VOL. XXIX, No. 23 [PEICE TWELVE CENTS] MARCH 10, 1927 Two Track Men Win Championship in Intercollegiates—Team Takes Second Place University to Receive $150,000 Under the Will of J. Norris Oliphant '01 1910's Fund Allocated to War Memorial for Double Room in Tower Wrestlers Win Fourth Straight Basketball Team Slumps Published weekly during the college year and monthly in July and August. Subscription $4 per year. Entered as second class matter, Ithaca, N. Y. Postmaster: Return postage guaranteed. .Use form 3578 for undeliverable copies. CORNELL ALUMNI NE.WS THE STAK \-AFTEKTHE THEAT PROVIDENCE HARTFORD ESTABROOK & CO. Sound Investments New York Boston 24 Broad 15 State ROGER H. WILLIAMS '95 New York Resident Partner SPRINGFIELD NEW BEDFORD . A F F O R D S an opportunity to spend the evening at the theater. Leaves N e w York (Penn. Sta.) 11.45 P.M. " N e w a r k (Eliz. &Meeker Aves.).... 12.17 A.M. " Philadelphia (Reading Ter.) 12.05 A.M. Arrives Ithaca 7.36 A.M. Dining Car Serving Breakfast Sleepers open for occupancy in New York andPhiladelphia 10.00 P.M. lehighValley Railroad CThe Route ofThe Black Diamond Hemphill, Noyes (3&Co. 37 Wall Street, New York Investment Securities Philadelphia Albany Boston Baltimore Pittsburgh Rochester Buffalo Syracuse Jansen Noyes ΊO Stanton Griffis ΊO Walter S. Marvin J. Stanley Davis Clifford Hemphill Harold Strong Kenneth K. Ward L. M. BlanckeΊ 5 Members of the New York Stock Exchange Quality Service E. H. WANZER Incorpoτa ted The Grocers H. J. Bool Co. Furniture Manufacturer We specialize in college and school furniture. We make special furniture toorder. Antique furniture repaired and refinished byexpert workmen. Estimates Free H. J.BOOL CO. 126-132 East State Street Ithaca Trust Company Resources Over Five Million Dollars President Vice-Pres Treasurer Cashier Charles E.Treman Franklin C. Cornell Sherman Peer A. B. Wellar R. A.Heggie &Bro. Co. Fraternity Jewelers Ithaca New York Aurora and State Streets THE SENATE Solves the problem for Alumni A Gcod Restaurant MARTIN T.GIBBONS Proprietor KOHM & BRUNNE Tailors for Cornellians Everywhere 222 E. State St., Ithaca SHELDON COURT A fireproof, modern, private dormitory for men students at Cornell. Catalogue sent on request A. R. Congdon, Mgr., Ithaca, N. Y. " ITHACA" ENGBffVΊNG C&. Libraηy Building 123 N. Tίo£a Street CORNELL ALUMNI NEWS VOL. XXIX, No.23 ITHACA, N. Y., MARCH 10, 1927 PRICE 12 CENTS I E persistent hammering of the I Sun's editorials, tίie visit of Dean Hawkes of Columbia, andthe discussions in C. U. C. A. forums, have brought the question of the Arts curriculum into the news. Certain results are already manifest. The Faculty, though chastised with scorpions, has'made no answer to the accusations leveled at it, thus giving an impression of serene indifference to all this hurly-burly. Yet when your representative, disguised as a Willard Straight bus-boy, has swept persistently under the feet of Faculty luncheon groups, he has heard a great buzz of such phrases as ''superficial orientation courses," "collapse of sound educational tradition," and "undergraduate lackwittedness and nincompoopity." The undergraduates are examining critically the value of their four years of education, and that is a good thing. The instructors are discussing college education as a whole, rather than the problems of each specialized subject, and that is a good thing too. THE CRUX OF THE SUBJECT seems to be that theFaculty clings to the traditional conception of a University—that it isan assembly of scholars giving to thosewho would learn their wisdom the opportunity of obtaining advanced instruction from -specialists. The students persist thatthe University exists in order to prepare them to bemen of modern culture and to do the tasks set by ourpeculiar modern civilization. The student says: "Teach me to be a man of broad understanding." The teacher replies: "That is notmy subject. I shall beglad to teach you mathematics." And most of the argument seems to be an attempt to reconcile these two points of view. DEAN HAWKES of Columbia said, for instance, at a dinner sponsored by the C. U. C. A., that the college should con- sider instruction in religion a part of its duty. Hehas repeated his contentionin an article in The New York Herald- Tribune for March 6. "The student has the right to expect the liberal arts college to give him the same chance to study these topics that he has to study chemistry, economics, or fine arts. If a college is un- able toprovide instruction in every field it would like to cover it can at least tellthe student where he can get the best books, so as to satisfy hisown curiosity. Further than this objective study of religion I do not think the college needs officially to go." AT THIS the Professor trained in the old school would cry out in horror. Every educated man must come to his conclusions about religion, but he cannot study the subject-matter and technique of religion as he can that of chemistry, economics, or fine arts. The controversy between these points of view is now raging. We shall not attempt to settle it here, as we should like to seeit go on. ENOUGH OF THIS. The Dramatic Club has just produced Sheridan's "The Critic," impressing again onall beholders the excellent level of acting attained in these performances, and the valuable work the club is doing in exhibiting dramatic masterpieces of different types, times, and provenience. Not only does it offer an instructive course in dramatic literature, it puts on the best shows in town. THE NEW PRESIDENT of the Musical Clubs, elected at a meeting last week, is William R. Morgan '27 of Utica. He fills the vacancy left by the resignation of Kenneth M. Young '27 of Providence, who has graduated and left. THE NEW DIPLOMACY was the subject of a talk before the Saturday Lunch Club last week. Thespeaker was Col. A.G. Alley, secretary of the League of Nations Non-Partisan Association. SIGMA DELTA CHI, at a dinner held in Willard Straight Hall on March 1, initiated into membership Laurence B. June '19 of Ithaca, Leland P. Ham '26 of Millbrook, Harry L. Case '29 of Landsdowne, Pa., and Colin A. Miller '29 of Oak Park, 111. Professor J. O. Simmons, director of the journalism course in Syracuse University, and Professor Bristow Adams addressed the members. Leland Ham spoke in behalf of the initiates. PHI GAMMA DELTA won the interfrater- nity hockey championship for the year by defeating Sigma Phi 2-0 in the final game. The members of the winning team were John S. Fair, Jr., '27 of Llanerch,Pa., William Y. Naill '27 of Hanover, Pa., Raymond D. Angel '27 of Edgemere, Pa., Frank H. Mueller '27 of Decatur,111., Millard S. Moore '29 of Bronxville, and Hans V. Grohmann '27 of Demarest, N. Y. Twenty teams played in the league. THE SAGE CHAPEL Preacher OΏ March 6 was Professor Rufus M. Jones, Ph. D., professor of philosophy at Haverford College. LECTURES in the "Science and Life" series last week included "Geologic Processes and Geologic Time" by Professor Oscar D. von Engeln '08 on March 2, and"The Emergence of Life" by Professor James G. Needham, Ph.D. '98. THE WILLARD STRAIGHT Sunday Evening talk onMarch 6 wason "Unexplained Marvels of Ancient Engineering." I t was given by Professor Eugene P. Andrews '95. A POULTRY AND EGG marketing school was held at Cornell on March 2, 3, and 4, with some two hundred poultrymen attending. Professor Flora Rose, who has made a study of these articles of food from the barnyard to the dining-table, and Dr. H.D. Phillips, director of the Bureau of Markets of the Department of Agriculture and Markets at Albany, were among those addressing the school. BILLIARDS IS THE NEWEST sport in the local arena. Next week the Board of Managers of Willard Straight Hall will start two tournaments for the University championship in billiards and pocket billiards, open to all undergraduates. A suitable trophy will go to the winner, and it is hoped that the tournament will develop such interest that matches may later be played with these famous players down at the Town and Gown Club. ROD AND BOB, the Civil Engineering honorary society, has elected Professor Ernest W. Schoder '03a Faculty member, and Earl G. Bristol '28 of Oceanside and William N. Young '28 of Rochester,student members. MEMBERS OF THE BOARDS of The Harvard Crimson, The Cornell DailySun, The Daily Princetonian, and The Dartmouth have formed an association which will meet several times a year to discuss problems common to all, its membersbelieve it will work for good will amongst them. . HARVARD COLLEGE has adopted a policy of fewer hours of teaching. From the Christmas recess until the mid-year examination period, andagain for about three andone-half weeks before thefinal examination period, lectures and other classroom exercises will cease in many courses and only seniors will be tutored. The Faculty in voting this change has registered its belief that the teaching staff has too much to do, and that the students will profit by less instruction and moreof independent study. 274 CORNELL ALUMNI NEWS Army-Navy Committees Report Contributions Totaling $8,000 to Funds for Cloister Entrances Cornell men who served in the armed forces during the World War have made considerable progress toward raising sufficient funds for the entrances to the Cloister which will represent their memorial to their comrades-in-arms who made the supreme sacrifice. Each of the entries to be erected bythe men of the Army and of the Navy will cost $15,000. Although the appeal for funds for these entries has been out only a short time, there has been subscribed for the Army memorial $4,113. During the same time the Navy men have raised $4,335. Army The following have contributed forthe Army entry: Winthrop Ingersoll, Henry Whittier Porter Ί 7 , Edwin Gerald Hansen Ί o , Samuel L. Althouse '20, George L. Coleman '95, Edward C. Kerr '12, Willis E. Bowen '02, Oswald D. Reich '12, Raymond T. Kelsey Ί 6 , Byron L. Swan Ί 4 , George F. Myers '12, G. Whitney Bowen '18, Milton Weinstein '14, Edward C. M. Stahl '13, Frank P^Bronson Ί i , F. Walter Bliss '13, Frank Short '13, Harold Gouinlock'12, Walter Mulligan '98, Elwyn L. Smith Ί 7 , Frank S. Tracy '00,Alden Sherry Ί 6 , Mrs. Alden Sherry, George Hendricks ' 15, Thomas B. Spence '90, Francis C. Heywood Ί i , Dean C. Wiggins '19, Harrison L. Stidham '91, Frank B. Caldwell '12. Albert W. Clurman '14, John B. Tuck J93, Jacob Sachs Ί o , Edwin H. Watkins Ί7, Donald B. Munsick Ί 5 , Royden M. Vose '01, Joseph A. Cook Ί 5 , RalphD. Reid Ί 7 , Charles B. King '91, Samuel B. Balcom '19, G. F. Treat '07, Matthew L. Carey Ί 5 , Donald T. Stanton '15, Charles E. Kilburn Ί 6 , Ralph O. Compton '17, Herbert Ashton Ί 3 , Paul Sleicher '21, H. Wallace Peters '14, Sidney W. Treat '07, William H. Upson Ί 4 , William S. Stempfle '20, Walter G. Seely Ί 4 , Charles Weiss Ί 3 , Paul W. Thompson Ί o , Newman E. Wait '12, Robert H. Coit '06, Charles H. Spencer, Jr., Ί 9 , Harry S. Wilbur Ί 4 , William D. Kendrick '07, Martin L. Wilson '07, Seth G. Hess Ί 5 , Clinton Wixom Ί9, Louis Swerdlove '17, Horace J. McNeil '20, John J. Kuhn '98, Earl A. Barrett Ί4. William C. Bellis Ί 7 , Paul Wilder '12, Thomas E. Parker '20, Harry Z. Harros Ί4, Samuel A. Cosgrove '07, Lorn Campbell, Jr., Ί 8 , Walter C. Conger Ί 2 , Warren G. Willsey '17, Cloyd M. Chapman '98, Newton C. Fassett '04, Hezekiah Shailor Dow Ί 4 , Lester F. Merrick Ίy, Edwin A. Seipp '05, Albert E. Peterman '00, Milton Hurd Ί 6 , Fred B. Howell Ί 6 , Neil C. McMath Ί 4 , Boudinet S. Loney Ί4, Harvey S. Johnson Ί i , Ross H. Mc- Lean Ί i , Nicholas A. Walbran Ί 8 , Jeremiah Joseph Hayes Ί-6, Percy W. Simpson '98, William Goldstein Ί i , Max A. Grambow '12, Robert E. Friend '08. Milton J. Powell '14, Clarence E. Boesch '05, Abraham M. Stark Ί o , John W. Watzek, Jr. Ί 4 , Charles F. MerzΊ 2 , Horace W. Peaslee Ί o , BenSloan '07, John K. Cleary '06, Frank Sturges Ί 6 , Leon R. Phillips '12, George H. Stickney '96, Harry H. Snyder Ί 7 , Loring K. Warner Ί o , Hugh J. Gaffney Ί o , T. William Lilienthal Ί 5 , E. Everett Hand Ί 5 , Thomas L. B. Lyster '03, Alfred C. Day '14, Donald B. Holcombe '13, David S. Ward Ί 3 ,Donald D. Fitzgerald Ί 8 , Walter L. Webb '84,Gerald F. Healy '15, Irving T. Beach Ί 7 , Alfred R. Ebberts Ί 8 , Perry C. Euchner '15, Pierce G. Fredericks Ί 2 , Dr. Lewell T. Genung '97, Joseph F. Matthai Ί i , Curtis C. Myers }os, Horace W. Shaw Ί 5 , Frank R. Wallace Ί o . Navy Specific contributions for the Navy entry have been received from the following: E. Vail Stebbins '93, George T. Ladd '96, Carl J. Schmidlapp '08, James A. Friend Ί 6 , J. Lakin Baldridge Ί 5 , John H. Schmid Ί 8 , Jes Dall, Jr., Ί 6 , LouisA. Salade, Jr., '14, Irving S. Florsheim Ί 4 , Francis T. Hunter Ί 6 , Horace White '87, George A. Newbury '17, Edward G. MacArthur Ί i , Norman E. Elsas Ί 8 , Oliver W. Holton Ί 7 , William Schultheis Ί 5 , Edward D. Beals '05, Van Breed Hart Ί 6 . Robert E. Treman '09, chairman of the War Memorial Committee, isaddressing a personal letter to all of the Cornell men who served in the War and who have not yet contributed to theMemorial. I t is hoped that the money for these entries can be raised quickly sothat the actual work of erecting the Towers and Cloister may begin as soon as the architect's plans are completed. GRADUATE DEGREES At a meeting of the Faculty of the Graduate School held on March 4 the following were recommended for graduate degrees: A.M.: Chilson Hathaway Leonard '23, Sven Axel Nilson. M.S.: Rollin Hayes Barrett, Leon Evans Bowe, Alfred Mullikin Boyce '26, KyuinWei Kao '26, Gladys Marie Kensler, Roberto Moreno y de Santos '25, Willem Jacobus Pretorius. M.C.E.: Doo-Yee Sung. Ph.D.: Felipe Tiongson Adriano, Harry Benjamin Alger Ί 4 , Leo Behr Ί 8 ; Clement L. Benson, Yan Tsz Chiu, Joy Pleasant Guilford, Charles Sumnei Gwynne '07, Caro Lynn, Michel George Malti, Chia Lin Shao, Lloyd Raymond Watson, Mary Louisa Willard, Catharine Elizabeth Young, A.M. '23. SPORT STUFF The chief end of sport is fun. The doctrine is now preached that to achieve fun sport must be conducted in a spirit of pallid dilettantism and that preparation for contests should stop short of mortification of the flesh and the stern suppression of individual caprice. But where is ultimate fun to be found? Certainly not in losing games to lesser men through lack of effort in preparation. Joy comes to the oarsman on that day when, as the reward of endless drill,the shell becomes a leaping, living thing. His agony of the body is itself pure joy in the last victorious spurt. The fun of football comes at that moment when you realize the drudgery has not been in vain, that the plays are working for consecutive gains and that an alert, coordinated defense is stopping the opposition dead in its tracks. The ultimate joy of distance running comes when you meet the challenge on the back stretch and you find that all those weary miles on the Ithaca hills have given you theextra ounce of stamina that is going to bring you home a champion. The chief end of sport is fun. Itis wise —and good form—to cultivate a pose of casualness off the field. But when the whistle blows for contest or practice there is no place for casualness on a varsity squad. When a man becomes a candidate for a team he ceases to bea free agent and becomes therepresentative of his college. For that honor he must pay the price in self-sacrifice, loss of individuality, and sustained effort. Andhis ultimate joy comes with the discovery that he has not paid the price in vain. He will find no lasting pleasure in making a frivolous, effortless, shirking romp of practice. (Prolonged cheering on the part of old grads. General snapping of patent cigar lighters among undergraduates mingled with scattered cries of ''Apple Sauce.") R. B. ΊX REUNION COMMITTEE The Ten Year Reunion, so far as the men are concerned, will be in charge ofthe following six Ί 7 men: Edward E. Anderson, Herbert Ballantine, Ivon H. Budd, William D. Crim, Arthur W. Mellon, Jr., and Charles Ramsey. Working with them will be the secretary of the class, Donald B. Vail. A larger committee, of about one hundred members, isbeing appointed to cover the whole United States. The committee has determined upon a costume designed after the French Foreign Legion, such as was used in the motion picture of "Beau Geste." CORNELL ALUMNI NEWS 275 1910's Fund for Memorial $7,500 Raised by That Class Allocated by Trustees Committee for Double Room in Tower The War Memorial Fund took a spurt this week asa result of action ata meeting of theAdministration Committee of the Board of Trustees on March 5. The committee voted to allocate $7,500 of the memorial funds raised in 1920 by the class of 1910, for the purpose of providing a double room in the Memorial Towers as, a tribute to seven members of the class of 1910,who lost their lives inthe World War. Andrew J.Whinery Ίo,secretary of the Class, who was active in the establishment of the class fund several years ago, is pleased that 1910 is thus the first class to make full payment for its share in Cornell's War Memorial. A bronze tablet tobeplaced in the 1910 Memorial Room, will have inscribed on it the names and records ofthe following men of 1910 who made the supreme sacrifice: Frank Findlay Hanbidge, Roger Wolcott Hitchcock, Daniel Joseph Meskill, Norwood Macleod, Hunter McClure, Jefferson Davis Vincent, Edgar Montgomery Whitlock. THIRD 1912 GAZETTE OUT The War Memorial Number of The OnTo-Ithaca Gazettewasmailed to members of the Class of 1912 this week bythe secretary, Ross W. Kellogg of Ithaca. The Gazette continues to grow. It started in December with four pages and was increased tosix pages for the issue of January 15. Tht War Memorial Number consists of eight pages, half of which are devoted to the effort of the Class to raise $5,000 for a room in the WarMemorial. A letter from President Farrand complimenting the Class on being the first class to underwrite the cost of a room in the War Memorial and extending a welcome to Cornell for the Fifteen-Year Reunion is a page-one feature. The WaiMemorial material includes a double-page spread, showing two views of the memorial towers and cloister and a page devoted to brief biographies of the ten members of the class who lost their lives in the War. Secretary Kellogg compliments his classmates on their prompt response to his request for dues. Nearly 150 of the members sent in checks for five dollars eachin less than two months. Considerable space is given over to news of the women of the Class. Mrs. Anne Bullivant Pfeiffer contributes a letter of greeting from the women. She ischairman of the women's reunion committee. With her are associated the class secretary for women, Nina Smith, and Anna Hunn. It is reported in the Gazette that the district rooters in nearly every one of the large cities is active, arrangements being made to hold class dinners in many cities on the evening of March 15 at which time the NewYork City members will hold their get-together at Alaire's Restaurant on Third Avenue and Seventeenth Street. PHYSICS PAPERS At thejoint meeting of the American Physical Society and the Optical Society of America at Columbia on February 26-7 the following papers were read by Cornellians: ''Purity and Saturation: a Saturation Scale for Yellow" by Deane B. Judd, Ph.D. '26; "The Phenomenon of Broca and Sulzer in Foveal Vision as Dependent Upon Wave Length and Intensity" by Walter H. Stainton '20; "A Comparison of Three Methods of Spectrophotometry of Weak Light" by Lauriston Taylor '26; "The Empiric Relation Between Dominant Wavelength and Purity" by Deane B. Judd; "The Extension of the Classical Laws of Optics into the XRay Region of the Spectrum," an invited paper by Professor Floyd K. Riehtmyer '06; "A System of Structures for Atomic Nuclei" by Warren W. Nicholas, National Research Fellow; "The Potential of Photoactive Cells Containing Fluorescent Electrolytes" byHoward W. Russell '26; "The Periodicity of Photoelectric Thresholds" by George B. Welch, Grad.; "Multiplets in the Spectra of Vanadium (III)" by Professor Roswell C. Gibbs '06 and Harvey E. White, Grad.; "Further Test of the Theories of Absorption of X-Rays" by Professor Floyd K. Riehtmyer and Lauriston S. Taylor; "A Type of Oscillation Hysteresis" by Lauriston Taylor; "Thermal Conductivity of Fused Quartz as a Function of Temperature" by Herman E. Seeman. Abstracts of all these papers appeared in the Bulletin ofthe American Physical Society for February 12. Leaves Cornell $150,000 Will of J. Norris Oliphant Όl Makes University and SigmaPhi Residuary Legatees The will of J. Norris Oliphant Όi, who died in New York on January 22, contains a provision which will eventually give Cornell about $150,000, it is estimated. The will has been filed in the surrogate's office. The University's share is one-half of the residuary estate after certain personal bequests are satisfied. The other half, under the will, is to gotothe Epsilon Chapter of Sigma Phi at Cornell, of which Mr. Oliphant wasa member. Both these bequests are subject toa life interest of his uncle, William J. Oliphant, and his aunt, Mrs. Emma J. Morse. The will creates a trust and directs the trustee to payone-half of the income to each of them while they both live and the entire income to the survivor while he or she shall live. Upon thetermination of this life interest the principal of the trust fund is to be given in equal shares to the University and the Chapter. The bequest to the University is made without any condition or restriction as to howthe fund shall be used. Mr. Oliphant was a member of the New York Stock Exchange and belonged to the brokerage house of James H. Oliphant & Co., which his father founded and which he joined soon after his graduation from Sibley College in 1901. THOMAS LIVINGSTON BAYNE, JR., of the Department of Rural Education, will teach this summer in the University of Michigan. A NEW CHAPTER HOUSE FOR SEAL AND SERPENT This latest addition to the fraternity houses situated across the gorge is 'now under construction onThurston Avenue opposite Phi Kappa Psi. The house was designed by O. H. Waltz, architect of Ithaca; architect's sketch by A.E. Millikin '24. 276 CORNELL ALUMNI NEWS Alumni Fund Appeal Class Representatives Send Out Letters Urging Participation—Table Shows Standing To Date Class representatives of the Cornellian Council have completed the mailing ofindividual letters to members oftheir classes urging participation inthe Alumni Fund. It ishoped that their appeal will meet with a ready response. Harold Flack '12, executive secretary of the Cornellian Council, has made a study of the amounts contributed by classes and, in cooperation with leaders of the classes, has arrived at quotas which will form the basis of the competition between the classes. While one of the objectives of the various class representatives will be to reach the money quota, their main objective willbe to secure a larger number of subscribers to the Alumni Fund. I t is felt that by obtaining a wider participation in the Fund, much benefit will be derived, notonly through the funds thus obtained, but by the increased interest of the Alumni in the University. Secretary Flack has compiled the following table. It is the hope of the Council that sufficient funds will be obtained to make possible the carrying on of necessary University functions. THE COLLEGE WORLD A BKYN MAWR committee has published some statistics about the graduate women of Bryn Mawr. 1088 women have studied for a year or more in the Graduate School. Of these 246 have gone into college teaching, 28into college administration work, 226 into school teaching, 32 into school administration work,. 73 into social work, 97 into medicine, law, and other professions, 44 into business, 8 into miscellaneous kinds of work, 59 class themselves as still students, 103 have no paid position, and 172 have married and discontinued their research work. As to salaries, 8.7 per cent are getting between $1,500 and $2,000, 23.3 per cent between $2,000 and $2,500, 21.3 per cent between $2,500 and $3,000, 18.5 per cent between $3,000 and $3,500, 10.7 per cent between $3,500 and $4,000, 7.8 percent between $4,000 and $4,500, andonly 5.8 per cent between $5,000 and $6,000. That is, about onehalf are earning less than $3,000. The total number ofthose who have marriedis 306. Of these 134 have continued their scholarly careers, at least intermittently. 234 have borne 533 children. 2^7 took their first degree atBryn Mawr and of the rest 462 came from American coeducational colleges, 239 from women's colleges, 37 from Canadian coeducational colleges, and The quotas assigned toeach class have been based on the total contributions tothe Alumni Fund for the fiscal year 1925-26 plus twenty per cent, with the exception of the classes 1869-1870, 1911 and 1924, where for special reasons, the quotas have been computed on a different basis. Incomputing the quotas for the classes, all special gifts of $1000 ormore contributed forspecified purposes have been eliminated. Class Year Number in Class Quota 1926 1386 $2660 1925 1924 1923 1539 H36 1688 4000 6i45 8000 1922 1921 1920 1435 1363 1449 6800 7000 9200 1919 1601 4650 1918 1917 1556 1409 4700 3900 1916 1391 4650 I9I5 1914 1403 1088 4450 4000 1913 1912 1191 1213 5100 5640 1911 1910 939 ion 6350 6850 1909 909 5500 1908 826 6500 1907 1906 866 4450 791 3700 1905 1904 1903 925 7200 770 4150 5S2 5800 1902 1901 1900 1899 1898 1897 1896 1895 1894 1893 1892 1891 1890 1889 1888 564 2850 497 4900 655 8020 477 3895 438 3946 491 6369 446 4479 426 3320 385 4515 383 4099 375 6510 317 3220 299 4873 215 1886 171 1120 1887 1886 1885 1884 132 2330 99 748 86 950 88 2612 1883 1882 1881 1880 83 822 86 474 99 7 H 130 1476 1879 118 700 1878 108 1490 1877 1876 99 400 68 366 iδ75 88 2534 1874 100 260 1873 98 117 1872 124 201 1871 14 120 1870 9 45 1869 2 10 Contributions from non-Cornel- liansand gifts from Alumni and others for special purposes. 187,335 Amount Contributed % of Quota from July 1,1926 Contributed to to Feb. 1,1927 Feb. 1,1927 $2126 80 2504 63 4277 5004 4116 70 63 60 3404 4039 1157 49 44 24 987 21 1417 36 1610 33 1399 812 3i 20 1119 22 2119 37 1447 1967 23 28 1602 1632 1098 1142 29 25 25 3O 1661 23 1262 30 2571 44 687 24 1193 2039 1122 24 25 29 520 II27 13 18 672 15 900 28 1532 28 692 1765 17 27 1739 54 2I9I 45 499 26 285 25 1720 74 152 20 770 81 570 22 330 40 80 17 70 10 92 6 140 20 170 11 313 78 225 61 270 10 50 19 50 42 30 14 100 83 22 53,870 29 CORNELL ALUMNI NEWS 277 ATHLETICS Track Team Does Well The track team showed unlόoked for strength in the Indoor Intercollegiates. Harvard won the championship in the annual games in New York Saturday, and Cornell was a close second. The Yale team, which meets Cornell in an indoor meet in the Drill Hall Saturday night, was third. The standing of the teams was: Harvard 23 3/7, Cornell 21 3/7, Yale 201 /2, Penn State 19, Pennsylvania 13 3/7, Dartmouth 13 3/7, Georgetown 11 3/7, Boston College 9, Princeton 81/2, Syracuse 5, Columbia 4, Bowdoin 3, Holy Cross 3, Brown 3, Union 3, Colby 2, Colgate 1. Two first places were captured by the Cornellians. Horace Benson, Cornell sophomore, won the two-mile run, and is now the intercollegiate indoor champion in that event, while Norwood G. Wright, a Cornell junior, won first place in the 36pound weight throw. Wright hurled the ball 5ijeet 1/2 inch, the best performance of his career. Cohen, Cornell, came third, with a throw of 48 feet 3 1/2 inches. Wright's victory is the first any Cornellian has won in this event. In the shot-put John F. Anderson, another Cornell sophomore, got third place, with a throw of 44 feet 6 112 inches. This is Anderson's first year at shot putting, and he has been developing steadily. Benson's victory in the two-mile run was a brilliant performance. Cox of Penn State, who had previously won the mile, set the pace, and after seven laps began to reduce his speed apparently to save his strength. But Reid of Harvard passed him, followed by his team mate Flacksman. As they came into the final lap Benson who had been in sixth place passed man after man until he led the pack. Briggs of Yale challenged on the final lap, but Benson uncorked a fine spurt and won by twenty yards in 9 min. ^7 sec. The mile relay team finished fourth to Syracuse, Georgetown and Holy Cross; Vollmer, Cornell, tied with two others for third place in the high jump; and Reed, Pittman, and Williams of Cornell tied with four others for fourth place in the pole vault at a height of 12 feet. The freshman medley relay team got fourth. Wrestlers Defeat State The wrestling team made it four straight Saturday, defeating Penn State in the Drill Hall by a score of 12 to 9. This was the hardest and most interesting meet of the season. Every bout was closely contested and the issue was not settled until the last bout, when Munns of Cornell defeated Garrison. Not a fall was scored by either team. Penn State started ofϊ by taking the first two bouts on decissions. Schroeder broke in with a Cornell victory and Geier evened the score. State and Cornell then each won a bout and then came the decisive match. The summary; 115-Pound Class: Captain Kaiser, Penn State, defeated Josefson on decision. Time advantage, 5 min. 43 sec. 125-Pound Class: Leggett, Penn State, defeated Holsman on decision. Time advantage, 1 min. 36 sec. 135-Pound Class: Schroeder, Cornell, defeated J. Long on decision. Time advantage, omin. 21 sec. in two extra periods. 145-Pound Class: Captain Geier, Cornell, defeated Ace on decision. Time advantage, 9 min. 51 sec. 158-Pound Class: Packard, Penn State, defeated Roess on decision. Time advantage, 8 min. 46 sec. 175-Pound Class: Stafford, Cornell, defeated Hollobaugh on decision. Time advantage, 2 min. 09 sec. Heavyweight Class: Munns, Cornell, defeated Garrison on decision. Time advantage, 5 min. 47 sec. Rowing and Track Schedules Varsity rowing and track schedules have been announced by the Athletic Association. The rowing list is like last year's, but the track schedule contains one more dual meet than the 1926 list. The new engagement is with Princeton, on May 21, at Ithaca. The schedules follow: Crew May 21—Carnegie Cup, Princeton, Yale, and Cornell on Lake Carnegie, Princeton, N. J. Varsity and freshman eights will participate. May 28—Cornell and Harvard varsity, junior varsity, and freshman races. June 29—Intercollegiate races at Pough- Track April 29-30—Pennsylvania relays, Philadelphia. May 7—M. I. T. at Ithaca. May 14—Pennsylvania at Philadelphia. May 21—Princeton at Ithaca. May 27-28—Intercollegiates at Philadelphia. Dartmouth Turns Tables After a spectacular spurt, which carried it to from the bottom to the halfway point in the Intercollegiate League race, the basketball team slumped. It was beaten by Colgate at Ithaca last Wednesday in a non-league game, and lost a league match to Dartmouth at Hanover last Saturday. The team has one more game to play, a league match with Yale at New Haven on Saturday. This is the last week: of league play, and Princeton is considered to have the best chance for the championship. Fouls proved costly in the Dartmouth game. The Green's shooting was much more accurate than Cornell's. In the first fifteen minutes of play Dartmouth made nine points from the foul line while Cornell scored but two. As a consequence Dartmouth led through the first half, and at half time the score was 17 to 10. The Green increased its lead in the early stages of the second half and though Cornell rallied and cut the margin down to five points, a final spurt by Dartmouth clinched victory. Cornell did not play as aggres- sively, nor with as smooth team work as in recent games at Ithaca. Picken and Langdell were conspicuous for Dartmouth; Deveau, Schlossbach, Beck for Cornell. The line-up and summary: Dartmouth (30) Cornell (20) Picken, Capt R.F Schlossbach Rassles L.F Molinet Langdell C Winkler, Capt. Austin R.G Deveau Spaeth L.G Beck Field Goals—Dartmouth: Picken 3, Langdell 3, Ellis 2, Spaeth. Cornell: Schlossbach 2, Deveau 2, Beck, Winkler. Foul Goals—Dartmouth: Picken 5, Ellis 2, Langdell, Hein, Heep, Spaeth. Substitutions—Dartmouth: Hein for Langdell, Heep for Spaeth, Ellis for Austin. Cornell: Bruckert for Winkler, Winkler for Bruckert, Masten for Winkler. Colgate Wins Against Colgate Cornell played in- differently. The team was unable to break through Colgate's five-man defense and such baskets as Cornell shot were long throws from the floor. Colgate led at half time and was never headed. The line-up and summary: Colgate (35) Cornell (15) Clark, Capt R.F Molinet Makholm L.F Schlossbach Bollermann C Winkler, Capt. Walsh R.G Deveau Kennedy L.G Beck Field Goals—Colgate: Bollerman 3, Kennedy 3, Walsh 2, Makholm, Clark, Hedemann. Cornell: Schlossbach, Molinet Beck. Foul Goals—Colgate: Kennedy 6 out of 8, Bollerman 4 out of 6, Clark 2 out of 2, Walsh 1 out of 3. Cornell: Winkler 5 out of 5, Schlossbach 2 out of 3, Deveau i out of 2, Layton 1 out of 1, Beck o. Substitutions—Colgate: Hedemann for Bollerman, Cook for Clark, Glenn for Makholm, Burton for Kennedy, Dumont for Walsh. Cornell: Masten for Schloss- bach, Layton for Molinet, Schlossbach for Masten, Molinet for Masten, Molinet for Layton, .Masten for Deveau, Deveau for Beck, Layton for Masten, Beck for Molinet, Gersten for Layton, Merine for Schlossbach, Freeborn for Winkler, Wink- er for Freeborn. Other Sports Lehigh's freshman wrestling team de- feated the Cornell yearlings at South Bethlehem Saturday by a score of 19 to 6. The freshman basketball team fared no better. They were beaten by the Roches- ter yearlings in the Drill Hall 41 to 23. And the freshman swimmers lost out in a match with Syracuse at Syracuse. The score was 36 to 26. The fencing team met its first defeat of the season Saturday., losing to Pennsyl- vania at Philadelphia. 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NORTHUP '93 FOSTER M. COFFIN '12 ROMEYN BERRY '04 MORRIS G. BISHOP '13 H. G. STUTZ '07 M. L. COFFIN NCVDStioi.cuOrYreetpfz-cf.oiP,tcroerSaerrtsessi.icodorneeOf:ntRatftfh;ri.yceW;ReCR:.1o.So1ramn3WieleoElyl.ran,AsSPtBlaurieeGmlrosrirnryde,ieeanNnTntreS;dewWtarWsse.ueP.JrtLeu.,NrbI.;ltToihsHrohatdoic.ndnaGg,,, . Member of Alumni Magazines Associated Printed by The Cayuga Press Entered as Second Class Matter at Ithaca, N. Y. ITHACA, N. Y., MARCH 10, 1927 THE OLIPHANT BEQUEST OCCASIONALLY we become aware of the fact that Cornell is a comparatively young university. Only a small minority of its alumni have died. The classes now living on "borrowed time" were small in comparison with the presentday classes. These phenomena are common to nearly all the Land Grant colleges, nearly all the women's colleges, and many others that need not be grouped except as colleges founded since the Civil War. These conditions will persist until after a university ceases to expand its enrollment. Perhaps forty-five years after this occurs, the annual toll taken of the alumni by death will about equal the annual matriculation figures. At Cornell this should take place in about thirty years. Before i960 we must face the many problems that this condition will create, when the outlook of the alumni office, the alumni fund, and the alumni publication will bewholly altered by the annual loss of about twenty-four hundred alumni a year, or fifty a week, in perpetuity. In the meanwhile, although the full force of this condition is not to be felt for three decades, Cornell will shortly begin to experiencejts relentless power, so that ten years hence the losses will be noticeably more frequent than atpresent, with an in crease that parallels thegrowth of the university as it wasforty or fifty years earlier. Among the pioneers in forseeing the importance of replacing in some tangible way on his death the interest in his university that hehad while he was living, was J. Norris Oliphant '01. Oliphant's recent bequest testifies to a life-long devotion to the university. A universal appreciation of the principle of providing for Cornell when the alumnus has no further use for funds, will eventually meet her every need in away that will dwarf the results of drives for endowments and alumni funds into comparative insignificance. A committee of Cornell lawyers is already atwork to render service in preparing wills to provide such bequests. It is under the leadership of Neal D. Becker '05, and should eventually become the most successful of Cornellian Council committees. Itcannot prevent the loss ofalumni to the university, but it can assist inreplacing their living interest with funds that are no longer needed. logical School has attracted only one Cornellian this year, and but one Yaΐe graduate, two from Princeton, and four from Dartmouth;while in the Law School are 105 Princetonians, 58 from Yale, and 51 from Dartmouth. Harvard has 282 in the Law School out of 1445, and 12 in the Theological School out of 116 inattendance. These two schools illustrate the comparative vogue of their respective subjects. In the Graduate Schools Harvard Bachelors form only a minority. An examination of the Harvard catalogue thus demonstrates the national character of the Graduate Schools, a feature which, while uniting into a friendly group a large body of serious-minded students assembled from the whole nation, preserves the institution from any narrow sectionalism. HORATIO S. WHITE Cambridge, March 1, 1927. THE CLUBS COMING EVENTS New York Women Friday, March 18 Wrestling, Intercollegiates at Philadel- The regular monthly meeting of the Cornell Women's Club of New York will phia. be held at the Allerton House, Fifty- Saturday, March 19 Wrestling, Intercollegiates at Philadelphia. Fencing, semi-finals at West Point. Cornell Women's Club of New York, regular monthly meeting, Allerton House, Fifty-seventh Street and Lexington Avenue, 2:30p. m. President Farrand will speak. Thursday, March 24 Lecture, Professor W.F. G. Swann of seventh Street and Lexington Avenue, Saturday, March 19 at 2:30 p. m. President Farrand will speak. The meeting coming so near St. Patrick's Day the entertainment will consist of the singing of a group of Irish songs by a famous baritone. St. Patrick's Day favors will be provided and refreshments carrying out the holiday scheme will be served. All Cornell women, resident or visitors inthe metropolitan area, are invited to attend. Yale University, under the auspices of Washington Sigma Xi to commemorate the two- About 250 Cornellians and their friends hundredth anniversary of the death of Sir attended the annual dance and card party Isaac Newton. Rockefeller A, 8:15 p. m. given by the Cornell Club of Washington Saturday, March 26 on February 24 at 2400 Sixteenth Street. Track, Michigan at Ann Arbor. Among these were many of Washington's CORNELLIANS AT HARVARD The Editor, THE CORNELL ALUMNI prominent people both in social and scientific circles. Members of the Cornell Club who assisted Miss Ruth E. K. Peter- NEWS: In a recent copy of the ALUMNI NEWS appeared a communication stating that seven Cornell men were enrolled in the first year of the Harvard Business School. The full number of Cornellians in that school, as given inthe current catalogue, is thirteen. It may be of interest to add that sixty Cornell men are recorded among the students in the various graduate schools of the University. The Law School leads, with 21 Cornellians, a department in which men from Cornell have son Ί 8 in making the party a success were Miss Abbie S. Tingley '19, Miss Jean Stephenson '17, Miss Grace E. Anderson '25, Mrs. Raleigh Gilchrist (Elizabeth H. Reigart) '19, John P. Mutchler '22, Sheridan D. Biggs '24, David Herrman '17, Leo Quackenbush '23, William A. Zalesak '24, Ernest Kelly '06, with Sam Rosey '15 in charge of the music. Thefloorcommittee was William M. Aitchison Ί i and Goodwin D. Ellsworth, Jr., Ί o . Ithaca Women gained high honor. In the Medical School The Cornell Women's Club of Ithaca there are 10, in the Graduate School of Arts andSciences there are 9, the remainder being distributed among the Schools of Theology, of Public Health, of Education, and of Biology. The Theo- held a dinner meeting at Willard Straight Hail on February 14. Mrs. Walter H. Stainton (Anne Arnold)' i 8,vice-president, presided at the business meeting following the dinner. The presidency was left CORNELL ALUMNI NEWS 279 An Open Letter toReunion Classes In less than three months it will be JUNE INITHACA. Several thousand Cornellians will be hitting the trail back HOME. Block Week will be over. The Shock Troops ofthe Department ofChambermaiding will hurry the boys out of Baker and Cascadilla and the girls out of Sage and Prudence Risley tomake room for the returning Alumni. The vacuum cleaner will berun over countless Pullmans in preparation for the hegira from New York, Boston, Philadelphia, Pittsburgh, Cleveland, Chicago and other cities. The business of the country will be at a standstill on June 10, 11 and 12. Even the Stock Exchange will be closed for half this period. And in Ithaca in June, old friends will meet again—many forthe first time since graduation. There will bethe pleasure of calling onthe teachers who years ago showed ussomuch tolerance, of climbing the Library Tower for a bird's-eye view ofEzra's Empire, and ofspending a few minutes in the impressive silences of Sage Chapel. Then the lively baseball games onHoy Field with the classes arrayed in clothing that would make Joseph's famous coat look assombre asthe black broadcloth on an undertaker's assistant. And after the sun sets inthe notch inWest Hill and the gentle land breezes rustle by in their hurry to reach Cayuga, and after the Senior-Alumni Singing onthe steps of Goldwin Smith with the soft sod of the Old Quadrangle soothing your tired feet, you will go back to Baker, or Cascadilla, or Prudence Risley, orSage, and sing tenor or what have you in the moonlight and be an undergrad again—young, carefree, boastful, happy. This is all possible because of the great common denominator which stirs in the breasts of all of us—our undying love forCornell. Come back often but don't fail to come back to Ithaca in June. REUNION Class of 1912 Ross W. KELLOGG, Secretary 280 CORNELL ALUMNI NEWS vacant when Mrs. J. Birdsall Calkins (Gladys Gilkey) '19 recently changed her residence to Scranton. Mrs. R. Warren Sailor (Queenie Horton) '09 gave her report as the Club delegate to the seventh annual convention of the Cornell Alumni Corporation held in Philadelphia in November. As chairman of the Alumni Trustee campaign for Dr. Mary M. Crawford '04, Mrs. Sailor outlined the plans and asked for the cooperation of the members of the club. Miss Ruth Davis '17, secretary read a letter from Dr. Crawford, women's chairman of the Cornell War Memorial Fund, appealing to the Club to raise its quota toward the $15,000 entry to be provided by Cornell. Miss Grace H. Griswold '20 announced that the Federation of Cornell Women's Clubs and Sigma Delta Epsilon, graduate women's fraternity, will extend an invitation to the representatives of the Association to Aid Scientific Research by Women to meet in Ithaca in April, 1928. The executive committee appointed Miss Mary K. Hoyt '20 president of the club for the remainder of the year. Cleveland The Cornell Club of Cleveland has moved its headquarters again. From the University Club, the Cornell Club has gone down town, as in former years, and now holds its regular Thursday luncheons in the solarium on the roof of the new Allerton Hotel. The change has justified itself in the increased attendance. On February 3 about eighty-five gathered to speed up the membership campaign that the Club is sponsoring for the Citizens' League of Cleveland. The meeting was addressed by Judge Lee Skeel of the Municipal Bench of Cleveland, who presides over the local Traffic Court. BACK TΠACAJ Regular Reunion Luncheon 2d and 4th Mondays of the Month 12:30 P.M. at Cornell Club of New York Next Meeting March 14, 1927 On February 10 R. S. Breese, Columbia '23, assisted by R. M. Martin, Akron '23, gave an illustrated talk entitled ''Phototelegraphy Explained." Mr. Breese is engineer for the American Telegraph and Telephone Co., while Mr. Martin is in charge of the Cleveland phototelegraphy sending station, of which type there are but seven in the country at present. BOOKS Elizabethan Court Plays Plays and Masques at Court During the Reigns of Elizabeth, James and Charles. By Mary Susan Steele '16, A. M. '19, Ph.D.. '24. Professor of English in Judson College. New Haven. Yale University Press. 1926. 24.5 cm. pp. xvi, 300. Cornell Studies in English 10. This is an important work for the history of the drama. Not since Fleay's "Chronicle History of the English Drama/' published in 1892, has an attempt been made to compile a list of court plays and masques for the period 1558-1642. Fleay is now incomplete and no longer trustworthy, while more recent workers like Murray, Charles Wallace, and Chambers have produced lists for only a part of the period. Here, then, we have the first systematic attempt in thirty-five years to make a list of plays and masques presented either at court or on royal progresses before the sovereigns and other members of the royal family. The materials have been drawn from two sources: (1) official records of court performances found in office books of the Master of the Revels and in payments to actors, and (2) contemporary allusions found in letters, memoirs, diaries, with some information gleaned from title-pages, prologues, and epilogues. How many plays are known to have been presented before royalty? Miss Steele's index of titles includes something like four hundred plays. A good many of the plays referred to, moreover, are now nameless. It takes 130 pages to list the plays dating from Elizabeth's reign, 15581603; 96 pages for the reign of James, 1603-25; and 53 pages for the reign of Charles, 1625-42. How much was the reward of the actors in these performances? Commonly the payment to the actors was ten pounds or possibly the equivalent of $400 to-day; though for many plays only two-thirds of this amount was given. On the other hand, rarely the amount was 16 pounds, 13 shillings, 4 pence; and in very extreme cases twenty or even thirty pounds. We congratulate Miss Steele on the completion of this substantial labor, which will not have to be done over for a great many years. It is a fine contribution to scholarship. OBITUARIES George B. Preston '88 George Burton Preston died in Leonia, New Jersey, on February 9. He was born on February 20, 1866, the son of Mr. and Mrs. George W. Preston. He prepared at Corning, N. Y., and entered Cornell in 1884, receiving the degree of M. E. in 1888. He was a member of the Glee Club, the Students' Guild, the Mechanical Engineering Association, and the C. U. C. A. In 1896 he received his M. M. E. degree. From 1891 to 1899 he was an instructor in experimental engineering in Sibley College. Recently he had been a consulting engineer with E. L. Phillips and Company in New York. Before that time he was with Westinghouse, Church, Kerr, and Co. He is survived by his wife, Margaret Preston. Mortimer E. Wile '99 Mortimer Emanuel Wile died in Rochester on February 20, after a short illness. He was born in Rochester October 22, 1878, the son of Isaac and Carrie Hays Wile. He received his preparatory education in the Rochester High School, entering Cornell in 1895. He graduated in 1899 with the degree of B. L. He was a member of the Class Day Committee. On leaving Cornell Wile became associated with the Security Trust Company of Rochester, and held the office of treasurer when, three years ago, he resigned to become president of the Gillis Company. He was active in many civic enterprises. Wile is survived by his mother and three brothers, Herbert, Harold, and Stanley Wile. Ansel H. Phinney '73 Ansel Harvey Phinney died on December 29 at St. Petersburg, Fla., where he had made his home for several years. He was born in Hinckley, Ohio, on September 29,1850, the son of Harvey and Eliza Carter Phinney. In 1870 he received his B. S. from the Michigan Agricultural College, and in 1871 his M. S. from the same institution. He entered Cornell in September, 1871, and received his Ph. D. in 1873. He was the second person to receive the degree of Doctor of Philosophy from Cornell. Before his retirement from business several years ago he had been a builder in Detroit, and previous to that had been president of the State Savings Bank in Turner, Mich. He was much interested in the history of Florida, was an active member of the State and local historical societies, and had published a number of articles on the subject. He is survived by a son, James H. Phinney, and a daughter, Mary Roe Phinney. CORNELL ALUMNI NEWS John L. Henderson '73 John Leland Henderson died on February 14 near Olympia, Washington. He was born in Boston, Mass., on September 11, 1851. He entered Cornellin 1869, taking agriculture, and remained a year. For a number of years he lived in Olympia, going there after leaving Cornell as a teacher in the town's only school at that time. He was active in Western pioneer affairs. He is survived by his brother, Louis F. Henderson '74, a professor at the University of Oregon, his sons, Leland J.% Louis A., Edwin A., Sidney E.. Robert L., and Eliot W. Henderson, and a daughter, Mrs. Faith H. Rueppell. J. Leo Collins Ί 2 James Leo Collins died on February 11 in Pittsburgh of cerebrospinal meningitis, with which he had been stricken three days previously. He graduated from Pittsburgh Academy and entered Cornell in 1908, receiving the degree of A. B. in 1912. He was heavyweight intercollegiate wrestling champion in hissenior year, and captain of the team. He played freshman and varsity football and was on the track team in the weight events. He was a member of Janus and Sphinx Head. He was admitted to the Pennsylvania Bar in 1916,and at the time of his death held the offices of deputy auditor-general and solicitor for theboroughs of Swissvale and East Pittsburgh. In the War Collins won a captain's commission at Fort Oglethorpe and went overseas with the 371st Infantry with which he saw service in the Verdun, Argonne, and Champagne drives. On his return he became State commander of the American Legion and was a member of the national committee of the Legion. He wasburied with military honors, and at the time of his funeral business houses in East Pittsburgh, his former home and where he was a founder of the first Legion post in Pennsylvania, were closed forten minutes. He is survived by his wife, Mrs. Gertrude McCoy Collins, hisfather, James H. Collins, a brother, Raymond Collins, and a sister, Bernadette Collins. Fleming E. Jamieson, Jr., '23 Fleming Estep Jamieson, Jr., died in Pittsburgh on February 25. He was born in Pittsburgh on October 29, 1900, theson of Fleming E. and Helen Childs Jamieson. He entered Cornell in 1919 and graduated with the degree of M. E. in 1923. He was a member of Phi Sigma Kappa. At the time of his death hewas assistant superintendent in the Aliquippa works of the Jones and Laughlin Steel Company. He is survived by his parents, a sister, Janet Atchison Jamieson, and two brothers, William Charles and John Alden Jamieson. The Growing Appreciation of Our Debt TJERHAPS thesaddest of all thesad things that came A from the World War was the rapidity with which the average citizen forgot what he owes to the millions of young men who gave their lives ortheir health ortheir chances for success in theworld to win thewar and to save the world for democracy. When we know how completely this debt of ours hasbeen ignored and forgotten, we cannot blame the returned soldier for being cynical and for wondering if the sacrifices of himself and his comrades were not all in vain. Perhaps, though, our forgetfulness is only temporary, and in time we, or at least our posterity, will come to know and appreciate what theallied soldiers didfor the world andfor civilization. Already there are signs of a growing appreciation of our debt. All of the graduates of Cornell will be interested in knowing of the plans for adequate perpetuation of the names and deeds of Cornell's sons who gave themselves to the country inthe great war. A war memorial at Ithaca is planned in the form of two beautiful tower units connected by a cloister to be erected on the campus. Thenames of all Cornell men who died in service will be engraved on tablets in this cloister. Cornellians and others who wish to register in a material way their appreciation of these Cornell heroes have anopportunity to contribute towards the construction of the war memorial. Editorial by E. R. EASTMAN in t h e "American Agriculturist" Cornell War Memorial Committee Robert E. Ύrernan, '09,Chairman ITHACA, NEW YORK 281 282 CORNELL ALUMNI NEWS THE ALUMNI '98 LLB—Oliver R. Beckwith has been elected president of the London and Lancashire Indemnity Company, succeeding the late Archibald G. Mcllwaine. From 1905 to 1910 Beckwith was examiner of claims at the Travelers InsuranceCompany, andfor the next five years was with the liability claims department of the Aetna Life Insurance Company. Hebecame counsel for the company in 1917. In 1922 he was chosen as counsel for the Lon- don and Lancashire, and in 1923 became vice-president of that company. '05 AB—Arthur D. Camp is a chemist in charge of research with the United States Aluminum Company, Buffalo Fabricating Division. He lives in Buffalo at 576 Parkside Avenue. '05 ME—Carlos A. Martinez of Mexico City is spending a year's vacation in Ithaca with his family. One of his three sons, Carlos, Jr., is a sophomore in the University. They are living at 201 Wyckoff Avenue. '06 ME—Harold L. Doolittle has been appointed chairman of the hydraulic BONDS TO FIT THE INVESTOR When youngmen seek your advice THE alumnus is often looked to for advice, byundergraduates and by graduates who aretrying to determine their proper place in the business world. It is a responsibility which the conscientious individual, when called upon for such advice, is anxious to meet effectively. But it is difficult to feel sure in advising others about business concerning which one does not have first-hand knowledge. The bond business comes up so often forconsideration, the best advice you can give a young man who is considering this field is tourge him tolook into itthoroughly before trying it. Help him, if you can, to analyze the requirements of the business and compare them with his qualifications. One of the most important bits of advice you can give him is tocarefully select thehouse he is going to work for. Recommend tohim the houses whose counsel you would respect with regard to the investment of your own funds. T o make the bond business and itsrequirements better understood by college men, we have published a pamphlet,"The Bond Business As An Occupationfor College Men." W e shall be glad to send a copy upon request. Write for pamphlet AC-jγ HALSEY, STUART & CO. INCORPORATED CHICAGO *NEW YORK PHILADELPHIA DETROIT CLEVELAND 201 South La Salle St. 14Wall St. Ill South 15th St. 601 Griswold St. 925 Euclid Ave. ST. LOUIS BOSTON MILWAUKEE 319 North 4th St. 85Devonshire St. 425East Water St. MINNEAPOLIS 608 Second Ave., S. power committee of the National Electric Light Association. He is chief designing engineer of the Southern California Edison Company in Los Angeles. '09 CE—James N. Keenan has joined the staff of the American Institute of Steel Construction as a field engineer. His address is 285 Madison Avenue, New York. He was formerly chief engineer of the H. H. Robertson Company of Pittsburgh. Ί o BArch; '26 AM—Mrs. Willard H. Poole of Fall River has announced the engagement of her daughter Phebe to Herbert E. Baxter. Miss Poole, who is a graduate ofVassar, isnowteaching atthe Collegiate School for Girls inRichmond, Va. Baxter is a professor in the College of Architecture atCornell. '12 AB—Charles H. Divine was married to Miss Elizabeth Davies of New York on October 18. They are now living in New York. Divine is the author of "City Roads and Country Streets," "Gypsy Gold/' and "The Road to Town." '15—Lloyd D. Fernald was married to Miss Gladys Neff of Ware, Mass., on December n . Winthrop Kent '15 was best man at the ceremony. Mr. and Mrs. Fernald are living in Springfield. '15 CE—Clinton L. Corbett has been appointed agency superintendent of the Western Department of Liverpool, London, and Globe. He was formerly State agent in Indiana for the company. Ί 6 AB—George L. Cooper joined the Lyddon and Hanford Company Advertising Agency in New York last August asan account executive, after a ten weeks' trip abroad. His address is 135 East Thirtieth Street. Ί 8 BS—Karl N. Ehricke was married last October to Miss Elizabeth S. Galbreth of Streett, Maryland. They are living at 93 Midland Avenue, East Orange, N. J. Ehricke is a factory executive with Thomas A. Edison, Inc. '20 BChem, '23 PhD; '25 BS—Mr. and Mrs. J. N. Hershey of Florin, Pa., have announced the engagement of their daughter Florence Helen to Willard R. Barrett. Since graduating from Cornell Miss, Hershey has been teaching at Cooperstown, N.Y. Hershey is connected with the du Pont Company with headquarters in Philadelphia. '20 CE—Walter A. H. Grantz is a job engineer with Dwight P. Robinson and Company, Inc., engaged on the construction of concrete warehouses, steel frame freight house, and platforms for the Boston and Maine Railroad terminal at East Cambridge, Mass. His address is 26 Bellevue Avenue, Melrose, Mass. '23 EE—W. Henry Home, Jr., is a refrigeration engineer for the Central Hudson Gas and Electric Corporation. His address is 12 Conklin Street, Poughkeepsie. CORNELL ALUMNI NEWS 283 ;23 ME—Eric Geertz is a sates engineer for the Skinner Automotive Device Company of Detroit, Mich. Having spent two years on thedevelopment of a crankcase oil purifier for use in fleet garages, heis now opening the New York territory for the sale of the Skinner Oil Reclaimer. He lives at 144 Gates Avenue, Montclair, N. J. Hewrites that Robert B. Fisher, M.E. '22, is in Europe on business for the Skinner Company. '24; '24AB—The engagement has been announced of Miriam E. Bailey and George C. Williams. Miss Bailey is teaching mathematics in the High School at4 Fort Edward, where heraddress is 223 Broadway. Williams is living in Brewster. '24—Henry W. Hedde was married in December to Miss Lorita M. Burkhart in Peru, Ind. They are now living at 2626 Broadway, Logansport, Ind. '25 BS—Florence C. Crofoot is assistant manager of the Lincklaen House in Cazenovia. '25 AB—Grace H. Connell is teaching Latin, French, and intermediate algebra in the High School at Coeymans, N.Y. Last summer shebegan work towards an M. A. degree at the University of Chicago. '25 ME—Fred M. Dorris is engaged in advertising andselling for the Rochester Envelope Company. His address is 183 Harvard Street. '25 AB—Jack Figarsky is taking his second year in medicine at the University of Kansas. He is also an assistant instructor in microscopical anatomy. '25 AB—Marcus Block is also a sophomore in medicine at the University of Kansas. He has been elected to Phi Sigma, the honorary biological scientific fraternity. He writes, "There is only one disadvantage inbeing here. Cigarettes are prohibited; therefore Camels cost twentyfive cents a package at the bootlegger's." '25 MCE—Kuan San Hsu is engineer in charge of the Changsha-Liuyang Military Road for the Hunan Provincial Government, and is a professor of civil engineering at Hunan University. His address is 50 Ta Tung Mao Hong, Changsha, Hunan, China. '26 ME—The engagement of Joseph A. Schaeffler to Miss Marjorie L. Stallman has been announced by Mr. and Mrs. Maximilian M. Stallman of East Orange, N. J. Miss Stallman is a graduate of the New York School of Fine and Applied Arts. '26LLB—Frank B. Wettig is associated with "the Port of New York Authority as a member of the legal staff, at 75 West Street, New York. He is living at 159-26 Normal Road, Jamaica. '26 EE; '26 AB—Mr. and Mrs. Clarence E. Carpenter of Yonkers have announced the engagement of their daughter Martha to Francis Kearney, Jr., of Maplewood, N. J. f2β AB—-Ora E. Howland is teaching English and Latin in theHigh School at Westford, N. J. '26 AB—Dorothy A. Benton is at To wan da, Pa., as teacher of Latin in the High School. '26—Louise Fenner is an instructor in Mt. Holyoke College, Holyoke, Mass. '26 EE—A. Elkin Millar is taking the student training course of the Electric Controller & Manufacturing Company in Cleveland, Ohio, andlives at 7502 Carnegie Avenue. J. Dall,Jr.,Inc. Building Construction Ithaca N.Y J.Dall,Jr.,Ί6 President Phone 2369 Cascadilla Day Preparatory School For Cornell University Old in name Modern in method Notable in achievement Specializes in the last two years of High School PreparationThe best possible school for boys needing a review of High School work before entering college. The only Preparatory School in Ithaca giving the Regents Examinations. All year courses completed in onesemester. Thenumber of subjects taken limited only by the ability of the student. Hour recitations. Six days a week. Expert faculty. Special TUTORING DEPARTMENT for High School or University subjects. C.M- Doyle, A B , Ό2 A- J*Thomas, Ph.D., '16 Play P O - N O "The King of Sports" A First Cousin of Ύa-Lo A real Racing game played with specially devised Cards Λ "sure-shot" for amusement — Λ "tornado" of action and thrills Plenty of "pep." Unlimited variety. Interest never ceases. For adults principally. Fifty Dollars worth of fun for 50c At dealers or bymail. SPORTS GAMECO., 479 S. Ludlow St., Columbus, Ohio SPORTS GAME CO., U79 S. Ludlow St.,Columbus, Ohio. Enclosed find 50c, for which please send Postpaid one set of PO-NO, the Racing Game, with understanding that I may return it if notsatisfied, andmy money will he refunded. 284 CORNELL ALUMNI NEWS Rothschild Bros. We Carry a Complete Line gf Cornell Furnishings Banners, Pennants, Pillow Covers, Wall and Table Skins at Very Attractive Prices Rothschild Bros. Ithaca, New York '26 AB—Fatanitza L. Schmidt isteaching in the High School at Sodus, N. Y. Her home address is Columbia Parkway, Ilion. '26 AB—Charles B. Howland, who bemoans the fact that he is the sole Cornellian among four hundred students at the University of Pennsylvania Law School, sends in reports on some of his classmates. Walter Buckley is with the Kelvinator Company and is living at the Hotel Pennsylvania, Thirty-ninth and Chestnut Streets, Philadelphia. Benjamin Tilton is with the United Gas Improvement Company and lives in Norristown. Samuel Buckman is attending the Pennsylvania Medical School. '26 AM—Vera J.Keppel isin charge of a "voice clinic" at Stephens College, Columbia, Mo. She is doing corrective work for nasality, flatness of tone, and thick speech. The University of Wisconsin and Stephens College are the only colleges in the country with such clinics. Miss Keppel is a member of the dramatic arts faculty of the college. '26—Wilbur A. Maynard, Jr., is inthe engineering department of the International Motor Truck Company, makers of Mack trucks, at Long Island City, N. Y. He writes that he is learning the business from the bottom up. His father, Wilbur A. Maynard '96, is vice-president of the Mack Motor Truck Company of T014 CHAPEL ST. NEW HAVEN. CONN. Rep. 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He does not come to add to your troubles but to lessen them. He has for his commodity the security of your future. Perhaps thenext John Hancock agent whocalls on you cananswer some of your problems. He has thetraining anddeals in policies tofittheneeds of yourself and your business. Why Not See Him? A STRONG COMPANY, Over Sixty Years in Business. Liberal as to Contract, Safe end Secure ίnEvery Way. NOTICE TO EMPLOYERS wanc5tNSan7oeahie8TnlilnelwcehsnsasuMgelaYlriEtanaEoCCnddrntnogoiukhsgiermaonniieCtsnnedeemeeilsltAer.ioCytsrSvt,f.soeeo,ECmeCnTcmiuDoiomveeeifpnltrl,eiyE,alstpottfCmreEthyouseeoomlpfcernrltEscneowieotnneyrianrP,itmgrchile5naaoeEF7lenzuiosteantothtrrivcrfsm2oieStMc3rmseaht0,dCrteae0aoectro.iternghcorste---,., C. M. ChuckrOW, C.E. Ί l Chairman THE CORNELL ALUMNI PROFESSIONAL DIRECTORY DETROIT, MICH. EDWIN ACKERLY A. B.;20, LL. B., Detroit '22 Real Estate Investment Specialist . 701Penobscot Bldg. NEWARK, NEW JERSEY ERNEST L.QUACKENBUSH A. B. 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At $4.00 the sales have jumped At this price the balance of the edition should go rather quickly. We do not mean in a day or two but compared to what has been sold. The Book of Views was a bargain at the original figure and even more so now. Beautiful pictures well printed and well bound. Have you ordered one? Cornell Songbooks at $L75 Keep yourself fresh on the Cornell songs and if you will be back in June there will be other songs to learn. The old crowd will sing the old song. The Cornell Songbook has a good assortment of other songs besides the Cornell songs. The $1.75 copies are well bound in cloth. CORNELL BARNES HALL SOCIETY ITHACA, N. Y.