Syracuse University - Onondagan Yearbook (Syracuse, NY)

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Charles Wesley Flint CHARLES WESLEY FI.IN'l', Chancellor of Syracuse University, is now serving his eleventh year as director of the destinies of this institution. He came to Syracuse at a time when the University was making a brave struggle to free itself from debt, and he has fought its financial battles, as well as guided it through the difficulties of internal re-organization, so he is well trained for present problems when econ- omic depression hits the University. Fortunately he has a good physique and can put in a ten-hour day of steady work and then drive a car at a speed which he would not care to have his students emulate. He was born in Stoufliville, Ontario, November 14, 1878. After attending public schools, he was graduated from Victoria College CUniversity of TorontoQ in 1900 with the degree of A.B., and from Drew Theological Seminary in 1906 with the degree of B.D. He earned his Mas- CHARLES WESLEV FILINT tC1',S Degree 1-FOIT1 COILIYTIIJIEI 111 and Chflflffllvr the following honorary degrees were conferred upon him from time to time: D.D. from Wesleyan University in 1912, and from Victoria College in 1924, I.L.D. from Coe College, Iowa, in 1916, and Cornell College, Iowa in 1922, Pd.D. from Albany State Teachers College in 1924. His first professional work after graduation from college was as principal of a public school in Scarboro, Ontario. In 1900 he entered the ministry ofthe Methodist Episcopal Church and held pastorates in Pocahontas, Iowa, Marathon, Iowa, Bayville, Long Island, St. James Church, Brooklyn, First Church, Middletown, Conn., New York Ave. Church, Brooklyn, N. Y. In 1915 he was elected to the presidency of Cornell College, Iowa, and served until 1922, when he became Chancellor of Syracuse University. He is a Colonel in the Ofiicers Reserve Corps, and was Chairman ofthe Federal Board of Arbitration under the Railway Labor Act in 1928, 1930 and 1931. As an arbitrator between the New York Central Railway System and groups of its employees he established a record for speed in the reaching of a decision and for the fact that neither side protested the final judgment. He is a member of the University Senate of the Methodist Episcopal Church, member of National Council of National Pfconomic League, trustee of New York State Roosevelt Memorial, member Phi Beta Kappa, Phi Kappa Phi, Kappa Phi Kappa, and a Scottish Rite Mason, thirty-third degree. He is a member ofthe Syracuse Rotary Club, and the University Club, New York. In 1901 he married Clara Janette Yetter of Sioux City, Iowa, and they have two children, I.ois and George, the former a graduate of Syracuse University and the latter of Ohio Wesleyan. 18

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ADMINISTRATIGN 1

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1' William Pratt Graham WILLIAM PaA'r'r GRAHAM has been Vice- Chancellor of Syracuse University for the past eleven years. The part played by this administrative oFIicial in the advancement of the University for this period is invaluable. Personifying the true and upright ideals upheld by Syracuse Uni- versity, Dr. Graham has grown with the University during his years in oflice. The Vice-Chancellor is especially recalled be- cause he is known always to be congenial and helpful to those who seek his as- sistance and advice. Vice-Chancellor Graham is a graduate of Syracuse, receiving his degree of Bachelor of Science in 1893. Later he obtained his Doctor of Philosophy degree from the University of Berlin, and soon afterward did some of the pioneer work on the conduction of electricity through raritied gases, and, with Edward D. Roe, Jr., formulated a new theory ofcomets. These experiments were done both at the University of Berlin and at Syracuse University. W1I.l.IAM P. GRAHAM Vin'-Chancellor Since he has been at Syracuse, the Vice- Chancellor has held many campus positions, beginning his career on the faculty as an as- sociate professor of electrical engineering. From that time he has held, with great success, the position of professor of electrical engineering, having organized that department of the College ofApplied Science. He was dean ofthat school for ten years, and acted in the capacity of acting dean of the College of Liberal Arts for three years. The Vice-Chancellor is especially capable of holding his position, having travelled over a large portion of Europe, namely Germany, Italy, Austria, France, and the Netherlands. He is a Fellow of the American Institute of Electrical Engineers, a Fellow of Section B, American Association for the Advancement of Science, a member of the Technology Club of Syracuse, a member of the American Astronomical Society, Beta Theta Pi, German Mathematical Society, Phi Beta Kappa, Sigma Xi, and Tau Beta Pi. He was a delegate representing the state of New York at the l7th annual Convention of the American Mining Congress and at one time was director of the Straight Line Engine Company of Syracuse. Several articles, written by Vice-Chancellor Graham, have been published in various maga- zines in the country. 19