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VOL. XXX 



PROVIDENCE, R. I., APRIL, 1930 



No. 9 



On The Hill 



Professor ^p pie ton Trasses 



(A Personal Appreciation by 
the Editor) 
\ LTHOUGH I took Professor 
John Howard Appleton's course 
in chemistry as an undergraduate, I 
date my real acquaintance with him 
from the day, perhaps twenty years 
ago, when I found him sitting by the 
open fire in the library of the Uni- 
versity Club in Providence and asked 
him what he thought of General 
Grant. 

It must have been during my first 
reading of Grant's Memoirs, or soon 
afterward. I had no reason to sup- 
pose that Professor Appleton's inter- 
est in Grant was in any way extra- 
ordinary. But I immediately found 
that the great commander was one of 
his special heroes, for whose military 
genius he had an enduring admira- 
tion. 

At this far distance it is impossible 
to say when or how our round table 
at the University Club began — it 
v.-as not really a round table, but an 
oval one. But very soon in my re- 
vived acquaintance with Professor 
Appleton he became its central point 
of interest. I have never heard of a 
group of congenial people with a 
more distinctive leader. Nobody 
thought of disputing his primacy. 
Rather we all rejoiced in it and were 
grateful for it. As for myself I 
quickly acquired the habit of bring- 
ing to him the most various topics, 
problems and speculations. I found 
that he had a marvellous capacity for 
getting "the other man's" point of 
view. In his later years, when he was 
unable to read as voluminously as 
formerly, he would take a round- 
table question home with him in his 
remarkable mind, think long and 



steadily about it, and return to the 
club the next day with a mature opin- 
ion, clearly and logically derived. 

If it had not been for the fact that 
I saw him almost exclusively at lunch 
time and that the hours immediately 
succeeding that period were for me 
the busiest part of the day, I would 
often have put down, Boswell-fash- 
ion, it seems to me, some of the wise 
observations he let fall. There were 
literally thousands of thoughts of his 
that I wish I had in a convenient 
book at this moment. Occasionally 
I would furtively inscribe one of his 
sayings on the back of a menu card, 
but neither I nor anyone else ever 
made a business of transcribing his 
wit and wisdom. 

Of his wit there are extant any 
number of examples. He was fond 
of embroidering a slight anecdote into 
an elaborate tale. A simple colloquy 
from a comic strip furnished with 
him all the necessary material for a 
spacious adventure in whimsical in- 
vention. On Monday noons I some- 
times said to him: "Professor, how 
was the preacher yesterday?", well 
knowing that he had long since given 
up anything like regular attendance 
at Sunday church services. If he 
happened to be in the mood, and he 
usually was, he would thereupon cite 
an imaginary text and from it frame 
on the spur of the moment a logical 
discourse of his own, crediting it to 
the supposed clergyman and devising 
impromptu his firstly, secondly and 
thirdly in a way to delight the or- 
derly mmd of Professor Bancroft, 
that arch-anatomist of literature. 

It is a remarkable fact that Profes- 
sor Appleton rarely talked" of his pro- 
fessional specialty, chemistry, unless 
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JOHN HOWARD APPLETON 

someone else introduced it into the 
conversation. It was then evident 
that he had kept abreast of the prog- 
ress made by the science since his re- 
tirement from the dollege faculty. 
But most of his thought was given 
to other branches of human activity. 
He took a deep interest in biography, 
so that it seemed as if he must have 
lead every notable volume of this 
character that had appeared in recent 
years. Toward the end of his life he 
reread Gibbon's Rome, and once 
again he reviewed the whole series of 
Shakespeare's plays, as he was wont 
to do every few years. He reflected 
much on the science of heredity, and 
particularly admired the researches of 
Sir Francis Galton in this field. A 
book that he frequently quoted was 
William Graham Sumner's "Folk- 
ways," which seemed to him one of 
the great works of his day and gener- 
ation, embracing as it does the en- 
tire range of social tradition and cus- 
tom. 



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He was fond of referring to the 
fact that he was born at Portland, 
Me., and attributed his love of the 
sea in some measure to this origin. He 
was justly proud of the long record of 
the Appleton family in New England 
and of the Williams family, ancestors 
on his maternal side from whom 
sprang a long line of Congregational 
ministers. He often spoke of his 
father with deep respect and of his 
mother with great tenderness as a 
woman of superior attainments to 
whom he owed an immeasurable obli- 
gation. 

He had a marked dignity of mind 
which instinctively rejected the un- 
fitting point of view. His sense of 
propriety was keen and he had no 
patience with offenders against it. 

From the Journal 

The Providence Journal of Feb. 
19. 1930, the day following Professor 
Appleton 's death, said editorially: 

Professor Appleton was born in 
Portland, Me., from which city he 
came to Providence in boyhood. He 
often referred to the fact that he 
first saw the light within sight and 
sound of the sea, and expressed the 
conviction that something of its spell 
had got into his blood, making him 
keenly sensitive to its allurement. He 
might have said with Longfellow, an- 
other native of Portland, who sang 
of the town in unforgettable lines: 
"I remember the black wharves and 
the slips. 

And the sea-tides tossing free ; 

* * * 

And the beauty and mystery of the 
ships. 
And the magic of the sea." 
Professor Appleton's specialty as a 
teacher was chemistry. He entered 
the faculty at Brown as an instructor 
in that science immediately after his 
graduation in 1863 and he remained 
in the same department of the uni- 
versity for many years with the full 
rank of professor, until he retired 
by reason of the academic limitation 
at the age of seventy. Never was 
this arbitrary limitation more regret- 
tably imposed ; Professor Appleton 
was in his intellectual prime when he 



withdrew from the teaching force on 
the hill, and indeed, in the succeed- 
ing decade and a half that remained 
to him, he gave no indication of 
failing intellectual powers. 

Those who knew him best will 
speak with the surest conviction of 
the remarkable character of these 
powers. His mind was receptive, an- 
alytic and expository to an unusual 
degree. He quickly mastered the es- 
sentials of a proposition, reframed it 
if necessary in lucid sentences and 
argued for or against it with excep- 
tional force. His sympathies were 
quick and he had a talent for com- 
prehending another's point of view. 
Yet he could not be easily diverted 
from a controversial position, mod- 
estly and courteously confident as he 
was of his own mental rectitude. 

His habit of thought was experi- 
mental and reflective; he liked to 
examine both historic events and 
current occurrences philosophically. 
He was a lifelong student of Shakes- 
peare and had many of the poet's 
finer passages at his instant command. 
He made a practice of rereading 
every few years the whole series of 
plays, and it was his frequently ex- 
pressed conclusion that upon poets 
and military leaders the chief guer- 
don of fame was likeliest to fall. 
Among his soldierly heroes Grant 
ranked very high; he was an inveter- 
ate student of the Civil War and 
the victor of Vicksburg and Appomat- 
tox loomed, by his verdict, among 
the great captains of all time. 

His tastes were broad and varied 
and few subjects of general discus- 
sion failed to enlist his active mind. 
In recent years he devoted a large 
part of his leisure to the reading of 
biography, having, as he said, a par- 
ticular interest in individual human 
beings. . . . 

He was a reverent man, though 
little concerned with the niceties of 
theological disputation. Loyalty to 
his friends was an outstanding trait, 
and loyalty to Brown University also, 
from which not only he himself but 
all of his six children — three sons and 
three daughters — were graduated, a 
unique record. His connection with 
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it as student, active member of the 
faculty and professor emeritus ex- 
tended over more than seventy 
years. He entered it in 1859 and in 
1930 his name was still upon its roll 
of honor. 

A scientist of exact learning, a 
scholar in many lines outside of his 
chosen profession, a brilliant conver- 
sationalist, a ready and helpful coun- 
sellor, and a citizen upon whom the 
community set the enduring seal of 
its esteem, John Howard Appleton 
has passed at a ripe age from the 
scene of his long activities. For those 
who were admitted to his generous 
friendship there is left a vacancy that 
will never be filled. 

Mr. Foster's Tribute 

TN a private letter to the editor of 

the Brown Alumni Monthly from 
which we are permitted to quote, 
William E. Foster, '73, a brother-in- 
law of Professor Appleton, said under 
date of Feb. 19, 1930: 

"I can never forget not only the 
strong intellectual pleasure which I 
derived from a conversation with him 
by myself, but on various occasions 
in the past when, having a guest at 
my house whose conversation I par- 
ticularly enjoyed, I would call on 
Professor Appleton to come over and 
spend the evening with the certainty 
that the resulting conversation would 
be a rich intellectual treat. Among 
these instances, I recall several in par- 
ticular. 

"When the late Judge Chamber- 
lain was the librarian of the Boston 
Public Library, he used to make it a 
point to come down to Providence 
once a year, for the week-end, to be 
my guest. On these occasions, I 
would always ask Professor Apple- 
ton to come over to spend the eve- 
ning. Both were men of wide read- 
ing, of careful reflection, and of alert 
mental habit. The result was like 
bringing flint in contact with tinder. 

"And this is typical of many 'more 
than Attic nights.' 

"There was something almost 
Frenc^h in the delicacy of Professor 
Appleton's mental processes, and al- 
though he possessed a keen interest in 



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all literary studies, the wholesome ef- 
fect of his scientific training, and his 
disciplined mind, was always seen in 
the sanity and sureness of his judg- 
ments. 

"As to his sense of humor, I do not 
need to remind you of that. It would 
often appear in the unexpected turn 



of thought, throwing a flood of light 
on some hitherto overlooked phase of 
the subject, and fairly convulsing 
those with whom he w-as conversing. 
"I have never known a man whose 
conversation was so completely the 
embodiment of intellect." 



Professor Appleton's Career 



John Howard Appleton was born 
at Portland, Maine, on February 3, 
1844, a son of Elisha Williams and 
Martha Wylly (Hyde) Appleton. 
He was a descendant of the Samuel 
Appleton who came to this country 
from Suffolk, England, in early col- 
onial days. A brother of Professor 
Appleton, William Hyde Appleton, 
was President of Swarthmore Col- 
lege for several years. Professor Ap- 
pleton's family removed to this city 
w^hile he was a lad and he attended 
the public schools and graduated at 
the Providence High School, then 
located on Benefit Street, and now 
occupied by the Supreme Court of 
Rhode Island. He entered Brown 
University in the class of 1863 and 
graduated with the degree of Bach- 
elor of Philosophy. He won his A. 
M. at Brown in 1869. The honor- 
ary degree of Sc. D., was conferred 
upon him by Brown in 1900, at 
which time he was cited by Dr. W. 
H. P. Faunce as a "chemist of re- 
jute, teacher of a generation of stu- 
dents, Christian gentleman." 

Upon graduation he became Assist- 
ant Instructor in Analytical Chem- 
istry and for a half a centry he was 
the active head of the Department of 
Chemistry. Upon his retirement 
from active service in 1913 he became 
Professor Emeritus in Chemistry. 

In behalf of friends and former 
students, a fund to be known by his 
name was given to the University 
some years ago for the purpose of 
providing a course of lectures each 
year. 

In 1886 Professor Appleton was 
appointed Professor of Chemistry 
Applied to the Arts, and, in 1872, 
Professor of Chemistry, a post which 
he held, together with the Newport 



Rogers Chair of Chemistry, until his 
retirement. 

During all this time the college 
had been growing. When he became 
instructor, there were but 12 mem- 
bers of the faculty and 202 students 
enrolled, and the only buildings on 
the campus were University, Man- 
ning and Rhode Island Halls, Hope 
College and the chemistry building. 
Professor Appleton took a leading 
part in the application of chemistry 
to the affairs of the city and the 
State. He was State Sealer of 
Weights and Measures for a number 
of years and for several years was 
chemist of the State Board of Agri- 
culture and was called into the serv- 
ice of Providence when the city es- 
tablished its water works, from which 
has developed the present extensive 
system. He was often summoned for 
official advice in additions to this pub- 
lic improvement and was frequently 
engaged as an expert witness in im- 
portant legal proceedings. In 1891 
he was appointed to the United States 
Mint Commission by President Har- 
rison. 

He was a fellow of the American 
Association for the Advancement of 
Science; former Vice President of 
the American Chemical Society and 
was chairman of the Rhode Island 
section ; a member of the American 
Society of Chemical Industry and of 
the New York Academy of Sciences. 
He was a member of Phi Beta Kap- 
pa, being president of Rhode Island 
Alpha in i88i and 1883, and was a 
member of Sigma Xi. He was a 
president of the Providence Art Club 
many years ago, and was president of 
the University Club from 191 7 to 
19 19. In 1928 he was elected an 
honorary member of the American 
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Institute of Chemists. Only five 
men, including Dr. Appleton, have 
had this honor. He was also a Fel- 
low of the American Society for the 
Advancement of Science. 

He published a number of books 
on chemistry, chiefly for textual use. 
These were as follows: "The Young 
Chemist," i878'; "Quantitative An- 
alysis," 1881 ; "Laboratory Year 
Book," 1883, which he issued annu- 
ally until 1892; "Beginners' Hand 
Book of Chemistry," 1884; "Ad- 
vanced Quantitative Analysis," 1889; 
"Medical Chemistry," 1889; "Les- 
sons in Chemical Philosophy," 1 890; 
"Metals of the Chemist," 1891 ; "Re- 
port Books of Chemical Works," 
1891 ; "Carbon Compounds," 1892; 
"Chemistry of Non-Metals," 1897, 
and "Easy Experiments of Organic 
Chemistry," 1898. He also contrib- 
uted numerous articles for publica- 
tions of \arious kinds and delivered 
many addresses. 

Professor Appleton was married 
Feb. 24, 1875, to Louise Mumford 
Day. Their six children all received 
degrees from Brown. He is survived 
by three daughters, Mrs. George A. 
Goulding, Alice Appleton and Mar- 
guerite Appleton ; and two sons, 
Everard Appleton, an attorney and 
a former coroner for the city of Prov- 
idence, and Dr. Paul Appleton. All 
live in Pro\idence. 

Another son, William Day Apple- 
ton, former instructor in engineering 
at Brown, died May 6, 192 1. 



Delta Tau Delta 

By Robert Franklin, '2g 
With twenty-one chapters, repre- 
senting a range from Maine to AVest 
Virginia, sending delegates, the 47th 
annual conference of the Eastern Di- 
vision of Delta Tau Delta was held 
in Providence, March 14 and 15. 
The visitors were the guests of the 
Beta Chi chapter at Brown and the 
Providence alumni of the fraternity. 
The sessions included a smoker and 
informal reception at the chapter 
house on Prospect Street Friday eve- 
ning, followed by a dance at the 
Providence Biltmore, at which two 
hundred Deltas and their guests were 



BROWN ALUMNI MONTHLY 



present. A dinner Saturday evening 
concluded the get-together. 

The conference was directed by 
Professor F. Darrell Moore of Renn- 
selaer Polytechnic Institute, assisted 
by Robert Shanklin, '29, who is the 
field secretary for Delta Tau Delta. 
Norman MacLeod of Pittsburgh, 
President of the Fraternity, and Dan- 
iel L. Grant of New York, executive 
secretary, were in attendance and 
spoke at the dinner. Rev. Albert C. 
Thomas, '08, of Fall River was toast- 
master, and the principal speaker was 
Oscar Heltzen, '04n, former Attor- 
ney General of Rhode Island. 

Delta Tau Delta has recently re- 



organized its administrative work and 
is reinterpreting its purpose in terms 
oi changed educational methods and 
practices. "If the social fraternity 
has a place in higher education," said 
President MacLeod, "then we must 
\'iew it in the same terms with which 
we view other elements in the higher 
educational picture and give the fra- 
ternity both the financial support and 
the forward-looking administration 
required for any reasonable success. 
So far it has grown like Topsy ; and 
as it has become larger and more 
cumbersome it has often been driven 
from pillar to post. We believe that 
the social fraternity possesses incal- 



culable benefits for educating young 
men through its informal life and 
procedure if only care is taken to as- 
sure the operation of such educative 
values. And believing in the social 
fraternity. Delta Tau Delta is under- 
taking more than it has been accus- 
tomed to in order to assure a more 
continuous policy and a more effec- 
tive life. 

"To this end we have correlated 
our administrative functions and 
placed at the head of our organiza- 
tion an executive secretary who is 
familiar with higher education as well 
as with fraternities." 



The Advisory Board Breaks Records 



'Bv Alfred H. Gur/iev, Alumni Secretar 



^XZITH delegates present from 
Portland, Me., to Los Angeles, 
Cal., and with a fine spirit of har- 
mony and co-operation manifest at all 
times, the annual meeting of the Ad- 
visory Board of the Associated Alum- 
ni in Providence, Feb. 21 and 22, 
was an altogether successful affair. 

If one were prattling about rec- 
ords one could say that the meeting 
( I ) surpassed all previous marks in 
point of attendance, (2) brought to- 
gether the largest number of Alumni 
Trustees in history, and (3) had, 
throughout, the benefit of the pres- 
ence of the President of the Univer- 
sity. 

Schicartz at the Helm 
One might also emphasize the 
firm, fair way in which President V. 
A. Schwartz conducted the sessions, 
and laud the hospitality provided for 
alumni from out of town by members 
and friends of the Brown Club of 
Providence. 

Moreover, the Board took two 
radical and important steps by voting, 
after lively discussion, that no Alum- 
ni Trustee "should be immediately 
eligible to succeed himself," and that 
President Schwartz name a commit- 
tee to work out the details of the so- 
called Regional Plan, which calls for 
a reorganization of the Associated 
Alumni along lines calculated to knit 



the alumni body more closely together 
and thus make it more effective as an 
active force in Brown's progress. 

The roll call tells the story of the 
attendance. The long-distance dele- 
gate was Edward A. Adams, '12 — 
'Shad" to many of us — who lives in 
Los Angeles and who came with cre- 
dentials from that club and from the 
clubs in Denver, San Francisco and 
Seattle. Here is the full list: 

Alumni Trustees — H. H. Rice, 
Professor George Grafton Wilson, 
C. Sherman Hoyt, George F. Bean, 
President Harvey N. Davis, William 
Allan Dyer, Clinton C. White, Ar- 
thur W. Pinkham. 

Brown Clubs — Brown Engineei- 
ing Association, Frank E. Winsor, 
Earl W. Harrington ; Boston, R. G. 
Sykes; Cleveland, W. Russell Bur- 
well ; Connecticut Valley, Ralph A. 
Armstrong; Detroit, Arthur Kiern- 
an; Fall River, Rev. Albert C. 
Thomas; Hartford, Frank O. Jones; 
Lynn, Mass., Frank E. Marble; 
Manchester, N. H., Dr. H. W. N. 
Bennett ; Merrimack Valley, William 
H. Cady; New Bedford, Wardwell 
C. Leonard ; New Haven, Victor A. 
Hedberg, Jr., and Harry R. West- 
cot t ; Newport, Frank j\I. Hammett; 
Stw York, Alexander Graham, Wat- 
son Wyckoff; Portland, Me., Fred 
H. Gabbi, Dr. Thomas J. Burrage; 
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Providence, Earl M. Pearce, Sidney 
Clifford; Rochester, N. Y., Dr. 
Earle B. Cross; Sryacuse, William 
Allan Dyer; Woonsocket, F. E. 
Whitaker; Worcester, George D. 
Church, Wiley H. Marble and Fred 
D. Aldrich (morning session); 
Brown Clubs of the Far West — Ed- 
ward A. Adams. Association of Class 
Secretaries — George L. Miner. 

Delegates-at-Large, Dennis 
O'Brien, Hugh W. MacNair, 
gar J. Lanpher. 

Officers and Executive Commit- 
tee — President V. A. Schwartz; Vice 
Presidents Henry G. Marsh, W. R. 
Burwell, Charles H. Pinkham; Treas" 
urer E. K. Aldrich, Jr., Homer N. 
Sweet, James M. Pendleton, James 
S. Allen, Henry S. Chafee, Alfred 
H. Gurney. 

Guests — President Clarence A. 
Barbour, Dr. A. D. Mead, Dean 
Kenneth O. Mason, Dean Samuel T. 
Arnold, Z. Chafee, Harold B. Tan- 
ner, Alfred B. Lemon, Professor 
James P. Adams, Professor C. H. 
Currier and Henry R. Palmer. 

Afternoon Session 

For the first time the Board met 
in the afternoon. And for the first 
time the scene of the meeting was at 
the Faculty Club, 13 Brown Street. 
When President Schwartz rapped for 



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order at 4 o'clock he had sitting with 
him on either side of his desk nine 
representatives of the student body 
and the major student activities. 
They were Edward L. Sittler, Jr., 
President of the Cammarian Club, 
H. O. Werner, Jr., editor-in-chief of 
the Brown Daily Herald, H. B. 
Thorn of Sock and Buskin, John B. 
Rae of the Debating Union, Albert 
H. Rogers, manager of the Musical 
Clubs, and the four presidents of the 
classes in college — C. H. (Bud) Ed- 
wards, '30, Ernest G. Hapgood, Jr., 
'31, Paul F. Mackesy, '32, and Ro- 
land K. Brown, '33. 

Noticeably Frank 

All of the speakers were frank and 
outspoken. They were particularly 
critical of alumni support (or, rath- 
er, lack of support) of the activities 
at Brown. Mr. Werner made a 
strong and intelligent plea for better 
academic publicity, and Mr. Rogers 
said some pertinent things about the 
mdifference of many of the Brown 
clubs toward proposed visits by the 
Musical Clubs. Messrs. Rae and 
Thorn spoke to the point with regard 
to alumni and undergraduate neglect 
of their respective organizations. Mr. 
Sittler's outline of the work of the 
Cammarian Club and the problems 
before it was clear and constructive. 

The class presidents were brief, 
but friendly, and it was heartening 
to hear them ask for greater alumni 
interest in the kind of students who 
shouid come to Brown. 

Because of lack of time it was not 
possible to discuss at length the com- 
ments and opinions of the undergrad- 
uates. With the notice that the Ex- 
ecutive Committee would take up 
some of the matters at its monthly 
meetings. President Schwartz called 
for nominations for Alumni Trus- 
tees to fill the four vacancies, one 
Episcopal and three Baptist, of 
which all clubs had been duly no- 
tified. He e.xplained the list of 
names as read by the secretary by 
saying that the Executive Commit- 
tee, as the nominating committee, had 
given it much thought and that there 
was nothing cut and dried about it. 

The number of candidates to go 



upon the official ballot was warmly 
discussed. The motion finally pre- 
vailed that three candidates should be 
nominated for each vacancy. It was 
also voted to put up three men for 
the Athletic Council vacancy. 

Evening Session 

After a short recess, the delegates 
assembled in the main room of the 
Faculty Club for dinner. Sixty-one 
persons, including the members of 
the Musical Clubs, who came to sing 
and remained to eat, gathered at the 
tables. President Schwartz opened 
the after-dinner program with a 
hearty greeting to the delegates, and 
then gave a brief survey of the top- 
ics considered by the Executive Com- 
mittee since its first meeting in Sep- 
tember. These topics included Com- 
mencement, the Alumni Monthly, the 
Regional Plan, the Consultation 
Committee, which acts as a connect- 
ing link between the Associated 
Alumni and the Corporation, and the 
Equalization Plan, by which the clubs 
would share equally the expense of 
sending delegates to the Advisory 
Board meeting. 

He likewise cited the more friend- 
ly relations now exixsting between 
the Alumni Office and the Brown 
Club of Providence, and paid tribute 
to President Barbour for the interest 
that Dr. Barbour is showing in alum- 
ni work. 

President Barbour Speaks 
His introduction of President Bar- 
bour was as sincere as it was happy. 
And certainly it must have thrilled 
the new president to hear the ap- 
plause as he rose to make his bow 
before the board. He said at the be- 
ginning that his talk was "a family 
one" and he asked that, in accord 
with custom, there be no verbatim re- 
port of it. He reviewed vividly and 
intimately the situation at Brown as 
he was becoming acquainted with it; 
he discussed the Corporation, Facul- 
ty and the student body, praising them 
for their spirit of co-operation, and 
made a memorable plea for devotion 
and loyalty to the university. Surely 
every man who heard him realizes 
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that, under his leadership, Brown 
will go forward steadily and intelli- 
gently, 

Following the report of the Alum- 
ni Secretary, which is given else- 
where in this issue. Professor James 
P. Adams of the Department of 
Economics told of the work of the 
faculty and sketched delightfully 
some of the outstanding men on it; 
Henry R. Palmer, editor of the 
Brown Alumni Monthly, gave a rap- 
id-fire history, touched with real 
humor, of the ups and downs of the 
Monthly since its founding in 1900; 
Alfred B. Lemon outlined succinctly 
the aims and purposes of the Brown 
Club of Providence; and William Al- 
lan Dyer described the tentative Re- 
gional Plan for bringing the alumni 
closer together and increasing their 
usefulness to Brown. It was voted 
to refer the plan to a committee, 
named by President Schwartz, with 
power to act. 

The meeting, according to plan, 
adjourned promptly at 10:30, and 
the delegates went to the homes of 
alumni opened to them through the 
aid of the Brown Club of Providence. 
The hospitality committee, led by 
Henry S. Chafee, did a thoroughly 
commendable job. 

Morning Session 

At the opening of the session Sat- 
urday morning, President Schwartz 
called for a discussion of the Equali- 
zation Plan. After arguments for 
and against the plan, it was voted to 
refer the subject to the Regional 
Plan Committee. 

Nominations for Alumni Trustees 
and for the Athletic Council brought 
forth sharp discussion of the policy 
of naming non-Brown men for va- 
cancies. President Barbour partici- 
pated, and there was much talk 
"about it and about" until the chair 
recognized H. H. Rice of Detroit, 
who made the following motion: 
Alumni Trustees 

That the Advisory Board of the 
Associated Alumni adopt as a policy 
that an Alumni Trustee should not 
be immediately eligible to succeed 
himself. 



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Mr. Rice explained his motion 
fully, saying that he had advocated 
such a procedure six years ago, but 
had been in the great minority. He 
felt that a change of personnel among 
the Alumni Trustees every six years 
would work out to the benefit of the 
University. President Harvey N. 
Davis of Stevens Institute of Tech- 
nology seconded the motion, and Pro- 
fessor George Grafton Wilson and 
Mr. Dyer, also Alumni Trusttees, 
spoke in favor. So did James M. 
Pendleton, while Dennis F. O'Brien, 
Sidney Clifford and H. S. Chafee 
said that the Advisory Board might 
well go slowly in the matter. The 
motion before the house prevailed, 
with four votes opposing. 

It was then moved and passed 
that the President of the Associated 
Alumni appoint a committee to con- 
fer with the Corporation to consider 
the advisability of shortening the 
term of Alumni Trustees from six 
years. 

This motion was followed by an- 
other, which was also passed, that 
"it is the sentiment of the alumni that 



the Corporation consider asking for 
the resignation of a member of the 
Corporation who has not attended a 
meeting of the Corporation for two 
years, without justifiable cause." 

Meantime nominations for the 
Alumni Trustee and Athletic Coun- 
cil vacancies continued until they 
were completed. The names of the 
candidates will be published in the 
next issue of the Alumni Monthly. 

A resolutions committee composed 
of Homer N. Sweet, Dr. Earle B. 
Cross and Hugh W. MacNair pre- 
sented resolutions, which were unani- 
mously adopted, on the approaching 
retirement of Dean Otis E. Randall, 
Dr. Harry Lyman Koopman and 
Professor Walter G. Everett. 

It was voted to send a day letter 
of appreciation to Walter C. Wyck- 
off, former Alumni Trustee and for 
many years active on the Advisory 
Board. Mr. Rice spoke feelingly of 
Mr. Wyckoff's love of Brown and 
his work for the University. It was 
also voted to thank the Brown Club 
of Providence and Providence alumni 
for their hospitality to the visiting 



delegates and to refer to the Execu- 
tive Committee the subject of the 
transfer of the Alumni Monthly to 
the Associated Alumni (proposed by 
Mr. Palmer). A rising vote of 
thanks was given President Schwartz 
for his firmness and fairness in con- 
ducting the meetings of the Board, 
and adjournment was taken at noon 
to the Visiting Day luncheon at 
Alumnae Hall. In the afternoon at 
4 o'clock the delegates attended the 
memorial service for Dr. Faunce in 
Sayles Hall. 

Before adjourning. President 
Schwartz announced that the Region- 
al Plan Committee would be made up 
of William Allan Dyer, chairman, 
Alfred B. Lemon, vice chairman, J. 
M. Pendleton, Homer N. Sweet, 
James S. Allen, Wiley H. Marble, 
Dennis F. O'Brien, Hugh W. Mac- 
Nair, Lester L. Falk, Wallace R. 
Lane, Edward A. Adams, and Pres- 
ident Barbour and President 
Schwartz, ex-officio. The commit- 
tee met immediately after the lunch- 
eon. 



Report of Alfred H. Gurney, Alumni Secretary, 

to the Advisory Board 



/GENTLEMEN: I have the 
^^ honor to submit my eighth an- 
nual report as Alumni Secretary. 

The work of the Alumni Office 
continues to increase. It also con- 
tinues to have the saving grace of be- 
ing varied — so varied, indeed, that 
oftentimes it becomes exciting. There 
is a thrill in the quick jump from 
talking with a Senior in search of 
opportunities for work after gradua- 
tion to the task of issuing a statement 
•on the punishment meted out to 
Freshmen and Sophomores for mix- 
ing unsociably with the Providence 
police. There is a certain exhilara- 
tion in writing a story for the home 
town newspaper about an under- 
graduate elected to Phi Beta Kappa 
or the Sima Xi. 

And, after a period of routine 
matters, when the noise of the type- 



writer and the jingle of the telephone 
make one moody and even murder- 
ous, there is pleasure in relaxing long 
enough to point out to a romantic stu- 
dent caller that life before the mast 
on an ocean freighter may actually be 
drab. 

Two Notable Events 
In the two notable events of the 
year. Commencement and the inau- 
guration of President Barbour, the 
Alumni Office had an active part. It 
worked with the Commencement 
committee and the class secretaries to 
bring out the largest possible class 
delegations for the farewell to Dr. 
Faunce. It prepared the Commence- 
ment publicity. At the suggestion of 
John W. Haley of the Brown Club 
of Providence, it was instrumental 
in changing the printed program of 
Commencement. Perhaps some of 
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you noticed that the program of 1929 
was larger in size and on better pa- 
per than in previous years. There is 
yet room for improvement. 

The Alumni Office handled all of 
the publicity for President Barbour's 
inauguration. Early in September a 
program of news stories was approved 
by Theodore Francis Green, chair- 
man of the Inauguration Committee. 
In making up this program I had the 
valuable aid of Professor James P. 
Adams, and in preparing the stories 
I had the skilled help of Garrett D. 
Byrnes, '26. 

The first story went out for re- 
lease on September 15, one month be- 
fore inauguration. Other stories, six 
general ones, all told, were sent at 
stated intervals. The newspapers re- 
ceiving them were a selected list. The 
press associations were included, and 



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their co-operation was excellent. Pic- 
tures of Dr. Barbour were sent to all 
newspapers and picture bureaus ask- 
ing for them. Arrangements were 
made with the news reel companies to 
send men to the inauguration. 

Special stories were written for 
religious papers, and interviews with 
Dr. Barbour were provided for. To 
fifty of the leading newspapers, cop- 
ies of Dr. Barbour's biography were 
mailed in advance of the inaugura- 
tion exercises. Every phase of digni- 
fied publicity was covered. The re- 
sults were gratifying. The Alumni 
Office has collected hundreds of 
clippings and pictures from news- 
papers throughout the country. It 
intends to put them into a perma- 
nent scrap book as evidence of what 
can be done when publicity is pre- 
pared as real news and is well-direct- 
ed. 

Compliment for Committee 
I should like to go on record here 
as paying compliment to Mr. Green 
and his committee for the way in 
which they carried out their plans for 
the inauguration. Everything was 
done smoothly, according to exact 
schedule. And every visitor went 
back home praising Brown for the 
splendid way in which it had inducted 
Dr. Barbour into office. 

That praise, I believe, is better 
for Brown than all of the yards and 
yards of printed matter about the 
inauguration in the Alumni Office 
files. 

Graduate Records 

The Graduate Records were gone 
over fully during the summer and 
rearranged to make them more ac- 
cessible. The rearrangement was pos- 
sible by removal of all records of the 
graduates of Pembroke College to 
Alumnae Hall. Much new bio- 
graphical material has been added. 
The recent classes are showing a 
friendly disposition in filling out rec- 
ord blanks and in keeping the office 
informed of their changes of address. 

The duties of maintaining the rec- 
ords multiply. As many of you 
know, we have three cards, alpha- 
betical, geographical and class, for 



each alumnus and former student. 
Miss Himes, Keeper of the Graduate 
Records, tries to have the home and 
business addresses on every card. She 
also tries to keep the addresses up to 
date. This, in itself, is a big task. 
As the files are today, I believe they 
will compare favorably with the files 
in any Alumni Office, even in those 
offices where money in plenty is 
available for assistant workers. 

Occupation File Needed 
There is a real need for a file 
showing the occupations of Brown 
men. 

The files are in almost daily use. 
All the undergraduate organizations 
which do business off the campus 
have access to them. Club secretaries 
send in their I'sts for revision. Class 
secretaries act similarly, although 
there are several secretaries, interest- 
ed enough in having their lists as 
correct as possible, who come direct 
to the Alumni Office to do their own 
work. It is well to reiterate that the 
files are closed to solicitors of all 
kinds. 

For the All-New England Boston 
dinner in 1929 the Alumni Office, 
co-operating with the Brown Club 
of Boston, sent out all notices at 
cost. The idea took so well that 
again this year the Alumni Office 
was asked to handle the mailing list. 

Active Cooperation 
The office has worked whole- 
heartedly with the Administration in 
sending out Commencement notices, 
University bulletins, invitations to 
the inauguration and special reprints 
from the Alumni Monthly. The time 
is at hand, I believe, when the Uni- 
versity should provide a more mod- 
ern addressing machine, with special 
labor-saving attachments, than the 
one in use. 

A year ago I said that "the need 
of a personal system is great." I re- 
peat the statement. I wish it were 
possible to set aside definite hours for 
talks with Seniors and alumni with 
regard to employment. Some of this 
year's Senior class have already been 
in to see about opportunities. The 
mail regularly brings letters from 
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graduates asking about positions. 
Personnel men from well known 
companies and corporations visit 
Brown annually, and their first stop 
is at the Alumni Office. From now 
until late in May considerable of my 
time will be occupied with these vis- 
itors and with Seniors. 

Loyalty Fund 

Concerted effort to build up the 
Loyalty Fund has begun. In a letter, 
published in the January number of 
Alumni Monthly, President Barbour 
made personal appeal to Brown men 
to subscribe to the Fund and, in this 
way, build with Brown. The Alum- 
ni Secretary feels that he should give 
a great deal more of his time to the 
Fund than he is able to give. The 
Fund will not go of itself. That 
has been tried and found futile. Sev- 
eral hundred subscribers give yearly 
without solicitation. But the ma- 
jority must be sought out and asked. 

No one can do this seeking and 
asking better than the energetic Class 
Agent. In recent weeks Henry G. 
Clark, chairman of the Trustees of 
the Loyalty Fund, has sent out a 
letter to a large number of the Class 
Agents. In this letter Mr. Clark 
puts the goal of the Loyalty Fund at 
$40,000, the sum to be raised by 
Commencement. With approximate- 
ly 5,700 graduates and nearly two 
thousand more or less interested for- 
mer students to draw upon, the goal 
is a reasonable one. If even two 
thousand Brown men would get be- 
hind the Fund on the first call, the 
Trustees, and President Barbour, al- 
so, would be greatly heartened. 

Dr. Faunce, in his annual report 
in November, 1928, characterized 
the Fund as "one of the most depend- 
able sources of our income." Is 
there any need to insist further that 
the Fund, which is money for Brown 
without any strings attached, is vital 
to the progress of the University? 

The Brown Clubs 
The coming of President Barbour 
to Brown will mean much to the 
Brown clubs. Dr. Barbour has al- 
ready been the guest of the clubs in 
Providence, New Bedford, Boston 



BROWN ALUMNI MONTHLY 



and Hartford, and of the Brown En- 
gineering Association. Soon after 
this meeting is over he will go to 
Washington, Baltimore, Philadelphia 
and New York. Later he will visit 
Albany, Rochester, Syracuse, Buf- 
falo, Cleveland, Detroit, Chicago, 
and St. Louis. And he has engage- 
ments to speak before the Brown 
men in Worcester, Newport, R. L, 
and Springfield, Mass. 

Even Dr. Barbour, worker that 
he is, cannot expect to do everything 
in his first year on College Hill. But 
I feel that he realizes the necessity 
of visiting the Brown men in the Far 
West and that he will do so during 
the next academic year. His appear- 
ance in the Far West will be of ma- 
terial benefit to Brown. 

I myself have visited the clubs in 
Portland, Me., Merrimack Valley, 
Hartford, Springfield, New Bedford, 
New York, Boston, Fall River, New 
Haven, Manchester, N. H., and 
have been the guest of the Brown 
Engineers. Absence in the field 
makes work in the office doubly hard. 
Yet I know that I should have clos- 
er personal contact with the clubs 
in the Middle West, nearly all ot 
which are showing an alert interest 
in the work of the University. 

Dean Randall, Dean Mason, Dr. 
Mead, Professor W. H. Kenerson, 
Professor James P. Adams and other 
members of the Faculty have gra- 
ciously responded to requests to speak 
before alumni groups. The Alumni 
Office misses Dean Randall this year. 
It appreciates his loyalty and his vis- 
its to the alumni, particularly in the 
years in which Dr. Faunce was not 
able to go on long journeys. It tes- 
tifies, too, to the splendid cooperation 
Dean Mason is giving in connection 
with his new work as director of ad- 
missions. 

In his last annual report. Dean 
Mason mentions his visits to alumni 
groups and adds that "without ex- 
ception, they have been ready to aid 
us by interviewing applicants and 
urging desirable men to apply to 
Brown. No small debt of grat- 
itude is due to the fifty-odd gradu- 
ates who, at the price of considerable 



time and eflort, are helping us in the 
choice of our candidates." This work 
is essential to Brown's progress, and 
I want to see every Brown club shar- 
ing in it conscientiously. 

During the year the Brown Club 
of Northern New Jersey was or- 
ganized. It came into being just in 
time for the Brown-Princeton foot- 
ball game, and it did its part in bring- 
ing out Brown men for the game. 
The Brown Club of New York like- 
wise created spirit and enthusiasm in 
the same direction. A movement is 
under way to form a club in Taun- 
ton and neighborhood, and the Alum- 
ni Office is planning to revive the 
New London - Norwich - Westerly 
group. The small band of Brunon- 
ians in Akron and Canton, Ohio, has 
met several times to put the name of 
Brown on the map out there. 

With the succession of Mr. 
Schwartz to the office of President of 
the Associated Alumni, has come 
closer relationship with the Brown 
Club of Providence, to the benefit 
of both the association and the club. 
Under Dr. Emery M. Porter the 
Brown Club of Providence has been 
progressive, with well-defined aims. 
Under its new president, Alfred B. 
Lemon, it will continue to go for- 
ward. 

Other Matters 

At the close of college in June, I 
represented Brown at the annual 
meeting of the American Alumni 
Council at the University of Toron- 
to, gave the report of District One, 
which includes New England, Nova 
Scotia and Quebec, and had a place 
on the program in the discussion of 
alumni and admissions. It was a 
pleasure to tell the members of the 
Council, who came from nearly every 
state in the country, as well as from 
most of the Canadian provinces, of 
what Dean Mason, with the aid of 
our alumni, is accomplishing for 
Brown. 

And I had a feeling of genuine 
pride to hear Carl Rollins of the 
Yale University Press, national au- 
thority on type, make this statement: 
"I want to suggest that you look at 
the Brown University Catalogue by 
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the Merrymount Press, in one of the 
handsomest types ever made, and find 
what is just as sober and clean-cut 
a document as you can ever hope to 
see. That is the class of distinguished 
work which at the same time is emi- 
nently attractive." You see, we have 
virtues that we do not dream of! 

The Alumni Office has kept a 
steady flow of copy going to the 
Alumni Monthly, as Mr. Palmer 
will admit. It has written many 
personal letters to Brown men whose 
names have appeared in the news or 
about whose achievements it has heard 
from other Brown men. It has giv- 
en advice born of newspaper experi- 
ence to the Brown Daily Herald, has 
encouraged the undergraduate Press 
Club and has aided the Herald in 
sending to preparatory schools cards 
telling of honors won by men from 
those schools at Brown. 

This report would not be complete 
without a word about the earnest 
service given by Miss Himes, my first 
assistant, and Miss Nickerson, as- 
sistant secretary of the Loyaly Fund. 
Miss Himes and Miss Nickerson are 
diligent and painstaking; they are 
giving their best to Brown in an ef- 
fective way. 

Nor should it end without ac- 
knowledgment of the fine friendli- 
ness which President Barbour is 
showing toward the Alumni Secre- 
tary and, particularly toward alum- 
ni work as a whole. Brown, I be- 
lieve, has found a strong leader to 
take the place of him whose friend- 
ship all of us cherished and whose 
presence meant so much to us in the 
years that are gone. 

Respectfully submitted, 
Alfred H. Gurney, 
Alumni Secretary. 



Brown Soccer 
The Brown soccer schedule for 
next fall follows: Oct. 11, Amherst 
at Providence; Oct. 18, Yale at New 
Haven; Oct. 25, Clark at Worces- 
ter; Nov. I, W. P. I. at Worces- 
ter; Nov. 8, Northeastern at Provi- 
dence, Nov. 15, Harvard at Cam- 
bridge; Nov. 22, Springfield at Prov- 
idence. 



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The Brown Clubs Report 



D Y the time this issue of the 
Alurnni Monthly is in the mail, 
President Barbour will be heading 
for the Middle West, on his first 
visit to the alumni in that region since 
he was inaugurated last October. 

His schedule follows: Cleveland, 
April 7 ; Detroit, April 8 ; Chicago, 
April 9; St. Louis, April 10. At the 
end of this month he will visit Al- 
banj' and on May i and 2, respec- 
tively, will cover what is for him 
familiar ground in Syracuse, Roches- 
ter and Buffalo. 

He is looking forward to these 
visits with hearty interest. He ad- 
mits that he has had a pleasant time 
getting acquainted with the alumni 
in the East, and he feels that his 
contacts with the men in the Middle 
West and Western New York will 
be just as pleasant, and also helpful 
in his effort during this first year of 
his administration to show to as many 
alumni and former students as pos- 
sible the picture of Brown as she is 
today and of what she can be and 
will be with constructive and ener- 
getic support. 

Hartford 
Professor Charles Wilson Brown 
of the Department of Geology gave 
the Brown Club of Hartford an il- 
lustrated talk on "Japan and the Far 
East" at the University Club, Hart- 
ford, March 4. The Alumni Secre- 
tary had the privilege of introducing 
Professor Brown, who responded ably 
by an absorbing description of the 
World Engineering Congress at To- 
kio, to which he went as a delegate, 
and of life and conditions in Japan, 
Manchuria and China. His motion 
pictures of his trip were highly inter- 
esting. After he finished, the ques- 
tions came thick and fast, and for 
nearly an hour Professor Brown was 
busy trying to answer them. Dinner 
and a topical interlude by a profes- 
sional pianist and a dancer preceded 
the talk. 

Boston 
Vice President A. D. Mead of the 



University was the guest of the 
Brown Club of Boston at the March 
luncheon, held at the University Club, 
March 12. This was the first meet- 
ing of the club since the new presi- 
dent, Dr. Edwin A. Locke, '96, suc- 
ceeded George S. Burgess, '12, Dr. 
Mead, given the privilege of choos- 
ing his own subject, "brought before 
us in a very convincing manner the 
necessity of establishing a plan of 
action for Brown and the beneficial 
results which are already apparent as 
a result of it. The important part 
played by the graduate student (in 
the Brown scheme of development) 
was news to most of us." 

Newport 

After a lapse of years the Brown 
Club of Newport came vigorously to 
life on the e\ening of March 13 to 
welcome President Barbour and the 
Alumni Secretary at a dinner meet- 
ing at the Hotel Belle Vue in New- 
port. Mayor Sullivan was also a 
guest and spoke briefly. The revival 
was due in large measure to the earn- 
est efforts of Clarence A. Carr, '87, 
State Senator John H. Nolan, '15, 
and John H. Greene, Jr., 'i5n, and 
the Alumni Office is grateful to them 
for their work. Dr. Barbour, who 
was a guest at St. George's school — 
his first visit there — during the day, 
had to leave early because he was go- 
ing to New York. But in a twenty- 
minute talk he gave the alumni and 
the guests a well-proportioned pic- 
ture of Brown today and of what 
Brown will be under the right condi- 
tions of planning and progress. The 
Alumni Secretary supplemented Dr. 
Barbour's remarks with news of ac- 
tivities and individuals on the Hill. 
Mayor Sullivan had amusing com- 
ments to make upon the character of 
his invitation to the dinner, and paid 
compliment to President Barbour and 
to Brown. The gathering stood one 
minute in silence in memory of Al- 
fred G. Langley, '76, for years the 
most active Brunonian in Newport. 

The election of officers for 1930 

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follows: President, Clarence A. Carr, 
'87 ; vice president, William P. Shef- 
field, '15; secretary and treasurer, 
John H. Greene, Jr.; Executive 
Committee, Fred M. Hammett, '80, 
John H. Nolan, '15, John R. Haire, 
'15- 

New York 

The 62nd annual dinner of the 
Brown Club of New York, which 
took place at the Hotel Astor Thurs- 
day evening, Feb. 28, is one that this 
writer will long remember. It was 
admirably arranged. The speaking 
was of an unusually high order. And 
there was a fine air of friendliness 
and enthusiasm about it all — an air 
that we like to see at any Brown 
gathering, large or small. 

President Hugh W. MacNair, 
'17, introduced the toastmaster, Ever- 
ett Colby, '97, who introduced the 
speakers. Dean Christian Gauss of 
Princeton, President Barbour, and 
Nathaniel T. Guernsey, a Yale man 
and an officer of the American Tele- 
phone and Telegraph Company, as 
only he can do it, happily and wittily. 

Dean Gauss, an asset on any pro- 
gram, said that "we have gone ahead 
so fast in education that what is true 
today was not true only a few years 
ago. . . . And we in the colleges to- 
day are much more humble than we 
used to be." He drew an amusing 
picture of the professional alumnus 
— the "now, when I was in college" 
gentleman — and pointed out that be- 
cause of complex and changing condi- 
tions it is becoming increasingly dif- 
ficult to give a student a liberal edu- 
cation. 

"If the alumnus of today," he con- 
tinued, " is to be useful to his col- 
lege, there is only one of two things 
for him to do — either after gradua- 
tion to re-enter as a Freshman or to 
go out and mingle freely with no 
sense of social exclusiveness and bring 
back to the college that sense of con- 
temporary needs which must make 
itself felt in any progressive educa- 
tional institution." 



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President Barbour was at his best. 
He had humor and frankness and 
color. He dwelt particularly upon 
the work being started to improve 
the student body, to strengthen the 
Faculty and to plan for Brown of 
the future. He stressed the need of 
more endowment, to be used to in- 
crease the salaries of the Faculty, and 
the need of more modern equipment 
in some of the departments. He 
asked sincerely for loyalty to the col- 
lege as a whole. We believe that the 
New York alumni took Dr. Barbour 
to their hearts after hearing him ; 
we feel that something tangible will 
come out of his plain statement of 
the situation at Brown today. 

Mr. Guernsey, speaking very brief- 
ly, said that the alumni ought to be 
a part of the general plan of any uni- 
versity development and that it was 
a wise administration which set out 
to make them a real factor in the 
university. 

We regret that we do not have 
handy the names of the committee of 
the Brown Club which was respon- 
sible for the dinner. But we compli- 
ment them just the same on the re- 
sults they achieved. 

Philadelphia 

More than forty were present at 
the annual dinner of the Brown Club 
of Philadelphia, held at the Hotel 
Warwick Monday evening, Feb. 24. 
The e.xcellent attendance was a trib- 
ute to President Barbour. Dr. 
Frederick E. Stockwell, 'go, president 
of the club, wrote in part : 

"The men were delighted with Dr. 
Barbour and his splendid presenta- 
tion of the inner workings of the 
University as seen through the eyes 
of the new president. His method 
of presentation was analytic, sympa- 
thetic and touched here and there 
with a vein of humor that gave his 
story a grip upon the men. It was es- 
pecially interesting to note the way 
in which he held the younger alumni. 

"The delegation present stretched 
all the way from the Class of '74 to 
the Class of '29, although, naturally, 
the earlier clases were not so numer- 
ously represented. John A. Wilson, 
'23, Assistant United States District 



Attorney in New York, acted as 
toastmaster, and Professor Hart of 
Bryn Mawr College, where he is head 
of the Department of Economics, 
spoke most interestingly upon 'The 
College of the Future.' 

"Our great regret was that Dr. 
W. W. Keen could not be present, 
but ninety-four years require reduc- 
tion in activities. He did, however, 
send his greetings, and, as long as he 
could not attend the annual dinner in 
honor of Brown, he spent his evening 
reading 'Grandmother Brown,' that 
new story of early Western life." 

The opinion in Philadelphia is that 
President Barbour "is the right man 
in the right place." Certainly he has 
carried away with him the enthusi- 
astic support of every Brown man 
who heard him at the dinner. 

Baltimore 

The little group of Brunonians in 
Baltimore, marshalled by Dr. Justin 
Andrews, '23, met President Barbour 
around the table at the New Willard 
Hotel on Feb. 27, and had a thor- 
oughly enjoyable and enlightening 
visit with their guest. It was also 
the privilege and pleasure of the 
group to have at the dinner Dr. Jos- 
eph S. Ames, president of the Johns 
Hopkins University, Dr. W. W. 
Ford, Professor of Bacteriology at 
the School of Hygiene and Public 
Health, and E. Boyd Morrow, head- 
master of the Gilman Country 
School, where Josiah Bartlett, '88, 
has long been one of the inspiring 
teachers. 

The alumni who answered to their 
names were Dr. Andrews, Louis F. 
Baker, '03, Josiah Bartlett, '88, 
Harry Cornsweet, '29, Walter G. 
Chandler, '78, Dr. Samuel R. Da- 
mon, '16, Carroll L. Freeman, '23, 
Professor Raymond P. Hawes, '12, 
John B. Pastore, '27, Charles H. 
Peckham, '19, Alfred H. Quick, '87, 
Chester S. Stackpole, '22, Joseph L. 
Wheeler, '06. 

IVorcesier 

There was a distinct Brown flavor 

to the luncheon of the Chamber of 

Commerce Forum at the Bancroft 

Hotel in Worcester, Monday, 

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March 3. President Barbour was 
the speaker ; Warren A. Whitney, 
'o5n, was toastmaster ; an octet from 
the Brown Musical Clubs, organized 
by A. H. Rogers, '30, manager of 
the clubs, and directed by Professor 
Gene Ware, '06, sang Brown and 
other songs ; and a large number of 
Brown men in the Worcester district, 
headed by President George D. 
Church, '99, of the Brown Club of 
Worcester, occupied tables next to 
the speaker's table. A Brown ban- 
ner hung on the wall directly behind 
the chair of Dr. Barbour. 

Taking for his topic, "Carry On 
and Carry Through," Dr. Barbour 
gave his audience of nearly three 
hundred persons a vivid and quick- 
ening twenty-minute talk. It made 
your correspondent thrill as he felt 
the homely force of it, and it made 
him proud to know that the President 
of Brown was leaving a real impress 
as a man of sound common sense 
and a speaker of charm and quality. 

Washington 

One of the most notable Brown 
gatherings in Washington history 
met at the Lafayette Hotel Mon- 
day evening, Feb. 24, to pay homage 
to President Barbour. United States 
Senators Jesse H. Metcalf and Fe- 
lix Hebert also were guests, and both 
spoke in praise of Dr. Barbour and 
of the late President Emeritus 
Faunce. William Allen Wilbur, 
'88, Provost of George Washington 
University, offered a resolution on 
Dr. Faunce, one paragraph of which 
we quote : 

"President Faunce was an accom- 
plished musician. It is not hard to 
think of him as one in spirit with 
John Milton writing 'at a solemn 
musick.' It is not hard to think of 
him as one in spirit with Beethoven 
in a city street writing the second 
movement of the Fifth Symphony. 
This was his spiritual avocation, and 
the passion of this music inspired the 
deep harmony of 30 years of service 
for Brown." 

President Barbour's talk was a 
personal one. In passing, he men- 
tioned Brown's attitude toward the 
Carnegie report. He likewise spoke 



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of the great benefits that had come 
to Brown through the generosity of 
Senator Metcalf. In the course of 
his brief remarks, Senator Hebert 
said that "President Barbour will 
contribute to right thinking at the 
college." 

Charles R. Stark, Jr., '67n, read 
the roll of Brown men in Washing- 
ton who could not attend the din- 
ner. The names were: Chief Justice 
Charles Evans Hughes, '8i, Charles 
Evans Hughes, Jr., '09, Charles P. 
Sisson, '11, Assistant Attorney Gen- 
eral Claude R. Branch, '07, assistant 
to the Solicitor General, Frederic M. 



Sackett, '90, Ambassador to Ger- 
many, and Noble B. Judah, '04, for- 
mer Ambassador to Cuba. President 
E. R. Cleaveland, '14, introduceld 
the speakers felicitously. 

The following attended the din- 
ner, according to the report of G. 
Richmond Carpenter, '28, of the 
Washington staff of the Providence 
Journal : 

A. E. Gottshall, '15; C. P. Smith, 
'02; D. C. Chace, '00; Elijah An- 
thony, '18; J. V. B. Bennett, '18; 
H. M. Barry, '94; G. W. Field, 
'87; Walter I. Sundlun, Arthur D. 
Call, '96; Thomas Edwin Brown, 



'90; A. C. Eastburn, '12; William 
Adams Slade, '98; Harris E. Starr, 
'97; Waldo G. Leiand, '00; Arthur 
J. Sundlun, '11; Dr. Winthrop 
Adams, '09; Edwin G. Dexter, '91; 
Albert Viault, '24; J. C. Weeden, 
Jr., '27; Walter N. Palmquist, '22; 
H. Gordon Minnigerode, '28; George 
Viault, '26; Daniel D. Grubbs, '26; 
William F. Littlejohn, '15; Horace 
S. Mazet, '26; Richard H. An- 
thony, '25 ; C. C. Waters, '05 ; Fran- 
cis M. Anderson, '07; John N. Shot- 
ton, '28; Edmund C. Burnett, '90; 
Harry L. Watson, '01 ; William R. 
Boger, '26; Morris S. Kantrowitz, 
'22. 



Brown Interests of^/I Sorts 



Baseball Practice 

The Brown baseball coach at 
Brown is John P. Kelleher, a former 
major league player and Harvard 
coach. 

Included in the pitching candidates 
at the beginning of the practice sea- 
son were: Phil Lingham, '30; A. V. 
Gell, '31; Wallace E. Bateman, '32; 
Edwin W. Vreeland, '32; V. A. Mc- 
Kivergan, '31 ; R. A. Bowen, '31 ; J 
H. Mahood, '31; A. Sondheim, '31 
Gerald I. Glunts, '32; Donald E 
Bowie, '32 ; Richard Millard, '32 ; J 
R. Westman, '32; and Seeley H 
Powley, '31, and the following catch 
ers: George Chaiklin, '31; Jim Mc- 
Donough, '2,2; W. A. Pearce, '32; 
and Stewart Essex, '32. 

Other candidates were: R. D. 
Nillson, '31 ; G. Edward Crane, '31 ; 
Alan P. Cusick, '32 ; Ted Montague, 
'30; and L. G. McGinn, '31, in- 
(ielders; and outfielders: Capt. Bob 
McGinley, '30; Dave Freedman, '30; 
R. H. Clarke, ',-0; E. M. Read, '31; 
and A. E. Lofquist, '31. 

Two additional baseball games 
have been put on the 1930 schedule. 
On April 5, the Varsity team will 
meet the Providence (League) Grays 
at Kinsley Park ; on April 9 there will 
be a return game with the same op- 
ponents at Aldrich Field. 



Glee Club Goes South 

As the Monthly goes to press, the 
University Glee Club is preparing 
for a southern trip during the spring 
recess. Including Professor Gene 
Ware, .the coach, and A. H. Rogers, 
'30, the president-manager, 32 men 
will participate. 

The first concert on the trip will 
be given at the Hotel Astor under 
the auspices of the New York Brown 
Club on April 3 and will be fol- 
lowed by dancing, as will the other 
concerts. Several specialties will be 
added to the regular numbers by the 
club. C. F. Brace, '30, G. W. Wat- 
son, '31, and J. D. Wells, '30, will 
present "Futuristic Rhythm," a num- 
ber that has been well received in lo- 
cal appearances of the club. L. G. 
Briggs, '31, will give a special mon- 
ologue; George Tinker, '30, will be 
heard in several solos. W. C. Whit- 
man, '30, and J. D. Wells, '30, will 
play several banjo specialties and 
Professor Ware will add a series of 
piano solos. 

* * * 

In Memory of Dr. Faiinie 

The following minute regarding 
President Emeritus W. H. P. 
Faunce, prepared by a committee 
composed of President Clarence A. 
Barbour and Vic; President Albert 
D. Mead, was spread upon the rec- 

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ords of the Brown Faculty at the 
meeting of March 4, 1930: 

The Faculty of Brown University 
would place on record its sorrow in 
the passing of President Emeritus 
William Herbert Perry Faunce, for 
thirty years, from 1899 to 1929, the 
President of Brown. Himself a grad- 
uate of this University in the class of 
1880, he became one of its most dis- 
tinguished alumni. For fifteen years 
he was pastor of the State Street Bap- 
tist Church in Springfield, Massachu- 
setts, and of the Fifth Avenue Bap- 
tist Church in New York City, be- 
fore returning to his Alma Mater as 
its president. His record here is 
known and read of all men. With 
rare abilty and devotion he led Brown 
University from strength to strength. 
During his administration the stu- 
dent body greatly increased, the en- 
dowment was multiplied manifold, 
the curriculum enriched, and the re- 
lation of the University to the com- 
munity made ever closer and more 
meaningful. He became the first cit- 
izen of the commonwealth, univer- 
sally honored and beloved. At the 
time of his death he was dean of 
the college presidents of New Eng- 
land, and his voice in all educational 
councils made for all which was wise 
and useful. He was a master of Eng- 
lish undefiled, an author of many 
volumes which have carried his name 



BROWN ALUMNI MONTHLY 



and fame about the circle of the globe, 
a leader of magnanimity and persua- 
sive power, a lover of music and the 
arts, a wise and tactful administrator. 

To us he was yet more, for his 
kindness and genuine appreciation 
were constant, and his friendship 
never failed us. He will live in our 
grateful memory as a great-hearted 
and unselfish Christian gentleman 
who well served his day and genera- 
tion in the will of God. Serene of 
spirit, he faced every vicissitude of 
life with steady courage, undaunted 
and undismayed. We shall live our 
lives the better because of what he 
was and what he wrought. 

We spread this tribute upon our 

records and direct that a copy be sent 

to Mrs. Faunce, who had so large a 

part in his noble and achieving life. 

* * * 

Final Winter Sports 

Continuing the winter sports rec- 
ord where it was left off in the 
March issue of the Monthly, we 
find the following results registered : 

Varsity basketball: Brown vs. 
Harvard, 24-36; New Hampshire, 
39-36; Providence College, 20-30; 
R. L State, 43-28; Princeton, 30-39; 
Holy Cross, 33-34- 

Varsity swimming : Brown vs. 
Yale, 20-42; Bowdoin, 56-17; Penn- 
sylvania, 25-37. At the New Eng- 
land Intercollegiate Swimming As- 
sociation meet at Brunswick, Me., 
Brown won the championship title, 
scoring 29 points. Worcester Poly 
was second with 21 and Williams 
third with 11. The other teams fin- 
ished as follows: Springfield College 
10, Massachusetts Institute of Tech- 
nology 10, Wesleyan 8, Amherst 6 
and Bowdoin 5. John Osipowich of 
Worcester made a new meet record 
when he swam the 440-yard e\ent 
in 5:41; Edward L. Sittler of 
Brown hung up a new mark, 4:19 3-5, 
in the 300-yard medley race, and 
Norman P. Arnold, also of Brown, 
made the new mark of i :48 for the 
150-yard back stroke event. 

Varsity wrestling: Brown vs. 
Tufts, 18-18; M. I. T., 20-18; New 



England Intercollegiate meet, Har- 
vard 37, Tufts 23, M. I. T., 13, 
Brown 12. 

Freshman basketball: Brown, '33 
vs. Dean, 11-33; Andover, 29-27; 
Worcester Academy, 22-68; R. I. 
State '33, 23-40. 

Freshman wrestling : Brown, '33 
vs. Tufts '33, 16-18; M. I. T., '33, 
18-16. 

Freshman track: Brown, '33, vs. 
Worcester Academy, 34-29. 

Freshman hockey: Brown, '33, vs. 
M. I. T., '33, i-o; Cranston H. S., 
i-O; Classical H. S. 

Freshman swimming: Brown, '33, 
vs. Dartmouth, '33, 30-32; M. I. T., 

'33, 33-29- 

» * * 

Rabbi Abba Hillel Silver of the 
Temple in Cleveland, Ohio, addressed 
a general assembly of male under- 
graduate students in the Central 
Congregational Church, Angell Street 
and Diman Place, on Thursday 
morning, March 20. He is one of 
the most distinguished representatives 
of the Jewish faith. Since 191 7 he 
has been rabbi of the Temple in 
Cleveland. He is a contributing edi- 
tor to World Unity, and a mem- 
ber of the International Commit- 
tee of the World Zionist Organiza- 
tion. During the World war, at the 
request of the governments of the 
United States and France, he was in 
service overseas with the American 
Expeditionary Forces. His address 
was one of great force and brilliance. 

Brown beat Yale at a debate by a 
unanimous decision, Feb. 22 at Prov- 
idence, when the two judges and also 
the audience decided in favor of the 
home team, which contended that le- 
gal censorship should be abolished. 
The Brown debaters were H. O. 
Warner, Jr., '30, and J. F. Aiso, '31, 
while Yale was represented by M. 
M. Fenerlicht and W. H. Van Ben- 
schoten. A few days later the 
Brown negative team met Amherst at 
Amherst, debating the same question, 
and lost. 

The committee in charge of the 
Senior Frolic, late in March, are 

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Otto Kerner, chairman ; N. P. Arn- 
old, secretary; E. L. Sittler, treas- 
urer, and C. S. Badget, J. R. Laadt, 
C. H. F. Menges, Thomas Shotten, 
W. M. Southworth. 

H. B. Johnson, '32, has been 
elected business manager of "Bear 
Facts," the annual publication of the 
Brown Christian Association. 

Gerson Weiss, '31, has been chosen 
captain of the tennis team. He has 
played on the team for the last two 
years. Weiss fills the vacancy caused 
by the failure of E. W. Williams, 
'31, to return to college. 

The Junior Week Committee con- 
sists of F. D. Gurll, chairman; D. 
M. Stewart, secretary; E. C. Ahern, 
treasurer; K. T. White, L. G. 
Briggs, R. A. Bowen and C. E. 
Crane. 

The Prom Committee officers are 
P. A. M. Snyder, chairman; W. E. 
S. Moulton, secretary; J. A. O'Neil, 
treasurer, and A. B. Schweikart, D. 
M. Edes, J. A. Laadt and W. S. Mc- 
Kenzie. 

Professor Morize of Harvard on 
March 7 gave at Brown a lecture on 
modern literature and the foreign cul- 
ture movement in France since the 
war. 

David Morton, poet and Amherst 
professor, talked at Brown on March 
6 on the Irish Renaissance. 

Joseph Wood Krutch, associate edi- 
tor of the Nation, gave at Brown on 
the evening of March 6 a psycholog- 
ical explanation of Edgar Allan Poe's 
life and romance. The audience prac- 
tically filled Sayles Hall. 

The Senior Frolic passed off suc- 
cessfully on March 21. The place 
was the Biltmore, instead of Sayles 
Hall as in previous years. 

The lacrosse squad is at work with 
Dan Polsky as captain, under Coach 
Snively's direction. Among the can- 
didates for the team are Captain 
Micucci, Casper and Stafford of last 
year's Freshman team. 

Lehigh has been added to Brown's 
193 1 football schedule. The game 
will be played on Oct. 24. This is 



BROWN ALUMNI MONTHLY 



the first Brown-Lehigh game since 
1926, when Brown won, 26-0. The 
1 93 1 Brown schedule as thus far ar- 
ranged includes Princeton, Holy 
Cross, Columbia and Lehigh. 

Professor Camillo von Klenze, 
former head of the German Depart- 
ment at Brown, lectured here on 
Feb. 28, on "Currents of Intellectual 
Life in Post-War Germany." 

E. L. Sittler, Jr., of Uniontown, 
Penn. ; L. j\I. Walling of Union 
Village, R. I.; and H. O. Werner, 



Jr., of Providence have been chosen as 
speakers at Commencement. 

William I. Gilbane of Providence 
was elected captain of the Brown 
Freshman wrestling team shortly af- 
ter the opening of the season. 

No first-team football man was 
lost to Brown by reason of the mid- 
year examinations, and Marsan and 
Flora, former stars, are both back in 
college. All the numeral men in 
Freshman football came through the 
exams successfully 



Make Way for the Class of 1905, 
About to Celebrate Its 25th 



This issue of the Monthly is being 
sent, with the compliments of the 
Celebration Committee, to all mem- 
bers of 1905 whether subscribers or 
not, in the hope that interest in our 
great 25th Reunion may be stimulated 
not only by the appended reports of 
our single class, but by the contagion 
of the activities of every class and of 
Brown itself. 

The Celebration Committee Reports 
The Celebration Committee has 
felt that the reunion crowning a quar- 
ter of a century out of college de- 
manded more than ordinary recogni- 
tion. Therefore, with a vision of the 
most elaborate of '05's gatherings, it 
has been planning years in advance 
for the events of next June. A care- 
ful consideration of available sites 
pointed to Narragansett Pier as fur- 
nishing the ideal combination of suit- 
able accommodations, accessibility and 
scenic beauty. Accordingly a whole 
hotel was engaged for the exclusive 
entertainment of the class. Here 
will centre the activities of '05, from 
Saturday noon till Monday morning. 
All the facilities for enjoyment of 
this famous shore resort will be at the 
disposition of the class. Members of 
'05 who belong to the summer colony 
will aid in opening up the clubs, golf 
courses, tennis courts, and the like. 
The surf bathing is unsurpassed and 
the sea food far famed. Here, living 



under one roof and meeting around a 
common table as of yore on College 
Hill, will refreshen, as in no other 
way, the fellowships of other days. 
The majority will make headquarters 
at the Pier through the entire period. 
Others will drop in, as necessity per- 
mits, whenever possible. All will 
drive to Providence on Monday 
morning and unite with the rest of 
the Alumni in the festivities of the 
first Commencement Day of Brown's 
new president, Clarence A. Barbour, 
'88. 

W. G. Meader. 

Chairman. 

From the Book Committee 
As the committee at work on the 
'05 Class Reunion Book, to be pub- 
lished in June, we are very happy to 
state that we have the questionnaires 
and portraits of nearly one hundred 
men. This is a remarkable showing, 
as we had ninety men (a record) at 
our last big Reunion. The informa- 
tion contained in the questionnaires 
assures the reader that the Class of 
'05 has more than held its own as 
Brown Graduates. There are few 
callings worth while not represented, 
and there are conspicuous examples of 
many successes. No failures are re- 
corded without proof of constructive 
correction following. 

We are assured of men returning 
to the Reunion from as far away as 
the Pacific Coast and possibly China. 

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Each day the enthusiasm grows and 
our chief concern now is to be able to 
find the space to print all the copy 
which may come to us. 

John H. McGough, 

David Davidson, 

Committee on Class Book. 

And Secretary Robinson Says 
We want a superlative programme, 
we want a superlative book — we have 
them — but most of all we want 
MEN ! and we want them bad ! Five 
years ago we tried for lOO, and al- 
most made it; this year the Quarter 
Century Reunion — the peak of them 
all — should find that record attained. 
But it will mean that practically the 
entire New England and New York 
delegations will have to crank up and 
get rolling, even if they can only drop 
in for a few moments some time dur- 
ing the three days. With Jud 
Crane and Harry Anthony coming 
on from the Pacific Coast, is it too 
much to ask a man in New York to 
drive up, say "Hello"' and dodge 
back to his slavery? And New York's 
the weak sister. With 23 men there- 
abouts, we'll be lucky to get five. Bos- 
ton, on the other hand, is remarkable. 
With 14 men down there we're in 
great danger of having 14 men back. 
New York State could double its 
quota as could the Middle West, 
Washington, D. C, and outlying 
New England. It is well to remem- 
ber that '05 is no dead issue at 
Brown. Sons and daughters have 
been sent there by Pratt, Seamans, 
Davidson, Greene, Terry, Whitney — 
and more are on the way. Paul De- 
Wolf is on the Board of Trustees, 
helped to build the Stadium, etc., etc. 
Gene Ware is Professor of Music on 
the Faculty and Arthur Latham 
teaches civil engineering. Fred 
Broomhead handles the Commence- 
ment luncheons. We have a paid-in 
scholarship of $2500 and another of 
$25,000 pledged. This is a good 
start. Let our celebration in June 
be worthy of it! And, kind reader, 
if you have failed, so far, to send in 
pledge or questionnaire, lay not aside 
this page ere your duty has been done! 
C. L. Robinson, 

Secretary. 



BROWN ALUMNI MONTHLY 



Brunonians Far and Near 



Faculty 



Professor John W. Spaeth, Jr., of 
the Department of Greek and Latin 
Classics, has resigned to become As- 
sociate Professor of Classics and head 
of the Department of Latin at Wes- 
leyan University. He joined the 
Brown Faculty in 1925. His work 
at Brown has been of a high order, 
and his going is regretted. 

Professor Walter Ballou Jacobs, 
director of University Extension, has 
returned to his office after an illness 
of some duration and is giving an ex- 
tension course under the title of 
"Psychology for Daily Life." 

Robert B. Macdougall of the Eng- 
lish Department discussed humanism, 
now under fire by the modernists, in 
his lecture, "Literature and Living" 
before the Fortnightly Club, Summit, 
N. J., in Februar}'. Macdougall is 
a regular contributor to the pages of 
the Saturday Review of Literature. 
Dr. Charles A. Kraus of the De- 
partment of Chemistry turned home- 
ward at the beginning of this month 
after having gone all the way across 
the country lecturing in the interests 
of the American Chemical Society. 

Dr. Harry Lyman Koopman spoke 
on "The Brown University Library, 
Past, Present and Future," at the 
Faculty Club, March 7. The occa- 
sion was a gathering arranged by the 
members of the Faculty for the 
Brown Club of Providence, and the 
regret is that only a few alumni were 
present to hear Dr. Koopman's in- 
formative and enlightening talk. 

Dr. F. W. Marvel and Coach D. 
O. McLaughry of the football squad 
were the Brown representatives at 
the meeting of the Eastern Associa- 
tion for the Selection of Football Of- 
ficials held at Columbia, March 11. 



Professor Walter H. Snell of the 
Department of Botany gave an illus- 
trated lecture on "Mushrooms" be- 
fore the Society of Arts and Sciences, 
Manchester, N. H., last month. Dr. 
Snell also spoke at the midwinter 
sports dinner of the Whitinsville, 
Mass., High School on March 18. 

Professor Will S. Taylor was 
sponsor for the fine exhibition of the 
Ukiyo-Ye art of Japan in the lower 
gallery of the John Hay Library dur- 
ing the last three weeks in February. 
The material was from the private 
collection of Raymond A. Bidwell of 
Springfield, Mass. It attracted con- 
siderable attention from the under- 
graduates and the general public. Mr. 
Bidwell lectured on it at the Art 
Studio, 125 George Street, Feb. 20. 



Alumn 



1870 

Rev. Ellsha Farrington Fales died 
in Philadelphia March 2, following 
a long period of illness. He had been 
an invalid for many years. He was 
born in Wrentham, Mass., Nov. 22, 
1849, the son of Elisha Farrington 
and Mary (Hammett) Fales. He 
came to college from Day's Prepara- 
tory School in Wrentham and, after 
graduation, entered Andover Theo- 
logical Seminary, from which he re- 
ceived a degree in 1874. He was or- 
dained as a Congregational minister 
in Carthage, Mo., in 1874, and was 
pastor of the church there until 1882. 
Then he spent eleven years as a mis- 
sionary in Palestine, Texas. On his 
return to the North he served as pas- 
tor for a short time in a Philadelphia 
church, resigning to become secretary 
of the home department of the Penn- 
sylvania State Sunday School Asso- 
ciation. He remained in this work 
until illness forced his retirement. 
Fales was married Oct. 21, 1877, to 
Mary Ellen Wanamaker, a sister of 
the late John Wanamaker, and of the 
union five children were born. He 
was at one time a trustee of Lake 
Charles College in Louisiana and 

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also was a member of Phi Beta 
Kappa. 

The Alumni Office has been in- 
formed officially that William Henry 
Fish, veteran of the Civil War, min- 
ister and business man, died in Wal- 
ton, N. Y., Feb. 5, 1928. He was 
pastor of Baptist churches in Massa- 
chusetts and Rhode Island from 1875 
to 1886. He left the pulpit to enter 
business, but returned to it occasion- 
ally. For some years previous to his 
retirement he was in the insurance 
and real estate business in Boston and 
Reading, Mass. During the Civil 
War, he was a Corporal, One Hun- 
dred and Forty-fourth New York 
Volunteers, and First Lieutenant, 
Twenty-first United States Infantry, 
and was in active service for nearly 
four years. He was a member of 
Delta Kappa Epsilon. 

1872 

Rev. Charles Laurie Newbold, for 
more than thirty-five years pastor of 
Christ Episcopal Church, Manhasset, 
L. I., died in Belleville, Can., Feb. 
13, 1930- He was born in Beverly, 
N. J., Nov. 10, 1847, the son of 
Charles and Margaret C. (Mitch- 
ell) Newbold. He prepared at the 
Providence High School, and after 
receiving his degree with the class, 
entered the Philadelphia Divinity 
School, from which he was graduated 
in 1875. Ordained as an Episcopal 
minister, he became the missionary of 
Christ Church, Milton and Watson- 
town, Pa., and in succession, rector of 
the Church of the Epiphany, Provi- 
dence, St. Paul's Church, Hoboken, 
N. J., and Christ Church, Manhas- 
set. He retired from the last-named 
church in 19 18 because of failing 
health, but he continued to take ac- 
tive part in the life of the community 
and he was, indeed, a pastor and citi- 
zen well-beloved. He was married 
Sept. 26, 1877, to Miss Bertha Kern 
of Philadelphia, and the couple cele- 
brated their golden wedding anniver- 
sary in Manhasset in 1927. Mrs. 
Newbold, seven children and thirteen 
grandchildren survive him. Newbold 
was the author of the "Log Book," 
1884, and the "Historical Sketch of 
Christ Church, Manhasset," 1903- 



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His fraternity was Delta Kappa 
Eps'lon. 

1883 
William E. Simonds, beloved Dean 
of Knox College, gave the address in 
Beecher Chapel, Feb. 16, at the ves- 
per service commemorating the 93d 
birthday of Knox, which is one of the 
outstanding small colleges of the 
Middle West. 

1884 
The Ohio State University is es- 
tablishing the Alfred Dodge Cole 
Memorial Library "to honor one of 
her most beloved and noted teachers, 
one who gave the long period of 
forty-two years to the cause of science 
in the State and nation," according 
to an article in the February number 
of the Ohio State Monthly. A fund 
of $50,000 is being raised for the li- 
brary, and it is hoped to have the total 
sum in hand by the end of the present 
calendar year. 

1888 
Capt. E. H. Brownell, C. E. C, 
U. S. N., retired, has taken up his 
residenc? at 2 Sea View Avenue, 
Newport, R. L The avenue is well 
named, as Capt. Brownell's house is 
within a comparatively few feet of 
the Atlantic Ocean, and its occupant 
gets a wid; and ever-changing vista 
of the sea from most of the windows 
in it. 

1889 
A. P. Williams's mother, Mrs. 
Minerva Victoria (Park) Williams, 
d'ed in Providence Feb. 27, 1930, in 
her 92d year. 

1892 

Rev. Dr. Augustus P. Reccord has 
changed his address to 650 Pingree 
Avenue, Detroit, Mich. 

Dr. Henry K. Rowe of the New- 
ton Theological Institution was one 
of the speakers in the winter series 
of "Adventures in Understanding" 
given under the auspices of the First 
Parish Church of Brockton, Mass. 
His subject dealt with "Adventures 
in Catholicism." 

1893 
Dr. Alexander Meiklejohn spoke 
at the Park Avenue Presbyterian 
Church, New York, Sunday, March 
2, and the New York Herald-Trib- 
une said that he asked his congrega- 
tion: "Why is the American student 
so dull in the class room? Why are 
■we all so failing to hit the mark? 



Why are our educational institutions 
so ineffectual?" He said he had no 
answer, and that at times the world 
seemed mad and teachers were dis- 
couraged. Later, when he was asked 
if he were making any reference to 
the results achieved at his experi- 
mental school at the University of 
Wisconsin, he replied that he was 
not. He added : "We are very happy 
in the school. We have 150 stu- 
dents, you know." 

Archibald C. Matteson has been 
appointed for another four-year term 
as United States Commissioner in 
Providence. The appointment was 
made by United States District 
Judge Ira Lloyd Letts, '13, who at 
one time was a law partner of Mat- 
teson. 

1894 

Edwin Knowles, who had been in 
the wholesale chemical business ever 
since he was graduated, died at his 
home in Pawtuxet, R. I., March 11, 
1930. He was born in Providence, 
Dec. 26, 1 87 1, the son of Edwin and 
Dorcas Elizabeth (Clarke) Knowles. 
He entered Brown from the Provi- 
dence public schools and shone as a 
student, winning election to Phi Beta 
Kappa. Outside of his business in- 
terests, the public schools were his 
special study. He served for three 
years as a member of the Providence 
school committee and four years on 
the Warwick, R. I., school committee, 
following his removal to that town. 
He was for ten years a member of 
the Providence City Council. 
Knowles was a 32d degree Mason 
and a member of the Providence Art 
Club, the Providence Athenaeum, 
the Rhode Island School of Design, 
the University Club and the Cen- 
tral Club. He was a vestryman of 
Trinity Episcopal Church, Pawtux- 
et. He was married Jan. 22, 1913, 
to Miss Ethel Sheldon of Pawtuxet, 
who survives him. together with a 
sen, Edwin S. Knowles, a daughter, 
Miss Ethel E. Knowles, and a sis- 
ter, Mrs. Frederick W. Marvel, wife 
of our classmate, Dr. Marvel. His 
fraternity was Delta Phi. 

Lucius Herbert Newell, member 
of the class for three years, died sud- 
denly in Pawtucket, R. I., Feb. 25, 
1930. Death followed a period of 
despondency said to have been due to 
financial losses. Newell came to 
Brown from the Pawtucket High 
School and for many years was in 
the coal and lumber business in his 

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native city. He was a member of 
the First Baptist Church of Paw- 
tucket, the To Kalon Club, the Pom- 
ham Club and the Masons. He is 
survived by his widow, Mrs. Annie 
(Olney) Newell, a brother, three sis- 
ters, and a son, Roger Newell. His 
fraternity was Theta Delta Chi. 

1895 

At the mother church of Colgate 
University, the old First of Hamil- 
ton, N. Y., of which Rev. Franklin 
D. Elmer is minister, a memorial 
service for the late President Emeri- 
tus Faunce was held Sunday after- 
noon, Feb. 2, at about the hour the 
service for Dr. Faunce was closing at 
the First Baptist Church, Provi- 
dence.. 

"The Significance of Personality," 
by Richard M. Vaughan, Professor 
of Christian Theology at Newton 
Theological Institution, was published 
last month by the MacMillan Co. 
In his preface Vaughan says that "we 
seek to understand personality in its 
historical relationships and inward 
meaning and to employ it as a prin- 
ciple of interpretation in the wide 
range of our intellectual and practi- 
cal interests." The book is an attrac- 
tive one in format. 

Walter Cornelius Wyckoff, trus- 
tee of the University since 1916 and 
one of Brown's earnest and true- 
hearted sons, died at his home in 
New York, Feb. 10, after an illness 
of more than two years. He returned 
for Commencement in 1928 to see his 
son, Watson, graduated, but for the 
past year had been rather closely con- 
fined to his house. He was born in 
New York, Feb. i, 1872, the son of 
Kenneth A. and iXIary Emma (Pike) 
Wyckoff. He prepared at the Pingry 
School, Elizabeth, N. J., and after 
graduation from Brown became a 
member of the city staff of the New 
York Tribune. In 1896-97, he was 
on the editorial staff of that paper. 
Then he turned to real estate, and in 
that business made a real reputation 
for himself. His first experience was 
with Brooke & Georger, from which 
concern he branched out as a partner 
of j\Ioore & Wyckoff. At the time 
ol his death he was the senior member 
of the firm of Brett & Wyckoff. He 
also served for a time as treasurer of 
the Clinton Realty Company. 

Wyckoff was one of the founders 
of the Brown Alumni Loyalty Fund 
and a trustee of the fund since its 
establishment in 1914. He was chair- 



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man of the War Fund Committee 
named by the Corporation to raise 
money needed to meet increased ex- 
penses due to Brown's service to the 
country, and in this capacity he did 
a memorable job. In 1916 he was 
elected an Alumni Trustee; in 192 1 
he was taken over by the Corporation 
to fill the vacancy caused by the pro- 
motion of Albert L. Scott, '00, to the 
Board of Fellows. His work for the 
University and for the alumni cannot 
be measured in exact terms. It was 
hearty, invaluable, constructive. In 
New York he was interested in the 
work of the Y. M. C. A. and its 
Daily Vacation Bible School, and 
was prominent in the Downtown As- 
sociation and the St. Nicholas Society. 
In 1927 he acted as chairman of the 
apartments and tenements committee 
of the Real Estate Board of New 
York. He belonged to the University 
Club of New York, the University 
Club of Providence, the St. Andrew's 
Golf Club and the Laurentian and 
Commodore Clubs of Quebec. He 
was also a director of the Bond and 
Mortgage Guarantee Company and a 
trustee of the Excelsior Savings Bank. 
He was married Nov. 8, 1905, to Jos- 
ephine C. Watson, who survives him, 
together with Watson WVckoff, the 
son already mentioned, and a daugh- 
ter. Miss Virginia Wyckoff. His 
fraternity was Delta Phi, of which 
he was at one time national president. 

1896 

Judge G. Frederick Frost is sitting 
temporarily as a member of the Su- 
perior Court of Rhode Island under 
the new law that was signed in Feb- 
ruary by Governor Norman S. Case, 
'08. Frost has been acting as a sub- 
stitute for Judge Arthur P. Sumner, 
'85, who is ill. 

Dr. Herbert Bradford Horton 
died at his home in East Greenwich, 
R. I., Feb. 23, 1930, following a 
short illness. He was born in East 
Providence Centre Jan. 25, 1873, the 
son of Nathan B. and Mary E. 
(Martin) Horton. He entered 
Brown from the East Providence 
High School and a year after his 
graduation began the study of medi- 
cine at the University of Michigan. 
On receiving his medical degree in 
1901 he commenced practice at Dol- 
lar Bay, Mich. He also practiced 
for about two years at Laurium, 
Mich. In 1903 he returned to East 
Providence and, in 1906-07, in ad- 



dition to his medical work he served 
as superintendent of schools of his 
native town. He practiced in Lons- 
dale and Providence for brief periods 
before removing to East Greenwich 
in 1907. He was a member of the 
East Greenwich school committee, 
1918-24, and likewise served in the 
town council and as town modera- 
tor, health officer and school medical 
inspector. He was a Republican in 
politics and one of the leaders of his 
party in Kent County. He belonged 
to the Masons, the Knights of Pythi- 
as, the Independent Order of For- 
resters, Alpha Tau Omega and Phi 
Rho Sigma, a medical fraternity. 
Horton was married Feb. 13, 1917, 
to Miss Elizabeth A. Swan, who sur- 
vives him, together witli a sister, 
Mrs. Alice H. Carr. 

1897 

Seven members of the class gath- 
ered for the annual Brown dinner in 
New York on Feb. 27. They were 
John D. Rockefeller, Jr., Everett 
Colby, who was toastmaster, Rev. 
Dr. Joseph C. Robbins, Dr. Gregory 
D. Walcott, Professor E. W. Bag- 
ster Collins, L. M. Dashiell and Wil- 
liam B. Peck. 

Daniel F. Holmes and Mrs. 
Holmes, together with Holmes's 
mother, are on a leisurely visit to 
Honolulu. They went by boat to 
New Orleans and then motored to 
California. 

William F. Donovan continues ac- 
tive, we hear, as president of the 
Donovan Provision Co., Birming- 
ham, Ala. Donovan lives at Roe- 
buck Springs, Birmingham. 

1899 

Capt. Harrison T. Swain's address 
is 52 South 15th Street, San Jose, 
Cal. 

Dr. Bernard C. Ewer of the Fac- 
ulty of Pomona College, Claremont, 
Cal., is on sabbatic leave, as we hint- 
ed in a note in the last issue of the 
Monthly. A fine letter from him 
in Rome, where he and Mrs. Ewer 
were in February, reported that they 
were on a trip around the world. 
They spent a month in Japan and 
Korea, two months in China and 
shorter periods in Egypt and Pales- 
tine. They will remain in Europe 
until it is time to sail for California 
and home next summer. Ewer lec- 
tured at Ginling College, the Na- 
tional Central University, Linghan 
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University and elsewhere in China 
and "came into somewhat close con- 
tact with the higher educational ef- 
fort of the government and the mis- 
sionary institutions. It is earnest and 
energetic. The students, especially 
in some of the colleges, impressed me 
as keenly intelligent, and their cor- 
dial reception of an American teacher 
left nothing to be desired." He said 
that he saw several Brown men at 
Shanghai College and that on the 
train to Nanking he met a Chinese 
official who had spent a year at 
Brown and subsequently graduated 
from Yale. 

1900 

Rev. Dr. M. Joseph Twomey has 
accepted the call to the Baptist Tem- 
ple, the old church of Dr. Russell H. 
Conwell, in Philadelphia. Twomey 
has long been pastor of the Peddie 
Memorial Church in Newark, where 
he has served ably and well. The 
Baptist Temple is one of the out- 
standing Baptist Churches in the 
United States, and in Twomey we 
are sure that it will have a worthy 
successor to the famous Conwell. 

Professor A. E. Norton of the 
Harvard Engineering School has been 
giving a special lecture before en- 
gineering societies on the subject, 
"Lubrication and Bearing Design." 

1901 

Rufus H. Cook, member of the 
class in our Freshman year, is a part- 
ner in the firm of Shaw, Hickey & 
Cook, attorneys at law, 59 Main 
Street, Northampton, Mass. 

According to newspaper accounts, 
C. Sherman Hoyt is the only Brown 
man who will sail on the four boats 
now being built to compete for the 
honor of defending the America's 
Cup against Sir Thomas Lipton's 
challenger. Hoyt will be one of the 
after guard of the Enterprise, under 
construction at the Herreshoff yards, 
Bristol, R. I. 

1902 

Abbott Phillips is the new presi- 
dent of the East Side Skating Club 
of Providence. The club is a mem- 
ber of the national organization which 
brought skaters from all over the 
country to Providence last month for 
the national championships. 

1903 
Rev. Robert B. Longwell de- 
scribed his work among the Nagas of 




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.Assam at the midyear meeting of the 
Westfield, Mass., Baptist Associa- 
tion, held in the First Baptist Church 
of Westfield, on March 7. Long- 
well and Mrs. Longwell have been 
home on furlough since last summer. 
Longwell has spent the last twenty- 
three years among the Nagas as mis- 
sionary and educator. He has made 
valuable contributions to the trans- 
lation of the Bible and of hymns. 

1904 

Rev. John P. Filson is pastor of 
the First Baptist Church of Holley, 
N. Y., which is a short distance from 
Rochester. 

The New York Times of Sunday, 
March 2, told of the exhibition of 
Oriental art to be held in London 
next summer and reported that in 
connection with Persia's contribution 
"Professor Arthur Upham Pope has 
been in Cairo for a month en route 
from Persia to Paris and London, 
whence he proceeds to New York. 
The professor is advisory curator in 
the Near Eastern section of the Chi- 
cago Art Institute and adviser on 
Persian art to the Pennsylvania Mu- 
seum. He has visited Persia three 
times and has frequently been re- 
ceived by the Shah." Pope expects 
to return to the j\Iiddle East this 
month to advise on the selection for 
the London exhibit by Persia. 

James J. McKenna is a member 
of the law firm of McKenna & Har- 
ris, with offices at 166 W. Jackson 
Boulevard, Chicago. 

A brief note from Guy B. Col- 
burn not long ago confirmed the fact 
that Colburn is still at Fresno State 
College, Fresno, Cal., where he is a 
member of the Faculty in the De- 
partment of Foreign Languages. 

1905 

William H. Camfield and Mrs. 
Camfield have taken an apartment 
on Old Beach Road, Newport, R. I., 
and Bill has opened an office in that 
city by the sea for the general prac- 
tice of law. 

Rev. J. Harrison Thompson's pas- 
torate in Detroit will be the North- 
western Baptist Church, one of the 
largest churches of the denomination 
in the country. Thompson assumed 
his new duties the first Sunday in 
March. 

1906 
R. W. Berthold, until recently 
operating practice engineer of the 



Western Union Telegraph Com- 
pany, has been appointed assistant to 
the president of the Teleregister Cor- 
poration, 230 Park Avenue, New 
York. The corporation, which is 
controlled by the Wesltern Union, 
supplies automatic stock quotation 
board service to brokers' offices, the 
boards in brokers' offices being oper- 
ated from a central station and not 
locally. 

Professor Edgar S. Brightman of 
Boston University was the February 
speaker at the University Club, Bos- 
ton. His subject was "Philosophers 
of 1906 and 1930," and he told his 
auditors that he chose the date 1906 
because he was then in his undergrad- 
uate days at Brown. 

Henry G. Carpenter was co-di- 
rector of the third annual tour of 
the Collegiate School of New York 
which took place during the recent 
spring recess and which covered 
many of the historic spots of New 
England. Carpenter and his boys vis- 
ited the Brown Stadium, Aldrich 
Field and the University and had 
dinner at the Brown Union before 
leaving ' for New York on the 
steamer. 

1907 

Professor A. E. (Bert) ) White of 
the Engineering Faculty at the Uni- 
versity of Michigan is a member of 
the committee chosen by The Popu- 
lar Science Monthly to award a prize 
of $10,000 to the American making 
the most notable contribution to sci- 
ence during the year. The commit- 
tee includes men of prominence in 
the field of pure and applied science. 

A characteristically brief note from 
George Davis not long ago indicated 
that George is still keeping cheerful 
down in Washington along with 
Francis Anderson, Claude Branch, 
Leon Truesdell and Charlie Stark. 

We had a mighty pleasant chat with 
Lee White while we were in New 
York for the Brown dinner, where 
we also saw and talked with Gene 
Carder and Sal Keen. Lee is an ac- 
countant with F. W. Hilditch & Co., 
accountants and auditors, 385 Mad- 
ison Ave. The Hilditch firm is as- 
sociated with Lybrand, Ross Bross. & 
Montgomery, in which Homer Sweet 
is a partner. Homer, incidentally, has 
again been giving special lectures in 
accounting at the Harvard School of 
Business Administration and enjoying 
the work greatly. 

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1908 

Ralph P. Boas is associate princi- 
pal of the Fieldston School, New 
York, and visiting Professor of Eng- 
lish at Wheaton College, Norton, 
Mass. His son is a freshman at 
Harvard. 

Hunter S. Marston has been elect- 
ed president of the Bancamerica-Blair 
Corporation after having served as 
vice president of the corporation and 
its predecessor, Blair & Co., for the 
past ten years. Thus he steps up to 
the head of one of the largest and 
oldest investment banking concerns 
in the United States. In his new 
place we wish him every success. 

Harry Hadley informs us that he 
is in the investment buiness at 1305 
State Town Building, Syracuse, N. 
Y. 

Governor Norman S. Case of 
Rhode Island received a personal be- 
quest of $40,000 under the will of 
Mrs. Elizabeth R. Stevens of Swan- 
sea, Mass., a relative, according to 
the terms of the will made public last 
month. His three children also were 
generously remembered by Mrs. Ste- 
vens. 

Professor Sheldon J. Howe of the 
Department of History at Princeton 
was an Alumni Office visitor a few 
weeks ago. He also made an offi- 
cial call upon Dr. V^an Hoesen, the 
new librarian, whom he knew well at 
Princeton. 

1911 

E. A. Dow, designing engineer for 
the New England Power Construe 
tion Company, gave an address on 
"Hydraulic and Mechanical Features 
of the Bellows Falls Hydro-electric 
Plant" at the Student Night of the 
Boston Society of Civil Engineers 
in Fremont Temple, Boston, Febru- 
ary 19. 

Warren A. Sherman, head adviser 
at the Commercial High School, 
Providence, has been elected Super- 
intendent of Schools of Warwick, 
R. I. Sherman has been a member 
of the Faculty at the high school 
since 1921. 

iMark Mohler, Professor of His- 
tory and Political Science at Skid- 
more College, announces through the 
Open Forum Speakers Bureau of 
Boston that he is available for lec- 
tures and forum discussions on the 
general subject: "Should Preachers 
Engage in Politics?" Mohler has 
been making special study of the at- 



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titude of the churches in this country 
toward political and social develop- 
ments and recently received a "grant- 
in-aid" from the Social Science Re- 
search Council to further his re- 
searches. 

Bill Weidmann, in a letter re- 
ceived last month, said that he was 
once more at work in Manila after 
his summer sojourn in the States and 
that he wanted to be remembered 
kindly to all inquiring friends. "If 
they are interested," he added, "you 
might say I'll be around to see them 
in another four years." 

1913 

John K. Starkweather has been ap- 
pointed general sales manager for 
Harris, Forbes & Company, with his 
office at 56 William St., New York. 

Horace W. Woodberry, Jr., 
writes that his new address is 10 
Winchester Street, Bradford, Mass. 
Horace is general manager of Mit- 
chell Si Company, department store. 

1914 

Alexander (Larry) Gardiner's 
book "Canfield: Host to the Nine- 
ties," has been published by Double- 
day, Doran Company. It is all about 
the well known Dick Canfield, who 
was America's greatest gambler, and 
Bertrand K. Hart, literary editor of 
the Providence Journal, says that 
Larry "has done a painstaking and 
faithful piece of work in piecing to- 
gether from widely scattered sources 
the data of Canfield's life. Because 
of its capable handling and because 
of its extraordinary subject it should 
have a wide reading during the 
spring." 

Victor Gelb's death in Providence 
on March 9, 1930, followed a long 
and serious illness of which few of 
his friends were aware. "V^ic," as we 
all knew him in college and out, was 
born Victor Carl Gelb in Providence, 
May I, 1891, the son of Victor and 
Louisa C. (Hoch) Gelb. His father 
was well known in Rhode Island as 
a caterer and restaurant keeper. "Vic" 
prepared at Moses Brown School and 
at Brown was a guard on the varsity 
football team under Capt. Dave 
Henry. After he received his degree 
he went into the catering business for 
a time. Then he took up the selling 
of stocks and bonds for various firms 
in Providence. He also managed the 
Gelb Farm in Seekonk, Mass. In 
recent years he had been associated 
with Edward C. Bixby, '82, and C. 



L. V^aughan & Co., investments. He 

was married last fall to Mrs. Kajth- 
leen Campbell Freeman, who survives 
him, together with his mother and a 
sister, Mrs. Edward Thayer of Paw- 
tucket, R. I. "Vic" was a member 
ot Psi Upsilon. 

1915 

Harold M. (Cap) Taylor writes 
that he has changed his address from 
Medford Hillside, Mass., to 2280 
Cranston Street, Cranston, R. I. 

Leonard B. Campbell, who has 
been auditor since 1920 for the 
George H. Gilbert Mfg. Co., manu- 
facturers of woolens and worsteds for 
men's wear in Ware and Gilbertville, 
Mass., was elected a director of the 
company at the last annual meeting. 

1916 
Harry Burton has been elected a 
director of the First National Bank, 
Webster, Mass. 

1917 

Jim Powers has been promoted to 
general manager of the RKO theatre 
interests in the New Brunswick, N. 
J., territory and is already on the 
job. Here in Providence we miss 
Jim's smile and his enviable sartorial 
ensembles. 

Elliott Thurston, in charge of the 
Washington Bureau of The New- 
York World, is writing the column 
in the World, "Politics from the 
Sidelines," which, in our opinion, is 
better than anything of its kind that 
comes out of Washington. We do 
not agree with many things that 
Thurston says, but we do like his 
style and his choice of subject mat- 
ter. 

Harvey Sheahan is the new com- 
mercial agent in the New York of- 
fice of the Bureau of Foreign and 
Department Commerce of the United 
States Department of Commerce. 
One of Harvey's jobs is to increase 
the distribution of American motion 
picture films in foreign markets. He 
knows considerable about this work, 
having done it for a private company 
in Mexico and in the Latin-Ameri- 
can republics for five years. 

1918 
Dudley R. Sibley has been pro- 
moted to secretary of the Automo- 
bile Insurance Company, a part of 
the Aetna Life Insurance Company 
of Hartford, Conn. Sibley has been 
with the Aetna organization since 
1920. 

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1919 

Ralph K. Rogers has changed his 
address from Troy, N. Y., to 5851 
Blackstone Avenue, Apt 3A, Chi- 
cago, 111. 

Charles B. Shaughnessy is Profes- 
sor of French at Mt. St. Mary's Col- 
lege, Emmitsburg, Md., but he tells 
us that he still calls Uxbridge, Mass., 
his home. 

Lester T. Lewis is manager of the 
General Motors Acceptance Cor- 
poration, with his office at 109 W. 
Onondaga Street, Syracuse, N. Y. 

1920 

Eighteen members of the class met 
at the University Club, Providence, 
Friday, Feb. 21, to discuss the Tenth 
Reunion. A committee composed of 
Bill Dewart, chairman, Cliff Loven- 
berg. Herb Barlow and Tom Vance, 
was named to select the place of the 
Reunion and make all necessary ar- 
rangements for the aiffair. All active 
members of 1920 will please take no- 
tice and make up their minds to be 
with us next June. After the meet- 
ing Bill Dewart chaperoned the 
crowd at the Brown-Colgate basket- 
ball game. 

Ed Stringham says that his pres- 
ent occupation is "automobiles and 
airships," and reports that his busi- 
ness address is 33 Academy Street, 
Poughkeepsie, N. Y. 

Banty Coulter, in a letter from 
the Blake School, Minneapolis, not 
long ago, asked us many questions 
about the college and the undergrad- 
uates that we are even now trying to 
answer. The letter showed Banty at 
his best, and we enjoyed it immensely. 
He put in a good word for the Alum- 
ni Monthly and what its arrival each 
month means to him, and admitted 
that his hockey team was doing well. 
We can show Banty that we are for 
him, man and boy, by subscribing to 
the Loyalty Fund on his first call. 

1921 
Dr. Charles J. Fish of the Buffalo 
Museum of Science will head an ex- 
pedition to Maine next summer to 
find out why sardines favor the w'a- 
ters from Passamaquoddy Bay to 
Casco Bay and if the building of a 
proposed power dam at the mouth 
of the first-named bay would injure 
the sardine industry or might cause 
the fish to seek out other equally fav- 
orable waters along the coast. Mrs. 
Fish will accompany Charlie, and 
Dr. Norris W. Rakestraw of the 



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Brown Faculty will be another mem- 
ber of the party. 

Frederick Seth Collins died in 
New York Feb. 19, 1930. The end 
came suddenly, although Fred had 
suffered for years from a weak heart, 
which kept him out of the army in 
19 1 8 and which forced him to go 
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brothers and several uncles and cous- 
ins having attended the University. 
He prepared at the Searles High 
School, Great Barrington, and the 
Moses Brown School and in college 
was manager of the Brown basket- 
ball team. After receiving his de- 
gree, he entered the employ of the 
Builders' Iron Foundry, Providence. 
He also worked for the Kellogg Serv- 
ice, Inc., and Conde Nast, publisher, 
and was with the Bankers Trust 
Company in the advertising depart- 
ment at the time of his last illness. 
He was a quiet, wholesome chap, and 
his Brown friends and his other 
friends in New York and Providence 
will miss him. He is survived by his 
widow, two brothers, Sheldon C. 
Collins, '12, of Great Barrington, 
and Theodore A. Collins, 'ign, of St. 
Petersburg, Fla., and several near 
relatives, both paternal and maternal. 
His fraternity was Alpha Delta Phi. 

1922 

Bill Ryon has gone to Canton, N. 
C, to be production engineer with the 
Champion Fibre Co., and has set up 
the Rvon family at 3 Bear Creek 
Road, AsheviUe. N. C. 

Ellsworth Gale is back in London 
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ufacturers of gold leaf, after a fur- 
lough in this country. He expects 
to return permanently in a few 
months to go into business a little 
nearer home. 

Rodney Underwood is station engi- 
neer with the New England Power 
Construction Co., Providence, and 
is living at 223 Laurens St., Auburn, 
R. I. 

Chet Stackpole is assistant mana- 
ger in the merchandising department 
of the Consolidated Gas, Electric 
Light & Power Co., Baltimore, Md. 
His office is at 260 Lexington Bldg. 

1923 

Tom Dustin, about whom we 
asked in a recent issue of the Alumni 
Monthly, is living in Pittsfield, N. 
H., so Stuart Tinkham reports, 
where he is active in a dry goods 
company, acting superintendent of 
the water works and "the idol of the 
kids." No doubt we'll soon hear of 
Tom being elected Mayor of Pitts- 
field. If we do, we dare any op- 
ponent to try to "rassle" him out of 
office. 

Stuart Tinkham himself is with 
the inspection department of the Fac- 
tory Mutual Fire Insurance Co., 184 
High Street, Boston. Next summer, 
if all goes well, he expects to move to 
Cleveland, O. 

Larry Lanpher and Mrs. Lanpher 
spent their midwinter vacation at 
Nassau, Bahama Islands. Both Larry 
and Art Braitsch are turning out 
some mighty good advertising copy 
with Larchar-Horton Co., 44 Frank- 
lin Street, Providence. 

Chet Worthington certainly likes 
work. In addition to the weekly liter- 
ary pagi- that he edits for the Provi- 
dence Journal, he is writing a "movie 
and talkie" column for the same 
newspaper. 

1924 

Bill Sargeant has taken charge of 
the New York office of the B. A. 
Ballou Co., manufacturing jewelers, 
at 366 Fifth Avenue. Bill says that 
the jewelry business has a real fas- 
cination for him. 

1925 
C. P. Ives, 2d, of the editorial staff 
of the New Haven Journal Courier 
was elected New Haven County vice 
president of the Connecticut State 
Editorial Association at the annual 
meeting in February. 



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Roger Cummings, who went out 
to Burma to teach English, is back in 
this country, we hear, and is receiv- 
ing his mail at 2606 Dwight Way, 
Berkeley, Cal. 

Jack Keefer will become backfield 
coach of the University of Dayton 
football squad next fall. Jack first 
caught the eyes of the sports writers 
as a player on the Steele High School 
eleven, Dayton, and he has coached 
the school squads in recent years. If 
the Dayton backs can emulate Jack's 
fire and dash, they will be mean run- 
ners to stop. 

Pat Sayward was on the campus 
a month ago, but we missed seeing 
him because we were in New York. 
Pat called on President Barbour 
while he was here and also got a line 
on the plans for the Fifth Reunion 
next June. 

Rufe Corlew's new house address 
is 390 Wilder Street, Lowell, Mass. 

Art Packard is now associated 
with John D. Rockefeller, Jr., at 26 
Broadway, New York, succeeding 
Thomas 'B. Appleget, '17, who was 
appointed a vice president of the 
Rockefeller Foundation last June. 

Shirley Elsbree was one of the 
crew of the Rhody, representative 
of the Narragansett Bay fleet in the 
midwinter series of International 
Star boat races held off Havana. The 
cup for the winner was given by Se- 
nor Bacardi, manufacturer of a bev- 
erage for which Messrs. Volstead and 
Company have not the slightest use. 

1926 

Mike Sulzberger and Bub Payor 
were among the '26 men we shook 
hands with at the Brown dinner in 
New York. Mike is practicing law 
and Bub, as we reported a couple of 
months ago, is learning the ins and 
outs of retail merchandising over in 
Brooklyn. 

Don Lord is with the Lanett Mill 
Division of the West Point Mfg. Co. 
in Lanett, Ala. "Inasmuch as mater- 
ial news concerning the University is 
scarce in this neck of the woods, I 
look forward with pleasure to receiv- 
ing the Alumni Monthly," Don said 
in a recent letter. 

Arnold Wallack reports that his 
new house address is 215 W. 75th 
Street, Apt. 2C, New York. 

1927 

Don Pratt recently accepted the 
position of Director of Field Serv- 




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ice for the Indiana Tuberculosis As- 
sociation. Don, who makes his head- 
quarters in Indianapolis, says that he 
is on the road most of the time, aver- 
aging about six hundred miles a week 
in his roadster. 

Ken Horton is traffic service su- 
pervisor for Eastern Manhattan, with 
his office at 2 Park Avenue, New 
York Telephone Company, New 
York. 

W. P. Shahan is the new executive 
secretary of the Illinois Tuberculosis 
and Public Health Association and 
has the reputation of being the young- 
est man in a similar position in the 
country. His business address is the 
Security Building, Springfield, 111. 
The youngest member of the Shahan 
family — 'it's a girl — is two months 
old, thank you. 

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Motor Trips are offered in England, 
France, Germany. 

The Vergiliait Cruise in the comfortable 
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Eddie Lawrence is selling invest- 
ment securities for C. D. Parker & 
Co., 150 Congress Street, Boston, 
with which Charles R. Adams, '80, 
and Robert P. Adams, '23, are also 
connected. 

1928 

Frank Huddy is in Providence 
once more, assistant to the chief engi- 
neer of the Ceco Mfg. Co., makers of 
radio tubes. 

Gordon Clark is with the U. S. 
Shares Corporation, an investment 
trust, with his office at 50 Broad- 
way, New York. He is doing sta- 
tistical work. 

Horton Weaver is working for 
the Warwick iVIills, West Warwick, 
R. I., as overseer of raw materials. 

Charlie Mulliken is in the order 
department of Seasongood & Haas, 
investment brokers, 63 Wall Street, 
New York, and commutes daily from 
and to his dear old New Jersey — Ro- 
selle Park, to be exact. 

Burt Liese is manager of the Prov- 
idence office of the National City 
Company and is living at 270 Mor- 
ris Avenue, Providence. Burt also 
conveys the information that he was 
married Sept. 9, 1929, to Miss Claire 
Mierson, and we make a congratula- 
tory bow in his direction. 

Will Rook is a map clerk and as- 
sistant examiner with the Rhode Is- 
land Insurance Company, Provi- 
dence. 

Verne Chase is an underwriter in 
the home office of the Glens Falls 
Indemnity Co., Glens Falls, N. Y. 

Sam Levy has been awarded the 
Shelton-Hale Scholarship in the Har- 
vard Law School. 

Jack Cannon is in the statistical 
department of Paine, Webber & Co., 
investments, with his office at 1 1 n 
Terminal Tower, Cleveland, O. He 
admits that he is still a bachelor. 

Bob Asbury is a research assistant 
in the Research Laboratory of Ap- 
plied Chemistry at M. I. T. 

Freddy Collins is sticking right to 
his first love — newspaper work. He 
is a member of the city staff of the 
Providence News-Tribune and is liv- 
ing at 302 Benefit Street. 

Alex Buchmann has returned to 
Los Angeles, where, he tells us, he is 
more or less settled at 6022 W. 8th 
Street, Apt. 5. 

Burt Lovell is working as an engi- 
neer for the R. G. Bent Co., on the 
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construction of a chapel for Trinity 
College, Hartford, Conn. Burt 
writes: "It might be of interest to 
some of the boys to know that on 
Feb. 16, 1929, I was married to 
Helda E. Simmons of Winston-Sal- 
em, N. C." The address of the Lov- 
ells is 129 Washington Street, Hart- 
ford. 

1929 

Louis Farber is a partner in the 
Farber Company, sheet metal work 
and roofing, 90 Pleasant Street, Paw- 
tucket, R. I. 

Ben Church is a plant engineer 
with the Southern New England 
Telephone Co., of which the head- 
quarters is New Haven, Conn. Ben 
has H. H. Bucholz, '25, Louis C. 
Horvath, 25, and Walt Brown, '27, 
to teach him how to behave as a be- 
ginner should. 

Joe Nutter, '24, writing in the 
Providence Evening Bulletin a little 
while ago, said that John Collier 
might compete in the 1932 Olympic 
hurdle events. John is genuinely 
fond of his work at Robert College, 
Constantinople, according to all re- 
ports. It is possible that he may de- 
velop a Turkish hurdler or two be- 
fore the next Olympics are held in 
California. 

Ed Medoff is a first-year student 
at the Harvard Medical School. 

Charlie Bell, who put Anniston, 
Ala., on the map at Brown, is at the 
Southern Baptist Theological Semi- 
nary. 

Chan Parsons was in New York 
late in February with the intention of 
settling in that city, if possible. He's 
been in Springfield, Mass., in insur- 
ance work since he received his de- 
gree. 

Silvio Carosella has joined the ac- 
counting staff of the Goodyear In- 
dia Rubber Co., a branch of the 
United States Rubber Co., in Nauga- 
tuck. Conn. 

Al Cornsweet, blossoming out as 
a writer, had a very readable article 
in the Providence Evening Bulletin 
in February on the difference be- 
tween the American and English at- 
titudes toward sports. Al's conclu- 
sion was that the American idea is 
all right for Americans and that the 
English idea is all right for England 
— and it seemed to us to be as sound 
and as sensible as one could asJc. 
About the time that the article ap- 



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peared, Al was leaving Oxford to 
come to the United States as a mem- 
ber of the Oxford-Cambridge la- 
crosse team. 



Engagements 

M'ss Mary Paul Reed, daughter 
of Mr. and Mrs. Charles Clinton 
Reed of Richmond, Va., to Lieut. 
Albert W. Johnson, 'ign, now with 
the Sixth Cavalry, U. S. A., Fort 
Oglethorpe, Ga. 

Miss Esther Gordon, daughter of 
Mr. and Mrs. Jacob Gordon, to Ar- 
thur H. Feiner, '22, of Providence. 

Miss Evelyn Manton Angell, 
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Raymond 
D. Angell of Riverside, R. L, to 
John E. Pemberton, '25, of Paw- 
tucket, R. I. 

Miss Jean Lewis Brewster, daugh- 
ter of Mr. and Mrs. Walter S. 
Brewster of New York and Green- 
wich, Conn., to Dr. Marshall S. 
Brown, Jr., '25, of New York. 

Miss Dorothy Koerner Draper, 
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. G. Brad- 
ford Draper, to Russell W. Mills, 
'27, of Pawtucket, R. L 

Miss Helen Anderson, daughter of 
Mr. and Mrs. Bert Anderson of 
Monson, Mass., to William R. 
Smith, '27n, of Stafford Springs, 
Conn. 

Miss Margery Howard Hill, 
daughter of Mrs. Harry J. Hill of 
East Orange, N. J., to William D. 
Jamison, Jr., 'agn, of East Orange. 



Weddings 



1 89 1 — Col. Edward Otis Bartlett 
of Florence, Itah', and Miss Norma 
Preston Scott of San Francisco, Cal., 
were married in Watchett, Somerset, 
England, on Feb. 10, 1930. 

igign — Furber L Marshall and 
Miss Ivia Marie Perrine, daughter 
of Capt. and Mrs. Charles Collins 
Perrine, were married in New York 
on Feb. i, 1930. They are at home 
at 85 East Cedar Street, Chicago, 111. 

1925 — Melvin M. King and Miss 
Doris W. Fisher. Pembroke '26, were 
married in Brookline, Mass., on Oct. 
19, 1929. They are living at 25 
East Fourth Street, Corning, N. Y., 
where King is assistant chief of in- 
spection at the Corning Glass Works. 

1926 — William H. Sweetland, Jr., 
and Miss Esther Winifred Ross of 
Providence, were married in Wash- 
ington, D. C, on Feb. 17, 1930. 



They are at home at 262 Gano St., 
Providence. 

1927 — Arnold K. Brown and Miss 
Alva Russell Jefferds, daughter of 
Mr. and Mrs. Charles H. Jefferds, 
Jr., were married in Providence on 
March i, 1930. Francis P. Brown, 
Jr., '25, was best man and the ushers 
included W. C. Worthington, '23, 
J. Winford Nagle, '26, George N. 
Fessenden, '27, and Otis S. Chap- 
man, '27, all fraternity brothers of 
the groom. Mr. and Mrs. Brown 
will live at 6151 Winthrop Avenue, 
Chicago, 111. 

1928 — Brackett H. Clark and 
Miss Ruth Moore, daughter of Mr. 
and Mrs. David Pierson Moore, were 
married in Rochester, N. Y., on 
March 3, 1930. They will live at 
79 Claybourne Road, Rochester. 

1927 — James A. Graham and 
Miss Constance Blais, daughter of 
Mr. and Mrs. Henry John Blais, 
were married in Pawtucket, R. I., on 
March 3, 1930. 

1928 — Henry Otte, Jr., and Miss 
Louise Andrews Snow, daughter of 
Dr. and Mrs. Frank W. Snow, w^ere 
married in Providence on March i , 
1930. F. Winthrop Snow, Jr., '29n, 
was an usher. Mr. and Mrs. Otte 
are at home at 28 Devons Road, 
Worcester, Mass. 

1929 — Richard T. Harriss, Jr., 
and Miss Rita Waters, daughter of 
Mr. and Mrs. William Henry Wa- 
ters of New York, were married in 
New York on Feb. 20, 1930. Among 
the ushers were Arthur J. Barry, Jr., 
'27, and Francis D. Gurll, '31. Mr. 
and Mrs. Harriss wil live at 320 
East 57th Street, New York. 

Births 

1917 — To Mr. and Mrs. A. Reg- 
inald Nichols of East Greenwich, R. 
I., a son, David Ryden, on Feb. 25, 
1930. 

igign — To Mr. and Mrs. Charles 
M. Fort of North Smithfield, R. I., 
a son, Bradford Latham, on Feb. 11, 
1930. 

1920 — To Mr. and Mrs. H. 
Frank Carey of Brooklyn, N. Y., a 
daughter, Alice Adele, on Feb. 7, 
1930. 

1922, special — To Mr. and Mrs. 
Norman C. Cleaveland of Edge- 
wood, R. I., a son, Norman C. 
Cleaveland, Jr., on Feb. 26, 1930. 

1922 — To Mr. and Mrs. Rodney 
J. Underwood of Auburn, R. I., a 
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Blackstone Canal 
National Bank 

20 Market Square 



Capital Stock $500,000 

Surplus and Undi- 
vided Profits $1,000,000 



Albert R. Plant, President 

John B. Branch, Vice President 

Charles P. Brown, Cashier 



DIRECTORS 
C. Moulton Stone Fletcher S. Mason 
Chas. H. Merriman Henry S. Chafee 
Frank O. Field Frank L. Hinckley 
John B. Branch Francis M. Smith 
Albert R. Plant G. Edward Buxton 
William A. Viall 



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National Bank 

Established 1791 

CAPITAL $1,500,000 

SURPLUS 2,500,000 

Main Office — 20 Westminster St. 
Branch — Corner Empire and Washington Sts. 



Moses J. Barber, Chairman of the Board 
Tliomas L. Pierce. President 
Earl G. Batty, Vice President and Cashier 
Frank L. Sawyer, Assistant Cashier 
George A. Freeman, Assistant Cashier 
Charles L. Eddy, Assistant Cashier 
Henry H. Eddy, Assistant Cashier 

Directors 

Charles H. Newell Edward P. Jastram 

William B. McBee Earl G. Batty 

Richard S. Aldrich A. Livingston Kelley 

William Gammell, Jr. Wilson 0. Wing 

John B. Lewis John Nicholas Brown 

Moses J. Barber Thomas L. Pierce 

Paul C. DeWoU Lauriston H. Hazard 

Frank E. Richmond William L. Sweet 
Frederick T. Moses 



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■daughter, Anita Frances, on Feb. 15, 
1930. 

1923 — To Mr. and Mrs. Thomas 

B. Dustin of Pittsfield, N. H., a 
daughter, Marjorie Ellen, on Jan. 
26, 1930. 

I924n — To Mr. and Mrs. Rob- 
inson C. Locke of Tujunga, Cal., a 
daughter, Eh'zabeth, on Feb. 18, 
1930. 

1925 — To Mr. and Mrs. Edson 

C. Lockwood (Dorothy F. Patton, 
Pembroke '23) of Madura, India, a 
son, Patton, on February 16, 1930. 

1925— To Mr. and Mrs. Arthur 
W. Packard of New York, N. Y., 
a son, David Bruce, on March 8, 
1930. 

1925 — To Mr. and Mrs. George 
B. Lomas of Providence, a second 
son, on Feb. 19, 1930. 

i926n— To Mr. and Mrs. Wil- 
liam L. De Prosse of Providence, a 
son, William L. De Prosse, Jr., on 
March 2, 1930. 

1926, advanced — To Mr. and 
Mrs. Frederick C. Jonah of Cleve- 
land, O., a son, Frederick William, 
on Feb. 20, 1930. 

1927 — To Mr. and Mrs. Warren 
Y. Hull of Tacoma, Wash., a daugh- 
ter, Nancy Barbara, on Feb. 9, 1930. 

1927— To Mr. and Mrs. Welling- 
ton P. Shahan of Indianapolis, Ind., 
a daughter, Jean MacKenzie, on 
Feb. 7, 1930. 

1927 — To Mr. and Mrs. Arthur 
L. Lawrence of Providence, a daugh- 
ter, Nancy Lee, on Feb. 16, 1930. 



Harrison - Maine 



1929 — To Mr. and Mrs. Pember- daughter, Edith Priscilla, on March 
ton L. Killeen of Providence, a i, 1930. 

Pembroke College 



Established in 1901 



Deep in the Maine woods, on 
an uninhabited lake, Katahdin of- 
fers every opportunity for work 
and play for boys nine to sixteen. 



T. R. Jeffers, '23, Blairstown. N. J." ~ 
R. F. Day, '26, Box 106, E. Prov., R. I. 
Directors 



On February 19, eighteen new 
members were elected to Phi Beta 
Kappa from Pembroke College. There 
were fifteen from the Class of 1930, 
and three from the Junior Class. 
Those elected from the Senior Class 
included: Dora May Anstey, Jean- 
nette Dora Black, Florence Mildred 
Conn, Madelyn Bernice Daniels, 
Doris Miller Deming, Ross Emma 
Hand, Helena Patricia Hogan, Mar- 
tha Isabella Jack, Cecile Kantrowitz, 
Jess'e Xenia Nayer, Dorothy Slo- 
cum, Dorothy Gladys Taylor, Mary 
Taylor, Thelma Montrose Tyndall 
and Alice Amelia Walter. The three 
members from the class of 193 1 are: 
Hester Hastings, Mary Elizabeth 
Kraus, and May Sherman. On Sat- 
urday, March 8, the Rhode Island 
Alpha of the Phi Beta Kappa So- 
ciety held a tea in the Crystal Room 
for the newly elected members. 

Announcement has also been made 
of the undergraduate elections to as- 
sociate membership in Sigma Xi. 
Those elected included the following 
members of the class of 1930: Fran- 
ces Miller, Helena Hogan, Grace 
Home, Doris Deming, Alice Walter, 
Mary Taylor, and Thelma Tyndall, 
From the class of 1 93 1 two members 
were elected : Mary Elizabeth Kraus, 
and Enis Eva DeMagistris. 

Guy Maier and Lee Pattison pre- 
sented a particularly fine two-piano 
recital in Alumnae Hall on Febru- 
ary 25. Their program included 
compositions by Schumann, Franck, 
Le Patison, Frantz, Saint-Saens, 
Strauss-Chasins and was enthusiasti- 
cally received. 

On March 4 in Alumnae Hall the 
Brownie Association held its annual 
stunt night. The cup for the best 
stunt was awarded to the Junior 
Class for their dramatization of the 
trials of a "Pembroker" in trying 
to find a reserve book in the John 
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Hay Library. The class of 1932 
was awarded honorable mention. The 
following committees were in charge 
of the stunts: Senior Class: Thelma 
Tyndall, Florence Conn, Mildred 
Stark^veather, Grace Horn, Rose 
Hand; Junior Class: Alice Donnelly, 
Margaret Kane, Edith Kenny, Helen 
Daniel, Elizabeth Considine; Sopho- 
more Class: Beatrice Hunt, Mary 
Kernan, Rowena Bellows; Fresh- 
men: Ruth Clem, Helen Herz, Mil- 
dred Campbell, Margaret Milliken, 
Stella Hoffheimer. 

The Christian Association is spon- 
soring a series of teas in the Commons 
Room each Tuesday and Thursday. 
Fifteen cents is charged to cover the 
expense of the sandwiches, cookies, 
and tea that are served. The associa- 
tion is trying to give an opportunity 
for girls to get together over a cup 
of tea for a little friendly conversa- 
tion. It is also conducting a drive 
for new members. The campaign is 
under the direction of the vice presi- 
dent, Josephine Mclntire, and the 
cabinet. 

The Komians, after four years of 
entreaty, by telegrams, letters and 
personal interviews, secured from 
Miss Eva Le Gallienne permission to 
produce the "Cradle Song." The play 
was very successfully presented on 
March 28 and 29. 

It was coached by Mrs. Sarah 
Minchen Barker. The cast includ- 
ed the following: Mildred Stark- 
weather, Edna Sunderland, Myrtle 
C. Ryder, Rosa Reiser, Elizabeth 
Dennett, Rose Hand, Mary Coy, Sue 
Deacon, Helen Moffitt, Rowena 
Bellows, Louise Kelly, Katherine 
McSoley, Sylvia Sugarman, Lucy 
Daniel, Katherine Burt, Vivien 
Leighton, Thelma Tyndall and 
Grace King. 

On Saturday, March I, the Pem- 
broke Varsity basketball team was 
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broke second team succeeded in de- 
feating the Sargent second, however. 
On March 8 the teams defeated both 
the first and second teams of Wheaton 
in games played at Norton. The 
1933 team was defeated by the Lin- 
coln School girls 29-26. The varsity 
swimming team was defeated by New 
York University on March 7. Cap- 
tain Agnes Fitzgerald and Albina 
Osipowich were the stars for Pem- 
broke. Miss Osipowich held her title 
for the 200-meter free style event at 
the ninth anniversary meet of the 
Boston Swimming Association on 
February 22. 

A final selection of debaters for 
the debates with Bates and New 
Hampshire was made on February 
25. The team comprises Marie Roit- 
man, '32, Helena Hogan, '30, Mar- 
jorie Smith, '32. 

On March 6th David Morton, the 
well-known poet, read selections of 
his poetry in the Crystal Room. The 
interesting reading was well attended. 

The second Vocational Guidance 
supper of the year was held on March 
4 in the Cafeteria. The members of 
the Economics and Social Science De- 
partments were the guests. The 
speakers were Professor Bucklin and 
Professor Phelps of the Social Science 
Department, and Professor Adams 
and Professor Hindrichs of the Econ- 
omics Department. 



Brown Alumnae 

Biennial Banquet 

The twelfth biennial banquet of 
the Alumnae Association of Brown 
University was held in the auditori- 
um of Alumnae Hall on Friday eve- 
ning, February 7th. Millicent Leete 
Snow, '02, president of the Alumnae 
Association of Brown University, 
greeted the alumnae, and Ethel Rob- 
inson Heckman, '07, president of the 
Brown Alumnae Club of Providence, 
acted as toastmistress. The guest 
speakers of the evening were Presi- 
dent Barbour, President J. Edgar 
Park of Wheaton College, and Dean 
Morriss. President Barbour paid a 
very beautiful tribute to Dr. Faunce, 
emphasizing his great contribution to 
the University. He then stressed the 



importance of what the alumnae can 
do and pledged his earnest and sin- 
cere loyalty to Pembroke College. Dr. 
Park in a very genial manner talked 
on what the women's colleges are do- 
ing, and Dean Morriss gave a very 
interesting summary of the present 
status of Pembroke College and 
aroused the imagination as she pic- 
tured the growth of the college a few 
years hence. 

Other guests at the banquet in- 
cluded Mrs. Barbour, Mrs. Park, 
Miss Dorothy Riley, president of the 
Senior Class, and Miss Verna Fol- 
lett, president of the Student Govern- 
ment Association. 

The Social Activities Committee, 
which arranged the banquet, deserves 
great credit. Helen Brintzenhoff Stu- 
art, '22, is chairman of the committee 
and the other members are Lois 
Campbell, '24, and Dorothy Gray 
Wattsom, '24. They were very ably 
assisted by Gwendolen Blodgett Car- 
penter, '10, and Stella Risley Clem- 
ence, '10. 



The Alumnae Council 

The Alumnae Council held its an- 
nual meeting at Alumnae Hall on 
February 8, with Millicent Leete 
Snow presiding. The main topics 
for discussion were the Alumnae 
Fund and Alumnae Education. Mrs. 
James T. Pugh of Radcliffe College 
was invited to attend the Council 
meeting in order to explain the Alum- 
nae Fund as it is in operation there. 
She defined the Fund as "a systematic 
movement by which every former stu- 
dent of the college takes part in the 
college's development." At Radcliffe 
the payment of one check makes the 
donor at once a member of the Alum- 
nae Association and a subscriber to 
the College. One hundred colleges 
and universities have similar funds. 
The Council recommended the es- 
tablishment of an Alumnae Fund at 
Brown and asked that the matter be 
presented for action at the annual 
meeting in June. 

The subject of Alumnae Educa- 
tion was presented by Mrs. Sharon 
Brown, '16, who outlined what the 
various colleges are doing in this field 
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and suggested several projects which 
might be of interest to Brown wom- 
en. No definite action was taken, 
but during the course of the spring 
the alumnae will be given an oppor- 
tunity to indicate whether the subject 
appeals to them and their preference 
of possible plans. 

At the luncheon given by Dean 
Morriss for the Alumnae Council, 
the delegates from the clubs were the 
guests of honor. Miss Morriss greet- 



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Eva A. Mooar, director of admissions 
and personnel, who spoke on ways in 
which the alumnae can assist in the 
selection of candidates for the Fresh- 
man Class and of what they can do 
for the girls during their freshman 
year. Miss Vivian Leighton, '30, 
gave a very interesting account of 
her junior year in France. 

Those who attended the Council 
meeting were the alumnae represent- 
ative on the Executive Committee of 
Pembroke College, Nettie S. Good- 
ale Murdock, '95 ; past presidents of 
the Alumnae Association : Linda 
Richardson Stoughton, '97 ; Elise 
Straffin Bronson, '04; Hester Mer- 
cer Hastings, '03, M. Edna Budlong, 
'02 ; Bertha Nichols Bissell,' 95 ; Mar- 
ion Cole, '07; Louise Gamwell 
Cobb, '01 ; the members of the Ex- 
ecutive Board: Millicent Leete Snow, 
'02, Martha Wilbur Watt, '00, Is- 
abel McMurtry Voigt, '13, Margel 
Craig Wilder, '19, Helen Thayer 
Paxton, '22, and Helen H. Briggs, 
'14; alumnae who are members of 
the Advisory Council: Emma B. 
Stanton, '96, and Edith H. Williston, 
'96, chairmen of standing committees; 



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M. Holt, '08; five representatives at 
large: Charlotte Anthony Fuller, '03, 
Louise Towle Todd, '04, Alice Man- 
chester Chase, '05, Isabelle Scott 
Bollard, '09, and Ruth Preston Saun- 
ders, '23 ; representatives from Alum- 
nae Clubs: Gwendolen Blodgett Car- 
penter, '10, Vermont, Mildred Bish- 
op Galloway, '12, Boston, Ethel Rob- 
inson Heckman, '07, Providence, 
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icut, Hilda M. Hoffman, '24, New 
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Myrtis Milliken Clayton, '02, Mabel 
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fers, '24, former executive secretary, 
was a special guest. 

* * * 

The Senior Tea 

The Alumnae Association will 
give its annual tea for the members 
of the Senior Class on April 22d. 
No formal invitations will be issued, 
but the Association will be glad to 
have any alumnae come who are in- 
terested. 



Alumnae Clubs 

The Brown Alumnae Club of 
Boston had an enthusiastic luncheon 
meeting on January 1 8th at the 
Women's University Club. Dean 
Morriss was the guest of honor and 
about forty members were present. 
The next meeting of the Club will be 
on Saturday, April 12, at the home 
of Mrs. John H. Williams, 412 Mt. 
Auburn Street, Cambridge. 

The Brown Alumnae Club of 

Connecticut Valley would be happy 

to hear from Connecticut alumnae 

who have not yet affiliated with the 

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Club. Kindly communicate with the 
secretary, Elizabeth de W. Root, 56 
Tremont Street, Hartford, Conn. 

The Brown Alumnae Club of New 
Y'ork was entertained on January 25 
at the home of Mrs. Ralph H. Bol- 
lard (Isabelle Scott, '09) in Mont- 
clair, N. J. Dean ]\Iorriss was the 
guest of honor and brought news of 
the College. About forty members 
were present. On Friday, February 
28, the Club held a very successful 
bridge party in the Chinese room of 
the American Woman's Association 
Clubhouse, 353 West 57th Street. 

The Brown Alumnae Club of 
Pennsylvania was entertained on 
March i at a very delightful lunch- 
eon at the home of Alice Tillinghast 
Bartlett, '06, 2318 Spruce Street, 
Philadelphia. At this time Dean 
Morriss was the guest of honor. 
Florence B. Beitenman, '04, president 
of the Club, reported on the Alum- 
nae Council meeting, which she at- 
tended as the delegate from the club. 

The total number enrolled in the 
Club to date is twenty-nine, drawn 
from a radius of one hundred miles or 
more, with Philadelphia as the cen- 
ter. In consequence of the scattered 
membership, the Club considered the 
advisability of having small groups 
meet simultaneously, perhaps in Pitts- 
burgh, Lancaster, Reading, and Phil- 
adelphia, with two or three general 
meetings during the year. Miss Beit- 
enman has very kindly offered to un- 
dertake the organization of the groups 
in co-operation with the Alumnae Of- 
fice. The Pittsburgh area, with a 
possible group of nineteen alumnae, 
will be the first to receive her atten- 
tion. 

The next meeting of the Club will 
be held on May 10, at which time 
it will be the guest of Mrs. Charles 
J. Allen at her home, "Robinwood," 
321 East Oak Avenue, Moorestown, 
N. J. 

A club directory is being prepared. 
Will all interested alumnae kindly 
communicate with Miss Mildred E. 
Runyeon, secretary, 420 South 20th 
Street, Reading, Penn. 

The Brown Alumnae Club of 
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ruary 2ist at the home of Mrs. Har- 
ris E. Starr (Caroline L. Tuthill, 
'97). At that time Stella B. Clem- 
ence, '10, who had attended the 
Alumnae Council as the delegate 
from the Club, reported on the meet- 
ing and the secretary, Doris Heaton, 
'27, reports that the members were 
enthusiastic over the project of an 
Alumnae Fund. The Class of 1927 
had the largest representation at the 
meeting. They were Helen Crafts, 
who was in Washington for a day 
on her way to Florida, V^enetia Mott 
Rountree, Mildred Fisher and Doris 
Heaton. 

On February 24 the Club enter- 
tained President Barbour at a tea at 
the Hay-Adams House. Miss Heaton 
writes: "The girls all came to the tea 
and enjoyed the informal visit with 
President Barbour very much. All of 
the Washington girls were present 
and Lois Northup, '27, who was mot- 
oring through Washington, was also 
there." 

The Brown Alumnae Club of 
Southern California had a luncheon 
at the Pollyanna Tea Room in Los 
Angeles on January i8th. At this 
time the Club was very glad to wel- 
come two new members — Marian N. 
Hudson, '18, and Marian Lennon 
Coneybear, '24. 

The Alumnae Association of 
Brown University expects soon to be 
able to report the formation of an 
alumnae club in Berkeley. Will all 
who are interested kindly communi- 
cate with Mrs. S. R. Warburton, 
679 The Alameda, Berkeley, Calif. 

Faculty 

Dean Morriss attended the Atlan- 
tic City conference of the National 
Association of Deans of Women and 
afterwards spoke at a number of pre- 
paratory and high schools in Pennsyl- 
vania. She also spoke before the 
Reading College Club on the meet- 
ing of the International Federation 
of University Women in Geneva last 
summer. Her itinerary was pains- 
takingly arranged by the Brown 
Alumnae Club of Pennsylvania, 
which entertained her at a luncheon 
in Philadelphia on March i. 



Miss Eva A. Mooar, Director of 
Admissions and Personnel, attended 
the conference of the National Asso- 
ciation of Placement and Personnel 
Officers which was held at Atlantic 
City. Following the meetings Miss 
Mooar was the guest of Mrs. Ralph 
H. Bollard (Isabelle Scott, '09), of 
Montclair, N. J., who arranged for 
her to address the students of the 
Friends' School, Moorestown, and 
the Montclair and Glen Ridge High 
Schools. 



Weddings 



1926 — Constance Blais was mar- 
ried to James Adrian Graham on 
March 3. 

1926 — Virginia G. Knerr was re- 
cently married to George Washing- 
ton Delany, Jr. 

1927 — Lois Patten was recently 
married to Charles B. Palmer. Mr. 
and Mrs. Palmer are living at 55 
Pinckney Street, Boston, Mass. 

1929 — Marjorie Miller Kent was 
married to Alfred Henschel, '29, on 
February 6. 

1930 — Cecile L. Kantrowitz was 
married to Fred Israel, Boston Uni- 
versity on February 20. Mrs. Israel 
was elected to Phi Beta Kappa on 
the preceding day. 



Births 

1912 — To Dr. and Mrs. Raymond 
P. Havves (Marion Emsley), a son, 
Loring Emsley Hawes, on January 
14 in Baltimore, Md. Their new ad- 
dress is 2903 Cresmont Ave. 

191 2 — To Professor and Mrs. J. 
Paul Kaufman (Clarice Ryther), a 
second son, Louis Sailor, on Janu- 
ary 19 in Washington, D. C. 

1923 — To Prof, and Mrs. Edson 
C. Lockwood (Dorothy F. Patton), a 
son, Patton, on February 16 in Ma- 
dura, South India. 

1924 — To Mr. and Mrs. Ray- 
mond S. Fanning (Lucile Petti- 
bone), a daughter, Lucile Pettibone, 
on January 13 in New York. 

1927 — To Professor and Mrs. 
Fred C. Jonah (Anne Geraldine 
Crawford), a son, Frederick William, 
on February 21 in Cleveland, Ohio. 

Deaths 

1908 — Gertrude M. Childs died at 
her home in Beverly, Mass., on De- 
cember 19, after a short illness with 
pneumonia. Miss Childs was born 
in Needham and had spent most of 
her life in Beverly, where she had a 




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large circle of friends. She had al- 
ways kept up her interest in college 
and had been an active member of the 
Alumnae Association ever since her 
graduation. 

1920 — Grace Maurer, who since 
1925 had been an instructor in His- 



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denly on January 30. Miss Maurer 
was born in Reading, Penn., and 
lived there until she came to Brown. 
She secured her bachelor's degree in 
1920 and her master's in 1 92 1. Af- 
ter two years of teaching in the Mid- 
dletown (Connecticut) High School, 
she spent a year at Oxford and the 
next year in France. The under- 
graduate weekly, The Record, in 
commenting upon her death, said: 
"Her unflagging interest in the stu- 
dents and the college and her inex- 
haustible intellectual energy prevent 
her personality from becoming a mere 
memory. Those of us who were so 
fortunate as to have studied under 
her can scarcely forget the stimulat- 
ing originality which she projected 
into the courses. Miss Maurer was 
an honorary member of the class of 
1928 and was one of the most popu- 
lar members of Pembroke's faculty." 
1922 sp. — Mrs. Alice Chase, wife 
of Julian D. Chase, died at her home 
in Providence on January 14 after a 
brief illness. Mrs. Chase was an 
author and playwright, was promi- 
nent in political and civic clubs in the 
state, and was a producer of amateur 
plays. Her best known play is "The 
Patriot." Other literary works in- 
clude a survey of the marriage status 
of women and "Prince Happyheart," 
a book for children. Mrs. Chase 
took an active interest in the Alum- 
nae Association. 

Notes 

1905 — Olive Eddy Eaton (Mrs. 
Samuel E.) has moved from Nyack- 
on-the-Hudson to Franklin, North 
Carolina. Her daughter, Dorothy, 
is a freshman at Duke University. 

1907 — Dr. Amey Eaton Watson 
of Haverford, Penn., spoke before 
the American Homemakers on March 
24 at Froebel Hall in Providence. 
Her subject was "Is Homemaking a 
Vocation, a Business, or a Profes- 
sion ?" 

1909 — Elizabeth Mayo will tour 
the Mediterranean during the sum- 
mer. 

1909 — Madge Morgan Bengert 
(Mrs. Edgar F. ) has moved from 
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Dallas, Texas, to Athens, West Vir- 
ginia. 

1910 — Stella Risley Clemence has 
published in the Hispanic American 
Historial Review for February 1930 
a "Deed of emancipation of a negro 
woman slave, dated Mexico, Septem- 
ber 14, 1585." This deed is included 
in the sixteenth century Mexican and 
Peruvian manuscripts presented to 
the Library of Congress by Edward 
S. Harkness of New York. Miss 
Clemence accompanied the deed and 
her translation from the Spanish with 
a very interesting article in explana- 
tion of it. 

191 8 — Ruth Wakefield Burton 
(Mrs. Nathan B. ) has moved to 36 
Randall Avenue, East Weymouth, 
Mass. 

191 8 — Sarah Morse Beardsley has 
been appointed the membership secre- 
tary of the Massachusetts Mental 
Hygiene Society. Her address is 5 
Joy Street, Boston. 

1921 — Mary W. Cushman is now 
a teacher of French at the William 
H. Hall Senior High School at West 
Hartford, Conn. Her address is 1589 
Boulevard, West Hartford. 

1924 — Malvina Grieves is teach- 
ing at the University Hospital at Syr- 
acuse, N. Y. 

1926 — Elizabeth StilKvell has 
changed her address to 340 East 56th 
Street, New York City. 

1927 — Marion Breen is in the per- 
sonnel office at Radcliffe. 

1927 — Dorothy Pearson is work- 
ing in the library at Yale. 

1927 — Margaret Kenney is teach- 
ing at St. Regis Falls, N. Y. 

1927 — Catherine Bond Wheeler 
(Mrs. Ellsworth H.) is now living 
at 14 De Lancey Drive, Geneva, 
N. Y. 

1929 — Helen Binkunski is teach- 
ing in New Britain, Conn. 

1929 — Margery Leonard is at 11 
East Newton Street, Boston, Mass. 



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