FIRST ACTIVITY N NEW BUILDINGS 4, QLdifA At. Q*onlu, '27 A l u m ni Recorder 1898 Charles Whittlesey Loomis. well known p o u l t r y m an of Som- ers. Connecticut, and direct descendant of J o hn Alden and Elder William Brewster, died in J o h n s on Memorial hospital in Stafford Springs. Connecticut, on March 2. He is survived by his wife and one brother. E l m er E. Thomson, president of the Thomson Creamery com pany of Los Angeles, died at his home in t h at city on F e b r u a ry in Eos 4. Mr. Thomson entered Angeles in 1MB and in 1017 became president of the company bearing his name. He served as president of the Eos Angeles Produce exchange for one term, and was a long time member of the Elks organization. He is survived by his wife, a daugh ter. and a brother. the wholesale dairy business 1900 KITH ANNIVERSARY. AEUMNI DAY, J U NE 8 1901 At the completion of 32 y e a rs of service at t he University of Delaware. Charles A. McCue retired last J u ne 30 as director of a g r i c u l t u r al extension work, director of the a g r i c u l t u r al experi ment station, and dean of the school of a g r i c u l t u r e. Mr. McCue went from Michigan State college to t he University of Dela in 1920 was ware t h" named dean and director. Under his direction the work of a g r i c u l t u r al extension service in Delaware grew rapidly and became a unified organization which w as closely coordinated with the a g r i c u l t u r al experiment station and the school of a g r i culture. Mr. McCue will continue to make his home in Newark, at 40 E. Delaware avenue. in 1907 as professor of horticulture, and 1902 Dillman S. Bullock returned to Angol. Chile, last November after spending several m o n t hs relatives in the States visiting lecturing before various g r o u p s. On J u ne 12. the College and of the Pacific. Stockton. California, conferred upon him an hon orary degree of Doctor of Science. Dr. Bullock was ordained a minister of the Methodist church the Chile annual conference. in 1937 at J o hn A. Dunford. bridge engineer for the city of Seattle, died in that city on F e b r u a ry 26. Mr. Dunford w as employed by the in Spokane W a s h i n g t on Machinery and E n g i n e e r i ng company for two years following his g r a d u a t i on from the University of Michigan in 1000. S t a r t i ng as a d r a f t s m an in the city engineer's office in Seattle, he became superintendent of bridge construc in 1010. and about the position which he held at the time of Ins in use on in bridge tion in 1010. was named assistant b r i d ge engineer ten y e a rs ago assumed death. Mr. Dunford originated bascule bridges, and machinery. He is survived by his wife and three sons. flooring improvements is credited with many the web-type steel 1903 Charles B. Rose has his engineering office Wall street. in New York City at 52 Alta E a w s o n. of 1010 Sigsbee street S. E.. Grand Kapids. Michigan, to Page 16) is t h e a t re critic for the Grand Kapids Herald. (Turn 2 . .. T HE R E C O RD AmotUftke Patriarchs R E U N I O N, AEUMNI DAY, J U NE 8 The P a t r i a r c hs will have their a n n u al session of reminiscence on Alumni Day. and the golden anniversary class of 1800 will be inducted into the g r o u p. George K. Malone, w'73. a former teacher and lecturer, and affectionately known as H i g h l a nd P a r k 's " G r a nd Old Man*, died in a Detroit hospital on J a n u a ry 17, following a brief ill ness. Mr. Malone conducted Americanization work in H i g h l a nd P a rk for a number of years, d u r i ng which time he wrote two books. " T he American's Guide to Citizenship'' and " S t u d e n t 's tem P a t h w ay perance work t h r o u gh in collecting used books for the mountain schools of t he south, placing around 20.000 volumes in remote sections. He is sur vived by his wife, and a daughter. Bertha, '00. a teacher in De troit Northern high school. Thomas F. McGrath, to Graduation and Success." He w as active in the s t a te and w as greatly interested '89. superintendent of Chicago's first ward, has offices at 50 E a st W a c k er drive, lower level. '88. connected with A r t h ur George Wilson, I n g h am county communities. I n g h am county school systems for nearly 20 years, died in Bradenton, Florida, on April 1. Mr. Wilson s t a r t ed his teaching career while a stu dent at the college and served as teacher and principal in sev eral the Hillsdale County Abstract company which he operated until 1022 when he returned to the family farm west of Mason. Mr. '17. and Wilson George H. '28. and five grandchildren, one of whom is a fresh man at the college. is survived by his wife, In 11108 he purchased two sons, F r ed M. 1890 GOEDEN ANNIVERSARY, AEUMNI DAY, JUNE 8 is vice president of the YanSweringen I.. J e n ks Benjamin company. 17(12 T e r m i n al tower, Cleveland. 1891 E. I*. SaH'iird, r o a d m a s t er and supervisor of track on the New York Central railroad at Silver Creek, New York, retired on April 8 after 48 y e a rs of continuous service for t h at system. The last 32 years of this service was in Silver Creek as super visor of t r a c ks between Buffalo and Erie, but the previous 1C years were spent in nine different h e a d q u a r t e rs in the states of the high Ohio. Michigan, and spots of his railroad service t he n u m b er of y o u ng men trained under him who a re scattered over the New York Central system in responsible positions. I n d i a n a. Mr. Safford considers 1892 Word has beea received of the death of George William Davis, farmer and p o s t m a s t er of Tekonsha. Michigan, which occurred April 10 in a Battle Creek hospital. 1895 45TH A N N I V E R S A R Y, AH MM DAY. J U NE 8 1897 Eewis S. Munson, m a n a g er of t he d u P o nt Dye W o r k s, recently moved in Wilmington. Delaware, to 2 Alopocas Drive. T HE RECORD A Magazine For State's 1 2 , 8 79 Alumni £l(Ufd Jl. Qed, Cdito*. A S S I S T A N TS F OR T H IS I S S UE Jean Seeley, '43 Arvid Jouppi, '40 Ap/Ui Go*de*Ui Today Among The Alumni By Gladys M. Franks, ' 27 2 Page My M. S. C. Calendar Letters And Comments Redfern Family Dr. Huddleson, '25 $40 Term Fee Beginning Next Fall By Dave Tefft, '40 4 4 5 6 6 I/** Bee &*t *1Ue Gave* F r o nt (left to r i g h t, s t a r t i ng at t o p) 1. Director Young with his secretary, Miss May. getting accustomed to the new office in the .Tenison Fieldhouse and Gymnasium. 2. Building and Grounds Superintendent. t he new take care of William A. Davenport, at controls electrical power demands in new buildings. to 3. Some Spartan athletes admiring one of t he numerous trophy cases in the foyer of the Jenison Fieldhouse and Gymnasium. 4. F a rm Lane bridge. t he back ground, t he new auditorium. which houses t he speech department, W'KAK. laboratory. photographic In 3. Classroom for courses in radio speak Listed Among Great By Ray Pearson 7 ing. II. Dr. Huddleson a nd his laboratory as sistant. Mrs. Monger, in the new clinic building. 7. Coeds in an archery class. Women now have sole right to t he gymnasium recently vacated by men. radio engineer, at t he engineering in new WKAR 5. Mr. Grover. controls studios. Cover lluby. Mr. laboratory. Hack !). 10. 11. 12. 13. 14. 15. Coach Daubert and his new swimming pool. Corrective physical education, a class in t he new gymnasium. Wrestling, quarters. as performed in new Dr. Van Dusen, speech clinic, in his new offices. Auditorium, in t he new music build ing. Sale, in pavilion. t he new livestock judging in the new photographic Some Facts About State From Secretary John A. Hannah Close Beside The Winding Cedar 8 Well, Howdy New Discoveries Sports Review By Glen O. Stewart, '17 9 By Everett Swingle 9 By George Alderton 10 "After College Life" By King McCristal 11 Following Alumni Clubs Along The Way Days Of Yore 12 13 14 By Joseph G. Duncan 15 Cover P h o t o g r a p hs a nd O t h e rs by H u b y, College P h o t o g r a p h er The Record. Vol. XLV, No. 3. Published quarterly October, J a n u a r y, April, a nd July, by Michigan S t a te College, East Lansing. Address all communications con cerning the magazine to the Editorial Office, Publications and Journalism Department, 10 Agricultural Hall, Michigan State College, East Lansing, Michigan. Changes of address should be sent to the office of the Alumni Recorder, Union Building, Campus. Entered as second-class matter at the Post Office. East Lansing, Michigan. Member of the American Alumni Council. A P R I L, 1 9 4 0 .. .3 Keep Me O Ported Mif M.S.G. GcJeadaA Of Events From Today To June 12 from today to June 12, when school closes officially. FOR the first time you'll find below the M. S. C. calendar of activities It is printed for the convenience of alumni and friends who may be interested in attending many of the campus functions. GENERAL ( ' B r o a d c a st over station WKAR) E/.io Pin/.a-Elizabeth Rethberg (concert) May Morning Sing M. S. ('. Symphony Concert *Band Concert Swingout *F>and Concert •Band Concert Ag. Field Day Coronation Hall (sponsored by Ag. Council) Lantern Night Senior Class Play W a t er Carnival Alumni Day Alumni Dance (informal) Baccalaureate •Commencement Fireside programs from dormitories College News Alumni Authors Vocational Guidance Dramatic Workshop Going lo College Interviews with Students Auditorium, S p. m.. Friday. April 26 Beaumont Tower. 7 a. m.. Wednesday, May 1 Auditorium, S p. m.. Thursday. May 2 Band Shell, 7 :30 p. m.. Wednesday. May S Campus. 7 :30 p. m., Wednesday. May 15 Band Shell. 7 :30 p. m.. Wednesday, May 15 Band Shell. 7 :3<» p. m.. Wednesday. May 22 In front of Dairy B a r n s. 4 to 8. F r i d a y. May 24 Union. 0 to 12. Friday. May 24 Campus. 7 :30 p. in.. Tuesday. J u ne 4 Campus Saturday. J u ne 8 Union. Saturday. J u ne 8 Band Shell or Auditorium. 2 p. m.. Sunday. J u ne 9 Band Shell or Auditorium. 10 a. m.. Monday. J u ne 10 RADIO 0 :30 p. m.. Wednesday. May 8. 15. 22 3 :15 p. m.. Fach Monday 2 p. m., Each Wednesday 2 :15 p. ni.. Each Tuesday 4 p. m.. Each Thursday 2 p. in.. Each Friday 3 p. m.. Each Friday New t h e a t er or Band Shell. 8 p. in.. Wednesday, J u ne 5, T h u r s d a y. J u ne 6 B a n ks of Red Cedar. 7 p. m.. F r i d a y, J u ne 7, S a t u r d a y. J u ne 8 BASEBALL ( ' H o me Games, and broadcast over WKAR.) Saturday and Memorial Day home games at 3 p. m. All other home games at 4 :10 p. m. Broadcast begins at 4 :30. * Western S t a te Michigan •Hillsdale *Notre Dame Michigan Normal Western State •Toledo Iowa Iowa 'Michigan Normal Hillsdale •Michigan Notre Dame •Illinois Wesleyan •Ohio State •Ohio S t a te Saturday. Tuesday Thursday. Saturday Wednesday Saturday. Wednesday. Friday. Saturday. Friday. Saturday. Thursday. Saturday Tuesday Friday. Saturday April 27 April 30 May 2 . May 4 . May 8 May 11 May 15 May 17 May 18 May 24 May 25 May 30 . J u ne 1 , J u ne 4 J u ne 7 . J u ne 8 TRACK •Home Meet. S t a te Intercollegiate preliminaries on Friday. May 17, at 3 p. in. Saturday home meets at 2 p. m. ) Penn Relays Drake Relays \ Marquette Notre Dame • S t a te Intercollegiate I . e. A. A. A. A. Meet Central Conference Saturday. April 27 Saturday. May 4 Saturday. May 11 Friday, May 17. Saturday. May IS Saturday. J u ne 1 Friday. J u ne 7 TENNIS •Home Matches. S a t u r d ay and Memorial Day home matches at 2 p. m. All other home matches at 3 :30 p. m. •Michigan Illinois P u r d ue Ohio State •Kalamazoo • I n d i a na Michigan •Michigan Normal Western S t a te • W a y ne * Alumni Tuesday. Thursday Friday Saturday. Wednesday Saturday. Saturday. Friday, Saturday. T h u r s d a y. Saturday. April 30 May 2 . May 3 , May 4 . May 8 May 11 May 18 May 24 May 25 May 30 J u ne 8 Concerning Campus Events Dear Sir : An idea burns for expression t h at may do us both some good. I wish that you could have in The Record all of the events t h at are taking place at the college : concerts, recitals, lectures, etc.. along with the admission prices. listed You get the athletic events and Commence ment week all well enough, but there are many to very worth while things t h at it come is all to. and usually interests. over. For tin announce I kicked around and finally got ment of lecture. Have tried for years to get'some dope in advance on the spring band concerts with poor luck. rind out after instance, my own special the annual Sem Bot I would like like these things. It would seem to me wise to get these dates out because there must be others, old grads or It would not. who would bring more of them back. Also it would seem the opportunities especially bright in view of the new t h at will surely be available with things are auditorium. Likely many of advertised there but are many within convenient driving range but out of touch. these the Lansing Journal, in Otherwise The Record is very good, each issue better than the last. Very truly yours. Culver D. Wilcox. 21. 115 West Prospect Street. Marshall. Michigan. ( T h a n k s, Header Wilcox. Sec adjoining col umn for your suggestion) Among The Patriarchs Dear Sir : It does not seem possible t h at P a t r i a r c h, yet I must be something for I have a son who graduated daughter with M. S. C. even as I looked tabula County, Ohio. a t h at in 1916. a looks toward in 1884 from Ash longing eyes and empty pockets in 1!»20. and a grandson who I am like There are other evidences of a P a t r i a r c h al nature. My hand is so lame and shakey t h at I have to write with pencil on a board in my lap, and since the secretaryship of our association was taken from me three years ago there is no typewriter or secretary to take dictation. How ever, my memories of in Van Buren county are on Alumni records. farming tile among your fifty years of I do like to get The Record. T he one before me. showing the sweet face of Mrs. Carpenter. mho was Librarian when the class of '88 was there, and the strong hopeful face of Charles W. Garfield, who was on the Board of Agricul ture at t h at time. I was glad Ned and Mrs. Mayo are in Florida and wish all our p a t r i a r c hs could go there. . . Sincerely. John C. Stafford. '88, President, Lawrence National F a rm Loan Association, Lawrence. Michigan. Forty Years A go Dear Sir : The J a n u a ry street number as 2401. correct. issue of The Record has my is 2461. otherwise It I was much interested in the campus notes, 18) especially where a 100- to Pane (Turn 4 . . T HE R E C O RD < C L IP HERE T HE mmm Michigan State College, East Lansing, Michigan, April, 1940 1 4, 1 8 96 Redfern Family F O U N D E D, J A N U A RY Volume 45 Number 3 D i c k, ' 4 2, M a k es The Fourth Generation To A t t e nd M. S. C. £f '40 M.A.C. opened seekers. its doors to education- "It is a wise son steps of his the Canadian born, this grand old man of the Redfern elan moved with his parents fifties, to Calhoun county the early in CONFUCIUS s a y: who fathers." this he treads in If true then Richard (Dick) Redfern, Michigan State sophomore from Saginaw, may be called exceedingly wise. For. of Michigan State's more than (i(K)O students, he. we believe, is the only one consecutive who generation of one family the college. represents to attend fourth the Dick's paternal great-grandfather, F r a n family the in 1862 just five years after cis William Redfern. started to the college on trek Red Cedar the banks of the Richard (Dick) Redfern, '42 There'll be more Redfern* at M. S. C. A P R I L, 1 9 4 0 . . .5 Vernon B. Redfern, \v'17 World War took him from college before (trad nation coming Fast Lansing as a youth of 11) years. to attend school at there from left my home (letting to college in the tirst place was no easy task in those days, as Redfern's own account of his first day proves. Said he of his a r r i v a l: in "I Marshall to become a student at the col lege, going by rail to Jackson, took a stagecoach to Lansing—(There were) four passengers and the road consisted of a series of mud holes. The . . . men had to get out several times to help pry the tired horses wheels up before the poor then Francis W. Redfern He pared the way in 1862 in (! :30 the horse, induced him reached Lansing at could go on. and going up the hills we walked."' "We the evening. The best I could do was to hire a horse to ride to the college in a very d a rk night. Two miles out, the road was overflowed and the flood had carried away I be planks of a sluiceway. After getting to walk off across the president who examined and enrolled me. to Lansing about mid Then night." But I the widest stringer. fo seek higher learning at M.A.C. really didn't get a chance to find out how he liked the place. For his account stated : "The next day I went on foot to the college and began to left college with study. diphtheria, got well, and enlisted the in army, never fo r e t u rn as a student." first Redfern In a week I returned I found the I the It was then-familiar call to help preserve the Union t h at overwhelmed the first Redfern's yen for learning and kept him from r e t u r n i ng to school. He served about a year with Custer as a first ser geant in Company C. First Michigan Vol unteer cavalry and the navy for t he duration of the Civil War. His last official act came as an aftermath of then joined Dr. Huddleson, '25 fever Dr. I. F. Huddleson, recognized as one the world's foremost experts on un- of dulant research and originator of curative brucellin, will be honorary presi dent of the second Annual Mexican con gress for Malta Fever study to be held in G u a d a l a j a r a, Mexico, during first week of J u n e. He will leave East Lan sing for Mexico in May and will return after the congress. the Besides honoring him with the honorary presidency for 1940 the congress last year authorized an honorary professorship at the University of Mexico for him in recog nition of his research. The degree was conferred by Dr. 0. Comergo and visited Michigan State college in April with a group of Mexican students. laboratory Another distinction given Huddleson last summer was the naming of a brucel losis laboratory after him in Mexico City. the National The Several I n s t i t u te of Health. Mexican joined high Mexican health officials in paying the dedication ceremony. is p a rt of to him at tribute Redfern Family (Continued from Page 5) the Later t h at were in 1800 Redfern the ties raiding the w ar when he rode with p a r ty t h at captured J o hn Wilkes Booth, Lincoln assassinator, in the spring of 180.1. unknowingly strengthened to bind his posterity to Michigan State when he married Eunice Sherman. For Mrs. Red the fern was all her life connected with her through Michigan Grange. Grange work intimate friend of Mary Mayo. who. in herself, is a Michigan State tradition. The large pic t u re of Mrs. Mayo which hangs the of Mary Mayo dormitory was foyer donated to the college by Mrs. Redfern in 1032 and bears her name. And she became an in M ICHIGAN State's first Redfern died in March, 1930, after 93 years of varied life which included service in '93, '94. '9.1. and '90. as a s t a te representative. He was. at his death, one of five surviving Civil W ar veterans in Clinton county. One of the more tangible memories left by the elder Mr. Redfern was the old flag whicli draped his casket during the burial ceremonies in honor of his w ar service. This flag now belongs to Vernon B. Red fern. grandson of F r a n c is William and father student. to State's present day Dick. The present possessor fought under the same flag in the World War. By reached State the Redfern family the time the second representative of in 1893 family h e a d q u a r t e rs had been estab lished in Clinton County around Maple Rapids and St. Johns. Scott James, son of Francis William and a great uncle to State's contemporary Redfern. Dick, was the college Redfern link the second chain. He was graduated in 1897 and little is known of his college career except t h at he was a member of the old Olympic Literary society, later incorporated with the Eunoniians to become national Sigma Nu. His name the is also football roster for the years '9-1. '90. '97. included in in t a s k m a s t e rs SCOTT'S sister, Mrs. F r a nk Annis. Di- mondale, Michigan, however, tells one story of his college days that should make present day ROTC students who think their tough breathe a too sigh of relief. It seems, according to Mrs. reprimanded Annis, t h at Scott had been many times for carrying a scholarly stoop to military class. So one day his com manding officer, irked more than usual by the unmilitary-like bearing of his charge, demonstration. decided on Bearing down on the line from the rear. he adjusted each student's bearing until he had them all standing chin out. shoul ders back, stomach a practical in. Reaching But when he came to the recalcitrant Scott there was no gentleness in his ad justments. his ankles, he clutched a haymaker and hit stooped the unsuspecting cadet on his the shoulders old armory. This demonstration needed no repeating, Mrs. Annis says. t a n b a rk of the horsey down near in to before graduation the war, bat went Scott's nephew, Vernon B. Redfern. con tinued the family custom by becoming the to Michi third generation representative gan State. He attended from 1913 to 1910 leaving slough around in the battle fields of France with the 119th Field Artillery. He didn't return to college after into business following his marriage to IxM>la A. Dunning, w'20. in 1920. Vernon is now sales engineer with the Dow Chemical company, working out of Saginaw. Other Redferns, contemporary to Ver '20's. William to Vernon, in 1921. and Marion Chalmer in 1922 and non, came along Westbrook Redfern. brother was here Redfern, a cousin, attended '23. the in the is going, he'll keep the way that fourth genera And from (Dick) Redfern. chemistry tion. Richard major, family record intact for the next two years. For Dick's m a r ks have averaged well above a B plus, which is about as good as one can get. And if he has anything to say about it, t he line won't be broken after he if he graduates. planned to send his children to Michigan S t a t e: "'If they listen to me, they will be the fifth generation of Redferns at M.S.C." Said he when asked Summer School Begins On June 17 Several educational features have been added to the 400 courses of study for the 1940 summer session at Michigan State the college, which begins on J u ne 17 for six-weeks session and J u ne 29 for the four- week period. Among these a re the curriculum work shop, secondary library manage school ment, elementary education, marriage and family relations, and the History of Amer ican Public Address. In addition, a special a rt course will be conducted again at Le- land, Michigan. It is designed for under graduates and graduates. At the time of writing, sixteen special teachers have been appointed in addition to members of the regular faculty to han dle summer session teaching, according to Professor S. E. Crowe, director. Since 1937 the enrollment in summer sessions has jumped from 1,029 to 1,547 in increased an 1939. To accommodate ticipated enrollment, the Administration is opening two dormitories, one for men and one for women, and scheduling a pro gram for entertainment and recreation. the $40 Term Fee Beginning Next Fall Acting on a report of a special com mittee recommending changes in the gen eral course fee and student activity fee. for students at Michigan State college, the State Board of Agriculture, at a recent meeting, ordered a general revision. In the fall term, 1940. students who are legal residents of the state will pay a fee of $40 a term, which includes the regular college fee and most of the services now provided fee. in an extra $0.00 activity This activity fee will be discontinued. The new $40 term fee is less than 84 more t h an t he present college fee plus the student-voted activity fee. Prior to 1933. the college assessed a $3.1 general fee plus student-voted activity fees. This was re duced to $30 in two reductions in 1933. Students not residents of Michigan will pay an additional $20 a term, effective for new students at the beginning of the Fall term. 1940. T he present non-resident fee of $10 additional a term will remain in students en effect rolled before Fall the beginning of the Fall term. 1943. for all non-resident term. 1940, until to vote on The Board recommended t h at students be given an opportunity the 50c a term State News fee, and at an elec tion held as p a rt of the Spring term regis tration, students voted to retain the State recom News on mendation will be considered by the spe cial committee in making further recom mendations to the State Board. the fee system. This 6 . .. T HE R E C O RD Listed Among Great B. H. Anibal, '09, Is Vice President Of The Pontiac Division, General Motors liif (lay Peab6jo*i (Reprinted from the Detroit Free Press by special permission). OX a Sunday afternoon in 1904 a sixteen-year-old farm boy stood outside a small brick building in Lansing with his nose pressed against a window. Intently studying the interior, he was so absorbed t h at he failed to notice an ap proaching group of boys until one, who had also peered into the window, spoke. "Oh, he"s only looking at a bunch of old machinery." be informed his companions in disappointment. It was true. The building was an ex perimental machine State college. shop of Michigan To the farm boy it w as more than just It proved a "bunch of old machinery." the to be the inspiration which launched career of Benjamin H. Anibal. '09, now vice president of the l'ontiac Division of the General Motors Corp. and conceded by his own profession to be one of the great automotive engineers. As a Member of a Fenton High School literally camped in its employment office until he w as hired. the After he h ad been with firm one year and was making $100 a month as a designer he was offered a position as en gineer firm manufacturing well-drilling equipment. The salary offer was $2.">0 a month, more t h an twice w h at he w as earning. He turned it down. for a Texas in His faith the automotive industry was rewarded. Within ten years, after a succession of promotions, he became chief engineer. His genius for developing gaso line-engine improvements won him recog nition from the United States Government in t he World War, and much of the suc to cess of the Liberty motor him. is credited In the last I N 1925 he returned to General Motors and was placed in charge of engineer ing at the Pontiac division. A y e ar later he was made vice president in charge of engineering, a post which he still holds. the engineering staff of 217 under his direction perfected more than 100 important engineering im Individual members of his provements. staff have fea tures they have designed, largely because of his suggestion. Anibal heads the list with thirteen patents. taken out 94 p a t e n ts on ten years to his Credited Always a tireless worker, he still passes upon 1,000.000 square feet of blueprints each year. inventive genius and guidance a re the development of the remote-control gear shift, metered lubrication, multi-beam headlights, flow oil. fuel and air filters, crankcase ventila tion, no-draft ventilation, the mechanical fuel pump, indirect instrument panel light ing, and automatic spark control. These and dozens of other improve ments are a result of his infinite capacity for detail and love for grappling with the seemingly impossible. through to Lansing. His walk class. Anibal had been taken on an excur sion the college campus was only one of curiosity. The chance glance into the window of the machine shop, however, brought to Anibal a determination to enroll for a course so that he might operate fascinating machines. the A F T EB finishing high school in 1904, Mr. Anibal worked one year before entering Michigan State college. With this year's savings and the money he earned by working during vacations, along with fi nancial assistance from his parents, he financed a four-year engineering course. After graduation the search for a job. in 1909, he began the Through school's efforts he was offered several positions with established in electrical firms in need of young men their engineering departments. Against the advice of friends, he turned the offers down. Anibal had other ideas. W h at former is schoolmate: told by a they were "The electrical industry was fairly well standardized items and designs. Comparatively few changes its manufactured in A P R I L, 1 9 4 0 . .. 7 B. H. ANIBAL He pauses upon one million each blueprints square year. He a t t a c ks every new problem with an the " It can be done—keep on enthusiastic determination born of philosophy: trying." feet of In those seven words lie the secret of his success. were being made Anibal wanted a chance things. "The from year to year. to create new automobile industry was just getting under way. While many of us were too ready to scoff at the queer noisy contraptions chugging about. Anibal vi- sioned a great future for them. "To him Anibal wrote the automobile offered un limited opportunities for development and research. He wanted to be a p a rt of it." to all existing automobile-manufacturing con cerns. Upon hearing the Cadillac Motor Car Co. was conducting consider able experimental and research work, he t h at organization. He resolved letters of application t h at join to Indiana Honors Troop Honoring J a m es L. Troop. 'IS, a mem ber of the P u r d ue faculty since 1884. more the Michigan State than T>0 members of College Alumni club met at the P u r d ue Union at Lafayette on April 20. Guest speakers included V. K. Gardner, head of the horticulture department and director of the Michigan experiment station and Mr. Stewart. Mrs. Mabelle Ehlers and Miss Mildred Jones, of the home economics di vision. J oe Ryan, "18, retiring president, was assisted by Dan DenUyl, '22, and several other alumni on the P u r d ue teach ing staff. E th Baugh. alumni secretary of P u r d u e, was a special guest. GUu IZeUck Ike. WiwiUuj, Geda* Y. M. C. A., and Ag Council. House finances a re handled by students living at the house and Ron Jackson is house man ager. Members pay $5.50 a week board and room. for and Ralph L. Peters, both of the Detroit News ; George A. Brandenberg. Editor and Publisher Chicago and Robert T a r r. Pontiac Press—all past na tional presidents, and J a m es C. Kiper, Sigma Delta Chi executive secretary. r e p r e s e n t a t i v e: Contest Winner student senior vet Joe Ruhe. from Allentown. Pennsylvania, won the 1940 Water Carnival essay contest prize of $50, with his entry, "Cinema Supreme". He explains t h at he chose this theme because to select a topic which it seemed typifies American progress in materialism, good taste, and culture. Chairman of the water carnival this year is Ralph Bennett. Mt. Clemens senior. fitting J-Hop With coeds granted the onee-in-a-blue- moon permission of 4 a. m., .100 couples danced to the music of Jimmy Dorsey and his orchestra at the annual J-Hop held in Masonic temple. A miniature Beaumont tower in the center of the floor lighted the president ballroom. from Sault Ste. Marie. Michigan, escorted J a ne Shaw. '39. and Art Howland, J-Hop chairman, had Madelon Taylor as his partner. Bill Knox, class "'band Woody H e r m an and his t h at swings the blues," swung out at the Soph Prom held in Masonic Temple ballroom March 8. Co-chairmen were P at Sibley from Stoekbridgo. and John Schaub. Lan- Sigma Delta Chi On April 1. when the forty-second chap ter of Sigma Delta Chi. national profes sional journalism fraternity, was installed on the Michigan State college campus, the X.W.S. organization, which has functioned since 1938 as a local journalism fraternity, quietly faded from the scene as a campus eo-ordinator of journalism affairs. Fourteen undergraduates and four pro fessional candidates accepted membership leadership in Sigma Helta Chi under the of an installation team composed of four national presidents of Sigma Delta Chi, together with the present president and national executive secretary. Elmo Scott Watson, editor of Publish ers' Auxiliary and national president of Sigma Delta Chi. headed the installation team, which also included Lee A. White Most distinguished of the professional members initiated is William EL Berkey, publisher of the Cassopolis Vigilant and chairman of t he State Board of Agricul ture, governing body of the college. He became No. 1 professional member of the Michigan State College chapter. Others invitation who accepted were Lloyd H. Geil, assistant professor of journalism at t he college and editor of The Record; Norman Kenyon, '38 now on Jerome the and Kreiger. "38. of the St. Joseph Herald Press Ionia County News, the professional Rod eo Three thousand students, faculty, and friends packed the new Michigan State College livestock judging pavilion to watch the cowboys ride, rope and wrestle at the first M.S.C. rodeo. T r ue pastoral flowered when talent Myrtle Koskela from Calumet. Michigan, won the milking contest and Helga Sand burg, daughter of poet Carl Sandburg, of Harbert, Michigan, took second prise. the longest William Warren. Bancroft. Michigan, remained on the top side of a barebacked time. No bucking bronc for rider was able tie a calf securely in the allotted time. Bill Max well. Tulsa, Oklahoma, and Bruce Crow, and of Camden. Michigan, placed second, respectively, riding- event which climaxed the show. to rope and the steer first in Honored (lien O. Stewart, alumni secretary, and Dr. Charles F. Holland, head of the col lege health service, became honorary mem bers of the Varsity club, invitational so ciety of junior and senior athletic letter winners. In addition. 42 students received membership in the organization this year. Another H o me Known as the governor's bouse since former lived governor F r a nk Murphy there in 1938. number seven Faculty Row has been made into a home management house for senior Home Economics stu dents, the fourth now in use on the cam pus. 8 . T HE R E C O RD "These wonderful state universities are a constant surprise and a matter of great pride to me . . ."—a statement from Mrs. Franklin I). Roosevelt. It appeared in her column. "My Day," following her lecture at Michigan State college on March 15. Accompanied hy Secretary John A. Hannah and other college officials Mrs. RooseveH toured the campus and saw some of the new huildings made possihle through fed eral grants. Concert Series F OUR brilliant artists, famous through out t he world for their concert and the solo work, will be presented on concert Michigan State college music series during the 1940-41 season. the list Heading is Miss Lily Pons, coloratura soprano and s t ar of the Metro politan Opera, as well as of radio and the concert stage. Gregor Piatigorsky. "cellist, who has appeared with the world's best symphony orchestras, as well as in numer ous recitals throughout the United States and E u r o p e: George Enesco. brilliant Roumanian violinist and conductor; and Robert Oasadosus. pianist, who will be on tour next year by special i>erinission of the French government, are others to be heard by Michigan State students and Lansing and East Lansing townspeople during the 1940-41 season. A fifth program the series will be in presented by the Trapp family, an Aus trian family of eight members. First Cooperative Michigan State's first cooperative house for men h as been named in honor of Wilbur O. Hedrick. '91. who has been at ."il* years and h as been the college for interested types of cooperative movements. in many Located at 405 Abbot road, was opened winter sorship of the Independent men's the house term under the spon l e a g u e, L and members of rious alumni club meetings. the college staff to va the g r a d u a t es radio hook-up J u st w h at does this mean? There was from no •round-the-world' the campus to at to lure tend the many district club meetings. Yet. just for the purpose of joining in spirit with thousands of alumni who trek back to the sacred ground beside the winding these widely scattered Cedar, alumni received greetings, a r e as met. sent, and and renewed friendships of their college days. in This present era in alumni relationship simply means t h at Michigan State is some thing more t h an a great research labora tory—it is. in fact, a great college with a life and a character which d r aw it loyalty of those who have gone out from i ts gateways. to Founders' Day another Next month, on May 13. the college will reach F O U N D E R S' landmark. DAY is. in a way, like the birthday of a is then t h at we try to express friend—it the things t h at we always feel, but which, in our reticence we usually leave unsaid. Oftentimes we allow our great national occasions of remembrance to become, in a large measure, meaningless d a ys devoted to amusements, and t h us ignore the value of our heritage. Even in our educational institutions we a re prone to accept un thinkingly the privileges and the facilities through which have been made available the vision and the t r i u m p h a nt struggle of for pioneers who have broken ns. Any expression of the incomplete founders, however, would be unless it included also the gratitude we feel the des tinies of our college through the times of adversity and discouragement as well as in brighter years. to those who have guided the way for respect the Certainly celebrate the great men is our privilege and duty it great and to remember achievements and and women in the history of our college. The heritage t h at comes down to us is one of which we may be justly proud. Our pres its splendid ent up-to-date college, with a r r ay of buildings and equipment, is a monument to the efforts and loyalty of the founders who established Michigan State college in 1855. Promoted H a v i ng distinguished himself as sales manager in the California F r u it exchange, Irving J. Woodin, 1 3, was appointed gen eral manager of the California F r u it ex change on March 2(5. Previous to this ap pointment. Mr. Woodin held various sales in positions and served as a distributor the fruit and vegetable market over the entire country. By Qle*t 0. SteuMrtt, '17 Alumni Day, June 8 DON'T miss the a n n u al reunions of the various classes planned in connection this J u n e. Alumni with commencement Day is Saturday. J u ne 8. S t a rt your planning now. Write to some of your classmates, your class secretary, to meet you on the campus to renew col lege memories and to see how your college is keeping pace with the times. All classes ending in zero and five will hold special reunion dinners in the Union. the Golden The class of 1890 will have Anniversary President dine with the P a t r i a r c h s. The class of Shaw and 1915 will celebrate its silver anniversary, the class of 1990, its 10th reunion. and P ut a big red circle around J u ne 8 . . . then stay over Sunday for baccalaureate and Monday for commencement. Loyal To College to hear It certainly the is a pleasure interesting comments which occasionally the growth of come our way concerning our great college. Everyone, the from Incoming freshman to the successful alum nus who has heard President K. S. Shaw si>eak. has been impressed with his con tinual assurance that this institution h as been, and will continue to be, essentially democratic in spirit. That this same Spartan spirit flourishes in many corners of the country has been, and this year by the visits of the alumni secretary is being seen more than ever A P R I L, 1 9 4 0 . .. 9 New Discoveries to W I LL h u m a ns begin share with animals the products from the more than a million acres in Michigan? Discovery of a of alfalfa new and efficient process for obtaining carotene from green plant tissue such as research alfalfa men at Michigan State college. is announced by three That discovery, already patented, has a meaning for every vitamin conscious hu man and as well to every producer of the source of all is livestock. Carotene vitamin A which is an essential as a cold preventive, as a body a nd nerve condition er, and for the prevention of night-blind ness in h u m a ns and moon-blindness in ani mals. the H. G. Petering. P. W. Morgal and E. J. three research men. The Miller are the first two are comparatively new on than college staff, employed a little more a year ago to conduct research useful to agriculture and industry. These men and their work are income of financed the half million dollar Rackham Research foundation, set up by a grant of money late in 1938. from finding under The carotene announcement is the the Rackham first re major search and was presented as such in a recent meeting of the biological section of the American Chemical society in Cincin nati. is to Carotene the name given three yellow pigments which occur naturally in green plant tissue and to some extent in other p a r ts of plants such as carrot roots. The substance is transformed into vitamin A in the bodies of h u m a ns and animals. in plants or vegetables, the carotene may not be read ily absorbed is closely bound up in the cells of the plant. When isolated, however, it is readily avail able for nutrition of the body. As contained n a t u r a l ly in digestion because it In chemistry laboratories the three re search men developed a method which makes use of dried alfalfa meal. A pri m a ry process e x t r a c ts the carotene, chloro phyll and fatty m a t e r i a ls and the then the extract l a t t er to leave the desired carotene. Concentra tion and purification follows. The process is much simpler than any other now avail able. two are moved from Preliminary estimates t h at a ton of dehydrated alfalfa meal contains a half pound of carotene, source of sufficient vitamin A for 100 persons for a year. indicate •> • ;_ . - -< _ N. !>>:;« : , * « • >• . . •- . , ,:5 The team is built around such veterans as George Owen, l b; Casmer Klewicki, 3 b; and Norman Duncan, ss, who w as the team's last year when a sophomore. T he [(itching staff will consist chiefly of George Monroe. Paul Derrick- son, and Bob Hall. All a re veterans. leading hitter Track Track prospects a re not greatly im proved over the winter season although the Coach Ralph II. Young h as gained services of a needed sprinter in George Doran. of Grand Rapids, and hopes to make full use of Walter Arlington's ver satility track and field events. runner and cross Dick Frey. distance country star, ended his period of eligibility with the close of the indoor season. in both Arrington is regarded by Coach Young as the best all-around track athlete he h as coached at State. The Long Island negro junior won the all-around championship at the Illinois Relay carnival the past win ter and is bound to be a strong contender in similar competition this spring. H is spe cialities a re the high j u mp and broad jump in which he holds varsity records. Tennis, Golf Peace would have allowed Finnish and Spartan athletes to meet at the Olympics in Helsinki, but war cancelled the peace symbolic event and brought Taisto Maki, world-champion outdoor distance star to Jenison I'ieldhouse on a Finnish Relief tour. Left to right: Richard Frey, Mike Reid, Maki, Al Mangan. Warren Cooley, Danny Rosenbaum. I'aavo Niirmi (Maki's coach), Walt Arrington. and Athletic Director Ralph Young. This picture was posed after Maki's workout in preparation for the M. A. A. U. relays in Ann Arbor, March S3. Of the Spartans, Mangan and Arrington were conceded good Olympic team chances. Sports Review Athletic Publicity Director Baseball SPOUTS trails along the Red Cedar are changed a bit this spring. With the transfer of all men's athletic ac tivities to the palatial new Jenison gym nasium and tieldhouse the parade of base ball and football men across the bridge is ended. Those reporting for sports a re in new q u a r t e rs and a re making new paths. So far as is known none of the boys h as forgotten a nd invaded the women's ath letic q u a r t e rs which now occupy all of the old gymnasium. Coach J o hn Kobs took a winning base ball team into the south for a seven-game schedule. T he S p a r t a ns brought back three victories and a tie out of the five games the weather permitted them to pay. They won from Georgia, 3-2: Presbyterian col twelve innings to lege. 11-5; and went conquer South Carolina, 14-12. The lone defeat was at the h a n ds of Georgia. 5-4, and the tie w as a six-inning affair with Clemson college t h at wound up 3 to 3. Those coming back for alumni day cere monies J u ne S can exjiect to find a strong nine opposing Ohio State university. Coach Kobs h as turned to sophomores for help tliis year. In early games he had three newcomers in the outfield and one of them. J a m es Fitzsimmons, of Buffalo. X. Y.. w as the team's leading hitter. T he twins. W y m an and Wilford. who Davis won some football honors fall oc cupied left and right field in early games. Bill Morrison, on second, and Leo Wol- kowicz, behind other sophomores who appeared installed as regulars. the plate, were last fair is no better Outlook for winning teams in tennis and golf this year. than Coach C. D. Ball expects his tennis team, which won two and lost two matches on a southern trip in March, will come close to equalling the record of ten victories and four defeats marked up a year ago. He first last year and seem certain the is banking heavily on Captain Chester Olson. Fred Perkins. William Struck, and Irvin Roberts, all of whom played to occupy four places all season. Struck had the best record in the south, winning two of his three matches. State won from North Carolina State and Lake Forest by scores of 8-1 and (5-1. respec tively, while losing to Davidson and Duke. l-G and 1-8, respectively. team with Coach Ben Van Alstyne lines up his two veterans and two golf newcomers. The experienced players a re Stanley Kowal, from New York Mills. X. Y.. who qualified for the national collegi ate last year, and W a r r en i Bod I Tansey. The new men a re William Zylstra. of Grand Rapids, and Ralph Kortge. of Mid land. Football flavor to the squad as 78 of Spring football resulted in a t u r n o ut of 125 candidates. There w as a strong fresh man those reporting were playing their first college football. Biggest problem this year for Coach Charley Bachman and his staff is the development of some strong tackles and ends. 1 0 .. . T HE R E C O RD \* After College Life ff Ph ysical Education Courses Now Concerned With Activities Having "Carry-Over" Values By Kinxj, McGniUal Associate Professor Of Physical Education PR A r T K ' A E LY without exception re turning graduates are awe stricken with the immensity of the new F. C. Jenison Gymnasium and Field House. Such manifestations of wonder and pride are only natural when one considers t h at this plant is perhaps the finest and most complete of its kind to he found anywhere in the country today. the Its spacious q u a r t e rs give opportunities for long needed expansion of men's activity programs which, up to the pres ent, have been crowded along with wom en's activities in the old gymnasium. is the space: the way Six separate gymnasium floors, a huge pool, adequate storage, locker, office and the that classroom gymnasium inventory reads, while as most of you have heard, field bouse can accommodate a regulation football field. these changes have quite nat the way for program ex urally opened pansion. P e r h a ps the greatest change to occur the required curriculum of physical education for freshman men. this direction has affected All of in taking Instead of three courses in a rigid and limited program, a student now the may elect his activities for fulfilling physical education a list of twenty-six separate courses. requirement from institutions during grams at other the past two decades. A survey completed at Springfield college in 1938 disclosed t h at ten y e a rs after graduation, men from six recrea Eastern colleges were pursuing tional in no way related to college sports or ph.vsical edu cation class work. interests which were Outstanding among such interests were fishing, handball, archery, and badminton. These sports afford only mediocre satis faction and enjoy a very limited use when It goes the participants are unskilled. without saying then in leisure interests can certainly be time classified among the responsibilities of an educational t h at preparation institution. in the angling Next year the basement of the new gym nasium will get its baptism of organized class work in four wall handball. Spring season term will usher with the introduction of fly and bait cast ing classes in which the student will not only become acquainted with the equip ment and techniques of the game but will the also receive a thorough schooling in laws pertaining to game conservation. Archery classes will be open those who desire to become acquainted with this time sport. Here again splendid leisure to there a re other courses offered consideration will be given to hunting with the bow as well as to techniques and tackle. But in this balanced physical education curric ulum. Boxing and wrestling will be very much in evidence for inter in t h at direction. in ests tumbling and heavy a p p a r a t us stunts will continue to give the thrills and satisfac tion of accomplishment as in the past. Every student will be required to take one course in swimming, an ad vanced or elementary course depending upon his proficiency those whose in aquatics. they have Classes lie is felt tached it A G R E AT deal of significance is at to the aquatics program be cause is t h at since swimming such an important recreational sport and since so many opportunities for participation every student should be able to swim reasonably well. the state of Michigan affords Another phase of in the new program which many people have expressed an interest is the adapted sports division for Provisions the physically handicapped. a re made in these classes for those men who a re unable to participate with safety in the regular required courses. Should a student have only one a rm or leg. or should he have to live moderately because of a diseased heart, he can enroll in this course which gauges activity to suit indi vidual limitations. taught Several in a long list of activities in these special classes a re bait and fly badminton, casting, handball, and pong, shuffle board. These lighter sports offer the handicapped student an opportunity to to rehabilitate a personality excel and times maladjusted as a which is often impairment. result of his physical skills and ph.vsical archery, ping horseshoes, canoeing, THE new curriculum groups activities under five main divisions, namely, aquat ics, combatives. games, stunts, and sports for the physically handicapped. Under each of these headings a re included any where from four to nine courses, carefully selected with regard to subject m a t t er and arranged to meet the physical, intellectual, social and recreational needs of college students. In keeping with modern program build the older nondescript, sweat types of activity have been ing trends producing de-emphasized. the to More attention has been given recreational aspects of the student's life by incorporating activities which are not immediate needs, but only fitted for which a re rich "after college life". in carry-over values to his T he new curriculum for men at State h as been constructed with a view toward in pro the mistake so evident avoiding A P R I L, 1 9 4 0 . .. 11 Dale Hansen, sophomore swimming; star, broke reeords in the 50 yd. sprints this year. Detroit's his home town. and 100 yd. varsity Some Facts About State THE State Board of Agriculture ac cepted for Michigan State College t he cluh house property at Leland. Mich igan, operated by the Walter T. Best Wo men's cluh of t h at city. This property will be used for a summer school by the M.S.C. It lies along Carp river Art department. a short distance from Lake Michigan in Leland. Leelanau county. The Michigan Hotel association pre sented a petition to the State Board ask ing that when it is feasible a combination Inn and Laboratory building for the use of hotel administration students be con structed on the campus. At present there a re no monies available for this project. Construction of the new Radio station for WKAK is practically completed. This t r a n s m i t t er building, a new includes a tower with all of the necessary sending apparatus, and a suite of new studios on the third tioor of the auditorium. WKAK will be on the air with its increased power (if length. 830 kc. within a few days. .",(MM» w a t ts with the old wave Secretary Hannah theater, stage, tin1 speech department, THE auditorium has been completed, fur niture installed, including the carpeting in the theater, draperies for the windows. furnishings, etc. Venetian blinds, studio laborator The auditorium the radio ies for studios, and eventually the museum will be so well equipped as to make them all outstanding in their respective fields. Al most 0.000 persons were in the auditorium to hear Mrs. Eleanor Roosevelt on March 12. correctives, furnished, and Fred C. Jenison Gymnasium and Field house has been completed. The gymnasium has been completely the various rooms for boxing, wrestling, fenc ing, very well etc.. equipped. The lobbies and offices a re com pletely furnished with new furniture and equipment. This is undoubtedly the finest building in the world devoted to athletic purposes. are landscaped, and The new bridge on F a rm Lane across lied Cedar river has been completed. The a r e as in its vicinity are now being graded the and campus from F a rm Lane to Rogue street, north of the Bed Cedar river, will even tually become one of the most beautiful of the entire campus. that area of the redecorated Approximately 300 WPA workers con tinue to work on campus projects. One crew is painting the interior of all college buildings that need it and have complete ly interior of Kedzie Chemical laboratory. Engineering building. Agricultural building. Home Economics and Bac building, Beaumont Tower, teriology building. Another crew is gra ding and landscaping lawn a m i s. A crew has been installing farm drains. Another crew has revamped a barn on one of the new college farms to be used by Dr. Hud- dleson in his work on Bangs disease and Undulant fever. this week is s t a r t i ng A new crew to pave the college drive extending from be tween Practice House No. 5 and No. (5 on Faculty Bow in front of Mayo hall and connecting with the new concrete drive at a point directly north of Alice Cowies hall (the old hospital—formerly the presi soon be dent's h o m e ). This crew will the working on the new sidewalks about auditorium and I Miring the summer a concrete drive will be con structed auditorium around to the south side of t h at building. Many other sidewalks and service drives will be paved during the summer. the gymnasium. the course of the new east of Thomas Bead, attorney general, h as re cently ruled t h at the bonds issued by the State Board of Agriculture providing fi nances the campus are exempt from the provisions of the new intangible tax law. the new buildings on for itory bond O UTSTANDING bonds on all dorm issues were called and refinanced at a substantial saving in in terest rate. The average interest r a te was the reduced from 3%«# outstanding bonds on the gymnasium and auditorium were called and refinanced with a new bond issue at a substantial saving in interest. The old r a te of interest issue bears averaged 'iV-y'A and 2% and 3 %. to 3 %. Similarly the new A g r a nt of $2,000 has been accepted from the Calcium Chloride association for to be carried on a joint research project by the Michigan State the college and Highway Department Research division. A g r a nt of $5,000 has been accepted the Horace II. and Mary A. Back- from h am fund to be used for the continuation of Dr. Huddleson's studies on brucellosis. Thomas Bead, attorney general, has ruled t h at the State Board has authority to sell real estate given it in t r u st and use in ac cordance with the terms at the time the gift was accepted. the funds derived therefrom THE following employees a re being re tired at the end of the present year in accordance with the Retirement program effective for all employees at Michigan State college: Dr. B. P. Hibbard, associate professcn- of botany, E. F. Eversole. ani mal pathology department. A. L. B u r t r a w. farm crops department. The Board has accepted from the Stan dard Agricultural Chemical company of Hoboken. New Jersey, a grant of $300 for research in insecticides. Other grants ac the cepted by the Board a re $2500 from for a continuation of Kellogg company the work on dog r a t i o n s: $.300 from the Tennessee corporation for certain work in insecticides, and $400 from the General Electric company for the continuation of certain studies of certain the ripening of meat. lights on The Board at its meeting on April IS in creased the number of alumni scholarships from 32 to 04 each year. The theater at the east end of the audi in honor of George torium was named Thomson Faivchild. professor of English at M.A.C. from ISO.") to 1 s7<). For a com plete writeup of Professor Fairchild see The Record, July. 1039. 12 . . . T HE R E C O RD Following Alumni Clubs WMi QUn 0. Steward Detroit Akron, Ohio the In Detroit, during Easter vacation, the several hundred students joined with members of the Detroit Alumni club, to make the Book- spring dance at Cadillac one of the big collegiate events of the season. More t h an 500 people crowded the Italian and Crystal ballrooms. Jerome Stewart, "38. served as general chairman to conclude the third of the club's success ful dances this year. On March 11. a the club members met for the animal election retiring of officers. Walter Ewald. "24, president, presided, and after voting to combine the alumnae league group with the men's organization the following were the elected as officers and members of board of d i r e c t o r s: president, George Peters. ' 3 6: vice president, Charles Burns, '12: J a n et second vice president, Mrs. ' 3 9; secretary-treas S h e r r a tt Wilkinson. urer, Watson Conner, '37. Mr. Conner h as clult offices at 1003 Dime B a nk building. large number of Those named to the board, in addition to t he officers, w e r e: G. Verne Branch, 12. Fred Arnold, '39. A r t h ur B r a n d s t a t t e r, "3S. Mary B r a n s t a t t e r, '38, Charles Burns, '12. Dr. Lawrence T. Clark, '04, David V. d e a r y, '24, L a r ry '38, E d w a rd Hamilton, '22. Curtis Matson. '14. Ken Patton. "38. D a t us M. Pierson, neth Scott. '38. Clar '2."), J e r ry Stewart, ence Van Lopik, '33. Robert S. Ward. '38, Gerald Winter, '39, and Thomas Wood- worth. '31. '30, Walter Ewald. '38, Henry Leho. '22. Russell Palmer, A new office, chairman of the executive committee, was created and Walter Ewald, retiring president, was named to this post. Kalamazoo And St. Joseph the Kalamazoo Most unusual was the alumni of the annual meeting of area when more than 65 people met on March the Richland community house. A 1. at country-style chicken dinner was followed by football movies explained by assistant coach. Joe Holsinger. A novel dramatic- skit by eight college students, directed by the speech and dramatics Don Buell. of department, was so well received t h at the alumni office received heaps of praise for entertainment. suggesting u n d e r g r a d u a te the pro Dancing was enjoyed gram. A r t h ur Weinland. '31. of Vicksburg, continues as head of District 0. while Floyd Miller. '29. of Kalamazoo, is secre tary-treasurer. following A P R I L, 1 9 4 0 . .. 13 The Michigan State Alumni club, of the big snowfall of Akron, Ohio, braved March 22, when approximately 50 alumni and friends gathered at the beautiful Sil ver Lake country club at Cuyahoga Falls, north of Akron, to h e ar Alumni Secretary Glen O. Stewart and Professor Robert S. Linton, college registrar. The colored pic tures shown by Secretary Stewart were a revelation to the old graduates and Stan '20. presiding chairman of ley Rothrock. the group would the meeting, predicted follow through with a year of definite activities in behalf of the college. Harriet Anderson Davis, '16. (Mrs. P. V.) is serv ing as club secretary for the second year. scheduled is A summer picnic event. the next Roy La Du, "09, and wife, drove Mr. Stewart and Mr. Linton from Cleveland returned to the Akron meeting, and then at train the midnight to safely them Cleveland. During the the afternoon of same day Mr. La Du kept the college visit ors busy interviewing seniors at Collin- wood and Cleveland Heights high schools. The La Du's are real S p a r t an l>oosters the year two sons. J a m es and Robert, enrolled in the college. round, with Buffalo, New York When you hear some unusually extolling u n d e r g r a d u a te the Michigan State en the thusiastic beauty of college campus, or how happy he was with his course "out here', it is ;i ten to one guess t h at this student hails from Buffalo or Western New York. Kernels of such en thusiasm are planted every month by the Michigan State College alumni d ub of Western New York, and the pay-off comes at least once a year at the annual alumni dinner largest group ever to assemble in Buffalo, almost 140. greeted "Bob" Linton, registrar, and Glen <). Stewart, alumni secretary, at the Touraine hotel, on March 20. in Buffalo. This year the thirty high Art Koester. '14. president, first intro duced about school guests. the who. on May 18. will be members of alumni automobile caravan driving to East Lansing. Registrar Linton discussed the entrance requirements and sounded some of the warnings of proper college prep in aration. Secretary Stewart detail the college building and expansion program and expressed t h at the many alumni influence was one of the opinion reviewed reasons why Michigan State was the fast est growing public supported college in America today. At the request of Dean E. L. Anthony and the agricultural council. Mr. Stewart to A. L. Ribbins. 15, a beau presented tiful oil-tinted framed picture of Beau mont Tower, in appreciation of the splen the did Agricultural Achievement banquet the Union building a few weeks earlier. The showing of colored pictures concluded the program. talk "Bib" had given them at in for Officers named the coining year ' 1 3: ' R e d '' Hall. w e r e: President. C. H. vice president. L a r ry I). Kurtz. '20; sec retary. Robert Bruce, ' 3 8: treasurer, Amos J. Hawkins. '31. In addition to the new officers elected. tin1 club has since named the board of di rectors, with Art Koester. '13. retiring- president, as chairman. Grand Rapids At their second testimonial dinner of the year on April 9 at the P a rk Congre gational church, about eighty men of the Grand Rapids alumni club, directed by Wayne Barkwell. '27, entertained the all- city basketball team, selected annually by the Grand Rapids Herald. The club en tertained the all-city high school football speakers team introduced by tostmaster De Gay Ernst. '22. were B. F. Van Alystyne. bead basket ball coach, and Mr. Stewart. Colored slides of campus scenes and basketball movies were shown. last December. Campus Margaret Stoffer List. '34, Mrs. (H. C ), acted as chairman of tea at Herpolsheimers' store on S a t u r d ay after noon. April 27. Catherine Miller, nursery department of the Home Economics di vision, was the guest speaker. the annual Wash ington, D. C. farm crops department, while Professor Howard Rather. "17. head of the in Washington. I). 0.. on business. February 22. was the main speaker at the annual meeting of the alumni club of t h at city. The dinner was held at Normandy F a r m. following year Officers elected for '32: w e r e: President. V. G. Armstrong. '16. vice president. Thomas B. Dimmick. Helen and Haight, is at Delano Hall, Walter Reed hospital, and main tains a directory of all Michigan State alumni in the Washington area. secretary-treasurer. Miss '39. Miss Haight the Branch And Calhoun chair, With Walter " J a c k" Foster. '22. the sports scribe of Marshall, Michigan, in t he presidential the Michigan State alumni club of District (>. completely filled the Masonic Temple dining room at Mar shall. April 18. The a n n u al meeting w as one of the best ever held by the group and w as addressed by L. L. Frimodig, 'IT, assistant director of athletics, J a ck Hep- pinstall. well known and popular athletic trainer. Miss Beatrice Grant, of the home economics staff, and Mr. Stewart. Oakland County Although overlapping the Detroit group to some extent the Oakland County alumni club took a step in the right direction dur ing 1940 by shifting into high gear on F r i d ay evening, April 20. at the Birming ham Community house. Leon V. Belknap. '09. chairman the past year, assisted by several versatile com mittees, put on a real show for those pres ent. Mr. Stewart told of t he many activ ities of the alumni office and the p a rt alumni have played in expanding the col lege. Dr. Marie Dye, dean of home eco nomics, described her d e p a r t m e nt and her work with women students. Dr. M. M. Knappen, who succeeded E. H. Ryder as head of the history department, discussed "This Changing European Situation". Shiawassee County Many alumni in Shiawassee the "Whitehouse county, part of District 15, enjoyed a fine meet ing at Inn", between Vernon and Corunna. Wednesday night, April 17. Charles P. Dynes. '20. agricul t u r al teacher at Owosso. a nd president of the group, introduced Mr. Stewart, who described the expansion of Michigan State college. Al Mangan, M. S. C. junior and National Champion Walker, gave an in talk on "Competitive Walking"' teresting while Miss Geraldine Gillford, another junior from Flint, entertained with sev eral humorous readings. Chicago speakers they met at 13. Campus Approximately 150 people attended the annual dinner meeting of the Michigan State College Alumni club of Chicago, the Morrison hotel. when April included Ralph H. Young, athletic director, B. II. Proulx. head of the hotel management course, a nd Mr. Stewart. J a m es Ilayden. '.">(>. club president, was assisted in mak ing general a r r a n g e m e n ts by Art Mooney. ' i s. board chairman. Nellie Fredeen. '17. '30. Leslie Scott. George Northcott. '3.".. and J o hn Schafer. '37. Floyd Bunt. '10. was named new president, a nd A. S. "Scotty" Armstrong. '00. vice president. ALONG THE WAY By l/*u And Me Writes Book Roy A. Keech, "17, h as recently pub lished " P a g a ns Praying"', a book of poetry depicting t he cul- t a re ! , ml ^****2% r e l igi on in Fe R. A. Keech of the Southwest Indians. A ern t he review yew Santa Mexican, by Al fred Morang. says t h at Mr. Keech h as hurdled the almost impassable wall of racial dif ferences and t h at the word p a t t e r ns of his poems a re well thought out. His words "'have a decided impact, and leave t he reader with t he sense of having h ad an same experience." source a s s e r t s: "This book is a solid piece of work—one t h at should t a ke i ts place as a record of the religious and emotional background of the Southwestern Indians." Since 1930. Mr. Keech h as been studying the Uni English and anthropology at versity of New Mexico. His first book. "Ruth Visits Margot. A Little French Girl." published in 1934, h as been adopted by a number of school libraries. "Painted Universe," a Pueblo Indian novel, will be published the Clarendon Press, Clarendon, Tex. t h is year by aesthetic This Mr. Keech is a member of the Authors* Guild, the Authors' league. American Poe t ry league, Pan-American Poetry society. Foothill Poets, and several anthropological societies. Industrial Awards the T H R EE Michigan State alumni were among outstanding forty-nine Michigan inventors and research scien tists who were honored as "Modern Pio neers*' because their achievements have contributed to American progress and com fort. Theron P. Chase. "03. of Detroit, one of the men to whom tribute was paid, is an engineer in the research division of Gen era! Motors corporation. T he other State graduates who received a w a r ds at the De troit dinner in F e b r u a ry were H a r ry A. Douglas. w"00. of Bronson. a retired presi dent of the H. A. Douglas Manufacturing company, a nd Lester R. Beltz of the Pack ard Motor Car company in Detroit. Various manufacturers' groups spon sored the awards, presented in connection the the nation-wide observance of with 150th anniversary of t he United States Patent system. Selections were made from 1.000 nominees by a national committee beaded by Dr. K a rl T. Compton, president I n s t i t u te of Tech of nology. the Massachusetts 23,000 Audience Twenty-six Michigan State college stu dents, members of t he student speakers' bureau, have aggregate addressed audience of 23.000 during the school year, according to an estimate by P a ul D. Bag well, speech instructor who organized the service. an Rommy Steensma, veterinary science student from Holland, who left April 15 for The H a g ue where he will resume army service as a first lieutenant in the Dutch 1 >ike Defense unit, filled twenty-five speak ing assignments before leaving. He spoke J e an on "The T r u th about Holland." leads Binkley. Winn in the number of appearances, having pre sented humorous and musical readings be fore t h i r ty audiences. (Michigan) junior, J a ck Dunn, Honolulu, Hawaii, who com pleted requirements for the B. S. degree in term and horticulture during the winter is now doing g r a d u a te work, appeared twenty times with the subject, "The 49th State—Hawaii." Other students who received numerous requests were Geraldine Gifford, with readings. Helen Horning, with "Puppetry," and Albert Mangan. a member of the 1930 Olympic team, on "Walking as a Sport." police Other work, outdoor life, gardening. Hitler, the atrical make-up. and the American Negro. available included topics G. R. Larke, *31 for secretary Glenn R. Larke, '31, h as spoken to more than 100,000 persons, during the last four t he years as educational F a r m e rs & Manufacturers Beet Sugar as sociation, with h e a d q u a r t e rs at Saginaw. Besides lecturing more t h an 373 times before high school audiences, women's and including Kiwanis. Rotary men's clubs, and chambers of commerce. L a r ke edits the Sugar Beet Journal which h as a cir culation of more t h an 20.000 in Michigan. Ohio. Indiana, and Wisconsin. 1 4. . . T HE R E C O RD Executing a Spartan "S" between halves of a football game would have been a real undertaking for the College Cadet Band of 1882. Mem bers of that group, posed in front of the College Greenhouse and Wells Hall (burned in 1905), are: (left to right) E. W. Hoyt, '82, J. E. Coulter, '82, A. C. Redding, '83. W. E. Snyder, '82, W. F. Hoyt, '83, Henry W. Baird, '83, William Bristol, w'83, Will Baird, '85, F. J. Hodges, '84, A. J. Chappell, '82, Rodney Abbot. '84, John I. Breck. '84, and M. A. Jones, w'84. The address of Mr. Jones is unknown; the others are dead, with the exception of Alumni Snyder, of Detroit; W. F. Hoyt. of Paw P a w; Abbot, son of former President Abbot, of Caiipatria, Calif.; and Breck, of Jackson. College Cadet Band of 1882 Maude Gilchrist F o r me M a u d e helped to foundation igan State Economics She served from 1901 Her home Lansing. r Dean Gilchrist lay the of Mich 's Home Division, as dean to 1913. s in East Art at the Turn of the Century The instructor: William S. Holdsworth '78. later professor of drawing, died in 1907. The young men: students in draw located in Old College Hall. ing about 1900. The classroom: Co-eds of 1892 The back row (left to right): Mary (Baker) Waite, '98, College Park, Md.; Cora (Stocking) Palmer, '93, died 1936; Kittie (Hill) Hacker. '96; Katherine Clute, special student, address unknown; Eucy (Clute) Woodworth,'93, Glen Ellyn, III.; and Otie Cook, '96, address unknown. The front row (left to r i g h t ): Lilian (Wheeler) Crosby, '93, died 1913; '93, address unknown; Kate Daisy (Cook) Briggs, '93, Washington, D. C; Faye (Wheeler) Eastman, 99, died 1928; Emma (Churchill) Thayer, special student, address unknown; and Eoa Renner, special stu dent, address unknown. (Champion) Hall. Days of Yore to be a " D a ys of Yore" will continue r e g u l ar f e a t u re of the Michigan S t a te College Record. Many l e t t e rs a nd comments from Alumni far a nd n e ar m a ke us realize as never before t h at you enjoy com t h at of y e s t e r d a y. We p a r i ng hope, t h r o u gh this d e p a r t m e n t, to i n t e r p r et t he social and academic progress of M.S.C. since its inception in 1S55. t o d a y 's college with Today Among The Alumni (Continued from page 2) 1904 long landscape w o rk J a c ob H. P r o s t, identified with civic and private forestry and in Chicago, died in that city on F e b r u a ry 9. Mr. 1'rost was city forester of Chicago from 1909 to 1911 and s u p e r i n t e n d e nt of p a r ks until 1916. I Miring the w ar he w as garden director for the Illinois state council of defense and l a t er con sulting garden expert county school system. At other times he w as employ ed by I n t e r n a t i o n al H a r v e s t er company, the S t a r ks company. Baird and Warner, and the real estate d e p a r t m e nt of as m a n a g er of Cochran and McCluor company. Mr. P r o st had retired and was living in Evanston at the time of his death. His wife and son survive. the Cook the for 1905 35TH A N N I V E R S A RY REVNION A L I M NI DAY, J U NE 8 in M. I c e l a nd Kingsley is resident engineer spector for the Wl'A in Great Falls. Montana, where he lives at 11 Ninth street South. Holla West is owner of a paint manufactur ing and retail business bearing his name and located at 389 E. W a s h i n g t o n. Ann Arbor. 1906 company '10. manages recently called upon H o w a rd E. Heard sley the O K Dairy company in the course of the conversation is a salesman for (if Cleveland, the Acorn Refining and makes his home in L a n s i ng at 11(H) N. .Tenison. Zae N o r t h r op W y a n t, whose husband. Royee W., in Shawnee. Oklahoma, reports t h at a Bowey (of them Chicago) salesman and iiseov- ered that he and Mrs. W y a nt had met a mini her of years ago at the Dickson house in East Lansing. The salesman was M. E. Dickson. '12 the b o a r d i ng club. whose mother managed It t h at Mr. Wyant and was further discovered Mr. Dickson had t a u g ht the in the Dairy and Poultry buildings the same year but had never to met. They are all future visits as Mr. Dickson has that territory under his supervision looking forward 1907 the Tennessee Valley William B. Allen is project design engineer for a u t h o r i t y, with offices at 40.") Union building. Knoxville. Ten nessee. Wilbur <;. H o l d s w o r th is a Christian Science resides at 1559 South Main. practitioner and Plymouth, Michigan. Roy Gilbert is a d v e r t i s i ng m a n a g er for H y d r os corporation. 24th street at Chicago. the the Lake. 1908 J o hn II. K i n s t i ng Monroe Auto E q u i p m e nt Michigan. 1909 is sales engineer for the company. Monroe. Gilbert Daane the Davidson Manufacturing corporation of 1929 W. Adams street. Chicago. is t r e a s u r er of 1910 30TH A N N I V E R S A RY REUNION A L I M NI DAY. J U NE 8 in for from several two years then opened a branch the North American F r u it 1912 Otto W. Schleiissner. vice president in charge the American of all California operations of F r u it Growers. Inc.. died at the home of his brother in New York City on F e b r u a ry 27. Fol lowing his g r a d u a t i on the college Mr. Schleussner became m a n a g er of a 2o0-aere truck farm in New J e r s ey where he did his own marketing. A year later he went to Mon tana as a produce inspector, then became con nected with ex change which was the fore-runner of Federated F r u it and Vegetable shippers. He was with ca this organization pacities, the com pany in K a n s as City. He covered produce deals in the south and in his varied capacities broadened widely his knowledge of produce growing, shipping, and distribution. In 1915 the United States he became associated with D e p a r t m e nt of Agriculture the Bureau of in Agricultural Economics where for four years he was the establishment of in the Federal-State Market News service. He is sued the southern s t r a w b e r ry deal, in H a m m o n d. Louisiana. He was put in charge of the division with duties to establish field stations. He entered the com mercial tield and in 191!) became affiliated with the American F r u it Growers Inc. as sales man ager. He was connected with this organization until the time of his death, serving in the ca pacities of genera! sales m a n a g er and man ager of the melon, fruit, and vegetable depart ments. He was also a director of the Co* chella Grapefruit O r c h a r ds Inc.. and Cameo Vineyards company, which farmed 1 KM) acres in T u l a re comity. Another of his ac of complishments was assisting the compila tion and organizati n of Speedkode, a system of code words with which t r a n s actions by wire concisely and with utmost economy. Mrs. Schleussner and his brother survive. the first market report for instrumental to conduct land in II. .1. Bemis is assistant general m a n a g er for in Chicago where the S t a n d a rd oil Company he lives at ISO E. Delaware place. T. J. Bettes is president of a real estate m o r t g a ge loan business bearing his name and located at 010 Fannin at Capitol. Houston. Texas. Stebler, *33 Adolph Stebler. '33. biologist of the game division of the Conservation depart ment, is continuing the largest deer feed ing experiment in the I'. S. at the Casino wildlife station in the upper peninsula. in in Nearly 100 deer have been kept since dividual pens d u r i ng the w i n t e rs types 1936 and have been fed on various of browse, hay. g r a i n s, and prepared cattle foods. Tlie procedure of weighing the food before placing it in the pens and later weighing unconsunied portions sup plies information about diet which guides the conservation d e p a r t m e nt in its plant ing experiments. from After Stebler was g r a d u a t ed the applied science division he w as appointed assistant c u r a t or of m a m m a ls at the Uni versity became predatory animal investigator for the De p a r t m e nt of Conservation of Michigan until he in 1935. George Sheffield, regional director for News Week, resides in Detroit at 2950 Nebraska. 1915 S I L V ER A N N I V E R S A RY REUNION A L I M NI DAY, J U NE 8 L e l a nd B. Aseltine is m a t h e m a t i cs at the Joliet T o w n s h ip high school and college in Joliet. Illinois. i n s t r u c t or j u n i or Louis A. Dahl. of 427 S. W a s h i n g t on street. recently became manufac the research engineer charge in Illinois, Hinsdale. t u r i ng m a n u f a c t u r i ng land Cement association research bureau of id" the Port in Chicago. Harold and K a t h a r i ne Clark Davenport make at 108 Grove avenue. Detroit, firm their home where he is co-partner in the architectural of Lane-Davenport-Meyer. Albert Ring-old. engineer the Niagara Hudson I'ower company, resides in Buffalo at 21 Kamsdell avenue. for Rome Rust the Texas is principal clerk State Employment service in Amarilla. Texas. in 1916 Word has been received of the death on No vember 11. 1039, of Wilfred B. Massie, vet erinarian of Boston. Indiana. Mrs. Massie. the former R u th Price, is now m a k i ng her home in Dayton. Ohio, where she may be reached at 204 Talbott building. 1917 H o w a rd Estes is the proprietor of the Indian Craft and Gift shop at 110 South Woodward avenue. B i r m i n g h a m. Michigan. Sidney Medalie is s u p e r i n t e n d i ng m a n a g er of the Antrim County Boad Commission with h e a d q u a r t e rs in Mancelona where he and Mrs. Medalie their home. (Eleanor Child*. wTS) make A r t h ur Sheffield the Valley Roofing company. Bay City. Michigan, where he lives at 3(17 N. J o h n s on street. is sales m a n a g er for 1918 Merton Rue is located in Saginaw. Michigan, the New York Central freight agent for as railroad. Harvey M. Sass is a m a n u f a c t u r e r s' agent with offices at 204 State Tower building. Syra cuse. New York. 1919 Ada Frances Cobb, i n s t r u c t or the Tech nical High school in Omaha. Nebraska, for the past IS years, died that city on March fi She is survived by a brother. Charles C. Cobb. 'O'.i. of Lansing. in in 1920 20TH ANNIVERSARY R E U N I ON ALUMNI DAY, J U NE 8 is employed by Merrill E. F o r t n ey the Na tional Cash Register company as m a n a g er of accounting machine sales for Georgia. He and Mrs. '21 I make their home in Atlanta at 657 Greenview ave nue. N. E. I Mildred Bennett. Fortney 1 6. . . T HE R E C O RD Xiinniin Koleman is employed by the IT. S. Illi in Danville. D e p a r t m e nt of Agriculture nois, -where he lives at the Hotel Carlton. Agnes MeKinley and Cecil C. W a l do (Uni versity of Michigan) were married J u ne 12. 1030, in Grant. Michigan. They are m a k i ng their home in Oak P a r k, Illinois, at 313 South Oak P a rk avenue. C. V. R. Pond is located in West Salem. W i s consin, at the LaCrosso county soil conserva tion district office. 1921 Ijestet Beltz the P a c k a rd Motor Car company w h e re he lives at 4853 B u c k i n g h am road. is chief electrical engineer for in Detroit Neal Fenkell. of 10014 Ashton road, Detroit, is a s s i s t a nt mechanical engineer on main tenance for the city water supply d e p a r t m e n t. t'url Horn is chief of occupational tion and guidance for ment of Education home in East L a n s i ng at 520 P a rk Lane. informa the Vocational Depart in Lansing. l ie makes his T a u ge (i. L i n d q u i st is located Illinois, as district supervisor for States Census bureau. in Rockford. the United 1922 E d w a rd A. Gilkey, engineer on a W PA project at the Lansing city airport, was killed on March 4 when his car skidded and crashed into a telephone pole while crossing the Belt Line railroad tracks west of the city on Grand H i r er avenue. The rough g r a de crossing, p a r t ly covered with water from melted snow, ap parently contributed to the accident. Mr. Gil- key is survived by his widow and a sister. the University of Florida, died in from 1022 to 102S. He Lloyd ML T h u r s t o n, head of the dairy prod ucts section of the animal h u s b a n d ry d e p a r t in a ment at following Gainsville hospital on F e b r u a ry 22, an attack of pneumonia. Dr. T h u r s t on received the University of his M S. and Ph. D. from the Minnesota where he w as dairy d e p a r t m e nt then went to West Virginia university as assistant in d a i r y i n g, and was made associate professor in 1031. OB J u ly 1. 1030. he became professor dairy d a i ry technologist m a n u f a c t u r i ng at the University of Florida. Although only 30 years of age he had assumed a place of i m p o r t a n ce ami prominence the field of animal h u s b a n d r y. He is survived by his wife and three children. i n s t r u c t or professor and of in Donald Benfer high teaches m a t h e m a t i cs the in Midland, Michigan, in senior where he lives at 2011 Ashman street. school William and Zeneda I Amiotte, 18) Blanehard to T r a v e r se City where Mr. have moved B l a n c h a rd manages the W i r d on creamery. two very follows: "'After Helen P a r k er L o u t b er (Mrs. K. K.) w r i t es i n t e r e s t i ng and as in Shanghai. China. Captain wonderful years ( P a t ty two children L o u t h er and I with our aged nine and Karl J u n i or aged five) sailed for home J u ne 0 of last year. We continued our trip a r o u nd the world via the Suez canal and Europe, reaching New York City the first of A u g u s t, crossing the Atlantic ocean while it w as still a peaceful body of water. My hus band is stationed at Quantico. Virginia, now. F i r st Lieutenant Kenneth F. McLeod, '35. was in Shanghai with us for a while. He is now stationed with the m a r i n es at Tientsin. China, and should be r e t u r n i ng to the States in J u ne of this year. He w as m a r r i ed in 103,8 at Tient to the d a u g h t er of a m a r i ne officer. F i r st sin Lieutenant H e r b e rt H. Williamson, '35. and h is wife. M a r g a r et F a r l ey Williamson. '30. are stationed at Quantico too. He is an a v i a t o r ." A P R I L, 1 9 4 0 . .. 17 LEWIS L. RICHARDS 1881 -1940 In the J a n u a ry issue of The Record you read the story of "How Music Expanded at S t a t e ." the cover picture of Professor You also saw Lewis L. Richards, responsible for the growth of the music department at Michigan State college. Today his family, the campus, and his host of off-campus friends mourn his death which occurred on F e b r u a ry 15. caused hy a language as h e a rt ailment known coronary thrombosis. He was 58 years old. in medical lie attended public Mr. Richards was born April 11. 1881, in St. Johns. Michigan. schools at Ann Arbor from which he was graduated. He then went to Belgium, studied at the Royal in Brussels, and after Conservatory of Music graduation became a successful concert pianist. Mr. Richards was known internationally as a master of the piano and harpsichord. in the new A memorial Music Building following Mr. Richard's death. A "Lewis L. Richards Schol arship fund" has been established and alumni wishing it to Dean L. C. Emmons of the Liberal Arts division. service was held several weeks to contribute money should send story of Pro For a complete biographical issue of The feasor Richards, see the J a n u a ry Record. Additional copies are available if you send your request to the editor of The Retard. 1924 is assistant Leonard Sanford the Mid-American troit where he and Mrs. Sanford Haite, mere. for in De (Thelma their home at 10240 Wilde- I n s u r a n ce company '22) make t r e a s u r er 1925 15TH ANNIVERSARY' R K F N I ON ALUMNI DAY, J U NE 8 Carl Grinnell is field engineer for the Allis Chalmers Manufacturing company with head q u a r t e rs in Detroit at 1824 F o rd Building. 1926 lias been H. Boyer Marx, who the government associated with low cost housing pro gram for nearly five years, is in charge of all phases of landscape work in the southeastern in W a s h i n g t o n. states. He h as h e a d q u a r t e rs D. C. where he lives at 4831 30th street X. W.. A p a r t m e nt 308. supervising Daniel M. vanN'oppen is located in Bessemer. the construction of a Michigan, complete powerhouse and d i s t r i b u t i on system for the city. AVhile he is employed by the city he also acts as field man for Ayres, Lewis. Xorris. and May, consulting engineers of Ann Arbor, for whom he handled a mifnicipal job in Dowagiac last year. M. K. Wrench the gas plant of facture at Utilities district in Omaha. Nebraska. is superintendent of manu the Metropolitan Detroit but makes his home in E a st L a n s i ng in Hillcrest Village. J. V. Gauss is located at 430 Falstaff Rochester, New York, as district m a n a g er the Buick Motor division. road, for Genevieve J o h n s t on economics d e p a r t m e nt Farniingfon. Michigan. is organizing in the high school the home in H. A. Schoonover is electro-chemist for the N o r t h w e st Chemical company in Detroit. He '28) and Mrs. Schoonover live in B i r m i n g h am at 501 Ridgedale avenue. (Sawyer, "281 T u r n er H o w a rd and M a r g a r et (Adelaide Cribbs, recently moved inaw. where H o w a rd waukee plant of pany. to 212 X. Second street. Sag the Zil- the Consumers Power com is employed at 1928 Gladys R a t h er B r i g gs Colonnade company lives at the College Club. 143 N. Craig. is dietitian the in P i t t s b u r gh where she for F a y e t te Bristol is owner and m a n a g er of the in Rouge River. Ore Bristol Silica company gon. (Winifred Mael'herson) make William J. Eiseler is s u b s t a t i on operator for the Detroit Edison company. He and Mrs. Eiseler their home at 154(W Harrison. Allen P a r k. Michigan. Margaret P a r t l ow and E w i ng W. G r a h am were m a r r i ed J u ly 27. 1030. and are making their home in Chicago at 420 Surf street. K a rl and Betty (Carr, w"31) Da vies visited the in E a st L a n s i ng recently and stopped at they had moved Alumni Office in Atlanta. Georgia, street S. W. Mr. Davies is p a y m a s t er for the Fisher Body division in t h at city. to 873 Greenwood to report t h at 1929 E. D. Middaugh is consulting engineer with the F r a n c is E n g i n e e r i ng company, of 303 Eddy building. Saginaw. Cornelius Schrems is located in Grand R a p ids as district m a n a g er for the E q u i t a b le Life Assurance Society of the United States, with offices at 1225 G r a nd R a p i ds National Bank building. Ho Smith is hostess and assistant m a n a g er of the Hotel P o r t er dining room in Lansing. Mr. and Mrs. Fred Stringhani (Ruby New man), of 1721 Stirling avenue. Lansing, an nounce the birth of a d a u g h t e r. .Til Karen, on F e b r u a ry 27. 1040. They also have a four-year- old son. J a m es A r t h u r. 1930 10TH A N N I V E R S A RY REUNION ALUMNI DAY. J U NE 8 Dorothea DeRoo is a secretary at the Guid she in Flint. Michigan, where ance Center lives at 414 T h o m p s on street. Vernon Donaldson is an a s s i s t a nt in the U. S. Engineer office in Seattle. W a s h i n g t o n. William R. F o r s y t h e, sales representative in the Detroit office of I n t e r n a t i o n al Business Machines corporation, has earned m e m b e r s h ip the c o m p a n y 's 1030 H u n d r ed Percent club in leaders and executives. Since he h as of sales four the this m e m b e r s h ip honor qualified him for at for t a i n i ng five club m e m b e r s h i p s. times previously been a member of sales organization, the medal a w a r d ed 1927 E u l a l ia Crum B l a ir Colonnade Company lives at 1000 Magnolia drive. is dietitian for in Cleveland where H. Blair Freeman m a n a g es the Chevrolet Re in the General Motors building tail store in last fall William B. Hanlon resigned from to enter the U. S. the engi the Medusa P o r t l a nd in Cleveland. He makes his in Lakewood. Ohio, at 17321 Archdale Geological survey neering d e p a r t m e nt of Cement company home avenue. the she Clair Martin, director of Morton Salt c o m p a ny S. Greenwood avenue. P a rk Ridge. Illinois. research the in Chicago, lives at 52S for H. E. PUBLOW 1892 -1940 A member of the Michigan State college faculty since 1914 when he was graduated from t he Applied Science division. Professor H. E. Publow. 48, died suddenly Sunday morning:. March 3. of cerebral hemorrhage. At t he time of h is death, he w as head of t he Chemical Engineering department, having risen to t h at position from t he rank of an instructor. Professor Publow received h is chemical engi neer's degree in 1919 a nd his metallurgical de gree in 1926. He is t he author of ten college bulletins on chemical engineering a nd holds membership in t he American Chemical associa tion. American Society for Metal. Society for Promotion of Engineering education. Masonic Lodge, and T au Beta P i. Mr. Publow is survived by his wife, nee Hazel Powell. 1 3, a nd four children. Phyllis, Richard, Gordon, a nd H a r r y. All a re attending Michigan State except H a r ry who is in high school. 1931 H e r b e rt Gutekunst. of 15827 Sussex. Detroit, is a chemist for General Motors research. Lina Spry is co-owner of a designing a nd in St. Louis. Missouri, d r e s s m a k i ng where she lives at 6011 Minnesota avenue. shop Robert a nd Josephine Kulison Olsen an nounce t he birth of their second son on Sep t e m b er 10. They a re located at 16530 I n d i a na avenue. Detroit, where Mr. Olsen is employed at t he Ternstedt Manufacturing division. They report t h at H e r b e rt W a l w o r th h as moved to Helena, Montana, where he is to be industrial hygiene engineer for t he state. 1932 D r. Alfred M. Lueck is a physician a nd surgeon at t he P a rk hospital in Livingston. Montana. 1933 K e n n e th L. Clark was recently appointed in s t r u c t or Iowa in mechanical engineering at S t a te college in Ames, where he lives at 915 Duff avenue. A. J. E d g ar is foundry superintendent for the General Railway Signal company of R o chester. New York. He resides in that city at 1190 P a rk avenue. Charles G. Grey is employed by t he United States B u r e au of Animal I n d u s t ry a nd is lo cated in Lincoln. Nebraska, in charge of t he branch pathological division l a b o r a t o r y. M a r g u e r i te K n a uf and J o hn D. LaMotte were their m a r r i ed August 19. 1939. a nd a re m a k i ng home in Detroit at 15803 Belden. K e n n e th a nd Florence i R o t h f u s s. '371 T r i g ger a re living at 905 S. F i r st street. Cham paign. Illinois, where he teaches in t he me chanical engineering division at t he Univer sity of Illinois. 1934 W o rd h as been received of t he death of M a r g a r et F r a s er McMullen (Mrs. C. C) which occurred J a n u a ry 27 in P h i l a d e l p h i a. She is survived by h er h u s b a nd a nd a d a u g h t e r. Mrs. McMullen w as a sister of Arlene F r a s er H o- hisel. w'32. Marian F u l l er a nd D. R. Bliss were married J u ly 3. 1939. a nd a re at home at 64-65 W e t h- erole street, A p a r t m e nt 2A, Forest Hills. L. I.. New York. Mr. a nd Mrs. Harvey Gill (Mary H u s t o n) of 604 N. Kinney boulevard. Mt. Pleasant. Mich igan, announce t he b i r th of Patricia Anne on December 23. 1939. D. F. Meinzinger is superintendent of p a r ks for t he city of Omaha. Nebraska, where he and Mrs. Meinzinger (Ruby Burrier, '36) make their home at 4601 Ames avenue. J a m es Wesley Montgomery, son of Leonard cele and P e g gy brated h is first b i r t h d ay on J a n u a ry 11. T he Montgomerys live in Detroit at 5518 Lincoln. '31.) Montgomery, ( T r o t t. Betty Shigley a nd Charles Ay cock P oe (Uni versity of North Carolina) were married J u ne 3. 1939. a nd a re m a k i ng their home in Raleigh. street. North Carolina, at 532 N. W i l m i n g t on '37. were Lewis W i n ks a nd R u th Griffith, married August 6. 1939. a nd a re living in Bat tle Creek. Michigan, at 17 W e n t w o r th street. Mr. W i n ks is employed by t he Firestone Tire and R u b b er company a nd Mrs. W i n ks is die titian for t he F. W. Woolworth company. From " My Day" By Eleanor Roosevelt Mrs. Roosevelt appeared on the college lec ture series in a packed auditorium on March 12. T he visit impressed her sufficiently to in clude t he p a r a g r a p hs below in her daily column, "My D a y ." published in many daily news papers throughout t he country. "These wonderful s t a te universities a re a constant surprise a nd a m a t t er of great pride to me. This college h as t he distinction of being the one where agriculture w as tirst t a u g ht for college credits. Many of t he people w ho have made names for themselves in other p a r ts of the country received their education here. Mr. Liberty Hyde Bailey, of Cornell fame, a nd Mr. Ulysses r r e n t i ss Hedrick. of t he Geneva Ex periment station in New York State, both came from this university. "Michigan State College h as evidently taken every advantage which t he federal government offered it. The number of buildings which have gone up during t he last few years is really ex t r a o r d i n a r y. They have a perfect little music building, an athletic building which will be the envy of many universities, dormitories, and many other buildings. . ." . 1935 5TH A N N I V E R S A RY R E U N I ON ALUMNI DAY, J U NE 8 Enthusiasm Dear S i r: Elizabeth Holmes, d a u g h t er of Mr. a nd M r s. Clarence Ross Holmes, w*12. died in a New York City hospital on J a n u a ry 23. following a short illness. Besides t he p a r e n ts she is sur vived by a b r o t h er a nd a sister. Miss Holmes w as t he g r a n d d a u g h t er of t he late Clarence E. Holmes, '93. of L a n s i n g. Betty Richardson a nd A r t h ur F'arwell were married September 27. 1939. a nd a re living in New York City at 2 E. 12th street, A p a r t m e nt 3. Mrs. Farwell is l i b r a r i an at St. F r a n c is college in Brooklyn. A son. J o hn Hotchin. w as born F e b r u a ry 8 to Donald a nd Margaret (Hotchin, "37) R o ss of 225 S t r a t h m o re road, L a n s i n g. T he y o u ng fellow is a g r a n d s on of E. E. Hotchin. '12. Mr. a nd Mrs. J a m es Gorin (Louise Collins) announce t he b i r th of a son. J o hn Bartley, on March 1. J o hn C. McAlvay is located at 710 L a t h r op to Pngc 19) avenue. Racine. Wisconsin, (Turn Letters And Comments (Continued from page .'i) piece band w as mentioned in t he article on music. I should like to h e ar it. When I played in t he band 40 years ago, we thought IS pieces made quite a showing. retiring, as loafing F or various reasons I decided to retire, a nd quit my job in December, '39. However. I am not so sure about loses some of i ts appeal to one who h as been quite active for 40 years. Southern California h as its points, especially t he Pacific Ocean, which I can see a nd hear from my living room window. Hermosa Beach is about 20 miles southwest of downtown Los Angeles. B ut t he forests a nd lakes of Michigan a nd northern Ohio a re also very a t t r a c t i v e, in season. Sincerely yours, E. D. Gagnier. '99. 2461 Silverstrand. Hermosa Beach. Calif. lived Because I in E a st Lansing l or ten years and graduated from S t a te in 1938. I have been acquainted with your s t a t i o n 's edu cational and cultural program. However. I am seldom home in t he day time to hear your presentations. F or the past two days, though. I have really felt privileged to stay home with tonsilitis. because there was a program on t he air t h at interested me. WKAR can be counted upon to be broadcasting educational programs when commercial stations a re having serials dealing with triangle love affairs, murders, in stations a re broad trigue. casting t h at annoys a sick person, WKAR can be relied upon to furnish uplifting classical music or modern pieces played by smooth orchestras. rag-time, hot "music" . jingley. When other This shall be t he first of many more good words I shall speak for WKAR. Sincerely yours, Martha D. Lee. ' 3 8. 142 East Main Street. Ionia. Mich. Golden Weddings idea to suggest A letter in t he last Jf. & C. Record gave me the the chimes play a t h at wedding march for t he Golden Wedding cele inform t he brations for all alumni who will fiftieth Alumni Office of t he dates of anniversaries. The Record. East Lansing or college papers could announce the names of t he couples so t h at those listening might know. their For those who have already passed their fiftieth, let them notify t he Alumni Secretary and give them a wedding march on their next anniversary. I am prompted to make this suggestion be cause 6 p. m.. May 28. 1940. will make t he fiftieth anniversary of t he date when Miss H a n n ah L. Proseus. at Sodus. New York, marched with me to t he a l t ar in the Presby terian church of her native town. Wo have p a t r i a r c hs of 50-year g r a d u a t e s; why not recognize the p a t r i a r ch of 50 years or more of m a t r i m o n y? J. D. Towar, '85, 2429 Channing Way. Berkeley, Calif. (To y o u. Reader Towar, c o n g r a t u l a t i o ns on y o ur BKh wedding a n n i v e r s a r y. F r om o t h e rs let's bave s u g g e s reactions on Mr. T o w a r 's t i o n ?) 1 8. . . T HE R E C O RD where he is a mechanical engineer for the Web ster Electric company. He will celebrate his first wedding anniversary on April 29. George Ellis is in charge of the electrical de partment of the General American Aerocoach company in Chicago, builders of large pas senger buses. He lives in Calumet City, Illi nois, at 221 157th street, and has a year old son, Thomas George. Earl and Eva (Ward, '30) McKim. and their year old daughter, Sara Lee, are living in Portland, Michigan, where Mr. McKim teaches agriculture. 1936 Randolph Lietzke, an employee of the Mich igan Gas corporation at Bryanville. Indiana, was killed January 23, in an automobile acci dent near Rockviile, Indiana. He is survived by his bride of a few weeks, his parents, one brother, and three sisters. Eleanor Schmidt and Francis G. Dorstewitz (Kalamazoo college) were married June 24. 1039, and are at home in Mattawan. Michigan. Harold M. Klchter and Ruth Wollen. '37. were married September 5. 1939. and are mak ing their home at 216 S. Market street, Me- chanicsburg, Pennsylvania. Mr. Richter is special agent the Aetna Casualty and Surety company. for Hope Bleil Bates (Mrs. Donald E. since May 7. 1939) is food manager and dietitian for the in Charleston. F. W. Woolworth company West Virginia, where she lives at 709 Clinton avenue. Arthur Hulbert is a member of the technical staff engaged in television research at the Rell Telephone laboratories, 463 West Street, New York City. Anna May Child* and George Robert Smith were married March 30 and at present are at home in Battle Creek. After June 14 they will reside in Detroit at 1160 Seward avenue. I.. Melville and Edna M. Hopkins in Battle Creek, Michigan, on Stuart were married April 14. 1940. 1937 Her friends and classmates will be grieved to learn that Dorothy M. Jentsch, an employee of the Herpolsheimer store in Grand Rapids, died in that city on January 26 after a three months' illness. Ruth Marie Stringham Baldwin (Mrs. Charles W.) died at her home in Albion. Michigan, on February 2, following a brief illness. She is survived by her husband and one son. Maxwell Atkinson and Margaret Ruhllng were married September 24, 1939, and are their home at 562 Sparks. Jackson. making Michigan, where Mr. Atkinson is a chemist for the Goodyear Tire and Rublter company. Martha Alice Green and Vernon L. Gaberdiel were married last June and are making their home on a farm on Route 2 out of Hillsdale. Michigan. John Edward Lilly and Mary Jane Postal, '35, were married August 15, 1939, and are at home in Mt. Pleasant. Michigan, at 706 S. Arnold avenue. John Newcomer and June Hungerford, '3S. were married July 1, 1939. They are living in Harpers Ferry, West Virginia, where Mr. Newcomer is owner and operator of Cliffside Coal and Sand company. During the summer months they operate Cliffside house and tour ist cabins on U. S. 340 near Harpers Ferry. Melanie Schulz and Dr. Waldemar Dasler (Cniversity of Wisconsin) were married July 22. 1939, and are at home in Elgin. Illinois, at 500 S. State street. Janet Sherratt and Harvard W. Wilkinson were married September 23, 1939. and are liv ing at 17725 Manderson road, Detroit. A P R I L, 1 9 4 0 . .. 19 Max and Ada (St. John. '34) Kerr announce the birth of a daughter. Martha St. John, on December 6. 1939. They are living in West mont, New Jersey, at 427 E. Emerald avenue. 1938 Clarence E. Bohn and Wilma K. Phelps, of Fort Sheridan. Illinois, were married Decem ber 31. 1939. They are making their home at 3701 Columbia Pike, Arlington. Virginia, and Mr. Bohn is employed in the Department of Justice in Washington. Richard E. Brooks and Phyllis McCoy were married June 6. 1939. and are living at 533 Prospect S. E., Grand Rapids, where Mr. Brooks is safety engineer for the Fisher Body division. Ola Gelzer and John Baker were married on located New Year's day and are temporarily in Engadine, Michigan. Avalon Gowans and Frederic J. McKenna Jr. were married July 22. 1939, and are at hone in Yonkers, New York, at 383 Warburton avenue. Anastasia "Tassie" Jordan and Charles A. Dykstra were married December 20 and are living in East Lansing at 217 Beech street. Luis McClelland and Herbert Hunsberger Jr. were married June 16, 1939. and are at home at 428% Townsend street. Lansing. Mrs. Hunsberger is receptionist in the offices of the State Accident fund. Vacationists You'll want issue of The the July Record, Tell us where you are going and we'll send your magazine to your summer address. Do this on or before June 22. If we don't hear from you, your present ad dress will remain unchanged. Ralph Oreutt and Feme Marie Aldrich. of Sault Ste. Marie, were married July 1. 1939. They are living at 417 S. Clemens. Lansing, and Mr. Oreutt is employed in the detective division of the Michigan State police. John M. Patriarche and Lucille Parsons were married February 10 and make their home in East Lansing at 211 % M. A. C. avenue. Mr. Patriarche operates the East Lansing SewTage plant. Laurence and Guelda Pike Hamilton an nounce the arrival of a second son, Laurence Gonne, on March 26. Harry Morgan for Moraine in Products, a division of General Motors, Dayton, Ohio, where he lives at 331 Grafton a veil ue. is physicist 1939 Robert Douglas Cross and Lois LaVerne Killham were married January 27. and are temporarily located in Detroit at 1977 Tuxedo. Andrew Knudsen and Louise Gardner were married November 30 and are living in Pontiac. .Michigan, at 60 Douglas street. Mr. Knudsen is steward at the Detroit Yacht club. Belle Isle, Detroit. Robert G. .Myers, son of Glenn .Myers, '14. and June Esther Sprague were married in the Bedford Avenue Presbyterian Church parlor in Detroit on April 5. John Spencer Pingel and Isabel Hardy were their married December 12. and are making home in Detroit at 4200 Bedford road. Mr. and Mrs. Saul I>. Semenow, 16. an their daughter. N. nounce the marriage of Beverly, to Dr. Gilbert N. Robin on April 5 in Pittsburgh. Pennsylvania. Howard W. Snyder and Katherine Floto were married February 17 and are living at 2309 Dupont street, Flint, where Mr. Snyder is in the police service at the Chevrolet divi sion of General Motors. Max L. Young and Carolyn Smink, of Vicks- burg. Michigan, were married March 8 and are making their home at 1318 Sixth street, Muskegon Heights, where he is employed in the engineering department of the Shaw-Box Crane and Hoist division. Mr. and Mrs. Howard Fox. of 526 Evergreen. East Lansing-, announce the birth of a son, Ronald P^ugene. on February 27. Robert Mumaw called at the Alumni Office on April 8 and pave his new address as 219 N. Eagle street. Marshall, Michigan, where he is a salesman for the Mumaw Memorial com pany. Lewis Patterson started the new year with a new the job, an engineering position with Michigan Limestone and Chemical company (a branch of U. S. Steel) in Rogers City, Michigan. Robert and Barbara (Houtz, '38) Spencer are the parents of a daughter. Ann Dale, born October 13. 1939. The Spencers live in Kala mazoo at 834 Fulton Street. Engaged in social service work are Eunice E. Irish with the Michigan Children's Aid So ciety in Flint: Irma Hawley with the Visiting Irene Housekeepers Association Gutkowski, receptionist in the area office of W.P.A. review in Jackson; and Frances Kin- sting, caseworker for Monroe County Relief Commission, Monroe. Michigan. in Detroit: Margaret Killeen is living in New York City at 3207 Park Avenue. Apartment 1-H. She is employed the circulation department of "Cue" magazine, but during her spare time is continuing the study of dramatics. in Kenneth Carpenter and Jack Gibbs are employed by the Consumers Power Company in Comstock and Alma, respectively. Willard H. Graham is engaged in research and development work for the Johns-Manville Products Corporation in Jarratt. Virginia. Robert Clough is an assistant in the experi mental laboratory of the Illinois Tool Works of Chicago, where he lives at 3825 N. Kildare Avenue. Charles and Thora (Forrister. '38) At water are living at 559 Empire Street. Benton Har bor. Michigan, where he is employed in the city engineering department. Harley K. Bricker is a metallurgist for the McGean Chemical Company in Cleveland. Ohio, where he lives at 8302 Lake Avenue, Apart ment 4. Carl Moore is located in Midland, Michigan, as assistant to the county agricultural agent. Raymond Minogue is research chemist for in the Medusa Portland Cement Company Wampum. Pennsylvania. Clifford Freiberger is director of athletics at Pistakee Bay School. McHenry, Illinois. Terry Ozier is an instructor in the depart ment of veterinary pathology at A and M Col lege of Texas. College Station, Texas. Donald Maskey is Herman Schneider grad uate fellow at the tanners research laboratory. Institute of Scientific Research, University of Cincinnati. Cincinnati, Ohio. James Amsden is in law school at Harvard, and lives at 11 Perkins Hall. Cambridge. Woodrow Snyder is a graduate student and assistant instructor in dairy husbandry at the Cniversity of Missouri. Columbia. is working for the A. C. Spark Plug Company in Flint, where he lives at 1510 Hamilton Avenue. Robert Tooker Edwin Hankinson is employed by the De troit Department of Health, and lives in De troit at 701 W. Bethune Avenue. ^ h*? jft "