Yale University - Sheffield Scientific School Yearbook (New Haven, CT)

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5 Q A . 1 U 'mm .M W .1 M om, hh X-fx! '3g,g,,,Mr j , ,I I -fn :mn me rout.: mu: I W sf ' T ., ' 4 1 1 R ,.f 1 , ' , V 5 : 5 A , L J .41 ' rf e . A ,i 5 ii X E5 It has been found unnecessary to refuse advertisements in order to save space for an account of the literary achievements of Sheff. One thing is to be noted, however, and that is the extra- ordinary improvement of the Shejf Monthly. This improvement is almost entirely due to the combined efforts of Bill Chappell and Jim Coghill. Both have developed a short, but driving, editorial style. The publication has grown in size and circula- tion under their very able management. Sheff Writings, prose and poesy, have an unfortunate tendency to the conventional style, and run dangerously near the movies in construction. But they have an interest to the undergraduate which is not attained in any of our Academic contemporaries. The Sheff Monthly is a practical modern magazine, run on the practical basis of maximum of attractiveness to its subscribers. A place on the Courant board was captured by Nel Graves at the irst of his college career. On the Record our Class was represented by the work of Hagadorn, Smith, Lysle, the man who made Butler famous, and the present writer. Rufe Scott and Mal Thompson have both been managing editors of the N ews, while Graves was able to throw an editor's charm in his charm bin. What would Academic publications do without Sheff men to do the heavy Work? A special mention should be given to the Stone Foundation Prize. This does not consist, as might be expected, of a hod of bricks or crushed rock, but of one hundred genuine dollars. Besides this material incentive, it is the most important prize of thc kind open to Shed men, and is only given for real merit. It was won by Bob NVilliams, of our Class.

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410 HISTORY OF 1916 S. delegation the Christian Association brought the most successful year in its history to an end. Here 1916 S. paused and glanced at his watch. Twenty minutes more to the Grand Central,', he remarked, that is if we're on time, and removing a pipe from his coat pocket he commenced to fill it slowly and deliberately While gazing thoughtfully out of the window. Some moments elapsed before the silence was broken. This time the stranger spoke. He requested the completion of the tale. 1916 S. resumed. Do you remember when I compared a Christian Association with a factory? he said. Well, to continue the analogy a little further, a factory after organization needs material with which to work. So did the Sheff Christian Association.-But the lat- ter 's material is not iron ore or raw cotton 5-it is undergraduate interest and support. And so Senior year the aim of the Association was to stimulate a keener interest in its work. Mr. Fred I-I. Rindge, Jr., secretary of the International Industrial Service Movement, arrived from New York at the opening of col- lege and succeeded in arousing splendid enthusiasm in Industrial Work among the student body which increased throughout the year. More men than ever before took part. Also the Class owes to Mr. A. B. Dickson its especial thanks and appreciation for the great assistance he has rendered to all Industrial Work- ers. A new Boys' Club building was erected and opened early in the spring. This is a striking testimony of the progress made by that Club under the wise direction of Mr. R. L. Lovell. The Hope Mission, so ably guided by Mr. Ellis and John Lyman, has likewise moved forward and attained splendid results. Little need be said of the Mott Meetings. In scope they included the entire University. They were largely attended, and their importance in the opinion of many warrants their becoming an annual event. In May a second Industrial Dance was given at the Lawn Club. As graduation approached it became known that the Yale-in-China Committee had two or three one-year appointments to make. Since 1914, Sheff has been unrepre- sented at Ya-li. It is hoped this year that two Sheff Seniors will be chosen to take advantage of the opportunity. So saying 1916 S. began to adjust his straw hat. The train gradually came to a stop. People rose, one by one, from their seats 5-there was a shuffle and a bustle, and in a moment the car was empty.

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