Hobart College - Echo of the Seneca Yearbook (Geneva, NY)

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VOLUME LVI, 1917 I 7 C@EE@ @ f@ff 1916=1 1916-17 J an. 4- Thursday, Christmas recess ends X.4=; a. m. Jan. 16. Tuesday. Meeting of Trustees. Feb. ■ - » Friday, Semi-annual examinations begin. Feb. 12, Monday. Second term begins. April 4. Wednesday, Spring recess begins i :oo i M. April 12. Thursday. Spring recess ends 8:45 a. m. June 1, Friday, Semi-annual examinations begin. June ?• Thursday, Annual meeting of Phi Beta Kappa. June 9. Saturday. Class Day, Alumni Day, Meeting of Trustees and Anniversay Meeting of Phi Beta Kappa. J une ro, Sunday, Baccalaureate Sunday. June 11. Monday, Com m knckm knt Day. 1917 18 Sept. 17. Monday, Entrance examinations begin. Sept. 18. Tuesday, First term begins, registration 9:00 a. m. Nov. 29. Thursday, Thanksgiving Day. Dec. ■ 9. Wednesday. Christmas recess begins 1 :oo p. m. Jan. 8' Thursday, Christmas recess ends 8:45 a. m. Jan. 15 Tuesday, Meeting of Trustees. Jan. 25, Friday, Semi-annual examinations begin. Feb. 4. Monday, Second term begins. April 3. Wednesday, Spring recess begins 1 :oo p. m. April i r. Thursday, Spring recess ends 8:45 a. m. May 3 b Friday, Semi-annual examinations begin. J une 6, Thursday, Annual meeting of Phi Beta Kappa. June 8. Saturday. Class Day, Alumni Day, Meeting of Trustees and Anniversary Meeting of Phi Beta Kappa. J une 9. Sunday. Baccalaureate Sunday. June 10, Monday, Com m encem knt 1 Day .

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THE ECHO OF THE SENECA families bad been sufferers from the Civil War, he was not bountifully provided with this world’s goods. Mr. Read left Geneva with a degree, a suit of clothes, a ticket to Philadelphia and a determination “to arrive. He differed from Ben Franklin in the time more than in the circumstances of his enti ance into Philadelphia. By day he labored in the office of a stock broker, and by night he taught school. He read law at Temple Uni- versity. By 1902, however, the call of steel had become insistent, and he entered the Midvale Steel Company as a clerk. He was superintendent of the iron foundry within a year, and subsequently became also assistant superintendent of the open hearth departments. He severed his connection with this company, January i, 1912, to engage in the manufacture of all-steel automobile bodies, becoming Secretary of the Btidd Manufacturing Company in 1913, and, in 1914, Secretary and Treasurer. The growth of this firm is one of the romances of industrial America and Mr. Read’s part in it has been conspicuous. Mr. Read brings to the service of Hobart College a great love for the institution, which will be readily translated into accomplishment. His business experience is broad and his judgment is of rare sound- ness. His forebears were makers of history in Revolutionary South Carolina, big, virile men and women, who met life courageously and feared only God. Mr. Read has inherited their qualities. His vision is comprehensive. He has no patience with littleness as such but there is no detail too small for his attention. This is, perhaps, the secret of his wonderful efficiency. His optimism is persuasive. The charm of manner which distinguished the gentlemen of the old school distinguishes also Mr. Read. He is a member of the Kappa Alpha Society, of the Art, the Racquet and other clubs in Philadelphia. He takes a deep interest in religious work and is a vestryman of the Episcopal Church at Conshohocken. Mr. Read married, in 1909, Miss Rachel B. Wood, of Philadelphia, and is the father of three children, two girls and one boy.

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THE ECHO OF THE SENECA I 8 LYMAN' P. POWELL. D.D.. LL.D. Thirteenth President of Hobart College