Cornell Alumni News Volume 51, Number 4 October 15, 1948 Price 25 Cents Johnny Parson Club on Beebe Lake Bollinger '45 and persistence conquer all things"—BENJAMIN FRANKLIN Why power now serves us better When it comes to power, the dreams of our childhood are home . approaching man's dreams for the future through fast becoming a reality. For no matter what our needs, spe- research and engineering. This also takes such materials as cial motors or engines are now designed to meet them. carbon . from which the all-important graphite, used to From the tiny thumb-sized motors in electric razors — "control" the splitting atom, is made. and the surge of the engines in our cars—to the pulsing tur- The people of Union Carbide produce materials that help bines that propel our ocean liners . today's power is bet- science and industry improve the sources and uses of power ter, more dependable than ever before. And these advances ...to help maintain American leader- were brought about by research and engineering . and ship in meeting the needs of mankind. by today's better materials. FREE : You are invited to send for the neiv i lus- Examples? Better metals for giant turbines and genera- trated booklet, '"''Products and Processes,''' which shows how science and industry use L CC's tors, improved transformers and transmission lines. Stain- Alloys, Chemicals, Carbons, Gases and Plastics. less steel, resistant to rust and corrosion. Better plastics that make insulation fire-resistant, and more flexible and wear- proof . for the millions of miles of wires it takes to make power our servant. UNION CARBIDE There is a promise, too, of even greater, more concen- AJTD CAHBOJV COJRlΌItΛTJFOir trated power. Atomic power harnessed for industry and the 30 EAST 42ND STREET NEW YORK 17, N. Y. -Products of Divisions and Units include- NATIONAL CARBONS BAKELΠΈ, KRENE, VINYON; AND VINYLITE PLASTICS EVEREADY FLASHLIGHTS AND BATTERIES ACHESON ELECTRODES LINDE NITROGEN LINDE OXYGEN PREST-O-LITE ACETYLENE PYROFAX GAS ELECTROMET ALLOYS AND METALS HAYNES STELLITE ALLOYS PRESTONE AND TREK ANTI-FREEZES SYNTHETIC ORGANIC CHEMICALS FRANCIS L. "PUG" LUND The depression period was a good time to be going to the University of Minnesota instead of trying to get a job. Things were somewhat better when I was graduated in 1935, but the decision I had to make about my future was still a difficult one. The possibilities ranged from playing professional foot- ball to selling life insurance. A number of insurance com- panies approached me, but I was stubbornly blind to the oppor- tunities in that field. Having majored in business administra- tion, I felt there was a greater future in a sales job with a large automobile manufacturer- That's the job I took. It was a good one, providing excellent experience and a substantial salary. However, as the years went along, I often wondered about the permanency of my future in such a dynamic business. Was I building anything of my own? When the war curtailed car sales, it didn't take me long to decide on a career of life* insurance* It offered me a busi- ness of my own, with never a fear for security as long as I worked, and richly rewarding compensation in direct proportion to my efforts. As the company I wanted to live with the rest of my life, I chose the New England Mutual. Since January 1942, except for almost three years in the service, I have been thoroughly enjoying every day of life insurance. I can honestly say there hasn't been a single disappointment in my decision. GRADUATES of our Home Office training courses, practically all of them new to the life insurance These Cornell men are New England Mutual representatives: business, are selling at a rate which produces aver- age first-year incomes of $3600. The total yearly Edson F. Folsom, '93, TαrrΦα Harold S. Brown, '29, Ithaca income on such sales, with renewal commissions Russell L. Solomon, '14, Fort Wayne S. Robert Sientz, '30, New York City added, will average $5700. Facts such as these Benfcmtin K Mκo«, C.L.U., '<<5, Oe<co« Rodney Bliss, Jr., '34, Omaha helped "Tug" Lund solve his career problem. If Robert B. Edwards, C.L.U., '19, Omaha John J. McHugh, '39, Rochester Donald E. Leίfh, '20, New York City you'd like to know more, write Mr. H. C. Chaney, William J. Ackerman, '40, Los Angeles Archie N. Lawson, '21, Indianapolis Richard V. Hopple, '46, Cincinnati Director of Agencies, New England Mutual Life Insurance Company, 501 Boylston St., Boston 17, Get in touch with them for expert counsel on your life insurance program Massachusetts. "I chose my wife, as she did her wedding gown, not for a fine glossy surface, but such qualities as would wear well ..." ΓHE VICAR OF WAKEFIELD for "such qualities as would wear well" JJLHH E dressmaker who pleased the vicar's wife, even as she herself pleased the vicar, did so, we submit, by a time-tested procedure: painstaking attention to the details that add up to excellence; assiduous care with the parts upon which is founded the quality of the whole. The exacting requirements of customers like the vicar and his wife are those which General Electric products are built to meet. We feel that we could turn our wares be- neath the vicar's appraising eye with equa- nimity, Before the customer has a chance to ex- amine a General Electric refrigerator, for example, specially developed electronic "sniff- ers" have made sure there is not the slight- est leak in its refrigerating unit . G-E radio tubes must pass tests that du- plicate the impacts of naval broadsides and the vibrations of plane engines . The General Electric lamps you see for sale have passed as many as 480 quality tests and inspections. Every General Electric product is designed for high standards of performance ... is tested to see that it will meet those standards ... is built to serve you faithfully. You can put your confidence in GENERAL fSi ELECTRIC Volume 51, Number 4 October 15, 1948 Price, 25 Cents CORNELL ALUMNI NEWS Entered as second-class matter, Ithaca, N. Y. Issued twice a month while the University is in session; monthly in January, February, July, and September; not published in August. Subscription price $4 a year. Committees of alumni all over the Who Wins Scholarships? country have been called upon to help the Faculty committees at the Univer- BY ROBERT W. STORANDT '40 sity in their selection of National AST June 26, Cornell Freshman ships, each giving free tuition and Scholarship and McMullen Regional 1J Bob Mealey swept along 880 $600 a year. They may be held for the Scholarship winners. Chairmen of yards of cinder track at Randall's Is- normal number of years required for these regional committees last year land in 1 minute, 52.3 seconds. It was a Bachelor's degree, subject to a satis- were John W. Holt '08, Cleveland, the AAU senior championship race factory college record of the holder. Ohio; Donald P. Beardsley '13, Phila- delphia, Pa.; Edward M. Carman Ί4 and Bob was breaking a Cornell record In establishing these Scholarships, ? Englewood, N. J.; R. Harris Cobb '16, for the half-mile set thirty-four years the Board of Trustees implemented Webster Groves, Mo.; Clarence W. ago (May 30, 1914) in the Intercol- the objective of "bringing to Cornell Schmidt '17, Des Moines, Iowa; Mrs. legiates at Cambridge, Mass., when from all parts of the country a select Robert C. Osborn (Agda Swenson) Dave Caldwell '14 covered the dis- group of the ablest and most promis- '20, Ithaca; William H. Evans '22, tance in 1:53:4. ing secondary school students." Ap- Murfreesboro, Tenn.; William H. Hill Appointed a Cornell National Schol- plicants must be of good character and '22, Trenton, N. J.; Darwin F. Carrell ar in May, 1947, Robert C. Mealey personality and thoroughly qualified '23, Pittsburgh, Pa.; Mrs. William F. entered the School of Electrical Engi- for academic success at Cornell, with Stotz (Anna Hoehler) '23, Drexel Hill, neering that September. As a student final selection based both on capacity Pa.; Harry V. Wade '26, Indianapolis, at Malverne High School, headed by for scholastic achievement and on Ind.; Mrs. Clarence S. Luitwieier John K. Archer '27, Bob placed promise of effective participation and (Sarah Holcomb) '27, Winchester, eighth in a graduating class of 118. He leadership in other University activi- Mass.; Mrs. Bernard A. Savage (Car- captained the cross-country team, was ties. That means young men and wo- men Schneider) '27, Skokie, 111.; John a member of the track team, was sec- men such as Bob Mealey, Jane Apple- C. Trussell '28, Chicago, 111.; John M. tional cross-country champion for two baum, and Dick Pogue, but it means Clark '29, Wilmington, Del.; Howard years, and sectional half-mile cham- also the dozens of other "Cornell E. Babcock, Jr. '36, Roswell, N. Mex.; pion for one year. Besides excelling in types" who have these qualifications. these activities, he was editor-in-chief Edward E. Hughes II '38, Pittsburgh, of the school paper, an associate editor May Apply Now Pa.; and Robert G. Irish '40, Sche- of the yearbook, treasurer of his class, Cornell National Scholarship appli- nectady. and a member of the National Honor cation blanks for students who will This year, three of the twenty-five Societjr. While doing outstanding enter in September, 1949, may now be winners of National Scholarships are track work at Cornell, he has held an obtained by writing to the Scholarship the children of Cornellians, as are two average grade in his first year of 81.