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TELEVISION COMES TO MSC MICHIGAN STATE COLLEGE Dr. A. L. Hunter Named MSC Returns to Year-Round Basis; MSC Television Head Dr. Armand L. Hunter, one of the Complete Summer Program Offered nation's top ranking experts in the field Michigan State College has stepped and the end of the normal college year of educational radio and television, will up its educational program to offer in­ in June. In order to support the accelera­ become head of Michigan State College's struction on a 12-month basis. tion program in cooperating colleges, television development program in June. The accelerated program will enable selective service is planning to defer men Dr. Hunter is at present radio and a student to qualify for a bachelor's de­ enrolled in college for a college year, television coordinator of Temple Univer­ gree in three calendar years instead of no matter when they entered. sity, Philadelphia, Pa., and educational four. A freshman, then, who enrolls in June director of station WFIL, Philadelphia. will be able to finish a full year's work. He heads up educational aspects of all Full Summer Program He will not be eligible for the draft AM, FM and TV programs of the Phila­ The speed-up schedule will begin this during the summer months, as he would delphia station. summer when a full 12-week quarter will have been under the old rules, officials be held June 18 to Aug. 31, according to said. The 36-year-old Dean Stanley E. Crowe, summer school educator received director. An additional six-week course Workshops Featured his Ph.D. degree will run from June 18 to July 27, he said. All college departments will be in full from Northwest­ Objective of the new program is to operation during the summer, and plans ern University, are being made to accommodate an esti­ and has more make college graduates available a year earlier for service in the military forces mated 1,000 new students. A special than 10 years of freshmen orientation program is planned experience in ra­ or defense industries. "Despite the difficulties involved in for June 18, and registration for all stu­ dio and TV. He dents is set for June 18-19. has served on the operating 12 months a year, no other staff of four ma­ course was open to Michigan State Col­ Highlights of the summer session will lege as a land-grant university support­ be 10 workshops in special fields, in­ jor universities Hunter and is member of ed in the main with public funds," Pres. cluding television, speech correction, ag­ ricultural education, guidance and gov­ numerous professional and honorary John A. Hannah commented. ernment. organizations. ROTC Quotas to Increase Dr. Hunter will coordinate all phases Implementing this policy, the number of MSC's television program, including of students who may enter the Reserve Lecture - Concert Series direction of the college's new closed- Officers Training Corps is being in­ circuit television station on the campus. creased. In addition, both Army and Air Features Noted Artists Force ROTC units will provide summer Located in the Electrical Engineering Some of the world's most distinguished military instruction. building, the campus-wide video system musicians, ballet and opera groups and links several buildings with a central President Hannah said that defense speakers have been scheduled to appear control room. officials intend to call upon ROTC pro­ on Michigan State's 1951-52 lecture- grams for most of the trained officers concert series. College Seeks License needed by the Army, Navy, and Air At present, the campus station is be­ Force. Students, townspeople, faculty and ing used for teaching and research into returning alumni will find cultural en­ Beyond that, he said, it has been agreed tertainment of top-flight caliber avail­ the value of TV as an educational to change selective service policies which able on the Spartan campus during the medium, according to James H. Denison, have deferred men enrolled in college coming year. chairman of the college's television com­ from the draft only between September mittee. Sadler's Wells Returns "We look upon television not as a Although the schedule is not complete, medium for entertainment, but as the Short Course Graduation 10 concerts, six lecturers and 23 world best and most promising audio-visual aid travelers have already been booked, ac­ to teaching yet developed," Denison said. Approximately 300 Michigan State cording to Dean Stanley E. Crowe, series College agricultural short course stu­ director. Michigan State has applied, however, dents received certificates in graduation for one of Michigan's unused television Featured on the year's program will ceremonies March 2. be the Sadler's Wells Ballet, New York channels. If the license is granted, pres­ Dr. J. O. Christianson, director of City Opera Company, the Philadelphia ent equipment will be augmented by a agricultural short courses at the Uni­ and Chicago Orchestras, Pianist Myra transmitter and programs will be beam­ versity of Minnesota, was the main com­ Hess, Jascha Heifetz, world renowned ed all over the state from the college mencement speaker. His address was violinist, and two Metropolitan Opera campus, Denison said. entitled, "Dealing in Futures." stars, Patrice Munsel and Brian Sullivan.

THE RECORD Vol. 56—No. 3 ALVIE L. SMITH. Editor April 15, 1951 JOHN C. LEONARD, '48, and RICHARD J. DANDENEAU, Associate Editors STAKE H. KEESLEB, '41, Director of Alumni Relatione; GLADYS FRANKS,, '27, Recorder; FEED W. STABLEY, Sports Editor; EDWARD M. EBICKSON. '48, Assistant Sports Editor; MADISON KUH\ and JOSEPH G. DUNCAN, Historians; JOHN W. FITZGERALD, '47, Agricultural Editor; MRS. BARBARA CAHOON, Artist; W. LOWELL TREASTER, Director of Information Services. Campus photos this issue by EVEEETT HUBY, RAY HUBY, RUDY HARTMAN and KARL SCHAEFER, '54. Member of the American Alumni Council. THE RECORD is published seven times a year by THE DEPARTMENT OF IXFOBMATION SEEVTCES. Michigan State College. Entered as second class matter at East Lansing, Michigan, under the Act of Congress, August 24, 1912. Chapel Will Use Stones Recorcf Crowd Expected at MSC From Famous Churches por Alumni Day — Commencement Three ancient stones from famous By RICHARD DANDENEAU President John A. Hannah will pre­ European cathedrals have been received side over the annual Patriarchs dinner by Michigan State College for use in A record gathering of Spartan alumni meeting. The golden anniversary class, the Alumni Memorial Chapel now under from all over the nation will invade the 1901, will be accepted to membership at construction on the campus. East Lansing campus for the annual that time. Alumni Day-Commencement weekend The trio of carved stones was salvaged festivities, June 1-3. Commencement to Be Outdoors from World War II bombings of West­ In addition to class functions, many minster Abbey and St. Paul's Cathedral, Food, fun, and fellowship will be the alumni will come to Michigan State ear­ London, England, and Cathedral Pader- order of the day for alums, as banquets, lier in the week to attend meetings and born, Germany, according to William L. dinners, a dance, parades, and a base­ take part in social events. Others will Davidson, '17, MSC Fund director. ball game head the schedule. be present to see sons and daughters Registration Begins Friday Other Stones Expected graduate Sunday. The weekend will begin Friday with For the first time in Spartan history, Three more stones from the German registration, which will continue through Commencement will be held in the sta­ churches, Cathedral Banberg, Cathedral Saturday morning, according to Starr H. dium, weather permitting. Jenison field- Trier, and Berlin Cathedral, are on their Keesler, '41, director of alumni relations house, the Commencement site since way to East Lansing, Davidson said. at MSC. It will end with graduation 1948, will be used for the exercises in The stones will be part of the chapel's ceremonies in Macklin Field stadium case of rain. narthex, Davidson said. Fourteen more Sunday at 5 p.m. A total of 3,753 students will be eli­ stones have been requested from other Traditional class reunion banquets will gible to participate in Commencement, war-damaged European cathedrals. be held at noon in the MSC Union, with including 2,273 who will complete work Work on the MSC all-faith chapel, the exception of the class of 1921 which for bachelor's and advanced degrees dur­ being built in honor of Spartan war will hold an evening banquet Saturday. ing the spring term. dead, is expected to be completed this Other reunion classes are 1906, 1911, Many Entertainment Features summer. The structure is financed by 1916, 1926, 1931, 1936, 1941, and 1946. $175,000 contributed by Michigan State The class of 1926 will be celebrating its Along entertainment lines, Saturday alumni all over the world. silver anniversary. highlights will be the Land Parade, Water Carnival, Alumni dance, and a baseball game between MSC and Ohio State University. Theme of the 25th annual Water Car­ Dillman, Smith, Sobey, Anderson, nival, to be held Thursday, Friday and Saturday evenings, is "Quote Me, Mis­ Garratt Win 1951 Alumni Awards ter!" Campus organizations will launch traditional colorful floats on the Red vard University and Columbia Univer­ Five prominent Michigan State College Cedar river for the celebration. alumni will receive the 1951 Alumni sity, and at present is also professor of Organizations not taking part in the Awards for Distinguished Service at botany at Washington University, St. Water Carnival will display floats in the Commencement June 3, according to Louis, Mo. Land Parade, to be held Saturday after­ Dr. Dillman, before becoming president R. A. Turner, '09. noon. They are Dr. Edgar S. Anderson, '18, of Michigan College of Mining and Tech­ geneticist at the Missouri Botanical Gar­ nology, served as a state highway com­ den, St. Louis, Mo.; Dr. Grover C. Dill- missioner and as director of the Michi­ MSC's Course in Ultrasonics man, '13, president of Michigan College gan Department of Health. In 1939 he of Mining and Technology, Houghton; was director of the budget for Michigan. Attracts Two Turkish Scientists Dr. George A. Garratt, '20, New Haven, Long Service with USDA Two Turkish scientists—a married Conn., dean of the forestry school, Smith, who has served the U.S. De­ couple—are coming to Michigan State Yale University; Edwin Smith, '12, hor- College this year to do post-doctorate ticulturalist, Bureau of Plant Industry, partment of Agriculture since his gradu­ ation from MSC in 1912, was instru­ work in ultrasonics. U.S. Department of Agriculture, Wenat- Mr. and Mrs. I. Ozdogan are professors chee, Wash., and Maj. Albert Sobey, '09, mental in the development of the apple industry in the northwest U.S. on the physics staff at the University of retired president of General Motors In­ Istanbul. The couple, both of whom stitute, Flint. A former faculty member at Michigan State, Dr. Garratt also served on the have their doctorates, will do advanced Washington Club Sponsors staff of University of the South, Sewa- work in ultrasonics—the science of sound too high to be audible to the human ear. This plan of recognizing outstanding nee, Tenn., and with the U.S. Forest Spartan alumni and faculty members Products Laboratory, Madison, Wis. The Ozdogans will study research was begun in 1946 by the Washington, Maj. Sobey was director of General methods developed by Dr. Egon A. Hiede- D. C, MSC Alumni club. Turner is chair­ Motors Institute from 1919 until his mann, head of the MSC Department of man of the awards committee. retirement in late 1950. He served as an Physics and Astronomy and an inter­ national authority in acoustics and ultra­ Dr. Anderson was formerly head of officer with the U.S. Army in World sonics. the Henry Shaw School of Botany, Wash­ War I with the signal corps intelligence. ington University, and arborist of the He also was a consultant for the War Michigan State is the only college in Arnold Arboretum, Harvard University. Manpower Commission during World the U.S. to offer a year-round course in He also served on the faculties of Har­ War II. ultrasonics, Dr. Hiedemann said.

APRIL 15, 1 951 .... 3 THE AFFAIRS OF STATE Senior Activities Discrimination Banned Senior activities are scheduled to take Since the end of the war, student over the campus spotlight May 5 when leaders at Michigan State have toyed seniors will launch a month of events with the idea of doing something about preceding formal graduation ceremonies eliminating discriminatory clauses in the June 3. constitutions of campus groups. Social activities lead the parade, be­ The subject has waned hot and cold ginning with Senior Ball May 5 in the on several occasions during the past five college auditorium. Senior dances will years, but there has never been enough be held May 9, 16 and 22 in the Union. steam to get the drives over the first Swingout will be observed May 8 at hurdle of opposition. 7:30 p.m. in Fairchild theater. Theatric­ Last month Rep. Gerald Graves, w'51, ally minded seniors will give the term newly-elected Republican representative play May 16-19 at 8:15 p.m. in Fairchild from Alpena, built a fire which provided theater. plenty of steam. Lantern Night is set for 10 p.m. May 23, and President and Mrs. John A. WORLD NETWORK: Michigan Graves introduced legislation which would ban all fraternities and sororities Hannah will entertain seniors the fol­ State's foreign student program is be­ in state-supported institutions if the lowing two nights, May 24-25 at 7:30 ing told all over the world by the groups had discriminatory clauses in p.m. in the Union. Voice of America. Above, Sabri Raoof, Karbala, Iraq senior, is interviewed by their charters. He later modified his A full round of events is scheduled for bill to require "any fraternity, sorority the Alumni Day-Commencement week­ Ranlet Lincoln of the U. S. Depart­ ment of State. or secret society" and its members to end June 2-3. submit their constitutions to the state The end of winter term classes at superintendent of public instruction so Michigan State saw a total of 512 stu­ that it could be determined whether they is available to all classes in the U.S. dents complete work for degrees. contained discriminatory clauses. Failure The Voice of America chose a group The Honorable John R. Dethmers, jus­ to comply would deny the group and its of MSC foreign students to make re­ tice of the Michigan Supreme Court, was members "the facilities and privileges" cordings for use on the station's over­ the main speaker at informal graduation of the college or university. It was im­ seas broadcasts, beamed to all parts of ceremonies held March 15 in the MSC plied that further action would follow the world. Union. examination of the charters. Recordings were made of students' re­ Included in the 512 total were 74 stu­ actions to an MSC project, "Adventures The MSC Student Council voted unani­ dents who received advanced degrees and in World Understanding." The project mously in March to require all student 438 students who received bachelor's consists of foreign student weekend visi­ organizations, including fraternities and degrees. tations to families in Michigan com­ sororities, to eliminate discriminatory These graduates are part of the 3,753 munities. Its purpose is to enable stu­ clauses from their constitution by Oct. students who will be eligible to par­ dents to learn more about "grass roots" 15, 1956. This bill embodied essentially ticipate in Michigan State's 93rd annual democracy, and, in turn, give Michigan the same provisions as a resolution Commencement June 3 in Macklin Field citizens a better understanding of other adopted a few weeks earlier by the cam­ Stadium. This will be the second largest nations, their people, and customs. pus Inter-Fraternity Council. Fraternity graduation class in MSC history, falling and sorority members joined with non­ short of the record 1949-50 class of ap­ affiliated students on the Student Coun­ proximately 4,400. Injured Coeds Win cil to make the new ruling a unanimous opinion. Two Spartan coeds made the most of Pierce "Iron Curtain" their recent hospitalization and came Under the bill, introduced in the Stu­ up with the $50 prize for naming the dent Council by Tom Angeli, Lansing Michigan State College has entered theme of the 1951 Water Carnival. junior, no new organizations with dis­ the "war of words" in the struggle be­ criminatory rulings will be allowed to Donna "Cindy" Fortier, Muskegon operate on campus. The law does not tween international communism and Heights junior, and Jean Grayum, democracy. prohibit church groups from organizing Parma, O., senior, won the contest with along lines of religious faith. Through a U.S. State Department pub­ "Quote Me, Mister." Decorations for lication, "Amerika," and the Voice of the carnival floats will center around All groups which belong to national America, Michigan State is telling the famous sayings such as "An Apple a organizations, such as fraternities and story of American education and demo­ Day Keeps the Doctor Away," "Brevity sororities, shall be required to call for cracy to millions of people in all corners Is the Soul of Wit," and "A Stitch in removal of discriminatory clauses at of the earth, even behind the "iron cur­ Time Saves Nine." national and regional meetings of their groups. tain." The Misses Fortier and Grayum were "Amerika," an illustrated Russian-lan­ injured in February when the car in Six years was set by the Student guage magazine distributed in the Soviet, which they were riding crashed into a Council as a fair time limit for eliminat­ carried a 10-page picture story of Michi­ tree after leaving the icy highway. They ing such rules from national charters. gan State in a recent issue. The article were returning to the campus after a The real question in everyone's mind told of the founding and expansion of day of practice teaching in Holt High was whether good intentions would get MSC, and showed how college education School. the tough job done.

4 . . . . TH E RECORD THE AFFAIRS OF STATE editor of the Journal of Farm Economics, health problems and carries or.t a pro­ Faculty Affairs professional journal for all work in the gram for improvement. Dr. Harry G. Brainard, Michigan State farm economics field. Witt will continue Cancer studies at Michigan State re­ College economist, has been named to teaching and research duties at MSC. He ceived added financial impetus last month the congressional staff of Rep. Gerald R. is an authority on international trade, through two grants totaling $13,850 from Ford, Grand Rapids. He will devote full- and was with the Office of Foreign Agri­ the American Cancer Society. One grant time during the next three months to cultural Relations, Washington, D. C, of $6,250 was for a study by the De­ an analysis of appropriations of the before coming to Michigan State in partment of Horticulture on the growth executive department of the federal 1947. of transplanted tumors. The Depart­ government. He has been granted a Prof. Leonard Falcone, director of ment of Physiology and Pharmacology leave of absence to serve in Washington. bands at Michigan State, has been elected received $5,600 with which to launch a Prof. Brainard is a former chief eco­ unanimously to active membership in study of the hormonal mechanism re­ nomist for the Office of Price Adminis­ the American Band Masters Association. sponsible for the initiation of milk tration's textile division. He also served The ABMA was organized in 1929 by secretion. as an economist with the U.S. strategic such men as John Philip Sousa, and bombing survey in Europe, and on Gen. membership is open only to men who Douglas MacArthur's research staff in have attained national prominence in "Point Four" Work Japan. Dr. Brainard helped to organize conducting bands. Three Michigan State College scien­ the staff, specializing in the economics tists are serving in technical capacities of Japan's textile industry. in South and Central America. New Research Begins The men are Victor R. Gardner, '05, A year-long study of community health director-emeritus of the MSC Agricul­ has been started by the Social Research tural Experiment Station; Dr. Charles Service of Michigan State College. P. Loomis, head of the Department of The project is being financed by a Sociology and Anthropology, and Dr. $28,060 grant from the Health Informa­ Paul C. Morrison, professor of geography tion Foundation of New York City. The and assistant to the dean of the School study will be directed by Dr. Christo­ of Science and Arts. pher Sower. Gardner is one of a trio of Ameri­ This is the third major grant received can technical experts working with by the Social Research Service since the Colombian Ministry of Agriculture. Bagwell Brainard 1949 for study of local health problems. He is assigned to the National Coffee It represents the growing significance of Foundation. Paul D. Bagwell, head of the Depart­ the SRS in the field of sociology, par­ Actually he is in Colombia as a repre­ ment of Written and Spoken English, ticularly in examination of local health sentative of the U.S. Department of Agriculture, and his work is connected has been awarded an honor medal for problems. with President Truman's "Point Four" 1950 by Freedoms Foundation of Valley In the present study, Michigan State program of technical assistance for un­ Forge, Pa. Bagwell was among 850 scientists will examine a community der-developed areas. award winners chosen for their "patrio­ which is in the process of evaluating its Dr. Loomis is a rural sociologist with tic efforts in behalf of the heritage of own health services with an aim toward American freedom." He received the the Inter-American Institute of Agri­ improvement. Major concern of the cultural Sciences, Turrialba, Costa Rica. medal for his talk, "Hats Off to the project will be the social processes which He is responsible for organizing and Past, Coats Off to the Future," deliver­ occur when a community defines its own directing MSC's Area Research Center. ed last fall before the Michigan Rural The purpose of the center is to provide Health Conference at MSC. technical assistance to Costa Rica, again Dr. Max T. Rogers, professor of chem­ On The Cover . . . in line with the "Point Four" program. istry, has been given the 1951 Sigma Expected to return this month from Xi junior research award by the MSC Is a scene which shortly will be Costa Rica, Dr. Morrison also has been chapter. The award, bestowed annually re-enacted daily in the television working at the institute on a geographic to a Sigma Xi member under 40 years of studio at Michigan State. MSC has study of the Turrialba area on a grant age for outstanding research, was given moved into a position of national from the U.S. Navy. Though not directly to Dr. Rogers for studies in physical leadership in educational TV with connected with "Point Four," Dr. Mor­ chemistry. completion of a $100,000 campus- rison's work has been at the institute James F. Niblock of the Department wide television network and the and fits into the total program of tech­ of Music has been invited to record his employment of a top-flight direc­ nical assistance. This is Dr. Morrison's composition, "Sextet for Woodwinds and tor for its TV development pro­ third trip to Costa Rica for advanced Piano," for use on the Voice of America gram. (See story on page 2.) Prof. study. broadcasts of the U.S. Department of Charles N. McCarty conducts a The three Spartan men are the first State. Niblock's composition was chosen chemistry experiment for Miss of several technicians expected to lend following an MSC faculty woodwind en­ Roberta Larson, Williamston jun­ special help to the Central and South semble concert at the annual meeting of ior, as cameraman Linn Towsley American nations under the "Point the Music Teachers National Associa­ catches the action. Photo is by Four" program. Several more staff mem­ tion last winter in Washington, D. C. Everett Huby, head of the MSC bers will go to the southern part of the Dr. Lawrence W. Witt, professor of Photo Laboratory. Western Hemisphere within the next agricultural economics, has been named year.

APRIL 15, 1951 . . . . 5 MSC Holds May 1-12 Open House Tooth Decay Studied For High School eniors, Parents By College Scientists After 14 years of research, a study of A full schedule of events has been the baseball game between the Univer­ heredity's effect on tooth decay in white planned for High School Seniors-Par­ sity of Michigan and Michigan State, ents' Day activities at Michigan State both events starting at 2:30 p.m. rats is beginning to shed light on why people have to go to the dentist so much. College May 11-12. An estimated 10,000 Plans are also being made for parents high school seniors, their parents and planning to stay on campus for Mother's The 15th year of study in one of the parents of MSC students are expected Day on Sunday, May 13. nation's most extensive dental health to attend. projects is under way at Michigan State. Saturday will be the big day, but some Experiment with White Rats activities, including the Engineering The project is under the direction of Exposition and the Home Economics Congratulates Prexy Dr. H. R. Hunt, head of the MSC zoology Open House, will be held Friday after­ department, and Dr. Carl A. Hoppert, noon and Saturday. professor of chemistry. Other Exhibits Open The MSC researchers began their project by perfecting two strains of Other exhibits which will be open white rats—one group which gets dental Saturday from 9 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. will cavities easily and the other which is be an equipment display in the Agricul­ almost immune to tooth decay. tural-Engineering building, and an ex­ By applying many chemical, zoological, hibit of antique agricultural implements and bacteriological tests to the groups in the college museum. and comparing results, so far the scien­ Macklin Field stadium will be head­ tists have found: quarters for high school seniors, and par­ Saliva Is Important ents will assemble at the MSC Union. Guides will be available for tours of the 1. Bacteria in the saliva of the rats campus and faculty counselors will be is a vital factor in tooth decay, and it on hand to advise or confer with pros­ is here where heredity plays an impor­ tant part. Immune rats apparently in­ pective students or parents. HEADS SHORT COURSERS: Lyle herit some mechanism which causes Sports Events at 2:30 P.M. Champion, sc'40, is congratulated on harmful bacteria to be destroyed. his re-election as president of the MSC 2. Contrary to a general theory in Saturday morning will feature the Short Course Alumni Association by annual high school football clinic, human dental hygiene, they found that Ralph Tenny, short course director. movies, exhibits, lunch at the living units the more teeth were used, the more cavi­ or stadium. A 1 p.m. assembly also is Serving with Champion are George ties were produced. Course food, in planned for parents in the Union. McLachlan, sc'50, vice-president; Don other words, caused the rats' teeth to Cluster, sc'48, one-year director; Ed­ The afternoon will be highlighted by decay faster than finely ground food. the Green and White football game and ward Wright, sc'39, two-year director; 3. Age, the chemical content of the and Holland Norton, sc'40, and Royce teeth, and the sex of the animals seems Baker, sc'48, three-year directors. to have little effect on tooth decay. "Jump on TV Band Wagon" Official Advises Educators Twelve Alumni Serve in Michigan Legislature Educators were advised last month to Twelve former Michigan State College Ingham county first district; Howard R. jump on the television "band wagon" students are members of the Michigan Carroll, '30, Mt. Clemens, Macomb county now or face possible loss of an "educa­ Legislature for 1951-52. first district, and Howard R. Estes, '17, tional miracle." G. Elwood Bonine, '23, Vandalia, is Birmingham, Oakland third district. The warning came from Frieda B. Hen­ beginning his sixth term in the State Two representatives have started on nock, member of the Federal Communica­ Senate, representing the seventh district. third second terms. They are Joseph A. tions Commission, featured speaker at Senator Bonine is chairman of the labor Cavanagh, '09, Midland, representing the sixth annual Michigan Radio-Tele­ and interstate cooperation committees. Midland county; Adrian deBoom, w'41, vision Conference on the campus. This is the second senate term for Owosso, Shiawassee district. The first Miss Hennock commended Michigan Harold M. Ryan, w'34, Detroit. He repre­ termers are Gerald W. Graves, w'51, State for its leadership in educational sents the first Detroit district. Alpena, Alpena district; Robert E. television, but warned that the "over­ Faulkner, w'31, Coloma, Berrien county whelming majority of educators ... do Ten Serve as Representatives second district; Andrew W. Cobb, '34, nothing about TV." Ten of State's alumni are serving in Elsie, Clinton county, and Lloyd Gibbs, "Television can become an educational the House of Representatives. Arthur w'25, Portland, Ionia county. miracle or remain a mirage that taunts G. MacKinnon, '95, Bay City, is the Rep. Montgomery is chairman of the us with its unlimited possibilities," she veteran member, having completed nine state affairs committee; Rep. Carroll, declared. "If educators fail to put in terms as representative from Bay county. judiciary committee; Rep. Estes, public bids for licenses now, the time may ar­ He is chairman of the committee on health committee; Rep. Cavanagh, drain­ rive shortly when outlets no longer exist transportation. age committee; Rep. deBoom, state pri­ and education will suffer a tremendous Beginning fourth terms are Robert sons committee, and Rep. Faulkner, aid loss." M. Montgomery, w'36, Lansing, from to the handicapped committee.

6 . . . . TH E RECORD Michigan State Hormone Research Juniors Offer Special Military News Service Helps Sterile Cows Produce Milk An ambitious news and information By JOHN FITZGERALD, '47 tails. Not all heifers respond to this service for Spartan alumni in the armed treatment, they caution. Even more im­ forces has been started by the junior Hormone treatments to develop udder portant is the uncertainty with respect class at Michigan State College. growth and milk production in sterile to total milk yields. dairy cattle have come closer to reality Financed with J-Hop Profits The first two Guernsey heifers used in since initial announcement of the re­ The project will be known as "Sparty search late last spring. the tests passed their "examinations" with high marks. Both have finished in the Service," according to John Green, Scientists of the Michigan Agricultural 305 days of lactation and produced, re­ East Lansing junior, chairman. The Experiment Station, Drs. Joseph Meites, spectively, 7,573 and 7,487 pounds of service will be financed by profits from E. P. Reineke, and C. F. Huffman created milk on a four per cent fat-corrected the 1951 J-Hop. great interest in the dairy world when basis. They also produced 331 and 323 The program has a two-fold objective. they first described use of two hormones pounds of butterfat, respectively. It will provide for an exchange of news —progesterone and diethylstilbestrol. between the college and Spartan service­ Their research showed these two hor­ Test Other Cows men all over the world, and for an ex­ mones could cause sterile dairy heifers One of the original heifers was bred change of addresses between military to come in milk without calving and to and is expected to drop a calf sometime personnel and civilians. produce amounts of milk comparable to in May. The scientists are interested in A periodic bulletin of campus activi­ normal cows. the birth because before hormone treat­ ties and service news items will be mailed ment, the heifer had been a consistent Great Economic Potential out by "Sparty in the Service." Editors non-breeder. Farmers of Michigan and the nation of the State News, campus newspaper, were quick to recognize the economic The other heifer is still sterile and and THE RECORD will cooperate by possibilities of this new treatment for has been re-implanted with hormones. running special columns about the ac­ animals previously of no value to the Several additional heifers and cows are tivities of servicemen, Green said. dairy herd. also undergoing experiments at present. Full Cooperation Urged Briefly, the scientists explain that the Dairymen of Michigan and the nation udder of a normal heifer becomes fully are patiently hoping that further tests A master map of the world will pin­ developed during pregnancy as a result prove as successful as preliminary work point Spartan graduates wherever they of natural activity of the two hormones, on the two sterile Guernseys. go, and if a group of Michigan State progesterone and estrogen. Using the men are in the same area, they will be hormones to treat sterile animals is be­ notified of this via a special bulletin. A lieved to cause about the same reaction Mrs. Myra V. Bogue, 89, two-way address directory also will be as found in normal cows, though the maintained to notify interested civilians animal does not have a calf. Succumbs in February of service addresses and to provide serv­ The shrinking list of Michigan State icemen with addresses of friends. New Facts Uncovered College pioneer families lost another Success of the program will depend Each year, Michigan dairy farmers name in February when Mrs. Myra V. upon full cooperation of parents, stu­ must discard potentially valuable dairy Bogue, 89, died at her home in East dents and alumni, Green said. The proj­ heifers because of their failure to breed. Lansing. ect committee has made an urgent re­ The hormone treatment may be a solu­ quest for general participation. Address tion to the problem so that these non- Retired at Age of 75 all information about Spartan service­ breeders can take their places in dairy For nearly 50 years, the widow of one men to: "Sparty in the Service," % Class herds as productive animals. The method of the forestry department's early heads, of 1952, Michigan State College Union. also may prove of value to large com­ E. E. Bogue, had been active in East Lan­ mercial dairies where calves are not de­ sing and college affairs. sired and cows are kept only during the Hundreds of Home Economics Alumnae milking period. young men have Since their preliminary research, the been among "her Schedule Reunion May 5 scientists have come up with further de- boys" — rooming in the big, brown More than 200 graduates of the MSC three-story house School of Home Economics are expected Fellowships Available at the end of to return for the third annual Alumnae Bogue street, just Day Saturday, May 5, according to Dr. Eight fellowships for advanced study off the east edge Marie Dye, dean. have been established at Michigan State of the campus. Highlights of the event will be in­ by the board of trustees for the MSC Mrs. Bogue spection of new laboratory facilities in Fund. Mrs. Bogue worked as a sec­ the school, social gatherings and talks Seven pre-doctoral fellowships, rang­ retary in several about new educational and research de­ ing in value from $800 to $1,200 a year, college departments before becoming velopments in the field of home eco­ and a $3,000-a-year post-doctoral alumni director of bulletin distribution for the nomics. fellowship are available. School of Agriculture in 1910. She re­ Money for the fellowships was made tired from the post in 1938 at the age Home Economics Alumnae Day is held available by Spartan alumni through the of 75. Always active at her hobbies, annually on the Spartan campus so Michigan State College Fund, the col­ painting and gardening, and in civic graduates of the school may meet with lege's permanent fund-raising organiza­ and church affairs, Mrs. Bogue was past classmates and former teachers to dis­ tion. her 80th year when she took up knitting. cuss current happenings in the field.

APRIL 15, 1951 .... 7 Michigan State Tops Big Ten Champions MSC Swimmers Top Early Big Ten Meets Winter Sports Teams Spartan teams didn't win any titles, Michigan State winter sports squads but they emerged from their first five compiled a record of 46 victories against Western Conference championship tests 35 defeats for the 1950-51 season. with the best all-around record in the The complete results: league. BASKETBALL—Under new coach They achieved seconds in cross coun­ Pete Newell the cage squad produced a try and swimming, thirds in track and surprising 10 won, 11 lost record. Spar­ wrestling, and seventh in basketball. tan victims included Northwestern, Assigning ten points for a first place, Notre Dame, Minnesota and Michigan. nine for second, eight for third, etc., Michigan State came up with a total Swimmers McLachlan, Scholes HOCKEY—Coach Harold Paulsen's of 38 points out of a possible 50. second Spartan ice team won six while dropping 11 games. The big reason for Michigan Is Runner-up the losing season was the caliber of the Next in line were Michigan, with 34^; opposition—MSC met Minnesota four Illinois, 33 y2; Ohio State, 31%, and In­ times and Michigan, Denver and North diana, 29. The fractions developed Dakota twice each. through ties for places. BOXING—Badly crippled after the Football was not counted since Michi­ loss of heavyweight Gabby Marek and gan State had no opportunity of com­ 165-pounder Rae Johnston, the mittmen peting for conference honors. Gymnas­ won two and lost three dual meets and tics and fencing championships, in both drew in another, with one match remain­ of which MSC figured to do very well, ing. Highpoint of the season was a had not been completed when THE Wrestlers Gibbons, Bender 4%-&V2 win over national co-champs RECORD deadline arrived. Gonzaga. Seven Spartans Star WRESTLING—Fendley Collins had Individual Spartans who garnered Chuck Davey Wins 76 another excellent season winning six and honors were trackmen Warren Druetzler, losing three. Dual meet victims included Jesse Thomas and Don Makielski, swim­ Straight Pro Matches Indiana, Wisconsin, Purdue and North­ western. Team finished third in Western mers Clarke Scholes and Bert McLach- Two years ago Chuck Davey, Michigan lan, and wrestlers Conference meet. State welterweight, rewrote the collegi­ Gene Gibbons and SWIMMING—Ohio State again played George Bender. ate boxing record books when he became the spoiler role for McCaffree, handing the first man to ever win four NCAA Thomas was a him his only dual meet loss of the sea­ titles and the John S. LaRowe trophy "one man gang" son. Six other Big Ten schools, including for Karl Schlade- three times. Michigan, fell easily. Squad finished be­ man's indoor Today the flashy Detroiter, a gradu­ hind the Buckeyes in the conference track team the ate student in physical education at meet. past season. In MSC, is one of the nation's top profes­ TRACK—A relatively lean season for a dual meet sionals. He owns 16 consecutive pro vic­ Karl Schlademan after several great against Wiscon­ tories—the last 10 via the knockout ones, but he did manage a surprise with sin, the former a third in the Western Conference. Lost Thomas route. football halfback one dual meet while winning a triangular became the first Spartan ever to cop Davey entered professional boxing meet and a dual meet. with one of the best amateur records four firsts as he won the broad-jump, GYMNASTICS—Paced by Mel Stout, the dash and both hurdle events. In the ever compiled. He won the 125-pound the gymnasts won five and lost but two. Western Conference championships, he NCAA crown in 1943, the 135-pound Victories were over Wisconsin, Chicago, was the meet's high point man as he title in 1947; the 136-pound title in 1948; Notre Dame, Indiana and Michigan. garnered 12 points in the same four and made a grand slam by taking the FENCING—Final record was seven events. 145-pound crown in 1949. He won the victories against three defeats. Big Ten Druetzler placed fouz-th in the cross LaRowe trophy as the best boxer in the victims were Ohio State, Iowa, North­ country meet, and Makielski took second tourney in 1947, 1948 and 1949. western and Wisconsin. in the half mile event. Scholes won the 50 and 100-yard free style while McLachlan took titles in the 220 and 440-yard free style events. Both 'Biggie" Munn Named "Coach of the Year' set new conference records, too. The 1950 fotball season is long past, Michigan figure who has made an out­ Gene Gibbons annexed the 177-pound but honors keep piling up on those as­ standing contribution to sports over a Big Ten wrestling crown while George sociated with the great Spartan team long period. Bender copped the 167-pound diadem. that hit a new Michigan State high. Biggie's brightest star, left halfback Both Bender and Gibbons were undefeat­ During the winter, Coach Biggie Munn Everett ("Sonny") Grandelius, got an­ ed in dual competition this year. picked up two awards for his great other honor to go with his All-American Gibbons went on to take the 167-pound work, the Detroit Times' "Coach of the rating. He won the Detroit Sports Guild NCAA crown in the national tourney at Year" citation and the Bud Shaver Award for being Michigan's outstanding Bethlehem, Pa. Memorial Award given annually to a athlete in 1950.

8 . . . . TH E RECORD Beeman Sports Strong Sophomores Add Power to Baseball Squad Spartan Tennis Team A tennis team strong enough to threaten for the Western Conference championship is anticipated for this spring. Coach Harris Beeman has assembled a squad of solid veterans and brilliant newcomers that probably will produce the best record of any Beeman-coached MSC team. And that is saying a lot, for his netmen have won 30 and lost 8 in regular matches over three seasons. Brose Leads Team The top singles man and team cap­ tain is Leonard Brose, Detroit, who is ranked No. 8 in the United States Lawn Tennis Association's western district. He lost only two matches last season and later avenged both of them. Other lettermen who will help are Dave Mills, Cadillac; Dick Rieger, Kala­ mazoo, Ken and Keith Kimble, Grand SOPHS BOLSTER SPARTAN NINE: Coach John Kobs goes over game Rapids. signals with four sophomore prospects who figure to contribute a great deal Sophs Show Strength to the 1951 Spartan baseball team. Left to right, Wayne Lawrie, Highland Park shortstop; Chuck Gorman, Lansing pitcher; Darrell Lindley, Clio out­ Surprisingly and happily enough, these fielder; Coach Kobs; and Dick Edin, Jamestown, N. Y., catcher. The Spartans men will be hard pressed for their berths by a trio of sophomores headed by Wally were scheduled to begin their first season of Western Conference play with a Kau, of Hawaii, who was a finalist in two-game series against Purdue at Lafayette, Ind., April 13, 14. the 1949 Hawaiian doubles champion­ ship; John Sahratian, an outstanding Detroit High School product, and Tom Belton, of Dowagiac, an army veteran Crowded Spring Schedules Faced who is one of the few American mem­ bers of the Tokyo Lawn Tennis Associa­ By Four Michigan State Teams tion. All three have had considerable tournament experience. Busy spring schedules, including full Illinois; May 24-26, Western Conference participation in the Western Conference, Championships at Northwestern, Evans- are on tap for Michigan State's baseball, ton, 111.; June 11-13, Eastern Intercol- Steffen, Snodgrass Honored tennis, track and golf squads. legiates; June 18-23, NCAA champion­ As "Most Valuable" Cagers John Kobs' diamond crew faces the ships at Evanston, 111. heaviest card—31 games, 12 of which Captain Jim Snodgrass, Pierceton, Ind., are against Big Ten foes. The tennis TRACK—At home, May 5, Ohio State; senior guard, and Ray Steffen, Flint cen­ team will match volleys with 21 dual May 19, Illinois. ter, shared Spartan post-season basket­ meet opponents while the golf squad will Away, April 21, Indiana; April 27-28, ball honors, each being named for "most see action nine times and the track men Drake Relays at Des Moines, Iowa; May valuable player" awards. are listed for 12 events. 12, Michigan; May 25-26, Big Ten cham­ Snodgrass was selected for the honor The complete schedule from April 15 pionships at Evanston, 111.; May 25-26, by teammates in the Chicago Tribune through June 23 is as follows: IC4A at Philadelphia, Pa.; June 8-9, Cen­ poll to select the Big Ten's most valuable tral Collegiates at Milwaukee, Wis.; BASEBALL—At home, April 21, player. Snodgrass, a three-year team June 15-16, NCAA championships at Wayne; May 2, Western Michigan; May veteran, tallied 92 points during the sea­ Seattle, Wash.; June 19 or 20, Big Ten- 4-5, Iowa; May 9, Notre Dame; May 12, son and played fine defensive ball to lead West Coast Conference dual meet at Michigan; May 16, Michigan Normal; the Spartans to a record of 10 wins and Berkeley or Los Angeles, Calif.; June May 30, Detroit; June 1-2, Ohio State. 11 losses. 22-23, NAAU at Lincoln, Neb., or Grand Away, April 25, Notre Dame; April Steffen was selected for the MVP Rapids, Mich. 28, Wayne; May 11, Michigan; May 15, honor by press and radio representatives Western Michigan; May 18-19, Indiana; GOLF—At home, April 28, Western who covered the team throughout the May 23, Detroit; May 25-26, Minnesota. 1950-51 season. The 6'5" senior paced Michigan; May 5, Illinois and Michigan; Spartan scorers all season with 186 TENNIS—At home, April 23, Wayne; May 7, Detroit; May 14, Wisconsin. points in 21 games, hitting 74 field goals April 25, Western Michigan; May 10, Away, April 21, Western Michigan; in 231 attempts for a .321 shooting aver­ Northwestern; May 11, Denver; May 12, May 1, Detroit; May 12, Ohio State and age. His 1950-51 total was 19 more than Indiana; May 17, Michigan; May 18, Michigan at Ann Arbor; May 19, North­ he tallied in two previous varsity sea­ Ohio State; May 29, Detroit. western; May 21, Notre Dame; May sons. In addition, Steffen was one of Away, April 27, Wisconsin; April 28, 25-26, Western Conference champion­ the team's best rebounders off both Minnesota; May 3, Michigan; May 4, ships at Evanston, 111.; June 24-July 1, backboards. Purdue; May 5, Notre Dame; May 14, NCAA at Columbus, O.

APRIL 15, 1 951 .... 9 FOLLOWING ALUMNI CLUBS By Stawi Keeileb, '4t

pot-luck dinner-meeting. John McGoff, matics and Radio Education. "Speech '50, of the MSC Office of Alumni Rela­ and Your Personality" was his topic. tions, spoke to the group on scholarships, Members also saw movies of Michigan the Alumni Roll Call, and current con­ State College. struction on the Spartan campus. Movies Elected to serve as officers of the club Michigan State College's ever-grow­ of the MSC-Notre Dame football game for the year were Dr. Claude Ludwig, ing fraternity of alumni groups swelled of 1950 also were shown. Nelson Schra- '41, president; J. Elliott Johnston, '39, this month to 91 with the organization der, '38, club president, and 0. EL vice-president; and Evelyn Cotton, '47, of three new chapters in different parts Dunckel, '21, were co-chairmen of the secretary-treasurer. Co-chairmen of the of Michigan. meeting. meeting were Mrs. George Hardy, '36, and Lloyd Onyon, '38, the club's retiring MICHIGAN CLUBS Flint Alumnae Hold Sale president. Three New Clubs Form A cooperative supper and white ele­ Kent Alums Meet Twice phant sale was held by MSC alumnae of "State" women of Lansing started the Flint Feb. 27. Members elected Marcia Kent county MSC alumni held the ball rolling by organizing the "Spartan Mullin, '48, chairman of the membership most successful party in the history of Alumnae of Greater Lansing," Feb. 21. committee, and Mrs. Harold Ensinger, their club Feb. 9 in Grand Rapids. More This first meeting was held at the home '34, chairman of the nominating com­ than 175 couples crowded the ballroom of Mrs. Roger Cessna, '48, in Lansing mittee. The group discussed plans for a of the Rowe Hotel to take part in the and saw the election of an 11-member benefit style show to be held in Flint group's mid-winter dance. Purpose of board. Later, at a meeting held March 1, sometime in May. the affair was to raise money for the members elected Mrs. William Martin, club's scholarship fund. Decorations in­ '48, president; Mrs. Cessna, vice-presi­ cluded a huge Spartan figurehead flank­ dent; Miss Elizabeth Corbishley, '41, Calhoun Alums Stage Dance ed by the orchestra and a comic cut of secretary; and Miss Helen Samaras, '49, the Pinetum. A large football adorned Verona's American Legion Clubhouse secretary. Miss Samaras was hostess to the opposite wall. was turned into a maize of palm trees, the board at this meeting. A third meet­ nets, and a variety of deep sea monsters, Co-chairmen of the dance were Char­ ing was held by the group April 5 in when MSC alumni of Calhoun county lotte Runnels, '49, and Nancy Taleen, '49. the MSC Union for the purpose of plan­ staged their second winter season Two days earlier the club's board of ning a social calendar and program dance, Feb. 24. dh-ectors held a meeting to elect officers schedule. for the new year. Elected were John "Southern Interlude" was the party Bos, '22, president; George Bylsma, '31, At Quinnesec, 50 Michigan State grads theme, and more than 100 couples dined vice president; Mrs. J. O. Brady, '22, got together March 1 to organize the and danced in the south sea atmosphere secretary; Robert W. Richardson, '40, MSC Alumni Club of Dickinson County. which prevailed from 9 p.m. to 1 a.m. treasurer; and Mrs. Martin Buth, Jr., Members discussed methods of organiza­ Honor guests at the party were Earle '39, historian. tion with Jack Breslin, '46, assistant di­ Edwards, Spartan end coach, and Mrs. rector of alumni relations at MSC, and Edwards. saw football movies and "Postmark East Muskegon Club Elects Lansing," Michigan State's new movie. Officers elected were Parnell G. Mc- Winter Election in Reed City The annual business meeting and elec­ Kenna, '10, president; Hugo Swanson, tions of officers of the MSC Alumni Club '23, vice-president; and Henry Mattson, Michigan State alumni from Mecosta of Muskegon was held Feb. 21. New '36, secretary-treasurer. Frank Lindsley, and Osceola counties held their annual officers are Don Arnson, '47, president; '47, was chairman of the meeting. winter banquet in Reed City, Jan. 25. Bob Eschbach, '49, vice president; Donna Moi-e than 55 club members elected Mau­ Jean Johnson, '47, secretary; and Roger A third group of alums met Feb. 26 rice T. Cody, '42, to serve as president Holmstrum, '45, treasurer. Principal in Rudyard to organize the MSC Alumni for this year. Other officers are Dr. Ed­ speakers for the evening were Jack Bres­ Club of Chippewa, Luce and Mackinaw ward Kowalski, '43, vice-president; and lin, of the MSC alumni relations office, Counties. Fifty-five members present Forrest Ai*mock, '49, secretary-treasurer. and retiring club president, Charles Hen- elected J. Harry Burris, '30, president; Chairman and toastmaster for the ban­ ricks, '47, who reviewed the year's ac­ Ted Graim, '48, vice-president; and Wil­ quet was William Porteous, '41. tivities of the club. liam E. Dickison, '46. Six other club members were elected to serve on the group's nine-member board. Port Huron Winter Banquet Ann Arbor Alumni Meet The annual winter banquet of the MSC MSC Director of Athletics, Ralph Wayne Alums Hold Meeting Alumni Club of St. Clair County was Young, and William Davidson, '17, MSC held Feb. 27 in Port Huron, with 50 mem­ Fund director, were guest speakers at Sixty members of the Wayne (North­ bers in attendance. Principal speaker the annual winter banquet of the MSC west Suburban) County MSC Alumni of the evening was Dr. Charles Pedrey, Alumni Club of Washtenaw County, held Club met Feb. 2 in Farmington for a of the MSC Department of Speech, Dra- in Ann Arbor Feb. 15.

10 .... THE RECORD Two MSC Alumni Clubs Hold Winter Meetings Sixty Meet at Escanaba A buffet supper, short business meet­ ing and movies of MSC constituted the program of a meeting of the MSC Alumni Club of Delta and Menominee Counties held Mar. 2. More than 60 per­ sons attended. Club members slated spring as election time for new officers. Chairman of the meeting was Jim L'Heureaux, '48, club president. A second social gathering was held by 50 alumni of Alger, Schoolcraft and Mar­ quette counties in Marquette Feb. 27. Movies of Michigan State were shown, and club president Don Zettle, '35, was chairman. WINTER MEET: An estimated 190 members of the Jackson County Alumni Club met for their annual win­ OUT-OF-STATE CLUBS ter meeting Feb. 8 in Jackson. Above, Ohioans Swing Partners left, MSC Home Economics Dean Marie Dye chats with Mrs. Lambert Members of the MSC Alumni Club of McClintic. At center, Dr. Guy Hill, Greater Cincinnati found another way director of high school cooperation at to pack an evening full of fun. They held MSC, delivers key address. At right, a box social and square dance Feb. 16, Mr. and Mrs. George Dobben, '24, and though unfamiliar with the ever- talk with Starr Keesler, '41, MSC popular dance form, found out it was alumni director, as group prepares to so much fun they're holding several do a little group singing. square dance meetings a month to rharpen their style. Fifty-two alums COMMUNISTIC THREAT: At left, turned out for this meeting. MSC Prof. Edward Prophet explains geographic implications of Russian power to Walter O. Dow, '18, right, Winter Banquet in Toledo president of the Charlevoix, Emmett Forty Toledo alumni met for their and Cheboygan Counties Alumni Club. winter banquet Feb. 21 and heard an Fifty-five members attended the win­ after-dinner talk by John McGoff on Special guests, and members of the ter meeting held in Jackson's Restau­ "Recent College Affairs." They also wit­ club, were Jason Hammond, '86, and Mrs. rant, Harbor Springs. Prof. Prophet nessed the new MSC movie, "Postmark Hammond, w'18, who celebrated their addressed the group on, "Hot and Cold East Lansing." Weston Gardner, '42, fifty-eighth wedding anniversary the Wars in Asia." president of the club, was chairman and evening of the banquet. toastmaster of the banquet. Elected to serve as officers for the new year were Charles Leverett, '43, presi­ March 6 to hold the annual winter meet­ Californians Meet in L.A. dent; John Swisher, Jr., '40, vice-presi­ ing and elect officers. The new executive dent; Helen Waldenmyer, '33, secretary; board is Dr. Arno Weiss, '39, president; MSC classes ranging from '89 to '50 and Dale Ball, '39, treasurer. Herb Gettel, '41, vice-president; and were represented at a meeting of 175 Percy Nugent, '39, secretary-treasurer. California alumni held Jan. 3 in Los Banquet at Coldwater Starr Keesler, '41, director of alumni re­ Angeles. Principal speaker of the eve­ ning was Lyman L. Frimodig, '17, as­ Michigan State alumni of Branch lations at Michigan State, was principal speaker for the evening. sistant director of athletics at Michigan county, like their Grand Rapids cousins, State, who talked on the subject, "MSC's Retiring club president, Gleason also broke an attendance record at their Entrance into the Big 10, and What It Rohlfs, '43, was chairman for the eve­ annual winter banquet held Feb. 14 in means to Alumni." Football movies, and Coldwrater. More than 70 members at­ ning's proceedings. the film "Waves of Green" rounded out tended—the largest turnout for the win­ the evening. Toastmaster for the eve­ ter affair. Meeting at Ironwood ning was William Sheveland, '40, presi­ Principal speaker of the evening was dent of the club. Charles N. Hill, of MSC's Department Members of the MSC Alumni Club of of Written and Spoken English. His Gogebic and Ontonagon Counties—28 Card Party in Rochester speech, "And the World," included a strong—met in Ircnwood Feb. 28 to series of dramatic impressions. Dr. watch movies of MSC 1950 football Rochester, N.Y., alumni—37 strong— James Nash, '35, president of the club, games and elect new officers. The new met Jan. 19 for an evening of bridge and was toastmaster of the banquet. slate is Charles Gotta, '33, president; canasta in Rochester's A.A.U.W. club­ Orlo Carlson, 38, vice-president; Andrew house. Co-chairmen of the evening were Bad Axe Alums Hold Election Bedner, '38, secretary; and Mrs. James Mrs. Melvin Hamann, '38, and Miss A. Fell, '33, treasurer. Waino J. Helli, Eleanor Moser, '42. Club president, Mrs. Fifty-five members of the MSC Alumni '23, was general chairman for the dinner- T. M. Meikle, '38, was hostess at the Club of Huron County met in Bad Axe meeting. meeting.

APRIL 15, 1951 11 Bessey Hall, University of Nebraska Burnett Hall, University of Nebraska

Charles E. Bessey, '69, was professor of botany and head dean at the University of Days of Yore Nebraska. Edgar A. Burnett, '87, was dean of agriculture and, later, chancellor of the liy MadUan Kuh*i and University of Nebraska.

Many alumni have carried the spirit of Michigan State Bessey Burnett to other colleges and universities. A measure of the pres­ tige which they enjoyed appear in the buildings named for them. On this page are shown a few of these memorials. The editors would welcome similar pictures.

Bailey Hall, Cornell University

Mumford Hall, University of Missouri Liberty Hyde Bailey, '82, was professor of horticulture and dean of agriculture, Cornell University. Frederick B. Mumford, '91, was professor of animal husbandry and dean of the College of Agriculture, Univer­ sity of Missouri. Eugene Davenport, '78, was dean of agriculture, University of Illi­ nois. Herbert W. Mumford, '91, was pro­ Bailey F. B. Mumford fessor of animal husbandry and succeeded Davenport as dean of the College of Agri­ culture, University of Illinois. Davenport H. W. Mumford

Davenport Hall, University of Illinois Mumford Hall, University of Illinois - NECROLOGY DR. EDWIN DeBARR, '91, last member of the original faculty at the University of Oklahoma, NeuM. died in Norman. Okla., Dec. 18. His long career with the institution began in 1892, when he was named professor of chemistry and physics. Dur­ ing the next 30 years, he headed the Depart­ ment of Chemistry, founded and directed both the Schools of Pharmacy and Petroleum Engi­ neering, and was vice-president from 1909 to 1923. After retiring from the university staff, he continued his research and activities as one of the leading citizens in the town of Norman and the state of Oklahoma. Dr. DeBarr founded ABOUT THESE ALUMNI the State Pharmaceutical Association and the First Presbyterian Church in Norman, and was a 33rd degree Mason. £y Qladtfl M. Q>UMU, '27 HARRY ARNOLD WHITE, '92, retired insur­ ance broker, died in Berkeley, Calif., Dec. 26. Patriarchs Wildlife Conservation, Inc., for outstanding work Mr. White served as special agent for a number in the field of conservation in the past year. . . . of fire insurance companies and for the past 25 Reunion Florence Kugel Scofield (Mrs. Wade H.) writes years has been located in California, making Alumni Day, June 2 they are building a new home at 880 Oxford his home in Berkeley. His wife survives. Dr. Francis E. West reports his new address St., Worthington, Ohio, in which they expect to as 122 18th St, N.E., Cleveland, Tenn., and be located after April 15. GEORGE A. PARKER, '97, a consulting engi­ reports: "There was a small banana crop raised neer in Cleveland for 45 years, died at his home at MSC before the year 1908. In the year 1898 1921 there Feb. 9. Formerly associated with C. O. another student and myself were working in the 30th Anniversary Reunion Bartlett & Snow Co. and Colonial Iron Works greenhouse completing some required work under Alumni Day, June 2 Co., at the time of his death Mr. Parker was the direction of Thomas Gunson. In the green­ 1923 consultant on conveyor equipment design for house was a large tub with a banana plant the Apex Electrical Manufacturing Co. He is Leon V. Chaplin (Col., U. S. Army Retired), growing in it. The plant reached to the top of survived by his wife and daughter. his wife and their younger son, Leon Jr., are the greenhouse and one hot night it grew so moving fi-om their house trailer in which they FRANK B. AINGER, w'98, former president of much it cracked the glass. There were six or have lived since leaving Lansing in March, 1949, the Ainger Printing Co. in Detroit, died March eight bananas growing on it and one seemed into their new home on Frontero st., Los Altos, 12. Before establishing his own shop in Detroit, to be getting overripe so we ate it." Calif. . . . Willard and Helen (McDowell, '26) Mr. Ainger had published news sheets in Ransom Cutler are living at 924 Forest, East Lansing, and Peoria, 111., and North Lansing, Mich. His 1901 where he is drainage and irrigation engineer printing work was interrupted by service as a Golden Anniversary Reunion on the Agricultural Engineering staff. captain in World War I. He retired from busi­ Alumni Day, June 2 ness about 10 years ago to make his home in 1924 Williamston. His wife survives. 1906 J. K. Cosgrove, for 13 years head of the ARTHUR J. COOK, '01, retired highway engi­ 45th Anniversary Reunion Everett school in Lansing, has resigned, effective neer, died in Everett, Wash., Feb. 13. A licensed Alumni Day, June 2 April 1, to become director of public relations civil engineer, Mr. Cook was associated with and personnel for the Florida Michigan Fruit the Washington State Highway department for 1910 Processors of Traverse City. Clyde E. Weed, vice president and member of many years, prior to service during World War the board of directors of the Anaconda Copper 1926 II with Boeing Aircraft in Seattle. He is sur­ Mining Co. in New York City, was recently Silver Anniversary Reunion vived by his daughter and two grandsons. awarded the Saunders Medal. The citation, which Alumni Day, June 2 SADIE HATCH COTTRELL, w'02, formerly was given at the annual meeting of the Ameri­ 1931 of Hart, Mich., died Dec. 12, 1950, at the Masonic can Institute of Mining Engineers, was for out­ 20th Aniversary Reunion Home in Alma, Mich., where she had made her standing mining achievement, and is the highest Alumni Day, June 2 home the past few years. award in the industry. Lucius Howlett lives at 1013 James K Blvd., FRANK JUSTIN NELSON, w'15, a World Pontiac, Mich., where he is district manager for War I pilot, and member of the American In­ 1911 the Michigan Hospital Service. . . . Don Ridler's stitute of Architects, died at his home in Tucson, 40th Anniversary Reunion amazing basketball record at Lawrence Institute Ariz., Aug. 31. Following his discharge from Alumni Day, June 2 of Technology was described by Lyall Smith in the Army, Mr. Nelson was employed in the C. Dwight Curtiss reports: "After living nearly the Detroit Free Press for Jan. 25. In his eighth engineering department of Dow Chemical at Mid­ 29 years in one location I am moving to my new year as Tech's coach, Ridler had at that date land until 1924 when he moved to Arizona. He home just completed, at 3611 Calvend Lane, Rock won 158 of 218 games for a percentage of .725, studied architecture at the University of Arizona Creek Hills, Kensington, Md. I am still serving as and, as Smith noted "He has taken collegiate and in 1934 became a registered architect. His deputy commissioner of the Bureau of Public basketball in a city where it traditionally has wife and mother survive. Roads, Department of Commerce. I have been not prospered and dressed it up in such a way with this bureau since getting out of the Army that it is paying the athletic freight at the in 1919." engineering college out on north Woodward Ave. Yet he never played basketball in college, never 1935 1914 even coached it until 1940 !" . . . Major Bernard Charles S. Dunford Jr., export divisional man­ Prof. David M. Purmell heads the horticultural Schimmel may be reached in care of HQ IX ager for Reo Motors, Inc., in Lansing, recently department of National Agricultural College, Corps (Ordnance Section) APO 264, San Fran­ returned from a two-month business tour of Eng­ Farm School, Pa. Formerly known as Farm cisco. land, Ireland, France, Holland, Belgium, Den­ School, the institution was accredited two years mark, Sweden, and Norway. He spent about a age as a four year senior college. 1932 week at the automobile show in Brussels and the Mr. and Mrs. John Madonna, with Kay and remainder of the time visiting Reo distributors 1915 Jay, are in their new home at 18915 Bedford Dr., throughout those countries. . . . Donna Ensign A. L. Bibbins is convalescing from a several Birmingham, Mich., "where they would be Haster and her husband, Richard P., and their months illness at his new home at 25 Blossom pleased to hear from old M.S.C. friends." John two children are living on an orange grove 30 Heath, Williamsville, N.Y. He and Mrs. Bibbins still teaches French and Spanish at Detroit Cen­ miles south of Los Angeles (R.5, 13092 E. Orange- sold their big house in Snyder to the University tral. wood Ave., Anaheim, Calif.). . . . E. D. Riordan of Buffalo as a home for the new chancellor. 1934 manages industrial relations for Continental 1916 Lawrence and Charlotte (Bristol, w'35) Bassett Can's central region with offices in the Field Building, 135 S. LaSalle St., Chicago. He and 35th Anniversary Reunion and their three children are living in Pewaukee, Mrs. Riordan (Jeanne Smith, w'36) and their Alumni Day, Jane 2 Wis., where he is zone conservationist for the Soil Conservation Service. . . . Howard Byington four children live at 299 N. Longcommon Rd., 1920 manages the Wichita, Kan., branch of Baker Riverside, 111. . . . M/Sgt. Lyle E. Saunders and Dr. R. E. Trippensee, professor of wildlife Truck Rental, largest truck leasing firm west of his wife and their two children are living at 14 management at the University of Massachusetts, the Mississippi. He and Mrs. Byington and their Laurel Dr., Hampton, Va., where he is stationed has been named recipient of the first award of two children live in Wichita at 302 N. Osage. with the U.S. Air Force.

APRIL 15, 1951 . 13 1936 promotion to Lieutenant Colonel last June while Pearson was attached to the 2nd Division and 15th Anniversary Reunion attending the Air Command and General Staff was last heard from north of Pyongyang. Mrs. Alumni Day. June 2 School at Maxwell Field, Ala. Upon his return Pearson (Evadell Watkins, w'41) and their two Robert J. Sanders has been named retail sec­ to Elgin AFB, Fla., he was given the duties of daughters are living at R.l, Okemos, Mich. . . . tion supervisor of Burroughs Adding Machine Air Provost Marshal. He and Mrs. Branch Edward and Feme (Hamel, '39) Siebert and their Company's home office sales division in Detroit. (Mabel Stoddard, '38) and their four children two daughters are living on their farm on R.2, His first assignment with Burroughs was junior make their home on the base. . . . Major Lowell River Road, Mt. Morris, N.Y. Mrs. Siebert, who salesman in the Grand Rapids branch in 1937. R. Eklund, stationed in Washington, D.C., in the is dietitian at the Mt. Morris Tuberculosis Hos­ He was transferred to Detroit in 1948 and Pentagon Bldg., was recently transferred from pital, writes: "My husband is having a terrific prior to his supervisory appointment was with the General Staff G-3 Section to become an aide bout with malaria and rheumatoid arthritis which the microfilm section. to the Army Chief of Staff, General J. Lawton he contracted in India prior to his discharge in Collins. He has been in Washington for the January, 1946. To top this in our battle for 1937 past four years, but has also completed his doc­ survival, our complete dairy and barns were Following the death of her husband in 1947, torate work at Syracuse University as part of his destroyed by fire this past November." Marjorie Affeldt Albert and her son Douglas, army staff training, and is working on his thesis moved to Los Angeles, where she continued her at the present time. . . . Frances Minges Del- 1941 music studies with Amparo Iturbi. In May 1949 merico writes from R.7, Box 54, Battle Creek. Tenth Anniversary Reunion she married Dr. Harold Ziprick and they are Mich.: "Aftr spending a wonderfully interesting, Alumni Day, June 2 living at 1971 E. Glenoaks Blvd., Glendale 6, profitable year in Kyoto, Japan, where my hus­ William L. Mallory is administrative officer of Calif. . . . Beulah Atkins Steele gives her address band is still stationed, I'm back in Battle Creek the Genesee County TB Sanatorium and with as 73-11 Bell Blvd., Windsor Park Apts. I-G teaching vocal music in Lakeview junior and his wife and daughter Maureen lives in Flint at Bldg. I, Bayside, N.Y., and reports she is senior high schools while awaiting his return. 2516 E. 2nd St. . . . Joel Montague is on leave modelling for Harry Conover under the name It's good to be in touch with Stateside civiliza­ from Washington State College doing research of Kitty Steele and doing TV work while study­ tion again, but I would prefer being in Japan work at the University of London. . . . Burke ing dramatics under Alice B. Young. . . . Perry right now !" Vanderhill, assistant professor of geography at Florida State University, Tallahassee, writes: "I and Mary Isabel (Reid, '36) Rossman, of Lake- Helen Giffen and Merrill Grohman were mar­ am planning to lead a group of students this view, Mich., announce the birth of Susan Louise ried Sept. 22 and are living on R.6, (Box 3465) coming summer on a 30 day educational tour Jan. 27. Sacramento, Calif., where he is assistant to the of Eastern United States. This is a bus tour minister and director of Christian education at 1938 designed for teachers in the elementary and Carmichael Community Church. . . . John P. Kel­ W. John Blyth has been transferred by Bell secondary schools of Florida and will carry logg is a geologist with the Atomic Energy Com­ Telephone from New York to Detroit, and he credit in both geography and education. It is mission. He and Mrs. Kellogg (Mary Johnson, and Mrs. Blyth (Mary Michel, '37) and their first of a projected series of tours under the gen­ '40) and their three children may be reached at two sons are living at 115 Claremont Dr., Dear­ eral title 'American Panorama' and I am now Box 270. Grand Junction, Colo. . . . William born. . . . William and Chloe (Rawlinson, '37) involved in the job of publicity connected with Wenban is a certified public accountant with Boardman and their two children are living at this." . . . Roswell and Ruth Elinor (Stone, '42) Ernst & Ernst in Houston, Texas, where he 7708 Brookside Rd., Richmond, Va.. where Bill VanDeusen announce the birth of their fourth lives at 1600 Louisiana street. is a special agent with the FBI. . . . Ruth Starke daughter, Laurie Eileen, Feb. 11. The VanDeu- Burkhead with her doctor husband Howard and 1940 sens have livd in Solomons, Md., on Chesapeake their three children are living at 2319 Brown Bay, for the past three and a half years where Ave., Evanston, 111., while he is taking a three Robert and Margaret (Burlington, '41) Bald­ win, of 3617 Patrice Place, Overland, Mo., an­ he is employed by the state as biologist in charge year residency in radiology. . . . The X Corps of a statewide natural resources inventory. evacuation of North Korea was the third nounce the birth of Steven Robert Jan. 9. Young amphibious operation for Lt. Col. Kenneth E. Steven is the grandson of Robert J. '04, and 1942 Lay. He participated in the Utah beach landings Bertha (VanOrden '14) Baldwin of East Lansing. Carleton Warde Bower is publisher of the in northern France in June 1944 and last Octo­ . . . Lt. Col. Robert F. Bayard, American Lega­ Galesburg Argus in Galesburg, Mich., where he ber was with the X Corps in the water-borne tion, Saigon, Indo-China, and Eleanor J. Smail and Mrs. Bower (Rhea McCoy, w'45) make their operation at Wonson. . . . John Long is with were married Dec. 2 in Riverside, R.I. . . . home. . . . Mary Fleming Walker, with her hus­ Boeing Airplane Co. in Seattle, Wash., where Harold Burgess is located in Prairie du Chien, band Boyd W. and their three children, are he lives at 13803 12th Ave., S.W. . . . Allan Wis., as district manager of the Upper Mississippi living at 3263 Corinth ave., Los Angeles whsre Ward and Claire Charpentier were married Nov. River wildlife and fish refuge. . . . Orville and he is assistant professor of zoology at UCLA. 11 and are making their home at 3621 S.W. 11th Margaret Lessiter Bush are living in Joppa, Md., . . . Mr. and Mrs. Frederick A. Hipp and their St., Miami. Fla. He and his brother. Robert G., where he has rejoined the Martin Co. . . . Fau- young son Frederick have a new home at 325 '38, are both with The Life Insurance Co. of vette Johnston is supervising teacher of home Reist St., Williamsville. N.Y. Mr. Hipp has been Georgia. economics at Charlotte (Mich.) high school. . . . recalled to duty in the Navy. . . . Robert Gar- Robert Moses is located at 111 Montclair Dr., tung and his bride of Dec. 9 are living at 1027 1939 West Hartford. Conn., as project engineer for E. Grand River Ave. in East Lansing rather Frank and Ruth (Eager, '35) Anderson, of R.2. the Kama Aircraft Corp. than Grand Rapids where the gremlins had them Lawrence. Mich., announce the birth of Nancy Major Helge E. Pearson. QMC, is listed as in this column last issue. . . . Capt. David and Ruth Aug. 25. . . . George Branch received his missing in action in Korea since Nov. 28. Major Barbara (Hafford. '461 Jones announce, in proper Army order style, the birth of Wendy Patricia Feb. 18. The Joneses and their three children are living at 14D Sherman Circle. Monterey, Here's How to Make a Gift to Michigan State Calif. Numerous requests have been re­ other Spartans who might consider "We have finally found our farm" writes Maron Dial Stewart from R.2, 1275 N. Jefferson, ceived from Spartan alumni asking giving cash, real estate, securities or Ionia, Mich., where she and her husband, Rob­ how they might present gifts to other personal property, a suggested ert, and their four boys moved March 1. . . . Mr. Michigan State College. form for making such a gift is printed and Mrs. Thomas Waber, of 1205 Pallister, De­ For the information of these and below. troit, announce the birth of Ellen Elizabeth Feb. 18. Tom is unofficially the nation's busiest news­ caster. Pioneering in daytime television he has FORM FOR GIFT TO MICHIGAN STATE COLLEGE amassed a total of 46 newscasts per week. Since all of them are done "on camera" he is per­ "I give (here describe the property) to petually covered with makeup. But he reports it The State Board of Agriculture, a corporation created and existing under and is a wonderful experience and that no less a by virtue of the Constitution of the State of Michigan, for the use and benefit sponsor than Westinghouse has picked up a sub­ of Michigan State College of Agriculture and Applied Science, located at East stantial number of his telecasts from the ABC- owned station WXYZ-TV. . . . Harry B. Whit­ Lansing, Michigan, to be held by said State Board of Agriculture and to be ley is rector of St. Andrew's Episcopal Church in used and managed as follows: Algonac, Mich., and missionary in charge of St. (a) Said property shall be named the Paul's chapel on Harsen's Island. . . . Betty Wolf is a staff member of the United Nations (Endowment) Fund, in memory of my , secretariat in New York City where she lives ol ; at 34 Gramercy Park. (b) The entire fund, both principal and income, shall be used for the purpose 1943 of carrying out the objectives of said College." "Although she is past the 'announcing' stage, we want the RECORD to know of the arrival of Gretchen Ruth to Walter and Elaine (Lantta,

14 THE RECORD MSC Alumnus Helps Discover New Three Spartan Alumni Receive New Positions Method to Sterilize Blood Plasma Three Michigan State alumni have A Kalamazoo businessman, John J. turned to Dill, who earlier had supplied been given important new posts in mid- Dill, MS '42, and a scientist, Dr. J. T. the needed equipment for his research. western business and industrial concerns. Tripp, of the National Institute of "See if you can make this thing into They are Philip D. Moore, '39; J. Cur­ Health, Washington, D.C., have combined a low-priced commercial model," he told tis Gauntlett, '40, and W. Harmon Nick- forces and come up with a new and him. Dill came up with a sample plasma less, w'40. economical procedure for sterilizing sterilizer which could be sold for $800, Joins Carboloy Company blood plasma. three times under the price of the only other machine on the market. Moore is the new manager of employee Soldiers Get Disease Demand for the machine was immedi­ and community relations at the Car­ The need to sterilize plasma was dis­ ate. The machine has been installed in boloy Company, Inc., Detroit. Prior to covered during World War II, when leading health departments and drug taking over this medical men found soldiers often con­ concerns all over the U. S. post, he was em­ ployed by General tacted jaundice after repeated trans­ Hospitals, health departments and Electric Com­ fusions. In short, plasma often carried blood banks in Sweden, France, Argen­ pany, New York germs. tina, England and a score of other na­ Later, medical scientists found that tions have written asking for informa­ City for 12 years. ultraviolet light made plasma pure tion and machines. His last position with GE was as again. This discovery brought about the The machine, Dill says, now sterilizes administrative big problem—how could plasma efficient­ three times as swiftly as earlier models, assistant to the ly and economically be purified? is cheaper and extremely simple to oper­ vice-president in Shortly after the war, Dr. Tripp won ate. Dill, who received his master of charge of em­ wide acclaim for developing an apparat­ science degree from Michigan State Col­ Moore ployee, commun­ us which passed a thin flow of plasma lege, did his undergraduate work at ity and union relations. under an ultraviolet lamp. Then he Western Michigan College in Kalamazoo. Gauntlett has been promoted to ad­ vertising manager for the Upjohn Com­ '48) Beardslee on Oct. 4, 1950," writes Mrs. Lane, East Lansing, announce the birth of their pany of Kalamazoo, Mich. He joined Beardslee from 194 Jackson Circle, Chapel Hill, second son, Brian Scott, Feb. 18. . . . Max and the pharmaceutical firm in 1941, and was N.C., and adds: "Walt is in graduate school Margie (Otterbein, '48) Eckert of 3746 Madison, here in the political science department." . . . Dearborn, happily announce the birth of a daugh­ named assistant advertising manager in Cornell and Phyllis (Boss, '46) Beukema of 216 ter, Keeta Lee, Nov. 2. . . . H. Dean Fravel Jr., 1941. W. Hillsdale, Lansing, announce the birth of civil engineer with the U.S. Bureau of Public Nickless has been named assistant their second daughter, Kristi Jean, Dec. 8. . . . Roads, recently completed an assignment on Dr. Henry W. Fairchild has joined the faculty of the President's water resource policy commis­ director of the molding powders section West Virginia University at Morgantown as sion, committee on river basin analysis. He of the plastic sales division of the Dow assistant professor of agronomy and genetics. started his new assignment March 1, in Lima, Chemical Company, Midland. He has . . . Mr. and Mrs. Ernest T. Guy of 9331 Ruther­ Peru, where he hopes to be able to' contact some been with Dow since 1941. ford, Detroit, cleverly describe the "Guy midget MSC alumni. . . . Marion Clarke Fry, her hus­ model" known as Ernest Timothy born Jan. 16. band W. L. Jr., with Jan and Jimmie, who will . . . Mr. and Mrs. Theodore Ridley (Lois Gordon) celebrate his first birthday June 17, are living of 727 Main St., Slater, Mo. (he is city manager at 411 Golfview, Birmingham, Mich. . . . Lt. (jg) there) announce the birth of Gordon Taft Oct. Bruce Garlinghouse is assigned to the USS Salem Mark Earl on Feb. 1 and we'd like folks to know 2. . . . Kathleen Vina was born Feb. 1 to (CA-139) care Fleet Postoffice, New York City. about it." . . . Mr. and Mrs. Merle H. Smith Albert and Vina (Davies, '44) Kage of 2756 Oak- . . . Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth Childs (Margaret (Margaret Jury) of 950 Heyden, Detroit, an­ shire, Berkley, Mich. . . . Charles Sutton is Mosher) of 522 Monroe, Ann Arbor, Mich., an­ nounce the birth of their daughter, Deborah assistant director of housing at MSC. He and nounce the birth of Jonathan Roscoe Dec. 12. Lynn, Dec. 27. . . . Betty Middleton is working Mrs. Sutton, who is enrolled in home economics, . . . Betty Pryer is chief laboratory technician for THIS WEEK magazine in New York City and their two daughters are living at 404D Haw­ at Columbia Memorial hospital, Hudson, N.Y. where she lives at 28 West 87 st. . . . Mr. and thorn Lane. . . . Marion Wohlhaupter Wanner . . . Jack Warren, assistant prosecuting attorney Mrs. Kenneth McLeod (Margery Mielke) of 2020 and her two children are living at 2201 42nd for Ingham County and lecturer in business law N. Denwood, Dearborn, Mich., announce the birth Ave., Oakland, Calif., where Mr. Wanner is sta­ and veterinary jurisprudence, has been ordered of David Allan Jan. 31. . . . Vergil and Jean tioned with the Navy. to active duty with the U. S. Army. (Lawson, '49) Pinckney, of 400 N. Pennsylvania, Lansing, announce the birth of Stephen John, 1944 1947 Nov. 19. . . . Joyce Potter and Thomas Paskvan Capt. Ernest C. Fiebelkorn has been reported Ada Rose Bampton, who is starting her second Jr. were married Jan. 27 and drove to Alaska missing in action in Korea since July 5. . . . Mr. year as credit manager for Nate Morgan Jewelers where they may be reached at Box 1933, Fair­ and Mrs. Martin Hebert (Margery Pittenger) in Provo, Utah, paid a flying visit to the campus banks. . . . Richard and Lois (Newman, '43) and their three children are living at 109 Peach early in March. . . . Mary Baumgarten and Anna Schwartz and their two children are living in Rd., Oak Ridge, Tenn. . . . Arleen Wood and Brig-ham are associated with the Michigan Crippled the Kettle Moraine state forest, R.l, Adell, Wis., Nathan F. Vary, Jr., were married July 22, 1950, Children Commission in Lansing. . . . Chester and where he is employed by the State Conservation and are living in Odessa, N.Y. Gertrude (Potts, '48) Bear are living at 3 Na­ Department. . . . Donald A. Smith received his varre, Coral Gables, Fla., while*he is with radio M.S. from the University of Minnesota on Dec. 1945 station WMBM in Miami Beach. . . . Virginia 21. . . . Gerald and Christine (Wanhainen, '43) Mr. and Mrs. W. A. Sexton (Gladys Harding) Chaplin, recreational director with Army Special Smith of East Lansing announce the birth of of R.l, Fennville, Mich., announce the birth of Services, has been transferred from Camp Hakata Margaret Ann, Jan. 26. . . . Warren and Betty their third daughter, Mary Jo, Nov. 27. . . . Earl to Camp Osaka in Japan. . . . Richard Geer is (Grossnickle, '46) Vincent of 207 Haslett, East and Jean (Hart, '42) Morrison, of 392 W. Wood­ director of housing at MSC and with Mrs. Geer Lansing, report the birth of their third son, land, Ferndale, Mich., announce the birth of John and their two children are living in Lansing at Jeffrey Robert, Feb. 17. . . . George Yerganian Hart Oct. 27. . . . Mildred VanWestrienen Gaskill 800 S. Dexter Dr. . . . Arthur Fiegelson is recre­ received his Ph.D. from Harvard at the March gives her new address as 737 Almeria, Coral ation instructor at Pontiac, (Mich.) State Hos­ commencement. Gables, Fla., where her husband practices den­ pital. . . . Mary Anne Smith Gauthier with her tistry. U. of Mich, grad husband, Richard E., and their 1948 1946 young son are living in Grand Rapids, at 221 Daniel Carlstrom is a buyer for Higbee Com­ 5th Anniversary Reunion Garfield N.W. . . . Keith and Gladys (Schriemer, pany in Cleveland where he lives at 3311 Lee Alumni Day, June 2 '48) Hunt write from 823 W. Oakridge. Fern- Rd. . . . Mr. and Mrs. A. Gene Gazlay announce Jack and Renee Scott Breslin, of 705 Cherry dale, Mich.: "We're happy over the arrival of the birth of Maurine Kay Jan. 25. They are

APRIL 15, 1951 .... 15 living in Atlanta, Mich., where he is employed Ford agency in Hillsdale, Mich., where he and home, 801 W. Green, Urbana, 111. . . . Maurice by the game division of the Conservation Depart­ Mrs. Williams (Shirley Fitzpatrick, w'50) and and Arlene (Marshall, '44) Hill are living on R. 1, ment. . . . Suzanna Hamilton and Robert W. their son Ronald live at 14 E. South St. . . . Marshall, Mich., while he is 4-H club agent in Thomas (Miami '47) were married Oct. 14 and Roland Young is "vacationing in Florida" at Calhoun county. . . . Richard and Janet (Moore, making their home in Chicago at 5633 N. Ken- the Navy's Whiting Field in Milton. '48) Horn are living at 112 S. Hayford, Lansing, more. . . . Craig Lee was born Feb. 15, to Mr. where he is with Argonaut Realty division of and Mrs. Donald Devendorf (Janet Higginbottom) 1949 General Motors. . . . Walter Imig, Jr., is research of 7620 Essen Ave., Parma, Ohio. . . . Helen Mr. and Mrs. Carl G. Bach (Suzanna Boone) chemist for American Can Co. in Maywood, 111., Jamieson and Ernest Johanson were married of 1452 University Terrace, Ann Arbor, an­ and he and Mrs. Imig (Betty Lutton, *49) live in Oct. 18 and are making their home at Yosemite nounce the birth of David Carl Sept. 15. . . . Des Plaines at 2024 Wellyn Ave. . . . Kenneth R. National Park, Calif. . . . Walter and Claire Sue Ellen was born Jan. 9 to Mr. and Mrs. Kelly is sales engineer for Minneapolis-Honeywell (Frimodig, '47) Knysh of 93 Meadowbrook Apts., Robert M. Bennett of 73 Willow Lane, Vermil­ Regulator Co., 415 Brainard, Detroit, and he and Corning, N.Y., announce the birth of Andrew lion, Ohio. . . . Capt. Robert Bodoh is stationed Mrs. Kelly (Ann Collins, '49) make their home Meidell Nov. 13. . . . John Herman III was at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Dayton, in Birmingham. . . . Ralph and Betty (Shan­ born Oct. 26 to John and Alyce (Edison, '49) Ohio. He is a pilot in the USAF but his pri­ non, '48) Kirch, of R. 4, Coldwater, Mich., an­ Kobs. mary duty is that of industrial mobilization and nounce the birth of James Timothy on Nov. 1. Mr. Kirch is 4-H club agent in Branch county. James and Val Wilder Korth, of 3033 N.W. production and procurement officer. . . . Robert . . . Arthur C. Kittleson is a medical student at 15th St., Miami. Fla., announce the birth of E. Brady, son of Jacob O. '23 and Gladys (Kel­ the University of Michigan and he and Mrs. their child (name or sex not mentioned) Jan. 3. logg, '22) Brady, and Ruth Lowell, '50, were Kittleson (Christine VanderZalm, '43) live in Ann . . . Willard and Marion Somerville Munro are married Sept. 9 and are making their home at 1745 Jefferson S.E., Grand Rapids where he is Arbor at 1448 University Terrace, Apt. 512. . . . living at 125 East Ten Mile Rd., Royal Oak, Daniel and Constance (Frey, '48) Knudson are since he finished law school in February. Bar engineer with diesel division of General Motors and she is secretary at Lear, Inc. . . . Richard living at 727 W. Michigan, Battle Creek, where exams come up in April. . . . Mr. and Mrs. he is an accountant for Kellogg Co. L. A. Pisegna announce the birth of Mary and Norma Benjamin Cade and their daughter Camellia Jan. 3. They are living at 807 Fifth Rebecca are located in Dubuque, Iowa, where William Lagoni and Mary Ann Lepel, '49, were St., Marietta, Ohio, where he is with Koppens he is agricultural engineer with John Deere married Aug. 27 and are living at 207 S. Delia, Co. . . . Hajime Ota is located at the Agricul­ tractor works. They may be reached in care Ludington, Mich., where he is assistant manager tural Research Center in Beltsville, Md., with of Frank Raska, R.2, Dubuque. . . . Mr. and of the J. C. Penney Co. . . . Charlene Englehardt and Thomas McCormick were married Dec. 24 the USDA's division of farm buildings and rural Mrs. Jack Carlyle will celebrate their first wed­ and are making their home at 878 N. E. Capitol housing. . . . Charles and Barbara (Roessler, ding anniversary May 5. They are living at Ave., Battle Creek. . . . Frank Mcintosh is assis­ w'50) Roberts and their small daughter are 5528-B Woodland Ave., Pennsauken, N.J., while tant district executive for the Detroit area coun­ living in Pullman, Wash., where he is working he is an electrical engineer for RCA Victor in cil of Boy Scouts, and he and Mrs. Mcintosh for his doctorate at State College of Washing­ Camden. . . . Thomas S. Chaplin has received a temporary promotion to First Lieut, in the (June Lisse, '48) live in Highland Park at 235^ ton, and serving as half-time assistant in the W. Buena Vista. . . . Donald and Mary (Croll, student counseling center. . . . Adele Rolfe is a Army's finance corps. He is assistant finance officer stationed at Camp McCauley near Wels. '48) McWade live at 443 W. State, Cheboygan, graduate student at University of Michigan, and Mich., where he has his veterinary practice. lives in Detroit at 16509 Indiana. . . . John L. Australia. His wife and daughter Marianne are Sears, county agent in Duncan, Ariz., writes: with him. . . . Robert Cook is on the commerce Edward Mallonen is landscape architect at "We have an assistant county agent now, born department staff at Tri-State College, Angola, Muskegon, Mich., where he and Mrs. Mallonen Dec. 22, named Franklin George, making it two Ind. . . . Robert Cordano is located in Omer, (Vera Rauh, '48) make their home. . . . Richard Martin is sales representative for American Hos­ boys and a girl." . . . Tom Sheehan is parkway Mich., as supervisor of the Arenac County pital Supply and he and Mrs. Martin (Georgi- foreman for Taconic State Park commission, Bureau of Social Aid. . . . Frank and Jean Hal- anna Dodt, '49) live in Highland Park, 111., at and is located at R.2, Rhinebeck, N.Y. mich DeDecker, of 6040 Adams, Warren, Mich., announce the birth of Mary Kathryn Feb. 7. 12245 Hamilton. . . . Harold and Betty (Axce, Walter Szpara is electrical engineer in the . , . William Dominik received his master of '46) Monske, of 821 May St., Hammond, Ind., plant engineering department at Oldsmobile in music degree in August from the University of announce the birth of David Harold Aug. 18. . . . Lansing where he lives at 519 S. Dexter Dr. Southern California, and is now teaching wood­ Vaughn Oswalt has a position with Floyd Clymer, . . . William and Joyce Wagoner Kutsche and wind instruments and various music subjects at publisher, in Los Angeles, Calif., where he lives their little Jeanne Louise are living at 9423 Bethany College, Lindsborg, Kan., where he and at 1225 S. Elden Ave. . . . Albert and Marjorie Kentucky, Detroit, where he is a medical stu­ Mrs. Dominik (Shirley Crisman, '45) live at 213 (McCallum, '47) Peffers are living at 740 Eureka dent at Wayne Univrsity. . . . Mary Taylor N. Main. St., Sault Ste. Marie, Mich., where he teaches and Lt. Robert W. Noce were married Sept. 9, agriculture. . . . Don Sherman is police and in Heidelberg, Germany, and are making their 1950 court reporter for the Monroe (Mich.) Evening home in Augsburg, Bavaria. . . . Eugene and George Heneveld, Jr., is a veterinarian at News. . . . William J. Sullivan is assistant office Elizabeth (Corey, '47) Walsh, of 14 Academy Davidson Veterinary Hospital, 7420 W. Michigan, manager for the Imperial Furniture Co. in Grand Rd., Buffalo, N.Y., announce the birth of Kath- Kalamazoo. . . . Jose Ramon Herrera manages a Rapids, Mich. . . . Crystal Playter Thomas is staff lyn Susan, Feb. 15. . . . Dr. and Mrs. George dairy plant in Carora, Venezuela, where he lives nurse at Butterworth hospital in Grand Rapids. Stilwill (Louise Whitcomb) of 511 E. Kingsley, at San Juan No. 56. . . . Wallace Heuser and ... As a sideline to a regular job, Verland Ann Arbor, announce the birth of their son, Laura Lee Riegel, '49, were married July 16 and Walder, of R. 2, Aurora, 111., wholesales and re­ Edward Whitcomb, Nov. 13. . . Phyllis Wilkie are living on R. 1, Lawrence, Mich. . . . Elizabeth tails plants and cut flowers. . . . William Vallett is employed by the University of Minnesota as Higbie is a social worker for the Bureau of Social and Mary Jean Christman, *49, were married head counselor at Sanford Hall in Minneapolis. Aid in Benton Harbor, Mich. . . . Lyman L. Aug. 12 and are living at 9545 Northlawn, . . . Dean Williams is parts manager at the Hill, Jr., is research assistant at I-B-R Research Detroit.

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