Western Michigan University - Brown and Gold Yearbook (Kalamazoo, MI)

Text from Pages 1 - 408 of the 1924 volume:

■ IjpIK I 1,1(1)1111 ' _3.M -Htfl| , « ' ' Jjl PRSf OWY Gf T - S Cf)e S roton anb olb PUBLISHED BY THE GRADUATING CLASS OF Iffliestern tate iSormal S c()ool VOLUME 14 1924 ixxt xtxb AS the time approaches when the future shall be- j come the past and the summit of youth becomes gilorified. in the mystic haze that enshrouds the valley of ag,e, when our keenest enjoyment is found, not in contemplating the days that are to come, but in reliving those that have g,one, then will the Brown and Gold become a treasured volume of unmeasured value. A school ' s history is made upon the 6,ridiron, the court, the diamond, the forum, the stag,e, and in the common yet momentous happening,s of every sing,le day. Just how far these all tend to mould and formu- late future possibilities -we know not, neither can we attempt to measure; time alone will tell. However the Staff of 1924 has endeavored to present a resume of a sin|,le act of this reat drama called Life. Preluding,, as it does, g,reater work, it is hoped it may act as an incentive to g,reater accomplishments and carry intact the spirit of Western. A book is a shell on the sands of time, Borne shoreward from life ' s unresting sea, With strange, sweet murmurin s in its heart That whisper of immortality. BROWN AND GOLD STAFF Milton E. Scheher Editor in Chief Frederick Harrington Literary Editor Ella Fenwick Ass ' t Editor Frederick Smith Ass ' t Editor Donald Randall Picture Editor Dorothy Rasch Ass ' t Editor Carl Bean Ass ' t Editor Marion Mac Lennon 4rt Editor Harry Carpenter Ass ' t Editor Frances Guy Ass ' t Editor John Gill Athletic Editor Leonard Kercher Joke Editor Gertrude Cooley Alumni Editor Louise Sprau High School Editor Lawrence Bohnet Business Manager George Kremble Ass ' t Manager Benjamin Buikema Advertising Manager Clarissa Blandford 4ss ' t Manager Theodore Blakeslee Ass ' t Manager Floyd Moore Faculty Advisor Lydia Siedschlag Faculty Adz ' isor E. D. Pennell Faculty Advisor State Board of Education Hon. a. AI. Freelaxh, Grand Rapids President Hon. Frank Cody, Detroit J ' iee-Prexident Hon. T. E. Johnson, Lansing ' Secretary Hon. F. a. Jeffers. Painesdale Meinhcr Hon. T. E. Johnson State Superinleudeiit of Puhiie Instnietinn Western State Normal School FALL TERM— 1923 Tuesday and Wednesday, September 25 and 26 Registration of Students Thursday, September 27 Recitations l-iegin Saturday, September 29 Faculty Reception to Students Thursday and Friday, November 29 and 30 Tlianksgii ' inci Recess Wednesday, December 19 Fall Term Closes WINTER TERM— 1924 Monday. Januarj ' 7 JVintcr Term Bcfiins Sunday, June 22 Baccalaureate Address Monday, June 23 4luinni Day Tuesday, June 24 Commencement SUMMER TERM— 1924 Monday, June 30 Summer Term Begins Friday, August 8 Summer Term Closes To SMITH BURNHAM, who through his liberal and democratic teaching, and genuine friendship, awakens within his fellow associates and students a realization of their own potentialities and inspires them with a desire to make most productive the lives they are iven to live — We, the students of Western Normal, dedicate our 1924 Brown and Gold. Dwight B. Waldo, LL.D. With the return of President Waldo from a well earned vacation which was a con- structive one, the institution continued its progress under its esteemed and loved leader. Throughout his absence Dr. William McCracken ably carried on the work and wishes of the president, and created a stronger feeling of friendship between himself and his colleagues and the student body. Mr. Waldo returned to find a continuation of that spirit of advancement with which he has imbued the school through his unceasing labors. Successful in the beginning, his unwaning interest and determined activity have been the primary factors instrumental in the building and promotion of W ' estern. Those who know him realize that the sincerity witli wliich he treats his work is a prominent characteristic. Putting tlie welfare of the institution as the primary object of his endeavors, that portion of his life so willingly .given has resulted in creditable achievement. Equally intermingled is the manifestation and appreciation of subtle humor that has won for himself the admiration and fidelity of those whose labors have brought them into intimate relationship with him. Mr. Waldo ' s open and unprejudiced mind gained the confidence of associates and student body ; his ever ready assistance to a worthy cause assures productive co-operation. Western is assured of future advancement so long as Mr. Waldo ' s ei¥orts are exerted toward that end. Possessing the high esteem of the entire student body, he has succeeded in building an ever growing institution that has and will look forward to his presence as a pleasure. • S fc ll ' tj f w! . Western State Normal Periodically the progress of Western is surveyed, and this year ' s view is more pleasing than the preceding ones. The annual steps of the institution carry it farther along the end- less road til success, until now, the expectant hopes of tliose enthusiastic workers who have made this possible are Hearing realization. This satisfaction will not give way to content, but rather it may serve as an incentive to greater achievements than have been rendered in the past. During its comparatively brief period of existence it has rapidly made such progress as to be placed among the very few foremost Normal Colleges in the United States. Being nationally recognized in many phases of its activities. Western takes great pride in the past record of its accomplishments : and with the earnest endeavor so representative of it, the continuation will be even more pronounced. Prns])ect Hill was well named. The scepter held two decades a,n(] by barren trees and mangled grass has been relinquished to a new ruler. Crowning the Hill there now stands an institution whose aims and ideals are practiced where they may greatest benefit, upon the rising generation. Supplanting the existing forms of nature, the new tends to view the fu- ture with confidence. Western did not progress to its present station by accident. Leading the school since its foundation, Dwight B. Waldo. LL. D., has succeeded in assembling faculty whose sin- cerity and kindly interest in the students are two marks of distinction. The unrelenting ac- tivity of the president may be traced in all motions of advancement made by the school. To a man who has willingly given and diligentljr sought the best, those now privileged to at- tend the institution cjwe thanks for the opportunity, li judgment may be passed, the ever enlarging enrollment may to some extent be due to the results achieved of those whose responsibility it is to teach. Through and over all there is the spirit of Western. Situated in a recognized educational community, the institution takes its place in the progression of the city which offers many advantages to the resident and non-resident stu- dents. Realizing the importance of cooperation, Kalamazoo and Western State have become closely associated, with credit to both. Western possesses the facilities whereby every phase of modern education may be taught. About six years ago the school began its career as a college, by instituting a four year course in addition to the Life Certificate work. Now granting an A. B. degree for satisfactory completion of the prescribed studies, attending students enjoy the privileges and benefits of an efficient college. The large campus will permit the enlargement necessary to accommodate the developments being made and those that may be made in the future. Beside the five buildings for college work, including a new library, the Training School accommodates 285 pupils. The Richland, Portage, Michigan Avenue, and Paw Paw schools are also under the administration. It is in these that students are permitted to practice the theories of education. Including the one room country school, the consolidated school, the township unit, the large unit, and the city school. Western is the best equipped institution of its class in the country for teacher training. With the completion of the library work will immediately begin on the men ' s new gym- na sium. This building will face Oakland Drive, being located opposite the heating plant. Being 170 feet long and 86 feet wide, it will consist of basement, main floor, second floor and running track. The basement will be adequately equipped, including a large baseball cage, two hand-ball courts, quarters for wrestling and boxing, locker rooms, varsity team room, including massage room and shower, visiting team room, and separate quarters for the High School. There will be a fourteen lap track, four class rooms, four offices, special and corrective exercise rooms, and storing quarters. This addition to the present accommodations will increase the desirability of attending Western. Significant in itself, it represents one of the ever increasing strides with which the institution yearly progresses. And in the future is seen a stadium that may soon ma- terialize as a result of increasing enthusiasm. That, with many other things, are just be- yond our present horizon. Library The new library stands at the nt)rth end of the campus, looking out across the valley to the east, north and south, the finest prospect from the hill-top. The building faces the south, with broad terraces leading to the entrance, which is a copy of an old Italian doorway. The building itself is on the Renaissance type, of tapestry brick, with copings and cornice of terra cotta. The main entrance lobby is spacious, with a marble floor and columns of Bedford stone. At the right is the charging desk and directly back of it are stacks for reserve books. The stack well in the south east corner, back of the delivery desk, has four decks of standard steel stacks, furnished by one of the best manufacturers of book stacks. These are equipped with an electric book lift and elevator. The stack construction allows for two more decks above, when the space is needed, giving in all a capacity of about seventy thousand volumes. This additional space will be used for lecture room until it is needed for stacks. Just at the right of the entrance is a small room for the card catalogue, making it easily accessible to students and desk attendants. The corresponding room at the left is the li- brarian ' s office, and beyond this is a staff work room and a faculty reading room. The long reading room, thirt -eight by one hundred fifty feet, two stories high, and with a beautifully arched ceiling, fills the whole north side of the building. High windows give light, and smaller ones below look out to the hills far to the north. A wide fireplace prom- ises cheer for dark winter days, and the spaciousness and fine proportions of this room will make an inviting place for reading. The second floor is given up to lecture and seminar rooms, to be used at present for classrooms, and has also a well-lighted lobby for displaying valuable books and pictures. The lower floor, which is all above ground, also has class rooms, checking rooms, and an unpacking room, which has a book lift comiecting with the staff room on the next floor. During the years in which the enrollment has increased so rapidly, students have been patient with the crowded conditions in the old library. Students and faculty will now rejoice in the building which gives comfortable housing for books and readers, and adds dignity and beauty to the hill-top. r ■ ] 1 1 - : : ■■ ' ' ■ V: 1 . i i ' .:. ||e }as acf)iebeb iuut i tofio i ai libet tuell, lausfieti often anb lobcb mutf); tofjo fjasi gaineb tfie re= sipect of intelligent men anb tte lobe of little cttlbren; toto tsii filleb i)ii nici)e anb accompligfjeb Ui tagb; tofjo fjag left tlje toorlb better tban i)t founb it, tofjetljer bp an improbeb poppp, a perfect poem or a resicueb Soul; tobo )ai neber lacfeeb appreciation of eartlj ' s! beautp or faileb to expre£()S it; toljo tjasi altoapfi loofeeb for tf)e besit in otbers anb giben tfje best Ije tab; bibose life bias an inspiration; bitjose mtmovp a benebiction. M ■ 1 i ■ ■ ■ ■ ■■i ' K- .:.; ;.. ' ' - i m 1 ' 1 i 1 1 DwiGHT B. Waldo, LL. D., Prcsidoit. Michigan Agricultural College. A. M. Albion College. LL.D. Kalamazoo College. In- structor in Beloit College. Instructor in Albion College. Harvard University, Graduate Work. Principal of Northern State Normal. John C. Hoekje, A. B., Rcyistrar and Director of Extension Department. A. B. Hope College. University of Michigan. Smith Burnham, A. M., History. A. B. and A. M. Albion College. University of Chicago. University of Pennsylvania. Harvard University. Theodore S. Henry, Ph. D., Education and I ' sycholociy. A. B. Hedding College ' . A. M. and Ph. D. University of Illinois. Bertha S. Davis, Dean of ]Vo)nen. John P. Everett, Maflieniatics. Michigan State Normal College. Teachers ' College, Columbia University, A. B, and A, M. University of Michigan. Frank E, Ellsworth, Director of Training School. Michigan State Normal College. A. B. Alma College. Teachers ' College, Columbia University. William Cain, Principal of Higli School. Indiana State Normal. University of Indiana. A. B. University of Michigan. LuciLE NoBBS, Englislt. A. B. Kalamazoo College. A. M. University of Michigan. Lucia M. Harrison, Geography. A. B. University of Chicago. M. S. University of Chicago. Elizabeth Zimmerman, Latin. A. B. University of Michigan. American Academy in Rome. Heidelberg University. A. M. University of Wisconsin. Page Thirty-three William McCrackex, Ph. D., Clwiiiislry. A. B. University of Michigan. Ph. D. University of Chicago. Hugh M. Achlev, Malheinalics. A. M. OHvet College. A. B. University of Chicago. . Ernest Burxh. ' XM, Ph. D., Director of the Dc artiuciit of Rural Schools. A. M. and Ph. D. Albion College. Ph. D. Teachers ' College, Columbia University. Mannley Jil. Ellis, Education and Psychology. Ferris Institute. A. M. :Michigan State Normal. A. M. University of Michigan. Robert R. Russell, PIl D., History. A. B. McPherson. A. M. University of Kansas. Ph. D. University of Illinois. Florence McLough, Fifth Grade. Michigan State Normal. B. S. University of Michigan. Teachers ' College, Columbii University. EnNA B. LiEK, Ph. B., Education. Ph. B. University of Chicago. Paul B. Saxgrex, Education and Psyclwlogy. Ferris Institute. A. B. :Michigan State Normal College. A. M. University of Michigan University of Indiana. Page Thirty-four Elmer H. Wilds, Education ami Psycliology. A. B. Allegheny College. A. M. University of Chicago. Harvard University. Teachers ' College, Columbia University. Ruth Cooley, ScicJicc. Kalamazoo College. A. B. University of Wisconsin. Ethel Hale, Third Grade. B. S. University of Iowa. Principal Nebraska State Normal. Nancy E. Scott, Ph. D., History and Social Science. A. B. and A. M. University of Indiana. Ph. D. University of Pennsylvania. Jane Blackburn, Second Grade. B. Ed. Illinois State Normal University. B. S. Teachers ' College, Columbia University. Charles Nichols, Manual Arts. A. B. Western State Normal. University of Wisconsin. Laverne Argabright, Fourth Grade. Western State Normal School. University of Chicago. Ruth Van Horn, E)igllsh. A. B. University of Michigan. Page Thirty-Uve iS Anna L. Evans, Rural Education. Michigan State Normal College. A. B. University of Michigan. A. M. University of . Chicago. Columbia University. M.ARiox R.AFFERTY, Houscliold Arts. B. S. University of Chicago. Eunice Kraft, Latin. A. B. University of Michigan. Western State Normal. Emma Watson, Commerce. Michigan State Normal College. Gregg School. Columbia University. Harry Green v. ll, Laiuiuagc and Pcniiian.sliil . Zanerian School of Penmanship, Columbus, O. B. L. Ohio Wesleyan. University of Berlin. A. B. Vestern State Normal. Germaine G. Guiot, Pliy. ical Education. Sargent School of Physical Education. Glen H. Henderson, Mu.sic. Michigan Conservatory at Detroit. Student under Swayne, Moritz, Mosvkowsky, Guilmant. Cleora Skinnf.r. Siij criiitciidcnt at Portage. Western State Normal School. Pagt: TItiity-si.r D. C. Shillixg. History and Government. A. B. Miami University. A. M. University of Wisconsin. Alice Bl. ir, Household Arts. Bradley Polytechnic Institute, Peoria, Illinois. B. S. Teachers ' College, Cohimhia Uni versitv. Laura Shaw, A. M., Speech. B. S. Ohio Wesleyan University. A. ]M. University of Michigan. Leah Smith, Clerk in the E.i-tcnsion Department. Western State Normal. George H. HiLLiARn, Ph. D., Education and Psychology. A. B. and A. ' M. and Ph. D. L ' niversity of Iowa. Lydi. Siedschl.ag, Art. Western State Normal. School of Applied Arts. Cordelia Wick Commerce. Western State Normal. Mary Moore, Household Arts. Kalamazoo College. Western State Normal. Teachers ' College, Columbia University. Page Thirty-scc ' en L_. Minnie Loutzenhiser, English. B. S. University of Washington. M. A. University of Washington. LousENE G. Rousseau, Sticccli. Louise Steinway, Sevottli Grade. . l Massachusetts Normal School. B. S. Teachers ' College, Columbia University. Walter A. Terpenning, History. A. B. Kalamazoo College. Amelia Hockenbery, French. A. B. Wellesly College, University of Bordeaux. L. O. Kenoyer, Ph. D., Biology. B. A. Campbell College. M. A. University of Kansas. Ph. D. University of Chicago. Ph. D. Iowa State College. Helen Barton. A. B. Michigan State Normal College. Carroll P. Lahman, Speech. A. B. Oberlin College. University of Wisconsin. Illinois State Normal University. Cornell College. Page Thirty eight Margaret Burnham, History. State Normal School, Westchester, Pennsylvania. A. B. Universit} ' of Michigan. Crystal Worxer, Physical Education. A. B. University of Michigan. A. M. University of Michigan. Eleanor Rawlinson, English. University of Michigan. John Fox, Physics. University of Michigan. B. S. University of Chicago. A, M. University of Pennsylvania. Edith Seekell, History. A. B. University of Michigan. Teachers ' College, Columbia University. E. D, Pennel, Conuncrcc. Ferris Institute. University of Michigan. University of Minnesota. Harold Blair, Mathematics. B. S. University of Michigan. Paul Rood, Physics and Chemistry. A. B. Albion College. A. M. University of Michigan. Page Thirty-nine -a ., G. D. Bartoo. Mathematics. A. B. University of Michigan. Geneseo Normal School, New York, Louis Foley, Englisli. A. B. and A, M. Ohio State University. Milton M. Olander, Physical Education. B. S, University of Illinois. Jesse M. Roberts, Art. M. A. and B. S. Columbia University. Ohio University. University of Chicago. Floyd W. Moore, Goi ' cniinciil and Economics. A. B. Albion College. A. M. University of Michigan. Marion Ta:min, Ph. B., French. University of Caen. Carthage College. Ph. B. University of Chicago. Berton W. Robinson, Auriciilturc. Western State Normal Scliool. Michigan Agricultural College. Louise Struble, Art. Western State Normal. Page Forty Fred Huff, Manna! Arts. University of Michigan. A. B. Western State Ncrnial. Mrs. Amelia Biscomb, English. Michigan Agricultural College. University of Michigan. A. B. Kalamazoo College. Leoti CombSj Music. Training School, Vineland, N. J. Western State Normal. University of Pennsylvania. Northwestern University. Teachers ' College. Columbia University. Marion Sherwood, Manual Arts. Harper C. Maybee, Music. H. N. GoDnARD. Ph. D., Biology. Ph. B. and Ph. D. University of Michigan, University of Chicago. Harold Held, Manual Arts. Bowling Green State Normal. Western State Normal. A. B. Castle, Band Director. Page Foriy-orte ■53i Ada M. Klike, Assistant. Gretchen Switzer. Appoiiitinciit Secretary. Western State Normal. Gertrude Cooley, Assistant Dean of Women. Western State Normal. Myrtle Allixsox, Assistant. Western State Normal. Lloyd Jessen, Secretary to the President. Western State Normal. Barbara Blaine, Englisli. C. E. Burklund, English. Isabel Crane. Physical Education. Robt. J. Eldridge, Chemistry. Mrs. F. E. Ellsworth, Latin. Laura M. Gary, English. Theodosia Hadley, Biology. Mrs. Edna M. Hilliard, Music. Doris A. Hussey, Physical Education. Judson A. Hyames, Physical Education. Chas. M. Knapp, History. Ruth L. Knowles, English. Eleanor Mabley, Prench. Grace E. Moore, Cafeteria. Katherine Mulry, English History. Ray C. Pellet, Education. Herbert W. Read, Physical Education. Samuel Renshaw, Education. Lavina Spindler, Education. Donald C. George Sprau, English. Elaine Stevenson, Art. Belle Strunk, Geography. Geo. E. Tabraham, Manual Arts. Lawrence Taylor, Physical Education. E. C. Weaver, Manual Arts. L. H. Woods, Geography. Mrs. M. A. Campbell, Supervisor. Verle Frances Coppens, Supervisor. Julia E. Joslin, Supervisor. Ina Kelley, Supervisor. Katherine A. Mason, Supervisor. Sara E. Ackley, Co-operative Store. Blanche Draper, Herald Editor. Bernice Hesselink, Office. Cornelius MacDonald, Office. Lucille Sanders, Office. Alice Smith, Office. XTlara Sterling, Office. Weeks, Publicity. Page Fony two Library Staff Anna L. French. Michigan State Normal College. Drexel Institute School of Library Science. Lulu D. Loomis. Michigan State Normal College. Florence Fowler, A. B. University of Missouri. Phoebe Lumaree. Lake Forest College. Western State Normal School. Mary A. H. Harvey. Michigan Seminary, Oberlin College. STUDENT ASSISTANTS Meta Andreason, Sophomore. 11a Boudeman, Junior. Jennie Cook, Sophomore. Elmer Eckert, Freshman. Sallie Glenn, Sophomore. Leonard Kercher, Sophomore. Randall Lamb, Sophomore. Ethel Martin, Freshman. Orrell Negus, Freshman. Bessie Oldfield, Freshman. Paul Randall, Junior. Milton Scherer, Junior. Otto Slade, Sophomore. Bernice Wagar, Freshman. Page Forty-three l ' i-ic Forty-fniii Page Forty-five «k Alma Mater. Brown and Gold WILMA G. MEYER Dear-er by far than all the rest, We praise you as the best, Page Forty-six Alumni Why have an Alumni section? It is very seldom read. One is not interested in reading about people one does not know. Have you ever heard such statements made? Of course you never made them yourself ! In spite of that these same people are heard to say, I am so interested in people. And they think they carry the trade mark of proper socialization. All they lack is sincerity. But why not be sincere? Why do we read books, patronize the play houses, organize in every possible way whether we need it or not? Do we not crave companionship? Are we not in- terested in people? Do we not yearn to know what they are doing, how they meet situa- tions, if they succeed in climbing up the ladder, and how they do it? Does an isolated indi- vidual progress ? Can we not say that by the example of others do we aspire to greater things ? With these questions in mind, read these short stories of achievement, weigh their achievements against your possibilities, choose ynur field of activity, take a deep breath, and a broad view, and start climbing. There is still a little more room at the top. and there may be room in the next Brown and Gold for vou. MUSIC Miss Leoti Combs completes in August, 1924, her fifth year of teaching and service at the Western State Normal School. It is in order to wish Miss Combs much happiness and heartily to congratulate a certain success- ful rival of the interests of Western, that this is written. Miss Combs ' position will be a most diffi- cult one to fill. She has been conspicuously successful as teacher, as supervisor, and as a maker of friends, ' ith the children, her in- spiration has meant that the music periods were joyous ones : that whole-hearted ef- fort went into the singing, for the love of it. Her own spirit has been caught and held by the children, and they have grown into a true love and appreciation for music. The children have gained as well a wide and unusual knowledge of the literature of music, through frequent appreciation lessons, and especially through the annual Music Memory contests. Dignity has been a feature of her work, in the high grade of music selected ; and in the opportunity given the children each spring to sing in a splendid Children ' s Chorus, as a prominent feature of the annual May Festival. It has been a memorable experience to her children to join in singing The Walrus and the Carpenter, The Singing Leaves, and the Tb?ee Springs, with the accompaniment of the symphony orchestra. In behalf of the Faculty and student friends, the Brown and Gold wish Miss Combs much happiness, and trust that her new life will not after all mean that we shall lose her entirely. Leoti E. Combs 1919 Page Forty -seven Ann Moore 1922 A. B. DEGREE Ann Moore made an unusual scholarship record while at Western. She also assisted Miss Steinway in the seventh grade and did some substitute teaching in Mr. Moore ' s Economics classes. Upon graduation she accepted a position in Central High School at Kalamazoo teaching Spanish. From Central High School she was called to the High School of Oak Park, Illinois, a suburb of Chicago. She has been a very successful teacher of Spanish there for the last two years. Harlev Holmes 1916 SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL Harley Holmes went to Edwardsburg, Michigan, as Su- perintendent of Schools, remaining there four years. He executed a program that resulted in the consoli- dation of schools and the building of a fine new building. He then became Superintendent of Schools at Cass City, his present position. Since his arrival in Cass City, the teaching staff has been enlarged, and new courses in Agriculture, Home Economics, Music and Art have been introduced. Associated with Mr. Holmes, as Principal, is Harry Huller, ' 21. Mrs. Holmes was formerly Florence Douglas, ' 14. Joy Doolittle 1922 JUNIOR HIGH SCFIOOL J(. y Doolittle went to Concord as a teacher in the High School. She was made Principal of the High School the fol- lowing year. The third year she became Superintendent of Schools, which position she now holds. Concord is a town of about 700 with a teaching force of 7 teachers in a school of 150 students. Miss Doolittle has always used excellent judgment and her services are very highly valued. Page Forty-eig LATER ELEMENTARY Lena Seas went to Battle Creek to teach Geography in the later elementary grades. She is now a teacher of Geography in the Junior High School. Miss Seas has unusual ability in handling children, es- pecially young boys and is rated very highly in the Battle Creek public school system. , • EARLY ELEMENTARY Norma Johnson accepted a position in Ann Arbor as teacher of first grade. She has been located in one of the new buildings, called Mack, which is unique in its arrangement for co-ordination of Kindergarten and first grade. It aims to carry on in a more ad- vanced way, the work begun in Kindergarten by giving the children an opportunity for free activities and correlating reading as much as possible with all activities. The teaching conditions and spirit of co- operation make it an ideal place to work and encour- age the introduction of individual ideas. Miss Johnson ' s name has this vear been changed to Baker. NoRitA Johnson Baker 1922 MANUAL ARTS Percy Angove taught in L:]nia from 1916 to 1921. There he organized the Boy Scouts and directed four sum- mer camps. He was also active in church and com- munity life. In 1918 he was elected President of the Manual Arts Section of the M. S. T. A. He has since completed a course in supervision of In- dustrial Arts at the University of Wisconsin. In 1921 Mr. Angove was made State Supervisor of Civ- ilian Vocational Rehabilitation, which work he inaugu- rated, also State Supervisor of Manual Arts. He was elected a mernber of the Advisory Board of the First Rehabilitation College, New York City, 1924. Mr. Angove has written a great deal for magazines and gives many public addresses. Percy Angove 1916 Page Forty-nine ■a ■j-m - Margaret A [vers 1922 COMMERCE Margaret Myers taught in Union High School at Grand Rapids in the Commerce department for a year and a half, with very successful results. Slie felt the need of practical business experience, so applied for a position in the Secretary ' s (Dffice at the University of Michigan. She has worked most of the time in the Order Department of the Purchasing Department of the University. A most interesting week was spent as Secretary to President Burton, while Miss Natalie Murphy was ill. Miss Murphy was previously secretary to President Waldo. Tlie future holds a degree and more practical experience, then back to teaching or the business world. 1 ■ % f tt. -m i -, P ■ - Bi ' .RTiiA Sly 1922 RURAL EDUCATION Upon graduation. Bertha Sly accepted a position as critic teacher in Allegan County Normal. This year she is Principal of the Normal and has asso- ciated with her, Jennie Franseth, also a graduate of the Rural Education department. The class enrollment of the Normal is fourteen and it has been one of the active influences in the wide- awake school situation which exists in Allegan. Miss Sly is a voluntary cooperator in group activities such as the Parent-Teachers Association. She has organized an Alumni Association in the county, which, with the aid of the present students, edits a five edition bulletin called the Spot Light. ART Laura Bannon went from ■estern to Port Huron as Supervisor of Art for two years. She next remained two years at Mount Clemens as Supervisor of Art. The third set of two years was spent in Battle Creek teaching Art in the High School. During the summer of 1923, she was Supervisor of Art in Western Normal Training School. She is now taking work at the Art Institute in Chicago. Laura Bannon 1918 Page Fifty HOME ECONOMICS After graduatioia Ruth Scott accepted a position in Bat- tle Creek as teacher of sewing. She entered Teachers ' College, Columbia University, in 1920, and was soon given charge of several extension classes in Clothing Construction. In 1921 she was appointed student assistant ; in 1922 she was made full time instructor in the summer session. She received her B. S. from Teachers ' College in 1922. In 1922-23 she was Extension Specialist in Clothing from Cornell University, and is now an instructor in the Department of Clothing at Cornell. Miss Scott has accepted a position as instructor of Advanced Clothing in the University of Minnesota Summer School, 1924. PHYSICAL EDUCATION— WOMEN Mildred Hurt went to Detroit from Western as an assistant in the Physical Education department of the Platoon system. At the end of three months she had done such splendid work that she was put out in a non-platoon school with entire charge. The following year she was put in charge of athletics in the Platoon system of the Doty School. In December, 1923, she was asked to fill a vacancy at Central High School, where she is now in charge of Girls ' Physical Education. Mtlijreii Hl ' rt 1917 PHYSICAL EDUCATION— MEN Juddy Hyames taught at Western Normal for three years after graduation, previous to the war. For two years during the war he was athletic director for the Y. M. C. A. at Camp Custer, with eight trained physical directors as assistants. He was State Y. M. C. A. Physical Director of Michi- gan for one year and a half. Michigan was one of the first states in the union to create this office. Mr. Hyames pioneered this work in this state. He came next to Western, where he has since been in charge of athletics in Normal High School and base- ball coach for Western State Normal. Mr. Hyames has this year added to his other duties that of City Supervisor of Recreation, which work he will also pioneer. Page Fifty-one V -.. k ARFTAKFP ' i ' Pa e Fifty -two Classes The institution of a four year course at Western brought about a revolution in campus hfe. Prior to this event the student body had been divided more into departments than classes. Though this division still exists and will probably continue to do so, the new sep- aration has gradually gained predominance until it has become an important factor in school activities. The encourageinent of cla ss spirit presents several advantageous opportunities to the student and creates a stronger student body for the accomplishment of enterprises undertaken. For the freshman who generally finds himself with few acquaintances, the early class meet- ings present convenient means of meeting and knowing those persons with whom he is to work. For the Senior who has known those people with whom he has worked, it is a bond which tends to hold together in friendship those whose interests are somewhat mutual. Throughout the school there have been greater accomplishments as a result of the co-operative attitude and action of these organized groups. Moving together they have formed a force and spirit which tends to create in the students a greater loyalty to Western. Of primary significance was the enlargement of the curriculum and institution of de- gree work which was done six years ago. This presented to the student taking a life cer- tificate or third year work an opportunity to continue and secure an A. B. degree. Small as this class was at the beginning it has rapidly grown, and from all indications proinises to enlarge more rapidly each year. The class functioning as a whole is surely more efficient than the former departmental divisions. The union of those parts, the union of different ideas and interests, serve to es- tablish a imit broader in scope and more comprehensive in its activities. Influencing the individual by association with others the classes are the means of forming friendships, and creating loyalty to the college that may remain long after the student has departed from Western. Page Fifty three Brown and Gold W.B. Words a.Nd i usic l| ' j i J i : i P -I J J J Sg BROWN AND GOLD WE SING TO YOU AND IN OUR HEARTS YOUR STANDARDS HOLD, WE PRAY THAT [ ' ■J ' M jj fiy fl r_fr r,, 7 W r tf- , g- y -g- m r W EceS 3 U-J M FORTUNE ' S SMILE MAY FAVOR YOU, AND IN HER ANTLE YOU EN- FOLD HAI L. OH. WESTERN. NORMAL. . Kffffff frffl iy; w ? g p w vvu jj - r i i BACK OF YOU WERE STANDING FIRM OUR WATCHWORD I ' mftff m fUti ' ' Iff, j-JiWflt imi vwc TTO l i |J ' J J J J BROWN ANDGOLD THE TRIED AND ,TRUE WELL DOFF OUR HATS TO YOU. VESTERN, WE RE PROUD OF m 0 m JH rf i;r i ir m Page Fifty-four OFFICERS MoNTELL L. MoRTOX, Dou ' ac iac. President of Senior Class. Student Council. Floyd L. Early, Kalaniacoo. Chorus, Square and Compass Club, Science Club, Forum, Vice- President of Senior Class. Doris L. Sedelbouer, Gntiul Rat ids. Secretary of Senior Class. Thomas L. Johxsox, A ' a oina.ioo. Treasurer of Senior Class, Treasurer Social Science Club, Cercle Francais. Senior Class The Senior Class this year is the largest and best in the history of the school. Its standards have been high scholarship and earnest work intermingled with an informal social spirit. All through the year, the members have had a real class feeling which has been carried through their meetings, their classes, and their parties. One thing the class of this year has inaugurated has been the Senior Shorts in the Normal Herald. Herbert Jackson, the Senior representative on the Herald staff, has helped to make this column a vital and interesting part of the paper. The three members who represented the Seniors on the Council were Joseph Robinove, Glenn Levy, and John Gill. The class was delightfully entertained at a banquet given by the Junior Class. The memories of this occasion will long linger in the minds of the Seniors. Page Fifty-six Gm?roll Remington Bay. Cahimct. Historian of Forum, Vice-Pres, Oteyokwa Club, Play- ers, Social Science Club, Y. !M. C. A. Andrew Beam, Kalaiiia::oo. Glee Club. Carl L. Bean, Couklin. Brown and Gold Staff ' 24, Social Science Club, Varsity Tennis, Tennis Ass ' n, Square and Compass Club. Viola Beery, Portage. Country Life Club. Marguerite Bishop, Bangor. Theodore M. Blakeslee, KaIama::oo. Science Club, Players. Lois Ellen Bowman, Battle Creek. Science Club, Country Life Club, Chorus, Y. W. C. A. James W. Boynton, St. Ignacc. President Science Club, Kappa Rho Sigma, Square and Compass Club. Merrill S. Burnham, Petoskey. Science Club. Foster Calahan, Kalamazoo. Music Club. Players, Glee Club, Y. M. C. A., Mid Winter Play. Roy Clifford, Lansing. Squad Basketball, Football, Track, Cross Country, Zephyrs, W Club. Ruth A. Coller, Ceresco. Y. W. C. A., Pres. of Academy ' 23- ' 24, Players, Cercle Francais, Chorus. Hal D. Crane, Decatur. Tribunal. Debating Squad. Elizabeth Crose, Kalamazoo. Physical Education, Page Fifty-seven Hazel Doxey, Shclhy-. ' illc. Chorus, Y. ' . C. A. Eleanor L. Duxlap, Detroit. Physical Educatiim, Phy. Ed. Ass ' n, Girl Scouts. Varsity Teunis. John W. Gill, Laiisiiiii. Physical Education. W Club Secretary, Athletic Editor Brown and Gold Staff, Senior Representative on Student Council. Floyd Haight, Montyoiiicry. .V. M. C. A. Cabinet, President of Eorum, Social Science Club — Historian. Alice Hari ' kk, Calumet. J,e Cercle Erancais, O. E. S. Club, Social Science Club. H. LoREE Harvey, Kalainacoo. Treas. Student Ass ' n, Chairman Auditing Committee, Tri- bunal, Y. M. C. A. Cabinet. Herbert Andrew Jackson, Grand Raffids. Pres. Social Science Club. Senior Representa- tive Herald StafT. Mrs. Thos. L. Johnson, KaIaiiia::oo. Social Science Club, Cercle Erancais. Leonard S. Klaasse, Grand Rapids. Pres. Glee Club, Chorus, Band, W. Club, Science Club, Cross Country, Track. Laura Lautner, Travrr.s-c City. Senate. Glenn W. Le e ' , Elsie. Senior Representative on Student Council, Science Club. Phoebe Lumaree, Ji ibasli, Indiana. Irene A. McCaferey, .MarsJiall. Science Club, Cercle Erancais, Countrv Life Club, Y. W. C. A. WiLMA G. Meyer, Holland. Art Club, Music Club. rage Fifty eight RuDEL C. Miller, Kalatiia:::oo. Football, Basketball, Track, Baseball, W Club — Vice-Pres. Gladys O ' Bierne, Muir. Country Life Club, Y. W. C. A., Science Club, Social Science Club. George A. Phillips, Cassopolis. Social Science Club. Florence Pitcher, Charlotte. Y. V. C. A.. Country Life Club. Social Science Club. Mary L Rice, Big Rat ids. Clarissa Richardson. J ' icksburg. O. E. S. Club, Commerce Club. Joseph J. Rortxove, Baltic Creek. Student Council, Science Club, Tribunal. Berton W. Robinson, Kalaina::oo. Science Club, Country Life Club, Social Science Club. Fred Rode, Hartford. Kappa Rho Sigma, Square and Compass Club. Ruby Tallman, Shclbyville. Chorus, Y. W. C. A., O. E. S. Club. Martin L. Van Wingen, Grand Rapids. Physical Ed., Football, Basketball, Baseball, W Club. Ruth M. Webster, KaIaina::oo. O. E. S. Club, Science Club. Augusta Weisburg, Detroit. Physical Education. Physical Education Ass ' n, Girl Scouts. Earle B. Wilde, Wayland. Y. M. C. A., Square and Compass Club, Chorus. T ataoi a Page Fifty-nine EsTEE Adams, Bangor. Chorus. Harry Carpenter, Kalamazoo. Art Club, Assistant Art Editor Brown and Gold. Ned Vax Volkenburg, Kalamazoo. Cyxthia O. Stocking, Kalamazoo. Senate, Orchestra, Kappa Rho Sigma. Ethel Peters, Kalamazoo. Students ' Social Science Club, SENIORS WITHOUT PICTURES ■ Avery M. Almy Marshall Claude R. Baribeau Grand Rapids Floyd L. Early Kalamazoo Albin a. Stark Big Rap ids AIrs. Rosa Johnson Kalamazoo Page Sixty 5 °AHA j vtj jAij !A AS 9 ■ )  °A A9 H t ' A AMWVt AvS S ! tJAOA AM A XS AMAiAM A A A A 0 A As ASAtj !j SASA3 °A A A3 ! a !j ' e iA■AS a j i a ; !A:jAyv7vPA AH OFFICERS John Clementz, Coiistantine Prcsideuf Clare BiLnERBECK, Dowagiac J ' icc-Prcsidciit Bernard Ansley, Athens Secretary Floyd Summekill, Battle Creek Treasurer The Junior Class Western Normal became a four year school in 1918, making possible a Junior Class. The Junior Class, like all great organizations, had a humble beginning. However, the twenty- four pioneers who constituted the Junior Class of 1919 carved for themselves, and for those who follow in their footsteps, a pathway that holds forth an appealing invitation to those who are wont to journey toward a higher goal. The work begun by the class of 1919 has been carried on from year to year, and now, 1924, there are one hundred twenty-four carrying on the work. The Junior Class of 1924 has advanced with rapid strides. It has had at heart the development of the school, realizing that the growth of the one is necessary to the grow ' th of the other. The Junior Class of 1924 held a Junior party whicli proved a decided success. The highest accomplishment, in the field of social entertainment, of the Junior Class was the giving of a banciuet to the Seniors : and in this the Juniors achieved an enviable record, and received high praise for their efforts. The class is represented in the Student Council by Towner Smith, Reginald Hurst, and Lorena Gary. Page Siv y two Homer Arnett, Morlcy. Forum ( Vice-Pres. ), Country Lif; Club, Y. M. C. A. Richard J. Bietrv, Kalaiinicno. Delta Rho, Varsity Debate, Tribunal. Barbara R. Blaine, Rockford. Senate, Herald Staff. Laurence Bohnet, Kalamazoo. Bus. Mgr. Brown and Gold, Tribunal, Kappa Rho Sigma. Claude S. Brommage, Ovid. Players (Pres.) Ila Boudeman, Kalamazoo. Dale Brown, Ossco. Track, Science Club. Francis Cargo, Bangor. Science Club, Social Science Club, Y. M. C. A., Tribunal. Edith A. Caswell, Ann Arbor. Phys. Ed Ass ' n, Girl Scouts. Lois L Clark, Berrien Centre. Country Life Club (Pres.) Ethel B. Clemens, Grand Rapids. Gertrude Cogley, Battle Creek. Assistant Dean, Senate, Y. W. C. A., Brow-n and Gold Staff. George Dell, Pittsford. Science Club. Lewis D. Crawford, Grant. Glee Club, Chorus, Social Science Club, Forum. Page Si.rty-lhree Mary L. Doane, KaIaiua::oo. Home Economics Club, Cercle Francais. Harry E. Duke, Tlircc Rk ' crs. Kappa Rho Sigma, Science Club. Ethel M. Emerson, Bttrr Oak. Later El. Club. Randall Frazier, Wabash, Iiid. Football, Track, W Club. Mildred Fleming, Cass City. Eastern Star Club, Junior High Club. Pearl L. Ford, Battle Creek. Kappa Rho Sigma, Science Club, Cercle Francais, Social Science Club. Edna Frobenius, Kalamazoo. Players, Scouts, Phys. Ed. Ass ' n. Ernest Giddings, Kalamacoo. Debate Manager, Forum, Student Council. Helen C. Gladdixg. Kalama::oo. Phys. Ed. Ass ' n, Tennis Club, Cercle Francais, Chorus, Varsity Tennis. Donald R. Gorham, Kalama::oo. Tribunal, Delta Rho. Gerald Graham, Maple Rapids. Harold W. Held, Fremont, Ohio. Manual Arts Club, Newman Club, Lorena M. Gary, Homer. Senate, Student Council, Chorus. Helena M. Jager, Plaiiiwell. Science Club. Pags Si.rty-four Paul M. Kagechiwan, Pctoskcy. Science Club. Margaret Kennedy, Kalama::oo. Glee Club. George J. Kremble, Baroda. Brown and Gold Staff. EsTELLE L.arsex, Mauistcc. Phys. Ed. Ass ' n, Senate. Richard W. Lyxch, Cliicago, III. Newman Club, Social Science Club. Ward Mahan, Fremont. Forum, Y. M. C. A., Square and Compass Club, Glee Club, Science Club. Lillian Provost Manson, KaliDiiaaoo. Wilbur L. Marshall, Pan ' Pmv. Bernard J. Marthen, Kalavia::oo. James R. Masterton, Otsego. Lucile Norris, Omaha, Nebraska. Girl Scouts, Phys. Ed. Ass ' n. Earl New, Plahm ' cll. Band, Orchestra, Track, W Club. Nita Payne, Kalaiua::oo. Home Economics Club, Early El. Club. Millie Radewald, Niles. Y. W. C. A., Later El. Club. Page Sixty-tive DoxALn C. Randall, Casnovia. Science Club, Square and Compass Club ( Vice-Pres.) Man- ual Arts Club, Picture Editor Brown and Gold Staff. Dorothy Rasch, Conklin. Senate, Brown and Gold Staff, Varsity Debate Squad, Junior High Club (Pres.), Newman Club, Science Club. Bernice D. Riemersma, Grand Rapids. Y. W. C. A., Later El. Club. Milton E. Scherer, Watcrvliet. Editor-in-Chief of Brown and Gold, Tribunal, Student Council, Y. M. C. A., Glee Club. AusTix H, Smith, Kalamazoo. Social Science Club. J. Towner Smith, Fremont, Ohio. Track (Capt.) Student Council. Manual Arts Club (Pres.), W Club (Treas.) John H. Strandberg, Grand Rapids. Siiuare and Compass Club, Science Club. Nelson Van Liere, Holland. Delta Rho (Pres.), Y. M. C. A., Forum, Debating. Ruth Verbcrg, Benton Harbor. Undergraduate rep. of Y. W. C. A., Academy, Social Science Club. Orpha L. Warner, Hastings. Early El. Club. Melville Westerburg, Kalaina::oo. Tribunal, Le Cercle Francais (Pres.) Maude Inez Wheeler, Newaygo. Social Science Club, Girl Scouts, Chorus, Y. W. C. A. Florence Work, Kalamasoo. Glee Club, Music Club, Chorus. Fern York, Kalamazoo. Glee Club, Music Club, Chorus. Page Si.rty-six Arthur E. Yost, Middlcton. W Club, Baseball. Clayton Porter, Kalamazoo. Ross J. Kitzmiller. Science Club. Reginald H. Hurst, Benton Harbor. Tribunal, Student Council. Kenneth Gill, Kalamazoo. Carlton A. Fletcher, New Troy. Science Club, Tribunal. Page Sixty-seven iLL L Page Sixty-eight ._Lll OFFICERS Pres. Harry Smith, Cass City. Physical Ed. V Club, Track, Tribunal, Student Council, Dramatic Club. Vice-Pres. Lilian Rector. Rockford. Senior High. Academy, Forensic Board, Y. W. C. A., Debating . Sect. Helen A. Graham. Battle Creek. Junior High. Players, Academy, Junior High Club, Orchestra, Chorus, Newman Club, Secretary Woman ' s League. Treas. Charles E. ' hale, Cass City. Senior High. Players, Glee Clul), Tribunal, Y. M. C. A., Chorus. The Sophomore Class The present Sophomore class was ably guided through its Freshman year by its enthu- siastic president, Wendell Gates, assisted by the capable staff composed of Vice-President Geraldine Knight, Secretary Frances Little, and Treasurer Willys Peck. The class was well represented on the student council by Mable Stewart, Eldon Watkins, and Harry Smith, who has advanced a rung up the ladder of class responsibilities this year. He is now president, Helen Graham, secretary, and Charles Whale, treasurer. Our student representatives, well known among the student body for their ability and activity, are Bernice Dendel. Leonard Kercher, and Stanley Tanner. The principal social events of this year, as well as last year, were the Freshman Reception to Sophomores, and the Sophomore Reception to Freshmen. In athletics the Sophomores have been honorably represented by Sunny Bauer, Righter, N. Johnson, and others. Doris Cogswell and Frederick Harrington were again the leading characters in the midwinter play. The majority of both the men ' s and women ' s debating squad are Sophomores. In fact, the Sophomores seemed to have distributed their talent into every social event, school activity, and important happening cif the year. Page Seienly Ruby Adriaxce, Pctw Paz Later El. Y. W. C. A., Later El. Club. AvALYX D. Allex, Bradley. Senior High. Y. W. C. A. Jessie Allen, IVhitc Pigeon. Early El. Early El. Club. Leone J. Allen, Oz ' id. Senior High. Science Club. Naomi Allen, Kalamazoo. Household Arts. Household Arts Club. Henrietta W. Althyis, Holland. Art Course. Art Club. Cleo Anderson, Kalamazoo. Rural Life. Country Life Club. Marvin Axdersox, Muskegon. Senior High. Y. M. C. A.. Cercle Francais. Meta Axdreasox. Greenville. Later El. Later El. Club. R. H. Anderson, A ' orn ' ay. lanual Arts. Oteyokwa Club, Manual Arts Club, Eootball. Marjorie Archer, Constanfine. Senior High. Minnie Ardis, Lake City. Junior High. Science Club, Y. ' . C. A. Frances Arnold, Allegan. Junior High. Junior High Club, Newman Club. Warren Athixs, Augusta. Senior High. Page Seventy-one j:i:-;j!iiMr Grace B. Atkixson, East Jordan. Household Arts. Home Economics Club. Margaret Atkinson, Allegan. Early El. Early El. Club. Althea Austin, Laint shnry. Senior High. Y. W. C. A., Academy, Social Science Club. Pauline Austin, Lansini . Early El. Early El. Club, Y. W. C. A. Raymond Bacheller, Hastings. Manual Arts. Manual Arts Club. Marguerite Backus, Harbor Springs. Senior High. Classical Club. Rodney L. Bacon, Mcno}ninci Manual Arts. Manual Arts Club, Y. M. C. A., Oteyokwa Club. Kathryne Bailey, Kalamazoo. Commerce. Com.merce Club. M.ARLAND Bailey, KaIania:oo. Senior High. Social Science Club. Perry Bailey ' , KaIama:oo. Senior High. Forum. Cecil Baker, Coloma. Later El. Y. W. C. A., Rural Seminar. Marian Banta, Bangor. Junior High. Phys. Ed. Club, Girl Scouts. Henry Balls, Richland. Manual Arts. Manual Arts Club. Marjorie B.arber, Galcshiirg. Y. W. C. A., Science Club, Senior High Course. Page Sez ' enty.two BardwelLj Helen, Cass City. Household Arts. Household Arts Club. DeLelle B. ' kRNEBEE, Mcudou. Later El. Lottie Barxette, Bcrvicn Springs. Household Arts. Household Arts Club. Marcillexe Barxes, Casuoi-ia. Senior High. Science Club. Gladys Bassett, KaIai]ia::oo. Junior High. DoxALD Bauer, Battle Creek. ■■ ' Club, Football ' 22- ' 23. Barear.a Beach, Allegan. Commerce. Commerce Club. Kathryx L. Beatox, Detroit. Senior High. Le Cercle Francais. Harold Beebe, Battle Creek. Phys. Ed. Course. W Club, Basketball, Football, Track. Dorothy Bell Charlotte. Later El. Later El. Club, Y. W. C. A. Albert Behnke, Mount Clejiiens. Phy. Ed. Esther Benjamin, Williamston. Later EI. Y. W. C. A., Country Life Club. Girl Scouts. La Venia Benedict, Allegan. Rural Life. Country Life Club. Bessie Benxet, Raz-enna. Junior High. Page Seventy-three raG«_ Louise Bennett. Ravcuna. Junior High. Junior High Club. Bethanna Brazee, KaIaiua::oo. Early El. Early El. Club. Angeles Bigelow. Grand Rapuis. Commerce. Commerce Club, V. W. C. A. Lela Bincaman. Moore Pork. Junior High. Winnifred Birchfield, Lansing. Early El. Early El. Club, Y. W. C. A. John Birkholm, Eaii Claire. Phy. Ed. Manual Arts Club. loNE Bls. RD, Grand Rapid. . Junior High. Samuel Bishoi ' , ncnton Harbor. Phy. Ed. ' ■ ' Club, Football, Baseball. Alice Biss. Bcldini . Later El. Sarah Masters Blake, Spri}i(i Lake. Junior High. Clariss. Blandford, froiionl. Senior HigiL Senate, Brown and Gold Staft. Gertrude Blocker, Woodland. Household Arts. Y. ' . C. A., Home Economics Club. WiLMA Blocker, Woodland. Art. Art Club, Chorus, Y. W. C. A. Russell Bloom, Moore Park. Commerce. Commerce Club. Glee Club, Y. M. C. A. Seventy-four Mary E. Blosser, Caledonia. Early El. Early El. Club, Y. W. C. A., Country Life Club. Mabel Blough, Benton Harbor. Early El. Early El. Club. Elsie Blum, Calumet. Music. Music Club. Soph. Girls ' Glee Club. Chorus, Otevokwa Club, Early El. Club. Albert Boge. Bessemer. Phy. Ed. Square and Compass Club, Track. Esther Bogue, Cassot olis. Early El. Early El. Club, Soph. Girls ' Glee Club, Chorus. Ethel Boone, Zeeland. Later El. Later El. Club, Chorus. Ethel Boomer, Flint. Household Arts. Household Arts Club. Rose Boone, Zccland. Early El. Hilda Ger Borgh. Kalamazoo. Music. Music Club, Glee Club, Chorus, Early El. Club, Y. W. C. A. Durrell Born, Cadillac. Manual Arts. Manual Arts Club. Peter Bosker, Kalamazoo. Commerce. Commerce Club, Auditing Comm. Lucille Bossler, Grand Raf ids. Music and Early El. Music Club, Soph. Girls ' Glee Club, Chorus. Alice Bosworth, Allegan. Early El. Early El. Club, Eastern Star Club. Sharon Boupemon, Kalamazoo. :Manual Arts. Manual Arts Club, Forum, Y. ] L C. A., Football. Page Scz ' enty-five m mmmgfm Norman C. Bowbeer, Grand Ral ' ids. Pliy. Kd. Manual Arts Club, Track, Football, W Club. Albert Bowen, Grand Rapids. Manual Arts. Manual Arts Club. Mrs. Cyretta Boynton, Bay City. Early Kl. Early El. Club, Science Club. Ruth BoycEj Kalaiiiacoo. Later El. Louise Bracket, Benton Harbor. Later El. Later El. Club, Girl Scouts, Newman Club. Marie Bro vne, Bloomingdalc. Later EI. Later El. Club, Commercial Club, Y. W. C. A. Mabelle Bradeori), Moore Park. Senior Higli. Y. W. C. A., Le Cercle Francais. LuELLA Braexdle, B ' uj Rapkls. Phy. Ed. Phy. Ed. Assn., Girl Scouts. Glenn H. Braixard, Elsie. Manual Arts. Manual Arts Club, Eunice L Br.Ike, Bradley. Senior High. Y. W. C. A. Arleigh Esther Brewer, Gobies. Later El. Later El. Club. Irene M. Braun, Pigeon. Later El, Later El. Club, Y. W. C. A. ■ . Sarah Brooks, Evart. Later El. Later El. Club. Bernice Brown, Miles. Early El. Early El. Club. Eastern Star Club, Chorus, Page Sez ' enty-six Florence K. Browx. Trai ' crsr City. Early El. Early El. Club, Nurthern Michigan Club. Julia M. Bruwx, Martin. Senior High. Lloyd Browx, PlaiiiivcU. Phy. Ed. Mildred Browx, KaIaiua::oo. Music. Orchestra, Soph. Girls ' Glee Club, Music Club, Chorus, Early El. Club. Dorothy Brumm, Muskcijon. Early El. Early El. Club, Y. ' . C. A. Benj. J. BuiKE.M. , Grandvillc. Senior High. Debating Team, Forensic Board, Y. i. C. A., Forum, Delta Rho, Brown and Gold Staff. Anna Burke, Grand Rapids. Art. Art Club. Helen Burlincham, Otsego. Commerce. Commerce Club. Vivian Burxs, Stitrgis. Later El. Girl Scouts, Phy. Ed. Assn. Meda Burr, Cliina.v. Later EI., Later FA. Club, Eastern Star Club, Y. W. C. A. Gladys Burroughs, Grand Harm. Household Arts. Household Arts Club. Alma W. Bush, Big Rapids. Junior High. Mbs. Anna Bush, Rockford. Special. Classical Club. Harvey Busman, Coopcrsi ' Ulc. Manual Arts. Page Seventy-seven Ruby Butcher, Coldivatcr. Later EI. Later El. Club, Y. W. C. A., Chorus. Marian B. Butler, Cedar Springs. Senior High. Classical Club. LoREN CAiMPBELL, Big Rtipids. Phy. Ed. Football. Margaret Canxon, Lakcviciv. Early El. Early El. Club, Chorus. Arda B. Catt, Ionia. Eastern Star Club, Later El. Club, Lenore Carpenter, Grand Rapid. ' ;. Commerce. Commerce Club. Clytus Carr, Otsego. Phy. Ed. Baseball, Football, W Club. Lucille Carroll, Athens. Later El. Later El. Club. Eastern Star Club. Louise Carroll, Laivrenee. Later El. Later El. Club. George Carter, Elsie. Senior High. Science Club. Leona Carter, Lake Odessa. Rural Life. Country Life Club. Adellene Cary, Marshall. Early El. Early El. Club. Laura E. Chamberlain, Marcellus. Y. W. C. A. Early El. Club. Dorothy Chase, Pazv Paiv. Household Arts. Y. W. C. A. Page Seventy-eight Josephine Chase, Hasti)igs. Household Arts. Golden Chellew, Albion. Later El. Ruby Chellew, Albion. Early P ' l. Early El. Club. Alton Chesney, Wagoner, Oklalwma. A. B. ■ LuciLE Cristensen, Stanton. Early El. Early El. Club. Olive Christenson, Nczvaygo. Early El. Early El. Club. Charles Clark, Manual Arts. Forum, Manual Arts Club, Glee Club, Chorus, Baseball. Evelyn Clark, Fremont. Early El. Early El. Club. Myrnia Clark, Allegan. Rural Life. Rural Life Seminar. R. E. Clark, Penfield. Senior High. Science Club, Cercle Francais. Lela M. Clingerman, Coral. Rural Life. Country Life Club. Helen Clough, Bancroft. Household Arts. Home Economics Club. Glenellyn Coalwell, Ithaca. Later El. Later El. Club. Thelma M. Coble, Doivagiac. Later El. Later El. Club, Chorus, Y. W. C. A. Page Seventy-nine Elton Cole, Constanliiic. Senior High. Tribunal, Y. M. C A., Science Club, Debate Team. Genevieve Comer, Evarl. Rural Ed. Rural Seminar. Dorothy Conant, Bcldiii; . Early El. Jennie A. Cook, Miiskri oii. Early El. Early El. Club, Orchestra, Chorus. M, RIAN E. CoOLEV. Battle Creek. Early El. Le Ccrcle Francais. DooL L. Cooper, Dozcagiac. Band, Y. M. C. A., Commerce Club, Sr. High. James CoPELAxn, Dowagiac. Senior High. Band. Phyllis F. Corey, Battle Creek. Art and Music. Girls ' Glee Club, Music Club, Art Club, Chorus, Eastern Star Club. Hazel M. Corneil, Boyne City. Later El. Later El. Club. Robert Cory, HndsonviUe. :Manual Arts. Manual Arts Club, Orchestra, Men ' s Glee Club. Mrs. Helen Courtney, Kalamazoo. Senior High. Science Club. Laura M. Couturier, South Haven. Phy. Ed. Phy. Ed. Assn., Scouts, Newman Club. Elma I. Crampton, ScottviUc. Senior High. Alice L Crane, Plaimvell. Later El. Page Eighty Dorothy Crawford, Battle Creek. Commerce. Academy. Mrs. Helen Crawford, Decatur. Later El. Leland Crawford, Nezi ' Troy. Phy. Ed. Edith Crooks, Kalamazoo. Early El. Early El. Club. Alvin C. Crum, Cassopolis. Senior High. Melvin Curdy, Hoivcll. Manual Arts. Manual Arts Club. Dorothy Cryder, Grand Rapids. Early El. Early El. Club. Dawnita Curtis, WatervUet. Senior High. Le Cercle Francais. Lois M. Curtis, Barlington, loiva. Early El. Le Cercle Francais, Early El. Club. Mary Cutting, Kalamacoo. Commerce. Commerce Club. Raymond Damour, Michigamiiic. A. B. Le Cercle Francais, Oteyokvva Club, Forum. Thelma Dahlstrom, Nashville. Early El. Early Club, Chorus. Willis Dalrymple, Marcelliis. Phy. Ed. Square and Compass Club. Grace Davis, Ka!ama::oo. Art. Art Club. Page Eiglity-one ir ' Thelma Davis, Grand Rapids. Early El. Early El. Club. Doris Dean, McBridc. Music. Music Club. Senate, Y. W. C. A., Sophomore Girls ' Glee Club, Chorus, O. E. S. Club. Homer H. Deax, Kalamazoo. Manual Arts. Manual Arts Club. Michael De Faxt, J ' ulcan. Senior High. Forum, Oteyokwa Club. Xewman Club. Nellie Dk Lange, Grand Rapids. Rural Life. Country Life Club, Y. W. C. A. Harold Dejieritt, Morcnci. Art. Art Club. Berxice Dexdel, AUcyan. Senior High. Senate, Student Council, Debate Team, Delta Rho, Social Science Club. Cordelia J. Derby, Otsciio. Later El. Later El. Club. O. E. S. Club. LuRAH E. De aixg, Empire. Junior High, Junior High Club, Y. W. C. A. Jela Dickey, Colon. Senior High. Classical Club. Cleo Dickixsox, Fremont. Senior High. Y. W. C. A., Le Cercle Francais. Donna Disexroth, Leslie. Music. Music Club, Art Club, Soph. Girls ' Glee Club. Marion R. Ditto, Pefoskey. Early El. Early EI. Club, Northern Michigan Club. Joanna Dokter, Watervliet. Senior High. Le Cercle Francais, Classical Club. Page Eighty. two Edward F. Doxivax, Lazi ' rcncc. Manual Arts. Alanual Arts Club. Charlotte Dorsev, Kalaniacoo. Later El. Later El. Club. Berenice Dowdle, Battle Creek. Commerce. Commerce Club, Newman Club. Oriannie Dowling, Montague. Later El. Later El. Club. Y. W. C. A. Alma Doyle, Atpena. Early El. Early El. Club. Y. W. C. A. Francis P. Drake, Hud. ' ton. Manual Arts, Manual Arts Club. Fern Dumper, Ionia. Early El. Mamie E. Duxsmore, Ionia. Early El. Early El. Club, Y. W. C. A. Ila Duryea, Hillsdale. Later El. Later El. Club, Constance Dyar, Benton Harbor. Early El. Early El. Club, Academy. , Molly Eash, Shil sheu ' ana, Ind. Rural Life. Elsie Ebersberger, Sparta. Later El. Later El. Club, Y. W. C. A. Berth, E. Eby ' , Big Rapids. Junior High. Junior High Club. Ursula Eichenberger, Reed City. Senate (Pres.), Student Assn. (Vice-Pres.), Newman Club (Vice-Pres.), Delta Rho, Players, Junior High Club, Social Science Club, De- bating. Page Eighty-tliiee Donna Eldred, Kalamazoo. Early El. Early El. Club, Y. W. C. A. Earl English, Imlay City. Senior High. Players, Tribunal, Track. Doris Evans, Hart. Later El. Le Cercle Francais. Howard J. Farley, Hancock. Manual Arts. Manual Arts Club, Oteyokwa Club. Edward F. Furguson, Detroit. Manual Arts. Manual Arts Club ( Vice-Pres.), Men ' s Glee Club (Sec.), Chorus. Nelle V. Fen NELL, Kalamazoo. Early El. Ella M. Fenwick, Grand Rapids. Junior High. Senate, Players, Newman Club, Junior High Club (Sec), Brown and Gold Staff, Chorus. Ha ' zel Mae Ferris, Lakcviezv. Early El. Early El. Club, Y. W. C. A. Thomas G. Ferris, Morcnci. Manual Arts. Manual Arts Club, Y. M. C. A. Florence Thaner, Charlotte. Early El. Early El. Club. Mildred W. Field, Hastings. Junior High. Leone Fisher, Rockford. Senior High, Academy, Classical Club, Social Science Club. Edna M. Flory, Hastings. Later El. Y. W. C. A., Later El. Club, Chorus. Marjorie Flory, South Haven. Early El. Early El. Club. Page Eiglity-four Louis M. Flower, Augusta. Manual Arts. Manual Arts Club. Dorothy M. Foley, Pctoskcy. Early El. Early El. Club, Northern Michigan Club. CoNSUELO FoLLETT, BcUvuc. Junior High. Junior High Club, Eastern Star Club, Orchestra, Chorus. Gladys Foncannon, MarccUus. Later EI. Mildred Fowle Battle Creek. Early El. Edwin S. Fox, Kalaiiia::oo. Senior High. Science Club (Vice-Pres.). Violet L Fox, Ncivaygo. Later El. Later El. Club, Y. W. C. A. Mabel L. Franz, Kalaiitasoo. Senior High. Edith Frie, Kalamazoo. Early El. Mary H. Fry, Athens. Senior High. Senate, Y. W. C. A. Leeta Fudge, Kalkaska. Later El. Grace S. Fuller, Holland. Junior High. loLA L. Fuller, MarccUus. Senior High. Le Cercle Francais, Y. W. C. A. Catherine E. Funner, Battle Creek. Senior High. Classical Club. Page Eighty-five Francis S. Garter, Coopcrs iUc. Senior High. Ha ' zel Garver, Shclhy. Senior High. Classical Club. Anna Gauw, Kalamazoo. Later VA. Later El. Club, Le Cercle Francais. Lucille Gavin, Manic. Junii r High. Academy (Treas.), Junior High Club, Chorus. Marion George, Grand Nat iils. Farly Fl. Dorothy Gibbs, Fremont. Commerce Dept. Commerce Club. Irma Belle Gibbs, Pctoskcy. Later Fl. Dorothy Gidner, Charlotte. Later Fl. Fastern Star Club. Clarence Henry Gillett, Eaton Ral uls. Senior High. Grace Gilbert, Mnskcgon. Senior High. Girl Scouts, Science Club. Ray C. Gilbert, Kalamazoo. Manual Arts. Manual Arts Club. Arlene L. Gillespie. Tccnmsch. Commerce. Commerce Club (Pres.), Fastern Star Club. Mabel Gilmore, Hart. Farly Fl. Farly Fl. Club, Chorus, Helen Girou, Grand Rapids. Junior High. Le Cercle Francais, Y. W. C. A., Junior High Club. Page Eighty-si.v Olive A. Glass, Bcldiiuj. Senior High. Senate, Science Club. Sallie C. GlenNj Kala nazoo. Later El. Later El. Club, Social Science Club. M, Margot Goldsmith, Grand Rapids. Junior High. Le Cercle Francais, Academy, Junior High Club. Clara M. Gosch, Frccport. Later El. Later El. Club, Y. W. C. A. Blanche O. Graxdeois, KaIama::oo. Junior High. Frankie G. Grannis, Hozcurd City. Junior High. Bertha L Graves, Cro. :u ' cU. Junior High. Iva M. Graves, Croszvcll. Junior High. James J. Greex, Allegan. Manual Arts. Manual Arts Club. Ester B. Greve, Mason. Senior High. Elvvood B. Griffith, McBridc. Senior High. Luene Gross, Bangor. Later EI. Margaret Crush, Three Rivers. Early El. Early El. Club. John E. Gunderson, East Jordan. Physical Education , Baseball. Page Eighty-seven au Frances L. Guy, Albion. Art. Art Club, Asst. Art Editor Brown and Gold. Leoxe R. Guv, La Grange, Iiul. Music. Music Club, Glee Club, Chorus. Elva Mae Haas, Scotls. Household Arts. Home Economics Club. Gerald Hagen, Three Rivers. Senior High. Track. Elinor Hacelin, Montague. Later El. and Art. Y. W. C. A., Art Club. Nova Hamilton, Kalama::oo. Commerce. Commerce Club. Ruth E. Hamilton, Bangor. Later El. Y. W. C. A., Later El. Club. Leo C. Handley, Ahna. Manual Arts. Manual Arts Club. Myrtle Hansen, Muskegon. Early El. Early El. Club. La Vern Harper, Kalama::oo. Music. Glee Club. Crescence Harrington, Calumet. Early El. Early El. Club, Oteyokwa Club. Ethel F. Harrington, Ozvosso. Music. Music Club, Glee Club, Chorus. Frederick C. Harrington, Bay City. Senior High. Players, Mid-Winter Play, Literary Editor Brown and Gold Staff. Thelma H. rt, Pioneer, Ohio. Commerce. Commerce Club (Vice-Pres.). Page Eighty-eight Florence Harwood, Kalamazoo. Art. Irma Howard, Lowell. Junior High, Junior High Chib, Newman Club. Edith Hawley, Hart. Later El. Le Cercle Francais. Mildred H.aylett, Cold ' a ' atcr. Commerce. Social Science Club, Commerce Club. Marion Heeg, Shelby. Senior High. Classical Club, Le Cercle Francais. Marie A. Heitman. Montafiiic. Later El. Later El. Club. Oscar R. Hess, Galicn. Physical Ed. Baseball, Square and Compass Club. A. C. Heying, Stockbridgc. Manual Arts. Manual Arts Club. Agnes Hiemstra, Holland. Rural Life. Country Life Club, Chorus. Carl E. Hicley, Conklin. Senior High. Square and Compass Club, Band. Russel S. Hilbert, IVayland. Senior High. Tribunal, Y. M. C. A. Velda B. Hiliman, Constantinc. Senior High. May I. Hill, Grant. Early El. Early El. Club. Edith Hillman, Allegan. Early El. Early El. Club. Page Eighty-nine -mmr-, ' ' r ' - Helen Hillman, Allcc aii. Early El. Early El. Club. Lillian Hixebaugh, Mciidoii. Later El. Y. ' . C. A. Emily Hines, Ionia. Commerce. Eastern Star Club, Commerce Club. EiiNA HiRSCH. Bcntoii Harbor. Commerce. Commerce Club. Mildred Hitchcock, Wayland. Later El. Later El. Club. N. La Verne Hoffman, Buchanan. Junior High, Academy, Scouts. Ruth Hoffman, South Haven. Physical Ed. Girl Scouts, Phys. Ed. Assn. Erances Hopkins, Ka]ama::oo. Early El. Academy. Gladys Hotchkiss, Kalamazoo. Later El. Later El. Club. RcTH HousLER, Coopers7-illc. Early El. Phys. Ed. Assn.. Girl Scouts. C. Hubert Howe, Parma. Manual Arts. Manual Arts Club. Jennie Howe. Buchanan. Senior High. Priscilla M. Hubbard, Kahimazoo. Art. Art Club. Mabel Hughes, Hartford. Later El. Later El. Club. Page Ninety Norma Hurst, Grand Rapids. Later El. Later El. Club. Herbert H. Husselman, Grand Rapids. Senior High. Beatrice J. Hutchins, Marshall. Senior High. Science Club, Chorus. Helen C. Hutchins, Marsliall. Art. Art Club. Chorus. Opal Hutchinson, Tlircc Oaks. Senior High. Y. W. C. A. Eugene Ingles, Galicii. Commerce, Track. Laurel Marion Irey, Central Lake. Later El. Chorus. Berthice Elaine Jacobs, Baffle Creek. Art. Art Club. Elaine Jacokes, Fremont. Later EI. Later El. Club, Y. W. C. A. Clarice Jenkins, Grand Rapids. Physical Ed. Phys. Ed. Ass ' n. v Emma Johncock, Delfon. Household Arts. Home Economics Club. August E. Johansen, Battle Creek. Tribunal. Student Council, Debatin.g, Student Editor of Herald, Y. M. C. A. Edna M. Johnson, Sparta. Commerce. Commerce Club, Y. W. C. A. Elsie 1. Johnson, East Jordan. Early El. Early El. Club, Northern Michigan Club. Page Ninety-one MixA JoHXsox, Kala)im::oo. Later El. Later El. Club. NiAMiE A. Johnson, Nonvay. Later El. Oteyokwa Club, Later El. Club, Y. W. C. A. Virginia Jones, Grand Rapids. Phys. Ed. Phys. Ed. Assn. Ruth Jordan, Laiisiiu . Later El. ViERENA Justin, Grand Ra ids. Early El. Early El. Club. Arthur A. Kaechele, Caledonia. Rural Ed. Country Life Club, Band. Geneva Kami ' er, Holland. Later El. Y. W. C. A., Later El. Club. James Keizer, Kalamasoo. Commerce. Commerce Club. Nellie L. Kelly, Conklin. Early El. Early El. Club., Y. W. C. A. Ethel Kemp, Hartford. Early El. Leonard C. Kercher, Camden. Senior High. Tribunal (Pres.), Student Council, Joke Ed- itor Brown and Gold Staff, Y. M. C. A., Varsity Debate Squad. Helen Kidman, Kalamasoo. Commerce. Academy, Commerce Club. Gladys V. Kiel, Lowell Music and Art. Y. W. C. A., Girls ' Glee Club, Art Club. Lois L. Kinney, Buchanan. Early El. Club. Fagc Ninety-two Helen Kistner, Elkhart, hid. Early El. Early El. Club. Mary Kline, Kalamasoo. Early El. Early El. Club. Louise Kling, Three Oaks. Later El. Y. W. C. A., Later El. Club. Edward W. Klock, Hartford. Senior High. Forum, Cross Country, Track, W Club, Music Club, Y. M. C. A., Glee Club, Science Club. Delphine Knapp, Benton Harbor. Junior High. Junior High Club. Geraldine Knight, Battle Creek. Senior High. Woman ' s League (Pres.), Players (Vice- Pres.), Mid-Winter Play, Senate, Varsity Debating, Delto Rho, Eastern Star Club, Social Science Club. Leatha B. Knight, Benton Harbor. Senior High. Science Club. M. Louise Knoblock, Kalamazoo. Household Arts. Household Arts Club. Henry J. Kropschot, Litclificld. Rural Ed. Country Life Club. Ann. H. Kolkema, Rockford. Junior High. Academy, Eastern Star Club. Frena Konfker, Grand Rapids. Junior High. Music Club, Glee Club, Chorus. Mildred H. Kramer, Bclding. Phys. Ed. Physical Ed. Assn., Girl Scouts. Gladys Kraus, Grand Rapids. Later El. Y. W. C. A., Eastern Star Club, Later El. Club. Joseph D. Kreps, Traverse City. Rural Ed. Country Life Club, Northern Michigan Club, Y. M. C. A. Page Nwety-three Lois M. Krieger, Bcntan Harbor. Later El. Sadie Kuiper, Grand Rapids. Senior High. Science Club. G. Roy Lahr, Brant. Senior High. Forum (Secretary). Luther M. Lamb Holland. Senior High. Y. M. C. A. Randall B. Lamb, C(w,? Cily. Senior High. Tribunal, Players, Forensic Board, Deha Rho, Varsity Debating. Norma L. Lambrix, Pcnt ' watcr. Commerce. Commerce Club. Orpha Larsex, Gozi ' cn. Music. Music Club, Glee Club, Chorus. Cl.mre Larzelere, Aniiiio, Wis. Junior High. Chorus, Junior High Club. Lucy Lather, Trai ' crsc City. Early Fl. Early El. Club, Senate. Geraldine M. Lara way, Kalajnasoo. Later El. Later El. Club. Hazel Louise Leaxard, Paic Pan ' . Later El. Later El. Club, Art Club, Y. ' . C. A. Harry D. Lee. Nilcs. Phys. Ed. Football, Basketball, Baseball. Lawrence Lee, Marcclliis. Senior High. Forum, Commerce Club. Ralph E. Lee, Saitit Stc. Marie. Manual Arts. Manual Arts Club, Y. M. C. A., Oteyokwa Club. Page Niiicty-fcur Whilma Lee, Marccllus. Senior High. Y. W. C. A. Margaret Leinaar, Sterling. Early El. Early El. Club, Girl Scouts. Clarence E. Leonard, Coloma. Senior High. Dorothy C. Leurs, Battle Creek. Later El. Later El. Club. Ester M. Leurs, Grand Rapids. Junior High. Classical Club, Eastern Star Club, Junior High Club, Y. W. C. A. Lulu Lewis, Grand Rapids. Early El. Early El. Club, Chorus, Y. W. C. A. Merwin A. Lewis, BeUcruc. Senior High. Tribunal, Y. M. C. A. Margaret D. Lichty, Traverse City. Early El. Student Council (Sec), Early El. Club { Pres.), Senate. Harold E. Lilly, Burr Oak. Senior High. Ruth M. Lixdahl, Breedsville. Art. Art Club, Manual Arts Club. - Flore.xce Lindsley, Deeatur. Senior High. Y. V. C. A. Lucille Lindsley ' , Laz ' rence. Senior High. Y. C. A., Le Cercle Francais. Lee J. Litchfield, Elsie. Manual Arts. Manual Arts Club, Band. Frances E. Little, Kalamazoo. Senior High. Senate, Classical Club, Glee Club, Y. W. C. A. l agc Ninety-five Edward E. Logie, Kiego Harbor. Phys. Ed. Elizabeth Lohrke, Kalamazoo. Later El. Later El. Club (Vice-Pres.) Bermah M. Long, Sand Lake. Junior High. Junior High Club. Geraldine M. Long, Elkhart, Ltd. Art. Art Club. . ' ' Mary H. Long, Grand Rapids. Later El. Later El. Club, Newman Club. Vivian Longman, Clima.r. Art. Art Club, Y. W. C. A. Hazel Luben, Coopersville. Senior High. Classical Club. Irene Lundquist, Conklin. Later El. Later El. Club. Maueine Lundquist, Conklin. Senior High. Academy, Le Cercle Francais. Neva Luzinsky, Kalamazoo. Senior High. Lucille M. MacIntyre, Big Rapids. Household Arts. Home Economics Club. Robert B. MacLean, Kalamazoo. Commerce. Commerce Club, Oteyokwa Club. Marion MacLennan, Bellevue. Art. Art Club (Sec.-Treas.), Players, Art Editor Brown and Gold Staff. Anna MacLewis, Kala . Later EL Later El. Club, Newman Club. Page Ninety-six Ruth Mac Murray, Kalainacon. Later El. Y. W. C. A. Eleanor M. Mc Bride. East Jordan. Early El. Early El. Club, Northern Michigan Club. Lawrence H. McClatchie, Ludington. Senior High. Margaret McClellan, Nnv London, Ohio. Music. Music Club, Glee Club, Chorus. Floyd McCully, Cassopolis. Manual Arts. Manual Arts Club. Mary McCully, Casso olls. Later El. Later EI. Club. Bernice McDermott, Dclton. Later El. Later El. Club, Chorus. Allene McDonald, Three Rivers. Senior High. Classical Club, O. E. S. Club. Genie McDoucal, Sparta. Junior High. Junior High Club, Y. W. C. A. Mildred McDowwell, Kalamazoo. Later El. Y. W. C. A. Edith McGowan, Kalamazoo. Later El. Pearl McHuron, Sturgis. Junior High. Junior High Club. Y. W. C. A. Jell.a McJury, Three Rivers. Household Arts. Home Economics Club. NoRiE M. McKixlay, Grant. Senior High. Country Life Club, Science Club. Page Ninety-seven NoLDiNE McM ASTER, Ot ' rf. Juiiior High. Junior High Cluh. Laurie McTiver, Nczvhcrry. Commerce. Commerce Club, Oteyokwa Ckib. Frances Mackay, Baffle Creek. Junior High. Junior High Club. Mahola B. Martix. Fruilj ort. Later El. Gertrude E. Mahgney, Baffle Creek. Early EI. Early El. Club. Velma Mahrle, Marshall. Later El. Later El. Club. Irma a. Maikowski, irafer7 ' lief. Commerce. Commerce Club. Y. W. C. A. Norma L Maikowski, U ' atervlief. Music. Music Club, Chorus, Glee Club, Orchestra, Aca demy, Y. W. C. A. Cabinet, Rose Malik, Oind. Newman Club, Junior High Club. Anna Mallory, Woodland. Music. Music Club, Chorus, Soph. Girls ' Glee Club, Le Cercle Francais. Alice Malpass, East Jordan. Early El. Soph Girls ' Glee Club, Early El. Club. Anna Marie MoHRHARnT, Coopersville. Later El. Mary Martin, Harfford. Senior High. Classical Club. Jessie J. Martin, Hopkins. Country Life Club, Y. W. C. A. Page Ninety-c Marjorie Mason, Hillsdale. Later El. Chorus. Eldon Maynard, Ajiii Arbor. Manual Arts. Manual Arts Club. WiLMA C. Mathisox, Gladstone. Music and Art. Music Club, Art Club, Chorus, Soph. Girls Glee Club. Leroy Mayxard, Ka!ai}ia::oo. Manual Arts. Orchestra, Manual Arts Club, Science Club. Adriexxe MeaDj South Haven. Commerce. Commerce Club. Earl Mead, Lansing. Manual Arts. Manual Arts Club, Science Club, Y. M. C. A. Stephen Mead, Homer. Manual Arts. Manual Arts Club. Anne Meyer, Kendalh ' ille, Ind. Junior High. Helen Miller, Muskegon. Early El. Early El. Club. Donald Miller, Petoskey. Phys. Ed. Helen Miller, Stanton. Later El. Later El. Club. Joseph Miller, Grass Lake. Commerce. Commerce Club. Margaret Miller, Otsego. Senior High. Girl Scouts, Eastern Star Club. Wana Miller, Cassopolis. Music. Soph Girls ' Glee Club, Music Club, Orchestra. Page Ninety-nine ■Q£k BosHWELL MiLLiKEN, Aiiii Arbof. Manual Arts. Y. M. C. A., Manual Arts Club. Thelma Mixor, Grand Rapids. Later El. Later El. Club. Beatrice Minor, Kalamazoo. Early El. Joy Mohrhardt, Burlington. Manual Arts. Y. M. C. A., Manual Arts Club. MuRL R. Momany, Berrien Center. Rural Ed. Country Life Club. Maude Moran, Grand Rapids. Extension Life. Esther Morton, Kalamazoo. Junior High. Junior High Club. Anna D. Mulder, Spring Lake. Senior High. Y. W. C. A., Le Cercle Erancais. Gertrude Mulder, Grand Rapids. Junior High. Emily Muldoon, Grand Rapids. Early El, Phys. Ed. Ass ' n, Girl Scouts, Early El. Club, Newman Club. June Munn, Schoolcraft. Early El. Early El. Club, Phys. Ed. Ass ' n. Donald Murphy, Fremont. A. B. Le Cercle Erancais. Max Mussee, Perrington. Y. M. C. A. Ruth Myers. Ceresco. Early El. Early El. Club. Page One Hundred Zaida Meyers, Sparta. Later El. Later El, Club, Eastern Star Club. Helen G. Mvrkle, Doivagmc. Later El. Later El. Club. Helen G. Nash, Grand Rapids. Later EI. Violet Nelson, Northport. Later EI. Y. V. C. A. Mrs. Earl New, Kalamazoo. Junior High. Music Club, Chorus, Junior High Club, Soph. Girls ' Glee Club. Ruth E. Newcombe, Rockford. Junior High. Junior High Club, Eastern Star Club. Lucille Newton, Benton Harbor. Household Arts. Home Economics Club. Floyd Nichols, Kalamazoo. Phys. Ed. Square and Compass Club. Lydia Nichols, IVatcrvUct. Later El. Y. W. C. A., Later El. Club. Xenia Mary Nichols, Hillsdale. Later El. Later El. Club. Gladys Noggle, Galicn. Senior High. Y. W. C. A. Margaret A. Noll, Chehoyyau. Early El. Early El. Club, Northern Mich. Club, Chorus. Arthur Norcross, Kalamazoo. Manual Arts. Glee Club, Manual Arts Club. Nora Morse, Shelby. Early El. Y. W. C. A., Early El. Club, Chorus. Page One Hitnarcd One Lucy E. O ' Beirne, Miilr. Senior High. Le Cercle Francais, Y. W. C. A. Bernice Oldfield, Kalii))ia::oo. Later El. Later El. Club, Y. W. C. A. Bessie Oldfield, Kalaiiia::i n. Early El. Y. W. C. A. Bertha Olxey, Moscmi Limited Early El. Early El. Club. Bertha Olson, AUcyan. Rural Life. Country Life Club. Helen Osterberg, Hancock. Art. Academy, Oteyokwa Club. Herman Otto, IVyanc, III. Manual Art.s. Ben F. Pa(,el. Big Ra[ ' ' id.f. Senior High. Science Club. Stella Pangburn Grand Ra(tids. Music Club. Soph. Girls ' Glee Club, Y. V. C. A. Hazel Parker, Laivton. Senior High. Commerce Club. Ruth Passmore, Pazv Paiv. Junior High. Junior High Club. Ma Damiea Peck, Sarauac. Early El. Early El. Club. Esther Peck, Union City. Commerce. Willis Peck Jr., Ionia. Senior Higli. Tribunal, Pres. and Drum Major of Band. Page One Hundred Two Elsie Pf.I)ERSp:x. Crystal rails. Phys. Ed. Phys. Ed. Ass ' n, Girl Scouts, Oteyokwa Club. Elvena Pegg, Hopkins. Later El. Later El. Club. LuELLA PeltoNj Grand Haven. Early El. Early El. Club, Girl Scouts, Y. W. C. A. .Justus Pelton, Coloma. Senior High. Manual Arts Club, Y. M. C. A. Gertrude Pexdleton, Kahnnazoo. Household Arts. Household Arts Club. Marian Penxall, Rccd City. Early El. Early El. Club, Northern Michigan Club. Helen Perrin, Manistee. Phy. Ed. Phy. Ed. Ass ' n. Kenneth Peters, Elsie. Chorus. Max Petzke, Baroda. Senior High. Y. L C. A., Chorus. Marion Phetteplace, Petoskey. Commerce. Commerce Club, Y. W. C. A., Northern Michigan Club. RosANN Predmore, Three Rivers. Music. Soph. Girls ' Glee Club, Orchestra, Music Club, Chorus. Ethel Pike, Lapeer. Phys. Ed. Phys. Ed. Ass ' n, Girl Scouts. Myre Platt, Paw Paw. Y. W. C. A. Henrietta Ploeg, Grand Rapids, Early El. Early El. Club. Page One Hundred Three r r: ' r- ,i- ' K J, : -, ' -Z Rhea Porter, Rockford. Senior High. Y. W. C. A., Social Science Club. Grace Potts, Kalamazoo. Early El. Early El. Club, Treas. Cora Porentain, Kalamazoo. Early El. Early El. Club. Lawrence Power, Hastings. Manual Arts. Myrtle Powers, Kalamazoo. Senior High. Rachel Pratt, WatcrvUct. Later El. Later El. Club, Chorus, Orchestra. Beatrice Preston, CoopcrsvUlc. Later El. Later El. Club, Y. W, C. A. Edna Priehe, Ravenna. Limited Country Life Club, Chorus. Dora Prothero, Manton. Early El. Early El. Club. Flora Quigley, Grand Rapids. Commerce. Commerce Club, Eastern Star Club, Y. V. C. A. BuRYL Radabough, Caiiidcn. Senior High. Y. M. C. A. Loren Radabough, Camden. Senior High. Y. M. C. A. Alice Ragan, Bailey. Early El. Early El. Club. WiLLARD Ramsiiell, Scotts. Phys, Ed. Baseball, Football. Page One Hundred Four Clare Randell, Xilcs. Senior High. Science Club, Manual Arts Club, Square and Compass Club. DuK.. L. Raxdell, Cadillac. Music. Soph. Glee Club. C. Gertrude Raplee, Fcniii ' illc. Senior High. Chorus. Clifford Rapson, Caluvu-t. Manual Arts. Manual Arts Club. Manta R. Rawson, VcnnoHtviUc. Early El. Y. W. C. A., O. E. S. Club. Lucille Reasoner, Palo. Junior High. Junior High Club, Science Club. June Reynolds, Hart. Early El. Early El. Club. Paul P. Reynolds Benton Harbor. Manual Arts. Manual Arts Club. Ruth Rey.xolds, Hopkins. Commerce. Commerce Club, Y. W. C. A. Alfred Rice, Union City. Senior High. Y. M. C. A., Band, Commerce Club. Bernard Rich, Gobies. Senior High. Raymond Rider, Molinc. Senior High, Y. M. C. A., Science Club. Gerald Ritchey, Allegan. Phys. Ed. Football. Jean Ritzema, Grand Rapids. Early El. Early El. Club. Page One Hundred Five ■fl Lena Ruf.rs. Camden. Early El. Early El. Club. Ruth H. Robinson. Lakeside. Early El. Early El. Club. Fr.xnces Rogers, Otsajo. Early El. Early El. Club. Norma Ronian. Central Lake. Later El. Elorenck Rosenrerger, Grand Ralt ' id.t. Senior High. Le Cercle Francais, Y. ' . C. A. Kenneth Roush, Hastings. Senior High. Donald Ross, Ludintiton. Senior High. Maxine Rowe. Renlan Harbor. Early El. Early El. Club, Chorus. Vera Ray, Albion. Art. Art Club. Lois Rush, BeUcvue. Early El. Early El. Club, Y. W. C. A. Marjorie Rynbrant, Hiidson-i ' ille. Later El. Later El. Club. Robert Sage. Battle Creek. Phys. Ed. Eootball. • ' W Club. L- RY Solomax, Kalaniacoo. Early El. Early El. Club, Y. W. C. A. E. A. Sassaman, St. Joseph, Senior High. Science Club. Page One Hundred Si.v ■ Charles Saur, Sparta. A. B. Y. M. C. A. i Rosamond Schaeffer, 1-ciinrilIc. Early El. Margaret Schalm, Sturgis. Junior High. Junior High Club, Y, V. C. A. Gladys Schantz, Grand Rapids. Commerce. Commerce Club. Evelyn Scherer, Benton Harbor. Early El. Early El. Club. Rose Schlacht, Grand Rapids. Phys. Ed. Phys. Ed. Ass ' n, Girl Scouts, Tennis Ass ' n. Edward Schmid, Kalainacoo. Phys. Ed. Football, Baseball. Laura Schxeck, StcvcnsvUlc. Early El. Early El. Club, Y. W. C. A. Frank Schoenberg, Muskegon. Manual Arts. Manual Arts Club, Science Club. Winifred Schrier, Muskegon. Early El. Early El. Club, Girl Scouts. Alberta Schuitenemax, Fremont. Early El. Early El. Club. Thelma B. Schliltz, Benton Harlmr. Early El. Early El. Club. Edna Scott, North port. Later El. ■ ' Evelyn Scott, Kihbic. Early El. Early El. Club, Y. W. C. .A.. Page One Hundred Seven ' aht George Scully, Ionia. Senior High. Newman Club, Le Cercle Francais, Alice Schasty, Nczv Carlisle, hid. Early El. Y. W. C, A. Fraxces Seeley, Kalaiiiazon. Early El. Early EI. Club, Academy. DoRLs Seelig, Northport. Household Arts. Household Arts Club, Eastern Star Club, North- ern Michigan Club. Louise Selzer, Grand Raf ids. Phys. Ed. Alice Severance, Hastings. Later El. Later El. Club, Chorus, Y. W. C. A. Paul Shattuck, Kalamazoo. Senior High. Harold Shaw, Pentzvatcr. Phys. Ed. Helen Sherwood, Hastings. Early El, Early El. Club, Y. W. C. A. Marie Sheldon, Pazu Pazv. Senior High, Le Cercle Francais, Y. W .C. A. DoRTHY Sheridan, Grand Rapids. Phys. Ed. Phys. Ed. Ass ' n, Girl Scouts, Charles Sherman, Tckonsha. Manual Arts. Manual Arts Club, Orchestra, Band, Elouise Sheffield, Colon. Senior High, Mrs. Eleanor Shinn, Martin. Early El. One Hit)tdicd Eifflit Evelyn Redmond Kalaiiia:oo. Phys. Ed. Phys. Ed. Ass ' n. Helen M. Shook, Benton Harbor. Early EI. Chorus, Early EL Club. Edith Shotwell. Portland. Phys. Ed. Phys. Ed. Ass ' n, Girl Scouts (Trcas.) Annie Bell Sibley, fojiia. Junior High. Academy, Junior High Club (Vice-Pres), Social Science Club (Sec), Y. W. C. A,, Debate Squad. Frances Helen Sima, Muskegon. Junior High. Junior High Club, Y. W. C. A. Darl C. Sink, Covert. Commerce. Claudia Siple, Sand Lake. Senior High. Country Life Club, Y. W. C. A., Eastern Star Club, Girl Scouts. CoRiNNE Skeels, Kalaniacoo. Early El. Early El. Club. Otto W. Slade Grand Ledge. Rural Ed. Chorus, Country Life Club. Mary Sleight, Kalamazoo. Senior High. Alyee Smith, Kalamazoo. Early El. Early El. Club, Chorus. Adah M. Smith, Allegan. Senior High. Chorus. Elmer J. Smith, Kalamazoo. Commerce. Commerce Club. Ernestine L. Smith, Traz ' erse City. Early El. Early El. Club, Northern Michigan Club. ge One Hundred Nh Doris Glenadine Smith, Kalaniasoo. Senior High. Academy, Art Club. Helen M. Smith, Battle Creek. Early El. Early El. Club. Lell B. Smith, Kalamazoo. Art. Art Club (Pres). Lenora Smith, Caledonia. Later El. Later El. Club. Lois A. Smith, Kalaiiiacoo. Music and Art. Music Club (Prcs), Art Club, Glee Club. Ruth E. Smith, Crami Raful.t. Phys. Ed. Girl Sctiuts, Phys. Ed. Ass ' n. Maurice Snow, Kalamasoo. Senior High. Tribunal. Sara V. Snow, Muskegon. Early El. Clara Snyder, Kalamazoo. Commerce. Commerce Club. Le Vere H, Snyder, Kalamazoo. Manual Arts, Manual Arts Club. Ver.a Somers, Fremont. Senior High. Le Cercle Francais. Henry Sonswith, Kalamazoo. Manual Arts. Manual Arts Club, Men ' s Glee Club. Florence Spelman, Clarion, loiva. Early El. Early El. Club, Eastern Star Club. Philena Sealman, Kalamazoo. Later El. Page One Hundred Ten Frank W. Spruer, Hou ' c, Ind. Manual Arts. Track, W Club. Beth Stalker, Flint. Senior High. Y. W. C. A., Girl Scouts, Le Cercle Francais. Harold Stammann, Imlay City. Phys. Ed. Football, Track. OsBORN Stapert Kolamazoo. Manual Arts. Anna D. Starika, Muskcfion. Early El. Early El. Club. Ruby Stedge, Hastings. Junior High. Junior High Club. Laura M. Stedman, Ka!ci)ua:oo. Early El. Early El. Club, Eastern Star Club. Helen E. Stenson, Covington. Rural Ed. Country Life Club, Chorus, Girls ' Glee Club, Y. W. C. A. Franklin Stetler, Sturgis. Manual Arts. Manual Arts Club, Band, Orchestra, Y. M. C. A. Esther Stickle, Three Rivers. Household Arts. Home Economics Club. Phyllis J. Stokoe, Grand Rapids. Junior High. Junior High Club, Le Cercle Francais. Madeline Stole, Constantinc. Household Arts, Home Economics Club, Laura Stonebraker, Ada. Junior High. Genevieve Stonecliffe, Coloma. Music. Music Club (Treas.), Glee Club, Chorus, Academy. Page One Hundred Eleven Doyle J. SxRicKFAnEN, Fcuitvillr. Phys. Ed. Band, Glee Club. Margaret E. Stroud, ChaHcvoi.v. Rural Ed. Y. W. C. A., Country Life Club. Cleg Struter, Athens. Phys. Ed. Phys. Ed. Ass ' n, Girl Scouts, Eastern Star Club. Ferman Stuit, Kalamacoo. Commerce. Margaret H. Stukey, Montgomery. Later El. Later El. Club, Y. W. C. A. Laura M. Sturges, Colon. Later El. Girl Scouts. Leona a. Sturgis, Crystal. Later El. Later El. Club. Adina S ummerfelt, Benton Harbor. Music. Music Club, Quartette, Chorus, Glee Club. Theodore Summers, Kalainacoo. Music. Music Club, Square and Compass Club. Irene urateaux, Ulason. Junior High. Gertrude E. Swansox, Manton. Music. Glee Club, Music Club, Chorus, Eastern Star Club. Thelma Swartz, Athens. Later El. Y. W. C. A. Flora C. Sweet, Hiidsonz-ille. Early El. Early El. Club, [usic Club. Doris A. Swem, Galien. Later El. Later El. Club, Y, V. C. A., Social Science Club, Page One Hundred Twelve Gordon Tabraham, Cadillac. Phys. Ed. Manual Arts Club, Football, Basketball. Anna Tainter, Boync City. Later El. Later El. Club. IsABELLE Taylor, Marshall. Music. Music Club, Soph. Girls ' Glee Club, Chorus. Le Clare Taylor, Lake City. Senior High. Science Club, Y. M. C, A. William T. ylor, Lucas. Senior High. Science Club. Mae Thayer, Kalamazoo. Early El. Early El. Club. Winifred Thayer, Kalamazoo. Early El. Early El. Club. Floy M. Thomas, Hopkins. Manual Arts. Manual Arts Club. Frances Thomas, Tekonsha. Junior High. Science Club, Y. W. C. A., Junior High Club. Marjorie Thompson, Grand Rapids. Junior High. Junior High Club. Marie Thurston, Benton Harbor. Music. Soph. Girls ' Glee Club, Music Club, Chorus. Mrs. R. H. Thomas, Kalamazoo. Household Arts. Wayne Thomas, Hopkins. Manual Arts. Manual Arts Club, Chorus. Dorthea Tiffany, Battle Creek. Commerce. Commerce Club, Y. W. C. A. Page One Hundred Thirteen ' zL. Mildred Tifft, Kalamacoo. Later EI. Later EI. Club. Gertrude Trask, Lconidas. Later El. Helen Traverse, Constantinc. Senior High. Y. W. C. A. Donald Triece, South Haven. Commerce. Commerce Club, Square and Compass Club. Felix A. Trudell, Menominee. Manual Arts. Manual Arts Club. Margaret Truitt, Niles. Phys. Ed. Phys. Ed. Ass ' n, Baseball. Elizabeth Tuke, Cheboygan. Junior High. Mabel Tyrrell, La Porte, Ind. Early El. Early El. Club. Donald Tyson, Colon. Phys. Ed. Bertine Udell, Kalamazoo. Phys. Ed. Girl Scouts. Clarence Van, Rapid City. Senior High. Y. M, C. A. Elizabeth Van Allsbury, Coopersville. Home Economics. Home Economics Club. Lucile Van Antwerp. Galesburg. Art. Art Club, Players. Lewis Van Dyke, Three Rizrrs. Senior High. Page One Hundred Fourteen Verna Van Horn, Battle Creek. Later El. Y. W. C. A. Ruth Van Volkenber ' ;, Kalamazoo. Senior High. Carl Van Weeldon, Grand Haven. Manual Arts. Football. W Club. Carol Van Wiltenburg, Fazv Paw. Commerce. Commerce Club. Arnold Verduin, Grand Haven. Senior High. Classical Club (Pres.) Henrietta Vermeulen, Kalamazoo. Phj ' s. Ed. Emma Vietzke, Big Rapids. Junior High. Junior High Club. Bessie Voyt, Marshall. Later El. Girl Scouts, Chorus. Omer Voyt, Marshall. Senior High. Lynn Voke, Kalamazoo. Senior High. Players, Band. Lillian Voley, IVatervliet. Senior High. Classical Club, Girl Scouts, Y. W. C. A., Social Science Club. Janet Voorhorst, Holland. Early El. Early El. Club. SiCNA Waggoner, Petoskey. Later El. Players. Y. W. C. A., Chorus. Northern Michigan Club. Cecil Walker, Kalamazoo. Manual Arts. Manual Arts Club, W Club, Track, Forum. Page One Hundred Fifteen Florine Walker, Benton Harbor. Later El. ■ Carol Walters, Fcntti ' illc. Rural Life. Country Life Club. Edward Walter, Grand Rat ids. Manual Arts. Manual Arts Club. Minnie Wanscheider, Nni. ' Buffalo. Junior High. Junior High Club. LuRA Ware, Hastings. Later El. Later El. Club, Y. W. C. A. Florence Warnement, Plainivell. Later El. Marie Waring, Hastings. Early El. Early El. Club. Vesta Warren, Bloomsdalc. Rural Ed. Rural Seminar, Y. W. C. A. Violet Wassen, Benton Harbor. Early El. Early El. Club, Mrs. Hazel Watson, Newberry. Early El. Early El. Club, Y. W. C. A., Country Life Club, Oteyokwa Club. Malcolm Weaver, Niles, Phys. Ed. Track, W Club. Mary Welch, Traverse City. Junior High. Eastern Star Club. Myrtle Wellington, Kibbie. Senior High. Classical Club, Country Life Club. Ruth Wellman, Hastings. Later El. Later El. Club, Y. W. C. A. Page One Hundred Si.vteen Bricetta Whalex, Big Rapids. Junior High. Academy, Junior High Club, Newman Club. Margaret Whalex, Big Rapids. Early EI. Early El. Club, Newman Club. Mrs. Hazel White, Muskegon. Early El. Early El. Club, Chorus. William White, IValkcri ' illc. Senior High. Clare Wheatox, Ionia. Phys. Ed. Baseball, W Club. Helen Wheaton Benton Harbor. Early El. Early El. Club. Gertrude Wicks, BcJding. Phys. Ed. Phys. Ed Ass ' n, LiLAH Wilcox, Kalama::oo. Commerce. Commerce Club, Y. W. C. A. Claudia Wilson, Kingslcy. Music. Early El. Club, Music Club, Sophomore Girls ' Glee Club. William Wilson, Manistiquc. A. B. Oteyokwa Club, Square and Compass Club. Robert Williams, Wabash, Ind. Senior High Ruth Wixchell, Ionia. Household Arts. Household Arts Club, Eastern Star Club, Y. W. C. A. Renzella Winegaeden, Benton ' Harbor. Later El. Lillian Wirkku, Hancock. Early El. Early El. Club, Oteyokwa Club, Y. W. C. A. Page One Hundred Seventeen L } ' Karl Wood, Otsciin. Senior High. Ida Woods, Sj riiu port. Jnni(jr High. Country Life Club. Carlton Worden, Athens. Manual Arts. Clora E. Wooster, Gobies. Junior High. Grace E. Worth, Bay Shore Early El. Early El. Club. Edith L. WRrcHT. Battle Creek. Early El. Early El. Club, V. W. C. A., Soph. Girls ' Glee Club, Choru.s. Evelyn Wright, Ral id City. Senior High. Science Club, Y. W. C. A. Milda E. W ' yss, Croton Dam. Senior High. Frances Yaple, Kalamazoo. Phys. Ed. Phys. Ed. Ass ' n. Joe Zeimet, Grand Haven. Manual Arts. Varsity Tennis, Band. Verda Zuschnitt, Hastings. Commerce. Commerce Club, Chorus, Y. W. C. A. Arthur Alford, J ' ulean. Phys. Ed. Oteyokwa Club. Edith Coleman, Allegan. Later El. Mildred Halstead, Lazcton. Early El. Page One Hundred Eighteen Sophomores Without Pictures SENIOR HIGH Leone Allen Dorothy Brennen Henrietta Cole Ruth DeVries Ethel Emerson Dale Fauset ' Amy Garbutt Lillian Gill Clarence Gillett Irene Gogarn Isabelle Hinckley Florence Hoven Orrin Lathrop Glenn Myers Helen Patton Lillian Rector Kenneth Rousch Burr Sherwood Wade Smith Charles Whale JUNIOR HIGH Gladys Bassett Gladys Cooper Stella Eadie Irma Howard Marie Ives Sena Koolker Mrs. Mary Post Mrs Blanche Slykes LATER ELEMENTARY Goldie Anderson Eleanor Barmore Arleigh Brewer Gladys Cooke Lucille Correll Nina Easterday Naomi Lookholder Anna Mallory Lydia Pagel Millie Radewalt Marguerite Ridkert Mattie Shafer Mrs. lone Wilkinson Charlotte Brender EARLY ELEMENTARY Bethanna Brazee Erma Coburn Lorraien Frost Mrs. Doris Hudson Beatrice Martin Nita Payne Vivian Powers Hilda Ring Thelma Schultz Evelyn Scott Dorothy Shane Frieda Sheldon Margaret Stegeman Mildred Taylor Lura Ware Orpha Warner Marie Welling Bernice Woodard PHYSICAL EDUCATION Arthur Alford Josephine Connable Ruth Crandall Cecil Fowler Gerald Graham Martha Jenkyn Dorothy Marks Estelle Larsen Abner MacDonald Margaret Richardson Kenneth Ruse RURAL EDUCATION Mary Campbell Florence Gosling Viola Swartz Stevens Thelma Sv ' artz Mrs. Sarah ' aite Carol Walters ART Helen Streng HOUSEHOLD ARTS Iva Easterbrook lone Ford Orpha Heath Thelma Swartz Ruth Vandenberg MANUAL ARTS Kieth Chase Homer Dean Osborne Stapert MUSIC Hilda TerBorgh COMMERCE John C. Agar Harry Aldus Lester Cooper Wendell Gates Thelma Hart Isla Miller Page One Hundred Nineteen Page One Hundred Twenty LuciLE Adams. Jojics-rillc. I.ater El. Club. Maud L. Adams, Scoffs. Y. W. C. A,, Women ' s League. Ernestine Alberts. Grand Ra| i(is. Marcella Anderson, Boyiw Cify, Early El. Club. Janice Barendright, Nncaytin. Catherine Becker, GrandvUIc. Eunice Beebe. Paw Paw. Social Science Club. Edna Bitgood, Granf, Early El. Club. Flossie Blood, Honor. Lemoine Bogue, Coldwatcr. Country Life Club. Y. M. C. A. Margaret A. Brockway. Grand Haz ' cn, Later El. Club. Y. W. C. A. EoRREST E. Bull. Bailey. Marion L. Burch, Marnc. Country Life Club. Chorus. Georgia Helen Butler. Nashville. Page One Hundred Twcnty-t ivo Hazel Cooler, Bloomingdalc. DoROTHA Darby, Woodland, Y. W. C. A.. Later El. Club. Rex. Dargie, Boync falls. Earl.v El. Club. Country Life Club. Alice Da ' enport, Alpine, Early Elementary Athletic Club. LaNita Davis, Battle Creek. Early El. Club. Julia Derks, Zeeland, Country Life Club. Ruth Anna DeVries, Zeeland, Country Life Club, Mildred Dodge, Newaygo. Country Life Club. Genevieve June Douglass, Newaygo. Country Life Club, Y. V. C. A. Bessie Drummond, Elkton, Early El. Club. Bessie E. Finkler, Conklin, Country Life Club, Newman Club. Frank Grace, AuGres. Mary Frank, White Pigeon. Mildred Franz, Niles, Later El. Club, Y. W. C. A. Page One Hundred Twenty-three Hattie F. Gnodtke, Bridyman, Country Life Club, Y. W. C. A. Ethel Golden Coopcrsvillc, Newman Club, Country Life Club. Claudine E. Guy, Woodland. Thelma HaaSj Macatazva. Social Science Club, Y. W. C. A. Edna M. Haigh, Springport, Country Life Club. Evelyn Ruth Hall, Dostcr. Maud F. Hammond, Spring Lake. . ' - Margaret E. Hayward, Kalamasoo. Hazel F. Hazzard, Decatur. Zara V. Hendrixson, Scoffs, Later El. Club. . Eulalia a. Hendrickson, Early El. Club. Dan E. Herrincton, Pcfoskey. Y. M. C. A., Country Life Club, Northern Michigan Club. Esther J. Hile, Muskegon. Etoile Hoffman, Bloomingdale. Page One Hundred Tzuenty-fonr Helex C. Hollemax, Byrou Center, Country Life Club. JosEPHiXE HoPKixs. Mciidoii, Newman Club, Early El. Club. Nelson A. Hostetler, Shipshcieaita. hid. Alice Howe, Covert. Y. W. C. A., Phys. Ed. Ass ' n. Myrna Irwix, Jackson. Early El. Club. Arlene Keeler, Quincy, Early El. Club. Rena E. Kern, Delton, Early El. Club. WiLMA Kniebes, Coloma, Country Life Club, Y. W. C. A. Betty Kraai, Holland. Y. W. C. A., Early El. Club. Chattie Krilble, Union City. Eleanor Krilble, Union City. Davena Kuhlman, Grand Haven, Later El. Club, Y. W. C. A. Helen O. Kull, St. Joe, Y. V. C. A., Country Life Club. Ethel Loew, Burnips. One Hundred Twenty-five Vesta Loew, Byron Center. Thelma E. Lutkins, MarccUus, Country Life Club, Y. W. C. A. Marie A. McAllister, Bangor. Country Life Club, Y. W. C. A. Clara H. Metz, Rochester, Country Life Club. Charles E. Miller, Cojiklin. Country Life Club. Marguerite Morse, Battle Creek, Early El. Club. Violet Munger, Martin, Perry Nelson, Shipshewana, Ind. Argyle Omo, Reading, Country Life Club. Margaret M. Opper, Hoivard City, Country Life Club. Dorothy Osborne, Hesperia, Senate, Chorus. Marie Parketon, Buchanan, Chorus, Country Life Club. Mildred J. Parmelee, Woodland. Ila Patterson, ?oi ' r)i)ja. gc One Hundred Twenty-six Barbara Peterman, Crystal, Country Life Club, Y. W. C. A. Genevieve Peterson, Co!dii. ' atcr. Rural Seminar, Later EI. Club. Edessa Powell, Hozcc, Ind. Vivian Powers, Grand Haven, Newman Club, Early El. Club. Marguerite Prince, Fcrryshury. Edith M. Raloff, Lake Odessa, Country Life Club, Frances Rankans, Coopersvillc, Country Life Club. Fern Raymond, Pazv Paw, Rural Seminar. Edna A. Reister, Jcnson, Country Life Club. Marjorie E. Rice, Union City, Later El. Club Juanita Robinson, Rockford, Country Life Club. , Mildred E. Rogers, ConkHn, Country Life Club. Evelyn G. Rosen, Sclioolcraft. Orchestra. Florence Roselee, Kibbic. Le Cercle Francais, Page One Hiindied Twenty-seven ■raL i L Kathleen L. Roy, East Jonla)!. Country Life Club, Y. V. C. A. Georgiana Rl ' ssf.ll, Miiskruon Hciiihts. Geraldine Rynbrant. Dorr. Ardell Schell, Battle Creek. Early El. Club. Bessie Schlukebir, .S ' t i;.! Lake. Y. W. C. A., Later El. Club. Helen Shafer, Coldu-ater. Rural Seminar, Le Cercle Francais. Mildred Seney, Jaekson. Classical Club, Y. W. C. A. Berdie Snyder, Button. Chester J. Snyder, Hillsdale, Glee Club. Y. M. C. A., Country Life Club. Vera Snyder, Grand ' AIle. Florence Stampfly. Bath, Early El. Club, Country Life Club, Y. W. C. A. Grace Stevens, Kalama:zoo. Nadine Stewart, Watcrvliet, Y. W. C. A. Esther M. Th. ler, Moliiie, Country Life Club. UM au num.: . ' Jtm Page One Hundred Twenty-eigt t Vera M. Town, Dclton. Early El. Club. Marie Turner, Saranac. Clarence Van Der Kolk, Holland, Music Study Club, Country Life Club, Y. M. C. A. HuLDA Vander Kolk, Hopkins. Mildred Van Vleck, Charlotte, Eastern Star Club. Marie Ver Hage, Zccland, Country Life Club, Ethel M. Voorhis, Lake Odessa. Mary E. Wagoner, Shipshewana, hid. Pearl L. Weeks, Bailey. LuRA M. Welton, Hastings. Genevieve Whitney, Freeport. , Page One Hundred Twenty-nine LIMITED WITHOUT PICTURES Virginia Becbe Anita Bell Ida Bourg ' May R. Corey Golden Challew Eva Deha Molly Eash Bertha Esther Floy Foreman Grace Frank Audrey Gilmartin Marjorie Graham Florence Hoard Anna Laberdy Agnes Looey Clara Luther Margaret McLachlan Alary McLachlan Bertha Mitchell Bertha Olney Lila Peters Edna Priebe Isabelle Raymore Laura Reed Florence Rhodes Velma Russell Sara Snow Phyllis Stokee Daisy Taylor Alta Young Page One Hundred Thirty I ' isii OFFICERS Virginia Loomis Acting President Vera North Secretary Vern Mabie Treasurer REPRESENTATIVES Mary Helen Beer Esther Milliard Casper Sherk COMMITTEE CHAIRMEN Entertainment Arvin Faber Decoration Frances McCowen Poster Elmer Eckert Music Lynn Volk Building and Construction George Marks Refreshment Enerstine Seedorf Electrical Theodore Brownyard Editorial Marion Van Horn ge One Hundred Tluriyiwo The Freshman Class The fall of 1923 arrived, and with it the largest Freshman Class in the history of Western. Aside from the disappointment felt at finding the stately title Sprau Hall, to be borne by none other than the Old Soldiers ' Home, and the usual infantile delight and fear of first acquaintance with the dinkies, all progressed smoothly, and the class settled into its life at Western. In January the class suffered a severe loss by the resignation of its able and experienced president, Ted Osborne. The work thereafter was conducted by the vice-president, Virginia Loomis, who carried out the business of the remaining year with efficiency. As deputy for the class, a Freshman Council was formed, composed of the officers and the Chairman of the standing committees. Among its accomplishments, one of the most notable is in the census taken of the stu- dents by questionaires, in which was stated the kind of work preferred by each individual. In this way it was found much more work could be done than had been heretofore. In extra curricular activities the class has been particularly outstanding. This year marks the advent of an All-Freshman football team. Throughout the year the battling Freshies practiced with the Varsity so that their stronger brothers might carry the Brown and Gold to victory. The sixteen frosh athletes were rewarded at the football banquet with sweaters and numerals. In addition to these we find Righter, Muller, Zuidema, and N. Johnson receiv- ing letters for upholding Western on the gridiron. Many men, also, have gone out for the other sports, and this year we also have an All-Frosh Basketball team, while the Fresh- man Class is represented by Richards in track. In debating the class was represented by five students on the co-ed teams. In drama the principal Frosh were Evelyn Burke, Deldce Myrick, and Max Bricker, all of whom took part in the Mid- Winter Play. From the first the class has shown its interest in social activities. Many social meetings were held in the gym, and an opportunity was given the students to become better acquainted. A special honor, the giving of The Woman ' s League Tea, conferred each year upon the most active organization, was this year granted to the Freshman Class. We may justly feel proud of the way in which the work was carried out. On March 5 the Freshman party was given to the students. The clever decorations and the balloons as favors added much to the spirit of the function. On April 11 the social gaities culminated in the Reception to the Sophomores. Unique Mah Jong decorations formed a fitting back ground for the two tiny dancers who entertained during the intermission. In this one short year the Freshman Class has shown itself to be capable of taking its place beside the upper classes, and by efficiency and hearty cooperation has shown to the school that Western ' s interests are its interests. After spirited campaigning, the political battle resulted in the election of these officers, chosen to pilot the Freshies through their first year upon the intellectual seas. Theodore Osborne President Virginia Loomis Vice-President Vera North Secretary Vern Mabie Treasurer Representatives to Student Council Mary H. Beer Esther Hii.lard Casper Sherk gs One Hundred Thirty-three Departmental The organization of the student body into departments, which form vital units, presents to the student an opportunity to secure additional social and educational advantages along the line in which he is most interested. Those comprising each group have shown special in- terest in that particular phase of work, and it is this mutual interest that produces such work as has been exhibited during the year. In additiim to the eleven established departments there has lately been organized another, that of limited students. Many of these departments have within themselves a club which is usually composed of most active members, and it is about this nucleus that the larger body revolves. By this means more can be accomplished as the smaller body acts as a directing force in the activities undertaken. During the course of the year some of these de- partments put on large parties for the school, thus inviting all others to partake of the enter- tainment. Tliese are well planned, and the beautifully decorated gymnasium proves to be a strong allurement for thesose interested. That the student may become more familiar with his work and receive information not usually given in the classroom, outside speakers are often invited to address the group. Mem- bers of the faculty have also given specially prepared lectures on subjects of interest so that the students gain different viewpoints and side-lights in the field of their endeavor. This division does not interfere in any way with the class or organization activities that are also carried on. Combining social and educational work, these assemblies serve a two- fold purpose, and enable the student to secure more than the ordinary school and classroom work. Association in an intimate manner with those whose primary interests are his own, each gains and gives for his own development and that of those about him. It is this common responsibility and attention that prepares the student to work well with others and to make that work interesting and beneficially efi ' ective. Page One Hundred Thirty-four Page One Hundred Thirty-five Page One Hundred Thirty-six Page One Hundred Thirty-seven Page Oi:e Hundred Tlurty-cight ge One Hundred Thirty-yiine Page One Hundred Forty Pa e One Hundred Forty-one Page One Hundred Forty two Page One Hundred Forty-three Page One Hundred Forty-four Page One Hundred Foyfy-Uve One Hundred Forty-six The Student Association The Student Council functions as the representative body of the Student Association, a definite organization of the student body as a whole. This association works to achieve a unification of divisional extra-curricular interests toward a common objective. Through it are initiated various activities of the school, such as the band, the publications of the school, and the fall elections of the student body. This year it has been unusually successful, and has penetrated deeper than ever into the realm of student government. Through the efforts of the Council, the Student Association has become a recognized organization of the school, both from local and outside sources. Because of its activities, people are saying that Western State is doing great things. Efficient committees have functioned to bring about a more universal participation in extra-curricular activities ; a better means of control of attendance at parties ; and a more moral conduct of the student body in matters of stealing and cribbing. An efficient system of school finances has been initiated, using a budget system, with co-ordination between the various treasurers through the auditing committee. The activities of the council have been very diversified during the past year. Besides those already mentioned, one should include the outfitting of new members of the band; the responsibility for a special car to the Albion football game ; the parade on Armistice Day. Last, but not least, is the Council banquet, which was given in the faculty dining room of the cafeteria, and added to the social unity of the members. The personnel of the Council is made up of the president, vice-president, secretary, and treasurer ; the president of each class ; three representatives from each class : the editor of the Brown and Gold : the student editor of the Herald ; the Debate manager. The names of the members are : OFFICERS: Wexdell Gates President Ursul.a. Eichexberger J ' ice-President Margaret Lichty Seerefary LoREE Harvey Treasurer Representatives : MONTELL MORTOX (Prcs.) ' 24 John GilLj ' 24 Glenn Levey, ' 24 Joseph Robixove, ' 24 John Clementz, ' 2S, Pres. Lorena Gary , ' 25 Reginald Hurst, ' 25 Towner Smith, ' 25 Harry Smith, ' 26, Pres. Bernice Dendel, ' 26 Leonard Kercher, ' 26 Stanley Tanner, ' 26 Virgini.. Loomis, ' 27 Mary ' Helen Beer, ' 27 Esther Hilliard, ' 27 Casper Sherk, ' 27 Milton Scherer, ' 25, Editor Brown and Gold August Johansen, ' 26, Student Editor Herald Ernest Giddings, ' 25, Debate Manager Mrs. Davis Faeidty Advisors: Mr. Moore Miss Steinway Page One Hundred Forty-eight wmm Page One Hundred Forty-nine JoHANSEN Jackson Blaixe Tanner Rook iWestern Normal Herald The efforts of the Student StaiT of the Normal Herald during the past year have been united on a two-fold program of enlisting student interest in the weekly, and eflfectivelj ' or- ganizing student participation, in its publication. At the outset of the school year, a Student Editor and four representatives of the student body were named by the Student Council to co-operate with Miss Blanche Draper, faculty editor, in the work of editing the paper. The staff members are : Student Editor, August E. Johansen ; Senior representative, Herbert Jackson ; Junior representative, Barbara Blaine ; Sophomore representative, Stanley Tanner, and, Freshman representative, Clara Rook. As one means of arousing interest in the Herald, an essay contest, having as its theme The Student Activity at Western Which is of the Most Value to Me, was sponsored by the Student Council. In order to effectively organize the publicity for the student body, a Publicity Staff, con- sisting of one reporter from each of the thirty-odd school and departmental organizations, has been created, and is functioning successfully. Whatever accomplishments have been made by the student representatives of the Herald, they have been made possible and effective through the hearty co-operation which has been received at all times from the faculty editor and from members of the Publicity Staff, and finally, from the Student Council itself. Page One Hundred Fifty Page One Hundred Fifty-one Breakfast In Fairyland Once upon a time, in a far-away land, a fairy temple stood upon a high hill. And it was a great temple of learning, that was guarded well by the keepers of the temple. To this hill-top came a great many of the youths of the surrounding country. For a certain time they dwelt in the temple upon the hill. They worked together and played together, ever seeking truth and light in this new and magic land. For many days they toiled together, until June came upon the hill-top. They knew well that when summer days came they must go forth. And so, they were very sad, and they planned a feast, a breakfast, at which they could assemble and bid Godspeed and good wishes, one to the other. On the morn of the feast they gathered, and as was the custom of their tribe, the West- ernites, thej ' carried the Daisy Chain, ever as their ancestors had, in the Temple on the Hill- top. And they marched with light step, to what had, in an earlier age, been a prosaic gym- nasium. But a fairy touch had transferred this into a veritable fairyland, a bower for the breakfast. For many hours, they ate, and drank, and were exceedingly merry. Many among the young women arose and spoke in sad tones, of the tribe of the Westernites, and the Land of the Hilltop. For in each heart was the knowledge that they must go forth on the mor- row. Many among them had affixed their names to documents promising to go to many different lands. Some were going to the Kingdom of Wyandotte, others to the land of Cedar Springs ; some to the Kingdom of Teconsha ; and, many to the Land of Matrimonica. And thus in the fairy bower they sai d their last good-byes, they broke bread together for the last time in the tribe of Westernites. And for many days they will remember the breakfast in Fairyland, where they caught again the spirit of Western. And each one carried away the hope that those who had breakfasted in Fairyland in the Kingdom on the Hill-top, might live happily forever after. Page One Hundred Fifty-two Knight Dendel Graham Kidman The Woman ' s League The Woman ' s League, an organization to which all women of the school are eligible for membership, was organized in 1913, and later reorganized in 1919. It aids the new students in getting them adjusted to the strange surroundings, endeavors to bring out the individual by helping to find her proper niche. At the beginning of the Fall Term, in an effort to ward off home sickness, the League gave a mixer in the Gym for all co-eds of the school. Here new friendships were formed as well as old ones renewed. Next, a lovely Japanese tea was given to the faculty. The most outstanding event of the League ' s Social Calendar was the Oriental Leap Year Dance, to which the men of the school awaited in breathless expectation invitations from the ladies fair. The closing event of the year was the Spring Breakfast. The establishment of a social code of ethics by the women of the school is being carried on under the auspices of the Woman ' s League. The great hope of this organization is to establish co-operative houses for women students in the near future. OFFICERS Geraldixe Knight President Bernice Df.ndel Vice-President Helen Graham Secretary Helen Kidman Treasurer One Hundred Fifty-i Page One Hundred Fifty-four Forensics The story of forensics at Western State Normal School is the story of something more than a series of intercollegiate contests, a record of victories and defeats. To be sure, when one surveys the record for the past three years he sees that ' estern has had extensive sched- ules with strong debating schools and has emerged victorious from more than one half of her contests. Such a record is a source of real satisfaction, but the thing of which Western can be truly proud is the interest in debating among her students. It shows that though our tastes in public address have changed and we no longer exalt Websterian oratory, there is a vital in- terest in practical public speaking, in which field debating gives most valuable practice. This interest on Western ' s campus is manifested in a variety of ways — the existence of four strong debating organizations, an annual series of inter-society debates for the posses- sion of the Lawyers ' Cup, a scholarship and loan fund for varsity debaters, an honorary forensic fraternity for those who have represented the school, and, most significant of all, widespread support for debating on the part of the general student body and the financing of intercollegiate contests by the Student Council from student term fees. It perhaps is not realized by many students that Western is decidedly unusual in her Forum, Senate, Academy and Tribunal. There are few colleges in the country in which there are literary organizations which do such worthwhile work and play so large a part in the life of the school. Tlie Lawyers ' Cup, annually presented by the Kalamazoo Bar Associa- tion, is the result of their work. So is the fifty-cent term fee used by the Student Council for the support of student activities. So. in a peculiar sense, is the one-thousand-dollar fund, the principal used as a loan fund for varsity debaters needing financial assistance, the niter- est in a few years to be awarded anuall - as scholarships to the best debaters. One reason why intercollegiate debating has been so successful at Western Normal is the fact that it is regarded and handled as something more than contest work. Training, under competent faculty coaches, is given to as many people as possible, separate squads of twelve men and twelve women being chosen by tryouts. The work is handled much as any other academic subject, and regular academic credit is given. From the squads representatives for the various debates are chosen. It is interesting to note that during the past year eight women and nine men represented the school at home or away. A new custom was instituted during the 1923-24 se ason which it is hoped may always be continued at Western and may soon become the practice of all colleges — that of paying- judges a reasonable fee for their services. Western has always been particularly careful to secure thoroughly competent men, forensically qualified to know what constitutes good debating, and with the inauguration of this new policy it is certain that the record will be maintained. . ■ ' ith all these advantages — student interest, active debating organizations, expert coach- ing, businesslike methods, good sportsmanship, and a growing tradition. Western has every reason to look forward to a bright forensic future. Page One Hundred Fifty-five Forensic Board The Forensic Board is the organization which controls and promotes forensic activities at Western. It was organized in 1921, and since then has done very effective work. It is composed of one representative from each of the four debating societies, the two debate coaches, and a chairman called the Debate Manager. The Debate Manager is appointed by the Student Council, and upon his appointment, becomes a member of the Council, thus connecting the work of the Board directly with the Student Association. The work of the Forensic Board consists of scheduling debates, financing the debates, ar- ranging tryouts for the varsity squad, and seeing in general to the details of all intercol- legiate and inter-society debating. This year the Board has attempted to create more in- terest in debating by co-operating more fully with the four debating organizations. The Board has been mainly instrumental in furthering plans by which the scholarship fund will be used as a debate loan fund. The personnel of the Board this year is as follows : Debate Manager ■ . Ernest Giddings Men ' s Debate Coach Carroll Lahman Women ' s Debate Coach Lousene Rousseau Society Rcprrscutativcs Senate Gertrude Cooley Academy Lillian Rector Forum Benjamin Buickema Tribunal Randall Lamb Page One Hundred Fifty-six Men ' s Intercollegiate Debating Rcsoh ' cd, That Congress should enact legislation embodying the essential features of the Huber Unemployment Insurance Bill of Jl ' lscoiisin, constitutiouality conceded. The third year of intercollegiate debating at Western State Normal has witnessed great progress in this field, both as to the number of debates and the relative standings of the schools which were met in forensic contest. During the fall term a large number of men reported for the debate try-outs and after several elimination contests were held the squad was tinally cut to twelve men, all of whom worked continuously until the close of the season. Of the twelve men composing the st|uad five were veterans of last year while seven reported for the first time. The question debated this year was that chosen by the Mid- ' est Debate Conference meet- ing at Madison, Wisconsin, early in October. At this conference were representatives of many universities and colleges of high standing in forensic circles throughout the Middle West. For three years Western Normal has participated in this Conference which has done much to promote the interests of debating among the colleges represented. This year ' estern Normal became a member of the Michigan Debating League, which also includes Albion, Hope, Alma, Olivet, Kalamazoo College, and AI. S. N. C. at Ypsilanti. Despite the fact that it was her first year in the League, Western made an excellent rec- ord, tying for third place. One of the greatest achievements of the season was the formation of the Tri-State Normal League which is composed of the State Normal at Oshkosh, Wisconsin, Illinois State Normal University, and Western State Normal. It is believed that the formation of this permanent league will be a powerful factor in promoting the spirit of friendly competition and good fellowship between the normal schools of the three states. The support of the student body was most satisfactory indeed. Large enthusiastic aud- iences attended the debates and gave addrd incentive to the participants. The visiting teams each time commented on the enthusiastic yet courteous treatment accorded them by the West- ern Normal audience. No small part of the success of debating this year can be attributed to the careful and thorough coaching which the men received from Coach Carroll P. Lahman. The debaters and the student body are united in their hearty appreciation of his work. For two years Mr. Lahman has faithfully served the interests of debating at Western Normal, and the announce- ment that he will not be here next year is received with genuine regret by the entire student body. Sincere appreciation should also be expressed to other faculty members who have so kindly assisted the debate squad in various ways and to the elTicient debate manager, Mr. Ernest E. Giddings. Debating at Western Normal in its third year has reached the stage of real attainment. Next year still greater efforts will be made, and with several members of this year ' s squad back in school there is every prospect of another successful season. One Hundred Fifty-seven Fraxseth Seccj BlTKEMA ALMA AT ALMA FEBRUARY 14 Western 2 Alma 1 Western opened its forensic season of 1923-24 by participating in the first series of the Michigan Debating League, upholding the negative against Alma and the affirmative against Oh ' vet. As it was the first debate of the year for both Ahna and Western, the work lacked the polish shown later, but the Brown and Gold representatives demonstrated their superior- ity in grasp of the subject and in organization of the constructive case, and won the decision by a vote of 2 to 1. It was the first visit of any of the debaters to Alma College, and it was their unanimous verdict that the Presbyterians proved to be most hospitable hosts. Though Alma and West- ern had met previously in an athletic way, this debate marked the opening of forensic relations between the two schools, which, it is hoped, may be continued with mutual profit in the future. The tlilltop winning team consisted of Nelson Van Liere, president of Delta Rho ; August Johansen, former Battle Creek High School debater ; and Captain Richard Bietry, debating his third year for Western. Coach Lahman accompanied the team. 1 OLIVET AT KALAAL ZOO Western 3 FEBRUARY 16 Olivet Olivet College sent its negative team to Kalamazoo for ' estern ' s first home debate of the year. Each school ' s team consisted of one experienced intercollegiate debater and two men who had never previously done college debating. Olivet, in attacking unemployment insurance, strongly supported the Federal Reserve banking system, in fact, based their entire case upon this point. Western ' s representatives, though not expecting such an unusual case, carried out tlie school ' s forensic tradition of ex- celling in rebuttal and won by a unanimous vote. The Brown and Gold team who won this highly prized victory were Benjamin Buikema, a veteran of last year : and Paul Franseth and Arthur Secord of East Jordan, both members of the high school debating team which took second place in the state league in 1920-21. In this debate, as in all others during the year, ' estern followed her usual pt)licy of se- curing judges of the highest possible forensic qualifications. In this case they were all mem- bers of Delta Sigma RH ' o — Superintendent Leroy Stewart of Dowagiac, Professor C. E. Griffin of the L niversity of Michigan, and N. J. Weiss, debate coach at Central High School. Prcifessor Hugh Ackley, as president of the Olivet alumni, jiresided. Page One Hundred Fifty-eight Van Lieee Bie ' try JullA. LX ALBION AT KALAMAZOO Western FEBRUARY 28 Albion 3 Expecting the hardest contest of the season. Western ' s debate fans had their expectations reahzed when Normal ' s negative team met Albion in the second round of the state league ' s series. A record crowd of faculty and students packed the Rotunda of the Training School to listen to a most thrilling and hotly contested forensic battle. The outcome was uncertain until the very last, but despite the clear organization and strong arguments of the negative, Albion ' s telling delivery, adroit handling of material, and general excellence in debate tech- nique won the day. Albion has long been knf)wn as one of the best debating schools of the Middle West, and the training, tradition, and support her teams have behind them are very evident. It was a pleasure to establish forensic relations with Western ' s neighbor to the east, and it is hoped that they may continue — with dififerent results at least part of the time! The team which put up such a creditable fight for Western w ' as the same as defeated Alma — Bietry. Van Liere aiid Johansen. The judges were G. E. Densmore, coach at the University of Michigan. D. C. Eckerman, coach at M. A. C. and Dean John B. Nykerk of Hope College. F. W. Moore, professor of Economics and former Albion debater, presided. HOPE AT HOLLAND FEBRUARY 29 Western 1 Hope 2 Hope College w ' as the other school besides Albion to be met in the second series of the state league debates, and the Brown and Gold affirmative team made the trip to Holland. As soon as the debate got under way it was seen that Hope ' s team had improved greatly in the tw ' O weeks that had elapsed since they lost their first debate in the state league. Western was represented by the same team that had defeated Olivet two wrecks previously — Buikema, captain, Franseth, and Secord. All did excellent debating in both constructive and rebuttal speeches. The Hope team cleverly emphasized and reiterated certain arguments that had a popular appeal and won the decision by a 2 to 1 vote. Following the debate. Western ' s men were pleasantly entertained by their hosts. They stayed overn ' ght at the Holland House, which it has since been found necessary to raze! Randall Lam.b accompanied the team as alternate. Page One Hundred Fifty-nine KlV.MJLI : La.mi AIauie DETROIT COLLEGE OE LAW AT KALAMAZOO Western 3 MARCH 20 Detroit For the second consecutive year a dual debate was held with Detroit College of Law. This year, though again winning the votes of four out of six judges, Western was forced to yield one decision to their opponents. Detroit ' s affirmative team showed the Lawyers ' usual poise and polished delivery, but they were matched against a team which, in addition to convincing delivery, had a clearly organized case and a mass of unescapable evidence. It was not surprising that the outcome was a unanimous vote for Western. In this debate Normal was represented by Hal Crane, president of the Tribunal, August Johansen, and Richard Bietry. All did work that they and the school could well be proud of. It was Crane ' s first intercollegiate debate, but he proved himself very effective; Johansen was unusually deadly in his logical attack on the affirmative arguments ; and Captain Bietry showed all his old-time fire and handled the final summary in masterly fashion. The Judges were the Honorable Colin P. Campbell of Grand Rapids, who served in a similar capacity last j ' ear, H. G. Pett of the Eederal Reserve Bank of Chicago, and Attorney Verner Main of Battle Creek. Mr. Robert L. Campbell, former president of the Kalamazoo Bar Association, presided. DETROIT COLLEGE OF LAW AT DETROIT Western 1 MARCH 21 Detroit 2 Flushed with its victory over the law school ' s affirmative. Western sent its own affirma- tive team to Detroit the following day. After various harrowing experiences with dining cars and finger bowls, all the members, including Arthur Secord, arrived safely in the metropolis. Following a fitful rest at the Hotel Wolverine, powdered and polished they sallied forth to the auditorium of the Y. M. C. A. Here they found a movie in full swing and considerately waited until the villain had been properly disposed of. When the forensic act was staged. Western ' s team found themselves faced by three highly skilled platform orators, one of whom had several times previously represented the University of Detroit. The Brown and Gold debaters, individually and collectively, excelled their previous performances and fairly overwhelmed their opponents with arguments and facts. However, the platform skill of the Lawyers carried great weight and won for them a split decision. A word of appreciation of the fine spirit of the Detroit College of Law in winning or losing is not out of place. The relations between the two schools during the past two years have been most pleasant. Normal was represented by Captain Paul Franseth as first speaker, Randall Lamb, who won his spurs against Detroit last year; Arthur Secord, veteran closer; and Benjamin Buikema, alternate. Coach Lahman tried to chaperone the group. Page One Hundred Sixty Jennings Ckaxe Cole WISCONSIN NORMAL AT OSHKOSH Western i APRIL 24 Oshkosh Western brought its forensic season to a brilliant close by scoring unanimous victories both at home and away in the Tri-State Normal League with Illinois Normal University and Oshkosh (Wisconsin) Normal. By thus amassing a total of six points. Western easily secured first place in the League — a precedent, it is hoped, for future years. Six men took the trip to Wisconsin — Captain Richard Bietry, August Tohansen, and Elton Cole, speakers ; Hal Crane, alternate ; Ernest Giddings, debate manager ; and Coach Lahman, It is customary for the debate manager each year to accompany the team on one long trip as recognition of his services, and this year Mr. Giddings was sent by special action of the Student Council. Elton Cole, after two years of conscientious work on the squad, participated in his first varsity debate, and won his award with a performance that an experienced debater might well envy. Johansen, who, with Captain Bietry, participated in every debate of the season, far excelled all previous work in poise and ease. Dick Bietry, finishing his third year at West- ern, will probably never represent the Brown and Gold again. By his loyalty, hard work, and ability, extending over three years, he has won the appreciation of the entire school. The contest was judged by the debate coaches of three Wisconsin schools — Beloit College, Carroll College, and Marquette L ' niversity. ILLINOIS NORMAL UNIVERSITY AT KALAMAZOO APRIL 24 Western 3 Illinois While the negative team at Oshkosh was winning unanimously, the affirmative, not to be outdone, was duplicating the performance at home before an enthusiastic audience, includ- ing many faculty members. As the result of special invitations sent to various professional and business organizations of the city, several interested townspeople were present. Western was represented by the same team that met Detroit College of Law — Paul Fran- seth, captain, Randall Lamb, Arthur Secord, and Vem Mabie, alternate. Like the negative team members, they, too, did their best debating of the year. Captain Franseth showed his usual polished smoothness and was particularly deadly in rebuttal. Lamb displayed his char- acteristic fire and earnestness and used them with telling effect. Secord, strategically placed as closer, had unusual poise and discrimination in analysis and summary. Professor John P, Everett acted as chairman of the evening. The judges were H. L. Ewbank, Albion debate coach, R. B. Stewart, business secretary of Albion College and for- mer L niversity of Wisconsin debater; and Dr. King Beach of the First Methodist Church of Grand Rapids. Page One Hundred Sixty-one ,1 ilfkA. ■ MM,J Forensic Recognition Banquet A fitting close was given the forensic season by the Recognition Banquet in honor of the varsity debaters, both men and women, the middle of May. Though sponsored and ar- ranged by the four debating organizations, the banquet was an all-school affair, to show the appreciation of the entire school f(ir the splendid work done during the year by its forensic representatives. The banquet was held in the banquet hall of the city Y. W ' . C. A., where covers were laid for some two hundred people. The room and tables were tastefully decorated, and the repast itself was not the least enjoyable thing of the evening. Special music was interspersed throughout the program. Professor Floyd W. Moore acted as toastmaster and in his inimitable way introduced the various speakers. Among those who responded to toasts were Marie Rapp for the women, Hal Crane for those who were graduating, Arthur Secord for those coming back to defend the Brown and Gold another year, Ernest Giddings, debate manager, and President Waldo. Miss Rousseau, as women ' s coach, with a few appropriate words, presented her debaters with their newly designed awards in the shape of jeweled pins. Coach Lahman presented the men with their silver or gold seal-and-gavel medallions and closed the program with a brief personal valedictory, leaving, as he does, for other work next year. This banquet marked the second year of ' estern ' s extensive participation in intercol- legiate debating. It is planned that in tlie future the Forensic Recognition Banquet shall be a regular annual affair. THE SEASON AT A GLANCE WOMEX Western Slate Normal. Opponents. March 7 M. A. C. there 1 M. A. C. here 1 March 22 Wheaton at North- Western 1 2 North- Western at Wheaton 2 1 April 7 Colorado Aggies here 2 1 Expert Judge Judges 7 4 Victories 4 1 Men February 14 Alma there 2 1 February 16 Olivet here 3 February 28 Albion here 3 February 29 Hope there 1 2 March 20 Detroit Law here 3 March 21 Detroit Law there 1 2 April 24 Illinois Normal here 3 Oshkosh Normal there 3 Judges 16 8 Victories S 3 Western won 65.7% of the judges ' votes. 69.2% of her contests. Page One Hundred Sixty-two Women ' s Debates Never in the history of the school has any squad representing Western Normal at- tracted more attention, nor received more publicity, than the squad representing the women of the school in the forensic field this year. From New York to California, Western ' s co-ed debaters have been heralded by the press. — not, sad to say, because of their really remarkable record in debating, but rather because of their unique methods of preparation. At the beginning of the season. Miss Rousseau, woman ' s debate coach, announced a strict training program, according to which the debaters were denied sweets, pastries, etc., and required to secure three well-balanced meals a day and eight hours sleep at night. Ad- ditional extra-curricular activities were prohibited, and the squad entered upon a most in- tensive period of study and training. The members of the squad were Ursula Eichenberger, Geraldine Knight, Bernice Dendel, Frances Little, Annie Belle Sibley, Dorothea Rasch, Dorothy Osborn, Marie Rapp, Mary Beer, Deldee Myrick, Lilian Rector and Katherine Foy. The results of the debates were most encouraging, and spoke well for the faithful work of the debaters, and incidentally for the benefits of the training system. Both of the de- bates with Michigan Agricultural College were judged by single expert judges, both judges awarding the decision to Western, on the basis of superior knowledge of the question, superior debate technique, and more effective delivery. In the triangular debate, both teams of each school travelled, each debate being held before a neutral audience. Two votes were taken, from the regular judges, and from the audience. W ' estern ' s debaters won both decisions from Northwestern College at Wheaton, but lost the judges ' decision to Wheaton College at Naperville. The hardest debate of the season was with Colorado Agricultural College, for the Westerners had won the si.x previous debates on their trip, and had won additional honors at the Pi Kappa Delta convention, where one of their speakers won second place in ex- tempore speaking, and one third place in oratory. This contest was close and spirited, and was praised by the judges afterward as the best debate they had ever heard. The decision in favor of Western made a fitting climax to a strenuous season. With such a record for this year, a still more ambitious program planned for next year, and several members of this year ' s squad back to school, Western is well on the way toward establishing an enviable reputation in women ' s debating. Page One Hundred Sixty-three ElCHENBERGER Rasch Knight Rapp Dual Debate With Michigan Ag ' ricultural College, March 7 Proposition: Resolved that the United States should join the League of Nations at once. Negative (Lansing) Frances Little Bernice Dendel Annie Bell Sibley Lilian Rector, Altcnmte Won by Western. Affinitative (Kalamazoo) Dorothy Rasch UrSLTLA ElCHENBERGER Geraldine Knight Mary Rapp, Alternate Won by Western. Expert judge at Lansing: R. K. Immel, L niversity of Michigan Debate Coach. Expert judge at Kalamazoo: W. H. Mikesell, L ' niversity of Illinois Debate Coach. PI ■ m jk w ■PI ' - .■ 1 - «- n K ' ' l m t i . Dexdel Sibley Little Rector Page One Hundred Sixty-four ElCHENBERGER KxiGHT OSBORXE Rasch Triangular Debate With Northwestern College and Wheaton College — March 22 Proposition: Resolved that the United States should enter the World Court under the terms outlined b}- President Harding. Affirmative (with Northzvcstcni at Wheaton) Geraldine Knight Dorothy Osborxe Ursula Eichenberger Dorothy Rasch, Alternate Won by Western, 2-1. Audience decision, 10-1 for Western. Negative (zuifh Wheaton at NaperznJIe) Annie Belle Sibley Deldee Myrick Frances Little Bernice Dexdel, .llternate Won by Wheaton, 2-1. Audience decision, 3-1 for W ' estern. Sibley Little Myrick Dexdel ■9BBaB B Page One Hundred Sixty-five Sibley Little ElCHEXBEKGER Rapp Colorado Agricultural College — April 17 Proposition: Resolved that the United States should enter the League of Nations. Colorado — Ncgotk ' c Western — Affinnativc Frances Little Annie Belle Sibley LTrsula Eichenbercer Marie Rapp, Alternate IzA White Editha Todd Helen Temple Judges : H. L. Ewbank, debate coach at Albion ; N. W. Brigance. debate coach at Wa- bash, and L. W. Stewart, Superintendent at Dovvagiac. Decision : 2 for Western, 1 for Colorado. 0}:e Hundred Si.vty-si.v Intra-Mufal Debating Intra-mural is a new term in forensic activities on the hill-top, making its advent in the year 1922 when the Kalamazoo County Bar Association presented the four debating societies with a beautiful silver cup to act as an incentive to wider and better debating. Henceforth inter-society debating was to be on an organized basis, inasmuch as this cup was to be award- ed to the victorious society in a series of contests among the societies. In the spring- of I92i, after dual contests, the Academy. Western ' s youngest woman ' s orgaitization won a well-fought victory- ' over the Tribunal. Those comprising the winning team were Katherine Ellinger, Natalie Greenbaum, and Aline Cross. During the last year it was found feasable to place intra-mural debating in the fall term. In this way, it acts a magnovox recorder of The way the wind blows in inter col- legiate debating, a sort of warming up practice where the neuro-muscular processes are retoned for the winter forge. Thus far, the normal probability integral seems skewed in favor of feminity as hav- ing the last word — probably a leap-year coincidence. At any rate we find the Senate, the oldest woman ' s organization, in possession of the silver cup which was awarded them after an evenly-contested battle with the Forum. Therefore, in conclusion, it seems safe to say that Western ' s enviable record in intercol- legiate debating during the past year, is due in no small degree to the strong impetus given it by intra-mural contests. Fage One Hundred Sixty-seven l-RAXSKTH ReVXOLUS SecORD The Forum-Tribunal Debate On November 11 the team of the two men ' s debating societies clashed ; a verbal battle took place on the old scrimmage ground, the rotunda of the training school. At the outset it was assumed that there would be an interesting conflict. The rivalry between the two or- ganizations on the campus has always aroused a great deal of interest and the clash on the debating platform is considered one of the events of the year. As the debate the previous year was won by the Tribunal, the Forum was very anxious to gain the victory. The question was : Resolved : That Congress pass a law embodying the essential pro- visions of the Huber Uneiuployment Insurance Bill; constitutionality conceded. Hal Crane aggressively opened the battle for the Tribunal. Elton Cole ' s logic stood the ground as the second speaker, and August Johansen closed the argument with his charac- teristic drive. Paul Franseth opened the barrage for the Forum and Verny Reynolds continued the fire as second speaker. The argument for the Forum cause was closed by Arthur Secord. The debate as a whole, was a hotly contested battle. However the decision resulted in a two-to-one victorv for the b ' orum. JOH. NSEN Crane Cole Page One Hundred Si-vty-clglit Little Rasch Blaxdfoed Senate-Academv Debate On Wednesdaj ' , December 5, 1923, the second of our intra-tnural debates was held in the Rotunda of the Training School. The teams from the two girls ' debating societies of Western, the Senate and Academy, presented a heated discussion on the proposition Re- solved : That Congress should enact a law embodying the essential provisions of the Huber Unemployment Insurance Bill, constitutionality conceded. The Academy team, upholding the affirmative, consisted of Lilian Rector, Rockford ; Norma Maikowski, Benton Harbor ; and Annie Bell Sibley, Ionia. The opposing Senate team, consisting of Dorothy Rasch, Conklin ; Clarissa Blandford, Fremont ; and Frances Little, Kalamazoo, met the affirmative case to the satisfaction of two of the judges, so that the decision was two to one for the negative Senate team. Rector Maikowski Sibley Page One Hundred Sixty-nine Senate-Forum Debate The last of the iiitra-mural debates of 1923 was held in the High School Assembly on Thursday, December 13. Judge George P. Hopkins, president of the Kalamazoo Bar Asso- ciation acted as chairman. The winners of the two preliminary debates clashed on the question of the Huber Unemployment Insurance Bill, the Forum team upholding the affirm- ative, the Senate team the negative. Because of the experience of the debaters gained in the first two debates, the last debate was perhaps the most interesting and hotly contested of the three. The judges, Lawyers R. L. Campbell, F. S. Weston, and Henry Kimball, gave a unani- mous decision for the Senate team. Amid much rejoicing the silver cup, presented by the Bar Association to Western ' s debating societies last year, was received by the Senate team to be safely guarded until next year, when its possession will again be contested. Sexatk Te. m Winners Page One Hundred Sez ' enty Forensic Societies Among the most active organizations on Western ' s hill-top are the Forum, Senate, Tribunal and Academy, the four debating societies. Their primary aim is to foster the de- velopment of the art of persuasion and fluent expression. Even though the particular aim is secured through promotion of both intra-mural and intercollegiate debating, each society, realizing that leadership is the outgrowth of a will to do, associations with people, and ap- portunities for service, aims to develop and mould characters thru the creation of broaden- ing situations. These opportunities are afforded each member thru participation in in- dividual club activities and assuming responsibilities which are demanded on various occasions. As a famous writer has once said that the object of an education is the gener- ation of power, Western ' s debating societies develop the liberal educated man, and prepare him to meet situations when duty calls. Another aim is the instilling of sincere loyalty to the group, and the broadening of sympathies, which are among the deeper objectives obtained thru close contact with fellow students from all w ' alks of life. The loyalty is not only for a particular group but for the entire school, since any project is undertaken whole heartedly for increasing the name and fame of Western State. To each individual, membership means more than merely the evanescent glory and super- ficial pride of the fountains of practical knowledge. It means the broadening of the horizon, insight into deeper and more worthwhile purposes of life, greater sympathies, and a fuller appreciation of the nobler things in life. Each member believes that through worthily pledging himself to serve in whatever capacity is offered, only the greatest good can be realized for the school ; and the greatest potentialities of manhood and womanhood can be secured through unflinching loyalty to the truest and most splendid ideals. Page One Hundred Seventy-one Delta Rho One of the newest productions and probably the most exclusive on Western ' s campus is the Delta Rho, an honorary debating society organized by the coaches and varsity debaters early in 1923. The name Delta Rho signifies the Fine Art of Public Speaking, so its purpose is to encourage public speaking and further interest in d ebating. This society may be said to be the culmination of the realizations of the four debating organizations, namely that the work in varsity forensics should be acknowledged and encouraged as well as science and athletics. Delta Rho is awaiting the time that she will receive a chapter of Delta Sigma Rho, which is a national honorary fraternity of highest standing. Social affairs are not missing in the life of Delta Rho. The annual banquet held last June at Dixie Inn will long be remembered by all the members and also the banquet held at the Blue Moon in Battle Creek where Coach Lahman gave us a glimpse of what was Behind the Scenes ; Miss L. Rousseau of how it felt to be Back Home and Broke ; and Mr. F. Moore challenged each varsity debater with Nothing But The Truth. The Delta Rho members that have participated in varsity debates this year are Bernice Dendel, Geraldine Knight, Ursula Eichenberger, Benjamin Buikema, Randall Lamb, Richard Bietry and Nelson Van Liere. To be eligible for membership in this society, one must have participated in at least one varsity debate. All new members of the Varsity debating teams are eligible for membership after this debating season has closed. MEMBERS Miss LousENE Rousseau ■ Mr. Floyd W. Moore Mr. Carroll P. Lahm. n Mr. J. Richard Bietry Miss Mary Cryan Miss Naurine Wilcox Miss Thelma M. Vogt Mr. Donald R. Gorman Mr. Loyal Phares Mr. Wm. W. Arnold Miss L ' rsula Eichexbercer Mr. Carl E. Hoffman Miss Mabel E. Miller Mr. Wendell C. Gates Miss Berxice A. Dendel Mr. Nelson Van Liere Miss Geraldine Knight Miss Kathryn Williams Miss Etna Eitz-Patrick Mr. Edwin Oakes Mr. Bent. J. Buikema Mr. Jack Shea Mr. Randall Lamb Pas c One Hundred Scz ' cnty-ttL ' o EICHENBERGER VAN LIERE GATES BIETRY KNIGHT LAMB BUIKEMA DENDEL LAHMAN ROUSSEAU Page One Hundred Seventy-three B TsTSa J g f Forum One of Western ' s oldest organizations is the men ' s debating society, the Forum. It is an organization which has in the past been successful in achieving distinction in debate. The society was organized for the purpose of promoting a practical knowledge of debat- ing and public speaking, and to develop a keener spirit of club loyalty and school patriotism. The membership is selected from those men having professed their interest and proved their ability in forensics. Not only this, but good character and a high scholarship are essential. During the year the activities of the organization are centered principally upon the needs of the individual club members, to give each an opportunity to strengthen his latent abilities. Seven members of Delta Rho and of Western ' s Varsity Debating Squad are Forum men. Opportunity is given to those not partaking in this phase of intercollegiate work to carry on the Intra-Mural activities. Having successfully competed with the Tribunal, the Forum team which was composed entirely of Freshmen, was defeated by the Senate ' s team of upper classmen. At the regular meetings of the club which occur every two weeks, de- bates, mock trials, impromptu speeches, and parliamentary drills are held. The program chairman plans for every member to participate in these activities. The social events of the Forum during the year were more attractive and larger than ever before. At the time of the Michigan State Teachers ' Association meeting the an- nual banquet surpassed preceding ones. Here several of the alumni renewed old acquaintances and met the new members who were carrying on the work. New officers were elected for the succeeding term of office at this banquet. Another is held in June, presenting again these delightful opportunities for meeting. The social advantages that come to Forum members are many. Although certain standards of dignity are observed during business meetings, the members have very enjoyable times, and many lasting friendships are formed from associations of man to man. The banquet resulted in the election of Floyd Haight, President; Homer Arnett, Vice-President; Roy Larr, Secretary ; Dale Fausey, Treasurer ; James Masterson, Publicity ; Michael DeFant, Historian. Page One Hundred Seventy-four Page One Hundred Seventy-Hve. The Senate The Senate was organized in the Fall Term of 1916 under the leadership of Miss Ros- seau, with a membership of twenty-five girls. With the growth of the school, the active membership has been increased to forty. The purpose of the Senate is two-fold: to pro- mote forensic activities by participation in intra-mural and intercollegiate debating ; to de- velop leadership through service to the Senate and the school. With this purpose in mind, members are chosen on a basis of high scholarship, faculty recognition, ability in debate, and personality. The Senate record of activities is a natural result of its aim and membership standard. Under the auspices of the Senate student sections were first reserved at athletic events. Later the Senate was instrumental in organizing the Booster Committee which evolved into the Student Association. The Senate has cooperated with the other debating societies in giving the annual Hallowe ' en Carnival. In the Fall Term of 1920 the Senate initiated the campaign for a Debating Scholarship Fund. The cooperation of the other forensic societies was se- cured, and this year will mark the completion of the fund. The Senate has enthusiastically fostered all debating activities in the school. In the intra-mural debates of this year the Senate won from the Academy and the Forum, thereby becoming the possessor for one year of the cup awarded by the Kalamazoo County Bar Asso- ciation. Four of the seven intercollegiate debaters in 1923 were Senators, and six out of the twelve varsity team members in 1924, The Senate believes that sincere loyaltv to the ideals of the societv and of the school — ' .1. fi in a word true Senatehuod — is a promise of finer womanhood. The officers of the Senate for 1923-24 are as follows : Ursula Eichenberger President Frances Little President Pro Tern EsTELLE Larson Secretary Cynthia Stocking Guardian of the Exchequer Geraldine Knight Keeper of the Mace Ruth Ettwein Historian Barbara Blaine Journalist Page One Hundred Seventy-six :i a Page One Hundred Seventy-seven -itfjf y - ' •I ' t.w _, its- Tribunal High standards of literary and forensic endeavor, together with a genuine comradeship within the society, have carried the Tribunal through a successful year. The Tribunal was organized in October 1920, to afford men of Western Normal a better opportunity for training in debating, public speaking, and parliamentary practice. The organization has adhered to this aim faithfully, and has at same time developed a valuable spirit of fellowship and loyalty among its members. As this year closes plans for another are already taking shape. A Tribunal alumni as- sociation is being formed, and a membership system entirely new to Western Normal or- ganizations is being devised. Leonard Kercher of Camden held the president ' s chair for the first half of the year. Other officers were : Elton Cole, Vice-President ; Reginald Hurst, Secretary ; Hal Crane, Treasurer ; Willis Peck, Historian ; Randall I amb, Representative on Forensic board. Members of the Tribunal are: Richard Bietry, Laurence Bohnet, Francis Cargo, Elton Cole, Hal Crane, Alto Dell, Cleo Faunce, Wendell Gates, Donald Gorham, Reginald Hurst, Loree Harvey, Russell Hilbert, Harold Held, August Johansen, Edward Jennings, Leonard Kercher, Arthur Lux ford, Randall Lamb, Ronald Robinson, Joseph Robinove, Willis Peck, Milton Scherer, Harry Smith. Frederick Smith, Maurice Snow, Merwin Lewis, Donald Weeks, Robert Walker, Charles Whale, Melville Westerberg. Page One Hundred Scz ' enty-eight Page One Hundred Seventy nine ,ikyL_=faftF The Academy The position gained by the Academy in the past two years of its existence has not de- teriorated in this, its third year. The society aims to be a laboratory ' for those interested in debating. To insure good material for this purpose, members are selected on the basis of scholarship and ability in school activities. In the intra-mural debates held in the Fall Term, the Academy proved to be just as good a loser this year as it was a winner last year. Annie Bell Sibley, Lillian Rector, and Norma Maikowski represented the Academy in this series of debates. Varsity debating also found the Academy represented by the Misses Sibley, Rector and Rapp. As a reward for hard study and earnest application, the Academy furnishes an oppor- tunity for those who are socially ambitious, in its program of activities for the year. First among these would be the Cat ' s Meow given in conjunction with the other debating so- cieties for the purpose of increasing the Debating Loan Fund. Next on our social calendar would be the Reception given in the Fall term to the girls of Western Normal who were interested in debating. The chief event of the Winter Term was a dinner party accorded the new initiates. It is hoped that the grand success of the Academy house party this year will prove an incentive toward its becoming a tradition. Not least among the social functions was the Annual Farewell Banquet held at the Park American late in the Spring Term. The officers of the club during the year have been Ruth Collf.r President Annie Bell Sibley J ' ice-President Helen Kidman Secretary LuciLE G-Wix Treasurer Ready to aid in each new endeavor, to council in each new undertaking, to help in every situation is Miss Rosseau, the faculty advisor of tlie Academy, and every member of the club wishes to express her deep appreciation for this work so willingly given. Allinson Gavin Kolkema Austin Goldsmith Lindquist Burke Gerhardt Maikowski Carpenter Graham Osterburg Coller Hoffman Rapp Crawford Hopkins Rector Dyar Inwood Seeley Fisher Kidman Siblev Smith Whalen ge One Hundred Eighty Page One Hundred Eighty-one . tiail-SAtd:-.: r J SENATE kS,- Page One Hundred Eighty-two Organizations There are about thirty-three chartered organizations in this school of eighteen hundred students. Some will say we have an organization complex. Perhaps this is true but interests seem to be varied enough to permit of that number of distinct, live entities. Consider the scope these organizations cover. There are departmental clubs, debating societies, religious organizations, clubs banding together those from various parts of the state, the dramatic club, honorary societies, class organizations, fraternal societies and athletic clubs. There is a club for every student in school if he would take advantage of the oppor- tunities offered. In spite of this fact only about one third of the students participate in extra curricular activities. It has ever been thus and probably always will be. The few become highly socialized, develop initiative and leadership while the majority remain indifferent or envious non-participators. At ' estern, however, the envious non-participators are in the minority for the democratic spirit which pervades all extra curricular activities makes non-participation a matter of individual choice rather than of exclusive discrimination. We strive each year to increase the number of participators and the striving has not all been in vain. We have considered the scope of organization work, now let us look at a few of the by-products, commonly called benefits. Have you not seen the person who seemed rather lost in high school, who perhaps was bright enough, but just didn ' t seein to find himself. And then have you seen him come to Western, join a congenial group and just blossom out. He has found his niche, he is developing his potentialities, he is building so as to help con- quer future worlds. This we may call individual benefit. There is another very fruitful by-product which includes the first, yet is larger than it in its influence. That is the benefit to the group as a whole. Organization means co-operation, it means working toward a goal or several goals, it means adhering to certain standards. All this activity develops rational leaders and intelligent followers, who combine for the good of the group, thus developing the many instead of the few. Enlarging the horizon of organization benefits still farther, we have the groups com- bined for the benefit of Western. Thus school spirit is created and fostered, various senti- ments are awakened, and all-student activities are carried on. All this is accomplished through organization. Individuals combine to further the in- terests of a group, groups combine to further the interests of a school. That school is Western, Read the stories of accomplishment in the following pages, then answer the question : Are organizations worth while? Page One Hundred Eighty-three Y. M. C. A. Western ' s Y. M, C. A. is one of the leading college Y. M. C. A. organizations of the state. It is on Western ' s Campus for the primary purpose of serving the student body. Y members are everywhere in evidence on the first day of school helping new students to find suitable rooming places and aiding them in enrolling. From this day on the Y carries on a series of activities which furnish good wholesome recreation for the student body, and brings many into the real social atmosphere of our college, which otherwise would be neglected in this very important phase of their education. Our Y. AI. C. A. is a genuine organization that believes the full fruits of individual service comes only tlirough heart-felt convictions stimulated and inspired by sincere prayer and meditations. Weekly meetings are held in which vital, current, and challenging ques- tions are discussed by the fellows. Our weekly meetings are sometimes led by competent members of the Y. At other times outside speakers are called in to address us. Among them are Mr. Kindleberger, Dr. Dunning, Mr. Parker, Dr. Phelps of Battle Creek. Capable speakers upon our own faculty frequently talk to us in these meetings. From these meetings emanate the real, gripping Christian Spirit ; from these gatherings comes the invigorating. Christlike, enthusiasm which may be but a spark at first, but which finally permeates the entire group, and eventually works itself out in many ways. Page One Hundred Bighty-foiir Page One Hundred Eighty-five E KWJ-i Y. W. C. A. service has been the watchword of every Y. W. C. A, member during the past year. The Y has endeavored to promote a broad and sincere friendliness among the girls of the school. Membership, which is determined by the personal basis method, has reached the two hundred mark. Members find in the Y. W. C. A. a means of self expression, training in leadership, and a constantly enlarging vision of the college woman ' s opportunity. The purposes or aims of the Y. W. C. A. are: 1. To lead students to faith in God through Jesus Christ, 2. To lead them into membership and service in the Christian Church, 3. To promote their growth in Christian faith and character, especially through the study of the Bible, 4. To influence them to devote themselves, in united effort with all Christians, to making the will of Christ effective in human society, and to extending the Kingdom of God through- out the world. It is the purpose of every Y. W. C. A. member to live as a true follower of the Lord Jesus Christ. Enthusiastic reports of the Lake Geneva Conference were given by the following cabinet girls who attended : Gertrude Cooley, Doris Swem, Norma Maikowski, and Mabelle Bradford. Many interesting and helpful topics were discussed during the year. Some of the speak- ers were Mrs. Scidmore of Three Rivers, active in missionary work in the state, Mrs. Ayling, assistant pastor of the M. E. Church, Miss Zoe Shaw, Director of Platoon System in Kala- mazoo, Mrs. Foley, Miss Seidschlag, Miss French, Dr. Scott and Miss Spindler. Professor F. S. Goodrich of Albion spoke at a joint meeting of the Y. W. and Y. M. C. A. The Y. W. C. A. banquet held in February was most successful and is to become an annual event. One of the outstanding achievements of the year has been the institution of the Freshman Commission, made up of girls who are interested in Y work. They studied the activities of the Y and girls ' problems and campus problems. OFFICERS Gertrude Cooley President Gladys Kiel J ' icc-Prcsident Edith Wright Secretary Laura Chamberlain Treasurer ge One Hundred Eighty-six Page One Hundred Eighty-seven Science Club The Students ' Science Club of Western State Normal was organized in January 1921, but since January 1922 has been operating under a new constitution. The purpose of the Club is to instill in its members a spirit of scientific research, to awaken in them a desire and love for the sciences, and to develop a scientific attitude of mind. To attain this purpose the Club is divided into the following groups : Psychology, Physics, Mathematics, Biologj ' , Chemistrj ' , and Geology. These groups meet regularly, and for each one a leader is appointed, who is responsible for the program of work carried out among the members of his group. At the regular meetings of the whole club, which are held every two weeks, the mem- bers and persons interested in the sciences are given lectures by instructors in the science de- partments, by outside scientific speakers, or by members of the Club who present the results of their experimental work. This year the members have been working enthusiastically and industriously for the Harvey Scholarship and the Harvey Memorial. James Boyntox President Edwin Fox Vice-President Evelyn Wright Secretarv-Trcasurcr Page One Hundred Eighty-eight Page One Hundred Eighty-nine Td - Kappa Rho Sigma One of the newest societies and undoubtedly the most exclusive at Western State Normal is Kappa Rho Sigma, an honorary scientific society organized and named by the Faculty Science Club in 1921. This society is an outcome of the realization that exceptional scholarship in Science and Mathematics should be acknowledged. Each year the faculty members of the Departments of Science and Mathematics elect to the society a number of second, third, or fourth year students who have done an exceptionally high grade of work. Elections are made in April, and each candidate, after nomination by the head of the department of his major subject, must receive a unanimous vote to be elected a member. FACULTY SCIENCE CLUB. Mr. Hugh Acklcv Mr. Harold Blair Mr. G. C. Bartoo Mr. Wm. H, Cain Mr. John P. Everett Mr. Robert Eldridge Mr. John Fo.x Dr. L. R. Kenover Dr. T. S. Henry Dr. Wm. McCracken Mr. J. A. Place Mr. Samuel Renshaw Mr. Paul Rood Mr. L. H. Wood Dr. H. Goddard HONORARY MEMBERS Miss Theodosia Hadley Miss Lucia Harrison Donald Boardman Ruth Curry Helen Hambly James Boynton Harry Duke John De Hahn Franklin Everett Jacob Frank Helen Matson Loyal Phares Emily Shoup 1921 Mabel Vreeland 1922 Florence Hason Marion McCauley Delton Osborn Walter Holdeman Eugene Hubbard Foster Huber Harold Hulsclier Eula Lawrence Cynthia Stocking Wilfred Trudgeon Walter Stinson Theodore Blakeslee Rebena Barenhart Lawrence Bohnet Arthur Bousu Pearl Ford 1923 Donald Gorham Lawrence Mosher Fred Rode Gertrude Smith Charles Starring T. Lee Hart Olive Alice Glass Beatrice Hutchins Frances I ittle Evclvn Wright 1924 Marshall ' ilbcr Newton Henderson William C. Taylor Lois Clark Helena E. Jager Sadie Kniper Page One Hundred Ninety BOHNET FORD STOCKING GORHAM MOSER RODE DUKE BOYNTON BLAKESLRE Page One Hundred Ninety-one The Western Normal Band Western Normal at present boasts a snappy, well-uniformed band of thirty-five pieces and a drum major. This means that one man in every fifteen enrolled in the institution is a bandman. The beginning- of the school year 1923-4 saw a band of some twenty uniformed men in steady rehearsal and attendance at football games. The band grew steadily, and in October the addition of ten men and a drum-major called for additional unforms. This number remained constant till March when the purchase of ten new uniforms and a director ' s uniform was authorized by the Council. This year started under the directorship of Mr. C. Z. Bronson, but he was forced to retire because of illness. Mr. A. B. Castle, former M. A. C. and Michigan bandsman, ably took his place. Under his direction many successful enterprises have been undertaken. While actual appearances began with the first football game, the first opportunity to get before the public was on Armistice Day. The band led Western ' s large division in this parade and won much commendation. After attendance at several more football games the event of the fall term transpired. The band was sent by the Council with the football team to Albion on Thanksgiving day. On that drab, disastrous day the band, resplendent in new uniforms, furnished about the only cheerful touch. After the fatal finish of the game they paraded the streets of the village of Albion inspiring cheer in the downcast hearts of the Western rooters. With the beginning of the winter term, and the basketball schedule, the band played at two and three games a week. Only one athletic contest has been missed this year. Aside from these games the regular rehearsals have been held. The band has spent 300 hours in drill and rehearsal, 100 hours at football games, 200 hours at basketball games, 100 hours at base- ball games and SCO hours at other school functions, a total of more than 1000 playing hours. During the year the band has cooperated with many school organizations in putting across drives of various types. The present officers of the band are : Peck, president, MacLean, vice-president, Wynn, secretary, Sherk, treasurer, Wellman, business manager, Klaase, librarian, and Mr. Castle, director. Page One Hundred Ninety-two •m Page One Hundred Ninety-three Orchestra Thirty members equipped with instruments and more enthusiasm began work in the fall term. Under the direction of Mr. C. Z. Bronson, the organization was soon indulged in har- monious enterprise, but into this was soon to come a discord. Mr. Bronson was taken ill and forced to retire, leaving the organization without a conductor. Fortunate in securing Mr. Harry Eich to fill the vacancy, the club again proceeded with rehearsals. Under his direction the work of producing pleasing sounds met with much suc- cess. At the presentation of the Mid- Winter Play the orchestra furnished the musical por- tion of the program and was well repaid by the noteworthy appreciation of the audience. Appearing before the student body, the orchestra has taken its place as a vital part of West- ern ' s life. Prompted by the efforts of masters of the past and those of the present, the organization has undertaken its task of interpretation of their accomplishments in seriousness which has resulted in pleasure for the participants and listeners. Page One Hundred Ninety-four Page One Hundred Ninety-five Art Club The Paint Splashers, Western ' s Art Club, is enjoying its third successful year. The club is composed of Art and Music and Art students. Through the interest and enthusiasm of the faculty and students the club has secured a new club room. The club was divided into three groups. One section took care of the painting of the furniture, the second the sewing and stitchery on curtains and pillows. The result is a room both individual and different. The third group took up the construction of puppets and made the casts for the puppet show. Among the annual activities are the Christmas sale and the Spring trip to Chicago Art Institute and Field Museum. The club has every prospect of becoming one of the most active clubs at Western. Page One Huudred Ninety-six SOKSS B Page One Hundred Ninety-seven Square and Compass Club [i We are banded together to help each other — to keep the fire of Brotherly Love burning. U We are brothers of the great Masonic Fraternity. In this Square and Compass Club is represented every degree and order from De Molay y to Shriner. Students and instructors meet in this organization as brothers. We never let I ' l a brother want. Our fifty )ilasons and thirt - De Alolays stand ready to give any assistance, financial, moral or material, needed by another. Any movement to promote the good and elim,- inate the bad in Western State is given our undivided support. The lessons inculcated in the lodge-room are practiced, and this Club is the expression of our spirit. k.i Page One Hundred Ninety-eight Page One Hundred Ninety-nine Eastern Star Club The Eastern Star Club was formed in the spring on nineteen twentj ' -two. The member- ship is made up of those students and faculty members who belong to the order of the Eastern Star. Although a very young organization, it is steadily growing, and much interest is shown by its members who represent every section of the state, and every course offered by the school. The purpose of the Club is to promote the ideals of the Order, and correlate these ideals with all school activities : also the Club aims to cooperate with the other organizations in setting standards of conduct for the student body. With the Eastern Star work as a medium, the Club gives an opportunity for the mem- bers to make lasting friendships, and furnishes another link in the tie that binds students and alumni to Western. M. ' RGARET MuLLER President Phyllis Corey Ticc-Prcsidcnf Mary Welch Secretary CoRDELLA Derby Treasurer Page Two Hundred Page Two Hundred One l ' JCtJ«c_iPjk l. • W ' Club In the realm of nature, progress has ever been recognized as the evidence of growing life. As long as life shall characterize the existence of a being or thing, so long does nature seem bent upon a progressive development. Human institutions are subject to the same rule of nature. When it ceases to grow you may know that only a lapse of time is required to witness its complete cessation. By its growth, the ' Club has classified itself as one of the great, live institutions of our school. Founded but little more than three years ago. it has grown to more than three times its original size. The purpose of this organization is to promote clean athletics, to create a better and a greater school spirit than has existed heretofore, and to be an ardent follower of the ath- letic activities that have so advertised our school as to make it known in all the States of our great Union. This club also takes part in the social functions of the school. The W Club party is one of the greatest social gatherings of the school year and is largely attended. The Annual Alumni Day banquet brings together many of the athletic personages of years gone by. Much interest has been manifested by the large attendance at the regular meetings. Mem- bership consists of all athletes who have awarded a W for participation in one or more major sports. The major sports are football, baseball, basketball, and track. The officers and the capacity in which they served follow : Lawrence Moser Prcsidcii! RuDEL Miller J ' ice-Prcsidciit John Gill Secretary Towner Smith Treasurer Page Two Hundred Two gc Two Hiuidrcd Three ■53 L s H N c Junior High Club The Junior High Club was organized by Miss Steinway in 1921, when the need for such an organization was shown by the large number of students who came to Western, feeling their work to be that of guiding and instructing the Junior High child. This club aims to give its members a broader outlook into, a more thorough understanding of. and better ability to cope with the problems peculiar to the junior high school teacher. For this purpose the club has had interesting and helpful talks given at different meetings by F. W. Aloore, Mr. Wilds, Miss Mason, Miss Harrison, Miss Steinway. and Dr. Ernest Burnham. While having as its pri mary aim that of educational development, the Junior High club does not neglect to develop the social side as well. Toward this end one half of each meet- ing is given over to purely recreational entertainment. The great number of Junior Highs who attended the Hallowe ' en Party of October 30 and the Christmas Party of December 12 know that the efforts made toward social development are, indeed, successful. In order to help worthy Junior High members, and to furnish a lasting bond between the members of the Club from year to year, a Student Loan Fund was established. It is certain that if the members in succeeding years are as enthusiastic in this issue as the mem- bers of this year have been, it will not fail to accomplish its purpose. The officers to whom the Club owes its growth during the past year are : Dorothy R.-vsch President Annie Belle Sibley J ' icc-Prcsidciit Ella Fen wick Srcrctary Frances Thomas Treasurer Page Two Hundred Four Page Two Hundred Five Commerce Club The Commerce Club is the social organization of the Commerce Department to which any member of the Commerce Department may belong. The purpose of the club is to promote fellowship and co-operation among the students as well as to secure an interest in and a better understanding of business problems. A meeting of the organization is held once every month. At these meetings addresses are given by local business men and members of the faculty of ' estern. Two of the most successful social events of the year were a Christmas party, given for the Commerce students only, and a Washington ' s Birthday Party, given for the whole student body. An annual event of the Club is the picnic which is held every spring. By cooperating with the faculty of the Commerce Department, the Club has done some effective work relative to the State Shorthand and Typewriting Contest held every May at Western. This year has been an unusually successful one for the Club. The membership is larger than ever before, and we have had e-xceptionally competent leaders. Page Two Hundred Six Page Two Hundred Seven • Manual Arts Club The earliest records of the Manual Arts Club were dated in 1916. when it was called the Manual Training Club. That was long before we had the new building and fine equip- ment which we have now. Since that time the new building has been completed, and the Club has grown, both in membership and in value to Manual Arts Students. It is now called the Manual Arts Club, and any one taking one or more Manual Arts subjects may belong — after surviving initiation. The purpose of this organization is to create a better social and co-operative spirit be- tween members, and to advance the interest in the Manual Arts Course at Western State Normal. The general plan has been to alternate educational and social meetings every two weeks. The Club has charge of one Student Party each year, and continues to hold first place with its beautiful decorations. The Club has its own piano, and with Mr. Nichols at the head of the Manual Arts Or- chestra, very efficient social meetings are held. For the educational meetings outside speakers are engaged from concerns in which Man- ual Art Students are interested. This year ' s officers are as follows : Towner Smith, Fremont Ohio Prcsidcul Edw.ard Ferguson, Detroit, Mich J ' icc-Prcsidi ' iif Raymond Bacheller, Hastings, Mich Secretary Arthur Norcross, Kalamazoo, Mich Treasurer Page Two Hundred Eight ge Two Hundred Nine -taioE.s3 = Country Life Club . During Western ' s twenty }-ears of splendid progress, rural education has taken an active part in the life and achievements of the school. The Rural Seminar was the first student or- ganization on the campus, being formed in the fall of 1904. Like the school its beginning was small, but it has grown steadily and last year its membership reached one hundred and forty. The Seminar has had a three-fold purpose. It has desired to contribute to the social en- joyment of its mem.bers, to give them an inspiration and a higher appreciation of their work, and to bring to them glimpses of the best things that are being done in all educational work. The scores of alumni Seminar members could give ample testimony to its fine helpfulness to students of rural life. Last fall the Collegiate Country Life Club of America invited us to organize here a branch chapter. The Seminar saw in this the possibility of an even broader development. So it voted to reorganize as the Collegiate Country Life Club and to affiliate w-ith the national or- ganization. John Armstrong represented the Club at the National Meeting at St. Louis last November. He brought back an interesting report and many suggestions helpful in reor- ganizing to meet the national Club requirements. Of the many splendid Club meetings of the year a few are especially worthy of remem- brance. In November Dr. and Mrs. Burnham entertained at their home. A good crowd was present to enjoy their hospitality and the interesting reports of the St. Louis meeting. The Christmas meeting was one of unusual interest. Mr. Terpenning and Mr. Foley spoke of Christmases spent in foreign lands. Miss Siedschlag talked most interestingly of Christmas Art in the school, illustrating her talk with blackboard sketches. Probably no event of the year was more thoroughly enjoyed than the Valentine party. All the known methods of breaking the ice were used, and before the close of the evening the little ice present must have been thoroughly melted. People became rather well acquainted with themselves and their neighbors. They were even permitted to learn each other ' s nick- names — a rare privilege indeed ! Rural Progress Day was the great day of the year. It marked the First Annual Country Life Club Banquet. May many more follow ! The officers elected in the fall were : Joseph Kreps, president, Ida Peters, vice-president, Gladys O ' Bierne, secretary-treasurer. The present officers of the Club are : John Armstrong, president, Carol Walters, vice-president, Myrnia Clark, secretary-treasurer. Two Hundred Ten ■:A- W j _ ' • rft- i-- % jm j iw- A V ■„.. •- . -• ' Page Tzuo Hundred Eleven Early Elementary Club The Early Elementary Club has had a very profitable year during 1923-4. It has a mem- bership of two hundred. The purpose of this organization is to promote friendship and es- tablish social contact among the Early Elementary girls, as well as to foster the professional activities of the department. The Club maintains the Fanny L. Ballou Fund, which was cre- ated in memory of Fannj- L. Ballou, who was critic in the second grade of the Training School. This fund is used as a loan-fund for those students who cannot otherwise carry on their studies. Meetings are held twice each month. The different classes or the practice teachers act as hostesses. Some delightful events, such as the Little Girl, Christmas, and Hard Time parties, have been given. At these parties dainty refreshments were served, and dancing en- joyed. Before the Christmas Holidays the Candle Light Service was given, which, we hope, will become an annual event. Mrs. Davis voiced the sentiments of the Club at this time when she said the absence of Miss Frances Kern was deeply felt. The Early Elementary Club Christmas gift went to the Caney Creek Settlement in the Kentucky Mountains. With this gift the clr.b has enabled one child to go to school one year longer. One of the most successful candy sales of the year was given on Valentine ' s Day. Here were toothsome sweets cleverly displayed. The proceeds of this sale went t(iward the Fanny L. Ballou Fund. Dr. Gesell, Professor of Child Hygiene of Yale University, came to Kalamazoo in the spring under the auspices of the Club with the co-operation of the Civic League and Medical Association. Dr. Gesell ' s address proved interesting as well as profitable. The social activities of the spring term have been very successful. The club owes much to its able advisors. Miss Liek, Miss Coppens, Mrs. Campbell, and Miss Blackburn. OFFICERS Margaret Lichty President Harriet Jordan J ' ice-Prcsldciit Pearl WTlsox SccreUiry Grace Pott.s Treasurer Page Two Hundred ' 1 n ' etvc EARLY ELEMENTARY CLUB Page Two Hundred Thirteen •BU, Later Elementary Club The Later Elementary Association is one of the many active Clubs at Western State Normal. Every student in the Later Elementary Department is eligible for membership in the Association. The purpose of the Association is to create and promote a common interest in the prob- lems which will confront the students as teachers. Meetings are held semi-monthly. The first meeting of the month is a business meeting which is usually followed by an interesting talk by some faculty member. The second meet- ing is a social meeting which usually consists of a dinner followed by dancing, games and stunts. These meetings help the members of the Association to become better acquainted. A scholarship fund for the students of the Later Elementary Department was started last year, and one of our aims is to make this fund grow. The Association has been greatly benefited by the advice given and the work done by Miss Vick, Miss Duncan, and other members of the faculty. The officers are : Meta Anderso n President Elizabeth Lohrke ] icc-P resident NiAMiE Johnson Secretary Meda Burr Treasurer Arda Catt Chairman of Refreshment Committee Mary Long Chairman of Publicity Committee Miss Kate Vick Faculty Advisor Page Two Hundred Fourteen Page Two Hundred Fifteen Home Economics Club The Home Economics Club of Western State Normal is one to which every Household Arts girl is eligible by paying a small fee. The Club was organized four years ago by the girls in the Household Arts Department, for the purpose of encouraging the interest in home economics and promoting good fellowship through social activities. Two of the outstanding accomplishments of the year have been the dressing of Christmas dolls and the sponsoring of a student party. The girls of the club dressed four dozen small dolls at Christmastime, which were sent to the children living in the mountains of Kentucky, to help them realize more fully a happy Christmas. The student party, which was sponsored by the Club, was unique in its decorations and novelties. Dutch favors, stage setting, special Dutch dance, and fashion revue, were planned and carried nut completely by the girls of the department. During the Milk Campaign Week, which was observed throughout Kalamazoo County, various groups of Household Arts girls gave demonstrations at Edwards and Chamberlin ' s Hardware Store, of the many uses of milk in the diet. Throughout the year many banquets and luncheons have been served to different clubs and organizations. Several trips of interest to the entire group were planned including the Style show and the furniture exhibit in Grand Rapids. The officers of the Club are as follows : Helen Clough President Mary Wilson Vice-President Winifred Oggel Secretary Lottie Barnete Treasurer Alice E. Blair Faculty Advisor Mary A. Moore Faculty Advisor Marion B. Raffertv Faeultv Advisor Page Two Hundred Sixteer- Page Two Hundred Seventeen Le Cercle Francais From the standpoint of response and initiative, the past year has been quite the most successful in the eight years of the Cercle Francais. The club was born of the desire to bring some true French atmosphere to the French students upon the campus. The success of this ideal is evidenced in the ever increasing membership of the club. This advance in membership, vi-hich has now reached the total of seventy-five, is all the more remarkable in view of the fact that only advanced students are admitted. The meetings are held on the third Monday of each month, and are sponsored and directed ffl by Mrs. Hockenberry and Miss Tamin. faculty advisors. I The first meeting consisted of a number of French songs and games for the purpose |j of renewing acquaintance and meeting new members. Mile. Tamin gave an informal talk on her experience in La Maison Francaise at the University of Chicago. The ensuing meetings included a variety of programs. Some heretofore latent or undiscovered dramatic talent was revealed in a number of short plays that were given. Among them were Le Medecin Mystifie, En Chemin de Fer, and two plays expressive of the Christmas spirit — La Galette des Rois, and La Noel au Nord de La France. At the March meeting a complete program on Victor Hugo was given. The story of his life, several poems, an illustrated talk showing pic- tures of his native haunts and incidents from his books, also several scenes from his play, Her- naui were given. At another meeting Mrs. Hockenberry gave a most interesting and instructive talk, illustrated by stereopticon slides, on the palace at Versailles. At the present writing plans are under way for a joint Easter meeting with the Classical club, and for the annual banquet for club members and alumni. The Alliance Francaise of the city extended an invitation to the club members to at- tend its meetings, an opportunity of which many availed themselves. Through some oversight on the part of the French-American Committee Western did not have its usual French student, but arrangements are now being made for one next year. OFFICERS Mellville Westerburg President Margot Goldsmith J ' iec-Prcsidcnt Clara Rook Secretary James Masterton Treasurer i ' l PROGRAM COMMITTEE CHAIRMEN I? Margot Goldsmith Fall Term Maurine Lundquist Winter Term Lucille Lindsley Spring Term Page Two Hundred Eighteen Page Tivo Hundred Nineteen Classical Club The Classical Club is one of the oldest literary organizations on the campus. Its mem- bership is composed of students of the Latin department. Students taking Mythology or Greek History may be associate members. In spite of the limited field for membership, the Club has been a thriving and thoroughly awake organization. It is continually growing, and the prospects for a still larger Club in the future are promising. The object of the Club is to study and discuss subjects pertaining to ancient Rome, Latin literature, and social and political life of the Romans for which there is little or no time for discussion in the Latin classes. At each monthly meeting some topic is developed by reports, talks, or discussion. Among subjects taken up this year were. The City of Rome, Education at Rome, Latin Lyric Poets, Trade and Travel in Roman Times, and Greek Sculpture. The pagan elements in customs observed at Christmas and Easter were traced back. At the end of each year, the Club has a Roman banquet. This is carried out just as it was in Rome some two thousand years ago. The officers for this year were : Arnold Verduin President Louise Spr. u Vice-President Mrs. Anna Bush Secretary M.ARio.x Hkeg Treasurer Page Two Hundred Twenty tfcwBl h - Page Two Hundred Twenty-one The Newman Club The Newman Club was organized in tlie Spring term of 1921. Its membership consists of the Catholic students in attendance at Western State Normal. Meetings are held once a month, at which, afifairs that are international in the Catholic world are discussed. Besides having as its aim, religious betterment and educational development, the Club has a social aim. It serves to bring together all Catholic students in the school, so that united, they may better work toward furtherance of scholastic interests, and at the same time become better ac- quainted with each other. The Newman Club works with the other organizations in the school, and in the Fall term was connected with tlie Y. i. C. A. in putting on the Student Friendship Drive. One of the largest social affairs of this year was the Leap Year Party given at the K. of C. Hall in February. The Club has grown rapidly since its formation, and that it will continue to grow is evidenced by the progress of its members in student activities. Officers of the Club for the past year were : George Scully President Ursula Eicheneerger I ' icc-Prcsidcnt Mary Long Secretary Francis Walsh Treasurer Pa ge Two Hititdrea Iwinly two ' ■ WBK a K. ' - 1 c m .1 1 I 1 ; fi L. , I ' lWi ' ' . j ' M K ' ' .Mi mm SK S, j IP •• - I w ' ' 1 ■ 2; ii ! ' - ' vfeMI jS MWf . 1 C g ■ -3BHHB Page Txvo Hundred Twenty-three -i .. Oteyokwa Club Early in the fall, all Upper Peninsula students were invited to become acquainted with the Oteyokwa Club. On account of several of the former officers not returning, the fol- lowing new officers were elected : C. C. Schilling, Sault Ste. Marie, President ; T. F. Sund- quist, Negaunee, Vice-President; R. B. MacLean, Houghton, Secretary; Helen Osterberg, Hancock, Treasurer. Owing to the president leaving the Normal at the close of the Fall term, T. F. Sundquist, Negaunee, became president and C. R. Bay, Calumet, was elected Vice- President. ' • As the purpose of the Oteyokwa Club is to bring the Upper Peninsula students together for social tiines, the club may feel that they have completed a successful year. Several social meetings and informal dances were given for the members, and also a general Student Party was sponsored by the club. A new emblem was adopted and plans perfected to promote the future welfare of the Club on the campus. . ' j ' ifS Page Two Hundted Twenty-four Page Two Hundred Twenty-Uve The Social Science Society On Monday evening, January 21st, 1924, a group of students met in the Administration Building for the purpose of ratifying a constitution and by-laws for an organization to be known as the Social Science Society of Western State Normal School. This was in re- sponse to a sentiment which had been manifest for some time past, that a society be formed which would promote interest and scholarship in the social sciences. Contact and co-operation with progressive thought in the subjects included under that term, both in and out of college, was a paramount idea embodied in the constitution. The Society invites to membership those students who have covered a certain amount of work in the social science courses offered, of a satisfactory scholarship, and who have been recommended or approved by the Society members of the faculty. All instructors in the Social Science department are members of the Society ex officio. The badge of the Society is symbolical of Progress in Social Science. OFFICERS FOR 1923-24 Herbert A. Jackson President L. D. Ce. wford Vice-President Annie Bell Sibley Secretary Thomas L. Johnson Trcosurer Floyd Haight Historian Page Two Hundred Twenty-six SOCIALSCIENCECLUB Page Two Hundred Twenty-seven Music Study Club Splendid attendance, exceptional musical ability, and unlimited enthusiasm make the Music Club one of the live wire organizations of Western. The membership includes the faculty and students of the Music Department, the members of the Glee Clubs, and Orchestra. The first meeting of the school year was held in October at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Harper C. Maybee. The faculty entertained with an interesting program and refreshments. The students have had charge of all other programs. Meetings occur the first Monday even- ing in each month, and the programs presented have been evidenced of unusual musical talent among the Sophomores, while the Freshman students have also exhibited some surprising talent along musical lines. The spirit that the best is none too good for Western has prevailed throughout the year, serving as a reminder that not for ourselves, but for our Alma Mater we are to put forth our best. The officers for the year have been : Doris De. ' IiN President Lois Smith J ice-President Genevieve Stonecliffe Secretary and Treasurer Page Two Hundred Twenty-eight Page Two Hundred Twenty-nine Zisiil- Sophomore Girls ' Glee Club With the same spirit which prompts every tirganization at ' estern to do its best, this Glee Club has endeavored to develop finer technique, better quality, and all around artistic singing than has ever been done before. The Club is composed of Sophomore Music students and many talented singers from other departments. Much time has been spent in study, preparatory to public appearance, under the direction of Mr. Maybee. We owe much to him for his suggestions, patience, and untiring work with us. Public performances of the Glee Club include Assembly and Training School programs. State Kiwanis Convention, and the Midwinter Meeting of the Michigan State Historical Society. The Club united with the Ladies ' Chorus, organized this year by Mr. Maybee, in giving the April program for the Kalamazoo Musical Society. Our memories this year in connection with the Club activities include: Yellow chrysanthe- mums, squakers, balloons, a theatre party and our favorite selection Wynken, Blynken, and Nod. The following is the personnel of the club : First Sopnnio Isabelle Taylor Lucille Bossier Lois Smith La Verne Harper Beulah Shuey Ruth George Donna Disewroth Claudia Wilson Gertrude Swanson Stella Pangburn Phyllis Corey Second Sofraiio Ethel Harrington Orpha Larsen Trena Korfker Mrs. Leone Guy Helen Elaine Stenson Anna Mallory Doris Dean Esther M. Bogue Martha New- Helen Shook Margaret McClellan First Contralto Mildred Brown Wana Miller Adina Sommerfeldt Wilma Mathison Genevieve Stonecliffe Marie Thurston Fern York Second Contralto Elsie Blum Florence York Alice Malpass Gladvs Kiel Duka L. Randall Edith Wright Wilma G. Meyer Norma Maikowski Hikla Ter Borgh Accompanist Rosanne Predmore Pigf Two Hundred Thirty Page Two Hundred Thirty-one fmW The Freshmen Girls ' Glee Club The Freshmen Girls ' Glee Club is as musical a group of girls as Western has ever had. Composed of first year music students and other departmental students of musical ability, they have progressed rapidly along artistic lines. Deciding that they needed some officers to attend to business matters, they met and elected the following : President, Trixie Moore ; Secretary-Treasurer, Helen Smith ; Libra- rian, Mary Brooks. Under the leadership of Mrs. Davis, who has devoted time and given inspiration, many numbers have been prepared and presented. In the club are some talented soloists who have helped greatly in the programs, which have been given before several audiences of the city. To the two efficient accompanists. Helen Smith and Elizabeth Hotchkin, much credit must be given as they are always on time Tuesdays at 3:30 in room VI. of the Administra- tion Building. The first year of the Glee Club has been extremely successful and the future is indeed bright for these musicians. The personnel of the club is as follows : First Sopranos Second Sopranos Altos Mary Louise Brvant Beulah Bell Lucile Frisbee Clementine Shook Trixie Moore Lela Hope Dorothy DeHaven Renabel Haskins Esther Bangham Ella Freeman Emma White Martha Brownell Margaret Palmer Kathryn Gentzler Marion Hitt Mary Brooks Dorothy Wiltsie Irene Crofoot Helen Bonebright Thora Parks Lou VanBuren Nellie Bitgood Lauretta Lurie Anna Snyder ? Iartin:i J. Korver Accompanists Helen Smith Elizabeth Hotchkin Page r .vo Hundred Tliirty-f ' o Page Two Hundred Thirty three Men ' s Glee Club At the first call for the Men ' s Glee Club thirty-eight men responded. Work was then begun with the view of making this season the best in the school ' s history. The men re- hearsed every Monday evening until the end of the Fall term, and appeared before the school and different organizations on various occasions. A trip was planned for the Club through the Lower Peninsula to be taken during the Spring vacation. Mr. Maybee, the capable leader, had each fellow try out and then judged as to quality of voice, ability to read music, personality, and cooperation. Twenty men were picked and five substitutes. For two months the men practiced strenuously to make this tour a success. A varsity quartet selected from the Club, rendered many pleasing numbers. The per- sonnel was, Walker, Ferguson, Myners, and Klock, The soloists of the group were, Mr. Harper Maybee, and Frederick Myners : Cornetist, Leonard Klaasse. The Brown and Gold Four, an instrumental (|uartet, accompanied the Club on the tour, and aided in providing a varied and spicy program. The Club started on its tour Friday, March 28, giving concerts at Hastings, Kent City, Charlevoix, Suttons Bay, Traverse City, Evart and Muskegon. At all of these places the Club was received with an enthusiastic appreciation. A hearty cooperation was extended to the men throughout the trip. This marks a new undertaking, and it will be looked forward to as an annual event. One of the biggest hits of the season made by the Club, was the Home Concert given in the gymnasium. Much credit is due Mr. Harper C. laybee, director, for his untiring work and effort in making the Club a success. Also to Mr. Glenn Henderson, who so generously contributed his talent and service as accompanist in drilling and preparing the men for the tour, but who was unable to accompany the Club because of previous engagements. In the absence of Mr. Henderson, ' illiam Doty acted as accompanist for the Club. A fine spirit of cooperation and fellowship was manifested among the members of the Club throughout the entire year. This, coupled with the support of the school and the good will of the student body, has done much toward spreading the fame of Western State Normal. OFFICERS Leonard Klaasse President Edward Ferguson Secretary Robert Cory Treasurer Lynn Voke Business Manager Rexford Clark Advertising Manager Donald Weeks Ass ' t. Adv. Manager Page Two Hundred Thirty-four Page Two Hundred Thirty-five Fleck Walker LUXFORD Grosvenor Brown and Gold Four INSTRUiMENT QUARTETT The Brown and Gold Four, composed of Robert Walker (Saxophone), Frank Gros- venor (Tenor Banjo), Arthur Luxford (Piano) and Stanley Fleck (Drums), have met with splendid success during the past year. Each man, besides having considerable talent and experience in handling his particular instrument, has also been associated with some high school orchestra previous to entering Western. With the organization of the Men ' s Glee Club, these men showed much ability along vocal lines as well as instrumental. It was decided that the orchestra should accompany the Club on its spring tour through the Northern part of the state. While on this tour the Brown and Gold Four made an exceptionally fine appearance, and received very favorable commendation for the variety and style of the program rendered. The members are first year men at W ' estern, so the students of Western can look forward to a continuation of their fine work for next year. Page Two Hundred Thirty-six rs A rk m e Girl Scouts The Girl Scouts this year have as their new leader, Miss Haney, who has charge of the Girl Scouts of the City. Patrols are formed, as in any other scout organization, consisting of a specified number of members. Each patrol was named. The Tenderfoot test was given to all. This consisted of knot tying, giving the scout motto and aim, and other minor things. The Girl Scouts expect to accomplish a great deal this spring, endeavoring to improve the scout shack and help the j ounger scouts. The officers elected are : Bertine Udell President LuELLA Pelton I ' icc-Prcsidc ' iit Edith Shotwell Treasurer Ruth Hoffman Seeretarv Page Two Hundred Thirty-ssven Page Two Hundred Thirty-eight Players The working plans of the Players this year suggest the beginnings of a new epoch in history of Western ' s Dramatic Club. Definite objectives for each team, made tangible the work that the club lioped to accomplish, ' hat had been ideals were formulated into term programs. Almost immediately the selection of a Alid-Winter Play commanded attention. As soon as the choice was made, production was begun of The Romantic Age. Important changes were made in the Playhouse to facilitate lighting and staging. The disappointment of not being able to stage the production in our own Playhouse, was not even enough to quell the enthusiasm of the members. So at a down-town theatre the Mid-Winter Play was presented, and was, as it always has been, one of the high-lights of the year ' s activities. It brought to the school a high type of comedy efficiently produced and uniquely staged. Realizing the revived interest and enthusiasm in puppet performances, the Players could not leave this corner of their field of activity untouched. So shortly, from the dramatic labor- atory of the Playhouse, issued a Puppet Show. In the Puppet Show, the Players and the Art Club presented, at once, something novel and something artistic. Nor could the Spring Revue be forgotten with its riot of fun, created mainly through the ingenuity of the organization. Especially, are the Players enthused over the completion of a club room in the Play- house. It has long been talked of, and planned, but now that it is finally realized, it holds a pivotal position for the radiatinn of dramatic activity at Western. To Players, this year has been one of achievement, dramatic and artistic; it has been a year of individual growth, afforded by concentrated objectives. But, above all, this publication closes a year that has greatlv added to the dramatic status of ' estern. Page Two Hundred Forty PLAVERS Page Two Hundred Forty-one The Rom antic Age The announcement that the Placers would give as their mid-winter Play, A. A. Mihies ' Romantic Age, a comedy drama of youth and romance, was received with varying ex- pectations by the devotees of Western ' s Little Theatre. The remembrance of last year ' s pro- duction aroused high hopes for this year ' s performance. Also the fact that The Romantic Age cast included two Players who had distinguished themselves in the presentation of last year ' s play, the tragedy Beyond the Horizon, gave Western ' s Campus audience definite enthusiasm for both the Play and the Players. Last year for the first time in the history of Western State Normal, the Mid-Winter Play was presented on the Campus. The club had hoped thus to make the Playhouse permanent as a campus building, and to strengthen its appeal as the home of Western ' s Dramatic Club. But this plan for the mid-winter production was abandoned this year, because of the inadequate seating capacity of the Playhouse, and the play, The Romantic Age, was given in a down-town theatre in order to accommodate even a proportionate number of Western ' s large student body. From the moment the curtain went up for the first act, to the end of the play, it was a success. It is the story of a beautiful young girl, who longs for her Prince-Charming to come riding under her turret window and steal her away with him into the moon light — after the manner of daring do. And w ' ho dispises her friends as commonplace and ordinary be- cause they are every-day tnen instead of Blue and Gold Princes glowing with romance and love. It was a delightful comedy of home life. The following Players were chosen for the cast of the play. Mrs. Henry Knowle, Geraldine Knight ; Melisande. Doris Cogswell ; Jane Bagot, Evelyn Burke ; Alice, Deldee Myrick ; Henry Knowle, F2arl English ; Robert Coote, Foster Callahan ; Gervase Mallory, Frederick Harrington ; Frn. Max Bricker ; Gentleman Susan, Charles Whale. The cast worked under the direction of Miss Laura Shaw, Dramatic Coach. The scenery was designed and made by the Stage Design Class, directed by Miss Lydia Siedschlag of the Art Department and is a representation of the Club ' s ambitions in stage- craft. On the whole this year ' s mid-winter play compared very favorably with the Club ' s work in the past and can be honestly considered an achievement of real merit. Page Two Hundred Forty-two Alt I. Mrs. Knowle: And after I have said. ' Is there anything in the paper, Henry? ' and he has said, ' No, ' then there is nothing else to talk about. I wonder why they go on printing newspapers. I ' ve been married twenty years and there ' s never been anything in the papers yet. ACT n. Gervase: May I kiss your hands, Melisande? Melisande: Now I shall love them too. Page Two Hundred Forty-three ACT II. Gervase: Do ycm believe in fairies. Earnest? You would have believed in them last night — I heard them whispering. Urn : Aw-w. ACT II. Gentlem. n Suson : That ' s why I say, ' get married, ' then you can make things right for yourself. Page Two Hiiudrcd Forty-fou; The Marionette Show The Players, co-operating with the Art Club, produced at the beginning of the Spring Term two plays with Puppets, Ali Baba and The Forty Thieves. and Rumpclstileskin. Here was a test of many-sided art, from which even the most ambitious amateur Puppeture might, without shame, have shrunk. The Art Club, under the direction of Miss Elaine Stevenson, fashioned and costumed the Puppets. No one having had previous experience in the making of Puppets, the work was done freely, following only general directions. The Dramatic Club, ' coached by Miss Shaw, created voices for the Marionettes, and gave them almost human actions by means of the strings attached for that purpose. The Stage Design class, directed by Miss Siedschlag, built the stages and planned the beautiful scenic effects obtained through the use of colored lights. Incidentally the clubs learned in their work that the Marionette art must be carefully cultivated in the Spirit of Craftsmanship. The Puppet show was indeed the product of much hard work. Besides the making of the Marionettes there were many practical problems of dyeing and costume design, stage design, lighting, and play production, which were carefully worked out. The splendid way in which the show was received by Western ' s Student Body was a great satisfaction to the hard working club members. The Spring Revue Brilliantly colored curtain pictures, Nona, the fat lady, the wild man, tlie bearded lady and with a shudder, the green snake that a charming beauty caressed, glimmer through your memory of Western Normal ' s first Revue. One of the Dramatic Club ' s most ambitious undertakings — to reproduce life on Western ' s Hill-top in Burlesque. The Pied Piper of Western, a comedy Skit in blank verse from the pen of Frederick Harrington, who so vividh in three scenes portrayed for us the terrors of a girless Western, will remain as one of our favorite reminders of school days. A glorious innovation was the Tuesday Assembly Scene, cleverly carried out in every detail. The buzz of comment and enthusiastic approval of the faculty curtain, painted by Marion Mc Lennon and containing distinct class-room caricatures of the faculty ; Dr. Mc- Cracken, somewhat boyish perhaps, reading a pocket-full of notices, and the Speaker with her flowers and water-glass, hold us again to the performance, and stimulate a hearty, good- humored appreciation of the feature. The work was craftily handled, and remains as one of the Club ' s more generously ap- plauded productions as a result of the activity of the committee chairman, Claude Brommage. Page Two Hundred Forty-five c c 5« c ' c € f % V-. X... is ; ,., V ' ;. ge Tzvo Hntidred Forty-six Social Calendar FALL TERM SEPT. 27— The first day of school. We get a confused im- pression of Western State Nor- mal College. A muchness of handshaking and hello-there ' s. Neophytes lost in the crowd. Mrs. Davis ' new office. The Herald installed upstairs. Mr. Waldo in the presidential chair again. All faculty T-Cers in their old positions. The libe half way up. The barracks holding the overflow. SEPT. 28 — The faculty receive the student body in their best bib and tucks. Much embar- rassment indicated by the youth- ful Frosh. A crowded floor. Ruined slippers. OCT. 5. — Men ' s Mixer in charge of the Y. M. C. A. OCT. 9. — Women ' s League Mixer. The best kind of a get-acquainted party, with a good orchestra. The girls show what good men they can be. A mad scramble for ice cream cones. OCT. 12.— Student party. The first one always makes a deep impression. A crowded floor. More ruined slippers. The Dean stands at the door to examine all who enter. OCT. 18. — Practice Teacher ' s Tea. Mr. Ellsworth urges all to attend to become accustomed to good society. Many over- sized boys holding tiny cups, standing on one foot. OCT. 27.— Student party. NOV. 2.— Gym. party. The girls go in for a roughneck time all by themselves. Girls will be boys ! More goodlooking men attended this affair than any other. By vote the most hand- some were chosen. YO J BACt ,(itRT? Y6H MH 3B1P me ' V YEftR. To G-ET HEiiEl E - T t 5-AM WHV -AM - EACU.V eLEMOtTPinV- NOV. 3.— The Grid-graph is installed in the gym. A meeting-place for Ann Arbor enthusiasts. We watch the Michigan- Iowa game. NOV. 7. — Women ' s League Tea. An informal drop-in-for-a-cup. The Rotunda was made beautiful for the occasion. A popular institution among the girls. NOV. 3. — The Cat ' s Meow raised funds for the debating scholarship fund. Movies, vaude- ville, dancing, doughnuts, cider, fortune-telling. The Music girls ' black-face hoboe revue gets a good following. Fage Two Hundred Forty-seven SOCIAL CALENDAR— Continued MEE-OO ] NOV. 14. — Election causes high interest among the student body. Bob Morton, John Clementz, Harry Smith and Ted Osborne are given the presidential po- sitions in the four classes. DEC. 7. — The Sophomores for- mally welcome the Freshmen into Western. We have snow inside even if the winter is late. Snow men guard each comer. The balloon favors are popu- lar. DEC. 9. — Annual Christmas Festival, The Messiah by George Frederic Handel is produced under the direction of Harper C. Maybee. DEC. 12.— The Football Ban- quet. Here is the proof that the men can ' t get along without the girls. Co-eds cooked the banquet in appreciation of the efforts of the team. President Waldo relates the histories of former teams and stars. Buck Read shows childish inclina- tions by reading nursery rhymes. Mr. Olander makes a plea for a four-year college instead of a two-year school. Nine rahs ! Them ' s our sentiments perzact- ly. A noted soloist entertains. DEC. 16.— Student Party in charge of the Oteyokwa Club. The Northerners do themselves proud. WINTER TERM JAN. 8. — Attorney At wood ad- dresses general assembly. Doors mobbed by students to gain ad- mission. The student body in strong in expressing their ap- proval of all general assemblies. The true student is always ap- preciative of the elements which put his mind on a higher plane of thought and is eager to at- tend such lectures for his en- lightenment. JAN. 9. — Men ' s Mixer. JAN. 12. — Student Party. The idea is to have a notary public at the door so that you can swear that vou are whoever you are and so be admitted. TuDEVJTS 5H0W Heift. .5«MBl.-, By ,08 .«Cr e ■amt.-i To kir A 5iKr t- ' z.y — O 7( Did ' TA go T ' Tne N« ' I THOOQMT 1 ' 3) Q H£ ONE OF r ESe OT QS A 30ur py JAN. -Practice teachers ' Tea. JAN. 25.— Leap Year Party under the auspices of the Woman ' s League. For once, a dance is managed in the correct way. Cherry blossoms and oriental lanterns ; much mystery ; dusky lights. The dean heartily approves of girl-made programs, because so many dances are ex- changed. The punch gives out at 9 :45. Page Two Hundred Forty-eight SOCIAL CALENDAR— Co)i )H(frf FEB. 8.— The Y. M.-Y. W. Mixer. FEB. 9. — Student party in charge of the Household Arts Club. Bowties and aprons dis- tributed among the guests. Dutch windmills, wooden shoes covering the glaring lights ; style revue of the new modes. FEB. 21. — An entire day set aside for taking Brown and Gold pictures. FEB. 22. — The Juniors banquet the Seniors at the Y. W. C. A. Great shades of colonial dames ! George Washington among his friends. Colonial gowns and wigs. Nita Payne as toastmis- tress. FEB. 22. — Commerce Club is in charge of the student party. Patriotic atmosphere. Button- ieres and bonnets for favors. The punch gives out at 9 :30. MARCH 5. — The agonies of Registration Day. Much work for the faculty. MARCH 8.— Exclusive Fresh- man party in the gymnasium. MARCH 14.— Rural Progress Day. Please clear the halls. MARCH 14.— Players give The Romantic Age at the Elite. MARCH Ball. 15. — Manual Arts SPRING TERM APRIL 11. — Freshman-Sopho- more Reception. APRIL 17.- Tea. -Practice teachers 5 Wt THINK. WC «.E OIN j TO UOOl- ON TV4 E P CTOR,t VJOU -t MT IT IRKE. YOU v p,t , I F YOU ' CBEEN CTA,NI - IN i IN UINE AT THE T UftV HOOSt poR-A STA ' R ' RED ■SUfP •SINCE fSoAfA, AND THe ArtiViSors. 5U D0EM 1-N DEdTJE-D TO USE THE. OTH E R, T) o o r?. • A 5e NioR ' S V ft C AT 1 o M Pi RATTUINC, (VOOD APRIL 18.— Joy night. APRIL 24.— Conservation Day. MAY 2.— Student Party. MAY 16. — Student party. JUNE 7. — Sophomore Girls ' Luncheon. JUNE 22. — Baccalaureate Address. JUNE 23.— Alumni Ball. JUNE 24. — Commencement Day. Page Two Hundred Forty-nine ■ «,ai fc_:,;-k „_;i :;i=i .i ' -i-Si-T ' i4— Spring Term APRIL 11. — Color maze of the Freshman-Sophomore reception is a dazzling date for the underclassmen. All Chinese elements present except the pigtails. Thej- arrived the follow- ing Tuesday. APRIL IS. — Members of the Cosmopolitan Chib of the University of Michigan have a look-ni on us. They frighten the new practice teachers out of a year ' s growth by visiting the train- ing School. APRIL 16. — You didn ' t know our Sammy had a fellowship awarded to him, did you? fj APRIL 24. — Conservation Day passes with all Senior dignity still intact. Caps and gowns 1 1 appear for the first time. j APRIL 26. — After practicing on the Northern towns, the Men ' s Glee Club decides to sing (here, for all comers. The concert occasioned some touching sentiments a week later in the Herald. APRIL 3U. — Players present Rumplestilskin and Alababi and the Forty Thieves with clever puppett performers. MAY 2. — Black and white and red all over? No! You ' re wrong! It was a student party. The Sophs did it. Identification cards as usual. MAY 2. — Amid cheers Floyd Haight took the train for the Student ' s Methodist Conference. MAY 9. — Farly El ' s carried off the honors for their Joy Nite stunt. Tribunal ' s surgical operation came second — the last thing in using the knife. Home Economics receive third hon- ors. Joy Nite was the most successful within memory. MAY 14. — Election Day — Just like in the days of the full dinner pail. An exciting, close election puts Milton Scherer in the president ' s chair, Barbara Blaine, Lawrence Bohnet and Lenore Carpenter as vice-president, treasurer and secretary, respectively. MAY 16. — Big Day ! Physical Ed. Sport Party is the biggest event. Something new ! Ama- ' teur typist ' s contest with a Commerce banquet at night. MAY 19. — The Tenth Annual May Festival. A marvelous presentation by the Chicago Sym- .;,■ phony Orchestra, Frederick Stock, Conductor. The Kalamazoo Choral Union chorus col- laborate in a Wagner program. ; MAY 20. — Appreciation is shown the successful debaters by entertaining them with a banquet. MAY 26. — Training School children (this includes outlying schools also) present The Three ' ■ Springs at their annual May Festival. MAY ' 28. — Players present group of short plays. JUNE 7. — The biggest event for women in the year! The girls ' Breakfast in Fairyland. Spring Splash at night. Party plus entertainment. ! JUNE 20. — High School Commencement. Commencement Play. }[ JUNE 21. — Reunions and banquets. Big student Party. ' A JUNE 22. — Baccalaureate Address. r ' j JUNE 23. — Alumni Banquet and party. ll JUNE 24. — Commencement. Page Two Hundred Fifty Conservation Day The program at Western was marked by inipresaive sincerity. At the gymnasium Rev. jNI. iNIillard delivered an address en phasizing- the vital importance of conserving our natural resources and the present waste that is prevalent throughout the country. Under the direction ' of Mr. Maybee appro- priate music was rendered by soloists and in community singing. At the athletic field the ceremony consisted of planting six trees in honor of former Western students whose lives were given in the great cause of the World War. Here Loree Harvey gave an oration in which the fundamental elements of conservation and their relation to civilization and progress were presented. V e have found below us in our mines rich suitplies of fuel, niinerals, and metals. Upon the surface of this earth, we have found a layer of fertile soil in which we can raise our crops for food and clothing. This land is covered with a net work of rivers which may be used for navigation and irrigation as well as a source of energy to run our mills and factories. We have plants, birds, and animals to give us nourishment that we may be able to do our work. Towering above us are the trees w hich give us their fruits and timber. It is true that with the aid of these God-given treasures, man has attained after his many years of existence, a high degree of civilization, but as the product has been great, so also has the cost been great. As civilization has advanced from generation to generation, more and more of our treasures of natural resources have been removed from their storehouses and consumed. ' One way of replacing these treasures which have been taken from nature ' s vaults, is to plant a young and growing tree in the place formerly occupied by one which has matured and been con- sumed. Perhaps because of this, the planting of a tree has become the accepted symbol for in- terest, sympathy, and devotion to the movement of conservation. And so it is that we are gath- ered here today to plant this tree as a monument signifying our interest and co-operation in this movement for conservation. Page Two Hundred Fifty-one Class Games Instituting a new event in the calendar of activities held at Western, the Spring Games furnished much interest and no little excitement on the campus. That each class as a whole might exhibit its prowess, the Freshmen and Sophomores met in contest on the athletic field. Planned and sponsored by the Student Council to alleviate apparently increasing rivalry be- tween the two classes, conduction was placed in the hands of the W club with Herbert Buck Read of the faculty as referee. The five events were handled in an orderly manner with a short time between for the fatigued warriors to recuperate in preparation for succeed- ing struggles. As soon as the loyal Co-eds, bedecked in class colors, had lined up on botli sides of the battlefield, there came from the hilltop the roll of drums and then the glad anthem of the band that headed the long column of green-faced fighters. Very soon winding through trees over the old Indian Trail came a long, single line of huskies. These faces were red, and the silence broken by the thumping footfalls was soon shattered by spirited cheering on both sides. This column swung into place opposite their opponents and after preliminary in- structions the contests began. The events were an obstacle race, cane rush, and tug-of-war with picked teams from each class participating. The football and flag rushes furnished everyone an opportunity to in- dulge with much spirit and energy. Constant alertness on the part of the referees assured fair play and acted as a preventative against serious injury to any of the excited battlers. Though many received bruises and joltings there was no serious injury. The result was victory for the Freshmen, who managed to secure the greatest number of points. The Soph- omores, however, won three of the five events, and as a result of the tug-of-w ar, about two hundred Frosh marched through the dammed-up creek, which somewhat abated tlieir warm enthusiasm. After this damp finale the contest was declared at an end mucli to the satis- faction of all concerned. To witness the events, the whole student body presented itself at the athletic field. Draw- ing spectators from interested and curious town folks, a great crowd constantly cheered the la- boring heroes. For the students it was a cliance to exhibit the class loyalty w ' hich often lies dor- mant in the individual. In those who participated and those who expressed their enthusiasm in prolonged reverberating yells helped to create a stronger union to the class as a whole. It was a convenient time for people to become better acquainted with their class mates that there might be a mutuality which somehow did not appear before. Still in possession of class spirit, loyalty to Western was accentuated so that these forces rather than continue in rivalry, might combine to form a stronger attachment to the Brown and Gold which floats above the red and green. Page Two Hundred Fifty-two WESTERN LOCOMOTIVE BROWN AND GOLD OLD LOCOMOTIVE W-E-S-T-E-R-N W-E-S-T-E-R-N W-E-S-T-E-R-N RAH WESTERN Brown and Gold, Fight, Fight Brown and Gold. Fight, Fight Brown and Gold, Eight, Fight Now Fight, Now Fight. Rah, Rah, Rah, Rah, W. S. N. S. Rah, Rah, Rah, Rah, W. S. N. S. Rah, Rah, Rah, Rah, W. S. N. S. Rah ! ! FIGHT LOCOMOTIVE Fight. Fight. Fight. Fight, Western Normal, Western Normal. Fight. Fight. Fight, Fight, Western Normal, Western Normal. Fight. Fight, Fight, Fight, Western Normal, Western Normal. Rah!! WESTERN ' S FIGHT SONG Hail I Hail ! For Western Normal School I We have the pep and the fight and vim, In all our games we go out to win. Either in football, baseball or track. Western ' s the spirit that most schools lack. Rah!! We ' ll always fight for victory In every school activity. Long may this glorious spirit reign To bring W ' estern Normal world-wide fame. Page Two Hundred Fifty-three Choice Bits An optimist is a cross-eyed man who is than kful he isn ' t bowlegged. Beauty is only skin deep — and many people need peeling. Beauty may draw us by a single hair, but after marriage she is more liable to grab a whole handful. A woman never doubts what a man says in his sleep. Tact is remembering a woman ' s birthday and forgetting her age. Many men are always busy like a pig ' s tail, but never do anything worth while. Any fool can stay up all night, but it takes a good man to get up in the morning. Better to remain silent and be thought a fool, than to speak and remove all doubt. Power, responsibility, gravitate to him who is ready. Keeping awake days picks more golden apples than lying awake nights Quitcherbelliakin. And again, brethren, SUCCESS consists in finding the shortest line between two points — where you are and where you want to be. It has been well said that the ability to see great things large and little things small is the final test of education. The highest degree any college can offer is that of 1 A N. Friends — those relations that one makes for himself. Kindness — a language which the dumb can speak, and the deaf can understand. Work never hurts some people because they never do anyi Don ' t be so narrow minded that your ears rub. In the orchard of opportunity it is better to pick the fruit than to wait for it to fall. That man is the best man who makes the least difference between himself and other men. Success always comes as a conquest — not as a bequest. Tactfulness — the art of making folks ' round you think they amount to something. The man who starts out in life with a brass band, usually comes home with a jewsharp. It is so easy to be from iKIissouri without having been burdened with brains on the journey. Don ' t talk behind your enemy ' s back — that ' s the place to kick him. Don ' t you know that it takes push to get pull. iMysteries — love, women, and hash. Why freight a tub of words to express a spoon of thought ? Every man has his price, but some hold bargain sales. Nature cannot jump from winter to summer without a spring, nor from summer to winter without a fall. Page Two Hundred Fifty-four Athletics In writing what really constitutes a preface to the athletic chapter of this annual one is conscious of the much that has been said on the subject of competitive physical activities in the colleges, the eulogies lavished on their achievement and value, and the accusations of over-emphasis and abuses. It is not difficult to make a case either way : if one is close to the work, has much experience in it, is deeply interested, and gains pleasant reactions from it, he is more or less bound to report favorably on it: on the other hand if his life is alien to it and its importance interferes with the prestige of his own favorite activities, he could readily and quite honestly be adverse in comment. But the national engrossment in the athletic idea grows : we have come into the period of the great stadiums, rivaling ancient amphitheatres ; the Olympic games have been revived ; a thousand sports engross the world at play in its leisure hours. The singl; sport sheet slipped into the dailies of years ago has grown to a section, a chronicle of these activities. More fundamental, we have the idea of physical education in the school, it has become a fixed part of the program and is annually assuming more importance. Something real, vital, is back of it all. It is not a thing manufactured, the result of a theory. It is all the expression of natural human energy, seeking a happy outlet — more than that, a needed one. Human development came through struggle ; this developed or conserved forces ; battle and pioneering served thir turn in the early history of every race ; and because of that heritage life can not sit at ease in the chairs of the commercial world or escape atrophy. You who are about to look into this chapter of athletic achievement at Western State therefore consider ; all is an expression of vigorous life, natural, valuable, the flower of many years of effort. Down in the grades when they were hardly more than infants these youth began to master the physical powers that have made them the stars in the college athletic firmament. And because these youth have been playing for Western State this year, other tots in the grades are striving — beneficially. Thus, not an eleven alone or nine or five are engaged — so runs the favorite tirade — but thousands. Only a few can be to the fore, those we watch because they represent the high- est expression. Give them your admiration, your praise ; you stimulate not merely them but the thousands. What if their chests bulge a bit or there is a suggestion of over swank in their walk. Let them have their day ; it will be gone soon enough. And you who are of the cloisters! Think you you can escape the effect of this life? Know it or not, it is radiant about you ; ay, keeps you alive. When the athletes are not active you will die among your etymologies. Page Two Hundred Fifty-iive IKK HllI-.KJH BuRXHAM HvAMF.S ReA[i Potter Smith Moser Olander Taylor Miller Van Wingen The Athletic Board One of the newer organizations of the school is the Athletic Board. Its jurisdiction covers the fields fonnerly supervised by coaches acting independently and by standing and special committees. The function of this Board is to approve all tentative schedules submitted, give rulings on questions of eligibility, settle appeals, sanction awards, etc. [J The personnel of the Board is as follows: The Registrar (Chairman ex-officio), two ll faculty members appointed by the President, two students chosen by the Student Association, Q the captains of the various teams, and the several coaches serving during the period of their major activity. The following people have served on this Board during the present school year : Registrar John C. Hoekje, Chairman. Professor Smith Burnham, Faculty Representative. Professor Floyd W. Moore, Faculty Representative. Rudel Miller, Student Association Representative. Martin Van Wingen, Student Association Representative. Harry Potter, Captain Football. Wilbur Johnson, Captain Basketball. Towner Smith, Captain Track. Lawrence P. Moser, Captain Baseball. Milton Olander, Coach Football. Herbert W. Read, Coach Basketball. Lawrence Taylor, Coach Track. Judson A. Hyames. Coach Baseball. Page Two Hundred Fifty-six MlI.TOX Olander Coach Olander FOOTBALL Coach Milton M. Olander began his career in 1922 with Western State and celebrated by turning out a team whose goal line was not crossed. This past season the record was almost as enviable. Though confronted with a much harder schedule than that of 1922, Coach dander ' s warriors emerged from the field of battle six times victorious, tied once, and defeated once by a scant score. He is a product of the famous Zuppke and earned four football letters while at Illinois. He was characterized as one of Zuppke ' s headiest players, and much of the success of the line was due to his ability to see his opponent ' s objective and to keep up the spirits of the other men — which caused Walter Camp to name him as one of the country ' s foremost tackles. Coach Olander deserves much credit. He has been successful not only from the stand- point of turning out winning teams, but also from the standpoint of developing the men ; for he has given them ideals and good sportsmanship, hard work and consistent effort as well as a keen knowledge of football. His pleasing personality together with his stand for true sportsmanship, has won for Coach Olander the respect and admiration of the entire student body. Page Two Hundred Fifty-seven jzMliak: Herbert Read Coach Read ■ - BASKETBALL Coach Buck Read has just completed his third successful season as basketball mentor. Since he took over the reins in mid-season of 1922 very few games have been lost by the hilltoppers. Buck says ; I am not the smartest man in the world. However, we think he is one of the smartest basketball men. He is a keen student of the game in every sense of the word, and is always willing to impart his knowledge to others. He has proven himself to be of great help to prospective coaches. Due to his squareness and ready wit, Buck has always been popular with his men. His constant chatter makes each practice a pleasure rather than a grind. The team this year encountered stiff competition at the close of the season and cxperiejiced a slump. However, this did not frighten Coach Read who plans on a harder schedule next year, although fewer games will be played. All followers of the Brown and Gold have faith in Buck ' s ability to pull the team throu.gh a successful season and wish him continued suc- cess next year. Page Two Hundred Fifty-eight Lawkexce Taylor Coach Taylor TRACK One need not search far. or ponder long to find the reasons for Western State ' s remark- able success in track work. The records and marks of the team speak for themselves : but someone else must speak for The man behind or nothing would be heard. Western is for- tunate, indeed, in having Coach Lawrence Taylor to direct the destinies of the Brown and Gold thin-clads. and what ' s more the entire school appreciates the work of this quiet, modest and unassuming mentor to the very limit. Prof , as he is atifectionately called by all who know him, is the heart of the squad. The men come through with honors because of his excellent supervision, and guidance. In the common parlance of the everyday crust — he knows his stuff and he puts it across in fine style. Gifted w-ith an excellent knowledge of all track events, and the ability to not only bring his men along at the proper rate for stiff competition, but to inspire them to their very utmost, his work stands out in vivid fashion. The tracksters like to work for Prof , and they work hard so as to give him nothing but their very best. From this perfect combination, records must fall, and they do. But, without Coach Taylor they would not. The fine, manly and clean cut characteristics of the dapper mentor place upon him the stamp of approval that nothing can phase. A through and through gentleman, one who can smile in bitter defeat, as well as graciously accept the fruits of victory render Coach Taylor ' s influence at Western most worthy and helpful. No finer tribute could be paid a coach by the men under him, than that sincerely expressed by his squad of today, and of the past, when they say — Give the credit to Prof! Sweep the roses off to him! Page Tiro Hundred Fifty-nine JriisoN H ' A s Coach Hyames BASEBALL Judson A. Hyames is cciach of the 1924 Western State Normal baseball team. His sterling character and thorough knowledge of baseball well befit him in his present position as guardian of our baseball activities. The success of our baseball teams is partially due to that great fighting spirit instilled into teams by their coach. Juddy is distinctly a man with a punch. At Ypsilanti and ' estern State, he was unbeatable in every line of sport. As a coach he has transferred that punch to his players and as a result the men of Western State always fight to win : for with his uncanny ability he instills into the hearts of those with whom he comes in contact the real meaning of the term True Sportsmanship. Juddy is heart and soul for his School. He represents in every phase of athletic endeavor, the experienced, well trained mentor. He is a coach of whom our institution can well af- ford to be proud. Page Two Hundred Sixty Wearers of the W Lawrence P. Moser Baseball Rudel C. Miller Football-basketball-baseball-track John W. Gill Football-basketball-baseball-track J. Towner Smith Track Sam Bishop Football-baseball Glen Righter Football-basketball-baseball Malcolm Weaver Track Harry Lee Football-basketball Edward Klock Track-cross country Carroll Messenger Football-baseball-track Maynard Ellsington Baseball Oscar Johnson Football-basketball-track Roy Clifford Track-cross country Claudius Collisi Track-cross country Swift Noble Football-basketball Arthur Yost Baseball Martin Van Wingen Football-baseball-basketball Wilbur Johnson Football-basketball Randall Frazier Football Charles Maher - Baseball Donald Bauer Football Lowell Reynolds _ Football Earl New Track Harry Potter Football-baseball-basketball Oscar Hess Baseball Wendell Gates Cross country Norman Bowbeer Football-track Cecil Walker Track Harry Smith Track Neal Johnson Football-basketball-baseball-track George Walker Track Leonard Klaasse Track-Cross country Donald Miller Cross country Harold Beebe Football-basketball-track John Gunderson Baseball Clare Wheaton Baseball Clytus Carr Football Ray Winther Baseball Gerald Muller Football Frederick Zuidema Football Carl Van Weelden Football Dale Brown Track Kenneth Ruse Basketball Dale Vanderhoff Basketball Frank Forrest Basketball Richard Morley Football-basketball Gene Ingles Track rage Two Hundred Sixty-on Wearers of the aWa Roland Barnett Basketball Fernando Brethour Football Charles Cady Football Loren Campbell Football Howard Campbell Basketball Pearl Fleming Football Norwood Hearn Football Robert Miller Basketball Gerald Ritchie Football James Scanlon Basketball Theodore Lundquist Football Wearers of 1927 R. H. Anderson Football Howard Campbell Football Rexf ord Clark Football Hoyt Ferm Football Waite Ferm Basketball Wilford Gahn Football Monty Grosvenor Football Leo Handler Football Garvuse Jach Football and basketball Deo Kellogg Football Lloyd Kreuger Basketball Harold Lillie Football Rhcinhardt Mallast Football Tom Korlock Basketball Herbert Pappin Football and basketball John Polaskey Football Pulkinen Basketball Willard Ramsdell Football Edward Schmid Football Merrill Squires Football Hueh Wilev Basketball Page Two Hundred Sixty-two Page Two Hundred Sixty-three ■aa -- ' w%t- Review of Western ' s Football Season Shows Some Fine Work Six games won, one lost, and one tied is the record of the second successful football season under the regime of Coach Milton M. Olander. While the record is not so unique as that of last year when not a score was registered against Western State, it is in many re- spects just as creditable, the schedule being harder and the season more extended. The single game lost was by the merest of margins at the fag end of the season when the team had undoubtedly passed its high point. The greatest of praise can fairly be given to Coach Olander and his hard battling men for the honor brought to Western State in their per- formances of the 1923 season. The opening game of the season with the Notre Dame Freshmen, September 29, proved as usual a hard fight, Western winning 15-0. The following week, October 16, Valparaiso was defeated 7-0. Next came Alma whom Western defeated 21-7. St. Viator was met next on October 20. The game was hard fought and ended in a 1-1 tie score. On October 21 Bowling Green, Kentucky Normal was met and took a 26-0 defeat. This was the first intersectional game in years, and showed a very superior cjuality of work is being developed at Western. On Home-coming day, November 10, before a crowd unrivaled in the history of the school for size, the Brown and Gold gridiron men carried Earlham College into camp by a score of 45-0. Chicago Y. I. C. A. College, usually a tough foe, was next to suffer defeat at the hands of Western with a one-sided score of , 2-0. The season closed rather disastrously on Thanksgiving day with the first defeat of the season at the hands of an old rival — Albion College. This defeat was the first suffered by Western ' s football team in two seasons of playing, and the first .game lost to the Methodists in manv vears. Page Two Hundred Si.rty-four Page Two Hundred Sixty-five Valparaiso Game The second notable achievement was the victory over Valparaiso university, 7-0, on October 6. The Hoosiers brought a heavy and experienced eleven to Normal field, looking to average nearly ten pounds more than Western. Defensively that game was bitterly and even- ly fought and it might have gone to a scoreless tie had not a break occurred, with Western team to take advantage of it. Captain Harry Potter was the man on the job. It happened in the first quarter. Potter himself had fumbled the ball a moment before the critical play and lost it to Valparaiso. Then a Hoosier runner fumbled the pigskin. Potter, very sore at himself and eager to atone, was on the ball like a flash, picked it up, and raced 45 yards to the goal line, aided by some good interference. Try for point was missed and the count stood 6-0, where it remained through the rest of the game. Potter was shortly after injured and forced to leave the game. The bad ankle received in this contest slowed him up for the rest of the season. Two Hundred Si.rtv-si.r The Alma Game The most interesting game of all was with Ahna college which later won the M. I. A. A. championship. This encounter was staged on Th ursday, Octover 11, as a feature of Kiwanis da3 ' . There was the biggest and most brilliant assemblage ever gathered around Normal field to witness it. The Kiwanian parade reached the field at half time, with the Michigan, M, A. C, Central High School, and Normal bands, and the famous Zouave drill team of football in the west, refereed the game. Alma started a fast attack and in the opening quarter completely wrecked the Brown and Gold defense, scoring a touchdown, the first in two years against Western. In the sec- ond quarter dander ' s stalwart ' s had recovered from their surprise and were forcing the battle. McDonald in the shadow of his own goal posts attempted to punt, but had to fall on the ball to keep it from being blocked, registering a safety for Western and later in the same quarter, Rudel Miller picked up a fumbled punt and carried it over the goal line. The half ended 8-7. In the second half V ' estern scored two more touchdowns mainly through spectacular forward passes to Miller. - i ; -]:A ,n, S W ' t. H . - Page Two Hundred Sixty-seven St. Viator St. Viator made much trouble at Bourbonnais on October 20. Potter ' s bad ankle had taken quite a bit of the punch out of Western ' s straight attack and a slippery field slowed up the lighter fleet-footed half backs. The Illinois eleven scored in the opening half and Western came off the field at half time, 0-7. In the second half, Potter went into the back- field on a special play and hurried the ball far down the field to Oscar Johnson over the goal line for a touchdown and with the try for point successful, the score was tied up 7-7, wliere it remained. Page Two Hundred Si.rty-eislit Bowling Green Game The high achievement of the year might be found in the game with Western State Normal College, of Bowling Green, Kentucky, played on October 17 . For several reasons the Kentuckians have been rated the best Normal school in the south and so this contest had an intersectional championship savor. Furthermore, Bowling Green has, like our own Western State, risen to several steps above the average class of normal school competition and among its yearly foes have been a number of the smaller universities and strong col- leges. This year, previous to coming north, it had defeated the Universities of Louisville and Kentucky. It, therefore, stepped o to Normal on that late Saturday in October, with considerable prestige. With all the ear-marks of a smart eleven, plenty of weight, and smooth team action. Bowling Green outplayed the Brown and Gold in the opening half and with a better Page TiL ' o Hundred Sixt ' -itine BOWLING GREEN GAUY.— Continued developed ability to hang on to some well designed forward passes might have gained a com- manding lead in the first half. But with the failure of these passes, the Kentucky ofifense failed. The men of Olander stopped the straight attack well short of the goal line. On the other hand the splendid charging and tackling of the Kentuckians checked the Brown and Gold as completely in this opening session and it ended 0-0. The second half was a different story. Whether the southerners w-eakened or W ' estern State simply grew stronger can not exactly be told, but Rudel Miller tore things wide open with the receipt of a forward pass from Captain Harry Potter on which he galloped over the goal line and started the downfall of Bowling Green. Their defense crumbled thereafter and Western won by a surprising score in the light of that opening half deadlock. The final count was 26-0. Page Two Hundred Seventy Albion Game The one defeat came more or less as an upset at the end of the season and from an old foe. Western State journeyed down to Winterlau field on Thanksgiving day for a clash with the Methodists. It was the first game played so late in the season for more than a decade and possibly that had some effect on the Brown and Gold. But probably what affected them far worse was the dope. Everybody expected Western State to win, even Albion. So the Brown and Gold just tripped blithely on to Winterlau field to butcher Albion for a perfect holiday. The Methodists were set and desperate and played an inspired game, just a bit too good for Western in its jocund mood. The smile wore off the faces of the Olander men as the game went on, but the old nerves refused to function to the succeeding frown. Western never did get going and Albion won 7-6, a missed try for point making all the difference. Both touchdowns w ' ere in the nature of flukes. Albion blocked a kick for its touchdown and Western State rushed another for its score. Yet Albion won fairly on merit, though Western was no doubt much the stronger team. However, this defeat, though surprising, was insignificant in the light of the great vic- tories won and on the whole it was salutory. Western will have its chance to get revenge next Thanksgiving day when Albion plays at Normal field. Page Tzvo Hundred Seventy-one Cat ' taUt Harry Potter Harry E. Potter — Cap. Captain Harry Potter has played his last game for the Brown and Gold. In his four years Harry has developed into one of the best running backs in the Middle West. Last year Harry was given honorable mention on Eckersall ' s All-Western team and although incapacitated during part of the year, he has shown brilliantly in each game in which he has participated. Harry has been a sterling leader as well as a star backfield man. Western wishes you success, Captain Harry. Harold Beebe — Beeb. Beebe was our pony back. He is extremely fast and shifty and did some good ground gaining this year. He also did some punting. Big things are ex- pected of Beeb. Martin L. Van Wingen — Van. Van has held down the left end job very creditably for four years. Although less spectacular than iMiller, Van is a good receiver of the for- ward pass, but his greatest asset is his steady defensive play. A very conscientious player, Van was always giving his best for Western State. Donald Bauer — Sunny. Light but peppery, Sunny has completed two years as pilot of the varsity. He has grit and determination and is popular with his team-mates which makes him an ideal man for the position. Glen Righter — Monk, Again it has proven a light man can make good in football, pro- viding he has the determination. Ne.xt to Potter, Glen was the best ground gainer in the backfield. Monk has the speed and i.s shifty and once in the open field is a hard man to stop. Next year will be Monk ' s second. Randall Frazier — Fraz. After three years, Fraz finally found himself. He was used both at half back and full back where his work was commendable. Fraz played his best game at St. Viator ' s where he was a backfield in himself. Hecbe an Wingen Bauer Righter Page Two Hundred Seventv-two i . Johns(.)n Morlcy -Miller N. lohiiMin W . Ic.hnson Oscar Johnson — Okie. The idol of the co-eds. Rangy and fast, the ideal build for a tackle, Okie always outplays his man. He is always cool and never shirks. Okie has one more year of competition which we hope will be his best. Richard Morley — Deke. After two years at Kalamazoo College, Deke came over to Western this year and immediately stepped into a guard berth. Deke played a steady game in the line and did most of the punting. Rudel C. Miller — Ruddie. The Potter to Miller forward passing combination has passed. On the receiving end of this pass Miller has been one of the most brilliant ends in the entire country. Like Potter, he was given honorable mention last year by ' alter Eck- ersall. This year his play has been even more brilliant, and a great deal of the credit for the success of the team this year should go to Rudie. Rudie has all the essentials of a great football player and will long be remembered as one of the greatest ends turned out by the Brown and Gold. Neal Johnson — Rastus. Rastus was injured early in the year, but joined the squad again in the middle of the season. Despite the handicap of a bad shoulder Rastus played a steady game at center. Much is expected of him next year. Wilbur Johnson — Whip. Although always outweighed, Whip was never outfought. He is the aggressive, hard smashing type. He always carries the fight to the other man. Whip has played two years at tackle and will be back for another big year. Page Tzm Hundred Seventy-three Reynolds Weelden Messenger Muller Bowbeer J. Lowell Reynolds — Brute. Brute, a tackle, has just completed three years of hard work on the Varsity squad and this year was rewarded with the varsity letter for the sec- ond time. Brute will be out fighting again when the bell rings next fall. Carl Van Weelden — Ike. Ike faced a hard situation early in the year but by hard and consistent work finally landed a guard job. Ike is rangy, rugged, and a plugger. He should be a star in the line next year. Carrol B. Messenger — Messy. Playing at a guard, and seldom getting the credit he deserved for his superior line play, was the veteran Messenger. Although the lightest man on the line he hit the hardest. Messy has played four years at guard and is considered one of the best defensive linemen ever turned out in the history of the school. Gerald Muller — Pat. In the early part of the season Pat filled the vacancy at cen- ter caused by the injury to Rastus ' shoulder. Although inexperienced, Pat was always fighting and instilling pep into the rest of the team. Norman Bowbeer — Norm. In this, his second year, Norm was shifted from guard to full back, where he seemed to find himself. His blocking and hard smashes at the line were features of his play. Page Two Hundred Seventy-four i ' . Lee Cafr 3ishop Sage Zuidema Harry Lee — Sheik. Sheik is a lall and rangy end who could receive forward passes well, but had a tough break this fall. As understudy to Miller he did not play much, but next year he should be heard from. Clytus Carr — Clyte. Clyte was a steady performer whose biggest asset was his punting. Carr needs but more work to make his punting a feature of the games on Normal field next year. Samuel I. Bishop — Red. A friend of Jack Dempsey. Red has the same fighting qualities possessed by that gentleman, which makes him feared by all opponents. A more hard working or conscientious player never trod the local gridiron. Robert Sage — Bob. Bob helped fill the hole at full back this year in a creditable manner. Few men hit harder than Bob and his defensive play is superb. In case Bob does not return to school next fall, his work will be sorely missed. Frederick Zuidema — Dutch. Dutch has completed one year on the Varsity as Van Wingen ' s understudy at end. He has played consistently and should win a regular berth next year. Page Two Hundred Seventy-. Freshman Football ( 1927) Sixteen Frosh warriors were given their numerals and sweaters in appreciation for their services during the foothall season. It is the first time in the history of this institu- tion that a well organized, well balanced All-Fresh football team ever represented Western State upon the gridiron. Although the Frosh were not big. they made up in fight, spirit, and brains what they lacked in weight. Time after time they fought back the fast Varsity eleven. The Frosh were given the opponent ' s plays and were forced to put these into effect against the stronger Varsity. Although outweighed, out-played and out-generaled, they took their knocks with the single purpose in mind, that of helping ' estern ' s Varsity. Night after night, sometimes when the evenings were terribly hot, other times when they were cold, the Frosh could be seen battling the powerful Varsity. No matter whether the Varsity hit ' em high or low. the Frosh were ready for more. It was the Frosh who were the inspiration, the spirit of the team which put Western ' s football record on the sport pages last year. Too much credit cannot be given to Coaches Read and Mills. They labored hard in order that they might supply some of their football knowledge to these select members of the Freshman Class. The fight which characterizes all of Western ' s teams was very evident in all of the Frosh scrimmages, and this team of fighting Freshmen is sending men into the Varsity ranks next fall who will carry the fi.ght as the men before them have carried it. Under the leadership of Captain Jack, who is a fast, shifty open field general, the Frosh battled the Varsity during the entire season. Mallast also played a fine game at center for the Frosh, as did Pappin at end. Others who deserve special credit are: Kellogg, Clark. Grosvenor, Polasky, and Barnett. The Athletic Board of Control voted to bestow upon the following individuals the much honored numerals and sweaters : Jack Gahn Clark Anderson Polasky Squires Pappin Schmid Campbell Ferm Mallast Kellogg Grosvenor Barnett Ramsdell Lillie Page Two Hundred Scz ' cnty-six Page Two Hundred Seventy -seven  i Lj ,:. £«.•;-.« ' -.- ■ - - la ■ ■_..„_«•. - ' « T Basketball Western State Normal won 13 of 21 hard basketball contests during the past season and had it not been for a late season slump which cost them five games, would have established an even greater record. The Brown and Gold stars played before a packed gym in the most successful court year in the history of the school. Coach Buck Read ' s veteran cagemen, strengthened by plenty of new material, traveled at a dazzling pace until the lengthy schedule told on them during the final three weeks of play. In the first sixteen games, a total of 539 points were hung up to the opposing teams ' 335. Captain Whip Johnson and his men were going in university style then and won 13 of the first 16 games. The Michigan Aggies were twice defeated decisively while at Notre Dame gym, the Hilltoppers were nosed out of a 22 to 21 contest by the Irish varsity five. Rudel Miller and lartin Van Wingen, four-year basketball stars, wound up their basket- ball career with a season of stellar play at forward positions. Okie Johnson, captain-elect, completed a trio of high scoring stars at his center job. Deke lorley and Captain Whip Johnson were two guards whose work explained the Normal ' s ability to keep opponents from running up a heavy score. Harold Beebe, Dale VanderHoft ' , Harry Lee, forwards. Ken Ruse, center, and Neal Johnson and Frank Forrest, guards, were dependable reserve men who also were awarded W sweaters. Coach Read plans to have e ;en stronger teams on the 1924-25 schedule which probably will consist of 16 or 18 games. Negotiations for a game next winter with the University of Michigan are included in the plans. Western students bid adieux to stars who graduate and wish them the best of success. To the coming t|uintet, our support is promised. Page T-wo Hundred Scvoity-eight ■:■-.• ' - zjr Page Two Hundred Seventy-nine 4  Z3Kk Basketball Games NOTRE DAME, there, January 10. The Brown and Gold performance against Notre Dame at South Bend was a brilliant one. That Western lost is no discredit to the men for they fought hard. On the floor, Notre Dame boasting one of the best teams in its history and with victories already over three Big 10 teams, was outplayed. Western made more field baskets but only one out of eight attempts at the foul line. Five times, during the game, the lead changed. With Western in the lead 21-20, and one minute to play. Kizer of Notre Dame dropped in a two-pointer from the middle of the floor that ended the ball game. M. A. C, here, January 26. In the presence of one of the largest crow-ds ever packed in Western ' s gym, our splendid quintet outclassed M. A. C. 29-14. Within three minutes from the start of the second half, a team of substitutes took the floor for Western and w-ere never headed. The crowd was enthusiastic and was treated to some real basketball. It was an excellent exhibition of Western ' s true fighting spirit. LOMBARD, here, January ol. The contest between Western State and Lombard at Western ' s gym will never be forgotten by any who saw it. It was played before an immense crowd of spectators who were kept on the edge of their chairs continually by the exhibition. Lombard at one time was ahead 21-9 and the final victory for them by a score of 25-21 in- dicates some remarkable playing by Western ' s men. The excellent guarding of Oscar John- son and Rudel Miller shifted back in the final minutes kept the fast Lombard forward wall to a four point score. While Vander Hoff, Beebe and Van Wingen were picking up twelve points. It w-as Western ' s first experience with the stalling game as played by Lombard and the men should be given full credit for their heroic and nearly successful efforts. YPSILANTI, here, February 7. The game with Ypsilanti set a record for scores in contests with the older school to the east. The size of the score was a surprise. Very few of the fans or players expecting to conquer by the score of 61-32. Rudel Miller was high point man with 18 of his team ' s scores. A total of twelve men were used in this game and Ypsi was helpless throughout the contest. U. of D., here, February 8. The U. of D. five appeared at Normal gym and the ensuing clash was a typical one, plenty of defense and a hard fight all the way. Western looked like a winner all the way and came out on top of a 26-19 count. Rudel Miller was again the big star. He carried the fight when his teammates seemed to tire, and his ten points certainly helped the score. Page Two Hundred Eit[hiy BASKETBALL GAMES— Continued M. A. C, there, February 12. Trouble was expected at East Lansing despite the trim- ming handed M. A. C. on our own floor. Usually tlie narrower and longer Aggie floor af- fects Normal offensive play. It took the Brown and Gold the entire first half to get going and they came off at inter- mission with a mere two point lead, that semi-argument ending 8-6. In the second half the attack got away in earnest. The M. A. C. defense was drawn open and Oscar Johnson and Captain Whip Johnson slipped through for counters. Rudel Miller was too closely guarded to do any scoring but was extremely valuable in all-around play. MT. PLEASANT here, February 15. The clash with Central Normal was a hard fought one. but ' estern ' s driving pace was too much for the up-staters and they succumbed 37-17. In maintaining the terrific speed Coach Reed used twelve men. The only man to stay the full distance was Rudel Miller. It is remarkable how- he maintains the same drive with never a let up through game after game. We ' ll miss him next year. With Rudel was the ever-shining Oscar Johnson. Okie looped in five beautiful long ones and shot a pair of fouls. Beebe and Forrest played brilliant games, the former snagging two goals. ARMOUR, here, February 23. Western traveled a good pace to defeat Armour. A tip from Oscar Johnson to Van Wingen to Miller put the ball through the hoop for the first basket. A few seconds later Miller made another and then the Brown and Gold broke loose for 13 points before Armour registered. A feature of this game was the basket-shooting of Van Wingen. Guff got four, his high score for the season. NOTRE DAME, here, March 1. Western was out for revenge for the 22-21 defeat handed them at South Bend. But the long season, the two hard games coming the same week, and the Fighting Irish were too much and the Hilltoppcrs were down to a 33-22 defeat. The crowd was the largest and most enthusiastic ever packed into the gym. An excep- tionally sportsmanlike attitude was evidenced by the thoroughly aroused crowd at all times. VALPARAISO, here, March 4. The Valparaiso game drew a big crowd to Normal gym as the Hoosiers had been traveling fast and had a record of twenty-three straight wins when they reached Kalamazoo. Normal traveled too fast for Valpo in the first half and led at the end 19-12. At the beginning of the second half Western missed four close-in shots and the Hoosiers seemed to take heart. Led by Beany Harris, they stepped out and tied the count at 19 all. Van W ' ingen dropped one in for Normal and then Valpo stepped the count up to 23-27. The jinx which had followed the team for the last two weeks of the season was still present and a last minute rallv fell short, with shots bouncing off the rim almost continuouslv. Page Two Hundred Eighty-one ■a EL BASKETBALL GAMES— Coiitiiiurd Normal 30 . 44 . 21 . SEASON ' S RECORDS Ot ' jyonent Alumni, here 11 Hillsdale, here 24 . . . Notre Dame, there 22 34 Olivet, here 10 46 Armour, there 22 19 St. Viator, there . . 35 Lake Forest, there . 29 M. A. C, here... 21 Lombard, here . . . 20 Hope, there 61 Ypsilanti, here . . . 29 L ' . of Detroit, here . Mt. 23 24 14 25 14 32 19 16 Pleasant, here 17 A. C, there. Hope, here Armour, here . . . St. Viator, here . . . 24 Valparaiso, there . . 22 Notre Dame, here. . 25 Valparaiso, here . . 21 U. of Detroit, there. 622 20 13 33 35 33 28 23 458 INDIVIDUAL SCORING RECORDS FOR BASKETBALL Player Points from lucid Oscar Johnson 176 R. Miller 132 M. Van Wingen 58 R. Morley 34 H. Beebe 32 W. Johnson 20 Vanderhoff 16 Lee 16 N. Johnson 10 Ruse 4 Forrest 4 Scanlon 4 Campbell 2 Grand Team Total 508 ■ouls Total 45 221 27 159 8 66 14 48 8 40 7 27 2 18 1 17 4 14 3 7 1 5 4 1 3 121 629 Page Two Hundred Eighty -ttvo Page Two Hund ' ed Eighty-three Caj laiii W ' uj-.iR j(in:;sON Captain Wilbur Whip Johnson — the non-parallel at taking the ball off the back board. He goes higher and grabs them tighter than any guard in the business. The other guy ain ' t got no chance. Dick Dead-eye at shooting fouls. Has a mean eye for other marks. A capable and popular leader. Dale Van Vanderhoff — an Irishman from the Russian town of Cadillac. Freshman, and so praise must be lavished carefully. Good at hitting the hoop and sometimes marvelous in conserving energy. Ought to be a star next year without Roodle to corner the time at left forward. Kenneth Rusy Ruse — pride of Plainwell, a clever worker on the Hoor and good at making his way through tough opposition. If ( )kie hadn ' t been in his way at center Kenny would have had a chance to show his real stuff. Harry Lee — from Niles, where they grow some athletes. But the original tough luck guy on the basketball squad. Just when he would get to looking good he would splinter a bone or take the epizotic and so Western State has never seen him at his best. Ne.xt year. says Harry, they ' ll all have to step. Neal Neal Johnsnn — the behemoth of the backboard. From Fremont w ' hich would be the biggest town in .Michigan if it w ' as the only one. A Gibraltar Rock on the floor and getting cleverer and cleverer in snagging the hoop. Watch him toss them ne.xt year. Frank Merriwell Forrest — another lad from Niles. Freshman, but with a lot of pos- sibilities. A nifty handler of the ball and a good head for the guarding job. as well as a scorer ' if ahilitw Wiirth ;ilcliiii!; closr-lx- jinnther ( ' ;mnn Vander Hoff Ruse Lee N. Johnson Forrest Page Tzvo Hundred Eighty-four Alorley Beebe J. John cin : lillei- an W ' inuxn Richard Deke IVIorley — The Radio Kid is another product of the Celery City — the fightingest man on the floor. A great defensive bulwark and a good feeder of the ball on ofifense. Deke will be back another } ' ear — good news. Harold Beeb Beebe — Battle Creek ' s best scholastic bet at one time — lightest man on the Normal squad, but all to the good in the matter of speed. An absolutely game athlete. Shoots baskets on a dead line and makes them — sometiines. ' hen the ball goes in he looks awfully good, but when it doesn ' t he looks — aggrieved. Oscar Okie Johnson — From the Jumping-off place at the edge of the wilds of Mich- igan — Cadillac. A hardy bird from Norseland stock. The marvelous guard who never got an eyebrow ruffled in the tightest contest and set the fashion for the mid-skull part. Some pivot man later and heavier of the loftiest loops ever seen on Normal floor. High scorer 1923-24. Oh when he was good, he was very, very good. And when he was bad he was — reprehensible. Rudel Roodle Miller — First athletic prominence a star at one-old cat, played within the murmur of witching Comstock falls. Having broken all the bats in that fashionable suburb of Kalamazoo, he sneaked past the door-keeper and joined up with the strong-backed boys at Central High. A couple years there sloughing off his native village moss and he was ready for Western State. Outside of grabbing the high ones and piling up a few touch- downs for Normal when they were hard to get, pot shotting the hoop on the basketball team, wielding a wicked willow on the baseball team, and flipping the discus a few rods or so on the track team — not to mention his vaulting ambition — he hasn ' t done much on the hilltop. Sad thing about his going out of athletics — all the coaches have no work now. Alartin Van Van Wingen — The lad from Wooden Shoe land and immediately from Grand Rapids where thej get all their ideas for furniture out of their own heads. Forward on the basketball team and a sharp shooter last season. One of the leading scorers. While he likes Kalamazoo and his Iiome town, his thoughts turn oftenest to Elkhart. Page Two Hundred Eighty-five ' is. Freshman Basketball The fdllowing men : Jacks, Pappin, Korlock, Krengen, Wiley, and Perm constituted the Preshman court squad this year. Under the guidance of Coach Buck Read these men fought against the fast versatile attack of the Varsity five. Although they were beaten time and again they stood their places trying mainly to help the Varsity improve their game. Next year these men will be back and will offer strong competition to those who seek places on Western ' s Varsity. Pappin, Norlock, and Krenger show much promise. Pappin was promoted to the Varsity S(|uad late in the season and did credit to himself and Western in the few games that he played. It is a well known axiom that No team is stronger than its reserves, and so we take equal delight in praising both our Varsity and All-Frosh basketball men. Page Two Hundred Eighty-six Page Two Hundred Eighty-seven Page Two Hundred Eighty-eight Baseball Under the leadership of Captain Pete Moser tlie 1924 baseball team promises to hang up one of the best records in Brown and Gold baseball history. Coach Jnd Hyames was unusually fortmiate in having practically a whole team of veterans back to start the season. The letter men available from former teams were Captain Pete Moser, third base ; Maher and Potter, catchers ; Rudel Miller, first base : Righter, short stop ; Yost, second base ; N. Johnson. Van Wingen. Hess, Bishop, and Gunderson, out- fielders ; Gunderson is also included in the list of pitchers, along with Messenger, Ellingson, and Winther. Among the reserves back from last year were Bobby Miller, second base; McMullen, outfielder ; Roush and Graham, infielders ; Ramsdell and Waterman, catchers : and Ruse and Carr, pitchers. Among the most promising new material was found Schrumpf, a freshman infielder from Niles, Keinbaum, a pitcher from IMarlette, and Armstrong, an outfielder with two years ' e. - perience in the outfield of Massachussetts Agricultural College. Facing this unusual array of veteran material is one of the hardest schedules a Western State team has ever been called upon to face. Among the out-of-the-state teams scheduled are Ohio State University, a leader in the Big Ten ; Notre Dame University and Butler College, both strong Indiana nines ; Lake Forest, Armour Tech, and Chicago Y. M. C. A. College, from Illinois ; and Beloit College of Wisconsin, champions of the Mid- st confer- ence and a school which habitually puts out winning teams. Among the leading state teams listed are our old rivals, M. A. C, Albion, Ypsilanti Normal, and Central Normal. The game with the University of Michigan is tentatively ar- ranged. Western State has always turned out strong baseball teams and at this writing the 1924 team looked like one of the best in the historv of the school. Page Two Hundred Eighty-nine Baseball HOPE GAME Western ' s 1924 baseball season opened April 12 with our old friends, Hope College, fur nishing the opposition. Needless to say Western won, but the 4-0 score shows a much tight- er game than usual. Ellingson and Gunderson were on the mound for Western. Ellingson allowed but two hits and struck out four Dutchmen in five innings, and Gunderson allowed one hit and struck out six in the last four innings. Western hit safely six times off Albers and played an airtight defensive game. ALBION GAME Albion college was taken into camp on April 15 by the shut-out route, 3-0. The game was marked by the phenomenal pitching of Ken Ruse, who struck out thirteen and allowed but three hits. This was Ruse ' s first start for the Varsity and he won a regular turn on the mound by his performance. M. A. C. GAME On April 18 the Hill-toppers traveled to East Lansing and administered the first defeat of the season to our old rivals, the Aggies, by a score of 6-1. Gunderson was again on the mound for Western, while Wenner worked for the farmers. Gunderson pitched another of his usual good games, striking out thirteen and allowing but two hits, one a scratch. The feature of the day was Neal Johnson ' s home run into the distant Red Cedar river. This was the longest drive ever seen on the Aggie diamond. NOTRE DAME GAME On April 22 at South Bend, Western experienced her first defeat at the hands of the Notre Dame Irish 10-1. It was one of those wierd affairs which most every team ex- perience at least once a season. Despite the poor work of the whole team in the field, Righter contributed a brilliant stop, and Miller with three hits and Johnson with a robust triple led the team at bat. BELOIT GAME Back home again on April 26, the Hill-toppers administered a 10-0 beating to Beloit, champions of the Mid-West league. Gunderson, the abbreviated southpaw, pitched the best game of his career, striking out 18 men and allowing but three hits. On top of all this he drove out the longest home run ever seen on the local diamond. M. A. C. GAME M. A. C. came over for a return game on May 9 and went back on the small end of a 2-1 score. The score itself indicates the closeness of the game which gave the fans many a thrill. Wakefield, recruit twirler, pitched a good game for the Aggies and was accorded good support, especially from Richards, the Aggie center fielder. Gunderson was again on the mound for Western. Lee, starting his first varsity game, was the batting star of the day with three clean blows. A sad year for the Aggies, whom Western has trimmed in all of the five athletic contests staged with them this year. BALANCE OE SCHEDULE At the time of going to press Western has won six out of seven games, and the 1924 season bids fair to be one of the best in the Hilltop history. We wish the team success in the balance of the hard schedule which follnws. May IS Ypsilanti Normal at home 17 Lake Forrest at home 20 Chicago Y College at Chicago 24 Albion at Albion 28 Chicago Y College at home 30 Butler College at home 31 Ypsilanti Normal at Ypsi June 7 Notre Dame University at home 13 Mt. Pleasant Normal at home 16 Ohio State University at home 23 Alumni Page Two Hundred Ninety ,, _ . , Page Two Hundred Ninety-one r S DM i57F ' JiBtf Page Two Hundred Ninety-two Captain Lawrence Moser Lawrence P. Moser — Pete. Moser is captain of the 1924 team, a position he has earned by three years of brilliant fielding around the third cushion and some timely hitting. Pete is a popular and hard working leader, and we have yet to see his equal in a fielding way in college baseball. Good luck, Pete. Glenn Righter— Monk. Righter, our fast little shortstop, looks better every day. He gets rid of the ball fast and covers acres of ground in the field. Clytus Carr — Clyte. As a member of the squad for two years, Carr has developed rapidly and we expect him to take his regular turn on the mound soon. Charles Maher — Chuck. Maher has developed rapidly in the last three years and now ranks as one of the best catchers in the history of the hilltop. His receiving, throwing, and batting are equally good and he is cool at all times. Chuck will be back next year. Kenneth Ruse — Ken. Ken is pitching on the Varsity for the first time this year. One of his best performances was against Albion, whom he shut out and allowed but three hits. Harry Potter — Kissy. Harry is playing his third year behind the bat for Western and this bids fair to be his best. It will be a long time before his p?ppy work will be forgotten. Righter Maher Ruse Potter Page Tii. ' o Hundred Ninety-three ' Ellinsfson Johnson W ' inther Hess Rudel Aliller Maynard EUingson — Swede. Swede has earned the title, the pitching catcher. Last year Swede caught several games. This year he has done considerahle pitching. He has been showing much stuff with his submarine delivery, Neal Johnson — Rastus. Taking the same old healthy cut, Rastus has been hitting harder than ever. His home run at M. A. C. was the longest hit ever made on the Aggie field. Ray W ' inther — W ' inther is showing the same old stuff this year. His victory over the University of Minnesota last year will long be remembered. Ray is noted for his wonderful fast ball. Oscar Hess — Hess . Hess has been showing the same old speed in the outfield and on the bases that he showed last year. His hitting has improved and he looks better than ever. Rudel C. Miller — Rudie. Miller is also playing his fourth year. Two were spent at third base and this is his second at the initial sack. Although always a dependable fielder, Rudie ' s chief value lies in his clubbing ability. Many games have been broken up by his timely sticking and he will be sorely missed next year. Page Tivo Hn-died Ninety-four ' Bob Miller Keinbaum Gunderson Bishop Sclirumpf Robert Miller — Bobby. After four years of patience and hard work, Bobby has come into his own. Bobby made the grade this year, is playing the keystone sack, and playing it well. We are sorry it is his last year.. Ervin Keinbaum — Lank. Keinbaum is a freshman pitcher who has shown considerable stuff. Most of his time has been spent in development. Ho will be heard from next year. John Gunderson — Tack. Although this is but his third ear. Jack will not be back next year. Until this year Jack spent most of his time in the outtield. Hi.iwever this year he has turned in some notable victories on the mound. Jack enjoys the distinction of being a hard and timely hitter as well as a southpaw pitcher of ability. His shoes will be hard to fill. Sam Bishop — Red. Red has not been playing much this year but is the same old conscientious Red and can be depended on to give his best when he does break in. Henry Schrumpf — Hank. Schrumpf, a freshman, jumped in and filled Bobby Miller ' s shoes when the latter was incapacitated and did some good work. Great things are expected of him in the future. Page Two Hundred Ninety-i ve Van ' in,a;en McMullen Noble Yost Armstrong l Iartin L. Van Wingen — Van. Van Wingen is playing his best year. Van ' s speed in beating out infield hits and patrolling the outer gardens will be missed when 1925 rolls around. Sylvester McMullen — Mac. Mac has been a member of the squad for two years and has shown much ability. He is expected to be a valuable man in the future. Swift Noble — Rough. Rough Noble has kept the team in shape as a trainer. Noble is an old time football star and basketball captain of 1917. He returned to school to get his degree and has been of considerable assistance to Coach Hyames. Arthur Yost — Art. ' ost won his letter as a second baseman last year and although handicapped by a late start he lias been shdwing his old form of late. John Armstrong — Army. This is John ' s first year at Vestern but he spent two years in the outfield as leading slugger for the Mass. Aggies. He has been hitting the ball hard and is a natural hitter. Carroll B. Messenger — Messy. Messenger is putting in his third and last year on the Varsity. The southpaw slants of Messy have always proved effective and he has pitched winning ball when given the opportunity to wi)rk. For some unaccountable reason he has not been worked much the last two years, but we expect Messy to win several ball games before the year is over. We are counting on you, Mess. Page Two Hundred Nwety-si.r Baseball Reserves Due to the fact that there was such a weahh of material present when the first call for varsitj ' aspirants was sent forth. Western today possesses one of the strongest reserve teams in the history of the institution. There are men upon the team who would be a credit to many a minor college team, yet they must remain in the back ground, their praises to go unsung and unheard- Nevertheless these men are an important factor in the making of a successful varsity team ; it is the reserve pitchers who must throw in batting practice ; it is their in- fielders who have their hands torn loose trying to stop some of the Varsity ' s line drives ; and their fielders must retrieve all fly balls which do not go over the hill. Also their one am- bition is to make a place upon Western ' s leading team and this causes the first string men to constantly struggle for their positions. One of the most valuable men on the reserve squad is Barnett, a freshman from Wis- consin, who is ineligible for the Varsity on account of his scholastic condition. Misner at third is a very good man defensively and in another year may be filling Captain Moser ' s shoes. Capt. Waterman of the outfield is another valuable man. Other exceptionally brilliant per- formers in the outfield are O. Clark, Tyson, and Squirers. Roush, Graham, Perry, Kelly, and Small are men who can stop up the holes in any infield. Hamilton and Shmidt are a fine pair of receivers, and as the former has another year in school he may find a place upon the Varsity. Rex Qark, Ross, ajid Sundquist are hurlers who can gyrate the horse-hide sphere in such a manner as to stand the opposition on its ear and wig wag their bats in signs of distress. At this date the Reserves have engaged in only one contest, the one in which they de- feated Otsego nine to seven. Other games to be played are : May 16 Mendon at Mendon 17 , Battle Creek at Battle Creek 20 Mendon at Normal Field 21 Albion College Reserves at Normal Field 31 Albion College Reserves at Albion Page Two Hundred Ninety-seven Page Two Hundred MiJiety-eight Track Western can well be proud of the records that she has established, not only in football, basketball, and baseball, but also in track. She can well boast of one of the best college track teams in the Middle West. Captain Towner Smith and his fellow trackmen have carried Western ' s colors over many a finish line far in advance of her competitors. In Western ' s captain, Towner Smith, we can boast of one of the best quarter-milers in the criuntry. Towner is an honest clean cut fellow, and his good influence has done much to create the wonderful spirit that our team has established. The Brown and Gold team had a successful indoor season., scijring victories in dual meets with Ohio Wesleyan, W. A. C, and Notre Dame Frosh. Our indoor relay team de- serves special mention for they have not been beaten in an indoor meet this year. The out-door thin clads started the season with victories at both the Ohio State and Drake Relays. These victories can be credited to our relay teams. The first out-door dual meet was held against Wabash and sorry to say, the Brown and Gold suffered their first defeat by a small margin of 2 points. Richards, high jumper; Chickering, dash and relay man; Klaasse, half-miler ; McDougal, quarter-miler ; Darling, hurdler ; Grosvenor, weight man ; George Walker, dash man ; Ingles, broad jumper; Klock, distance man; Beebe, javelin; New, ixjle vault; and Collisi, mile; de- serve credit for their work on the field and cinder paths. Special mention should be given Malcolm Weaver, star quarter miler, who accidentally collided with another runner on the track. This accident caused Weaver ' s loss to the squad. But watch him go ne.xt year. Most of this year ' s squad will be back ne.xt year and another banner year is looked forward to. Page Two Hundred Ninety-nine ' Ul- Page Three Hundred McDoUGAL Chickeuixg Weaver Smith The Relay Team In line with the other track successes, Coach Laurence Taylor ' s Western Normal relay teams brought back honors during the season from the Illinois, Ohio and Drake relay carnivals. Western State won national recognition during the indoor season when its mile relay team outclassed all other college relay quarters in the country at the Illinois Relay Carnival. Lawrence Chickering,. Belding ; Russell McDougal, Sparta; Malcolm Weaver, Niles : and Captain Towner Smith, Fremont, Ohio, composed a mile team of unusual strength. The team broke the Illinois Carnival record by covering the distance in 3 :31.2. Weaver ' s work at L ' rbana merits special mention, his fast time closing up a gap which enabled him to hand the baton to Captain Smith within a yard of Ohio Weslcyan. Smith, as anchor man, ran true to form, giving Normal the record, trophy and gold watches for the individual runners. Page Three Hundred One Klock COLLISI Clifford Klaasse JlIlLLER Cross Country Normal ' s cross country year was one that will never be forgotten at Western State by those interested in this branch of athletics. Captained by Bill Collisi, the Hilltop harriers won the annual Michigan intercollegiate race at M. A. C. in a record performance which will probably last for years. Leonard Klaasse, Grand Rapids ; Captain Collisi, Three Rivers ; Edward Klock, Hartford : Roy Clifford, Lansing, and Don Miller, Petoskey, all placed among the medal winners. In order they were first, second, third, e ighth and tenth. Their team score was 24 — but nine higher to a perfect score. It was a performance such as never was accomplished at the annual state cross country run and one which mav stand for some time to come. Western Xormal has won the cross country trophy two successive years now and if the feat can be accomplished again next November, the large silver athlete will remain in the Brown and Gold trophy case. Page Three Hundred Two New T. Smith Weaver Walker Klaasse Earl Dad New, pole vault. Safely tucking the school intercollegiate vaulting record away, has only seemed to put added zeal in the sturdy little frame of Dad, Western ' s re- liable, diminutive handler of the ascension stick, for this year finds him hard at work to clear the bar at greater heights. Eleven feet, six inches appears to be speaking in skyscraper terms for most vaulters, but New hopes to reach twelve feet before the pole has been racked for the summer. Already the winner in three meets held during the indoor season, he has been a consistent point gatherer for Coach Taylor ' s men. TOWNER SMITH — Captain Towner Smith is leading the track team for the second successive year. He is a popular leader among students and track men alike. He has done more to put Western State on the athletic map than any other one man at Western. Quiet, unassuming and modest, he is beloved by all. His specialty is the 440 yard dash but he is also a leading sprinter, having copped the 100 yard dash in the state meet at M. A. C. last year. The high light of his career was his second place in the 440 yard dash in the National Intercollegiates at Stagg field, Chicago, last year. He has been anchor man on all of West- ern ' s relay teams for the last three years. Towner may return next year. We wish him continued success wherever he may be. MALCOLM WEAVER — Mac — As a running mate to Smith, Weaver has shown great improvement. Without a doubt he is the best quarter-miler in the state, outside of Smith, and would be a welcome addition to any team. After a fine indoor season, Mac had the mis- fortune to be injured before the outdoor season began, by a collision with a teammate, and after an operation was out for the balance of the season. It was a great blow for Western as well as Weaver, who would undoubtedly have placed in the Conference meet this year. W eaver will be back next year, we hope, faster than ever. Good luck, Mac, we are all pull- ing for you. George Walker — The sprints are well taken care of by George Walker. Quick as a flash on the getaway, he is also strong enough to carry his burst of speed through to the tape. He breasted the tape in the 40 yard dash, at M. A. C. Indoor Carnival in 0:04% sec- onds — a remarkable performance, considering that it was negotiated on a wooden flooring. Walker holds the interscholastic and jointly the intercollegiate records in the 100 yard dash, and runs brilliantly in all the shorter track events. His addition to the half mile relay team gives Western a wonderfully fast and dependable baton carrier, for the 220 yard dash is another of his favorites. Leonard Klaasse — Louie. All Klaasse needed to make good was a place to run. And, that after being provided by the amiable Prof with a set of flimsy garments and a pair of shoes thrown in to boot, there was nothing for Louie to do but step along in fast time. And step he did! The Eurniture City boy has already broken two indoor records — the half and mile — and is looked upon as the best half-miler in the state. In the State Intercollegiate held at M. A. C. last spring, Klaasse captured the half mile. Page Three Hundred Three Western ' s Record .j INDOOR 40 yd. dash G. Walker at Notre Dame, 1924 4% sec. 440 yd dash T. Smith at Notre Dame, 1924 52 sec. Mile C. Collisi at W. N., 1924 4 min. 31 sec. 2 mile T. Klock at W. N., 1924 9 min. 41 sec. Mile relay Chickering, McDougal, M. Weaver, T. Smith, at Illinois Relays, 1924 3 min. 311 5 sec. Pole vault E. New, at W. N., 1922 11 ft. 1 in. Shot put H. Hulsher at W. N., 1922 42 ft. 11 in. High jump K. Richards at W. N., 1924 5 ft. 9 in. 40 yd. high hurdles H. Howe at W. N., 1921, J. Beyers at M. A. C, 1923, W. Piatt at W. N., 1920, L. Darling at M. A, C, 1924 5% sec. 40 yd. low hurdles H. Howe at W. N., 1921, J. Beyers at M. A. C, 1923 6 sec. NORMAL GYM INDOOR RECORDS : 40 yd G. Walker, W., 1924 W2 sec. i 220 vd T. Smith, W., 1924 251 5 sec. --„ 440 vd T. Smith, W., 1924 531 5 sec. • 880 vd L. Klaasse, W., 1924 2 min. 4% sec. Mile Kale, Ohio Weslevan, 1924 4 min. 30 sec. 2 mile Helmo, Ohio Wesleyan, 1924 9 min. 40 sec. Mile relav Joe Bevers, W., H. Walker, W., M. Weaver, W., T. Smith, W., 1923 3 min. 3995 sec. Pole vault New, W., 1922 11 ft. l in. Shot put H. Hulscher, W., 1922 42 ft. 11 in. High jump K. Richards, W., 1924 5 ft. 9 in. 40 vd. high hurdles H. Howe, W., 1921, J. Beyers, W., 1923, W. Piatt, W., 1920, L. Darling, W., 1924 55:5 sec. 40 yd. high hurdles H. Howe, W., 1921, J. Beyers, W., 1923 6 sec. WESTERN OUTDOOR INTERCOLLEGIATE RECORDS 100 yd G. Walker at Normal Field, 1921 10 sec. C. Ahenburg at Normal Field, 1921 10 sec. 220 vd G. Walker at Normal Field. 1922 22 sec. 440 yd T. Smith at M. A. C„ 1923 49i io sec. 880 yd Anway at M. A. C, 1919 2 min, 4% sec. Mile Adams at Normal Field, 1920 4 min. 47 sec. 2 mile Klock at Normal Field, 1923 10 min. 15 sec. 120 yd. high hurdles H. Howe at Normal Field, 1921 16 sec. 220 vd. low hurdles J. Beyers at M. A. C, 1923 25% sec. High jump W. Piatt at Normal Field, 1920 5 ft. 10 in. Broad jump C. Altenberg at M. A. C, 1921 22 ft. 3 in. Pole vault E. New at M. A. C, 1922 11 ft. 6 in. Shot put H. Hulscher at Normal Field, 1922 44 ft. 3 in. Discus H. Hulscher at Normal Field. 1922 127 ft. 9 in. Javelin H. Beebe at M. A. C, 1923 151 ft. 3 in. Mile relay M. Weaver, J. Beyers. H. Walker. T. Smith at Drake Relays, 1923 3 min. 2375 sec. 880 yd. relay M. Weaver, H. Smith, J. Beyers, T. Smith at Drake Relays, 1923 1 min. 3H5 sec. NORMAL OUTDOOR INTERCOLLEGIATE RECORDS 100 yd G. Walker, W., 1921 10 sec. C. Altenberg, W., 1921 10 sec. 220 yd G. Walker, W., 1921 22 sec. Jones, De Pauw, 1921 22 sec. 440 yd T. Smith, W., 1923 495 io sec. 880 yd Radabough, W., 1920 2 min. SI 5 sec. Mile Johnson, Wabash, 1924 4 min, 35% sec. 2 mile Johnson, Wabash, 1924 10 min. 9 sec. 120 yd. high hurdles H. Howe, W., 1921 26 sec. 220 yd. low hurdles Desch, Notre Dame, 1921 24% sec. High jump Murphv, Notre Dame, 1921 5 ft. 11 in. Broad jump Altenburg, W., 1921 22 ft. 3 in. Pole vault New, W., 1924 11 ft. 4 in. Shot put Hulscher, W., 1922 44 ft. 3 in. Discus Hulscher, W., 1922 127 ft. 9 in. Javelin Beebe, W., 1924 145 ft. 10 in. Mile relay H. Walker, J. Bevers, M. Weaver, T. Smith, 1923. . . .3 min. 30% sec. 880 yd. relay Altenberg, Cornwell, Taylor, Walker, W., 1920 1 min. 34i ' 5 sec. Pag Three Hundred Four Zei.met Haki Tennis Tennis came into its own as a recognized sport at Western State Normal last year when sweaters were awarded to the men ' s and women ' s teams following a splendid season directed by the Tennis Association of the School. Meets were scheduled with Ypsilanti, Mt. Pleasant, M. A. C, Detroit College of Law, and Grand Rapids Junior college. Ypsilanti cancelled, and the Grand Rapids Junior college forfeited. Western tied with M. A. C. for the state cup at the State Invitational meet, and Brown and Gold co-eds defeated the girls from M. A. C. 4-0. Mixed teams from Western met the mixed teams from the Detroit college of Law here, and defeated them 3-2. Western par- ticipated in two meets at M. A. C., the State Invitational and the Intercollegiate meet. Helen Cansfield ' 23 was president of the Tennis Association last year, Carl Bean ' 24 was secretary, and Florence Beck ' 23 was treasurer. Sweaters were awarded to Lee Hart ' 26, Joe Zeimet ' 26, and Carl Bean ' 24 of the men ' s team, and Helen Cansfield ' 23 and Betty Broughton ' 23 of the women ' s team. Florence Beck ' 23 also represented Western on the tennis courts. Prospects for a most successful season in tennis are excellent this year. Carl Bean ' 24 is president of the association, Helen Gladding ' 25 is secretary, and Emily Hines ' 26 treasurer. All three of last year ' s players on the men ' s varsity team are back, and will make the team, Bean, Zeimet and Hart. The fourth man will probably be Dale Brown ' 25, Frederick Smith ' 21 , or Don Ross ' 26. The personnel of the co-ed team will include three splendid players, Josephine Connable, Mary Cutting, and Helen Gladding. Western will meet Mt. Pleasant June 7, and will participate in the two meets at AL A. C. and will probably schedule a meet with Grand Rapids Junior College. Page Three Hundred Five rr!rT- .;KT-.._:. EJ •: SWIMMING TEAM Swimming For two years now the Western State Normal Co-ed ' s varsity Swimming team has been in its embryonic stages, but it promises to emerge from this stage into something vital. However, more could not have been expected as this is only the second year of intercol- legiate contesting. A great improvement was seen over last year ' s meet, and with the ma- terial now available for ne.xt year ' s team, it promises to be able to compete with any school and carry off the honors. The first meet was held between Ypsilanti and Western ' s Co-eds on May 18, 1923. Those who traveled to Ypsi were : Harriet Graham, Augusta Weisberg, Edith Caswell, Bertine Udell, Frances Yaple, Marie Edwards, and Elizabeth Kelley. The score 35-16. W. S. N. S. taking the small end of the score. Harriet Graham was high point winner, taking 6 of the 16 won. This year the team was scheduled to meet Grand Rapids Junior College and Grand Rapids Y, ' . C. A. On March 15th Junior College met our team here. Augusta Weisberg, Marjory Ketchum, Eleanor Dunlap. Janet McKenzie, Dorothy Rohl, Edna Frobenius, Edith Caswell, and Marva Hough made up our team. This was a close contest as the final score stood 24-26 in favor of Grand Rapids Junior College. Augusta Weisberg was the high scorer, winning 11 points. Tlie last meet this year was with Grand Rapids Y. C. A. Western met with tough opposition here, as their swimmers nearly doubled the score on us, forcing us to take the small end of the score 32-18. (Hn- swimmers were. Edith Caswell, Augusta Weisberg, Dorothy Sheridan, Dorothy Rohl, Janet McKenzie, Eleanor Dunlap, Edna Frobenius, Mary Vopre, Marjorie Ketchum. Augusta Weisberg again took the most scores for W estern, 6 of the 18. The school loses three of its good swimmers as Dorothy Sheridan. Eleanor Dunlap. and Augusta Weisberg are graduating this year. Page Three Hundred Si.v w mma a • V. « .. « «• « ' -w Page Three Hundred Seven wt Physical Education Association This marks the end cif a successful third year for the Western State Normal Physical Education Association. The object of the society is to awaken a wider and more intelligent interest in physical education ; to acquire and disseminate knowledge concerning it ; to labor in the improvement and extension of gymnastics, games, athletics, and aquatics, and to further work in health and citizenship. Meetings are held twice each month. The object of the society has beeen omnipresent for a decided improvement has been felt in this year ' s work, as the meetings were well organized and proved to be of a higher educational and professional nature. The speakers obtained were carefully chosen, keeping in mind the acquiring of knowledge concerning physical education. Dwight B. Waldo, President of W. S. N. S.; Mrs. Mary Dean, of the Juvenile Court: Mrs. Campbell, First Grade Critic Teacher; Miss Howard, general chairman of Y. W. C. A.; Judge Weimer, of the Circuit Court; Miss Trafford, County Nurse, and Mr, Pearl, Supervisor Physical Education at Detroit, were speakers who disseminated knowledge along topics of special interest to the society. Mrs. Crane, Super- visor of Physical Education in the Training School. Miss Tuttle Physical Education Director at Y. W. C. A.. Miss Worner. of our own Department, and Miss Haney, Girl Scout Director, furnished the recreational part of the program — games and stunts especially beneficial to those who are to teach Physical Education. Membership is open to all women who interested in physical education. OFFICERS Ruth Crandal President Edith Caswell Vice-President Gertrude Wicks Secretary Ruth Smith Treasurer Mildred Kramer Recorder Helen Pleline I-resli)uaii Representatiz ' e Marva Hough Preshniaii Representative Janet McKenzie Pres ' .iman Representative Miss G. Guiot Miss I. Crane FACULTY ADVISORS Miss D. Hussey Miss C. Worner Page Three Hnr.dred Eigtit Page Three Hundred Nine Soccer As the fall game in the physical education curriculum, soccer created a great deal of en- thusiasm among both Freshmen and Sophomores, after several weeks of practice a series of three games was arranged, the championship to be decided by the winning of two of three g ' ames. Only two were played, however, since the sophomores won both of the first two by a small margin, Virginia Jones acted as captain of the .Sophomore team and Helen Gladding of the Freshman team. The squads were as follows : Soplwinorrs Freshmen Jones Braendle Caswell Connable Crandall Couturier Dunlap Mclntyre Schlacht Selzer Shotwell Smith Streeter Weisberg Wicks Yaple Miss Hussey, Coach Gladding Barney Baylan Collignan Greenwalt Hall Hougle Ketchum McKenzie MacF.achron Muck Osgood Perry Pleune Rychel Scott Smith Surateaus Vogel Rahl Three Hinnired Ten SOPHOiKlUK FRESHMAN Page Three Hundred Eleven Basketball Almost every department in the sehool was represented this year in the Women ' s Basket- ball Tournament. Competition between the different departments ran higher than ever be- fore, and a great many interesting as well as peppy games were played. Kach team played six games and tlie Special ' s team, consisting of Art, Commercial, and Junior High students, came out winners. As a consequence of these games, freshmen and sophomore squads w-ere picked from the assembled teams. SOPHOMORES FRESHMEN Clarice Jenkins Captain Janet McKenzie Eleanor Dulap Forward Irene Hall Edith Caswell Forward Laura Jackson Ruth Hoffman Forward Margaret Salmond Edna Frohenius Center Florence Dean Gussie Weisberg Center Ethel Perry Edith Shotwell Center Irma Bower Laura Couterier Center Francis Boylan Luella Braendle Guard Lia Gilbert Ruth Smith Guard Evelyn VanBlarcum Margaret Noll Guard Page Three Hiiudrcd Twelve s( PH(n[()Ki-: FRESHMAN Page Three Hundred Thirteen SPECIALS Basketball Specials The co-ed basketball season for the winter of 1924 was by far the most successful in the history of the school. A total of 105 girls from all departments came out for practice. From this number six teams were picked and together with a Faculty team were entered in a Round Robin Tournament. Competition was keen, and it was not until the final games were over that the leaders in the league were sure of their places. The specials came out winners, taking every game. The personnel of the team was as follows : Hazel Bouwman, Capt Junior High Laura Jackson Household Arts Marcella Meyer Household Arts Vivian Burns Later Elementary Ocie Marks Junior High Ina Gilbert Household Arts Evelyn Van Blarcum Commerce Twenty-one games were played, with the Sophomore and A. B. girls officiating. The members of the Departmental teams were awarded 50 points each according to the Honor point system. W L T Pet. Specials 6 l.OnO A. B 4 1 1 .667 Soph. Phys. Ed 4 1 1 .667 Faculty 3 3 .500 Fresh. Phys. Ed 2 4 .333 E. Elementary 1 5 ' .167 Sr. High 6 .000 Page Three Hioidred Fourteen Field Meet The annual field meet, which is held each spring, is open to every girl in the school. The Sophomore Physical Education girls have charge of the administration of the event. At the last meet, which was held in the spring of 1923. a great deal of enthusiasm was shown. The Sophomores won with a score of 62 to 29. Ann Finlayson was Captain of the Sophomores, and Evelyn Redmond, of the Freshmen. Individual honors were a5 follows : Ann Finlayson, first ; Helen Cansfield, second ; Edith Caswell and Harriet Graham were tied for third ; and Rutli Hoffman, fourth. Event Name Record 50 Yard Dash. 1. Jones 714 sec. (School record 6+5 sec.) 2. Cansfield. 3. Crose. 4. Busman. 70 Yard Hurdles. 1. Caswell II1 3 sec. (School record 10 .-, sec.) 2. Graham. 3. Ford. ■ ■ 4. Jones. Hop, Step and Jump. 1. Cansfield 28 ft. 11 in. (School record 30 ft. 6 in.) 2. Finlayson. 3. Redmond. 4. Sentz. High Jump. 1. Graham 4 ft. 4 in. (School record 4 ft. S ' z in.) 2. Sentz. 3. Hoffman. 4. Bennett. 5. Frobenius. Baseball Throw. 1. Edwards 176 ft. 2 in. (School record 184 ft. 6 in.) 2. Curtis. 3. Tippett. 4. Stowell. Basketball Throw. 1. Finlayson 73 ft. 4 in. ( School record 79 ft. 5 in. ) 2. Hoffman. 3. Casw-ell. 4. Cansfield. The Freshmen won the relay. Page Three Hundred Fifteen HoFFMAX Dl XLAP Wrisberg Frobenius R. Smith Caswfxl Morris Brafndle Honor Point System The Honor Point System, which was introduted into the school in 1922, proving a goal for the Physical Education Association, was devised for the furthering of athletics among the girls of the Normal. Athletics stand first in the point system, but it is in no small man- ner influenced by Health — so, through the keeping of health rules, points are gained. Scholar- ship stands last but by no means least, for low marks disqualify any would-be athlete. Through the Honor Point System the co-eds are given special recognition for their athletic activities, gaining points through swimming, hiking, hockey, soccer, basketball, base- ball, track, the keeping of health cards, and having a B average. The general students are allowed four consecutive terms to w ' ork for Sweaters — 800 points. Monograms — 600 points, and Numerals — 400 points, while the specials are given only three consecutive terms. In the spring term of 1923 Dr. McCracken presented sweaters to the following girls : Bertine Udell, ' 23, Ann Finlayson, ' 23, Helen Cansfield, ' 23, Harriet Graham, ' 23, Edith Caswell, ' 24, Marie Edwards, ' 23, Leota Ford, ' 23. Aileene Kelly, ' 23. Numerals were given to Betty Broughton, ' 23, Eleanore Dunlap, ' 24, Ruth Hoffman, ' 24, and Ruth Smith. The future promises a better chance for the co-eds to win honors as the gymnasium will soon be a girls ' gym only. This will give a wider choice of point winning, as indoor baseball and volley ball leagues will be added to the activities of the general students. Basketball reaches over one hundred girls now. At the banquet given in the spring given to those winning them this year. term, sweaters, monograms and numerals will be Page Three Hundred Sixteen Page Three Hundred Seventeen Page Three Huy.drcd Eighteen NBSiEl la EI Ssa B EIBSa B ' H Dedication To Juddy Hyames, our coach, whom we value as a friend and honor as a man, we, the Western Normal High School dedicate this, our portion, of the Brown and Gold. Page Three Hundred Twenty Western Normal High School The Normal High School, which is com posed of about two hundred students, was organ- ized with two objectives in view : first, to provide for its students the best possible opportunity for receiving a high school education ; and second, to give Normal students, looking forward to high school positions, opportunities for practice teaching and for studying high school problems. This fortunate connection with the Normal College brings many advantages to its students which could not otherwise be obtained. The most important of these are: in- structors who are all members of the Normal faculty and who are of the best that can be secured, an excellent library of about twenty-five thousand volumes, well equipped science laboratories, a very good gymnasium and swimming pool, and one of the best athletic fields in Michig-an, The North Central Association has placed Normal High on its accredited list, which means that its graduates may enter any college on the North Central list without an entrance examination. The organizations within the High School, the Masquers, Council, Debaters, Girl ' s Glee Club, Hi Y, and athletic teams, having been especially active, have all contributed to make this one of the most successful years in its history and one of which the students may well be proud. HIGH SCHOOL STAIT- Page Three Hundred Twenty-one Social Calendar FRIDAY, OCT. 26— A Hallowe ' en Party marked the opening of, what proved to be, Normal High ' s most successful social season. The Gymnasium was decorated with leaves, lanterns and pumpkins. A white picket fence divided it into convenient space for games as well as dancing. The revelers divided their time between making merry to the accompaniment by Johnson ' s Orchestra, and partaking of delicious cider and doughnuts. Millicent Blakes- lee gave two very clever toe dances during the evening. SATURDAY, NOV. 21— The Normal High students were gathered together once more at a special dance. The Manual Arts Orchestra furnished some very good selections. SATURDAY, DEC. 14— This evening the onng people of Norma! High gathered in a social group for a Christ- mas party in the cozy Rotunda of the Training School. A large brilliantly lighted tree held sway in the center of the room. The Masquers gave a play entitled The Play- goers and the French and Latin classes sang some very charming songs. Dancing and games were enjoyed by all. During the Grand March Santa presented each .guest with a unique present along with an orange and stick of candy. WEDNESDAY, JAN. .30— I The Annual Football bani|net was held in the lunch room of the Training School. After the excellent dinner many interesting speakers responded to the toasts of Stephen Lewis. SATURDAY, FEB. 16— . !$ Much time and thought had been spent on the St. ' Valentine party as it was the first party in the New Year. The workers were repaid in every way for their efforts by its success. The Gymnasium was elaborately decorated in red and white. Graceful stream- ers hung from balcony to balcony making with the white fence, a pretty partition to separate the dancing from the games. The platform for the Orchestra was decorateed in red and white. Later in the evening ' Valentines were distributed and ice-cream served to each guest. MAY 10— The Spring party, which will be given on this date is expected to be in every way as successful and as entertaining as any other social functions. It will prove to be a happy ending of the social season of Normal High School. G. IV. Page Three Hundred Tu ' enty-two Normal Hish Seniors 1. Barrett, Donald President Masquers ' 23. ' 24 Council ' 23, ' 24 Hi Y ' 23, ' 24 Oh, isn ' t it fircat to be in loi ' e? 2. Davis, Barbara Tiee-President Masquers ' 23, ' 24 Council ' 24 O, JVoiimn, loi ' ely ' a ' oiuan Nature made thee to tenif er man. Havens, Harold H Secretary Classical Club ' 23 Hi Y ' 24 Brown and Gold Staff ' 23 His eai ' es are now all ended. DiLLER, E ELYN Treasurer Glee Club ' 21, ' 24 Council ' 23, ' 24 Masquers ' 24 Content tliyself to he obscurely iiood. Class Poem Here is to the Seniors of our Normal High. We have run our race and laurels now are nigh. Here our paths divide as on our way we go Out into the world — just where one does not know. Tired were some far long before the goal was gained. Others, stumbling, fell and far behind remained. Now we ' ve reached the goal which we have sought so long Let them sing for us fair Victorj- ' s song. ' ears have come and gone, too quickly now it seems, Glancing backward, now w ' e know what it all means. Friendships, parties, games, those close debates, Clubs, that old school song, those yells, and old schoolmates. Now we ' ve gained the goal and prize, is this the end? No, we finish but to start it o ' er again. We ' ll have problems ; this is but a stepping stone In our last long fight to make success our own. Here is to the Seniors of our Normal High. We have run our race and laurels now are nigh. Here our paths divide as on our way we go Out into the world — just where one does not know. Harriett McDou ' cll Page Three Hundred Tzveuty-three Blair, Elsa Glee Club ' 21, ' 22, ' 23, ' 24 Pep O Committee ' 22, ' 23, ' 24 Masquers ' 23, ' 24 Council Sec ' 22 Vice-Pres ' 2j President ' 24 Class Vice-Pres ' 22 Friendly, Optimistic and Ca aldc. Beery, Berxice Holland High School Men delight mc not. Blakeslee, Millicext Cercle Francais ' 23 Masquers ' 23 — Pres. ' 24 Her air. Iter iiiaiiuei ' s, all -n ' lm saz ' admired. BoYCE, Grace A mother ' s pride, a father ' s joy. CuLP, Robert Earnest Hi Y ' 24 Everythiug comes if a man zcill only zvait. De Cair, Theodore Hi Y He zt ' ears the rase of youth upon him. 7. ESTES, KiNd Hi Y ' 22. ' 23. ' 24 Council ' 23, ' 24 Classical Club ' 23 Brown and Gold Staff ' 23 I am monarch of all I suri ' cy. 8. FooEY, Emma JVith a quietness of spirit. 9. Farnoff, Raymond Hi Y ' 23 He ' s (jot a I- ' ord n ' llh a gear shift. 10. Gilbert, Katherine Council ' 21 Glee Club ' 20. ' 21 il r heart is fi.ved. 11. Gilbert, Pauline And fair she is if that mine eves are trne. 12. Harrington, D. na P ' lash it all! I -z ' ant a man. 13. Hess, Clarence Hi Y ' 22 Iwi ' C no skill in women ' s moods. 14 Holt, Ruth. A quiet girl to meet. Page Tlircc Hjijidrcd Twenty-four 1. IldYT. CeCII. Glee Club ' 13. ' 24 Oiiccii ruse in tin- rosebud fiardcn of girls. 2. HUESTED, MaX ' RINE Her looks do ari iic her rcl lctc with modesty. 3. LoDEWYK, Henrietta She talks so incessantly that her eclieo hasn ' t even a chance. 4. Martin, Ldis Sensible f eo le find no ' liini nseless. 5. Martin, Evelyn Glee Club ' 24 May your shadozti nei ' er grozv less. 6. Mac Pherson, Virgini. H. S, Art Editor of Brown and Gold ' 24 With eyes that speak. 7. Mc Dowell, Harriet Council ' 2i. ' 24 Be good sweet maid — let li ' ho will be clever. 8. Mc Millen, Helen ' );; a dead game sforl, but I ' t ' c got to study. ' ' . Xancakkow, Kkxetik A lumiiie lass. 10. Oatmax, Albert Handsome as Lochinvar. 11. Patterson, Jean Girls ' Glee Club ' 24 Her z ' oice n ' as ei ' cr soft. 12. Prani,, Horace High School Editor of Brown and Gold ' 23 The clemc}its sci ml.i-ed I ' u hint, na- ture might rise uf and say — this icii.? (7 num. 1.1. Ransom, Ruth Council ' 23, ' 24 Disti}ictly indizddnal. 14. Rexwick, Grace Council ' 23, ' 24 Masquers ' 23, ' 24 Glee Club ' 23 Classical Club ;23 Secretary and Treasurer of Junior Class ..■ ' 23 Debating ' 22, ' 23, ' 24 O Nelson! Page Three Hundred Twenty-five raal - 2jr 1 Swill, km, I K Debating ' 23 Hi Y ' 21, ' 22, ' 23. ' 24 Cdiincil Treasurer ' 24 Surely I i ' (7 he wiser in a year. 2. Swift. Ruth Council ' 22 Journalist ' 23 Secretary ' 24 Glee Club ' 24 Pep O Committee ' 23 Brown and Gold Staff ' 23 She st ' eaks and lychaves just as slie ought. 3. Watson, Marian Classical Club ' 24 Cheerful, good uatured. alivays smil- ing. 4. Whetham, Loi ' is Classical Club ' 23 Eternal sn}iles his einl ' tiness betray. 5. WiLnF.RMlTH. GeXEVIKVF. Masquers ' 23, ' 24 Council ' 23, ' 24 am not in the role of eoniiiion women. b. GoKll .M . liLI .MILni Glee Club ' 21, ' 22, ' 23, ' 24 Council ' 22 A quiet little girl z ' ith a (juiet little way. 7. HuXTLEV. ReiiIIOXD Masquers ' 22, ' 23, ' 24 Council ' 22, ' 23, ' 24 Hi Y ' 21, ' 22, ' 23, ' 24 Pep O Committee ' 24 Von Cassius has a lean and hungry look: lie loi ' es too mneh. 8. Thoms, Lois IVIw could refuse thai smile and friendship. 9. Kelly, Apren Hi Y.. ' 21, ' 22, ' 23, Vice-President ' 24 Athletic Editor Brown and Gold ' 23 have not seeit so likely an a)nbas- sador of love. 10. Hydamus, Katheryx Girls ' Glee Club ' 21 5 oi( (-(; ! tell her by the noise site makes. 11. Sears, Virgil A quiet unassuming num of sterling ivorfh. Page Tlirci ' Hundred Twcnty-si.v Class History In the fall of 1920 there entered Normal High the greenest, and perhaps the freshest group of j ' oungsters ever having that privilege. It is only after four years of High School life that we own up to the above characteristics and then only because our survey has shown us that the} ' are common to the species generall} ' known as Freshmen. That first year we were forced to accept a rather conspicuous position under the beaming countenance and watchful eye of our principal. Under this handicap we valiantly endeavored to resemble the upper classmen and look any color but green. After recovering from the pranks of the Sophomores, the registered disapproval of the upper classmen, and a few other conditions of little importance, we organized our class under the direction of Miss Burnham, our class advisor. The first officers were : President, Janet King; Vice-President. Millicent Blakeslee: Secretary. Frances Dunkley : and Treasurer, Lawrence Boys. ' hen we returned the next fall it was with a full realization of our importance as Sophomores. Revenge was eagerly demanded on the new class of innocent freshmen. From our superior heights we regarded their harmless escapades with frowns designating them as utterly hopeless. That year we selected the following headers : President, Lawrence Boys : Vice-President, P ' lsa Blair ; Secretary. Frances Dunkley. and Treasurer. Horace Prange. September brought us together again as upper classmen and as such we plunged even more heartily into the school ' s activities. Those interested in debating cast their lot with the Council, while those who preferred dramatics chose the Masquers, many joining both. The Hi Y claimed many of the boys for its own and the Glee Club directed the musical talents of the girls. By virtue of our lately elevated position we were even privileged with membership in Normal language clubs. Our biggest social event of the year was the Junior-Senior Banquet. Departing from the traditional custom of the reception, we originated the banquet and carried it through very successfully. As Juniors the class sustained the greatest loss it had yet experienced in the death of our dear classmate, Lawrence Boys. During the High School career he had acted as a class officer everv year ; twice as President and once as Treasurer. He was connected with various Page Three Hundred Iwenty-sez ' en J£i;i?i: . . •.•!_:?«: t. ' v organizations and was to have been the Brown and Gold editor in his Junior year. He was an athlete of the highest caliber until handicaped by ill health and at all times compelled the respect of students and teachers alike. Four debaters represented our class in its Junior year: Grace Renwick, Elsa Blair, Roger Swift, and King Estes. As a senior Grace Renwick captained the team. Our class officers that year were : President, Eawrence Boys ; Vice-President, Frances Dunkley, Secretary and Treasurer, Grace Renwick ; Chairman Social Committee, Elsa Bair. We are now in our last and most successful year. At an early class meeting we decided on the following officers : President, Donald Barrett : Vice-President, Barbara Davis ; Sec- retary, Harold Havens : and Treasurer, Frances Dunkley. Evelyn Diller succeeded Frances Dunkley who moved to California. We regret that we had to lose this loyal student. Mr. Cain is our class advisor and as the first class having him as principal for the full four years no one knows better than the class of ' 24 what a splendid success he has made at Normal High. Looking back over a period of four years we find that we have made an enviable record in athletics. We first broke in as Freshmen, when we were represented on the soccer team. Since then we have contributed to every branch of athletics. This year we furnished the cap- fain, Donald Barrett, of our undefeated eleven. The scroll of this history has now unwound itself. To many it is the history of four happy years and to eight of the class it ends a period of twelve years spent as classmates. May it recall fond memories and happy recollections of the days spent upon the hill-top, Harold Haz ' ciis. Page Three Hitndrctl Twenty-eight Class Will We, the senior class of June, 1924, of Western State Normal High School, of Kalamazoo, Michigan, being of sound mind and memory, after spending twelve years in attempting to absorb the rudiments of an education, do make, publish, and declare this to be our last will and testament hereby revoking all former wills bv us anv time heretofore made. ARTICLE I First : We will and direct that all our just debts and funeral expenses be paid in full. •Second : To the Freshmen we bequeatli our dignity, and our ambition to study. ARTICLE II Personal Bequests I, Theodore DeCair, do bequeath my position as the best looking boy in the Senior class to Albert Sergeant. I. Roger Swift, will my ability to entertain the 1 :30 History class to Wade Carney. We. Pauline Gilbert and Virginia McPherson, having made our will together, will our natural curly hair to Clyde Jones and Glenn Stroberg. Throw away your curling irons now, boys, and put in two more hours sleep in the morning. I, Donald Barrett, usually known as Spud bequeath my ability to pilot a football team to victory to Howard Jackson. Screw your courage to the sticking point and you ' ll not fail, ' Howdy. ' We. Donna Harrington and Renette Nancarrow, bequeath our places at the candy cases, to Etta Mae DeCrocker and Marian Kinch. May you crowd to the front as we have done, girls. I, Ruth Holt, bequeath my surplus energy, pep and ability to screech at games to Jean Campbell. We, the Gossiping Six, composed of Adrain Kelly, Albert Oatman, Harold Hayward, Ernest Culp, Robert Sage, and Clarence Hess, do hereby bequeath to the Catty Trio, composed of Victor Foard, William Hough, and Walter Graham, the unquestionable and official title of the Scandal Brothers. I, Elsa Blair, do bequeath my place on the honor roll to any aspiring youth. I, Bernice Beery, do bequeath my place in front of the mirror to Anne Elizabeth Jacobs. We, Louise Whetham and Horace Prange, will our position as the Polished Songsters of the Senior class to Louis Hass and William Foard. I, Redmond Huntley, will ni}- ability as a high class actor to the budding Edward Redmond. I, Kathrine Heidanus, bequeath my ability to paint to Frances Webster. I, Maurine Huested, bequeath my power to see above the heads of all in any crowd to Bozo Steele. I, Henrietta Lodewyk, will my glasses to Robert Godfrey. Yes. you may give a sigh of joy, ' Bob, ' for you will never have to strain your eyes to find the hidden secrets in your lessons anv more. Page Three Hundred Twenty-nine •ski I, King Estes, will my knowledge of Latin to any one who thinks he can use it, pref- erably to Miss Kraft. I, Ruth Swift, will my perfect vocabulary to Kenneth Wooden. I, Lois Martens, bequeath my ability to get to school every morning at 7:30 to Florence Clement. We, Jean Patterson and Ruth Ransom, will to any one who likes to exercise his gift of gab, preferably to Virginia Hall and Mary Waldo, the use of the library. I, Cecil Hoyt, will my -well cultivated vocabulary of slang to Marion Parker. We, Genevieve Wildermuth and Barbara Davis, being of sound mind make our w-ill together. We wiU our ability to ride horse-back gracefully to Yetive Rogers and Theresa Meyers. I, Kathrine Gilbert, bequeath my ability to translate French at the rate of five words per hour to any freshman who intends to indulge in this pastime. We, Howard Gideon and Virgil Sears, bequeath our popularity among the girls to Ru- dolph Light and Hartwell Anway. L Emma Fooey, bequeath my (|uictness in the halls to Katherine Swift. I, Elizabeth Gorham, bequeath my ability to kid to Lenore Glympse. L Harriet McDowell (class owl) do bequeath this virtue to Adison Blaney. I, Evelyn Martin, bequeath mjr blushes to Juliet Chase. I, Raymond Fornoff, do bequeath my long drawn out and prolonged high school career to Elizabeth Waldo. We, Minnie Watson, Grace Boyce, and Helen McMillen, will our ability to pull the wool over our beloved teacher ' s eyes and get A ' s to Jerald Hill, Wallace Davis, and Allen Den Bleyker. L Harold Havens, w ill my high station in life to Clair Carleton. I, Millicent Blakeslee, will my position as an accomplished dancer to Helen Hageman. I, Lois Thorns, will my ever ready smile to !Miss Cooley. L Evelyn Diller, last but not least, will my aged, well worn, yet still useful comb to Vera Goodenough. ARTICLE HI We. the Senior Class as a whole, will our beloved desks in the rear of the assembly room to the Juniors. May the pictures and names on the desk afford you much amusement. Lastly, we nominate and appoint our faithful friends and advisers, Amelia Biscomb and William Cain, to be the executors of this, our last Vv ' ill and testament. Signed The Class of June, 1924. Signed, sealed, published and declared by said Senior class as their last will and testa- ment in the presence of us : Rip Van Winkle Witnesses : Iseek Walton Ichabod Crane Evclvn Diller Page Three Hundred Thirty Class Prophecy One evening, after a wearisome test From my strenuous studies, I lay down to rest. As I drowsed there I thought of the ' 24 Class And wondered where our lives we would pass. As I started to doze, my thoughts and my dreams Mingled and showed me our ftiture and means. Helen lac Millen owned a newspaper firm, And in 1940 at the end of the spring term, On June the nineteenth, presented in rhyme This information of our work at that time. Horace Prange. tlie radio bore Bosses the Schilling Electrical Store. Harold Hayward, who has them all rarin ' Has ambled to Turkey to establish his harem. Grace Renwick is a comedienne fine ; In front of the New she hangs out her sign. Millicent Blakeslee, the reform does uphold Of bringing back modest square dances of old. Spud Barrett has gone to the land of the Gaul And is teaching the natives to play football ; Also aiding Barbara in all he can do To help stop the haw 1 in the nursery too. Dear Donna Harrington ' s an artist so fair, Michael Angelo ' s pictures with hers can ' t compare. Redmond Huntley ' s big fortune has faded away ; Three breach of promise suits made it that way. Henrietta Lodewyk is a beauty advisor. Her popular column makes the downhearted wiser. Raymond Farnoff is a political boss For party winning schemes he ' s never at a loss. Evelyn Martin is an au thoress of note. Much comment was caused bv a book that she wrote. Page Three Hundred Tliirty-one iSIii - CLASS PROPHECY— C ' ()ii )j rrf Two successful designers are Ernest Culp and Robert Sage, Their snappy looking dresses are quite the rage. In tlie circus of Barnum is Elsa Blair. With her violin she hypnotizes elephants there. Roger Swift is a surgeon of fame ; He operates a poker game. Grace Boyce and Lois Martens are now in Japan Weaving silk sheets for the Ku-Klux-Klan. Evelyn Diller is a lawyer known for miles, And is now pleading cases in the Sandwich Isles. Adrien Kelly, a preacher of grace. Puts Billy Sunday in second place. Maurine Huested is a lady so kind She gives artistic eyeglasses to all the blind. Virginia Mac Pherson, a modiste is she Molding gay fashions in gayer Paree. Ruth Holt and Cecil Hoyt are in the Himalaxa region Inducing the cannibals to join tlie Bible legi in. The Gilbert .Sisters, once on tlie stage. Have gone on the farm in their old age. Clarence Hess has started a crusade Against the sale of red lemonade. Howard Gideon is the maker of kiddies ' aeroplanes, An Aeroplane for All of Us is one of his aims. David Rapparport is still studying science. On tlie subject of Chemistry he puts much reliance. The White house is now Ruth Swift ' s residence, Her housekeeping praised by all Presidents. The Woolworth Building, Louis Whetham has bought As a grocery its success is all that he sought. Page Three Hundred Thirty-two CLASS PROPHECY— r(7)i )j -rf Elizabeth Gorham loves aviation With her stunt partner, Emma Fooey, she startles the nation. Bernice Beer y ' s in the land of the snows ; Selh ' ng hot dogs to the Eskimos. Theodore De Cair. the most dressy of males. Is now dictating styles for the Prince of Wales. Albert Oatman is a truant officer bold. Children are never late, for he surely can scold. King R. Estes is a charming movie star His glances win hearts both near and far. Children are loved by Lois Thoms She ' s adopted fifteen from orphans ' homes. Virgil Sears, once a professor so mild. As Senator from Michigan, he now makes us wild. A Grand Opera Diva is small Ruth Ransome, The salary she gets is perfectly handsome. Rennette Nancarrow is in the far East Teaching Mah Jonng to tlic small Chinese. Harold Havens is sunning in Pinecrest, I hear. For a languor contracted in History one year. Jean Patterson and Minnie Watson, those two artless lasses Are doing their best to place Jazz is school classes. Katherinc Heidenus a Success has made. Her Stick-Ale-Tight Powder a fortune has paid. Gaicvicvi- li ' lldcnnufh Page Three Hundred Thirty-three ■ ma Junior Class The third year rolhiig towards its end finds few changes in the Junior Class of 1023-24. Some friends have left, others have joined our ranks, but on the whole, most of the faces are familiar. Perhaps they look a little older and feel more important, but why shouldn ' t they? The Junior Class is the best represented class of the school in all activities and organi- zations. On the ' 2i Football team six out of eleven were Juniors, with the promise of a Junior boy as Captain next year. Then, Allen Den Bleyker. Captain of the basketball team, and two of his team mates are Juniors, Our class is also represented in forensic activities, for two members are on the debating team, and one other is on the squad. This year the Juniors won the Scholarship cup which is offered by the Hi Y Club. This cup has been won by our class every year since we first entered Normal High. The officers chosen this year were : William Hough President Sam Dunkley Vice-President Allen- Den Bleyker Secrelarv and Treasurer H.A. Page Three Hundred Thirty-four ■ o Sm B sH Sophomore Class Wallace Davis President Jack Zander Vice-President Anne Elizabeth Jacobs Secretary and Treasurer The Sophomores of Normal High School, being now very learned and sophisticated, are engaged in earning a niche for themselves in Normal High. In the recent basketball tourna- ment held under the auspices of the Hi-Y, the Sophomore team, consisting of Victor Foard, Wallace Davis, Frederick Curtenius, Frederick Rogers, Lyle Campbell and Milan Ransome won first place. The team defeated the other three classes and was victorious in all the games To celebrate this victory, the class gave a party, at which the members of the team were guests of honor. A. E. J. Page Three Hundred Thirty-five Freshman Class of 1924 The infant class of Normal High School is composed of students who came from the Normal Training School, or from the city, or from the country. Being new and inexperienced in the High School world, a considerable part of the first term was spent in getting the children accustomed to their new nursery. The class officers were elected soon after school started. Thev are John Den Blf.ykf.r President Willis Gf.low riee-Presideiit M. RY Jackson Secretary Virginia Hall Treasurer The Freshmen, according to the High School Custom, were given charge of one of the first assemblies. Their program consisted of a few musical selections and a play. A Proposal Under Difliculties, by John Kendrick Bangs. The comedy was very successful and the class felt that the success was due largely to liss Kraft, who coached it. The Freshmen athletes gracefull - lost all their games in the Hi-Y inter-class Basketball Tournament. The husky Freshmen who participated in the games were John den Bleyker, Jean Maybee, Randolph Light, Addison Blaney. Daniel Snyder, ' illianl Gelow. William Fouch, William Appledoorn. As the year progressed the Freshmen became less deserving of their title, and ne.xt year we are sure they will truly deserve the name Sophomores. M. J. Page Three Hundred Thirty six _?-Il ' SC ' £. i Football Meeting some of the toughest opposition in the state, Normal High ' s football team successfully weathered an extremely difficult season and emerged at the end of the season undefeated. Normal High, by the way, has been defeated but twice since beginning her football career, both defeats being suffered during the first year. The team of ' 23 will be remembered in the annals of the school as a hard working, fair and loyal team of fighters, whom we are proud to have as representatives of Normal High. Spud Barrett proved a capable pilot, and then of course our coach Juddy, well he was — er — a — just Juddy. Here ' s to the team of ' 23 ! FOOTBALL SCHEDULE Oct. Oct. Oct. Oct. Nov. Nov. Nov. 23 Benton Harbor . 5 Three Rivers . 13 St. Joe 20 South Haven . 26 Otsego 3 Battle Creek . 16 Sturgis 6 here there there 6 here 6 there there there Normal 31 Normal Normal Normal 8 Normal 6 Normal 19 Normal 21 FOOTBALL SQUAD Donald Barrett (Captain), Tackle Jack Wooden, Full Sam Dunkley, Half Allen Den Bleyker, Centre Ken Wooden, Guard Harry Steele, Tackle Howard Jackson, End Douglas Young, Guard Willis Gelow, End Hartwell Anway, End Nelson Cross, Half Glenn Page, Half Wallace Davis, Quarter Redmond Huntley, Guard William Hough, Half Victor Barnes, Tackle Frederick Rogers, Centre W. G. F. Jr Three Hundred Thirty eight « V . ' WfJ i Mi ' mm ; a en m X. if l f lOM J ' ffi V I I K ' ' . ■ ■M: A 1 H o o o o u o ljHilHH| F P HPIiiJ|| H H Page Three Hundred Thirty )iine Basketball Normal High ' s basketball team, facing stronger opposition than ever before, successfully closed the season with a victory over South Haven, 18-12, on the home court. The team did not win every game, however every game was fought with the customary Normal High spirit of never give up and not only did this same fight stuff bring us victory over some of Michigan ' s fastest and most dangerous aggregations, but twice threat- ened the crown of Muskegon, state champions. Under Coach Juddy ' s careful pilotage. Captain Doc Den Bleyker and the team of ' 24 will be remembered in school annals as a battling, dangerous, hard-hitting team and one of which Normal High may well be proud. Three valued players graduate this year, Huntley, Barrett and Sage. The rest of the team will return. THE SEASON ' S RECORD Dec. 14 South Haven away Jan. 4 St. Joe away Jan. 5 ] luskegon away Jan. 11 Grand Rapids Central home Jan. 18 Holland away Jan. 25 Grand Haven away Feb. 1 Grand Rapids Union away Feb. 8 Alumni home Feb. 16 Grand Rapids Central away Feb. 21 Benton Harbor away Feb. 29 Holland home Mar. 1 Grand Rapids Union home Mar. 6 St. Joe home Mar. 8 Muskegon home Two overtime periods Mar. 14 South Haven home 3pp. Normal 12 11 13 4 15 12 13 22 21 17 21 11 16 13 9 18 14 12 12 14 10 15 16 22 21 12 21 19 Three Hundred Forty Page Three Hundred Forty -one U- Track Notes Normal High ' s debut into track circles has all due promise of being a most successful one. Although as yet no Charley Paddocks or Joie Rays have been brought to light, as the season advances even such may happen and thus fool even the wise eggs. Coach Johnny Gill has rounded the men into form and, if victory is won, will deserve no small share of the credit. Credit or no credit, victory or no victory, both coach and team have worked hard and consistently for the finest of high schools and have worked with tlie spirit with which all Normal High teams do, and as a school we are proud to have you fight for us and will back you to the end of the season. At the time of writing but one meet has taken place, the Interscholastic, however much good material has been uncovered. The personnel of the track team is as follows ; Barrtt, Spud Coble, Paul Steele, Bozo Hayward, Harold Hough, Willy Cushman, Mart Wooden, Ken Biddlecome, Harley Foard, Vic Bohnet, Raymond Jackson, Howdy Swift, Doc Anway, Hart Church, Bill Jones, Clyde Taylor, Frank Sage, Bob Campbell, Lyle Kelly, Adren Nelson, Labon Den Blyker, Doc Dill, Red Young, Nels Baker, Wesley Redmond, Eddie Gideon, Wm. Foard, Bill Meisterhein, Phil Young, Doug . ' Maybee, Jean Godfrey, Bob Schied, Chas. Huntley, Red Routson, Paul Barnes, Vic ' Moran, Ellsworth Steele, M. McGaw, Chas. TRACK SCHEDULE Interclass meet April 18 here Otsego April 25 here Kazoo College Interscholastic May 3 Kalamazoo W. S. N. S. Interscholastic May 10 here Southwestern Mich. Invitation May 17 St. Joseph U. of M. Interscholastic May 24 Ann Arbor M. A. C. Interscholastic June 6-7 East Lansing Page Three Hundred Forty-two ; Page Three Hundred Forfx-three High School Debate — Some High Lights This year Normal High School had one of its most successful debate seasons, entering the State League series with 142 other schools and being eliminated when onlv 16 still re- mained. From the group which reported for try-outs a squad of six was chosen, including Grace Renwick (elected captain the preceding spring), Stephen Lewis, Nelson Young, Har- riet McDowell, William Fouch. and Jack Van Cleve, all of whom worked until the end of the winter term. The team which represented Normal High in the State League consisted of Grace Ren- wick, Nelson Young, and Stephen Lewis. This was not an inexperienced team, as Stephen Lewis had two years of debating to his credit, and Grace Renwick and Nelson Young had both debated the year before. The question discussed was : Resolved, that the adoption of a ship subsidx ' would be a wise national policy. November 23 occurred the first State League debate, with Hastings, runners-up in the state contest at Ann Arbor last year. After a very close contest the decision was 2 to 1 in favor of Hastings. A large number of rooters accompanied the team in one of the Train- ing School busses. Page Three Hundred Forty-four In the next encounter, December 14, Normal again defended the negative, against Cen- tral High School of Kalamazoo. The judges ' vote was 2 to 1 in favor of the Hilltoppers, who were especially good in rebuttal. Thus the defeat of last year was avenged. Following Bellevue ' s defeat, on March 18 Mattawan was met in an extra elimination debate to reduce the schools still in the running to an even number of 16. Normal again up- held the negative. This debate was the most exciting one held at Kalamazoo, as a large number of Mattawan supporters accompanied the team, which up until that time had lost only one judge ' s vote. The decision was 3 to for the negative. The third elimination debate was with Pontiac, there, on April 11. Pontiac, though having a different team this year, were 1923 state champions. Normal defended the affirm- ative. This was a contest in which the decision might have gone to either side and in which the outcome was uncertain until the very last. Normal High quite clearly excelled in argument, but as a team Pontiac was superior in delivery and won by a 2-to-l vote. The season was closed by a return debate with South Bend early in May. This time Harriet McDowell took Grace Renwick ' s place as first aflirmative speaker and won her de- bate award. A new type of award, in the shape of cleverly designed pins, was chosen this year. They were awarded at the recognition banquet, which was held the first part of May, Stephen Lewis getting a particularly attractive one for his third year as varsity debater. Normal High sincerely regrets that this is Mr. Lahman ' s last year at Western. During the two years that Mr. Lahman has been here, he has been untiring in his efforts to pro- mote forensics in both High School and Normal. Few people, aside from those intimately connected with the team, can appreciate the amount of time and energy given by the coach and the squad to make this a successful season for Normal High. With only two members of the squad — Grace Renwick and Harriett McDowell — lost by graduation, prospects for 1924-25 are very bright. Nelson Young has been elected captain for next year. Under his leadership and the direction of another good coach to take Mr. Lahman ' s place, Normal High is already faced toward Ann Arbor and the state championship. — H. McD. SCHEDULE Normal High Opponents November 15 South Bend here 1 November 23 Hastings there 1 2 December 14 Central there 2 1 January 18 Charlotte { forfeit ) 3 February 9 Coldwater here 3 Alarch 7 Mattawan here 3 , March 18 Bellevue there 3 April 8 Albion here 3 ' April 11 Pontiac there 1 2 May ? South Bend there Judges 20 5 Victories 7 2 Expert judge. Normal High won 80% of the judges ' votes ; 78% of its contests. Page Three Hundred Forty-five ■iE;- The Council The purpose of the Council, Normal High ' s debating Society, is the promotion of in- terest in debating in the High School. To this end many interesting and profitable projects are undertaken. One of the most important of these activities of the Council is the enter- tainment of visiting debating teams after the debates. This year under the careful guidance of President Elsa Blair, the Council has been a success in its business affairs as well as in its social activities. A marked interest in the welfare of the club has been shown throughout the year. The Council is greatly indebted to Mr. Lahman, the Club ' s coach, for his advice and for the time and energy given bv him to the furthering of the Club ' s interests. The officers for this year were : Elsa Blair President Evelyn Diller Vke-Presidcnt Ruth Swift Seeretary Roger Swift Treasurer W. F. Ford, Jr Journalist Page Three Hundred Fortv-six PeP O Committee The Pep O Committee was organized in Normal High School for the purpose of promot- ing school spirit and of boosting school activities. At an early assembly the following committee was elected ; Walter Graham, Chairman and Yell IMaster; Nelson Cross, Elsie Blair, Redmond Huntley, Robert Godfrey and Marian Parker. The Pep O Committee has been unusually active during the past year. It has taken care of three elaborate school parties, the annual football banquet, many enthusiastic pep meetings and a candy sale from which twenty-five dollars was made for the Football Sweater fund. It also had charge of selling tickets for the three one-act plays put on by the Masquers for the benefit of the Football Sweater Fund. From this entertainment one-hundred five dollars was received. To recount in detail the activities of the past year which were a success in part or in whole through the energies of the Pep O Committee would cause every student in Normal High to recognize that this committee has amply justified its existence as a school organiza- tion. Page Three Hundred Forty-seven The Hi-Y The Normal Hi-Y club, composed entirely of the j ' oung men of the High School, is duly affiliated with the National organization, which was founded to carry the work of the Y. M. C. A. into the High Schools. The purpose of the club is to create, maintain, and extend throughout the school and community high standards of Christian character. Great effort has been made by the club to be of service to the High School whenever there is an opportunity. Some of the ac- complishments of the club this year were : the provision of a High School Football Schedule for every member of the School, the publication of a High School Students ' Directory, and the sale of pennants at small profit to provide funds for buying a large banner for the High School. Regular club meetings were held Wednesday noon to provide opportunities for hearing good speakers, and for promoting lively discussion on vital topics. Other than the regular meetings, the Four C ' s Compaign for clean speech, clean scholarship, clean athletics and clean living, the men ' s mixer for all the men of the High School, and the annual Tennis Tournament were held. Page Three Hundred Forty-eight The Masquers During the year 1916-17 those students in Normal Higii School who were interested in dramatics organized the society known as the Normal Higli School Dramatic Society, which was later changed to the Masquers. Tryouts are held each fall for the purpose of determining the dramatic ability of the prospective members, but this year, owing to the large number of applicants and the small number of vacancies, it was found necessary to exclude all Freshmen. This year as in previous years, the Masciuers have been most successful. Under the able direction of Miss Cooley several plays have been given. On Friday evening, March 21, in the Rotunda of the Training School the club put on A Flitch of Bacon, and Hannah Gives Notice. The proceeds from this entertainment, which amounted to one hundred five dollars, were given to the Football Sweater Fund. The officers for the year were : MiLLicENT Blakeslee President Harriet Parker Vice-President Nelson Youxf, Secretary Henry Westerville Treasurer Page Three Hundred Forty-nine The Girls ' Glee Club One of the most prominent organizations of the Normal High School is the Girls ' Glee Club. It was organized for the purpose of giving those girls of the High School who are musically inclined an opportunity to study good music. The Club which now has thirty members, meets for rehearsals at noon on Tuesday and Thursday of each week. During the fall term the Glee Club presented the operetta, The Feast of Little Lanterns, directed by the able leader, } lrs. Hilliard, with the advice of Miss Shaw, Miss Siedschlag, and Miss Blair, who with the assistance of their classes, planned and inade the stage decor- ations and designed the costumes. This operetta was given first in the Ladies ' Library Club and then repeated in the Normal Gymnasium. The proceeds were given to the Athletic Association. At Christmas time !Mrs. Hilliard resigned and !Mrs. Randall was selected to fill the vacancy. During the winter and spring terms systematic rehearsals were continued and the club appeared in several school functions. Page riircc Hundred Fifty Jokes Behold the mighty Senior, His mighty face so fair, How proud he is, How bold he is. His head is filled with air. For Sale — All kinds of scandal — Marian Parker. Wanted — A job with no work and high pay. I have had years of experience at a posi- tion of this kind. — Charles Sheid. Notice — I am now prepared to take orders for jazz model clothing. — Roger Swift. Miss Cooley — (In geography class) A fool can ask more questions than a wise man can answer. Theodore — No wonder I flunked. Miss Kraft — Robert, no, not quite. Robert Godfrey — Say, how near did I come to it? Mr. Ackley — (In Algebra) Watch the board closely and I will run through it, George Wiggington — (Watching a farmer roll a field) I wonder what he ' s rolling that field for? Roger — Maybe he is going to raise rolled oats. Jean — (Seated in a park) O, I surely felt a rain drop. We ' d better be going. Howard — Nonsense ! We are under a weeping willow. The more than usual lack of intelligence in Chemistry class that morning got under Mr. Eldridge ' s skin. Class is dismissed, he said exasperatedly. please do not flap your ears as you pass out. Jokes in other books remind us That we have some bum ones too ; Blame yourself, thev ' d sure been better, If vou ' d handed in a few. M. C. Page Three Hundred Fifty-one The Training School Western Normal possesses in the Training School a laboratory wherein the theories of modern education can be put into practice. With the facilities offered by the other schools under the administration, Ricliland, Portage, Michigan Ave., and Paw Paw, the training system is quite complete. The Training School, however, forms a nucleus from which these have been built, and remains one of the primary factors in the complete education of the teacher. Systematically working toward a definite goal, the specially trained Supervisors are well fitted to carry out a recognized plan of procedure. The gaining of knowledge and information is not the only phase of school work stressed. The curriculum is so enriched as to provide varied work for the pupil, and many opportunities for problem solving and actual experiences are offered. Equally important is that phase of teaching which tends to cultivate desired habits and attitudes. The ph3 ' sical welfare of the child is essential to clear thinking, so not only exer- cise, but habits of cleanliness are tau.ght. Opportunities like those that will arise in life outside lit school are presented sij that initiative and self-reliance, which is often latent, may be aroused and put into efficient use. Closely allied to this, is a sense of responsibility and honesty which is to mark the future success or failure of the pupil. Properly fitting him for the position he is to fill in the social activities of the world, his surroundings and work demand that he be cooperative in spirit and action. For a child working under these condi- tions and toward such ends courtes ' becomes a natural outgrowth. The classes are organized to represent the actual social group in which he shall live. Recognizing the special abilities and deficiencies of the pupils they are trained to fill pros- pective positions in th world. Those that are born leaders are encouraged and instructed to efficiently fill that capacity. There are others who have the ability to cooperate in the working of any project. Then there is that great class of followers who can never rise to the first level but whose work enables great progress to be made. With this organization functioning in a productive manner, harmony charactizcs the result gained. Aside from the regular scliool work special attention is given the participation in extra- curricular activities. There are two musical organizations, the orchestra and the chorus. The assembly programs offer opportunities for the pupils to plan and take part in the en- tertainment which is also instructive. Civic responsibilities properly prepare them for prob- lems of government with which they will later be confronted. Indulgence in athletic sports keeps the body physically fit, and enables th? pupil to do better work n.vjnt:illy. By presenting actual conditions of life for the pupil to work in under the guidance of trained instructors, the training school enables the pupil to take his place in the world as well as to prepare the prospective teacher. Page Three Hundred Fifty-lieo ■.-4. LIST OF ADVERTISERS 1. W. H. Adams 2. AtlcLS Press 3. Bestervelt ' s 4. J. C. Ball 5. Blue Parrot 6. Brown Gold 7. Crescent Engraving Co. 8. Chocolate Shop 9. Consumers Power Co. 10. Colman Drug Co. 11. De Bolt Candy Co. 12. Dold Drug 13. Dornbush Studio 14. Doubleday Bros. 15. Edwards Chamberlin 16. Garrison News Agency 17. Gilmore Bros. 18. Goodrich Candy Co. 19. Ilanselman Candy Co. 20. Harry Okun 21. Henderson-Ames 22. Hershfields 23. Home Dairy Co. 24. Home Furnishing Co. 25. Hub Restaurant 20. Hubbard 27. Ihling Bros. Everard Co. 28. John Hale Hat Store 29. Johnson Paper Supply Co. 30. J. R. Jones ' Sons Co. 31. Kalamazoo City Savings Bank 32. Kalamazoo Creamery Co. 33. Kalamazoo National Bank 34. 35. 36. 37. 38. 39. 40. 41. 42. 43. 44. 45. 46. 47. 48. 49. 50. 51. 54. 55. 56. 57. 58. 59. 60. 61. 62. 63. 64. 65. Kalamazoo Pant Co. Kalamazoo Paper Co. Kalamazoo Paper Supply Co. Kalamazoo Stove La Mode Shop Mc Donald Drug Co. Miller ' s Grocery Jloore Mc Quigg Music Shop Ned Woolley Normal Cafe Normal Co-Operative Store Normal Herald Olseu Ebann Parchment Paper Co. Park-American Hotel Parsons Business School Piper Ice Cream Co. Progressive Shoe Shop Riepma Bros. Rex Paper Co. Slocum Bros. Sport Shop Standard Paper Co. Star Bargain Co. Streng Zinn Trathen Grocery Upjohn Co. Van Bochove Flowers Yer West Bakery Young Studio Western State Normal School -... Page Three Hundred Fifty-four -.,+ Dired toYoTi ' Malleable Kalamazoo Steel Range By bakiug bread at home ln)usewives should be able to reduce expenditure for food. — U. S. Department of Agri- culture. If you expect a woman to reduce home expenses by bak- ins bread herself GIVE HER A (JOOI) RANGE Kalamazoo Malleable Steel Range The ■■Kalamazoo Malleable is so de- signed that it hakes perfectly. And the best part about it is that it will bake just lik( that for years. Why not insure your future health .111(1 happiness by l.iiyiug one NOW? ' The price has re- cently been reduced. You can buy for cash or on easy credit terms. AND When you Imy directly from the factory, YOU SAVE THE MIDDLEMAN ' S PROFIT. WESTERN STATE NORMAL SCHOOL USES A KALAMAZOO RANGE. It is part of their high class equipment. We have thousands of other satisfied customers. It always pays to get the best. Send for our new spring catalog showing our other reliable, money-saving lines. You can buy furniture, kitchen cabinets, sewing machines, washing machines, vacuum cleaners, aluminum and many other articles of household equipment, and have them sent Direct to You promptly. WE ALSO MAKE HIGH GRADE FURNACES. A Furnace is the logical, economical way to heat a house. And Kalamazoo is the logical, economical place to buy it. Don ' t make the mistake of putting off the installation of your fiirnace until fall. Be ready when cold weather comes. All you need to pay down on a range or a furnace is $25.00. You may pay the balance of the cash price October 1. Satisfaction guaranteed. Ask for catalog No. 23 Kalamazoo Stove Company, Manufacturers, Kalamazoo, Mich. Page Three Hundred Fifty-five . + + - SOLE AGENTS Kalamazoo County Van Buren County St. Joseph County Berrien County Cass County FOR THE For One Hundred Years the World ' s Standard of Piano Quality. THE MUSIC SHOP, Inc. 136 South Burdick St. Xhg B RONSON P ARK S TUDIO A PPRECIA TES the GOOD WILL of the WESTERN STATE NORMAL And Will Try, ALWA Y S, TO MERIT ITS CONFIDENCE Henry G. Dornbush Phone 293 ff 209 W. South St. ' ' ii nn iiii — III! ii«| }• ' iiN iiu Nil 1111 ini un on iiii nu uii uii ii { Page Three Hundred Fifty-six .—.„.. UR MANY YEARS OF EXPERIENCE IN THE DIS- TRIBUTION OF FOOD PRODUCTS AND OUR CON- STANTLY INCREASING SALES AND SATISFIED CUSTOMERS TOCETHER WITH CLEANLINESS AND PROPER HANDLING OF FOODS. INSURING YOU NOT ONLY OF GOODS OF HIGHEST QUALITY, BUT ALSO AT PRICES THAT ARE ALWAYS REASONABLE. STRIVING CONSTANTLY TO BE OF SUCH A SERVICE THAT SHALL BE TO OUR MUTUAL ADVANTAGE. MAKES THIS INDEED A STORE TO BE CONSIDERED WHEN MAKING FOOD PURCHASES. I I PHONES 221 - 222 RIEPMA BROS. Groceries, Fruits and Vegetables Students ' Headquarters for Drawing Instruments Drawing Material Fine Stationery Fountain Pens Eversharps Leather g,oods and other Student Supplies We always §ive 10 ' -, c off to all students Doubleday Bros. Co. 223-5 E. Mam St. KALAMAZOO, MICH. I HERSHFIELD ' S | I Home of HART, SCHAFFNER MARX ! CLOTHES 1 STETSON HATS and { MANHATTAN SHIRTS I 123-5 East Main Street J Kalamazoo :: Michigan j 1 „„ „„ u„ III. iin aii ., . ...1 .... HU u.. uu ntt un •{ DR. M c Cr?«ci ;eN;-((fv; Ci-AsO P CE ARSeNIC FOR Th€ NCXT CHAPT-tFt! Page Three Hundred Fifiy-seven Tdl COURTESY mn m ARISTOCRATS OF CREDIT JEWELERS 152 SOUTH BURDICK ST. PHONE 35t KALAMAZOO. MICHIGAN SERVICE SATISFACTION KUPPENHEIMER GOOD CLOTHES An investment in good appearance LewHubbai ' d - flffJioase afJCof t tlKiatT Good CIvtMS 107 West Main St. Kalamazoo, Michigan I 1 PIKE ' S PEAK JUNIOR The band marched down the Gym. floor led by the admirable Bill Peclc A small boy on the side lines was filled with awe at the sight of our Drum Major. In a few minutes this same boy, none other than Sonney Bauer, exclaimed — Gee ! Ain ' t that guy got a lot of hair? It was the morning after Mr. Hoekje told of his great romance in the great Northwest. Maude Wheeler : — You were absent from class yesterday afternoon. Give an account of yourself. Herbert Jackson : — Yes, I played hookey. Maude : — Well, you had better be careful. You know Mr. Hoekje had the benefit of experience. It is dangerous for a college man to try that. Anyway I ni glad you didn ' t go to Oregon for you wouldn ' t have been here today. „ „„ „ „ „, „, _ .| Compliments of W. H. ADAMS QUALITY MEATS 724 Locust Street Star Bargain House RUSSELL ANDERSON, Props. The place you will always find a full assortment of School Supplies, Blank Books, etc. And for Gifts you will be surprised at the various lines we carry. A visit to our store will verify our statement. Take a look. 145-147 South Burdick St. Page Three Hundred Fifty-eight m a Compliments] of JACK DOLD ' S DRUG STORES Cor. Main and Rose Phone 539 Opp. Court House Cor. Cedar and Davis Phone 4119 Opp. Normal School KALAMAZOO, MICH. C MPUS SPOP TS) • 5KIIN . OUR EFFORTS THE [lower of an engine depends largely upon the quality of the fuel and whether or not the fire under the boiler is kept steadily burning. Water stops boiling as the heat gives out. A fierce start sometimes means a weali ending. It pays this store to use the best kind of fuel in the business engine and to keep the fires burning brightly all the blessed time. To relax in our efforts means to retreat from the firing line. ' ' A relaxing of effort spells loss of public faith and lessened interest in the store and its goods. We never let up in our endeavors to make shopping at this store both pleasant and profitable. IN TMB HEART OP KALAMAZOO In The Heart of Kalamazoo Page Three Hundred Fifty-nine Piigc Three Hiindycd Sixty Wherever You May Roam - A LWAVS remeinl)er that distance is no liarrier be- tween you and this, Soiitliwestern Michigan ' s Greatest Store. The satisfaction of owning tilings from Gilmore ' s will be ev(n greater when you compare our Merchandise, our Service and Facilities with stores elsewhere. Our Shipping and Mall Order Bureau will serve you — vherever von mav roam. GILMORE BROTHERS Department Store Kalamazoo J. C. BALL SELECT GROCERIES PHONE 419 42,5 OAK ST, Catering to Students a Specialty 1 1 Streng Zinn Co. ! 105 W. Main Street 1 j The popular store that has catered to I Western Normal students for years. I Everything in Dry Goods, Ladies ' and Misses ' Wearing Apparel and Accessories Compliments of a Friend BEST PLACE IN TOWN 1 TO LUNCH I j ALL HOME COOKED I Complete Delicatessen Line I We make all our own Baked Goods I HOME DAIRY CO. lll; l Page Tlirec Hundred Sixty-one s, ■laf PORTRAIT COMMERCIAL SLOCUM BROS. :: :: STUDENT :: :: PHOTOGRAPHERS Fourteen Hundred Students photographed this year Telephone 4253-W 109-111 South Burdick Street KALAMAZOO MICHIGAN Page Three Hundred Sixty-two Fine Candies, Ice Cream and Ices Ask anybody about our Ice Cream The Chocolate Shop 150 S. BURDICK ST. „„ -„ „- -- „„__„n™_un ,m— _,„. nn h„ , .j. o i srsr Ar A TfMa arfe = American Hotel Is a homey place, and when we have said that — when we have told you that you are always welcome and that young men and women of this world have a warm place in our hearts, and that we really mean it, — why WE ' VE SAID IT ALL. Page Three Hundred Sixty-three Parsons ' Business School KALAMAZOO, MICHIGAN Sniicient School INTENSIVE TRAINING IN BOOKKEEPING, A CCOUNTING ' STENOGRAPHY, AND SECRETARIAL WORK EIGHT WEEKS SUMMER TERM Opens Monday June 23 Phone 1035 for Catalog. W. W. PARSONS, Principal. ,_.._, ._.._„. , . + .„ „._„._„,_.._„,_.._.,_. THINGS TO BE AVOIDED Loree Harvey ' s lengthy financial re- ports. + Stray turtles in biology laboratory. Tardiness to Jlr. Sprau ' s classes. Ben Buikema ' s jokes. + Dogs in our Tuesday morning assembly. East : — Say, liow long could I live with- out brains ' ? West : — That remains to be seen. Heighth of Laziness Person who gets up at 5 :00 so he can have more time to loaf around. Compliments of KALAMAZOO PANT CO. Manufacturers of Trousers in Kalamazoo for 57 Years Office boy who quit his job because he = was tired of opening his pay envelope 1 every week. j 4, p „ „p ,, Page Three Hundred Sixty-four 4.- The Confection Supreme It ' s Better Because It ' s Best I u 1 No Better Tiian The Best ] But Better Than The Rest J Hanselman Candy Co. Mfrs. j COINCIL PROCEEDINGS I Koliinove hanclinji liandful of small change to Harvey.) Gates. (In all his dignity) Will the ladies please remove their hats during such a solemn ceremony after this? Clementz : ( Puzzling over a number on an identification card) Mr. Gates. I believe we should have Gyroscopes in case we need to read these numbers in emer- gency. Eichenlierger : (Substituting in the chair) Mr. Hurst, will you make a motion td accept this as a plenary report? Hur.st : (Perplexed) Certainly, but first what does the word mean? (Befdi-e the AUiion debate) Gates: Peck will you take .Tohansen ' s pulse and see how the debate is coming out tonight. Peck : I find it ( . K. Gates: Very well you may go now .Toh.-inscn. YOUK HAT PROBLEMS Easily solved here. Our salesmen will give you just the right hat for your build and personality. Mod- erately priced. ::::::; I I The HALE HAT STORE 1 j 101 W. MAIN SI. I j Speciahzing m the MONARCH brands and STUDENTS ' SPECIALTIES Miller Cash Grocery 613 Davis Street T) ? KeriQyEc C ' eM iN reoui-): — well,. ORLO F. MILLER W. S. N. S. ' 17 Page Three Hundred Sixty -five YOUR MONEY In the Form of Guaranteed Checks An Obligation of the Kalamazoo National Bank Will Give You SAFETY IDENTIFICATION CONVENIENCE RECEIPT OF EXPENDITURES RECORD OF EXPENDITURES SAVING OF YOUR FUNDS Kalamazoo National Bank ORGANIZED FOR SERVICE MAINTAINED BY SERVICE Page Three Hundred Sixty-s- CONSUMERS POWER COMPANY 6.6% Preferred Shares Meet the 6 Tests of a Safe Investment IT WILL PROFIT YOU TO INVESTIGATE I ON EVERY INVESTED DOLLAR- TAX-FREE IN MICHIGAN Page Three Hundred Sixty-seven •SHc-v SPICY SAYINGS + — • Pride is tlie ini.-;t tliat vapor arcmiid | iiisigniflcaiicc. j I A frozen lo ]k doesn ' t cnt any ice. 1 . I The man wlio thinks lie knows it all [ has merely stopped thinkinj;. i I Fame is lint the echo of a man ' s deter- i minaticm. 1 NED WOOLLEY 116 S. Burdick Specializing in Furnishings for Young Men STOP and SHOP j at I Trathen ' s | Quality Store ! Fancy Fruits and Vegetables J Fresh Daily | 311 So. Burdick I i 13Eu.i£ve - MiST I a.B „u ,a H„ aa ma iin mi m ,m iiu .lu n i lu n m ■ a ok nn nn cia  •— 4 S TUDENTS T AKE N OTICE Every cent which you spend for Milk is a cent invested in HEALTH ASSUR- ANCE. HEALTH is the basis of all real success. As you buy food, invest for your future Health. The Kalamazoo Creamery Co. PHONE 727 Page Three Hundicd Sixty-eight Everything in Athletic Togs COMPLETE OUTFITS FOR ALL SPORTS School Trade a Specialty THE SPORT SHOP 155 SO. BURDICK STREET R. R. WARREN W. S. N. 12 4.. . .._.._„_. ._, Compliments GARRISON ' S NEWS AGENCY ROMANTIC AGE I fell f pi ' her in the lidokroom, It was a stormy night iiutside O, yes, of ciinrse, I took her home, That evening from the Libe She was blue-eyed, blonde and rosy Rosie, I think was her name, She had red lips, and everything That camouflage a jane. But the best thing of all about her, Better than all good looks, She was plump, and warm and filled my arms. Yes. tilled my arms with books. ge Three Hundred Sixty-nine •■-4. WESTERN STATE NORMAL SCHOOL KALAMAZOO, MICHIGAN SOME ADVANTAGES 1. A 4()-acre ( ampus 2. A 14-ati-e Athletic Field with diamond, gridiron, track, and soccer fields 3. A Liiiiili ]{ii(im serving 1(100 students daily 4. A Cooperative Store furnishing books and supplies at low prices n. Five Jlodern Buildings — ideally located and excellently equipped. (A new Library will br rcad.v about July 1. A Gymnasium t(ir men will soon be under construction) 0. The largest Normal School Gymnasium in the Jliddle West 7. A I ' layhouse for Dramatic Arts work 5. A sfuib-nt Ijcian fund. ! . Thirty thousand recent publications in the I-ilirai ' y 10. Two bundrcd nf the liest magazines and lii ' riixlicals regularly received 11. A Limited and a Uural School Course Art Oimmerce Early Elementary ( Kindergarten) Household Arts .Tunior High School Later Elementary JIanual Arts lusie Physical Education for Men Physical Education for Women Senior High School 13. A tVmr year A. B. Degree Course 14. One hundred twenty-five faculty nienil)ers and 19(10 students 15. Graduates teaching in 35 states and in fm-eign countries 16. An incomparable democratic atmosphere and imusual school spirit For Catalog and Further Iiiforniation Address John C. Hoekje, Registrar, Western State Normal School, Kalamazoo, 3Ilchigan 12. Twcj year Life Certificate Courses in _.. Page Three Hundred Seventy 2« WHAT YOU EARN is present income. WKat you save means inconie when your earning power shrinks. A SavingiS Account with the KALAMAZOO CITY SAVINGS BANK which has capital, surplus and profits of over $975,000 and which operates under strict State supervision, means complete safety for your surplus funds. Open your account today. 3% interest paid. Kalamazoo City Savings Bank Main -at-Porta e Porta e-at- WashinJ,ton , — + No! I ' ll TELL YOU - FIVE t ' ftLS ASK rie -TO GO, AN or didn ' t TO HvV,f AfiVeoOYJ 50 I JU T DjONj: GO. ' Compliments of Standard Paper Company . 4. Page Three Hundred Seventy-one J. R. JONES ' SONS and COMPANY KALAMAZOO SINCE ' 72 Fifty-two Years of faithful service to the people of Kalamazoo and vicinity — such is our place in the history of our community. If you have not been numbered among, our many customers as a student, in the years to come you will find it a pleasure and of worth-whileness to do so. ! The Blue Parrot 130 W. Main Street I I Normal Students Welcome ■ I 1 Lunches, Candies and [ Fancy Ice Creams 1 _ I Compliments of Johnson Paper and Supply Go. Kalamazoo, Michigan Jobbers SCHOOL SUPPLIES Wrapping Papers, A. J. Reach Co. Sporting Goods. Compliments of Atlas Press mo w g ,,, J i I Your? :n Spirit. Thuugin and Sentiment i I i Sam Sclieiisul Joe Soliensiil | ji) uo ■u.- nn ni m i,,|, •{•ii iiii uu i u nn ni nn uii tio nti rii nu iii in Hn n Page Three Jrlundrcd Seventy-Hvc WHY NOT TUT T?UB6ER TOPS OH THE BU55E5? ooa Page Three Hundred Seventy-three KEEP IN TOUCH WITH YOUR ALMA MATER THROUGH Western Normal Herald It Puts the Knot in the Tie That Binds Subscribe before you leave school and renew each year after. EXPERIENCE TEACHES That the oue who butts in is usually the i That tallying gets a job but working holds it. 1 j 1 That the man who thinks he ' s hard 1 boiled is only half baked. 1 That great aches from little toe-corns • ' That the fellow who thinks he ' s the ! whole cheese is at least a piece of it. ..4. 4.- ! The two soles with one squeak — That ' s j I I We Exist for Your Convenience WE TRY TO MAKE OUR FRIENDLY SERVICES HELP :; :: BUILD WESTERN .•; .•; THE NORMAL CAFETERIA Pa(;i? Three Hundred Seventy-four on ■ Established 1869 Fifty-Five Years of Success I IHL.IIN ro nROS. ryERAF tT p. COMPLETE PRINTING SERVICE n ' HIS ENTIRE BOOK is a -product of our -plant, where machinery and Tvork- manship of the highest quality rule. Take up your present or contemplated Printing Problems with us. :: :: :: W rite for Estimate s. - KALAMAZOO. MICHIGAN _.._._ . ..—.A Page Three Hundred Seventy-five LJ kh l ' - When you take your pen in hand and your thoughts run freely your next great need is — Paper--l ots of It Have at your elbow a package of Parchment Bond, made by the Kalamazoo Vegetable Parchment Co., of Kalamazoo, Michigan. Get it at your favorite Book Store, in 5 and 2V2 pound non - collapsible packages. Size is standard, so is the pleasing shade of white so that envelopes may easily be had to match. Meets the writing needs of every Man, Woman and Child 1 , Srn;.! ' rH ' or tsusmess, and it ' s the biggest value for your money. A blot- ter in every package. I I YOUNG ' S STUDIO H. A. YOUNG, Prop. BROWN AND GOLD PHOTOGRAPHER VAN BOCHOVE HOME of GOOD FLOWERS Phone 1651-F2 113 S. Burdick St. 141 S. BURDICK ST. Phone 235 +.- Page Three Hundred Seventy-six ■.+ +.• . — .- Don ' t divorce your wife because she can ' t cook. Eat HERE and keep her for a pet The Hub Restaurant 114 E. Main St. I -. .,— ,„.—.._. — .. .. .4. The Colman Drug Company REXALL STORE 123 W. Main St. Phone 174 Largest and most completely equip- ped drug store in Southern Mich. Complimentary SELLS GOOD HARRY OKUN SHOES FOR LESS There would be but one shoe store in Kazoo if everyone knew how reasonable we sell good shoes HARRY OKUN 106 E. Water St. 20 steps from high rent Page Three Hundred Seventy-seven ..+ , I Every School and College Cadet Can help to keep our busy factory always busy by insist- ing on the Famous Kalamazoo Uniforms and Superior Quality Caps we make them. Catalog Free THE HENDERSON-AMES CO. KALAMAZOO - - MICHIGAN DeBolt Candy Co. Ask for Our Candy it ' s Good Phone 639 218 E. Water St. Eut-y : C f TV O LIVE. CME ' KP ' e l ' MA rv or e Moore McQuigg : : : BUILDING : : CONSTRUCTION Kalamazoo Michigan Page Three Hundred Seventy-eight „„ „„ „„ „, „„ „„ „„ „„ n „„ „„ „„ „,_„„ „„ n„ „n r.n iix Dt. irn Hi llll- |« Congratulations to Our Graduates GREETINGS ' ' To All Friends of THE NORMAL CO-OP STORE Page Three Hundred Seventy-nine •■+ f U Y Good Rich Candies from your Local Dealers Selling agents for Brooks ' Chocolates GOODRICH CANDY CO. 217 Portage Street Phone 898 Geo. McDonald Drug Co. Alain and Burdick, and 113 South Burdick Kodaks, Developing, and Printing Visit the Oriole Room, 113 S. Burdick for ood thin to eat and drink Everybody likes Piper ' s Ice Cream SOME WAY EVERY DAY HaiWobc Cloafe on t (Our New Location) 134 South Burdick Street A Specialty Shop for Women ' s and Misses Outer Garments :: ;: . + 4. HERE AND THERE Ella Fenwiek : — Don ' t you like your dad ' s looks? Dorothy Rasch : — Yes, I think all Rrey haired men look so motherly. CREATIVE ENGLISH Jerry Knight : — We ' re going to have chicken for dinner. Bea Dendil : — How do you know? Jerry : — ( . I oversmelled it in the kitchen. INCLUSIVE (Comp. Teacher) In writing themes you should write so the most ignorant can understand. (12:30 Frosh) Well what part of it don ' t you get? Van Wingen : — Do you believe in sleeping out of doors? Johnny Gill: — No! Not when I pay the room rent. +-.._., Page Three Hundred Eighty The Upjohn Company Makers of Fine Pharmaceuticals HOME OFFICE AND LABORATORIES KALAMAZOO, MICHIGAN NEW YORK CITY BRANCH HOUSES: KANSAS CITY SAN FRANCISCO T UMf y DoN ' rs ' r ' „ ' ' ' ° r Or E. T-„ftrv THREE OFF 3.;Dor,V o, °o;?o suee .r., Pf Sse««,,s For First Class Shoe Repairing Go To 77ie Progressive Shoe Shop 623 Locust Street We also handle GYm Shoes I Page Three Hundred Eighty-one •sk. SINGE 1906 BESTERVELT ' S - - A name that has stood for utmost quality and service in Food Products BESTERVELT ' S GROCERY and MARKET fsruY SAviN(;s Folldwiim rile iiiillis (if least resislaix-e is what makes rivers and men ereokecl. Llen ' t lie a carlidii eejiy ef semelimly else, make your impression. ]iisiiiiali in witlmut r ' siiiration is ilissiiiation. Many a man who has an exalted opinion of himself is a poor judge of human nature. It is a tragedy of progress that you have to make good or make room. r)on ' t gii am ing the doers if ymi dnn ' t want to be did. Life is iKit a gdlilel til he diained hut it is a measure to be lilled. Compliments Home Furnishing Co. 205 North Burdick Street Compliments Ver West Bakery 320 South Burdick Street ■■ +-- Page Three Hundred Eighty-tivo RAZZBERRIES The ijhoiio (•;iiiie Saturday evening, It brought pleasant dreams that night ; He hummed all Sunday morning ; Life then seemed so bright. He arrayed himself in gay attire He was due at the party at three. He tarried awhile at the ' Y retreat — Then hurried fw ' th in glee. He pau.sed at the door and rang the bell. She was amazed but invited him in — He from her actions did note .surprise, I ' ve come to yonr party, said he with a grin. She asked for the parlor, the party liegan : Van Liere enjoyed all till nine. On leaving he thanked her for her call. She exclaimed, that was no call of mine ! Van told not of his party that week, And mystery surrounded that call. Till time brought it out without a donht That some T members knew of it all. More than any other things, the invention of movable type Ijy Gutenberg in 14.n0 and tlie de- velopment of modern paper making machinery, ha ' e lirought the means of education within tlie reach of every ambitious human Ijeint . Compliments of KALAMAZOO PAPER CO. Page Three Hundred Eighty-three Page Three Hundred Eighty-four Jfinale WE believe that much has been accumphshed in the growth toward a greater Western (hiring the year of 1923-24. It is ho])ed that our pres- ence, interest and effort have in some degree con- tributed to this constructive ad -ancement. To those who are to continue their curricular activities, may they eagerly improve every opportunity for an enlarged col- lege career: to those, leaving Western tn enter into other of life activities, may they carry with them the liberal ision acquired on Western Campus. The Brown and Gokl Staff have faithfully and sincerely sought to record in this Ixwk the more vital and interesting associations of this year ' s college life. This has been made possible only by the generous sug- gestions of former staffs ; by the hearty co-operation of our Faculty advisors ; by the interest and help of the many organizations and departments, especially the art department : l)y the material and beneficial as- sistance of our friends and advertisers ; and by the good will of the student body at large. The Staff of 1924 takes pleasure in expressing their most sincere thanks and appreciation to all who have aided in the success of publishing this annual. utograpljis utograpfjs utograpf)