I (j . , .. if r t- nAn SON I AN 1* * * * r-=---- ---------; * * * * * * * * * * The Chronicle of the Student Body of BABSON INSTITUTE 1938 - 39 * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *~ * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * AT GARDNER W. i\f l ll~ ... .. Editor·in·Chief E IJWIN O ~T l tOI\'SK I . .. Bll siness Mana ge r *********** it'*********** BABSO~ PARK MASSACHt;SETTS To TH E BABSON ]l\STITUTE CLASS ';i0: hel p. The first thing they know, their Ilcigh­ For !'ollle years I have spent IHw.:h of m y burs' herds are getting "tic ks" or screw worms winters with the cattlemen in the saddle. and these are beginning to infe<:t their own This year let me te ll you some of t1w things ht'rd. They then form an assol·iatiol1 to build "cow hUliting" has taught me: up their neig hbors' herds. (1) The great illl por/allce of breeding and Here also is a lesson for you rn en. It Jeeding. Whell J fi rst call\(' to Florida, we had shows why you should want to get other men terribl) >,(Tubby a nd thill l·alLl e which sold interested ill church work a nd civic orgaJliza­ for about tell doll a r;; apiece. Gradually, we tion;;. Our OWII childrell arc safe only as have been gettillg good stol"k from thr north other children are safe. We all are brothers and, by cardu] sf'ledioll, have now fin e· look­ together whether we like it or !lOt. ing herds, so that the yearlings sell for about (4) The imporlal/ce oj lVorship. J nSlitute thirty-five dollars. I believe ill education, but mell will wonder how thc cattle Leach us this no education can take the place of good lesson; but I will ex plain. A tenderfoot, dur­ breeding. ing his first month 011 the range, thinks that Next to J1lating with goud stock, I am im­ the cows call be made to follow one another pressed b) the importance of good feeding, ali(I "eooper[)te" with o lle allother. After he - that is, the right kind of feeding. All we has been 011 the range SOJ1]r months, however, are must come from tllP food we ea t, the he learns that this is !lot true. The fart is milk and water we drillk, and the air we that every group of cows has a Jeader and breathe - just as ellicienq of a boiler d e­ Lh ey follow this leader. The) really "wor­ pends large ly upon the charae ter of the coal ship" this leade r. This applies to horsr's, it burns llJld the care taken to keep the grates sheep, and e\ ell wild ani mals. free 0 f ashes. We hrar JIIu ch tod[)y about the need of (2) Developing ourselves for usefulness. more coope ration betweell capital and Jabor, P eo ple who go to callie shows think that farmers and city folks, and especially between callie are graded by their loo ks, quality of nations. The ranch has taught me that the horn", and the shape of the ir leg!'. These people rannot be forced to cooprrate one with things are considered, however, only as they another. True cooperation comes about 0)] I y are barumelen; uf physical condition. A stee r as we all worship the !'ume Goel. This is why is really judged by his usefulness, - that i~, I say that only a rt'vival of sane religion his ability to produce m eat ; a COIl' is judged wi II save America. by ht'r ability to produce milk: and n bull (51 The sironf!, survive and til e weak is judged by his abilitv to produce healthy perish. Notwithstanding the above four im­ uSf'ful calves. portant facts, I still find that the laws of re­ I hope that you m e n art' getting a useful wards and puni!'hments real I y determine the education. Oncc a collegf' diploma wa~ ver) lifc' and health of the individual cattle, and h elpful ill getting ont' a job ; tocla} it does also of the herd as a whole. Every cattle not mean so much. This is vcry important owncr is a firm believer in eugenics. He for you men to conside r hecause you are go­ knows that all the cattlt' are better 0 fI if the ing out in a different world than faced your weak die and tht' strong breed. fathers. Competitioll j~ to he much severer This is very impurtant tJ remembe r in these and conditions are to bt' lIluch harder. Henr·e days when the tendency is for the f!:ov e rn­ the great importance of following up your JIIent to give more attentioll to the weak than business education with technical knowledge. to the strong. There is dangt'l" in farl1l aid, (3) The sa/ely 0/ ollr herr! depends /l.pon. price fixing, tariffs, and all other artificial improving our lIeighbor's herd. Some cattle­ props to business and so-called -'gc'neral wel­ men are selfish to start out with and cUll~ider fan'." Only the competitive sy!'telll deve lops only their own herd, giving their neighbors no and maintains a strong nation. R. IF. IJ . « 4» ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ Roger W. Babson· ~ ~ ~ ~ Carl D. Smith PRESIDENT, Babson f nstitute Composite Americall. Has the daring and energy of the Great Plains where he wai' born; the conservatism and ca ution of New England where he was trained. An icono­ diu-;t, when idols need brea king; a preserver of tradition, when tradition's loss would becloud the futun~. A straight "hooter; a hard shooter; a square shooter. Has decided opiniolls, but a ::icientific attitude of mind. Places spiritual Hnd intellectual values above materialistic forces. A builder of teac:hing effi ciency and quality of curriculum. M OIlU ment to h is zeal, tool of effective instruction, stands the new library. « 6 ~) * * * * * * * * * * * * A1939 Reality - * * * The New Librarl * * * * * DWIGHT GARDNER WRIGHT HOLLISTER B.B./\.. Treasurer of the Institute Trea ~ lIrer and BII,illess .Mallagf'r "f Ihe !n"titille. President of :\. P . \\' . Paper Company. Director or Wdks lpy Nat ilmal Bank - he re is a hll sy mall. Rllt 1101 ton hu ,,), to be olle of the hoys wl1\"11 Ih e hll , ine" FHANCIS "LARK OAKLEY, A.B. day rc1enl ~. An Pf!ucalor as 've il as a IIII ,illesolllalI. he kp('I" his halId ill I.)' ,h .. willg II.,. girl!.; of Weh· Secretary of Admi::;sion::; ber Colleg,· the la te,t wrinkle, in ill('l'"](' ta.xes. \ graduate of Ohe rlin College alld recentl y Coli' necled with [~r n s t & Crnst, pllblic aC(;Ollntant" Mr. Oakley has had contacls with a large n 11111 l>er uf bu" ill Pss ilIt"'rf~" t s. He juined Ihe InSlilute in Fe brll' ary of this year 10 estahlish an adllli""ions "fli"" a nd [lublie relations program in the Middle West. I·[,,'J! Iw ~ee i ng YO II. CHAII LES EVANS B UTLER, n.s., BD., M.A. GILI3EHT AHTHUR CAM, B.B.A. Student Se<.:retary CIIIIII~plor alld lead er of yt llilli! m en; milli~l c r , Librarian ,,""('Ie. "'a"ler or eer'·llll)ni .. ~: the ins piralion I)f a '1'1", old alld lIe w lihraries have hnally fall"l1 into varied program of stlldenl act ivil ies halancing and rn,,,,c.dine hall,k On -\pril 1. no fool in'. ,\Ir. (am lea\'enin!,! I he ncca~ional heavy die t of prohlf'IllS and hecame their directillg head. Sillce that lime he has pork Chnl)S. \ ~on of Weslf'yan and of Yale; a be" n earnestly alld pleasantly accessihle 10 "llIdellts. brothe rly guide to hUlldr e d~ of me n, frlJllI Rlllf!:e,.,;. II i:" i-1 dalnn g in~ nmi~~itlll not lu knnw him ulllnng: Dartmouth, and Bahson',.;, where he has servedi in the books. ()ff-momenl!' a COl.ln try ~fJlIire. « 8» IRWIN KENNETH FRF,NCH SPNetary of the I nstitLlte and Assistant to the Treasurer Sev.... al years of accllllnting and banking experi· ence qllalify thi, individllal fllr his seal in Ihe front lIA1 ee. He fills il. handling hurricanes or minor 11(Iwl 5 ELEANOR WILSON COX wilh eqllal suavilY and good hllIllOr. SllIdE'nlS look Resiilf'nt Spcrelarl to the Admissions f"rward enlhll,;iusliC'ally to his yearly demonslraliom; of alhl .. li(' prll\"e" . Committee mul Supprvisor oj t/w Secretarial 0 If ices ,Irs. Eleanor Cox. "Ipnvi~"r .. I' Ihe ,cerelarial dc· parlment and res ident seerdary III Ih e C .. mlllilipe nn i\dmissions was appoinled in JVlareil 19:1R. :-;lw was fO)rmerly in charg~ of Ihe secrelarial slafI of Ihe American Mllillal LiahililY [nsllranc(' Cumpany IIf Bo'ion and has sen'ed as office malJagpr of 1I111t'r large bllsin r ~:-; tHganizati()n~. She wi~h es ~tlldc'nl!-' would ;;voice write" letis and ~a y more. HARRY T. EMMONS, A.B. PHILIP Vr\NNEVAR BURT, B.S. Secretary- of Admissions Managpr of Park Manor Dormitories An alllrnnlls "f MiddlebllrY College ill Vermullt, Up from J\/. I. T. alld till' BalNlIl Sial istical Or· .Mr. Emmons has been an \,;,;o<:i"le Director of Ad· ganization, Phil appli," "If' slide rill e In "llIdenl mis~ion~ or thai coll ege and a Traveling Secretary lastes a nd SPllplite, . Slre",es and slrains he adjllsls. for S igma Phi Epsilon rralernity. Young and hand· nOI exaetly as in engineering. hilt on the princ iple 'orne. he will IlP we!r.ome in the Easlcrn Sea board of hrjn g i~g the gr ('a l(-'~1 govd 10 the grt'ale~t nllmber.