Cornell University - Cornellian Yearbook (Ithaca, NY)

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JUNE 10, 1935 3 academic development, said that its financing here by the Carnegie Corpora- tion was a marked tribute to the unique, well-rounded facilities possessed only by Cornell, and that under the direction of Professor Gilmore D. Clarke '13, it was being participated in not only by its original sponsoring Colleges, Architecture and Engineering, but also by Arts and Sciences, Agriculture, and Law, with selected students of every College taking the first year's courses. The quality of the student body, the President said, improves each year, with undergraduate leadership through the Student Council and otherwise better this year than for several past. He spoke of the financial problems of the Adminis- tration, paid high tribute to the Trustees for their success in these troubled times in keeping the deficits to but a few thousand dollars in a seven-milli0n- dollar operation, and said that the financial condition of the University was by no means a cause for alarm. Pfann and Whinery Trustees A. Wright Gibson '17, as chairman of the ofiieial committee of canvassers, re- ported the election of George R. Pfann '14 and Andrewj. Whinery '10 as Alumni Trustees. The 10,013 ballots cast repre- sent'approximately thirty percent of the degree holders, qualified to vote. Of these, 151 were rejected by the canvassers as not conforming to the rules which govern the election, leaving a net total of 9,861 ballots counted. Pfann received 4,497, Whinery, 3,765, and the other four candidates finished as follows: Charles M. Chuckrow '11, Henry W. Edgerton '10, John B. Tuck '93, and Homer Cudmore '05. At noon Saturday in the Drill Hall, class tables covered most of the nearly two acres of drill floor, and most of the reunion crowd and many members of the Faculty and their wives were there. Three bands were in evidence,' leading the var- ious classes in the traditional parade around the Drill Hall after luncheon, '08 used a small red pig led by a farmer in straw hat and overalls to announce a refined hog-calling contest at the picnic dinner of '07, '08, '09, and '10 that evening at Taughannock, arranged by the secretaries, Whinery and Mrs. Grace, of the Class of '10. Class pictures followed the luncheon, and Saturday 'afternoon was spent by many at Taughannock, by others in getting better acquainted and recalling old times at the various class head- quarters, and by still others at the fraternity and sorority teas and open houses. At Willard Straight Hall alumni and undergraduates were entertained at a tea dance before the former scattered to their several class dinners on the Hill and downtown. Again that evening the Dramatic Club gave their Senior Week performance, The Chief Thing, in the University Theatre, but it was attended largely by Seniors and their parents and friends, most of the alumni going to crowd Bailey Hall for the reunion rally. Gather at Rally Here William H. Forbes '06 acted as master of ceremonies and led the singing, announcing The Crew Song as sung for John N. Ostrom '75, who coached and stroked the first winning Varsity crew, at Saratoga sixty years ago, and who was in the audience. The accordion of Edwin H. Hilborn '36, the singing banjo of Alfred F. Sulla, Jr. '19, and the rendi- tions of the Savage Club quartette, com- posed or' C. Wesley Thomas '11 Sp., William B. Corcoran '13, Truman K. Powers '30, and Allan H. Treman '11, were loudly applauded. jacob S. Fassett, Jr. '11 was called to the stage and told several stories, interrupted frequently by the cowbell gouging of his green- sweatered classmates in the audience g and Charles A. Norris, Jr. '11 entertained with his famous Ithaca street car im- personations. Pham by Fenner IN THE DRILL HALL DURING THE SATURDAY ALUMNI-FACULTY LUNcHEoN The recdrd-breaking Class of '10, gay in orange and black blazers and hatbands, lines up with. its brand to lead the gala parade Of all reunion classes around and around the two-acre drill for, of which the center was occupied with tables arranged by classes.

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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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4 CORNELL ALUMNI NEWS ALUMNI FUND SUPPORT GREATER Cornellian Council Re-Elects Becker '05 That the Alumni Fund, with still two weeks left of the current fiscal year, had already attained more subscribers to the welfare of Cornell than in all of last year was the encouraging report made by the executive committee of The Cornellian Council at its annual meeting in Morrill Hall on June 15. To that day, 487.1 alumni had contributed S79,484.7.0, it was reported, as compared with a total of 4693 subscribers in all of the fiscal year 1933-34. Neal Dow Becker '05, complet- ing his first term as president of the Council, presided, and was re-elected. On Monday he was elected a member of the University Board of Trustees. All Help in Gain Archie M. Palmer '18, executive secretary of the Council, reporting for the committee, pointed out that this gain was directly attributable to the excellent cooperation this year of class representa- tives, many of whom sent special letter appeals to their classmates, to competi- tion among classes stimulated by the periodical reports of class standings pub- lished in the ALUMNI News and The Cornellian Council Bulletin, to the novel check-and-envelope supplement in the last Bulletin soliciting passengers on the annual Good-Will Cruise of the Good Ship Cornell, made possible by the help of Walter L. Todd '09 and Howard Reineman '10, to the personalizing of appeals to larger prospective donors by means of letters signed by the president of the Council, and generally to the ag- gressive and interested leadership of Becker, the Council's president. It is reported that through Saturday T11 persons had used the combination check and envelope enclosure to sub- scribe S3,o64.1o, and Palmer says that with two weeks still to count in this fiscal year and the full volume of these contributions just beginning to appear, he expects that the honor roll of the names of Alumni Fund subscribers, to bc published after June 30, will number between six and seven thousand. This large number of contributors has already more than offset this year's curtailment ol' receipts from customary large givers, indicating clearly, Palmer says, that al- though the gift of an individual may be bllklll. when he joins in mass formation with his neighbors, the same effort be- CUIUCS .tn irresistible and mighty force. lzicty gift to the Alumni Fund, whatever its amount, makes the donor it member of The C.ornell1,1n Council and inscribes his name on the published honor roll. This -.x .is the twenty -sixth annual meet- ing of the lioartl ol Directors of the Lountil, toinposetl ol' representatives ltom each class, membets-at-lzu'ge, :intl from igeoqmpliittil areas, with the oflicers and executive committee of the Council. During the first twenty-five years of its existence, it was reported, gifts totalling S6,I97,7.5I.'L9 were made through the Council. And, despite the trying times through which we have been passing during the past few years and the pressure of other demands, Cor- nell alumni have continued to respond generously to the support of the Univer- sity .... I ,The amount given annually to the University through The Cornellian Council enters into the ofhcial budget of the University and that budget is adopted each year on the basis of these prospective contributions. Yet, despite all The Cornellian Council has been doing, the University nevertheless each year runs a deficit. President Farrand and 'the Trustees have repeatedly stated that if it were not for the contributions through The Cornellian Council, the annual de- ficits of the University would be much larger. The executive committee reported that during the year the Council office had mailed nearly 30,000 notices to Alumni Fund subscribers, approximately 9,000 letters were sent by class representa- tives to non-subscribers and to subscribers urging increased contributions, more than 1600 letters to members of the Senior Class as part of its campaign, more than 4,000 in connection with the Pound Memorial Fund, the special fund of the College of Architecture, and other special appeals, and at least 4,000 letters were written by the executive secretary and members of the staff, in addition to the sending of acknowledgements and membership cards to all contributors. The Class Memorial campaign of the Class of '35, conducted by Paul Reinhardt of Oakland, Cal. and Mary Rowe of Fort Myer, Va., resulted in 767 Seniors subscribing a total of 53,650 in annual iff' Nant. Dow Beckett '05, New TRUSTEE pledges to the unrestricted Alumni Fund, mostly in the amount of 85. This was the largest number of subscribers to a Class memorial fund in the twenty-six years since the Class of '09 started the custom. Among significant gifts and bequests to the University during the year, the report cited that of the Liberty Hyde Bailey I-lortorium, by Dr. and Mrs. Bailey, those of C. Sidney Shepard, a Trustee from 1896 to 1918, Walter P. Cooke '91, Mrs. Ida M. Sivyer,' mother of the late Fred L. Sivyer '03, Belle Sherman, Ruth B. Ettinger, and Robert J. Eidlitz '85, one of the founders of the Council and a generous contributor throughout his life. A special gift of -a musical reference library by William F. E. Gurley '77 was also noted. Special Work Effective Under the chairmanship of Edward Cornell '89, succeeding' Becker who had been chairman since its organization in 1914, the Council's committee on be- quests has sent periodically to individuals among its eight hundred lawyer-members advice of the UniVersity's specific needs and of ,phases of its program which can be aided by bequests of stated amounts. The chairman and 'executive committee, composed of J. DuPratt White '90, John J. Kuhn '98, EarlJ. Bennett '01, Winthrop Taylor '07, Lawrence G. Bennett '09, Jacob Gould Schurman, Jr. '17, Jacob Mertens, Jr. '19, and Becker and Palmer, ex-officio, are preparing for distribution to lawyers and others interested in the making of wills naming Cornell as beneficiary, a booklet containing forms and other pertinent information. The committee reported that the Pound Memorial Fund, initiated this spring by the Law Association atthe suggestion of Edwin Marshall '94, had now reached the sum of 85,454, and is planned to be completed during 1935. The meeting adopted a resolution pro- posed by a committee headed by Walde- mar H. Fries '10 setting forth that the best interests of the University and the alumni require that all solicitations for University projects be made only through The Cornellian Council as approved by its executive committee. It also adopted revisions of the by- laws of the Council proposed by a com- mittee headed by Francis O. Affeld, Jr. '97 which simplify the organization of the Council by putting its business man- agement in the hands of the executive committee of eleven members instead of the board of ,directors of about 360, which meets only once or twice a year, and providing for the election of execu- tive committee members in three groups of three each, one group to retire each year and to be ineligible for re-election for one year after the expiration of their terms. The other two members of the executive committee are the president and CCo11ri71fzcff on page 73