Colgate University - Salmagundi Yearbook (Hamilton, NY)

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Faculty and dministration Facts The Colgate Professor under the Colgate Plan and infused with the Colgate Spirit is more than a teacher to the Colgate man. From the day that the raw Frosh arrives at Lake Nloraine and plays volley ball with the Philosophy department or swims with the man who will lecture to him in Chem or dicussess the place of fraternities with an instructor in Eco- nomics, he learns that, unlike the pedagogues who too often maintained that academic aloofness during his prep or high school days, the Colgate prof is an all-round good fellow. He learns that whenever he wants to shed some light on those seemingly unsolvable problems, no matter what they pertain to, he can invariably think of some man on the Colgate faculty who will be more than willing to bull the matter out with him. It may be the preceptor, whom every freshman must have under the Colgate Plan, or it may 'be the' sophomore advisor, his tutor or the man whom he has met and walked with on the Willow Path or met and talked with in a Seminar Room in the Library. Finally, when he graduates, the Colgate student stops and thinks with almost as much remorse about the connections he is severing with some professor as he does about those he is severing in his fraternity house or dormitory. Consequently, for at least a few years after graduation, the typical Colgate man retains the professorial contacts of his undergraduate days. No father could ask his son to spend his college days under a better influence and emerge with such wholesome friend- ships. , ' V This spring Colgate loses two of its most dignified personages, who for the past two decades in one case and since before the turn of the century in the other, have served faithfully' so that Colgate youth might benefit by their erudite counsel. They are Dr. Frank Carman Ewart, professor of Romanic Languages, and a member of the faculty since 1899, and Dr. Charles Worthen Spencer, Librarian since 1921. Dr. Ewart, of the alert step and twinkling eye, may retire from his classrooms and lecture halls, but he will never retire from the hearts and minds of those of us who trudged into his French classes and were carried across the seas to a land, the simple beauty of which he loved to relate. Symbolizing the spirit and tradition that is Colgate's, the be- loved teacher has inspired his pupils with the desire for knowledge and an appreciation for the charm and beauty that lies in foreign lands. Colgate may wait many years before it witnesses a truer character than that diffused by Dr. Ewart during his forty year stay. To those who have watched our library grow during the past eighteen years, Doc Spencer will eternally remain as the man, more than any other single individual, responsible for bringing culture to the Colgate campus. For those of us who wandered in his wake among the stacks during Freshman Orientation Week and listened to his delightful witticisms and wise epigrams, he will always live as a true scholar, whose very life seemed to revolve around his books and the knowledge that they imparted. A true gentleman of the old school, this distinguished, gray-haired professor with his typical moustache and goatee may resign from the college faculty, but he will never cease to be an essential part of the ideals that are Colgate's. Students will miss his friendly smile when they enter the library, but some- how, the walls will seem to whisper his name, the rooms to be filled with his very spirit. I7

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A The Men Behind The Gun Graduation from Colgate does not mean a separation from one's university and fellow-classmeng instead such contacts remain unbroken through the activities of the Alumni Corporation, of which every Colgate man auto- matically becomes a member upon graduation. The one contact of an alumnus with his Alma Mater is main- tained through the Alumni Corporation, which, in a way, is a clearing house for all alumni of the university. Fifty-two district clubs are organized in all parts of the country where Colgate men are living. The secretary of the Corporation travels throughout the country in order to keep in contact with the different clubs. Every member of the Corporation is kept informed of the doings of fellow alumni, and happenings at Col- gate through the Colgate Alumni News, which is pub- ' lished nine months of the year by the Corporation and sent to every alumnus. Besides making a generous contribution to the Student Union Building fund, the Alumni Corporation has erected a large bronze plaque in a prominent place in the building. Upon this plaque names of two alumni are added each year for distinguished service to Colgate. This award is comparable to an honorary degree from the university and is an honor coveted by every DR. WALTER C. CRAMP '00 Prefideni alumnus. The Alumni Corporation carries on a drive for funds each year and every alumnus is asked to contribute. In this drive the different classes compete with one another to see which class is able to raise the largest amount, thus making a contest out of the drive. HERSCHEL L- MOSIER '22 A valuable service rendered to students is the stu- dent loan fund maintained by the Corporation and ad- ministered by the university to worthy students of the Executive Secretary junior and senior classes. The Corporation maintains the only active list of alumni for university, athletic, and alumni purposes. OFFICERS Preaicieni . . Dr. Walter C. Cramp '00 E.xecuz'ive Secreiarny . H, L, Mosier '22 Tremrurer . . Harold O. Whitnall '00 Board Qf Direcionr Bruce L. Babcock '14 1V1axwe1l E. 1V1cDowell '16 Raymond E. Brooks '06 Roscoe A. Page '14 George W. Cobb '94 William M. Parke '00 L. Vincent Collings '16 Wellington Powell '21 G. Munro Hubbard '09 H. Hastings Reddall '18 G. Dewey Hynes '25 Markham W. Stackpole '95 David C. Iohnson '17 ew i I 5

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EUGENE TAYLOR ADAMS .4.f.ri.rZanf Profewwor of Plziloxopfzy. A.B., Sus- quehanna, 19263 Ph.D., Yale, 1954. Faculty member since 1950. JOHN STUART , ALLEN d.r.fi.fianZ Pf'0fe.f.ro1' of dfironomy. A.B., Earl- ham, 19285 A.M., Min- nesota, 1929, Ph.D., New York University, 1956. Faculty member since 1950. HERMAN THEODORE RENDTORFF AUDE Profemor o f fllafhemaiicr. B.S., Colgate, 19055 M. S., 1907. Faculty mem-. ber since 1920. 1 JAMES CURTISS AUSTIN ddnrociale Profcmror of Lalin. A.B., Syracuse, 1916, A.lV1., Illinois, 19195 P11.D., 1921. Fac- ulty member since 1925. STANLEY EVERETT BALDWIN Profe.r.ror of Rlzeioric. A.B., Colgate, 1912, B.D., Colgate Theologi- cal Seminary, 1914, A.lVI., Colgate, 19203 Ph.D., Cornell, 1925. Faculty member since 1922. EVERETT CLAIR BANCROFT Profe.r.ror of ECOIIOIHL-CJ. A.B., Acadia, 19143 A. B., Yale, 19153 Ph.D., 1928. Faculty member since 1924. 1 WENDELL HUBBARD BASH Ifwfruczfor in Sociology. A.B., Drake, 1,9553 A.lVI., 19553 A.lV1., Harvard, 1957. Faculty member since 1958. LINN CLAIR BEEBE Head of Dc,m11'lmenl Qi' ' Ilcalllz. NLD., Baltimore Nleclicul College, 1895. Faculty member since 1926. IS gf. 9 pd LL All 511. f 1 1 Nu. 0.1.1 .5 Q . .H N .111 u Q 1 1 . 5 1 1 1 ' 'iii 3 . 1