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

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Chapel, two seconds after assembly is over.

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(Clutyrl The weekly chapel was again very much in evidence during the year just past. Twelve meetings were held during the fall term anil twelve more in the spring. Averaging forty minutes each, these meetings consumed sixteen hours worth of time of each student attending. Two thousand was the weekly attendance, and thus almost four years of precious time was spent in reading newspapers and singing Saint-Nicholas.” The loss to the taxpayers, it will readily be seen, is four million dollars, making the chapel a costly institution indeed. A frantic effort by the management to prohibit the reading of papers and the criminal practice of studying failed signally. The students were not to be denied, and fought to the last ditch, studying stubbornly even in the midst of songs and Big Varsities.” Professor Guthrie definitely laid aside his post as College Herald and retired to comparative obscurity. Pro- fessors Camera and Stair alternated in making the announcements, and rivalry was bitter indeed. Dr. Camera’s prowess came best into evidence when a meeting of the Circolo Dante Alighieri was to be announced, while the Kng- lish prof, shone in proclaiming coming tennis matches. Several of the assemblies were given to things athletic. The basketball team came in for considerable atten- tion in April, the occasion being featured by a carefully memorized extemporaneous speech by Captain Tubby Raskin, and the award of gold basketballs to the members of the team. Football also came in for its share of publicity in the course of the meetings. Quite a few outsiders addressed the College at Chapel on every conceivable topic, ranging from cancer to Woodrow Wilson, and from the stage to life in general. Collections and drives were many and varied. M usic, as usual, was supplied by Professor Baldwin, except, when on one never-to-be-forgotten occasion the Glee Club and the orchestra were the centers of attraction. Lavender” was delivered no less than eight times, closely pursued by America” with six, and “St. Nick” with five. Much to the regret of true lovers of art Integer Vitae was entirely slighted, and Gaudeamus Igitur” fared hut little better. The exit march, much to the disgust of lovers of ceremony and decorum, was confined only to the faculty. Nobody waited for the seniors to file out with dignity, and many of the more desperate seniors did not even wait for the entire faculty to leave the platform before making a wild dash for the alcoves. It may interest the graduating class to know that the incoming freshman class (1926) will have approxi- mately ninctv-six assemblies to attend before graduation.

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(Ilir Ainnuiutr Alumni tif tlir (Cnllrijr of tlii' (City of Atiu IJork (3urorjioralr ) (Offirrrn Robert F. Wanner, '98 Nelson S. Spencer, 75 William H. Kenyon, 76 Julius M. Mayer, ’84 Charles Murray, '84 Donald A. Roberts. '19 John S. Battell, 73 . Howard C. Green. '02 President 1 st Pice-President . 2nd Pice-President . 3rd Pice-President . Treasurer . Secretary . Historian . Associate Historian The Associate Alumni of the College of the City of New York was organized bv the Class of '53, the first class graduated from the Free Academy. On March 17. 1913, the Association was incorporated under the laws of the State of New York. There are three classes of members: Active. Associate and Honorary’. Graduates and former students paying dues arc Active members. Any former student who has attained one year of credits at the College and whose class has not been graduated is eligible to Associate Membership and, upon graduation of his class, automatically becomes an Active Member. The dues arc Three Dollars; life membership Fifty Dollars bers in good standing arc supplied u ith the City College Quarterly and the monthly “Alumni numbers of the Campus. 'Flic corporation holds one regular business me sting and one public banquet each year. The last public banquet was held at the Hotel Commodore on November 12th. and was attended by over 700. President Thomas W. Churchill. ’82. presided and the speakers were: President Mezes, President Henry Nobel McCracken of Yassar. Rev. W. Warren Giles. ’SI, Major H. C. Herrick, and Mr. Churchill. In 1919, by contribution of certain classes and by the personal contribution of certain Alumni, an Alumni Bureau was established at the College for the purpose of stimulating and organizing Alumni interests and activities collecting addresses, archives, etc., and generally representing the Alumni at the College. During the first two years of its existence, this Bureau has proven to be of such great value to the Alumni that the Association has taken over its financial maintenance. 19V22 Tufnly-Sijr