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0'?5?::"1 "' ,\_- DE DEE, DE DEE, DE DEE, DE VO-O-O-O-o-O-Ott ~/

I This, folks, as many vf you know, is the genuine and only 1'// Union Lit YELL, used generally to cheer our interfrat te8ms

~,lll and offered up in unison whenever I!ood Li te get together. Why hAve we used it here? Purely as a greeting, for t~e facts are we do not feel much like shcuting . For we have little progress to report on the New House over which we waxed so enthusiastic in Speculum's last issue. We have delayed this publication for t 10 terms hoping to have something tAngible to report but without avail. We leav~ it to our president to tell why. Our own modest opinion is that Union Lits are just naturally slow to get started but when they do get started -- toot, toot~ The spirit is there e are sure . Only a lack of definiteness on our local exe cutive co mmittee as to "who is who" and absence of a straightforward building program, has it would seem, blocked our progress to date. These matters, fortunately, now seem about to be clarified. Meantime let's all hope, pray, a~d do all we can toward seeing that we ha ve an excavator di gEing for the base-ment on our new property at the earliest possible moment . .

Although we aren't holding any house warmings or dedicatory exercises we are J?leased to renort a very healthy condition within our own circle. Flrst of 811, we hpve enjoyed more fellowship and association with our plumni the past half year than in any similar period within our experience. At homecoming day last June more than 60 former Lit s were vIDrine; our "1876-1927" 51<lt anni ver sary ribbons, meeting the boys, and assembling in the afternoon for a get ·-t6.gether and pi cture at the old house on the campus. Agpin at fall homecoming more than 40 regist ered their names in the boo~ and as many more failed to do so. One of our founders, }~r. Jalcways of New Carlisle Indiana was a ~ong those w~o paid us the honor of a visit last spring .

In our activi ties on the c nmpus we have striven to maint :::. in our ac customed place rmong the le aders. This year we h~ve the pres­ident of the student body, Clyde OliYl. We hove the Dresidents elf t wo a ll-co llege honoraries, Scabbard and Blade, honor 2ry military, and Tau Si gma , honorary of Liberal Arts and Applied Scjence divisions . ;1e have fonr Scabbard 2nd BlAde men and are reDTE8811ted in Alpha zeta Our present monogram men are Hood, Wenner, Pa ssi nk, Weeks and Eanc ock. Peterson is a me mber of the f amous State relay team . '1ancock is cnpta in of the winning varsity h3ckey tea n •. :T:::.ynard Schultz is a~onG the best on the wrestling team. Of the thr ee i~terfraternity awards for which we have b een eligible thus fAr this year, we have won two, bowling cup, and a trophy offered on ~1ome coming day for the "best decorat ed and best leept society or fraternity honse" . ~Ve are also pl eased to report th8t we hAve just t Rken in the 12rgest class of lnitiates in some years . Of the 17 pledged, 15 received the re quisite better than 8 "Olf average and are now member s.

E3Ch freshman is outstanding in so me measure. Five received their 1 9~9 numcr81s i n f00tb Rll; three a r e pl a ying on the fres hmAn bRsket­b C' J.l t e p.rn . A fa ot u!1 iau G in r e cent history of t he soci ety is tha t next y e~ r me~ber s of ou r circle will be rne nagers of t wo of the three mf' j or s j o r t tepms, " Bun il Viit hrn e l l in footb 811 , and IiVnl" Anderson i n bDsko:;tbRll. In s ho:r t , we f eel t :1R. t we hpve ?(;complisned. much thi s year. ~e h~ve strengthene d and r en ewe d our fello wship with our plumni groups; we hc"\~e mtJ in tA lned on r pr e sti g e on the ca mpus; we h :: v e eS 8ur cd t he soun d fut u r e of our soci ety with 8 hi gh qua lity of new memb e r 8, nIl i n fFJ c e of (;1 comp et it ion which, t hough it is na 't urally d ::'f fi Jul t fo r members of for mer d ays to re l" lize, is be­co ming ext r emely k een. In our present surroundings it is beco ming i ncTcasin gly nccess nr y to "rush And p ick" rather thRn merely "pick" our new members . Only in our house building pro gram do we feel that we have f a il ed to rea ch a gOAl. But in th i s mAtt e r n e are facing the f uture with f a ith Bnd hop es wh ich we feel must , for the future welf?re of "Union Lit.", be rea lized .

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~~~. .. -''1' \\X'l , La rgely due to the help of our locel alumni,

~-::J~> ~~ ......, ; not ably lAessrs Gur..SO !1 , Baldwin, Gould, Carr, and .,. I !\\ _'" £0 \ 1 Pf1tch, we present below a n ew fe ~ ture - B single ~...PU ~ ._ , ---=", : l ~ ine of inf or rla t ion about A.S ma ny Li t ~ a ? we were

- - ... _ _ _ --=::2-_ l nfor mcd about Clnd ha d roo :;} for ln t h l.s l ssue. Wit h your kind cooperation in volunteering "line s" FJ bout y ourself and clFJss r:1ates, we c a n extend t h is i n our next is sue. This wi l l be our 1 8 st epportunity to c h eck our adct::-esscs for public fl tion in our 1928 Direu-t ory . Co r:r ectiuns a nd new uddresses will be much Appr eciat­ed.

Not e : Those s t Rrred hnve visited us within t h e year. * Thorn Smi th (9 5): Ch e r,1.Engine er, Birl:1i ngham ; Son Ro s s r:1an is A Lit. *Hod Norton (03): E .LRnsing ; sup t . AdvFlIlced Reg., Holst e in- Fresi Fl n Ass. *O.K. White (07): DeWitt; connected with StA te Dept. of Agriculture. *Fr a nk Be.rrows (12): Plymouth; wi th Dellsy Air Ri f le Co mpF.l ny . *Morris Johnson (07): Ann Arbor; District Mn na ger for concern. *Edwe rd La ird (24 ) : Recently moved to Birmine h am ; nurs e ry business. *ThomRs Gunson:Only fe f.\ ture of college of whi ch we rep ort Hno I.Jh8n ge". *R.G. Carr (08): E.Lanoi ng ; Director of County A~ricultural Agents. *A.B. Cook (23): Ioni a ; Cupt. Na tlonal Gua rd; Ag . Teac her in Hi g h Sch. *Fletcher Gould (07): Ci vil Engine ering Dep1rt ment, M. S. C. RR . J . Ca rr (0 8): Count y Ag t.,Dear b orn; r e co-rd f o1' 2 rr.ile run still b es i. *E . E. GBllup (00): Dir ector Voc 8tiom'l 1 Educ nti on :fo r hU c h ; Lansing. *L. P. Dendel (14): Mich igan Mutua l Mill eT s , Lensin g ; (U ' ll know h im) *LLoyd Da u g he rty (~O): Ttree River s; W8S b ac k for hc:me c:o mi n g . * R. E. Housto n ( 22 ): De;)rbc r n ; was wi.th UfO :Ul SJ

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*1. J. aor~r:gtt (11 ) : Fargo, N. D.; wi th N. D. 8 ta~ e c olleg e. *L . J. Bul le:tl ( 23). Ch i c Flgc:; wi t h U8 a t 00E,men c: ement l a 3t J·u n e. * ~ad e Blcck~aT ( ~4 ) MonrGe ; G188Din~ ~l£sery . * Oha s . Ri c hards l23 ): E ~ . rmin~h~m ; 1Rnd5 ~ ~u e g~=d9nin~ business. * ~ . J . P2tc h l 17 ) ; Dir e c toT 19r~ cultl~~l Plibl j ~i t{ ) M i c h~gan St ate KIt: . 'vV . Hanney (00 ): N.an:lci"e.ctH.ter , G:ree:J.v~. J . le , M:i ch:.ge n *E . S . Sa r lianD (14) : No t li8~ed i n l ast dileC~ O rj ; l 23g 2 N.Lawn, Det. *C ~pt . ~on S~ roh (15) : Enl i st ment O ff~ c Ar; 0ff i~e3 Book Tower, Det. *C. J . Rous e (17): De t roit; w~ th u s hO~8 ccllii ng d ay & for p arty. * J . H. C(l l dwell ( ~:O) : Li ving in G~~ and Rap i d s ; wi th u s ho r..1ecoming * Chas e Newma n (94j: Fa culty , Mi oh l gan S~ 2te colJege. * R. O. Var..Orde n ( 23): Coun-t y Engi ne e r ; loce t ed a t HA stings. * Glffor d Pat c h (1 6) : wi t h Ext e n s i o n Dep Ar tme n t here a t M.S.C. *::t . J . BRldwin (0 4 ) : Fead cf Extension ~ep artment, lL S.C. * Floyd 7/ . Robi so n (98 ) Robo son 1 Bbora tori es Inc; Son Ji m is a Lit.

"Lines" -continued.

*WR rd A!l.drews (20): County Agent, ColdwRter. *O.A. Tnylor (F[lt) , cl ass of 15; Veterinary Hospit a l, Dotroit.

L. M. Spencer (06): Head PElt ent Attorney, Ge!l.er8.l Jftotor s , Detroit C. R . OvlRtt (Dutch), clnss of 16: New SugAr Beet Speci81ist here. J. G. Boyle (08): state Legi slator fro m Buchanan. R. J. Robb (96): En~ineer; still tAllest ~8n in ERst Lqnsing. D. N. Skeels (03): Univ. of Montana; owns the ori ginal U.Lit Pin. Horace Hunt (05): Pres., F!'1r go C:ngineering Co., JG cl~son, Michigan

*Frank J. Kr atz (05): Autor.~otive Engineer located at Detroit; · 0. A. Kratz (07): City Manager, Astori a, Oregon.

G. A. Boyle (08 ): FArmer, Prarieville; 'Mer.1b er "'Ginnie" beat Albion? F. H. Wade (08): Prof. Physics and Mechanics, Lewis Institute (Benny ) . 'Chan Taylor (13): Is now "J.ll!.Hopping " in Louisville, Kentucky. IrvinR Woodin (13): Is back of "Blue-Goose" products out in C2lif. Hugh Sa lisbury (06): County Surveyer at HArt, Michi gan. Gerri t Masselink (95): Is head of Ferris Institute R't Bi g RAp ids. H. I. Gl az ier (07): Sales Manager, Natl.Fire ProofinG" Co., Youn[stown John W. Knecht (11): Supt of Construction, Grnnd Rap ids St. R. R.s

*Cameron Carruthers (23): Has big poultry plant rlt DurFmd .Brother a Li *Stan Johnston (20): South Haven Experi~ent Station. *Rlissel P CJ lmer (22):~ Chief Tester with Detroit Milk Inspection Bureau: *Frank Ashton (21): In Poultry business at Manchester, Michir:a.n. '

Harry W. Coon (21) ~ In commercial flying . *L. J. Rothgery (21): Lives in East LAnsinr ; still in Eng. Extension. *William C. Vinten (22): Special Engineer with Portlnnd Cement Assn.

Loren Ross (23): Home at Xmas time. Still uith Fruit concern. *Kenneth Scott (24): With Michi p.;an Inspection Bureau At Detroit.

Dean Swift (2 <1,) : Mar ried up in Minnesota. Here in school last year. Kenneth DeGraw (25): Science Professor a t radland, Hic:hi gan

*Elwood Mason (25): Taking up Medicine at University of Michigan Munroe Sours (25): Pr~cticing Veterinary ~t Kalamazoo.

*George Wenner (25): Living at house. With State Dept. of Asriculture . W. O. VanGiesen (25): Father of James John VanGiesen; Bill is 2nd.

Lieutenant in regular army, stationed at Fort DeMoine, Iowa .. . *W. B. Matthews (25): Golf Course Engineer; 97 Newberry st., Boston

Clifford C. Hall (26): Married and working for City of Detroit. *Gerald Reynalds (27): Int .Business Mochine Corr.pany; living a t Gr ~ nd f:'

ljeMacLeod Coan (27): At Detroit with Int .Business ;18chine Co~C'ny . *De1 Zimmerman (27): In Landscaping and nursery business at Traverse.

* * lje * * We wish to acknowledge the recoipt of 8 very fine history of

the SOCiety, written by our good friend. and fou~de~ of "Lit", Mr. J Rkways. We beg Mr. J81":W8YS permi ssion to publIsh his ~ccount in full as a fe atur e of our next issue of "Specl..A.1uy.'lIi.

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Out in So c i e t y

We tnke this opportunity to invite 011 who can to attend our winter term forr:ml dinner dance, March 17 at the Hotel Olds. Advanue notice of your intenti on will be appreci?ted.

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GREETI NGS FROM OUR PRESIDENT "Hontytl Hood ~

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~~ Our f oodly editor informs us th,t it is up to us as I L winter ter r.1 president, to speAk e few words to the

_____ ( elunni. I wonder if you would be interested to know - =-- -.".; __ d> p fcw fRcts n.bout the present or f!?'lnizetion <Dr if we

s h uld merely tRlk like 8 tAlking mB chine . The presidents of the different fr~ternities were in-

vi ted to Attend the dedicatory services of the new Hes;Jerean House a few wee~s ago end so we h~d the pleRsure of attendinf the services. Our go od pal, To mmy Gunson, rrave ::l very interestinf history of the Hesperean Society. Durinfe.' his tnlk ~o rr;~y rec 811ed those e~rly days when the Lits And the Hespies were his best fri ends. But 0t th~t time the Li ts owned the one and only fraternity house on the c ampus. We are still the best of friend.s but no VI the Hespies own t he wonderful new structure they are occuPyinf \'L1ile the Lits do not OVID a home. Durinr the tFllk our thouf htw turned to other frpternities represented Bt the ceremony. We ~ere sitting with a Tic Rnd ~ Phylean end naturell: our thoughts concerned the r.18!"(l[Joth and ir:1posinr Tic house on the hill, end the ple~srmt Phyle~m house, sOl)n to hpve F.l ~15 ,000 Rddi tion. We tried to think of some "old line" frFlterni ty whose home could comp:ue wi t h our ovm. The Phi Delts?, tr..e 3.A.E.? (f:>rJ:lerly Columbians), the Euno f:1 i p ns?, the newly remodeled Olyrrrpics?, or even the more recent L!:)mbda Chi I S in their fine new English brick structure? To e8ch query the Answer W8S n discoura r ing- "Noll. We were pRying $2100 rent yeprly for our housinrr , yet our house W8W and is one of t:1e poorest of any here. Let IS Fet to [ ether and f.(et going .

BIT S OF ~OLLEGE l')E7{S

-- "Pip" Wenner

Dean R.S. Shaw is agein fillinr the presidentls chair while Dr. Butterfield is p aying a visit to Jerusple~ and the Holy L8nd r ***Our new armory, l~r gest and most imposinf:.' of Dll c ampus buildings, has been occupied by the Hili tpry dep2rt mcnt since fRll term when it wa s formally opened with the Military Bryll . C:> l . Sherbourne will hepd the depC3rtment next yerH for his 7th ter m as cor.lmc.md2nt"'*':'*The Central Michi e-an 81urmi associ ati.on presented our very sucoessful bas~{etball co a ch, Ben VanAlstyne, witt a fine ~·oJ.d w8tch nt a b('lnquet recently held in honor of our new footbRll co a ch, Hprry Kipke****A new course in Hotel M<:l na 2'e Gent under Dean John PhelnD is t .1e 1l-1tedt a ddition to our curriculu~****Tho yeRr ha s seen our music dcp8rt '".1ent gI'Ow from a minor c~)Urse to e. rnnl'.:inr:- R_mani: the best im the COlJ.m,TY. The musi c f aculty, he2.ded by Lerds - Richa rds, soloist with diffeTent national syrjp hony orchestras, contains two other firures n8tionally reco e;nized in the musical profession, Arthur FBr well, well known composer, and Louis Graveure. Mada rJe Schumanheink will be h'3re rr.ost of next fall teT: to f'ive personal instruction in voice .** **T~e weather bureau has moved i nto its n ew bri ck ~o me on the uestern ed ~~:e of t he campuo, and the mu~:; deu1rt ment will move into the old weather stction this sp::-in/Z- . That o ld eye- sore, the music center, is to be torn down***-*OuT little ci ty h~ G

b een c: u ~mentcd t his yea r WIth the Abbott Buildinr, occupyinf the enti r:­si te of t!le former Hesperefln House and containinf the II state Thee tre" , severpl stores and ~ppertments****our present coller e administration hAS co me in for some fire recently in re ~ard to certain of its polici c r Our l a test infor nation, obtained from confident tAl sources is that there pre t wo sides to every story.

lJemorial A beloved Brother Passes On

* ,~ * "Louis A. Bre~ge r, one of God's choicest noblemen~ Pure in

heart, he S8V7 G:)d eV81'ywher8 . He did not I' own " a farm. No t He tilled Godis sacred soil, p;Tew Godls sR8T ed trees and. helped feed God's Children, as a humble, dili gent servant of God.

"He ilJli-cated no man 's thoughts. He devoutly studied tin God's laboratory, observed for hir.lself, formed hi s own concl usions and never swerved fro~ his conclusions.

"His paSSion for justice made his life a beacon li ght. His was the spirit of the ancient Hebrew prophets. He saw God, not only in nature, but in the hu~":tblest human beine:.

"Religion to him was not a profession nor a creed, but a apiritual interpretation of the whole life.

"A great, go od friend, this nobleman of God, hRS gone on to meet Him whom he so devoutly served.

Albert B. Eby ("Tribute to a Friend" written on the occasion of the recent death of Louis A. Bregger, I 88, Uni a n Lit.

*** "Union Lits regret the untimely denth of Louis A. Bregger,

class of '88 as the result of an accident from a falling tree which mccurred on his hone farm ne er Bangor, Michigan, February 8th, 1928 .

"Bre g3:cr was one of the best known l:1en in the SOCiety when he was a stud.ent in College and since his gradUAtion gave generously of hi3 time and tangible support to the upbuildinf; of the fraternity. For over thirty years he was the 'key' man of all the Society alumni reunions. He never failed to acknowledge his debt of gratitude t~ the men in the society Who came with him during the four years he was in the college, frankly ackno\yledging he never co uld have graduated without the generous help he got at all times from them.

"An untiring worker, he gave fully of his time and means to every worth while interest in life and in the giving attracted the love and respect of all who knew him. He was acti~e to the very last, both in a private and publi c way, givinG to Rll phases of his life every ounce of strength, eM8rgy and earnestness which was in him. Hi8 three great loves were for humanity, nature and service. He loved and served God in this way.

-- Thomas Gunson