University of Chicago - Cap and Gown Yearbook (Chicago, IL)

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uiutltthLttLhtHIlIiIHMlummhlilHlliILtIlHIIJ ttht . HUI!lIilITlIUFHJHTiTTIJHIHIJHIIHHI 1 C1113 and Gerber: - 1915 The Brave Days of Old Snell m'rumque 0mm roperh,r this page of history should begin Snell feminusque cane, for our fair ones were the first denizens of the time-hlaekened hall whose ivy-clatl walis speak eloquently of a new past. 011 a windy day in April, 1893, a strange preeession moved along FiFty-seventh street from the old Hotel Beatrice toward the nearly,r completed building on the north- west corner of the campus. It was Mien Marion Tnlhot with the eo-etls of the university, sixty-fwe in number. who were transferring their academic Lures nmI Penates to their new home. They entered their Arcadia and grouned, i'No front tIoorPi-iiwell. so much the less opening and closing to do.11 Only one place to draw waterliifisnit that enough for sixty women? uNe parlor; no cluh roonll'iwiiwell, :50 much the less time wasted visiting and talking? Such were the erilieisms and uptemistit: comments that fiew about on that memorable day when Snell heeame a home. Yes, we admit that Snail does not approximate all the ideals of a girlai dormitory, particularly not in lhose happy days before the days of electric light, steam heat, and hot water. But it served well enough for the six months that it was honored by its fair oc- enpants. In October1 1893, when Miss Talbot and her cohorts migrated to their new dormitories on the other side at the enmpus, Snell came into its own. Then the clams began to gather. Frnm all walks of university life. from nil parts of the world, they Hacked to Mr. Goedspeedis airline to seek entrance into Snell. I do not vouch Ior the truth of their estatemcnlts, hut oltl-timers guy that eighty-five men lived in sixty rooms that year. Mr. Stagg was head of the hall, and naturally enough, Snell became the center of the athletic interests of the university. The Famous old training quarters where Mr. Stagg hegzm his tight for clean athletics. and where he laid the foundation of the broad. white iiC were situated an the feurlh floor of Snelt. When, in the following year, Mr. Lovell was head of Snell. the hell he- came the incubator for various undergraduate activities. The Glee Club had its beginning in Snell. The editorial rooms of the first Maroon were there. The first dramatic entertainment given by the undergraduates was held in the basement of Snell. For years, Snell's quarterly ttopen house;, with its dramatic features, and the monthly afternoon teas were justly regarded es the most successful affairs on the campus. The movement which resulted in changing the university color from yellow teuphoniously called by the trustees iiEtrsneun goldiil to maroon was started there. The first Cap and Gown was conceived and composed there. In fact. to enumerate the early uelivities in Snell is to recount the beginning of traditions in the University. Snell, in the early days might honestly be described mi lively. II' the hall still retains the reputation for livelincas it has inherited the tendency and name from its early occupants. Old timers love to tell of the daring deeds of these days. There was for instance, the famous argument with the police, the only event of its kind in university history. Snell was eeIehruling our first football victory over Michigan. 1895, by a great bonfire on the open field east of the hall. The boys had neglected to secure 5: permit, and the tire depart- ment descended upon them. Who cut their hose? They grew angry, and their' escort of police invaded the hall. Who put out all the lights by turning olf the gas in the basement, and who met their charge with water pitchers? Alas, it was :1 Waterloo for the brave guardians of the peace. A lone hluecoat 14 . iEUlllleDJlIEEIIl L..:....tt.'.'.:.l. .tt. ...;:.' ' 'II-IHIH ltrm-lwltlmwmujI.-w H-tl-hillillJ-H-qui 1. i1, umm... JLthl i':'l li I iI'llll'illllillllli'i'll' II III tl II Ii

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anti USdmuIa-E 12:15 HAROLD H. SWIFT First Alumnus Trustee N October 27', 1914, the Board of Trustees chose Harold H. Swift as a member to till the vacancy caused hy the de- parture of F. A. Delanor for Washington, to serve on the Federal Reserve Board. Harold Swift, who graduated in 190?. is the first alumnus to he so honored since the founding of this in- stitution, and his selection was a source of great pleasure to the great body of alumni who have so long urged the selection of one of their number to the governing body of the Univer- sily. They have a further czuusc I'or rejoicing in that they are to he so ably represented in Mr. Swift. He is still a young man, not yet quite thirty. He is wholly a product of Chicago, for he was born mid has lived all his life here. He was graduated from the Hyde Park High School in 1913, and upon entering the University was elected to the Delta Kappa Epsilon. While in college, he interested himself in minty lines of activities, as is evidenced by the fact that he was a member of Blackfriars, manager uml president of the Dramatic Club, on the Senior College Council, and a chairman of an important committee for the Washington Prom. He was chosen for Owl and Serpent, appointed a University Marshal, nnd islccled president of the Senior Class. Since graduation he has been associated with Swift and Company, acting as assistant to his brother, Charles H. Swifl, one of the vice-presidents. He has shown his interest in the university at all times and in many ways. An intercaling manifestation of this is the prize he established to he competed far 113! Freshman. $150 and 350 respectively, are awarded to the freshmen who stand the highest in an exuminnlion in Political Science. His idea was lo provide some further incentive to nunccnlratcd study in the beginning of the college course, and he chose Polilical Science as the field of widest inlcrcst In first year students. He has always given the benefit of his experience to individual students who have come to him For advice. He will now have a greater opportunity of working for the advancement of his Alma Mater. IIIIHHHELUIHIHHHDIUHIHIHIHHTWHHIHEHHHIHMIHEHW m unillll i WW I Olilli 16 1.111 JIlIli Ii 1 III-liiimmlillilmillm l WmlmmWWmmmmmmlulimltllmllllIJITIIHIIIIIIJIiliiIJIIUIIIIHIIIEITIHIIHHUIIUJHIHJIIJIIUIIHHIDJ 5 E H1311 n-mm .-I.-n.nlul-qu-utm:mumI.:Em11-.rm-1qnIlllhnmnnuu-.H.II-.u.lmIHI-nE-Juiuuu- II I iunmmhlmmmmmmmnmmmmmlmmmmmmU 11:11! E