S P A R T AN A L U M NI M A G A Z I NE S E P T E M B ER 1 5, 1 9 50 FIRST YEAR IN THE BIG TEN M I C H I G AN STATE C O L L E GE World-Famed Scientist Named Physics Head Dr. Egon A. Hiedemann, international authority in acoustics and ultrasonic re search, has been named head of the Department of Physics and Astronomy at Michigan State College. Dr. Hiede mann replaced Dr. Thomas H. Osgood, new dean of the graduate school. Has Done U. S. Military Research German-born and educated, Dr. Hiede mann has been engaged in military research for the United States govern ment since 1947. He served as consultant at the U. S. Army engineering research laboratory, Ft. Belvoir, Va., during 1947, and from September, 1947 to June, 1950, was employed as a full-time consultant in ultrasonic research at the U. S. naval ordnance laboratory at White Oak, Md. Dr. Hiedemann has taken his first papers for United States citizenship. After receiving his Ph.D. degree from Goettingen U n iv e r s i ty in 1921, Dr. Hiede t a u g ht m a nn physics the at u n i v e r s i t i es of C o l o g ne a nd Strassburg until 1941, when he went to the Tech- nische Hochschule Karlsruhe, where he became dean of the science faculty in 1946. He also served as chairman of basic research in ultrasonics for the Ger man Council of Research, 1943-1945. Hiedemann * Osgood Praises Successor Dr. Osgood, head of physics and as tronomy at MSC since 1941, said: "Physicist Dr. Hiedemann is an inter nationally recognized authority in the field of acoustics, a subject of great im portance in fundamental science, already capable of numerous applications to many branches of industry and tech nology. Both in Europe and the U.S., he has held numerous positions requiring an unusual combination of scientific and administrative talents. Dr. Hiedemann will assume his new duties of teaching, administration and research in labora tories unsurpassed for this purpose on any campus in the U.S." 4 f oe jberiwuft MBQ Firemen, Students Stage Futile Hour-Long Battle Fire, caused by lightning during an electrical storm, completely gutted the Quonset Village Cafeteria of Michigan State College on July 30. Damage Estimated at $140,000 Two companies of firemen from East Lansing, a unit from Lansing and about 30 student volunteers battled the flames for more than a hour. Hundreds of stu the near-by dents and faculty married housing area turned out to watch firemen fight the fire. from the damage at more Philip J. May, college comptroller, estimated than $140,000, with kitchen and dining room equipment being valued at over $40,000. May said the building was 80 percent covered by insurance. First Major Fire Since 1919 It was the first major fire on the Michigan State campus since the 1916-19 era, when the Engineering Building and Williams Hall burned down. The Engi neering Building, built in 1907, cost $100,000 and Williams Hall was built for $31,500 in 1870. The big "quonsette," set up in 1946 to feed the huge influx of G.I. students, had accommodations for 2,000 students. It was closed last spring when the col lege announced that it would no longer be necessary to use Quonset Village for temporary male housing. The cafeteria has been used extensively, however, for summer conferences and conventions. The fire was reminiscent of the 1916 THE R E C O RD FLAMING CAFETERIA: These two pictures illustrate the drama of the July 30 fire which destroyed the $140,000 Quonset Village Cafeteria. The top photo, taken by Dr. Floyd V. Monaghan, shows the blaze approxi mately 30 minutes after it started. At bottom, as photographed by John journalism sophomore, stu Randall, dent volunteers help an East Lansing fireman move another hose into action. and 1919 fires as students pitched in whole-heartedly to help firemen battle the blaze. Fire and police department leaders, as well as college officials, were strong in their praise of students. struck The fire started at 7:15 p.m., when lightning the building. The flames were subdued around 8:30 p.m., although East Lansing firemen did not leave the smouldering cafeteria until after midnight. Vol 55—No. 6 A L V IE L. S M I T H, Editor JOHN C. LEONARD, '48, Associate Editor STABR H. KEESLER, '41, Director of Alumni Relations; GLADYS FRANKS, '27, Recorder; FRED W. STABLEY, Sports Editor- EDWARD M. ERICKSOX, '48, Assistant Sports Editor; MADISON* KUHK and JOSEPH G. DUNCAN, Historians; JOHN W. FITZGERALD '47 Aaricultural Editor; MRS. BARBARA CAIIOON, Artist; W. LOWELL TREASTEK, Director of Information Services. Campus photos this" issue by EVERETT HUBY, RAY HUBY and RUDY HARTMAN. Member of the American Alumni Council. THE RECORD is published seven times a year by THE DEPARTMENT OF INFORMATION SERVICES, Michigan State College. Entered as second class matter at East Lansing, Michigan, under the Act of Congress, August £4. 1912. September 15, 1950 Oct. 14 Homecoming Is Expected To Attract Over 1 0 , 0 00 Alumni By JOHN C. LEONARD, '49 The Saturday of October 14 will see a fuller Michigan State College campus, as old grads from all parts of the nation return to East Lansing to take part in the college's traditional Homecoming festivities. More than 10,000 alums are expected to be on hand for the celebration which will be climaxed this year by the Spar tan-William and Mary football game. A capacity or near capacity crowd is ex pected for the Spartans beat their arch-rivals, Penn State 24-0. the game. Last year Alumni Will Register Friday As a pre-Homecoming Alumni registration will begin Friday, Oct. 13 at 2 p.m. in the MSC Union, and continue the week-end. through On Friday evening, alums and students will gather in front of the Union for the traditional Homecoming pep rally. special, the Central Michigan Alumni Association will again hold its annual stag smoker at the Hotel Olds from 9 to 12 p.m., Oct. 13. The smoker will be open to all re turning men graduates, according to Hugh E. Zweering, '46, president of the association. The Association will also sponsor a "Cabaret Party" Saturday evening after the game at 8:30 in the Lansing Armory. Tickets will cost $2.50, and will be sold at the door. No advanced sale will be to Charles Baryames, made, according '42, party chairman. Prizes will be awarded to the oldest alumnus attend ing the affair, and to the alum who trav eled the farthest distance to Homecom ing. Plan a Full Day's Activity Pre-game activity on Saturday will include alumni visits to sorority and fraternity houses for a look at color ful Homecoming decorations; Saturday breakfasts and lunches to be sponsored by various departments and schools for returning alumni; and traditional entry of the Homecoming Queen and her court just previous to kick-off time at Macklin Stadium. the Following the game, alumni will re- Home Ec Invitation invited "alumnae friends Spartan alumnae have a special invita tion for a get-together after the Home coming game Oct. 14. Dr. Irma H. Gross has to drop into the Ethel Webb Home Management House, (Unit I of the Home Manage ment Building) to see the new residences and visit with old friends." turn to fraternity and sorority houses, dormitories, cooperatives and the Union to get in on a full evening of potlucks, dinners, banquets and dancing. Two Dances Scheduled Two all-college dances are scheduled for Homecoming evening—the annual Homecoming Ball, to be held in the col lege auditorium, and a record dance, sponsored by Union Board in the MSC Union Ballroom. Highpoint of the Homecoming Ball, which begins at 9 p.m., will be the coro nation of the Homecoming Queen. Tickets for this dance may be ordered through the Alumni Office, according to Starr Keesler, director of alumni rela tions. Tickets may also be purchased at the Union Desk and door the evening of the dance. Price will be $2.50. Tickets for the football game are still available at $2.50, and may be ordered from the MSC Athletic Ticket Office in Jenison Fieldhouse. for Chapel Name Field Is Narrowed to Three Only three names appeared in the run to an early count of for Michigan State alumni memorial ning, according name suggestions College's chapel. proposed In a tabulation of the first 100 votes, Alumni Memorial Chapel had 27 votes, Memorial Chapel 30, and World Peace Chapel, 11. A dozen other suggestions received scattered votes. Voting was scheduled to end Sept. 1, and the final decision en the name will be made at an Alumr.i Advisory Council meeting Oct. 14. Construction of the $170,000 chapel, honoring 500 Spartan alumni killed in all wars in which ths U. S. has engaged, will begin in October. It is expected to be completed in early spring. Financed of Michigan State by the world, the chapel alumni all over will be located on the North bank of the Red Cedar River, directly across from Shaw Hall. contributions Lyman and Gilfner Med Of Veterinary Former Deans icine, Succumb Death came this summer to Michigan State College's first two deans of veteri nary medicine. Dr. Ward Giltner, 68, dean-emeritus of the School of Veterinary Medicine, died July 14 following a heart attack, and Dr. Richard P. Lyman, 79, founder of the vet school in 1909, died Aug. 25, after an extended illness. Both Leaders in Field recognized as Both men were top pioneer leaders in the field of veterinary medicine. Responsible for building of one of the foremost veterinary schools in the U. S., they directed the college's program for a total of 39 years, dating from the founding of the school by Dr. Lyman in 1909 until Dr. Giltner's retire ment in 1948. Dr. Lyman graduated from Massa chusetts Agricultural College, received his D.V.M. degree from Harvard Uni versity and practiced in Hartford, Conn. He performed outstanding work for the U. S. Department of Animal Husbandry, organizing state and national programs for eradication of tuberculosis in cattle and cholera in hogs. Secretary of the American Veterinary Medical Association for eight years, Dr. Lyman organized the veterinary medi cine curriculum at MSC in 1909. He left the college in 1923 to become manager of E. A. Pierce and Co., Lansing, a posi- Lyman Giltner tion he held until his 1937. Dr. Lyman was active affairs of Lansing until his death. retirement in in civic Giltner Succeeded Lyman Dean Giltner succeeded Dr. Lyman in 1923 and served as dean until 1948, when he retired after 40 years of service at Michigan State, being succeeded by the present dean, Dr. Claude S. Bryan. Dr. Giltner received his D.V.M. degree from Cornell University, his M.S. from Alabama Polytechnic Institute at Au burn, and his doctor of public health degree from the University of Michigan. He was also active in civic affairs, serv ing for 20 years as a director of the East Lansing State Bank and the East Lan sing Building and Loan Association, and six years on the East Lansing Board of Education. S E P T E M B ER 1 5, 1 9 50 . . . . 3 THE A F F A I RS OF S T A TE THE PAST YEAR A grand total of 20,499 persons was enrolled in campus classes and extension courses offered by Michigan State Col lege during the 1949-50 year, according to the annual report of Robert S. Linton, registrar. Included in this total are 17,627 regu lar students, 783 additional persons who took short courses, and 548 enrolled in the college's extension courses through out the state. This exceeds, by nearly 500, total of 20,005, Linton said. last year's cumulative High point in enrollment was reached total of in the fall quarter, when a registered. This was 16,243 students enough to give Michigan State rating as 11th largest among the nation's colleges and universities in full-time enrollment. Represented in regular campus enroll ment were 15,304 students (87 percent) from every Michigan county but Kewee naw; 3,378 from 47 other states and five possessions; and 349 students from 49 foreign countries. Total degrees awarded by Michigan State came to 4,074, more than 900 over the 1948-49 total of 3,158. A New Year Michigan State College will open for its 96th year Sept. 18, when approxi mately 15,000 are expected to register for fall classes. New and returning students will find better housing facilities, new courses, a full social calendar and other extra curricular activities to get them into the swing of things on the Spartan campus. Registration will be held Sept. 18-22, and classes will begin Sept. 25, accord ing to Robert S. Linton, registrar. Most notable change in the campus population will be the anticipated sharp decline in veteran enrollment from the 44 percent average recorded in the 1949- 50 year. Men will still out-number co-eds by a three-to-one ratio, Linton said. New students and transfers from other col leges are expected to make up about 26 percent of the fall term enrollment. For the first time since the war, there will be no critical shortage of housing, either for single or married students. With the completion of Shaw Hall, larg est and most modern college dormitory in the U. S., approximately 8,000 stu dents will be housed on campus. Shaw Hall houses nearly 1,550 men students. MSC will inaugurate a new four-year course for the training of professional nurses, in addition to a few television courses, in the fall term. 4 . . . . T HE R E C O RD SHAW HALL FOR MEN: Michigan State's imposing men's dormitory, reputedly the largest college dormitory in the nation, will be put into full use for the first time this fall. Located on the south bank of the Red Cedar River across from the Auditorium, the building houses approximately 1,550 male students. The structure, built on a self-liquidating basis at no expense to the public, was completed in early summer. The nursing curriculum will be a round-the-calendar combination of class room work and clinical experience at central Michigan hospitals. Following extensive purchases of the latest tele vision equipment this summer, several courses relating to electrical engineer ing, radio and dramatics will be offered in the field. Three newly-created divisions, repre senting expansion and revision of exist ing curricula, will be in operation for the first time Sept. 25. The new units are the Division of Conservation, Divi the Division of sion of Business, and Hotel, Restaurant, and General Institu tion Management. College officials be lieve that the new divisions rank Michi gan State with the best in the nation in respect to course offerings in these fields. On the Cultural Side Some of the nation's foremost concert artists, opera stars, symphony orchestras and lecturers have been programmed for Michigan State College's forthcoming fall, winter and spring Lecture-Concert Series. A total of 46 programs has been scheduled thus far, according to Dean Stanley E. Crowe, series director, and a few more probably will be added before the entertainment calendar opens Sept. 30. Top attractions on the regular series will include: the Chicago Symphony, Oct. 6; Ballet Russe de Monte Carlo, Oct. 10 and 11; the Minneapolis Symphony Or chestra, Feb. 2; the Robert Shaw Chorale, Feb. 27; and the New York City Opera Company. the Special numbers for the season (those series programs not covered by ticket) will include: Burl Ives, ballad singer, Nov. 7; Hildegarde, Nov. 20; and pianist Oscar Levant. Dates for both the Levant concert and performances of the New York City Opera Company have not yet been decided, Dean Crowe said. Four of the Metropolitan Opera Com pany's best known stars will present re citals during the year. They are James Melton, tenor, Oct. 19; Ferruccio Tag- liavini, tenor, Oct. 31; and two sopranos, Ljuba Welitch, Feb. 26; and Kirsten Flagstad, April 3. Vladimir Horowitz, Robert Casadesus the and Artur Rubenstein, world's top piano recitalists, will present concerts Jan. 24, March 2 and March 7, respectively. three of Series lecturers will include: Edward R. Murrow, news analyst, Oct. 17; Hod- ding Carter, editor, Nov. 1; Senators Paul Douglas and Wayne Morse, Nov. 9 and 28; Edward Everett Horton, Dec. 6; Quentin Reynolds, Jan. 16; Elsa Max well, Feb. 15; and novelist Nora Wain, April 17. To date 23 prominent travel lecturers have been scheduled for MSC's World Adventure series, and before the regular college year has ended, MSC students will have seen approximately 30 of the best foreign the United released States as another part of the total cam pus entertainment program. films in THE A F F A I RS OF S T A TE Faculty Affairs L. Dale Faunce resigned in September as counselor for men to become dean of students at the State University of Iowa, Iowa City. Faunce, a native of Harbor Springs, joined the Michigan State staff in 1946 field consult as ant in adult edu- cation. He became counselor for men when Tom King was named alum- in ni d i r e c t or - •.. s-% gS tttarv* V J$$ « I J RI v e s i Faunce the of degree from U n i v e r s i ty football coach Michigan, Faunce was at Sturgis and East Lansing high schools from 1935 to 1946. In addition to his many campus duties, he was a prominent civic in East Lansing, having served as a member of the East Lansing City Council for the past two years. leader Faunce is scheduled to take over his new post Sept. 15. College officials have named no successor. Two MSC professors received awards of recognition in their respective fields during August, and another's book was published. Dr. Alfred Novak, assistant professor of biology, was awarded a special re search fellowship of $4,500 for cancer study at the Kerckhoff Laboratories of Biology at Institute of the California Technology, Pasadena. by The awarded fellowship, the National Cancer Institute of the U. S. Public Health Service, provides for a year's research, starting Sept. 1, under Dr. G. W. Beadle, international authority on heredity and growth factors of the human body. Dr. Novak, who received his Ph.D. degree at MSC this spring, already has a major scientific discovery to his credit, being the first to develop a technique for preventing mump sterility in the human male. J. Kenneth Richards, production man ager of WKAR, received and award for excellence in performance and scholar ship while attending the National Broad casting System's summer institute for radio personnel in Chicago. He was the named the outstanding member of Music for Television and Radio section at the institute, and was presented a plaque by NBC music director Donald Marcotte. James M. Apple, associate professor of industrial engineering, has published a book entitled, "Plant Layout and Ma terials Handling." It is designed for use as a textbook for both colleges of en gineering and schools of business ad ministration. Research Projects Gifts and grants totaling $50,758 were accepted for Michigan State College by the State Board of Agriculture at its July meeting on the campus. Largest single grant was $28,328 from the U. S. Department of State, to be used for continuing the German police officer training program at the college. The four-month project, under super vision of the Department of Police Ad ministration, the is designed dozen German officials in American law enforcement and judiciary systems. train to The National Cancer Institute gave $9,400, to be used by Dr. Walter N. Mack of the Department of Bacteriology and Public Health, for serological studies of fowl tumors. A grant of $5,000 was received from the Caulkins Foundation of Detroit, for a continuation of scholarship aid to worthy students in the School of Agri culture, particularly in short courses. '89, one of An 80-volume collection of historical documents was accepted from Perry G. Holden, the nation's best- known corn authorities. The works, con sidered of great value to agricultural history, have been placed in the MSC Library and will be known as the "Perry Greely Holden Collection." A grant of $1,000 was received from the Michigan Department of Public In struction, to be used under the direction of Dr. C. P. Loomis in the Social Re search Service for studies of the Grand Traverse area community school service program. . . this On The Cover . Are the Michigan State Spartans in action. MSC opens Western Conference competition fall, and during the year will be giving member teams a tough fight for all titles except football. The Spartans will have their first crack at the Big Ten gridiron crown in 1953. First official Western Conference action will come Nov. 17 when MSC will take part in the Big Ten cross country meet in Chicago. The MSC Press Rapid expansion of the Michigan State this College Press will be highpointed fall with the publication of eight new books, most of which were written by Michigan State faculty members. Publications by MSC professors will include "Homogenized Milk: A Review and Guide," by Dr. G. Malcolm Trout, Department of Dairy; "The Character ization of Pilate in the Towneley Plays," by Dr. Arnold Williams, Department of in English; "The Teaching of Science Elementary and Secondary Schools," by Dr. Victor H. Noll, Division of Educa tion; "Studies in Applied and Theoretical Social Science," by Dr. Charles P. Loo mis, head of the Department of Sociology and Anthropology; "Planning the Coun tryside," by Charles W. Barr of the De partment of Landscape Architecture; and "An Introduction to Literature and the Fine Arts," a collaborative study of literature, music, architecture, sculpture and painting of the Western tradition by members of the Department of Liter ature and Fine Arts. Other books will be "The Struggle for Sovereignty in England," by Dr. George L. Mosse, associate professor of history at the University of Iowa; and "Jacobus Vaet and his Motets," by Milton Stin- hardt, associate professor of musicology at Ohio State University. This fall book list brings to 80 the total number of publications by the Press since it was created in July, 1947. These publications range all the way from text books and syllabi, to laboratory manuals to course outlines; from titles of "Aquatic Insects" and "China's Cultural Development," to "Clod and Tap Danc ing Manual" and "Comparative Social History." the The Press was created to relieve the College Book Store of the responsibility for publishing books, syllabi, course out lines and other material for sale or to students. A non-profit distribution is administered by an organization, 11-man committee headed by Chairman and Director James H. Denison. it in First located the Administration Building, it was moved this summer to in larger offices April William Rutter was named first managing editor of the Press. in Berkey Hall, and Dean Ralph C. Huston, of the School of Graduate Studies, presented his mono graph, "A Correlation of Some Physical Properties of Alkanes and Alkenes" to the Press. This gift was the first non text to carry the name of the Press. S E P T E M B ER 1 5, 1 9 50 . . .. 5 New Home Demonstration Leader Named by NSC MSC Horticulture Will Honor Harry J. Eustace, 01 Lecture Series Michigan's home demonstration pro its membership of more gram, with than 40,000 homemakers, has a new home demonstration leader. At MSC Since 1934 Mrs. Leona MacLeod, '23, was appoint ed to the MSC Cooperative Extension Service post by the State Board of Agriculture at its July meeting. Mrs. MacLeod transferred from the Department of Textiles, Cloth ing and Related the fill to Arts created vacancy by the previous r e s i g n a t i on of Rachel Markwell. Since her first appointment at MSC in 1934, Mrs. MacLeod has worked with the home demonstration program for 11 years. She was Oakland County Home demonstration agent for four years and extension clothing specialist for seven years. MacLeod Previous to her MSC career, she had taught in the Monroe high school for two years, and had been assistant per sonnel manager at the J. L. Hudson Company of Detroit. Mrs. MacLeod holds a B. S. degree from MSC, and a master's degree from Simmons College, Boston. She is also member of numerous professional and honorary organizations. Continuing Education Service Reaches 106,000 in 1949-50 More than 106,000 Michigan citizens received assistance through the resources of the Continuing Education Service at Michigan State College during the 1949- 50 year. offered The Department of Special Courses special and Conferences courses, held 191 conferences, meetings and institutes, in addition to other ac tivities, reaching a total of 49,977 per sons. 44 More than 88,000 persons, received including services the Department of Adult Educa in Michigan, 62,000 from tion. Another 5,670 persons, particularly those in the fields of industrial manage ment, vocational training, insurance, re tailing and public school wTork, received assistance the Department of Business and Industry. through 6 . . . . T HE R E C O RD "Susie" Bares Stomach For Scientific Research Susie is a goat who has bared her soul—rather, her stomach—to the world in the interest of science. For Susie has a window in stomach No. 1 (she has plenty, three others) and Mrs. Clara Dodge Refson, graduate stu dent in chemistry at Michigan State Col lege, is on the outside looking in. Seek Vitamin Source is Mrs. Refson is synthesized studying whether vitamin B-12 the stomach of goats. The vitamin, used with some success in treating pernicious anemia in humans, is being studied for further possible uses. in Samples of digested food are taken out the window and tested for the presence of vitamin B-12 by Mrs. Refson. The tests will determine if goats may become a valuable source of supply of the recently-discovered vitamin to be used in various types of research, Mrs. Refson said. "Susie doesn't suffer any pain from the window," said one veterinarian. "She just doesn't have the privacy other goats have." FRESHMAN MEMBER: Newest member of the State Board of Agricul ture is Connor D. Smith, '30, who was appointed to fill the unexpired term of Ellsworth B. More, '16, who died April 28. A prominent civic leader and prac ticing veterinarian from Standish, Mich., Dr. Smith will serve under his current appointment until Jan. 1, 1954. Stimulation of active student interest in the marketing and handling of fruits and vegetables is the purpose of a new lecture series sponsored by the MSC Department of Horticulture. The series will be called the "Harry J. Eustace Lecture Series," and will be held in the fall of each year. National Experts to Speak Successful operators in the field will the series, lecturers on be the guest according to Dr. H. B. Tukey, head of the horticulture de partment. is T he s e r i es named for Dr. Eus '01, who was tace, once head of the MSC h o r t i c u l t u re a nd d e p a r t m e n t, later vice-president of Farm Market Re lations, San Francisco, before his recent retirement. Inc., Eustace Begun on a temporary basis two years ago, the series has become so successful that "admirers and well-wishers" of Dr. Eustace have contributed over $400 to establish it on a permanent basis. "By training more men in this field and allowing the public to attend the series, it is believed that Michigan fruit in growers will be aided substantially their marketing problems," according to Dr. Tukey. A committee of three horticultural alumni worked out the series plan: Nor ton W. Mogge, '14, president of Mogge- Privett, Inc., who acted as chairman; Paul Armstrong, '15, of the California Fruit Exchange; and Irving Woodin, '13, general manager of the California Fruit Exchange. MSC Students Approve Television of Sports Although telecasting of football games was recently banned by the Western Conference, more than 70 percent of the students at Michigan State believe that college sports should be televised. In a listening survey conducted this summer by the MSC Department of Speech, Dramatics and Radio Education, inter 73 percent of viewed favored carrying sports on video. Seventy-seven percent of the students, however, said they would not stay away from a game to watch it on television. the 977 students R. E. Olds, Auto Pioneer, Friend Of M i c h i g an State, D i es A u g. 26 Ransom E. Olds, 86, last of the auto mobile pioneers and longtime friend and benefactor of Michigan State College, died in Lansing, Aug. 26, following a short illness. '42 Kenneth M. Dunn, Dies in Auto Accident Kenneth M. Dunn, '42, assistant pro fessor of dairy nutrition at Michigan injuries State College, died July 30 of sustained in an automobile accident near Millett. Mr. Olds, father of mass production and the first builder of motor cars, died four weeks after being stricken at his summer home in Charlevoix. Close Association with MSC The auto pioneer had been closely as sociated with Michigan State College during most of his distinguished career. When MSC celebrated its 50th birth day in 1907, Mr. Olds was given the honor of transporting President "Teddy" Roosevelt in an Oldsmobile "Runabout" to the campus for his keynote speech. The morning after Michigan State's old Engineering Building had burned down in 1916, Mr. Olds gave $100,000 with which to replace the structure. Mr. Olds was given an honorary de gree of doctor of engineering by Michi gan State College in 1939, and has been an honorary member of the Patriarchs Club for many years. Hannah Pays Tribute Pres. John A. Hannah expressed the sentiments of the campus when he said: "In the death of R. E. Olds, Michigan State College loses a benefactor and a good friend. Olds Hall of Engineering stands as permanent testimonial to his generosity, but Mr. Olds will long be re membered for the personal participation in events here on the campus as well. "Only a few months ago, he partici pated in ceremonies at which one of his gifts, an early model curved-dash Olds- mobile, was placed in the MSC Museum. "To have known and associated with him has been a rare privilege for me personally, and I am sure that he will be greatly missed here on the campus for which he had so much affection.-' Degrees Awarded 900 At End of Summer Term A record total of 900 degrees was awarded Michigan State College summer school graduates at the end of classes Sept. 2, according to Registrar Robert S. Linton. This was a 58 percent increase over the previous high of 574 who completed work for degrees last summer. Included in the total were 216 advanced students and 684 who received bache lor's degrees, Linton said. Michigan graduates constituted 79 percent with a 712 total. returning Dr. Dunn was the annual Farm House picnic. He was pres ident of the Michigan Farm House Fra ternity Alumni Association. from Following graduation, he served as a fighter pilot from 1942-46 with the U. S. Air Forces, and saw combat duty in the Pacific the war he re turned to MSC, where he received his master's degree in 1947, and had just completed course work for his doctorate. theater. After Dunn, although still a young man, was in the considered a national authority field of nutritive value of corn silage. He was a member of the American Society of Animal Production and the American Dairy Science Association. He was born and reared on a farm nesr Hastings. Surviving are his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Harry Dunn; his wife, Thelma Loudenbeck Dunn, '43; children, Ann Marie, 3, and Marvin Otis, 1; two sisters and a brother. LAST BIRTHDAY PARTY: The 86th birthday of the late R. E. Olds coincided with MSC's 1950 Alumni Day June 3, and the auto pioneer had a special birthday party at the Patri archs Banquet. Here, Mr. Olds cuts his cake for fellow members of the club while MSC Pres. John A. Hannah looks on. Return ta Gamjzui Ian Alumni 3>cy, Returning to Michigan State College for Alumni Day were three members of a 100-percent Spartan family. They are from tree and represent three generations of Michigan State graduates. the MacKinnon family later played First of the Spartans was A.. C. Mac Kinnon, who hasn't missed an Alumni Day or reunion of his Class of '95 for many years. An engineering student at MSC, he was a Spartan baseballer par excellance and semi-pro ball. After graduation, he served as vice-president and president of the MSC Alumni Association. A member of the Michigan Legislature from 1923 to 1948, MacKinnon served on the MSC commit tee of the House of Representatives, and the bill which changed MAC to MSC bears his name. college MacKinnon has four children, all who in their father's footsteps for followed their eldest educations. His daughter, Jessie, wife of Hugo Swan- son, '23, was a member of the Class of '25. An Alpha Phi, she was vice-presi- THREE-GENERATION SPARTANS: Swanson, Arthur Jessie MacKinnon Swanson, and A. C. MacKinnon. dent of the sophomore class, a member of the Student Council and the Sphinx. in Representing the third generation this MSC family is Arthur N. Swanson, who forestry degree at Michigan State in June, 1950. received his S E P T E M B ER 1 5, 1 9 50 . . . . 7 MSC Opens 1 9 50 Football Season With Sept. 23 Oregon State Tilt By FRED STABLEY Probably the busiest football camp in all the land is the one on the Michigan State campus, presided over by Clarence "Biggie" Munn and his assistants. There is a double-barreled reason for this unusually fast tempo: The greenest squad in years, and a week's less time than usual for pre-season drills. Fourteen Lettermen Return With 24 veteran players—including Lynn Chandnois, Ed Bagdon, Don Mason, Gene Glick, Frank Waters, Pete Fusi and Red Gilman—gone through gradua tion, the emphasis necessarily has been on developing new talent. Only 14 lettermen were among the 66 invited back for fall practice. Nearly half the group, 30, were untried sopho mores. But four first stringers from the fine 1949 team answered the call. The latter were tackle Don Coleman, from Flint; end Hank Minarik, also from Flint; Sonny Grandelius, from Muskegon Heights, and Bob Carey, Charlevoix. this quartet, 11 other The tremendous job of building a team from lettermen and a raft of untried sophomores has been further complicated by the necessity of executing the task in two and one half weeks rather than the usual three and one half weeks. This is due to the early Sept. 23 opening date against Oregon State, whereas all the rest of the West teams don't open until ern Conference Sept. 30. Oregon State, meantime, started its practice Sept. 4 and will meet MSC with a week's practice bulge. Coach Munn has not been caught en tirely unprepared and the intensive fall work now underway was made possible in part through advance personnel deci sions made during spring training. Among these decisions were those to left halfback transfer Grandelius from to fullback; to move Bill Carey from end to quarterback; and to remake quar terback Al Dorow into a left halfback. Two Sophs Make First Team Barring injuries or reversals of form in practice, here is the offensive lineup likely to take the field against Oregon State: Ends, Minarik and Bob Carey; and Bill Horrell; tackles, Coleman guards, John Yocca and John Tobin; center, Dick Tamburo; right halfback, Vince Pisano, and Grandelius, Carey and Dorow. The schedule is a tough one. It in cludes home games against Oregon State, Sept. 23; Maryland, Oct. 7; Wil liam and Mary, Oct. 14; Marquette, Oct. 21; Indiana, Nov. 4; Minnesota, Nov. 11; 8 T HE R E C O RD DIRECTS SPARTANS: Bill Carey, smaller and so far less prominent of the Carey twins from Charlevoix, Mich., is expected to come into his own this fall. Carey, who played end like brother Bob last year, was shifted to quarterback in spring training and is expected to be come the first string operative this fall. and games away from home with Michi gan, Sept. 30; Notre Dame, Oct. 28; and Pittsburgh, Nov. 18. Season's prospects? Everything de pends on how the talented sophomores rise to the occasion. It is known what the veterans can do, but there aren't enough of them. Newcomers like Tam buro, Pisano, guards Frank Kush and Dick Kuh, tackles William Hughes and Edward Manne, and backs Raymond Vogt, James Ellis, Willie Thrower, Don McAuliffe and Dick Panin will have to produce to give the Spartans a chance for a good season. Homecoming Oct. 14 Heading the list of events for the old grads who return to the campus for the annual Homecom ing Day Oct. 14 will be the Michi gan State - William and Mary foot ball game. Graced with 18 lettermen and led by their ace pass-catching end, Vito Ragazzo, the aerial-minded Indians show every indication of staging an excellent show. In the first meeting of the two schools the Spartans scored heavily in the first and final quarters to win 42-13. last year, Cross Country Opens Big Ten Competition Michigan State will inaugurate West ern Conference athletic competition this fall in cross country, and in their very first effort the Spartans are given a fair chance of taking a championship. Druetzler Heads Team The Spartans will be led by Capt. Warren Druetzler, one of the country's great distance stars, and will have a strong second man in Don Makielski, another veteran performer. Both were members of the r e l ay t w o - m i le team which set a w o r l d 's r e c o rd last spring and of the cross country f a ll l a st t e am w h i ch c a p t u r ed the NCAA cham pionship. Other s t r o ng runners should be F r a n c is Carey, Ekin Graber and Maurice Maloney, jun iors who saw some service track and cross country as sophomores, and a quartet of promising sophomores, Wal ter Schoenegge, Wayne Scutt, John Wal ter and Jerry Zerbe. Druetzler in The pity of it is that last year's team, and the one from the year before, would have made a shambles of the Big Ten hill and dale run. But with Jack Dianetti, Bill Mack and Dave Peppard gone through graduation, the Spartans rate no better than a "fair" chance of com ing through this fall. The cross country schedule is as fol lows: Oct. 28, Penn State, away; Nov. 17, Big Ten meet at Chicago; Nov. 20, IC4A championships at New York; Nov. 27, NCAA championships at East Lansing. Two Spartan Athletes Represent U. S. Abroad Two of Michigan State's top athletes, track star Warren Druetzler and swim mer Clarke Scholes, were abroad repre interna senting tional competition last month. the United States in track squad the best runners Druetzler, a long-striding distance ace from LaGrange, 111., was with a NAAU American that competed in England against Ireland, and the Scandanavian countries. Scholes, a Detroit product, was in Japan with a NAAU team of the United State's best swimmers. A 19-year-old sophomore, he holds NCAA and NAAU titles in the 100-yard freestyle. While in Japan, he swam the sprints in dual meets and exhibitions in Tokyo, Oska, and six other Japanese cities. 6o&ck "Pete" Newell QaceA, *1ou altering our course not an iota, be ^B ever so rnuob otherwise. When we sent out our first MMMM anyhow. We hav »t wen* but experimenting, .-cans- knew bow great was the ***«.» THE BUBBLE, the first student paper, appeared in May, 1868. Seven issues were promised—and deli vered—before the graduation in November, 1868, of its editor, Frank S. Burton (who appeared on the mast head as "Hezekiah Z. Solemstyle"). Containing some news, THE BUBBLE gave more attention to bedbugs, the disadvantages of married life, and the delights of Lansing, Okemos, and Saginaw. There were, as well, serious articles like that of Charles E. Bessey, '69 (father of Dean Bessey) on the noxious clouds of tobacco smoke in the dormitory. 1937 . T/Sgt. and Mrs. Don P. Appling, of Box 90, 1266 ATS, 15 ATG, APO 953, San Francisco, announce the birth of a son, Luke Anthony, on May 19. . . Ernest T. Kretschmer, an officer in the air force, is enrolled in the graduate school of business at Columbia, and expects to receive lives at 16 W. his degree next February. He 604 St., Shanks Village, Orangeburg, N. Y. 1938 Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Orcutt and their two chil dren are living at 4522 Alabama S.E., Washington, D. C, where he intelligence officer. 1939 is a government Elwood Kalin is assistant professor of horti culture at Washington State College, Pullman. . . . Andy and Louise Gardner Knudsen and their live at 8100 Utah st., Oakland, three children Calif., where he is general manager of a chain of six Doggie Diners. J. . Brydges (Elizabeth Mackie) of 4911 Mayfair ave., Montreal, Quebec, announce the birth of Susan Janet on Jan. 29. . . . Bernard Neil was born April 27 to Mr. and Mrs. Neil J. Park of 2748 Norbert, Flint. 1940 . Mr. and Mrs. R. . lives three-year in Salzburg, Austria, in Sherrill, N. Y., where she Jane Freeman Hauser and her husband and the their two sons arrived tour of latter part of March for a duty. . . . Mr. and Mrs. Richard D. Frey, of 64 Thatcher, Buffalo, N. Y., announce "The Third Strike, starring the Frey Production of 1950, William George Frey" on July 9. . . . Anna Jarvis is Schultz . . . Madison county home demonstration agent. Philip Ramirez, of 653 E. 14th St., New York City, is in his third year of medicine at New York University. . . . Radio and Television Mirror for July had an article on Bob Siegrist, commentator with station WGN in Chicago, describing his stu dent activities and other experiences before join ing the WGN staff in 1948. . . . Robert and Hettie '41) Small and their four children are (Hanson, living at 752 Roslyn, Akron, where he is fishing tackle buyer for Firestone Tire & Rubber Co. . . . NECROLOGY GREYSON E. MILES, 96, retired engineer of .. . . San Diego, died in LaJolla, Calif., June 3. LAWRENCE O. GORDON, '06, Muskegon busi ness and civic leader for many years died in a Muskegon hospital June 8. Formerly president and general manager of Muskegon Motor Special ties Company, he had served as chairman of the company's board of directors for the past several the Blackmer years. He was also a director of Pump Company of Grand Rapids and the Hou- daille-Hershey Corp., Detroit. He is survived by his wife, a son, and a daughter. ARCHIE B. BRANCH, '14, bridge designer for the State Highway Department for the past ten years, died at his home in Lansing on July 31. in 1940, Mr. Branch Before coming to Lansing the Royal Oak department was an engineer for of public works and a partner the Southern Michigan Engineering company. He is survived by his wife, a daughter, and three sons. in J U L IA L. HARVEY, '16, was struck by an automobile while crossing the road near her home in Williamston, Mich., and died in a Lansing hos pital on Jan. 9. KENNETH L. BURT, '25, retired physician, died at his home in Kalamazoo, Mich., on July 2. the Dr. Burt received his medical degree from University of Chicago and served as laboratory technician at Butterworth hospital, Grand Rapids, for four years. He retired in 1949 as head path ologist at St. Vincent's hospital, Erie, Pa., because of ill health. His wife, mother, and two brothers survive. £y Qladyd. M. Q>I