Clarkson University - Clarksonian Yearbook (Potsdam, NY)

Text from Pages 1 - 93 of the 1937 volume:

N I A N __ PRESENTED BY mm THE SENIOR CLASS CLARKSON COLLEGE POTSDAM • NEW YORK __ Volume XXXVII ' FOREWORD BACON HAS SAID “KNOWLEDGE IS POWER — AND SO MEN COME TO COLLEGE TO OBTAIN THAT INTANGIBLE FORCE—TO STORE DP POWER TO TAKE OUT INTO THE WORLD WITH THEM . . . AND SO MEN LEAVE CLARKSON WITH THE POWER THEY HAVE GAINED THROUGH FOUR YEARS IN THE SEARCH OF KNOWLEDGE. AND WITH THEM THEY ALSO TAKE PLEASANT MEM- ORIES OF THE HAPPY DAYS SPENT IN CLARK- SON'S LEARNED HALLS . . . HENCE, THE THEME OF OUR BOOK IS POWER, AND THE PURPOSE— TO PRESENT TO YOU A REMINISCENT PANO- RAMA OF EVENTS AND PERSONALITIES TO. TAKE INTO THE WORLD ALONG WITH YOUR POWERFUL KNOWLEDGE. DEDICATION ■ FRANCIS P. CUMMINGS • CLARKSON 1906 ■ HE IS A REAL SON OF THE “NORTH COUNTRY, EXEMPLIFYING IN A STRIKING MANNER THE QUALITIES OF COURAGE, PERSEVERANCE, OP- TIMISM, AND HIGH PURPOSE SO CHARACTER- ISTIC OF MEN SPRUNG FROM THE SOIL. ... HE HAS UNSWERVING LOYALTY TO ALMA MATER AND IS TIRELESS IN HIS EFFORTS IN HER BE- HALF_AS AN ALUMNUS, HE HAS REFLECTED HONOR UPON CLARKSON. AS A TRUSTEE, HE HAS BROUGHT HIGH INTELLIGENCE, AND RARE WISDOM AND ENTHUSIASM TO THE DELIBER- ATIONS OF THE BOARD. AS A TRUE FRIEND, HE HAS BEEN CONSISTENTLY HELPFUL AND IN- SPIRING TO CLARKSON GRADUATES AND FRIENDS OF THE COLLEGE. ... TO SUCH A MAN WE LOVINGLY DEDICATE THIS VOLUME OF THE CLARKSONIAN. ] I THE DEANS CLASSES SENIOR OFFICERS SENIORS SENIORS SENIORS SENIORS SENIORS SENIORS CLASS OF THIRTY- EIGHT Wflfi ORGANIZATIONS THE POWER OF SPEECH r WE LAY DOWN THE LAW THE CLASS OF 1937 PRESENTS Len Dover . . Editor-in-Cbitf THE POWER OF THE PRESS THE GREEN GRIFFIN PRESS BUREAU AMERICAN SOCIETY OF CIVIL ENGINEERS CLARKSON STUDENT RUSINESS CLUR RADIO CLUB FOR SCHOLASTIC ATTAINMENT R. O. T. C. If Ilf WOODSTOCK CLUB DRAMATECHERS ili OMICRON PI OMICRON OMICRON PI OMICRON SIGMA DELTA iin SIGMA DELTA LAMBDA IOTA LAMBDA IOTA CHI TAU SIGMA CII1 TAU SIGMA KARMA KARMA FRATRES IN FACULTATE William H. Bair Herbert A. Weiss FRATRES IN COLLEGIO ATHLETICS ATHLETIC BOARD OF CONTROL WEARERS OF THE “C rmmm ON THE GRIDIRON saiSS ON THE illllflikii-.lifbl! FROSH HOCKEY mu FROSH BASKETBALL ICE CARNIVAL CLARKSON COLLEGE of TECHNOLOGY POTSDAM, N. Y. An Engineering College Located in the Great Hydro-Electric Region of the United States FULL EQUIPMENT THOROUGH INSTRUCTION EXPENSES LOW James Shelby Thomas LL.D., President CLARENCE E. PREMO Photography Photographer for the Clarksonian POTSDAM, N. Y. We take this opportunity of thanking you all for your patronage and support during the past year. We wish all the graduating class luck in getting located, and sincerely hope you are successful. J. R. WESTON, Inc. EDWARDS, HALDEMAN AND COMPANY, your favorite years we have served you. jewelry, write us for a price list of badges and a copy of our “BOOK OF TREASURES, both sent free on request. EDWARDS, HALDEMAN AND COMPANY Fraternity fewelers