Princeton University - Bric A Brac Yearbook (Princeton, NJ)

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DEDICATION ADLAI E. STEVENSON Princeton has produced many outstanding public figures. In recent years the most outstanding of these has been Adlai E. Stevenson, '22. Mr. Stevenson has a distinguished record as a politician. He served as Governor of Illinois from 1948 to 1952, and twice as the Democratic candidate he ran unsuccessfully for the Presidency of the United States, once in 1952 and again in 1956. In 1961 newly-elected President John F. Kennedy, '39, appointed this famous Prince- tonian to the post of United Nations' Ambassador. The aggressive, two-fisted stubbornness of the politi- cian, the acute legal insight of the lawyer, and the deep personal conviction of a great liberal have all been mixed in the character of Adlai Stevenson. His political friends and enemies alike attest to his sin- cerity as a politician and to his dedicated, effective leadership of his party through some of its most trou- blesome years. He saw himself as the leader of the opposition, and he gave his political foes ample evi- dence of his scrutinizing presence. He is one of the few modern ofiice-seekers who have been able to com- bine intellectualism and political popularity, and maintain even in defeat a devoted personal following. These qualities enable him today to fit admirably into his United Nations' Ambassadorship. This yearbook is not dedicated to Mr. Stevenson with regard to his political affiliation or with regard to the ideas and ideology of his party. Rather, by the dedication of the 1961 lirir-a-Bmc to Adlai E. Steven- son, we would wish to emphasize the admirable record of this man as an outstanding example of Princeton in the Nation's Service.

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IN MEMCDRIAM . his f M Q at , s Q 1 , . ff. -lwsf i H as 'Zg fia l 51 V A .L,1', fm-' MICHAEL C. KOPLINER 'l'odav's undergraduates, proceeding naively on the assumption that they have devised a novel brand ol hell to raise, would be sadlv dellated to learn that one reason a proctor appears so proniptlv is that Mike Kopliner has seen it all belore, in principle, at any rate, at least twice. This was said concerning Michael Charles Kopliner, a Princeton University Proctor lor thirtvhseven vears, and head ol this non- unilorined force lor the past lilteen. who died on -lulv 2l, l960 ol' cancer at the Princeton Hospital. A veteran ol two wars, a fornier nleinher ol the Princeton Borough Council, a tennis and squash rac- quets enthusiast, he was known to thousands ol' Princeton ahunni as Nlike . His service to the Uni. versity spanned the administrations ol' Presidents john Grier Hihben, Harold XV. Dodds, and Robert lf. Goheen. Under the last two administrations he was in charge ol the cainpus proctor lorce which has as its responsibility the maintenance of discipline on the Princeton t2lIll1JUS. Active in nianv civic activities. including the direc- ton of the Playground Program, Boy Scout work and the First Aid Unit, he was a strong advocate ol all types ol recreational facilities. He participated enthusias- tically in vouth ventures, and sponsored the Knights ol' Columbus, iXinerican Legion. and other organiza- tions. Until a lew years ago he played squash alniost daily and was particularly concerned with the develop- nient of President Goheen's game. Mike was a Princeton landmark. His presence on canipus was deeply lelt lor thirty years, and his loss is a great one to the thousands ol undergraduates that he helrieiuled.