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

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51 1' MRS. ANNIE HITCHCOCK Died June 29, l922 There has always been a lurking suspicion that comforts were not good accompaniments of students' livesg that hardships and earnest work were necessary to each other. But Mr. Hitchcock, who worked all through his four years in college, always disapproved that theory, and said if a student had to spend half his vital force in merely living, he had that much less force to put into his study and was hindered from making as successful attainment as he was capable of under less hard conditions. So l have had great pleasure in putting into the Hall everything which l possessed that might assist in fitting men for life, mentally and spiritually. QA letter from Mrs. Hitchcock to David Allan Robertson, Head of Hitchcock Hall, July l, I9l3.J Of pioneering stock which reached Chicago in IB37, bringing by way of the Erie Canal and long wagon journeys the mahogany furniture now in the Preacher's Room in Hitchcock Hallg of an early Chicago family which sold its home to afford room for the Michigan Southern depot, and which established a new home where the Hotel! La Salle stands now, Annie McClure Hitchcock made herself a great part of the life of growing Chicago, as did her husband, a distinguished lawyer and president of the Illinois Constitutional Convention. In his memory she built Hitchcock Hall, and in memory of his Dartmouth friend, Daniel L. Shorey, she founded a traveling fellowship in Greek. Her own memory is enshrined in the building to which she gave her dearest possessions, her untiring energy, her stimulating thoughtg and in the hearts of Hitchcock men to whom-both in the l-lall and in her home-she gave her gracious hospitality and her generous friendship. Page Thirteen

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l l ADOLPHUS CLAY BARTLETT Died May 30, 1922 The death of Adolphus Clay Bartlett was a great shock and the source of extreme sorrow to the University of Chicago. Mr. Bartlett was a Trustee of the University from I900 until his death in l922. He was one of the earliest and most prominent members of the Board, and he gave of his ripe business experience to the institution as a labor of love. Long chairman of the Finance Committee, he was one of the wisest advisors in the many investments of trust funds. He was always ready to lay aside his business cares and give his time and thought to the University. He was greatly interested in the undergraduates of the University, and he tried constantly to help them with his advice and influence. He believed in the physical development of the men of the University and he tried his best to provide facilities for this training. From his sorrow at the death of a loved son in the midst of a college course, he realized keenly the needs of student life, and provided a large fund for the erection of the Frank Dickinson Bartlett Gymnasium-a building which is endeared to the students of the University. With the aid rendered by this wonderful gift the University has been able to increase the efficiency of the physical training given to the undergraduate men and to better develop those who enter athletics. A man of large experience in life, rising by his own native energy and ability, he became one of the most eminent citizens of Chicago. He was a genial companion, a sterling friend, and a true American. His loss will be felt deeply in the whole community, and especially in the councils of the University. Page Twrlffe

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ROLLIN D. SALISBURY Died August I5, l922 - By the death of Dean Rollin D. Salisbury, for thirty years associated with the University of Chicago, the University has lost one of the few remaining men who have been with it since the founding of the institution. During this period of thirty years Dean Salisbury was a constructive and determining influence in the life of the institution, for he was not only a world famed geologist and scientist, but a lucid writer and a great teacher. His field work in geology was begun under the auspices of the United Geological Survey with which he was associated until l9l0. He made important contributions to the geological survey of Illinois and in l9I9 was appointed to the Board of Commissioners in charge. As geologist of the Peary Relief Expedition to North Greenland in l895, he undertook some remarkable research, but his biggest work was in connection with the driftless area of Wisconsin. l-le commenced his teaching at Beloit College in ISS3, and in l89l he changed to the University of Wisconsin. When the University of Chicago was opened, he transferred and took part in founding the Department of Geology. For twenty-three years he was dean of the Ogden School of Science. Thomas C. Chamberlain, his friend and co-worker, said of him, Dr. Salisbury's greatest service to science lay in his singular success in stimulating and training young talent not only for the teaching of science but for research. Through the growing efficiency and the rising power of the young talent thus inspired by his leadership, Dean Salisbury's greatest service to science and to humanity has just begun. Page Fourteen