Colgate University - Salmagundi Yearbook (Hamilton, NY)

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GEoRGE BARTON CUTTEN Prwideni 0 f ffze Univenrizfy Seventeen years of progress can well be the proud boast of President George Barton Cutten-for it has been during that period of time that a new system of education has had its inauguration and development at Colgate. This, the Colgate Plan, is so well known that it has of late become a model for progressive American colleges. Perhaps Dr. Cutten's greatest achievement has been the origina- tion and stimulation of the Colgate Plan. Through the years the differ- ent classes have come to admire the importance and perfection of the new system. The Plan, a closely connected group of survey courses, seminars, as well as preceptorial and tutorial instruction, is regarded as the most important advancement to the college curriculum in the last few years. Colgate is indeed, indebted to Dr. Cutten for this. As a result of this feature the enrollment of the college has increased nearly one third and the faculty doubled. During the past sixteen years many features have been added to the campus by Dr. Cutten to make Colgate Ha great little college. The Washington Study Group was formed and has operated success- fully the past four years. A department of health was a welcome ad- dition to the college. Athletic facilities to take care of the entire col- lege were provided in the new Huntington Gymnasium, two new dormi- tories, Andrews and Stillman were added to the layout on the hill. Nic- Gregory Hall, another new building, is one of the finest chemistry build- ings in the country, complete with modern laboratories.

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Colgate? Supreme Court Back Row: Mather Cleveland, M. D.g William S. Murray, Dr. Eugene G. Bewkes, Secretary? J. Ambler Williams: Russell Colgate: Frederick W. Roweg Mortimer R. Nlillerg Orrin R. Juddg Walter -C. Cramp, M. D., John W. S. Littlefield, Treasurer. Middle Row: Dr. George B. Cutteng George W. Stedman, William M. Parke, Presidentg James C. Colgate, Honorary ' Presidentg George W. Cobb: Pierrepont B. Noyesg W. T. C. Carpenter. Front Row: Philo W. Parker: Rev. Charles H. Sears, D. D.3 Norman F. S. Russellg Henry A. Colgate, Vice-President. For the average Colgate student, the Wheels that make the University go round stop when he pays his tuition. However, there is much more to running a college than this. The legal enterprise which receives this money and puts it into Working order, is the Uni- versity Corporation. A self-perpetuating unit composed of 27 men, this body exists as the legal entity known as Colgate University, and as such, holds the title to all properties and funds of the University. As Board of Trustees of Colgate, it holds a charter which decrees that the University shall exist for the purpose of promoting literature and science, and that the Corporation shall appoint professors and such other instructors as shall be deemed necessary. By means of such standing groups as the Executive, Finance, and Building and Grounds committees, the Corporation carries out the work of governing its educational enterprise. Special com- mittees are frequently appointed to consider such business as pension plans, changes in University rules, or the raising of money for new buildings. Moreover, the Corporation may act independently of the college administration and teaching staff. The college administration is a creation of the Corporation, and its chief executive, the President of the University, serves as executor of the educational activity of the Board of Trustees. Nluch time and valuable effort is put into this organization and contact with the immediate problems of the institution is never lacking, due to the presence on the Board of President Cutten, Dr. Bewkes, and Nlr. Littlefield. As treasurer, the latter submits reports of the income and expenditures of the Uni- versity to the Board of Trustees, and with this as a guide, the University Corporation ac- complishes the many-sided tasks facing it 3 the result being Colgate University. I 2 Y V ,5 .ff ,af fr P iii' bi if 5.3 ani bl hs ,ht L.