Cornell University - Cornellian Yearbook (Ithaca, NY)

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- 7- 1 A WM . A . 41,,.......-.,.,i.,,...,.-.---,i.-i-'. f- lv-'---b -...., I..- ....,.. - . .- Y J..Jil., Q the cornell olnmni corporation . 1. l DR. FLOYD WINSLOVV THE CORNELL ALUMNI CORPORATION Cornell has several alumni or- ganizations, largely independent in their fields of action, although natu- rally interlocking to a degree. The Cornell Alumni Corporation is the general alumni association, and has as its object the promotion of the interests of the University and the fostering among its members of a sentiment of regard for one another and attachment to their Alma Mater and the ideal of service to humanity. At a meeting in 1872, representa- tives of the classes then graduated founded the organization known as the Associate Alumni of Cornell Univcrsi ty. As the alumni increased in number and formed local clubs and organizations, the need arose for a more competent and central or- ganization. The Associate Alumni became a corporation in 1903. In 1923 the name of the association was changed to the Cornell Alumni Cor- poration. All persons who have at- tended Cornell University as stu- dents, whether graduated or not, are members. More than a hundred alumni clubs, in all parts of the world, form the main structure of the or- ganization, and the corporation de- rives its financial support mainly from assessments levied on these clubs. Besides tl1e annual meeting in 16 Ithaca just before Commencement, the corporation holds biennial con- ventions, generally in the autumn. Until 1930 these conventions were scheduled annually: at Cleveland in May, 1921, at Chicago in April, 1922, at Buffalo in October, 1923, at Pitts- burgh in October, 19211, at Detroit in October, 1925, at Philadelphia in November, 1926, at St. Louis in November, 1927, at Washington in November, 1928, at Rochester in October, 1929, at Ithaca in Novem- ber, 1930, and again in 1932. In the future conventions will be held in the even-numbered years. Fifteen alumni comprise the Board of Directors of the Corporation. Twelve are district directors, elected from twelve districts into which the world has been divided, while three are directors-at-large. The personnel of the Board this year includes the following district directors: Central New York, William J. Thorne '11, Metropolitan New York, William W. Macon '98, Eastern New York, C. Reeve Vanne- man '03, Western New York, Dr. Floyd S. Winslow '06, New England, Chester T. Reed '03, Middle Atlantic, William I-I. Henderson '04, Keystone, Howard M. Rogers '07, Southern, Creed W. Fulton '09, Great Lakes, Frank D. Boynton, Jr. '17, Central, Frank G. Gardner '91, Western, Thomas C. Hennings, Jr. '24, Pacific, George L. Hoxie '92. The three directors-at-large are: Mary H. Don- lon '20, Herbert R. Johnston '17, Russell N. Chase '22, The fhocers are: President, Dr. Winslow, Vice-Presidents, Mr. Gard- ner and Mr. Fulton, Treasurer, Archie C. Burnett '90, Secretary, Foster M. Coffin '12. THE ALUMNI REPRESENTA- TIVE AND DIRECTOR OF WILLARD STRAIGHT HALL The central office of the alumni is that of the Alumni Representative. This offdce was created by the Board of Trustees of the University at the request of the Alumni Corporation, the Association of Class Secretaries, and the Cornellian Council. The Alumni Representative is appointed by the Board of Trustees upon the nomination of the Presidents of these three organizations. He is responsi- ble to a committee composed of three representatives of the alumni organi- zations and two members of theBoard of Trustees. His primary duty is the development of the relations between the University and its alumni. Foster M. Coffin '12 has been Alumni Representative since the office was created in 1920. Associated with the office is the Alumni Field Secre- tary, whose principal duty it is to keep in active communication with the local clubs. Ray S. Ashbery '25 has held the position since September 1930. In this position, he has ad- dressed more than one hundred alumni meetings. Ever since the student union at Cornell opened its doors, in 1925, the direction of its manifold activities has also been in charge of Mr. Coffin '12. No institution on the Cornell campus has so completely become a part of the lives of Cornell students as has Willard Straight Hall, a magnificent structure which memorializes a great Cornellian. It is a tribute to the administrative ability of Foster Coffin that Willard Straight Hall has achieved such conspicuous success in the nine years of its existence. The reason for this is that Mr. Coffin has prob- ably the widest contacts with the alumni and students of any man on the campus. In addition to being director of Willard Straight Hall, he is the alumni representative of the University, the secretary of the- Alumni Corporation, and the secre- tary of the Association of Class Secretaries. He filled for the first time the new office of Alumni Representative which was created in 1920, and has been at Cornell since then, gaining in usefulness, in popularity, and in the esteem of thousands of new and old alumni, undergraduates, faculty, members of the administration, and members of the trustees.

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I S veereiariesy neil, The -tpriointed f UPOH the lliofthese li l95D0Iisi- Etfd of llml Orgitlli. i'l'theB Oard 'dull' is the 115 between 5 alumni, f'-'11 Alumni alliee was .ated with told Score- ft' it is to ation uith rshliery '25 Septeuiher :ie has ad- : hundred t union at ri 1925, the 1 activities 1 gi: ol 1lr. tin on the :urupletely ul' Cornell i Straight ure which r-fllian. inistrative ,L Willard ti-fl such the nine lpj ft,'EISUll has pftlll' with the '.' llliill on -to being 1 llttll, he I-,. nf lll6 ul' the- lp. QQCFC' ,y Class 1-hlj H0111 .errtalltff :Intl grilling v :Hill ln Und lt Illelllllit Q.'l. 'tml I I O 'lfllli CORNELLIAN COUNC I L The Cornellian Council is the ollicial money-raising agency of the University. lt was organized in the auturnn of 1908 and resulted from a desire on the part of a large number ofAlumni to make systematic annual gifts to the University. The found- ers of the Council had in mind the idea of doing away with the indis- criminate and merely occasional solicitation of funds from the Alumni and of having all appeals for the University's needs made by one or- ganization vested with authority. The class of 1909, in its senior year, was the hrst class to establish its memorial to the University in the form of subscriptions to the Alumni Fund. Every class since has fol- lowed the example of 1909 and prior classes have joined enthusiastically in the plan. This year marks the twenty-Hfth anniversary of the founding of the Council and these years represent a quarter century of service 'to Cornell. From 1910 through June, 1933, gifts to Cornell through the Cornellian Council have amounted to S5,tl98,fl6lll.28. Of this amount 51,920,928 has been avail- able to the University without re- striction as to its use. The Council is made up of rep- resentatives-one or more from each Cornell Club throughout the world, one or more from all geo- graphical districts where there are no active clubs, a man and woman from each class graduated, and a number of at-large members elected by the Council. The Executive Committee and the ollicers of the Council are selected from these rep- resentatives and constitute the controlling body. There is a paid executive stall' at Ithaca to carry on the active routine work ol' raising funds. Paul Arthur Schoellkopf 106, of Niagara Falls, is now serving his third term as President of the Coun- cil, having been elected to this posi- tion in June, 1931. Mr. Schoellkopf prepared at Cas- cornelliun council . . . eadilla School and at the lfniversity Preparatory School at llhaea and was graduated from Cornell with the degree ol' liuehelor ol' ,Xrls in l906. While an undergraduate at Cornell, Alr. Sehoellkopl' was a member of the Zeta Psi fraternity, the Clee Club and the Varsity football team. lle was elected to the Masque, the Savage Club and to Quill and Dagger, and served on the Sopho- more lianquet and Vigilanee eom- mittees. hir. Sehoellkopl' is president of the Niagara and Hudson Power Com- pany, general manager ol' the Cana- dian Niagara Power Company, Ltd., and a director of many of the large power companies in New York and eastern Canada. He is a trustee of the Niagara County Savings Bank, the Niagara Falls Memorial Hospital and the Y.M.C.A., and is vice-presi- dent of the Association of Com- munity Chests and Councils. His clubs are numerous. He is active in the Cornell Club of New York and the Cornell Club of Niagara Falls, of which he has served as presi- dent. ln 19111-, with other members of the Schoellkopf family, he joined in making a handsome gift to Cornell University, which made possible the construction of Schoellkopf Field, named for the founder of the Schoellkopf family in this country. An active member of the Cornell University War Memorial Commit- tee, Mr. Schoellkopf himself cn- dowed two rooms to honor the memory of the members of Zeta Psi who gave their lives in the World War. Since his graduation in 1906, Mr. Schoellkopl' has been an active alumnus, lilling the position of chair- man ofthe Semi-Centennial Endow- ment Campaign Committee in Ni- agara Falls in 1919-1920, and serv- ing as a member of the Cornellian Council for many years. Under the leadership of Paul Schoellkopf, the Cornellian Council continues to render effective service and financial help to Cornell, despite wwf, 1 4 1 1 PAUL ARTHUR SCHOELLKOPF the dillicult times in which we are living. A TRIB UTIJ Wefeel that it would be an olnisslon to these pages ifwe failed here to pay a brief tribute to the tate Harold Flack, former Executive Secretary of the Cornellian Council, who died in July, 7933 after The Corncltianl' for that year had been issued. For nearly a decade hir. Flack directed the active work ofthe Council, coming to Ithaca from a publishing hrrn in New York to take up what was then a feeble and unformed enterprise. During Americais participation in the lltorld War, hflr. Flack obtained a leave of absence to serve his country. He became connected with the Red Cross and later enrolled with thc aviation, service. Following active service in France, Mr. Flack was one of a group of American omcers who studied at 0.1:- ford after the Armistice. He returned to Cornell in 1919 to resume his work with the Council. As executive secre- tary of this organization he accom- plished a ,hnancial triumph. He es- tablished for himself the reputation of being one of the most successful fund-raisers in the country. His .zeal and energy were instrumental in rescuing Cornell from a serious hnancial disturbance in 1919. In .that year nearly 86,500,000 were raised in the campaign that was characterized as having saved Cornell from dis- asterf' G Nlr. Flackls place on the COLUlCLl has not yet been flled, and the same may be said of his place as a citizen in the Community. 17