Bucknell University - L Agenda Yearbook (Lewisburg, PA)

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iWGEii m First Night Football Game at Home Bucknell ' s first home football game at night was played on Friday, September 25, in the Memorial Stadium. The opposition was furnished by the St. Thomas College eleven from Scranton. Incidentally, the dates in the big, dark stadium came out from beneath blankets every once in awhile to look at the score board and light up another fag. Bucknell ' s Sixth Education Conference Bucknell ' s sixth education conference convened in Bucknell Hall on Friday, October 23, 1931, at 2:00 p.m. The general theme of the conference lay around So- cializing the Child, and the principal speakers included Anna Y. Reed, N. Y. U., Harold O. Rugg, Columbia, and Dr. Homer P. Rainey. Dad ' s Day Welcome Dads read the football programs for the Gettysburg game Oc- tober 24, 1931. The first Dad ' s Day to be sponsored by the University was celebrated by the attendance of several hundred Governors at the game, then at the all- college banquet in their honor, and finally at the various fraternity houses later on Saturday evening. 1238] ,.♦.%♦•♦•♦♦ ♦ ► •♦%♦♦♦♦♦

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■vnr. | l|l H.«».mi rirnimMHiOlil I m hi dm a=a w - p i C onvocation Students, for the first time, heard an address by Dr. Homer P. Rainey, Buck- nell ' s new president at the Convocation exercises in Commencement Hall, Friday morning, September 18. The president ' s talk on the future of modern education was given before an audience made up of students and faculty members. Dr. H. W. Robbins acted as marshal of the convocation procession, and the presidents of each class headed their respective groups up the Hill behind the faculty. Music for the march was furnished by the University Band which played on the terrace in front of West College. Infantile Paralysis Scare A serious epidemic of infantile paralysis threatened to close the doors of the University late in September, but quick and expert action by Drs. Fowle and Rice and the administration kept the situation under control. One fatality out of ap- proximately ten active cases saddened the student body. This was the death of Thomas West, ' 34, a popular member of the Phi Lambda Theta fraternity. Let- ters by Dr. Rice and Dean Rivenburg to all parents of students advised them about the epidemic and stressed the saneness of the continuation of classes. Because of this foresight of the administration, not a single student left college, and the disease was soon checked. The freshman football schedule for October was en- tirely suspended because of the danger to the members of the team resulting from one case among the squad. Scholarship Cups Presented Two scholarship cups were presented to the fraternity winners in chapel Oc- tober 2, 1931, by President Rainey. Alpha Chi Mu won the New York Alumni cup for the third consecutive year and thus became the permanent possessor of this trophy. This marked the sixth consecutive year that the fraternity has led all others in scholastic averages. The Kress scholarship cup for national fraterni- ties, founded on the campus more than ten years, was carried off by Lambda Chi Alpha. Announcement was also made at the same time that the Delta Delta Delta sorority had again won the scholarship trophy offered for competition by the Pan- Hellenic group. [237] ■ ■ ' ' ♦ ♦

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) iv.nnv, : t kt m -- ■ --imsem! ' 1WG Qi Off Dr. John T. Judd Dies In the death of Dr. John T. Judd on Wednesday, November 4, 1931, the Uni- versity lost one of its oldest and most worthy men. Dr. Judd, although not a grad- uate of Bucknell, received the honorary degree of Doctor of Divinity in 1904, and both of his daughters were graduated from the University. He served as pastor of the Lewisburg Baptist church for thirty-five years, and at h is death was Pastor Emeritus of the church. Dr. Judd was born in Toronto, Canada, in 18 51, and when he was a small boy his parents moved to Washington, D. C. Here he grew to manhood, at- tended George Washington University, where he received an A.B. and M.A. degree, and then went to the Crozer Theological Seminary where he studied for the Baptist ministry. Upon graduation from the Seminary, he accepted the pastorate of the First Baptist Church of Harrisburg. After nine years at the Harrisburg church, Dr. Judd came to Lewisburg where he was the pastor of the Memorial Baptist Church for the remainder of his pastoral life. Twelve years ago the University made Dr. Judd a member of the board of trustees, and at the same time he was elected to the treasurership of the College. His business career in Lewisburg was a successful one, and the townspeople regarded him with the highest esteem. Dr. Judd was always a friend to students, and out of respect to him, classes were suspended as his body lay in state in the Baptist church. Alumni in Contest for Judge In the Union-Snyder counties judgeship fight in the fall elections, three Buck- nell alumni ran against each other for the office of president judge of the courts. Curtis C. Lesher, ' 04, was the successful candidate, winning out over Miller A. Johnson, ' 20, and Harry A. Coryell, ' 05. Lesher was the Democratic candidate, Johnson the Republican choice, and Coryell an Independent. A real Bucknell fight. [239] i.