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

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BIO GRAPHIES 99 at the Case School of Applied Science, while there he was Class historian and became a member of Sigma Chi. He entered Yale with our Class and has held a Cleveland Alumni Association Scholarship all four years, also having a Francis Bacon Scholar- ship in Sophomore, Iunior, and Senior years. He has taken the chemistry course and in Fresh- man year had a second rank stand and divided the Hrst and second Benjamin F. Barge mathe- matical prizes. He divided a physics prize as a Sophomore and in Iunior year received general two-year honors. Bill is a member of Calhoun College and in Iunior year was on its Squash, Tennis, and Baseball teams. He roorned with R. R. Moffett and A. M. Suffens, both '35, in Freshman year and subsequently with Eschen. He intends to do graduate Work in physical chemistry at Yale next year. His home address is 1876 Green Road, South Euclid, Ohio. MERIWETHER LEWIS BAXTER, IR., Meri,', was born De- cember 7, 1914, in Nashville, Tenn., his home has been in Hartford and West Hartford, Conn., since 1926. He is the son of Meriwether Lewis Baxter, who has a B.A. from Cumberland University, and Elizabeth QYoungj Baxter, who attended Vanderbilt University. Meri has one brother. Entering Yale from the Hart- ford Public High School, he held the Francis A. Pratt Scholarship all four years. He has majored in mechanical engineering and in Freshman year was a scholar of the second rank. Meri was on the Freshman Football Squad and was in the cast of the Dramat pro-

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98 CLASS OF NINETEEN THIRTY-FIVE S. AND E. WILLIAM ADAMS BAUER, 'fBill, was born in Ithaca, N. Y., August 28, 1913, the son of Iohn Bauer CB.A. Doane 1904 and Yale 1906, Ph.D. Yale 19085 and Florence QFossj Bauer QB.A. Doane IQ06D. He has also lived in Princeton and Montclair, N. I., and in Brooklyn, N. Y. Bill has one brother. Entering Yale from the Montclair High School, he has taken the course in industrial administration, in Senior year he held the Rob- ert Douglas Meacham Scholar- ship. As a Freshman he was a member of the Hockey Squad and the Track and Football teams, receiving numerals in the latter sport, and in Sophomore year he was on the University Football Squad and was elected to the hockey competition. He was on the University Track Team in Iunior and Senior years, also being on the Class Hockey Team as a Iunior and captain of the Berkeley Hockey Team and a member of its Football Team I Senior year. Bill is secretary of the Class, chairman of the Class Book Committee, and a member of the Class Day and Triennial commit- tees. In Iunior year he served on the Budget and Prom committees and as a Senior was a member of the Sheff Student Council and treasurer of Tau Beta Pi. He belonged to The Colony Club and is a member of Berzelius, the Yale Political Union, and Berkeley Col- lege. In Freshman year he roomed alone, the next year with Bron- son and Watson, in Iunior year with Loud, and as a Senior with Loud and Murray. Bill plans to go into investment banking. His home address is 62 Montclair Avenue, Montclair, N. I. WILLIAM CARREL BAUMAN, Bill, was born in Cleveland, Ohio, December 7, 1913. His father, George I. Bauman, has an M.D. from Western Reserve University, and his mother, Elsie Bailey QCarrelQ Bauman, also studied there. Bill has five brothers. He prepared for college at the Hawken School and the Brush High School, both in South Euclid, Ohio. He spent the year 1930-31

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100 CLASS OF NINETEEN THIRTY-FIVE S. AND E. duction of Julius Caesar. He is a member of Calhoun College and of Scroll and Compass and Beta Chi. He roomed with Mattoon in Freshman year, with Mattoon and Thielcke in Sophomore year, with Thielcke the following year, and alone as a Senior. He is planning to become a mechanical engineer after he gradu- ates from Yale. His permanent address is 54 South Quaker Lane, West Hartford, Conn. HERBERT LINCOLN BEACH, IR., 'KHerb,', was born on March 2, 1911, in Buffalo, N. Y., the son of Herbert Lincoln Beach, whose death occurred on April 17, 1934, and Mary Evelyn QDoranj Beach. He has one sister. He received his preparation for college at the Lawrenceville School and was enrolled with our Class until the end of Freshman year. He was on the Crew Squad and while in New Haven roomed alone. His permanent mailing address is 1611 Meridian Avenue, Miami Beach, Fla. ROBERT TREAT BEERS, Bob, was born in Schenectady, N. Y., February 9, 1914, but he has also lived in Erie, Pa., and Corn- wall, Conn. His father, Ralph ' Silas Beers, received a B.S. degree at the Worcester Polytechnic In- stitute in 1900 5 his m0ther's name before her marriage was Grace Ingersol Hubbard. Bob has one sister. He attended the Schenectady High School and the Strong Vin- cent High School in Erie and also studied with a private tutor be- fore entering Yale, where he has taken the course in industrial ad- ministration. As a Freshman he was on the Lacrosse and Swim- ming squads and the next year was a member of the Class Swim- ming Team Qwinning numeralsj and the University Swimming Squad. He belongs to Tau Beta Pi and to Vernon Hall and Phi Gamma Delta. Bob roomed alone as a Freshman, with Dempsey