Cornell Alumni News Volume 52, Number 6 November 15, 1949 Price 25 Cents
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And the Jack THE PRUHEHTiAL INSURANCE COMPANY OF AMERICA children will have both security and the Berch Show — Every morning, Mondays A mutual life insurance company opportunity to "go far." through Fridays, NBC. HOME OFFICE: NEWARK, NEW JERSEY WESTERN HOME OFFICE: LOS ANGELES, CALIF. THE FUTURE BELONGS TO THOSE WHO PREPARE FOR IT th« cornerstone OM BARRETT sat down, half-aware of Tthe applause from the crowd beyond the speakers' platform. He had, he thought, done a good job of introducing Mayor Phillips—who was to make the main speech at the laying of the corner- stone for the new public library. Tom glanced toward the mayor, now standing in his characteristic "public speaking" pose, and chuckled inwardly. He had heard Mayor Phillips orate be- fore: "Citizens of Millvale . this great and auspicious occasion . dedicate with pride . beautiful new library . deeply honored." Quite a character, the mayor, but a good man for the office. Conscientious. Genuinely interested in making Millvale a better place in which to live. Today Mayor Phillips began: "My friends, I came here prepared to give the speech I generally give on such occasions —or one very much like it. But while Tom Barrett was talking a few minutes ago I got to thinking about something— and I'll tell you about that instead." The crowd quieted down. "I got to thinking," the mayor went on, "that we all came out here today to dedicate a cornerstone—which, when you look at it in one way, is only a block of stone. "Sure, the cornerstone of the new library means great progress for Millvale. But it seems to me that we have other cornerstones in Millvale that deserve our recognition and tribute even more. "I'm referring to the people who form the foundation on which our town is really built—the people who often go through their whole lives doing good for not have gone . many older folks have others and yet never receive as much ease instead of drudgery in their later public recognition as that piece of stone years. over there. "And so, before we get on with the "I got to thinking that Tom Barrett is new library, I'd like to suggest that we one of those 'hidden cornerstones.' For take time out, right here and now, to pay even though most of us know him—as a public tribute to that 'cornerstone' of member of the school board and the man our community sitting at my left . ." who headed up the fund-raising drive for this new library—very few people Tom Barrett, the New York Life fully realize how much he has done for Agent in Millvale, was half-aware of the FEW OCCUPATIONS offer a man so much in the town as a whole over the years. applause that welled up from the crowd the way of personal reward as life under- beyond the speakers' platform. He writing. Many New York Life agents are "Tom has helped hundreds of men— blinked his eyes a little faster than it is building very substantial futures for them- like myself—plan secure futures for their usual for a man to blink his eyes, even in selves by helping others plan ahead for wives and families. By getting folks in such bright sunlight. theirs. If you would like to know more town to take out life insurance, many about a life insurance career, talk it over widows are able to get along today with- NEW YORK LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY with the New York Life manager in your out suffering hardship . many children 51 Madison Avenue, New York 10, N. Y. community—or write to the Home Office are going to school who otherwise might Naturally ,names used in this story are fictitious. at the address above. Volume 52, Number 6 November 15, 1949 Price, 25 Cents CORNELL ALUMNI NEWS Entered as second-class matter, Ithaca, N. Y. Issued twice a month while the University is in session; monthly in January, February, July, and September; not published in August. Subscription price $4 a year. A. Rich '94; Ralph E. Rogers, Jr., the More Alumni Children Enter University late Mrs. G. O. Wallberg (Ethelyn Brewster) '06; William T. Sperry, Jr., the Than in Any Previous Year late Beardsley N. Sperry '92; and Robert Children and grandchildren of Cornel- Dikeman, the late George J. Dikeman M. Stafford, whose step-grandfather is lians come to the University in ever-in- '91; Elizabeth Ellwood, the late Charles Frank W. McLane '14; and James A. creasing numbers. The annual tabulation A. Ellwood '96; Jeanne M. Herron, Ger- Lee, Grad, grandson of Frederick S. Lee of students who have entered during the ald G. Gibbs '02 and the late Wallace Ίl. calendar year 1949 shows 393 who re- W. Herron '06; Thomas R. Hornor, John Besides these Cornellian forbears and ported that they are direct descendants H. Richards '05; Richard E. Peel, Charles the parents listed below, entering stu- of alumni. This is the largest number yet reported, fourteen more than last year's record total of 379. It is nearly 13 per cent of the 3255 students who have en- Three Cornell Generations tered the University this year, not includ- ing the Medical College. Grandparents Parents Children Mrs. Helen Brewster Owens, Thomas B. Aitcheson '28* Thomas B. Aitcheson Another of Fourth Generation PhD ΊO Clara B. Owens '26 Freshman in Mechanical Engineering George Hall Ashley '89 Carlyle M. Ashley '24 David C. Ashley this fall is James Rogers III, who is the Mary Martin, Sp '95 fourth fourth-generation Cornellian to George A. Benton '71* George A. Benton II '19 Parry C. Benton enter the University. He is the great- Archie C. Burnett '90 Newton C. Burnett '24* Joan Burnett grandson of the late James Rogers '73, Ernest D. Button '99* John L. Button '25 John L. Button Gerow D. Brill '88* Mrs. Marion Brill Carlson grandson of Henry G. Rogers '01, and Mary Williams, Sp '05 '25 Gerow M. Carlson the son of James Rogers II '25 and Mrs. Henry O. Chapman '90* Henry O. Chapman '22 Henry O. Chapman, Jr. Rogers (Margaret Humeston) '28 of Au- Charles E. Clark '76 Ethan M. Clark '09 Dorothy A. Clark Sable Forks. First to enter of the fourth Daniel B. Conklin ΌO* James W. Conklin '27* Hilda W. Conklin generation of uninterrupted Cornell line- Casper L. Cottrell, PhD '28 age was Mrs. Frank Gaenger (Geraldine Robert B. Goodman '94 Pernetta Goodman, Anne L. Cottrell Jenks) '43, in 1939. Her brother, George Grad '23-74 S. Jenks '51, and Rogers's sister, Pauline Fred S. Crum '93* Robert H. Crum '29 Morrison C. Crum B. Rogers '51, entered in 1947.