I. 1 mti W ■^v '/ ( l-lMlfmlfJ DECEMBER 1933 Vol. XXXIV No. 5 AFTER THE S\0\V — George Street jrom the Middle Cjmpu A photograph by Fred S. \icmann 'i5. BROWN ALUMNI MONTHLY FOUNDED IN 1900 Published monthly, August and September excepted, by the BROWN ALUMNI MONTHLY, Inc., at Brown University, Providence, R. I. Entered at the Post Office, at Providence, R. L, as second class matter, under the law of March 3, 1879 Your children - - happy today, but what about the future? TTAPPY, carefree, never a thought of the future — that is the way ot children. And that is as it should be. But in the background are tond parents who look ahead and plan to make future paths smoother and safer for them. Many such parents are cus- tomers of ours; people who have made carefully laid plans for the protection of their loved ones. We have in mind a cer- tain man, a widower with two sons, 10 and 12 years of age. As he listens to their youthful laughter he can picture their future with a feeling of satisfaction. Even it he is suddenly taken away, he knows that his plans for them will be carried out. He has made certain of this by putting his lite insurance in trust. This trust directs that the income shall be used tor the education and maintenance ot his sons. After they have completed college, they are still to receive the income in equal amounts. At the age of 25 each is to receive $5,000; and another $5,000 r-*i iM'i when they attain the age of 30. Then, when they be- come35, the principal is to be divided equally between them. "My purpose in arranging distribution in this manner," he said, "is so that, it the first or second venture in business tails, they will have another opportunity at a more mature age." Think how much safer it is to leave your insurance money this way than to have it fall into inexperienced hands. Why not ask one of our Trust Officers how a life insurance trust will safeguard your insurance monies for your family. Jpl Rhode Island L Hospital Trust Companij Pawtucket — Providence — Woonsocket We have no securities for sale BROWN ALUMNI MONTHLY Vol. XXXIV PROVIDENCE, R. I., DECEMBER, 1933 No. 5 "One Shaft of the Gold Mine" A Gold-Mine of Opportunity" awaited Brown's pleasure in the resources of the city of Providence, the Survey Committee told the University a few years back. Dr. Mead recalled this figure in urging the undergraduates to take advantage of the second annual Institute of Art held on the campus late in November as part of the Community Art Project. This, he said, was "one shaft of that gold-mine over which Brown is standing." "Undergraduate interests," he continued, "are undoubt- edly maturing, and this species of 'gold-digging' as a recrea- tion may compensate for the loss of certain 'collegiate' avocations that already have been relegated to the prepara- tory schools." But the undergraduates were not the only ones to profit through the highly successful Institute. Conceived on a more modest basis and attracting less attention outside the State, than last year's, it nevertheless served more effectively its community purpose, in accord with the original inten- tion of the project. Of especial comfort was the discussion of a "Three-Year Plan" for the development of the Community Art Project in the future, which seemed to portend a continuance of the enterprise. Representatives of all the branches of the arts met in Rhode Island Hall on the last afternoon of the Insti- tute the whole problem confronting the field. That problem, as summarised by Vice President Mead at the time, is not one of alternatives but of increasing the appetite for better things not only that they may afford consumers more enjoy- ment but offer more employment to the producers. Virtually all the fine arts and industrial arts had their corners in the Institute program. Popular interest in art was the dominant theme as the two-day meeting opened, with speakers laying emphasis on the resources and development of the arts and art education in Rhode Island. Dr. Mead, presiding at the first session, pointed out that there were 40 art organisations active in Rhode Island and co-ordinated under the Community Art Project. That agency would continue to initiate activities to supplement the rest and serve as a center for collecting and disseminating informa- tion. Brown and the School of Design being collaborators in this work. AT that first session in Faunce House auditorium Mrs. . Maude Howe Elliott, the Newport author, declared her confidence in the permanence of art. John Hutchins Cady '03, chairman of the Providence City Plan Commis- sion, described 300 years of planning in that city. He disclosed that one project under consideration is the erection of a dam under the bridge proposed in the Providence thoroughfare plan for the area south of Crav^ford Square, to maintain the rivers above tide level, thus eliminating backwash and malodorous debris. Art in education was expounded by Alexander J. Stod- dard, superintendent of Providence schools, in the after- noon, along with a talk on gardens by William E. Brigham, Providence designer, the chairman of the meeting being the president of the Rhode Island School of Design, Mrs. Mur- ray S. Danforth. The high spot of the next day's program was the Bach recital by Marcel Dupre, Parisian organist believed by many to be the greatest living artist in his field. It was the annual Edgar J. Lownes Memorial concert in Sayles Hall and at- tracted an audience that the hall was not large enough to hold. M. Dupre concluded a brilliant afternoon by impro- vising in his celebrated fashion, this time on themes pre- sented at the moment by Prof. Arlan R. Coolidge and Prof. Arthur Hitchcock of the University Music Department and Martha Baird Allen, pianist wife of Arthur M. Allen '97. Mr. Lownes, in whose name the organ recital series was established by his widow, was the father of Albert E. Lownes '20 and E. J. Lownes, Jr., '23. Other features of the second day were the following talks: "The Value of Art to Merchants" by Frederick W. Aldred, v,^ho declared the retail stores were doing missionary work for art; "Design in Modern Manufacture" by George E. Ball, who asserted that the manufacturer had been forced to resort to higher artistry because of the improvement in public taste; and "Gilbert Stuart," an illustrated lecture by L. Earle Rowe '04, director of the Museum of the School of Design. AT least nine exhibits in Providence art galleries were made to coincide with the Institute calendar. One of these was in the Faunce House Art Gallery, where the lead- ing art organizations of the State contributed to a repre- sentative shov/ of work by Rhode Island Artists. Items from the world-renowned Lincoln collection, examples of pic- torial sheet music and fine book-making, and specimens of Americana were especially exhibited at the John Hay Li- brary and the John Carter Brown Library. The Lincoln exhibit included what is believed the only contemporary miniature of the Civil War president, a loan from London for display with the University's treasures. The dramatic arts were represented on the Institute pro- gram in the performance of two one-act plays in Faunce House Theatre by the Paravent Players of Providence. Of particular interest to alumni was the presentation, for the first time in a century, of the recently discovered play, "The Sophomore" by Samuel Randall, Brown 1804, which was first given when Randall was an undergraduate. He is be- lieved to be the first Brown playwright and this his first play, originally seen as a part of commencement exercises in the First Baptist Church. The Paravent Players offered Yeats' "On Bailes Strand" on the same bill, attractions. This is the second year that the Community Art Project has been made possible by the allotment of funds from the Carnegie Institute to Brown University and the School of Design, joint sponsors in the undertaking. 107 BROWN ALUMNI MONTHLY Chiefly Concerning the Campus Fraternity Houses Given 'Warnirig CONDITIONS in many fraternity dining rooms on the campus caused the Division of University Health this fall to notify the Administration that, in its opinion, the serving of meals in any fraternity house should not he encouraged. The report was sent to each fraternity. In a letter and public statement, the Administration brought out the fact that, in spite of these serious charges against fraternity dining rooms, the University did not intend to prohibit the serving of meals in houses this year. Dean Arnold hinted that after the year 1933-1934 only students who are full members of fraternities would be per- mitted the privileges of the fraternity house. This would exclude pledges from such privileges and reserve them to the initiated members. While the report of the University Health Division was not elaborated upon, the conditions referred to are said to include the character of food served as well as the sanitary conditions involved. The criticism was said to apply to the majority of the houses, but not all. Brown Flyers Compete in Meet THE Brown Flying Club's air meet on November 5 was pronounced a great success, although darkness at the end of the afternoon necessitated the canceling of the sched- uled treasure hunt. Leading winners in the competitions were E. H. Wiggins, Henry R. Palmer, Jr., E. J. Schermer- horn, and John Akin. Wiggins won the spot landing event with an average of 83 feet from the designated spot after three trials. Palmer won the bomb dropping contest, com- ing within 38 feet of the center of the small circle while flying at 800 feet. His other two trials gave him an average of 51. From the Lecture Platform THE month has been notable for the number of impor- tant and interesting persons brought to lecture plat- forms on the Brown campus. The speakers and their topics included the following: Col. William J. Donovan, "The Sherman Anti-Trust Laws and the NRA"; Dr. Cecilia Payne of Harvard, "Spec- troscopic Changes in Novae"; Dr. Marshall N. Fulton '20, "Rhodes Scholarships"; Prof, Arnold J. Toynbee, Director of Studies of the Royal Institute of International Affairs, London, "British Imperial Relations"; John A. Lomax, "Negro Spirituals"; Arundell Esdaille, Secretary of the British Museum, "The British Museum and Its Relation to the Study of English Literature and Typography"; Professor Rene Maurice Frechet of the University of Paris, "Geometry of Analytic Functions"; Dr. Milton H. Erickson of the Worcester State Hospital, Mass., "Experi- mentally Induced Amnesia and Allied Phenomena"; Dr. George C. Ruble, Ranger Naturalist, "Glacier National Park"; Abbe Ernest Dimnet, informally; Professor Alex- ander Silverman of the University of Pittsburgh, "Glass: Today and Tomorrow"; President William Allan Neilson of Smith College, "The Prospects of Peace"; Professor F. L. Wells of Harvard, "The Inequality of Man"; Mme. M. Cazanian, Visiting Professor of French at Wellesley, "Emotions, Desires and Hopes of a Pacifist"; Professor Rufus M. Jones of Haver- ford, Brown Trustee, "The Unfinished Task"; Aurang Shah, one time chemistry student at Brown, "Afghanistan and Its Place in the World"; John Polando, co-pilot with Russel Boardman on New York-Istanbul flight, "Aviation Developments"; Professor Charles Hartshorne of the Uni- versity of Chicago, "Nature of Sensory Qualities"; Howard Tibbetts, Aldrich Astronomical Society of Worcester, "Practical Navigation." Undergraduates in Europe LEO Goldsmith, Jr., '34, of Newark, N. J., while spend- / ing his Junior year in Germany as a member of the Delaware Foreign Study Group, wrote an article "Uber das Fest in der Fritz Beck-Stube," which has appeared in Foreign Study T^otes, Volume IV, Number 1 . During his year in Germany, Goldsmith made an excellent academic showing. In the present German group the Brown repre- sentatives are Robert G. Heap '35, Providence, and Fran- cis Tourtellot "35, Johnston. In 1932-33 there were six Brown Juniors in the French group. They were Richard Fried, John M. Gross, Bancroft Littlefield, Leander F. Pease, 2nd, Joseph S. Stookins, and Robert D. Wolf. In the French group now studying in Paris there is only one Brown undergraduate, Robert S. Ford '3 5, Woonsocket. :{: ^ :{: ^ H: Molnar for Soc\ and Bus\in MOLNAr's sprightly and ingenious comedy, "The Play's the Thing," was Sock and Buskin's second major production this season, receiving critical favor and the ap- plause of its three audiences late in the month. William Bijur, Jack Wiren, and Miss Mildred Starkweather, guest performer, had the principal roles, while the direction was by Professor Ben W. Brown and Lewis M. Glassford. "Rip Van Winkle," the alumni production, is on the playbill for this month. Gains in Extension Courses Two hundred more persons than in 1932 have registered for Brown University extension courses this year, ac- cording to Professor C. E. Ekstrom, director. The enroll- ment in 46 courses this year is 1657 as compared with 144^. One of the most significant and marked trends is the in- crease in the registration in the field of art and music, where 223 are registered. The Department of Art is offering two courses to take care of an increased enrollment of 88, while 57 are taking the music course. Professor Ekstrom ascribed the trend to the success of such projects as the Institute of Art. "At the same time, a remarkable emphasis on subjects which are of present day concern such as courses in engi- 108 BROWN ALUMNI MONTHLY neering, education, psychology and mental hygiene and economics is shown by increased registrations, while subjects dealing with more remote times and subject matter which does not bear so directly on present problems and issues reflect decreases in enrollment," Prof. Ekstrom said. Thus there are 1 72 registered m four courses in economics as compared with 96 last year; there are 40 in one course in education as against 19 last year; there are 67 in two engineering courses and there were only 31 last fall. Like- wise a course offered in real estate law for the layman has increased this year from 14 to 39. Three courses in psy- chology and one in mental hygiene have increased their combined enrollment from 105 last fall to 220 this year. English composition has a total of 76, which is 19 better than last year; journalism has improved by nine to a regis- tration of 44; public speaking shows an increase of three, with 34 enrolled. English literature has fallen off as have all foreign languages and history. New courses in Swedish, French literature, nursing and photography are being offered this year. A Brown Tinge to Air Waves IN its first radio concert of the year the Brown University Band offered a half-hour program over WBZ and WBZA the night before the Harvard game. The 75 bands- men were under the direction of Hugh Welshman \34, Rowland A. Crowell '34, Manager Leon B. Sittenfeld '34, and Coach Thomas Gall. Ronald Brooks (John Gaunt '34) also gave a Brown touch to the air-waves when he inserted a special verse about Brown and her football players into a rendering of "You've Got to Be a Football Hero" over the WEAF chain. DR. BEHJAMIH WATERHOUSE One of the first memhers of the Brown faculty, he was a founder of the narvuri Medical School and honored in the recent memorial ceremonies at Cambridge. The Brown Jug Is Tsjo More THE Brown jug, comic magazine founded in 1919- 1920 will not resume publication this fall, it has been announced by Dean Samuel T. Arnold, chairman of the Committee on Student Organizations. With interest as- sured in the future, the Administration will not be averse to a revival of the humorous publication, it is indicated. The Jug ran into trouble last year and lasted the term by becom- ing a semi-literar>' magazine. Dean Arnold's statement said : "For several years, the Broum Jug has been carried on under increasingly more difficult financial conditions. The demand for publications of this type appears to have waned considerably during recent years and the absence of the financial support which the Brown Jug formerly enjoyed has dictated changes in editorial policy and in the scope and content of the periodical which are not consistent with the original purpose." The Herald noted with regret the passing of the Jug "into the realm of history occupied by so many other campus magazines which have appeared and died out after a com- paratively short life. A recent exhibition of campus pub- lications showed that but four have survived from over thirty that have been published. That number is now re- duced to three by the demise of the Jug. "The question arises and merits serious consideration as to whether this lack of undergraduate interest and support and consequent financial difficulty is not a phenomenon which is affecting every organization on the campus and that the Jtig was merely the first to go because it occupied the weakest position . . . We feel that there should remain a field for a humorous publication." Jslovelties for the Debate Season INNOV.ATIONS in debate methods in the East featured the opening of the season when the Varsity and Freshman teams both lost to Holy Cross last month. The so-called Oregon system of cross-examination debating was intro- duced to New England at that time. Under the rules of this method, the entire case of each side is explained by the first speaker on the team. After each has spoken, he is cross-examined by a member of the opposition, and finally the debate is concluded by rebuttal and summary from a third member of each team. The system, in operatic.! in the West and Middle West for some time, is said to provide a more interesting evening for the audience because of the impromptu court-room aspects contributed. In the Holy Cross debates the NRA was the topic. Brown unsuccessfully upholding the affirmative side of the question: "Resolved — That the principles of the NRA should become permanent features of the U. S. Govern- ment policy." The same question will be debated in the first contest of the Intercollegiate Debating League with Bates and Penn State. It was also the question involved when the aflirmative Freshman team defeated the negative Sophomores. In the latter debate Charles Evans Hughes, 3rd, conducted the cross-examination for the Freshmen. The teams adapted themselves to the new style very readily and liked it, they said. 109 BROWN ALUMNI MONTHLY $100,000 Fund for Scholarships THE annual income of a $100,000 trust fund to he used for scholarships for needy and deserving students has been made available for Brown University, under the terms of the will of C. Prescott Knight iiled for probate shortly after the death of this distinguished alumnus last month. Brown was outstanding among a score of institutions to benefit by legacies of varying amounts, the only other edu- cational institution being Choate School, which is to receive $10,000. The death of Mr. Knight, whose class was 1885, IS commented on more fully in the obituary section, "Those We Mourn." The scholarship fund is to bear the name of Mr. Knight's brother, Webster Knight '76, Brown trustee, whose death preceded his by but a few weeks. School Gives Brown a Scholarship FROM the Quincy Mansion School of Wollaston, Mass., comes the gift of $5000 for scholarship purposes at Brown University, presented on November 14 in honor of Dr. and Mrs, Horace Mann Willard, who conduct the school. Mrs. Frank A. Decker of Providence gave a lunch- eon in connection with the benefaction, with President Barbour, Dean Morriss, and guests from New York and Boston present. Mrs. Decker is an alumna of the Quincy Mansion School. Bankers Grant Scholarship A Loan-scholarship of $250 for the present academic year has been granted Brown University by the American Bankers Association Foundation for Education in Economics. The sum will be available to some graduate student or senior whose major course is banking. The A.B.A. grants such awards to institutions chosen "because of their educational standards, geographical location, and their desire to co-operate in the promotion of education in economics." Professor George E. Bigge is chairman of the special committee which will make the recommendation for Brown. ***!«** Germanic Society Activities IN observance of the 450th anniversary of the birth of Martin Luther, the Germanic Society of Rhode Island held special exercises in Alumnae Hall on November 10. The speakers included Professor Robert H. George, Pro- fessor Hans Kurath, and Rev. Arthur W. Cleaves, pastor of the First Baptist Church, while the Providence Oratorio Society of 40 voices rendered Lutheran hymns. At an earlier meeting Professor A. Ford Hinrichs discussed "Ger- many in the World Today," basing his conclusions in part on observations made during his three months in that coun- try last year. ***** Undeterred by the failure of recent campus literary pub- lications, including Casements, The Literary Quarterly, Town and Gown, The Beadle, The Quarterly ^uiz, and perhaps a few others, a score of undergraduates are sponsoring a new magazine in the field under the leadership of George A. Harris, Jr., "34 and Joseph P. Copp, Jr., '3 5. They believe the new venture financially practicable inas- much as the magazine would be issued in mimeograph form until established. Contributors' dues would pay the first expenses. m FOR LIFE Chnton C. White, 'OO. lately Alumni Trustee, elected by the Corporation to continue hi,s service. An even hundred men, 56 seniors and 44 juniors, have been placed on the dean's list for the year. Half of them were from Rhode Island, including 1 4 from Classical High of Providence. Graduates of Moses Brown School, Horace Mann School, Mercersburg, Williston, Andover, Vermont, Hun, Cushing, Loomis, Norwich, Hope Street High, and Providence Technical were among the leading contributors. In what was said to be the first move of its kind on an American college campus, the Brown Daily Herald spon- sored a drive late in October to enlist student pledges in the NRA consumers' program. Signatures of half the under- graduate body were obtained, to the expressed satisfaction of Hugh S. Johnson, Administrator. A tune encountered in Germany and adapted for use as the music of a new Brov^-n song was introduced this fall. It extols the Brown Bear's virtues and is by David Moore '34. Apparently not realizing that there was already an excellent song of the same name, Moore called it "For Bruno and for Brown." ***** "That a compulsory fee for the support of non-athletic activities be instituted at Brown LIniversity," was the topic of the Class of 1880 Discussion this fall, stirring up con- troversy on the proposal apart from the actual prize contest. Reorganization of the entire contents of the Liber Bru- nensis for this year is contemplated by Gordon McMillen '3 5, business manager, and Sumner Kerry '34, editor-in- chief. B.C. A. solicitors attained their goal of $2000 in a drive for funds with which to support the activities of the organ- ization for the coming year. 110 BROWN ALUMNI MONTHLY Of Brown and Brown Men T^ot Meant for Gangsters CHARLES E. Hughes, Jr., '09, president of the Na- tional Probation Association, said last month in an- nouncing publication of the association's year book that "probation was never devised for gangsters or kid- napers." He also said that "generally speaking, probation's most promising application is to juvenile and first offenders. It is impossible, however, to lay down hard and fast rules for what is essentially a question of individual cases, and iiiithing can take the place of expert, experienced work by probation officers in the selection of fit cases and their super- vision after probation has been granted." 7^0 w a * * * 'Brass Hat" JOSEPH B. Keenan "10 is a full-fledged Assistant Attor- ney General of the United States, having been named by President Roosevelt late in October. For several months he had been an assistant to the Attorney General in charge of the Government's fight on racketeering. "This appointment is richly deserved," the Providence journal said editorially. "Mr. Keenan, since he began his work for the Government, has made a national reputation by his successful work in the capture and prosecution of the gang that kidnaped Charles F. Urschel, the wealthy Oklahoma oil operator for whose abduction six defendants have been sentenced to imprison- ment for life and two others have been condemned to lesser punishments." The Bakvnore Evening Sun noted with some regret that "Mr. Keenan has become what the British soldiers call 'a brass hat,' meaning a staff officer rather than a fighter in the trenches." It agreed that Mr. Keenan deserved promotion, )'ct it said that "when one remembers how often a first-class fighter has faded into obscurity after being assigned to staff duty, it is impossible to escape a certain feeling of regret that Mr. Keenan is to be taken out of the ranks." Center of Pohtical Storm DR. Herbert E. D.ay '93, former superintendent of the Missouri School for the Deaf, Fulton, is living at 46.i0 Western Avenue, Washington, D. C., and is looking for an opportunity again to teach. After serving at Fulton since 1925, he was dropped last summer, the main objection to him, in the words of the chairman of the Board of Man- .igers of the School, being that "he is a Republican." The same chairman also said: "Dr. Day has a fine record and there was no question of his ability." The St. Louis Post- Dispatch quoted these statements as the basis of a vigorous editorial entitled "Spoils and Missouri Education." The editorial denounced the statements as "a shameless admis- sion that the spoils system has entered the State-supported educational institutions of Missouri" and added: "If we may take the opinion of the people who know. Dr. Day's work at Fulton has been not only satisfactory but of such a character as to make the Missouri School for the Deaf one of the outstanding institutions of its kind." The editorial gave details on the vote ousting Dr. Day and continued : "The people of Missouri may very well ask themselves if this is what they voted for last November. Do they want capable educators released in order to make room tor "deserving Democrats'?" As the St. Loms Post-Dispatch is classed as a Democratic nev«paper with an independent viewpoint, the editorial cannot be dismissed as being biased, or written solely for political effect. :{: ^ :^ H: % His Formula "From the Playing Field ' JUDGE Kenneth L. Nash '12 began his duties as justice of the District Court of East Norfolk, Massachusetts, Oct. 28, and more than .lOO attorneys, judges, court officials, and city, town and county officers were present at the exer- cises arranged to welcome him in his nevj office. George L. Barnes, former State Senator from Weymouth, Mass., made the address in which he said : "You have had a broad and humanizing experience, and none the least of this has been in the field of sport, where you have always played the game according to the rules, played it hard, but played it fair. You have applied that same formula to your duties as judge. You have called them as you saw them. "You have served your State in both the House and Sen- ate of Massachusetts. You have been the highly valued counsel of the town of Weymouth. You have had a broad experience in the practice of law. . . . Your appointment to the judgeship of this court has given us the highest pleasure and deepest satisfaction." In his speech Senator Barnes also praised Kenneth D. Johnson '19, who is one of the associate justices of the court. His Quarter-Century J^loted DR. John L. Alger '90, for 25 years president of Rhode Island College of Education, had high tribute paid him on his anniversary last month at a meeting held in con- nection with the 88th annual session of the Rhode Island Institute of Instruction. Speakers were President Barbour; President R. G. Bressler of Rhode Island State College; Rev. Lorenzo McCarthy, O.P., Providence College; Dr. Walter E. Ranger, State Commissioner of Education; Dr. Payson Smith, State Commissioner of Education for Massa- chusetts: and Dean Royal B. Farnum of the Rhode Island School of Design. "In a very real way," President Barbour said in his remarks, "the teaching force of Rhode Island for 25 years has borne the courtesy and graciousness of the gentleman whom tonight we honor." Custodian of Shakespeare BOOKS and pamphlets in the Folger Shakespeare Library in Washington number 91,502, according to the an- nual report recently made public by Director William Adams Slade '98. The library possesses 4500 manuscripts of before the year 1700, and 15,500 of after that date. The library also owns 38,000 other manuscripts which are now being ar- ranged, 200,000 playbills, 211 oil paintings, 1234 water- color paintings, 1000 pen and pencl drawings, 38,000 prints, 1600 photographs, 873 bound volumes of music, 1 105 pieces of sheet music, 135 maps, 98 pieces of statuary and 256 stage properties. Ill BROWN ALUMNI MONTHLY Commissioner of the Virgin Islands AFTER ten years' absence from home and family, Alonzo _ G. Moron '32 has gone back to St. Thomas, Virgin Islands, as Commissioner of Public Welfare of the Islands. His exile, during which he won acclaim as a student at Hampton Institute, Brown, and the Graduate School, University of Pittsburg, has not been in vain. With a small group of his friends. Moron decided ten years ago to come to this country, get an education not available at home, and then return to provide the schools with native teachers, to build up the profession of medicine in particular, and to try to make the Virgin Islands a better and more progressive place to live in. While Moron was at Hampton Institute he travelled with the Hampton quartet as its lecturer. At Brown he majored in social science, won election to Phi Beta Kappa, and earned the respect of all the undergraduates by his ability, his quiet manner, and his friendly smile. He was president of the Spanish Club, active in the Liberal Club, on the Dean's List, and in other ways an alert and intelligent undergraduate. From Brown he went to the University of Pittsburgh to continue his studies in sociology as a Fellow of the National Urban League. He was married Sept. 12, 1932, to Miss Leola Rowena Churchill, who will aid him in his new work as Commissioner of Public Welfare in the islands of his boyhood and his dreams. Kalamazoo Honors Tivo DR. Ch.arles a. Kr.'^us, Research Professor of Chem- istry and nationally known for his researches, received the honorary degree of Sc.D. and Justin H. Bacon '96 re- ceived the honorary degree of Litt.D. at the convocation held as part of the centennial celebration at Kalamazoo Col- lege, Kalamazoo, Mich., Oct. 13 and 14. The degree, citing Dr. Bacon as "keen analyst, conscientious executive, thor- ough scholar in language," was a recognition of 26 years of service to Kalamazoo and the community as Professor of French. During the past 1 5 years Dr. Bacon has also been Registrar of the College. Dr. William Lyon Phelps '21H, gave the convocation address. Dr. Bacon is the fourth graduate of Brown to serve on the Faculty of Kalamazoo. William Dutton, 1840, was President, 1840-43; Kendall Brooks, 1841, was President, 1868-87; and his brother, Samuel Brooks, 1852, was Pro- fessor of Latin, 1869-1906. Dr. Kraus was cited as "thinker and truth seeker in the realm of nature's physical and chemical processes, scholar, author, gifted experimenter and designer of apparatus for research, inspiring teacher and friend of students, under whose direction fifteen graduates of this college have earned the doctorate in chemistry." Another Decoration for Dr. Tolman ONLY last month the Alumni Monthly reported that Dr. William H. Tolman '82 of Pawtucket had re- ceived the decoration of the Order of the Crown of Italy for his work in the interests of international good will. It has been followed by a similar action on the part of Hungary, according to a cable the Rotary Club of Pawtucket ha"s re- ceived from the president and secretary of the Rotary Club of Budapest. The Regent of Hungary has conferred the officer's insignia of the Royal Hungarian Cross of Merit on Dr. Tolman in appreciation of "noteworthy services to the cause of amity, good will, and mutual understanding be- tween Hungary and the United States." Pereh Paris SJ. Perelm.^n '24 saw his first full-length play, "All » Good Americans," have its premiere at the Plymouth Theatre, Boston, Nov. 21, with Hope Williams as the star. The Boston Herald, in an advance notice, characterized the play as a "cartoon of the antics of our transplanted country- men in Paris," and said that the authors — Mrs. Perelman gets recognition as co-author — "have snatched a page out of their own experiences, and, what is more, out of their very recent experiences. . . . The heroine of "All Good Amer- icans" is one Julie, correspondent for fashionable American magazines devoted to clothes and their feminine by-prod- ucts. It was in such service that Laura Perelman herself first served in Paris, yet she disclaims any autobiographical no- tions and insists that the counterpart for Julie is Beatrice Mathieu, the Paris fashion correspondent for the 7f, assembled by the University Art Department, consists of famous prints such as those by Matisse, Picasso, Rembrandt, Holbein, Daumier, and the Japanese. The reproductions, mounted and framed, are lent to undergraduates for their walls, the loan period be- ing three weeks and the rental fee 25 cents a semester. Liquidating the Bar Club THE Providence Bar Club has given to the Legal Aid So- ciety of Rhode Island the sum of $1794.92, to be known as the Lorin M. Cook Fund in memory of Lorin M. Cook '66, first secretary of the club. The income from the prin- cipal is to be used for "the purchase of law books and other publications and for the maintenance of the library of the society." The Providence Bar Club came into existence in Decem- ber, 1881, "to maintain the honor, dignity and usefulness of the profession of the law and to cultivate social inter- course among its members." Judge Cook was one of its prime movers, and was active in the club throughout his life. After his death in 1928, the club disbanded, first nam- ing a committee made up of Edward P. Jastram '95, Henry M. Boss, Jr., "94, special, and Arthur E. Munro '02 to dis- pose of the club's funds appropriately. ■"A commendable and very readable piece of work," was the appraisal of the November Aiumnt Monthly which a BroRjn Daily Herald commentator wrote. 115 BROWN ALUMNI MONTHLY For the Brown Man's Bookshelf Repeal Is 7\[ot Enough " TWAS born a teetotaler, and it is my earn- I est conviction that total abstinence is the wisest, best, and safest position for both the individual and society. But the regrettable failure of the Eighteenth Amendment has demonstrated the fact that the majority of the people of this country are not yet ready for total abstinence, at least when it is attempted through legal coercion. The next best thing — many peo- ple think it a better thing — is temperance." So writes John D. Rockefeller, jr., '97 in the foreword to "Toward Liquor Control." "But with repeal," he adds, "the problem is far from solved." The liquor problem, he realised some time ago, has been wrestled with by many nations, and a program based on their experience and a knowledge of their successes and failures appeared to him a contribution which might be welcomed by the American people. He therefore asked Raymond B. Fosdick and Albert L. Scott "00 to organize such a study. Toward Liquor Control, published by Harper 6? Brothers ($2) presents the con- clusions reached by this extensive inquiry. A State Authority System is recommended. According to one weekly review which com- mented on the findings, "Mr. Rockefeller's contribution is of enormous importance." BACKGROUKD PAINTER The late Dallas Lore Sharp '95. whose "Christ and His Time" has been re-issued. The Sea Won Out No More Sea," by Wilson Follett, for- merly of the Brown English Depart- ment, has received laudatory reviews all month since its publication by Henry Holt 6? Co. ($2.50). It is a well written tale of a mother who tried to deny her son his her- itage of the ocean only to have it assert its claim. "Marriage to the Teasworth women meant a telescope" with which to await the return of sea-farers and to escape all that tragic hold she took her small son into the Middle West to live, in vain. Mr. Follett has also been a frequent contributor to the periodical press of late, having in one recent month a story in the Atlantic and an article in Harper's. Why It Made 'N.o Money REV. Charles M. Sheldon "83 tells in the C/ir:sIwn Centttry, of which he is editor, how he wrote the book that, next to the Bible, has been the world's best seller and yet received less than $3000 in royalties out of the sale of 25,000,000 copies. Faulty copyright was the reason, and Dr. Shel- don"s tragi-comic experiences with the book are ironically related in an article on "The Ethics of Some Publishers." The First Travel on Probation IN "Raw Edge," published by D. Apple- ton-Century Company), Edward Sefton Porter '19 makes a tremendous step for- ward as a writer. In "Open and Shut"" there was no lack of excitement and cinematic action, but it was little more than journalis- tic writing. His latest book, which deals more directly with the activities of proba- tion work in a large city, has every bit as much dramatic interest and has the added virtue of stylistic merit. He is obviously writing of people and scenes he knows well from his service in New York City, and he makes one become quickly and permanently interested in their problems and destinities. It is a well told story of a probation offi- cer"s concern for one of his charges, who has temptations to slip into easy money in the racket, and the boy"s sister. A Path for Perelman's Son ■'T"d Send My Boy to Brown,"" is the title i of the contribution by S. J. Perelman "24 to the series of collegiate recommendations appearing each month in University. Perel- man chooses to be facetious, and the editor admits that "parents who eagerly read these articles in Urtiversity with the idea of dis- covering what college will be best for Lance- lot, Junior, or little Seraphina will peruse in vain this treatise of Mr. Perelman on his- toric Brown University."" Perelman is a little out of touch with the scene of which he writes, but he couldn"t be serious if he tried, and here he isn"t even trying. l^eiv Progress for Mr. Burnett THE Carnegie Institution of Washington has lately published the sixth volume of Edmund C. Burnett"s remarkable work. Letters of Members of the Continental Congress, with which he has been occu- pied, on behalf of that Institution, for 27 years past. The enterprise has consisted in gathering, from all sorts of libraries in the country and from private hands, the letters which members of that Congress wrote from the seat of its sessions to their state author- ities, or relatives and friends, concerning its proceedings. As the Congress sat with closed doors, and no reports of speeches were officially made, these letters are the best substitute we have for published debates, and add to the bare Journals an immense mass of informa- tion as to what went on in the sessions of the Congress. Mr. Burnett"s editing and annotation of the volumes is of the highest possible quality, indeed many competent scholars agree that the series is the best piece of historical editing that has ever been done in the United States. Volume 6 pre- sents 723 letters, of the period from March 1, 1781, to the end of 1782. Mr. Burnett's class was 1890. He Sailed the Ocean Blue "Once I Was a Sailor" is the inviting title of a contribution by Clarence H. Phil- brick '13 to the American Legion Monthly, which John T. Winterich "12 edits. The article is a highly amusing bit of reminis- cence, prompted perhaps by the question, "Father, what did you do in the Navy dur- ing the War?"" And Mr. Philbrick breaks down and confesses. Nathaniel West (Nathan Weinstein "24), author of "Miss Lonely Heart,"" has joined the staff of the Americana magazine in an editorial capacity. He went to Holly- wood to collect material for the Movie number of that indignant monthly. Quentin Reynolds "24 of Colliers has written a series on the European situation for that magazine, based on recent travel and investigation abroad. Dr. William L. Stidger's biography of Edwin Markham is "excellent, giving the poet"s daily and nightly habits, his philos- ophy and religion, his food and his ideas in general,"" according to a metropolitan re- viewer. Dr. Stidger"s class at Brown was 1912. Victor Ullman "31 is conducting the book review department for Opinion. 116 BROWN ALUMNI MONTHLY Bac\gTound for the Bible CHRIST AND His Time," a new edition of the companion volume to "Romances from the Old Testament" by the late Dal- las Lore Sharp "9?, projects the life-story of Jesus against the background of Palestine's history, natural features, and national He- brew customs. The book, published by the Abingdon Press ($2), should continue to be popular. Of the author, the jacket blurb says: "Mr. Sharp, author, educator, natur- alist, came out of English Quaker stock that settled in New Jersey early in the 18th cen- tury. He was the author of 20 books, na- ture, education and biography, all against a nature background, shot through with imagination and religion. His writings are preserved in 41 monthlies, weeklies and quarterlies, 25^ essays in the Atlantic Monthly alone." * * * A. A. Proctor "24 continues as editor of Adventure magazine, one of the aristocrats of the wood-pulp group of popular pe- riodicals. ^ ^ ^ Wrong T^umbers Righted MYTHS OF Telephone History" are related by William Chauncy Lang- don '92, Historical Librarian of the Amer- ican Telephone ^ Telegraph Company, in a brochure which embodies a reprint of a paper in the Bell Telephone Sluarterly. Mr. Langdon endeavors to clear up some of the misunderstanding about the early days of telephony, the inventions, their financ- ing, and the patent controversies which re- sulted. The article is an interesting foot- note on these matters. * * * Funds for the Colleges With college financial problems seldom so acute throughout the country, "The Trusteeship of American Endow- ments" would seem to have a peculiar time- liness. It was published by Macmillan as the result of a survey of the investment ex- periences of leading universities by Wood, Struthers 6? Company. The book includes detailed comparative analyses of the pro- ductive funds of universities located in all sections of America, whose reported en- REV. CHARLES M. SHELDON 83 VWites of "/ti His Steps," his world's champion' sfiip best seller which made him no money. — From an old sketch. dowments of more than half a billion dol- lars are 74% of the combined investments of all institutions of higher education in this country with endowments in excess of $5,000,000. Pertinent to the subject, too, is "An Alumni Fund Survey," number five in the Handbook Series of the American Alumni Council. The book gives complete informa- tion on the history, experiences, achieve- ments, and methods used in the promotion of alumni funds. The material was as- sembled and presented by a committee un- der the chairmanship of Harold Flack of Cornell. Ample recognition of the service of the Brown Alumni Fund to the Univer- sity is found in repeated references to prac- tices and accomplishments here. * * * RoUo Silver 'Jl and Mrs. Silver are writ- ing a biography of William Ellery Chan- ning, the poet, better known as Ellery Channing. They are living at 351 West 55th Street, New York City. * * * WHAT BROWN CAN. DO MOST of our current discussion of col- leges and university men is of them- selves in their dissatisfaction with the gap between their ideals and their perform- ance. This type of discussion is apt to result in good, but it is unfortunate so far as it may tend to create a public impression that the 'universities are all wrong." They have their shortcomings like everything else hu- man, and they have their failings in adapta- tion like everything else in a rapidly chang- ing world. But their merits far outrun their faults. Let us look at a single item on the credit side of their account — how much their professors know. "Dante thought of Aristotle as the great- est of the men who knew, but neither Aris- totle nor Dante himself, who summed up the knowledge of his time, ever possessed such encyclopedic knowledge as a modern university faculty embodies. Moreover, this knowledge is far from limited to its use in teaching. It forms a great reservoir from which the local and the larger community is perpetually drawing information and guid- ance. The range of these requests for knowl- edge, or services based on knowledge, seems boundless. Let us glance at some of the things that members of the Brown Univer- sity faculty can do because they know. "Do you want to understand what Ein- stein means by relativity? A Brown profes- sor can tell you. The same answer can be given if you want someone to read Egyptian hieroglyphics or the scrawls that the Ro- mans made for handwriting; to solve a problem in library administration; to con- duct an orchestra; to balance a budget; to draft a mortgage contract; to write a tax law; to give you an intelligence test or a psychological examination; to make a chem- ical analysis or isolate a rare chemical ele- ment; to give expert testimony in a patent case; to survey a public school system; to dig up the remains of an ancient city or still more ancient dinosaur; to direct a Shake- spearean play; to design a bridge or a build- ing; to purify a water supply; to prescribe for a plant disease; to control an epidemic; to diagnose a disease; to paint a mural; to calculate an eclipse a hundred years hence; to write a poem; to navigate a ship; to de- sign an airplane motor; to perform a surgi- cal operation; to audit corporation accounts; to interpret Confucius or Kant; to read Arabic or Greek papyri; to translate Rus- sian or Chinese or ancient Hebrew; to con- verse in his own tongue with a visitor from almost anywhere. All these things some Brown professor can do for you. "A modern university is a combination of men like this, and their business, while it is incidentally to help inquirers, is actu- ally to pass this knowledge on — with addi- tions — to the coming generation." — The Providence Journal. Under the Elms BY THE CUB FROM Aaronian to Zooloomian goes the new University Directory, but the Browns still hold their leadership with 21 entries. Smith and Jones, however, fell to new lows, says the Herald investigator, with 15 and 6 each. Varieties of gold gained two over 193 2 while varieties of silver lost two, a portent on the economic situation to the commentator. The research worker also discovered the names, "Dzia- dosz, Grzebien, Impagliaszo, and Rodal- vicz. "The latter,"" says the Herald expert, "is the name of the Modern Language Li- brarian, and she should be able to clear up any trouble about the names." Jazz music and smoke filled room number 10, Slater Hall, on November 16 when sparks from the fireplace set fire to the fur- niture. James Whitcomb '36, an occupant of the room above number 10, has become hardened to the radio music, but smoke from below made him suspicious. He broke in the door of number 10, saw the fire, paused only to give the radio a bird, and called five pieces of Providence apparatus, which were surprised to find that it wasn't a false alarm. Mr. Whitcomb, who cut his hand in turning in the alarm, restrained his emotion with difficulty on learning that the radio was not included in the damaged ap- pointments of number 10, amounting to $50. A smoking divan drove all residents of north Slater to the open air, and a howl of protest that went up because studying had been interrupted was terrific no end. "Tuss" McLaughry might have been dis- concerted if he had heard a remark at the Providence Brown Club smoker the night before the Princeton game. Somebody was standing just outside an open window in the rear, talking to the campus sergeant. The coach had just been introduced by name only. "Who's he?" asked the unbe- lievable fellow outdoors. George M. Cohan may be a success in "Ah, Wilderness,"" but he was a flop as "Jimmy Valentine."" He tried the role at Faunce House without the least success, despite the encouragement of an expectant, 117 BROWN ALUMNI MONTHLY hopeful audience. Mr. Cohan came to the campus in November to visit his son in the Freshman class and was inspecting the the- atrical equipment in Faunce House with Dennis F. O'Brien "98, Professor Ben W. Brown '19, and Dr. Bruce M. Bigelow '24 on a Sunday afternoon. When they entered the lounge opposite the theatre, the spring lock of the door sprang shut, and they were prisoners. "I've been on the outside of a lot of doors trying to get in, but this is the first time I've ever been on the inside trying to get out," said Mr. Cohan, producing a skeleton key with the remark, "Now I'll play Jimmy Valentine." It remained for Dr. Bigelow, however, to free the group by jumping the 10 feet to the ground outside a window. Mr. Cohan still thought the Brown theatre well equipped, except in escapes. ^ ''f ^ Unanswered questions in the Herald: "Why is the gentleman who applies the make-up for Sock and Buskin the same man who has been seen to emerge from the janitorial sanctum of Pembroke College in full conventional janitorial regalia? Can there be a connection?" * * * "Down with Finals!" shouts a Herald editorial, approving of the suggestion Dean McConn of Lehigh made at a Brown con- vocation last year to substitute many minor tests for the one big exam. "Down with Finals!" urges an anonymous writer of a "college opinion." "Sure, down with Finals," hopefully agreed various students. Law, what is to become of us? * * * The vogue has gone out on traffic signs in dormitory rooms, and for a good reason. Time was when the Providence police made semi-annual tours of the Brown campus to recover notices of "One Way Street," "No Parking," etc. Now there's a $20 fine avail- able. * * * Because a police station and a junior high school are situated near the Brown Field, Bennett C. O'Boyle of the Freshman Class came to court and paid a fine late in No- vember. O'Boyle rented an airplane and, in the course of a frolic aloft, zoomed low over Aldrich Field and the stadium. A po- lice officer swallowed his cigar, and school children ran in fright. The officer was able to get revenge. * * * Anything for an argument, say the Eras- mians, whose glorified bull-sessions have re- ceived official recognition. And Abbe Er- nest Dimnet, who glorified "The Art of Thinking," had only praise for them when he visited one of the meetings last month. That night the subject had been "Phobia advertising is a menace to society," and the visitor said the wit and eloquence devoted to the topic distinguished the Brown organ- ization from others he has seen at American universities. Another evening's topic was "There should be a king in the White House," affirmatively decided, while "Doro- thy Dix is a menace to masculine self- respect" was decided negatively. * * * Professor X of the Philosophy Depart- ment, it is said, went to sleep during his own class. It was a seminar, in which a visiting colleague was monopolizing the dis- cussion. Nevertheless, Hypocotyl Wither- spoon. Herald colyumist, gave the item this heading "Man Bites Dog." Brown Club Activities Providence RESTRAINED by no foreknowledge of the morrow's sadness, the Providence 'Brown Club was host to alumni and undergraduates of Princeton and Brown at a Faunce House smoker on the eve of the football game between the two universities. The cafeteria was filled to hear the in- formal speeches and see motion pictures of the Yale game, the latter prompting heated discussion over the disputed blocked punt behind the Yale goal-line. Col. H. Anthony Dyer '94 was given duty as toastmaster by Sidney Clifford 1', club president, and disappointed no one. Speakers, scheduled or drafted, included: President Barbour, Coach McLaughry, Victor A. Schwartz '07, member of the last Brown team to play host to Princeton in Providence (in 1903), Charles P. Sisson '11, Benjamin M. McLyman '13, and Bren- ton G. Smith '11, secretary of the club, who showed the movies. The committee in charge included Nelson B. Jones '2?, Rob- ert H. Golf '24, Frederick B. Brooks '20, and Mr. McLyman. T^ew Tor\ THE second large dinner meeting of the current season was scheduled (as the printer was shouting for final copy) at the clubhouse. Park Avenue and 39th Street, for Tuesday evening, Nov. 28. with Pro- fessor James P. Adams, vice president of the University, and Dr. Bruce M. Bigelow "24, Director of Admissions, as guests. President Hunter S. Marston '08 was in the chair, and William R. Dorman '92, trustee of the University, introduced the speakers. There was anticipation that the classes from 1911 to 1914 would turn out in style for the affair, as they were arranging a special meeting to greet Harry G. Seidel '12 of Lon- don and Judge Ira Lloyd Letts '13, both of whom were then in town temporarily. The Club squash tournament went off in great shape. The semi-finalists were Rich- ard Small '3 2, George Lysle '28, Paul O'Brien '27, and John Gillies '31. O'Brien defeated Small in the finals. The Club squash team will open its season December 6. Its schedule shows matches with the fol- lowing rivals: Columbia, Dartmouth, Princeton, Union League and Squash Club. Among visiting alumni registered re- cently at the New York Brown Club were: C. S. Anderson '00, J. C. Bullock '02, H. M. Burke '11, M. H. Cannell '21, A. B. Chace, Jr. '93, H. A. Coffin '01, Dr. B. M. Harris '13, N. P. Hutchison '05, S. A. Hutchinson '31, L. S. Little '07, J. Marto '22, F. W. Marvel '94, R. T. Rich ^22, Lawrence Richmond '09, R. C. Smith '10, F. D. White '87, and Henry G. Clark '07. New members of the Club number 3 2 as follows: Resident members — C. E. Cuddeback '21, H. N. Furnald "02, C. A. Hull '99, D. H. Kulp '13, W. I. Levy '25, K. F. Mac- Donald '27, A. G. Maxwell '16, E. Necar- sulmer, Jr. '33, J. H. Rowland '12, V. D. Russo '26, J. W. Scharf '22, A. B. Sikes '23, S. D. Snook '30, W. G. Stewart '15, H. D. Stoddard "30, W. G. Ward "02 and J. Donald Pryor "08. Non-resident — John Ferguson, Jr. "06, I. H. Gilhuly "87, R. B. Marsan "32, O. G. Mills "23, G. A. Northup, Jr. '17, A. Tulp '3 3, C. W. Way '07, Henry G. Clarke '07, Frank L. Hinckley '91, James M. Pendleton '85, Harold B. Tanner '09, Dr. H. C. Bumpus '84, Henry D. Sharpe '94, Wilfred W. Fry, Corporation, and William Gam- mell '78. T/ie Engineers FORTY-TWO members of the Brown Engi' neering Association and their guests gathered for the sixth annual Providence dinner in Faunce House, Saturday evening, Nov. 11. Everybody was in pleasant mood after watching the fine victory of the Brown football eleven over Syracuse, and there was much talk of the game, of na- tional politics, of kings, but not cabbages, until President David J. Purdie '11 called the meeting to order and introduced old re- liable Joseph H. Stannard '15 as director of activities. "Joe improves with each passing year," wrote our correspondent, "and he surpassed all previous efforts on this occasion." The speakers in turn were D. O. (Tuss) McLaughry, football coach, who had some- thing to say of the fighting spirit of the Brown squad: Dean Samuel T. Arnold, who talked of present tendencies to change requirements for admission to colleges and universities; and John W. Lane '31, who described the plant and yards of the Herre- shoffs, boat builders, at Bristol, where he works, and discussed various classes of work in which the yard has been engaged during the past two years. He also an- swered questions on the America's Cup defenders built in the yards. James P. Pat- ton '34, guard on the football eleven, spoke as the representative of the engineering undergraduates and told of efforts being made to increase the usefulness of the stu- dent engineering group. Mayor John H. Caton touched upon Public Works Admin- istration with reference to the situation in Rhode Island, and Professor Kenerson showed motion pictures of the Brown-Yale game, ably aided by Jim Patton in describ- ing several of the plays. Chicago THE Brown University Club of Chicago is planning to entertain Dr. F. W. Marvel, Dean Samuel T. Arnold and Coach D. O. McLaughry, who will be in the city Dec. 29 and 30, attending special meetings. George W. Kowalski "19, president, and James G. Ehrlicher "25n, secretary, will direct arrangements. Dr. Henry B. Van Hoesen, librarian of the University, and Prof. S. Foster Damon of the English Department and curator of the Harris Collection of American Poetry, were the guests of the club at a luncheon on Oct. 19, when the American Library Association was having its annual conven- tion in Chicago. Dr. Van Hoesen and Professor Damon spoke on their special subjects, and both scored. Dr. Van Hoesen in particular won attention by his story, necessarily brief, of the work of the John 118 BROWN ALUMNI MONTHLY Hay Library, and one auditor wrote the Alumni OiSce that the Chicago club wanted more speakers from the University like the librarian. He added that some of the men at the luncheon were enthusiastic enough at the time to swap a good football team for a bigger and better library. The notice of the luncheon was a short one, yet the attend- ance was excellent and encouraging to the active workers in the group. * * * Rochester DR. John Ralph Honiss "08 is the new president of the Brown Club of Roch- ester, and Edward I. Cristy "16 is acting as secretary in place of William V. Wins- low "11, who has gone to New York. The club has already held two meetings, at the first of which Dr. Walter G. Everett "85, Professor Emeritus of Philosophy, was the guest. "He gave us a delightful treat," wrote one of our correspondents. At the meeting of Nov. 6 the secretary read a news letter from A. H. Gurney, Alumni Secretary, and there was discussion of various topics of the moment. The next meeting was sched- uled for Dec. 6. The secretary"s address is Hubbell, Taylor, Goodwin, Nixon 6? Har- grave, 3 1 Exchange Street. * * * Boston Linus Travers "27n, director of produc- tion for the Yankee Network and a pioneer in radio broadcasting, gave some of the high lights of his experiences in the studios and outside at the monthly luncheon of the Brown Club at Boston at the Chamber of Commerce, Wednesday, Nov. 15. Detroit RiCH.^RD A. Green "Jl is the new sec- . retary of the Brown Club of Detroit, having been elected at the last meeting to succeed W. C. Leland, Jr. "30n, who has removed from Detroit to Niagara Falls, N. Y. At its first meeting of the year the Club enjoyed a news letter from the Alumni Secretary, and discussed plans for future meetings. It is likely that there will be a get-together shortly after the holidays, while the undergraduates from Detroit and neighborhood are at home. Brunonians Far and Near By ALFRED H. GURNEY '07 Secretar^i of the Associated Alumni Hobbies of the Faculty THIRTY-FOUR members of the Brown University Faculty and wives of Fac- ulty-members contributed to the sea- son's most unusual show in the Faunce House Art Gallery on November 6. The exhibition revealed their hobbies and ran from water color painting to miniature air- planes. Ship model making, tapestries, and metal working had their devotees, while pencil drawings, pastels, and oils were on display in abundance. Among the exhibits were Professor W. H. Kcnerson"s samples of color photog- raphy, Mrs. Barbour's published musical compositions and oil paintings. Professor George W. Benedict"s flute, made in his home machine-shop, and the tools used in its manufacture. Professor Martin's Swed- ish hand loom and patterns of cloth woven with it, a Welsh dresser constructed by Professor Cletus Oakley out of old wood, and wood carvings by Dr. Mead. * * * With the Faculty DR. A. D. Mead, vice president of the University, spoke on "The Biology and Economics of Narragansctt Bay" at the meeting of the Providence Lions Club, Nov. 1. Professor William Adams Brown, Jr., of the Department of Economics, speaking before the Economics Club of Providence at the Faculty Club, Nov. 16, characterized the present monetary policy of the Govern- ment as "unsound in theory and against the interests of the country in its practical effects." Professor Brown also spoke at the ninth New England Conference in Boston Nov. 24, his subject being "National Mone- tary Prices as They Affect New England Agriculture."' Professor Emeritus Walter G. Everett gave a lecture on "Spinoza, Thinker and Seer,"' at the University of Rochester late in October. The lecture was the first of the annual Jesse L. Rosenberger series. Pro- fessor Alfred H. Jones, formerly of the Brown Faculty, introduced Dr. Everett. Professor Hans Kurath of the Depart- ment of Germanic Languages and Litera- tures discussed "The Linguistic Heritage of New England" at a meeting of the Rhode Island Historical Society, Nov. 14. Professor Leonard Carmichael is the new president of the Brown Chapter of the American Association of University Pro- fessors. Professor Harold Schlosberg of the Department of Psychology is secretary- treasurer, and Professor L. E. Swain of the Department of Physical Education is execu- tive chairman. Professor M. C. Mitchell of the Department of Social and Political Sci- ence will represent the chapter at the an- nual meeting of the national association in Philadelphia, Dec. 29 and 30. Professor A. Ford Hinrichs of the De- partment of Economics spoke on "The Sig- nificance of Nationalistic Trends Today'" at a regional conference held Dec. 7 and 8 at Morristown, N. J., under the auspices of the New Jersey Committee on the Cause and Cure of War. Professor George E. Bigge of the Depart- ment of Economics is temporary chairman of the Rhode Island commission named by Governor Theodore Francis Green "87 to co-operate with similar bodies in other New England States in drafting proposed laws to make permanent the benefits of the NRA with regard to wages, standards of employ- ment and the like. Professor N. W. Rakestraw of the De- partment of Chemistry spoke on "The New Science of Oceanography"" at the meeting of the Chemistry Teachers Club of New York University at Washington Square College, New York City, Nov. 17. Professor Alphonse De Salvio lectured before the annual meeting of the Modern Language Group of the Maine Teachers" Association at its meeting at Bates the last week in October. Dr. De Salvio is a past president of the New England Modern Language Teachers" Association and is president of the Rhode Island state organ- ization. President Barbour was guest preacher at the chapel of the University of Chicago on November 19, speaking the same evening in Orchestra Hall under the auspices of the Sunday Evening Club, one of the largest organizations of its kind in the United States. His talk was broadcast. The follow- ing Sunday the President was the speaker at King's Chapel, Columbia, and at Hackley School, Tarrytown, N. Y. * * * Explaining a Phenomenon THE amiable gentleman who writes the commentaries in The Sportsman had a remark to make in the November issue that will interest Brunonians. Under the sub- heading of "All Alone,"" he said: "A partial check of the football head coaches functioning at American colleges re- veals some interesting figures regarding their respective football origins. Of the group 34 were graduates of Notre Dame, 16 of Illinois, 9 of Ohio State, 8 of Dart- mouth, 7 of Pittsburgh, 7 of Minnesota, 6 of Northwestern, 6 of Colgate, 5 of Columbia, 5 of Stanford, 3 of Michigan, 3 of Southern California, 3 of Cornell, 3 of Princeton, 3 of Yale, 1 of Brown, and 1 of Harvard (and he is coaching at Harvard). "Unless the employment percentages of Harvard, Yale, Brown, and Princeton grad- uates are appalling, these figures can mean only one thing — that students at the ancient shrines of football must have learned some- thing besides football which would help them in earning a living. It is just barely possible that some of them received an edu- cation."" Serving Worcester Academy Five Brown men are members of the Alumni Council of Worcester Academy, according to the list given in the last issue of the Alumni Bulletin. Rev. Charles A. Dcnfield "89 leads the list; and the others are J._D. E. Jones "93, Frank B. Whitte- more "04, special: Eliott H. Bosworth "16 and Walter L. Davol '19, special. Messrs. Jones and Davol have served on the Coun- cil in previous years. ^ ^ ^ Lifting Up Voices Brown men who are members of the celebrated University Glee Club of New York include: Howard C. Barber '99, Cur- tis F. Brace '30, Albert E. Evans "16, Er- nest G. Hapgood, Jr. '31, W. Boardman Leonard '31, and probationary member William G. Hardy '31. 119 BROWN ALUMNI MONTHLY Brown Alumni Monthly Published at Brown Vmversity b> the Associated Alumni CHESLEY WORTHINGTON '23 Miiiiag:ng Editor ARTHUR BRAITSCH '23 Business Manager HENRY S. CHAFEE '09 Mduagijig Director HENRY G. CLARK '07 For the Alumni Fund ALFRED H. GURNEY 'O? Secretary GERTRUDE ALLEN McCONNELL MO Pembroke Correspondent Subscriptions, $2 a year. Single copies, 25 cents. The^e is no issue during August or September. Entered at the Providence Post Office as second'class matter. VoL XXXIV DECEMBER, 1933 No. 5 Brunonians at Classical BROWN men were prominent among grad- uates of Providence Classical High who attended the reunion at the school this year. The oldest class present was repre- sented by Governor Theodore Francis Green '87, while William T. Peck '70, for 50 years principal of the school, and Charles E. Paine '98, present principal, were guests of honor. Some of the other Brunonians there were Irving C. Hicks "87, Charles E. TiUey, A.M. '97, G. W. C. Hill "92, Horatio E. Bellows '92, James C. Col- lins '92, Everett A. Bowen '92, Clarence C. Gleason '03, E. P. B. Atwood '02, Charles R. Haslam '02, J. W. Ince '02, Dr. H. G. Calder '02, Everett J. Horton '02, James B. Littlefield "02. * * * 1878 Rev. Charles J. Staples of Northhoro, Mass., reports that he is "still pegging away at preaching every Sunday," and is preacher at Westboro Hospital once in two months. He was ordained 51 years ago in October. All five of his children are living (Eliot S. Staples "15 and Robert T. Staples "17 are sons), and there are six grandchil- dren to help him keep young. After nearly two years of effort, the Alumni Office has confirmed the report of the death of Gabriel N. Grisham, retired school teacher, in Kansas City, Mo., Sept. 12, 1930. He had been principal of Lin- coln High School, Kansas City, since 1889. His survivors are a nephew, Richard Gris- ham of Kansas City, and a niece. Miss Martha Grisham, a teacher in Nashville, Tenn. 1879 Dr. Arthur H. Harrington has changed his house address to 112 Keene Street, Providence. 1880 Judge James Austin, Jr., was the Brown representative at the recent inauguration of President Nash at the University of Toledo. Judge Austin walked in the inaugural pro- cession with the delegate from William and Mary College, which was founded in 1693. Dr. S. W. Rivenburg continues active in the practice of medicine in Clifford, Susque- hanna County, Pa., where he settled ten years ago on his return from Assam, India. Rev. H. B. Lane, writing from Oskaloosa, la., last month, said that he was planning to leave before the end of this year for Sap- poro, Japan, there to make his home with his son who is teaching English at Hokkaido Imperial University. "Best wishes for Brown in every way,"" he added, with the reminder that his address in Sapporo would be in care of the University. 1882 Stewart Chaplin has begun his 14th year as Professor of Corporation Law and Con- stitutional Law at New York Law School. Charles L. Harriett, vice president and advisory counsel with the Chicago Title H Trust Company, has his office at 69 West Washington Street, Chicago. 1883 Dr. Alfred Williams Anthony has changed his mail address from New York City to Lewiston, Me. Dr. Frank L. Shepardson, Professor of Greek at Colgate University, is on leave of absence for the present academic year. Rev. Charles M. Sheldon, D.D., gave the address at the funeral of his old friend and supporter, Frank Pitts MacLcnnon, publisher of the Tope\a State Journal, in Topeka, Kan., Nov. 21. Sheldon took over the State Capital in the spring of 1900 and ran it for a period as he believed that a newspaper should be run. The experiment attracted world-wide attention. 1885 Justice Norman S. Dike, who retired from the bench a year ago, is serving as an official referee of the Supreme Court of the State of New York, with his office at 1105 Municipal Building, New York City. Norman L. Richmond, superintendent for the Peters Cartridge Company for 40 years until his retirement last year, reports that Loveland, O., is still his mail address. 1886 By one of those twists of the typewriter which no one can explain satisfactorily, Ralph G. Potter"s address was given incor- rectly in the October issue of the Alumni Monthly. The address is Hotel Edgcmere, East Orange, N. J. Dr. Daniel H. Fuller is consultant and chief of the Out-Patient Clinic at the Penn- sylvania Hospital, Philadelphia. Stephen Waterman reports his perma- nent address to be 3726 Connecticut Ave- nue, N.W., Washington, D. C. 1888 President Clarence A. Barbour was chos- en associate grand prelate of the Grand Commandery of Knights Templar of Mas- sachusetts and Rhode Island at the 130th annual conclave held in Boston late in October. Josiah Bartlett has begun his 21st year as a member of the Faculty of Oilman Country School, Roland Park, Md., where he is now head of the Department of Mathematics. Erving Y. Woolley, president of the Brown Club of Boston, is associated with Burgess 6? Leith, investment securities, at 75 Federal Street, Boston. 1890 F. H. Hovey, secretary and treasurer of Commonwealth Royalties, Inc., has his of- fices in Suite 1142, 500 Fifth Avenue, New York City. Dr. Charles F. MacKenzie is chief med- ical director for the Standard Life Insurance Company of the South, with his office in the Standard Life Building, Jackson, Miss. He also carries on his extensive private practice. 120 J. Benton Porter has removed from Phil- adelphia to Providence, where he makes his home at 209 Williams Street from Novem- ber to June. During the summer months and in the early fall he plans to be at "Bar- berry Hill,'" Wickford, R. I. Rev. William T. Green, pastor of the Natick, R. I., Baptist Church, received community-wide recognition as he observed the 40th anniversary of his pastorate, Oct. 25. 1892 Rev. George W. C. Hill, D.D., came down from Sunset Farm, West Hartford, Conn., for the Brown-Princeton game and was the guest of James C. Collins over the week-end. 1893 Edward H. Weeks, president of the Old Colony Co-operative Bank of Providence, has been re-elected a member of the Board of Directors of the Federal Home Loan Bank of Boston. Dr. Charles M. Poor, who retired last June as Dean of Knox College, where he succeeded Dean William E. Simonds "83 in 1930, reports that his address between Oc- tober and April is Clermont, Fla., and be- tween April and October, Onekama, Mich. Dean Poor went to Galesburg, 111., the home of Knox, in 1915 as a member of the Fac- ulty of Lombard College for Women. Lom- bard and Knox merged in 1930. 1894 Dr. William C. Hill, principal of Central High School, Springfield, Mass., repre- sented Brown at the centennial anniversary of SufReld School, Sufiield, Conn., in Oc- tober. Dr. William Lyon Phelps '21H made the historical address. Jacob Hyman, retired after 23 years of service, 1 5 of which were with the Public Service Commission, in New York City, is living at 219 America Street, Orlando, Fla. Dr. Morton C. Stewart, Associate Pro- fessor of German at Union College, is a director of the Hudson Valley Chapter, American Association of Teachers of Ger- man. Dr. Frederick W. Colburn has become Professor Emeritus of Otology, Boston Uni- versity School of Medicine. He joined the Faculty of the School as an instructor in 1901. His house address is 1129 Hyde Park Avenue, Hyde Park, Mass. 1895 Lester Meseroll is collector and treasurer of the borough of Manasquan, N. J. A. R. T. Truex now has his office at 837 Van Nuys Building, 7th and Spring Streets, Los Angeles, where he is associated in the practice of law with Finlayson, Bennett y Morrow. Next July he will observe the 25th anniversary of his admission to the California bar. 1896 Justices John S. Murdock and Elmer J. Rathbun of the Rhode Island Supreme Court are occupying their new offices in the Providence County Courthouse at College Hill and Benefit Street. 1897 John D. Rockefeller, Jr.'s new business address is Room 5600, 30 Rockefeller Plaza, New York City. Gregory D. Walcott gave a series of sev- en radio addresses over WNYC during the past summer in connection with the Long Island University of the Air. The general title was "Philosophy and Present Day BROWN ALUMNI MONTHLY Problems." This fall he is giving another series of eight addresses under the same auspices with the title, "The Lives of Phil- osophers," confined, however, to the an- cient world. He is also preparing a third se- ries of a dozen or fifteen addresses with the same title, but concerned with the mod- ern world. This series will begin soon after the Christmas vacation. 1898 Rev. Lester B. Mathewson, former mem- ber of the Faculty of the Practical Bible Training School, Bible School Park (near Binghamton) N. Y., is now associated with the Providence Bible Institute, 100 State Street, Providence. Judge Henry D. C. Dubois spoke on "What Can We Do to Make Our Convo- cation More Interesting?" at the 99th reg- ular meeting of the Episcopal Convocation of Providence held late in October at Christ Episcopal Church, Lonsdale. Dennis F. O'Brien came back to the campus for the Brown-Princeton game and as a vice president of the Associated Alum- ni attended the monthly meeting of the Executive Committee of the association in Faunce House, Nov. 3. He remained over Sunday to introduce his friend and client, George M. Cohan, to Brown, and with Mr. Cohan, Sr., to visit George M. Cohan, Jr., "37. William R. Morse reports a change of address to 3 2 Hobart Avenue, Summit, N.J. David L. Fultj is a member of the execu- tive committee of the newly-formed Touch- down Club of New York City, the objects of which are "to promote a closer social relationship between former football play- ers, to foster good sportsmanship and to promote the best interests of the sport." All former members of college teams who won letters are eligible for membership. 1899 Plans are in the making for the 3 5th an- niver,';ary of the Class next June. Judge Benjamin W. Grim was busy last month getting together material for the first 3 5th Reunion Bulletin to be mailed to all mem- bers of the Class. 1900 E. S. Tuttle, manager of the Providence office of the Prudential Life Insurance Company since 1930, has transferred his activities to Brockton, Mass., where he is the district manager for the company, with his offices in Barristers Hall, 231 Main Street. James Warren's new address is 10 Park Avenue, New York City. 1901 Henry C. Hart was re-elected president of the University Club of Providence at the annual meeting held Oct. 31. 1902 Everett J. Horton was a member of the special committee which arranged the suc- cessful reunion of the five-year classes of Classical High School, Providence, last month. Governor Theodore Francis Green '87, member of the class of "83 at Classical, was the guest and principal speaker. J. Palmer Barstow has the sympathy of the class in the loss of his mother, Mrs. Grace Mason Barstow, who died in Provi- dence, Oct. 29, in her 84th year. Kirke P. Lincoln and his family, togeth- er with his father, William E. Lincoln '68, are again in Sarasota, Fla., for the winter, and both father and son expect to exce' their records as deep-sea fishermen before the winter is over. 1903 Dr. William O. Rice will become acting superintendent of Rhode Island Hospital when the resignation of Dr. John M. Peters '3!H takes effect Jan. 1, next. Percy W. Gardner assumed his duties as Worshipful Master of Thomas Smith Webb Lodge, No. 43, F. y A.M., at the sixth an- nual communication held in Providence Oct. 30. He succeeds James B. Littleficld •02. 1904 Rev. James Manning Lent and Mrs. Lent of Providence have announced the engage- ment of their daughter. Miss Barbara Brain- ard Lent, to Earl Towne Bears of Attle- boro, Mass. 1905 Fred B. Thurber, yachtsman, adventurer, and member of the firm of Tilden-Thurber Company, jewelers, of Providence, is now a gemologist. The Providence Evening Bulle- tin explained why in a special story last month. "Completing an 18 months' course in scientific study of diamonds and of other precious stones," the Bulletin said, "Fred B. Thurber of this city has been awarded a certificate as 'Qualifying Certified Gem- ologist' by the Gemological Institute of America, according to announcement from the institute's offices in Los Angeles. But 20 American jewelers now hold such cer- tificates, the announcement adds. Upon completing his course of study, Mr. Thurber was examined upon his fitness as a gem expert by an examining board of interna- tionally known experts, the ar.nouncement further states, and was found qualified." Colgate Hoyt and Mrs. Hoyt attended in San Francisco on Nov. 1 1 the wedding of Mrs. Hoyt's son, Clement W. Williamson, and Miss Cynthia Dickinson. Mr. William- son, graduate of Yale last June, was voted the most popular, most versatile and best all-round athlete of his class. He is with an oil company at Martinez, Calif. State Senator Russell H. Handy resigned last month as president of the Lincoln, R. I., Town Council, of which body he has been a member since March, 1917. He explained his resignation with the statement that he must give more time to his business interest at the Contrexville Manufacturing Com- pany, Manville, R. I. Handy has been a member of the State Senate since 1925. Herbert C. Wells has the sympathy of the class in the loss of his father, Herbert J. Wells, chairman of the Board of Direc- tors of the Rhode Island Hospital Trust Company, who died at his home in Kings- ton. R. I., Oct. 27, at the age of 83. Mr. Wells, Sr., was president of the Hospital Trust Company for 3 5 years, organiser of the trust department, the first of its kind authorized to do business in New England, and leader in welfare and educational work. Another son is John H. Wells "09. Mrs. Ida L. Lewis, mother of Ernest Farnum Lewis, died in Providence, Nov. 17. The sympathy of the class is given to Lewis. 1906 Dr. Charles C. Tillinghast, principal of Horace Mann School for Boys, New York City, speaking at a recent meeting of the Parent-Teachers Association of Teachers College, Columbia University, said that it was "necessary for schools to educate for leisure time, and to assist students in finding values in life other than financial returns." "The school," he went on, "has a definite problem to train young people in terms of proficiency in physical sports, as well as in discrimination of the value of pleasures. ... It is also clear that the amassing of great wealth, if it were ever a desirable goal, cannot now so be regarded."" Arthur C. King has changed his resi- dence to 918 Middleboro Avenue, East Taunton, Mass. Wayne L. Randall's new house address is 62 Yale Place, Rockville Centre, N. Y. 1907 Lee H. White's new house address is 467 West 159th Street, New York City. Anybody in the class know the present whereabouts of Thomas L. Heffernan? A. H. Gurney at the Alumni Office would like to get any helpful information with regard to the missing Tom, who was last heard of in Washington, D. C. 1908 A good letter from A. I. (Bin) Marshall from Malone, N. Y., one day last month brought the news that Bin has a nephew who plans to come to Brown next fall and "who should make any man's football team from the way he has played for the past two or three seasons here." Bin also has hopes that his oldest boy will be entering college in 1936. 1909 William Davis Miller was elected secre- tary of the Board of Trustees of the Rhode Island Hospital at the 70th annual meeting on Nov. 8. He succeeds Edward Aborn Greene '76. Eddie Mayer was in town from Chicago for the Brown-Princeton game, and his classmates were delighted to see him and hear his voice over the telephone. 1910 Roy Tasco Davis, former American Min- ister to Panama, is now at work as assistant to the President, in charge of public rela- tions, at Stephens College, Columbia, Mo. He was with this college when he went into the diplomatic service a dozen years ago. In a recent letter to A. H. Gurney, Alumni Secretary, he said: "It is quite probable that I shall visit the East some time during the year, and I shall not fail to 'chmb the Hill' for a visit with you and other friends in the University." He also spoke of his WANTED Anything relating to Brown ^ *■ University, from 1855 through 1858, photographs, scrap-books, letters, etc. Write, giving detailed description and stating price, to Post Office Box 23 Elmwood Station Providence, R. I. 121 BROWN ALUMNI MONTHLY meeting with Governor Theodore Francis Green '87 in Mexico City last summer, and added that he and the Governor talked at length about Brown. 1911 A. L. Breckenridge is the new president of the Brown Club of New Haven. He recently resigned as assistant superintend- ent of construction at Yale to devote him- self to supervising and consulting work as an engineer. He was back on the campus the week-end of Nov. 4, and saw the Brown- Princeton game. Harold L. Kohler asks us please to note that his new mailing address is 930 14th Avenue. North, St. Petersburg, Fla. William V. Winslow, who has been liv- ing in Rochester for several years, has returned to New York City, where he is once again with the General Motors Cor- poration at 177T Broadway as personnel director. 1912 E. A. (Shad) Adams was the author of the leading article, "When the Betas Met," in the September issue of Beta Theta Pi, the oificial magazine of the Beta Theta Pi fraternity. The article described in lively fashion the 94th General Convention of the fraternity held at Mackinac Island in the Great Lakes late last summer. As chair- man of the committee of nomination of gen- eral officers. Shad had the pleasure of pre- senting Dr. Francis W. Shepardson '83 as the nominee for re-election as president. He also spoke at the annual dinner. He is chief of the 23rd District of Beta Theta Pi, which takes in the chapters on the Pacific Coast. William H. Dinkins, executive officer of Selma University, Selma, Ala., has been heading up a campaign to raise money to carry on the work of the University, which now has an enrollment of more than 300 students. Harry G. Seidel, director of the Stand- ard Oil Company of New Jersey in charge of the London office, spent the past month in New York City, meeting with the execu- tive committee of his company and confer- ring with other officials on numerous busi- ness matters. 1913 Jeffrey Granger is back at his desk in the offices of Sulzberger, Granger and Com- pany, investment securities, 111 Broadway, New York City, after a six weeks' vacation in Europe. Judge Ira Lloyd Letts of the United States District Court of Rhode Island sat during the past month with the five judges of the Federal Court in New York City. He handled civil cases on the unusually heavy calendar. Earle H. Blanchard's son Kingsley is fol- lowing in the footsteps of his father, hav- ing entered Mount Herman School, Mount Hermon, Mass., this fall. William J. Reed is associated with the Industrial Trust Company, Providence, with new business as his special field at the pres- ent time. He is living at The Minden, 123 Waterman Street, during the winter. Karl H. Koopman reports a change of house address to 1168 Bellevue Avenue, Los Angeles, Calif. Professor Kenneth S. Rice became head of the Department of Biology at the Uni- versity of Maine at the beginning of this academic year. Ken has been teaching physiology at Maine since 1927, when he went there from Clark University. 1914 Kenneth Forward of the Department of English, University of Nebraska, is on leave of absence this academic year, and is doing advanced work in English at Har- vard. He is living at 24D Shaler Lane, Cambridge, Mass. Arthur E. Bartlett, Lieutenant Com- mander, U.S.N., is at present on duty aboard the U.S.S. Hamilton. 1917 Thomas B. Appleget, vice president of the Rockefeller Foundation, now has his office at 49 West 49th Street, New York City. The Rockefeller Foundation in its recent annual report listed philanthropic appropriations with a total of $11,577,064 in 193 2. This amount was a decrease of nearly 40 percent, the J^ew Tor}{ Herald Tribune said, over the donations of $18,- 737,967, in the previous year. Irving S. Eraser's father and mother, Mr. and Mrs. Horatio Fraser, observed the 50th anniversary of their marriage in the parlors of the Central Congregational Church, Providence, Nov. 6. Mr. Fraser, Sr., has the reputation of being the first citizen of Prov- idence to drive a motor car up College Hill. 1918 Wardwell C. Leonard and his family are living this winter on Neck Road, Tiverton, R. I. The Alumni Office would like to receive information with regard to the present ad- dress of Henry R. Mannex. Harvard Uni- versity is also anxious to locate him. Man- nex was a member of Beta Theta Pi. Does any member of his fraternity, or any of his college friends know where we can get in touch with him? 1919 Judge Kenneth D. Johnson of the Dis- trict Court of East Norfolk, Massachusetts, in which he is an associate of Judge Ken- neth L. Nash '12, is actively supporting Governor Joseph B. Ely of Massachusetts in the work of doing away with the practice of judges pleading before their own courts. In a recent speech in Wollaston, Mass., he "urged court reform to the extent that judges could not practice in any court of the Commonwealth, but added (we are quoting from the §_uincy Patriot-Ledger) that such a condition could not be attained until all judgeships are made full time positions with adequate remuneration." Robert A. Lawder has the sympathy of the class in the death of his mother, Mrs. Jennie S. Lawder, in Central Falls, R. I., Nov. 6. Mrs. Lawder was in her 71st year. Henry T. Samson is chairman of the spe- cial board of review of the Providence office of the United States Veterans' Adminis- tration. George O. Dexter, Jr., is assistant super- intendent of the Manville Jenckes Corpo- ration, cotton goods manufacturers, Man- ville, R. I. Edgar J. Lanpher was re-elected vice pres- ident of the University Club, Providence, at the annual meeting held Oct. 31. Ed is also chairman of the house committee and in this capacity has been responsible for many improvements at the club. 1920 Bruce, alias Banty, Coulter, instructor and athletic coach at Blake School, Minne- apolis, Minn., has begun work with the school hockey squad, according to a recent issue of The Bla\e Torch which came into our hands, and has hopes of another suc- cessful season. Last winter the Blake team under Banty's tutelage won the Northwest Hockey Tournament held annually at the Minneapolis Arena. James Sinclair is the new president of the Outlet Buyers-Managers Club, Providence. Earl R. Stephens has removed his law office from Greenup to Salyersville, Ky. 1921 O. G. (Curley) Oden will probably be playing football when the grandsons of members of the class are students on the Hill. He was in uniform again this fall, appearing as quarterback and coach of the Providence Huskies, a professional eleven succeeding the Steam Rollers of recent memory. 1922 Stuart H. Tucker has become a member of the law firm of Huddy ^ Moulton (E. B. Moulton '07), 1801 Industrial Trust Building, Providence. 1923 Harvey S. Reynolds is secretary of the University Club, Providence, having been elected at the annual meeting on Oct 31. Dr. Wallace Lisbon has received his license from the State Board of Health to practice medicine in Rhode Island. Lisbon won his M.D. at Cornell University. He has been at the Knickerbocker Hospital in New York and has passed the National Board medical examinations. Harris Anthony, special agent for the Travelers Fire Insurance Company at 21 East State Street, Columbus, O., reports his house address to be 53 Lexington Avenue, Columbus. 1924 Gordon Ritchie, Jr., field manager for the Century Indemnity Company, has shifted his base from Pittsburg to Harrisburg, Pa., where his office is at 304 Telegraph Build- ing. He was back on the campus for a short time one day last month, visiting Al Gurney at the Alumni Office and checking up on some of his classmates. Herbert D. Lamson, on leave of absence from the Shanghai University and studying for his doctorate in sociology at Harvard, spoke on China and the situation in that country as he has observed it first hand at the First Baptist Church, Wollaston, Mass., last month. Dr. Alfred F. DeMilia has opened an office for the practice of medicine at 74 Park Place, Stamford, Conn., his home city. He resigned as medical examiner of Oxford County, Maine, to return to Stamford. Mark Flather has begun another term as treasurer of the University Club of Provi- dence, and Bruce Bigelow is on the Board of Governors of the club to serve until Octo- ber, 1936. 1925 Prentiss S. Colburn is manager of the W. T. Grant Department Store at 412 Washington Street, Hoboken, N. J. Wilton Brown is a teacher in the Provi- dence evening schools this year. C. C. (Duffy) Myers writes that his new house address is 619 Kenilworth Road, Ardmore Park. Pa. He is manager of the Order Department, the Sharpies Specialty Company, Philadelphia, and still maintains a lively interest in football. H. C. (Hal) Neubauer was an Alumni Office visitor one day last month. He was in Providence looking over the field from a business viewpoint, and he said that he and his family planned to live in South Swan- sea, Mass., this winter. 122 BROWN ALUMNI MONTHLY 1926 Mark Coles, traffic superintendent with the New Jersey Bell Telephone Company, and his family are living at 228 South Bur- nett Street, East Orange, N. J. lim Barry reports a change of house ad- dress to 40 Cottage Street, Pawtucket. R. J. (Bub) Payor, the class secretary, was back on College Hill for the Brown- Princeton game. He is getting heavier, he admits, and his hair is growing thinner, but he still believes that he could carry the ball for yardage if he were again in the back- field. He is doing sales work for the West- ern Company (tooth brushes, tooth paste and such) and is living at 1 Rockville Cen- tre Parkway, Rockville Centre, N. Y. Paul Williams, member of the Faculty at Mount Herman School, studied during the past summer at the University of Strasburg, France, and then went travelling on the continent before coming home. 1927 Harold A. Kirby, formerly telegraph edi- tor of the Pawtuc\et Times, has become manager of the Pawtucket office of the Providence Journa] and Euening BuIIetiTi. Harold E. Conrad is in Ottawa, Canada, finishing his Ph.D. thesis on "The Loyalist Experiment in New Brunswick," for the University of Toronto. His mail address until February, 1934, will be in care of the Public Archives of Canada, Ottawa. Walter Brown, still doing sales promo- tion in the Publicity Department, Southern New England Telephone Company, is liv- ing at 216 Bishop Street, New Haven, Conn. He has Just stepped down as presi- dent of the Brown Club of New Haven. Gordon Macfarlane is with the Retail Credit Company, Room 723, 420 Lexing- ton Avenue, New York. His house is at 266 Vv'ashington Avenue, Brooklyn, N. Y. 1928 Dr. William P. D'Ugo is completing his second year as intern at the Carney Hos- pital, South Boston, Mass. Dick Carpenter, recovered from the at- tack of typhoid fever that laid him low late in the summer, is a member of the city staff of the Providence journal. Dick was in the Washington bureau of the Journal when he was taken sick. Mason Gross is playing on the squash team of the University Club, Providence, which is a member of a league including University, the Hope Club, the Agawam Hunt Club, and Brown. Mate was actively identified with the building of the new courts at the University Club. Red Randall's first season at Haverford College as head football coach was by no means successful from the point of view of games won, but Haverford men will not soon forget that their eleven defeated Wes- leyan, which won the Little Three title. Haverford has never been a football col- lege, and Red has much work to do to build up undergraduate interest in the game and in the Haverford squad. Ed Howell has put away his golf clubs tor the winter, and is waiting patiently for the spring when he hopes to be able to show Old Cap Litchfield, the demon driver, the way home with recurring frequency, or something to that effect. Ed, who is with Kile y Morgan, lumber, 2503 Industrial Trust Building, lives at 7 View Street, Providence. Bo Partridge, Joe Lewis, Joe Shepard and George O'Connor have been married since the last issue of the Alumni Monthly (see notes on their weddings elsewhere in this number) came out, and looks as if it would not be long now before one can count the bachelors in the class on the fingers of one's two hands. 1929 Louis Farber assisted as line coach of the St. Raphael Academy, Pawtucket, football squad this fall just to keep his hand in and his weight down. Charles H. (Chuck) Barnard has com- menced the practice of law in Manchester, N. H., under the firm name of Barnard and Barnard. His partner is his father, who is United States Commissioner for New Hampshire. Chuck received his law degree at Boston University, where he was editor of the Boston University Law Review, and became a member of the New Hampshire bar last July. Bob Shanklin sends in a change of ad- dres to "577 Ridge Road, Wethersfield, Conn. (And this isn't the State Prison, either. That's on Main Street)." Bob re- ports that he is still working for Socony in Hartford as a service station supervisor. "I saw the Yale-Brown game," he said in a re- cent letter, "and was extremely pleased with everything except the score. Saw a lot ot the boys, among them were Ed Connor, Galen Hall, Clem Holbrook, Eddie Lawrence, Nel- son Conlon, Ward Skinner. Ted Daggett, and Sam Thornton. " John A. Deady, instructor in electrical engineering at Central High School, New- ark, N. J., has changed his house address to 3 22 Grafton Avenue, Newark. Bob Montague is practising law with his father, Henry B. Montague, under the firm name of Montague ^ Montague, with offices at 348 Main Street, Southbridge, Mass.. and also at Webster, Mass. 1930 Bob Uhl is associated with the advertis- ing firm of Batten, Barton, Durstine and Osborn, 383 Madison Avenue, New York City, and is living in the Tuscan Court Apartments, Great Neck, N. Y. He writes that he would "be delighted to hear from any of my old friends at Brown." Bob Howard, member ot the city staff of the Providence Journal and assistant radio announcer for that newspaper, is living in Apartment B-105, 177 Benefit Street, Prov- idence. Eddie Bailen, member of the class of 1934 at Boston University Evening Law School, has been elected secretary of the class. Metcalfe Walling is a member of the committee recently named by Governor Theodore Francis Green '87 to represent Rhode Island in the co-operative effort be- ing made to co-ordinate social legislation in the New England states. Forrest (Buz:) Andrews is vice principal of the Uxbridge, Mass., High School. Phil Lingham has settled in Providence again, coming from Boston to work in the auditing department of the Atlantic Refin- ing Company at 430 Hospital Trust Bldg. Jim Ridabock has come back to Provi- dence to live at 205 Linwood Avenue and to work for the National India Rubber Company. Anybody in the class seen or heard of Bud Edwards lately? The Alumni Office reports that mail sent him at 726 Hinman Avenue, Evanston, 111., has come back. Bob Moat is occupying his new apart- VERSATILE SERVANT It speeds the news of op- portunity and good fortune. It summons help in emer- gency. Ready to serve you in countless ways is your Bell Telephone. ment at London Terrace, 43 5 West 23rd Street, New York City. Les Endlar writes that his new house address is 1397 Beacon Street, Brookline, Mass. Lieut. Philip B. Stiness, U.S.A., who left college to accept appointment to West Point, is the father of a son, born at Fort Mills, Philippine Islands, last month. Stiness IS in the Coast Artillery Corps and is now on a tour of duty in the Philippines. 1931 Vincent McKivergan is teaching business courses at the Providence Central High School. Ed Williams asks us please to note a change of address from Cambridge, Mass., to 6 Auburn Street, Nashua, N. H. Clint White is teaching English and physiology in Kennett High School, Con- way, N. H. George B. Emerson, member of the class in Freshman year, who took his degree at Worcester Polytechnic Institute in 1932, is a draftsman with the Bethlehem Shipbuild- ing Corporation, Quincy, Mass., and lives at 9 Weybosset Street, North Weymouth, Mass. He reports his marriage, Feb. 11, 193 3, to Miss Mildred L. Hynes. Don Clayton was recently appointed to the teaching staff of the Providence evening schools. Gordon Ingerson is now working in the order department of the Atlantic Refining Company, with his office at 430 Hospital Trust Building, Providence. John Aiso, in his third year at Harvard Law School, is living at 12 Sumner Road, Cambridge, Mass. Carl Caspar is giving courses in English and the choice of words at the School of Business Advancement which meets once a week under the auspices of Grace Episcopal Church, Orange, N. J. Carlos Recker, Jr., is working for John Wanamaker, department store, in New York City. 1932 Mervin Chase is manager of the packing and shipping department of the Lowell Needle Company, manufacturer of phono- graph needles, and gets his mail at Box 202, Killingly, Conn. Bill Presba, Jack Walsh and Clarkson Loucks, who was a special student with the class, are reported to be studying law at Northwestern University Law School, Chi- cago. John R. Dolan received appointment last month as teacher in the Providence evening schools. lack Caulkins is now getting his mail at 2705 Glenwood Road, Brooklyn, N. Y. Hugh Butler, learning the business with the Simmons Company, bedding, has been transfered from Elizabeth, N. J., to the New York office of the company, and is living at 310 West 90th Street. Miner Patton is a member of the Faculty at Phillips Academy, Andover, Mass., where he is teaching first and second year 123 BROWN ALUMNI MONTHLY algebra and assisting in fall track work. He has his master's degree in education from Boston University. George Schwenck is with the Circulation Department, l^ew Yor\ Times, his special job at this time being to call upon teachers in the schools in the New Jersey cities near New York and interest them in the idea of using The Times in their class work. "I like the work very much and am really working like the deuce," George wrote a short time ago. "I was in hopes that I would be able to see the Yale game, but couldn't make at it the last minute. My plans at present, are to get up for the Colgate game." George is living at the Theta Delta Chi Club, 67 West 52nd Street, New York City. Steve Scudder is assistant manager of the Woolworth store on Central Square, Cam- bridge, Mass. Ralph Estes is studying this year at the Boston University Law School. 1933 Dick Holman is with the Diamond Match Company, with his headquarters at present at 112 Market Street, San Francisco, Calif. "I am enjoying my work," he said in a recent note from Seattle, Wash., which is in his territory, "but I certainly envy all who have returned for another year or so at college." Bill Parker is working in the advertising department of the Boston Record. Fred Hansen is with the Collyer Insulated Wire Company, Pawtucket, learning the business. George Eaton, who has been working in the shipping department of Sears, Roebuck 6? Company, Providence, has removed to 153 Grand Avenue, Edgewood, R. 1. Leon Drury, Jr., is attending the State Teachers College at his home town. Fitch- burg, Mass., and expects to go out to do practice teaching from February to June. "Aside from school work," he said in a let- ter recently, "I am doing some news report- ing, have a scout troop, am treasurer of a young men's club at church, sing in the choir, belong to a bowling league, work at PRESCRIPTIONS ...exactly as written When a doctor's prescription comes to us for compounding we consider it as a means toward someone's good healtJi. Accordingly we prac- tice utmost accuracy in compound- ing, using the finest quality ingre- dients the world affords. Bring YOUR prescriptions here. the Drury store three half days a week, and have now started basketball practice." All of which is probably the reason why he declined to join a couple of dramatic socie- ties. Leon plans to continue his work in education, aiming at a Master's degree. Bill Allyn, according to report, is work- ing for the New England Telephone ^ Telegraph Company in New Hampshire, where he is soliciting new business. EHGAGEMEHTS Miss Margaret Fobes, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Willard H. Fobes of Cambridge, Mass., to Dr. George L. Church of the Department of Botany. Miss Helene Sherer, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Joseph F. Sherer of Worcester, Mass., to Channing S. Smith '26, also of Worces- ter. Miss Rachel Sargeiit Harris, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Hayden B. Harris of Haver- hill, Mass., to Norman L. Kilpatrick "28, of Providence and Canterbury, Conn. Miss Barbara Crittenden, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth Crittenden of Wind- sor, Ont., to Lieut. Charles W. Schott '29n, U. S. A. WEDDIHGS Faculty — Professor George K. Anderson of the English Department and Miss Ethel Mary Humphrey, Pembroke '29, daugh- ter of Mr. and Mrs. John M. Humphrey of Providence, were married in Maynard, Mass., Oct. 30, 1933. They are at home at 225 University Avenue, Providence. Faculty — Professor Arthur B. Hitchcock of the Department of Music and Miss Lila M. Wolfe of Claremont, Calif., were mar- ried in Taunton, Mass., Nov. 16, 1933. Professor Arlan R. Coolidge '24 was best man. Professor and Mrs. Hitchcock, who is a graduate of Pomona College, are at home at 124 Congdon Street. 1924 — John R. Lyman and Miss Mary Mutter Moore, daughter of Mrs. Harris Royal Moore of Burlington, N. C, were married in New York City, Nov. 18, 1933. 1926— William B. Widnall and Miss Marjorie Soule, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Howard Wallace Soule, were married in Passaic, N. J., Oct. 24, 1933. 1927— Rev. Clifford Chadwick and Miss Dorothea Barden, daughter of Mrs. George R. Barden, were married in Providence, Oct. 23, 1933. Rev. Dr. Arthur Rogers '86, chaplain of St. George's School, assisted in the marriage ceremony. Rev. Mr. Chadwick and Mrs. Chadwick will live in Middle- town, R. L, where Mr. Chadwick is rector of Berkeley Chapel. Mrs. Chadwick is a graduate of Wellcsley '3 2. 1928 — Joseph H. Shepard, Jr., and Miss Myrtle Mae Amos, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. John S. Amos, were married in Atlanta Ga., Oct. 30, 1933. They are at home at 2909 Peachtree Road, Atlanta. 1928 — George A. O'Connor and Miss Gertrude A. Donnelly, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Frank J. Donnelly, were married in Attleboro, Mass., Oct. 23, 1933. Edward G. O'Connor '21 was his brother's best man. Mr. and Mrs. O'Connor are living in Providence. 1928 — Horace Partridge and Miss Doro- thy Hancock Hall, daughter of Dr. and Mrs. Gardner Wells Hall, were married in Brookline, Mass., Nov. 1, 1933. Richard V. W. Partridge "24n was his brother's best man. Mr. and Mrs. Partridge are at home at 239 Rawson Road, Brookline. 1928 — Joseph B. Lewis and Miss Melissa Greenleaf Seaman, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. J. Townsend Seaman, were married in Providence, Oct. 24, 1933. They are at home at 23 Ruskin Street, Providence. 1930n — Robert H. Albisser and Miss Mary Louise Farnum, daughter of Mrs. Herbert B. Farnum, were married in Nay- att, R. L, Nov. 1, 1933. They are living on Pierpont Street, Rahway, N. J. 1933 — George Yoffa and Miss Gertrude Oradel Tucker, Pembroke '34, were mar- ried in New York City, Oct. 21, 1933 They are now settled in their new home at 1 1 Harwood Street, Lynn, Mass. BIRTHS 1913n— To Mr. and Mrs. William J. Potter of Rumford, R. L, a son, William James Potter, Jr., on Nov. 9, 1933. 1917n— To Dr. and Mrs. Nelson B. Sackett of New York City, a son, George Olney, on Nov. 16, 1933. 1922— To Dr. and Mrs. Frank B. Little- field of Providence, a daughter, Ann Mar- garet, on Oct. 18, 1933. 1926 — To Mr. and Mrs. Norman O. Howard of Hopewell, Va., a son, John Christian, on June 24, 1933. 1928— To Mr. and Mrs. Stewart A. Woodruff of Rumford, R. L, a daughter, Barbara June, on Oct. 23, 1933. Those We Mourn BLANDING'S 160 Westminster St. 6 Wayland Square 1883 ISAAC Bronson Burgess, educator and nationally known director of religious training, died suddenly in Long Branch, N. J., Nov. 10, 1933, of heart failure after a minor operation. The father of W. Ran- dolph Burgess '12, Deputy Governor of the Federal Reserve Bank of New York, and Dr. Robert W. Burgess '08, chief statis- tician with the Western Electric Company, he had been prominent in educational and religious work for nearly 50 years. Born in Calais, Me., Nov. 7, 1858, the son of Rev. Isaac Julian Burgess '42 and Harriet N. (Bronson) Burgess, he prepared at Phillips Academy, Exeter, taught at Pierce Acad- emy, Middleboro, Mass., for a period, and entered Brown in 1880. He gave the Philo- sophical Oration at Commencement, won election to Phi Beta Kappa, and was a mem- ber of Delta Upsilon. He received the A.M. degree in course in 1886. Latin was his chosen subject. He taught it at Rogers High School, Newport, 1883- 89; at the Boston Latin School, the oldest public school in America, 1889-92; and at Morgan Park Academy, Morgan Park, 111., 1892-93. In 1885 he used his first savings to take his father on a trip to England, the country which his father had left as a boy. In 1888 he published his first work, a Drill 124 BROWN ALUMNI MONTHLY Vocabulary for Vergil. He taught summer school at Marthas Vineyard and Chatau- qua, where he became acquainted with Dr. \X'iniam Rainey Harper, who invited him to prepare an elementary Latin textbook in a series being edited by Dr. Harper to pro- mote the inductive teaching of languages. The Inductive Latin Method by Harper and Burgess appeared in 188S, and the Indiictit'e Latin Primer in 1891. When Dr. Harper organised the Uni- versity of Chicago he had the idea of a preparatory school to rank with Exeter and Andover. This idea resulted in the found- ing of Morgan Park Academy, of which Isaac Burgess became head of the Latin Department and acting Dean. He served in the Latin Department and at the same time as a professor in the University of Chi- cago, where he was active, 1893-1907. In 1897-98 he studied at Johns Hopkins; in 1900 he and Dr. Harper published The Elements of Latin. After Dr. Harper died in 1907, Burgess left Morgan Park and Chi- cago to become Latin master at Cambridge Latin School, Cambridge, Mass. In Morgan Park he grew greatly inter- ested in religious education, and in the line of duty as superintendent of the Sunday School of the Morgan Park Baptist Church he put the school on an educational basis that was a model for the whole country to follow. He also acted as chairman of the Committee on Teacher Training of the Cook County Sunday School Association; and in this period he and Profs. Ernest D. Burton and Shailer Mathews prepared a Life of Chnst for use in secondary schools. In 1908 he became director of religious education at the First Baptist Church, Providence; in 1912 he resigned to go to Newark as general secretary of the New Jersey Sunday School Association. In 1919 he retired to accept a somewhat less arduous position as superintendent of edu- cation for the New York State Sunday School Association, with residence in Al- bany. Because of serious trouble with his eyes he resigned in April, 1922, came back to Rhode Island and on his farm in North Scituate raised poultry and grew fruit. He removed to Eatontown. N. J., in 1926 and while technically in retirement gave much time to religious education and to a revised edition of the Life of Christ, which came out in 1931. He was a director of the Teachers Training School of Monmouth County and an organizer ot the Long Branch Council of Education. He was mar- ried Aug. 17, 1886. to Miss Ellen Wilbur, who survives him, with the sons already mentioned, and two sisters, Mrs. Arthur Stanley, Needham, Mass., and Miss Mary H. Burgess, Boston. 1885-non CPrescott Knight, retired manufac- > turer and hanker, died suddenly Oct. 29, 1933, at his farm in Quidnessett, North Kingstown, R. I. He had been ill only three days, and his condition was favorable when a heart attack seijed him. Born in Providence, Oct. 3, 1861, the son of Robert and Josephine L. (Webster) Knight, he prepared at Mowry and GofTs English and Classical School, and was an undergraduate at Brown for one year, 1881-82. Some time after leaving college — in 1886, the record says — he went to work in the machine shop of the Pontiac Bleachery, a unit of B. B. y R. Knight, largest manufacturers of cot- ton cloth in the world. Then he joined the office staff of the bleachery and in due time came to Providence to work in the main office under the supervision of his father and his uncle, Benjamin Brayton Knight. He was vice president of the firm and his brother, the late Col. Webster Knight "76, was president when, in 1920, all of the Knight properties, trade marks, and the like were sold to F. K. Rupprccht of New York and associates. He retired as president of the National Bank of Commerce in 1927 to become chairman of the board of direc- tors. He gradually gave up his other busi- ness interests, and a few years ago smil- ingly admitted that his occupation was that of farmer. A resident of Warwick from 1889 to 1925 Prescott Knight bought Quidnessett Farm in 1925, giving the Greyholme Farm at Riverpoint to his son, Webster Knight, 2nd, who married the daughter of former Vice President Charles Curtis. In addi- tion to being president of the National Bank of Commerce he was a director of the Anchor Insurance Company, Automobile Mutual Insurance Company of America, Factory Mutual Liability Insurance Com- pany, Knight Realty Company, Providence Washington Insurance Company and the Rhode Island Safe Deposit Company. He was a member of the Providence Art Club, the Sc;uantum Club, the Jacobs Hill Hunt Club, and Psi Upsilon. He was married June 11, 1889, to Miss Jessie May Cone, who survives him, with two sons, C. Pres- cott Knight, Jr., and Webster Knight, 2nd, and three grandchildren. The Alumni Monthly tells elsewhere ot his munificent gift to Brown and of his other bequests. 1896 GEORGE Lewis Sammis, superintendent of finance at the Providence Post OfEce, died suddenly at his home in Provi- dence, Nov. 1, 1933. He had been under treatment for heart trouble, but continued at work until the day before his death. Born in Providence Feb. 15, 1874, the son of George E. and Cora Ellen Sammis, he came to Brown from the Johnston schools and was a member of '96 in Freshman year. After leaving college he taught school for three years in Johnston and entered the postal service as a clerk in October, 1897. He became superintendent of the registry division, July 1, 1908; assistant superintend- ent of mails in January, 1912; and superin- tendent of finance. May 1, 1922. During his years in this office he handled millions of dollars for the Government. He was married Nov. 4, 1897, to Miss Grace Howe Page of the class of 1899 at Pembroke. Mrs. Sammis survives, with two sons, Ronald K. Sammis '27n and Clifford W. Sammis '33n; a daughter, Mrs. Alverda B. S. Beck '27, Pembroke; three grandchildren; and a sis- ter, Mrs. John H. Lever, Philadelphia. Mr. Sammis was a vestryman of the Church of the Redeemer (Episcopal) for many years. 1900 LEO Francis Farrell, member of the /class for two years, died at his home in Newport, R. I., Oct. 31, 1933, after an ill- ness of several years. Born in Pawtucket April 21, 1878, the son of Patrick and Mary A. (Clinton) Farrell, he prepared at the Pawtucket High School and was an undergraduate at Brown until June, 1898. From college he went into business, and for several years was assistant to the treasurer of the Hope Land Company. Then he be- came a partner in the insurance firm of Scott and Farrell, with his office in Provi- dence. At the entrance of the United States into the World War he enlisted for the Second Officers Training Camp at Plattsburg, N. Y., but did not receive a commission. After the war he resumed his insurance work, and at the same time be- came associated with H. W. Hanan of Hanan 6? Son, shoe manufacturers, Brook- lyn, N, Y., as private secretary and ad- viser. He took up insurance once more shortly before his last sickness. He was married April 20, 1920, to Anne K. Wis- ner, who survives him, with three brothers, one of whom is J. H. Farrell "98 of Paw- tucket, and two sisters. Mr. Farrell was a member of Phi Kappa. 1903 CHARLES Aloysius Slattery, Title Officer with the Title Guarantee Com- pany of Rhode Island since 1929, died at his home in Providence, Nov. 5, 1933, after an illness of seven months. Born in Provi- dence, Sept. 1, 1881, the son of John J. and Margaret M. (McElroy) Slattery, he prepared at Classical High School and en- tered Holy Cross College, where he re- mained for one year. Transferring to Brown in 1900, he continued his studies on the Hill until January, 1902, when sickness compelled him to withdraw. After six months spent in travel he came back to Providence and commenced the study of law in the offices of P. J. McCarthy, one time Mayor of Providence, and George B. Barrows. In 1911 he joined the Title Guarantee Company of Rhode Island as examiner, and in 1929 became Title Officer. His survivors are a widow, who was Cather- ine R. Fanning and who married him in Providence National Bank Established 1791 CAPITAL $1,500,000 SURPLUS $2,500,000 Main Office — 100 Westminster Street Branch — Corner Empire and Washington Sts. Moses J. Barber, Chairman of the Board Thomas L. Pierce, President Earl G. Batty, Vice President and Cashier Charles M. Smith, III, Trust Officer Frank L. Sawyer, Assistant Cashier George A. Freeman, Assistant Cashier Charles L. Eddy, Assistant Cashier Henry H. Eddy, Assistant Cashier T. I. Hare Powei, Investment Counsel Empire St. Branch, Frank L. Sawyer, Manager Charles L. Eddy, Assistant Manager Directors Charles H. Newell Wilson G. Wing William Gammell, Jr. John Nicholas Brown Moses J. Barber Thomas L. Pierce Paul C. DeWolf Lauriston H. Hazard Frank E. Richmond William L. Sweet Richard S. Aldrich Frederick T. Moses Edward P. Jastram John Ormsbee Ames Earl G. Batty Willard I. Angcll A. Livingston Kelley John B. Lewis Charles C. Marshall 125 BROWN ALUMNI MONTHLY BROWN DIRECTORY ARTHUR H. BLANCHARD, C. E , '99 Consulting Engineer Highway Traffic Control Highway Transport Airport Runways and Landing Fields Highway Engineering Contract and Patent Lawsuits Box C, Edgewood Station, Providence PERRY, SAUNDERS & CHENEY Counsellors at Law 185 Devonshire Street, Boston, Mass. Joseph Earle Perry, Williams Albert L. Saunders, Brown, '1902 Edwin A. Cheney, Boston Uni., 1917 HARRIS and GIFFORD Certified Public Accountants at 840 HOSPITAL TRUST BUILDING PROVIDENCE, R. I. GAspcc 7272 Audits - - Systems Business Research Taxes and Surveys Winship Teachers* Agency SEND FOR BLANK 6 Beacon Street, Boston, Mass. Alvin F. Pease Brown Graduate, A. B. & A. M Lydia L» Adams Secretarial Service Typing and Stenography Mimeographing and Multigraphing Graduate Theses 1203 Industrial Trust Building DExTER 1244 1910, and two sons, Charles F. Slattery, a student at Providence College, and George J. Slattery, a student at La Salle Academy. Slattery was a brother of the late John H. Slattery '01, who died last August. 1916 William Francis Sullivan, town offi- cial and war veteran, died at his home in North Attleboro, Mass., Nov. 2, 1933, as a result of an illness contracted while he was in the tropics serving with the United States Army. Born in Newton, Mass., Aug. 30, 1892, the son of Jeremiah and Bridget (O'Brien) Sullivan, he prepared at Wellesley, Mass., High School, entered Brown with the Class of 1915 and then dropped back with '16. As an undergradu- ate he played on the class baseball team, being captain in Sophomore year; was on the Brown squad as a left-handed pitcher; and served as president of the Interfrater- nity Baseball League, treasurer of the class, and member of the Celebration Committee. After leaving college in 1916 without tak- ing his degree, he returned to his home in Wellesley Hills, Mass., and in April, 1917, enlisted in the United States Army. After his period of training he received a com- mission as Second Lieutenant, and later went to Porto Rico with the 375th Infan- try. In Porto Rico he assisted in training the native troops for war service. For the past ten years he had been milk inspector and sealer of weights and measures in North Attleboro. He was a member of North Attleboro Post, American Legion, the Knights of Columbus, and Phi Kappa, and a former Commander of the Massachusetts Disabled Army Veterans. His widow and six children survive him. The Pembroke Chronicle BY JANE SANFORD '35 ONE QUARTER of the year has officially gone, and if the rest goes so fast we won't know where it all goes to. The first forma! of the year was Friday, November 17, and, according to reports, it was the best dance ever given at Pembroke — at least it had the largest attendance of any in years and things looked pretty good. The Junior class took the Freshmen to the Modern Theater to see "Both Your Houses" and the Sophomore Class is plan- ning a party for the Freshmen in the Cafe- teria, in cabaret style. Pembroke students have enlisted in the NRA consumers campaign with approxi- mately 200 students signed to date. In commenting on this move. Dean Morriss, Miss Mooar, Professors Beard and Shoe- maker expressed their approval and hope the students will take an active interest. Miss Elizabeth Osborne, of the Elisabeth Osborne, Inc. shopping service in New York came to Pembroke on Monday, No- vember 13, for a three days' stay. Personal interviews and group discussions were in- cluded in Miss Osborne's stay. Tuesday of her visit she spoke in chapel generalizing on the attributes of good health as the way to beauty. In her personal interviews she told of individual aids to better looks and ap- pearance. Her coming was arranged by the Personnel and Physical Education depart- ments in their effort to bring more real aid to the students in lines outside of strictly college work. The Christian Association had Mr. O. T. Gilmore at Chapel one morning explaining what work C. A. was going to take up this year. The increasing leisure time on the part of the unemployed demands that some- thing constructive be done and along these lines the girls can help. Pembrokers have been urged to offer their services toward the work of enlarging the field of recreation and entertainment for the people of Provi- dence and Harriet Randall, President of C. A., hopes by being able to offer the girls actual working service, to persuade more to be actively interested in the organization. This follows closely on Miss Morriss's ob- servation that more and more are the girls turning to Social Science studies in an effort to turn their talents and energies toward something useful. It is the thought of some of us that such social work under the direc- tion of qualified instruction could be made a working laboratory for sociology classes here at Pembroke. THE Varsity Hockey team has met three defeats at the hands of the Providence Hockey Club, Radcliffe College, and Whea- ton College. As we write, the only Varsity game left is with Jackson College. The advertisGrs Bnqravinq compang 1 26 DORRANCE ST. PROVIDENCE. R. I. telephone GASPEE 7094 cPicturtzre your cProduct" 126 BROWN ALUMNI MONTHLY games have been well contested and the hockey teams at Pembroke have improved amazingly, no small amount of credit being due to Miss Rudd who is actively and inter- estingly connected with the National Wom- en's Hockey Association. Miss Rudd will go to Chicago at Thanksgiving time to help pick next year's All-American team. The Junior class has won two games in the inter- class series, defeating the Seniors and Soph- omores. Both other classes have each won a game, while the Freshmen have still to win. Snow and mud delayed the playing of the remaining interclass games. First, second, and third teams in fistball in each class are playing one another and the results will be out ne.xt month. Here and There: Fifty undergraduates are candidates this year for Final Honors. Of these eight are specialising in Mathe- matics, seven in History, and nine in Eng- lish and Literature, while eleven in one of the Social Science groups are proving Miss Morriss's point of the growing interest in this branch of studies. Rehearsals were well under way for the "Lamp and the Bell" by Edna St. Vincent Millay sched- uled for production by the Komians De- cember 8 and 9 in Alumnae Hall. Komians gave a delightful one-act play in chapel one morning, "Matinata," in which Ruth Has- kell, Ruth Whitaker, and Eleanor Camp- bell played. Mid-terms — tests, papers, reports — work! Alumnae of Brown BY MRS. GERTRUDE ALLEN McCONNELL, '10 Executive Secretary of tlie Alumnae Association With the Ahimnae Clubs The Boston Club has planned an in- teresting program for the year. The first meeting was at Wellesley as the guests of the Brown Alumnae on the Wel- lesley faculty. On November 15th there was a "town supper" at the Cerulean Blue Tea Room. Other meetings scheduled in- clude a January luncheon with Dean Mor- riss as guest, a February meeting with Col. H. Anthony Dyer as speaker, a March mu- sical, an April bridge, and a May tea. Cor- responding Secretary: Ruth M. White "23, c/o Dr. Means, 1 Waterhouse St., Cam- bridge, Mass. The Providence Club held a successful supper meeting on November 24th with the local members of the class of 1933 as guests. Miss Flora Curtis spoke entertainingly on her European experiences. The afternoon and evening reading groups and the bridge group report increases in membership, the afternoon reading group being the largest with an average attendance of twenty-five. Corresponding Secretary: Mrs. Jack A. Lubrano '23, 634 Pontiac Ave., Auburn, R. L The Southeastern Massachusetts Club met for luncheon on Saturday, November Commercial Banking Trust Department Capital $500,000 Surplus and Undivided Profits (over) $950,000 BLACKSTONE CANAL NATIONAL BANK BslabUshfd IS31 20 MARKET SQUARE Providence, R. 1. 25th, at the Y. W. C. A. in New Bedford. Dean Morriss and Mrs. McConnell were the guests of the Club. Alumnae were pres- ent from Taunton, Fall River, New Bed- ford, and several other towns. Correspond- ing Secretary: Mrs. Sumner E. Marvell 'II, 430 Clinton St., New Bedford. The Worcester Club reports a steadily increasing membership. In October the members were the guests of Sadie J. Duguid "16 in Grafton, where bridge was enjoyed. In November Helen Price Smith "14n was hostess and the afternoon was devoted to "A Century of Progress"" with Dorris Home "29, Grace Home "30, Evadne May- nard "3 2, and Mildred Maple "3 3n recount- ing their experiences. Miss Maple assisted the hostess in serving. Corresponding Sec- retary: Mrs. Leland L. Atwood "17, 319 June St., Worcester. The Connecticut Club held a luncheon meeting at the Faculty Club in New Haven on November 4th with Dean Morriss as the guest of honor. Now that there are so many more alumnae in both Hartford and New Haven, there is a plan on foot to form a strong club in each city. Corresponding Secretary: Alice S. Cummings "28, 249 Sisson Ave., Hartford. The New York Club had an October tea at the home of Margery Adams "28. Nancy Judkins "25, President; Phyllis Stanley "24 and Gladys Holmes Bailey "26 poured. On November 18th the Club had a successful luncheon meeting at the Women"s Univer- sity Club with Emma B. Stanton '96 and Gertrude Allen McConnell '10 as their guests. Corresponding Secretary: Dorothy Oborne '24, 109 East 67th St. The Pennsylvania Club was entertained by the President, Alice Tillinghast Bartlett '06, at a luncheon at her home in Lansdale on November 4th. Fourteen alumnae were present, representing twelve classes. Cor- responding Secretary: Mildred E. Runyeon '20, 420 South 20th St., Mt. Penn., Read- ing. the Biennial Banquet This is banquet year and it will be held on Saturday, February 10th, in Alumnae Hall. Every attempt is being made to keep the price within the reach of all and at the same time sufficient to cover the cost of a good dinner, a good speaker and the labor of clearing the auditorium for the banquet and resetting it for chapel. Full particulars will be given later. Dean lAorriss Honored DEAN Margaret S. Morriss was awarded the degree of Doctor of Laws by Russell Sage College at its annual Commencement in June. In con- ferring the degree upon Dean Morriss, President James Laurence Meaders said: "Margaret Shove Morriss, Bachelor of Arts of Goucher College and Doctor of Philosophy of Bryn Mawr, trustee of many educational institutions, and an active member in many prominent professional organizations that are working devotedly at the never-ending task of bettering the education of the young women of America; Russell Sage College greets you this morn- ing as the Dean and Chief Administrative Officer of Pembroke College in Brown Uni- versity and wishes to express to you in this way its boundless admiration of the union of scholarship, dignity and devotion which you have brought to your work. "Stimulating teacher, wise academic counselor and capable administrator that you are, we felicitate you upon your notable educational record — a record of 25 years of devoted service to the all-important task of developing scholarship and character in the youth of our land." We congratulate Dean Morris upon this well-merited honor and rejoice in the re- flected glory which it brings to our College. T^he Christmas Party THIS year we are to have something new — a Christmas party for alumnae and their children. It will be held on the Satur- day after Christmas, December 30th, at 3 P. M. Miss Margaret Milliken, "33, who has entertained thousands, will give a fas- cinating marionette show. The program is so delitihtful that it seemed a shame not to include the children and especially when this will probably mean that more mothers can come. After the performance tea will be served in the Crystal Room for the alum- nae and punch in the Commons rooms for the children. c^ gi¥T THAT WILL REPEAT ITSELF THROUGHOUT THE YEAR Anne C. E. Allinson Second edition with index now available at the better Providence Book Stores or direct from the Pub- lishers*. Price — one dollar. Roger Williams Press E. A. 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