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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
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2. CORNELL ALUMNI NEWS room of White Hall. Simultaneously, at nine, the Cornellian Council met in Morrill Hall and the secretaries and rep- resentatives of thirty-one classes gathered at Willard Straight for the annual meet- ing ofthe Association of Class Secretaries. Those who attended Cthose other than secretaries, in italicrl were: '77 Simon H. Gage '78 Mrs. Willard Beahan CBessie DeWittD '79 Clayton Ryder '81 Henry H. Wing '85 Charles E. Curtis '90 James E. Rice '91 Louis Rouillion '93 Clark S. Northup '95 William E. tfclaenck and Efle W. Wbirfeld '97 George N. Lanman 'oo Mable E. Rose and George H. Young '01 Mrs. R. H. Shreve CRuth Bentleyl '04 Mary M. Crawford '05 Robert P. Butler '07 Mrs. George W. Tucker CElsie RandD and R. W. Sailor '08 Seth W. Shoemaker '09 Mrs. R. W. Sailor CQueenie Hortonl and Ellis Final: . '10 Mrs. John B. Grace CAnna Field:-:nj '11 Ross W. Kellogg '13 George H. Rockwell ' '15 Matthew Carey '16 Mrs. Harold Flack CEvelyn AlspachD '17 Herbert R. Johnston 'LI Allan H. Treman '15 Bernard A. Savage '16 Frances P. Ea an ' E '17 Mr.r. Kenneth A. Reeve CGfdC! Hannon? and Robert B. Brown '18 Mrs. Robert J. Thomas Cjosephine WhiteD '19 Mrs. William E. Pierce, Jr. CConstance Cobb? '30 Caroline Dawdy '33 Marian Glaerer Women Vote Scholarships Delegates from the country over at- tended the annual meeting June 14, of the Federation of Cornell Women's Clubs in Willard Straight Hall, to give reports of the year's activities of their respective organizations. Resolutions of respect and tribute to the memory of Harriet May Mills '79 and Rose H. Cahill '36, two former presidents of the Federation, were adoptedg the memorial to Miss Mills was presented by Mrs. Roy Yan Tyne Qlsabelle Hoag '1SD, and that to Miss Cahill by Mrs. William O. Kerr Clda CornellD 'S4. Besides that of the treasurer of the Federation, Mrs. Nan Vllillson Brufl' '09, the reports presented to the meeting in- cluded that of the committee on creden- tials, of which Mrs. Keith Sears CSylvia Godfrey? 'll was chairman, and a com- prehensive report submitted by a special committee appointed to investigate uses for which the income of the Women's Dormitory Fund might best be used, in- asmuch as the project for which the money was started has been voided since the erection of Balch Hall. On the recom- mendation of this special committee, consisting oi Grace Griswold '18, chair- man, and Mrs. H. Howard Heller CLillian PurvisQ 1.4 and Lois C. Osborn '18, thc lfederation voted to approve the granting of live annual upperclass scholarships of S100 each. 1935 REUNION ATTENDANCE Class Bleu 'Women Total e '69 0 0 0 0 '70 1 0 1 50 '71 0 0 0 0 '72 1 0 1 17 173 2 0 2 74 0 o 0 '75 3 0 3 30 '76 1 o 1 535 2 'Z 2 '79 3 0 3 '80 1 0 1 4 '81 5 o 5 '82 o o 0 '83 1 0 1 '84 1 2 3 '85 5 1 6 20 '86 4 1 5 '87 2 o 2 '88 6 0 6 8 '89 8 1 9 10 '90 30 1 31 21 '91 10 '2 12 8 '92 2 2 4 '93 4 0 4 '94 3 2 5 '95 12 1 13 6 96 2 0 2 '97 8 2 I0 '98 4 4 8 '99 8 I 9 '00 22 9 31 9 101 I3 1 I4 O2 3 2 5 '03 7 3 IO '04 8 5 I3 '05 19 5 24 4 '06 7 4 1 1 '07 45 6 51 9 '08 31 12 43 7 ' '09 35 13 48 8 '10 135 28 163 24 '1 1 I3 4 I7 '12 30 2 32 '13 I0 1 II '14 I3 0 I3 '15 95 18 113 14 '16 6 9 I5 ,I7 6 3 9 18 1 1 6 I7 '19 6 ' 3 9 '20 29 35 64 9 '21 5 3 8 '22 I4 IO 24 '23 1 1 6 I7 '24 19 7 26 '25 102 17 119 18 '26 27 23 50 '27 47 66 113 11 '28 41 45 86 9 '29 44 49 93 10 '30 68 49 117 13 '31 1 1 26 37 '32 1 1 I3 1 24 '33 S6 68 124 14 '34 25 21 46 1161 593 1754 T S 846 432 1278 Bold type designates the 26 classes officially scheduled for reunions this year. Dean R. Louise Fitch reported on the grants and loans made during the year from the Dearstyne Fund, the Alumnae Fund, and the income of the Dormitory Fund. Mary Donlon '10, president of the Federation, submitted the report of the executive committee. Two vice-presidents were elected, Mrs. Claude Bigelow Lucile WymanD '13 of Cortland, first vice-president, and Mrs. Edward Knauss CDorothy PondD '18 of Poughkeepsie, third vice-president. Following the meet- ing, tea was served in the East Lounge of Willard Straightg Mrs. R. W. Sailor CQueenie HortonD '09 and Mrs. Arthur A. Allen CElsa GuerdrumD 'Il presided at the tea table. More than two hundred fifty alumnae gathered Saturday morning, June 15, for the annual breakfast arranged by the Cornell Women's Club of Ithaca. Lillian Fasoldt '17 president of the Ithaca club, presided. The program was arranged by the Federationg speakers included Edith M. Ouzts, AM '30, hostess of Willard Straight Hall, E. Marjorie McAdoo '35, president of WSGA, Mrs. R. H. Shreve QRuth Bentleyl '01 and Mrs. R. C. Osborn CAgda SvvensonD '1o. Mrs. John A. May Qohanna. Stoltej '05 sang the Alumni Song, accompanied by Grace A.5Seley '04. Mary Donlon '10 introduced the speakers 5 the chairman of the breakfast arrange- ments was Mrs. Carl. Gilbert Clvlarie TurpinD '13, President Summarizes Year The auditorium of Baker Laboratory was crowded with alumni at ten-thirty Saturday for the annual meeting of the Cornell Alumni Corporation, to hear President Farrand's annual personal mes- sage to the alumni and the reports of the Alumni Trustee elections. Presiden't C. Reeve' Vanneman '03 spoke briefly of the great assistance rendered by Cornell Clubs this year, in helping to solve the problems of athletics and in connection with Cornell Day and the Alumni ln- stitute. He said that twenty-three of the forty-two Clubs had officially, replied to a letter asking for suggestions on the athletic situation for- the use of the Trustee-Faculty-alumni committee, and that their help had been invaluable. Dr. Farrand summarized happily and intimately the events of the year at the University and described its present con- dition. He spoke of the great loss in the deaths of Mynderse Van Cleef '74, Cuthbert W. Pound '87, and Dean Frank Thilly, designating them as milestones in the history of Cornell, and of the re- tirement of Professors Ernest Merritt '86, Gilbert D. Harris '86, joseph E. Trevor '91, and Glenn W. Herrick '96. He paid tribute to the continued efhciency of the Department of Buildings and Grounds, as reflected in the increasingly well-kept appearance of the Campus, and spoke of the real importance ofthe new arboretum, of which construction is shortly to start, from plans of twenty years standing. He said the administration has many other plans which are awaiting the right op- portunity to be carried to completion. Of student registration, the President said it was about the same as during the previous year, with more applications on hand for next fall than at this time a year ago. He spoke of the new course in Re- gional Planning as a most important
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