Emerson College - Emersonian Yearbook (Boston, MA)

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FACULTY OF INSTRUCTION 1945-46 William Howland Kenney Gertrude Binley Kay S. Justus McKinley, Ph.D. Samuel D. Robbins, A.M Dorothy Parkhurst, Ph.D Rowland Gray-Smith, Ph.D Ruth Southwick Maxfield, A.M Joseph E. Connor, A.M Elsie Rutherford Riddell, B.S. in Ed. Grover C. Shaw, M.Ed Adele Dowling Levilloin, A.M Ruth Goodwin, A.M Barbara Stuart Standish, A.B Elliot Norton, AB Sally White Johnstone Arthur F. Edes Roger Wheeler Marion Hamblin, A.M. Betty Hughes Morris, B.L.I. Rosa Seymour Robbins, M.Ed Leslie Bidwell, A.M Virginia Prescott, A.B Professor of Speech Professor of Drama Professor of Social Sciences Professor of Psychology Professor of Modern Languages Professor of Philosophy Professor of English Professor of Speech Professor of Physical Education for Women .. .Associate Professor of Speech Associate Professor of Drama Assistant Professor of Drama Instructor in English Instructor in English Instructor in Drama Instructor in Speech Instructor in Speech Instructor in Speech Instructor in Speech Instructor in Psychology Assistant in Drama Assistant in English Page Five

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BOARD OF TRUSTEES 1945-46 Russell Henry Stafford, D.D., LL.D.— Chairman Boylston Green, Ph.D., President of the College — Ex Officio Adele Dowling Levillain, A.M. — Clerk TERM EXPIRES 1950 Russell Henry Stafford, D.D., LL.D. Hartford, Connecticut President, The Hartford Seminary Foundation William Howland Kenney Leominster, Massachusetts College Professor of Speech Godfrey Dewey, Ed.M., Ed.D. Lake Placid Club, New York Author and Educator Donald B. MacMillan, A.M., Sc.D. Provincetown, Massachusetts Arctic Explorer; Author Lowell Thomas, A.M., Litt.D Pawling, New York Radio Commentator; Author TERM EXPIRES 1949 Allan Forbes, A.B Dedham, Massachusetts President, State Street Trust Company, Boston Walter R. Mansfield, A.B., M.D Los Angeles, California Physician W. Webster McCann, A.B Belmont, Massachusetts Certified Public Accountant TERM EXPIRES 1948 Arthur G. Carver, LL.B Auburndale, Massachusetts Senior Member, Carver and Carver, Attorneys at Law William T. Chase, LL.B Newton Centre, Massachusetts Educational Adviser Mrs. William Vanamee St. Petersburg, Florida For twenty-five years Administrative Officer of the American Academy of Arts and Letters. Resigned 1941 to do literary work. TERM EXPIRES 1947 Edward Howard Griggs, L.H.D., LL.D. Croton-on-Hudson, New York Author and Lecturer Allen A. Stockdale, D.D New York, New York Dean, Speakers Bureau, National Association of Manutacturer.s Mrs. Henry Lawrence Southwick, B.L.I. Boston, Massachusetts College Professor Emeritus; Lecturer TERM EXPIRES 1946 Harry Seymour Ross, Litt.D Cambridge, Massachusetts College President Emeritus Philip Young, A.B Boston, Massachusetts Partner, Baker, Young and Company, Inc., Bankers Mrs. Robert T. Bushnell, B.L.I West Newton, Massachusetts Co-Chairman, Child Welfare Committee, Massachusetts Civic League Elmer Metcalf Fisher, A.B Cambridge, Massachusetts Business Manager Page Four

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THE OLD ORDER CHANGETH The three sat on the platform, each one marking an era — the valiant woman admitting her eighty years, the scholary professor approaching seventy, and the tall, calm new president looking strangely at ease and not nearly forty. The occasion was Founder ' s Day and they were all related to it in different ways. Their purpose on the small stage was, of course, to explain this relationship. They seemed like three actors, each about to pit his particular exhibition against the next— and yet they weren ' t and that wasn ' t their aim. The elderly woman sp oke first, and with such fire and spirit that it was impossible to remember her age. There was nothing but the rousing sincerity of her words. They came from the center of her being, and we felt rather than knew that she loved them by the way her tongue lingered over them and sent the words resoundingly forth. She was beloved and even to those who were not of the generation of Joseph, there came a realization that here, in truth, was the quintessence of our revered and venerated tradition. The aging man formerly dean and now president emeritus, tried with a fear of the exigency of time to recapture a past glowing with triumphs made sweeter by the conquering of so many seemingly insurmountable obstacles. We listened and endeavoured to imagine — for we were a school of strongly imaginative people — as he enumerated names from the long list of former outstanding lecturers, professors and students who had made up the older glories, but it was hard. He too, was well- loved because of his dearness and foibles as much as for the more academic virtues. And we rose with the unanimous accord that prompt- ed loyal hearts to acclaim a generous and indomitable spirit when he had finished. The younger doctor. of philosophy with his disturbingly enigmatic face slowly drew the robes of his office about him, and in a quiet but powerful manner pointed the way to the new path. Though offering the respect due the Old Guard with one hand, we knew that in the other there were the half-disclosed prospects of the future — the elements of progress needed to bring our college the recognition it merited. As we listened to the fragmentary reports of his conferences with illustrious members of all branches of the arts, and the tentative plans he was already beginning to make a reality, there were few who were not aware that the Old Order had begun to change during those moments. Admiration and respect were the sentiments aroused as he brought the convocation to a close. The atmosphere was distinctly portentous and, as it reached each corner of the little theatre, one that could not help but give rise to ques- tion. It was a choice left up to the individual, for we had been given a glimpse of the past and future, and we knew the present. There could be only one decision . . . Page Six