Cornell University - Cornellian Yearbook (Ithaca, NY)

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Til THE CUSS OF 1953: On June fifteenth, you will take on a new status as a Cornellian. You will become an alumnus, one of the large and friendly family of Cornell Alumni. The Alumni Association extends its heartiest congratulations to you and welcomes you as a new member. 1953 has already asserted itself through its ambition, strength and desire to Ik a well-knit Class. The record you have set academically and in Campus activities is sure to 1m reflected in the Cornell Alumni organizations throughout the world. The Association is the liaison between you as alumni and the faculty, administration and students. All former students are members without paying dues. Be sure to notify the Alumni Office, Kdinund Ezra Day Hall, Ithaca, New York, promptly of any address changes so that you may keep abreast of Alumni affairs. There are many services provided by the Alumni Association. Among others there is the Alumni News to keep you informed on the whereabouts ol your Classmates and news of the Campus. Next year you will be called upon to vote for Alumni Trustees of the University and soon after you will return to your first Reunion. Cornell Clubs throughout the world provide an excellent way of becoming acquainted in your community. As an unofficial representative of the University you will have an opportunity to help bring talented young people to Cornell. In other words, as a member of the Cornell Class of 1953 you will be a constant ambassador-at-large of your Alma Mater. May you carry over your undergraduate energy into continuing service to Cornell! 21

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Secretary Robert Meigs Chairman Neal Dow Becker Life Mem Iter William B. Cornell Dkank Waij o Malott Thomas E. Dewey Frank C. Moore Oswau D. Heck 1.. A. Wilson C. Chester Du Mono Harold Keller Ki»ward R. Corsi Frank W. Beneway Harry G. Sti tz Members Ex-Officio I1 result’ll! of I he University The Governor of New York The Lieutenant Governor The Siteaker of the Assembly Commissioner of Education Commissioner of Agriculture Commissioner of Commerce I ml ust rial Com in issi on er President, State Agricultural Society Librarian. Cornell City Library Members Appointed by the Governor Arthur H. Dean George K. Pfann Horace C. Flanigan Joseph I . Ripley Myron C Taylor Members Elected by the Alumni Dorothy McS. Arnold Matthew Carey Walker L. Cisi.kr Ruth F. Irish John S. Parke Jacob G. Schurm w Reese H. Taylor Elbert P. Ti ttle Preston A. W ade J. Carleton Ward Faculty Representatives Herrell DeGraff John W. MacDonald Joseph C. Hinsey Lloyd P. Smith Members Elected by the Hoard Neal Dow Becker William D. P. Carey John L. Collyer Frank S. Coli mbus l u H. Donlon Victor Emanuel Larry E. Gubb Joseph C. Hinsey Louis Hollander Herbert Fisk Johnson Albert L. Mitchell Thomas A. Mi kray Fi.oyd R. New man Nicholas II. Noyes Thomas W. Pew Francis IL Scheetz Walter C. Teacle Robert E. Them an M ax well M. Epson 20

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Hu1 college of I li IS 11’ I I I I IS K dean win. i. myers Those who are fortunate enough to he connected with the College of Agriculture know that their school is one of the best and most progressive in the country. Established by New York State in 1901 to develop and teach new agricultural techniques, the “Ag School” has proved a boon to the state’s farming. The college carries out its work in three phases: teaching of farming and agricultural techniques to the students; research and development of new methods: and extension teaching of modern techniques to farmers, in co-operation with county agents. The upper campus, home of the College of Agriculture, hums with undergraduate activities of all kinds, which culminate each spring in Farm and Home Week, put on in conjunction with the College Home Economics to exhibit new farm techniques to the farming public. 22