SPARTA N ALUMNI MAGAZINE JUNE 1# 1954 JUNE . AND THE MSC ALUMNI CHAPEL MICHIGAN STATE COLLEGE year of $1,382,169, and the $1,780,691 requested by the Board. The Experiment Station appropriation was $1,229,860, including the salary adjustment item of $23,869. This com­ pares with the current appropriation of $1,167,515, and the $1,593,430 requested The Inside Story by the Board. Both agencies will have the benefit of some additional funds for their work. The current appropriation of $255,000 Although the Michigan Legislature voted a larger 1954-55 appropria­ to supplement Federal funds for agricul­ tion for Michigan State than was requested by the Governor and the tural research and marketing work was state budget office, two important points stand oat: First, the final continued; the Board had requested figure was less than M.S.C. had deemed necessary, and Second, prefer­ $365,000. ential treatment in appropriations for the University of Michigan A brand-new program to stimulate remained unchanged. Below is important background information educational programs in agricultural re­ search and marketing among retailers, about these situations, of interest to Michigan State's alumni. consumers, and producers, was supported to the extent of an appropriation of $295,000. Of the total, the Experiment Station is to administer projects totaling $150,000, and the Extension service will carry on the educational programs with mendations, the difference would have The Legislature gave recognition to $144,000 of the new funds. some of the pressing needs of Michigan been increased to $242 per student. On State College in making appropriations the basis of the appropriation of $21,- In the area of capital improvements, for the 1954-55 fiscal year at the recent 052,996 to the University and an esti­ the College was gratified by the action session. The lawmakers voted $13,729,700 mated enrollment of 18,500 students next of the Legislature in making an initial for support of the College, which com­ year, the per-student appropriation for appropriation of $750,000 towards the pares with $12,276,082 made available for the university at Ann Arbor will increase construction of an animal industries the current fiscal year. to $1,138, compared with $885 at Michi­ building to cost not more than $4,000,000. This structure, to occupy the site of the More significant than the fact that gan State, or a difference of $253 per old beef barn across Farm Lane from the total appropriation was increased student. the Agricultural Engineering building, considerably was the action of the Legis­ The- next step will be for the State has long been sought by the agricultural lature in increasing the amount recom­ Board of Agriculture to revise its pro­ interests of the state to provide adequate mended by the Governor and the budget posed budget for the coming year. The facilities for the dairy, animal husbandry, office. An appropriation of $13,020,000 tentative budget was based on a re­ and poultry industry departments. had been recommended to the Legisla­ quested appropriation of $14,438,498, so ture, but convincing explanations of considerable paring will be necessary. The limitation on the cost of the build­ College needs by College officials per­ College officials feel that it will be pos­ ing to $4,000,000 will require drastic suaded the Legislature to increase that sible to take care of some of the revision of the plans already prepared amount by $395,000. Subsequently, in outstanding needs for personnel and for a structure to cost in excess of consequence of the action of the Civil equipment but actual allocation of the $5,250,000, but it is anticipated that the Service Commission in increasing salaries additional funds to be available next year revisions can be made in such a way as of other State employees, the Legislature awaits determination by the Board. to provide a highly useful facility. added another item of $314,700 to the The other two operations for which In addition, the Legislature appropri­ College appropriation on the basis of the State Board of Agriculture is respon­ ated $1,500,000 as a "second installment" 2V2 per cent of the total annual personal sible—the Cooperative Extension Service towards the cost of a general library now service budget. and the Agricultural Experiment Station under construction. It is expected to be However, the Legislature did nothing —were given appropriations as recom­ completed late next year. to rectify the situation, described in the mended by the Governor through the An appropriation of $100,000 towards previous issue of the Record, under Budget office, plus amounts representing the cost of an additional boiler for the which the University of Michigan re­ 2Y2 per cent of the personal service South Campus power plant will enable ceives preferential treatment in making budgets for salary adjustments. In the college officials to place an order for the appropriations. Currently, the university case of the Extension Service, the appro­ boiler, and to look forward to relief in at Ann Arbor receives $236 per student priation was $1,512,432, including the the near future from currently pressing more in appropriations than does State. salary item of $49,870; this compares problems of supplying sufficient heat and On the basis of the Governor's recom­ with the appropriation for the current electric power for the growing university. THE RECORD Vol. 59—No. 1 June 1, 1954 A. WESTLEY ROWLAND, Editor RUSSELL POWERS, JR., '49, Editorial Assistant STARR H. KEESLER, '41, Director of Alumni Relations; GLADYS FRANKS, '27, Recorder; FRED W. STABLEY, Sports Editor; TED EMERY, Assistant Sports Editor; JOHN MCGOFF, '50, Assistant Director of Alumni Relations; MADISON KUHX and JOSEPH G. DUNCAN, Historians; EARL C. RICHARDSON, Agricultural Editor; BARBARA BROWN, Artist; W. LOWELL TREASTER. Director of Informa­ tion Services. Campus pictures by PHOTO LAB photographers. Member of the American Alumni Council, THE RECORD is published seven times a year by THE DEPARTMENT OF INFORMATION SERVICES. Michigan State College. Entered as second class matter at East Lansing, Michigan, under the Act of Congress, August 24, 1912. Commencement Closes College Year An estimated 1,800 graduates will receive their diplomas at the 96th Annual Commencement on Sunday, June 6, at 4 p.m. in Macklin Field Stadium. Commencement speaker this year will be Dr. Arthur Stanton Adams, president of the American Council on Edu­ cation. An out­ standing leader in the field of education, Dr. DISTINGUISHED ALUMNI: Recipients of Alumni Awards for Distinguished Adams received Service this year will be, left to right, George Harris Collingwood, '11, Florence the Legion of Louise Hall, '09, Arno Hallock Johnson, '22, and Earl Warren Tinker, '13. The Merit citation for annual awards will be presented at M.S.C.'s 99th Commencement, June 6. his achievements in the Bureau of Dean Emeritus Ernest Lee Anthony, College for leadership in home economics. Naval Personnel who retires July 1, 1954, will be awarded She was also honored for her work in Adams during World the honorary Doctor of Science degree. home economics at the 50th anniversary War II. He was a central figure in plan­ Dean Anthony's retirement completes an of the establishment of home economics ning and administering the Navy V-12 active 40-year educational career of at M.S.C. Author of numerous publica­ program. teaching and administration at Pennsyl­ tions on use of milk for health, and home Previous to his ACE presidency, Dr. vania State College, West Virginia Uni­ demonstration work, Miss Hall was a Adams was president of the University versity and Michigan State College. He U.S. delegate to Associated Country of New Hampshire and provost of Cornell came to M.S.C. in 1928 as head of the Women of the World Conferences at University. A past president of the dairy department and four years later Amsterdam, the Netherlands, and Toron­ American Association of Land-Grant was named Dean of Agriculture, heading to, Canada. Colleges and Universities, he has been up teaching, research and extension ac­ Arno Hallock Johnson, '22, market awarded 18 honorary degrees. tivities in the field of agriculture. analyst, and Director of Research and Honorary degrees will be conferred A large share of credit for the top Vice President of J. Walter Thompson upon three outstanding leaders. international reputation now enjoyed by Company of New York, Montreal, Cana­ Dr. Adams, the commencement speak­ Michigan State's agricultural programs da, and London, England. Economic er, will receive an honorary Doctor of must be attributed to Dean Anthony's Advisor to the U.S. Treasury Depart­ Laws. leadership during the past quarter- ment, author of numerous articles and century. works on economic and marketing sub­ The honorary degree of Doctor of jects, outstanding leader in marketing On The Cover . • Engineering will be conferred upon and distribution research and policy Alfred Iddles, '12, president of Babcock problems, Johnson received the first are the happy bride and groom, and Wilcox Company since 1948. American Marketing Association Annual Joyce Kuhn, '51, and William Neal, A former member of the M.S.C. faculty Award for leadership in marketing. He '54, leaving the Alumni Memorial in the School of Engineering, Iddles has has received citation to Hall of Fame in Chapel built in 1951 as a lasting served in engineering capacities with distribution for distinguished contribu­ tribute to students and alumni who some of the outstanding engineering or­ tions to advancement of distribution. paid the supreme sacrifice in de­ ganizations in the United States. Earl Warren Tinker, '13, New York, fending our country. The original A highlight of the commencement N.