Tufts University - Jumbo Yearbook (Medford, MA)

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sm 1— ' • — j J JUMBO BOOK 1930 ■ or even chiefly on the initiative of the students themselves; but Professor Lewis could not have his chapel choir, his men’s glee club, his women’s glee club, his string quartet, his band, or his orchestra unless the students were willing to follow his inspiring leadership. Professor Maynard sends out each year a debating team,—sometimes more than one,—which accounts for itself in a way compatible with the traditions of the College. 1 think the college paper was never better than this year, though sometimes more spectacular. In those student activities which may be termed clearly social, such as the Evening Party Association, there is much cause for satisfaction. I challenge any other college in New England to furnish so good a record of behaviour as our students can furnish who have gathered for social purposes. So I could go on, but remembering that the good lawyer is careful never to over-prove his case, I am content to believe that enough has been said to indicate that the President sets a high value upon the student activities at Tufts College, that he has little, if any criticism of them to offer, that he is always ready to do anything in his power to further their interest. Very truly yours, tLv. Ou Trustees of Tufts College Sumner Robinson J. Frank Wellington Arthur Ellery Mason Arthur Winslow Peirce John Albert Cousens Ira Rich Kent Charles Hial Darling Robert Calthrop Brown Guy Monroe Winslow Harold Edward Sweet Melvin Maynard Johnson James Porter Russell Thomas Oliver Marvin Cora Polk Dewick Frederick Samuel Fogg Robert William Hill John Russell Macomber Payson Smith Vincent Eaton Tomlinson Frederick Crosby Hodgdon Eugene Bucklin Bowen Richard Bradford Coolidge Earle Perry Charlton Charles Rice Gow Thomas Sawyer Knight Frank Howard Lahey Louis Craig Cornish

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JUMBO BOOK 1930 JOHN ALBERT COUSENS A.B., LL.D. John Albert Cousens became acting president of Tufts College in 1919 and was elected the eighth President of the College in 1920. Since that time the College has had a period of very marked improvement and develop¬ ment. The President’s Message When student activities,—so-called for lack or more precise words,—are discussed it may often be inferred that there is present the assumption that student activities are looked upon askance by the ad¬ ministration and the faculty who tolerate them only because there is no ready means for doing away with them. Such an assumption is, it seems to me, entirely false and has for its excuse for being only the rare occasion when it is necessary to lay a restraining hand upon some individual student whose extravagant interest in one or more of the student activities threatens to obscure his estimate of the value of the college curriculum, or when student activities threaten to multiply to such an extent as to put the activi¬ ties themselves in jeopardy. The fact is that student activities are recognized by those who bear the chief responsibility for the educational program represented by the College as very important elements in the general situation. The truth of this is sufficiently manifest when, as is the case continually, members of the Faculty by their advice and by their direct effort give to student activities full measure of encourage¬ ment. It is a matter of rejoicing among all those interested in Tufts College that the student activities here are in such sound and healthy condition. If any criticism whatever could be offered, it would be on the ground that there are too many of them, but if such criticism were offered, it would be difficult to bring valid charges against any one considered separately. They are all good, on the whole well managed, on the whole in line with the fundamental purpose designed to be served. It is impossible, without exceeding appropriate limits of this paragraph, for me to give a list including all the student activities and to say a word in praise of each. But I can accomplish my purpose if I select a few, choosing those which engage the attention of the largest number of students, though by so doing I may perhaps neglect some deserving of the highest praise. Athletics at Tufts College deserve commendation, not because of the rather spectacular success which has attended our efforts in intercollegiate sport of late years, though this is, of course, a source of considerable satisfaction, but because of the fine spirit of sportsmanship present wherever athletic effort is made. This is as true among the women as it is among the men. In dramatics the College has established, through many years of successful effort, an enviable reputation. The better the work done in years gone by the more difficult to register progress as the years pass. On this account the last produc¬ tion by our Dramatic Club was remarkable because, in the judgment of one at least who witnessed it, something a little finer and a little more significant was accomplished than had ever been accomplished before. After a period of innocuous desuetude a revised Glee Club has taken its place among us. Revival of interest in this direction is merely indicative of the steady growth of interest in things musical. Through¬ out the institution to be sure, with respect to musical affairs, student activity does not depend entirely 18

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0 Bush, Bacon, Wren, Neal, McCollester o 20 L 9 The Deans FRANK GEORGE WREN Dean of the School of Liberal Arts Walker Professor of Mathematics A.B., Tufts, 1894; A.M., 1897. A T Q, F B K. Assistant, Tufts, 1893-94; Instructor, 1894-99; Assistant Professor, 1899-1902; Professor, 1902-04; Walker Professor, 1904-; Dean of the School of Liberal Arts, 1907-; Dean of the Faculty of Arts and Sciences, 1907-. GEORGE PRESTON BACON Dean of the Engineering School Professor of Physics A.B., Dartmouth, 1887; A.M., 1890. © A X, F B K. Instructor in Science, Ripon, 1888-89; Instructor, Peekskill Academy, 1890-92; Instructor, Beloit, 1892-1901; Associate Professor of Mathematics, Beloit, 1901-02; Professor of Physics, Wooster, 1902-08; Principal, Peacedale, R. I., High School, 1908-10; Assistant Professor of Physics, Simmons, 1910-19; Professor, Tufts, 1919-; Dean of the Engineering School, Tufts, 1929-.