Johns Hopkins University - Hullabaloo Yearbook (Baltimore, MD)

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Joseph. Sweetman Ames As Dean of the College Faculty and as Provost 0f the University, Dr. joseph Sweetman Antes has performed the duties of his oHices with a marked degree of success. Should one inquire into uthe secret of his successiieprovidcd there is such a secret in existenceethere is not a better explanation to be found than the one contained within that very excellent observation of human nature on the part of F. iV. Robertson which is worthy of our quoting here: HKindly words, sympathizing attentions, watchfuiness against wounding menis SCnSiliVCHCSS-e these cost very little but they are priceless in their value. These are the things, triviaL perhaps, in themselves, but. collectively capable of creating.r that spirit of fair play and co-operation which should exist between administrator and students. It is no wonder, therefore, that Dean Amcs has won for himself the admiration and respect of the entire student bodv. Our Alma Mater has every reason to feel proud of its Hfavorite 50113,, in general-and 0f Dezin Ames in particular. The johns Hopkins conferred both the Baccalaureate and Doctorate degrees upon him in 1886 and 1890, respectively. Washington College bestowed the honorary degree of Doctor of Laws upon him in 1907. Prior to his being,, chosen to fill his present administrative seat, Dean Ames was Professor and Director of the Physical Laboratory at the University. In addition to these honors, Dean Antes has received international repute as a physicist and author- ity in the field of aeronautics, being Chairman of the National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics and Honorary member of the Royal Institution of Great Britain. Pagr 19

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President Goodnow, at the request of the Hullabaloo, has honored us on the eve of his retirement from the Presidency with a personal statement, given here in its entirety: On July Iirst next I shall, if I Iive, have completed the span which is, in the Scriptures. assigned to the active life of men. I have. therefore sent in my resignation to the Board of Trustees to be accepted not later than the date mentioned. The fifteen years of service which it has been my privilege to render to the University constitute one of the happiest periods of my life. The duties of the President of an institution such as ours are not by any means exclusively connected with the undergraduate department. At the same time, such a department is a most important branch of our work, and is also a department which, by its very nature, is possibly more apt to cause disturbances and unpleasantnesses than any other. But I am glad to be able to say that during the fifteen years I have been here there has never been any event which has caused any serious embarrassment to the authorities of the University. It is sometimes said that four years constitute an academic generation. The fifteen years that I have been here have thus comprised almost Ionr academic generations. I have seen what are sometimes spoken of as academic traditions develop andpdisappear. I may, without qualification. say that the tendency of these traditions has been in the right direction. I attribute this development to the emphasis which has been laid for so long upon the systems of student government which we have, which embraces, as an academic tsadition, the Honor System. Responsibility has, in accordance with this system of student government, been placed upon the students. I am glad to say that they have measured up to that responsibility. Our Honor System in particular has, so far as my observation goes. been eminently anCCszul, and it is a tribute to the character and intelligence of our undergraduate students that while in some other institutions the Honor System has had to be abandoned because in the opinion of the faculty it had failed, we have been able to retain it here, and believe that we are justified in considering it a success. In laying down the duties of the othce 0f Presidenn I regret greatly that the time has come when it seems necessary for me to take this action. I wish as I am about to Ieave to express to the students who have been here during my period of oiIice, my thanks for their uniformly good behavior, and hope that the same conditions which it has been my fortune to meet may continue in the fnturey FRANK .l. Gommow. Pagr 18

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