Tufts University - Jumbo Yearbook (Medford, MA)

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APPRECIATION Dr. John P. Tilton was born in Massachusetts in 1900; he was raised as a “State of Mainer” and he died a Tuftsman. Educated at Colby College and Harvard University, he gave thirty years of loyal and loving service to Tufts. The highest ideals of this institution were always first in his mind and he constantly strove with selfless devotion for their realization. Be- loved teacher, brilliant executive, and loyal friend, he will be long mourned as the years pass on as an irreplaceable loss to the institution he chose to serve. Dr. Tilton, in the course of his long and varied career, has taught English and Psychology; active also in organizations in the field of education, he was once Dean of the Graduate School and rose to the position of Senior Vice President of the University. Last June he was awarded a Tufts Alumni Council citation presented to him by Dean Emeritus George S. Miller, President of the Tufts Alumni Association, who said, “As a member and officer of numerous educational organizations, you have added to the prestige of Tufts. Quiet, unassuming, self-effacing, effective, friendly, you render invaluable service as ‘the President’s right hand man’.” Tuftsmen shall never forget John Tilton and the essential part he has play¬ ed in the building of their University. 6

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DEDICATION Professor Frederick N. Weaver is retiring this year after twenty-two years as chairman of the Department of Civil Engineering. A graduate of Tufts in 1913 with a B.S. in engineering, Professor Weaver has always been closely associated with his Alma Mater. During World War 1, he saw action with the 101st Engineers in the 26th Yankee Division of the American Exped itionary Forces, and was wounded at Chateau-Thierry. He is co-author of the history of his famous company. Professor Weaver returned to Tufts in 1919 as an in¬ structor. His interests have always extended beyond the en¬ gineering classroom. He is former President of the Tufts Chapter of the American Association of University Pro¬ fessors. He is also chairman of the Committee on Academic Awards. Professor Weaver has designed numerous bridges and is author of a textbook. Applied Mechanics. He is past president of the Boston Society of Civil Engineers, the old¬ est civil engineering society in the United States. He is a member of Tau Beta Pi and Sigma Xi. Professor Weaver has always been interested in the theatre at Tufts. Once a coach of dramatics at Jackson, he has directed productions here, written criticism, and at one time wrote a one-act play which was produced here. Un¬ usual though it is, Professor Weaver’s hobby is conversa¬ tional French. He spends many hours speaking only this language with members of the Department of Romance Lan¬ guages at the Tufts Faculty Club. For forty years Professor Weaver has brightened the Tufts campus. He will be missed but not forgotten. He is a Tuftsman whom we shall always be proud to recall and identify with the Tufts tradition. 5

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DR. JOHN P. TILTON 7