"And over here is an opium pipe donated by a former judge in Lansing. I walked into the office one day a while ago and there it was, stuffed inside a paper bag with several syringes, some heroin cooking equipment and an autographed baseball." The speaker is Val Berryman, MSU curator of composed primarily of natural history artifacts. historical artifacts. The opium The hearse was part of the contents of the pipe is now stored across the aisle from an Chamberlain Warren Museum in Three Oaks. It - Indian tobacco pipe shaped like a was run by family that made its fortune in vagina a and right next door to a corset stays and when the bottom fell out of that spring - loaded mechanism with a blade once used to market, the entire collection was donated to MSU. puncture human arms for "medicinal The Chamberlain - Warren donation began a purposes." flood of gifts which forced the museum to open Hanging on the wall amid all this is a a storage area in the stadium. Under the wreath woven and knit of human hair. supervision of Berryman, the storage area has been changed from a cluttered The above items are trivial and heap of rubble in interesting 1966 into a well - ordered museum in its own artifacts in the bulging storage area of the right today. museum. Located in the east The collection's contents wing of the span a wide range of stadium, the storage area holds 90 per cent of the time, geographical area, and interest, from plows museum's collection. used in Michigan in the 1840s to a small cubicle "We try to rotate the collection as used to carry Pakistani brides in often as the 1960s. possible," Berryman said, "but there are many While the collection contains artifacts that have never been old Mastodon tusks and 100,000 year - displayed and Roman clay lamps from possibly never will unless we get a larger the time of Christ, many of the artifacts relate to museum. (Continued on next page) "Since we cannot display that much," he continued, "we try to make the collection available to classes, grade and high schools with locked exhibit cases, as well as dormitories on Underground campus. The theater also makes great use of almost everything except costumes, glass, and china, which are almost never loaned." Upon being appointed curator of historical artifacts in 1966, Berryman immediately began putting the storage area in order. Each piece in Museum the vast collection has been numbered and cataloged according to donor, the location of the artifact's origin, the period in which it was used, and as much pertinent information as is possible to obtain. The museum as it now exists was started in - 1952 with the donation of a hand drawn hearse with a - carved, horse By David Bassett trap - door in the bottom. Up until that time, the museum's collection was 'it ctZf 4TS*,*-' Z>r///r/A/# fell out of the (Continued from previous page) more recent Michigan and midwestern history. Closet after jammed closet is filled with costumes dating from 1820 to the late 1940s, a complete line of fishing reels dating back to the early 1900s, and the entire contents of a 1890s barbershop. Leaning against the walls are bicycles from the time of Grover Cleveland, plows used when Andrew Jackson was a child, and manually - powered sirens and gas masks from World War II. A 1900 Detroit Jewel stove looks almost modern beside an 1840 pot - bellied variety. Sewing machines of stark simplicity stand in front of rusty blacksmith's tools. Row upon row of brass beds, dressers, and baby cribs line the upper level of the 18,000 square ■ foot area. The northeastern end of the area is a maize of cubicles crammed with the old and the ancient, the useful and the curious. An Indian arrowhead from Berrien County is placed beside an Indian phallus - symbol from southeastern Michigan, kitchen tools beside office • equipment. "That suitcase was donated by Lawrence Hardy, a former State News staff writer in the late 1940s," Berry man said of a battered decal - covered metal satchel. "It got so banged - up in 1946 when Hardy was hit by a car while hitch - hiking down to Florida." One of the strangest pieces in the storage area is a rotting, worm - holed chunk of wood donated by the daughter of an MSU alumnus. "It's supposedly a portion of the body of the Mayflower," Berryman said, "but I have doubts regarding its authenticity." One of the most recent additions to the collection is a 23 foot - long Alaskan birch - bark canoe in practically mint condition. Like the rest of the collection, it was a gift given by friends and MSU alumnus. Berryman said that one of the biggest problems of the storage area is a lack of insurance. He said the MSU "simply could not afford to insure the contents." While housed in the concrete confines of the stadium, many of the artifacts are highly flamable. The 100 - yard long, 40 - foot wide area contains no burglar alarms, no sprinkler system and no fire extinguishers. Berryman said that the priceless value of most of the artifacts further complicates insuring. The museum is presently attempting to acquire medical artifacts as the result of the addition of the medical school. Berryman said that the museum wishes to build - up the medical collection so that it will be possible to gain an historical perspective of human medicine. A plea Photos by J. H. Wilner concern relating Val Berryman inspects shelved bottles, a transport for Pakistani brides and aged chairs stashed in the Museum's stadium storeroom. !Jf!i!iJfJi!!ffi II III PMU Truck drivers, champagne, and cherries By Mark Lang Associated Press WASHINGTON- The big bosses of having an interest in any matter pending before America's trucking industry feasted on him." rock Cornish game hen and cherries In an interview, Stafford said he sees no conflict between his order to commission jubilee and were soothed by 20 strolling employes and his personal acceptance of meals at violinists and regaled by comedian Victor industry meetings. Borge. "My order does not prohibit employes from At the head table wined and dined attending general functions," he said. "My and concern is with entertained for free sat George meetings aimed at specific individuals or groups. As for general invitations Stafford, chairman of the Interstate or speaking engagements, we must accept these." Commerce Commission, the agency ICC information chief Edgar B. Hamilton Jr., responsible for regulating the truckers. who travels with Stafford, said attending the It was the annual convention of the American industry meetings is part of the commissioners' Herney in 1967 accepted the hospitality of a jobs. railroad company for two days and three Trucking Associations at the posh New York nights for the stated purpose of Hilton on Oct. 21. And it was the latest in a "They pay their own travel expenses, their own inspecting rail facilities hotel between San Francisco and Portland. series of meetings at which ICC officials are bills," and them file for government courted by interests under their jurisdiction. reimbursement, Hamilton said. "There's no way Charging that "the commission has permitted to pay at these flagrant violations of its canons and Travel vouchers on file with the ICC show that banquets . . . it's not like the waitress the order of the President," subcommittee chairman since becoming chairman Jan. 1, Stafford has comes around and puts a check by the plate." accepted a score of invitations, spending 33 days Stafford spoke to a morning session at the Rep. Torbert H. Macdonald, D-Madd., said: "The acceptance of either traveling to or from or attending industry ATA convention, them stayed for the luncheon hospitality from the because, Hamilton said, "he couldn't address a industry, while at the same time employed in an gatherings. official capacity in Other commissioners shown traveling at group of this size and then tip his hat and walk making rules affecting the government expense to industry functions are out." industry, is obviously contrary to the public interest." Donald L. Jackson, who was gone 18 days; Dale Hamilton also went to the ATA convention but The hearings W. Hardin, 10 days; Rupert L. Murphy, 17 days said he did not attend the luncheon with Stafford. brought the resignation of the ICC's executive and John W. Bush, 7 days. "In my case it would have been secretary, H. Neil Garson, after wrong and it disclosure he had submitted "I do not expect to pay for food when I would have been freeloading all over the place, expense claims to the government for convention tabs attend these functions," said Stafford, who is but he was officially actually paid representing the agency." by industry groups. moving to fire one of his hearing examiners for Asked why, then, Mrs. Stafford attended the After such criticism and violating the ICC's Canons of Conduct by luncheon, Hamilton said, "They merely invited disclosures, the ICC issued strongly worded accepting food and entertainment from parties in her out of memoranda against close courtesy." social contacts with Stafford said it is common interests it regulates and a proceeding before him. practice for the In a Aug. 13 memorandum notifying all commissioners' wives to attend the conventions began investigating its own employes. commission personnel of the action against the "and we always handle these One of the memoranda warned staff members expenses out of our examiner, Stafford wrote: own pockets." against accepting travel or other expenses from "I, as chairman, wish to impress upon you that At the luncheon, which was hosted by General groups sponsoring conventions and advised that Section 14 of the Canons of Conduct prohibit an Motors Corp., it was announced that only those who could contribute most to such every woman conventions would be allowed to attend — and employe from accepting meals, refreshments, present was being given a solid gold other forms of entertainment from or social charm depicting the skyline of New York. only as long as necessary to perform their official association with any person representing a party Asked two days later whether she functions. got one, Mrs. Stafford said, "What convention? Oh. I didn't Travel vouchers show that chairman get Stafford one, I don't know anything about it." made a five - day trip to Honolulu last February to attend The hearing examiner which the ICC is meetings and address the Regular Common Carrier Conference. moving to fire is Bernard J. Hasson Jr. of The next month, the documents Washington, who says the Civil Service show, he Commission bounced the returned to Hawaii to address the case back to the ICC Western last month and ordered refiling because the Highway Institute, and to attend a meeting of the Hawaii Truckers in Honolulu — and was complaints are too vague. gone Hasson's attorney, Sheldon I. Cohen, said his from Washington for four days. client is not accused of On two trips Commissioner Jackson claimed no taking bribes or being prejudicial —only with accepting entertainment. expenses for food or lodging — although ICC The closeness of the ICC with interests under its policy statements say: "All personnel of this commission traveling in an official jurisdiction has been criticized often by capacity on consumer commission business shall pay all groups and members of Congress. expenses for travel and other necessary subsistence incurred Hearings last summer by the investigative subcommittee of the House Commerce by them and shall seek appropriate Committee disclosed that from 1966 reimbursement from the commission's through budgetary' 1969, expense vouchers were submitted by 43 funds allotted for such purposes." hearing examiners indicating transporation and Jackson said he sometimes accepts free meals hotel accommodation had been received at "when I've been speaker. At those times no I've expense to the government. assumed I'm not going to be required to pay for - the meal and could in all Testimony also showed that Commissioners propriety have my K.:nneth H. Tuggle, Willard Deason and Paul J. lunch or dinner." Not long arter chairman Stafford's memo Aug. 13 warning against accepting meals, refreshments and entertainment from interests having business pending before the ICC, the Cartage Exchange of Chicago, an association of truckers, held its annual golf outing. The next issue of a Chicago publication, Truck Trends, devoted a full page of pictures to the outing, including some showing at least two ICC officials, Andy Montgomery and Roger Buchanan, sitting at tables laden with food and drink. One caption said: "Uncle Sam was well represented at the gold outing . . ." Another stated: "It pays to mix with the industry, and the ICC follows the good rule .." . MEMO To: All Section and Department Committee Staffers From: Administrative Board Re: Executive Hiring Practices We are sure that you are familiar with the deceivingly simple secondary measure. If an Satire report compiled by Section 3 of the impatient applicant has somehow managed Personnel Dept. entitled "Optimum to gain access to the inner office, he will Executive Profile for Central Services." certainly be weeded out when he is by You will recall that the most desirable informed that he came to the wrong place. traits of the potential executive at C.S. If the applicant David successfully completes Clay were determined therein to be patience, the primary stage, he will then be restraint, creativity and self discipline. instructed to report for a physical to the These in addition, of course, to the desire Medical Services Extension. It is there that to become a part of the Central Services he receives the final and most team. comprehensive part of the examination. As Traditionally, qualifications for soon as he enters the building, he is placement in this firm have been confronted by a nurse (actually a Testing determined by personal interview, college Services employe): "This is a urine analysis records, aptitude tests and the like. These test," she informs him, "take this beaker criteria, as we know you are aware, give fair into the booth in the next room and fill it results as to the abilities of the applicant, exactly to the red line. You have 90 but, as we know you will agree, are seconds." sometimes rather vague in defining Again, a deceivingly simple test. To fill the individual as a whole. And after all, at such a beaker exactly to the red line C.S. we're dealing with human beings, not requires, as we're sure you are aware, a machines! Section 3's report suggested to great deal of restraint, especially within the Dr. Mueller of Department III-A Section 4 90 second time limit. If the beaker - comes the need for more comprehensive executive back filled in excess of the red line, we testing procedures. Dr. Mueller, as we all automatically know that the applicant does remember, .is renowned for his book not have the self discipline required for "Yonkers: Psycho - social Aspects of a the job, and similarly, if it is returned Modern Community," with which he deficient, the applicant does not display shocked the world by proving that nearly the desire and determination required. 72 per cent of Yonker's population did not fit into the community structure. Dr. Mueller, now as a member of the C.S. team, has recently succeeded in devising a series of tests along the lines of his famous Now this test also requires a great deal of ingenuity and creativity, because once inside the booth, the prospective employe realizes that the beaker provided him has a ft "Yonkers" tests which will not only hole in the bottom. Therefore, in addition to completing a task which, as noted above, determine an executive applicant's abilities, is already difficult, he must rely upon his but, in fact, his person as a whole. We own inventiveness to devise a method are sure that you, as a member of the by Central Services family, would be which to halt the liquid from being interested in knowing exactly how future deposited upon his shoes and the Medical teammates will be selected. Therefore, we Services Bldg. floor (Engineering Section will briefly outline the procedures staffers look into this). employed in Dr. Mueller's ingenious tests. Thus the successful applicant has proved The first test is actually administered himself capable of a staff position without before any of us at C.S. even see the answering a single question, and in the applicant. The prospective executive enters process consuming only 90 seconds of the Personnel Center and takes his place in Company time! We are sure that you'll line behind the others at the outer office. agree that Dr. Mueller is to be The man that enters the inner office will be congratulated. His effort should certainly a patient man indeed, because the secretary stand out as an example of the kind of will only call in one applicant every three thinking that has made Central Services hours! If the applicant hasn't left after what it is today and what it will continue standing in line for three hours, he to be. certainly has displayed the patience Apart from this development, let us note required to be a C.S. executive; and at no the promotion of employe 307 of Section cost to C.S. To guard against a fluke in this 7 from Keypuncher to Senior Keypuncher. system, Dr. Mueller has also devised Congratulations. Bob!