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cert in the Gymnasium took the place of the elaborate Campus night festivities which had been planned. . On June 2nd the Alumni were tendered a luncheon in the Gymnasium and then travelled to Baker Field for their annual cos- tume parade and circus. At the same time the Columbia baseball team closing its season, tied Dartmouth for lirst place in the League. The Poughkeepsie Regatta, on June 28, marked the end of the crew season and the cessation of College activities until September. . Columbia's '29 boat won the Frosh event in this meet, and the Varsity showed great im- 7' provement with a new combination by tak- l ing fifth place, beating out Wisconsin, Cali- fornia and Cornell. During the Summer Session the new Physics building on the Green was opened. This is the first of the fifteen-story buildings that are to be erected on the four corners of the Campus. It contains accommodations for many classes and will house the Departments of Physics, Astronomy and Psychology. On the roof is an Astronomical Observatory, 'T LEAVING THE CHAPEL AFTER THE BACCALAUREATE . w- R RY DEGREE whose equipment is vastly superior to that CANDIDATM, FOR HONG A D 'EEK' 4' -'if . if ffiifg YT 1- A' :. -1:'Ef3?Qs A'-2525: f.-36? '- ' Q 553'-1 R-f,s'lA'2w,.-1:0-. 29'-fs yzzzjvs-1 1.1. A f !l 1. . f y . ,. s, - , A Li,.,.g.-,:,- :., . gig 3 11 , ,Q sf ,. C 'f'..,.'. '- 1. 'Q ' 75+ . i Vx' ff ' - ev- 531 S' A ff , fsfdgsgssgvf..-or, girls.. V, .,,.g if M , - .. .M 'Erma--'www-2 ?'l':512552-:ifr...1 Y ' lf: , , - 123 wav-,gf,,W.i,,,2.,..f-...-A , , ., .A , .,.. , -, - ' 1 W' 1023 '--- - :- ...P-A-, .,- .av .arf wg,Yi9e?-ew, ,,..,qfs:4Z5ff 1 1-1 ,iw :f- THE BIG PARADE of the old WildefObservatory. Fayerweather Hall, which had formerly been occupied by the Physics Department, was renovated inside and turned over to the School of Optometry. The cornerstone of the Casa Italiana was laid on August 26th by President Butler, in the presence of Baron Giacomo di Martino, Italian Ambassador to the U. S. On October 4th, the 700th Anniversary of the death of St. Francis of Assisi, the house was dedicated to the 'Ahigh spiritual glory of that Saint. The building was erected through the efforts of a committee of prominent Italians, and the site on ll7th Street and Amsterdam Ave- nue was donated by the University. Pur- niture and works of art were contributed by King Victor Emmanuel and Premier Benito Nlussolini. The Casa is intended to be a center of Italian culture in this country and is the first of the group of national culture 1 as I Sq 'Q x Qx A g 'aa Mem ii X 1 ixauxx vw. Q X! i K f a . zxY.,il' cs, cn , 4 N X 'E ' Q' A my N 'as et X I' 1 I ' 1 ' , we M- ' rp -gg 'rcs ff I- - 'J -'f 1--wx' 5 - ' Q . : -' - FW A If- 1 - ,-1 .' 5 . .. ,. ' 1 'fr v s.- ' .. v .Q ,. i -sc i '. 1 Wm A 1 vi '- -was X .V ' H 1 s.-xxx x. NN S ,... News Q 1 N KW, Q f rW?',2 is ' rt X sf N if cs ' S. xo' -x fr ,, WXXQQXQ L sx s :ws ,gp xg- sa Aj f EK wsu 3 ia. , ,Xl-.vi Ay.. Q! '- .vu wiv. 44 v' centers that have been planned for Morn- ingside Heights. The Universityfs. l73rd year opened on Wednesday, September 22. New since the close of the last session were John Jay f192l , .A ,,V, , ,, 3- -, as -or ..,. . R ll -:E V.-4552.3 fi- -,V A - ' J M J Q -wgaarv. . as-aw. . V 4, -vw . - ws, 2srf-x-:f:igI:,-,:gf- -. TWENTY-FOUR YEARS AFTER

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to the Senior Society of Nacoms and Sachems, and to Student Board and Kings Crown Board. Earlier in the Spring, at the first Student Board Elections, John T. Lorch and Clifford E. Nobes had been elected. Now Fred Uhrbrock, George French, Palmer Wright, Myron Sesit and Charles Bullard were selected to complete the board. Class officers were also elected at the same time. The Philolexian Society inaugurated its 125th Anniversary Year with an Alumni Dinner at the Columbia Club. The regular annual dinner was held several weeks after, and at that time Phillip B. Thurston assumed the presidency of the organization while the ceremony of signing the scroll took place. On the same evening Columbia's Alumni attended their annual Spring homecoming. President Butler spoke and Dean Hawkes presented the group of Freshmen who had been selectd to the Van Am Club. The Notes and Keys Cup, awarded annually to the undergraduate class singing best as a group, was won by the Class of l927. Columbia's l72nd Commencement opened on Sunday, May 30th, when Chaplain Knox preached the Baccalaureate Sermon in St. Paul's Chapel. On Monday the College's 61st Class Day was held in the Main Gymnasium. Dwight Miner delivered the Valedictory and President Butler and Dean Hawkes addressed the class. Elaborate preparations had been made for the University's lirst outdoor graduation ceremonies for the next day. A speaker's platform with loudspeakers overhead was erected around the statue of Alma Mater, special flagpoles erected to Hy the colors of many nations, thousands and thou- sands of chairs and benches were placed on the plaza, on 116th Street and on South Feld. Although the skies looked dubious, the Weather Bureau issued report of no rain and the preparations went on. But just as the Academic Parade was entering the plaza, a deluge of rain broke and foreshortened the presentation of degrees. Honorary degrees were presented to Governor Smith and other notables at a special ceremony in the President's room. A band con- THE 112ND COMMENCEMENT I 191 J

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Hall, the temporarily homeless School of Library Service and the Class of 1930. John . Jay dormitory was not completed until some time after school started, and residents as- signed to as yet unfinished rooms were forced . to sleep in the corridor and such inferior ' quarters as the Ritz and the Plaza, The new I Prosh were of the usual type and were greeted Lbfi l ,Y 'j9.'P . fig. in the usual way by the new Sophomores. 3-GL. , , --,fe , Q The football season was opened on . KAL ir, Y, f - A i f fri 'ff September 25th with a victory over Vermont. A gil .jgfiim y M ir! Other early season triumphs were those over t . - iQ'?'L-, hvgigf U - 7 - V Z ' 2,1 inf? ..tn:1'f1Zi nion and Vwesleyan on the two following 1 5 fhpfy ,P . Saturdays. 1 I V V, lflgi 'SJW a Dues Week was given its second annual 4, ,, A ??7X'g'-Qisi, trial, but was not so successful as the Hrst t . Lge if' experiment of the sort had been, for, later, in ' . ' . ,,g,.,7 ., 5, February, it was necessary to recommence the . 7 - lffjl collection of dues in order to Hnance the classes for the year. October fifth marked the end of Nicholas Murray Butler's twenty-fifth year as President of the University. lt was in October of 1901 that he became acting President, and in the following April that he was made President. The class of 1930 made its choral debut on October l5th, when the Sophomores tested the new men in their knowledge of Columbia's songs, On the evening of the same day the year's first football rally was held in anticipation of the morrow's encounter with Ohio State. The first setf back of the season was req ceived in this game. The following week was marked by the presence of several distinguished visitors. On the l9th a team of debat- ers from Cambridge appeared against Columbia's speakers in a no-decision debate. Queen Marie of Rumania was re- ceived at the University, signed the guest-book in the Library and made a tour of inspection of the Campus. As soon as she had made her de- parture, and the decorations had been appropriately al- tered, Arthur F. Winnington- Ingram, Bishop of London, was received by President iButler and given an hon- CASA ITALIANA Ofafy degree of Doctor of THE WVINNERS f1931