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The house has been on the market for some time, but the entrance of the United States into the war delayed the sale. As a frater- nity house the dwelling is admirably fitted because of both its location and its size. It is a three-story brick structure, facing the college property between Brown and Thayer streets, and is very solidly built. In recent years Delta Upsilon has occu- pied by lease a house at 100 Waterman street. During the war, however, the fra- ternity moved into Caswell Hall, with other fraternities whose members had entered the various branches of the service. It is expected that the new Delta Upsilon house will be ready for occupancy by the frater- nity in time for Class Day and Commence- ment in June. BROWN ALUMNI MONTHLY VOL. XIX PROVIDENCE, MARCH, 1919 NO. 8 A BROWN MAN ON A DESTROYER By Mark T. Greene, '03 So splendid has been Brown's showing in the World War and so no- bly have her sons played their part that I feel some hesitancy in discuss- ing my relatively unimportant expe- riences. It may be, however, that few Brunonians found themselves assigned to the destroyer fleet, and thus a close glimpse or two into the workings of this rather important branch of the naval service will per- haps be interesting. Without in any degree exalting our part of the great game I think it is only fair to the boys who went through many hardships and endured many privations, to say nothing of a certain degree of danger that was always present, to keep in sight the fact that without the protection of the destroyers few if any of the transports would ever have reached port on the other side. During the last six months of the war our work had become so thoroughly systema- tized and so smooth in its operation as to keep the submarines constantly at a sufficient distance from the troopship convoys to eliminate almost all danger. During that period hardly an attack on a troop transport or convoy was recorded, and even the great supply convoys, sometimes in- cluding fifty vessels at once, were not often molested. Beyond all doubt the greatest factor in this successful con- summation, outside of the general efficiency of the ships, officers and men involved, was the depth charge, the small cylinder with its two hun- dred pounds of trinitrotoluol, or "T. N. T.," that meant absolute and speedy destruction to anything with- in 200 yards of it as it exploded. I doubt if the extreme efficacy of this weapon was thoroughly under- stood in the States, at least during the war. It is by no means over- drawing it to say that the depth charge, or "ash can," as it was face- tiously referred to in the service, ex- pedited by many months the victo- rious culmination of the war. This cylinder of high explosive was so ar- ranged as to explode at a certain depth, anywhere from 50 to 150 feet- It could be "set" in such a manner as not to explode at all even when dropped overboard, and it was usual- ly carried on "safe" unless there was reason to believe that a contact with submarines was imminent. Further- more it could not be released at a speed of less than 20 knots with safety to the releasing vessel. Even then the shock aboard that vessel was very severe. The destroyers carried thirty of the charges in a double rack at the stern, and two more on what was known as a "Y" gun, a hydrau- lic release arrangement which was operated from the bridge. Thus it .was practicable to discharge into the sea three, or even four, at one time, and in that manner to form a sort of "barrage" of exploding T. N. T., a destructive agent of almost incalcu- lable power. This was a defensive measure not only highly efficient and swift in its operation, but one also of most excellent moral effect, for the time soon arrived when the enemy became very chary indeed in brav- ing it. The use of this weapon was alto- gether optional with the destroyer commanders, and the frequency with which it was employed depended 155 156 BROWN ALUMNI MONTHLY upon their judgment as to the oppor- tunities for its successful operation. Thus many of the destroyers used depth charges at every appearance of oil upon the water, having in view the bare possibility of the presence of a submarine, while others employed the explosive very infrequently. In my own experience while on the de- stroyer McCall, operating out of Queenstown, Ireland, we used in seven months not over thirty charges, eleven of these being dropped at the time of the sinking of the Canadian Pacific passenger liner Messanabie. This occurred in September, 1918, and was perhaps as complete and effective a piece of destruction as the enemy accomplished on the sea. The Messanabie, a fine, comparatively new, ship of about 14,000 tons, was sunk in smooth water and broad day- light, not over 75 yards from the Mc- Call. The convoy on this occasion was one of returning troopships, which we, with other destroyers, were bringing out of Liverpool, and it occurred not far from the locality where the Lusitania was torpedoed. It was at 12.30 in the afternoon, a few moments after I had taken the watch on the bridge. The convoy had been signalled to cease zigzagging for the time being, and without doubt the crew of the submarine had read this signal through the periscope. They were, of course, perfectly familiar with our signals and system, and they fired at the Messanabie within .five minutes after the flagship of the con- voy had hoisted the flags. The tor- pedo struck, with a dull, muffled re- port, on the side of the victim oppo- site from the McCall and in the most vital spot of the troopship. The lat- ter began to settle at once, and in ex- actly nine minutes nothing remained of her but the extremity of the bow pointing skyward out of the water. This, too, soon sank from sight, while the 328 passengers and crew were left struggling in the water or pre- cariously supported by a few over- crowded lifeboats and rafts. The marvellous speed with which the life- boats were lowered and shoved off from the rapidly sinking liner was a striking tribute to the efficiency of the lifeboat drill as practiced on the British merchantmen. It seemed at the moment altogether impossible that any considerable number of the shipwrecked ones could be saved, yet the McCall and two other escorting vessels that remained behind actually succeeded in saving some 260 of the Messanabie's company and passen- gers. We on the McCall with one small whaleboat picked up the cap- tain, purser, ship's doctor and chief steward, all from the water. They were speedily restored to normal health, and on the following morning we landed them in the little harbor of Milford Haven, on the Welsh coast. Aside from this, out of 21 convoys while I was connected with the Mc- Call, we lost but one small merchant- man, whose crew was easily picked up. My own initial connection with the service was in the capacity first of second-class, and later as acting chief, quartermaster, on the Old Col- ony, a former coastwise passenger ship, which we took across from Bos- ton to London by way of Halifax, N. S., where we were stationed at the time of the great tragedy of Decem- ber 11, 1917. At that time, after a very narrow and almost miraculous escape ourselves, our large crew of 250 was able to play a very useful part in the salvage of lives and prop- erty through the extremely severe weather which followed the explo- sion. For this each individual of our crew was thanked by the Canadian Government and personally com- mended by our own Navy Depart- ment. The Old Colony, after requir- ing several months of repairs at Hal- ifax, sailed for overseas in May, tie- ing up at the East India docks in Lon- don two weeks later. Our experience in crossing was a very unusual one, for we had no protection of any sort on the entire trip, neither defensive armament on board, nor destroyer escort. Even to this day it is inexpli- BROWN ALUMNI MONTHLY 157 cable to everyone that we passed through the so-called submarine zone unmolested. From London our crew was trans- ferred to the destroyer barracks in Queenstown, taking the route via Holyhead, Wales and Dublin, on which the ill-fated Leinster operated. Within a month we were distributed among the 22 destroyers working out of Queenstown, the McCall being the one to which I was assigned. She was one of the smaller ships of her class, of 740 tons, 290 feet in length and 18 of beam. Thereafter I was with the McCall until my release from active service at the League Isl- and Navy Yard, Philadelphia, on January 29, 1919. We left Queens- own on our return to the States on December 16, 1918, making the trip by the southern route with tarries at Ponta Delgada in the Azores and at Bermuda. During my seven months on the McCall our only actual sight of a submarine was on the return from our last convoy trip, several days af- ter the completion of the armistice. On this occasion, just after daylight one morning, a German U-boat camef to the surface some 300 yards directly ahead. We were proceeding back to our base, in company with three oth- er destroyers. The situation was a curious one, and it was apparent that the enemy was in as much doubt as to the desirable course of procedure as we. Naturally, an armistice having been concluded, no hostile act was permissible. But the time was so short that every possibility existed of ignorance on the part of one or both parties as to the real state of things. We circled about for twenty minutes or more, while the submarine made no move of any sort. At length he submerged, doubtless in some appre- hension of depth charges landing about him. However, we did not in- terfere with him. Later we learned that he was returning to Kiel from the Mediterranean, his former field of operations, and that the day before he had come in contact with an Eng- lish merchantman to which he had signalled "I have no hostile inten- tions." Beyond much doubt he had very gladly relinquished any further intentions of that nature when in- formed by wireless of the cessation of hostilities. That was our only actual contact with an enemy submarine. Whether any of our depth charges dropped at the time of the Messana- bie's destruction found their mark is problematical, of course. There was no direct indication of anything hav- ing been accomplished, though much oil was scattered about the surface of the sea. Certainly any one of us would cheerfully have relinquished claim to a month's pay could we have landed the "sub" that did the work. As a matter of fact only six of the American destroyers of Sims' entire fleet, about 75 in all, were credited with the capture or destruction of an enemy submarine. But in view of the fact that some 120 of the U-boats were accounted for by American, French and British destroyers and gunboats, we undoubtedly finished up more than six. Under the existing custom, however, actual credit was not given unless the most tangible proofs, such as the rescue of surviv- ors, etc., could be adduced. This, in the very nature of things, did not of- ten happen. In all probability our de- stroyers "got" at least two score of the undersea craft. And at any rate, since by far the greater part of the work of convoying troopships into Brest, Liverpool and Southampton was done by American destroyers, and that without the loss of a single one when laden with troops, we formed a pretty effective sort of de- fense, if only by frightening away the enemy. It was a hard, monoto- nous, wearying sort of work, enliv- ened by few thrills, characterized by little of the spectacular. Conditions on a destroyer at sea would amaze a man unused to roughing it even to the point of incredulity. Every hard- ship, privation and trial that any sort of service entails was our everyday 158 BROWN ALUMNI MONTHLY life, and not infrequently it required all the fortitude any of us possessed to play the game. But that we did play it, and pretty successfully, is plenty of compensation for it all to every man, and we look back upon it with a serene satisfaction that only he who went through that and the other trials of the "first line" can know. THE STORY OF FLORENCE PRICE A TRIBUTE FROM A FELLOW SOLDIER TO THE FIRST BROWN MAN TO FALL IN THE WAR Lieutenant Owen B. Jones of the Jf2nd Battalion, 5th Royal Highland- ers of Canada, has ivritten to T. W. Prestwich, secretary of the class of 1906, the following thrilling account of the military service of Florence J. Price, '06, the first Brown graduate to give his life in the World War. In your letter of April 20th you asked me to write you giving what particulars I knew of Florence Price. As you are probably aware, he joined the 42nd Battalion, 5th Royal High- landers of Canada, Black Watch, in February, 1915. I was not with the Battalion at this time, but have learned from others that such was his interest in his work and so noticeable was his intelligence in all matters connected with the preliminary or- ganization and training, that he was at once picked out as a coming man and was offered his commission. He refused this, however, saying that he considered he would be better quali- fied to command men after six months' service in France, and that he was unwilling to accept the re- sponsibility of command at that time, as he had never had any previous mil- itary experience. He rose very rap- idly in the ranks, and after about three months was promoted to Ser- geant, with which rank he proceeded to France in October, 1915. His Bat- talion, together with the Princess Pa- tricias, 49th Edmonton and Royal Canadian Regiment, was brigaded and acted as corp troops to the two Canadian Divisions already there un- til February, 1916. In March, 1916, I transferred from another unit already in France and joined the 42nd. I first met Price on the night of the 26th of March. It was a meeting I shall long remember, for we were preparing to go across No Man's Land to the enemy's lines. Price and myself and others of the party, five in number, had our faces and hands all blackened and were armed to the teeth with knobkerries, bombs, trench daggers, revolvers, wire cutters, and the rest of the par- aphernalia. We resembled a nigger minstrel show rather more than a raiding party, and I shall never for- get Price's white teeth gleaming, through the smile of anticipation, in the dark. He was really in the sev- enth heaven of delight at the thought of going into No Man's Land and pos- sibly getting a few Huns, for it was the first time that he had done any work of this kind. He conducted him- self throughout with the utmost cool- ness, and I found it very difficult to restiain him, for his one idea seemed to be to sink his bayonet into a good fat Boche. The following is an ex- tract from the Confidential Sum- mary of Intelligence dated the 26th of March, 1916 : ''On the night of the 24th-25th an officers' patrol reconnoitred an en- emy's advance trench in front of Clonmel Copse. Sergt. Price and Sergt. Jones, 42nd Canadian Infantry Battalion, entered the enemy's trench and proceeded along it for a distance of about ten yards. They heard voices about thirty yards to their right and about twenty yards to their left. They discovered a steel sniper's BROWN ALUMNI MONTHLY 159 plate which they pulled up and brought back to our own lines. A portion of the trench which they ex- amined was about three feet deep and had about one and a half inches of earth thrown up on one side of it. It was not revatted and had no bath- mats. The trench was connected with the wood by a shallow and nar- row communication trench." I might add that the location of our lines at this time was at the apex of the Ypres salient, about one and a half miles due east from the village of Zillebeke. It was rather fun; while Price and myself were nearing the enemy's parapet, crawling through his wire, one of the German sentries evidently spotted us. We rolled into a shell hole and he kept peppering away. Finally he left his post with the intention, seemingly, of getting more ammunition. While he was gone we jumped into the enemy's trench and wrenched loose the steel plate through which he had been fir- ing, then made a hasty retreat to our shell hole. It was amusing to see the Hun come back and look around in a bewildered fashion for his sniping plate. We got away without mishap, and had a very nice little souvenir to remind us of the event. After this Price and myself be- came great friends, and in fact were inseparable. I always selected him to take the leading part in any work that came under my command as Chief Scout in No Man's Land, and he proved to be brave beyond belief, and marvelously self-controlled. I have before me another extract from the Confidential Summary dated May 8, 1916, which reads as follows : "Sergt. Price and Sergt. Jones wriggled with much difficulty through the enemy's front wire, after which they cut a three foot gap in the wire to afford an avenue of retreat. After entering the enemy's advance trench and proceeding a few yards to the south, they discovered a snip- ing plate which they wrenched loose and placed outside the enemy's wire. They then returned and patrolled the trench from ten to fifteen yards to the right and left, and reported that a sentry was seen some twenty yards to the north from the point where they entered, and a working party about ten yards to the south." This escapade was fraught with much excitement, though the official report reads a bit blandly. We had great difficulty in getting across No Man's Land, as the enemy was firing a great number of "flares", and also, for the first time on the Western Front, had the audacity to sweep the ground between our trenches and his with a search light. Machine gim fire was also very hot, and the artil- lery was far from inactive. While we were in the enemy's wire he bombed us very severely, but luckily we escaped, and finally managed to reach the parapet, where we snuggled close to the earth and awaited a chance to get in his trench. While we were lying there a German Non- Commissioned Officer approached from the south. I had him covered with my revolver and Price was ly- ing ready to strike him with his knob- , kerry (or "soothing stick" as he called it) in case I missed him. When the Hun was about fifteen yards away Price whispered to m^, "Jone- sie, if that man passes here he is go- ing to get a headache". That will serve to show how very cool Price was even under the most nerve-rack- ing conditions. The Hun must have heard him for he turned around and we did not see him any more, but to the north was a sentry potting away at our lines at a great rate, and be- fore I knew it Price left me and made a run for the sentry but missed him. Then we returned to our own lines. This was the last time we had a suc- cessful patrol together, and our Bat- talion was then sent to hold the trenches at Hooge. Hooge was a miserable hole with the enemy's trenches at one spot but 38 yards away. It was a question of bombing each other day and night, and in this work Price proved a very 160 BROWN ALUMNI MONTHLY valuable man for he could bowl a ''Mill's" bomb accurately 61 yards, which was about the record for our brigade. Whenever we wanted to give the enemy a really bad time of it, we used to send for him, and the results were always gratifying. He attributed his success at bomb throw- ing to his early training in throwing the discus at Brown University. I have forgotten the exact date, but somewhere around the end of May one of the Sergeants in command of an outpost at Hooge became ill and Price, though resting in the reserve line and comparatively safe, volun- teered to go to this post of extreme danger and take the other Sergeant's place. It was a most unfortunate thing that his bravery led him to do this, for, about four hours later, at 3 o'clock in the afternoon I was going up Sackville st., the main communica- tion trench at Hooge, to visit Price in his outpost, and I met his body coming down on a stretcher with the top of his head torn off. I understood he was lying under a sheet of corru- gated iron, reading a magazine, when he fell asleep, and a large piece of iron from a high explosive shell hit him. His death was a great blow to all of us, for he was much loved by both officers and men, and had proved to be about the most capable man in the Battalion, as well as the most brave. That he never knew what hit him would be poor consolation to him, for he would much have preferred to have died at close quarters with the enemy. He and I had been together day and night ever since March, and naturally his loss meant much to me, but his memory means more. Had he lived a week longer, he would have received his commission in the field and have been decorated for valor by the King. It seems a shame that he could not have survived to re- ceive these honors, for I know how very dearly he hoped to attain honor in that vocation which he termed "the greatest game in the world." Am sorry I cannot give you the exact date of his death, but "Out There" one never thinks of dates. He often used to speak to me of his life at Brown, and we used to plan that after the war we would go to Provi- dence together and look up his old associates. It was, therefore, a great pleasure to me to have realized my part of this bargain in having visited Brown in April last and in having met his President. You cannot ima- gine, though, how very keenly I felt the knowledge that he was not and could not be with me on that visit. I fear I have not given you his mil- itary career in very great detail, but what I have written may go to show that the popularity and esteem that he enjoyed at Brown University was his in even greater measure as a fighting man in the fields of Flanders. Please let me know if I can supple- ment this account in any way, and I shall be very happy to do so if it is within my power. Should his classmates ever be as- sembled, please thank them for me and for my Battalion for having given us a man in all things so splendid. Yours sincerely, Owen B. Jones Lieut. 42nd Bat., 5th R. H. C. MATHEMATICS CLUB The Mathematics Club met for the first time this year on Feb. 14. There was a large attendance, with a number of inter- esting undergraduate items on the pro- gramme. The matters discussed included the life of Archimedes; his "cattle prob- lem," (which embodies "an infinite series, so that the answer has a numerical value so large that it would take a thousand men a thousand years to solve it) ; the "loga- rithmic spiral," and the method of locating the German super-gun. Refreshments were later served. CLASS DAY OFFICERS The results of the 1919 Class Day elec- tions are as follows: Chairman, S. W. Smith of Cincinnati, O.; treasurer, T. C. Watson of Jamestown, R. I.; committee, J. S. Eastham of Methuen, Mass., H. J. Peters of Jersey City, N. J., and H. W. Tindall of Providence. GENERAL EDWARDS VISITS BROWN From The Providence Journal When Maj. Gen. Clarence R. Edwards, commander of the Department of the North- east, and formerly at the head of the 26th Division in France, \asited Brown late in February, he gave an address of an hour's length in Sayles Hall and held throughout the close and enthusiastic attention of the audience, which filled the hall. He re- ceived a great ovation from the undergraduates. MIDWINTER REUNIONS BROWN ENGINEERS Thirty-one of the engineering fa- culty and alumni met on the evening of Friday, January 17, 1919, at the Hotel Bristol, 129 West 48th st.. New York City, for their sixth annual re- union. The atmosphere of the Brown Club was lacking for this year's din- ner but thanks to the efforts of T. E. Tolson, '06, of the Hotel Bristol the affair was very agreeable. At the conclusion of the dinner, Professor J. A. Hall acted as toastmaster, intro- ducing members of the faculty and others who gave addresses. All those present were heard from in this or other ways. Professor Kenerson, who was on the point of leaving for overseas ser- vice in educational work for the Y. M. C. A., spoke briefly of his prospec- tive work. F. E. Winsor, '92, D. K. Bartlett, '98, H. P. Quick, '87, G. M. Purver, '01, and Professors A. E. Watson, Hardy Cross, and Sydney Wilmot made interesting addresses and the meeting concluded with a general informal social hour. H. D. Winsor, '09, chairman of the local committee, deserves great cred- it for the arrangements of this, one of the most successful and largely at- tended reunions of the engineering alumni. BROWN AT WASHINGTON The 21st annual meeting and din- ner of the Brown Alumni Club of Maryland and the District of Colum- bia was held at Cushman's, Washing- ton, D. C, on the evening of Feb. 4, with 38 present. In the absence of Presid'ent Call, who was in France, Vice President Burnett presided. . At the brief business meeting that 161 162 BROWN ALUMNI MONTHLY preceded the dinner, the treasurer read an annual report and called at- tention to the satisfactory attendance at the regular monthly luncheons dur- ing the past year, an average attend- ance of eighteen having been main- tained. He also stated that a total of seventy-one different men had been present during the year, showing the changing character of the attend- ance, due in large part to the many men in the military or allied services. H. E. Day, W. G. Leland and W. A. Slade were appointed a nominating committee, with instructions to re- port nominations for officers at the close of the dinner. Upon the pre- sentation of the report the following officers were unanimously elected : Edmund C. Burnett, '90, president; W. Clayton Carpenter, '06, vice president; Reg- inald L. Brown, '03, secretary-treasurer; executive committee (in addition to the above) George W. Field, '92, Marcus W. Lyon, '97, John Raymond Lapham, '09. The president was authorized to appoint a delegate from this club to the twelfth annual meeting of the Ad- visory Board of the Associated Alum- ni at Providence, March 5. The club then adjourned to the din- ing room, where, after dinner, Presi- dent Faunce gave an interesting ac- count of Brown in war time, and an inspiring view of its purposes during reconstruction. Maj. Dana T. Gal- lup, '0^, just back from the front line trenchfes, also spoke interestingly, and Thomas B. Appleget, executive secretary, urged upon the alumni the necessity, and the proper methods, of bringing the college to the attention of men who are contemplating going to college. PHILADELPHIA REUNION The alumni of Brown University residing in Philadelphia and vicinity held their 50th annual dinner and business meeting on Feb. 5 at the Me- ridian Club, Philadelphia. The fpllowing officers were elected for the ensuing year': William E. Chalmers, D. D., '93, presi- dent; Dr. D. H. Fuller, '86, 1st vice presi- det; H. G. Leighton, '03, 2nd vice presi- dent; Charles S. Shinn, '06, secretary; Hor- ace P. Dormon, '96, treasurer; L. W. Nick- erson, W. R. Swint, P. T. Fort, executive committee. Dr. Faunce and Executive Secre- tary Appleget of Brown were guests and speakers. President Faunce gave an excellent address on the problems of reconstruction and the part Brown played in winning the war. Mr. Ap- pleget spoke briefly of the $150,000 deficit and stirred his hearers yith a deeper devotion to the Old College, and a keener sense of individual re- sponsibility to "boost" Brown Uni- ^ versify. Other speakers were Dr. W. 1 W. Keen, '59, William C. Joslin, '76, ^ Charles S. Shinn, '06, and Dr. Wil- liam E, Chalmers, '93. A delegation of Brown men from Wilmington and vicinity, young chemists and engineers of the Du- Pont Company, were present and kept things lively with the old yells i and Brown songs old and new. ^ The oldest Brown Alumni Associ- ation (Philadelphia) and the young- est (Wilmington) joined forces and pledged each other and Brown Uni- versity their help and devotion. The Wilmington Club has started off with lots of pep and plans a dinner each month during the year. They invite all Brown men in the vicinity of Wil- mington to join them at the Hotel DuPont on the last Saturday of each month for a Brown night. The secretary of the Philadelphia Brown Club will be glad to receive the names of Brown men in the vicin- ity of Philadelphia and place them on the roll of membership in the Phila- delphia association. CHICAGO DINNER The Victory banquet of the Brown Alumni Association of Chicago was held February 14th in the Hotel La- Salle. Lieut.-Col. Noble B. Judah, '04, who recently returned from France, where he was decorated with the croix de guerre, told a thrilling story of the development of the American Army under the tutelage of the BROWN ALUMNI MONTHLY 163 French and British officers. What the doughboys did in France has been told and printed in every paper in the land, but it has never been told with greater effect and in a more simple manner than Col. Judah told it. Col. Judah served through all the American participation in the war. On Feb. 21, 1918, he was transferred from Col. Reilly's regiment to the general staff of the 42nd Division, and later was sent to the general staff of the First American Army. President Faunce gave an interest- ing account of the college in war time and the efforts now being put forth to place Brown back upon a peace basis. Among the Brown men present from other cities were William R. Dorman, '92, of New York, trustee of the university; Horatio N. Otis, '04, of Providence, and Rev. John A. Foote, ,'09, of Japan. The election of officers for 1919-20 resulted as follows: Lieut.-Col. Noble B. Judah, '04, presi- dent; Wallace D. Lane, '99, vice president; H. E. Roelke, '11, secretary-treasurer; Franklin I. Chichester, '08, Julius A. John- son, '82, Abram Mendenhall, '91, Archie R. Webb, '05, Thos. H. Booth, '04, Francis W. CaiTet, '08, executve committee. LUNCHEON AT DETROIT The Brown alumni luncheon at De- troit, Michigan, was held on Monday noon, Feb. 17, at the Detroit Athletic Club. All alumni were invited as the guests of Wilfred C. Leland, '92. Her- bert H. Rice, '92, one of the latest members of the Corporation, is now residing in Detroit, and was present. An organization was effected, Mr. Leland being elected president and Theodore B. Farnsworth, '12, secre- tary. Reminiscences of college days were given by Jared W. Finney, '65. On the motion of Mr. Rice it was voted to establish a scholarship, open to members of the Detroit High School, and enabling such students to attend Brown University. Fourteen were present at the lun- cheon. THE BOSTON DINNER Nearly or quite 400 Brown men were in attendance at the annual din- ner in Boston on the evening of Feb. 19. It was the 46th of the Boston Brown series, and the scene was the City Club. The annual election resulted as fol- lows: Dr. Hermon Gary Bumpus, '84, president; Appleton P. Williams, '89, Professor Ly- man C. Newell, '90, Fred W. Woodcock, '91, Professor Dallas Lore Sharp, '95, Ar- thur W. Pinkham, '02, vice presidents; Wil- liam T. Pearson, '06, treasurer; George B. Bullock, '05, secretary; C. Douglas Mercer, '06, Henry K. Metcalf, '02, Leonard W, Gronkhite, '05, Homer N. Sweet, '07, F, Hartwell Greene, '15, executive -committee. The speakers were President Faunce, Professor Richard M. Vaughan, '95, of Newton, Captain Andre Morize of the French Army, Lieutenant Wm. P. Sheffield, Jr., '15, and Chester S. Allen, '04, who was just back from France. Dr. Faunce said Brown is proud of the scars incurred in America's service and is now attacking her re- construction problems with the ideal- istic spirit of war time. He declared that the effect of the war on the great majority of men had been good; a few may have roughened under the strain, but all are maturer and have a more serious attitude toward col- lege work. Nineteen out of 20 men are coming back to college. They re- alize better than ever before the im- porance of life preparation. Captain Morize said college men proved the best soldiers in the field. Lieutenant Sheffield, who was at the battle of Chateau Thierry, told of his thrilling experiences at the front. Chester S. Allen described the begin- ning of the reconstruction work in the French and Flemish textile cen- tres. Professor Vaughan read a list of 35 Brown men who died in the war. Executive Secretary Thomas B. Appleget, '17, announced that John D. Rockefeller, '97, had contributed $30,000 toward the $150,000 War Emergency Fund, and had agreed to 164 BROWN ALUMNI MONTHLY give $20,000 more if $200,000 in all were raised. This announcement was greeted with great applause. The amount in hand was reported to be $105,000, from 609 contributors. A delegation of 12 from the Uni- versity Glee Club of Providence helped in the singing of such songs as "0 Mother Dear, Brunonia," **Lauri- ger Horatius" and "Rah, Rah, Bruno- nia." Captain John D. Edgell, '64, of Gardner, Mass., the oldest alumnus present, has been in attendance at all but two of the 46 Boston dinners. WOONSOCKET DINNER The 24th annual Brown dinner at Woonsocket occurred on Feb. 24, at the Hotel Warren, The speakers were Dr. Faunce, Professor Hunkins and Dr. Lester A. Round, State patholo- gist. Retiring President Judge J. Earle Brown, '01, presided. Officers for the coming year were elected as follows : Wendell A. Mowry, '93, president; Dr. Frank W. Senior, '97, vice president; Fred- eric Earle Whitaker, '88, secretary; Henry A. Dursin, Jr., '16, treasurer; Dr. Frederick A. Coughlin, '04, Rudolph A. Gladue, '18, R. L. Brooks, '07, executive committee; L. M. B. Sweet, Rev. Charles A. Denfield, A. A. Mulligan, nominating committee. FRESHMAN PRIZES The award of prizes and premiums for excellence in preparatory studies to mem- bers of the Freshman class this year shows that Clarence Manton Eddy had the un- usual honor of receiving three first pre- miums and one second premium. The awards were as follows: The President's Premiums in Greek: The first premium to Clarence Manton Eddy of 25 Payton street and a collateral first pre- mium to Helen Louise Urquhart of 21 Jewett street. The President's Premiums in Latin: The first pre;nium to Clarence Manton Eddy; the second premium to William Chase Greene, Jr., of 4 Barnes street. The Hartshorn Premiums in Mathemat- ics: The first and second premiums divided in equal parts between Clarence Manton Eddy and Wallace Nutting Thurber of 44 Halsey street. The Entrance Premiums in French: The first premium to Charles Hopkins of Che- pachet, R. I. ; the second premium to Clar- ence Manton Eddy. The Caesar Misch Entrance Premiums in German: The first premium to Charles Hopkins; the second premium to William Seaman of 92 Lippitt street. M. L T. SWIMMERS WIN Massachusetts Institute of Technology beat Brown at swimming in the Colgate Hoyt Pool, Feb. 8. The summary: 50- Yard Swim y 1— Bedell, M. I. T. 2 — Tie between Scranton, M. I. T., and Lawton, Brown. Time — 27 2-5 seconds. 100- Yard Swim 1— Untersee, M. I. T. 2— Fish, M. I. T. 3 — Hoving, Brown. Time — 1 minute 8 2-5 seconds. 220 Yard Swim 1— Fish, M. I. T. 2— Greene, M. I. T. 3 — Johnston, Brown. Time — 2 minutes 58 seconds. Dives 1 — Greene, Brown. 2 — Lawton, Brown. 3— Bedell, M. I. T. Plunge 1— O'Daley, M. I. T. 2 — Welch, Brown. 3— Rogvin, M. I. T. Distance — 61 feet. Relay Won by Brown (Stearns, Hoving, Capt. Peters, Lawton) over M. I. T. (Bedell, Col- ton, Scranton, Untersee). Time — 1 minute 48 2-5 seconds. COMMISSIONS FOR BROWN MEN Nine Brown men received their commis- sions on Feb. 7 at Fortress Monroe after successfully completing the three months course of training. They left the S. A. T. C. shortly after the signing of the armis- tice to take the officers' training course in heavy artillery and were discharged on the date mentioned and placed on the reserve list of officers. Most of the men intend to wait until next fall before returning to college, but a few have hopes of entering for the third term, which commences the latter part of March. The men who re- ceived their commissions are as follows: F. L. Chesley, '19; T. W. Ames, '20; R. K. Dewey, '20; R. A. Bogle, '20; A. Mochau, '21; R. G. Noyes, '21; E. H. Windsberg, '21; K. B. Armstrong, '22, and M. M. Bates, '22. JUNIOR WEEK COMMITTEE Chairman, D. S. Shaw; Secretary, W. S. Shay; Treasurer, L. R. Smith; Members, E. F. Beagan, F. D. Brigham, A. L. Brisk, C. H. Dennison, R. Hall, A. D. Hill, H. E. Marr, A. M. McDougall, J. A. McGhee, Jr., H. C. North, B. B. Orwig, L. A. R. Piere, R. H. Sarle, J. Smith, E. C. Welch, H. A. Campbell, F. E. Shoeneweiss and B. A. Waterman. BPwOWN ALUMNI MONTHLY 165 BROWN ALUMNI MONTHLY Published for the Graduates of Brown Uni- versity by the Brown Alumni Magazine Co. Robert P. Brown, Treas., Providence, R. I. 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, Pi-ovidence. Joseph N. Ashton, '91, Andover. William R. Donnan, '92, New York. George A. Gaskill, '98, Worcester. Henry R. Palmer, Editor Clinton H. Currier, Business Manager Business Office, Brown University P. O. Box 72 Subscription, $1.00 a year. Single Copies, 10 cents. There is no issue during August and Sep- tember. Entered at the Providence post-office as second-class matter. The management of the magazine will not hold itself responsible for any failure of delivery where the subscriber has not promptly notified it of his change of ad- dress. The old as well as the new address should be given. MARCH, 1919 The Brown Alumni Monthly cannot un- dertake to return manuscripts sent to it for publication unless they are accompa- nied by sufficient postage. WANTS MODERN HISTORY The Brown Daily Herald publishes a "college opinion column" in which undergraduate writers sometimes ex- press themselves with frank and in- teresting vigor. For example "S. T." writes in criticism of what he re- gards as a superabundance of courses having to do with medieval and an- cient times. We venture no commen- tary on his remarks, which are as fol- lows: "For the past few weeks we have heard a number of the college author- ities emphasize the need for a liberal education in American institutions. We have been told of the new life that our colleges have acquired. But what is Brown doing toward making her men feel that they are living in a new and better era? "In looking over the catalogue, it grates one to see so many courses on medieval and antiquated ages offered, yet unfortunately, few, if any, given on that which should concern us most to-day. At the present time a study of 'World Politics' is of far greater value and importance to our genera- tion than an intensive course on pre- historic times which deals with ideas many of which are improbable, im- possible and perhaps perverted. No wonder that the average student has a hazy or superficial notion of what is taking place across the sea! Can you load a man's brain with prehis- toric and obsolete facts and expect him to think in terms of modern problems ? "The only agency which the stu- dent has at his disposal in getting in- to touch with the activities of a na- tional or international character is the newspaper which he picks up at random, glancing at its headlines and casts aside. The place to get definite, reliable information on what is tak- ing place before our very eyes is not in the colored, subsidized press, but in the class room where men can dis- cuss, interpret, and give an unbiased attitude to current problems. And there is no course which can serve that purpose better than that on 'World Politics.' " A WAR MEMORIAL President Faunce, at the request of the Executive Committee of the Brown Univer- sity Corporation, has appointed the follow- ing persons as a Committee on a University Memorial to the alumni and undergraduates who have died in military service during the Great War: William Gammell, Theo- dore F. Green, E. A, Burlingame, Edmund Wood, C. L. Collins, M. D., Alfred K. Pot- ter and Harold C. Field. CLASS OF '80 PRIZES The subject for the discussions and for the essays for the class of 1880 prizes has been announced as follows: "Should rush- ing and pledging for fraternities at Brown University be postponed until the second semester?" BROWN HERALD A DAILY ONCE MORE By E. P. Jackson, ^30, Associate Editor of the Herald Saturday, February first, marked the beginning of a new era in the his- tory of the Brown Daily Herald. For a period of twenty-five years the Her- ald was an influential factor in the college life on the hill, and it was only under the stress of war conditions that the paper was compelled to break its record of continuous daily publi- cation. But now that the editors have had the courage, and it has tak- en courage, to put the word "Daily" back again, the Herald is making an attempt to be much more than it was before. This, however, does not mean that the Herald has not served a defi- nite purpose in the past. The new policy with its innovations and exper- iments is merely following out the watchword "Progressivism," by which the Herald has always ordered its existence. Before delineating the details of the new Herald it would, perhaps, be well to see just what the paper has stood for and what it has meant to Brown men in the past. Ever since the first issue on December 2, 1891, the Herald has always disregarded the bonds of convention and has done its utmost to promote the best inter- ests of the University. The Herald started the ball rolling among the un- dergraduates in 1911-12 in the mat- ter of the Endowment Fund. It was foremost in the movement about fif- teen years ago to wipe out the in- trigues of college and class politics. It helped to regain for Brown the athletic prestige she had lost in 1904 when the eligibility question was brought up. All the worthy college organizations and activities have al- ways been ardently and consistently supported in its columns. In num- berless other ways, too, it could be pointed out how the Herald has be- come much more than a mere dispen- ser of information. In fact, it has become a necessary factor in our Brown life. After April 1917, owing to the dis- organized state of college activities, the editors were obliged to drop the word "Daily" from the caption and to limit publication to three days a week. During the trying days of the S. A. T. C. and the Naval Unit the Herald still kept its head up and ap- peared as a semi-weekly. These were hard days indeed, and it is greatly to the credit of the Herald that it was not obliged to suspend publication en- tirely, as was the case with many other college papers. But on the first of February the Brown Daily Herald once more ap- peared, a rejuvenated publication. Now it is better in every way, and variety in style and substance is the keynote of the new policy. In order to provide an abundance of material for selection the work has been sys- tematized and many agencies are busy. Each member of the board has a particular department and it is his business to see that the paper is pro- J vided with plenty of up-to-date infor- 1 mation of this particular kind. For example, one man is responsible for looking through the contemporary college papers and getting any ex- | tracts that will be of interest to \ Brown men. This provides material for the daily column on "Intercollegi- ate News, Sports and Otherwise." One member of the board who is an ardent theatre-goer has consented to write reviews and announcements twice a week for the "Music and Drama" department. The "Library Notes" every Thursday are intended to keep Brown men informed as to the advantages and books of the ex- tensive libraries of the University and of Providence. Pertinent infor- mation from the editorials of leading newspapers and college dailies ap- pears each week under the heading "Contemporary Press Wisdom." The trials and tribulations of our masters are set forth in detail under "Faculty 166 BROWN ALUMNI MONTHLY 167 Notes." "College Opinions" consist of honest criticisms and opinions of undergraduates published for the in- formation and benefit of all. The Herald is an impartial medium in this matter and will not be responsi- ble for any of the opinions expressed. The editors are systematically look- ing also for letters of general interest from former Brown men and others. These are published whenever possi- ble. The purpose of all this is to pro- vide an inexhaustible and rich amount of material for the paper. The policy is to have each edition fill- ed with short, readable articles that are full of "pep," teeming with infor- mation and dealing with a great va- riety of topics. Although a secondary factor in comparison with substance, the out- ward appearance of a paper is an im- portant factor in its success. Conse- quently, the idea of variety is also be- ing applied to the style and printing. Everyone admits that the sheet now looks much more "newsy." This is due to a number of innovations in the headings and styles of type. The Ju- nior editors are being allowed much freedom in the arrangement of news stories and headlines. The purpose, of course, is to get the Herald out of • its rut and make it more of a news- paper. If carried to excess this pol- icy would be unwise for a college daily, but, if exercised in moderation, it undoubtedly adds to the attractive- ness and popularity of the paper. Brown already has the honor of be- ing the fifth college in the world to establish a daily and of being one of the smallest to maintain one. During the past twenty-seven years the Her- ald has made a place for itself in the college world, and now let us hope that in the future it will gain an even more significant rank. BASEBALL CANDIDATES R. C. Knight, '21, last year's 'Var- sity pitcher, will again be the leading candidate for the same position with A. L. Brisk, '20, and C. H. Denison, '20, the other veterans from last year's squad. W. M. de Vitalis, '20, the 'Varsity pitcher on the 1917 nine, is still in service, but there is a pos- sibility that he may return in time to enter for the third term. A. E. Mil- ler, '22, is a Freshman who had a good record at South Kingstown High, as F. E. Eteson, '22, had at Dean Academy. Unless Donovan, '19, returns to col- lege by the beginning of next term, O. W. R. Erickson, '19, will hold the position behind the bat, with A. L. Zucco, '22, as substitute. On first base a battle royal is ex- pected between Weeks, '19, last year's first sacker, and J. C. Johnston, '19, who covered the bag in the 1917 sea- son. One of these men will probably be sent to the outfield, as R. Green, '21, should make a capable substitute for the position. Capt. B. N. Coulter, '20, will be found at second, with A. W. Merewether, '22, the best second baseman in the Rhode Island Inter- scholastic League last season, as his only competitor. E. S. Porter, '19, last year's in- field star, will again cover the short field, with either E. E. Nelson, '19, or S. G. Samson, '21, beside him at third. Other men, with the names of their preparatory schools, who are out for third base are 0. G. H. Oden, '21, Providence Classical High ; F. J. Jor- dan, '22, McBurney Prep; H. F. Tracy, '22, B. M. C. Durf ee High ; J. Marto, '22, East Greenwich Acad- emy; J. Farrell, '21, Carlton Acad- emy; G. B. Phillips, '22, Plainfield High; A. B. Moody, Jr., Providence Hope High; E. W. Smith, '22, Glen Ridge High, and A. J. Curry, '22, Providence Technical High. In the outfield, either Weeks or Johnston will be found in left, with Coolidge or Nelson in middle. Hugh Robertson, '19, regular right fielder on the 1916-17 teams, is still in 168 BROWN ALUMNI MONTHLY France, so that the third place in the outfield will be covered by a Fresh- man. The most promising candidates are J. Whorf, Randolph Macon Acad- emy; H. W. Doyle, Providence Hope High; J. Pierce, Somerset High; J. E. Serven, Phillips Andover Acad- emy; L. S. Chick, Moses Brown School; J. E. Peckham, Colby Acad- emy; H, L. Pittenger, Trenton High; and R. D. McLean, Westbrook Semi- nary. EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE The regular meeting of the Advis- ory and Executive Committee was held in the president's office on Feb- ruary 21, at 2.30 p. m. The report of the superintendent of grounds and buildings was pre- sented and its recommendations adopted. It was voted to set apart a portion of Maxcy Hall as the headquarters of the new department of nautical science. It was voted that the title of Professor Theodore H. Brown be "assistant professor of nautical sci- ence." It was voted that Mr. Bert Emsley and Mr. Grover C. Loud be appointed instructors in English. Plans for the summer session of the university were considered, and it was voted that the president ap- point a sub-committee with full power to make arrangements and en- gage instructors for the summer ses- sion. A report was presented from the Committee on Soldiers' Memorial, recommending that the memorial take the form of a gateway to be erected at the Thayer street entrance of the campus, opposite Manning street. Sketches of a possible design were presented and the whole matter was thoroughly considered. After further discussion of univer- sity affairs the committee adjourned at 5 o'clock. NOVICE MEET At the novice meet, Feb. 1, on the board track on Lincoln Field some good records were made. The track was in poor condi- tion and the men had had little training, but the results as a whole were encourag- ing. The scores were as follows: Relay trials — First, Cuddeback, '21, in 50 3-5 seconds; second, tie between Brisk, '20, and Besser, '20; third, Standish, '21. 40-yard dash — First, Murphy, '22; sec- ond, St. George, '22; third, Blocher; fourth, Campbell. Time 5 1-5 seconds. Half-mile run — First, Sikes, '22; second, Forstall, '22 ; third. Gale, '22 ; fourth, Davis, '21; fifth, Phelan, '22. Time 2 minutes 21 1-5 seconds. Mile — First, Wells, '22; second, Arnold, '21; third, Crosby, '22. Time 5 minutes 7 seconds. Shot put — First, Perry, '22; second, Pat- terson, '22; third, Greene, '22; fourth, Adams, '21; fifth. Glover, '22. Distance 35 feet 8 inches. Broad jump — First, Greene, '22; second, Lapham, '22; third, Campbell, '22. Dis- tance, 17 feet 2 inches. High jump — First, Hunter, '20; second. Greene, '22; third, Moulton, '19. Height 5 feet 6 inches. Officials: Starter — Hahn; Clerk of Course — Bailey; Judges — Peters, Smith, Eastham, Greene, Stringham; Timers, | Smith, Browning and Isaac. MUSICAL CLUBS The Brown Musical Clubs opened the season Saturday night, Feb. 8, with a con- cert at the University Club. The hall was crowded, and, although this was the first public performance of the year, the whole entertainment passed off as smoothly as the best of 1918. The Glee Club was espe- cially good and showed great improvement under the coaching of Mr. Archer. NAVY BEATS BROWN The Second Naval District basketballj team beat Brown, 22 to 16, at Providence, Jan. 29. This was our fourth game and second defeat of the year. In spite of los- ing, the showing by Brown was the best she had made to date, the team was: Weeks, r. g. ; Miller, 1. g.; Mallory, c; Pieri, r. f.; Samson, 1. f. BROWN ALUMNI MONTHLY 169 FACULTY CHANGES Several changes have been made in the personnel of the University faculty. Pro- fessor W. H. Kenerson of the Engineering Department, goes to France to assist the Government in instructing American sol- diers. Professor L. T. Damon of the Eng- lish Department will also be in the employ of the Government. He has been appointed by the War Depai'tment to assist in effect- ing an equitable adjustment between this department and the colleges 'throughout the country. Instructor H. L. Bucklin has been appointed assistant professor in social science. SENIOR ELECTION The Senior class election on Jan. 10 re- sulted as follows: President, T. F. Black, Jr., of Providence; first vice president, W. H. Edwards, 2d, of Providence ; second vice president, O. W. R. Erickson of Provi- dence; secretary, R. H. Mullane of Dor- chester, Mass.; and treasui-er, J. L. Palmer of East Providence. SIGMA CHI Beta Nu chapter of Sigma Chi held its initiation banquet at the Turks Head Club, Saturday evening, Feb. 15. G. H. Raymond, '99, was the toastmaster, and R. K. Rogers, '19, spoke for the active chapter, George Dawson, Jr., '22, for the initiates, E. B. Moulton, '07, for the alum- ni, H. M. Fleming for the M. I. T. chapter and W. C. Sisson for the University of Maine. J. A. Anderson, '11, told of army life in the Tennessee training camp for field artilleiy officers. There were five initiates, one from 1920 — G. O. Podraski, and the others — L. E. Chapman, G. Dawson, Jr., D. H. Ross and S. H. Tucker from 1922. NEW FRATERNITY HOUSE Phi Gamma Delta Fraternity held a dance for Freshmen on the evening of Jan. 14 at the opening of its new house, 56 Wat- erman street. The patronesses were Mrs. Wellington L. Jenckes and Mrs. Philip S. Carey. About 60 were present, who danced merrily from 9 to 12 o'clock. NEW INSTRUCTORS Several new instructors and assistants have been appointed at Brown in view of the change from a military to a peace basis. They are as follows: Arthur F. Buddington, instructor in Ge- ology; Donald L. McMurray, instructor in history; James W. Wilson, assistant in bi- ology; Joseph O. Fuller, instructor in en- gineering; Eugene W. O'Brien, assistant in engineering; Grover C. Loud, instructor in English; Bert Emsley, instructor in Eng- lish. NEW LAW OFFICES Edwards and Angell announce the re- moval of their law offices to the eleventh floor of the Hospital Trust building, Prov- idence. The Brown men in this well known firm are Walter F, Angell, Edward P. Jas- tram, Eliot G. Parkhurst and Claude R. Branch. JUNIOR PROM COMMITTEE Chaii-man, W. Hoving; Secretary, E. B. Stringham; Treasurer, S. A. Burdick; Mem- bers, H. C. Aylesworth, Jr., H. M. Bailey, Jr., R. W. Besser, L. W. Black, B. N. Coul- ter, W. L. Dewart, Jr., C. L. Evans, H. G. Hood, J. C. Johnston. EXTENSION LECTURES The University Extension Lectures at Brown show considerable growth in regis- tration. 397 persons are now registei-ed in these courses, of whom 166 are registered as students working for college credit. The lectures are given once a week for ten weeks and are open to the public on the payment of a small fee. Courses are now being given in English, Social Science, Bib- lical Literature, Educational Psychology, French and Spanish, Biology, General Lit- erature, Economics and the Higher Ac- counting. NOTES OF THE MONTH At the Junior smoker, on the evening of Feb. 13, Professor Langdon and H. A. Dy- er, '04, were the speakers. There was good music in abundance. At the annual Chamber of Commerce dinner in Infantry Hall, Feb. 25, the Glee Club sang a number of selections. About 150 Brown men participated in the "Welcome home" parade in Providence, Feb. 12. Sock and Buskin presented a play, "Spreading the News," at the Union, Feb. 27. There was dancing aftei-ward. The next interfraternity dance wall be held March 11 at the Union. The Musical Clubs gave a concert at Dean Academy, Feb. 20. The Liber invites contributions from un- dergraduates to its "Grinds" department. It suggests that "stray jokes around the campus, comical incidents in the classrooms or any clever criticisms about any phase of current happenings" will be acceptable. The Brown Herald says editorially: "The Kaiser slipped on the Belgian Treaty. Don't let your pledge to the Union go the way of a scrap of paper. You may trip yourself, when George Heidt sets up an armed guard at the entrance." Brown and M. I. T. will not enter the new organization of the proposed Eastern Intercollegiate Athletic Association. 170 BROWN ALUMNI MONTHLY L. W. Cronkhite, '05, spoke at chapel, Feb. 13, on "The College and the Indus- trial World." Mr. Cronkhite sei-ved as a captain in the Federal service and has late- ly received his discharge. Brown may renew "triangular" debating next fall with Dartmouth and Colgate — the latter college taking the place of Williams in the league. Brown's swimmers beat Springfield Col- lege, 42-11, at Providence, Feb. 28. The basketball team of Co. O, 17th Reg- iment, Massachusetts State Guard, defeat- ed Brown at the Lyman Gymnasium, Feb. 12, 27-24. An extra period was necessary to play off a 23-23 tie. Rhode Island State beat Brown at bas- ketball at Providence, Feb. 14, 16-15. Williams beat Brown at basketball, 30-21, at WiJliamstown, Feb. 22. Yale beat Brown at basketball, 47-12, be- fore a "Proni" crowd at New Haven, Feb. 25. Reports from both Yale and Harvard assure Brown's inclusion in their 1919 foot- ball lists. The annual Brown-Dartmouth football game will be played at Boston on Nov. 15. Brown's wrestlers beat Tufts, 16-10, at Medford, Feb. 19. WAR EMERGENCY FUND At last reports the War Emergency Fund was above the $140,000 mark. The class agents have unanimously voted to press on to the $200,000 goal. BRUNONIANS FAR AND NEAR FACULTY Professor A. H. Jones spoke on Feb. 9 before the Jewish Forum on "The Jewish Contribution to Philosophy." President Faunce addressed the students of Marquand School, Brooklyn, of which Charles M. King, '11, is principal, on Feb. 12. He spoke at the Chicago alumni meet- ing on Feb. 15, the University of Chicago on Feb. 16, and in the evening of Feb. 16 at the Chicago Evening Club. On Feb. 18 he completed a busy week of travel with his address at the Boston alumni dinner. Professor W. H. Kenerson of the Divis- ion of Engineering, Brown University, ar- rived in Liverpool several weeks ago. He was to proceed directly to Paris to begin at once the work of organizing courses among the American troops in France. He is one of the men secured by the Y. M. C. A. at the request of the General Staif in Fi-ance. These men, all educational experts in their various departments, will institute courses and make all aiTangements for a broad ed- ucational program for the American sol- diers who remain over seas with the Army of Occupation. Professor Langdon addressed the Sphinx Club, Feb. 14, on "The French and Italian Conception of a Secure Peace." An outline of the economic and educa- tional changes necessary in American life in order to put the nation on a proper foot- ing for its future existence was the basis of a talk on National Reconstruction given on Feb. 12 at the Congregational Church in Riverside by Professor Dealey. Professor Bucklin of the Department of Social and Political Science has been made a member of the Board of the Federal Hill House in this city. His work will be to as- sist in developing the institution's work among the boys of the district by forming boys' clubs and similar organizations. ALUMNI 1S59 Dr. George L. Porter died at Stuart, Florida, Feb. 24, 1919. A full biography will appear in the April number. Dr. William W. Keen received the de- gree of doctor of laws from the University of Pennsylvania on University Day, Feb. 22. He already held the degree from Brown, Northwestern, Toronto, Edinburgh, Yale and St. Andrews. 1874 and 1875 Judge Albert D. Bosson, '75, writes the Monthly from Winter Park, Fla., as fol- lows: "Professor Frank P. Whitman, S. D., Brown, '74, has purchased a house in this town where he makes his winter resi- dence. He is delivering a most interesting course of lectures, which it is my privilege to attend. I enclose an announcement of the coui'se. I am spending my second win- ter here. The extensive orange groves, the forests of tall pines, the profusion of flow- ers, the beautiful lakes, the fine roads and the salubrious climate make Winter Park an ideal spot for one seeking rest or health. It is moreover the seat of Rollins College, which, with its library, its concerts, and its lectures, has attracted a refined society and affords the visitor and resident many opportunities for education and culture." Professor Whitman's lectures at Rollins A BROWN ALUMNI MONTHLY 171 College are on astronomy and are illustra- ted with stereopticon slides. Until last year, when he retired, he occupied the chair of physics in Western Resei-ve University. 1875 Benjamin Ide Wheeler, president of the University of California since 1899, has re- signed, the resignation to take effect the first of next July. 1876 The "Ochtcnblad," a newspaper issued in Zwolle, Netherlands, devotes nearly two columns to the public health work and wri- tings of Dr. Charles V. Chapin. 1879 Dr. Walter L. Munro has recovered from an attack of pneumonia and, with Mrs. Munro, is in Daytona, Fla., to remain until spring. 1881 Chai'les E. Hughes, president of the It- aly-American Society, presided at a great meeting of the organization at the Metro- politan Opera House in New York city, Jan. 26. Walter O. Cartwright, who had been a teacher in a number of New England com- munities and superintendent of public schools in various towns in Massachusetts, died on Feb. 19, 1919, at his home in Wake- field, Mass. He had been ill only a week and died from pneumonia, which developed from influenza. At the time of his illness, Mr. Cartwright was principal of a school in the Saxsonville section of Framingham. He was graduated from Phillips Andover Academy in 1877 and from Brown Univer- sity with the class of 1881, and received the degree of A. M. from Yale in 1905. He is sui-vived by a wife and a son. Ensign Ken- neth Cartwi-ight, U. S. N., lately in the sub- marine sei'v^ce, and also a daughter. Miss Marjorie Cartwright. Another son, Lieut. Paul Cartwright, Aviation Service, died in October, just after he had reached France. John R. Gladding has been elected a di- rector of the Nicholson File Company for the coming year. 1882 Charles Hart Payne died of influenza in New York city, December 22, 1918. He was born in Providence, Sept. 17, 1860, and liv- ed here until he moved, in 1887, to New York, where he took up the practice of law, •and had lived ever since. On May 31, 1899, he married Lillia Cowan Roberts of New- Bern, N. C. He is sui-vived by his wife and one child, George Roberts Payne, thirteen years old. He felt most keenly his inability to render active sei-vice during the war, and eagerly seized the opportunity to serve as chairman of one of the Legal Advisory Boards. His board was on the East Side, far fi-om his home, and his work there was all done in the evenings. His overwork dur- ing 1918 led to his complete physical break- down, and he was left without sti-ength to resist the serious attack of influenza. One of his friends has said of him: "I have nev- er known a more unselfish man, or one with higher ideals. In no relation of life has he failed to live up to the highest standards of citizenship." 1884 Miss Maye Randall, only daughter of Dean Otis E. Randall, '84, died on Januai-y 2 at the home of her parents, 65 Weymouth St., after an illness of 10 days from influ- enza, which terminated in bronchial pneu- monia. She was born in this city and was educated in Miss Wheeler's School. After leaving school she paid considerable atten- tion to voice culture and was attending school in Boston. She had been very ac- tive in Red Cross and other war work and for about three months she was a clerk in the office of George H. Webb, '90, assisting in war activities. She is sui-vived by her parents and one brother, Wallace E. Ran- dall, of this city. 1887 Theodore Francis Green of Providence has taken an active part in war work. He was until Jan. 1, 1918, one of the organi- zers and commander of the 1st Platoon, 1st Company, of the Providence Constabulary, and until April 9, 1918, secretary of the R. I. State Board of American Red Cross. He 'lately retired as state director of War Sav- ings for Rhode Island. Among his other war posts may be mentioned: chairman American Citizenship Campaign, member R. I. State Council of Defense, member War Council of Providence Chamber of Commerce, four-minute man of Rhode Isl- and, member R. I. Committee of National Security League, member R. I. Committee of War Sei-vice Committee of American Li- brary Association, chairman Committee on Citizenship of Providence Chamber of Commerce, member R. I. Branch of Nation- al Security League Committee on Citizen- ship, member of War Camp Community Service Committee of Providence, member Psi Upsilon Advisory War Council, mem- ber of Committee of Brown University Corporation which planned and recom- mended reorganization for war work, and member Executive Committee of Rhode Island School of Design which reorgan- ized the School for war work. 1888 Frederick A. W. Harris, former presi- dent of the William A. Harris Steam En- gine Co., died at his home in Edgewood, R. I. Jan. .31, 1919. He was born in Provi- dence, Aug. 22, 1864, the son of the late i William A. and Eleanor Frances (Morrill) Harris. After graduating from Brown he entered the steam engine plant founded by his father in 1864 and rose steadily, finally succeeding his father as president. He was 172 BROWN ALUMNI MONTHLY foi- a long time previous to his death an invalid. In 1890 he married Stella, daugh- ter of Edwin and Marion Walling Burgess. She died in 1912, and a son, Wentworth Burgess Harris, died the same year. A daughter, Marion Burgess Harris, survives, and also a brother, William A. Harris, '97, who served as inspector of production and HAROLD D. HAZLETINE, '94 supply material under the United States Shipping Board. 1890- Frank A. Sayles, who was taken serious- ly ill in New York a few weeks ago, is rap- idly recovering. H. R. Palmer spoke, Feb. 7, at the Woon- socket High School, on "Making a News- paper." 1892 Born on Jan. 10, 1919, a son to Mr. and Mrs. Arthur B. Brownell, Arnold Buffum Brownell. 189,3 Rev. Dr. W. E. Chalmers, educational secretary of the American Baptist Publica- tion Society, has been elected president of the Interdenominational Sunday School Council, which includes representatives of all evangelical churches of the United States and Canada. Doctor Chalmers has been connected with the Baptist Publica- tion Society eight years. He graduated with the degree of A. B. at Brown, received the degree of D. B. at the University of Chicago in 1897, was a Baptist pastor at Pullman, 111.; fellow in history at Chicago; pastor,' Jersey City, N. J.; Brooklyn, N. Y.; Waukeska, Wis., and Morgan Park, Chi- cago, before going to the publication soci- ety. In college he was a member of Delta Phi. Walter S. Reynolds is president of the Congregational Club "of Rhode Island. 1894 Word has been received in Warren, Pa., his former home, of the election of Dr. Harold D. Hazeltine as Downing professor of the Laws of England in the University of Cambridge. This professorship and the Regius professorship at Oxford are the two highest positions in the teaching branch of the legal profession in England. It was while the late F. W. Maitland held the Downing chair at Cambridge and Sir Fred- erick Pollock was Regius professor at Ox- ford that they published their History of English Law which is regarded as the most monumental work of English legal scholar- ship. Dr. Hazeltine, who has for several years been reader in English Law at Cam- bridge, now succeeds to this distinguished position. His selection for the important post is a high tribute to his scholarship and is of much interest not only to his per- sonal friends, but to his professional breth- ren in the legal fraternity of the country. While at Brown he was a member of D. K. E. 1895 Rev. Franklin D. Elmer of Poughkeepsie, N. Y., has recently published in attractive pamphlet form "Bright Shadows: Services of Worship for Shut-ins, the Sick, those in Mourning, and all deprived of Public As- sembly in the Churches." Robert J. Fuller, who was for a number of years superintendent of the North At- tleboro public schools, now occupies a sim- ilar position at Cliffslde, N. J., not far from New York city. He was formerly superin- tendent of schools in Norwood and Palmer, Mass. At Noi*th Attleboro he took a deep interest in civic affairs. He was President of the Board of Trade and President of the Town Improvement Society. 1897 Byron S. Watson has been elected a di- rector of the Nicholson File Company for the ensuing year. 1898 Ex-Governor James H. Higgins of Rhode Island spoke on Americanization at the Civic Theatre in Pawtucket Feb. 9. 1899 At the January meeting of the Trustees of the Brooklyn Institute of Arts and Sci- ences the salary of the director of the In- stitute's Department of Education, Charles D. Atkins, was increased from $6,000 to BROWN ALUMNI MONTHLY 173 $7,000 a year in appreciation of his work for the department. 1900 Born: a son to Charles H. Porter, Hun- tington Porter, Jan. 26, 1919. 1901 Hai-vey N. Davis has been in Washing- ton since July as the representative of the War Department on a joint Army-Navy- Bureau of Mines undertaking to produce helium in lai-ge quantities for kite-balloons, blimps and Zeppelins. This hitherto ex- tremely rare gas has almost as much lift as hydrogen and is entirely non-inflammable, thus eliminating the fire hazard from in- cendiary bullets. The first large shipment for the A. E. F. was on the dock ready for floating when the armistice was signed. Davs has now returned to Harvard as a member of the faculty of the new Engi- neering School there. Colonel G. A. Taylor, F. A., U. S. A., at last accounts was commanding the 128th Field Artillery in France. This regiment was formerly the Missouri F. A. Early in January it was stationed at Sommedieue, on the old line near Verdun, waiting to go across into Germany with the army under Lieutenant General Bullard, as a part of the Army of Occupation. The Secretai-y of War has authorized the apointment of Dr. Hai-vey N. Davis as aer- onautical mechanical engineer for intermit- tent service. 1902 Henry Salomon is vice president of the Title Guarantee Company of Rhode Island. 1903 Harry W. Rockwell has recently been elected principal of one of the New York State Normal Schools located at Buff^alo. The election has been approved by the re- gents of the University of the State of New York. This normal school is one of the largest in the State and quite recently completed an unusually fine building, cost- ing approximately half a million. Mr. Rockwell was president of the Academic Principals Association of the State of New York, which held its annual session in Syi-- acuse on December 26, 27 and 28. 1904 On Jan. 9, 1919, a complimentary dinner was tendered to George E. Kelleher at the Hotel Bellevue, Boston, Mass., attended by about 125 guests, at which John E. Hanni- gan, chief of the American Protective League for Massachusetts, officiated as toastmaster, the speakers including United States Attorney Thomas J, Boynton, United States Marshal John J. Mitchell, and Uni- ted States Commissioner William A. Hayes. At its conclusion presentation was made to Mr. Kelleher of a sterling silver travel clock, inscribed: "Presented to George E. Kelleher, Division Superintendent Bureau of Investigation United States Department of Justice, by officers and employes Depart- ment of Justice and by members of the American Protective League, in apprecia- tion of his friendship, leadership, and de- votion to duty during the European War. Boston, Mass., Januaiy 9, 1919." Harold Hanson died on the 2.3rd of last October at his home on Hope st.. Provi- dence. Hanson was thirty-seven years old at th'.> time. He left a wife and two chil- dren. A friend pays him this tribute: "The college sustains a real loss in the death of this man whose splendid charactei'istics en- deared him to classmates and Faculty alike." At the time of his death Hanson was secretary and treasurer of the Provi- dence Steel and Iron Company. 1905 Major William C. Hascall has been transferred to the Regulars and is now with the 90th U. S. InfantiT, Camp Wadsworth, S. C. 1906 T. W. Prestwich, Secretary of the class of 1906, is desirous of getting the address of Harris B. Cubberly, '06, from anyone who has a later address than Plainfield. N. J. 1908 John J. O'Connor has formed a law part- ership with Fred W. Bain under the name of O'Connor and Bain. Their offices are in the Liberty Tower building, 55 Liberty st.. New York city. Mr. O'Connor will devote particular attention to trials and appeals and Mr. Bain to incomes and excess profits tax and corporate matters. Donald L. Stone went to France with the first American troops as censor and in- terpreter, was made chief censor in Aug- ust, 1917, served in that capacity a year, and was then commissioned a captain and press censor. He has been since Oct. 12, 1918, on the General Headquarters staflF as assistant chief and is now chief of the di- vision. He hopes to attend the decennial of his class in June, though he is still in France. 1909 Robert J, B. Sullivan is an officer in the Ordnance Department and has been sta- tioned in the Zone of Advance in charge of ordnance equipment. Captain Herbert N. Sherwood of the 303rd Artillery may soon be back from France. It is to be hoped that he will re- turn in time to act on the Reunion Com- mittee for the 1909 Decennial. Irving W. Patterson, Chief Engineer for the Rhode Island State Board of Roads, is now living at Hamilton, R. I. Dr. Robert H. Whitmarsh has been dis- charged from the Medical Corps, where he had the rank of captain, and has resumed the practice of medicine in Providence. ,^0^ 174 BROWN ALUMNI MONTHLY Ernest R. Hager is principal of the Mes- ser Street Grammar School, Providence. W. P. Dodge has been promoted to a captaincy in the Ordnance Department. James G. Connolly has left the Army In- telligence Department and returned to his law practice in Pawtucket and to his duties as an alderman of Pawtucket. Dr. William P. Buffum, Jr., has been discharged from the Navy , in which he held the rank of lieutenant, J. G., and has returned from Queenstown, where he was located, to resume his practice in Provi- dence. Malcolm D. Champlin has received his discharge from the Navy and is a member of the law firm in Providence of Barney, Lee & McCanna. Lieutenant Charles F. Butterworth has received his discharge from the Army. A postal has been received since the Armistice from Newton G. Chase, ser- geant in the 305th Infantry, 77th Division, at that time on leave at Aix-les-Bains. Howard K. Jackson has retired as lieu- tenant from the Army and is back at the Brown & Sharpe Manufacturing Company in the sales department. Ivory Littlefield is assistant secretary of the Title Guarantee Company of Rhode Island. A class supper of those in and about Providence was held Feb. 5th at the Uni- versity Club, largely for the purpose of discussing plans for the Decennial Reun- ion. Those present were: Raymond Buss, C. H. Butterworth, A. M. Chace, Robert F. Chambers, H. S. Chafee, Malcolm D. Champlin, Harold R. Curtis, James D. Dean, Geoi-ge A. Densmore, Henry E. Fow- ler, Charles E. Haven, George H. Hender- son, George T. Huxford, Albert Harkness, Howard K. Jackson, Clarence R. Johnson, Albert E. Leach, Ivory Littlefield, Lewis H. Meader, Jr., Irving W. Patterson, Al- bert H. Poland, D. Albert Reid, Harold B. Tanner, John H. Wells, C. E. Wheeler, Robert H. Whitmarsh and Sidney Wilmot. 1910 Winfield W. Greene is special deputy commissioner. Department of Banking and Insurance, State of New Jersey, and chair- man of the Compensation Rating and In- spection Bureau of the State, with offices at 571-577 Broad st., Newark. He recently delivered before the American Institute of Actuaries a paper showing the underlying relation of mathematics to insurance. He writes: "I have sometimes thought that the Mathematics Department at Brown should establish a course involving some of the applications of mathematics to insurance problems. This is done by some of the Canadian universities, as well as one or two of the big state universities of this country." 1914 Ensign H. Edward Dow was at last re- ports in New London, Conn., attending the submarine school. He has been there since shortly after he received his commission as an officer in the regular Navy at the Re- serve Officers' School at the Naval Acad- emy at Annapolis last June, being one of the 60 leading men in the class to be cho- sen to continue their studies there. In the examination for entrance to the academy he stood first in a class of 376 men, his rank being 96 per cent. Ensign Dow was born June 5, 1891. He graduated from Phillips Andover Academy in 1910 and con- tinued his education for three years at Bi'own University, where he was enrolled in the Department of Engineering. After leaving the University he served as junior engineer for eight months on the Argen- tine battleship Rivadavia, and also spent some time as junior engineer on United States, Chilean and English submarines. For two years he was calculating engineer for the New London Ship and Engine com- pany, after which he entered the United States Naval Reserves as a warrant ma- chinist. That was on April 5, 1917. He was stationed both at New London and at Newport, serving as inspector in the repair office in the latter place. Returning to New London he was an assistant engineer officer at that port, later being transferred to Woods Hole in a similar capacity. While there he took part in rescuing crews of schooners crushed by ice in Vineyard Sound. Reber N. Johnson is in Red Cross sei-vice in France. The Chicago Herald and Ex- aminer prints a photograph of Mr. Johnson plajnng a violin in a hospital camp in France, with a number of convalescents listening to him, and under it is the following: "The violinist, Reber N. John- son, abandoned his concert tour to play for the boys in hospitals in France and Eng- land. How much have you given to the United War Work Fund for clean recrea- tion for our men?" 1915 R. A. Gilles writes under date of Jan. 11: "Have been in service seven months." His address is 1988 E. 84th st., Cleveland, Ohio. Born: at East Orange, N. J., a son to Mr. and Mrs. William C. Crolius. The boy has been named William Richmond Tillinghast Crolius, after his grandfather, of the class of '79. In a letter to his father, First Lieuten- ant Frank L. Jenney says, under date of Nov. 24: "You, no doubt, have wondered and guessed where I've been and what I've been doing since I've been in France. I'll not go into detail, but will sort of touch on the high spots and leave the rest until I come home, which I hope will be soon. I left New York early on the morning of BROWN ALUMNI MONTHLY 175 December 27th. . . . LaHavre was the port at which we went ashore. ... At Troyes I was picked out to go to the Tract- or School, where we had to report Feb. 1. . . . The course there was only a month, and at its completion I got orders to go to Camp de Souge near Bordeaux. I was one of four officers assigned to the 51st Artillery. About the middle of April we moved to Libourne and started to get ready to go to the Front. A month later the order came and we were all delighted with the chance to see a Ittle action. After a ride of two days we reached Toul and there unloaded our guns and automobile trucks. As soon as the unloading was com- pleted we set out for the town of Bruley. In two days we changed to the next town Lucey and we had hardly got settled there when ordered to Lagney. There we stayed until we left the sector in September. We worked all summer digging dugouts and making battery positions. We fixed up a wonderful place and officers used to come up to visit us and get some experience on the front. I took my turn going up to the front line observing post and also out at the roving guns. My duties were trans- portation officer and administration officer of my battery and my place was back in the echelon and not at the guns, as I would like to have had it. September 6th the St. Mihiel drive opened up and we were in it. My job was to get the ammunition and I worked night and day for two days. Our guns moved up to Flirey the second day, but they never fired from the new position, for orders came to take the road for Ver- dun. We travelled nights and pulled up under the trees by the roadside during the daytime. When the big offensive opened September 6th, which lasted until the Ger- man cried that he was through, we were in position to the west of Verdun in a town called Montzeville. Later as the advance went ahead we occupied positions at Mon- fancon, Epionville and Romange. . I'll be able to tell you a bit more about my experiences when I get back, but there is one thing that you must not expect, and that is GeiTnan souvenirs. I had plenty of chance to get them, but I wanted nothing that was ever German, except an Iron Cross, and that only If I took it off a living Hun, or one which I had killed. I never got near enough to the Infantry to do this, so I'm minus all relics of the war, except for a few pictures." 1916 Capt. William C. Chase, '16, 11th Ma- chine Gun Battalion, American Expedition- aiy Forces, is with the Army of Occupa- tion. His headquarters are at Laufenbach- erhof, on the river Ahr, in the mountain region north of Coblenz. He is well. The winter is mild for that locality with veiy little snow. Capt. Chase is the son of Ward B. Chase, '85. 1919 J. I. Cohen is executive seci-etary of the Jewish Forum of Providence. Ensign James J. Gray, Naval Flying Corps, Brown ex-'19, was killed in sei-vice in Pensacola, Fla., Jan. 18, 1919. Gray had just completed his course of training as an aviator and received his commission as en- sign at the Bay Shore Naval Air Sta- tion, Pensacola, when his death occun-ed as the result of an accident. His plane, piloted by an officer of the camp and carry- ng three men, struck the shallow water of the bay in a straight dive, and all three were instantly killed. The direct cause of the accident is not known. Gray was born in Pittsburgh, July 6, 1896, the son of Mrs, Margaret S. Gray of that city. He attend- ed the Colfax Public School, and later graduated from Mercersburg Academy with the class of 1915. In the fall of the same year he came to Brown and entered in the class of '19. In June 1918 he enlisted in the Navy as an aviator and went to M. I. T. for his ground school training. He suc- cessfully completed his course there and, on August 20 was transferred to Pensacola to finish his training for a commission. His recommendation as an officer had been sent to Washington and been accepted and he was working on a technical course in aviation bombing when his death occur- red. He was known by his superior offi- cers to be a very skilful pilot, with good sense and the initiative necessary for un- usual good work as an aviator. His splen- did character and generous nature brought him a host of friends. "Courageous and clean of heart and hand, he always gave the best he had for the perfecting of his talent in the cause of his country." • At the time of hs death, his brother, Lieut. John Gray, U. S. N., was at Quantico, Va., on his way to Siberia, but was granted a furlough in order to be present at the military fu- neral at Pittsburgh. Gray was buried in the Allegheny Cemetery, January 23. William W. Chaplin, son of Stewart Chaplin, '82, is sergeant major of the 2nd Battalion, 103rd Field Artillery, 26th Di- vision. He was gassed in action early in November, and was in a hospital for sev- eral weeks, but rejoined his battalion in Decembei-. 1920 Coach Hahn recently received a letter from George H. CaiT, '20, now with the Ambulance Ser\ace in Italy, in which he wi-ites as follows: "I hope to return to college if we get back in time. At present we have no knowledge at all as to our re- turn to the States. I should like to be back next term, but of course that is out of the question — we could not retui-n in time for that. At present my condition for track work is very poor. Running an ambulance all the time gives one very lit- tle exercise. I have had a most wonderful experience over here driving ambulances 176 BROWN ALUMNI MONTHLY in the mountains at the front. We work with the Italian anmy, as very few Ameri- can troops are in Italy. Some very hard fighting took place in this sector before the Austrian retreat. During the two weeks of heavy fighting before the retreat we worked night and day driving up steep mountain roads, where many curves are so steep that it is necessary to back up in or- der to make them. Most of the way has to be made in first and second speeds, both going up and coming down the hills. The work, however, is most interesting when the clouds settle over the roads. I ad- vanced into Austria with the Italians dur- ing the retreat, and it was a wonderful sight to see the equipment the Austrians left by the wayside." While at Brown, says the Daily Herald, Carr was one of the best liked men in his class and a member of the track team, running both in the mile and two mile events. He is a member of the Sigma Chi fraternity. ALUMNAE 1900 Lucy E. Cyr's address is 25 Lafayette place, Burlington, Vt. 1906 Elizabeth Morrison is doing civilian re- lief work in Italy. 1911 Bessie Bloom Wessel is teaching at Con- necticut College. 1914 Marjory Mallory is in France, working under the Y. M. C. A. Helen Briggs is office secretary at the Pawtucket Y. W. C. A. Elizabeth Moulton is teaching at the Iowa State Teachers' College. Hermione Dealey received her Ph. D. at Brown in June, 1918, and is now assistant professor of educational psychology at the University of Minnesota. Katherine Curry is teaching in the Hart- ford High School. 1918 Isabel Taylor is a student at the New York School of Philanthropy. She is liv- ing at Whittier House, Jersey City. Margaret Carpenter is registrar in the high school. Phoenix, Arizona. Dorothy Allen is teaching Latin at the Hope Street High School. Beatrice Rayment is employed in the law offices of Green, Hinckley and Allen. Elizabeth Dealey is teaching in the Campbell School for Girls, Windsor, Conn. Mildred Stanton is assisting in the De- partment of Zoology at Connecticut Col- lege. Anne Terry White is teaching in a gram- mar school, Penngrove, N. J. Mary Tucker teaches at Childs Business College. Agnes Johnson is doing mathematical work in the engineering department of the Gallaudet Aircraft Corporation, East Greenwich, R. I. Madeleine Webster is employed in the re- cording department of the same corpora- tion. May Sperry is an assistant in the math- ematical department at Brown. Ida Arnold teaches English at the Hope Street High School. Dorothy Beals is doing clerical work for Ostby and Barton, Providence. Olive White is teaching Latin at the Classical High School. Imogene Minkins is working for the Ev- ening Tribune, Providence. MARRIAGES 1900 Pearl Grant to Chester Seaver Godfrey. 1918 Irene Magaveny to William S. Spatcher. Marion Pfeiffer to Lieut. Edgar Allen of the Sanitary Corps, 301st Regiment. BIRTHS 1907 To Mr. and Mrs. Harry H. 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