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CORNELL UNIVERSITY OFFICIAL PUBLICATION Volume XXV Number 6 Forty-first Annual President's Report by Livingston Farrand for i932-33 With appendices containing a summary of financial operations, and reports of the Deans and other officers Ithaca, New York Published by the University October 1, 1933 CONTENTS PAGES President's Report 5 Summary of Financial Operations 13 Appendices I Report of the Dean of the University Faculty i II Report of the Dean of the Graduate School ' iii III Report of the Dean of the College of Arts and Sci ences xi IV Report of the Dean of the Law School xx V Report of the Director of the Medical College xxiv VI Report of the Secretary of the Ithaca Division of the Medical College xxvii VII Report of the Dean of the New York State Veteri nary College xxx VIII Report of the Dean of the New York State College of Agriculture and the Director of the Cornell Uni versity Agricultural Experiment Station xxxiii IX Report of the New York State Agricultural Experi ment Station at Geneva xxxvii X Report of the Dean of the New York State College of * Home Economics xxxix XI Report of the Dean of the College of Architecture . xli XII Report of the Dean of the College of Engineering. xliv XIII Report of the Director of the Graduate School of Education xlvii XIV Report of the Administrative Board of the Summer Session Hi XV Report of the Dean of Women lviii XVI Report of the Director of Admissions lxii XVII Report of the Registrar lxv XVIII Report of the Librarian lxix XIX Publications lxxvi REPORT OF THE PRESIDENT FOR 1932-33 To the Board of Trustees of Cornell University: I have the honor to present the following report on the progress of the University during the academic year 1932-33. The University has suffered serious loss by death of.the following distinguished figures : Edwin N. Sanderson, a Trustee of the University, died in New York City, November 9, 1932. He was elected a trustee by the Alumni in 19 19 and re-elected by them in 1924 and again in 1929. In February 1930 he was elected by the Board to the trusteeship left vacant by the death of Henry W. Sackett. He was a member of the Committee on Buildings and Grounds. Roger B. Williams, a Trustee of the University, died in Ithaca, February 24, 1932. He was elected by the Board in June 1898 and had served continuously until the time of his death. He was a mem ber of the Finance Committee for twenty-six years and its chairman for twenty-five years. He was also a member of the Committee on General Administration. Hiram W. Sibley, a benefactor of the University and a trustee from 1887 to 1894, died June 28, 1932. A. C. Gill, Professor of Mineralogy and Petrography, Emeritus, died November 8, 1932. He came to Cornell in 1894 as Assistant Professor of Mineralogy and Petrography. In 19 10 he was promoted to a professorship and held that position until he retired in 1932 with the title of professor, emeritus. E. E. Haskell, Professor of Experimental Hydraulics, Emeritus, died January 28, 1933. He was head of the College, later the School, of Civil Engineering and Professor of Experimental Hydraulics from 1906 until he retired from active service in 192 1. J. L. Stone, Professor of Farm Practice, Emeritus, died March 8, 1933. His service to the College of Agriculture began in 1897 when he came as assistant in extension work. In 1903 he was appointed Assistant Professor of Agronomy and in 1907 he became Professor of Farm Practice. During the period 1911-13 he was Professor of Farm Practice and Farm Crops. He retired from active service in February, 19 19. Graham Lusk, Professor of Physiology, Emeritus, died July 18, Uni- 1932. He had been Professor of Physiology in the Cornell 5 6 PRESIDENT S REPORT versity Medical College in New York City from 1909 until he re tired at the close of the academic year 1 93 1-3 2 . O. G. Guerlac, World War Memorial Professor of the Romance Languages and Literatures, died January 16, 1933. He had taught in the Department of Romance Languages since 1900. From 1900 to 1904 he was Instructor. In 1904 he became Assistant Professor and in 1919 he was made professor. In 1920 he was designated World War Memorial Professor. I. L. Furman, Professor of Clinical Psychiatry, died May 6, 1933. He had held that position since 1930. L. R. Streeter, Chief in Research in Chemistry (with the title of Professor) in the Experiment Station at Geneva, died December 26, 1932. He had been on the Station staff since 1923. The Trustees At the meeting of the Board held on February n, 1933, Roger H. Williams of the Class of 1895 was elected a Trustee of the University to succeed Jared T. Newman, whose term had expired in June 1932, and Jervis Langdon of the Class of 1898 was elected to the trustee ship left vacant by the death of Mr. Sanderson. Myron C. Taylor was reappointed a Trustee by the Governor for a five-year term. Fred L. Porter was elected by the New York State Agricultural Society as its president for the year 1933 and thus became an ex officio Trustee of the University for that period. The University Faculty in December elected Julian P. Bretz as its representative on the Board for a term of three years to succeed Ernest Merritt, whose term expired December 31, 1932. At the meeting of the Board held on June 19, 1933, Trustees H. H. Westinghouse and E. B. Whitman were elected to succeed them selves on the expiration of their terms; F. E. Gannett, whose term as Alumni Trustee would have run until June, 1936, was elected to fill the vacancy on the Board caused by the death of R. B. Williams; and N. H. Noyes of the Class of 1906 was elected to fill the trusteeship left vacant by the resignation of M. J. Insull. The Alumni of the University elected Bancroft Gherardi and J. F. Schoellkopf, Jr., to succeed themselves as Trustees each for a term of five years. Bancroft Gherardi was elected to succeed himself on the Com mittee on General Administration. THE FACULTY 7 R. H. Williams was elected a member of the Finance Committee in place of R. B. Williams, deceased, and J. F. Schoellkopf, Jr., was elected to succeed himself on that Committee. The Finance Committee at its meeting held on April 6, 1933, elected R. H. Treman Chairman in succession to R. B. Williams. E. B. Whitman was elected to succeed himself on the Committee on Buildings and Grounds. G. F. Warren and R. A. Emerson were elected representatives of the College of Agriculture on the State College Council to succeed Dwight Sanderson and J. E. Butterworth. Flora Rose was elected to succeed herself as representative of the College of Home Economics and G. S. Hopkins to succeed himself as representative of the Veteri nary College. The Engineering College Council has been reconstituted and is now composed of three graduates of each of the three Schools of Engineering, Civil, Electrical, and Mechanical. The action of the trustees requires that not less than two members of the Council shall also be trustees of the University. The present membership of the Council is as follows: James W- Parker, Chairman, Clement D. Chase, Charles M. Chuckrow, James Lynah, Lester W. W. Morrow, Frank D. Newbury, Alexander C. Stevens, Maxwell M. Upson, and Ezra B. Whitman. Wilson M. Powell, Vice-President of the New York Hospital, was elected by the Board of Governors of the Hospital a member of the Joint Administrative Board of the New York Hospital-Cornell Medical College Association to succeed William Woodward, re tired. The Faculty The following appointments and promotions have been made dur ing the year: C. W. Mason, Professor of Chemistry; H. H. Dukes, Professor of Veterinary Physiology; Marion Pfund, Professor of Home Eco nomics; J. P. Porter, Acting Professor of Ornamental Horticulture; L. M. Roehl, Professor of Farm Mechanics; D. W. Baker, Assistant Professor of Parasitology; Marion Fish, Assistant Professor of Home Economics; Hazel Hauck, Acting Assistant Professor of Home Eco nomics; B. L. Herrington, Assistant Professor of Dairy Chemistry; E. R. Hoskins, Assistant Professor of Rural Life; V. S. Lawrence, Assistant Professor of Mathematics; Lua A. Minns, Assistant Pro- 8 PRESIDENT S REPORT fessor of Floriculture; L. W. Morse, Assistant Professor of Law; S. W. Warren, Assistant Professor of Farm Management. In the Medical College in New York City the following have been appointed or promoted: George H. Kirby, Professor of Clinical Psychiatry; George Gray Ward, Professor of Clinical Obstetrics and Gynecology; Lynn A. Hoag, Assistant Professor of Pediatrics; S. J. Levine, Associate Pro fessor of Pediatrics; Smiley Blanton, Assistant Professor of Clinical Psychiatry; Ralph F. Bowers, Assistant Professor of Surgery; Jules Freund, Assistant Professor of Pathology; Jacob Furth, Assistant Professor of Pathology; Richard W. Jackson, Assistant Professor of Biochemistry; John F. McGrath, Assistant Professor of Clinical Obstetrics and Gynecology; Richard Meagher, Assistant Professor of Surgery; Robert A. Moore, Assistant Professor of Pathology; Jesse F. Sammis, Assistant Professor of Clinical Pediatrics; Ephraim Shorr, Assistant Professor of Medicine; Philip M. Stimson, Assistant Professor of Clinical Pediatrics. The following appointments have been made in the Extension Staff of the State Colleges of Agriculture and Home Economics: L. R. Simons, Director of Extension and Professor in Extension Service; V. B. Hart, Acting Director of Extension; Lorna Barber, Acting Extension Assistant Professor of Foods and Nutrition; G.

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