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Michigan State College SPARTAN ALUMNI MAGAZINE 0012! Js, SEPT. 15, 1952 THIS IS MICHIGAN STATE MICHIGAN STATE COLLEGE October Debut Slated five Prominent Michigan Citizens Cited by College For New MSC Movie Michigan State's new motion picture, "The Widening Circle," will make its debut about Oct. 1. "The Widening Circle" tells the story of the nation's land grant colleges and the part they have played in the build­ ing of a democratic America. M. S. C, which provided the pattern for the land grant college system adopted in 1862, is used as the example. All scenes were HONORARY ALUMNI: These five Michigan citizens have been named hon­ filmed during the past year on the Spar­ orary life members of the Michigan State College Alumni Association by the tan campus and the surrounding area. M.S.C. Alumni Advisory Council, governing body of the association. Left to The picture, a 20-minute kodachrome right, they are: George S. Alderton, sports editor of the Lansing State Journal; production, was made by Wilding Picture Milon Grinnell, editor of the Michigan Farmer, East Lansing; Fred P. Warren, Productions, Inc., of Detroit and Chicago. retired industrialist of Three Oaks; Sarah Van Hoosen Jones, Rochester, mem­ Covered in the film are on-campus ber of the State Board of Agriculture; and Joseph E. Warner, Ypsilanti, long-time teaching, scientific research, off-campus dairy farmer and member of the state legislature. educational services and other college activities. The movie is especially designed for Campus Prepares for Homecoming showing before alumni clubs, high schools and colleges, civic groups and similar or­ ganizations. M. S. C. alumni clubs wish­ Celebration to Be Held October 25 ing to secure a print of the movie should A capacity football crowd, an enthus­ certain phases of alumni work this year. contact the college Alumni Office. iastic and crowded campus can be This session will be followed by an expected Oct. 25, when alumni and stu­ evening banquet, at which President C. F. Gurnham Heads dents join forces to celebrate Home­ Hannah will be the main speaker. coming. The Saturday Schedule Chemical Engineering Club Presidents to Meet The Workshop will close Saturday Dr. Charles F. Gurnham, who has For alumni, Homecoming will begin morning with a session presented by more than 20 years experience as a Friday afternoon, Oct. 24, with the Club Michigan State staff members working teacher and practical engineer, is new Presidents' Workshop. The first session in alumni affairs. head of the Department of Chemical will be presented by clubs who have Another event for alumni Friday eve­ Engineering. turned in outstanding performances in ning will be the Central Michigan Alumni Club's annual smoker which will be held The 41-year-old in the Hotel Olds. engineer comes to Alumni will also take part in the M.S.C. from Tufts On The Cover . annual Homecoming Dance Saturday College, Mass., evening which will mark the close of where he has Is the Spartan campus as it ap­ the annual celebration. headed the chem­ peared to an Abrams aerial pho­ ical engineering tographer as his plane approached curriculum for Michigan State from the East. To New Men's Dormitory three years. his left was Shaw Hall, the Stadium, The proposed new dormitory for M.S.C. Dr. Gurnham Jenison Fieldhouse and the married reported in the June RECORD will be for received his B.S. housing area. In front and to the men instead of coeds as previously an­ degree from Yale right was the main campus with nounced. Principal reason for the change, University and Gurnham buildings housing research, study according to Secretary Karl H. McDonel, master's and doctorate degrees from New and teaching facilities. Today the is the comparatively isolated position of York University. He worked with Piatt campus proper, which comprises 540 the building from the center of campus. acres, includes 130 permanent and Institute, N. Y., Whitney Blake Co., De­ On the other hand, McDonel added, its troit, and as a consulting engineer from 900 temporary buildings. Cover photo by Abrams Aerial Survey, location will be ideal for a large portion 1932 to 1948, when he went to Tufts Lansing. of men students due to its proximity to College. He has written two books on the R.O.T.C. drill fields and physical edu­ chemical engineering. cation classrooms. THE RECORD Vol. 57—No. 6 JOHN C. LEONARD, '48, Editor September 15, 1952 RICHARD J. DANDENEAU, Associate Editor ALVIE L. SMITH, Editorial Advisor STARR H. KEESLER, '41, Director of Alumni Relations; GLADYS FRANKS, *27, Recorder; FRED W. STABLEY, Sports Editor; TED EMERY, Assistant Sports Editor; JOHN MCGOFF, '50, Assistant Director of Alumni Relations; MADISON KUHN and JOSEPH G. DUNCAN, Historians; EARL C. RICHARDSON, Agricultural Editor; MRS. BARBARA CAHOON, Artist; W. LOWELL TREASTER, Director of Informa­ tion Services. Campus photos this issue by EVERETT HUBY, RAY HUBY, BOB BROWN, PAUL HODGES and JOHN RANDALL, '52. Member of the American Alumni Council, THE RECORD is published seven times a year by THE DEPARTMENT OF INFORMATION SERVICES, Michigan State College. Entered as second class matter at East Lansing, Michigan, under the Act of Congress, August 24, 1912. The Scholarship Story at Michigan State By J. ROBERT STEWART Transfer students are required to be at Director of Scholarships Michigan State one term before qualify­ This is the story of scholarships, one ing. of many campus services available to Aid for College Students the young people of Michigan. This type of financial aid differs from The state Board of Agriculture spon­ the entrance scholarship in that equal sors a large number of scholarships, attention is given to both need and abil­ grants-in-aid, awards, prizes, and other ity. The committee believes that finan­ financial aids for students who show cial aid given different students should promise in their fields. At times, aid vary according to their educational plans is based on need, or in other cases it and abilities to do outside work, and it is granted as direct recognition of qual­ is assumed that every student of schol­ ity performance. In either case, the arship caliber can and will earn a por­ State Board looks upon scholarships as tion of his college expenses. Thus, aid an investment in the future of young meets the deficit between earnings and people receiving aid, and in the future the actual cost of going to college. welfare of the state and nation. The Role of Alumni Scholarships Began in 1911 This, briefly, is the story of scholar­ M.S.C.'s first scholarship was estab­ ships at Michigan State. Through its lished in 1911 to commemorate William founders' foresight and good planning, S. Sayer, of the bacteriology laboratory. the program is helping more and more His estate granted the college $500 to Michigan young people attain a higher be known as the Sayer Prize. education. But despite appropriations As years passed, more people became FIRST DIRECTOR: L. C. Plant and generous donor funds, there still interested in financial aid to needy stu­ became the first director of the isn't enough financial aid to go around. dents, and several donor funds were scholarship program in 1921. Each term hundreds of M.S.C. students accepted by the college. In 1921 the leave the campus because of financial reasons. A number more stay on to study State Board established appropriations schools. Acting on the proposal, the State at great personal sacrifice. It isn't un­ from state funds to be used for scholar­ Board authorized the committee to award common to find outstanding students ships. Four thousand dollars were set one scholarship for each approved high working 20 to 25 hours a week in addi­ aside in a trust fund, income of which school in Michigan, and designated 100 tion to their college work. was to be awarded to the M.S.C. student additional scholarships for schools with who at the close of his junior year had large graduating classes warranting A continued and growing response to the best scholastic average. more than one scholarship. the scholarship program is essential if Plant Headed First Program This action vastly increased the num­ the best Michigan young people are to be given an equal chance at a college This scholarship was awarded by a ber of scholarships available for entering freshmen. education. Alumni play a major role in committee composed of the president, seeing that the chance is always there. registrar and deans of the various Entrance scholarship recipients are schools. In reality this was the first selected on the basis of academic attain­ Faculty Committee on Scholarships, and ment (upper 10 per cent of their gradu­ Certificate Of Service Professor L. C. Plant became the first ating class), and on recommendation of A long-time friend of alumni and committee chairman. their high school principals. There must RECORD contributor for the past 27 Scholarships at this point took on a also be indication of personal qualities of years has received top honors from the dual meaning. Donor funds were gener­ character and temperment which affords American Alumni Council. ally established on the basis of need while evidence of the applicant's ability to pro­ She is Gladys Franks, '27. She was M.S.C. scholarships were awarded for fit from higher education. honored by the American Alumni Coun­ high academic attainment. Alumni Show Keen Interest cil with a certificate of service at the Alumni undergraduate funds were ap­ The past year, M.S.C. alumni clubs Council's annual meeting held at Sun propriated in 1933. This program author­ have shown keen interest and active Valley, Idaho in July.
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