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

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ACTIVITIES AND PUBLICATIONS 263 Longley as active and able editor-in-chief, the editorial board con- tinued in the tradition of the magazine. Articles of Wide variety and of interest both to undergraduates and graduates Were published. Especially notable was a journalistic scoop consisting of two articles by Dr. Lee deForest, '96 S., entitled Progress in Aerial Navigation -1894,' and Progress in Aerial Navigation-1934 g the former was reprinted from the original Yale Scientific Monthly. Several stu- THE

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262 CLASS OF NINETEEN TI-IIRTY-FIVE S. AND E. But with all his hardships the Owl has something to look back upon. The hard work of Rosecrans Baldwin, Iohn Gifford, and Iohn Shallcross brought in enough advertising to enable the Record to pay the University part of its debt. Then, on the editorial side, there was the steady cooperation of Stephen Hopkins, the managing edi- torg the clever art contributions of Peter Wells and Graham Peck, the sharp wit of Bowen Tufts, Ralph Brown, and Robert Duncan, who is to my mind the cleverest satirist the Owl has had under his wing in many years. My advice Qthough no one has asked me for itj to the incoming board is: frj start reorganizing the Record from the cellar up, by getting the really witty men in the college interested, C25 stick to Yale for source of humor-there is an inexhaustible supply of it and it is a Held which professional magazines cannot exploit. THE YALE SCIENTIFIC MAGAZINE The Yale Scientifc Magazine, along with our country's other business institutions, passed a low-water mark in its advertising and then watched 1935 and the business board turn the tide, so that no invasion of the magazine's i'Rainy Day Fund' was necessary. With the chairman, I. M. Fulton, at the helm and with I. H. Sflifflfl-fit' Magazine board.

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264 CLASS OF NINETEEN THIRTY-FIVE S. AND E. dents contributed the fruits of their seminar work, thus linking the magazine with the life of the University-a link which was further strengthened by the inclusion of biographies of masters of the resi- dential colleges. Covers and illustrations attest the excellence of W. W. Corbet, Ir., as pictorial editor. In accordance with the policy of the University to remove the bar- riers between Sheff and Ac men, O. Pelliccia, Ir., of Yale College showed that the best business men are not always students of ap- plied economics. To him and R. C. Bryant, Ir., of our Class go con- gratulations for making the magazine earn money during times dis- couraging to less astute men of business. BANNER AND POT POURRI-FRESHIXIAN YEAR Book Founded in 1841 by the Liz, the Banner regularly made its an- nual spring appearance as a general summary of past University events, a history of the year. Later, a rival, the Pot Pozzrri, sprang up, published each fall by the Scroll and Key Senior Society. With such an unsatisfactory arrangement in effect, the boards of the two decided on a union, and the Banner and Pot Pourri, in 1909, made its First appearance in the revised form. In 1933, not wishing to be outdone by past generations, the board took over the Freshman Year Book, which had come out at the same time of the year and which, except for the Freshman biographies and pictures, was a '4rehash of the Pot Pourri. Last spring two editions were published, one con- taining the material of general University interest and the other with the additional Freshman information. The 1935 board, wishing to carry on this gradual development, found nothing more to incorporate but much to improve. They con- sidered carefully before breaking with such things as traditions long dear to Yale men, but the monotony of turning page after page of statistics and oft-seen pictures prompted them at last to make ap- preciable innovations. To test their experiment and to get a reaction from various Fields they published a prospectus embodying many of their ideas. Apparently it was a success, for numerous favorable comments were received, and the board, thus encouraged, sought for more improvements. They began last summer by engaging a photographer to take views of the various buildings under the fine foliage and light con- ditions. Results were vastly superior to anything ever used before in the Pot Pourri. Then, the college section was to be considered. After feeling out the general opinion on the matter, it was decided to