- !\ ^ , 5^.^ " •% >mk "v •2* :V!f&. 'irs? fiH^jl^ % \l*ifc^*! *^ '%>?**• g" ' '•"•• $0*' ' x\»' '•*"£ BY THE WINDING GEDAR ':"i~~titet*iil iWm Mlckixian g u p_ g r Q w th g e ek a d m i t t a n ce I! 11 411 M A I w •• •» to t he college, not neces- sarily the number the college will be The Class of 1906 packed the sun- veterans to take advantage of the GI prepared to accommodate at that time, B i ll of Rights, will bring an estimated He stated he does not anticipate t o t aj of 23,000 applications for admit- the facilities will be adequate to accommo- t0 Michigan State College in 1950, date all of the 23,000 seeking to enter porch near the Union ballroom and L. O. "Pinky" Gordon, secretary of the class, reported the best visit ever remembered since graduation day—40 years ago. t a n ce D r> j0hn A. Hannah has stated. Dr. Hannah emphasized Not to be out-done by the other 5-year those groups the Class of 1911 came back with figures are only estimates, and indicate more than 40 members and guests seated only the number of students which may at special tables where Jim Hays handled the reunion gossip as only '11 grads do it. that M.S.C. To Participate i Atomic Stlldv ' Michigan State is one of 24 midwest- The class of 1916—some 50 of them with their wives and guests, called upon "Red"' Granger to lead some '16 yells, and then settled down to a real reunion e rn educational institutions which have meeting in the corner of the ballroom. been invited to cooperate in research Herbert Cooper, secretary, called upon toward peacetime use of atomic energy, "Bob" Linton, registrar of the college, w ith the facilities of a "super laboratory" to tell some interesting things about the campus changes; "Bernie" More, of the National Marshall, Chairman of school of graduate studies and director Alumni Advisory Council, to tell of the of the division of physical sciences, has Memorial Center; Gideon Smith, of been appointed to represent M.S.C. in Hampton, Virginia, to recall some of his old football experiences under Coach determining what uses this college may John Macklin and several others spoke be able to make of the central laboratory. informally. Letters and telegrams were w * read from many who could not attend. in a nd n e ar Chicago at the disposal of the research staff. Veterans Are Smarter c- Huston, dean of D r- R a lPh A C the > Because of many classes confined the crowded conditions reunion their Veterans at Michigan State rank higher than other students scholastically activities to the luncheon room and met in small groups later. The Class of 1941 —the baby reunion group—broke all at- nounced following compilation of winter term figures. The veterans led in the tendance records and filled the main din- ing room of the Union where Starr Schools of Agriculture, Business and Keesler acted as chairman and called Public Service, Engineering, Science and upon several members for remarks and Arts, and the Basic College. The non- veterans led in the Schools of Home comments. Alumni Day of 1946 was a gala day Economics and Veterinary Medicine. In all-college averages the veterans aver- aged 1.45, the non-veterans 1.44. for all who attended—for others another year is coming. _ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ _ ^ ^ _ _ _ _ _ _ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ _ ^ ^ ^ ^ _ _ _ ^ ^ ^ _ ^ ^ _ _ _ _ ^ _ ^ ^ ^ _ _ _ ^_ Old '95 had such a good time last year thev made it a point to come back again this year with the rest of the Patriarchs. They also had a special get- together in Lansing Friday night. in five of schools, Robert S. Linton, registrar, an- .- mirja/mtJ/^"^/Sm^m* «^"» <*maa- MB m J"k~. • j W By A^mw^ mn—mm $1,000 came from the Trucon Labora- tories of Detroit, to establish a fellow- GlcM ol '46 j) J UL .1 «#*• ft-l ^ •itJJJJHll—- -^ •^Sfcv. The class of 1941 was the youngest group holding a special reunion luncheon. »-«#*«? ir;.; / Some of the old-timers met as they checked the registration board in the Union lobby to see "Who's back?" Most of this group came from '06. The class of '96 joined the Patriarchs' club at the Saturday In the background are the '95 and speakers' noon luncheon. tables. The classes of '20 and '21 joined for their silver anniversary Friday night. ^<§ W\ fef* ' S squads. Indoors, the record was 2-1-1 while outdoors the thinnies annexed three of four dual meets. They also dominated the Drake Relays, placed fourth in a field of 33 teams at the IC4A affair, and second to Illinois in the Central Collegi to winning top ate meet, in addition honors at various Relays about the country. * * * Coach Fendley Collins' matmen up held Spartan strong tradition, winning five of eight matches that included one tie. They also annexed six Michigan AAU titles. In swimming, Michigan State rapidly surges forward. The toughest schedule of all time produced four triumphs in seven starts, a repeat of the Central Col legiate Championship and third place in indoor meet. the National Collegiate Coach Charlie McCaffree's natators broke every existing varsity record and set a couple of new N.C.A.A. marks. showed Perhaps no such team marked improvement as did golf. A year ago, Coach Van Alstyne's links- men lost five meets; this year they won seven of 12. Tennis ran into tough luck, winning four of 14. Six of the 10 defeats were by 5-4 scores. tri The fencing umphs in seven starts while the cross country runners showed their heels in one of three meets. team scored three * * * Competing as one of independent the nation's major institutions, Michi gan State, against Western Conference competition won 23 of 47 dual engage ments, just one short of gaining better than an even break. The Spartan basketball team was the chief offender, sinking five Western Con ference opponents in seven starts while the baseball, swimming and wrestling teams ranked next, each winning four out of six meets. Did you know that — Robin Roberts, Springfield, 111., sopho more, pitched a no hit shutout as Michi gan State beat Great Lakes, 8 to 0? Lou Zarza, assistant football coach, spotted for Harry Wismer last year and that the team will be reunited August 23 at the All Star game in Chicago? Michigan State's baseball team was shut out but once this year, Michigan turning the trick, 2 to 0? Coach Charlie Bachman played center that on the famous Great Lakes team won an undisputed national football championship including the Rose Bowl game in 1918? Washington State plans to fly its foot ball team to East Lansing for the Cou gars' game with the Spartans, Novem ber 30? GANG'S BACK, FULL SPEED AHEAD: Athletic Director Ralph H. Young greets returned military personnel which sets Michigan State's athletic coaching staff at prewar strength. Pictured, from left: Lieut. Francis C. Dittrich, physi cal education; Lieut. Louis F. Zarza, assistant football and head boxing coach newly named to the staff; Director Young; Lieut. Colonel John S. Pingel, back- field coach; Lieut. Albert P. Kawal, line coach; and Major Alton S. Kircher, reserves coach. Sports at State Bif, Nick Ke/l&GUAAif, M.S.C. IN S P O R T S, 1945-46 W. L. Baseball Track, outdoor Wrestling: Track, indoor Football Golf Basketball S w i m m i ng F e n c i ng Cross Country T e n n is B o x i ng . .. ... _ — 21 3 5 2 5 7 12 4 3 12 4 0 T. 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 P e t. .808 .750 .715 .666 .625 .584 .572 .572 .429 5 10 2 11 3 5 9 3 4 0 .333 10 3 0 1 .286 .000 Michigan State has an aggregate per centage of .583 to show for its 1945-46 year in sports. Spartan athletic teams— 11 of the even dozen sponsored in pre war years—won 67 of 115 dual engage ments while losing 48 and tying four. Back in intercollegiate competition for the second year since wreathed in silence by the war, Spartan athletic teams en to prewar gaged vintages sans benefit of military person nel. They simply plugged away and, according to the figures, came out well on top. schedules superior Boxing marked the latest to return to Michigan State's sports front. With newly-named Lou Zarza as head coach, a makeshift schedule produced one tie and three defeats. The next year or so will see polo, the lone dormant spot, reactivated. Sitting atop the pack with the best record is Coach John Kobs' baseball team. The diamond crew got off to a 10 . .. . T HE R E C O RD flying start by winning all nine games of a southern tour and then annexed 12 of 17 games in their regular schedule to compile a .808 percentage. * * * With Russ Reader, Dearborn, Mich., sophomore pitching passes with uncanny accuracy and pacing the ground attack as well, Coach Charlie Bachman's foot ball team captured five of nine games, tying one. Missouri's Big Six champions and powerful Penn State were among the victims. Reader became one of the na tion's leading passers with 53 comple tions in 90 attempts and consequently is counted upon to figure heavily in next fall's plans of 10 games. Perhaps no team captured fancy as did Coach Ben Van Alstyne's basketball outfit which not only knocked more Spar tan records in a cocked hat but which, despite nine defeats in 21 starts, was rated the ninth best in the middle west and the 15th best in the nation. A back- breaking schedule featured the nation's top teams. For the second straight year a Spartan was rated the most valuable college basketball player in the state, Robin Roberts, Springfield, 111., soph omore winning the honor. Roberts succeeded Team-mate Sam Fortino, Alma senior. Both won places on the all state college team. Evidence of vaulting power was made track by Coach Karl Schlademan's Shortstop Hansen Named Captain Of 1947 Nine Naming of captains for the 1947 season and honorary captains of the past year comprised the final act for the quartet of spring teams which completed Michi gan State's season in athletics. Martin Hansen, rifle-armed shortstop from Flint, was chosen by his mates to lead the 1947 baseball team. Marty, a sophomore, is a mild-mannered lad whose leadership and ability will be exemplary. At the close of the season, he was named to added honors, representing Michigan State in the first annual collegiate All Star baseball game in Boston. Golf, tennis and track selected honor ary captains, the latter sport also naming a new leader for next year. James E. Funston, Detroit junior, was honored by the golfers as was Roger E. Cessna, Lansing senior by the netmen. Ted M. Wonch, Lansing senior, was honored by squad the outdoor which also selected James M. Fraser, Webberville junior, to lead next year's squad. All are ex-servicemen. track Here is a fast account for other squad leaders of the past season: Football, Jack Breslin, Battle Creek senior, honor ary; wrestling, Ignatius Konrad, Cleve land junior, honorary; basketball, Oliver White Cleveland senior, honorary; fenc ing, Jack Connell, Milwaukee junior, honorary; cross country, Walter Mack, Buffalo junior, honorary and for the 1947 season as well; boxing, Douglas Hooth, Kalamazoo sophomore, honorary. The swimming team will name its new captain next fall, James Thomas, Sagi naw junior, leading the squad during the past season. Holsinger Leaves M.S.C. After serving on the athletic staff since 1939, Joseph F. Holsinger has de parted from coaching and at present is engaged in the retail dairy business at Jefferson City, Mo. as Succeeding Holsinger backfield coach is John S. Pingel, Michigan State's All America in 1938 who joined the staff late last fall following 55 months in the Army. Band To Play Again Director Leonard V. Falcone announces the return to the gridiron of the Michi gan State College band for the 1946 foot ball season. Suspended in 1943 because of the war, the marching band is a vestige returning campus routine to normal postwar effort. For the past two football seasons, the organization has contributed to Spartan football color rendering music from the stands. In a sensational finish, Walter Mack nips Bobby Ginn, Nebraska's 1941 NCAA mile champion, to give Michigan State the 1946 Drake Re lays two mile relay championship. The time—7:57.3. This year's performance marked the Spartans as the dominant team of the Drake Relays. No other school equalled Michigan State's perform ance in winning the two mile relay, the sprint medley relay, placing third in the half mile relay, fourth in the quarter mile relay, fifth in the mile relay and fourth place in the discus. Summer Enrollment Record Is Set for for record A new enrollment the summer session was set at Michigan this year, with 4,331 students State registering summer the various courses. Of this number, 3,138 were men and 1,193 were women. It is possible that the final number will be even larger, later late enrollments and with some short courses swelling the figure. Highest previous summer enrollment was approximately 2,600. A year ago only 1,615 students enrolled for the sum mer courses. Desires of veterans to pur sue their higher education as quickly as possible, together with uncertainty of their draft future for recent high school graduates, are considered the main fac tors in boosting the enrollment this year. Spartan Nine Wins 21 Out of 26 Here are results of Michigan State's 1946 baseball games, 21 victories as against five defeats comprising the best record in history. The Spartans played all games but one, a return engagement with Notre Dame being rained out. M.S.C. M.S.C. M.S.C. M.S.C. M.S.C. M.S.C. M.S.C. M.S.C. M.S.C. M.S.C. M.S.C. Wayne M.S.C. M.S.C M.S.C. M.S.C. M.S.C M.S.C. M.S.C. M.S.C. M.S.C. M.S.C. .... 6 16 9 9 9 5 3 5 3 11 12 4 8 . 9 10 5 3 3 7 11 . 8 4 7 8 2 6 Georgia Georgia South Carolina South Carolina _ Fort Jackson North Carolina (10 innings) North Carolina . Duke (10 innings) Wisconsin M.S.C. M.S.C. M.S.C. Mich. Normal (6 innings, rain) M.S.C. (10 innings) (11 innings) Wayne ... Detroit (6 innings, rain) Michigan Normal- .._. . Ohio State ... Ohio State ... Western Michigan M.S.C. Great Lakes 4 1 4 I 6 a ?, 3 1 a t i 7 1 3 4 1 0 2 0 0 1 I 0 0 3 No Smoking Tradition Upheld By Vote The no-smoking-on-the-campus tradi tion that has stood unchallenged on Michigan State campus since the col lege's earliest days was endorsed by a student vote held under student council sponsorship on June 7, by a margin of 1,703 to 1,501. In the past year much opposition, and even open disregard, of the tradition has been noticed on the campus. The student student council, anxious opinion on the subject, called for the all-college vote. to determine As a result of the majority vote of the students favoring observance of the tradition, the student council is consider ing possible enforcement measures, pro vided an appeal to the student body for universal observance goes unheeded. Patton Library At its June meeting the State Board of Agriculture accepted for the college the professional library of the late Dr. the Harald S. Patton, former head of department of the from widow, Mrs. Marguerite Patton. economics, J U L Y, 1 9 46 . . .. 11 Following Alumni Clubs = &4f Qlett 0. Stewart = Allegan-Van Buren Representatives of Allegan and Van Buren counties met at the country home of Mr. and Mrs. Don Barden, near South Haven, on May 31, to hear the Director of Alumni Relations give a detailed ac count of alumni club organizations, con stitutions and needs of functional com mittees. The group voted to form a new Michigan State College Alumni Club of Allegan-Van Buren counties and elected 12 people to comprise the new Board of Directors. The Directors will name the officers of the new organization and ap point committee chairmen.—Don Barden, '35, acting chairman. Detroit The second "Program of annual Music" by the faculty of the College was presented in the lecture hall audi torium of the Detroit Art Institute on April 30. More than 45 alumni and friends were welcomed by Coy Eklund, '39, new president of the Detroit Alumni Club. So well received was the musical that the Board of Directors has extended an invitation to Professor Roy Under wood and his staff to plan for a similar program next spring. 1032 Buhl building. Stan Pilzner, '39, is chairman of the committee which has arranged for M.S.C. folks to have lunch eon together every Monday noon at the Union Guardian cafeteria. We hear that Russell Holcomb, '39, and his committee are working on a summer "family style picnic." There will be lots of activity this fall. Call Coy Eklund at Cherry 8400, or the secretary at Townsend G-5595.—Mrs. Bette Stevenson Crook, '43, secretary. Manila The alumni relations office is indebted to Lt. Robert M. Holland, '44, formerly of Detroit, for inviting and entertaining more than 30 officers and enlisted Michi gan State men at the Base X Transient Billets in Manila on March 23. A won derful buffet supper with plenty of fresh food was served by Lt. A. A. Hartshorn, '44, formerly of Dayton, Ohio, and Lt. William Kemppainen, '44, formerly of Chassell, of the QM Farm. Practically all of the men who attended the meeting are now discharged or enroute to the States. The previous meeting was held June 9, a year ago, with Ruth Ryder, '36, as chairman. Nine committees for various functions are being organized for the club activ ities. Under the direction of Fred Hunter, '41, a news bulletin "Off The Record," was published in May. If you did not receive your copy, write Fred at Flint Mrs. Harold Maloney, '38, acted as chairman of the annual get-together of the Genesee county M.S.C. Alumni Club. More than 130 people gathered at the One of the most active alumni clubs in the country is the Michigan State College Alumni Club of Western New York. Pictured here at the annual meet ing held at the Hotel Worth in Buffalo March 20 are four men who participated in the program. Seated from left to right they are: Assistant Coach John S. Pingel, '39. M.S.C; Louis "Monty" Montgomery, physical director and track coach of Kensington high school, Buffalo; Tom Arrigo. '21, president of the club and Randolph "Murph" Mineo, physical director and coach at Buffalo Riverside high school. 12 . .. . T HE R E C O RD Christ Episcopal church house in Flint on May 2. Lyle L. Clark, '34, president of the club, introduced R. C. "Cap" Lott, '29, as toastmaster of the evening and the entertainment feature of stories and readings was given by Mrs. Moiree Com pere, faculty member of the speech and dramatics department. Glen Stewart, director of alumni rela tions, discussed the proposed Memorial Center and the need for better organized alumni clubs. The guest speaker was President John A. Hannah, who vividly told of the rapidly expanding services of the college, its challenging problems and the plans for the future. Board members elected for a three year term included Mrs. Louella Harris, '16, Mrs. Thelma '35, and Harold Maloney, Randolph, '36.—Mrs. Glen Cline (Helen Noonan, '40), secretary. Oakland County E. L. Karkau, that '21, of Pontiac, was elevated to the presidency of the M.S.C. Alumni Club of Oakland county at the annual meeting May 8 in the Birming ham Community House, with Harold Gasser, '25, Birmingham, as vice-presi dent and Everett Garrison, Pontiac, as secretary-treasurer. James B. Baynes, '24, retiring president, was in charge of the meeting. Asserting restraints should be placed on labor, but stressing he did not deny the rights of unions to organize, Professor Herman Wyngarden, depart ment of economics head of the college, gave an interesting discussion on "What Labor Wants." Glen O. Stewart, of the alumni office, told of the housing diffi culties for women students and how thousands of Michigan veterans were seeking an education under the G.I. Bill of Rights. Entertaining readings were given by Mrs. Moiree Compere, of the speech and dramatics department.—-Earl L. Clark, '26, chairman. Midland Under the presidency of John Strahan, '39, one of the most interesting meetings in recent years was held by the M.S.C. Alumni Club of Midland county when more than 110 old grads and friends met at the Sportsman Club in Midland on June 12. Speakers for the evening from the campus were Dean Ralph C. Huston, of the Graduate School, Miss Jeannette Lee, assistant to the Dean of Home Eco nomics, and John Pingel, '39, assistant football coach. Under the program be ing used by all alumni clubs a new board of directors of nine members was named by the club and they will elect their own officers for the coming year.—Eetty L. Ziegler, '37, secretary. Chicago More than 150 Michigan State men and women of the Chicago alumni club Michigan State men and women met at the Willard hotel on April 5. Dean Rather stressed the development of the Basic College program during the past two years and told of the problems con fronting the college by the hundreds of returned veterans. Ray A. Turner, '09, president of the Alumni Award for Distinguished Service and a committee was appointed to assist Mr. Turner in making the selections for the first year. This committee consisted of C. D. Curtis, '11, C. A. Reed, '05, and Mrs. R. J. Baldwin, Jr., '41. the club, discussed John Pir.gel, '39, assistant football coach, spoke at the annual dinner meet ing of the club in the Continental hotel, June 3, when more than 75 alumni were present. Pingel told of the building pro gram, student enrollment and outlined the athletic expansion now possible with a student body of 8,200. C. R. Oviatt, '16, was elected president for the next year.—Mrs. Irvin Holmes (Pauline Gib son, '28), secretary. Captain "Sarge" Atchison Leaves Service After nearly 27 years of service with the ROTC at Michigan State, Captain James H. Atchison, probably better known to most ex-military students as "Sarge" Atchison, has retired from the army and from service on the staff of the college. first instructor He came to East Lansing in 1919 as the the post-war ROTC, and remained on duty here ever since. At the start of World War II he received a commission, advancing from his Tech Sergeant rating. in During his army days Atchison in structed among others, Dr. John A. Hannah, present college president, dur ing his student days here, and Colonel J. L. Whitelaw, present commandant of the ROTC unit here, while at Fort Mon roe, Virginia, in 1919. Dr. Bessey Honored By Nebraska U. Dr. Ernst A. Bessey, distinguished professor of botany at Michigan State College, received the honorary degree of doctor of laws from his alma mater, the University of Nebraska, at commence ment exercises in Lincoln en May 27. the 50th anniversary of Dr. It was Eessey's graduation from that university. Dr. Bessey has been associated with Michigan State College for 35 years, serving as teacher, research specialist, head of the botany department, and dean of the graduate school. He retired from the staff on June 30. He also holds the doctor of philosophy degree, bestowed upon him by the University of Halle, Germany. J U L Y, 1 9 46 . . .. 13 Seated at the speakers' table at the Lenawee county alumni meeting are, left to right: Mrs. W. Morden Smith (Letha Bates. '32). H. A. Fee. of Adrian, donor to the college of Hidden Lake Gardens, Glen 0. Stewart, '17, Director of Alumni Relations, Mrs. B. F. Beach (Lorena Fuller, '14) and Dr. Hans Leonhardt, of the college faculty. met at the Garfield Park Auditorium on April 26 to hear President John A. Hannah tell of the problems arising from a doubled enrollment, and to outline the various changes the physical plant and new staff. He an swered many questions which members the of the club asked at the close of meeting. taking place in Special music was arranged by Glen 0. Stewart, also a guest. He brought from the college Professor Roy Underwood, pianist and head of the music depart ment, Raymond Kock, baritone, and 'cellist. G. M. Alexander Schuster, Glidden, in charge of the meeting and board members named for a three year term were Wil liam Davidson, '13, Nellie Freeden, '17, Tom Jordan, '10, Arthur V. Mooney, '18, and Leslie Scott, '35.—Marion Gardner, '42, secretary. '17, president, was Lenawee County Emphasizing the need for American citizens to re-orient their ideas on how peace can be achieved Dr. Hans Leon hardt, associate professor of history and political science addressed more than 75 people at the annual dinner meeting of the M.S.C. Alumni Club of Lenawee county in the Baptist church in Adrian, May 7. He used for his subject "The Problems of Peace." Glen Stewart told of the building program and changes at the college. The guest of honor was Harry A. Fee, of Adrian, whose generous gift of Hid den Lake Gardens in the Irish Hills was recently received by the college. Mr. Fee was voted an honorary member of the local alumni club. Mrs. B. F. Beach, '14, retiring presi dent, presided the meeting throughout and at the annual business meeting the following officers were named for next year: Walter Frazier, '20, Adrian, presi dent; Rev. Willard Thomas, '40, Bliss- field, first vice-president; Mrs. Ayesha '16, Tecumseh, second Raven Laidlaw, vice-president, and Mrs. Paulina Raven Morse, '05, Jasper, secretary-treasurer.— Mrs. W. Morden Smith, '32, secretary. Milwaukee Meeting at the Hotel Wisconsin in Milwaukee on April 27, more than 30 members of the Michigan State College Club of Milwaukee heard Glen Stewart, the college, tell of guest speaker from the Memorial Center, planned in memory of the 320 men lost during World War II. A question and answer period followed in which each person participated and many enlightening items were discussed. Thor Bank, Jr., not only presided but the result acted as photographer with shown. '42, was named president and a board of directors of six was named to plan meetings and projects '45, for next year.—Pauline Chelbar, secretary. John Kline, Washington Taking advantage of the presence of Dean Howard Rather, '17, more than 60 Days of Yore By MadUan KuJut OMX& floA&pJt Q. ^buHCOH It must have been a hot May or June day when President Robert S. Shaw (left) and Secretary Herman H. Halladay sat down to sign diplomas. The year was either 1923 or 1924. The man who is now President Emeritus Shaw headed the agricultural department and division from 1902 to 1928, served as acting presi dent in 1921, 1923 and 1928, and presi dent in his own right from 1928 to 1941. More M.A.C. and M.S.C. diplomas bear his signature that of any other president of the college. Mr. Halladay, who died in September 1943, served as Secretary of the State Board of Agricul ture from 1922 to 1934. than The men in the picture at the bottom of this page were not on a vacation trip in June 1888. They were studying vege tation in the heart of the cut-over coun try of the lower peninsula of Michigan. Their trip resulted in some of the earli est efforts of research woi'kers to adapt farming and reforestation practices to the type of soil in that area. AGRlCfLTTRAL COLLEGE BULLETIN SPECIAL ANNOUNCEMENT How a Returned Soldier or Sailor May Enter College roads logging In a covered wagon, the group fol from lowed abandoned Harrisville on Lake Huron, through Grayling to Frankfort on Lake Michigan. Liberty Hyde Bailey, '82, then profes sor of horticulture, made this picture of his colleagues after they had estab lished their first night's camp. From left to right, they are: _ Parish; C. F. Wheeler, '91, a Saginaw Valley druggist with plant collecting as a hobby and a member of the College Botany Depart ment from 1891 to 1892; W. W. Metcalf of Grayling, driver of the wagon; Daniel A. Pelton, '88; ... Fisher; and Dr. W. J. Beal, professor of botany from 1870 to 1910. Another member of the party, not shown, was Lyster Dewey, '88. Fisher and Parish may have been two Detroit newspapermen. furnished by Dr. Ralph Lewis, botany department.) (Photograph i. As is being done today, the College made special efforts after World War I to be of service to veterans who wished to enroll but who had not finished high school. Special preparatory classes were opened in 1919, following the announce ment of the College's program for vet erans, as illustrated above. Eleven per sons enrolled in the spring of 1919, and 49 in the fall term of that year. A novel view of Beaumont Tower is a major ambition of every amateur pho tographer on the campus. This is how State's most photographed structure looked like on Dec. 7, 1928. The picture lacks the glamour of the tree-shrouded tower as alumni of the 1930's and '40's recall it, but everything of beauty must go stage. Erected on the site of College Hall, the College's first office-classroom building, the tower is the gift of the late Mr. and Mrs. John W. Beaumont. Mr. Beaumont was a member of the class of 1882 and served 12 years as a member of the State Board of Agriculture. the construction through Interior of the tower has been more or less sacred, open only to the caril- loneur and to meetings of Tower Guard. The current shortage of campus office space has made necessary the use of two floors of the building as temporary offices for several new instructors in the Basic College. Dr. William C. Bagley, Class of 1895, Dies July 1 Dr. William C. Bagley, '95 professor emeritus at Teachers College, Columbia university, New York, and since 1939 editor of School and Society, weekly educational magazine, died at his home, 200 W. 58th street, New York, on July 1, following an illness of about a month. interested Dr. Bagley until his death was ex tremely in Michigan State college and played a prominent part in its alumni activities. A year ago he spoke in behalf of his class in accepting membership in the Patriarchs' club on Alumni Day. This year he had planned on giving the speech of welcome to the class of 1896, but his final illness pre vented his attendance. He also was scheduled to come to Michigan State College summer during late June and July to appear on a seminar in the department of educa tion summer program. However, his illness also prevented that. this Dr. Bagley was born in Detroit, March 15, 1874, and graduated from Michigan Agricultural college with a Bachelor of Science degree in 1895. He continued his studies at the University of Wiscon sin, where he received his master's de gree, and at Cornell university, Ithaca, New York, where he received a Doctor of Philosophy degree in 1900. The doc torate was in psychology, neurology and education. He received the honorary degree of Doctor of Education from Rhode Island State college in 1919, and in 1940 was honored by his own Alma Mater with the honorary degree of Doctor of Laws. Dr. Bagley began his long career as an educator in normal and public schools in Montana and New York. In 1908 he joined the faculty of the University of Illinois, where he became professor of education. He also served as director of the school of education and also direc tor of the summer sessions until 1917. In 1917 he became professor of educa tion at Teachers college, Columbia uni versity. He served in that position for 22 years, retiring in August, 1939. After a year on sabbatical leave he was hon ored with the position of professor emer itus of education in 1940. The New York Times, in a lengthy obituary, termed Dr. Bagley a leader in the "Essentialist" school of philosophy of education. "Dr. Bagley," the paper said, "was a frequent critic of progres sive education. He was a firm advocate of sound methods in education, with the stress on discipline and on mastery of simple fundamentals first." Through his career Dr. Bagley founded journals, important educational several Dr. Rufus H. Pettit, Entomologist, Dies In Lansing Dr. Rufus H. Pettit, 77, head of the at Michigan entomology department State College for 26 years prior to his retirement in 1933, died June 1, in a Lansing hospital following a long illness. He is survived by the widow, Mrs. Jessie A. Pettit, of 236 Cowley avenue, East Lansing, two daughters, Mrs. M. J. Reed, also of East Lansing, and Mrs. M. S. Nelson, of Indianapolis, Indiana, and five grandchildren. Professor Pettit was known through out the world for his work in entomology, and was considered an authority on the subject. He was born in Baldwinsville, New York, January 11, 1869, and spent his early life there. He graduated from Cornell University in 1895, with the de gree of bachelor of science in agriculture. For a short time thereafter he was assistant state entomologist of the state of Minnesota. He left that post to come to East Lansing on January 1, 1897, as instructor assistant in zoology and entomologist at the college experiment station, serving under the late Professor W. B. Barrows. In June, 1906, the department of en tomology was created at the then Michi gan Agricultural College and Professor Pettit was named as its head. He was honored by the college with the degree of Doctor of Science in 1931. Two years later he retired due to illness. Five More Apartments Are Approved For Veterans At its June 20 meeting, the State Board of Agriculture approved the plans for construction of five additional per manent apartment buildings for married veterans. Work on the project will start as soon as possible, with hopes that the buildings will be ready for occupancy by February 1, 1947. Construction is already under way on six other similar apartment buildings. The five additional buildings will pro vide eighty apartments, containing one or two bedrooms, and will be located on South Harrison road near the present project. Cost of the five new buildings is estimated at $734,000, to be self- liquidated from rent revenues. The board also approved gifts total ing $12,475. The gifts came from vari ous organizations, and will be used in specified types of research, with the ex ception of one anonymous $1,000 gift to be used at the discretion of the board. Twenty-seven new faculty appoint ments were approved, and resignations of nine members of the faculty were accepted. J U L Y, 1 9 46 . . .. 15 Dr. Rufus H. Pettit and was at one time or another honored with election to the presidency of several national educational groups, including the National Council of Education, the National Society for the Study of Edu cation, and the Society of College Teach ers of Education. He also served as editor-in-chief of the Journal of the Na tional Education Association, and was a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science. For many years he was president of Kappa Delta Pi, honorary education fraternity. Dr. Bagley published more than 20 important textbooks in the field of edu cation and history, including four books on which he collaborated with Dr. Charles A. Beard, noted historian. In addition, he wrote many research and survey re ports, and articles and reviews in educa tional and general publications. Dr. Bagley is survived by his widow, the former Florence MacLean Winger, of Lincoln, Nebraska; a daughter, Mrs. William B. Cobb, and a son, William C. Bagley Jr. Dr. Thomas H. Osgood Heads Division Dr. Thomas H. Osgood, who has been head of the physics department at M.S.C. since 1941, was named director of the Division of Physical Sciences at the June 20 meeting of the State Board of Agri culture. He replaces Dean R. C. Huston, who has been acting director since re organization of the college's divisions in 1944. Dean Huston will continue as dean of the Graduate School. Prior to coming to Michigan State, Dr. Osgood was head of the department of physics at the University of Toledo from 1934 to 1941. For a year before that he was engaged in his own research work in Prof. Arthur H. Compton's laboratory at the University of Chicago. J. C. Green, G. W. Gutekunst, C. E. Havens, Max G. Hillmann, George C. Humphrey, Mark L. Ireland, N. A. McCune, E. G. Martin, F. H. Mitchell, Roy M. Norton, Fred L. Radford, C. P. Reed. V. M. Shoesmith, Charles W. Strobel, and J. B. Westover. . . in the that that living, land of to attend responded institution the campus the reunion to Secretary they write a note Many members of roommate. 'oldsters' and. the class who could not Ire attend land's suggestion to be read at the dinner. George Chadsey wrote from Washington. D. C, that "it would be a real re juvenation to reminisce with our old classmates, many of whom I have not seen since 1901." From Mason, Michigan, Grace Melton Green (Mrs. Burt L.) wrote that she had recently returned home from the Ingham County Sanatorium at Lansing. She inquired especially for news of Deborah Gar . "Give field Decker, her former if I am my very best to all the still I shall surely the join them in 1951," writes Robert R. L. Bigelow from New York City, and continues "You say the paint stains are all gone. Pure carelessness on my part, and in 1951 I will bring my paint brush and some red paint. These old land marks should be preserved." . . . Hugh P. Baker, president of Massachusetts State College at Amherst, could not the reunion because commencement activ attend ities at the same week fell on end, and adds: "I am sure that I shall be free enough the 50th. There are so many of you whom I should like to powwow with and . . . so much of the old and the new to see." From Morgantown, West Virginia, D. B. Finch sent greetings and briefly described his work as vocational adviser working with veterans at West last visit Virginia University. He reported his to the in 1930 on . D. B. Jewell graduation of his daughter. wrote that he retired last October 1 and hadn't "had a dull moment since. Am busy around home in garden digging and that I mean and generally trying to do the things that have been put off." . Vesta Woodbury Marshall . wrote from St. Louis, Missouri: "It is with great regret that I must say I will not be at the re union. in Red I am still doing volunteer work Cross, am director of the Washington University Hospital Production unit with 238 women on my . roll, so cannot walk out at . . the moment." Dr. Robert Starr Northrop sent his regrets from Napa. California, and reported that his four sons were Stanford graduates but his only daughter finished at Michigan State in 1943. . . . Herbert S. Putney wrote from Topeka, Kansas, where he has a highway products company, that he has two sons and a daughter. . . . Harry J. Eustace, and of Berkeley, California, apologies for not being with you today—too great . . . From a distance is the only good reason." Sanford, Florida, from Mary Knaggs Stone who enclosed a picture of herself, her daughter Carol, '30, her son James, '30, and their his wife, the former Mary Clark, 9-year-old daughter. Eva Mary. . William Treadwell's letter came from Great Falls, Mon tana, and enclosed was a descriptive folder of the Treadwell Nursery company. . . . R. A. Whitney wrote that his work as milk analyst for the Carnation company pre reunion, but he vented his attendance at sent greetings and hoped the Wolverines could be solved ! the the problem of the occasion of . Justine, California, '28, and . came greetings "greetings literally from sent . . . Chandler Z. Tompkins, associate editor of the Alma Record, died at his home in Alma, Michigan, on June 4. Mr. Tompkins started his newspaper the Lansing State Republican. He career on worked on papers in Detroit, Muskegon, Grand Rapids, Minneapolis, and Duluth before becoming managing editor of the Owosso Argus Press. He the Isabella County Repub was to Alma lican about seven years ago. later editor of in Shepherd. Michigan, and went 1902 Clara Waterman Nellist, of Grand Rapids, was the only one from the class to register on Alumni Day. (Zy QlaJLfA. At. Qnank* '86; Jennie Towar Woodard, Patriarchs those who registered on Alumni Day Among and attended the the annual dinner given by College in honor of those who had been graduated fifty or more years ago were: Frank Robson, ' 7 8; W. L. Snyder, '82 ; Leslie Buell, '83 ; Jason Ham mond. '86 ; Howard B. Cannon, F. J. Free, and Charles H. Redman. '88; David Anderson, E. A. Holden, Perry G. Holden, William Lightbody, Harry Martin, E. N. '89 ; R. Bruce Pagelsen. and Frank M. Paine. McPherson. '90; F. J. Bonestell, A. F. Gordon, W. O. Hedrick, and B. A. Holden, '91 ; Albert H. Gillett. C. A. Hathaway, Bert W. Peet, W. K. Sagendorph. Charles Smith, and Dor N. Stowell. '92; Lyman J. Briggs, Katharine Cook Briggs. J. A. B. Cook, and Edwin Peters, Barnum, Ernest V. Johnston, and J. W. Perrigo, '94 ; William A. Ansorge, Harry D. Baker, Guy Frace. Merritt Fulton. Frank Johnson, I. R. Jones. S. C. Laitner, A. C. MacKinnon, Chace Newman. Harrie Parish, Howard R. Smith, and Thorn Smith. '93 ; Cecil '95. From the golden anniversary class of 1896 were R. L. Clute of Grand Bay, Alabama ; C. A. Jewell of Pittsford. Michigan ; John F. Nellist of Grand Rapids ; Dwight T. Randall of Detroit; Dr. Zachary Veldhuis of Hamilton, Michigan ; O. P. Wrest of Flint; and George W. Williams of Chi cago. John Chase Morgan, '78. founder and president of the John C. Morgan Company of Traverse City, Michigan, died in that city on June 10. Noted for canning and preserving cherries and apple products, the John C. Morgan company was estab lished in 1877, with Mr. Morgan serving as presi dent and general manager. Until his death in 1940. Howard C. Morgan, '13, was executive vice president of the company, and was one of Mr. Morgan's four children associated in the business. Of his five grandchildren, two attended Michigan State College. Gary S. Morgan, graduating in 1935, and John C„ enrolled with the class of 1944. live in '85. and his wife About a half mile south of Napoleon, Michigan, Lewis G. Palmer, the house in which he was born, built by his great grandfather in 1846 on land granted him in 1832. Mr. Palmer holds a deed signed by President Andrew Jackson in 1832 granting the land to his great grandfather, Roswel Rexford. He also holds another deed, signed by Martin VanBuren in 1837, granting an additional adjoining parcel of land to his forefathers. The main portion of the house is the same today as it was 1846. The joists are of tamarack, smoothed on one side with the bark still remaining on some. It is a nine- room structure with double thick brick walls, brick partitions, 10-foot ceilings and an 8-foot basement. Mr. Palmer's parents acquired the property in 1862 and Mr. and Mrs. Palmer have lived there since 1900. '90, writes Lewis W. Spaulding, that he and his wife are living in the small fishing and lum bering town of Warrenton, Oregon, on the bank of the Skipanong river. During the war he taught in machine shop work the vocational school in 16 . .. . T HE R E C O RD Vancouver, Washington, and most of his students worked in the Kaiser ship yards. His last work at the machinist trade was in a fish cannery in Astoria, Oregon, last fall. 1897 Carl A. Kelley, former village clerk, deputy sheriff, and city health officer of Brighton, Michi gan, died at his home there on November 1, 1945. He is survived by his wife, a son, and a daughter. 1898 Returning to the campus for Alumni Day were Edmund A. Calkins, George Campbell, Myrtle Peck Randall, and Floyd Robison. 1899 R. W. Swift of Warren. Ohio, was the only one from the class to register on Alumni Day. from college Mr. Flynn went Elmore M. Hunt, operator of a bee keepers' supply house for many years, died at his home in East Lansing on June 3. Mr. Hunt, who retired three years ago, moved his supply business from in 1908. locating in Lansing at 510 N. Redford Cedar street. His wife and daughter survive. . . . Walter H. Flynn, general superintendent of motive power and rolling stock of the New York Central system since January, 1927, and a railroad man for 47 years, died on March 14 in Washington. D. C, where he was attending a conference of the Association of American Railroads. Following his graduation to work for the Cleveland, Lorain and Wheeling rail road, and the next year became draftsman for the Michigan Central Railroad company. Two years later he was made assistant general foreman, and eventually the Michigan Central's locomotive shops in Jackson. From 1907 to 1912 he was division master mechanic road at St. Thomas. Ontario. He then became Michi superintendent of motive power, gan Central's this position until 1925 when he was and held made Eastern superintendent of motive power for the New York Central lines and general super intendent the following year. Long active in the Association of American Railroads, he had served as chairman of its mechanical division and on various committees. He is survived by his wife, a son, and three daughters. foreman, of the for 1900 Naughty-naughters on hand for Alumni Day were Coral Havens, Ireland, Arthur Lyons. E. W. Ranney, and Mertie Under wood Smith. Irma Thompson including Clare Henry Parker celebrated his seventieth birthday at his home at 507 S. Park, Saginaw, Michigan, on Sunday, April 21. Thirty-five guests were present, sons, Ralph W. two Parker, '33, and Walter C. Parker, short course 1938. Mr. Parker is president of the Parker Dairy company and has operated for 40 years. 1901 in Saginaw It was "forty-five years out" for the to celebrate the event: '01 and following were on hand 1903 1911 Representing the class on Alumni Day were J. F. Chamberlain. T. P. Chase, and Elsie Morri son Shoesmith. Dr. William Morton Barrows, emeritus profes- sor of zoology at Ohio State University, died at his home in Columbus on February 24. Dr. Bar received his master's and doctor's rows, who degrees at Harvard, joined the Ohio State faculty in 1909 and served until his retirement last Sep tember. His father, Walter B. Barrows, was pro fessor of zoology and physiology at Michigan State College from 1894 until his death in 192.3. His sister. Marguerite Barrows, '04. died in 1931. Dr. Barrows is survived by his wife and one son. Ethel Caldwell Avery, Harris Collingwood, I. J. Cortright, J. DeKoning, Winifred Felton Duthie, Charles N. Frey, Helen Eichele Gardner, Zelin Goodell. J. G. Hays, Alfred Henrickson, Mabel Robison Hock, John W. Knecht. C. S. Langdon, Clifford McKibbin, Betty Palm, Benjamin C. Porter Jr., F. J. Richards, G. A. Sanford, Helen Dodge Stack. Frank L. True. W. H. Urquhart, and Thomas C. Whyte were on hand to see that the 35th anniversary was properly celebrated, to see their classmate Dr. Charles N. and also Frey the honorary degree of Doctor of Science at the commencement exercises Saturday afternoon. receive 1904 Clark Brody and George McMullen were the only members of the class to register on Alumni Day. teacher Jewell Lee Grove, a former in Ovid, Laingsburg, and Detroit, died in St. Johns. Mich illness of several igan, on May 4. following an weeks. Mrs. Groves retired from teaching work in 1930 and returned to Ovid where she became active in many community affairs. 1905 William Bos of Byron Center was registrant of the class on Alumni Day. the lone Richard C. Fowler, one of the founders of the leader-dog league for the blind, died in St. Peters burg, Florida, early in March. For a number of years Mr. Fowler was associated with the Detroit City Gas company, the Grand Rapids Gas Light company, the Domestic Engineering company and the Delco Light company, both of Dayton, Ohio. He was in life insurance business in Detroit when the Lions Leader Dog he became in Foundation in that served Rochester. Michigan, as executive secretary. He is survived by his wife, the former Beulah Broas, a son, and two daughters. interested and organization The following answered the call to '06's fortieth anniversary and registered on Alumni Day: E. Hayes Adams. Howard Barnett. G. P. Boomsliter. H. C. Bucknell. Harold A. Childs, M. J. Dorsey, Fred A. Farley. J. E. Fisk. Irene Way Fisk, L. O. Gordon, G. W. Hebblewhite. Mildred Matthews Hebblewhite. Walter K. Hough, R. E. Keech, W. J. Kingscott. Frank E. Liverance, Thomas F. Locke, Wilhelm Neilson, John E. Poole, Ray G. Potts, Roy C. Potts. Karl F. Ranger, L. M. Spencer. H. C. Salisbury, Joseph Taylor, Gertrude Peters VanHorne, James B. Wilkinson, William E. Wilson, and Howard Yarrington. Mrs. P. L. Thompson, the former Dorothy Swift, died in a Grand Rapids hospital on March 7 fol lowing a short illness. The daughter of John Swift, an 1868 graduate of the college, she was married to Dr. Thompson in 1905 and their home has been in Grand Rapids for the past 31 years. An extensive traveler she found time to take an active in church and community work. She is survived by her husband and one son. interest 1907 On campus for Alumni Day were C. M. Cade, A. T. Keech. and Ruby Newman Ludwig. Howard C. Baker for Gilbert Associates Inc., 412 Washington, Reading, Pennsylvania. is consulting engineer 1908 Mary Pratt Potts was the only one from the class to register on Alumni Day. 1909 'Niners around for Alumni Day included R. R. Lyon, J. A. Mitchell, C. L. Nash, and J. Sloat Welles. 1910 Inez Cortright Kehl, Blanche Bair Lyon. Arthur Pulling, and James Wilcox registered on Alumni Day. George Harris Collingwood is in charge of lum ber production for the national housing adminis lives in Washington. D. C, at 1245 tration and . . . William C. Morris Crittenden street N.W. the is . . . Gurdon Os Great Lakes Steel corporation. borne the Ventilating and Blow Pipe Company Ltd., 714 St. Maurice street, Montreal. in Detroit as sales engineer is managing director of located for 1912 Leo Benner. C. H. Dickinson, Leon B. Gardner, H. Groothuis, Elmer Hock, Fanny Keith Kassulker, Louise Norton Knecht, Ruth Mead McKibbin, Arvilla Voss Welles, and Irene Carter Whyte registered for the class on Alumni Day. James A. Smith is superintendent of foundation construction for the Raymond Concrete Pile com pany, 140 Cedar street, New York City. 1913 W. R. C. Smith of Lansing was the only one from the class to register on Alumni Day. Everard S. Keithley, supervisor of the Pike national forest for the past 20 years, retired on April 30 after 35 years in the Forestry Service. He and Mrs. Keithley are making their home at "Keytox" . . in Popham Dr. Virginia Langworthy has offices Hall. 45 Popham road, Scarsdale. New York . . . E. L. and Almira '14) Digby have moved from Detroit to Copemish, Michigan. in Manitou Springs. Colorado. I Brimmer, . 1914 '14 was represented on Alumni Day by Florence Gamble Allen, Austin Coons. Ralph I. Coryell, H. Blakeslee Crane, Muriel Smith Crane. Bessie Andrews Hays, and F. H. Mueller. D. Gilbert Brown, engineer in the bridge design department of the State Highway department for the past five years, died in a Lansing hospital, on April 26. Prior to his work with the highway department, Mr. Brown was an estimator and engineer for for more than 20 years. He is survived by his wife, two daughters, and two sons. the H. G. Christman company 1915 On campus for Alumni Day were the following '15ers: A. Gordon Adams, F. C. Herbison, Mary Dariah Mueller. Frank W. Richardson, and Lee Stockman. Kris P. Bemis, of 4613 Amherst road, College Park, Maryland, has been employed by the United Fruit and Vegetable Shippers association of Wash ington, D. C its newly created potato division. . . . Dudley Hall of South Lyons, Michi gan, who was graduated the engineering division in 1915. reentered Michigan State and was recently awarded the George Phillips prize for the outstanding senior in forestry ! to head from 1916 '16's for at Present and accounted thirtieth anniversary were Helen Petrie Aldrich, Allen W. Barron, Earl Beatty, Wallace Beden, G. R. Bogan, Gerald Bos, F. M. Childs, Pauline Coppens Col- ville, Herbert G. Cooper, Howard E. Cowles, Albert Ehinger, Frank Granger, Rose Hogue, Esther Keating Holland, E. M. Hough, Elsa Johnson, Ruth Price Kilmer, Ethel Taft Klaver, W. G. Knickerbocker, R. O. Knudson, Howard ^, ™ K * > p. •* * 4* I fr* 1906 « Kurtzworth, Ayesha Raven Laidlaw, Herdis L. Lewis, R. S. Linton, Karl McDonel, W. D. McFarlane. E. B. More, George W. Pellett, Charles N. Richards, Russell Runnels, Marshall Shearer, Katherine MacDonald Smith, Gideon E. Smith, C. E. Thompson, P. V. Tower, Agnes True, and Frederick C. Wise. Carl C. Foster, a clerk in the Pontiac post office for the past ten years, died in a Pontiac hospital on March 19 following a short illness. Mr. Foster was a veteran of World War I, a life member of the D.A.V. and a member of East Lansing Lodge No. 480. F. & A. M. He is survived by his wife, the former Alice Ewing, '21, three sisters, and six the brothers, three of whom were graduated from College, Theodore R., '20, and Walter J.. '22. . . . Ivan H. Driggs, one of Lan sing's pioneering figures industry, received the degree of aeronautical engineer from the Stevens Institute of Technology at its com mencement exercises last fall. . . . Norine Strough Freeman is radio director for Carl Byoir & Associ ates Inc., public relations firm in New York City. '27, Thomas F., in the aviation 1917 Getting in trim for their special reunion next year were Jessie Bradford Adams. William A. Anderson, Louise Halladay Carpenter. A. E. Cooney, Cydna Free Cooper, Ralph E. Nelson, Dorothy Voss Richardson, Albert K. Smith, and Glen O. Stewart. 1918 The class was represented on Alumni Day by Eileen Wilson Bogan, Alice Gunn Clemetsen, I. B. McMurtry, Blanche McNaughton Reeves, Inez Cook Steele, Fanny Rogers Stewart, and Mary Ray T'obey. lives C. V. Funke the Seaboard Railway and is superintendent of dining cars for in Jackson ville. Florida, at 2358 College street. . . . Stanley Sargent has a florist shop bearing his own name at . . . William DeYoung is state soil scientist for Wis consin and he and Mrs. DeYoung (Alta Snow) are living in Madison at 721 Oneida place. street, Albion, Michigan. 407 Perry 1919 Elisabeth Weld Bailey. Geraldine Curtis Cald well. Milton Fox, Robert Huxtable. and Audie Loveland Nellist did the honors for the class on Alumni Day. 1920 the On hand for the postponed celebration of their following members silver anniversary were of the class: C. G. Alder, C. W. Andrews, Bertine Cole Benedict, Ruth Miles Bleasdale. W. K. Bristol. James H. Caldwell, Ruth Newton Carrier, Corinne Lichtenwalter Cooney, Sherman Coryell. Marie Otis Coryell, Mildred Mattoon Devereaux, Bert J. Ford. Helen Hilliard Gibson, LoIaBelle Green, Warren P. S. Hall, Clara Perry Hay, Helen Hitchings, A. M. Hopperstead. Florence Rouse Huxtable, Louise Larrabee Johnson, L. N. Jones, Edward L. Karkau, Gertrude Babcock Karkau, P. G. Lundin, Roscoe Martin, Roscoe Mosher, Anne L. Neville. Florine Folks Plumb, Merritt A. Reeves, S. S. Rothrock, Harriet Wilder Shaver, R. A. Shenefield, Ellen Cockerton Stenmark, Milton C. Townsend. Ona Bishop Wadley, Mar garet Gardner Yates, and Paul Yull. in Ileden Santiago for gifts is director of Madyaas Insti tute at Numancia, Capiz, Philippine Islands. His school was burned to ashes by the Japanese and he sends an urgent appeal from his M.S.C. classmates and friends. . . . Glenn Lankton is employed the Argonaut Realty division of General Motors and lives in Detroit at 13210 Free- land. is general hydraulic . the Public Service company of engineer Northern Illinois, and lives in Evanston at 1583 Asbury avenue. . . . Bertha Oechsle Hewitt (Mrs. in Bloom Junior high school Glenn F.) in Cincinnati, Ohio, where she lives at 2417 Ingleside. . . . C. F. Ramsay has returned to' his position as superintendent of the Michigan Chil- . C. J. McLean for teaches . J U L Y, 1 9 46 . . .. 17 superintendent of dren's Institute in Ann Arbor after serving as the Boys' Vocational acting school in Lansing. . . . After completing 26 years of teaching in the Colon-Marcellus-White Pigeon area, V. E. Ward has left the profession come personnel manager and purchasing agent for the Maranatha Bible Conference at Muskegon, Michigan. to be 1921 The following members of the class attended the eve the silver anniversary dinner held on of Alumni Day: Harold D. Allen, Thomas J. Arrigo, Karl D. Bailey, L. L. Beltz, Roy Bergman, Annie Thomson Bristol, Henry L. Broan, Albert Carlson, E. W. Carlson, E. D. Devereaux, Marshall G. Draper, O. E. Dunckel, Wilma Strauch Eberly, Neal Fenkell, H. W. Finnigan, N. E. Grover, Fred L. Hendrick, Ferolyn Nerreter Hunter, Iva Robb Jadel, Henry J. Kurtz, T. G. Lindquist, Lester Lunden, Paul McCoy, Laura Crissman Marx, R. R. Nellist, Geneva D. Null, Charles H. Osgood, Axel J. Peterson, H. J. Plumb, Maurice B. Rann, Josephine Zachariah Shenefield, F. S. Reynolds, Beatrice Hosmer Ross, Larry Ross, E. C. Sackrider, E. V. Sayles, Lyman Schafer, Gertrude Rankin Schneider, Wallace C. Swank, Winifred Smith Topping, Dorothy Corwin Steel, Thomas A. Steel, W. Arthur Tobey, James Tyson, and Mack Williamson. 1922 Back on the Campus for Alumni Day were Gladys Kellogg Brady, Jack and Martha Perry Foster, J. W. Marx, Stanley S. Radford, and T. B. Poole. 1923 Registering for the class on Alumni Day were Helen Bradford, Jake Brady, C. G. Card, A. B. Cook, C. E. Johnson, Carl Topping, and Frank Trull. to a vice presidency Henry A. Platz, vice president and a member of the board of directors of the Wolverine Insur ance company in Lansing, died at his home near Okemos on March 7. Head of the Wolverine com the past 20 years, pany's claim department for Mr. Platz was elevated in 1941. He was active in civic and fraternal affairs the Ingham County Bar and was a member of Association, Michigan State Bar, American Bar Association, and the Insurance Bar Association. He is survived by his wife, a daughter, and a son. . . . Ford E. Smith, for many years owner of gas stations in South Lyon, Michigan, died at his home there on October 26, 1945. He is sur vived by his wife and 7-year-old twins, Norman and Phyllis. 1924 Registering at the Union on Alumni Day were: Carl Abel, George Hay, Marjorie Kenyon, and Gordon Schlubatis. 1925 Harold Lautner and Beatrice Nelson Fttch were the only *25ers to register on Alumni Day. Announcement has been made of the marriage of Mrs. Ruth M. Babcock to William Douglass on March 15. Mrs. Douglass completed her year's teaching work at Minden City and they will make their home in Muir, Michigan. . . . The June issue of the American Magazine (page 154) contained an interesting item about Leon W. "Buck" Horn- kohl of Rolla, Missouri, and his "deer wrestling." Buck does his wrestling "because he wants to capture deer alive and uninjured so they can be to trucked or freighted from overcrowded forests greener pastures. He ties them off. Right now Buck them, and bundles is forest, Missouri, where he is wildlife and game manage ment superintendent." in Clerk National them alive throws taking them, just 1926 The twentieth anniversary was properly noted by Ray Barrett, Caroline Bray, Lorna Sutton 18 . . . . T HE R E C O RD Brockway, J. R. Burns, Fredericka Martini Byam, Edith Martinson Edahl, Clinton B. Fitch, Ray Heydrick, Russell E. Horwood, W. N. Kidman, Dean Laurence, Richard P. Lyman Jr., Carlton McDonald, Stanley Ross, Harriet Holden Schlu batis, Margaret Hager Schumacher, Margaret Cawood Spurway, Don Stirm, Florabelle Lautner Straffon, George Sturm, Daniel vanNoppen, M. J. Weaver, and William G. Winemiller. living in Syracuse at 311 Cherry road. . . . James the Bingham, who was recently discharged from Army as a lieutenant colonel, is employed at the Veterans Administration regional office in Wash ington, D. C, and lives in Arlington, Virginia, at 28 N. Oakland street. is associated with the Campbell-Sanford Advertising agency in Cleveland, Ohio, where he lives at 2219 Elbur avenue. . Ray Conolly . . 1927 1932 reunion It was an all-feminine '27 on Alumni Day with Alice Hall Abel, Georgia Haughy Emerick, Gladys Franks, Helen Hall, June Ranney Lyman, and Maxine Evans Smith registering. for . .. A site of installation, Theodore R. Foster and Helen Lee, '36, were married on May 9 and will make their home in East Lansing at 131 Beal street. large Japan's American military former "West Point" five miles from the center in honor of Colonel Royce of Tokyo, is named the Drake who was killed October 21, 1944, in is associ invasion of Leyte. ated with in Flint as editor, statistician, and in charge of pub lic relations. He and Mrs. Kline (Mary Batchelor, the '29) and Kline road, Grand farm at 5048 Cook Blanc. . . . Kenneth Post, who has served on the Cornell University re faculty cently promoted to the rank of professor of flori culture. the McDonald Cooperative Dairy two daughters are living at since 1930, was . Donald Kline family their . . 1928 Registering for the class on Alumni Day were A. Ferris Bradley, Roberta Hartman Burns, Vivid Bainbridge Cobb, Lucile Niebling Edwards, Evelyn Keyes Holden, Hazel Sorenson Horwood, Amy Perry Maloney. Koester L. Christensen, outstanding athlete in college and professional football player, died at his home in Escanaba, Michigan, on May 16. He served as a lieutenant in the Navy during the war and after his discharge last October resumed his work with the Christensen Brothers fishing business in Escanaba. His wife and infant son survive. . . . Mr. and Mrs. S. G. Curtis (Marjorie Sanford) of 223 Lagoona Beach drive, Bay City, announce the birth of a daughter, Colleen Jane, on Novem ber 25, 1945. . . . Raymond D. Fisher is a physi cian and surgeon in Handley, Texas, where his clinic is located at 206 North Daggett. 1929 Pierre Kenyon is executive secretary of the Culver-Palms branch of the Los Angeles Y.M.C.A., and lives in Culver City, California, at 3534 Schae- fer street. to his position as landscape architect with the Pon- tiac Nursery company of Romeo, Michigan, after three years service in the Army. . . . Doan R. Ogden has returned 1930 Lawrence E. Bredahl, Hugh C. Campbell, Arlene Ogden Claus, Sally Martinson Endsley, Dorothy Holden Orr, and Margaret Backofen Wheeler represented the class on Alumni Day. 1931 Returning for the fifteenth anniversary reunion were the following members of the class: Dorothy Barrett, Holly Biers, Lauren P. Brown, O. F. Edwards, H. W. Gutekunst, John J. Korney, Glenn Larke, Nellie Holmes Loomis, Frederick Ludwig, George Murox, Robert Ries, Katharine Schreiber, Vera Smith, Ben Sovey, Russell Wait, A. C. Wheeler, Stuart and Geraldine Crandell Wilsey, Howard and Lucille Morris Witmer, and Edwin Yeomans. Following his release from active duty as a major in the Army Air Forces, Howard J. Berkel resigned from the staff at Iowa State college to accept a position as production manager for Hall and McChesney of Syracuse, New York, manufac index systems. He turers of record books and and Mrs. Berkel and five year old Nancy Lou are Curnel Hampton and Vern Smith did the honors for the class on Alumni Day. A daughter, Colleen Doris, was born March 9 to Doyle and Doris (Newman, '34) Fitzpatrick of 424 Clifton boulevard, East Lansing. Wee Col leen is the granddaughter of Prof. Chace Newman, '95. . . . Leah Lambertson Ungren and Leslie J. Ainscough were married on March 2 and are at home in Lansing at 1914 Oaland avenue. 1933 Rex Aurand was class on Alumni Day. the lone registrant for the for throughout store manager for outstanding Tom Fox Demarest, the Demarest Furniture Mart and well known in cen tral Michigan aviation circles, died in a Lansing hospital on March 18. A former flight instructor the Lansing airport, Mr. Demarest and his at brother, Ben, the '35, barnstormed state one year. He is survived by his wife, a son, and two daughters. . . . Kenneth L. Clark, of the Office of Research and Inventions, Navy depart the Meritorious Civilian ment, recently received Service Award the service Commodore Schade cited Mr. Clark's Navy. service, in part, as follows: "For valuable con technology by which highly tributions effective results were attained in the manufacture of dependable castings for the fleet." . . . After in the armed forces. Robert four years service Gumaer in Ovid, Michigan, where he is located is president and general manager of the Gumaer . Richard and Lumber and Coal company. Mary Hause Holland and their sons, Tom and Jerry, are once more living at 820 W. Jamieson street, Flint, the Air Corps the United States for four and a half around yeaSs." Ex-Lt. Col. Holland the Consumers Power company in Flint. is employed by following to steel "after to . . 1934 Flo Hess Foster was the only one from the class to register on Alumni Day. Malcolm J. Dickie, director of athletics at the schools of Greenfield Village, Edison Dearborn, died in a Detroit hospital on February 4. He is survived by his wife and daughter. Institute 1935 Registering at the Union on Alumni Day were Jean Kreuter Eggebeen, Marjorie Buelow Hale, Harry J. Hornberger, Robert F. Killeen, Thelma Plow Randolph, and Charlotte Pike Thompson. J. E. Jepson was recently returned to inactive duty in the Naval Reserves with the rank of lieu tenant and is now employed in the sales depart ment of Lee Motors Inc. in Toledo, Ohio, where he and Mrs. Jepson (Phyllis Davidson, '38) live at 4349 Vermaas avenue. . . . Courtenay Nelson is located in Rochelle, Illinois, where he is in his third year as head of the science department in the high school. During is Chemist for the midwest division of the California Packing corporation in that city. He is married and has three daughters—Jane, Jean, and Judy. . . . Robert C. Neumann is publisher of the Mar- lette Leader in Marlette, Michigan. . . . Kenneth L. Warren, who received his Ph.D. with the class, is on terminal leave from the Navy and this fall will start his duties as professor of mathematics at Millsaps College in Jackson, Mississippi. the summer months he 1936 The following Alumni Day to mark returned the the campus on to tenth anniversary of their graduation: Ruth Knecht Benjamin, W. Victor Bielinski, Isobel Blyth, Warren Bredahl, Pauline Taylor Bredahl, Richard Colina, J. W. Davis, Marianna Hall-ert, Evelyn Bihn Handlon, Frances Perry Hewett, Alice White Johnson, Law rence A. Johnson, Mary Lerchen, Reva Stockman Lipp, Harold O. Maloney, Paul J. Murdoch, Helen Snow Poxson, Lorraine Salot, Marie Vallez Schultz, Clair Shaler, Frances Wilson, and Lou Zarza. their Donald Clupper is metallurgist and materials engineer with the Ingersoll-Rand company's pneu matic tool division in Athens, Pennsylvania. He live at three children and his wife and . .. A 102 Elsbree street, Sayre, Pennsylvania. second son, Ralph Allan, was born May 14 to Rev. and Mrs. Harold A. Jayne of Okemos, Mich igan. Rev. Jayne was recently elected president of the board of trustees of the Student Christian in East Lansing. Foundation at Peoples Church . . . A son, Thomas Vance, was born April 18 to' Mr. and Mrs. W. M. Yates (Dorothy Langdon) of 815 Jerome street, Midland. Their daughter Susan will be three in November. . Clifford McKibbin J r. is located in Winter Park, Florida, as city manager. . . 1937 Larry Distel, Ray Kaczorowski, Sam Ketchman, the Ruth Frank Ries, and Evan Roberts did honors for the class on Alumni Day. . .. A son, John David was born George Hyatt J r. is associate professor of dairy husbandry at West Virginia university and in charge of the dairy herd and farm and the dairy research work. He lives in Morgantown at 204 Elmhurst. February 26 to Mr. and Mrs. John M. LaRue (Barbara Sullivan) of 7% Centre street, Cam bridge, Massachusetts. . . . After leaving Michigan State Mary Jane Thomas-Stahle attended Pennsyl vania State college, graduating with a degree in In 1943 landscape architecture she in 1939. '31, and since married Preston M. Cole, Harvard his release from the service they have moved to Woodstock, Vermont, and have opened an office for landscape architecture. the practice of architecture and 1938 Charles R. Pagelsen of Grand Rapids was the the class to register on Alumni only one from Day. . . . W. John Blyth has been . to Arthur and A daughter, Janice Mae, was born March 16 to Lt. Comdr. James M. and Christine (Croel, '39) Ballenger of 109-20 71st road, Forest Hills, New York. transferred by the Michigan Bell Telephone company to De troit, where he and Mrs. Blyth (Mary Michel, '37) and their son David live at 6328 University place. . . . Florence Digby and Edward D. Gray were married on January 13 and are at home in Wau kesha, Wisconsin, at 722 N. Hartwell. . . . The sympathy of the class is extended to Kay Foster Bamfield, of 330 E. 13th street, Indianapolis, Indiana, whose husband died June 1 following a . John Karl was born two months . illness. Jacqueline December 24, 1945, (Snider, '40) Freeman, of 64 Church street, Cold- water. . . . Melvin and Marie (Bos, '40) Klooster, and in Byron Center, Michigan, where he has his veterinary practice. . . . Jeanine Lucille was born June 6 to Mr. and Mrs. E. T. Kretschmer of 635 S. Warren, Sagi naw. . . . After three years in Texas, the T. M. Meikles (she was Maxine McKinley) are moving to 31 College avenue N.E., Grand Rapids. . Robert Mummey located at 2627 Hollywood Way, Burbank, California, where he manages the local unit of Sky Chefs Inc., airline caterers. . . . A son, Robin Lawrence, was born April 18 to Walter and Florence (Reid, '42) Steinecker of 401 E. 8th street, Tillamook, Oregon. . . . Arthur and Betty Hay Taylor and three children are living at 1950 Elm street, Holt, Michigan, while in the rate audit department of he is employed Oldsmobile in Lansing. their children, are living their is . . 1939 (Colthorp, Representing the younger the class on Alumni Day were Fred M. Arnold, L. A. Cheney, Dorothy Snyder Harrington, Donnave Edmundson Johnson, Samuel Levine, Peg Killeen McKoane, Gertrude Brummel- hoff Norman, Percy Nugent, Dorothy Miller Nuznov, John S. Pingel, Paul B. Thompson, and Everett Young. Introducing generation—Douglas Preston born January 25 to Preston and Eileen (Holmes, '40) Bell; David Bristol born November 1, 1945, to Mr. and Mrs. Paul DeLongchamp (Lois Bristol) ; Leslie Isabel born March 4 to Harvey and Dorothy '38) Chicoine; Barbara Anne born June 12 to Mr. and Mrs. Frank Cowing Jr. ; Michael Valentine born March 29 to Major and Mrs. Peter L. DalPonte ; Linda Lee born Feb ruary 1 to Carlton and Martha (Lee, '38) Garri son ; Nancy Diane born February 28 to Jack and '40) Gibbs; Charles Alexander born Elsie (Witt, April 17 to Capt. Alexander and Betty (Mack, '36) Skorina; James Laux J r. born April 18 to Capt. and Mrs. J. L. Trebilcock; Sally Katherine born May 11 to William and Mary Frances Smith V y n; and Duncan Orn born March 7 to Irving and Barbara (Powers, '41) Wyeth. . . . Dr. Edwin G. Balle and Dr. Richard M. Barschak, '41, an- ounce the opening of offices for the practice of veterinary medicine at 5258 W. Pico boulevard, . . . Robert W. Carlton Los Angeles, California. is research assistant industry and study the in In department of Eli Lilley and Company dianapolis where he lives at 4501 Guilford avenue. . . . Robert C. Clough and Mary Pennington were married December 21, 1945, and are living at 4410 W. Adams street, Chicago, where he is em ployed at the Illinois Tool works. . . . Paul and established Eloise residence in Carlsbad, New Mexico, where he is employed as a continental airlines station agent at the local airport. '41) Huxmann have (Crell, in 1940 Roberta Applegate, R. D. Belland, William Butt, George Cope, Wallace B. Hudson, Ruth Martin, George Mead, Margaret Wehr Sargeant, and Helen P r a tt Sinclair registered at the Union on Alumni Day. Thomas F. and Helen Duckwitz Baker, of 322 Murray avenue, Englewood, New Jersey, announce the birth of their son, Thomas Frederick in on April 4. . . . Nancy Brown and Orville Bateman Neeley were married on April 7 and are making their home at 275 Turk street, San Francisco. . . . M. W. Larson has been transferred by the B. F. Goodrich Chemical company from Texas to Cleve land, Ohio, where he and Mrs. Larson (Anna Marie Rennecker, '42) live at 12010 Phillips N.E. . . . Mr. and Mrs. David Caruso (Janell Leathers) of 3621 S. Pacific avenue, San Pedro, California, announce the birth of their daughter, Kathryn, on (Hunter, February 22. . . . David and Dorothy '41) Tefft, of 117 W. William, Ann Arbor, an- ounce the birth of David Michael on March 21. . . . Robert and Helen (Ewing, '39) Vanderveld are located at 396 S. Roys avenue, Columbus, Ohio, while he is Ohio and West Virginia repre of sentative Chicago. for Central Scientific company 1941 '41's The following answered the call for first "big" reunion: Marion Alexander, Betty Geagley Andreas, Gerard K. Baker, Margaret Barrett Baker, Elizabeth Barany, Verl Beuschel, Dorothy Behler Blamire, Earl K. Brigham, Edgar Camp bell, Donald Carson, Eleanor Kinney Cheney, Mary Smith Coddington, Charles Cohen, Fred Colwell, Lila J a ne Cook, Elizabeth Corbishley, Sally Denman Dendel, Marion Pugsley Diehl, Eleanor Dise, Larry Downer, Lucien Fay, Edward Garrett, Grace German, Julian and Stella Balasses Gilbert, Dora Gower, Nils Hammarskjold, Andy and Jean Widick Hays, Herbert Hentschel, Janet Hotchin, E. B. Hunt, Robert Joyce McMillan Johnson, W. L. Kaminsky, Frank Karas, Starr Keesler, Chester Kennedy, Angus Kilborn, Iddings, Edgar Kivela, Dorothy O'Neill LaBelle, Wayne Lee, Richard Lilley, Gerald McKay, Lillian Himes McKinney, Neil McNabnay, Harry and Lois Bell Macy, William Mallory, Marjorie Meier, Robert Merz, Stanley Page-Wood, Dorene Wood Pentoney, Ed Pogor, Marion Roberts, Fred Roth, Robert Schmeling, Kathleen Cowing Schneider, Floramae Penfold Schwider, Jack Sinclair, Jean McDonald Snell, Arlene Aurand Stoutenburg, Eleanor Dutt- weiler Stubbs, Raymond H. Vorce, Earl Watson, and G. B. Williams. In '39) and their home in Beaumont, Texas. January 24 and . the future eds and co-eds department are Curtis James, born January 15 to Mr. and Mrs. Loren S. Armbruster; Ronald Lee born February 5 to Dr. Alfred L. and Jean Howland Bortree; Patricia Ann, born March 30 to Mr. and Mrs. Charles Barrett (Helen Cawood) ; Roger Collins born April 3 to Dr. and Mrs. Gilbert Muhr; and Kendra Jo born January 28 to Mr. and Mrs. Earl G. Watson. . . . Bernice Beardsley and George D. are Prude J r. were married makir.g . . William D. Knox has been released from active in the Navy and has resumed his work as duty associate editor of Hoard's Dairyman in Fort Atkinson, Wisconsin, where he and Mrs. Knox two children make (Jane Shaw, their home. . . . Joyce McMillan and Frank R. Johnson were married on February 1. While her husband is awaiting his discharge from the Army Air Forces, Mrs. Johnson teaches French at North ern high school in Flint where she lives at 2017 Prospect street. . . . Robert Nichols is attending law school at . . Mr. and Mrs. William Parker (Genevieve Beards- lee) and their daughter, Paula Lynne, are living in Montrose, Michigan, where Mr. Parker coaches in the high school. . . . Capt. Robert Robinson is information and education officer for the 7th Air Force headquarters at Hickam Field, Hawaii, where Mrs. Robinson and their daughter, Marsha, have recently joined him. . . . G. Bernell Williams is health educator for the TB and Health Society of Wayne county with offices at 120 Madison avenue, Detroit. the University of Michigan. their . 1942 to see how the following who registered at it should be done next On hand year were the Union on Alumni Day: A. Gordon Adams Jr., M. G. Baker, Robert S. Day, Ida Stevens Eldridge, Ruth Gregory, Iddings, Alicia Janet Goodell Lavers Kennedy, Frank Peabody, and Patricia Sibley. . . . lives in Ann Arbor. Leonard Bazuin Jr. is employed in the Bantam in Bearings division of the Torrington company . . . Mrs. Milton Hartman South Bend, Indiana. (Catherine Clay) to the editor and is secretary publisher of the Education Digest and School Shop magazines . . Patricia KuIIing and Russell John Cornair (University of Detroit) were married November 24, 1945, and are at home in Detroit at 18218 Asbury Park. . A. G. Parshall does topographic map work for the U.S. Geological Survey and in Arlington, Vir ginia. . . . Ray Pleiness and Mary Frances Fulton (Ohio Wesleyan) were married on May 4 and are making their home in Cuyahoga Falls, Ohio, at is power 2519 4th street. sales engineer for the Light and Power company in St. Joseph, Missouri, where he lives at 1031 Faraon street. . .. A daughter, Janet Helen, was born May 18 to Capt. and Mrs. John Casey (Helen Searson) of 100 Five Oaks, Dayton, Ohio. . Mr. and Mrs. E. J. Otis J r. nounce the birth of a daughter, Daren Jean, on . Burton and Doris Waters February 14. Stover, of Williamston. Michigan, announce the arrival of Carol Sue on June 2. . . . John B. Wright and Betty Anderson were married on June 2 and are making their home for the sum mer at 526 W. 114th street, New York City while he is attending Columbia University Law school. . . (Nedra Smith) an . . . Donald Runquist . . 1943 Back on campus for Alumni Day were Mona (Continued on Page 20) JULY, 1946 . . .. 19 • • * • "7/teie Men Q