•- ^iSi f -J 111II111 It 111 II! Ill 11II11 III 111! 1111111 i 111 III III1111111! 11111111111111 i 11111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111III IJ 11111111II1111IIIIIL ' cjfie MICHIGAN STATE COLLEGE RECORD • s ADMINISTRATION BUILDING Old Qrads recall the library study hours spent here Ma rch 1930 -HI III IIM111II111111M ll 11111II1111111111111II111111M11111II111111II11111111111111111II1111111111111111111II111111 i 11111111111111111111111111111111111111111117- Go to Europe this Summer! The Banner Year for College Alumni • • • This summer ... as never before . you ought to stage that long deferred European trip. There's a sound reason . The United States Lines and American Merchant Lines have been designated the official fleet Jtl of Intercollegiate Alumni organizations representing 103 colteges and universities The great liner AMERICA . her staterooms refu rn- ished in the mode of tomorrow ... is your flagship. On the AMERICA, and throughout the fleet, will be college bands to "do" the melody with a campus flavor ... On ship and ashore, a vast personnel will be on tiptoe to give you the ultimate in service. It is your day! . A card index of alumni residents in Europe will be found in the London, Paris and Berlin offices of the United States Lines- You, too, should register. Who knows what happy reunions may result? ... Write your Alumni Secretary or send the coupon below now for complete information. UNITED STATES LINES MAIL THIS COUPON TODAY TO THE NEAREST OFFICE LISTED BELOW OFFICIAL ALUMNI FLEET UNITED STATES LINES LEVIATHAN, World's Largest Ship 45 Broadwav, New York GEORGE WASHINGTON AMERICA 61-63 W. Jackson Blvd., Chicago 691 Market St., San Francisco REPUBLIC PRESIDENT HARDING I am interested in making a trip to Europe this summer PRESIDENT ROOSEVELT on the official alumni fleet. Please give me information, •rv. :rt'- >«>. without obligation on mv part, on sailings, accommoda­ And direct New York-London service tions and rates. weekly on Name.. ........ ... AMERICAN BANKER AMERICAN SHIPPER Address. ,..........;......... .... ..... ...... AMERICAN FARMER AMERICAN TRADER AMERICAN MERCHANT City Alumni Association . ...... March, 1930 THE MICHIGAN STATE COLLEGE RECORD 3 Listening In The MICHIGAN STATE COLLEGE urpHERE are two classes of people," -1- according to the Rollins College Record, "those who leave wills when they die, and those who leave bills. At RECORD the funeral of the first class there is Established 1896 sorrow. At the funeral of the second Member of the American Alumni Council there is panic. When a man leaves Published for the alumni and former students of the Michigan State College by the M. S. C. Association. money to a college, it proves he is more Published monthly throughout the year. interested in heads than in headstones. Membership in the M. S. C. Association, including subscription to THE RECORD, A bequest to a college is the nearest $2.50 per year. Unless members request a discontinuance before expiration of their memberships, it will you can come to finding the fountain be assumed a renewal is desired. of youth. It can be founded,—but not Checks, drafts and money orders should be made payable to the M. S. C. Association. found." Entered as second class matter at the postoffice at East Lansing, Michigan. GLEN O. STEWART, '17, Editor GLADYS FRANKS, w'27. Alumni Recorder M. KATHERINE LYNCH, '31, Feature Editor RESIDENT EMERITUS THOMP­ P SON of Ohio State tells a story THE M. S. C. ASSOCIATION about a student who was taking an Union Memorial Building exam. He couldn't answer the last OFFICERS—1929-30 question. He thought that the profes­ Arthur C. MacKinnon, '95, President G. V. Branch, '12, Vice-President sor was a pretty good friend of his, so R. Bruce McPherson, '90, Treasurer Glen O. Stewart, '17, Secretary he wrote "Only God could answer that question. Merry Christmas." The pro­ fessor wrote back <'God gets a hundred; EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE you get zero. Happy New Year." E, E. Gallup, '96, Lansing, term expires 1930; Earl E. Hotchin, '12, term expires 1931; L. Q. Gordon, '06. term expires 1932 ; Harris E. Thomas, 85, Lansing, ex-officio ; E. W. Ranney, '00, Greenville, ex-officio ; Frank F. Rogers. '83, Lansing, ex-officio. TUDENTS at the University of Mrs. Turner Broughton, '17, President of Alumnae League. S California last year earned a total of more than a million dollars while Entered at the East Lansing Postoffice as Second Class Matter taking their course. Seventy-five per Vol. XXXV. No. 7 East Lansing, Michigan March, 1930 cent, five thousand, of the students are partially or totally self-supporting. HE Minnesota Daily recently com­ T mented on the restlessness of In This Issue youth as follows: "The youth of to­ day is no more restless than his father; - .;" Page he has a period in which to study and Committes Select Nominees for Spring Election 5 a period in which to play. He requires The What and Why of the Woman's Student Aid Fund— Plan less time to learn; he studies more in­ Co-ed Dormitory , 6 tensively. Life is not a serious game to him. The future of education is Michigan Master Farmers Rated Rural Leaders 7 safe in his hands. Spartan Clubs Meet -, 8 "Officials of an educational institu­ "Close Beside the Winding Cedar" 9 tion will find the task of forcing the students to' stay on the campus over Radio Expansion Planned—Gymnasium Gossip—Spartan Var­ the week-end a very distasteful and sity Basketball Squad for 1930 10 perplexing one." Student Crash Victim—Marriages . n Varsity Triumphant Over Michigan Victory......... 12 T\R. HARRY W. CHASE, president U of the University of North Carolina, Alumni Affairs... .' 15 has accepted the presidency of the University of Illinois. Dr. David Kinley alumni education, art in American life -1 who retires at the end of the present and radio education. IMPORTANT NOTICE FOR academic year is sixty-eight years old. !l CHICAGO AND MILWAUKEE S He has been president for the last ten "QELIEVE it or not, as friend Ripley ALUMNI '1 li years. -'-'might say, baseball is possible in April 3. 6:30—Milwaukee alumni 1 li Michigan as early as February 21. club dinner meeting at "The S rpHE degree of doctor of science was On that particular date Coach John Old Manse," 100 Prospect S i| •*• conferred on Thomas Alva Edison Kobs chased his Spartan diamond avenue, Milwaukee. Coach h at the convocation day exercises at Rol­ squad out into the open spaces for the James Crowley and Secretary s lins College, Winter Park, Florida, first time this season. A long fly chas­ Stewart, speakers. s February 14. ing drill for the outfield candidates and April 4. 6:30—Chicago alumni s a brief warmup for the inflelders fea­ club annual dinner dance, ) li HE fifth annual meeting of the tured the practice. Kobs batted fungoes Medinah Athletic club, North 'I T American Association for Adult until perspiration poured from his face, Michigan avenue. Speakers, ll 'I Education will be held in Chicago on and his fly-chasers had a sweat bath Dean Marie Dye, Coach s May 12, 13, 14 and 15, at the Edgewater beneath the beaming February sun. It James Crowley and Secretary ll 'I Beach hotel. Plans for the program was all in anticipation of that Southern 11 Stewart. include a discussion of rural education, trip during spring vacation. 'I 4 THE MICHIGAN STATE COLLEGE RECORD March, 1930 DETROIT#LELAND HOTEL DETROIT BAGLEY AT CASS AVENUE WILLIAM J. CHITTENDEN, JR., Manager i When in Detroit stop at this new, sreat/ modern hotel with its famous restaurants and inviting public lounges. You will find a congenial at» mosphere, a genuine welcome and efficient, friendly service. X LARGER ROOMS THEATRE DISTRICT POPULAR COFFEE SHOP Downtown — convenient to railroad terminals. Near \ Interstate Bus Terminals WILLIAM J. CHITTENDEN, Jr., one of America's best known Hotel Managers > l Andrew Carnegie "If I Had Only once said: Played Safe" ex resslon as "I have never known a concern to make a decided V23Kt ^^ P h been heard the success that did not do good honest work, and even y|§Bk: length and breadth of the land in these days of fiercest competition, when everything la||5p since the stock market slump. Day would seem to be a matter of price, there lies still W after day, tens of thousands have at the root of great business success the very much eagerly turned the pages of their news­ more important factor of quality." papers to learn the latest reports concern­ ing the funds with which they have gambled. No need for those whose money is in a FOR TEN YEARS THE CAMPUS PRESS HAS BEEN savings account to worry—they know it is STRIVING TO GIVE ITS VALUED CUSTOMERS safe; they know it is earning interest stead­ THE BEST IN ily day and night; they know it will be ready for them when they want it. PRINTING Speculation helps one person to win where a thousand lose. Play safe and climb the ladder Quality, Service and Consideration of success. We will help you. American State Savings Bank LANSING THE CAMPUS PRESS NORTH LANSING SOUTH LANSING 20SS EAST MICHIGAN AVE. (Incorporated) 106 West Grand River Avenue EAST LANSING, MICHIGAN March, 1930 THE MICHIGAN STATE COLLEGE RECORD 5 Nominees as Presented by the Nominating Committees, After Careful Consideration 'T'HE DECEMBER issue of the RECORD carried the announcement that President -*- MacKinnon of the M. S. C. Association had appointed two nominating committees for the purpose of naming candidates whose names are to appear on the Association ballot this spring. L. P. Dendel, '14, and Leland N. Jones, '20, acting as chairmen of groups 1 and 2, report to the alumni office that their committees after careful investigation have selected slates that represent the best interests of the alumni of the College.