I LI E) R.A FLY OF THL U N I VLR5 ITY or ILLl NOIS BSIuTa V.24 VOL. XXIV FEBRUARY, 1924 NO. 7 BROWN ALUMNI MONTHLY ON THE HILL T. B. Apphgvt and the Editor i the sun it will have all these but, in addi- tion, a great swing in the arc around the sun, while to an observer on a so-called fixed star, will be added the motion of the sun through space, relative to the star, which may be enormously great. From this we gather that motion is interpreted differently from different viewpoints; that is, motion is relative to the observer, and we can describe a path only as relative to a particular body of reference. Who is the proper observer ? The as- tronomer in describing phenomena places himself on the sun : most of the rest of us think of everything as related to some point on the earth. The intersection of the meridian through Greenwich and the equa- tor is one point of reference, and from it latitude and longitude are measured. Many of us are satisfied to think that everything revolves about Providence, (R. I.) The rel- ativist says that none of these standpoints is better than any other ; that none gives the facts any better than any other; that one is as good as another; that there is no favored point for observation. But you will ask: Is there not some fixed substance, say, the ether, that is at rest and in which we can imagine ourselves stationed and from which we can observe the uni- verse as it waltzes around us ? The answer is: No. Experiment has failed to detect any such position or medium and now sets up the postulate that there is no way of detecting absolute motion. We may detect 193 BROWN ALUMNI MONTHLY motion relative to something else which may be thought of as fixed or in motion, but there is no such thing as absolute mo- tion of absolute rest. Having explained that all motion is rel- ative, let us next discuss the question of simultaneity. Suppose one observer is on an embankment alongside a train and light- ning strikes the rails both ahead and behind the train. If he has a set of mirrors ar- ranged so as to see both ahead and behind and sees both flashes at the same instant, he concludes that the two strokes are si- multaneous. Suppose a second observer ih motion on the train such that when the two strokes take place he is just midway between the places where the lightning strikes. By the time that the light reaches him, however, he has moved forward some- what and the flash from the front will appear to him earlier than the one from the rear. In other words, what is simultaneous to the man on the embankment is not si- multaneous to the man in motion, and what is simultaneous to the man in motion is not simultaneous to the man at rest. The observer on the embankment has then a different way of computing time from that of the observer on the train. Two boys, equal in swimming prowess, stand on the bank of a stream one hundred yards wide, and decide to swim. One is to go up stream one hundred yards and return, while the other is to go to a point directly opposite on the other bank and return. If there is no current they return at the same instant; but if a current exists the cross-stream swimmer returns ahead of the other. In attempting to synchronize clocks by two observers at different sta- tions, resort is made to light signals of some sort. If one station is in motion relative to the other light, the swimmer makes the journey quicker in one direction than in another and one time will thus be found to be running faster than the other. One of the important deductions from the new theory is then that, while there is such a thing as local time (that is, time at a fixed station), there is no such thing as universal or absolute time. There can be no such thing as simultaneity. The denial of absolute simultaneity is a natural com- plement of the denial of absolute motion. The latter asserts that we cannot find out what is the same place at two different tim.es; the former, that we cannot find out what is the same time at two different places. It is curious that the philosophical denial of absolute motion is readily ac- cepted, while the denial of absolute simul- taneity appears to many people revolution- ary. The apportionment between time and space of an event by one observer will not be quite the same as for another if he is in motion in regard to the first. That is, time and space are properties of matter which are not independent of one another; an idea sometimes stated in the form "time is a fourth dimension." This will not seem so unnatural to us if we reflect than any notion involving motion, and hence veloc- ity, involves time; for velocity is distance travelled divided by time elapsed. Time and space are never separated in nature and we have no right to separate them in our theories which are supposed to represent nature. We may here repeat the oft-quoted words of Minkowski, "The views of space and time, which I have set forth, have their foundation in experimental physics. Therein is their strength. Their tendency is revolutionary. From henceforth space in itself and time in itself sink into mere shadows, and only a kind of union of the two preserves an independent existence." Let us suppose we have two ships sailing side by side and on parallel courses in a direction roughly north-east. The naviga- tor on one has a gyroscope compass which points to the true north, that on the other a magnetic compass which points to the magnetic north. The course of the one ship will appear to have more north and less east in it than that of the other. Both mariners have north and east in their courses but not in the same proportions. In an analogous manner, two observers in the universe observing the same phenome- 94 BROWN ALUMNI MONTHLY non, will make record of the time and space in different proportioris. We have been accustomed to regard our world as composed of a continuous succes- sion of instantaneous states, as though the world of events was stratified. Each event is supposed to lie in a definite instant or stratum running throughout the universe. Indeed, we are accustomed to extend it be- yond the universe, and we even use the word "now" with reference to the existence of those who have passed into the Great Be- yond. The recent investigations show that this supposed stratification is an illusion ; there is not the slightest evidence for such a view of world structure. The instantaneous state which we have hitherto taken to be a natural stratum in the four-dimensional world of events is merely an arbitrary cross-section created by ourselves. We can take a differently inclined section which in- cludes to the north of us events which hap- pened a little while ago and to the south of us events still in the future. Such a bi- zarre combination can be made in every way equivalent to the state we now call instantaneous, and indeed it is an instan- taneous state according to the outlook of some non-terrestrial observer with suitably assigned motion. As another consequence of the interde- pendence of time and space, lengths of mov- ing bodies will appear different to observers at rest and on the moving body. This is what is meant by saying that a body is shortened in the direction of its motion. Let us examine the nature of the cube which I hold here before you. You see one face, or two faces, or three faces. You can measure the edges and the areas of the faces and the volume of the cube. And a physicist could do this with his instruments without being very near the cube if he took several different positions in its neighbor- hood. Now the relativist steps in and says that the set of aspects presented by viewing the cube from different fixed stations in space are insufficient to give a correct the- ory of its physical shape. He says that yet another set would be presented if the cube and the observer were in relative motion. If the observer were to keep on the move while collecting his impressions or making his measurements, these impressions and measurements would be different from those he would get while standing still. For example, if the cube is moved sideways keeping one face parallel to this wall be- hind me, the fixed observer would see the figure not as a square but as a rectangle having its width less than its height. It is true that for slow motions this change is imperceptible: the earth moves in its orbit about 1 8 miles per second (relatively slowly with regard to light) and to an observer stationed on the sun the diameter of our planet in the direction of its motion would appear to be contracted about two and one-half inches, an amount not observ- able. But when motion approaches the ve- locity of light as it does in the case of some electrons, such an effect is actually pro- duced, as has been shown by observations. If it were usual for objects to move at that rate, these changes of shape would be ac- cepted as matters of course. In order to specify what is going on in a body in motion, we must state the position of its particles relative to some system of lines or planes which are called coordinates. We are in a general way familiar with sys- tems of coordinates such as are used for exhibiting relations between quantities by graphs or diagrams. We say a friend lives on the corner of 72nd Street and 8th Av- enue, meaning 72 streets and 8 avenues from a certain point, and if we want to add a third coordinate we may say 8th story up. This sort of coordinates can be ex- tended out to infinity in all directions. On the earth we locate points by the coordi- nates called latitude and longitude. The earth carries its system of coordinates with it and the navigator is concerned with the ship's relation to these coordinates. But an observer on the sun would have to make allowance for the change of position of the coordinates, which consist here of the me- ridian through Greenwich and the equator. It may be considered that each particle in 95 BROWN ALUMNI MONTHLY the universe carries with it a set of coor- dinates. The mathematical theory must then be built up so that an observer at one position in the universe must be able to in- terpret in terms of his own system of co- ordinates information which he receives from an observer at another point and which is given in the other's system of co- ordinates. Observers in different parts of the universe and in varying degrees of rel- ative motion will interpret the same phe- nomenon in various ways; it is the role of mathematics to get at the core of the sit- uation and give by fundamental equations such a statement of the facts that any one of the observers will agree that, as regards the time, space and other factors involved, it is correct for himself ; and he will be able also to compute the data in terms of which his fellow will observe the phenomenon; As a consequence of the new geometry, it turns out that not only is it possible that our universe is limited, but that speeds of material particles conceivable in such a universe are limited also. If wind goes rushing by at the rate of 6o miles per hour, and we drive into it at the rate of 60 miles per hour, we will find that our wind gauge registers 120 miles per hour, and if we drive with it 60 miles per hour, we will find the gauge registers O miles per hour. The light from the sun travels 186,000 miles per hour, and we would expect that when the earth is moving toward the sun, light would reach us with greater velocity than when we are standing still. But so far as measurements can tell us, this is not the case. The famous Michelson-Morley experiment shows that light seems to reach us at exactly the same speed whether we are travelling toward or away from it. In that respect the velocity of light is like the infinity we deal with in mathematics where infinity plus i equals infinity and infinity minus i equals infinity. In fact, the ve- locity of light plays in the theory of rela- tivity a role a good deal like infinity, for it would appear that in our universe nothing material can be observed which goes faster than light. Time will not permit our discussing in any detail other interesting features of the theory, some of which are still in a highly speculative state. But we may mention a few of them in passing. Of two events, one may seem to be in observer A's past and in observer B's fu- ture, while another event may reverse the situation by being in A's future and B's past. The notion that the order of events is not the same to everyone compels a re- view of our theories of cause and effect and of foreordination and freewill. To the relativist many of the older philosophical and theological controversies can have no meaning. President Granville of Gettys- burg College, himself a mathematician, has written a book giving a possible expla- nation of the miraculous by means of the new theory. Many religious organizations are studying the theory for new light on their doctrines. But I cannot claim to find much interest in such speculations. The theory of relativity may not give us a much better explanation of the ultimate nature of things but it gives us a better conception of the relations between the fun- damental stuffs. If matter is only a kink in space, we could have no matter without space. On the other hand, so far as I can see, we would have neither time nor space without matter. And since matter seems to be nothing but electricity, since without motion we would have no mass, the number of elemental things has been considerably reduced. Till recently it was believed that time and space existed by themselves even if there was nothing else — no sun, no earth, no stars — while now we are led to believe that time and space are not the vessel for the universe but could not exist at all if there were no content such as matter. Again, the universe is either finite or in- finite, but our imaginations can grasp neither alternative in terms of the old ideas of space and time. Just as the surface of the earth is two-dimensional and limited in extent and still has no boundary, so it seems possible that our universe of more 196 BROWN ALUMNI MONTHLY dimensions is finite and yet unbounded, a self-contained universe keeping intact its store of matter and its energy. In closing, may I be permitted to express a personal conviction that by adding to our general know^ledge and by developing the power of the imagination, the new the- ory has enlarged the ethical and aesthetic values of life. (The charge often made that science and scientists are materialistic seems to me to be based on lack of compre- hension of the ideals and the method.) One of the remarkable features about this new theory is that, starting from a purely experimental basis, it compels vis to accept the super-sensual as a fact. In emphasiz- ing the relativity of the physical world, the new theory makes clearer, too, the dictum that conduct is also relative, and makes it easier to understand the adjustments nec- essary in our contact one with another. Moreover, appreciation of the aesthetic values which add so much to the joy of life seem dependent on knowledge and the training of the imagination : for ignorant savages seem blind to the beauties of na- ture and unresponsive to the appeal of art. But I think I hear our genial referee say Tiine — and — Space for a better man. The Clubs Secretary Edward K. Aldrich, Jr., has sent out notices to all Brown clubs that the annual meeting of the Advisory Board of the Associated Alumni will be held in Prov- idence on March 4, the night before Visit- ing Day at the University. There will also be a morning session on March 5 to discuss matters of importance to the Asso- ciation and to Brown in general. The place for the evening meeting will undoubtedly be the University Club, with a dinner to precede business. President Archibald C. Matteson and the Executive Committee are now drawing up the pro- gramme for both sessions. Matters of in- terest will be Alumni Trustee nominations, the naming of standing committees and, it is forecast, a discussion of how best the As- sociated Alumni may aid the University in its growth and development. Each Brown Club having at least ten members is entitled to be represented at the meeting of the Advisory Board. There are also seven delegates at large who were elected last June, the officers of the Asso- ciated Alumni and the Alumni Trustees. Since the 1923 session, two new clubs, one at Putnam, Conn., the other the Merri- mack Valley, with headquarters in Law- rence, Mass., have been formed. Another at Manchester, N. H., is under considera- tion. "The meeting is of real import to the future of the Associated Alumni," said Sec- retary Aldrich in his notice to Brown Club secretaries. "It is not impossible for every Brown Club (there are 30 of them) to be represented. The larger the attendance the more apparent and clear it will be that the Association is progressing and that it is actually becoming a vital factor in Brown life and Brown affairs." NEW YORK While the printer was shouting hoarsely for the last copy for this number of the Monthly, word came from New York that the annual dinner of the Brown Club of New York would be held Feb. 28. So that is the date for all Brown men interested in this affair, one of the biggest and usually one of the best of its kind during the year, to stick in their hats — or on their en- gagement calendars. None of the details for the dinner were available as this was written (Jan. 5), but by this time we sup- pose that everything is progressing toward a dinner that will be in every way up to the high standard set by Brunonians in New York. President Faunce has already 197 BROWN ALUMNI MONTHLY said that he will be there. So, Brown men in and about New York and neighborhood, remember the date, February 28 ! W. J. Walsh '17, W. B. Leonard '21, formerly of Providence, aiid C. H. Appleby '23 of Glen Cove, L. L, have joined the Club as permanent residents. PHILADELPHIA Secretary Harry G. Leighton '03 of the Brown Club of Philadelphia writes: "The Philadelphia A.lumni hi°ld their first get- together this winter on Dec. 18 at Young's Cafe. The attendance was good. Dr. Keen, who founded the Philadelphia Association over fifty years ago, was pres- ent, as he always is when Brown men get together in this city. He gave us a short talk, which only went to prove that we have the most loyal Brown alumnus in the country in Philadelphia, and as for his en- thusiasm for old Brown, the more recent graduates cannot beat it. Moreover, only a few days before, he had just returned from Europe, where still more honors had been conferred upon him. "Tom Appleget was with us, too, and told us about the most recent happenings on College Hill. His was an inspiring talk; just what we needed. Furthermore, he gave two talks to schools in the city; Penn Charter and Episcopal Academy. In both places he was well received and we are looking forward to his coming again. "Carleton Morse '13, told us about the difficulties of awarding the football cup to the Philadelphia Suburban League where there were three undefeated teams claiming the charhpionship. Jimmy Murphy '17 put on one of his justly famous impersonations. This one was entitled, "Dean Randall's Address to the Freshmen before an Exam- ination." Needless to say Dean Randall was well portrayed. "Plans are being worked out to put the name of Brown before the public this win- ter in a way that it has never been done in Philadelphia before. We will have more to say about them later. PROVIDENCE As the Monthly was on its way to press, plans were practically ready for the annual meeting and dinner of the Brown Club of Providence, set for Monday, Feb. 11, at 7 o'clock in the evening at the Providence Biltmore. President Faunce long ago promised to be present and the committee, headed by Alfred B. Lemon '13, had ar- ranged for the presence of two prominent speakers from out of the city. (We have heard that A. A. Stagg of the University of Chicago, famous football coach and ar- dent advocate of clean sports, will be one of them). Serving with Mr. Lemon on the committee are Henry G. Clark '07, McDonald L. Edinger '15, Frederick A. Ballou, Jr., '16 and Earl M. Pearce '17. The Brown Club of Providence is work- ing quietly and effectively along various lines for the University and we hope that its dinner will be what the suburban corre- spondent blithely describes as "a huge suc- cess. MERRIMACK VALLEY William H. Cady '98 was elected Pres- ident of the Merrimack Valley Brown Club at a meeting held in the Red Tavern at Methuen, Mass., on Dec. 20. It was due largely to Mr. Cady's personal work that the Merrimack Valley Club was started and it is accordingly fitting that he should guide its destinies during the next year. James S. Eastham '19 was chosen to serve as secretary-treasurer. Dinner preceded the meeting, and after dinner Professor Charles H. Forbes '90 of Andover, who in addition to his A. B. at graduation received the honorary de- gree of A. M. from the University in 191 5, spoke of his travels in Europe last summer. Some 20 alumni from Andover, Lowell, Lawrence and Methuen were present to hear Professor Forbes and, at the business meeting, to elect Mr. Cady as the Club leader. "We are hoping," Jimmy Eastham wrote the Alumni Manager, "to have the Brown 198 BROWN ALUMNI MONTHLY orchestra give a concert in our neighbor- hood some time during the next few weeks. Our annual dinner and a Brown night for the high school (Lawrence, w^e presume) are also being considered." NEW BEDFORD Rufus A. Soule, Jr., '99 was re-elected President of the Brown Club of New Bed- ford at the annual meeting and dinner held at the New Bedford Hotel on Dec. 28. The officers named to serve with Mr. Soule were: Vice President, Kenneth A. Flanders '17; Secretary, Frank A. Walker '08; Treasurer, Charles F. Archambault '12; Executive Committee, Frank H. Gif- ford '81, Theodore B. Baylies '95; Sub- freshman Director, Harry H. Burton '16; Delegate to Advisory Covmcil, Secretarv Walker. The meeting was a lively and enjoyable affair even if the Alumni Manager was one of the speakers. President Soule did the introducing with neatness and dispatch and made everybody get up, tell his name out loud, his occupation and where he lived. He called on Edmund Wood '76 as the first speaker, and Mr. Wood replied by describing some of the things that the corporation is doing toward betterment and progress on College Hill. He discussed the proposed Freshman dormitory, the Marston Hall of Languages and other topics of pertinent interest. The Alumni Manager, picking up where Mr. Wood left ofif, recounted undergrad- uate doings, non-athletic and athletic, and urged a greater interest in the work of the Associated Alumni. Ira E. Swaney '24, a guest of his brother, M. F. Swaney '23, spoke briefly about the election of Jim Shel- don as captain of the football eleven for 1924; Robert P. Adams '23 had some com- ment to make on next year's football sched- ule, and Nat Underdown '26 discussed track prospects and the new coach, Fred Powers. Harry Burton told of plans for a concert in New Bedford by the Univer- sity orchestra and Mr. Gifford put in a word for the University dramatic society, which may appear in New Bedford this season. The idea of the club startina a scholarship fund was broached and full* endorsed. The Brunonians of New Bed- ford are up and moving and the Alumni Manager hereby notes that he is grateful for the opportunity of sitting in with them for an evening. MANCHESTER Welcome to the newest Brown Club in the Associated Alumni ! It was formed by the Brown men in Manchester, N. H., and neighborhood on the evening of Jan. 14, following a talk by President Faunce be- fore the University Club of Manchester and a more intimate talk by Executive Sec- retary Thomas B. Appleget '17 to the Brown men who came with graduates of other colleges to hear President Faunce. The officers elected follow: President, Stanton Owen '90 ; Vice Pres- ident, Bertram Blaisdell '92 ; Secretary, Dr. Henry W. N. Bennett '97 ; Treasurer, Ar- thur W. Rowell '93 ; Executive Committee, Professor George I. Hopkins '75, Daniel S. Jenks '90, and the three principal offi- cers, ex-officio. Mr. Rowell was named delegate to the meeting of the Advisory Board of the Associated Alumni, to be held March 4 and 5 next. The forming of the new club was due chiefly to the interest and action of Mr. Rowell, who for some weeks has been carry- ing on correspondence with the Alumni Manager and Mr. Appleget with regard to the organization. There is a big field for Brown in New Hampshire, many of whose sons have been graduated from the LTniversity, and we are confident that the new club will cover this field earnestly and ably. CONNECTICUT VALLEY The annual dinner of the Connecticut Valley Sons of Brown was held in Spring- field on Jan. 31. Secretary Herbert F. Osteyee '13 wrote just before the event: 199 BROWN ALUMNI MONTHLY "Dr. Faunce will be with us this year for the first time since 1920. Everybody is looking forward to seeing and hearing him again with a great deal of pleasure." "One of our prominent members, Wil- liam C. Hill '94, principal of the Central High School of Springfield, has recently re- ceived an unusual honor in that his school has won permanently the Harvard Schol- arship Trophy awarded to preparatory schools whose students make the best record at Harvard. The Central High School has made a remarkable showing in view of the severe competition for this trophy, and much of the credit is due to Mr. Hill's efforts. Ralph P. Boas '08 has also con- tributed largely to this achievement. "Brown is particularly well represented in the teaching profession in the Connecti- cut Valley. Although the work being done by the teachers is in no way spectacular, it brings genuine and worth-while prestige to the University." WASHINGTON ALUMNAE Mr. and Mrs. James V. Bennett (Marie Ettl) are living at 126 Webster street, N. W., Washington, D. C. The Washington Star of an early De- cember date said : "Alumnae of Brown University entertained Dean Margaret S. Morriss of the Women's College in Brown University from December 6 to December 8. Dean Morriss is visiting Washington in the interests of the Women's College and also for the purpose of arousing con- structive enthusiasm among alumnae of Brown University in Washington. She visited the high schools and college prepar- atory schools of the city under the guidance of Mrs. Paul Kaufman, wife of Dr. Kauf- man of American University. A tea, with the wives of Brown alumni as special guests, an evening meeting with Mrs. Charles R. Stark of Takoma, Md., and dinner at the national clubhouse of the American Association of University Wo- men, followed by a theatre party, were spe- cial features. Among the wives of sons of Brown were Mrs. Charles Evans Hughes, Mrs. John F. Jameson and Mrs. Wilbur, wife of Dean Wilbur of George Washing- ton University. Miss Annie E. Rathbun is president of Brown alumnae in Wash- ington." 'y Editor Brown Alurnni Monthly: Another good Brown man has gone. William Cary Joslin, Brown '76, died in Raleigh, N. C, on Sunday morning, De- cember 30th. He was a man who achieved large things in the field of education dur- ing a long and active career, but one feels, somehow, that he would be quite proud and content if his obituary were the simple in- scription, "Brown '76". For he was first and last a Brown man, fiercely loyal and proud of his class and college connections. Practically every college officer has a file of letters from Dr. Joslin. My own file has many. He was a prodigious and inter- esting letter writer. I remember letters, many of them, giving me the names of young men whom he had interested in the A Loval Brown Men University; letters before important ath- letic contests asking for opinions in regard to this or that player and the condition of the team; letters after games asking why the coach did this or the captain that, or commending individuals for acts which had pleased him; letters in regard to members of the faculty and students and courses and programs; letters in regard to needs and problems and proposed buildings; letters which breathed, every one of them, an ex- traordinary interest and loyalty in every- thing connected with Brown. He was in as close touch with undergraduate affairs as anyone on our campus. It would be hard to estimate how many individual students he followed ; how niany he helped with en- couragement and advice. He made every 200 BROWN ALUMNI MONTHLY Brown man who met him a little prouder of a college which could arouse and hold such an allegiance. My last picture of him was characteristic. He was sitting on the steps of the Delta Kappa Epsilon Chapter House talking and laughing with a group of undergraduates, as young in spirit and as much at home as any man in the group. William Gary Joslin was born in Thompson, Conn., on November 17th, 1852. He studied at the Webster, Mass., High School, Williston Seminary, East- hampton, Mass., and at Brown University, receiving the A. B. in 1876. Brown con- ferred an honorary A. M. upon him in 1897, and Tufts the L. H. D. in 1899. He married Miss Elizabeth Florine Free- man of Philadelphia in 1882. He was ed- itor of the Times, Webster, Mass., in 1876 and 1877. Then began a long career as an educator and a connection with many schools. He was principal of the academy at Watertown, Conn. ; teacher in the Cot- tage Hill School at Poughkeepsie ; princi- pal of the Academy at Oxford, N. Y. ; master at Williston Seminary; principal at the Scranton High School; vice-principal of Peddie Institute; Latin master at Beth- lehem School ; president of Westbrook Sem- inary; superintendent of schools at Media, Pa. Many will remember that he suggested and actively advocated the pronoun "e" as a common pronoun for third person, singu- lar number, taking the place of "he, she, him, her, it, his and hers". He was a mem- ber of Delta Kappa Epsilon and Phi Beta Kappa. , , Thomas B. Apple get Providence, Jan. 10, 1924. Swimming Ability at Brown By Leslie E. Swain Assistant Professor of Phj'sical Training A COMPARISON of this year's en- trants with those of the last two years as to speed and percentages able to pass the test without lessons may prove of interest to those alumni who by graduat- ing soon enough were able to avoid this test, as well as those who were forced to take it. One of the most interesting facts is in the percentage of those able to pass with- out lessons. At the end of this fall that percentage in the class of 1927 entrants is II per cent, better than it was at the end of last fall in the class of 1926, and 8.1 per cent, better than at the end of the fall in which 1925 entered. Brown has very rigidly enforced her entrance requirements this September, allowing almost no men to enter with conditions. Is it not highly probable that there is a correlation between these two facts? Of course all colleges must be receiving more and more among their entrants who are able to swim, be- cause we would naturally feel year by year the influence of the provision of better swimming facilities throughout the coun- try, and the introduction of life-saving and swimming programs such as the Scout or- ganizations and the Red Cross are putting on. Sometimes these quick drives lead to a false belief in one's ability, but they at least focus attention upon the need of learning to swim. It is, however, hardly logical to explain such a big increase in ability to pass the test this year over that of the two previous years in this way. A few years of as rigid enforcement of the entrance requirements may tell whether this corresponding gain in swimming abil- ity is really related to the gain in the schol- astic certification of the entrants, or is merely a freak and only a seeming rather than a real correspondence. The actual percentages of those passed 201 BROWN ALUMNI MONTHLY without lessons at the end of the fall term is as follows: Class of 1927, 74.8 per cent. Class of 1926, 63.8 per cent. Class of 1925, 66,7 per cent. The following table is self-explanatory: Average time in lOO-yard swim — Fall 1923-24, 2 min. 3.4 sec; fall 1922-23, 2 min. 0.3 sec; fall 1921-22, 2 min. 8.7 sec. Average time in 50-yard back stroke — Fall 1923-24, I min. 21.4 sec; fall 1922- 23, I min. 20.3 sec; fall 1921-22, i min. 26.4 sec. No. of men who made 1.30 or better in the 100-yard — Fall 1923-24, 32; fall 1922- 23, 16; fall 1921-22, 36. No. of men who made i.oo or better in the 50-yard back stroke — Fall 1923-24, 44; fall 1922-23, 46; fall 1921-22, 25. The three best times in the lOO-yard swim were made by A. W. Smith '27, i.Oi 2-5; E. Talamini '27, 1.02, and J. P. Knowles '27, 1.08 2-5; in the 50-yard back stroke, by A. W. Smith '27, 33 ; E. Talamini '27, 38, and A. P. McNulty '27, 44 3-5. Last year's best in the lOO-yard was 1.06 4-5, made by M. F. Coles '26, and in the 50-yard back stroke was S3 3-5j made by J. M. Stifler, Jr., '26. Corporation Affairs The January meeting of the Advisory and Executive Committee of the Corpora- tion of Brown University was held in the President's office on Friday, January 11, at 2.30 p. m. The report of the Superintend- ent of Grounds and Buildings was read and approved. An additional appropriation of $8,000 was made in the budget for extraordinary expenses, including the completion of the addition to the Arnold Biological Labora- tory. The Committee on New Dormitory, consisting of Messrs. Adams, Chafee, Ta- ber and Burlingame, rendered a prelimi- nary report, recommending that a hall of residence for 150 to 200 students be erected, provided an annual gross income of 12 per cent, on the expenditure could be reasonably assured, the matter of site to be determined later after consultation with the Committee on University Plan- ning and Development. The Committee was directed to continue its study of the problem. After a discussion regarding proper rates of graduate tuition it was voted to appoint the President and Mr. Sharpe as a special committee with power to act. A prelimi- nary report was received from a special committee on the continuation of the col- lege fence, the architect of the Metcalf Chemical Laboratory and the Consulting Architect having agreed in the opinion that a lighter form of construction was desira- ble if the fence were to be continued close to the buildings on Thayer street. A report was received from the Build- ing Committee on the Marston Hall of Languages, the Committee consisting of the President, Messrs. Wood, Knight and Burlingame. It vyas voted that the build- ing should be placed on the corner of Man- ning and Brook streets on land now occu- pied by tennis courts. The plans presented were approved in substance and it was vo- ted that bids should be secured and the Committee should have power to proceed with the erection of the Hall, if the bids come within the amount available for con- struction. Much time was then devoted to a dis- cussion of departmental libraries and their relation to the University Library as a whole. It was voted to appoint S. J. Dreyer as Assistant in the Gymnasium to have charge of the instruction in Boxing. It was voted to appoint Benjamin D. Merritt, now teaching at the University of Vermont, as 202 BROWN ALUMNI MONTHLY Instructor in Greek for the year 1924-25, during the absence of Professor K, K. Smith on his sabbatic leave. The meeting adjourned at five o'clock. GREAT IS ADAM SMITH Adam Smith, Freshman swimming cap- tain, who turned in a time of i min., 7 4-5 sec. for the 1 00-yard backstroke at the Brown-Lehigh meet at Providence, Jan. 12, in an exhibition event, bettered his previous national scholastic record by i 2-5 seconds, and incidentally came but three seconds from the world's record. Smith came to Brown from the Erie Central High School, Erie, Pa., which held the high school swim- ming championship of the United States last, year. This sensational tank performer holds the record in every event in the Allegheny Mountain District, which comprises three States. His national interscholastic record of 6 min., 24 1-5 sec. in the 500-yard back- stroke still stands. If Smith stays in col- lege, Coach Huggins will have a man to step into Captain Jones's shoes next year, for the Brown captain is competing for his last year on the Hill. NOTES OF THE MONTH Brown beat Stevens at wrestling, Jan. 11, 18 to 8. Brown beat Lehigh at swimming, Jan. 12, 46 to 16. Brown beat M. I. T. at basketball, Jan. 12, ^3, to 27. Brown beat Brooklyn Polytechnic at basketball in Brooklyn, Dec. 21, 15-11. The Brown Menorah Society gave a smoker at the Brown Union on Jan. 7. Dr. Walter H. Snell '13 will coach the baseball nine this year for his third season. Visiting Day at Brown will be Wednes- day, March 5. Full announcement of the programme will be made later. The Washington dinner is scheduled for Feb. 5. It is hoped to have the Brown orchestra in Washington on April 8 or 9. Brunonians Far and Near Faculty Courtney Langdon, professor of romance languages at Brown, has been commissioned to translate Guglielmo Ferrero's "Roman Historians" for the "Our Debt to Greece and Rome" series. He expects to complete his task in a short time. Professor and Mrs. Langdon will sail for Italy the second week in February. After a half-sabbatical year abroad he will return to resume his duties at the University. Alu mm 1855 Augustus O. Bourn has placed in the University Library three typewritten vol- umes containing "A Discussion of the Planetesimal Hypothesis of Chamberlin and Moulton." They represent a long and distinguished labor by the senior Bristol alumnus, whose researches into the cosmic mysteries continue unabated. i860 Thomas W. Bicknell has been re-elected president of the Rhode Island Citizens' Historical Association. 1869 Dr. George H. Felton of Berea, Ky., has offered to the John Hay Library some interesting old books that were his father's library. One of them, "The Boston Book," containing, so we are told, "specimens of metropolitan literature," and published in Boston in 1837, sounds highly interesting. Among the authors represented in it are Edward Everett, Francis Wayland, O. W. Holmes, Lyman Beecher, Daniel Webster and N. P. Willis. 1871 The Kendall Manufacturing Co. of 203 BROWN ALUMNI MONTHLY Providence, makers of Soapinc and French Laundry Soap, was established in 1827 and for several years prior to his death in 1921 vi^as owned by Robert P. Brown '71. It has now been reorganized with two high officials of the well-known Lever Bros. Co. (soap manufacturers) and O. V. Kean, as controlling owners and managers. Among the directors are Henry Salomon '02 and A. Chester Snow '07. Since Colonel Brown's death three 3'ears ago, the property has been managed by the trustees of his es- tate, George H. Newhall and Edward P. Jastram '95. "During this time," says an advertisement, "the average operating pro- fits, before depreciation and Federal taxes, were $144,000 per year." 1874 John B. Wheeler was the speaker re- cently at a meeting of the Cadmean Soci- ety, University School, Cleveland. The reporter who covered the speech for the University School News concluded: "Mr. Wheeler is certainly a credit to his Alma Mater, and he spoke very affectionately of it." 1876 Dr. William Cary Joslin died at the home of his son, Harold V. Joslin '04, in Raleigh, N. C, on Dec. 29. He was born at Thompsonville, Conn., Nov. 17, 1852, the son of William and Harriet Shumway Joslin. He prepared for college at Webster High School, Webster, Mass., and Williston Seminary. Brown gave him the honorary degree of A. M. in 1897 and in 1899 Tufts College conferred on him the degree of L. H. D. During his long career as an educator he taught at many schools, among which were Williston Seminary, Peddie Institute, Westbrook Seminary and Staten Island Academy, Sta- pleton, N. Y. From 19 10 to 1920 he was supervising principal of the Media, Pa., public schools. His last active work was done at Yeates School, Lancaster, Pa., where he was master of Latin for three years. His three sons were Brown men — Harold '04, Cedric '13 and Harley n-'i6. The death of Cedric in Porto Rico in September, 1922, was a severe shock to Dr. Joslin. Yet to the end he kept his cheery smile and his interest in worth-while things. He was particularly fond of sports and he kept in touch with many of the boys whom he had taught. "A typical New England gentleman," one has de- scribed him, and the description was apt in its fullest meaning. Dr. Joslin was a member of Delta Kappa Epsilon and Phi Beta Kappa. Dr. Charles V. Chapin, Superintendent of Health in Providence, is delivering a- series of lectures this winter before the students of the Harvard Medical School on "Relative Values in Public Health Work." 1878 Rev. Gideon A. Burgess is historian of the Rhode Island Citizens' Historical Asso- ciation. 1882 Simeon Borden, clerk of the Superior Court of Bristol County since 1896, died at his home in Fall River, Mass., on Jan. 17 after an illness of ten weeks. He had been in poor health for the past few years, but had not given up his court duties until about two months before his death. Mr. Borden was born in Fall River, Jan. 27, i860, the son of Simeon and Irene S. Hathaway Borden. After his graduation from Brown he practiced law in Fall River and in 1888 became assistant to his father, then clerk of the Superior Court of Bristol County. He succeeded to the clerkship in 1896 and had held it since without opposition. His wife, who was Miss Minnie W. Hood, died in 1895. Miss Sarah Borden, a sister, is the only sur- vivor of Mr. Borden's immediate family. The $250,000 fund for the Sam Walter Foss "House by the Side of the Road" and the Park Avenue Methodist Church at Somerville, Mass., has been completed and building operations will soon begin. 1884 Colonel William M. P. Bowen has as- sumed the duties of secretary of the class in place of the late Frederic N. Luther. 1886 Professor George Grafton Wilson of the Harvard faculty spoke at the civic luncheon of the L^nited League of Women Voters in Providence on Jan. 14 on "The Hague as I Saw It in 1923." 204 ^ti^MM^'&^M^^3w:c'i^^^^^^mTt rtrK i ft i Is i i i i^fii Fifteen -Year -Old Boy (By Strickland Qillilan) THERE is just one thing in the world finer than being a fifteen -year-old boy — it is owning one. I'm the lucky one in this case. My boy will be fifteen next Christmas (yes, he was a fine present), and do you know what I'm going to do right afterward? I'll tell you: I'm going to take out an endowment policy on his life. And now I'll tell you why: He's probably going to col- lege some day. That'll cost me money. I don't begrudge it. He has to have his equipment for life in competition with a lot of school-taught chaps. It is money well-spent. Like life insurance premiums, it is an investment and not an ex- pense. It will help him acquire the ability to help himself. Maybe later on he will amount to a great deal more than I think I amount to at present. After college, he will be starting out on his own hook. Paddling his own canoe and all that. And if he's even as smart as I am, he will* be carrying some life insurance. Therefore : If I take out Insurance on his life (which I can do when he has turned fifteen), I can get it at a very low rate. And what does this do? Well, (a) if the lad were to meet with some fatal misfortune before the finish of his college career (and some do), I should be financially reimbursed for the cost of his education to date; (b) if he were to lose his health, I should have provided him with a policy he could not get later; (c) and if (as I verily believe, in my faith and hope and love for him) he should live to complete his schooling and settle down in a home of his own, he will have insurance protection at a rate so low (owing to accu- mulated dividends) as to be almost negligible. See? Now if you can discover any way in which the above plan is unwise, write and tell me. Personally, I can't see any- thing but wisdom and profit in the scheme. IRANCE COMPANY OF Boston, Massachusetts Sixty'One years in business. Nou> insuring One Billion Seven Hundred Million dollars in policies on 3,250,000 lives. »1 BROWN ALUMNI MONTHLY 1889 and 1893 Lawrence W. Rathbun, son of Edward H, Rathbun '89, and Miss Frances Mat- teson, daughter of Archibald C. Matteson '93, were married at the Central Congre- gational Church, Providence, on New Year's Day. They will live in Woon- socket. 1894 Professor Harold D. Hazeltine of the University of Cambridge, England, sends a subscription to the loyalty fund and writes that he hopes to be present at the class reunion in June. He asks the class agent to consider the subscription an an- nual matter until further notice and adds: "I wish very much that this subscription might be more, but there are so many de- mands on one here and elsewhere. . . . But I want you to know that although my subscription is small it expresses a whole lot. I feel, as we all do, that I owe much more than I can say to the old University, and I wish this small subscription to ex- press my own personal loyalty; the sub- scription is but a symbol of that." Inci- dentally Professor Hazeltine encloses a check to cover his contribution for the next five years. 1896 Robert C. Sanger writes that he is at present field secretary and organizer for the Salvation Army in Des Moines, Iowa. His home is in Franklin, N. H. E. N. Robinson, head coach of the Uni- versity football team, represented the New England district at the third annual meet- ing of the American Football Coaches As- sociation held in Atlanta, Ga., on Dec. 29. 1897 James P. Coombs, better known as just plain Jim Coombs, is making himself fa- mous among radio enthusiasts by his sing- ing which is broadcast regularly from the Capitol Theatre, New York, where the amiable Jim has been soloist for some time. Radio fans were introduced to him on Svm- day evening, January 6, when S. A. Roth- afel, announcing, called him "Daddy" Jim Coombs, "Good old 'Daddy' Jim Coombs from Brown University." Coombs when in college was football centre and a singer on the glee club. Francis A. Rugg wrote under date of Dec. 13 from Biskra, Algeria: "You will think I am a 'dead one' for having delayed so long to send in my Historical Catalogue data. That is what I just missed being — a dead one — on Aug. 20, 1923, when an auto car on the Route des Alpes dropped into a ravine with a party of 18 Americans, three French and one Belgian. ... I have been spending most of the time since getting over the effects of this fall of be- tween 50 and 60 feet. At present I am travelling in Algeria and Tunisia, standing the racket pretty well and progressing to- wards sound health quite steadily." 1898 William H. Cady tells us that he is re- ceiving his mail at 79 Brown St., Methuen, Mass. Professor C. H. Currier has been study- ing at the University of Cambridge, Eng- land, during his leave of absence and has also found time to visit the LTniversities of Dublin, Glasgow and Edinburgh. At Cambridge he met Professor Harold D. Hazeltine '94, who is professor of law at Downing College. 1898 and 1907 The annual ocean yacht race to Ber- muda will start this year from New Lon- don, Conn., on June 21, and a little bird whispers that William H. Hand and Ar- thur Seabury, both of New Bedford, Mass., are preparing to sail in it again. 1899 Charlie Remington whispers quietly but confidently that plans are under way for the 25th reunion of the class next June. Professor Arthur H. Blanchard, head of the department of highway engineering at the University of Michigan, has been made a member of the research council of the Na- tional Transportation Institute. Professor Blanchard is also president of the National Highway Traffic Association. C. Henry Smith, librarian of the Uni- versity of Colorado, and well known as a football referee, has been elected a member of the National Football Rule Committee to represent the Rocky Mountain States. Mr. Smith is at present adjuster for the Rocky Mountain Football Conference (he names officials for all games) and keeper 206 BROWN ALUMNI MONTHLY of the conference records. He expects to attend the reunion of the class next June, making the trip from Boulder, Colo., to Providence b}^ motor car. Roscoe M. Dexter is Secretary of the Old Slater Mill Association, which has re- cently taken over the Slater mill in Paw^- tucket, R. L, the birthplace of the Amer- ican textile industry, for the purpose of re- storing the property and preserving it for posterity. The mill was built in 1790. The following vote was passed, Nov. 30, 1923, by the National Council of Teachers of English in session at Detroit, Mich. : "Resolved that the National Council of Teachers of English desires to express to Mr. Mellinger E. Henry of the New Jer- sey Association of Teachers of English its sincere appreciation and endorsement of the personal and press campaign he has made and is now conducting for the betterment of English teaching conditions in his city and state, and to extend to him the assur- ance of sj^mpathy and of such co-operation as is practicable in his efforts." 1902 Major Henry W. Stiness commanded troops at the recent military maneuvers in Haverhill, Mass., when three regiments staged simulated war conditions for three days. He also commanded the 13th Infan- try contingent in competitive drill at the Copley-Plaza Hotel ball room in Decem- ber, when the Marine Corps and Navy were defeated for a $500 silver cup offered by the Army and Navy Club of Boston. 1903 John H. Cady was re-elected president of the Providence Chapter of the American Institute of Architects at the annual meet- ing on Jan. 9. 1904 Noble B. Judah, civilian aid for the Sixth Corps Area, U. S. A., was in De- cember appointed by the War Department to command the 332nd Regiment of Field Artillery as a unit of the 86th Reserve Di- vision. The Army and Navy Journal said at the time: "This perpetuates the 149th Those desiring Convenient, Safe and Progressive Banking Facilities can find such at THE Mechanics National Bank Opp. Railroad Station and City Hall DIRECTORS Charles C. Harrington Herbert W. Rice Hugh F. MacColl H. Edward Thurston E. Tudor Gross Charles C. Marshall J. Palmer Barstow IBlacfegtone Canal i^attonal iPanfe 20 Market Square Capital Stock $500,000 Surplus and Undivided Promts over $800,000 ALBERT R. PLANT, President JOHN B. BRANCH, Vice President CHARLES P. BROWN, Cashier Directors Herbert F. Hinckley John B. Brancii Edwin M. Dodd Albert R. Plant C. Moulton Stone William A. Viall Charles H Merriman,Jr. Fletcher H. Mason Frank O. Field Henry S. Chafe* BROWN ALUMNI MONTHLY Do You Realize the power that money gives ? Of course you do. Plenty of cash in the bank gives that kind of power and the ability to grasp many op- portunities coming daily. Start a savings account here to-day, make it grow, and that power will come. National Exchange Bank 63 Westminster Street Providence, R. L The Best TONIC Horsford's Acid Phosphate is especi- ally recommended for the restoration of energy and vitality, the relief of mental and nervous exhaustion, im- paired digestion or appetite. HORSFORD'S Acid Phosphate (Non- Alcoholic) Is a scientific and carefully prepared preparation of the phosphates, and has heen found a most valuable general Tonic. A teaspoonful added to a glass of cold water, with sugar, makes a delicious and wholesome beverage. If your druggist can't supply you, send 25 cents to Rumford Chemical "Works, Providence, R. I., for trial size bottle, postage paid. Field Artillery of the Rainbow Division, which was in action more days than any other American Artillery outfit in France. Mr. Judah started as a private in the old First Illinois and was lieutenant colonel in the 149th at the close of the war. Colonel Judah is securing the ap- pointment of the same battalion and com- pany commanders as far as possible, thus carrying out the thought which General Pershing expressed at the Rainbow reunion in Indianapolis last summer : 'We ought to retain the personnel of these organiza- tions in order that they may hand down the traditions established during the war.' " Ray Otis wrote to the Alumni office not long ago asking for a revised class list, so the office boy sleuth figures that the class reunion committee is getting its decks cleared for action for the 20th reunion next Commencement. More later, as the country correspondent used to say. Ralph W. Chandler, whose address was missing for a time, is reported safe, sound and working hard as assistant Pacific Coast manager of the Federal Mutual Liability Insurance Co., with his office at 354 Mills building, San Francisco. Irving J. Beckwith is pastor of the Blakely Baptist Church, Olyphant, Pa. Arthur E. Cameron gives his present occupation as industrial engineer and his home address 226 McCartney St., Easton, Pa. He resigned as treasurer and works manager of the Twining-Large Lime & Chemical Co., Carpentersville, N. J., in November, 1923. Mr. and Mrs. S. Foster Hunt have ta- ken up their permanent residence at iio Benevolent St., Providence. 1905 Frank E. Marble, president of the Brown Club of Lynn, Mass., was a cam- pus visitor not long ago. Frank has sev- eral boys in Lynn and Swampscott he is trying to steer toward College Hill. 1906 "Joe Wheeler's dream has come true," said the Youngstown, O., Vindicator in a recent issue. "For years he has talked and worked for a branch library down town. To-morrow it will be opened to the pub- lic. 'The people won't come up the hill,' 208 BROWN ALUMNI MONTHLY Wheeler has said. 'It isn't because they don't want to. Nearly everybody here works and losing half or three-quarters of. an hour on the way home to go up to Rayen ave. to select a book is a big item in a worker's day. People who would like to take books from the library forget about it because they never see the building, or they keep putting it off until some conven- ient time that never comes around.' " With the new branch, Mr. Wheeler, who is one of Brown's big and growing family of librarians, expects that there will be an increase of 100,000 books loaned by the Youngstown Public Library this year. Incidentally, the new building was erected without a cent of cost to Youngstown tax- payers. Everything, from the skilled la- bor to the shrubs to set the structure oH, was given whole-heartedly by citizens and business firms. If that isn't public spirit, what is? And, we might add, if such a gift doesn't testify to how they feel about Joe Wheeler in Youngstown, what does ? Albert E. Whittaker died Dec. 18 at his home in Central Falls, R. I., shortly after he had been stricken at his drug store. Garden st. and Pawtucket ave.. Central Falls. After his graduation Mr. Whitta- ker studied at the Rhode Island School of Pharmacy. He opened his store in Cen- tral Falls 12 years ago and had made it successful. His interests away from busi- ness were confined chiefly to the Knights of Columbus, Pawtucket Lodge of Elks and the St. Mary's Catholic Club. He was also a member of the Oak Hill Tennis Club. His father, John Whittaker, and a sister, Mrs. William H. Malloy, survive him. 1908 Bob Pinkham of the Pinkhami Press, Boston, was an Alumni office caller the first of the year while on his way out to see Don Pryor on business. Professor James A. Hall of the Univer- sity faculty has been appointed a member of the special committee on the cutting and forming of metals of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers. Professor Hall has been doing considerable research work along this line and has read papers on his findings before various engineering bodies. Frank A. Walker is the junior member DwiGHT P. Robinson & Company lNCORl>On/\TtD Engineers and Constructors 125 East 46th Street New York "T^esign and Construct HYDRO-ELECTRIC DEVELOPMENTS STEAM POWER PLANTS INDUSTRIAL PLANTS RAILROAD SHOPS Construct OFFICE AND APARTMENT BUILDINGS Chicago Philadelphia Youngstown Atlanta Los Angeles Montreal Rio de Janeiro of the firm of Leary and Walker, engineers, of New Bedford, Mass., whose specialty is the construction and equipment of textile mills, power, hydraulic and industrial plants. 1909 Sydney Wilmot's present address is American Society of Civil Engineers, 33 West 39th St., New York, or Plymouth ave., Colonial Heights, Tuckahoe, N. Y. He wrote not long ago: "My new work (with the A. S. C. E.) is very interesting and the associations of this society are un- equalled in the profession. I have been so busy as to have little time to miss the pleas- ant associations of the University." Lawrence S. Elliot is in charge of the Jewelry Department of Jordan Marsh Company, Boston. Dr. William P. Buffum, Jr., is occupy- ing his new home at 159 George st., which was designed for him by Albert Harkness. Dr. Buffum's office address is 122 Water- man St., Providence. His specialty is the care of children. 209 BROWN ALUMNI MONTHLY BROWN ALUMNI MONTHLY ^^^e James A. Pirce '92) and Sherwood. Published for the graduates of Brown Uni- versity by the Brown Alumni Magazine Co. Henry R. Palmer, Editor and President Clinton H. Currier, Business Manager and Treasurer Member of Alumni Magazines Associated. A group of forty magazines with 150,000 non-duplicating circulation, two type- page sizes and one advertising repre- sentative. President, Charles G. Proffit, Columbia. Vice President, Miss Elizabeth E. Wel- lington, Vassar. Secretary and Treas- urer, John O. Baxendale, Vermont. Editor, R. W. Sailor, Cornell. Business Office, Brown University 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. February, 1924 Ray Buss, with Mrs. Buss, has just re- turned from a trip to Bermuda. Ivory Littlefield, who is Vice President of the Title Guarantee Company, has just moved his company into larger quarters. The attractive rearrangement of offices at 66 So. Main st., Providence, was designed by Albert Harkness. 1909, 1904, 1915 Herbert M. Sherwood, Oscar L. Helt- zen and Sidney Clifford have formed a partnership for the practice of law under the firm name of Sherwood, Heltzen and Clifford. They will continue at 1503 Turks Head building, Providence, the practice heretofore conducted by Pirce (the 1910 Frederick A. Gardner is assistant engi- neer of the State Highway Department of New Hampshire, his address being 27 Franklin st.. Concord. He is married and has a son, William Alfred, on the last lap of his 4th year if you take six months to a lap. George Holmes Kelley is with the Amer- ican Bridge Company as civil engineer in Pennsylvania, his home being at 514 Park Road, Ambridge. When he isn't playing golf, Thornton M. Richards is working at being Vice Presi- dent of the Westerly Textile Company in New York city, where he commutes from his home, 79 Sterling ave., White Plains. Writing from New York city, George Arthur Round hopes there will be time enough to prepare a genuine Rhode Island clambake for his class reunion one year hence. In the meantime he is marking time as assistant chief engineer in the engi- neering division of the Vacuum Oil Com- pany, and living at 59 East 87th St., New York city. Joseph Henry Cull thought some time ago there was room for another mill in Pawtucket and came from New Jersey to build one for the manufacture of silk. It is the Joseph & Cull Silk Mills, Inc., Joe's middle name having been lost in the christening. He lives at 486 West ave., the same city. His wife, formerly Miss Irma A. Gyllenberg, graduated from the Wom- en's College in 1909. John P. Farnsworth is now President and general manager of the Providence Dyeing, Bleaching and Calendaring Co., having climbed the ladder on the rungs of purchasing agent, assistant treasurer and Vice President by easy stages. He is also a director of the High Street Bank; trus- tee of the Citizens' Savings Bank and a trustee of the Providence Public Library. Paul B. Howland has obtained a leave of absence from the Providence Journal, and sails Feb. 16 on the S. S. Duilio of the Italian Navigation Line, for a trip to Egypt, Constantinople, Athens, Italy, France and England. 10 BROWN ALUMNI MONTHLY Stephen D. Paddock is ready to settle all 1910 difficulties and others by law at 412 Turks Head Building, Providence. Other personal matters should be sent to 27 Hum- boldt ave. Maxwell Krause writes he is at present a hardware merchant in Lebanon, Pa. He wants to see his class make a better showing in the Royalty Fund list. J. Richmond Fales is Treasurer of the Standard Engineering Works, his address being 289 North Main st., Pawtucket. Among the professional honors held by Edward H. Mason, physician and lecturer, McGill Faculty of Medicine, Montreal, are membership in Alpha Omega Alpha, McGill 1913; Sigma Xi, McGill 1922, and associate member. Association of Amer- ican Physicians, 1923. His address is 214 Bishop St., Montreal, Canada. H. T. Phinney is special agent (fire) of the Providence Washington Insurance Company, his home address being 325 Douglas St., Syracuse, N. Y. Edward W. Wall numbers among his professional affiliations associate member- ship in the American Society of Civil En- gineers, membership in the Engineering In- stitute of Canada, and the Corporation of Professional Engineers, Province of Que- bec. He is general superintendent of the Atlas Construction Co., Ltd., and lives at 1048 Sherbrooke St., East, Montreal. The address of Harold S. Mcintosh is 1099 Campbell Road, West Haven, Conn., where he is a civil engineer. Henry H. Hibbs, Jr., is director of the Richmond School of Social Work and Public Health, his home being at 17 North 5th St., Richmond, Va. 1911 John M. Montz is teaching in the Civil Engineering Department of the Ohio State Univei'sity at Columbus, Robert C. Murphy of the American Mu- seum of Natural History is delivering a series of lectures on natural history and exploration under the auspices of James B. A Good Morning Cup — rich browu, fragrant and mellow, free from bitterness, and with a delicate fla- vor all its own—that's Autocrat Coffee Sold everywhere: In Cities — m the Mountains — By the Seashore. BROWNELL & FIELD CO. Providence, R. I. A valuable coupon in each can. Write for premium list. 211 BROWN ALUMNI MONTHLY Pond of New York. Mr. Pond speaks pretty close to the truth when he notes that "Mr. Murphy is one of the most en- tertaining speakers ever booked at the Pond Bureau." 1912 Max Grant has been chosen as a member of the executive committee of the Rhode Island Republican finance committee. Max is in the banking business in Providence. 1913 Bill Reed, who is teaching Latin and mathematics at St. Mark's School, South- boro, Mass., was looking up old friends on and about the campus during his last vaca- tion. Carleton Sims has returned to the old home town, now being associated with Starkweather & Shepley, insurance brokers, of Providence. 1915 Alfred W. Anthony, Jr., is vice presi- dent and a director of the Columbus Con- solidated Gold Mining Co., with its main Preston & Rounds Co. No. 98 Westminster Street Providence, R. I. Booksellers Stationers The Corlew Teachers' Agency GRACE M. ABBOTT Manager 120 Boylston Street Boston office in the Hearst building, San Francisco, Cal. Anthony has returned West after spending several weeks in New England, visiting old college friends and acquaint- ances. Robert W. Jones has been playing the leading male role in "My China Doll," a musical extravaganza now on tour in the East. 1917 Ray Jordan is associated with the firm of Sherwood, Heltzen and Clifford in the general practice of law at 1503 Turks Head building, Providence. 1919 Ken Johnson, who is studying law at the Harvard Law School, has announced that he Avill be a candidate for Selectman when the town election in Milton, Mass., is held next March. He is the youngest candidate ever to aspire to a place on the board, so the Boston Traveler reports, and he says that his age is an asset rather than a han- dicap in his campaign. Some of the wise old heads of Milton, the story goes, think differently, but Johnson is in the race to stay. Keep agoin', Ken ! 1 92 1 Rev. Edwin L. Thornton, former pastor of the Allendale, R. I.,* Baptist Church, became the minister of the Baptist Church in Oyster Bay, N. Y., the first of the year. John J. Muccio has been assigned as Vice Consul at Hamburg, Germany, by the Department of State. Muccio was a con- sular assistant at Washington up to the time of his promotion. Russell P. Jones, taking his third year at the Law School of the L^niversity of Wisconsin, was recently elected a member of the Board of Student Editors of the Wisconsin Law Review. 1922 Art Mereweather is doing graduate work at Massachusetts Institute of Tech- nology. Tom Corcoran, Howard Cummings, George Webb, Stuart Tucker, Winfield Ohlson, Ernest McCormick and Joe Bea- gan are among the '22 men who are head- ing toward the LL. B. degree at the Har- vard Law School. 212 BROWN ALUMNI MONTHLY 1923 Bob Adams is punching the time clock daily at the Butler Mill, New Bedford, Mass. Oh, 3'es, Bob's learning the mill business and expects to keep hard at it for many months to come. Don Thorndike's most prized tennis trophy (to date) is the Maj'or Gainer cup, which Don received direct from the hands of the Mayor not long ago for winning the municipal park tennis championship of Providence last July. Herb Hofford is now on the reportorial staf? of the Philadelphia Evening Bulletin. Larry Lanpher put the cover on his type- writer in the office of the Evening Bulletin, Providence, late last month, waved good bye to the city editor and the rest of the boys, and sailed on a trip around the world on the stout ship Samaria. Larry expects to be back early next June. Alumnae 1898 Miss Emily Gardner Munro, for the last 14 years principal of St. Margaret's School for Girls at Waterbury, Conn., died at the Waterbury Hospital, Jan. 8, 1924, after a long illness. She was born in Bristol, R. L, and was the daughter of the late Otis and Hannah Billings (Waldron) Munro. Her girlhood and young womanhood were spent in Bristol. She was graduated from Brown Univer- sity with the degree of bachelor of philos- ophy in 1898 and received the master of arts degree in 1907. From 1899 to 1900 she was instructor of English at St. Mary's School in Burlington, N. J. From 1900 to 1901 she was in charge of Christodora house, New York city, doing settlement work and studying for the master of arts degree. She specialized in sociology, which was the subject of the thesis presented for the degree. From 1901 until 1909 she was instructor of English at the Albany, N. Y., School for Girls. In 1 909 the trustees of Saint Margaret's School unanimously called her to be principal of the school. Of Miss Munro's character and work. Rev. John M. Lewis, rector of St. John's Church and St. Margaret's School, says: "At Saint Margaret's the real work of her life was done. She brought to her task a splendid enthusiasm and an unusual abil- ity. For 14 years she held the leadership of the school and under her management it prospered in every way. She showed a remarkable ability to train and develop the minds of young girls. Every year increas- ing numbers of girls have gone out from Saint Margaret's to pursue their studies in colleges for women and the girls have al- ways brought credit to the school in which they were trained. "Miss Munro took an advanced rank among the educators of the country. One of her chief characteristics was her unfail- ing courage. She scorned the idea of fail- ure. Difficulties in her pathway seemed only things to be conquered and she always conquered them. She fought her supreme fight and won a glorious victory. For more than a year she struggled with ill health. Winship Teachers' Agency Send for blank. 6 Beacon Street, Boston, Mass. ALVIN F. PEASE Brown Graduate, A. B. & A. M. Starkweather & Shepley Incorporated George L. Shepley, President INSURANCE Of Every Description Fidelity and Surety Bonds 17 Custom House Street Providence, R. I. fTew York Office, 55 John Street Chicago Office, 175 W. Jackson Boulevard Boston Office, 43 Kilby Street Paris, France, Office, 20 Rue Chauchat 213 BROWN ALUMNI MONTHLY During all those months she never mur- mured and was hopeful and happy. "During the year of her illness, a signal honor came to her which is probably un- known to most of her intimate friends. She was called to be dean for women at one of the greatest universities in the country. "In spite of the last analysis, however, it was not her academic and scholastic achievements, conspicuous though those The Merchants National Bank Providence, R. I. 20 Westminster Street Capital, Surplus Earnings, $1,000,000 $1,500,000 ROBERT W. TAFT, President CHARLES H. NEWELL, Vice President MOSES J. BARBER, Vice President FRANK A. GREENE, Cashier WILLARD L ANGELL, Asst. Cashier HARRY S. HATHAWAY, Asst. Cashier Directors George M. Smith Robert W. Taft Charles H. Newell William B. McBee Everett L. Spencer Moses J. Barber Frank E, Richmond Edward P. Jastram A. Livingston Kellcy Wilson G. Wing Interest allowed on Current Accounts DRUGS Chemicals and Medicines Electric Batteries Invalid Roller Chairs Prescriptions a Specialty GEO. L. CLAFLIN CO. 62 to 64 South Main Street, Providence, R. I. achievements were, that endeared Miss Munro to her many friends in Waterbury, but it was rather her warm, sympathetic na- ture and her keen understanding of people, especially of girls." Miss Munro leaves one sister, Miss Har- riet Munro of South Bethlehem, Penn., and three brothers, Willard, Herbert and Fred- erick Munro, all of California. She was a first cousin of Professor W. H. Munro '70, Dr. W. L. Munro '79 and Professor Dana C. Munro '87. The Waterbury American closes a eulo- gistic editorial with these words: "She will be mourned by all who knew her and re- membered as one of the city's most capable and beloved women." Following is another installment of items regarding 1923 sent us by the secretary, Dorothy T. Mowry, 87 Winthrop St., Taunton, Mass. Anna C. Coggeshall is teaching Latin and history in the North Kingstown High School, Wickford, R. I. Agnes Cole is teaching French and Latin in the high school at Stafford Springs, Conn. Margaret M. Cummings is a student teacher in physical training in the Provi- dence High Schools. Also working for M. A, at Brown. Address 77 Taber ave.. Providence. Alice E. Desmond is taking a secretarial course at the Katherine Gibbs School. Ad- dress 22 Overhill road, Providence. Miriam S. Dick is teaching in the 9th Grade of the Junior High School in Read- ing, Pa. Elizabeth Ewart is a Grace H. Dodge Scholar in Bryn Mawr College. Marion L. Fairweather is with the Mer- chants' National Bank in Providence. Katherine T. Fanning is engaged in med- ical social work at the Rhode Island Hos- pital. Josephine M. Flumere is Spanish corre- spondent in the Export Department of the Dennison Mfg. Co., Framingham, Mass. Alice H. Glaeser is a teacher of French and modern history at Williamson, N. Y. Ethel L. Hagstrom is at home, 129 Shef- field ave., Pawtucket, R. L 214 BROWN ALUMNI MONTHLY Ruth Hanchett is teaching English in the Sumner High School, Holbroolc, Mass. Marion G. Hassinger is at home, 634 North Fifth st., Reading, Pa. Henen A. Hoff is a teacher of history and English at Lambertville, N. J. Mary C. Hogan is a student teacher in Providence. Also working for M. A. at Brown. Address 17 Beech St., Pawtucket, R. L Mary E. Holland is at home in South Somerset, Mass. Marion S. Holland is at Saunderstown, R. 1. Dorothy B. Hotchkiss is at home, 130 Mineral Spring ave., Pawtucket, R. L Sarah Jacobson is doing clerical work at home, 751 South Water St., New Bedford, Mass. Dessie Kushelevitch is assistant manager in a remnant and dry goods business in Woonsocket. Address 87 Elm st., Woon- socket, R. I. Evelyn B. Lochman is now Evelyn (Lochman) Macnie, and is working for A. M. at Radcliffe. Address 3 Concord ave., Cambridge, Mass. Irene M. Long is teaching in the Woon- socket High School. Ruth A. Lothrop is in France for a year of study and travel. Address Ecole Nor- mal, St. Germain-en-Laye, France. Helen C. McNaught is studying the vi- olin at the New England Conservatory of Music, Boston. F. Josephine Maguire is now Mrs. Wil- lard F. Johnson. Address 155 Broad st., Hartford, Conn. ENGAGEMENTS Dr. and Mrs. Charles E. Collins of Providence have announced the engagement of their daughter. Miss Helen Collins, to Raymond E. Palmer '20. The engagement has been announced of Miss Edith Estelle Farnum of Providence to Edgar J. Staff '15, who has been assist- ant line coach of the University football squad for several seasons. The engagement has been announced of Miss Elizabeth W. Whitman, Women's College '13, to Lewis S. Latimer of Bronx- BROWN DIRECTORY ARTHUR H. BLANCHARD Consulting Highway and Transport Engineer University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Mich- Abbott '80 Edwards '96 ABBOTT, FAUNTLEROY, CULLEN & EDWARDS Attorneys at Law Suite 315, Commercial Building 214 North Sixth Street, St. Louis, Mo. Abbott '15 MENDELL W. CRANE Attorney at Law 312 Howard Building, 171 Westminster st., Providence PERRY and SAUNDERS Counsellors at Law 185 Devonshire Street, Boston, Mass. Joseph Earl Perry, Williams; Albert L. Saunders, Brown 1902 CRAHAN ENGRAVING COMPANY. DESIGNING PHOTO CATALOGUE ENGRAVING ILLUSTRATIONS 50 Exchange Place Providence BLANDING'S Prescription Department For over half a century has set a standard for reliability that makes it the logical place at which to have your prescriptions com- pounded. Prices consistent with the high quality of drugs used. BLANDING & BLANDING 58 Weybosset Street 215 BROWN ALUMNI MONTHLY Providence Coal Co. Anthracite and Bituminous COAL Wholesale and Retaii> Central Office, Corner Custom House and Weybosset Street. Yard, Cor- ner of Dorrance and Dyer Sts. Westminster Bank 73 Westminster Street Providence Edward G. Chace, President Geo. A. Jepherson, Vice-President William C. Angell, Cashier Benjamin B. Manchester, Ass't Cashier Accounts Solicited We offer to depositors every facilit> which their balances, business and respon- sibility warrant. ville, N. Y. Miss Whitman was at one time administrative head of Miller Hall. WEDDINGS 1905 — Colgate Hoyt and Mrs, Muriel W. Williamson of Philadelphia were mar- ried in Mrs. Hoyt's home city on Jan. 5. According to the newspapers, Mr. and Mrs. Hoyt will make their home in Flourtown, one of the Philadelphia suburbs. 191 5, Women's College — Miss Edna Frances Southwick, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Edward L. Southwick of Pawtucket, R. I., was married to Merwin Grant Pot- ter of Lowell, Mass., at the home of her parents, on Dec. 29. Miss Elinor Randall of Freehold, N. J., a classmate, was brides- maid. Mr. and Mrs. Potter will make their home in Lowell. BIRTHS 1 891 — To Mr. and Mrs. Samuel A. Everett, a daughter, Katherine, on Jan. 2. 1899— To Mr, and Mrs. Howard D. Day, a son, Allen Frost, on Dec. 27, 1923. 1906, Women's College — To Mr, and Mrs, Henry E. Childs (Judith B, Hop- kins) a son, Henry E,, Jr,, on Jan, 8. 1909 — To Mr. and Mrs, Herbert M. Sherwood, a daughter, Caroline, on Jan, ii. 19 12 — To Mr. and Mrs, Sheldon C, Collins, a son, Stephen Chalkley, October II, 1923, grandson of A. C. Collins '78. 1 91 4 — To Professor and Mrs. Samuel T. Arnold, a son, Samuel T., Jr., on Jan. 10. 1914 — To Mr. and Mrs. Chester A. Files, a son, Chester Arthur, Jr., on Dec. 21, 1923. 19 1 5 — To Mr. and Mrs, Frederic J. Hunt, a son, Frederic J., Jr., on Dec, 20, 191 5— To Mr. and Mrs. Ralph B. Gra- ham, a son, Gordon, on Dec. 25, 1923. 1916 — To Mr. and Mrs, Steward T. MacNeill, a son, Justin, on Jan. 15. 1 9 16 — To Mr. and Mrs. Frederick L. Ferris, a daughter, Helen Dorothy, on Dec. 31. 1919 — To Mr. and Mrs. William H. Edwards, 2nd, a son, Albert Knight Pot- ter, on Dec, 21, 1923, grandson of Pro- fessor Albert K. Potter '86. 216 BODELL & CO. Investment Securities 10 Weybosset Street PROVIDENCE 115 BROADWAY NEW YORK 35 CONGRESS STREET BOSTON T)£SIDES selling Men's Handkerehiefa, Hose, Gloves, ShirtdngB* Jewelry and Leather Goods, thia store also offers larg« eemfortable Chairs, Smoking Stands, Ho- nidors. Desk Lamps and tlM like, for men. Come in sometime and just look them Qladditid's Brown Headquarters in New York HOTEL BRISTOL JUST EAST OF BROADWAY 400 Rooma 300 Baths Convenient to THEATRES, SHOPS, SUBWAYS European Plan Moat Popular Restaurant in New York jii^'f^ •06 President FOUR years in Providence must have given to every Brown man an acquaintance with the names of those who are directing the affairs of the Puritan Life Insurance Company of Rhode Island. NO matter where Brown men are now lo- cated they must have experienced a famil- iarity with the motive forces of this Rhode Island Institution. THIS feeling of personal interest is recipro- cal. It yields unusual satisfaction to us to receive applications for life insurance from Brown men. Board of Diredtors Puritan Life Insurance Company Providence, R. I. Walter R. Callendo: Bdmtind D. CheMbro Datee W. Flint Lyman B. GofiF Webster Knight Henry F. Lippitt Bben N. Littlefield Edgar J. Lownct Stephen O. Metcalf Charles Perry Aram J. Potnier Edward H. 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