Trinity College Bulletin, July 1950
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TRINITY COLLEGE ALUMNI NEWS ISSUE B ll . !A~ , :R; > CON :, ?T>: U~ u et t n EIGENBRODT TROPHY AWARD TO GEORGE KEITH FUNSTON CLASS OF 1932 Clarence E. Sherman '11, chair man Board of Fellows, presents Ei genbrodt Cup to President Funston. G EORGE KEITH FUNSTON, neither a divine nor a teacher by profession, but with faith in God and an abiding respect for scholarship, you have brought back to Trinity from your experi ence in the world beyond our college gates, the training and business experience so useful in the successful direction of an educational institution today, thereby breaking a Trinity tradition and, at the same time, participating in the development of a new direction in the profession of college presi dents. "For your philosophy of progress, your energy and enthusiasm, and your glowing spirit of youth, a spirit that kindles in the hearts of so many of us a determination to help build a stronger, a more effective college,-we salute you! "In behalf of the Alumni, I hereby present to you, in token, the Eigenbrodt Cup. It now bears your name, a most appropriate addition to our "Who's Who" in Trinity's recorded pageant of dis- tinguished personalities." ... CLARENCE E. SHERMAN, 1911 Chairman of Board of Fellows Cover : Professor John Candelec shows the new Owen Morgan Mace co President Harold E. Stassen of the Uni versity of Pennsylvania and Presideoc-elecc A. Whitney Griswold of Yale before rhe Commencement exercises. Issued six rimes a year by Trinity College--January, March , May, July, October and November. Entered January 12, 1904 ac Hanford, Conneccicuc, as second-class matter, under the Act of Congress of July 16, 1894. Accepted for mail ing at special rate of postage provided for in Section 1103, Act of October 3, 1917, authorized March 3, 1919. EDITED BY JOHN A . MASON, ' 34 VOLUME XLVII NEW SERIES NUMBER 4 College Graduates Largest Class tn History More than 3,000 relatives, friends College Library. Over sixty percent and alumni gathered at the 124th Fund Tops Goal of the Class are veterans. Commencement to watch President President Harold E. Stassen of Funston confer degrees on 255 JohnS. McCook, '35, Chair the University of Pennsylvania and seniors, 42 graduate students and man of the 1949-1950 Ahun former Governor of Minnesota told 10 honorarii. A cool east wind ni Fund gave a preliminary the graduates in his commencement fanned the campus as Faculty report at the Annual Alumni address that they face days as try Marshal Robert P. Waterman, '31, Meeting at Commencement ing "as those of our founding and Assistant Marshal Robert M. which showed the Fund was fathers. " Benediction was given by Vogel led the College's biggest class over the top with $30,057.15 the Right Reverend Walter H. in history down the main walk. from 1136 contributors. He Gray, Han. '41, Bishop Coadjutor The First Company Governor's Foot praised the cooperation he of Connecticut. Guard Band played as the long line has received during the year which extended back to the Chapel from the Class Agents and cloister, filed 'Neath the Elms to from John F. Butler, '33, Ex Graduate Stu dy Northam Towers. ecutive Secretary. Increases Chaplain O'Grady gave the invo cation and Professor Towle, Secre Professor Robert M. Vogel, Di tary of the Faculty, presented Presi many, Class President Roger Hall rector of Summer School, announced dent Funston with the "Book" and Vice-President Kenneth Higgin that 418 students have enrolled for which every graduate has had placed botham presented President Fun the first half of the ten week co in his hands since the College's ston with the Class gift of a check educational summer session. It is founding. The President then con for $300 which will be used to pur interesting to note that 109 are ferred the degrees in course and de chase an authoritative collection of taking graduate work as compared livered his charge to the Seniors. books on World War II for the with 78 a year ago. Commenting on the Class of 1950 which entered College four years A warded Honorary Degrees ago when he had just taken office, the President said, "Although you represent the largest class in our history, you have not counted on size alone to make your mark here. Rather you will be remembered as a class of accomplishments and I am content to entrust the future judgement and reputation of this college to you." John F. Hardwick of Philadel phia was Valedictorian of the Class. A Holland scholar, he received honors in General Scholarship and in Classics. He was elected to Phi Beta Kappa and Pi Gamma Mu, social science honor fraternity. Carl C. Rosenlof of West Hart • ford was Salutatorian and was awarded honors in General Scholar ship and in Engineering. An Army Veteran he also is a member of Phi Beta Kappa and was elected to Sigma Pi Sigma, honorary physics society. H onorary degree recipients: Wilmarth S. Lewis of Farmington, Conn., Doctor of Nine Others of the class gradu Humane Letters; Harold E. Stassen, Philadelphia, Penn., Doctor of Humane Letters; ated with honors while seventeen President Funston; A. Whitney Griswold, New Haven, Conn., Doctor of Humane were elected to Phi Beta Kappa. Letters; Edward H . Lorenz, '02, West Hartford, Master of Science; the Rt. Rev. Athletically the class was very Horace W . B. Donegan, New York City, Doctor of Divinity. Back row: Edwin P. prominent in all sports and sparked Taylor, Jr., '00, New York City, Master of Arts; Jesse W. Randall, West H artford, Master of Arts; Clarence Francis, Bronxville, N. Y., Doctor of Laws; the Rt. Rev. many a victory during their career. Robert F. Gibson, Jr., '28, Richmond, Va., D octor of Divinity; Lawrence A. Just before the graduation cere- Howard, Farmington, Conn., D octor of Laws. 3 Reunion Weekend Highlighted by Clambake BROWN, '1 5, and MALCOLM-SMITH, '25, speak Led by Lawson Purdy, '84, who said, "in spite of what you hear from John R. Reitemeyer, '21, pre again won the award for the oldest critics at the extreme right and left. sided over the annual Alumni Meet alumnus present, and R. McClelland The only excuse for the existence ing and spoke briefly on the de Brady, '90, who received the prize of any newspaper or of the whole velopment of the Alumni Fund; for coming the farthest distance, press is the job of telling the truth, the organization of the Bequest (Bolinas, California), nearly 500 insofar as we are able, and through Program; the placement committees alumni returned to the College for vigilance and honest effort, to ascer for alumni seeking employment; the 124th Commencement week tain the truth." and the planning of alumni re end, June 16-18. Mr. Brown reminisced about his unions. The festivities opened Friday 1915 Class Day at which Bert Ronald E. Kinney, '15, an evening with an excellent clam Smith, now a Dallas clergyman, nounced that Harold L. Smith, '22, bake on Trinity Field. The Class of pontificated as Class Day President had been reelected Alumni Trustee 1925 dressed in fireman's costumes and Howard Hill as chairman; and for a three year term, and that led the merriment and provided George Howell, president of the Thomas C. Brown, '15, and Dr. band music. They easily were the student body and football captain, Robert G. Reynolds, '22, had been colorful delegation on the campus made the Class Day oration, and elected Senior Fellows for a three and Ray Montgomery, George "Scrubby" Bent, now an eminent year term. Clarence I. Penn, '12, will Malcolm-Smith and Doc Anderson schoolmaster, did the soothsaying complete the term of John S. Mc deserve much credit for the excel as Class Prophet. Sam Edsall, now Cook, '35, who resigned. lent representation of the class. a clergyman in Geneva, N. Y., President Funsron in his report After the dinner many alumni served as statistician and Harold on the State of the College an strolled to the upper campus which Olafson was the Class Day Poet nounced that the books would show was illuminated by lanterns and while Ogden Budd raked in the a small surplus as of June 30, be spotlights. Fraternity row held its shekels as Senior Week tJ ea surer. cause of the success of the Alumni annual open house for all alumni. He recalled Dr. Arthur Adams Fund campaign. He stated that The Senior Class Day exercises a beloved scholar and gentleman, during the year gifts tOtalling $217,- were held in the Audirorium with then and now; Professor Barrc:t, who 289 were received and that the Class Day Chairman Roger Hall gave him a B in Latin, Freshmen College debt stands at $160,000. presiding. Peter Van Metre read year, a C in Sophomore year, a D The faculty next fall will include the Class History; Bob Herbert de in Junior year, and kindly pointed 14 new instructOrs, a net gain of livered the Prophecy; and Ray Snow out the law of diminishing re nine. It is expected that the enroll and Porter Clapp read the Class turns before any Senior courses ment will be 875 in September and Poem. Judge Philip J. McCook, were signed up for. He remem will average around 850 for the '95, presented the George Sheldon bered Dr. Swan who never could year. The President pointed out McCook Trophy for distinction in convince him of the feasibility of that there is only one veteran in athletics to Bill Pitkin and Dr. the back circle on the horizontal the freshman class of 225 whereas James A.