C ornell Alumni News Volume 49, Number 4 October i, 1946 Price 20 Cents "Through these portals . ."—Cornell Crescent Fenner MR. RUSSELL PATTERSON. DISTINGUISHED DESIGNER AND ILLUSTRATOR Lord Calvert is a matchless blend of the world's finest spirits and most distinguished whiskies. Intended for those who can afford the finest, it is so rare, so smooth, so mellow that it has never been produced except in limited quantities. A "Custom" Blended Whiskey, 86.8 Proof, dj% Grain Neutral Spirits. Calvert Distillers Corporation New York City. New York's First Bank Established 1784 A Leader in the Personal Trust Field for 116 Years BANK OF NEW YORK 48 Wall Street—New York UPTOWN OFFICE: MADISON AVENUE AT 03RD STREET Member Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation Volume 49, Number 4 October 1, 1946 Price, 20 Cents CORNELL ALUMNI NEWS Entered as second-class matter, Ithaca, N.Y. Published twice a month, except monthly in July, August, and September Subscription price $4 a year as did those of no other Colleges. Alumni Reproduction Rates Largest number of children per grad- uate, per married graduate, and per By PROFESSOR WALFRED A. ANDERSON, PhD '29 married graduate with any children OPULATION Reference Bureau better record than for women of com- are reported by Agriculture men. Pof Washington, D. C., with which parable age in the general population. Neither men nor women graduates of the Department of Rural Sociology at Not only did the men of '21 marry any College are replacing themselves, Cornell has been cooperating, shows in much larger proportions than the as a whole.The deficit for replacement is in a study of fifty institutions that the women of that Class, but more of the greater among women than among men. graduates of men's colleges fail to re- marriages produced children. Of the The prospect for the future cannot place themselves by 45 per cent and married men, 79.9 per cent, and of the be viewed with encouragement if the those from women's colleges by 52 per married women, 69.8 per cent had one replacement of Cornell graduates gen- cent. What are the facts for Cornell or more children. The average number erally follows the pattern of the Class graduates? Do they furnish their of children per graduate reporting is of '21. The object should be to in- share of intelligent future citizens up- 1.67 for the men and 1.19 for the crease the proportion of our popula- on which our society depends? women. 2.22 children are needed to tion that includes the intrinsically able To find out the answer to these allow each child to reach the age at people, and here there is a serious questions, the Class of 1921 was asked which the parent graduated. The men falling short. last spring to furnish information on of 1921 are replacing themselves by the number of its children. This Class only 75 per cent and the women of '21 Jobs Open graduated twenty-five years ago last by only 54 per cent. June, so their families are completed JOB BULLETIN of the University and few if any additional children will Population Shrinking J Placement Service for August lists be born to them. They are an ideal When only the married graduates eighty positions available for men and Class, therefore, for making such an are considered, it is found that they a dozen for women. Engineers are analysis. too are not bequeathing a child each most in demand, but other careers are These graduates certainly responded to our population, for the married men also open. For instance, the War De- well. Of the 660 degree holders with average only 1.75 children and the partment needs engineers, economics known addresses, 534 or 81 per cent women only 1.67 children each. The majors, lawyers, administration ma- sent in the information requested. The 2.19 children per Cornell male parent jors, and public welfare students for women told us about their children in and the 2.39 children per Cornell fe- overseas civilian jobs with the Army larger proportions than the men, for male parent cannot therefore, com- of Occupation in Germany, Austria, 86 per cent of them compared with 79 pensate for the infertile marriages and Korea, and Japan; the UN secre-. per cent of the men, gave us the data. the unmarried. tariat wants typists, stenographers, But the proportions are very high for The accompanying table shows that and secretaries, bilingual if possible, both men and women, and these Veterinary alumni and both male and and offers taxless salaries. Cornellians are to be congratulated on female graduates of Arts and Sciences Job Bulletins are sent periodically their cooperation. married in larger proportions than to all alumni registered with the Place- those of other Colleges. But both men ment Service at Willard Straight Hall, 95 Per Cent of Men Married and women graduates of the Law Ithaca, or the Cornell Club of New Cornell men of 1921 can be proud of School who married all had children, York, 107 East Forty-eighth Street. their marriage record. Ninety-five per cent of them married (89 per cent of all men of comparable age married). Number of Children Married There had been only one divorce in Colleges No. Per Per married report- graduate Per graduate Per cent each 20 of these marriages and only ing report- married with Per with one instance of separation: a far finer ing graduate children cent children record than that for men of compar- Male Graduates, 1921 able age in our whole population. Arts 136 1.65 1.74 2.20 94.9 79.1 Only 71 per cent of the Cornell Agriculture 99 1.87 1.99 2.40 93.9 82.8 women of 1921 married. Nearly three Engineering 143 1.50 1.58 2.05 95.1 77.2 out of each ten had remained single. In Law 15 1.43 1.67 1.67 85.7 100.0 Veterinary 1.93 1.93 2.23 100.0 86.7 the general population, 91 per cent of 7 ' the women of comparable age had Total males 400 1.67 1.75 2.19 94.8 79.9 married. With such a relatively low Female Graduates, 1921 percentage of marriage, the chances of Arts 73 1.23 1.64 2.65 75.3 61.8 the women of this Class bequeathing Agriculture 29 1.17 1.79 2.27 65.5 78.9 children to replace themselves is Engineering 4 0.75 1.50 3.00 50.0 50.0 Law 3 1.33 2.00 2.00 67.0 100.0 seriously affected. Among the 1921 Home Economics 25 1.16 1.61 1.93 72.0 83.3 married women, there had been one divorce in each 24 marriages and no Total females 134 1.19 1.67 2.39 71.6 69.8 cases of separation. This too is a much Alumni Trustees Report as Their Terms Expire Reports of the two Alumni Trustees of the University whose five-year terms expired June 30, Robert E. Treman '09 and Tell Berna '12, were distributed at the annual meeting of the Cornell Alumni Association in Bailey Hall, June 22. Treman, who had been Alumni Trustee since 1931, was elected by the Board to fill an unexpired term from last April 16, and re-elected for the five-year term ending June 30, 1951. Berna was elected Alumni Trustee in 1941. Their reports are printed here for the information of alumni. By Robert E. Treman '09 By Tell Berna '12 FTER surviving an economic HE requirement in the by-laws A depression with its integrity Tof the Cornell Alumni Asso- unimpaired, Cornell has now, in ciation that "each Trustee repre- the past five years, come through senting the alumni shall make a another world war with credit and written report to this Association distinction. It can face the new at the end of his term of office" and confused problems of a chang- gives me a welcome opportunity of ing world with faith in its own des- expressing my thanks for the privi- tiny, with confidence in its own lege of membership in the Board leadership. during the past five years. It is an The vitality and scholastic tone experience which any alumnus of the University are demonstrated would enjoy, and one which gives in the fact that in the disruption him a renewed enthusiasm for the of war, and with many of its out- work which Cornell is doing, as standing scholars and experts bor- well as a deep sense of pride in the rowed by the nation, it has main- University. tained its standards of instruction There is a wealth of potential and research. Beyond that, it took Board material among Cornell on and accomplished the super- graduates, and I hope that there imposed task of training and send- will be a growing appreciation ing forth 5,234 competent young among the alumni of the impor- men in the Navy's V-12 college program, eluding as symptomic, these figures on the tance of sending our ablest men and women 4,376 in the Army's Specialized Training wholesome progress of the University's to represent us at Cornell. It is a distinction Program, 1,200 "Diesel engineers, 600 portfolio. that should not be reserved for athletes of steam engineers, 100 Naval Aviation ca- Year Book Value Market Value the pleistocene era, but for those who have distinguished themselves since graduation. dets, 800 deck officers, and more than 1931 $25,179,985 $22,885,598 It is most necessary that we give thought 1,000 midshipmen.