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CORNELL ALUMN NEXN VOL. XXXVII, NO. 37. ITHACA, NEW YORK, JUNE 7.0, , PRICE I5 CENTS 1754 ALUMNI COME BACK FOR REU IO Class of '10 Leads All Others and Breaks Record for Twenty-fifth, Returning alumni took over the Campus completely during the perfect June days of the 1935 class reunions. Colorful reunion costumes were every- where, cars with licenses from most states of the Union crowded the streets. The, University dormitories on West Avenue quartered most of the men of the classes since 1900, and here, in the various class headquarters and in tents erected in the courts behind the buildings, old friends found each other and new ones were made, to live again for the two days their experiences as undergraduates. Alumnae of all classes, and both men and women of the older generation lived for the most part in Sage and Risley, where a sqtnewhat more dignified, if no less enthusiastic, atmosphere prevailed. 'Men and women, oldsters and young- sters, were continuously to be seen at Willard Straight Hall, one wonders how reunions could have been held before this central gathering place existed! Total registration of alumni in the Drill Hall this year was 1754, of sixty- two classes, twenty-four of which were regularly scheduled for reunions this year. This figure, of 1161 men and 593 women, compares with a total of 1773 last year. Class of '10 Breaks Records ' The Class of 'IO, gaily' bedecked in their orange and black blazers and hat- bands, had double cause for celebrating, in the election of the Class secretary, Andrew J. Whinery, as Alumni Trustee, and in repeating, as a twenty-live-year class, the record they set five years ago Cand which still standsb, of the greatest number returning. Then they brought back 146, this year, 163. Their women's secretary is Mrs. John B. Grace CAnna Fieldenb. The best previous twenty-five- year-class-record was made by 'o6 in 1931, with 131, followed by 'o3 in 1918 with 13o, and 'o9 last year with 114. Second in number returning was '33, with 56 men led by William E. Shoe- maker, Jr., and 68 women led by Marion I. Glaeser. The Class of '3o, back for their fifth, were third with 68 men inspired to come by Charles E. Treman, Jr., and 49 women who had been urged to be here by Caroline K. Dawdy. Fourth' place in number returning was shared by '15 and '17, with 113 each. '15's 95 men were led by Hugh C. Edmiston, their 18 women by Mrs. Richard M. Haff CMildred Wattl. The 66 '17 women were surpassed in numbers only by women of '33, they were brought back through the good work of Mrs. Kenneth A. Reeve CGrace W. Han- sonl, the 47 men of the Class of '17 were led by Robert B. Brown. ' The Classes of '15, '20, and '15 each stood third in numbers back for their ten-year, hfteen-year, and twenty-year reunions. The record for ten-year classes is held by '14, with 181, for fifteen-year classes, by '09, which in 1914 brought back 1oo. Old and Young Gather At the rally Saturday night the cup for largest proportion of total living mem- bership attending, given by the Associa- ation of Class Secretaries, was presented by its president, George H. Rockwell '13, to Grant Van Blarcom Dixon '7o, presi- dent emeritus of Sophie Newcomb College at New Orleans, La., whose presence constituted one-half the living membership of his Class. Dr. Dixon re- ceived a tremendous ovation, he also attended his sixtieth reunion here five years ago. The cup for the largest number returning, went, of course, to the Class of '1o, in the person of Whinery. The alumnus who probably came the greatest distance was Sir' S. Henry E. Barraclough '94, eminent engineer, pro- fessor of mechanical engineering and director of the Kolling Research Labora- tory at the University of Sydney, Australia. His distinguished war record included service as Major and Colonel in the Engineers and Intelligence Corps of the General StaE of the British Army, and command of the five thousand FROM THE EARLIEST REUNION CLASS Dr. Grant Van Blarcom Dixon '7o Cleftj, one of the two living members of the sixty-five-year class, photographed with Uncle Pete Smith '78 in the Drill Hall during reunions.-Pham by Fenner Australian Munitions Workers, organ- ized at his recommendation to work in England, Scotland, and Northern France. He is the recipient of the C.B.E. Cmili- tary divisionlg was created K.B.Ep and awarded the Colonial Auxiliary Forces V.C. in 191o, and this year receivedthe King's Jubilee Medal. Some others who were here from out- side the chntinental limits of the United States are Ralph Dominguez 'o4 from Buenos Aires, Argentina, Robert. A. Gillies 'IO from Hamilton, ' Ontario, Canada, Harold F. Penney '1o from Wes- ton, Ontario, Canada, Russell B. Hurl- burt '1o from Paris, France, J. Scott B. Pratt '15, from Hawaii,.and Fred W. Utz '11 from Antofagasta, Chile. Three generations were here of one family: that of Alfred Bonney '78, who attended reunions with his son, Alfred Bonney, Jr. '11, and whose grand- daughter, Dorothy R. Bonney, received her AB degree on Mhnday. Two other family groups at reunions were Francis O. Aifeld, Jr. '97 and Francis O. Affeld, 3d. '16, and Robert P. Butler 'o5 and his son, Joslyn Butler '33, Peter Paul Miller and Arthur L. Hoffman, reunion chairman and secretary of the Class of '18, came to town to observe reunions in preparation for the twentieth of their Class, three years hence. Program Events Occupy Most Friday was occupied largely with registration of new arrivals at the long tables in the Drill Hall, with the outfit- ting in reunion costumes at the various class headquarters, and generally renew- ing acquaintance with the place and each other. Many gathered for luncheon at the Drill Hall and paraded to the baseball game with Pennsylvania, while the Federation of Cornell Women's Clubs held its annual meeting, followed by a tea, in Willard Straight Hall. Several classes dined together at various places on the Campus and about town, and many came back to the Campus for the combined Senior. and alumni singing at Goldwin Smith portico that evening, from there to scatter to their own in- formal gatherings, to the Dramatic Club performance in the University Theatre, and to the annual Musical Clubs Senior Week show in Bailey Hall. On Saturday, the women went to breakfast at Willard Straight, civil engi- neers to Sibley for their School breakfast, and architects to be entertained by their former teachers in the main exhibition