CORNELL Alumni News Volume 46 Number 23 JUNE 1 19 4 4 J , \ *.f X •••<-i: 'ί»?:^. ,;:: ^ • Λ .{ *.""*' ••''-•,." Years apro motor and pon- eralor l>πi»lκ's had copper strips or wirr l»ri»tles to con- duct clcelricilv from sta- tionary to rolatinn parl-- tliat's liow they pot III.MΓ name. Carbon is now the material for all sizes of these brushes. THEY HELP BRING THE GIANTS HOME NE OF the "little things" that are contributing Carbon is useful in many other ways to Americans at O greatly to the safety and welfare of our fighting war. Therapeutic lamps, which employ the carbon arc, men, is a special kind of carbon brush used in high- are helping to restore health to sick and wounded men. altitude planes. These brushes are essential to the gen- Activated carbon in gas masks, by absorbing toxic va- erators and motors that supply energy for the radios, pors, is ready to save lives. firing apparatus, gun turrets, bomb bay doors, landing In the two-way radio telephone —the walkie-talkie gear, and other equipment of the planes. A heavy bomber and the handy-talkie—and in hearing aids for the deaf- has more than 40 of these devices requiring brushes. ened, carbon has another pole. Carbon is essential in the Ordinary brushes disintegrate in a few minutes at small, powerful batteries that are used in these devices. altitudes where the air is "thin" and dry. A brush that T would be dependable from take-off to ceiling and would Teachers, designers, and operators of electric motors, generators, have a life of 100 hours or more—had to be found. It and rotary converters are invited to send for "Modern Pyramids'" P"6. 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A Boys7 Camp in the Canadian Woods Cornell University: Founders and the Founding -By Carl Becker "A few universities have been fortunate enough to have their his- tories written by distinguished historians who, as literary stylists, are Boys7 camps, like schools genuine artists. Cornell is the latest addition to this select group." and colleges, in the course of "The twenty pages of the first lecture give a better picture, evalua- time develop an individual tion, and interpretation of the old traditional college and of the edu- character, tone, and traditions cational renaissance in which Cornell was an impressive leader than of their own. Camp Otter the reader will find in poring over dozens of volumes and thousands located on its own private of pages."—Mississippi Valley Historical Review lake in the Muskoka Region of Canada in its 34th year of "Cornell University is of particular interest to western Americans, continuous growth has not only because of its modern attainments and distinction and be- achieved the identity of a cause it is of an age with the University of California, but also because rugged, wholesome, active it was the chief beneficiary of the Morrill Act of 1862 and thereby be- camp that boys thoroughly en- came the most favored land grant college." joy and parents trust. "Professor Becker has had no qualms about throwing in commenta- tive asides that are humorous, bantering, philosophical, or shrewdly A Cornell Institution skeptical, and where ordinary speech seemed inadequate or flat he Years ago, boys who went has unhesitatingly enriched it with slang."—Pacific Historical Review to Camp Otter passed on to the University and were active in athletics and other Cornell • "The author's thorough investigation has brought to light new and activities. Now many of these valuable material on the history of Cornell. But perhaps the greatest dads are sending their own merit of the book lies in the penetrating judgment with which events sons to Camp Otter and go on and persons are appraised. The review of the Morrill Act and the New to enter Cornell. York land grant and the characterizations of Ezra Cornell and Andrew D. White command unqualified admiration." Camp Otter Is Fun "It was a happy thought to include in the volume the address In an unusual primitive 'The Cornell Tradition: Freedom and Responsibility/ which Professor setting in an unspoiled lake Becker delivered on the seventy-fifth anniversary of the signing of the region, boys at Camp Otter charter. This is not merely an account of the Cornell heritage but a have many wholesome thrills. brilliant justification of free inquiry."—American Historical Review Their parents see marked im- provement in attitude, dis- No Class Reunions in Ithaca this June— position, and many other per- but that gives you time to read about the sonality traits. Founders and the Founding. (240 pp., $2.75) I With a heavy early-season enrollment there are just a few vacancies. Write immediately for Camp Booklet. Order through your Bookseller or directly from HOWARD B. ORTNER 19 Cornell University Press Director Ithaca 254 Crescent Ave., Buffalo, N. Y. Please mention the CORNELL ALUMNI NEWS PRIVATE ENTERPRISE (continued) New York's First Bank Personal Trusts Established 1784 Since 1830 ΓΐOΏl HERE was something home- vidual proprietary interests, sys- Tspun and satisfying about that tematically combined. quaint word, "Prop'r " Appearing The proprietary instinct in man on letterheads and signboards, it is so deep-rooted, so intertwined was more than an identification with concepts of justice, liberty of management. It was a symbol and happiness, that to suppress or of individual pride, independ- diminish it in the slightest is to ence, hard-earned experience handicap human nature and re- and authority without benefit of tard progress. bureaucracy. The energy and know-how that When "Prop'r " was supplanted can best provide the houses, cloth- by "Inc." the change simply meant ing, food, medicine, and all the multiple proprietors, as well as facilities and comforts of living for more horsepower, more workers, mankind do not come from state more salesmen, more products, ownership. They come from per- more research, faster progress. It sonal initiative and independence has been too easy to forget that which, as plain facts of history, our American corporations, no have been the great obstacles to matter how large, are still indi- tyranny and dictatorship. BANK OF NEW YORK 48 Wall Street—New York 15 UPTOWN OFFICE: MADISON AVENUE AT 63RD STREET Commercial Banking Executor and Trustee Volume 46, Number 23 June 1, 1944 Price, 20 Cents CORNELL ALUMNI NEWS Subscription price $4 a year. Entered as second class matter, Ithaca, N.Y. Published the first and fifteenth of every month. By Prof. M. L. Hulse, PhD '34 Post-War Education Education OW well new teachers going out Symposium Continues H now to begin their careers in wartime make the adjustment to the By Dean Gilmore D. Clarke Ί3 stitute the minimum period for train- requirements of peace will surely depend upon the nature and quality Architecture ing. It may be decided, however, that these ten terms be given within a of their preparation for teaching. HAT the impact of this long period of four years, including two The preparation of teachers at Cor- period of conflict will result in T summers to be devoted almost ex- nell rests solidly on the belief that manifold changes in certain areas of clusively to architectural design, something to teach, i.e., a thorough the Nation's post-war activity, due rather than within a period of five knowledge of a field of subject-matter, largely to stimulated technological years, -as has obtained until recently. is one of the essential qualifications of developments, there is little doubt. Since last July 1 and for the duration a teacher. Since the knowledge re- These changes will be reflected in the of the war, the curriculum has been quired of the teacher is no longer re- practice of architecture, and hence, shortened from ten to eight terms, stricted to the narrow range of a single the professional schools must prepare with three sixteen-week terms each subject, fields of preparation have to review their programs of instruc- year. been organized that are both extensive tion in order to make whatever ad- While the most important activity and intensive in their coverage. For justments in their curricula that seem example, a student may major in necessary. of this College is the training of architects, there are several other History, but he is expected to carry Experience indicates that the suc- areas of study open to students. substantial work in Economics, So- cessful architect must encompass a ciology, and Government as well. broader field than the mastery of Broaden Landscape Training Similarly, the prospective teacher of those skills which make him tech- science is expected to have a working nically competent; he must have a The profession of landscape archi- knowledge of biology, the physical broad cultural training, at once a tecture has been broadened during the sciences, and the earth sciences, and mark of distinction. Whether or not last two decades, due largely to the is urged to prepare also in mathe- the graduates in Architecture at Cor- increase in the number of important matics.