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Vol.  52r  No. 3 

Deans  Dye and  Gilchrist 

Nay  1947 

MicJuaan  State  & 

Anausui 

the  Gamp.uA. 

Possibly  somewhat  overlooked  in  the 
commotion  surrounding 
the  celebration 
of  the  50th  anniversary  of  the  School  of 
Home  Economics  is  another  anniversary 
for  the  Dean  of  that  school. 

Dean  Marie  Dye  next  fall  will  observe 
the 
her  own  Silver  Anniversary  on 
first  came  here  as  an 
campus.  She 
assistant  professor 
in  September  1922. 
She  came  from  the  University  of  Chi 
cago  to  develop  a  graduate  and  research 
department  in  what  was  then  the  division 
of  home  economics. 

in  handling 

Her  success 

this  major 
assignment  is  best  attested  by  her  own 
advancement  up  the  college  scale.  She 
became  an  associate  professor  one  year 
after  she  arrived  on  campus. 
In  April 
1930  she  was  appointed  Dean  of  the  divi 
sion  to  succeed  Jean  Krueger,  who  had 
served  since  1923. 

Dean  Dye's  first  job  when  she  arrived 
was  to  secure,  install  and  organize  the 
equipment  in  the  laboratory.  She  also, 
of  course,  was  to  conduct  classes  in  ad 
vanced  nutrition.  The  actual  research 
program  got  under  way  in  February  1926 
under  Dean  Dye's  direction.  She  worked 
then  mostly  on  nutrition  problems,  using 
Purnell  funds. 

*  %  * 

Growth  of  the  home  economics  pro 
gram  on  campus  perhaps  can  best  be 
indicated  by  a  short  study  of  personnel. 
When  Dean  Dye  came  there  were  only 
18  on  the  staff.  Now  she  has  approxi 
mately  85  members  working  under  her 
on  teaching,  research,  and  extension. 

Only  current  staff  member  who  was 
here  before  Dean  Dye  is  Professor  Irma 
H.  Gross,  now  head  of  the  department  of 
home  management  and  child  develop 
ment.  She  preceded  Miss  Dye  by  only 
a  year,  also  coming  from  the  University 
of  Chicago. 

Acting  dean  in  1922  was  Louise  H. 
Campbell,  for  whom  the  women's  dormi 
tory  on  the  campus  was  named.  Dean 
Mary  E.  Sweeny  had  resigned  the  year 
before,  and  Miss  Jean  Krueger  wasn't 
the 
named  dean  until  1923.  Also  on 
staff 
then  was  Anna  Bayha,  for  whom 
the  present  home  management  house  was 
named. 

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Speaking  of  names,  and  switching  to 
a  completely  different  subject,  some  of 
you  may  have  wondered  where  Cherry 
Lane  is  on  campus.  For  your  enlighten 
ment,  this  is  the  roadway  on  which  most 
of  the  new  permanent  apartment  build 
ings  face.  There  are  several  other  roads 
over  that  way,  not  to  mention  a  few 
drives  on  the  old  side  of  the  river,  that 
remain  more  or  less  anonymous  for  lack 
of  names. 

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.  T HE  R E C O RD 

There's  an  old  saw  about  too  manj 
cooks  spoiling  the  broth.  Back  in  the 
January  issue  of  the  RECORD  it  was  a 
case  of  too  many  Cooks  spoiling  a  good 
story—or  at  least  affecting  its  accuracy. 
As  a  correction  we  might  state  that  Pro 
fessor  had  but  one  son  and  one  daughter. 
'88,  and  Clayton  T. 
Charles  B.  Cook, 
Cook,  '91, were  not  his  children,  but  they 
were  related  we  understand,  so  are  part 
of 
long-line  Michigan  State 
family. 

the  same 

the  13th.  Not 

In  browsing  over  the  June  calendar  we 
noted  with  interest  that  Friday  will  fall 
on 
that  we're  overly 
superstitious,  but  that  reminded  us  of 
something  dug  up  by  William  Butt,  '40, 
in  the  pursuit  of 
information  for  his 
graduate  thesis. 

Subject  of  the  thesis  is  to  be  a  history 
of  campus  dramatic  activity.  Bill  in 
forms  us  that  his  research  reveals  that 
the  first  Sheakespearean  play  ever  pro 
duced  on  campus  was  presented  on  Fri 
day,  June  13,  1913.  The  play,  "As  You 
Like  It,"  was  directed  by  Professor  E.  S. 
King,  who  thus  began  a  long  series  of 
Shakespearean  productions  by  the  dra 
matically  minded  students  at  State. 

Anyone  who  has  programs  of  MSC 
dramatic  productions  can  help  this  study 
by  sending  copies  to  the  speech  depart 
ment. 

To  Bertha  Malone,  '00,  we  owe  a  note 
of  appreciation  for  supplying  some  addi 
tional  information  on  a  picture  carried 
by  our  staff  historians  in  the  Days  of 
Yore  page  last  issue.  She  identifies  the 
young  man  in  cadet  uniform  as  Clinton 
D.  Butterfield.  We  understand,  too,  that 
she  has  offered  some  other  material  on 
college  history 
to  Dr.  Madison  Kuhn, 
who  will  add  it  to  the  college  archives. 

Remember  how  all  of  us  used  to  com 
plain  about  the  registration  procedure, 
how  slow  and  tedious  it  all  seemed  to  be ? 
Well,  the  students  today  still  feel 
the 
same  about  it,  it  seems.  To  paraphrase 
a  popular  advertising  slogan,  however, 
with  men  who  know  registration  best,  the 
MSC  system  rates  pretty  high. 

At  spring  term  registration,  represen 
tatives  of  such  universities  as  Indiana, 
Wisconsin,  Purdue,  and  Wayne  were  on 
hand  to  see  just  what  makes  things  click 
so  smoothly  around  here  at  registration 
time.  Michigan,  Ohio  State,  and  others 
have  made  visits  previously  to  study  the 
local  plan. 

It  seems  that  these  other  schools  re 
spect 
the 
the  speed  and  efficiency  of 
registrar's  operations,  and  most  of  them 
are  contemplating  the  adoption  of  similar 
methods  at  their  own  schools. 

THE  RECORD 

Vol.  52,  No.  3 

May  1947 

M i c h i g an  S t a te  C o l l e ge 
East  Lansing,  Mich. 

Published  seven  times  a  year,  every  six  weeks  from 
the 
October  to  July  during  the  school  year,  by 
Department  of  Public  Relations,  Michigan  State 
College.  Entered  as  second  class  matter  at  East 
Lansing,  Michigan,  under 
the  act  of  Congress, 
August  24,  1912. 

LAWRENCE  J.  DISTEL,  '37 
Editor 
W.  LOWELL  TREASTER 
Director  of  Public  Relations 

Alumni  News 
GLEN  O.  STEWART,  '17 
Director  of  Alumni  Relations 
GLADYS  FRANKS,  '27 
Alumni  Recorder 

W.  NICHOLAS  KERBAWY 
Sports  Editor 
MADISON  KUHN  and JOS. G. DUNCAN 
Historians 

Photographs  this  issue  taken  by  CHARLES  FOO 
and  E.  N.  HUBY. 

For  those  who  get  a  little  discouraged 
with  their  efforts  to  attain  a  higher  edu 
cation,  Arthur  E.  Kocher,  '02, has  a  word 
of  hope.  After  more  than  35  years  with 
the  U.  S.  Department  of  Agriculture  on 
soil 
that  he 
has  resigned  to  spend  some  time  by  him 
self  in  the  sun. 

investigations,  he  writes 

He  has  settled  at  Twentynine  Palms, 
California,  where,  he  says,  "annual  rain 
fall  is  less  than  four  inches  and  humidity 
less  than  five.  A  college  education  is  not 
necessary  here  for  here  one  doesn't  have 
to  know  enough  to  come  in  out  of  the 
rain.  An  ideal  place  for  some." 

Mr.  Kocher  also  told  a  story  about  the 
old  days  at  State,  but  we  don't  have 
room  this  time.  We  do  appreciate  such 
letters,  and  though  we  don't  often  have 
room  in  the  RECORD  we  shall  pass  such 
anecdotes  along  to  Madison  Kuhn,  col 
lege  historian,  for  his  files. 

Q*i  the.  Gove*. 

One  of  those  most  interested 

in  the 
celebration  of  the  50th  anniversary  of 
the  School  of  Home  Economics  has  been 
Miss  Maude  Gilchrist,  early  Dean  of  the 
Women's  Courses  and  first  Dean  of  the 
Division  of  Home  Economics.  On  the 
cover,  Miss  Gilchrist 
is  pictured  with 
Dean  Marie  Dye  as  they  look  over  a  few 
of  the  many  letters  written  in  by  alum 
nae  following  announcement  of  the  anni 
versary  celebration. 

Miss  Gilchrist  became  Dean  of 

the 
Women's  Courses  in  1901,  and  when  the 
home  economics  department  became  a 
divison  she  became  the  first  Dean.  She 
resigned  from 
the  Michigan  State  col 
lege  staff  in  1913, to  return  to  Wellesley 
college,  as  an  associate  professor  o( 
botany. 

"We  Accept  Our Heritage Ff 

h 

41 

With 

the  words,  "We  Accept  Our 
Heritage," as  their  answer  to  a  challenge, 
Michigan  Staters  across  the  nation  have 
joined  in  support  of  the  Memorial  Cen 
ter  project. 

In  a  letter  sent  with  his  Fund  sub 
scription,  a  returned  overseas  veteran 
recently  wrote:  "We  have  taken  a  con 
structive  step  forward  toward  peace  in 
our  'one  world'  by  including  an  Inter 
national  House  in  our  memorial.  Only  by 
learning  and  working  together  today  will 
the  future 
leaders  of  our  country  and 
of  the  world  be  equipped  to  draft  a  last 
ing  peace  based  on  sincere  understand 
ing.  My  subscription  of  $50  is  a  small 
down  payment  in  this  cause." 

How  Much  Shall  I  Give? 

E.  B.  More, 

'16,  Chairman  of 

the 
Alumni  Advisory  Council,  in  reply  to  the 
question—"How  much  shall  I  give?"— 
asked  by  several  alumni  at  a  recent  meet 
ing,  answered:  "The  plan  of  giving  has 
no  suggested  amounts. 
It  is  asked  only 
that  each  alumnus  thoughtfully  consider 
the  meaning  of  the  project  and  then  act 
as  his  mind  and  heart,  dictates.  Both 
large  and  small  subscriptions  have  al 
ready  been  received.  We  know  that  both 
have  been  made  in  the  same  purposeful 
spirit." 

The  sum  needed  for.  the  construction 
of  the  Memorial  Center  represents  a  sub 
scription  of  $1,000  for  every  Michigan 
State  man  who  gave  his  life  or  a  gift  of 
$50 for  every  man  and  woman  who  served 
forces.  The  estimated 
in 
costs  of 
the  Memorial  Center  exceed 
$300,000. 

the  armed 

Recently,  when  informed  of  the  religi 
ous-international  good-will  theme  of  the 
memorial,  a  friend  of  the  college  made  a 
$1,000  gift 
to  the  Fund.  The  student 
members  of  Alpha  Phi  Omega,  national 
service  fraternity,  have  contributed  sums 
totaling  $1,418.72. 

Early  Response  Enthusiastic 

Dr.  Floyd  W.  Owen,  '02,  general  chair-

During  the  past  three  weeks,  letters  in  support  of  the  Memorial  Center  project 
have  been  received  by  Dr.  S.  C.  Lee,  Director  of  the  M.S.C.  International  Institute. 
Many  of  these  letters  have  come  from  diplomatic  representatives  of  countries  whose 
students  are  now  studying  on  the  Michigan  State  campus.  Excerpts  from  three  of 
these  letters  follow: 

"I  was  very  interested  to  learn  about 
your  plans  to  erect  a  memorial  chapel 
and  an  international  house  dedicated  to 
those  Americans,  who  served  during  the 
second  world  war  in  the  armed  services, 
and  to  those,  who,  in  this  struggle  for 
freedom,  gave  their  lives. 

the  difficult 

"Your  plans  will  be  most  certainly  a 
road  of 
step  forward  on 
securing  an  everlasting  peace,  because 
only  by  bringing  up  the  younger  genera 
tion  in  a  spirit  of  international  friend 
ship  and  cooperation 
this  goal  can  be 
reached." 

—Dr.  H.  Loudon 

Ambassador  from 
Netherlands 

the 

the 

"The  building  of 

International 
House  on  the  grounds  of  your  College 
seems  to  be  a  most  fitting  tribute  to  the 
Michigan  State  men  and  women  who  died 
in  this  War,  in  order  that  international 
peace  may  prevail." 

—L.  D.  Avhley 

Belgian  Embassy 

"The  Ambassador  feels  this  is  a  very 
commendable  initiative  to  pay  tribute  to 
those  men  and  women  of  Michigan  State 
College  who  gave 
their  services,  and 
many  their  lives,  in  the  recent  conflict 
to  preserve  democratic  principles." 
—Fernando  Saboia 
First  Secretary, 
Brazilian  Embassy 

man  of  the  fund,  stated  at  a  recent  coun 
cil  meeting  that  the  spirit  shown  by  the 
alumni  body  has  been  extremely  encour 
"The  work  of 
aging  to  his  committee. 
our  state  and  club  committees  will  be 
lessened  greatly  by 
this  enthusiastic 
early  response,"  Dr.  Owen  concluded. 

world  social,  economic,  and  political  un 
derstanding  will  be  studied 
in 
formal  atmosphere  of  discussions,  meet 
ings,  and  social  functions.  The  library 
in  the  building  will  contain  documents, 
pamphlets,  periodicals,  and  books  dealing 
with  international  relations. 

in  an 

On 

the 

students 

the  campus 

and 
faculty  have  joined  the  memorial  effort. 
The  student  committee's  most  recent  re 
port  shows  the  total  of  student  contribu 
tions  made  thus  far  by  organizations  and 
individuals 
to  be  nearly  $15,000.  The 
faculty  committee  also  has  reported  that 
a  large  percentage  of  the  faculty  and 
: taff  have  already  contributed 
the 
project. 

to 

for  students 

The  International  House  will  provide 
a  meeting  ground 
from 
Michigan  and  from  every  state  in  the 
nation  with  the  students  of  the  35  coun 
tries  now  represented  on  the  campus.  In 
the  International  House  the  problem  of 

Permanent  Record  of  Donors 

to 

the 

life  of 

The  Memorial  Chapel  will  contribute 
greatly 
the 
religious 
campus.  Housing  the  only  pipe  organ 
on  the  campus,  the  Chapel  will  be  used 
for  recitals  and  musical  events  as  well 
as  serving  as  an  edifice  for  services, 
vespers,  and  weddings.  The  names  of 
all  donors  (amounts  of  individual  gifts 
will  not  be  given)  will  be  listed 
in  a 
Donors  Book  to  be  kept  in  the  narthex 
of  the  Memorial  Chapel  along  with  the 
Service  Book  containing  the  names  of 
those  Michigan  State  men  and  women 
who  served  the  nation  in  uniform  during 
World  War  II. 

Architect  Ralph  R.  Calder's  sketch  of  Memorial  Center 

College's  Biggest  Year  Nears End 

Alumni  Day June  7 

Committees  of  the  five-year  classes, 
those  ending  in  "two" and  "seven,"  are 
putting  the  finishing 
touches  on  plans 
for  their  class  reunions  on  Alumni  Day, 
Saturday,  June  7. 

The  Silver  Anniversary  class  of  1922 
hopes  to  make  theirs  a  record-breaking 
reunion,  with  Claud  R.  Erickson  as  gen 
eral  chairman.  This  group  will  get  to 
gether  in  the  Union  ballroom  Saturday 
noon. 

As  usual,  the  Patriarchs  will  visit  the 
campus  as  guests  of  President  Hannah 
and  the  State  Board  of  Agriculture.  The 
class  of  1897 will  join  the  group  at  the 
luncheon  at  noon,  also  in the Union  build 
ing.  A  special  feature  will  be  the  pre 
sentation  of  the  Kedzie  cane  to  Harry 
Wilcox, 
living  degree 
holder  since  the death  of  Dean  Griswold, 
last  fall.  Wilcox  will  come  from 
'75, 
Sault  Ste. Marie  with  his  children  to re 
ceive  the  cane  from  Allen  W.  Barron, 
'16,  of  Detroit,  son-in-law  of  Dean  Gris 
wold. 

'79,  the  oldest 

The  class  of  1917, not to be outdone by 
other  groups,  will  hold  its  30th  anni 
versary  meeting  in  the  second  floor  din 
ing  room  of the Union  Saturday  evening. 
A  local  committee,  with  Fred  England, 
Jr.,  as  chairman,  is  making  plans  for 
special  stunts. 

It  will  be  a  special  occasion  also  for 
the  classes  of  1902,  1907,  1912, 1927, 
1932,  1937, and  1942, all  of  which  will 
hold  special  get-togethers,  according  to 
Glen  O. Stewart,  director  of  alumni  rela 
tions.  Letters  will  be  sent  to  members 
of  those  classes  urging  their  return  to 
the  campus  to meet  their  old class  mates. 
Sport  feature  for  Alumni  Day  will  be 
a  baseball  game  with  Ohio  State  uni 
versity  at  3  p.m.  Saturday.  The  same 
opponents  play  Friday,  June  6, at  6 p.m. 
Commencement  exercises  this  year  will 
be  held  the day before  Alumni  Day, with 
the  ceremonies  scheduled  for  Jenison 
Fieldhouse  on  Friday  afternoon,  June  6. 
On  the program  will  be  the  presentation 
of  Alumni  Awards  for  Distinguished 
Service  to  five  alumni. 

These  awards  were  established 

last 
year  by  the  Washington,  D.  C,  Alumni 
club, for  the purpose  of  providing  alumni 
recognition  for  outstanding  achievements 
by  the  men  and  women  of  the  college. 
Annually  one  or  more  recipients,  not  to 
exceed  five  in  any  one  year,  are  to  be 
designated  to  receive  parchment  scroll 
awards  on  Commencement  Day. 

Five  alumni  were  honored  in  1946, and 
five  more  will  receive  the  awards  this 
year.  Dr. Lyman  J.  Briggs,  '93,  was the 
only  one  actually  present  a  year  ago  to 
receive  his  scroll,  but all  five  chosen  this 

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.

..  T HE  RECORD 

THE  MEMORIAL  FUND 
"It  will  greatly  simplify  the work 
the  state  and  club  Memorial 
of 
Center  Fund  committees  if 
indi 
vidual  alumni  make  their  subscrip 
tions  directly  to  'M.S.C.  Memorial 
Center  Fund,'  Box  311, East  Lan 
sing,  Michigan,  before  these  groups 
begin  their  work  on May  20. 

"It  is  not  necessary  that  a  sub 
scription  card  be  used  if  the  gift 
is  made  in one amount  or if  a  brief 
notation  is  included  with  the  sub 
scription  giving  the  dates  of  the 
payments  to  be  made  before  June 
30,  1948." 

—Dr.  Floyd  W.  Owen,  '02 

General  Chairman 

Mote  State  GUcUsunjen 

Arkansas:  James  W.  Sargent,  Jr., '36, 

Springdale. 
California 

(Northern):  Dr.  Harry 

Eustace,  '01, Berkeley. 

California 

(Southern):  Dr.  Paul  S. 

Armstrong,  '15, Los  Angeles. 

Florida:  Clifford  McKibbin,  Jr.,  Winter 

Park. 

Georgia:  Dr.  Joseph  B.  Edmond,  '23, 

Mt.  Berry. 

Louisiana:  Walter  P.  Thomas,  '16, 

Homer. 

Massachusetts:  John  A.  Reuling,  '27, 

West  Newton. 

Missouri:  Justin  C.  Cash,  '25,  Kansas 

City. 

Montana:  Dr.  Alfred  M.  Lueck,  '32, 

Livingston. 

Nebraska:  M. K.  Wrench,  '26,  Omaha. 
New  Jersey:  John  H.  Harman,  '18, 

Trenton. 

New  Mexico:  Gordon  J.  Gray,  '31, 

Santa  Fe. 

North  Carolina:  Dr.  Bertil  A.  Krantz, 

'38,  Raleigh. 

Pennsylvania:  Richard  I. Groening, '41, 

Meadville. 

South  Carolina:  John  T.  Bregger,  '17, 

Clemson. 

Buffalo  Club  area:  Mrs. F. Ward  Ross, 

'28,  Kenmore. 

Cleveland  Club  area:  Clarence  N. 

Winston,  '16,  Lakewood. 

Water  Carnival  Returns 

Featuring  "Songs  We  All  Know"  the 
Water  Carnival  will  return  to  the  Senior 
Week  program 
this  spring  after  an 
absence  of  four  years.  The  parade  of 
floats  will  move  down  the  Red  Cedar 
river  on  Thursday,  Friday,  and  Saturday 
nights,  May 29, 30, and  31. 

The  Water  Carnival  was  first  held  at 
State  in  1924, and has been  held  annually 
since,  except  for  the  past  four  years. 
This  year's  theme,  "Songs  We All Know," 
was  written  by  Dorothy  J.  Hitchcock, 
East  Lansing  graduate  student. 

The 

Besides  the  floats,  sports  events  also 
will  be  on  the  program.  These  will  in 
clude  men's  single,  men's  doubles,  and 
mixed  doubles  in  canoe  racing.  Two 
novelty  events  will  be represented  in the 
log  birling  and  canoe  tilting  contests. 
final  week  of  Commencement 
week  activity  will  open  with  the  Bacca 
laureate  sermon  on  Sunday,  June  1. 
Bishop  G.  Bromley  Oxnam,  of  the New 
York  area  of  the  Methodist  church,  will 
give  the sermon  on "We Shall  Build On," 
in  the  college  auditorium  starting  at 
2 p.m. 

Commencement  itself  will  take  place 
on  Friday,  June  6,  in  the  Jenison  Field 
House,  only  building  on the campus  large 
enough  to  accommodate  the  large  gradu 
ating  class,  parents,  and  friends.  The 
ceremonies  will  get  under  way at  3 p.m. 
The  Commencement  speaker  will  be  Dr. 
James  L.  Morrill,  president  of  the  Uni 
versity  of  Minnesota. 

The  89th  graduating  class  will  be  the 
largest  in the history  of  the college,  with 
approximately  1,350  graduates  expected 
to  participate  in  the  Commencement  ac 
tivities.  This  number  includes  those who 
completed  their  work  at  the  close  of  fall 
or  winter 
terms,  or  will  complete  re 
quirements  at  the  end  of  spring  term  or 
in  the  summer. 

The  complete 
pernors  follows: 
May  7—Swing-out,  and 

spring  program 

for 

first  Senior 

Dance 

May  14—Senior  Dance 
May  21—Senior  Dance 
May  20, 21, 22, 23—Senior  Play,  "Joan of 

Syracuse  Club  area:  Robert  J.  Park-

Lorraine" 

hurst,  '43,  Syracuse. 

year  have  indicated 
they  will  be 
present  to  receive  their  awards  in  person 
from  President  Hannah. 

that 

Besides  Dr.  Briggs  the  others  honored 
last  year  were  Dr.  Liberty  Hyde  Bailey, 
'82,  Dr.  Clarence  B.  Smith, 
'94,  Dr. 
William  A.  Taylor, 
'88,  and  Dr.  Ray 
Stannard  Baker, '89. 

May  27  and  28—President's  Reception 

for  Seniors 

June  1—Baccalaureate,  2 p.m. 
June  1—College  Sing 
June  3—Lantern  Night 
June  4—Senior  Picnic 
June  5—Commencement  Dance 
June  6—Commencement,  Jenison  Field-

house,  3 p.m. 

N.S.C.  13th Largest  U.S. College 

Michigan  State  college  now  ranks  as 
the  13th  largest  college  or  university  in 
the  country,  Dr.  Raymond  Walters,  presi 
dent  of  the  University  of  Cincinnati  and 
widely  known  statistician  of  higher  edu 
cation,  has  reported. 

total  enrollment, 

Dr.  Walters'  survey  placing  Michigan 
State  13th  is  based  on  full-time  enroll 
ment  figures  for  last  fall.  MSC  at  that 
Its 
time  had  12,412  full-time  students. 
full-
grand 
including 
term 
time  and  part-time  students  fall 
and  non-duplicating  students  of  the  pre 
vious  summer  term,  was  14,141.  State 
placed  22nd  in  the  nation  using  the  grand 
total  enrollment  as  a  basis  for  listing. 

Largest  institution  in  the  country,  both 
on  a  full-time  and  grand  total  basis,  is 
the  University  of  California.  With  its 
several  campuses,  California  has  40,800 
full-time  students,  and  50,109  total. 

Of  the  12  colleges  that  led  Michigan 
State 
in  full-time  enrollment,  six  are 
mid-western  universities  with  member 
ship  in  the  Big  Nine  athletic  group.  The 
University  of  Illinois  tops  all  mid-west 
ern  schools  with  27,276  full-time  stu 
dents,  this  placing  her  second 
the 
nation. 

in 

Others  in  the  top  12  are  Minnesota, 
27,103;  Ohio  State,  23,334;  Columbia, 
21,590;  New  York,  20,407; Michigan  (sev 
enth),  18,848;  Wisconsin,  18,444;  Texas, 
17,692;  Washington,  15,185;  Southern 
California,  13,599;  and  Indiana,  13,110. 
in 
Immediately  behind  Michigan  State 
14th  spot  is  Harvard  with  12,076  full-
time  students. 

Dairy  Council  Grants 
Aid  Foods Research 

Among  gifts  totaling  $17,650  accepted 
by  the  State  Board  of  Agriculture  at  its 
March  meeting  two  of  the  largest  grants 
came  from 
the  National  Dairy  Council 
of  Chicago. 

A  grant  totaling  $8,050  is  to  be  used 
for  continuation  of  a  study  of  the  influ 
ence  of  soil  fertility  on  the  food  value 
of  milk.  The  research  project  is  under 
the  guidance  of  an 
inter-department 
committee  headed  by  Dr.  C.  E.  Millar, 
head  of  the  soil  science  department. 

The  council  also  provided  a  grant  of 
$5,000  to  be  used  by  the  department  of 
foods  and  nutrition 
the 
utilization  of  certain  food  nutrients  by 
healthy  elderly  women. 

in  studies  on 

All  other  grants  accepted  by  the  board 
were  for  research  projects  being  initiated 
or  already  underway,  according  to  Karl 
McDonel,  board  secretary. 

Philip  J.  May 

Dr.  C.  S.  Bryan 

May  Aftftxunied 
Qtufoi*  ACUHXJ,  VetesuHG/iy  cMead 

*7a GomfUiaUeb  Padt; 

One  permanent  appointment  and  two 
interim  appointments  to  major  positions 
on  the  campus  were  approved  by 
the 
State  Board  of  Agriculture  at  its  regular 
monthly  meeting  in  March. 

Philip  J.  May,  formerly  management 
analyst  in  the  office  of  the  Reconstruc 
tion  Finance  corporation  in  Washington, 
D.  C,  assumed  his  new  duties  as  comp 
troller  of  the  college  on  March  15.  He 
replaces  C.  O.  Wilkins,  college  comp 
troller  since  1925,  who  was  retired  on 
July  1,  1946. 

May  is  a  native  of  South  Dakota,  and 
attended  South  Dakota  State  college,  at 
Brookings.  He  received  a  B.B.A.  degree 
at  the  University  of  Minnesota  in  1936, 
and  became  a  certified  public  accountant 
a  year  later. 
In  1939  he  became  deputy 
auditor  general  of  South  Dakota,  and 
served  until  he  entered  the  army  in  June 
1942. 

Since  Mr.  Wilkins'  retirement  the  col 
lege  finance  office  had  been  under 
the 
supervision  of  Merrill  R.  Pierson,  as  act 
ing  comptroller.  Pierson  will  continue 
as  assistant  comptroller. 

Dr.  C.  S.  Bryan  was  named  acting 
Dean  of  the  School  of  Veterinary  Medi 
cine  for  the  year  beginning  July  1,  1947. 
He  will  act  as  dean  during  the  period 
Dean  Ward  Giltner  is  on  formal  leave  of 
absence  pending  his  retirement  June  30, 
1948. 

Dr.  Bryan  has  been  head  of  the  de 
partment  of  surgery  and  medicine  at 
MSC  since  July  1,  1944.  He  received  his 
B.S.  degree  at  Pennsylvania  State  col 
lege  in  1930  and  his  M.S.,  Ph.D.  and 
D.V.M.  degrees  all  from  Michigan  State 

in  1932,  1937,  and  1942,  respectively. 

He  was  a  graduate  assistant  in  bac 
teriology  at  State  in  1930,  and  an  assist 
ant  in  research  the  following  year.  He 
was  appointed  associate  professor  in  the 
summer  of  1942.  He  has  attained  na 
tional  recognition  for  his  research  and 
writings  in  the  study  of  bovine  mastitis 
and  dairy  and  food  hygiene. 

Dr.  Henrik  J.  Stafseth  was  designated 
acting  head  of  the  department  of  bac 
teriology  and  public  health,  also  to  fill 
a  vacancy  caused  by  the  leave  of  absence 
and  retirement  of  Dean  Giltner.  Dr. 
Stafseth  also  will  be  in  charge  of  the 
curriculum  for  Medical  Technology. 

He  has  been  on  the  staff  at  Michigan 
State  since  1917,  when  he  was  named 
instructor  and  research  assistant  in  bac 
teriology.  He  became  an  assistant  pro 
fessor  and  research  associate 
in  1919, 
and  an  associate  professor  in  1926.  Dr. 
Stafseth  was  advanced  to  a  full  profes 
sorship  in  1930. 

He  received  his  B.S.  in  general  science 
from  North  Dakota  State  college  in  1915, 
and  his  D.V.M.,  M.S.,  and  Ph.D.  degrees 
from  Michigan  State  in  1917,  1930,  and 
1935,  respectively. 

Dr.  Stafseth 

is  responsible  for 

the 
development  of  the  courses  in  pathogenic 
immunology,  and  poultry 
bacteriology, 
hygiene  and  pathology  at 
the  college, 
beginning  his  work  in  these  lines  in 1921. 
Just  a  year  ago  he  led  a  delegation  of 
American  bacteriologists  and  other  sci 
entists  to  the  Orient,  where  Dr.  Stafseth 
assisted 
in  the  development  of  a  vet 
erinary  medicine  program  for  China. 

MAY,  1947 

.

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Home  Economics  —  Then  And  Now 

As 

the  School  of  Home  Economics 
observes  its  50th  anniversary  on  May  2 
and  3  with  a  special  program  at  the  col 
lege,  it  is  interesting  to  note  the  develop 
ment  of 
since 
"women's  courses" were  first  inaugurated 
in  the  fall  of  1896. 

the  school's  curricula 

The  emphasis  in  the  early  days  was 
placed  on  training  the  young  woman  to 
prepare  herself  to  take  care  of  her  own 
home.  Today,  the  school  has  expanded 
its  program  to  train  today's  graduates  to 
enter  many  professions,  offering  a  wide 
range  of  vocational  opportunity. 

Early  copies  of  the  RECORD  and  other 
similar  sources 
things 
that  demonstrate  the  progress  that  has 
been  made  in  the  first  50  years  of  Home 
Economics  at  Michigan  State. 

interesting 

tell 

First  Course  Announced 
From  the  RECORD  of  June  2,  1896, 
we  take  this  announcement  of  the  first 
course  offered  for  the  particular  atten 
tion  of  women: 

"While  there  have  always  been  a  num 
ber  of  lady  students 
in  attendance  at 
M.A.C.,  yet  there  has  never  been  until 
the  present  a  course  of  study  specially 
arranged  for  them. 

"The  college  now  offers  to  the  young 
women  of  Michigan  a  course  of  study 
which  will  doubtless  meet  with  very  gen 
eral  approval.  This  course  offers  a  mod 
erate  amount  of  mathematics,  a  strong 
course  in  English  and  literature,  and  a 
very  thorough  course  in  the  sciences.  The 
peculiar  feature  of  the  course  is  the  time 
given  to  domestic  science  and  such  allied 
subjects  as  will  prepare  the  student  for 
appreciating 
the 
duties  of  the  ideal  home. 

administering 

and 

"During 

the  freshman  year  will  be 
given  a  very  full  year  in  cooking.  Plain 

sewing,  cutting, 
fitting,  and  household 
economy  will  take  part  of  the  time  of  the 
sophomore  year.  During  the  junior  and 
senior  years  students  will  have  the  priv 
ilege  of  selecting  courses  in 
floriculture, 
fruit  culture,  kitchen  gardening,  poultry 
raising  and  dairying. 

in  the  country. 

"While  giving  a  good  broad 

liberal 
education  this  course  will  afford  a  pre 
paration  for  life  which  is  offered  by  no 
other  school  in  the  state,  and  by  very 
thoroughly 
few 
practical  throughout.  At  the  same  time 
it  is  strong  along  the  lines  of  general 
culture. 
It  is  based  on  the  assumption 
that  most  girls  will  at  some  time  have 
the  management  of  a  home;  that  this  will 
be  their  vocation  whatever  avocation  they 
may  have." 

It  is 

Teaching  Cited  As  Career 
Shortly  thereafter  another  RECORD 
pointed  to  teaching  as  a  possible  career 
for  those  completing  the  new  course: 

"If  it  is  your  desire  to  prepare  your 
self  for  the  profession  of  teaching  and 
you  have  an  ambition  to  get  above  the 
district  school, this  is  certainly  the  course 
of  study  to  take.  Our  high  schools  are 
anxious  to  find  teachers  who  have  taken 
a  thorough  course  in  the  sciences  such 
as  are  given  at  this  college.  Now  is  the 
time  and  this  is  the  place  to  prepare 
yourself  for  a  position  which  will  be 
seeking  your  services  as  soon  as  you  are 
prepared  for  it." 

Equipment  Is  Described 
Abbot  hall,  now  the  music  practice 
the 
building,  was 
the 
"women's  course." 
the  September 
29,  1896,  RECORD  appears  this  story 
about  Abbot  hall,  known  popularly  as 
"The  Abbey,"  and  the  various  equipment 
each  girl  used: 

first  home  of 
In 

An  early  sewing  class  (1908)  hard  at  work. 

"Perhaps  the  most  interesting  part  of 
'The  Abbey'  is  the  laboratory  kitchen. 
is  a  large,  well-lighted  room,  with 
It 
cloak  room,  storerooms,  etc.,  opening 
from  it.  The  kitchen  is  furnished  with 
soapstone  sink,  around  which  are  roomy 
draining  boards,  lockers  (for  caps  and 
aprons),  china  closet,  dressers,  and  two 
long  tables,  subdivided  so  each  student 
has  her  own  desk. 

"The  desks  are  provided  with  knife  and 
fork,  vegetable  knife,  two  teaspoons,  one 
tablespoon,  pepper  and  salt  boxes,  two 
half-pint  cups  divided  into  one-quarter 
and  one-third  for  measuring,  a  scrubbing 
brush  and  soap,  desk  board  (on  which 
all  the  work  is  done)  and  a  pastry  board." 

Ag  Board  Samples  Results 
In  February  1897, Grace  M.  Lundy,  '00 
(now  Mrs.  Fred  Drolett,  of  Lansing), 
wrote  about  the  cooking  laboratory 
in 
the  RECORD: 

"In  the  department  of  domestic  science 
now  taught  at  this  college  we  are 
to 
learn  many  things  that  will  be  of  great 
benefit  to  us  in  future  years.  As  yet 
we  have  had  only  cooking  (practical  and 
theoretical),  and  I  doubt  if  there  is  a  girl 
who  takes  it  and  does  not 
thoroughly 
enjoy  it. 

"The  young  women  who  live  at  Abbot 
hall  have  plenty  of  opportunity  to  prac 
tice  what  they  learn,  as  they  are  directed 
by  our  professor 
to  prepare  certain 
dishes  for  their  own  table. 

"Whenever  members  of 

the  State 
Board  visit  the  college  they  take  their 
meals  at  Abbot  hall,  and  Professor  Mc-
Dermott  usually  has  some  of  her  young 
women  prepare  the  dainties,  to  show  how 
they  are  progressing  in  the  art." 

Needles  and  Thread  Kept  Busy 

Sewing  classes  began 

in  the  second 
year,  and  the  October  12,  1897,  RECORD 
carried  this  story  of  those  classes: 

"Four  days  each  week  this  room  is 
filled  with  young  women  busy  with 
needle,  thread  and  scissors.  Each  mem 
ber  of  the  class  supplies  herself  with 
a  work-box  furnished  with  the  necessary 
implements  of  needle  work.  At  present 
the  class  is  devoting  its  entire  time  to 
plain  hand  work.  The  college  furnishes 
material  for  samplers  upon  which 
the 
girls  begin  with  plain  running.  From 
through  hem 
that 
felling,  darning  and 
ming,  stitching, 
together  of 
patching, 
to 
simple  garments  and 
to  plain  dress 
making. 

they  will  progress 

the  putting 

"The  second  term  in  this  work'will  be 
devoted  to  simple  cutting  by  the  Vienna 
Ladies'  Tailoring  System,  one  of 
the 
latest  systems.  The  third  term  will  in 
clude  both  cutting  and 
fitting.  No  sew 
ing  machines  are  used  at  present,  but 

several  will  be  put 
close  of  the  year." 

in  use  before 

the 

Little  Change  in  Ten  Years 

later, 

Ten  years 

in  June  1907,  the 
RECORD  again  discussed  education  for 
women: 

"Recent  years  have  witnessed  a  very 
marked  change  in  education  for  women. 
Heretofore  that  education  has  been  al 
most  entirely  a  book  training;  a  study 
about  things  but  not  of  things.  Highly 
intelligent,  refined  women  were  the  pro 
ducts  of  such  an  education.  A  feeling, 
however,  has  prevailed  for  some  years 
that  young  women  ought  to  receive  a 
training  in  subjects  that  pertain  to  the 
home." 

About  the  courses  then  offered  at  the 
college  it  said:  "The  courses  of  instruc 
to  matters  of 
tion  pertain  especially 
liberal 
home-making  and  keeping.  A 
amount  of  modern 
language,  English, 
and  history  is  included  as  a  means  of 
general  culture,  while  the  balance  of  the 
instruction 
in 
to  courses 
is  devoted 
domestic  science  and  domestic  art." 

Today's  Field  Far  Wider 
Contrast  all  that  with  the  opportuni 
ties  that  lie  ahead  for  the  graduate  of 
today.  There  are  many  types  of  posi 
tions  for  which  the  present  curricula  of 
the  School  of  Home  Economics 
train 
graduates. 

Business  firms  are  calling for  more  and 
more  home  economics  graduates.  Large 
department  stores,  for  instance,  seek  stu 
dents  prepared  to  handle  merchandising, 
advertising,  personnel,  and  training  de 
partments.  Positions  are  open  for  de 
stock 
partment  managers,  heads  of 
departments,  style  coordinators,  compari 
son  shoppers,  assistant  buyers,  display 
assistants,  fashion 
trainers,  and  others 
with  good  training  in  textiles,  clothing, 
and  merchandising. 

Food  companies  want  graduates  who 
can  promote  the  use  of  their  products 
through  demonstrations,  lectures,  radio 
talks,  and  writing.  Or  well-trained  per 
sonnel  may  be  capable  of  developing  new 
in 
uses  and  improvements 
test  kitchens  or  experimental 
labora 
tories. 

in  products 

Students  specializing 

in  related  arts 
interior  decorating 
may  find  work  as 
studios  or  home  furnishings  sections  of 
department  stores.  Those  with  creative 
ability  may  go  into  dress  designing  or 
designing 
rugs,  wallpapers, 
dress  accessories,  furniture  and  other 
decorative  objects  for  the  home. 

textiles, 

Other  Opportunities  Await 
Young  women  trained  in  nutrition  may 
serve  as  consultants,  advisers,  and  teach 
ers  in  both  private  and  public  agencies. 
Hospitals  seek  dietitians  for  their  staffs, 
who  may  do  either  administrative,  thera 
peutic  or  clinic  work.  The  American 
Dietetic  association  has  set  up  standards 

of  training  for  each  phase  of  this  work, 
all  of  which  are  met  by  the  curricula  at 
Michigan  State. 

the 

Earlier  the  women's  course  at  the  col 
lege  trained  students  to  provide  food  and 
their  own  families.  Now, 
shelter  for 
through 
institution  administration 
department,  the  students  may  be  trained 
to  do  the  same  thing  on  a  much  larger 
scale.  Tea  rooms,  cafeterias  and  other 
eating  places  offer  many  food  service 
positions.  Clubs  and  hotels  provide  other 
openings  not  only  in  food  supervision,  but 
also 
in  general  housekeeping.  Dormi 
tories,  industrial  food  services, and  school 
cafeterias  are  other  fields  for  the  home 
economics  graduate. 

Teaching  is  still  an  important  profes 
sion.  Graduates  may  enter  the  field  in 
the  public  schools,  or  they  may  find  the 
field  of  extension  work 
all-important 
they 
In 
more  attractive. 
would  work  with  adult  or  4-H  groups  as 
home  demonstration  agents. 

latter, 

the 

Opportunities  are  innumerable  also  in 
such  major  fields  as  child  development, 
health  work,  or  the  family  welfare  serv 
ices.  For  all  these  vocations  the  School 
of  Home  Economics  has  curricula  de 
signed  to  train  the  graduate  to  perform 
her  work  efficiently. 

Research  a  Major  Field 
Research  in  the  various  fields  of  home 
economics  offers  a  wide  opportunity  for 
graduates.  A  review  of 
the  research 
work  now  being  done  at  Michigan  State 
would  probably  give  a  good  idea  of  the 
type  of  work  possible  in  this  line. 

The  earliest  home  economics  research 
at  State  was  in  the  department  of  foods 
and  nutrition 
in  the  field  of  vitamins. 
In  the  past,  nutrition  research  was  con 

cerned  with  children  and  young  people, 
but  the  study  has  been  extended  to  in 
clude  older  people  also. 

At  present,  research  in  foods  centers 
around  the  problems  of  determining  the 
nutritive  value  of  Michigan  fish  and  find 
ing  more  home  and  commercial  uses  for 
Michigan  grown  fruit  and  vegetables. 
The  problem  of  using  frozen  products  is 
being  given  special  emphasis. 

Studies  in  the  field  of  home  manage 
ment  deal  with  problems  in  family  eco 
nomics,  home  management  practices  in 
Michigan  homes,  and  methods  for  work 
simplification  in  the  home.  A  new  area 
to  be  studied  soon  is  the  relationship  of 
the  quality  of 
housing  conditions 
life. 
family 

to 

cookery.  Another 

Research  in  institution  administration, 
a  major  study,  has  been  undertaken  to 
determine  uses  for  soy  beans  products  in 
project 
institution 
planned  will  study  customer  acceptance 
of  protein  dishes  in  the  school  cafeteria. 
Textiles  and  clothing  research,  newest 
field  at  M.S.C.,  has  dealt  mainly  with  the 
effect  of  wear  and  laundering  on  the  yarn 
and  dyes  of  various  types  of  cloth  and 
garments.  A  project  to  be  undertaken 
next  year  will  be  a  study  of  the  dura 
bility  of  60  pairs  of  rayon  marquisette 
and  60  pairs  of  cotton  marquisette  cur 
tains 
the  new  home  management 
houses. 

in 

Thus,  from  the  first  year,  when  a  girl 
learned  how  to  cook  to  please  her  family, 
to  today,  when  they  learn  to  do  research 
projects 
lives  of 
people  throughout  the  world,  is  told  all 
too  briefly  the  story  of  the  development 
of 
the  School  of  Home  Economics  at 
Michigan  State  college. 

that  may  affect 

the 

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««•& 

Here  are  the  members  of  the  Class  of 
appeared  during  their  first  year  at  M.A.C. 
survivors  will  join  the  ranks  of  the  Patriarchs. 

'97  as 
they 
In  June,  the 

* 

*  * 

The  Class  of  '97  lived  through  stirring  times.  Lewis  G. 
Gorton,  who  was  president  when  they  entered,  departed 
and  in  his  place  came  Jonathan  L.  Snyder.  The  long 
winter  vacation  disappeared  when  the  school  year  was 
changed  from  March-November  to  September-June.  The 
Class  of  '97  was  the  first  to  have  its  commencement  in 
June. 

In  1896,  a  women's  course  was  opened  in  Abbot  Hall. 
The  first  agricultural  short  course  was  offered  by  Prof. 
C.  D.  Smith.  The  M.A.C.  Record  superseded  the  student-
edited  Speculum.  Members  of  the  Class  of  '97  edited  the 
Heliostat,  one  of  the  most  ambitious  predecessors  of  the 
Wolverines.  Truly,  an  old  order  ended  and  a  new  one  be 
gan  during  the  four  years  the  Class  of  '97  spent  at  M.A.C. 

Days of Yore 

and  Mcu&UoH.  KuU*t 

) 

A  self-portrait  of  the  Class  of  '97  published  in 

their  Heliostat. 

'The  Junior 

In  charge  of  the  women's  course  from  its  incep 
tion,  in  1896, to  1898 was  Miss  Edith  F.  McDermott. 
Below  (left)  she  is  pictured  in  her  room  in  Abbot 
Hall  (now  Music  Practice  Building).  Dr.  W.  J. 

Beal,  in  his  history  of  M.A.C,  states  that  Miss 

McDermott  had  "taken  up  work  along  the  lines  of 
domestic  economy  and  household  science"  and  "is 
a  woman  of  thorough  training;  has  more  than  an 
ordinary  amount  of  tact  and  general  good  sense." 
Below  (right)  is  a  cooking  class  of  1910,  in  one 
of  the  laboratories  in  the  Women's  Building.  The 
increase  of  women  students  made  necessary 
the 
erection  in  1900  of  a  special  building  (now  Morrill 
Hall)  to  house  their  activities. 

Spring Term Enrollment 
Drop Is Much Less 
Than  Normally 

Enrollment  of  regular  and  graduate 
students  for  the  spring  term  at  Michigan 
State  college  is  almost  exactly  60  per 
cent  greater  than  for  the  corresponding 
term  a  year  ago,  according  to  statistics 
from 
the  office  of  Registrar  Robert  S. 
Linton. 

in 

At  the  close  of  registration  a  total  of 
12,694  regular  and  graduate  students  had 
been  admitted,  compared  with  7,934 
regular  and  graduate  students 
the 
spring  of  1946.  Short  course  enrollments 
for  the  spring  term  this  year  total  268, 
bringing  total  enrollments  for  the  spring 
term  this  year  to  12,962,  compared  with 
8,096  a  year  ago.  Final  revision  may 
change  the  totals  for  this  term  slightly. 
Normally,  spring  term  enrollment 
is 
about  10  percent  below  winter  term  en 
rollment.  This  year,  the  drop  was  only 
3.4  percent—from  13,427  to  12,962.  Al 
though  the  number  of  short  course  stu 
dents  dropped  from  534  to  268,  the  de 
cline  in  the  number  of  regular  and  gradu 
ate  students  was  comparatively  small— 
from  12,893  to  12,694,  or  a  little  more 
than  1.5  percent. 

Looking  to  the  future,  college  authori 
ties  consider  it  significant 
that  admis 
sions  have  remained  high  throughout  the 
college  year.  There  were  12,967  regular 
the  fall 
and  graduate  enrollments  for 
term,  only  273  more  than  enrollments 
for 
the 
the  current  term.  Ordinarily, 
spring  term  enrollment  of  regular  and 
graduate  students  is  about  9  percent  less 
the  preceding 
than 
fall;  this  college  year,  the  decline  has 
been  only  2.1  percent. 

the  enrollment  of 

1VUU  1Ue  QacuUtf 

Four  faculty  members  are  conducting 
laboratory  experiments  that  may  open 
a  new  field  of  remedial  and  preventive 
medicine.  At  the  same  time  it  may  de 
velop  valuable  new  knowledge  regarding 
nutrition  and  put  into  use  new,  more 
effective  substances  to  combat  plant  dis 
eases. 

The  work  has  been  in  progress  since 
1944,  and  has  uncovered  some  significant 
information  about 
the  bacteria  killing 
properties  of  extracts  of  several  vege 
tables,  including  garlic,  onions,  and  cab 
bage.  Garlic,  for 
instance,  has  been 
found  to  contain  one  of  the  best  anti 
biotic  or  germ-killing  ingredients. 

Working  on 

the  projects  are  I.  F. 
Huddleson,  research  professor  of  bac 
teriology;  E.  H.  Lucas,  associate  profes 
sor  of  horticulture;  Harold  M.  Sell,  re 
search  professor  of  agricultural  chemis 
try;  and  R.  W.  Lewis,  assistant  professor 
of  biological  science. 

Five  Special  Training  Courses 
Fill  Need  of  Industry 

The  answer  to  a  critical  need  in  in 
dustry—a  shortage  of  trained  personnel 
—is  being  found  at  Michigan  State  col 
lege  in  the  form  of  tailor-made  personnel 
training  courses  that  combine  classroom 
work  and  on-the-job  experience. 

This 

innovation 

in  short  course 

in 
struction  was  launched  more  than  a  year 
ago  when  industrial  leaders  appealed  to 
Michigan  State  college  for  help  in  finding 
some  way  to  provide  trained  personnel. 
With  the  assistance  of  trade  groups,  the 
Institute  of  Short  Courses  at  the  college, 
directed  by  R.  W.  Tenny,  established  this 
new  type  of  program  on  a  trial  basis. 
With  the  first  year  completed,  success 
of  the  program  is  indicated  by  the  en 
thusiastic  response  from  both 
industry 
and  students. 

To  date  200  young  men  have  enrolled 
in  the  five  one-and-two-year  courses  be 
ing  offered.  A  waiting  list  is  on  hand 

E. B. More/16,  Is Elected 
To  Board  of  Agriculture 

E.  B.  More,  '16,  of  Marshall,  and  Clark 
L.  Brody,  '04,  of  Lansing,  won  election 
to  the  State  Board  of  Agriculture  at  the 
spring  election  on  April  7. 
in 
For  Brody,  success 

the  election 
means  only  the  continuation  of  the  long 
period  of  service  he  has  given  the  college 
as  a  member  of 
since 
the  board 
1921.  After  his 
graduation 
from 
Michigan  State  in 
1904  he 
a 
farm  until  1915 
and  then  became 
county  a g r i c u l 
t u r al  a g e nt 
in 
St.  Clair  county 
u n t il  1 9 2 1.  He 
has  been  general 
manager  of 
the 
M i c h i g an  State 
Farm  Bureau  for 
several  years. 

E.  B.  More 

ran 

More's  venture  into  state  politics  was 
first.  However,  he  has  served  the 
his 
college  previously  as  one  of 
its  most 
active  alumni.  At  the  present  time  he 
the  Alumni  Advisory 
is  chairman  of 
Council,  and  has  been  particularly  inter 
ested  in  the  plans  for  the  college's  War 
Memorial  Center.  He  was  a  county  agri 
cultural  agent  in  Calhoun  county  at  one 
time,  and  has  served  Marshall  as  presi 
dent  of  its  board  of  education  for  21 
years. 

Both  More  and  Brody  will  start  new 
six-year  terms  on  the  board  of  agricul 
ture  next  January  1. 

into 
for 

jobs—filling 

of  others  seeking  to  register.  Graduates 
of  the  one-year  courses  are  now  stepping 
ready-made 
out 
the 
need 
employees 
long-sought-after 
who  have  the  necessary  training.  The 
on-the-job  training  feature  has  impressed 
prospective  employers,  who  realize  that 
the  graduates  have  already  secured  valu 
able  experience  under  actual  working 
conditions. 

the 

to  qualify 

Typical  example  of 

the  personnel 
training  being  offered  is  the  elevator  and 
farm  supply  course.  Many  of  the  stu 
in  rural  community 
dents  had  worked 
elevators,  but  hoped 
them 
selves  for  higher  level  jobs.  Elevator 
managements 
state, 
throughout 
either  cooperative  or  independent,  were 
greatly  in  need  of  men  who  could  serve 
as  managers  or  assistant  managers.  En-
in  the  course  have  been  given 
rollees 
classroom  instruction  in  the  many  fields 
of  study  related  to  management  of  eleva 
tors  and  co-operative  stores.  At  the  same 
time  they  gain  practical  experience  by 
actually  working  in  the  elevators  while 
going  to  college.  More  than  half  of  the 
students  who  have  completed  the  course 
have  entered  managerial  posts.  Eleva 
tors  are  bidding  against  each  other  for 
the  services  of  these  men. 

Nursery  and 

landscape  management 
and  farm  equipment  sales  and  service  are 
other  typical  specialized  training  courses. 
Nurseries,  cemeteries,  parks  and  owners 
of  private  estates  have  been  seeking 
qualified  help.  Farm  equipment  sales 
and  service  establishments  have  been  in 
creasing  in  numbers.  Many  veterans  are 
entering  this  field,  either  on  their  own 
or  as  employees  or  managers  for  other 
owners. 

floriculture 

Commercial 

and 
forest 
practice  are  other  courses 
that  have 
proved  extremely  popular.  Many  young 
men  see  in  the  fields  covered  by 
the 
courses  excellent  opportunities  for  future 
advancement,  as  well  as  eventual  pro 
prietorship  of  their  own  business. 

Plans  are  now  underway  to  broaden 
this  personnel  training  course  program 
with  eight-week  specializing  courses  in 
other  businesses. 

Moffett  Acting  Head 

the  English  department 

Wallace  B. Moffett,  associate  professor 
of  English,  has  been  named  as  acting 
head  of 
from 
October  1,  1947  to  June  30,  1948.  During 
that  period  Dr.  Russel  B.  Nye  will  be  on 
leave  to  carry  out  his  study  of  LaFollette 
Progressivism 
in  Wisconsin,  under  a 
grant  made  by  the  Newberry  Library,  of 
Chicago. 

M A Y, 

1 9 47 

Flood  Waters  Sweep  Over  Campus 

The  flood  waters  that  ravaged  Michi 
gan  early  in  April  took  their  toll,  too,  of 
the  college  campus,  as  the  Red  Cedar 
reached  a  crest  of  12.3 feet,  highest  since 
1904. 

The  heavy  snow  fall  in  the  night  of 
March  24  touched  off  the  whole  thing, 
the  East  Lansing  Weather  Bureau  re 
ports.  When  this  snow  began  to  melt 
a  week  later,  the  danger  of  floods  became 
apparent.  An 
to 
inch  of 
quicken  the  thaw  on  April  2,  and  the 
deluge  was  on. 

rain  came 

Friday  and  Saturday,  April  4  and  5, 
the  heavy  precipitation  continued 
to 
swell  the  waters,  as  2%  more  inches  of 

rain  fell,  making  the  total  for  a  six  day 
period  of  four  inches  of  rain  and  four 
of  snow.  The  downpour  finally  ceased 
around  noon  on  Saturday—but  the  river 
still  was  on  its  way  up. 

Through  Saturday  night  and  Sunday 
the  waters  continued  to  go  higher  and 
higher,  until  about  3  a.m.  on  Monday, 
April  7,  the  peak  of  12.3  feet  was 
reached.  After  that  the  river  leveled  off, 
and  then  gradually  began  to  fall.  Tues 
day  night,  however,  the  readings  still 
showed  11.5  feet,  and  Wednesday  it  had 
dropped  to  no  lower  than  10  feet.  A  day 
or  so  later  and  the  river  was  back  in  its 
channel,  and  dropped  nearer  usual  spring 
levels  of  about  5  or  6  feet. 

For  those  with  excellent  memories  of 
floods  in  bygone  days,  comparative  fig 
ures  will  indicate  the  extent  of  the  flood. 
It  is  estimated  that  in  1904  the  river 
depth  reached  about  13  feet. 
(At  no 
time  since  has  the  1947  figure  of  12.3 
been  exceeded.) 
In  1918  the  readings 
reached  a  height  of  12  feet,  and  in  1938 
about  11.8  feet. 

Most  harassed  from  a  personal  angle 
were  the  residents  of  Quonset  Village 
and  the  permanent  apartments.  A  rup 
tured  steam  pipe  and  shutting  off  of 
transformers 
Jenison  Fieldhouse, 
caused  general  utility  breakdowns  south 
of  the  river.  As  a  result  those  in  the 
Quonsets  and  apartments  were  without 
heat  or  electricity  for  about  three  days. 
Most  of  them,  however,  stuck  it  out.  with 
some  taking  refuge  in  other  homes. 

in 

Students  living  in  the  extensive  south 
campus  area  were  somewhat  handicapped 
as  the  roadway  past  Jenison  Fieldhouse 
was  flooded,  but  two  college  buses  carried 
students  from  in  front  of  the  Fieldhouse 
to  the  Spartan  statue  area. 

filled 

Biggest  damage 

from 
incurred 

a  property 
standpoint  was 
in  the  Field-
house,  where  the  waters  almost  com 
area. 
pletely 
sub-basement 
the 
Hand-ball  floors  of  hard  maple 
there 
were  completely  destroyed,  as  was  a 
large  supply  of  mattresses.  The 
tan-
bark  floor  in  the  north  end  of  the  Field-
house  sank  about  four  feet,  and  required 
refilling. 

in 

Motors,  fans,  belts,  clocks  and  other 
the  Fieldhouse.  Demon 
equipment 
stration  Hall,  the  Auditorium  and 
the 
Forge  and  Foundry  building  all  were 
damaged  heavily,  as  was  a  transformer 
vault  in  the  Fieldhouse. 

in  many  places,  and 

Naturally  enough,  wherever  the  waters 
went  on  a  rampage  there  will  be  con 
siderable  work  necessary  to  clean  up  the 
campus  and  put  it  back  in  shape.  Debris 
the  athletic 
lay 
grounds  in  particular  would  require  re 
conditioning  to  put  them  in  shape  for 
spring  sport  schedules.  A  total  of  65% 
acres  of  the  campus  was  under  water 
at  the  peak  of  the  flood,  not  counting  the 
normal  river  channel.  Cost  of  repairing 
all  the  damage  to  the  campus  may  go  as 
high  as  $50,000  or  even  higher, 
is 
estimated. 

it 

Pictured  on  the  left  is  the  bus  the  college  operated  between  the  statue  of  the 
Spartan  and  the  Quonset  Village  area.  Pedestrian  traffic  was  completely  cut  off 
between  these  points,  unless  walkers  circled  the  Stadium  to  the  south  and  crossed 
the  railroad  bridge.  Below  is  Beal  Botanical  gardens.  Henry  L.  Chapman,  super 
intendent  of  the  gardens,  says  much  work  will  be  needed  to  offset  the  flood  damage. 

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*F  *  '-'  If  4f I 

The  surging  waters  of  the  Red  Cedar  inundated  the  area  surrounding  the 
Band  Shell  and  the  canoe  shelter,  and  crept  close  to  the  foundations  of  the 
new  Electrical  Engineering  building  being  constructed  south  of  the  Chemical 
Engineering  building.  This  area  is  pictured  above. 

To  the  right,  those  familiar  with  the  campus  can  see  how  high  the  waters 
the 

came  at  the  Women's  Gymnasium  bridge. 
official  Weather  Bureau  measurements  quoted  in  the  story  were  taken. 

It  was  at  this  point  that 

Below  is  shown  an  aerial  view  of  the  athletic  plant  area.  Spring  football 
practice,  as  well  as  drills  for  the  regular  spring  sports,  all  were  hampered 
because  of  the  flood.  Also,  the  heights  which  the  water  reached  surrounding 
Jenison  Fieldhouse  can  be  seen  in  this  view.  The  aerial  shot  was  taken  by 
first 
Al  Bransdorfer,  State  N e ws  photographer,  in  what  was  probably  the 
such  aerial  shot  ever  taken  by  the  college  news  staff*. 

Sports  at  State 

By  W.  Nicholas  Kerbawy 
Sports  Editor 

Michigan  S t a te  athletic  t e a ms  of 
t he 
p a st  w i n t er  season  compiled  an  a g g r e 
g a te  p e r c e n t a ge  of 
.656  by  w i n n i ng  a 
t o t al  of  40  m e e ts  as  c o m p a r ed  to  t he  loss 
of  b ut  2 1. 

Coach  Charles  McCaffree's 

s w i m m i ng 
t e am  led  t he  victory  p a r a de  by  copping 
nine  of  11  d u al  m e e ts  f or  a  p e r c e n t a ge 
of  .818.  The  S p a r t an  m e r m e n,  who  lost 
only  to  powerful  Ohio  S t a t e,  47-37,  and 
who  were  touched  o ut  by  Michigan,  45-
39,  climaxed 
a n n e x i ng 
t h e ir  fifth  consecutive  C e n t r al  Collegiate 
record  102 
Conference 
t he 
points  collected  from  10  schools  did 
trick. 

season  by 

title.  A 

t a nk 

t he 

Close  by  w as  Coach  K a rl  A.  Schlade-
m a n 's  t r a ck  t e am  which  g r a nd  slammed 
t he  CCC  championships  by  a n n e x i ng  t he 
first  MSC  t i t le  since  1934.  N o t re  D a m e, 
a  p e r e n n i al  champion,  placed  second 
in 
a  field  of  17  schools.  All  told,  t he  t r a ck 
t e am  a n n e x ed  f o ur  m e et  championships 
a g a i n st  one  defeat. 

Choice  t r i u m ph  for  Coach  Fendley  A. 
t e am  w as  won  over 
t he  1947  W e s t e rn  Conference 

Collins'  w r e s t l i ng 
Illinois, 
champions. 

S c h m i t t e r 's 

Coach  Charles 

fencers 
counted  N o r t h w e s t e rn  a m o ng  its  five  vic 
t i m s,  the  Wildcats  advancing  to  w in  t he 
Big  9  title  in  t h at  s p o r t. 

Coach  Lou  Z a r z a 's  boxing  t e am  g ot  off 
to  a  slow  s t a rt  b ut  h u r r i ed  in  to  win  four 
m e e ts  a g a i n st  two  setbacks  while  Coach 
Ben  F.  V an  A l s t y n e 's  b a s k e t b a ll 
t e am 
played  brilliant  ball  to  wind  up  t he  sea 
son  over  a  b a c k - b r e a k i ng  schedule  w i th 
11  t r i u m p hs  in  21  s t a r t s. 

How  They  Finished 

Swimming  _ 
Track 
Wrestling 
Boxing 
Fencing  _ 
Basketball 

W. 
9 
4 
7 
1 
5 
11 

L. 
2 
1 
3 
2 
3 
10 

Pet. 
.818 
.800 
.700 
.666 
.625 
.524 

One-Armed, Wins  Letter 
The  loss  of  his  r i g ht  a rm 

f a rm 
accident  six  y e a rs  ago  did  n ot  p r e v e nt 
Jacob  V e n e ma 
from  w i n n i ng  a  major 
l e t t er  in  fencing  at  MSC  d u r i ng  t he  p a st 
season. 

in  a 

The  Nunica,  Mich.,  senior  w as  one  of 
Coach  Charles  S c h m i t t e r 's  aces,  compet 
ing  as  a  converted  left  h a n d er  and  s t a r t 
ing  the  season  by  w i n n i ng  his  first  six 
bouts  in  epee  a g a i n st  W a y ne  and  N o t re 
D a m e. 

l e t t er 

" It  w as  wonderful 

a  m a j or 
h a n d i c a p ,"  J a ke  said. 
g r a t e f ul 
to  Coach  S c h m i t t er  and  to 
college  for  giving  me  this  chance." 

to  be  able  to  e a rn 
in  college  despite  my 
"I'll  a l w a ys  be 
t he 

12 

.

.. 

.  T HE  R E C O RD 

fleiidti,  19M 

'Winter  Sp&Ul 

B a s k e t b a l l: 
MSC 

29  Michigan 
57  Stanford 
52  W a y ne 
*61  S y r a c u se 
43  Arizona 
62  Georgia  Tech 
53  M a r q u e t te 
52  D e t r o it 
56  N o t re  D a me 
59  Minnesota 

* Overtime 

S w i m m i n g: 

MSC 

60  Cincinnati 
39  Michigan 
54  P u r d ue 
I n d i a na 
61 
55 
Illinois 
60  Wisconsin 
66  W a y ne 
Iowa  S t a te 
58 
37  Ohio  S t a te 
60  Bowling  Green 

O P P. 
51 
45 
25 
57 
45 
52 
51 
44 
74 
73 

MSC 

48  Wisconsin 
45  D e P a ul 
36  K e n t u c ky 
49  W a y ne 
56  M a r q u e t te 
54  N o t re  D a me 
51  Virginia 
46  Ohio  S t a te 
55  D e t r o it 
70  Boston  College 
47  Michigan 

F i n al  MSC  Record—Won  11,  Lost  10 

O P P. 
24 
45 
30 
23 
29 
24 
18 
26 
47 
24 

W r e s t l i n g: 

MSC 

20  P u r d ue 
9 
Indiana 
17  Ohio  S t a te 
14  P u r d ue 
14 
Illinois 
24  W h e a t on 

6  Cornell  College 
9 

Iowa  S t a te  T e a c h e rs  _ 

18  Michigan 
25  N e b r a s ka 

O P P. 
58 
52 
86 
36 
55 
70 
46 
58 
48 
49 
59 

O P P. 
6 
15 
9 
12 
12 
6 
24 
15 
8 
3 

C e n t r al  Collegiate  Conference: 

MSC  record:  Won  7,  Lost  3 

102  W a y ne  U n i v e r s i ty 
MSC  record:  W on  9,  Lost  2 

31 

(6 

schools  competed) 

T r a ck  and  F i e l d: 
Michigan  S t a te  66-7/12,  Ohio  S t a te  65-5/12  (dual  m e e t ). 
Michigan  A A U — M SC  scored  5  firsts. 
Twenty-fifth  Annual  Michigan  S t a te  Relays,  Michigan  S t a te  won  2 
Michigan  S t a te  53-14/15,  Michigan  60-1/15  (dual  m e e t ). 
Michigan  S t a te  106,  M a r q u e t te  24,  W a y ne  22  ( t r i a n g u l ar  m e e t ). 
Michigan  S t a te  61-1/3,  N o t re  D a me  52-2/3  (dual  m e e t ). 
C e n t r al  Collegiate  Conference,  MSC  54,  N o t re  D a me  3 8%  (17  schools  c o m p e t e d ). 

firsts. 

B o x i n g: 

F e n c i n g: 

MSC 
2 
3V2 
7 
6V2 
5 
5V2 
F i n al  MSC  record:  Won  4,  L o st  2 

Syracuse 
Syracuse 
Virginia 
Georgetown 
Minnesota 
P e nn  S t a te 
Wisconsin 

O P P. 
O P P. 
6 
6 
4% 
1 
\Yz 
3 
2% 

State  Adds  Honolulu 
To  Grid  Itinerary 

Michigan  S t a t e 's  1947  football  schedule 
to  nine  g a m es  w i th 
to  play  t he  U n i v e r s i ty  of 
in 

h as  been  extended 
a r r a n g e m e n ts 
H a w a ii  on  S a t u r d a y,  N o v e m b er  29, 
Honolulu. 

A  t w o - y e ar  c o n t r a ct  h as  been  a g r e ed 
upon  by  both  schools,  according  to  MSC 
Athletic  Director  Ralph  H.  Y o u ng  and 
F r a n c o is  D'Eliscu,  athletic  director  of 
a r 
the 

school,  who 

t e r r i t o r i al 

jointly 

MSC 
10 Yz 
17 
12 
16 y2 
15y2 
7% 

O P P. 
16 % 
10 
15 
10 % 
6% 
19 % 
12 
F i n al  MSC  r e c o r d:  W on  5,  L o st  3 

W a y ne 
N o r t h w e s t e rn 
Illinois 
Ohio  S t a te 
Cincinnati 
Chicago 
Wisconsin 

15 

r a n g ed 
to  E a st  L a n s i ng  in  1948. 

the  g a m e.  H a w a ii  will 

r e t u rn 

The  g a me  opens  athletic  r e l a t i o ns  be 
less 
tween  the  two  institutions  a l t h o u gh 
t h an  a  decade  ago  the  S p a r t an  basketball 
t e am  a p p e a r ed 
two  g a m es  at  E a st 
L a n s i ng  a g a i n st  a  g r o up  of  H a w a i i an  all-
s t a r s,  a  t e am  composed  m a i n ly  of  uni 
versity  s t u d e n t s. 

in 

According  to  Director  Young,  negoti 
ations  for  t he  g a me  w e re  opened  by  D r. 
G r e gg  M.  Sinclair,  U n i v e r s i ty  of  H a w a ii 
president,  who  has  visited  Michigan  S t a te 
on  several  occasions. 

Davey,  Champion  In '43, 
Loses  None  of  Skill 

Charley  Davey  has  lost  none  of  the 
cunning  and  power 
that  made  him  a 
national  collegiate  boxing  champion  at 
Michigan  State  college  in 1943. 

The  135-pound  ex-Army  Air  Corps 
lieutenant  was  unbeaten  during  the  past 
dual-meet  season  in  pacing  Coach  Lou 
Zarza's  mittmen  to  a  record  of  four  vic 
tories  in  six  starts. 

Davey  recorded  four  of  his  triumphs 
by  decisions  and  accounted  for  the  two 
others  by  the  TKO.  He  was  an  attrac 
tion  all  season  to  fans  at  home  and 
abroad,  one  visiting  coach  exclaiming 
that  Davey  was  the  classiest  collegiate 
ring  performer  he  had  seen  in  years. 

A  sophomore  student  in  business  ad 
ministration,  Davey  came  directly  from 
Fordson  high  school  to  Michigan  State 
where  he  climaxed  the  1943  season  by 
winning  the  intercollegiate  crown  at 127 
pounds. 

The  Army  gave  Chuck  a  chance  to 
further  exploit  his ring  talents.  He  par 
ticipated  in  many  camp  scraps  in  this 
country  and  in  Europe,  earning  his way 
into  the  finals  of  the  Eighth  Air  Force 
tournament  in 1945. 

In  combat  warfare,  Davey  won  the 
Air  Medal  and two Battle  Stars.  He at 
tained  the  rank  of  first  lieutenant. 

Zarza  Is  Fifth  Member 
Of  Munn's  Staff 

Clarence  L.  (Biggie)  Munn,  head  foot 
ball  coach  at  Michigan  State  college, has 
announced  the  appointment  of  Louis  F. 
Zarza  as  the  fifth  member  of  the  varsity 
coaching  staff. 

Zarza  is  a  holdover  member  of  former 
coach  Charles  W.  Bachman's  staff,  who 
since  the close  of the 1946 football  season 
has  served  as  the  Spartan's  head  boxing 
coach.  He  began  his  duties  with  Munn 
at  the  opening  of  spring  football,  March 
31. 

"Zarza's  varsity  coaching  duties  will 
include  his  services  as  coordinator  of  in 
formation,  in  addition  to  handling  some 
scouting  assignments,"  Munn  said.  "We 
are  happy  that  he  accepted  our  invita 
tion  to  remain  at  Michigan  State." 

Zarza,  a  three-letter  winner  in  foot 
ball  at  Michigan  State  and  the  school's 
light  heavyweight  boxing  champion  prior 
to  graduation  in  1936, joined  the  Spartan 
athletic  staff  14 months  ago.  He was an 
assistant  coach  at  University  of  Arizona 
prior  to  his  enlistment  in  the  Navy. 

Cagers  Excel in Class 

A  survey  by  Dick  Beals,  pint-size 
student  sports  writer  from  Birmingham, 
reveals 
the  academic  average  of  the 
Spartan  basketball  team  of  the  past  sea 
son  to  be  one-tenth  of  a  point  above  the 
all-college  men's  average  of  1.4. 

Michigan  State  college  is  the  only  school  in  the  country  to  boast  national 
collegiate  champions  in  three  separate  sports.  The  above  Spartans  won  their 
crowns  against  N.C.A.A.  competition  as  follows,  from 
left:  Swimmer  George 
Hoogerhyde,  of  Grand  Rapids,  1,500  meters;  Boxer  Charles  Davey,  of  Detroit, 
135  pound  division;  and  Wrestler  Gale  Mikles,  of  Tulsa,  Oklahoma,  155  pound 
class.  Two years  ago  Mikles  topped  the  145 pound  class. 

Ex-Spartan  First  Baseman 
Joins  Buffalo  Bisons 

Joe  Nelson,  first  baseman  on  Michigan 
State's  baseball  team  in  1941  and  1942 
who  returned  from  the  service  to  gradu 
ate  from  college  at  the  close  of  the  win 
ter  term,  is  with  the  Buffalo  Bisons  of 
the  International  league  as  property  of 
the  Detroit  Tigers. 
In  service  ball, 
Nelson  won  "All-Star"  honors  as  a 
player-manager  of  the  Camp  Lee, Va., 
team  in  the  1946  semi-pro 
tournament 
at  Wichita. 

All-Opponent  Cage  Team 

team: 

Here  is  Michigan  State's  1946-47  all-
opponent  basketball 
Forwards, 
Robert  Cook  of  Wisconsin  and  Mack 
Suprunowicz  of  Michigan,  Center  John 
Brennan  of  Notre  Dame  and  Guards 
Ralph  Beard  of  Kentucky  and  Kevin 
O'Shea  of  Notre  Dame. 

Four  of a  Kind 

After  Paul,  Dave  and  Jack  Seibold, 
all  brothers,  turned  in  winning  perform 

ances  during  Michigan  State's  victory 
in  swimming  over  Wisconsin,  Badger 
coach  Joe Steinauer  exclaimed: 

"My  gosh,  are  there  any  more  Sei-

bolds?" 

"Yeah,  me," chirped  A.  G.  (Gus)  Sei 
bold,  father  of  the  boys  who was  stand 
ing  within  hearing  distance  gripping  a 
stop  watch  and  wearing  a  broad  smile. 

Board  Bans Smoking 

In  a  step  to  eliminate  fire  hazards  in 
buildings,  the  State  Board  of  Agriculture 
at  its  March  meeting  adopted  an  ordi 
nance  prohibiting  smoking  in  virtually 
all  buildings  on the campus. 

Dr.  Hannah,  in announcing  the  passage 
of  the  law, pointed  out  that  most  of  the 
structures  on  campus  are  classed  as  not 
fireproof  and 
inside 
these  structures  constitutes  a  danger. 

that  any  smoking 

The  ordinance  provides  that  smoking 
may  be  permitted  in  the  Union  building, 
in  certain  areas  of  the  dormitories,  and 
in  certain  rooms  set  aside  in  the  fire 
proof  buildings. 

M A Y,  1 9 47 

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Following  Alumni  Clubs 

Ben if  COM 

A  prediction  of  greater  success  than 
was  ever  envisoned  when  the  Basic  Col 
lege  was  inaugurated  in  1944  was  the 
keynote  of  the  talk  given  by  Dean  How 
ard  Rather  at  the  M.S.C.  Alumni  club 
meeting  of  Berrien-Cass  county  alumni 
at  Benton  Harbor  on  March  5.  More 
than  120 alumni  and  friends  enjoyed  the 
annual  dinner  meeting.  Rather  added 
that  the  Basic  College  program,  in  addi 
tion  to the  interest  it has already  secured 
nationally  among  educators,  is  attracting 
interest  from  industrial  personnel  execu 
tives. 

Alumni  Director  Glen  0.  Stewart  dis 
cussed 
the  building  program  and  the 
financial  problems  of  the  college  at  the 
present  time.  He  outlined  the  appeal 
being  made  by  the  Alumni  Advisory 
Council  for  the  Memorial  Center.  Forrest 
Evashevski,  new backfield  coach,  outlined 
plans  for  building  and  strengthening  the 
Spartan  football  fortunes. 

A  new  board  of  directors  of  12  mem 
bers  met  after 
the  meeting  to  outline 
future  meetings.  Officers  for  the  coming 
year  include  John  D.  Johnson,  '40,  Ber 
rien  Springs,  president;  James  Culby, 
'42,  Benton  Harbor,  first  vice-president; 
Harold  Stark,  '19, Buchanan,  second  vice-
president  and  Mrs. August  Lange  (Mar 
garet  McDonel), 
'44,  Berrien  Springs, 
secretary-treasurer.  Lawrence  Stover, 
'37,  of  Berrien  Springs,  retiring  presi 
dent,  is  a  member  of  the  Board  of  Di 
rectors.—Margaret  Lange,  '44,  secretary. 

Cleveland 

Fifty-five  Cleveland  alumni  and  guests 
were  suddenly  interrupted  during  their 
annual  dinner  meeting  at 
the  Carter 
hotel  on  Saturday  night,  March  15, when 
an  imitation  of  the  old  Swartz  Creek 
band  marched  into  the  dining  room  play 
ing  college  marches  and 
the 
M.S.C.  Alma  Mater.  Before  they  left  the 
room  it  was  discovered  that  Jimmy  La 
Du,  '40,  assistant  manger  of  the  hotel 
and  former  secretary  of  the  club,  had 
bribed  the  hotel's  night  club  entertainers 
to  don  the  usual  clown  clothes,  including 
an  M.S.C.  band  sweater  and  other  Spar 
tan  regalia. 

finally 

Glen  Stewart,  '17,  appeared  as  guest 
speaker,  with  a  running  story  of  the 
post-war  development  at  the  college  and 
everyone  was  amazed  at  the  progress 
being  made  at  East  Lansing.  Colonel 
Clarence  N.  Winston,  '16,  of  19451 Bat-
tersea  boulevard,  Rocky  River,  was 
named  club  chairman  for  the  Memorial 
Center  Fund  program.  La  Du, who  lives 

14 

.

.. 

.  T HE  RECORD 

at  the  Carter,  was  named  president  for 
next  year,  Winston  vice-president,  Mrs. 
J.  W.  Macomber 
(Jacqueline  Snyder), 
'41,  secretary,  and  Mrs.  Marvin  Larson 
(Ann  Marie  Rennecker),  '42, treasurer.— 
Jacqueline  Snyder  Macomber,  secretary, 
1363  Lakewood  Ave.,  Lakewood,  Ohio. 

Grand  Rapids 

The  alumni  of  the  Grand  Rapids  area 
are  pretty  well  "sold"  on  the  new  Spar 
tan  gridiron  coaching  staff,  if  credence 
can  be  placed  in  alumni  comment  follow 
ing  a  record  breaking  dinner  meeting  at 
the  Rowe  hotel  on  February  26.  More 
than  400  loyal  men  and  women  greeted 
"Biggie"  Munn  and his  staff.  It  appears 
the  new  mentors  will  be  carrying  on 
their  duties  with  the  Kent  county  folks 
solidly  behind  them. 

President  Charles  J.  Halbert,  '39, and 
18  members  of  the  Board  of  Directors 
held  a  reception  for  one  hour  before  the 
banquet.  The  dinner  program  was  skill 
fully  handled  by  Rev.  Dale  Turner,  for 
mer  part-time  faculty  member,  who  in 
troduced  Glen  O.  Stewart, 
'17,  alumni 
director,  Dr.  Floyd  Owen,  '02,  chairman 
of  the  Memorial  Center  Fund  program, 
W.  N. Kerbawy,  sports  publicity  director, 
Ralph  Young,  director  of  athletics,  and 
several 
distinguished  Grand  Rapids 
guests. 

Munn  and  his  three  assistants,  Eva 
shevski,  Taylor  and  Daugherty  engen 
dered  an  air  of  confidence  in  taking  up 
their  new  duties  and  appealed  to  alumni 
for  full  support  and  help.  They  ex 
pressed  themselves  as  being  extremely 
happy  to  be  at  State  and  the  head  coach 
told  the  banqueteers,  "We'll  win  one now 
and  then  that  we're  not  supposed  to." 

The  Grand  Rapids  club  is  planning 
several  other  events  this  year  and  asks 
all  old  grads  and  former  students  to  call 
President  Halbert  at  96173  or  the  secre 
tary  at  GL-23412.—Phillip  D.  Millson, 
'41,  secretary. 

Allegan-Van  Buren 

Although  a  new  club  in  the  alumni 
circles,  more 
than  125  loyal  Michigan 
Staters  and  friends  greeted  President 
John  A.  Hannah  and  Alumni  Director 
Glen  Stewart  at  Holly's  restaurant  ban 
quet  hall  in  South  Haven  on February  27. 
President  Hannah  gave  a  complete  pic 
ture  of  the  college  as  it  has  expanded 
and  concluded  with  the  statement  "the 
problem  that  faces  us  is  not  one  of  tak 
ing  care  of  a  large  number  of  people 
temporarily.  The  problem 
take 
care  of  a  very  large  number  of  people 

is  to 

for  an  indefinite  period,  with  the  prob 
abilities  that  we  will  be  called  upon  to 
take  care  of  more  and  more  rather  than 
fewer  in  the  years  ahead." 

Glen  Stewart  told  of  the many  projects 
being  sponsored  by alumni  clubs  through 
out  the  country  and  urged  a  definite  pro 
gram  of  activities  by  special  committees. 
The  Memorial  Center  Fund  program  was 
outlined  and  the  club  urged  to  set  up  a 
follow-up  committee  during  the  spring 
months. 

Evart  S.  Dyckman,  with  the  class  of 
1879,  and  wife  were  presented  as  special 
guests  by  Albert  E.  Chase,  '93,  promi 
nent  South  Haven  business  man.  Mr. 
Dyckman  enjoyed  telling  about  the  small 
agricultural  college  as  he  remembered 
it  in  1875.  South  Haven  high  school 
students  provided  instrumental  music. 

Under  the direction  of  Don Barden, '35, 
as  president,  the  group  plans  to  hold  a 
summer  picnic  and  a  fall  meeting.—Mrs. 
Robert  Winkel,  '39,  secretary. 

Chicago  Dinner-Dance 

President  Paul  J.  Murdoch, 

'36,  an 
nounces  that  the  biggest  meeting  of  the 
M.S.C.  Alumni  club  of  Chicago  will  be 
a  dinner  dance  in  the  Terrace  Casino 
room  of  the  Morrison  hotel,  Madison  and 
Clark  streets,  on  Saturday  night,  May 10. 
Informal  reception  from  6:30  to  7:30. 

is  scheduled 

Following  dinner  a  short  program  with 
President  John  A.  Hannah,  Coach  "Big 
gie"  Munn,  and  Mrs.  Isabelle  Gonon, 
counselor  for  women,  as  special  guests. 
Dancing 
from  9:00  p.m. 
Dress  optional.  Murdoch  may be  reached 
at  Harrison  3275  and  Charles  Way,  '39, 
a  member  of  the  committee,  may  be 
reached  at  the  catering  office  of  the  Mor 
rison,  phone  Franklin 
9600. — Betty 
Panter  Way, '41, secretary,  666 East  83rd 
Place,  Chicago  19, Illinois. 

Rochester,  New  York 

More  than  50  loyal  grads  and  friends 
of  the  college  attended  the  annual  din 
ner  meeting  of  the  M.S.C.  Alumni  club 
of  Rochester,  New  York,  at  the  Colonial 
Inn,  on 
Irondequoit  Bay,  Wednesday 
evening,  March  19.  It  was  an  all-time 
record  attendance  and  was  a  tribute  to 
Janet  Meech,  '42, retiring  president,  who 
has  inaugurated  quarterly  meetings  for 
the  club  during  her  term  of  office. 

Special  guest  at  the  dinner  was  Carl 
Grabo?ke,  East  Rochester  high  school 
track  coach  of  State's  freshman 
star 
trackman  Jack  Dianetti.  Raymond  W. 
Little,  '28,  of  the  Eastman  Kodak  com 
pany,  showed  a  special  sound  film  on 
football  entitled  "Why  Kick?,"  followed 
by  films  of  the  Penn  State-Michigan 
State  game  of  last  October. 

Glen  O.  Stewart,  '17,  was  the  guest 
speaker  from  the  college  and  traced  with 
vivid  description  the  record  of  achieve 
ments  in  service  which  Michigan  State 
has  made  since  the  close  of  the  war. 

The  club  voted  to  back  the  Memorial 
individual 
Center  Fund  program  with 
effort  and  announced  they  were  prepar 
ing  to  challenge  the  Buffalo  group  to  a 
"quiz  of  two  cities"  as  soon  as  radio 
time  could  be  secured.—Jane  Walker,  '46, 
secretary,  25  Leander  road. 

Syracuse,  New  York 

Concluding  an  eight  day  eastern  trip 
'17,  alumni  director, 
Glen  0.  Stewart, 
met  with  the  M.S.C. Alumni  club  of  Syra 
cuse  in  the  University  Club,  in  Syracuse, 
Thursday  evening,  March  20.  Although 
the  total  membership  of  the  Syracuse 
club  is  smaller  than  many,  nearly  50  per 
cent  of  the  club  members  and  wives  were 
present  to  hear  about  the  college  devel 
opment  and  the  post-war  possibilities  of 
alumni  club  activity. 

Football  movies  thrilled  those  present 
and  all  wished  for  "Biggie"  Munn  and 
his  staff  as  much  loyal  support  as  he 
received  at  Syracuse  during 
the  past 
year.  Charles  H.  Kelley, 
'35,  district 
manager  of  the  Shell  Oil  company,  is 
again  serving  as  president  of  the  group 
appointment  of 
and 
the 
announced 
Robert  G.  Parkhurst, 
'43,  as  chairman 
of  the  Memorial  Center  Fund  program. 
is  being  planned.— 
A  summer  picnic 
Shirley  Townsend, 
'38,  secretary,  871 
Acherman  St.,  Syracuse. 

Buffalo,  New  York 

The  M.S.C.  Alumni  club  of  Western 
New  York  regained  its  pre-war  splendor 
under  the  Presidency  of  Tom  Arrigo, '21, 
when  a  record  breaking  attendance  of 
nearly  80  people—all  alumni—met  in  the 
Fiesta  room  of  the  Hotel  Worth  in  Buf 
falo,  Tuesday  evening,  March  18.  Col 
lege  songs  under  the  direction  of  Robert 
Bruce,  '39,  and  Art  Maischoss,  '43,  put 
into  a  "college  day  atmos 
the  group 
phere." 

Glen  O.  Stewart,  '17,  gave  an  interest 
ing  talk  on  "A  Year  of  Progress."  So 
startling  were  the  descriptions  of 
the 
speaker  that  the  club  voted  to  renew  the 
auto  caravan  from  Buffalo  to  the  campus, 
the  probable  dates  being  May  30  and  31. 
Movies  of  the  Michigan  State-Penn  State 
game  were  shown  at  the  close  of 
the 
meeting. 
On 

the  preceding  evening  F.  Ward 
Ross,  '28,  and  his  wife,  the  former  Doro 
thy  Robinson,  '28,  entertained  the  Board 
of  Directors  at  their  charming  home  at 
133  Woodcrest, 
this 
meeting  Richard  Frey,  '40,  was  named 
president  for  next  year.—C.  A.  Brinkert, 
'26,  secretary,  132  Burroughs  avenue, 
Snyder. 

in  Kenmore.  At 

Toledo 

The  Delft  House  tea  rooms  at  1806 
West  Bancroft  street, 
in  Toledo,  pre 
sented  a  unique  setting  for  the  annual 

dinner  meeting  of 
the  M.S.C.  Alumni 
club  on  March  13.  Glen  O.  Stewart,  '17, 
director  of  alumni  relations,  spoke  on 
the  complete  development  program  at 
the  college  and  gave  interesting  factual 
material  on  the  needs  of  the  proposed 
alumni  program  for  a  Memorial  Center. 
La  Verne  "Kip"  Taylor,  new  football 
end  coach,  made  his  initial  appearance 
under  the  Green  and  White  State  colors, 
discussing  the  new  duties  being  assumed 
by  head  coach  "Biggie"  Munn  and  his 
co-workers.  He  showed  football  movies 
at  the  close  of  the  meeting. 

President  Robert  J.  Cousineau, 
'38, 
who  lives  at  133  Melrose,  urged  all  alum 
ni  to  keep  in  touch  with  him  for  future 
meetings.—Donald  Donaldson,  '38,  secre 
tary,  3914  Drummond  street. 

Indianapolis 

The  M.S.C. Alumni  club  of  Indianapolis 
held  an  enjoyable  meeting  and  "fireside 
picnic"  at 
the  D.A.R.  Chapter  House, 
Saturday  evening,  February  15,  with 
nearly  30 people  present.  Plans  for  vari 
ous  types  of  meetings  were  discussed  and 
the  group  voted  to  hold  meetings 
the 
second  Saturday  of  every  third  month. 
The  next  get-together  will  be  held  on 
May  10,  again  at  the  D.A.R.  Chapter 
House. 
John  H.  Carmody,  '12,  of  4228 
Park  St.,  Indianapolis  5,  is  president, 
Mrs.  Ralph  Norman  (Gertrude  Brummel-
hof),  '39,  chairman  of  the  social  commit 
tee,  and  Kay  Foster  Barnfield,  '38,  secre 
tary.—Mrs.  Stanley  Perham,  secretary 
pro-tem. 

Los Angeles 

More  than  100  Michigan  State  men  and 
women  renewed  alumni  club  activities  for 
Southern  California  Friday  evening,  Feb 
ruary  21,  at  the  University  Club,  614 
South  Hope  street,  in  Los  Angeles.  Un 
der  the  direction  of  Dr.  Paul  Armstrong, 
'15,  general  manager  of  the  California 
Fruit  Growers  Exchange,  an  interesting 
program  was  developed. 

Dr.  Grace  Song  Line,  now  on  leave 
from  the  foreign  language  department, 
came  up  from  Palm  Springs  to  discuss 
the  proposed  Memorial  Center  project 
and  told  of  her  experience  at  the  present 
International  Center  on  the  campus.  Mrs. 
Line  lived  in  Howell,  Michigan,  for  many 
years. 

The  main  speaker  of  the  evening  was 
Dr.  Harry  Eustace,  '01, of  Berkeley,  who 
showed  many  pictures  of  "his  boys"  while 
serving  as  head  of  the  department  of 
horticulture  at  the  college.  Special  re 
corded  college  music  was  furnished  by 
the  alumni  office.  New  officers  are  being 
elected  and  reports  will  be  issued  on 
future  meetings  according 
to  Hartley 
Truax, 
'12,  retiring  president.—Roy  F. 
Irwin,  '14,  past-secretary. 

Rural  Progress  Caravan 
Attendance  64,333 

The  Michigan  State  College  extension 
service  Rural  Progress  Caravan 
at 
tracted  64,333  visitors  in  its  54  stops  in 
lower  Michigan  during  January,  Febru 
ary  and  March.  From  start  to  finish,  the 
trucks 
the  exhibits  battled 
snowstorms  and  crowds  were  limited  by 
blocked  rural  roads. 

carrying 

J.  G.  Hays,  1 1,  emergency  farm  labor 
assistant  in  the  extension  staff,  managed 
the 
on 
Wheels." 

"Farmers'  Week 

traveling 

Publicity  carried  by  Michigan  news 
papers  on  the  event  was  equal  to  a  70 
page,  8-column  newspaper. 

The 

late  March  blizzard  prevented 
showing  in  four  northeastern  Michigan 
counties. 

Faculty  Members  to Appear 
On  Network  Broadcast 

Another  nationwide  broadcast  over 
the  American  Broadcasting  company  net 
work  will  originate  from  Michigan  State 
college  on  June  7.  It  will  mark  the  third 
time  within  a  year  the  department  of 
public  relations  has  arranged  a  half-
hour  program  for  the  108  stations  carry 
ing  the  American  Farmer  program. 

The  program  will  include  a  discussion 
of  the  use  of  thyroid  extract  in  livestock 
feeding  experiments.  Participating 
in 
the  discussion  will  be  Dr.  E.  P.  Reineke, 
research  professor  in  physiology;  W.  N. 
McMillen,  swine  specialist  in  animal  hus 
bandry  and  J.  A.  Davidson,  research  pro 
fessor  in  poultry  husbandry. 

W.  Lowell  Treaster,  director  of  public 
relations,  will  moderate 
the  program 
which  will  be  carried  over  the  American 
network  from  12:30  to  1:00  p.m.,  Satur 
day,  June  7.  The  college  station,  WKAR, 
will  originate  the  broadcast  for  the  net 
work. 

Summer  Course  Planned 
in  School  Music 

The  second  annual  school  music  short 
course 
for  high  school  students  and 
teachers  will  be  held  at  the  college  June 
23  to  July  12,  under  the  direction  of  Dr. 
William  R.  Sur,  professor  of  music.  A 
staff  of  32  prominent  college  and  high 
school  music  instructors  will  teach. 

The  students  will  participate  in  band, 
orchestra  or  choir  work.  Leonard  Fal 
the  band,  Alexander 
cone  will  direct 
Schuster 
the  orchestra,  and  David  F. 
Machtel  the  choir.  Other  members  of  the 
staff  will  work  with  various  sections  of 
the  band  or  orchestra,  or  will  conduct 
private  lessons. 

interested 

High  school  musicians 

in 
the  course  may  make  application  in  ad 
vance.  Applicants  must  be  recommended 
by  their  school  music  teacher  and  prin 
cipal. 

MAY,  1947 

.

.

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15 

Martin  Buckner, '41 

the  American  Legion 

One  of  the  three  young  vice  com 
manders  of 
is 
Martin  B.  Buckner,  29-year-old  Flint, 
Michigan,  alumnus,  who  received  his de 
gree  in  psychology  in  1941.  He  is  an 
Army  Air  Force  veteran  of  35  bombing 
missions  over  Europe  in  World  War  II. 

He  is  the  holder  of  the  Distinguished 
Flying  Cross,  the  Air  Medal  with  three 
oak  leaf  clusters,  the  American  Defense 
Medal,  the  ETO  ribbon  with  four  battle 

Martin  B.  Buckner,  '41 

stars,  the  American  Theater  Ribbon  and 
the  World  War  II  victory  medal. 

As  national  vice  commander  Buckner 
has  been  assigned  11  American  Legion 
departments  as  his  area.  They  include 
Illinois,  Indiana,  Iowa,  Michigan,  Minne 
sota,  Missouri,  North  and  South  Dakota, 
Nebraska,  Kansas  and  Wisconsin. 

He  is  also  field  assistant  of  the  Vet 
erans'  Employment  Service  for  the  Flint 
area,  awaiting  complete  restoration  of 
his  war-impaired  health  to  return  to  col 
lege  for  his  final  medical  training.  He 
is  married  and  has  two  children.  In  col 
lege  he was  a  member  of  the  Theta  Kap 
pa  Nu fraternity  and  Blue  Key  honorary. 

Press Secretary 

When  Governor  Kim  Sigler  of  Michi 
the  appointment  of 
'40,  as  his  press 

gan 
announced 
Roberta  Applegate, 
s e c r e t a r y,  there 
was  a  new  pre-
c e d e nt  s et  in 
Michigan.  It  was 
the  first  time  this 
d i s t i n c t i on  had 
ever  been  given 
to  a  w o m a n. 
"Bobby,"  as  she 
is  known,  was  a 
reporter  for  the 
Roberta  Applegate 
L a n s i ng  bureau 
of  the  Associated  Press,  and  covered  all 
activities  of  the  Ingham  county  grand 
jury,  of  which  Sigler  was  former  special 
prosecutor.  She  is  the  daughter  of  Prof, 
and  Mrs.  A.  A.  Applegate  of  East 
Lansing. 

Extension Editor's Article 
To  Be Re-published 
In Occupied Areas 

An  article  on  "Mail-Order  Breeding," 
by  Earl  C.  Richardson,  extension  editor 
at  Michigan  State  college,  is  to  be  re 
published  in  periodicals  in  occupied  coun 
tries  at  the  request  of  the  Department 
of  State  in  Washington.  Permission  has 
been  granted  by  the  Michigan  Farmer, 
for  which 
the  article  originally  was 
written. 

Miss  Royce  Moch,  chief  of  the  Maga 
zine  Liaison  section  of  the  Department 
of  State,  said  in  making  her  request  for 
permission  to  use  the  article  that  her 
office  wanted  to  send  it  to  Germany,  Aus 
tria,"  Japan,  and  Korea  for 
translation 
and  republication  in magazines  operating 
under  license  fees  from  the  United  States 
Military  Government. 

The  objective  is  to  make  known  the 
thinking  of  the  outside  world  to  the  peo 
ple  of  the  occupied  countries,  particu 
thinking  and  achieve 
larly  American 
ment.  Milon  Grinnell,  editor  of 
the 
Michigan  Farmer,  readily  granted  per 
mission  to  the  State  Department  to  use 
the 
Richardson's  article,  which 
history  of  the  artificial  breeding  program 
in  this  state. 

traced 

Michigan,  the  article  points  out,  has 
been  a  consistent  leader  in  dairy  herd 
development  and improvement.  The  arti 
ficial  breeding  program  in  this  state  has 
been  fostered  by  the  Michigan  Artificial 
Breeders  Cooperative,  and  through  its 
work  the  number  of  cows  served  has  in 
creased  from  1,400  in  1944  to  70,000  on 
January  1  of  1947. 

Evert  L.  Benton, 30 
Dies  In April 

Evert  L.  Benton,  B.S.  '30,  extension 
specialist  in  animal  husbandry  at  Michi 
gan  State  college  since  1938,  died  April 
22  in  a  Lansing  hospital  following  his 
third  operation  in  a  year. 

The  staff  member  was  widely  known 
among  farmers  and  livestock  men  of 
the 
Michigan  and  was  secretary  of 
Michigan  Cattle  Feeders'  association  and 
Michigan  Lamb  Feeders'  association  at 
the  time  of  his  death. 

Following  graduation  in  1930 he  taught 
vocational  agriculture  in  Hudson  for  five 
three  years  served  as 
years  and  for 
county  agricultural  agent 
in  Tuscola 
county  before 
joining  the  animal  hus 
bandry  staff. 

He  is  survived  by  the  widow,  Mrs. 
Marion  Benton;  a  daughter,  Mrs.  Leon 
ard  Gardner,  Fremont  and  a  sister,  Mrs. 
Burr  Carroll,  San  Diego,  Calif.  He  was 
buried  in  Woodlawn  cemetery,  Jackson. 

Dr. Mabel  F. Wilson, 
M.S. '30, Ph.D. '37 

Dr.  Mabel  Wilson,  pictured  in  the  re 
search  laboratory  of  the  Diamond  Alkali 
company,  Painesville,  Ohio,  has  recently 
been  named  head  of  the  Optical  Measure 
ments  laboratory  which  is  strictly  re 
search.  Here  they  keep  control  over  the 
minor  impurities  in  products  going  out 
and  in  raw  materials  coming  in  for  the 
alkalies  going  into  a  score  of  products 
such  as  glass,  rayon,  foods,  plastics, 
petroleum  products,  paints,  drugs,  rubber 
and  many  others. 

the  company. 

For  eight  years  Dr.  Wilson  served  as 
spectroscopist  with 
In 
using  the  emission  spectograph  the  re 
search  department  controls  the  metallic 
impurities  in  the  caustic  which  goes  into 
the  rayon  industry.  With  an 
infrared 
spectrometer  analysis  is  made  of  certain 
organic  materials,  particularly  among 
into 
the  heavy  molecules  which  go 
plastics. 

Dr.  Wilson  is  married  and  has  two 
children,  Jack  15  and  Joan  14.  She  re 
ceived  her  degrees  in  physical  chemistry 
and  while  here  at  the  college  was  affili 
ated  with  the  Sigma  Xi  and  Sigma  Pi 
Sigma  fraternities. 

Dr.  Mabel  F.  Wilson,  M.S. '30, Ph.D. '37 

16 

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.  T HE  R E C O RD 

ABOUT THESE ALUMNI 

By  Qladyi  M.  Qnank* 

NeuM. 

Patriarchs 

To  Edwin  C.  Peters, 

'93,  of  Saginaw,  goes 
Masonry's  highest  honor.  Last  fall  he  was  noti 
fied  of  his  election  as  a  33rd  degree  Mason,  and 
officially  receives  conferment  of  the  honor  at 
the 
next  annual  33rd  degree  convention.  Entering 
Masonry 
in  1904,  Mr.  Peters  holds  membership 
in  nine  Masonic  bodies. 
1900 

Fred  S.  Curtis  gives  his  new  address  at  412 
Magnolia  avenue,  Modesto,  California,  where  he 
operates  an  office  equipment  store.  The  cover 
on  the  Fall  issue  of  the  Record  made  him  "think 
of  the  MAC  band  after  we  took  a  fine  lacing  at 
Kalamazoo.  Cold  day  and  moisture  froze 
in 
struments.  Frozen  instruments,  no  music.  Team 
and  band  walked  to  train  and  looked  like  every 
kid  and  gamin  marched  with  us  yelling  'why  don't 
the  Reuben  band  play?'  Sad  day,  that." 
1904 

in 

Archie  R.  Alger,  chief  engineer  with  the  Fed 
eral  Power  commission  in  Washington,  D.  C,  died 
in  that  city  on  February  8.  Prior  to  joining  the 
natural  gas  division  of  the  Federal  Power  commis 
sion  seven  years  ago,  Mr.  Alger  was  sales  man 
ager  for  the  Semet  Solvay  Engineering  corpora 
tion  in  New  York  City.  Earlier  he  was  employed 
by  the  Steere  Engineering  company  and  White 
head  and  Kales,  both  in  Detroit.  He  is  survived 
by  three  daughters.  . ..  Dr.  Alvin  A.  Rosenberry. 
for  30  years  a  leading  physician  in  Benton  Har 
bor,  died  at  his  home  there  on  February  18.  A 
graduate  of  the  University  of  Michigan  medical 
school,  Dr.  Rosenberry  interned  at  Cleveland,  and 
after  a  year  or 
to 
in 
Benton  Harbor  and  opened  an  office.  He  was 
active  in  the  Berrien  County  Medical  society,  was 
a  member  of  the  local  Academy  of  Medicine  and 
the  American  Medical  association,  and  once  served 
as  chief  of  staff  of  Benton  Harbor's  Mercy  hos 
pital.  He  is  survived  by  his  wife  and  daughter. 

the  west, 

returned 

two 

1905 

Word  has  been  received  of  the  death  of  Clarence 

D.  Sterling,  of  Detroit,  on  December  20,  1946. 
1906 

is 

Lewis  Kephart 

in  Berrien  Springs, 
located 
Michigan,  as  surveyor  and  Justice  of  the  Peace. 
1907 

located 

Homer  B.  Grant  owns  a  marmalade  and 

jelly 
in  St.  Petersburg,  Flor 
manufacturing  company 
ida,  where  he  lives  at  820  13th  St.  North. 
.  .  . 
Perry  Grover  is  employed  by  the  Great  Western 
Sugar  company  in  Ovid,  Colorado.  .  .  .  Galo  Hines 
is 
in  VanNuys,  California,  as  a  phar 
macist  at,  the  Monterey  Pharmacy,  12901  Riverside 
drive.  .  .  .  T.  J.  Penticos  has  retired  and  makes 
his  home  at  2568  Island  Park,  Manitou  Beach, 
in 
Michigan.  .  .  .  Ross  S.  Thomas,  former  clerk 
charge  of 
the  Port  Huron  and  Chicago  railway 
mail  service,  is  now  making  his  home  in  Lansing 
at  1102  N.  Capitol  avenue.  .  .  .  Arthur  W.  Wilson 
is  an 
the  North 
American  Life  and 
lives  at  107  Glengrove  ave 
nue,  Toronto,  Canada. 

insurance  underwriter  with 

at  234  Ridge  avenue. 
1911 

in 

located 

the  capitol  building 

Harry  Lee  Baker  is  assistant  state  forester 
in 
West  Virginia  where  the  conservation  commission 
offices  are 
in 
Charleston.  .  .  .  Harold  T.  Coughlin  is  located  in 
Birmingham,  Michigan,  as  an  attorney-realtor  at 
3305  South  boulevard.  .  .  .  Norman  L.  Mattice  is 
general  manager  of  the  Canoe  Brook  country  club 
at  Summit,  New  Jersey.  .  .  .  Ethel  Trautman  lives 
at  740  Ostrom  avenue,  Syracuse,  New  York, 
where  she  is  an  associate  professor  at  Syracuse 
university. 
1912 

The  class  will  be  grieved  to  learn  of  the  deaths 
of  Earl  W.  DeGraff  and  Gordon  G.  Gabel.  Mr. 
DeGraff,  a  former  lawyer,  died  in  Cassadaga,  New 
York,  on  October  8.  A  former  high  school  coach 
and  teacher,  Mr.  Gabel  died  in  St.  Joseph,  Michi 
gan,  on  January  15.  .  .  .  Edwy  B.  Reid  is  director 
of  information  for  the  Farm  Credit  administration 
of  the  Department  of  Agriculture  in  Washington, 
D.  C.  He 
in  Alexandria  at  1619  Ripon 
place,  Parkfairfax. 
1913 

lives 

John  D.  Fletcher  was  recently  promoted  to  the 
in  charge 
position  of  assistant  district  manager 
of  personnel  and  sales  training  for 
the  central 
district  of  Sinclair  Refining  company  in  Chicago. 
This  new  assignment  comes  after  26  years  of 
service  with  the  company,  including  the  past  15 
years  as  manager  of 
lubricants 
the 
division.  . ..  J.  Carlton  Hurley,  who  received  his 
M.S.  with  the  class,  owns  and  manages  an  insur 
ance  agency  at  30  Canton  street,  Baldwinsville, 
New  York. 
1914 

industrial 

B.  J.  Holcomb  is  the  Methodist  minister  in  New 
Lothrop,  Michigan,  and  in  his  spare  time  teaches 
agrciulture  at  Kearsley  Agricultural  school  near 
Flint.  .  .  .  Clifford  W.  Reynolds  has  an  insurance 
and  bond  business  with  offices  at  1510  Book  build 
ing,  Detroit.  Right  now  he  is  boasting  about  his 
new  granddaughter,  Cheryl  Denise,  born  March  2. 

1908 

Clyde  F.  Severance,  who  had  only 

recently 
reopened  his  violin  studio  in  Lansing,  died  in  a 
local  hospital  on  February  26  following  a  brief 
illness.  Obtaining  his  master's  degree 
in  public 
school  instrumental  music  from  the  University  of 
Michigan,  he  played  violin  with  the  Detroit  Sym 
phony  orchestra  and  at  one  time  headed  the  violin 
department  of  the  Detroit  Conservatory  of  Music. 
He  was  a  band  teacher  for  many  years  in  a  num 
ber  of  schools  and  at  the  time  of  his  death  was 
band  instructor  at  the  Dimondale  high  school.  He 
is  survived  by  his  widow  and  one  son,  and  his 
brother,  Lyle  E.,  w'16,  of  East  Lansing. 
. 
Floyd  A.  Martin  is  a  merchant  in  Indian  River, 
Michigan.  . ..  J.  Raymond  Plank  is  president  of 
the  Metal  Fire  Escape  and  Engineering  Develop 
ment  companies  in  Grand  Rapids,  Michigan,  with 
.  .  .  Chauncey 
offices  at  223-4  Murray  building. 
Simonds  owns  a  sales,  heating  equipment,  and 
power  plant  in  Grand  Rapids  where  he  lives  at 
1855  Union  S.E. 
1909 

. 

. 

Mabel  McDowell  is  clothing  specialist  at  Penn 
sylvania  State  College,  and  lives  in  State  College 

The  days  of  '97, era  of  the  new  Patriarchs  to  be  inducted  this  year  on  Alumni 
day,  were  recalled  at  a  recent  faculty  show,  "Footlight  Parade."  Singing  of 
three  birds  in  a  gilded  cage  were  Mrs.  Charles  (Louise)  Irvin,  wife  of  an 
assistant  professor  of  written  and  spoken  English,  at  the  piano;  Mrs.  Frank 
(Marjorie)  Atchley,  wife  of  an  assistant  professor  of  farm  management,  center; 
and  Miss  Dorothy  Greey,  assistant  professor  of  home  management  and  child 
development,  on  the  right. 

M A Y,  1 9 47 

.

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17 

*1keAe.  Men  Cjcuue,  AU 

in 

first 

DeForest  L.  Buchman,  a 

DeForest  Logan  Buchman, 1941 
lieu 
the  Army  Air  Forces  and 
tenant 
holder  of  the  Silver  Star,  Purple  Heart, 
and  Air  medals,  was  killed  in  action  over 
Italy  on  March  13,  1944.  Entering  from 
Oak  Harbor,  Ohio,  Lt.  Buchman  was  en 
rolled  in  applied  science  during  1938-40. 
Paul Stanley  Hensley,  1940 

Paul  S.  Hensley,  a  staff  sergeant  in 
the  Army  Air  Forces  and  holder  of  the 
Purple  Heart  medal,  was  killed  in  action 
over  Augsburg,  Germany,  on  February 
28,  1945.  Sgt.  Hensley  entered 
from 
Mt.  Pleasant,  Michigan,  and  was  gradu 
ated  in  agriculture  on  June  10, 1940.  He 
is  survived  by  his  wife  and  his  mother. 
Richard  Jerome  Kroth, 1942 

Richard  J.  Kroth,  a  lieutenant  junior 
grade  in  the  Navy,  was  communications 
officer  aboard  the  submarine  Tang  which 
was  lost  in  a  freak  accident  while  patrol 
ling  enemy  waters  on  October  25,  1944. 
The  Tang  was  sunk  when  one  of  its  own 
torpedoes,  fired  at  a  Jap  transport,  made 
an  erratic  run  and  struck  the  stern  of 
the  submarine.  Lt.  Kroth,  who  held  two 

1915 

Walter  G.  Hildorf  has  been 

transferred  by 
Timken  Roller  Bearing  company  to  Los  Angeles, 
with  offices  at  1526  South  Olive  street. 
. 
Lloyd  Shumaker  is  located  in  Caracas,  Venezuela, 
as  design  engineer  for  Phillips  Venezuelan  Oil 
company. 
1916 

. 

. 

Ford  Peabody,  of  Birmingham,  Michigan,  has 
three  sons  enrolled  at  Michigan  State  this  year. 
Frank,  who  was  graduated 
taking 
graduate  work,  Ralph  is  a  sophomore,  and  Alford 
is  a 

freshman. 

in  1942, 

is 

1917 

two  sons,  one  of  whom 

'44,  a  practicing  veterinarian 

Dr.  Raymond  B.  Bolton,  veterinarian  of  the  Ver 
mont  Department  of  Agriculture  for  over  27 years, 
died  at  his  home  in  Cabot,  Vermont,  on  Febru 
ary  13.  He  is  survived  by  his  wife,  two  daughters, 
is  Dr.  Wesson  D. 
and 
Bolton, 
in  Cabot. 
.  .  .  John  Arthur  Kerr  was  killed  J u ne  12,  1946, 
when 
the  plane  which  he  was  piloting  crashed 
near  Niles,  Michigan,  during  a  bad  electrical 
storm.  . ..  At  the  54th  annual  conference  of  the 
West  Virginia  Horticulture  society,  held  February 
14,  in  Martinsburg,  West  Virginia,  Malcolm  M. 
the  society's  distin 
Brown  was  presented  with 
guished  service  award  for 
long  and  outstanding 
service  to  the  apple  industry.  Mr.  Brown  is  serv 
ing 
the  16th  con 
treasurer 
.  Colonel  Harry  L.  Campbell 
secutive  year. 
to  Atlanta,  Georgia,  where 
has  been  transferred 
the  Atlanta  Ordnance  depot,  an 
he  commands 
Army  automotive  vehicular  center.  .  .  .  The  sym 
pathy  of  the  class  is  extended  to  Mr.  and  Mrs. 
Lester  Flanders,  of  Baldwinsville,  New  York, 
whose  daughter  and  her  husband  and  two  children 
were  passengers  on  a  Chinese  commercial  airliner 
which  crashed  and  burned  near  Hankow.  Mr.  and 
Mrs.  Vick  were  on  the  last  lap  of  their 
journey 
to  do  missionary  work  for  the  American  Baptist 
Foreign  Missionary  society.  .  .  .  Louise  Halladay 
Carpenter  is  located  in  East  Lansing,  as  assistart 
to  the  director  of  the  American  Hotel  Association's 
testing  laboratory  at  M.S.C.  .  .  .  E.  C.  Huebner 

the  society  as 

.  . 

for 

18 

.

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.  T HE  R E C O RD 

Presidential  Unit  citations  and  the  Pur 
ple  Heart  medal,  was  enrolled  in  engi 
from 
neering  during  1938-40,  entering 
Hamtramck,  Michigan. 
In  1940  he  was 
appointed  to  Annapolis  and  was  gradu 
the  United  States  Naval 
ated 
(His  brother, 
Academy  in  June  1943. 
from 
Roy  M.  Kroth,  was  graduated 
M.S.C.  in  1945.) 

from 

Ralph  Edward  Miller,  1942 

Ralph  E.  Miller,  a  first  lieutenant  in 
the  Army  Air  Forces  and  holder  of  the 
Purple  Heart  and  Air  medals,  was  killed 
in  action  near  Japan  on  May  5,  1945. 
Lt.  Miller  entered  from  Eaton  Rapids, 
Michigan,  and  was  enrolled  in  veterinary 
medicine  during  the  fall  terms  of  1938 
and  1940. 

Sebert Alfred Willetr,  1945 

Sebert  A.  Willett,  a  signalman  second 
the 
in  the  Navy  and  holder  of 
class 
Purple  Heart  and  Victory  medals,  was 
killed  in  action  in  the  Atlantic  area  on 
June  9,  1944.  Entering  from  Charlotte, 
in  applied 
Michigan,  he  was  enrolled 
the 
music  the  fall 
spring  term  of  1942. 

term  of  1941  and 

transferred  by  Kay  Industries  Inc. 

has  been 
to 
Detroit  where  he  lives  at  16847  Monica  avenue. 
Alton  M.  Porter  is  employed  by  the  U.  S.  Depart 
ment  of  Commerce  in  charge  of  foreign  exports 
lives 
in  food  and  agricultural  products.  He 
in 
Takoma  Park  at  22  Manor  circle. 
.  B.  W. 
.  . 
Straight 
in  Allentown,  Pennsylvania, 
as  chief  of  cost  accounting  department  at  Western 
Electric. 

located 

is 

1918 

Glen  I.  Blades  is  president  of  the  York  State 
Fruit  Distributors 
Inc.,  carlot  shipper  and  dis 
tributors  located  at  14  Franklin  street,  Rochester, 
William  F.  Manby  owns  a  farm 
New  York 
in  Battle  Creek,  Michigan, 
implement  concern 
where  he  lives  on  rural  route  7.  .  .  .  Calvin  J. 
Overmyer  has  been  awarded  the  Legion  of  Merit 
by  the  War  department.  Mr.  Overmyer,  recently 
discharged  as  a  colonel 
is  vice 
president  of  the  Elliott  Paint  &  Varnish  company 
in  Chicago. 

the  Army, 

in 

1919 

is  now 

in  Tokyo  with 

Dr.  Ethel  Hopphan,  who  has  been  in  charge  of 
the  University 
the  bacteriological  department  at 
of  Cincinnati, 
the  406th 
Medical  General  laboratory  of  the  8th  Army,  and 
may  be  reached  at  APO  500  out  of  San  Francisco. 
.  .  .  Ralph  C.  Sweeney  finished  his  terminal  leave 
as  a  colonel  in  the  sanitary  corps  late  in  Decem 
to  the  New  York  State 
ber  1946,  and  returned 
the 
Health  department  as  sanitary  engineer  for 
Middletown  district.  This 
the  counties 
of  Rockland,  Sullivan,  and  Orange,  with  head 
quarters  in  Middletown.  .  .  .  Earl  R.  VanLeeuwen 
is  located  in  Beltsville,  Maryland,  as  entomologist 
for 
the  Bureau  of  Entomology  and  Plant  Quar 
antine. 
1920 

includes 

Norman  Koleman 

is  an  agent  with 

Investigation  division  of 
. 

the  12th 
the  U.  S. 
Criminal 
Forces 
.  Rosselyn  Rice  Murphy 
(Mrs.  M.  C.)  of  411  Howard  street,  Grand  Haven, 
Michigan,  writes  that  their  daughter  Patricia  will 
graduate  from  Michigan  State  in  June,  their  son 

in  Austria. 

. 

James  enters  in  March,  and  their  daughter  Lenore 
in  September. 
1921 

to  worst  freeze 

Harris  Hemans  writes  from  Homestead,  Florida: 
' H ad  everything  down  here  this  year  from  hot 
weather  and  blight 
in  history. 
We  were  fortunate  and  not  hurt  too  much.  Will 
dig  around  15,000  bushels  of  spuds  and  should 
have  between  two  and  three  thousand  bushel  of 
tomatoes  by  April.  One  works  at  a  real  pace 
the 
down  here  when  the  going  is  tough.  When 
blight  was  raging  through 
two 
the  fields  I  had 
sprayers  going  on  a  Sunday  and  a  plane  dusting 
over  head  at  the  same  time.  Sprayed  two  hundred 
and  fifty  acres  in  one  week  but  we  held  our  field." 

1922 

William  B.  Blanchard  owns  and  manages  Clover-
land  Farms  dairy  in  Traverse  City,  Michigan.  .  .  . 
Samuel  Dispenza 
is  a  structural  designer  and 
detailer  for  the  Lummus  company  in  New  York 
City  and  lives  in  Bronx  at  2475  Tiebout  avenue. 
. 
.  .  Morris  F.  Swaney  is  president  of  Swaney, 
Drake  &  Bement  (Advertisers)  with  offices  at  135 
S.  LaSalle  street,  Chicagd. 

1925 

Carl  F.  Schultz,  production  engineer  for 

the 
Oldsmobile  division  for 
the  past  18  years,  was 
recently  appointed  resident  engineer  of  the  Ford 
Motor  company's  Lincoln  plant.  Mr.  Schultz  be 
gan  working  at  Oldsmobile  immediately  following 
his  graduation,  as  a  chassis  and  body  engineer. 
Later  he  served  as  national  supervisor  of  technical 
service  and,  during  the  war,  was  in  the  procure 
ment  division.  .  .  .  Lucius  D.  Mills,  president  of 
the  Mills  Dry  Goods  company 
in  Lansing,  has 
been  elected  president  of  the  Merchants'  division  of 
the  local  Chamber  of  Commerce. 
1926 

Having  been  discharged  from  the  Army  in  Novem 
ber  1946  as  a  colonel,  Ralph  H.  Morrish  has  joined 
the  staff  of  the  Air  Installations  division,  Head 
quarters,  Army  Air  Forces,  Washington,  D.  C, 
where  he  is  serving  as  chief  of  the  grounds  sec 
tion.  .  .  .  Russell  VanMeter 
the 
in  Whitney,  Ontario. 
Whitney  Trading  company 
. 
is  general  manager 
of  C.  C.  Lang  &  Son,  Inc.,  in  Fremont,  Michigan. 
The  concern  manufactures  all 
types  of  pickle 
products. 

.  .  William  G.  Winemiller 

is  a  partner  in 

1928 

Word  has  been'  received  of  the  death  of  Kath-
eryne  Burtch  Dickerson  in  Albion,  Michigan,  on 
February  2.  .  .  .  B.  T.  Aim  has  his  medical  offices 
at  309  E.  Mitchell,  Petoskey,  Michigan.  .  .  .  Paul 
Smith  has  been  named  director  of  retail  sales  for 
the  General  Tire  and  Rubber  company  of  Akron. 
Ohio.  .  .  .  Rosabelle  Snohr 
the 
Michigan  Children's  Institute  in  Ann  Arbor.  .  .  . 
Upon 
the  Army, 
LeRoy  C.  Stegeman  resumed  his  work  as  profes 
sor  at  New  York  State  College  of  Forestry  at 
Syracuse. 
1929 

termination  of  his  service 

is  counsellor  at 

in 

lieutenant  colonel  after  nearly 

Mr.  and  Mrs.  Arthur  H.  Michael 

(Marjorie 
Brody)  of  5218  Crane  avenue,  Detroit,  announce 
the  birth  of  Margaret  Teresa  on  November  11, 
1946.  .  .  .  Irving  J,  Clements  has  a  flower  shop 
and  greenhouse  in  Holt,  Michigan:  .  .  .  Discharged 
as  a 
five  years 
service  in  the  Army,  Lewis  C.  Cook  has  returned 
to  his  work  as  sales  engineer 
the  General 
lives 
Electric  company 
at  2745  N.  Bartlett  avenue.  .  .  .  Pierre  Kenyon 
is  general  secretary  of  the  Santa  Anita  District 
Y.M.C.A.,  serving  five  communities,  with  offices 
at  235  S.  Myrtle,  Monrovia,  California. 
.  .  .  Lt. 
Col.  Clyde  T.  Mattison,  of  the  Marine  Corps,  is 
located  in  Raleigh,  Tennessee,  as  legal  officer  on 
the  Naval  Air  Technical  Training  staff. 
1930 

in  Milwaukee,  where  he 

for 

Donald  Houghton,  former  registrar  of  the  De 
troit 
Institute  of  Technology,  has  assumed  his 
duties  of  dean  of  administration  of  Cleary  college 

. 

. 

.  Marguerite  Clark 
in  Ypsilanti,  Michigan. 
two 
McCarthy,  her  husband,  Norman,  and  their 
children  have  recently  moved 
to  Toledo,  where 
they  are  living  at  2334  Middlesex.  .  .  .  Howard  M. 
Odel  is  a  physician  at  the  Mayo  clinic  in  Roches 
ter,  Minnesota. 
.  .  Colonel  Clare  Passink  has 
been  assigned  to  the  San  Francisco  Port  of  Em 
barkation  at  Fort  Mason. 
1932 

. 

to  her  brother,  Paul  Troth, 

Lawrence  Sexton  has  been  named 

assistant 
general  manager  for 
the  Sealed  Power  corpora 
tion  in  St.  Johns,  Michigan.  .  .  .  Dorothy  Troth 
Muir's  second  book,  "The  Presence  of  a  Lady" 
in  December  1946.  Her  first  one, 
was  published 
in  1943  and 
"Potomac  Interlude"  was  published 
was  dedicated 
'30, 
then  a  major  in  the  Army.  Her  second  work  is 
a  story  of  the  first  secretary  of  the  Mount  Vernon 
Ladies'  Association  of  the  Union,  and  is  dedicated 
to  the  present  regent  of  that  organization.  Mrs. 
Muir  lives  in  Washington  Grove,  Maryland.  .  .  . 
A.  G.  Waack  will  soon  complete  15  years  of  serv 
ice  with  the  Household  Finance  corporation.  He 
is  Eastern  advertising  manager  for  the  company 
with  offices  at  1616  Walnut  street,  Philadelphia. 
1933 

street,  Greenville,  Michigan. 

Edith  Bower  and  Stanley  T.  Elder  were  married 
January  2  and  are  making  their  home  at  821  W. 
Washington 
. 
Mr.  and  Mrs.  Ernst  R.  Brehm  (Helen  Campbell) 
of  Cadillac,  Michigan,  announce  the  birth  of  Vicky 
Louise  on  February  12. 
1934 

. 

. 

Keith  and  Julia  (Davies,  '40)  Acker,  of  304  E. 
Washington,  Ionia,  Michigan,  announce  the  birth 
of  Griffith  George  on  October  3,  1934.  .  .  .  Marshall 
B.  Goodwin  is  located 
in  Hollywood,  Florida,  as 
sports  director  for  the  Hollywood  Beach  hotel.  .  .  . 
Edward  and  Helen  (Sutton,  '35)  Kramer  and  their 
two  daughters,  are  living  at  464  Colonial  Court 
south,  Grosse  Pointe  Farms.  Mr.  Kramer 
is 
assistant  manager  of  Robinson's  Home  and  Auto 
Supply,  owned  and  managed  by  Lyle  Robinson, 
'35. 
the 
Union  Bank  of  Michigan  and  lives  at  546  Benja 
min  S.E.,  Grand  Rapids. 
1935 

.  Richard  Simkins 

is  salesman 

for 

. 

. 

in 

is  veterinarian 

Major  Marley  C.  Clark 

the 
Air  Defense  command  at  Mitchel  Field,  New 
York.  .  .  .  William  J.  Kesl  is  assistant  managing 
director  of  the  University  of  Notre  Dame  dining 
halls,  and  lives  at  2525  Frederickson  street,  South 
Bend. 
1936 

in 

located 

Hiram  Nicholson,  who  received  his  M.A.  with 
the  class,  is 
in  Bay  City,  Michigan,  as 
district  supervisor  of  probation  for  the  Michigan 
State  Department  of  Corrections.  This  district, 
in  Northeastern  Michi 
composed  of  21  counties 
gan,  was  the  scene  of  pioneer  work  in  probation. 
At  the  present  time  pre-sentences  are  made  in  all 
felony  cases  and  all  courts 
the  district  are 
served.  A  new  municipal  court  has  been  devel 
oped  at  Midland  to  replace  justice  courts.  Great 
advance  has  been  made 
the 
municipal  courts  at  Bay  City  and  Saginaw.  An 
outstanding  wayward  minor  program  has  been 
is 
built  up  in  Bay  county.  .  .  .  Richard  OBrien 
employed  by  the  Hendry  corporation 
in  Tampa, 
Florida,  where  he  may  be  reached  at  851  S. 
Dakota  avenue.  .  .  .  Donald  and  Evalyn 
(Craun, 
'37)  Rundle,  of  708  N.  Fairview,  Lansing,  an 
nounce  the  birth  of  Julie  Ann  on  February  8. 
After  five  years  service  in  the  Army,  Mr.  Rundle 
has  returned 
the 
Centrifugal  Fusing  company. 
1937 

to  his  job  as  metallurgist  for 

in  probation 

in 

Dr.  T.  M.  Barr  has  returned  to  civilian  status 
after  nearly  five  years  in  the  Army  and  is  veteri 
narian  for  the  city  of  Hazel  Park,  Michigan.  His 
address  is  121  Maplefield  avenue,  Pleasant  Ridge, 
(and  he  mentions  enclosing  an  an 
Michigan, 
family 
nouncement  of  the 
but  no  announcement  was  attached).  .  .  .  Dr. 

latest  addition  to  his 

. 

for 

lines  construction 

Clare  A.  Becker  has  been  appointed  associate  pro 
fessor  of  marketing  in  the  agricultural  economics 
and  rural  sociology  department  of 
the  Pennsyl 
vania  State  college  at  State  College,  Pennsylvania. 
.  .  .  Manley  Dayton  has  charge  of  the  engineering 
the  Detroit 
on  overhead 
in  Detroit  at  16160 
Edison  company  and 
lives 
former 
the 
.  Mrs.  Gordon  Duncan, 
. 
Prest. 
Cora  Dewey,  gives  her  address  as  409%  Saginaw 
street,  Saginaw,  Michigan,  where 
teaches 
French  and  English  at  the  high  school  and  does 
"some  writing  on 
the  side,  even  selling  some 
.  .  Edward  and  Clara  May  Wetherby 
of 
. 
i t !" 
living  at 
two  chlidren,  are 
Miller,  with 
11704  Glastonbury  road,  Detroit,  where  he  is  with 
Giffel  and  Vallet  Inc.  .  .  .  Richard  Struwin  is  an 
instructor  in  physics  at  Lafayette  College,  Easton, 
Pennsylvania. 

their 

she 

1938 

law 

in  a 

Quentin  Ewert 

firm, 
is  a  partner 
Ewert  and  Fagan,  with  offices  in  Grand  Ledge  and 
at  123  S.  Grand  avenue,  Lansing.  .  .  .  Mr.  and 
Mrs.  Curtis  Patton,  of  3007  Lakeview  drive,  R.  7, 
Pontiac,  announce  the  birth  of  a  daughter,  Denise 
is  the 
Jean,  on  November  2,  1946.  Mrs.  Patton 
former  Iris  Bloodworth  of  London,  England.  .  .  . 
On  April  1  Anthony  Rapes  assumes  his  duties  as 
ag  teacher  and  superintendent  of  the  Albert  H. 
Schmidt  Foundation  farm  at  Washington,  Michi 
gan,  owned  and  operated  by  Wayne  university. 

1939 
Under 

(Kelder, 

the  heading  of  "blessed  events"  come 
Jackson  Howell,  born  December  20,  1946,  to  Dr. 
Jackson  W.  and  J a n et 
'41)  Bates,  of 
Ovid,  Michigan;  James  Lewis  born  February  27 
to  Representative  and  Mrs.  G.  Kirk  Haley  (Bernice 
Cooper)  of  Bad  Axe,  Michigan;  Rebecca  Edla 
born  September  20,  1946,  to  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Julien 
W.  Fowler  (Mary  Jane  Hagens)  of  141  Auburn 
avenue  S.E.,  Grand  Rapids;  Cheryl  Jenette  born 
March  8 
to  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Gordon  D.  Payne 
(Eleanor  Mills)  of  1146  Mayburn,  Dearborn; 
Marsha  Sue  born  November  6,  1946,  to  Harold  and 
Celine  Borr  Nitzburg  of  17  W.  Cleveland  drive, 
Buffalo,  New  York  ;  Mary  Alice  born  December  30 
to  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Robert  Hostetler  (Phyllis  Shep-
ard)  ;  and  John  Claude  born  February  10  to  Mr. 
and  Mrs.  Claude  D.  Chamberlain 
(Jean  Stolz) 
of  446  Kensington  road,  East  Lansing  .  .  .  Capt. 
William  G.  Bradenburg  is  a  patient  in  Percy  Jones 
recovering 
Hospital 
from  wounds  received 
in 
April  1945.  .  .  .  George  Cleveland  is  located  at 
the  Deschutes  National 
forest,  Sisters,  Oregon, 
in  the  timber  sales  division  of  the  U.  S.  Forest 
Service. 
the 
Cohn-Daniel  corporation  at  2503  Pacific,  Dallas, 
Texas.  His  son,  Alan  Meyer,  will  celebrate  his 

in  Battle  Creek,  Michigan, 

is  president  of 

.  Henry  Cohn 

in  Germany 

in  action 

. 

. 

. 

first  birthday  on  May  3. 
is 
agency  manager  for  the  Equitable  Life  Assurance 
society 
the  Penobscot 
building.  His  two  assistants  are  Edgar  Jones,  '38, 
and  Robert  S.  Gay,  '42. 

in  Detroit  with  offices 

.  Coy  Eklund 

in 

. 

1940 

Word  has  been  received  of 

the  death  of  Dr. 
Antoon  Busser  on  November  17,  1946,  in  Auburn, 
Indiana. 
.  .  .  James  C.  Bergers  and  Irene  Baty 
were  married  on  January  25,  and  are  making 
their  home  at  1459  Genesee  street.  Grand  Rapids. 
Mr.  Bergers  is  back  at  the  city  desk  of  the  Grand 
Rapids  Press  after  serving  in  the  public  relations 
division  of  General  Eisenhower's  supreme  head 
quarters.  .  .  .  Frank  T.  Boman,  who  received  his 
Ph.D.  with  the  class  is  located  in  Sydney,  New 
South  Wales,  Australia,  and  was 
recently  ap 
pointed  to  the  faculty  of  agriculture  at  the  uni 
.  .  . 
versity  there  as  lecturer  in  fruit  growing. 
Walter  Rummel 
is  editor  of  the  Dow  Diamond, 
bi-monhtly  publication  of  the  Dow  Chemical  com 
pany  in  Midland.  .  .  .  Along  about  1964  some  of 
the  following  may  be  enrolling  at  Michigan  State— 
John  Frederick,  born  January  30  to  C.  F.  and 
Elizabeth  Robertson  Beukema,  of  Rogers  City, 
Michigan  ;  Martha  Elizabeth,  born  September  9 
to  Dr.  Gerald  and  Martha  (Gower,  '39)  Drake,  of 
1005  Cornwell,  Ann  Arbor;  Kristy  Ann,  born  Sep 
tember  7.  1946,  to  Marvin  and  Anna  Marie  (Ren-
necker, 
'42)  Larson,  of  12010  Phillips  avenue, 
N.E.,  Cleveland,  Ohio;  John  David,  born  January 
23  to  David  and  Norma  (Beachum,  '41)  Trafelet, 
of  408  Ann  street,  East  Lansing;  and  Deborah 
Louise,  born  January  12  to  Robert  and  Helen 
(Ewing,  '39)  Vanderveld,  of  396  S.  Roy  avenue, 
Columbus,  Ohio. 

1941 

Jean  Binkley  Mayhew  writes  from  715  Andre, 
Mt.  Pleasant,  Michigan  :  "My  husband  has  opened 
a  music  store  and  studio  of  his  own  here  and 
we're  well  on  our  way  to  becoming  'solid  citizens' 
with  a  new  son  born  last  April  7  whom  we  call 
David."  .  .  .  Claude  A.  Ludwig,  M.D.,  announces 
the  opening  of  offices  at  916  7th  street,  Port 
Huron,  Michigan.  .  .  .  Sik  Vung  Ting  has  returned 
to  China  and  may  be  reached  in  care  of  the  De 
partment  of  Horticulture,  University  of  Nanking 
at  Nanking. 
the  heading  of  "vital 
statistics"  come  Kirkland  Ames,  born  January  26 
to  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Carl  J.  Holcomb  (Patricia  Carr) 
of  Elkins,  West  Virginia  ;  a  daughter  Cheryl  born 
December  10  to  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Robert  E.  Curtis 
(Arvella  Greenamyer)  of  R.  4,  Coldwater,  Michi 
gan  ;  Susanne  Elizabeth  born  August  26,  1946,  to 
(Edith  Holden) 
Mr.  and  Mrs.  William  Whitley 
of  23  Prince  avenue,  Hatboro,  Pennsylvania; 
James  George  born  March  9  to  John  and  Alice 
(Amsden,  '40)  Iuele;  Richard  Allen  born  Novem-

.  .  Under 

. 

Jlaue.  Ifou  Mooed?  MaMied?  Ztc.? 

If  you've 
Well,  then,  give  with  the  news,  and  don't  be  stingy  with  details. 
married  be  sure  and  include  the  date.  New  job,  where  and  what  is  it?  Baby, 
name  and  date  please  Send  all  information  to  the  Alumni  Records  Office,  Box 
551,  East  Lansing,  Michigan. 

Name 

Class  Year 

(former  students  will  designate  years  that  they  would  have  graduated) 

Best  mailing  address 

Remarks 

Informant 

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: 

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.

.

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ber  29,  1946,  to  Fred  and  Lorraine  Copeiand, 
w'44)  Janz  of  14574  Greenview  road,  Detroit-
1942 

Her  classmates  and  other  friends  will  be  grieved 
to  learn  of  the  death  of  Charlotte  V.  Stevens  in 
Bay  City,  Michigan,  on  January  26.  After  a  year 
two 
of  research  work  in  Pontiac,  she  worked  for 
years  as  a  medical  technician  in  the  research  de 
partment  of  the  University  of  Chicago.  Prior  to 
her  death  she  was  research  technician  for  a  phy 
sician  in  Bay  City.  Her  parents,  two  sisters,  and 
.  .  .  Carol  Nancy  was  born 
a  brother  survive. 
. 
February  7  to  Mr.  and  Mrs.  George  Cage.  .  . 
Mr.  and  Mrs.  Robert  Craig  Schupp  (Martha  Kell) 
of  Union,  Missouri,  announce  the  birth  of  twins, 
John  Craig  and  Judith  Ann,  on  November  23, 
1946.  Martha  also  was  a  t w i n!  .  .  .  Jacob  Lnsch 
is  junior  forester  in  the  department  of  parks  and 
lives  at  5098 
recreation 
Belvidere.  He  reports  the  birth  of  a  son,  Michael 
on  November  18.  .  .  .  Linda  Joan  was  born  Janu 
ary  22  to  Dr.  and  Mrs:  Burton  A.  Ross.  .  . 
. 
Thomas  V.  Waber,  former  news  and  special  events 
supervisor  for 
is  now 
educational  program  director  for  the  broadcasting 
service  of  the  University  of  Illinois.  He  may  be 
reached  at  station  WILL  in  Gregory  hall  on  the 
campus  at  Urbana. 

the  College  radio  station, 

in  Detroit  where  he 

1943 

William  W.  Beardsley  and  Jean  Swengel,  '45, 
were  married  March  2  and  are  at  home  in  Pon 
tiac,  Michigan,  at  46%  Henry  Clay  avenue.  .  .  . 
The  Reliance  Life  Insurance  company  of  Pitts 
the  appointment  of  Joseph  C. 
burgh  announces 
Bork  as  representative 
in  Grand  Rapids,  Michi 
gan,  with  offices  at  246  Diamond  avenue  S.E.  .  .  . 
is  head  dietitian  at  St.  Joseph 
Lucille  Franzen 
hospital 
.  Dr.  John  W. 
. 
Gariing  and  Jean  Robinson,  '42,  were  married  on 

in  Flint,  Michigan. 

. 

. 

. 

in  Chicago  where  she 

October  26,  1946,  and  are  now  living  in  Detroit 
at  7737  Gratiot  avenue.  .  .  .  M.  Feme  Hart  is  sec 
retary  for  the  Mitzie  Greenman  tours  and  travel 
agency 
lives  at  8949  S. 
Justine  street. 
.  Millicent  Jones  and  Robert 
G.  Swan  (University  of  Oregon,  '40)  were  married 
on  December  19,  1946,  and  are  making  their  home 
at  9  Melbourne,  Columbia,  Missouri,  where  both 
are  on  the  faculty  at  Stephens  College.  .  .  .  Mr. 
and  Mrs.  Bernard  Schultz 
(Mildred  Schneider), 
of  20255  Moross  Rd.,  Detroit,  announce  the  birth 
of  Walter  Roy  on  February  8.  . ..  J.  Thomas  Reid, 
who  received  his  M.S.  with 
the  class  and  his 
Ph.D.  in  1945,  is  associate  professor  and  director 
of  research  at  Rutgers  university.  He  and  Mrs. 
Reid  (Alice  Smalley,  '44)  make  their  home  at  the 
Dairy  research  station  in  Sussex,  New  Jersey.  .  .  . 
Mr.  and  Mrs.  Richard  Brooks  (Mary-Jean  Wood) 
of  221  Newcomb  S.E.,  Washington,  D.  C,  an 
nounce  the  birth  of  Jeanne  Ramsdell  on  Decem 
ber  9,  1946. 

1944 

. 

is  at 

A  daughter,  Julie  Anne,  was  born  December  19 
to  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Max  C.  Collins  (Jeanette  Clay)  of 
Saline,  Michigan.  .  .  .  Lt.  Col.  F.  W.  Hasselback 
the  AGF 
has  returned  from  overseas  and 
Headquarters  at  Fort  Monroe,  Virginia. 
. 
. 
Mary  Shearer  Milton  and  her  husband,  Kirby  M. 
(Harvard,  '44)  will  celebrate  their  second  wedding 
anniversary  on  April  29.  They  are  living  at  1557 
Tully  court,  Willow  Run,  Michigan,  while  Mr. 
Milton  is  a  teaching  fellow  at  the  University  of 
Michigan. 
interior 
decorator  for  the  Ernst  Kern  company  in  Detroit 
and  lives  at  82  Kerby  road,  Grosse  Pointe.  She 
reports  hearing  occasionally  from  Rath  Semenow, 
who  has  her  dental  offices  in  the  Jenkins  Arcade 
is  em 
in  Pittsburgh,  Rosemary  Meulman  who 
ployed  in  Washington,  D.  C,  and  lives  at  941  N. 
Pollard  street,  Arlington,  Virginia,  Virginia  Ward, 

.  .  .  Christine  Tucker 

is  an 

'45,  who  is  a  social  worker  for  the  Detroit  Chap 
ter  of  the  American  Red  Cross,  and  from  Shirley 
Logan  who  is  located  in  Detroit  as  a  social  worker 
for  the  State  Bureau  of  Social  Aid. 

1945 

Mac  and  Marjorie  Rice  Cropsey,  of  CrystaL 
Lake,  Illinois,  announce  the  birth  of  a  daughter, 
Cimeron  Cay,  on  December  15.  .  .  Also  living  at 
Crystal  Lake  are  Mr.  and  Mrs.  George  Petritz, 
she  was 
the  former  Althea  Kraker,  who  were 
married  on  October  5,  1946.  . ..  A  son,  John 
Keith  III,  was  born  J u ne  13,  1946,  to  Mr.  and 
(Dorothy  Hayes)  or 
Mrs.  John  K.  Pardee  J r. 
10690  Riviera  Place  N.E.,  Seattle,  Washington. 
.  .  .  Dr.  and  Mrs.  Cyril  G.  Spike,  of  R.  2,  Owosso, 
announce  the  birth  of  their  sixth  child,  Thomas 
Edward,  on  March  4.  .  .  .  Barbara  Stoeffler 
is 
assistant  dietitian  at  St.  Luke  hospital  in  Alta-
dena,  California.  .  .  .  Martha  Vargha  is  a  lunch 
room  manager  for  the  board  of  education  in  De 
troit,  and  lives  in  Plymouth  at  11420  Gold  Arbor 
road.  .  .  .  Mr.  and  Mrs.  James  S.  Foster,  of  534 
Victory  avenue.  South  San  Francisco,  California, 
announce  the  birth  of  Glee  Nan  on  January  19. 
1946 

Marion  Heckel  and  Robert  J.  Eade  (U.  of  M.. 
'44)  were  married  on  October  26,  1946,  and  are 
living  in  Detroit  at  3450  Chicago.  .  .  .  George  and 
Martha  (Warner,  '45)  Hinz,  of  South  Haven,  Michi 
gan,  announce  the  birth  of  Janice  Eileen  on  De 
cember  6.  .  .  .  Margaret  Ann  Sims  (Mrs.  L.  James 
Schloss  since  last  November)  gives  her  new  ad 
dress  as  206  E.  Main  street,  Ionia. 
.  Lois 
Vollmer  Green  and  her  husband.  Lewis,  w'49,  are 
living  at  235  W.  10th  avenue,  Columbus,  Ohio. 
She  holds  an  assistantship  in  the  School  of  Home 
is  working  for  her  master's  de 
Economics  and 
cree.  Mr.  Green 
is  an  undergraduate  student  at 
the  university. 

. 

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