Williams College - Gulielmensian Yearbook (Williamstown, MA)

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Trustees of Williams College James Phinney Baxter, 3rd, Ph.D., Litt.D., D.Sc., LL.D., President Charles Allen Foehl, Ir., B.A., LL.B., .,,.....,,.,....,.....,....... Quincy Bent, B.A., D.Eng. ......,....4......,.....,,. . Lewis Perry, M.A., Litt.D., L.H.D., LL.D. John P. VVilson, B.A., LL.B., LL.D. .......... . Morris Bryan Lainbie, Ph.D., L.H.D. .,,,. .....,.... . Secretary Bethlehem, Pa. Boston, Mass. ....... Chicago, III. Cambridge, Mass. Alfred Shriver, B.A. .,.......................... ...,.. W est New Brighton, Staten Isla-nd, N. Y. James Berwick Forgan .,..,........ Henry Needham Flynt, B.A. .,....... Arthur Joseph Santry, B.A., LL.B. ,.... . Mark Winfield Cresap, jr., M.B.A. ..,.. . George Avery White, LL.B. ...... . Meredith Wood, B.A. .....,..,...,.....,..,. . James Alexander Linen, III, B.A. .... , Stuart John Templeton, B.A., LL.B. ....,.,.....,....,...... . George Dykemau Sterling, B.A. .....,.....,,....,..,.....,......,.. . Alfred Eastlack Driscoll, B.A., LLB., LL.D., Litt.D. Ferdinand Karl Thun, B.A. ....... .,.,..,...,........,.............. . Bliss Perry, M.A., L.H.D., Litt.D., LL.D., Emeritus George Alfred Cluett, M.A., Emeritus .....,.....,.,.,.,.. ., WVilliani Pratt Sidley, M.A., LL.B., Emeritus ....,.. . Frederic Taylor Wood, B.A., Emeritus .,...............,....,......,....... . C,f5u Qo s me 123, 2' 53s 1: if. 5 ra, f I l g if A lr 95' ,771 M16 Oitliieers of Administration New York, N. 1. Lake Forest, Ill. Greenwich, Conn. ... , Brookline, Mass. New York, N. Y, ..,..,, Worcester, M ass. r Greenwich, Conn. Lake Forest, Ill Maplewood, N. I. Haddonfield, N. J. Wyoinzlssing, Pa. Cambridge. Mass. YVilliamstown, M ass. Winnetka, Ill. Pelham, N. Y. james Pliinney Baxter, 3rd, Ph.D., Litt.D., L.H.D., D.Sc., LL.D. ...........,.....,,,,..,....,. President Richard Agcr Newhall, Ph.D., Litt.D. .......,.,........,..,.... Chairman pro tempore of the Faculty Robert R. ll. Brooks, Ph.D. ............,. .... ,,.......... . ,... . .,,.,.,,.....,..,..,,,....,.,..... D e an Robert C. L. Scott, Ph.D. ......,....,,.,...,...,...........,.........,..,......., ..,..,..,.,..,..,...... D ea-n of Freshmen Frederick Cleveland Copeland, Ph.D. .....,,,...,,.,...,,,......,,....,.,.........,.,..,. Director of Admissions Henry Needham Flynt, jr., B.A. ....,...,... Counsellor of Veterans, Adviser in Undergraduate ' Affairs and Executive Secretary of the Student Aid Committee David Melxdlle Pynchon, B.A. .............,..,.....,..,............,......... Assistant Director of Admissions Charles Allen Foehl, Jr., B.A., LL.B. ........., ............,.......................... T reasurer Charles Denison Makepeace, B.A., LL.D. ....... ,......, Treasurer Emeritus Earle Olmstead Brown .,....,.......,... .......... ......................................,...,... A s sistant Treasurer William Clayton Bryant .,..... .i..... S uperintendent of Grounds and Buildings Thomas V. Urniy, M.D. .............,....,....,.....,.,,...,...,.,......,..,...,.....,........,,....,.,,. Director of Health Frank R. Thorns, Jr., B.A., M.B.A. Director of Athletics and Campus Business Management William Harvey Pierson, jr., M.F.A., Ph.D. ..........,. Acting Director Lawrence Art Museum William Ozmun Wyckolf, B.A. ........,... Director of Placement and Editor of Williams College in World War II Whitney Snow Stoddard, Ph.D., ..,.. Acting Secretary of the Society of Alumni Ellis Eaton Wright, M.A., B.S. ..... ,..,... E ditor of the Williams Alumni Review Charles B. Hall, B.A. ,.... .................... ,,,..,..... .............,................ E x e cutive of the Alumni Fund Stewart Chittenden Dalrymple, B.A. ..,..... Assistant Director of Campus Business Management Page 10

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1901 TO 19 'FYLEH DENNETT 1934 - 1987 The ninth president of VVilliams College, 'l'yler Dennett will long be remembered for his courageous leadership and in his revolutionary policies in an endeavor to establish NVillia1ns as one of the leading colleges in the country. Among his important achievements was the installation ot the Honors plan, whereby a student interested in one aspect of studies could pursue his interest beyond the extent ol' the courses offered. The cut system was also modified, allowing more leniency for the students in their class atten- dance. One of the most startling changes during Dr,-nnett's administration was that of requiring comprehensive exams to be taken by all seniors not taking Honors. As can he seen by the changes in curriculum, Mr. Dennett was very concerned over the reputation that yVilliams had been acquiring in the early thirties of being a country club, and most of his time and work was devoted to erasing this reputation. Among other innovations during the Dennett administration was the abolishment of compulsory attendance to daily chapel. Tyler Dennett was not only an able administrator but also an out- standing scholar, being awarded the Pulitzer prize lor his biography, john Huy. JAMES PI-IINNEY BAXTER, III 1937- President Baxter has been faced with more difficult problems than any of his predecessors. Sensing a gradual stagnation of the curricululn, he instituted in 1938 a system of comprehensive major examinations, which were originally conceived during the Dennett administration. VVith the out- break of the Second NVorld NVar, the Navy V-5 and V-12 programs were instituted in early 1943. Under the accelerated system the college year was divided into three sixteen week terms, beginning in July, November, and February. At the end of the problem of temporarily field Club Every und Memorial Theater constructed in 19411. The following year the NVilliams football team under Charlie Caldwell defeated Princeton. Now, in 1951, with the problem of the draft facing NVar, the Administration was confronted with the reconverting to a pre-war basis. Greyloek Hall was given over to the married veterans, and the Gar- and Fraternities were not reopened until 1946. ergraduatc may look with pride at the Adams the students, it is, indeed, fortunate that a man of President Baxter's ability can guide the undergraduate body. Aside from his administrative abilities, President Baxter is well known as an author, having written The Introduction of the Imnclacl Warship and Scientists Against Time, the lat- ter receiving the Pulitzer Prize for History in 1947. Page 9

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M. N. WETMORE K. E. WESTON A. H. LICKLIDER j. G, l'IAl1DY FACULTY BMERITUS MONROE NICHOLS VVETMOBE, PI-LD. Professor of Latin, Emeritus Yale B.A., 1883, M.A., 1900, Ph.D., 1904. Appointed to Williams facul- ty, 1904, Assistant Professor, 1905, Associate Professor, 1911, Professor, 1913. Member of Philological Association, Archaeological Institute of America, Association of University Professors, and Gamma Nu. Emeritus, 1934. THEODORE CLARKE SMITH, PH.D., L.H.D. Woodrow lViLson Professor of American History and Government, Emeritus llarvartl B.A., 1892, Magna Cum Laude, M.A., 1893, Ph.D., 1896. Goodwin Memorial Fellow of Harvard at Paris and Berlin, 1896-97, His- tory Instructor, University of Michigan, 1898, Assistant Professor, Ohio State University, 1901-1903. Appointed to VVilliams faculty, 1903. Mem- ber of American Historical Society, and of Phi Beta Kappa. Emeritus, 1938. KARL EPHRAIM VVESTON, M.A., L.H.D. Amos Lawrence Professor of Fine Arts, Emeritus , Williams B.A., 1896, M.A., 1898. Appointed to WVilliams faculty, 1900, Assistant Professor of Romantic Languages, 1904, Professor of Roman- tic Languages, 1911, Professor of the History of Art and Civilization, 1912. Received Rogcrson Medal in 1939, and I...H.D. from Williams, 1940. Member of Archaeological lnstitutcuof America, American Asso- ciation of University Professors, Museum of Modern Art, American Aca- demy of Arts and Sciences, as well as Gargoyle, Phi Delta Theta, and Phi Beta Kappa. Emeritus, 1940. WVILLIAM HOWARD DOUGHTY, Ili., LL.B. Davis A. Wells Professor of Government, Emeritus Williams B.A., 1898, Columbia LL.B., 1901. Practiced law in New York City, 1902-05. Appointed to Williams faculty, 1905, Professor, 1917. Member of Gargoyle and of Kappa Alpha. Emeritus, 1941. ALBERT HARP LICKLIDER, PI-LD. J. Leland Miller Professor of American. History, Literature, and Eloquence, Emeritus Randolph-Macon B.A., 1896, M.A., 1897, john Hopkins Ph.D., 1907. Instructor in English, John Hopkins, 1908, Dartmouth, 1911. Appointed to Williams faculty as Assistant Professor of English, 1914, Professor of Public Speaking and Drama, 1921, Professor of English, 1931, Miller Professor, 1932. Member of Phi Beta Kappa and Sigma Chi. Emeritus, 1941. WILLIS ISBISTER MILHAM, PH.D., L.H.D. Field Memorial Professor of Astronomy, Emeritus Williams B.A., 1894, M.A., 1895, Strasburg Ph.D., 1901, L.I-I.D., 1946. Instructor in Mathematics and Physics at Williams, 1898, Professor of Astronomy, 1902. Member of Phi Beta Ka pa and several scientific so- cieties, Past-President of American Meteorollogy Society. Emeritus, 1942. JAMES GRAHAM HARDY, PH.D. Frederick Latimer Wells Professor of Mathematics, Emeritus Lafayette B.A., 1894, M.A., 1897, john Hopkins Ph.D., 1898. Appointed to WVilliams faculty, 1898, and appointed Professor in 1913. Member of Phi Beta Kappa and Phi Gamma Delta. Emeritus, 1942. CHARLES LOUIS SAFFORD, B.A. Director of Music, Emeritus Williams B.A., 1892, Harvard B.A., 1894. Organist and Choinnaster at St. George's Church, New York City. Appointed to Williams faculty, 1923. Member of Kappa Alpha. Emeritus, 1939. , Page 11 T. C. SMITH W. H. DOUGHTY, In W. I. MILHAM