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

Page 31 text:

Ir'1 academics 55 in cxpiiision and activities; Mason continued the policy of pi'ogi'ess instituted by former President .:'B11rton During 1928, the question of significant changes in the Junior College was pondered It was 'hopcd that helds, of study could be substituted for course units, and that 'eoImprehens' ve examinations could be employed as hnal evidence of accomplishment thus giving the exceptional student. - the opportunity of ' 111a'kin'g more rapid prbgress than. the average. M a r k e d progress was made toward the adapter tion.of the college curricullim to the individual progress which was to 1:111- minate 1'11 the prey ent New Plan President Mason contributed to the ever increasing scholastic standards of the University of Chicago. In April of 19.27, the system of Honor Examinations w a sI inaugurated, coma sisting of an honor . pledge Signed by eachstudent taking an examination. The freshman class was limited to 750, and the requirements were such as to attract only the cream of high school graduates to the University. The min imum average of the aspirant was set at forty per cent above the passing grade of the high school from which he had graduated; twenty'hve dollars were reguired with each applicat1on;and 1f the student still insisted, there were psychologmal tests guaranteed to eliminate any laggard. After this activity along schoIastn: lines it was with much surprise that President Mason' 5 sudden resignation was received in May of 1928. Though various theories as to the reason of his resignation are preferred, none can be substantiated. Ostensibly, he wished to accept the more lucrative position of Director of the Department of Natural Sciences of the Rockefeller Foundation. ' Frederic Woodward served for the academic year of 1928429 as acting President, until a new president could be found. The committee of hve from the Senate, and five from the Trustees deSired a man not only with the courage and imagination of the University's former presir dents, thus able to maintain the University's high stand' ards, but also 3. man with the additional pioneer spirit to tread new educational paths. Choice fell upon Robert Maynard Hutchins, then Dean of the Yale Law School. Famous Graduates of the Univerinty of Chieago 11392 190611 Trevor Amett '98, Former PreS'id'eht 0f the General Education Board and Trustee of Ugwersity of Chicago OswaldJ.Arn01d, 97, President,!$1'dr'thwestern National Twe 1'1 ty P0 ur Life Insurance Company Wallace W. Atwood, '97, President, Clark University Gilbert A. Bliss, '97, Chairman Department of Mathe' matics, University of Chicago Higrymeere, '01, President, The Bowery Savings Bank, Henry G. Gale, '97, Dean of Division of Physical Sciences, I The Chapel in construction. University of Chicago Robert L. Henry, 11., '02, JuIdgeI of Mixed Court,A1ex- andr'ia, 'Egypt -' Allen G. Hoyt, '99. Vice Pregldent,Nationa1 City Bank, New York Harold L. Ickes, ',97 Secretary of Interior Lee W. Maxwell, 0,5 Director and Former President of Crowell Publishing Company Donald ,R. ',Richberg, '01, Former. Director, Emergency CounCII Caeran Vechten- '03 Author ' H. Parker Willis, ',94 Professor,C01umbia University Margaret Wilso'n, ',04 Author EdlwardI C Eicher, '05 Lawyer, Member of Congress from owe Wayland W Magee, ',05 former member, Federel Reserve BoardI National I 11906-19221 Harold R.Atte'r1'dge,',07 Playwright. C. Lepr Baldridge, '11, Artist Author Margaret E Burton, ',07 DepartrInentIal Executive Nation '11 Y.W.C..A Fanny Butcher, '10 Liicerary Editor, Chicago Tribune Davie E. Carlton, '10, Lawyer'and Former Governor of F10rida.'7'-- WiIIJ'. 'Cuppy', 07',W1'iteraud Crltic Karl. .K' Darrow, '11,Physic1'st,Be11 Telephone Labotae toIries

Page 30 text:

same year, eighteen thousand five hundred Chicago fans went by train to the Chicago'IHl'nois game at Champaign! In January 1926, our baseball team crossed the Pacihe to participate in the Seventh International Baseball Series, held in Japan. Temporarily shadowing the sun of athletic success was the death of Johnny Johnson, trainer of the University athletic teams for over twenty years. In Feb! rUary of 1926, we had a polo team, supported by President . Mason. Intramurals continued -'suecessful from their start on the Chicago campus in 1923. In July of the same year, the addition to the North Stands on Stagg Field allowed eighteen inches per person instead of seventeen. We dent: know whether this signified'a biological trend or'mere kindness of heart. Many were the students who slept through lectures without having to get dressed and come to class when, in 1927. lectures were presented over the radio at'nine A.M. Disgracing the august tradition ofthe University, the freshmen of 1927 wore green caps, the sophomores ten-inch red feathers, and the seniors carried canes. From gut era dated the selling of cigarettes in the Reynolds lub. Publicatibns continued their zealous activity during 'the Mason administration. In a convulsion of ambition tDeu cemher 1926J, the Maroon staff spewed forth a sixty- page Holiday edition. Upon the retirement of Dean of Women Marion Talbot in 1925', the realization of the growing range and Com' plexity of women's problems led to the suggestion that a council might better be able to meet the situation. The original committee consisted of Miss Talbot, Miss Wall lace, and Mrs. Flint, chairwoman; these at once called into the council Miss Abbott, Miss Blunt, Miss Breckinv ridge, Miss Dudley, Mrs. Logsdon, and Miss Rickert. The hnal council consisted of twentyvfour members: Mrs. Flint tappointed chairman 'by the Universityh PresidenQ: twenty members ex-oiiicio; and three appointed by the President from a list suggested by the Council. These three held office for a three year period, the object of which was to bring fresh blood into the counciL When Mrs. Fh'nt resigned in 1930, she was succeeded by Miss Dudley. o Stagg irih'the Grand Old Runabout. But President Hutchins had arv- rived with his ideas on the reorganize' tion of the University. His appoint! ment: of Mr. Works as Dean of Students in the College. made the council seemingly: unhecessary. We might diepute that idea. At any rate, women's affairs at the University now struggle along under the supervision of a student organization, the Board of Womenhs Organizations, without Dean Works whoSe zictivitieh- as De'itn of Students in the College 'naturally makes impassible a great deal of con! sideration to womenhs problems. In the University's beginning, as a Baptist institutien1 students were' re quired to attend chapel' daily. tThis was reduced to weekly attenda'neetfnr the undergraduates; then in . 1928', compulsory attendance was abolished for all .but the freshmen. Gym Was compulsory for men, while women were required to pales a swimhaine; test, to be a' member .ingomedteam for one year, arid to specialize in one sportEgNot until the Daily Mateon poll in 1931, showing thafstuden't's were against compulsory? physicei education by a ratio of 3:1, were the restrictions removed. - I O Michelson and Compton, tlwo of-the University's greatEst.

Page 32 text:

Clinton J. Davisson, '08, Physicist, Bell Telephone Labo- ratories and Nobel Prize Winner in 1937 Emery T. Filbey, '17, Vice President, University of Chicago Morris Fishbein,' Jerome N. Frank, '09, Lawyer and Counsel for the Public Works Admin'istra'tion Benjamin V. Cohen, '14, Lawyer, General Counsel, Na tional Power Policy Commission and Adviser to the President Geraldine Brown Giikey, tional Y.W.C,A. Dwight H. Green, '20, Lawyer and Former U. 8. District Attorney at Chicago John Gunther, '22, Foreign Correspondent, Author Harry Hansen, '09, Literary Editor, Author Mordecai W.Johnson,'13,Pres1'dent, Howard University Alan LeMay, ',22 Nevelist Esm'ond R. Long,'11, Professor of Patholagy, Director of Henry Phipps Institute,Un1vers1'ty of Pennsylvania Arno B Luckhardt, '06 Professor of Physiology, Univer sity of Chicago and discerverer of the anesthetic prop erties of ethylene gas Paul G. Hoffman, ',12 President, The Studebaker Cor peratiIon Wm. P. McCracken, Jr., Attorney, Former Asst. Sccy of' Commerce for Aeronautics . '12, Former President, Na- . President and Mrs. Hulchins take up their new residence in fine style. . , ,, . - a A Faculty DIinneP-chauer and champagne. GeorgeI T. McDermott, '08, Deceased Former Judge U. S C11'cu1't Court , Harold G. Moulton, '07, President, The: Brookings Insticu' tion Elizabeth Madox Roberts; '21, Novelist Arthur R. Robinson, '13,Lawye1', Former U. 5. Senator ' from Indiana Wm. H- Spencer,'13, DeIan; School of Business, U111vers1'ty of Chicag 0 - , . . HaroldI-I. Swift '07 '3 ' Paul A. Walker, 0931231113781, Member of Federal Comv munication's Commmaqn Russell M. Wilder, 0'9 Head of Depa'rtment of Medicine, Mayo Foundation, Rochester, Minn. Nathaniel Pfeifei', '1'1,Fo'1'61 'gn Correspondent, Author Bartlett CormaIck, '22, Playwnght Paul H. Davis,Broke1', Former' Presldent of- -Ch1'cago Stock Exchange Vmcent Sheen, ex 2'2 Author ' Herbert O. Crisler,.' 22 .Head Football Coach,Pr1'11ceton 11923 19251 Hill Blackett, ',23 Treasurer of Blackett, Sample, Hummert Adv. Agency Henry I Commager, '23, ProfessozI' of History at New York University, Author Lennox B Grey, 2'3, IAssociate 'Profe'ssor of' English, Columbia University Livingston Hall, '23, Profeswr of Criminal Law, Harvard Univeralty Walter Bartkey, 23, Associat'e Profesaoi' of Astronomy, University of Chicago John Landesco,'24,Cr1minolo'gist,Member of 111111013 Board of Pardons and Paroles Bertha Ten Eyck JIames, '24, Poet' ' Meyer S Levin, 24, Author of Old Bunch Critic, Esquire John S. M11115, '24, P10113550: of' Physics and Dean of . College at Lawrence College ' Charles R Pierce, 2'4, Resident Manager of Buenos Aire's Branch of J. W 'l'hompson Company Paul S.Mart1'n,'23,.Anth1'0polog15t and Curator Field Museum of Natural History J.Marv1'n Weller, ',23 He'ad 0f Straugraphy and Paleon' -tology Division, Illinois State Geological Survey . 11925 19231 .. Chester M. Culver, ',25 Executive Director Employers Association of Detroit William J. Pringle, IL, '25, Head of Travel Dept. Lord I and Thomas, Los Angeles Movie Twenty Five