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Officers for 1931·1932 W. J. Rusch, '15, Breslin Apts., Spokane ______President John Goddard, '21, Centralia.______First Vice President C. L. Hi x, '09, Pullman ______.___ __Second Vice President

Board of Directors A. R. Galbraith, '13,______Centralia L. B. Vincent, ' 15______.______.. ______yakima

Joe Hungate, '02 C. J. Broughton, '19______Dayton Benton M. Bangs, '17 ______. .______._ .______Wenatchee

Athletic Council R. C. McCroskey, '06 ___ Garfield Lloyd Gillis, '21 __ __ _.______Washtucna E. V. Foster, _____ Pullman

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Entered as second-class m a tter, June 13, 1919, at the post off ice at Pullman, Washington, under t he Act of M arch 3, 1879 THE ALUMNUS A Digest of the News for the Alwnni VOLUME XXII PULLMAN, WASHINGTON, APRIL, 1932 No.4 The Location of the College at Pullman

By Judge Thomas Neill

At the first session of the legislature be located on a tract of land, contain­ I£ge was received in Pullman Sunday of the state of Washington, following ing not more than 160 acres, and to morning at about 11 o'clock. The the adoption of the constitution, a bill be located in some county east of the ministers of the several churches dis­ was introduced establishing an educa­ Cascade mountains, and not in any pensed with the usual services and the tional institution, to be known as the county already having a state insti­ congregations adjourned to join other "Washington State Agricultural Col· tlltion. As Spokane county had the citizens in celebrating the victory. Dur­ lege and School of Science," and pro­ state insane asylum and Walla Walla ing Monday and Tuesday all business viding for a commission to locate the county had the penitentiary, these two Vias suspended. The ladies served all institution unless other~"ise located by counties were eliminated from the con­ comers with food and as there were the legislature prior to June 1, 1890. test, leaving Yakima and Whitman the then five saloons in town and two Pullman citizens conceived the idea only available counties in which the flowing artesian wells, no one suffered ot getting some free advertising for college could be located. from thirst. the town by offering to give to the But the fight to hold the college aft­ state 10 acres of land for a site for the er it had been located was more stren­ college although, at that time, no one t:ous than the one to secure its loca­ in Pullman thought it would be pos­ tion. sible to secure the location of the col­ When the regents met to let the lege in a town so small. Pullman then contract for the first building, they chimed a population of 350. arrived in Pullman at about 6 o'clock The legislature having failed to lo­ in the evening, and about the same cate the college, the commission start­ time information was received that the ed a tour of the state to investigate the sheriff from Colfax was on his way to many sites that had been offered by serve an injunction, issued by the su­ cities and towns in every part of the perior court at Tacoma, restraining state. Pullman considered it necessary the regents from letting any contract to impress the commission with the fer college buildings. Before the sher­ importance of the town as a trade cen­ i:f arrived the regents met and let a ter, and on the day the commission contract for the construction of a small came to Pullman the town was crowd­ brick building that was for many years ed with farmers with their teams. They known as the "Crib," and is now a made a very impressive showing of part of the old gymnasium. I:usiness activities. The injunction proceedings were dis­ The commISSIOn consisted of missed when it was shown to the court Thomas Smith of Colfax, E. C. Fergu­ that the contract had been let before son of Snohomish and Edward Whit­ the injunction was served. son of North Yakima, and when they Judge Thomas Neill, in 1892, when he At the general election in 1892 H. J. met to vote on a location Mr. Smith and the college were young. Snively of Yakima was the democratic voted for Colfax, Mr. Ferguson for candidate for governor against John H. and Mr. Whitson for Yakima. Another comn1lSSlOn was appointed 1I.icGraw of Seattle. A great deal of As no two of them could agree on any consisting of W. W. Black of Everett, opposition developed against Mr. Mc­ one place for the college, they agreed A. H. Smith of Tacoma and S. B. 'Jraw and it appeared for a time that to disagree and so reported to the gov­ Conover of Port Townsend. After Mr. Snively would be elected. The ernor. viewing the various sites that were people of Pullman believed that if Mr. At the following session of the legis­ offered, most of which were in Whit­ Snively were elected he would use all lature, in 1891 , a new bill was intro­ man county, the commissioners met at of his influence to move the college duced which was passed and approved Olympia to make their decision, and from Pullman. A meeting of the cit­ March 9, 1891. In this bill, through late on a Saturday night decided in izens was called a few days before the the influence of friends of Pullman, favor of Pullman. election and an agreement was entered it was provided that the college should The news of the location of the col- into between the republicans and dem­ 2 THE ALUMNUS

ocrats of the town, whereby the demo­ Pullman was very much encouraged INTERNATIONAL ALUMNI C:'ats agreed to vote for McGraw for by these appropriations. It was be­ Toronto, Ont., Canada, governor and the republicans agreed lieved that, if the buildings provided To the Alumni Secretary: to vote for certain democratic state of­ for were erected, the question of re­ There has been organized in To­ ficers. A sample ballot was printed moval of the college would be settled. ronto, Ontario, Canada, an Interna­ ;.nd marked according to the agree­ Eut another complication arose. The tional Alumni association which we TIlent with the result that Mr. Snively board of regents, who had been ap­ believe to be of a quite unusual char­ received only three votes in Pullman. pointed by Acting Governor Laugh­ acter. This organization has been in Mr. McGraw was elected by a small ton, had not been confirmed by the existence so.mewhat over a year and majority but he appreciated the votes Sl,nate and a few days before the ad­ is increasing in membership and ac­ received by him at Pullman, and journment of the legislature all of the tivities at a steady rate. It was the promised that he would make an hon­ appointments were rejected. outgrowth of various attempts, mostly est attempt to build up the college. Immediately after the adjournment unsuccessful, to establish and main­ At this election Mr. Letterman was oi the legislature, new regents were tain local college clubs consisting of appointed, but former Regent Smith graduates of individual colleges. While refused to turn over to his successor a few of these have had a successful money belonging to the college. A existence, many more have failed be­ writ of mandamus was sued out of cause the numbers available did not the supreme court to compel him to seem to be quite sufficient to maintain tllrn over' the money to his successor, permanent interest. The rnternational bllt, on the hearing the court decided Alumni association draws its members it had no jurisdiction to issue the man­ from alumni of all colleges, hut partic­ damus because the treasurer of the ularly those outside Canada. It now board of regents was not a state of­ has members from 71 different col­ ficer. An action \\'as then brought leges, not counting graduate or hono­ in the superior court of Pierce county rary degrees of which there ar.e a against the bondsmen of Mr. Smith, large number represented. Included " 'hich \\'as finally decided in favor of in these are 52 l'ollege, in the United the: new regents. States, nine in Canada, six in the British Isles, t\\'o in Germany and one During the campaign of 1892 each in Spain and Italy. charges had been made of fraud prac­ The activities of the organization ticed in the location of the college at have followed three separate lines, Pullman, and the legislature at its namely, social events; general meet­ ;;·~ssion in 1893 appointed a committee ings for the discussion of suhjects of consisting of three members of the international importance, usually fea­ senate and four of the house to in­ tured by a speaker of sOllle -promi­ H stigate "all matters pertaining to the nence; and weekly lunchellns for pur­ f\gricultural College and School of poses of good fellowship. Judge Thomas Neill, 1932, after forty Science, that would aid the senate in years of continuous interest in the determining the proper action to be It lIlay be of interest to some of college. taken in the matter of appointment of your alumni to learn of the existence the board of regents then before the of this associaton, and a note in your elected to the legislature and through senate for confirmation, and that said alumni publication might bring the hi~ influence appropriations for the c0mmittee have the power to send for subject to their attention. The asso­ co)l1ege were made, amounting to persons and papers and proceed to the ciation has no limit to its membership ~J20,000, as follows: For the erection town of Pullman, and proceed with its and dues are merely nominal. 'liVe al­ (of an administration building, $50,000; duties as it should deem necessary, and ready have on our roll of members for agricultural experiment station, report to the legislature." those of your college whose names are $10,000; for mechanical engineering attached hereto and would be glad to building, $10,000; for dairy plant, This committee made a thorough in­ welcome any additional alumni who $3000; for sewerage, $1500; for com­ vestigation of the matters referred to care to associate themselves with us. rleting buildings and deficiencies, it, and in its report to the legislature The officers of the association with $2500; for root house, $500; for ex­ rof fraud or undue influence. their addresses are shown on this let­ penses of instruction not provided for It was not until Dr. E. A. Bryan be­ terhead. In the order in which they l:y national government, $10,000; for came president in the fall of 1893 that appear they represent Harvard, Co­ fuel and contingent expenses for two the college commenced to function as lumbia, Queen's, Pennsylvania, Roch­ y<'ars, $10,000. an educational institution, and while ester, Oxford, Woolwich. Illinois, The governor vetoed the sum of for many years afterwards it had Michigan and McGill. $10,000 for the agriculture experiment troubles of a political nature, it con­ A note embodying this informaton station, $3000 for the dairy plant and tinued to grow until today it is recog­ might interest such of your alulllni as $:tO,OOO for instruction, which reduced nized as one of the outstanding land are resident in this vicinity. the appropriation to a total of $97,000. grant colleges in the United States. W. N. Millar, Secretary. THE ALUMNUS 3 NEWS OF THE ALUMNI

Who, When, Where went to Puerto, Colombia and DR. WEBSTER HEARS FROM i:aranquilla, Colombia, where we met GRADS THE BARNARDS RETURN a Washington State College graduate Word has recently been received by from the school of agriculture, Paul Dr. R. L. 'vVebster, in charge of pre­ Mr. and Mrs. Frank T. Barnard re­ Verela Martinez, who is now the ad­ medical work here, that Dr. Philip T. cently returned from their vacation viser to the republic in agricultural Holland of Bloomington, Indiana, tour of Central and South America. matters." 'Washington State College alumnus rn giving a brief resume of the trip and nephew of President E. O. Hol­ Mr. Barnard said: "We took the Pan­ "Coming back toward the United land, is an interne at the Orange Me­ ama Mail company boat that leaves States, we stopped at Havana, Cuba, morial hospital, East Orange, New San Francisco every two weeks. for a few days. We then continued on Jersey. Dr. Holland received his After leaving San Francisco, we stop- to Miami, Florida, where we stayed M. D. last June from New York uni­ versity and Bellevue Hospital medical college, which he entered after C0111­ rleting the pre-medical course here at the State College. Gerhard AI111qui st, Tacoma, another State Collegc alumnus, is taking his hiI'd year of medical study at Belle­ Vl!e. Bellevue Hospital medical coll ege \\'"s organized in 1861, and is one of a select group in the United States \'.. hich specify a bachelor's degree fr0111 a liberal arts college as a requirement for entrance.

'09 GRAD VISITS CAMPUS DL Julian H oward, 'vV. S. c., '09, now veterinarian for the Fisher Mill­ ing company of Seattle, was a campus visitor reccntly, Dr. Howard was here to attend the dairy confer­ ence and to confer with veterinarians on the college staff.

BUSINESS AD. GRADS With depressions chilling the hopes of many near-graduates, the business administration department has been Paul Varela Martinez, '25, and Registrar Frank T. Barnard, '04. This picture ,heered by encouraging letters from was taken in Colombia, S. A., while the Barnards were touring parts of Central several recent graduates who have and South America. Mr. Martinez is Government Agriculturist for the Re­ made successful exploits into the busi­ public of Colombia. II ~SS world. After singing the praises of Wash­ ped at Los Angeles, then Acapulco, for two weeks. At Miami we met an­ ington State College over KWSC dur­ Mexico. ether graduate, Garfield Miller, who ing her undergraduate years, it was "Our next stop was in Champerico, played ball for W . S. C. in 1903. From 1I 0t hard for Miss Arvilla \Viesel to Guatamala, where we left the boat there we came' home by way of New change her tune to wrestling matches, to go into the interior to Guatamala Orleans and Chicago. automobiles and other commercial sub­ City, returning to the boat at San "It was a wonderful trip that was jects in her work of writing continuity Jose, Guatamala. We then traversed well worth taking, and we enjoyed for radio station WXYZ in Detroit, the interior of San Salvador. Nicar­ ourselves immensely," concluded Mr. Michigan. She is enthusiastic over her agua and Costa Rica were ports of Barnard. pr:sition, which deals entirely with ad­ call. After crossing over to the Atlan­ They were gone seven weeks and vertising announcements. Before tak­ tic side through the Panama canal, we covered about 12,000 miles. in g this position Miss Wiesel worked 4 THE ALUMNUS

for a short time in an adverti~ing COL. EDWARD KIMMEL, '97 She is in fine health and we have three agency. All of her typewriting is Colonel Edward Kimmel, Coast Ar­ cl,ildren. . The oldest boy, seven, is in done on a special machine which has titlery corps, U. S. army, a former a French school in Guatamala City. lI!lusually large type so that the an­ resident of this city and at the present He reads tln'ee la nguages and speaks nouncers will never fail to read cor­ time on duty with the 62d coast artil­ tltem perfectly. My next boy, age "cctly, It costs them a dollar for ev­ lery, Fort Totten, New York, has been four, speaks perfect Spanish and pret­ ery error. assigned to duty as cOI11mandent at the 1y good E nglish, and the baby, a girl, Mrs. Evelyn Coie is another gradu­ C niversity of Washington, Seattle, ac­ \\ ho \\"ill be three this summer, speaks ~te of the business department whose cording to word received today fro111 helter Spanish than English. As soon work has taken her to the East. She the VVar Department by Ninth Corps uS Illy next boy is old enough to send i, now employed in a legal aid clinic at area headquarters at the Presidio of lIP to the French school, I want to Duke University, Durham, North San Francisco, California. He will Jl1l1 the oldest one in the German Carolina, Besides the secretarial leave for his new assignment about 5c1100 1. T hat way I am in hopes that \\'ork, Mrs. Coie recently has been as­ April 29. thcy will be able to handle four lan­ guages fluently and correctly. If I sisting Mr. Bradway, the director of Colonel Kimmel originally entered the office, with the articles he is writ­ the army as a first sergeant of Com­ C

('xalllincd by it sclf i( is found tn hc Inw dent ('orn ~ ced which Dr. Gaines No, it was not entirely the appearance , 1111P ic cnough. sent to him. Part 'of (he letter fo l­ of spl-ing embodied in the first robin. As you can sce fr011l my story a lows: " 1 wanted for a lo ng time to but something far more unusual and !; ood share of thc work is dependent report (0 you on the results of (he profi tahle-fan mail began to pour in_ (!irectly on growth. Therefore I am planting of the different seeds which Men from the north, east and south a ~Teat booster for California in gen­ you so killElly sent mc. As you see had a wakencd to the charms of the ual and the East Bay in particular. from the picture, the results of the 'Vestern girls, and the mails are kept Maybe you didn't like the Los An­ yellow dent corn were excellent, as a busy bringing their offerings to the gcles climate. I can very well under­ matter of fact better than from any prominent quartet. Several schools are stand that, having made a thorough other corn we planted, consequently I represented in the correspondence, in­ and extensive study of it one clay a am going to raise only this kind from cluding Harvard, Yale, West Point f cw years ago, but you haven't sal11­ now on, with the exception of the Ex­ and Ccorgetown U niversity in vVash­ ricd the East Bay variety. Better celsior g rade for silage. 1 harvested ington, D. C. l',)ln C down hel- e and bring your fam­ aiJout 80 pounds, which I am going The fan notes themselvcs show il,', too. I have some roses blooming to seed this spring. I would now ask many different attitudes. O ne from a in hack now and thc Japanese plum you (0 be kind enoug h to send me a vV est Point cadet asks to meet the trecs in front are just getting into full sample package with 200 grains of this girl to wh01l1 he chose to write at the bloom. \,yhen you come r expect to corn. 1 would like to plant this too Olympic Games in Los A ngeles next !'ell yO \l a couple of telephones so as and see if there is any difference be­ SUlllmer. A Harvard law student to justify spending a little more tween the results from the seed raised points out the fact that he was more I' JO ney on outsid e plant. Every tele­ here and fr01l1 the one raised by you. " interested in a particular individual in phone in stalled has to be backed up T hi s is corn which has been bred the picture than in the statuary. From , ...·ith hundreds of dollars of plant. and sold here for 20 years. It is the vVashington, D. c., comes the follow­ Before rlosing I want to mention best variety for grain in Eastern ing poem : that Orvill Dunham and his dad and \,y ashington, and it is rather remark­ able to find it doing so well in central '·Girls. he careful. Don't you know 1110ther stayed at our house for a few This poor fe ll o w's made of snow_ days a couple of weeks ago. They Germ any, fi ve degrecs north of this Do be careful where you stand, ,': ere on their way to vi sit relatives in latitude. A n excellent illustration of H e's not li ke the modern m an. Lns A ngeles. Orvill lost hi s job results of scientific experimental work [t 111U St be cold or he can't stay­ Then stand back, else he' ll melt away," \"hich you got for him at Goldendale is show n. I'ecause the county commissioners felt Thus the first season of snow mod­ they had to economize. SNOW MAN FAMOUS; eling as a wintcr sport in F ullman has r hope this finds you and your fam­ EAST SEND FAN MAIL come to a successful close. Students il y much better than when I heard ' Vhen the craze for snow modeling have di scovered a hidden talent for f~ n 111 you. vVashington State in February, it sculpturing. Four individuals have be­ ,,y ith bes t regards, \\'as little dreamed th at ·the unique come famous and Vlashington State E rn est Stahlbcrg. O'ulipturing would g ivc the school un­ College has gained valuabl c publicity. f'.S. ' ,Vhen you come down here told publicity al l over th e country. Al­ A nt! perhaps most important of all, you mig ht bring P rofessor ,,yelch and though many students were inspired Eastern lads have become conscio us Phelps al ong too so I can sell them to show what arti stic ability they had of the charms of VV_ S. C. co-eds. r;\ch a telephone as wel l. the statue of " Old Abe" made by Mil­ forcl Schultz and Paul Cramer won GRADUATE PRAISES C. C_ CASAD, '15 the widest recognition. Being one of PHARMACY WORK C. C. Casad, city engineer of Brem­ the best examples of the snow model­ Claiming his pharmaceutical course erton, Vlashington, 12 miles across ing, " Old Abe," with fou r of P ullm an's taken here has been invaluable to him Puget Sound from Seattle, couldn't representative co-eds had his picture since graduation, H arold W ratherman bring hi s two vacant lots to Seattle, taken by none other than the Asso­ 0f Ady, 'Vashington, writes Dr. P_ H. \\ here he purchased t wo houses, so he ciated P ress photographer. Dirstinc, head of the school of phar­ loaded the houses aboard scows and The girl s who posed with the icy macy, of hi s present intern work in towed them to the lots in Bremerton. figure, Jeanette Olsen. Bernadine I'he San Diego General hospital. T he St. ] ohn Journal recently car­ D urdle, A nna Jane ' Vikstrand and Following hi s g raduation here as an l'i ed a picture of the m oving operation, Vesta Stone, did not know that in so h0110r student and a m ember of Phi ,howing the houses going (] o\\'n the doing they had accompli shed the first j, ,-, ppa Phi, national scholarship hon­ ri ver with the FrenlOnt bridge opened step to\\'arc! fame. For som e time life (.rar)', Mr. '''' ratherman took a four­ up to a ll ow th e passagc through. on the campus remained the same with year medical course at Northwestern only the overflowing of the Palouse U niversity. He has won an appoint­ STATE COLLEGE SEEDS a nd the vario us trips of the fire en­ ment (0 the U niversity of California RAISE EUROPEAN CORN g ine to cause excitement. ?<'-fed ic al School hospital for a year of D r. E . F . Gaines, ' 11 , of the agri­ Suddenly all was changeel for P ull­ special work in pediatrics, where he tural college received a letter fr0111 Mr. m an's selected group-routine tasks wi ll begin hi s duties as soon as he B. Reiniske of Jimrneritz. Germany, were no longer m ere drudgery-living completes his year of study in the San recently, concerning some Thayer yel- itself took on a new bright aspect. Diego hospital. 6 THE ALUMNUS

This he considers a fortunate oppor­ Pasco.-"People .. . get excellent tunity as the man with whom he will Births reception ... particularly interested do post-graduate \\'ork there is re­ in farm and home hour and market puted to be the best authority on the HEIRESS COM.ES TO reports.-I.M. Ingham, County Pacific coast and one of the leading M. DAHLEN F AMILY Agent."

COUGARS AND OLYMPICS des, despite its ancient ancestry. An all-around star, Theodoratus \Vashington State Prospects for the Martin entered \,yashington State bids fair to take his place among Tenth Olympiad in the fall of 1926 and remained only \Vashington State's string of all-time lSpecial for The Alumnus by How­ his freshman year. Since that time champions. He is a fine grid player ard Greer, '27.) hI' has lived in San Francisco and and is being groomed for fullback competed with the Winged 0 team. duty, where his enormous body should "\"'hat chance has Washington Recently he called on Babe Holling­ be valuable in crashing opposing lines. State for representation in the Olym­ bery to sell the Cougar coach some Paul Swift, 5peed merchant, who pi c games at Los Angeles this sum­ vegetables and the football chief sold opened the eyes of the track fratern­ mer?" That is becoming a familiar him on the idea of returning to col­ ity with his 90-second race to win lluestion these days, wherever Cougar lege instead. He is eligible for three the 100-yard dash at the Kansas re­ [

~tojack by name-comes to the fore clime of Lewiston, Idaho. \Vhitman were the high total for the entire ;:s an excellent wrestling prospect. is met in a brace of non-conference game. McLarney pushed him for scor­ H e has had JIIuch experience in all1­ tilts. the first coming April 16 at ing honors with 13 and Gordon made <: teur grappling and met with spectac­ Walla Walla and the other April 25 II. The Cougars could have cinched ular success. With a weight division h~· re . A road trip to the two Oregon the game early in the evening had they ill ' the Olympics at 190 pounds, he is imtitutions and Washington will be been the least bit successful on the the ideal build to win high recognition. !~'ade early in May. free throw lanes. They converted just Ifc also is a football player. A good The conference schedule: six out of 16 attempts. Idaho was guard on the freshman team last fall, April 22-Idaho at Moscow. s1.iccessful II out of 18 times. he is a very likely prospect for varsity April 23-Idaho at Pullman. tllis year. April 28 and 3D-Washington at 'U' WINS TWO FROM COUGARS Boxing prospects are somewhat un­ Pullman. Art McLarney and "Bull" Holsten c<,rtain, due largely to the uncertainty May 4 and 5-0regon State at Cor­ closed their brilliant collegiate basket­ of participation in national competi­ vallis. ball careers at Seattle as a relentlessly tion. Six Washington State boxers May {J and 7-0regon at Eugene. fighting crew of Cougar basketeers (J •.1alified for the national intercollegi­ May 9 and 100vVashington at Se­ fought a desperate ates at Penn State College when the attle. but losing fight Cougars won the Pacific Coast boxing May 14-Idaho at Pullman. against the Univer­ championship at Sacramento early in May 17-Idaho at Moscow. si ty of Washington j\,[arch. The national tournament May 23 and 24-0regon at Pullman. Huskies, who cop­ leads to the Olympic tryouts. Lack May 25 and 26-0regon State at ped both games, 33­ of finances is the bugaboo in the path Pullman. 25 and 44-38, to win of the fistic artists. the northern divi Bud Taylor. lightweight; Ed Prisk. COUGARS 48, IDAHO 37 sion title for th ,n.lterweight, and Kenov Lokens­ vVashington State approached with­ fifth straight g>lrd, light heavyweight, each of whom in one game of cinching the northern Tired out from \\'on the Pacific Coast title in his division title by handing Idaho a 48 long season and weight at Sacramento, have proven to to 37 trouncing in the Moscow gymna­ from anything but;:} be among the Vvest's best. Bob El­ sium in a wild and woolly tussle. an enjoyable train Holsten dred, 1931 Pacific Coast amateur Cross put the Cougars ahead with a ride to the Queen City, the Staters champ and runner-up at Sacramento basket on the opening tip-off, but were unable to stay with the fired-up t!1is year, is a hopeful, while AI Pe­ Barrett put the Vandals out in front five of Hee Edmundson. chuls, lightheavy, and Frank Wallulis, ",ith a couple of field goals and it was It was Art McLarney who drew l;(';)vyweight, who battled to the finals eight minutes before Gordon put the down the plaudits of the capacity in the coast meet, rank among the Frielmen ahead with a basket. With crowds both nights l' ~ aders. the score standing 8 to 7 in favor of as he val ian t I y '",,\Thether or not Washington State Viashington State, Barrett and Hale matched the Hus­ scnds men to the Olympics, it is grat­ went to work to run up to 11-8. Mc­ ky scores until gun iiying to everyone concerned that the Larney tied it up at 13 all and the time. Mac was eas­ standard of ahtletics at the Cougar in­ lead see-sawed back and forth until ily the outstanding stitution has risen to a plane equal just before the half ended, when Rog­ player on the pa­ that of other leading colleges and uni­ ers made two baskets in half a min­ vilion floor during versities of the country. Alumni and ute to give the Cougars a 21-15 lead the entire series, other boosters can well be proud of as the gun sounded. a 1 tho ugh John th(' achievements of State College ath­ Friel's club came out in the second Fuller and Ned ktic warriors. They have, they are half to stretch the lead to nine points Nelson were out­ <" .!ld they will writes pages in the book before Graham was ejected on person­ standing for Wash­ of excellence in sport endeavor. al fouls. The game developed into a ington. Hoi s ten "you score and I'll score" event as came back in the BASEBALL SCHEDULE Idaho pulled up to within two points second game to flash his old time Twenty games form the varsity ()f Washington State, 37-39, with three form, but he and Cairney fought an baseball program for the \Vashington nllnutes to play. Cross, Gordon and even battle the first night, neither 5tate Cougars this spring, according McLarney cut loose for nine more scoring a field goal. t() the schedule announced by Earl V. points in the final minutes and Friel The crowds at both of the games J.()ster, graduate . Four of sent in a complete new team with one set a new attendance record for the tilts are non-conference affairs minute to go. Northwest basketball. They were while the other 16 will be in cham­ The shooting of the two fives was larger than the ones that watched the pi.)nship play for the northern division liUle short of uncanny, especially that Ce.ast conference playoffs in Seattle conference pennant. of Barrett, Lacey and McLarney, who la st year. First action is billed for April 8 and looped them in from all over the court. The first game was fairly even until 9 when the Cougars will meet Lewis­ Barrett was easily Idaho's most out­ 10 minutes had passed, but Hanover ton Normal school in the tropical standing performer and his 14 points got loose for all of his scoring to run THE ALUMNUS 9

the count up to 17 to II at the kdf They never whimpered or cried, but ======~------. alid the Huskies \,"ere l1ever headed. took it on the chin like men and start­ 4 COUGARS HIGH ed right in to figUl·e out how to cop IN SCORING LIST \Veber knocked dO\\"Il one of Scott's the crown next year. It has been a AS SEASON ENDS passes and raced down the court for great season, and the disappointment a score to open the second half, but cf losing the title on the last day of rn spite of the fact that the the race was a bitter one, but the State Gordon and McLarney cut loose to University of \Vashington spurt­ College is proud of her basketball five run the score up to 16-19 before \Vash­ ed to a spectacular finish of the which took their wins and losses like northern division conference ington drew further away. \Vith the men and who acquitted themselves on basketball season, only three ((,1mt standing 18 to 28 Friel sent in the floor like gentlemen. Husky stars a re li sted among hi ~ re,crves and they 111anaged to run A sUlllmary of the gallies follo\\" s : the 15 high individual scorers, 1.1' enough points to reach the 25 \\·hil e four Cougars rest among m;;rk as the gun went off. Wash.State (25) FG FT PF Pts Holsten. f 020 the top eight. Gordon heads the The second contest \\"as also close Cross, f 2 3 4 column with 135 points, Hol sten fur a short time, but Hanover looped Curdon. c 3 3 9 is fourtl1 \\·ith 114, McLarney in eight free tosses and the rest of the McLarney, 4 6 ,eventh with 106, and Cross is Huskies were hot enough to run up Srott, g o o 2 eighth with 101. The leading 27 points to 17 for the Cougars as the " scot·ers are: Rogers, f o I o half ended. McLarney opened the sec­ Sonnedecker, ...... 0 o Gordon, \tV. S. C. 135 ond half with a shot fro111 mid-court Fuller, \tV ashington 128 Lppert, c 3 o Roberts. Oregon 118 that hung on the rim of the basket for G:·aham, g o 3 o a second before dropping through, but Holsten, W . S. C...... 114 Schmitt, g o o o B

crown from Red Roberts, Oregon get the trip as they all reached the ganl (W. S. C) defeated AI Pechuls star. Gordon deserves this honor by finals. The first four winners in each (W. S. C). virtue of his leading the league in weight at Penn State will go to Chi­ Heavyweight-Phil Smith (Stan­ scoring for the second consecutive cago in July for the national amateur ford) defeated Frank Wallulis (W. S. year. and Olympic team tryout matches. C). At guard Friel places Ralph Cair­ The first two men in each weight at ney, Washington, for two years an all­ Chicago will be on the Olympic team. TRACK COACH PLEASED Coast man. Cairney had probably After their showing at Sacramento, From observance of many informal more drive than any man in the cir­ it looks as if the Cougar box­ track tryouts held so far this season, cuit. Although not a heavy scoring CiS have a fine chance of getting on Coach Karl Schlademan expresses piayer, Cairney has been a rock on de­ (he Olympics. great hopes for his track and field per­ frnse. In the team standings Washington formers this spring. Art McLarney, in Friel's opinion, State garnered a total of 36 points to Much promise has been revealed so lands the other backcourt post. Mc­ lead the pack. The California Aggies, far, the two most outstanding discov­ L;,rney climaxed a brilliant hoop ca­ host school were second with 26; eries being in the persons of Willie reer at the Washington pavilion two l /niversity of California third, 19; Rounds and Frank Jacobs. Rounds, a ,'.: eeks ago when he arose to great Stanford fourth, 10; and University of junior, has never run before but was h ~ lghts in his attempt to stave off de­ California at Los Angeles fifth, 2. discovered during intramural meets feat with the other determined Cou­ Three of the Cougars were crowned anrl promises to be a good performer gars. Pacific Coast collegiate champions in ;n the 440 event. Jacobs is a possessor The Pullman mentor's second choice their weights. In the lightweight di­ pf hidden talent in the distance runs. forwards were Afton Barrett, Vandal vision Bud Taylor of Washington Frosh prospects are looming up and fiash, and Ken Fagans of Oregon State won a decision from Clinton bid strong to become a formidable ag­ State. Red Roberts of Oregon gets J cwett of the California Aggies for the g:-egation of stars. The yearlings' (he pivot position on the second team title. Ed Prisk of \Vashington State s:longest places appear so far to be in with Levoff and Captain Calkins of ddeated Don Smith of the University the middle distances with Lindersten, the Webfeet at the guard jobs. of California for the welterweight N ichols and Laird showing up the Other hoopers that were in Friel's crown and in the light-heavyweight di­ I)('s t. Theodal'atos and Dunker are e~timation practically as good as mem­ vision two Cougars reached the finals threats against any team in the weight bers of the first and second teams and fought it out for the title. The events. ' ··'ere Lacey, Idaho; Cross, W. S. C, winner was Kenov Lokensgard and and Hanover. Washington, forwards; the loser was AI Pechuls. COUGAR WRESTLERS DEFEAT Scott, W. S. C; Nelson, Washington, Two other Washington State fight­ IDAHO ~, pd Merrill of O. S. C were excellent ers reached the finals but were not Harold "Biff" "Kid McClutch" Ber­ guards. Lewis. O. S. C , although fl.rtunate enough to win their matches. ridge's outfit of catch-as-catch-can, handicapped by injuries, was a choice Jn the middleweight division Bob EI­ grunt and grasp artists lit on Idaho center. d:-ed lost a close bout to Bradley with a big boom to cop five out of First Team Second Team Buckner of the University of San seven matches from the Vandals. Forward f.rancisco, while Frank \Vallulis, the The feature match between Frank Fuller, Wash...... Fagans, O. S. C Cougar K. O. artist, was defeated by Stojack, Cougar Olympic prospect, Forward Phil Smith of Stanford University in and Mel Porter, Spokane, former Pa­ Holsten, W. S. C...... Barrett, Idaho (ile heavyweight division. cific Coast amateur champion, ended Center Following are the newly crowned in a draw after 15 minutes of grunting Gordon, W. S. C...... Roberts, Ore. collegiate champions of the coast in and reception of advice from the sur­ Guard c;,;ch division : prisingly large crowd. Stojack and Cairney, W ash...... _.... Calkins, Ore. Flyweight-Jim Louie (U. C) de­ Porter started out to tear up the can­ Guard feated Henry Hayashi (Aggies). vas but finally subsided to lie around McLarney, W. S. C...._...... Levoff, Ore. Bantamweight-Innocente De La with an occasional grunt or ear mas­ sage to break the monotony. COUGAR BOXERS WIN Cruz (Aggies) defeated Bill L. Hom­ Dickinson of Washington State out­ PLEASED medieu (U. C). lasted Woodward of Idaho to get a Coach Ike Deeter took six Washing­ Featherweight - Ronald Painter fall in 6 minutes and 52 seconds and ton State boxers to Sacramento for the (Aggies) defeated John Jan (U. C). Gordanier made it two straight for P;.cific Coast intercollegiate team Lightweight-Bud Taylor (W. S. the Cougars by high pressuring Carl­ matches, and when the smoke had C.) defeated Clinton Jewett (Aggies). son of the Vandals to the canvas in Welterweight-Ed Prisk (W. S. C) cleared, the Cougars had won the Pa­ 3 minutes and 55 seconds. defeated Don Smith (U. C). cific Coast intercollegiate hoxing Grayot, Idaho, tugged at Barrows championship. Middleweight - Bradley Buckner for 8 minutes and 59 second, hefore The finalists of the meet at Sacra­ (S. F. U.) defeated Bob Eldred (W. he finally accomplished his point and collegiate boxing matches and all S. C). No team points allowed, as pinned his opponent's shoulder to the six of the 'Washington State box­ S. F. U. not a member of association. mat. Franklin, Idaho's iormer north­ ers that went to Sacramento will Light heavyweight-Kenov Lokens­ west champion, made short work of THE ALUMNUS II

Case in getting a fall in 3 minutes Dayton ; Art Driver, Ellensburg; Al­ Meredith spent his prep school days and 21 seconds. The Cougars hit their fred Cleveland, Pullman; Harold in Cambridge, Ohio, high school, stride when Northrup tossed Ham­ Hawley, Spokane; Jack Holstine, where he participated in all the ma­ mond in 6 minutes and 48 seconds and Snoqualmie Falls; Roland Jackson, jor sports. His undergraduate work W . Ziebell threw another Hammond Spokane; Julius Karp, Roslyn ; ~T ill­ was taken at Denison university, in 2 minutes and 20 seconds. ·iam McPhee, Naches ; Richard Ni,h­ Granville, Ohio, where he was prolll­ Clem Senn and Carnefix of Jdaho ols, Tacoma; Edward Rosentangle, Pe inent in all athletics. A year of frosh had it out for an overtime period be­ Ell, and Ned Porter, Dayton. and three years of varsity football as fore Senn finally won the grunting tackle, a year of frosh and three SPRING FOOTBALL crown. Clem was in a position to years of varsity basketball as center, play leap frog most of the evening, As the halfway mark in 'the spring and the same time spent in baseball but outside of giving Carnefix a fine football practice campaign is passed, and track comprised his athletic ac­ massage and chiropractic- osteopathic lhe aspiring members of the 1932 grid tivities. ~ treatment, accomplished little in the l:Jaohine are "bearing dow,n" under the guidance of Head Coach Babe In recognition of his fine work on way of pinning the man's shoulders to the gridiron and on the maples, he the mat. I-Lollingbery. The program of late has been scrimmage every night, with was chosen on the all-state football offensive work stressed as much as team as tackle and captain and on the COLORFUL COACH BIG; PRES­ pnssible and actual game conditions all-state basketball team as center. IDENT, ZERO prevailing frequently. Army service overseas commanded \\lith calmness Oregon acc epts the Hollingbery has announced that all two years of his time. He served in the news that President Kerr will have jobs on next fall's varsity are open engineer corps. At the close of the to resign after SOllIe 25 years' loyal i·nli that the regular squad will be war he returned to Ohio and fini shed . devotion to serving our state and its picked at the conclusion of the spring the remaining year of his undergradu­ youth, and that P res ident Hall. who se,sion. That edict means that the ate work. He took a post-graduate has been with us five lively years, is would-be players of next fall must course at the University of Michigan to resign. Both resignations are COI11­ prove themselves this spring. and Teachers' college of Colgate uni­ pulsory in order to clear the way for Among the new line material are a versity. There he acquired his mas­ the single unified system which is to n11mber of promising men, including ter's degree and completed his course replace our six institutions of higher Garth Liesy and Bob Feldhammer, requirements for the degree of doc­ education. centers; Glenn DuBose and Henry tor of philosophy. But, when the news hreaks that DL Eayduc, guards; Dan Deck, Ken Meredith spent the next two years Spears, the colorful coach of the uni­ Gemmill, Ed Chitwood and Pete Her­ as a coach at Norwalk high school, versity, has been tempted elsewhere, rold, tickles. Outstanding ends are Ohio. He was head coach in football, the whole state is stirred. Telegrams Herold Hawley, Jim Bratin, Earl Nel­ basketball and track while there. He of protest are shot at Dr. Hall. at ,'(ln, Earl Marr and Edison Haire. returned to his alma mater, acting as Governor Meier, at members of the Backfield men are abundant and it assistant football coach. His next step state hoard. Dr. Spears is kept busy is difficult to single out any individu­ was to Ashland college, Ashland, li stening to long di stance calls to keep al s. As a whole they appear more Ohio, where he supervised in the ca­ hi s S\\'eater on and not get excited or r:lgged than the usual run of backs. pacity of director of physical education make a hasty deci sion. The telephone Among those showing well are George and athletics, and acted as head coach wires are hot. And as a result of this Theodaratus, Don George, Bob Brise, in football and basketball. tremendous outpouring of puhlic opin­ Oran Dover, Ollie Arbelbide, Fred His long list of coaching jobs was ion, football is saved.-Oregon Voter. Call, Fred Gratzer and John Doric. furthered when he went to Ohio Because of spring sports several Northern, where he served as football ATHLETIC AWARDS varsity men are unable to turn their and baseball coach and spent three years as the head of Teachers' train­ Nine members of the \\lashingtoll attention to spring football. Homer ing corps. State basketball team were awarded Hein, Frank Wallulis, Ronald Kelley In his first year at 'N. S. C. Mere­ , \\l" sweaters at a meeting of the ath­ and Walter Camp are among those in­ dith is applying himself whole-heart­ letic council. Art McLarney, guard, terested in other sports. Frank Sto­ edly while he is working for di sserta­ "nd Claud Holsten, forward, were vot­ jack, frosh guard, is concentrating on \\ restling in an effort to land an tion for completion of requirement for ed third year sweatrs and will receive Ph.D., which he expects to finish by hiankets upon graduation. Second Olympic berth. spring. Some of his duties here are year letters go to Huntly Gordon, PROFESSOR MEREDITH to take care of the theory work in center; Bobby Cross, forward; and A huge man with a long li st of ath­ physical education and manage all the Pete Graham, guard; while first time letic accomplishments holds down the graduate work of physical education. v':nners are Ralph Rogers and Lee position of assistant professor of phys­ Meredith finds most enjoyment and Sonedecker, forwards, Rex Scott and ical education at Washington State amusement in singing, which is his IJhil Schmitt, guards. college. Professor William F. Mere­ hobby. He belongs to P hi Delta In freshman basketball numerals dith takes his work in a most serious Theta, social; Phi Mu Alpha, musi­ were awarded the following: Howard attitude while striving for higher cal, and Phi Delta Kappa, educational Becker, Walla Walla; Frank Davis, achievements in his study. fraternities. 12 THE ALUMNUS

WAY BACK WHEN N eli's items of the immcnse banner bel'S of \N. S. C. because it brought (Ily Y[arion 13ailey) ;'I,pcarcd in the metropolitan papers of th e students together daily and gave some solidarity which was very usc­ The College Flag t he East and the clippings sent by ful to a young institution. Constructing the largest flag ever 2 iU1l1ni in all parts of the world indi­ Illade, \·Vashington State College in (ated the story had gone from pole to Chapel was originally held on the 1909 received world-wide recognition )Jole-in fact, that may have been the second floor of the Administration \\"ith the gigantic national ensign "ily captain's idea in proposing the building, which at that time was the which \\"as made on this campus. flag. main auditorium equippecl with a This "Biggest Flag in the Vvorld" For several years after, the use of stage and a seating capacity of over \\'"s created under the direction of the flag was an annual affair, but, like 500. (This floor at the present is oc­ Captain Harry E. Mitchell of the U. S. c\'crything else often repeated, it lost cupied entirely by our extension de­ rehotlse of stich things. sounded over the campus by the old nc,'er been known, but it certainly had N at long ago the query arose as to Victory bell, which then stood on the tile effect of attracting attention wher­ 'shat became of the flag. It was cer­ ground where Bryan hall now stands, ever the Associated Press goes­ t3in that it was not brought out during and signalled the class periods as well which is everywhere. 1he Great \Nar to stir up patriotism in as the hour of rising. Astonishing the world with its size, the college. Finally inquiry was made On such occasions as chapel the fa c­ the beautiful flag measured 60 feet ~)~ , Major R. M. O'Day, commandant ulty occupied the platform while the wide and 100 feet long. Perfectly or­ of the State College, who in those dis­ student~ sat according to classes in thodox as far as the stars and stripes t;JIlt days, was himself a student of their sections-the seniors directly in were considered, there were 48 states \Vashington State College. Remem­ front, the juniors further back and in all and 13 stripes of crimson and bering well the installation of the big the freshmen and sophomores on each ,·:hite, comparing identically with the flag, he recently instituted an exten­ side similar to the present day assem­ original United States ensign. sive search to find traces or remnants bly rules. (At this time, however, it \\10rking for days and weeks, not of it, but which, to date, has been with­ was conpulsory to attend the daily only the "'omen students of the col­ out avail. services, essential that the students oc­ I '~ ~e . but also the ladies of Pullman The flag, if recovered, would be the cupy their respective sections, and r oll wcre commandeered for the great task. most outstanding exhibit of our col­ was invariably called.) At the close Aiter patient seaming and stitching Icge museum and with its immensity of the exercises the stuclent body filed the great flag was completed, but the ' ".o uld again thrill every State College out in the order of their classes, pre­ question then arose as to what should sl udent. ceded by the faculty. be done with it. "What flag staff could Inspiring and helpful, chapel was a be found tall enough to keep its rich The College Chapel necessary part of the schedule, but it folds from trailing in the dust? And College without chapel! That "eems cannot be denied that there were ,,"hat staff would ever be strong perfectly natural now but there was pranks and mysteries in spite of the ('nough to withstand the strength of a time when this was utterly absurd. seriousness. It is a campus fact that 1' ;t1I11ISC winds when it was stretched Can you imagine a college movie more than once the huge Bible used out full length to flatten the winds? without the time old custom of chapel? for all services was temporarily hid­ As it would have require,1 a f1ag­ SOllle of our best coll ege stories have den, unawares to the assembly-head, ~taff equal to the tallest Douglas fir been in "pi red from happenings at this and replaced in its cabinet with an that grows in the Olympics to hold time. College history is not complete innocent rooster that readily an­ such a flag. all questions were solved without it. nounced himself upon discovery. wi"len it was decided not to place it I t was formerly the custom on col­ Oftentimes special speakers were upon a staff. It was then decided to lege campuses to have these daily as­ secured for the period and a favorite uSe the flag as a canopy at the great semblies. Of course in that period the story is that told of O. L. \,yaller, then 1iilitary Ball. which at that period of enrollment in even the largest institu­ vice president, who was asked to give the college, always occurred on \;Yash­ tions was fairly small, and a college a lecture on poultry. As it happened ington's birthday. As the ball was or university with 300 or 600 students there was a poultry show on in Pull­ Ilfeld in the new gymnasium (now the wa, considered large. These daily as­ man at the time of which Mr. \\1allcr ""olllen 's gym) the flag was just the semblies were short, usually not more was an enthusiast. Believing he might ,ize to fit the building and form a Ill Ost than 20 Illinutes and were usually define hi s points in the lecture more ,,:",usual ceiling for the affair. opened hy a religious exercise which clearly by bringing an example to Stretched from side to sid e and end included a short selection of scripture class, he secured a perfect specimen to end, the beautiful canopy, to w hich and the singi ng of a hymn. Often­ for the speech. Of course the exam­ elaborate decorations were added be­ times this procedure was varied to in­ ple, whieh was most alive, escaped low, with the low lights made the clude classical selections and to allow from under the guiding hand of Mr. ballroom a vision of beauty. time for the special announcements \Naller and caused a riot in the as­ The M ilitary Ball itself was a great and-internlptions. sembly with its unexpected antics. ('C(~ asion . but that year the center of The State College ill its early his­ For some years before the coming altraction naturally became the beauti­ tory was no exception. I t proved an of Dr. Holland the student body had ful flag. especially pleasing custom for mem­ grown to a size which made it incon­ THE ALUMNUS 13

venient and impracticable to continue pleted in 1900, has sin ce contained the the department of foreign lang uages, dialy asseJllbly. With the building of JIIuseum. has I·ecently completed hi s work on BI·yan hall, 1908, however, it was pos­ Thrce divisio ns of the north wing of •. Lapidaries and Their Magical vV ork." sible to find r00111 for 1200 students. Science hall wcre JIIade into spel·ial­ Dr. Nuncnlakcr has been carrying on An added featme to the new hall was ized museums-for agriculture, for special research work on this subject the beautiful pipe organ which was in­ forestry and horticulture and for vet­ for scveral years, and while in Spain stalled in 1910, and which proved an erinary science. The main hall con­ spent considerable time in the library additional attraction for assemblies. tained the many zoological and eth­ of Escorial consulting the original text By 1916 the college enrollment had nological specimens. The geological of ·· The Lapidario and Tabla of Alfon­ grown to over 1700 and for this rea­ collection on the second floor became so X,'· as well as the copy made in son it was wholly out of the question a working collection of hand speci­ the sixtc e ntl~ century and preserved in to have the students meet daily. In m ens. The herbarium was placed the Biblioteca Nacional in Madrid. all parts of the country the daily as­ close to the botanical laboratory. The It is the work of comparison and semblies had given place to the less 1.l1USeU111 was open for seven days a copying fr0111 the facsimile of these frequent meetings so it became the week and attracted many visitors. Six two texts that Dr. Nunemaker has policy of \;Vashington State to hold bi­ hundred and fifty have sig ned the mu­ completed. He has generously pre­ weekly student body meetings with SCl1m registry for the first semester sented to the State Coll ege of \,Vash­ special assemblies and weekly convo­ of 1931-32. ington two copies of hi s typescript, cations. The year 1909 marked an increase which have been bound "and placed on This change of plan was quite as in the museum collection. The Alaska­ reserve fOI· the use of the advanced much a relief to the faculty as to the Yukon exposition at Seattle gave to students in hi s classes. students, although undoubtedly there \'Vashington State college many mam­ was some loss of solidarity which the mals and birds fro 111 Sitka and St. The volumes, which contain 360 nld m ec ting of classes established. Michael in Alaska and fi sh from Pu­ pages. represent, so far as is known, get Sound. Dr. VV . T. Shaw. curator the only authoritative copy in this .:. ------.:. of the museum at the time, also con­ country at the present time . I I College Museum Boasts tributed his large biolog ical Alaskan The prefacc which Dr. N uncmaker Finest of Collections coll ec tion and gave to the college its wrote to hi s book explain s what the I In Entire Northwest , high ranking among northwestern ,,·ork includes and gives a short his­ I museums. tory of the Lapidary. .It follows : .:.I -- ~ . On D ecember IS, 1913, the board of From two carloads of museum spec­ "The Lapidary of Alfonso X is a regents named the museum "The imens in 1893 to the largest public thirteenth century manusc ript on 119 Charles R. Conner Museum" in mem­ collection of birds and mammals in folios of parchment and is preserved ory of the man who had done so much the Pacific Northwest in 1932 is the in the Library of EI E scorial in Spain, for science at the State Collcge of hi story of the Charles R. Conner mu­ under the sig nature H. 1. IS. It is re­ vVa shington. Conncr, a civil war vet­ seum now located on the third floor puted to have been translated fro111 eran of the U ni on cause and a promi­ of Scicnce hall. The mammal collec­ Chaldean into f\ rabic by a certain nent retired business man and lawyer tion numbcrs about 750 skins and Abn\ays. and fro 111 A rabic into Span­ of Spokane, had been president of the sk ull s and the bird skins are over 1000 ish by Yhuda !I'losca el Menor, with board of regents during the reorgani­ in nUJllb er. The collections represent the aid of Garci Perez. zation of the college in 1893, three the bird and mammal fauna of \;Vash­ years after its beginning. H e also ··The 111anll script contains fo ur lapi­ in gton state. made later gifts to the museum. daries, with descriptions of 492 pre­ rn the early fall of 1893 Charles R. The museum today contains prac­ cious and semi-precious stones and Conner, president of the board of reo • tically all birds representative of othcr substances. The stoncs are class­ gents, was sent by the board to the vVashington, mammals of various sec­ ified according to the signs of the Zo­ World Columbian exposition at Chi­ tions of the world, insects and snakes. diac, and the character of the work is cago. Conner obtained two carloads likc,,·ise astrological, m edicinal, geo­ of museum specimens fro111 the \;Vash­ Fossil remains of mammals which once roamed the Palouse country are graphical and mineralogical. This ington commission and from commis­ di splayed. There are weapons of co­ ,,·ork is full y transcribed in the aCC0111­ sions of other states. Most of the col­ lonial America, of the Spaniards, of panying typescript from pages 1 to lection were excellent and include 294. The remainder of the typescript, mineral exhibits of importance, zo­ Mexican bandits under Villa, of Cus­ ter and the battle of the Little Big pages 295 to 360, is a similar transcrip­ ological specimens and the plants Horn, and old Philippine weapons, tion of the nidex fo r a composed com­ which form the nucleus of the great contributions of Sergeant C. S. Lapp. plete ,,·ork of II lapidari es. herbarium today. The frontier struggle with life and the When the Administration building ··It is intended to be an index fo r the soil is plainly depi cted. was completed in the fall of 1894 the fOllr lapidaries mentio ned above. So fourth floor was given over to the iar as is known, the cOlllplete work of first museum. Much credit is due · DR. J. H. NUNEMAKER Il lapidaries was never 'Hitten. The Charles V. Piper, then professor of COMPLETES STUDY manu script oi th e in dex is lik ewise botany and zoology, for his work in ON PRECIOUS GEMS prescr\·ed in the L ibrary of E scorial in filling the museum. Science hall, C01l1 ­ Dr. J. Horace Nunemaker, head of 1-1 folios, under th e sig nature H. 1. 16. 14 THE ALUMNUS

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(Time and cost exclusive of ocean 4. Agricultural Tour ... Director, Dr. C. E. Ladd, Cornell voyage). Send for interesting booklet, University ... Sail: "Olympic" July 1, return: "Pennland" with maps. Sept. 4 ... price $800. 5. European Industries Tour _.. Director, Prof. N. C_ { "AMEXTOURS" OF EUROPE-H you Miller, Rutgers University ... Sail on "Westernland" July 1, prefer an escorted tour, there are 31 varying return on "Lapland" Aug. 29. 7·day extension tour to Eng­ tours, all interesting and carefully planned, land, returning 'on the "Baltic" Sept. 5. Cost $681 for main and priced to fit modest incomes. They start tour, $88 for English Extension. fY from a 25-day tour at $278, including all ex­ 6. Architectural Tour •.. Director, Prof. W. M. Campbell, ((it penses. (Write for literature.) University of Pennsylvania ... Sail on "Conte Grande" June 28, return on "Slatendalll" Sept. 3. Price $882. HIGH TIME TO BOOK NOW 7. Art Tour ... 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In December, 1170, Archbishop of Canter­ to visit the shrine of the late Archbishop. Thomas i bury, Thomas a Becket was foully murdered Becket. sainted martyr of the Roman Catholic Church. before the altar in Canterbury Cathedral by Bloodstained footprints in the dust behind him drew the attention of the bystanders to one pilgrim henchmen of King Henry II. In vain Henry in particular. Ruddy. square-jawed. freckle faced, fasted, wept, denied responsibility. God-fear­ noble in mien, though in the garb of a penitent, he ing bishops, clerics and laymen, knowing that made his way thru the dusty street of Canterbury the death of Saint Thomas occurred after hasty followed by a crowd of the curious. who soon knew him to be his most gracious Majesty, Henry II. words uttered by the King; knowing also, that King of England, Duke of Normandy, Count of it followed years of bitter controversy between Anjou, Maine and Touraine. Count of Poitou. Duke Henry and Becket on questions of Church of Aquitaine. suzerain lord of Britanny. versus State privilege, doubted his sincerity, Up the steps of Caqterbury Cathedral, into the thirsted for his excommunication. vaulted silence they foHowed. King Henry straight­ way descended into the crypt, threw himself at the Back in Normandy, after the conquest of foot of the sepulchre of Saint Thomas, where he lay Ireland (undertaken at this time partly to es­ prostrate with outstretched arms, bitterly groaning, weeping. the while Gilbert Fi>liot, Bishop of London cape visits from papal legates), amid his dis­ ascended the pulpit and addressed the multitude. sension-ridden Fre.nch provinces, Henry found Eloquent, he adjured them to .believe the King'. himself still in bad odor with the church, ar­ assertions of his innocence of the murder of Becket dently desired reconciliation. At Avranches he and to accept this humiliating penance as proof of buried his pride, met legates of Pope Alexander his regret for the passionate expression which had led to the crime. albeit unintentionally. Tlie expres­ III. before whom he swore to innocence of the sion : " Will none of the cowards who eat my bread. • murder, and as penance for his angry words rid me of this turbulent priest," uttered shortly be­ promised many concessions. To complete his fore the murder to a group of cou'rtiers. submission he secretly vowed a final humilia­ Not yet content. burly King Henry repaired to the tion. Chapter House. where were assembled eighty monk. and bishops. Here he stripped, bent his bare shoul­ As TIME, had it been published July 16. ders. received from each monk three, from each 1174, would have reported subsequent events: bishop five stinging lashes with a monastic rod. Bruised and bleeding he returned to the shrine, Idle onlookers at the gateway of the town of fast _d. and watched the night thru. at dawn took Canterbury last week watched weary travellers, plod­ horse to London where he arrived next day, His ding barefooted toward the great Cathedral. Object ; Majesty is still confined to his bed.• .• Cultivated Americans, impatient with cheap sensationalism and windy bias, turn increasingly to publications edited in the historical spirit. These publica­ tions, fair-dealing, vigorously impartial, devote themselves to the public weal in the sense that they report what they see. serve no masters, fear no groups. TIME The weekly Newsmagazine YEARLY SUBSCRIPTION S5 205 EAST 42nd STREET. 15 CENTS AT ALL NEWSSTANDf ... 16 THE ALUMNUS

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Spokane County King County Stevens County Pres.-Wm. Rusch, '15, Breslin Apts., Pres.-Frank Cleary, '26, Pacific Tel. Pres.-Geo. W. Wallace, '22, Colville. Spokane. & Tel. Co., Seattle. V. P .-Grover Graham, '11, Colville. V. P.-Bert Ritter, ex-'14, Spokane. V. P.-Walt Irvine, ex-'24, Western Sec.-Treas.-Madge V. Witt, Colville. Sec.-Treas.-Chas. Carpenter, '24, W. Eng. & Colortype Co., Seattle. W. P. Co., Spokane. Sec-Treas. - Harold Sorenson, '24, Whatcom County 2423 Everett Ave., N. Seattle. Pres.-Marvin Allyn, '15, Manager Chelan County Washington Co-op. Chick. Assn., Pres.-Walt Horan, '25, Wenatchee. Bellingham, Wash. V. P. Harley Bryant, '25, Wenatchee Thurston County Sec.-Treas.-Mrs. H. M. Emery, '24, Sec.-Mrs. Ray Cain, '24, Wenatchee. Pres.-Wm. Duncan, '00, 212 Rogers (nee Mary Large), Bellingham, Ave., Olympia. Treas.-Mrs. Benton Bangs, '17, We­ Wash. natchee. V. P.-Glenna Troy, '18, 113 17th Ave., Olympia. Portland, Oregon Kittitas County Sec.-TI':eas.-Fra:Uces Lockwood, '25, Pres.-Milton McCroskey, '98, 533 Pres.-Dr. Jessie Barnhart, '18, El­ 2018 Capitol Way, Olympia. East 14th North, Portland. lensburg. V. P .-Kenneth Bageant, '27, 424 E . V. P .-Earl P. Cooke, '21, Ellensburg. Pacific County Broadway, Portland, Ore. Sec.-Treas.-Fred D. Adams, '23, El­ Pres.-Mrs. Otto Roessler, '12, South Sec.-Treas.- June Sanders, '22, 756 lensburg. Bend, Wash. Wasco St., Portland, Ore. V. P.-Daniel Crowley, '23, South Golden Gate Cougar Club Snohomish County Bend, Wash. Pres.-Stanton Hall, '14, Hall's Phar­ Pres.-Rex H . Turner, '24, Standard macy, Everett. Oil Bldg., San Francisco. V. P.-Mrs. Ottar Thomle, '09, 606 Pierce County V. P.-\N'm. Moss, ex-'25, San Fran­ Laurel Drive, Everett. Pres.-]' H. Binns, '16, Tacoma. cisco. Sec.-Treas.-Mrs. Clair Dobler, '25, V. P.-A. M. Richardson, '11, 3401 Sec.-Marcella Katheiser, '21, 1531 Madrona Apts., Everett. No. 24th St., Tacoma. Francisco St., San Francisco. Sec.-Treas.-Jessie Kirkland, '22, 1026 Treas.-Margaret Andrews, ex-'24, Walla Walla County No. Fife St., Tacoma. San Francisco. Pre3.-Ira Clark, '02, Clark's Book Los Angeles, Calif. Store, Walla WaJla. Pres.-Mrs. Dora Price Jones, 615 S. V. P .-Frank Lowden, '00, Walla Lewis County EI Molino Ave., Pasadena, Calif. Walla Meat Co., Walla Walla. Pres.-G. W. Staggs, '20, Chehalis. V. P.-Richard Garrison, '23, Los An­ Sec.-Hazel Huffman, '20, Clark's V. Pres.-Howard Handbloom, '16, geles, Calif. Book Store, Walla WaJla. Winlock. Sec.-Treas.-Alice Lodge Peddycord, Treas.-Pal Clark, '02, Clark's Book Sec.-Treas.-Mrs. Fannie Kyle Dun­ ' 17, 2046 Santa Aanita, Altadena, Store, WaJla Walla. lap, '21, Pe Ell. Calif. Whatcom, Skagit, San Juan Counties Pennsylvania Pres.-Frank Jenne, '11, Mt. Vernon. Kitsap County Pres.-Lloyd Brown, '24, 402 Lamar V. P.-Kingsley Peasley, '14, Belling­ Pres.-R. H. Davis. ' 14, Route I, St., Wilkinsburg, Pa. ham. Charleston. V. P.-Gertrude MacKay, '99, Pitts­ Sec.-Treas.-Fred Rockey, '15, Lyn­ V. P.-Ernest Zimmerman, '23, 347 burgh, Pa. den. 9th St., Bremerton. Sec.-Treas.-Mrs. Yay Kerns Blanch­ Sec.-Treas. - H arold Hanley, '23. ett, '26. 1139 Ross Ave., Wilkins­ Grays Harbor Bremerton. burg, Pa. Pres.-Estelle Erickson, 25, Aberdeen Savings & Loan Assn., Aberdeen. Columbia County Chicago, Illinois V. P.-Mrs. Della Allen Oliver, '00, Pres.-Loren F. Dumas, ' 16, Dayton. Pres.-Claude Kreisher, '21, 5714 Race 116 Jefferson St., Hoquiam. Ave., Chicago, Ill. V. P.-Holt Boone, ' 15, Dayton. V. P .-Harold Eddy, '23, 131 Clyde Sec.-Treas.-Edward Franz, '25, High Sec.-Treas.-Lorraine Gard, Dayton. School, Hoquiam. St., Evanston, Ill. Sec.-Treas.-Lillian Utter Smith, '24, Pacific County Okanogan County 2250 Grove Ave., Oak Park, Chi­ Pres.-E. C. Durdle, 'II, South Bend. Pres.-Raymond Dorsey, '16, Oka­ cago, Ill. V. P.-Daniel Crowley, '23, Ilwaco. nogan. Sec.-Treas.-Elva Murland, '25, South V . P.-Victor Morgan. ' 17, Omak. New York Club Bend. Sec.-Treas.-Irene E. Johnson, ex-'23. Pres.-L. I, . ::\ oIII III ells en, '29, 114 VI/. Ca rlton. 16th St.. ::\e\\' York. N. Y. Lincoln County \ '. P.-\\'. O. Gould. '30, 439 6th St.. Pres.-L. D. Baker, '13, Davenport. BrooklYIl. K . Y. V. P .-Iva n Putman, '09, Sprague. Grant County Sec.-Trcas.-=-:'Ifrs. Stell a \ V. Lock­ Sec.-Treas. - Mike Brislawn, '06. V. P.-E. 1. E vans, ' 15, H artline. II·ood. ' 11. 530 34th St., North Ber­ Sprag ue, Wash. Wash, gcn. :\. J. Sec.-Treas.-Chas. W eller. '08, Coulee Franklin and Benton Counties City. Schenectady, N. Y. Pres.-Hill Williams, '18, Pasco Her­ P res.- Earl L Phillips, '25, Gen. Elec. ald , Pasco. Co,. Schenectady, N. Y. V. P.-Warren Hodge, 'IS, Superin­ Puyallup City V. P .-J. Stanley Howard, '28, Gen. tendent of Schools, Kennewick. Pres.-Harry Locklin , '15. Puyallup. Elec. Co .. Schenectady. N. Y. Sec.-Treas.-Elmer Mill er, '26. High V. ' P.-George Campen, '15, Puyallup. Sec. -Treas.-Milton A. Jewett, '27, School. Pasco. Sec.-Treas.-Elma Zagelow. Puyallup. Ge Il, E lec. Co" Schenectady, N.Y. r .....··..·....···...... ·..·...... ·...... ·..·...... ··...... ··...... ··..·....·..·····...... ··········..·..·..·..·..··i + i ,f The STATE COLLEGE of WASHINGTON +t ~ Founded by the National Government and the State of Washington ; i; i + ,+ + i The work of the State College of Washington is organized into t t three main groups: Resident Instruction, Experiment Station, and t t Extension Service. f I The Resident Instruction Division includes: ~ I i i + The CoUege of Agriculture (B. S. and M. S. Degrees) i t With diYisions in Farm Crops, Soils, Animal Husbandry, Dairy Husbandry, I' I Poultry Husbandry, Horticulture, Landacape Gardening, Forestry, Range Man­ + agement, Plant Pathology, Farm Engineering, Agricultural Joumalism, Agrielll­ t tural Business. I The CoUege of Kechanic Arts and Enlineering (B. S., C. E., E . E., Y. E., and Y. S. i Degrees) I + With divisions in Architectural Engineering, Agricultural Engineering, Civil Ea­ i lI"ineering, Commercial Mechanical Enlineerinll", Electrical Eaaineering, Conalur­ i cial Electrical Eneineering. Hydro-Electrical Engineering, Manacement Enlineer­ I ing, Mathematics, Mechanical Engineering, Pbysics. The College of Sciences and Arta (B. S., B. A., M. S., and Y. A. Decreea) I. With School of Business Administration, and divisions in Cbemistry. Cbemical Engineering, Ajp-icultural Cbemistry. Botan,.. Zoology, Bact.eriololr7, EaaJIah. Economics, History and Political Science. Secretarial Science. Soclolotr1, Fonlp Lanleuages, General, Nurses' Training, Pre-Medical, Pre-Dental

The College of Home Economica (B. A., B. 8 .• K. A•• and Y. S. Degrees) With division. in Teacher. Traininll", Housebold Manasement, lnotitutiOGa! Management.

The College of Veterinary Medicine (B. S. and D. V. K . Desreea)

The School of Kines and GeoJocy (B. 8.• Y. S., and E. Y. Degr_) With divisions in Geolotr1, KininJ Geolo,y, Mininll", Mine YanqemeJit, YetaI­ lurgy, Metallosraphy, Petroleum Eq;neenng.

The School of Education (B. A. and y_ A. Degrees) With divisions in Education, Agricultural Education, Psychology, Yanual A....

The Schcol of Music and Fine Arts (B. A. and M. A. Degreea) With divisions in Harmony, Theory, ·Voice, Piano, Violin, Pipe.Orlall, Oreh..• t tra, Dramatic Art, Speech, Fine Arts. +

The School of Pharmacy (B. S., M. S., and Ph. C. Degrees) The Graduate School (M. A., M. S., and Ph. D. Desreeo) I The Department of Military Science and Tactics Including Resreve Officers' Training Corps in Infantry, Engineere, and Jua­ unit&. The Department of Physical Education and Athletics (B. S. and Y. S. De.._> The Short Sessions I I ncluding the Summer Session and Winter Short Couro...

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