S P A R TA  N 

A L U M NI 

M A G A Z I NE 

JANICE  SOMERS,  QUEEN  of  QUEENS 

M I C H I G AN  STATE 
C O L L E GE 

".  .  .  to shed  details  in favor  of principles" 

".  .  .  to weld  together  imagination  and experience" 

THE  NATURE  A ND  FUNCTION 

OF  A  UNIVERSITY 

ON  JUNE  7, 195U Dr.  Thomas  H.  Hamilton,  Dean  of  the  Basic  College, 
presented  a  paper  dealing  with  the  nature  and  functions  of  a  University 
before  the  Michigan  State  College  chapter  of  the  American 
Association 
of  University  Professors.  Although  it is too long  to reproduce  in its  entirety, 
the  editors  of  THE  RECORD 
like  to  see  the 
concluding  paragraphs  of  the  paper. 

that  its  readers  would 

felt 

A UNIVERSITY  is a  social  institution 

and  as  such  it  is  shaped  both  by 
the 
institutions  and 
tradition  of  such 
the  culture  in  which  it  operates.  Thus 
to  expect  contemporary  American  uni 
versities  to fit precisely  criteria  set  forth 
for  other  times  or  other  places  is  un 
realistic.  The problem  which  each  society 
has  with  tradition  is the retention  of  that 
essential  portion  which  remains  valid 
and  adapting  it  for  optimum  operations 
under  changed  conditions.  It  seems  to 
me  that  the  essential  part  of  the  uni 
versity  tradition  still  having  validity  is 
that  the primary  purpose  of  a  university 
is  to  improve  the  intellectual  and  cul 
tural 
level  of  the  society  in  which  it 
operates. I am using the term  intellectual, 
incidentally,  in  the  sense  that  it  is  a 
part  of  virtue  but  not  the  whole  of  it, 
and  culture  to  me  is  a  broader 
term 
than  sometimes  conceived  and  specifically 
has  material  as  well  as  non-material 
attributes. 

jm  I  am  not  sure  that  the  dichotomy 
between 
teaching  and  research,  which 
Newman  affirms,  is  a  valid  one.  Many 
examples  can  be  found,  I  think,  of  both 
research  and  teaching  of  a  high  quality 
being  combined  in  the  same  individual. 
In  any  event,  our  modern  American 
universities  seem  to  combine  these  with 
out  too much  difficulty,  and  I  think  that 
at  least  in  our  culture  we  are  safe  in 
assuming 
teaching  and  re 
search  are  proper  functions  of  a  uni 
versity. 

that  both 

from 

VJS I  do  not  entirely  agree  that  the 
separation  between  pure  and  applied  is 
a  very  useful  one.  We know  that  many, 
if  not  most,  of  the  significant  advances 
in  applied  fields  are  dependent  in  the 
first 
instance  upon  progress  in  the  so-
called  pure.  But it  is  also  true  in  some 
that  pure  or  theoretical  re 
measure 
the  attempts  at 
search  profits 
that 
think 
application.  Therefore, 
neither  should  be  excluded  from  a  uni 
versity,  but  since  our  culture  is  one 
which  gives  support  and emphasis  to the 
applied,  I  should  say that  it is the unique 
function  of  the  university  to  give  pri 
mary  emphasis  to the pure  or  theoretical. 
Perhaps  it  would  be  well  if  there  were 
plaques  on  many  university  buildings 
engraved  with  the words  of  Alfred  North 
Whitehead,  "Science  is  almost  wholly 
the  outgrowth  of  pleasureable  intellec 
tual  curiosity." 

I 

subject  matters  appropriate 

V)S The attempts  to  limit  for  all  time 
for 
the 
either 
teaching  or  research  in  a  uni 
versity  seem  to  have  failed.  University 
faculties  probably  are  right  in  at  times 
resisting  the  introduction  of  new  areas, 
since  tradition  and custom  are not  forces 
which  should  be  dealt  with  lightly.  Yet, 
new  areas  are 
times 
change,  and  this  seems  to  me  to  be in 
evitable.  I  think  that  the  criteria  for 
what  should  be  the  subject  of  teaching 
and  research  in  a  university  cannot  at 
any  given  time  be  limited  by  a  list  of 
subjects.  It  seems  to me that  the  criteria 

introduced  as 

must  be  stated  in  terms  of  principles. 
The  principles  probably  are  the  product 
of  asking  certain  questions:  Is  the  area 
under  consideration  of  sufficient  com 
plexity  to  warrant  turning  the  resources 
of  a  university  to  it?  Is  the  subject 
capable  of  theoretical  and  abstract  for 
mulation?  And  finally,  is  advancement 
in  teaching  and  research  in  this  area 
important  in  improving  the  intellectual 
and  cultural  level  of  the  society  as  I 
have  defined  the  terms? 

W  It  seems  to  me,  finally,  that  I 
can  agree  with  two  additional  proposi 
tions.  The  first  of  these  is  that  the 
function  of  a  university  is  to  enable one 
to  shed  details  in  favor  of  principles. 
This  means,  as  I  view  it,  that  it  is  the 
function  of  a  university  in  both  teach 
ing  and  research  to  lead  its  students 
and  research  apprentices  as  rapidly  as 
possible  from  the  specific,  the  concrete 
and  the  particular  to  the  general,  the 
abstract,  the  theoretical.  And  second, 
all  of  these  things  a  university  must  do 
with  imagination:  which  means,  to  quote 
Whitehead,  "A  university  is  imaginative 
or  it  is  nothing,  at  least  nothing  useful 
. . ..  The  tragedy  of  the  world  is  that 
those  who  are  imaginative  have  but 
slight  experience  and  those  who  are 
experienced  have 
imaginations. 
Fools  act on imagination  without  knowl 
edge;  pedants  act  on  knowledge  without 
imagination.  The  task  of  a  university 
is  to  weld 
imagination  and 
experience." 

together 

feeble 

THE  RECORD 

M A R J O R IE  K I N G,  Editor 

Vol.  59—No.  7 
R U S S E LL  P O W E R S.  J R ., '49, Associate  Editor 
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Assistant  Sports  Editor;  JOHN  MCGOFF,  '50,  Assistant  Director  of  Alumni  Relations;  MADISON  KUHN  and  JOSEPH  G.  DUNCAN, 
Historians;  EABL  C.  RICHAEDSON,  Agricultural  Editor;  BABBARA  BROWN,  Artist;  W.  LOWELL  TREASTER,  Director  of  Informa 
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SEBVICES,  Michigan  State  College.  Entered  as  second  class  matter  at  East  Lansing,  Michigan,  under  the  Act  of  Congress, 
August  H, 1912. 

November,  1954 
Advisor 

A.  W E S T L EY  R O W L A N D,  Editorial 

Under  the  direction  of  Richard  Klausi,  the  A  Cappella 
choir  possesses  unusual  rhythm  and  color.  The  choir 
adds  musical  vitality  with  harps  and  finger  cymbals. 

(fafr  and  (^oum 

Right:  Quartet  of  the  college  music  faculty  provides 
an  enjoyable  evening  for  lovers  of  chamber  music. 

S MALL  communities  eager  for  the  cultural  enter 

tainments  of  a  large  university  may  have  their  pick 
of  concerts  and  drama,  even  though  they  may  be  too 
far  away  to  travel  to  the  campus. 

Once  again,  theater,  concert  and  song  are  featured  in 
the  second  Cap  and  Gown  series.  These  programs  have 
been  selected  to  bring  outstanding  entertainment 
to 
Michigan  communities,  as  well  as  to  give  service  organ 
izations,  alumni  clubs,  women's  groups  and  high  schools 
an  opportunity  to  raise  funds  for  community  projects. 
Received  enthusiastically  on a trial  run  last  year,  these 
entertainment  groups  were  sponsored  by  local  organiza 
tions  in  16  Michigan  communities  and  performed  before 
some  11,000  people. 

This year  the  Cap and  Gown series  will offer  the  M.S.C. 
concert  band,  the  Men's  Glee  Club,  the  A  Cappella  choir 
and  the  symphony  orchestra.  In  addition,  music  faculty 
members,  who  have  studied  abroad  under  some  of  the 
world's  most  noted  musicians,  will  display  their  fine 
musicianship  in  string  quartets  and  in  brass,  woodwind 
and  vocal  ensembles. 

The  drama  will be  "The  Male  Animal,"  a  laugh-rousing 

comedy  by  James  Thurber  and  Elliot  Nugent. 

Under  the  management  of  John  McGoff,  '50,  the  Cap 
and  Gown  series  presents  the  best  talent  of  Michigan 
State  faculty  and  students.  All  talent  is  being  recruited 
from  the  School of  Science  and  Arts.  "We hope to  present 
excellent  entertainment,"  Dean  Milton  E.  Muelder  said, 
"and  at  the  same  time  provide  our  students  with  the 
opportunity  of  obtaining  professional  theater  and  con 
cert  experience." 

Transfer  of  the  Cap and  Gown project  from  the  Alumni 
Office  to  Continuing  Education  Service  fits  the  concept 
of  Continuing  Education  as  the  "arm  of  the  College" 
reaching  out  to  serve  all  Michigan  residents,  Dean  Edgar 
L.  Harden  said. 

Alumni  Plan  to  Celebrate 
"Founders Month" 

Many  on-campus  activities  have  been 
planned  to  observe  Michigan  State's  Cen 
tennial  celebration,  but  the  recognition 
it  receives  in  the  out-state  areas  and 
throughout 
largely 
on  the  alumni  clubs. 

the  nation  depends 

Plans  are 

in  process  for  a  special 
observance  of  a  "Founders'  Month,"  from 
February  12  to  March  12,  during  which 
time  the  alumni  clubs  will  be  asked  to 
hold  a  special  meeting  in  honor  of  the 
Centennial  celebration.  The  Centennial 
Committee  of  the  Alumni  Advisory  Coun 
cil,  who  presented  the  plans  for  approval 
by  the  Council,  feels  that  this  will  bring 
the  Centennial  observance  much  closer 
to  the  general  public  through  the  active 
participation  of  the  alumni. 

The  majority  of  Michigan  State's  107 
alumni  clubs  already  have  begun  plans 
for  special  programs  and  meetings,  ac 
cording 
to  Starr  Keesler,  director  of 
alumni  relations.  Many  alumni  will  also 
sponsor  special  programs  about  Michigan 
State  at  civic  clubs  and  other  organiza 
tions  of  which  they  are  members.  "We 
are  planning  to  mail  a  speakers  list  to 
all  the  alumni  clubs,  after  the  final  list 
is  prepared  by  the  Centennial  Speakers 
Bureau,  for  special  use  during  Founders' 
month,"  Keesler  said. 
Making  plans  well 

the 
Committee  stated  that  alumni  activities 
on  the  campus  during  1955  will  include 
an  alumni  weekend  and  Homecoming  (a 
first  general 
full  year  ahead).  The 
in  many 
luncheon  meeting  of  alumni 
the  campus 
years  will 
Saturday,  June  4. 

take  place  on 

in  advance, 

"A  major  contribution  to  the  success 
of  Michigan  State's  Centennial  year  is 
assured  through  the  active  planning  of 
the  alumni,"  Keesler  said. 

On  the  Cover... 

is  Michigan  State's  Janice  Somers, 
as  she  looks  to  her  classmates  and 
instructors,  and  as  she  appeared  to 
the  whole  country  on  television  the 
night  she  was  fourth  runner-up  for 
the  title  of  Miss  America.  Michigan 
State 
is  mighty  proud  of  "Miss 
Michigan"  who  is  everything  we 
like  to  think  the  modern  American 
girl  should  be—wholesome,  pretty, 
talented  and  unaffected.  _.The  19-
year-old  co-ed  has  brown  hair,  blue 
eyes,  stands  five  feet,  six  inches  in 
height,  and  weighs  123. Since  enter 
the 
ing  M.S.C,  Jan  has  received 
Engineering 
crowns: 
following 
Queen,  Miss  M.S.C,  Miss  Big  Ten, 
and  Abbot  Hall  Queen  (bestowed 
by  her  dormitory). 

ARTIST:  John  S.  Coppin  (right)  compares  his  first  sketch  with  his  finished  oil 
painting  of  the  early  campus  with  Edward  Pardon,  Wolverine  associate  editor  (left), 
and  Arthur  Underwood,  Centennial  section  photo-editor. 

Artist  Commissioned  To  Paint  Scenes 
Of  Early  MSC  History  For  Year  Book 
Douglas  Coulter,  business  manager, 
said  that  the  price  of  the  yearbook  was 
to  remain  at  $6.00,  as  a  special  service 
to  alumni. 

A  highlight  of  the  1954  Wolverine  will 
be  color  reproductions  of  six  original  oil 
paintings  by  John  Coppin,  Bloomfield 
Hills,  portraitist  and  illustrator. 

The  series  of  paintings  opens  with  a 
portrayal  of  a  student  in  a  buckboard 
arriving  at  the  clearing  in  the  wilderness 
that  was  Michigan  Agricultural  College 
in  the  mid  1800's.  Another  depicts  such 
events  as  the  work  of  W. J.  Beal  with  the 
hybridization  of  corn  in  the  80's. 

The  Wolverine  Staff,  publishing  a 
700-page  centennial  edition  as  part  of  the 
great  1955  program,  mailed  brochures  to 
more  than  40,000  alumni,  describing  con 
tents  of  the  book.  Orders  resulting  from 
these  brochures  are  expected 
to  make 
possible  a  10,000  press-run  on  the  edition. 
This  is  believed  to  be  the  largest  ever 
attempted  by  a  college  yearbook. 

"We  are  attempting  the  most  compre 
hensive  yearbook  in  American  collegiate 
history,"  says  Burton  Gerber,  editor.  "It 
will  be  a  700-page  volume  depicting  the 
past  and  present  history  of  Michigan 
State  College  in  pictures  and  copy  in  a 
way  that  will  warm  the  hearts  of  both 
alumni  and  students." 

Nearly  200  old  photographs  have  been 
copied  and  restored  for  use  in  the  cen 
tennial  section.  They  cover  a  100-year 
including  1857  photographs  of 
span, 
"Saint's  Rest," 
the  college's  original 
boarding  house,  and  historic  Old  College 
Hall. 

Michigan  State  alumni  this  year,  for 
the  first  time,  are  being  given  an  oppor 
tunity  to  order  copies  of  the  Wolverine, 
the  M.S.C.  yearbook. 

in 

Order  blanks  for  the  Wolverine  were 
contained 
the  brochures.  However, 
copies  may  be  ordered  directly  by  mail 
ing  a  check  for  $6.50,  which  includes  the 
mailing  costs,  directly  to  the  1955  Wol 
verine,  Union  Building,  Michigan  State 
College. 

Clubs to  Benefit 
From New  Program  Service 

A  newly  created  Centennial  Program 
Service  will  provide  clubs  and  organiza 
tions  throughout  Michigan  with  a  wide 
selection  of  programs  to  help  in  cele 
brating  M.S.C.'s  100th  anniversary. 

About  100  programs  will  be  available, 
college  officials  announced,  using  the  re 
sources  of  Michigan  State's  faculty  and 
staff.  There  will  be  no  charge  other  than 
transportation  and  for  such  expenses  as 
are  incurred  by  the  staff  member  in  pre 
senting  the  program. 

Subjects  range  from  art,  health,  edu 
cation,  agriculture  and  geology  to  such 
lighter  subjects  as  "Who's  Laughing?", 
and  "Broadway's  Leading  Ladies." 

Centennial  Director  Alvie  L.  Smith 
expressed  the  hope  that  every  community 
in  the  state  will  join  with  the  College 
in  1955  in  special  commemoration  of  its 
Centennial. 

Specific  program  information  may  be 
obtained  from  Dr.  Gordon  L.  Thomas, 
Centennial  Program  Service,  Wells  Hall, 
Michigan  State  College. 

4 

AFFAIRS  OF  STATE 

National  FFA  President 
Winds  Up  Term 

A  clean-cut,  polished,  smooth-operating 
young  man  pounded  the  gavel  to  bring 
11,000  highly-spirited  farm-reared  boys 
to  order  in the  huge  auditorium  in  Kansas 
City  last  month.  He  was  David  Boyne, 
20-year-old  Michi 
gan  State  College 
ag  student,  who 
was  finishing  his 
as 
year's 
term 
the 
president  of 
Future 
Farmers 
of  America. 

T he 

David  Boyne 

S a n i l ac 
county  farm  boy 
had covered nearly 
75,000 miles, made 
hundreds  of  talks 
to  many 
thousands  adults  and  youth, 
visited  with  top  diplomats,  farm  leaders 
and  business  executives  since  he  left  the 
farm  to  start  to  college  two  years  before. 
"It's  been  a  very  eventful  period—this 
last  18 months—one  any  American  young-
man  would  enjoy,"  the  black-haired  honor 
student  in  dairy  production  explained. 

After  two  terms  in  school  in  fall,  1952 
and  winter,  1953, David  was  notified  that 
he  had  been  selected  as  an  exchange  dele 
gate  to  represent  the  Future  Farmers  of 

in  the  British  Isles.  He 

left 
America 
school  at  the  end  of  winter  term  for  his 
six-months'  trip  to  England  where  he 
lived  on  21  different  farms  and 
talked 
with  English  farm  youth  and  adults.  He 
returned  in  the  fall  of  1953,  too  late  to 
enroll  at  M.S.C. 

At  the  1953  annual  meeting  of 

the 
Future  Farmers  of  America  he  made  a 
masterful  presentation  of  his  experiences 
as  an  exchange  delegate  of  the  organiza 
tion.  His  ability  to  speak  lent  momentum 
to  the  boom  which  resulted  in  election  of 
the  Michigan  State  student  as  national 
president  of  F.F.A.  The  organization  has 
373,000  members. 

"I  knew  that  meant  two  more  terms 
away  from  college—but  it  has  been  worth 
it.  In  filling  the  job  I've  traveled  in  37 
states  and  Canada,  covered  the  distance 
around  the  world  and  talked  to  thousands 
of  people,"  David  explained. 

Except  for  an  occasional  speaking  en 
gagement,  he  is  back  at  his  books,  pick 
ing  up  where  he  left  off  18  months  ago. 
When  he  can  spare  a  weekend  it  is  back 
on  the  farm  near  Marlette  where  he  has 
a  partnership  with  his  father  and  brother 
James.  Jim  was  one  of  the  11,000  dele 
gates  at  this  fall's  F.F.A.  convention.  He 
is  president  of  the  Michigan  F.F.A.  or 
ganization,  a  job  which  brother  David 
held  four  years  before. 

M.S.C.  pr jfs  on  way  to  Indo-China,  (1. to 
r.)  A.  F.  Brandstatter,  E.  Weidner,  J.  H. 
Denison  and  C.  C.  Killingsworth. 

Top  College  Officials 
Advise  Vietnamese 

At  the  personal  request  of  the  premier 
of  Vietnam,  four  M.S.C.  officials  are  on 
a  special  assignment  in  Vietnam  to  help 
that  government 
solve  administrative 
problems. 

Members  of 

the  mission  are:  Dr. 
Edward  Weidner,  head  of  the  Depart 
ment  of  Political  Science;  James  H. 
Denison,  administrative  assistant  to  the 
relations  head; 
president  and  public 
Arthur  F.  Brandstatter,  head  of 
the 
Department  of  Police,  and  Dr.  Charles 
C. Killingsworth,  head  of  the  Department 
of  Economics. 

through 

Premier  Ngo  Dinh  Diem's  request  for 
assistance  in  administrative  matters  was 
channeled 
the  Foreign  Opera 
tions  Administration,  a  U.S.  agency 
headed 
in  Washington  by  Harold  E. 
Stassen.  Ngo,  who  indicated  a  prefer 
ence  for  M.S.C.  men,  has  been  corre 
sponding  on  southeast  Asia  affairs  with 
the 
research 
bureau  for  more  than  two  years. 

governmental 

college's 

The  four  experts  in  government  affairs 
will  consult  with  the  South  Vietnamese 
government  officials  in  the  areas  of  law 
enforcement,  public  administration,  pub 
lic 
finance  and  eco 
nomics.  All  four  men  are  on  loan  from 
the  college  and  are  on  leave  of  absence 
from  their  college  positions. 

information  and 

in  which 

Michigan  State's  assistance  in  Vietnam 
brings  to  four  the  number  of  major  inter 
national  programs 
the  uni 
versity  is  engaged.  These  others  include 
the  "adoption"  of  the  University  of  the 
Ryukyus  on  Okinawa,  development  of  the 
first  school  of  business  administration  in 
Brazil,  and  agricultural  assistance 
in 
Colombia. 

Marlin  K. Farmer  Dies 

Dr.  Marlin  K.  Farmer,  associate  pro 
fessor  of  humanities  at  M.S.C,  died  in 
the  latter  part  of  October  at  the  age 
of  47.  Dr.  Farmer  was  editor  of 
the 
Basic  College  Newsletter 
and  was  on 
the  Basic  College  Research  committee 
and 
the  Publications  and  Public  Re 
lations  committee. 

5 

ELECT  OFFICERS:  The  Michigan  State  College  Alumni  Advisory  Council  assembled 
for  the  annual  Fall  meeting  in  October.  The  new  1955  oflScers  are:  Chairman,  Hazen 
H.  Stevens,  '42,  Saginaw;  Vice-chairman,  Chris  F.  Beukema,  '40,  Detroit;  Secretary, 
W.  L.  "Buzz"  Hart,  '49,  Grand  Rapids.  Retiring  from  office  as  Chairman  will  be 
Harold  Gasser,  '25;  Vice-chairman,  Claude  Erickson,  '22;  Secretary,  Al  Cox,  '33. 

Department  Sets  Record 

Faculty  Achievements 

An  unusual  record  has  been  set  in  the 
number  of  books  published  by  a  single 
department  in  a  year's  time. 

The  Department  of  Sociology  and 
Anthropology  has eight  books  either  pub 
lished  or  in  the  process  of  publication. 
One  of  them,  Rural  Social  Systems  and 
Adult  Education,  authored  by  several  of 
the  staff  members,  was  the  Michigan 
State  College  Press'  best  seller  in  May. 
Two  books  were  published  on  the  rural 
community.  One,  Community 
Health 
Action:  A  Study  of  Community  Con 
trast  by  Paul  A.  Miller  and  other  staff 
in 
members,  provides  comprehensive 
formation  on  how  rural  people  organize 
to  obtain  hospital  and  public  health 
services.  The  other,  Turrialba: 
Social 
Systems  and  the  Introduction  of  Change 
by  several  M.S.C.  staff,  is  an  analysis  of 
technological  assistance  rendered  to  rural 
people  in  the  village  trade  centers  in 
Costa  Rica. 

John  and  Ruth  Useem  authored  The 
Social  Roles  of  the  Foreign  Educated  in 
India,  and John  Useem  is also  the  author 
of  Power,  A  Study 
in  Cross-Cultural 
Relations. 

Involvement 

Also to be published  are:  The  Sociology 
of  Education  by  Wilbur  Brookover,  Pat 
terns  of  Community 
by 
Christopher  Sower  and  co-authors  Ken 
neth  Tiedke, John  B. Holland  and  Walter 
F.  Freeman;  and  Readings 
in  Latin 
American  Social  Organizations  and  In 
stitutions, 
edited  by  Olen  E.  Leonard 
and  Charles  P.  Loomis. 

Michigan  State  professors  have  been 
active  in  making  outstanding  contribu 
tions 
literature  and 
to  the  realm  of 
music  in  the  past  few  months. 

The  premier  of  a  new  recorded  work 
by  Dr. H.  Owen  Reed,  professor  of  music 
at  M.S.C.  was  performed  on  the  Ameri 
can  Broadcasting  Company  network  this 
fall.  The  composition,  "La  Fiesta  Mexi-
cana,"  is  in  three  movements:  "Prelude 
and  Aztec  Dance,"  "Mass"  and  "Festi 
val." 

Dr.  Austin  L.  Moore,  associate  pro 
fessor  of  humanities,  is  the  author  of 
"Farewell 
the  newly  published  book 
Farouk."  The  book  is  a  true  story  of 
the  extraordinary  events  which  occurred 
in  Egypt  during  the  last  year  of  King 
Farouk's  reign. 

Just  off  the  press  is  a  book  on  "Fruits, 
Vegetables,  Flowers"  written  by  horti 
culturist  Dr.  George  M.  Kessler.  It  was 
written  primarily  as  a  supplementary 
text  for  a  course  in  horticulture. 

Dr.  Dale  E.  Hathaway,  agricultural 
economist,  received  the  top  award  for 
the  best  farm  economics  article  of 1953. 
Selected  from  about  80  articles,  the  win 
ning  essay  is called,  "Agricultural  Policy 
and  Farmers'  Freedom:  A  Suggested 
Framework." 

Dr.  David  Potter,  associate  professor 
of  speech,  has  contributed  to  two  newly 
published  speech  books.  Dr. Potter  wrote 
a  paper  entitled  "The  Literary  Society" 
which  will  appear  in  the  book  "History 
of  Speech  Education  in  America." 

TO 

Prof.  Joseph  W.  Stack,  former  director 
of  M.S.C.  museum,  posing  with  a  14th 
century  Catholic  antiphonary. 

MSC Museum  Director 
Joseph  W. Stack  Dies 

Shortly  before  the  start  of  the  school 
year,  Michigan  State  College  suffered 
the  loss  of  Professor  Joseph  W.  Stack, 
61-year-old 
the  M.S.C. 
museum,  who  died  after  an  extended 
illness. 

director 

of 

Since  1924  when  he  became  curator 
of  the  museum,  Prof.  Stack  had  devoted 
many  years 
to  developing  a  campus 
museum  which  was  exceptional  in  many 
respects. 

For  the  past  three  years  he  had  been 
building  up  an  agricultural  museum,  de 
signed  to  show  Michigan's  progress.  It 
was  his  belief  that  Michigan  State,  the 
oldest  agricultural  college,  should  have 
an  agricultural  museum  second  to  none, 
and  he  planned  to  collect  every  article 
possible  that  had  been  used  on  the  farm 
or  in  the  farm  home. 

His  habitat  groups  of  wild  animals 
in  natural  settings  are  an  outstanding 
to  the  museum.  He  also 
contribution 
started  one  of 
the  first  bird-banding 
stations  in  the  nation  in  1924  on  the 
M.S.C. campus.  Nationally  known  for  his 
zoological  work,  he  published  a  number 
of  articles  on  birds  and  the  importance 
of  bird  life  to  agriculture. 

Prof.  Stack  was  associated  with  the 
college  since  1915, first  as  a  zoology  in 
structor  and 
the 
museum  director. 

in  1941,  as 

later, 

To  honor  his  memory,  a  group  of  his 
neighbors  and  friends  have  established 
a  memorial  scholarship  fund  in  his  name. 
Mrs.  Duane  Gibson,  who  recently  turned 
the  funds  over  to  the  scholarship  office, 
said  that  there  was  already  more  than 
$100  in  the  fund. 

to  share 
this 
Those  who  wish 
memorial  may  send 
their  contribution 
to  the  Scholarship  Office,  attention  of 
J.  R.  Stewart,  Michigan  State  College. 

in 

<i 

FIRST  OFFICIAL  DUTY:  One of  the  first  official  duties  of  M.S.C.'s  newly  appointed 
Dean  of  Agriculture  Thomas  K.  Cowden  (right)  was  to  welcome  U.S.  Secretary 
of  Agriculture  Ezra  Benson  (left),  shown  here  with  his  wife  and  small  daughter. 
Benson,  typical  of  the  many  distinguished  persons  to  speak  on  campus,  spoke  before 
the  Michigan  Artificial  Breeders  Cooperative  at 
in 
August.  Dr.  Cowden  became  dean  of  the  School  of  Agriculture  on  July  1,  after 
serving  five  years  as  head  of  the  Department  of  Agricultural  Economics. 

their  anniversary  meeting 

Championship  Meets 
Next  for  Spartans 

Michigan  State's  cross-country  squad 
defends 
this 
month,  although  the  prospects  for  retain 
ing  either  crown  are  very  slim. 

championships 

two 

its 

The  Spartans  defend 

their  Big  Ten 
title  Nov.  12  at  Chicago,  and  the  IC4A 
crown  Nov.  15  at  VanCortlandt  Park, 
N.  Y.  In  addition,  there  are  the  NCAA 
Championships  at  East  Lansing,  Nov.  22. 
loss  of  Capt. 
John  Cook  have  hurt  the  Spartans  con 
siderably,  but  Coach  Karl  Schlademan 
has  said  all  season  that  the  squad  will 
give  a  good  showing  in  the  championship 
matches. 

Inexperience  and 

the 

Schlademan  scheduled  dual  meets  with 
Ohio  State,  Penn  State,  Wisconsin  and 
Western  Michigan  for  the  regular  season, 
and  all  have  strong  teams. 
"Our  new  men  gained 

experience 
during  these  meets,"  Schlademan  pointed 
out.  "And  experience  is  all  this  squad 
the 
needs  to  make  it  a  tough  one  in 
championships." 

With  a  squad  composed  almost  entirely 
of  sophomores  and  juniors,  and  a  re 
portedly 
team,  big 
things  may  be  in  store  for  the  harriers 
during  the  next  few  years. 

freshman 

strong 

The  November 

schedule:  Nov.  6 
Michigan  AAU 
(tentative);  Nov.  12, 
Big  Ten  Championships  at  Chicago; 
Nov.  15,  ICAAAA  Championships  at 
VanCortlandt  Park,  N.  Y.;  Nov.  22, 
NCAA  Championships  at  East  Lansing. 

Press  Box  Report  on 
SPARTAN  SPORTS 

By  FRED  STABLEY  and  TED  EMERY 

Basketball  Hockey 
Set  for  Openers 

New  head  basketball  Coach  Forddy 
Anderson  has  a  22-game  schedule  for 
his  netters, including  14 Big  Ten  matches, 
while  Coach  Amo  Bessone  will  direct 
his  hockey  men  against  27  opponents, 
the  biggest  schedule  ever. 

Basketball:  Dec.  1,  Marquette;  Dec.  4,  Detroit; 
Dec.  17-18,  Pennsylvania  and  Princeton  at  Phila 
delphia  ;  Dec.  22,  DePaul;  Dec.  30,  Penn  S t a t e; 
Jan.  3,  at  Ohio  State  ;  Jan.  8,  Wisconsin  ;  J a n.  10, 
at  Iowa;  J a n.  15,  Michigan  ;  Jan.  17,  at  Indiana  ; 
J a n.  22,  Minnesota;  J a n.  29,  at  DePaul;  J a n.  31, 
Purdue;  Feb.  5,  at  Wisconsin  ;  Feb.  7,  at  Notre 
Dame;  Feb.  12,  at  Northwestern;  Feb.  14,  at 
Illinois;  Feb.  19,  Iowa;  Feb.  21,  Northwestern  ; 
Feb.  28,  Indiana;  March  5,  at  Michigan. 

Hockey:  Nov.  26,  at  Rensselaer;  Nov.  27,  at 
Clarkson;  Nov.  29,  at  St.  Lawrence;  Dec.  3-4, 
North  Dakota;  Dec.  17-18,  at  Denver;  Dec.  21-22, 
at  Colorado;  Dec.  31-Jan.  1,  Michigan  Tech; 
J a n.  7,  Michigan  ; J a n.  8,  at  Michigan  ; J a n.  21-22, 
at  Michigan  Tech;  Jan.  28-29,  Western  Ontario; 
Feb.  4-5,  at  Minnesota;  Feb.  11,  Michigan;  Feb. 
18-19,  at  North  Dakota;  Feb.  21,  at  Michigan  ; 
Feb.  25-26,  Minnesota  ;  March  4-5,  Ontario. 

LONG  BEFORE  the  1954  football  sea 
son  began,  Coach  Hugh  Duffy  Daugherty 
said  that  the  Spartans  would  probably 
start  slow,  gain  momentum  and  finish 
strong. 

The  first  five  games  of  the  year  have 
made  Daugherty's  prediction 
correct. 
But  the  Spartans  dropped  four  of  their 
first  five  games  by  a  total  of  only  25 
points. 

Actually  not  a  slow  start  when  it  is 
considered  that  the  Spartans  have  met 
Iowa,  Wisconsin,  Purdue  and  Notre 
Dame,  four  of  the  nation's  finest,  and 
a  rugged  Indiana  eleven. 

lost 

When  Michigan  State  began  defense 
of  its  co-Big  Ten  championship,  it  did 
so  with  the  knowledge  that  the  squad 
had 
in  Larry 
Fowler,  Jim  Neal  and  Don  Dohoney, 
and 
like  Tom 
replacing  backs 
Yewcic,  Evan  Slonac  and  Billy  Wells 
would  be  a  difficult  task. 

three  fine 

linemen 

that 

The 

loss 

to  Iowa  pointed  out 

that 
inexperience  was  State's  biggest  weak 
ness.  The  close,  6-0  defeat  at  the  hands 
of  Wisconsin  showed  that  Michigan  State 
inexperience 
had  begun 
gaps.  The  win  over  Indiana  and 
the 
20-19  loss  to  Notre  Dame  showed  that 
Michigan  State  was  on  its  way  up  the 
ladder,  and 
the  new  men  were 
becoming  old  hands. 

to  fill 

those 

that 

Even  in  the  27-13  loss  to  Purdue  the 
coaches  found  bright  spots  as  LeRoy 
Bolden  returned  to  form. 

to  provide 

The  early  season  loss  of  Co-Capt.  and 
left  halfback  LeRoy  Bolden  was  a  severe 
team.  Bolden  had  been 
loss 
the 
to 
counted  on 
for 
the  running  attack.  But  Johnny  Matsock, 
who  starred 
in  the  Rose  Bowl  game, 
came  off  the  bench  to  fill  in  for  Bolden, 
and  Matsock  turned  in  two  of  the  finest 
performances  of 
against 
the 
Indiana  and  Notre  Dame. 

the  spark 

season 

Perhaps  the  brightest  development  of 
the  early  season  was  the  passing  attack. 
With  junior  ends  John  Lewis  and  Jim 
Hinesly  on  the  receiving  end,  and  quar 
terback  Earl  Morrall  on  the 
throwing 
side,  the  Spartans  added  a  dangerous 
punch  to  their  offense. 

With  each  game  providing  more  ex 
perience  for  the  new  men,  the  Spartans 
appear  certain  to  finish  the  year  strongly, 
as  Coach  Daugherty  predicted. 

YOUNG  HONORED:  Retired  Athletic  Director  Ralph  H.  Young  was  honored  for 
his  30  years  of  service  to  athletics  at  Michigan  State  by  the  Athletic  Council 
shown  during  its  September  meeting.  Mr.  Young  was  presented  with  a  certificate 
recognizing  his  many  contributions  to  Michigan  State.  Board  members,  seated,  left 
to  right,  are  Len  Osterink,  Al  Diebold,  Athletic  Director  Clarence  (Biggie)  Munn, 
and  Secretary  Karl  McDonel.  Standing,  left  to  right,  Dr.  Howard  Zindel,  Business 
Manager  Lyman  Frimodig,  Tom  King,  Young,  Dr.  Harold  Tukey,  and  Starr  Keesler, 
director  of  alumni  relations. 

7 

H O M E C O M I NG 

Perfect  weather  hailed  the  homecoming  alumni  who  basked  in  the 
warm  sun  at  Macklin  stadium  and  watched  the  football  clash  between 
the  Spartans  and  the  boilermakers  of  Purdue.  Welcomed  everywhere 
by  the  traditional  Homecoming  decorations  on  the  dormitories,  fraterni 
ties  and  sorority  houses,  old  grads  started  off  the  two-day  program 
with  general  registration  Friday  afternoon.  An  eventful  weekend  closed 
with  the  Homecoming  Ball  Saturday  evening  when  Joyce  Cosmann  was 
officially  crowned  M.S.C.'s  Homecoming  queen.  Alumni  club  presidents 
and  representatives  spent  a  busy  two  days  attending  sessions  of  the 
Club  Presidents's  workshop  and  their  banquet  Friday  evening  at  which 
President  John  A.  Hannah  spoke.  Following  the  dinner  the  men  went 
to the  Stag  Smoker  at  the  Olds Hotel  and  the  alumnae  attended  a  Mixer. 

Above:  A  "Type  B"  alumni  group 
led 
in  a  discussion  session  by  chairman  Bill 
Marklewitz, 
left:  Repre 
'50.  Below 
sentatives  of  winning  alumni  clubs  and 
council  members,  1.  to  r.  Fred  Arnold, 
'39,  chairman  of  Awards  Committee; 
'42,  Chairman-elect, 
Hazen 
Alumni  Advisory  Council;  Frank  Gregg 
Jr.,  Ingham  County;  Harold  Gasser,  '25, 

Stevens, 

chairman  of  the  Alumni  Advisory  Coun 
cil;  Hugo  Swanson,  '25,  Dickinson  Coun 
'43,  Buffalo 
t y;  Mrs.  Robert  Wilson, 
'42,  Central 
alumnae;  Robert  Kershaw, 
Indiana;  James  Krohn, 
'48,  Saginaw; 
'50,  Midland-Gladwin. 
Bill  Marklewitz, 
the 
Marklewitz,  as  president,  received 
award  for  the  Midland-Gladwin  Alumni 
Club  for  the  second  straight  year  and 

lieu  of 
in 
was  presented  with  a  scroll 
right: 
gold  award.  Below 
second 
a 
At 
the  Alumnae  Mixer  were:  Nadine 
Murphy,  '49,  president  of  the  Alumnae 
club  of  Greater  Lansing  area;  Mrs. 
George  Alderton, 
the 
Mixer;  Mrs.  Karl  McDonel;  Mrs.  John  A. 
Hannah,  '32;  Mrs.  Clarence  L.  Munn  and 
Mrs.  Hugh  Daugherty. 

'23,  chairman  of 

J o y ce 

Right: 
Cosmann, 
M.S.C.'s  Homecoming  Queen 
for  1954  who  made  her  debut 
before  more  than  52,000  per 
sons  Oct.  23  at  the  Purdue-
M.S.C.  football  game. 

Below:  Michigan  State's  Bert 
Zagers  (19)  scores  Spartans' 
first  touchdown  against  Pur 
due  on  a  six-yard  smash  over 
his  own  left  tackle. 

Below:  Among  those  present  during  the  Homecoming  weekend 
were  65  club  representatives  and  presidents  who  attended  the 
fourth  annual  Club  Presidents'  Workshop.  In  the  sessions  on 
Friday  and  Saturday  reports  were  heard  from  clubs  which  had 
turned  in  outstanding  performances  this  past  year. 

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9 

COVERING 

THE CLUBS 

ROBERT  C.  TOLL  '49 

Class  of  1949 
Selects  Class  Project 

the 

the  first  class  reunion  of 

A  feeling  of  really  wanting  to  do  some 
thing  for  Michigan  State  College  per 
meated 
the 
'49ers  last  June.  Several  ideas  were  men 
reunion;  however,  Bob 
tioned  at 
Maldegan,  class  president,  appointed  a 
committee  to  give  this  matter  some  real 
thought.  This  committee  was 
further 
charged  with  seeking  advice  as  to  what 
the 
project  would  be  most  worthy  of 
class  effort.  Mae  Wieneke,  committee 
chairman,  revealed  that  at  the  first  meet 
ing  of  the  committee  it  was  decided  that 
the  class  should  promote  100  per  cent 
participation  in  the  ROLL  CALL  in  order 
that  the  class  might  be  the  first  to  hold 
this  distinction. 

A  dollar  from  every  '49er  is  more  im 
portant  than  large  contributions  from  a 
few.  Keynote  of  the  campaign  will  be 
100  per  cent  participation.  Class  mem 
bers  are  asked 
special 
notices  in  their  ROLL  CALL  letters  per 
taining  to  this  '49ers  project.  The  com 
mittee  and  the  class  agents  will  ask  for 
the  dollar  "gold  nuggets".  However, 
larger  gifts  will  be  encouraged. 

to  watch 

for 

football  situation  as  it  exists  today  with 
some  specific  remarks  about 
two 
teams.  Movies  of  the  M.S.C.-Iowa  game 
were  shown  by  Biggie  Munn. 

the 

Jackson  High  school  basketball  coaches 
and  members  of  the  Jackson  Alumni  Club 
gathered  September  14  to  hear  new  bas 
ketball  coach  Forddy  Anderson  at 
the 
annual  club  smoker.  Charles  Willbee, '45, 
introduced 
toastmaster,  he 
acted  as 
Forddy  to  get  the  program  underway. 
Coach  Anderson  discussed  modern  style 
basketball  and  told  the  group  something 
about  the  M.S.C.  team  for  the  coming 
year. 

Over  50  Kent  County  alumni  gathered 
for  a  stag  smoker  Tuesday,  October  12. 
Steve  Reynolds,  '48,  club  president,  dis 
cussed  an  amendment  to  the  club  con 
stitution  before 
the  M.S.C.-Iowa  and 
M.S.C.-Indiana  football  films  were  shown 
to 
the  group  by  Bob  Toll,  assistant 
alumni  director. 

Genesee  County  men  held  their  annual 
smoker  in  October  with  over  100  of  the 
members  turning  out.  Dusty  Rhodes,  '50. 
club president,  reviewed  the  club  projects, 

and  appealed  for  more  participation  by 
Genesee  County  alumni  before  a  football 
ticket  drawing  was  held.  The  group  saw 
the  M.S.C.-Wisconsin  football  game  be 
fore  they  disbanded  for  the  evening. 

College  Speakers  Visit Clubs 
Dean  Edgar  L.  Harden,  of  the  Con 
faculty 
tinuing  Education  Service  and 
representative 
to  the  Western  Confer 
ence,  described  the  service  rendered  to 
the  people  of  Michigan  by  the  Continuing 
Education  Service  when  he  spoke  at  the 
year's 
the  Saginaw 
Alumni  Club.  Joe  Storm,  '49, club  presi 
introduced  William  L.  Davidson, 
dent, 
M.S.C.  fund  director,  who  told  of 
the 
ROLL  CALL  after  Dean  Harden  had  con 
cluded  his  remarks. 

first  meeting  of 

The  Wayne  County,  Northwest  Sub 
urban  Alumni  Club meeting  in  Northville 
for  their  first  meeting  of  the  year  heard 
Alvie  L.  Smith,  Centennial  director,  de 
scribe  the  plans  for  the  Centennial  activi 
ties  at  the  College. Mr.  Smith  emphasized 
the  importance  of  alumni  participation 
during  the  Centennial  year.  Many  alumni 
clubs  are  planning  large  Founders'  Day 
celebrations  during  February  and  March 
of  1955.  Ralph  Kotila,  '43, club  president, 
introduced  Bob  Toll, of  the  Alumni  Office, 
who  narrated 
football 
film. 

the  M.S.C.-Iowa 

High  school  students  and  members  of 
the  Midland  Quarterback  Club  were 
guests  of  the  Gladwin-Midland  Alumni 
Club  at  the  club's  October  11  meeting. 
Starr  H.  Keesler,  '41, director  of  alumni 
relations,  was  introduced  by  Bill  Markle-

Should  the  class  not  reach  the  100  per 
cent  participation  goal,  the  final  per 
centage  of  participation  should  still  be 
higher  than  any  other  class,  as  the  '49ers 
are  the  first  class  to  undertake  such  a 
project.  With  the  1949  class  being  the 
fourth  largest  graduating  class,  the  com 
mittee  hopes  that  next  year's  total  gift 
from  the  class  will  greatly  enhance  the 
work  accomplished  by  the  ROLL  CALL. 

All  '49ers  are  encouraged  to  consider 
the  worthwhileness  of  the  ROLL  CALL 
and  when  the  call  comes  to  respond  with 
their  dollar  "gold  nuggets". 

Stag  Smokers 

Michigan  State  College's  Alumni  Club 
of  Saginaw  joined  with  the  Saginaw  U. 
of  M.  Club  for  a  Fall  Kick-Off  Smoker 
late  in  September.  Over  100  alumni  of 
the  two  schools  turned  out  at  Rolling 
Green  Country  Club  for  the  event.  Ath 
letic  Director  Biggie  Munn,  Big  Ten 
official  Jack  Bauer,  and  U.  of  M.  Fresh 
man  Coach  Wally  Weber  discussed  the 

10 

TO  GATHER  GOLD  NUGGETS:  The  Class  of  '49  at  its  first  reunion  in  June  1954 
voted  to  attempt  a  class  project.  Members  of  the  project  committee  above  are:  (1. to 
r.)  Bob  Gregor,  '49,  Mrs.  Muriel  Read  McGuire,  '49,  Mae  Wieneke,  '49,  committee 
chairman,  and  Bob  Maldegan,  '49,  alumni  class  president. 

Alumnae  Affairs 
The  annual  Fall 

tea  for  Freshmen 
women  was  held  September  8  in 
the 
Corell  Room  of  the  Buffalo,  New  York, 
Y.W.C.A.  Mrs.  Dorothy  Ross,  '28,  of  the 
M.S.C.  Counseling  Center,  was  the  guest 
of  the  club.  She  spoke  to  the  Freshmen 
regarding 
living  conditions  at  State, 
scholarships,  registration  and  all  aspects 
of  personal  adjustment  in  their  new  situ 
ation.  Mrs.  Robert  Wilson, 
'43,  club 
president,  was  very  pleased  that  over  25 
alumni  were  present  to  meet  with  the 
Freshmen. 

The 

reorganized  Spartan  Alumnae 
feted 
Club  of  Greater  Lansing  was 
Thursday,  September  23, at  a  reception  in 
the  beautiful  campus  home  of  Mrs.  John 
A.  Hannah,  '32.  Old  acquaintances  were 
renewed  as  the  250  members  attending 
talked  over  their  coffee  and  tea  cups. 

Miss  Carol  Broughton, 

'54,  pianist, 
played  background  music  and  accom 
panied  Miss  June  Cannon,  '54,  when  she 
sang  during  the  program.  Mrs.  George 
the 
Alderton,  '23,  announced  plans  for 
club's  homecoming  meeting.  Furnishing 
the  brides'  room  in  the  Alumni  Memorial 
chapel  on  the  campus  was  announced  as 
the  club's  project  for  this  year. 

Out-of-State 

The  William  and  Mary  College  campus 
was  the  scene  of  the  recent  organizing 
the  Southeastern  Virginia  Alumni 
of 
Club.  Thirty-eight  alumni  gathered  for 
the  purpose  of  organizing  their  club  and 
to  have  Starr  H.  Keesler, 
'41,  alumni 
director,  provide  campus  news  highlights. 
Refreshments  were  served  after  the  Rose 
Bowl  films  were  shown. 

The  club  elected  Nelson  Chamberlain, 
'48,  president;  Roger  Hendrick,  '48,  vice-
president;  Jean  Chamberlain,  '48,  secre 
tary;  and  Don  McMillen,  '49,  treasurer. 
These  officers  will  serve  as  the  board  of 

John  McGoff,  '50,  assumed  a  new  posi 
tion  as  Coordinator  of  the  Cap  and  Gown 
series  in  September.  For  the  past  four 
years  John has  served  as assistant  alumni 
director  and  as  author  of  this  column, 
and  in  so  doing  has  made  many  friends 
during  his  calls  to  alumni  clubs  around 
the  state.  John,  as  originator  of  the  Cap 
and  Gown 
its 
growth  until  now  a  full  time  position  has 
been  created.  The  Cap  and  Gown  series 
is  designed  to  bring  student  entertain 
ment  and  cultural  programs  to  the  com 
munities  of  the  state.  The  Alumni  Rela 
tions  staff  wish  him  the  best  with  his 
new  undertaking. 

series,  has  witnessed 

witz, 
told 
'50,  club  president.  Keesler 
the  assembled  guests  and  members  of 
recent  happenings  on  campus.  Over  90 
people  then  watched  the  M.S.C.-Wiscon-
sin  football  game  with  Keesler  describing 
the  game  action. 

That  the  Rose  Bowl  glitter  has  not 
faded  was  proved  by 
the  Manistee 
Alumni  Club  when  over  120 members  and 
guests  turned  out  for  a  showing  of  this 
film.  Rowland  Blair,  '33,  club  president, 
expressed  his  pleasure  at  the  fine  turn 
out  when  he  introduced  Starr  Keesler, 
the  speaker  for  the  evening.  Dale  Staf 
ford,  '30,  Alumni  Advisory  Council  dis 
trict  representative,  was  a  guest  at  the 
meeting.  The  group  witnessed  the  1954 
version  of  the  Spartan  football  team  as 
they  watched  the  M.S.C.-Wisconsin  foot 
ball  film. 

Summer  Outings 

M.S.C.  is  represented  "deep 

directors  along  with  Irma  McMillen,  '50, 
and  Col. Gerald  Petersen,  '23.  Plans  were 
discussed  for  the  club's  future  activities, 
the 
heart  of  Texas"  each  month  when  the 
M.S.C. Club  of  Texas  meets  the  last  Mon 
day  of  each  month.  Carl  H.  Moore,  '39, 
club  president,  extends  the  invitation  to 
all  alumni  to  attend  this  luncheon  at  the 
downtown  Y.M.C.A.  in  Dallas,  Texas. 

in 

M.S.C.  alumni  families  of  the  Central 
Ohio  Alumni  Club  gathered  at  Blendon 
Woods  Park  August  29  for  an  informal 
picnic  supper.  Bob  Fox,  '50,  president, 
reports  games,  food  and  relaxation  were 
the  order  of  the  day.  By  nightfall 
the 
85  tired  outdoor  enthusiasts  agreed  that 
a  good  time  was  had  by  all. 

The  M.S.C.  alumni  club  of  Western 
New  York  held  their  summer  picnic  Sep 
tember  12.  John  A.  Figlear  was  chair 
man  and  reports  that  everyone  present 
experienced  the  usual  picnic  symptoms, 
sore  muscles,  sunburn,  and  overstuffed 
stomachs. 

Ralph  Young,  retiring  athletic  director, 
Bob  Schakleton,  '48 WKAR  Sports  Editor 
and  Starr  Keesler  attended  the  M.S.C. 
alumni  club  of  Central  Indiana  pre-game 
meeting  Friday,  October  8.  The  club 
members  viewed 
the  M.S.C.-Wisconsin 
game  film  and  heard  predictions  about 
the  following  day's  game  with  Indiana 
University. 
Football 

and 
M.S.C.  song  album  were  raffled  at  the 
Chicago  Alumni  Club  Kickoff  meeting 
Friday,  October  8.  Bill  Davidson,  1 3, 
M.S.C. fund  director,  and  Bob  Toll,  assis 
tant  alumni  director,  were  present  to  tell 
of  campus  happenings  and  to  show  the 
M.S.C.-Iowa  football  film. 

" S"  blanket 

tickets, 

The  construction  of  Michigan  State's 
new  library  was  discussed  by  an  expert 
on  the  subject  at  a  dinner  meeting  of  the 
Georgia  Alumni  Association  in  Atlanta. 
The  expert  was  Jackson  Towne,  Michigan 
State's  able  librarian. 

for 

A  portable  organ  provided  a  musical 
background 
the  Gladwin-Midland 
Alumni  Club's  Annual  Picnic  August  24 
in  Midland,  Michigan.  Songleader  Byron 
Mate, 
the  singing  of  College 
songs  to  the  accompaniment  of  Sue  Mar 
klewitz,  '50. 

'31,  led 

A  hotly  contested  baseball  game  kept 
the  Washtenaw  M.S.C.  Alumni  Club  pic 
nickers  cheering  and  excited  while  chefs 
Howard  Manier,  Pete  Brose,  and  Austin 
Norton,  '49, barbecued  chicken  at  Dexter 
Park  last  September. 

MIDLAND  CHEFS:  Lynn  Heatley, 
'51,  Allen  Wilcox,  '42,  Bill  Marklewitz,  '50, 
Amos  Knutson,  '31,  and  Bill  Caldwell,  '38,  prepare  chow  line  for  hungry  Gladwin-
Midland  picnickers.  One  hundred  and  twenty  people  were  present. 

11 

News  About  These  Alumni 

By  GLADYS  M.  FRANKS,  '27 

Roberts  and  his  wife  and  six  children  (one  is  in 
the  Air  Force)  are 
in  Munising,  Mich., 
living 
where  he  has  been  transferred  to  the  ranger  dis 
trict  of  Hiawatha  National  Forest.  .  .  .  Margaret 
Stanton  Stampfly  received  her  Master's  last  June 
in  Okemos  Consolidated  school. 
and 

is  teaching 

'f\A 
U~ 

a n (*  ^r s"  William  J.  Wright,  of 
^r' 
Stockbridge,  Mich.,  celebrated  their  50th 
wedding  anniversary  Aug.  24.  .  .  .  Arthur  Rogers 
recently  moved  to  Oakland,  Clalif.,  where  he  lives 
at  1526  37th  Ave. 

' f iC 
' » *' 

Sherwood  Hinds,  of  R.  4,  Columbia  City, 
Ind.,  is  consulting  engineer  for  Kearney 

&  Trecker  Corporation  of  Milwaukee. 

' f l fi  Mary  Tingley  has  moved  closer 
* ' *' 

the 
living  at  309  N. 

campus,  and 

is  now 

to 

Church  St.,  Hudson,  Mich. 

* f lQ 

living  at 
. 

the  Masonic 
.  Frank  R. 
. 

F r a i ,k  Dains 
Home 
took 

is 
in  Alma,  Mich. 
Sweeney 
office 
Aug.  31 as  postmaster 
of  Bay  City,  Mich., 
long 
where  he  has 
in  civic 
been  active 
a nd 
g o v e r n m e nt 
affairs.  He  was  form 
erly  assistant 
secre 
tary  of  the  Chamber 
of  Commerce,  county 
auditor 
1945 
through  1949,  and  in 
1951  was  named 
to 
the  county  board  of 
supervisors. 
Former 
member  of  a  broker 
age  firm,  he  has  been 
associated  with  the  First  of  Michigan  Corp.,  as 
Bay  City  representative  since  1941.  He  lives  in 
Bay  City  at  2162  Sixth  St. 

Sweeney 

from 

there 

lobby  by  grabbing  my  shoulder  with  his  big  hand 
'Hello  Tano'  as  he  used  to  call  me. 
and  saying 
to  welcome  Lindbergh  who 
He  was 
just  returned  from  his  Atlantic 
I  doubt 
if  many  of  my  old  professors  and  colleagues  still 
survive.  I  wish  to  send  my  best  regards  to  those 
who  are  still  on  map." 

flight. 

then 

'1  C 

*"  with 

Emil  Kivela,  who  has  been  associated 
the  Shepard  Niles  Electric  Crane 
and  Hoist  Corp.  of  Montour  Falls,  N.  Y.,  for  the 
past  38  years,  has  retired  and  he  and  Mrs.  Kivela 
are  making 
at  1930 
Cumberland  Rd. 

in  Lansing 

their  home 

lives 

***  Co.  of  Detroit,  and 

' 1Q  Walter  Retzlaff  owns  the  Acme  Trailer 
in  Grosse 
Pointe  Woods  at  859  Lochmoor.  .  .  .  Col.  Lee  H. 
Tucker  has  been  named  assistant  general  sales 
in 
manager  of  Schine  Hotels  with  headquarters 
Miami  Beach  at  120  24th  St.  Recently 
retired 
from  the  Army  after  37  years  service,  Col.  Tucker 
has  been  director  of  sales  for  the  Flamingo  Hotel 
and  Club.  He  was  previously  connected  with 
the  convention  bureaus  of  Cleveland  and  Toledo, 
and  was  convention  manager  for  the  Hotel  Hollen-
den 
the 
Roney  Plaza  Hotel  and  Gulf  Stream  apartments 
the 
in  Miami  Beach, 
in  Miami, 
Boca  Ratan  Club  and  Hotel  in  Boca  Ratan, 
the 
in  Los  Angeles,  Hotel  Northampton 
Ambassador 
in  Northampton,  Mass. 
and  Wiggins  Old  Tavern 

in  Cleveland.  Schine  properties 

the  McAllister 

include 

' 1Q  Avery  Maloney 

"• * 

Security  Oil  Co. 

is  associated  with 

the 
in  Wichita,  Kansas, 

William 

I.  Millar,  of  1940  Mayflower 

where  he  lives  at  36  Norfolk  Dr.,  Eastborough. 

'11 

in  1908  or 

'09,  and  reports 

snapshot  of  himself  and  four  classmates 
taken 
is  a 
that  he 
back 
factory  representative  traveling  Texas,  Oklahoma 
and  Arkansas.  "I  have  two  sons,  both  graduates 
of  M.S.C.—William  I.  J r.  '52  and  John  Robert  '54. 
Both  served  with  Uncle  Sam,  one  in  World  War  II 
and  the  other  in  Korea." 

and 

A p p o i n t m e nt  of 
Emerson  A.  Arm 
strong  as  consultant 
on  public  utility  pro 
sales  of 
ducts 
Electro-Motive 
divi-
s i on  of  G e n e r al 
b e en 
Motors  h as 
announced 
the 
general  manager  of 
the  LaGrange 
firm. 
He  was  retired  June 
1  by  Commonwealth 
Edison  where  he  had 
in 
been  manager  of 
the 
dustrial  sales  for 
company  and 
since 
1923.  He  lives  in  Western  Springs,  111.,  at  516 
W.  41st  St. 

its  predecessor  organization 

Armstrong 

by 

recently 

to  me  from 

thanks  and  sweet 

two  copies  of 
forwarded 

Arao  Itano  writes  from  N.E.  Agri.  Sci.  Research 
Institute,  Kungchuling,  N.E.  China:  "With  my 
heartiest 
recollection  of  my 
days  by  the  Red  Cedar,  I  wish  to  acknowledge 
the  RECORD  and 
the  receipt  of 
letters, 
Japan. 
The  photo  of  the  ground  breaking  ceremonies  for 
enlargement  of  Macklin  Stadium  appealed  to  me 
much,  as  I  served  as  the  captain  of  the  1911  tennis 
team  under  Macklin's  directorship. 
I  gave  him 
much  trouble  to  give  better  recognition  for  tennis, 
then,  and 
although 
tennis 
the  major 
in  some  sense 
sports,  playing  only  a  few  intercollegiate  matches 
without  any 
I 
the  1st  International  Congress  of  Soil 
attended 
Science  held  in  Washington,  D.  C, 
representing 
Japan,  Prof.  Macklin  surprised  me  in  the  hotel 

itself  was  primitive 
it  was  parasitic  on 

in  1927,  when 

income.  Again 

12 

£***  his  30th  anniversary 

' OO  On  June  2,  B.  C.  Mellencamp  marked 
in  the  county  ex 
tension  service.  He  took  his  first  county  agricul 
ture  agent  job  in  Charlevoix  county  in  1924,  and 
has  been  agent  in  Isabella  county  since  1945. 

'23  Albert  P.  Schweizer  has  been  named  vice 
president  in  charge  of  automotive  engi 
in  Lansing. 
neering  of  Motor  Wheel  Corporation 
the  firm  30  years  ago  as 
joined 
Mr.  Schweizer 
a 
later  serving  as  chief 
technician, 
laboratory 
metallurgist,  and  was  executive  engineer  when 
recent  appointment.  He  holds 
he  received 
membership 
the  American  Society  of  Metal 
lurgists,  Society  of  Automotive  Engineers,  and 
the  Tire  and  Rim  association.  He  and  Mrs. 
Schweizer  and 
their 
two  daughters  make 
home  in  East  Lansing  at  935  Audubon  Rd. 

the 
in 

their 

gt}A 
~  " 

Sarah  Olsen  Piatt  has  accepted  a  posi-
the  staff  at  Florida  Southern 
tion  on 
College  in  Lakeland  where  she  lives  at  121  South 
Lake  Parker  Ave. 

' QC  George  D.  Quigley,  associate  professor 
of  poultry  husbandry  at  the  University 
• ** 
of  Maryland,  College  Park,  reports:  "The  other 
day  I  spent  several  very  pleasant  hours  here  on 
campus  with  Hildred  Hart, 
'27,  county  4-H  club 
agent  in  Howell,  Mich.  He  was  attending  a  work 
shop  given  here  by  the  extension  service. 
It  was 
a  real  pleasure  seeing  Hildred  again  and  catching 
up  on  many  old  cronies  and  former  students  at 
Michigan  State." 

' QQ 
" •" 

Ruth  Bowen  is  assistant  office  manager 
for  Tresco  Inc.,  refrigeration  sales  and 
. 
. 
engineering  company 
Andrew  S.  Leavitt  has  been 
the 
U.  S.  Forest  Service  from  Grand  Marais,  Minn., 
to  Iron  River,  Mich. 

. 
transferred  by 

in  Tecumseh,  Mich. 

' OQ 
•* 

F#  "*  Crary,  assistant 
sales  manager 
for  Duo-Therm,  and  Doyle  Lott,  '42,  Reo 
advertising  manager,  directed  workshop  sessions 
the  third  annual  advertising  conference  held 
at 
.  .  .  Floyd 
at  Kellogg  Center  late  in  September. 

Joslin 

Passink 

* QO 

"• 

"*•  J °s' 'n 

has  been  named  vice 

for 

relations 

in  charge  of 

****  president-industrial 

the 
York  Corp.,  York,  Pa.,  with  which  he  has  been 
associated  since  1948.  He  served  three  years  with 
labor 
the  Navy,  and  was  officer 
relations  of  the  4th  Naval  District.  He  then  be 
relations  for  Sharp 
came  director  of 
industrial 
later  was  staff  personnel 
and  Dohme  Inc.,  and 
executive  with  Standard  Brands  Inc. 
In  his  new 
capacity  he  will  be  responsible  for  all  phases  of 
industrial  and  personnel  relations  for  York  Cor 
poration,  leading  manufacturer  of  air  conditioning 
and 
.  Col.  Clare 
equipment. 
Passink.  on  active  Army  duty  since  1947,  was 
the  10th 
recently  assigned  as  commander  of 
Transportation  Highway  Group 
in  Ludwigsburg, 
Germany. 

refrigeration 

. 

. 

**** 

their 

' QQ  A  daughter,  Anne  Elisabeth,  was  born 
June  19  to  Mr.  and  Mrs.  George  C. 
live  at 
Thomas.  They  and 
1718  W.  Ottawa,  Lansing,  where  George 
is  a 
partner  in  the  accounting  firm  of  Miller,  Bailey 
and  Co.  .  .  .  Henry  B.  Wildschut,  city  engineer 
of  Wauwatosa,  Wis.,  since  1946,  has  been  appointed 
the  county's  first  expressway  engineer. 

three  children 

»ft  A  Clarence  E.  Lehnhardt, 

superintendent 
•  ™  of  magnesium  fabrication  of  Dow  Chem 
ical's  Bay  City  division,  has  been  named  product 
sales  manager  for  magnesium  fabrications. 

' QC  Charles  Rae  Jeffrey,  of  2219  S.  Forest 
*JvJ  Ave.,  Lansing,  executive  secretary  of  the 
Oral  Deaf  Guild  of  America,  has  been  appointed 
the 
to  the  state  commission  on  employment  of 
first 
physically  handicapped.  Believed  to  be  the 
totally  deaf  person  to  be  graduated  from  M.S.C., 
Jeffrey  has  been  honored  by  the  American  Federa 
tion  of  Physically  Handicapped, 
receiving 
its  Legion  of  Merit  three  times  during  1951,  and 
the  American  Annals  of  Deaf,  Gallaudet  College 
publication,  has  given  him  five  listings  since  1951. 

Inc., 

is  head  medical 

'36  Bernice  Rochon 

nician 
at  St.  Lawrence  Hospital 
.  .  .  Bruce  Warner  is  president  of 

tech 
in 
Lansing. 
the 
New  England  Plating  Co.  Inc.,  31  Garden  St., 
Worcester,  Mass. 
.  .  .  Morton  J.  Wiener,  M.D., 
has  offices  at  804  Kales  Bldg.,  Detroit  where  he 
.  .  .  Mr.  and  Mrs. 
lives  at  20130  Briarcliff  Rd. 
Paul  Ruhl  (Dorothy  Jean  Works)  and  their 
two 
children,  are  living  at  134  W.  7th  Ave.,  Escondido, 
Calif. 
ff\rt 
^* 

Ransom  W.  Harris,  who  began  his  18th 
this  fall  as  vocational  agriculture 
year 
teacher  in  Manton,  will  head  the  Michigan  Associ 
ation  of  Teachers  of  Vocational  Agriculture  for  the 
coming  year.  He  succeeds  Roger  Oberg,  '40,  of  Ox 
ford. 
.  .  .  William  A.  Muer  owns  and  manages 
Muers  Oyster  House  at  1996  Gratiot,  Detroit.  .  .  . 
William  D.  Potter  teaches  English  and  journalism 
at  Lansing's  Eastern  High  School,  and 
speed-
writing  part  time  at  Lansing  Business  University. 
With  Mrs.  Potter  and  their  two  children,  he  lives 
in  Lansing  at  1124  Tisdale,  and  says:  "Where  IS 
everybody ?" 

is 

their 
are 

Paul  Beaubien 
football,  basketball, 
' AA 
and  baseball  coach  at  St.  Matthew  high 
* JO 
in  Flint,  where  he  started  his  athletic 
school 
career.  He  transferred  from  St.  Matthew  to  Flint 
Central  where  he  captained  the  1932  state  cham 
pionship  eleven  and  was  named  to  the  All-State 
team. 
.  .  .  Mr.  and 
Mrs.  Paul  DeLong-
champ  (Lois  Bristol) 
two  chil 
and 
dren 
at 
living 
6671  Eastlawn  Ave., 
Clarkston,  Mich.  .  .  . 
Osborne  and  Virginia 
'39)  Cox 
(Osborne, 
two  chil 
their 
and 
dren  are 
in 
living 
Tokyo,  where  Capt. 
Cox  is  assigned  with 
the  Army.  Their  ad 
dress  is  8160th  A.U., 
APO  712,  San  Fran 
cisco. 

Gaines,  Jr. 

Frank  Gaines  J r.  has  been  named  assistant 
manager  of  the  employe  relations  department  of 
the  Carter  Oil  company  in  Tulsa,  Okla.  He  joined 

Carter  shortly  after  graduation,  and  was  located 
in  Seminole,  Okla.  During  the  war  he  served  with 
the  rank  of 
the  corps  of  engineers,  attaining 
lieutenant  colonel.  Following  his  five  years  of 
military  duty  he  transferred  to  the  Creole  Petrole 
um  corporation  at  Caracas,  Venezuela.  When  he 
again  joined  the  Carter  organization  in  1953,  he 
was  assistant  district  superintendent  at  LaSalina, 
Venezuela.  He  returned  to  this  country  last  year. 

from 

'38  and 

' QQ 
" •• 

'40,  met  at 

Fifty-two  members  of  the  class  and  their 
the 
guests 
Union  following  the  Homecoming  game,  Oct.  23, 
for  dinner  and  an  evening  of  visiting.  The  fol 
lowing  signed  the  register:  Mr.  and  Mrs.  John 
F.  Brower,  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Harry  W.  Rigg,  Mr.  and 
Mrs.  Robert  R.  Stone,  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Lewis  L. 
Stewart,  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Milt  Dickerson,  Mr.  and 
Mrs.  Ralph  Buffmyer,  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Anthony 
Block;  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Dave  Diehl,  Mr.  and  Mrs. 
Jack  Tanner,  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Martin  Buth,  Jr., 
Mr.  and  Mrs.  Byron  Duckwell,  Mr.  and  Mrs.  E.  P. 
Walton,  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Vern  Vandemark,  Mr.  and 
Mrs.  John  B.  Macy,  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Jack  Gibbs, 
Mr.  and  Mrs. Alan  Brightman,  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Floyd 
Johnson,  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Earl  Zuehlke,  Mr.  and  Mrs. 

C.  F.  Beukema,  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Bill  Findley,  Mr. 
and  Mrs.  Ed  Okeefe,  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Charles  Scrib-
ner,  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Harold  Shadko,  Mr.  and  Mrs. 
L.  M.  Schiefler,  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Al  Diebold. 

the  Hotel  Olds 

R.  E.  Olds  Anderson 

is  assistant  manager 
in  Lansing  and  he  and 
of 
Mrs.  Anderson 
(Doris  Berkey,  '42)  live  in  East 
Lansing  at  1134  Old  Hickory  Lane.  .  .  .  James 
Wells  was  born  Aug.  15 
to  Mr.  and  Mrs. 
George  Divine  of  Crystal  Falls,  Mich.  George 
is  district  forester  with  the  department  of  con 
servation.  .  .  .  Mr.  and  Mrs.  J.  W.  Fowler  (Mary 
Jane  Hagens)  of  141  Auburn  Ave.  S.E.,  Grand 
third  child 
Rapids,  announce  the  birth  of  their 
and 
.  . 
first  son,  Julien  West  Jr.,  June  19.  . 
Robert  D.  MacCurdy,  who  received  his  M.S.  with 
the  class,  was  granted  his  Doctor  of  Education 
degree  at  Boston  University's  summer  commence 
ment  ceremonies  Aug.  21.  He  has  studied  at  the 
school  of  education  there  since  1948,  while  teach 
ing  biology  and  directing  audio-visual  aids  at 
Watertown,  Mass.,  senior  high  school. 

'AC\  Major  Clare  Jensen  is  stationed  at  Fort 
^ *"  Hood,  Texas,  with  G-2  S e c,  Hq.  4th 
Armored  Division.  .  .  .  Leonard  Kyle  has  returned 

^t 

D e a t hs 

6=$ 

WILLIAM  SCHOEFIELD  MORRISON,  w'89, 
chairman  of  the  Colorado  Savings  and  Trust  bank 
in  LaJunta,  Colo.,  and  member  of  its  board  of 
directors  since  1917,  died  in  that  city,  Sept.  5. 

MARIAN  WEED  NEFF,  '91,  wife  of  the  late 
Charles  E.  Neff,  died  Oct.  2  in  Bryan,  Ohio,  where 
she  had  made  her  home  for  many  years.  Mrs. 
Neff  was  the  youngest  and  last  living  member  of 
the 
a 
1880's.  Her  sister  Alice  was  graduated  in  1882, 
Clarence  and  Herbert 
in 
1889. 

family  of  five  attending 

in  1883,  and  Howard 

the  College 

in 

HARRY  EDWARD  WILLIAMSON,  w'04,  for 
many  years  associated  with  the  Frost  Gear  and 
Forge  in  Jackson,  Mich.,  and  prior  to  that  with 
the  Bates  Tractor  Company 
in  Lansing,  died 
Feb.  27.  Mrs.  Williamson,  of  1445  Eagle  Point, 
Clark  Lake,  Mich.,  survives. 

R O B E RT  E A RL  FERGUSON,  *04, son of a 

pioneer  Okemos  family  and  long  active  in  Pinker-
ton  and  FBI  work,  died  in  Salinas,  Calif.,  July  28. 
Mr.  Ferguson  and  his  brother,  Charles,  w'94, 
were  born  in  Okemos,  where  a  park  now  com 
memorates  the  family  name.  He  moved  to  Cali 
fornia  in  1912  where  he  became  associated  with 
later  he  re 
the  Pinkerton  agency.  Some  years 
to  Lansing  where  he  was  active  in  the 
turned 
American  Protective  Association  before 
joining 
the  FBI  in  1918.  He  returned  to  Los  Angeles  in 
1920  and  retired  in  1945  after  12  years  with  the 
Pacific  Indemnity  Company.  He  and  Mrs.  Fergu 
son,  the  former  Alice  Gilkey  of  Lansing,  made 
their  home  on  a  ranch  near  Jolon.  His  son, 
Robert  Edward  Ferguson,  w'34, 
in  Los 
Angeles  at  3727  Randolph  Ave. 

lives 

RUSSELL  S.  CANFIELD,  '07,  former  Lansing 
baseball  player  and  veteran  of  World  War  I, 
died  Sept.  12 at  the  Veteran's  hospital  in  St.  Cloud, 
Minn.  Mr.  Canfield  was  associated  with  Hauser, 
Owen  and  Ames,  contracting  firm  of  Grand  Rap 
ids,  before  entering  service  in  1917.  For  many 
years  after  his  discharge  from  the  Army  he  was 
construction  superintendent  for  Heller  Bros.  Co. 
in  Youngstown,  Ohio.  He  is  survived  by  his  sister, 
Helen  Canfield,  w'09, of  Sunfield,  Mich. 

ELZINA  HOLMES  BELLANDER,  w'08,  wife 
of  Alfred  Bellander  of  Baker,  Nevada,  died  July  24 
in  Salt  Lake  City. 

GEORGE  H.  McVANEL,  '08,  long-time  resident 
of  Flint,  Mich.,  and  its  city  manager  for 
four 
months,  died  Aug.  3  in  Saginaw  where  he  moved 
five  years  ago.  Former  road  engineer  for  Genesee 
County,  he  helped  form  the  McVannel  and  McFar-
lan  Engineering  Company,  and  for  22  years 

owned  and  operated  an  automobile  sales  and 
service  agency.  At  the  time  of  his  death  he  was 
in  the  oil  business  in  Saginaw.  He  is  survived 
by  his  wife,  a  daughter,  and  two  sons,  one  of 
whom  is  Donald  S.,  '50. 

teacher, 

ROBERT  EMMETT  DICKSON,  *09, M.F.  (Yale) 
'10,  former 
farmer,  and  for  19  years 
representative  of  Bowey's  Inc.  of  Chicago  in  Cen 
tral  Ohio,  died  Sept.  25  in  Columbus,  Ohio,  where 
he  made  his  home  at  1725  Barrington.  He  is 
survived  by  his  wife  and  son  of  Columbus,  and 
brother,  Matthew  E.  Dickson,  '12,  of  4236  Uni 
versity  Blvd.,  Dallas,  Texas. 

ANNA  THOMPSON  EDWARDS,  w'10,  wife 
of  Ray  C.  Edwards,  '11,  and  resident  of  Elberta, 
Mich.,  for  many  years,  died  May  9.  She  is  also 
survived  by  a  son,  Ray  C,  '42, of  Elm  Grove,  Wis. 

LARUE  RUNNELS  LUTHER, 

former 
vocational  agriculture 
teacher  and  farmer  near 
New  Carlisle,  Ind.,  died  J a n.  31.  His  widow  and 
three  daughters  survive. 

'17, 

HELEN  MEAD  LAMBERT,  '19, wife  of  William 
J.  Lambert,  w'19,  and  resident  of  Birmingham, 
Mich.,  since  1930,  died  July  1  at  her  home  at 
1120  Pilgrim.  She  is  also  survived  by  a  son, 
brother,  and  two  sisters,  Ruth  Mead  McKibbin 
and  Aylwin  Mead  Collins,  both  '12. 

WILLIAM  J.  KETCHAM,  w'20,  sales  engineer 
for  A.  Finkl  &  Sons  of  Chicago,  died  Aug.  25 
while  vacationing  on  Beaver  Island,  Mich.  He  is 
survived  by  his  wife,  the  former  Elsie  M.  Cobb, 
w'24,  of  1037  Irving,  Royal  Oak,  Mich.,  a  son  and 
two  daughters. 

JAMES  LA VERN  BOYD,  '25, veteran  of  World 
War  I  and  prominent  in  farm  organizations,  died 
in  Wilmington,  Ohio,  May  7.  Shortly  after  gradu 
ation  he  became  associated  with  Opekasit  Farms 
in  Glendale,  Ohio,  was  one  of  three  incorporators 
of  the  organization,  and  one  of  five  original  direc 
tors.  He  served  as  secretary  before  being  elected 
vice  president  and  general  manager,  a  post  he 
held  until  he  retired 
in  1949.  Still  a  director 
of  the  organization,  he  had  attended  all  meetings 
of 
the  board.  Surviving  are  his  wife,  of  696 
N.  Walnut,  Wilmington,  Ohio,  and  son,  James  D. 
of  Maderia,  Ohio. 

JOHN  PARKER  VOSS,  w'26,  of  223  S.  Jeffer 
son,  Mason,  Mich.,  municipal  court  and  probation 
officer  in  the  Ingham  County  Sheriff's  department, 
died  Feb.  5.  His  son  is  Gilbert  A.  Voss,  '50, 
of  644  Oak  Ave.,  Muskegon. 

LESLIE  AUGUST  ZILLMAN,  '30,  former  voca 
tional  agriculture  teacher  and  county  agent,  died 

of 
leukemia,  June  26,  in  Saginaw,  Mich.  Mr. 
Zillman  taught  in  Covert,  Hartford,  and  Berrien 
Springs  before  becoming  agricultural  agent 
in 
Berrien  County  in  1943.  He  resigned  in  1948  to 
head  the  insecticide  department  of  Farm  Bureau 
Services,  Inc.,  in  Grand  Rapids,  and  at  the  time 
of  his  death  was  assistant  to  the  agricultural  sales 
manager  of  Michigan  Chemical  Corporation  of 
St.  Louis,  Mich.  He  was  active  in  Masonic  or 
ganizations  and  the  Michigan  Horticulture  Society. 
He  is  survived  by  his  wife  and  daughter,  of  723 
Superior  St.,  South  Haven,  Mich. 

ALLOUEZ  RIDLEY  GUTHRIE, 

'32,  active  in 
the  Visiting  Nurses  association  and  the  American 
Cancer  Society  in  Allen  Park,  Mich.,  died  Sept.  5 
while  spending  a  weekend  at  the  family  cottage. 
She  is  survived  by  her  husband,  Robert  Guthrie, 
'31,  of  15536  McLain,  Allen  Park,  a  son  Robert 
and  daughter  Margaret. 

FLOYD  ROYLE  BURSTON, 

'38,  co-owner  of 
the  Mapleton  Garage,  Inc., in  Traverse  City,  Mich., 
was  killed  Aug.  7  in  an  automobile  accident  near 
that  city.  Former  salesman  for  Firestone  Tire 
and  Rubber  in  Farwell  and  Kalamazoo,  he  man 
aged  the  company's  store  in  Traverse  City  before 
associating  in  the  Mapleton  organization  in  1950. 
He  is  survived  by  his  wife  and  two  children,  of 
R.  1,  Traverse  City. 

LT.  COL.  ALFRED  MEDENDORP,  graduate 
student  1949-50,  was  killed  Sept.  3  in  a  communist 
shelling  of  Quemoy  Island  off  the  Chaina  main 
land.  A  veteran  of  World  War  II,  he  was  recalled 
to  active  service  in  1951  and  since  last  May  had 
been  a  member  of  the  U.  S.  military  assistance 
advisory  group  on  Formosa.  He  is  survived  by 
his  wife, 
the  former  Ruth  Saier  Keast,  w'35, 
whose  first  husband,  Capt.  Roger  Keast,  '34,  was 
killed  in  action  in  the  South  Pacific  area  in  1942 ; 
and  three  sons  by  a  previous  marriage. 

CHARLES  HOWARD  HAMILTON,  '52,  veteran 
of  World  War  II  and  a  practicing  veterinarian  in 
Germantown,  Wise,  was  killed  March  5  in  an 
automobile  accident  while  on  a  farm  call.  He 
is  survived  by  his  wife  and  three  children. 

THERESE  FRANCES  DIRKES,  '53,  member  of 
the  board  of  Dirkes  Industries  Inc., Detroit,  manu 
facturers  and  distributors  of 
lubricating  equip 
ment,  died  June  10.  She  is  survived  by  her  mother, 
a  brother  and  sister,  all  of  5525  Oldtown  Rd., 
Detroit. 

BEVERLY  J U NE  FOSTER,  '53, teacher  of  Eng 
lish  and  French 
(Mich.)  High 
in  the  Davison 
School,  was  killed  Oct.  18  in  an  automobile  acci 
dent 
in  Davison.  Her  parents,  Mr.  and  Mrs. 
Zigmond  Rulka,  of  Davison,  survive. 

13 

SPARTAN  PERSONALITY 

Ronald  K.  Evans,  w'12,  retired 

this 
fall  as  executive  vice-president  of  Gen 
eral  Motors.  In  34  years  with  GM,  he 
carved  out  a  colorful  career,  both  at 
home  and  abroad. 

Twelve  years  of  foreign  service  made 
Mr.  Evans  one  of  General  Motor's  lead 
ing  experts  on  the  company's  overseas 
operations.  Beginning  in  1924,  he  joined 
the  General  Motors  Overseas  Operations 
Divisions  and  was  sent  to  Australia  as 
field  representative.  Two  years  later,  he 
was  sent  to  London  to  join  the  Oper 
there.  Later  that  year  he 
ations  staff 
was  made  regional  director  for  Europe 
and  in  1927  he  was  elected  vice-president 
of  the  GM  Overseas  Operations  Division. 
His  appointment  as  GM  vice-president 
came  in  1936  after  spending  six  years 
in  Germany  as  general  manager  of  Adam 
Opel  A.G.  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Evans  now 
live  at  31825  Evergreen  Road,  Birming 
ham,  Mich.  Although  Mr.  Evans  didn't 
say,  he  no  doubt  has  as  many  plans  for 
his  retirement  as  he  had  for  his  active 
career  in  industry. 

. 

is) 

in  Cincinnati. 

is  parts  and  accessories  manager 
. 

'42)  Leahy,  of  22  Montvale  Court,  Fort 
nal, 
Thomas,  Ky.,  announce  the  birth  of  their  second 
(senior, 
son,  Richard  James,  April  17.  Dick 
that 
for 
Chevrolet 
.  James  Lieffers 
is  branch  manager 
for  Electrolux  Corp.,  with 
offices  at  343  N.  Rose  St.,  Kalamazoo,  Mich.  .  .  . 
Floyd  Pickell  has  moved  from  Louisville,  Ky., 
to  38  Woodward  Ave.,  Battle  Creek,  Mich.,  where 
he 
.  Capt.  Jack  C. 
Strickland  has  been  assigned  to  the  Air  Force 
detachment  at  the  University  of  Connecticut  at 
Storrs.  He  has  been  in  service  since  1941  and 
was  on  duty  in  England  during  World  War  II. 
From  1951  until  this  year  he  served  in  French 
Morocco. 

is  with  Post  Cereal. 

. 

. 

.

and  their  four  children  are 

'  Aft  Robert  and  Ruth  (Frost,  '43)  Amundsen 
"" 

living  at 
109  E.  Sheridan,  Fremont,  Mich.,  where  he  teaches 
chemistry  and  physics  in  the  high  school. 
.  .  . 
Gloria  Dubois  Elder  may  be  reached  at  Box  543, 
Fort  Huachuca,  Ariz.,  where  her  husband,  Richard 
is  assigned  to  the  Army  Electronic  Proving 
L., 
Ground. 
..  A  second  daughter,  Diane  Gail, 
was  born  Aug.  23  to  Dr.  and  Mrs.  Oscar  Paul 
(Estelle  Freedlander)  of  Tel-Aviv,  Israel. 
. 
is  stationed  at  Fairchild 
Major  Thomas  Hoxie 
AFB,  Wash. 
.  Lamont  McAlvey  passed  the 
May  1954  examination  given  by  the  Michigan 
State  Board  of  Accountancy  and  was  granted 
is  associated 
his  CPA  certificate  July  29.  He 
with  Lyle  D.  Hepfer  &  Company 
in  Lansing 
where  he  and  Mrs.  McAlvey  and  their  four  daugh 
ters  live  at  200  Black  Court.  .  .  .  Harold  J.  Raphael 
received  his  Ph.D.  in  June  and  is  on  the  forestry 
teaching  staff  at  M.S.C.  He  and  Mrs.  Raphael 
live  in  Haslett  at  1442  Haslett  Rd. 

. 

. 

. 

. 

' 4Q  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Donald  D.  Foreman  (Jean 
Dreisbach)  of  1400  E.  7th  St.,  Plainfield, 
*• 
N.  J.,  announce  the  birth  of  their  second  child 
and  first  son,  Lee  Donald,  June  5.  .  .  .  William  D. 
Gordon  is  located  at  2881  W.  Tower  Ave.,  Cincin 
nati,  as  technical  sales  representative  for  Mac-
Dermid  Western,  Inc.  of  Waterbury,  Conn.  .  .  . 
Ted  Leutzinger  is  supervising  adjuster  of  claims 
in  San 
for  the  Travelers  Insurance  Companies 
Diego  where  he  and  Mrs.  Leutzinger 
(Nathalie 
Hall,  w'46)  live  at  4605  Lucille  Dr.  .  .  .  Mr.  and 

Ronald  K.  Evans 

to  East  Lansing  as  farm  management  extension 
specialist,  and  he  and  Mrs.  Kyle  (Martha  Reams) 
are  living  at  909-D  Birch  Rd.  .  .  .  Lt.  Col.  Donald 
C.  Maliskey  is  commanding  officer  of  the  school 
troops  division  of  the  Ordnance  School  at  Aber 
deen  Proving  Grounds,  Md.,  where  he  and  Mrs. 
Maliskey  and  their  three  sons  make  their  home. 
Col.  Maliskey  served  during  World  War  II  from 
March  1941  to  December  1945.  He  was  recalled 
to  active  duty  a  year  later  and  served  15  months 
in  Korea  and  later  in  Japan.  After  his  return 
to  the  States,  Col.  Maliskey  was  appointed  chief 
Service  Club  Branch  of 
the  Library  and 
of 
Special  Services  Division 
in  Washington,  where 
he  served  until  his  assignment  to  Aberdeen.  .  .  . 
Formerly  associated  with  WGN  in  Chicago  and 
in  Atlanta,  Ga.,  Bob  Siegrist  has  been 
WGST 
in  Decatur, 
named  director  of  news  at  WEAS 
for  his 
Georgia.  He  has  received  two  awards 
special  events  coverage  on  radio,  the  VFW  Public 
Service  Award,  and  the  George  Washington  Medal 
for  his  coverage  of  the  Korean  POW  exchange 
story  on  radio. 

» ll 
" 

Dr.  William  D.  and  Eleanor  Kinney 
Cheney  and  their  four  children  are  living 
on  R.  2  out  of  Okemos.  .  .  .  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Arthur 
L.  Stubbs  (Eleanor  Duttweiler)  of  3482  Colonial 
Ave.,  Venice,  Calif.,  announce 
the  birth  of 
Barbara  Mary,  their  third  child  and  second  daugh 
ter,  July  15.  .  .  .  Lucien  and  Leora  (Smith,  '36) 
Fay  and  their  new  son,  James  Allan,  together 
living 
with  Rebecca,  Norman,  and  Richard,  are 
is  voca 
at  215  Croswell,  Romeo,  Mich.  Lucien 
tional  agriculture 
community 
teacher 
schools.  .  .  .  Paul  L.  Griffeth  received  his  M.A. 
in  August  from  the  State  University  of  Iowa.  .  .  . 
Harold  and  Betty  Townsend  Guillaume  and  their 
three  children  are  living  at  5956  N.  Hagadorn, 
East  Lansing,  while  he  is  group  camp  supervisor, 
parks  division,  department  of  conservation 
in 
Lansing.  For  the  past  four  years  he  has  managed 
the  Rochester-Utica  recreation  area. 

the 

in 

Jean  Hornung  and  Ruth  Williams  of  the  labora 
tory  staff  of  Blodgett  Memorial  Hospital,  Grand 
Rapids,  are  co-authors  of  an  article  appearing 
in 
issue  of  American  Journal  of 
Clinical  Pathology  entitled  "Listeria  Monocyto 
genes  in  Human  Infections—Bacteriologic  Studies 
in  Two  Cases."  .  .  .  Richard  and  Barbara  (Cardi 

the  August 

14 

Mrs.  Warren  Jirik  (Winnifred  Lucas)  of  15028 
Seminole  Ave.,  Detroit,  announce  the  birth  of 
their  second  son,  Allan  Richard,  June  5. 

'A  A 
" 

S/Sgt.  and  Mrs.  Norman  G.  Lancaster 
(Barbara  Bower)  of  1325  Orange  Blos 
som  Dr.,  Eau  Gallie,  Fa.,  announce  the  birth  of 
Larry  Allen,  Sept.  30.  .  .  .  Hamilton  P.  Dendel 
has  been  named  sales  manager  of  Standard  Oil 
Company's  Indianapolis  division.  He  and  Mrs. 
Dendel  (Sally  Denman,  '41)  and  their  three  chil 
dren  make  their  home  in  that  city  at  5535  N. 
.  .  .  Gertrude  Fitz  Hageman  (Mrs.  John 
Drexel. 
H.) 
is  research  analyst  for  the  Department  of 
Defense  in  Washington  where  she  lives  at  1838 
Maryland  Ave.  N.E.  .  .  .  Capt.  William  J.  Maddox 
is  with  Hq.  MAAG-J,  Army  Section,  805th  AU, 
APO  500,  San  Francisco. 

Dr.  Clarence  K.  Wadsworth,  who  received  his 
Ph.D.  with  the  class,  has  been  appointed  section 
head  at  General  Foods  Central  Laboratories 
in 
Hoboken,  N.  J.  At  the  time  of  this  appointment 
he  was  assistant  chief  chemist  for  the  Quaker 
Maid  division  of  the  Atlantic  and  Pacific  Tea 
company  and  had  previously  served  in  research 
positions  with  the  Owens  Illinois  Glass  Co.  He 
and  Mrs.  Wadsworth  live  at  93  Ball  Rd.,  Mountain 
.  .  .  Mr.  and  Mrs.  George  Shima 
Lakes,  N.  J. 
(Mary  Wheeler)  of  3595  East  Joy  Rd.,  Ann  Arbor, 
announce 
their  daughter,  Meri 
Louise,  April  18. 

the  birth  of 

~** 

' if  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Duncan  R.  Shivley.  of  2800 
S.  Kearney,  Denver,  Colo.,  announce  the 
birth  of  their  fifth  child  and  second  daughter, 
Nancy  Jane,  Sept.  4. 

'AG. 
^ 

Donald  Baker  writes  from  613  Copper 
St.,  Houghton,  Mich.:  "Expect  this  will 
be  the  last  change  in  address  we'll  be  sending 
to  the  RECORD  for  a  long  time.  My  wife,  Rebecca 
Cope,  w'46,  and  I  are  planning  on  staying  put 
here 
in  our  hill-top  house,  while  I  keep  busy 
teaching  physics  to  the  boys  here  at  Michigan 
College  of  Mining  and  Technology."  .  .  .  Marvin 
G.  Dean  is  professor  of  voice  at  Asbury  College, 
Wilmore,  Ky.  .  .  .  "We  roped  ourselves  a  little 
calf,  Steven  Fredrick 
(makes  it  three  boys  and 
one  girl),  June  23.  The  ole  cowhands:  Marion 
(Heckel)  and  Bob  Eade.  Corral:  Windoak  Farm, 
R.  4,  Bolivar,  Mo." 

D.  B.  McCaskey  may  be  reached 

in  care  of 
Dow  Chemical  Inter-American  Limited,  Edificio 
la  Commercial,  Paseo  de  la  Reforma  122,  Mexico 
6,  D.F.  .  .  .  Mr.  and  Mrs.  William  Schultz  (Marie 
Miller)  of  19  Longview  Way,  Peabody,  Mass., 
announce  the  birth  of  Lynne  Marie,  April  20.  .  .  . 
Bruce  T.  Newsted  writes  from  8933  Quincy  Ave., 
Detroit,  that  he  is  now  sales  representative  for 
Inc.,  advertising  printers  and 
Courier  Press, 
lithographers.  He  was  formerly  with  Inland  Press, 
and  prior  to  that  was  associated  with  the  George 
Newsted  Printing  company.  .  .  .  Their  third  child, 
Cynthia  Louise,  was  born  Oct.  1  to  Mr.  and 
Mrs.  Wayne  Scheele 
(Mildred  Pickett)  of  9400 
Varna,  Pacoima,  Calif. 

William  C.  Res'corla,  associated  the 

last  two 
years  with  Lawrence  Scudder  &  Co.,  Grand  Rap 
ids  CPA  firm,  and  before  that  time  several  years 
in  the  organization's  Muskegon  office,  has  become 
a  partner  in  the  firm.  .  .  .  Erv  R.  Tallberg.  assist 
ant  zone  manager  for  Buick  Motors  in  the  Chicago 
area,  has  been  named  to  head  the  newly  opened 
sales  office  in  Omaha.  This  zone  will  include  all 
of  Iowa  and  the  southern  part  of  Nebraska.  He 
is  living  in  Omaha  at  517  S.  89th  St.  .  .  .  Her 
many  classmates  and  other  friends  will  be  sorry 
to  learn  that  Marion  Vorce  Roddy  (Mrs.  Arthur 
is  ill  with  polio  in  the  Hendrick  Memorial 
A.) 
hospital  in  Abilene,  Texas. 

'AH 
•*' 

15>  1 9 5 0'  D a r r e"  and  LuElla 

°n  D e c- 
issued 
Price  Cook,  of  Charlotte,  Mich., 
a  "Cook  Book"  featuring  Frederick  Harry.  Under 
date  of  August  25,  1954,  they  have  brought  forth 
a  revised  edition  featuring  Lu  Ann.  .  .  .  Mr.  and 
Mrs.  John  Tracy  (Martha  Driver)  of  29824  Cham-
pine  Dr.,  St.  Clair  Shores,  Mich.,  announce  the 
birth  of  their  second  son,  Thomas  Robert,  July 
.  In  mid-July,  Herbert  E.  Johnson  was 
30. 

.  . 

for  outstanding 
presented  a  citizenship  award 
work 
in  the  community  of  Bath,  Mich.  Game 
biologist  for  the  State  Conservation  Department, 
he  and  Mrs.  Johnson  and  their  three  children 
recently  moved  from  Bath  to  Mason. 

announce  the  birth  of  Glen  Lee,  Feb.  11.  With 
their  three  children  the  Hortins 
live  at  127  E. 
Claremont  St.,  Lanark,  111.,  where  Ross  teaches 
biology  and  general  science 
the  new  high 
school. 

in 

for 

library 

the  discovery  of 

' ^Q  Dorothy  Anderson  received  her  M.S.  in 
science  at 
™" 
the  University  of 
Kentucky 
in  August,  and 
is 
the 
librarian  at 
in  Cincinnati  where 
Walnut  Hills  High  School 
she  lives  at  2233  Francis  Lane.  .  .  .  Mike  Bielaczyc 
has  been  chief  geologist 
for  the  Illinois  Mid-
Continent  Oil  Company  of  Mt.  Carmel,  111.,  for 
the  past  four  years,  during  which  time  he  was 
three  pools 
responsible 
in  all.  He  recently  re 
consisting  of  42  wells 
signed  to  go  into  partnership 
in  the  Shure  Oil 
Company  of  Mt.  Carmel,  owning  an  interest  in 
27  producing  wells  and  "at  the  present 
time 
drilling  two  of  the  hottest  deals  in  the  Illinois 
basin."  Mike  and  his  wife  and  daughter  are 
living  at  704  S.  Prince  St.,  Princeton,  Ind.  .  .  . 
Frank  Blackford,  senior  administrative  assistant 
to  Michigan's  Governor  Williams  since  April  1951, 
has  been  appointed  to  the  state 
liquor  control 
commission.  While  graduate  assistant  in  political 
science  at  the  College,  he  gave  volunteer  service 
to  the  task  forces  of  the  Hoover  study  group 
into  health  and  elections,  which  led  to  his  appoint 
ment  as  aide  to  the  Governor.  He  has  been  con 
cerned  principally  with 
legislative  matters  and 
viewing  and  analyzing  all  new  laws. 

James  S.  Boyd,  who  received  his  M.S.  with  the 
class,  was  awarded  his  Ph.D.  in  agricultural  and 
civil  engineering  at  Iowa  State  College,  Aug.  27. 
.  .  .  Richard  Cosgrove  of  525  S.  Cedar  St.,  Lan 
sing,  has  been  named  field  secretary  of  the  Michi 
gan  Health  Council.  He  will  help  develop  a  state 
wide  health  education  program  among 
the  39 
health  councils 
in  the  state,  all  of  which  are 
associated  members  of  the  Michigan  Council. 

these, 

seeing  us 

from  Haifa 

to  Zurich,  when 

faded  and  a  record  of 

Dr.  Herman  S.  Forest,  who  received  his  M.S. 
with  the  class  and  his  Ph.D.  in  '51,  writes  of 
'two  minor  but  splendid  MSC  reunions  that  took 
place  in  Europe  last  summer. 
In  Paris,  at  the 
International  Botanical  Congress,  I  encountered 
Clark  Bowen,  '49,  and  we  did  the  town  together, 
from  Follies  to  Opera.  Then  both  went  down 
to  Normandy  where  Bob  LeBrec,  '51,  operates  a 
large  and  modern  farm  and  dairy.  The  country 
side  (within  a  long  walk  of  Omaha  Beach)  and 
Bob's  15th  Century  chateau  were  dreamy  surround 
ings,  so  the  most  sentimental  MSC  booster  would 
have  been  moved  by 
three 
Spartans,  after  a  delicious  French  dinner  and 
about  four  sorts  of  local  beverages,  standing  as 
the 
'M.S.C. 
twilight 
toasting  MSC—it  was  great. 
Shadows'  played, 
The  other  reunion  almost  didn't  happen. 
I  was 
the  plane 
flying 
was  delayed  in  Athens  for  several  hours.  It  was 
11:00  p.m.,  the  hotel  was  ten  miles  from 
the 
city  and  I  knew  no  Greek.  Over  on  the  other 
side  of  Athens  was  MSC  alumnus  George  Vayonis, 
'49,  and  the  Spartan  spirit  must  prevail.  So,  with 
the  aid  of  an  Israeli  plane  passenger  who  spoke 
ten  languages  (not  including  Greek),  two  Greek 
youths  who  knew  only  their  native  language  and 
sign  language,  an  ice  cream  store  operator  who 
spoke  French,  and  several  thousand  Drachamas 
(30,000  to  a  dollar)  George  was  located  at  mid 
night,  and  reunion  ensued.  George  had  returned 
to  Greece  to  discharge  his  army  obligation,  and 
still  has  some  months  of  service  remaining.  After 
that  he  would  like  to  return  to  the  U.S.  as  a 
plant  physiologist."  Dr.  Forest  is  on  the  botany 
staff  at  the  University  of  Tennessee  in  Knoxville. 
James  Gibbs  received  his  Bachelor  of  Divinity 
degree  at  Huntington  College,  Huntington,  Ind., 
in  June  and  was  ordained  Aug.  8  to  the  eldership 
of  the  Church  of  the  United  Brethren  in  Christ. 
Completing  his  course  work  last  January,  he  joined 
the  college  staff  where  he  manages  the  printing  de 
partment  and  writes  course  outlines  for  the  corre 
spondence  Bible  department.  He  lives  at  R.  2, 
Huntington.  .  .  .  Bill  and  Glen  (Loew,  *48)  Gompf 
first  child,  Jane 
announce 
living  at  308  W. 
Paula,  June  14.  They  are 
College,  Austin,  Minn.,  where  he  manages 
the 
.  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Ross  Hortin 
Sears  store. 

the  birth  of 

their 

. 

. 

.  . 

William  Blake  was  born  Sept.  3  to  William 
and  Joyce  Wagoner  Kutsche,  of  Oscoda,  Mich. 
"This 
is  our  fourth  child,  second  boy,"  writes 
Joyce.  .  .  .  Dr.  Clarence  J.  Lafler  is  a  1st  Lt. 
in  the  Army,  attached  to  31st  Inf.  Regt.,  APO  7, 
San  Francisco. 
.  Thomas  McDaniel  received 
his  Masters  in  education  from  the  University  of 
Florida  in  June  and  is  teaching  in  St.  Petersburg 
where  he 
. 
After  three  years  as  city  forester  for  Dayton, 
Ohio,  Carol  Marlow  resigned  to  go  into  business 
for  himself  under  the  name  of  the  Marlow  Tree 
Co.  He  lives  in  Dayton  at  4232  Redonda  Lane. 
.  .  .  Mr.  and  Mrs.  William  Ryan  (Jane  Mooney) 
of  102  N.  Porter,  Saginaw,  announce  the  birth 
of  Susanne  Jane,  July  22. 

lives  at  4827  Alcazar  Way  S. 

. 

. 

the 

consultants 

Douglas  Williams  Associates, 

to 
management,  have  announced  that  Samuel  Pratt 
joined 
firm 
has 
as 
senior  associate. 
With  offices  at  342 
Madison  Ave.,  New 
York  City,  Dr.  Pratt 
will  assume  major  re 
sponsibilities  for  the 
organization's  work  in 
the  field  of  commu 
nity  relations.  Until 
recently  a  study  di 
rector 
Interna 
for 
tional  Research  Asso 
ciates,  he 
formerly 
held  a  research  posi 
tion  at  Columbia  Uni 
versity  and  was  a 
research  fellow  at  the  University  of  Michigan. 
Dr.  Ismail  Sener  has  been  elected  deputy  of 
the  Turkish  Grand  National  Assembly  for  four 
years,  with  headquarters  in  Ankara.  One  of  his 
official  duties  will  be  to  accompany  his  Minister 
of  Education  to  the  United  States  where  they 
will  confer  with  Dr.  Hardin,  chancellor  of  the 
University  of  Nebraska,  relative 
to  planning, 
organizing  and  training  members  of  the  faculties 
of  the  University  of  Ataturk  to  be  established 
in  the  eastern  part  of  Turkey.  .  .  .  Phyllis  Wilkie 
is  head  resident  at  Williams  Hall,  a  dormitory 
for  upperclass  women,  at  Bowling  Green  State 
University  in  Bowling  Green,  Ohio.  She  reports: 
"It 
life 
again.  There  are 
four  other  recent  Michigan 
State  College  graduates  also  employed  at  Bowling 
Green,  all  of  them  working  in  the  food  services 
department—Lee  Horton,  '48,  Leonard  Cipra,  '50, 
Mary  Thomas,  '53,  and  Marilyn  Smith,  '54." 

to  be  a  part  of  college 

is  wonderful 

Pratt 

'49  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Vernon  F.  Carvey  have 

been  appointed  missionaries  to  the  Philip 
pine  islands  by  the  Conservative  Baptist  Foreign 
Mission  Society  of  Chicago.  .  .  .  Devern  and  Donna 
Blakeslee  Chubb,  of  1711  W.  Rundle,  Lansing, 
announce  the  birth  of  their  third  son,  Michael 
James,  Feb.  7.  Devern  is  working  with  his  father 
in  their  own  business,  the  Two  Cee  Manufac 
turing  Company 
.  Margaret 
in  Lansing. 
Dorothy  was  born  July  21  to  Frank  and  Jean 
Halmich  DeDecker  of  6050  Adams,  Warren,  Mich. 
. 
.  Tom  and  Pat  Slowin  Emmenecker  report 
the  birth  of  their  second  son,  Daniel  Thomas, 
Jan.  17.  . 
in 
materials  engineering  at  Dow  Chemical 
in  Mid 
land.  .  .  .  Lt.  (jg)  Lauraine  A.  Freethy  recently 
left  on  a  tour  of  duty  and  may  be  reached  at 
Fleet  Weather  Central,  Navy  3923,  %  FPO,  San 
Francisco. 

.  Russell  H.  Fay 

is  a  chemist 

. 

. 

. 

. 

Dick  Garfield  is  an  auditor  with  the  Michigan 
Department  of  Revenue  and  with  his  wife  and 
two  sons 
lives  at  5  Rosshire  Court,  Pontiac, 
Mich.  . ..  A  second  daughter,  Dawn  Ellen,  was 
born  June  29  to  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Weston  Hagadorn, 
of  R.  2,  Bridgeville,  Pa.  Weston  is  a  metallurgist 
with  U.  S.  Steel  in  Pittsburgh. 
.  .  .  James  and 
Mary  Louise  (Pelzer,  w'51)  Kaufeld,  of  320  E. 
First  Ave.,  Pontiac,  announce  the  birth  of  their 
first  daughter,  Kathleen  Ann, 
third  child  and 

. 

. 

Don  O'Connell  may  be  reached 

July  3.  .  .  .  Claire  Lynn  was  born  Dec.  22  to 
Richard  and  Charlotte  Kirch  of  514  S.  24th, 
Saginaw.  .  .  .  Glenn  Lorch,  electronic  scientist  at 
Naval  Research  laboratory,  Washington,  D.C.,  and 
Mrs.  Lorch  (Claire  Neitz)  announce  the  birth  of 
Gary  James,  Dec.  3.  .  .  .  Dr.  Bernard  Lutz  has 
his  dental  offices  at  4729  W.  North  Ave.,  Mil 
.  Edwin  P.  Margerum  Jr.,  who 
waukee. 
is  now  with 
received  his  M.S.  with  the  class, 
the  Kroger  Co.,  35  E.  7th  St.,  Cincinnati,  Ohio. 
in  care  of 
Shell  Chemical  Corp.,  380  Madison,  New  York 
.  .  .  Edward  R.  Panzner  has  been  trans 
City. 
to  a 
ferred  by  U.S.  Fish  &  Wildlife  Service 
field 
is 
initiating  a  new  program  of  waterfowl  habitat 
preservation.  .  .  .  Lt.  Jack  and  Kathleen  (Wills, 
'50)  Robinson  and  their  two  boys  are  living  in 
Japan  where  he 
stationed  at  Yakota  Air 
.  Luis  Romo,  who  received  his  Ph.D. 
Base. 
.  . 
from  Wisconsin 
is  research  associate 
in  geochemistry  at  Pennsylvania  State  Univer 
sity,  and  lives  in  State  College  at  315  S.  Ather-
ton. 

location  at  Marshall,  Minn.,  where  he 

last  fall, 

is 

Alma  Routsong  Brodie  (Mrs.  Bruce)  of  Delton, 
Mich.,  has  been  presented  with  the  $1,000  Friends 
of  American  Writers  award  for  her  book  "A 
Gradual  Joy,"  judged  by  them  to  be  the  most 
outstanding  work  from  the  middle  west. 
. 
Joseph  G.  Stites  Jr.  heads  the  sulphate  group  of 
Monsanto  Chemical  Company's 
inorganic  chemi 
cals  division  in  Dayton,  Ohio. 

. 

. 

gery  residency  at  the  V.A.  hospital 

#C rt  Dr.  William  E.  Lloyd  has  started  his  sur-
in 
* "* 
Salt  Lake  City,  Utah,  where  he  and  Mrs.  Lloyd 
(Gretchen  Wright,  '47)  live  at  269  First  Ave.,  Apt. 
16.  Gretchen  will  teach  lip  reading  in  the  public 
schools.  .  .  .  Owen  and  Lola  (Evans,  '45)  Murphy 
are  living  at  2613  Walter  St.,  Flint,  where  he 
in  the 
has  the  Fred  B.  Prophet  Co.  cafeterias 
Chevrolet  Assembly  Plant.  .  .  .  Frank  Shaw  and 
his  wife  and  three  children  are  living  at  140  E. 
Davenhauer  St.,  East  Syracuse,  N.Y.,  where  he 
is  employed  by  Kemper  Insurance. 
.  John 
and  Dorothy  Dreher  Shemick  are  living  at  308 
N.  Prairie,  Champaign,  111.,  and  he  is  a  graduate 
assistant 
the  Uni 
in  engineering  drawing  at 
versity  of  Illinois. 

. 

. 

Capt.  John  W.  Stewart  is  teaching  basic  intelli 
gence  at  officers  candidate  school  at  Lackland 
(Mary  Jane 
AFB,  and  he  and  Mrs.  Stewart 
in 
live 
Adams  Stewart)  and  their  small  Patty 
San  Antonio  at  214  Weir  Ave.  .  .  .  Harold  Van-
DeRiet  is  located  in  Beatrice,  Neb.,  as  assistant 
county  agent. 
.  .  .  S.  Lane  Wilson  received  his 
Ph.D.  in  botany  at  the  University  of  Illinois  in 
June  and  has  accepted  an  appointment  as  assist 
ant  plant  physiologist  at  the  Connecticut  Agri 
cultural  Experiment  station  in  New  Haven.  .  .  . 
Marquis  Workman 
of 
Theology  from  Harvard  June  17. 

received  his  Bachelor 

' CI 
*" 

Norman  and  Marilyn  Madden  Gregor  are 
living  at  8450  Fitzpatrick  Court,  Detroit, 
where  he  is  production  engineer  for  Superior  Cabi 
net  Co.  .  .  .  Harry  H.  Johnston,  of  7924  S.  Green 
St.,  Chicago,  received  his  M.S.  from  the  University 
of  Missouri  June  12.  .  .  .  Joseph  Long  is  geologist 
for  the  Standard  Oil  Co.  of  California 
in  the 
exploration  department,  and  lives  in  Los  Angeles 
at  11618  Kiowa  Ave.,  Suite  204  Brentwood 
Towers.  .  .  .  William  R.  Paddock  Jr.,  of  Cleve 
land,  Tenn.,  recently  was  commissioned  a  second 
the  26-
lieutenant 
week  Officer  Candidate  school  at 
the  Army's 
Engineer  Center,  Fort  Belvoir,  Va. 

following  graduation 

from 

Onno  vanTeutem  is  an  economist  in  the  FAO/ 
ECLA  joint  program  and  may  be  reached  at  Aven-
ida  Providencia  871,  7th  Floor,  Santiago,  Chile. . . . 
Harris  Whiting  lives  at  Caton  Drive,  Springfield 
Gardens,  East  Syracuse,  N.Y.,  where  he  is  buyer 
for  48  stores  in  that  area  for  American  Stores 
Co.  .  .  .  The  second  edition  of  Walters'  Rattle 
was  published  May  23,  featuring  Robert  Leslie 
as  the  new  managing  editor.  Publishers  are  Mr. 
and  Mrs.  John  Walters  of  869  Starwick  Dr., 
Ann  Arbor.  .  .  .  The  Protective  Life  Insurance 
Co.  announces  the  appointment  of  H.  F.  Wynne-
Parry  as  general  agent  for  the  Huntsville,  Ala., 

15 

area  with  offices  in  Huntsville  at  210  Struve  Bldg. 

. 

. 

' CO  Oliver  Agee  is  art  instructor  at  Bennett 
.  James 
•*••  College,  Greensboro,  N.C. 
and  Carolyn  (Kautz,  '51)  Ballard  and  their  son 
are  living  on  R.  1,  Onondaga,  Mich.,  where  James 
has  been  farming  since  separation  from  service 
last  May.  .  .  .  Barbara  Bauer  Beers  teaches  in 
Escanaba  where 
she  and  her  husband,  Dr. 
Harland  Beers,  live  at  800  S.  11th  St.  .  .  .  Jack 
Hammel  has  been  transferred  by  American  Tele 
phone  and  Telegraph  Company  to  Charlotte,  N.C, 
where  he 
. 
Barbara  Kunkel  and  James  L.  Logan  were  mar 
ried  July  17  and  are  living  in  East  Lansing  at 
1259  W.  Grand  River. 

lives  at  1803  Kenwood  Ave. 

. 

. 

Richard  and  Nancy  Hotop  Rieger  announce  the 
birth  of  Jane  Ellen,  Feb.  9.  They  are  living  at 
215-D  Bradshaw  Ave.,  El  Paso,  Texas,  where  Lt. 
Rieger  is  nuclear  officer  with  the  10th  Ordnance 
Battalion  at  Fort  Bliss.  They  report:  "Being  in 
the  sand-blasted  Southwest  has  one  consolation, 
we  did  get  to  the  Rose  Bowl  game!"  .  .  .  John 
Saylor  Jr.  received  his  M.S.  in  horticulture  from 
Rutgers  this  past  summer,  and,  until  he  enters 
the  Air  Force,  is  living  at  129  6th  St.,  Aspinwall, 
Pittsburgh,  Pa.  .  .  .  Patricia  Ann  Upp  Chipman 
and  her  husband,  Herbert  A.,  '56,  are  living  at 
818-C  Birch  Rd.,  East  Lansing.  .  .  .  Among  those 
in  the  class  serving 
in  the  armed  forces  are 
William  F.  Brown,  Stephen  Bush,  Paul  Christon, 
Ronald  Culp,  Carl  Eicher,  Ted  Engel  Jr.,  Robert 
Granzeier,  Lawrence  Hedgecock,  Bruce  Mathews, 
Harold  Shoup,  and  Alfred  Spigarelli. 

' CO  Henry  and  Margaret  (Taylor,  '45)  Pei-
*»**  necke  announce  the  birth  of  Laurel  Ann, 
Feb.  25.  They  are  living  at  15  W.  Maple,  Allendale, 
N.J.,  and  he has  his  veterinary  practice  in  Wyckoff. 
.  .  .  Emery  and  Jean  Pomeroy  Thibdaue  are  living 
at  66  S.  High  St.,  Carsonville,  Mich.,  while  he 
is  with  the  Soil  Conservation  Service 
in  San 
dusky.  .  .  .  Brooke  Army  Medical  Center's  eight 
man  delegation  to  the  All-Army  track  and  field 
meet  at  Fort  Devens,  Mass.,  June  15  and  16 
included  Lt.  John  P.  Walter,  former  track  cap 
tain,  as  coach. 

Marion  E.  Corwell  is  putting  her  speech  major 
and  composition  minor  to  good  use  in  her  posi 
tion 
in  the  education  department  of  the  Henry 
Ford  Museum.  They  produce  a  TV  show  aired 
on  WJBK-TV  in  Detroit  and  another  on  WSPD-
TV,  Toledo,  each  week,  and  as  a  member  of 
the  Detroit  Educational  Television  Foundation 
they  hope  to  go 
into  regular  educational  pro 
gramming  as  soon  as  telecasting  on  Channel  56 
becomes  a  reality.  She  also  edits  the  quarterly 
journal,  Education  News.  .  .  .  "I'm  at  a  remote 
radar  site  on  the  Arctic  Ocean,  serving  as  the 

3rd  or  4th  Generation? 
It  would  be  interesting  to  know 
some  of  the  third  and  fourth  gen 
eration  families  to  attend  Michigan 
State  College.  Perhaps  some  of 
you  have  as  unique  a  story  to  tell 
as  Mrs.  Fred  Morse  whom  we 
wrote  about  in  the  September  issue 
of  THE  RECORD. 
If  you  have, 
please  write  and  tell  us.  Recently 
we  received  a  phone  call 
from 
Annie  Laurie  McElroy  who  said 
that  her  husband's  father,  Edward 
M.  McElroy  was  a  graduate  of  the 
class  of 
'93;  her  husband,  James 
Kerr  McElroy,  class  of  '28;  and  son 
Edward  Bruce,  class  of  '56. 

There  must  be  other 

families 
who  have  attended  Michigan  State 
for  three,  or  possibly  four  genera 
tions. 

16 

communications  officer  here.  Seems  a  long  way 
from  State, 
it  will  be  good  to  get  any  news 
from  there,"  writes  Lt.  Charles  S.  Daymond,  711 
AC&W  Sqdn.,  APO  716,  Seattle,  Wash. 

Robert  Gross  and  Patricia  Ann  Bowman  were 
married  July  15  and  are  making  their  home  at 
2918  Clairmont  Ave.  S-,  Birmingham,  Ala.,  where 
he  is  with  American  Telephone  and  Telegraph. 
.  .  .  Carol  Holmes  and  Bill  Gargano  were  married 
in  August  and  are  making  their  home  in  Holland, 
Mich.,  at  87  W.  20th  St.  Carol  teaches  English 
in  the  high  school  while  Bill  is  program  director 
at  the  local  radio  station.  .  .  .  Stanton  Parry  is 
marketing  analyst  for  the  Ford  Motor  Company's 
tractor  and 
in  Birmingham, 
Mich.  .  .  .  Lt.  Arthur  R.  and  Nona  (Maten,  w'54) 
Sieting  of  Selfridge  AFB,  Mich.,  announce  the 
birth  of  Arthur  Rex,  July  9. 

implement  division 

' C4  Charles  Thompson  is  a  professor  at  the 
v'~  University  of  Wyoming  at  Laramie,  and 
Sheldon  Grebstein  at  the  University  of  Kentucky 
in  Lexington.  .  .  .  Lester  Eyer  is  chairman  of  the 
department  of  biology  at  Alma  College,  Alma, 
Mich.  . ..  J.  Harvey  Lewis  is  a  law  student  at 
in  Dallas,  Texas, 
Southern  Methodist  University 
while  William  Ferrara  and  Rolland  Wheaton  are 
graduate  assistants  at  M.S.C.  .  .  .  Robert  Gilson 
and  James  David  are  working  out  of  Lansing  as 
field  executives  for  the  Boy  Scouts  of  America.  .  .  . 
Mark  Ford  and  Richard  Pynn  are  auditors,  Ford 
at  the  University  of  Michigan,  and  Pynn  with 
Haskins  &  Sells  in  Detroit.  .  .  .  James  Bates  is  a 
trainee  with  the  A.  O.  Smith  Corp.  in  Milwaukee, 
John  Owen  with  Link-Belt  in  Chicago,  and  Wil 
liam  Youmans  with  Consumers  Power  in  Jackson. 
in  research  work 
is  engaged 
at  Hope  Agricultural  Station  in  Liguanee,  Jamaica. 
.  .  .  Phyllis  Bryan  is  a  medical  technologist  at 
Wayne  County  General  Hospital 
in  Eloise.  .  .  . 
Richard  Engle  is  with  the  Lansing  State  Journal, 
in  the  advertising  department.  .  .  .  Robert  Farrall 
is  a  physicist  with  General  Electric  in  West  Lynn, 
Mass.  .  .  .  William  Fate  is  a  partner  in  Fate's  Food 
Market  in  Ionia,  Mich.  .  .  .  Donald  Ford  is  legal 
aide  for  Pressed  Steel  in  Chicago  where  he  lives 
at  5400  Greenwood.  .  .  .  John  Gross  is  student 
manager  with  Stouffer  Corp. 
. 
is  social  worker  at  Coldwater 
William  Hagley 
(Mich.)  State  Home  and  Training  School. 
. 
George  Hanson  manages  the  Grand  Union  super 
is 
market 
associated  with  Manufacturers  Life  with  offices 
in  the  American  State  Bank  Bldg.,  Lansing. 

in  Scotia,  N.Y. 

Cleveland  Allen 

.  John  Harris 

in  Detroit. 

. 

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. 

. 

Roderick  Henry 

is  a  clerk  for  Standard  Oil, 
410  S.  Cedar,  Lansing. 
.  .  .  Richard  Herberholz 
is  assistant  manager  of  special  services  at  J.  L. 

Hudson  Company  in  Detroit.  .  .  .  James  Hufford 
is  claim  adjuster  for  Liberty  Mutual  Insurance  in 
Carmel,  Ind.,  where  he  and  Mrs.  Hufford  (Eliza 
beth  Tulloch,  '52) 
live  at  206  W.  97th  St.  .  .  . 
Thomas  Jackman  is  underwriter  with  New  York 
.  .  .  Robert 
Life,  2051  Guardian  Bldg.,  Detroit. 
is  a  counselor  at  southern  Michigan 
Jorgensen 
state  prison 
.  Louise  Stribley 
. 
LaNouette  (Mrs.  William  E.)  is  secretary  for  the 
Jewish  Community  Center 
in  Fitchburg,  Mass. 
.  .  .  Edgar  R.  Lemon  is  located  at  the  A  &  M 
College  of  Texas  in  College  Station  as  soil  physi 
cist  with  the  USDA. 
is  in 
Cody,  Wyo.,  as  geologist  for  the  Ohio  Oil  Co.  .  .  . 
Lawrence  Loughlin  Jr.  works 
the  Toledo 
(Ohio)  Concrete  Pipe  Co. 

.  .  Charles  Linck 

in  Jackson. 

for 

. 

. 

. 

. 

.  Charles  Magoon 

John  Mark  is  in  sales  work  for  Hercules  Powder 
is 
. 
of  Wilmington,  Del. 
personnel  manager  for  Meijer's  Super  Markets, 
Inc.,  425  Fuller  Ave.  N.E.,  Grand  Rapids,  Mich. 
. 
.  .  Kenneth  Oehrle  is  located  in  Sioux  Falls, 
S.  Dak.,  as  research  analyst  with  the  U.S.  Navy. 
.  Agnes  P.  Norman,  of  308  Memphis  St., 
. 
is  an  accounting  clerk  for  the  State 
Lansing, 
of  Michigan.  .  .  .  Richard  G.  Phelan  is  employed 
by  Aeroquip  Corp.,  300  S.  East  Ave.,  Jackson, 
Mich. 
for 
Lansing  Drop  Forge.  .  .  .  Dr.  James  A.  Rooker 
is  a  veterinarian  with  Dr.  T.  I.  Millerick,  '44,  at 
.  .  .  Alice  Sasaki 
455  N.  Center  Rd.,  Saginaw. 
is  a  dietetic  intern  at  the  University  of  Oregon, 
and  may  be  reached  at  3181  S.W.  Sam  Jackson 
Park  Rd.,  Portland.  .  .  .  Thomas  Secor  is  located 
at  8368  Burns  Ave.,  Cincinnati,  Ohio,  as  techni 
cian  with  General  Electric.  .  .  .  Delbert  Seppanen 
is  landscape  architect  for  the  Columbus 
(Ohio) 
metropolitan  park  district. 

.  Robert  C.  Rhoades 

is  chemist 

. 

. 

in  Dearborn. 

. 
is  producer-announcer 

Milton  Silverman  is  bacteriologist  at  the  Veter 
. 
. 
ans  Administration  Hospital 
Donald  G.  Stewart 
for 
WWTV-TV  in  Cadillac,  Mich.  .  .  .  Robert  Tkatch 
is  a  special  investigator  with  the  Pinkerton  Co., 
.  Mrs. 
141  Nassau  St.,  New  York  City. 
Rafael  Reyna  (the  former  Andreita  Vazquez) 
is 
home  management  specialist 
the  extension 
service  in  Puerto  Rico,  and  may  be  reached  at 
Box  43,  Hato  Rey. 
.  Raymond  Vincelette 
. 
manages  the  Fort  Findlay  Hotel  in  Findlay,  Ohio. 

for 

. 

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