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Through the Pillars Frontispiece Fraternities and Their Suggested Future-A. J. May...... 67 David Jayne Hill...... 69 A Public and Private Servant...... 69 Professor Fairchild in Flesh and in Bronze...... 71 Commencement Reunion Classes...... 72 A Lawyer in London and Paris-W. R. Vallance, '10...... 73 Two More Big Alumni Nights on Campus...... 75 From the Office Mail Box...... 77 Dr. J. S. Stevens Resigns...... 78 Sigma Xi Exhibition...... 78 Two Coming Features of Interest...... 79 Alumni Fund Contributors...... 79 Editorials...... 80 Campus Night Announcement...... 81 Athletics Finish in Basketball-M. D. Lawless, '09...... 82 Spring Schedules...... 83 Phillips Cup to Gardner...... 84 Campus Crisps...... 84 Numeral Notations...... 85 In Memoriam...... 87 Framed by Pillars-Attractive View of Burton and Crosby Dormitory Halls from North Colonnade ofthe Main Quadrangle OF-BY-AND FOR THE ALUMNI OF THE UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER

VOL. X FEBRUARY--~ARCH, 1932 No.3

Fraternities and Their Suggested Future By ARTHUR]. MAY Professor of History In the swirl aspects of the college experience. State of vast mate­ legislators and college administrators have rial and curri­ occasionally demanded that the system cular changes, must be "mended or ended." A character­ that have been istic indictment of college fraternalism, e ff e c ted at which appeared in the American Mercury Rochester in for October, 1930, under the title "The the past few Nobility of the Campus," deserves the years, the sta­ thoughtful study of everyone interested in tus of the fra­ the subject. ternities has Competent observers, faculty members found lit tIe and mature alumni, who have a perspective space in the on the situation, readily testify that the REv lEW. interest on the part of the fraternities in The y, too, the academic work of its members has have experienced profound physical perceptibly mounted in the last ten years. changes, as eight new homes have been In an address recently delivered before the acquired, seven of them erected on an at­ National Interfraternity Council, Dr. tractive fraternity court on the new cam­ Henry Suzallo, sometime president of the pus just back from the Genesee River. As University of Washington and now presi­ a group, the Rochester "houses," though dent of the Carnegie Foundation for the sanely restricted in size, are in architec­ Advancement of Teaching, commented: tural design and appointment unsurpassed "Some remarkable work has been done in the country, and each possesses a dis­ by the leaders of this Interfraternity Con­ tinct individualism. ference in obtaining, by appeal to extrinsic With the gradual enlargement of the interest, more application to intellectual student body there has arisen a demand work in the chapters. The result has for additional social organizations. In re­ saved our faces and made fraternities more sponse thereto Beta Delta Gamma and respectable in the eyes of administrative Alpha Phi Delta have been established in authorities." recent years and Kappa Nu has been Appeal to Greek Letter Alumni resurrected and recognized. Undergrad­ Dr. Suzallo continues by saying that uates, somewhat less than half the total, what has already been accomplished is in­ who have riot· affiliated with a fraternity sufficient. Alumni, who more fully appre­ are united iIi an organization called the ciate the potentialities and traditions of Independents, a name which replaces the fraternities, should assume a more active colorless one of Neutrals. For these men role in the life of the chapters. Further, the superb facilities of the Todd Union since college education is destined to wit­ serve essentially the same social ends as ness more basic changes within the next do the fraternity houses. generation than in all the years since the Fraternities under Fire founding of the American republic, the From ti~e to time the fraternity system alumni ought to acquaint themselves with in ,general has been under fire because of the developments and support the college its undemocratic character, the bickering authorities in experiments aimed "at the and quarreling 1?etween the several groups vitalization of college instruction." iUld the subversive influence which the fra­ One change that is "sweeping" certain ternities have on the major, or intellectu"al, parts of the United States at the moment 68 ROCHESTER ALUMNI REVIEW is the establishment of junior colleges, dormitories, whose primary functions which movement is bound to have impor­ should be to direct the study of the men tant consequences for the fraternity sys­ in the upper classes, concentrating in a tem; another change, which is undermin­ given field of knowledge, and to aid them ing the traditional fraternalism, is ~the in preparing for the comprehensive ex­ plan already in vogue in some institutions, amination, the balance of his time being of placing undergraduates in residence devoted to the intellectual interests of the halls. "As fast as money can be acquired, men in the chapter house or section to the movement to substitute the life of the which he is attached. residential college for the life of the fra­ Resident tutors would need to possess a ternity house will be accelerated." broad cultural training, a lively interest in While neither of these changes alluded students and learning, as well as knowl­ to by Dr. Suzallo seems likely to affect edge and understanding of a particular Rochester, the reference to the residential subject. Whenever practicable, they college as a means of enriching the intellec­ should be members of the fraternity, with tual life of the undergraduates affords me which they are to be associated, though an opportunity to present an idea I have not necessarily Rochester graduates. secretly cherished for a number of years. While the tutors would be paid by the University, they would be furnished living A Suggestion for Rochester quarters by the fraternities. The erection of the splendid chapter If this scheme were eventually thought houses at Rochester is silent testimony to possible or worthy of trial, it might first the fact that the fraternity system will be tested on an experimental basis by one continue to be a definite part of the life department of the University and in one of the college. How can the fraternities house. If it proved reasonably satisfac­ make a more valuable contribution to the tory and funds were available, it could cardinal objective of higher education than then be gradually extended to all fraterni­ they do at present? In the view of the ties and dormitory sections and to such de­ writer the answer lies in the evolution of partments as regarded the plan feasible. the fraternity in the direction of the Eng­ Whatever practical faults the foregoing lish residential college. A salient feature proposal may possess, the theoretical of the English scheme, or more exactly of merits of it seem impressive. The frater­ that used at Oxford, is the tutor living nity system would be more intimately with the students and guiding them in the linked up with the central purpose of the quest for an education. In a modified college: the training of educated men of form this method could be adapted to our intelligence, initiative and character. At situation at Rochester, where the recent their inception the original fraternities inauguration of a curriculum based upon were cultural and literary groups;\ the greater individual enterprise might appear tutorial plan would assist the present to make it especially desirable. societies in getting back to first principles, Vital in the new curriculum is the em­ while preserving the undeniably valuable phasis on a special type of independent social advantages of fraternalism. work of a research character, carried on by Undergraduates would have at their juniors and seniors under the guidance of command a fairly mature mind, to which one or more instructors. Besides, at the they could appeal for guidance and coun­ end of his senior year, every ,candidate for sel in the solution of their innumerable a degree is required to take a compre­ problems, such as methods of study, selec­ hensive examination covering the entire tion of courses and preparation for life work in the department of concentration beyond the campus. How often have stu­ in his junior and senior years. Experience dents come to me in their senior year, or has dictated certain modifications in this shortly after graduation, and bewailed the program, some departments making op­ fact that they took such and such a course, tional the pursuance of the independent when they now realized that they should work. have taken some other! How many men How Tutors Might Serve have fallen by the wayside, partly because they never really learned how to study! What I would suggest, as a possibility Maladjustments of this sort ought to be at of the future, is that tutors be appointed least partially obviated by the tutorial for each fraternity house and section of the project herein advocated. ROCHESTER ALUMNI REVIEW ~ ..------. influence over the fraternity, or its mem- David Jayne Hill bers, only when his counsel was actually As we prepare to go to press, word sought. His role would be that of con- comes of the death of Dr. David sultant, in no sense that of a policeman. Jayne Hill, president of the Univer- A Chance for Pioneering sity from 1888 to 1896, trustee since the latter date, distinguished Rochester, already unique in that it is a diplomat, historian and authority small college of the highest standards, on international law. Dr. Hill possessing a strong faculty and splendid passed away in Washington, D. C., material facilities located on the edge of a on March 2, in his 82nd year, and is great city, has a possible opportunity, it mourned by a host of his former seems to me, to serve as a pioneer in estab- students, friends and admirers. The lishing a novel relationship between the in- news was received too late for a more tellectual and social life of the college. If extended notice at this time, but we the tutorial scheme worked out well here, hope to publish a tribute from it would, no doubt, be imitated by other President Rhees in our next issue. "fraternity" colleges. In the address of Dr. Suzallo referred to above, an appeal was made to alumni It is my opinion that that administra­ to meditate on proposals advanced for tion is best, which administers least, and vitalizing the intellectual life of their col­ I would not urge the serious consideration lege. It is the writer's hope that the of this adaptation of the English residen­ readers of the REVIEW will give him, or the tial plan, if I thought it would mean pa­ editor, the benefit of their frank opinions ternalism on the grand scale. Apart from on this proposal for resident tutors, which, his duties in connection with his academic of course, has been advanced solely as a department, the tutor would exercise an personal opinion.

A Public and Private Servant Walter S. Hubbell, '71, whose death on laws by his successful opponent. Con­ January 1 after a lingering illness is re­ spicuous for his independence, he soon corded elsewhere, was long a significant formed a friendship with Theodore Roose­ figure to the readers of this magazine as velt, a colleague of similar characteristic, a valued trustee of the University since which endured until the latter's death. 1895 and a former president of the Asso­ ciated Alumni. But he was much more than that-head of one of Rochester's strongest and most important law firms, vice-president of the Eastman Kodak Company, trustee or director of numerous other institutions, founder and for many years leader of one of the largest and most widely known men's Bible classes in America. Nor does his unusual record of usefulness rest alone on these varied con­ nections of public significance. He is probably mourned most by a host of in­ dividuals, who knew him as a warm friend and personal helper. A Friend of Roosevelt A detailed listing of Mr. Hubbell's ac­ tivities is to be found in the memorial no­ tice on another page. Several are of par­ ticular interest. During his term in the State Assembly, where he represented his Monroe County district in 1884-85, he was very nearly elected speaker and was made chairman of the committee on general Walter Sage Hubbell, '71 70 ROCHESTER ALUMNI REVIEW

The activity, which may be said to have but always fair. He was intensely re­ yielded Mr. Hubbell his widest fame, was ligious, but religion to him never meant a a labor of love. The Hubbell Class for somber countenance. His mind and spirit men was established in the Sunday School were so sprightly, even in his advanced of the First Baptist Church in 1892. Soon years, as to be at times almost boyish; yet outgrowing its quarters, it was given a back of it all was an uprightness, a con­ large room used for lectures. In time that, sciousness of right and wrong, a human too, became inadequate, and it erected a kindliness that endeared him to all who building of its own next to the church and knew him ... And we have lost more known as "Hubbell Hall," which also than a valued business associate; we have serves other interests of the church during lost a broad-visioned, cheerful friend, the week. whose life was a symbol of integrity." At its peak of enrollment before the \Vorld War, the class numbered more than Memorial Service 700 members, with an average attendance A most striking demonstration of the of 500. Mr. Hubbell not only addressed place which Mr. Hubbell filled in the lives it regularly every Sunday, until prevented of his associates was the tribute paid him by failing health, but was always available by a congregation of nearly 1,000 men and to its members as personal friend and ad­ women in the First Baptist Church at its viser. service of Sunday, January 24, following a special memorial service of the Hubbell Published Tributes Class. The sentiments of the many were Following Mr. Hubbell's death Roches­ given expression by the minister, Rev. ter newspapers devoted liberal space to Donald B. MacQueen, in his sermon, by personal tributes from prominent citizens President Rhees and by other religious and and to resolutions adopted by the various civic leaders of the community. The latter institutions with which he was associated. included, among others, Judge Henry D. The resolution of the Board of Trustees Shedd, '95, Louis S. Foulkes, city council­ of the University follows: man and University trustee, and Howard "The death of Walter Sage Hubbell J. Henderson, '17, all past presidents of brings to a close his long and loyal con­ the class. Many letters had also been re­ nection with the University of Rochester, ceived from former class members, now from which he received the degree bachelor scattered in all parts of the country. of arts in 1871, and of which he has been Perhaps the most significant tribute was a trustee since 1895, having served also as paid by a man, inconspicuously seated in a vice-chairman of the Board since 1923. the congregation, who, after listening to "Up to the time when illness laid him the more formal eulogies, arose and said: aside, he was always attentive to his duties "A long time ago I was in trouble. I as a trustee, giving liberally of his time took my story to Mr. Hubbell. 'If I help and money and abilities for the further­ you out this time, will you go straight?' he ance of the interests of his Alma Mater. asked. I promised. He helped me, and I He was proud of its progress and solici­ kept my promise. I have gone straight tous that that progress should be toward ever since." the realization of the highest ideals of the That spontaneous statement was a con­ spirit. crete indication of what Walter Hubbell "This was characteristic of his whole meant in the lives of an untold number of life, and was revealed in his professional men, his "boys," during the past forty career and his manifold relations to the years-a heritage well worth leaving. religious, business and civic interests of H. A. S. our people. + + "His colleagues in the Board hereby In lieu of the proposed compulsory assembly, record their sense of loss in his death, and a new scheme of voluntary student assemblies their deep sympathy with his family." is being tried out this semester. Under the plan adopted by students and faculty, an assembly An intimate estimate of his character is of forty minutes duration is held on the first contained in the following from the direc­ Monday morning of each month, with a more tors of the Eastman Kodak Company: varied program of worthwhile interest than "Success as attorney and business man heretofore. At the first meeting in February about one-third of the student body was present never took away from Walter Hubbell the which is a marked improvement over recent human touch. In business he was keen, conditions, though far from unanimous. ROCHESTER ALUMNI REVIEW 71 Professor Fairchild in Flesh and in Bronze R. Murlin, president of the Rochester chapter of Sigma Xi, and Dr. Harold L. Alling, '15, one-time student under Pro­ fessor Fairchild and now occupying his former chair of geology, to state that fea­ tures of the evening were provided by President Rhees' very happily worded ac­ ceptance of the bust and Professor Fair­ child's own characteristic response to the whole procedure. A condensation of Pres­ ident Rhees' tribute follows in substance: "It is an exceptionally felicitous thing when a man's friends are able to express in his lifetime their regard for him and to erect a fitting memorial while he is living. It is difficult for us to realize the signifi­ cance of Professor Fairchild's work. In 1888 he began a study of the present West­ ern New York and the wider area of the state affected by the great glacial period. We have been impressed by the enthusiasm -Also in Plaster with which this work has been carried on. The doing of a great work without ade­ Professor Herman L. Fairchild spent a quate facilities. is one of the greatest most agreeable evening on January 14, achievements a man can make. when he enjoyed the unusual privilege of "Another and an abiding memorial is hearing himself memorialized in terms of the men who, after studying under Profes­ sincere eulogy, and seeing himself unveiled sor Fairchild, have gone out to teach or in lasting bronze, while yet in the status serve as geologists in this and other coun­ of hale and hearty life. It was the occa­ tries. To you, my friend and colleague, sion of the presentation to the University, I give my warmest congratulations. The by the Rochester Academy of Science, of longer you stay with us to mock this me­ a bronze replica of the plaster bust of Pro­ tallic imitation the more will we thank fessor Fairchild, done last year by Miss Blanca Will, of the Memorial Art Gallery God." staff. The ceremony took place before a Grateful but Facetious joint meeting of the Academy and Sigma In his response to it all Professor Fair­ Xi fraternity, with invited guests, in the child was entirely "Fairy" again. Believ­ Chester Dewey building, following a din­ ing that his former students will be inter­ ner in Todd Union. ested to know how he felt in helping to Professor Floyd C. Fairbanks, '01, pres­ dedicate a memorial bust of himself, we ident of the Rochester Academy of Sci­ gladly give space to the following excerpts: ence, who had been particularly active in "In genuine modesty, or in assumed hu­ promoting the memorial project, presided mility, I might question my deserving of and formally presented the bust to the this high recommendation. But that would University. The guest speaker of the eve­ impugn your judgment and reflect on your ning was Dr. Heinrich Ries, professor of wisdom in the matter, and would be un­ geology at Cornell University, Professor gracious, so I must humbly accept your Fairchild's Alma Mater. After paying a verdict. You have observed my goings­ warm tribute to his friend of many years out and my comings-in for toward half a standing, he presented a comprehensive century, and you have averaged my record paper on "Industrial Applications of for a passing mark. Geology." "You are doing that which I have long Some Good Speeches advised-instead of abusing the living per­ It is no reflection whatever on Dr. Ries' son and praising him when dead, we should address, nor on the perfectly adequate re­ find commendation for the living and tell marks of Professor Fairbanks, Dr. John the truth about the departed. Uncompli- 72 ROCHESTER ALUMNI REVIEW mentary facts cannot hurt the dead, but may be deterrent in behavior of the living. Commencement Reunions "It was a very fortunate day and cir­ Springlike conditions of the past cumstance for me when I was surprised by winter make it easier to envision the the sudden call to Rochester. And also coming Commencement season this great good fortune in finding in this gar­ year, and it is already high time for den spot of America a field of surpassing the reunion class chairmen to begin geologic interest. This environment has their annual agitation for the Cub­ been largely responsible for my profes­ ~ey Cup. Classes booked for Dix sional success. Had I been dropped down reunions are the groups of 1874, '75, on some barren region, my scientific record '76 and '77; 1893, '94, '95 and '96; would have been very different. and 1912, '13, '14 and '15. The "In the daily round I will now have to class of 1882 is expected to make the "watch my step" with circumspection in customary bid for the cup at its order to live on the high level demanded fiftieth reunion, while 1907 is due by this added compliment. Or will I also for its twenty-fifth, 1922 for its tenth have to 'live it down?' . and 1927 for its fifth. Any other Immortality of Bronze? class, desiring to reune under the five-year plan or merely from natural "To assure me immortality you have home-coming instincts, will be wel­ caused my features to be reproduced in come. Alumni Day, on which the bronze. But on this unstable planet, and reunions are ordinarily scheduled, in the precarious condition of humankind, falls on Saturday, June 18, five days perpetuity is a term in relativity. And it later than last year. may not be improper, at this moment, to conjecture as to the ultimate fate of this piece of metal portraiture. Perhaps in the and the University, with assurance that years to come, when no one of my students my life's work has been highly appreciated and friends is living to speak for 'Fairy'; and that I have not existed uselessly." and the 'world forgetting is by the world The actual unveiling of the bust was forgot,' some heartless and 'hard-boiled' performed by Jean Fairchild, a grand­ curator may decide that properly it be­ child of the professor and daughter of Le­ longs with the antiques, if not with the Roy F. Faichild, '07. Following the cere­ fossils, or possibly with the anthropologic monies it was placed on its permanent, curiosities. And eventually it may be granite pedestal in the lobby of the Ches­ melted for practical use. ter Dewey Building, where it may be "But if it shall survive such fates of the viewed at any time. near future, what then? In the remote + + duration, of some thousands of years, when our hectic and farcical civilization has gone Washington Exhibit to wrack, and this city of Rochester has An interesting exhibit commemorating crumbled and dissolved, perhaps some the bi-centennial anniversary of the birth lonely delver in ruins of buried and for­ of George Washington is on display in the gotten cities may excavate in this locality, reception room on the second floor of the and discover this bit of corroded metal. Rush Rhees Library. Besides a series of And the unusual cranial conformation of twenty life portraits, there are three origi­ the portrait may cause him to regard the nal autographs of the first president from Rochester Fossil Man as the type of a the collection of Charles A. Brown, '79, singular, extinct variety of the race. as well as autographs of such famous con­ "And now! Well, I shall never have an temporaries as John Adams, Benjamin equal honor. Here and now for me is Franklin, John Marshall, John Hay and life's culmination. And I am quite ready King George the Third. Other intriguing for any fate. Yet, even at my age, I have items include a facsimile of Washington's some reserve of unused animal energy and expense accounts during the war, kept in am not anxious to 'flee the evils that we his own handwriting; photographic copies have for those we know not of, ... of his surveys when a young man, a letter "Again I thank you, and tomorrow I'll written by Robert Morris and a copy of go back to my desk, to resume quietly my the parole of Lord Cornwallis given to happy service to science; to the Academy Washington at the surrender at Yorktown. ROCHESTER ALUMNI REVIEW 73 A Lawyer's Impressions in London and Paris By WILLIAM Roy VALLANCE, '10 Assistant to Solicitor of State As many of the readers of the ALUMNI Claims, flowers and herbs were scattered REVIEW belong to the legal profession, they about in conformity with a .custom adopted may be interested in some of the occur- many years ago at the opening of Trinity rences experienced and enjoyed by the term, as fever was prevalent among prison­ party of lawyers which visited London and ers in the spring and it was believed that Paris during the past summer, and of which the flowers and herbs would prevent the I was so fortunate as to be a member. judges from getting the disease. Several members of the party were entertained at At the House of Commons lunchon by the judges of Old Bailey and Through the assistance of a secretary of sat on the bench with them during the aft­ the American embassy, tickets were ob­ ernoon. Sir Henry Fielding Dickens, a tained to a night session of the House of son of Charles Dickens, was a particular Commons. Lloyd George was present, ac­ center of attraction on this occasion. companied by his daughter, Meighan Lloyd One of the most interesting experiences George. They formed the center of an in­ of our trip was a visit to Scotland Yard. teresting group, when a division was called Old Scotland Yard was originally situated for, and the decision of Lloyd George very in the Charing Cross District and derived largely decided whether the Liberal party its name from the fact that the kings of would walk out one door or the other and Scotland and their ambassadors lodged thereby cause the downfall of Sir Ramsay there. I t became the official residence of MacDonald and the Labor government. the surveyor of works to the crown and A member of the House of Commons, later offices of the commissioners of the representing the radical Labor group, made police. Our guide described the work car­ a very fiery address in which he made un­ ried on by Scotland Yard, pointing out that complimentary remarks concerning mem­ its official responsibility is limited to Lon­ bers of the House, whereupon the speaker don, that when a serious crime occurs out­ rapped for order and some members yelled, side London, if the sheriff or other police "Gie 'im 'is 'at an' kick 'im out." A few official requests assistance from Scotland evenings before that a recalcitrant member Yard, an officer may be detailed to assist had refused to obey the speaker. The mace in solving the crime. was brought forward, and several guards Prefer Psychology to Guns were required to subdue the disturbing member and remove him from the hall. He explained that the police of London Upon entering into conversation with the do not carry guns because it has been man next to us, it was ascertained that he found, as a matter of psychology, that the was former Governor Cox, of Massa­ crowd will side with the policeman when chusetts, and was well acquainted with he is endeavoring to arrest a criminal with­ several officials whom I know in Washing­ out the use of arms. He pointed out that ton from that state. Shortly before we during the riots instigated by Lord George left, a distinguished gentleman entered the Gordon on June 2, 1780, the police of Lon­ gallery on crutches, and we were advised don used their arms quite freely, with the that he was a general who had had both result that the man on the street turned legs shot off in the battle of Gallipoli. against the police officer. The absence of arms makes the arrest of the criminal Old Bailey and Scotland Yard "more of a sporting proposition," and the The following day, the party was re­ man on the street, therefore, backs up the ceived by Sir Ernest Wild, K. C., recorder police to the limit. It was ascertained, of the City of London, at the Old Bailey however, that if a man is caught carrying where the London Assizes and the London a gun in London without a permit, he is Sessions are held. The Old Bailey is on subject to imprisonment, and very strict the site of the old Newgate Prison -in New regulations are enforced regarding the sale gate Street, and once housed the Court of of arms. Furthermore, when the police go the Chamberlain of the City. On the dais out to arrest desperate criminals, they go occupied by Sir Ernest Wild and Judge armed. Booth, of the United States Court of Asked what the police did in case a gang 74 ROCHESTER ALUMNI REVIEW of bandits undertook to rob a bank in the were present to give immediate opinions on day time, our guide had some difficulty in questions of law as they arose in the course understanding the terminology and then of the proceedings. The procurator gen­ said, "Oh, you mean a smash and grab eral was dressed in white ermine robes and raid." He stated that through means of conducted the case with great dignity. The checking up on the disposal of stolen prop­ witness stood behind a circular railing on erty the. police had been very successful in the floor of the Senate, immediately in recovering property and arresting the crim­ front of the presiding officer, and addressed inals involved. Several motor cars equipped the whole Senate in giving his testimony. with radio for detecting criminals, while No questions were asked, the witness giv­ cruising about the streets of London, were ing a narrative recital of his connection shown to us. with the case, becoming very oratorical at times and making very vigorous gestures. Where Heads Are at Stake When the witness made telling points After 'leaving London and crossing the against the accused, senators hostile to him Channel to Boulogne-sur-Mer, we were met would audibly call attention to them, by a delegation representing the Paris bar, whereas friends of the accused hissed the who accompanied us to Paris. At the Pa­ witness loudly. On the other hand, when lais de Justice we visited the Courts of a witness made remarks favorable to the Justice conducted by avocats who spoke defendant, his friends among the senators English. A session of the Court of Cassa­ strongly expressed their approval. tion, the highest court of France, which The writer was reminded of the days we attended, was of particular interest. when the ethics of sportsmanship were not A brilliant young woman lawyer, Ma­ so well advanced among students at foot­ dame Juliet Veillier-Duray, in conducting ball games, and when uncomplimentary re­ some of us thr ugh one of the courts re­ marks respecting the opposing team were marked that the' ast time she had been in quite in order from the bleachers. It was that room she had "asked for a man's a very dramatic scene. Feeling ran high head." She then explained that the man on both sides, and the presiding officer fre­ had been sentenced to be guillotined, but quently rang a small bell in the hope of that as a result of her appeal his sentence causing disorder to subside. The galleries was commuted to life imprisonment. It were crowded with the friends of the ac­ was also stated that the prisoner is not ad­ cused, and it was not surprising to read vised in advance of the date on which he in the papers the following day that the is to be executed. His lawyer and a priest Senate had dismissed the charges. are told the night before the execution is to take place; they awaken him at 4: 00 A. On the Trail of Franklin M., and an hour later he is publicly guillo­ During a trip through the chateau coun­ tined. try, following the official entertainment in Turbulence in French Senate Paris, particular interest centered in Another outstanding experience of the Chenonceau, a beautiful chateau which trip occurred during a visit to the French was visited frequently by Benjamin Frank­ Senate. I had often heard that turbulent lin during his negotiations with the French scenes took place in the House of Deputies government. Our guide had told us a great and had read about the excitability of the deal about the cruelties and abnormalities French temperament, but never had I real­ of Catherine de Medici, and, as we were ized the extent to which the French were looking over a case containing profiles of capable of strong feeling and expression distinguished persons who had lived at the of emotions. The session of the Senate chateau, we noticed two of Franklin. was held for the impeachment of a mem­ One of the party, who was from New ber of the cabinet. It was a most unusual Orleans and who had made a considerable scene, as is generally the case with im­ study of Franklin's life,' gave us a very peachment trials. The French Senate sat graphic picture of his experiences in as judges. The prosecution was conducted France, and it was quite thrilling to pic­ by. the procurator general of France, who ture before our eyes in that very room the corresponds in some respects to Ollr attor- tall, suave citizen of Philadelphia, meet­ ney general. . ing the cultured and aristocratic French Beside the presiding officer sat three men and women and winning their support judges of the highest court of France, who for the cause of the American Revolution. ROCHESTER ALUMNI REVIEW 75 Two More Big Alumni Nights on the Campus "Clip," said Meyer, "you are ominously been established as his pronouncement silent." that business depressions like the present "Meyer," said Clip, "you haven't said travel in cycles of inevitable recurrence, anything yet." Dean Weld proceeded most comfortingly "Well, you at least said something to disagree with him. then," retorted Meyer, "a large mouthful, The dean admitted the very apparent in fact." operation of these cycles to date, but his Time and place: Third Alumni Campus general thesis was to the effect that they Night in Todd Union. are controlled by economic forces which Party of the first part: Meyer J acob­ are man-made and hence susceptible to stein, '04, answering a barrage of questions alteration by man. In developing his posi­ after his talk on "Practical Politics." tion he outlined and disputed the contrary Party of the second part: Charles E. theories, which have been advanced by the Bostwick, '90, who had remained strange­ physiocrats and others, that natural forces ly and disappointingly silent throughout of supply and demand control our eco­ the colloquy. nomic eras. This little exchange of pleasantries was one of the dashes of spice which seasoned Some Man-Made Factors the free-for-all discussion on the above The speaker traced the growth of pres­ occasion. As Dr. Jacobstein, former ent day, large scale production and showed University professor of economics and ex­ how one of the forces which brought about Congressman, had been holding forth for the American Revolution was the mercan­ the better part of an hour at the time, it tile policy of England in exporting more might appear a discouraging estimate of than she imported. He paid his respects the content of his vocal effort, had it been in no uncertain terms to our high tariff subscribed to by the other hundred-odd walls, asserting that they and other inter­ alumni present, whose rapt attention and national maladjustments are the main fac­ lively response indicated quite a contrary tors in the economic depression. (In stat­ judgment. ing that "even we Republicans of Monroe But we are getting ahead of our story. County" now admit the folly of the high For there have been two of these Alumni tariff, he turned to his immediate right Campus Nights since our previous issue-'-­ and included Judge Harlan Rippey, '98, in one on Monday evening, January 18, and the category of that first, person plural, another, that of the Meyer-"Clip" dialogue above, on Monday evening, February 15. The steady growth in unforced attendance, from the 70 already reported: ;for the first night in late November, to 100 on the sec­ ond and 107 on the third, is a pleasing barometer of the growing enthusiasm with which this innovation is being received. The third attendance figure was particular­ ly noteworthy, since it was recorded on one of the few really wintry days of the sea­ son, and a number, who had made definite reservations, failed to appear. Dean Weld Disputes Wiggin Dean William E. Weld, professor of economics, featured the party of January 18 in answering the question: "Was Wig­ gin Right?" The Wiggin in question was Albert H., chairman of the board of direc­ tors of the Chase ational Bank. There seemed some initial uncertainty around the head table as to just what Mr. Wiggin had said to be right about. After this had Disagreed with Mr. Wiggin 76 ROCHESTER ALUMNI REVIEW which discloses that he is not yet fully He would like to see the interest of col­ oriented to his environment-but even a lege men more widely awakened, and their dean may be allowed one mistake in the political education begun, in their under­ course of a long evening.) graduate days, but he decried the fact that "When international complications over in all too many institutions the professors the tariff and other things can be straight­ are practically muzzled by supporting in­ ened out," he further declared, "we may terests from indulging any free exposition expect to see improvement in business. of governmental policies, both local and As long as the United States continues to national. He emphasized, however, that drain the world's gold, we shall be in poor in his own experience on the faculty of circumstances. Foreign countries, notably the University of Rochester his hands had Germany, cannot pay us in money, be­ never been so tied. cause we have it, and they cannot pay us Although believing in parties, he de­ in goods because of our high tariff. A free clared that the two great parties are no flow of goods and capital throughout the longer distinguished by any clearly drawn world are means by which men can control programs, that the electorate votes for the apparently inevitable forces that are personalities rather than policies, that perplexing the world." there are no longer any mandates from The whole subject was largely an acade­ the people on big questions of governmen­ mic question to which the dean brought tal policy. He predicted, therefore, that his well-practiced powers of academic in the next election both parties will analysis and exposition. That he succeed­ "duck" every large, controversial question. ed in bringing it down to earth was in­ He said that he found non-partisanship at dicated by the free flow of questions which Washington in the desire of each Congress­ followed his talk. man to get everything possible for himself and his district, admitting that the Demo­ Political Machinery Antiquated crats had so shared in the sin of our pres­ Meyer Jacobstein, on February 15, pro­ ent tariff. vided the treat which had been anticipated Most legislation of the past ten years, in his intimate discussion of "Practical such as that for farm relief, he character­ Politics," as he had found them in Wash­ ized as engendered and surrounded by ington and elsewhere. He gave us the "hokum." He did see considerable good, benefit of the objective viewpoint of a however, in the different measures recently trained mind, which had been directed for adopted for economic relief, declaring that six years to the surprising operations of the the depression has passed the economic political machinery in our national capital. stage and become largely psychological; In so doing he was entirely frank and at hence that anything, which checks bank the same time tolerantly non-partisan, ex­ failures and so improves the mental atti­ posing the weaknesses and foibles which tude, is bound to help, although it should he had discovered among his own party have come a year earlier. In the course of leaders at Washington as freely as those of his talk and the subsequent discussion he the opposition. He even told us confiden­ covered a wide variety of timely subjects, tially how he came to be a Democrat, for ranging from Great Britain's gold stand­ it would appear that he was not born that ard to the Rochester post office. He was way. not exactly a Pollyanna of optimism, but His major contention was that the he certainly was "practical"-and that is United States finds itself compelled to face what he was asked to be. the most profound economic problems in At both of these Alumni Campus Nights its history with an antiquated political ma­ President Eugene C. Denton, '87, pre­ chine, which is not geared to driving the sided. The speeches were preceded by nation properly. Until politics is rid of songfests, led by Raymond B. Lewis, '10, its social stigma, he held, and made a on January 18, and by Theodore F. Fitch, worthy career for educated men of talent '22, on the latter occasion. On both nights and a genius for statesmanship, the body the recreational facilities of Todd Union politic will continue in its present deep rut, and the Alumni Gymnasium were kept with the state and national legislatures as working until midnight. Announcement inept as now in their conduct of the tre­ was made of the fourth Alumni Campus mendous economic organization which the ight on Monday evening, March 21, as nation has become. indicated elsewhere in this issue. H. A. S. ROCHESTER ALUMNI REVIEW 77

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Fruitful Insomnia at 85 From a Sister Institution San Antonio, Texas Orono, Maine. Dear Mr. Smith:- Dear Mr. Smith:- In my 85th year I am the only living I have read with much interest the graduate of '72. I am in regular receipt of lead article in the November number of the ALUMNI REVIEW and appreciate it your REVIEW. I think I have written you much. I wish I were able to join the before, inquiring for information about alumni contributors. Since that may not your Union, but at that time it had not be, I am inclosing the annual subscription advanced enough to give me definite in­ of one dollar. formation. I wonder if we might have a On a recent night I was plagued with in­ copy of the attractive, illustrated booklet somnia. My mind fell to rhyming, and the you mentioned. next morning gave birth to the following: I was interested in the editorial, headed "Compulsion If Need Be." I think there o FOOLISH DOUBT! is a big germ of truth in the central Naught man can do remains undone thought of your editorial. To prove the fool's vain boast-"No God!"­ To dog from human minds the faith, CHARLES E. CROSSLAND, Man's soul came else than from the sod. Sec., University of Maine. Yet men stay stubbornly unwonj For God is in man's very soul, The essence of its subtle norm; Some Helpful Suggestions Its power to think, to reason true; To e'en forecast the coming storm, New Stanton, Pa. And hear the unheard thunder roll j Dear Mr. Treasurer:- To catch the light of unseen worlds: I enclose a one-dollar check as a sub­ Hear lofty speech, and ravishing songs scription to the ALUMNI REVIEW for the From the silent air. 0 foolish man! Why doubt thy soul divine that longs year 1931-32. As to the need of alumni For God, and His righteous flag unfurls? funds, it is my opinion that considerable I understand the stanzas are already in could be raised by an alumni theatrical, type in the Presbyterian Advance, of baseball or football game during Com­ Nashville, Tenn. mencement week. A boxing bout between Herbert Napolean Bramley and Kid Kayo (Rev.) LEWIS H. MOREY, '72. Killowatt would draw a full house. Down our way, when hard-pressed financially, we rob a bank. Socially Sympathetic BURTON S. Fox, '89. Springfield, Mo. (The last suggestion above is at least Dear Mr. Editor:-- practical. We have about reached the Congratulations on your editorial on bank-robbing stage but shrink from the "Contrasts Between Fifth and Sixth Ave­ job locally. Our city banks are too popu­ nues." You are exactly right, and I only lated with alumni, whom we cannot afford wish our Congress saw things the same to alienate. We might tackle one of the way. My constant traveling brings me outlying country banks, if the writer will into contact with all sorts of people, in­ loan us an ice pick.-Ed.) cluding worthy highway pedestrians, from whom I obtain the other man's viewpoint. Our people are patient and willing to wait Found Chapel Beneficial a reasonable time for better days, but they Saranac Lake, N. Y. will not wait forever. Anyway, I wish Dear Mr. Editor:- more people could come to understand the I have read your editorial about compul­ situation as you indicate it in your Jan­ sory chapel attendance in your November uary issue. number and applaud the sentiment. Why WILBUR W. BANCROFT, '07. worry so much about offending student 78 ROCHESTER ALUMNI REVIEW opinion? The Baptist founders of the which began as teacher and student con­ University would probably turn over in tinued and has ripened with the passing of their graves, if they knew that this last the years. remnant of religious observance had been "He was the first dean of the College abolished as a compulsory feature. I am of Arts and Science and took a great pride not a Baptist and do not particularly en­ in its development and should look back joy going to a service in a Baptist church, upon his work with much satisfaction. It but I never found anything objectionable is with sincere regret that our administra­ about the chapel exercises, which I attend­ tive relations are to be severed. It is, how­ ed when a student, and there were times ever, pleasing to realize that he will still be when I obtained some real benefit from with us in the capacity of a teacher." them. STANLEY VV'. WORTHINGTON, '20. + + + + Sigma Xi Exhibition Dr. J. S. Stevens Resigns The Rochester chapter of Sigma Xi, national scientific fraternity, celebrated as Dean of Maine Washington's Birthday in an unusual Friends and classmates of Dr. James manner by giving a public and compre­ Stacy Stevens, '85, will regret to learn that hensive, all-day exhibition in the Chester he has been compelled by ill health to re­ Dewey Building of current achievements sign from his present active connection in scientific research. The exhibition, said with the University of Maine, where he has to be the first of its kind ever presented been professor of physics since 1891 and in this country, attracted hundreds of visi­ dean of the college since 1905, during tors and was accorded high commendation which period the enrollment in arts and by scientists and laymen alike. science has grown from 82 to 647. He was There were more than 100 exhibits from also director of the summer school from twenty University departments of re­ 1902 to 1924, editor of the university search activity, including those of chemis­ catalogue from 1905 to 1924, was instru­ try, anatomy, vital economics, radiology, mental in establishing a chapter of Phi physiology, surgery, gynecology, bacteri­ Beta Kappa at the University in 1922, and ology, biology, pathology, medicine, muse­ established a course in Biblical literature um, optics, biochemistry and even the in 1920, having delivered some 100 lec­ psychology of music. One of the out­ tures on this subject to different organiza­ standing exhibits was a device for taking tions. X-ray motion pictures of the heart and This represents quite a varied range of intestines, nearly perfected after three activities for a physics professor, but he years of cooperative experimentation by has also found time to publish seven books scientists of the Strong Memorial Hospital and about 150 articles on scientific, liter­ and the Eastman Kodak and Bausch & ary and educational subjects, two of Lomb Optical Companies. which we are happy to have published in Dr. Wallace 0 Fenn, of the medical the ALUMNI REVIEW. If his health per­ faculty, opened the day with a lecture mits, he writes that he will resume his lec­ before some 900 children in Strong Audi­ tures on Biblical literature in the fall. torium on "Arms and Legs and How They Under a seven-column head, the Bangor Work," illustrated by motion pictures and Daily News of February 5 ran his cut and special apparatus with which he showed a story of his resignation and career, in the electricity generated by muscular re­ which President H. S. Boardman, of the actions. Dr. C. E. Kenneth Mees, head University of Maine, made the following of the research laboratories of the East­ statement: man Kodak Company, concluded the day "The resignation' of Dean Stevens severs with a lecture in the same auditorium in a companionship which has existed for the evening on "Photography in the Serv­ nearly forty-one years. Dean Stevens ice of Astronomy." came to the university as professor of phy­ Officers of Sigma Xi, in charge of the sics in 1891, the same year I entered as a dais activities, were Dr. John R. Murlin, student. Later upon my return to the professor of vital economics, president; faculty of the institution, the friendship Dr. William A. Berry, professor of psy- ROCHESTER ALUMNI REVIEW 79 chology, vice-president; and Dr. Quentin number of contributions, with 12, though D. Singewald, assistant professor of geolo­ now closely pressed by 1909, 1911 and gy, secretary. 1918, as well as 1915. For the largest + + total amount of $85.00, the class of 1899 has now been tied by 1909. The added Two Coming Features of names and revised figures follow: 1877-George C. Hollister. Class total-$62.50; Appeal to Alumni contributors-4. 1879-Selden S. Brown, Melvin E. Crowell. Two musical features on the campus Class total-$32.00 j contributors-4. should attract many alumni during com­ 1884-C. F. Pratt. Class total-$35.00 j con­ ing weeks. The first is the Home Concert tributors-4. on Saturday evening, March 19, with 1885-W. L. Baker. Class total-$55.00 j con­ tributors-6. dancing to follow in Todd Union, all at 1887-Eugene C. Denton. Class total-$10.00; the reduced rate of one dollar per ticket. contributors-1. One or two alumni groups are already 1892-Edward R. Foreman. Class total­ planning to hold dinner parties in Todd $76.00 j contributors-9. 1895-Edward P. Smith. Class total-$50.00; Union before the concert and make a night contributors-5. of it. This seems to be a happy idea, and 1900-J. L. Broughton, Frank L. Buell. Class such reservations will be welcomed by the total-$40.00; contributors-5. 1901-C. W. Watkeys. Class total-$25.00; Union. Although there is no symphony contributors-4. orchestra with the Glee Club this year, 1902-Edward F. Feely, Ray H. Hart. Class the latter is unusually good and is plan­ total-$80.00; contributors-9. ing a more varied and interesting program 1904-W. Bruce Large. Class total-$40.00; contributors-4. than usual. 1906-Arthur Rathjen. Class total-$71.00; The second offering, that of the "Stu­ contributors-9. dent Quince" in Strong Auditorium on 1907-George T. Palmer. Class total-$55.00; Saturday evening, April 16, should prove contributors-9. 1909-S. Park Harman. Class total-$85.00; particularly attractive to alumni, as it re­ contributors-ll. vives on a more elaborate scale the origi­ 191O-Edwin P. Smith. Class total-$64.00; nal musical comedy of college life, so pop­ contributors-lO. ular in old "Soph Joll" days. All drama­ 1911-W. J. Clancy, E. P. Killip, Yale Parce. Class total- 72.00 j contributors-11. tic interests of the second semester center 1912-E. B. Taylor. Class total- 70.00 j con­ on this one production, and the price has tributors-9. been set at fifty cents to insure a crowd. 1913-Earle Rugg. Class total-$71.00; con­ tributors-lO. The music, by Edward Ehre, '32, is especi­ 1914-John M. Hoefflin. Class total-$48.00; ally tuneful. The chorus is being drilled contributors-8. by a professional dancer of long stage ex­ 1917-Roland P. Soule. Class total-$30.00j perience, and the cast, with such head­ contributors-4. 1918-Hugh S. Dewey, Gilbert E. Ault. Class liners as Howard Witt, '32, Lincoln Bur­ total-$70.00; contributors-ll. rows, '33, and Clifton Darling, '33, prom­ 1923-Howard C. Spencer. Class total­ ises a sparkling performance. $31.00; contributors-7. 1924-G. Dwight Greenfield. Class total­ + + $14.00; contributors-4. 1926-Louis M. Nourse. Class total-$3.00 j Alumni Fund Contributors contributors-I. 1930-Rosswell Langlois. Class total-$5.bO ; Our honor roll of Alumni Fund con­ contributors-1. tributors is growing slowly. Since our last + + issue we have received 31 additional con­ tributions for a total of $195.50, raising Freshman Dean Arthur S. Gale, on sabbatical leave this semester, is enjoying a trip to Califor­ the grand total to date to 335 contribu­ nia via the Panama Canal. Lester O. Wilder, '11, tions for $2,489.50. These figures must is assuming his duties as freshman dean. Dr. swell more rapidly between now and June, Arthur J. May, of the history department, has if our minimum budgetary requirements left for several months of travel and study in E~Hope, while Dr. Willson H. Coates, of the are to be met. The additional contribu­ sa'me department, has returned from a similar tors are listed below by classes, the fig­ leave, much of which was spent in Russia. ures in each instance representing the grand totals to date for the respective A recent student poll on disarmament drew 401 classes. The class of 1916, which stood ballots, 91 per cent. of which favored a limitation still, continues to hold the lead in total of armaments. 80 ROCHESTER ALUMNI REVIEW

harmoniously together in double harness, R DC h es ter Review it is but a happy and infrequent accident. OF-BY-AND FOR THE ALUMNI OF THE Worshiping size as such, we have come UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER to assume that bigness represents good­ ness, that anything which is getting big­ Published Bi-Monthly, August and September excepted ger must be getting better. In other words, bigness has been the primary aim, Mailed to any address at the Subscription Price of $1.00 with goodness left to follow as an in­ per year. Single Copies, Twenty Cents. evitable sequence. But all too often the Subscription payments and all other communication should be mailed to HughA. Smith, Alumni Secretary, reverse is the case. In concentrating on University of Rochester, Rochellter, N. Y. bigness, quality is all too likely to thin out or disappear. HUGH A. SMITH, '07 Editor If these qualifying terms must be linked as mutual accompaniments, let the order be reversed-"better and bigger." Let Permanent Losses the bigness which develops come as a There are losses graver and more irre­ merited consequence of greater goodness. parable than those of the economic world. Such growth seems basically sound and The long-apprehended passing of Walter generally praiseworthy. S. Hubbell causes us to take reckoning. We are proud of the fact that the Uni­ We discover that during the past twelve versity of Rochester, in its day of ex­ months the deaths of no less than fifty­ panding possibilities, has elected to fol­ four alumni have been recorded in this low this sane and logical course. If it is magazine, including three University trus­ gradually becoming bigger, it is building tees and several others numbered among such increase upon the sound foundation the most distinguished and useful of Roch­ of improved offerings and better facilities, ester's sons. previously conceived and primarily aimed We pray that our memorial columns at. may be less extended in coming months. A Faculty Revival Financial losses may be recouped, but Our faculty has never been justly ac­ these men are gone. The Board of Trus­ cused of being stiff-necked, but it certain­ tees can, and will, nominate successors to ly is limbering up. There has been a Mr. Hubbell, Dr. Munn and Albert H. marked transformation in the atmosphere Harris, but who will fill their places, of the new Faculty Club, which in its either on the Board or in many other commodious splendor had seemed to lack fields of service? We must leave this some of the popular appeal of the cozier question in the air. and more intimate quarters on the Old Campus. Has the change been brought about by the formation of professorial dis­ Bigger 0 R Better cussion groups or the importation of more If the depression has wiped out of our books and weighty reviews in the club li­ American consciousness some of the "big­ brary? Not at all. It has been effected ger and better" complex, which has so long by the simple process of setting up a ping obsessed us, it has performed at least one pong table in one of the back rooms! noteworthy service. For a nu:mber of The luxurious lounge may be sparsely years American business, for instance, was populated of a noon hour, but that back swiftly getting "bigger," but was all of it room is sure to be crowded, its atmosphere getting "better?" There now seems to be punctuated by the steady tap, tap of ping some room for doubt in the minds of on pong, or vice versa. This does not economists. mean that our personal faculty standards That flamboyant slogan has represented are deteriorating. Quite the contrary. If a false god, which we have chased far too all work and no play really makes Jack long in many realms other than business. a dull boy, assuming that Jack could ever From the standpoint of logic, and hence be a college professor, then by converse of rhetoric, it is an inaccurately worded implication our faculty should straightway expression. The connective, it seems to begin to shine with heightened effulgence. us, should represent an alternative-"big­ And how entirely human it makes ger or better." Whenever the two pull them! Even a college professor must ROCHESTER ALUMNI REVIEW 81

men are already coming to enjoy and ap­ Campus Night Announcement preciate this relationship, engendering, as The fourth Alumni Campus Night it does, a wider and closer comradeship will be held in Todd Union on Mon­ in their undergraduate life and a conse­ day evening, March 21, at 6: 30 quent broader development. We can see o'clock. Dr. Walden Moore, of the in it also a distinct benefit to our student history department, will speak on life as a whole, and only insofar as the fra­ whatever phases of the disarmament ternities prove an 'asset to the college itself conference are most pertinent at the can their existence be really justified. time. International relations are among Dr. Moore.'s major interests, Heroics and Hardware and he is admirably qualified to an­ swer any of the questions on this An eminent alumnus of a great univer­ complicated subject, which are sure sity was awarded a gold medal the other to be in the minds of the alumni. day "for distinguished service to the hard­ Prompt attendance at the dinner will ware trade." 0 doubt it was a well­ permit an earlier start of the recrea­ earned preferment from his trade organi­ tional program in the Union and the zation, but such .association of gold medals Alumni Gymnasium. Dinner reser­ and hardware is a bit startling to a ro­ vations should be made at the alumni manticist. office before noon of that day. "In days of old, when knights were bold," baubles of distinguishment were pinned on iron-mailed chests for v,alorous deeds performed inside the hardware. Al­ needs unbend, and unbend some more, if though men no longer win honors for he would successfully pursue an ever elu­ things they do in it, they apparently can sive, cantankerous and pestiferous cellu­ still capture them for things they do to it. loid pellet about the purlieus and corners of a crowded room, not to mention the far reaches of the hall and adjacent terri­ An Anti-Hoarding Plea tory. vAL i For some time past we have been hear­ ing much about "frozen assets." In a win­ Fraternal Neighborliness ter marked by an amazing lack of frost in The only unfavorable comment we the ground, there has been a distressing have heard regarding the fraternity hous­ amount of frost in the finances of the ing situation on the River Campus has country. With a commendable aim to been the criticism, voiced by certain thaw out the situation, President Hoover Greek letter men of another college, to the has inveighed against the hoarding of effect that the individual sites are too money. The old family sock is entirely small and the houses consequently crowd­ out of favor. We wish to second his ap­ ed too closely together. Far from dis­ peal. In our efforts to raise the much­ turbing us, this isolated criticism seems needed Alumni Fund this year we are dis­ only to point in our mind to a very dis­ covering altogether too many evidences of tinct advantage, considered from any fair­ hoarding, which we may feel called upon minded, sociological viewpoint. to report to the President. One possibly justifiable criticism of the This situation must be corrected, if whole fraternity system, as e?Cistent else­ this magazine and other organized alumni where, is of the aloofness of the fraterni­ activities are not to be frozen right out ties from each other and from the student of the picture. They are a trifle frost­ body as a whole. Isolated and remote bitten already. If you have not yet chip­ locations for the respective houses would ped in your bit toward the Alumni Fund seem to foster this condition. With our this year, please unhoard enough to do so own houses so closely grouped, in relation right away, before it is too late. We can not only to each other but to the student assure you that there will be no traces of union and dormitories, there is little hoarding at this end. Such moneys as we nourishment for such aloofness, which we receive will inevitably bound right back believe has no defensible place in the for­ into immediate and violent circulation. mative period of American life. We are most patriotic that way. We further believe that our fraternity H. A. S. 82 ROCHESTER ALUMNI REVIEW

Good Finish on Court court, proved equally one-sided, but this time Rochester's representatives had the advantage, the final score being 29 to 9. Season's Record The visitors had very much of an off night Rochester 23 Alfred 13 and could score only one field goal, that Rochester 28 CorneIL__ 36 being achieved in the last few minutes of Rochester 2L Lehigh___ 20 play. iagara, in the return game at the Rochester 19 iagara__ 22 Falls, again encountered stiff opposition, Rochester 14 Syracuse_ 31 but the superior ability of the home forces Rochester 14 Niagara__ 20 eventually enabled them to record a 20­ Rochester 30 Union 24 to-14 victory. Rochester 24 Williams_ 37 Rochester 28 Buffalo __ 36 Victory over Union Rochester 33 Hamilton_ 37 Union then appeared on our campus, Rochester 29 HobarL__ 9 and Alexander's charges put on a fine ex­ Rochester 1L Syracuse_ 29 hibition to turn back the visitors, 30 to 24. Rochester 24 HobarL__ 17 Union had much the better of the battle Rochester 26 Colgate__ 2.7 in the first half and led at half time, 17 to Rochester 24 Buffalo -- 36J 13, but the Rochester players apparently learned much from their coach between Rochester 354 0pponents 394 halves and put on a drive in the second period that Union could not withstand. The rousing finish gave the Rochester par­ After winning two of the first three tisans much over which they might en­ games, as recorded in the previous issue thuse, and they made the most of the op­ of the REVIEW, the Varsity basketball portunity. team has succeeded in turning in only At the conclusion of a two-week's cessa­ three other victories to make the season's tion of hostilities on the court for mid­ record five wins against ten losses. Union year examinations, the then undefeated and Hobart joined Lehigh and Alfred as Williams team appeared here and soon the institutions whose representatives pro­ evidenced the class that had made such a vided victories for our basketeers, the record possible. The Rochester players Genevans obliging twice, while Syracuse, kept within hailing distance of the fast­ Buffalo and Niagara swept the home-and­ moving New Englanders until well into the home series and Williams, Colgate and second half, when Sheehan and Markoski Hamilton joined Cornell in single victories. sifted three shots through the basket from Louis Alexander, in his first year as mid-court to make a Williams victory cer­ coach, has done very well considering the tain. The score was 37 to 24. The difficulties he has faced. The squad, in­ Hamilton team duplicated last year's per­ spired by his fine personality and obvious formance in the game at Clinton Itwo knowledge of the sport, has practiced dili­ nights later and won in an overtime period, gently, but it was apparent from the start 37 to 33, after trailing at the end of the of the season that the team as a whole did first half, 16 to 9. not have enough players to cope success­ Another team with a remarkable record fully with the many strong teams it was was met in the persons of the Buffalo scheduled to meet. Bulls, as the aggregation from the Windy Niagara's veteran aggregation was City is known alliteratively to the news forced into an overtime period to win, 22­ correspondents. A record of 34 victories 19, in the first game on the River Campus in 35 games over a period of three years after the holiday recess, but the Syracuse is unquestionably unique in inter-collegiate courtiers experienced little difficulty in re­ competiti on. Buffalo ran up a score of 20 cording at 31-14 victory in the game there. to 4 in the first half, thanks to the un­ The first game with Hobart, played on our erring aim of Malonowicz and Pryor but ROCHESTER ALUMNI REVIEW 83 the Rochester players put on a spirited offensive and defensive strength, respec­ rally in the second period, and the visitors tively, as they did this year. Doyle, a were fortunate to emerge with a 36-to-28 substitute, will also be graduated. This victory. leaves Copeland, Gannon, Maliborski and Similar opposition was not in store for Drojarski as the regulars to form a nuc­ the Syracuse team on its annual appear­ leus for the 1932-33 team. A freshman ance here. The Orange-shirted players team, which evidenced considerable poten­ found difficulty in scoring, but their clever tial strength, should also contribute sev­ defensive work kept the scoring accom­ eral men of possible first team caliber. plishments of the Rochester men confined Craytor, Exter and Hussong were the out­ largely to the shooting of fouls. In fact, standing players of a yearling squad, our team did not score a field basket until which compiled a record of five victories the last few minutes of the game. The in eight games played. final score was 29 to 11. Hobart gave the MATTHEW D. LAWLESS, '09. Rochester players much stiffer opposition in the return game at Geneva, than had + + been the case in the tilt on the River Cam­ Spring Schedules pus, but Alexander's proteges again proved their superiority and left the court with a Baseball 24-to-17 advantage. Apr. 20-Syracuse at Rochester Great Battle against Colgate Apr. 30-Syracuse at Syracuse May 3-Colgate at Hamilton In the last appearance on the home :May 7-Hamilton at Rochester court, with Colgate as the opposition, the May 13-Hamilton at Clinton Rochester team gave a superlative exhibi­ May 14-Union at Schenectady tion, losing a thrilling 27-to-26 decision to May 20-Amherst at Rochester the Maroon forces that had won from May 21-0berlin at Rochester most of the strongest teams in the East, June 18-Alumni at Rochester including Columbia, Eastern Intercollegi­ Track ate League champions. Colgate got away Mar. 2S-Hamilton at Rochester to a good lead, but the Varsity rallied (Indoor) splendidly and led, 13 to 11, at half time. Apr. 30-Alfred at Alfred This advantage was increased by the mid­ May 7-Hamilton at Rochester dle of the second period to 19 to 13 but May 14-St. Lawrence and Hobart the obviously more skillful Maroon five May 21-Conference at Rochester closed the gap, until a long shot by Acro­ polis, who scored a total of sixteen points, put Colgate in the lead in the last minute Fortunately space prohibits any extend­ of play. Rochester had a chance to tie ed prognostications of our spring sports the score on a foul shot, while several prospects at this time. For the past sev­ shots at the basket rolled around the rim eral seasons we have been bold enough to of the hoop and out, much to the dismay make advance predictions of better things of the near-capacity crowd that was on its to come in both baseball and track, only collective feet much of the last few min­ to find ourself later compelled to run stor­ utes of what was undoubtedly the most ies of quite different results. By promising hectic engagement that has been staged in nothing in particular this time perhaps the new Alumni Gymnasium. we can change our spring luck. The concluding contest with Buffalo \Ve must hedge just enough on this found our men again battling superbly policy, however, to observe that when any against a manifestly superior team. The college nine possesses a pitching staff com­ Rochester players gave their best, but it posed of such men as Henehan, Hart, was not good enough to overcome the Kelly and Lines, almost anything can hap­ finesse of their hosts, who continued their pen. The team is further bolstered by winning ways with a 36-to-24 victory. several valuable fielding and hitting units Captain Hart and Aranovitz have play­ from last year's successful freshman team. ed their last Varsity basketball games, These include Drojarski, seasoned out­ and one interested in the team's welfare fielder who may also see infield service, does not like to think of next year's five Warner and Clement, real infielders, and without them to form the backbone of the Stewart, a first base prospect. Coach Da- 84 ROCHESTER ALUMNI REVIEW vies and Captain Erdle have the battery President Rhees sails for England on the Bal­ men working out in the field house. Coach tic on March 25, for his deferred, mid-year holi­ day trip. He will return in May, in ample time Gorton has been working hard with the for Commencement preparations. track men, but we shall know more of their possibilities after the indoor meet with Ten men and eight women have been elected Hamilton late this month. It looks now to Phi Beta Kappa, according to an announce­ as though a lack of point-winners in the ment made just prior to our going to press. Of the men, Max H. Presberg is a junior, expecting field events would again handicap our to finish his course in three years, and Sydney several promising track aspirants. Feyder is a medical student. The eight college The above baseball schedule is worth a seniors so honored are Ruben A. Dankoff, Fred word of comment, offering such attractive H. Gowen, Karl Johannes, Joseph E. Morrissey, Carl F. Paul, Jr., Phillip H. Reed, Norman H. home games as those with Syracuse, Am­ Selke and Julius Rockavitz. Two alumni sires herst, Oberlin and Hamilton. This will represented in this list are Dr. Arthur P. Reed, be the first season in which an Amherst '01, and Carl F. Paul, 'as. nine has ever appeared on a Rochester diamond. For the second season in suc­ The fraternities held initiation ceremonies cession the track schedule is climaxed by through the month of February. Most published lists of initiates proved shorter than correspond­ the State Conference meet on the River ing lists of pledges, the neophytes on probation Campus. Rochester was again selected being left on the side lines. for this meet as possessing the strongest combination of facilities and attendance The Engineering Club three open the engineer­ possibilities, the latter based, of course, ing building, bedecked with palms, for a faculty reception on Friday evening, February 12. In­ on the hope that the event cannot be spection of the department, a special entertain­ flooded by rain two years in a row. ment, dancing and refreshments featured the very H. A. S. pleasant occasion. + + The second Rosenberger lecture of the year was Phillips Cup to Gardner delivered in the Little Theater of the Memorial The Phillips Football Cup was awarded this. Art Gallery on Wednesday afternoon, March 2, year to Richard W. Gardner, '33, presentatiton by Dr. Eugen Kuehnemann, professor of philoso­ being made by Coach Davies at the opening col­ phy at the University of Breslau, Germany. His lege assembly of the second semester. The awatd topic was "Goethe and the Modern World." was made on the basis of improvement and team loyalty, and Coach Davies stressed the latter characteristic with some very warm words Todd Union inaugurated a worthwhile feature for Gardner's splendid spirit. Without regard in February, consisting of a series of three Sun­ to his own preferences, he performed during the day dinners for families and friends of the stu­ past season with equal willingness and ability dents, followed by special entertainment features at quarterback, halfback, fullback and end. Al­ under direction of the University "Y." though rated as a substitute, he rendered in­ valuable service, notably in the important Wil­ Bishop John Francis O'Hern was a speaker at liams game, in which he was suddenly called the dinner of the Newman Club, held on Tues­ upon to start at a halfback position, though not day evening, February 9, at the Columbus Club. even familiar with the signals for that post. It Sylvester M. Gartland, '33, has been elected presi­ was a popular award. Gardner played all three dent of this organization. sports in his freshman year and caught for the baseball nine last spring. Dr. C. Douglas Booth, famous English author and authority on international affairs, lectured on disarmament problems in the Little Theater on Friday evening, February 19, under the auspices Cc:nnpus Crisps I of the International Relations Club. The annual Frosh Frolic on Monday night, The most useless things in sight on the River February 8, proved both an unusual social and Campus this season have been the snow fences, financial success, when more than 500 partici­ erected at the outset of the so-called "winter" by pants crowded Todd Union to add several hun­ cautious ground-keepers. Last summer's grass dred dollars to the class treasury. is still doing business, green and scarcely frost­ bitten, and the same grass seems destined to give Believe it or not, some seventy-five underclass­ us a second summer of unbroken service. (This men feel themselves unfamiliar enough with even was written and set in deat4less type before the the present pedestrian type of dancing to warrant March blizzard; excuse it please.) taking lessons in the art of guiding the fair sex about a ballroom floor. Miss Lucille C. Morse, Thirteen undergraduates are now reported as instructor in physical education at the Old Cam­ former students, having fallen victims of the pus, is supplying the guidance, under arrange­ recent inquisition. Mid-year examinations began ments made by the University "V" and the phy­ on January 27 and ended on February 6. sical education department. ROCHESTER ALUMNI REVIEW 85

'74. Rev. John Quincy Adams, D. D., de­ '93. The U. S. Senate in January confirmed livered the address of the evening at the big the nomination of John Knight as judge of the public observance in Geneva of the bi-centennial Western District of ew York, where he has anniversary of the birthday of George Washing­ been serving under a recess appointment. ton. His address reviewed the different reactions '98. At the annual meeting of the National toward Washington during his life and since, Council of Mathematics Teachers in February, and gave a comprehensive estimate of his signi­ William Betz, specialist in mathematics for the ficant characteristics. Rochester public schools, was elected president. Ex-'74. We are in receipt, through President Mr. Betz, who has long been active in the work Rhees, of a breezy letter from Frank P. Lewis, of the mathematics teachers, was one 0 f the or­ retired lawyer of Seattle, who celebrated his 81st ganizers of the Council. birthday on March 10. He is still keenly inter­ '99. Dr. Herhert S. Weet recently conducted a ested in the University and remains vigorously group of New York State teachers and school active in Masonry. A thoughtful and high­ executives to the meeting of the Department of minded presentation of "Masonic Moral Maxims" Superintendence and allied groups and the bi­ was contributed by him to The Masonic Tribune, centennial celebration of Washington's birthday of Seattle, appearing in its issue of December 10. at Washington, D. C. He addressed that body '77. Sympathy is extended to Dr. Edward B. in the historic Christ Church at Alexandria, Va. Angell, of Rochester, over the death of his wife, We regret to note the sudden death of Mrs. Mrs. Florence Montgomery Angell, which oc­ Kathryn M. Simmons, wife of Arthur S. Sim­ curred at Rochester on January 19. mons, which occurred at Rochester on December '78. We regret to note the death of Miss Ag­ 30. Mrs. Simmons died suddenly of a heart at­ nes Rebecca Hayden, sister of J. Alexander Hay­ tack while visiting her husband at Strong Mem­ den, of Huntington, L. I., which occurred at orial Hospital, where he was awaiting an opera­ New York City on January 24. tion from which he is now recovering. '80. The Board of Trustees of the Rochester '00. Sympathy is extended to Edwin W. Fiske, Public Library recently elected Charles H. Wilt­ of Rochester, over the death of his mother, Mrs. sie president for the tenth year. Mr. Wiltsie, who Priscilla M. Fiske, which occurred at Rochester is the only active member of the original library on February 7. board, appointed by the late Mayor Edgerton, '01. Professor Floyd C. Fairbanks. of the has been a zealous advocate of the expansion of University, was re-elected president of the Roch­ the Rochester Public Library and has had direct ester Academy of Science at its meeting in Jan­ supervision in connection with the opening of nary. The following were also re-elected: Dr. new branches. Albert J. Ramaker, '95, vice-president; Milroy '84. Dr. George A. Coe, retired professor of N. Stewart, '16, general secretary. religious education at Teachers' College, Colum­ Ernest E. Gorsline was elected president of the bia University, was selected in February to pre­ Better Business Bureau of Rochester, Inc., at a sent a petition to the House Committee on Mili­ meeting of the directors in February. tary Affairs, urging withdrawal of the War De­ '02. Eugene Raines, Rochester attorney, was partment from the field of education. The peti­ elected vice-president of the New York State tion, bearing the signatures of 327 leading educa­ Bar Association, representing the Seventh Judicial tors of the country, charged that Reserve Officers District, in January. and Citizens' Military Camps are teaching pre­ '04.Sympathy is extended to Arthur G. Dutch­ judicial views on general educational topics. er, of Rochester, over the death of his brother, '85. Following his retirement at Supreme Judge Frederick L. Dutcher, which occurred on Court Justice on January 1, Adolph J. Roden­ February 28. Judge Dutcher was a former school beck was honored at a dinner recently, which commissioner and senior county judge of brought together justices of the Appellate Divi­ Rochester. son, present and former Supreme Court justices Ex-'05. Charles F. Howe was installed as of the Seventh Judicial District, and members of president at the annual meeting of the Real the bar from Western New York. At that time Estate Board of Rochester in January. unanimous opinion against the constitutional '06. George L. Barrus, who has been located statute, which compells the retirement at the age at Charlotte, N. C. doing forestry work on south­ of 70 of men of the outstanding ability and ern hunting preserves, spent six months in Europe achievements of Justice Rodenbeck, was ex­ during the past year, studying game management pressed. Justice Rodenbeck will continue his in relation to forest management. He is now activities in behalf of simplification of judicial temporarily employed for the Coal Field Relief procedure, which have attracted nation-wide at­ Section of the American Friends Service Commit­ tention. tee of Philadelphia, helping to feed the 'under­ '90. Charles Van Voorhis, Rochester attorney, nourished school children from the families' of un­ is now corporation counsel of the Rochester City employed miners at Prestonburg, Ky., and sur­ Council. rounding territory. Recalling the suburban ad­ '91. Elon H. Hooker, of New York City, dress from which George entered college back in University trustee, was elected president of the 1902, it seems quite fitting that he should have Society of the Genesee at its annual dinner in originally sought Charlotte, N. C., as his head- January. quarters. . 86 ROCHESTER ALUMNI REVIEW

Embry C. MacDowell was chairman of the house, which was dedicated with formal exer­ Rochester observance of National Thrift Week, cises on Sunday, January 31st and Friday, which was held by life insurance alesmen in February 5th. January. '15. Clement G. Lanni, president of the Following several meetings of the Allied Forces Rochester Alliance Press, returning in December for Prohibition, held in Rochester recently, Ar­ from a four weeks' practice session in Pacific thur Rathjen, Rochester attorney, was one of waters as guest of the U. S. S. Texas, gave an in­ three citizens appointed to formulate a plan of teresting account of battle maneuvers which he organization to continue and augment the work had witnessed and declared that the gun crews by defending and promoting prohibition in Mon­ of the U. S. Navy are the fastest and best trained roe County. in the world. Mr. Lanni served as coxswain Ex-'08. Walter H. Cassebeer is co-instructor and boatswain's mate on the U. S. S. Wisconsin of a newly organized class at the Memorial Art in the World War. Gallery, offering evening instruction in the mak­ Fred A. Ratcliffe was one of six Rochesterians ing of lithographs and woodblock prints. Mr. who recently received the Boy Scout Beaver Cassebeer, widely known as a graphic artist, has medal, awarded for distinguished service to boy­ received recent recognition by admittance to hood. such notable print events as the Third Inter­ Ex-'15. Sympathy is extended to Frank J. national Exhibition of Lithography and Wood­ Little, of Rochester, over the death of his father, cutting at the Art Institute of Chicago, the In­ George A. Little, which occurred at Rochester ternational Print Exhibition of the Cleveland on January 8. Museum, and the Philadelphia Print Club an­ '17. Investing in the 1932 financial market nual exhibitions. was the subject of a course of seventeen lectures, '09. S. Park Harman, director of the Civic recently conducted by Glenn H. Ewell at the Committee on Unemployment, opened a series Rochester Y. M. C. A. School. Mr. Ewell is of eight lectures on "Rochester in 1932" at the assistant-treasurer in charge of the bond depart­ Central Y. M. C. A. in January. ment of the Union Trust Company of Rochester. Ex-'09. Franklin H. Smith, Rochester attor­ Ex-'17. Lieut. James B. Sykes, formerly of ney, was elected president of Rochester Chapter Rochester, is aviation ordnance officer of the of the Izaak Walton League in January. Mr. fleet of planes of the aircraft carrier, Saratoga. Smith has served as a director of Rochester He was graduated from the Naval Aviation Chapter for several years and held the office School at Pensacola, Fla., following the World of vice-president in 1931. War, and is now making his home in Coronado, '11. Ellsworth P. Killip, of the Smithsonian Calif., near the Saratoga's base at Long Beach. Institution, left early in February on an Euro­ '18. The marriage of Mrs. Helen Hanna, of pean expedition on which he was scheduled to Long Beach, Calif., and Douglas A. Newcomb, carryon botanical research successively in Ber­ formerly of Hilton, took place at Long Beach on lin, Norwich, Geneva, Madrid, Paris and Lon­ December 17. They are making their home in don. He expects to return to Washington some­ Long Beach, where Mr. Newcomb is principal time in May. of the James Russell Lowell elementary school. Thomas H. Remington, of Rochester, recently ,19. The marriage of Miss Sonia Kesselman, addressed members of the Thursday night lec­ of Boston, and Richard Felix Koch, formerly of ture series at the Central Y. M. C. A. on "The Rochester, took place in New York City on Citizen and His Government in Rochester." January 27. Ex-'ll. Col. Kenneth C. Townsend, of the Sympathy is extended to Robert J. Menzie, of 121st Cavalry of Rochester, was elected first vice­ Rochester, over the death of his father, Robert A. president of the National Guard Association of Menzie, of Caledonia, which occurred on Febru­ New York State for 1932 at the annual meeting ary 23. of the association in January. Ex-'20. Milton F. Hallauer was recently elect­ '13. James M. Spinning, formerly vice-prin­ ed secretary of the Webster Ad Club for 1932. cipal of the West High School of Rochester and '21. We regret to note the death of Richard acting-principal since the opening of school in W. Bloomer, f~ther of R. Holmes Bloomer, of September, was permanently appointed to the Rochester, which occurred at Rochester on principalship in January. January 24. '14. Appointment of Raymond N. Ball as a Miss. Guinevere Clarkson, '30, of Rochester, director of the Western New York Branch of and Richard Parmele Curtiss, also of Rochester the Federal Reserve Bank at Buffalo was an­ were married on February 6. The bride's grand~ nounced in January. Mr. Ball is the second father, Alonzo R. Clarkson, '63, presented her Rochesterian to receive the honor, and his ap­ in marriage. Mr. and Mrs. Curtiss are living at pointment is regarded as a signal recognition of 47 North St. Regis Drive in Rochester, where Rochester's banking interests. The other Roches­ Mr. Curtiss is news editor of the Democrat & terian on the board is Edward G. Miner, Uni­ Chronicle. versity trustee. Mr. Ball was also recently ap­ '22. Sympathy is extended to Richard D. pointed a member of the advisory committee to Van De Carr, of Rochester, over the death of the New York agency of the Reconstruction his mother, Mrs. Mary Van DeCarr, which Finance Corporation. He sailed early in Feb­ occurred at Rochester on February 24th. ruary with Mr. Miner and J. Mercer Brugler, '25, '22. Sympathy is extended to Dr. Ralph A. on a visit to Germany and England, returning to Eckhardt, of Madison, N. J., over the death of Rochester on March 3. his father, John Eckhardt, of Rochester, which The Second Presbyterian Church of Auburn occurred on January 18. has shown steady progress under the ministry F. Marland Gale, of New York City has an­ of Frank L. Gosnell, which began in October, nounced the opening of an office for the general 1921. This was recently evidenced by the ad­ practice of law at 99 Wall Street. dition to the church plant of a new church Ex-'23. We regret to note the death of Wil- ROCHESTER ALUMNI REVIEW 87 liam H. Clark, father of William H. Clark, Jr., of Rochester, which occurred on February 17. Mr. Clark was a real estate man and former supervisor and alderman of Rochester. '24. Sympathy is extended to J. Hobart De­ Puyt, of Hackensack, N. J., over the death of his father, John A. DePuyt, which occurred at Rochester on January 21. '26. H. Merrell Benninghoff, formerly of Rochester, and now American vice-consul in Yokohama, Japan, returned to American recently with Mrs. Benninghoff. Luther 1. Webster was recently made a mem­ ber of the law firm of O'Brien & McSweeney, with offices at 703 Wilder Building, Rochester. He has been associated with the firm since his graduation from Albany Law School in 1929. Headquarters for U. of R. Ex-'29. We regret to note the recent death Alumni whenever they come of Mr. Ernest C. Whitbeck, prominent attorney to Rochester. A cordial wel­ of Rochester and father of Ernest C. Whitbeck, come awaits you as well as Jr., also of Rochester. perfect comfort, excellent food and superlative service. !R. P. BRAI ARD Managing Director 1__3J_n t_m_o_tl_'am_-,I •

Frank Beecher Storer, ex-'86, M. D. elsewhere, Was chaplain, 4th regiment, la. National Guard, 1888, member of Alpha Delta Phi, died at Glen­ 1890-93. Was member, Board of Trustees, Uni­ dale, Cal., July 1, 1931, aged 70 years; was grad­ versity of Redlands, 1908-16; was member, uated, School of Medicine, University of Buffalo, Board of Directors, Southern California Baptist 1888; was physician, Holley, 1889-1915; was en­ Convention, 1908-16; was member, Board of gaged in post graduate work, School of Medicine, Trustees, McMinnville College, 1916-; was New York City; retired on account of ill health, member, Board of Managers, Oregon Baptist 1915; was resident, Rochester, 1915-17; Glendale, Convention, 1916-20. Was editor, Western Wash­ Cal., 1917-. Was coroner, Orleans Co., N. Y., ington Baptist Messenger, 1920-. for three terms. Walter Sage Hubbell, A. B., '71; A. M., 1875; Hugh Harris Kendall, ex-'82, member of Psi member of Alpha Delta Phi and Phi Beta Kappa, Upsilon, died September 25, 1931; was president, died after a long illness at Rochester, N. Y., Jan­ C. R. Malthy Co., wholesale grocers, Corning; uary 1, 1932, aged 81 years; was teacher, Latin retired, 1915. Was Commissioner of Health, and English, Albany Academy, 1871-73; was Corning, 1901-06; was Commissioner of Public student of law, Rochester, 1873-76; was lawyer, Works, Corning, 1908-12; was Commissioner of Rochester, 1876-; rose to high place in profes­ Police, Corning, 1914-18. sion as corporation law counsel, being senior George Frederick Holt, A. B., '85; D. D., else­ member of firm, Hubbell, Taylor, Goodwin and where, 1904; member of Delta Upsilon and Phi Moser (now Hubbell, Taylor, Goodwin, Nixon & Beta Kappa, died after a short illness at Los An­ Hargrave); represented eastern district of Mon­ geles, Cal., ovember 1, 1931, aged 71 years; was roe Co., in the State Assembly, 1884-85; was graduated, Chicago Baptist Union Theological chairman, Committee on General Laws, same; Seminary, 1888; was pastor, First Baptist was member, Judiciary Committee, same, 1885, Church, Waterloo, la., 1888-94; Fourth Church, and sponsor of Niagara Reservation Bill; was Minneapolis, Minn., 1894-1907; received D. D. trustee, U. of R., 1895-; was director, Alliance degree, Des Moines, la., 1904; was pastor, First Bank, (later Lincoln-Alliance Bank), 1900-; Baptist Church, Riverside, Cal., 1907-16; First was trustee, Security Trust Co., 1920__ ; was at­ Baptist Church, Salem, Ore., 1916-20; was direc­ torney and director, Eastman Kodak Co., Roch­ tor of promotion, Western Washington Baptist ester, 1895-; was director of many subsidiary Convention, 1920-22; First Baptist Church, Lind­ companies, same; was vice-president, same, say, Cal., 1922-24; retired; was engaged. in supply 1905__ ; was trustee, Rochester Theological work, Los Angeles, from 1925 until his illness. Seminary, 1892-; trustee and attorney, Roches-

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ter Orphan Asylum, 1891-; trustee and secre­ tary, Hillside Home for Children; trustee, Bap­ tist Education Society of . Y. State; chairman, The CORNWALL Board of Trustees, First Baptist Church, Roches­ ter, and honorary member for life of same; was world-famous as founder and teacher, Hubbell CLOTHES SHOP Class, First Baptist Church, 1892-; was trustee, Rochester Bureau of Municipal Research; was member, . Y. Society Mayflower Descendants, 1900; was life member, Rochester Academy of An ever increasing number of Science, 1920--; was member, Rochester Bar Association; New York Bar Association; Ameri­ U.ofR.men-students,alumni can Bar Association; Kent Club. and faculty-honor us with John Franklin Morse, A. B., '85; member of Chi Psi, died at Rochester, N. Y., January 6, their patronage and praise the 1932, aged 69 years; was lawyer, Rochester, for many years; was member, Rochester Bar Asso­ Michaels-Stern and other high ciation. Albert Henry Stillwell, A. B., '78; A. M., 1882; grade Rochester-made clothes died after a brief illness at Seattle, Wash., Jan­ that they get here. uary 26, 1932, aged 77 years; was principal, A. M., Chesbrough Seminary, North Chili, 1878-81; was pastor, orth Cohocton, 1881-83; was prin­ cipal, seminary, Spring Arbor, Mich., 1883-93; was professor of Latin and philosophy, Green­ NEW SPRING SUITS AD ville College, 1893-96; was principal, seminary, TOP COATS, $25 TO $35 Evansville, Wis., 1899-1902; was principal, Seat­ tle Pacific College, 1902-16; was head of depart­ ment of English, Seattle Y. M. C. A., 1916-. Frederick Gustave Erbe, ex-'05, member of Theta Delta Chi, died after a brief illness at The Rochester, N. Y., February 5, 1932, aged 49 Cornwall Clothes Shop years; was associated with Yawman & Erbe Mfg. Co., Rochester, 1903-; was mechanical and elec­ BURKE BLDG. MAIN AND ST. PAUL trical engineer; production manager; secretary and director of same; was member, Rochester Athletic Club; Society of the Genesee. Worthy Hanks Kinney, A. B., '80; A. M., 1883; member of Theta Delta Chi, died after a long illness at Rochester, N. Y., February 12, 1932, aged 75 years; was principal pubIic school, "Everythingfor theOffice" Victor, 1880-81; union school, Cuba, 1881-88; union school, Lyons, 1888-1927; retired, 1927. Was trustee and clerk, Lyons Baptist Church, for many years. Morrison Huggins McMath, ex-'79, member of The furniture, safe, filing Psi Upsilon, died after a brief illness at Roches­ ter, J. Y., February 20, 1932, aged 79 years; equipment, accounting sys­ was clerk, municipal court, 1879-80; was lawyer, Rochester, 1880--; was member, New York and tems and all supplies. .. We American Bar Associations; Memorial Art Gal­ lery; Kent Club; was member and trustee, Roch­ can aid you in selecting the ester Bar Association; was prominently identified with musical interests of Rochester for many proper units and qualities to years. secure the maximum economy. .. Our sales force covers MAIN 18 MONROE 4300 western N ew York. We shall be glad to call on you if in­ E. H. Clark Coal Co.,Inc. convenient to visit our stores. 108 East Side Savings Bank Bldg. Rochester, N. Y.

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