ONiY strange shapes of glass and metal! Yet it's the electron tube that gives radio its tongue, that brings to your firesicle music played a thousand miles away. It's the electron tube that leads ships through fog, guides airplanes through darkness, peers unwinkingly into white-hot crucibles, directs the surgeon's knife, and is becoming one of the greatest weapons against disease. It tests the safety of castings and welds, matches the color of dress goods, and unerringly detects manufacturing errors that the human eye cannot discern. A few years ago, it was only a laboratory device. Today, it is weaving an invisible net­ work of service about man's daily life. Tomorrow, it will do things that were never done before. Continual development in electron tubes is only one of the contributions made by G-E research-research that has saved the public from ten to one hundred dollars for every dollar it has earned for General Electric. 96-180DH GENERAL.ELECTRIC ROCHESTER ALUMNI REVIEW OFFICIAL PUBLICATION OF ASSOCIATED ALUMNI, UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER President: Percival D. Oviatt, '98 Vice-Presidents: Cornelius R. Wright, '09, Rochester; Leslie E. Freeman, '15, New York; James Bruff Forbes, '99, Oak Park, Ill.; Hon. Clarence MacGregor, '97, Buffalo; Howard S. LeRoy, '14, Washington, D. C.; Earl W. Taylor, '07, Boston, Mass. Dr. Mitchell Bronk, '86, Philadelphia, Pa.; Wesley C. Buck, '29, Albany. Treasurer: Raymond G. Phillips, '97 . Secretary: Hugh A. Smith: '07 Board of Managers: Hon. William F. Love, '03; Jacque L. Meyers, '06; Matthew D. Lawless, '09; Cornelius R. Wright, '09; Burt F. Ewell, '14 Alumni Council--elass Represent.atives Dr. G. H. Fox, '67 Dr. M. 1. Casey, '95 G. W. Ramaker, '09 J. F. Bush, Jr., '2.2- J. T. Alling, '76 A. 1. Vedder, '96 R. B. Lewis, 'l() W. Dutton, '1.3 R. B. Wickes, '78 R. G. Phillips, '97 M. G. Newcomb, 'II W. H. Ewell, '1.4 S. S. Brown, '79 Dr. C. N. Jameson, '99 H. N. Kenyon, '11. C. W. Lauterbach, '1.5 G. A. Gillette, '81. F. J.. Withington, '00 J. 1. Merrell, '13 H. Vicinus, '1.6 W. B. Hale, '85 E. ,Roeser, '01 B. FEwell, '14 J. W. Thorne, '1.7 E. C. Denton, '87 H. F. Morris, '01. R. F. Barry, '15 W. W. Collamer, i8 A. J. Merrell, '88 . J. R. Wilson, '03 S. C. Adsit, '16 H. F. Teute, '1.9 H. W. Bramley, '90 O. Barker, '04 J. W. Remington, '17 H. .J. Kemp, .'30 1. M. Brickner, '91 E. E. Morris, '05 E. M. Ogden, ,18 1. H. Thornton, '91. J. 1. Meyers, '06 K. B. Keating, '19 N. E. Spencer, '93 R. H. Wellington, '07 C. R. Dalton, '1.0 J. R. Webster, '94 H. E. Akerly, '08 F. W. Orr, '1.1 Faculty Representative: V. J. Chambers, '95. Members at Lart:e: H. D. Shedd, '95;J. P. Morse, '95; E. Raines, '02; G. T. Sullivan, '07; E. A. Paviour, '10; Dr. B. J. Slater, '10; L. O. Wilder, 'II; R. N. Ball, '14- TABLE OF CONTENTS Page Plans for Inauguration of President Valentine. ................................... 3 Great Individualities in Rochester's History (Akeley). .... .. 5 Alumni Homecoming. ........................................................ 6 A New Work by Harold Gosnell ,.... .. ........... .. 6 A Panoramic View of Modern Palestine (Heinrichs). ............................. 7 War Can Be Outlawed (Spencer) "............. 9 University Day Guests ". ............................................... 9 University Opens under Favorable Auspices. ..................... .. :........... 10 Wells to Get Weld , '..... .. ....... .. 12 Dr. Rhees Alters Winter Plans ".. 12 Chicago Sends Record Delegation. ........................................... .. 12 Some Mental Pictures of Professor Forbes (Pattison). .......................... .. 13 Reading Guide. ............................................................ .. 14 Another Rochester History '. ............... .. 14 Editorials 15-16 Alumni Legacies Growing ".............................. .. 16 College Average Sets New High. ............................................. .. 17 Pretty Good for an Old Fellow ~ ............................... .. 17 Athletics: Football Disappointments (Lawless)-Winter Sports Schedules 17-18 Campus Crisps 18-19 Numeral Notations " 19-21 In Memoriam ,.,, '. ', ,', .,, .: ': ,.,,,, .. :. ',' 21-24 Eastman Theatre Auditorium Will Witness the Two Principal Convocations of Inaugural Ceremonies • oc ester eVlew Of·.gY·AND -FOR Tfi-E ALUMNI Or T-H€ UNIV-ERSITY Or -ROCfi€ST-E-f> VOL. XIV OCTOBER • NOVEMBER • 1935 No.1 Alumni will join PLANS FOR INAUGURATION OF undergraduates in opening session of PRESIDENT VALENTINE two-day ceremony The University of Rochester has a new president­ An early problem confronting the inaugural committee almost. For reality and official sanction are at variance this was the accommodation of all of the interested public and early autumn in the status of Alan Valentine. Although 'uni­ friends of the University in even so large an auditorium as versally hailed as "President" Valentine, in which capacity that of the Eastman Theatre. This is quickly apparent when he has been actively functioning since the beginning of the it is known that, in addition to the undergraduates, more academic year, his right to that title will not be officially than 10,000 individual invitations have beed issued to a established, according to the laws of the Medes and Per­ list of other institutions, alumni and alumnae of all schools sians, until the inaugural cer~mony on Friday morning, of the University, academic and other distingU:ished guests, November 15, following a ceremony of welcome and other some 2,000 citizens of Rochester and members of the Uni­ exercises on Thursday, November 14. versity faculties. Had Dr. Valentine been inducted into office immediately To help meet this situation the program has been extend­ upon reaching Rochester, he could scarcely have been more ed over two days, with exercises in the Eastman Theatre active than he has been since his arrival at the Eastman House on the evening of Sunday, September 15, to be fol­ lowed later in the week by Mrs. Valentine with their young son and daughter. His first full day here saw him make his bow as a civic figure, when, on September 16, he spoke at the opening dinner of the J. Y. M. A. building equipment campaign, of which Raymond N. Ball, '14, vice-president of the University, was the general chairman. The new president-to-be has spoken at student convoca­ tions of the several University schools and at the first Col­ lege Night Supper and, with Mrs. Valentine, has graciously responded to many social demands on his time, at the var­ ious teas, receptions and other events of the fall season. He has participated in faculty and other administrative meet­ ings. On October 30 he was guest at a dinner given in his honor by the Rochester Chamber of Commerce. And through it all he has been steadily acquainting himself with the many phases of his new job, as well as preparing for his inauguration. Plans for this latter, significant function, in process of formulation since last summer, are of undoubted interest to the readers of this magazine, to judge from the many inquiries which have reached this office in recent weeks. That the program, as now completed, will attract wide at­ tention in educational circles may be inferred from the ap­ pearance on it of the presidents of eight prominent institu­ tions, including Yale, Princeton, Brown, Radcliffe, Amherst, Swarthmore, Hobart and Colgate-Rochester Divinity School. New Tenants of Eastman House in Their Garden OCTOBER.NOVEMBER,1935 3 on both mornings, to which admission will be by ticket to the capacity of the auditorium. Thursday morning, Novem­ ber 14 to be known as the welcome to President Valentine, will b~ devoted to the University family, including trustees, faculties, undergraduates, alumni and alumnae. It is for this day that the alumni as a whole have been invited. The in­ duction ceremony on Friday morning will of necessity be confined to specially invited guests, academic officials and delegates. The Thursday morning exercises will start at 10 o'clock with an academic procession to the Eastman Theatre, com­ prised of trustees, faculties and the seniors of all schools of the University. Percival D: Oviatt, '98, president of the Associated Alumni, will preside, assisted by Miss Gladys Helen Welch, '20, president of the Alumnae Association, with Dr. Murray Bartlett, president of Hobart College, pro­ nouncing the invocation. The opening address will be made by Dr. William Ernest Weld, dean of the College of Arts and Science, fol­ lowed by John Henry Brinker, Jr., '36, of Evanston, Ill., president of the Students' Association of the College fo~ Men, who will speak for the undergraduates. Many alumOl Chairman Alling, of Board, Will Preside at Induction will recognize the latter as "Hank" Brinker, a regular guard clude Dr. Frank Aydelotte, president of Swarthmore Col­ on the Varsity basketball team and a pitcher on the base­ lege, Dr. Valentine's Alma Mater; Dr. Stanley King, presi­ ball team. President-elect Valentine will then deliver his dent of Amherst College, and Dr. James Rowland Angell, pron~unced response, after which the benediction will be president of Yale University. by Rt. Rev. David Lincoln Ferris, bishop of the EpIscopal The two-day program wilf conclude with a concert by diocese of Rochester. Music will be furnished during the the Eastman School Symphony Orchestra in the Eastman program by the Eastman School of Music orchestra. Theatre at 8:15 o'clock Friday evening, with Dr. Howard Thursday afternoon will be given over to conferences or Hanson conducting. Among the numbers to be played will seminars at three of the schools, with a distinguished speak­ be a suite from MerrymountJ Dr. Hanson's opera, which er to be heard in each instance. Dr. Harold Willis Dodds, achieved such a success in its Metropolitan debut two years president of Princeton University, will speak !n Strong Au­ ago. This concert will be open to the public, with no tickets ditorium, College for Men; Dr.