The Undergraduate Publication of ~rinitp
VoL. XVII t HARTFORD, CONN., TUESDAY, DECEMBE;R 7, 1920 No.lO
STRAW VOTE FOR FIRST BASKETBALL PRESIDENTIAL CABINET. NEW PRESIDENT MEETS ALUMNI ASSOCIATIONS. GAME FRIDAY NIGHT. TRIPOD Puts Nominations for De Blue and Gold Quintet to Meet Conn. partmental Heads Before Students. Aggics in Hartford. In order to give the men who elect Friday of this week a new major ed Senator Harding to the presidency sport will open its season, or rather; in the straw vote conducted by the a major sport will be revived. The Eastern Intercollegia~e Newspaper Trinity quintette meets' Connecticut Association before election, THE Aggies in the High School gymna TRIPOD will run-a stra~ vote on the sium. As for the game itself, it is new cabinet dm:ing this week, an certain to be a good one. Storrs nouncing the results of the ballots in turned out a five last season which the issue of December 14. The vote took the measure of Trinity twice, and w'ill be obtained in a house-to-house beat Massachusetts Aggies, rated as canvass, that is, there will be one man one of the strongest team& in New in each house who will record the England. Of their last season's choices of the men there for the heads squad, only\ o-ne man, Lockwood, was of the departments under the new ad lGst by graduation. Therefore, th.ey minis-tration. are certain to have a smooth working The following nominations have team. been made, and seem the best possi Against the Aggies Coach Drew ble, bot h from the standpoint of effi will probably send Captain Tansill ciency in running the departments and Nordlund at guards, Keating at and from the standpoint of political center, and Bolles and Canner at for expediency: wards. These men are working to Secretary 'Of State-Elihu Root of gether well in · practice and show New York or Charles Evans Hughes great scoring power~ Those who Sa.w CJf New York. Tansill and Nordlund working la.st Secretary of the Treasury-H. P. winter saw two guards who put up Davidson of the Red Cross or Gov:er · one of the strongest defensive games nor Frank 0. Lowden of 'Illinois. in New England basketball. With Secretary of War-General Leonard the added expe~;ience they are even Wood or General Clarence Edwtards. better this seaso.n, · and in a<;ldilion, .. they are dropping field goals with ...... pleasing frequency. The Senate at its meeting • The reason last season's team droP last night, recommended that ped most of its games was the lack the mail be distributed in the pf an offense. Both Aggie triumphs, College Union, instead of a.t the the Brown game, the Wesleyan game, janitor's office. and the Worcester Tech. game, in I Hartford, were. lost by a few points, Secretary of Navy-Admiral Sim-s and only Canner's foul shooting kept or Admiral Fiske. Trinity in the running. -Tltis season Attorney-General - Harry M. the story is different. Coach Drew Daugherty of Ohio or former Sena President Ogilby was the guest of Edward T. Sullivan, '89, and G. Gor has several first class forwards to t or Sutherland of Utah. • honor at the annual meeting of the don Nilsson, '16. The Rev. John S. carry the attack, and more will be Secretary of the Interior-Governor Boston alumni at the University Club M'Oses, '15, of Cambridge, Mass., was available after mid-year examina Allen of Kansas or Senator Fall of in Boston last Thursday, when thirty elected president of the New England tions. The bes,t of the forwards New Mexico. four loyal sons of Trinity gathered Alumni Association, t-o succeed Chas. seems to be Bolles, who is proving Secretary of Agriculture---.ilenry C. to hear the new head m the college. F. Weed, '94, president of the First to be even more valuable in ba&ket W~&llace of Des Moines or Dean Ladd President Ogilby spoke on the rela National Bank 'of Boston. ball than he was on the gridiron. of North Dakota. tion of the alumni to the college and Oanner, with more weight and a President Ogilby Guest of Honor. Secretary of Labor-Representative the future · of the college. Other year's experience is showing up well Nolan O'f California or Representative speakers were Mayor Peters of Bos Pr.esident Ogilby was one of the ·as his running mate. Keating at cen John F. Burke of Pennsylvania. ton, Robert Lincoln O'Brien, Editor guests of honor at a dinner and re ter is working smoothly with the more Postmaster-General-Senator Harry of the "Boston Herald", Alumni Sec ception on Friday evening at the experienced men. New or Will Hays. retary T. C. Huds-on, Jr., '14, the Rev. thirty-fifth annual meeting of the Although the above named men Secretary of Commerce-Walter New England Association of Colleges seem to be the best working combi Dickey of Kansas City or A. Tobias and secondary schools. Addresses nation on the floor, o.ther members.. of Her-t of Kentucky. TRIPOD EXPERT PICKS were made by all recently elected . the squad will .undoubtedly be sent MYTHICAL FOOTBALL TEAM. presidents of New England colleges int-o the game. Particularly if the A: T. McCOOK ADDRESSES Amherst and Wesleyan Each Place and by Ex-president Eliot of Harvard. original five rnn up a comfortable POLITICAL SCIENCE CLUB. Three Men. N. Y. U., Williams, Tonight President Ogilby will be lead early in the game, Coach :Orew Alumnus Tells of Conditions in and Springfield Represented. the guest of the New York alumni at will probably send in four or live Western Europe. a dinner at the Hotel McAlpin, fol men t-o see how they behRIVe under Name Position College Anson T. McCook, '02, spoke before lowing the annual business meeting fire ~ Hoard, who played guard 'in the Polit ical Science Club at their Davidson LE Amhers-t of the New York association. several games last season, Brill, who regular monthly meeting held 'Tu_es Adams LT Springfield alternated with Canner at center las.t day evening at the Delta Kappa Ep Leete LG Amiherst At a meeting of the Hartford Alum year, and Mohnkern, whose manager silon house. Mr. McCook spoke on Berlew c W-esleyan ni Associatiort held at the University ial responsibilities kept him on the his observations of Western Europe Hubbell RG Wesleyan Club last evening, Paul M. Butter sidelines will probably see service last summer in comparison with those McFadden RT N.Y. U. worth, '09, was elected president, An · against the Aggies·. of the year before and also touched Waters RE Springfield son T. McCook, '02, vice-pr-esident, Manager Newsom has announced upon the organization of the Inter Boynton (Capt.) QB Williams and Robert S. ·Morris, '16, secretary that all undergraduates will be com national Chamber of Commerce. He Wing RHB Amherst and treasurer. T. C. Hudson, Jr., pelled to pay the regular admission attended their convention, which was Weinheimer LHB N.Y. U. was elected chairman o·f the executive unless they purchase a season ticket, held in Paris last summer, as secre Newhall FB Wesleyan committee, and Harold Chandler and good for · all home games. These tary of the United States- delegation. {Continued on page 4.) William P . Barbour members. tickets are now on s-ale for $2.50. 2 THE TRIPOD
ground that it is practice in exercis-. ing the r ight of suffrage, but the sub ON THE HILL ~be~ripob ject is one in which every thinking IN OTHER YEARS. GOOD GIFTS TO MEN. citizen should be interested, especial Ten Years Ago This ·week: "YORKE:" SHIRTS made of fine TRINITY COLLEGE, ly when the president's advisors have qualit y percales,. corded madras Hartford, Conn. , as many important matters to con Football season ends with and other fancy Shirtings in the 1 Member, Eastern Intercollegiate Newspaper sider as will Harding's cabinet. There seven IVTictorioes and one defeat, neat s·trine effects with soft Association. by West Point. turn-over· cuffs, regular $3.50 should be a hundred per oont. vote and $3.98 garments for $2.63 ea. Published Weekly throuchoat the Collece Y•r• polled at Trinity. Interclass' chess tournament held. OUTING FLAN NEL SHIRTS, gray ones of " Congress" make, Subscribers are urged to r eport promptly One member of the collegiate jour Five Years Ago This Week: with turn-down collars. regular any serious ir r egularity in the r eceipt of $2.50 grade, for $1.98 each. THE TRIPOD. All complaints and business nalistic fraternity wlH~m we advise to Football season ends with two
BRIGHT PROSPECTS FOR 'Jirinity Gold Star Man Honored. SALE ON 1921 BASEBALL TEAM. Two memorial tablets of statuary Likelihood That Nine Will be Very bronze were unveiled at Trinity Strong in Pitching Department. Church, Hartford, on November 14 in fOR YOUNC MEN AHD w tN •HO STAY YOUNG. Everything points to a very suc memory of the .members of the parish cessful baseball season this year. who gave their livtes in the World HERE IS YOUR CHANCE-We offeF Wibh the best of last year's team War and those. who served with the you every SUIT and OVERCOAT in back and a wealth of material in the colo'rs. Among those who made the our store at greatly reduced prices. freshman class, Captain Reynolds ex 'Supreme sacrifice was one Trinity, A large stock of four-button Suits are pects to put out the snappiest outfit graduate, William James Hamersley, included in this sale. , that has yet represented Trinity. ;09. A large numer of members The team will be particularly .strong of the church serving with the in the pitching department. Captain C'olors were Trinity men. The Reynolds and Ortgies of last year's Rev. _Dr. Ernest deF. ,'Mlel, '88, c:::7/f-,.~ team have pitched against strong rector, and the Rev. Samuel Harmon & teams this past s·urnrner and kept in Edsall,. '15, assistant, conducted the 869 MAIN STREET, HARTFORD. the best of condition. In addition to service. these, H. J. Brickley who pitched 'var sity baseball before going into· the service is back and expects to do his share of the twirling. OtJhers back from last y•ear's team are Bowdidge, .... - Cram and Mackinnon. Of the lower classornen who have shown up well in interclass baseball are F. S. Jones, What Is Air? E. S. Robinson, H. M. Sutclid'fe, S·. L. Kennedy, and K. B. Bleeker. The batting was the we~kest de partment of last year' ~ team and a overy vigorous attempt will .be made EFORE 1894 every chemist thought he knew what air is. "A to elirnina·te this fault this year by mechanical mixture of moisture, nitrogen and oxygen, with traces ot hydrogen and carbon dioxide," he would e:xplain. lots of work in the cages. B Several men have been rn,Emtioned There was so much oxygen and nitrogen in a given smnple that he for coach but no definite action has simply determined the amount of oxygen present and assumed the been taken in this• matter as yet. rest .to be nitrogen. Herman Bronkie, who coaehed last One great English chemist, Lord Rayleigh, found that the nitro year, is to manage the 'M'Obile tea.tn gen obtained from the air was never so pure_ as that obtained from in the Southern Association. some cothpound like ammonia. What was 1the "impurity"? In cocoperation with another prorp.inent chemist, Sir William Ramsay, it was discovered in an entirely new gas-"argon." Later came the Jesters Elect. discovery of other rare gases in the atmosphere. The air we breathe At a meeting of The Jesters held contains about a dozen gases and gaseous compounds. Friday, Ikeli!T, '23, was elected as sistant business manager. Wallen, This studY. of the air is an example of research in pure ~ience. '23; was elected property manager, Rayleigh and Ramsay had no practical end in view-merely the dis viee, Puels1 '22, and O'Connor, '24, wa:s covery of new facts. elected art director: O'Connor, '24,
Kneeland; '211 · and Crocker, '24, were A few years ago the Research Laboratories of the General Electric elected to membe:rsltip, and an honor Company began to study the destruction of filatnents in exhausted ary membership was voted .to Profes lamps in order to ascertain how this happened. It was a pure1y sor Morse S. Allen. The Jestets plan scientific undertaking. It was found that the filament evaporated to give another play at Easter. -boiled .away, iike so mucli water. PreSsure will check boiling or evaporatibn. If the presstir'e within Prom Committee. a boiler is very high, it will take more heat than ordinarily to boi1 t1ie watef. WoUld a gas under pressure prevent filaments frbm boiling Chairman Tansill of the Junior away? If so, what gas? H must be a gas that will not combine · Prom Committee has appointed the chemically with the fiiament. The filament would burn in oXy'geri; following men to serve With him: hydrogeh would conduct the heat away foo rapidly. Nitrogen is a Ahearn, Plii Gamma Delta; Brainard, useful gas in this case. It does form a few compounds, liowe'Ver. Alpha Delta Plii; Brown, Alpha Tau Better still is argoh. It forms no compot:uitls at all. Kappa; dunningbam, Alpha Chi Rho; Grime, Sigfua Nu; Myers, Dtiita Phi; ' Thus the modern, efficient, gas"filled lamp appeared, !md so "tgoft, Mohnkern, Delta Kappa Epsilon; which seemed the most Useless gas in the world; found a practical . Newsom, St. Anthony Hall~ Ricliman, application. neutral oody a.hd Nordlmid, ex-Mfictd. . Discover new facts, and their practicat application wilt take care of itself. '97-The Rt. Rev. Chauncey B. And the discovery. of new facts 'is the prifuary ptirpOSe of the Brewster, a lineal descendant of Elder Research. Laborato~ies of the General Electric Company. Brewster, preached the sermon at a meeting of the Society of Mayflower · Sometimes years must elapse before the practical application of a Descendants .held ih New Yin·K:, No discovery becomes apparent, as in the case of' argon; sometimes a vember 21, to celebrate the s·igning practical application fdllows from the. mere answering bf a "theeret of the Mayflower compact. ical" question, as in the case of a gas-filled lamp. But no substantial progress can be mad
which President Ogilby preached. 9~8·11 ' 4 THE TRIPOD
MYTHICAL ELEVEN. believe that Hubbell, of Wesleyan, HUDSON TAKES OFFIOl: AS - and Black, but Captain Hudoon upset (Continued from page 1.) and Leete, of Amherst, are the best ALUMNI SECRETARY. the pre-game analy-sis by playing the of the field. Both men are heavy, Former Athlete Now Filling Position most brilliant football of his career. All-American, all-Eastern, all-Con charge fast and hard, and use their The Wesleyan line crumbled under the ference, all-Western, all-State, all Left Vacant by Resignation of hands well on defense. They diag C. A. Johnson. power of his attack and returned to Connecticut Valley, all sorts of all nose plays quickly and keep their Middletown with a 14 to 0 defeat. mythical gridiron combinations are eyes open every minute. On offense T. C. Hudson, Jr., '14, newly ap The dazzling speed which made appearing in the press since the they open holes well and stay with pointed alumni secretary, took office Huds<>n irresistible on the football Army-Navy clash closed the 1920 their men until the ball is safely past. on December 2. The resignation of field also stood him in good •stead on football season. THE TRIPOD, hQWI The one remaining position, center, is the cinder' path. He won his letter r C. A ..Johnson, '94, took effect on De ever, believes that the following team easy to fill. Only two men Berley.r, in track four times and set college is selected in a unique manner and, of Wesleyan, and Palmer, of Amherst, cember 1. records in four track and field events. although we make no pretentions shawed first grade work during the Hudson brings to his new work the He holds the college record cup for toward expertness in affairs of the seas<>n. Between the two Berlew same enthusiasm, virile decision, and the shot put, hammer throw, and dis gridiron, we do believe :that our se stands superior,. in the roving defen loyalty to Trinity which he displayed cus throw,. and is joint holder of the lection would give strenuous battle siv·e game and is slightly better in as an undergraduate, when he was 120-yard high hurdle record. In ad to any other paper team in the coun opening holes on the offense. one of the most active men in college dition to these events he competed in try. and did more than any other single the 100-yard dash and broad jump. Just what name to give our com man to place the college high up in The athletic fi'eld, however, was not bination is a difficult problem. Our athletic circles. Ever since his grad the only beneficiary of the new alum Delegates at Inauguration. ·idea is to choose eleven men from uation Trinity has benefited by his ni secretary's ability. He served on Trinity's opponents of the past sea Representatives of colleges and active interest and now will enjoy the various committees and developed s.on-these men being, in our opinion, schools at the installation were: Har fruit of his entire thought and ac into one of the biggest men on the the best fur their position, and for vard, the Rt. Rev. William Lawrence; tivity. campus. In his senior year he was team play with their supposed com Yale, Dean Fred S. Jones; Columbia, To the alumni, Huds<>n is perhaps president of the college body, and rades. Necessarily, since the -team is Professor Henry Bedinger Mitchell; most famous for his prowess on thie Class Day president. He is a mem chosen from Trinity's opponents Brown, Dean Otis Everett Randall; gridiron. He entered college from ber of the Sopohomore Dining Club, Nordlund and Bleecker cannot be con Dartmouth, Jacob G. N. Mitchell; Minnesota and immediately clinched The Medusa, and the Psi Upsilon sideved. In our opinion these men University of Vermont, Professor Fraternity. are far superior to all other eligibles George Willis Benedict; Bowdoin, Since leaving college Hudson has for their pos·itions. We place Bleeck President Kenneth C. M. Sills; Middle been employed in Hartford, leaving er above Richmond, of Williams, in bury, Judge Fred H. Allen; Andover the Hart & Hegeman Manufacturing all-round value, although Richmond Theological Seminary, Professor Wil Company to return to Trinity. He is has the better record of points scored. liam A. Arnold; Amherst, Professor President of the Hartford Alumni As The Trinity back was hampered most Raymond G. Gettell; Hobart, Presi sociation for the current year and a of the season by failure of the line to dent Murray Bartlett; Kenyon, the member of the Univers•ity Club of hold. Rev. William H. Dewart; Wesleyan, Hartford. If a vote of the Blue and Gold President William Arnold Shanklin; squad was taken for the best indi Haverford, Dean Frederick Palmer, vidual back on their schedule tKe poll Jr.,; Hartford Theological Seminary, Reitemt>yer Sets Good Example. would be unanimous for Boynton. President William Douglas Macken The Williams field leader combines zie; Mt. Holyoke, Dean Florence Pur John R. Reitemeyar, one of the speed, ··Cool-headed direction of- the ington; University of Buffalo, Profes future Horace Greeleys of the coun play, slippery <>pen field running, and sor Augustus H. Shearer; Tufts, Pro try, and at present assistant Sunday well nigh perfect execution of the fessor William Kendall Dennison; editor of "The Courant", was featured running forward pass. Benny stands Berkeley Divinity School, Dean Wil in that paper in connection with head and shoulders above the quarter liam L. Ladd; Bates, President Clif the Red Cross membership drive. backs. With him in the back field ton D. Gray and Dr. Whitefield N. The paper ran a two-column picture we place NEWhall, of Wesleyan, a fast, Thomp1>on; Massachusetts Institute of of Rahway's favorite son under the plunging full back of the best type. Technology, Dean Alfred E. Burton; caption of "Enlisting in the Red At half back, Wing, of Amherst, has University of Maine, Vice-President CrosoS", showing the former Trinity a shade 'on ail competitors. He is William C. Holden; Worcester Poly football hero in the act <>f surrend ering a dollar. lightning fast, slippery in the open technic Institute, Professor Z. K. THEO. C. HUDSON, JR., '14. :field, and receiv-es forward passes Coombs; Episcopal Theologioo.l School, well. As the other half back W,ein Dean Henry B. Washburn and the ReV'. Edwin D. Drown; Boston Uni bel.mer, N. Y. U. leader, rounds out a the full back berth on the 'varsity. versity, Dean William Marshall War Babylonian Treatise for Library. powerful attack. His specialty is In his sophomore year he was prom off-taclde dashes. This backfield ren; Smith, President William A. Neil inently mentioned for All-American A book containing 180 autograph possesses line plunges, off-tackle son; Clark, President Walface At full back and was placed on Walter texts from Babylonian tablets of the wood; Simmons, Professor Robert M. dashes, end runs, and fony>ard passes, Camp's third mythical eleven of that Ur dynasty has been presented to the Gay; Hartford Public High School, of superior quality and is made up of fall. Perhaps the greatest single library by the
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