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

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r i r ( r QfMp(fjk cap and cown i M M INAUGURATION The day following the formal inauguration of President Robert Maynard Hutchins, November 20, the campus had the first opportunity of meeting its new leader fully invested in his new capacity. Eleven o ' clock classes were dis- missed to permit two thousand students to assemble in the chapel and hear Presi- dent Hutchins address them. The address included a brief outline of the aims and purposes of the new president, which have subsequently passed from the hypothetical stage into actuality. Intellectual freedcm, selection of scholars en the basis of interest, intelligence, rather than mere accumulation of credits, creation of an opportunity for financially restricted students .to enter the quadrangles, and a curriculum adjustable to the needs cf every student, formed the nucleus of the program advocated so that we may be blessedly free of that traditional American student who takes one bath, studies cne lessen, and thinks cne thought a week. Four student speakers, Lcuis Engel, Marcella Kcerber, Robert Tieken, and W. Brooks Steen welcomed the new president en behalf of the student body. Six other students, Susan Akers representi ng the Library School, Robert Suther- land, the Divinity school, Marion Lewis, Political Science, John Mills, physics, and irginia Pope and Paul Brady participated in the ceremonies. The student day climaxed the inauguration ceremonies of the University ' s fifth president in whose honor all the academic pageanty of America was assembled on the quadrangles, shifting the educational capital of the nation to Chicago for the dav. Page JO

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INAUGURATION From Ida Noves Hall, at eleven o ' clock on Tuesday, November 19, a stately procession marched to the University Chapel. Members of the Faculties of the University and of the Board of Trustees, delegates from almost two hundred universities and colleges, one hundred and six of these being presidents, representa- tives of public and private schools, of alumni clubs, of students of the University, of educational boards, foundations, and learned societies, and a group of special guests, these formed the long line of men and women. There were Protestants and Catholics and Mormons. There were Europeans, Americans, Asiatics, called from the four quarters of the country and from our island possessions. The chapel seats practically two thousand persons and almost everv seat was taken (hundreds of other would-be spectators crowding the neighboring streets eager to enter) when the services began with the announcement by Harold H. Swift, president of the Board of Trustees, who presided, that the invocation prayer would be offered by Dean Gilkey. It was a prayer that breathed the spirit and aspiration of the whole ceremony. President James Rowland Angell, representing the eastern universities. Presi- dent David Kinley, representing the state universities. President Walter Dill Scott, representing the neighborhood institutions, assisted in assuring President HutclVms (if the siiiccritv (if everybody ' s wishes for his success. President Hutchins was formally inducted into the office of President, as the marshal escorted him to the President ' s chair, and then Mr. Swift announced to the assemblage that Robert Mavnard Hutchins had become the fifth President. President Hutchins gave his inaugural address after this, in which he recalled the excellent educational accomplishments of past years, and the importance of the position which the undergraduates occupy, and lie spoke of the need of the I ' niversity for more first-rate men on its faculty. i o one who participated in the ceremonies attendant upon the inauguration can forget the delightful and dramatic occasion when the young President, him- self a President but a few minutes, conferred the honorary degree of Doctor of Laws upon Martin Antoine Ryerson, his white-haired father, for years a teacher and a college president. It was touching that the son ' s voice faltered as he spoke the significant words bestowing the degree. I ' agr- I

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OKaig O BOARD OF T R l S T E E 8 The Board of Trustees of the University of Chicago consists of thirty members. There are regular meetings on the second Thursday of each month at 2 P.M., and special meetings as needed. The Board met fifteen times during 1929. I ' Vom its inception, the University has been a powerful and effective force for the betterment of the world in which we live. Size and resources as such are valued merely as the means by which this influence can be extended and strength- ened. The University might be described as a ninety million dollar corporation, doing business for the public good. The pride of the Uni ersity is in its achieve- ment and service in its position as a great educational institution. We have been fortunate in our leaders. The names of Harper, Judson, Burton, Mason, and Hutchins, denote wise leadership and splendid achievement. The brilliant group of scholars on Dr. Harper ' s first faculty received the cooperation and encouragement of a devoted and able group of trustees. This mutual ccv operation and understanding has always continued and has been one of the import- ant reasons for the steady advance of the University. Two members of the present I?oard, Mr. Martin A. R erson and Mr. Eli B. Felsenthal, have served since the founding of the University. Since the publication of the 1929 Cap and Gown, two new members have been elected, — the Reverend Doctor James M. Stifier, on June 17, 1929, and Mr. Cyrus S. Eaton, on November 14, 1929. Dr. Stifler is a writer, lecturer, and minister. Eor the past twenty ycar. , he has been pastor of the First Baptist Church of Evanston. Mr. Eaton is one of the country ' s leading bankers and is largely interested in public utilities, steel, and rubber; he is a Baptist and a prominent figure in the civic life of Cleveland. jm m ji M jm o m j!