Rollins College - Tomokan Yearbook (Winter Park, FL)

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Prexy ' ' If any place deserves a reputation for prodiicinii rare and great components of the American scene, it is Brooklyn, it fostered the genius of Walt Whitman and gave American sport lans the wild and wooly Dodgers, basehali It aui incredible. And equally important, certainly to all those who have come into con- tact with the man ... it can boast of being the birthplace of Hamilton Holt. Here at once is both an institution and a man. Few people can think of Rollins College without men- tally associating Hamilton Holt with it, and the reverse is also true. A hap])y combination of the dreamer and the })ractical man, Hamilton Holt might well go down in American history as one of the nation s fore- most idealists. et a glance at bis life record will add weight to tiie argument that no mere theorist could have ac hieved as much as has Rollins ' beloved Prexy. Shortly after his graduation i rom Yale in 1894, Hamilton Holt joined the staff of The Independent, one of America ' s greatest liberal magazines. As editor and owner, he exerted a ]»owerful influence in the publication ' s continued |)rominence. until 1921. It was in the early weeks of the first World War that Editor Holt put forth bis ])roposal for a League of Peace, in an arlicb j ublished in the September issue of The IndejK ' ndent. Since that time only one cause has been closer to bis heart than the peace movement. That cause has been the growth and up-i)uilding of Rollins College. Dr. Holt has been identified with all major peace movements, and as personal friend and adviser to both William Howard Pafl and Woodrow Wilson, be was |)rominent in the movement to establish the League of Nations. In recognition ol the importance ol his cont ribution to civilization and bis work as an inter- nationalist, he has been decorated by the governments of Greece. France, Italy, Poland, Sweden and Jugoslavia. Nor has his greatness been confined to this field alone. Noted for his outstanding work in the intro- duction of the Conference Plan and other innovations in the field of progressive education, be has been given honorary degices from Ursinus, Wooster, Wilberforce, Oberlin, Ollerbein. Baylor and Boston University. But Rollins students have never found the need to look backward or to examine Hamilton Holt in the light of bis worldly achievements. Prexy is taken at his face value; as an entertaining companion, an inspiring friend, a hel])ful co-worker and above all, a man of great and noble loveliness of character. His witty speeches and impromptu verses have long been a s»)urce ol merriment at convivial gatherings. His prowess with the tennis racquet, hitherto undisclosed, is second only to bis skill with piano, fife, or what- ever nuisical instrument be can reach. Friend, leader and guiding s] irit . . . Rollins College salutes its great president, Hamilton Holt,

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Faculty and Administration

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I ' re.siilenl Elect Never has the old adage One man ' s loss is another man ' s gain been driven home to the Rollins family as it has this year. With the departure of Dean Winslow S. (for Samuel I Anderson, to assume the presidency of Whitman College, Rollins faces the coming of the war-time crisis without one of its real bul- warks. It ' s a far cry from the sunny shores of Florida to the rock-bound coast of Maine, but Winslow Anderson made the trek with the same ease which was to mark his progress in many fields through the years. A member of Phi Beta Kappa and an honor graduate, upon his graduation from Bates College in 1921, Winslow Anderson joined the Rollins faculty as an associate professor of chemistry. In 1923 he received his M. S. from the University of Minnesota and then continued his graduate study with research and teaching at North Carolina State College. In 1928 he was recalled to Rollins and appointed dean of men. The following year he was named dean of the college, a position which he occupied until his departure in May of this year. There are those rare individuals who can apparently handle any problem with ease and dispatch, who possess the true genius of the executive talent coupled with the breadth of vision and human compassion of the visionary. Winslow Anderson is of that unusual group. Here is a man of accomplishments so vast and wide in their scope that attempting to come into contact with him in all his endeavours is like trying to dam the ocean. His ability is protean, his record of achievement tremendous. He was founder, president, treasurer and adviser of Theta Kappa Nu, national social fraternity now merged with Lambda Chi Alpha into the third largest collegiate organization of its kind. His work as dean of the college, like many of his labors, was accomplished smoothly and efficiently and while there were no fanfares of trumpets to hail his many innovations, he has left on Rollins his mark in bold outline in countless ways. In the first World War he held the rank of Lieutenant in the Chemical Warfare Reserve. A member of the American Chemical Society and five other honorary fraternities, he also serves as a member of the Board of Trustees of Webber College in Babson Park. Florida. A leading member of the Florida State Defense Council, he was also vice-president of the Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association and former president of the Association of Academic Deans of the Southern States and head of the Florida Association of Colleges and LIniversities. The list could continue at length. But there is little need here to embellish the record of Rollins Dean Winslow S. Anderson with further garlands. Able administrator, discerning adviser, firm friend and dis- tinguished servant of the common good in many fields, he goes to his new post as president of Whitman College in Walla-Walla, Washington, with best wishes and regretful goodbyes from all who knew him here.