* * I DE DEE, DE DEE, DE DEE, DE VO-O-O-O-o-O-Ott 0'?5?::"1 "' ,\_- ~/ This, folks, as many vf you know, is the genuine and only 1'// Union Lit YELL, used generally to cheer our interfrat te8ms ~,lll and offered up in unison whenever I!ood Li te get together. Why hAve we used it here? Purely as a greeting, for t~e facts are we do not feel much like shcuting . For we have little progress to report on the New House over which we waxed so enthusiastic in Speculum's last issue. We have delayed this publication for t 1 0 terms hoping to have something tAngible to report but without avail. We leav~ it to our president to tell why. Our own modest opinion is that Union Lits are just naturally slow to get started but when they do get started -- toot, toot~ The spirit is there of definiteness on our local exe cutive co mmittee as to "who is who" and absence of a straightforward building program, has it would seem, blocked our progress to date. These matters, fortunately, now seem about to be clarified. Meantime let's all hope, pr ay, a~d do all we can toward seeing that we ha ve an excavator di gEing for the base- . ment on our new property at the earliest possible moment . e are sure . Only a lack Although we aren't holding any house warmings or dedicatory ex ercises we are J?leased to renort a very healthy condition within our own circle. Flrst of 811, we hpve en joyed more fellowship and association with our plumni the past half year than in any similar period within our experience. At homecoming day last June more than 60 former Lit s were vIDrine; our "1876-1927" 51 ~~ ......, ; not ably lAessrs Gur..SO !1 , Baldwin, Gould, Carr, and ._ , ---=",: l ~ ine of inf or rla t ion about A.S ma ny Li t ~ a ? we were ... _ _ _ --=::2-_ l nfor mcd a bout Clnd ha d roo :;} for ln t h l.s l ssue. Wit h your kind cooperation in volunteering "line s" FJ bout y ours el f and clFJss r:1ates, we c a n extend t h is i n our next is s ue. This wi l l be our 1 8 st e pportunity to c h eck our a dct::-esscs for public fl tion in our 19 28 Direu-t ory . Co r:r ectiuns a nd new uddresses will be much Appr e ciat e d. Not e : Those s t Rrred h nve visited us within t h e year. * Thorn Smi th (9 5): Ch e r,1.Eng ine er, Birl:1i ngh am ; Son Ro s s r:1an is A Lit. *Hod No rton (03): E .LRn sing ; sup t . AdvFlIlced Reg., Holst e in- Fresi Fl n Ass. *O.K. White (07): DeWitt; connected with StA te Dept. of Agriculture. *Fr a nk Be.rrows (12): Plymouth; wi th Dellsy Air Ri f le Co mpF.l ny . * Morris Johnson (07): Ann Arbor; District Mn n a ger for concern. *Edwe rd La ird (24 ) : Recently moved to Bir mine h am ; nurs e ry business. *Tho mRs Gunson:Only fe f.\ ture of college of wh i ch we rep ort Hno I.Jh8 n g e". *R.G. Carr (08): E.L an oi ng ; Director of County A ~r icultural Ag ents. *A.B. Cook (23): Ioni a ; Cupt. Na tlonal Gua rd; Ag . Tea c her in Hi g h Sch. *Fletcher Gould (07): Ci vil Engine ering Dep1rt ment, M. S. C. RR . J . Ca rr (0 8 ): Coun t y Ag t.,Dea r b orn; r e co-r d f o1' 2 rr.ile run s till b es i. *E . E. GBllup (00): Dir e ctor Voc 8 tiom'l 1 Educ n ti on :fo r hU c h ; Lansing. *L. P. De ndel (14): Mic h igan Mutua l Mil l eT s , Lensi n g ; (U ' ll know h im) *LLoyd Da u g h e rty (~O): Ttree Riv er s; W8S b ac k for hc:me c:o mi n g . * R . E. Housto n ( 22 ): De;)rbc r n ; was wi. th UfO *1. J. a or~ r:gtt (11 ) : Far go, N. D.; wi th N. D. 8 ta~ e c o lle g e. *L . J. Bul le:tl ( 23). Ch i c Flgc:; wi t h U8 a t 00E,me n c: ement * ~ad e Blcck ~aT ( ~4 ) MonrGe ; G188Din~ ~l£sery . * Oha s . Ri c hards l2 3 ): E ~ . rmin~h~ m ; 1Rnd5 ~ ~u e g~=d9nin~ busines s. * ~ . J . P 2tc h K It: . * E . S . Sa r lianD ( 14) : No t li8~ed i n l ast dileC ~ O rj ; *C ~pt . ~o n S ~ roh (15 ) : Enl i st ment O f f~ c Ar; 0f f i~e3 Bo o k Tower, Det. *C. J . Rous e (17): De t roit; w ~ th u s hO ~8 cclli i ng d ay & for p a rty. * J . H. C(l l dwell ( ~:O) : Li ving in G~~ and Rap i d s ; wi th u s ho r..1eco ming * Chas e Newma n (94j: Fa culty , Mi oh l gan S~ 2 te c olJege. * R. O. Var..Orde n ( 23 ): Coun-t y Engi ne e r ; loc e t ed a t HA sti ngs. * Glffo r d Pat c h (1 6) : wi t h Ext e n s i o n Dep Ar tme n t her e a t M.S.C. *::t . J . BRldwin (0 4 ) : Fead cf Extensi o n ~ep a r tm ent, lL S.C. * Fl oyd 7/ . Robi so n (98 ) Robo son 1 Bbora tori es Inc; Son Ji m is a Lit. l 17 ) ; Dir e c toT 19r~ cu ltl~~l Plibl j ~i t{ ) M i c h~gan St ate 'vV . Hann ey (00 ): N.an:lci"e.ctH.ter , G:ree:J.v~. J . le , M:i ch:.g e n l 23g 2 N.Lawn, Det. l a 3t J·u n e. :: J'.1;).8 . :Ul SJ "Lines" -continued. *WR rd A!l.drews (20): County Ag ent, ColdwRter. *O.A. Tnylor (F[lt) , cl ass of 15; Veterinary Hospit a l, Dotroit. L. M. Spencer (06): Head PElt ent Attorney, Ge!l.er8.l Jftotor s , Detroit C. R . OvlRtt (Dutch), cl nss of 16: New SugAr Beet Speci81ist here. J. G. Boyle (08): state Le gi slator fro m Buchanan. R. J. Robb (96): En~ineer; still tAllest ~8n in ERst Lqnsing. D. N. Skeels (03): Univ. of Montana; owns the ori g inal U.Lit Pin. Horace Hunt (05): Pres., F!'1r go C:ngineering Co., JG cl~son, Michigan *Frank J. Kr a tz (05): Autor.~otive Engineer located at Detroit; · 0. A. Kratz (07): City Manager, Astori a, Ore gon. G. A. Boyle (08 ): FArmer, Prarieville; 'Mer.1b er "'Ginnie" beat Albion? F. H. Wade (08): Prof. Physics and Mechanics, Lewis Institute (Benny ) . 'Chan Taylor (13): Is now "J.ll!.Hopping " in Louisville, Kentucky. IrvinR Woodin (13): Is back of "Blue-Goose" products out in C2lif. Hugh Sa lisbury (06): County Surveyer at HArt, Michi gan. Gerri t Masselink (95): Is head of Ferris Institute R't Bi g RAp ids. H. I. Gl az ier (07): Sales Manager, Natl.Fire ProofinG" Co., Youn[stown John W. Knecht (11): Supt of Construction, Grnnd Ra p ids St. R. R.s *Cameron Carruthers (23): Has big poultry plant rlt DurFmd .Brother a Li *Stan Johnston (20): South Haven Experi~ent Station. *Rlissel P CJ lmer (22):~ Chief Tester with Detroit Milk Inspection Bureau: ' *Frank Ashton (21): In Poultry business at Manchester, Michir:a.n. Harry W. Coon (21) ~ In commercial flyin g . *L. J. Rothgery (21): Lives in East LAnsinr ; still in Eng. Extension. *William C. Vinten (22): Special Eng ineer with Portlnnd Cement Assn. Loren Ross (23): Home at Xmas time. Still uith Fruit concern. *Kenneth Scott (24): With Michi p.;a n Inspection Bureau At Detroit. Dean Swift (2 <1,) : Mar ried up in Minnesota. Here in school last year. Kenneth DeGraw (25): Science Professor a t radland, Hic:hi gan *Elwood Mason (25): Tak ing up Medicine at University of Michigan Munroe Sours (25): Pr~cticing Veterina ry ~t Kalamazoo. *George Wenner (25): Living at house. With State Dept. of Asriculture . W. O. VanGiesen (25): Father of Ja mes John VanGiesen; Bill is 2nd. Lieutenant in regular army, stationed at Fort DeMoine, Iowa .. . *W. B. Matthews (25): Golf Course Engineer; 97 Newberry st., Boston Clifford C. Hall (26): Married and working for City of Detroit. *Gerald Reynalds (27): Int .Business Mochine Corr.pany; living a t Gr ~ nd f:' ljeMacLeod Coan (27): At Detroit with Int .Business ;18chine Co~ C'ny . *De1 Zimmerman (27): In Landscaping and nursery business at Traverse. * * lje * * We wish to acknowledge the recoipt of 8 very fine history of the SOCiety, written by our go od friend. and fou~de~ of "Lit", Mr. J Rkways. We beg Mr. J81":W8YS per mi ssion to publIsh his ~ccount in full as a fe a tur e of our next issue of "Specl..A.1uy.'lIi. ********':'* Out in So c i e t y We tnke this opportunity to invite 011 who can to attend our winter term forr:ml dinner dance, March 17 at the Hotel Olds. Advanue notice of your intenti on will be appreci?ted. I " ? - -- - i ~~ -- t~I]JY/­ !~~ ---.- - . ( :?(r-~ ~ I L _____ ( - =-- -.".; __ d> GREETI NGS FROM OUR PRESIDENT "Hontytl Ho od ~~ Our f oodly editor infor ms us th,t it is up to us as winter ter r.1 president, to spe Ak e few words to the elunni. I wonder if you would be interested to know p fcw fRcts n.bout the present or f!?'lnizetion rJ:lerly Columbians), the Euno f:1 i p ns?, the newly re modeled Olyrrrpics?, or even the more recent L!:)mbda Chi I S in their fine new English brick structure? To e8ch query the Answer W8S n discoura r ing- "Noll. We were pRying $2100 rent yeprly for our housinrr , yet our house W8W and is one of t:1e poorest of any here. Let IS Fet to [ ether and f.(et going . BIT S OF ~OLLEGE l')E7{S -- "Pip" Wenner Dean R.S. Shaw is agein fillinr the presidentls chair while Dr. Butterfield is p aying a visit to Jer usple ~ and the Holy L8nd r ***Our new ar mory, l~r gest and most imposinf:.' of Dll c ampus buildings, has been occupied by the Hili tpry dep 2rt mcnt since fRll term when it wa s formally opened with the Military Bryll . C:> l . Sherbourne will hepd the depC3rtment next yerH for his 7th ter m as cor.lmc.md2nt"'*':'*The Central Mic hi e-an 81urmi asso ci a ti.on presented our very sucoessful bas~{etball co a ch, Ben VanAlstyne, witt a fine ~·oJ.d w8tch nt a b('lnquet recently held in honor of our new footbRll co a ch, Hprry Kipke****A new course in Hotel M<:l na 2'e Gent under Dean John Pheln D is t .1e 1l-1tedt a ddition to our curriculu~****Tho yeRr h a s seen our music dcp8 rt '".1ent gI'Ow from a minor c~)Urse to e. rnnl'.:inr:- R_mani: the best im the COlJ.m,TY. The musi c f a culty, he2.ded by Lerds - Richa rds, soloist with diffeTent national sy rjp hony orchestras, contains two other firures n8tionally reco e;nized in the musical profession, Arthur F Br well, well known composer, and Louis Graveure. Mada rJe Schumanheink will be h'3re rr.ost of next fall teT: to f'ive personal instruction in voice .** **T~e weather bureau has moved i nto its n ew bri ck ~o me on the uestern ed ~~:e of t h e campuo, and the mu~:; deu 1 rt ment will move into the old weather stction this sp::-in/Z- . That o ld eye- sore, the music center, is to be torn down***-*OuT little ci ty h~ G b e en c: u ~mentcd t his ye a r WIth the Abbott Buildinr, occupyinf the enti r: si te of t!le former Hesperefln House and cont aininf the II state Thee tre" , severpl stores and ~ppertments****our present colle r e administr ation hAS co me in for some fire recently in re ~ard to certain of its poli ci c r Our l a test infor nation, obtained from confident tAl sources is that there pre t wo sides to every story. lJemorial A beloved Brother Passes On * ,~ * "Louis A. Bre ~ ge r, one of God's choicest noblemen~ Pure in heart, he S8V7 G:)d eV81'ywher8 . He did not I' own " a farm. No t He tilled Godis sacred soil, p;Tew Godls sR8T ed trees and. helped feed God's Children, as a humble, dili gent servant of God. " He ilJli-cated no man 's thou ghts. He devoutly studied tin God's laboratory, observed for hir.lself, formed hi s own conc l usions and never swerved fro~ his conclusions. "His paSSion for justice made his life a beacon li ght. His was the spirit of the ancient Hebrew prophets. He saw God, not only in nature, but in the hu~":tblest human beine:. "Religion to him was not a profession nor a creed, but a apiritual interpretation of the whole life. "A great, go od friend, this nobleman of God, hRS gone on to meet Him whom he so devoutly served. Albert B. Eby ("Tribute to a Friend" written on the occasion of the recent death of Louis A. Bregger, I 88, Uni a n Lit. *** "Union Lits re gret the untimely denth of Louis A. Bregger, class of '88 as the result of an accident from a falling tree which mccurred on his hone farm ne e r Bangor, Michigan, February 8th, 1928 . "Bre g3:cr was one of the best known l:1en in the SOCiety when he was a stud.ent in College and since his gradUAtion gave generously of hi3 time and tangible support to the upbuildinf; of the fraternity. For over thirty years he was the 'key' man of all the Society alumni reunions. He never failed to acknowledge his debt of gratitude t~ the men in the society Who came with him during the four years he was in the colle ge, frankly ackno\yledging he never co uld have graduated without the generous help he got at all times from them. "An untiring worker, he gave fully of his time and means to every worth while interest in life and in the giving attracted the love and respect of all who knew him. He was acti~e to the very last, both in a private and publi c way, givinG to Rll phases of his life every ounce of strength, eM8rgy and earnestness which was in him. Hi8 three great loves were for humanity, nature and service. He loved and served God in this way. -- Thomas Gunson