University of Kentucky - Kentuckian Yearbook (Lexington, KY)

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Annual Meeting. The regular annual meeting of the association was held in the chemical lecture room of the Experiment Station. There were present representatives of the classes cf ’80, ’81, ’88, ’92, ’94, ’95, ’97, ’98, ’99, 1900 and 1901; this meeting being by far the best attended in the history of the association. The meeting was called to order at 2:30 p. m. by President Sidney A. Smith. The minutes of the preceding meeting were read and approved. The executive committee made a report through its chairman, Mr. Henry E. Curtis. The report of the Secretary and Treasurer was referred to the executive committee for action. Messrs. Frankel, Southgate and Humphrey were appointed a committee to draw up resolutions on the death of Eugene F. Rieser, 1900, and Messrs. Peter, Kastle and Pence were appointed in a like capacity on the death of George G. Berry, ’82. A vote of thanks was given the officers for the handsome report gotten out in June, 1900. Mr. Butler T. Southgate was tendered a vote of thanks for his work in getting out the Herald supplement, advertising the State College in June, 1900. The election of officers resulted as shown elsewhere in this report. By motion the officers were appointed a committee on entertainment for 1901-1902 and it was the sense of the meeting that a reception should be given the senior class each year by the Alumni Association. After the installation of officers, a prolonged discussion took place of various plans for alumni reunions, which resulted in the appointment of the following committee to investigate and report at the next annual meeting: B. T. Southgate, H. E. Curtis and Miss Martha R. White. The following were appointed as committee to edit the annual report for 1901: C. L. Straus, R. M. Allen and John T. Faig. Adjourned. JS? The Alumni Banquet. On the evening of the fifth of June the alumni celebrated the thirteenth anniversary of this social event that belongs primarily to them. Though the association holds other annual entertainments, the others are given and attended by the resident members only. This feature of Commencement week is always hailed with pleasure by the alumni that are within hailing distance and by the new graduates, for it is the initiation of the latter into fellowship with those in whose foot prints they have been treading; and truly no brotherhood ever had a more agreeable form of initiation to wel- come its novitiates into its fraternal circle. The fact that the number of alumni is growing fast was evidenced by the splendid attendance, and from the hearty interest and the feeling of good fellowship that prevailed, we are satisfied that the entertainment was a success. Our guests of honor, the new class, were well represented and from them the college can hope for many talented additions to her great family. One item of interest about this banquet is that the speech of the evening was made by one of the alumnae, and it may be well to mention here that the alumnae are taking unusual interest and quite a conspicuous part in the management of the association; besides the speaker, two of the young ladies have been elected officers of the association for the coming year. Mr. Sydney A. Smith, the retiring president, was toastmaster of the even- ing and conducted the banquet with becoming ease and grace. After a short address of welcome he introduced Miss Clara Brooke Gunn (’97), of Lexington, who responded to the toast, 1 The Alumni.” Her response was very appropriately of a reminiscent character, bringing back vividly many familiar scenes and faces which the graduate who has left the old place, per- haps forever, loves to call to mind. Her graceful and eloquent address insures a continuance of the custom of inviting the daughters of our Univer- sity to honor the feast with their oratory as well as their presence and sympathy. The second speaker of the evening, Mr. William J. Craig, repre- senting the class of 1901, in striking contrast with the previous speaker, led us into the realms of the future. To the next toast, “Kentucky University,” Prof. Herbert L. Martin had been invited to respond, but he being unavoid- ably absent, Prof. Milton Elliott spoke in his stead. He dwelt upon the good feeling now existing between the sister colleges, lately so much in- creased by the oratorical victories gained by students of each college and by their sympathy on the athletic field. Hon. R. W. Nelson, of Newport, who was to have represented the Board of Trustees, was also absent, and Judge Henry S. Barker, of Louisville, another member of the Board of Trustees, was called upon to take his place. The applause which his address brought forth testified to the appreciation of his hearers. The last response, “The Faculty,” was delivered by Prof. R. L. Blan- ton, who made many clever hits both at the faculty and the graduating class and won the approval of the guests by his humor. After the last course the company adjourned to the parlors of the hotel and enjoyed a sociable chat until the dancing floor was made ready, after which the younger members and many guests from the city and from among the undergraduates of the College took part in the dancing, which lasted until the early morning. The Intercollegiate Oratorical Contest. Mr. Clarke Tandy, of Lexington, formerly from Hopkinsville, won the Fourteenth Annual State Contest held in the Lexington Opera House in April. Mr. Tandy was again chosen to represent the College at the Chau- tauqua Contest, where he won the second prize. His oration, “The Reig of Law,” was the product of his original study of the present thought o

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For Bachelor of Pedagogy. Nicholas Henry Ellis, Plans and Specifications for an Ideal Rural School. Lelia Eleanor Jones, Consolidation of Schools and Transportation of the Pupil. William Piatt Johnson, The Place of the County High School in the State School System. Charles Dickens Lewis, Comparative Study of Admission Requirements of the Colleges of California, Ohio and Alabama. William Lee Pennington, The Township System versus the District System. John Albertus Sharon, A Comparative Study of the Admission Requirements of Four States. For Bachelor of Agriculture. Thomas Logan Richmond, A Study of the Life-history and Habits of the Indian Meal Moth (Plodia interpunctella). For Bachelor of Civil Engineering. George Hereford Hailey. Design of an Outlet for the State College Sewer to Connect with the Waring System of Lexington. Wade Hampton Perkins, Biological Treatment of Sewage and Design of Septic Tank. Guy Wickliffe Rice, A System of Triangulation to Locate the City Limits on the Various Pikes leading from Lexington. Charles Treas, Design of Necessary Dams and Investigation of Probable Water Supply for Proposed Lake at State College. For Bachelor of Mechanical Engineering. Plenry Bewlay, The Design and Construction of a High Potential 1000 Watt Trans- former. Charles Albert Blessing, An Experimental Study of the Flow of Air through Pipes and Orifices. Charles Walter Bradley, Jr., and Frank Garfield Cutler, A Thermodynamic Investigation by Hirn’s Analysis of a Houston, Stanwood and Gamble Compound Engine. Frank Daugherty, The Design of a High Speed Triple Expansion Engine using Super- heated Steam at High Pressure. Claude Loercher Humphrey, An Experimental Study of a Four Cycle Gasoline Engine with Special Reference to the Mixture of Explosive Gases in the Cylinder. Robert Bruce Hunt, Efficiency Test of the State College Lighting Plant. Philip Levy Kaufman, The Design of a Modern Shop for the Manufacture of a Line of Mul- titubular Boilers. Garnett Rosel Klein and Frank William Milbourn, An Analytical Study of the Valves on all Locomotives on the Cin- cinnati Southern Road (Cincinnati Division.) Frank Thomas Siebert, Design of Central Power Station and Substations for the Interurban Electric Roads, connecting Lexington, Versailles and Georgetown. Perry West, The Design of a Central Heating and Lighting Plant for the State College of Kentucky. Honor Graduates in the School of Mechanical and Electrical Engineering. Frank Garfield Cutler, Perry West. Colleg'e Athletics During the Past. In the field of college athletics State College has always held an honored place in Kentucky, having been represented by some of the best individual athletes as well as teams of the State. Although handicapped by having no gymnasium she has at all times shown herself a worthy competitor. Among the most noted of these we find Smith Alford, ’96, who equaled on several occasions the world’s amateur record for 100 yd. dash in 9 4-5 seconds. Winning the broad jump and 220 yd. dash at the intercollegiate field day the same year, besides playing full back on football team. He was also second to Bloss, the champion broad jumper of the world at that time in the field held in New York and having some of the most noted athletes in the country competing. Among others were J. W. Carnahan, ’96 throwing hammer and putting shot; J. I. Bryan,’93, football; W. C. Hobdy, ’93, track team and football; Cleve Short, football; J. T. Geary, ’97, base- ball; J. C. Frazer,’97, base ball; S. A. Smith, ’99, pole vault; T. L. Campbell ’98, track team and football; Roscoe Severs, football, and many others who showed themselves good men in one or more lines. Among her foot- ball teams the team of ’98 stands in the history of Kentucky football with- out an equal, having played seven games, scored 181 points without being scored against, playing the best teams in the state that year. The team of ’00 was no exception to the others. Although very light in weight, they won five out of seven games played, being the only team to beat the L. A. C., of Louisville. The base ball team also made a fine showing. With the gymnasium open in September and a good athletic instructor there is no reason why Kentucky State College should not make the best showing in athletics of all colleges in Kentucky and hold in the future even higher rank than she has held in the past.

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and philosophy of Evolution, an evidence of the scope of instruction in the lecture rooms and a warm tribute to the work of the young student. It received much recognition and reflected honor on Kentucky at the South- ern Inter-state Contest. The community at Kentucky State College is large enough to give more interest to literary work in the societies. Class debates, inter-society debates and a senior class play would awaken a healthy rivalry, put un- known, unnoticed talent to work and would stimulate this interest. A de- bate with C. U. would, perhaps, receive enough support to make it a suc- cess. It is a mistake to think that the days and occasions for oratory are gone. The school is changing it is true, changing more to the simple and sincere; and the occasions are more frequent, the social, religious and political ques- tions are listened to more than they are read, by the many; the stage grows in importance and demand with every successful dramatized life scene: the teachers of the sciences and philosophy take their pupils to the lecture room and tell them the facts and truths. The powers of the voice are not. lessened, but are growing greater; and it is perhaps the soul’s closest ser- vant. To cultivate a ready and easy expression is a necessity to all voca- tions and especially to all teachers. The Alumni congratulate the representative on the victories he has won for the College, and believe that this prestige in oratory will stimulate not only the literary societies, but every student, to cultivate a ready speech. The College Fraternities. The past college year marks an advance in educational circles, over even the prosperous conditions of the year preceding. The endowing of colleges and universities by our wealthy Americans seems to have grown from a spirit of benevolence to the popularity of a fad; the states have shown more than ever a material pride for the equipment and building up of the state institutions; the country was never so prosperous, and the opportunities and means, for men to attend some institution of learning, seem almost doubled. It is a happy sign, in the midst of so much material prosperity, that the people and nation are so generous to the education of their future citizenship. College fraternities have accordingly prospered, as indicated by the larger chapter rolls of each, or better by the larger average of membership and more chapter houses owned and rented. The fraternities at State College have been increased in number, from three, to six flourishing chapters, and the recognition of the College, by thinking, interested college men over the country, as a field for fraternity work and fraternity life, is a recognition of the leading place it has taken by reason of its work, endowment and attendance, among the institutions not only of the South, but also the similar institutions of the States. Fraternity life was begun here, in the spring of 1893, when chapters of Kappa Alpha (South) and Sigma Chi were chartered; their charter mem- bers mumbering some of the best men the college has graduated. The high standing of these chapters year after year caused the Greek Letter world to quickly look upon the College as having plenty of good men to support creditable chapters. In the spring of 1901, the local social club organized in 1895 as the E. S. Society, was chartered as a chapter of Sigma Alpha Epsilon. During the past year, Kappa Sigma has moved its Lexington chapter from Kentucky University to the College, and the members of the Kappa Sigma fraternity attending State College, who have heretofore been initiates of the K. II. chapter have received their charter and will begin work in the fall as a char- tered chapter. During the year, the Phi Tau Club organized in 1898, was chartered as the Kentucky Epsilon chapter of Phi Delta Theta. The application from this College being one of the three granted out of thirty applications to the fraternity for charters. At Commencement a number of the College boys were initiated into the Pi Kappa Alpha fraternity, and will begin life this fall as a chapter. The fraternities at State College with their present membership here and the number of their national chapters, are as follows: Chapter Chapter Membership. Roll. Sigma Alpha Epsilon, 16 57 Kappa Alpha (Southern) - 13 39 Sigma Chi 12 51 Phi Delta Theta 10 66 Pi Kappa Alpha 8 43 Kappa Sigma 7 52 All of the fraternities have some system by which they are endeavoring to acquire a chapter house. The chapter of Phi Delta Theta have leased a three story house at 177 South Upper street, and in this the chapter will live during the next year. College men in their relations to one another form one great band of brothers—they have been initiated into the same mysteries of Science and Philosophy, they have toiled the same road to the temple of the Muses and have filled their spirits from the same fountains of Horace and Homer; and whether they come from Harvard or Leland Stanford, from Michigan or Tulane, they have read the same Darwin, studied the same Euclid, their hopes are the same, their purposes are united, and they view life from the same lofty plane. Fraternities are the families in this great society-—fam- ilies wedded by true, pure, beautiful principles, principles in every way safe to be pledged by young men. The six chapters doing work at State College mark a period of needed advance in the social side of the student life.