If anyone has additional 'evidence' contributions on JMC, its operations, or its history, please Contact the Editor.

This complex is still in operation, and (as of 1999) it remains substantially unchanged from the way JMC attendees recall it. This was a topic of frequent comment during the October 1999 JMC reunion. Examples of this physical persistence include:
 

• On Friday night (1 October), there was impromptu 'mixer' held in the basement of Snyder Hall (the original scene of weekly such affairs) and featuring a temporarily-reconstituted Pillowcayse (the de facto 'JMC house band'). The space was literally unchanged since a quarter-century ago -- with even the well-remembered linoleum floors intact.

• At the point the central / Grill area joins the basement of Phillips Hall, there are impressions of former hinges (complete with bolt holes) still visible in the door / wall moldings. These remain just as they were when the doors were taken down in spring 1970 (when students 'liberated' Phillips -- then exclusively a women's dorm -- to unite the entire complex as a single co-ed residence).

This evidence is available for (general) visual inspection...

MSU kindly provides current pictures of both Snyder and Phillips Halls:

• Snyder Hall (front entrance view)

• Phillips Hall (front entrance view)

The current MSU University Housing description of Snyder-Phillips Hall (including room floor plans and listing of dorm facilities) can be perused at:

http://www.hfs.msu.edu/uh/halls/sny-phy-mas-abot.html

Cynthia Freeland has preserved a pamphlet written by JMC Dean D. Gordon Rohman sometime between fall 1966 and spring 1967. Cynthia was kind enough to mail me this document, the contents of which I've now (August 2002) transcribed and re-formatted into a Webpage.

Thanks, Cynthia!

This pamphlet contains a number of interesting points, including:

• Some details of the process by which JMC came to be implemented
• Some details on the amazingly short timeframe within which JMC was set up
• An explanation of the themes around which JMC was designed (cf. the JMC Concept Webpage)
• Some reflections on how things had turned out after the College's first full year of operations

Take me to the Liberating Journey essay

The Sheet was Justin Morrill College's local newsletter. It was composed and printed in the basement of Snyder Hall, then distributed.

Anne Zholyn has preserved a specimen of a 6-page edition issued sometime during the fall quarter of 1969 (best estimate = October 1969), and she has kindly sent in scanned images of the pages. Thanks, Anne!

These scanned images are now available for inspection via a Webpage dedicated to this issue of The Sheet.

Take me to The Sheet Vol. 1, no. 5

Effective December 2002, we have another electronic specimen ofThe Sheet.

Suzanne (Sheldon) Levy has preserved a specimen of a 4-page edition issued for the week of 17 - 24 May 1969, and she has kindly sent in scanned images of the pages. Thanks, Suzanne!

This one is labeled as "Vol. 11, no. 25". No, the Editor has no idea why a May 1969 issue is "Vol. 11" and an October 1969 issue is "Vol. 1".

These scanned images are now available for inspection via a Webpage dedicated to this issue of The Sheet.

Take me to The Sheet Vol. 11, no. 25

Cynthia Freeland has preserved the list of JMC students certified for inclusion on MSU's Honor Roll following Winter Term 1970. Cynthia was kind enough to mail me a copy of this list, which I've now (July 2002) transcribed and re-formatted into a Webpage.

Thanks, Cynthia!

This list shows the names of each JMC Honor Roll inductee, as well as their year / class and their high school / hometown.

Take me to the Winter 1970 Honor Roll List

This Webpage offers a complete transcription of the 1970 Provost's Commission report on coed living, dorm management, student affairs, and other issues pertaining to the Snyder-Phillips complex and its relationship with Justin Morrill College.

This report was generated by a commission established to look into a variety of complaints and proposals put forward by residents of Snyder-Phillips beginning in early 1969. It includes both a recap of the commission's work, wide-ranging recommendations for changes to be implemented in an 'experimental mode', and a statistical summary of a dorm-wide survey and associated referendum conducted to solicit opinions on coed living.

When you consider the context of that turbulent spring of 1970 (with the nationwide student strike, etc.) this document represents a notable example of revolutionary change (e.g., coed living arrangements) obtained through a combination of activism and negotiation.

The material was obtained from Stewart Lachman, who preserved a copy of the report. Thanks, Stewart!

A Webpage has been created to provide the entirety of the Report's content and a reasonable facsimile of its layout.

Take me to the Provost's Commission Report

Stewart Lachman has hung on to the commencement list of JMC students certified for graduation at the end of Spring Quarter 1973. Stewart was kind enough to mail me a copy of this list, which I've now (June 2002) transcribed and re-formatted into a Webpage.

Thanks, Stewart!

This class list shows the names of each certified JMC graduate, as well as their 'honors annotations' (i.e., whether their degrees were 'with honor' or 'with high honor', as well as indication of membership in the MSU Honors College).

A brief statistical summary has been added to illustrate the relatively high proportion of such 'honor annotations' earned by these JMC students.

Take me to the Spring 1973 Graduating Class List

Stewart Lachman, Cleo Parker, and Cynthia Freeland have preserved a tabloid produced on the occasion of JMC's 10th anniversary celebration (April 1975). They were kind enough to mail me copies or originals of this document, the contents of which I'm now (August 2002) sorting through and transcribing into Web materials.

Thanks, Folks!

Tabloid Publication Staff:
(As listed on page 3 of the unpaginated tabloid)

• Big Cheese:  Bev Wiener

• Little Cheese:  R. Sue Smith

• Staff:   Christen Giblin, Kevin Guidry, John Low, Kris Brammer, Peter Brundrette, Paulette Martis, D. Gordon Rohman, Milt Powell, John Reid, Susan Pitts, John Schroeder, John Duley, Fred Graham, Glenn Wright, Len Isaacs, Harold Johnson.

• Contributing Alumni:  Andy Kuhnmuench, Diane Dummer, Merritt Sargeant, Bill Trevarthen, Peter Kenney, Pat Seiler, Dale Ladig, Linda Minter, Doug Elbinger

• Photography:   Mark Riggs, C. Baughton, Doug Elbinger

• "We would expecially like to thank Dorothy Rhines, who typed and laughed and made this paper possible."

The MSU Registrar's Office maintains an archive of past course descriptions dating back to the 1970-1971 school year. This can be accessed online as PDF (Adobe Acrobat Reader) files - one file per year.

The basic URL (Web address) for the Registrar's Office archive is:

http://www.reg.msu.edu/ROInfo/DescYearIndex.asp

Direct links to individual annual JMC course descriptions are as follows:

1970-71

1972

1973

1974

1975

1976

1977

1978

1979

1980

NOTE: These are the general / generic course descriptions found in the MSU Catalogs. They do not include detailed descriptions of topics or instructors. This term-specific information was only available in the registration materials issued by JMC itself.

Bound copies of past MSU Catalogs can be located in the MSU Library. Each catalog has a chapter / section for JMC -- giving a brief description of the program, a listing of primary staff, the college's curricular requirements, and (at least in some catalogs) a listing of the standard JMC course offerings. As such, these volumes provide nice 'capsule summaries' of what JMC was, and what it was intended to achieve.

The general call number for these catalogs is:

LD3245.M0X

(Where'X' may seemingly vary -- e.g., the 1969 Catalog can be found @ LD3245.M07)

Because many of JMC's courses were topical and therefore changed from quarter to quarter, the Course Descriptions distributed to JMC students are the primary documentation. Unfortunately, this documentation was not collected for comprehensive preservation in the MSU Library.

However, two JMC Course Descriptions (Fall 1972 and Fall 1973) are available in the MSU Library stacks. These give a representative view of the range and style of courses offered within the College.

MSU Library call number = LD 3245.M305 J8 ...

As of October 1999, there were three collections of JMC-related materials indexed in the University Archives:

• Cole, George E., The Objectives of the Justin S. Morrill College as Perceived by its Members, MSU College of Education, 1967.

  MSU Library call number = 105 087 THS.

• Cullen, Neil H., Written Evaluation at Justin Morrill College: Implementing an Organizational Innovation, MSU Department of Administration and Higher Education, 1973.

  MSU Library call number = 105 695 THS.

• Kafer, Lowell G., Analysis of Selected Characteristics and Experiences of Freshman Students in the Michigan State University Justin Morrill College, MSU College of Education, 1966.

  MSU Library call number = 113 275 THS.

• Stevens, Glenn R., Justin Morrill College: An Assessment of an Experimental Venture in Liberal Education at Michigan State University, MSU Department of Administration and Higher Education, 1971.

  MSU Library call number = 126 865 THS.

You can see the current collection of photographs and other images in the JMC Image Gallery at this Website.

If nothing else, please take the time to look at the images of a JMC recruiting poster kindly provided by Fred Little.

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BACK
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The statistical summary is available in tabular form on a separate Webpage here at the Justin Morrill College Webspace.

GO to the Statistical Summary Page

For some cursory statistics on the honors attainment in JMC's Spring 1973 graduating class...

GO to the Spring 1973 Graduating Class List

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