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

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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

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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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BIOGRAPHIES 101 and Larsen in Sophomore year, and with Riblet for the next two years. Upon the completion of his undergraduate work, he plans to be- come engaged in industrial management. His home address is West Cornwall, Conn. CHARLES PIERCE BLAIR, IR., Chile,,' was born in New York City on October 24, 1912, but since 1920 his home has been in Flushing, N. Y. He is one of the two sons of Charles Pierce and Katherine QWilliamsj Blair. He received his preparation for Yale at the Flushing High School and at the Manlius School and has taken the course in civil engi- neering. He was a scholar of the second rank in Freshman year and that year was on the Basket- ball Team and the Football Squad, he was on the University Basketball Squad for the next three years, and he has numerals, a minor Y, and a BYB. Chile served as treasurer of the Student Branch of the American Society of Civil Engineers in Senior year, and he belongs to St. Elmo. He roomed alone Freshman year, with DeAngelis for the next two years, and with Bassett as a Senior. Chile is planning to become a civil engineer after he graduates from college. His permanent mailing address is 4032-168th Street, Flushing, Long Island. HOWARD LAWRENCE BODWELL, IR., Howie,,' was born Iune 5, 1911, in Vandergrift, Pa. His father, Howard Lawrence Bodwell, received a B.S. at the Massachusetts I11stitute of Tech- nology in 1898. His mother's maiden name was Henrietta H. Har- rison. Howie has one brother. Entering Yale from Andover, he took the course in applied eco- nomic science, remaining with our Class until the end of Sopho-