Trinity College Alumni News, December 1940

GoODWIN WOODWARD TRINITY COLLEGE ALUMNI NEWS DECEMBER I940 An Invitation Another Dormitory In appreciation for the loyalty and generosity A new dormitory costing approximately of alumni in making possible the construction of $150,000 will be erected at the College before the the Woodward-Goodwin dormitory, the College opening of classes next September. invites the donors to be present at a formal dedi This building, the gift of an anonymous donor, cation of the building on Saturday afternoon, will be con tructed at the north-east corner of December 14, 1940, at half past he. :\ buffet \ 'ernon and Summit Streets. It will provide supper will be served in the Common Room of housing for 26 students ancl two faculty members the new dormitory at six o'clock. and their wives. For the benefit of alumni who may desire to Plans for the building, .which will be of brick spend that weekend at the College, notice 1s construction, are being prepared by two Alumni. given that on Saturday morning and afternoon Robert B. O'Connor '16 and C . B. F. Brill ' 19, there will be held at the Coll ege a conference on New York Architect .. "Language and Democracy" with discussions There will be 13 double suites for Juniors and led by Professor I. A. Richards of England and Seniors who are unable to secure rooms in frater Harvard, Professor Max Lerner of \Yilliams, nity houses. Dr. Ogilby says the number of men Professor R. B. Perry of Harvard and Professor from any one fraternity living in the dormitory Theodore Greene of Princeton. ln the evenin_g will be limited. There will also be a dining hall our basketball team will play Yal in the Hop which will be rented by the College to the Delta kins Street gymnasium. Psi Fraternity. Alumni donors who expe~t to be present for the supper are asked to notify the Alumni·Secretary It is understood that additions to this build in advance so that proper provision may be made. ing could be made in the future should it become necessary. The lot, approximately 190 feet square, was purchased by the College in June, 1939. Alumni Associations BERKSIIIRE HUDSON VALLEY PITI'SBURGH Prl':..: Geo rge.~ . l!(.·y . ':W l'rrs. : \\'m. R. O'Uryon. '37 Prr.'i .: II ill UurJ,twin . 'Oti -'t'r .. Br) ant \Y. Grcf' n, ':j I .'•ia.: Rev. Paul Armstrong, '30 l'ia -l'res.: John ll. ~loorc. ' I:! Src.: joseph lluffington. Jr .. ' I~ 1'reas.: j. G. ;\larks, Jr.. '33 BOSTON NAUGATUCK VALLEY RHODE ISLAND l'ro.: ~athanit.• l T. Clark. ';3 I Prt>s. : B. B. Hailey, 't.i l'rrs.: Louis \\'. Downes. ' \ l ~t -Prt .\ . : \ 'cry Rl'\". j. :\1. :\h:Gann. ·u.-, S rc. : E. S. \\'otkyns. '2!) :;u.: Stunner \V. Shepherd. ' l!J ·"t't.: ~1onon S. CrchorC', '14 Treas.: P. E. Fenton. '17 CIIICAGO NEW HAVEN ROCHESTER l'rf,, ,: t'harlt·s T. King:"ton, Jr .. ·:n l'rrs.: E. G. Schmitt, 'Hi Prts.: C. Edward Cram. ':l:l S ec.: . \. Onderdonk, '34 l'ict-Pres.: F. C. Ouennebier. 'J,j :;ec.: llarry C. Olson. ':J.j DETROIT NEW YORK SPRINGFIELD fJrt'S.: ~onon h·es, ·w Pres.: F. T. Tansill. '22 Prrs.: Paul F. H errick, '12 Src.: j anll'S B. \\'t•bher. jr. '34 l 'ice-l'res.: .\. j. L'Heureux. '13 Src.: Kenneth ll. Case. '13 Dr. jerome P. \\'cbster. '10 Stanley P. ~Iiller, '23 Robert 0. l\luller, '31 Sec.: Fred C. Hinkel, jr.. '00 W ASIIINGTON IIARTFORD BALTIMORE l'rn. : Jwlgl' Alex. \\'. CrccOon, 'fY.I PIIILADELPHIA !'res. : Paul 11. Alling. '20 I itt·- l'ro.: Raymond .-\. 1\lonlgomcry, '1,) Pres.: R. E. Kinney, '15 l'ict-Pus .: I. Laucks Xanders, 'OY ."H't.: I larry j. ~h:Kniff, 'lfi :;ec.: C. T. Easterby. 'Hi Sec.: Theodore C. ll udoon. · LL 2 Gutenberg Celebration Dr. A. S. W. Rosenbach showin~ his first edition of the Bay Psalm Book to Dr. Ogilby and three lineal descend ants of the :.1en who prepared it. Left to right: Dr. Rosenbach, President Ogilby, William G. Mather, Professor Herbert Weld and John Eliot. One of the most important days in the history its pages. During the removal of the volume a of Trinity College was November 3rd when a hymn was sung from Day's Psalter of 1562. special ·service was held in the Chapel to com Then Professor Charles G. Osgood of Princeton memorate the SOOth anniversary of printing. read from the second volume of the Bible. With ritual befitting the occasion, che service Mr. Richardson Wright '10, who gave the was conducted from original copies of the Guten address of the day, spoke on the history of books, berg Bible and the Bay Psalm Book. It was a their aesthetic qualities and their significance in fitting climax to the series of nation-wide celeb character building. rations which began last January at Columbia Seated near the choir stalls were William G. University. Mather of Cleveland, Professor Herbert Weld of Following President Ogilby's invocation, Dr. Cornell and John Eliot of Clinton, Connecticut, :\. S. W. Rosenbach presented a copy of the Bay descendants of the co-authors of the Bay Psalm Psalm Book to Mr. William G. Mather, a lineal Book. This book and the two volumes of the descendant of Richard Mather its editor and Gutenberg Bible were lent to the College for the chief compiler. Mr. Mather then gave the occasion by Dr. Rosenbach and Mr. J. Pierpont Book to Dr. Ogilby who began the ceremony of Morgan respectively. lining out the verses half a stanza at a time. l\.Jargaret B. Stillwell, curator of the Annmary The process of alternate lining and singing con Brown Memorial in Providence wrote in the New tinued thoroughout the First Psalm. York Herald Tribune that such an experience as The first volume of the Gutenberg Bible, with she had at this service was one of those rare a fanfare of trumpets, was brought from the times when "those who are present at a ceremony Sacristy to the hancel and down to the Lectern. realize even as it progresses that history is in Professor Edward K. Rand of Harvard read from process of being made." 3 Degrees A warded tn I 940 Edward G. McKay '17 Eliot L. Ward '13 Ronald E. Kinney '15. Received Bachelor Degrees at Commencement, 1940, nunc pro tunc. Doctor Of Laws Master of Arts The Honorable Raymond Earl Baldwin. Philip Bartlett Gale of Bloomfield, Conn Governor of the State of Connecticut. Under ecticut, a civic leader in Hartford. Much of his Governor Baldwin, a graduate of Wesleyan Uni time has been spent reviving the Old People's versity and a resident of Stratford, Connecticut Home and the Hartford Hospital. He is also an has had a notably forward-looking business-like amateur in the field of the fine arts. He is chair administration. The Governor's personal in man of the board of the Hartford Machine Screw tegrity, ability and vitality have made him an Company and the Standard Screw Company. outstanding example of the type of leader we John Gregory Wiggins of Pomfret, Conn need in public office. ecticut. In woodcarving Mr. Wiggins has attain ed pre-eminence. His work in the Chapel at Doctor of Divinity Trinity College is considered by experts the best carving in the United States. His skill has also The Rev. Roelif Hasbrouck Brooks, the been shown at St. Paul's School and elsewhere. class of 1900 of Trinity College. The Reverend Dr. Brooks is the Rector of St. Thomas Church William A. Bird '12 was awarded an honorary - in New York City. Master of Arts degree after giving the address to members of the class of 1944 at matriculation The Rev. John Fields Plumb. Dr. Plumb, exercises in the College Chapel, October 30th. a member of the class of 1891, is Executive Sec Mr. Bird has recently returned from France retary of the Episcopal Diocese of Connecticut where he was foreign correspondent for the New and Treasurer of Christ Church Cathedral, York Sun. He is now on the editorial staff of Hartford. that paper in New York City. 4 Trinity College Ambulance Louis Schuler Professor Perkins The students of the College, under the inform The fund is now approaching $800 and it is al leadership of William G. Wendell, Instructor hoped that the balance can be raised from pro in French, are endeavoring to raise in various ceeds from the Jesters' play. They are present ways the sum of $1350.00 for an ambulance to be ing Ten Nights in a Barroom at the Avery Mem given to the British American Ambulance Corps orial Tuesday Dec. 17 and Thursday Dec. 19 at which has already equipped over 250 of these 8:15. The Senate has underwritten the expense vehicles. of the performance so that every dollar received The cost of the ambulance is $1050.00 with full from the sale of tickets will go to the Ambulance equipment. The additional $300.00 is to be Fund. placed at the disposal of the British Red Cross Alumni will find this an evening of full enjoy to keep it in the field one year. In the case of an ment as well as one devoted to a noble cause. ambulance coming from one group of donors, a plaque is attached to it showing it is a single gift. With the approval of the Senate a campaign Trinity College Jesters was started by which contributors buttons were Hartford, Connecticut. sold to undergraduates and faculty members for one dollar each.

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