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i 1111 i 1111 i 1 i i 11111; 111! 111 nun 1 run 1 \ \\ 11111 n in 11111111; 11! 111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111 The M. A. C. RECORD Established 1896 Published for the alumni and former students of the Michigan Agricultural College by the M. A. C. Association. Published weekly during the college year and monthly during July, August and Septem­ ber; thirty-fhe issues annually. Membership in the M. A. C. association, including subscription to THE RECORD, $2.50 per year. Unless members request a discontinuance before expiration of their memberships it will be assumed a renewal is desired. Checks, drafts and money orders should be made payable to the M. A. C. Association. Entered as second class matter at the post office at East Lansing, Mich. ROBERT J. MCCARTHY, '14, Editor. THE M. A. C. ASSOCIATION 3 Faculty Row, East Lansing, Mich. OFFICERS—1924-25 Frank F. Rogers, '83, Lansing, President Arthur C. MacKinnon. '95, Bay City, Vice-President Lutlier H. Baker, '93, East Lansing, Treasurer Robert J. McCarthy, '14, Secretary

EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE Members elected at large Henry T. Ross, '04, Milford, Mich., Term expires 1925 Clifford \V. McKibbin, '11, East Lansing, Term expires 1926 G. V. Branch, '12, Detroit, Term expires 1927 W. K. Prudden, 'j8, Coronado, Calif., ex-officio Harris E. Thomas, '85, Lansing, ex-officio E. W. Ranney, '00, Greenville, ex-officio

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NORTHERN OHIO WESTERN PENNSYLVANIA llllllllllllllllllllll HIM 111111 i III111E i I UI I!I! 11 i 11MI! 11 ^THE M. A. C. RECORD VOL. XXX. No. 29 EAST LANSING, MICHIGAN MAY II, 19.25 WORK RUSHED ON MEMORIAL BUILDING Final Efforts Being dp-plied to Have Structure Ready for Alumni Day and Commencement Use; Details of Program dtwaii Decision on Completion. In a final effort to have the Union providing a solution of the problem of Memorial building ready for use before the serving such a group with a minimum of close of the present college year, contractors cause for complaints. The checkroom will are spurring their employees to more in­ be a haven for troublesome raincoats and tensive application to the task at hand. It umbrellas and following the reunions each is the completion of the finishing touches year there can be a sale of what is left over on such a structure, with the multitude of for the benefit of the building fund. This detail and the great variety of trades em- will not apply, however, to the nursery ploved. which takes time, patience and tact which some of the younger classes might on the part of all concerned. This week establish to relieve their membership from work was begun on the permanent floors family cares while they celebrate the big in the building and will probably be well occasion. along before the close of another week. It is possible that some arrangements may Equipment men are already at work getting be made to allow for regulation class din­ in connections and making all preparations ners being held in the building. In any for the installation of such pieces as need event this will be an assured feature an­ plumbing and wiring connections or special other year and will serve the added pur­ platforms. The interior of the structure is pose of centralizing these affairs so the a maze of water and steam pipes, ventilat­ participants need not separate from their ing ducts and conduits for electric wiring. friends in other classes in time for the There is a good chance that the building dinners and not have an opportunity to re­ will be ready for use by June 15 so that it join them later. can be in running order for Alumni Day, Nothing definite has been settled thus far June 20. By that time most of the impor­ but it is a possibility that the president's re­ tant sections will -be ready for use and ception will be held in the ball room of the alumni back for the day can make the Union Memorial building on the evening building their headquarters with the com­ of June 20. The gymnasium has proved a fort of conveniences never before offered. more or less satisfactory place in the past It is regretable that the present financial but the accommodations offered in the new program does not allow for completion of building so far outnumber those available the hotel rooms which are always in such at the gym that, if it is available, it will demand around East Lansing when former undoubtedly be used. students return in large numbers. Further details of Alumni Day are still As a center for alumni the Union Mem­ in the making. Many of the final arrange­ orial building will provide a place, not ments depend to such a great extent upon hitherto available, where they can register, whether or not the building is to be ready meet their friends or rest at their pleasure. that they arc being delayed until that part It will be a rallying point, permanently lo­ of the program is a certainty. President cated for the classes and will accommodate Rogers has appointed J. D. Towar, '85, the crowds at the alumni luncheon from chairman of the committee on arrange­ its own kitchen with the assurance, at ments but has not as yet announced the least after it gets into settled operation, of other members. It is promised that the Page 452 The M. A. C. Record speaker of the day will be well-known and strong at rehearsals. Since the proof of excellently equipped to formally inaugur­ the pudding is in the eating the only way ate the use of the new building. There to definitely determine the capabilities of is still the matter of the baseball game to the participants and the merit of their per­ be decided but it will probably be a regula­ formance is to be in on the celebration. tion clash of the alumni and undergraduate This is a simple thing to do, just make forces on the afternoon of Alumni Day. friends with the owner of a good receiv­ ing set or show your conviction that your MAY 13 ONLY CHANCE own is capable of doing the things they told you it could when it was installed. TO HEAR PROGRAM Either way be on the listening end May 13 at 8 o'clock, eastern standard time. The This constitutes final notice that the op­ wave length is 285.5 meters. portunity for alumni to tune in on the spe­ cial radio program to be broadcast by ROOMMATES OF '09 WTvAR on the evening of May 13 starts promptly at 8 o'clock, eastern standard SUCCESSFUL ENGINEERS time and will not be repeated there, there will be seventy-five minutes of information Justin McDevitt and Prank Webb, both and celeb-ration for the lucky ones who ad­ graduates from the engineering division just their headphones or turn on the loud with the class of 1009, and roommates speakers at that time, for the others there have gone their own ways for the past six­ will be blank disappointment. teen years but their paths are converging In addition to this special attraction the for tfiey find themselves in the same terri- favorites of a hundred programs the Pas­ torv and successful in the same line of time Players, will start the evening festiv­ work. McDevitt is in the general building ities at 7:30 o'clock promptly and will offer and contracting business, Webb has been in a program of popular music. This will that type of work but has confined himself seiwe as the introduction to the heavier of late years to the construction of roads part of the scheduled events. There will and bridges and general engineering rather be additional music by the varsity quartet than contracting. in the course of the program and Presi­ McDevitt is a member of the firm of dent Butterfield and President Rogers will McDevitt-Fleming company and has been declaim for the benefit of the unseen mul­ handling large construction jobs through­ titude. All who hear the program will live out the south. Webb has likewise estab­ happily ever after, those who miss it will lished his reputation in the erection of have a wain regret to contend with for the buildings through that section. He has rest of their days. As is remarked else­ built several of the largest sawmills in the where. May 13 is the day on which the region with the cost running into hundreds name of the College undergoes a more or of thousands of dollars. He is now engin­ less radical alteration ( depending entirely eer for Manatee county, Florida, and in upon your viewpoint) and this occasion that capacity has charge of large projects. will give rise to remarks appropriate to the As a member of the firm of Kirby and importance of the day. Webb with offices at Branden, Florida, he Rather and Hays are all set for their has an extensive practice in all types of part in the program, the former has been engineering. He is now engaged in prepar­ living on a diet of dairy products and the ing plans and specifications for a bridge to latter has been emulating the gentle kine connect two of the famous Florida keys. and chewing alfalfa as well a< preaching it. It will be 700 feet long with a twenty foot Both are in the be>t of condition and going roadwav.' The M. A. C. Record Page 453

dergraduate work, and Bell Farley, '22, is continuing some advanced work. Detroiters' Doings Friends of G. V. Branch, '12, will be pleased to hear that an operation for gall­ State will be on the air in earnest on stones has improved his health and his re­ Friday night May 8. Besides WKAR, the covery is quite satisfactory, even though college station, Detroiters are to have a he is not yet getting out. part in the first Intercollegiate program to be broadcast from WWJ, the Detroit News. Karl Hopphan, '09, of the Hopphan SEATTLE ASSOCIATION School of Music, is scheduled for two solo IN ANNUAL MEETING numbers, as State's contribution to the pro­ gram. Notre Dame alumni are bringing The Seattle M. A. C. Association met an orchestra and other groups are provid­ March 27. me following report is from ing variety for the program. the newly elected secretary, Emma B. All college men in and around Detroit Barrett, '03: will unite for the annual Intercollegiate I wish to report that the Seattle M. A. baseball luncheon on Saturday, May 16. C. Association is still in existence. Al­ More than 80 colleges and schools are ex­ though our number is small, we are as pected to be represented. Judge Kenesaw loyal and as interested in the happenings M. Landis, high potentate of baseball, will on the Campus as other association nearer be the guest of honor while other famous home. We are anxious to get in touch in the baseball's rollcall will add their bit with all new comers to the northwest. to the festivities. State will have the March 2- the Seattle M. A. C. Associa­ Swartz Creek band to hold up its end of the tion spent an enjoyable evening helping Mr. program. The luncheon will be held at the and Mrs. John Dunford, '02, celebrate in Hotel Statler at 12:30. After the speeches their new home. Mr. E. M. Shelton, '71, the throng will parade to Navin field to gave some interesting stories of the early witness the opening class of the season be­ days on the Campus, before the street car tween New York and the Tigers. Tickets days, when the boys walked from Lansing for one or both events can be secured from to the college. Geo. Olson, '23, told stories F. O. Foster at the main branch of the De­ of the college as it is today. troit Creamery. Pasteboards for the lunch­ Officers were elected for the year: Presi­ eon cost $1.75 each and for the ball game dent, Miss Bernice Campbell, '20; secretary $1.40 per. and treasurer, Miss Mary Adelaide Smith, 3 "By George"' they're here. Yes, both of ° them—George Irvin and George Arnold, Those present were: E. M. Sheldon, '71, , 22>. They're working the ice cream de­ and Mrs. Sheldon; John Dunford, '02, and partment of the Detroit Creamery and liv­ Mrs. Dunford; Mary A. Smith, '03; R. F. ing at the Plotel Fairbairn. Hell, '05; Bernice Campbell, '20; Frank Alumni in and around Detroit should YYeyeneth, '20; Heldah Adamson Wey- keep their ears open for announcement of eneth, '23 ; Marian Laidlaw Sorenson, '20, the big picnic to be held this June. The and Mr. S. Sorenson; Geo. Olson, '23. board of directors has been whispering Excalibur, honorary Campus organiza­ about something of the kind and the secret tion, has elected to membership the follow­ may be out in a week or so. ing: R. PI. Riggs, '26, Flint; Harry Wake­ The Merrill-Palmer school on East field, '26. Bad Axe; D. R. Haskins, '26, Ferry avenue has four representatives of Grand Rapids; J. D. Baxter, '26, Detroit; State this term. Doris Redmond, Ruth R. H. Powers, '26, Hartford; C. H. Palmer and Gladys Hubbard are doing un­ Boehringer, '25, Bay City. Page 454 The M. A. C. Record

VIEWS AND COMMENT

Anniversary week inaugurated hv Presi­ general recognition of this important fea­ dent lhitterheld this year is an articulate ture of the educational program. expression of the spirit which has guided May 13 witnesses the birth of the Col­ the College—that of cooperation with the lege in a new sphere shorn of the handicaps people of the state. This time the request of its past history. It witnesses the in­ for an exchange of confidence between the auguration of a policy of justice to all of industries of Michigan and the officials its students, it witnesses the beginning of of tlie College does not limit the conferees a sym netrical growth along the lines speci­ to representatiyes of agriculture, although fied in its charter. Old graduates say that they are included in the list. The meetings it was not an agricultural college in the of this week are manifestations of the days when that was supposed to be the only principles of tlie Morrill act "to educate the type of instruction, that in those times agri­ industrial classes in tlie several pursuits cultural training was given through labor - and professions in life.' in the fields, that it is only comparatively There is a decided fitness in the selection recently that scientific agriculture has been nf the date of May 13 for the opening of brought to the front at the same time that these conferences. On that day the name vocational training along other lines was of the College is officially changed to in­ inaugurated. To say that the College is dicate its character and purposes and forsaking any of its duties, slighting any through some of these meetings its desire of its responsibilities, or changing its func­ to be of service can be carried to those tions in the smallest detail because of the whom it is fitted to serve. change in title is to exhibit a marked lack of knowledge of the laws under which it It is the thought of one alumnus, at operates. That it is entering upon a new least, one lias expressed himself in that day on May 13 is a certainty but the new vein, that the change of name will alienate dav means a broader, more satisfactory ser­ those who received their diplomas under vice to the people of the state and to the the former name. This is of course the students and alumni. purest fallacy; Those who received their diplomas before [909 were not cast aside when the title was altered at that time. a Rather than alienate a single alumnus the A three-fold opportunity is presented to new name will draw closer to the College the alumnus and former students this year. familv those who have completed courses On Alav 13, he, or she, can hear a special other than agriculture and have felt that program broadcast by the College radio sta­ they were outside the fold. Aside from tion. VVKAR. ()n May 30 or June o he, or the consideration of its effect on some she. can return to the Campus with a load alumni the change of name will have a of prospective students and be assured of much greater affect on the attitude of the sufficient entertainment for the day; oil people of Michigan. It has hitherto been [tine 20, he or she, can return to the Cam­ difficult to convince industrial leaders of pus and see the new Union Memorial the slate that the College produced good building in operation and enjoy the con­ engineers, unless they had had the good veniences it will offer as well as take con­ fortune to be associated with an alumnus siderable pride in the fact that it is the from that division. With the new name product of alumni effort, it is a fruitful and the discussions scheduled for the week year for the alumni and one fully as fruit­ of May 13 1 he re should be much more ful for the College. The M. A. C. Record Page 455

"Close Beside The Winding Cedar''

A. C. Carton, '89, has been offered a Dr. Herbert Freundlick, specialist in col­ position on the federal deep waterways loid chemistry at the Kaiser Wilhelm in­ commission. stitute in Merlin, will address the College branch of the American Chemical society P. G. Holden, '89, addressed the convo­ on May 18. cation on April 29 and urged the proper guidance for man's efforts. Students of geology are taking trips to points of interest about the state where L. K. Greenamyer, '28, Lansing, has been they study rock formations, evidences of appointed to the L\ S. Naval academy and the glacial period and other examples of will report at Annapolis in June. the work they have been getting in the Faculty and. student art work is being classroom. shown this week in ( )lds hall as an attrac­ Howard C. Rather, '17, farm crops ex­ tion for anniversary week visitors. tension specialist, has been appointed chair­ man of a committee to have charge of cer­ Captain Philip \Y. llardie, C. A. C, now tification of seed potatoes. J. W. Weston, stationed at Fort Monroe, \'a., has been '14, is a member of the committee. assigned to the military staff at the College. Personnel of the College staff and lead­ Representatives of college V. \V. C. A. ers among the students were interviewed organizations throughout the state met for during the past week by research students a conference at the College on May 8, 9, as part of a survey of colleges and uni­ and 10. versities being made by the Institute of Convocation on May 6 was featured by Social and Religious Research. a program of vocal and instrumental selec­ A loading platform is being built on the tions presented under the direction of the east side of the dairy building so that College music department. space used for this purpose inside the Miss Myrtle Maguire, who was for some building may be available for the use of time an instructor in English in the voca­ the department which is already exper­ tional guidance courses at the College, iencing a shortage of room. died in Florida, April 11. Construction will soon start on an addi­ "Her Gloves" a three-act comedy was tional greenhouse in connection with the presented by Theta Alpha Phi, dramatics new horticultural building. This structure organization, in the little theater of the will be 60x32 feet. A bulb cellar and coal home economics building on May 5. pit will also be added to the present build­ ings devoted to horticulture. There will be competition in twenty classes at the third annual horse show on In recognition of their four years of ser­ May 29 and 30. This affair is conducted vice in the College band the following by the military department in cooperation seniors have been awarded miniature gold with a committee of Lansing men and drums: R. H. Applin, East Tawas; G. W. representatives of the College, according Bradt, Vpsilanti; K. L. Burt, Fremont; G. to Captain W. C. Chase. Proceeds will be D. Gamel, Lansing; G. K. Miller, Milan; turned in to the uniform fund of the Col­ M. E. Newark, Lansing; E. A. Richmond, lege band to provide the musicians with Battle Creek; H. F. Robinson, Milan; M. dress attire when it has reached sufficient Sours, Elk Rapids; F. R. Wightman, Fenn- proportions. ville. Page 456 The M. A. C. Record LEGGAT TELLS OF AUSTRALIAN BUSINESS Engineer Investigating Market for American Automobiles Writes to Dean Bissell On His Viezv of the Situation; Finds Time to Dig Up a Task for Agriculturists In a letter to Dean G. W. Bissell of the and how to destroy it as well as create it. engineering division, John Leggat, '15, re­ The prickly pear particularly offers great cords his impressions of Australia as a opportunities and a small fortune to the market for American automobiles. He also one who can find a way of killing it or finds time to unearth a few tasks for the even preventing its spread. They claim agricultural graduates. The letter follows: it is spreading over new areas at the rate "MyDear Mr. Bissell: of a million acres a year and I don't know "On rare occasions I have come back to but that some M. A. C. student might in­ me a request which you made of the grad­ terest himself in research along the lines uates of the Engineering Class of 1915. As suggested. I know it is somewhat out of I remember it was a request that each of the line of engineering but it is a very in­ u> write you at intervals to let you know teresting thing to me and as it is a big what we were doing and how we were problem an M. A. C. man could possibly getting un in this world. be found who would tackle it. "I trust there are not many like myself "To get back to things more intimately who have let the intervals be stretched in­ touching on my own life, I might say that to years, but when >ome of us get tied up 1 have been with an automobile manu­ to a position with one firm over a period facturing company in Detroit for the past of years, I presume we have a feeling five years, having served as a designer ex­ grow upon us that everyone knows that we perimental engineer and. for the past three are connected with John Smith and com­ years as the service engineer, my duty be­ pany as we have been with them so long. ing to follow up the complaints received However, we at times encounter some little from our distributors and dealers and to thing which makes our minds wander bark make recommendations to our sales and to our Alma Mater and those who guided engineering departments on advisable us thru our undergraduate days. At least changes. such an encounter happened to me and I "We have been shipping cars to the Aus­ decided it was time to write. tralian market for the past three years and "I am out here in Australia making a it was thought that it was time a factory survey of the automobile market and try­ representative called upon the trade out ing to ascertain what the Australian con­ here and learn what we could about Austra­ ditions are likely to demand of us in the lian conditions. 1 was fortunately selected " future. In traveling from Sydney to Bris­ for the trip. bane 1 was impressed with the great neces­ "I find the market out here more highly sity of better railroads and railroad engin­ competitive than it is in the United States eering in this country and for some reason because not only do we have all the cars or other ray thoughts went back to some made at home but we have the cars made of my classmates who took up civil engin­ m Continental Europe and Great Britain as eering, while a conversation which I had well and they are getting to be quite a with a fellow passenger on the train re­ factor. They have us beaten on gasoline garding the four great pests the ranch men economy but so far they have been produc­ and farmers have to contend with (Din­ ing cars suitable only for city use. Their goes, rabbits, white ants, and prickly light construction, small engines, and nar­ pear) make me think of the opportunity row tread make them undesirable for coun­ before those who have studied plant life try use here but the manufacturers in The M. A. C. Record Page 457

Europe and England are waking up and acted as toastmaster. Professor Gunson bringing them out with the standard tread and Mr. A. M. Brown gave some very de­ and on account of their reputed greater lightful reminiscences of M. A. C. Hon. ' gasoline mileage they are attracting no Grant Hudson and Hon. John Ketcham re­ little attention, particularly as the Austra­ sponded to toasts. lian papers are continually preaching 'Buy The officers for 1925-26 are: British Goods'. President—C. A. Reed, '05. "With gasoline retailing for 65 cents a Vice President—R. R. Pailthrope, '13. gallon, we will have to keep step with them Sec.-Treas.—Cora Feldkamp, '05. or lose the field. However there is an ' item which they still have to take into con­ The following were present: Mr. and sideration and that is power to drive the Mrs. Thomas Gunson, Mr. and Mrs. A. M. cars over these roads. The roads are most- Brown, Pamela Brown, Mr. and Mrs. H. • ly trails out in the back country where the C. Skeels, Dr. and Mrs. Wm. A. Taylor, bulk of automobiles are sold and the small Mr. and Mrs. L. H. Dewey, Mr. and Mrs. European 7-9 horse power machines will C. A. Reed, Mr. and Mrs. C. P. Close, Mr. be at a decided disadvantage when it comes and Mrs. C. A. McCue of Wilmington, to negotiating the sand hills and heavy Del., Mrs. Dayton Gurney, Miss Ruth muddy roads. Pickett, Mrs. Pickett, Lee Hutchins, Mr. and Mrs. Pailthorpe, Marian Normington, "The market for autos is very brisk out Air. and Mrs. Arthur Adelman, Mr. and here just now. The farmers and stock Mrs. E. W. Brandes, Hon. and Mrs. John raisers have just had their second succes­ Ketcham, Dr. L. G. Michael, Mr. M. A. sive abundantly productive year with ex­ Crosby, Hon. Grant Hudson, Mrs. Roy ceptional prices and the result is that there Waite, Mr. and Mrs. D. A. Spencer, Mr. is a great spending wave about the coun­ and Mrs. Roy C. Potts, Mr. and Mrs. C try. We are getting our share of the busi­ G. Woodbury, Mr. and Mrs. G. H. Colling- ness but under present conditions the larger wood, Miss Florence Hall, Miss Edna American cars are running away with the McNaughton, Mr. and Mrs. W. H. Quil- greater aggregate sales. liams of Benton Harbor, Michigan, Miss "I trust the information regarding the Cora L. Feldkamp, Mr. and Mrs. P. W. Australian automobile market will not Mason, Mr. and Mrs. I. J. Fairchild, Mr. bore you too much but as this part of the and Mrs. H. B. Hendrick, Donald Mac- world is going to develop into the best ex­ Pherson. port market we have, all of us in the auto­ motive industry are very much interested. You will therefore pardon me if I have FINAL INVITATION written of a subject not entirely of an engineering or technical nature." TO ALL ENGINEERS Dean Bissell extends his invitation to REED IS PRESIDENT engineer alumni and former students to at­ OF CAPITAL ALUMNI tend the following meetings on May 13: 2 :3a p. m.—Address by Dean Anson The M. A. C. Association of Washing­ Marston, Iowa State College. "The Land ton, D. C, held its annual banquet at the Grant Act of 1862 in Respect to Engineer- Grace Dodge hotel, February 28. ing." Professor and Mrs. Thomas Gunson of 8 :oo p. m.—Address by Dean Andrey A. East Lansing, and Mr. and Mrs. A. M. Potter, Purdue University, President of the Brown of Schoolcraft, Michigan, were the Society for the Promotion of Engineering guests of honor. Education. "Present Tendencies and Prob­ H. C. Skeels, president of the association lems in Engineering Education." Page 458 The M. A. C. Record

Doherty, Detroit, third; distance, 117 feet <; RECORDS LOWERED inches. Two-mile run—M. YVarriner, Detroit, first;" IN DETROIT MEET Willard, second; Harper, third; time, 10:20 Although Detroit City college won the 7-10. honors in the first outdoor track meet on Broad Jump—Alderman, first :Zimmerman, second.; Dolierty. Detroit, third; distance, 22 feet the season on College field, its victory over (> 1-2 inches. the varsity was by a margin of nine points One-mile relay—Won by Detroit City college and to compensate for the defeat Coach (Pauschert, Lampman. Brown and Blanchard); Young'.-, men turned in some remarkable time, 3 :34 0-10. performances. There was a wind across the track which will prevent the record GAME CONCLUDES becoming official at the College but Alder­ FOOTBALL PRACTICE man was timed in 21 seconds in the 220- Spring football practice was concluded yard dash and in ten seconds in the too- on May 2 with a regulation game at the yard dash. The former time for the 220 stadium between two picked teams. Most was -'2.5 seconds established by H. E. of the squad of more than forty men saw Moon in 1904. The 100-yard dash has service before . the contest was con­ been run in ten seconds by three other M. cluded. The ISlues with Haskins, Ander­ A. C, men. Ernst, '22, llerdell. '24, and son, Rummell, and Lvman from last fall's Moon having equalled that time. Alder­ squad; triumphed over the Greens with man also tied the record for the broad I lackett as their only veteran bv the score ittmp with a leap of 22 feet eight inches. of 7 to o. Through necessity the game was Captain Kurtz made live feet eleven inches more of an exhibition of individual work in the high jump and Miner topped the bar than it was .a demonstration of polished at J 1 feet three inches in the pole vault. team work. In spite of this handicap there Grim ran the quarter mile in '.51.1. was little confusion and the two teams The summary: played unusually good football considering the time of year and the large proportion Pole vault—Seitz. Detroit, first ; Miner, second : Dolierty, Detroit, third; height, it feet 3 inches. of new men taking part. Most of those 100-yard dash—Alderman, first: Grirft, second; who appeared were members, of the fresh­ Rupp, third; time, :to. man team last fall, since graduation this 880-yard run—Hill, Detroit, first: E YYarri- spring will make heavy inroads into the ner, Detroit, second: Brown, Detroit, third; time, 2 .03 3-10. tried talent of last year. Forward passing High hurdles—Spence, Detroit, first ; Van Xop- was a favorite method of play on each ]ii.il, second; Kurtz, third; time. :i6 1-10. side but the defense of both teams against Shot-put—Doherty, Detroit, first : Znber, De­ the over head ball was tight enough to pre­ troit, second; Elliot, third; distance. 30 feet 4 vent marked gains. inches. 440yard run—Grim, first; Pauschcrt. Detroit, second; Blanchard, Detroit, third; time, :5i 1-10. East Lansing's police chief, W. C. Allen, One-mile run—Range, Detroit, first; Pillslmry, who was the target of much criticism dur­ Detroit, second; VanArman, third; time, 4-45 5-io. ing the recent municipal election, has of­ High jump—Kurtz, first; Roherty, Detroit, sec­ fered his resignation and the city council ond ; Bloomfield, Detroit, third; height, 5 feet has placed it on file without acting. Stu­ 10 1-2 inches. dents and residents signed petition re­ Low hurdles—Spence. Detroit, first; Van Nop- pen, second; Zimmerman, third; time, '25. questing that Chief Allen be retained. Javelin—Alderman, first; Doherty, Detroit, Mayor Laker announces that all charges second; Zuhcr, Detroit, third; distance, 147 feet must be substantiated by those who have to inches. made them before the chief is displaced. 220-yard run—Alderman, first; Rupp, second; East Lansing is rapidly growing into a full- Grim, third ; time, :2i. Discus—Zuber, Detroit, first; Elliott, second; sized city. The M. A. C. Record Page 459

Friday, May 1, 1925, of J. Park Teter, '23, and HELP! ! THESE PEOPLE Elizabeth Holbrook, at Oak Park, Illinois.

HAVE NO ADDRESSES BAILEY-TOMS John S. Bailey, '22. and Lucy Toms, '21, were Anderson, Egnar C, '21. married in Lansing October 11, 1924, and at­ Arnold, John J., w'02. tended the U. of M.-M. A. C. game in the Bartlett, E. S., w'07. afternoon. They are living in Amherst, Brown, Harry L-, '07, Massachusetts, at i$V2 Amity street. Caldwell, Mitt, '21, Phi Delta. Chandler, Clara L., w'13. Colthrop, Floyd C, w'21. Dakin, John B., '23. CLASS NOTES Davis, Roy, '20. Dennimg, Henry G., 'l8. '79 Dyer, George T., w'21. Engels, John L., w'19, Olympic. "Have been doirg cow testing work for the Fitch, Clifford F., '22, Trimoria. last five years," writes M. S. Thomas from Floten, Donald W., '22, AeTheon. Decatur, Michigan, "but owing to poor health Franson, Harry E., '19, Aetheon. will have to quit at the end of June. Spent Frey, Ernest J., '17. the winter with my daughter in Grand Rapids, Gettel, Arthur J., '21, Phi Kappa Tau. but am finishing up the year's work before stop­ Grant, Katherine Huckins, w'06. ping." Hall, Leonard E., '21, Hesperian. '81 Hausherr, Frank E., '17, Delphic. A. B. Turner, class secretary writes: "George Herkimer, Emily, '23. R. Turner and John F. Root, who were with Hetrick, Russell E., '20, Orphic. our class during 1878, will attend the reunion Hill, Fred M., '22, Trimoira. on June 20th. Householder, B. W., '17. ".Six of our boys expect to take their wives Kenny, E. Gerald, '05, Hesperian. with them. We certainly will try to give the Kling, Ralph B., '20, Trimoira. ladies a good time. We want all the ladies Knapp, Morris, w'13. present. Knevels, Ada F., w'17. "We are a busy lot of boys even after forty- Lefler, Martin J., '22, Delphic. four years in the harness, so do not expect many Livingston, Geo. A., w'19. letters urging you to attend. If you are not Lossing, Herbert A., '11. there we will miss you and regret that we have Marling, Katherine Langley, '23, Themian. such a slight hold on your regards that you did Maze, Jacob, M. H., '16. not feel compelled to come. We are assured of Morrison, Earl L., '23, Union Lit. a good attendance so do not let anything but Nerreter, Ferolyn B., '21, Sororian. sickness keep you away. Neville, Ann L., '20. "Let me know that you plan to be present O'dell, T. B., w'04, Hesperian. with your wife. We will advise later the hour Perry, Seymour M., '23. and place for our class dinner.' Shields, Oscar S., '16. Siefert, William E., '19, Trimoira. '86 Small, Henry F., '23. Trimoira. Jennie Towar Woodard left Daytona Beach, Smith, Clarence E., '84. Florida, on April 30, and is at her home in East Snyder, Rufus W., '22, Delphic. Lansing. 511 Abbott road. Strong, Wilfred, 05. Thomas, Marian C, 'ig. '01 Walkup, Alfred W., w'10, Aurorian. D. B. Jewell requests that his RECORD be sent' Washburn. Durward E., '24. to Lock Box 203, Bellaire, Michigan. Watson, Charles E., '21, Trimoira. '02 Weber, Allen Raymond, '22, Columbian. Weston. Keith A., '21. Mrs. H. H. Mowrey (Mamie L. Crosby) has Wood. Walter A., '12, Athenaeum. been appointed state seed analyst for Pennsyl­ Yates, Everett C, '16. vania, with headquarters in the capitol at Harris- burg. She took charge of the office on the 13th of April. MARRIAGES '03 TETER-HOLBROOK A recent address for Frank C. Rork is 4241 Announcement is made of the marriage on Rosella avenue, Watts, California. Page 460 The M. A. C. Record

'04 hope they will come again. Miss Morley lives in Detroit at 455 W. Hancock avenue. The post master says that G. G. Robbins has moved in Chicago to 10849 Irving avenue, Mor­ '08 gan Park station. Ford J. Twaits is vice-president of the Scofield '05 Engineering Construction company of Los Angeles. He lives in Beverley Hills at 708 Alpine G. W. Nichols has moved in Pittsburgh to 136 drive. Jefferson drive. O. W. Stephenson lives in Ann Arbor, Michi­ '06 gan, at 552 Third street, J. E. Poole, formerly of Oaklyn, New Jersey, '10 may be reached at 7341 Montour street, Philadel­ M. M. Babcock writes that they have sold phia, says the post office. their home in State College, Pennsylvania, and that he has resigned his position as assistant pro­ '07 fessor of industrial engineering at Penn State. Calla Krentel Eylar writes that they have been After July 1, they plant to locate in Michigan. in El Paso during the past winter that their Mrs. Babcock was Fernelle Allen, '12. They daughter might attend school there, but they ex­ have two children, James Allen aged 10, and pect to return to the ranch .at LaMesa, New MacLean Jack, aged 7. Mexico, for the summer. While in El Paso, Mrs. Eylar taught home economics in the high '13 school. The postmaster informs us that mail ad­ Clara Morley is still in the advertising business dressed to Irving J. Woodin at 1830 42nd street, in Detroit. She is assistant manager of the Sacramento, fails to reach him. Educational department of the R. L. Polk and N. D. Simpson has moved from Benton Har­ company, directory publishers, and is also as­ bor to Hartford, Michigan. sistant to the educational chairman of the asso­ ciation of North American Directory publish­ '16 ers. She was graduated from the Adcraft H. A. Clark is in Detroit, Michigan and lives Advertising school last March, and won a prize at Webster Hall. for the best advertising layout. She says on her F. H. Pressler lives on a fruit farm near blue slip: "Mary Allen sang here in Detroit re­ Walled Lake, Michigan, and has a real estate of­ cently. She was wonderful—such poise and such fice at 8628 VanDyke avenue, Detroit. sweetness of tone—such restraint and always you felt that she had a reserve which she never drew '17 upon. She is the same dear, unaffected Mary Lyle Wilson has moved from Elsie,. Michigan, thank goodness. Gerald Allen and his wife gave to 620 Park street, Owosso, where he is in bus­ us a lovely chance to meet Mary and hear her iness with R. C. Hain, selling Chevrolets. sing when they entertained at an informal re­ Wilson Newlon has moved in Berkeley, Cali­ ception for her. I visited the Aliens over the fornia, to 1508 Beverly Place. He continues as week end two weeks ago and we called on Mr. poultry specialist at the University of Califor­ and Mrs. Howard Taft in their new store in nia. Redford. Ethel Taft and her new husband Frances Klasell Guest lives in Detroit, 11487 were there too, and they presented us with lovely Wisconsin avenue. P. W. Guest, Jr., was born roses, and it is really a very grand store. The September 29, 1924. Mrs. Guest says that A. E. Aliens have four lovely children, and Harriet Klasell, '15, is lumbering with the Puget Mill and shows her M. A. C. training by being a wonder­ Timber company at Potlatch, Washington. ful cook. Gerald, as president of the Allen Electric Manufacturing company, gave me quite '18 a treat when he showed me through his plant, Walter O. Dow has moved in Traverse City, he is doing a mighty nice business, we can be Michigan, to 815 Wadsworth street. proud of him. I am awfully glad to have E. Mable MacLachlan is at the University Hos­ Genevieve Gillette, our foremost woman land­ pital at Ann Arbor in the dietetics department. scape, architect, back from Florida. I certainly did miss her. We have been trying to make '19 up for lost time ever since she got back. I Louise D. Landstrom may be reached at 489 spend the week end with her at her cozy little flat in Birmingham, and we certainly did have Prentis, Detroit. a good time. I am so delighted over the change '20 of name of the college but I can't get used to Lloyd A. and Corlan Lyman (w'25) Spencer saying it, M. S. C. doesn't register yet. We en­ joyed meeting the Butter fields very much, we announce the birth of Donald Erwin on Friday, February 13, T92S- The M. A. C. Record Page 461

E. L. Overholt prints the following on his '21 blue slip: "Am having quite a time endeavor­ The Lansing postmaster says that C. E. Skiver ing to put some people in jail who belong there, may be reached at Allegan, Michigan, in care of and get some people out who are in. Haven't S. N. Swantz. much to mention in the way of accomplishments Mildred Bennett Fortney lives on Kenwood except that I am paying rent for a law office avenue, Dayton, Ohio. in Suite 909 Hibernian building, 4th and Spring streets, Los Angeles, and that I spend much '22 of my time at the office just to get the benefit The post office department gives the follow­ of the rent and to see to it that we don't have ing changes in addresses : too many gum chewing stenographers. Am teach­ ing law four evenings per week which tends to George Tichenor from 3006 W. nth street, Los keep me out of mischief. I attended a ban­ Angeles, to 2119 Chestnut street, Alhambra, quet last evening at the Alexandria given by our California. bar association in honor of Prof. Wigmore of Ward Wylie from 7068 N. Pauline street. Northwestern, who addressed us on the legal Chicago, to 610 Sherman street, Evanston. systems of the world. Such a scholarly depict- Harry W. Coon from 1129 S. Howard place, ment of historical jurisprudence was certainly Los Angeles, to Brooks Field, San Antonio, a treat for us. Yesterday afternoon I played Texas. truant and played tennis in Pasadena, not having Mary Ann Gilchrist from 1438 W. Euclid ave­ been able to get interested in the popular game of nue, Detroit to 1430 Collingwood avenue, the golf. For a little diversion, I am taking three same city. correspondence courses through the extension di­ - Panos D. Caldis wants his RECORD sent to Box vision of the U. of Calif. We are planning a 252, Davis, California. little motor trip through Yosemite and Lake Arthur Flucke gives his new address as 1205 Tahoe regions about July 1. Am planning to E. Genesee avenue, Saginaw. drive east in a year or two. Perhaps by then Herman E. Segelin is an instructor in bac­ we may have the benefits of traveling by radio. teriology at the Rhode Island State college at Meanwhile I am observing through THE RECORD Kingston. Two of his poems, "Dream Child" those men and women of '20 who are rising and "Impression" were reprinted in Davis' up out of the crowd." Anthology of Magazine Verse of 1924.

ONE HUNDRED AND FIFTY YEARS Since the "Shot Was Fired Heard 'Round the World" B Do You Know That from April on to Une, Lexington picture. It is an American epic and m and Concord, Arlington and Cam­ needs no retelling. Today Lexington bridge, with the residents along the and v_ jncord are shrines of the nation, il line of the famous march from Boston and this year thousands more will to Concord in 1775, are playing host make their pilgrimage to these historic m to the American Nation? This is the spots. It is said that the guest book of sasquicentennial of the colonists' first the Hancock-Clarke House at armed resistance to the mother country. Lexington contains more signatures The events of that memorable day are than any other historic place in the I celebrated in verse, story and moving country. The John Hancock is particularly interested in insuring college men and M women and obtaining college graduates for the personnel of the field staff.

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A. V. Kahn's new address in Chicago is 2224 Giddings street. HAGEDORN'S '23 Jay Dykhouse has accepted a position as prin­ cipal in the Grand Haven, Michigan, junior high DAIRY school for the coming year. At present he is Fenton, Mich. teaching science in the high school at Rockford, F. A. HAGEDORN, '16 Michigan. '24 Fancy Butter-Fresh Eggs "Am again changing addresses," writes Don Clark. "I'm going back to my old stamping grounds, the Medicine Bow National forest. Am Parcel Post Shipments Our Specialty not certain as to my post office for this summer, as I've been detailed to another survey. I had figured I was almost fed up on survey work, but — THE — am to have charge of the party this summer, which will no doubt prove to be some different. However, THE RECORD will get to me in care of Grand Rapids Savings Bank the forest supervisor at Laramie, Wyoming. Was Grand Rapids, Michigan glad to hear of the success. of the vaudeville and hope it can be continued with greater suc­ "The Bank Where You Feel at Home" cess. Although I will not be able to be with M. A. C. People Given a Glad Hand you alumni day, I sincerely hope that the Union Charles \V. Garfield. '70, Chairman Executive Com. building will be in shape to be used at that time." Gilbert L. Daane, '09. President C. Fred Schneider, '85, Manager Division Branch WALDO ROHNERT, '89 Benj. C. Porter, '84, Manager South G. R. Branch Wholesale Seed Grower, Gilroy, California Beni. C. Porter, Jr., '11, Asst. Manager South G. R. Branch GOODELL, ZELIN C. (M. A. C. '11F) Willis Vandenburg, '21, Manager Fulton St. Branch Insurance and Bonds 208-211 Capital National Bk. Bldg.

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