Established 1880 Y E U N IO N LIT S P Jl: C U L U M Vol. I No. I ApRIL 1927 1927 WELL '. WELL'. What?? The old Speculum back again? No, not exactly, but If you were a Lit back in the days of Williams Hall, split-rock, bicycle races and water bags you'll recall the "Speculum" and what a fine little paper it was. But today, in the year of our Lord 1927, W ~1 present for your approval a Union Lit Speculun, a sort of Speculum jr not so pretentious as its illustrious god-father but ready and eager to tell Lits everywhere all it knows about the doings of our brothers on and off the campus. To properly achieve this worthy purpose, Spec ulum solicits your cooperation. When you have finished reading this little sampler edition wont you please sit down and pen a line or two about yourself, nearby Li ts, or what-have-you and send it on its way to "Speculum", Union Lit House, East Lansing. Speculum is sufficient} · level hea.ded to be neither spoiled or offended by any criticism, sugg estions or advice you may have to offer. We thank you. In Memoriam It is fitting that we should pause at this time to dedicate our efforts to the memory of an honore~ brother, one of the founders of our society and one whose late departure from the roll of our living we feel so deeply. In W. K. Prudden we have seen all that is implied of the character, Sincerity and nobility of a true Union Lit. It is our hope that we who are left may succeed in even a small measure i n making our own lives such an embodiment of the Union Lit Spirit. A Word of Greeting from Our President, Jim Hands: Fellow Lits: It has been a common error in the past few years to re gard cooperation between alumni members and actives as a minor fact or in the success and progress of the organization. We have learned through experience that in a very short time the lack of this Vitally important factor will become very detrimental to the outlook of a soc iety . We have now in the possession of the society a set of very in accur a te and hazy records of alumni. Thi s has proved very inconvenie r:.l. i n c a rr y ing out our plans for the erection of a new fraternity hous e . We are now starting to readjust our records and maintain as st r ong a connection betwe en alumni and actives as possible. In doing t h: ; there is bound to be a reaction that will stimulate the progress of the society and be of benefit to both actives and alurrmi. No ma tter how re mote a man is from the active organization there is always a warm feeling for the "old bunch" and always a desire to get back and take a look at the boys who have taken the initiative end of things i - 2 - their hands. I P.tn sure that when you do come back you will not be dis appointed in the men we ha ve in the society today. The s pir it and coo , peration within the society is of the best caliber at the present tl we than it hqs sinc e I ~aye been a Liemoer. I think this ce.n be prov ed by tte results the boys Bre getting from their efforts in ever y directio l! We BT e extending an invitation to the alumni , Bnd are indeed 10c1-::jng fOTVrard to your return to the campus, to see the re sults sin,:! (j ; ou were one of the a ctives. You cannot afford to criticise until yo~ kn o ,~' the f a ots and have actually seen wha;t he.S been going in in the circle. ~ e ~ Enter the Circle, Everybody ~I..J "!ou c e n stop skipping over things now because ~re IS uhHt most O T y ou are looking for. Jerry Reynalds, our illust:-ious hEmdshe,ker, soc ielizer and" grand old man" of t h e campus will t ell you what he knows about some of the budd ies, young 2nd younger. By n ext issue when we have had ti me to heo.x from eve.rybody he III probably h ave more sta.rtl ing revelations to of f er. lvir. Reynalds: :-rewell A. 'McCune (01) is pc,stor of the fine new Peoples I ChuI'ch < Bert Miller (20) has b e en with t~e Buiok at Flint all win-tel'. Be visits us occasionally. E . 7:. Ranney (00) is still making refl'i gerators a t Greenville. His daughter June is in school with the ala as of 127. Ivn n Sours (21) writes from the Indiana Fariil BurGflU at Indian lithe seed department is giving the farme:ts of t he st a te a \7 0 11 ap olis , derful opportunity for obtaining know!l origin adapted seeds. My af f ili a tion calls for wrestling the bags". Gifford (16) and A. J. Patch (17) are both connected with the extension depa.rtment of the colle g e . Jack Croll (24) is sti 11 with t he State Highway Dep e rtment. Archie Emery (83) still runs his book store in Lansing. Ken DegrC'.w (25) is teaching at Midla.nd. Chase Newman (94) drops in for a business meeting occasionally. Wade Blackmar (25) is a landsc aper at Monroe. Relph Kirby (12) orm s a chicken ranch and raises Airdales just no r th of East Lansing. Going big. Vern Branch (12) can sti l l be found at the Ci ty Hall, Detroit, w~ere he is Director of KBrkets. Elwood M~ son (25) is in medical sch ool at Ann Arbor. Fat Taylor (15) is pr a cticing Vet Medicine in Detroit and sa y s he sure misses East L2nsj ng. R. G. Carr (08) is still wi til the extension department of the college ~s director of county agents. Cam Carruthers (23) is running his big poultry ranch near Dur Bl~~ last rep:.· Munro Sours (35) is practicing Vet Medicine in Kazoo - rt he was engaged. R. J. Baldwin (04) of course is Director of Extensio n here a t t h e colleg e and calls occasionally. Hod Norton (03 ) is with the State Department of Agriculture in Lansing. Russ Palmer (22) is r.ith the Dept. of Hea lth a t Detroit while !"::l brother Lynn (20) is practicing Vet MediCine at Brooklyn Hichigcm. Lynn spent a couple days with us t his winter whi l e at tending a meeti -,-. A. B. Cook jr. (23) tea.ches in Ioni a and vi sits us occasionally " The boys saw Pete Geldhof (14) at the Cornell game last fall. Sid Kennedy (23) is at Harvard. - 3 - I ke Fi s her (26) and wife a ttended the wint er term p ar t y . Ike is loc cted at Battle Creek wi t h t h e J .B. Fcrd comp any of Wya ndotte . Fl'8d Woodw0r-L h ( 98) is Co lle ct or of Inter nal Revenue a t Detroi t , ~-rn :l.:Li-lm Or s en VanGi.esen (26) is !narried, in t he ar my, and loc ated a t Fort D8~o i n e , la. RL·' p .id.s ~ ~ ~rri ~ Ma ssal i nk (95) is he ad of t he Fe rris Institute at Big J . W. Ricterink (97 ) is pr a cti c~. llg rf:'3 diclne in Grand Rapids. Fl' Ed Ranney is t aking wOI·k at D3.:j:,t::lou th. Fletcher Goula (07) was up at the house just last week. to attend a meeting. Still one of the boys. We are alway s glad to hear from Pres. Chas. Hc Kinney (81) of IH c hi gan State Nor mal College, Ypsilanti. Lee Rothgery (21) and wife were pre~ent at our winter term p a rty. George Wenner (25) is with the St a te Dep crt ment of Agriculture i n t he Da iry Dep artment. Anniversary day this year. . . Joseph Cotton (86) of New York will be the big speaker in the Floyd Robison is head of IIRobison Laboratories ll , Detroit. J ames (27) is assisting his f a t h er in New York; Stewie (w29) at u. of 1..1. work speaks for i t s el f , Fra,nk Rogers (83) is State Highway Commissioner of Michigan. His w. O. Hedric lc is still "where with all ll of the Economics Dept. Sp e.rky St arret (w26) is with the Kelvinator company, Detroit. Bill Schulgen (25) attends Chic ago Art Sctool end lives with John Keeley (w27) , a medical student a t Loyola. H. K. Gerdel (w27) is married and living in Detroit. Art Knudsen is going hot in Chicago. Married 2nd one addition. Eddie Haywood (w25) can be found at Central Fire, Ba.ttle Creek. Fat Ashton (21) drops in occasionally. Ward Andrews (20) is County Agricultural Agent at Coldwater. ~ "Meet Some of the Boys" ~~ (Jerry will now present the better side of a few of our striving students here on the grindstone) - Editor Red Hall is going to graduate the end of t his term instead of last June as we had expected. Rub~ Hancockwas elected steward to succeed MacLeod Coan. Clyne Olin was elected vice-president of Midwe s t Student Council conference a t the University of Illinois a few weeks ago. Ji m Hands, Drum Major fo r the past two years, pulled a f a st one by being married last year and keeping it secret. Del Zi mmer man was to be King of the Ice Ca rnival but the sun c ~m c out - no ice(: car ni val. Johnny VanderVeen was taken into Fhi Lambda Tau, honorar y engin eering fraternity recently . Jack Cook was taken into Tau Sigma, hon orary Lit, a.nd he is a me mber of Green Key which was just made a chapter of t he national Blue Key. Our five Scabba rd & Blade (honorary military fraternity) n en were busy last week wi t h winter term initi a tion. Clyde Olin jOined. Monty Hood had cha r ge of Acts and Novel ti es for the J-Hop e.nd they v:er e plenty go od. en ~ SPORTS (Gymnasium variety)' - (~A;:~ . Monty Hood , t wo r::bncgram basketball man and baseball p12 yer will say a word for the brothers whose at~11etic acti vi ties extend further than merely walk ing b ack and forth fro m the Club. We might add t hat Monty lost the captaincy of next year's basketball team in a tie vote t angle. 'i -4_ Varsity athletics - This ter~ we have four Varsity Club members in school: Red Hall, basketball mEl.nager; Del Zir.1IDerman, baseball and .track; Stub Cole, basketball, and Monty Hood, basketball. Pip Wenner ·.'.:1 S awarded his monogram in football this past season but has not yet "Jeen initiated. Rube Hancock has been elected captain of the hockey team for next ,( ear. lVe have tvvo men out for track, Pet er son and passink. In baseball we h3.ve Zim:~erman, Hood and Morgan. Zi rJnerman you will recall was lead off m~n in the Michigan grune last year and started the action which re sulted in an 8-5 victory for State with a home run in the first inn ing. Morgan is a sophomore pitcher with great possibilities. Hood who has just been awarded his second letter in basketball may see some act ion in baseball. Interfraternity Athletics: Interfraternity athletics are in full siV1ng and up to this time we have finished second in indoor track, fif th in indoor baseball, and second in bowling. As in former years we stand near the top and have a good chance of capturing the all-around trophy. Last year we finished second and the year before we were first. ~~"')("'\)..o a~, H~use~~mmittee 00 ~ Remember those long meetings when the boys sat for hours debating whether the swimming pool of the "new house" should be put in the base ment or r.1oved out to make way for the billiard room and servants quart ers? You know we're no longer in the old house on the campus. Red Hall our very efficient Co mmittee chairman will tell you all about it along '?Vith any new developments he has on his T:iind. Red: The question of a new house which has hung fire for the last ten years is thought will be brought to a head in the near future. The housing commi ttee :met Sunday March 13 to talk over the proposition. (See next issue - Ed) The society has been working for a new site on the campus for several years. A recent opinion of the Attorney General declared that no State property could be used for fraternal purposes. Pres. Butter field is in hopes that he will change this opinion. The society in the meantime is looking for a suitable site off the campus. It is the opinion of the present active members that a site off the campus would be more desirable than a site on the campus. There are several reasons for this: First: Practically all other fraternities have expressed themselv c as opposed to a site on fraternity row. Therefore we would be the only house on the campus in the proposed fraternity row which can only be ~ade to look attractive with a group of houses. Second: We would be too closely connected with the college. They Gould dict~te to the fraternity. Third: We consider ourselves a particular group of men. We do not wish to unify ourselves with other fra.ternities which would be the cas e if there were a fraternity row. Fourth: lhe size of the proposed lot on the campus is too small compared with "those of fraternities now building new homes. ~ ~ And That's All t' ftj ~ Next time Speculur£l will greet you with a barrel full of interest if you'll cooperate with your letters. Speculum is crying ing stuff - for suggestions, criticism and advice. Motion in order for adjournment~