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

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.. I D.A. center of interest, Mr. O'Hara. Eriing Dorf, '25, Assistant Professor of Geology, Princev ton University A Adrian Albert ',26 Associate Professor, MathematicsI University of Chicago Wilton M. Krogman, 26, Associate Professor, School of Medicine, Western Reserve University George Diliori, '27, Poet, Pulitzer Prize Winner Kenneth A. Rouse, '28, Former Safety Director, TAVJL. Eliot Ness, '23, Director of Pubiic Safety, Cleveland 1 1928' 1 Norman A. Imrie, '31, Associate Editor, Columblis tOhioi Dispatch Dexter Masters, '30, Former Editor of Tide, now with the Consumers Union Charles Newton, '33, Advertising Dept. Motors George Van tier Hoef, '32, Director Radio Division, Fedr eral Housing Administration John Pratt, '33, Artist James T. Farrell, '29, Author Alfred V. Frankenstein, '32, Music Critic for San Fran- cisco Chronicle Leo Rosten, Author Robert A. Haden, '30, U.S. Vice Consul, Singapore Euhm 11111111113111 11111111111111 In 1929, Robert Maynard Hutchins came to the Uni! versity of Chicago as president. No one knew just what to expect: Of course, the papers had w'ritten volumes on HutchiHSethe man himself, his work, and his private life, but there was still that underlying feeling of euriv osity and perhaps, in some instances, jealousy. The faculty of CthSIer Twenty Six and student body seemed unable to dispel' the feeling that they were welcoming a. miracle manfThe man had done so much, yet he looked so much like an undergraduate. From the time of Max Mason's resignation until the actual announcement of his successor. Dr. Hutchins was hardly thought to be a likely candidate for the position; therefore it- is not hard to. imagine the surpriseI' at the announcement of his appointment and the en'suin'g in! creased interest when more became known about the man himself. Hutchins boyhood, since his father was president of Oberlin College in Ohio, was marked by an intellectual but conservative atmosphere. Nevertheless his revolurf tionary ideas were in the making. Coupled with this- is that indeseribable ability which commends reSpect and makes others realize that his deeds are extraordinary.- It was, perhaps. this Latter characteristic which made him Dean of the Yale Law School. In his choice as president of the University of Chicago. his youth was merely co? Incidental, 21nd had far less bearing on the final decision of the Board of Trustees than is commonly supposed. The new president, despite the furor of speculation,- calmly took the affairs of the University in hand. It seemed to many that the excitement was just beginning to die away when vague rumblings began to make theme selves heardeand later felt. They originated in some of the more conservative of Universitv circles and re, verberated throughout the country. President Hutchins was not content to merely sit back and be admired. He had ideas; he had purposes; and most important of all, he had now the means with which to accomplish them The President made several new appointments Adler and McKeon included. These appointments aroused much advei-se comment along faculty 1'0w,wh1ch was much more seriOus than was at first imagined, for it is rumored that

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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

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they resulted in the-resignatihn of keveral of the lees- I g.. progressive professors. Shortly after the zippoint'ment of Mortin'ier Adler 'caiee' the announcementfthat the' President himsehc and 'Profes: 7 sor Adler had selected a group of twenty fifeehrhen to study the classics..These freshmen, under the personal supervision of the 'two educators, were to forget about reading old interpretatien's of the classics and to actually interpret them from the -viewpoint.ofta modern college student. The course .15 now very well known as uThe History of Culture? The'establishment of this class 'was soon followed .by the New. Plan, indicating that Hutchins had merely putts. finger out totfeel 'the pulse of the college -freshman-before 'going ahead with its installation. At the' time not a great deal of attention was given to the .claSsiEs course. It naturally seemed unusual for the president of a great university to willingly -spend his timeiteaching a freshman class; in collaboration with a professor-dmwing so large a salary as-to Cause much jealously-onvthe. part of other faculty members. Since. it was only. the beginning of the new presidents second year, it'was thought by many to be. merely a means of making himself cognizant of the undergraduate needs, but few anticipated the resultant New Plan. An inter: esting-sidelightis the fact that Mortimet J.. Adler, in-hie days as a student at Columbia University, was greatly- tired by a course also khbwn as the History-of Culture. This knowledge may be the reason for the popular belief that many of the educational innovatione ofrthe Uni; versityasmack, shall. it be saidi of 'Adlerisi-n, as his influence in the presidents class is well known. When theiNew Plan was in its experimental stages, it was all Hutchins' idea, but now that its success has been demonstrated to some extent, it is brought out that o Mud slinging in a physical senee. during the time when Max Mason was-president, there fh'ras a- committee investigating the possible changes in undergraduate cdrriculums Nevertheless,'the credit can be. given to Mr. Hutchins For his persistent efforts in rounding out the courses and launching the plan in its Final form. L The New Plan was oHicially put into operation on the opening of the school year, October, 1931. At hrst sight, it seemed impossible to obtain under it anything that resem- bled what had heretofore been considered an education. There wefe write'ups in newspapers, magazines, .educav tional journals, and whatnot all over'the wotld. The fresh man class of '31. was called the University Guinea Pig. - Hutchinst-name was on the tip of every educatorts tongue. deen'e Clubs discushed it; young people in high. schools wondered at it. Business men, for the most part, scratched their heads and did not know twhat to thinly In other words, the New Plan set the country'to thinking about the ptesentlday educational situation. The 'Ever-Changing F aculty- and- Students- The faculty and many others vitally interested 'in the uniyersity- showed much concern in the prdgrets of the original guinea pigs, Als'o many die'tinguished'people from all'ovet-the world yisitecl the classes that hrs: 'year to see what they wereellhebout. Mitch to the general surprisefthe. enrollment.since the establishment of .the New f-Plan has ..not- been disappointingrnot 'every' dui-ing the depressiqh, .3. timeduh'ng which. many colleges and universities throughout the world'hads to curtail many necessary expenditures due to the excessive decreases in enrollment. The fact is that until the recent dmp there was actually an increase of approximately eight and one- half percent in enrollment. I Of course, the University's income from endowments was curtailed by the depression which in turn brought about a curtailment of the budget, but it is significant that none of the faculty salaries were reduced, and that any reduction that did take place was in the administrative and clerical salaries. The president himself took a cut. Such procedure demonstrates the extent to which Hutchins conforms to the idea of Harper in the importance of keeping the salaries relatively high. This policy has been generally adhered to throughout the history of the Uni- versity, During the depression, many actreesories were offered by the Home Study department. Series of movies which proved of great value not only to the University but also to other universities, colleges, and secondary schools all over the country have been made. Many of the professors have written special texts for use in the survey courses. These accessory developments, as they might be called, are not by any means complete; but it is already apparent that they are blazing new trails in the present educational forest. . Hutchins, however, did not stop with the New Plan in the college. Radical changes have since been made in many of the divisions and professional schools. Perhaps the outstanding change recently made is that in the Law School. The freshman class, now beginning legal studies after two years of college, are initiated to a plan which is an attempt to get away from the case'method of study; ing law, and proceeds on the hypothesis that to study law is to study the philosoPhy behind the laws and statutes themselves. The plan is not, however, at theoretical as the Yale svstem. Shortly after the announcement of the change in the Law School came the announcement of the adoption of the four year college program. By this program the Twenty Seven