"Michigan State University. Class of 1914." . . "Alpha Chi Sigma. Alpha Upsilon (Michigan State University)" . . . . . . . . "This collection contains Charles Spurway's thesis on August Wilhelm von Hofmann which was written as an initiation requirement for Alpha Chi Sigma, a national chemistry fraternity. The thesis relates von Hofmann's life as well as his contributions to chemistry. Von Hofmann's research pertained mostly to organic chemistry; he enjoyed working with the bases in coal and the gas naphtha. A detailed bibliography is given at the end of the thesis."@en . "Charles H. Spurway"@en . . .