 

is  one  of 

the  most 

rcently 

Presenting 
Liberal  Arts  Division 

eaK  J..  Q. &mm&wl 

THE  COLLEGE  is  now  eighty-two 

years  of  age.  Throughout  sixty-four 
of  these  years  it  served  as  a  purely 
technical  college  catering  only  to  those 
who  wished  to  learn  more  about 
the 
agricultural  and  engineering  professions 
and  domestic  arts. 

The  men  and  women  who  lighted  the 
pathway  of  the  institution  in  its  infancy 
recognized  from  the  beginning  the  im 
portance  of  the  fundamental  sciences  and 
certain  of  the  purely  cultural  studies  in 
the  educational  program  of  technically 
trained  workers.  They  seem  to  have  had 
the  vision  that  a  well  balanced  educa 
tional  program  must  contribute  in  equal 

measure  to  training  for  productive  enter 
prise  and  to  developing  an  appreciative 
understanding  of  the  arts  and  sciences 
that  will  enable  one  to  live  gloriously 
and 
to  become  a  useful  member  of 
society. 

It  is  to  the  enduring  credit  of  those 
early  educational  pioneers  that  strong 
departments  in  the  fields  of  chemistry, 
botany,  physics,  English,  mathematics, 
and  history  have  become  a  part  of  the 
college  from  its  earliest  days.  To  these 
departments  there  have  been  added  other 
departments  in  the  field  of  science  and 
departments  in  the  fields  of  economics, 
foreign  language,  sociology,  psychology, 

Dean  Emmons 
" . ..  appointment  of  the  best  available  teaching 
talent 
is  something  we  owe  to  the  young  men 
and  young  women  who  come  to  us  for  training." 

Editor's  Note:  This  is  the  sixth  of  a  series 
of  articles  dealing  with  the  Divisions  of  Study 
at  Michigan  State  college. 
In  the  next  issue  of 
the  Record  an  article  describing  the  All-College 
division  will  be  published. 
It  will  conclude  the 
series. 

C O L L E GE  R E C O RD 

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speech  and  dramatics,  music,  art,  and 
journalism. 

in 

the 

r OR 
the  first  sixty  years  or  more  of 
• t he  college's  life  the  single  purpose  of 
these  various  departments  was  to  con 
tribute  to  the  education  of  students  en 
rolled 
technical  curricula.  As 
these  curricula  grew,  larger  staffs  in  both 
the  scientific  and 
liberal  departments 
were  required.  Among  them  there  de 
veloped  a  restlessness  to  offer  curricula 
designed  primarily  to  train  students  who 
might  wish  to  specialize  in  these  fields. 
Out  of  this  came  the  establishment  of  the 
Division  of  Applied  Science  in  1921  and 
the  Division  of  Liberal  Arts  in  1924. 
Now,  less  than  twenty  years  later,  the 
enrollment  in  these  two  divisions  repre 
sents  just  about  one-half  of  the  whole 
college. 

The  rapidly  increasing  enrollment  in 
these  fields  seems  to  substantiate 
the 
opinion  that  there  was  a  need  for  this 
development.  The  Liberal  Arts  division 
has  always  held  unswervingly  to  the  be 
lief  that  its  first  objective  is  to  serve 
the 
offering 
courses  which,  combined  with  the  re 
quired 
technical  courses,  round  out  a 
well  ordered  education. 

divisions  by 

technical 

But  such  a  program  does  not  furnish 
sufficient  challenge  to  attract  men  of 
high  quality  to  the  staff  or  to  hold  them 
once  they  are  here.  Such  men  need  the 
opportunity  to  work  with  students  inter 
ested  primarily  in  their  special  fields  and 
to  present  the  more  advanced  courses  in 
these  fields. 

QROVIDING  this  opportunity  has  made 
*  it  possible  to  attract  to the  staffs  of  the 
various  departments  many  outstanding 
men  and  women.  Most  of  these  are  just 
entering  upon  careers  of  productive 
scholarship.  They  are  writing  scholarly 
journals,  they 
articles  for  professional 
are  appearing  on  programs  at  educa 
tional  meetings,  and  they  are  publishing 
textbooks  and  books  of  general  interest. 
Such  activity  brings  acclaim  to  the  col 
lege  and  has,  I  believe,  been  partly  re 
sponsible  for 
recognition 
the  general 
accorded  Michigan  State  college  in  the 
academic  world. 

But  our  chief  concern  as  we  choose 
new  staff  members  is  to  discover  good 
teachers.  The  appointment  of  the  best 
available  teaching  talent  is something  we 
owe  to  the  young  men  and  young  women 
who  come  to  us  for  training.  There  is 
evidence 
considerable  miscellaneous 
testifying  to  a  steady  and  general  im 
provement  in  the  quality  of  the  teaching 
of  staff  members.  This  is  particularly 
gratifying  to  college  officials. 

If  we  turn  to  new  developments  since 
the  Liberal  Arts  division  was  establish 
ed,  we  should  first  call  attention  to  the 
Business  Administration  course,  estab 
lished  in  1925.  In  1927  came  the  estab 

lishment  of  courses 
in  Public  School 
Music  and  Hotel  Administration.  These 
curricula,  placed  in  the  Liberal  Arts  div 
in  student 
ision,  have  grown  rapidly 
elections  and  have  become 
important 
factors  in  the  training  of  students. 

The  growth  in  each  of  the  curricula 

is  shown  in  the  following  tabulation: 

L. A. 

Number 
B. A. 

of  S 
H. A 

tudents 

Music 

Year 
1925  _ 
1920 ... 
1927 
1928 
1929  _ 
1930 
1931 _ 
1932 
1933  _ 
1934 
1935 
1936 
1937 
1938  . 
1939  _ 

Total 
335 
901 
901 
..  1046 
1031 
_ 1091 
1104 

..  709 

901  . 
1043 
683 
663 .. 

...  290 
333 
_  310 

MS  ... 
..: 281  .... 

...  672 
...  740 
719 
.  688  . 
866 
904 _ 
939 
.  1070 
1133 

266 
328  . 

....  380 

... 437 
...  512 
.... 602 

22 
34 
34 
37 
31 
34 
47 . 
65 
83 
114 . 
130 . 

...  36 
SI 
....  88  ..... 
115 
102  ... 
80 ... 
69 .... 
68  . .. 
.....  91  ... 
... .  94 .... 
95 

1197 
. 1137 
1068 
1209 

1417 
1462 
1790 
. 1960 

liberal 
These  figures  show  how  the 
and  cultural  studies  have  appealed 
to 
students.  But  they  do  not  show  how  the 
enrollment  of  students  from  the  techni 
cal  divisions  who  are  required  to  take 
some  of  these  courses,  and  who  elect 
many  others,  have  increased  the  teach 
ing  load  of  the  Liberal  Arts  division. 

Such  courses  as  Appreciation  of  Music, 
Introduction 
to  the  Arts,  International 
Relations,  Labor  Problems,  and  courses 
in  speech,  sociology,  psychology  and 
many  others,  are  in  such  demand  that 
the  problem  of  providing  a  sufficient 
number  of  well  qualified  teachers  is  be 
coming  increasingly  difficult. 

The  Liberal  Arts  division  is  proud  to 
have  had  a  part  in  the  establishment 
and  development  of  a  concert  course  that 
is  the  equal  of  any  other  in  the  country; 
of  a  lecture  course  that  brings  an  excel 
lent  array  of  talent  to  the  attention  of 
the  whole  student  body:  of  a  series  of 
dramatic  productions  that  any  other  col 
lege  might  be  proud  to  sponsor;  of  a 
band  with  a  national  reputation;  of  fre 
quent  art  exhibits  of  interest  to  every 
one. 

I T  also  takes  pride  in  the  fact  that  it  is 
'  carrying  a  public  school  music  pro 
to  every  rural  school  pupil  m 
gram 
it 
eighteen  counties  in  the  state;  that 
participates  effectively 
in  the  research 
program  of  the  college  through  the  de 
partments  of  economics,  sociology  and 
mathematics;  that  through  all  of  its  de 
partments  it  carries  on  an  effective  pro 
gram  of  teaching  for  all  students  in  the 
college. 

A  recent  survey  shows  that  practically 
every  alumnus  and  alumna  who  want 
employment 
employed. 
are  gainfully 
Among  them  are  found  artists,  preach 
ers,  teachers,  accountants,  lawyers,  os 
teopaths,  business  men, clerks,  oil-station 
operators,  college  presidents,  newspaper 

In 

and  musicians. 

reporters,  insurance  salesmen,  hotel  op 
general 
erators, 
they  are  satisfactorily  placed.  A  few 
are  dissatisfied  and  we  are  trying 
to 
help  them.  But  on  the  whole  they  dis 
play  a  love  and 
loyalty  for  Michigan 
State  that  is  gratifying.  They  appear  to 
be  a  living  demonstration  of  the  fact 
that  the  prinicpal  objectives  of  the  cur 
ricula  are  being  attained  —  the  pre 
paration  of  students  for  the  enjoyment 
of  living  and  for  their  intelligent  func 
tioning  as  useful  members  of  society. 

A  WORD  about  the  future  of  Liberal 
**  Arts  should  be  said.  Through  all 
these  years  the  several  departments  have 
been  housed  entirely  in  buildings  given 
up  by  other  services  as  these  moved  on  to 
better  quarters.  But  now  some  depart 
ments  are  to  be  housed  in  new  buildings. 
The  Department  of  Music  will  move  in 
to  its  new  building,  one  of  the  most 
In 
modern  in  the  country,  in  the  fall. 
the  new 
the 
theater  will  be  housed 
Department  of  Speech  and  Dramatics. 
the  work 
these  new  facilities 
of  the  whole  division  will  be  greatly 
strengthened  and 
for 
service  to  the  whole  college  materially 
enhanced. 

its  opportunity 

With 

Around 
The  Campus 

Inter-Fraternity 
Five  hundred  fraternity  members  rep 
resenting 
colleges 
fifteen  midwestern 
attended  the  1939  Inter-fraternity  three-
day  convocation  held  at  Michigan  State 
college.  Judge  Sam  Street  Hughes  of  the 
Lansing  Municipal  court  addressed  the 
group.  Round 
table  discussions  were 
held,  with  Jack  Cameron  of  Sault  Ste. 
Marie.  Clare  Jensen  of  Edmore.  and 
Howard  Taylor  of  Cass  City  in  charge. 

Lectures,  Concert 
speakers  on 

Recent 

the  Michigan 
State  student 
lecture  series  were  Dr. 
George  Earle  Raiguel,  well-known 
traveller  and  authority  on  national  and 
international  affairs;  Aubrey  Williams, 
executive  director  of  the  National  Youth 
administration;  and  Max  Gene  Nohl. 
professional  diver  who  has  done  much 
marine  salvage,  underseas  exploration, 
and  photographic  work.  Efrem  Zinmbal-
ist,  one  of  the  world's  most  famous  viol 
inists,  played 
in  a  joint  concert  here 
with  the  M.  S.  C.  symphony  orchestra 
during  the  college  concert  series.  Pro 
grams  were  also  given  by  the  Danish, 
contralto,  Engel  Lund;  Francis  Aranyi, 
Hungarian  violinist  and  member  of  the 
college  music  faculty;  and  Marjorie  Law 
rence,  soprano,  one  of 
the  youngest 
prima  donnas  of  the  Metropolitan  opera. 

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S T A TE 

Glote.  Beilde 

<7Ue  WuubUuj,  Geda* 

Blue  Key 

Blue  Key, 

junior  men's  honorary 
fraternity,  awarded  a  silver  loving  cup 
to  Johnny  Pingel,  All-American  half 
back,  as  the  "Outstanding  Spartan"  at 
the  Temple  university-Michigan  State 
basketball  game.  The  cup  was  awarded 
by  President  Robert  S.  Shaw.  Out  of  a 
possible  fifty  points,  based  on  scholar 
ship,  athletic  ability,  esteem,  mainten 
ance,  and 
activities, 
extra-curricular 
Pingel  polled  forty-one  votes. 

Green  Helmet 

Final  approval  of  the  constitution  for 
the  Green  Helmet,  new 
sophomore 
men's  honorary,  was  granted  by  the  Stu 
dent  council  recently.  As  both  a  service 
the  organiza 
and  honorary  fraternity, 
tion  not  only  will  aim 
recognize 
to 
sophomore  men  for  high  scholarship  but 
will  assist  freshmen 
in  college  adjust 
ments  and  campus  activities. 

Members  are  chosen  from  sophomore 
men  who  have  completed  three 
terms 
of  freshman  work  with  a  scholastic  av 
erage  of  2.2  or  above.  Leadership  abil 
ity  and  activities  also  will  be  considered. 
Officers  are:  Richard  Groening  of  Lud-
ington,  president;  John  Lifsey  of  Flint, 
vice  president;  and  Jack  Kingscott  of 
East  Lansing,  secretary-treasurer. 

Awards 

Highest  awards  given  yearly  by  the 
Ag  council  for  scholarship  and  activities 
were  presented  to  Rudolph  Yovonovitz, 
Gary,  Ind.,  forestry  senior,  and  James  G. 
Mitchell,  senior  Ag  engineering  major 
from  Holly,  at  the  All-Ag  Achievement 
banquet.  Yovonovitz  won  his  honor  for 
excelling  in  all  scholastic  work,  while 
for 
the  award 
participation  in  student  activities. 

to  Mitchell  was  given 

Frances  Elliott,  sophomore  veterinary 
student  from  Coloma,  became  the  first 
woman  in  many  years  to  win  the  award 

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for  highest  scholarship  during  her  fresh 
man  year.  Miles  Newell,  Dearborn  soph 
omore,  won  the  Alpha  Zeta  scholarship 
cup  for  highest  grades  among  men  stu 
dents  during  his  freshman  year.  Rob 
ert  Orwick,  two-year  short  course  man 
from  Arlington,  Ohio,  was  honored  as 
the  outstanding  short  course  student  in 
scholarship  and  activities. 

Water  Carnival 

Fred  Arnold,  senior  Ag  student  from 
Irvington,  N.  Y.,  chairman  of  this  year's 
Water  Carnival,  recently  announced  the 
theme,  "Quests,"  for  the  first  prize  in 
the  theme  contest.  It  was  submitted  joint 
ly  by  Ruth  Kittredge,  Home  Economics 
sophomore  from  Detroit,  and  William 
from 
L.  Dewey,  Liberal  Arts 
Flint.  The  story  of  the  great  "Quests" 
of  men  will  be  portrayed 
in  colorful 
floats  during  the  Water  Carnival. 

junior, 

Oratory 

Jack  Dunn,  junior  horticultural  major 
from  Honolulu,  won  first  place  in  the 
recent  men's  oratory  contest  at  the  Pi 
Kappa  Delta  provincial  tournament  held 
at  the  University  of  Kent,  Kent,  Ohio. 
His  topic,  "The  49th  State",  was  based 
on  a  plea  for  Hawaiian  statehood.  Dunn 
won  first  place  in  the  state  intercollegiate 
oratorical  contest  at  Grand  Rapids 
in 
March. 

National  Executive 

Nancy  Farley,  '38, was  recently  elected 
national  executive  secretary  of  the  In 
tercollegiate  Associated  Women  students 
at  the  IAWS  convention  at  Lawrence, 
Kan.  Three  representatives  of  the  Mich 
igan  State  Chapter  of  AWS  attended 
the  convention.  They  were:  Marion  Paten 
of  East  Lansing,  next  year's  president; 
Barbara  Sears  of  Birmingham,  next 
year's  vice  president;  and  George  Ann 
Shaw,  of  Rapid  City,  AWS  representa 
tive. 

Seniors 

for 

Committee  chairmen 

this  year's 
senior  activities  were  named 
recently 
by  Robert  Ritter,  Liberal  Arts  student 
from  Dundee  and  general  chairman. 
They  are: 
invitation,  John  Marshall, 
Kingston;  senior  dances,  Norman  Jones, 
Grand  Rapids;  swing  out,  Dale  Ball, 
Howell;  lantern  night,  Virginia  Thomp 
son,  Detroit;  senior  play,  Doris  McMehn, 
Detroit,  and  Maxine  Rouse,  Mason;  caps 
and  gowns,  Lois  Land,  Royal  Oak;  and 
class  memorial,  Gertrude  BrummelhofT, 
Grand  Rapids. 

New  Sorority  Home 

Students  and  faculty  were  invited  to 
the  open  house  of  the  Alpha  Phi  sorority 
at  606  M.  A.  C.  avenue  recently  for  in 
spection  of 
the  new  building.  Local 
alumnae  of  the  sorority  were  in  charge, 
with  Mrs.  Charles  Parish  as  general 
chairman.  Co-chairmen  of 
the  active 
members  assisting  were  Lottie  Lee  Law-
son  of  Lansing  and  Betty  Dewey  of  Bay 
City. 

Elections 

At  the  recent  all-college  election,  the 
juniors  chose  as  their  student  council 
representatives  Dick  Nahstoll  of  East 
Lansing,  Samuel  Yeiter  of  Lowell  and 
William  H.  Smith  of  Muskegon.  Soph 
omores  chose  Chester  Kennedy  of  Royal 
Oak  and  Richard  Groening  of  Luding-
ton.  Freshmen 
elected  Robert  Page 
of  Rockland.  Union  board  officers  are: 
juniors,  James  B.  Kelly  of  Coopersville, 
Neele  S.  Barner  of  South  Haven,  and 
Emily  Telford  of  East  Lansing;  soph 
omores,  Margaret  Andre  of  Huntington 
Woods  and  Donald  Brandow  of  Ottawa. 
James  Keith  of  Ecorse  was  elected  fresh 
man  class  president;  Ruth  Hazard  of 
Grand  Rapids,  vice  president;  Martha 
Jane  Browne  of  Detroit,  secretary;  and 
Robert  Sherman  of  Lansing,  treasurer. 

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faculty  members 

in  1900  only 

the  A d m i n i s t r a t i on  building,  w as 

the  twenty-one 

Of 
library,  now 

old 
Professor  Gunson  discovered 
now  h a n gs 
college  president,  J.  R.  Williams,  and 

the  club  rooms 

in 

the  rare  view  and  g a ve 
the  U n i o n. 

The 

in 

two  are 
found 
in 
it 

living.  They 
the  U n i on 
to  Mr.  Hedrick. 

large  portrait  on 
former 

faculty 

are  Professor  Taft  and  Professor  Hedrick. 

basement  w h en  remodelled  several  years  ago 
In  turn  Author  Hedrick  presented 

This  picture, 

the 
for  d i n i ng  and  reading  rooms. 
it  to  the  State  College  club.  The  picture 
first 

the  right 

taken 

the 

in 

is 

the  wall 

is  T.  C.  Abbot,  second  college  president.  On 

left,  J.  C.  Holmes, 

and  State  Board  member. 

I  Remember  These  Things 
Bf  IV.  0. Jle&uch,  '9f 

"Grow  old  along  with  me 
The  best  is  yet  to  be" 

SO  WROTE  BROWNING  seventy-

five  years  ago  in  his  poem,  Rabbi 
Ben  Ezra.  And  so  writes  Michi 
gan  State  college  in  her  album  of  history. 
If  you're  in  doubt  compare  the  college 
of  today  with  that  of  1900. 

No  other  contrast  in  a  school's  history 
comes  to  mind  more  readily  than  that 
of  size.  Many  other  things  are  more 
in  magnitude 
important,  but  contrasts 
are  the  most  obvious.  The  graduating 
class  at  commencement  on  June  12  will 
be  827,  which  is  larger  than  the  entire 
student  body  in  1900, with  an  enrollment 
of  425,  and  over  half  of  these  freshmen. 

The  graduating  class  of  that  year  totaled 
only  twenty.  The  faculty  members,  asso 
ciate  professors  and  above 
rank, 
numbered  twenty-two  as  compared  with 
108  now,  while  the  disparity  in  teaching 
staffs  between  the  periods  was  equally 
marked. 

this 

Some  translocation  records  may  help 
to  show  the  change  in  looks  between 
then  and  now.  The  main  college  entrance 
had  been  moved  in  1900 from  the  campus 
to  a  point  on 
corner  nearest  Lansing 

like 

this,  but, 

Grand  River  avenue,  only  a  block  west 
of  the  present  official  Union  building 
entrance.  No  State  Board  action,  cf 
course,  proclaimed 
so 
many  things  upon  a  college  campus,  an 
unofficial  action  brought  it  to  pass.  Doz 
ens  of  times  the  writer  has  seen  perfect 
in  cement 
landscape  skill 
patterns  of 
walks  brought  to  nought  simply  by  the 
students'  desire  to  walk  elsewhere.  So 
with  college  entrances,  they  shift  with 
the  shifting  needs  of  students  for  speedy 
access  to  wherever  they  want  to  go.  The 
one  opposite  M.  A.  C.  avenue  is  now 
growing  in  popularity.  The  existence  of 
any  improved  walks  upon  the  campus 
of  any  sort  had  preceded  1900  by  only 
a  scant  half  decade. 

10  .  .  .  M I C H I G AN  STATE 

ftla  2>eand  tit  1900 

. . ..  152  Gauitel 

an  tke 

1900 

Bulletin 

Baald 

.

.

.. 

1,450 

Jlilted 

tit  ^laAcn}'*, 

Gataloifue. 

GlaMel 

tf-iue.  2>ayd  a  Week. 

student 

The  great 

strike  of  1903 
stressed  a  further  yearning  on  the  part 
of  students  for  freedom  and  resistance 
on  the  part  of  teachers.  The  successful 
sedative  to  youthful  life  now  found  in 
plenty  of  athletics  and  plenty  of  social 
life  had  not  fully  revealed  itself  in  1900. 
Not  fully,  indeed,  since  the  authorities 
still  made  rules  for  governing  student 
deportment. 

in 

QOME  of  these  were  violated 
the 
"^  Autumn  of  1903,  and  an  entire  class 
five-year  sophomores  was  expelled. 
cf 
Their  cause  was  championed  by 
the 
whole student  body, and  a sit-down  strike 
ensued.  That  is,  students  abstained  from 
attending  classes  for  a  weak.  There  was 
much  "tenting  on  the  old  camp  ground" 
during  the  week 
in  question,  but  not 
many  "songs  of  cheer." 

Scarcely  one  of  the  many  inhibitions 
which  stirred  the  breasts  of  their  pre 
decessors  disturb  in  any  way  the  feel 
ings  of  today's  student.  The  dream  or 
Tennyson  a  century  ago  "that  the  minds 
of  men  would  broaden  with  the  process 
local 
of  the  sun"  has  seemingly  had 
application  in  East  Lansing. 

There  were  no  sororities  or  fraterni 
ties  at  State  in  1900.  The  two  early  fra 
ternities,  whose  origin  was  nearly  co 
incident  with  that  of  the  college  and 
to  which  many  of  the  older  alumni  be 
longed,  fell  out  with  the  faculty  in  the 
nineties,  and  suffered  extinction  there 
there  was  little  in  1900 
from.  Indeed 
that  fraternities  could  give  students  who 
already  lived  together 
in  dormitories, 
and  had  many  open  societies  for  both 
sexes.  Fraternity  members 
anyway 
discriminated 
have  been 
would 
in 
against  by  open  society  members 
campus  politics 
lot 
that  a  doubtful 
would  have  been  there  even  if  no  fac 
(Continued  on  page  13) 
ulty  ban  pre- 

so 

his  predecessor  of  1900.  A  specialized 
type  of  school,  such  as  State  was  from 
the  beginning,  must  do  things  to  stress 
its  specialty.  The  student  desiring  a 
resented 
well  balanced  cultural  meal 
fiercely 
the  many  things  he  must  take 
in  order  to  get  what  he  wanted. 

Up  to  the  very  eve  of  1900  all  stu 
dents  did  two  or  more  hours  of  manual 
labor  every  school  day  on  the  farm  or 
in  the  shop.  This  college  was  accepted 
by  the  Federal  government  in  the  very 
midst  of  pre-Civil  War  distractions,  and 
this  peculiar  curricular  adornment  wss 
adopted,  rumor  declares,  for  the  purpose 
of  showing  sympathy  with  manual  labor 
which  the  slave-holding  southerner  de 
spised.  But  State  students  hated 
this 
a  perfect 
labor  course  with 
manual 
hatred. 

students.  These 

A  GAIN,  a  specialized  school  stressing 
**  special  subjects  made  nearly  all  of 
its  subjects  required.  This  was  also  re 
sented  by 
required 
courses  in  the  main  were  "just  so  many 
hurdles  to  jump"  before  one  could  get 
what  he  really  wanted.  Forty  years  ago 
military  drill  was  rather  scowled  at  by 
students,  though  the  "write  off"  here  was 
not  a  complete  loss. This  was  true  since  a 
possible  officer's  sword  dangled  before 
every  zealot  while  some  compensation 
was  found  in  the  joys  of  dressing  up  in 
uniform.  The  Great  War  gave  military 
drills  a  more  practical  aspect  than 
it 
had  before  possessed  and  has  reconciled 
probably  not  a  few  to  its  rigors. 

campus 

The  main  college  building  in  1900— 
College  Hall  —  stood  where  Beaumont 
Tower  now  stands,  and  was  destined  to 
the  unique  experience  of  falling  down 
and  becoming  a  dust  heap  one  August 
afternoon  during  wartime.  A  men's 
dormitory  —  Williams  Hall  —  occupied 
the  place  of  the  present  library;  the  col 
lege  barns  were  where  the  Agricultural 
building  is  now  located;  and  the  athletic 
field  and  drill  grounds  were  in  front  of 
the  present  gymnasium. 
kk  OST  of  the  professors  lived  on  the 
in  1900,  two  only  doing 
'" 
otherwise. Two apartment  houses, one  for 
married  people  located  where  the  Home 
Economics  building  now  stands  and  the 
other 
for  male  bachelors  situated  a 
stone's  throw  west  of  the  present  Union 
building,  have  long  since  disappeared. 
All  the  students  roomed  in  dormitories 
—that  for  women  being 
the  present 
music  building",  Abbot  Hall.  Of  course, 
there  was  no  East  Lansing  in  1900,  no 
more  than  five  buildings  of  any  sort 
being  north  of  Grand  River 
avenue 
(M  16)  within  the  present  city  limits. 
Where  500 
and  business 
the  ground,  barren 
blocks  now  cover 
fields,  swamps  and  scrubby  forests  then 
prevailed, 
and 
snakes. 

inhabited  by  squirrels 

residences 

In 

A  less  replete  intellectual  meal  was 
offered  student  customers  in  1900  than 
is  now  the  case.  The  Agricultural,  the 
Engineering  and  the  Home  Economics 
bills  of  fare  were  all  that  were 
then 
available.  This  number  has  been  added 
to  by  Veterinary  Science,  Applied  Sci 
ence  and  Liberal  Arts. 
the  main 
delicacies  of  each  of  these  are  presented 
after  the  a  la  carte  fashion,  but  with  not 
a  few  table  de  hote  temptations  designed 
to  save  the  student  mental  exertion  in 
selections.  About  152  dishes 
making 
were  advertised  on 
the  1900  bulletin 
board,  while  1,453  were  displayed  on 
the  pages  of  the  last  college  announce 
ment.  The  calorie  and  vitamin  count  of 
this  mental  diet  is  estimated  amply  by 
officials  who  administer  it,  but  as  trade 
increases  there  is somewhat  less of  verbal 
appeal  than  was  true  at  the  century's 
turn. 
A  CUSTOMER'S  history  of  the  M.  S.  C. 
^^  mental  refreshment  place  during  the 
past  four  decades  would  naturally  differ 
from  that  of  the  employees.  The  student 
would  doubtless  lay  emphasis  upon  the 
greater 
freedom  which  now  prevails 
than  was  formerly  the  case.  He  is  now 
kept  less  in  a  straight  jacket  than  was 

C O L L E GE  R E C O RD 

. .. 

II 

College  Hall 
The  center  for  all  classroom  study  for  many  years.  Today  beautiful  Beaumont  Tower  marks 

the  site  of  College  Hall,  built  in  1856. 

Review 

George  Owen  stole  home 
break  a  3-3  tie. 

to 

The 

team 

is  being  capably 
led  by  Co-Captains  Sam  Nuznov 
and  Allen  Diebold.  Both  are  good  base 
ball  players  who  try  at  all  times.  Coach 
Kobs  has  had  trouble  with  two  positions 
nearly  all  spring.  He  has  been  unable 
to  decide  on  a  right  fielder  and  a  catch 
er.  At  this  point  it  seems  that  George 
Stark,  of  Detroit,  will  be  the  first  string 
catcher  but  the  outfield  job  is  wide  open. 
Development  of  two  sophomore  infield-
ers  has  pleased  Kobs.  Casmer  Klewicki 
has  won  the  job  at  third  base  and  Nor 
man  Duncan  at  shortstop.  Lettermen 
Leroy  Schiefler  and  Gene  Ciolek  were 
thus  displaced.  George  Owens  has  mov 
ed  to  second  base.  Diebold  plays  center 
and  Dahlstrom  in 

left. 

Track 

Two  men  have  stood  out  in  the  track 
developments  outdoors.  Co-Capt.  Wil 
bur  Greer  swept  everything  until  he 
pulled  a  muscle  at  the  Kansas  Relays 
and  finished  second  to  Moselle  Ellerbee, 
the  Tuskegee  sprinter  who  was  his 
American  teammate  on  an  A.A.U.  tour 
of  Europe  last  summer.  The  other  stand 
out  is  Walter  Arrington,  colored  sopho 
more  from  Pelham  Bay,  L.  I. 

Greer  equalled  the  world's  record  of 
:07.4  in  winning  the  75-yard  dash  at 

12  .  .  .  M I C H I G AN  STATE 

a  winning  percentage.  Coach  Kobs 
watched  his  lads  win  four  games  and 
lose  three.  They  defeated  Georgia,  5  to 
4,  South  Carolina,  10  to  5,  and  won  two 
from  West  Virginia,  7-5  and  6-4.  On 
the  debit  side  of  the  ledger  were  losses 
to  Georgia,  2-3;  Duke  university,  0-3 
and  Wake  Forest,  0-1.  George  Monroe, 
veteran  relief  pitcher,  bore  most  of  the 
burden.  Paul  Derrickson, 
sophomore 
fullback  on  the  football  team,  began  to 
develop  as  the  first  string  pitcher. 

Back  home,  the  team  was  rained  out 
of  two  games  with  Ohio  State  and  al 
most 
two  straight  weeks  of  practice. 
Cold  and  rain  retarded  all  the  spring 
sports.  The  team  came  up  to  the  open 
ing  home  game  with  Michigan  Normal 
to  lose  a  11-13  decision.  It  was  the  kind 
of  a  game  to  be  expected  from  a  team 
that  had  enjoyed  only  one  day  of  out 
door  practice  in  two  weeks. 

Coach  Kobs  took  his  team 

to  Ann 
Arbor  to  carve  out  a  6-3  victory.  Der 
rickson  pitched 
this  game.  Although 
out-hit,  the  team  played  heads  up  base 
to  win. 
ball  and  came  from  behind 

letter  this  spring  as  the 

Co-Captains 
Allen  Diebold,  left,  Jackson  senior,  is  winning 
his  sixth  major 
team's 
leading  outfielder.  He  was  the  varsity  quarter 
back  for 
the  baseball 
captaincy  with  Sam  Nuznov.  Nuznov,  Dear 
the 
born  senior,  has  played  a  fast  first  base  for 
Spartans 
is  co-
two  seasons  and 
captain  of  the 

three  seasons.  He  shares 

this  year 

team. 

for 

dif,  Qe&iae  /ttdentcm 

I F  COACH  JOHN  KOBS  of  the  base 

ball  team  had  a  kingdom  he  would 
to  trade  it  for  a 
not  be  tempted 
horse—but  he  would  gladly  give  it  for 
a  first  class  pitcher.  Lack  of  good  pitch 
ing  is  a  serious  problem.  Loss  of  Glen 
Rankin  and  Ray  Dahlstrom,  star  sopho 
more  pitchers 
the 
chances  for  a  winning  season. 

last  year,  has  hit 

Rankin  yielded  to  the  Cleveland  Ind 
ians  and  was  assigned  to  a  farm  team 
and  Dahlstrom  injured  his  arm.  The  lat 
ter  is  playing  regularly  in  left  field  be 
cause  of  his  hitting  ability. 

The  team  came  out  of  the  south  with 

the  Illinois  relays  and  was  only  one-
in  winning 
the  world  mark 
tenth  off 
the  100-yard  dash  at  the  Texas  relays 
in  :09.5.  This  last  was  his  best  perform 
ance  and  marked  him  clearly  as  one  of 
the  world's  greatest  sprinters.  At  Chi 
cago  he  won  an  Olympic  sprint  series  of 
three  races  at  40,  50  and  60-yards  to 
gain  a  diamond  medal.  His  lone  defeat 
was  in  the  60-yard  event  after  he  had 
cinched  the  series  victory  by  finishing 
first  in  the  40  and  50-yard  races. 

Arrington,  a jumper  and  hurdler,  broke 
the  oldest  existing  varsity  record  when 
he  leaped  6  ft.  1%  in.  in  the  Purdue 
dual  meet.  This  replaced  the  mark  of 
6  ft.  1  in.  which  Chester  Lord  estab 
lished 
'way  back  in  1912,  seven  years 
before  Arrington  was  born.  The  sopho 
more  star  gave  promise  of  fine  things 
when  he  finished  second  in the  all-around 
championship  at  the  Illinois  relays.  He 
was  second 
the 
in  the  high 
Penn  relays  with  a  leap  of  6  ft.  ZV%  in. 
The  team  appears  stronger  outdoors 
than  it  did  during  the  winter.  A  dual 
meet  victory  over  Purdue,  76  1/6 
to 
54  5/6,  was  satisfying  to  Coach  Ralph 
H.  Young.  A  four-mile  relay  team  com 
posed  of  Roy  Fehr,  Dick  Frey,  Bill 
Mansfield  and  Glen  Van  Auken  won  at 
the  Kansas  Relays.  Fehr  also  triumph 
ed  in  a  1,000-yard  sprint  at  the  Illinois 
Relay  carnival. 

jump  at 

Golf 

through  graduation 

Last  year  State  had  a  golf  team  that 
lost  only  one  match  all  season.  Capt.  Ed. 
Flowers  of  that  team  went  out  to  win 
championship 
amateur 
the  Michigan 
during  the  summer.  Loss  of  Tom  Brand 
and  Flowers 
left 
only  Warren  Tansey  and  Roy  Nelson  for 
this  spring.  Coach  Ben  Van  Alstyne 
from 
has  settled  on  Arthur  Kerkau, 
Essexville,  and  Stanley  Kowal,  of  New 
York  Mills,  N. Y.,  as  new  team  members. 
Kowal's  older  brother,  Hank,  once  won 
fame  at  Colgate.  Lack  of  a  home  course 
is  a  handicap  to  the  team. 

Jenison  Fieldhouse 

Naming  of  the  new  men's  gymnas 
fieldhouse,  which  will  cost 
ium  and 
$1,020,000,  for  Fred  A.  Jenison,  w'07, 
honors  a  man  who  willed  his  entire  for 
tune  to  the  college. Jenison  left  an  estim 
ated  $250,000  to  be  disposed  of  by  the 
State  Board  of  Agriculture  and  this  will 
be  used 
the  gigantic 
structure.  It  will  be  the  most  modern 
and  completely  equipped  college  build 
ing  of  its  kind  in  the  world.  Contract  for 
construction  has  been  made  and  plans 
call  for  it  to  be  completed  by  Jan.  1. 
Adverse  weather  conditions  retarded  the 
progress  of  the  construction  of  the  base 
ment  during  the  past  few  months. 

in  completing 

C O L L E GE  R E C O RD 

. .. 

13 

9  (letPtetnJtefi,  ^lUeAe  ^UUUJA, 
(Continued  from  page  11) 

vailed. 
It  was  only  after  the  war  that 
they  were  resumed,  and  the  extent  of 
this  increase  marks  their  present  popu 
larity. 

oldest  social  institution,  the  college  yell, 
prefaced  by  "uz  uz,"  were  as  hidden 
as  to  their  origins  in  1900  as  at  present. 
They  seem  to  have  been  here  always. 

T HE  war  was  a  colorful  experience 
•  during  this  period.  State  sent  1,200 
students  to  the  front.  Alas!  The  com 
mencement  day  of  some  of  these  was 
marked  by  the  sounding  of  taps.  The 
last  year  of  the  war,  the  campus  was 
a  training  station  for 
the 
already  mentally  overburdened  professor 
was  forced  to  remember  the  pass  word 
or  fail  of  campus  admittance.  Much  of 
the  teaching  of  this  last  year  was  de 
voted  to  instruction  in  "War  Aims"  and 
especially  to  the  making  of  male  stu 
dents  "rough  in  outlook  and  action." 

troops,  and 

What  a  reversal  of  customary  teacher 
efforts!  The  experience  of  having  1,200 
friends  and  acquaintances  exposed 
to 
eminent  danger  all  of  every  day,  and 
that  with  every  battle 
the  certainty 
some  of  these  wTould  suffer  injury  is  not 
a  pleasant  memory.  The  designation  of 
the  Union  building  as  a  memorial  to  our 
lost  heroes,  and  the  grove  of  memorial 
trees  on  the  Red  Cedar  highlands  are 
appropriate  tributes  to  these  "saviors  of 
democracy." 

State's  oldest  tradition—the  one  ban 
ning  smoking  from  the  campus—and  its 

the 

the  college 

There  were  no  deans  in  1900—the  col 
lege  president  performed 
services 
now  administered  by  these  useful  offi 
reorganization 
cials.  Even 
law  adopted  by  the  1909  legislature  fails 
to  recognize  any  office  of  this  sort.  Col 
lege  year  books  were  published  intermit 
tently—as  class  spirit  moved  — one  in 
1901,  the  next  in  1905,  another  in  1903. 
likewise  in  1911  and  after  1913  annually 
until  the  present. 

/"^LASSES  in  nearly  every  subject  were 
^-*  held  five  days  a  week  in  1900,  and 
much  later.  Largely  on  account  of  class 
room  shortages,  the  present  system  of 
three-hour  and 
two-hour  courses  was 
adopted.  Students  sometimes  complained, 
and  with  justice,  that  the  same  old  five-
hour  subject  matter  was  crammed  into 
the  three  and 
two-hour  courses  after 
these  became  the  rule. 

Some  college  social  crudities  savoring 
of  high  school  influence  still  remained 
at  the  turn  of  the  century.  One  of  these 
was  the  annual  sleigh  ride  party;  an 
other  was  the  senior  class  day  exercises 
just  prior  to  commencement;  and  even 
(Continued  on  page  18) 
the  age-old 

And  when  you  mention 

Spring  Brings  Tennis 
tennis  at  Michigan  State  everybody 

Coach  Ball  has  been  coaching  Spartan  racquet  swingers  for  nearly 
dean  of  the  Spartan  coaches  and  has  given  State  some  excellent 
of  advice  to  Irwin  Rawitz,  a  member  of 
stein 

this  year's 

listens 

in. 

thinks  of  Coach  C.  D.  Ball 
is 
twenty-five  years.  He 

Jr. 
the 
teams.  Here  he  is  giving  a  bit 
team,  while  Student  Manager  Henry  Bern 

With  Alumni  Clubs 

Ql&t 0.  Stewatit,  77 

Owosso 

(State  Representative) 

MORE  THAN  forty  alumni  and 

friends  answered 
the  call  of 
District  Secretary  V.  O.  Braun, 
"24, 
to  meet  in 
the  Owosso  hotel  on  April  21.  Follow 
ing  the  dinner  President  Ross  Waffle, 
'15, 
introduced  Miss  Mabel  Peterson, 
'32,  housing  director  for  women,  who 
told  many  interesting  stories  originat 
ing  in  the  office  of  the  dean  of  women. 

Glen  O.  Stewart,  alumni  Secretary, 
discussed  in  detail  the  expansion  of  the 
college,  the  new  building  program,  and 
later  showed  the  new  campus  movies. 
Profesor  Cecil  Nickle,  of  the  speech  de 
partment,  entertained  with  several  read 
ings  and  directed  the  singing.  The  re 
port  of  the  nominating  committee,  with 
A.  B.  Cook,  '93, as  chairman,  was  adopt 
ed.  The  new  officers  for  next  year  are: 
Charles  P.  Dynes,  '26,  president;  Daniel 
L.  Prendergast,  '35,  vice  president,  and 
Mrs.  Jean  Cadwallader  Hahn,  '32,  sec 
retary-treasurer. 

(Eileen  Seble) 

Grand  Rapids 
A short  report  from  Mrs. Harold  Koop_ 
man 
'22,  secretary  of 
the  Grand  Rapids  Alumnae  league,  stat 
ed  that  a  very  fine  luncheon  was  held 
at  Herpolsheimer's  tea  room,  Saturday 
noon,  April  29.  Miss  Ethel  Webb,  of  the 
clothing  department  of  the  college,  was 
the  guest  speaker.  Several  projects 
to 
aid  needy  students  were  discussed. 

Flint 
Under  the  leadership  of  Lewis  Snider, 
'30,  a  large  number  of  Genesee  county 
alumni  met  at  the  Home  Dairy  dining 
room  in  Flint,  Wednesday  evening,  April 
19.  A  real 
the  dinner 
treat  followed 
when  Jack  Heppinstall,  popular  Spartan 
trainer,  captivated  the  group  with  his 
interesting  word-picture  of  his  trip  to 
England  last  summer. 

Jack  not  only  visited  his boyhood  home 
but  with  his  wife  and  new  "V-8"  saw 
many  of  the  beauty  spots  found  only 
by  a  few  visitors.  Professor  Nickle  ac 
companied  Jack  to  Flint,  acting  as  song-
leader  and  gave  several  readings.  New 
members  elected  to  the  board  of  dir 
ectors  are:  Russell  Loomis,  '25;  Helen 
Lee, 
'36,  and  Charmion  Griswold,  '33. 
The  board  will  elect  officers  at  a  later 
date.  Informal  dancing  followed  the  pro 
gram. 

the 

sponsored  by 

the  Marott  hotel, 

Indiana 
More  than  forty  alumni  and  former 
students  attended  the  annual  dinner  and 
program 
Indiana 
in 
Alumni  club  at 
Indianapolis,  Saturday  evening,  April 
in 
15.  Joe  Ryan, 
charge  of  arrangements  and 
reserved 
the  famous  Hunter's  room  for  the  Spar 
tans.  Glen  Stewart  was  the  main  speak 
er.  Colored  movies  of  the  campus  were 
shown  following  the  program. 

'18,  president,  was 

The  group  voted  to  assist  needy  and 
worthy  students  as  the  main  project  for 
the  coming  year.  The  present  officers 
will  serve  one  more  year,  and  Mrs.  Ben 
Forbes  (Lois  Wildt),  '33,  is  the  acting 
secretary  due  to  the  illnes  of  Mrs.  Frank 
Willis  (Kathleen  Fox),  '28.  Mrs.  Forbes 
may  be  reached  at  22  W.  34th  street, 
Apt.  5. 

Detroit 
Many  alumni  parents  and  their  sons 
and  daughters  were  in  the  audience  in 
the  WWJ  Auditorium  studio,  Wednes 
day  evening,  May  3,  when  representa 
tives  of  the  college  participated  in  the 
"Know  Your  Michigan  College"  series 
of  programs,  sponsored  by  the  Home 
Institute  of  the  Detroit  News.  Glen  O. 
Stewart  was  in  charge  of  the  program 
and  discussed  the  historical  background 
of  "M.  S.  C.  Your  Land  Grant  College"'; 
Robert  S.  Linton,  registrar,  talked  on 
"Why  Go  to  College'",  and  three  music 
students,  Joseph  Evans,  piano,  Julius 
Stulberg,  violin,  and  Miss  Leona  A. 
Schavey,  soprano,  thrilled  the  audience 
with  excellent  musical  numbers.  Mr. 
Stewart  acted  as  commentator  during 
the  showing  of  campus  movies. 

District  6 
"Every  one  present  voted  it  one  of  the 
best  Michigan  State  meetings  they  have 
attended 
in  a  long  time",  writes  Art 
'31,  of  Vicksburg,  presiding 
Weinland, 
officer  of  District  6,  of  the  meeting  held 
in  the  Columbia  hotel,  Kalamazoo,  on 
April  11. 

"The  highlight  was  the  sincere  talk 
given  by  President  R.  S.  Shaw.  'Prexy' 
really  won  the  fifty  people  over  with  his 
unexpected  wit  and  humor  during  the 
evening,  and  at  the  same  time  gave  us  a 
vivd  description  of  the  expansion  pro 
gram  of  the  college,"  added  Weinland. 
Other  speakers  were  Miss  Mabel  Peter 
son,  '32, housing  director  for  women,  and 
Secretary  Stewart.  College  movies  and 

songs  provided  varied 
entertainment. 
Carl  Haradine,  '32,  acted  as  toastmaster. 

Detroit 
Alumni  in  the  Detroit  area  enjoyed 
one  of  the  most  successful  social  get-
togethers  in  years  on  April  1 when  more 
than  450  turned  out  for  an 
informal 
dance  in  the  Book-Cadillac  hotel.  The 
dance,  promoted  largely  by  recent  grad 
uates,  was  held  during  the  spring  vaca 
tion,  thus  allowing  many  undergraduates 
to  attend.  Arthur  Melford, 
'38,  of  2169 
Morrell  street,  Detroit,  was  chairman 
of  the  ticket  committee.  President  Ken 
Scott, 
that  new  members 
have  recently  been  added  to  the  Board 
of  Directors  of  the  M.  S.  C.  Club  of 
Detroit.  Officers  and  committees  will 
be  named  before  June  1. 

'25,  reports 

Chicago 
The  beautiful  Bal  Tabarin  ballroom  of 
the  Sherman  hotel  in  Chicago  was  the 
scene  of  a  successful  dinner-dance  of 
the  M.  S.  C.  Alumni  club  of  Chicago  at 
'18,  presided  on 
which  Art  Mooney, 
April  1.  President  R.  S.  Shaw's  address 
brought  the  200  old  graduates  and  their 
friends  up-to-date  on  the  college  ex 
pansion  program.  Coach  Bachman  and 
his  new  assistant,  Joe  Holsinger,  talked 
about  football  prospects  and  athletics 
in  general.  Bachman  made  no  definite 
predictions  but  hoped  for  a  good  season 
in  spite  of  the  very  hard  schedule. 

Mr.  Stewart  spoke  on  the  needs  ox 
alumni  loyalty  and  told  of  the  various 
ways  in  which  old  graduates  could  "keep 
in  touch  with  Alma  Mater".  Colored 
campus  movies  were  shown  during  the 
dance  intermission. 

The  club  recently  elected  the  following 
officers:  President,  James  Hayden,  '30, 
National  Safety  council,  20  N.  Wacker 
drive;  vice  president  in  charge  of  publi 
city,  Herbert  Fairfield,  w'98,  business 
manager,  Chicago  Daily  News,  404  W. 
in  charge  of 
Madison;  vice  president 
alumnae  activity,  Nellie  Fredeen, 
'17, 
Room  725,  122  S.  Michigan  Ave.;  vice 
president  in  charge  of  membership,  Floyd 
Bunt,  '16,  850  Lake  Shore  Dr.;  vice  pres 
ident  in  charge  of  new  student  activity, 
George  B.  Northcott,  '30,  7541  S.  Wol-
cott  avenue;  secretary,  Leslie  Scott,  '35, 
525  S.  Harvey  Ave.,  Oak  Park  (or  Mor 
rison  Hotel);  treasurer,  John  Schafer, 
'37,  Hotel  Sherman; 
advisory  board, 
chairman,  A.  V.  Mooney  for  this  year, 
with  the  retiring  president  the  succeed 
ing  chairman.  All  past  presidents  are 
members  of  the  board. 

Cleveland 
Despite  an  influenza  epidemic  which 
kept  many  people  away,  M.  S.  C.  alum 
ni 
turned  out 
(Continued  on  page  18) 
forty  strong 

the  Cleveland  area 

in 

14  .  .  .  M I C H I G AN 

S T A TE 

* AmbMXj, the,  Ahuwu 

Patriarchs 

the 

Mrs.  Jessie  Smith  Garfield,  wife  of 

late 
Charles  Garfield, 
'70,  died  at  her  home  in  Grand 
Rapids  on  April  2.  Her  ashes  will  be  placed  be 
side  those  of  her  husband  at  the  foot  of  a  me 
morial 
in 
Garfield-Fletcher  park  and  playground  by  Grand 
Rapids  Boy  Scouts. 

in  Mr.  Garfield's  honor 

tree  planted 

889 
Word  has  been  received  of 

the  death  on  July 

11,  1938,  of  Lindsay  W.  Rice  of  Grand  Rapids. 

1893 
Gage  W.  Christopher,  well  known  Los  Angeles 
fed 
in  San  Diego,  Cali 

musician,  director  of  community  sings  and 
eral  music  projects,  died 
fornia,  on  December  5,  1938. 

1895 
Howard  R.  Smith,  general  manager  of 

the 
National  Live  Stock  Loss  Prevention  board,  has 
offices 
in  Chicago  at  700  Exchange  building. 
Union  Stock  yards. 

from 

1897 
Daniel  F.  Pagelsen,  life-long  resident  of  Grand 
Haven,  Michigan,  died  in  that  city,  January  31, 
1939.  Mr.  Pagelsen  was  graduated 
the 
University  of  Michigan 
law  school  in  1898,  and 
began  his  practice  in  Grand  Haven,  becoming  city 
attorney,  prosecuting  attorney,  and  county  cir 
In  1906  he  was  appoint 
cuit  court  commissioner. 
ed  Swedish  consul 
in  1919 
was  awarded  knighthood 
in  the  Royal  Order  of 
Vasa,  first  class,  by  King  Gustave  of  Sweden.  He 
is  survived  by  two  brothers,  Edward  N.  '89,  and 
Otto  H.,  '93,  and  three  sisters. 

for  Michigan,  and 

1898 
Herbert  L.  Fairfield  is  business  manager  of  the 
Chicago  Daily  News  with  offices  at  400  W.  Mad 
ison  street.  Chicago. 

the  Carnegie 

Lee  Belknap  l.andon,  for  many  years  connected 
with 
in 
Gary,  died  in  Elwood,  Indiana,  on  December  23, 
1938.  His  wife  and  mother,  Mrs.  Linda  Landon, 
former  librarian  at  the  college,  survive. 

Illinois  Steel  corporation 

1900 
Recently  transferred  by  the  Curtis-Wright  cor 
poration  to  tlnir  Buffalo  plant,  George  B.  Fuller 
is  now  livinc;  in  Eggertsville,  New  York,  at  51 
High  Park  boulevard. 

George  M.  Odium,  whose  work  on  special  mis 
sions  takes  him  all  over  the  world,  writes  from 
his  homc>  in  Manningford,  Marlborough,  Wiltshire, 
England:  "Although  not  as  nimble  as 
I  once 
was,  I  still  find  plenty  of  people  who  want  me 
to  go  abroad  on  special  missions.  Agricultural 
operations 
to  a 
in  a  number  of  countries 
study  of  economics,  which,  to  a  large  extent,  in 
turn 
the 
economics  of  any  country  can  never  be  disasso 

from  agriculture,  although 

led  away 

led 

C O L L E GE  R E C O RD 

.

.. 

15 

ciated  from  agriculture.  -  -  -  It  is  often  possible 
that  certain 
in  advance 
ten  years 
to  forecast 
forms  of  agriculture 
in  certain  countries  will 
suffer  or  profit,  because  one  knows  of  develop 
ments 
in 
a  ten  year  forecast,  but  it  does  mean  something 
to 
transportation,  utilities, 
those 
banking,  etc." 

in  other  countries.  Few  are  interested 

investing 

in 

Located 

is  president  of 

representa 
in  Dade  City,  Florida,  as 
tive  of 
company 
the  John  Schroeder  Lumber 
of  Milwaukee,  George  B.  Wells  finds  time  to  con 
duct  a  real  estate  business, 
the 
Kiwanis  club,  president  of  the  Chamber  of  Com 
merce,  president  of  a  men's  club  of  the  Presbyter 
ian  church,  and 
the  county  Boy 
is  chairman  of 
Scouts  Council.  William  J.  Merkel  and  Fred  Wil 
liams,  both 
'98,  recently  visited  Mr.  Wells,  and 
they  recalled  that  Mr.  Merkel  managed  and  Mr. 
and 
Wells  and  Mr.  Williams  played 
guard  on  the  1897  team,  the  first  to  play  against 
Notre  Dame. 

fullback 

1904 
Harry  G.  Walker,  manager  and  secretary-treas 
urer  of 
the  Modern  Machine  Tool  company  of 
Jackson,  Michigan,  claims  to  be  the  first  "prep" 
the 
student  at 
first 
the 
spring  of  1902. 

the  owner  of 
in 

student  canoe  on 

the  college  and 

the  Red  Cedar 

1905 
In  a  recent  issue  of  Carbide  News,  a  magazine 
published  by 
the  Carbide  and  Carbon  Chemical 
corporation  of  South  Charleston,  West  Virginia, 
Robert  F.  Bell,  one  of  the  engineers,  takes  a  rib 
bing  on  his  faith  in  Pontiacs  and  osteopaths,  and 
taken  up  model  airplane 
is 
building 
the  golf 
to  while  away  the  hours  until 
season  opens.  Mr.  Bell  lives  in  Charleston  at  1565 
J_.^kson  street. 

to  have 

reported 

interested 

907 
J.  Lee  Baker,  Detroit  realtor  and  former  presi 
dent  of  the  Real  Estate  board  in  that  city,  died 
February  2,  1939,  after  a  year's  illness.  Mr.  Baker 
in  real  estate  business  while 
became 
attending  the  Detroit  College  of  Law  from  which 
he  received  a  degree  in  1912.  After  several  years 
in  subdivision  and  development  work,  he  organized 
the  J.  Lee  Baker  company  of  which  he  was  presi 
dent  until  his  death.  His  brother,  Philip  C.  Baker, 
'14,  was  associated  with  him.  Mr.  Baker  served 
as  treasurer,  vice  president,  and  president  of  the 
Detroit  Real  Estate  board,  treasurer  of  the  Mich 
igan  Real  Estate  Dealers'  association,  and  chair 
man  of  the  board  of  representatives  of  the  Detroit 
Building  congress.  He  was  a  member  of  the  Delta 

Alumni  Recorder 

Theta  Phi,  Hesperian,  and  Alpha  Chi  Omega 
fraternities.  His  sister  and  two  brothers  survive. 

908 
Ferdinand  Brucker 
B.  F.  Goodrich  company 
reached  at  Room  515,  Y.  M.  C.  A.  building. 

the 
in  Akron,  and  may  be 

is  patent  attorney  for 

Leon  F.  Groger,  building  superintendent  for  the 
Jackson, 

Consumers  Power 
in 
Michigan,  at  1410  S.  Jackson  street. 

company, 

lives 

1909 

S.  F.  Knight 

resides  at  6646  Stony 

avenue,  Chicago,  and 
Robins  Conveying  Belt  company. 

is  sales  engineer  for 

Island 
the 

1910 
Arthur  L.  Campbell  is  located  in  San  Bernard 
ino.  California,  as  farm  adviser  for  the  Agricul 
tural  Extension  service.  He  and  Mrs.  Campbell 
(Hazel  Crafts, 
their  home  at  1066 
Tippecanoe  road. 

'12)  make 

Julius  W.  Chapin 

Traverse  City.  Michigan,  and 
lisher  of 

"Cherry-Chats". 

lives  at  440  State  street, 
is  editor  and  pub 

W.  Irving  Gilson,  engineer  and  salesman 

for 
Ihe  Valley  Brick  and  Tile  company,  makes  his 
home 

in  Brownsville,  Texas. 

Employed  in  the  administration  of  the  Charles 
Lathrop  Pack  foundation  are  Bruce  E.  Hoffman 
and  Frank  W.  Darling.  Mr.  Hoffman 
is  located 
in  Portland,  Oregon,  at  3445  S.  E.  Carlton  street, 
and  Mr.  Darling  is  foreman  of  the  Pack  demon 
stration  forest  at  Warrensburg,  New  York. 

William  E.  White  heads  the  division  of  forest 
protection  of  the  Texas  Forest  service,  with  head 
quarters  at  Lufkin. 

191 
Manager  of 

the  State  Cab  company  of  East 
Lansing  is  Karl  A.  Eichhorn  who  has  his  office  at 
210  Michigan  avenue. 

Will  Sproat  and  Devillo  D.  Wood  are  employed 
by  the  United  States  Forest  service  in  Portland, 
Oregon,  and  Milwaukee,  Wisconsin,  respectively. 

1912 
John  H.  Carmody 

Indiana,  as  state 
Security  administration. 

is 

located 
representative 

in 

Indianapolis, 
the  Farm 

for 

On  December  1,  O.  B.  Holley  was  appointed 
superintendent  of 
the  Michigan  Northern  Power 
company  at  Sault  Ste.  Marie,  a  concern  which 
he  has  served  as  engineer  since  his  graduation 
is  Stanley  L. 
from 

the  college.  Assisting  him 

'32,  who  became  engineer  at 

Slater. 
company  in  1933. 

the  power 

George  Hooper  is  employed  by  the  Semet-Solvay 
in  Detroit  where  he  and  Mrs.  Hooper 
live  at  3311  Hazelwood 

company 
(Beatrice  Dodge,  w'12) 
avenue. 

Edward  F.  Jusrgens.  teacher  in  the  Los  Angeles 
city  schools,  lives  at  411  Date  street.  Alhambra, 
California. 

Walter  H.  Knapp 

in  Monroe,  Michigan, 
lives 
where  he  conducts  a  general  contracting  business 
bearing  his  own  name. 

Harry  E.  Knowlton,  field  examiner  for  the  Na 
tional  Labor  Relations  board,  has  offices  at  1095 
Market  street,  San  Francisco. 

1913 
Gerald  Cook  is  chief  of  the  division  of  private 
in 

forestry  for 
Weshington,  where  he  lives  at  806  Noyes  drive. 

the  United  States  Forest  service 

1915 
Glen  Amos  was  recently  transferred 

to  Boston. 
Massachusetts,  where  he  assumed  charge  of  haz 
ard  reduction  work  on  the  New  England  Forest 
Emergency  project.  His  address  in  Boston  is  115 
Chauncey  street. 

J.  Sam  Hartt 

is  located  in  Chicago  as  a  con 
at  327  South 

engineer,  with  offices 

sulting 
LaSalle  street. 

H.  Patrick  Henry 

is  senior  marketing  special 
ist  for  the  United  States  Department  of  Agricul 
ture,  General  Crops  section  AAA.  Washington. 
D.  C. 

a 

strange 

recently 

Through 

coincidence 
the 
rather 
if  Jack  Knight, 
Alumni  Recorder  concludes  that 
director  of  public  education  for 
the  United  Air 
Lines,  5959  S.  Cicero  avenue.  Chicago,  ever  told 
you  you  would  "see  him  in  the  funny  paper"  he 
wasn't  joking.  A  carton  of  supplies  was  unpack 
the  Alumni  Records  office  and 
ed 
crumpled  up 
shifting 
around  was  a  section  of  a  funny  paper,  one  page 
of  which  was  devoted 
to  an  advertisement  en 
titled  "Flying  the  Air  Mail  by  Flashlight  and  Road 
Map."  This  recounted  an  experience  Mr.  Knight 
had  on  a  night  flight  to  Chicago  while  flying  the 
air  mail  back 

the  boxes 

in  1920. 

to  keep 

from 

in 

Charles  B.  Morton,  1319  N.  Adams  street,  Ar 
the 

is  associate  engineer 

lington.  Virginia, 
Federal  Tower  commission 

for 
in  Washington. 

At  a  meeting  of 

the  Michigan  City  Managers 
association  held  recently  in  Lansing,  Carl  H.  Pet 
erson,  Muskegon  city  manager,  was  named  presi 
dent  for  1939. 

Frank  H.  Prescott  is  vice  president  and  general 
manager  of 
the  Electro-Motive  corporation  of 
LaGrange,  Illinois.  Mr.  Prescott  makes  his  home 
in  Hinsdale  at  439  East  6th  street. 

1916 
Bruce  E.  Braun 

is  vice  president 

in  charge 
of  operations  for  the  Chicago  and  Southern  Air 
lines  with  offices  at  Lambert 
field,  St.  Louis, 
Missouri. 

the  highway 

Thomas  B.  Dimmick  serves  as  engineer  econ 
the 
omist  on 
Bureau  of  Public  Roads  in  Washington.  He  lives 
in  Arlington,  Virginia,  at  437  Nelson 
street. 
North. 

transport  survey  for 

L.  Henry  Gork,  city  manager  of  East  Grand 
that 

Rapids,  Michigan,  since  1930,  has  moved  in 
city  to  909  San  Lucia  S.  E. 

Arnold  L.  Olsen  is  state  director  of  the  divi 
sion  of  education  and 
the  Mon 
tana  Works  Progress  administration.  His  head 
quarters  are  in  Butte  but  he  makes  his  home  in 
Ramsay,  Montana,  at  31  Palmer  street. 

rcreation 

for 

1917 
John  T.  Bregger  has  been  transferred  by 

th« 
Soil  Conservation  Service 
to  Clemson,  South 
Carolina,  where  he  is  supervising  a  new  research 
project 
conservation 
problems  of  the  peach  orchard. 

soil  and  water 

studying 

Know  The 
Pacific  Islands? 

(Continued  from  page  4) 

Balinese  women  bearing  festival  offerings 

to 

the  Temple 

turning 

the  families. 

it  has  had 
the 
I  understand 
of 
into  a  form  of 
the  husbands 
effect  of 
star  boarder.  When  one  may  have  four  wives 
live  without  doing 
at  one 
the 
much,  as 
the 
rice  fields  and 
rests 
with 

responsibility  of  cultivating 
taking  care  of 

the  women. 

the  family 

is  easy 

time 

to 

it 

language  and, 

Lying  eighty  miles  west  of  Sumatra 

is  an 
long  known  as  Nias. 
island  about  150  miles 
tribe  with 
These  people  form  another  group  or 
a  different 
the 
most  primitive  of  any  of  these  peoples.  Although 
they  were  not  cannibals  their  old  religion  requir 
ed  many  human  sacrifices.  These  practices,  of 
course,  have  been  stopped,  although 
they  still 
retain  some  of  the  old  beliefs 
in  good  and  evil 
spirits. 

in  many  ways, 

the 

In  each  of 

towns  I  visited,  a 
two  small 
large  block  of  stone  two  meters  high  was  placed 
in  the  middle  of  one  street.  The  ability  of  boys 
to  leap  over  this  stone  was  a  test  of  attaining 
manhood  and  securing  permission 
to  marry.  An 
old  altar,  formerly  used  for  sacrifices,  is  now  a 
place  of  punishment.  The  houses  were  somewhat 
similar  to  those  of  the  Bataks  and  the  Minang-
kabaus,  mostly  roof. 

Java  seems  a  much  more  finished  place.  It  is 
increase  of 
badly  overpopulated  now,  with  an 
the  problem  of  grow 
about  500,000  a  year  and 
ing  enough 
is  serious. 
the  people 
to  feed 
Every  inch  of  ground  that  can  be  used  for  rice 

rice 

is  cultivated.  The  west  part  of 

this  is 
paddies 
is  quite  mountainous,  with  several  volcan 
land 
oes.  Buitenzorg,  famous  for  its  gardens,  was  vis 
ited  on  a  rainy  day  and  the  gardens  were  a  bit 
disappointing,  very  few  flowers,  but  many 
inter 
esting  and  rather  rare  trees. 
Several  days  were  spent 

in  Djokjakarta,  con 
sidered  the  most  Javanese  of  any  other  place  on 
the  island.  In  the  palace  yard  of  the  Sultan  one 
can  see  the  making  of  batiks,  hammered  silver 
dishes  and 
jewelry,  brass  work,  buffalo  horn 
articles  and  the  weaving  of  sarongs.  About  forty 
kilometers  from 
the  famed 
stupe.  Borabadur,  a  building  resembling  a  huge 
set  of  steps  encircling  a  hill.  This  stupa  is  very 
large  with  miles  of  sculpture  showing  events  in 
the  life  of  Buddha.  There  are  also  a  number  of 
statues  of  Buddha  at  various  points. 

this  town  is  situated 

From  Java  to  Bali  is  a  short  run  of  one  night. 
is  becoming  well  known  because  of 
This  island 
the  many  interesting  customs  of  the  people,  also 
a 
is 
tired  business  man's  paradise.  The  religion 
a  mixture  of  Hinduism,  Animism,  and  some  pure 
Balinese.  They  believe  their  gods  and  goddesses 
types  of 
enjoy  dancing, 
entertainment.  Consequently,  one  has  only 
to 
drive  about 
the  late  afternoon  or 
in 
evening  to  find  some  one  of  these  forms  of  en 
tertainment 

in  progress. 

and  other 

the  island 

festivals, 

is  quite  unique.  Parts  of 

They  also  believe  in  cremation,  and  this  cere 
it  remind  one 
mony 
of  a  football  scramble.  The  people  of  Bali  are 
friendly  and  seem  very  happy.  When  a  good  Bal 
two 
inese  dies,  he  will,  if  cremated,  return  after 
generations 
live 
the  same  family  and  again 
in  Bali.  That  is  his  greatest  ambition. 

to 

trip 

The 

tenrday 

steamship 

from  Bali 

large  Flores 

to  six  days,  and  half  of 

to 
Australia  took  us  past  hundreds  of  islands  vary 
than 
ing  from 
to  some  not  more 
fifty  feet  across.  We  were  out  of  sight  of 
land 
but  one  day.  Unfortunately,  my  stay  in  Australia 
time 
was 
limited 
the 
interesting 
it  rained.  One 
Blue  Mountains,  about  a 
from 
Sidney.  This 
resort  district  with 
scenery,  wtooded  valleys.,  waterfalls, 
beautiful 
the  Jenolan 
and  other  attractive  bits 
including 
caves,  which  are  very 
famous. 
large  and  quite 
in  one  part 
The  small  Koala  bear,  found  only 
is  an  attractive 
of  Australia, 
re 
sembling 
teddy  bear.  The  bird  known  as 
the 
the  laughing  jackass  is  another  special  attraction. 

trip  was  up 
two  hour 

is  a  summer 

the 
to 

fellow 

little 

run 

in  about 

jump  for  Australia 
The  fourteen-hundred-mile 
two  and 
to  New  Zealand  was  covered 
one-half  days.  The  time  at  my  disposal  permitted 
me  to  see  only  the  North  Island,  where  a  number 
of  geysers,  hot  springs,  and  boiling  mud  pots, 
quite  similar 
to  those  of  Yellowstone  park,  can 
be  seen.  There  is  a  large  number  of  Maris  liv 
they  have 
ing  on 
fierce,  war-like  cannibals  of 
changed 
seventy  or  eighty  years  ago  to  highly 
intelligent, 
peaceful  citizens. 

islands,  but  fortunately 

these 
from 

the 

to  Vancouver 

From  New  Zealand  back 

is  a 
three  weeks.  A  stop  of  six  hours 

long  run  of 
was  made  at  Fiji,  but  the  place  was  disappoint 
ing.  Suva, 
tha 
bushy  haired  natives  go  about  the  usual  business 
of  living  in  a  quite  ordinary  manner.  A  stop  of 
one  day  at  Honolulu  again  broke 
journey— 
to  Vancouver. 
then  on 

is  quite  modern,  and 

the  port, 

the 

the 

islands  of 

This  30.000  mile 

the 
tour  of 
Pacific  was  taken  independently.  I  traveled  alone 
and  liked  it.  Everywhere  I  found  many 
interest 
ing,  kindly  people.  Although  a  slight  knowledge 
of  the  Malay  language  would  have  been  helpful, 
there  were  really  no  difficulties  encountered.  Any 
speaking 
where  one  could  always 
people.  As  a  word  of  encouragement.  I  might 
add 
is  not  so  great  BB  I  ex 
pected.  If  one  is  willing  to  travel  as  the  natives 
travel,  it  can  be  accomplished  on  a  very  moderate 
sum. 

find  English 

the  expense 

that 

16  .  .  .  M I C H I G AN 

STATE 

1918 
Major  John  R.  Drumm,  of  the  U.  S.  Army  Air 
Corps,  is  stationed  at  the  Middletown  Air  depot, 
Middletown,  Pennsylvania. 

Paul  F.  McCool  is  foreman  of 

the  Tin  House 
department  of  the  Tennessee  Coal  and  Iron  com 
pany  of  Fairfield,  Alabama,  where  he  and  Mrs. 
McCool  (Esther  Hallett,  '19)  live  at  4831  Parkay. 
Joseph  Newhall  is  located  in  Clearwater,  Florida, 
the  Franklin  Re 

representative 

as  factory 
search  company  of  Philadelphia. 

for 

Bert  C.  Vail  is  controller  for  Allen  Industries, 
Inc..  of  Detroit,  where  he  lives  at  14924  Strath-
moor. 

Louis  Vosburg 
Institute, 

sion 
nue,  Cleveland,  Ohio. 

is  president  of  Lincoln  Exten 
Inc.,  West  75th  at  Detroit  ave 

1919 
Word  has  been  received  of 

the  death  on  Jan 
uary  20,  1939,  of  Robert  R.  Huebsl,  of  th?  firm 
Huebel  Brothers,  San  Francisco. 

1920 
Ovid  A.  Alderman 

is  state  forester  of  Ohio, 

with  headquarters  in  Wooster. 

Lester  V.  Benjamin 

is 

located 

Washington,  as  regional  conservationist 
Soil  Conservation  service.  His  address 
27th  avenue. 

in  Spokane, 
the 
for 
is  W  618 

Willis  G.  Clark  J r.  is  adult  officer  for  the  New 
York  state  division  of  parole,  and  lives  at  R.  2, 
Springville,  New  York. 

Mr.  and  Mrs.  Irving  J.  Snider  announce 

the 
birth  of  a  daughter,  Cheryl,  on  March  26,  19S9. 
Mr.  Snider  is  resident  manager  in  Grand  Rapids 
for 
they 
the  Wheaton  Chemical  company,  and 
make  their  home  at  1327  Sherman  S.  E. 

Walter  E.  Webb,  of  1815  Ardath  street,  Wichita 
the  Prairie 
Falls,  Texas, 
States  forestry  project  of  the  U.  S.  Forest  serv 
ice. 

is  state  director 

for 

Melvin  B.  Wolford  is  living  at  11425  Belleterre 
the 

is  salesman 

for 

avenue,  Detroit,  where  he 
Permaflex  Products  company 

in  Philadelphia. 

1921 
John  B.  Donovan 

is  an  osteopathic  physician 
with  offices  at  727-29  Littlefield  building,  Austin, 
Texas. 

(Baske, 

Paul  and  Cora 

'20)  Ginter  are 

living 
at  927  E.  11th  street,  Pueblo,  Colorado,  where  Mr. 
Ginter  is  stationed  with  the  U.  S.  Forest  Service. 
foods 
and  nutrition  at  the  college  and  makes  her  home 
in  Lansing  at  423  N.  Butler. 

is  assistant  professor  of 

Thelma  Porter 

Thomas  and  Dorothy  Cowin  Steel  are 

living 
at  1415  Fisk  road  S.  E.,  Grand  Rapids.  Mr.  Steel 
the  Leitelt  Elevator  company. 
manages 

1922 
Merril  V.  Hunter 

Midland,  Michigan,  where  he 
Carpenter  street. 

is  assistant  city  engineer  of 
lives  at  1406  W. 

E.  L.  Karbach  manages  the  F.  W.  Woolworth 

store  at  92  Main  street,  Nyack,  New  York. 

1923 
Keith  Farley,  contact  engineer  for 

Security  administration, 
road,  Landover,  Maryland. 
Morris  K.  MacGregor 

the  Farm 
lives  at  201  Marshall 

teaches  agriculture 

in 

the 

township  schools  of  Galien,  Michigan. 

The  Michigan  Bell  Telephone  company  recently 
transferred  Gerald  Reams  from  Grand  Rapids  to 
Detroit  where  he  became  assistant 
the  gen 
eral  manager. 

to 

C O L L E GE  R E C O RD 

. 

. 

.  17 

G.  A.  Garratt,  ' 20 

association 

'20,  has  been  ap 
George  A.  Garratt. 
pro 
pointed  manufacturers' 
lumbering  at  Yale  School  of 
fessor  of 
Forestry, 
the  vacancy  created  by 
the  death  of  Professor  Ralph  C.  Bryant. 
received  his  M.F.  de 
Professor  Garratt 
gree 
in  1923  and  his  Ph.D. 
degree  in  1933. 

from  Yale 

to  fill 

in 

Prior 

in  the  fields  of  wood 

He  has  been  engaged 

teaching  and 
research 
technology 
and  wood  utilization  for  the  past  nineteen 
to  becoming  assistant  pro 
years. 
fessor  of  forest  products  at  Yale  in  1925. 
he  served  as 
at 
instructor 
Michigan  State  college  and  as  professor 
of  forestry  and  engineering  at 
the  Uni 
versity  of 
the  South.  He  was  promoted 
forest  products 
to  associate  professor  of 
in  1931,  and  since  1936  has  also  been 
forestry. 
assistant  dean  of 

the  school  of 

forestry 

in 

is 

of 

the 

Professor  Garratt 

"Wood 
text  and 

author  of 
"Mechanical  Properties  of  Wood"  and  co 
both 
author 
standard 
for 
industrial  use.  and  has  writ 
college  and 
ten  numerous 
his 
technical  articles 
chosen 
fields.  He  is  editor  and  manager 
cf 

Preservation," 
reference  books 

the  "Yale  Forest  School  News." 

in 

1924 
Dear  '24ers— 

Have  you  heard 

that 

.  .  . 

1.  Frank  Sorauf 
2.  Paul  Hartsuch  drinks  Ovaltine  and  now 
feet? 

is  bald  headed? 

in  his  stocking 

weighs  225  pounds 
3.  Frances  Perrine  has 
4.  Bernie  Randall 

triplets ? 
is  planning 

to 

"pinch 
the  New  York 

for  Sally  Rand  at 

hit" 
World's  Fair? 

5.  Dorothy  Hubbard  has  faded  away 
self? 

mere  shadow  of  her 

former 

to  a 

1926 
A  daughter,  Madeleine,  was  born  March  19  to 
Mr.  and  Mrs.  Cecil  Rape  (Grace  Bintz)  of  629 
Union 
Indiana.  They  also 
have  a  five  and  a  half  year  old  son,  Norman. 

street,  Union  City, 

recently  moved 

Howard  G.  Ling 

to  Akron, 
the 
Ohio,  where  he 
Goodyear  Tire  and  Rubber  company  as  develop 
ment  engineer  in  Department  202B. 

the  employ  of 

re-entered 

Mr.  and  Mrs.  Arthur  Papworth  announce 
the 
birth  of  Arthur  Russell  on  January  15.  His  sis-
tor,  Nancy  Evelyn,  is  nearly  four  years  old,  and 
they  live  at  128  E.  Jackson  avenue,  Flint. 

Harry  E.  Rush  is  practicing  dentistry  in  Water-

vliet,  Michigan. 

Ray  J.  Thomasma  is  a  partner  in  the  McRoberts-
Thomasma  company 
the 
Frost  National  Bank  building,  San  Antonio, 
Texas. 

(bonds)  with  offices 

in 

1927 
Clare  W.  Cazier  is  located  in  Lakewood,  Ohio, 
(11851  Lake  avenue,  Apt.  No.  7)  as  sales  re 
the  Philadelphia  and  Reading 
presentative 
Coal  and  Iron  company. 

for 

Carlton  Dickinson  manages 

supply 
the  Michigan  Potato  Growers  ex 

farm 

the 

department  of 
change  in  Cadillac. 

the 

Everett  K.  Garrison 

foreign 
exchange  department  of  the  Community  National 
bank 

is  head  of 

in  Pontiac,  Michigan. 
John  T.  Ott,  chief  chemist 

the  McCord 
Radiator  and  Manufacturing  company,  has  mov 
ed 

in  Detroit 

for 

to  2318  Clements  avenue. 
is  chief  of 

Theodore  R.  Smits 

the  Associated 
Press  bureau  in  Salt  Lake  City,  Utah,  where  he 
lives  at  1253  East  Fourth  South  street. 

1928 
Bennett  Black  is  employed  as  an  engineer  with 
the  Columbia  Broadcasting  System  in  Los  Angeles 
where  he  lives  at  2023  S.  Curson. 

John  G.  Erickson  is  practicing  law  in  Escanaba, 
Michigan,  with  offices  at  1109  Ludington  street. 
Ward  Estes  is  principal  of  the  Redford  Union 

6.  Eddie  Laird 

is  Lord-Mayor  of  Birming 

High  School 

in  Detroit. 

ham? 

7.  Gladys  Hoff 

is 

the 

"Marquette 

repre 

sentative"  of  Emily  Post? 

8.  Ruth  Christopher  has 

a  new  person 

ality—sylph-like,  slinky,  and  brunette? 

Neither  have  we!  Come  hear  the  truth  at  our 
15th  Reunion  on  Alumni  Day.  Cherrio  and  stuff 
—you'll  be  hearin'  from  us  again  ! 

The  "Committee" 

Don  R.  Coburn  is  located  at  the  Patuxent  Re 
search  refuge 
in  Bowie,  Maryland,  where  he  is 
engaged  in  research  in  diseases  of  wildlife  for  the 
Bureau  of  Biological  Survey  of  the  U.  S.  Depart 
ment  of  Agriculture. 

John  E.  Deederly  is  employed  by  the  Michigan 
in  Grand  Rapids  as 

Bell  Telephone  company 
transmission  and  protection 

engineer. 

L.  D.  Ougheltree  is  chief  engineer  for  the  Day 
and  Night  Water  Heater  Company,  Ltd.,  Mon 
rovia,  California. 

Mr.  and  Mrs.  Benjamin  V.  Halstead  announce 
their  daughter,  Sally,  on  April  18. 
live  at  536  Michigan  avenue,  Evanston, 
the  son  of  Benjamin 
the  State  Board 

the  birth  of 
They 
Illinois.  Mr.  Halstead 
H.  Halstead,  w'97,  chairman  of 
of  Agriculture. 

is 

1925 
Fred  Pacholke  is  an  engineer  for 

the  Colonial 
Radio  corporation 
in  Buffalo,  New  York.  He 
makes  his  home  in  Kenmore  at  228  W.  Hazeltine. 
the  Carnegie-
Illinois  Steel  corporation,  Richard  W.  Simon 
is 
assistant  to  the  manager  of  the  metallurgy  divi 
sion. 

the  Pittsburgh  branch  of 

At 

Mr.  and  Mrs.  John  Paul  Morrow 

(she  was 
Marian  Bennett)  announce 
the  birth  of  a  son, 
Andrew  Bennett,  on  December  12.  Mr.  Morrow 
continues  as  project  engineer  for  the  State  High 
way  department  but  they  have  recently  moved  to 
Port  Huron  where 
their  home 
at  819  Tunnel  street. 

they  are  making 

Donald 

J.  Weddell, 

acting  director  of 

the 
Georgia  State  Forestry  department,  is  the  author 
of  an  article  appearing  in  the  April  issue  of  the 
Journal  of  Forestry.  He  is  located  in  Atlanta  at 
1624  Emory 

road. 

1929 
Lucile  Amiotte  is  medical  social  adviser  in  the 
city  of  Chicago's  social  service  department.  She 
lives  in  Chicago  at  2616  Hampden  Court,  Apart 
ment  202. 

Raymond  Caswell  is  engaged  in  doing  all  types 
in  Grand  Rapids,  Michigan, 
the  Forest  Hills 

of  shade  tree  work 
where  he  owns  and  operates 
garden  on  East  Fulton  road. 

Keith  and  Genevieve 

(Perrine,  w'33)  Cheney 
and  their  year  old  daughter,  Joan  Elizabeth,  live 
in  Grand  Marais,  Michigan,  where  Mr.  Cheney  is 
superintendent  and  agricultural 

teacher. 

Wendell  Davis  is  with  the  California  Forest  and 
the  U.  S.  Forest 
Range  Experiment  station  of 
Service 
in  Berkeley.  Mr.  Davis  has  written  an 
article  on  "Measurement  of  Precipitation  Above 
Forest  Canopies"  which  appears 
the  April 
the  Journal  of  Forestry. 
issue  of 

in 

Beth  Gillis  Bigelow 

(Mrs.  Louis  K.)  may  be 
reached  at  the  Guana  Island  Club,  Guana  Island, 
via  Roadtown,  Tortola,  British  Virgin  Islands.  Her 

sister,  Fay  (Mrs.  Linton  Wells)  who  is  travelling:, 
may  be  reached  through  Joseph  Greenhill,  Trustee, 
IT  John  street.  New  York  City. 

W.  E.  McConnell  is  assistant  sales  manager  of 
the  Sparks-Withington  company  in  Jackson.  Mich 
igan,  where  he  and  Mrs.  McConnell 
(Marian 
Trumbull I  live  at  1012  S.  Grinnell  street. 

to 

learn  of 

Her  classmates  and  other  friends  will  be  griev 
ed 
the  death  of  Pauline  Massey 
Mclnnis,  wife  of  Robert  A.  Mclnnis,  which  oc 
curred  in  Grace  hospital  in  Detroit  on  February 
4.  Mrs.  Mclnnis  was  a  member  of  Kappa  Kappa 
Gamma 
the  American  Association  of 
sorority, 
the  Women's  City  Club 
University  Women,  and 
of  Detroit.  She  is  survived  by  her  husband  and 
two  children,  Susanne  and  Scott  Andrew. 
Floyd  T.  Roberts  has  been  transferred 

to  Bed 
ford, 
in 
charge  of  CCC  work  for  the  U.  S.  Forest  service. 

Indiana,  where  he 

assistant 

is  staff 

1930 
William  Frederick  Neis  was  born  January  30 
to  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Robert  E.  Neis  I Bertha  McCorm-
ick)  of  221  Borgess  avenue.  Monroe.  Michigan. 

Marietta  Marshall  sailed  on  April  21  for  Bir 
mingham.  England,  where  she  and  Thomas  P. 
Smith  will  be  married  on  May  1.  They  will  make 
their  home  in  Birmingham  at  9  Oakfield 
road. 
Cannon  Hill. 

Clair  H.  Martin 

street, 
Manistee,  Michigan,  where  he  is  chief  chemist  at 
the  Morton  Salt  company. 

lives  at  433  Third 

Mrs.  Mabel  Florey  Wilson,  who  received  her 
M.  S.  in  1930  and  her  Ph.D.  in  1937,  is  located 
in  Painesville,  Ohio,  where  she  is  spectroscopist 
the  Diamond  Alkali 
for 
and 
company. 

research  chemist 

1931 
Russell  Breining  directs 

the  research  and  an 
the  Liberty  Powder  com 
alytical  department  of 
pany,  a  division  of  Olin  corporation,  at  Mt. 
Braddock,  Pennsylvania. 

Stuart  P.  Carr,  for  the  past  two  years  in  charge 
of  the  children's  dental  clinic  in  Lansing,  recently 
opened  his  own  dentistry  office  at  506  American 
State  Bank  building,  Lansing. 

Harriett  E.  Case  is  now  stationed  at  the  Vet 
in  Legion,  Texas,  and  writes: 
sixty 

country  down  here—and 

erans  hospital 
"Beautiful 

just 

H.  J.  Lutz,  24 

in 

in  1927  and 

Harold  J.  Lutz, 

three  years  with 

the  M.F.  de 
the  Ph.D. 

'24.  has  been  promoted 
to  associate  professor  of  forestry  at  Yale, 
the 
in  recognition  of  his  attainments 
fields  of  Forest  Ecology  and  Forest  Soils. 
Professor  Lutz  was  granted 
gree 
from  Yale 
degree  in  1933. 
He  served 

for 
the 
technical 
United  States  Forest  service,  as 
assistant  in  Alaska  and  as  associate  silvi-
culturist  at  the  Allegheny  Forest  Experi 
ment 
as 
assistant  forester  at  the  Connecticut  Agri 
cultural  Experiment  station  prior 
to  be 
coming  assistant  professor  of  forestry  at 
Pennsylvania  State  college 
In 
1933  he  was  brought  to  Yale  as  assistant 
professor  of  forestry, 
the  vacancy 
created  by  the  death  of  Professor  James  W. 
Tourney. 

station,  and 

one  year 

in  1929. 

to  fill 

spent 

Professor  Lutz  has  established  an  out 
through  his  work 
in 
standing  reputation 
is  the  author  of  several 
forest  soils,  and 
bulletins 
the  Yale  School  of  Forestry 
series  and  numerous  research  papers  pub 
lished 

in  various  scientific 

journals. 

in 

is 

located 

miles  from  that  interesting  city  of  San  Antonio." 
in  Fort  Worth, 
the  Kronberg  Display 

Thomas  Kronberg 

Texas,  where  he  manages 
studios  at  6211L»  N.  Sylvania  avenue. 
is  a  seed  analyst  for 

Pearl  Perrin 

the  Stan 
ford  Seed  company  of  Buffalo,  where  she  lives  at 
26  Huntington. 

Mr.  and  Mrs.  Dsan  C.  Shackelford  announce 
the  birth  of  Janet  Kay  on  February  16.  Mr. 
Shackelford 
is  chief  scout  for  the  Pure  Oil  com 
pany  in  Saginaw  where  they  live  at  2116  Stark 
street. 

1932 
A  son.  Samuel  Arthur  Jr.,  was  born  February 
6  to  Mr.  and  Mrs.  S.  A.  Clapp  of  1614  Blair 
street,  Lansing.  Mrs.  Clapp  was  formerly  Elouise 
Avery,  w'31. 

Basil  Creager  is  assistant  manager  of  the  Sin-

ton  hotel  in  Cincinnati,  Ohio. 

Catherine  Doerr  is  instructor  of  dress  design  at 
in  Philadelphia  at 

lives 

Temple  university.  She 
1800  N.  Park  avenue. 

Sylvia  Bates  and  Joseph  L.  Hunter  were  mar 
ried  in  Saginaw.  Michigan,  on  July  2,  1938.  and 
are  making  their  home  in  Beaverton,  Michigan. 

Elizabeth  Rarden  Liles 

(Mrs.  Larry  P.)  may 
be  addressed  at  P.  O.  Box  120,  Istanbul,  Turkey. 
the 
Romance  Language  department  at  DePauw  uni 
versity,  Greencastle,  Indiana. 

is  assistant  professor 

Harry  Skornia 

in 

Joseph  Zichis  recently  accepted  a  position  as 
Illinois  Public 
street, 

research  bacteriologist  with 
Health  department  at  1800  W.  Filmore 
Chicago. 

the 

1933 
A  new  name  and  address  has  been 

recorded 
for  Carlyn  Goetz—she 
is  now  Mrs.  Fred  H. 
Cooper  and  lives  at  1323  Dennis  court.  Kalamazoo, 
Michigan. 

A  son,  Donald  Wendell,  was  born  on  Christ 
mas  day,  1938,  to  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Wendell  Smith 
(Laura  Mae  Ledbetter)  of  1872  Philadelphia  S.  E.. 
Grand  Rapids. 

James  E.  Mitchell,  employment  manager 
for 
the  Briggs  Manufacturing  company,  lives  in  De 
troit  at  13057  Algonac. 
Charles  and  Margaret 

'31)  Pinkerton 
in  care  of  Todd  Motors,  Ltd.. 

(Feige, 

may  be  reached 
Wellington,  New  Zealand. 

Wilbur  A.  Stelzer  and  Marcella  P.  Kapp  were 
in  Columbus,  Nebraska,  on  September 
married 
29,  1938.  They  are  making 
their  home  in  Jack 
son.  Michigan,  where  Mr.  Stelzer  is  employed  at 
the  Commonwealth  and  Southern  Corporation 
in 
the  Consumers  Power  building. 

Kenneth  and  Jean  Blessing  Stonex  of  Brighton. 
Michigan  .announce  the  birth  of  a  daughter,  Gay, 
on  March  11.  and  add:  "She  can't  cook  or  sew 
yet,  but  she  has  already  made  at  least  one  heart 
flutter, 

thus  keeping  up  a  State 
Mr.  and  Mrs.  A.  Vernon  Williams 

(Emma 
Krause,  '32)  announce  the  birth  of  a  son,  Rich 
ard  Vernon,  on  February  15.  They  are  living  at 
601  W.  9th  street,  Traverse  City,  Michigan,  where 
Mr.  Williams 

tradition." 

teaches. 

1934 
Jennie  Mae  Becker  and  Allan  E.  Barron  were 
married  on  September  1,  1938.  and  are  making 
their  home  at  204  W.  Main  street,  Grand  Ledge. 
is  head  of  the  home  economics  de 
Mrs.  Barron 
the  cafeteria  at  East 
partment  and  manager  of 
Lansing  high  school.  Her  husband 
teaches  com 
mercial  subjects  in  the  Grand  Ledge  high  school. 
(Louise  Car 
ter)  will  celebrate 
first  wedding  anniver 
sary  on  June  22.  They  are  making  their  home  in 
Lansing  at  1808  Jerome  street. 

Mr.  and  Mrs.  Martin  Sacha  Jr. 

their 

Another 

first  wedding  anniversary  was  cele 
brated  on  February  10  by  Mr.  and  Mrs.  G.  L. 

McCoy  (Lucile  Hadlow)  at  their  home  at  4  Met-
calf  Court,  Palm  Beach,  Florida. 

Bob  Wilson  accounts  for 

the  first  four  and  a 
half  years  out  of  college  as  follows:  "The  better 
the  first  year  was  spent  working  my 
part  of 
way  out  and  around 
freighter 
as  an  ordinary  seaman.  Next  year  was  well  spent 
travel 
working  with  Thomas  Cook  and  Son, 
their  Fifth  Avenue,  New  York,  an  ; 
agents, 
Washington,  D.  C,  offices  as  a  booking  clerk. 

the  Orient  on  a 

in 

With  Alumni  Clubs 
(Continued 

from  page  14) 

for  a  dinner  arranged  by  Verne  L.  Harris,  '21. 
president  of  the  Cleveland  group  at  the  College 
club  on  March  13.  Coach  Bachman  and  Secretary 
Stewart,  discussed  athletics  and  alumni 
affairs. 
in  Cleveland,  Bachman  and  Stewart  held 
While 
conferences  with  high  school  seniors  who  had 
informed 
their  desire  to  know 
the  committee  of 
more  about  Michigan  State. 

The  affairs  of  the  club  for  the  following  year 
will  be  handled  by  the  new  officers.  They  are: 
'95,  president,  whose  offices 
William  Ansorge, 
the  Medusa  Portland  Cement  company, 
are  with 
1000  Midland  building  ;  F.  H.  Valentine, 
'09, 
vice  president:  Mrs.  Amy  Pearsol.  '17,  secretary, 
whose  address  is  the  Sovereign  hotel  ;  and  Mrs. 
P.  O.  Flemming  (Dorothy  Kahres),  '19,  treasurer. 

the  knack  of  knowing  how 

Buffalo 
Inspired  by  its  president.  Art  Koester,  '14,  who 
has 
things 
done,  the  Michigan  State  Alumni  club  of  Buffalo. 
the  most  active 
New  York,  has  become  one  of 
clubs  in  the  country  and  has  broken  all  previous 
records  for  attendance  when  ninety-eight  people 
turned  out 
to  greet  Coach  Charles  Bachman 
and  Alumni  Secretary  Stewart  on  March  16,  at 
the  Tourraine  hotel. 

to  get 

"Bach"  discussed 

the  athletic  program,  des 
cribed  the  new  field  house  and  men's  gymnasium, 
and  reviewed 
the  football  chances  for  next  fall. 
Movies  were  shown  of  the  past  homecoming  foot 
ball  game  which 
the  Spartans  won  from  Syra 
cuse  university.  Secretary  Stewart  presented  an 
up-to-the-minute  survey  of  campus  affairs,  build 
ing  expansion,  alumni  problems  and  showed  three 
reels  of  beautiful  campus  colored  pictures. 
A  surprise  feature  was  a  long  testimonial 

let 
ter  written 
in  part  by  a  dozen  Buffalo  boys  now 
in  college  and  presented  to  Al  Bibbins.  '15.  "Red" 
Hall,  '13.  read  each  part  of  the  letter  before  pre 
"most  persuasive  M.  S.  C. 
it  to  "Bib" 
senting 
booster 
the  Buffalo 
in  Buffalo".  The  officers  of 
club  will  hold  their  posts  for  another  year. 

I  R e m e m b er 
These  Things 

(Continued  from  page  13) 
custom  of  senior  orations  on  graduation  day  had 
been  discontinued,  only 

in  1900. 

lately 

Graduation  exercises  have  taken  place  all  over 
the  last  forty  years.  Origin 
the  campus  during 
ally  they  were  held  in  the  old  armory  (just 
torn 
down),  then  in  a  tent  which  was  pitched  where 
the  gymnasium, 
campus 
out 
then 
doors 
the 
green 
less  deserved 
when  received  at  one  place 

in  Demonstration  Hall,  and 
in  front  of 
ribboned  diploma 

the  band  shell.  Perhaps 

trees  allowed, 

than  another. 

feels  no 

lastly 

then 

in 

Our  ship  of  state  is  now  sailing  a  new  course 
the 
from  that  of  1900.  Then,  we  strove  only  for 
agriculture,  mechanic 
utilitarian 
in  education, 
arts,  etc. ;  now  we  make  room  for 
the  cultural 
music,  art,  dramatics.  Latin,  etc.  Then  we  were 
a 
fledged  college, 
eighty-two  years  old.  And  as  Browning  so  aptly 
stated:  "The  best  is  yet  to  be." 

technical  school,  now  a  full 

18  .  .  .  M I C H I G AN  STATE 

interlude  of 

in  Grand  Central 

two  months  with  Eastern 
with  an 
in  New 
terminal 
Air  Lines 
trained  at  Fort  Myer, 
York  City.  Next  year  I 
the  original  Thomason  Act 
Virginia,  as  one  of 
officers,  second 
lieutenant  cavalry  reserves.  Fol 
lowing  that  I  was  given  command  of  the  Fred 
erick,  Maryland,  CCC  camp  where  I  spent  a  very 
pleasant  year  and  a  half, 
lieutenant  cav 
landed  a  job  as  Sun  Valley 
alry  reserves.  Just 
representative  in  the  Philadelphia-Baltimore-Wash 
ington  area,  and  am  now  on  my  way  out 
to 
have  my  first 
look  at  the  plant,  brain  child  of 
the  great,  progressive  Union  Pacific  railroad.  Hope 
to  get  back  for  our  fifth 
reunion.  Tell  George 
Culp  ('33)  when  you  see  him  I'm  still  unmarried, 
so  he's  one  up  on  me."  (What's  this,  George,  are 
you  holding  out  on  us?) 

first 

1935 
Beatrice  Degenkolbe  Carlquist 

(Mrs.  John  H. i 
is  assistant  dietitian  at  St.  Johns  hospital  at  480 
Herkimer  street,  Brooklyn,  New  York. 

Robert  Wroten  DuByne  arrived  February  2,  a 
few  days  too  early  to  be  a  second  birthday  pres 
ent  for  his  brother  Tommy.  Frank  and  Florence 
(Wroten,  w'34f  and  their  two  sons  live  at  4023 
Fourth  street,  Des  Moines,  Iowa,  where  Frank 
is  city  milk 

inspector. 

Charles  H.  Kelley  is  employed  in  the  sales  de 
partment  of 
in 
Syracuse,  New  York,  with  offices  at  601  Syra 
cuse  building. 

the  Shell  Union  Oil  corporation 

are 

1936 
Mr.  and  Mrs.  E.  Robert  Breining 

(she  was 
living  at  2226 
Evan  P.  Stoddard,  w'38) 
Dwight  Way,  Berkeley,  California.  Mr.  Breining 
recently  assumed  the  position  of  research  chem 
the  Shell  Development  company. 
ist  for 
Guy  DeKuiper  was  recently  transferred 

to  the 
New  York  offices  of  the  Dow  Chemical  company, 
Island 
and 
City. 

is  living  at  45-47  40th  street.  Long 

in 

Islands  of 

the  Virgin 

in  this  district, 

the  several  CCC  camps 

"On  February  7th,"  writes  C.  E.  Morris,  "I 
arrived 
the  United 
States,  to  assume  my  duties  as  landscape  architect 
for 
in 
cluding  the  islands  of  St.  Thomas,  St.  John,  and 
St.  Croix.  For  the  past  two  years  I  was  associ 
ated  with  the  Yankee  Springs  Recreational  Dem 
onstration  project  near  Hastings  Michigan.  My 
residence  is  now  in  the  quaint  old  city  of  Char 
lotte  Amalie,  the  capital  of  the  islands.  Although 
more  than  three  hundred  miles  within  the  torrid 
zone  the  climate  is  mild  and  pleasant,  varying  in 
temperature  as  low  as  65°  in  the  early  morning 
to  78° 
the  warmest  hours.  Coffee,  coconuts, 
bananas,  mangos,  palms,  roses,  and  dozens  of 
ether  plants  adorn  the  dooryard." 

in 

Carl  J.  Nosal  is  located  in  Cincinnati,  Ohio,  as 
sales  supervisor  and  dealers  manager  of  the  Iron 
Fireman  stoker.  He  was  married  January  22  to 
Carolyn  Czecha  and  they  are  making  their  home 
in  St.  Bernard,  Ohio,  at  4250  Zetta  avenue. 

Hazel  Schilling  and  Frank  Ritchie  More  were 
married  September  3,  1938,  and  are  at  home  in 
Honolulu,  Hawaii,  at  417-B  Pau  street. 

1937 
Isabel  Champion 

reports  her  new  name  and 
address  as  Mrs.  J.  G.  Dufendach,  325  E.  Chest 
nut  street,  Lancaster,  Ohio. 

James  E.  Gallagher  has  been  appointed  manager 

of  the  Hotel  Osceola  in  Reed  City,  Michigan. 

Bonietta  L.  Miller  and  John  A.  Straw  (M.  S. 
'37)  were  married  August  27,  1938,  and  are  mak 
ing 
their  home  at  119  Waterman  street,  Provi 
dence,  Rhode 

Island. 

Paul  R.  Pfefferle  and  Beatrice  E.  Johnson  were 
married  in  Detroit  on  February  4,  1939.  They  are 
living  at  2326  Greenleaf  boulevard.  Elkhart,  Ind-

C O L L E GE  R E C O RD 

. ..  19 

Winter  In  April,  1939 
King  Winter  took  possession  of  the  campus 
early  in  April  and  left  in  its  wake  scenes 
like  the  one  above.  It  was  one  of  the  worst 
spring  snow  storms  Michigan  experienced 
for  many  years. 

iana,  where  Mr.  Pfefferle 
for  C.  G.  Conn  Ltd. 

is  physical  metallurgist 

Wilfred  O.  Schramm  and  Martha  Ann  Kast 
were  married  March  20,  1939.  They  are  at  home 
in  Concord,  Massachusetts,  at  24  Hubbard  street. 
Mr.  Schramm 
the 
U.  S.  Forest  service. 

is  sub-district  supervisor 

for 

Lucile  Spriesterbach  is  assistant  dietitian  at  the 
Women's  and  Children's  hospital  in  Toledo,  where 
she  lives  at  321  Bush  street. 

Barbara  Walt  gives  her  address  as  138  East 
38th  street,  New  York  city,  where  she  has  been 
located  for  the  past  two  years  as  textile  design 
er  for 
the  August  VonEisenbarth  studio  which 
also  maintains  branches  in  Paris  and  London. 

1938 
Vidian  L.  Roe  and  Georgia  Gribbin 

(University 
of  Michigan)  were  married  New  Year's  Eve  and 
in  Hastings.  Mr.  Roe 
are  making 
their  home 
"commutes" 
to  Kalamazoo  where  he  is  employ 
ed  in  the  advertising  department  of  the  Kalama 
zoo  Gazette. 

Lawrence  Smith  and  Benita  Core  also  chose 
December  31  for 
their  wedding  day.  They  are 
living  at  348  Henry  S.  E.,  Grand  Rapids,  where 
Mr.  Smith 
the 
is  engaged 
Firestone  Tire  and  Rubber  company. 

in  sales  work 

for 

Milton  Dickerson  and  Clarence  Genter  are  tak 
ing  graduate  work  at 
the  College:  John  Kleber 
is  a  student  at  the  Detroit  School  of  Medicine; 
Arden  Foster  is  taking  graduate  work  at  the  New 
Jersey  Experiment  station 
in  Sussex,  New  Jer 
sey ;  Thomas  Dakin  is  a  George  Chase  Christian 
in  chemistry  at  Harvard;  H.  E.  Milliron 
fellow 
has  an  assistantship 
in  the  division  of  entomol 
ogy  at 
the  University  of  Minnesota;  Theodore 
Wood  is  a  teaching  assistant  at  Iowa  State  col 
is  graduate  assistant 
lege :  Franklin  Longwood 
in 
forestry  at  Oregon  State  col 
lege ;  and  Earl  Hodgkins  is  a  graduate  assistant 
in  the  division  of  forestry  at 
the  University  of 
California,  Berkeley. 

the  school  of 

those  of 
teaching 
the  class  who  have 
Among 
positions 
in  Michigan  a r e:  James  Ii.  Brian  at 
Benzonia;  Maynard  A.  Christensen,  Lake  Odessa ; 
Cecile  Dooley,  Royal  Oak;  Earl  Dutton,  Ubly; 
Nixola  Fillinger,  Almont;  Ernest  L.  Froehlich, 

school 

Hartford;  Marion  Gibson,  Richmond;  Everett  C. 
Highlund,  teacher  and  principal  at  Harbor  Beach: 
Josephine  Kloostra,  Colon;  Clare.  McDurmon 
Okemos;  Stanley  Mahaffy,  Coopersville;  Jeanne 
Mann,  W.  K.  Kellogg  Agricultural 
at 
Augusta;  Anthony  Rapes,  Barryton;  Dorothy 
Russell,  Civic  Park  school  in  F l i n t:  Glenn  Swan-
son,  Stambaugh;  and  Lionel  Tate  in  Fowlerville. 
Robert  K.  Boyd  heads  the  business  administration 
department  at  Southern  Junior  college 
in  Col-
legedale,  Tennessee;  Thomas  R.  Cox  is  assistant 
agronomist  at  the  Rhode  Island  Agricultural  Ex 
in  Kingston;  and  Charles  L. 
periment  station 
Weddle 
at  Cornell 
university,  Ithaca,  New  York. 

floriculture 

instructor 

in 

is 

Edward  DePorter 

and  Richard  Hammerstein 
are  employed  as  metallurgists.  Mr.  DePorter  by 
the  Jones  and  Laughlin  Steel  corporation 
in 
Hazelwood,  Pennsylvania,  and  Mr.  Hammerstein 
by  Carnegie  Illinois  Steel  at  Gary,  Indiana. 

Engaged 

in  accounting  work  are  Roger  De-
Vries  with  Ernst 
and  Ernst,  Buhl  building, 
Detroit;  W.  H.  Donaldson  with  the  Upjohn  com 
pany  in  Kalamazoo;  and  Robert  M.  Shassberger 
with  the  John  Deere  Plow  company  in  Lansing. 

Among 

the  engineering  graduates  who  have 
secured  jobs  a r e:  Gerald  Anema  with  the  State 
Highway  department  in  Lansing  ;  Fred  M.  Barron 
with  Wilkins  &  Wheaton,  Engineers.  Kalamazoo: 
Allan  Black  with  J.  E.  Seagram  &  Sons  Inc., 
Lawrenceburg, 
Indiana;  W.  Keith  Gibbs  with 
Oxidermo  Products  Inc.,  Springport;  Wayne  Niel 
in  Kenvil, 
sen  with  Hercules  Powder  company 
New  Jersey;  and  Robert  Reed  with 
the  Union 
Steam  Pump  company  in  Battle  Creek. 

Employed  as  home  economists  are  Betty  Burns 
at 
the  Southern  Indiana  Gas  and  Electric  com 
pany,  Evansville;  Jessie  Levin  at  the  Butterfield 
Canning  company  in  Muncie,  Indiana;  and  Mar 
garet  Woodman  at  the  Michigan  Consolidated  Gas 
company  in  Grand  Rapids. 

Louis  Daws  and  R.  C.  Watson  are  engaged  in 
private  veterinary  practice,  Dr.  Daws  in  Capac, 
in  McRae,  Georgia. 
Michigan,  and  Dr.  Watson 
Dr.  Russel  Vickers  is  located  in  Niles,  California, 
at  the  Kimber  Poultry  Breeding  Farm  ;  Dr.  Wil 
liam  Sherwood  is  a  junior  veterinarian  with 
the 
U.  S.  Department  of  Agriculture  and  may  be 
reached  at  149-37  21st  avenue,  Whitestone,  New 
York. 

Ruth  Manninen  and  R.  Bryce  Edwards  are  lo 
cated  in  Minneapolis,  Minnesota,  as  bacteriologists 
for  the  state  health  department. 

the  United  States  Forest  Service 
Idaho. 

Harmon  Cantrell  and  Robert  Bond  are  em 
in 
ployed  by 
Sandpoint, 
the 
Michigan  Tree  company  at  415V.  Whiteley  court. 
Lansing,  doing  municipal 
land 
scaping. 

John  C.  Rose  manages 

forestry  and 

A.  J.  Genetti  and  Clarence  E.  Bohn  are 

in 

the  U.  S.  Army—Genetti 

tenants 
at  Fort  Wayne,  Detroit,  and  Bohn  at 
Sheridan, 

Illinois. 

lieu 
stationed 
Fort 

Nancy  Farley  is  director  of  the  Women's  Lea 

gue  building  at  Wayne  University,  Detroit. 

Margaret  Gardner 

is 

located 

Mississippi,  as  laboratory  technician 
sicians  &  Surgeons  building. 

in  Greenwood, 
in  the  Phy 

Barbara  Hall  recently  started  a  year's  interne-
ship  as  student  dietitian  at 
the  University  of 
Minnesota  hospital.  She  lives  in  Minneapolis  at 
500  Essex  S.  E. 

Jere  P.  Kimball  may  be  reached  at  the  Cleve 
land  Play  House  at  2040  E.  86th  street,  Cleve 
land,  Ohio,  where  he 
John  P.  Limbach 

is  an  actor. 
technician 

for  Triarch 

is 

Botanical  Products,  Ripon,  Wisconsin. 

is  designer  and 

Henry  F.  Pierce 
for 

the  National  Landscape 

architect 
528  Michigan  Theatre  building,  Detroit. 
lives  at 

Willard  White 
Toledo,  Ohio,  and 
is  a  salesman 
stone  Tire  and  Rubber  company. 

the  Y.  M.  C.  A. 
for 

in 
the  Fire 

landscape 
service, 

flune 10 

• 

Let's  circle  the  date  on  your  calendar  now! 

Begin  making  plans  to  return  to  the  campus 

for  Alumni  Day,  Saturday,  June  10, 

from 

dawn 

'til  midnight. 

Ten  classes  will  celebrate  special 

reunions, 

but  all  others  will  find  plenty  of  activity 

in 

a  program  planned  by  the  Alumni  Day  com 

mittee. 

Classes  holding  special  reunions  will  be 

the 

Class  of  1889,  celebrating 

its 

fiftieth  year 

of  alumnihood;  Class  of  1914,  celebrating  its 

twenty-fifth  year,  and  the  Class  of  1934,  the 

Quinquennialists. 

Other 

reunions  will 

include 

the  classes  of 

'94, 

'99, 

'04, 

'09, 

'19, 

'24,  and 

'29.