THE WILLIAMS ALUMNI REVIEW Published by , Williamstown, Mass., five times a year: October, December, February, M ay and July. Entered at the Post Office in Williamstown, Mass., as second- class matter under the Act of Congress, August 2 i, 1912. WILLIAMS ALUM WILLIAMSTOWN, VOLUME XXIX JULY, 1937 ______NUMBER 5

T he 143rd C ommencement he also includes a vividly written panorama of world events by Fred E. Linder, class HE 143rd Commencement marked president. There is a foreword by Presi­ the passing of an epoch in Wil­ dent-emeritus Harry A. Garfield, and a Tliams history. Nineteen thirty-seven, last study of changing trends on the campus of the classes to enter college with four by Dr. E. Herbert Botsford ’82, former years of preparation in Latin, the only alumni secretary, as well as individual group to attend under both the Garfield biographies and portraits. and Dennett administrations, and the last In Williamstown, 1912 sponsored an to go out before the introduction of com­ elaborate program which included a prehensive examinations, the degree with buffet luncheon for the administration and honors, and other curricular innovations, faculty at the .Williams Inn. At their received its diplomas from President Den­ headquarters on Hoxsey Street, they re­ nett in his office in Hopkins Hall, at the ceived numerous guests from other reun- close of the exercises on Monday, June 21. ing classes. For the occasion some 800 alumni, un­ mindful of grim skies and occasional The college awarded 145 Bachelor of showers, returned to Williamstown to par­ Arts and eight honorary degrees, announc­ ticipate in the gaiety. ing also the election of two new trustees. To 1912, back for its 25th reunion, was Lars S. Potter ’10, of Buffalo, N. Y., was awarded the Class of 1888 Reunion named by the alumni body to serve a Trophy, for the presence of 82 of its five-year term as successor to W. O. members. The gentlemen of 1912 dis­ Wyckoff ’14. Abbot P. Mills ’ll, of tinguished themselves in many ways. Washington, D. C., was chosen by the Their “ silver anniversary” goes down in board to take the place of James Phinney the alumni records as one of the most Baxter 3d ’14, as alumni trustee. , Pro­ notable of its kind. Through the Alumni fessor Baxter’s term was to expire in 1939, Fund they presented to the college a but his fellow members elected him for gift of $25,000. At the exercises they permanent service, filling the position of saw one of their most popular members, the late Rev. Harry Pinneo Dewey ’84, Alan Griffith Whittemore, O.H.C., receive who died in April. the honorary degree of Doctor of Divinity The colorful assemblage of classes which in recognition of his achievements as a established headquarters along Hoxsey missionary and as Superior of his order. Street paused in their reuning activities Nineteen twelve came to Williamstown to gather in Chapin Hall on Saturday with a permanent and impressive record morning, June 19, for the 117th annual of twenty-five years of accomplishment. meeting of the Society of Alumni. Here Its Twenty-Five Year Book, a 192-page was announced a total of $2,799,777.14 volume ably edited by Theodore K. as the year’s gifts, the largest being the Thurston, permanent secretary, represents $2,610,887.54 legacy from the late Samuel a new high in this field of endeavor. Not Hopkins. only has Editor Thurston published a President Dennett, lamenting the un­ fascinating study of Williams men who favorable publicity inherent in the layout are making their contribution to society; of Williams houseparty pictures recently 118 WILLIAMS ALUMNI REVIEW July appearing in Life, referred to the college’s turned over to the college under certain athletic and financial situation in the restrictions. “ It is sound business and course of his remarks. Speaking of conforms with my conception of the proper athletics, the President expressed more handling of trust funds and centralized concern for the lack of “ fighting spirit” responsibility,” Mr. Jay said. He em­ manifested by the teams than the number phasized that the society would in no of defeats they experienced. He expressed way lose its independence in permitting apprehension over the ability of the college the college’s Finance Committee, which to meet next year’s budget. administers the total endowment, to “ go | There were reports from various class one small step further and join . . . in officers, consisting of Charles F. Brusie ’87, the administration of our own small Theodore K. Thurston T2, Rev. Hiram finances.” President Jay’s goal in the Alumni Fund is to make possible an annual gift of | $50,000 to the college, a sum which would represent at 4% a capital gift of about $1,250,000. Chester D. Heywood ’ll, chairman of the fund, reported gifts amounting to $58,758 for the year ending June 12, an increase of over $14,000. The success of the fund this year he attributed * to the generosity of 1912 and a general increase of interest on the part of the r alumni body. Mr. Heywood stressed I the need for increasing the number of “ givers” in a class regardless of the size of their contributions, on the theory that a man who has once become a donor will have more interest in the fund and j increase his subscription from year to \ L ars S. P o tt er ’10 year. On the basis of a high percentage of W. Lyon ’22, John L. Rowland ’27, and givers, Mr. Heywood lauded the follow­ J. Sanford Doughty ’32. ing classes: 1883, 1908, 1914, 1909, and ) John C. Jay ’01, president of the Society 1918, whose respective agents are Harris I of Alumni, outlined a proposal whereby, E. Adriance, E. Kendall Gillett, Paul B. under proper safeguards worked out West, Clarence F. Brown, and J. McClel- 1 for both sides, the expenses of the Alumni lan Withrow. Fund and the Society of Alumni will be­ As retiring alumni trustee, Mr. Wyckoff come part of the college budget, thus re­ reported developments over his five-year ducing the overhead entailed in the an­ period of service. He discussed the board’s nual soliciting of contributions. The new academic, financial, and building policies, arrangement interferes in no way with giving praise to Dr. Dennett. He called the authority of the Alumni Office. upon the alumni to support whole heart- Under the new plans 100% of every edly the program of the administration. dollar given to the fund will go directly On Commencement Day, Monday, June to the college, as will the society’s ac­ 21, 1922’s Alpine horn herald, Tyrolean cumulated capital fund, which is to be costumes, and reunion tent had disappear- 1937 WILLIAMS ALUMNI REVIEW 119 ed and most of the other class head­ C harles H oward M cI lwain quarters had been vacated, but a large Graduate of Princeton and Harvard, one group marched in the academic procession of the famed “ preceptor guys” whom across the Freshman Campus and into Woodrow Wilson selected to initiate a Chapin Hall, marshalled by Professors new method of education in America, sub­ William Howard Doughty ’98 and James sequently a successful teacher at Bowdoin Bissett Pratt ’98. Candidates for honorary and since 1911 at Harvard, committed to degrees were presented by Dean Theodore the affirmation that there is a science of Clarke Smith. President Dennett read government through which men may learn the citations, which follow: how to govern themselves rationally, known internationally as student and Master of Arts apostle of civil liberties, recently president J ohn T asker H oward Born with gifts which do not easily submit to the discipline of a college cur­ riculum, yet born with a sense of high calling in the art of music, you found a way suited to your needs and so greatly to the enrichment of our musical culture that your college, which felt unable to give you a degree in course, now wishes to give you one in. honor. Doctor of Divinity A lan G riffith W hittemore “ Best natured man” in the class of 1912 at Williams, where you left a record of varied talents and abounding energy; priest of the Protestant Episcopal Church and member of the Order of the Holy Cross, of which you are now the Superior. A bbot P. M ills ’l l For your Christian service in the Holy Cross Mission in Liberia, and for your of the American Historical Association, devotion to the spiritual life in a world “ the highest distinction within the gift of from which the Spirit of Christ seems at American scholars for outstanding and times to have been withdrawn. permanent contributions in the field of historical scholarship.” Doctor of Humane Letters F rancis L eonard Bacon A urelia H enry R einhardt Son of Kansas, which from the begin­ Native daughter of the golden West, ning was the adopted child of New Eng­ niece of our own Charles Edward Har­ land, and bearing a name greatly re­ wood, of the class of 1852, and so long our spected here, you returned to the home much respected oldest living graduate, of your forefathers and rendered in our acknowledged scholar in the field of Eng­ public schools such honorable service that lish literature, president since 1916 of alike here and in Illinois, your present in California where are home, your fame in educational admin­ sustained traditions brought from New istration is approved. England of for 120 WILLIAMS ALUMNI REVIEW July

women, for leadership among American search blindly for the secret of self-knowl­ women, and for success in the not always edge. For your modest and effective perfectly placid field of college admin­ service in the pioneer field of mental istration. health, and in recognition of your gift both for healing and of sympathetic per­ F rancis Bowes Sayre ception. 1 Distinguished not merely now but from ***** your freshman year at Williams in the On the Commencement platform the class of 1909, again at Harvard Law three student speakers discussed the prob­ School both as student and then as in­ lems arising from contemporary trends in structor, quick to respond to calls for a liberal arts education. Chester Wallace Civic service in many and quite different Jordan Jr., of Pittsfield, the valedictorian, fields — New York, Massachusetts, Siam, made an ardent plea for a return to the and now in Washington as ah Assistant medieval concept of education, in terms of Secretary of State in charge of the nego­ emphasis on mathematics, philosophy, the tiation of American trade agreements. classics, and history. A mathematics Forrqualities of character drawn out of major who achieved high standing in the eternal sources, and for notable public classics also, Jordan criticized the tend­ service such as does honor alike to your ency of undergraduates to concentrate college and to you. on the social sciences, asserting that in­ terest in economics and political science Doctor oj Science was a temporary result of national con­ J oseph P lumb C ochran ditions. Born in far off Persia, son of dis­ Jordan was awarded the Dewey Prize tinguished missionary parents, member of for Excellence on the Commencement the class of 1914 at Williams, where you Stage. He competed with Donald V. are remembered for your conscience and Buttenheim, of , and John your courage, you chose to return to P. Causey, of Lester Manor, Va. Butten­ the land of your birth and serve for 17 heim discussed “ Williams and the Liberal years in the footsteps of your father as Spirit,” advocating a better balance be­ medical missionary. All service of human tween liberal and conservative members need is blessed of Heaven, but at Williams of the faculty and a continuation of in­ we like to show special favor to those of timate faculty-student contacts. Causey, our own who carry on the service first taking for his subject “ The Opportunity initiated for Americans under the shelter of a Privileged College,” maintained that of the haystack by the Williams under­ Williams was serving its purpose to society graduates. For your service to Persia, in turning out men representing every to the church, and for the distinction you shade of political philosophy, despite the bring to your college. fact that most Williams men come from one social class. Austen F ox R iggs The leading address was by Dr. Mc- Son of Harvard who has again made Ilwain, of Harvard, who emphasized the famous the village of Stockbridge, long need for making changes in government illustrious in American culture and the only by constitutional means. Fearing birthplace of our own Mark Hopkins. the tendency toward a totalitarian state Friend of Williams College and of other would be stimulated by public acqui­ colleges where often distraught minds escence in arbitrary procedure, Dr. Me- 1937 WILLIAMS ALUMNI REVIEW 121

Ilwain said that “ political royalists” con­ Essex Fells, N. J.; George H. Carter, of stitute a greater menace to the nation’s New Canaan, Conn.; Louis J. Hector, of stability than “ economic royalists.” He Miami, Fla.; Donald T. McMillan, of urged a “ united front against the hopeless, New York City; Edward A. Whitaker, of selfish reactionaries and the self-seeking Providence, R. I.; and Marshall J. Wolfe, demagogues,” insisting that a continued of Great Barrington. rift between “ constitutional liberals” and The traditional Moonlight Orations, “ social reformers” would be detrimental held this year in Jesup Hall because to democracy. rain interfered with the out-of-doors pro­ Dr. Dennett met each member of the gram, were won by David F. Ransom ’39 class personally in handing out the and James M. Ludlow ’39. diplomas in his office after the exercises. On the previous evening the class had T he T rustee M eetings assembled before his home to cheer the President. They had then proceeded to INCE April, trustee action has cen­ the residence of Professor John P. Comer tered upon the college’s land and and Mrs. Comer to accord Mrs. Comer’s Sconstruction program, and on the ap­ parents, President-em eritus and Mrs. pointment of 16 faculty members. At Harry A. Garfield, a similar ovation. Dr. the board’s June meeting they au­ Garfield, who had just retired, came thorized the purchase of the Greylock down to greet the gathering, speaking Hotel, a seventy-five year landmark, to briefly to the last class which attended prevent commercial enterprises from ac­ Williams during his administration. quiring the important site at the corner Rev. Charles A. Anderson T2 and the of North and Main streets. The Greylock, President officiated at the Baccalaureate which flourished in the decades when the service, at which Dr. Dennett made a late James W. Bullock ’81 was its pro­ plea for an intelligent attitude toward prietor, has had a number of unsuccessful both “ the known and the unknown.” seasons since the early thirties. For He urged the students to go on in life $42,000 the college obtained the large viewing new ideas with an objective and hostelry and two additional houses ad­ analytical mind. joining it on Main Street and North The Phi Beta Kappa Society at its Street respectively. final meeting of the year elected eleven The board also announced a gift from seniors and seven juniors to membership. Mrs. Margaret Laflin, widow of Arthur The seniors are: Charles S. Brown, of K. Laflin ’80, for the construction of a Merion, Pa.; Northrop Dawson Jr., of wing to Lawrence Hall, in which will Bronxville, N. Y.; C. Donald Gates, of be housed a collection of tapestries, Ashburnham; Irving Goldman, of Platts- paintings, and mounted photographs left burg, N. Y.; Robert S. Henderson, of to Williams by the widow of the late Pittsburgh; John Philip Lins, of Fremont, Edwin H. Blashfield, the artist who paint­ Ohio; Robert N. Lord, of Plattsburg, ed the murals in the Library of Congress N. Y.; Frederic C. Marston, of Mont­ at Washington. That part of the struc­ clair, N. J.; John F. Meyer, of Milwaukee, ture in which the collection will be placed Wis.; and Robert F. Rosenburg, of Wil- is to be known as the Edwin H. Blashfield liamstown. Memorial Room. Elsewhere in the wing The juniors were Charles S. Bradford, will be set up the Paul Whiteman Collec­ of Putnam, Conn.; Northrop Brown, of tion of Musical Americana. 722 WILLIAMS ALUMNI REVIEW July

Acquisition of such an extension has of new teachers who are coming here been the aim of Professor Karl E. Weston from positions at Yale and Harvard. Dr. ’96 for many years, owing to the in­ Robert Romani Ravi Brooks, an expert adequacy of the present building, both in labor relations, has resigned his in- with regard to fire menace and space structorship in economics at Yale, where for new art acquisitions. Mrs. Laflin’s more than a hundred undergraduates had generosity makes possible the realization registered for his course, to join the Wil­ of a long-felt need of the college. liams faculty as an assistant professor. Funds for the purchase of the Greylock Robert J. Allen, who has been teaching property were raised to a large extent at Harvard for six years, becomes assistant from within the trustee board, which professor of English. contributed $35,000 of the $42,000. It From the of Tampa, Ells­ is not yet known what disposition will be worth Barnard comes to Williams as made of the property. instructor in English. Alfred G. Emslie, The trustees approved in May the the new instructor in physics, is a grad­ tentative arrangements for the squash uate of the University of Aberdeen, Scot­ courts building which is being erected land, who has pursued research at Cam­ along Spring Street, adjoining the Lasell bridge, Cornell, and in the laboratories Gymnasium. David M. Deans, a local of England’s Imperial Chemical In­ contractor, was awarded the contract. dustries. He is a master at Emmanuel The project is the joint gift of Hon. College, Cambridge. Clark Williams ’92, John P. Wilson ’00, Samuel Arthur Matthews, assistant pro­ and Quincy Bent ’01. Late in July, fessor in biology, will teach advanced A. H. L. Bemis, the Williams Co-op, and courses at Williams. He is now con­ the Danaher Hardware Company, oc­ nected with the University of Pennsylvania cupants of a business block on Spring and the Marine Biological Laboratory at Street, will have vacated to make way Woods Hole. Freeman Foote, a Princeton for the new building. The contract man with a Ph.D. from Columbia, will stipulates that the courts be completed be added to the Geology Department as by the end of October. instructor. At the same meeting the trustees made Hans Wilhelm Gatze ’38, a former public the appointment of Dr. Nathan German Exchange Student at Williams Comfort Starr, present assistant dean of who has attended German , the college, as acting dean, in place of will serve as assistant in German while Dr. Paul Birdsall, who will take over taking his B.A. and M.A. degrees here. additional courses in the History Depart­ Hiram John Evans, a graduate of Hamil­ ment next semester. Scholarships to ton College, will be assistant in biology. needy students, hitherto awarded for a Two members of this year’s class who semester’s duration, will be extended for have gained positions with the college are a full year, enabling men who have fallen William R. Bennett Jr., of Williamstown, slightly below the required standard at who will be assistant to Albert V. Oster- mid-years to be certain of aid until final hout ’06, director of personnel work, examinations in June. faculty adviser of undergraduate activities, The selection of new faculty members and graduate manager of athletics; and reflects an administration policy of hiring Richard W. Colman, of Caldwell, N. J., men from institutions throughout the an outstanding athlete who will be as­ nation, although there is the usual number sistant in physical education. In view 1937 WILLIAMS ALUMNI REVIEW 123 of the popularity of squash and tennis, will forget his appearance on the Com­ Clarence C. Chaffee, Brown ’24, has also mencement stage, where he was regularly been appointed to the Physical Education called upon to deliver the invocation. Department with rank of instructor. He His service to Williams was marked by is now in charge of athletics at the River- an extraordinary interest in every question dale School, in New York. pertaining to the welfare of the college, Dr. John William Miller, associate pro­ and he gave unstintingly of his time and fessor of philosophy, will be replaced energy in order to attend the stated meet­ during his year’s leave of absence by ings of the board. Richard B. O’Reilly Hocking, who is now Dr. Dewey was pastor of the Plymouth at the University of Minnesota, where Congregational Church in Minneapolis, Dr. Miller will lecture as visiting professor. Minn., for 28 years, retiring in 1935. Dr. Hocking is a Harvard alumnus and Following his graduation from Williams son of the noted Harvard philosopher, he entered Andover Theological Seminary. William E. Hocking. In 1898 Dartmouth College bestowed upon him the honorary degree of Doctor At their June meeting the trustees of Divinity. gave him the approved the appointment of Enrique L.H.D. degree in 1934. S. de Lozada as instructor in Romanic In addition to his duties in connection languages, and Max S. Flowers as in­ with Williams College he was a trustee structor in English. Senor de Lozada, of Andover Newton Theological Seminary, a Bolivian, has had 15 years of diplomatic of , of Straight University, experience in addition to holding a chair a former member of the Board of Edu­ in public international law at the Uni­ cation at Concord, N. H., vice president versity of La Paz. Mr. Flowers has had of the American Missionary Association, wide experience in dramatics and at Wil­ and moderator of the Minnesota State liams he will give attention to this field of Congregational Conference. He was the activity, which has been stimulated con­ author of numerous sermons and addresses. siderably by the presence of the Wil- Dr. Dewey is survived by his wife, Mrs. liamstown Summer Theater, in addition to Elizabeth Fearing Thatcher Dewey, and his duties with the English Department. four daughters, Mrs. Gardner B. Perry, of Minneapolis; Mrs. James W. Moss, Chestnut Hill, Mass.; Miss Eleanor Dewey,

H arry P inneo D ew ey of Minneapolis; and Cornelia, of Warm Loyal, devoted, and trusted servant of Springs, Ga. Funeral services were held Williams College, Rev. Dr. Harry Pinneo in the Second Church in Newton, Mass. Dewey ’84 died on April 26 in Babson Serving as honorary pallbearers were the Park, Fla., in his 76th year. He was members of the Williams trustee board. about to return to Williamstown for the May meeting of the Board of Trustees, and had expected to deliver his annual Sons of W illiams H onored sermon in the Thompson Memorial Chapel on May 16. Dr. Dewey was elected to T its 50th anniversary on June 5, the Board of Trustees in 1902 and for conferred honor­ 35 years rendered counsel and advice Aary degrees on two distinguished alumni to three different Williams administra­ of Williams College. tions. None of the more recent alumni Dr. Tyler Dennett ’04 was awarded the 124 WILLIAMS ALUMNI REVIEW July

LL.D. degree, with the following citation: I confer on you the degree of Doctor of “ Tyler Dennett — eminent in scholarship, Laws and admit you to all the rights and in service to this nation, and as an edu­ privileges thereunto pertaining. In token cator: I take great pleasure in conferring of this action I present you with this upon you, on behalf of this university, diploma and invest you with the hood the honorary degree of Doctor of Laws appropriate to your degree.” and in welcoming you into the alumni The degree of LL.D. was conferred association of this institution.” upon Herbert H. Lehman ’99, governor Upon President Frederick C. Ferry ’91, of New York State, on June 7 by Niagara of , the Sc.D. degree was University. He also acted as the Com­ bestowed, with these words: “ Frederick mencement speaker on this occasion. His Carlos Ferry, of the class of 1898: It is citation reads as follows: a great pleasure to all of us at Clark to “Governor Lehman, — one whose welcome you on this campus today. You w hole-souled patriotism deserves the represent the Ph.D. group in our alumni loftiest praise, — one whose extraordinary association. We have long wanted to works of philanthropy have won for him express our appreciation of your scholar­ blessings in innumerable hearts, — his ship in that most exact of sciences, mathe­ record gives glowing evidence that public matics, and for your services as an edu­ office is to him but a means of benefiting cator and an administrator. On behalf his fellow man. His profound knowledge of the University Senate, and the Board of social problems, his remarkable penetra­ of Trustees, I now confer upon you the tion into their difficulties, and his rare degree of Doctor of Science honoris causa skill in bringing them to fruition have and I hand to you this diploma with the earned for him the gratitude of people affectionate regard of this university of three continents. group.” “The degree of Doctor of Laws has Dwight Marvin ’01, editor of the Troy been bestowed upon him by six colleges Record, of Troy, N. Y., was honored with and universities. The degree of Doctor the Litt.D. degree by on of Humane Letters was given him by June 14, with this citation: “ A son of Yeshiva College. But far more important Williams henceforth a son of Bates; than all this is his boundless character. since 1915 newspaper editor of growing For it is because of his character that he influence; soldier in the cause of civic is lovingly enshrined in the hearts of betterment; public servant without public numberless children and thousands of I office, giving himself with unselfish de­ sufferers in the late war. votion to the common good.” “His patriotism is as marked as his On June 7 the LL.D. degree was be­ philanthropy. Hence it is no wonder stowed by Allegheny College, in Penn­ that a grateful nation has bestowed upon sylvania, upon Harold A. Nomer ’06, him the Distinguished Service Medal — no headmaster of Shady Side Academy, Pitts­ wonder that a great state calls him to the ) burgh, thus: “ Graduate of Williams Col­ office of lieutenant governor and then lege, understanding friend of boys and to the supremest position the state could young men, educator skilled in the art offer — the governor’s chair in Albany. of widening horizons and quickening Niagara would be wanting in her duty minds, headmaster of Shady Side Academy did she not also honor His Excellency. since 1919, by action of the faculty and And so today in the name of the trustees Board of Trustees of Allegheny College of the university I confer upon the Hon. 1937 WILLIAMS ALUMNI REVIEW 125

Herbert H. Lehman, Governor of New William Leete Collens, Hartford, Conn. York State, causa honoris, the degree of Kappa Alpha Doctor of Laws.” Francis Boardman Jr., Riverdale, N. Y. The name of Stillman F. Westbrook Alpha Delta Phi ’09, vice president of the Aetna Life Edward A. Whitaker, Providence, R. I. Insurance Company, trustee of Williams, £eta Psi was among those listed as receiving an honorary degree from Trinity College, Douglas Earle Johnston, Essex Fells, N. J. Hartford, on June 21. Upon him was Delta Kappa Epsilon conferred the M.A. degree. Theodore Henry Noehren, Buffalo, N. Y. Delta Phi Carson Boru Newman, Venice, Fla. A stronomical Society M eeting Phi Delta Theta ROFESSOR Willis I. Milham ’94 W. W. Keen Butcher, Ardmore, Pa. announces plans for the 58th meet­ £eta Psi ing of the American Astronomical Society, John Beaumont Swift, Fall River to be held at Williams College on Sep­ Sigma Phi tember 8-11. The session will mark the 100th anniversary of the Hopkins Ob­ Michael V. Latvis, Witherbee, N. Y. servatory, oldest “ living” institution of its Phi Sigma Kappa kind on any campus in the nation. Austin Broadhurst, Springfield In commemoration of the centennial of Delta Kappa Epsilon the observatory, erected in 1837, the John H. Stewart, Hollidaysburg, Pa. year after Mark Hopkins’ induction, by Theta Delta Chi his brother, Professor Albert Hopkins, Professor Milham will give an address on George Henry Try on III, S. Orange, N. J. “ Early American Observatories.” In ad­ Delta Psi dition to the astronomical museum in Fielding Simmons Jr., Ruxton, Md. the rotunda of the building, there will be Kappa Alpha an exhibit of old astronomical books in Gordon Tully Kay, Newtonville the Chapin. Collection in Stetson Hall. Phi Delta Theta Scientists from all parts of the nation will attend the session, at the close of which Jesse Lyman Boynton, Baltimore, Md. next year’s officers will be elected. The Psi Upsilon name of Robert G. Aitken ’87 is to be Henry V. E. Mitchell III, W. Pittston, Pa. presented to the meeting as the nominee Garfield Club for president of the society for 1938. Douglas B. Stearns, Albany, N. Y. Sigma Phi CAMPUS NOTES Louis J. Hector, Miami, Fla. • G argoy le: Twenty members of the Psi Upsilon junior class were tapped for Gargoyle in Phillips T. Stearns, Albany, N. Y. the traditional ceremonies held on the Sigma Phi Laboratory Campus on Memorial Day be­ fore 1500 undergraduates and alumni. John G. Jay Jr., New York City. The 1938 delegation is as follows: Alpha Delta Phi 126 WILLIAMS ALUMNI REVIEW July

Johnston is the son of H. R. Johnston to making for greater efficiency. The ’09; Swift, of John T. Swift *01; Broad- Christian Association will share its old hurst, of Judge Edward T. Broadhurst ’01; office on the second floor with other Simmons, of Fielding Simmons ’02; and groups, the Outing Club has been granted Jay, of John C. Jay ’01. space, and the Record and News Bureau The Grosvenor Cup, awarded to the offices will be connected to bring the two junior “ who best exemplifies the traditions news-gathering organizations into closer of Williams,” was presented to Edward A. harmony. In the basement, the newly Whitaker, president of the Undergraduate organized Williams Photo Service will Council, by Gray B. Larkum ’37, out­ establish its dark room and files. going head of that organization. During

the past year it has been held by Edward • Speakers: During May the following L. Stanley, permanent president of the outside lecturers were brought to Wil­ senior class. liamstown by campus groups: Robert To the junior class went the two-fold Frost, poet, who attacked the general honors of singing the best song and of rally toward modernistic “ fashionable being the best singers in the interclass ideas” and read some of his verse; Pro­ contest which preceded the tapping rites. fessor Meyer Schapiro, of Columbia Uni­ “ Sing Ephraim Williams’ Praises,” by versity, who spoke on “ Modern Art and Northrop Brown ’38, son of Clarence F. Technology” ; Dr. Pedro Villa Fernandez, Brown ’09, was chosen by Judges Charles of New York University, who took for L. Safford ’92, Dr. David Brown ’25, and his subject “The Truth About Spain”; E. Crosby Doughty Jr. ’33. and Andre Philip, prominent Socialist • I nstitute: W. W. Keen Butcher ’38, member of the French Chamber of of Ardmore, Pa., will represent the Wil­ Deputies, who discussed French foreign liams student body at the 1937 sessions of policy on the basis of the Spanish con­ the Williamstown Institute of Human flict. Relations, which will be held on the campus from August 29 to September 3 • Summer T h e a t e r : A playhouse which for discussion of the subject “ Public passed its first season successfully in Wil­ Opinion in a Democracy.” Speakers in­ liamstown last summer under the aegis clude Henry R. Luce, publisher of Time of three Williams students has launched magazine, President-emeritus Harry A. its second schedule of plays under the Garfield of Williams, President James L. direction of S. Wesley McKee. Eight McConaughy of Wesleyan, Newton D. productions are being staged at the Baker, and George R. Gallup, director of Williamstown Opera House and a “ Wil­ the American Institute of Public Opinion. liamstown School of the Theater” has A series of general assemblies, round been set up with a number of apprentices table meetings, and lecture courses are taking courses under Mr. McKee. Mrs. listed. Members will consider the motion Eleanor Bloedel, wife of Lawrence Bloedel picture, radio, press, and other agencies ’23, assistant librarian, and Mrs. Elizabeth for the dissemination of information as Newhall, wife of Professor Richard A. these institutions affect public relations. Newhall, are among the local residents who, with Bennington College students, • R e l o c a t io n : D uring the summer, will act in three of the plays. Gordon T. offices of various campus organizations in Kay ’38 is production manager and Jesup Hall will be shifted with a view Coleman P. Nimick ’38, business manager. 727 1937 WILLIAMS ALUMNI REVIEW

• Glass D in n e r : The old institution of • Eligibility: The faculty has revised class banquets was revived last year by the eligibility rules, penalizing students 1937 and 1938. This year the juniors fdr the following conditions: if they are and seniors followed this example and under discipline for irregularity of at­ enjoyed highly successful parties, which tendance or conduct; if they receive two included not only good food and abundant grades of “ E” while carrying five courses beer but commendable singing and in­ or one grade of “ E” while taking four dividual entertainment as well. courses; and if the student has a danger­ ously low academic record. In the last • ‘ Bemie’ : There has been considerable instance, action must be taken by the sympathy on the campus for A. H. L. Committee on Academic Standing. Bemis, whose emporium on Spring Street, soon to be torn down, includes everything • Brains vs. Br a w n : The faculty’s soft- ball team, with Charles R. Keller, director from typewriters to poison. An oc­ cupant of the place for 35 years, Bemie, of admissions, as pitcher, made an im­ as well as the Williams Co-Op and the pressive record in the interfraternity base­ Danaher Hardware Store, was given sixty ball competition, having been defeated days’ notice to vacate. Bemie came to only by Beta Theta Pi this year. Dr. Williamstown in 1901 from Andover, Elwyn Perry (geology) is known as opening a restaurant in the basement of “ Rocky,” a great catcher. Flinger Keller what is now Cable Prindle’s pool and is known as “ Roly-Poly, the Jolly Dean soda fountain establishment. He has no Cholly.” The outfield consisted of Ber­ trand “ Bertie” Fox (economics), Joseph plans for the future. “ Lanky Joe” Johnson (history), and Jack • D rama: Cap & Bells, Inc., which “ Glacier Priest” Fanshawe (geology). Dr. recently absorbed the Williams Little Sherwood K. Haynes ’32 (physics) has Theater, presented Clifford Odets’ Wait­ usually played at first. ing for Lefty and Bernard Shaw’s How He • A broad: Approximately 35 undergrad­ Lied to Her Husband at the Williamstown Opera House in May. Commenting on uates are spending the summer months the performances, Dr. David Brown ’25, in Europe, many in the Tyrol. The Wil­ of the English Department, described the liams Travel Bureau, which arranged for first as “ stunning” and the second as passage of most of the men, reports that “ pleasant” in his review which appeared extreme caution is being taken by the companies and the State Department to in the Record. keep travelers out of Spain. Austin Broad- • H ouseparties : There were five hundred hurst ’38, son of Hon. Edward T. Broad- young ladies in town for the May house- hurst ’01, of Springfield, has been given parties, the largest number in many a scholarship for study in Geneva. years. The week-end program included At the present time Barton Carter 12 orchestras, 26 dances, six athletic ex-’37, who left Williams in his junior contests, and the Cap & Bells presenta­ year, is in Madrid helping a British com­ tions. Despite threatening weather many mittee evacuate women and children picnics were held in the mountains, one from the city. He drives a truck daily such party being permanently recorded by from Madrid to Valencia, bringing ci­ Life magazine, which sent a photographer vilians out of the besieged capital and to the Tubs, at Pownal, Vt., for shots of returning with supplies. An article about the gaiety. his activities appeared in the Herald. 128 WILLIAMS ALUMNI REVIEW

• C urricular T astes: Professor T . C. viewed a compilation of Lenin’s letters Smith, dean of the faculty, reports a and Dr. Lamb wrote an article entitled pronounced swing toward the social “ Harvard Starves the Social Sciences.” sciences, as is indicated by registration for courses for next year. In economics, • Assistant Professor Lawrence Beals ’29, history, and political science, there were of the Philosophy Department, is now sharp increases. In physics, biology, and abroad, traveling through the Scandi­ philosophy, so far as the first year courses navian countries before joining Professor are concerned, there was a slump. Eco­ James B. Pratt ’98 and Mrs. Pratt in nomics 3-4, a historical course, taught Paris, where Dr. Pratt will read a paper by Dr. Robert K. Lamb, shares the brunt before a meeting of philosophers in the of the sudden increase in economics, as French capital. does the new honors course. • Dr. Elwyn L. Perry, Edward Brust Fine arts showed more popularity, professor of geology, has departed for while the English and geology depart­ Montana with a party of undergraduates ments remained stationary. Registration for “ study into the structure and origin” this year required more attention than of the Beartooth Mountain range, in the usual owing to the introduction of the southern part of the state. degree with honors, comprehensive exami­ • Walter B. Smith, Orrin Sage professor nations, and new co-ordination courses. of economics, has been awarded a $1,000 grant by the Research FACULTY NOTES Council of New York City for the second • Four members of the faculty are bound consecutive year. The grant will be used for Europe this summer to pursue re­ for his study of the Second Bank of the search for publications they are complet­ and the relation of that ing. Associate Professor Winthrop H. institution to the financial crisis of 1837. Root will be in Berlin for his study of • Robert M. Walker, instructor in fine naturalism in German literature, Professor arts at Williams College, and Miss Alice and Mrs. Frederick L. Schuman will Bartlett Fitch Smith, of Stonington, Conn., travel in the Balkans, Assistant Professor were married on June 19 in Stonington. Hallett D. Smith will work in the British An alumnus of Princeton, Mr. Walker has Museum for a number of weeks and then been on the Williams faculty for two years. visit the Continent with Mrs. Smith, and Assistant Professor Lewis Knapp will be • A list follows of Dr. Dennett’s speaking in Scotland and England, collecting engagements for the past two months: material for his biography of Tobias May 15 Upper Hudson Ass’n of Phi Beta Smollett. All except Dr. Schuman are Kappa. . beneficiaries of the new college policy June 5 Celebration of the 50th anni­ of subsidizing faculty members perform­ versary of Clark University. ing research. Grants from the Class of June 6 Spoke at Harrisville, R. I. 1900 Fund have made this policy possible. Dedication of new high school. • Professor Frederick L. Schuman, of the June 8 Commencement address at the Political Science Department, and Dr. Northwood School, Lake Robert K. Lamb, assistant professor of Placid Club, New York. economics, were contributors to The Nation, June 11 Commencement address at the liberal weekly, in May. Dr. Schuman re­ Staten Island Academy. ATHLETICS

HE general average of .512 in all on Memorial Day, Caldwell’s athletes varsity encounters during the spring overwhelmed Trinity, 15-7. On Memorial Tsports season is the 1937 performance.Day, Michell again served on the mound Athletic Council announcements include for the Lord Jeffs and in a one-sided the award to Bill Stradley ’38 of his contest that was never even close he fourth major letter. For prowess this won, 11-2. year in football, basketball, baseball, and Over Commencement week-end, Wil­ track he becomes the third man in the liams lost 5-4 in a hard fought, eleven­ history of Williams to attain such dis­ inning battle before the Wesleyan Com­ tinction. Fencing was recognized as a mencement crowd at Middletown, but sport with letter and numeral insignia, on the next day the team was back in but it was decided that the Williams Williamstown to upset by Rowing Club should not receive official 5-1, achieving a victory over one of the recognition because of the tremendous best college nines in the East. With expense involved in properly supporting this game the Purple closed its season. this field of activity. Douglas B. Stearns ’38, of Albany, N. Y., has been elected next year’s captain. • Baseball: Pre-season predictions show­ ed a good team, provided the hitters came • G o l f : Contributing a through. The hitters did not. The championship to the spring season, the Purple bats were conspicuous by their golf team confounded pre-season dope by silence in the first four games, which were finishing in a blaze of glory, winning dropped without a murmur. Then came five of its last six matches, and toppling Springfield and the boys began to hit, favored Wesleyan and Amherst teams, even though they were out-hit, 12-8. 8 ^ - ^ and 9-0. Despite the apparent The week-end of May 7 they lost to ease in handling Amherst, this was one Vermont 1Q-0 in an apparent reversal of the best matches of the year, and of form, but came back against Middle- certainly the most satisfying. With the bury, 5-1. Going into a brief mid-season number one and two men sick, Amherst spurt they overcame Union, Wesleyan, had been upset by Wesleyan a week be­ and a good club before fore the Memorial Day match on the meeting Amherst for the first time on Taconic Links, but journeyed to Williams­ Pratt Field. town as favorites. With a week of steady The well-known jinx descended on them practice the Purple golfers were at their in the ninth inning of a beautifully pitched peak and every man of the team scored in-and-out ball game, and Bill Michell in the seventies, to win all the matches, scored his second triumph over Walter none by a larger margin that three and Fuchs by 2-1. A year ago the Amherst two. fast-baller eked out a 3-2 decision over The Intercollegiate League proved a the rugged Williams captain, and a trifle stiff competition, as usual, with the squeeze play in the ninth helped him Purple beating only Holy Cross and duplicate his feat this year. Before meet­ Brown. Prospects for next year are con­ ing the Amherst team in the second game siderably brighter, however, with three 130 WILLIAMS ALUMNI REVIEW freshmen coming up who will be certain Tiffy Cook, captain-elect, was far and first team material. away the outstanding man of the season, In the Alumni Golf Tournament held scoring a second in the New Englands on the Taconic links over the Commence­ and a third in the I. C. 4-A meet in his ment week-end, A. W. Mitchell ’07 and specialty, the quarter. Three times dur­ Dan Wheeler ’30 were tied for low gross ing the season he ran under the college honors with a score of 79. J. H. Bumsted record of 49.4, but he has yet to receive ’22 captured the low net award with a his official recognition as the fastest man card of 84-13-71. The interclass trophy over 440 yards in the history of the was won by 1932, represented by G. college. In both the New Englands Foehl, 84; H. Noe, 86; G. Winner, 87; and the I. C. 4-A meet he was under the and M. Sargent, 88. mark, in which he was timed at 48.2 and 48.1 respectively, but in order to • T ennis: Most successful of all spring set a record, a man has to win his race. sports, the tennis team won the Little His 49 flat against Wesleyan was called Three championship with ease, and scored unofficial because of an alleged favoring the unprecedented feat of sending two wind, despite the fact that he turned men, A1 Jarvis and the unseeded Bob three corners. Roger Moore, sophomore Weller, to the finals of the New England ace, tied the college record of 24.8 in Intercollegiates. That Jarvis won did not the low hurdles, and Ed Dissell, picked matter as much as the fact that Williams by “ Doc” Seeley on his all-time team, had re-established herself at the top of broke his own record in the pole vault the New England heap. Losing to with a leap of 12-2J^. Dartmouth, Yale, and Army in their May encounters, the Purple swept all • L acrosse: The lacrosse team enjoyed other opposition, including the Little its most successful season in ten years as Three rivals, Middlebury, Colgate, and an official college sport, chalking up three Trinity, with the greatest of ease. victories and two losses. A spring vacation trip to Swarthmore, which saw Penn and • T ra ck : Though perhaps disappointing Swarthmore swamping the untried varsity, in that Amherst defeated them, to keep showed its benefits in the first game of the Little Three title in a triple tie, the the season, when the boys looked like individual members of the track team seasoned veterans in running up a 14-4 covered themselves with glory during the victory over Lafayette — the biggest score four-meet season. After losing to Colgate, in the history of the sport here. Tufts Coach Plansky’s men got going against and M. I. T. proved equally easy, but the Middlebury, and followed up this victory first snag came with New Hampshire, with a surprise conquest of Wesleyan, which took an exciting 7-6 game. Against nine members of the team turning in the Union the Purple seemed a team of destiny, best performances of their respective with a lead of 7-5 at the half, against a sup­ careers to win nine firsts and the deciding posedly great Garnet group. The second margin. Against Amherst the next week, period revealed that Snively’s team was on a wet and heavy track, it could hardly merely another set-up for the visitors, be expected that all the sons of Eph who proceeded to tuck the game away, would outdo themselves again, and the 22-9. Tom Duncan, Bob Meyersburg, score of 71J^-63J^ indicates the team’s Tommy Green, and Captain-elect Turner weakness in the weights which no amount Blake were outstanding in the brief but of dash men could offset. successful season. ALUMNI ITEMS

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ENGAGEMENTS Class Names 1917 Robert Handley to Elisabeth S. Bradford of Scarsdale, N. Y. 1926 Minot C. Hayden to Mary A. Bossi of New York City. 1930 Otto E. Billo to Barbara MacG. Leggett of Brooklyn, N. Y. 1931 Frederick F. Hufnagel to Alice L. Reilly of Mount Vernon, N. Y. 1932 Conrad E. Good to Mary E. Kates of Rochester, N. Y. 1933 Marcus L. Filley to Dorothy L. McCracken of Schenectady, N. Y. 1934 J. Bishop Davis to Margaret E. Wink of New York City. 1935 Charles P. Parkhurst Jr. to Elizabeth H. Rusling of West Caldwell, N. J. 1937 Frederick C. Marston Jr. to Helen Mount of Montclair, N. J.

MARRIAGES Place Class Names Date London, England 1905 Nathan J. Stern to Claire Bernice Burley June 28, 1937 Philadelphia, Pa. 1909 Eliot O. Cushing to Mary Ann Canning Apr. 24, 1937 1909 Francis B. Sayre to Mrs. William Pierce Evans June 28, 1937 Washington, D. C. Darien, Conn. 1911 Gregory Mason to (Mrs.) Ruth Fitch Boyd May 3, 1937 1922 Allen M. Tucker to Ella M. Roberts Mar. 20, 1937 Silver Creek, N. Y. 1924 Wharton Sinkler II to Harriet Corning June 12, 1937 Albany, N. Y. Albany, N. Y. 1925 John Hall Blackburn to Ruth G. Moore June 19, 1937 Englewood, N. J. 1926 David I. Mackie Jr. to Carolyn B. Sherwood Apr. 30, 1937 Springfield, Mass. 1928 Reuel K. Rust to Esther L. Holt June 21, 1937 1929 Sherburne Dillingham to Apr. 2,1937 Stamford, Conn. 1929 Theodore K. Hess to Alison W. Coe June 5,1937 Philadelphia, Pa. 1931 John S. Arscott to Catherine Lykens May 15, 1937 Glens Falls, N. Y. 1931 Richard A. Getman to Katherine Garrett June 14,1937 New York City. 1932 J. Raymond Boyce to Doris I. Eddy June 25,1937 1932 Hugh O. Brown to Elizabeth McGory June 13, 1937 1932 Morgan Sargent to Margaret L. Crane June 23, 1937 Hackensack, N. J. 1932 Horace A. Wadsworth to Harriet Gilchrist June 4, 1937 Bronxville, N. Y. 1933 Andrew J. Berry Jr. to Dorothy Ann Rossiter May 14, 1937 1933 Henry D. Bixby Jr. to Mary L. Arthur April— 1937 White Plains, N. Y. 1933 Richard Earl to Dorothy M. Thebaud Jan. 30, 1937 Hartford, Conn. 1933 Martin H. Johnson to Sara B. Huntington June 19, 1937 Garden City, N. Y. 1933 Arthur L. O’Brien to Sarah K. Kennedy June 5, 1937 Brooklyn, N. Y. 1933 Carl A. Strauss to Eleanor Mendelson Apr. 15, 1937 Truro, Mass. 1934 Stewart Hamilton Jr. to Amy Washburn June 30, 1937 Belmont, Mass. 1934 Carl Rogers to Virginia M. Gilman May 30, 1937 Bronxville, N. Y. 1935 Theron Batchelder to Elizabeth R. Sage June 12, 1937 Rockford, 111. 1935 Montgomery S. Blake to Phyllis R. Smith June 22, 1937 Brooklyn, N. Y. 1935 Allen K. Holding to Alice W. Byers June 5, 1937 Chicago, 111. 1935 Herbert Stein to Mildred Fishman June 12, 1937 Chestnut Hill, Pa. 1936 William R. Moseley to Anne E. Downs June 19, 1937 Elizabeth, N. J. 1937 James C. Kellogg 3d to Elizabeth R. Irwin June 18, 1937 S. Orange, N. J. 1937 Daniel G. Lewis to Helen E. Jones June 25, 1937 132 WILLIAMS ALUMNI REVIEW July

BIRTHS Class Parents Child Date 1917 To: Mr. and Mrs. Esty Foster Mary West Feb. 18, 1937 1919 To: Mr. and Mrs. W. Curtis Bok Rachel Mar. 28, 1937 1921 To: Mr. and Mrs. Charles M. Cutler Charles M., Jr. June 4, 1937 1922 To: Mr. and Mrs. Warren Clark Warren, Jr. Nov. 7, 1936 1927 To: Mr. and Mrs. Harold P. Goodbody Harold P., Jr. June 14, 1937 1928 To: Mr. and Mrs. Alexander Saunders Marie Elizabeth Apr. 30, 1937 1929 To: Mr. and Mrs. William Howes Collins William Walker Apr. 28, 1937 1929 To: Mr. and Mrs. William W. Newton Nancy May 30, 1937 1930 To: Mr. and Mrs. William McM. Allison Paul K. Jan. 6, 1937 1930 To: Mr. and Mrs. James F. Burke Sheila Apr. 24, 1937 1931 To: Mr. and Mrs. Sterling J. Hiles Richards Gregg May 14, 1937 1931 To: Mr. and Mrs. H. Whittaker Lonsdale H. Whittaker, Jr. 1937 1933 To: Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth C. Tipper Gerald Clark Apr. 6, 1937

OBITUARIES Class Name Date Place of Death x-1877 Smith, Clarence Murray June 6, 1937 Albany, N. Y. 1879 Fargo, James Francis June 18, 1937 New York City 1884 Dewey, Harry Pinneo Apr. 26, 1937 _ Babson Park, Fla. 1887 Abbott, Samuel Oct. 17, 1931 New Bedford, Mass. 1888 Newell, William Wirt Apr. 23, 1937 St. Petersburg, Fla. 1890 Hopkins, Erast us May 16, 1937 Carmel, Calif. 1891 Allen, Philip Schuyler Apr. 27, 1937 Chicago, 111. 1894 Lee, Lewis Earle Apr. 18, 1937 Cincinnati, Ohio x-1896 Brigham, Allen Eugene Nov. 21, 1936 North Adams, Mass. 1899 Fitts, Daniel Nov. 9, 1936 Brookline, Mass. 1899 Rawcliffe, Frederic Aug. 11, 1936 Downers Grove, 111. x-1900 Doland, Charles McClure Mar. 13, 1937 Spokane, Wash. x-1901 Hart, Frederick Parker Apr. 23, 1937 Milwaukee, Wis. 1902 Mosher, Ralph Aug. 7, 1936 Tonawanda, N. Y. 1905 Miller, Philip Northrop May 28, 1937 South Orange, N. J. x-1913 Goodson, James Larkin Priestly Nov. 17, 1935 Phoenix, Ariz. x-1920 Smith, Cedric Ellsworth June 11, 1937 Bayhead, N. J. x-1922 Humes, Jo Allison May 9, 1937 Waban, Mass. x-1935 Low, David Scott Nov. 20, 1936 Boston, Mass.

NEW ALUMNI OFFICERS Alumni Fund The new officers for the various alumni organi­ Chairman Chester D. Hey wood ’ll zations, elected at meetings during the Com­ Vice Chairman & Treas. C. D. Makepeace ’00 mencement season for the year 1937-1938, are Secy. & Asst. Treas. Edwin H. Adriance ’14 as follows: Directors, Group retiring in 1940 Society of Alumni William B. Bliss Jr. ’97 President John C. Jay ’01 Stuart D. Warner ’06 Vice President Sanford Robinson ’96 E. Kendall Gillett ’08 Treasurer Charles D. Makepeace ’00 Fred E. Linder ’12 Secy. & Asst. Treas. Edwin H. Adriance ’14 Paul B. West ’14 Advisory Council Executive Committee, Group retiring in 1940 Chairman Hamilton B. Wood ’10 Frank J. O’Neill ’02 Vice Chairman Albert Miller ’04 James P. Baxter 3d T4 Secretary-Treasurer Ralph W. Dunbar ’98 Hubert D. Bennett ’17 Supervisor of Loans A. V. Osterhout ’06 1937 WILLIAMS ALUMNI REVIEW 133

ALUMNI COMMITTEES Cincinnati in his capacity of president of the Cincinnati and Suburban Bell Telephone Com­ The following committees have functioned dur­ pany; and, in accordance with Dr. Dennett’s ing the past year for the benefit of the alumni expressed hope concerning all the alumni asso­ organization: ciations, to revitalize the Cincinnati organization Alumni Fund Executive Committee with a view to keeping the alumni abreast of Chester D. Heywood ’ll, Chairman changing conditions at Williams and to further­ Charles D. Makepeace ’00 ing the policy of the college of encouraging more James D. Lester ’ll boys to, enter Williams from the West. A report Edwin H. Adriance ’14, ex-officio of recent developments in Williamstown, compiled by Alumni Secretary Edwin H. Adriance T4, ‘ Alumni Review’ Reorganization Committee was read at the dinner as an opening gun in Carl J. Austrian ’14, Chairman the campaign, and was received with enthusiasm. Harry M. Montgomery Jr. ’22 Frederick Rauh ’26, who has heretofore been Harry K. Schauffler ’22 secretary and treasurer, expressed a desire to be Grenville S. Sewall ’23 relieved of his duties, as he was unexpectedly O. D. Keep ’25 called out of town. Those present decided they Marvin McC. Lowes ’25 could not dispense with his services as treasurer Fred O. Newman ’27 at this time, however, though William L. Butcher Jr. ’28 was elected to serve as secretary. Committee of Alumni and Trustees The members of the group made tentative Alumni plans for another meeting in the fall or early John C. Jay ’01 winter. Fred H. Taylor ’10 Present: R. K. Hack ’05; A. J. Allen ’07; Chester D. Heywood ’ll A. E. Aub and S. J. Thompson ’08; W. A. Peck Trustees ’13; F. V. Geier *16; K. Wyman ’17; F. H. Charles D. Makepeace ’00 Roth and A. L. Thexton, ’21; T. A. Herron John P. Wilson ’00 and A. H. Withrow, ’24; A. F. Wiley ’26; W. L. Stillman F. Westbrook ’09 Butcher, Henry Dawes, and J. C. Richardson, Nominating Committee for Officers of Society of Alumni ’28; J. M. Richardson Jr. ’31; J. W. Freiberg Everett E. Risley ’00, Chairman and G. H. Johnson, ’32; W. W. Williams ’36; Edward T. Broadhurst ’01 also M. Ruston ’25, of New York. Lanphear Buck ’24 FALL RIVER ‘1793’ DINNER The association held a special meeting at the The reunion for those who have no official Quequechan Club on June 14 to honor Arthur reunion this year went over the top with a record S. Phillips ’87, the first Williams man from that attendance of 100 men. The dinner was held part of the state to celebrate the 50th anniversary at the Richmond Hotel in North Adams on of his graduation, according to Edward S. Saturday night, June 19, and lasted from 7 Bliss ’26, secretary-treasurer of the association. o’clock until 10. Entertainment was furnished Mr. Phillips later in the week joined his class­ by the instrumental trio of Ham Wood ’10, mates in Williamstown for the reunion. Heinie Greer ’22, and Ed Holmes ’23, with A. V. Osterhout ’06, impromptu chairman, leading SPRINGFIELD the singing. “Mike” O’Brien ’24, unable to be present, wired his regrets and best wishes. The annual picnic of the Springfield Asso­ ciation, under the efficient leadership of “Chick” Ely and “ Spike” Sherwood, both of the class of CINCINNATI ’14, took place at the Holyoke Canoe Club after Twenty-one alumni from the district attended the Amherst game at Amherst on May 26. The an informal gathering which was held at the attendance, while not as large as last year, made Cincinnati Country Club on Monday evening, up for a lack of numbers in its enthusiasm, and June 7. The object of the dinner was two-fold everyone enjoyed the delicious dinner which — to welcome into the local group Archibald J. was cooked in the open by the banks of the Allen ’07, formerly vice president of the Cleveland Connecticut. There were no formal speeches Alumni Association, who recently moved to but a large amount of song and story. 134 WILLIAMS ALUMNI REVIEW July

WORCESTER Wilderness, now known as the Adirondack Forest Preserve. On August 5 a tablet will be On Wednesday evening, May 19, the first unveiled on Mt. Marcy, first ascended on August formal dinner of the Worcester Alumni Association 5, 1837, by a group of men of whom Professor in a number of years took place at the Worcester E b en ezer E mmons was one. Professor Emmons Club, with President Rodney Washburn ’24 became interested in the study of the natural presiding. About 30 men, or over 40% of the sciences while he was a student at Williams association, turned out for the dinner, which College. Williams was the first college in America honored Alumni Trustee James Phinney Baxter to have a chair in natural history, and Professor 3d ’14. Chester D. Hey wood ’l l acted as toast­ Emmons became its first head. It was while master at the affair and before Dr. Baxter’s speech engaged in the survey of the Great Wilderness a short talk was given by the Alumni Secretary. that he discovered strata of rock under the Dr. Baxter presented a most interesting summary Silurian, and applied the name “Taconic,” thus of the activities of the Board of Trustees and precipitating the famous “ Geologists’ War.” At dwelt at length on the relationship between the a later date his claims were substantiated. trustees and the alumni of the college. After The tablet will be erected by the Adirondack the formal talks were over many questions were Mountain Club, in conjunction with the Con­ asked by those present, and at the close of the servation Department. Dr. Dennett will attend meeting there was a general expression of satis­ the unveiling, and other Williams alumni are faction in regard to the discussion. urged to do likewise. The new slate of officers for the year 1937- 1938 was presented, and as a result the following 1874 men were elected: President, John W. Lasell Mrs. Camilla McPherson Holt, Presbyterian ’20; vice president, Stanley B. Milton ’21; Church leader and widow of C harles S. H olt, secretary-treasurer, Russell M. Stobbs ’29. died on April 26 at her home in Lake Forest, 111. Among the surviving children is M c P herson WILLIAMS CLUB H o lt ’15. 1875 The following paragraphs appeared in the C harles B. Bu lla rd (see 1908 — Bullard, June issue of the Williams Club Bulletin, concern­ J ames A.) ing class dinners held at the club during the 1876 month of May: Mrs. Christine MacMartin Masten, widow of “May was a month teeming with class reunions A r t h u r H. M asten, died on June 23 at Cold at the clubhouse, as eight classes hastened to get Spring Harbor, L. I., her country home. under the wire before the summer doldrums set in. The classes were: ’93, ’10, ’14, ’19, ’22, 1885 ’23, ’25, and ’26. Risking severe criticism from The second and last installment of “Recent class secretaries involved, the Bulletin gives you Biblical Archaeology,” by D r . G eo rg e S. D un­ attendance figures from the chef’s records of can, appeared in the Delta Upsilon Quarterly for dinners served. On that basis, ’14, ’22, and ’25 July. The article deals with the contributions were tied at 26. The fleet of 1910 showed 15. made by archaeology to chronology and to the Young ’23 could do no better than ’93 with 13. Bible. It was recently announced that Dr. In the ruck came ’19 with nine and ’26 with Duncan has been appointed by the Presbytery eight. of Washington, D. C., as chairman of the historical “The feature of the 1922 party was the presence committee which will prepare a history of all of the 1936 Olympic Champion Flag Thrower the 39 Presbyterian churches in Washington and from Switzerland, who will also be at the reunion vicinity. and lead the class parade down Spring Street 1887 doing his specialty. H. S. Osborne ’02, accom­ D r . J ohn Sh er id a n Z e l ie , who supplied the panied by R. P. C. May T8 and H. K. Greer ’22 pulpit at the First Congregational Church in on the piano, entertained 1910 with his flexetone. North Adams during June, gave a conference on The 1925 dinner degenerated into a crap game. Russia at a meeting of the Washington Gladden The others passed off quietly.” Club held early in the month. Dr. Zelie, a member of the staff of the American Relief 1818 Association in Russia, had some very interesting The year 1937 marks the 100th anniversary experiences to relate. He returned from Nokomis, of the discovery and opening up of the Great Fla., in late April, and shortly before his de- 1937 WILLIAMS ALUMNI REVIEW 135 parture for the North wrote to Dr. E. H er b er t Dr. Ferry was a speaker at the banquet given Botsford ’82, formerly the alumni secretary: in Springfield on April 26 in honor of the 20th “A touch of Williams here the last two winters anniversary of President William Allan Neilson with Mrs. Samuel Clarke and daughter and as head of , and attended by 40 Professor Morton in Sarasota and this winter officials of the leading educational institutions Professors Kellogg and McElfresh in nearby of the East. On June 5 he gave the principal Venice.” address at the Commencement exercises of Clark The Essay Annual for 1937, a selection of essays University, which awarded him the Sc.D. degree from the past year edited by Professor Walter at this time and President T y ler D en n e tt the of the University of Michigan, contains an essay LL.D. degree (see page 123). On June 19, Dr. of Dr. Zelie’s entitled “ My Aunt the Abbess.” Ferry was the Commencement speaker at Manlius Other authors, samples of whose work are in­ School. cluded in the Annual, are Alexander Woollcott, F red er ic R. Big e lo w was elected president Van Wyck Brooks, President Conant of Harvard, of the Board of Trustees of , and John Dos Passos. St. Paul, Minn., at the annual meeting held on C h arles H. Big e lo w (see 1891— Big e l o w , June 11. He succeeds his brother, C harles H. Big e lo w ’87, F red eric R.). who resigned from the presidency A r th u r S. P h il lips (see Fall River — p. 133). a year ago. 1892 1889 The 12th report of the class appeared just Miss Margaret G. Mather, a resident of Rome previous to Commencement — 108 pages of and a sister of Professor F rank J. M a th e r J r., absorbing material, chiefly in the form of letters of Princeton University, was a passenger on the from the classmates. A tribute to J immy R o g er - airship Hindenburg when it burned and crashed son, former class secretary, by Dr. L ew is on May 6. She was only slightly hurt. P er r y ’98, reprinted from the February 1936 issue of the Review, forms the introduction, and 1890 is accompanied by a poem, “ Remember Jim?” , which is appropriate if not historical. The Perry W a lt er C. K ello g g has two children grad­ boys contribute considerable to this book, since uating this spring — a daughter from Smith and Mr. Peabody’s letter to his classmates, which a son from Syracuse. follows the introduction, quotes largely from Bainbridge C olby, a member of the Board of Trustees of , is chairman of a And Gladly Teach, by Professor Bliss P er r y ’81, committee which is seeking to raise $550,000 for as well as covering a variety of other topics. R e v . C a rro ll P er r y ’90, author of A Professor a new library building, to be named in honor of Elijah Parish Lovejoy, a Colby alumnus who was of Life, is represented by correspondence between him and C. A. Bro w n e relating to the father of killed 100 years ago in Alton, 111., while defend­ ing his right to publish an anti-slavery newspaper. the Perrys — “old Peri,” who taught the class The fund should' appeal especially to those per­ of ’92 during his last years. There are 82 pages of personal history contributed by 51 members sons interested in the freedom of the press. of the class and an index, listing the living, the 1891 lost, and the lazy, which completes the book. Thirty-two classmates will turn up no more for D r . F r ed er ic k C. F e r r y , president of Hamil­ reunions; 16 men did not reply to the secretary’s ton College for twenty years, resigned on April 23, letters. Secretary J ames E. P eabody may be the resignation to take effect with the beginning congratulated upon a thoroughly efficient job. of the second semester of next year, February 1, 1938, when Dr. Ferry will have reached the re­ 1893 tirement age of 70 years. In his letter of resig­ The following men were present at the dinner nation he stated that he believed the rule of the of the class held at the Williams Club on May 14: college whereby professors are required to retire A nderson, A. E. C l u e tt, W. H. C l u e t t , at the age of 70 to be sound, and that the retire­ E d d y , E dw ards, E nnis, A. G a r fie ld , I. G a r ­ ment age of the president should be the same f ie l d , M ea d , M ills, Sm ith , W il co x , and W il l y - as that of the professors. Dr. and Mrs. Ferry plan to live in Connecticut, where both their yo u n g . 1894 sons are residing. Dr. Ferry was professor of mathematics and dean of Williams College from W illiam C. H art has purchased a large lot 1902 to 1917, when he was called to Hamilton. on Northwest Hill and plans to build there this 736 WILLIAMS ALUMNI REVIEW July summer an eight room house, with three baths. of the School of Nursing of the Presbyterian The site of the dwelling is near the residence of Hospital, New York City. He was also the Com­ Willard E. Hoyt, former treasurer of the college. mencement speaker at Abbot Academy, on June 14. 1895 1899 W illiam C. R oudenbush, the retiring principal April 28 marked the 27th wedding anniversary of Westford Academy, Westford, was honored at of H o n . H e r b e r t H . L ehm an and Mrs. Lehman. the annual meeting of the Westford Teachers’ Mrs. Lehman, sitting in the Assembly Chamber, Association, held on May 19. Toasts were given, was congratulated by the assemblymen present. resolutions presented, and Mr. Roudenbush was The New York papers carried a photograph of the recipient of a fitted traveling bag as a further the Governor and his wife taken upon this expression of the friendship and esteem of his anniversary occasion. colleagues. (See page 124 for another reference to Governor D r . J ohn A. S ampson relinquished the chair­ Lehman.) manship of the Department of Gynecology and T homas P. G oodbody and J ohn L. G ood- Obstetrics at Albany Medical College on July 1, body ’08 returned fr,om abroad on the liner having reached the retirement age. He has been Bremen on May 20. appointed Alden March professor in those fields, however, and will continue his association with 1900 the college. D r . E dw ard M. A nderson has been appointed 1896 a member of the Board of Visitors of the Rome L ehm an. Representative E. H a rold C lu e tt gave his State School by Governor H. H. support to a movement to extend American Announcement was made recently that the citizenship to a Japanese servant at President Flatbush School in Brooklyn, N. Y., of which Grant’s cottage at Mount McGregor, N. Y. D w ig h t R. L it t l e is principal and founder, will He announced that he expected to offer a bill not reopen in the fall. The school was established to make Miss Saye Narita a citizen as a reward in 1914 and has a faculty of 25 teachers. Un­ for more than 20 years of faithful service at certainty as to the future of property on which Grant’s Adirondack home. the school stands is believed to be the reason for the decision. 1897 1901 The retirement of F rank L. D u ley from the D w ig h t M a rvin (see page 124, Honorary faculty of the Northfield Seminary, East North- Degrees). field, took place in June, after a continuous career 1903 of 37 years of teaching at Mount Hermon and G eo rg e F. H urd and G eo r g e L. H ubbell J r. the seminary. He was head of the History Depart­ ’15, both formerly connected with the recently ment and also taught civics and Latin. Mr. dissolved law firm of Greene & Hurd, New Duley holds the distinction of having received an York City, are members of the newly formed M.A. from the Classical Association, for which he partnership of Hurd, Hamlin & Hubbell, with has written many papers. He expects to live in offices located at 52 Broadway. Gloucester, in the family home, and will continue the lectures on current events which have been 1904 one of his hobbies. T y le r D en n e tt (see page 123, Honorary D r . G eo rg e T. N o r t h u p, in a letter to Sec­ Degrees, and page 128, Addresses). retary W. B. Bliss dated April 4, mentioned the fact that he had driven from San Diego, Calif., 1905 to Chicago in five and a half days earlier in the The real estate firm of Vought, Campbell, spring. Ward & Company, of 25 West 43d Street, New A sketch of the life of R oy W. M in e r , headed York, announced in June the opening of a “Scientist,” appeared in the column “Who’s mortgage department under the direction of Who Among Columbia Alumni,” in the May 21 W illiam G. A ustin. number of the Alumni News. 1906 1898 C hauncey C . W o o d w o r th was nominated for On June 3 D r . L ew is P e r r y delivered the the front page in the Williams Club Bulletin principal address at the Commencement exercises “Because: For several years a resident of Florida, 1937 WILLIAMS ALUMNI REVIEW 137 he calls the Williams Club his New York home; appearance permanent enough to register upon because he is second to none in his loyalty to the Secretary J. S. E ly were: R . O. Ba il ey , C a l­ college, the club, and the class of 1906; because h o u n , C h a pm a n , C. C o e, D unn in g , J. S. E ly , he has contributed so generously to recent im­ E rnst, G reenbaum , G utm an, H e r r ic k , H o w ard , provements in the clubhouse; and lastly, because H ills, J ackson, L angm uir, M ela n d , S h e a fe r , at this time of year the membership looks forward S h il a n d , and W estbrook. to his annual visit.” J. S. E ly wishes it to be known that the number H arold A. N omer (see page 124). of his office is now Room 1702 instead of Room The formal induction of G ro v er C. Bowman 1408, 57 William Street, New York City. as president of North Adams State Teachers’ It was recently announced by Harvard Uni­ College took place on May 17. versity that Professor M orris B. L ambie will act as chairman of a seminar on the administrative 1908 process to be open to government employees for J ohn L. G oodbody (see 1899 — G oodbody, the coming year. Subjects to be discussed will be: T homas P.). government management, administrative organi­ The Home Office, April publication of the zation, planning, enactment and execution of the Metropolitan Life Insurance Company, carried budget, standards of performance, reporting, an article headed “K enn W oodw ard Wins personnel. The seminars are part of a program Philatelic Honors,” with cuts of various awards of exploration which began last March. The made to Mr. Woodward. new Graduate School of Public Administration, Jane Bullard, daughter of J ames A. Bu ll a rd , for which they are paving the way, will not be granddaughter of C ha rles B. Bu lla rd ’75, opened to students until the fall of 1938. graduated from the University of Vermont this Samuel O. C h u rc h has a new business address: June with Phi Beta Kappa honors. This is Oneida Limited, 15 Maiden Lane, New York apparently an inherited proclivity, as both her City. father and grandfather were members of the J oseph A. S. E h a r t ’s business address is now honorary society. the A. B. C. Manufacturing Company, 221 South 1909 Fourth Street, Quincy, 111. F rancis B. S a y re, Assistant Secretary of State, G eo rg e D. C a r rin g to n ’s business address has represented the national government at the been changed to: 70 West 40th Street, New centenary celebration of , York City. held on May 7 and 8. His address was delivered 1911 on May 8 at the academic ceremonies. On J ames E. K ing was the principal speaker at June 15 Mr. Sayre was the principal speaker the 96th anniversary dinner of the Chi Psi at the Commencement exercises of Wilson College, Alumni Association of Boston, held at the Uni­ Chambersburg, Pa. (For further information of versity Club on May 20. The dinner marked interest, see page 120). the founding of the fraternity and was held co­ D onald M. F organ was added to the Board incidentally in principal cities and fraternity of Directors of the Merchants’ Association of chapters throughout the United States. New York at the annual meeting in the Wool- The name of Mrs. J ames D. L ester appeared worth Building on May 18. He is a member of in a New York Times item of May 7, descriptive the Transportation Committee. of the celebration of the Mount Holyoke cen­ C la ren ce F. Br o w n has requested that his tenary, as that of one of 14 “old grads” honored recent change of location be made known to with a medal, specially struck for the occasion, classmates. He is living at Point Lookout, for signal contribution to the school itself or to Granogue, Del., and has for his business and the alumnae association. mailing address: Cellophane Division, E. I. Items taken from a recent class letter of Sec­ du Pont de Nemours Company, Nemours Build­ retary C. D. H e y w o o d : ing, Wilmington. E d d ie D issell’s son, E d ’37, was picked by Stillm an F. W estbrook (see page 125, Honor­ “Doc” Seeley as a member of the All-Time ary Degrees). Williams track outfit — the only undergraduate 1910 in the array of Williams stars. He holds the The class dinner held at the Williams Club on college pole vault record of 12 feet 2 inches. May 6 brought out about 25 men “now and St e r lin g L am precht addressed the members then, here and there.” Those who made an of the Phi Beta Kappa Society in Williamstown 138 WILLIAMS ALUMNI REVIEW July on April 29, on the subject “The Place of Man in mentions Dr. Baxter as one of Harvard’s “best Nature.” scholars and teachers.” Louis C lough is to be found at the Riverdale L. D ean P earson was raised to full professorial School, Riverdale, N. Y. rank in English at the spring meeting of the The name of R. L aw ren ce O akley was in­ Board of Trustees of Dartmouth College. cluded in a New York Times story of May 13 E dgar W. Bo w ne is in the real estate business reporting changes in Stock Exchange Committees. at 134-39 Maple Avenue, Flushing, L. I., N. Y. He is on the following committees: Admissions, P aul B. W est sailed for England on June 9, Management and Personnel, and Public Relation*. to be gone for about six weeks. F reeman C larkson is now engineer in charge 1912 of sales with the Fuel Sales Corporation, 679 G . P h il ip G r a bfield , associate in pharma­ Morris Avenue, Springfield, N. J. This concern cology at the Harvard Medical School, is secretary is the Heating and Conditioning Division of of the American Society for Pharmacology and Norge Products. Experimental Therapeutics. J acob C. Stone has been elected a member The address which D r . F rank P ren tice of the Governing Committee of the New York R and delivered at the dedication of the chime Stock Exchange, to serve for a term of four years. of bells which on May 1 was presented to Mass­ He ,is also on the committees on admissions and achusetts State College by one of her alumni, bonds. On April 22 he gave a talk on “Bonds is printed in full in the M. S. C. Alumni Bulletin and Bond Trading” at a business meeting of the for June. The title is “Overtones.” Senior Order Clerks Section Association of Stock R e v . A lan G. W h ittem o re (see page 119). Exchange Firms. At the eighth annual, convention of the New 1913 Jersey branch of United Synagogues of America, H ow ard E. D u ryea is a member of the re­ held at Temple JPnai Israel in Elizabeth, N. J., cently formed co-partnership of Starkweather & on May 9, H en ry S. H endricks detailed the Company, general securities, 111 Broadway, history of the Jewish Theological Seminary in New York. The dissolution of the corporation . The convention pledged support of was announced on May 14. its work. J ohn T. H ow ard (see page 119). Culled from Secretary W yckoff’s May class letter: 1913-1914 J oe C ochran plans to return to Persia in R a n d o lph G. P ack T3 and A r t h u r N. July. He has been in this country for a year. P ack T4 attended the 80th birthday celebration (For further information see page 120). of their father, Charles Lathrop Pack, in Lake- J ack D avis was one of the principals in the wood, N. J., on May 7, Arthur Pack coming from recent production of The Grand Duke put on by New Mexico for the event. The elder Pack, the Blue Hill Troupe of New York City. forester, economist, and philanthropist, president of the American Tree Association, and an ardent 1915 supporter of the C.C.C., died on June 14. M c P herson H o lt (see H o l t , C harles S. — 1874). 1914 G eo rg e L. H ubbell J r . (see 1903 — H urd, According to Secretary W. O. W yckoff, 27 G eo rg e F.). members of the class foregathered at the Williams D avid R em er’s new business address is: 14 Club on May 18 and everybody seemed to have Wall Street, where he is connected with J. E. a good time. Baker & Company, recently removed from 115 Professor J ames P. Ba xter 3d , of Harvard, is Broadway. Until his resignation in April he was a member of the committee which is responsible connected with N. W. Ayer & Son of Philadelphia. for details of a newly inaugurated “extra-cur­ The Lawrence Art Museum had on display ricular” program of study in United States history during the spring a collection of architectural which was opened at the university this spring. views in pencil, watercolor, oil, and pastel, by The study plan will be open to both college L essing W. W illiams T5. The sketches, 98 in students and the general public, and will include all, included besides views from foreign lands, competitive examinations and prizes. The Boston studies in and around New York. Of special Transcript, in an editorial reporting on the plan, interest was the original study for the facade 1937 WILLIAMS ALUMNI REVIEW 139 of the library of the University of Louvain, “D ave V an A lstyne is chairman of the 20th executed by Mr. Williams while supervising the reunion committee and is fast getting things into construction of the building for Whitney and shape. Wetmore, architects. This study is the one “J esse D. C larkson is president of The Propy- submitted to Cardinal Mercier for his approval. laea at Brooklyn College. For the benefit of G raham Blandy, resident manager of the the ignorant, this is the local honorary society Charles A. Esty Paper Company division of or, in other words, the Phi Beta Kappa of the Worcester, resigned on June 30 to assume the Brooklyn college. In that high office Jesse had presidency of the Blandy Paper Company of D r . F. C. F er r y ’91 of Hamilton as a guest Greenwich, N. Y., and the American Wood speaker last fall. Incidentally, Jesse is acting Board Company of Schuylerville, N. Y. These chairman of the Department of History in companies both specialize in the manufacture Brooklyn College and runs so many other affairs of ground wood and chemical manila tag boards. in the college that we simply could not attempt He had been with the Esty company since 1920, to list them all. In private life he is treasurer becoming resident manager in 1928 and a director of the of Brooklyn and is of the corporation in 1932. married and boasts of two children. “E dw in P ow ers, assistant professor of psy­ chology at Dartmouth College, has resigned his 1916 position after ten years’ affiliation with the college A l b e rt L. G rindy is treasurer of the newly to accept a research position with the Cambridge- formed Arnold Purchasing Corporation, a sub­ Somerville Youth Study. He will take up sidiary of the Arnold Print Works of North Adams, residence in Cambridge, Mass., on September 1. of which he is also treasurer. “R a l p h M. C olton, M.D., is the county physician for Erie County in the State of New 1917 York. “Although it is a bit late, we apologize to H en ry P. Blo d g et t’s new address is Owens- Illinois Glass Company, Chrysler Building, New C h a rl ie M atz for our omission in failing to report his doctorate from Harvard in June York City. 1936. You know we told you in the February G ardin er S. P l a t t , located now at 20 Boule­ issue that J ohn Bakeless got his Ph.D. from vard Suchet, Paris XVI, according to the Sackbut, Harvard in June 1936. Charlie was awarded attended the Coronation and then went to Scan­ the degree of Doctor of Science at the same dinavia. time by the same university.” E rnest C. F. G r ee ff is vice president and treasurer of Sales Factors Corporation, now located at 215 Fourth Avenue, New York. TEACHING POSITION OPEN A junior college at Thessalonica, Greece, * 1918 one of the American Colleges of the Near D avid V an A lstyne J r . won an automobile East, is looking for a man to take a three- at the annual outing of the Bond Club of New year term teaching general science and mathe­ York, held at the Sleepy Hollow Country Club matics. The college is a junior college pre­ in Scarborough, N. Y., on June 4. paring for the Greek and other European The following notes were sent in by Secretary universities. The language of the college J. M cC lella n W it h r o w : is English and these subjects would be “The New York 1918 gang had its first twentieth taught in English. Travel expenses are reunion dinner on April 23 at the Williams Club, provided to and from Greece and a modest and although we list those who were present, salary is paid in addition, giving oppor­ there were many more who missed it because of tunity for travel and study in Europe influenza or for having failed to handle the matter during the vacations. The position calls diplomatically with the better half. Experience for an M.A. degree either in science or in will be gained, however, and we expect many education, with collegiate work in science. more at the next few dinners. Those present For further information, please com­ were: Be r t in e , F. L. C hapm an, E a to n , H em- municate with Mr. A. V. Osterhout, street, M ay, P. R . M il l e r , P r a tt, E. G. R ed - Vocational Counselor, 5 Hopkins Hall, fie l d , J. J. R e d fiel d , Stevenson, T y n g , V an Williamstown. A lstyne, W it h r o w , W a r e . 140 WILLIAMS ALUMNI REVIEW July

1919 appointment as an exchange teacher constitutes The Kent tennis team that played the Williams a signal honor. freshmen on April 28 was coached by J ames P. “T o r rey A llen reports that he is recovering H um ph rey s. rapidly from a moderately uncomfortable oper­ ation at the Providence Hospital. He has a 1920 healthy family of three children, a girl 12 and The name of R. I r w in J ohannesen appears on boys 8 and 6. > the staff of the Telephone Review as editor-in-chief. “N ed C onnor recently won a much coveted Louis F. F ieser, now associate professor of golf cup in Providence and vicinity. From chemistry at , has been pro­ sources other than the modest Ned we learn moted to full professor, to take effect with the that he is the local czar in all matters pertaining beginning of the next academic year. Dr. Fieser, to squash rackets, and last year put up a cup it was recently announced, is the recipient of to be played for annually by teams representing an award from the university which will enable Providence, Hartford, and New Haven. him to pursue an investigation of cancer-produc­ “C h a r l ie C u tl er is looking forward to send­ ing hydrocarbons. He is now traveling in the ing both his sons, one. very recently arrived, to Maritime Alps. Williams, where they will represent the fourth On April 1, M arquis B ow man, succeeding his generation of Cutlers to attend old Ephraim’s father, became agency manager of the Bankers school for boys. His grandfather was 1856 and Life Company agency located at 1800 Bankers his father 1890. He has also a daughter Joan. Building, Chicago. He has been connected with “S tanton T. A llison is planning a trip to this agency since 1920. England and Switzerland this summer. His son, the 8 J^-year-old Bill, is a student at St. Bernard’s 1920-1921 School and is looking forward to Williams. Stan J ohn W. L asell was elected president of the is attending staff physician at both St. Luke’s Worcester Alumni Association at the meeting and Bellevue hospitals. held on May 19. In his new job he will have the “A l J oslyn and his family are planning to assistance of Sta n l ey B. M il to n , who is now see America during the next two months. They vice president. are embarkifig in their old family vehicle with their children, Marjorie, 12, Allen, Jr., 9, and 1921 Marc, 3, for a tour of the West. Whatever other W. E rnest E aton is connected with the New points they include in their itinerary, they will York Stock Exchange house of Hewitt & Satter­ visit Yellowstone Park, where the children hope field, 39 Broadway, of which A. O. L o h rk e is to see a real cowboy along with the other wild a partner. animals. Alan is taking his Williams Directory The following items have been sent in by with him and hopes to renew old friendships Secretary C harles C . N o b l e : en route.” “H e r b e r t Bru ck er and wife Sidney are 1922 going abroad for six months on July 30. Herb H a r ry K. S ch a u ffler is now serving as class has a grant from the Oberlaender Trust to study secretary, in place of D udley B. W a lla ce, German newspapers. He hopes to see how the resigned. wheels are made to go around under that master of propaganda, Dr. Goebbels. Incidentally, the A r th u r V. Y oungman has been elected to the Press is publishing in book presidency of the Life Underwriters Association form some of Herb’s magazine articles, under of the City of New York, Inc. the name of ‘The Changing American News­ A r t h u r L. H urst is connected with the paper.’ Herb modestly insists that it will be of Legal Department of the Metropolitan Life interest to newspaper men only, but it will prob­ Insurance Company, 1 Madison Avenue, New ably have a wide reading among those who have York City. seen his work in the Reader's Digest and elsewhere. R obert R ubino is chief accountant for the “H ow ard C oan sails July 9 to lead another Department of Public Welfare, Suffolk County, group to France in an ‘experiment in international 94 Fourth Avenue, Bay Shore, L. I. living.’ He will go to England for the following The following items are excerpts taken from school year as an exchange teacher in the Shrews­ various class bulletins published this spring: bury School. The school is one of the twelve “H erb Bru ne is president of the Junior Bar leading public schools of England and Coan’s Association at Baltimore and chief promoter 1937 WILLIAMS ALUMNI REVIEW 141 and agitator for a Transatlantic Air Clipper and “ Class philatelists and numismatists are missing Dirigible Terminal on the Chesapeake shore. a bet if they don’t keep in touch with L ee J e f ­ fries, president of Littlecote Stamp and Coin “D ick R ow se recently started his own business in Boston, the R. E. Rowse Company, authorized Shop, in Utica, N. Y. Lee spends his time flooring contractors for Armstrong Cork Products. hunting up collections and appraising them. “T y C obb serves as instructor at Cornell “Since the 10th reunion P h el ps P h elps has Medical School and as assistant visiting pedia­ budded as an author of two books: Our Defenses trician at the New York Hospital, in addition to Within and Without and America on Trial. He his regular practice. is also a radio commentator over WMCA. “K akutaro Su zuki has returned to Tokyo to After serving five terms as a Republican in the be in the Department of Finance of the Imperial New York State Legislature, Phelps showed Japanese Government. equal acumen with Farley in forecasting the trend of the times by going to Philadelphia as 1923 a delegate to the National Democratic Con­ vention to renominate Roosevelt and by running The last dinner of the class until fall was held successfully as the Democratic assemblyman elect­ at the Williams Club on May 13 and was attended ed to represent ‘Hell’s Kitchen’ in Albany. by the following men: A n th o n y , Byers, M. C a m pbell, C a r let o n , F a ber, G r e e ff, H o ec k , “N ed Buxton is in the process of moving to H . M . L a w d e r , M a x w e ll, M o n jo , P a r k e r , Pawtucket, R. I., to supervise manufacture of Sew a l l , W ebb, and W ig h tm a n . Nine other the famous Buxton Shirt Squeezer and other men who had expected to be present were unable laundry equipment for the Pantex Pressing at the last minute to make it. Machine Corporation. A Cruising Guide to the New England Coast, “ ‘R osy’ C oleman is the floor member on the 336 pages, 24 full-page aerial photographs and N. Y. Stock Exchange for Farrington & Coleman, harbor charts, is the fruit, according to a des­ and after 3 p. m. mixes tennis and Monmouth criptive leaflet, of a number of informal meetings County politics as a member of the Rumson during the winter evenings of 1935 and 1936, Borough Council. when a group of six men, calling themselves the “R it t R ichardson, a traveled pedagogue who “Coastwise Cruising Club,” swapped cruising has sampled Oxford, Harvard, Rochester, Wil­ experiences and then decided to pool their ex­ liams, Union, now steps up to an assistant pro­ periences on paper. J o seph T. C hatman is fessorship at William and Mary, starting next fall. one of the six above-mentioned yachtsmen. “A lex C hapm an did such a great job in David Kemp and Company are the publishers. developing American oil interests in Europe’s Chatman, by the way, was recently promoted to principal fields in Rumania that he has been production manager of the Pacific Mills, New placed in charge of Standard Oil’s operations for York City, from the post of assistant. the entire continent, with headquarters in London. At the eastern regional spring meeting of the “ ‘Lapham, Davis & Bianchi — Members National Association of Bank Auditors and Comp­ N.Y.S.E., 29 Broadway,’ is only a front for trollers, held in April at the Wardman Park Hotel in Washington, D. C., H. M il l e r L aw der the Berkshire hill-billies better known as ‘M onk’ addressed a group on “Current Bank Auditing D avis, ‘Be p p o ’ Bia n c h i, and T ed Brandeis. “Every time you buy a newspaper to read the Problems.” On May 11, he was elected treasurer comic strip ‘Napoleon and Uncle Elby,’ to heed of the New York chapter of the American In­ the Voice of Experience, or profit from the best stitute of Banking, at its 36th annual meeting. E rnest G . A ng ev in e writes to Secretary T ed racing tips, you help A r t L afave’s smile to grow more golden. He has built a shoe-string M a x w e l l : “ I find the practice of law more and syndicated feature venture into an outstanding more difficult under the New Deal and the success on big-time newspapers from coast to raising of a family of three children even harder. coast. My seven-year-old son talks of Lewis and the C.I.O. with considerable learning. Fortunately, “D on C ruse has recently become counsel for the Commercial Solvents Corporation, which the one and three-year-old daughters are ignorant rates him a Park Avenue business address in of such matters.” New York. H aven P. P erkins is faculty chairman of “Bil l G a rdin er has a responsible job in the Commonwealth College, the labor college at management and supervision of investment ac­ Mena, Ark. All members of the faculty work counts with Standish, Racey & McKay in Boston. without salary for maintenance. Recently two 142 WILLIAMS ALUMNI REVIEW July members of the Arkansas legislature from the 1929 cotton growing region took offense at Common­ R ussell M. Stobbs is the new secretary- wealth’s support of the Southern Tenant Farmer’s treasurer of the Worcester alumni group. (share-croppers’) Union and tried to close the E rnest J. C ollins recently resigned from the college by proposing a gag law, but the bill was New York Telephone Company to become a defeated in the lower house. During the battle salesman of air-conditioning equipment with the over the bill Perkins made a tour of the state, York Ice Machinery Corporation, contacting labor unions and liberals. Common­ and 2nd Avenue, Brooklyn, N. Y. wealth believes that it has the only faculty in the country which is 100% unionized, all its The resignation of J ohn B. T ittm ann as members being in the American Federation of associate counsel of the Federal Land Bank of Teachers, affiliated with the American Federation Wichita, Kans., and his appointment as assistant of Labor. district attorney of the Eighth Judicial District 1924 of New Mexico was announced this spring. L eonard F. O ’Br ien is working in Boston, He is now associated in the private practice of care of Bond & Goodwin, 30 Federal Street. law with District Attorney Doggett, with offices The address of W illiam M. C anby III is: in the Colfax County Building, Raton. John A. Beattie & Company, Benedum-Trees Building, Pittsburgh, Pa. 1930 L a n ph ea r Buck was nominated for the front J ohn T albot is connected with the Central page of the Williams Club Bulletin, “Because: Hanover Bank & Trust Company, 60 Wall Street, Modesty has prevented his previous nomination, New York City. although he has been club secretary since 1935; 1932 because he represented the United States at the T h o rn e S h er w o o d has received the Perkins Olympic Games last summer as a member of and Boring Traveling Fellowship in the Columbia the field hockey team; because at home he dis­ University School of Architecture. His design, plays his athletic prowess on the club squash “A Municipal Center and Town Market,” was racquets team; because, not to favor brawn over adjudged the best in a competitive contest. He brain, he also plays on the club bridge team; will use the funds placed at his disposal by the because his histrionic ability has been of value fellowship in studying housing cond’tions in to the Entertainment Committee; because he Germany and Scandinavian countries, where has lent his voice to many a choral effort; because Mrs. Sherwood and their son will accompany he has been most active in all club affairs, par­ him. A cut of Sherwood himself and one of the ticularly Ladies’ Day; and finally, because he town hall which won the fellowship appeared has just been elected secretary for another term.” in the New York Times of May 24. 1925 The following information was gathered by A very large picture of J ohn H a ll Blackburn the class secretary, T ony M il l e r , and passed and his then bride-to-be, Miss Ruth Moore, on to the Review: appeared in the Knickerbocker Press for June 13, S. Stu a r t E ngle is now connected with Hick­ front page of the Society Section, showing the man, Williams & Company, 30 East 42nd Street, couple sitting beside the trailer in which they New York City. He is a salesman of pig iron, are now taking their wedding trip (see page 131, coal, coke, and alloys. wedding statistics). H alford R. C la rk is a research chemist 1926 with the Eastman Kodak Company of Rochester, D avid B. M athias addressed a group at the N. Y. He holds the Ph.D. degree from Johns eastern regional spring meeting of the National Hopkins, awarded in 1936. Association of Bank Auditors and Comptrollers, J ames E. H anrahan J r . is with the Buffalo held in Washington in April, on the subject Niagara Electric Corporation. “Accounting Methods on Overhead and Ex­ N oyes L. A very J r . is a resident in pathology penses.” at the Mallory Institute of Pathology, Boston F. Bu rton Bossi may be reached at Bossi & City Hospital. He expects to serve as interne Company, 51 East 42nd Street, New York City. at University Hospital, Ann Arbor, Mich., from July 1, for a year. 1928 I rving M. H offman J r . is traffic manager of The class held a very successful dinner on the southern branch of the Saudoz Chemical April 2, with an attendance of 29 men. Works, Inc., Charlotte, N. C. 1937 WILLIAMS ALUMNI REVIEW 143

M organ S argen t received his M .D . from Cambridge this summer as a research man in the Yale on June 23, was married (seepage 131) on Statistics Department. the same day, and started his internship at Hartford Hospital on the 29th. 1935 T homas J. W ood will do postgraduate work in J ames P. R ic h , now connected with the firm government and economics at Harvard during of Jas. H. Oliphant & Company, 61 Broadway, the coming year. New York, has had an article accepted for the St e ph e n T. K ohn is a partner of Schloss & Reader's Digest — a review of a chapter on Company, members of the N. Y. Curb Exchange, “Habit” from William James’ book . Commodity Exchange, Inc. J ohn W. P age is a member of the firm o f 1936 Louis E. Page, Inc., Winchester. A communication from Stanford M . M irk in C harles U. H auser has been an intern at appeared in a Time of recent issue, headed State University of Iowa Hospital, Iowa City. “Essence of Woolfism.” He is now chief medical resident in Cincinnati’s Bethesda Hospital, as of July 1. 1937 G eo rg e H. W in n er is assistant corporation R ich a rd W. C olman has been added to the counsel for the city of Elmira, N. Y. Department of Physical Education at Williams. D a n iel G. L ew is will teach and coach at 1933 Milton Academy during the coming year. V a n d er po el A driance J r . has for several months been back at his former business address: Herrick, Berg & Company, 40 Wall Street, New THE JESUP HALL FIRE York City. * On Saturday night, June 26, after this issue H e r b e r t C. D a rbee is a master of the Santa of the Review had gone to press the town fire Barbara School, Carpintería, Calif. alarm sounded and news was rapidly spread M a rtin H. J ohnson is teaching at the Loomis through the community that Jesup Hall was on School, Windsor, Conn. fire. H en ry D . Bixby J r . is with the Singer Sewing The fire, which evidently started in the base­ Machine Company in Lima, Peru, where he has ment of the building, was discovered by one of been located for the past three years. He has the employees of David Deans who immediately been on a three months’ vacation in the States turned in the alarm. The building at the time but will return to Lima for another three years’ was unoccupied and the origin of the blaze is contract with the same company. He is traveling not definitely known. The chief damage caused auditor for the company, covering Peru, Bolivia, by the fire was confined to the central portion and Ecuador, and lives at Casilla 1460, Lima, of the building but a complete renovation will be Peru. , necessary in order to remove the evidences of 1934 the damage. Fortunately, due to the foresight of the former F r ed er ic k S. G il b e r t , formerly in New York Alumni Secretary, E. Herbert Botsford ’82, who City with “The March of Time,” newsreel had fireproof vaults installed in Jesup in 1933, feature, recently with “ Pictures, Inc.,” the the invaluable records of the Society of Alumni news-photo subsidiary of Time, Inc., left on April were undamaged and no material loss was 24 to join the Advertising Department of Time, sustained by the alumni organization. The located in General Motors Building, Detroit. blaze was most severe in the rooms adjacent to R ich a rd D. C hapm an reached the sixth round these vaults, so that it is apparent that the entire in the British amateur golf championship, played records of the society would have been destroyed in May in Sandwich, England. but for the fact that the vaults are of fireproof R obert G. M etters was ordained a deacon construction. of the Protestant Episcopal Church in St. John’s, At this writing no estimate of the amount of Williamstown, on June 3, by the Rt. Rev. William the damage has been available but it is expected Appleton Lawrence, bishop of the western that the insurance adjusters will be in Williams­ Massachusetts diocese. town very shortly to ascertain the extent of the S am Stocking graduated from Harvard Grad­ loss incurred. In the meanwhile the office of the uate School of Business Administration with a Alumni Secretary will continue to function at Distinction degree in June, and will return to its headquarters in Jesup. J esup H all Fall Athletic Schedule 1937

V arsity F ootball V arsity C ross C ountry Sept. 25 Middlebury Home Oct. 16 Union Home Oct. 2 Columbia N,. Y. C. Oct. 23 Middlebury Away Oct. 9 Univ. of Vermont Away Oct. 30 Colgate Home Oct. 16 Bowdoin Home Nov. 6 Univ. of Vermont Away Oct. 23 Tufts Away Nov. 13 Little Three Home Oct. 30 Union Home Nov. 6 Wesleyan * Away Nov. 13 Amherst Home V arsity Soccer Oct. 9 Dartmouth Home Oct. 13 Yale Away F reshman F ootball Oct. 23 Brown Away Oct. 16 Middlebury Home Oct. 27 Army Away Oct. 23 Milford School Home Oct. 30 Hamilton Home Oct. 30 Union Home Nov. 6 Wesleyan Away Nov. 6 Wesleyan Away Nov. 13 Amherst Home Nov. 13 Amherst Home

F reshman Soccer F reshman C ross C ountry Oct. 16 Deerfield Away Oct. 30 Union Home Oct. 23 Williston Home Nov. 6 R. P. I. Home Nov. 6 Wesleyan Away Nov. 13 Little Three Home Nov. 13 Amherst Home