Stanford University - Quad Yearbook (Palo Alto, CA)

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Foreword [IIE year which we have to record in this book is unprece- dented, and its equal is not Hkely to occur in the near future. This ' 09 Quad is issued at the cuhnination of the most criti- cal situation Stanford has ever experienced. Indeed, for a while it seemed problematical whether we would have any book at all, or whether there would be any one left to read or buy it. Nevertheless, it now appears despite the fact that the business men of San Francisco are more interested in campaigns against plague, fleas and rats than they are in advertising campaigns. In athletics in 1907 we made a clean sweep, having five ' arsity vic- tories to our credit and not a single defeat. The Senior circus, the rallies and rushes— all were in keeping with the standard set by an extraordinary year. Ike Russel once wrote, The glory of a Quad editor is in catching such manifestations of this spirit as have expressed themselves during the year, and cementing them down. in cold type for the direction and guidance of Freshmen, and for the elucidation of his particular genera- tion. That has been our idea exactly — to reproduce the throbbing, active life of the last year, to perpetuate some of its characteristic spirit and atmosphere. To accomplish this our policy has differed somewhat from previous Boards. We have seen nothing sacred in the make-up of former Quads, we have not worshipped traditions. Former Quads must be regarded merely as a foundation for something better — not as the final attainment of an ideal. The Board this year has attempted to put a little flesh and blood on the dry skeleton of figures and statistics. The college year has been increased over three-fold and twenty pages have been added to Athletics. The Faculty material has been entirely changed. Instead of that hopeless conglomeration into which the Faculty names have been jumbled in the past, we have attempted to organize the arrangement more logically. Furthermore, we have annihilated from the Faculty depart- ment the University plumbers and University carpenters, who have always heretofore been such illuminating additions to this section. One thing was emphatically decided — the elimination of the prize story and poem. It was our opinion that the Quad was not the proper medium for the exploitation of literary genius, to say nothing of the asinine, almost bloodthirsty, character such exhibitions have been taking of late. Several other changes have been made which do not require special mention. The policy pursued in the josh department has been somewhat radical. We have abolished the purely personal, spiteful josh. We saw no particu- lar joy in relating how some one stole ice cream from some sorority porch or in hurling diatribes at the Varsity captains. Such performances smack too much of prep schools and State Universities. Instead, it has been planned to present material of a more general and lasting nature — mate- rial which will be of interest today, ten years from today, and even to any one who has never seen the campus. Finally, to give expression to the best that is in the Stanford spirit, to the virile, manly life of the campus, to the things which will ever be associated with our stay in this University, has been our aim. Quad Board.

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Contents DEDICATION 3 IX MEMORIAM 9 FOUNDERS 11 FACULTY 13 CLASSES 27 COLLEGE YEAR 91 FR. TERNITIES 127 HONOR SOCIETIES 217 ORGANIZATIONS 223 ATHLETICS 249 FOOTBALL 253 TRACK 273 BASEBALL - .... 289 BOATING 299 TENNIS 309 MUSIC 311 PUBLICATIONS 321 DEBATING 327 DRAMATICS 337 CALENDAR 349 JOSHES 357

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' 09 Quad Board Editor H. F. Bruning Associate Editors V. F. Bellows E. R. PURDUM C. B. Bradford H. L. RlXFORD G. B. Bush D. H. Walker M. J. Helmick Manager D. W. Burba NK Assistants H. L. Bacon W. D. Burcham