Clarkson University - Clarksonian Yearbook (Potsdam, NY)

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L ----S. I1 Joseph Eugene Rowe President 1928-1932 In the fall of 1928, Joseph E. Rowe became the new president of Clarkson, as Dr. Brooks became president emeritus. In March, two Clarkson hockey players were chosen for the All-American team: Freddy Dion and Buzz Williams and the Phalanx society was formed. Tuition was now up to $250 a year. Term grades of the time were reported in letters H, C, P, D, F (take re- exam) and FF. In April of 1930, the Integrator gave the results of a poll on prohibition: Favoring present pro- hibition 13, strict enforcement 52, modification of present laws 133, repeal 63. The June graduating class included Charles Clarridge a student who later joined the Clarkson Civil Engineering faculty and is still an active member of the staff. The Chemistry department was installed in the fall of that year. It is at this time that tentative plans for the Clarkson hill campus were revealed. At the end of 1931, work had begun on a permanent uncovered hockey rink on the site of the present arena. In June of 1932, the former President Brooks re- turned as acting President of Clarkson as President Rowe left. Among the graduates of the 1933 Com- mencement was Frederick A. Ramsdell who became registrar in 1934 and is presently director of Place- ment. Pictured below are the store fronts on the West of Market Street as they existed in the late twenties. The picture on the right is Market Street looking South towards the river. bn: » 10

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cubic yards of soil, but the field would not be com- pleted for four more years. In 1924 the department of Business Administration and a course in General Science was initiated and the Clarksonian, the college yearbook, made its first ap- pearance. The fall of this year included another week of work on the athletic field. Four-thousand cubic yards of soil was moved while grading and installing drainage ditches under the supervision of the Civil En- gineers. Everyone was involved or else! The spring of 1925 saw the formation of the Cum Laude Society with the hope of eventually securing a national honorary like Tau Beta Pi, and another week in the fall was set aside for work on the athletic field. The Football schedule showed games with Alfred, Col- gate, Vermont, Buffalo, Hobart, RPI, Rochester, and St. Lawrence. It was a big day indeed when Clarkson's slide rule eleven met the tea sippers of St. Lawrence. Dreams of building the new Clarkson on the hill were made possible when in June of 1927, Miss Annie Clarkson donated to the college the entire Clarkson es- tate of 600 acres. In addition, a gift of $40,000 was re- ceived from Mr. and Mrs. Bertrand H. Snell to com- plete the athletic field and build the grandstand and dressing rooms. The athletic field was finished and dedicated as Snell Field at a game in which Clarkson beat RPI by a score of 7-0. In 1928, Clarkson granted its first degree in Business Administration, and it was that year that the Green Griffon, Clarkson's humor magazine, was born. It con- tinued to be published until 1937. EMINENT ALUMNI Scattered throughout the remainder of this section are pictures of Clarkson graduates who made their way to the top in their field. They were selected at random from a list of hundreds of eligibles and represent visual proof of Clarkson's success in edu- cating those who have a desire to aid themselves. ■H. HARRY K. COLLINS Class of '26 Real Estate and Property Manager of Parker, Towle Thompson Co. of Pasadena, California (re- tired) BERT1L A. LYBECK Class of '25, B.Sc., C.E. Presently President of B.A. Ly- beck, Inc. of New York City. This is a plan of the proposed athletic field as it appeared in the 1926-27 Clarksonian. The idea of an athletic field was first proposed in 1922 and it became feasible when Miss Annie Clarkson later donated the land west of Holcroft for this purpose. For the next four years Clarkson students donated one week of their academic year to manually grade and install drainage on the field. To the far right, a main ditch is being dug into which fourteen lateral pipes dump from either side. Below, boulders from surrounding stone walls are being used to fill low portions of the field. 9

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EMINENT ALUMNI EDMUND H. FALLON Class of '31, B.5.M.E. Presently Chief Administrative Officer of Agway, Inc. of Syracuse, New York and member of Clark- son Board of Trustees. GERRIT D. FREMOUW Class of '31, B.S.C.E., M.S. Presently Director, Facilities Engi- neering and Construction Agency, Department of Health, Education and Welfare, Washington, D.C. ROBERT N. WAGNER Class of '31, B.S.E.E. Presently Vice President, Engi- neering, Aluminum Company of America, Pittsburg, Pennsylvania. RICHARD N. PARKS Class of '32, B.S.M.E. Presently Senior Vice President of Shulton, Inc., and President of Jacqueline Cochran, Inc. of New York City. WALTER E. VROMAN Class of '32, A.B. Civil Engineer Presently Vice President and Gen- eral Manager of Big Rock Stone and Material Company of Little Rock, Arkansas. CHARLES E. CLARRIDGE Class of 1930 Presently a professor of Civil En- gineering at Clarkson College. FREDERICK A. RAMSDELL Class of 1933 Presently Director of Placement at Clarkson College. 11