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BOOLCO. HERBERT G. OGDEN E. E., '97 Attorney and Counsellor at Law Patents and Patent Causes MAYERS Cigars, Cigarettes, Tobacco and a full lineof 2 RECTOR STREET NEW YORK \ S M O K E R S ' S U P P L I E S ITHACA TRUST COMPANY ITHACA. NEW YOF ASSETS TWO MILLION DOLLARS Courteous Treatment Every Facil'" CORNELL ALUMNI NEWS VOL. XVII., No, 12 ITHACA, N. Y., DECEMBER 10, 1914 PRICE 10 CENTS fc JURTHER progress on the two M ~\ new dormitory buildings can be reported this week. The con- tractors have laid a good deal of the foundation for the two halls. Evidently rt is their hope to complete the foundation walls before winter sets in. AT A PUBLIC MEETING of the Phi Beta society on December 1, Mr. L. E. Howe, Director of the Rhode Island School of Design, spoke on "The Fascination of Egypt." The occasion was the 138th anniversary of the founding ?f the society. Mr. Rowe spoke especially of the interest attaching to the exploration of ancient Egyptian sites. He h d interesting and beautiful lant- slides. Mr. Rowe was a member of ^ Egyptian expedition conducted in 1912 by the Harvard Museum of Fine ^ After the meeting a reception held at the University Club in honor of the lecturer. PROFESSOR A. S. JOHNSON, of the de- Partment of economics, has accepted Appointment as Henry Ward Beecher J^cturer at Amherst College for 1915. **e will deliver four lectures on the geni a l subject, "Industrialism and Social olicy," at dates which have not been efinitely set. These lectures are given annually at Amherst on an old founda011 They are for students seeking supNerrentary instruction in history and i a l science. The last two incumwere William H. Taft and Gover- 5j*-elect Whitman of New York. Mr. *ft spoke on the relation of history to *°dern law and social conditions. Mr. hitman spoke on the application of ktical science to municipal govern- ment. th r C U L L E C T U R E S a r e numerous on e Campus this week. Two were given the College of Agriculture by Professor of * O- Appelt chief plant pathologist * :.he Imperial Biological Station at un. His subjects were "Breeding of t for disease resistance" and "Dis- of the potato/' Mr. Calvin J. commissioner of agriculture of °f N e W York» s P ° k e o n the of his department. Professor W. ari*ard of Sibley College gave one lectures in the Sigma Xi series. His subject was the steam turbine. The Ethics Club listened to a talk on "Honesty" by Professor Burr. In the series on the history of civilization, the lecture appointed for this week was "Alexander the Great," by Professor Sill, DR. JOHN MEZ, of Munich, president of the Federation of Students, spoke last Sunday at the Cosmopolitan Club, giving "a German pacifist's view of the war." He thought the blame for the conflict could not be laid at the door of any individual or nation. The war had come because the world had not yet learned to organize international politics. The philosophy of force, which we now saw exalted, was simply man's confession of his failure to establish international law and order. Dr. Mez was accompanied on his journey to Ithaca by George W. Nasmyth '07. T H E FIRST REGULAR MEETING of the Committee on General Administration of the Board of Trustees was held at Morrill Hall last Saturday, December 5. Those present were Messrs. Van Cleef, Schurman, Cornell, Williams, Edwards, Barr, Hiscock, Wilson, Westinghouse, and C. E, Treman. The only absentees were Ex-President White, who was in Washington attending a meeting of the Smithsonian Institution, and Judge Pound, who was detained at home by the illness of his son. No business of great importance was transacted. The new statutes require the committee to meet at least once every month, and its plan is to meet in Ithaca on the first Saturday of every month. T H E DRAMATIC EVENT of the week was the presentation, at the Lyceum Theatre on Tuesday night, of Lessing's "Minna von Barnhelm" by a company of players from the Irving Place Theatre in New York. This performance was given under the auspices of the University *s department of German. A more extended notice than this will be given it. UNDERGRADUATE agitation against class politics took definite shape last week in a referendum of the junior class proposing an amendment to its constitution designed to limit the officers of the senior year to a president, a vice-president, a secretary-treasurer, to act also as life secretary of the class, and a member of the Cornellian Council. The proposed amendment failed to receive the necessary two-thirds majority, although it did get a majority of the votes cast. The election was made necessary by a petition which several members of the class had circulated. It is understood that the opponents of the present system of class politics, who assert that too many offices and unnecessary committees lead to corrupt practices, have not yet given up the fight. AT THE CONVENTION of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers, in New York City, on December 2, the John Fritz Medal was presented to Professor John Edson Sweet, of Syracuse, "in recognition of his achievements in machine design and his pioneer work in applying sound engineering principles to the construction and development of the high speed steam engine."Professor Sweet was the director of the shops of Sibley College from 1873 till 1879. Since he left Cornell he has been the president of the Straight Line Engine Company of Syracuse. A LECTURE was given before the law school last week by Don R. Almy '97, of New York. He spoke on "The conduct of jury trials/' A SUB-COMMITTEE of the Assembly committee on ways and means came to Ithaca last week to inspect the two state colleges, in the course of a tour of various state institutions. At the head of the sub-committee was Simon L. Adler '89, of Rochester. The other members were Assemblymen Macdonald, of Franklin County, and Wheeler, of Ontario. T H E REV. W. L. SULLIVAN, of the Unitarian Church of All Souls, New York, will preach in Sage Chapel on December 13. PROFESSOR SAMPSON has begun his series of readings for Sibley men. These readings are given in Room 4, West Sibley, on two afternoons a week. Men from other colleges are welcome. 134 CORNELL ALUMNI NEWS The Cooperative Society by-laws require its apportionment as to the University, mention may be made follows : of theamount of "noprofit" business, By PROFESSOR JOHN S. SHEARER First, tenpercent to bepaid to Cor- such as ticket sales, postal substation, One of the Cornell institutions unique nell University in lieu of rent. etc. The following table shows the total in its organization and service is the Second, an amount notexceedingsix business and its division between profit Co-operative Society. This Society was per cent tobe paid on theface value of and "no profit" since 1908-9 : organized in July 1895 and the directors outstanding stock. Year Total Profit No Profit for the first year were H. Wade Hibbard, F. D. Mitchell, E.E.Free, J. W. Jenks, F. D.Colson, L. M. Dennis, and A. C. Third, such a sum as in their judgment is needed is tobesetaside for the proper conduct and extension of the 190&O9 1909-10 1910-11 1911-12 $ 91.942.32 109.732.39 122,148.51 125,921.26 $ 71,079.96 83.388.99 93,766.02 94,895.87 $20,863,36 26,443.40 28,382.49 31,026.39 Durand. The signers of the certificate of business. 1912-13 137,094.91 104,150.36 32,944.55 incorporation were F. A. Barnes, E. Blaker, F. D. Colson, E. J. Durand, G. M. Howe, C.H.Hull, J. I- Hutchison, J. W. Jenks, G. S.Macomber, H. H. Norris, J. H. Tanner, and W. F. Willcox. The original capital stock was to have been $1,000,—two hundred shares at $5 each. Inasmuch as this was a rather limited capital and as credit had not been established the volume ofbusiness was necessarily limited. The working capital was further increased by charging a membership fee which did not, however, make the member a stock holder. An arrangement of "affUHated" stores wasalso tried with the idea that reduced rates were to be given members on goods not handledby the society. As is generally the case in such ventures, the scheme did not realize the expectations of itsoriginators. The operation of a branch store was also undertaken, but the results were more than disappointing. In spite ofmany handicaps the society continued with more orless success as it demonstrated itsusefulness tothe University community. It became apparent in time, however, that it could not properly be designated as a co-operative store unless participation in profits was extended beyond the stockholders or beyond any form of membership for which a special fee was exacted. Yet continuous and conservative business management required thecentralization of financial responsibility in a small board of directors whose members would serve in the interest of the University com- Fourth, a small sum is authorized as a bonus to employees who have been in service for some years. Fifth, all the remainder is paid to purchasers in proportion to the purchases registered. The increase in business has made it advisable toapportion considerable sums at times for theproper conduct of the business, as is evident in an increase from $71,000 profit business in 1908-9 to$112,000 in1913-14. Yet the return has been maintained at the same rate of eight per cent on registered purchases each year. Since the introduction ofthe new system in 1908 nearly $32,000 has been paid to purchasers. The policy of the society has never favored cut-price business or the attempt to make no profit. Goods are sold on what experience shows to be a fair profit basis and return ismade on a strictly co-operative plan. The result of this policy isthe extension ofthe business on a paid-up basis. The society has no debts other than current bills and about $150 (30 shares) capital stock certificates outstanding. The stockholders must bemembers of the Faculty or students and exceptby permission of theboard of directors no person may hold more than oneshare of stock. In fact such permission has never yet been granted. Stockholders as such do not share in the profits. They receive thirty cents per year for the use of their five dollars and may register purchases on the same basis as all others. 1913-14 148,614.00 112,000.00 36,614.00 The only earning on this large noprofit business is a small rental for the postal substation. The principal handicap ofrecent years has been theentirely inadequate quarters available for this service. When one considers that an enormous proportion of the sales ismade intwo weeks or less each term; that summer business and other holiday sales aresmall, even those who have had no actual experience in rush hours canrealize to some extent the crowded state at such periods. In view of theservice rendered and of the returns to the University and the students, the convenience and saving of time to departments, it is hoped that some wayof providing facilities commensurate with this service will be found at no distant day. Other institutions have provided buildings for co-operative stores where the business plan was far less favorable to thepurchaser. In our case no bonus is asked or financial aid desired—dimply a fair opportunity to render a service urgently needed. The founders and managers of i venture have demonstrated that an organization run on a fair and selfish basis can succeed. They discarded visionary and wildcat method* of finance or of business, upon which # many similar ventures have foundered and the results show that clean, fair iness, on the plan of live and let li ultimately gives the best return to concerned. munity and not for personal gain. The society reserves and exercisesthe UNIVERSITY PREACHERS In 1908 the society adopted a method right to purchase the stock when the whereby any student oremployee of the owner for any reason severs his connecUniversity whose name appears in the tion with the University. January 10, the Right Rev. David Greer, D.D., LL. DM Bishop of York; January 17,the Rev. Philip directory might participate in thepro- The directors have served without pay Moxom, D.D., South Congregation* fits without payment of any feeor the and have regarded the considerable labor Church, Springfield, Mass.; January 2* purchase of stock. All that was re- often involved as a contribution to the the Rev. Henry E. Jackson, A.M., T" quired was that the purchaser sign a cash interests of the student body. They Congregational Church, UpperMo11 register receipt and deposit it in a box have felt that service to the community clair, N. J.; January 31, the ^ provided for that purpose. Where trade was best rendered by conducting the Adolph Roeder, New Church restrictions prohibited any return to the affairs on a strictly business basis, by borgian), Orange, N. J. purchaser such slips were rejected, other- building upa foundation forgood credit wise nolimitation was imposed. and for thebest terms in the purchase THE COSMOPOLITAN CLUB will o * The net profit for the year isshown by of supplies. American Night next Saturday, the report of anoutside auditor, andthe As an example of thefurther service cember 12. CORNELL ALUMNI NEWS 135 The Christian Association classes andsocial gatherings have been Last Saturday Afternoon Making an Effort to Broaden Its Foundation Permanently Charles W. Whitehair, the General Secretary of the Christian Association, who took his present office last spring, has begun the year with an endeavor to held for them. Last Saturday evening the fifty-five Chinese students who make up the Chinese Students' Club entertained members of the Faculty and townspeople and some undergraduates at a reception in Barnes Hall. What an Observer Saw in a Wandering Tour ofthe Campus If youhad gone to the Campus last Saturday afternoon to see what was happening you probably would have missed something. There was somuch happen- build up thevarious lines of work ona The employment bureau is active this ing that oneperson couldn't see itall. thoroughly sound basis. As the first year, as in the past. More than 200 But the easiest way to describe it is to permanent secretary who has headedthe needy undergraduates have been placed follow one observer around. He went association, he intends to avoid the through its efforts in permanent situa- there chiefly to observe the walk to former practice of pushing some one de- tions, and numerous short-time jobs have Turkey Hill, or as much as he could see partment of the work one year and neg- been supplied tomany others. An inter- without walking very far. He went early, lecting it the next, a defect which grew esting example of that work is told as planning to use Jack Moakley's board out of the numerous changes inthe secre- follows in a report sent out by Professor track meet as a curtain raiser for the taryship. Mr.Whitehair, with thefirm support of the board of trustees, is determined to build up the organization above A. R. Mann, chairman of theboard of Turkey Hill event. Jack has theboard trustees, toalumni and friends who have track laid on Alumni Field this winter, contributed to the association's budget : just west of thebaseball cage, handy to all into a vigorous religious association, "One Swiss boy, who has been in this the cage, where some ofthe track practice to this end hasbeen working this country only four years, came toour em- goes on, and to the training house, where in close co-operation with the ployment office this fall. He obtained the squad has its dressing rooms and Pastors of Ithaca in aneffort to establish his high school education while support- baths, and where there is a fine new gym- student relations with the churches. ing himself by waiting table inone of the nasium in the attic for the track men. The association, aided by the churches, New York hotels. Because ofa shortage The observer thought he might alsoget s^nt to every entering freshman this fall of work in New York this summer he took a look at anunderclass cross-country race a booklet containing information con- the night boat to Albany and then walked and a sham battle, which were both to be cerning the different churches. The across country to Ithaca, sleeping under fought the same afternoon. association has also undertaken to encourage Bible study among students through thelocal Sunday schools. For those who prefer a class on the hill, a chance is offered in Barnes Hall. A Pamphlet containing a list ofall the Bible classes conducted in Ithaca has been distributed to every freshman. the trees at night and working for his board at farms along the way. When he arrived inIthaca he had no money and was rather poorly clothed. Our Secretary succeeded in finding him a position where hehas made good, and heis now in college, earning his entire way and doing very creditable work in his studies." They were having the hurdle races when he reached the board track. In this, as in other events, the varsity men were divided into classes, A andB, according to their records. Several heats were run in each class, for the board track is only wide enough for three hurdles. The "track events were a 40-yard dash, 60yard high hurdles, 90-yard lowhurdles, The association, although entering uPon a firmer religious policy than has Cornell alumni in Buffalo have recognized thework which theassociation is and a two-lap race. While the observer was watching Jack b^n observed for thepast fewyears, is trying to do by sending to Ithaca at run off these events he saw an odd-look- by no means neglecting the non-religious their own initiative W. E. Holler, Secre- ing bunch of about a hundred and fifty Apartments of itswork. The new aim tary of the West Side Branch ofthe men going along South Avenue ina great ^ m s tobetointerest asmany different Buffalo Young Men's Christian Associa- hurry, and realized that he had missed *ypes of menas possible through the tion, in order that hemight make Secre- the start of thewalking race to Turkey different enterprises, thus getting men, tary Whitehair acquainted with the Buf- Hill. So he hustled over to the avenue ^ o u g h their individual interests, asso- falo men in the University, "This visit to see what hecould of that stage of the r t e d with a broad religious organiza- has proven so fruitful/' Professor Mann race. He got a glimpse of some queer kon. Theclass for the study of rural said, "in tying up the Buffalo boys to the locomotion. Then he heard a kind of Problems, for example, entering onits Association that we should be glad if squealing noise coming over the wall from *°urth year, attracts about one hundred Arsons to Barnes Hall once a week for the plan might beadopted byour alumni in some of the larger cities.1' the depths ofCascadilla ravine, where the Sports andPastimes Association has its ^ e discussion ofsuch problems as "rural The work of the Boys ClubCom- playground. The wall is only three feet leadership,'' "the country school and its mittee and the Industrial Service Com- high and he observed that the women tion to community life," "the effi- mittee isjust now getting under way with students were deciding an interclass of the country church," etc. organization meetings of the undergrad- championship in field hockey, amid what class, organized this year, meets uates in charge. The Boys Club work this a telegraph operator would call **G. X." sday evenings tolisten tospeeches year will berun in conjunction withthe (great excitement). It wasjust like a n moral and ethical subjects. Presi- Social Service League of Ithaca, center- game of hockey only different. One of ^ t Schurman and Dean Smith have ing at the league's clubhouse near the the teams was dressed all in green and y addressed this gathering. Dr. Inlet. Theindustrial service menwill looked very artistic. A goal wasmade Sharpe is to be thenext speaker, cooperate with the Ithaca Y. M. C.A.in while the observer was in the neighbor- s association, by means ofan under- the work of educating and befriending hood and then every class gave itscheer. at committee, is trying to help the aliens of Ithaca. TheC. U. C,A. Women cheer a whole octave lower than students to enter into thesocial will supply the leaders and the Y, M. they scream and are more deliberate e °f the University. Special Bible C. A.the organization and funds. about it. 136 CORNELL ALUMNI NEWS All that the observer saw ofthe under- and hypothetically destroyed the There were 112 persons present (92 of class cross-country race was the start, and bridge. Lieutenant Bull invited the them delegates), representing thirty-four he almost missed that because he stopped observer to ride home in his car. national fraternities. A resolution was to watch a large gang of men and horses adopted favoring pan-hellenic confer- excavating forthe new drill hall. One of NORTHEASTERN OHIO ences atall colleges. Another resolution the noticeable things about these numer- The Cornell luncheons at Cleveland which wasadopted advocates a high ous cross-country runs at Cornell is the continue to draw large numbers every standard of scholarship among fraterni- small amount of fuss that is made about week. Sixty-two Cornell menmet at ties. A committee was appointed to them. You seea pack of runners come the Holienden on Thursday, December 3. make a comprehensive study of the sub- trotting outof Schoellkopf Hall andjog The Penn game was described by two ject of fraternity scholarship standing across the Playground toward a little men who had seen it, S.W. Hartley '01, and to report at the 1915 session. James group of men in front of the main agri- and Colman Schwarzenberg '12. B. Curtis, of New York, president of cultural building. The runners assemble Another interesting talk was given by Delta Tau Delta, was elected chairman in a white knot, stoop, straighten up and "Billy" Evans, who used to be a member of the executive committee forthe com- are off, giving you the curious impression of the class of 1905 and isnow an umpire ing year and presiding officer of the next that they only stopped to pick upsome- in the American League. A message conference. The Cornell men present were thing. was also received from Dr. Sharpe, who Don R.Almy '97, Sigma Alpha Epsilon; Next on the observer's list was the had been asked to send a word on the J. T. Brown 76, Beta Theta Pi; R. C sham battle, which was scheduled to have Penn game and to say what the associa- Edlund '09, Alpha Chi Rho; E. J. C its climax in a fight forpossession of the tion could do tohelp. The crowd appre- Fischer 10, Lambda Chi Alpha; C. B. upper bridge over Fall Creek, butas he ciated his suggestion that the best thing started in that direction he met a professor Cleveland could do was to send to Ithaca Howe '03, Theta Xi; J. J. Kuhn'98, Delta Chi; Louis Rouillion T91, Delta who said the leaders in the Turkey Hill "another Barrett." Phi; A. S. Wardwell '06,Theta X i ; walk were approaching. So he joined the professor andthey went across the The banquet committee has been appointed for this year. It consists of Roger H. Williams '95, Kappa Alpha, and William Willis '97, Sigma Phi. Campus toward theArmory to see the "Bub" North, chairman; Frank Teagle, finish. The finish ofa Turkey Hill walking race is amusing, but not exciting. Some men dress for the race and some undress for it. Some walk and some don't. Those who don't are spotted by inspectors along the course and are disqualified for the five prizes. Five of the first ten at the finish last Saturday were disqualified forrunning, and the tenth man got the fifth prize. The race was won by J. C. Corwith, of the cross-country team, who won it last year. The distance is about five miles and Corwith covered itin forty-five and a half minutes. No less than 133 walkers and trotters finished Lindsay Wallace, Alva Bradley, and J. P. DEATH OFDR. K. W. GROSSE Harris, the president of the association, ex officio. Other committees are those on membership, S. W. Hartley, chairman; entertainment, J. A. Harris, chairman; introductions (to get the fellows acquainted and to greet strangers), Bill Forbes, chairman; committee to look after newarrivals and help get them located, working in co-operation with the Y. M. C.A., H.W. Keil, chairman. These luncheons are held at the Holienden on Thursdays. Cornell men from out of town are always welcome. News was received last Saturday by Professor H. C. Davidsen of the death in Flanders of Dr. Karl Wilhelm Grosse, who wasacting professor of German here last year during the absence of Professor Pope. According to the iv formation which Professor Davidsefl received, Dr. Grosse was killed near Ypres on October 31, while leading company in a bayonet charge. He been in this country when the war and was one of thefirst to reach Germany from this side of the Atlantic- within fifteen minutes of the winner and got gym credit, which was all most of them had expected. He joined his regiment as a second CENTRAL PENNSYLVANIA lieutenant, was soon promoted to 8 The Cornell Association of Central first lieutenancy, and received theI*0*1 Still hoping to see a battle, the observer headed north again and then east. He had passed thetoboggan slide andwas near the corner of Beebe Lake before he found himself in the war zone. A company of men came scrambling downthe steep bank south of the road and marched along to the bend in the road, Pennsylvania will assemble at theEngineers Club, Harrisburg, fora beefsteak dinner on Wednesday evening, December 16, at seven o'clock. After the dinner a short business meeting will beheld at which the constitution and by-laws will be presented for adoption by theassociation. After the business meetingthe evening will bedevoted to songs, stunts where Lieutenant Bull, U. S. A., and and stories and a general celebration of several cadet officers were standing. that Penn game. Provision at the The company came to attention, took dinner will bemade forallCornell men the blank cartridges out of their rifles, who notify E. Willis Whited, 2116 North Cross for bravery in action. His body was buried on November 1st on field where he fell. Dr. Grossewas native of Saxony and was thirty-fa^ years old. He had studied at the versities of Leipzig and Oxford, parents and two brothers and twosi survive him in Germany. ETA KAPPA NU, an honorary electric^ engineering society, now enrolls following members : Professor counted fours, and marched back to- Third Street, Harrisburg. Karapetoff, Professor Frederick ward the Armory. That wasall the R. L. Stevenson, A, C, Stevens '07,•£ observer saw of the battle. Lieutenant G. Pertsch 10, P. P. Ashworth 14, H- * Bull, who remained, told him that the INTERFRATERNITY CONFERENCE Cobb 15, I. E.Cole, 15, J. R. Fry '** attacking army outflanked the defenders The Inter-Fraternity Conference, A. G. Homan 1 5 , D. G. Kramar '** early inthe engagement, away out south which meets annually in New York on R. C. Latz 1 5 ,A. Mulford 1 5 , C * of Forest Home, got possession of the the Saturday following Thanksgiving, Philippi 15, V. B. Phillips 1 5 , H- macadam road tothe Fall Creek bridge was held a tthe University Club this year. Sharp 1 5 ,F. H. Wiley 1 5 . CORNELL ALUMNI NEWS 137 ' HE pictures on this page (from southward across the Playground toward right is the baseball cage. The lower photographs by J. P. Troy) illus- • the new Schoellkopf Memorial Hall, which picture is a view northward on the foottrate the recent development of shows faintly against the dark back- ball field, showing the concrete stand at Alumni Field. The upper picture is a ground of woods. At the left of the build- the right ofthe observer, and the Schoellview from the Weather Bureau outlook, ing is the new football stand, and at the kopf Memorial at the endof the field. 138 C O R N E L L A L U M N I N E W S CORMELLALUMNINEW SUBSCRIPTION PER YEAR—$3.00 Published by the Cornell Alumni News Publishing Company. John L. Senior, President; Woodford Patterson, Secretary and Treasurer. Office 110 North Tioga Street, Ithaca, N. Y. Published weekly during the college year and monthly in July and August; forty issues annually* Issue No. 1 is published the first Thursday of the college year in September and weekly publication (numbered consecutively) continues through Commencement Week. Issue No- 40, the final one of the year, is published the last Thursday in August and contains a complete index of the entire volume. Single copies ten cents each. Foreign postage 40 cents per year. Subscriptions payable in advance. Should a subscriber desire to discontinue his subscription notice to that effect should be sent in before its expiration. Otherwise it is assumed that a continuance of the subscription is desired. Checks, drafts and orders should be made payable to Cornell Alumni News. Correspondence should be addressed— CORNELL ALUMNI NEWS, Ithaca, N. Y. WOODFORD PATTERSON Editor. ROBERT W. WHITE Business Manager R. A. B. GOODMAN Assistant Editor. Printed at the shop of The Cayuga Press Entered as Second-Class Matter at Ithaca. N. Y. ITHACA, NEW YORK, DECEMBER 10, 1914 HERE are fourteen cities now where the Cornell men meet regularly, as a rule once a week, for a luncheon. The list has grown remarkably this fall. San Francisco is the latest addition to it. When the publication of this list began, less than a year ago, there were only six cities where the custom had been introduced by the Cornell men. It has proved its value as a means of cementing acquaintance and as an opportunity for the exchange of views on Cornell matters. The attendance at the last two weekly luncheons in Cleveland, for instance, has been more than sixty. There is one thing about these gatherings which the NEWS is asked to emphasize in every case. That is that Cornell men from out of town are cordially welcomed at them. If we were to follow instructions literally, such an invitation would be appended to every single one of the fourteen paragraphs in the list. In order to save space, we put it in the introduction. But the invitation is none the less specific and individual. A Cornell man who finds himself in any one of the fourteen cities in that list on the day of the luncheon there may find a welcome awaiting him. OPINION AND COMMENT The "Comstock Memorial" Editor, Cornell Alumni News : For the third time I hav red the "Comstock Memorial" (Vol. V., G, Official Publications of Cornell University), and I eco the congratulations and good wishes recorded therein. Professor Comstock was my first laboratory assistant, and the high estimate then formd of him has been abundantly confirmd by his distinguisht career. The invitations to participate in the presentation exercises seem to hav been confined to his pupils and professional entomologists. That the collection of insects made in my boyhood formd the nucleus of the University Entomological Museum, and that my serius studies of spiders continued to 1875, might not entitl me to a place in the latter category; but I often attended Professor Comstock's lectures and communications to the Natural History Society, and always with pleasure and profit; as an occasional pupil, therefore, I should hav welcomd the opportunity to write what I do now, viz., Rarely ar there united in a singl personality such 2eal, ability, devotion to truth, faculty of inspiring others, and desire to gain and to impart knowledge, whether tecnical or popular. BURT G. WILDER. 60 Park St., Brookline, Mass., Nov. 28, 1914. [NOTE.—Professor Wilder is a mem- ber of the Advisory Council of the Simplified Spelling Board, and requests us to permit his letter to appear as written. —EDITOR.] Cheers Editor, Cornell Alumni News : While the present method of selecting cheer-leaders may be all right theoretic- ally, it does not appear to work in prac- tice. At Philadelphia on Thanksgiving Day a lot of us grads had to demand cheers. The cheer-leader's duty is to lead and not to wait till he is requested to do so. Again, half the time, we did not know what the cheer was going to be. It was only when some of the old- timers took hold that there was any real cheering. The cheer-leader must put vim into his leading to get a response. New York, Dec. 5. J. G. CORNELL LUNCHEONS The list below is published here for the guidance not only of members of the associations in the cities mentioned but also of Cornell men from other towns who may be able to attend any of the luncheons. The NEWS wishes to keep it complete and accurate, and requests those in charge of the luncheons to inform the editor of any changes that may be made in their arrangements. Baltimore-—Every Monday, 12:30 to 2 o'clock, at Krause's Restaurant, 113 West Fayette Street. Binghamton, N. Y.—Every Tuesday at 12 o'clock in the grill of the Chamber of Commerce, on the twelfth floor of the Press Building. Boston.—The Cornell Club of New England holds a weekly luncheon on Thursdays at 12:45 o'clock at the Quincy House, Boston. Chicago.—Every Thursday, 12:30 o'clock, at the Grand Pacific Hotel. Cleveland.—Every Thursday noon in the Beefsteak Room of the Hollenden Hotel. Detroit.—Every Thursday, 12 to 1 o'clock, at the Edelweiss Cafe. New York*—Downtown Lunch Club, every Wednesday, 12:30 to 1:30 o'clock, at the Machinery Club,50 ChurchStreet. Philadelphia.—Luncheon every day, 12 to 2 p. m., at the rooms of the Cornell Club of Philadelphia, 1519 Sansom Street. Pittsburgh.—Every Friday, from 12 to 1:30 o'clock, in the private room at McCreery's, corner of Wood Street and Sixth Avenue. Portland, Oregon.—Every Tuesday at the new University Club. Rochester, N. Y.—Every Wednesday, at 12:15 o'clock, at the Powers Hotel. St. Louis.—Every Thursday, 12 to 2 o'clock, at Lippe's Restaurant. San Francisco.—Second and fourth Thursdays of every month, from 12 to 1 o'clock, at the Hof-Brau. All Cornell men are invited to come and bring their friends. Washington, D. C.—Every Tuesday at 12:30 in the Dutch Room of the New Ebbitt. THE TROY CALENDAR The Cornell Calendar for 1915, published by John P. Troy, is, in our opinion, one of the best of Mr. Troy's annual collections of pictures. To call it a calendar, or a souvenir, is really not descriptive of it. The twenty-four excellent photographs which it contains are a pictorial history of Cornell University in winter, spring, summer, and CORNELL ALUMNI NEWS 139 falL Mr.Troy's workshop is in Morse Hall. His hobby for years has been photography on the Campus. He is always on the watch for an interesting picture, for a group of students plowing through the snow, or a new way of photographing a familiar building. The pictures in this calendar are good reproductions of unusual photographs. ALUMNI CALENDAR Wednesday, December 16. Harrisburg, Pa.—Beefsteak dinner of the Cornell Association of Central Pennsylvania, at the Engineers Club, Harrisburg, Wednesday, December 16, at seven o'clock. Notify E. Willis Whited, 2116 North Third Street, Harrisburg. Monday, December 28. New York.—Midyear meeting of the Cornell Association of Class Secretaries. Cornell University Club, 65 Park Avenue, on Monday night, December 28, at eight o'clock. Saturday, February 20. Buffalo.—The annual banquet of the Cornell Alumni Association of Western New York will be held at the Hotel Statler at Buffalo on Saturday evening, February 20. 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BRANCHES: CHICAGO, LONDON A New SouvenirAlbum JUST ISSUED BY US We can duplicate all bona fide offers on library orders, magazine clubs, and Christmas subscriptions. WRITE FOR OUR CATALOG Contains nearly fifty new views—showing the recent Campus changes—including "Prudence Risley Hall,*' "The New Auditorium/' "Forestry Building," and many others. Printed and bound inSepia—10 in. x 12 in. insize. It is sent postpaid for $L00. The Corner Bookstores 140 C O R N E L L A L U M N I N E W S ATH LETICS Football Ten Varsity Players Likely to Be Avail- able Next Fall The football team will not lose an unusual number of men by graduation this year. Of the nineteen men who played for Cornell in the Pennsylvania game, nine will graduate next June. They are Captain O'Heam and Lautz, ends; Gallogly, tackle; Munsick and McCutcheon, guards, and the following backs : Shuler, Collyer, HillT and Philippi. The remaining ten men will form a nucleus for the 1915 team as follows : Shelton,end; Allen and Jameson, tackles; Anderson, TilleyT and Snyder, guards; Cool, center; Barrett, Collins, and Kleinert. backs. That means that Reed will probably have C men for all the line positions, that Van Orman will have to draw on new material for one of the ends, and that Dr. Sharpe will have to build up a new back field. For the line there is good material besides the men already named. There are Bailey, who had first call for one of the tackle positions until he was injured in the Franklin and Marshall game, and Jewett, who played substitute for Bailey in several earlier games. Among Van Orman's reserves there are three men, Eckley, Zander, and Zeman, who played in some of the games this fall and among whom an end may be found to take O'Hearn's place. In the back field Dr. Sharpe will find a greater dearth of seasoned material. He will have Barrett, at quarterback; Collins, who proved in the Pennsylvania game to be one of the best halfbacks of the year, and Kleinert, who was developing into a good back of the plunging type when he was disabled in the Brown game, Kleinert, however, had not shown much ingenuity in defensive playing or in interference. His value to the team will depend on the extent to which he learns to become a part of the whole organization. He has physical qualities which recommend him for thebackfield. The loss in backs is heavy, with such men graduating as Hill, Shuler, Collyer, and Philippi, and also Taber and Lahr, who were disabled early in the fall. Both of those men were playing their last season. There is not a long list of secondstring men to draw upon, either. Mueller, of the class of 1917, gave promise as a freshman, and was developing slowly this fall when he was disabled. There are a few others who were taken to the training table at the beginning of the season but did not become varsity players. Nothing has been said in the foregoing summary about possible varsity material in the 1918 squad. That class is not unlikely to provide some good players. As a team the freshman eleven did not shine, but Ste»vart Robb, the coach, was following tne present policy in freshman coaching, whkn looks first to drill in fundamentals and not primarily to a victorious ireshman season. The freshman squad was selected and handled witn a vie»v to rilling gaps in the varsity next year. Little can be said yet with certainty about the schedule for next season, although the management has been working on it for several weeks. Another twoyear agreement will probably be made with Michigan, and the Pennsylvania game on Thanksgiving Day may be considered a fixture. Dr. Sharpe's three-year contract has expired. It is safe to predict that the contract will be renewed, perhaps for a longer term. Presumably, too, he will retain Dan Reed and Ray Van Orman as his lieutenants, to coach the line and the ends respectively. Herbert Reed CRight Wing") has said in the New York World that there were three firstclass lines in the East this year, those of Harvard, the Army, and Cornell. This is a high tribute to Dan Reed's coaching, for he made his line almost wholly out of inexperienced men. Both O'Hearn and bhelton have been selected by the makers of several "All-American" teams for their excellent playing at the ends. More Cornell men have been put on these mythical post-season elevens this year than in a long, long time. Besides the two already mentioned there is Barrett, whose name appears in almost every *'Ail-American" or "All-Eastern" combination thus far published. Others distinguished in this way by one or more critics are Cool, Shuler, Philippi, and Collins. Basketball Four of Last" Year's Varsity Left—The Schedule Fifty-odd candidates for the basketbail team are practicing regularly in the Armory in preparation for the first game, that with Canisius College on December 12. Three of last year's regulars have been lost by graduation—the brothers G. C. Haisted and H. C. Hals ted, and G. T. Cross. The Haisted brothers played together for three years and their loss will be severely felt. Four men, Captain W. C, Lunden '15, Leslie Brown '16, W. G. Haeberle '15, and S. R. Jandorf '15, compose the nucleus for the five which will fight for the championship this year. All these men played in most of the games last year. Lunden and Brown will take care of the forward positions, Haeberle will probably play center, his old position, and Jandorf will be a guard, J. C. Ashmead '16, who played in several games last year, is the most promising aspirant for the other guard position, A large number of last season's substitutes will give these men some opposition. The schedule follows : Non-League Dec. 12—Canisius College at Ithaca. Dec. 18—Niagara at Ithaca Jan. 6—Union at Ithaca. Jan. 11—University of Buffalo at Ithaca. Feb. 13—Navy at Annapolis. Feb. 20—Army at West Point. Intercollegiate League Schedule Jan. 9—Cornell at Pennsylvania. Jan. 9—Columbia at Dartmouth. Jan. 12—Pennsylvania at Yale. Jan. 13—-Princeton at Columbia. Jan. 15—Cornell at Yale. Jan. 16—Cornell at Dartmouth. Jan. 16—Columbia at Pennsylvania. Jan. 19—Pennsylvania at Princeton. Jan. 23—Yale at Cornell. Jan. 23^Princeton at Pennsylvania. Feb. 5—Dartmouth at Columbia. Feb. 6—Pennsylvania at Cornell. Feb. 9—Columbia at Yale. Feb. 12—Cornell at Princeton. Feb. 12—Pennsylvania at Columbia. Feb. 13—Yale at Dartmouth. Feb. 17—Princeton at Dartmouth. Feb. 19—Cornell at Columbia. Feb. 20 —Yale at Princeton. Feb. 20 —Dartmouth at Pennsylvania. Feb. 25—Princeton at Cornell. Feb. 26—Yale at Columbia. Feb. 26—Pennsylvania at Dartmouth. March 5—Columbia at Cornell. March 6—Yale at Pennsylvania. March 6 —Dartmouth at Princeton. March 8—Dartmouth at Cornell. March 9 —Princeton at Yale. March 12—Columbia at Princeton. March 12—Dartmouth at Yale Rowing Managers Propose to Establish One Big Open College Regatta A newspaper dispatch from Philadelphia last week said that a new intercollegiate rowing event was contemplated which might supersede both the Poughkeepsie regatta and the YaleHarvard dual race. The dispatch announced the formation of a new body called the Collegiate Rowing Association. The foundation of this report was a meeting held in Philadelphia on the day after Thanksgiving by the undergraduate rowing managers of Pennsylvania, Columbia, Yale, Princeton, Harvard, the U. S. Naval Academy, and CornellThe Cornell manager is W. B. Hastings. He says that the acquaintance formed among these managers has grown into a warm friendship during the last year and that the meeting in Philadelphia was CORNELL ALUMNI NEWS 141 partly a result of that. The meeting watercourses in the East year by year. was called to form an association of None of the managers, of course, had managers, and those who called it had in any authority to say how far such an mind also the possibility of organizing event would rival the Poughkeepsie a general regatta. The managers of the or the New London regatta, butthe Pennsylvania, Princeton, and Harvard general opinion at the meeting seemed to crews had been talking over the latter be in favor of making this proposed subject and had determined to have a regatta themajor event in college row- general discussion of it. So the Penn- ing. sylvania manager sent out the call for a meeting. Cross-Country Captain.—Daniel F. Potter, jr., of Buffalo, hasbeen ele ts 1 The first step taken there was to form captain of the cross-country team 'or the Collegiate Rowing Association, to be the coming year. He was the individual composed of the undergraduate crew winner of the intercollegiate run last managers of the colleges named above month. At the intercollegiate tra_k and perhaps of other colleges. It is planned to have one meeting of the association every year. The ne?:t one will be held in New Haven. The association approved the suggestion that a meet last spring, he took second pla;e to Hoffmire of Cornell in the two-TfUe run. He is a member of the De.ta Upsilon fraternity. general regatta be organized, and ap- Association Football.—Frank I \ v y pointed Mr. Lackey, theYale manager, Thomas '16. of Brooklyn, has be3ri to draw up a plan for such an event. elected captain of the association foot- The plan is to besubmitted to the row- ball team for next year. Hehas played ing authorities for approval and to the right fullback for the past two years. association for ratification at its next meeting. The idea is to have an open regatta, lasting several days, with the various races run inheats and over short distances, after the plan ol the Henley Regatta in England. It might be held always at one place or on different The Sophomores wonthe underclass cross-country race last Saturday. The individual winner wasF. D. Boynton, jr., '17,of Ithaca. A novice boxing, fencing, and wrestling meet will be held in the Armory December 11. THE CLINTON HOUSE ITHACA. N. Y. 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