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Svery Cornellian's Taper ORNELL ALUMNI NEW In the News this Week: Reunions large and colorful. Cornellian Council elects Neal Becker as president, Archie Palmer as executive secretary. The new Alumni Trustees are Charles H. Blair, James W. Parker, and Maurice C. Burritt. Poughkeepsie Regatta won by California crew. Volume 36 Number 32. June 21,1934 sidetrips you want to make, then continue whenever you are ready Suppose you are making an Orient cruise: arrive at Shanghai, and find China more fascinating than you ever dreamed any place could be One of the nicest things about cruising on the famous President Liners Stopover! Visit Hangchow and Soochow, Tientsin .. and Peking, Stay is the absolute freedom they allow you—to sail when you please, stop- as long as you like. Then continue on . on another President Liner over as you like, continue on when you chooseo ORIENT ROUNDTRIPS President Liners sail every week Actually you may go through the Panama Canal to California from Los Angeles and San Francisco via Hawaii and the Sunshine (or New York), to the Orient and back, or Round the World almost Route to Japan, China and the Philippines; every other week from as freely on these great ships as you could on your own private yacht. Seattle, via the fast Short Route. You may go one way, return the other And the fares are no more than for ordinary passagel —stopping over wherever you like, travel on the new S. S. President STOPOVER AS YOU LIKE Regular, frequent sailings of Coolidge and S. S. President Hoover and as many others as you choose the President Liners make it possible for you to stopover exactly of the President Liner fleet. Special summer roundtrips are from $450, where you want to—see the things you want to see and make the First Class „ . , $240 for extra-economical Tourist Class. ROUND THE WORLD The most thrilling cruise of all. the World liners and from $165 on the Trans-Pacific vessels. Round- 26,000 miles. Visits in 21 ports in 14 different countries, including trips by President Liner are generously discounted, and Round Amer- Hawaii, Japan, China, the Philippines, Malaya, India, Egypt, Italy, ica roundtrips—one way by President Liner, the other by train—are France . Take only 85 days, or up to two full years—stopping over from $230 First Class, hometown to hometown. There is a sailing wherever you please, at no additional fare. First Class fares are from every week from New York; fortnightly from California. $833.50. And you may sail any week from New PRESIDENT LINERS Ask any travel York, Los Angeles or San Francisco; alternate agent to show you pictures of the charming public weeks from Seattle. Get full details at once. rooms and ample decks, the staterooms that are CALIFORNIA President Liners bring all all outside—and samples of the splendid menus 1 the thrill of real world travel to this speedy Inter- STEAMSHIP Get all information from your own travel coastal trip .. .via Havana and the Panama Canal agent, or at any one of our offices: New York; to California. If you like, you may stopover with I Boston; Washington, D. C. Cleveland; Chicago; the same freedom that these liners allow you on Toronto; Vancouver,B.C.; Seattle; Portland, Ore.; the longer cruises. Fares are from $140 on Round MAIL LINE San Francisco, Oakland, Los Angeles or San Diego. CORNELL ALUMNI NEWS VOL. XXXVI, NO. 32 ITHACA, NEW YORK, JUNE 21, 1934 PRICE 15 CENTS Reunions Almost Reach Record Fine Showing and Perfect Weather ORE than 1,750 alumni returned for Drill Hall, forty-one states were repre- "Scallions to 1911" for the bombs M the last weekend, and although sented by car licenses. One 1909 man came which kept all other classes awake all this number was not so large as that of all the way from India—he said just for night, and which interfered with most of one other year, nevertheless those who the reunion—and there were several from the real entertainments all over the cam- came were imbued with the true reunion California, representing different classes. pus. They were not so funny as 1912. ideals and spirits. It was particularly The Drill Hall luncheons, although no thought, even allegedly driving away a notable that of this crowd, there was an longer free meals furnished by a benevo- couple of war veterans who had been a unusually large represention of those who lent Alma Mater, were the center of at- good deal closer to the real thing than had not been back for a long period of traction. At the baseball game on Friday, some of the bombers realized. years. There were many of the last twenty a social atmosphere prevailed—men and An old grey mare—actually a shiny classes who had never been here since women wandering around through the brown artillery horse—appeared with their graduation. One man had not been stands, and the classes scattered over the 1914 at the ball game. If symbolic of back for thirty-five years. To those green in front of the diamond. 1914's not being what it used to be, it especially the informal programs of the Several of the classes got together Fri- failed, as 1914 had a fine representation afternoons were a welcome innovation. day night, but most of them had their and a fine reunion. Class chairmen carefully left many hours formal banquets on Saturday evening be- It was the first reunion to follow the free so that strangers to the new develop- fore the Rally. end of prohibition. The effect was only ments at Cornell could visit the recently In the opinion of most persons, 1919 that meetings and dinners were held all built additions to the University. Much had the prize costume—red berets, over—up town and down, at Glenwood, to the disappointment of many, Myron striped basque sweaters, and white pants Sheldrake, Aurora Street, the Ithaca Taylor Hall was closed a good part of with '19 emblazoned where k showed Hotel, and a few near-by taverns. There the time, but the other new buildings up the best. The class of '31 was clad in was no more demonstration than usual were open, and most departments fur- faithful replicas of convict outfits. An- and the beer was, naturally, better. There nished guides for the visitors. other class started out wearing long black were a few boatrides, a feature missing of Twenty-two classes held formal re- false mustaches, but these were either too late years. unions, and almost every class was repre- hot, or didn't stick well enough, and by The Musical Clubs and the Dramatic sented. It was noticeable, also, that many Saturday were scarcely in evidence. Club played to over-full houses (details came in on Thursday, and but few re- The class of '2.4 brought home the ba- elsewhere). There were the usual meet- mained beyond Sunday afternoon. Al- con of largest representation, and the ings of the Corporation, the Cornellian though the necessary limit was reached fifty-year class had the greatest percentage Council, and various society and frater- for the rebate on the railroad fare, the of members present, these two winning nity get-togethers. number of visiting cars far outweighed the Class Secretaries' Association cups for The Class of 1909 brought back a large any other year. On Saturday, near the the year. number of sons and [Continued on page }jj REUNION STATISTICS The total registration at the Drill Hall was 1773, as compared with last year's figures of 1391. One or two years the registration has been above 1700.12. classes were scheduled for reunions this year. The registration of 1773 is of 1171 men and 602. women This is only 8 below the largest registration. The annual award of the cups of the Cornell Association of Class Secretaries: 1. For the largestproportion of total membership: 2.. For the largest number rei"urning: '84 71% 15 registered Men Women Total '74 37% 7 registered Ή 89 62. 151 '79 33% 8-14 registered '19 61 ' 80 141 '32. 60 75 135 114 '09 97 2-7 Compared with other years: 15-year classes: Men Women Total 20-year classes: Men Women Total '09 in 1914 156 44 2.00 Ίo in 1930 12.1 2-5 146 '12. in 1917 156. 35 191 '12. in 1931 12.4 16 140 '19 in 1934 73 2-4 97 '14 in 1934 96 2.6 111 1 o-year classes: Men Women Total 25-year classes: Men Women Total '14 in 192.4 145 36 181 '06 in 1931 no II 131 147 119 II 130 'x3 in 1933 31 178 '03 in 19x8 '14 in 1934 89 62. 151 '09 in 1934 98 2.6 1x4 374 CORNELL ALUMNI NEWS About another half length back and California Yachting Athletics lapping Cornell. It was the kind of a Crews from Cornell and Yale finished finish that leads one not to pay his bets in a first place tie with nine points each Poughkeepsie Regatta too quickly, but to wait until he is posi- last Thursday, in the opening races of the Cornell raced well up with the pack in tive of the official decision. fifth Intercollegiate Yachting Regatta, all three races, but failed to return a The university race with seven entries over a triangular course on Buzzards Bay, winner in the 37th regatta of the Inter- was started from Krum's Elbow at 7:15 not far from Marion, Mass.

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