STUDENT \ HANDBOOK 53 f MICHIGAN STATE COL LEGE 1940-41 THIS STUDENT HANDBOOK la p1tbllahed b7 t.he colles• in an etrert to proride a abort, :re& eomplete. aammal'7 of official ralea and recala tions., establlslted orsanlzatlena, and traditional nenta atrectlas eollese life. Thoash planned principally for Frahmen, Its eontenta are aach that eTerJ' andersndaate will ftnd it nlaaJale u a .. arce ef reference. For that rea110n, the Hantlllook llhoald lie preMrnd dllriq the eaaalns yean. Freamen shoald heome fally aeqaalnted with t.he material In this paltlicatlon and the aceom panJ'f ns sapplement and CUl'7 both pultllcation1 with them darlns Freahman Week. Fre11hmen al110 are al'8'ed to read the collese eatalos and become familiar with 1eholutlc rates, eontent of coaneo, and eoaraea reqalred In their elMNien 8eld1. MICHIGAN STATE COLLEGE II I STUDENT HANDBOOK 1940-41 This book is presented to Freshmen and to all other students who apply. R. S. SHAW President Welcome! WE EXTEND a most hearty welcome to those who a r e entering Michigan State College for the first time and are glad to greet again the students returning for a continua.tion of their studies. The College must be offering those things you are seeking, for otherwise you would not have coime, and we sincerely hope that your expectations may be met fully and that you will not in any way be disappointed. You who are entering will no doubt meet many perplexing problems involving entrance, scholar· ship, social affairs, and financial difficulties. We hope that you will seek advice on all of these; it may be had for the asking. later build Choose courses designed to Jay a strong basic foundation on which you may the superstructure of specialization. Plan to get the most out of college in every good way and do not sacrifice other im·portant essentials for high scholastic records on1y, for effective education in cludes more than scholastic achievement alone. The cultivation of social ease and grace is essen tial to the development of quaJities of leadership; the building of strong b-Odies as proper structures for housing well-trained and well-controlled minds is important. A true education also recognizes and develops those spiritual qualities essential to uniformity and symmetry in the pers1(mality of the individua1I. The uncertainties of your first year at college wiH clear a way if given a little time, and you will . find the officers, faculty, and upperclassmen of Michigan State College all most interested in help in.g you solve your problems. ROBERT S. SHAW, President. ELISABETH CONRAD . Dean of Women .... .... .... Greetings! THE office of the Dean of Women extends greetings to you who come as new students and as returning students to Michigan State Col lege. On. the second floor of the Administration Building, the notice on our door says: "Offices of the Dean ·of Women~ '' but the office personnel includes Miss Petersen who looks after your room ing, Miss Alfreda the employment problems, and Miss Hansen, to whom you co-me for permits for radios, room keys_ and special residence house equipment. A. W. S. has an office across the hall to which all your requests for late permits and special favors must be brought. Miss Hatch and I. arn·o,ng other duties, register social dances, the talk about loans, and try to help you find answers to important or puzzling problems. Thii iS an office for general information and is meant to be of helpfulness to, women students. You, however, must come to us, because with 2,000 worn.en on the campus, we cannot always know your particular need, or how to be mlQst useful to you in helping you gain at Michigan State College the success and happiness which you came here to find. Although I shall meet you several times in the first days of long receiving lines, I shall probably not be able to call you by name for a while. The others in the office join me in greetings, best wishes, and a cordial invitation to come without to consult any hesitaOon and with confidence of us. ELISABETH OONRAD, Dean of Wome·n. FRED T. MITCHELL Dean of Men higher learning passes Personal Message From the Dean of Men THE STUDENT who enters an institution of through a period of transition during which various problems and per plexities are likely to arise. We believe that the chief function of the office of the Dean of Men is to help students adjust themselves to these co mplex demands of college life. It is impossible for me to visit all of y'OU; therefore, I hope that you will feel welcome to come into my office at any time. this Freshman Week Activities are listed in Handbook. I trust that you will read them care fully and follow directions diligently. These ac tivities are planned to assist you in getting ad justed to college life. Classes begin on Monday following Freshman Week and I suggest that you procure your books promptly and be prepared for a good start. You will need to learn to adjust yourself t'O methods of college tea ching, to exten sive assignments, and to much work in the library. If you apply yourseH diligently to your daily as signments, you may be assured that your first year at M . S. C. will be a relatively successful one. There are many extra-curricular activities on the campus, which challenge the interest of men students and you should look forward to the bene fits of participating in some of these org8!Jliza A good academic record is imperative to tions participation. Many kinds of social even.ts are held o-n the campus during the school year and you a.re en couraged to attend such of these as seem to meet your interest. Participation, to a reasonable ex tent;, in social affa•i rs is necessary ro a sane social developm ent. I wish you happiness and success at M. S. C. FRED T. MITCHELL, Dean of Men. 7 COLLEGE CALENDAR 1940 - '41 FALL TERM, 1940 Monday, September 23, 10 :00 a. m. to Saturday, September 28, 12 :00 noon-Freshman Week and registration of new students. Friday, September 27, 8 :00 a. m. to Saturday, September 28, 12 :00 noon-Registration of return students (according to alphabetical schedu le) . Monday, September 30, 8 :00 a. m.-Classes begi n. Saturday, October 19-Last day for w ithdrawal with full refund of course fee. Saturday, November 9-Last day for withdrawal with one-half refund of course fee. Monday, December 16, to Friday, December 20, 3 :UO p. m.-Final examination. Friday, December 20, 3 :00 p. m.-Fall term closes. WINTER TERM, 1941 Monday, January 6 and Tuesday, January 7- (according to alpha Registration of students betical schedule). Wednesda1Y1 , January 8, 8 :00 a. m.-Classes begin. Monday, January 27-Last day for withdrawal with fu11 refund of course fee. Saturday, February 15-Last da y for withdrawal with one-half refund of course fee. Wednesday, March 19 to Saturday, March 22, 3 :00 p. m.-Final examinations. Saturday, March 22, 3 :00 p . m.-Winter term closes. Use the Index, p. 95, for aid in seeking information. SPRING TERM, 1941 Monday, March 31 and Tuesday, April I-Regis (according to alphabetical tration of students schedule). Wednesday, April 2, 8 :00 a. m.-Classes begin. MondaYI, April 21-Last day for withdrawal with full refund of course fee . Saturday, Ma,y 10-Last day for withdrawal with one-half refund of course fee. Friday, May 30-Memorial Day holiday. Sunday.. June 8-Baccalaureate address. Saturday, June 14-Comrnencement. Monday, June 16 to Thursday, June 19, 3 :00 p . m . -Final examinations. Thursday, June 19 . 3 : 00 p . m .-Spring term closes. SUMMER SESSION, 1941 Tuesday, June 24-Registra.tion of students. Wednesday, June 2&. 8 :00 a. m.-Classes begin. Friday, July 4- Friday, July 11 - Three-weeks' Summer Session Independence Day holiday. closes. Friday, August 1 - Six weeks' Summer Session closes. Monday, August 4- Post Session begins. Friday, August 22- Post Session clm;es. Friday" September 12 - Twelve weeks' Graduate course closes. ADM INI STRATIVE OFFICERS ROBERT S. SHAW, President (Administration Building) JOHN A. HANNAH, Secretary (Administration Building) CHARLES 0. WILKINS, Treasurer (Administration Building) ROBERT S. LINTON, Registrar, Secretary of Faculty (Administration Building) ELISABETH W. CONRAD, Dean of Women (Administration Building) FRED T. MITCHELL. Dean of Men and Chair man of Freshman Week (Union Memorial Building) ERNST A. BESSEY, Dean of the Graduate School (Botany Building) ERNEST L. ANTHONY, Dean of Agriculture (Agricultural Hall) HENRY B. DIRKS, Dean of Engineering (Olds Hall) MARIE DYE, Dean of Home Economics (Home Economics Building) WARD GILTNER, Dean of Veterinary Science (Bacteriolo.gy Building) RALPH C. HUSTON, IJean of Applied Science (Chemistry Building) LLOYD C. EM'MONS, Dean of Liberal Arts (Morrill Hall) JACKSON E. TOWNE, Librarian (Library Building) DR. CHARLES F. HOLLAND, Director of Health Service (Olin Memorial Health Center) RALPH H. YOUNG, Director of Athletics (Gymnasium) STANLEY E. CROWE, Director of Summer Ses sion (Administration Building) 10 FACULTY ADVISERS Michigan State College puts forth every effort to assist the student in starting a college career that will be a success. With this purpose in mind, Freshman Week was inaugurated. One hundred and two members of the faculty give liberally of their time to serve as freshmen advisers. They place themselves at your service during Freshman Week and throughout your freshman and sophomore years to assist you in selecting your course of study, to guide you through the various activities of Fresh~ to advise you regarding the proper ma.n Week,; use of your time in college and to serve as inti~ mate friends in any problems that may arise in connection with your coJlege ·career. If you make proper use of your adviser, you will not be likely It to meet problems that you cannot surmount. is the student who comes ro college confident that he needs no adviser who most often finds himself faced with scholastic or other difficulties before the close of the freshman year. Fortify yourself against th•etse difficulties by availing yourself of the service of your adviser whenever you are per plexed about any detail of your life at college, whether it pertains to college problems or to oft' campus problems. If, owing to conflict of hours or other reasons, you desire to another adviser you should consult the Chairman of Advisers of your Division. transfer to 11 ADVISERS OF FRESHMEN Freshman Adviser Group and Section Temporary Office ... "" Alfredson, B. V. Ashin, M . Babb, L. Ball, C. D. Barnhart, L. Barr, C. W. Barrett. F. l Beeskow. H . C. Benson, Dorothy Bolles, Mrs. Wilda Bowman , A. B. Brauner, E. B. Brown, H . M. Brown , L . H. Bryan, C. S. ..................... Burhan s, L. D . Campbell, J. M. Churchill. B. Cline, D. C ................ . Collins, F. A . Corbett, A. C. Darby, C. W. . ........................................... . Deters, M. E . ............................................... . . ...................................... . . ...................................... . ............................... . . ....... . IX ................. . XVI XIII. ........ . IX ................. . XIX .. III .. . . III .... . x ... . VIL. ....... . XIX ........... . . III ............ . XV .............. . III ....... . III... ......... .... . VI .............. . XI ............... . I ................ .. . V ................. . XiIV .... .. . XL. ...... . VI... ........... . VI ......... . IV ........... . 46 ............ . 87 .................. . 70 .................. . 45 102 ·· ·············-· 12 ................. . 13 ·················· 52 ············-·· 32 100 14 82 15 16 27 . 56 26 ................ . 77 ............. . 57 ················ 29 ... . 31.. ............... . 112 Auditorium 205 Horticulture Bldg. 105 Morrill Hall 101 Kedzie Chem. Lab. 146 Auditorium 100 Ag. Hall 101 Ag. H a ll Botany L ecture Room 202 Home Ee. Bldg. 112 Union Annex 19 Forestry Bldg. 107 Union Annex 102 Ag. Hall 103 Ag. Hall 310 Vet<-rinary Clinic 116 Auditorium 1 Woodshop 407 Ag. Hall 100 Morrill HaLI 117 Auditorium 211 Vete rinary Clinic 20 Bacteriology Bldg. 27 Forestry Bldg. .............................................. . ................................. . ~ ... Devereaux, E. D. Dittrich, F. C. Dresher, M . .............. . Fee, W. ···-··········· ······ Foster, J . A . Freeman, V . A. Fulkerson, C. G Garrison , J. J . Garrison, Lucille Hause, C. D . Hayes, Lois ··-··---·---·-······ Hearn, Mrs. Margaret Heitsch, Mary ... Heminger, Laura Heyda, J. F . Irland, Mrs. Ladore Jefferson , C. H. Jones, Ethel Kelley, W . A . Kinney, E. E . Kircher, A. S. Kobs, J. H . Kuhn, M. Kuykendall, D. W. Lawrence, E. P . Lee, Jeanette Leichty, V. E. .... . ............................... .................... . VI ................ . X .................. . XIV ......... . XVI ............ . XVII ........... . IV ........ . XVII ...... . XVI ............ . VIII ...... . IX ...... ........ . VIL. ............ . VII ..... . VIII ........... . XVII ........... . XIV .............. . XIII ........... . IV ............ . VII .............. . I ........ ....... . XI ................ . XI .............. . XIII ....... . XVIII ........ . XVIII .......... . VII .............. . XV ....... . 30 ................. . 50 . 74 ················· 85 -----------·-·· 92 ······· 18 .................. . 88 .................. . 83 ········ 40 ...... . 44 ........ . 35 ..... . 36 ...... . 41 ·········· 89 ......... . 75 ........ . 68 ................ . 19 ················ 33 .............. . 53 .... . 2 .. . 58 .................. . 59 ················· 67 ······•·········· 95 ················· 94 ............... . 34 79 .. 11 Bacteriology Bldg. 113 Auditorium 7 Union Annex 202 Psychology Bldg. 208 Horticulture Bldg. 215 Dairy 207 Horticulture Bldg. 108 Union Annex 407 Home Ee. Bldg. 121 Physics Bldg. 101 Home Ee. Bldg. 102 Home Ee. Bldg. 404 Home Ee. B ldg. 306 Horticulture Bldg . 4 Union Ann ex 121 Morrill Hall 206 Ag. H a ll 406 Home Ee. Bldg. 10 Morrill H a ll 102 Olds H a ll 124 Audito rium 125 Auditorium 104 Morrill Hall 206 Dairy Bldg. 205 Dairy Bldg. 201 Home Ee. Bldg. 101 Morrill Hall ADVISERS OF FRESHMEN-Continued .... ... ......................................... . Leigh, A. H . ........ ......................................... . Leininger, E. Lewis, Mary McCarty, C. N. McFarland, W . J . McGrady, D. D. McGrath, J. W . .......................... . Maybury, Rita Mead, S. B. Menchhofer, J. D. Meyer, J . E. Miller, J. W. Morofsky, W. F. Morrison , P. C. Muelder, M. Norman, R . Ostenson , B. T. Parker, Dorothy Pettigrove, H . R. Radford, S. S. . ... Radimersky, G. W . Ray, L. L. Robbins, P . W. RObertson, J. E. Russell, C. E. . ..... I ................... . IX ........... . VII .......... . XI ................. . I .................... . L -·············-· XII ....... . VIII ............. . xv _____ _ XIX .............. . I .................. . XIII ............ . XII ............... . IX ........ . XVI ......... . XVIIL. ... . XII ......... ___ _ X ................... . IV .......... . IL ............. . XVIII XII ............... . IV .......... . II .................. . 3 ................. . 47 ................ . 37 ················· 60 ............ . 4 ·················· " 61 ................ . 39 .... . 78 .................. . 101 .................. . 6 .................. . 66 ·················· 62 ... .............. . 48 .... ... .. ....... . 86 .................. . 93 .................. . 63 .................. . 54 ................ .. . 20 .................. . '1 96 .................. . 64 .................. . 21 .................. . 8 ............. ·-··· 2-2 .................. . 116 Olds Hall 119 Kedzie Che m . L ab. 307 Home Ee. Bldg. 222 Kedzie Chem. Lab. 208 Olds Hall 210 Olds H a ll 100 Phys ics Bldg. 315 H o m e Ee. Bldg. 201 Mus ic Bldg. 144 Auditorium 402 Olds. Hall 103 Union Annex 128 Auditorium 6 Morrill Hall 204 Horticulture Bldg. 140 Auditorium 300 Morrill Hall 2 GymTias ium 111 Agriculture H all 207 Olds Hall 103 Language Bldg. 11 Morrill Hall 109 Agriculture Hall 301 Olds Hrull 110 Ag. Hall -"' .......... . Ryff, J. F. Sabrosky, C. W. Sangster, B. Scholl, Evelyn Settlage, P. H. Sheet, S. W. Sheldon, W. H. Sigerfoos, C. C. Smith, A. J. M. Smith, L. A. Speeker, G. G ..... . ...................... . Stein, R. K . Steinmetz, G. P. Stewart, B. M. Thaden, J. F. Thompson, Rosemary Trout, G. M. Turk, L. M. Walbert, Elizabc-th Watts, C. R. Wells, C. P . Williaans, A. L. Williams, M. J. Winters, H. E . Wyman, Ruth . Wyngarden, H . Young, Charlotte .... . 28 .................. . 49 .................. . 9 ................ - . 91.. .......... . 98 .................. . 51.. .... ---········ 23 ................. . 10 ................ . 90 ...•........... 72 .................. . 81. 97. 76 . 99. 55 .. . 24 .......... . 25 . .. . 38 ················ 69 ..... 73. 84 .. 65 42 ... . 80 .. : ....... . 43 ........ . 108 Veterinary Clinic Entomology Lecture Room 30•2 0 Ids Hall 107 Music Bldg. 201 Psychology Bldg. 333 Kedzie Chem. Lah. 1 Forestry Bldg. 308 Olds Hall 103 Horticulture B ldg. 309 Olds Hall 3 Union Annex W6 Music Bldg. 104 Language Bldg. 15 Union Annex 777 Union Annex 6 Gymnasium 207 Agriculture Hall • 311 Agriculture Hall 309 Home Ee. Bldg. 104 Union Annex 11 Union Annex 123 Morrill Hal! 102 Psychology Bldg. 120 Auditorium 405 Home Ee. Bldg. 106 Morrill Hall 40·9 Home Ee. Bldg. II ................. . XVII ............ . II ................. . XIV ......... . XV ............... . XVIII.. XIV .............. . XIX ... . VIII ......... ., .. . XIIL. ........ . XIV ...... . XIII ....... . XVL. .......... . XII ...... . VIII ........ . xv ......... . VIII .......... . . ORIENTATION FOR MEN While the Freshman Week Program and the Advisory System are very helpful in assisting the new freshmen to become adjusted to college life, we recognize the need for additiorfal means of solving a number of problems which are com mon to all students. Furtherm.ore, we believe that it is important for the new freshmen to receive this assistance dur ing the first part of the freshman year., since this is the time when, numerous questions arise. To meet this situation, a series of discussions is held during the fall term for the new freshman men. There is one lecture each week on topics which f'<>rmer students have considered most im portant in making their adjustment between. high school and college. All new freshman men must register for this course and attendance is com pulsory. The discussion leaders are carefully chosen in an attempt to make each one of the d iscussions as worth-while as possible. This year, the newly organized Men's Council is going to assist in mak ing this program as complete as possible. These upperclassmen have been through this period of adjustment and as a result they have volunteered their cooperation with the C'Ourse. The admin istration. of this course is handled by Mr. G. R. Heath, through the department of the Dean of Men. ST ATE COLLEGE BOOK STORE The State College Book Store, located at 130 W. Grand River Avenue, is operated under the man agement of the Michigan State College faculty for the purpose of selling books and other ma· 16 terials to students at practically cost. Through this bookstore has the faculty, cooperation with on hand at all times a complete stock of all text books which are in current uSe. During Freshman Week the Bookstore is s u ~ s an official list of all textbooks so that fresh.men may buy their books at onc·e and thus avo id the rush which corn.es dur· ing the first week of c!asses. N. Y. A. WORK PROGRAM For the sixth consecutive yea.r, the College will participate in the student-aid program under the National You h Administration. President R. S. Shaw has appointed ai faculty committee to handle the program, consisting of Dean F. T. Mitchell, Prof. S . E. Crowe G~en O. Stewart, alumni sec· rctary, and Miss Mabel Petersen, assistant to the D ean of Women. Mr. Stewart will again direct the work in the alumni office, first floor of the Union building. (c) are citizens of During the summer and college year students seeking such work file an application with the Director stating that they: (a) are between the ages of 16 and 24; (b) carrying at least 12 aca demic credits; the United States; (d) will sign an oath of allegiance to the United States, a1nd, (e) are willing to work at the usu<'.l student labor rate. The eairnings per month to $20 . for students accepted ranges from $10 Gra~uate students may to $30 per month. The committee tries to assign students to Jobs closely allied to or direcHy concerned with the field of their maJor inte.est. receive up 17 COLLEGE RULES and REGULATIONS • • • REGISTRATION - - - GRADES - - - CREDITS EXAMINATIONS - - - ATTENDANCE WITHDRAWALS MEN'S and WOMEN'S RESIDENCES PARTY RULES LIBRARY - - - ELIGIBILITY RULES TRAFFIC - - - LOANS MILITARY TRAINING PHYSICAL EDUCATION REG/STRA TION 1. TIME OF REGISTRATION. In the fall term of 1940, freshmen and transfer students will begin registration Monday, Sept. 23 at 10 :00 a. m. Former students will register Friday and Satur day, Sept. 27 and 28. 2. DROPPING A SUBJECT, OR CHANGES IN REGISTRATION. No changes in classification are permitted unless authorized by the student's class adviser or dean, and the registrar. A stu dent cannot drop a subject except upon a written recommendation of the head of the department concerned and the approval of his adviser. In case such permission is granted and the subject is dropped before the close of the first four weeks (five weeks for the firs t term of attendance at college) of the term, no grade will be repwted; after that time a grade of "F" will be reported in the subject, except in the case of illness when the grade of "In.c." 'Or "N" (no grade), will he recom mended. Attendance in the class should be con tinued until the drop has been recorded by the Registrar. 3. ENROLLMENT CARDS. Students may be admitted to classes only by an enrollment card, class card, or class list. Credit will not be granted to any student who enters a class without having been properly registered in the subject. Each student 4. FACULTY ADVISER. is placed under the immediate charge of a member of the faculty who is his adviser. The student re ports to him for assignment to classes, and c~~­ sults with him for advice and direction in matters pertaining to college work and personal problems. 5. PREREQUISITES. Two conditions, (X), or in prerequisite work for any one failure, (F), 19 subject excludes the student from that subject. The term-end grade in any subject is the determ ining grade in ascertaining the eligibility of a student for advanced work. 6. PROMOTION TO HIGHER CLASS. Pro motion from one class to another will .. be made when the total credits earned are not more than eight less than the number required to complete the year of the course in which the student is registered, except that promotion. from one class to another will not be made in the spring term. 7. CHANGE IN DIVISION. A student chang ing from one divisi'On to another may not be de ficient in more than 16 poin.ts and must obtain the authorization of both the Dean of the Division in which he has b'een enrolled and the Dean of the Division which he wishes to enter. He must obtain a transcript of his credits from the Regis- 1 rar to be presented to the Dean of the Division in which he wishes to enroll. Changes will not be permitted except at the opening of a term. 8. LATE REGISTRATION. Students register ing after the regular registration date are required 1o pay for the first day of tardiness a fee of $3, llnd an additional fee 'Of $1 per day up to the limit of $5. Students will not ordinarily be admitted to any of the four-year courses or to any classes later than the seventh calendar day of the term. 9. ADMISSION WITH DEFICIENCY. When a student is permitted to enter with deficiencies in required entrance subjects, such deficiencies MUST be made up during the FIRST yea r of at tendance in college. STUDIES AND CREDITS t. CREDITS PER TERM. With the exception of fixed courses which may require more, any 20 number of credits above 171h per term will be considered as excess. The minimum number of credits permitted is 12 and th.e maximum is 20, at the discr'etion of the dean. 2. EXCESS CREDITS. An adviser may enroll a student in excess credits or in reduced credits subject to the approval of the dean of the divi sion, or a divisional committee. No student may register for extra credits in any term unless the points earned during the prec'eding term exceed by one-half the number of credits ca.rried . • a. SENIOR CREDITS FOR SPRING TERM. Seniors whose points for winter term meet the re quirements, may register in not to exceed 20 credits in the spring term. All incompletes and condi tions in necessary work are included as a part of the spring term work unless made up not later than the opening week of that term. 4. MINIMUM CREDITS REQUIRED. A stu dent must spend at least one year in residence al this college and earn not fewer than 50 credits of satisfactory grade before a bachelor's degree may be granted. 5. TO REPEAT A COURSE. A student desir ing to repeat a course in which he has already re ceived credit may d·o so with the understanding that the last grade received will be the final grade and that no additional credit will he given. 6. VISITORS IN CLASSES. Matriculated stu dents are not permitted to enter classes as visitors unless authorized by the adviser and Registrar. Credit will not be granted for work taken as a visitor, either by special examination or by back registration. 21 GRADES 1. CLASS GRADES. The class work of a stu dent will be rated as foJlows: "A", excellent; "B", superior; HC", average; "D", inferior; "X", condition; "F", failure; "Inc.", incomplete. The grade of "Inc." will be given only upon the approval of the dean of the division when a stu dent is prevented by illness from completing his work. 2. POINTS. In connection with the grading system . a system of points has been adopted. In all courses, points equal to the number of credit~ earned are required for graduation. The number of points per credit for the various marks foHows: "A"-3 points per credit uB"-2 points per credit "C"-1 point per credit "D"-0 points per credit "X"-1 negative point per credit "F .. -1 negative point per credit 3. TO REMOVE "F", "X", or "Inc.", (See under Examinations). EXAMINATIONS 1. ENTRANCE EXAMINATIONS. Examina tions for entrance requirements, when necessary, may be taken either during the week preceding the opening of college, or the week following the close of the college year. 2. SPECIAL EXAMINATIONS TO REMOVE CONDITIONS OR INCOMPLETES. Students re ceiving conditions, (X) have the privilege of tak- 22 ing a special examination in the subject, provided such examination is taken before the opening of the correspondlnir t erm of the n ex t year In which the student is in attendance. Subject to regulations stated, special examina tions to remove conditions may be taken only dur ing the FIRST week of any term. Examinations to remove the grade of incomplete may be taken at any time during the year sati1factory to the in structor. Students receivina- incompletee, (Inc .), or con ditions, (X) , must complete their w'ork within a the grade becomes a if year failure. in residence, or Students receiving a failure. (F), and those not removing their conditions or incompletes by the abov·e mentioned method may receive credit only by repeating the subject In class, or by a special faculty authorization for a special examination. 'l'he fee for special examination to remove a is $1, payable at the Treasurer' s the first be obtained a.t Permits must condition (X) office. Registrar's office. 3. EXAMINATIONS FOR AD V A N C E D STANDING . Students applying for special ex· aminations for advanced credits shall obtain the written approval of the head of the department and the dean of the division in which the work is given before applying to the Registrar for the necessary permit. Such examinations are given only during the first week of a term. 4. SPECIAL EXAMINATION FOR THOSE NOT IN RESIDENCE. Examinations may be given to persons not in residence, but who are regularly matriculated, upon the payment of the fee of $2.50 per credit. 5. EXAMINATIONS FOR SENIORS. In their 28 final term, seniors may be excused from examina tion in any subject in which a grade of "B'' has been maintained throughout the term. 6. REGULAR EXAMINATIONS. Examina- tions are given at the close of each term in all subjects offered except f 1or a few laboratory• courses in which examination is not required. WITHDRAWALS I. VOLUNTARY WITHDRAWAL FROM COL LEGE. A student voluntarily withdrawing from college should first obtain written permission from the dean of his division. This he presents to the Registrar. He may then be entitled t-o a refund of fees under the regulations outlined in the Cata log. Permission should also be obtained from the Dean of Women or Dean of Men. Students withdrawing without notification will in work for that be reported as having failed term. In case of voluntary withdrawal from college before the close of the first eight weeks of the term, no grade will be reported. After that time the grade of incomplete, (Inc.), will be given in subjects in which the work was satisfactory, in others a grade of "F". 2. WITHDRAWALS FROM ANY CLASS. (See under Registration.) 3. REQUESTS TO WITHDRAW. A student whose work proves unsatisfactory may be warned, placed ·on probation. or requested to withdraw If placed on probation, he is not from college, permitted to participate in extra-curricular activi ties. (S ee und er Eligibility.) 24 ATTENDANCE It is expected that students will be in attend a ·1ce at every class period. the The acceptance of an excuse for any abs ence instructor and d"epartment con r es ts with ccrn.ed. It is ex pected that insofar as p-ossible, d epartments will a .rrange for make-up work in cases where acceptable excuses are presented. A student who for ilJness or other satisfactory reason has been absent from any given c1ass not more than 25 per cent of the class peri'ods through , .. ,it the term may be given an "Incomplete" if in the opinion of the i n structor his work ha; b ~ ~ n satisfactory and if the hack work can be made Pp, otherwise "N" (No grade) shall be given. If his work has not been satisfactory, a .. Failure" s hall be given. All students absent 25 per cent or more will be reported as having dropped the course with a grade of "F", except in case of ill ness or other satisfactory reason, when the grade may be either "N" or "F". The R egistrar will include the number of ab to sences from each class with grades reported parents or guardians. All field trips involving the absence of students from other classes must be authorized by the deen of the division in which the course is given~ pre vious to the time of departure. RESIDENCE REQUIRE MENTS FOR MEN APPROVED PRIVATE HOMES FOR MEN 1. By action of the governing body of Michi ga n State College, the State Board of Agriculture, 25 all undergraduate men students not living at home, in dormitories, 'Or in fraternities, must live in private residences which are approved by the Housing Director for Men. 2. A list of approved private residences may be obtained at the Housing Director's Office in the Union Building. 3. Men students who obtain work in exchange for their rooms should be certain that such rooms are approved by the Housing Director. These rooms must m.eet the standards of approval. 4. All men students who desire to live in a private home must come to East Lansing and select their own rooms. 5. Men and women students may not room in th"e same rooming house. 6. Students are expected to stay the entire term in rooms engaged for that period. Changes can be made only with the approval of the Housing Director of the College. 7. A householder shall not ask a student to leave his or her house without first consulting the Housing Director of the College. 8. No guest shall be lodg.ed in a student's room without the knowledge and consent of the house holder. 9. To reserve a room, a deposit of $5 shall be paid to the householder. This deposit does not apply on room rent, but will be held as a break age fee and returned when the student leaves if the room is left in good condition. 10. Room rent shall be paid for at least one week in advance. Receipts will be given by the householder. During term end vacations,. while the student is absent, the room rent will be one half of the regular price. 11. Intoxicating Jiqu"r or gambling will not be tolerated in approved houses. 26 12. No disorder will be permitted in rooms or halls at any time. Ungentlemanly conduct on the part of the student may be reported to the Hous ing Director. 13. Quiet hours shall be maintained after 8 :00 p. m. each night except Saturday night and after 10 :30 p. m . on that night. During these quiet periods there shall be no loud talking in rooms or halls, and no use of musical instruments in a manner disturbing to other occupants of the house. 14. A student shall be held liable for any dam age to his room and the furnishings in it other than that due to ordinary wear. 15. Care should be exercised by the student to turn off lights, gas, and water when not in use. DORMITORIES FOR MEN 1. There are three dormitories f•or men stu dents. All applications for dormitories must be made through the Housing Director's office. All dormitory reservations are made f•or the entire school year. Students are not perm.itted to move out of the dormitory unless they leave scho·ol. 2. Students who live in the residence halls must take their, meals in the ha!ls. 3. Further information regarding dormitory the College found in living faci li ties may be catalog. STU DENT-HO USE HOLDER INFORMATI ON 1. R'oom re n ts will be prepared in printed form a nd placed. in the hanas of all incoming students at the beginning of the school year. 2. It is suggested that all houses having four rooms be organized and a president or more 27 term. elected the first Tuesday foHowing the first week The president should be an upper of a classman if possible and should hold office for one term. It shall be his duty to maintain good order and good-will among the house members, to ;eport all cases of illness, and to discuss with the house holder and students any maladjustments which may arise between students or between householder and students. RESIDENCE REQUIRE MENTS FOR WOMEN town must he hou 3ed 1. GENERAL REGULATIONS. By action of the State Board of Agriculture, governing body of the College, all undergraduate women students from out of in college supervised houses. Freshman women must Jive in dormitories insofar as possible. Students who arc not planning in sorority houses should make reserva t ions in the dormitories or consult the Dean of Women reg·arding other approved places of residence. Those women }Vho are 'Obliged to work for room and board must make special the arrangements Dean of W·'nmen with regard to in w h ich they will live. in advance at the office of the homes live to for room Application reservations should be made to the Housing Supervisor1• care of the office of the Dean of Women. All dormitories are open to undergraduate women. Graduate women stu dents may apply for residence if they care to com ply with undergraduate regulations. Undergrad uates will be given preference in the assignment of rooms. 28 Every application for d·ormitory accommoda tions should be accompanied by a $10 deposit fee. This will not apply on the room rent, but will be held as a breakage fee and "will be refunded at the close of the residence period subject fo the regulations in the catalog, or it may be withdrawn by the student provided reservation is cancelled with the office of the Dean of Women on or be fore September I. 2. THOSE WORKING FOR ROOM AND Board. Women students who wish to earn room and board by working in private families should obtain the address of the approved homes from the office of the Dean of Women. Any addresses not obtained from this source are accepted sub ject the Housing Supervisor. Twenty-eight hours of service a week is considered as equivalent to payment of room and board. to approval of 3. WOMEN UNDER A. W. S. RULES, All women students are under the Associated Women Students' code of rules, except those residing with their own families or in the homes of relatives. 4. LIVING WITH RELATIVES. Women stu dents living with relatives are under the jurisdic tion of those relatives. as are those students liv ing with their own families in Lansing or East Lansing. 5. CONTRACTS. By action of the State Board of Agriculture, women registering for rooms in dormitories will be expected to con.tinue their resi denc'e in the d•ormitory for the college year. Off campus room contracts are by the term. Students who find it necessary to make a change of residence should apply for a permit at the office of the Dean of Women. Release from the contract will be by action of the Housing Com mittee. 6. LIVING CONDITIONS. Any unsatisfactory 29 living conditions should he promptly referred to the office of the Dean of Women. 7. FRESHMAN W 0 M E N l N SORORITY HOUSES. No freshman woman may live in a sorority house. Firs t-t'erm transfer studen.ts above the rank 'Of freshman may obtain a special per mit for sorority house residence when they are ready for initiation. HEALTH SERVICE 1. THE ORGANIZATION. The Michigan S$ate College Health Service is equipped to safeguard carefully the health of the students of the col lege. The College Hospital with a capacity of 60 beds and a dispensary is directed by Dr. Charles F. Holland, assisted by a competent staff of physicians and nurses. Student fees cover free care for 60 days in the College Hospital, and every student is entitled to unlimited advice and treatment at the dispensary, and a medical ex is charged. amination by appointment. A however, when the college physician to call at the student's room , the rate being $2 for a call between 7 a . m . and 7 p. m . and $3 for a call between 7 p. m. and and 7 a. m. fee is necessary for it Consultation with outside physicians, surgery and its attendant expense, and outside hospital fees must be borne by the student. Community health demands intelligent coopera .. tion on the following points : a. Students who are ill are not to he cared for in their lodging houses f•or more than 24 hours except with special perm.ission granted by the Health Service. 30 b. All cases must be reported to the College Health Service within the first 24 hours of de If !'" outside physician velopment of illness. is in charge, the fact sh·ould be stated. the parents c. The employment of outside physicians is to be discouraged because of the expense to the the student and because College to protect the health of the students. If the student employs outside physicians, it is im~ possible for to keep track of epidemics which. usually start with some simple ailments. the College health authorities look to d. Students who have been cared for by an outside physician must report the College Health Service when ready to return to classes. to e. No excuses from classes for illness will be granted for a period of less than twenty four hours, and under no condition wiU excuses be given for illnesses not reported. 2. HEALTH SERVICE HOURS. Although in cases of emergencies the hospital is open day and night, regular hours at which students may go to the hospital for treatment are as follows: Regu lar days, 8 :30-10 :30 a. m., 2 :00-4 :30 p. m., Sat urdays, 8 :30-10 :30 a. m., Sundays by appointment only. SPEECH CLINIC Any student of the College who has difficulty with his speech (e.g., stuttering, lisping, nasality, foreign accent) should report to the Speech Clinic for diagnosis and special training. This service is given free of charge to regularly enrolled students. No credit is given. 31 PART-TIME WORK A part-time employment bureau is maintained by Mr. G. R. Heath in the office. of the Dean of Men. for men Most of the work is found off-campus. Upper classmen are given preference since the admin istration believes that freshmen should devote all of their time to the necessary adjustment to col lege life. The office of the Dean of Men cannot enC'ourage freshmen concerning part-time work for the first two terms and in many cases for the first year. The abili t y to do part-time work depends very much on the student himself. Too many students defeat the 1Jurpose for which 1h ey come to col lege by W'orking too much before they become ad justed to their new environment. PARTY RULES I. SUPERVISORY COMMITTEE. A Social Committee of the faculty has general supervision of all student functions. The committee is com posed of Dean L. C. Emmons, chairman; Dean Elisabeth Conrad. secretary; Deans R. C. Huston, Marie Dye and Fred T. Mitchell; and two student representatives appointed by the President. Social functions promoted by fraternitieS;, social clubs, or other recogniz"ed social groups should be pre reg·istered in the •office of the Dean. of Women before orchestras and halls have been engaged. The committee recognizes certain groups as of all campus interest and to those grants the right to make up a social events program before college opens. Other groups are classified by the com mittee and g·ranted permits for a given number of 32 imm ediately dances, etc., th ese to be registered after the opening of the term. To do this, the social chairman of each group must go personally to the office of the Dean of- Women and fill out a written form giving the date of the proposed event and the hours and hall desired. Two weeks prior to the date as registered he shall add the names of those patrons who have accepted invi tations for the evening. 2. TIME FOR CLOSING PARTIES. Al! par ties during the fall and spring terms must close not later than 12 : 15 Friday night. Winter term dances must close by 12 :30. All Saturday night dances close at 12 :00. See detailed rulings in the handbook of the Associated Women Students. 3. FOR SPECIAL DANCES AND ENTER TAINMENTS. Dances to be promoted by other groups than those noted in Section 1, or being given for profit, may be held only after the pre sentation of and favorable acti'on on a petition to the committee. Such pdition will receive action only when presented by an organization which is all-college in scope, and when acc·ompanied by an estimated budget or' receipts and expenses and a the clear statement of profits will be used . • the purpose for which CLOSING HOURS FOR MEETINGS, LECTURES The faculty requests that all committees and organizations holding Monday . Tuesday, Wednes day and Thursday evening meetings attended by students begin these meetings not later than 7 :30 p. m. and cl•ose them not lat er than 9 p. m. This request of the faculty applies to the lec ture course, the concert course, basket ball games, 33 meetings called and lectures given by various scientific and departmental sections, and meetings of all honorary and social fraternities and sorori ties and all other societies. RULES OF ELIGIBILITY FOR PARTICIPATION IN COLLEGE ACTIVITIES Matters of eligibility are under the jurisdiction of a special faculty committee, whose duty it is to determine eligibility for participation in all college activities. The following rules have been established: 1. No student who has C'Onditions or failures in more than eight credits is eligible to participate in intercollegiate athletics. (Note: Eligibility is based on the record of the •tudent in the Registrar's office.) 2. No student who is deficient in more than 8 points is eligible to participate in intercollegiate athletics. 3. No student who is clas•jfied in less than 12 credits is eligible to participate in intercoJlegiate athletics. 4. No student who is on probation is eligible to participate in intercollegiate athletics. 5. The eligibility of a student transferring from on'e division to another shall be based upon his record in the first division at the time of trans fer, and the complete record shall go with him until the end of the first term when all failures, conditions and points in arrears due to work not required or accepted by the new division shall be stricken from his record. 34 6. No student who participates in intercolle giate athletics and does not complete the work of that term shall be permitted to compete in the same sport thereafter until Ire shall have been in attendance ·one full term subsequent to his last participation. 7. No student shall participate in intercolle giate athletics until he shall have been in attend ance in the college for one fuH college year . ex clusive of summer school. 8. All competition will be completed within the first nine terms in attendance after the student at tains eligibility and eompetes in an intercollegiate contest. Competition in any one sport shall be limited to three seasons. 9. No student shall play in any game under an assumed name. 10. No student shall be permitted to play in any intercollegiate contest who receives any re munerati'on or pay, either directly or indirectly, for his services on the college team. No student shall participate in any intercollegiafe contest who is not an amateur. No person who receives any institution for services compensation from rendered by way of regular instruction shall be allowed to play on any team; but laboratory as sistants or men holding analagous positions shall not be barred by this rule. the 11. A subject repeated one or more times for credit shall be counted only once. 12. Rules I, 2, 3, 4, 5, and II apply to the fol lowing coJlege activities: (1) holding a class or college office, (2) service on student publications. (3) official connection with college functions such as Junior Hop, etc., (4) participation •in dramatic or musical exhibitions and oratorical or debating c·ontests. 35 The manager or chairman of every above a ctiv ity shall subm it to the Student Council and the Faculty Eligibility Committee, a complete list of all students who expect to participate in such ac tivities and th eir eligibility before proceeding with the activity in question. · to ascertain No student may be e ccepted for participation in any college activity until an official certificate of eligibility from the Faculty Eligibilty Committee is filed with the officer in charge of the activity. USE OF COLL EGE BUILDINGS To avoid conflicts in the use of coll e g ~ buildings and to serve as a clearing house for all college activities, a special committee of the faculty as signs rooms on the campus to student or uther groups desiring them for meetings, dances, and other occasions. The rooms for which fees arc charged are as follows: Auditorium (for dances) --------------------------------------- $350 Auditorium (all uses by off-campus groups) ______ 350 Auditorium (for convocations or events with- out tickets) --------------------·------------------·----- 100 Fairchild Theater (for performances where tickets are required) --------------------------·- Fairchild Theater (for performances where tickets are not required) ------------------------------------ Music Auditorium (for performanc'es where tickets are required) -------------.-------.. ·-----------·-------- Music Auditorium (for performances where tickets are not required) ---··-·----------- 65 50 40 25 36 l Demonstration Hall Ballroom ---------------------------- 20 Little Theater, Home Economics Building 10 (There is a depos it fee of $5 required with this reservation.) Before any rooms may be used for meetings. etc. after 5 : 00 p. m. on week-days and 12 :00 noon on Saturdays, permission must be obtained from the office of Secretary J. A. Hannah. College buildings are not opened on Sundays for meeting·s. STUDENT CARS Any student desiring to drive an automobile on the campus mu s t first register the car with the Campus Police. Anyone violating this regulation will be subject to a $5 fine. Between the hours of 7 :00 a. m. and 5 :30 p. m. all student cars parked on the campus must be parked in the student parking lot located east of Farm Lane The speed limit 'OD the campus is 20 miles per hour. The circular drive on the campus is a one-way drive, traffic all going counter-clock wise. A copy of th e campus rules and regulations will be issued to each student when the cars are registered. COLLEGE LOAN AND SCHOLARSHIP FUNDS LOAN FUNDS-The College has a limited sum of m·oney from various sources each year for loans to needy students. Because of fhe small amount of money available for this purpose, most of the loans are for short periods -of time to tide students 37 over some temporary emergency. In certain cases, however, loans are made to mature one year after the student leaves the institution. PREFERENCE TO IN-STATE STUDENTS AND UPPERCLASSMEN - In granting loans, preference is given to upperclassm.en a.id Michi gan residents. loan be In no one case will a student with an unsatisfactory to a granted scholarship record or to one who is under discip linary action. APPLYING FOR LOANS-Students who desire to obtain funds through a College loan should ap ply to Dean Fred T. Mitchell, chairman of the faculty committee on student loans, at least TWO WEEKS before the money is needed. The office of the committee is in the Union Build,ingi, first floor. SCHOLARSHIP FUNDS - Any student may compete for certain scholarships which the Col ]ege has at its disposal. Most of the a wards are made on a basis of excellence .scholarship, either general or in some specific line of work. The College catalog covers this subject completely. in MILITARY TRAINING I. REGULAR REQUIREMENTS. Unless ex cused or exempted, all physically fit male students to complete the Basic Course ('six are required terms) Military Science as a prerequisite f'or graduation. These courses are numbered 101 to 206 inclusive. When once registered in Military Science, the courses in that department will be continued without interrui>tion until the student is excused from further mi1itary training. The Advanced Course (six terms) is e1ective. Members of the Advanced Course are selected by 38 the Profesll'Or of Military Science and Tactics after consideration of the applicant's academic grades and military record in the Basic Course. 2. EXCUSES AND EXEMPTIONS. Freshman and sophomore men are required the courses in Military Science numbered 101-206 in clusive, unless excused by the Professor of Mili tary Science. Normally excuses will be granted only in classes shown below: to take (a) Ali'ens; (b) Any married man with one or more chil dren; (c) Short course students; (d) Those found physically unfit by the Coll•&'• Health Service Physician; (e) Those who at the time of first registration have reached the age of 26 years; (f) A transfer student when an appropriate course in Military Science is not offered before he has acQuired 92 credits toward &"raduation or attained junior standing. Note: Students whose entire course has been taken at Michigan State College must complete six terms of Military Science. (g) Those having received equivalent trainin&' at the U. S. Military Academy, U. S. Naval Acad emy, or in a senior R. O. T. C. unit. (h) Those having received previous traininK in the following services on the basis indicated: (1) Regular armed services such as the Army and Navy: One year excuse for each year service. (2) National Guard: One term excuse for one year service. (3) C. M. T. C.: One term excuse for one camp. One year excuse for two camps. 39 (4) Junior R . 0 . T. C. : One year excuse for two y·ears junior R. 0 . T. C. No student is eligible for the advanced course unless he has completed or has credit for the en tire Basic Course. Students excused under group (g) receive col lege credit for training indicated. in a Students excused by reason of previous training at the U. S. Military Academy, 'Or junior R. 0. T. C. unit are credited with the time as indicated, as requisite for the Advanced Course, but are advised to take the entire Basic Course if they expect to apply for Advanced Course train ing. Students who wish to claim an ex"emption oi' - excuse from military training must do so with the necessary credentials to support their claims at the time of their initial enrollment in Military Science. Field Ar1illery Students in Maneuvers. PHYSICAL EDUCATION 1. REQUIREMENTS FOR MEN. All fresh men P.re required to take ~·ne year of physical education unless excused because of physical dis ability. 2. REQUIREMENTS FOR WOMEN. All women students must take two years of physical education unless excused because of physical disability. 3. EXCUSES. An excuse from Physical Edu cation because of disability mu st come from the Health· Service. A permit for postponement of Physical Educati'on or Military Science for Men must come from the faculty committee on Phys ical Education and Military Scienc'e; for women, a permit for postponement of Physical Education should be obtained from the faculty committee on Physical Education for Women. 4. SUBSTITUTION OF ACADEMIC CREDITS. If excused from Physical Education , the student must substitute academic credits in lieu of the Physical Education . THE LIBRARY 1. HOURS. The Library will be open from 7 :30 a. m. to 10 :00 p. m. on week days and from 2 :00 p. m . to 6 :00 a. m. on Sundays. 2. MAIN CIRCULATION DESK. All books taken from this desk for home reading or for use in the main reading room should be properly charged. Students must pay a fine of two cents a day, not including Sundays or holidays, for all books not returned two weeks from the date of borrowing. A fine of three the main circulation desk to 41 cents a day is charged on over-due books desig nated f.or limited circulation of one week, three day!, or one day. the In case of lost books the student borrower must pay the fine due plus the initial cost of the book to the Library. If the lrorrower does not adjust his delinquency to the satisfaction of the Libra rian, the case is referr.ed to the Treasurer as a violation of the state statute to protect public libraries. 3. MAIN READING ROOM. General refer ence books are placed this room on. open shelves while other books are kept for call. The reference librarian's desk is located in this room. in 4. ASSIGNED READING ROOM. On the first floor there is an assigned reading rO'om where books are kept containing references which vari ous instructors assign to their students. Students may not take books from the assigned reading room without permission from the atten dant; only one book at a time may be taken for reading in the room 1, and the book must be re turned to the assigned reading room desk within two h'ours. Books may be taken out overnight after 9 :30 p. m .. (Sundays after 5 :40 p. m.) and must be returned before 8 :10 a. m. on the fol lowing morning, with the exception of books taken out Saturday evening, which must be returned on Sunday before 2 :15 p. m., A fine of 15 cents per volume is charged for failure to return books by 8 :10 a. m., or by 2 :15 p. m. on Sundays. After 8 :10 a. m., or 2 :15 p. m. on Sundays, there is an additional fine of 10 cents per volume. Books must be RESERVED for overnight use. 5. PERIODICAL ROOM. This room affords I he student access to more than 1,100 currently received periodicals. Bound sets are kept in the library stacks. Volumes from the bound periodical 42 sets are obtainable through the main circulation desk. 6. NUMBER OF VOLUMES. The Michigan State College Library comprises more than 171,000 volume!\, plus nearly 10,000 bound federal docu ments and more than 890 bound volumes of news papers. STUDENT - FACULTY FIRESIDE invites a student group Every student has the opportunity of becoming socially acquainted with faculty members through the Student-Faculty Fireside program. Each small self-organized f(Jculty member to be its guest in student quarters or arranges to meet in the profess'Or's home on any Sunday evening. These Sunday evenings are en joyably spent discussing vocations, hobbies, travel. Any student may organize a fireside and act as leader. Faculty members also invite students to their homes. This Building was "the College' in 1856 STUDENT ACTIYITI ES • • • GOVERNMENT - - - ATHLETICS STUDENT PUBLICATIONS ORGANIZATIONS - - - MUSIC - - - DRAMATICS LECTURES GOVERNMENT THE STUDENT ·coUNCIL The Student Council is the elective body repre se ntative ·of all undergraduate students of all divi sions. It has jurisdiction over all student activi ties, has the power to legislate concerning student affairs, and to investigate and make recommenda tions t•o the administration on all matters between the students and 1he faculty and ad ministration. Campaigning for Votes in the Annual Student Election The council arranges and sponsors student elec .. tions, controls and investigates activities of stu dent honoraries,, acts on all matters pertaining to the student body, and strives to bring close co operation between the student body and the faculty and administration. Elected members of 1he Stu dent Council for 1940-41 are: Dick Groening, Liberal Arts, President William Knox, Agriculture, Vice President Joe Goundie, Engineering, Secretary-Treasurer Jean Widick, Home Economics Jean Bills, Liberal Arts Eugene Eads , Veterinary Science and Medica l Biology Joe Gerard, Applied Science Members by virtue of class office are: James Otto, Senior President Sally Denman, Senior Vice President Tom Conneliy, Junior President Jane Clark, Junior Vice President Roger Blackwood, Sophom·ore President (The Freshman President is elected during winter term and becomes a member of the council following the election.) Other members of the council are: Marj'orie Baldwin, President of Associated Women Students Eunice Dersham, President of Religious Coun- cil Jack Sinclair .. Editor of the State News Paul Griffith, President of Men's Council Don Brandow, President of Union Board Deans Elisabeth Conrad and Fred T. Mitchell are advisors for the Student Council. Regular meetings are held on the first and third Tuesdays of each month, at 7 :30 p. m., in the 46 Union Building, and individuals desiring a hear ing or having business to present to the council are invited to attend. LIMITATION OF ACTIVITIES The Student Council has adopted a system whereby any one student is limited in his partici pation in student activities. in are divided Under this system, the positions, offices, and other activities that a student may hold or en into four distinct groupa, gage lettered for convenience: A+ , A, B, and C. The positions listed under A+ pay a stipulated yearly salary to their holders. Students who hold these positions may not hold any other office on the campus. There are four possible combinations of offices in the other three groups. An individual may hold one A and one C office; two B offices; one B and two C offices; or three C offices. Enforcement of these regulations is in the hands of a committee of the Student Council. This com mHtee has the power to remove from office any student who has exceeded the stated number of positions possible in any combination. The groupings are as follows: "A PLUS" POS ITIONS Managing Editor, State News. As!llociate Editor, State News. Business Manager, State News. Managing Editor, W'Olverine. Business Manager, Wolverine. Managing Editor, Spartan Magazine. Business Manager, Sp8.rtan Magazine. 47 "A" POSITION President, Student Council. "B" POSITIONS Member, Student Council. Class Presidents. President, Union Board. President, Interfraternity Council. President, Independent Men's League. Junior Members of all Publication Staffs. Members and Managers of all Athletic Teams. Presidents of all Social Fraternities. President, Religious Council. President, Alpha Phi Omega. President. Men's Council. President, Division Council. "C" POS ITIONS Cheerleaders. Class Officers (other than president). Presidents of aH Honor Societies. Member, Union Board. Member, Religi'ous Council. Member, Independent Men's League Council. Member, Athletic Council. President, Professional Societies. President, Y. M. C. A. Participant , Forensic Activities. Member, Men's Council. Member, Division Council. President, Varsity Club. 48 ASSOCIATED WOMEN STUDENTS A. W. S. are the initials used to represent the women's government associaHon. This is part of the national organization, which exists in almost all of the larger colleges. Every undergraduate woman student automatically is a member. Rules are voted on by the student body, but the busi ness of the association is carried on by a Council The Council considers and a Judiciary Board. plans for wonien' s activities, the financing of worthy projects, and the furthering of social poli It consists of elected class representatives cies. and the presidents from other organizations for women students. The Judiciary Board is composed r>f the vic·e president of the Council and one other elected member, the presidents from each of the seven dormitory units. plus representatives from the off-campus and Panhellenic groups. The A. W. S. handbook will give you much valuable in to formation. Women students should be ready pass an examination on this booklet during the fall term. Marjorie Baldwin is president of the organiza tion. LIMITATION OF ACTIVITIES The Associated Women Students have adopted a system whereby any one W'oman student is lim· "ited in her participation in student activities. Under this system the positions, offices and other activities that a woman student may hold or en gage in, are designated as points. No woman student may hold m·ore than a sum of 50 points. A. W. S. Handbook should be consulted for details. 49 FRESHMAN COUNSELORS Thi s year 400 upperclass women have volun teered to serve as social and personal counselors Vo the incoming freshman women, to correspond with them during the summer, and to }je on hand to help life during their first year. them make adjustments to college The Freshman Counselors and the Faculty Ad visers cooperate in helping the freshmen in their new surroundings. Both consider it a privilege to aid in any way, so as to make the first year suc cessful and pleasant for freshmen. Aulene Seger and Eleanor Kinney, seniors, are co-chairmen of the Freshman Counselor System for the year, while Leah Fox and Carolyn Tun stall have charge of the get-acquainted parties for all new women students. In order to establish closer contact between new students and upperclass women, one woman in each of the dormitories and co·operative houses ha .s been appointed as official representative of the Freshman Counselor System. PANHELLENIC COUNCIL This group is composed ·of two representatives from each sorority. Meetings are held on alter nate Thursday evenings. The purpose of the Panhellenic Council i• to encourage friendly relati'ons among sororities; to supervise rushing; to encourage higher scholar ship; and to govern all inter-sorority relations. (See page 90 for special instructions for fresh men interested in sororities.) Norma McKiddy is president. 50 INTERFRATERN ITY COUNCIL All member fraternities send one delegate to the .meetings of the Jnterfraternity Oouncil held weekly in the Union Building. Matters of com mon interest are discussed and problems reviewed. Where action is needed, committees are appointed to investigate, and the Council as a whole makes all decisions pertaining to interfraternity activi ties. The Interfraternity Council regulates rushing term and initiation during the during the fall winter and spring terms. A delegate is sent each year to the convention of the National Interfra ternity Oouncil. John Lifsey is president of the organization. (Complete details on rushing and initiation, to gether with sugg"estions to new men. may be found on page 86.) Dean Fred T. Mitchell is adviser. MEN 'S COUNCIL The Men's Council, a newly organized group of men students at Michigan State College, has ex- pressed a desire to assist with the "Orientation Course for Freshman M"en." This group will cooperate with the faculty · and help the freshmen become adjusted to their new surroundings and to college Jife. It will be the func1ion of the Men's Council to coordinate the activities of the major organiza tions designed for the purPose of serving men students. Faculty advisers a'° Dean F. T. his a.sistant, Mr. G. R. Heath. 51 INDEPENDENT STUDENT'S ASSOCIATION The I. S. A. was formed in the spring of 1940 as a merger ·of the Athenian Women's .t\,.ssociation (founded 1938), official erganization for non-soror ity women and the Independent Men's League (founded 1935)., official organizatioon for non-fra ternity men. The principal purpose of the organ ization is to provide a channel of activity for all unaffiliated college students. There are no dues and every college student who has not pledged a social sorority or fraternity is au1omatically a memb er. Those who plan to become members of sororities or fraternities are invited to participate they pledge. the various activities until in The objectives of the I. S . A . are: (a) sponsor (b) pro ing an extensive intramural program; moting inexpensive entertainment; (c) sponsoring special projects including the nationally famous Date Bureau, Kampus Kapers, a weekly radio pro gram, and an all-college musical comedy; (d) pro moting de eper interest in campus problems and ac tivities. I.Jou Necci is president of the I. S. A. for 1940- 41. (Additional information wiJI be given Freshman Week.) MICHIGAN STATE UNION Built in 1925, the Michigan State Union Memo ria l building serves as a college center for stu dents, faculty members. alumni and visitors. Located near the entrance of the ca mpus, the 52 Union Memorial building is well equipped to serve the purposes for which it was erected. The facil ities include several private dining rooms, a ball room, a cafeteria .. soda founttl.in and grill, a main dining room, a spacious lobby, a barber shop, a woman's lo u nge, a faculty and student club rooms and a reading room where students may read their home town n ewspapers. Various student offices are located in the east wing. Many coJlege dances are held in the Union ballroom. The Union has a desk in its lobby which has become a center of personal service for the gen tobacco and eral student body. Besides selling class supplies, it maintains a second-hand text book service, and is a general agency for tickets to all college functions. The Union maintains checking service for stu dents in the check room on cafeteria level. The Campus Lost and Found Department is also located on the cafeteria level, where all articles found in classroom s and campus buildings may be claimed. The Union conducts a cafeteria, grill, . and din ing room where students ma·y obtain good food at popular prices. Luncheons and dinners are avail able for student groups and may be booked in the Union office. The Union sells coupon books at a discount of So/0 , which are good in cafeteria, grill, dining room. barber shop, and for all supplfes sold at the desk. Th'e Union activities program is broad and varied. Tea dances are held . two afternioons a week, and fall term mixers are usually centered in the Union. Visiting athletic teams are met by the Union committees. During homecoming class reunions and big games the Union building has aJways been tbe center of activity. 53 Every Michigan State student automatically be comes a member of the Union upon payment of the regular college fees. Alumni and friends of Michigan State College subscribed a. large sum of money for the purpose Many Students Scan the Home Town Newspaper in the Union's Reading Room of starting the erection of the Uni-on building. The State of Michigan purchased bonds that pro vided additional monies for the construction. The Union building remained uneompleted from 1925 until the summer of 1937. The State Administra tion Board in March 1935, with the assent of the Alumni Association, took over the building in be half of the State Board of Agriculture. The man agement of the building was assumed by the Mich igan State College August 1, 1935. The food service is under the direction of the Home Economics division. Offices for the Dean ·of Men, Men's Housing the State Director, Alumni Secretary, and for News and Wolverine are located in the Union. Associate Professor Bernard R. Proulx, head of the Hotel Administration course., is manager of the Union. SPARTAN WOMEN'S LEAGUE SWL is distinguished from AWS (Associated Women Students) in that every woman who en ters the College automatically becomes a member of A WS, the women's governing body, while a nominal fee is charged for membership in Spar to create a tan Women's League. stronger . bond of friendship and to develop lead ership by offering to each member the opportunity to demonstrate her abilitfes by active participa~ Hon in some line of interest to her. It strives Art and publicity, dramatics, radio, social serv~ ice, and the purely social groll p s ere available. Members are not necessari1y limited to work in a special interest group, although this is usually 55 I Visel. desired. Projects of last yea r included: th e SWL social dancing class, sale 'Of the etiquette book "We Like It Done This Way at Michigan State Co llege." One of the firs t projects for this year will be a tea for transfer students. Watch for posters, an nouncing the time and place. All women trans fer students are invited to attend. All new women will be given an opportunity to join the League at the Co-ed Carnival or at any oC the general meetings held later during the year. Chairman of th e Leagu'e this year is J canne WOMEN'S ATHLETIC ASSOCIATION Th e Women's Ath,etic Associa tion annually sponsors an athletic progra m that is intended to make sports available to every woman at Michi gan State. Although members hip limited to those women who earn 100 or m·ore athletic points, every woman on the campus is invited to take part in the varied sports events. is The system of awards grants 100 points to each woman making the first class team, 50 IJ'Oints for second team members. and 25 points to those who have the required number of practi ces but fail to make the team. The points accumulate as the woman branches out into the vari·ous sports and the following awards are presented: For 100 points, the class numerals; 500 points. small "s"; 1,000 points, large "S" : a nd for 1,500 points, a place on the Honor Roll. The W. A . A. activities have been divided into 66 major and individual sports. A limitation pro vides that no stud ent may carry more than two major activities per term in addition to the indi vidual activities. The vari·aiis sports have been divided as follow s: Majo r-hockey , soccer , basket ball, swimming, fencing, baseball, tennis, bowling, volJeyball, marksmanship , archery. dancing and golf; Individual-hiking canoeing, roller and ice skatin g, and riding. The organization now numbers more than 100 members. The officers are: President, Jane Schmidt; vice president. Lee Youngs; sec retary, Fran ces Shelden. STUDENT PUBLICATIONS Three s tudent publications are issu ed during th e sehool year at Michigan State College. They are th e Michigan State News, tri-weekly n ewspaper; 1he Wolverin~ . yea rbook, and the Spartan, monthly magazine. Each ·of the publications is managed by a s taff of students under the guidance of the faculty adviser. The governing body of these publications is the Board of Publications, composed of managing edi t·ors, business m a nagers, publications' advisers, treasurer of the college, alumni secretary, presi dent of the Student Council, and president of the Associated Women Students. M ICHIGAN STATE NEWS The Michigan State News, student newspaper, is issued three times a week. The graduate mana ger, managing editor, and the bu si ness manager are selected by the Board of Publications from qualified applicants during the spring term. The 57 rest of the staff is appointed by the managing edi tor and the business manager. The office of the publication is located in the basement of the Union Building Annex. Tryouts for either the editorial or business staffs may be arranged by calling at the office or inaking an appointment with Jack Sinclair, managing edi tor, or John M. Carman, business manager. David Tefft is graduate manager, and Ralph Norman, instructor in journalism, is the faculty adviser. Making up the Michigan Stale News WOLVERINE The Wolverine, yearbook, • is published late in the spring term. It presents a panoramic view in stories and pictures iof the important events on the campus from September to the time of publi· cation. Including a survey of departmental activ ities, athletic contests, classes, and campus fea tures, the Wolverine depicts the highlights of col lege life. The yearlrook staff is composed of the manag ing editor and the business manageri. selected by the Board of Publications during the spring term, and other students appointed by the staff heads, following successful tryouts. Students desiring to work on the yearbook staff should see the editor or the business manager during the fall term. The office is located in the basement of the Union Building Annex. Robert Merz is the editor, and Jean Bills the business manager of the 1941 Wolverine. Lloyd H. Geil. assistant professor in journalism, is the f acuity adviser. THE SPARTAN The Spartan is a student monthly magazine, de voted to interviews, p·ersonality sketches, essays, fiction, poetry, cartoons,, pictures, and columns, both seriou3 and humorous. The staff consists of the managing editor and the business manager, appointed by the Board of Publications during the spring term. Other ap pointments are made by the editor and business manager, subject to the approval of the faculty adviser. Students desiring work on the magazin'e this year should see Earl Brigham, editor, and Arthur 59 Howland, business manager. Lloyd H . Geil, as sistant professor in journalism. is the faculty ad viser. in Applied Music, MUSIC Excellent facilities are provided for students in terested in music. Four-year courses are offered in Public School Music (General and Instrumental Supervision), and leading to B. A. and B. M. degrees. Graduate work leadin&' to a Master of Music degree may be taken in applied music, music education, composition and Instruction may be some fields of musicology. obtained in piano . violin, 'ceUo, organ, chamber music and all instruments of orchestra and band. Complete outlines of curricula and entrance re quirements may be obtained from the secretary of the Music Department. In addition to the regular courses offered by this department. there are many extra curricular stlldent activities open to both men and women. Tryouts for these organizations are held in the opening week of fall term, the time of the actual tryouts being announced on the various bulletin boards of the campus. This group includes the Michigan State College Band, the Symphony Or chestr?., the Women's Glee Club, the Men's Glee Club, the Chorus and the A Cappella Choir. .All these organizations give public concerts at inter vals througbout the year. The Orchestra offers three concerts on the Concert Course, with visit ing artists as soloists; and the Band will continue its open-air concerts in the spring term, besides appearing at athletic events throughout the year. Further information concerning the Department of Music and its activities may be obtained at fhe office in the Music Building, located at the en trance to the campus. 60 M.S.C. CONCERT COURSE is a small amount designated for Included in the fee paid by all students of the campus the maintenance of the concert course. Recitals by five concert artists and the M. S. C. Symphony Orchestra are offered to all college students with~ out additional expense. The following artists will appear in 1940-41: The Trapp Family, singers, November 13; Lily Pons, November 11; Piatigorsky, December 11; Encsco, January 15. STUDENT LECTURE COURSE Every year each student pays a small activities fee and without additional expense may hear some of the best-informed, ablest and most interesting speakers in the United States, with an occasional eminent speaker from abroad. Speakers are chosen by a joint committee of students and faculty, The lecture course has become an important part of the educational program of the college. The program for 1940-41 includes (in the order named) : Cornelia Otis Skinner (actress) ; General Hugh S. Johnson (writer); Leland Stowe (for eign correspondent) ; Grace and Kurt Graff pre senting the Graff Ballett; Eva La Gallienne (not able actress. author. speaker); Dr. Hu Shih (Chi nese Ambassador); Leon Turrou (Ex-"G-Man"); John Mason Brown (dramatic critic and editor); (vice president, General Charles F. Kettering Motors Corp.); and the play, "Life With Father." with Lillian Gish. 61 FORENSIC AND DRAMATIC ACTIVITIES Every year a number of men and women repre •ent the college in debates with nearly "all Michi gan colleges and several prominent institutions outside the state. Students interested in debate should see J. D. Menchhofer, Paul Bagwell, Bur dette Stampley or Robert Turner of the speech and dramatics department. The coJlege also participates in various ora speaking contests. torical and extemporaneous Cecil H. Nickle is responsible for participation in the state poetry reading contest. Paul Bagwe)) i• in charge of orat'OrY, and Mr. Menchhofer directs intercoJlegiate participation in extempore speak ing. A few of the best deb&;ters, orators and ex temporaneous speakers enter the nationwide com petition conducted by Pi Kappa Delta, national forensic society. Several full-evening plays and a number of one act plays are given each year under the coordin ated sponsorship of Theta Alpha Phi and the de partment of speech and dramatics under the direc tion of W. Fawcett Thompson. Any student in good academic standing is eligible try out. Freshmen and sophomores are urged to join the Studio Theater which meets twice each month for shorter plays. Don Bue)l is faculty adviser for this group. to Students interested in radio should see L. D. for Barnhart, who conducts vari'Ous radio dramatic productions which are pro duced by the department of speech and dramatics. regularly try-outs 62 ATHLETICS Students who are interestejl in athletics have great opportunities at Michigan State. Under the guidance <>f Ralph H. Young, director of athletics, this instruction holds a high position in midwest ern competition in intercollegiate sports, while a well-organized program of intramural athletics is llVailable to every student. With the completion of the new Jenison Field House and Gymnasium, Michigan State has one of the finest athletic plants in the country. It is anticipated that the facilities of this Field H<>use and Gymnasium will add to the physical ~njoyment of all students on the campus. teams in alI sponsors INTERCOLLEGIATE ATHLETICS. The Ath letic Department the branches 'Of intercollegiate sports. The teams are coached by these men: football, Charles W. Bach man; basket ball, Benjamin F. VanAlstyne; base ball, John H. Kobs; track, Ralph H. Young; cross-country, Lauren P. Brown; wrestling, Fend ley A. Collins; swimming, Russell B. Daubert; fencing, Charles R. Schmitter; tennis, Charles D. Ball; golf, . Benjamin F. VanAlstyne; boxing, Leon D. Burhans; rifle, pistol and polo, officers of the Military Department. FRESHMAN ATHLETICS. Because of the inter collegiate ruling that freshmen cannot compete in varsity athletics . the first year athletes are given an opportunity to take part on freshmen squads in all ~ports engaged in by varsity teams. Games with the varsity and with other college freshmen teams enliven the schedules of the yearling aggre gations. The coaches for most of the sports are the same as for the varsity tf'ams, exceptions are a• follows: football, J ·ohn H. Kob•. Benjamin E. VanAlstyne and Alton S. Kircher i basket ba!I, 63 Thomas H. King and Joseph E. Holsinger: hase ball, Lyman L. Frimodig. is offered INTRAMURAL ATHLETICS. Under the super vision of Lyman L. Frimodig, assistant director of athletics. all~campus competition in these sports: Golf, tennis, handball, horseshoes, wrestling, boxing. Sports provided for independ ent and dormitory leagues are, touch football in the fall, basket ball in the winter, and softball in the spring. Fraternity competition is held in touch footba.11, softball, basket ball, bowling, swim ming, indoor track, baseball, relays, and tennis. AW ARDS F 0 R INTRAMURAL WINNERS. to Jacket sweaters with numerals are awarded winners of College championships. This award is given to the members of the team winning the college championship in competition between win ners of the respective leagues (dormitory, inde pendents and fraternity) in touch football, bas ket ball, and softball. They arc also given to the winners of all-campus competition sports. Gold, silver and bronze medals are given to the leading teams in the Dormitory and Independent league1 and also the atl campus competition. P lacques and cups are given to the Fraternity league. An additional award is given the frater nity with the best all-around athletic record. the winner in each sport in the runner-up in to WOMEN'S ATHLETICS. Jointly sponsored by the Women's Physical Education Department and the Women's Athletic Association, a complete ath letic program gives each woman student an oppor tunity to take part in athletic competition. No in tercolJegiafe engagements are made, the program being limited to individual team and inter-sorority events. Sports offered include hockey, golf, fenc ing, bowling, hiking, basket ball, swimming, soc cer, tennis . track, dancing, playground ball, rid ing, archery, and badminton. 64 RELIGION • • • CHURCHES Y. M. C. A. - - - Y. W. C. A. THE PEOPLES CHURCH WEST GRAND RIVER AT MICHIGAN The Peoples Church, an interdenominational re ligious organization, is the community religious center for Michigan State students and the citi zens of Eas t Lansing. The completely equipped building is open from 8 :00 a. m. t o 9 :00 p. m . daily. Student groups may use the auditorium, the chapel, social hall, gymnasium and student parlors. The chapel and student parlors are always availble to individual students. Morning worship at Peoples Church is an M . S. C. tradition. Identical services are held at 9 :30 and 11 :00 each Sunday morning and are enriched by instrumental and choral music in addition to Dr. N. A. McCune's sermon. The staff of the Peoples Church : Minister .................................. Newell A. McCune, D.D. Associate Minister Emeritus ------------ Martin L. Fox Associate Minister _______________________ ______________ H. G. Gaige Director Men Students, Y. M. C. A . Secretary _______________________________ __ -----· William H. Genne Director Women Students, Y. W. C. A. Secretary ______________________________________ _ Miss Emma Sater Office Secretary __________________________________ Mrs. Grace Lyon STUDENT CHRISTIAN UNION is the interde nominational student group which meets at Peoples Church on Sundays. In the morning at 9 :30 there are two groups engaged in the study of religion and worship. In the evening there are Student Vespers at 5 o'clock . presenting outstanding wor ship services for students. After Vespers there are suppers, with group singing and fellowship~ fol lowed by informal Fireside Hours in the Student Parlors which provide varied experiences in the 66 discussion and appreciation of the fine art of liv i ng. ST UDENT CLUB is a social and recreational organization open to all students, with headquar ters in the Church. Its purpose is the organizing of creative, varied, democratie , and inexpensive social a ctivities. A party is held every Friday eve ning. Membership is at a nominal fee. Y. W. C. A . The Y. W. C. A . of Michigan State College is affiliated with th e National Y. W . C. A . and the World Student Christian Federation. Regular al1-membership meetings are planned to interests are interest every woman and s pecial encouraged by group work on publicity, dramatics, music .• handicraft, social service, world fellowship a nd discussions on personal religious living. The program includes an Informal Coffee for Fresh man women, a World Acquaintance Tour in De troit, a Christmas Party for underprivileged chi!· dren, a " Snow Tea" to meet faculty women, and a mother and daughter uMay Morning Breakfast." Miss Emma Sater is the general secretary. The S enior Cabin.et acts as executive council and is is chosen a ssisted by the Junior Cabinet which f rom outstanding Freshman women. Y. W . C. A. activities are centered at Peoples Church. Y. M. C. A. The Y. M. C. A. at Michigan State College is the local expression of the international ~ intercollegiate fellowship of men who are seeking to gain, in addition to their "education, an under s tanding of what an intelligent religion can mean in personal and social experience. From the time the Y greets the Freshman until the Senior Recog nition Service in the spring, it offers something to make each of the student's four years here worthwhile. Mr. Genne, the adviser, has his office in Peoples Church. I 11 11 67 ~-----'"'""""""=',..,,...,,,----J I I COLLEGIUM. A group open to both men and women which meets in the Student Parlors imme It is the diately following the morning worship. purpose of this group during the fall term, to develop through discussion and study, a better un derstanding of and a more intelligent · participa tion in services ·of worship. Visits will be made to other churches during the term. CHURCH OF THE RESURRECTION (ROMAN CATHOLIC) Michigan Avenue at Rumsey, Lansing Rev. John A. Gabriels, Pastor Sunday Masses: 7-8-9-10-11-12 :30 Weekday Masses : 7 :00-8 :00 Rev. C. M. Winters, N ew man Club Chaplain The only NEWMAN CLUB. r epresentative Catholic organization on the campus. All Catholic students automatically become members upon en rolling at M. S. C. The purpose of the club three-fold: religious, educational and social. is Through this medium the club fosters Catholicism on the campus Meetings and social events are held regularly. ST. PAUL'S EP ISCOPAL CHURCH 220 West Ottawa, Lansing Rev. Clarence W. Brickman , Rector Canterbury House, Episcopal Student Center, 445 Abbot Road, East Lansing, Telephone 2-5913 Sunday Services: Holy Communion 8 and 9 :30 68 a. m. Morning Prayer and Sermon, 11 a. m. Holy Communion also Tuesday noon (Peace Lit any) and 10 a m., Thursday. CANTERBURY CLUB. An organization of Episcopal students designed to foster church life during their absences from home parishes. Meet ings are held at 4 p. m. each Sunday at Canter bury House. Services are held in St. Augustine's Chapel, Canterbury House, as announced. The house is open at scheduled times for student use during the week. OTHER RELIGIOUS GROUPS LUTHERAN STUDENT CLUB. Provides the opp·ortunity for Lutheran students to unite as a Bocial group for the purpose of considering com mon problems and strengthening the bonds of Christian faith. Meetings are held each Sunday evening in the Union Building. CHRISTIAN S C I E N C E ORGANI1ZATION. Meets every Tuesday of the college year at 7 :45 in I he chapel of Peoples Church. beginning in Octo ber. Students interested in Christian Science are cordially invited to attend. HILLEL FOUNDATION. National organiza tion which seeks to advance the religious welfare of Jewish students and to meet their specifically Jewish cultural and social needs. SP ART AN CHRISTIAN FELLOWSHIP OF MICHIGAN STATE COLLEGE. The object of lhe fellowship shall he to maintain and re-affirm the fundamentalist Christian view. Cooperates with the Inter-Varsity Christian Fellowship. 69 TRADITIONS CUSTOMS EVENTS TRADITIONS AND CUSTOMS Traditions play a large part in the student life at Michigan State. Developed over a long period of time, the traditions have become a well-loved important factor which gives the College a and richer background. Traditions are not Jaws and are never regarded as such. Rather, they are time-honored customs which have become universally accepted by the student body for many years. No one is abso lutely compelled to obey these traditions, yet there are very few offenders. Every student seems to feel it his personal duty to comply with the rul ings and as a result the traditions have become an intangible set of rules compiled by no one , enforced by no one, yet obeyed by all. 0 The more important of the traditional customs follow: 1. No one smokes on the campus, except in the U nion Building. 2. Everyone does his part to foster the conge nial, democratic spirit of Michigan State. Whether he knows the person, a student greets each pass er ~y on the campus. 3. All freshman men wear the traditional green " pots" at all times except Sundays. This dis .. tinguishes them as newcomers to the campus and is regarded as a priviJege rather than a burden. 4. No one cuts across the lawns. 5. No one defaces College property. EVENTS CLASS DAY. One of the most popular under class events the Freshman-Sophomore Class Day. Competing in relay races, obstacle races .. is 71 tug-of-war, and other track and field events, th e two classes vie for superiority. The affair is un der the supervision of the Student Council. term the two BARBECUE . After considerable rivalry during the fall lower c1asses "bury the hatchet" at the Barbecue sponsored by the sopho more c1ass. With an abundance of fo·od, cider and good fellowship , the event marks the close of the hostilities for the year. A big bonfire, speeches and an all coJlege dance round out the program. MAY MORNING SING. Annually sponsored by the various musical organizations, the May Morn ing Sing has become one of the most beautiful of Michigan State traditions. An appropriate pro gram of musical numbers is given at the Beau mont Tower early in the morning befor'e c!asses. ANNIVERSARY DAY. During the second week in May, students and faculty join in commemor ating the founding of the College. ACHIEVEMENT DAY. Early in the college year . a special convocation is called at which awards and cups for high scholarship are distrib uted and special recognition giv.en to those stu dents who hnve made better than a ''B" average during the preceding year or years. is SENIOR SWINGOUT. The first of the numer ous senior activities the "Senior Swingout." Held late in May, the ceremonies include a line of march of the graduating seniors in cap and gown. During the course of the march the seniors go under arches erected by the various classes which signify the passing of a year in co!Jege. LANTERN NIGHT . Lantern night, in which only co-eds participate, is held late in the spring term and is one of the most populaT co-ed tradi tions. Lantern Night symbolizes the transferring of duties from the uper classes to the next c1a~ • in line. Lanterns are carried by all senior women and by representatives of the other classes. The, 72 passing of the lantern to the class next in rank makes a picturesque finale after the installation of the new A. W. S. officers and the calling of the Mortar Board members for ihe coming year. The annual WATER CARNIVAL. two-day Water Carnival staged on the Red Cedar river near Farm Lane bridge is sponsored by the senior class. This event, held during the last week of college in the spring, consists of a program in c!udinP" a parade of floa ~ s. specialty acts, and con t ests. SENIOR PLAY. As a climax to the dramatic work of the year, the senior class annually spon sors an out-of-door production during the final week of the spring term. Although members ·of other classes are cast for some parts, the prom inent senior thespians are usually selected for the leading roles. A River . . . a Canoe . . and You FRATERNALISM • • • HONORARY - - - SERVICE PROFESSIONAL SOCIAL INTEREST GROUPS HONOR SOCIETIES ALPHA PSI-National honorary veterinary fra to students who ternity, limits its membership have excelled in work of the veterinary sciences. ALPHA ZETA-National agricultural honorary, limits its membership to junior and senior men who rank In the upper two-fifths of their classes. T he organization promotes high scholarship and a cts as sponsor for several activities each year. BETA ALPHA SIGMA-Local honorary land scape architecture, floriculture, and allied arts fraternity, has as its purpose the promotion of s ch·olastic attainment and advancement in appre ciation and knowledge of landscape architecture a nd the allied arts. GREEN HELMET - Composed of sophomore men high in scholarship and active in leadership. Its purpose is to assist freshman men in adjust ini:: themselves to college life. LaCOFRADIA-Local Spanish honorary, limits its membership to students who excel in using the S panish language. MU PHI EPSILON-National honor music or ganization, which selects its members from the top quarter of all junior and senior women en rolled in the music department. It offers, yearly, two scholarships--one for $25, given to the out standing sophomore woman music student, and one of $50 given to the outstanding Mu Phi me.m Its purpose is to develop music on the cam ber. pus and to give students a larger experience in music performance. OMICRON NU-National home economics fra ternity, limits its membership to junior and senior women of high academic rating in home eco nomcs. 75 PHI KAPPA PHI-National scholastic honorary Its membership is restricted to for all dhisioris. those students who for t hei r entire college careers have the highest averages. P HI LAMBDA TA U-Local engin ee rin g honor ary, limits its m embership to juni·or a!!d senior engi n eering s tud ents who have attained a high scholastic average. PI MU EPSILON-National Honorary Mathe the purpose of in Mathematics, and for together ma tics Fraternity. Form ed for broadening knowledge bringing th e faculty and student body outside the class room. SIGMA ALPHA BETA-Local honorary bac teriological fraternity, has as its purpose the en~ courage ment of high er scholasti c attainment in lhe field of bact eriology . limits its m e mbership SIGMA PI SIGMA-National honorary physics society, to students who have excelled in work in physics, and has as its purpose the prom otio n of scholastic attainment and the advr.ncement of ph ysics. SIGMA XI-National honorary science frater nity, extends memb er s hip t o exceptional students in the sciences. TAU BETA Pl-Nat:o oul honorary engineering fraternity, J:m its its membership to students who have earn ed scho?astic distinction in the engineer~ ing division. It was established at Michigan State in 1892. TAU SIGMA-Local ho no rary arts and science fraternity a wa rd s m emb er ship to those students in L ibera) Arts and Applied Science who maintain a 2.2 average during the first two years of work at Mich ige n State. 76 PROFESSIONAL SOCIETIES ALPHA CHI SIGMA-Professi·onal-Social So ciety is limited to students whose major interest is chemistry and chemical engineering. AMERICAN SOCIETY OF AGRONOMY - A junior section of the American Society of Agron omy. Oomposed of students interested in Farm Crops and Soils. Meetings of an educational and social nature are held every two weeks. The club cooperates with the All·Ag Council in promoting the Spring Open House and Carnival, as well as assisting in Farmers' Week. AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY - National organization, devotes time to the promotion of in terest in work in that field. AMERICAN INSTITUTE OF CHEMICAL EN GINEERS-An organization for Chemical Engi nc'ering students and has as its purpose prom·otion of interest and knowledge in this field. AMERICAN SOCIETY OF CIVIL ENGINEERS -Limits its membership to junior and senior stu dents in that field. Members of the campus group are eligible upon graduation to join the senior chapter. AMERICAN INSTITUTE OF ELECTRICAL ENGINEERS-Open to hoth professors and stu dents in electrical engineering. AMERICAN SOCIETY OF MECHANICAL EN GINEERS- A junior branch, is an organization to which all student junior and seni·or mechanical engineers are eligible. AMERICAN VETERINARY MEDICAL ASSO CIATION (Junior Branch) - A student chapter, limits its rn ;mb'.!rship to veterinary students. 77 HOME ECONOMICS C LUB-Affiliated with the Michigan and American Home Economics Asso ciation, is open to all women enrolled in the home economics division . MORTAR AND BALL-A Coast Artillery fra· ternity. has as its purpose the better preparation of advanced artillery cadets for the R. 0. T . C. camps through cooperation with the military de partment. PHI SIGMA-A national fraternity for gradu ate students in the biological sciences. PI ALPHA XI-National floriculture fraternity, has as its purpose the promotion of high scholar ship, the fostering of good fellowship among its members, and the establi shment of cordial rela tions among students . educators, and professional florists. SCABBARD AND BLADE - National military fraternity, has as its creed the promotion of in terest in R. O. T. C. affairs. The membership is limited to outstanding advanced military students . SIGMA ALPHA IOTA-Professional music fra ternity for women, has a s requirements for mem bership high scholarship and capable performance in music. Its aim is to promote high standards of productive musical work among women of col leges, universities, and cons ervatories. SIGMA DELTA CHI - Nation) profession! journalism fraternity has for its purpose the fos· journalis m. tering of professional standards in The chapter is composed of students active campus publications. Meets Tuesday noons in forum discussions. Off·campus speakers appear regularly. in SIGMA EPSILON-Local business administra tion fraternity, limits its m'embership to students in that division . The organization promotes inter· est in business administration. 78 SIGMA GAMMA UPSILON-Local hotel frater nity, has as its purpose the promotion of scholar ship and good fellowship amon.ir its members and the establishment of closer relations among stu dents, educators, and professional hotel men. SINFONIA-National musical fraternity, selects as its members men who have been active in the interests of the colleg-e band, glee club, or or chestra. XI SIGMA PI - National forestry fraternity, draws membership from those showing scholastic proficiency in that course. INTEREST GROUPS AGRICULTURAL ENGINEERING CLUB-The club's purpose is to stimulate an active interest in agricultural engineering, and to prom'Ote fellow ship among students interested in this line of work. ASTRONOMY CLUB-Purpose of the club is to promote interest in astronomy. Open to all mem bers of the student body and faculty. BLOCK AND BRIDLE-An organization open to all students interested in animal husbandry. Inter'esting meetings are held at regular intervals. BOTANICAL SEMINAR-A group of students and faculty members who devote their time to study and research in botany. DAIRY CLUB - An organization of students who are specializing in dairy production or manu facturing. Questions of dairy interest are dis cussed. FORESTRY CLUB-A group composed of for· estry students. Projects of interest are discussed at regular meetings and various social activities are sponsored annually. 79 GEOGANGUE - Composed 'Of geography and geology students. Its purpose is to weld geology students closer its own annuaJ, "The Geode." It publishes together. GRANGE-The organization and activities are si milar to those of any Grange. Memb.ership is composed largely of Agriculture and Home Eco nomics students . although any student who meets the requirements is eligible fo r membership. Meet ings are held every two weeks in room 401 of the Agriculture Building. GREEN SPLASH - The co-ed swimming club, ann u ally picks as its m embers women who have fulfilled certain requirem~nts, both in ~c l1'0hrship and in swimming. Various activities round out the program for the year . 4-H CLUB- T he purpose of the club is to con tinue this 1ype of work into college. The club a;ms to further activities pertaining to farm life and it also 2ssists with the farm radio programs and Future Farmers' Week. ROMINES LEGIS-Stimulates interest and pro• fellowship among Police Administration motes junior rating. to students with students. Open Dinner meetings are held the first Thursday of the month. HORTICULTURE CLUB-Open to all students who are either majoring or planning to major in horticulture. During the past year, the B e~keep­ crs' Seminar has becom '! rffiliated w'th this club . INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS CLUB - A part of a world-wide system of u n ·versity and coll ege clubs spo nsored by the Carnegie Endow ment Fund on condition that the m embers study and discuss current world affairs. The clubs are not propaganda or action groups. Highlights of 1he club's year is its conference m ~et:ng, which is held yearly at a different college or university. so JUNIOR FARM BUREAU-The purpose of the org-anization is to develop the interests of young people in all phases of rural '!"elfare. Any young man or woman between the ages of 17 and 28 of good standing in the community, is eligible to membership. is the organization MATRIX - Purpose of to band together women of superior journalistic abil ity who are interested in performing service in the field of journalism. Women of junior and senior standing who have fulfilled certain necessary requirements are eligible. Meetings are held twice a month. MEN'S GLEE CLUB-An organization for men interested in singing. This club appears at college functions and sponsors concerts. A key is given for two years' service. M. S. C. FL YING ASSOCIATION - Affiliated with the National Aeronautics Association and or ganized to promote interest in the field. Meetina-1:1 are held weekly. MICHIGAN STATE COLLEGE HOTEL ASSO CIATION-All Hotel Administration students are members. The group meets to discuss hotel prob· lems, meets with leaders in the industry and to he· come acquainted with fellow hotel training stu dents. M. S. C. OUTING CLUB-Organized to promote interest among all students in outdoor recreational activities MICHIGAN STATE RADIO CLUB- Organized to promote interest in amateur radio operation. Open to both students and faculty. Weekly meet ina-s are held. NATIONAL SOCIETY PERSHING RIFLES An organization for basic military students. A national publication is issued. The unit holds reg .. ular drills. 81 OFFICERS CLUB-An organization of the stu dents who are taking advanced military science. The group annually sponsors the military ball, smokers, and other social functions for military men. ORCHESIS-Branch of the national dancing or ganization, has as its purpose the promotion of in terest in artistic dancing. Membership is limited to women of advanced talent. THE POETRY CLUB-For students intereoted in poetry. PORPOISE-National men's swimming frater nity, has as its creed the promotion of swimming. The club sponsors various activities during the college year. '"S" CLUB-A local society in women's ath letics. Includes those girls in the Women's Ath letic Association who have accumulated 1,000 ath letic honor points during their college careers. SCALP AND BLADE-Purpose of the organi zation is to help with the acclimation and orien tation of students from Buffalo and vicinity at tending Michigan State College. SCHERMA-SCOTTA-Purpose of the organiza t.Lon is to promote interest and skill in fencing amonir women students. Meetings are held weekly . SCIMITAR-Purpose of the organization is to promote interest and skill in fencina- amona- men students. SIGMA DELTA PSI- National athletic frater nity, is open to any man who can successfully meet certain specified requirements in athletics. SOCIOLOGY CLUB-The purpose of th• club is to promote student-facu1ty relations; and to spon sor any other activities of interest to students majoring in Sociology. Juniors and seniors, as well as faculty and graduate students in the de partment are eligible. 82 SPARTAN CAMERA CLUB An all-campus club, whose purpose is to bring together students and faculty members interested. in photography as a hobby. STUDENT CHRISTlAN UNION - The Sunday evening group of men and women students who gather in the Student Parlors for informal social izing, supper and a varied program. Plans this year include services of meditation and worship, followed by small, intimate interest groups on a variety of topics. STUDENT CLUB - A social and recreational organization open to all students and maintains headquarters in the Peoples Church. Its purpose is the organizing of creative, variedi, democratic, and low-cost social activities. A party is held every Friday evening. Membership fee is nominal. STUDIO THEATER GROUP-Purpose of the organization is to encourage and present dramatic productions among the underclassmeri, and to offer cooperation to Theta Alpha Phi in the sponsor ship of major campus dramatic activities. Open to all students with exception of those affiliated with Theta Alpha Phi. Meets twice a month. UPPER PENINSULA CLUB - Now known as Hiawatha Club. An organization of Upper Penin .. sula students. Social and business meetings pro mote fellowship among students from that portion of the state. VARSITY CLUB - A local organization which selects its members annually from the ranks of the major sport letter winners in their junior year. WILDLIFE CONSERVATION CLUB-Purpose of the club is to assemble students having voca tional interest in the field of conservation, and to maintain a beneficial and valuable program for each member. Meets twice a month. 83 WOMEN'S GLEE CLUB - The Women's Glee Club selects its members from all departments of the college, It has singing engagements through out the state as well as on the campus and com pletes the season' s work with a concert given in the spring. The women are selected on the .. basis of good singing voice and experience in choral work. LEADERSHIP SOCIETIES ALPHA PHI OMEGA-National service frater nity whose by-word is "Service" to the colleg~ and It is the college program of the student body. Boy Scouts of America and limits membership to those who are or have been Boy Scouts. BLUE KEY-National service fraternity which has as its creed the welcoming of visitors to the campus, the planning of pep meetings., and other activities of a similar nature. Men who are out standing in extra-curricular activities are selected at the beginning of their junior year in college. EXCALIBUR-Local senior men's society, has as its members men who have given leadership during their undergraduate days to M. S. C. New members are tapped at important all-college con vocations. MORT AR BOARD - A national senior society for women~ limits membership to those who have taken a prominent part in extra-curricular activi ties and who are outstanding for leadership and character. Members are selected by the outgoing group and its advisers and are tapped at the an nual May Morning Sing, TOWER GUARD-Local society for sophomore women selected at the end of their freshman year. Membership is limited to 25 and is chosen from the women who have remained on the academic 84 honor roll during their first two terms in college. It is a service organization. One duty of its mem bers is to act as counselors of ~ incoming Fresh· man women. RECOGNITION SOCIETIES PI KAPPA DELTA-National forensic society, limits its membership to students who have made enviable records in debating and oratory. THETA ALPHA PH I-National dramatics society, limits its membership to students who do outstanding dramatic work on the campus. The Michigan State chapter sponsors several plays each year. FRATERNITIES Name and Address •Alpha Chi Sigma (N) Phone 341 Evergreen ________ ----------------------- ________________ _46734 Alpha Epsilon Pi-Jewish (N) 404 W. Michigan Ave. _______________ 20453 Alpha Gamma Rho (N) 335 E. Grand River Beta Kappa (N) ------------------ __________ 41329 729 E. Grand River -------· -------------· -------- ----------- 59413 Delta Chi (N) 101 Woodmere ________ -------------- ______________ ___________ _ 55142 Delta Sigma Phi (N) E. Grand River, City Limits ______________ _ _______ 41464 '~ Denotes social fraternity. (L) Denotes local fraternity. (N) Denotes national fraternity. 85 Name and Address Alpha Tau Omega (N) 451 Evergreen ________ _ FarmHouse (N) 526 Sunset Lane __ Hesperian (L) Phone _______ 41327 ----------•----- 21060 Harrison, W. Grand River ... _ 43140 Kappa Sigma (N) 224 W. Michigan Lambda Chi Alpha (N) --- 56580 128 Haslett St. ------------------- --------------------------- 22133 Phi Chi Alpha (L) 323 Ann Street ------------------------ ---- ---- 46344 Phi Delta Theta (N) W. Grand River at Cowley ____ _________________________ 57237 Phi Kappa Tau (N) 223 Delta Street _______ ------ ------- ______ -------------- 44551 Pi Kappa Phi (N) 803 E. Grand River ________________________ ------------------ 56484 Sigma Alpha Epsilon (N) 131 Bogue St. ------------------------ ---------------------------43030 Sigma Nu (N) 444 Abbot Road ------- ---- --------------------- ____ __________ 59453 Theta Chi (N) 453 Abbot Road _________ ___ _43542 (L) Denotes local fraternity. (N) Denotes national fraternity. These 18 men's social organizations on the cam pus, some national and some local in nature., play an important part in the life of the college. They maintain houses in which members and, occasion ally, pledges live. Fraternities recruit their members by selecting them from the student body. It is not ethical for 86 a student to indicate his desire to join a particular Invitation to join originates with the fraternity. organization. Each fraternity considers many men for membership. They learn ··all they can about each one and very carefully select the ones who seem best suited to their own group. These few are extended bids, and the student then accepts or refuses the invitation. Most fraternities are extremely careful in their work of rushing (becoming acquainted with pro spective members). A student who is boastful, vulgar, uncouth, or overbearing is at once dropped from the list of prospects. Good students, men with strong moral convictions, and true gentle men are the men who command the attention of the fraternities. A fraternity's first impression of a freshman is very important. Make this first impression last ing by being alert, pleasant and natural. When the rushing period opens, with the start of college in the fall, you may be rushed or you may be overlooked. In either case, keep cool. The decision to pledge membership to a fraternity is an important step, one which deserves mature de the liberation, and necessity of making this decision is not altogethei unfortunate. If you are overlooked in the early rushing, you will probably have another oppor f unity,, even if not until your sophomore year. the freshman who escapes To be a "misfit" in a fraternity is certainly a misfortune. The choice of a fraternity is a serious matter and must be faced squarely in a serious manner. Don't be misled. When the time comes for you to make a choice oi fraternities. be wise, look at things squarely and from all sides. Don't join a group because you feel obliged to, or because you find yourself in a C'sweat-box" and are afraid to refuse. 87 REGULATIONS Pledging rules, as laid down by the Interfrater nity Council, should be observed · faithfully by all freshmen and other students. These, as taken from the Council Constitution, follow: ARTICLE IX-PLEDGING Section I. A student is not deemed pledged to a fraternity until all the formalities specified in this article have been complied with. Section 2. The pledging of a student to a fra ternity shall be formally accomplished as follows: Upon investigation of a fraternity to become one of its members. a Rushee shall be required to fill out a Pledge Card supplied by the Council. The signing of this card by the Rushee is accepted con clusively as his consent to pledgeship. The Pledge Card shall also be signed by the President of the fraternity concerned, his signature being formal acknowledgment that a bid to membership has been extended and accepted. The card shall then be presented to the office of the Dean of Men, endorsed by him and the Secretary of Interfrater nity Council, and shall act as conclusive proof of the pledgeship only after being filled in and en dorsed as indicated. Section 4. The relationship between pledge and fraternity shall be considered as probationary. from the standpoint of both pledge and the fra ternity. However, no student's name may be dropped from the pledge roll of any fraternity until the written notification has been sent to the secretary of the CounciJ and the written notice of its acceptance has been received by th'e fraternity from whose pledge roll the name is to be taken. Section 4. No student whose name has been 88 dropped from the pledge roll of any fraternity may be pledged to any other fraternity, without the written consent of the r.eleasing fraternity, until six months have elapsed since his release. Section 5. No student may be pledged to any fraternity until 21 days have elapsed since the official opening of classes. Section 6. A student who is on trial or proba· tion may not be pledged to a fraternity, until isuch time as he may have a regular status. Section 7. For the purpose of observing study hours houses must release rushees not later than 10 ;00 p. m. during rushing period. Section 8. In order that the office of the Dean of Men may determine the extent of rushing ac· tivities . the Rushing Chairman must submit to that office the names of rushees entertained each day during Rushing Week. SORORITIES Name and Address Alpha Chi Omega (N) 548 M. A. C. Ave. Alpha Gamma Delta (N) 139 Bailey St. Alpha Omicron Pi (N) 535 W. Grand River _____ _ Alpha Phi (N) 616 M . A. C. Ave. Alpha Xi Delta (N) 148 W. Grand River Chi Omega (N) 239 Oakhill Ave. Phone -····-··-·- 59457 ---··· 45301 ····--·--······--- 28046 ---··-···-.41431 --- ----···- ·-·-·-25566 .. 57239 (L) Denotes local sorority. (N) Denotes national sorority. 89 Name and Address Pho n• Epsilon Chi ( L) Kappa Alpha Theta (N) 303 Oakhill Ave. ______________________________________________ -44412 Kappa Delta (N) 523 Grove St. __ _ Kappa Kappa Gamma (N ) 244 53 605 M. A. C. Ave. -----·-··-·-------·-- --- 57187 Sigma Kappa (N) 518 M. A . C. Ave. Zeta Tau Alpha (N) 428 Evergreen -··-------------------------------------------------43407 A fee of 50 cents must be paid by those girls who wi sh to be cons idered for sorority member ship. The fee must be paid by sending 50 cents in postoffice order payable to Mrs . Fred C. Taylor, 711 Beech, East Lansing, Mich., on or before Sep tember 15. invitation to the Upon payment of this 50 cents the girl will re ceive an introductory rushing teas held at the sorority houses, September 28 and 29, and will be eligible for invitations to the rushing parties which follow . This fee is being put into effect in September, 1940 for the first time to establish a list of girls who seriously intend to join ·a sorority and who wi]] accept invitations to sorority parties. The sororities do not wish to be less cordial than for merly, but with the increased number of students at Michigan State College, they have found it difficult those women who are seriously interested in joining a sorority. The fee is to indicate sincere interest in soror ity membership but does not iruarantee member ship. to get acquainted with 90 Each of the 12 sororities entertains during rush ing season approximateIY. 100 freshmen women. Of this number, only 10 to 20 are invited to mem bership. However, Panhellenic, the governing body of all social sororities, hopes that the friendly relations established during this season may con tinue throughout the college career. All groups are worthy of membership, and the rushee is urged to make her selection personally. Her choice of a group should be on the basis of congeniality; that is, the rushee should select the sorority in which she. as a member would be most in making her happy. choice, that the associations formed in that or ganization are for a period of four years or more, and therefore are of the utmost importance. She should remember, During the period of si1ence, as explained in the in Panhellenic rules, having no communication whatsoever with active sorority members. the rushee must cooperate It is considered beneath the standards of both the local and national Panhellenics for any woman to speak disparingly of any group or individual. A member of one organization who so forge t s herself as to criticise any member of another group, or the group as a whole, discredits herself in the eyes of all prospective, as well as active members. to investigate carefully. The cost of joining a sorority is an improtant point Specific expense lists of the various sororities are compiled in the Panhellenic Handbook, copies of which may be ob tained at the Panhellenic Office, fourth floor of the Union Building. Simple afternoon dress will be appropriate for aU rushing parties except that party indicated as formal on the invitation. If an invii'ed guest is unavoidably detained, she 91 should not hesitate to telephone about her arriv ing at the rushing party somewhat after the ap pointed hour. For_ the last party, the rushee should accept the invitation of that group in which she is ~ most in terested. However, the acceptance of the invita tion for the last party DOES NOT indicate her choice; nor does this invitation indicate the soror ity's choice of rushees. RUSHING RULES Rushing rules are printed in full in the Pan hellenic Handbook, which may be obtained, by anyone interested, in the Panhellenic Office on the fourth floor of the Union. RUSHING CALENDAR FOR 1940 SATURDAY, Sept. 28; 2 :30-5 :00; Introductory Tea (Alpha Chi Omega., Alpha Gamma Delta, Al pha Phi, Alpha Omicron Pi, Alpha Xi Delta, Chi Omega) SUNDAY, Sept 29; 2 :30-5 :00; Introductory Tea (Epsilon Chi, Kappa Alpha Theta, Kappa Del ta, Kappa Kappa Gamma, Sigma Kappa . Zeta Tau Alpha) TUESDAY, October l; 7 :00-8 :45; House Party THURSDAY, October 3; 7:00-8:45; House Party SUNDAY, October 6; 5 :30-8 :00; Supper TUESDAY, October 8; 7:00-8:45; House Party THURSDAY, October 10; 6 :00-8 :00; Buffet Sup- per SATURDAY . October 12; 6 :00-8 :15; Preference Dinner TUESDAY, October 15: 7 :00: Pledging 92 STATE SONGS ' ALMA MATER Close beside the winding Cedar's Sloping hanks of green, Spreads thy campus, Alma Mater, Fairest ever seen. CHORUS Swell the chorus; let it echo Over hill and vale; Hail to thee, our loving mother, M. S . C. all hail. First of all thy race .. fond mother, Thus we greet thee now, While with loving hands the laurel Twine we o'er thy brow. FIGHT SONG On the banks of the Red Cedar Is a college known to all; Their specialty is winning, And those Spartans play football. Spartan teams are never beaten All through the games they ftght Fight for the only colors, Green and White. CHORUS Smash right through that line of blue, Watch the points keep growing, Spartan teams are bound to win, They're fighting with a vim, RAH! RAH! RAH! See their line is weakening, We're going to win this game. Fight! Fight! Rah! team , fight! Victory for M. S. C. 93 M. S. C. SHA DOWS M. S. C., we love thy shado ws When twilight silence fall s, Flushing deep and softly paling Our ivy covered halls. Beneath the pines we'll gather To give our h eart s to thee, Sing our love for Alma Mater And thy praises, M. S . C. When from the scenes we wander And twilight shadows fade, Our mem'ry stiH will linger Where light and shadows played; In the ev'ning oft we'll gather And turn our thought to thee, Sing our love for Alma Mater And thy praises, M. S. C. 94 INDEX Activitielj. Limitation of Ac tivities, Student ________ _ Page ------------------ ---------- 47 Advisers, Faculty ----------------------------- Adminis trative Officers ------------------ ------------------------- Athletics Associated Women Students ______ _ _ Attendance System ____ ---------------- - _______ 11 9 --- - - - - -------- ------------------------------------ 63 49 25 Board of Publications __ _______ _ .. ____ _ Book Store, State College Calendar, College Churches --------------- Closing Hours, Meetings __ Closing Hours, Parties College Buildings, Use of College Rules Concert Course Counselors, Freshman Credits _______________ _________ _____ _ ________ _ _ Deans and Officers ____ ___ __________ _ Debating and Oratory _ Dramatic and Forensic Activities Dropping a Subject------------------------------ - 57 16 65 33 33 36 18 61 50 20 9 62 62 19 E ligibility Rules ______ _ _ ________ ____ 34_ 43 Examinations _________ ___ ----------------------------------------------- 22 Employment, Part-time __________ ________________________ l 7, 32 Faculty Advisers ---------- ·---- ----- ___________________ 11, 12, 19 Forensic and Dramatic Activities ················----'------ 62 95 Fraternities, Honorary ----··------- ------------------------------ 75 77 Frate'rnities, Professional ________ ___________ __________ 85 46 Fraternities, Social ____ _ Freshman, Counselors __ __ _ Page Grades ............................................ ······- -············· Government . Student 22 45 Health Service ············-··············----········ Honoraries ------------------------------------------.-- Hono·r Points ____ ------------------------------ 30 75 21. 22 .. _____ ___________ 52 Independent Student's Association Interest Groups ................. ............................... ...... . 79 51 Interfraternity Council ------------------- Late Registration .................. Leadership Groups ______ .:..... 20 .. 84 Library ····································--··························--···· 41 61 Lecture Course ----------------- Limitation of Activities __________ ______ 4 7 Lo;,n Funds, Student ....... ·--········ ............................. 37 Men 's Council _____ .Michigan State News _______________________ _________ ______ _ ------------------ - ------ 51 57 Michigan State Union .... ··················- -········· 52 Military Training ---------- ---------------------------------------- 38 . .................... 60 Music ...... N. Y. A. ~ - ······· ··············· Newspaper, Student ... 17 57 Orientation for Men ................... ···················--········ 16 Panhellenic Council .................... ·················- -········ 50 Party Rules .......... ·····- - ························· ············--···· 32 41 Physical Education .... Points, Honor ------------------------------- ···--··· 21 , 22 Professional Fraternities ························ 77 Publications, Student ····································· 57 96 Pa~ negistration --------------------------- 19 aecosnltion Socletie• . -····---~------·----·-·-· 85 Reirulations, Fraternit,- · - - - - · - - - -- 88 Rea:ulations, Sororit,- ----- ---··-·······------9&, 92 Resulatlons, Traft'ic -------------·--------· 37 Rellirion ·-···-------··--··---·----··-··------··-·· 85 Residence Requirements, Meu __ ···-····· · - - - - 25 28 Re1idence Requlrementa, Women- - __ 9% Jl:ashlnc Calendar, Sororltfe1 Se)tolarshlps ······-···--·-·-········-····-··--·--·······-· 37 Songs --······-·······-·····--·-- ·--·-···-·-·--·-·----·· 93 Sororities -------------------------- 89 Spartan (Mairazlne) ·-------··----···--·-·--- 59 Spartan Women's Leape - - - - -· - -- - - 55 Speech Clinic -············----·····---·····-···--------- 31 16 State Collea:e Book Store- " Student Actlritla Student Cars -- 17 Student Council ··-·····---------- - - - - - -·- 45 .. 4S Student-Faculey Fire1ide ·-····· 45 Student GoftrlUllent . Student Lecture Courae -- _ 11 Studies ancl Crecllta - · - - - - - - - - - - - 20 Traditional Ennts - - - - - - - - - - - - 70 - - - - - - 17 Tralfic Replatlons Union - - - - - -- -- - - - - - - - - - - 112 Vi•itors In Clas& - - - - - - -- - - - 2Z Withdrawals - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - U 19 WolYerlne 5S Women's Athletic Aasoclatlon_ Y'