Carnegie Mellon University - Thistle Yearbook (Pittsburgh, PA)

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Arthur A. Ilamerschlag, Director

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Suarii nf enuitrrn of lljf (faruruir Jnatitutr ALBERT J. BARR HOWARD M. BIGELOW WIM.IAM BRAND JOHN A. BRASIIKA R HON, JOSEPH BUFFINGTON JOHN CALDWELL SAMUEL II. CHURCH OKOROK H. CLAIM’ HON. JOSIAII COHEN W. N. FREW l . L. GILLESPIE HON. GEORGE W. GUTHRIE W. N. FREW. President ROBERT PITCAIRN. Vic President S. II. CHURCH. Secretary HON. J. II. REED. Treasurer SARA E. WEIR. Assistant Treasurer DURBIN HORNE JAMES F. HUDSON JOHN B. JACKSON REV. A. A. LAMBING GEORGE A. MACBETH HON. JAMES R. MACFARLANE T. A. MAN ION- WILLIAM McCONWAV ANDREW W. MELLON C. C. M El.LOR WILLIAM METCALF. JR DR. M E. O'BRIEN GEORGE T. OLIVER ROBERT PITCAIRN HON. HENRY K. PORTER HON. JAMES II. REED W. L. SCAIFE HON. JOHN I). SHAFER CHARLES L. TAYLOR JOHN WERNER A. BRYAN WALL DR. E. R. WALTERS J. C. WASSON JOSEPH R. WOODWELL (Cnnumttrr mt errhuiral rlumlr. WILLIAM McCONWAY. Chairman WILLIAM BRAND WILLIAM N. FREW JOHN A. BRASHKAR WILLIAM METCALF. JR HON. JOSEPH BUFFINGTON W. LUCIBN SCAIFE CHARLES L TAYLOR DIRECTOR ARTHUR A. IIAMERSCIILAG

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From The Director To the Students:— When I wrote you a letter for The Thistle last year I thought it would Ik? the last one of the kind which it would Ik my privilege to write for some years to come. What 1 said then I can only repeat with emphasis. It is. therefore, difficult for me to put into words a new message with new import, which docs not, in some measure, repeat the phrases used in my previous lettei. The second school year has been, if anything, more intense than the fir t: the student enrollment has very nearly doubled: the new buildings are nearing completion; the faculty ha been enlarged: the mutual interest between teachers, students and staff has crystalizcd into an earnest and more potent friendship. The social activities of the students have been welcomed and have become an important factor in the student life, without impairing the democracy of our ideals. The subject of “Athletics has been frequently discussed and its relation to the student life has had an important bearing on the plans which are now being outlined for future development of the building scheme. Student sentiment is in favor of athletics combined with social intercourse and out-door play. This conforms to the ideas of the faculty, and is significant of a determination on the part of these schools to establish them on such a footing as will most easily aid in social activities, rather than make them a part of the curriculum. This appears to Ik a wise determination, and will keep athletics under control, and not allow them to assume undue proportions in the student mind. I.et us pause here a moment to recall to mind the death of a teacher and a student, both of whom leave grief-stricken families and friends at their untimely end. It is sad incidents like these which serve to bring forcibly to our minds the many blessings which have been showered upon us during this year, and to leave us grateful and appreciative for a year whose record has been so filled with achievements and happiness. 9