City College of New York - Microcosm Yearbook (New York, NY)

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m COLLEGE m lll c alendarjjj 1918 October 1 C. C. N. V.. S. A. 'I'. C: formally inducted into service. Solemn exercises on the campus. Speeches hv Col. Lydeckcr; Major Klowcr. commanding officer; and I'resident Mezes. 9 “The Campus” appears. One of the very first college papers in the country to start publication during the S. A. T. C. 11 Academic section of college opened at Twenty-third Street building. Prof. Klapper in charge. Eight hundred students enroll. dO Dime Day collection at Twenty-third Street Pudding. Very successful. November 1 Twenty-third Street Pudding holds its Student Council elections. 7 Company C the first to put out a company issue. Idea followed up extensively. II The «lay of days! The armistice signed. The Commanding Officer of the post declares a holiday, which our men celebrate in a manner beyond description. 22 C. C. N. V. Soccer team defeated the Columbia eleven. 1-0. December 4 President Mezes accompanies President Wilson to Peace Conference as head of Division of Historica! Experts. 7 S. A. T. C. disbanded. 7 Our hasketl all team ojkmis season by defeating St. John’s. 44-20. 9 Winter Session courses begin. 8

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3tt UUmnriam AiolpJy ttJrnm Born, Franfcfort-on-4he-Main, Germany, Jan- uary 5. 18.59—Came to America in 1850—Re- ceived B.S. from the old Free Academy as Val- edictorian of his class in 1857— M.S. 1860— Ph.D. Rutgers Female College. 1880—Tutor at the College of the City of New York 1857-1861— Professor of German language ami Literature 1861-1915—Acting President 1910-1911. 1914- 1915—Kmeritus Professor 1915-1919—President of the Gamma Chapter of Phi P.eta Kappa— Died. August 26. 1919.

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1919. January 7 The representatives of all school activities met and decided to establish a C. C. N. Y. “Union.” The opening of a new era in C. C. N. Y. extra-curricular activities. 8 Student Council memorial assembly for the late Theodore Roosevelt. 10 Twenty-third Street Student Council holds dance in Gymnasium. February 13 Mass meeting in Great Hall. Freshmen formally welcomed. All urged to join the “Union.” 14 Y. M. C. A. dinner in Webb Room. Mr. Burchard, as always, is a fountain front which real college spirit suffuses itself. 15 Varsity quintet beats Wesleyan, 27-17. 22 Our Varsity basket-ball team loses to Syracuse. 12-11. 24 Edgar Lee Masters. | oct. gives a spirited talk in the Great Hall. 27 John Galsworthy, eminent English writer, speaks in the Great Hall. March 1 Over $35,000 paid out for subsistence money to former S. A. T. C. men. 1 Cornell beats I-avcndcr in basket-ball in heart-rending game. 21-20. 5 Rev. George A. Simmons in speech arraigns the “ Bolsheviks.” 8 Basket-ball season closes with great victory over N. Y. U. Final score 29-17. 20 Student Council Welcome Home meeting for service men held in Great Hall. Lieutenants Holton and Coulton. and Private Mealy of our Faculty spoke. The great mass of the audience wore the blue or the khaki uniform. 29 Fantastic Mercury Dance held in Gym. A financial success. April 5 Senior I ancc in the Gym. Really the licst thing that ’19 ever did. 4 Mr. Evans Clark, social reform investigator, lectured before the Social Problems Club on Lessons ot the Soviets.” 12 Junior Hop of the Class of 1920 in the Gymnasium. One of the greatest informal affairs ever given at C. C. N. Y. 14-22 Easter Vacation. A pleasant time was had by all. except those who had rc-cxanis to take. 26 '21 Dansant. A very successful affair in all respects. 9