ONiY strange shapes of glass and metal! Yet it's the electron tube that gives radio its tongue, that brings to your firesicle music played a thousand miles away.
It's the electron tube that leads ships through fog, guides airplanes through darkness, peers unwinkingly into white-hot crucibles, directs the surgeon's knife, and is becoming one of the greatest weapons against disease.
It tests the safety of castings and welds, matches the color of dress goods, and unerringly detects manufacturing errors that the human eye cannot discern.
A few years ago, it was only a laboratory device. Today, it is weaving an invisible net work of service about man's daily life. Tomorrow, it will do things that were never done before.
Continual development in electron tubes is only one of the contributions made by G-E research-research that has saved the public from ten to one hundred dollars for every dollar it has earned for General Electric. 96-180DH GENERAL.ELECTRIC ROCHESTER ALUMNI REVIEW OFFICIAL PUBLICATION OF ASSOCIATED ALUMNI, UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER President: Percival D. Oviatt, '98 Vice-Presidents: Cornelius R. Wright, '09, Rochester; Leslie E. Freeman, '15, New York; James Bruff Forbes, '99, Oak Park, Ill.; Hon. Clarence MacGregor, '97, Buffalo; Howard S. LeRoy, '14, Washington, D. C.; Earl W. Taylor, '07, Boston, Mass. Dr. Mitchell Bronk, '86, Philadelphia, Pa.; Wesley C. Buck, '29, Albany. Treasurer: Raymond G. Phillips, '97 . Secretary: Hugh A. Smith: '07 Board of Managers: Hon. William F. Love, '03; Jacque L. Meyers, '06; Matthew D. Lawless, '09; Cornelius R. Wright, '09; Burt F. Ewell, '14 Alumni Council--elass Represent.atives
Dr. G. H. Fox, '67 Dr. M. 1. Casey, '95 G. W. Ramaker, '09 J. F. Bush, Jr., '2.2- J. T. Alling, '76 A. 1. Vedder, '96 R. B. Lewis, 'l() W. Dutton, '1.3 R. B. Wickes, '78 R. G. Phillips, '97 M. G. Newcomb, 'II W. H. Ewell, '1.4 S. S. Brown, '79 Dr. C. N. Jameson, '99 H. N. Kenyon, '11. C. W. Lauterbach, '1.5 G. A. Gillette, '81. F. J.. Withington, '00 J. 1. Merrell, '13 H. Vicinus, '1.6 W. B. Hale, '85 E. ,Roeser, '01 B. FEwell, '14 J. W. Thorne, '1.7 E. C. Denton, '87 H. F. Morris, '01. R. F. Barry, '15 W. W. Collamer, i8 A. J. Merrell, '88 . J. R. Wilson, '03 S. C. Adsit, '16 H. F. Teute, '1.9 H. W. Bramley, '90 O. Barker, '04 J. W. Remington, '17 H. .J. Kemp, .'30 1. M. Brickner, '91 E. E. Morris, '05 E. M. Ogden, ,18 1. H. Thornton, '91. J. 1. Meyers, '06 K. B. Keating, '19 N. E. Spencer, '93 R. H. Wellington, '07 C. R. Dalton, '1.0 J. R. Webster, '94 H. E. Akerly, '08 F. W. Orr, '1.1 Faculty Representative: V. J. Chambers, '95. Members at Lart:e: H. D. Shedd, '95;J. P. Morse, '95; E. Raines, '02; G. T. Sullivan, '07; E. A. Paviour, '10; Dr. B. J. Slater, '10; L. O. Wilder, 'II; R. N. Ball, '14-
TABLE OF CONTENTS Page Plans for Inauguration of President Valentine...... 3 Great Individualities in Rochester's History (Akeley)...... 5 Alumni Homecoming...... 6 A New Work by Harold Gosnell ,...... 6 A Panoramic View of Modern Palestine (Heinrichs)...... 7 War Can Be Outlawed (Spencer) "...... 9 University Day Guests "...... 9 University Opens under Favorable Auspices...... :...... 10 Wells to Get Weld , '...... 12 Dr. Rhees Alters Winter Plans ".. 12 Chicago Sends Record Delegation...... 12 Some Mental Pictures of Professor Forbes (Pattison)...... 13 Reading Guide...... 14 Another Rochester History '...... 14 Editorials 15-16 Alumni Legacies Growing "...... 16 College Average Sets New High...... 17 Pretty Good for an Old Fellow ~ ...... 17 Athletics: Football Disappointments (Lawless)-Winter Sports Schedules 17-18 Campus Crisps 18-19 Numeral Notations " 19-21 In Memoriam ,.,, '. ', ,', .,, .: ': ,.,,,, .. :. ',' 21-24 Eastman Theatre Auditorium Will Witness the Two Principal Convocations of Inaugural Ceremonies • oc ester eVlew Of·.gY·AND -FOR Tfi-E ALUMNI Or T-H€ UNIV-ERSITY Or -ROCfi€ST-E-f>
VOL. XIV OCTOBER • NOVEMBER • 1935 No.1
Alumni will join PLANS FOR INAUGURATION OF undergraduates in opening session of PRESIDENT VALENTINE two-day ceremony
The University of Rochester has a new president An early problem confronting the inaugural committee almost. For reality and official sanction are at variance this was the accommodation of all of the interested public and early autumn in the status of Alan Valentine. Although 'uni friends of the University in even so large an auditorium as versally hailed as "President" Valentine, in which capacity that of the Eastman Theatre. This is quickly apparent when he has been actively functioning since the beginning of the it is known that, in addition to the undergraduates, more academic year, his right to that title will not be officially than 10,000 individual invitations have beed issued to a established, according to the laws of the Medes and Per list of other institutions, alumni and alumnae of all schools sians, until the inaugural cer~mony on Friday morning, of the University, academic and other distingU:ished guests, November 15, following a ceremony of welcome and other some 2,000 citizens of Rochester and members of the Uni exercises on Thursday, November 14. versity faculties. Had Dr. Valentine been inducted into office immediately To help meet this situation the program has been extend upon reaching Rochester, he could scarcely have been more ed over two days, with exercises in the Eastman Theatre active than he has been since his arrival at the Eastman House on the evening of Sunday, September 15, to be fol lowed later in the week by Mrs. Valentine with their young son and daughter. His first full day here saw him make his bow as a civic figure, when, on September 16, he spoke at the opening dinner of the J. Y. M. A. building equipment campaign, of which Raymond N. Ball, '14, vice-president of the University, was the general chairman. The new president-to-be has spoken at student convoca tions of the several University schools and at the first Col lege Night Supper and, with Mrs. Valentine, has graciously responded to many social demands on his time, at the var ious teas, receptions and other events of the fall season. He has participated in faculty and other administrative meet ings. On October 30 he was guest at a dinner given in his honor by the Rochester Chamber of Commerce. And through it all he has been steadily acquainting himself with the many phases of his new job, as well as preparing for his inauguration. Plans for this latter, significant function, in process of formulation since last summer, are of undoubted interest to the readers of this magazine, to judge from the many inquiries which have reached this office in recent weeks. That the program, as now completed, will attract wide at tention in educational circles may be inferred from the ap pearance on it of the presidents of eight prominent institu tions, including Yale, Princeton, Brown, Radcliffe, Amherst, Swarthmore, Hobart and Colgate-Rochester Divinity School. New Tenants of Eastman House in Their Garden OCTOBER.NOVEMBER,1935 3 on both mornings, to which admission will be by ticket to the capacity of the auditorium. Thursday morning, Novem ber 14 to be known as the welcome to President Valentine, will b~ devoted to the University family, including trustees, faculties, undergraduates, alumni and alumnae. It is for this day that the alumni as a whole have been invited. The in duction ceremony on Friday morning will of necessity be confined to specially invited guests, academic officials and delegates. The Thursday morning exercises will start at 10 o'clock with an academic procession to the Eastman Theatre, com prised of trustees, faculties and the seniors of all schools of the University. Percival D: Oviatt, '98, president of the Associated Alumni, will preside, assisted by Miss Gladys Helen Welch, '20, president of the Alumnae Association, with Dr. Murray Bartlett, president of Hobart College, pro nouncing the invocation. The opening address will be made by Dr. William Ernest Weld, dean of the College of Arts and Science, fol lowed by John Henry Brinker, Jr., '36, of Evanston, Ill., president of the Students' Association of the College fo~ Men, who will speak for the undergraduates. Many alumOl Chairman Alling, of Board, Will Preside at Induction will recognize the latter as "Hank" Brinker, a regular guard clude Dr. Frank Aydelotte, president of Swarthmore Col on the Varsity basketball team and a pitcher on the base lege, Dr. Valentine's Alma Mater; Dr. Stanley King, presi ball team. President-elect Valentine will then deliver his dent of Amherst College, and Dr. James Rowland Angell, pron~unced response, after which the benediction will be president of Yale University. by Rt. Rev. David Lincoln Ferris, bishop of the EpIscopal The two-day program wilf conclude with a concert by diocese of Rochester. Music will be furnished during the the Eastman School Symphony Orchestra in the Eastman program by the Eastman School of Music orchestra. Theatre at 8:15 o'clock Friday evening, with Dr. Howard Thursday afternoon will be given over to conferences or Hanson conducting. Among the numbers to be played will seminars at three of the schools, with a distinguished speak be a suite from MerrymountJ Dr. Hanson's opera, which er to be heard in each instance. Dr. Harold Willis Dodds, achieved such a success in its Metropolitan debut two years president of Princeton University, will speak !n Strong Au ago. This concert will be open to the public, with no tickets ditorium, College for Men; Dr. Ada LOUlse Comstock, required. president of Radcliffe College, in Cutler Union, College for Plans for the inauguration have been in the hands of Women, and Dr. Simon Flexner, former head of Rockefell a general committee, consisting of ten trustees, eleven facul er Institute, in the amphitheatre of the School of Medicine ty heads and the alumni and alumnae presidents. Its com o'cl~ck and Dentistry. These lectures will start at 3 and will position, with individual responsibilities, is as follows: Ed .un~n be open to any who wish to attend. The subjects, ward G. Miner, general chairman; Joseph T. Alling, '76, nounced at this writing, will unquestionably be of SlgOlfi honorary chairman; Raymond N. Ball, '14, vice-chairman; cant interest. Raymond 1. Thompson, '17, secretary; Arthur P. Curtiss, Delegates and invited guests will join trustees and facul '25, assistant secretary; Samuel M. Havens, '99; Charles F. ties in the academic procession to the formal induction cere Hutchison, '98; M. Herbert Eisenhart (music) ; Thomas G. mony on Monday, November 15, which will get under way Spencer (housing and transportation) ; Ernest A. Paviour, at 9:50 A. M. to permit the exercises in the Eastman '10 (publicity); Dr. Alan Valentine; Dean William E. Theatre to start at 10 o'clock. Joseph T. Alling, '76, chair Weld (invitations); Dean Victor J. Chambers, '96; Dean man of the Board of Trustees, will preside at the ceremony Helen D. Bragdon; Dean Arthur S. Gale; Assistant Dean and Dr. Albert W. Beaven, president of Colgate-Rochester Lester O. Wilder, '11 (undergraduates); Dean George H. Divinity School, give the invocation. After music by the Whipple (invitations) ; Dr. Howard Hanson (invitations) ; Rochester Civic Orchestra the induction address will be Professor Joseph W. Gavett (physical arrangements) ; Dr. delivered by Dr. John R. Slater, Joseph H. Gilmore pro Edwin Fauver (seating); Donald B. Gilchrist (printing) ; fessor of English. Chairman Alling will then present the Percival D. Oviatt, '98, president of the Associated Alumni, customary insignia to the incoming president, who will re and Miss Gladys H. Welch, '20, president of the Alumnae spond with delivery of his inaugural address. The exercises Association. will be closed with a benediction pronounced by Dr. Clar A post-inauguration event will be the annual Alumni ence A. Barbour, president of Brown University. Homecoming in connection with the football game with A luncheon in the Alumni Gymnasium on the River Wesleyan on Saturday. afternoon, November 16, as an Campus will follow the exercises at 1 :00 o'clock, with ac nounced elsewhere in this issue. It is hoped that out-of-town commodations for about 700. Because of these limited alumni, returning for the inauguration, will take advant facilities the luncheon will necessarily be restricted to dele age of the opportunity and remain over for this latter gates and specially invited guests. The speakers will in pleasureable event. 4 ROCHESTER ALUMNIREVIEW GREAT INDIVIDUALITIES IN ROCHESTER'S HISTORY
• An Appraisal Inspired. by Rush Rhees Dinner
By LEWIS E. AKELEY, '86 Dean Emeritus of Engineering University of South Dakota
That impressive Rush Rhees Dinner of last June, in Another companion of Carl Akeley in those days, also which I was so fortunate as to participate, set me to rem working at Ward's, was the now distinguished entomolo iniscing and philosophizing until I am tempted to yield to gist of Harvard University, William Morton Wheeler. the editor's oft-repeated invitation and contribute some of Four years after my graduation, in Milwaukee, I was renew the results to this magazine. Every college boy's extra ing that summer afternoon my own companionship with campus experiences are probably matters of more or less Wheeler in the Rochester days. He discol,lrsed eloquently fond personal memory. The year I entered the University and learnedly on the philosophy of Schopenhauer, and at brought Carl Akeley to Ward's Natural Science establish the close of an inspiring incursion into those depths he ment to practice taxidermy in the traditional ways of that told me that, at the then present rate of his progress in then primitive handicraft. We had been brothers before biology, he could, if he so chose, become an authority that memorable year. Then we became friends, to remain it may have been in the embryology of the cockroach, or so during his life. some other one of those very limited specializations for It was not long before, visiting his workshop in Ward's which Wheeler was as distinctly gifted as he was for the one day, that I found his table covered with pictures of daring speculations of philosophers. No wonder I have statuary of leopards, which he was studying in relation to found in later fife that in the world of naturalists, and in a leopard's skin that he was engaged in "mounting." There some measure of psychologists as well, Wheeler is almost was stirring in him even then that artistic impulse, which, awesomely admired as a thinker quite unapproachable in through him, was to make taxidermy one of the fine arts his versatility. and Carl Akeley notable among American sculptors. Stars in the Firmament At any rate those two, for many years inseparable com panions, Carl Akeley and William Morton Wheeler, were and remain today stars in the celestial spaces of my ideal ism, as were and are Morey, Forbes and .Lattimore. Others in the old faculty became stars for me later, but an under graduate hardly ever achieves precision in the measurement of celestial magnitudes. There are many other stars in my firmament, belonging to all the generations of men whom it has been my privilege to "know. I am presenting this rather grotesque selection from the men of my own and of an older generation for a definite purpose which I will proceed to unfold. I feel strangely inhibited from mentioning the name of that one star of first magnitude in my perspective of Roch ester men, both then and today. Every star has its own glory and differeth from other stars in glory. In other words, the limitations of different types of individualities elicit some very stubborn prejudices on the part of men who estimate their worth. Perhaps the limitations of this gigantic and elemental type of human individuality to which Anderson belonged are the least understood of any in our age, due, I believe, to some very definite perversities which, today, may have begun to disappear from the world's stage. The mighty revolt of the last fifty years against some of Anderson's most stoutly held educational convictions is already showing up some of its inherent weaknesses.
Martin B. Anderson-"Giant of the Old Days" Martin B. Anderson may sometime be memorialized on OCTOBER-NOVEMBER,1935 5 the River Campus, along with Morey and Lattimore. It is not enough that he should be remembered on the Old Cam Alumni Homecoming pus only. At the recent alumni dinner another star of the The annual Alumni Homecoming will take first magnitude took its place in the Rochester firmament. place in connection with the closing football Through all that impressive evening I felt that Anderson's game with Wesleyan on Saturday, November work shared with that of Rhees, responsibility for the River 16. Coming the day after the inauguration of Campus and all that it symbolizes for Rochester men. Per President Valentine, alumni returning from haps this claim for Anderson is premature. It may require out-of-town for that ceremony are expected to another age, which, it is hoped, is just beginning to dawn, remain over to participate. The Varsity, learn for that giant of the old days to win his rightful new day. ing a new system of play this season, should be I want to go on record with my tribute to him,however, prepared by that time to give a particularly while it is still not too late. interesting exhibition. After the game the Estimating Individualities alumni, with or without their ladies, will con I had been strangely mastered before reaching Rochester gregate in the lounge of Todd Union for tea last June with the impressive limitations of great individual and a social hour. Those with an urge to dance ities. At that alumni dinner we seemed to recognize the will find an adequate orchestra on duty in perspeceive in which powerful individuals ought to be the main dining room. This first opportunity viewed. There was one great individuality, who had played of the season for the alumni to come together a mighty role in Rochester's more recent history, who was socially has proved very popular during the past not emphasized, and with reason, for it was President two years, and it is hoped that it will again be Rhees' day and not his. I only hope that we may retain welcomed this fall. The only charge will be that fine perspective some day when we commemorate the $1.10 each for the game itself, with no tax birthday of the University of Rochester and when President for the tea dance. Rhees will not be the physical center of the picture. For the glory of George Eastman, wonderful as have been his contributions, was that of building a great industry, not A New Work by Harold Gosnell that of creating a university. Anderson and Rhees were the We are happy to announce, and acknowledge, another educational builders. When we fix our stars in the educa new book by Dr. Harold F. Gosnell, '18, associate profes tional firmament of Rochester, the first magnitudes will be sor of political science at the University of Chicago. This recognized in the two great educational statesmen. It is latest work is a comprehensive treatment of "Negro Poli simply a matter of justice to great individualities, regard ticians-the Rise of Negro Politics in Chicago," which for the limitations of each and respect for the bright par city has sent two successive negro Congressmen to Wash ticular glory of each. For that depends on the appraisal of ington in recent years, and it is written in a style which re lesser men than they, even of ourselves, and it is important flects the realistic methods of the author in conducting his that a just appraisal achieve objectivity in the end. study. For at the outset of his research Dr. Gosnell discovered Two Great Influences that existent material on the subjece was most fragmentary. That Eastman so generously gave up his wealth to cul Over a period of five years he made an intimate study of tural ends showed a noble sensibility to the best things in the Chicago "Black Belt" and its growing political machine, his day and age. That he was directed in that idealism interviewed outstanding personalities of the district, attend toward the vision of Rush Rhees must have been due, con ed and recorded