Harvard University - Red Book Yearbook (Cambridge, MA)

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High School. He made a strength test of 994, and was fond of tumbling and basket ball, being a member of the basket ball class team. He is a member of the Free Mason Club, the Harvard Engineering Societyfand is Treasurer of the Mechanical Club. His summer vacations have been occupied with engineering work. He is the editor of the new Harvard Engineering Journal. ALFR'ED T ALBOT BAKER has given his attention chiefly to English and the Fine Arts, and has specialized in the former. He prepared at Noble and Greenoughis School, and' entered college in the fall of 1898. Outside of his regular work he has engaged in writing for the'newspapers and magazines. He made a strength test of 843. Running and football were his favorite sports, and he was a candidate for both the football and track teams. Hevwas a member of the Institute, the'Sphinx, the Cercle Frangais and the Deutscheererein. In 1900 he took part in the play presented by the Cercle Frangais. He made the Lampoon in his Sophomore year, and has been one of the assistant business managers. GUY BANCROFT centered his interest in Economics, which he made a specialty. He is fond of exercise, being specially partial to rowing in all forms. He made the Freshman and other class crews, and was on the Varsity four-oared crew. He pre- pared for college at the Cambridge Latin School, entering Harvard in the fall of 1898. He was a member of the Institute of 1770, the Dickey, and the Hasty Pudding-Club. Business attracts him. HARRINGTON BARLO'W entered in the fall of 1899, from the New Bedford and North Brookfield High Schools. He was a member of the Freshman Debating Club, and his interests have been divided between Fine Arts, Architecture, Political Economy, ahd Philosophy. His summer vacations were spent in hotel work. In his Freshman year he was a candidate for the Lampoon. He intends entering a special school of Architecture, and he will make this subject his profession. CHARLES ARTHUR BARNARD prepared for college at the Central High School, Washington, D. C., and entered Har- vard in the fall of 1898. He has specialized in the Modern Lan- guages, being especially interested in the study of French. He was an honorary member of the Institute of 1770, and a member of the HastyiPudding Club. Besides taking part in the track ath- letics of his class, he has- played guard on the ,Varsity football team. He is one of the fifty strongest men in the University, hav- ing made a record of .1464 points. He is a member of the Class Day Committee. Law is his chosen work, and he will enter the Harvard Law School in the fall of 1902. ROGER'CONANT BARNARD participated in various forms of athletics, and was a candidate foi' the Track Team. He pre- pared at the Newton High School, and entered Harvard in Sep- tember, 1898' His studies have been throughout of a general nature; none having proved of sufficient attraction to induce him to specialize. His life work is yet undecided. DONALD CARTER BARNES prepared at the Cambridge Latin School, and entered Harvard in September, 1898. As his chief interest is in Engineering and Mathematics, he has followed the programme for Mechanical Engineers and will probably con- tinue his investigations in this work for some time. He has been

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CHARLES MERRITT AMBROSE received his preparation for college at the Somerville Latin School, entering Harvard in the fall of 1898. He. was chiefly interested in French, Chemistry. and Economics, having specialized in the latter. He was a mem- ber of the Somerville Latin Club, the Harvard Rifle and Pistol Club. 810 was his strength test, and he was a regular patron of the gymnasium. He intends to enter the Law School, and will probably adopt law as a profession. MAX GEORGEKANDRES came from the Brookline High School. He is deeply interested in Architecture, in which sub- ject he has specialized. He is a member of the Pen and Brush Club, and has engaged in painting and kindred work outside of his regular college studies. He entered Harvard in September, 1898. He had little interest in any athletics of a routine nature, pree ferring to take his exercise in other ways. FR ED ROLLINS. AYER was prepared for college at Phillips Exeter Academy, entering Harvard in the fall of 1898. He kept his course of study general, but found most to interest him in the He liked athletic sports, and in his F reshman year was a candidate for the baseball study of English, Economics and History. team. He was a member of the Institute of 1770. Business will be the field of his future activities. HARRY MORGAN AYRES was admitted to Harvard from the Montclair tN. JJV High School. He has been interested in such forms of athletics as tennis and walking; and has taken many of his courses in Philosophy and English, specializing in the former. He has been a member of the Signet, the Memorial Soci- ety, the Amphadon, Hasty Pudding, O. K. Society, the Institute of 1770, the Delta Kappa Epsilon, the Ceicle Frangais, the Kalu- met Club, the Anthropological Club, and the New Jersey Club. He has been Knight of the Pudding, Editor of the Lampoon, and , of the Advocate; and he is to be ivy orator for his class. MILTON JACOB BACH entered college in 1899, frorri the College of the City of New York, and intends entering the Columbia Law School. A strength test of 857 stands to his credit. He was a candidate for the track team and the crew, as running and rowing have both attracted him. He has specialized in Engi- neering, but expresses much interest in English and Economics. LE RoY MANSON BACKUS entered in the fall of 1899. He prepared for college at the Seattle High School, and spent two years at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology before coming to Harvard. Throughout his college course he has been devoted to the study of music, in which he has specialized. French Literatnre also has shared much of his attention. He is a member of the Harvard Musical Club. ARTHUR SCOTT BAILEY came to Harvard in the autumn of 1901, being admitted as a Junior from the University of Ver- mont, where he prepared. He has not narrowed his work in col- lege to the point of specializing in any branch, but was deeply in- terested in the work of the English department. He did not go in for any athletic sports or routine physical training, preferring to take his exercise in other ways. He is still undecided in regard to the field of his life work. . ' ' CHARLES HERBERT BAKER took the course in Mechani- cal Engineering in the Lawrence Scientific School, paying special attention to Mathematics. He entered in 1898, from the Roxbury

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actively interested in rowing and football, being a member of the Weld Boat Club, and having tried for the football team. ALFRED GREENLEAF BARNETTE, JR. entered as a Senior in 1901 from Ottawa University, Kansas, where he received the degree of Bachelor of Arts the same year. He has participated in nearly all branches of athletics, but has been partial to baseball. He engaged in the work of the Cambridge Social Union, and was a member of the Beta Theta Pi Society. Although a clever sketch artist, he is chiefly interested in the Languages, Philosophy, and English, in the latter of which he has specialized. He inclines to- wards journalism as a profession. W ILLIAM BRADFORD BARTLETT entered in the autumn of 1898, after preparing at the Concord High School. He centred his interest in the Natural Sciences, but did not specialize. He did not participate in track athletics or other forms of athietic training to any great extent, preferring other methods of exercise. He was a member of the Banjo Club, and was Treasurer of the Kappa Gamma Chi Society. PAUL BARTLETT prepared for college at Phillips Exeter Academytentering regularly with his class in 1898, His course of study was general, but he showed special interest in PhiIOSo-phy, Fine Arts and Archaeology. He was a member of the Harvard Memorial Society, the Hasty Pudding Club, the O. K. Society, and the Exeter Club. He was also President of the Lampoon. He was interested in athletics, but did not try for any teams. EDWARD SILLIMAN BATES. specialized in Economics, with strong side interest in English and History. .He entered s Harvard in the autumn of 1898, having prepared for, college at St. Johnsville High School, New York. Athletic sports did not attract him strongly, although he was fond of outdoor exercise in its lighter forms. His profession is as yet undecided. CHARLES NEWCOMB BAXTER received the degree of Bachelor of Science from the Massachusetts Agricultural College in 1898, and entered Harvard in the same year. He has specialw ized in History and Political Science, and .won the Scholarship of the Class 20f 1828. His strength test was 650, and he took an interest in gymnasium work. He intends to make library work his profession. RALPH PERICLES BENEDICT was admitted to Harvard from the University of Nebraska in 1898. He worked principally in Geology and English, and took an active interest in gym- nastics. He was a member of the Harvard Democratic Club, the Political Club, and of the Delta Upsilon Society. Outside of col- lege, journalism claimed his attention, and he did a considerable amount of work in this field. He has not fully decided on a life occupation, but he may remain in Cambridge and enter the Law School. VVABREN EGBERT BENSCOTER has specialized in Sociology, centering his interest in the liquor problem. 'He pre- pared at Dickinson College, Pennsylvania, and entered the Sopho- more Class in 1899. A strength test of 1700 stands to his credit, and he was a regular patron of the gymnasium. He participated in the work of the Y. M. C. A., was President of the Liquor Ptoblem Club, and taught a penmanship class in the Social Union. He intends to work with the New York Anti-Saloon League, and to devote himself to the betterment of social conditions.