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THE MASSACHUSETTS STATE COLLEGE

ALUMNI BULLETIN

Vol. XII. R%Z"LtoT Amherst, Massachusetts, April 25, 1931 ^^JSU^^SSS^^ No. 9

ANIMAL HUSBANDRY
AT M.S. C.

1890 - 1900

The following statement in the report of 1892
is typical of all the reports of that time. It
reads, "The work in this department has been
of the same general character as in the years
preceding. Permanent improvements have been
steadily carried forward. Stumps have been
pulled, fresh ground broken up and subdued,
five thousand feet of tile drains laid, and thirty-
five acres ploughed and prepared for the plant-
ing of corn in the spring.

Yield of College Livestock

"The number of acres in the ordinary crops
of the farm was as follows: hay, 75; field corn,
14; silage corn, 10; potatoes, 10; mangels, 2};
Swedes, -}; carrots, i; English turnips, 1;
squashes, 3; and rye, 3. Besides these, we had
soiling crops as follows: rye, 5 acres; clover,

I acre; oats and vetches, 2 acres; grass, 3 acres;
fodder corn, 8 acres; oats and peas, 4 acres;
and barley and peas, 4 acres, — a total of 146}
acres; or, deducting land which produced two
crops, 137} acres. Most of our crops have
been good and a number of them exceptionally
so, although I confidently anticipate improve-
ment in the future, as the newly reclaimed
land which comprises more than one-half of
our cultivable area is being gradually brought
into better condition by drainage, cultivation
and manuring."

In the report of 1892 we get the first state-
ment regarding the yield of some of the cows
in the college herd, "As evidence of the quality
of our stock, permit me to report the milk
yield of a few of our best pure-bred cows. In
each case the highest record made within
twelve months is given: Ayrshires — Myrca,
8100 pounds, 14 ounces; Myrca Clifton, 9283
pounds, 6 ounces; Amelia Clifton, 8614 pounds,
4 ounces; Holstein-Friesians — Beth Hoorn,
13,206 pounds, 6 ounces; Cornelia Artis, 11,830
pounds, 10 ounces; Cornelia Pledge, 8555
pounds; Shorthorn — Dulcibella, 6851 pounds,

II ounces; Guernsey — Fanny, 6687 pounds,
6 ounces; Jersey — Faith of Deerfoot (nine
months), 4869 pounds, 3 ounces."

Elective Courses Introduced

The average butter yield of the cows of N.Y.

was estimated at 130 pounds at this time while

the 20 grade cows purchased by Dr. Brooks in

1889 was 308 pounds. The average production

of these 40 cows in the College herd in 1892 was

6465 pounds of milk. An interesting statement

regarding bovine tuberculosis is found in this

report with the recommendations that a system

of meat inspection be inaugurated and the sale

of milk from tuberculosis cattle be prohibited.

In his report of 1893 Dr. Brooks stressed the

need for a new livestock barn placed more

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'16 THIS WAY

15th Reunion June 13 and 14

Everyone back for the biggest com-
mencement in history, and one of the
most notable. This may be your FIRST
CHANCE TO TREAD THE CAMPUS
OF THE MASSACHUSETTS STATE
COLLEGE. The name was changed to
Massachusetts State College on April 15,
1931.

YOUR FIRST CHANCE to see the
New Physical Education Building, swim-
ming pool, etc. '17 men aren't coming
back this year for fear '16 will be looking
for candidates for a pond party in the
new pool.

Come back and see things you never
dreamed could happen 15 years ago:

Freshment living in the dorms. Seniors
out.

Old North College rejuvenated.

Crowds of co-eds. And what crowds.

New Hort. Manuf. Building. ( No more
barn cellar work in this course.)

Old Owen Orchard chopped out.

Plans for new Library and A dministra-
tion Building.

All your famous Professors, and also

Janitor Brown and Mike Fenton.

MAKE YOUR PLANS NOW

LOTTA

AGRICULTURAL
FUND

Loans to be made Available

Under the will of the late Lotta M. Crabtree
a fund was established to render practical
assistance in the »r+!4«. iromotion of agricul-
tural pursuits. ' .ees of this fund are
authorized to m - from the income of
this fund, without interest, to graduates of the
four-year course of the Massachusetts State
College who desire to follow agricultural
pursuits but are without means. These loans
are to be made on such terms and conditions as,
in the judgment of the trustees, seem to be
reasonable and proper. No graduate of the
college is entitled to receive benefit from this
fund until the trustees have received a certifi-
cate from the college to the effect that the
applicant received a diploma upon completion
of his course, and that his deportment while in
college as to industry and behavior was good.

Applications for loans should be made:

Trustees, Estate of Lotta M. Crabtree
619 Washington Street

Boston, Massachusetts

MASSACHUSETTS
STATE COLLEGE

Name Now Effective

On March 20, 1931 Governor Joseph B. Ely
of Massachusetts signed the bill which changed
the name of the Massachusetts Agricultural
College to Massachusetts State College.

On April 15, 1931 the Governor made special
provision whereby the law changing the name
of the college became effective immediately.
This means that the present senior class, 1931,
will be the first to be graduated from Massa-
chusetts State College.

The following statements are excerpts from
an announcement made by Robert D. Hawley
'18, secretary of the college, concerning the
change of name.

Change Suggested in 1894

"The law changing the name of this College
recently enacted by the Legislature and signed
by the Governor on March 26 culminates a
movement started many years ago. Some per-
sons have apparently felt from the start that
this College was intended to be of broader scope
than the name implied, for, referring to the law
establishing the College, President Chadbourne
said in 1867: "It is difficult to see how an agri-
cultural education alone would meet the re-
quirements of this law, if such an education
were desirable. Any system that attempts to
give practical knowledge without first having
a broad scientific basis will succeed only in
making skilled artisans and will not send forth
men fitted to improve themselves or add ma-
terially to the advancement of knowledge." As
early as 1896 the suggestion was made by stu-
dents that the name of the College be changed.
Student agitation was most intense in the years
1901 to 1904. The names of student publi-
cations were changed during that period to get
away from the term "Aggie" and students even
went so far one year as to use the name Massa-
chusetts State College in their Commencement
program.

The reputation made for the College through-
out the world by her graduates is something in
which all of her friends take great pride. It is
the hope of the Faculty and Trustees that the
new name will inherit the glory of the old and
it is their ambition that under the new name
the Institution will develop soundly and her
achievements expand.

Service of the College

There is no reason why this change of name
should lessen the ability of the College to render
to the Commonwealth any of the important
services which it now gives. In many ways this
ability will be enhanced.

There is little doubt that the nature of the
College and the service which it renders has
been misunderstood by large numbers of citi-
zens, principally because of its name. It has
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Alumni Day, Saturday, June 13, 1931

At The

* * Massachusetts State College * *

(The Largest Crowd of Alumni Back on the Campus in Years is Expected)

The Massachusetts State College Alumni Bulletin, April 25, 1931

THE MASSACHUSETTS STATE COLLEGE
HLUMNI BULLETIN

Published monthly at Amherst, Mass. (except July and August) by the Associate Alumni of M.A.C.
Member of The Alumni Magazines Associated

Subscription Price

$1.00 per year

Included in the $3.00 dues of

members of the Associate

Alumni

Entered as second class matter, March 17,
1920, at the Postoffice at Amherst, Mass.
under the Acts of March 3, 1S79.

EDITORIAL COMMITTEE
Linus H. Jones '16, Chairman
Roland H. Verbeck '08
Philip F. Whitmore '15
Emory E. Grayson '17
Marshall O. Lanphear '18
Oliver C. Roberts '18
Earle S. Carpenter '24
Charles H. Gould '16, ex-officio
Ellsworth Barnard '28
George E. Emery "24, ex-officio

Address all communications to The Alumni Office, M. S. C. Amherst, Mass.

THE KINGSBURY PRESS, NORTHAMPTON, MASS.

OBITUARIES

Harold C. Hanlon w'02

Dr. Harold C. Hanlon died suddenly of
cerebral hemorrhage at his home in North
Easton, Mass., April 12, 1931. He was born in
North Easton on April 27, 1879 and after being
graduated from the local high school entered
the state college with the class of 1902. He
soon left to attend the Harvard Dental School
from which he was graduated with the degree
of D.M.D. in 1903. He returned to his home
town where he established a large practice in
his profession. He leaves a wife and one
daughter.

Clinton King '07

Charles A. Bowman '81

The M.A.C. Alumni Association of Washing-
ton, D. C. in its meeting of March 13, 1931
drew up the following resolutions regarding the
death of Charles A. Bowman '81:

Whereas, Mr. Charles A. Bowman, of the
class of 1881, died on January 23, 1931 and:

Whereas, Mr. Bowman during his life was
ever active and loyal in his support of his
college: now therefore be it

Resolved, That we the M.A.C. Alumni Asso-
ciation of Washington, D. C express our most
sincere regret in having lost a friend so faithful,
a fellow-worker so ardent and a man so highly
respeci.ed and deeply admired, and be it

Further Resolved, that a copy of these reso-
lutions be sent to Mrs. Bowman and family,
together with an expression of sympathy and
that these resolutions be entered upon the
minutes of this meeting, and be it

Further Resolved, That a copy of these reso-
lutions be sent to the College Alumni Office for
publication in the Alumni Bulletin.

Edward G. Howe '72

Edward Gardiner Howe '72, prominent edu-
cator, died at his home 10233 Wood Street,
Chicago, Illinois on March 28, 1931 after an
illness of several months.

Mr. Howe was born in Brookline, Mass. on
August 11, 1849. He came to Illinois with his
parents in 1855, living near Clifton until 1874
when the family moved to Washington Heights.
He attended Lake Forest Academy and the
Massachusetts Agricultural College from which
he was graduated in 1872.

On June 30, 1881 he married Miss Mary
Elizabeth Barnard.

Mr. Howe's life work was that of a teacher,
which he began in 1874, teaching at Lansing
and Riverdale, 111. and at private schools in
Chicago. In 1893 he became principal of the
preparatory school in connection with the
University of Illinois at Urbana. During the
last 19 years of his career he taught in the
general science department of the Englewood
High School, retiring in 1923 after 47 years of
work in the educational field.

In 1895 he published "Systematic Science

BIRTHS

w'16 A daughter, Fredericka, to Mr. and
Mrs. Leon C. Beeler, February 4, 1931 in
Norristown, Pa.

'24 A son, Joseph Grant, to Mr. and Mrs.
Joseph H. Burbeck, April 3, 1931 in Babylon,
Long Island.

'27 A daughter, Betty Mae, to Mr. and
Mrs. Earl F. Williams, April 21, 1930 in Chicago,
Illinois.

w'30 A daughter, Joanne, to Mr. and Mrs.
Christian T. Neff (Alice Sanborn), March 3,
1931 in Irvington, New Jersey.

MARRIAGES

'28 Wendell E. Estes to Miss Estella E.
Damon, September 6, 1930 in Marshfield
Hills, Mass.

'29 Francis D. Alberti to Miss Dorcas
Candlin, April 3, 1931 in Cleveland, Ohio.

'31 Otis Hanslick to Miss Edna Adams
Shaw, April 5, 1931 in Amherst, Mass.

OSGAR G. ANDERSON '13

RESIGNS FROM

PURDUE FACULTY

Now with Kay Laboratories

Professor -Oscar G. Anderson '13, for seven-
teen years a member of the faculty of the
horticultural department of Purdue University,
resigned from that institution on April 10, 1931
to take a position with the Kay Laboratories,
Inc., New York City.

Professor Anderson began his work at Purdue
in 1914, where, since then, he has taught all
phases of fruit growing. He is widely and well-
known among the fruit growers of Indiana. He
gave particular attention, at Purdue, to work
on spraying, and is the author of a widely-used
text book on that subject.

The Purdue Exponent of April 1, 1931 (the
daily publication of Purdue University) in
commenting on Professor Anderson's resigna-
tion said, "Faculty members and students alike
who have come in contact with Professor Ander-
son are unanimous in their appreciation of the
work done by him, and in the loss to the Uni-
versity resulting from his leaving."

'30 Vin Riley is a salesman for the Reming-
ton Rand Supply Co., Boston.

'30 Mim Loud is with the Little Tree Farms,
Framingham, Mass. in the landscape depart-
ment.

'30 Beryl Morse is doing landscape work
with the Randall Nursery Company, Reading,
Mass.

Teaching" and, in 1900, "Advanced Elementary
Science."

Mr. Howe is survived by his wife, four sons,
three daughters, two sisters, and two brothers.

PUBLICATIONS

'04 E. A. Back (with R. T. Cotton). "The
control of moths in upholstered furniture."
U.S.D.A. Farmers' Bulletin 1655 F. 33 pp., illus.

'13 George W. Barber (with W. J. Phillips).
"The corn earworm as an enemy of field corn
in the Eastern States." U.S.D.A. Farmers'
Bulletin 1651 F. 18 pp., illus.

'15 M. C. Lane. "The Great Basin wire-
worm in the Pacific Northwest." U.S.D.A.
Farmers' Bulletin 1657 F. 9 pp., illus.

'16 Leon F. Whitney. "Pigeon City." This
book was the March choice of the Junior
Literary Guild whose editors include Carl Van
Doren, Angelo Patri and Mrs. Franklin D.
Roosevelt.

'17 Roland W. Rogers. "A Park System
for the Maryland-Washington Metropolitan
District." In January 1931 City Planning.
Mr. Rogers is landscape architect for the
Maryland-Washington District Commission.

G Irving C. Root. "Planning Progress in
Maryland-Washington Metropolitan District."
In January 1931 City Planning. Mr. Root is
city planner and chief engineer for the Mary-
land-National Capitol Park and Planning Com-
mission.

F A. B. Beaumont. "The Soils of New
England." This 16 page booklet includes a
map of the soil series in Massachusetts and a
description of soil types. There are brief
recommendations as to management. The
booklet is published by the American Cyan-
amid Company of 535 Fifth Avenue, New York
City.

A recent catalogue of books by the Orange
Judd Publishing Company of New York lists
several familiar names. Figures in parentheses
below indicate the number of different titles by
individual authors: The list: A. J. B. Boquet,
F.G.; L. S. Dickinson '10 & F.; S. F. Hamblin
'12; S. C. Hubbard, F; S. T. Maynard '72;
L. R. Taft '82; Clark L. Thayer '13, and R. A.
Van Meter, F.; Gilbert S. Watts, F.; Frank A.
Waugh, F. (10); E. A. White '96 and F.

ANIMAL HUSBANDRY

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centrally in relation to the farm land than the
one then in use south of the present Veterinary
Building.

The report of 1894 indicates that during this
year the elective system was first introduced
and made available to seniors only. The choice
of electives ran as follows:

23 elected political economy
20 " veterinary

15 agriculture

11 " Chemistry

7 " German

5 " botany

4 entomology

4 " . electricity

4 " mathematics

The two-year course was also started this
year (1894) with 23 students, and the opening
of the graduate school occurred the next year.
This year marked also the addition of an
assistant to the Professor of Agriculture, Fred
S. Cooley '88 being the appointee. Up to this
time one man had done all the teaching in
Agriculture. The President was still teaching
two or three hours daily . At this time the
College boasted of only nine recitation rooms.
New barns to accommodate 100 cattle, 14
horses, 75 sheep and 80 hogs on the site of the
present ones were constructed during 1893 and
1894.

Short Courses Offered
The tuberculin test was applied to the whole
of the dairy herd in 1S94 and revealed that
two-thirds of the animals had the disease. Fire
destroyed the old barns in 1894 though it had
previously been decided not to move any of the
then present herd of cattle to the new barns
but to build a new herd founded on high grade
Shorthorn heifers and young cows from the
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The Massachusetts State College Alumni Hullefin, April 25, 1931

ACADEMICS

Roister Doisters

On Friday, April 10, the Roister Doister play
"The Americans Come," written by Professor
Frank Prentice Rand, was presented at Stock-
bridge Hall as a feature of the 1931 Prom
Season. The performance, which was witnessed
by an audience that was an unusually large one
for the Prom Play, marked the climax of a
highly successful series of productions which
have been given throughout the State during
the last three months. The play, the theme of
which is the attempt of typical Americans and
English to adjust themselves to each other, not
only provided the audience with much enter-
tainment through its amusing situations and
clever dialogue, but the action served also as a
framework for several musical and vaudeville
numbers which were equally well received.
Perhaps the largest number of laughs were
drawn by Richard Whcrity's interpretation of
the character of A. K. Pierpont, the millionaire
pickle magnate of Detroit "doing" England
with his family in the manner traditionally
ascribed to the American tourist. The play
struck a deeper note by suggesting, at the close,
that the differences between Americans and
English are, after all, more apparent than real.

The Roister Doisters have chosen for the
Commencement Play "Outward Bound" by
Sutton Vane. The cast has been chosen and
rehearsals will begin immediately. The play
will be given on Saturday, June 13, and the
hour will probably be 8:30 p. ra. so that it will
conflict as little as possible with class and
fraternity reunions.

It is felt that the Commencement play, in-
stead of interfering with alumni reunions, as it
has sometimes done, might well serve as a
common meeting place for the various groups,
some of which might wish, as used to be the
custom, to go in a body; so that the play would
have as important a place in the program of
alumni activities as it now occupies in the
undergraduate schedule of events.

Debating

On March 24, 25, and 26 the M.A.C. debating
team, consisting of Leonard A. Salter, Richard
S. Folger, and Joseph Politella, took a three-
day trip to New York and Pennsylvania, meet-
ing teams from New York University, Lehigh,
and the City College of New York. The ques-
tion discussed in the first two was "Resolved,
that the nations should adopt the policy of
free trade." The Massachusetts team, com-
posed of Salter and Politella, upheld the nega-
tive against N.Y.U. and the affirmative against
Lehigh. Both these contests were radio de-
bates, the first being broadcast over Station
WBNX of New York, and the second over
Station WCBA of Allentown, Pa. The tech-
nique of radio debating, of which this was the
first experience for the State College men, is
somewhat different from that employed in the
conventional form of debate, especially in that
it involves a more careful preparation of ma-
terial. The members of the team, however,
reported very favorably in regard to the inno-
vation. The first debate was a no-decision
contest, while the second, to which the judges
listened over the radio, went to Lehigh by a
2-1 vote. The debate with C.C.N.Y. was on
the subject "Resolved, that the several States
should enact legislation providing for compul-
sory unemployment insurance." In the con-
test, the State College was represented by
Salter and Folger. The decision, by vote of
the audience, went to C.C.N.Y. by a narrow
margin. Despite the fact that two of the de-
bates were lost, the members of the team, as
well as Professor Prince, their coach, felt that
the trip was on the whole successful.

w'28 Dr. Karol B. Zielinski was graduated
from the Tufts College Dental School in June
1930 and is now practising dentistry in Holyoke,
Mass.

MASSACHUSETTS
STATE COLLEGE

(Continued from l\iftu 1)

been a common experience of representati i

of the College attending educational function
to find tlieniselvi'N c lassrd with representatives
from secondary vocational school I requently,
parents of prospective college students have
been much surprised to learn that the facilities
for a sound college education are available at
this state institution and many havi failed
completely to realize what opportunities for
higher education exist here, largely because the
name has implied a restricted scope. The new
name will doubtless help many citizens of the
State to better appreciate the extent of the
educational service provided by this College.
Scope of College

While there are other fenefits which should
come with the new name, there is one which
deserves particular mention. It should bring
about an improvement in administrative re-
lationship^ with other officials of the Common-
wealth. The scope and activities of the College
have in the past not always been understood by
these officials, with the result that the Trustees
and President of the College have often been
suspected and sometimes openly accused of
making requests for support out of proportion
to the needs of the Institution, or of attempting
to expand the Institution beyond its properly
authorized field. The new name will not create
the false impression which frequently arose from
the old.

In conclusion, it should be emphasized that
this change of name is not the result of a recent
change in the scope of the College, for that is no
different now than it was sixty-seven years ago.
To be sure, changing times have developed
changing demands for service with the result
that different phases of the work of the College
have had to be emphasized to meet these de-
mands. That the Trustees and administrative
officers have been alive to these changes and
ready to meet them should be considered a
matter for congratulation."

HERM MAGNUSON WITH SALEM
PARK BOARD

Herman Magnuson of the class of 1930 who
has been doing graduate work in landscape
architecture under Professor Waugh at this
college has left Amherst to take the position of
landscape architect and horticulturist with the
Salem, Mass. Park Department.

Mag reports a recent interesting meeting
with Bob Bowie, Taylor Mills, Johnny Kay,
Tim Horan, and Dinny Crowley, "Boston
politician," all of the class of '29, and Jiggs
Elliot '30.

ALUMNI ASSOCIATION BUSINESS

At the meeting of the Executive Committee
of the Associate Alumni held on April 15, 1931
in Draper Hall it was voted that the necessary
steps be taken to change the name of "The
Associate Alumni of the Massachusetts Agri-
cultural College," a corporation, to Associate
Alumni of Massachusetts State College.

It also was voted to copyright in the name of
the Associate Alumni the marching song "Fight,
Massachusetts" which was written by Captain
Edwin M. Sumner of the College R.O.T.C.
unit.

The Associate Alumni will probably sponsor,
in the near future, a contest to pick an official
nick-name or mascot for the varsity athletic
teams. Details will appear in the Alumni
Bulletin.

'29 Zeke Zielinski is a student at Jefferson
Medical College, Philadelphia, Pa.

'29 Russ Whitten is an entomologist with
the U.S.D.A. in Melrose Highlands, Mass.

'29 Holten S. Pease is a landscape gardener
in Falmouth, Mass.

ATHLETICS

Baseball
In the fall of 1915 Alumni Field was dedi-

Vlonday afternoon, April 20, !!)-'il

at approximately 3.15 o'clock a baseball was

knocked out of the field, over the right field

1 rom thi batti i box on the varsity

I all diamond, for the first time in the

tot y of the field.

I he occasion was a practice game bel
the M.S.C. varsity and a team composed of
Hopkins Academy and Iladlcy town team
players.

John Burrington '32, who when he hits
them — might probably be called the varsity's
king of swat, was the player who indii ated that
the fence need not be, after all, an object of
awe and reverence. It was a wallop, and then
some, which knocked that first baseball ever
to go over the Alumni Field fence out of the lot.

The varsity plays its first game in New
Brunswick, X. J. at Rutgers, on Friday, April
24. Alumni at Rutgers are planning a dinner
for the team after the game.

An interesting note in connection with this
ball club is Ralphie Kneeland's '31 adaptability
at the short stop position. Ralphie previously
had played altogether in the outfield, which he
covered as though he had wings, but this spring
he was moved up into the diamond and is
proving to be a most capable infielder.

The pitching staff includes Dick Wherity '32,
Merrill Davis '31, Joe Gorman '31, Lou Wilson
'32, George Cain '33, and John (Art ShiresJ
Tikofski '32. Captain Joe Gula '31 is playing
at third; Freddie Welch '33, second; Merrill
Davis '31 at first; and Ernie Mitchell '32
catches.

The outfielders are John Burrington '32,
Joe Gorman '31, and John Tikofski '32.

Other players out for the team include John
Calvi '31, Moe White '31, and Dick Evans '32.

Following is the schedule:
April 24 Rutgers at New Brunswick 3:30

25 St. Stephens at Annandale

28 Bowdoin at M.S.C. 4:00
May 2 Middlebury at M.S.C. 3:00

7 Worcester Tech at Worcester 4:00
9 Wesleyan at M.S.C. 2:30
13 Amherst at Pratt Field 2:45

15 Boston Univ. at Boston

16 Lowell Textile at Lowell

19 Clark at M.S.C. 4:00

20 Trinity at M.S.C. 4:00

23 Northeastern at Boston 2:30

26 Williams at M.S.C. 4:00

29 Union at Schenectady 4:30

30 R.P.I, at Troy 3:00
June 13 Amherst at M.S.C. 4:00

Spring Track

Candidates for the varsity spring track team
are out in force. Coach Derby reports as large
a delegation as he ever has had competing for
positions on Captain Bob Rooney's '31 team.

For the most part, however, the material is
inexperienced and actual competition alone
probably will give an idea of how the potential
candidates are really able to perform.

The schedule, which follows, is as interesting
as any which this college has had for some time.
April 25 Boston Univ. at Riverside 3:00
May 2 Trinity at M.S.C. 2:00

9 Worcester Tech at Worcester 2:00
16 Easterns at Worcester 10:00 a. m.
and 2:30 p. m.

22 New Englands at Lewiston, Me. 4:00

23 New Englands at Lewiston, Me. 2:00
23 First Annual Small High School Re-
lays, Alumni Field, M.S.C. 2:00

'28 Horace T. Brockway is doing landscape
work with Jerry Brookins, Inc., Orchard Park,
N. Y.

'28 Ken Bartlett is an assistant entomologist
with the U.S.D.A., 10 Court Street, Arlington,
Mass.

The Massachusetts State College Alumni Bulletin, April 25, 1931

CLASS NOTES

'78 Sandford D. Foot who retired from active
business in 1916 is visiting the Yosemite National
Park.

'78 Dr. John H. Washburn has retired from
his profession as teacher. He lives in Bucking-
ham, Pennsylvania.

w'91 A. R. Wood raises Bermuda onions in
Raymondville, Texas, winters, and in the
summer operates a farm in Leeds Center,
Maine.

'96 Harry H. Roper is a farmer and herds-
man in South Hamilton, Mass.

'09 Harold J. Neale is landscape engineer
with the Department of Highways, Richmond,
Virginia.

'13 Ralph W. Howe's store in Wilmington,
Vermont recently burned. The loss has been
estimated at $50,000.

'13 Edward C. Daniel is a civil engineer. He
gives his business address as California. His
home is at Osterville, Mass.

'13 James L. Holden is a manufacturing
chemist and department official with Merck &
Co., Inc., Rahway, New Jersey.

'15 and '28 Maurice J. (Bunny) Clough,
general sales manager of the Bowker Chemical
Company, and Albert J. LaPrise, a salesman in
the same company were recent visitors on the
campus.

'17 Wesley C. Bonn for the past three years
has been with the Pioneer Instrument Co.,
Brooklyn, N. Y. and now is sales manager in
charge of all sales. This company is the largest
manufacturer of aircraft instruments in the
world. Mr. Bonn's interest in this work was
stimulated by his service as an aviator during
the World War.

'17 Horace G. Marchant is consulting
engineer with the C. L. Stevens Company,
75 Federal Street, Boston, Mass.

'17 W. A. Mack is an auto dealer at 10432
So. Michigan Ave., Chicago, III.

'17 Milford R. Lawrence and Joseph F.
Whitney were both elected to the town library
committee at a recent town meeting in Fal-
mouth, Mass.

w'18 Addison S. Stowers is with the Ameri-
can Telephone and Telegraph Company, 210
West 18th Street, New York City.

'19 Art Chandler is purchasing agent for
the Mutual Orange Distributors, 514 East 8th
Street, Los Angeles, California.

'21 Dr. Laurence F. Pratt is a chemist with
the Continental Can Company, Inc., Chicago,
Illinois.

'21 Jerry McCarthy is with the Merrimac
Chemical Company, Boston. His specialty is
hypochlorites.

'22 George Cotton is with the Massachu-
setts Farm Bureau Federation, 657 Main St.,
Waltham, Mass.

'22 John G. Lowery is with Abraham &
Strauss, Brooklyn, N. Y.

'22 Hubert Bainton is a printer with the
Plimpton Press, Norwood, Mass.

"AMERICANS COME" TO BE
PUBLISHED

Professor Frank Prentice Rand, coach of
dramatics at M.S.C. and author of the play,
*'The Americans Come" which has been pre-
sented rather widely and with pleasant results
by the Roister Doisters this past winter, has
said that the play probably would be given to
a publisher some time this summer.

A number of requests from points as widely
separated as Boston, Chicago, and Trinidad,
West Indies have come to the College asking
for a copy of the play.

The manuscript in its present form needs
some revising and editing, but as soon as the
necessary changes have been made the play will
be available for those groups wishing to produce
it.

'22 Prem Lai recently addressed the student
body in morning chapel. Mr. Lai has been
working in an agricultural school in India since
he was graduated from M.A.C.

'23 ' Skinny Folsom is a fruit and produce
broker "still struggling toward that first million."
He is located in the Boston Market Terminal
Building.

'23 Mark Richardson was a recent visitor on
the campus. Mark is principal and owner of
the University School, a private prep school
for boys in Bridgeport, Conn.

w'2.3 Reuel Eldredge is a salesman for the
eastern Advertising Company, Boston.

'24 Al Gay is now teaching mathematics in
Westford Academy, Westford, Mass.

'24 Eric Lamb is in the Foreign Depart-
ment of the Federal Reserve Bank of New York.

'24 John G. Read has been appointed Dean
of the Henry Barnard Junior High School of
the Rhode Island College of Education. The
Henry Barnard School is the experimental
laboratory school of the College. Mr. Read is
also teaching in the extension division of the
College.

'24 Ducky Kennedy on April 6, 1931
officially opened the Consolidated Travel
Bureau which he owns and operates at
1318 Beacon Street, Brookline, Mass.
He is representative for European, Do-
mestic and World Travel. He reports
that his staff is thoroughly familiar with
everything to do with travel.

'25 Johnnie Hyde is the official delegate
from M.S.C. to the 50th anniversary of the
founding of Tuskegee Institute, Tuskegee,
Alabama. John is associate professor of land-
scape architecture at the Alabama Polytechnic
Institute, Auburn, Alabama.

'25 Frank E. Root is foreman of the candling
room for the Seymour Packing Co., packers of
poultry and eggs, Topeka, Kansas.

w'25 David Hopkins, D.V.M. is to establish
a general veterinary practice in Great Barring-
ton, Mass.

'26 Ham Richardson has finished his degree
requirements at the Iowa State College and is
now working with the U. S. Bureau of Ento-
mology, Washington, D. C.

'26 Nick De Vito is with the Franklin Fire
Insurance Co., 421 Walnut St., Philadelphia,
Pennsylvania.

'26 Frieda Jensen is chemical supervisor
with the Proctor & Gamble Company, Hamilton,
Ontario, Canada.

'26 Ray Smiley is the most prosperous
farmer in Sterling, Mass. — so we hear. Ray
recently bought a farm on which was located
the oldest house in town.

'26 Dr. Johnnie Temple is an interne at the
Worcester City Hospital. He recently was a
patient in his own hospital with scarlet fever.

'26 R. H. Spooner is with the U. S. Forest
Service in Laconia, N. H.

'26 Don Fish has taken up work as foreman
for a landscape construction firm in Springfield.

COMMENCEMENT

Friday, Saturday, Sunday and Monday
June 12, 1.3, 14, and 15
The new
Physical Education Building

will be dedicated on

Saturday Afternoon, June 13

at 2 o'clock

A complete commencement program will

appear in the May issue of the

Alumni Bulletin

ANIMAL HUSBANDRY

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west. This was done realizing the sacrifice in
milk production but with the hope of estab-
lishing a tuberculosis free herd. Ten cows and
forty heifers were selected in South Dakota
and shipped to Amherst in October 1894 and
were subjected to the tuberculin test on arrival.
It was also planned to secure a bull and heifer
of the Jersey, Guernsey, Ayrshire, Holstein,
Shorthorn and Aberdeen Angus breeds for edu-
cational purposes, and to cross the bulls with
the grade Shorthorn cows. It was also planned
to secure sheep of the Shropshire, Merino,
Dorset and Cotswold or Lincoln breeds to
augment the then present flock of Southdowns.
All the pigs were sold during this year since the
absence of cows removed their feed, skim milk.

The present horse barn was also built in
1894 and the farm house moved to its present
location. The cattle, sheep and horse barns
were constructed at a cost of $36,000. This
group of buildings included a dairy school just
north of the main barn and attached to it.
The power plant was built in conjunction with
the dairy school.

The two year course was dropped in 1895 and
eleven weeks short courses were substituted in
the winter term.

A second carload of South Dakota Grade
Shorthorns was shipped to Amherst in 1895
and one boar and one sow each of the Berkshire,
Cheshire, Tamworth, Poland-China and Chester
White breeds were secured. The cattle were
much lower in milk production than the old
herd of dairy cows had been, but the first
consideration was health and vigor and it was
hoped to increase production by crossing with
purebred bulls of the dairy breeds.

Half-way Mark in College History

In the year 1900 there were 27 buildings com-
prising M.A.C; a faculty of 22 men and a
student body of 130 four-year students, 14
graduate students, 9 winter course students,
and 4 bath tubs. This is practically the half-
way mark in the college's history. The college
was reorganized on the semester plan in 1900.

Dr. Brooks' report of 1900 includes the fol-
lowing statement concerning M.A.C. livestock:

"The general average health of all classes of
live stock has been good. There have been a
lew losses among swine from causes of no
general interest. It is matter for congratulation
that our large herd of cattle remains entirely
free from tuberculosis.

Particular attention is called to the fact that
our sheep are perhaps our most profitable class
of live stock. With a flock of 27 breeding ewes
and an average for the year, including yearling
ewes and bucks, of 43 animals, we have returns
tor the year amounting to $195.22 — an average
of $4.54 for each animal kept; while we now
have a total of 63 animals, against 43 one year
ago. The increased value of our flock is $158,
making a total for income and increased value
of $353.22, or rather over $8.00 per head.

The kinds and numbers of the several classes
of live stock are as follows:

Horses — French Coach, 1 stallion, 1 mare,
1 yearling stallion and 1 colt; Percheron, 1
stallion; French Coach, half-blood, 3 colts;
work horses, 6; total, 14.

Neat Cattle — Jersey, 1 bull, 3 cows; Shorthorn,
1 bull, 2 heifers; flolstein-Friesian, 1 bull, 3
cows, 1 heifer; Guernsey, 1 bull; Ayrshire, 1
bull, 1 cow, 1 heifer; Dakota Rangers, 20 cows;
grade, 22 cows, 19 heifers, 7 calves; total 84.
The average milk production of the cows in the
college herd this year was 5652.8 lbs.

Sheep — Southdowns, males, 1; breeding ewes,
39; ewe lambs, 23; total, 63.

Swine — Poland-China, 1 boar, 1 sow; Middle
Yorkshire, 1 boar, 5 breeding sows, 18 shoats,
33 pigs; Berkshire, 1 boar, 1 sow; Belted, 1
boar, 1 sow; Tamworth, 1 boar, 1 sow; total, 65."

Note — This article, by Professor Victor A. Rice, Head of
the Division of Agriculture at M.S.C, will be concluded
next month.

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ALUMNI BULLETIN

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Amherst, Massachusetts, May 25, 1931

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ALUMNI AT THE SPRING
FLOWER SHOW

Massachusetts Horticultural

Society, Mechanics Hall,

Boston, March 16-21, 1931

It is a risky proposition to attempt an article
of this kind since it is obviously impossible to
mention all alumni and former students who
attended or had some part in the show. A
register was kept for such visitors at the college
exhibit but it is known that many failed to sign
up.

P. F. Frese '28, assistant to Secretary E. I.
Farrington of the Massachusetts Horticultural
Society, should be mentioned first since he was
in fact (if not in name) the assistant manager
of the show. He carried out his duties in a very
able manner and deserves much credit for his
work in keeping things running smoothly.

C. H. Peters '14, VV. C. Frost '25, and Ruth
Faulk '29 helped to set up the fine prize winning
display of the combined Bay State Nurseries
and Wyman's Framingham Nurseries.

G. H. Thurlow '26 assisted with the exhibit
of the Cherry Hill Nurseries, Thurlow and
Stranger, Inc., West Newbury.

D. M. Crowley '29 and H. G Wendler sp'18
were in charge of the small city yard garden,
exhibited by the Jamaica Plain High School,
which was awarded a $100 prize.

Beryl Morse '30 assisted in arranging a rock
garden staged by Randall's Nurseries of Reading.
(Continued on Page 7 col. 2)

COMMENCEMENT
PROGRAM

Large Number of Alumni
Expected Back on Campus

The largest group of alumni to return to the
campus since the semi-centennial in 1921 is
expected at the time of the sixty-first commence-
ment, June 12', 13,14, and 15, 1931.

This sixty-first commencement is significant
from a number of standpoints. It is the first
commencement of Massachusetts State College.
It also will mark the occasion of the dedication
of the new Physical Education Building.
Change of Name

In response to the request of President
Thatcher, the trustees of the Massachusetts
Agricultural College petitioned the legislature
to change the name of the college to Massa-
chusetts State College. The bill petitioning for
the change of name was sponsored jointly by
Harry D. Brown '14 and Louis A. Webster '14,
representatives. At the public hearing of the
bill Charles H. Gould '16, president of the
Associate Alumni, officially represented that
organization. He presented the wish of the
majority of alumni, expressed through the
questionnaire distributed last summer, that the
name be changed. Other alumni also spoke at
the hearing in favor of the change.

On March 26, 1931 the bill, which had passed
the legislature, was signed by Governor Joseph
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THE SIXTY-FIRST
COMMENCEMENT

PROGRAM
Friday, June 12

6.00 p. m. Alumni Class Suppers and

Meetings
8.00 p. m. Flint Oratorical Contest,
Memorial Hall
Saturday, June 13, Alumni Day
8.30 a. m. Military Review and Final

Inspection
10.30 a. m. Annual Meeting Associate

Alumni, Memorial Hall
12.00 m. Alumni Buffet Luncheon,
Physical Education Cage
2.00 p. m. Dedication of Physical Edu-
cation Building
Addresses by Pres. Thatcher,
Dr. Howard J. Savage of the
Carnegie Foundation, and
His Excellency Governor
Joseph B. Ely.
Music by College Band
3.30 p. m. Alumni Parade
4.00 p. m. Varsity Baseball Game with

Amherst, Alumni Field
6.00 p. m. Fraternity and Class Re-
unions
8.30 p. m. Student Dramatics: "Out-
ward Bound,'' Bowker Audi-
torium
Sunday, June 14
Baccalaureate Sunday
9.00 a. m. Academics and Varsity Clubs'
Breakfast Meetings, Draper
Hall

Class Reunions

Baccalafp nl Service, Bow-
ker Al|| ||i. Address by
Reverena Arthur Lee Kin-
solving, Trinity Church,
Boston

President's Reception, Rho-
dodendron Garden

Concert on the Campus by
the American Legion Band
of Northampton
Monday, June 15, Class Day
9.00 a. m. Semi-annual Meeting of the
Board of Trustees

9.30 a. m. Senior Class Day Exercises
on the Campus

2.30 p. m. Graduation Exercises, Bow-
ker Auditorium, Address by
Dr. Payson Smith, Com-
missioner of Education for
Massachusetts

8.00 p. m. Seohomore-Senior Hop,
Memorial Hall

12.00 m.
3.45 p. m.

5.00 p. m.
7.00 p. m.

PHI KAPPA PHI

'23 Doc Gordon is teaching and coaching at
Stoneham High School, Stoneham, Mass.

Notes Concerning Some
Charter Members

Miss Lorian P. Jefferson, assistant research
professor of agricultural economics at Massa-
chusetts State College and corresponding secre-
tary of the chapter of Phi Kappa Phi at this
college, has prepared the following notes which
appeared in a recent issue of the Phi Kappa Phi
Journal.

The local chapter of Phi Kappa Phi was
organized at the Massachusetts Agricultural
College in 1904 and the following items concern
those alumni who were charter members.

'04 E. A. Back, on the staff of the United
States Department of Agriculture, has recently
revised his bulletin, Stored Grain Pests, which is
Farmers' Bulletin 1275.

'95 Prof. H. A. Ballou, for years government
entomologist in the West Indies, has been
Commissioner of Agriculture for the West
Indies since 1927.

'02 Dr. Thorne M. Carpenter is psycho-
logical chemist in the Nutrition Laboratory of
the Carnegie Institution in Boston.

'96 Frank L. Clapp, formerly assistant
registrar of the Massachusetts Institute of
Technology, is now parish administrator and
collector for the First Parish Church (Unitar-
ian) of Dorchester, Massachusetts. He is the
twelfth member of his family to be ordained
deacon in this historic church.

'91 Dr. E. Porter Felt, who has an article
on "Scientific Names," in a recent issue ot
Science, is chief entomologist and director of
the Bartlett Tree Research Laboratories, Stam-
ford, Connecticut. He is regarded as one of the
leading authorities on forest and shade tree
insects, and was for more than thirty years
state entomologist for New York State. He
has also been editor for a number of years of
the Journal of Economic Entomology.

'04 Sidney B. Haskell, formerly director of
the Massachusetts Experiment Station, is now
vice-president of the Synthetic Nitrogen Pro-
ducts Corporation, New York.

'04 Fred Henshaw, for more than twenty
years with the United States Geological Survey,
has recently been promoted to the post of senior
engineer on the staff of the Federal Power
Commission, Washington, D. C.

F Frank A. Waugh. head of the department
of landscape architecture, Massachusetts State
College, has recently published an attractive
and useful book, entitled Everybody's Garden.

'03 Dr. W. E. Tottingham, protessor of

agricultural chemistry, University of Wisconsin,

has held for the year 1929-1930, a fellowship in

the National Research Council, for the study of

(Continued on Page 7. col. 3)

BIG TENTH

REUNION

1921

The Massachusetts State College Alumni Bulletin, May 25, 1931

THE MASSACHUSETTS STATE COLLEGE
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Entered as second class matter, March 17,
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under the Acts of March 3, 1879.

Address all communications to The Alumni Office, M. S. C. Amherst, Mass.

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OBITUARIES

Edward Gillett w'74

Edward Gillett w'74 died at his home in
Southwick, Mass. on April 22, 1931 after an
illness lasting a week.

Mr. Gillett was born in Southwick on January
27, 1848, and always lived there. He attended
the local schools and at the Massachusetts Agri-
cultural College specialized in botany and horti-
culture.

He established a wild flower nursery at his
home in Southwick and became known as the
foremost fern and wild flower specialist in the
country. His business became the largest of
its kind, an area over sixty acres being used.

In 1928, his son, Kenneth Gillett '08, took
over the active managership of the business.

On December 19, 1882 Mr. Gillett married
Miss Jennie Vining who survives. Mr. Gillett
also is survived by a son and a daughter and
four grandchildren.

Mr. Gillett had always been interested in his
town government. He was a member of the
Congregational Church for forty years, and for
twenty-two years a deacon in that church.

Herbert R. McRae '18

In writing the obituary of Herbert R. McRae,
I feel my inability to express adequately the
true appreciation his life warrants. I knew him
as a student and had the honor of being inti-
mately associated with him for the past eight
years both socially and in business. I have lost
not only a loyal friend but a pal.

Herbert Rankin McRae '18 died suddenly
April 18, 1931 after an illness of only five days,
from general peritonitis following an operation
for appendicitis.

He was born in Maiden, Massachusetts,
November 26, 1893. He attended the elemen-
tary and high schools there and entered Massa-
chusetts Agricultural College with the class of
1918, where he majored in animal husbandry.
He was a member of the Common's Club and
the Band.

' He married Elizabeth W. Porter of Amherst,
November 5, 1919, who survives him, with
Donald, age 7, and Emily, age 5; and two
brothers, William D. and George W. His
eldest son, Kendall, died in 1927.

No alumnus of Aggie sacrificed more than
"Mac" to gain his degree. He worked his way
not only through college but high school as well.
He did everything from selling papers and
clerking in a grocery store to working on the
farm. This deprived him of participation in the
social and athletic side of student life which he
so much desired.

After graduation he entered the employ of
H. P. Hood & Sons, Inc., in the capacity of
herdsman. His advancement was steady,
definite and merited; from herdsman to manager,
to general supervisor of all the certified milk
farms with membership on the executive board

of the company, the goal of every employee and
the highest honor conferred by the company.

"Mac's" success was marked by his high
sense of values, his integrity and industry, his
ability to combine the scientific and the practi-
cal, and winning and maintaining the absolute
confidence of his associates.

"Mac" was quiet, industrious, unassuming,
loyal and. always courteous, yet one who pos-
sessed a keen sense of humor. He had the
artist's appreciation in music, literature and
art, having a natural aptitude for them. His
life exemplified the golden rule. The world is
better for his having lived.

Edgar A. Perry '16

Osgan H. Ateshian '86

Osgan H. Ateshian '86, died suddenly in New
York, on January 15, 1931. Ateshian was born
in Sivas, Turkey, began his education in a
monastery in the mountains of Armenia, after-
wards went to Roberts College in Turkey, and
from there came to M.A.C, entering in the
fall of 1883. With a number of others he joined
the class of 1886.

It must have been a severe handicap for an
Armenian to study and answer questions in a
language but recently acquired, but it seemed
to trouble him very little and in declamation
and public speaking in the old chapel he was
good. Atesh, as we called him, joined the
Shakesperian Club, but did not go in for sports.
At various times Atesh would have mysterious
packages come to his room, which on being
opened disclosed oriental tapestries, small rugs,
a Fez or two, and always a few very small
bottles of Attar of Roses. A few years after
graduation we find him as the proprietor of the
oriental rug store on Tremont Street, Boston,
doing business under the name of O. H. Ateshian
& Company. While in Boston he found time to
give many lectures and addresses for Armenian
relief work and came in contact with many
prominent people. Leaving Boston for New
York about thirty years ago, Ateshian has been
in the brokerage business, part of the time
with Dick Brothers, but for a great many years
with MacQuoid & Coady.

In 1888, he was married, at Cambridge, Mass.,
to Miss Leila Evelyn Dewey, who survives him.
He had no children. At one time a younger
brother, Mihsan, was living in Boston.

Richards B. Mackintosh '86

MARRIAGES

'26 Walter L. Haynes to Miss Frances M.
Blomfield, August 14, 1930 at Springfield, Mass.

'28 & '29 Hartwell E. Roper to Miss Bessie
May Smith, April 11, 1931 at Boston, Mass.

'08 Parke W. Farrar has been with the
Equitable Life Insurance Co. of New York at
the Springfield agency, 1200 Main St., Spring-
field, since March 1931. He writes that Harold
Noble '09 and Harold, Deck, Howe '11 also are
in Springfield.

COMMENCEMENT

(Continued from Page 1)
B. Ely, making the change of name effective on
June 26, 1931. On April 15, 1931 Governor Ely
signed another bill which caused the change of
name to be effective immediately.

And so, in a sense, the fact that the sixty-first
commencement at this college is, nominally, the
first commencement of Massachusetts State
College represents the successful culmination of
a joint alumni project.

Physical Education Building

The most ambitious financial project ever
undertaken by the Associate Alumni also will
be brought to a successful close on June 13
with the formal dedication of the new physical
education building. The program at this dedi-
cation should be a source of pride and interest
to every alumnus. The physical education
building, with Memorial Hall and Alumni Field,
is an impressive symbol of what alumni initi-
ative and co-operation are able to accomplish.

The program for Alumni Day, Saturday,
June 13, includes several interesting events.

The alumni meeting, scheduled for 10.30 a.m.
in the auditorium, Memorial Hall, will include
no long reports of the past year's activity. A
complete printed report will be available and
the only verbal reports will be short and in-
formal. President Thatcher is expected to
address this meeting. Starr M. King '21 will
be alumni marshal.

The complimentary luncheon for alumni
ordinarily held in Draper Hall will, this year,
take the form of a buffet luncheon to be served
in the cage of the physical education building.

The alumni day ball game at 4 p. m. will
follow the physical education building dedi-
cation and is between Amherst and the Massa-
chusetts State varsity. Massachusetts was to
have played Amherst on May 13, but because
of the death of President-Emeritus George D.
Olds of Amherst the game was postponed. As
this goes to press the game has not been played,
and so vital statistics are not available. But an
exciting contest is assured.

Outward Bound

With the lack, the lamentable lack, of dramatic
road shows little theatre groups of amateur
actors have become both numerous and popular.
One of the most active and talented college
groups of this kind are the Roister Doisters,
directed by Professor Frank Prentice Rand.
The Roister Doisters were extremely successful
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BIRTHS

'14 A daughter, Cynthia Burnham, to Mr.
and Mrs. Leland Taylor, October 23, 1930 at
Morgantown, West Virginia.

'16 A daughter, Carol Sheperd, to Mr. and
Mrs. Ralph F. Taber, April 1, 1931 in Newton,
Mass.

'17 A daughter, Phoebe, to Mr. and Mrs.
Lewis T. Buckman, December 5, 1930 at Wilkes
Barre, Pennsylvania.

'19 A daughter, Mabel Evelyn, to Mr. and
Mrs. William F. Glavin, March 25, 1931 at
Warner, New Hampshire.

'20 A son, Donald Rust, to Mr. and Mrs.
Warren M. Dewing, March 16, 1931 at Wor-
cester, Massachusetts.

'23 A daughter, Carolyn Ruth, to Mr. and
Mrs. Allan J. Heath, February 27, 1931 at
South Royalston, Vermont.

'24 A daughter, Grace Alice, to Mr. and
Mrs. Allan L. Dresser, May 3, 1931 at Rock-
ville, Connecticut.

'27 A daughter, Anne Louise, to Mr. and
Mrs. R. A. Biron, April 28, 1931 at Melrose,
Massachusetts.

w'27 A daughter, Joyce Carolyn, to Mr.
and Mrs. C. Mason Powell, May 1, 1931 at
Wilmington, North Carolina.

'28 A daughter, Joan Arlene, to Mr. and
Mrs. Harold Hatch, April 27, 1931 at Atlantic,
Massachusetts.

VARSITY CLUB NEWS

Published as a Supplement to The Alumni Bulletin by The Varsity Club and Joint Committee on Intercol. Athletics Co-operating

FIVE YEARS AGO

CROSS-COUNTRY

One of the most successful cross-country
teams the college has enjoyed in many years.
The harriers lost only one dual meet out of six.
The outstanding feature of the record made
this season was the team work displayed. Only
once did an M.A.C. man come in for a first
place and in this case the entire squad finished
seven abreast to conquer W.P.I.

Rhode Island 29 M. 27

Williams 36 M. 21

Wesleyan 15 M. -43

W.P.I. 50 M. 15

Amherst 38 M. 23

B.U. 32 M. 25

In the New England Intercollegiate meet the

team finished seventh, the best showing since

1919.

Team
H. F. Bartlett, captain R. A. Biron

E. H. Wheeler F. W. Swan

C. A. Crooks C. P. Preston

H. C. Nottebart J. H. Forest

J. E. Greenaway, Manager

FOOTBALL

The "little red machine" brought home six
victories out of eight contests. The Agates
had an exceptionally strong running attack
which would not be denied. The real strength
of this assault is best revealed by statistics
which show that Aggie outrushed every single
one of her opponents amassing a total of 133
first downs to 43 by her opponents, an average
of 16.5 for each game.

M. Opp.
Oct. 3 Bates at Lewiston, Me. 19 0

10 Norwich 19 0

17 C.A.C. at Storrs 13 0

24 W.P.I. 54 19

31 Amherst at Pratt Field 0 27

Nov. 14 Lowell Tech. 41 7

21 Tufts 6 4
26 Springfield at Springfield 13 18

165 75
BASKETBALL

The last season of the "three musketeers."
By winning 12 out- of 14 games they surpassed
the record of the victorious 1925 team. They
boasted the highest percentage of wins of any
team in New England. The team averaged 27
points per game against 19 for its opponents.
This is exceedingly good considering the oppo-
nents and the fact that 6 of the 14 games were
played within a period of two weeks.

M. Opp.

Jan. 7 Norwich 36 21

9 W.P.I. 27 14

15 Brown 20 12

23 Clark 29 25

29 New Hampshire 20 13

Feb. 6 Holy Cross 37 23

10 Williams 34 31

12 Wesleyan 34 16

13 Middlebury 16 14
17 Springfield 21 23
20 Vermont 30 12

22 C.A.C. 26 30
Mar. 26 Maine 20 12

3 Tufts 33 21

RECORD OF THE 1885
FOOTBALL TEAM

Oct.

Won 3, Lost 2, Tied 1

M. Opp.

3 Amherst at M.A.C. 4 0

5 Amherst at Blake Field 0 0

7 Amherst at M.A.C. 12 0

24 Wesleyan at Middletown 0 SO

31 Williston at M.A.C. 42 12

Nov. 4 Amherst at Blake Field 0 8

TEN YEARS AGO

HOCKEY

Beginning with a veteran squad, the hockey
team of 192] proved to be one ol I hi pi
and cleverest sextets to be- turned • >i i L by the
College. Eight contests, some ol them against
the fastest clubs in the country, brought the
College wide publicity and whole espect.

By far the most exciting and best played
of the year was the clash with Harvard. For
two periods the Crimson and Maroon and White
played neck and neck, neither team being able
to score. Finally, in the closing minutes of the
game, Harvard by virtue of better physical
condition, was able to slip the puck twice through
the well-guarded net. This was the closest
game that Harvard played, and as they won
the intercollegiate hockey championship of the
U. S., it was no mean achievement.

In this contest Captain McCarthy was at his
best and time and again was down the ice on
individual dashes. The Boston players picked
"Jerry" as the best wing seen in action around
the Hub so far that season.

The summary:

M. Opp.
Jan. 12 Amherst at M.A.C. 2 1

15 Dartmouth at Hanover

(10 minutes overtime) 2 3

21 Harvard at Cambridge 0 2

28 Fordham at New York 3 8

31 Boston College at Boston 1 2

Feb. 1 M.I.T. at Boston 2 1

3 Tufts College at M.A.C. 8 0

18 17
Team
Justin J. McCarthy rw Captain
John D. Snow lw

John J. Lyons re

E. J. Mansell Ic Coach

Herbert L. Collins cp
Harold W. Poole p

Philip S. Newell g

Joseph D. Evers Manager

FOOTBALL 1920

M. Opp.

Oct. 2 C.A.C. at Amherst 28 0

9 Bates at Amherst 21 7

16 W.P.I, at Worcester 21 6
23 Vermont at Burlington 21 7
30 R. I. State at Amherst 7 7

Nov. 6 N. Hampshire at Amherst 0 9

13 Springfield at Springfield 7 28
20 Tufts at Medford 21 0

126 64

End
End
End
End
Tackle
Tackle
Guard
Guard
Center
Quarterback
Left Halfback
Right Halfback
Fullback
Manager

That the 1920 team impressed the sporting
world was shown when the Springfield Union
picked its All-New England mythical elevens.
King '21 was given a berth on the first team,
Lent '21 and Grayson '23, on the second team,
and Poole '21 on the third team. These teams
were selected from all the colleges in New
England except Yale and Harvard, and no
college placed more than four men on the three
teams.

BASKETBALL

Although there were several defeats chalked

up against the team these were all by a small

number of points and the comparative excellence

(Continued on Page 4 col. 1)

Team
Raymond H. Grayson '23
Elton J. Mansell '21
Peter J. Cascio '21
Roger M. Acheson '21
Starr M. King '21
George A. Cotton '22
Oliver P. Latour '23
Robert D. Mohor '23
Charles G. Macintosh '21
Harold W. Poole '21
Donald A. Lent '21
Richmond H. Sargent '23
Herbert L. Collins '22
Lorenzo Fuller '21

FIFTEEN YEARS AGO

FOOTBALL TEAM

M. Opp.

Sept. 25 Dartmouth at Hanover o 13

"'i. 2 Harvard .it ( ambi id 'i 7

9 I 0 n Vlumni Field 26 0

16 I loli, ' ro .it Worcester 7 7

23 W.P.I, at Wop. 27

30 Tufts at Medford 1 1 14

Nov. 6 Middlebury on Alumni field 25 0

13 Springfield at Springfield I 1 l.'j
HIGH LIGHTS OF THE SEASON

Alumni Field was dedicated in an appropriate
manner when the varsity downed Colby 26-0.

It was the last team coached by "Doc"
Brides at M.A.C. The next fall he took up his
duties as line coach at Yale, his Alma Mater.

A few squibs on the Harvard game:

^Aggie showed better stuff than Harvard."

"Not one substitute did the Aggies use
Saturday in 32 minutes of play. On such a day
this is a remarkable record of physical fitness."

"Dartmouth had a very tough time beating
the Aggies a week before the Farmers met
Harvard. In fact, Dartmouth was about as
lucky as Harvard to win over the Aggies. Both
varsity elevens were lucky to escape 0-0 dead-
locks."

In the Springfield game the Maroon and
White was behind 13-0 at half time. They
came back in the second half to win 14-13.
They tried seven passes and completed seven
passes for a total of 100 yards.

Who can forget Dunn in that game! After
they had taken three of his opponents out he
kept waving to the sidelines for them to send
in some more.

The Tufts game is one of those you ordinarily
read about. With one minute and a half to
play, Palmer threw a forward pass which
bounced off Grayson and Mitchell into Darling's
hands who carried the ball for a touchdown.
Palmer kicked the goal during a breathless
pause and then "all 'ell broke loose."

This is the year that Harvard beat Yale 41-0.

The Collegian choice of an All-Aggie football
team as given in the 1922 Index places four
1916 men on the club.

Jordan '16 Guard
Perry '16 Guard

Palmer '16 Quarterback
Darling '16 Halfback
RELAY TEAM

The 1916 relay holds the M.S.C. indoor relay
record for the 1760 yards. It was composed of
Mostrom '16, Russell '16, Pratt '17, and Babbitt
'18. The team won from Trinity and twice
from W.P.I. It lost to Rhode Island State and
Williams. The Williams race was lost by only
six inches and the Rhode Island meet by less
than ten yards.

The following indoor track records are held
by 1916 men:

300-yard Dash, 35 4-5 seconds, H. A. Mos-
trom '16.

600-yard Run, 1 minute 21 2-5 seconds, H.
A. Mostrom '16, D. E. MacCready '23.

2 mile Run, 10 minutes 54 4-5 seconds, E. S.
Richards '16.

Pole Vault, 9 feet 1-2 inch, L. F. Whitney '16.

1760-yard Relay, 3 minutes 42 seconds, 1916
relay team.

John Sullivan '29 is reported to be sending
up his Litchfield (Connecticut) team to clean
up the relays.

Charles Harris '30, Woodsville, N. H., hangs
his hat over the desk of the assistant county-
agent of extension service.

Art McCarthy '19, 100 Manthorne Road,
West Roxbury, Mass., is now connected with
the John Hancock Mutual Life Insurance Co.

Roly Reed '2S skips over between times when
he isn't coaching Easthampton H. S., and be-
comes a student in our coaching theory and
practice courses.

VARSITY CLUB NEWS

Published as a Supplement to The Alumni Bulletin by The Varsity Club and Joint Committee on Intercol. Athletics Co-operating

TEN YEARS AGO

(Continued from Page 3)
of the teams cannot be judged entirely by the
scores.

M. Opp.

Jan. 8 C.A.C. at Amherst 28 23

15 Wentworth I. at Amherst 36 12

21 Vermont at Burlington 10 21

22 Middlebury at Middlebury 23 18

26 Harvard at Cambridge 21 25

27 M.I.T. at Boston 19 12
29 Amherst at Amherst 21 22

Feb. 3 Stevens I. at Amherst 18 37

5 N. Hampshire at Amherst 25 26

11 C.A.C. at Storrs 19 26

12 Wesleyan at Middletown 17 23
19 M.I.T. at Amherst 21 16
22 W.P.I, at Amherst 23 24
24 St. Lawrence at Amherst 25 29

Mar. 4 Tufts at Medford 25 22

5 N. Hampshire at Durham 20 17

Team

C. H. Roser '22, L. E. Ball '21 rf

A. W. Smith '22, J. A. Beal '23 If

W. H. Marshman '23 c

G. H. Thompson '22, J. S. Hale '23 rg
C. H. Gowdy '22 (Capt.), D. A. Lent '21 lg
C. W. Bunker '21, Manager

BASEBALL

Thirteen victories in seventeen games played
is the record made by the 1921 baseball team
in the college's most successful baseball season.
An enviable record for any team. A further
glimpse at the score card shows that this team
scored 114 runs as against the 55 of its oppo-
nents. Some of the strongest nines of the east
were on this schedule.

Good teamwork as well as individual playing
stood out in the team's success. The pitching
staff was upheld mainly by Brigham, Kroeck,
and Collins, all of whom featured in big games
and split even on the honors. Captain Newell
played a steady game behind the bat the whole
season, handling the job in an experienced
manner. The veteran infield, consisting of
Davis, Lent, Mosely, and Kroeck could not be
beaten, and in their true form were an air-tight
combination. The outfield was always sure of
itself, and Ball, Collins, and Gordon made many
sensational catches robbing their opponents of
almost sure hits.

M. Opp.

Stevens

Brooklyn P. I.

2 '

W.P.I.

R. I. State

Bates

C.A.C.

Brown

Trinity

Harvard

B. U.

Clark

Tufts

Amherst

Union

Springfield

B. U.

Amherst

4
114

2
55

The Team

J. D. Brigham

'21

J. Kroeck, Jr.

'22

H. L. Collins '

P. S. Newell '21

J. Kroeck, Jr.

'22

H. S. Mosely

0. C. Davis '21

D. A. Lent '2:

L. E. Ball '21

H. L. Collins

H. R. Gordon

'23

R. H. Sargent

'23

C. F. Clark '22

Mgr.

THIRTY YEARS AGO

FOOTBALL

The 1901 team won six games and lost three
The summary of the season is as follows:

Holy Cross
Wesleyan

Springfield Y.M.C.A.
Pittsfield
Trinity
Vermont
Amherst
C A C
8 Williston
11 W.P.I, (cancelled by W.P.I.)
College records held by 1901 men, December
1899.

Dash, J. H. Chickering, 56

Sept.
Oct.

Nov.

23
30

14
21
28

1
4

Opp.

1-5

440-yard
seconds.

880-yard Run, E. L. Macomber, 2 min. 10
seconds.

220-yard Hurdles, A. R. Dorman, 29 4-5
seconds.

One mile bicycle, E. B. Saunders, 2 minutes
28 2-5 seconds.

Discus, T. Graves, Jr., 93 feet 3 inches.

VARSITY CLUB BREAKFAST

Sunday, June 14, 1931

Draper Hall, 9 a. m.

Expecially dedicated to a history of the

Old Drill Hall

and the games played therein.

Program of interest to every Alumnus
interested in Athletics at

MASSACHUSETTS STATE COLLEGE

VARSITY CLUB NEWS

Tick Biron '27. His looked-for prototype as
a track man turned out to be a daughter, Ann
Louise. Family is at home at Melrose High-
lands.

Jack Delahunt '20. Now teaching in the high
school at Weymouth, after a successful stay at
Rockland.

Eddie Bike '24, 105 East 19th St., N.Y.C.,
writes that he finishes his work at N.Y.U. in
time to get back here for commencement and
the dedication of the new Phys. Ed. building.

Lewie Black '27 is entering his Sanderson
Academy track team in our small high school
relays which come off May 23.

Dickie Bond 29, in connection with his work
at Y.M.C.A. College, is doing quite a bit of
boys club work, and we recently saw his picture
in the paper with a group of the boys.

Floyd Brackley '29 had a couple of Kingston
H. S. boys up for High School Day. Has been
having a successful baseball season, having lost
his only game when the umpire called the game
on account of rain with Brack having his tying
and winning runs perched on the hassocks.
Nice league he plays in.

Deb Cox '29. Reports persist that he is
planning to leave Montpelier Seminary and take
up duties in a school nearer Boston if possible.

Some members of the lil ole '19 footbali team
are planning to get together this June.

Dick Field '22 sauntered down from the
wilds of Ashfield with a couple of promising
sub-frosh. If it's Guernseys you want, see
Dick— he has the BEST.

Bob Fox '28, principal at the high school at
Hopkinton, dropped in on us the other day and
lectured to a class of our embryo teacher-
coaches.

Dan Hanson '27, Dracut, Mass., dropped in
the other day, and told us that the business
depression is raising hobs with the cattle busi-
ness up Lowell way.

Chick McGeoch '25, leaves M.S.C. at the
end of this year, and would like to hear of any
openings as a teacher-coach that you fellows
may know about.

Chas. Oliver '25, 60 Prospect St., South
Dartmouth, Mass., is turning out some good
teams at Dartmouth. Brought some boys up
High School Day, and renewed old acquaint-
ances in Drill Hall. Never will see them there
again Charlie.

Sam Rice '28, Hort. Manufactures, M.S.C,
has gathered together a faculty baseball team
that is cleaning up in the fraternity league.

Al Spelman '27 is cavorting at third base on
the faculty team.

Bozo Tufts '28, 330 Hyde Park Ave., Jamaica
Plain, Mass., keeps busy picking up eggs on
the poultry farm. Happened around at the
time of our basketball tournament for small
high schools, and was much impressed with the
over capacity crowd that could be packed into
the Drill Hall.

Alden Tuttle '28 spends all the time that he
isn't over at the Veg. Gardening department
over at the Drill Hall telling us how to plant
peas. ■

Freddie Ellert '30 is having quite a time be-
tween pounding German into the frosh, taking
graduate work at Amherst, and proctoring the
frosh dormitory. Can't understand how de-
structive the young ones can be.

Em Grayson '17 has just finished getting
placement jobs for the Stockbridge boys and
in spite of the scarcity of jobs, placed them all.
Relieved the strain of work by fishing the brooks
in a radius of forty miles and managed to tote
home a trout that was just within the law.

Sergy Bernard '30 is entering his Bloomfield
High School team of Connecticut in our relays.

PHYS. ED.

The Physical Education required work in
recreation has appealed to the undergraduates,
and they are taking a real interest in the work.
In the sophomore course the men taking class-
work learn the fundamental skills and how to
play volleyball, soft ball, archery and badminton.
They are divided into six teams of eight men
each and play a regular schedule. The teams
are evenly divided and the score is very care-
fully kept, and posted immediately after each
class hour. The Black Hawks continue to hold
the lead in the sophomore division while the
Rangers have jumped from fourth to second
position.

In the freshmen section the students play
soft ball, cricket, volleyball, tennis, and par-
ticipate in a pentathlon which includes a 50-
yard dash, broad jump and high jump, and the
shot and discus. Competition is continued as
suggested above. To show how close the com-
petition is the teams and their scores are listed
below.

Hemlocks 25*

Elms 25

Maples 18i

Poplars 18

It's close enough so that the team on the
bottom of the league may be leading it after
the next class hour.

In connection with the class work must be
mentioned the Phys-Ed Digest. This is a weekly
sheet edited by the teacher-training men, stu-
dent managers, and Physical Education depart-
ment. It contains news items about high lights
of the past week, such as the recreation class
results, the schedule for next weeks activities,
fraternity league results, all the spring sports
and present up-to-date clippings of vital happen-
ings in the field of Physical Education. Any of
the students may get a copy at the cage window,
after they have had their shower, or in the
physical education office.

Bucky Davis '21 spent a part of his last
vacation in Amherst. Bucky is principal of
Winthrop (Massachusetts) Junior High School.

ACADEMICS NEWS

Published as a Supplement to The Alumni Bulletin by The Academic Activities Board

STATISTICS

Total number of men and women in
college who have completed satisfac-
torily at least one season in, one ac-
tivity 110

Number of those who have earned

credit in more than one activity '. 30

Number of those who have taken part
without credit on the basis of competi-
tion or incomplete performance (esti-
mated) 100

Number of those awarded gold medals 12

Number of those awarded silver medals 11

Total receipts 1929-1930 88,570.77

Total disbursements 1929-1930 7,745.66

Credit balance $831.11

Number of coaches subject to compen-
sation 5

INTERFRATERNITY MATTERS

We have recently brought our various inter-
fraternity competitions under a single super-
vision to the extent of having the credits cumu-
lative toward the award of a single trophy at
the end of the year. The award recognizes
excellence among the three general fields of
activity, athletics, academics, scholarship, upon
an equal basis. This year there were two
academic competitions: the Dads' Day Stunt
Night program and the interfraternity sing.
The former was infinitely more creditable than
the latter. The three credit places in this con-
test went to Kappa Sigma, Alpha Sigma Phi,
and Lambda Chi Alpha. The three credit
places in the sing went to Sigma Phi Epsilon,
Phi Sigma Kappa, Kappa Sigma. It is quite
possible that next year the fraternity house
general appearance contest may be accepted as
a third academics competition.

LIFE - LINES

BUSINESS MEN NOTE

The Academics managers who retire with
this year's senior class have been an extra-
ordinary group: faithful, intelligent, industri-
ous, gracious. Their names might well consti-
tute a roll of honor:

Leonard Bartlett, Jr., Roister Doisters
Alan W. Chadwi'ck, Chorus
Wynton R. Dangelmayer, Index
Frieda B. Norrell, Orchestra
Paul Augustus Smith, Collegian
Leonard A. Salter '32, Debating
Managerial jobs are thankless at best. There
is very little in the way of public recognition.
There is a large amount of tiresome routine
work. There are innumerable little irritating
contacts to be ironed out. Moreover no man
is permitted to carry more than a single man-
agership at a time and in view of the number
of organizations, academic and athletic, which
require a manager there are in each class hardly
enough men qualified by temperament and
training to go around. Therefore a group of
such uniform excellence as that listed above
constitutes almost a phenomenon.

We have a $50 prize which we award annu-
ally to the manager who does the best piece of
administrative work. This year the award of
that prize was extremely difficult, and men
were gradually eliminated upon distinctly
trivial grounds. The prize was at last divided
between Mr. Bartlett and Mr. Chadwick.

ACADEMICS BREAKFAST

for all

Interested Alumni

Sunday, June 14 Tickets 75c

9 a. m. At Alumni

Draper Hall Headquarters

Duicli Barnard, after a couple of years in
the aesthetic West, has come back to the
( ollege as .i hard boiled member of the English
stall. I >utch says that his work on I he I ollegian
has given him his sympathetic attitude toward
freshman themes.

Elmer Barber was back from Sharon on High
School Guest Day with some prospective candi-
dates lor campus honors. Elmer spenl Easter
with President Thatcher, his father-in-law, in
Winler Park.

Herb Bartlett '20 was one of the alumni to
come back for a second performance of The
Americans Come. One can hardly blame him
for being dissatisfied with what he got the first
time.

Eleanor Caldwell '29 was back in town with
a happy husband in tow not long ago, but we
failed to register their place of residence.

Lawrence Carruth '29 has been a member of
the Entomology Department at the University
of South Dakota. Lawrence says Horace
Greeley's advice is all right, but Greeley didn't
know South Dakota.

We had a card from Rodger Chamberlain '27
mailed in Sicily a few weeks ago. Rod's agri-
cultural training seems to have served him
nicely in his artistic pursuits.

Shep Cleaves '29 is still running his news-
paper in Greenwich, Rhode Island. Shep says
that he had greater freedom of speech on the
Collegian than he has now.

In the June issue of College Humor there is
an article about the town of Amherst, written
by Eddie Connell in reminiscent mood. Eddie
has recently taken unto himself a wife, and we
shall look for a mellowing effect upon his
literary style.

Dennis Crowley '29 is teaching at Jamaica
Plain High School and studying law on the
side. Dinny has got his eye on Curley's job
and thinks a little legal preparation might be
helpful.

If Bill Dole isn't going back to Hartford High
next fall, it will be due to the fact of a Demo-
cratic governor in Connecticut.

George Edman '21 recently carried the lead
(it was really) in the world premiere of a little
one-act play by Walter Pritchard Eaton, with
whom he hob-nobs dramatically in Pittsfield
now and then.

Jiggs Eliot '30 says that he has taken to
staying in nights and re-reading old books.
This is partly, but not entirely, due to the
economic depression among Bartlett tree sur-
geons.

Dr. Roger Friend of Yale Medic has at last
forgiven the Academics Manager for certain
obstructionist methods in the matter of Senate
stationery in 1923.

Max Goldberg is also at Yale, and winning
golden opinions from certain English instructors
whose judgment we ali are accustomed to honor.

The Goodcll twins, '30, have been in Amherst
this winter associated with the College library,
and established a fifth year of perfect attendance
as members of the College Chorus.

Ted Grant '26 writes from the University of
Wisconsin that all is well with the banana bugs
which are helping him get his Ph.D. in banana-
bugology.

Emerson Greenaway '27 has transferred his
librarian activities from Springfield to Hartford.
He was back this spring to take part in a Meta-
wampe hike over the Holyoke Range.

We understand that Carl Guterman '25 has
been receiving distinctions extraordinary at
Cornell. His field is botany.

Herb Harris '27 sent us a Christmas card to
say that the whole custom of such greetings is
abominable and should be rooted out of modern
society. Herb ought to send out little messages
of that kind on Thanksgiving Day another year.
(Continued on Page 6 col. 1)

"OUTWARD BOUND"

"Outward Bound" is a moving and m.

play. In spite of greater ynii display, yo

only a hurried interpretation in the it

picture. Its theme is BO daring that the popular
'i' D ot i he play in New York v.

surpi ise io ii • pi i, i The chara

«ives an opportunity for the very best in the
'•'•■i' "| .elm/ It's tin- kind of play that one
does not see and soon forget.

The play is in rehearsal and seems to have
been very successfully cast. Al Chadwick, who
did such a superb bit with Professor Pemberley
in "The Americans Come," has stepped into
Alfred Lunt's part of the amiable wasi,
though he belonged there. Shirley McCarthy,
the charming little waitress in the other play,
is showing extraordinary promise as the famous
little charwoman in "Outward Bound." Mildred
Twiss and Dick Wherity are having another
chance to use their generous forms and voices
impressively. Art Johnson will make his final
bow to Roister Doister audiences as an engaging
cleric. Henry Carpenter, the quaint little Lob
of "Dear Brutus," is back again, as Scrubby
the steward. And the other parts seem to be
equally happily assigned.

We want the alumni to see this play. Of
course we want their money, but that is the
least significant factor in the case. We think
that our Academic Activities are an important
phase of undergraduate life and training, quite
as important if not so inclusive as athletics,
and we want you to realize what we are doing
and give us the benefit of the publicity of your
discussion. We can stand criticism, and we can
stand even praise; but we cannot stand being
ignored. There is another consideration. A
play like "Outward Bound" will give you an
intellectual cud to chew, something to thrash
over on your way home from Amherst. Of
course the principal purposes of Alumni Day
are social and emotional; still you will possibly
have more respect for Alma Mater if you pick
up something cultural as well. The play is
offered at 8.30 in the evening to allow plenty
of time for fraternity and class groups to sup
and chat themselves into a mood in which a
comfortable seat in the cool of Bowker Audi-
torium would seem a happy culmination for the
day.

INDEPENDENT JOURNALISM

Well, the Collegian hasn't been suppressed yet.
We know that some of you think that it ought
to be. You have written in sometimes to say
so. Within half an hour one of you, on the
faculty as it happens, has telephoned in to say
so. Of course the point is that the Collegian
does touch a good many people personally. It
presents an activity in which you are interested,
and for which perhaps you are working, in
what seems to you an inadequate and unfriend-
ly manner. It attacks a college custom which
you respect in what .seems to you a highly
puerile and scurrilous way. Even when it is
trying to be complimentary it is sometimes
infelicitous. It occasionally parades a certain
bravado attitude, indulging in the over-em-
phasis to which its editor^ observe the professors
frequently resort in order to stir up sleepy and
stagnant minds.

Of course every complaint is a left-handed
compliment. In indicates that the paper is
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ROISTER DOISTER

BREAKFAST

for all

Former Rusty Oysters

Saturday Complimentary

June 13, 8 a. m. tickets at Alumni

Draper Hall Headquarters

ACADEMICS NEWS

Published as a Supplement to The Alumni Bulletin by The Academic Activities Board

LIFE LINES

(Continued from Page 2)

Ralph Haskins '27, having been made princi-
pal of the Amherst High School, is now one of
the local town fathers, and even Melvin Graves
tips his hat when Ralph stops at the Rexal
Store for a coca-cola.

Elsie Haubenreiser '30 has had a very happy
year, doing the one thing she had always doted
upon doing, teaching a district school way back
in the Berkshires.

Anne Hinchey '30, connected with the Brook-
lyn Institute of Liberal Arts or some such thing,
has written in to say that she isn't one of the
directors yet, except from the front door toward
the inner office.

Frank Homeyer '28, with his father's Music
house in Boston, recently required from us
data of Shakespearean records. Sounds like a
cocktail party.

Ruth Hurder Howe '22 of Concord, says it
will always be "Aggie" to her. Or maybe she
didn't, at that.

Belding Jackson of Springfield High, having
secured his master's degree from Breadloaf, is
looking for new worlds to conquer.

North College, M.S.C., and Henry Jensen,
Harvard, recall each other with poignant and
disquieting dreams.

Dana Kidder '28 plump and prosperous,
dropped in for word the other day. Dana says
"All is forgiven."

Russell Noyes '24 is teaching English at B.U.
He and Dick Wendell paid us the compliment
of laughing at our prom play at Waltham.

Faith Packard is finishing a year of graduate
work at Wellesley. She says she finds Wellesley
very feminine; she says more than that too.

Clarence Parsons '27 is happily ensconced on
the College Farm, trying to restrict the milk
yield to meet the market demand.

Neil Robinson '27, temporarily abandoning
landscape gardening to the hard times, has
been appearing with a stock company in Ded-
ham (is that right?) and is, according_ to our
latest bulletins, teaching in Hardwick High.

We saw a communication by Gordon Ward
'25 in The Nation a few weeks ago. It was
something about farming, if you know what I

OUTWARD BOUND

BY SUTTON VANE

The 1931

Commencement Play

Bowker Auditorium

8.30 p. m.
Saturday, June 13

Tickets 50c to $1.00

ALL SEATS RESERVED

Reservations may be secured

through the Alumni Office

INDEPENDENT JOURNALISM

(Continued from Page 1)

being read, that it is presumably a living force,
which must, indeed, be corrected for the safety
of society. As a matter of fact the Collegian is
as nearly self-respecting as it has been for a
long time. It has declined to use certain copy
from the Athletic Office; it has challenged the
whole idea of compulsory military training; it
has poked fun at the Senate and at the General
Manager's pet play; and it is really trying to
represent the student community as a whole.

Sometimes, it is true, it does become offensive
in tone, uncouth in language, personally abusive,
indelicate in humor. Each new board is a new
campus generation and must go through the
whole process of learning from its mistakes. If

"CREEPER"

Shades of Barbara Fretchie and her old grey head!

What's that queer contraption rambling on ahead?

It cannot be the Rebel Army, for most of them are dead;

What's the queer contraption rambling on ahead?

It moves along as slowly as if weighted down with lead;

What is that queer contraption rambling on ahead?

"That's our friend The Creeper," the college student said,

"And that's his ancient mail-cart rambling on ahead."

— Leopold H. Takahashi '31

the Collegian could be somehow insured against
mistakes, it would cease to be the important
educational institution that it is. So we want
you to read it, and find fault with it freely; but
remember that the publication of a sheet like
that every Monday evening is no small chore
and that we have no right to expect any strik-
ing "progress" from an annually reorganized
board of editors.

One thing more. Frank Douglass has held
together in loyal and active work a large senior
group of highly capable editors; they have been
dependable and co-operative throughout the
long year; they have had very little encourage-
ment. Looking at their work more or less from
the inside, I think they deserve your applause.

A NEW EARTH

"There shall be a new heaven and a new
earth and the old heaven and the old earth
shall pass away." Don't in heaven's name, or
earth's either, embarrass us by checking the
accuracy of the above quotation.

It wasn't exactly a new heaven anyway.
Occasionally quite the opposite.

You see, we had a bit of good luck right at
the start in getting Professor Bigelow of Am-
herst College to take over our chorus. Mr.
Bigelow is as good as they make them, thor-
oughly trained in musical matters, charmingly
whimsical in his methods, absolutely insistent
upon quality, both in program and presentment.
We were properly elated over our prospects for
the season. When it came to rehearsals, how-
ever, we found only the dependable four or five
dozen students who had been working in
previous years under the direction of Mrs.
Beaumont. Thereupon, partly to give Mr.
Bigelow something to work with and partly to
give some of our College family a chance to sing
under him, we invited about two dozen adults
to join the chorus and swell its volume, if I
may use so flattering a phrase.

Hadley's New Earth is a modern opus that
rather repels at first by virtue of its difficulty.
Some of the chorus were at the start pessimistic
as to its adaptibility. But before Mr. Bigelow
got through with them, all who had stood by
at rehearsals began to be ardent in their ex-
pressions of delight.

In its public presentment the chorus was
variously augmented. In the first place there
was the College Orchestra under the direction
of Dr. Cubbon. Then there was a male chorus
of seventy-five voices from Amherst College
and the Springfield Orpheus Club, which was
made available by virtue of the interest of Mr.
Bigelow and which sang one division of the
New Earth. Then Roy Patch came up from
Beverley with his lovely tenor voice to sing a
solo or two. Other assisting artists were Mr.
Williams of our Faculty, Mrs. Hayes of Amherst,
Miss Emily Parsons of Easthampton, all solo-
ists; Mr. Reese of Amherst College at the organ
and Miss Kidder of Amherst at the piano. The
concert was a great success.

On the other hand the response of the under-
graduates was a disappointment. Only 26 were
sufficiently regular in attendance to earn
academics credit for singing. There were 11
adults with as good a record. The support of
the orchestra was even more disturbing, there

being only one student and one adult with a
credit-earning total. Mr. Bigelow, however,
seems willing to try it again next fall, and we
shall probably reorganize once more upon the
present basis.

It's' a new earth, all right, as some of you
alumni are saying. It may even seem like a new
heaven ten years from now, when the race have
as generally delegated their singing to the radio
as they have now delegated their walking to
the automobile. Selah!

LONG-DISTANCE DEBATING

Acting upon the theory that if you cannot
get a hearing at home, you had better go abroad
for it, Manager Salter scheduled only one debate
in Amherst this winter. That was to be with a
team from Weber College, Utah, but as it
happened one of the two Weber men was taken
sick en route and so only one remained to repre-
sent his college in Amherst. Mr. Salter met this
gentleman in a Lincoln-Douglass degate, and
together they gave us a pleasant and creditable
evening.

Our teams took two trips of considerable
length, one into Maine where we debated with
Colby and Bowdoin, and the other into New
York and Pennsylvania where we debated New
York University, C.C.N.Y. and Lehigh. There
were also two or three debates with neighboring
colleges. The State College men won two
debates and lost four, the others being non-
decision.

Two of the debates, those with Lehigh and
New York University were broadcast; so,
whereas their effect upon the public attitude
toward our prevailing tariffs may be guessed,
it certainly cannot be estimated. We shall be
holding inter-stellar debates with Mars long
before the football people have devised any
adequate scheme of transporting their innumer-
able officials to a neutral field.

That this has been a highly successful season
is evidence by the fact that a very fair number
of men took part in rehearsals regularly up to
the very end of the schedule. We talked about
joining a New England land grant college
league last fall, but Mr. Prince discouraged the
plan and the season has clearly supported his
judgment. The policy of two-men teams seeing
the world from a brief-case seems to be about
the best we can find to bolster an interest in
this important but generally underestimated
activity.

THE 1932 INDEX

It will probably be out by the time this item
gets to the public, but so far we don't know
much more about it than you do. Oscar Mar-
golin is the editor and is fully qualified to do a
good job with it. It is to be dedicated to Mr.
Hicks, has a cover of a venturesome hue, and
carries a theme taken from legendary England.
Kinsley Whittum's father, in Springfield, is
printing the book, and if the father's work is
comparable to the son's clogging, we shall have
a physically fine product. It is probably too
late to order a copy, but if you would really
like one, write to Vincent Gagliaducci or the
Alumni Office at once.

The Massachusetts State College Alumni Bulletin, May 25, l'J31

COMMENCEMENT

(Continued from l*nije 1)
in presenting "The Americans Come" in almost
a dozen towns throughout the state last winter.
For commencement the same group will olTer
Sutton Vane's "Outward Bound." This tall
tastic play was first produced in London in
September 1923 and, in America, in December
1923.

Tickets range in price from fifty cents to one
dollar and may be purchased through the Alumni
Office. Requests for seats will be filled in the
order received and will be held until called for
at the alumni registration headquarters in
Memorial Hall.

"Outward Bound" will be given in Stockbridge
Hall at 8.30 o'clock on Saturday night, June 13.
Might we suggest that alumni (lasses planning
reunions attend the play in a body, following
their reunion dinners or meetings on Saturday.
The hour at which the play will start was pur-
posely made late with this possibility in mind.
Class Reunions
Thirteen alumni classes are expected to hold
reunions at commencement time. These in-
clude 1871, the first class to be graduated from
the college, 1876, 1886, 1896, and 1901.

The following classes have definitely an-
nounced their reunions to the Alumni Office:
1881
The fifty year class. Dean Joseph
L. Hills of the College of Agricul-
ture, University of Vermont, Bur-
lington, is in charge of arrange-
ments. Room 3, Memorial Hall
will be class headquarters.

1891
Dr. Harvey T. Shores of Bernard-
ston, Mass. and W. C. Paige, 347
Madison Ave., N. Y. C. are making
the arrangements. Room 8, Me-
morial Hall will be class head-
quarters.

1906
Richard Wellington of the N. Y.
Agri. Exp. Sta., Geneva, N. Y.
and Edwin F. Gaskill, Amherst,
Mass. are making arrangements.
Room 4, Memorial Hall, will be
class headquarters.
• 1916
Charles H. Gould, Haydenville,
Mass. and Benjamin C. L. Sander,

4 Bowles St., Greenfield are in
charge of the fifteenth reunion of
1916. Class headquarters will be
the Alumni Room, Memorial Hall.

1921
Don Douglass, secretary, — Gen-
eral Motors Acceptance Corp.,
35 Congress St., Boston, is making
all arrangements. The class head-
quarters will be the Senate Room,
Memorial Hall. Starr King, of
this class, will be Alumni Marshal.

1926
Maude E. Gustafson, 7 South-
worth St., Williamstown, Mass.
is making arrangements for 1926's
fifth reunion. Room 2, Memorial
Hall, is class headquarters.

1928
Jack Quinn, 97 Willis St., New
Bedford, Mass. and Betty Morey,

5 Prospect Ave., Wollaston, Mass.
are making plans for 1928's re-
union. Class headquarters will be
Room 7, Memorial Hall.

1930
Ray Mann, 316 E. 30th St., New
York City, and Mim Loud, Little
Tree Farms, Framingham, Mass.
are in charge of 1930's plans. The
Loggia, Memorial Hall, will be
class headquarters.

'25 Bradford Armstrong is taking graduate
work at Cornell.

PHYSICAL EDUCATION

BUILDING DEDICATION

EXERCISES

Saturday Afternoon, June 13

at two o'clock
at Amherst, Massachusetts

Chairman, Philip F. Whitmore,

Alumnus, Trustee,

Chairman of Building Campaign Com.

The Dedication Ceremony

1. The Architect, Clinton F. Goodwin of

the Class of 1916

2. The College, Roscoe W. Thatcher,

President

3. The Department, Curry S. Hicks,

Professor and Head of Department
Address, "Alumni Interest in This Build-
ing," Charles H. Gould, President,
Associate Alumni
Address, Dr. Howard J. Savage of the

Carnegie Foundation.
Address, His Excellency Joseph B. Ely,
Governor of Massachusetts

FLOWER SHOW

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L. H. Lawrence '18 helped to arrange the
Colonial Garden, entered in competition by the
Cape Cod Horticultural Society, which was
awarded a $1000 prize.

Henry M. Howard '91 was on hand to help
with the display of the Boston Gardeners' and
Florists' Club.

A. B. Buckley '27 and D. H. Elliott '30 were
on duty at the exhibit of the F. A. Bartlett
Tree Expert Co., (F\ A. Bartlett '05).

R. E. Smith '26, gardener on the Sullivan
estate in Andover, staged an artistic and very
attractive garden.

W. R. Sears '15 helped to set up the exhibit
of work done at the Frost School of Landscape
Architecture in Cambridge.

Other alumni and former students who were
seen at the show or who signed the register were
the following: T. W. Carpenter '02, A. W. Gilbert
'04, H. T. Wheeler '08, A. R. Jenks '11, C. E.
Cristman '13, T. P. Dooley '13, T. J. Godvin
w'13, G. F. Greenleaf '13, Q. S. Lowry '13, D.
W. O'Brien '14, R. W. Lawton '18, K. D. Sher-
man w'22, Eleanor Bateman '23, A. W. Hixon
sp'23, Mona Adshead sp'25, L. A. Gavin '26,
G. Kelso '26, A. W. Small, grad. '27, R. E. Gunn
'30, C. E. Hammond '30, and P. Stacy '30.

Humble apologies are offered to all others
whose names should appear in this list.

The college was awarded a silver medal for
its educational exhibit staged by a committee
including G. E. Emery '24, chairman; E. S.
Carpenter '24, C. L. Thayer '13, and R. M.
Koon of the Waltham Field Station.

Clark L. Thayer '13

ALUMNI AT CAMP DIRECTORS
MEETING

At the annual meeting of the New England
Section of the Camp Directors' Association
held at the Wayside Inn, South Sudbury, Mass.
were Abraham Krasker '22, director of Indian
Acres, Maine; Harry Nissen '14, director of
Hillsboro, N. H. Camp for Girls; Leone E.
Smith '14, director of Camp Sangamon, Pitts-
ford, Vermont; and Harold M. Gore '13, direc-
tor, Camp Enajerog, Wilmington, Vermont.

Dr. Herbert J. Stack '12 of Columbia Uni-
versity and staff supervisor of the National
Bureau of Casualty and Security Underwriters
gave a digest of a recent survey made by the
National Council of Safety on Health and
Safety of Campers.

PRESIDENT THATCHER
AT COMMENCEMENT

To Return June 1
Pn ill M Roscoe W. Thatcher of Masaachu-

at Winter Park, Florida

i .I n ; 1. 1 arrive back at the college on June
first, and to take part in the commencement
an.

A recent gratifying report from President
Thatcher states that he is greatly improved in
health and is eager to be back at the College.

PHI KAPPA PHI

(Continued from I'atle 1)

the relation of light to nitrate assimilation in

wheat.

'00 Dr. Arthur C. Monahan is director of
the Bureau of Education of the National
Catholic Welfare Council, Washington, D. C.

'71 Robert W. Lyman, for years on the
faculty of the Dickinson School of Law, has
been admitted to the Supreme Court of Penn-
sylvania.

'81 Dr. Joseph L. Hills has held the post of
dean of the Agricultural College, University of
Vermont, for thirty-two years. He has been
director of the Experiment Station for thirty-
seven years and has been a member of the
faculty for forty-two years, a unique record of
service.

'87 Dr. Charles S. Howe, until recently
president of Case School of Science, Cleveland,
Ohio, is now residing in North Amherst, Mass.
A note in the alumni records of Massachusetts
State College says: "Probably no graduate of
the college has been the recipient of more honors
in science and education than has Doctor Howe.
He is a fellow of the Royal Astronomical Society,
London; a member of the Astronomical Society
of the Pacific, the American Mathematics
Society, the Astronomical and Astrophysical
Society of America, the American Association
for the Advancement of Science, and many
other organizations." A painting of President
Howe, painted by Edwin B. Childs, has been
hung in one of the buildings of the Case School.

'02 Howard L. Knight has been connected
for thirty years with the United States Depart-
ment of Agriculture, and has recently been
appointed editor of the Experiment Station
Record, succeeding Dr. E. W. Allen, also a
charter member of this chapter of Phi Kappa
Phi.

'83 Dr. J. B. Lindsey, senior member of the
faculty at Massachusetts State College, is a
frequent contributor to scientific journals,
animal nutrition being his special field.

'94 Dr. Charles P. Lounsbury, for years
government entomologist to the Colony of
Good Hope, at Cape Town, and more recently
chief of the Division of Entomology for the
Union of South Africa, at Pretoria, has retired
from active service, but still resides in Pretoria.
He has had great success in his warfare against
injurious insects, and has been made one of the
trustees of the Imperial Bureau of Entomology
at London.

The following alumni were among those who
watched the Rutgers-Massachusetts baseball
game on Friday, April 24 in New Brunswick,
N. J.:

Luther Arrington 23, Bradley W. Bangs 'OS,
Maurice A. Blake '04, Herbert J. Baker '11,
Harold E. Clark '28, Arthur J. Farley 'OS,
Harold L. Harrington '20, Nandor Porges '24,
L. G. Schermerhorn '10, F. A. Cutter '07,
Milton W. Taylor '25, Charles B. Sullivan '28,
and Harold Robertson '30.

A fine dinner was given the team after the
game at the Elks Club with L. G. Schermerhorn
'10 in charge.

Morris Blake '04 and Pete Robertson '30
took the team for a very interesting tour of the
Rutgers campus in the morning before the game.

The Massachusetts State College Alumni Bulletin, May 25, 1931

CLASS NOTES

w'75 Daniel P. Bardwell operates a farm in
Shelburne Falls, Mass.

'82 Charles Sumner Plumb, professor of
animal husbandry at Ohio State University
published, in 1930, a book of 306 pages on
"Registry Books on Farm Animals." The book
was published by the University.

'87 Frederick A. Davis is retired from
active business. His address is % The Colorado
State Bank, Denver, Colorado.

'88 Irving H. Johnson is principal of the
Kelley School, Newburyport, Mass.

'91 Walter C. Paige who has been engaged in
Y.M.C.A. work for over 35 years will be retired
in June and will then become associated with
the Penn Mutual Life Insurance Co. with his
office at 50 Church St., New York City.

w'91 Allan M. Belden has joined the staff
of the Bixby Greenhouses, Inc., Manchester,
N. H.

.'92 Jewell Bennett Knight is in administra-
tive charge of the Harvard Educational Gradu-
ate School's study of child growth.

'01 William A. Dawson is a florist in Willi-
mantic, Conn.

'03 Neil F. Monahan is superintendent of
maintenance of the Stafford Co., Readville,
Mass.

'03 Elmer M. Poole is president of the
Massachusetts Farm Bureau Federation. He
has a farm at North Dartmouth, Mass.

w'03 Frederick A. Harris is a farmer, a
selectman, on the board of public health and
board of public welfare in Pelham, Mass. He
writes that he is busy all the time.

'05 Norman D. Ingham is manager of the
Jones Irrigation District, San Joaquin, Cal.

'05 Augustus R. Paul is a fruit grower and
implement dealer in Belvidere, N. J. He also
coaches the Phillipsburg, N. J. High School
athletic teams. Last fall his football team lost
only one game in nine.

'05 Chester L. Whitaker is president of the
Maiden Motor Co., Ford dealers, Maiden,
Mass.

'06 William O. Taft has a farm in Sterling,
Mass.

'06 Vernon O. White is a jewelry designer
with Colin & Rosenberg, Inc., Providence, R. I.

w'06 Allan D. Farrar is a salesman for the
Simplex Time Recording Co., Providence, R. I.

HIGH SCHOOL GUEST DAY

New Plan Successfully Operated

Juniors and seniors in high schools through-
out the state were given an opportunity on
Saturday, May 2, to visit their State College
and learn of the advantages which are offered
here.

Juniors and seniors, only, were invited to
attend, since the committee felt that by limit-
ing attendance the college would be better able
to give attention to visitors and that, on the
other hand, the guests would be better able to
gain an idea of the scope and advantages offered
by the college.

The plan worked very well. It was the senti-
ment of the committee that there were more
high school students, definitely interested in
this college, on the campus on May 2 than
there ever had been before. One hundred and
nineteen schools were represented by juniors
and seniors enrolled in those schools.

The program included visits to the various
departments, where interesting exhibits had
been prepared, and, in the afternoon, a ball
game, a track meet, and a horse show. "The
Americans Come" was presented in the evening
for the visitors.

Alumni who were on the campus that day
included Almeda Walker '27, Carl Fraser '26,
Jesse Taft '30, Al Cook '26, Dinny Crowley '29,
Charlie Oliver '26, E. E. Barber '26 and John
Gifford '94.

w'06 Samuel C. Foster is managing engineer
with Youlden, Smith & Hopkins, truckmen and
riggers, Boston, Mass.

'07 J. Thomas Carruthers is a farmer in
Columbia, Tenn.

'08 Cnal"les F. Allen is a salesman for the
Simmons Hardware Co., Sioux City, Iowa.

'08 Persis Bartholemew teaches science and
is head of a house at the Oldfields School,
Glencoe, Md.

'08 Thomas H. Jones is with the U.S. Bureau
of Entomology, Melrose Highlands, Mass.

'08 Horace B. Reed is a fruit grower in
Greenwich, Conn.

'08 William S. Regan is research entomolo-
gist with the California Spray and Chemical
Co., 207 Holtzinger Bldg., Yakima, Washington.

'10 Myron S. Hazen now has charge of all
agronomic research work for the American
Agricultural Chemical Co., 420 Lexington Ave.,
New York City. He is manager of the service
department.

w'10 Chester L. Howe is superintendent of
schools in Jewett City, Conn.

w'll Ralph E. Wheeler is superintendent of
the Clayton Manufacturing Co., Waltham,
Mass.

'12 George B. O'Flynn was recently made
assistant principal of the Providence Street
Junior High School in Worcester, Mass.

'13 Kid Gore has been named a member of
the Research Committee of the National
Basketball Coaches' Association.

'13 Frederick A. Kenney is a rancher in
Murphy, Cal.

w'13 Robert Parsons is in the drug manu-
facturing business in Boston, Mass.

w'14 Melville Baker is with the Ford Sales
Service, Franklin, Mass.

MUSICIANS, ATTENTION

Captain Edwin M. Sumner, leader of
the R.O.T.C. band at Massachusetts
State, wishes to augment this band with
alumni musicians at the dedication of the
new Physical Education Building. Alumni,
if you played in the band while in college,
play in it again on Saturday, June 13.
Let Captain Sumner know. Address him
at the Drill Hall.

MASSACHUSETTS STATE COLLEGE

'15 Ashley C. LeDuc, who deals in postage
stamps, reports that the business depression
has not hurt his business. He writes that his
wife, two boys and girl are healthy and happy.

'15 John S. Lovejoy is with the Newburgh
Tire and Battery Co., Newburgh, N. Y.

'16 Jimmie Nicholson, who is manager of
the Chicago chapter of the American Red Cross,
is a member of the Governor's Commission on
Unemployment and Relief; Secretary, President
Hoover's Chicago Committee on Drought Re-
lief; Member, Chicago Council of Social Agen-
cies; Member, Illinois State Commission on
Social Legislation.

'16 Alfred Topham is a buyer for the Great
Atlantic & Pacific Tea Co., Richmond, Va.

'16 Benjamin C. L. Sander received the
degree of Master of Education at Harvard in
February, 1930.

w'16 Harlan S. Maynard is in the insurance
business at 3 South William St., New York City.

'13 George A. Mallett, landscape
architect, tree surgeon, and nurseryman
of Bridgeport, Conn., writes: "I have the
highest regard for the work which the
Associate Alumni is doing. It certainly is
a worthy organization and should have
the support of every alumnus. I am very
happy over the change of name. Hope to
be with you June 13, 1931." Thank you,
Al.

'17 Captain Jarnes H. Day has been trans-
ferred from duty at the University of New
Hampshire to the Panama Canal department.
He will leave New York City for Panama about
July 9.

'17 Charles H. Henry, Captain, U. S. Army,
stationed at the U. S. Army Recruiting Station,
St. Louis, Mo., writes that all is "quiet on the
western front."

'17 Richard W. Smith writes as follows, "I
resigned May 1, 1930 after 12 years with the Jer-
ome B. Rice Seed Co., Cambridge, N. Y. During
the summer I built a home in Orange, Conn,
about four and one-half miles west of New
Haven. Leon Whitney '16 built just across the
road at the same time, so we have the beginning
of a Massachusetts Community, with Roy
Norcross '26 also located close by. Family
score still stands at four boys, one girl."

ALUMM IN ENTOMOLOGY

Dr. C. P. Alexander, head of the department
of entomology at Massachusetts State, has
submitted the following notes concerning some
rather recent graduates from the department
of entomology.

Charles F. Clagg '27 has continued his col-
lections of insects in the Island of Mindanao,
Philippines, during which he climbed the high-
est mountain in the islands, Mt. Apo, on three
occasions. More recently Mr. Clagg has been
collecting in the Dutch East Indies, at the
present time being in Makassar, South Celebes.
He has secured many thousands of insect speci-
mens from various specialists and institutions.

Robert W. Burrell '27, associate entomologist,
U. S. Bureau of Entomology, is in Australia
engaged in the collection of parasites for the
Japanese Beetle.

Ezekial Rivnay '27 has passed the examina-
tion for the degree Doctor of Philosophy at this
college. He has now sailed for Palestine where
he will be entomologist at the Experiment
Station at Tel-aviv.

George S. Tulloch '28 has just received the
degree Doctor of Philosophy from Harvard
University. He has been appointed assistant
entomologist, U. S. Bureau of Entomology and
is now in Fairbanks, Alaska where he is making
a survey of the mosquitoes of the region.

NEWTON SHULTIS '96
BUILDS GOLF COURSE

Converts Portion of Estate into
Public Course

On May sixth Curry Hicks and Lawrence
Dickinson '10 visited the estate of Newton
Shultis '96 in South Newbury near Lake Suna-
pee, New Hampshire. Mr. Shultis is laying out
a commercial, nine-hole golf course on a part
of his large estate. Lawrence Dickinson '10
who is director of the winter golf school at
Massachusetts assisted Mr. Shultis in some
plans for the layout of the course.

Several of the greens and fairways are now
completed, and by the first of August, or before,
the course should be ready for use. At first
there will be only a nine-hole course, but eventu-
ally six more holes will be added. Three of the
first nine holes will be played over for the
completion of an eighteen hold round.

All of the equipment for a small, modern
club house is ready or is being installed. An
electric pump supplies water for the showers.
The building used for the club house, itself, is
pleasing architecturally and well suited for
such use.

In fact, the entire estate is well adapted for
golf course purposes. The location is admirable,
and from several of the tees as well as from the
fairways Mt. Kearsarge is visible as a direct,
distant object.

Mr. Dickinson believes that in two or three
years this course should develop into one of
the most pleasant and enjoyable golf courses
in New Hampshire.

THE MASSACHUSETTS STATE COLLEGE

ALUMNI BULLETIN

Vol. XIII. ReSaPn0tSeedfie Amherst, Massachusetts, June 25, 1931 *atT?£*£i£*£&»am- No. 1

CLASS OF 1881 AT COMMENCEMENT

These members of the class of 1S81 were present for their fiftieth reunion on June 13, 1931.

Left to right, they are: Mr. J.L. Smith, Barre.Mass; Mr. Edward B. Rawson, Media, Pa; Dean Joseph L. Hills,
Burlington, Vt; and Mr. Frank H. Fairfield, W. Orange, N. J. Dr. Charles E. Young of Cincinnati, the other mem-
ber of the class was unable to be present.

SIXTY FIRST
COMMENCEMENT

Class of 1931 is Graduated

One hundred and fourteen seniors received
the bachelor of science degree, and three the de-
gree of bachelor of vocational agriculture at the
commencement exercises in Bowker Audi-
torium on Monday afternoon, June 15, 1931.

Betty Lynch '28 received the degree of
bachelor of landscape architecture. Among the
nine who received master of science degrees
were these alumni, Max Bovarnick '27, Mort
Cassidy '20, Dick Foley '27, and Betty Lynch
'28.

Harold H. Sheapard '24 and Ezekiel Rivnay
'27 received the degree of doctor of philosophy.
Honorary Degrees

The honorary degree of doctor of science was
conferred upon Charles Sumner Howe '78 of
North Amherst, former president of the Case
School of Applied Science in Cleveland; and
upon Joseph L. Hills '81, dean of the college
of agriculture, University of Vermont, Burling-
ton.

Dr. Payson Smith, commissioner of education
for Massachusetts, delivered the commencement
address.

June 14 was Baccalaureate Sunday. At 3:45
in the afternoon the baccalaureate address was
given in Bowker Auditorium by Reverend
Arthur Lee Kinsolving, rector of Trinity Church,
Boston, and former pastor of Grace Church,
Amherst.

At five o'clock President and Mrs. Thatcher
held a reception in the rhododendron garden
for the seniors, their families, and friends.

Monday, June 15, was class day. Seated, in
cap and gown, on the senior fence in front of
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RATINGS OF LAND GRANT
COLLEGES

Massachusetts State High in List

In the Survey of Land Grant Colleges and
Universities, as published by the United States
Department of the Interior, there is an attempt
to classify the several colleges designated as
"Land Grant Institutions" on the basis of the
recognition and development of their graduate
work.

In the fii/j \j, "Land grant institutions

admitted tcl I'rship in the Association of

American universities, with well-developed
graduate work leading to the doctorate in
several land grant fields," we find the Univer-
sities of California, Illinois, Minnesota, Missouri,
Nebraska, Cornell, Ohio, and Wisconsin.

In the second group, "Land grant institutions
which are not members of the Association of
American Universities but which have well-
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1912

Plans are now under way

for our

20th Reunion

JUNE 1932

We want every 1912 man back.

Frank B. Hills, Sec.

120 BROADWAY, NEW YORK CITY

ALUMNI THRONG CAMPUS

Many Attend Commencement
Exercises

The dedication of the new physical education
building, a baseball game with Amherst, and
the fact that this year marked the first com-
mencement at Massachusetts State College, all
these combined to attract a record number of
graduates back to their alma mater on Saturday,
June 13, Alumni Day.

'91 Wins Attendance Cup

The class of 1891, with 91.7'? of its living
members present, won the attendance cup
offered by the class of 1914. The cup was pre-
sented to Dr. Harvey T. Shores '91 of North-
ampton, who represented his class, by David
H. Buttrick '17, newly-elected president of the
Associate Alumni, in Bowker Auditorium on
Saturday night, just before the commencement
play.

Other classes registered these percentages of
attendance: 1881, 75?; 1896, 52.2?; 1875, 50?;
and 1876, 50?. Over five hundred alumni were
present on alumni day.

The final military drill was held at 8:30 on
Saturday morning. Legislator Harry D. Brown
'14 of Billerica, Mass., left his home early that
morning in order to watch the drill, the first he
had seen since he was graduated.

Annual Election of Officers

There was an open meeting of the Associate
Alumni in the auditorium of Memorial Hall at
10:30. President Charles H. Gould '16 presided.
Informal reports of the year's activity were
given. Frank Prentice Rand, associate professor
of English, general manager of academic activi-
ties and coach of the Roister Doisters was made
an honorary member of the Ao=otiaie Alunml.

The results of the annual election were an-
nounced as follows:

President: David H. Buttrick '17

Vice-President: Theoren L. Warner '08

Secretary: William L. Doran '15

Treasurer: Clark L. Thayer '13
Board of Directors:

Charles H. Gould '16

Ralph F. Taber '16
Board of Managers, Memorial Building

William L. Doran '15

Harold M. Gore '13

Raymond H. Jackson '08
Academic Activities Board:

Willard A. Munson '05

George E. Emery '24
Joint Committee on Intercollegiate Athletics:

F. A. McLaughlin '11

Earle S. Carpenter '24

The two members of the Board of Directors
elected by mail ballot were George Drew '97,
and Laurence Bevan '13.

President David H. Buttrick '17 in behalf of
the Associate Alumni then welcomed President
Roscoe W. Thatcher back to the college.

President Thatcher expressed his pleasure on
again being able to assume his duties at the
college. He expressed his feeling that alumni,
through intelligently directed publicity, could
do much to help the college.

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The Massachusetts State College Alumni Bulletin, June 25, 1931

THE MASSACHUSETTS STATE COLLEGE
HLUMNI BULLETIN

Published monthly at Amherst, Mass. (except July and August) by the Associate Alumni of M.A.C.
Member of The Alumni Magazines Associated

Subscription Price

$1.00 per year

Included in the S3.00 dues of

members of the Associate

Alumni

Entered as second class matter, March 17,
1920, at the Postoffice at Amherst, Mass.
under the Acts of March 3, 1879.

EDITORIAL COMMITTEE
Linus H. Jones '16, Chairman
Roland H. Verbeck 'OS
Philip F. Whitmore '15
Emory E. Grayson '17
Marshall O. Lanphear '18
Oliver C. Roberts '18
Earle S. Carpenter '24
David H. Buttricr '17, ex-officio
Ellsworth Barnard '28
George E. Emery '24, ex-officio

Address all communications to The Alumni Office, M. S. C. Amherst, Mass.

THE KINGSBURY PRESS, NORTHAMPTON, MASS.

OBITUARIES

Thomas Russell Callender '75

Thomas Russell Callender of the class of
1875 died after a short illness in Norwood,
Massachusetts on May 25th. Mr. Callender
was born in Cambridge, Mass. in 1854. He
came with his parents to Northfield when quite
young and prepared for college in the public
schools of that town. After graduation, having
specialized in floriculture, he engaged in that
industry in Athol. After a few years he moved
to Wellesley Hills where he carried on the same
line of business with success, but so much
indoor work and especially work in his hot
houses impaired his health to such an extent
that he was obliged to give the business up. He
moved to Northfield in 1890Jwhere he purchased
a farm which he conducted for about ten years.
He then moved to the village and occupied a
beautiful homestead which had been owned,
either in his family or the family of his wife,
from the very earliest times. Not long after
moving to the village and again because he
thought the change would be favorable to his
health he became the first rural free delivery
mail carrier from the Northfield office. He
followed this occupation until at the age of 70
he was retired.

Mr. Callender was a'member of the Harmony
Lodge of Masons of which'at one time he was
Master. He was a past patron of the Northfield
Chapter of the Order of the Eastern Star. He
was a life long member of the Unitarian Church
in Nortnflelil and was clerk of the parish for
many years. He was at one time Master of
the local grange.

Mr. Callender was married in 1882 to Martha
E. Bemis of Northfield who survives him. They
had two children, Dr. George R. Callender of
Washington and Gertrude B. Callender of
Norwood. Dr. Callender has three children.

While in college Mr. Callender was noted for
his great interest in botany, but his highest
distinction in college was as a member of the
Glee Club of the class of 1875, which was
generally admitted by those familiar with the
different glee clubs which the College has had
as one of the best. One of the best, not be-
cause of superior training, but rather because
of the fact that it contained men with wonder-
ful voices. Callender sang first bass and being
a small man it was often said of him that he
had one of the biggest bass voices ever possessed
by a man of his size.

The fact that Mr. Callender made many
friends during his life was made abundantly
manifest by the large attendance at his funeral.
The church was filled and the Masonic ceremony
at the grave on one of the most beautiful days
of late spring was very impressive. *g

Wm. P. Brooks '75

Charles A. Bowman '81

Charles A. Bowman died suddenly at his
home, 1757 Euclid St., Washington, D. C, on

January 20. His health had not been good
during the last few years and he went to a
local hospital for observation in November,
from which he returned at Thanksgiving time,
apparently in somewhat better health. In
excellent spirits he attended a meeting of the
alumni chapter of his fraternity but two weeks
prior to his death. He was looking forward to
attending the fiftieth anniversary of his gradu-
ation in June.

Bowman entered college in 1878 from the
town of Billerica, graduating in three years.
He was particularly interested in mathematics
and shortly after graduation took up general
civil engineering and surveying practice, in
which line of work he was engaged for about
35 years. In 1918 he became district engineer
for the United States Housing Bureau at
Washington, D. C. and three years later was
appointed computer and then cartographer in
the United States Coast and Geodetic Survey,
which position he held at the time of his death.
His work was very highly regarded, his excep-
tional qualifications as a mathematician earning
for him a permanent appointment in the Civil
Service in spite of the fact that he was at the
time beyond the age limit.

Mr. Bowman was one of three men, all of
the class of 1881, who during their college days
organized the College Shakesperian Club
which later became the Gamma Chapter of
Alpha Sigma Phi.

He is survived by his widow and a son.

Joseph L. Hills '81

MARRIAGES

'26 Edward J. Rowen to Miss Marie
Katherine Merrigan, June 6, 1931, in Savannah,
N. Y.

'28 Frank F. Homeyer to Miss Evelyn
Harriette Maher, June 20, 1931 in Boston, Mass.

'28 Howard J. Abrahamson to Miss Laura
May Wright, June 1, 1931, in Waltham, Mass.

'29 Stanley F. Bailey to Miss Frances Irene
Matter, May 12, 1931 in Sacramento, Calif.

G and '30 Gardner M. Albro to Miss Isabel
Morgan, October 4, 1930 at Brooklyn, N. Y.

BIRTHS

'22 A son, Hobart Wadsworth, Jr., to Mr.
and Mrs. Hobart W. Spring, March 28, 1931
at Boston, Mass.

'25 A daughter, Patricia Ann, to Mr. and
Mrs. Leland L. Currier, April 25, 1931 at
Framingham, Mass.

'30 A son, Stanley Robert, to Mr. and Mrs.
Robert G. Goodnow, May 31, 1931, at Crown
Point, N. Y.

'12 Cherry Dodge was recently promoted to
the rank of lieutenant colonel in the Infantry
Reserves.

'13 Norman R. Clark is with the Travelers
Insurance'CbV, "Hartford, Conn."

ANIMAL HUSBANDRY

Development from 1900
Through 1910

The work in agriculture, soils, crops, ferti-
lizers, etc., was still handled in 1900 by Dr.
Brooks but in this year a separate department
of Animal Husbandry and Dairying was estab-
lished and Assistant Proiesoor F. S. Cooley
was placed in charge of the new department.
In the farm report of 1900 the average yield of
66 cows per cow per day was 15.6 and it is stated
3 cows gave over 7000 pounds of milk in a
year. The grade Shorthorn cows had been
purchased with the idea of establishing a herd
free from tuberculosis and with the hope of
gradually increasing their milk yield. Ex-
pectations were reached as regards health but
"the improvement in milking qualities has been
less than was hoped for."

Electives were first introduced into the junior
year in 1901 and at the same time a two year
course - for young ladies was inaugurated. It
enrolled two students the first year and there
were two other young ladies in the four year
course at this time.

In 1902 there were majors offered in the
junior and senior years in agriculture, horti-
culture, biology, chemistry, mathematics, land-
scape gardening.

College Wins Grand Prize

"The college exhibit made at the St. Louis
fair was participated in by the departments of
agriculture, botany, entomology, horticulture,
chemistry, veterinary and English and was
intended to show the work of college and
station. It seems to have been a success ior
the grand prize was awarded us."

The livestock in 1905 consisted of the follow-
ing animals:

"Horses — French Coach, 1 stallion, 3 mares,
2 fillies; Percheron, 1 stallion; German Coach,
1 mare; French Coach, half-blood, 2 colts;
Percheron, three-fourths blood, 2 mares, 1 colt;
work horses, 5.

Neat Cattle — Jersey, 2 calves, 2 cows;
Ayrshire, 3 calves, 7 cows; Holstein-Friesian,
1 bull, 7 cows; total, 22 head.

Sheep — Southdown, 7 breeding bucks, 48
ewes, 7 lambs; total, 62 head.

Swine — Berkshire, 1 boar, 4 sows; Yorkshire,
1 boar, 11 sows; total, 17 head."

President Butterfield

President K. L. Butterfield began his work
as president of the Massachusetts Agricultural
College in 1906. At this time the office of
Director of the Experiment Station was sepa-
rated from that of President and Professor
William P. Brooks was made Director of the
Station. In his first report President Butterfield
asked for the establishment of a "Division of
Extension Teaching." The Dairy Barns burned
in 1905 were rebuilt on the same site in 1906
at a cost of $41,000.

Professor F. S. Cooley resigned as assistant
professor of agriculture in 1907 and his place
was taken by Mr. R. L. Gribben of Iowa State
College. The division of agriculture was organ-
ized in 1908 and Professor J. A. Foord installed
as acting head. Professor Brooks from this
time on was to discontinue his teaching activities
and devote all of his time to the Experiment
Station. There is an excellent history of the
Massachusetts Agricultural College by M. F.
Dickinson in the 1908 President's report. The
new barn built in 1906 to replace the one
burned in 1905 was burned in August of 1908.
The cause of the fire could not be determined.

In his report of 1909 President Butterfield
writes as follows:

"One of the neglected fields in our agricultural
work has been instruction in poultry keeping.
I am informed that the State of Massachusetts
consumes about $25,000,000 worth of poultry
products annually, and produces only about
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ALUMNI THRONG CAMPUS

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T Dean Joseph L. Hills '81 of the University
of Vermont, Burlington, representing the fifty-
year class, next spoke. He said he looked for-
ward to the time when the Massachusetts State
College would become the State University.

The complimentary luncheon which the
college each year gives to returning alumni and
their families was, this year, served in the cage
of the physical education building. This inno-
vation found favor with many.

Dedication Program '* TW™

At two o'clock the formal program, dedicat-
ing the new physical education building, took
place. Bleacher seats were arranged facing the
building, in front of which the speakers and
guests of honor were seated.

Chairman Philip F. Whitmore '15 of Sunder-
land, Mass., introduced these speakers: Clinton
F. Goodwin '16, representing the architect,
President Roscoe W. Thatcher, representing the
College, Professor Curry S. Hicks, representing
the department of physical education; and
Charles H. Gould '16, representing "alumni
interest in this building."

Dr. Howard J. Savage of the Carnegie Foun-
dation for the Advancement of Teaching de-
livered the principal address. Mr. Charles P.
Howard, chairman of the state commission of
administration and finance, represented Gover-
nor Joseph B. Ely.

After the speaking program the alumni
parade formed and marched to Alumni Field.
There the Massachusetts State varsity played
Amherst in the commencement ball game.
Massachusetts lost, we are sorry to say, 3-2,
but the game was interesting throughout. Dean
Joseph L. Hills '81 threw the first ball of the
game, and between the fifth and sixth innings
President Thatcher presented the Southern
Alumni Cup to Joe Gorman '31, left fielder
and pitcher. This cup is awarded annually to
the student who is judged most valuable to the
baseball club.

Alumni and class reunions and dinners then
occupied the time until 8.30 when the final
event of the day,- the commencement play,
took place in Bowker Auditorium.

The play, presented by the Roister Doisters,
was "Outward Bound." Alumni were particu-
larly impressed with the artistry and technique
of the students taking part, especially Shirley
MacCarthy '34 of Greenfield.

JUNIPER HILL
GOLF COURSE

Built and Operated by
Homer C. Darling '16

First an alumnus in New Hampshire, and
,now an alumnus in Massachusetts, sends us
word that he is well prepared to serve the
public taste for golf.

Homer C. Darling '16, of Northboro, writes
as follows:

"I am planning to open May 30, 1931 the
Juniper Hill Golf Course which has been under
construction for over a year.

"This nine hole course, according to authori-
ties, promises to be one of the most interesting
and sporty public courses in the state. The
fairways are rolling and laid out through inter-
esting and picturesque woods. The greens are
large and all different. Every shot requires
thought, and offers interesting golf because of
the variation throughout the nine holes.

"Mr. Edward Twohig of Holyoke, Mass.
has been chosen the professional in attendance.

"The course is located just off the Boston
Post Road one and one-half miles southeast
of Northboro Center.

"All alumni are cordially welcome."

ACADEMICS BREAKFAST

Honorary Awards Made

The principal feature of the Acadi
Alumni Club breakfast held on Sunday morn-
ing, June 14, in Draper Hall, was tin- conferring
of honorary medal awards upon lour members
of those classes holding reunions.

President George W. Edman '21 presided and
the medals were conferred by Dean W. L,
Machmer, chairman of the academic activities
board.

Edwin F. Gaskill '00, Dean Machmer, Dr.
C. E. Gordon '01, and \Y. L. Doran '15 intro-
duced respectively these recipients of medals:
Ralph W. Peakes' 'OH, Richard A. Mellen '21,
Charles L. Rice '01, and Charles H. Gould ']().

In making the awards, Dean Machmer spoke
as follows:

Ralph Ware Peakes: Impressed by your
manifold and varied contributions to Academic
Activities before they were known by that
name, and proud of a man who was winner of a
Flint prize, editor-in-chief of the yearbook,
business manager of the college newspaper,
member of the choir and, mirabile dictul presi-
dent of the Senate, — the Academic Activities
Board feels that it honors itself in presenting
to you this customary emblem of attainment.

Richard Adams Mellen: Remembering your
undergraduate contributions to Academic Ac-
tivities in public speaking and interclass debate
but particularly in the editing of the Index, of
which board you were editor-in-chief; and also
your contributions after graduation as secre-
tary of the Academics Board and financial
assistant to the General Manager; and further-
more your unfailing friendliness and your faith
in our ultimate destiny, — the Academic Activi-
ties Board hereby confers upon you this token
of our regard.

Charles Leslie Rice: Greeting you as an
editorial pioneer upon both the Index and the
publication then known as Aggie Life, proud of
the tradition of loyalty and leadership and good
comradeship which your classmates still asso-
ciate with your name, and wishing to proclaim
to the class of 1901 that the Academics which
they sought to promote still prevail upon this
campus, — the Academic Activities Board hereby
confers upon you this honorary medal.

Charles Holt Gould: Debater, editor-in-
chief of the Index, member of the college band;
then in later years an alumni member of the
Academics Board and president of this Alumni
Club; the outstanding leader of the class which
contributed a ten-year reunion Index to our
Academics literature; and of late president of
the Associate Alumni during one o[ the most
epochal years of its history.— the Academic
Activities Board owes to you a constantly in-
creasing debt of gratitude and regard and takes
a very great satisfaction in presenting to you
this emblem.

President Thatcher next spoke concerning the
aims and advantages of education.

The following officers of the Academics
Alumni Club were elected for the year 1931-32:

President, H. L. Frost '95

Secretary-Treasurer, George Emery '24

Executive Committee, Ruth Hurder Howe '22

W. L. Doran '15
W. A. Munson '05

VARSITY CLUB NEWS

Many Awards Made

Thirty-two classes were represented in the
group which had breakfast with the Varsity
Club on Sunday morning, June 14, in Draper
Hall.

President Thatcher, introduced by Toast-
master Charles G. Mackintosh '21, awarded
certificates to these former athletes:

COMMENCEMEN1

' -aitlnued from Page Ij

South ' 1931 listened ;., trje

follow ing oratii of their i lass:

ivj oration, Norman Myrick ■•: Longraeadow;
oration, Bruce Bottomly of Worcester;
mantle oration. Ldmund Frost of Arlington;
pipi oration, Alan Chadwick of Word terj
hatchet oration, Ralph Kneeland of Attlel

The class planted ivy at the northeast corner
of the new physical education building.
Prize Awards

These seniors were elected to Phi Kappa Phi:
Sally Bradley, Gertrude LeClair, Gertrude
Pierce, Frank Douglass, and Allen S. West, Jr.

Prizes were announced as follows: George

B. Grinnell prize to the three seniors having the
best record in practical and theoretical agri-
culture: first, Lionel S. Vincent; second,
Robert E. Stuart; third. Alfred A. Brown; and
honorable mention, Frank F. Mason.

Hills Botanical prue: William S. Fisher, Jr.

Burnham Declamation Contest: first, Joseph
Politella '34; second, Costas Caragianis ".','.',.

Flint Oratorical Contest prizes: first, Norman
Myrick; second, George Field.

Allan Leon Pond Memorial Medal for general
excellence in football: Philip W. Kimball.

Academic Conspicuous Service Trophy: Arthur

C. M. Johnson.

Southern Alumni baseball cup: Joseph W.
Gorman.

George Henry Richards Memorial cup to the
outstanding basketball player: Ralph F. Knee-
land, Jr.

Virginia Dare Extract Prize to the outstanding
student in chemistry: Albert H. Gow-er.

Virginia Dare Extract Prize in Home Eco-
nomics: Laura Grace Cooley '32.

Helen A . Whiltier memorial scholarship in
"art as applied to living" was divided between
Elizabeth Howe '32 and Mildred Twiss '32.

Betty Steinbugler prize in English: Evelyn A.
Beaman.

Then came the graduation exercises — and the
seniors were alumni. Good luck — 1931.

LAND GRANT COLLEGES

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developed graduate work leading to the Ph.D.,
but which are primarily technological, and
apparently ineligible to memberships," appear
Purdue University, Iowa State College, Massa-
chusetts State College, Massachusetts Institute
of Technology, Michigan State College, Penn-
sylvania State College, and the State College
of Washington.

In the third group, "Institutions which have
well-developed graduate work (at least in some
fields) which are offering the Ph.D. in several
fields, but which have not been admitted to
membership," are listed the University of
Kentucky, the University of Maryland, and
Rutgers University.

In the fourth group, "Institutions offering
little or no graduate work beyond the master's
degree," appear the names of the remainder of
the land-grant institutions. This is a list of
thirty-two colleges and universities which in-
cludes all the states in New England with the
exception of Massachusetts.

Students at Massachusetts State College and
graduates should derive considerable satis-
faction from the rather enviable position that
we occupy among the leading educational
institutions.

Fred J. Sievers--

Baseball

William C. Brooks w'Sl, Frank H. Fairfield
'81, Albert O. Hall w'Sl, James P. McKenna
w'81, John K. Barker w'86, John H. Fowler
w'86, Claude A. Magill '91, Walter C. Paige
'91, George E. Richards w'91, Gilbert Day w'96,
Patrick A. Leamy '96, James L. Marshall '9'6,
Frederick H. Read '96, Henry B. Hull w'91, _,
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ANIMAL HUSBANDRY

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$5,000,000 worth. It is perfectly obvious that
this industry may be made one of the large
factors in Massachusetts agriculture, but it
needs the leadership of the college, in instruc-
tion at the institution and other extension work.
I strongly recommend, therefore, asking the
Legislature for a sufficient amount of money to
establish a department of poultry husbandry,
including an item of perhaps $5,000 for a set
of buildings adapted to instruction in poultry
keeping, both to the college students and to
short-course students.

"The livestock interests of Massachusetts are
hardly comparable with those of the great
western states, in which the agricultural colleges
have made a large feature of animal husbandry;
nevertheless, it would be fatal to neglect secur-
ing a strong department of animal husbandry
in this college. Furthermore, the dairy interest
is bound to play a permanent and large part in
Massachusetts agriculture. Whether we con-
sider the matter from the dairyman's point of
view, or as a phase of animal husbandry teach-
ing, we need to give good instruction in stock
judging. At present we have no place where
this can be done. A small stock-judging pavilion
is therefore necessary, and I recommend that
an item for such a building be placed in our
legislative budget.

"I have before called your attention to the
need of a very large development, in the im-
mediate future, of our division of agriculture.
I do not wish to be critical, but it is a simple
statement of fact to say that, so far as the
equipment, buildings, laboratories and apparatus
for teaching modern technical agriculture are
concerned, this college at present not only fails
to rank with the stronger agricultural colleges,
.but, aside from the new stable, we can hardly
make a good comparison with the smaller of
our agricultural colleges. We cannot hope to
impress upon our students the importance of
agriculture, when we have so meager facilities
for teaching it. I think the college has been
quite wise in its selection of new structures
during the buildings era which began seven or
eight years ago, but the time has arrived when
we can no longer ignore agriculture.

"I therefore recommend with great emphasis
that the committee on farm and horticulture,
acting of course with Professor Foord and with
the committee on buildings, be requested to
have plans prepared during the year for a
suitable dairy building. This building should be
large enough to provide for this important work
far several years to come, and should be adapted
to instruction both in butter dairying and in
milk dairying, and adapted, also, to instruction
for both college students and short-course
students.

Stockbridge Hall

"I recommend also that the committee on
buildings be requested, acting also with Pro-
fessor Foord, to have plans prepared for an
instruction building designed to house the
division of agriculture. I think the suggestion
that has been made informally by Mr. Bowker,
that such a building should be called Stock-
bridge Hall, is entirely appropriate; and I
believe that we should ask for a building worthy
of the agriculture of Massachusetts and worthy
the man whose name it may bear. Personally,
I believe that we should plan for a building to
cost not less than $150,000. It should contain
offices, laboratories and class rooms sufficient
for a division very much larger than at present
exists. If it seems unwise to ask for so large a
sum at once, I think we should still make our
plans comprehensive, but of such a character
that perhaps half the building could be con-
structed under a single appropriation, the other
half to be added when the needs of the division
make it imperative."

The Division of Agriculture was at this time
organized in four sections: Agronomy, Animal
Husbandry, Dairying and Farm Administration.

THE R. O. T. C. BAND AT MASSACHUSETTS STATE
This band, led by Captain Edwin M. Sumner (front, center) of the college R. O. T. C. unit, played for the Mt. Hol-

yoke Alumnae Day, June 6, 1931, and has been reengaged for next year.

Captain Sumner has written the excellent football marching song, "Fight, Massachusetts" which is being copyrighted

by the Associate Alumni.

CLASS REUNION NOTES

1871 These members of the first class to be
graduated registered at the alumni desk at
commencement time: Wilson M. Tucker of
Monson, Mass., Robert VV. Lyman of North-
ampton, Mass., and William D. Russell of
Greenfield, Mass. Mr. Tucker led the alumni
parade from the physical education building to
the commencement ball game on alumni field.

1876 The class of 1876 held its fifty-fifth
reunion. These members of the class registered:
Dr. Charles W. McConnell of Brookline, Mass.,
Dr. Joseph E. Root of Hartford, Conn., George
H. Mann of Sharon, Mass., John Bellamy of
Dorchester, Mass., and Charles A. Judd of
South Hadley Falls, Mass.

1881 The fifty-year class was present 75$,
with these men registered: John L. Smith of
Barre, Mass., Edward B. Rawson of Media,
Penn.; Joseph L. Hills of Burlington, Vt., and
Frank H. Fairfield of West Orange, N. J.

1891 The forty-year class held probably the
most successful reunion of its history on Satur-
day, June 13, 1931. Every member of the
class was present except Murray Ruggles, who
had a broken leg and could not be in attendance.
There was a class banquet and meeting at the
Lord Jeff on Saturday evening.

1901 An informal reunion was held by the
thirty-year class. Mr. Charles L. Rice who
came on from Chicago to attend the com-
mencement exercises received an honorary
academics medal at the academics breakfast on
Sunday morning, June 14.

1906 The twenty-five year class held an
interesting and successful reunion, the plans for
which had been arranged by Edwin F. Gaskill.
There was a class meeting, and, on Sunday, a
picnic at Mr. Gaskill's residence. The class
attended the commencement play in a body.

1916 The class of 1916 held a banquet in
Draper Hall on Saturday evening, June 13
following which several members of the class
attended the play in Bowker Auditorium.
Others remained at Draper. At the 1916 class
meeting a committee was appointed to arrange
the making of a useful gift to the new physical
education building.

The courses in Animal Husbandry (all taught
by Mr. Gribben) were as follows: Types and
Breeds of Farm Animals; Principles of Live
Stock Improvement; Dairy Cattle; Horses,
Sheep and Swine; Feeding and Management of
Farm Livestock.

Note — This article, by Professor Victor A.
Rice, Head of the Division of Agriculture at
M. S. C, will be concluded next month.

1921 The ten-year class was back in force
and held a most enjoyable reunion. Starr M.
King of this class, who is superintendent of
schools in Newburyport, Mass., acted as alumni
marshall. Among other things, he arranged an
exceptionally impressive alumni parade.

1926 Maudie Gustafson made arrangements
for the fifth reunion of 1926 which included a
class picnic held Saturday evening at the Gun
Club in the Holyoke Notch. The class, as a
group, attended "Outward Bound," the com-
mencement play.

1928 The publicity arranged by Betty
Morey and Jack Quinn accounted for over
thirty-five members of the class of 1928 being
present at commencement time. On the last
night of commencement Dutchy Barnard
found himself locked in the library, and had to
call up John Broadfoot to come and get him
out. It is emphatically stated that Dutchy's
predicament was not the result of reunion
festivities.

VARSITY CLUB NEWS

- (Continued from Page 3)

Football

Allan M. Belden w'91, Henry M. Howard '91,
Cornelius M. DuBois w'91, John B. Hull '91,
Murray Ruggles '91, Harry T. Edwards '96,
Walter B. Harper '96, Asa S. Kinney '96,
Charles A. Nutting '96, Frank P. Washburn
w'96.

John B. Hull '91 made the response.

These alumni next recalled "Happenings in
the Drill Hall" during their college days:

Richards B. Mackintosh '86, Frederick H.
Read '96, F. C. Pray '06, Henry M. Walker
'16, Starr M. King '21, Alton H. Gustafson '26
and Leon Stanisiewski '31.

Curry Hicks spoke on "The Reorganization
and Future Plans of the Physical Education
Department."

The following officers were elected for next
year:

Officers of Varsity Club for 1931-1932
President: David H. Buttrick '17
1st Vice-President: Carlyle H. Gowdy '22
2nd Vice-President: Frank S. Clarke w'87
3rd Vice-President: Frederick A. Farrar w'92
4th Vice-President: Frederick A. Cutter '07
Secretary and Treasurer: Earle S. Carpenter '24

Executive Committee

Charles A. Peters '97, Sumner R. Parker '04,
Willard A. Munson '05, Frederick A. McLaugh-
lin '11, Lawrence E. Briggs '27, William C.
Sanctuary '12, Harold M. Gore '13, Emory E.
Grayson '17, Oliver C. Roberts '18.

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