Alfred University - Kanakadea Yearbook (Alfred, NY)

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CoR'r12z R. CLAWSON, A. M.,.C1908D 1 Clvarhv Paitrr IJI'Qfl'J50l'Qf'Hf!f0Ifl'07111, Palifiml .SM-rin' and Lf7Ii7Jl'l'.Yill' Librarian. Ph. B., Alfred University, '92, B. Lit., '92, A. B., Salem College. '02, A. M., Alfred University, '08, Professor of History, Greek and English, Waterford Academy, '92-'94g Student at Columbia University, '025 Professor of History and Greek, Salem College, '94-,063 President l Salem College, '06-'085 Student at Harvard, l summer ,09. L L F making books there is no end, but a library is not a mere collection of books nor a librarian one who indiseriminately passes out reading matter. To carefully select a few books worth while from the mountains of material published, and to see that the right book and the right student come together, requires taet and insight. Alfred students are frankly pleased at the way Professor Clawson performs his duties as librarian. He believes that the college library has a function second to none in the edncative process and has instituted lnany reforms tending to greater eflieieney in service. JAMES D. BENNEHOFF, S. M. Cl907D PrqfZ'.v.wr ofBiologv and Geology. S. B., Alfred University, '02, S. M., '04, Professor of Biology and Geology, Mount Union College, ,05-'06, Member American Association for the Advancement of Science. CL ICAR OLD ,llMlVlY -so goes the song. Fact is, he isn't old. The phrase evidently means that the affectionate regard of all students for the proprietor of the Steinheim is a lixed and ever-recurring phenomenon. When freslnnen come to college, a trifle timid and quite overcome by the opening formalities, they find their first friend among the faculty in the kind hearted, jolly professor of biology. And as the years go on they learn to .admire him more and more for the seriousness of purpose and broadness of intellect that lie beneath a genial exterior. 12

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WAYLAND D. W1Lcox, PH. B., B. D. H9075 Prqfiasor qf English, PrU2'.v.v0r U X Public byzealrizrg, Pfm'IJOf U' Ilanliletics, and iSl'c1'f11113' afibc l'lIL'll!U'. Ph.B., University of Chicago, '06, B.D., ,07g Associate in Literature, Lewis Institute, Chicago, '04. TRUE interpreter of literature, one who never fails to pierce through the verlmiage of expression and reveal the warm, sentient, lmman life that throbs beneath. Aside from his classroom duties, the quality which distinguishes Professor Wilcox is his versatility. He has never quite outgrown his undergraduate days and can he as much ofa hoy as ever when occasion requires. A brilliant scholar, an enthusiastic comrade, and an inspiring instructor,-few professors have a more secure place in the hearts of Alfred students. A. Niall. ANNAS, S. B., Cl907D Dimffor afflfluric auf! ljrofiimr U' lfoml and lmlrzmuvzrzll M115it'. S. B., Alfred University, ,055 Student for several years under fine instructors, both vocal and instrumental. Teacher and Assistant in the School of Music, Alfred University, '00-'05, Specialized in voice and piano, New lfngland Conservatory of Music, Boston, -,US-'07. VERY college student acknowledges that one of the most refining influences of college life is the quiet period at chapel when he sits under the spell of Professor Annas' music and is lifted out of himself into the realm of the ideal. Music as the embodiment ofthe inarticulate cries of the human heart, the voice ofall the voiceless things of earth, demands for its proper interpretation a sympathy that is as broad as humanity itself. That Professor Annas possesses this quality as do few other men is ohvious to all who have listened to his skilled rendition of the works of the masters of inusic. '11

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l,IN'l'0N B. CRANDAL1., S. B., H9085 ' -- Gfozjgc B. Ralgrrr Prqfiwor U' lziflusfrial Mft'h111lit's. S. B., Alfred University, ,045 Special work in Teachers, College, Columbia University, '05, University of Chicago, '07, New York University, ,07-'08, Cornell University, '08, Instructor in Wood-working, Alfred University, 'Ol-'05, Teacher of Manual Training and Advanced Mathematics, North Plainfield, CN. 1.2 High School, '05-'08, Instructor in Sheet Metal-working, University of Chicago, '07. HE Practical Spirit walked the streets of Alfred, sorely disheartened. On every hand there were huildings and equipments designed to introduce ideals, morals, and such intangihle things into the minds of students. The Practical Spirit sighed and looked disgusted. But just then he saw Professor Crandall. Under his arm the professor carried a saw, in his hand a hammer, and his pocket hulged with things too numerous to mention. His inventive mind was full of practical ideas that were sure of realization. The Practical Spirit hegan to smile, Professor Crandall hegan to work. The one has continued smiling and the other working ever since. , . l C1.Aar:Ncia lrliON CLARKE, PH. B., C.l9U8l Prqfixrsor qfPdffo.tapd.r nm! ElfllLYlfi07l. Ph. B., Alfred University, '06, Graduate Student, University of Chicago, ,U6-,073 Fellow in Philosophy, University of Chicago, 'UO-lU7, ,U7-iU8. COLLEGE course means a great mental reconstruction: old idols are dethroned and truer gods put in their places. The process is fraught with danger, and the adoption of a cynical l!lf.f.l'L'Z:fllif'L' philosophy hy the student is often the result. Happy the class with an instructor whose touch on heliefs long considered sacred is so gentle and yet so firm as that of Professor Clarke! 'Teaching sturdy loyalty to the past achievements of the race, he suhstitutes for inadequate heliefs a philosophy athrill with love for humanity, deeply conscious of life s prohlems, and healthfully opti- mistic for the future. 1.5