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• BOTTOM ROW: Dennis, (T) Detroit; Katz, (C) Detroit; McCrary, Fourth Row: Edwards, (HB) Dimondale; Lothamer, (HB) Detroit; Orr, (FB) Flint; Kutchins, (E) Hamtramck; Ketchman, (C) Battle Creek; Kle- (QB) Manistique; E. J. Sleder, (T) Traverse City; Creyts (G) Lansing; wicki, (E) Hamtramck; Armstrong, (HB) Benton Harbor; Lehnhardt, (HB) Beaubien, (FB) Flint; O'Lear, (QB) Flint; Brandstatter, (HB) Ecorse. Detroit; Allman, (E) Bay City. Second Row: Leever, (C) Ferndale; Fles, (E) Muskegon; Dahlgren, (G) Fifth Row: Smith, (E) Hamtramck; Bennett, (C) Oak Harbor, Ohio; Chicago; Wiseman, (FB) Grand Rapids; J. C. Sleder, (T) Traverse City; Jones, (G) Lansing; Knudson, (G) Chicago; Ruth, (T) Grand Rapids; Colina, (HB) Detroit; Warmbein, (HB) St. Joseph; Wilson, (G) Kalamazoo; Vanderberg, (C) Muskegon; Reynolds, (QB) Flint; Ziegel, (QB) Detroit; Brakeman, (T) Highland Park. Broome, (G) Ferndale. » Third Row Packowski, (E) Grand Rapids; Buzolits, (C) Edwardsburg; Zarza, (E) Gary, Ind.; Wismer, (QB) Port Huron; Schroeder, (T) Highland Top Row: Reavely, (T) Durand; Gilliland, (G) Gladwin; Wagner, (G) Park; Zindel, (T) Grand Rapids; Sebo, (HB) Battle Creek; Neumann, (QB) Lansing; Demarest, (G) Lansing; Williamson, (G) Muskegon; Kuhne, (FB) Lansing; Agett, (HB) Kingsport, Tenn. Pontiac; Baker, (E) Bay City; Ross, (T) Grand Rapids. MICHIGAN STATE COLLEGE RECORD Published monthly throughout the college year for the alumni and former students of Michigan State College by the M. S. C. Association. Member of the American Alumni Council. GLEN O. STEWART, Editor

Entered at the postoffice as second-class matter, at East Lansing, Michigan. Membership in the M. S. C. Association, including sub scription to the RECORD, $2.50 per year. Address all communications to the M. S. C. Association, East Lansing, Michigan. Volume 40 OCTOBER, 1934 Number 2

Victories Over Michigan and Carnegie Tech Place Spartans In National Limelight; NBC Sends McNamee to Campus

• WHILE WINNING their first three games on the 1934 was expected, with the Spartans emerging victorious by football schedule, the greatest victory for the Spartan the score of 33-20. Bachman used many different combi eleven came en October 6 when they completely humbled nations in both the backfield and the line in an effort to the University of Michigan Wolverines to the tune of 16-0. determine the best working team for both offensive and For nineteen years the State team and band of many thou defensive play. Warmbein and Sebo again starred with sand rooters have traveled to Ann Arbor each fall confident spectacular romps over the Grinnell goal line. that they had a winning football team and it was their year for victory against the many times Big Ten champions. • ON OCTOBER 13 State again completely outclassed Not until this fall did those dreams and hopes materialize its opponents when they romped over Carnegie Tech from and Coach Charles W. Bachman*s proteges issued the Mich- Pittsburgh and won 13-0. Like the Michigan game, no iganders one of the soundest drubbings in many seasons. score was tallied until the second half was well underway and plucky Russ Reynolds was on the receiving end of a State's victory was an astounding upset, for sports writers triple lateral pass, scampering over the Tech line for a thrcughcut the country slated the Spartans as only medi touchdown. A year ago when the two teams met for the ocre competition for the hard-charging Michigan eleven. first time in history, neither could score and the game Kurt Warmbein, junior from St. Joseph, who scampered ended a 0-0 tie. This year with the weather and ground across Michigan's goal line last year to score State's only conditions almost perfect, the Spartans flashed passing, points, duplicated his feat twice this year behind perfect running, and kicking skill to overmatch Carnegie more interference by his teammates. Warmbein stood out in than the final score indicated. State, threatening in every the game because of his fine passing and running. period, might easily have had two or three more touch The attack inaugurated by State completely baffled the downs, while Carnegie never seriously endangered State's highly-touted Wolverines and from the beginning Kipke's goal line. While the whole Spartan team played heads-up men were on the defensive. State threatened to score on ball, the stars of the game were Reynolds, Sebo and Warm several occasions during the first periods and three times bein in the backfield, and Buzolits, Klewicki, Dahlgren and attempted to score by the field g~al method. Each kick Zarza on the line. failed, however, and at the half with the score still tied State's only disappointment lay in the size of the crowd. at 0-0, victory seemed a leng way off. Instead of crack The athletic department, expecting a sellout, had erected ing in the second half, Bachman's men displayed the same bleachers at the south end of the field. Because of their determination as in the first half and continued their bat low prices most of them were occupied but there were many tering assault on the Michigan team. It was a valiant vacant spaces in the east side of the main stands. After Spartan squad that refused to be denied a victory over expecting a capacity crowd, the official figures showed only their traditional opponents. Early in the third quarter an attendance of between 9,000 and 10,000. State tallied with a field goal from Sebo, flashy halfback State's first national recognition came when the National from Battle Creek, who kicked from placement on the 12- Broadcasting company wired the authorities of the athletic yard line. The first touchdown came in the fourth quar department for permission to broadcast the M. S. C.-Car ter when State took the ball on its own 20-yard line and negie Tech game from the press box. Graham McNamee Don Wiseman, Grand Rapids fullback, skirted right end of national sports fame handled the description of the game for 45 yards before he was brought down by Borgman of which was released over the Blue network. Michigan. On two following plays Warmbein shot off right tackle behind perfect interference for 35 yards and SIDELIGHTS OF MICHIGAN GAME VICTORY a touchdown. • FIELDING H. YOST, Michigan's director of athletics, • STATE'S entire team performed perfectly with acting- was little disturbed by the outcome of the game. He but Captain Edward Klewicki, playing 100 per cent ball at his toned his coat and went down on the field where thousands position at end. He was en the receiving end of a number were milling about the goal posts. He grinned and said, "I of ground-gaining passes from Warmbein and Russ Rey don't blame those boys from East Lansing so much at that. nolds, quarterback. If we hadn't won from them in 19 years we probably would Coach Kipke went directly to the Michigan State dress do the same thing." ing room after the final whistle. He shook hands with Bachman and congratulated him. "Your team looked fine Kurt Warmbein gained more ground than the entire out there today—excellent!" he said. Then gloomily, "We Michigan team. He had 87 yards to his credit for the day weren't just right, that's all." Kipke praised the work of while the Michigan backfield and ends rolled up the grand Bachman, King, and Casteel highly, saying that the results total of 63 yards. Incidentally, Don Wiseman, reserve full of their coaching certainly displayed themselves in the back, had the best average. A 45-yard gallop was included game with Michigan. in the five times he carried the ball and brought his aver State's warm-up game with Grinnell college of Grinnell. age yardage to 10.6. Some of the others were: Warmbein, Iowa, on September 30, proved to be more of a battle than 4.2; Cclina, 3; McCrary, 4.2. Page 6 Michigan State College Record

Michigan State's 16-point margin of victory over Michi STATISTICS OF CARNEGIE TECH GAME VRNEGIE gan was the largest that any time had registered over STATE TECH the Wolverines since "Red" Grange ran wild against them Score I 13 0 Total first downs 17 5 in 1924. On that day Grange scored touchdowns with some First downs on passes 5 2 degree of regularity and Illinois won. 39-15. That was a First downs from scrimmage 12 3 25-point margin and never since that day has anybody Yards gained from scrimmage 276 65 Yards gained from passes 86 25 trimmed the Wolverines that decisively and few have even Forward passes attempted 14 11 come close to it. Forward passes completed 7 2 Forward passes intercepted .' 5 1 Number of penalties 7 2 Congratulations poured in from all parts of the country Yards lost by penalties 55 10 to Coach Bachman and the players of the victorious Spar Number of punts . 10 10 Yardage of punts*.. 353 419 tan eleven. Many were from persons unheard of for years, Average yardage of punts* . . . . 35 42 while others were from personal friends of Bachman. The Fumbles by . : 2 3 Fumbles recovered by 3 2 most remote point heard from was Honolulu w^here Captain *From line of scrimmage P. W. Hardie of the coast artillery is now stationed. Hardie was one of State's closest followers while stationed at the College with the R. O. T. C. Hardie cabled: "You will never Tom Ottey Heads Harriers know how happy I am for you all tonight." • WITH A GREAT majority of last year's men back in training, the State cross country team looks forward to • A FEW MINUTES before the game got under way at another successful year under the coaching of Lauren Michigan, Ccach Bachman dedicated the 1934 meeting of Brown. State's cross country team has established a pow the two teams to Ccach Miles Casteel. Mike Casteel has erful reputation in the east and has made itself very dan coached here for the past eleven years, under Ralph Young, gerous in the midwest. Harry Kipke, Jim Crowley, and he started late the after Eight veterans turned out for early practice. Those of noon before the game for Pittsburgh where he was to scout last year's team to report are Ottey, Bechtold, N. Gardner. the Carnegie Tech team. State's following opponents. Cas Hammer, Bryant, R. Gardner, Hertzler, and Dennis. Added teel stated before he left that the Spartans' chances were to these are several promising freshmen who will fight for the best he had seen in his long and successful term here. the regulars' positions. The most outstanding of these are Howard Dinsmore of Hanover; Forest Spencer. Lansing: Dick Colina, right halfback, broke his nose in the last Kenneth Waite, Jackson: J. Smith. New York city, and quarter of the game but continued to play. He is now Bath and Heeney from Detroit. swathed in bandages after having the wound opened again Tom Ottey, the greatest of distance runners, will be back in the Tech game last week-end. to help run off the schedule. He won the all-college run, the dual meets with Notre Dame and the University of Joe Buzolits, South Bend center, played a perfect brand Michigan, the State Intercollegiate, and Intercollegiate of football in both the Michigan and Carnegie Tech games. Amateur Athletic Association of America annual cross Jce watched most of the games on last year's schedule from country meet. Johnny Hammer, who has greatly im the sidelines but if he keeps playing the brand of football proved since last year, will be expected to show ability he has so far. he will solve an acute problem that the this year. In the I. C. A. A. A. A. meet last year at New coaches have been confronted with since the start of the York, he was the second to finish, and also took third season. in the Central Intercollegiate two mile run. Eddie Bech told, a junior this year, showed good form last year and Steve Sebo, Battle Creek flash, showed remarkable cool will be expected to turn in some records this year. ness for a sophomore making his start in varsity football. His field goal to start the scoring put plenty of pep in his fellow men and his running and blocking ability ranked Frosh Squad Depletes Stockroom with the best. • ONE OF THE LARGEST group of frosh gridders to STATISTICS OF MICHIGAN GAME report for fall practice answered Coach John Kobs' call this term when 130 freshmen donned uniforms. The record STATE MICHIGAN turnout depleted the freshman stockroom and started a Score - • 16 drain on the remaining varsity equipment. Coach Kob^. First downs «• First downs from scrimmage 8 who is assisted by Myrton Vandermeer, former varsity foot First downs passes 6 ball star of 1932, thinks this year's team to be the best ever First downs penalties . . .; 1 to don the freshman gear and sees a promising addition Yards gained from scrimmage 182 Yards gained from passes 98. to the varsity next fall. Passes attempted 13 The yearling gridiron schedule lists three home games Passes completed . 6 Passes intercepted by 2 and one away, the home games being played under the Number of punts 12 floodlights at Pattengill Field in Lansing. The schedule Average distance of punts* 44 is as follows: Number of fumbles 3 Fumbles recovered by. . . 3 Wednesday, October 17—Varsity Reserves, here. Number of penalties 3 Wednesday, October 24—Detroit Frosh, here. Yards lost by penalties 15 Friday, November 2—Western Normal Frosh, here. *From line of scrimmage Saturday, November 10—Detroit Frosh. at Detroit. STATISTICS OF GRINNELL GAME MATHEWS FAMILY ON WOWO STATE GRINNELL • THE MATHEWS FAMILY, called by critics "America's Score 33 20 most amazing musical family," now broadcasts regularly First downs 18 8 . Yards gained, scrimmage 280 92 Saturday noon of each week at 1:45 E. S. T. from radio Yards gained, passing 207 167 station WOWO (1160 kilocycles) in Fort Wayne. Features Passes attempted 24 16 of their programs are Master Stuart, the 8-year old prodigy Passes completed 12 6 ;, Penalties 3 2 xylophonist, and the vibraharp in request numbers. Mr. Yards lo _t penalties 25 30 Mathews graduated in '15 and Mrs. Mathews was a special Punts 6 12 student in '13 and '14. They will be glad to hear from any Yardage on punts. 186 495 Punt averages (from line of scrimmage) 31 41 M. S. C. listeners. For October, Nineteen thirty-four P«8« 7

New Radio Programs Bring College Close to Alumni

• WITH THE BROADCASTING of football games and cur native nuts, by J. A. Neilson of the horticulture de with a new studio program, WKAR, Michigan State's partment and campus news by James Quello, associate broadcasting station, has inaugurated a service over the editor of the Michigan State News. Cooperating with the air which will undoubtedly bring alumni and the state station on the programs are the State Departments of at large into closer touch with the College. A diversified Education, Health and Conservation. program of education and entertainment was begun in • FOR THE FIRST time since 1926, the entire schedule October in which many departments of the College will of football games played by Michigan State are on the participate and which will bring to the microphone the air. From the stadium in East Lansing and by special familiar voices of professors. Plans now formulating also leased wire for the out of town games, play by play re provide for an expansion of hours as well as programs ports are being broadcast. A fine response has come as the season progresses. from appreciative listeners who enjoy following the for WKAR, one cf the earliest college stations, has been tunes of a fine State team. M. G. Farleman, '28, and R. broadcasting since 1922 as a project of the Agricultural J. Coleman are the announcers who bring the games to Extension Service. With 1000 watts of power it is you. the largest station in Michigan outside of Detroit. It Another service which will be appreciated by listeners operates on the 1040 kilocycle band. to WKAR is the printing and distribution each month of The station is under the jurisdiction of the radio com the complete schedule of broadcasts from the station. These mittee of which Robert J. Baldwin, extension director, bulletins will enable listeners to know exactly when and is chairman. Other members of the committee are Dean what is to be broadcast. The bulletins will be mailed Marie Dye, Acting Dean L. C. Emmons, A. H. Nelson, H. free to any listener who wishes them and who will ad H. Musselman, H. R. Hunt, H. H. Halladay, Lewis Richards, dress a card requesting this service. and Robert J. Coleman. Mr. Coleman is director of the Tune in to WKAR regularly, get your name on the station's programs. mailing list for the printed program bulletins, when • FOR SEVERAL years a valuable and popular service you feel so moved, write the station. By following the from WKAR has been the noon Farm Service program programs from the station you will continue your close which brings weather and market reports and bulletins association with your Alma Mater. on various phases of agriculture. This program also features timely information for the farmer by members WKAR RADIO PROGRAMS of the faculty of the agricultural division. A large lis November tening audience hears these programs daily. Book Review—Friday at 2:45 p. m. The new afternoon broadcasts, scheduled at two o'clock, Campus Reporter—Thursday at 2:45 p. m. are already attracting a wide audience. Heard on these Correct Speech—Thursday at 2:30 p. m. programs are talks on foods, nutrition, clothing, the fam Economics—Tuesday at 2:30 p. m. ily and the house, given by the division of home economics Farm Service,Program—Daily at noon. under the supervision of Mrs. Amy Newberg. Dr. H. Football—Saturday at 1:45 p. m. Wyngarden and R. V. Gunn of the department of eco Home Economics—Daily at 2:15 p. m. nomics present reviews of the trend of business and in Music—Daily at 2:00 p. m. the field of agricultural economics. Entertaining and Our Native Nuts—Friday at 2:30 p. m. popular lessons in correct speech are given by Professor Spanish Lesson—Monday at 2:30 p. m. W. W. Johnston, head of the English department. J. O. State Department of Education—Tuesday at 2:30 p. m. Swain of the department of modern languages has a State Department of Health—Wednesday at 2:30 p. m. weekly lesson in Spanish. There is also a book review State Department of Conservation—Wed'day at 2:45 p. m. by J. E. Towne, College librarian; a series of talks on Tune in on 1040 kilocycles.

Amelia Earhart Heads Famous Personages Listed for Lecture Course

9 EIGHT of the country's foremost lecturers will appear by Arthur C. Pillsbury, naturalist, scientist and author, en the 1934-35 Student Lecture Course which opened Oc will close the course with his pictures of breathless and tober 11 when Amelia Earhart Putnam, world famous avia- unusual beauty. trix, appeared as the first speaker. The eight numbers At "M. A. C." before the introduction of "horseless car offer a diversified program of famous personages that is riages," the main amusement that the students looked for ward to was the advent of the lecture course and the offer educational and highly entertaining. ings cf the famous personalities thereon. If there were Besides Amelia Earhart, whose topic was "Aviation," fifteen hundred students in college, there were at least William Hard, renowned interpreter of world topics, is to twelve hundred students at the lecture and they took the speak on "Behind the News at Washington"; Dr. Emil lectures more as an amusement rather than an educational Lengyel, an authority on foreign affairs, will outline the activity. situation abroad in the topic, "Hitler and the German Situ Then, after the automobile was introduced, the students ation." Will Durant, who has appeared on the M. S. C. began visiting the "cinemas" in Lansing, attending dances, lecture course three times, will again visit the Campus and and spending more time off the Campus. The attendance this time will discuss "The Roosevelt Revolution and the at the lectures began to fall rapidly and the quality of pre Counter-Revolution." Joseph Auslander, well-known poet, sentations declined. After M. A. C. became M. S. C, the will illustrate the economic side of poetry in his subject, students either became education-conscious or were in "Poetry in the New Deal"; Cornelius Vanderbilt, Jr., one search of higher learning, for the attendance at the lecture of the most interesting and colorful young Americans, will series began to rise slowly. More funds were appropriated take the same topic of his recent book, "Farewell to Fifth in order to bring the best possible personages to the Cam Avenue." George Sokolsky, author and lecturer on China, pus and at the present time more than half the student Japan and Russia, wall clarify the Far East situation with bedy attends the lectures and it is becoming necessary to "Japan and the Eastern Problem." "Miracles in Nature" find a larger auditorium to seat the crowds. Page 8 Michigan State College Record

WASHINGTON CLUB TO ENTERTAIN Enrollment Takes Spurt Upwards O DURING A RECENT VISIT of the alumni secretary and alumni recorder to Washington, D. C, a very pleasant • THE RECEIPT of 1509 admission cards given to new dinner hour was planned by the officers of the alumni students indicates the effectiveness of the publicity cam group at the Cosmos club. Damon Spencer, '12, Ray Tur paign instituted last year by the administration and the ner, '09, Alice Latson, '09, Cora L. Feldkamp, '05, Durward students. The surprising number of enrollment cards—an Fisher, '12, Mrs. Alida Dearborn Fisher, '12, and Bob Post, increase of 407 over the total granted last year—came as '20, were among those present. Two important alumni an unexpected surprise to the faculty and State Board meetings were planned. The first was in connection with after conditions pointed to a rather lean year for colleges the coming Land Grant College meeting when the Wash and universities. ington Alumni club will hold a luncheon at 12:15 at the Professor L. C. Emmons, acting dean of the liberal arts Hotel Harrington, 11th and E, N. W., on Monday, November division, who was in charge of the publicity drive, stated 19. In addition to alumni who might attend the Land Grant that no students were urged to attend M. S. C. but the facts sessions are the delegates to the annual Country Life asso merely placed before them and the comparative benefits ciation meeting. Visiting alumni and resident graduates pointed out. who are in Washington should make reservations by call A total of 185 high schools throughout the state were vis ing Miss Alice Latscn, 13th and W. streets, N. W., phone ited during the spring sessions by groups of professors and Pot. 4220. instructors of the College. Representatives of over twenty The officers of the club are considering the changing of high schools visited the various departments of the College the annual meeting on February 21 to early in April when from time to time, and house principals of many Detroit Alumni Secretary Stewart will be in Washington attending schools were entertained during the summer. In Bay City the annual convention of the American Alumni Council. a special program was given at the request of the superin Expression was given to the showing of campus movies and tendent of schools, and Deans Anthony, Dirks, Huston, perhaps those of the Michigan victory. Giltner and Professor Richards outlined courses and spoke on the subject of "Choosing a Vocation." ALUMNI TO MEET AT SYRACUSE L. L. Frimodig of the athletic department, Professor Em • FOR THE CONVENIENCE of alumni and football fans mons, and Glen O. Stewart, alumni secretary, made a interested in seeing Coach Bachman's Spartans when they week's tour of high schools in the Upper Peninsula during meet the strong Syracuse team on November 10, plans have the spring and the increase in U. P. enrollment indicates been completed for another campus cafeteria luncheon. the effectiveness of their campaign. The home economics department of Syracuse university Other staff members making the high school tours were: will reserve a special room for the Michigan State folks and Coach Charles W. Bachman, Professor S. G. Bergquist, all who drive to the game should go direct to the campus geology; Professor M. M. Cory and Professor L. G. Miller, cafeteria. Secretary Stewart will maintain alumni head engineering: Professor L. C. Plant, mathematics; Professor quarters Friday evening at the Syracuse hotel. J. W. Crist, horticulture; Professor C. A. Hoppert and Professor A. J. Clark, chemistry; Professor R. Hutson, en tomology; Professor W. L. Mailman, bacteriology; Pro NEW YORKERS ENJOY SPARTANS' VISIT fessor F. T. Mitchell, education; Professor J. W. Stack, • JUBILANT OVER their team's first three victories, zoology; Professor C. W. Chamberlain, physics; Professor more than 100 old grads and former students visited the E. B. Hill, farm management: Professor R. H. Morrish, alumni headquarters room at the St. George hotel, Brook farm crops; Professor Amy Newberg, home economics, lyn, Friday evening, October 19, prior to the Manhattan and Professor J. W. Steward, attendance supervisor. game. Coach Charles Bachman was the main speaker at the informal gathering, while short remarks were given by Secretary Stewart, Director Ralph Young, L. L. Frimodig, mayor of East Lansing and assistant director, former Coach "Ruth Visits Margot' John Macklin, E. M. Young, '15, president of the New York IVING in the Indian village of Zuni, New Mexico, while club, N. O. Weil, '17, Charles Hatch, '15, and others. L studying the lives and habits of the Red race is the very pleasant occupation of author SUMMER PICNICS ATTRACT MANY Roy A. Keech, who was in • INTENSE ALUMNI LOYALTY cannot die when 1917 a short course student at alumni picnics are arranged for Michigan State alumni. the College. His first book The I. J. Mathews family at Winemac, Indiana, started the published is "Ruth Visits season off with a June gathering of the state-wide alumni Margot," an after-the-War group with an excellent meeting at their cabin on the Tip story for juveniles telling of pecanoe river. Secretary Stewart and Mrs. Stewart were war-swept France as seen present. through the eyes of a little The Kalamazoo county group were again welcomed at American girl visiting in the Inwood Park farm of the Bradley family on Sunday, France during the great strug August 11. George Culp, assistant alumni secretary, was gle. Mr. Keech draws on his present from the College. experiences as an American soldier in telling his story, The Berrien county folks staged a rather late summer which has been universally acclaimed by critics. picnic at the Berrien Springs fair grounds on the evening of September 20, with more than 40 people present. Secre tary Stewart was the guest speaker. Homecoming Babies to be Checked • THE WESTERN NEW YORK Association held a sum • BABY CHECKING, which last year proved very popu mer picnic at Niagara Frontier Country club, Youngstown, lar with returning alumni, will be a feature of Homecom on July 14. During the day the golfers held forth and at ing again this year. An attendant supplied by the Alumni 6:00 p. m. a basket lunch saved the hungry from starva association will check in the youngsters anytime after tion. A good visit was reported by President John Harris neon in the Home Economics nursery school, which the and Secretary C. W. Knapp, although the Buffalo folks College has agreed to loan for the occasion. There they were conspicuous by their absence. An evening meeting will be in safe keeping until claimed by parents after cf the club will be held in Buffalo the first or second week the game. of January, 1935. MAKE YOUR PLANS NOW TO RETURN

HOME-COMING SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 3

GAME M. S. C. vs. MARQUETTE

PROGRAM (Subject to Slight Changes) The habit of coming back is good; it is most significant. It means meeting once FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 2 again those old time Michigan State college 4:00 P. M.—Freshman squad practice and scrimmage. friends. . . Seeing those fighting Spartans 9:00 P. M.—Union Party, Union Ballroom—Extra fine music. in action against a formidable foe. . . . Alumni invited. Gorgeous band pageantry between halves. . . 9:00 P. M.—Varsity Club Smoker—Lansing Athletic Club. Meeting and visiting with old classmates and SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 3 former college friends immediately after the game. . . . Re-living Campus undergradu 10:00 A. M.—Cross-country Run—Varsity vs. Indiana Uni versity. ate life. . . . Clasping hands of former "S" 12:00 Noon—Luncheon, Varsity "S" men. Business session. men. . . . and other features made to order Union, Faculty Club. for M. S. C. alumni. 2:00 P. M.—Michigan State vs. Marquette—Band Pageantry. After the game walk to the playing field—visit Do you want to forget yourself for a day or your classmates around your standard bearer. two? Then visit the Campus on November 2 6:00 P. M.—Testimonial Dinner to Ellis W. Ranney, '00, by and 3. These events make you a part of the Varsity Club-—Union. College. Fraternity and Sorority dinners. 9:00 P. M.—Varsity Club Smoker—Lansing Athletic Club.

UNDER AUSPICES OF MICHIGAN STATE COLLEGE ASSOCIATION OFFICIAL ALUMNI ORGANIZATION // CLOSE BESI WINd

College spirit, that indefinable thing that does or doesn't exist at an institution of learning, is back with us in generous quantities. After an Industrious Lot—these co-eds of 1934. Assigned Reading Room at Library. absence of several years, due, it is thought, to the abolishing of traditions on the Campus, tc is with us again in full force. Pep meetings with an old time flavor are being held. Fresh Fewer in number than last year, in Freshman pots are again the order men are again wearing pets, and a spirit of spite of the increase in enrollment, of the day, say members of the sopho loyalty sadly lacking in past years seems to per were the number pledged to fraterni more class which has formed a vigi meate the at ties this fall. With the sweat box and lance committee to see that the Frosh mosphere. Led by the very rubber hose still in vogue, freshmen wear the traditional headgear. When the newcomers objected to paying veteran cheer seem harder to get than ever and what they thought to be an excessive leader, Carleton considerable sentiment is being crys- price to East Lansing merchants, Blue Spencer, a defi talized in favor of a more civilized Key, honorary service fraternity for nite program method of selecting fraternity men. junior men, purchased a large num is being carried Lambda Chi Alpha and AeTheon led ber of pots to be sold at cost. Thus out to organize in number pledged with twenty-three the last excuse was taken from the this spirit so each. class of '38 and a large number of that it may evi green hats are to be seen in East dence itself at Happy were many students, alum Lansing and on the Campus. football games ni, and members of the faculty when and other all- the East Lansing State bank an This year's record enrollment has College gather nounced its re-opening with forty- made it possible for the R. O. T. C. ings. With the rive per cent payoff on October 9. band to resume its usual proportions. students to Many East Lansingites had had a Director Falcone has between eighty large amount of money tied up in gether on the and ninety musicians in his organ east side of the the local institution since the "Bank ization this fall. Led by James Aid- Holiday" in February of 1933. stadium, organ rich, veteran drum major, the band ized chee ring made its usual creditable showing at and singing will Installation of R. O. T. C. sponsors, the Michigan game and at the two always a colorful ceremony, will take games played in the College stadium greet the Home place- this year on November 2, the so far this year. coming throng night before Homecoming. Mary on November 3. VanHalteren, East Lansing sopho Head Football Coach Charles Bach- Foil owing the more, will be inducted into the posi man, assisted by Miles Casteel and game with Car tion of honorary colonel of the entire Ben VanAlstyne, conducted a coach negie Tech the regiment, while Mary Butler, Detroit ing school in northern Michigan at band and hun junior, will become sponsor of the in Petoskey August 20 to 27. The school, dreds of stu fantry unit. Louise Collins, a senior the first of its kind to be held in dents paraded from New York city, was elected Michigan, attracted a representative thro ugh the lieutenant colonel of the coast artil group of coaches from midwestern business section lery unit, and Lorraine Salot, of De states. of East Lansing troit, will represent the cavalry. A in the first dance in Demonstration hall will fol Alumni Secretary Stewart and after-game cel low the installation ceremonies. Gladys Franks, alumni recorder, ac ebration held at companied by John B. Fullen of Ohio the College in Ten band scholarships were award State, attended a meeting of the Board many years. ed to new students this fall. The of Directors of the American Alumni The spirit of the scholarships amount to a waiver Council in Washington, D. C, on Spartans has of course fees for the first year, and September 28 and 29. Stewart, last been brought students being granted them must spring, was elevated to the position back to life have a high scholastic average. of secretary of the council. I E THE NG CEDAR //

Two local fraternal organizations joined the ranks of prominent nationals this fall when Beta Gamma became the forty-sixth active chapter College Boys Still Like to Tickle the Ivories of Alpha Omicron Pi on September 22, and the At the Union Billiard Room Ero Alphian society, established at Michigan State college in 1904, became a part of Alpha *Xi Delta on October 20. Installation of the Alpna Omicron Pi chapter was given by a team headed Plans are being formulated by Pro Dad's Day, this year a project of by Mrs. Edith Huntington Anderson, grand fessor E. S. King for a series of three the Union Board, drew a large num president of the plays to be presented by dramatic ber of dads to the Campus this year. organ ization, classes this fall. "School for Scandal," While no general meeting was held while Mrs. H. "Bird in Hand," and "Enter Madame" several fraternities and sororities had C. Nahi.n of are the plays which in all probability luncheons and the Hesperians enter West Lafayette, will be shown in the State theater tained ut a banquet at which Athletic the India na, na mding/Cedafrj this fall instead of in ' the Little Director Ralph H. Young acted as »an tional secretary, of gjreen, Theater in the Home Economics toastmaster. Speakers were Coaches cai c o n ducted the is, Sham Mater* building as has been the custom in Bachman and King, Alumni Secretary vei ceremonies for sen. .-/ Stewart and several dads. Alpha Xi Delta. late years. 8 W ' * 'i The installation Pledge buttons and ribbons are be of these two So that every senior will have a fel it echo ing worn this fall by more co-eds groups left but record of his last year in College, the He; than ever before. The Greek letter one local soror graduating class this year voted to ^ng mother, women pledged one hundred fifty-six ity, Delta Al pay two dollars, more than half of newcomers to the Campus to set an pha. On the the cost, toward the purchase of each fond mother, other hand, senior's Wolverine. Lack of finances all time record. Kappa Alpha Theta le now, several promi prevented outright purchase of a —which ycu might remember as ids the laurel nent local fra- book for each class member, the plan Sororian — pledged twenty-eight brow. t e r n i ties are used by last year's class. while Chi Omega was next in line continuing their With twenty-five. exist ence as Assistant editors and business man >NG single organiza agers of the State News enjoyed a You will miss a Michigan game, of e Bed Cedar tions. Last year, week without bosses when Charles will you? Or did I see you in the m 1 to all; two of these, the Palmer, the editor and Don Mont melee under the goal posts? What winning, Union Literary gomery, business manager, took time a way to start a year—or an era—or f|§ay football, society, estab off to attend a national meeting of an eon. Did you have to read about lished in 1876, m beaten,— college newspaper executives. it in the paper, too, before you be *e fight,— and the Ae- lieved it? Really, 'twas a great game T h e o n society, 01 News of the advancement of Lt. that we saw in the Michigan stadium, established i n a game replayed a hundred times 1915, join e d Col. Dorsey R. Rodney, commandant since. Then that victory over Car forces. Both of cf the College R. O. T. C. post, to the ;hr negie Tech played under an October these will pass rank of Colonel has just been re int when, during ceived. Colonel Rodney is in his fifth sun gave one that satisfied feeling he re' the Christmas year at Michigan State and has been enjoys when a delicious dessert is holidays, they a very popular officer during his stay. placed on the table following a meal are installed in one has been looking forward to for to Delta Chi, a Arthur Farwell, head of the theo —well, ages. We'll see you back at national frater retical department of music, is the Homecoming—we hope—on Campus nal organization author of an article, "Let Us Play," r.ever more beautiful, at a college founded at Cor in the September number of Scrib- never more enthused, to see a foot nell university ner's magazine. The author discusses ball team playing the game as Spar in 1904. the use of leisure time in the article. tans should play it.—G. A. C. Page 12 Michigan State College Record

Herrmann - O'Brien "How're We Doing?"—Farm House Boys On June 27, 1934, Beatrice M. O'Brien, '32, became the bride of • OF INTEREST to fraternity and sorority graduates may be the scholastic Richard Herrmann of Lansing. They rating of their respective houses during the past school year in comparison are at home in Lansing at 811 N. to the school year 1932-33. The collegiate ratings released from the registrar's Washington avenue. office recently show both increases and decreases in scholarship of the mem bers involved. Cheers rang out in some houses while despair reigned supreme Childers - Finch in others as congratulations and alibis joined hands in the tumult. The com Robert A. Childers and Marian plete list for the past two years follows: Finch, '30, were married March 31, 1934, and are residing in Charleston, 1933-34 1932-33 West Virginia, at 1325 A Quarrier 1. Farm House 2.997 * 1. Sigma Kappa 2.776 street. * 2. Sigma Kappa 2.831 * 2. Chi Omega 2.765 * 3. Chi Omega 2.738 * 3. Alpha Chi Omega..;... 2.702 * 4. Delta Alpha 2.655 4. Delphic 2.690 Norton - West * 5. Alpha Gamma Delta 2.632 * 5. Kapna Delta 2.654 Frank Norton, w'35, and Emma 6. Theta Kappa Nu 2.612 * 6. Alpha Gamma Delta 2.608 West, '33, were married August 9, * 7. Alpha Chi Omega 2.609 * 7. Delta Alpha 2.593 1934, at the home of the bride's par National Sorority Average 2.586 8. Phi Chi Alpha ..2.577 All-Women's Society Average 2.582 National Sorority Average 2.565 ents in Perry, Ohio. They are mak * 8. Kappa Delta 2.575 All-Women's Society Average 2.550 ing their home in Detroit at 16891 * 9. Kappa Alpha Theta 2.558 9. Alpha Gamma Rho 2.546 Wark. Local Society Average 2.548 10. Pi Kappa Phi 2.517 10. Pi Kappa Phi 2.547 11. Olympic 2.488 Warren - Winegar All-College Women's Average 2.504 All-College Women's Average 2.477 Donald L. Warren and Alice C. 11. Alpha Gamma Rho 2.490 Non-National Sorority Average. .. .2.467 Winegar, both '32, were married *12. Ero Alphian 2.483 *12. Zeta Tau Alpha 2.450 *13. Kappa Kappa Gamma 2.477 All Society Average 2.427 March 25, 1934, and are living at *14. Beta Gamma ....2.473 *13. Beta Gamma ...... 2.424 1103 State street, St. Joseph, Michi *15. Zeta Tau Alpha 2.472 14. Theta Kappa Nu 2.410 gan. Don works for the Mutual Life Non-Society Women's Average. . . .2.457 15. Delta Sigma Phi 2.387 Insurance company of New York. 16. Phi Chi Alpha 2.419 •16. Kappa Alpha Theta 2.379 All-Society Average 2.411 *17. Kappa Kappa Gamma 2.378 17. Lambda Chi Alpha 2.397 18. Hesperian 2.377 *18. Alpha Phi 2.374 '19. Ero Alphian.. 2.376 IN MEMORIAM All-College Average 2.367 20. Trimoira 2.375 19. Alpha Epsilon Pi 2.360 National Fraternity Average...... 2.368 Dewey Alsdorf Seeley, 1898 20. Delphic 2.333 "21. Alpha Phi .....2.359 Local Fraternity Average., 2.322 All-College Average. . 2.356 Dewey A. Seeley, '98, passed away All-Men's Society Average 2.306 22. Phi Kappa Tau 2.351 September 20 in the Sparrow hos All-College Men's Average 2.294 All-Men's Society Average .2.347 pital in Lansing following a long National Fraternity Average 2.292 23. Lambda Chi Alpha 2.343 illness. Non-Society Men's Average 2.289 Non-National Average 2.326 21. Hesperian 2.282 All-College Men's Average... 2.283 Mr. Seeley entered the weather 22. Phi Kappa Tau 2.247 24. Hermian 2.263 bureau service in Lansing in August 23. Eclectic 2.228 D equal25. s Eunomia1.000. n 2.242 1898. In November of that year he 24. Phylean 2.210 26. Alpha Literary 2.195 was transferred to Albany, New York. 25. Phi Delta Theta 2.156 27. Phi Delta Theta.. 2.176 The following May found him in 26. Trimoira 2.155 28. Sigma Alpha Epsilon 2.154 29. Eclectic 2.151 the Philadelphia bureau where he 27. Hermian ...2.150 Matthews -Heyman 28. AeTheoMARRIAGEn S ...2.094 80. Phylean 2.072 remained for a year before starting 29. Sigma Nu 2.071 31Simplicit. Union yLiterar markey d the marriage2.03 of2 a five year service in Chicago. From 30. Sigma AlphBentlea yEpsilo - Klinn e 1.951 Kathryn Heyman and Albert E. Mat Chicago he was transferred to Peoria, •Women. thews, '27, which took place Septem and in February 1910, he was sent A equalMr. s an4.00d 0 Mrs; B equal. J. s Fran3.000 k; C Klinequales 2.00an0 ber 15, 1934, in Lansing. Mr. Mat to East Lansing where he advanced nounce the marriage of their daugh thews is a soils engineer with the rapidly in his chosen work, and ter, Marion Sarah, '32, to Mr. state highway department. where he remained until his death. Howard Luman Bentley, '31, on Mon He taught meteorology at the College, day, September 10, 1934, at Gaylord, Coster - Kitti and in 1921 became director of the Michigan. They are making their The marriage of Clyde H. Coster, Michigan section of the United States home at 515 S. Main street, Eaton '31, and Esther Kitti was an event weather bureau section. He origina Rapids. of June 16, 1934. They are living ted the system of keeping daily at 513 Dorothy Lane, East Lansing, weather reports which was adopted Hepp - Isles and Clyde is working in Dean Dirks' by the United States weather bureau The lovely late summer wedding office on the Campus. service, and is the author of several of Karl R. Hepp and Mary Edith Blair - MacLacy bulletins which are much in demand Isles, w'30, was solemnized August Announcement has been received in professional circles. 20, 1934, in the First Presbyterian of the marriage of Florence Mac- Mr. Seeley was identified with the church in Lansing. The couple are Lacy of Sault Ste. Marie and Rowland public and civic life of Lansing and living at 319 East Grand River, East Wesley Blair, '33, which took place East Lansing. He was a member of Lansing. July 28. They are at home in Brim- the board of directors of the Mich ley, Michigan. igan Children's Aid society and of the Rogers - Bedford Social Service bureau. He was presi Of interest to their classmates is Woodworth - Jennings dent of the Kiwanis club for two the marriage on September 8, 1934, Recently announced was the mar years, an officer of the East Lansing of Curtis C. Rogers and Barbara riage of Thomas L. Woodworth, '31, Building and Loan association, and Bedford, both '34. They are at home and Mary Jennings, '30, which took an active member of the Peoples at 4132 Sheridan road, Chicago, place June 10, 1933, in Toledo, Ohio. church. where Curtis is working in the mar They are living at 8747 Dumbarton Surviving are the widow, two sons, keting and research department of road, Detroit, and Tom is a deputy Stuart W., '25, and D. Maxwell, '25, Lord and Thomas. collector of internal revenue. and a daughter, Marion, '21. For October, Nineteen thirty-four Page 13 ALUMNI AFFAIRS

1883 Moore is professor of horticulture at Announcement was made recently the University of Wisconsin and lives from the offices of the American As in Madison at 2125 W. Lawn avenue sociation of State Highway Officials .... The Nickle Engineering Works, in Washington that Frank F. Rogers, of which Frank H. Nickle is owner, state highway commissioner of Mich has a new factory building in Sagi igan from 1913 to 1929, and deputy naw, Michigan, at 601 S. Hamilton commissioner from 1905 to 1913, has street . . . . H. W. Norton is superin been selected to receive the honor of tendent of advanced registry for the the Bartlett Memorial Award. This Holstein - Friesian Association of is a distinguished honor in recognition America, with headquarters at 448 W. of outstanding highway engineering Washington avenue, Madison, Wis service and ability, the recipient be consin .... "Am still with the Los ing selected by the general commit Angeles Bureau of Power and Light tee cf the association. at 207 S. Broadway, Room 1228," Aside from his long and distin writes Frank C. Rork, and continues: guished service in Michigan, Mr. "We are very busy with various de Rogers was president of the American tails on the construction of the Association in 1925, and for many Boulder Dam transmission line which years has been regarded as one of the is supposed to be completed by 1936. outstanding highway engineers in the If any Michigan State men should United States. For years he served happen to be out this way I wish on important committees. they would look me up." .... Mary This award will be presented to Ross Reynolds, associate editor of the Mr. Rogers on Monday, November 12, Farm Journal, lives at 6105 Wayne at the annual meeting of the Ameri avenue, Germantown, Pennsylvania. can Association of State Highway Ellis W. Ranney, 'oo, onetime base Officials in Sante Fe, New Mexico. ball, basketball, and football captain 1904 Mr. Rogers will be accompanied by will be honored at a Varsity Club R. J. Baldwin, Secretary his son Fred F., '21, of Hillsdale. banquet following the Homecoming East Lansing, Mich. football game. A. R. Carter is county superinten 1890 dent of highways in Rockford, Illinois, Dr. John W. Toan is located in where he lives at 1528 Grant avenue Howell, Michigan, where he is con . . . . Sidney Johnson works for the tinuing his work among tuberculosis 1903 U. S. Department of the Interior as Edna V. Smith, Secretary patients at the sanatorium. superintendent of one of the ECW East Lansing, Mich. camps. He may be reached through 15723 Beaverland, Detroit .... Wil 1892 I. W. Bush manages the Abingdon, Virginia, office of the Edmondson son F. Millar has moved in Detroit to Albert H. Gillett gives his address Insurance company, and lives in Nor 998 Hudson avenue. as 605 East Second, Albany, Oregon, ton, Virginia, at 11 Fifth street . . . . and says that he has given up school T. P. Chase heads the engineering 1905 teaching. V. R. Gardner, Secretary Charles S. Smith manages the Ideal test section of General Motors Re search Laboratories in Detroit, and East Lansing, Mich. Power Lawn Mower concern in Lan "No change, just growing apples," sing and lives at 1601 Osborn road. lives at 26767 York road, Hunting ton Woods, Royal Oak .... Matt remarks William Bos of Byron Cen Crosby is usually engaged in special ter, Michigan .... Frank E. Man 1894 investigations as economist for the gold is an instructor in the Jefferson W. G. Wight botanizes in Palo Bureau of Agricultural Economics in high school in Portland, Oregon, Alto, California, for the United States Washington. He reports that his where he lives at 6807 N. Mississippi Department of Agriculture. sister, Mamie Crosby Mowry, is state avenue .... Kate Larned Runnels seed analyst for Pennsylvania, where is a dietitian at Beaver college, Jenk- 1902 she lives at 60 S. 18th street, Camp intown, Pennsylvania .... The Ster W. G. Armstrong of Niles, Michi Hill. He tells us that Arthur E. ling of Sterling Structural Steel of gan, is president of the National Ru Kocher is back in the United States Detroit, is Clarence D. and he lives ral Letter Carriers association . . '". '•-.. Department of Agriculture in charge in Detroit at 4372 Sturtevant avenue Myrtelle Moore Canavan lives in of soil erosion investigations for the .... Howard Yarrington lives at 1253 Boston, Massachusetts, where she is Bureau of Chemistry and Soils .... Bemis street, Grand Rapids. curator of the Warren Anatomical Captain H. Ray Kingsley, of the U. 1906 museum at the Harvard university S. Army Engineers Reserves, is lo L. O. Gordon, Secretary medical school, 25 Shattuck street cated at Fort Meade, South Dakota. Interlaken, North Muskegon, Mich. .... Lyman Carrier is chief agron Mrs. Kingsley was Mabel Downey, Lloyd G. Copeman is president of omist in soil erosion service for the w'05 .... Burton Longyear is asso the Copeman Laboratories company Department of Interior, Washington, ciate professor of forestry at Colo in Flint, where he lives at 1416 Cal D. C, and travels considerably in rado State college, Fort Collins .... umet street .... Flint is also the keeping step with the projects now Samuel W. McClure lives in Erie, home of Winnie Tyler Harris, 210 under way in the country. In between Pennsylvania, where he is assistant West Ninth street .... Gilbert and trips he is at home in Clarendon, division engineer for the New York Mildred Matthews Hebblewhite live Virginia, at 16 Clifton street. Central railroad .... James G. in Lansing at 500 N. Chestnut street. Page 14 Michigan State College Record

Gilbert has been a registered C. E. Dr. Howard A. Orvis is with the Pub where we have been for the past since 1911 ... . Mrs. Fred R. Scobie lic Health commission in Winnetka, twenty-five years. We have one son, (Florence Case) gives her address as Illinois. He and Mrs. Orvis (Harriet George M., who is a senior at M. S. 619 Huron. Berlin, Wisconsin .... Angell, '06) live in Winnetka at C. this fall, and another son, William Ernest F. Smith is an engineering 467 Linden street . . . .Ropha V. Pear- V., entered as a freshman. Our third designer with the C & O railway in sail, civil engineer, has offices at 1003 son is staying at home to take post Richmond, Virginia, where he lives Heartwell building, Long Beach, graduate work and help push the at 4810 Hanover .... Kelley P. California, where he lives at 2595 farm work so he can enter M. S. Smith's farming near Baldwinsville, Lime avenue .... W. M. Rider should C. next year. There is still a ten New York .... Gertrude Peters Van now be addressed in care of the bu year old daughter whom we hope to Home (Mrs. A. R.) lives at 219 New reau of milk publicity of the Depart keep at home for a time. The boys Scotland avenue, Albany, New York ment of Agriculture and Markets, have been enthusiastic enough about . . . . Charles A. Willson, dean of Albany, New York .... A. E. Rigte- M. S. C. to persuade a cousin, Mary agriculture at the University of Ten rink is manager of the BiSodol com Louise Welles, to go to M. S. C. She nessee at Knoxville, was a Campus pany of 130 Bristol street, New Hav is a sophomore there this year. So visitor September 10. His latest con en, Connecticut .... Walter H. Small if you all do as well by good old tribution to the field of agriculture is vice-president of Barnett McQueen M. S. C. it will flourish. There is no is a new book, recently published, company of Fort Williams, Ontario, better proof that we believe in our entitled "Arithmetic in Agriculture where he lives at 1408 Ridgeway Alma Mater." and Rural Life." His oldest daughter, street . . . . G. S. Valentine is with 1910 Margaret, was graduated from the the Great Lakes Steel corporation Mrs. Minnie Johnson Starr, Secretary University of Tennessee last spring, and gives his address as 14832 Wood- SI7 Madison Aye., Grand Rapids, Mich. and his younger daughter, Charlotte, mont road, Detroit .... Edythe War L. T. Burritt gives his new address is registered in the same institution ren teaches in Clayton, Michigan. as 85 Brooks avenue, Rochester, New this fall as a freshman. York. . . . Monroe P. Carleton has 1909 offices at 3237 Book Tower building, Olive Graham Howland, Secretary 1907 Detroit, in behalf of the Life Insur George Brown, Secretary 513 Forest Ave., East Lansing, Mich. ance company of Virginia, and branch George A. Bignell may be reached East Lansing, Mich. manager is on the door. . . . Los Herbert R. Beckwith works for the in care of the U. S. Forest Service at Fresnos, Texas, is headquarters for J. I. Case company in Syracuse, New Safford, Arizona .... Myron R. irrigation district No. 6, and Irving York. His local address is 408 Brattle Bowerman engineers for the Alliance Gilson manages the district. . read .... Mrs. A. S. J. Eylar (Calla Machine company of Alliance, Ohio, Charles Lemmon, of 606 University Krentel) superintends the rural and lives on Route 1 out of Home- avenue, Syracuse, New York, has schools of Bona Ana county, New worth .... Briggs Clark lives at 3125 been under the weather but is point Mexico, and lives in LaMesa .... N. E. 40th avenue, Portland, Oregon ing his recovery efforts toward at Hugh I. Glazier moved to Dallas, . . . . Z. E. Colby gives his address as tending the State-Syracuse game in Texas, in July, and opened the Gla 2216 Delaware boulevard, Saginaw, Syracuse on November 10. Gesund- zier Business Equipment company as Michigan . . . .Zoe McConnell Edger- heit, Gesundheit. . . . Alonzo Miller an agency for the General Fireproof- ton (Mrs. P. R.) lives at 152 E. Sta is an engineer with the McClintic ing company's line of steel office dium avenue, West Lafayette, Indiana Marshall corporation, 25 Broadway, furniture. He lives in Dallas at 7014 . . . . B. F. Kindig is superintendent New York City. . . . James L. Shaw Casa Loma avenue .... Cremora of Concord schools in Elkhart, Ind manages and propriets the Commer Alexander Kinney gives her address iana .... Frank J. Morisette is gen cial Coal Sales company in Portland, as 3221 W. 27th street, Los Angeles eral master mechanic at the Dodge Oregon. .... 10743 Calumet, Chicago, will Brothers Joseph Campau street plant. 1911 reach Cass A. Lamb .... Captain He lives in Detroit at 5814 Haver James ft. Hays, Secretary Louis J. Lampke is stationed at Fort hill J. Harry Nelson's brag 213 Bailey St., East Lansing, Mich. Oglethorpe. Georgia, with the 22nd ging about Janet Helen who arrived Evelyn Kopf Barnes (Mrs. G. M.) Infantry .... Emma McKee Mur- March 19, 1934. "Nelly" is serving lives in Washington, D. C, at 69 Ob dock (Mrs. C. E.) has for her Los his tenth year as mayor of Bay City servatory Circle. ... J. G. France Angeles address, 3825 W. 28th street and was a candidate this fall for the county agents in the southest-westest .... A. A. Towner dickers with Republican nomination for county county in the United States, and chemicals fcr the Red Star Manufac treasurer. To date we haven't heard would like to have M. S. C. visitors turing company, and lives at 1512 whether or not he was a successful register in his office in the Cham Park place, Wichita. Kansas. candidate .... Charles J. Oviatt is ber of Commerce building, San Diego. manager of the Sheridan Creamery France reports that Eulalia Belle Al 1908 company of Sheridan, Wyoming . . . ger, '13, is a most successful home Harry H. Musselman, Secretary Mary Allen Phillips may be reached demonstration agent in the same lo East Lansing, Mich. in Flushing, Long Island, New York, cality Charles N. Frey directs Miles Bleech is road salesman for at 138-15 Fifth avenue .... Perry the Fleischmann laboratory in New the Smith Winchester company of Schad manages the Industrial Mutu York City, and lives at 45 Cambridge Jackson, Michigan. His home ad al Association's auditorium in Flint, road, Scarsdale, New York. . dress there is 1306 Mound avenue where he lives at 2413 Adams avenue Marion, Michigan, is the home of .... Lieutenant Colonel Kelly B. Reese Taylor's been discovered Margaret McClung Gibson (Mrs. A. Lemmon is at the U. S. Army recruit out in Portland, Oregon, where he's D.). . . . Attention of B. W. Keith! ing office in Omaha, Nebraska, where living at 25 N. E. Meikle .... J. R. George Dewey lives at 311 W. 25th, he may be reached at 418 S. 38th ave Thoenen lives at the Cosmos club in Corvallis, Oregon. nue Herbert Marsh is profes Washington, D. C. Thoenen is se 1912 sor of physics and dean of men at nior mining engineer in the U. S. C. V. Ballard, Secretary the University of Redlands, Redlands, Bureau of Mines .... J. Sloat Welles East Lansing, Mich. California .... Frederick J. Nichols writes from Elmira, New York: You'll find one familiar spot in is credit manager for the Edward W. "Arvilla Voss Welles (w'12) and my Lansing, Sam Beck's clothing store at Sparrow hospital in Lansing . . . . self are still farming at Welles Farm 112 N. Washington avenue. . . . Her- For October, Nineteen thirty-four Page 15 G-E Campus News

Wednesday morning the cartons wTere transferred to a Pan-American Airways ship at Miami for the hop across the Caribbean to Kingston, Jamaica. From there, they were flown directly to Aruba in a specially chartered plane. They arrived Saturday morning, just six days after the order had been received by General Electric. STONE-THROWING ROMEOS J.A.H.Torry, Union College, '11, and G. H. Magner, The engineers of the General Electric Company Acadia College, Nova Scotia, '09, of the Inter have been asked to solve some unusual problems, national General Electric Company, Inc., made but never before have they had to work against the arrangements for filling the order. Cupid. This is how it came about: Some of the swains who did their courting in parked cars along certain lighted roads in New England found that the lamps crimped their style. With simple but destructive logic they decided to extinguish the lamps with stones. Their aim was so good that repairmen of the utility which serviced the lights could hardly keep up with their depredations. Finally, G-E illuminat FAT SPARKS ing engineers were called in to design a fixture to The artificial lightning boys have beaten natural foil the stone-throwing Romeos. These engineers lightning in one regard, at any rate. Engineers in produced a cast-aluminum guard, which looks very the General Electric high-voltage laboratory have much like a baseball catcher's mask. It protects the produced discharges of a quarter of a million am lamp, and at the same time helps to concentrate peres, which is greater than the current of any direct light on the roadway. lightning stroke yet recorded. This current is dis charged at a pressure of 150,000 volts. Just as natural lightning, with amperage almost as great, destroys that which it strikes, so does the laboratory discharge; and just as natural lightning is accompanied by thunder, the laboratory bolts have their ear-splitting crashes. A copper wire a tenth of an inch in diameter is completely vaporized. A HURRY!HURRY! similar piece of iron wire is '"exploded," the remain A flood had crippled three important electric ing ends continuing white hot for several seconds. motors in the refinery of a large oil company on the A section of reinforced concrete is broken into bits. island of Aruba, 50 miles north of the coast of The handle of a silver-plated ice cream spoon van Venezuela. The plant had to be shut down until new ishes with a shower of sparks, leaving behind only coils could be installed. Losses caused by the shut the bowl discolored by the heat. down ran into thousands of dollars a day. An order These engineers were the first to produce 10,000,000- for the coils and word of the refinery's predicament volt artificial lightning discharges, and they are con reached General Electric in Schenectady, N. Y., tinuing their studies through these high-current on a Sunday morning. Work began immediately, and discharges, in order to find better means of protect by dint of night shifts and a great concentra ing electric distribution systems. K. B. McEachron, tion of efforts, the two-and-one-half-week job was Ohio Northern, '13, Purdue, '20, M.S., is director completed in three days. The 808-pound shipment of the laboratory, and associated with him in these of coils, conveniently packed in small cartons, wTas tests are: W. L. Lloyd, Rennselaer Polytechnic In flown in a chartered plane from Schenectady to the stitute, '18; J. L. Thomason, U. of Idaho, '29; G. D. Newark airport, where it was transferred to an Harding, U. of Arizona, '29; and J. R. Sutherland, Eastern Air Lines plane bound for Miami. On Yale, '29. 96-71DH GENERAL if* ELECTRIC Page 16 Michigan State College Record

bert Bemis is Standard Oil company's manager in Davenport, Iowa, where he lives at 205 Fernwood avenue. . . . Harry E. Bone gives his address as Reed City, Michigan. ... Alfred Iddles is vice-president of the United Engineers and Constructors, Inc., of Detroit's 1401 Arch street, Philadelphia. . Earl Sanford works for Uncle Sam's forest service in Ogden, Utah, as as headquarters for sistant in forest management. . . . graduates and Harry Schall's manager of the Ben nett Motor company in Charleston, undergraduates South Carolina, where he lives at 62 Montague street. . . "Same job, for * > » which we are thankful, science teach er and raisin rancher," writes J. H. •Luxurious dining-rooms Tibbs from Fresno. California. J. and lobb ies make ideal meet H. and Mrs. Tibbs (Hannah William ing places for both young son, '11) have two children, Mary and old classmates. Elizabeth, recently graduated from high school and Mark entered in his sophomore year. . . K. D. and May /Always the home c Herbert VanWagenen live in Basin, Wyoming. Mrs. VanWagenen and visiting athletic teams. her son stopped in at the Alumni Office this summer and got into /^ popular coffee shop touch with some of her college friends. . . . Clarence J. Whitacre and a beautiful dining room is employed as a sales engineer for featuring luncheon concerts the Motor Wheel corporation in Lan and dinner dancing. sing. He gives his address as 17509 Santa Barbara drive. Detroit. « « » » Atnd for those who stay 1913 overnite there are most at Robert E. Loree, Secretary Fas1 I sntnq M ch. tractive rooms with soft,sleep- Herbert G. Clothier supervises inspiring beds at no more rural rehabilitation under the Emer than the cost of an ordinary gency Relief Administration in Long- view, Washington. ... Martin De- hotel. Glopper is executive secretary for Aggregates Producers. 2511 Book RATES FROM building, Detroit. . . . Virginia Crafts $2.00 SINGLE Finlayson (Mrs. J. D.) lives at 2121 $3.oo DOUBLE E. 26th street, Tulsa, Oklahoma Guy V. Fox is internal revenue agent out in Shawnee, Oklahoma, for the U. S. treasury department. . . . Dana C. Hammond lives at 78 Inwood place, Buffalo, New York, and is connected with the Great Lakes Portland Ce ment corporation .... Charles S. Lord is with the Chrysler corpora tion in Detroit where he lives at 3102 Lakewood boulevard. ... Frank and Imo Morrow (w'16) Sandhammer live at 1610 Salzedo, Coral Gables, Florida. 1914 Henry E. Publow, Secretary Fast I ansing, Mch. HOTEL Robert B. Kellogg, Jr. is piant engineer for the Potomac Electric Power company in Washington, D. C, DETROIT1EIAND and lives in Alexandria, Virginia, at 412 Mt. Ida avenue . . . Lee Kennedy MOST CENTRALLY LOCATED AT is manager of Home Electric, Inc., CASS AND BAGLEY AVENUES of 96 N. Saginaw, Pontiac, Michigan. . . . F. R. and Hazel Cook ('16) Ken- ney are now living in Washington, DETROIT D. C. at 4209 Ellicott street N. W. O. M. HARRISON, Mgafg , Kenney is agricultural economist in the division of program planning, AMPLE PUBLIC PARKING SPACE AAA, Department of Agriculture. For October, Nineteen thirty-four Page 17

. . . Glenn and Minna Baab ('13) a mechanical and industrial engineer Myers live at 17350 Mclntyre, De for the E. C. Home Machinery com troit. . . . Pauline Creswell VanTine pany there, representatives of the (Mrs. C. H.) gives her address as Jeffrey Manufacturing company of 2325 Lawrence avenue, Toledo, Ohio. Columbus, Ohio. ... As president of ... J. Wade Weston is seed special the Green Bay, Wisconsin, Philatelic ist for Louisiana State university at society, O. W. Olson worked for a A thrilling, luxurious cruise Baton Rouge. United States commemorative post on a world-famous ship, visiting a score of age stamp for their tercentenial fascinating ports in many far-ilung coun 1915 celebration and Green Bay was tries ... 85 never-to-be-forgotten days by Rolart W. Sleight, Secretary honored by being made the only Laingsburg, Mich. Round the World President Liner . . . for first day city in the United States George W. Cochran's got himself a as little as $810 First Class. when the Wisconsin Tercentenary place to grow fruit near Gardners, stamp was issued. And here is the best part of all. You may Pennsylvania. . . . Louis A. Dahl re stopover if you like, and as you like, in any searches in chemistry for the Portland 1917 or all of the countries of call. (Your ticket Cement association in Chicago where Mary LaSelle, Secretary he lives at 5315 Glenwood avenue. 420 W. Hillsdale St., Lansing, Mich. . . . H. I. Davies has moved to 20 George Butler's on the staff at N. Summit street, Ypsilanti. . . . Northern State Teachers college at Rouno Walter G. Hildorf's chief metallurgi Marquette, Michigan. . . . August cal engineer for the Timken Roller 15 was an anniversary for Captain THE Bearing company in Canton, Ohio. Harry L. Campbell, 5th Corps Area He lives there at 1708 Vassar avenue headquarters, Fort Hayes, Columbus, N. W. . . . The cavalry major at Ohio. It marked the completion of WORLD Room 1040 U. S. postoffice building, seventeen years of service for him Chicago, is none other than William which began with the termination H. Kasten. . . . Harold F. Klein con of the first training camp at Fort tracts for landscaping at 206 Wabeek Sheridan, Illinois, in 1917. Captain building, Birmingham, Michigan. He Campbell has been helping with the and Mrs. Klein (Beulah Harris, '18) CCC camps since their beginning. . . . Sirius is the dog-star, most live on Beach road in Birmingham. FIRST C1RSS . . . Mrs. Harry Lennox (Ruth Beebe) brilliant of the stars of the first may be reached at Box 115, Chloride, magnitude, and is found in the Canis Arizona. . . . Frank H. Prescott broke Maj^r constellation, but Lieutenant into headlines lately when he became L. K. Cleveland, of the U. S. navy, president and general manager of may be found on the U. S. S. Sirius, Delco Products corporation in Day New York City. . . . Bernice Horton ton, Ohio. Fowler (Mrs. W. R.) pursues her housewifely duties at 901 W. Grand 1916 River, Williamston, Michigan. . . . Herbert G. Cooper, Secretary On July 1, 1934, C. C. Fry was ap 1208 Olds Tower, Lansing, Mich. pointed assistant professor of psy Thomas B. Dimmick works for the chiatry and mental hygiene at Yale AAA as regional assistant in the university .... You will find Manuel Champaign-Urbana, Illinois, district. S. Tarpinian at the Physicians Ser He lives in Champaign at 1005 S. vice laboratory at 512 Francis Palms Sixth street. . . . Walter and Ruth building, Detroit. . . Sidney Taylor's Tibbs ('17) Gorton live in Washing- with the Stroh Brewery company at ten, D, G, at 3411 29th street N. W. 909 East Elizabeth, Detroit. Walter is Ordnance Captain in the Processions wend through Shanghai streets Army .... Frederick Hagadorn has 1924 two creameries, one in Raymonds- Mrs. Joseph Witwer, Secretary ville, Texas, and the Golden Jersey 764 Burroughs, Plymouth, Mich. allows you two full years.) Visit ashore or creamery in Edinburg, where he A neatly lettered card from Ken make sidetrips . . . then continue on the makes his home. . . . Leland Jen neth Barron indicates that he is a next or a later of these liners that sail even- nings is district manager for the draftsman for the Chevrolet company week from the Pacific Coast, via Hawaii and Home Owners Loan corporation in in Flint where he lives at 124 W. the Sunshine Route or from Seattle via the Saginaw, Michigan. . . . J. M. John Jamieson. . . . Oscar Behrens, after son is assistant manager of sales for serving as secretary to the mayor of Short Route, to the Orient—thence, fort the Rotary Electric Steel company Minneapolis for some time, is now di nightly, on thru the Suez, Round the World. in Detroit, where he lives at 16604 rector of relief for transient and Ask your travel agent about this and LaSalle boulevard. . . . Alice Smalle- homeless people in Minnesota. His other go-as-you-please President Liner gan McLaughlin (Mrs. H. C. M.) lives address is 801 Sixth street S. E., cruises . . . between California and New at 4 Reynolds road, Trichinopoly, Minneapolis. . . . Ress Boyle is em York (and back, bv sea or rail), and round- South India. Her husband is ployed by Western Electric company trips to the Orient. Or sec any of our offices executive officer of the Trichinopoly in their equipment engineering de municipality, a post under the local partment in Kearny, New Jersey. He in Chicago, Cleveland and other principal self-government department of the lives in Fanwood at 32 Third street. cities. Madras presidency in South India. . . . Mrs. Charles Brand (Donna . . . Hewitt Miller has for his new Baert) lives at 631 Prospect avenue address 3450 Kite, San Diego, Cali S. E., Grand Rapids. . . . Harold and D0LLBR fornia. . . . Bessie Halsted Millbrook Leah Stoll ('23) Foulkes are living (Mrs. R. H.) and her husband run at 1910 S. Fifth avenue, Maywood, Steamship lines and the Millbrook Printing company in Illinois, where Harold engineers for Detroit, and lives at 5132 Fischer. the Public Service company of North . . . James L. Morse lives at 1263 ern Illinois. . . . John R. Harney is nmERicnn Ogden, Denver, Colorado. Morse is a veterinarian in the employ of the mail Line Page 18 Michigan State College Record

United States Bureau of Agricultural Economics at 641 Washington street. New York City. He lives in Wood bury, New Jersey. . . . Harold Harr's interested in chassis engineering in HOTEL Service For the special equipment division at the Dodge truck plant in Detroit. He lives in Detroit at 4181 Haverhall. You, Too! . . . Hugh Shadduck has moved in SYRACUSE Chicago to 6428 Greenwood. . . . SYRACUSE, N. y. L. Leigh Smith is "resting on his laurels" at 1010 Monterey road. Glen- -4i>" dale, California. . . . Harold J. Wil kinson inspects for the Michigan In spection Bureau in Detroit where he lives at 9437 Stoepel avenue.

OU can have the same 1925 Y service on collegiate Frances Ayres, Secretary merchandise as college stu East Lansing, Mich. dents. We strive to give Buell A. Doelle assists the prose service to students, faculty cuting attorney in Wayne county, and lives in Detroit at 1653 Calvert ave and alumni alike. The Book nue. . . . Lloyd J. Conkel has moved Store is the college people's to 415 Kelly avenue, Wilkinsburg, own store, handling text Pennsylvania. He continues as a books, books of current lit salesman for the Westinghouse Elec erature, student supplies, tric company. . . . Mrs. Carl Hausler stationery, jewelry, felt (Irma Rupp) gives her address as goods and novelties marked 529 N. Porter, Saginaw. . . . Anne Heyman collaborated with Dr. M. Headquarters for with the college seal. H. Soule in an article appearing in Michigan State Alumni Perhaps you have intend a recent issue of the Journal of Tropi cal Medicine and Hygiene, an English ed buying a new book on 600 large, comfortable rooms, each publication. She will also have a with bath, servidor and circulat:ng history, fiction or biography special article in the Octcber issue for your bookshelf. We can of the Western Journal of Surgery ice water. save you money. and Gynecology Obstetrics. Anne RATES: received her degree from the Univer Single from $2.75 A postal card will make sity cf Michigan, and is living in Double from $4.50 our service yours. Lansing at 533 Seymour street. FAY B. MARENESS, Manager 1926 R. H. Riggs, Secretary _~djf }$*.- East Lansing, Mich. William Comstock is married and Gregory Mayer & Thorn Co. living in Grandville, Michigan. . . . Albert Deline's a truck farmer in St. Blankbooks Louis, Michigan, with 217 S. Franklin The State College for his local address. ... The Con Loose-Leaf Devices sumers Power company in Cadillac Lithographing and Engraving keeps Warde Hagadorn busy super Book Store intending. He lives in Cadillac at Office Furniture EAST LANSING 117 Holbrook street. . . . Floyd A. and Marguerite Kaechele ('27) Har Stationery Printing "Always at the Service of the per are making their home in Ithaca, Students and Alumni" New York, where Floyd is assistant Lansing prcfessor of marketing at Cornell Phone 28812 234 S. O.pitol university. . . Lieutenant John D. Hawkins may be reached in care of the Infantry School at Fort Benning, Georgia. . . . George and Martha Ladd CORYELL NURSERY Students and Alumni C32) Kuhn are living in Trout Beautifying Hone Grounds a Specialty Always Welcomed Creek, Michigan, where George holds 200 Acres of Beauty forth as superintendent of schools. R. JT. Coryell, '84 Ralph I. Coryell. '14 . . . Charles and Pamelia Lott ('29) Edward H. Laird, '24 Millar are raising their young son BIRMINGHAM - - MICHIGAN to be an athlete. The Millars live in MVRPS Lansing at 813 Buffalo street. Charles is soil surveyor for the conservation LANS INC ANP i • k EAST LANSING department. . . . Richard Curtis Munn VW CANT LEAVE PISSATISFIEV arrived September 1, and he and his three-year-old brother Robert Leland ART HURD, Prop. and their parents, the Leland Curtis Munns live at 5775 Haverhill, De Hats — Haberdashery — Clothing troit, HOTEL OLDS Lansing's Social Center

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