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Rollins College Rollins Scholarship Online Rollins Magazine Marketing and Communications Summer 1931 Rollins Alumni Record, June 1931 Rollins College Office ofa M rketing and Communications Follow this and additional works at: http://scholarship.rollins.edu/magazine Recommended Citation Rollins College Office of Marketing and Communications, "Rollins Alumni Record, June 1931" (1931). Rollins Magazine. Paper 70. http://scholarship.rollins.edu/magazine/70 This Magazine is brought to you for free and open access by the Marketing and Communications at Rollins Scholarship Online. It has been accepted for inclusion in Rollins Magazine by an authorized administrator of Rollins Scholarship Online. For more information, please contact [email protected]. vol. vm. The ROLLINS ALUMNI RECORD No. 2 Published quarterly by the Alumni Association of Rollins College, Rex Beach, '97, President, Winter Park, Florida. JUNE, 1931 THE ALUMNI ASSOCIATION OF ROLLINS COLLEGE (Founded by Clara Louise Gvild, '90, in 189H) To keep alive the friendliness and democracy of the Rollins campus; to disseminate in- formation about Rollins and Rollins people; to intensify and organize the loyalty of former students and to direct this loyalty in ways that ■will best further the progress of Rollins College. OFFICERS REX BEACH, '97, President CHARLES A. NOONE, '10, Vice-President KATHARINE LEWIS, '27, Asst. Secretary A. J. HANNA, '17, Executive Secretary F. H. WARD. '21. Treasurer COL. CARL M. PIHL, X91, Chairman, 1931 Rollins Loyalty Fund ALUMNI TRUSTEES F. J. FRANK, '96 D. A. CHENEY, X09 D. W. POTTER, '25 ALUMNI COUNCIL OFFICERS OF THE ASSOCIATION, CLASS SECRETARIES and R. W. GREENE, '2.S. Chairman JOHN H. NEVILLE, x98 WILLIAM M. DAVIS, JR., '29 CARL M. PIHL, X91 ISABEL GREEN, '28, Chairman Social Committee LIFE MEMBERS OF THE ASSOCIATION M. A. BBETOS F. P. ENSMINGER F. J. FRANK NANNIE HARRIS GEOTTE SUSAN GLADWIN CLARA LOUISE GUILD A. J. HANNA T. W. LAVVTON E. E. MISSILDINE HARRY A. NICKERSON MABELLE O'NEAL MYRA WILLIAMS MARGARET BURLEIGH VAUGHN CARL M. PIHL VARSITY CLUB (All letter men) President: C A. Boycr- .525 East Central Avenue, Orlando, Fla. Vice-President: J. H. Neville _Walville, Wash. Secretary-Treasurer: O. L. Sutliff_ -Winter Park, Fla. DIRECTORY OF ROLLINS CLUBS BOSTON : President: Harry A. Nickerson, '13 201 Devonshire St., Boston, Mass. Vice-President: Louise Hall, '30 _ _ 201 Hildreth St., Lowell, Mass. Secretary-Treasurer: Col. George Morgan King, X93..10 Linwood St., Hyde Park, Mass. CHICAGO: Honorary President: Louis Boisot President: Robert Sedgwick, x23 393 Roger William Avenue, Highland Park, 111. Vice-President: Walter S. Flentye, x96 919 Central Ave., Wilmette, 111. Secretary: Ruth Stagg Lauren, x24 8159 Cornell Avenue. Chicago, 111. CUBA: President: Eulogio Gonzalez, xoo Box 990, Havana, Cuba DAYTONA BEACH : President: Rev. C. Arthur Lincoln, xoi Daytona Beach, Fla. DEMOREST, GA. : President: Henry B. Mowbray Demorest, Ga. Secretary: Fred P. Ensminger Demorest, Ga. FORT MYERS: President: M. Flossie Hill, xOl Fort Myers, Fla. JACKSONVILLE: President: Gertrude B. Davies, '22. 1724 Laura St., Jacksonville, Fla. Vice-President: Rev. Guy Frazer, '00 _327 Hendricks Ave., South Jacksonville, Fla. Secretary: Ethel Perkins -Jacksonville, Fla. Treasurer: Maurice A. Wheldon, x24 .423 E. 7th St., Jacksonville, Fla. MIAMI: Honorary President: George E. Merrick President: .1. K. Dorn. '97... P. O. Box 1434, Miami. Fla. Vice-President: Lelia Russell 319 Seybold BIdg., Miami, Fla. Secretary: Curtis 1. Atkisson. '24 ..Florida Power & Light Co.. Miami. Fla. Treasurer: Fred Vanderpool. x(»7 Vanderpool BIdg.. Miami. Fla. NEW YORK: President: Fritz .1. Frank. '90 _... 239 West 39th Street. New York City Vice-President: Harriet Pipkorn,'30 ...7 Charles Street, N. Y. C. Secretary: Asa Jennings, '30 ..19 West 44th Street. New York City Treasurer: Frank W. Palmer, '23 191 Broadway. N. Y. OHIO: President: Smith Fletcher, x25 1280 Beach Court, Lakewood, Ohio Vice-President: J. C. Teare, X24 3389 Dorchester Road, Cleveland, Ohio Secretary: liuth McKee Bonsteel. x22 3133 Chadbourne Road, Cleveland. Ohio Treasurer: Marcia Converse Bower. '24 2589 Colchester Road. Cleveland. Ohio ORIENT: President: Clella Avery Shannon, '14 , ...Box 436, c/o Socony, Manila, P. I. Vice-President: Mable Daniels, '13 Golden Castle Girls College, Nagoya, Japan Treasurer: Jack W. Shannon. '14 , Box 436, c/o Soconv. Manila. P. I. Secretary: Margaret Rogers, X17 212 Bluff Yokahama ST. PETERSBURG: President: Ruth Cole, '30 775-32nd Ave., N., St. Petersburg, Fla. Vice-President: Marion Mulligan Stoner, x27 114545th Ave., N., St. Petersburg, Fla. Secretary-Treasurer: Eleanor Pressey Burgdolt, x28, 2411 York St.. St. Petersburg. Fla. TAMPA : President: James F. Taylor, x96 Citizens Bank B'ldg., Tampa, Fla. Vice-President: Dorothy Grey Lawrence, '25 . 75 Bahama Circle, Tampa, Fla. Secretary: E. A. Upmeyer, Jr., '29 2635 Prospect Road, Tampa, Fla. Treasurer: Ada McKay, '26 824 S. Orleans Avenue, Tampa, Fla. THE ROLLINS ALUMNI RECORD for JUNE, 1931 Participants in the laying of the Corner stone of the Knowles Memorial Chapel Knowles Memorial Chapel Campbell, "and that open door will ever be to the students the symbol and the spirit of the chapel." President Holt pointed out that "student committees IARLY IN APRIL to a large student are already at work to find and recommend ways in a which the students may earn for themselves the great- body assembled at chapel exercises on the shores of Lake Virginia, President Holt announced that direction est life enrichment spiritually, artistically and cultur- of the college life which is to be centered about the ally, in and through the activities within the chapel. beautiful new Knowles Memorial Chapel, now under Probably there will be appointed soon another com- construction, is to be under the charge of Dr. Charles mittee, made up of members of the community to work Atwood Campbell, since 1926 Professor of Biblical with the students and faculty to find not only how Literature and Instructor in Entomology at Rollins. best to quicken student interest in the spiritual life, "Dean of the Knowles Memorial Chapel" is the title but to coordinate the chapel life with the activities of selected for Dr. Campbell by the trustees of the col- the local churches. lege. "This co-operation, between the activities centered President Holt said in making the announcement, within the chapel and the services and activities of the "Since the first announcement of the 'second largest churches of Winter Park and central Florida, is one of individual gift in the history of Rollins College', for the important subjects which it is hoped the commit- the construction and endowment of the Knowles Me- tee will work out jointly, with Dr. Campbell." morial Chapel, and with the intensified interest since Pointing out that Knowles Memorial Chapel is the actual building operations began, the thought and sen- gift of Mrs. Frances Knowles Warren and Mrs. Homer timent of students, faculty and administration officials D. Gage in memory of their father and mother, Mr. have turned naturally to the one man all agreed should and Mrs. Francis B. Knowles, President Holt conclud- be charged with directing the life interests of the stu- ed by stating that the chapel capacity of 800 was in- dents who will find inspiration within this college tended by the donors to accommodate the entire stu- shrine. dent body plus the complete faculty when the College "The sympathy, the human understanding and the reaches its maximum enrollment of 700 students. This kindness, much more than the recognized erudition of indicates the plan of Mrs. Warren and Mrs. Gage that Dr. Campbell, have made him the happy choice as the the edifice is a gift to the students, primarily, and the one to carry this responsibility." faculty, rather than a place of general assembly. Pro- Dr. Campbell will have his office in the chapel, where visions have been made for an auditorium for this he will be at all times available to any student or group purpose among the buildings which are yet to rise in of students for the discussion of any problem in life. the new Rollins which is already taking visible form on "The door of my office will always be open," said Dr. the college campus. THE ROLLINS ALUMNI RECORD for JUNE, 193 1 Corner Stone of the Chapel Laid The cornerstone of the Knowles Memorial Chapel at Rollins was laid Tuesday morning, May 12, at 10 o'clock. The service was opened by the mixed Glee Clubs singing "Cherubim" by Glinka. Dr. Charles A. Camp- bell, who will be Dean of the Chapel, introduced the several speakers. Mayor F. W. Cady of Winter Park, brought greetings and congratulations to Rollins from the city. Mr. Kiehnel, supervising architect, and Mr. Hessler, the contractor for the building, gave short talks on the further success of Rollins as one of the leading educational institutions. In giving the response for the faculty, Professor Rhea Smith said, "We are not only laying the found- ation for a beautiful new chapel, we are setting the corner stone for a new and finer Rollins spirit. A spirit of reverence for truth, a spirit of fellowship between faculty and students, a spirit of service to the com- munity. In days to come ivy will creep up these walls and memories and traditions will grow within its walls. It is up to those assembled here to see that the ivy does not wilt, to see that it is kept green, to see that Prexy laying the first mortar for the memories are sweet, to see that the traditions are the Corner Stone noble and inspiring. Dean Campbell you can be as- sured that we of the faculty will remain staunch in Rollins Receives our allegiance to the ideals of truth, fellowship and Large Bequest service." The response for the student body was giv- en by Robert Stephens. Mr. N.