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IN MEMORIAM JAMES ROCKWELL SHEFFIELD 1864-1938 gARNARD has lost a devoted friend by the death on September 2, 1938, of James R. Sheffield. Born in Dubuque, Iowa, in 1864, Mr. Sheffield attended Williston Seminary, Yale University and Harvard Law School. He be- came a member of the New York Legislature in 1894 and for three years was Fire Commis- sioner of New York. From 1924 to 1927 he was United States Ambassador to Mexico, and in 1930 a special ambassador to Venezuela. He was a delegate to four National Republican Conventions and served in various state conventions. An able lawyer, a director of the Radio Corporation of America, and of the National Broadcasting Company, and of other business organizations, Mr. Sheffield found time to serve also on the boards of the Presbyterian Hospital, Trudeau Sanitarium, the Babies ' Hospital, and Barnard College. We knew him best as our trustee. He was elected to the Board of Trustees on February 8, 1918, until last fall when, because of poor health, he resigned as chairman but continued to remain a helpful member. With a genial warmth, he, as chairman, greeted the trustees as they arrived one by one for their meetings. His loyalty to the College and his admiration for Dean Gildersleeve he faithfully demonstrated. His ambitions for Barnard were great and he ofttimes remarked that he liked to think of Barnard College taking an important place in this great City of New York. His justice disclosed a patient tolerance for all; his strength lay in gentleness. The merry twinkle in his eye revealed an excellent sense of humor. He was beloved by all of us who knew him. EDITH MULHALL ACHILLES PROFESSOR EDWARD D. PERRY 1854-1938 When the news of Professor Perry ' s death reached me in far-off Mexico City a year ago, I tried sadly to imagine what Barnard College would be like without the affectionate interest and kindly help which that devoted friend had given unstintingly to generation after genera- tion of students. What would warm autumn days or sunny spring ones be like without that tall figure strolling slowly through the campus, pausing for a word with this young friend or that, giving to our college scene with its hurry- ing groups, its over rapid tempo, the suave slow graciousness of an earlier day. Few of this generation of college students can know much of Professor Perry ' s early ac- tive life as scholar and teacher — those arduous years at Columbia and in European univer- sities when he was making himself an author- ity in Greek and Sanscrit. By Barnard students he is remembered not so much for the learning which he carried so lightly and modestly, but for his interest in Greek Games, which have owed much of the beauty of their development to his devoted guidance. Class after class has known his friendly help with myths and invoca- tions, with costumes, with the speeches of priestesses and challengers, indeed with every part of the Games. Out of these contacts grew many friendships, friendships which were an immense privilege to the girls with whom he shared his ripe cul- ture, his playful wit, his high art of conversa- tion, his rare gift of graceful verse. It is not the least of the blessings that Barnard College has enjoyed that we have had on our campus all these years that delightful friend to show us the charm that could be given to ordinary life. For Professor Perry made an art of daily living, a gracious thing of every contact. He who loved to be called the College uncle has left his nieces forever in his debt. MABEL FOOTE WEEKS 17
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PRESIDENT Nicholas Murray Butler LL.D. (Cantab.), D.Litt. (Oxon.), Hon.D. (Paris)
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