ALPRED UNIVERSIT'' Pounded 1836 Year Book, 1932=33 BOARD OF TRUSTEES Officers 0RRA s. ROGERS, President Plainfield, N. J. JOHN J. llfERRILL, Vice-president Albany CURTIS F. RANDOLPH, Treasurer Alfred D. SHERMAN BURDICK, Secretary Alfred 1 Trustees Term expires in June, 1933 Hon. HORACE B. PACKER, LL. D. Wellsboro, Pa. WILLIAM C. CANNON, Pb. B., LL. D., '94 New York Hon. JOHN J, MERRILL, Ph. lli., LL. D., '84 Albany JUSTIN B. BRADLEY Hornell NATHAN E. LEWIS, M. E., Sc, D. Plainfield, N. J. l\lrs. SHIRLEY E. BROWN Hornell ASA F, RANDOLPH, A. B., '93 P.lainfield', N. J. HERBERT G. WHIPPLE, A. B., '87 Yonkers ELIE E. FENNER Alfred LANGFO!tD C. \VHITb'ORD, B. s., '12 :Wellsville C. Loo~ns ALLEN, Sc. D. Alfred Term expires in June, 1034 Prof. EDWDI H. LEWIS, Ph. D., LL. D., '87 Chicago, Ill. JUDSON G. ROSEBUSH, A. 11!., LL. D., '00 Appleton, Wis. Dr, llIARCUS L, CLAWSON, Ph. B., 111. D., '90 Plainfield, N. J. Supt. HENRY 111. MAXSON, A. M., Ped. D. Plainfield, N. J. Hon. GEORGE L. BABCOCK PlainfieUI, N. J. CLARENCE W. SPICE!t Toledo, 0. Pres. BOOTHE C. DAVIS, Ph.D., LL. D., '90 Alfred STEPHEN C. ROSEBUSH, A. B., '05 Appleton, Wis. CURTIS F. RANDOLPH Alfred \VILLIAM R. CLARKE New York CORLISS F, RANDOLPH, A. 111., L. H. D., '88 Newark, N. J, Term expires in June, 1935 l\Irs. w. L. AMES New York 0RRA s. ROGERS, B. s., LL. D., '94 Plainfield, N. J. D. SHERMAN BURDICK, Ph, B., '82 Alfred Dr. WINFRED L. POTTER, Ph, B,, 111. D.', '00 Syracuse l\liss FLOltENCE W,,HATCH F,riendship JOHN P. HERRICK Olean B. SHEFFIELD BASSETT Alfred ALFRED A. TITSWORTH, C. E., Sc. D., Alfred L. CLIFTON BOYCE, Ph. B., '88 Alfred l\lrs. HARRY BRADLEY Wellsville \VILLIAM C. HUBBARD, l\I. S, Plainfield, N. J. Officers of the University Corporation" For the year ending June, 1933 JOHN J. MERRILL President WINFRED L. POTTER Vice President D. SHERMAN BURDICK Secretary Standing Committees of the Board E(/)eoutive ELIE E. FENNER, Chairman D. SHERMAN BURDICK, Secretary B. SHEFFIELD BASSETT JOHN J. MERRILL L. CLIFTON BOYCE C. LOOMIS ALLEN BOOTHE C. DAVIS 0RRA 8. ROGERS CURTIS F. RANDOLPH HERBERT G. WHIPPLE ALFRED A. TITSWORTH Teaohing Force BOOTHE C. DAVIS CORLISS F. RANDOLPH HENRY M. MAXSON Buildings and Grounds BOOTHE C. DAVIS JOHN J. MERRILL C. LOOMIS ALLEN JUDSON G. ROSEBUSH LANGFORD C. WHITFORD CLARENCE W. SPICER NATHAN E. LEWIS Supplies and Janitors CURTIS F. RANDOLPH B. SHEFFIELD BASSETT BOOTHE C. DAVIS Printing and Advertising BOOTHE C. DAVIS CURTIS F. RANDOLPH JOHN J. MERRILL Auditor and Attorney I(ERBERT G. WHIPPLE 1nvestment 0RRA s. ROGERS, Chairman NATHAN ;EJ. LEWIS ASA F. RANDOLPH D. SHERMAN BURDICK ELIE E. FENNER c. Loo~IIS· ALLEN WILLIAM C. HUBBARD L. CLIFTON BOYCE WILLIAM C. CANNON Finance C. Loo~ns ALLEN, Chairman BOOTHE .C. DAVIS GEORGE L. BABCOCK 0RI\A S. ROGER!/ WILLIAM C. CANNON CURTIS F. RANDOLPH JUDSON G. ROSEBUSH NATHAN E. LEWIS ASA F. RANDOLPH WINFRED L. POTTER JUSTIN B. BRADL1!lY Insurance C. Loo~ns ALLEN, Chairman CURTIS F. RANDOLPH 0RRA S, ROGERS D, SHERMAN BURDICK To Verify Securities E. E. FENNER, Chairma~ For three years JUSTIN B. BRADLEY For two years LEROY SMITH · For one year George B. Rogers Professorship of Industrial. Mechanics, Mechanical, Library and Apparatus Fund C. Loo~ns ALLEN E, FRITJOF HILDEBRAND ALFRED A, TITSWORTH. Library Director Representing the Board of Trustees CORLISS F, RANDOLPH Health Service BOO'.l.'HE C. DAVIS MARCUS L. CLAWSON J. NELSON NORWOOD. DORA K, DEGEN IRWIN A. CONROE ,. Committee on Heating Equipment and Operation NATHAN E. LEWIS, Chairman CLARENCE W, SPICER C. Loo~ns ALUJN ELIE E, FENNER CURTIS F, RANDOLPH Committee on Electrical Equipment and Operation C. Loo~ns ALLEN, Chairman. NATHAN E, LEWIS CLARENCE W. SPICER ELIE E, FENNER CURTIS F, RANDOLPH Library Directors BOOTHE c. DAVIS, President (em-officio) CORTEZ R. CLAWSON, Librarian (em-officio). J. NELSON NORWOOD, ,:epresentlng Faculty CORLISS F. RANDOLPH, representing Trustees HERBERT G. WHIPPLE, representing Alumni Board of Managers of New York State College of Ceramics Elected by the Trustees of the University BOOTHE C. DAVIS, President, Alfred D. SHlilllMAN BURDICK, Alfred WILLIAM R. CLARKE, New York JOHN J. MERRILL, Albany B. SHEFFIELD ];lASSETT, Alfred R. H. PASS, Syracuse AMORY HOUGHTON, Corning Board of Visitors of School of Agriculture Elected by the Trustees of the University BooTKE .C. DAVIS, President Alfred A. A. '.rI'.l'SWORTH Alfred B. SHEFFIELD BASSETT Alfred L. CLIFTON BOYCE Alfred WILLIAM R. CLAR.rm. New York City IULIE E. FENNER Alfred JOHN J. JlfERRILL Albany n·. SHER~IAN BURDICK Alfred C. Loo~IIS ALLEN Alfred Ex-Officio Members HON. C .H. BALDWIN Albany State Commissioner of Agriculture DR, FFANK PIERRIBPONT GRAVES Albany State Commissioner of Education DH. C. E. LADD Ithaca Dean, State College of Agriculture UNIVERSITY F AOULTY, 1932-1933 Boothe Colwell Davis, Pb. D., LL. D., President John Nelson Norwood, A. M., Pb. D., Dean-History and Political Scie1lce Dora Kenyon Degen, Pb. B., A. M., Dean of Women-Religions Edu- cation , Waldo Alberti Titsworth, A. i\I., i\I. S., Registrar-1\Iathematic~ Cortez Randolph Clawson, Litt. B., A. M., Librarian-Library Economy Irwin Alexander Conroe, A. B., A. M., Assistant Dean-English and Public Speaking ,Tames Currie McLeod, B. D., A., M., Chaplain, Pastor of Union Church Frede.rick Washington Ross, B. S., i\I. S., Curator of i\Iuseum-Geologr and Botany • Arthur Elwin Main, A. i\I., D. D., L. H. D., Dean of Seminary­ Theology Charles Fergus Binns, Sc. D., Director of State College of Ceramics Emeritus i\Iajor Edward Holmes, A. i\f., Ph. D., Dean of State College of Cer­ an1ics-Ceramic ~rechnology Archie Earl Champlin, Ph. B., Director of State School of Agriculture -Rural Economics and Parliamentary Law George Wallace Smith, Superintendent of State School Farm Paul Abbott, B. S.-Extension Courses Charles Rhodimer Amberg, B. S., i\I. S.-Ceramic Engineering **Austin DeMell Bond, B. S., A. l\I.-Biology Harold Orlando Boraas, A. B., A. M.-Philosophy and Education Charles David Buchanan, A. l\I., Ph. D.-German Harold Ormond Burdick, A. B., A. M.-Biology Wendell Moses Burditt, B. S., A. l\I.--English and Dramatics Gilbert Whitney Campbell, B. D., A. M., Ph. D.-Philosophy and Edu- cation Marie Louise Cheval, A. B., A. l\L-Romance Languages Willard Ray Cone, B. S., M. S.-Agronomy and Fruit Growing Warren Pratt Cortelyou, B. S.-Ceramic Chemistry Burton Benjamin Crandall, A. B., l\I. B. A.-Economics George Dinsmore, B. S.-Extension Courses Miles Ellis Drake, A. l\I., Ph. D.-History Beulah Nowland Ellis, Pb. B., Ed. B., A. M.~English Eva Lucile Ford, A. B., A. l\I.-Romance Languages Marion Lawrence Fosdick-Ceramic Art and Modeling Carl Furrer, B. S.-Extension Courses John Galloway-Physical Education and Coach of Athletics Ruth Patience Greene, A. B., Assistant Librarian-Library Economy Walter Lackey Greene, B. D., D. D.-Biblical Languages, Church His- tory Charles Mabry Harder-Drawing and Ceramic Art Ildra Alfreda Harris, A. B., A. i\I.-Romance Languages Erma Belle Hewitt-Metal Work Emmett Fritjof Hildebrand, B. S., A. 11I.-Industrial Mechanics l<'rank Earley Lobaugh, B. S.-Ceramic Engineering James Adelbert i\IcLane, B. P. E.--Physical Education Clarence William l\Ierritt, B. S.-Ceramic Engineering JDrle McKinley l\IJ·ers, B. S.-Dairy Industry Garrett Stewart Nease, Mus: B., A. 111., Ph. D.-Classical Languages Clara Katherine Nelson-Drawing and Design Paul Boyd Orvis, B. S.-Regional Supervisor of Agricultural Educa- -- · tion Lester Raymond Polan, A. B., l\I. S.-Matheniatlcs Clifford Mlller Potter, B. S., llf. S.-Physics Murray John Rice, A .. l\L, Ph. D.-Ceramic Chemistry George Stephen Robinson-Po1\1try Husbandry Lloyd Watson Robinson, B. S., A. 111.-Animal Husbandry Paul Canfield Saunders, .M. S., Ph. D.-Chemistry. Samuel Ray Scholes, A: llf., Ph. D.-Glass Technology Ada Becker Seidlin--Pianoforte Joseph Seidlin, 111. S., A. l\I., Ph. D.-11Iathematlcs Nathalie Marie Shepard-Physical Education Lelia Evelyn Tupper, A. B., A. l\f.-English Edgar Donald Van Horn, B. D., A. 11I., D. D.-Theology Willis llfartin Van Horn, A. B., A. l\L, Ph. D.-Biology Lloyd Raymond Watson, A. 11I., Ph. D.-Director of Research David William Weaver, Jr., B. S., l\L S.-Chemistry Alfred Edward Whitford, A. M., Sc.' D.-Mathematics Leland Ellis Williams, B. S.-Industriul l\Iechanics Ray Winthrop Wingate-Music * Died January 29, 1933 •• Absent on leave PRESIDENT'S REPORT 9 THE PRESIDENT'S ANNUAL REPORT To the Trustees of Alfred University: The President has the honor to, submit his thirty-eighth annual report, namely, for the ninety-seventh year of Alfred University, beginning June 15, 1932 and ending June f3, 1933. The senior member of our University Faculty, Dean Arthur E. Main of the Department of Theology and Religious Education, passed away during the year; also _Miss Dorothy E. Hallock, an assistant instructor in the State College of Ceramics; and a student, a member of the freshman class, Miss Katherine V. Wilks. Otherwise, general good health has prevailed among the trustees, faculty and students of the University. Necrology Arthur Elwin Main, eldest son of Daniel Case and Har, riet Robbins Main, was born near Adams Center, Jefferson County, New York, on August 23, 1846. He received his early education in district and select schools, with short terms at Hungerford Collegiate Institute, Adams; Whitestown Semin­ ary; and Troy Academy. He was graduated from the Uni­ versity of Rochester in 1869, and from Rochester Theological Seminary in 1872.