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

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BIOGRAPHIES Q5 WILFRED BANCROFT, JR., Banny, was born in Ardmore, Pa., August 22, IQIZQ he has also lived in Harrisville, R. I., and Haverford, Pa. His father, Wil- fred Bancroft, received a B.S. at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in 1897, and his mother, Elizabeth QNieldsj Ban- croft, graduated from Bryn Mawr in 1898. Banny has a brother and a sister. He received his preparatory education at Exeter and West- minster. Banny, who has taken - the course in mechanical engi- neering, belongs to the Student Branch of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers and to Book and Snake and is a member of Berkeley College. He was on the Freshman Football and Swim- ming squads and was a member of The Cloister. In Sophomore year he roomed with Hood and as a Iunior with Creighton, while in Freshman and Senior years he roomed alone. Banny is planning to go into the manufacturing business after graduation. His permanent address is Haverford, Pa. ROY NATHANIEL BAR- a NETT was born in Woodmere, N. Y., on Iune 6, 1914. His father, Nathaniel Barnett, received an M.D. at Columbia in 1910, and his mother, whose maiden name was Edith Rosenblatt, graduated from Barnard in IQI3. Roy has two sisters. His preparatory education was received at the Woodmere Acade- my, and he took the combined biological science and medical course at Yale. Roy was a scholar of the second rank as a Fresh-

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94 CLASS OF NINETEEN THIRTY-FIVE S. AND E. ' a grandson of Iohn P. Studley, who graduated from the Yale Law School in 1875. He received his preparation for college at the New Haven High School. He took the mechanical engineering course for a year, but then transferred to that in applied economic science. He has lived at home all four years. Irv is planning to become en- gaged in airline traHic or opera- tions after he graduates from Yale. His permanent mailing ad- dress is 621 Elm Street, New Ha- ven, Conn. ROSECRANS BALDWIN, '4Rosey, was born in Chicago on Ianu- ary 20, 1914, the son of Abraham Rosecrans Baldwin, Yale '98, and Helen QPoolej Baldwin. Rosey has two brothers. Entering Yale from St. Mark's, he was a scholar of the second rank in Freshman year and as a Iunior received general two-year honors for excellence in all studies. He has taken the course in ap- plied economics and is a member of Trumbull College. He rowed on the third Freshman Crew and on the Saybrook Crew in Iunior year. Rosey sang in the Freshman Glee Club and that year was elected to the Record, of which he was business manager as a Senior. He is a member of Vernon Hall and Phi Gamma Delta. In Fresh- man year he roomed with W. W. F. Brinley, ,35, in Sophomore year with Colgate and Quarrier, and for the next two years with R. B. Warner. Upon the completion of his un- dergraduate course, he intends to become an accountant. His per- manent mailing address is 1224 Astor Street, Chicago, Ill.

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96 CLASS OF NINETEEN THIRTY-FIVE S. AND E. man, was awarded a prize for excellence in biology and botany the next year, and received general two-year honors in Iunior year. He was on the Freshman Cross Country and Track squads and is a member of the Undergraduate Medical Club. Nathan was his room- mate until Senior year, when he roomed alone. Roy plans to continue his studies in the Yale Medical School. His home address is 102 Woodmere Boulevard, Woodmere, N. Y. ' l RALPH POMEROY BASSETT, who is one of the four sons of Frederick Pomeroy and Marie Iosephine QSchulZj Bassett, was born in Chicago on Iuly 3, 1911. His father received a B.A. at Yale in 1900, and one of his brothers, Iohn A. Bassett, graduated from Sheff in 1933. Ralph received his preparatory education at the Westminster School and has taken the course in applied economic science at Yale. He sang in the University Glee Club for four years and is a member of St. Elmo. He had a single room until Senior year, When he roomed with Blair. After graduation he plans to enter business along financial lines. His permanent mailing address is 6246 Kenmore Avenue, Chicago, Ill. WALTER THOMAS BATTIS, Bat, who was born in Boston, Mass., on October 18, 1913, is one of the two sons of Iohn Otis and Harriet Etta fBigWoodj Battis. His father died in December, 1932. Allen T. Bigwood, '35, is his cousin. Entering Yale from the Roxbury Latin School, he has taken the course in metallurgy and in Senior year served as secretary of the