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I., January, 1917 No. 6 A REMINDER OF OLDTIME COMMENCE- MENTS Excursion ON COMMENCEMENT DAT. **]sv^ OVER Tl STOBTOl IIAILKOE 09 WEDIESOAY. SEPT. i M. Ijeave Stoiiin;^tou af half pa^t 6, A. M. Returning, leave Providence at 7 P. .^I., <>■* directly after tlie steamboat train. Fafe. including bolti way$, <»NE DOLLAR. II is to be expressly un(ter>itaod, tlial Grnliemea must give up seat§ to L.adie§, if required, and take .>>eals ai> tlie C'ondurlor way point out. TIiokc uikliing to remain in Providence till the 3d, (Tliur»day,)can return on (liat day with the Excursion Tirliet. A. S. 9IATEIEWK, Master of Transportation. The oldtime Commencement was far more of a public festival than the present- day Commencement is, at least in proportion to the size of the University and the community. The old poster printed on this page, which was recently found among a lot of old papers, shows that a special train was run, 70 years ago, from Stoning- ton, in the neighboring state of Connecticut. So far as we know this is the only copy of the poster now in existence. The files of the daily and weekly papers of Providence contain many interesting accounts of the old Commencements. The people of the surrounding towns came in to town in all sorts of conveyances and on foot, and made a day of it. As this poster serves to remind us, Commencement years ago was actually at the commencement of the college year. It will surprise some Brown readers to see that it came on the first Wednesday in September. Later it fell on the third Wednes- day of the month. The change to June was made in the sixties. 141 ECHOES OF THE HARVARD GAME The following telegram from John T. Walker, '13, of Chicago is self-explan- atory : Chicago, 111., Nov. 18 Mr. Bruce Jeffries, 4 Manning st.. Providence, R.. I. A picked crew of Chicago alumni are having a regular celebration to-night in honor of the splendid work of the Brown team throughout the entire season. Ex- ultation over the Harvard victory ex- ceeds conventional limits. Please read this to each member of the team, also Prexy and McLaughlin. Heartiest con- gratulations from Chicago. J. T. Walker Earl N. Manchester, '02, of Chicago, formerly Business Manager of the Alumni Monthly, wrote under date of Nov. 22 : "I enclose a clipping from the Chi- cago Evening Post of this date which you may find interesting to you as voic- ing the sentiment of a man who can not be accused of having any special interest in athletics. Subs or first-string men aside, the fact is that Harvard underes- timated our strength this year in spite of the showing at New Haven and was properly "walloped." We had very informal but enthusiastic celebrations (mostly over the phone) on Saturday last as one Brown man would call another up to ask if he had heard the news. I wish 1 could have been back in Providence for the official celebration. "Speaking of substitutes, have you compared the Yale line up against Princeton with the line up against Brown.^ The 'team composed largely of substitutes' plea does not seem to be substantiated. If I remember correctly there were only two men who were in the line up against Princeton who were not in the line up against Brown. "I always enjoy the Monthly as it comes to my desk and I hope you get some pleasure as well as hard labor in see- ing that the magazine 'goes to press.' " HARVARD'S FOOTBALL POLICY Editor Broivn Alumni Monthly: I Will you kindly permit me the use of | your columns for a matter which I feel is of vital concern to the alumni and i undergraduates of Brown University. On Saturday, November 18th, the Brown football team played and decis- ively defeated a team representing Har- vard University by the score of 21-0. The articles which I have read in the New York Sunday papers concerning the game convey the impression that Brown did not triumph over the Harvard 'Var- sity, but rather over a Harvard eleven consisting principally of substitutes. Ardent supporters of Harvard in discuss- ing the results of the contest use this argument as an alibi. As a matter of fact Brown has an excellent eleven. Its i record throughout the entire season has i been one of the most consistent kind. Anyone who has followed the football teams this fall will admit this. Harvard, ' too, must have realized that the Brovn team was unusually strong. Was Har- vard, therefore, afraid to play her first string men against Brown this year.^ Harvard's reputation was at stake, for \ Brown had never defeated her in football up to this time. Did she purposely play i an eleven of substitutes, so as to have a loophole to jump through in case the I Brown team proved to be as strong as | its record already showed it to he? It I is certainly most unsportsmanlike of Har- I vard to minimize the sting of defeat by , explaining that the eleven that opposed the Brown team consisted chiefly of second string men. Such an explanation not only ill becomes Harvard, but places her in a class which is unworthy of amateur athletics. What satisfaction is Brown i or any other university to have if Har- vard meets it under such conditions.^ As far as I can see there is little satisfaction to be obtained in this kind of collegiate contest. Surely Brown will do well to consider very carefully the advisability 142 BROWN ALUMNI MONTHLY 148 of continuing contests with Harvard or any other university under such condi- tions. Howland S. Steadman, 1905 Schenectady, N. Y., Nov. 20 HARVARD COMMENT The Harvard Alumni Bulletin has printed many letters from Harvard grad- uates on the same subject. Practically all of them condemn the Harvard pol- icy. George M. Finney, Jr., Harvard "10, writes from Cleveland : "Out here Harvard has been looked upon as standing for the highest in real sportsmanship. Hence it is frankly with much humiliation that we now have to try to excuse our failing to send our first- string men against Brown. The point does not seem to me to be whether we gave Brown a square deal, for that seems to have been more or less settled by Brown's understanding before the game of what we should do, but more of whether we showed wretched and inex- cusable sportsmanship toward Yale. Yale played their first-string men in a hard game against Princeton on Novem- ber 18, while our first-string men rested. This is considered out here to have taken an advantage, and an unfair one, of Yale. Hence Harvard's name for unfailing good sportsmanship has come down numerous pegs in this part of the country. To me and other Har- vard men this is very mortifying, and we can only hope such tactics will not be used again.'" Gardner P. House, Harvard '11, writes from Cambridge : "That Brown at Harvard's sugges- tion has agreed, 'without particular ob- jection,' to meet teams of substitutes is an unconscious tribute to Brown's thor- ough sportsmanship. Whether as much can be said of our position seems to me a matter of grave doubt. Mr. Ernst is quite right in declaring that any team we agree to meet is worthy of our best efforts. If we must make the Yale and Princeton games our only objectives-^ and many feel that we should not — we can at least do so without discourtesy to other teams. We either should not play Brown, or any other team, on the Sat- urday before the Yale game, or we should give her our best, come what may the following week. We are all anxious to win against Yale, but we must not allow true sportsmanship to be sacrificed to expediency. Nor should we forget that it is of far greater value to be known as courteous sportsmen throughout the season, than merely as victors in one or two so-called big games." The problem will be solved next year by assigning the Brown- Harvard game to the last Saturday in October, the 2Tth, which will enable Harvard to play her first-string men against us. Brown thus takes the place of Cornell on the Crim- son's schedule. BROWN LOYALTY FUND The second annual report of the Trustees of the Brown Loyalty Fund, which has been distributed, shows a to- tal income for the year of S19,426.97, of which SI 2, 500 has been paid to Brown University with the understanding that SI 0,000 of the sum shall be devoted to increasing the maximum salaries paid to full professors. The sum contributed during this year exceeds anticipations. but the number of alumni contributors is still small. During the past year the number of contributors has more than doubled — 922 giving as against 441 in the preced- ing year. The sum contributed has more than doubled as well. The income for the first fiscal year was $9,352.88. Dur- ing the second fiscal year — November 1, 1915, to October 31, 1916, $23,352.99 144 BROWN ALUMNI MONTHLY was pledged. But as a portion of these pledges do not mature until 1917, the income for the year was $19,426.97. Considering the youth of the Fund, nn income of such proportions is exceed- ingly gratifying, but the fact that only 922 (24.56 per cent.) of our alumni have subscribed is rather disappointing. During the first year of the Fund's existence, three circulars were sent to the alumni, soliciting contributions, but no more direct appeal was made. Last winter it was deemed advisable to bring the Fund to the attention of the alumni in a more personal way. In consequence, a so-called "Class Agent" was appointed for each class — 1890 to 1915 inclusive. One or two of the older classes were rep- resented. The value of the personal ele- ment has been clearly shown. Most of the classes for which agents were ap- pointed immediately drew ahead of the others in percentage of contributors. The agents have done excellent work, and to them is due the credit for the progress of the Fund made during the last twelve months. The Trustees of the Fund wish to take this opportunity to express their appreciation of the inval- uable assistance of the class agents. During the ensuing year it is proposed to broaden the scope of class agent ac- tivity by the appointing of agents for the classes of 1860 to 1869 inclusive, at the same time counting on a continu- ance of the energetic activity of the agents who have been serving for the younger classes. The management of the Fund is en- trusted to a board of seven trustees elected by the Advisory Board of the Associated Alumni. These include Ralph T. King, '78, Byron S. Watson, '97, Edward H. Weeks, '93, Edward O. Stan- ley, '76, George F. Bean, '81, Elmer T. Stevens, '0-i, and Albert K. Potter, '86, td -officio. The officers of the fund are: George F. Bean, '81, Chairman of the Board of Tx'ustees ; Byron S. Wat- son, '97, Treasurer; Rowland H. Mc- Laughlin, '15, Secretary. Included in the report is a table in- dicating the percentage of the members of each class contributing to the P'und. The class of 1915 is first with 56 per cent., and is followed by the class of 1859, with 50 per cent., 1905 with 48.2 per cent., and 1905 with 46.8 per cent. The largest amount contributed by any one class is $5,014 from the class of 1878. To the report is appended a list of individual contributors to the Fund, arranged by classes. ADVISORY AND EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE The regular monthly meeting of the Advisory and Executive Committee was held in the President's oflice on Friday, November 10, at three P. M. The reg- ular report of the Superintendent of Grounds and Buildings was received and placed on file. Since the Corporation referred to the committee the election of the new member of the Executive Com- mittee of the Women's College in the place of Colonel R. H. I. Goddard, the matter was duly considered and Mr. William Gammell was elected a member of that committee. The title of Miss Helen B. Whiting of the Women's Col- lege was changed to read Instructor in | Biology. Mr. Ross Hadley and Mr. Har- I vey R. Fish were appointed assistants in shop work. Mr. J. A. Landschoof was appointed assistant in the Department of Education. Arrangements were made to entertain members of the Faculty of the R. I. State College on their visit to Brown University on the 20th of November. A communication regarding laboratory fees was received from the scientific de- partments in the University, and the schedule of laboratory fees was discussed. The matter of appropriations for the BROWN ALUMNI MONTHLY 145 expenses of the various departments of instruction was considered at length. It was voted that the President appoint a committeee to consider more complete publication of the record of Brown grad- uates in the American Civil War. It was voted to invite the Faculty to meet the Corporation socially on the evening before Visiting Day, in the month of March. After extended discussion of many University interests the meeting adjourned. The regular December meeting of the Advisory and Executive Committee was held in the President's office on Friday, December 8, at three P. M. It was voted to accept the resigna- tion of Mr. Henry G. Clark, instructor in physical training, since Mr. Clark wishes to enter business. It was voted to appoint Mr. Ross Browning assistant in the gymnasium dui'ing the winter. Since Mr. H. E. Vanderwerken has been compelled by illness to retire from the library staff, it was voted to appoint Miss Edith R. Blanchard as Reference Librarian. S. W. Allinson was ap- pointed assistant in electrical engineer- ing. Appropriations for supplies in the va- rious departments of the University were made on the basis of reports made by different professors. The report of the committee on the enlargement of An- drews Field was again considered, and it was voted to authorize the President to appoint a committee on ways and means for the enlargement and improvement of that field. The use of various Univer- sity halls by outside organizations was discussed, and it was voted to ask the superintendent of grounds and buildings to outline some policy which might apply to all organizations. The report of the Faculty committee on student service was read, discussed at length and adopted. By this action the committee, consisting of Professors Randall and Mead and Mr. Burlingame, are to take charge of the engagement of students to perform service in the various depart- ments, and see that uniform standards of work and compensation are established. The report of the superintendent of grounds and buildings was read and placed on file. Various communications were presented to the committee, and the yiolicy of the University in various directions was fully discussed. The meeting adjourned at six o'clock. COLVER LECTURES The Committee on the Colver Lecture- ship, of which Professor Henry T. Fow- ler is Chairman, announces that Dr. William Williams Keen of the Class of 1859, now Emeritus Professor at the Jeflf'erson Medical College, Philadelphia, and an international authority on Sur- gery, has accepted the invitation to deliver the lectures, which will be given in Sayles Hall, on January 10, 15 and 17, and will be open to the public. The subject of the course will be: "Medical Research and Hu- man Welfare — The Record of Personal Experience and Observation during a Professorship of Fifty-seven Years." The first lectures on the Colver Found- ation were given in 1916 by President Frank J. Goodnow of Johns Hopkins University, on the subject of "The American Theory of Liberty and Gov- ernment." President Goodnow 's lec- tures have recently been published by the Universit}', and it is the expectation of the committee on the lectureship to continue the publication of all lectures given through the fund, which was given by Mr. and Mrs. Jesse B. Rosenberger of Chicago. WHY MR. HUGHES LOST In the issue of Collier's Weekly for December 16 William Allen White of Kansas, (who voted for Mr. Hughes for President) tells why, in his opinion, the Republican candidate was defeated. We do not agree with his diagnosis, but it is interesting. He says in part : "When Mr. Hughes left the Supreme Court to accept the Republican nomina- tion, the West believed sincerely that a great national leader was coming to them. Their idea of a great national leader was influenced by their own tra- ditions and their political creed. They expected courage and candor, and above all they expected their leader to sound the call for a new vital issue. They were listening for a big man to speak of important things. It is the way of the West to rejoice in adventure. And the Westerners were prepared to rise and follow to a real combat with the plutocracy, which the West abhors as the country's greatest enemy. There- fore they were shocked beyond measure when, in his speech of acceptance in July, Mr. Hughes began talking about patronage and the civil service and more or less partisan things. They expected him to sound a bugle call to a further fight for social and economic progress. "But they let Mr. Hughes have his fling in his acceptance speech, and hoped that, as he went out among the people, he would get into real touch with the public sentiment of the West. The Pro- gressives in all the States were eager to accept Mr. Hughes. "But they were incorrigible independ- ents. And they demanded some sub- stance to their candidate's declarations of friendship for the Progressive cause. Men who have gone out and made the long, tedious and often rather lonely fight that has ended in a social revolu- tion like prohibition, .or a political revo- lution like woman suffrage, or the initi- ative and referendum, could find noth- ing in Mr. Hughes's speeches to set their teeth in. He talked tarifl' like Mark Hanna. He talked of industrial affairs like McKinley, expressing a ben- evolent sympathy, but not a fundamen- tal understanding. "It was not the Hughes speaking who had been idealized by the people of the West. It was the candidate of the Re- publican convention at Chicago speaking — the convention of June, 1916! And there was a sad drop from the conven- tion of 1912 to that of 1916; the first convention at least had the emotional thrill of wickedness. The last was dully stupid. The delegates to the conven- tion four years ago were chosen in active, interesting, and sometimes dramatic fraud, and they brought their energetic feelirigs to the convention. The conven- tion this 3'ear was hand-picked without progressive opposition and the delegates brougtit only their tacit instructions with them, to beat Roosevelt at all haz- ards. And Mr. Hughes took the nomi- nation from that dejected group, forget- ting that the votes to elect him must come from the joyous, bubbling, enthu- siastic crowd in the Auditorium Theatre, which had a real soul and a real voice and represented a real and powerful mi- nority in the country. "It was because Mr. Hughes was a splendid advocate and a wise counsellor in controversy that he made such a not- able Governor of New York. Never for a minute was he acquiescent, judicial, serene in giving the other side its due. He was an attorney for the people of New York, against the exploiters of the people of New York ; that cause was al- ways pending, and he always was in court for the people. When he ceased i BROWN ALUMNI MONTHLY 147 to be an attorney and became a judge, he had to see both sides. He could have no clients. There was no one to fight for, nothing to defend. He had to look at things not as a partisan but as a judge. Through sheer disuse his com- bative mental organs atrophied and fell off. "In the nature of things Mr. Hughes could not hold a united party and tell the people what may have been in his heart to do. The Progressive leaders felt that he would do more to wreck and disband the old Republican party of Penrose and Crane and Smoot and Curtis and Barnes than Mr. Wilson possibly could do. But to say that would have defeated Mr. Hughes. And for Mr. Hughes to say anything of the kind might have defeated him. He was doomed to defeat. ANOTHER STORY John Murray Marshall, Brown '81, lately wrote to a friend in Boston by re- quest regarding the loss of California by Mr. Hughes, and the Boston Evening Transcript publishes the letter, which we reprint in part. If 1887 California voters who supported Wilson had voted for Mr. Hughes, the latter would to-day be President-elect. Mr. Marshall says : Let me start with the unhesitating assertion that the Republican party in California was betrayed by those who were proclaiming themselves its friends and masquerading under its colors and that Governor Hughes lost the electoral vote of California through their treachery and through no other cause. Certain adherents of Governor Johnson have been loud in their protests here and in the East, but these are merely efforts to prove an alibi. In the southern part of the State, which by the way is as distinct from the northern part in its interesis as it is ge- ographically, many of the rank and file of the Progressives kept good faith, as far as the presidential campaign was con- cerned, as is shown by the fact that Southern California gave Hughes a plu- rality of 40,601. In the north, while to a certain extent Johnson was render- ing lip-service to Hughes, we were cred- ibly informed more than a month before the election that his henchmen were pass- ing the word around that all votes which they controlled were to be cast for John- son and Wilson. The event proved that this must have been true; but of that later, since I am now dealing chiefly with the relations between Governor Hughes and Governor Johnson. You say it is alleged that "Governor Hughes refused to meet Johnson, who was anxious to see him and establish friendly working relations with him, but that Hughes declined to see him or to shake hands with him ; that once they were even at the same hotel together and Johnson tried to bring about a meeting, but was rebuffed by Hughes or his man- agers." This is unqualifiedly false from beginning to end. Hughes never took any such attitude with reference to John- son, and this story is absolutely a de- vice of somebody's crooked brain, who hopes thereby to save the Johnson man- agers from the brand of the traitor. Of the hotel inc'iident in all its parts I have personal knowledge. The facts are as follows : On the day of Governor Hughes's arrival here he was given a lun- cheon and reception at Pasadena. While we were at the table it was suggested that if possible he should betaken to the Hotel Virginia at Long Beach that af- ternoon, provided we could arrange to have a good crowd there to greet him. Long Beach is a city of about forty thousand people twenty miles from Los Angeles and its vote is well worth con- sidering. At 2.30 P. M. that day, I 148 BROWN ALUMNI MONTHLY personally arranged with the manager of the Virginia by telephone to let the people of Long Branch know that the Hughes party would be there about 4. 30 for a very short reception. Johnson was not there ar the time, but, as we after- ward learned, he arrived at the Virginia about ten minutes before Governor Hughes's party reached there. Probably three thousand people were gathered in the lobby of the hotel and in the grounds and street in front of it, so that upon Johnson's arrival he assuredly must have learned that Governor Hughes was ex- pected there within a few minutes. John- son, however, went directly to his room and remained there during the half hour or more when the Hughes party was in the house. Not one single member of the Hughes party had the faintest idea that Johnson was in the hotel or any- where in the vicinity, nor did this man who was then and is now the Governor of this State have the common courtesy to pay his respects in any way to the dis- tinguished visitor, the standard bearer of the great national party to which he professed to belong and whose nomina- tion he was then seeking, or even to let any of the Hughes people know of hrs presence in the hotel, so that they might take the initiative, as they surely would have done. Later that same day, after we had returned to Los Angeles, it was for the first time learned by some of our party that Johnson was in the Virginia while we were there. Immediately there- upon Mr. Farnum of New York, who was the manager of the Hughes tour, and Mr. Keesling, then chairman of our State Central Committee, went to Long Beach together for the express purpose ot call- ing upon Governor Johnson. I was per- sonally with them when they started on their mission. They reported on their return that they had seen him there in his hotel and urged him in the interests of party harmony to permit a meeting with Governor Hughes later that evening or some time the next day to be ar- ranged, and this he flatly refused to do and this, forsooth, is the main incident upon which these traitors and renegades are attempting to hang their excuses for California having gone Democratic. Let me repeat: All the details of this last incident are within my personal knowledge. I was a member of the Hughes party from the time it left for Pasadena at noon until it returned to Los Angeles after the Long Beach visit, and you may rely upon the foregoing statements as the absolutely correct and true version of that day's incidents. In southern California, where the Pro- gressives were to a certain extent loyal to the national ticket. Governor Hughes received a plurality of more than 40,000 over Wilson. The Johnson strongholds of San Francisco, Sacramento and its vicinity, where Johnson and Rowell live and where the deadly work was being done, were the places where Hughes was knifed the worst. The section where Johnson received by far the greatest part of his plurality — where he lives — was the very section where the greatest vote for Wilson was cast, a vote so large as to offset the splendid vote of southern Cal- ifornia in favor of Hughes — so large that the difference in the State between the Hughes vote and the Johnson vote, both Republican candidates, was 300,588! These are the official figures, given me by the Secretary of State. Now let me ask you whether the out- standing facts of the case point to other than one conclusion. Imagine yourself presenting to a jury the record: a State which under normal conditions is over- whelmingly Republican, its candidate for the United States senatorship nominated And supported by both Progressives and Republicans (for the official returns show that ninety per cent, of the regulars sup- ported Johnson after he had received the nomination, while only fifty-three per cent, of the Progressives supported Hughes), a man who held California in the hollow of his hand politically, that State giving to that man a plurality of 296,815 votes and at the same time and BROWN ALUMNI MONTHLY 149 on the same ballot giving to Wilson a plurality of 3773 votes. Remember that Johnson controlled the State absolutely, that the Republican State Central Com- mittee was turned over to his control unreservedly and his man Rowell made its chairman as soon as he received the Republican nomination for United States Senator, that they had the sole and ex- clusive management of the campaign, that the Republican National Committee sent here a sum said to approximate SI 00, 000 for the use of the State Re- publican Committee. Republicans? God save the mark ! Were not that candi- date and that committee at all times in- tending to deliver the State into the hands of the enemies of the Republican party and did t-hey not absolutely do so.^ When you put to any unbiased tribunal the bare statement that a man holding the political control in a State overwhel- mingly Republican, the dictator of a po- litical machine as powerful as any that that ever controlled a State government, one word from whom would have assured a plurality for Hughes of at least 100,- 000, carries his own election by the mon- strous plurality of 296,000, and the State at the same moment goes to the Democrats by 3700, what is the possible answer excepting treachery of the black- est sort? No other judgment, no other verdict, seems possible." Shortly after the publication of this letter, a correspondent of the Transcript, Philip Conley of Cambridge, wrote to that paper: "To those who know Hi- ram Johnson and his work, the charge of treachery is absurd on its face." Meanwhile it is evident that a long political controversy has been started. TOPIC FOR DEBATE The question for the annual triangular debate to be held on March 23 by Brown, Williams and Dartmouth has been de- cided upon at a meeting of the repre- sentatives of the three colleges held in Boston. The question chosen was "Re- solved, That the United States Should Adopt the Swiss System of Compulsory Military Training." The schedule for this year's debates was also decided upon and is as follows: Brown (affirmative vs. Dartmouth nega- tive) at Sayles Hall; Brown (negative) vs. Williams (affirmative) at Williams- town, Mass. ; Dartmouth (affirmative) vs. Williams (negative) at Hanover, N. H. Brown is at present in the lead in the league by a comfortable margin, having won 16 debates and lost nine for a percentage of .727, while Dartmouth has an average of .500 with 13 w^on and nine lost, and Williams is at pres- ent third and last with four debates won and 18 lost for a percentage of .181. From those men who debated on the two Brown teams last year, three remain to form a nucleus for this year's debates. These men are W. H. Reese, '17, G. H. Heidt, '18, and F. P. Perkins, '19, the latter being one of the two winners of the Hicks prizes for excellence in debate last year. There are, in addition to these 'Varsity debaters of last year, several men who showed up with special prominence in last year's 'Varsity trials and who are expected to make strong competition for positions on this year's teams. These men are: V. R. LeValley, '17, W. W. Chase, '18, T. F. Black, Jr., '19, R. T. Clapp, '19 and A. J. Levy, '19. This year's first trials will probably be held on Jan. 11, when the competing can- didates will be asked to speak for five minutes on some phase of either side of the question. BROWN ALUMNI MONTHLY 150 BROWN ALUMNI MONTHLY Published for the Graduates of Brown University by the Brown Alumni Magazine Co. Robert P. Brown, Treas., Providence, R. 1. ADVISORY BOARD William W. Keen, '59, Philadelphia. Henry K. Porter. '60, Pittsburgh. Francis Lawton. '69, New York. Robert P. Brown, '71, Providence. William V. Kellen, '72, Boston. William E. Foster, '73, Providence. Zechariah Chafee, '80, Providence. Gardner Colby, '87, New York. Jo.seph N. Ashton, '91, Andover. William R. Dorman, '92. New York. George A. Gaskill, '98. Worcester. Henry Robinson Palmer, '90, Editor. Harry Lyman Koopman, Associate Editor. Everard Appleton, 1904., Business Manager. Business office, 503 Industrial Trust Building. Tel. Union 1968. Subscription, $1.00 a Year, Single Copies, 10 cents. There is no issue during August and September. Entered at the Providence post-office as second-clas.s matter. The managp.ment of the magazine will not hold itself responsible for any failure of delivery where the subscriber has not promptly notified it of his thange of address. The old as well as the new address should be aiven. JANUARY. 1917 The Brown Alumni Monthly cannot under- take to return manuscripts sent to it for publica- tion, unless they are accompanied by sufficient postage. COLLEGE VALUES Life is a series of valuations. The most successful life is that in which the valuations have been made the most ac- curately. The "little world" of the college offers no exception to this rule ; only its valuations are confined to a cer- tain section of tl e whole series, the pe- riod of youth. It is commonly supposed the choices — which imply the valuations — of youth are more liable to error than those of any other period. The disabil- ities of youth in making its valuations are obvious ; the combination of a warm heart and a hot head is hardly a judicial one; but perhaps it may as safely be trusted as the cool head and cold heart of age. Anyhow, it is youth's only equipment for making its valuations and must therefore be accepted. Its "choice is brief, and yet endless." There's the rub: the valuation once made takes form in a choice, a line of conduct, and accord- ing to the accuracy of the valuation, the wisdom of the clioice, that particular gate of opportunity is closed behind the chooser's back or slammed in his face. The trouble with youth's valuations is not so much that they are false as that their standard is the moment's impulse, not to-morrow's need. The beautiful expression "Indian Summer" embalms this same defect of shortsightedness in the character of the red man. He idled away the golden hours of the real sum- mer and only in the last truce of au- tumn before the snows fell did he arouse himself to lay in a stock of provisions for the winter — when it was too late to achieve anything adequate. The college boy needs memento mori, less of himself than of the passing hour. We wish that every day of his calendar might bear some such motto as these: "I shall never come back, what use will jou make of me.^*" "I come but this once. Will you take my gold or my lead.?" We are not now asking that the college boy make his valuations sub .specie aefer- nitatis but only st/b specie vitae. If he will but lengthen his range of vision from the fleeting present to his college course, to his after life, we are willing to trust him to make his own momentous valuations. A BROWN IN CHINA The report of the Yale mission at Changsha, China, one of the finest en- terprises the twentieth century has seen, is calculated to rouse in the minds of Brown men a desire that our University also some day shall promote a similar en- terprise. In short there might well be a Brown in China. Brown students supported Professor J. H. Randall for years, while he was teaching in Burma. He is now President of Bacone University in Oklahoma, his BROWN ALUMNI MONTHLY 151 health failing and compelling his return. Then the work ceased, as every work must that depends on a single man. Some Brown alumni would like to have us start a new work in Burma. We be- lieve, however, that we should go to China, because the Burmese will never greatly affect the future of the world, while the Chinese are sure to have a vi- tal part in the future of civilization. Six hundred years ago the Chinese court was far more cultivated than any court in Europe, far richer in works of art and literature. The same thing may be true six hundred years from now. China offers an unexcelled field for the energies of graduates. Horace Chandler, a Brown graduate, now in this country, has been teaching in China for some years. John Deming, also in this country, taught for some years at Shanghai. Daniel H. Kulp is now teaching at the college in Shanghai, doing a fine work, and at the same time supervising athletics. He was a star football plaj'er at Brown. Arthur F. Newell, for two years secretary of the Brown Christian Association and now in charge of twelve thousand German pris- oners in England, is expecting to go to Shanghai a year or two hence. The Yale mission has written Presi- dent Faunce asking Brown to join with Yale in the work at Changsha, but since it will keep the Yale name and be under Yale control it seems better for Brown to go ahead, if at all, by itself. We might begin by establishing a single de- partment in some college already under wa}', and then if the work grows we could in time have an institution of our own. Why not a Brown, as well as a Yale, in China? RHODES SCHOLARS Following are the men (all Brown graduates) who have held Rhodes Schol- arships: Ralph H. Bevan, Leonard W Cronkhite, George Hurley, Robert W. Burgess, Warren C. Johnson, Howard A. Taber, Norman S. Taber, W. M. Sullivan, W. R. Burwell, D. P. Spalding. Burwell, (a son of W illiam C. Bur- well, '85,) is now at Oxford, and Spald- ing will go next October. Each of the others has spent three years at Oxford, and is now doing honorable and success- ful service in the professions or in busi- ness. This growing group of Bruno-Oxonians should exert a continually larger influ- ence in favor of transatlantic understand- ing and friendship. BROWN ATHLETIC SCHEDULES TKACK Jan. 17. Preliminary board track meet at Providence. Jan. 27. Annual Massachusetts Coast Artil- lery meet at Boston. Feb. 3. Annual B. A. A. meet at Boston. Feb. 17. Novice meet at Providence. Feb. 21. Annual Hartford Armory meet at Hartford. March 3. Annual indoor I. C. A. A. A. A. meet at a place not as yet announced. March 10. Novice and handicap meet at Providence. March 17. Annual interfraternity relay races at Providence. April 21. Annual interclass meet at Provi- dence. April 28. Amherst at Amherst. May 5. Columbia at Providence. May 18 and 19. N. E. I. C. A. A. meet at a place not as yet announced. May 25 and 26. I. C. A. A. A. A. meet at a place not as yet announced. May 30. Annual interscholastic m«et at Prov- idence. WRESTLING Dec. 20. Sophomores vs. Freshmen at Prov idence. Jan. 13. Brown vs. M. I. T. at Cambridge. Jan. 20. Brown vs. Tufts at Providence. Feb. 10. Brown vs. Harvard at Cambridge. Feb. 17. Brown vs. Cornell at Ithaca. Feb. 22. Brown vs. Lehigh at South Bethle- hem , Pa. Feb. 24.. Brown vs. Springfield Y. M. C. A. at Providence. March 3. Intercollegiates at Cambridge. March 10. Brown vs. Columbia at New York city. GYMNASIUM Jan. 20. Exhibition at Attleboro Y. M. C. A. Feb 24. Harvard at Cambridge. March 3. Dartmouth at Providence. March 23. Princeton at Princeton. THE BROWN FOOTBALL DINNER By R. H. McLaughlin, '15 Brown's victories over Harvard and Yale were fittingly celebrated at the biggest and most enthusiastic football dinner in the history of the college, held at Elks' Hall, Providence, under the au- spices of the Brown Club on the evening of December 5. Five hundred Brown men and their friends were present to cheer to the echo everybody and everything connected in any way with the greatest eleven which ever represented Brown on the gridiron. ' It had been hinted by a few skeptics that the Colgate "whitewashing" had temporarily taken the starch out of Bruno's previously immaculate and im- posing front. But the crowd of cheer- ing, singing, shouting maniacs which filled the hall showed itself as eager to honor the team and its coaches as though the Colgate lather had never been ap- plied. A telegram addressed to the Colgate team by the Brown Club and football squad congratulating the victo- rious eleven upon its power, versatility, and sportsmanlike conduct, was received by the diners with a roar of approval. They were not present to celebrate an Eastern championship, but to honor the team which had broken an American football record by defeating Harvard aud Yale in two consecutive weeks. And they did it in more ways than one. Cheer after cheer, song after song, shook the rafters. Bob Jones, as oflicial "pep" inspirer, proved a human dynamo, and although his good offices were scarcely es- sential he performed the duties of his position with admirable success. Coach Robinson was presented with a gold watch suitably inscribed as a token of the appreciation of all Brown men of his valuable services. Coaches Sprackling, Whittemore and Hahn and Trainer Huggins also received gifts suitably inscribed. Mr. F. H. Maynard, President of the General Fire Extinguisher Company^ and an enthusiastic Brown "rooter," presented the 'Varsity team with gold footballs, upon which were engraved the scores of the Harvard and Yale games. Silver footballs were presented to the members of the second team by the Brown Club, in recognition of the large part they had played in making the 'Varsity triumphs possible. A wave of particularly deep and sin- cere enthusiasm swept the hall when "Doc" Marvel was presented with a handsome clock, in recognition of his tireless and efficient services to Brown athletic interests. In responding Mr. Marvel took the opportunity to point out the crying need of a stadium — a need which has been recognized by all who attempted to secure seats for the big games played in Providence this fall. His suggestions and appeal met with the hearty and unqualified approval of the entire gathering. The evening was one of varied enter- tainment. Throughout the dinner the Brown band blared forth popular songs from the balcony. The 'Varsity Quar- tette, composed of Messrs. Jimmy Mur- phy, Purdy, Sprague and Pollard, ren- dered various old favorites embellished with chords never before perpetrated by human voices. The crowd agreed with Bob Jones that Pollard was handicapped by a wet field, for he slipped a trifle in attempting a trombone solo, and several of his runs were far from true to form. Robert P. Brown, '71, President of the Brown Club, welcomed the guests, and introduced Mr. G. Edward Buxton, Jr., '02, as toastmaster of the evening. President Faunce, Governor Beeckman and Mayor Gainer made the first of a series of witty and appropriate five-min- ute speeches, which were scattered through the evening's festivities, ex- pressing the appreciation of the State, 152 BROWN ALUMNI MONTHLY 15S city and all connected with the college of Brown's splendid academic and ath- letic record, to which two such notable successes had recently been added. Other speakers were as follows: Dean O. E. Randall, '84, T. F. L McDonnell, '91, J. J. Fitzgerald, '93, Andrew J, Jennings, '72, Courtney Langdon, '91, H. Anthony Dyer, '94, Coach E. N. Robinson, '96^, Fred Mur- phy, '99, Charlie Towne, '97, M. J. Lynch, '04, J. D. Pry or, '08. Captain Farnum, '18. Walter Camp was, un- fortunately, prevented at the last mo- ment from attending, but sent a most cordial letter to Mr. Buxton, express- ing his disappointment at not being able to be present and congratulating the college and the team upon the splen- did season's record. The greatest credit is due Paul C. De Wolf and the Brown Club committee appointed by him for the financing and organizing of this most successful ath- letic celebration. WANTED: A BROWN AMBULANCE E. O. Bartlett, Brown '91, who is serving in the American Ambulance Field Service in France, writes to a class- mate in Providence as follows : You will probably have heart disease at heaving from me, but I trust you will be able to bear the shock as I want some- thing from you. I do not know whether or not you know that I have for a year been work- ing with the American Ambulance Field Service. I was nine months at the front and never enjoyed anything so much in my life. I went out last November and was six months at the lines before Toul and three months at Verdun, where the French were kind enough to give me the croix de guerre. Then I came back to Paris to work in our administration. I am now in charge of the building and equipping of our new ambulances, which we are turning out at the rate of twenty each month. We now have 175 ambu- lances working at the front and have just sent a Section to Salonique of 25 men and 80 ambulances besides a staff car, a flying work car, a tool car, a two- ton W^hite- truck for sitting cases and a trailer kitchen. Most of the cars are given by individ- uals, but many by schools and colleges. Harvard, Y'ale and Princeton are very well represented among the drivers, but I am the only Brown man in the organ- ization. Most of them are younger than I am, and in fact my nick-name is Daddy. We go right to the postes de secours behind the trenches and carry the wounded from the first aid station to the first base hospital. It is at times very dangerous work and we have lost two men killed and five wounded. Many of us have the croix de guerre and two the medaille militaire. Our reputation among the Fi*ench is splendid, who call us the cassecous (dare-devil) Americans. One medicin chef said to us once that he did not understand it, it seemed as if we executed the orders before they were given. We are constantly needing new cars, for we are sending out anew section next month and the old sections call fre- quently for new cars to replace those worn out or destro3'ed, for we have had several shot to pieces. Don't you tiiink it would be possible for you to find enough Brown men who would be willing to hold up the name of Brown by giving us a new ambtilance.^ All our cars are Fords. W^e buy the chassis in America and build the bodies here. It costs SI 500 to buy a chassis, build and equip the ambulance and maintain it for one year's service at the front. The driver of the car writes every now 154 BROWN ALUMNI MONTHLY and then to the donor telling the experi- ences of the car, and making him realize just how much good he is doing. It would be very pleasing to see Brown's name on the side of an ambu- lance as well as those of Harvard, Yale, Princeton and Ann Arbor. We also have cars from many preparatory schools. My experiences at Verdun were won- derfully interesting. I worked right be- hind Mort-Homme and up to the edge of Verdun itself. For three months I slept out of doors with only a green ground sheet between me and the weather, and damned bad weather it was. We eat the soldiers' food, and draw five cents a day pay. We are friends with all the world from the poilu to the colonel. I trust that my appeal may not seem too exacting and that you can find those who will care to honor old Brown in this way. Yours sincerely, E. O. Bartlett, Brown '91 BRIGHT BASEBALL PROSPECTS The outlook is good for a successful baseball season in 1917. Practically the only men lost last June were Captain Johnston, Andrews, Healey and Dunn. Captain Johnston's loss will be felt the most seriously, for he was a shortstop of four years 'Varsity training and was captain the last two years. The absence of "Buzz" Andrews, also a man of four years 'Varsity experience, from first base will also be a heavy loss. In place of both of these men, however, there are several candidates of ability who will form good material for mould- ing into 'Varsity calibre. Healey was one of the best pitchers on the staff last year and his loss will be serious. The other man who has left college, Jack Dunn, will not be so greatly missed, because of the wealth of out- field men who will report in the spring. Moreover, Johnston, '19, played several games for the 'Varsity at right field in place of Dunn last year. The season last spring was not so suc- cessful as those of other recent years, although the team won 11 out of 18 games. The team was unable to strike its real stride until well into the season, and even then it suffered several relapses. The nine broke even in the series with Dartmouth, Harvard and Holy Cross, and lost both games by close scores to Princeton. Yale did not meet the Bru- nonians on account of interfering wea- ther conditions. The coming year promises a better nine, one which will compare favor- ably with the championship teams of former years. Every position is taken care of by men who were candidates for the team last year, and to these men must be added several new men who are looked upon as likely contenders for places. The pitching staff will have three men of last years's team, Denison, '17, Rich- ards, '17, and Flanders, '17, who can be depended on to give a good account of themselves. In addition to these, there are several promising new men in the entering class, DeVitalis, the 'Var- sity football tackle, is a pitcher who com«s from Exeter Academy with a good I'tecord, being considered one of the best pitchers ever turned out from the acad- emy. Fuller, '20, is another pitcher in the entering class who has given a good account of himself in prep school. Brady of the Freshman class is also a pitcher who is expected to star, while Bagley, '19, who will be eligible this year, pitched good ball last summer in New Bedford and will probably make a strong bid for a position. Two other men who come to Brown with good prep school records are C. H. Denison, '20, brother of Denison, '17, of last year's BROWN ALUMNI MONTHLY 155 "Varsity, and C. F. Abbott, '20, the former from Plainfield High School, and the latter from Worcester Academy. The catching staff will also be strong if nothing happens to any of the men who are at present intending to report. Feinberg, '17, the 'V^arsity catcher of last year, will report again and the con- test between him and Donovan, '18, for a permanenc place is expected to be sharp. Donovan was a member of the 'Var- sity squad two years ago, and has lately returned to college after a year's absence. Maguire, '18, and Erickson, '19, are two other catchers who showed up well last year. The rest of the infield candidates will furnish a brisk competition for the dif- ferent positions. Davidson, '19, at third, and Murray, '18, at second, seem assured of their positions as a result of their work last season, but the positions of shortstop and first base remain to be filled unless Murray switches over to shortstop, leaving second base vacant. A first base candidate of strong ability is Johnston, '19, who played a short time at that position last season. For the other infield position there will be J. P. Murphy, '17;Garside, '18; Tracy '19, and Porter, '19, all of whom worked under Captain Johnston last year, and whichever of these men makes the position it is certain that a worthy successor to Captain Johnston will be found. A Freshman who comes to Brown with a good record at the position of shortstop is B. N. Coulter, '20, who played on the nine at Vermont Academy last year. A man who played on the infield of the Story High nine at Manchester, Mass., and who will be a strong addition to the infield candidates is D. W. Height, '20. The outfield positions, too, seem well taken care of with Captain Ormsby, '17, at centre; Robertson, '19, at left field, and several other candidates for the other position. Four good Freshman players have also announced their inten- tion of reporting for outfield positions when the call comes in the spring. They are Murphy, '20, who comes especially well recommended; R. E. Larkin, '20, from the Abbott School; A. Albert, '20, of the Maiden High School, and E. Stringham, Jr., a former right fielder of the Poughkeepsie High. With this wealth of old and new material the Bru- nonian coaches need have little doubt of being able to develop a good Brown nine in 1917. THE LETTER BOX FOOTBALL HELPS THE TOWN Editor Brown Alumni Monthly: The last time Brown played Dart- mouth in Springfield, the Board of Trade in that city made all the arrange- ments for the game. They fixed up the field, they did the advertising, they in- terviewed the railroads and secured spec- ial rates and raised a guarantee fund on which they had to pay nothing. They did this without the slightest interest in either college, simply for the benefit of the city. The Taft Hotel in New Ha ven would be quite impossible if it were not for Yale athletics. The stores and hotels in Boston reap an abundant har- vest when a big game is played in the Harvard Stadium. A stadium in Prov- idence seating 25,000 people would mean a great harvest for Providence business men. Do they realize it.^ Can they be brought to see \i? Now is the time to strike. The iron is hot. Alumnits Providence, Dec. 12 ALL-NEW ENGLAND DINNER IN BOSTON It was voted at a recent meeting of the Associated Alumni that it would be ad- visable to hold an all-New England dinner this year. The secretaries of all the local associations were requested to combine their midwinter dinners with the Bos- ton one so that as large a gathering as possible could be arranged. With this object in mind, the Executive Committee of the Sons of Brown in Boston and vicinity have been actively engaged in making preparations for a dinner for one thousand Brown men on Januarv 23d. The ball room of the Copley-Plaza has been engaged and large delegations of Brown men are expected from all over New England. The Brown Club of Providence are working in this city, as are also the various classes whose custom it is to hold midwinter reunions. Charles Evans Hughes has accepted an invitation to be present and to speak. President Faunce will be present to represent the University. Hon. Samuel W. McCall, Governor of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, and Judge Arthur L. Brown of the United States District Court, of the class of 1876, have also been in- vited. The double quartette of the University Glee Club of Providence and other musical features are on the program for this memorable gathering of the Sons of Brown. In addition, the football team are to be present as guests, and invita- tions have been extended to the Faculty, so that the Boston Committee are con- fident that this will be one of the largest Brown gatherings ever held outside of Providence. Raymond F. Tift, Secretary of the Boston Association, writes : "We should like to have it made emphatic that this is not a Boston dinner but a New Eno-land dinner. All of the New England Alumni Associations are suspend- ing their midwinter dinners and joining with us. The Class Secretaries have been requested to cooperate and many of them have assured us that they will have a midwinter class reunion on this occasion. It is hoped that a number of undergrad- uates will attend. Alumni are invited to bring guests.'* The committee has sent us no information as to the method of securing tickets, but we are sure that applications sent to the Secretary, Raymond F. Tift, 19 Con- gress St., Boston, Mass., will receive prompt attention. The time for the dinner is 6:30, which will be preceded by a reception at 5.30 and a business meeting at 6. The tickets will cost $4.00 except for the classes of 1912 to 1916, to whom the cost will be $3.00. All out for Brown in Boston, January 23d. OXFORD IN WAR TIME William R. Burwell, '15, Rhodes Scholar from Rhode Island will have Scholar from Rhode Island, writes to been elected, and whoever he may be I Dr. Faunce as follows from Oxford : send him my hearty congratulations. I suppose that by the time you have He has something decidedly worth while received this letter the next Rhodes to look forward to. Although we new BROWN ALUMNI MONTHLY 167 men have never seen Oxford, yet we are not too late to catch a glimpse of what it was like, and to appreciate the full significance of its interesting customs and ancient traditions. No one will ever see Oxford again as it was. Many will see it as it is to become. Few will wit- ness the change. Any disappointment at not being part of what was here three years ago is for me entirely overcome by the realization that I am here in Eng- land an eye witness of, and perhaps a part of, one of the greatest changes that a nation has ever undergone. And Ox- ford will change with the nation. It is true that the few who are here now are passing along as best they can what was handed down to them by those who knew Oxford, but things are changed in the passing, and even if the old type of undergraduate were to return, still Oxford would not be the same. The University will see a new type after the war. A great deal of the old conserva- tism of curriculum must give way to the men who will demand a more effective and practical training for the lives of greater efficiency which they are now learning to live. The English are a wonderful people, capable of getting the best, in their quiet way, from everything, and it is almost trite to say that the Englishmen we shall meet after the war will give us all something to wonder at and think seriously about. This year the colleges vary in size from a membership of four or five to forty or fifty students. No college is closed and the lectures are given irre- spective of the number in attendance. Although there are no 'Varsity sports, different colleges have combined to or- ganize teams in "rugger" and soccer. Many students are taking tennis as their sport this term, and here at Merton we are starting some rowing in the hope of getting a respectable "four" by spring. The social life has suffered of course, but there is no lack of good company, and we all find there is more to do than time to do with. Numbering as few as we do in some colleges, we are naturally thrown in closer contact with the colo- nial and foreign students. In the same section of the dormitory with me are an American, an Englishman, a Scotchman, who is training as a cadet, and a Ser- bian, wounded in the earlier part of the war and now studying, together vvith six of his countrymen, here at Oxford. Ev- ery Saturday evening the American Club, with a membership of around seventy, meets in -its rooms down-town and set- tles some burning question of the day under the leadership of its President, "Bill" Sullivan, Brown 1913, or lis- tens to a talk, perhaps, by a man who has seen much and is really doing things in relation to the great war. I'he man who says there is nothing at Oxford now has not seen Oxford. I should be very glad to get in touch with the new Scholar and give him any information or advice that I can. With best wishes to yourself and all success to Brown, I am, Vours sincerely, William Russell Burwell LATEST PERSONAL NOTES Alumni 1880 Samuel Slater Durfee died suddenly, Dec. Iti, at his home in Providence. He was born in Providence, Sept. 23, 1858, the son of Thomas and Sarah Jane (Slater) Durfee. On the pater- nal side he came of native Rhode Island stock; his great-grandfather was a soldier of the Revo- lution, and his grandfather. Job Durfee, of the class of 1813, was Chief Justice of Rhode Island, distinguished for his services to the State during the difficult period of the "Dorr War." His father, Thomas Durfee, '46, also Chief Justice, was a Trustee of the University, 1875-88, Chan- cellor, 1879-88, and Fellow from 1888 until his death in 1901. On the maternal side his great- grandfather, Samuel Slater, built in Pawtucket in 1793 the lirst cotton mill in the United States. His grandfather, John Slater, was also a cotton manufacturer. His primary education was ac- quired in the private school of Rev. Charles H. Wheeler, in Providence, where he fitted for col- lege. After graduating from Brown he took up 158 BROWN ALUMNI MONTHLY the study of law in the office of Thomas C. Greene, and in 1882 entered the Boston Univer- sity Law School, where he completed the course in one year, and after part of another year of office study he was admitted to the Rhode Island bar Jan. 29, I884.. In 1884. he opened an office in the old Franklin building, on College street, with the late Stephen O. Edwards as an associ- ate, removing, Jan. 4, 1885, to the Vaughan building, where they conducted a general prac- tice. On May 1, 1891, with the addition of Walter F. Angell. the firm of Edwards & Angell was formed, and with Charles Bradley took offi- ces in the Merchants Bank building. Eight years later, the firm of Edwards & A.ngell removed to the Union Trust building, Mr. Durfee accompanying them to that location. Mr. Durfee did very little court practice, de- voting his attention rather to consultations. He was appointed Standing Master in Chancery in 1895. He was a director of the Providence and Worcester Railroad Company. His clubs were the Hope, Agawam Hunt. Psi Upsilon and Providence Bar. He married, March 1, 1892, Eliza Barns Weeden, daughter of William B. Weeden of Providence, and they had two chil- dren, Dorothy and Thomas. 1890 Governor Beeckman of Rhode Island has ap- pointed a commission of five to inquire into the high cost of living. The class of '90 has two members on the commission: Colonpl George H. Webb, chairman, and Professor James Q. Dealey. 1897 Jonathan Taylor on January first celebrated his eighth anniversary in the City Solicitor's of- fice at Akron, Ohio. He writes the secretary: "Some time ago we formed a Brown club com- posed of Smith and Waller, 1900. and your hum- ble servant. That comprises the full quota of Brown men here. We were unable to decide just who should be officers so we decided to re- main privates. We follow very closely the ex- ploits of one Fred Pollard as reported in the Boston Daily Globe, wh'ich we get 48 hours late. I don't think that you people who live so near Providence realize how keenly we are interested in all that pertains to the University and how every scrap of news is gone over and over again." 1905 Warren P. Hill, ex-"05, is now engaged as Public Accountant with the firm of Klink, Blau & Co. His new address is 1143 East Vernon av., Los Angeles, Cal. 1906 Coach Harry E. Pattee has renewed his contract as baseball coach with the Brown University Athletic Association for the seventh season. 1910 Born, Nov. 19, to Mr. and Mrs. Gaius H. Barrett, Mount Hermon, Mass., a daughter, Es- ther Smead. Alan J. Young is treasurer of the Woodley Soap Manufacturing Co., in the offices at 33 Norfolk av.. Roxburj', Mass. His home address is 19 Oakwood terrace, Newton Centre, Mass. Ralph H. Wilmarth is with the Robbins Com- pany at Attleboro, Mass. W. S. Sweet is with the firm of William S. Sweet and Son, Providence. His address is 70 Congress av, Mr. and Mrs. James D. Paterson of Montreal, Can., have announce*^ the engagement of their daughter. Miss G. Isobel Paterson, to Keith Mercer. Mr. Mercer is with the Montreal office of the General Fire Extinguisher Co. of Provi- dence. 1913 A daughter was born to Mr. and Mrs. William C. Crolius at Providence on Dec. 7. Mrs. Cro- lius is a daughter of William R. Tillinghast, '79, of Providence. Alumnae Margaret Bingham Stillwell contributed to the Bulletin of the New York Public Library for October an illustrated article on "The Heritage of the Modern Printer." which has since been issued in separate form. PERSONALITY IN TEACHING The Harvard Alumni Bulletin notes, regarding the meeting of the Associa- tion of Colleges in New England, that "it remained for Brown to propound a ques- tion to which all the world of education would gladly receive a conclusive answer : 'How can we promote the growth of personality (as distinct from erudition) in the teaching staff.?' The fact that such a question is asked and discussed by so representative a body as this associa- tion indicates a healthy realization of a shortcoming in the modern college pre- cisely where it needs to be realized. It is easy to imagine how far the discussion of the question may have carried the as- sembled college officials into a consider- ation of the very structure of modern society. What they brought back from it to their respective local councils is, after all, the important matter." WHY NOT A STADIUM? There is a good deal of talk in the air about a Brown stadium. It seems to be generally agreed that we ought to have something more substantial from which to see our football games than the old-fashioned circus seats of wood at Andrews Field. They are unsightly and they hold, even when augmented as on Thanksgiving Day last, only about 8000 spectators. Surely Brown is big enough, resourceful enough and enterprising- enough to have a concrete stadium that will accommodate 25,000 people. The Alumni Monthly's idea would be to erect a structure that could be added to later if necessary. Whatever we build ought to be of the best construc- tion, even if we only erect a little at a time. Better a first-class stadium than a second-class one, even though it takes us longer to complete it. With the increased interest that now exists in Providence it ought to be a comparatively easy matter to raise the money. We do not know how much it would cost, but now is the time to strike. Now is the time to start a sub- scription. Who will do ii? Perhaps we are a little late. But there will never be a better time than now. Somebody suggests that when we get the stadium we ought to call it the Bear's Den. The Bear's Lair might do. Or just the Brown Stadium — that would suit the Alumni JNIonthly. We should prefer, other things being equal, not to name it after any individual, though if anybody came along with the money and offered it in a single welcome lump, the case would be different. After the Colgate game it seemed to us that we never wanted to see the wooden bleachers again. Perhaps the weather had something to do with our mood; perhaps the defeat was most to blame. At any rate, Andrews Field with its dripping thousands was a depressing sight. That raises another question. Should there not be some covered seats in the stadium.? It does not make so much difference if the football players get rained upon, but when a man takes his best girl to the game and she is all togged out in her best clothes, it is hard to sit on soaking boards and be philo- sophical. And the older a man gets the less he likes a rainy day at the field. The modern professional baseball fields have covered stands ; why not the Brown Stadium.? Well, who is going to start the ball rolling for the stadium.? It doesn't seem to be our business, though we'll accept any contributions that are offered and pass them along to the proper authori- ties. We might even be induced to make a contribution ourselves — only it would be so small that it wouldn't do to head the list. The Alumni Monthly believes very heartily in funds. It believes in having money in the bank drawing interest. It would advocate the establishment of a stadium fund even if there were no im- mediate prospect of completing it. Let such a fund be started and it would be an incentive to every Brown man who thinks we should emerge from the bleacher stage of athletics and get into the Harvard Stadium — Yale Bowl class. It would not have to be a Brown ven- ture solely. Providence is a city of 254,- 000 inhabitants — that is the latest, De- cember 1916, estimate of the Federal Government. We have friends all through the city. They live on every street. Some of them would give us a thousand dollars apiece and some of them ten cents. Why not ask them all to con- tribute.? It would do Providence good to have a stately stadium up on Camp street. The Alumni Monthly sincerely hopes that the big Brown family will not sit around all winter waiting for something to turn up. Too many good projects come to nothing in that way. The trouble seems to be that it is nobody's 160 BROWN ALUMNI MONTHLY business — that it is nobody's business more than it is somebody else's. Then will somebody kindly make it his busi- ness ? We will make it our business, hesi- tantly, modestly, we may even say apologetically, to the extent of propos- ing that President Faunce suggest who ought to undertake the work. Perhaps it should be an alumni committee; per- haps a committee composed in part of alumni and in part of non-alumni citi- zens of Providence. Speaking of Brown athletics, we want to print part of a letter received the other day from a graduate of Brown. He says : "Why can we not have at least an- nually a review of Brown's entire ath- letic season, putting events in perspect- ive and judging their educational and social tendencies and results. At the present time we have reports of results obtained, but we are in the dark as to ideals, methods, plans and policies. We get scores reported but no report as to tendencies and purposes. We have had splendid men in charge of our athletics this last fall — Marvel, Hincks, Huggins, Hahn, Robinson, Sprackling, Whitte- more. What has this large staff been aiming at? What shall it aim at in the next ten years.? Who is the spokesman? "A certain minister ruefully said that as he looked back he could see that he had spent thirty years in getting ready for next Sunday. Are we simply getting ready for the next season.!^ Some men want rowing revived, others do not. Some men want basketball, others do not. What does rowing do for a college? What is the educational value of basket- ball? What was its value when we had it at Brown? Do we need an athletic editor on the Alumni Monthly? Do we need a semi-annual review by some mem- ber of the Brown Club, some man with competent athletic knowledge and good English style? I believe we have as fine a body of men directing our athletic sports as can be found in the country, and yet somehow our constituency does not know what we are really trying to do and seems to think that the only ob- ject is to win games. Heaven save us from that as our goal !" There is a good suggestion here. The Alumni Monthly likes it so well that it has taken steps already to provide for fi-equent athletic reviews in its columns — something more than the mere statis- tical reports of games. But we do not easily follow our correspondent into the ideal realm where, if we understand the purpose he has in mind, Brown would meticulously assay its athletic results. There is a point, it seems to us, where analysis becomes bur- densome. The healthy man does not ask why he breathes. He just goes on breathing and enjoys good health without thinking much about it. Per- haps that is a good enough theory for athletics. Let us have our games, meet our rivals honorably, rejoice in our suc- cesses and grieve over our defeats, and not put too much stress on tendencies and, to use an overworked word, "values." The athletic authorities have been having a hard time in making up a foot- ball schedule for next fall. Most of the teams we have been accustomed to think of as being in "our class" have de- clined to play us, apparently having heard tales of the strong eleven we ex- pect to put in the field next fall. One result of this is that out of nine games played in 1917 only five will be played in Providence. As we go to press it is announced that Brown and Dartmouth will end the season together again, on Saturday, Nov. 24, at the Exposition park in Springfield. The full schedule is as follows : September 29. Rhode Island College at Providence. October 6. Johns Hopkins at Providence. October 12. Holy Cross at Worcester. October 20. Boston College at Providence. October 27. Harvard at Cambridge. November 3. Pending. November 10. Yale at New Haven. November 17. Colby at Providence. November 24, Dartmouth at Springfield. BROWN ALUMNI MONTHLY 161 But we must stop or we shall be charged with having designs, ourselves, on the suggested post of Athletic Editor. It ought to be added that Brown of- fered Colgate three dates but Colgate could not fit any of them to its schedule. The relations of the two colleges are ex- cellent and Brown has already proposed a conference for next spring to arrange a date for 1918. VARIOUS TOPICS BROWN CLUB OF PITTSBURGH The Brown Club of Pittsburgh had its first fall meeting at the Fort Pitt Hotel, Monday evening, Oct. 25. The occa- sion of this meeting, which was of an informal nature, was the visit of the Ex- ecutive Secretary, Mr. R. H. McLaugh- lin. The meeting was presided over by President Allen H. Willett, '86, (for- merly Associate Editor of the Alumni Monthly). Various matters were dis- cussed, among them the question of offer- ing a cup or trophy for the Pittsburgh High School debating teams to compete for. This matter was left in the hands of a committee composed of Mr. Luther B. Adams, '00, (Shadyside Academy), Prof. Hughes (Peabody High School) and Wiley H. Marble, '12. The major part of the evening was taken up with a very interesting and in- structive address by Mr. Mc Laughlin. In addition to posting the alumni on all matters of an academic or athletic na- ture, the speaker was the recipient of the usual avalanche of questions that are hurled at the latest arrival from the "Hill." The speaker emphasized the importance of having a delegate from the club present at the next meeting of the Associated Alumni in Providence. He also outlined to some extent the va- rious methods employed in different lo- calities for getting out the alumni, amongst them the "dollar" dinner in Chicago. To fill the vacancy left on the remo- val from the city of Mr. A. M. Butler, as Secretary-Treasurer, W. H. Marble was elected. All things taken into consideration. and the limited time at the disposal of the committee arranging this dinner, the meeting was a huge success and surely indicates a healthy condition for the alumni in and around Pittsburgh. Among those present were: Professor Allen H. Willett, William E. Lincoln, '68, Leon F. Payne, '07, J. Howard Alger, '09, William Douglas, '94, Charles S. Phelps, '15, Professor Ray O. Hughes, Earl R. Smith, '08, John O. Chesley, '11, Henry K. Porter, '60, Luther B. Adams, '00, Elmer G. Mac- Dowell, '14, William I. King, '97, Rob- ert A. Marble, '05, Wiley H, Marble, '12, David Currier, ex-'Ol, of Washing- ton, D. C. Wiley H. Marble, Secretary. PHI GAMMA DELTA HOUSE Another fraternity house has been ad- ded to the increasing number at the L^ni- versity, through the purchase of property at 56 Waterman street by the Phi Gamma Delta Association of Rhode Island, a graduate organization of the Phi Gamma Delta chapter at the Uni- versity. This is the ] 4th fraternity house on the hill, and one of five houses that are owned by the Brown chapters. The property was formerly owned by the Weeden estate, and is at present occu- pied under a lease that will expire during the next college year, when the chapter will take possession. The house is one of the largest to be occupied by the Brown fraternities. It has 18 rooms, which can be arranged after the dormitory system. The sleep- ing quarters will be confined to the third floor, and the second floor will be used 162 BROWN ALUMNI MONTHLY for study rooms. The first floor will be for social purposes. Phi Rho, the Brown chapter of Phi Gamma Delta, was instituted in 1902, and since that time it has occupied the south section of Hope College. Phi Gamma Delta, one of the largest na- tional fraternities, has 59 chapters, all of which now occupy houses. The officers of the Phi Gamma Delta Association, which has purchased the house for the Brown chapter, are as fol- lows : President, Alfred Fletcher ; Vice President, George Denny Moore; Secre- tary, Henry J. Ji. Stitt; Treasurer, Walter S. Williams. The house is on the north side of Waterman street, a short distance west from Prospect street. BROWN AND KINGSTON On October ^0, the [members of the Faculty in the Biological and Engineer- ing Departments of Brown University made a visit to Kingston, in order to become better acquainted with the mem- bers of those departments in Rhode Island State College. This is the result of a conference called last Spring by Walter E. Ranger, State Commissioner of Education, between representatives of the two institutions. The presidents of each institution were asked to appoint representatives with the idea of forming a permanent committee to bring about closer relations between the colleges. President Faunce appointed Professor F. P. Gorham and Professor W. H. Kener- son ; President Edwards appointed Pro- fessor Royal L. Fales and Professor John Barlow, and these four men have had several meetings. A month after the first meeting at Kingston, the Faculty members of the Engineering , and Biology DepaHments at Rhode Island State College are in- vited to visit Brown. Attempts will be made at these preliminary meetings to work out definite and tangible plans for cooperation. NOTES OF THE MONTH Capt. Mark Farnum of the 'Varsity football team has been reelected for the season of 1917. He is a member of the Junior class. The Brown alumni of Washington held their monthly luncheon at the Cos- mos Club on Dec. 14. Donald P. Spalding, '17, has been chosen as the next Rhodes Scholar from Rhode Island. The New York Sun says editorially in a review of the football season: "For hard, clean, clever play, for all that makes good sportsmanship on the grid- iron, the Brown eleven of 1916 wins praise and admiration." The Brown Freshman-Sophomore de- bating team was victorious over the Holy Cross Freshman and Sophomore classes at a debate held in the Brown Union. The vote of the judges was two to one in favor of Brown. The subject debated was "Resolved that the United States navy should be as powerful as that of any other single nation of the world." Brown upheld the negative side of the argument. ADDRESSES WANTED The addresses of the following: alumni are de- sired. Information should be sent to the Keeper of Graduate Records, John Hay Library. 1887. Howard D. McLeod. 1888. John W. Gilbert. 1H92. Gorham N. Norton. 1895. Allan P. Stevens. 1897. George S. Fox. 1897. Walter H. Russell. 1898. Edwin E. Wightman. 1899. Rev. William E. Baker. 1900. Mrs. Loretta (Ludwig) Blake. 1900. Joseph S. Cole. 1902. Rev. Andrew L. Fraser. 1796. John W. James. 1909. James D. Dean. 1910. Leonidas F. Clarke. 1911. Robert N. Gardner. 1911. Jacob F. High. 1911. Joshua Bell, 1911. Earl E. Jackson. 1912. Francis E. Miles. 1913. Herbert C. Banks. 1914. Earnest E. Yeaton. 1915. Hans H. Rohrbach. a, 1916. Neshan Deseguilan. a, 1916, Shiang-faun Fay. ex-1916. George R. W. French. 1 BROWN VERSE THE BELL-BUOY Close anchored to the rock, I am the bell Forever buoyant on a tireless ocean, And when 'tis calm a quiet tale I tell, Swaying the measures of the rhythmic motion. But when the great winds are free, And waves go raging by, I lift a strident voice and cry "Danger! Death! Keep to the open sea!" And loudly as my clanging tongue can pray I shout "Away !" But whether tempest comes or calm, Here in my place I stay : — Nature, my mistress, bids me what to do And I obey. W. C. Greene, 1876 YOUTH, AGE AND LOVE Youth and I together strode Down a rose-embroidered road. "What is love.^" I asked to try him, As I trod the valley by him. Confident the answer came : "Love is melody and fiame. Love is song and high desire. Love is white consuming fire, ' Love is passion, heart-uplifting. Love is dreamy river drifting. Ardor of the moon-charmed heaven. Bliss that stirs the morn at seven." "What is love.^" I asked of Age, Deep-experienced and sage, Age that walked where gardens flowered. Age uncynical, unsoured. "Love," he said, "is Pain that smiles Down the faint and cloudy miles. Love is Calm beyond pretence. Fronted by Impertinence. Love is innocent upsoaring, Love is liberal outpouring. Love is Life with saintly eyes, Kneeling by its sacrifice." Henry Ruhin.son Palmer 164 BROWN ALUMNI MONTHLY OVER HILL AND DALE Williams College on Nov. 18 at Bos- ton won the annual New England inter- collegiate cross-country championship, defeating University of Maine, last year's winner, and six other colleges. The competing colleges, with their stand- ing by points, were : Williams, 53 ; Maine, 56; Dartmouth, 58; Massachusetts In- stitute of Technology, 103; Worcester Polytechnic Institute, 126; Bates and Brown, tied at 148 each; Massachusetts Agricultural College, 193. Bowdoin and Colby, which had entered teams, did not start. BRUNONIANS FAR AND NEAR Faculty At a meeting of the Sociological Club of New York, Nov. 20, Professor Dealey gave an address on The national social problem: Application of sociological teachings. Professor Delabarre contributes to vol. 18 of the Publications of the Colonial Society of Mas- sachusetts a paper of nearly a hundred pages on "Early Interest in Dighton Rock." The arti- cle is accompanied with many full-page illustra- tions. The University of Chicago Press has issued "The Origin and Growth of the Hebrew Relig- o n," by Professor Fowler. Alumni 1854. Mr. and Mrs. Albert Greene Utley observed the 50th anniversary of their marriage on Mon- day evening, November 29, 1916. 1858 The net valuation of the estate of the late Col- onel Robert Hale Ives Goddard of Providence is $3,271,032, according to the assessment paid to the State under the inheritance act. The amount ol tax paid to the State Treasury is §72,116.45. The assessment of the estate is filed with the State Board of Tax Commissioners and by it cer- tified to the State Treasurer for collection and the State Tax Board. Houghton, Mifflin Co. have issued "The com- plete Poetical Works of John Hay including many poems now first collected, with an intro- duction by Clarence L. Hay." The volume is a choice specimen of bookraaking. It contains a photogravure portrait of Mr. Hay. 1870 WiUiam Ashmore. D. D., president of the Ashmore Theological Seminary (named in honor of his father, that great missionary statesman, William Ashmore. D. D.), situated in the com- pound at Kakchich across the bay from the city of Swatow. China, has completed the greater part of the translation of the Old Testament into Swatow vernacular, thus providing the Bible in their own dialect for a million people. The friends of Daniel Beckwith will be glad to learn that contrary to his usual custom he will spend the winter in Providence, apparently as healthy as when with ringing voice he led the class of '70 in the water procession in 1868. The library committee of the Providence Public Li- brary, in its recently assured prosperity, ap- preciate his services, especially valuable from his long experience as librarian of the Providence Athenaeum. 1871 Robert P. Brown delivered the historical ad- dress at the parish meeting in the celebration of the one hundredth anniversary of the First Congregational (Unitarian) meetinghouse. Prov- idence, in November. 1873 Frederick Whittier Bradbury, M. D., is now practicing in East Greenwich, R. I. The Rev. Joseph Kennard Wilson, D. D., has removed from Portland, Me., and is now Asso- ciate Editor of the Watchman-Examiner, the Baptist weekly newspaper published in Boston. His address is 525 Tremont Temple. Boston. Mass. Luther Tillman James died in Kansas City. Mo., Nov. 21, 1916. He was born at Russell- ville, Ky., Sept. 8, 1850. and, while a child, re- moved to the location where his subsequent life was mostly passed, and where he died. After being fitted foV college at the Kansas City High School, he entered Brown University in 1869, graduating in 1873. He was active in athletics, and was successively a member of the Freshman Base Ball Nine and of the University Nine. He was a member of the D. K. E. fraternity. After graduation, he entered the firm of T. M. James & Sons, wholesale crockery dealers, which had been founded by his father, a firm which is still in existence, and of which his brother, John Crawford James, of the Class of 1871 at Brown University, has been a member for nearly 45 years. He married, Sept. 30, 1879, Miss Mary Heberd, of Vincennes, Ind. Mrs. James died, June 30. 1914, leaving four children, all of whom are still living, in Kansas City, namely. Heberd James, Crawford M. James, Woodward S. James, and Marjorie James. For the last two years of his life Mr. James had been withdrawn from active business, through ill health. 1875 Benjamin Ide Wheeler Hall at the University of California is to be one of the principal units of BROWN ALUMNI MONTHLY 165 the Phoebe Apperson Hearst architectural plans for that institution. It is rapidly nearing com- pletion and is expected to be ready for occu- pancy within a few months. It will be used ex- clusively for recitations and will cost 5^S()(>.()(i(». The architecture is Renaissance. Ur. Wheeler. Brown '7o. has been President of the University of California since 1899. ISTfJ In commemoration of the two-hundredth an- niversary of the birth of Leibniz, which occurred Nov. U, 1916, the Open Court Pubhshing Co. of Chicago has brought out a second edition of Alfred G. Langley's translation of Leibniz's "Critique of Locke." 1880 The firm of Clarke & Howe, of which Prescott O. Clarke. "80. is the senior partner, are the architects for the new Providence Tele- phone Co. building. This will be one of the largest and finest buildings of its class in this part of the country and one ot the best build- ings to be erected in Providence during the com- ing year. Dr. Zenas W. Leonard has opened an office in the Agricultural Bank Bldg. at Pittsfield. Mass. At the general election, November 7 th. James C. Starkweather was chosen a member of the state senate of Colorado from the First Senatorial District, comprising the city and county of Denver. 18S3 Lewis Dexter, agent of the Stark Mills. Man- chester. N. H., was recently elected President of the Textile Club at a meeting held in Provi- dence. He was formerly Vice President. The Textile Club is composed of cotton manufactur- ers of Massachusetts and northern New England. 1884- William A. Viall, superintendent of Brown & Sharpe Manufacturing Company, was the speaker at the second "'college night" of the year given in the Brown LTnion Nov. 1+. Mr. Viall's sub- ject was: "'The Local and Foreign Influence of a Home Industry," and he spoke interestingly on the rise to its present position of prominence of the Brown & Sharpe Manufacturing Com- pany. 1893 President Alexander Meiklejohn of Amherst College and Mrs. Meiklejohn announce the birth on Dec. 10, 191fi. of a daughter. Amaletta Meiklejohn. 1894 Mr. and Mrs. Samuel Willard Bridgham and family will spend the winter in Providence in the house which they have taken at 91 Keene street. 1893 Rev, George A. Gordon. Brown 1895, of Southbridge. Mass.. who has been engaged in district work for the No-License Temperance League, has been elected as the successor of A. B. Crist}^ of the Rhode Island Anti-Saloon League. He will take up his work Jan, 1. The election was made by the board of trustees of the league upon the recommendation of the headquarters committee. After receiving the degrees of A. B. and A. M. from Brown he was graduated from LInion Theological Seminary in 1900. He was ordained as a Congregational minister, and was engaged as assistant pastor at the Broadway Tabernacle. New York, for a while, before going to Southbridge. He was also a pastor at Lancaster. Mass.. for a time. 1896 Rev. Henry F. Huse, who has just left Spring- vale, Mass.. to accept a call to Dover and Fox- croft. Me., is one of the prime movers in the es- tablishment of Nasson Institute. He suggested to the trustees of Nasson estate a school pat- terned after Simmons College, Boston, and in- terested educators in the project both within and without the state. He got out the litera- ture, securing widespread advertisement of the school, conducted the canvass for the first enter- ing class, and literally pushed the matter through to the successful issue it has become. In Decem- ber, 19U. he was made a trustee for a period of three years. Born. Oct. 15, at Raymond, Miss., to Mr. and Mrs. Frederick William Jones, a daughter, Neal. 1897 The present address of M. Hollis Arnold is 52-2 Fruit Hill av.. No. Providence, R. I. 1898 Andrew S. Thomson is Assistant Professor of Market Gardening at Massachusetts Agricul- tural College. Amherst. Mass. He writes that he is "telling how to grow cabbage, celery, cau- liflower." Two years ago he was teaching pedagogy at the Normal School at Clarion. Pa. 1900 Earl A. Smith was elected a member of the Assembly for the State of New York at the re- cent election on the Democratic and Independ- ence League tickets, in the 2Srd Assembly Dis- trict, New York City. This is the largest As- sembly District in the State of New York, hav- ing 3-2,550 registered voters, and usually is Re- publican by a large majority. Mr. Smith de- feated his opponent by a plurality of 1100 votes. 1901 Stewart B. McLeod is the Republican candi- date for Mayor of the city of Brockton. Allan K. Krause, M. D.. has been appointed Professor of Medicine at Johns Hopkins Univer- sity. By a plurality of 124^, seldom surpassed in Brockton's history by a man running for mayor for the first time. Stewart B. McLeod, Republi- can, was elected mayor. Dec. 5, defeating Al- derman W^illiam L. Gleason, Democrat. It was a notable finish in a campaign distinguished for courtesy, fairness and clean-cut issues and among the first to extend congratulations to Mayor-elect McLeod was the man he defeated. Elected on a pledge that he would give Brockton a clean, sound business administration, abso- lutely without favoritism. Mayor-elect McLeod declared as soon as his election was assured that he would redeem this promise. He is a native 166 BROWN ALUMNI MONTHLY of Brockton, the son of Kenneth McLeod of the F. B. Washburn Co., and was educated in the public schools. He was graduated from the high school, from Brown University and from the Harvard Law School. He is a lawyer by profession, a former member and an ex-president of the CommoTi Council and an ex-representative from the 9th district. He has been a steadfast Republican. His strength throughout the city was a tribute to his ability and popularity for he carried 10 out of the 14 precincts and in ward 3, where he lives, he piled up a vote of 1160 to 523 for his opponent. He is a member of Theta Delta Chi. 1902 Everett C. Potter, ex-'02, was elected a mem- ber of the School Committee of the city of Cranston, at the November election, on the Re- publican ticket. Frederick H. Gabbi has recently been elected to the City Council of Portland, Me. Professor Windsor P. Daggett of the Univer- sity of Maine contributed to Sprague's Journal of Maine History for October a piece ot careful research on the "Mournful Songs" of Thomas Shaw. The address of Theodore Frederick Pevear, ex-'02, is 18 Thayer St., Rochester. N. Y. He is advertising manager of the Stein-Bloch Co. 1903 Several of the Providence members of the class were very much pleased to receive a brief call recently from Harry W. Rockwell, who came on to Providence from White Plains, New York, to attend the twenty-fifth anniversary dinner of the Brown Daily Herald, held at the Turks Head Club on the evening of December 4th. In his Senior year Mr. Rockwell was Ed- itor in Chief of the Herald. The only other member of 1903 to attend this dinner was Fred A. Otis, who was Business Manager of the Her- ald in his Senior year. 1904 Mr. and Mrs. Elisha Capron Mowry announce the birth on Nov. ?7, 1916, of a daughter. Mr. and Mrs. Everard Appleton are keeping house at 120 Congdon street. Providence. The first of the Sunday Docent talks at the Rhode Island School of Design was given, Dec. 3. by L. Earle Rowe, who spoke on "Old Chinese Jade," illustrating his remarks with materials in the galleries recently acquired. Robert G. Martin, of Northwestern University, is joint editor with J, S. P. Tatlock, of Stan- ford University, of a volume of "Representative English Plays," published by the Century Co. 1905 Professor George Barrows Obear, Sc. M. '05. assistant professor of Physics at Colby, has re- signed to accept a position in the Case School of Applied Science, Cleveland, Ohio. Bishop, McCormick and Bishop of Brooklyn, N. Y., announce that Frank A. Burr, M. K., has entered their engineering force and will have direct charge of the instruction for owners de- partment at the Halsey street salesroom. He brings to his new work an exceptionally wide experience. He is a practical machinist and draughtsman and holds a marine engineer's li- cense, having served in the Spanish-American war. His teaching experience comprises an in- structorship at Brown, and an assistant profes- sorship at Cornell University. Recently he has been instructor in the school of engineering of the Pennsylvania State College. He has been touring in a Dodge car, accumulating road expe- rience preparatory to the opening of the school, which was set for last month. This idea of a practical school for Dodge car owners is being watched with keen interest all over the country. The acquisition of a man of Frank Burr's capa- city seems to make its success certain. 1906 The Youngstown. Ohio, Public Library, of which Joseph L. Wheeler is librarian, has re- cently obtained four branch library buildings from the Carnegie Corporation and a minimum appropriation of $40,000 a year from the city of Youngstown. 1907 Dr. and Mrs. Asa Sheldon Briggs of Crom- well. Conn., announce the birth of a daughter, Elisabeth, on November 27. Henry G. Clark has entered the office of Richardson & Clark, investments, in Providence, A. Chester Snow is a member of this firm. A daughter was born at Cambridge to Mr. and Mrs. Zechariah Chafee, Jr., Dec. 7. At Grace Episcopal Church. Plainfield, N. J.. Nov. 3, Miss Alice Hoadley Smith, daughter of William Palmer Smith of Plainfield, and Lieu- tenant David Sheldon Barry, Jr.. ex-1908. United States Marine Corps, were married. Rev. E. Vicar Stevenson, rector of the church, performed the ceremony. A reception followed at Fridhem, the home of the bride's father on Belvidere avenue. The bridegroom, his best man and the ushers all wore the full-dress uni- form of the Navy. The bridesmaids included Miss Cora Barry of Washington, D. C, a sis- ter of the bridegroom. Lieutenant Barry's best man was Lieutenant David L. Brewster, United States Marine Corps, and the ushers were Lieu- tenants Wellman G. Emory, George K. Shuler. United States Marine Corps; Garland Fulton, Ernest Gunther, United States Navy, and Law- rence Breese Smith and William Palmer Smith. Jr., brothers of the bride. Lieutenant and Mrs. Barry left for a short wedding journey and on Nov. 11 sailed for Santo Domingo, to which point the bridegroom has been assigned. 1909 Emerson L. Chandler, who was married last spring, is now at North Scituate, R. I., as engi- neer on the new Water Works Reservoir project for the city of Providence. A second son, John Chessman Harkness, was born to Mr. and Mrs. Albert Harkness in New York, Thanksgiving Day. Charles E. Hughes, Jr., was in Providence. Dec. 2. to attend the Brown Daily Herald an- niversary banquet. BROWN ALUMNI MONTHLY 167 Newton G. Chase is conducbing an invest- ment security business in New York. His firm's name iS Chase and Falk. R. S. Von Bargen is with the Triangle Pro- ducts Co.. San Francisco. J. W. M. Banker is in Detroit with the Di- gestive P'ernients Co. Albert H. Poland has entered the investment business as Providence representative of Jackson '& Curtis, with an office at lUH Turks Head Building. 1910 Born to Mr. and Mrs. William S. Sweet. Oct. IH, a daughter. Luella Adams. 1911 F. E. Roper. Division Superintendent of Con- struction, Standard Oil Company, has trans- ferred his headquarters from Portland, Oregon to Seattle^ Washington. His address is 705 Alaska BIdg., Seattle. Announcement has been made of the engage- ment of Mrs. A. Josephine Kirby to Darius Goff, ex-'ll. son of Darius L. Goff. '62. of Paw- tucket. 1913 The marriage of Miss Ottilie Rose Metzger and Norman Stephen Taber, both Brown '13, took place on the evening of Dec. 2, at the home of the bride's parents in Providence. The cere- mony was performed by Rev. Frederick J. Bas- sett, rector of the Church of the Redeemer, and was witnessed by about 60 relatives and friends of the bride and bridegroom. The bride, who was given away by her father, was attended by her sister. Miss Klsa Marguerite Metzger, '19, as maid of honor. The best man was Ralph B. Crum of Poughkeepsie, N. Y., a classmate of the bridegroom at Brown and at Oxford. After a two weeks' wedding journey, Mr. and Mrs. Ta- ber are living at 139 Taber avenue. Providence, where they will be at home to their friends, after March 1. 1914 Abraham Feitelberg has been made Field Sec- retary of the Jewish Big Brother Association of New Yo.k City. 1915 Presc!ott W. Hill is instructor in Mathematics in Wabash College, Crawfordsville, Ind. Born to Mr. and Mrs. A. E. Gottshall, Aug. 32. a daughter, Drusilla Nan. 1916 .Sergeant W. C. Case of Battery A, Rhode Island, has just been notified of his appointment as Second Lieutenant in the U. S. Regular Cav- alry. He took his examinations during the re- cent active service of the Battery on the Mexi- can border, passing with an average of 81 per cent. Enlisting in the Battery in Feb.. 1913, he was appointed Signal Corporal in March, 1915, and in December of the same year, Instrument Sergeant, having charge of the special detail of signallers, agents, scouts, etc.. which comprises the fifth section of the Battery. At Brown he was one of the leaders of the Plattsburg move- ment, having attended the first camp held in 1915. He was elected to Phi Beta Kappa his Senior year and is a member of the Delta Kappa Epsilon fraternity. The address of Charles J. Hill, Secretary of the class, is 15 Manning st.. Providence. Alumnae 1900 Miss Mary H. Stark of the Girls' Latin School, Boston, is taking her Sabbatical year and studying at the University of Minnesota. Her address is 1-219 Fourth St.. Minneapolis. 1907 Mr. and Mrs. Ralph P. Boas (Louise Schutz) are residing this winter at 24 Lake st., Cam- bridge, Mass., where Professor Boas is doing graduate work at Harvard, during a leave of absence from Whitman College, Walla Walla. Wash. Mr. and Mrs. Harry Hadley Thurlow (Ethel Rowland) announce the birth of a daughter, Elizabeth Fuller, Oct. 19. Their address is 44 Pinehurst ave.. Washington Heights, New York. N. Y. The address of Dr. and Mrs. Joseph K. Gro- ver, (Sarah Shapiro) is 951 Blue Hill ave., Dor- chester, Mass. Mr. and Mrs. Daniel Partridge (Lizzie Alma Blackburn) announce the birth in May of a second daughter, Margaret. Their address is 67 Lyon St., Pawtucket. Blanche M. Crapo is teaching salesmanship in the high schools of Providence. The address of the class secretary, Katherine M. MacKenzie. is changed to 82 Garden st., Pawtucket. 1914 Hermione L. Dealey had an article in School and Society for Nov. 11, entitled "The Prob- lems of the College Sorority." CHANGES IN ADDRESSES '68. A. S. Denison, Wells Beach, Me. '69. James M. Rhodes, Miramar, Santa Bar- bara, Cal. '74. Rev. A. E. Johnson, All Saints Parish House, Providence, R. I. '81. George F. Bean, Rice Bldg.. 10 High St., cor. of Summer st., Woburn, Mass. John A. Taylor, 32 Poplar st., Melrose, Mass. '82." Edward A. Swain, 39 Dwight st.. Brook- line. Mass. '83. Benjamin W, Lightburn, 614 West 7th St., Joplin, Mo. 168 BROWN ALUMNI MONTHLY '91. Martin S. Fanning. 47 Adelphi ave., Providence, R. 1. '93. Theodore S. Brown, 3-29 West Main st., Independence, Kans. '94. N. Louis D. Russell, ex-'94. 34 Ocean terrace, Lynn, Mass. '95. William A. Burt, 425 West 160th st.. New York. N. Y. '96. Rev. G. B. Merritt, Ph.D. '96, Inde- pendence, Kans. '97. A. F. Ballou, 53 Maple st., Woonsocket, R. I. '98. Melvin F. Church, 161 York st.. New Haven, Conn. Ralph K. Hyde, 139 University Road, Brookline. Mass. George F. Jenks, 47 Montgomery st., Holyoke, Mass. '99. George W. Baylis, Box 36, No. Diamond Sta., Pittsburg, Pa. Nathaniel F. Bryant, 370 Bay State rd., Boston. Mass. T. H. De Cou- dres. Bristol, R. I. '00. Harold S. Capron, 19 Third st.. Bangor. Me. '04. Harry W. Hastings, State College for Teachers, Albany. N. Y. S. B. Trumbull, No. Lowell St.. R. D.. East Dracut, Mass. '05. Howard R. Heydon. 15 Exchange place, Jersey City, N. J. Alfred W. Ingalls. 173 Es- sex St.. Lynn. Mass. Rev. J. H. Thompson. So. Norwalk, Conn. Rodney Walker, 3034 Harriet ave., Minneapolis, Minn, '06. William L. Little. 70 Pleasant st.. No. Attleboro. Mass. Harris D. Stone. Care of E. C. Gilbert Co.. New Haven, Conn. Walter E. Woodbury, 357 Rogers st.. Lowell, Mass. 'OS. John G. Canfield. 414 Schmidt Bldg., Pittsburg, Pa. A. C. Thomas, 473 Washington ave., Brooklyn, N. Y. "08 N. C. Francis Woods, ex-'08, 30 Baker St.. Lynn, Mass. '08. N. Conrad F Sjoberg, Care of National City Co., 55 Wall st.. New York City. '09. George W. Babcock, 180 Stanley place, Hackensack, N. J, Robert K. Bennett, Stough- ton, Mass. E. B. Conklin, Care of Solvay Pro- cess Co., Syracuse. N. Y. Clarence R. Johnson, 65 Bishop ave., Rumford. R. I. Louis A. Mc- Coy, New Haven, Conn. H. B. Smith. 16 Fred- erick st., Waterbury, Conn. Donald L. Stone, 66 Nassau st., Princeton, N. J. Charles A. Pi- per, sp., 233 B. St., Portland, Me. '10. Roland E. Hutchins, Care of Morgan Eng. Co., 610 Goodwin Inst., Memphis, Tenn. Albert N. Peterson, 402-407 Industrial Trust Bldg., Providence, R. I. '11. Charles A. Barry, Mansfield, Ohio. Mark Mohler, Jamestown, R. I. John M. Montz. 4420 So. Chestnut st., Ravena, Ohio. Harold Wallace, 3633 Pine Grove ave., Lakeview Sta., Chicago, 111. Albert W. Sweet, 131 Broadway, Newport, R. I. '12. E. A. Adams, Algbna, Iowa. Clarence E. Ayres, 5556 Kenwood ave., Chicago, 111. H. K. Dennis, 306 Daniels St., Champaign, 111. A. A. Slade, 43 Chnton place, Newark, N. J. F. L. Tedford, 133 Bellevue road, Lynn, Mass. Robert S. Thompson, 1648 Massachusetts ave., Cambridge, Mass. '13. Wilham M. Howe, 29 Rogers ave., Lynn, Mass. Ira L. Letts. 704 Industrial Trust Bldg.. 49 Westminster St., Providence. R. I. "13. Victor Gelb, Seekonk. Mass. J. Ev- erett Ricker, 19 Rosemary st.. Norwood, Mass. Norris E. Woodbury, 34 Farwell Hall, Newton Center, Mass. '15. Cecil M. P. Cross, 5607 University ave., Chicago, 111. Silas E. Foss, 99 Fair st., Laconia. N. H. Walter S. Hayward, Craigie Hall, Cam- bridge, Mass. Samuel G. A. Rogers, Care of Rev. A. Rogers, Evanston, III. W. Randall Waterman, St. Johnsbury Academy, St. Johns- bury, Vt. '16. Seward G. Byam, 394 Benefit St.. Prov- idence, R. I. Edward I. Cristy, 65 Stewart Bldg.. Providence. R. I. Raymond B. Gallant. New Market. N. H. A. Shoul. 240 East 105th St.. New York. N. Y. 1905. G. B. Obear, Sc. M. "05, 640 Westerly ave.. Lynn. Mass. "00. Mrs. Edwin S. Cobb, Attleboro, Mass. '02. Alice M. Gushing, 193 Atlantic ave.. Providence. R. I. "03. Edith F. Wilcox. 50 Shimotera Machi, Himeji. Japan. "04. Marjorie W. Shaw, H3 Russell ave., Quincy. Mass. "06. Mrs. William L. Little. 70 Pleasant st.. No. Attleboro. Mass. "0^). Elizabeth L. Mayo, Brunot Hall, 3209 Pacific ave.. Spokane, Wash. "11. Mrs. Peter Lawton, 73 Congress st., Greenfield, Conn. Mrs. Ralph K. Stone, 573 East \V St.. Brooklyn, N. Y. '12. M. Elsie Bennett. 30 Harvard ave.. Providence. R. I. Mrs. J. Paul, 79 Pearl st., New Haven, Conn. '16. M. Marietta Burgess, Kingston, R. I. Edith M. Sprague, East Jordan, Mich. Adele M. Wildes, 80 Massasoit ave.. Providence, R. I. Mail turned. '98. '00. '01. "03. '03. "03. "03 A "05. '07. '10. '11. '12. "12. "13. '15. '16. '16. '16. "03. "07. '13. '14. '16. for the following persons has been re- Later addresses are desired. Ertelle E. Franklin. Edwin S. Cobb. Walter Smith. Bradford E. Stephens. Louis F. Baker. Clarence M. Eddy. Prof. Norman A. Dubois. Clarence W. Holmes. Dr. Herbert B. Shearer. Lawrence S. Walker. Robert F. Skillings. Frederick W. Seagrave. Leon E. Smith. Elisha C. Wattles. Leslie T. Little. William A. Graham. Joseph A. LandschofF. Henry A. Morgan. Mrs. Charles F. Savage. Ida L. Rollins. Mrs. Leslie T. Little. Helen H. Briggs. Elizabeth E. Little. RHODE ISLAND HOSPITAL TRUST CO PROVIDENCE, RHODE ISLAND CAPITAL SURPLUS (earned) $2,500,000 $2,500,000 Transacts a General Banking and Trust Business 4« IZ 11 1^ ALLOWS INTEREST on accounts subject to check at sight. Executors, Adminis- trators, Guardiatis or Receivers deposit- ing funds with this Company are by law exempted from all personal liability. ACCEPTS TRUSTS, created by will or other- wise, and is by law authorized to act as Executor, Administrator, Guardian or Re- ceiver. RENTS SAFES in its vaults at $10.00 per year and upwards; also receives Bonds. Jewelry, Silverware and other valuables for Safe Keeping. LOANS MONEY on Real Estate or other approved Collateral. ISSUES LETTERS of CREDIT and IN- TERNATIONAL CHEQUES, available everywhere. DRAWS DRAFTS on London, Paris, Berlin, Vienna and other European cities. FOREIGN MONEY BOUGHT and SOLD. Depositary and Custodian of Funds of Brown University Im2 Herbert J Horatio A. Hunt, Vice-President Thomas H. West, Jr.. Vice-President Henry L. Slader, Vice-President. John E. Williams, Assistant Secretary Henry B. Hagan, Assistant Secretary George H. Capron, Assistant Secretary OFFICERS W i.LS. President Preston H. 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Havens, Assistant Cashier Placfesitone Canal i^ational IBanfe 20 Market Square Capital Stock $500,000 Surplus and Undivided ProHts over $500,C00 ALBERT R. PLANT, President HERBERT F. HINCKLEY, Vice-President CHARLES P. BROWN. Cashier Directora Herbert F. Hinckley Daniel Beckwith Edwin M. Dodd C. Moulton Stone Charles H. Merriman, Jr. Frank O. Field John B. Branch Frederick A. Ballou Albert R. Plant William A. Viall The Merchants National Bank Providence, R. I. 20 We^minster Street Capital, Surplus and Undivided Profits, 81,000,000 SI, 000,000 ROBERT W. TAFT, President MOSES J. BARBER, Cashier FRANK A. GREENE, Asst. Cashier. Directora Frank E. Richmond Samuel R. Dorrance Edward D. Pearce George M. Smith Lucian Sharpe Horatio N. Campbell Robert W. Taft Herbert J. Wells Charles H. Newell WilHam B. McBee Rowland Hazard Everett N. 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