&very Cornellian's Taper CORNELL ALUMNI NEW In the NeiVS this Week: Basketball Team Shows Great Improvement—Defeats Colgate 27-26 but Loses First League Game to Princeton 27-29. Polo Team Beats Princeton Before Record Crowd—Officers Defeat National Guard Team. More Letters on Alumni Instruction and Faculty Stagnation. Class of '84 Sets Example with Morrill Memorial Medals to Commemorate Fifty-Year Reunion. National Planning to be Subject of Messenger Lectures by Wesley C. Mitchell. January 17, 1935 Cαscαdillα Day Preparatory School Ithaca, New York Rapid progress and thorough training for college. Our intensive plan enables students to complete in the second semester courses which are usually given in one year. Administration and instruction are planned to increase initiative, self-reliance and studious habits. Significant references and information as to rates, accommodations and credentials upon request. Catalogue. 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CORNELL ALUMNI NEWS VOL. XXXVII, NO. 14 ITHACA, NEW YORK, JANUARY 1 7 , 193 5 PRICE I 5 CENTS NATIONAL PLANNING Mitchell To Lecture Dr. Wesley C. Mitchell, professor of economics in Columbia University, will give the 1934-35 Messenger lectures at the University. His subject is "National Planning," and he will give twelve lectures, on Monday and Friday afternoons, beginning February 18 and concluding March2.9. Since 1919 Professor Mitchell hasbeen director of research of the National Bureau of Economic Research. Hewas chairman of President Hoover's research commission on social trends. He has lately been a member of the National Planning Board and is now working with the National Resources Board at Washington. Professor Mitchell is a fellow and past president of the American Statistical Association and a member and past president of the American Economic Association. He is a member of the American Academy of Arts and Letters and a corresponding member of several European learned societies. He was visiting professor at Oxford University in 1930-31. The Messenger lectures on the evolution of civilization were established in 19x3 by a bequest of Hiram J. Messenger '80, "for the special purpose of raising the moral standard of our political, business, andsocial life." Former lecturers on this foundation have been James H. Breasted, Robert A. Millikan, Professor H.J. C. Grierson of Edinburgh, thelate Professor T. F.Tout of Manchester University, Edward L. Thorndike, Roscoe Pound, Thomas H. Morgan, Frank Jewett Mather, Jr.,Professor Bronislaw Malinowski of the University of London, and SirArthur Stanley Eddington. HONOR THREE CORNELLIANS The personnel department of theCollege of Engineering, and particularly its director, Professor John M. Bangs, Jr. '19, receive important recognition in the appointment by President C. C. Williams of the Society for the Promotion of Engineering Education of Professor Bangs and two of his former students as three of the five university members of a committee to study the professional status and employment of engineering graduates. This committee will have half a day at the annual meeting of the Society, to be held next June at Georgia School of Technology, Atlanta. Besides Professor Bangs, who is also head of the Department of Administrative Engineering and assistant coach of the track team, theother Cornellians on the committee are Ralph M. Barnes, PhD '33, nowassociate professor of industrial management at the University of Iowa, and Professor Jack E. Walters, PhD '34, director of personnel for the engineering schools at Purdue University. Walters' department and that at Cornell are recognized as among the outstanding personnel systems in the engineering colleges of America. NEWARK EMPLOYMENT The Cornell Club of Newark is sponsoring a local branch of the University Placement Bureau for the free convenience of Cornellians in the vicinity who seek either employment or employees. It is under the direction of Isadore R. Asen '14, 31 Lincoln Park, Newark, N.J.He keeps a file of both classifications, and is especially desirous to hear from employer Cornellians. REAPPOINT WHITE TRUSTEE The State Senate has confirmed Governor Lehman's reappointment of Horace White '87 of Syracuse to the University Board of Trustees for a five-year term. He has been a member of the Board since 1916. After six terms as State Senator, White was elected Lieutenant Governor of New York in 1909 and became Governor upon the resignation of Governor Hughes the next year, serving as such until January 1, 1911. Heis a member of the State College Council of the Board. Other Gubernatorial appointees on the Board of Trustees are Stanton Griίfis Ί o of New York City, whose term expires next year; Peter G. Ten Eyck of Albany, whose term expires in 1937; Myron C. Taylor '94 of New York City, whose term expires in 1938; andGeorge R. Van Namee '01 of New York City, whose term expires in 1939. GIVE MORRILL MEDALS Commemorate '84 Reunion Bronze memorial medals, named in honor of Senator Justin Smith Morrill, have been distributed by the Class Secretary, Dr. Henry P. deForest, to the twenty-six members of the Class of '84 who attended the fify-year reunion ofthe Class last June. A larger percentage of the Class returned than had ever before assembled for a fifty-year reunion at the University. To signalize this fact and afford them permanent souvenirs of the occasion, Dr. deForest had the medals cast anddistributed to them. One side bears a medallion portrait by Charles Calverley of Abraham Lincoln, who, as Dr. deForest points out in his Christmas letter to the members of his Class, signed the Morrill Land Grant Act which was of such great benefit to the University, and who was a contemporary also of the Founder and of Andrew D. White. Beside the head of Lincolnare the dates, Feb. ix, 1809-April 14, 1865. Dr. deForest points outthat it was but a few days after this latter date, on April 2.8, 1865, that the first meeting of the Trustees of the new University was held in Albany, at which Ezra Cornell was elected chairman of the Board, and Dr. White, as president of the University, was one of its members. The reverse of the medal bears between fasces a quotation from the Gettysburg Address, and engraved across the topthe name of each recipient and "Cornell University," with the year of the Class, 1884. At the bottom appears "FiftyYear Reunion" and the date, 1934. Dr. deForest suggests that medals from the same dies but with the engraving suitably altered might be awarded by other Classes on similar occasions. The medal was appropriately named, THE MORRILL MEMORIAL MEDAL Awarded to twenty-six members of the Class of '84 who attended the record fifty-year reunion last June CORNELL ALUMNI NEWS not only in recognition of the benefits which the Morrill Land Grant Act brought to the University, but from the fact that at its opening Morrill Hall stood alone in an open field on the brow of the Hill, and later housed at least some members of the early classes. Dr. deForest, from long and intimate association with the Morrill family explains the suitability of that name for this memorial medal. A further connection of this medal, bearing the likeness of Lincoln, to the University is that Nelson A. Welles, the senior member of the Class of '84 toattend the fifty-year reunion, is a cousin of Gideon Welles, Secretary of theNavy in Lincoln's cabinet. Welles received the first medal to be finished, on September 16, 1934, just fifty-four years after the registration day in 1880when the Class entered the University. On Thanksgiving Day, the Morrill Memorial Medal was sent to the other members of the Class who had attended the reunion: Herbert L. Aldrich, Charles A. Brewster, Frederick W. Carpenter, Charles F. Chisholm, Franklin A. Coles, Lewis H. Cowles, George B. Davidson, Delbert H. Decker, Henry P. de Forest, George F. Ditmars, Samuel E. Hillger, Lucretia Taber Kellogg, Ida Cornell Kerr, Wilbur S. Knowles, Edward Maguire, Daniel W. Mead, Henry J. Patten, Marcia Spurr Russell, Herbert D. Sibley, Emily Miller Stevenson, Charles M. Thorp, Lewis H. Tuthill, Walter L. Webb, and Oscar D. Weed. WARNER AT NEW ORLEANS When Glenn S. (Pop) Warner '94, coach of Temple University football team, took his squad to New Orleans for the Sugar Bowl game with Tulane, the Cornell alumni welcomed him with a party. A goodly number of the Cornellians in that part of the country met for dinner on December 29 at La Louisiane restaurant. FIFTEEN FLORIDIANS MEET The largest crowd of the season attended the regular monthly luncheon of the Cornell Club of Southeastern Florida at the Universiy Club rooms in the Biscayne Building, Miami, January 8. Several new members spoke, and plans were discussed for a coming party. Visiting Cornellians are cordially invited to attend, the second Tuesday of each month. Those present at this meeting were Charles H. Anderson '83, John Wilkinson '96, Walter C. DeGarmo '00, Archibald B. Morrison Ό i , Charles G. Hannock '02, George S. Van Wickle '03, Dr. Carleton Deederer '04, George C. Boldt, Jr. '05, Rufus D. Smith '07, Frederic R. Ahbe Ί o , H. Willard Hubbell Ί 8 , Manley S. Inscho '18, Charles W. Ten Eick '2.0, Archie R. Morrison '32, and Harold H. Fox. LETTERS Subject to the usual restrictions of space and good taste, we shall -print letters from subscribers on any side of any subject of interest to Cornellians. The A L U M N I N E W S often may not agree with the sentiments expressed, and disclaims any responsibility beyond that of fostering interest in the University. ON STAGNATION, ETC. To the Editor: E. B. White '2.1's letter in your De- cember 6 issue is a joy anda delight! MAY ELISH MARKEWICH '28 To the Editor: . . . with great satisfaction I read in a recent ALUMNI NEWS Dean KimbalΓs letter in which he stated that my suggestion for the greater use of alumni for instruction purposes, he felt, had some attractive features. I was also glad to note that some progress had evidently recently been made along these lines because when I talked last spring to the head of Sibley College . . . about such a movement, he expressed interest and approval but gave no indication that at that time any concerted effort along the lines suggested was being made. . . . . . . the possibilities of such a movement from an educational standpoint are so great, if efficiently handled, that consideration [might] be given to delegating one professor to its control and promotion. At first, certain misfits might be tried out but ultimately a list of a competent staff of worthwhile alumni could be built that would tap great sources of knowledge, not only of a technical, but of a general business and social nature, that are not nowavailable. I rather gathered from Dean KimbalΓs letter that he is looking at the movement more from the purely technical standpoint-, whereas I feel that the broader viewpoint that could be brought to the University by returning graduates is the phase more to be valued. . . . Perhaps I misread the last two paragraphs [of his letter] . . . but . . . those paragraphs convey the idea that our students acquire practically all the basic information while in college which they will need through life, and that, thereafter, they are primarily engaged only in its application . . . to wit, . . . " T h e college graduate, except as he is employed in research, seldom adds much to his basic knowledge, but rather to its applications." . . . A student in college, whether he is studying engineering, medicine, law, or any other profession, is learning only the simple rudiments of his trade, which he will largely soon forget. He has acquired a few tools and a limited idea of their use so that he may dig for knowledge, occasionally in the field of advanced information, but generally in the field of basic knowledge that already exists but which he must acquire if he is to grow and develop. If the student has learned in the process of acquiring his so-called education how to study and, more especially, the right attitude of mind in approaching a new subject or a new set of conditions, then hehas obtained what is really worth while in education; that is, if it has been combined with inspirational leadership. Did the doctor and surgeon who graduated thirty years ago have much basic knowledge in proportion to what he must have today to practice efficiently? Certainly not; the advance in medicine has been too great, andhis basic knowledge has been added to year by year through reading, practice, and actual contact. The same applies to any other profession or walk of life. It is of prime importance that our educators recognize this fact and that our educational system be planned accordingly. It would appear from theDean's letter and the objectives of education asoutlined in thelast part of it, that it is high time the University examined its policy and its conception of its functions, especially in relation to thegeneral mental attitude instilled in its undergraduates towards the future and the relation of their college education to it, as otherwise we will be giving them a most excellent training for failure. To the Editor: EDWARD H. FAILE '06 Do you suppose Mr. Faile, whose thesis onFaculty stagnation has received some attention in your columns, would be interested in a bit of information from the Department of Hotel Administration illustrating further the extent of" rustication" prevalent on theCampus? He will probably not be surprised to learn that all of the resident Faculty in hotel management have hadrecent hotel experience; that they all spend their vacations or parts of them either actually operating hotel properties or serving as consultants in their maintenance, appraisal, or control; that they are repeatedly sought by hotel associations to give technical lectures; andthat they are represented in the current set-up in ^Washington. What he possibly does not know, and should be interested and pleased to learn, is that about one-fifth of the technical hotel courses are given, on a part-time basis, by non-resident instructors whose major activity is actual hotel operation. Representatives of the leading organizations in the hotel field: Toth of the firm of Horwath andHorwath; Swafford and Crane of National Hotel Management (New Yorker, Lexington, RitzCarleton, Book-Cadillac, NetherlandPlaza, Adolphus); Vehling of the Hotel Bulletin; Kief and Leber of Hotels Statler; Ready, Voit, and Foley of the Waldorf-Astoria, come weekly or fortnightly JANUARY I935 to Ithaca to bring to the undergraduates the latest problems which cross their desks. Before the steel of the world's largest hotel was up, the floor plans had been searchingly analyzed by America's greatest hotel man, the late E. M. Statler, in a Cornell classroom. Properly camouflaged, the problems of the sale and destruction of the nation's most famous hostelry and the problems of the location and construction of its proud successor were all threshed out in advance by Cornell students under the tutelage of one who had a voice in the final decision. An important part of the Cornell hotel man's training is his period of summer practice. The patient manager who thoughtfully guides his student apprentices through richly varied experience should by no stretch of definition be included as a Faculty man, but for how long could professors remain quiescent and keep ahead of the boys who return from his tutelage? Mr. Faile's point of view has merit. He has performed a real service in stressing the need for close coordination, at some points at least, of our educational institutions with the world of affairs. Perhaps, in the light of the evidence, he will be able to find a revived faith in his Alma Mater. HOWARD B. MEEK Professor of Hotel Management ROCHESTER HEARS OARSMAN Congressman-elect James P. B. Duffy was the speaker at the regular luncheon of the Cornell Club of Rochester on December 26 at the University Club. He talked of rowing at Georgetown and Harvard, giving his reminiscences of races of thirty years ago when he rowed against Cornell. The Genesee Club of Cornell in conjunction with the Genesee Club of Michigan had a dance at the Todd Union of the University of Rochester that evening. BUFFALO ENTERTAINS TEAM The Cornell Club of Buffalo entertained the basketball team at a special luncheon at the Buffalo Athletic Club on January 5. That night the Cornell team played the University of Buffalo. Speakers included Arvin J. Dillenbeck Ί i , president of the Club, who presided; Albert H. Sharpe, formerly coach of basketball and football at the University; Howard B. Ortner Ί 8 , present coach of the team; Frank Sheehan, veteran trainer; Henry A. Russell '2.6, W. Morgan Kendall '19, and William E. Harries '08, who were onetime captains respectively of track, basketball, and fencing; and two undergraduate captains, William H. Foote '35 of basketball, and Walter S. Merwin '35 of track. About ATHLETICS NEW FOOTBALL CAPTAIN Harrison S. Wilson '36 of Philadelphia, Pa., substitute back of the 1934 team, was elected football captain for 1935 on January 8 and confirmed by the Athletic Council January 10. He played in every game last fall, and developed rapidly as a passer, runner and blocker. In the Syracuse game it was his pass to Rossiter which put the Varsity in position for its only touchdown, and he took the ball over. A member of the squad for two seasons, he was during the first of last season, understudy to Captain Walter Switzer. He is a member of Aleph Samach, Mummy, and Chi Phi. The Athletic Council has also ratified the election of John H. Peck '36 of Morristown, N. J. as captain of the 1935 cross-country team. Last season was Peck's first on the cross-country squad, when he won the McGinn Novice Cup. He is a member of Alpha Chi Rho. BASKETBALL TEAM FIGHTS By means of intermittent scoring spurts and fast and furious fighting in the last few minutes, the basketball team came within one basket of tieing its first League game, with Princeton in the Drill Hall Saturday evening. Jack C. Wilson '35 made a desperate but clean shot for the basket at the final moment, but the whistle blew before he threw and the game ended with the score 27-29. The Varsity started slowly, the visitors making 11 points before a single Red score was made. Toward the end of the half, however, Wilson began the scoring with a pretty shot, Eisenberg converted a foul and made a follow-up shot, and Downer sank a long one from the side. Freed made a foul shot and Wilson converted from the 15-foot line. Downer tapped in a basket just as the bell rang, the ball being in the air as the half ended, with the score 13-11 in favor of Princeton. Beginning the second half, Freed made seven tallies before anyone else had a chance, putting the Red ahead for the first time, 18-13. The Tigers reciprocated with eleven straight points, after Captain Grebauskas, trying to stop Freed, was put out on fouls. Freed then made an- other free shot and the Varsity got busy again, bringing the score to 2.3-25 with six minutes to play. Another Orange basket by Nevitt brought the score to 27, then Freed, with but two minutes to go, duplicated for the Red with a long one from near midfield, only to have Jones restore the Tiger's four-point margin. Wilson with hut a half-minute left brought it to 2.9-27, and in the last 20 seconds grabbed the ball in a feverish struggle near the basket and made a clean try, but the bell prohibited a tie score. The lineup: Stofer, f Wilson Eisenberg, f Downer, c Moran CORNELL (27) G o 3 1 2 o F o 1 1 o o T o 7 3 4 o Freed, g Foote, g 5 3 13 ooo Totals 11 PRINCETON (29) G MacMillan, f 3 Tilden, f 2 Patker o Jones, c 3 Grebauskas, g 2 Nevitt 3 Stauter, g o Buddington o 5 2.7 FT 28 15 oo o6 o4 o6 oo oo Totals 13 3 2.9 Score half time: Princeton 13, Cornell 11. Referee: Marry, E.I.B.L. Umpire: Kinney, E.I.B.L. A brilliant basket and foul shot by Gordon Stofer after he had intercepted a Colgate pass under his own net gave the Varsity a 27-26 lead that it was able to maintain for the remaining minute and five seconds of play, to defeat Colgate in a bewilderingly fast game in the Drill Hall January 9. The visitors led at the half, 15-11, and held an 8-point margin until the game was three quarters over. The Maroon made 9 goals from the field to 7 for the Redmen, but the Varsity led with 13 of 21 penalty shots, Colgate making 8 of 15 With but seven minutes to play, the Red team took the lead for the first time. With the score 21-20 for Colgate, Stofer made good on two foul shots after Jack Wilson had started the scoring rally by making good a foul try. Stofer then made another foul shot and Downer and Freed came through with two beautiful field goals. The game then became a real battle, with both teams playing fast and furious, the final two minutes bringing many CORNELL ALUMNI NEWS fouls and the best exhibition seen in the Drill Hall for some time. Stofer led the Red in scoring with 7. Freed, although guarded closely, tied with Eisenberg at 6. Campbell of Colgate scored 11 points and Lenhart, 10. Stofer converted a foul by Kern, who was trying to prevent his spectacular basket from the intercepted pass, and so gave the Varsity its first major contest and its second win of the year. The lineup: CORNELL (2.7) G FP Stofer, f 1 57 Wilson, f o 33 Eisenberg, f 2. 2. 6 Downer, c 2. o 4 Moran, c ooo Foote, c o 11 Freed, g 2. 2. 6 Totals 7 13 2-7 Campbell, f Kern, f Larson, f Lenhart, c Risley, c Marshall, g Brannigan, g Starbuck, g Chaborda, g COLGATE (2.6) G 3 o 2. 4 o o o o o FP 5 11 11 o4 2. 10 oo oo oo oo oo Totals 9 8 z6 Score at halftime: Colgate 15, Cornell 11. Referee, Carroll, Rochester; umpire, Sloan, Columbia. Scores and Schedules Cornell 17, Niagara x6 Cornell x8, Springfield 41 Cornell 33, Rochester 46 Cornell x8, Alfred x6 Cornell 31, Buffalo 3Z Cornell 2.7, Colgate x6 Cornell 17, Princeton2.9* Jan. 16 Syracuse at Syracuse Jan. 19 Harvard at Cambridge* Jan. 2.6 Yale at Ithaca* Feb. 6 Canisius at Ithaca Feb. 9 Pennsylvania at Ithaca* Feb. 13 Dartmouth at Ithaca* Feb. 16 Yale at New Haven* Feb. 18 Columbia at New York* Feb. VL Harvard at Ithaca* Feb. 2.3 Pennsylvania at Philadelphia* Feb. 2.7 Columbia at Ithaca* Mar. 2. Princeton at Princeton* Mar. 9 Dartmouth at Hanover* *League games. SWIMMERS LOSE The Varsity swimming team lost its first meet of the season, 2.51-51^, to Rennselaer Polytechnic Institute in Troy Saturday evening, but made a good showing, especially in the,sprints and diving. The 100-yard freestyle race was won by Robert D. Cloyes '38 of Cleveland Heights, O., with Emanuel Tarlow '35 of New York City, acting coach, second. Robert N. Avery '35 of Grosse Point, Mich, won the 100-yard breast stroke, finishing in 2..14.08, two feet ahead of Smith of R. P. I. Tarlow lost the 50yard freestyle to Sandborn of R. P. I. by about an equal distance, and Donald R. Hassell '36 of Scarsdale finished the 150yard backstroke five feet behind Mochon, who made it in 1.05. The diving contest was closely contested, Ransom G. Miller, III '38 of Shaker Heights, O. winning the required dives but losing the optionals and the event to Reisenkonig of the Cherry and White. The next swimming meet is with Franklin and Marshall at Lancaster, Pa., January 18, with the team meeting Manhattan in New York City the next day. On March 1 they meet Buffalo at Buffalo; March 2., Rochester at Rochester; and March 9, Syracuse at Syracuse. HOCKEY NEEDS ONLY ICE The hockey team, so far handicapped by lack of ice, has four games scheduled. The first is with Colgate at Syracuse January 19. On February 9 the team plays Syracuse at Ithaca, with a return match at Syracuse February 16. On February 2.3 they are scheduled to meet Hamilton at Clinton. Coach Nicholas Bawlf has from last year's Varsity team Oleg P. Petroff '35 of Montclair, N. J., star goaler; the Dugan brothers, William D. '35, baseball captain, and Howard D. '36 of Hamburg, sons of William J. Dugan '07, and William B. Morrison '36 of Ithaca, football end, all sterling defense men; and several capable forwards, including Robert C. Morton '36 of Duluth, Minn, and William M. Hoyt, Jr. '36 of Summit, N. J., football manager. From last year's freshman team, which counted 17 points to its opponents' 1, Bawlf has another Dugan brother, David D.; two members of the freshman crew, William A. Drisler, Jr. of Bronxville, the largest man on the team, and Joseph M. Steiner, 3d. of White Plains, coxswain; and others, including Erbin D. Wattles of Buffalo (a Dugan nephew), Glen S. Guthrie of Ithaca, William J. Simpson of Larchmont, Myles T. MacMahon of Montclair, N. J., and John C. Weld of Water town, Conn. DOUBLE WIN AT POLO A crowded gallery in the new Riding Hall Saturday evening saw the ROTC polo team continue its winning record by defeating Princeton, 17-13J, and another team composed of officers and Stephen J. Roberts '38 of Hamburg take the 109th Field Artillery of the Pennsylvania National Guard into camp, 2.Z-13. For the Varsity, John S. Leslie '35 at number one position made ten goals and Thomas Lawrence '38, riding as number two, made four. Captain John C. Lawrence '37, playing at back, kept the ball for the most part out of the Red territory and made several quick saves in the last periods. Four fouls cut the Varsity's margin by two, and Princeton made three fouls for i j off their score. Cornell led throughout the four chukkers, 6-2.J, 124-7!, and 12.A-9I. Roberts rode at number two in the second game, and led the scoring with nine tallies. Lieutenant Edward O. Hopkins, varsity coach, rode at number one, and Major Charles S. Ferrin at the back position. The local team was favored with a one-point handicap. The next games of the ROTC team are with the United States Military Academy at West Point January 19, and in the afternoon of the same day with the Newburg Polo Club at Newburg. Their next appearance in Ithaca is on January 2.6in their third game with the i m h Field Artillery, New Jersey National Guard, whom they defeated, with the help of a seven-goal handicap, in Ithaca and who defeated them in East Orange December 2.8. AWARD INSIGNIA The Athletic Council on January 10 awarded letters and numerals for fall sports to 95 undergraduates. Football letters went to: Thomas C. Borland '35, Oil City, Pa.; Burt C. Buell '36, Bolivar; William Condon '35, Philadelphia, Pa.; Albert J. Frederick '35, Elmira; Frank J. Irving '35, Los Angeles, Cal.; Frederick L. Meiss '35, Rome; Frank K. Murdock '35, Natrona Heights Pa.; Philip M. Nelson '35, Jamestown; John L. Puterbaugh '35, Dallas, Tex.; George C. Rankin '35, Richmond Hill; Walter D. Switzer '35, Williamsport, Pa.; William H. Borger '36, Pearl River; Everett C. Bragg '36, White Plains; William E. Gilman '36, San Jacinto, Cal.; Edward M. Hutchinson '37, Chicago, 111.; Harold F. Nunn '36, Bronx; Andy W. Peirce '36, La Grange, 111.; Frank J. Politi '36, NewYork City; Harrison S. Wilson '36, Germantown, Pa.; Ronald D. Wilson '36, Caledonia; John M. Batten '37, Cape May, N. J.; Egbert W. Pfeiffer '37, New York City; William Rossiter '37, Bronxville; John W. Scott '37, Niagara Falls; Gordon F. Stofer '37, Olmstead Falls, O.; and Earl W. Stiles '37, Richville. Freshman football numerals: Robert B. Barlow, Paterson, N. J.; Morley L. Bernstein, Niagara Falls; Lawrence W. Bruff, Ithaca; John H. S. Candee, Bronxville; Snerwood A. Clow, New Rochelle; John I. Condon, Narberth, Pa.; John R. Duttenhofer, Loveland, O.; Raymond W. Garteltnan, Whitestone; Alvin T. M. Gaily, Lynbrook; Jack L. Hann, Larchmont; Arthur E. Hoffman, Syracuse; Clinton G. Heyd, Upper Darby, Pa.; Elliot H. Hooper, Aurora, 111.; Edward E. Hughes, Edgewood, Pa.; Armen R. Janjigian, Somerville, Mass.; Jack H. Kasparian, Troy; Lucius V. Lamont, Cortland Henry A. Lanman,Jr., Gahanna, O.; Louis R. Leventry, Youngstown, O.; Harry L. Lippincott, Flint, Mich.; William L. Lyles, Elmhurst, 111.; Nicholas Marsella, Ithaca; Karl J. Nelson, Springfield, Mass.; William Mermelstein, JANUARY 17, 1935 5 Jamaica; Burdick W. Pierce, Larchmont; Jose L. Rivero, Mexico City, Mexico; Gilbert W. Rose, Montclair, N. J.; George E. Schaaf, Buffalo; S. Harold Willner, Hackensack, N. J. Varsity cross country awards: JohnH. Chapin '35, Montreal, Can.; Bruce D. Kerr '35,Ithaca; William A. Stalker '35, Shoreham, Vt.; Ellison H. Taylor '35, Springfield, Mass.; William M. Barry '36, Cherubusco; John H. Peck '36, Morristown, N. J.; William V. Bassett '37, West Newton, Mass.; John Meaden '37, La Grange, 111.; Edmund V. Mezitt '38^ Weston, Mass. Freshmen cross country awards: Norman H. Agor. Mahopac Falls; Warren L. Bohner, Maplewood, N. J.; Herbert H. Cornell, Brooklyn; Robert T. Gaffney, Great Neck; Henry Levine, Hoosick Falls; Eugene W. Osborn, West New Brghton; John G. Tausig, Harrisburg, Pa. Varsity track award: James H.Hucker '37, Buffalo. Class track numerals were awarded for performance in the fall underclass meet t o : Class of '37: Edward S. Acton, Shawinigan Falls, Quebec, Can.; Abram R. Beekman, Indian Lake; Charles Y. NeίF, Buffalo; Wilbur H. Peter, Jr., Lakewood, O.;Robert Schmidt, Mt. Vernon; John W. Shoemacker, Scranton, Pa.; and Philip F. Stevens, Larchmont. Class of '38: Walter J. Alexander, Johnson City; Sergio Bettini, New York City; Warren L. Bohner, Maplewood, N. J.; David H. Brown, Cedar Rapids, Iowa; Herbert H. Cornell, Brooklyn; Holland C. Gregg, Ithaca; Luman W. Guile, Naples; John R. Hanny, Buffalo; Daniel P. Higgins, New York City; Elliot H. Hooper, Aurora, 111.; John S. Kittle, Indianapolis, Ind.; Louis J. Loughlin, Sauquoit; Thomas B. Modine, Racine, Wis.;Burdick W. Pierce, Larchmont; Saul W. Rosenberg, Rochester; and Ralph J. Vreeland, Jr., Ridge wood, N. J. WRESTLING SCHEDULES Coach Walter O'Connell Ί z has more than a hundred candidates to compete in the University wrestling championships, to be held in the Old Armory January 18, and will have not only a Varsity team but also Junior Varsity and Freshman outfits to compete in the winter schedule. On January 19 the Varsity will meet Springfield at Ithaca; on the 2.6th, the Junior Varsity meets Ithaca College in the Old Armory. February 9 the Varsity and Junior Varsity meet Syracuse first and second teams at Syracuse; Freshmen meet the Orange Frosh at Ithaca February 13; Varsity against Penn State at Ithaca February 16;andFreshmen versus Junior Collegiate Center at Syracuse, February 13. March 1 the Varsity meets Lehigh at Bethlehem, and the next day, Army at West Point; on March 8 the Freshmen meet Colgate at Ithaca; March 9 Columbia comes to Ithaca for a Varsity match and the Junior Varsity meets Ithaca College downtown. The last event is the Intercollegiates at Philadelphia, March 15-16. FENCING SCHEDULE The winter fencing schedule, recently approved, includes besides the Intercollegiates, for which thedate is not yet set, three meets in theDrill Hall: February 9 with Toronto; February 14,Hamilton; and February 2.1, Columbia. Coach Cointe is holding progressive ladder tournaments to select his team. WIN NOVICE MEDALS In the annual novice wrestling and boxing tournaments, held in the Old Armory December 13 before 300 spectators, fifteen undergraduates won novice medals by defeating their opponents in their respective classes. In wrestling: 118-pound class, William T. Rathbun '38 of Toledo, O.; 12.5-pound, Robert R. Gibbs '38 of Ithaca; 135pound, Benjamin A. Wiener, Sp.of Monsey; 145-pound, Ervio A. Makarainen '38 of Ithaca; 155-pound, Kenneth T. Smith '37 of Wellsboro, Pa.; 165-pound, Thomas Ross, Jr. '35 of Doylestown, Pa.; 175-pound, Harry L. Smith '38 of Buenos Aires, Arg.; heavyweight, Kenneth R. Cornell '36 of Brewster. In boxing: 118-pound class, Edwin H. Stern, Jr. '37 of New York City; 12.5pound, Milton A. Lessler '37 of Brooklyn; 135-pound, Ross A. Pringle '36 of Utica; 145-pound, Ira W. Wilson '38 of Brooklyn; 155-pound, Erwin A. Horr '38 of Great Bend; 165-pound, Murray Rosenblum '35 of Lynbrook; heavyweight Irving A. Jenkins '37 of New York City. REPORT BEQUEST The NewYork Times of December2.2., 1934, reports a bequest of five hundred dollars to the New York HospitalCornell Medical College Association by Alice Miller, deceased wife of Gustav M. Miller of New York City. CHICAGO GETS THEM OUT The Cornell Club of Chicago is running class reunion competitions at its weekly luncheons at MandeΓs, and publishes an interesting weekly news sheet, Cornell Clippings, of which William A. Little 'Z9, 1 North LaSalle Street, is editor. The first December luncheon set a high mark in attendance, with 55 present. Reginald G. Hammond and Orville G. Daily, class marshalls of 'zo, had ten members of the Class there; Lincoln N. Hall and Ross W. McKinstry were responsible for the presence of seven Ί 8 men; while Stewart A. Cushman and Franklin P. O'Brien represented twothirds of the '19 delegation. Captain Adolph Langser showed three reels of colored motion pictures, mostly of the Century of Progress. At the December 13 luncheon, George W. Rossiter, president of the Chicago Opera Association, explained why the project could notmake money regardless of the size of the audiences. Nat Leverone and Jack Childs, of Dartmouth, were guests, but denied that they were scouting the football team. For the luncheon December zo, the Club entertained and listened to Mario Palmieri, graduate of the Royal School forEngineers of Naples, former associate bridge designing engineer for the State of California, and author of a book on The Theory of Relativity endorsed by Alfred Einstein. He is engaged in writing another on The Philosophy of Fascism. Twenty-five Cornellians, including Jacob S. Fassett, Jr. Ί z and his son, Jacob S., 3d. '36, on January 3 heard Langdon Pearce, engineer of the Sanitary District of Chicago, describe the tunnels now being built under thecity andother activities in cβmpliance with the Supreme Court decision as to lake diversion. The Club announces its purpose to bring together local members of the Glee Club after graduation so that on occasion they can sing their lungs out.James B. Taylor '2.8 is organizing the songsters. Frank J. Durham Ί 6 has been appointed to theprogram committee, of which the chairman is John J. Wuyts 'zz and the other members are Leon Mandel '13, Junius F. Cook, Jr. 'zz, and Stewart A. Cushman 'zo. CLEVELAND LOOKS BELOW The Cornell Club of Cleveland at its regular luncheon January 10 heard Harold L. Madison, director of the Cleveland Museum of Natural History, tell "What is Under Cleveland." CLEAR ALL WIRES The Dramatic Club opened the new year with thepresentation on January i z of the comedy-drama of Russian newspaper correspondents,'4 Clear All Wires," by Bella and Samuel Spewack. The large cast of thirty-eight was coached in Russian dialect by Uria Bronfenbenner '38 of Thiells, who was born and lived for some years in Russia. The part of the blustering journalist, Buckley Joyce Thomas, was played swaggeringly by Rober O. Klausmeyer '38 of Cincinnati, O. Kostya, the stupid, blundering Russian news scout was extremely well played by Philip W. Goldman '36 of Kingston, and Leuraine T. Magee '36 of York, Pa. was convincing as Kate Nelson, newspaper woman. Prince Tomofsky was well done by Richard H. Brelos '38 of Williamsville. "Clear All Wires" will be repeated Saturday evening, January 19. The Club is rehearsing " T h e Torch Bearers," George Kelly's famous burlesque on the little theatre. CORNELL ALUMNI NEWS CORNELL ALUMNI NEWS FOUNDED 1899 Published for theCornell Alumni Corporation by theCornell Alumni News Publishing Corporation. Weekly during thecollege year and monthly in July, August and September: thirty-five issues annually. Subscriptions: $4.00 a year in U. S. and possessions; Canada, $4.35; Foreign, $4.50. Single copies fifteen cents. Subscriptions are payable in advance and are renewed annually until cancelled. Editor andPublisher R. W. SAILOR '07 Managing Editor H. A. STEVENSON '19 Associates: L. C. BOOCHEVER Ί2. F. M. COFFIN '12. Printed by The Cayuga Press ITHACA, N E W YORK THE MORRILL MEDALS The Class of '84, through its untiring secretary, Dr. de Forest, has again led the way in happy thoughtfulness by the presentation of the Morrill medals to those of that Class that attended itsfiftyyear reunion, and the presentation of the idea tothe classes that follow. It is a nice gesture of appreciation toward those whose affection for Alma Mater has endured a half-century in warm enough form to compel their return for a visit. Memorial medals are an attractive form of recognition in many colleges for alumni workers who have met the requirements set for the particular award at that college. With noutilitarian purpose and no great intrinsic value, they are coveted in proportion as the basis of the award is difficult to attain and as the ceremonial of awarding them is impressive. In many institutions these decorations have virtually taken the place of honorary degrees. They are awarded to alumni either forfaithful effort as alumni or for distinguished service to the country which extends the college's prestige. Maturity, as evidenced by the fiftieth anniversary of one's commencement, creeps up on one very stealthily. The changes from childhood to old age are gradual and often unnoticed. Tothe perpetual alumnus a medal of this sort is a memento of innumerable happy occasions spent in an avocation that is not understandable by one whohas not been exposed to it. In a university like Cornell where the baccalaureate and the doctorate must be earned to be received, where election to scholastic societies is even more rigidly guarded for the alumnus than for the undergraduate, the suggestion of these Morrill medals is a potent one. There are those whose alumnal connection with Cornell sheds lustre on the University. There are others who merit public recognition for unselfish promotion of Cornell's welfare. Dr. deForest's idea is too attractive to be limited, without serious consideration, to those whose greatest reward is the pleasure of attending the fifty-year reunion. WOMEN PREPARE GIFTS The Cornell Women's Club of Philadelphia held a Christmas party on December 7 at the home of Evelyn Daetsch '31. The co-hostesses were Ruth E. Gordon '3Z and Elizabeth Hart '31. The seventeen members at themeeting filled stockings with toys and other Christmas gifts for poor children. '94 REUNION BOOKLET The fortieth reunion last June ofthe Class of '94 is memorialized in an interesting account of the events in Ithaca, written by Mrs. Herbert D. Brown (Harriet C. Connor). Thestory is published in a booklet of forty-four pages which contains also a foreword by Elmer E. Bogart, Class secretary, the reunion picture, and the names of the seventy-one members of the Class who were present. Mrs. Brown was the first woman to win the Woodford Prize, that of 1894. '29 MEDICS MEET The Class of 192.9, Medicine, held its fifth reunion at the Essex House in New York City with a dinner-dance on December ΊΛ.. Members of the Class present included Dr. Frank Falkenbury from Glens Falls, Dr. Albert Vander VeerIII from Albany, and Dr. Harold Rosenthal from Poughkeepsie, and the following from New York City: Doctors Dominic DeSanto, Bernard Fread, Charles Good, Richard Good, Harry Gordon, William Hitzick, Charles Landshof, Parke McCombs, Herbert Pollack, and Adelaide Romaine. CENTRAL OHIO MEETS The Cornell Club of Central Ohio staged a smoker in Columbus on January 4 in honor of Professors Herman Diederichs '97and Paul M. Lincoln, directors respectively of the Schools of Mechanical and Electrical Engineering. Professor Diederichs gave the principal talk, and spoke particularly in his capacity as chairman of the committee on athletic control. Officers for the new year were elected: John C. Whitridge, Jr. '2.7 succeeds William J. Joyce, Jr. 'iη as president. George R. Schoedinger, Jr. '31 is the new secretary. NEW YORK WOMEN Dean Floyd K. Richtmyer '04 was the speaker at the Founder's Day meeting of the Cornell Women's Club of New York on January 12.. Ann Elizabeth Neely '19 was chairman. The month of January is devoted to the Class of '*L% with three meetings scheduled, on the ninth, sixteenth, and thirtieth, at the Club rooms, 140 East Sixty-third Street, New York City. On February 2. the Club is holding a benefit bridge in LePerroquet Suite of the Waldorf Astoria to help replenish its scholarship and loan fund. Pauline Schmid '2.5 is in charge. BOOKS By Cornellians IT NEVER HAPPENED Aristotle, Galileo, and the Tower of Pisa. By Lane Cooper, Professor of the English Language and Literature. Ithaca, N. Y. Cornell University Press. 1935. i o i pages. $1.50. Professor Cooper has made a very attractive small book of this argument. It is further noteworthy as being " t h e first book to be formally accepted by the Council of the Cornell University Press for publication." It seems that inspired reporters of the late sixteenth century credited Aristotle with having made the statement that, in substance, a falling body reaches the ground in a period of time inversely proportionate to its weight; i.e.,that a hundred-pound weight will fall a hundred feet while a pound falls one foot. In belated rejoinder, Galileo, professor of physics and allied subjects at the University of Pisa, is said by reporters of a half-century later to have assembled the entire student body and faculty around the Leaning Tower, and performed his heroic-sized experiments of dropping balls off the tower, leaving to the spectators to decide as to the synchroneity of their landing. One can almost see the crowd, and hear the band, the cheerleaders and thesingle thud at the finish line as the two contestants break the tape in a heartrending finish! Now comes Professor Cooper, who, with persuasive documents and logic, shows that the whole thing is fundamentally unsound and that there never was an argument. Aristotle's alleged theory wasthe result of intrusion of fake material in comparatively recent times by monks who couldn't clearly make out the copy,—editors on the copy desk who made a good story out of something they didn't quite understand. Further, Galileo apparently never performed these experiments. There was no mention of such tests in any of his writings, or those of contemporary authors. Someone wrote them up a half century later. So the whole matter is simply the prototype of much of modern journalism in which a statement, never made, is refuted by experiments never performed. Neither were the Saturday afternoon games ever held. But Professor Cooper has, and gives, a lot of fun working outthevarious mis- statements, misconstructions, and false evidence in this unhallowed dispute be- tween Athens and Pisa that never happened. R. W. S. JANUARY 17, 1935 BRIEF NEWS OF CAMPUS AND TOWN NICK BAWLF, who besides coaching soccer, lacrosse, and hockey is now major-domo of Beebe Lake, says that the prolonged January thaw didn't quite ruin the toboggan slide ice, although it looked pretty sick for a few days. The thermometer now (Monday) stands at ten, with snow and slippery streets, so it appears that we may have not only toboganning but good skating again by Junior Week, which begins February 7. PROM DANCERS this year on February 8 will be mesmerized, according to advance reports of the committee, by the orchestra of Henry Busse, late of Paul Whiteman's band, and that of Mai Hallett whose band was the best of three at the Navy Day Ball of 1933. THIS WEEK commercial florists are coming to school for three days to attend the short course of the Department of Floriculture and Ornamental Horticulture, January 15-18. ALBERT E. PALM '36 of Ohio, it turns out, was one of the party who rescued the four occupants of the airliner lost in the Adirondacks December 30. Palm was the guest in Albany January 10 of Commissioner Lithgow Osborne, was presented to the Governor, and received a check in appreciation from American Airlines. TWO - HUNDRED - SEVENTY - FIVE attended the conference for veterinarians held on the Campus January 10 and 11. It was concluded with a dinner in Willard Straight Hall. LECTURES for the week include a discussion of his political and economic impressions of Germany and Austria by Dr. Peter P. Babiy of Entomology before the National Student League, and '' The Attitude of the Catholic Church toward Eugenics and Race Suicide," by Rev. Donald M. Cleary of Rochester, under the auspices of the Newman Club, on January 15; Professor Robert E. Cushman, Government, on "The Supreme Court and the New Deal" at the graduate students' luncheon January 17; motion pictures and lecture by Victor Coty on January 17 and 18. SAGE CHAPEL PREACHER for January xo is Rev. Halford E. Luccock of the Yale Divinity School. FOUR CONTESTANTS on Monday evening of Farm and Home Week for the recently-named Rice Debate Prizes of one hundred dollars and twenty-five dollars are A very D. Gentle, Sp., of Macedon, Joseph P. King '36 of Pittsford, Richard G. Milk '36 of Walton, and William H. Sherman '36 of West Webster, with Lee R. Crane '35 of Montour Falls as alternate. The eliminating judges heard twenty in all speak on the subject, Resolved: That the crop and livestock reduction program of the AAA is beneficial to American agriculture. Established anonymously several years ago as the Farm Life Challenge Contest, it was revealed last year that the donor is none other than Emeritus-Professor James E. Rice '90, so the contest has been renamed accordingly. EASTMAN STAGE judges, meanwhile, have selected seven undergraduates from the field of eighteen entrants, also to speak during Farm and Home Week. Apparently there is no rule against winning all the speaking prizes if one can, because four of the five finalists of the Rice Contest appear also on this list. They are King, Milk, Sherman, and Crane. The other three Eastman competitors are Stephen G. Burritt '36, son of Trustee Maurice C. Burritt '08 of Hilton, Gilbert G. Sperring '38 of Rochester, and Allen A. L. Washburn '38 of Malone. PROFESSOR PAUL J. WEAVER, head of the Department of Music and conductor of the successful performance of Pinafore, contributes to the Sun interesting findings concerning the relation of scholastic grades to participation in The Mikado last winter. Of the Δp- students who took part, he says, 2.4, or 57 percent, earned higher grades in the fall, when working on The Mikado, than in the spring when there was no opera. Of the six principals, four earned higher grades in the fall. The average grade for the entire group was 82-54 for the fall term, and 82..07 for the spring term, the difference of about one-half point being in favor of the term when they were working on the opera. FRANK P. GRAVES, State Commissioner of Education, was guest of honor at a tea given in Stone Hall December 7 by members of the Faculty and graduate students of the Department of Rural Education. HELEN WORDEN, society columnist of the New York World Telegram came to town and wrote a piece for her paper about Randolph, who for twenty years has been the porter on the New York sleeper that is coupled on at the Lehigh Valley station each night. Her column mentions also Pete, the Ithaca street car motorman, whose car, she says was stopped recently by a playful student who wished a place to tie his shoelace. A YOUNG GOSHAWK, the first live specimen ever to be acquired here, was captured recently in Syracuse by Frank W. Trevor '36, and is now undergoing a course of training at the hands of William D. Sargent '30, instructor in ornithology. These birds are natives of the Far North and seldom stray as far south as this except when food is short at home. The Department of Ornithology has also recently obtained a live short-legged hawk, another northern bird, captured locally after it had been stunned by a hunter, and Egbert W. Pfeiffer '37, substitute center on the football squad, is engaged in "educating" a bald eagle. LISTENERS in seventeen states besides New York have reported reception of the radio programs from the University station, WESG. Pennsylvania led all outside New York. SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION in Washington is now the possessor of the extremely rare nest and eggs of the Harris' sparrow, presented to it by Amelia M. Heydweiller of Rochester, graduate student in ornithology. Until about three years ago the breeding place of Harris' sparrow, which goes to the Midwest in its winter migration, was unknown. Dr. George Sutton, PhD '3X, curator of birds in the Department of Zoology, discovered the first nest in the far North, and last summer Miss Heydweiller found this nest with eggs near Churchville in the Hudson Bay region. AL-DJEBAR, honorary chemistry society, has elected Charles H. Bridges, Grad., of Fairport, Stanley R. Stager, Jr. '35 of New York City, Frederick W. Oswald 3d. '36 of Brooklyn, Robert J. Kleinhans '36 of Newark, N. J., and Lewis A. Murfey '36 of Cleveland, O. ATMOS, honorary society in Mechanical Engineering initiated five seniors and ten juniors at a banquet in Willard Straight Hall December 7 at which H. L. Davis of the New York Telephone Company and Roland G. E. Ullman, marketing expert, were the speakers. New senior members are Justus P. Allen of Seneca Falls, John S. Brown, Jr. of Pittsburgh, Pa., Hugh A. Mason of Webster, Jean F. Mitchell of Washington, D. C , and Eugene C. Schum of Erie, Pa. Juniors elected are David C. Amsler of Pittsburgh, Pa., Albert G. Beyerle of Baltimore, Md., Paul M. Brister of Auburn, Frederick D. Hart of Springfield Gardens, James F. Hirschfeld of Detroit, Mich., Charles W. Lockhart of Youngstown, O., Andrew W. Peirce of LaGrange, 111., William D. Sells of Hoopeston, 111., Samuel K. Wolcott, Jr. of Elmira, and John R. Young of Lajolla, Cal. CORNELL ALUMNI NEWS OBITUARY DR. FRANK THILLY, Sage professor of philosophy since 192.6, died at his home December 2.8, following a month's illness. He was buried in Ithaca, the funeral services being held in Sage Chapel. From 1915 to 19x1 he had been Dean of the College of Arts and Sciences. Professor Thilly was born in Cincinnati, O., August 18, 1865, and received his early schooling there and in Philadelphia. He was graduated from the University of Cincinnati in 1887, with the AB degree summa cum laude, then studied at the University of Berlin and at Heidelberg, where he received the AM and PhD degrees, incigni cum laude, in 1891. He came first to Cornell directly from Germany, and was for a year instructor in philosophy, leaving to become professor of philosophy at the University of Missouri in 1893. In January, 1904, Woodrow Wilson, then president of Princeton, called him to the Stuart professorship of psychology at that institution. Wilson's diary indicates that he was greatly impressed with Professor Thilly; by a coincidence, Professor Thilly's death occurred on the seventyeighth birthday anniversary of the wartime President. In 1906 he was invited by President Schurman to return to Cornell as professor of philosophy, and he had been here since. He wrote many books and contributed widely to periodicals in his chosen field, and had been editor of The School Review, The International Journal of Ethics, and associate editor of The Philosophical Review and KantStudien of Germany. He was a member and had been an officer of many learned societies, and received the honorary degree of LLD from the University of Missouri, University of Cincinnati, and Hobart College. He was a member of Phi Beta Kappa and of Phi Kappa Phi, of the Cornell Club of New York and of the Authors' Club of London. He is survived by Mrs. Thilly and two daughters, Gertrude Thilly '17 and Margaret Thilly 'io, both of New York City. A son, Frank, is deceased. WALLACE JAY WILCOX '78 died in Chicago, 111., November 7, 1934. He was born at Ithaca, December 5,1854, entered the University in 1874 fr°m Ithaca Academy, and graduated with the degree of BME. After three years with his father in brick manufacturing at Ithaca, he became in 1882. a machinist on the Pittsburgh & Western Railroad, and remained in railroad work throughout his active life. He was master mechanic successively of the Charlestown, Cincinnati & Chicago Railroad, the Santa Fe, and of the Mexican Central Railroad, becoming superintendent of motive power of the Las Vegas & Tonopah Railroad in 1907. He retired from active work in 1915 and made his home at 817 West Twenty-eighth Street, Los Angeles, Calif., where his widow still resides. Besides his wife, he leaves two daughters, Mrs. Genevieve Cunningham, and Mrs. Rosa Schroeder, both of Chicago. Wilcox was a member of Alpha Sigma Chi. DR. THEOBALD SMITH '81, internation- ally known for his work in epidemiology, died December 10, 1934, in New York City at the age of 75. He had been a scientific director of the Rockefeller Institute for Medical Research since it was founded in 1901, being vice-president of the board from 192.4 to 1933, when he became president. He had been confined in his home in Princeton, N. J. for several months. Born in Albany, Smith received the degree of PhB from Cornell in 1881 and took his medical degree from Albany Medical School in 1883. He became assistant, then chief, of the Federal Bureau of Animal Industry. From 1886 to 1895 he was lecturer and professor of the medical department of Columbian, now George Washington, University, leaving there to become professor of applied zoology and of comparative anatomy at Harvard, where he remained until 1914. In 1911-12. he served as exchange professor at the University of Berlin. He first demonstrated the principle that dead bacteria produce immunity, now used in vaccination against many diseases; was the discoverer of the cattle tick as the carrier of Texas fever; in 1894 paved the way for later discoveries relating to vitamins in foods, and in countless other ways pioneered in medical science. He was given honors by many medical and other scientific societies all over the world, and received honorary degrees from scores of universities in this country and abroad. Few other Americans have made such diversified contribution to human and animal welfare. Dr. Smith is survived by his wife, by two daughters, Dr. Dorothea E. Smith of Bryn Mawr and Mrs. Robert E. Foerster of Princeton, and a son, Philip H. Smith of Pawling. ARTHUR E. RUTLEDGE '86 died suddenly from a heart ailment on November 2.9, 1934, at his home, 808 North Church Street, Rockford, 111. He was born in Rockford, July 11, 1865, and entered the University from Rockford High School in i88x, graduating with the degree of CE. He was a member of the Association of Civil Engineers. Shortly after graduation he entered into a partnership with Daniel W. Mead '84 and other business men of Rockford to form the Rockford Construction Company for the construction of municipal public works. After the dissolution of the company in 1896, Rutledge engaged in contracting by himself and continued in that business until his death. He is survived by his wife and three sons, Arthur H. Rutledge 'τ.γ and William W. Rutledge of Rockford; and Fred Rutledge of Philadelphia. WILLIAM CRAVATH WHITE '94 died of heart disease at the age of 64 at his home in Scarsdale, December z.τ,, 1934. He was well known as the author of the stringent zoning laws of that village, which he had often successfully defended in the courts. He had been counsel to the Town of Scarsdale for many years and village attorney since its incorporation. He had practiced law in Scarsdale for 35 years. Born in Nashville, Tenn., his father was treasurer of Fiske University; his mother a sister of E. M. Cravath, president of Fiske. He received the PhB degree from Cornell in '94 and the degree of LLB the next year, then studied at Columbia and was admitted to the Bar in 1898. From his student days he had always been interested in sports and music. At the time of his death he was vice-president of the National Archery Association, chairman of the board of the Westchester County Music Festival Association, and a director of the Scarsdale Choral Society. He was one of the organizers and first vicepresident of the Westchester County Planning Federation. As an undergraduate, White was a member of the Woodford Debating Club, of the Glee Club, secretary and treasurer of the Chorus, senior historian, trustee of the Athletic Association, and active in track and field events. He was a member of Quill and Dagger and of Delta Xi. He is survived by his wife; a son, William C. White, Jr.; a daughter, Elizabeth P. White; and a sister, Georgia L. White '96, who was the first Dean of Women at the University. MRS. HERBERT W. MENGEL (Jennie N. Angell) '93 died on December 10, 1934, at her home, 1407 St. James Court, Louisville, Ky. She entered the course in philosophy in 1890, graduating three years later with the degree of PhB. She was a member of Kappa Kappa Gamma. Her husband had died before her. WILLIAM WATTS MACON '98, who died in New York City January 1, had been for nearly eighteen years an officer of the organized alumni of the University, and for the past ten years secretary of his Class. He was also a former president of the Cornell Society of Engineers and a fqrmer member of the board of governors of the Cornell Club of New York. He had been in ill health for two years, and died of a cerebral hemorrhage. Macon was elected treasurer of the Associate Alumni of the University in 1917 and served continuously in that office until 1930, being the first treasurer of the Cornell Alumni Corporation, organized in 192.3. In 1930 he was elected president of the Alumni Corporation for two years, and has since been director for the Metropolitan District. From his undergraduate days, when he was an editor of The Sibley Journal of Engineering, Macon had been engaged in engineering journalism. He became successively editor of The Engineering Record, of Metal Worker, and of Iron JANUARY 17, I935 Age, of which he had been consulting editor and a director since his retirement from the editorship in 1932. because ofill health. During the World War he was a member of the group of American trade journalists conducted through Great Britain and France by the British government. He was a member of numerous committees of various professional societies to study economic conditions in the iron, coal, and steel industries, and was a contributor tothe Encyclopedia Britannica. Macon was born inNew York City May 19, 1875. Heentered theSchool oί Electrical Engineering in 1894 and graduated with the ME degree. He held a University Scholarship. He leaves his widow and one daughter, Edith '31, who is the wife of Blinn S. Cushman, Jr. 'x8. FREDERIC BARTON BRADEEN, Jr. '2.7 died June x, 1934, as the result of an automobile accident on May 31. Born July 31, 1906, at Essex, Conn., Bradeen prepared at Phillips Academy, Andover, Mass., and entered the College of Engineering in 1913. He was a member of Red Key, Majura, Rodand Bob, and of Zeta Psi. He worked as an engineer onthe Kennebec bridge at Bath, Me., and later returned to the University, receiving his C.E. degree in 192.8. Concerning THE FACULTY PROFESSOR GILBERT ROSS, concert violinist, of the Department of Music, gave thesecond of the series of Faculty recitals before an enthusiastically appreciative audience in Bailey Hall, January 10. His accompanist at the piano was Ida Deck Haigh, who is the wife of Professor Andrew C. Haigh, also of the Department of Music. PROFESSOR GEORGE E. G. CATLIN, Gov- ernment, spoke before the women's branch of Cornell University Religious Work on "Party or Religion, Which?" on January 9, and discussed "Possibilities for Peace" at a luncheon meeting of the international relations study group of the American Association of University Women in Willard Straight Hall on January 12.. D R . HERBERT S. GASSER of the Medical College in New York read a paper at the annual meeting of the Association for Research in Nervous and Mental Diseases at the Hotel Commodore, New York City, December 2.7-2.8. CELEBRATE FOUNDER'S DAY Two hundred gathered in Willard Straight Hall on January 11 to celebrate the one-hundred-twenty-eighth birthday of the Founder. Foster M. Coffin '12., Alumni Representative and Director of the Hall, presided, and the Glee Clubled the singing. Dean Floyd K. Richtmyer '04 gave a commemorative address briefly describing Ezra Cornell's lifeand ideals, and teawas served at an informal reception following, at which Dean R. Louise Fitch and Mrs. Albert R. Mann'04 poured and the members of Mortar Board, senior women's honorary society, served. Later in the evening the guests danced in the Memorial Hall, following the custom inaugurated at the first Founder's Day celebration by Andrew D. White. Miss Mary Cornell, the Founder's daughter, is quoted inthe Sun as recalling that after that dance, when President White heard that criticism had been voiced because ofdancing att h e ' ' Godless school,'' he declared that not only would dancing take place at future Founder's Day celebrations, but would be compulsory. Nine members of the Cornell family were present at Willard Straight: Charles E. Cornell, University Trustee, Mrs. Charles L. Taylor, Franklin C. Cornell, 3d., and Margaret H. Cornell, of Ithaca; Mary E. Cornell, head resident at Balch Hall; and Katharine E. Sternbergh '35 and Mary Cornell Sternbergh '38 of Reading, Pa., Perry Cornell Goodspeed, Jr. '37of Brooklyn, and James A. Cornell '38 of Wilmington, Del. DEAN CHARLES K. BURDICK and Mrs. Burdick have returned from three-months' leave to their home in Myron Hall. They have been inNew York City, where Dean Burdick has been engaged in research on international law and on work forthe State Law Revision Commission, of which he is chairman. DEAN DEXTER S. KIMBALL gave the convocation address on January 11 at the University of Maine. On his way to Orono, he wasthe speaker at a Founder's Day luncheon January 10 in Boston of the Cornell Club of New England and the women's New England Club. PROFESSOR SAMUEL L. BOOTHROYD, Astronomy, described the Arizona meteor expedition of ^ i - β i , of which he was a member, before the Ithaca Women's Club on January 7. PROFESSOR HERBERT W. BRIGGS, Gov- ernment, discussed the Saar plebescite at a meeting of the Liberal Club andthe Men's Debating Society in Willard Straight Hall, January 9. He is of the opinion that there is less justification for this poll than for any in the last fifty years, since there is no ethnic problem, the population being overwhelmingly German. PROFESSOR JAMES F. MASON, Romance Languages, addressed the fifty men and women professionally interested in music who gathered at the Ithaca Hotel December 8 for the first regular meeting of the recently-organized In-and-AboutSyracuse Music Educators Club. DR. DEAN F. SMILEY Ί 6 , Medical Director, spoke on the prevention of colds before a luncheon group in Ithaca January 3. Dr. Smiley has been reappointed director of the Tompkins County Laboratory for a five year term. MRS. LIVINGSTON FARRAND on De- cember 17 addressed the Brooklyn Academy of Arts and Sciences on " T h e Garden in Shade." PROFESSOR LYMAN P. WILSON, Law, spoke o n ' ' The Law of Libel'' to students of the Empire State School of Printing in Ithaca December 18. He said that the Civil War was prompted, not by the movement tofree the slaves, but by arguments over the freedom of the press. PROFESSOR OSCAR D. VONENGELN '08 is quoted in the press as announcing a new theory of glacier movement, that their flow is caused by a sort of glacier grease formed from salts in their interior. Dr. von Engeln is said to have quoted the concurring opinion of Dr. H. Hess, a foremost German geologist. JOSEPH A. GIDDINGS, English, and Mrs. Giddings are theparents of a daughter, born in Ithaca on December 10, 1934. FROM STATION KDKA, Pittsburgh, Dr. George M. Sutton, PhD '31, the Saturday before Christmas, as he has done every year since he spent fifteen months with them five years ago, broadcast a Christmas message to his Eskimo and other friends on South Hampton Island in the Arctic wastes. Each year hehas scores of letters saying that those who could not get to the trading post to hear him directly have heard about it through their friends. He spoke mostly in English, but greeted all of his friends by their Eskimo names. His experience among them is recounted in his book, Eskimo Year. PROFESSOR CARL BECKER, History, comments adversely in The Nation for January 2. onthe Ives law which requires all teachers inNew York State to take an oath of allegiance to the United States. PROVOST ALBERT R. MANN '04 spoke on international good will at the meeting of the Ithaca Rotary Club December 2.6 at which students from twenty-eight countries were guests. He had reported to the Governor on December 17that the preliminary report of the State Planning Board, of which he is chairman, would be completed within thirty days. VEGETABLE GROWERS of New York State at the annual meeting of their Association in Albany January 7.4and 15 will be addressed by a number of Cornellians. Professor Homer C. Thompson, head of the Department, will describe vegetable growing in California; Professor Paul Work, MSA '13, will speak of package marking laws; Professor Marius P. Rasmussen '19, Agricultural IO CORNELL ALUMNI NEWS Economics, will discuss the place ofthe truck in marketing; Dr. Pascal P. Pirone '19, Plant Pathology, will describe recent results in controlling vegetable diseases; while William G. Meal '2.1 of Washington will discuss the Agricultural Adjustment Act as it relates to the vegetable grower. PROFESSORS THOMPSON and Rastnussen also spoke at the annual meeting of New York potato growers in Rochester January 10and 11, as did Leo A. Muckle Ί 6 of the College of Agriculture, and Professors Guy F. MacLeod, PhD '30, Entomology, and Forest M. Blodgett Ί o , Plant Pathology. GEORGE F. ROGALSKY '07, treasurer of the University, was elected president of the Association of University and College Business Officers of the Eastern States at the annual meeting inPinehurst, N. C , on December 8. ITHACA COUNTRY CLUB has two Cornel- lians in itsmanagership. Professor Horace E. Whiteside '2.2., Law, was re-elected vicepresident; and Professor Paul M. Lincoln, Electrical Engineering, was elected to the board of managers for a three-year term, succeeding Professor Leonard C. Urquhart '09, Engineering. Professor Cedric H. Guise '13, Forestry, retired as president. PROFESSOR RALPH L. HOSMER, Forestry, has been appointed a member of the executive committee in charge of the five-months' observance this year of the fiftieth anniversary of the establishment of the New York State Conservation Department. A COMMITTEE OF THE FACULTY, of which Donald Wyman, Ornamental Horticulture, is chairman, is enrolling Faculty members and graduate students to compete in various sports, including basketball, volleyball, swimming, indoor tennis, 'badminton, boxing, wrestling, and fencing. It is hoped that teamsmay be developed to compete with similar teams from other institutions. PROFESSOR FRANK A. SOUTHARD,JR., on leave of absence from theDepartment of Economics, is in Washington with the economics division of the United States Tariff Commission. He hasbeen working in New York City on Canadian-American economic relations. PROFESSOR M. SLADE KENDRICK, Agri- cultural Economics, is onleave of absence in Washington, with the Agricultural Adjustment Administration. PROFESSOR EMERY -N. FERRISS, Rural Education, and Mrs. Ferriss docked in New York City January 4 from a fourand-a-half months' journey around the world. Leaving New York August 13, they sailed east through the Panama Canal and visited the Orient, India, Egypt, Italy, and France. Concerning THE ALUMNI '83 PhB—Charles R. Browning and Mrs. Browning of Llewellyn Park, West Orange, N. J. have left for California on a twomonths' trip. They will visit their daughter, Mrs. Howard F. Murchie of South Pasadena, Cal. '85 BS—Hugh H. Brodie, formore than thirty-two years principal of the Hanapepe-Eleele school at Hanapepe, Hawaii, has been elected a member of the Hawaiian House of Representatives. Four graduates of his school were elected to the House with him; others have many positions of prominence in the Territory. '85 PhD—James G. White and Mrs. White of New York City have leased a cottage at Belleair, Fla.for the winter. '87—Cuthbert W. Pound upon his retirement December 31, as chief judge of the New York State Court of Appeals at the age limit of seventy years, is quoted as saying '' I would be guilty of the grossest hypocrisy if I said that this was anything more than the saddest moment of my life. The play is done, thecurtain drops and I say farewell with the deepest regret." '88-9 Grad—Bion Joseph Arnold was the recipient in 192.9 of the Washington Award of the combined engineering societies. The award was founded by John W. Alvord in 1916 and is given " i n recognition of accomplishments which preeminently promote the happiness, comfort and well-being of humanity and as therecognition of an engineer byhis fellow engineers." '88 PhB—Dr. John R. Mott, chairman of the International Missionary Council, was elected chairman of the Foreign Missions of North America at the fortysecond annual meeting of the conference in Garden City, January 3. '90 BL; '94 LLB—Among the prominent New Yorkers present at the opening of the fifty-second season of theMetropolitan Opera were Mr. andMrs. J. DuPratt White and Mr. and Mrs. Myron C. Taylor. '90 ME; '99ME (EE); '04ME; '13ME —The conference of ninety industrial leaders called December 17 at White Sulphur Springs, Va., by the National Association of Manufacturers and the United States Chamber of Commerce to consider business recovery included four Cornellians: William R. Webster '90, chairman of the board of the Bridgeport Brass Company, Bridgeport, Conn.;John W. O'Leary '99, president of the Machinery and Allied Products Institute, Washington, D. C ; Francis N. Bard '09, president of the Barco Manufacturing Company, Chicago, 111.; and William J. Russell '13, vice-president of the Queensboro Chamber of Commerce, New York. '91 CE—John A. Knighton is chief engineer of the department of plant and structures of New York City. He may be addressed at 1811 Municipal Building, New York City. '93 BS; '33 AB—August Merz, vicepresident of the Calco Chemical Company, Bound Brook, N.J., last June received the honorary degree ofD.Sc. from Rutgers at the commencement of the college of pharmacy. On December 7, 1934, he was re-elected president ofthe Synthetic Organic Chemical Manufacturers Association. His son, August Merz, Jr. '33 is a graduate student in geology at the University of Arizona at Tucson. '93 PhB—Mrs. Archibald N. Goddard (Mary Goddard), former president of the Cornell Women's Club of Detroit and past regent of the Louisa St. Clair Chapter, D.A. R., won first prize in the manuscript contest of the Chapter, December 2.0, reciting anecdotes of the exploits of Chapter members' ancestors during the American Revolution. Her address is 630 Virginia Park, Detroit, Mich. '94 AB—Earl W. Mayo returned to New York on theOlympic December 19 from two months in London and Paris in connection with his publishing interests. He is president of the Palmer Publishing Corporation, 56 West Forty-fifth Street, New York City. '94 CE, '96 PhD—Elon H. Hooker, president of the Hooker Electro-Chemical Company of Niagara Falls and Tacoma, Wash., addressing a meeting of the Chamber of Commerce of the State of New York in New York City January 3, is quoted as saying that President Roosevelt's government-owned power utilities program is an unpardonable waste of taxpayers' money for the development of power which will not be needed for another hundred years. Hooker directed his attack against the proposed St. Lawrence River power and water-way development, but also analyzed the prospective government investments in the Tennessee Valley and in the West. '95; '02.—Waldron P. Belknap, vicepresident of the Bankers' Trust Company, was elected vice-president of the Mortgage Conference of New York December 2.7. Henry Bruere '02., president of the Bowery Savings Bank, is also a director. '95 '96 ME—Ernest M. Gilbert is president and chief engineer of the E. M. Gilbert Engineering Corporation, formerly W. S. Barstow and Company of Reading, Pa. His address is 412. Washington Street, Reading,Pa. '98 AB—Frank E. Gannett, publisher of the Gannett newspapers, just returned from a month's intensive survey ofthe leading countries in Europe, is quoted as saying that he feels much more hopeful concerning the future of Europe than when he arrived there. During his stay in Europe, Gannett talked with Pierre- JANUARY 17, I935 II Etienne Flandin, Foreign Minister Pierre Laval, Premier Mussolini, Chancellor Kurt Schuschnigg of Austria, Minister Rudolph Hess and Economic Dictator Hjalmar Schacht of Germany, several members of the British cabinet and several members of the Soviet Central Executive Committee. After travelling through these countries and talking with the influential people of the governments, he thinks the war scare has faded into the background. '98 ME (E)—The reorganized Federation Bank and Trust Company of New York City, of which Jeremiah D. JVfaguire is president, has declared its first dividend, although it was predicted in 1932. that it would be fortunate to pay a dividend in five years. Maguire announced recently that deposits had increased more than three and a half million dollars since the reorganization. A Christmas cash bonus was given to every employee. Maguire entertained December 2.8 at the Brazilian Court Hotel, Palm Beach, Fla., with a dinner for a group of Southampton friends. '98, '99 CE; '78 BME—Ernest D. Button was re-elected for his fourth term as president of the Finger Lakes Association at the annual meeting of the directors on December 18 in Ithaca. Robert H. Treman '78 was re-elected a director-atlarge to represent Tompkins County. '99 ME—Maxwell M. Upson and Mrs. Upson gave a dance December τrj at the Knickerbocker Country Club, Englewood, N. J., to introduce their daughter, Jeanette Upson. '99 ME (EE)—John W. O'Leary, president of the Machinery and Allied Products Institute is quoted in the New York Times December 2.9 as saying that the durable goods industries are waiting only for the restoration of business confidence and credit before spending some tens of billions of dollars for new machinery. If they spend the money, they need the assurance that they will not be taxed too heavily. This assertion is based on a nation-wide tour of investigation and poll of the plants that are members of the Institute. '99 BL—Perry E. Wurst, member of the New York State Banking Board, is credited by the New York World Telegram of December 18 as having urged to Governor Lehman the appointment of George W. Egbert as State Superintendent of Banks. '01, Όx AB—Dr. Percy E. Raymond at the forty-seventh annual dinner of the Geological Society of America in Rochester, December 2.8, presented Dr. Charles Schuchert, Professor Emeritus of Paleontology at Yale, with the Penrose Medal of the society. Raymond, retiring president of the Paleontological Society of America, was Dr. Schuchert's first pupil. '01 BArch; '00 Grad—Frederick L. Ackerman, technical director of the New York City Housing authority, and George B. Walbridge, vice-president of Walbridge, Aldinger Company, Detroit, Mich., are members of the recently-appointed housing advisory council of the Federal Housing Administration. This council is composed of twenty-five men, authorities in architecture, construction, materials, labor, city planning, housing, and finance. '02. AM, '04 PhD—Dr. Frederick W. Foxworthy and Mrs. Foxworthy have recently returned from their wedding trip abroad. Last month they were in Miami, Fla., and expected soon to leave for El Centro, Colombia. Foxworthy, a botanist, has lived in the Malay States for many years. '02. LLB—State Senator C. Tracy Stagg of Ithaca, has been appointed to the judiciary, taxation, insurance, labor, and affairs of New York City committees. '03 CE—Homer N. Vanneman, brother of C. Reeve Vanneman '03, president of the Cornell Alumni Corporation, died at his home in Albany, January 1, 1935. '04 AB, '05 LLB—Charles E. Kelley has leased an apartment at 510 Park Avenue, New York City. '04 Sp—George H. Phelps, resident partner and manager of the Miami office of the stock exchange firm of Fenner and Beane, is quoted in the New York Tribune, December x8, as saying that Florida is preparing for its most prosperous season, and that there are ^,500 more winter visitors in the Miami area than there were one year ago. '05—Donald F. Stevens is general superintendent of transportation for the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad. His address is 309 Somerset Road, Baltimore, Md. '05 AM, '07 PhD; 'x5 PhD—Dr. Emanuel Goldenweiser, for many years director of the Federal Reserve Board's economics division, was recently appointed director of the newly formed research and statistics and economics divisions. His appointment consolidates all economic and statistical research activities of the Federal Reserve system into a central Washington agency. Dr. Lauchlin Currie 'Z5, Treasury adviser, is assistant director of research and statistics. '06 BSA—Harvey L. Westover has returned to Washington after having spent seven months in central Asia, Russia, and Turkey looking for species of grasses that could be grown in the western states to "anchor down" the soil. Because of continuous close grazing and cultivation, and the erosion of wind and water, great quantities of valuable farm soil have been literally blown into the Gulf of Mexico. Westover and his companion, C. R. Enlow, have brought back seeds of 1,800 plants which will be tried here. They were the first Americans to visit the village of Ziddi in the Gissar mountains of Tajikistan. '06 LLB—James L. Kelly of the Genesee County Loan Association, at a conference of the league on home financing and new developments in the home mortgage field, held in New York City December 14 and 15, suggested that building and loan men consider reducing the mortgage interest rate from 6 to 5 percent. '06 CE—Lesley Ashburner, his wife and daughter, Roberta, have returned from a year's trip in Europe. Ashburner studied the financial and economic systems of France, Italy, and England. They live at 140 South Vista Street, Los Angeles, Cal. '07 MD—Dr. Francis W. Baldwin is engaged to marry Florence Marie Dooling, sister of James J. Dooling, leader of Tammany Hall. Dr. Baldwin has an office at 1060 Fifth Avenue and lives at 4 West izi Street, New York City. He is attending physician at St. Vincent's Hospital and director of staff at Misericordia Hospital. '07 LLB—Robert Burns, counsel for the Cities Service Power and Light Company, in a hearing before the Federal Trade Commission, December 10, challenged the accuracy of the Commission's valuation of the Henry L. Doherty electric power and street railway properties. '07; '06 MD—At a meeting of Phi Delta Epsilon, medical fraternity, December 2.9-31, in New York City, Dr. Murray Gordon of Brooklyn spoke on "The First Five Years of Medical Practice." Dr. Aaron Brown '06, 39 West Fiftyfifth Street, New York, is president of the board of trustees of the fraternity and Dr. Edgar Mayer, associate professor of medicine at the Medical College in New York, retired as grand consul. His address is 470 Park Avenue. '08 DVM—Ray Van Orman, football coach at Johns Hopkins University since 19x0, resigned December 1. He was an all-American end under Glen S. Warner, and was end coach at Cornell from 1910 until 19x0 when he left for Johns Hopkins. Ίo, Ί i AB—Bertha K. Patterson is teaching English and Spanish in the senior high school, Mansfield, O. Her address is 116 Vennum Avenue. Ί i ME—Thomas Midgley, the father of Thomas Midgley, Jr. Ί i , died in Bradenton, Fla., December 2.6. He was the inventor of demountable automobile rims, and for many years head of the development department of the Fisk Rubber Company. Thomas Midgley, Jr. is vice-president of the Ethyl Gasoline Corporation and inventor of ethyl gasoline through the use of tetraethyl lead, for which he received the William H. Nichols Medal of the New York section of the American Chemical Society. He is associated with the General Motors Laboratory at Dayton, O. '12. BS—Edward L. Bernays, public relations counsellor, of New York City, spoke before the American Political CORNELL ALUMNI NEWS Science Association December iη in Chicago, 111. He was quoted as proposing a new Cabinet office, Secretary of Public Relations. Ί i LLB—George V. Holton is a member of the executive committee of the Socony-Vacuum Company, Inc. Ί z LLB—The Cavalry Post bonus plan, proposed by Walter R. Kuhn, New York City attorney, and adopted by the First New York Cavalry Post, Z96, American Legion, would distribute upwards of $z,ooo,ooo,ooo to veterans by means of currency to be designated as war veterans' service currency, and to be discounted at the rate of two per cent annually. Kuhn was in France during the War as sergeant in the Z7th Division, and he is former commander of Cavalry Post. '13—Harold Will and Mrs. Will of Z99 Park Avenue, New York City, introduced their daughter, Kay, at a dinner dance, December z8. '13—Dr. Thomas K. Davis was elected vice-president of the Association for Research in Nervous and Mental Diseases, December 2.8, in New York City. '14 BS—William Hazlett Upson and family are spending the winter in Los Angeles, Cal., where he is working for Warner Brothers Pictures on a motion picture, Earthworm Tractors, based on his stories in the Saturday Evening Post. Joe E. Brown plays the lead. Upson writes that production has been delayed owing to various causes, including a big fire which recently destroyed half the Warner lot and all of the eight tractors which were to be used for the picture. His address is at ZZ3Z North New Hampshire Avenue, Los Angeles, Cal. '14 LLB—Harry E. Schirick of Kingston has been appointed Supreme Court Justice by Governor Lehman. Ί 6 BS—Meyer Willett of Bristol and Willett, New York City, was elected January 4 to the board of governors of the New York Security Dealers Association. Ί 6 AB, '19 MD—Dr. Henry H. Kessler, medical director of the New Jersey Rehabilitation Commission and past president of the Cornell Club of Newark, sailed January 5 on the Lafayette for a month in England, where he was to deliver the Hunterian lecture January 14 before an audience of English surgeons at the Lord Mayor's House in London, and demonstrate a cineplastic arm before the Royal Society of Medicine January 15. The Hunterian lecture is an annual event sponsored by a group of English surgeons in honor of John Hunter, an eighteenth century British physician, who is the father of the basic principles of rehabilitation surgery. Kessler is chairman of the committee on industrial hygiene for the American Public Health Association, president of the Essex County Tuberculosis League, and a director of the New Jersey Tuberculosis League. '17, 'zo EE—William R. Gibbon of Los Angeles, Cal., is president of the American Savings, Building and Loan Institute. The sixty-seven local units of the organization foster professional training for workers in building and loan associations. '17 AB—George J. Hecht, publisher of Parents' Magazine, presided at the national conference on the 1935 needs of children, held under the auspices of Parents' Magazine in New York City, January 3. '17 ME—John Haydock, Jr. of Plainfield, N. J., managing editor of American Machinist, in the New York Times, December 16, states that while the trend during 1934 has been disappointing in the metal working industry, the outlook for 1935 is hopeful. In order to cut costs, obsolete equipment must be abandoned, and the need for modern manufacturing facilities should be strong enough during 1935 to overcome the present hesitancy regarding long-term investments. '17 BS—S. D. Shoulkin received'his DVM from Ohio State University in 192.0, and is practicing in Scarborough-onHudson. He is the father of a baby girl, Marilyn-Joan, born May Z5, 1933- He was in Ithaca for the Dartmouth game, November 17. Ί 8 , '19 BS—Howard B. Ortner's ability as a basketball coach was the basis of an article by Matt Jackson in the Rochester Democrat and Chronicle December 2.4. He is described as tactful and patient with his athletes. Ί 8 BS—T. Rowan Wagner was transferred in August from western representative of the railway and marine sales department of the Sinclair Refining Company to assistant district manager with headquarters at 2.540 W. Cermak Road, Chicago, 111. His address is 5479 Hyde Park Boulevard, Chicago, 111. Ί 8 BS—Hollis V. Warner is raising " t h e celebrated Long Island ducklings" at Riverhead, Long Island. His address is 1013 Riverside Drive. '2.0 AB, '31 PhD—Raymond P. Allen is research chemist with B. F. Goodrich Company. He married Mary Diffenderfer of Middleburg, Pa., August iz, 1933. His address is 144 North Highland Avenue, Akron, O. 'zo, 'zi BChem—Donald C. Blanke is manager of the Park Avenue office of G. M. P. Murphy & Company, members of the New York Stock Exchange. '2.1 LLB—Ralph A. McClelland, New York City lawyer, was elected Scarsdale Town Supervisor December Z9. 'zi AB—John K. Holbrook, Jr., of New York City, is attorney for the code authority for the hat manufacturing industry. He appeared on behalf of the industry at a public hearing on NRA wage rates in Washington recently. 'zz AB—Elmer M. Johnson, chairman of the Tompkins County consumers council under the NRA, told the Kiwanis Club of Ithaca that, although the consumer of goods can be sure of the weight or measure of what he buys, he is kept from knowing the quality. 'zz ME—Lewis R. Gwyn, Jr. married Priscilla Young Reid of New York City, December Z9 at Scarsdale. 'z3 PhD—M. Demerec, of the Carnegie Institution Station for Experimental Evolution at Cold Spring Harbor, L. I. at the convention of the American Association for the Advancement of Science, presented a blue print of the mechanism that nature uses in producing and preventing evolutionary changes in living organisms. '2.3 MS, '30 PhD—Frederick P. Weaver of State College, Pa., was appointed December 2.8 a director of the Federal Land Bank of Baltimore. The appointment carries with it directorships in the Federal Intermediate Credit Bank of Baltimore, the Production Credit Corporation of Baltimore, and the Baltimore Bank of Cooperatives. '2.3 BS—Lowry T. Mead, Jr., secretarytreasurer of the Cornell Club of Newark, is sales representative of the International Press, 2-9 Division Street, Newark, N. J. '2.4—Donald H. Owens was elected secretary of the New York Board of Trade at a meeting of the directors, December zo. *Z4 Grad—Carl S. Raushenbush is counsel to the Nye Senatorial committee which is investigating munitions manufacturing in the United States. 'z4 AB—Thomas C. Hennings, Jr. was elected November 6 to represent the Eleventh Missouri District in the Seventyfourth Congress of the United States. He is a director of the Cornell Alumni Corporation and former president of the Cornell Club of St. Louis. He was a member of the track team for three years, and was a member of the relay team which established a new record of 3:JΫS in the 19Z4 triangular meet with Dartmouth and Harvard. 'z4 BS, 'z8 MS; fz6 BS—Leslie R. Hawthorn is research horticulturist at the Texas Agricultural Experiment Station, Winter Haven, specializing in vegetable growing. He and Mrs. Hawthorn (Ruth Reynolds) 'z6 and daughter, Shirley Ann, three years old may be addressed at the Station. 'z4 CE—Carl J. Schmauss lives in Garden City, where he played soft-ball and is now bowling in the Stewart Manor leagues. fZ5 AM—Pearl Buck (Pearl Sydenstricker) has a new story,'' Enough for a Lifetime," in the January Woman's Home Companion. She is literary advisor with the John Day Company, New York publishers. 'z6—Edward R. Eastman of Ithaca, JANUARY 1 7 , 1935 PROFESSIONAL DIRECTORY OF CORNELL ALUMNI METROPOLITAN DISTRICT Apartments Country Homes Business Properties Chain Store Locations Γ>ostenberg Xlealty Co. Inc. L. O. 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BREAKFAST, LUNCHEON &DINNER RUTH CLEVES JUSTUS Ί 6 editor ofthe American Agriculturist, has been reappointed director-at-large of the Federal Land Bank at Springfield, Mass. '2.6 CE—Norman R. Steinmetz is the father of a son, Norman R., Jr., born May 19, 1934.His address is 33-04 xioth Street, Bay side. f2.γ ME—H. Elmer Wheeler is with Lago Oil and Transport Company, Limited, atAruba, Dutch West Indies, in charge ofinstrumental and control work. '27, fi8 AB—Benjamin W. Brown is an accountant with Lybrand, Ross Brothers and Montgomery, 90 Broad Street, New York City. He married Katharine Reynolds of Glen Ridge, N. J., onMay 19, '17 Grad—John B. Calkin is the father ofa baby girl born December xo in the Tompkins County Memorial Hospital, Ithaca. He is a Fellow in Chemistry and lives on Willard Way Loop. '2.7 ME—The engagement of Mary C. Jones of Montclair, N. J. and Leslie I. Ferguson '17of Paterson, N. J., was recently announced. '2.8 AB, '31 MD—Dr. Ira H. Degenhardt married Elizabeth Tierney of Oradell, N .J., December 2.7, in Elizabeth, N. J. Their address is 55 Lincoln Avenue, Brunswick, N. J. '2.9 CE—William N. Young is with the sales department of the Shell Oil Company inthe San Jose district. His address is La Honda, Cal. '30 AB—Benjamin F. Carpenter, Jr. is editor of the Whitehall Times. His address is 34 Main Street, Whitehall. '31 EE—Lillian Kuhn of Little Falls, N. J. is engaged to Frederick T. Budelman '31. Heis with Fred M. Link, engineer, of New York City. *3x AB; '34—Floyd S. Freiberger is with therental department of the Cleveland Trust Company, Cleveland, O. He married Margaret L. Rosenberg '34 of Toledo, O., December zγ, 1934. Their address is 1431 Overlook Road, Suite 5, Cleveland Heights, O. '31 BS; '31 BS—Ralph B. Munns, formerly resident manager of the Gordon Hotel, Albany, Ga. is now manager of the General Brodhead Hotel at Beaver Falls, Pa. John A. 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