The
WOLVERINE
1916 Yearbook
Michigan Agricultural College
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Williams Hall
SENIORS - CLASS OF 1916 |
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OFFICERS |
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| Name | Nickname | Course | Hometown |
| Abe Leroy Alderman | Aldy | Engineer | East Lansing |
| Harriet Louisa Anderson | Home Economics | Kennedy, New York | |
| William J. Atchison | Atch | Horticulture | Lansing |
| Arthur H. Atzenhoffer | Atz | Engineer | Jackson |
| James W. Avery | Jim | Agriculture | Ann Arbor |
| Arnold Awotin | Horticulture | Valparaiso, Indiana | |
| Inez Vivian Barlow | Home Economics | Oscoda | |
| Glenn S. Barlow | Engineer | Oscoda | |
| A.W. Barron | - | - | |
| Sadie Isabelle Bates | Home Economics | Caro | |
| Frank Reed Bates | Doc | Veterinary | Marengo |
| W. Harold Ballamy | Bunny | Horticulture | Bay City |
| Elinor F. Beach | - | - | |
| Wallace S. Beden | Bede | Horticulture | Freeland |
| E. Earl Beatty | Engineer | Petoskey | |
| Howard E. Beatty | - | - | |
| Bernice G. Beckwith | - | - | |
| William H. Betts | Bill | Engineer | Muskegon Heights |
| Arthur W. Billings | Art | Engineer | Whitehall |
| Ford Marshall Bird | Horticulture | Lansing | |
| George W. Bloemendal | Engineer | Holland | |
| Serene A. Boatman (male) | Boaty | Forestry | Dollar Bay |
| George Richard Bogan | Dick or Red |
Agriculture | Rosebush |
| Ernest Louis Bolduc | Frenchy or Charlie Chaplin |
Engineer | Sault Ste. Marie |
| Gerald Bos | Jerry | Agriculture | Hudsonville |
| Myrl E. Bottomley | Bot | Horticulture | Charlotte |
| B.H.A. Brandell | Brandy | Engineer | Fowlerville |
| Eva P. Britten | Home Economics | Lansing | |
| Waldo Berkey Brown | Berk | Engineer | Cassopolis |
| Stanley J. Brownell | Brownie | Agriculture | St. Charles |
| Warren Monroe Buell | Engineer | Hanover | |
| Floyd Bunt | Bunk | Engineer | Norway |
| Mary Blanche Cade | Home Economics | Capac | |
| Glenn Waldo Caray | Agriculture | East Lansing | |
| Nina L. Caray | Home Economics | East Lansing | |
| Ethel M. Casterton | Home Economics | East Lansing | |
| Floyd A. Carlson | Carl | Horticulture | Cadillac |
| Frank M. Childs | Stub | Agriculture | Hudson |
| H.A. Clark | China | Agriculture | Lansing |
| Lawrence F. Coburn | Cob | Engineer | Memphis |
| Laura M. Cole | - | - | |
| Rose Coleman | Rosie | Home Economics | Sandwich, Illinois |
| Warren J. Coon | Veterinary | Ashley | |
| Herbert G. Cooper | Coop | Landscape Gardening | Lansing |
| Pauline M. Coppens | Home Economics | Grand Ledge | |
| Clifford John Couchois | Cush | Veterinary | Mackinac Island |
| Howard E. Cowles | Agriculture | Battle Creek | |
| Harry James Crisp | H.J. | Agriculture | Hudson |
| Lydia May Croninger | Home Economics | Alto | |
| Elmer Edward Cushman | Cush | Agriculture | Bad Axe |
| Carol Marie Davis | Home Economics | Flint | |
| N.J. DePrato | - | - | |
| Martin James DeYoung | Skinny | Engineer | Grand Rapids |
| Thomas Burdon Dimmick | Dimmie | Engineer | East Tawas |
| Percy John Dunn | Perse | Agriculture | Mt. Pleasant |
| Helen Jean Edison | Home Economics | Grand Rapids | |
| Maurice B. Eichelberger | Ike | Engineer | Kalkaska |
| Amanda Isabel Eisenlohr | Home Economics | Pentwater | |
| Rudolph Eriksen | Dud | Horticulture | Manistique |
| Lutie Pauline Felt | Home Economics | Scottsville | |
| Allan W. Ferle | Al | Horticulture | Lansing |
| Lawrence Drake Fisher | Fid | Engineer | Detroit |
| Milton R. Freeman | Sharpshooter | Agriculture | Flushing |
| Oliver H. Friedrich | Kaiser | Engineer | Saginaw |
| George Barton Frost | Jack | Agriculture | Williamston |
| Henry Harrison Fuller | Agriculture | Hart | |
| Merril Sylvester Fuller | Chief | Horticulture | Paw Paw |
| Wallace H. Gillett | Agriculture | Grand Rapids | |
| Alfred John Godfrey | Alf | Agriculture | Jonesville |
| James Godkin | Jimmie | Horticulture | Shelton, Connecticut |
| L. Henry Gork | Horticulture | Grand rapids | |
| Walter Thomas Gorton | Gort | Engineer | Mason |
| Henry Ahnefeldt Goss | Onyx | Agriculture | grand Rapids |
| Frank Marshall Granger | Red | Engineer | Ortonville |
| Lyman T. Greve | Forestry | Grand Rapids | |
| Carl Martin Greiffendorf | Griff | Civil Engineer | Benton Harbor |
| Vera Gruner | Home Economics | Coldwater | |
| Fern Geraldine Hacker | Home Economics | Mt. Clemens | |
| Forest Glenn Hacker | Hack | Agriculture | Mt. Clemens |
| Margaret Jane Haddon | Home Economics | Holly | |
| Frederick Arthur Hagadorn | Haggie | Agriculture | Fenton |
| Bessie Althina Halstead | Home Economics | Grand Ledge | |
| Edgar G. Hamlin | Ham | Forestry | Ilion, New York |
| Kitty M. Handy | Home Economics | Sodus | |
| Helen F. Hatch | Home Economics | Newaygo | |
| Helen Heitsch | Home Economivs | Pontiac | |
| George Leslie Henning | Hank | Agriculture | Royal Oak |
| Samuel Otto Hess | Ot | Engineer | Caro |
| Marion Hinman | Home Economics | Lansing | |
| Reeva Irene Hinyan | Home Economics | Grand Rapids | |
| Glenn Irvin Hobbs | Happy | Agriculture | Traverse City |
| Rosa Julia Hogue | Poly | Home Economics | Sodus |
| Glenn Gallinger Holihan | Holly | Engineer | Flint |
| Harold J. Horan | Irish | Engineer | Lansing |
| Earle Mansfield Hough | Jim | Veterinary | Royal Oak |
| Burton Wm. Householder | Agriculture | Carrolton | |
| Alfred H. Hunziker | Hunzie | Horticulture | Detroit |
| Ruth E. Hurd | Home Economics | Lansing | |
| Zelma C. Ide | Home Economics | DeWitt | |
| Roland Burnard Jackson | Duke | Engineer | Jackson |
| Truman Lewis Jackson | Engineer | Kent City | |
| Michael Byron Jensen | Mike | Engineer | Escanaba |
| Henry Alexander Jessop | Jess | Horticulture | Detroit |
| Charles Hans Johnson | Forestry | Gwinn | |
| Elsie Marie Johnson | Home Economics | Battle Creek | |
| James Merril Johnson | Jim | Engineering | Lansing |
| Ralph J. Johnson | Jake | Forestry | Gwinn |
| Don Fred Kones | Jonzie | Engineer | Detroit |
| Laverne Jones | Home Economics | Grand Rapids | |
| Esther Keating | Home Economics | Grand Rapids | |
| William C. Kelley | Bill | Agriculture | Manistique |
| Karl Burnett King | Agriculture | Warren, Ohio | |
| John M. Kinney | Agriculture | Baldwin | |
| Howard Kittle | Kit | - | East Lansing |
| Emil Wilfred Kivela | Steve | Engineer | Laurium |
| Walter C. Knickerbocker | Nick | Engineer | Clio |
| Herbert J. Knowlton | Engineer | Ithaca | |
| Robert Oliver Knudson | Nute | Engineer | Rockford, Illinois |
| John Jacob Krammin | Jack | Horticulture | Fennville |
| Alice May Kuenzli | Home Economics | Nevada, Ohio | |
| Albert Martin LaFever | Al | Agriculture | Jonesville |
| Gladys L. Lahym | Home Economics | Traverse City | |
| Francis Irving Lankey | Lank | Engineer | Bay City |
| Emil Waldemar Larson | Swede | Engineer | Kalkaska |
| Robert W. Lautner | Bob | Horticulture | Traverse City |
| John Uriah Layer | Engineer | Clarksville | |
| Dorothy Lewis | Home Economics | Berrien Springs | |
| Herdis Leo Lewis | Louis | Agriculture | Howell |
| Robert S.Linton | Bob | Agriculture | Ostego |
| Clarence M. Loesel | C.M. or Lace |
Agriculture | Reese |
| Gustave Joseph Lux | Lucky | Engineer | East Lansing |
| Coloud Marvin McCrary | Mac | Agriculture | Hope |
| Katherine MacDonald | Kate | Home Economics | Calumet |
| Karl Hanchett McDonel | Agriculture | Lansing | |
| Walter D. McFarlane | Packey | Engineer | Detroit |
| Grace Porter McKinley | Home Economics | Lansing | |
| J.B. Maas | Jack or Joe | Forestry | Houghton |
| Walter Kenneth Makemson | Mack | Horticulture | Warsaw, Indiana |
| Norris Elmer March | Engineer | Muskegon Heights | |
| Edward Wheeler Martin | Ed | Agriculture | Saginaw |
| Charlotte Grace Martin | Home Economics | Detroit | |
| Wilfred Bernard Massie | Frenchie | Veterinary | Bessemer |
| Roy Emerson Matteson | Engineer | Detroit | |
| Jacob M.H. Maze | Agriculture | Jersey City, New Jersey | |
| Frieda Mary Meisel | Home Economics | Bay City | |
| Martin D. Melican | Mart | Agriculture | Manistique |
| Earl James Menery | Tony | Engineer | Detroit |
| Clayton C. Miller | - | - | |
| Hiram Hewitt Miller | Hewie | Agriculture | Tonawanda, New York |
| William Blake Miller | Blake | Agriculture | Tonawanda. New York |
| Claud Baird Milroy | Mill | Engineer | Virginia, Minnesota |
| Bernard Moll | Burney | Engineer | Grand Haven |
| William Blaine Monical | Bill | Agriculture | Beacon |
| John Morris Moore | Engineer | Chicago, Illinois | |
| Ellsworth Burnette More | Burnie | Agriculture | Hastings |
| Victor Nelson Morrison | Vic | Horticulture | Traverse City |
| James H. Morse | - | - | |
| Henry Earl Morton | Mort | Engineer | Muskegon Heights |
| William Murphy | Agriculture | Midland | |
| Ray Nelson | Nellie | Horticulture | Taylorsville, North Carolina |
| Clarence Alfred Nicholls | Nick | Forestry | Calumet |
| Charles G. Nobles | Charlie | Agriculture | Hamlet, New York |
| Olive Louise Normington | Home Economics | Ionia | |
| Henry George Oakes | Heinie | Engineer | Muskegon |
| John W. O'Callaghan | Jack | Agriculture | Iron Mountain |
| Mae Belle Olin | Home Economics | Okemos | |
| Arnold Lauritz Olsen | Ole | Forestry | Manistique |
| Olaf Arthur Olsen | Ole | Forestry | Austin, Texas |
| Douglas Harry Osgood | Doug | Horticulture | Royal Oak |
| Clarence Roy Oviatt | Dutch | Agriculture | Bay City |
| Lynn H. Pardee (male) | Agriculture | Three Oaks | |
| Gifford Patch, Jr. | Dan | Agriculture | Moscow |
| Helen Winifred Petrie | Home Economics | Lansing | |
| Narcissa Phelps | Home Economics | Caro | |
| Sylvester Samuel Pierce | Stub | Agriculture | Worcester, Massachusetts |
| Claude Postiff | Cakie | Engineer | Detroit |
| A. Claribel Pratt | Home Economics | Lansing | |
| Helen C. Pratt | Home Economics | Watervliet | |
| Frederick H. Pressler | Freddie | Horticulture | Detroit |
| Cecil Perth Pressley | Press | Agriculture | Ithaca |
| Ruth M. Price | Home Economics | Eaton, Ohio | |
| Merril Albert Proctor | Proc | - | Lansing |
| Bertha Henrietta Puhle | Home Economics | South Boardman | |
| J. Rowland Quinn | Quinnie | Engineer | Detroit |
| Lynn Ralya (male) | Agriculture | Grand Haven | |
| Ayesha Raven | Home Economics | East Lansing | |
| Walter Jones Rawson | Walt | Agriculture | Pittsford |
| Irvine Nixson Reed | Engineer | Midland | |
| Rhoda Robin Reed | Home Economics | Lansing | |
| Charles Newton Richards | Dick | Agriculture | Benton Harbor |
| Harry J. Richards | Baldy | Engineer | Lansing |
| Fred G. Ricker | Rick | Engineer | Saginaw |
| Arthur John Ritchie | Count | Engineer | Saginaw |
| Elda Iantha Robb | Home Economics | Croswell | |
| Allan Barzilla Robinette | Horticulture | Grand Rapids | |
| Mary E. Robinson | - | - | |
| Paul J. Rood | Horticulture | East Lansing | |
| Russel Alger Runnels | Russ | Veterinary | Clio |
| Nita O. Russel | Home Economics | Adrian | |
| Anna Rutherford | Home Economics | East Lansing | |
| Edward K. Sales | - | - | |
| Lucius D. Sears | Agriculture | North Adams | |
| Gerald A. Secrist | Seek | Agriculture | Alpena |
| S.D. Semenow | Semmy | Agriculture | Pittsburg, Pennsylvania |
| Marshall H. Shearer | Marsh | Horticulture | St. Joseph |
| Oscar S. Shields | Sammy | Agriculture | East Lansing |
| Alice Elizabeth Smallegan | Home Economics | Forest Grove | |
| Carl Albert Smith | C.A. | Agriculture | East Lansing |
| Everett Grant Smith | Agriculture | Fall River, Massachusetts | |
| Gideon Edward Smith | Gid | Agriculture | Princess Anne, Maryland |
| Justin P. Smith | Jud | Engineer | East Lansing |
| Earl Henry Spencer | Spence | Engineer | Lansing |
| George Wilson Spinning | Spinney | Agriculture | Lansing |
| James McNutt Stafford | Mac or Staff |
Agriculture | Lawrence |
| Leo B. Stanley | Stan | Horticulture | Traverse City |
| Eugene Robert Steele | Gene | Engineer | Northport |
| Harold C. Stinson | Stinny | Horticulture | Kingsley |
| Florence Amelia Stoll | Floss | Home Economics | Lansing |
| Kinley Roy Swank | Agriculture | Adamsville, Ohio | |
| Lea Esca Swift | Home Economics | Climax | |
| Ethel Taft | Home Economics | East Lansing | |
| Van Cleve Taggart | Van or Tag |
Horticulture | Grand Rapids |
| Walter Phelps Thomas | Tommy | Forestry | Calumet |
| Lillie Ethel Thomason | Home Economics | Marion, Indiana | |
| Chester Earl Thompson | Tommy | Engineer | Hudson |
| Fred A. Thompson | Hypo | Forestry | Newaygo |
| Frank Burton Thompson | Tommie | Agriculture | Lansing |
| Abraham Torezken | - | - | |
| Paul Vivian Tower | P.V. | Forestry | Hastings |
| Frederick William Trezise | Fritz or Trezie | Engineer | Ironwood |
| Bessie Turner | - | - | |
| Ralph Ulbright | - | - | |
| Uhl Utley | Ut | Engineer | Stanton |
| Russel Frank Valleau | Agriculture | East Lansing | |
| Hugh M. VanAken | Stub | Agriculture | Coldwater |
| Jacob VanBuren | Engineer | Grand Rapids | |
| Katherine Vedder | Home Economics | East Lansing | |
| Ruth Evangeline Wagner | Home Economics | Oberlin, Ohio | |
| Russel Huntington Waldo | Agriculture | Willmantic, Connecticut | |
| Albert Louis Waltz | Al | Horticulture | Grand Rapids |
| Thomas J. Warmington | Warmy | Engineer | Houghton |
| Gilbert Ray Warren | G.R. or Doc | Agriculture | New Carlisle, Indiana |
| Carl B. Waters | Sally | Horticulture | Begonia |
| Zelda B. Waters | - | - | |
| Lloyd L. Weaver | Buck | Engineer | Petoskey |
| Henry J. Webber | Slim | Engineer | Vicksburg |
| Lawrence C. Wheeting | Elsie | Agriculture | Imlay City |
| Ralph D. White | Rusty | Engineer | Lapeer |
| Louella M. Wilder | Home Economics | Bay City | |
| Loren Virgil Williams | Bill | Horticulture | Owosso |
| Ruth Marion Williams | Home Economics | Caledonia | |
| George A. Willoughby | Will | Engineer | Owosso |
| Luther Earl Wilson | Bill | Agriculture | East Lansing |
| Arthur B. Winslow | Agriculture | Ann Arbor | |
| Clarence Nobel Winston | Windy or Colonel |
Engineer | Saginaw |
| Helen Abegail Wright | Home Economics | Big Rapids | |
| Wilbur A. Wright | Bill | Engineer | Mt. Pleasant |
| Royce Williard Wyant | John | Agriculture | Shawnee, Oklahoma |
| Everett Claudius Yates | Horticulture | Boston, Massachusetts | |
| Emma Otillie Zieske | Em | Home Economics | Lansing |