CORNELL ALUMNI NEWS Vol. VII. No. 16 Ithaca, N. Y., January 25, 1905 Price 10 Cents Junior Smoker Successful. The first speaker ontheevening's program was Director Albert W. Smith, Cornell Alumni Prominent in Program-Director Smith Pays Tribute to John Ostrom. '78, of Sibley College. Director Smith made his initial bow before a general Cornell audience, and before he had said Almost fifteen hundred Cornell undergraduates thronged the Armory on Wednesday evening, January 18, on the occasion of the annual Junior smoker. When the Library chimes pealed forth eight, the hour set for the opening of the program, every seat in the big hall a dozen words it was evident that he had "made good." He opened by remarking that a speech on such an occasion seemed to be a kind of "oratorical 100-yard dash," and that was the sort of brevity his hearers were to expect of him. He then gave a delightful little was taken and both doorways were packed with a mass of humanity that wanted to penetrate further, but found it could not budge a single step. The gallery was full, the high windows on the south side were full, and indeed every nook and cranny that commanded a view of the stage found eager occu- pants. Possibly seven more men could have been jammed into thebare old hall, but as one looked down from the gallery upon that human sea he couldn't tell for his life where the seven could be stowed away. The program was long, lasting until almost midnight, but its interesting character was testified to by the fact that the audience, almost to a man, stayed to the end. A curious point about the program was that with the single exception of Mr. Moakley every one of the speakers was a Cornellian. Edward R. Alexander, Όi, well known to Cornell men as one of the best and the best liked athletes that have been at EDWARD R. ALEXANDER, Ό I . the University in many years, made an able presiding officer. He opened the reminiscence of rowing at Cornell in the seventies and of the part played by meeting with a few earnest words to the undergraduates. Realizing that we have high ideals and a loyal spirit, why, he John Ostrom. Director Hespoke as follows : Smith's Remarks. asked, have we not been victorious in the In the year 1874-5 a struggle went on various branches of sport? He came to at Cornell University which had a very the conclusion that this is because we distinct influence upon Cornell's subse- are not entering into the work with the quent career in rowing. grim determination necessary. Such a In 1873 and 1874 intercollegiate re- spirit of determination must emanate gattas had been held under the auspices from every individual in the undergrad- of the Rowing Association of American uate body; then, and not till then, shall Colleges, in '73, at Springfield, Mass., we win, and in '74 upon Saratoga lake, Cornell was represented at both of these regattas and took fifth place in each case. Briefly stated, Cornell's method in rowing matters was as follows: To select men weighing as much over 200pounds as possible starve them and overwork them until they weighed about 180 pounds and were too ugly to live together, and then turn them loose upon a boat race. This method was carried out pretty consistently in the years '73 and'74. There was one manwho went through the training of these two years who was convinced that this was wrong, that there was a better method of training, that a man ought to have a sufficiency of plain* food and ought to be allowed to drink as much water as he wanted, that he should be given hard work in > the boat and that he should have some fun outside of the boat. This man was John Ostrom. He came back to college in the fall of '74 with a determination to work out better things for rowing at Cornell. JOHN OSTROM TAKES THE LEAD. He met very discouraging conditions. Two years of defeat left Cornell apathetic in regard to boat races. Nevertheless he worked on steadily; heenlisted the interest of a group of strong and able men. In the early spring, however, it seemed as if it would beimpossible to raise money enough tobuy a new boat for the Varsity crew and to pay their necessary expenses at Saratoga. In the meantime, during the year the Freshman class had worked up a good deal of enthusiasm over the idea of sending a Freshman crew also to the intercollegiate regatta. This enthusiasm endured, notwithstanding the fact that it seemed certain that the University could not possibly send them. At this time John Ostrom made a visit to Union Springs. There was a man in Union Springs at that timewho was friendly to all things connected with Cornell, andespecially to all things connected with rowing. His name was 252 C O R N E L L A L U M N I NEWS Charley Courtney. John Ostrom asked him if he would get up a six-oared crew to come to Ithaca and make a race with the Varsity in the spring regatta. Courtney said he would, and so thematter wrs arranged. People said 'it is mighty good of the Courtney crew to come down and give the Varsity a race, but cf course the Varsity cannot have the lecst hope cf winning. It will be good practice for them." The Freshman cΓv\v was to he admitted to this race also—to trail along behind. T IF, KΛCIV ON F.ΛKE CΛYUΓ.A. The race was rowed on the east shore of the hike over nearly the same course that is now used. The three crews lined up and were given the word to go. The Varsity made a quick, clean start, and the Courtney crew started slowly, and the Varsity therefore gained a lead of seme six or eight feet. Then the Courtney crew .struck their gait and gained about a half a boat length on the Varsity. With both crews rowing t their utmost, the relative positions were maintained until about the mile and a half point. In the meantime the Freshman crew was rowing a slow stroke and h~α lost about four lengths. At this point the Varsity crew put all that was in them into a spurt and drew ahead of the Courtney crew, finishing about four lengths ahead, while the Freshmen were about four lengths behind the Courtney crew. The observation train went wild. The Varsity crew had proved itself, and from that time on the question, "Shall we send a crew to the intercollegiate regatta ?" never came up. Not only was it possible to raise money for the Varsity crew, but the Freshman crew also went with a new boat. This was really a turning point in rowing at Cornell. s FIRST FRESHMAN RACE. The two crews went into quarters at Saratoga lake and spent four weeks training for the regatta. In the Freshman race, in which I was interested, the contestants were Harvard, Princeton, Brown and Cornell. We lined up for the start and were given the word to go. I remember that after we had rowed for a little distance I was unable to see anything of any crew out of the corners of my eyes. This made it clear that we were last in the race. Some of the Varsity men watched the start from the shore, and when they saw us drop to the rear they went off in the woods to lie down. I remember, however, that our stroke was John Lewis, an Ithaca boy, wdio was much like a locomotive in that it took a good deal to get him started, but when once under way he was hard to stop. So we pulled on until the two-mile buoy was passed, and then gradually we began to hear .the hum of the applause from thegrand stand opposite the finish. I do not seem to remember anything more except that after we had crossed the line and stopped rowing somebody told me that we had won,and this was a great surprise to me. We paddled around to the grand stand and waded ashore. Just opposite me as 1 waded out stood a well-known citizen of Ithaca with a big bottle filled with reddish liquid, held alolt in his right hand. 1 !e said, "Smith, do you want a drink ?" and I said "No." Then he said, "Is there anything in (J was last lecture of the winter term. The sented the "C" shingles to the winners, elected temporary chairman of themeet- cup bears thefollowing inscription : and the smoker was brought to a close ing, andit wτas moved and carried that "Presented to Professor I. P.Roberts, by the singing of the ''Evening Song," an association of class secretaries be 1905, as a token of love andesteem, from in which the Glee club led the audience. formed that William J. Norton, Ό2, be his students." The cup is of artistic de- appointed chairman of a committee, the sign, standing more than a foot in height, President and Mrs. Schurman were in other members of which should be ap- and is ornamented with two horn New York city on Thursday night of pointed by him, to report on a consti- handles. last week, when Dr. Schurman addressed the members of the Holland society on "Dutch Elements in Civilization." On Friday evening he attended the regu- tution and plan of organization at a meeting of the secretaries to be held in June, preferably on the Tuesday of Commencement week. Professor Roberts has been invited to deliver a course of lectures in the California Polytechnic Institute at San Luis Obispo, of which Professor Leroy lar monthly meeting of the medical Chairman Norton announces through Anderson, '96, is the director. Pro- faculty of the University, New York the ALUMNI NEWS the appointment of fessor Roberts will not go West for branch, and Saturda}r noon that of the the following members of thecommit- some time, however, as he is engaged in medical council. tee : H. P. de Forest, secretary of the preparing a new book on "TheHorse." 254 C O R N E L L A L U M N I N E W S . CORNELL ALUMNI NEWS. SUBSCRIPTION, — $2.00 PER YEAR. Single copies, ten cents each. Foreign postage, 40 cents per year. Subscriptions payable in advance. Should a subscriber desire to discontinue his subscription, notice to that effect should be sent before its expiration. Otherwise it is assumed that a continuance of the subscription is desired. Checks, drafts and orders should be made payable to the Cornell Alumni News. All correspondence should be addressed— Cornell Alumni News, Ithaca, N. Y. Office: 111 N. Tioga St. ADVISORY BOARD. JOHN D. WARNER, '72 New York CHARLES S. FRANCIS, '77. JOHN C. BRANNER, '82 Troy Palo Alto, Cal CHARLES H. HULL, '86 Ithaca FREDERICK V. COVILLE, '87 Washington GEORGE J. TANSEY, '88 St. Louis HARRY L. TAYLOR, '88 PERCY HAGERMAN, '90 DAVID F. HOY, '91 LOUIE B. WARE, '92 HERBERT E. LEE, '99 Buffalo Colorado Springs Ithaca Worcester, Mass. Buffalo EDITOR. HARLAND B. TIBBETTS, '04. ASSOCIATE EDITOR. HERBERT C. BROWN, '05. BUSINESS MANAGER. JOHN L. SENIOR, Όl. Entered as second class matter at Ithaca P. O. I T H A C A , N. Y., J A N U A R Y 25, 1905. WELCOME INFORMATION. Probably every Cornellian, young and old, has heard of John Nelson Ostrom, 'jj, the Father of Cornell Rowing. They know in a general way that he did a great deal to start the Cornell crews on their long career of almost unbroken triumph. But not one man in ten, we venture to say, has any definite idea of how this desirable result was accomplished, of the precise nature of John Ostrom's service to Cornell Unh^ersity. At the Junior smoker the other night the students heard about John Ostrom from one of his college mates, who worked under him and with him and understood his achievement. That man was Albert W. Smith, '77, director of Sibley College, who rowed in the first Freshman crew that Cornell ever sent to an intercollegiate regatta, the same year that Cornell began her series of Varsity victories. We publish Director Smith's remarks practically in full because they furnish precisely the missing information that alumni need to fill out their idea of Cornell rowing history. John Ostrom is no longer a legendary h^rj, his deeds obscured by the shadowy mists of antiquity. We know that he came back to the University in the autumn of '74 with a definite, practical message for Cornell crew men. What that message was Professor Smith tells us in a clear and interesting way. There is a general impression current among Cornellians, of recent years at least, that Cornell crews were victorious from the very start; that it was a case of vcni, vidi} z'ici, pure and simple. Professor Smith corrects this impression he reminds us that the seasons of '73 and '74 were disastrous ones in Cornell aquatics, that the interval between the coining and the conquering was full}' two years, and might, have been a good deal longer had it not been for a certain John Ostrom. The prominent part played in the Junior smoker program by Cornell alumni is gratifying. The list of speakers included Toastmaster Edward R. Alexander, '01 Director Albert λV. Smith, '78; Captain Frank A. Barton, 'QT Professor C. V. P. Young, '99 Robert Deming, '00 Coach Glenn S. Warner, '94, and Professor Frank Irvine, '80, president of the Athletic council. Probably at no smoker in previous years could so representative a delegation of speakers have been gathered from faculty and athletic circles without going outside the ranks of Cornell alumni. Whether or not this is a sign of the times, it is certainly worthy of note. CLASS SECRETARIES ORGANIZE. The meeting of class secretaries last Saturday for the purpose of effecting a permanent organization is one of the most hopeful things that has occurred in University circles in a long time. If the movement succeeds, as there is every reason to believe it will, it must result in immeasurable good both to alumni and to the University. The growth of Cornell has been so rapid in the past twenty years that it has in a sense outstripped itself, and the vast body of graduates remains scattered and unorganized. With a few exceptions, the classes have only recently come to realize the importance of effective organization that will keep the members in close touch with one another and with their Alma Mater. Until the present cycle of reunions began two years ago, few of the classes even had permanent secretaries, to say nothing of accurate records of membership and addresses. The campaign of education has not been an easy one. The class secretaries report that, besides the actual labor and the expense of printing and postage involved in getting into touch with their classmates, they are almost baffled at the threshold of their task by the doubt and suspicion with which some of the alumni regard them. Some of these seem to think that the only possible ground for seeking their names and addresses is either to "hold them up" for money or else sell the list of names to an advertising bureau which will flood them with annoying "literature." It sometimes requires patient and repeated assurances on the part of the class secretaries before such men will consent to give any information about themselves. In the face of such discouraging conditions it would not be surprising if the secretaries gave up in despair. It is a fact, however, that almost without exception the Cornell secretaries are active and enthusiastic. Many of them have not kept careful and complete records in the past because they did not realize the importance of such. One object of the proposed association is to bring the secretaries together frequently to compare notes about their work, to study the examples of other universities where classes are more thoroughly organized and to cooperate with one another and with the University in binding the alumni into a more compact union. The meeting last Saturday was an enthusiastic one, though not large, because many of the secretaries were unable to come to Ithaca at this season of the year. In June, with a fuller attendance, the project is expected to go forward with a rush. The experience of Yale in an actual test of such an organization is significant, and we shall do well to adopt the salient features of her association. It may not seem advisable to issue records of the classes so frequently as every five years, b\ιt after the ten-year and twenty-five-year reunions, for instance, such reports would be invaluable. One point has been clearly shown by experience: it is infinitely better and cheaper to start the movement in the Senior year before the members of the class disperse to the ends of the earth, CORNELL ALUMNI NEWS 255 by distributing blanks, to be returned and Miss Frances A. Kellor. Miss Kel- FOWNES GLOVESwith their future addresses, than to at- lor will address the club onthe subject tempt to get track of them a year or so of "Civic Opportunities for College after they have left Ithaca. This year's Women." Senior class cannot be too strongly im- Are "a good thing to pressed with the importance of appointing a life secretary andstarting the cam- '95 Reunion. Bulletin No. 1. have on hand" and paign before Commencement day. Our ten-year reunion will be held in all good dealers haveThe ALUMNI NEWS will gladly lend Ithaca on June 20, 21 and 22. We are any aid in its power to thenew move- making plans for the biggest class re- ment. Once establish channels of com- union in the history of Cornell. The munication between the members of a Senior ball, Alumni-Varsity baseball them on hand* • •• class and their representative officer game, class dinner, alumni luncheon, and you have taken a long step towards Glee club concert and Masque play are keeping them interested in each other set events. We shall add a list of other SEABOARD and in the University which trained them for their life work. If these channels of communication are allowed to remain unopened or to close after the original opening, it is almost impossible events to stir up excitement. We shall try to arrange accommodations for all members of '95to live in one building AIR LINE RAILWAY. Shortest and most attractive route to and to eat in one room. Wewant to Southern Pines, Pinehurst get together and stay together. and Camden to secure a united and intelligently loyal Make your plans to be present. and alumni body. Hope to seeyouin June. ALL WINTER RESORTS Cornell Notices. Cornell Dinner in New York. The annual dinner of the Cornell club I am, very truly, WIUJAM P. ATKINSON, President. COMMITTEES. W. F. Atkinson, president, 26 Court street, Brooklyn, N. Y. in the CAROUNAS andFLORIDA, Descriptive booklets and full information astotourist rates, hotels, etc. can be had byaddressing W. E. CONKLYN, 1183 BROADWAY, NEW YORK CITY. of NewYork city will be held on Feb- Eugene P .Andrews, Ithaca, N. Y. ruary 25. The guest of honor will be former President Andrew D. White, William P. Beeber, Williamsport, Pa. Thomas McNeil, 354South Rebecca THE NORMANDIE who has accepted the invitation to be street, Pittsburg,Pa. present. New York alumni are asked to Charles S.Young, care C, M. and St. Hotel and Apartment House reserve the date. Further announce- P. railway, 1245 Railway Exchange, ments will follow. FRANKLIN MATHEWS, Chicago,111. Mrs. S. H. Burnett, chairman (Nellie CHESTNUT AND 36th STREETS, Chairman Dinner Committee. M. Reed), Ithaca, N. Y. Mrs. Alfred P. Averill (Blanche MR. and MRS. A. D.BRAMHALL, Managers. Brooklyn Alumnae Luncheon. Moore), Alamagorda, N. M. Mrs. James B.Mitchell (Mabel Steb- PHILADELPHIA, PA. The annual luncheon of the Cornell bins), Fort William, Portland, Me. Alumnae club of Brooklyn will be held Miss Alice Bruere, 415 West 118th on Saturday, February 18, the hour, street, NewYork city. H. J. BOOL & CO. place and price of tickets to be an- Miss Utlu M. Stone, 897 Sterling- DESIGNERS AND MAKERS nounced later. The list of speakers at present includes President J. G. Schurman, Professor George L. Burr, Dr. John A. Rogers, Miss Margaret Harvey place, Brooklyn, N. Y. Mrs. P. Iv. Windsor (Margaret Boyn- ton), 1701 Guadalupe street, Austin, Texas. Of Special Furniture for Dens, Libraries and Students' Apartments. Opp. Tompkins Co. Bank, Ithaca, N. Y. BUY OF THE MAKER. A Fair Face deserves fair treatment. Treat it fair and itwill treat you fair. Always use WILLIAMS' ROBERT H.HAZELTINE, CORNELL '99. Write himabout INSURANCE Whether you're insured or not. ROOM 3SAVINGS BANK BLDG., Ithaca, N. Y The Tompkins Co.National Bank BEGAN BUSINESS IN 1836. Capital $10,000. Surplus and Profits $125,000. ITHACA SAVINGS BANK. (INCORPORATED 1868.) ITHACA, N- Y- THE CLINTON HOUSE. COR. CAYUGA and SENECA STS,, ITHACA, N. Y. A hotel at popular prices conducted ona plan to merit the patronage of the best class of people. Rates $2 00 and $2 50 per day. Free Busto and from all trains. GRANT McDONALD, Proprietor. 1. Professor John H. Comstock. 2. President Jacob Gould Schurman. 3. Professor Ernest Merritt. 4. Profesor Thomas F. Hunt. 5. Professor James M. Hart. 6. Professor Henry H. Wing. 7. Professor Carl Thomas. 8. Professor Henry S. Jacoby. 9. Professor James E. Creighton. 10. Professor Lucien A. Wait. 11. Professor James Law. 12. Professor J. E. Trevor. 13. Professor William A. Hammond. 14. Ex-President Andrew D. White. NEW MAP OF COBNELL CAMPUS. KEY 15. Mr. Duncan C. Lee. 16. Mrs. Robert H. Thurston. 17. Professor W. L. Drew. 18. Professor Willard W. Rowlee. 19. Professor Henry S. Williams. 20. Professor Wilder D. Bancroft. 21. Professor George F. Atkinson. 22. Professor John Craig. 23. Professor Ralph S. Tarr. 24. Professor Charles E. Bennett. 25. Librarian George W. Harris. 26. Professor George P. Bristol. 27. Professor Frederick C. Prescott 28. Professor Walter F. Willcox. 29. Kappa Alpha Lodge. 30. Psi Upsilon Lodge. 31. Sigma Phi Lodge. 32. Professor Edward L. Nichols. 33. Professor Evander B. McGilvary. 34. Professor Irving P. Church. 35. Delta Kappa Epsilon Lodge. 36. Delta Upsilon Lodge. 2>y. Professor Simon H. Gage. 38. Professor Jeremiah W. Jenks. 39. Professor Ralph C. Catterall. 40. Professor James McMahon. 41. Professor Thomas F. Crane. 42. Professor George C. Caldwell. 43. Professor Charles Babcock. CORNELL UNIVERSITY CAMPUS 0 LATITUDE 42e26'5/U3 N. SCALE OFFEET 100 200 3 0 0 400 MO 1905 Λ\\ 258 CORNELL ALUMNI N E W S . Revised Map of Campus. Reprinted from 1905 Cornell RegisterSome of the New Features Shown. On pages 256-7 appears the newmap gateway tothe Campus from Eddy street is also one of the new objects on the map. Michigan Central The Niagara Falls Route. In the quadrangle the greatest im- The Short and Direct Line to Detroit, provement is in the west side of East Michigan Points, Chicago and avenue between Lincoln hall andStim- the West, of the University Campus, which is issued with the 1905 register. A little careful study of the map will show, more clearly than columns of mere word description, the changes that have taken place in the topography of the University grounds during thepast few years. The map in the 1904 register was made in 1900, andthose who have not seen a more recent chart will find many additions made during the live years. Even recent graduates will be interested in seeing the precise location of the new College of Agriculture, while the situation of the new Alumni Field with reference to the Campus buildings is readily seen. To aid in the study of the chart an article is reprinted below from a recent issue of the NDWS, outlining the new features in the map. On the north side a new feature is son hall, where the new Goldwίn Smith hall is being erected. Sibley dome, which was not on last year's map,is now The Students' Favorite Route. For rates and information inquire of local agents or write marked in thecenter of Sibley College. One of the improvements which do most toward providing for the comfort O. W. RuGGi.ES, G. P.&T. Agt. Chicago. of those whohave to tramp up to the W. H. UNDERWOOD, G. E. P. Agt. 486 Ellicott Square, Buffalo. Campus to attend classes in all kinds of weather is the construction of several paths onthe grounds. The first of these CORNELL STEINS was putin from theUniversity Library down the slope to where West avenue, which is itself an improvement, runs into South avenue. Another runs down the slope to the northwest from Morrill hall to the other extremity of AND PLATES With Views of Cornell Buildings in color designs. Just the decorations for Home use ®f ®ίjp Glottal! Mm. West avenue, where it meets University avenue. The remaining path has been laid across thenew parade ground Illustrated Booklet Mailed Free. Address to the north of the Armory diagonally from East to South avenues. ROTHSCHILD BROS. Oept. O, Ithaca, ]V. Y. the bridge over the gorge back of Sibley College, and on the north side ofthe creek from Beebe lake tothe rear of Sibley the course of the new power tunnel is traced and the new University power house is located. The toboggan slide is also marked onthe south bank of Beebe lake. New England Dinner Held. Twenty-four members of the New ITHACA, N. Y. England Cornell club were present at the seventh annual banquet of that organization, held at the University club, Beacon street, Boston, on Saturday evening, January 14. H. J. Messenger, PHOTOGRAPHER and STOCK DEALER. Kodaks and Cameras for sale or rent Mail a film, mention this ad andget it developed next day for y2 price returned to you To the east of the University build- ings, near the reservoir, appears the "Circle," which was formed by the removal of several professors' houses from East avenue to make room for the new A Procrastinator Rockefeller hall, and Rockefeller hall itself is also marked in its place. South of the Veterinary College and to the west of Garden avenue is marked the is a man who wont make the effort toobtain when it'ssure to do him good and wont cost him anything. Fuertes observatory, which was not on the oldmap. Just write in for catalogue of Snappy Shoes. Garden avenue, the construction of which has been commenced, is alsoone Everything from Patent Oxfords to Auto Boots. of the newobjects on theCampus. To the east of that, going south in regular order, come the Carnegie filtration W A L L «& SOIV, ITHACA, IV. Y. plant, the new buildings of the New York State College of Agriculture, the University farms and the space which will be occupied by the new playground and Athletic Field. At the southeast corner is a new fifth-of-a-mile cinder running track onthe north bank of Cascadilla creek and the path leading from it to the gymnasium. Onthesouththe THE TOGGERY SHOPS. DOWN TOWN 4OON4 THEED DHYIL. L 1 3 8If wEe.shSouTldApTuEblishStTh.e names of Old Cornell Men that write us for goods, we would have to buy a whole sheet to enumerate them. Are you on the list? If not, WHY i\ j ' Γ . We forward anything, express paid one way from a collar button to a rain coat on approval for your selection. Greatest stock ever this season. Negligee shirts, fancy hose, pajamas, gloves, sweaters, cravats, hats, etc.Sole agent for the only Linen Underwear guaranteed to wear, TheBelfast. Let us bear from you. SucceLs.sorCt.o BHEenMryE NHT. .Angdl. CORNELL ALUMNI NEWS. 259 '80, presided, a»dthe guests of honor Lehigh end Herman Brief University News. were J. M. McLaughlin, director of tkβ Pa. State Collegc.halfback Yeckley Boston public school music, and lieu- Bucknell guard Cooper tenant-Governor Frederick H. Jackson, Dickinson tackle Davos ex-'73, of Rhode Island. Geo. Washington..quarterback Stevenson Officers for the coming year were Syracuse tackle Tucker elected as follows: President, C. H. Bowdoin tackle Chapman Thurber, '86; vice-presidents, the Hon. F. H.Jackson, exJ73; H.A. Hitchcock, '00; J.T. Auerbach, '90; executive com- F. K. Pureell Enters Law Firm. mittee, A. P.Bryant, Όo; W. A. Rowe, '03 G. H. Stickney, '96 athletic counselor, W. L Bowman, '04; secretary and treasurer, L. E.Ware, '92. F. K. Pureell, ex-01, who hasentered into partnership with his father, Henry Pureell, and Thomas Burns, under the firm name of Pureell, Burns & Pureell, Colonel Walter S. Schuyler, formerly military commandant in the University, who wasdetailed to visit thefieldof war in Manchuria, has lately beenrecalled, andwas reported last in St. Petersburg on his way to America. Theodore Wesley Koch, who cameto Cornell several years ago to take charge of the rapidly growing collection of Dante literature, has been appointed assistant librarian for the general library Reunion Secretaries. is a native of Watertown. His prelimi- of the University of Michigan, ranking nary education was obtained in the pub- next to Librarian Davis of that institu- Trustee Charles E. Treman, '89, announces thefollowing list of reunion secretaries : lic schools of that city, after which he attended Cornell and won considerable prominence in University activities. He left previous to the completion of his '70, the Hon. S. D. Halliday, Ithaca, course and studied law in the New York N. Y. Law school and in his father's office. '75, Professor E. L Nichols, Ithaca, Last year he was admitted to the New N. Y. York statebar. tion. Mr. Koch was at Cornell from 1895 to 1900, arranging and augmenting the Dante collection of some seven thousand volumes and compiling an annotated catalog. This catalog, published in two volumes, isthe most complete bibliography of the poet that has been attempted. '80, Professor W. A. Finch, Ithaca, N. Y. '85, E. H. Bostwick, Ithaca, N. Y. Mrs. A. B. Comstock, Ithaca, N. Y. '90, Charles J. Miller, Newfane, N. Y. '95, W. F. Atkinson, 26Court street, With the announcement of his entry into the above mentioned law firm came also the announcement of his engagement to Miss Ella Conger of Watertown. At the convention of the Association of American Universities, held last week in Baltimore, Md., Cornell wasrepresented by Dean T. F. Crane of the Uni- Brooklyn, N. Y. Όo, James H. Gould, 54 Wall street, New York city. Cornell '02, W. J. Norton, 405 Courtland street, Baltimore, Md. Tailor 1905 Football Captains. and The following isthe list of college football captains for next year: Team. Position. Captain. Cornell tackle Costello Pennsylvania.. ..halfback Reynolds Princeton tackle Cooney Harvard halfback Hurley Columbia tackle Thorpe West Point end Gillespie Annapolis end Howard Brown end Russ Dartmouth end Main Iowa fullback Lee Washington fullback Krause Dickinson tackle Davθs Nashville center Elgin Oberlin backfield Koster Notre Dame guard Beacom Sewanee quarterback..Scarborough Michigan quarterback. .. Norcross Chicago halfback Catlin Northwes cern.... backfield Rueber Lafayette quarterback. . Shuster Haberdasher Superior Banking Facilities and Courteous Attention at the Ithaca Trust Company. The Mercersburg Academy lίljara Prepares for all Colleges and Universities. Aims at thorough Scholarship, broad attainments and Christian manliness. Address WM. MANN IRVINE, Ph.D., President, MERCERSBURG, PA. AMERICAN AND EUROPEAN PLAN. Alumni when returning to Ithaca for athletic games, boat races or Commencement week, should reserve accommodations in advance. JAS. H. OLIPHANT & CO. MUSIC I1V THE Members N. Y. StocK Exchange. 20 BROAD ST., N E W YORK. INVESTMENT SECURITIES. EVERY EVENING. J. A. &J.H. CAUSER, Proprietors. 26θ CORNELL ALUMNI NEWS. versity faculty, and prior to the adjourn- Cornell Alumni Notes. a nephew of former President Andrew ment of the meeting the officers of the D. White,- who represents the Thirty- association for the ensuing year were chosen. The University of Wisconsin was elected president, Cornell University vice-president, and Princeton and Iceland Stanford Universities were chosen as the remaining two members of the executive committee. The membership was not increased this year. It is probable that if satisfactory arrange- Ex-'72 —Dr. L L. Seaman ofNew York city, who won distinction by his visit to Port Arthur andto the Russian and Japanese armies before Mukden, has lately been making a medical examination of the sanitary conditions of Porto Rico. '73, B. Agr.—C. Y. Lacey, the first graduate of the College of Agriculture, is now at Ocean Beach,Cal. sixth district in the senate, has been reappointed chairman ofthecommittee on cities. '88, Ph. B.—John R. Mott, secretary of the International Association of Christian associations, who has made several trips around the world in behalf of the organization which he represents, has published a book entitled "The Pastor and Modern Missions," which is a plea for leadership in world ments canbe made the next meeting of the association will be held attheUniversity of California in the spring '75, A. B.—Vernon L Davey, superintendent of schools at East Orange, N. J., was in thecity recently visiting friends. evangelization. The book has been received at the University library. It is the outcome of a series of lectures delivered at Chicago, Tulane and various of 1906. Forestry Hearing. '75, B. S.—George R. Thompson is vice-president andtreasurer ofthePhillips-Thompson company of Wilmington, Del. other universities. Mr. Mott is one of the favorite preachers inthe university chapel at Yale. '90, B. S. in Agr.—L. C.Corbett of the 'jj, B. Arch.—A. F.Balch is presiAttorney-General Mayer will give a dent of the Marshalltown State bank at hearing this week on application for re- Marshalltown, la. United States Department of Agriculture, is the author of bulletin 198, entitled "Strawberries." consideration of the determination of '81, A. B.—Professor George L. Burr, his department to commence an action who has been traveling on the continent to restrain Cornell University and the Brooklyn Cooperage company from cut- for the past few months, sailed from Liverpool last week for this country. He will be inthe city intime to start ting timber on the 30,000 acres of land work with the newterm in February. in the Adirondacks, purchased by the state forthe use of the late Forestry '84, B. S.—At the close of the review of the Thirteenth regiment in Brooklyn '92, M. E.—Joseph Kuhn is general manager of the Kuhn Foundry company, makers of gray iron castings, at Perry and Mississippi streets, Buffalo, N. Y. The plant was formerly located at Niagara Falls. '92, A. B.—Louis A. Shepard ismanager of sales with Benjamin Atha & Co., manufacturers of steel castings, New- College. last month Dr. Henry P. de Forest, ark, 1». J. The land-owners of upper Saranac, who first started toagitate the matter, will be represented by John G. Agar of New York city andJames F. Tracey of Albany. Edward M. Shepard will appear for the Brooklyn Cooperage company, andthe Ron. Samuel D. Halliday surgeon of the regiment, who is also a police surgeon and professor of obstetrics at the Long Island College hospital and the New York Post Graduate Medical schools, gave a birthday dinner to a number of his friends. A toast proposed in verse to Dr.de Forest on this occa- 93, A. B.; '98, Ph. D.—Professor Clark S.Northup of the department of English in the University contributed to a recent number of "The Dial" a review of Ward's memoir of the poet Aubrey Thomas de Vere. sion by W. W. Thompson, one of his Brooklyn friends, was received with en- '94, Ph. B. '95,LL.B.—William Carveth White has dissolved his law part- will look after the interests of theUniversity. thusiasm. '87, B. L.—Senator Horace K. White, nership with Thomas E. Wing. Thedissolution occurred onJanuary 16, and from now on each will practice law in- dependently at 22 Pine street, New York MERCHANT TAILORING city. '94, LL. B.—Announcement is made is today a science. Ask the careful exclusive dressers. They all wear out creations and will tell you that the place to obtain the newest imported fabrics cut in the latest fashions and at reasonable prices is at of the partnership of Cuthbert W. Pound, formerly of the Cornell College of Law, and at present legal adviser to SISSON'S, Governor Higgins, and Daniel S.Moore, '94, under the firm name of Pound & Moore, for the general practice of law 156 East StateSt., Ithaca, N. Y. at 71 North Main street, Lockport, N.Y. '94, A. B.—Earl W. Mayo is a mem- ber of the firm of Michaelis & Ells- NEWMAN, C. H. HOWES, worth, industrial statistics. He is in the New York office of the firm. 11 JOHN STREET, NEW YORK. Official Fraternity Jeweler. ITHACA, NEWYORK. '95, M. E.—Sidney B. Austin is mechanical engineer with the Rowland Multiplex Telegraph company of Baltimore, and is located at the Royalton, Maryland and North avenues, Baltimore. MANUFACTURER High Grade Fraternity Badges, College Seals, FREDERICK ROBINSON, Photographer. '95, M. E. (E. E.)— Arthur S. R. Smith has an important position with the Central Union Telephone company, and is residing at 156^ Woodruff place, Indianapolis, Ind. Fraternity and College Jewelry and Specialties. FOR SENIOR CLASS 19O4-5. '96, Ph. B.;'91, LL. B.—OliverD. Burden is a member of the law firm of 2O5 N. AURORA. ST., ITHACA, IV. Y. Burden & Shanahan, Syracuse. His en- CORNELL ALUMNI NEWS. 261 gagement to Miss Irene de Tamble of ent of the cyanide plant at Guanajunto, A. J. Buck wascelebrated at East Lan- Evanston, 111., hasbeen announced. Mexico, to superintendent of the Sill sing, August TO, 1904. 97 M. E. (K. E.)—H. W.Tobey is an electrical engineer with the Stanley Electric and Manufacturing company, and islocated at 40 Oxford street, Pittsfield, Mass. stove works in Rochester. '02, M. E.—W. W. Fineren has moved from Oswego, N. Y.,to Wilmington, N. C,where his address is incareof the U. S.Engineer's office. Ό|, M. E.—A. M. Buck is with the Westinghouse Electric and Manufacturing company of Pittsburg. He is addressed at 508 Franklin avenue,Wilkinshurg station, Pittsburg, Pa. '98, A. B.—C. K.De Groat, who is a '02, M. E.—Sidney Graves Koon, who practising attorney in Buffalo, passed was recently elected editor of Marine through this city recently en route to Engineering, is located at 123 McDon- Elmiπ), where heis engaged in the trial ough street, Brooklyn, N. Y. of an important swindling case. '02, A. B.—Thomas Wilson is fellow '04, M.E.—Irwin Buck is a mechanical engineer with the Henry R. Worthington company of New York city, and is located at331 Clinton street, Brooklyn, N. Y. '00, LL.B.—An announcement has in Semitics at the University ofChicago, been received from Rochester stating and hisaddress is South Divinity street, that Daniel M. Beach and Edward Har- Chicago, 111. E.X-Ό4.—A. E.Budell is now located at Westfield, N. J.,as engineer with the Dean, Schwiers & Sutton company. Mr. ris, jr.,Όo, have become members of the '02, A. B.—Percy E.Raymond is the B'.idell left to attend Columbia in 1902. firm of Harris &Harris of that city. ΌD, M. E.—Philip Will has recently changed his position from superintend- YOUR INVENTION author of paleontological articles in recent numbers of theAmerican Journal of Science and Annals of the Carnegie museum. He recently gave an illustrated address before the Pittsburg Ό\ A. B.—R. B. Buttolph is in the wholesale grocery business with theW. M. Hoyt company, and is located at 4822 Ellis avenue, Chicago, 111. Academy ofArts and Science, biological MAY BE WORTHY OF A. section, on "The Geology of the Lake PATENT Champlain Region." '02, A. B.—Clinton O. Houghton is as- Our Microscopes, Microtomes, Laboratory Glass-1 ware, Chemical Apparatus, Chemicals, Photo I sociate professor ofzoology and lecturer Lenses and Shutters, Field Glasses, Projection I INQUIRE OF in entomology at Delaware College, DELBERT H. DECKER, Ph. B., LL. B., Newark, Del. Apparatus, Photo-Micro Cameras are used by I the leading Lab- M ^ M H S I ^ oratories and I Gover'πt D e p ' t s H g Q | K S Round the World [ '84. '02, A. B.—Miss Caroline W. Merrell is a teacher at the Normal school for Loan and Trust Bldg., WASHINGTON, D. C. girls in Philadelphia, and her address is 2950 Frankford avenue. SCOPES SHIRTS. Write for samples and measurement blank. CLARENCE E. HEAD, '04, A. B.—A. H. Wright gave an interesting account of his collectionsand observations as to the fish fauna of Monroe county before the seminary of the department of neurology and vertebrate zoology in theUniversity last week. Notwithstanding the previous Catalogs1 !Bausch &1 Lomb Opt. Co. I ROCHESTER, N. Y. ' v York Chicago Boston Frankfurt, G'y II^HHHBHHBH 1OΘ N". ASUΈlOΈlA. ST., I T H A C A , N". Y. survey by the U. S. Fish commission, " A POINT TO INSIST ON. There are endless numbers of traveling people who go regularly from New York to Chicago and vice versa several times a month, who have never gone over any other road but the Lake Shore & Michigan Southern, because this road is "good enough" for them. It's good enoughfor anybody, the fastest, safest, most convenient andmost comfortable road in America. Once you travel over the Lake Shore and you will not want to experiment with any other road. People who know the comforts and discomforts oftraveling, and what they have aright to expect,always insist on their tickets reading by way of the Lake Shore. So should you. A. POINT WELL MADE can always be depended upon in an emergency. The point that we wish to make right here is that DIXOIV'S AMERICAN GRAPHITE PENCILS are the very best pencils made for all kinds of educational work. We have been making them for 30 years and they are as near Mr. Wright has added eight species to the seventy-four already known from THE STEPHENS the Ontario basin and thirty-two to the PUBLISHING CO. forty-two previously roe county. recorded for Mon- MERCANTILE AND SOCIETY PRINTING '04, M. E.—B. C. Dennison iswith the COR. E.SENECA and N.AURORA STS. WM. J.SAUTKR, Manager. General Electric company at Schenec- Perfect Imitation Typewriter Letters—a tady and is located at 21 Eagle street. Specialty. '04, M. E.—A. P.Denton is connected with the Goodman Manufacturing company andis addressed at 4729 Prairie avenue, Chicago, 111. "Cornell's Largest Fitting School/ '04, M.E.—Olin F. Derr is with the Burlee Dry Dock company, a ship-build- My acquaintance with the preparatory schools of the United States leads me to be- ing concern on Staten Island. He is located on Fyson street, Snug Harbor, Staten Island^ N. Y. '04, A. B.—Thomas S.Jones isnow on the staff of the New York Times, having the dramatic field of the paper, except the part covered bythe critic. He is addressed at the Times building, Forty-second street and Broadway, New York city. lieve that the Ithaca High School stands in the very front rank.4' J. G. SCHURMAN, Pres. Cornell University. Gets students from 11 foreign countries, 31 States and 24 counties in New York State. Gymnasium, Baths, 7-acre Athletic Field, Free Text Books. Both Sexes. Tuition and extras $60 and $75 for 40 weeks. Enter any time. For catalogue address P. D. BOYNTON, M. A., Principal. '04, A. B.—E. D. Bryde has entered the Columbia Law school, and is addressed at 29 Mount Morris Park West, New York city. Itoiαrta, perfection as possible. '04, LL. B.—A. J. Buck is a practising Ask for them at the attorney in Cortland in partnership with FIFTH AYE., 2TTH ST. University Bookstore. George M. Champlin, '04, with offices in AND BROADWAY. JOSEPH DIXON CRUCIBLE CO. JERSEY CITY, N. J. the Democrat building in that city. The. Q. M. SWEENEY, marriage of Miss Jessie E. Steinberg to Proprietor. NEW 202 CORNELL ALUMNI N E W S . '04, D.V. M.—B. J. Cady is a federal meat inspector for the U. S. Government in Louisville, Ky., and is addressed at 203 East Broadway. '04, C. E.—F. T. Connor is connected with the Chicago, Burlington and Quincy railroad, and is addressed at 1302 Hunman avenue, Evanston, 111. '04, A. B.—Miss Isabel Caldwell is '04, A. B.—A. A. Costello is taking attending the Cornell Medical College the course inthe Syracuse Law school. in New York city, and is located at 119 He is located at 214 Highland avenue, Henry street, Brooklyn, N. Y. Syracuse. '04, LL. B.—J. H. Callister is a prac- '04, LL. B.—F.H. Cowden is en- tising attorney in Poughkeepsie, and is gaged in the practice of law at 170 addressed at5 Carroll street. Broadway, New York city. His home '04, LL. B.—F. M. Cameron is amem- address is 478Central Park West. ber of the law firm of Griffin & Cam- '04, A. B.—Miss M. M. Crawford is eron. Heis addressed at Box553, Hor- pursuing a course in medicine in the nellsville, N. Y. University. She is located at 109 East QUINO=CANTHARIS'04, LL. B.—E. M. Card is practising Seneca street, Ithaca, N. Y. law at 301 North street, Tacoma, Wash. '04, M. E.—H. S. Bope is with the FOR THE '04, M. E.—D. P. Carter is special ap- Carnegie Steel company as a machinist prentice with the Niles-Bement-Pond and is addressed at 327 North Negley Destruction of Dandruff. company, and is located at 602 Central avenue, Pittsburg, Pa. avenue, Plainfleld, N. J. '04, C. E.—J. B. Thomas is with the '04, LL. B.—G. M. Champlin is lo- Wharton Switch company in Philadel- To Strengthen the Hair and Prevent its Falling Out* cated at 63 Groton avenue, Cortland, phia, and is located at 1803 Park aveN. Y. He is in partnership with A. J. nue. Buck in the law business. The marriage '04, M. E.—Eugene C. Batchelar is RECOMMENDED BY PHYSICIANS. Manufactured Only By of Miss Susan A. Delavan to Mr.with the Link Belt Engineering com- KIESSEL & FAEHNER, Champlin was celebrated July 22, 1903. pany in Philadelphia, and is addressed HAIRDRESSERS AND PERFUMERS. '04, A. B.—E. G. Cuddeback has en- at 2105 Tioga street. THE WALDORF-ASTORIA HOTKL tered theCornell Medical College and is '04, M. E.—Charles R. Barney is with located at 152 East Twenty-eighth street, the Western Electric company in Chi- New York city. cago, and is located at 6213 Stewart New York. T H E BEIVIVEVUE-STRATFORD HOTEL, Philadelphia. '04, M. E.—Wilson G. Berryman is a avenue. draughtsman in the employ of West- Ex-'θ4—R. E. Brown is now with the inghouse, Church, Kerr and company, Metropolitan Life Insurance company, Turkish Baths, Ladies' Hairdressing and Mani= curing at Both Hotels. and is addressed at 301 West Fourth and his home address is at Montour street, New York city. Falls, N. Y. His present address is 305- I begto announce'04, LL. B.—S. G. Brooks is reading 306 Steele Memorial building, Elmira. ^ law in Everett, Wash., andis located at 2936 Norton avenue. '04, C.E.—Nelson J. Bell is a civil engineer with theU. S. lake survey, and is addressed in charge of this survey at Detroit, Mich. '04, M. E—Irving Warner is atpresent connected with the Charles Warner company at Wilmington, Del. '04, C. E.—W.L. Savacool, who has been a woodman in the New York state engineering corps, has accepted a posi- ment will be pleased to buy, sell or rent real estate for clients. GEORGE S. TARBELL, Attorney, TEUST CO. BUILDING, Ex-'θ4 —Miss Bernice P. Andrews is a portrait painter and is addressed at 465 Washington avenue, Brooklyn. There are DRUG STORES and there are OTHER Drug Stores. TODD'S isareal proper Drug Store, tion as transitman forthe Borough of Queens, New York city. His address is Tompkinsville, N. Y. Ex-Όφ—Raymond A. Turnbull, who was graduated from the University of Buffalo last June, recently married Miss Eleanor Rae Haskin of Elmira. He is practising medicine in that city. ITHACA, N. Y. Choice Cut FΊowers, Decorative Plant®, Floral Designs, etc* Complete Assortment at Reasonable Prices. a PRESCRIPTION Drug Store. '04, C. E.—Carl R. Weidner is as- Ever need such a place ? Ifyoudo, sistant engineer of the National Transit this is oneonAurora St. company at Independence, Kan. THE BOOL FLORAL CO., ITHACA, N- Y. SONGS OFCORNELL Words and Music. SONGS OFCORNELL Words only. All the Latest College SEotcn. gs, Marches, Waltzes, LENT'S MUSIC STORE, 122 N. AURORAST. '04, C.E.—Charles Utz of Pittsford was seriously injured several days ago as a result of a fall from a scaffolding thirty feet to the ground. He was taken to the Sisters' hospital in Rochester. Ex-'os.—W. C. Shepard has been appointed assistant woods superintendent for theCherry River Boom and Lumber company. Ex-Ό5.—Horace G. Nebeker has been STUDENTS SHOULD GO TO KELLY'S for Students' Supplies, Furnishing Goods, Shoes, Caps, Hats, Neckwear, Spalding Sporting Goods of every des :ription, Football and Baseball Supplies. Outfit ter for Football Team. The Empire State man says your credit is good for Housefurnishiπgs. chosen a member of the University of Chicago debate team which will meet the University of Minnesota team this month. Thewinners of this debate and of the Michigan-Northwestern debate meet to decide thesupremacy. Mr. Nebeker is in his second year at the H.GOLDENBERG, University of Chicago Law school. 209=211 DRYDEN ROAD, ITHACA, N, Y.