S P A R T AN A L U M NI M A G A Z I NE M A R CH 1, 1 9 52 WINTER ON SOUTH CAMPUS M I C H I C AN STATE COLLEGE LETTERS TO THE EDITOR Campus Landing Strip Is Proposed for MSC Michigan State College may soon have its "own" landing strip. feature Here's a chance to be heard! Alumni are invited to contribute their views in this new column of THE RECORD, and the editors will use as many as possible within space limitations. The editors reserve the right to edit and to restrict length to 200 words. * * * Jan. 18, 1952 Dear Editor: just I received the January issue of THE RECORD and have read the article on page eight about the "Bottle of Seeds Beal Planted 70 Years Ago." We found, too, that when chess seed was planted too deep in the ground, it would not germinate, but would lay dormant in the ground for some the dormant seeds were planted time. When near the surface of the ground, however, they that when would germinate. So we concluded farmers sowed wheat that was perfectly free from chess seed and at harvest time found chess grow ing in the crop, chess seed must have been present in the ground when the wheat was sowed, or that the chess seed might have been placed in the soil in some unknown way. Conclusion—wheat never turns to chees. Leslie A. Buell, '83 Howell, Mich. Jan. 19, 1952 I entered M.A.C. in September, 1879 and was there when Dr. Beal planted those seeds. Our class, the class of '83, had botany under Dr. Beal that fall and had a hand in starting The Botanical Garden at that time. Those were the days when there was a great controversy among farmers as to whether "wheat would turn to chess." We made an experiment to decide the question. We found that the chess plant resembled the wheat plant in general appearance. But we also noted that the wheat plant had a certain number of ridges running lengthwise of the leaves and the leaves of the chess plant had a different num ber of ridges. To the Editor: I wish to express an opinion I have been trying to express for some time, an opinion which is contrary to that of a lot of the alumni clubs. I heartily approve of the stand of Dr. Hannah and the Presidents' Committee (of the American Council on Education) in regard to the limiting of the activities of athletic departments. This is furthered by my belief that a college is to educate people, primarily, so why not have athletes subject to the same scholastic requirements as everyone else. Stanley W. James, '42 15246 Stahlein Detroit, Michigan Preliminary Plans Are Formulated For Alumni Day-Commencement Plans are already in action to prepare the Spartan campus for the rush of alumni and parents for Alumni Day- Commencement festivities the first week end in June. The week-end will begin with registra tion, according to Starr H. Keesler, '41, director of alumni relations. The week end will end with graduation ceremonies in Macklin Stadium. Tentative plans call for the dedication of the Alumni Memorial Chapel prior to Commencement, Keesler said, but the affair is not definitely set as yet. Traditional class reunion banquets will be held in the M.S.C. Union. Reunion classes this year are all classes ending in two or seven (1902, '07, '12, '17, etc.). The class of 1927 will be celebrating its silver anniversary. The annual Patriarches' dinner meeting will honor the golden anniversary class, 1902. The dinner will be given in the Union by President John A. Hannah. In addition to class functions, many alumni will return to M.S.C. earlier in the week to attend meetings and take part in social events. Others will be present to see their sons and daughters graduate. Along lines, Friday highlights will be the Water Carnival, Land Parade, Alumni dance and a base ball game between M.S.C. and Western Michigan College of Education. entertainment That is the objective of a special com mittee of the Michigan "Flying Farm ers," now gathering facts to prove that the field is necessary for educational and police purposes, and as an emergency landing field for small aircraft. Lee Talladay, '38, Milan farmer, said that the proposed landing strip would be just south of the campus proper. located Construction of the strip will cost about $25,000, Talladay said. Five thou sand dollars was once given for the project by the Michigan Department of Aeronautics, and it is assumed that this amount will be reallocated if the remain ing money can be secured from private sources. Talladay said that the landing field would be "extremely useful" for meetings of the "Flying Farmers" and other farm groups, but it could also be utilized for the state's artificial insemination pro gram, the state police and for other edu cational purposes. Any Spartan alumni who like the idea, or who might actually use the field for making visits to M.S.C, are invited to write to Lee Talladay, Milan, Mich. Schuller Named to Head Audio-Visual Aids Center Dr. Charles P. Schuller, former assist ant director of the Bureau of Visual Instruction, University of Wisconsin, Madison, has been named director of the Michigan State Audio-Visual Aids Center. the M.S.C. organization for operating and preparing films and graphic arts materials for on- campus teaching use. Dr. Schuller will direct The center also will work cooperatively with other units of the college such as the Continuing Education Service, Co operative Extension Service and Tele vision Development. He received his doctorate in education from the University of Wisconsin in 1949, and has had many years teaching experi ence in Wisconsin secondary schools. THE RECORD Vol. 57—No. 2 A L V IE L. S M I T H, Editor J O HN C. L E O N A R D, '48, and R I C H A RD J. D A N D E N E A U, Associate Editors March 1, 1952 STARR H. KEESLER, '41, Director of Alumni Relations; GLADYS FRANKS, '27, Recorder; FRED W. STAHLEV, Sports Editor; EDWARD M. ERICKSON, '48, Assistant Sports Editor; JOHN MCGOFF, '50, Assistant Director of Alumni Relations; MADISON KUHX and JOSEPH G. DUNCAN, Historians; '47, Agricultural Editor; MRS. BARBARA CAHOON, Artist; W. LOWELL TREASTER, Director of Information Services. Campus photos this issue by EVERETT HURT, RAY HUBY, BOB BROWN, and JOHN RANDALL, '52. Member of the American Alumni Council, THE RECORD is published seven times a year by THE DEPARTMENT OF INFORMATION SERVICESJ Michigan State College. Entered as second class matter at East Lansing, Michigan, under the Act of Congress, August 24, 1912. JOHN W. FITZGERALD, A new MP A Proposes Plan For Journalism Center journalism and publications building may be in the future plans of Michigan State College construction. At least the Michigan Press Assoc, has suggested such a building, to be con structed as a self-paying project. Will Provide Needed Facilities A special committee of the MPA which met at the 84th convention of the association in January, pointed out that the structure is needed to provide class rooms and other facilities for a rapidly growing enrollment in M.S.C.'s journal ism department. Revenue bonds issued by the college to finance the building could be repaid the Michigan State from earnings of News and a printing plant housed in the basement of the structure, the com mittee suggested. The building would also provide quarters for the journalism department, photographic laboratory and publications offices. State Board Studies Plan The press committee's plan for the new center is being studied by the State Board of Agriculture, governing body of the college. TV Studio to Install Video-Recorder Soon In the future, Spartan alumni will have an opportunity to see programs made in Michigan State's new television studio either over local TV stations or as 16 millimeter sound films. A new video-recorder, to be delivered and installed this month, will make pos sible extension of M.S.C.'s TV facilities throughout the state, according to Dr. Armand L. Hunter, director of television development. is Principal purpose of the new TV equip ment through to make available, video-recording, many educational pro grams produced by the college in its own studio. Re-broadcasts Made Possible Kinescope recordings can be used either by other television stations for re-broadcast or as 16 millimeter sound films for regular showing with a standard projector, Dr. Hunter said. Dr. Hunter cited two ways in which the video-recorder would be used. First, recordings will be used for classroom teaching visual aids and for research purposes on campus. Secondly, record ings of M.S.C. programs will be dis tributed to commercial stations through to out the stats, to alumni clubs and other organizations for use as 16 mili- meter films. M.S.C. already has extended its facili- Owen, Searing Again Put 1 9 02 Class On Top of Annual Roll Call Ranks be feeble-minded. Continuation of the studies to develop a more efficient dis to determine infectant germicide and in whether high school basketball jurious to teen-age boys. is Equipment: A tape recorder for the Division of Business to improve methods of teaching transcription and shorthand, and another tape recorder for use in the Basic College Speech Improvement Serv ice. Purchase of new books for the M.S.C. Library, and a movie projector for use in the Union. Scholarship Grants: Scholarships for approximately a dozen outstanding stu dents on the basis of a high scholastic standing, leadership, character and finan cial need. A sum of money for emergency loans to students by the Dean of Stu dents. Others: To recognize in undergraduate outstanding service teaching, an award will be presented to a distinguished M.S.C. teacher, as selected by an awards committee on recommendations from the total faculty. A sum of $1,000 for the "President's Fund" to be used at his discretion. Class Agents The class agents of 1911 were: Charles S. Langdon, Glenn A. Sanford and Helen Dodge Stack. Class agents of 1922 were: George D. Blair, John Bos, Clara Carbine Durfee, DeGay Ernst, Harold Fleming, Walter J. Foster, Helen Parker Louther and Frank B. Niederstadt. Class agents of 1938 were: Samuel Aldrich, Olga Gelzer Baker, Clyde Bart- lett, Arthur Brandstatter, Bertil A. Krantz, Walter Lueck, Ida Bower Mc- Nease, George Packowski, John Patri- arche, Robert Reed, Howard R. Swartz and Naomi Lucille Westerman. Class agents of 1948 were: Anne Aranuk, Richard B. Bailey, Terry L. Beals, Harold Bernhardt, Loren D. Black, Joseph W. Bogart, Donald Borgeson, Margaret L. Bristol, Duane C. Butter- field, Sylvia Ciernick, Richard D. Ernst, William Frey, Robert S. Greenblatt, Jane E. Hite, Madeline Spain Hogle, James Houle, Frank D. Hurd, Charlotte Ladner, Glenford S. Leonard, David Lucas, Nan ette VanDerVoort Martin, Jean Loring Mehlenbacher, Richard Mineweaser, Mort E. Oman, Carol Koonce Parr, Marjorie Peters, Joyce Rainey, Alice Springborg Sessions, Philip O. Spelman, Carroll Besemer Southworth, William V. Van DerVoort, Guy S. Vissing, Donald J. Walker, Eugene J. Walsh, Paul J. Wal ters, Virginia Weeber, Ellen Werback, P. Wisniewski, Howard S. Worthington and Roland S. Young. Owen Searing its The class of 1902 again showed heels to the rest of the pack in the 1951 Michigan State College Roll Call. Class Agents Floyd W. Owen and Emery DeForest Searing led their class to a 36.7 per cent contribution. This betters their top-ranking mark of 31.8 per cent recorded in the 1950 drive, ac cording '13, director of the M.S.C. Fund. to William L. Davidson, $22,436 Contributed A total of $22,436 was contributed in the 1951 drive, slightly the $22,846 given in the inaugural program of last year. than less Davidson said that a "second year let down" is not uncommon in new fund programs. He added, however, that the total number of separate contributors during the two-year span now constitutes a firm base for a highly successful pro gram in future years. Davidson praised the "untiring efforts of the class agents" in the success of the 1951 program. He gave special note to the work of the agents representing the classes of 1902, the grand champion in percentage of members participating, and of 1911, 1922, 1938 and 1948, which took honors as the highest in each decade. Funds Put to Variety of Uses The 1951 contributions will be used for a variety of much-needed projects at M.S.C. Included will be: Research: A project to determine what role in parents may have in causing offspring to the Rh factor incompatibility in addition to many state organizations and ties departments to the public schools and smaller colleges of the state. Makes Picture-Making Economical On campus, the Continuing Education Service and Cooperative Extension Serv ice also will make recordings for dis tribution in Michigan. Dr. Hunter said the cost of making video-recordings is far less than making standard sound films, for much of the cost of editing, cutting and changing sets and lighting is eliminated. MARCH 1, 19 52 . . . . 3 MSC Installs X-Ray Therapy Unit For Treatment of Cancer in Animals go»d Tckes on New Uok By ALVIE L. SMITH More effective x-ray treatment of cancer in animals and research into all types of animal cancer, particularly those similar to I uman cancer, is now under way in Michigan State College's veter inary medicine school with the installa tion of a new, powerful 250,000-volt General Electric x-ray therapy unit. Cost of the new machine is approx imately $15,000, according to Veterinary Dean C. F. Clark. It cost an additional $20,000 to install the high-power machine in a laboratory insulated as heavily as labortories using atomic radio-active materials. Opens Broad New Fields Operation of the machine is under the direction of Dr. Andrew C. Wheeler, radiologist of the veterinary school. Dr. Wheeler said the new equipment opens up broad new fields of treatment and research in cancer and other diseases, particularly the more deadly types of cancer. M.S.C. veterinary scientists now to all can give therapeutic farm animals and dogs suffering from just about every kind of cancerous growth, interior or exterior. treatment Dr. Wheeler explained that dogs will in for special care and study come because of the striking similarity be tween cancer in dogs and human beings. About the same percentage of dogs have cancer as do humans, and the types and positions of these cancers in dogs and humans are closely akin. Better Treatment Possible Previously, M.S.C. scientists were able to work only with superficial tumorous growths no deeper than three centimeters inches) deep. The new (one-and-a-fifth machine can penetrate to much greater depths and, because its penetrating rays have the skin, can be directed into the body through several ports of entry. This allows an increase in the intensity of the dosage which may be delivered to the cancer site during any one series of treatments. less effect on The penetrative ability of the new machine will permit M.S.C. veterinarians to give substantially more effective treat ments to large farm animals, particularly cows and horses. Animal diseases and infections other im than cancer also will come in for proved treatment. Included are such dis (lumpy jaw in eases as actinomycosis cattle), vascular diseases of the eyes, bursitis and tendonitis. OLD AND NEW: James Driver, Holt junior, models the uniform Spar tan bandmen will be wearing next fall, while Eugene Hickson, Pontiac junior (wearing old uniform) adds a touch of approval. Band Uniforms Chosen, To be Ready by Spring Spartan alumni will be dazzled by flashing spats, white cross belts and new green and white uniforms when they watch the M.S.C. band perform at Mack- lin Stadium next fall. Powerful X-Ray Unit Opens Broad New Fields in Research Final been recommendations approved by students and faculty for new uniforms and delivery of the new garb is expected by June at the latest. have Green With White Trim The new uniforms will be green with white trim, including cross belts, spats, a white stripe on the trousers and white hats. The hats are also convertible to green. Also included are green topcoats. For concert purposes, the band will wear the same uniform as when march ing, however the white accessories will be removed. Will Replace Military Garb The green and white garb will replace the traditional military uniform now in use which includes a dark brown coat, trousers and brown army officer- tan type cap. After a long process of elimination, wearing, comparing and researching in the M.S.C. textiles laboratory, the com mittee agreed unanimously upon each component part of the uniform. The faculty committee making final selection of the uniform included Dean Lloyd C. Emmons, chairman; Col. Clar ence C. Clendenen, Karl H. McDonel, Philip J. May, Roy L. Underwood, and Ralph H. Young. FOR ANIMAL ILLS: Recently installed in the college's Veterinary Hospital is this new 250,000-volt x-ray therapy unit. The equipment will be used to seek out and dstroy cancer in animals. Pictured above, left to right, are Dr. C. F. Clark, Dean of Veterinary Medicine; Dr. Andrew C. Wheeler, radiologist; and Robert Coopes, senior veterinary student from Lansing. 4 . . . . T HE R E C O RD Michigan State College Launches Broad Driver-Training Program By RICHARD J. DANDENEAU To Michigan State Prof. Leslie Silvernale—the nation's first professor of driver education—teaching is a "life or death" proposition. Prof. Silvernale has been named to direct a broad new driver education program aimed at teaching high school students and adults how to save lives on the highway. Aims To Curb Accidents The new program was set up with funds provided by the Michigan Inter- Industry Highway Safety Committee, and will be con ducted t h r o u gh the M.S.C. Con tinuing Education Service, of which Prof. Silvernale is a staff member. Plans call for a two - pronged at tack on skyrock e t i ng a c c i d e nt rates. Silvernale school One pai-t of the attack is aimed at reaching Michigan's teachers of driving- 330 high through special courses their own home towns. Prof. Silvernale will travel from city to city in Michigan to conduct courses and work with instructors and students. in Credit Course For Teachers At the same time, workshops will be held on campus to study driver educa tion problems. The second prong of the attack is the offering of a credit course on campus in the college's Division of Education, de signed to train education students, teach ers and other adults. In commenting on the program, Presi dent John A. Hannah said, ". . . Its aim is to alleviate the tragic life and property damage desulting from the misuse of the automobile. loss of "In view of the many fatalities which occur on the highways and streets, plus the new demands which will be placed on our rolling stock as a result of the present emergency, we believe now is the time for us to launch this program." Korean War Claims Spartans Two More reported missing Two more Spartan alumni have been reported as casualties of the Korean War. Capt. Robert D. Gibb, w'44, Lansing, was in action over Korea in mid-December. The young jet fighter pilot was Lansing's first World II air ace. Flying Thunderbolt War fighters over New Guinea in the South Pacific, he was credited with five Jap anese planes and two "probables" in 1943. Warner Gibb A member of the regular air force, he had been sent to Japan in August, 1951, and then to Korea. other M.S.C.'s casualty was Pfc. Bruce Warner, U.S.M.C., w'53, Lansing, reported killed in Korea Dec. 20, 1951. New Extension Center Started at Chatham Michigan State College has expanded its services in the Upper Peninsula by establishing a new extension center for undergraduate and graduate training at Chatham, home of the U.P. Experiment Station. This makes four such centers for resi dent college credit opened by M.S.C. in the past several months. Other centers are at Grand Rapids, Flint and Midland. Demand for formal college training by the college's extension and research per sonnel and residents of the area caused the college to set up the new extension center. Both Were Lansing Residents Pfc. Warner left in April, 1951, for Korea where he was assigned to helicop ter reconnaissance duty over the Chinese lines in Korea. Capt. Gibb is the son of Mr. and Mrs. James A. Gibb, Sr., Lansing. His wife and three children live in East Lansing. include his par ents, Mr. and Mrs. H. H. Warner, Lan sing. Warner's survivors Casualties Number Twelve Thus far in the Korean war the Spar tan casualties are as follows: Dead—Seven Missing—Three Wounded—One Prisoner of War—One. Farmers' Week Termed Most Successful Yet Add thousands of Michigan farmers and homemakers to the Michigan State campus, spice with a bit of snappy weather, mix well—it's Farmers' Week. The 37th anniversary of Michigan's best known farm rural event families eager to inspect educational ex hibits, learn new farming techniques, and look at some of the state's top livestock. found Farmers Seek Information the week most successful Dean of Agriculture E. L. Anthony termed in history, adding that there was a surge of interest in educational exhibits and demonstrations. "Michigan farmers are well aware of the job of food production ahead," he said. "They came to Farmers' Week seeking new ideas and they took away information that will aid them to improve farm and home living." TV Draws Much Interest already Television, invading many rural areas, naturally drew much inter ested comment from Farmers' Week visi in the tors. A special demonstration auditorium was held daily, featuring agricultural specialists in brief television programs. Twenty TV receivers scat tered through the crowd permitted the audience to watch production of the live show on the stage and to see the finished product simultaneously on the screen. MSC Men's Glee Club Will Tour, Broadcast This Month The Mutual Broadcasting System has signed the Michigan State College Men's Glee Club to a coast-to-coast broadcast for Sunday, March 23. The half-hour show has been scheduled for 12-12:30 p.m. E.S.T. as a part of the network's regular Sunday college glee club series. This marks the glee club's sixth major radio network appearance. Fifteen Concerts Scheduled Fifteen concerts school assembly programs and evening perform ances sponsored by alumni clubs for the general public have been arranged. for high The itinerary is as follows: March 21, Albion high school during the day, Jack son Alumni Club, evening; March 22, Owosso, evening; March 23, Bad Axe, evening; March 24, Lapeer high school, afternoon, Port Huron, evening; March 25, Bay City Central high school, after noon; Saginaw, evening, March 26, Mt. Pleasant high school, afternoon, Gray ling, evening; March 27, E. Tawas City high school, afternoon, Alpena, evening; March 28, Gaylord high school, after noon, Big Rapids, evening; March 29, Ionia, evening. MARCH 1, 19 52 . . . . 5 AFFAIRS OF STATE fully decorated floats along the Red Cedar river has been produced annually on the campus since 1923. MSC Is Ninth Largest Michigan State jumped to the postion of ninth largest university in the nation in full-time enrollment this year, a notch above last year's 10th. The year before that, 11th. He Ate a Spartan Cake Ed Sullivan, syndicated columnist and star of the CBS-TV "Toast of the Town" show, recently ate a cake—Spartan flavor. It all started when Sullivan introduced "Biggie" Munn to television audiences as the "undefeated Michigan coach." Don Smith, Detroit senior, business manager of The Spartan humor magazine, caught his error and wrote a letter of protest to Sullivan. "I'll eat your Michigan State hat if I didn't say 'undefeated Michigan State'," replied Sullivan. He got the hat in the form of a cake trimmed in green and resembling a Spartan football helmet. Smith also sent with it numerous Michi gan newspaper stories to substantiate his stand. "I surrender dear Don!" wrote Sullivan, and he ate the cake on his next television show. There was one catch. In describ ing the cake Sullivan pointed out that it was "decorated nicely in Michigan's colors." Again Smith challenged him and in his letter enclosed Mark Beltaire's column which was headlined, "Sullivan Due for a Diet of Hats." "But to show there are no hard feel ings," wrote Smith, "we would like to invite you to speak before our annual conference of college magazine writers and editors at M.S.C. in April." "I'll be happy to be the speaker at your April conference. But please elim inate cake from the menu. Your loving nephew, Ed Sullivan," was the reply. Student Affairs Sixty-seven "All-A" students who were honored traditional honors' banquet had a scholastic record- breaker among them. in January at the He is Clare L. Colegrove, Lansing senior, who completed his eighth consecu tive term as an "All-A" student this fall. This is a post-war record. But Colegrove has competition from Galatia S. Halkides, Grand Rapids junior, who has finished seven "All-A" terms. The best possible record Colegrove can get is 10 consecutive terms of a perfect scholastic record. He received grades of " B" in his first two terms of college. Miss Halkides, however, has a chance 6 . . . . T HE R E C O RD I'LL EAT YOUR HAT: That statement back-fired on TV Star Ed Sullivan. This is how it appeared on home TV sets over the nation. to earn a perfect report card for 12 terms and set a new and unbeatable record. Traditionally, the "Career Carnival" at Michigan State is for job-seeking Spar tans. This year M.S.C. students went state-wide and invited all Michigan col leges to participate, and also Lansing high school students. More than 10,000 persons took part in the program, and over 80 companies were represented. Purpose of the Carnival is to give students an up-to-date picture of the job outlook in many different fields, largely through informal meetings between stu dents and personnel-seeking officials of the nation's businesses, industrial firms and government agencies. Charles H. Percy, 32-year-old president of Bell and Howell Co., Chicago, was headline speaker for the carnival, which was held Feb. 13-15. Company represen tatives also brought displays and set up booths in the M.S.C. Union where they were on hand to answer any questions about inquiring students. their businesses for "Out of This World" was the theme of the annual J-Hop held in the college audi torium Feb. 8 and 9. The year's biggest social event featured the music of Ray Anthony and his orchestra. Students are in the midst of Water Carnival plans once more. They have named Ward Ouradnik, Ann Arbor senior, to head the 1952 festival tenta tively scheduled for June 5, 6, and 7. A senior class activity, the galaxy of beauti These results were revealed the annual report of Dr. Raymond Walters, president of the University of Cincin nati, who each year counts noses in America's colleges and universities. in In total full-time enrollment Michigan State stacked up with the nation's other educational giants as follows: The "big ten" American universities are University of California, 34,883; Min nesota, 18,282; Illinois, 18,036; Michigan, 17,035; New York University, 16,858; Ohio State, 16,583; Wisconsin, 16,142; Columbia, 13,849; M.S.C, 12,219; and Indiana, 11,752. Total fall, 1951, enrollment in all American colleges and universities in students, a cluded 1,27S,404 full-time drop of 11.4 per cent from 1950; and 489,133 part-time students, an increase of 4.6 per cent. This gave an over-all drop of 7.8 per cent in total enrollments. Dr. Walters warned that "the decline in collegiate enrollment is seriously re ducing tuition" and "is heightening the effects of inflation which imperil all of American higher now education." income from Freshman engineering enrollment was up 9.2 per cent, but still "far below the technological needs of the country," Dr. Walters said. Most alarming decrease in in education courses, he students was added, enrollment dropped 15.3 per cent. in which freshman Michigan State's winter term enroll ment reached 13,091, including 9,005 men and 4,086 women. The total is about a five per cent drop from 1951's winter term final figure. The 13,091 total in cludes all students, not full-time students. Dr. Walters' statistics are for full-time enrollment only. just Department Honored ". . . furnishing the peoples of technical assistance the Marshall Plan to countries in maintaining them individual liberty, free institutions and peace." to aid This was the citation of a "certificate of cooperation" received recently by the M.S.C. Department of Horticulture from the U.S. Economic Cooperation Admin istration. The certificate and a letter from Acting ECA Administrator Richard M. Bissell, Jr., were received recently by Dr. H. B. Tukey, for his department's work in cooperation with the ECA. Faculty Affairs Prof. Shao Chang Lee, founder and for eight years director of the M.S.C. International Center, has retired. Replacing him is Donald J. Gemmel, instructor in journalism and a member of the staff since 1946. Prof. Lee founded the Center as a gathering place and extra-curricular edu cational center for foreign students, and in the past eight years has seen an esti mated 2,000 taking part in his program. His retirement allows him to devote full- time to the direction of the Department of Foreign Studies, a position he has held since 1943. Mr. and Mrs. Gemmel will live in the resident host and Center, acting as hostess. Seven Michigan State College faculty members have published books recently. They are Dr. Herbert Weisinger and Dr. A. J. Smith, Department of English; Dr. Harold H. Anderson, head of the psychology department, and Gladys Lowe Anderson; Dr. Raymond N. Hatch, act ing director of the Institute of Coun seling, Testing and Guidance; Dr. G. W. Prescott, Department of Botany and Plant Pathology; and Dr. John B. Harrison, Department of History. "Tragedy and the Paradox of the Fortune Fall" is the title of Dr. Weis- inger's book, and is the result of two year's research in England, France, Italy and Greece, while serving as a senior research fellow of the Warburg Institute of London. The book is a study of the ancient mythical and ritualistic origins of the patterns of literary tragedy. The Abelhard Press of New York has "The Worldly Muse: An published Anthology of Serious Light Verse," edited by Dr. Smith. The book is a selec tion of poems ranging from Chaucer to Auden. Introduction Dr. and Mrs. Anderson have published "An to Projective Tech niques," which contains materials on the Rorschach test, the varieties of tests of personality mechanisms, general intel in personality appraisal, ligence in techniques and projective therapy. Twenty-six representing contributors, universities, hosiptals and clinics aided the Andersons in their research. tests "Guidance Services in the Elementary School," published by the W. C. Brown Co., Dubuque, la., is the title of Dr. Hatch's book. The book is designed to clarify some of the guidance terminology and identify the role of guidance in the elementary school. It also offers a num ber of suggestions which may be used to develop an elementary school guidance program. Dr. Prescott has published "Algae of the Western Great Lakes Area," a book which has been in preparation for many years. It was published by the Cran- brook Institute of Science, Bloomfield Hills, Mich. "This Age of Global Strife," is the title of Dr. Harrison's book, published by the J. B. Lippincott Co. Although primarily a text for college courses in recent world history, the gen eral reader, however, should find it an enlightening commentary on our con temporary world. New Step In Counseling Michigan State has set up a new pro gram of counseling as another step in the direction of making the educational facilities of to people in all parts of the state. the college available High school seniors and their parents in the Marshall, Saginaw and Evart areas are being served by the M.S.C. Institute of Counseling, Testing and Guidance and the Counseling Center. The program brings together high school seniors, their parents and college counseling specialists to help the seniors make plans for vocational and educa tional careers. The clinics will be held continuously during the winter and spring terms. During the high the consultation school pupils will be given a battery of tests. Later, counselors will meet with each student and his parents to discuss test results, review other pertinent in formation and help seniors decide their course of action after high school. Dr. Harry H. Scales, of the Institute, is coordinator of the program. Land Grant Meeting The Spartan campus will be the site the 1955 national meeting of the of American Association of Land-Grant Colleges and Universities. The association, including 63 of the nation's join leading universities, will officially in commemorating the centen nial year of Michigan State College. There is at least one "state college" . . On The Cover . Is a scene of winter beauty off the center of campus, but one par ticularly familiar to married stu dents and faculty, football fans and all who attend Farmers' Week John C. every year at M.S.C. Randall, this wintery mood as he walked down Shaw Lane between the stadium and the secret football field. Flank ing American elms, planted about 20 years ago, provide a picturesque the college's South avenue Campus. This is the fourth in a series of covers portraying the beautiful M.S.C. campus. '52, photographed to in every state and possession of the U.S., and some states have two land-grant institutions. A great Lakes car S.S. Spartan Christened the Chesapeake and Ohio railroad has been christened the S.S. Spartan in honor of Michigan State College. ferry of in The 410-foot vessel, completed November, is one of the two largest and fastest ships on the Great Lakes. A sister ship, the S.S. Badger, named in honor of the University of Wisconsin, is being built and will be ready for chris tening in the spring. The boats will carry passengers, auto mobiles and freight between Michigan and Wisconsin. A formal celebration will be held this spring when the S.S. Badger takes its place on the Great Lakes with the S.S. Spartan. Focus on Mental Health How to keep your mental balance in today's high-presure society will be the focus of a new two-year research project of the Social Research Service of Michi gan State College. The National Institute of Mental Health of the U. S. Public Health Service has given the col- * T r t ^ P ^T expected for the • HA ^ ^ M HP G , b s on jn t ne fjeid, will j o in w i th D r. Duane L. Gibson in heading the new project. the sponsored by This is part of a comprehensive pro Institute of gram Mental Health largely because of the constantly increasing rate of mental mal adjustments, mental illness and suicides in America. Objective to gather knowledge and develop methods with which to attack effectively the general problem of mental health in the U. S. is Job positions involving both high and low pressure types of work in urban and rural life will be studied. But the project will not overlook the housewives, also subjected to many forms of mental stress and strain. Differing from all previous studies in this field, the M.S.C. project is chiefly interested in the mentally healthy rather than the mentally ill. Reaserchers will the "social strengths" be which allow people to handle successfully the problems and tensions stemming from the complexities of modern life. looking for M A R CH 1, 19 52 . . . . 7 Press Box Report on Coed Gains Olympic Berth SPARTAN SPORTS By FRED STABLEY and BUD ERICKSON, '48 Winter Sports Roundup BASKETBALL—Spartan basketball- ers opened the season with a rush, win ning seven straight games before moving into conference play. Sophomore forward Keith Stackhouse and veterans Bill Bower and Bob Carey paced the scorers while Sonny Means and Gordon Stauffer chipped in with some sparkling all-around play. Scores: (M.S.C. score first) Wayne, 52- 43; Denver, 50-48; Marquette, 53-48; Detroit, 52-47; Dartmouth, 57-42; Prince ton, 52-46; Notre Dame, 66-52; Iowa, 60-61; Northwestern, 82-49; Minnesota, 49-55; Notre Dame, 48-56; Michigan, 36- 50; Wisconsin, 50-39; Purdue, 56-47; Northwestern, 76-86; Ohio State, 70-52. HOCKEY—Bolstered by the addition of two newcomers, center Hal Passerini and defenseman Bob Barry, at the start of winter term, Coach Amo Bessone's pucksters showed continued fine play in Intercollegiate the rugged M i d w e st Hockey Conference. Scores: (M.S.C. score first) Ontario Aggies, 8-2, 7-4; Michigan, 1-11; Denver, 2-8, 4-7; North Dakota, 2-7, 4-3; Michi gan, 1-7; Michigan Tech, 9-4, 6-4; Minne sota, 2-9, 4-6. to SWIMMING—Looking ahead the Big Ten meet set for Jenison pool early in March, the Spartan tankers ploughed through early season meets with Clarke Scholes, Big Ten and N.C.A.A. sprint champ, and Bert McLachlan, distance ace, leading the team. Freshman freestyler Tom Payette, Grand Rapids, also has been impressive in dual meets. Scores: (M.S.C. score first) Bowling Green, 66-27; Iowa State, 54-39; Indiana, 61-32; Purdue, 66-27; Ohio State, 40-53. and WRESTLING—Inexperience in juries plagued Spartan grapplers as the 1952 season got underway, but Orris Bender, 167-pounder; Bob Hoke, 157- pounder; Ed Casalicchio, 137-pounder; and heavyweight Larry Fowler showed performances which figure to make the Green and White a threat for conference honors later in the season. Top early season performance was a 16-11 win over Ohio State, defending Big Ten conference champs. Scores: (M.S.C. score first) Pittsburgh, 8 . . .. T HE R E C O RD 16-14; Iowa Teachers, 8-21; Ohio State, 16-11; Purdue, 19-8; Illinois, 15-15. team depth G Y M N A S T I CS — Unexpected all- around in the persons of Captain Bob Feldmeier, sophomore Russ Paul, and freshman Carl Rintz brought the Spartans several conclusive early wins. Al Hannas and John Walker, trampoline stars, continued top notch in dividual performances. Scores: (M.S.C. score Illinois Navy Pier, 56-50; Ohio State, 61-35; Indiana, 60-36. first) a well-balanced BOXING—Michigan State, N.C.A.A. defending team champion, proved it will be a top bet to repeat again this year squad. Chuck with Speiser and Jed Black, both N.C.A.A. champions, were joined by veteran Leon Hamilton, several 167-pounder; promising sophomores and freshmen. and Scores: (M.S.C. score first) Army, 7-1; San Jose State, 4%-4%; Gonzaga, 3-6; Ft. Custer, 8-0. topped WTayne and Detroit FENCING—Coach Charles Schmitter's in fencers convincing style to open the 1952 season, indicating the Spartans will be tough in conference action. Veterans Bill Pierson, Ray Totte, and Fred Freiheit form a talented nucleus for the Spartans. (M.S.C. score first) Wayne, 15-12; Detroit, 19-8; Notre Dame, 14-13; Ohio State, 18-9. Scores: TRACK—The 1952 indoor track sea son got underway with the Spartans meeting Notre Dame in dual competition and competing in the Michigan A.A.U. and Michigan State Relays before the conference campaign opened. Veterans Dick Henson, Art Ingram, Jim Kepford paced Spartan efforts with sophomore Dick Jarrett in the distance events and sophomore John Corbelli in the hurdles turning in impressive performances. (M.S.C. score first) Notre Scores: Dame, 61%-52V3. Spartan Nine Warm Up Coach John Kobs' baseball forces are engaged in daily drills in the Stock Judg ing Pavilion on South campus, indicating spring and the annual Southern training trip are not far away. Kobs, readying his 27th Michigan State team, has reason to be optimistic. On last his roster are 17 lettermen from STAR PERFORMER: Virginia Baxter, Detroit freshman, will rep resent M.S.C. on the 1952 U. S. Olympic Figure Skating Team as a result of her performance in Decem ber tryouts at Indianapolis. She and her team mates will compete in Oslo, Norway, this winter for international honors. year's team that won 17 and lost nine, and finished seventh in Big Ten stand ings. Barring ineligibilities to any of his key performers, Kobs appears well set for material. A breakdown of veteran personnel shows seven pitchers, two catchers, five infielders, and three outfielders on tap for the 1952 season. Four returning lettermen have strong claims to their old positions. Outfielder Darrell Lindley, a junior from Clio, last the highest batting season compiled mark of any Spartan in 17 years, .418. He was named to the all-conference team for his play and led the team in almost all hitting departments. Bill Bower, cap tain for the season and currently with the basketball team, batted .319 and has the inside track for the catcher's post. Bob Ciolek, regular first baseman from Michigan City, Ind., batted .337. Short stop Joe Rivich, East Chicago, Ind. senior, compiled a .327 average and led the team in home runs. The burden of pitching rests with a corps of seven, all of whom won major letters last season. Coach Kobs can call upon Bob Dangl, Grand Rapids junior, who sported a 3-0 record last year; Gus Carlson, Waltham, Mass. junior, with a 3-1 record; Roger Howard, Johnstown, Pa. junior, 2-1; Tom Lawson, Detroit senior, 2-1; Bob Carlson, Jamestown, N. Y. senior, 3-2; Chuck Gorman, Lansing junior, 2-2; and Don Quayle, Oxford senior, 2-2. the Spartans However, before are tour, several ready for their Southern promising freshmen and sophomores may come forwrard and replace one or more of the veterans. Sophomores conceded the best chances of breaking into the Jack lineup are well-stocked Zeitler, Buffalo, N. Y.; Duane Fransko- viak, a pitcher from Milwaukee, Wis.; pitcher Ernest Erickson, Grosse Pointe; infielder Bill Hopping, Detroit; and Jack Risch, an outfielder from Milwaukee, Wis. Likely looking freshmen candidates in clude Chuck Mathews, a first-baseman from Rosebush, Mich.; and catcher Bob Reising, New Haven, Conn. infielder Nation's Best Say Solons To the Michigan Legislature at least, the best football team in the nation last fall was Michigan State and not Ten nessee. Duly noting that Tennessee, the No. 1 team in national polls at regular season's end, had lost to Maryland in the Sugar Bowl game Jan. 1 the Legislature unani mously passed a resolution declaring the Spartans to be No. 1. State had finished second in regular polls. Head Coach "Biggie" Munn was cut in, too, with a "Resolved, that Coach Clar ence 'Biggie' Munn be recognized as the outstanding coach of the year." Senate Secretary Fred Chase presented beautifully printed copies of the resolu tion to Coach Munn and Capt. Bob Carey, one to go to each player and coach. Dawson Goes to Pitt in 1947. Lowell P. The Spartans have lost another assist ant football coach to the head coaching ranks, the fourth since "Biggie" Munn (Red) took over Dawson, backfield coach during the last two highly successful years at Spartan- dom, becomes head mentor at Pittsburgh. Thus he joins Forest Evashevski, first head coach at Washington State and now I o w a; a nd Al Kircher at Wash ington State as grid bosses with recent East Lan sing backgrounds. of The D a w s on is a severe one, but athletic Spartan o f f i c i a ls h a ve come up with a s et of p o p u l ar answers to the problem. Steve Sebo, '37, the former Spartan great and one of most popular men ever the to wear Green and White, has been elevated to backfield coach from freshman coach. Sebo loss New Era Seen, Presidents Submit Plan for College Sports Clean-Up era. College By FRED STABLEY College athletics are at the dawn of administrators, a new alarmed by accumulating evidence of intercol mal-practice and excesses in athletes, legiate are moving to take firmer con t r o l. M i c h i g an State's President John A. Hannah is one of the key t he l e a d e rs movement. in Hannah As chairman of the "presidents' committee" of the American Council on Education, Dr. Hannah has been in strumental in drawing up a program of modification and reform which, if adopted by the Council, would become the guiding in every accredited code for athletics institution of higher learning in the land. On the committee were 10 other college presidents representing every geographic section and every athletic conference. important Plan Discussed at N.C.A.A. Meet Pres. Hannah and Dr. Arthur S. Adams, president of the A.C.E., discussed the president's proposals with the ex ecutive committee of the National Col legiate Athletic Association at Cincin nati, Ohio, in January, and at a two-hour press conference attended by over 100 newspaper, radio, television and maga zine representatives. Initial reactions by N.C.A.A. executives and the press corps were favorable, but in anything so complex and far-reaching as this program of reform, it was in evitable that there should be misinterpre tations and misunderstandings. Equally inevitable were the cries of anguish aris ing from those who saw endangered certain vested interests they had acquired in intercollegiate sports. Five Major Points Some unhappy but not unexpected results of Pres. Hannah's leadership in the reform movement have been attempts to discredit Pres. Hannah personally and Michigan State as a means of dis the committee. Alumni and crediting recognize friends of school will the to State freshman assistant Danny Devine, a who came from a brilliant high school coaching career, has been made take Devine's old spot, Don Mason, '50, All-American guard for in 1949, was appointed to the staff. frosh coach. To the Spartans these attempts for what they are and not be impressed. The major points of the president's program include: 1. The department of athletics to be under university control on the same basis as any other department, with faculty status, tenure, salary and other rights of staff personnel to be comparable to the rest of the institution; 2. Admission standards to be the same for all students, athletes, or non-athletes; 3. Eligibility of athletes to be based on normal progress toward a degree; 4. Scholarships to be granted on the basis of academic excellence and need; to be administered by the regular uni versity agency, and not to exceed the cost of board, room, tuition and books at the given institution; 5. Seasons for practice and play of the major team sports (football, basket ball and baseball) to be limited to speci fied periods of time with out-of-season practice and play prohibited. Accrediting Agencies to Enforce to of As the enforcement code, Pres. Hannah and Dr. Adams said the six educational accrediting agencies of the nation, themselves members of the A.C.E., have to indicated willingness take such responsibility. The agency having jurisdiction over the Big Ten area, including Michigan, is the North Central Association of Colleges and Secondary Schools. The chief punitive weapon in the hands is suspension of of an institution's accredited rating. these associations With completion of the report and its presentation to the executive committee of the A.C.E., the committee headed by President Hannah was dissolved. The report was to possible to be subject then final acceptance modification and or rejection by the A.C.E. at a mid- February meeting. As to Michigan State's own position in relation to the reform program, Pres. Hannah explained that "as a mem ber of the Western Conference, Michigan State College will abide by the general spirit of the recommendations and pro to follow ceed as rapidly as possible the recommendations in the form finally approved" by the A.C.E. Actually, few changes in departmental organization, athletic policies or practice will have to be made at Michigan State. Alumni with a knowledge of the athletic their Alma Mater will situation at find most of the presidents' program quite familiar. M A R CH 1, 19 52 . . . . 9 COVERING THE CLUBS By STARR H. KEESLER, '41 fc MICHIGAN CLUBS Jackson Alumnae Meet Thirty women, including graduates, inter mothers of students and others ested State College, assembled for a social evening Dec. 5 in the home of Mrs. F. M. Coddington, '41, 1608 Fourth, Jackson. in Michigan By-laws for the Michigan State Wom en's Club of Jackson were adopted. Mrs, Harold Maloney, '28, president, conducted the business meeting. Miss Helen Psik, '39, was chairman of the pot-luck dinner, and Mrs. Gilbert Furnival, '49, was enter tainment chairman. The group discussed plans for a dinner meeting in conjunction with the alumni club in February, and with that group will sponsor a spring concert March 21, by the M.S.C. Men's Glee Club. The Jackson Alumnae Club is a new organization, having had two previous meetings. Huron Dinner-Dance Huron County alumni held a pre- Christmas get-together on Dec. 12 in Bad Axe. Some 45 members turned out for the dinner-dance held at the Bad Axe elementary school. Starr Keesler, '41, alumni director, was on hand to bring the group up to date on recent happenings at the college. He also narrated the M.S.C.-Ohio State foot ball game. Program chairman for the evening was Walt Rummell, '40, and Dr. Arno Weiss, '40, acted as toastmaster. On Jan. 16, 95 club members and Bad Axe high school students turned out for "Football Night." St. Clair's Banquet Thirty-five members of the St. Clair County Alumni Club met Tuesday eve ning, Dec. 4, for a turkey dinner and film showing of the Michigan State- Notre Dame game. Dr. Claud Ludwig, '41. club president, welcomed alumni and friends attending and discussed with the group future club activities. Up-coming events are a meet ing with President Hannah in March and the glee club concert, March 24. 10 . . . . T HE R E C O RD Bay Alums Host Hannah Some 90 alumni and friends of Michi gan State met Jan. 14 at the Wenonah Hotel in Bay City for their annual winter banquet meeting. President John A. Hannah spoke on "Current Affairs at Michigan State." Paul Briggs, MA '42, was toastmaster; Art Sheffield, '17, was program chairman for the evening. to Prior the meeting Glenn Mac- Donald, an honorary alumnus of Michi gan State and Editor of the Bay City Times, held a reception in his home for Pres. Hannah and Starr Keesler. Alpena Meets Dec-Jan. The Alpena-Montmorency-Presque Isle Alumni Club had a heavy winter schedule with two meetings held in 50 days. The club played host to some 250 alumni and friends in Alpena on Dec. 5 at the film showing of the 1951 Spartan- Notre Dame football game. Vic Horvath, '42, club president, presided at the meet ing. General chairman for the evening's activities was Don Geiss, w'49. At the conclusion of the regular meet ing, a board of directors meeting was held. Attending were: Vic Horvath, '42; Don Geiss, w'49; Mrs. Don Geiss, w'49; Jack Murphy, '39; Mrs. Jack Murphy, '36; Lou Anne Woelk, '50; Ken Brechtels- bauer, '50; and John McGoff, '50, assistant alumni director. Appointed co-chairmen for the March 27 glee club concert in Alpena were Lou Anne Woelk, '50 and Don Geiss, w'49. January 23 was the highlight of the year's activities for the Alpena group. President John A. Hannah addressed the 120 members at their annual winter din ner meeting. Cass County Banquet alumni heard Paul Cass County Bagwell, head of the Department of Written and Spoken English, speak on the subject, "The World Today," at the Jan. 15 meeting in Cassopolis. Charles Harmon, '40, new club president, intro duced Bagwell. Genesee Football Banquet Dec. 1 was a red letter date for some to honor from 200 alumni who turned out Michigan State football players Genesee County. '48 acted as George Guerre, toast- master, and presented gifts to all players, varsity, JV, and frosh, in behalf of the Genesee County Alumni Club. Those honored were: Don Coleman, Ed Luke, Leroy Bolden, Jim Creamer, Ellis Duckett, Art Ingram, Ferris Hallmark, and Dale Foltz. Guest speaker of the evening was "Red" Dawson, former Michigan State backfield coach. Lapeer Christmas Meeting Approximately 60 members of the Lapeer County Alumni Club took time out from Christmas activities to witness film showings of the Ohio State-Michigan State and football games. the Spartan-Irish Johnny Wilson, Michigan State foot ball player and a resident of Lapeer, was '38, honored guest. Byron Duckwall, club president, was chairman of the meeting. Five U.P. Clubs Meet Marquette — Alger-Marquette-School craft County alumni met Dec. 10 to discuss the development of a stronger alumni club program, and to witness a film showing of two 1951 Michigan State football games. Don Zettle, '35, club president, asked the support of the club to inform high school students of the three counties that Michigan State has tuition scholarships available through local high schools. "Re quirements are scholarship, character, and need," he pointed out. Jack Breslin, '46, M.S.C. alumni field secretary, discussed Michigan State cur rent events and narrated the U. of M. and O.S.U.-Spartan football games. Special guests for the evening were football players and coaches from Mar quette, Ishpeming and Negaunee. Hancock—Thirty-five members from Baraga - Houghton - Keweenaw counties gathered at Hancock for their first meet ing since late spring. Wallace Keskitalo, '40, club president, introduced Jack Breslin, who discussed current events at Michigan State and narrated two outstanding Spartan foot ball games of 1951. Ironwood—Charlie Gotta, '33, alumni club president of the Gogebic-Ontonagon Alumni Club, welcomed 55 members to the club's Dec. 12 meeting. The club discussed the sponsorship of a high school night or participation in a "Career Day" program, designed to in form graduating high seniors about Michigan State. school Entertainment for the evening included football pictures. Iron River—Iron River was the scene of Iron County's Dec. 13 meeting, at tended by approximately 60 alumni and friends of Michigan State. George Devine, acting alumni club president, in troduced Jack Breslin of the alumni office, who showed two football films. Escanaba—Dec. 14 was the final meet ing date of upper peninsula alumni clubs and was reserved for the Delta-Menomi nee Alumni Club. Club members turned out 60 strong to witness two of the top Michigan State football games of the 1951 season, the Michigan and Ohio State games. James '50, club president, acted as Kennedy, toastmaster. Manistee Alumni Meet Approximately 30 members of the Manistee Alumni Club met Jan. 21 for a banquet meeting in the Colonial Room of the Chippewas Hotel, Manistee. Tom Stege, '48, club president, intro duced Conrad Posz of the Department of Written and Spoken English, who was main speaker John McGoff spoke briefly on the scholarship program and concluded the evening's events with a film showing of M.S.C.'s 35-0 defeat of Notre Dame. the evening. for High School Gridders Feted On Nov. 29, 260 alumni and friends turned out in Grand Rapids to honor the All-City high school football team and at the same time pay tribute to "Biggie" Munn, Spartan head football coach. "The meeting was successful from the first bite to the last comment by 'Biggie' and City Manager Henry Gork," said Buzz Hart, the evening. toastmaster '49, for According to Charlie Sparks, '40, club the party was highly suc president, cessful. Approximately 170 turned out to dance to the music of Fenby Carr and renew acquaintances with old school mates. The Oakland county club re-organized last Spring, and since that time it has held two meetings. Officers of the club are Charles W. Sparks, '40, president; Charlotte Smith, '35, vice-president; Elouise Clapp, '31, '49, treasurer. secretary; Lee Seymour, All-State Banquet Two hundred people attended the annual Central Michigan Alumni Club All-State banquet Jan. 5. Kellogg Center was the scene of this year's program which honored top high school football players of the state. Guests in attendance were President John A. Hannah, "Biggie" Munn, and members of M.S.C.'s varsity football team. John Rogers, '29, club president, introduced the main speaker, George Alderton, sports editor of the Lansing State Journal. OUT-OF-STATE CLUBS Southern Florida Sixty alumni in Southern Florida met at the home of C. Ross Garvey, '12, in Miami, Fla., to organize a permanent club. Following a showing of the M.S.C.- University of Pittsburgh football game, members took action in forming the new club. The following officers were elected: Ernest Graham, '06, president; William Tichenor, '25, vice-president; Robert Bruce, '38, vice-president; Ross Garvey, '12, treasurer; and Florence Allen, '14, secretary. Chicago Alums Cheer MSC Several hundred loyal Spartan alums rooted for their Alma Mater at Evanston, 111., as Northwestern University defeated Michigan State basketballers in an over time period, 86-76. The Chicago Alumni Club arranged a large block of seats for a rooting section. By special arrangement with ABC-TV, which televised the game throughout the nation, Club Secretary Sheldon Lee was interviewed briefly during game inter mission by Bob Finnegan, Chicago sports announcer. Milwaukee Christmas Party The annual Christmas party for Mil waukee's Michigan State alumni was held Wednesday evening, Dec. 12. The party was held at the Bungalow Inn in Wauwatosa. The program con sisted of dancing, card games and mixer games with a late night dinner. Guest speaker was Charles McCaffree, head swimming coach at M.S.C. Coach McCaffree also showed the 1951 M.S.C. Notre Dame football game. Hal Patzer, '41, club president, directed the meeting. Joining "Biggie" on his trip to Grand Rapids were Ed Timmerman, Gene Lekenta, and Jim Jebb, former Grand Rapids gridiron stars and now members of the Spartan team. Traverse Alums Meet Clarence "Biggie" Munn, Spartan head football coach and two of his assistants, Steve Sebo and "Duffy" Daugherty were greeted by some 170 members of the Grand Traverse-Benzie-Leelanau Alumni Club in Traverse City Jan. 23. The three coaches were initiated into the club's "Knights of the Big Bologna, Ancient Order of Clandestine and De the crepit Sausage Makers." One of original members of the order is Ralph Young, Michigan State's athletic director. Coach Munn returned from the cherry capital with an invitation for President John A. Hannah from the National Cher ry Festival Committee the festival in Traverse City in July, 1952. to attend "Sporty Party" at Oakland "Sparty Party" was the theme of the Oakland County Alumni Club gave to an informal mid-winter dance, held Jan. 18 at the Bonnie Brook Golf Club. THE SlUNlFlCAACJtt OF ADULT EDUCATiOJN: This was the topic of a speech by Dr. Edgar L. Harden, director of M.S.C.'s Continuing Education Service, to 160 members who attended the annual winter meeting of the M.S.C. Alumni Club of Newaygo County. Club members were host to 13 honor students from Fremont high school, and in addition to Dr. Harden's talk, viewed movies of the M.S.C.-Notre Dame football game. MARCH 1, 19 52 . . . . 11 NeuAA ABOUT THESE ALUMNI By GLADYS M. FRANKS, '27 ' r tC E. Hayes Adams and Mrs. Marion E. ww Atkin, of Chesaning. Mich., were married ' 11 Huber C. Hilton retired Dec. 31 after * * more than 30 years continuous employ ment with latest the U. S. Forest Service. His post was regional chief of personnel management in the Rocky Mountain area. #OC John Biery, *^ c i ty m a n of Midland, ager Mich., since 1945, has resigned to accept a similar post at Colo rado Springs, Colo. Before going to Mid land. Biery was as sistant city manager and city engineer of Jackson. '27 Alfred (Wiedoeft, N a t a l ia and Clark . have moved '28) Dor- rance are living at 421 E. Main Fennville, Mich., where he is soil scientist for the USDA's . Theodore and Helen Grand Rapids office. . their (Lee, into Foster '36) . . . new home at 247 Ridge st.. East Lansing. superintendent Theodore Hoffmeyer is general the Hagstrom Construction Co.. 1567 Selby for Ave., St. Paul, Minn. is . . spending the winter at 258 Albert St., Dunedin. Fla. for Tubular Rivet & Stud Co., lives at 8 Spruce Park, Wellesley Hills, Mass. . . . Elias Somerville and his wife and living on a farm near Central Lake, Mich. . . . DeMaris Wilson teaches home economics in Detroit's Mumford High School and lives in Dearborn at 15651 Wood land Dr. . Louis J. Smith, sales manager . Gerald Reynalds two children are . . ' QQ •^ K a t n ryn D'nkeloo George (Mrs. W. E.) and her husband and their nine-year-old son are living at 1900 El Dorado Dr. S.E.. Grand in Rapids. the July 1951 RECORD as having the U. S. Office of Foreign Agricultural Relations, may be in in care of reached San Salvador, El Salvador. . . Keith Himebaugh, reported the American Embassy joined . •W ager of Harry Ferguson, ' Q rt Morris E. Fonda, public relations man- Inc., Detroit tractor and farm im plement manufactur er, has been elected to his second term as the Soil president of Conservation Society of America. Mr. Fon da the served with U. S. Forest Service and the Soil Conserva before tion Service joining the Detroit firm in 1948. '31 Fonda Loomis h as N e l ie l H o l m es b e en named Genesee County representative of the chil dren's division. State Department of Social Wel fare. She has charge of independent boarding homes and assists foster parents with . William Penn Mott, child welfare problems. . Jr.. superintendent of parks for the city of Oak land. Calif., was elected president of the American Institute of Park Executives at the recent annua! meeting in Miami. Fla. The Institute is a profes licensing ' |C Lawrence Wheeting has transferred from Washington State College to Yakima Chief Ranches Inc., Mabton, Wash. * * time." I need *1 V What reports is more John Bregger, of Clemson College, S. C, in his annual Chirstmas letter. He has retired as president of American Pomological Society but assumed leadership of Unitarian Fellowship, while continuing active participation in National Peach Council. Nursery Association, State Fruit Growers Society, and Rotary. Soil and moisture conserva tion is still his major activity, with peach varieties a major hobby. the garden. On ' 1 Q Dr. Edgar Anderson, professor of botany *** at Washington University and geneticist at the Missouri Botanical Garden, has been named assistant director of the staff of the university and the garden since 1935. Dr. Anderson will continue in these posts in addition to his new duties. Winner of two Guggenheim Fellowships research, he has also the Order Jugoslavian Crown IV Class received following an expedition he the Balkans for Harvard University. for scientific led to for many ' O rt Ludovico Hidrosollo. • ** governor of years the Philippine Province of term Capiz, did not run for re-election and his expired with is making his home at 1033 Oregon, Ermita, Manila, where he two government has accepted membership on the Rehabilitation Finance Corporation boards, Board and the Board of Land Settlement and Development Corporation. the new year. He is ' 0 "I Hollis W. Norman has been promoted by the Western Electric Co., to the post * * of assistant manager of its radio shops in Winston Salem, N. C. West the ern Electric a nd manufacturing the supply unit of Bell Telephone sys change, The tem. which was effective the first of January, places Mr. Norman in charge of manufactur engineering ing and operations three there which plants are doing much of the company's electronics work for the govern ment. Norman at The U. S. Forest Service has named ' O^ *™ Donald E. Clark its new regional forester in the Rocky Mountain area. Clark, who formerly lived in Sausalito, Calif., is now residing at 5090 W. Sixth Ave., Denver, Colo. 12 . . . . T HE R E C O RD sional organization of park and recreation execu tives in the United States and Canada, and has a membership of approximately 1500. ' QO •• Stewart D. Cain, executive secretary of Family Service Association of DuPage County, writes from 661 Prairie Ave., Glen Ellyn, 111.: "It was one of those once-in-a-lifetime meet ings, in the lobby of the Conrad Hilton (former Stevens I hotel, Chicago, in late November. Mil- bourne Avery, '29, was checking out at the close of the International Livestock Exposition, and I was checking in as a delegate to the National Confer ence on Mental Health. Our last meeting was some 18 years ago in Pontiac." *W ' QO William E. Russ and his wife and their recently moved into their newly built home at 1501 Cuyler Ave., Berwyn, 111. four-year-old son have got out in Detroit and gOA Wesley Hurd and Otto Pongrace, *J~ '35, their scrapbooks a while ago and rehashed the days when they burned up the track -against each other as students in rival high together as members of schools State's outstanding the middle '30's. They are still on the same team -at Ford, where Hurd is a supervisor of payroll policies and systems, central staff, and Pongrace is manager of the administrative department, plant engineer ing office, manufacturing staff. track squads in Betty Shigley Poe and her husband, Charles, and their three children, are living at 119 Lord Ashley Rd., Raleigh, N. C, where he practices law. Betty says she wishes any M.S.C. alumni would contact her when they are in the vicinity, for although she loves North Carolina, she longs for news of her classmates and school. She is much disappointed to see what little of the class each RECORD contains. Letters like hers will remedy that, so let's have some. OO and their ' QC Clifford and Jane (Hall, three boys are '39) McKibbin living at 365 Third St., Atlantic Beach, Fla. Cliff is associated with Smith and Gillespie, consulting engineers, in Jacksonville. completed '37 Dr. Max G. Hammer his small animal hospital this past summer at 1201 Maple, Albion, and announced his new partner as Dr. Robert W. Acton, '51. . . . Mark C. Lewis is vice-chairman and secretary, defense and projects medium motor division, General Electric Co.. 1 River Rd., Schenectady, N. Y. and priorities committee, small Polly Dietz Beaman writes from Box 931, Jack sonville Beach, Fla.. that her husband, Lt. Harry '38, is on the USS Tarawa, an C. Beaman, Jr., the Mediterranean aircraft carrier at present area. She adds: "Our looking forward to attending M.S.C. some day. Young Harry III is now 12 years old. and has been so thrilled with record. But the Spartans' football then, who hasn't been ?" two children are in " IQ *^® the reserve officers L t' Co1" H a r o ld G- Creyts and his wife, the former Mary Ellen Taylor, '37. are living at 706 14th St., Alexandria, Va. . . . The January issue of the Marine Corps Gazette con tains an article, "Background for Russian Action," by Col. J. D. Hittle, who is currently stationed the with training corps at University of Utah. . . . Amy Jean Holmblade has returned to the campus as assistant professor on the home economics staff. . . . Dr. L. Fredric Hough has been appointed agricultural specialist with the U.S. Office of Foreign Agricultural Relations. On leave from Rutgers University, he and Mrs. Hough (Mary E. Yeager, '39) and their two years at children will spend the the next New Central Experimental Station. Suakoko, Liberia. . . . Dr. Leslie Hughes, who was gradu ated last summer, has his offices at 2645 Coolidge Highway, Berkley, Mich., '41) while he and Mrs. Hughes and their daughter live in Detroit at 14153 Kent- field. . . . Carl Numelin in Manistee. Mich., as foreman for the Morton Salt Co. . . . from dental school (Yvonne Bow, is located Dr. Luke R. Sinclair, on a Point Four assignment, gives his address a s: Animal Husbandryman, Tingo Maria, Peru, % Department of State, Washington 25, D. C. Institute '39 William A. Beck is instructor in metal in lurgy at General Motors Flint, Mich., where he and Mrs. Beck and their two children live at 2762 Golfside Lane. . . . Oren "Jack" Frost and his wife and two daughters are living at 6001 Radnor, Detroit where he is art director for J. Walter Thompson Co. . Capt. Henry C. Starke, who was called to active duty a year ago, is serving with an anti-aircraft artillery battalion in Korea. . . . Arthur Sinclair has completed his work for his Ph.D. in chemistry at Notre Dame and is employed in the fermenta tion department at Abbott Laboratories in Chi cago. With his wife and two daughters he lives at 1115 Palmer PL, Waukegan, 111. . . . Arno W. Weiss. M.D., has offices at 310 E. Huron, Bad Axe. Mich. . . to ™" tary transferred live at 567 Hannon Ave. from Washington, D. C, ' Af\ Margaret Bottoms Aldermann is secre- the principal of Union High School in Las Cruces, N. Mex. . . . Neele S. Barner of Donovan and Seamans Co., Los Angeles, was recently elected president of the Southern Cali fornia Guild of the American Gem Society. . . . A son, James Anderson, Jr., was born Jan. 5 to Mr. and Mrs. James A. LaDu, Carter Hotel, . . . Lt. Cmdr. Robert C. Mayo has Cleveland. been to Monterey, Calif., where he and Mrs. Mayo (Vir ginia Pfander) . '40) Mercer an Robert and Shirley nounce the birth of their third son, Jerome Leland, Jan. 12. They are living at 1005 Kensington Ave., Flint, where Dr. Mercer has his office and pet hospital at 1702 S. Dort Highway. . . . Dorothy Mitchell Nelson (Mrs. Jack) writes from 19958 Vaughan, Detroit: "Our best Christmas present arrived one day late this year, but what a present! —a baby daughter, named Marilyn Mitchell. We are delighted family of include her future M.S.C. students, and her brothers, Fred . . . and Geoffrey, living Arthur and Eva at 447 Hillside Dr., Rossford, Ohio, where he is engineer for Libbey Owen's Ford. think she is mighty sweet." '38) Thayer are (Levinson, (Smith, in our to . . . . is engineer with Engineering Div. ' A"\ Mr. and Mrs. Austin E. Dwight, of 8720 S. Downers Grove Rd., Downers " Grove, 111., announce the birth of their first child, Arthur Albert, Nov. 22. Mr. Dwight is a metal the Argonne National lurgical Laboratory, Reactor . K. Telford Marshall located at Fort Eustis, Va., as senior naval architect at Transportation Corps Research and Development Station. He and Mrs. Marshall (Eugenia Libby, w'48) live in Williamsburg. from 4 Sumner St., Orono, Maine: "In order to keep informed your readers, and our friends, properly we thought we should announce the most impor tant event which has occurred in Maine since our arrival here a little more than a year ago—the birth of our first son, Mitchell Godfrey, Oct. 19. Teaching and research duties here at the agricul tural engineering department of the university keep me amply busy." . . . Major Robert E. Young is serving with in Korea. . Fred W. Roth writes Infantry Division the 7th . . Jean Crawford, M.D., Lt. Col. Robert A. Barnum is associated with the Air Force Office of Planning in Washington. D. C, and lives in nearby Arlington, Va., at 114 N. Greenbrier St. ' Afy Katherine an- **• nounces the opening of her office, Suite the 217 Clayton Medical Bldg., Clayton, Mo., for practice of general surgery. Dr. Crawford and her husband, Dr. Francis O. Trotter, in Clayton at 7519 Parkdale. . . . Capt. Donald F. Goss is with the First Arctic Test Detach., U.S. Army, MPO 1015, via Winnipeg, Fort Churchill, . . . Major Thomas B. Hoxie is sta Manitoba. . . . tioned at Fairchild Air Force Base, Wash. (Pauline Mr. and Mrs. C. Richard Leavengood Moeller) announce their daughter, "Pollyanna," Oct. 24. The Leavengoods' new the birth of live the October home at 1000 N. Park St., St. Petersburg, Fla., in had a four-page issue of layout (formerly Architectural Magazine of Building (Helen . . . Mr. and Mrs. John Casey Forum). Searson) of 3904 Salem, Midland, Mich., announce the birth of Kevin Michael, Jan. 9—which is also the birthday of his mother and maternal grand mother ! * Afi ~ *J Robert S. Brooks, who received his law has from Wayne University, degree opened offices in Lansing at 600 American State Savings Bank Bldg. . . . William J. McKinstry is studying and teaching economics at Yale Uni versity, and with Mrs. McKinstry their son Stephen Grey, lives in West Haven, Conn., at 104 Annawon Ave. . . . Lt. Edith L. Taggart is stationed with the 2250th WAF Sq., at Brooks Air Force Base . Harold and Elizabeth Stubbs McGinnes announce the birth of their daughter, Sue Ann, Aug. 2. They are living at 707y2 E. Walnut St., Bloom- ington, 111., where Dr. McGinnes has his general . Patricia Troxell Wilson, surgery practice. . of 12637 Northlawn, Detroit, has the analytical section of the Ethyl Corp. as a labora tory technician. in San Antonio, Texas. joined and . . . John J. Taylor Harrisburg, Pa., with department. is located at 202 S. 13th St.. relations the state public Doris Bennett Milliken imm (Mrs. Horace ^4^4 N.) is engaged in marketing research for Hallmark Greeting Cards of Kansas City, Mo., and lives in Mission, Kans., at 5522 Lamar. . . . W. Paul Lindetnan is a member of the June 1952 class at the American Institute for Foreign Trade at Thunderbird Field, Phoenix, Ariz. Specializing in South America, he is taking in tensive training course in preparation for a career in American business or government abroad. . . . the California "We have deserted Michigan '43) (Ott, sunshine," write Russell and Marilyn Phillips from 1230 Mills St., Menlo Park. He is now with Stanford Research Institute in Palo Alto. the school's for Marian Goss Zola gives her new address as 465 Grove Ave., Valparaiso, Ind., where her husband. Bill, the Chamber of Commerce. is secretary-manager of ' if took ™*» several Candace Appleton, who the class while head terms' work with nurse at the College Health Center, leave and making her home at 154 Pirn St., Sault Ste. Marie, Oontario, Canada, between trips to Mexico and California. is on 'AC ~" Eunice Anderson Chynoweth, with her husband, Clyde, and their two children, are living at 306 Greeg, Apt. C, Shreveport, La., where he is an oil scout for Atlantic Refining Co. . . . "Good things come in small packages," report Mr. and Mrs. George Weiss (Maryrita Mulvihilli of 1534 Groton Rd., Grand Rapids, Mich., and is Mary Shawn and she continue: "Her name arrived Dec. 10." . located at Chicaugon Lake, Crystal Falls, Mich., as manu facturers agent and resort operator. . . . David A. Zaukelies, who received his Ph.D. from North western, spectroscopy laboratories in Midland, Mich. . . George Polich is a physicist in Dow's is . . from their I\rj " the opening of in 1950, Cheney Glenn T. Cheney and Guy E. Hill, Jr., '48, their have announced law office at 334 Townsend, Lansing. They re from ceived law degrees the University of Colorado and Hill the . Allan B. Copley, University of Michigan. who received his M.A. with the class, is visiting teacher and social worker the public schools of Pontiac, Mich., where he lives at 88 Palmer. . . . Mary Fuss Townsley (Mrs. Sidney J.) lives at 248 Whitney Ave., New Haven, Conn., where in Osborn Zoological Laboratory is chemist she of Yale University. . . . Louise Eltinge records her new name and address as Mrs. Glenn T. Martin, 17502 Roy, Lansing, 111. . . . Norman E. Pennels, chemical engineer with Sinclair Refining Co., is located at the View Motel, 2500 Garvey, Alhambra, Calif. in Robert and Betty (Polewach, '46) Shipper and '71 (we hope)" are living in Hunt "Jeffrey L. ington Woods, Mich., at 10764 Nadine. . . . Mr. (Marjorie Silberblatt) and Mrs. Alton Dreayer