Columbia University - Columbian Yearbook (New York, NY)

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THE COLLEGE YEAR BY BERTON J. DELMHoRsT I-IORTLY after the 1928 Varsity Show had turned its back on the grand ballroom of the Waldorf, Kings Crown broke all precedent and awarded over four hundred King's Crowns, together with recognition certificates, to men who had earned them from 1875 to 1917. Although Kings Crown was reorganized in 1913, the present custom of giving gold and silver crowns for non-athletic Work was not inaugurated until 1917. Many prominent Alumni were included in the list of those who received the awards. President Nicholas Murray Butler '82 received recognition of his work during his undergraduate days on the staffs of Acta Columbiana and Columbian, while Secretary Frank D. Fackenthal '06 was similarly honored for his efforts with Varsity Show, Spectator and various musical clubs. Others included in the list were Marcellus Hartley Dodge '03, .lose Capablanca '10, John Erskine '00, William P. S. Earle '04, Father Frederick Sill '94 and V. K. Wellington Koo '08, The usual plans for the Class of 1928 Senior Banquet were made, and the project received columns and columns of space on the front pages of Spectator. After several postponements, the idea was quietly dropped, and 1928 graduated without a Class Day, a Senior Banquet or a Senior Prom. ln the middle of March definite signs of Spring could readily be seen. Out- door baseball practice was started, first on South Field and later on the Baker Field diamond: the crew moved into its training quarters at the Manor House, although the new Eastchester Bay course was to be used for practice: led by Stu- dent Board, the distinctive Columbia College jacket made its first appearance and was taken up with considerable fervor. Jester held its elections, with Robert E. Farlow '29 and Bryan Lawrence '30 heading the new staff, and the improvement which was noticed in the suc- ceeding issues of the comic resulted in a peace pact between Spectator and the Laughing Lion. After the mediocre showing of the football and basketball games, the Campus was able to rejoice with the simultaneous victories of the fencing and rifle teams. The riflemen won the Eastern States Championship at Boston while the fencers came out first at the Annapolis tourney. The swimming champion- ships were held at Philadelphia at the same time, but Columbia was forced to content itself with third place. Spectator experimented in the literary supplement field with a separate Literary Review, but after several issues which appeared at fortnightly intervals the idea was dropped. Throughout the Spring the daily had been pursuing its campaign for a stadium. Countless editorials discussed all aspects of the situa- tion, While front page space was given to letters of commendation from Campus leaders and prominent Alumni. At the end of March Spectator startled its readers by the flashing headline. Stadium Given to Grateful Undergraduates by Lenient Trustees in Generous Gesture , but it was soon discovered that the newspaper was only playing its annual April Fool joke several days ahead of time. Because the issue was dated April 1, 1978 and came out on March 29th, l23l .L 4'L9JmC?s-C ag