Trinity College Alumni News, January 1940
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TRINITY COLLEGE ALUMNI NEWS JANUARY I940 NEW DORMITORY NUMBER Alumni Associations BOSTON PHILADELPHIA Viee Pres.: Very Rev. John M. McGann Pres.: Ronald E. Kinney Sec.-Truss.: John A. Mason Sec.-Treas.: Charles T. Easterby CHICAGO PITTSBURGH Sec.-Treas.: Charles T. Kingston, Jr. Pres.: Hill Burgwin DETROIT Vice Pres.: John B. Moore HoK. Pres.: Sidney T. Miller Sec.: Joseph Buffington, Jr. Pres.: Norton Ives Treas.: James G. Marks, Jr. Sec.-Treas.: James B. Webber, Jr. BERKSHIRE HARTFORD Pres.: George A. Hey Pres.: Frederick J, Eberle Sec.-Treas.: Bryant W. Green Sec.-Treas.: Raymond A. Montgomery NAUGATUCK VALLEY RHODE ISLAND Pres.: Bertram B. Bailey Pres.: Louis W. Downes Treas.: Paul E. Fenton Sec.-Trtas.: Sumner W. Shepherd Sec.: Edward S. Wotkyns ROCHESTER NEW HAVEN Pres.: C. Edward Cram Pres.: Erhardt G. Schmitt Viee Pres.: Frederick C. Duennebier Sec.-Treas.: Andrew Onderdonk Sec.-Treas.: Harry C. Olson NEW YORK SPRINGFIELD Pres.: Frederic T. Tansill Pres.: Paul F. Herrick Vice Pres.: Alfred J, L'Heureux Sec.-Tre•s.: Kenneth B. Case Dr. Jerome P. Webster Stanlc;y P. Miller WASHINGTON Robert 0. Muller Pres.: Adrian H. Onderdonk Sec.-Treas.: Fred C. Hi.pkel, Jr. Sec.: Paul H. Alling Living on Campus In centering our academic attention consisting of a common study with in upon one of the physical needs of Trinity, dividual bedrooms. Whatever may be a new dormitory unit, we should not for said about this arrangement as a prepara get that a college is an idealistic institu tion for monogamous marriage, the fact tion: its buildings and physical plant remains that the invention of the radio have no value or significance except in so has made the ancient institution of the far as they enshrine the spirit of the col college room-mate a potential and often lege. Our new chemistry laboratory ex an intolerable nuisance. As a result we presses a conviction that our young men have been getting at Trinity an increasing should not go out into the world without demand for single rooms, and accordingly a chance to prepare themselves by a have designed this unit largely for in knowledgE> of modern science to do some dividuals. There is no expectation that thing in this time to make life in this the residents will become hermits, for planet somewhat less precarious, some the plans include an attractive common what more comfortable. The new dining room. hall emphasizes the sacrament of the In some of the small colleges of our Common Meal. In spite of its limitations, group, the administration has encouraged the college library represents the assem the building of commodious and often blage of the treasures of the past, made over-elaborate fraternity houses which available to youth. What about our take care of the rooming problem, except dormitories? for the freshmen and a few lonely neutrals Among our cultural group the normal who live in the college dormitories. This place ·for the development of the adoles does not seem a desirable situation. With cent is in the home. Perhaps we may say us most of the fraternities have some that the development of residential col living quarters, but the dormitories are leges in America has been due to this ex and should be the controlling element in perience and conviction. We have come the life of the college. With the building to the conclusion, not always consciously of this new unit, we should push on to planned, that it is good for our young men complete our physical plant, upheld by before they go out into the world to get the conviction that life in a college dor something of the spirit of the Group, to mitory is valuable, almost indispensable live for a few months in the social en training in the ancient art of making and vironment of their contemporaries, with keeping friends. The dignity of the in a minimum of adult control. This is far dividual should be protected by some from being the . same thing as life in a opportunity for privacy, and at the same boarding school, where supervision is time respect for the common welfare often developed so far as to create an should always frown upon an abuse of atmosphere largely artificial. A college privilege. Above all, the dormitories dormitory is another matter, involving should be a powerful factor in knitting often self-government in one form or together our young men in such wise that another, with something of laboratory their corporate life will be a true ex study in the problems of democracy. pression of the spirit of the college. This plan of the new dormitory unit we are now considering exemplifies a de parture from the traditional. For many years the pattern of a college dormitory has been fixed: units of three rooms, 3 Campus News Perhaps most important to us among recent gifts to the Fred C. Hinkel, Jr., '06, President of the Alumni Asso College Library is the generous donation of Mr. William ciation, and a faculty committee of which Professor G. Wendell, now an instructor at the College. Mr. Wendell Wadlund, '17, is Chairman, are working on plans for an has given Trinity a collection of 150 books which belonged Alumni Week-end somewhat different from the usual to his father, the late Professor Barrett Wendell of Harvard. reunion. The fact that many of these volumes were association or The plan is to give the Alumni an opportunity to see gift copies makes them all the more valuable to the students the College under working conditions and also to hear a and faculty of the College. number of talks by the Faculty designed to present to the Alumni the latest development in various fields. Mr. Allan R. Brown gave the library, in memory of his This reunion is being arranged for your interests as son Allan G. Brown, a collection of 230 volumes of William Alumni. Give it full consideration when the invitations ·Blake. This collection, which is valued at $10,000, in come out. Here at last is an opportunity for Alumni ancl cludes a set of Gilchrist's Life of Blake. It was the late Faculty to continue their social and intellectual relations. John H. K. Burgwin, '77, who was responsible for bringing about this important addition to the library. Richardson Wright, '10, has recently given the College Trinity College recently came into possession of a rare a Gypsy collection of 135 volumes including first editions treasure in the form of a page from one of the famous of works of George Borrow and other books relating to Gutenburg Bibles. the Gypsies. This is a collection to which Mr. Wright 490 years ago John Gutenburg invented the first move intends to add from time to time. able type whereby books could be made more cheaply 79 volumes, mostly textbooks, were given by the family and thus more numerously. The first book which was in memory of George Halle, '17. A 2 volume set on Hunt printed on what has been called the most important in ing Wild Life with Camera and Flash Lig"ht in a revised vention of the historic era was the Bible. There are now edition was given by George Shiras, III, Hon. Sc.D. 1918. 45 copies in existence, ·only half of 'which are :perfect. Christian Gasser, '28, has recently sent to the library a It was decided to split up and sell portions of one of the copy of Das Goldene Buch Der La 1939 containing many incomplete copies; Dr. Ogilby heard of it and took ad pictures of the Swiss National Exhibition. vantage of the opportunity. The letters on the page are of such exquisite crafts manship that their beauty has seldom been duplicated. At the Chapel service on January 3rd, a portion of it was read in Latin by Dr. Ogilby' while the student body President Ogilby has recently announced the appoint present stood in reverence to the great book. ment to the professorship of Romance Languages at Trinity College of R. Walker Scott, now teaching at Rikkyo University, Tokio, Japan. Professor Scott has had wide experience in teaching, both in private schools The new tombstone to Professor Jim has been set in and in universities. He has had excellent training in the place. Those who supported this project are: Classical languages as well as in Romance languages. He The Hon. Joseph Buffington, William G. Mather, The is married to a French woman and has two children. Rev. Charles C. Edmunds, J. H. K. Burgwin, The Rev. William A. Beardsley, The McCook Family, The Alumni Fund. Alumni who have positions to offer should get in touch with Tom Wadlow, Alumni Secretary, who has charge of Beginning February 7, the Squash courts will be open the placement of Seniors. for Alumni use every Wednesday evening from 7:30 to 9:30. There will be a charge of 25¢ per evening for each person to cover the cost of lights, towels, service, etc. 'fom Wadlow will be glad to attend meetings and to show motion pictures of the College at any gathering where there are twelve or more Alumni. On the other hand, if The new Trinity College Song Book is out. It contains you live in a location where there is already an Alumni 17 Trinity College songs, 9 songs of other colleges, and 21 Organization and do not receive notices of meetings, please old favorites - all for $1. Orders may be placed with notify the Alumni Secretary. the Trinity College Book Store. 4 The College Grows By HAROLD C. JAQUITH, Provost Every alumnus is indebted to the col Trinity College was founded and has lege.