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ALUMNI NEWSLETTER MICHIGAN STATE NORMAL COLLEGE May, 1955 No. 2 .I i-t i , ALUMNI N E W S L E T T E R Vol. VIII May, 1955 No. 2 Published in the interests of the Alumni at intervals during the school year by the Division of Field Services, Michigan State Normal College, Ypsilanti, Michigan Publication Committee: Donald M. Currie ('47) Lucille A. Marshall Alumni Advisory Committee: A. A. Riddering ('10) H. Z. Wilber ('02) Cover: This is an unusual "shot" of the College Library which is really the hub of the campus not only geographically, but from the standpoint of the instructional program as well. MICHIGAN STATE NORMAL COLLEGE and its ALUMNI ASSOCIATION request your presence on Alumni Day Saturday, June 11 at Ypsilanti, Michigan ALUMNI DAY EVENTS The fol lowing wi 11 take place at Charles Mc Kenny HalI 10 a.m. Registration and Reception Emeritus Club Meeting 12 M. Alumni Luncheon with Program and Business Meeting • Judge Leland Carr ('03), Michigan Supreme Court 2 p.m. Emeritus Club Meeting 4 p.m. Commencement Exercises Address • Dr. Virgil M. Rogers, Dean of the School of Education Syracuse University CLASS REUNIONS: 1905, Golden Anniversary; 1930, Silver Anniversary Thirteenth Annual Track Alumni Club Meeting Friday and Saturday 1 A New Look f By Walfred Ericks time retirement,re signation, and death left three other important positions to be filled, so that to day the Library personnel has changed considerably since most of our graduates were in college, ( It is interesting to note, and per haps to the credit of the Library, that nineteen colleges and uni versities are represented in the training and experience of the Library staff, In addition to Mr. Erickson, today's staff includes Wanda C. Bates, order librarian; Roberta Wal/red Erickson, C. Keniston, reference librarian· Frances H. Saupe, catalog li-· For many years the Michigan brarian; Paul W, Kelly, circula State Normal College Library has tion librarian; Hazel J. Hanna, been an important part of the total reserve books librarian; Flor educational experience of the ence Stevens , assistant catalog many thousands of students who librarian; Donald C. Dickinson, have used its facilities, During assistant reference librarian· all these years there has been a Helen Cheadle, assistant catalo� steady growth of the book collec librarian; and Virginia Bower, tion, new services have been library secretary. added, and generally the Library Supplementing the College has established itselffigurat-ively Library are the Roosevelt and and literally in a central place on Lincoln school libraries, admin the campus, istered by Patricia Callahan and Housed in an attractive build Nancy Jones, respectively, and ing, which was built in 1930, the the elementary library at Lin Library contains a rich collection coln under the supervision of Ida of over 112,000 volumes and K. Brink, These libraries serve more than 13, 000 pieces of un the students of the laboratory cataloged pamphlet materials. schools and serve also as labor Three spacious reading rooms atories for the students in the seat about 400 people, and a staff College's library science pro of service-minded, profession gram, ally-trained librarians are on A hand at all times to give assist student or faculty member ance to students and faculty. using the Library learns very In 1952 after many years of quickly that a philosophy of ser loyal service, Miss Elsie V. vice underlies its operation, Two Andrews ('04) retired as head full-time professional librarians librarian and was succeeded by handle the reference department Walfred Erickson, At the same and are always ready to assist 2 he College Library ead was established about two years ago for the purpose of providing recreational reading on open shelves for students and faculty. Equipped with comfortable furni ture it occupies a pleasant, well lighted corner of the periodicals reading room. The corner is stocked with about 400 attractive ly-jacketed volumes ranging in interests from the blood-curdling mystery story to the latest book on atomic theory. An attempt is Browsing Corner made to satisfy all interests and students and faculty as they seek to maintain a constantly changing library materials. The reference collection. This collection is department takes an active part made up to a large degree of in the freshmen orientation pro books purchased from the Estelle gram and continues this kind of Downing fund, which was estab instruction throughout the year lished in memory of the late Miss individually and in class groups. Downing, long a member of the Students are assisted further college faculty. Complementing by professionally-trained people the book collection in this corner in the circulation and reserve one finds a rack of current maga books departments, and members zines and the latest newspapers of other departments help at var of a number of cities of Michigan ious times in public services in and the nation. addition to their regular duties. Keeping pace with the machine Library stacks were not age, the Library is going ahead planned originally for open ac in the area of microcards and cess to students, but the present microfilm. Microcard and mi Library administration is at crofilm readers were purchased tempting to establish open stacks last year, and a collection of mi to an ever-increasing degree. crocards and microfilm was be All books in the reference and gun. The collection is growing periodicals rooms are on open in a modest way and increased shelves, and in the reserve read student and faculty use indicate ing room the children's literature that this area in the library's collection and the curriculum collection will be expanded in the materials center are shelved next few years. openly. In addition to these facil Most users of the Library ities stack privileges are granted perhaps do not realize the impor - liberally to graduate students and tance and the scope of the cata often to undergraduates. loging and classification that are An innovation which has proven necessary to the successful oper popular with students and faculty ation of a large library. Because is the browsing corner, which Michigan State Normal College (Continued 011 Page 16) 3 GOLDEN ANNIVERSARY ROSTER The following members of the Class of 1905 have received Champion, Deda notices of their GOLDEN ANNI 7406 Acquia Madre VERSARY reunion on Alumni Sante Fe, N.M. Day, June 11. Clark. Hazel If you should discover errors (Mrs.H.C.Barnard) in names and addresses, we will Clinton, Michig'an appreciate it very much if you will send us the correct informa Cole, Eva tion for our re cords, 620 West Cedar Elkhart, Indi�na Abbott; M. Anne Benedict, Pearl (Mrs. George Tooley) (Mrs. Chas. L. Jones) Cooley,Herbert C. Route #1 Box 756 443 North Macomb East Lansing, Mich. New Port Richey, Fla. Monroe, Michigan Abel, Gretta Betteys, Mildred Corazzi, Grace (Mrs. E. A. Hollister) (Mrs. Philip Dennis) (Mrs.Richard Keeler) 15 South Shirley Avenue 9558 Ward 25 West 9th Street Pontiac, Michigan Detroit, Michigan Holland, Michigan Alexander, Effie Bond, E. Gertrude Coy, Florence A. 241 North Broad Street (Mrs. H.G.Schumacher) 833 Cleveland Adrian, Michigan 12076 Monie� Loveland, Colo. Detroit 4, Michigan Atkinson, Winifred Dean, Jeanette G. (Mrs. A.F. Wurz) Brown, Bess A. R.D. #4 909 Lincoln Way East (Mrs. Guy B�rton) Coldwater, Mich. Mishawaka, Indiana 12561 Third Avenue Detroit, Michigan Demorest, Edith A. Becker, Alma 209 Fuller Ave.S.E. (Mrs. Alma Stevenson) Brown, Emma N. Grand Rapids 6,Mich. 429 Steele Court (Mrs. Maurice Harvey) Waukegan, Illinois 206 West Cass Dennis, Rose B. Schoolcraft, Michigan (Mrs. Ralph L.North) Becker, Grace 25 Westbrook (Mrs. Roy S. Head) Burpee, Belle Hot Springs, Ark. 429 Steele Court (Mrs. Kinton Stevens) Waukegan, Illinois P.O. Box 567 Eldred, Foss 0. Kirkland, Washington 216 Lafayette St. Beedle, Bessie Ionia, Michigan (Mrs. L. Wade Fast) Carlisle, Ethel 185 South Wilson (Mrs. J. M. Wright) Erickson, Helen Mt. Clemens, Michigan 1936 Division South 312 Brildwin St. Grand Rapids, Mich. Whitehall, Mich. Beeman, Benjamin 609 Townsend Carpenter, Mary S. Erwine, Florence Lansing 15, Michigan (Mrs. Charles Bnrtlctt) 833 North Stonem�n 12561 Third Avenue Alhambr�, Calif. Highland Park 3, Mich. 4 Roster Continued Estabrook, Eudora P. Lamport, Mary A. Reed, J. Lewis 617 Plymouth Road (Mrs. D. D. \Valton) 514 Washington Grand Rapids 6, Mich. 224 Maple Alpena, Michigan Nashville, Michigan Frank, Grace Reed, Alice E. (Mrs. Elbert Wood) Leeder, Joseph A. (Mrs. W. H.Miller) R. 3, 7638 Michigan 4065 Fairfax Drive 214 Belvedere Wayne, Michigan Columbus, Ohio Charlevoix, Mich. Gage, Nina Little, Lucy Riker, Neva R. 2 1427 Henderson Dr. (Mrs. E. H. Rowley) Brighton, Michigan Kalamazoo, Mich. 35375 Park Street Richmond, Michigan Gangnuss, Frieda Mccurdy, Della (Mrs. Charles Herbst) (Mrs. D. Thompson) Rosemarne, Laura R. 1 3360 N.Meridian St. (Mrs. J. C. Winton) Brighton, Michigan Apt. G-5 1305 Baldwin Indianapolis, Ind. Ann Arbor, Michigan Goodson, Laura I. 578 West Iroquois McGuinness, Mrlude Rudd, Allura Pontiac, Michigan 16922 Wildemere (Mrs. A.G.Brooker) Detroit 21, Mich. 52 Alder Lane Hawks, Alice Bronxville, N.Y.