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XXXVIII NUMBER 6 ► ► Ground Breaking and More ► ► New arrangements for undergraduate courses in chemistry, and plans for broadening the program of ad- vanced chemical research at Brown University will be mapped out by University executives and members of the departmental staff in a series of conferences this Winter. The survey of the department's resources will be to prepare for full use of the new accommodations and equip- ment for undergraduate and graduate instruction when Brown's new chemical research laboratory, made possible by a $500,000 gift from former United States Senator Jesse H. Metcalf, is opened next Fall. Excavation for the laboratory was finished at Christmas time. Work on the foundations has already started. Steel framework was to be in place soon after the first of the year. Contracts call for completion ot the building by Aug. 1, 19.VS. Prof. Robert F. Chambers, chairman of the Department of Chemistry, says that space and facilities for undergrad- uate instruction, especially in industrial and physical chem- istry, will be enlarged. Rooms in the present Jesse Metcalf Memorial Laboratory now used for research will be vacated and re-equippcd for undergraduates. The new building, although primarily for research stu- dents, will also have a physical chemistry laboratory accom- modating at least 30 undergraduates. A science library of 60,000 volumes capacity, with study desks for 64 students, will be open to undergraduates as well as graduate students. ► Pl.'KNS will also be made during the Winter for a broad- ened program ot advanced research to be carried out in the new building. It will accommodate between 30 and 40 graduate students, doubling the facilities Brown now has. The laboratory is being built on the back campus adjoin- ing the present Jesse Metcalf Memorial Laboratory. When completed, the new and existing chemistry buildings will stand together in the shape ot a "T\ with the new labora- tory forming the stem of the letter. The two buildings will be connected by an underground tunnel. The new laboratory will be three stories high. Archi- tecturally It will harmonize with the early Georgian design of other buildings on the back campus. The exterior will be of brick with white stone and wood trim. It will be 130 feet long, 48 feet wide and 54 feet high. An ornamental bal- ustrade will border the roof. Chemical research at Brown is now conducted mostly in the Newport Rogers Laboratory, believed to be the oldest collegiate chemical laboratory continuously in service in the country. When the new building is finished, the Newport Rogers Laboratory will be "retired" after 75 years of service. Containing 61 rooms to be used for research, as offices, as conference rooms, and other special purposes for highly tech- nical investigations, the new building will be one of the most complete of its kind at any university. ► The library will be one of the chief features of the build- ing's equipment. Combining the book resources of the de- partments of chemistry, mathematics and physics, there will be space for 60,000 volumes. Brown's mathematics library, now housed in Wilson Hall, is recognized as one of the most complete of its kind in the world. Principal investigations to be carried on in the new labora- tory will be on problems in photochemistry, on the proper- ties of electrolytes and dielectrics, and on problems in organic and physical chemistry. Photochemistry and electro- chemistry are said to he of increasing importance in science and industry. In terms of equipment, the new research center will have "unsurpassed" facilities, according to Prof. Charles A. Kraus, director of chemical research. He says that "facil- ities that will be provided for research in electrolytes and dielectrics will be unequalled anywhere in this country." The basement of the building will contain the longest spectroscopic absorption tube ever built. Reaching the entire length of the laboratory, it will be more than 100 feet over all. The tube will be used by Prof. W. Albert Noyes, Jr., in his research. Five laboratories will be in the basement, all of them to be air conditioned with de-humidifying apparatus. There will be three rooms for absorption tube work, a microphotom- etry room, a fluorescence room, an ice room, a spark room, two store rooms, a dark room and a shop. ► On the first floor, nine research laboratories will be built, equipped so that different investigations can be carried out in each in successive years. The entire west end of the first floor will be used as an undergraduate physical chem- istry laboratory. The first floor will also house computing and optical rt)oms, two dark rooms, an office, and storage space for apparatus. Wherever necessary, light-tight shades will be installed. Special hooks will be built into ceilings for sus- pending apparatus. Eleven research laboratories are planned for the second floor, as well as a special instrument room, a balance room, insulated room, conference study, three offices and two storage rooms. All features of the downstairs laboratories will be installed. Most of the third fltxir will be given over to the divisional library. It will have two tiers of stacks incorporating the latest library developments for book storage. Special study desks will be along the walls of the stack room. There will also be a general reading room, two conference rooms and librarian's offices. Two stair-wells, one at the west end and the other at the east end, will connect all floors. The elevator will be used 159 BROWN ALUMNI MONTHLY for moving equipment and supplies. There will be three outside entrances — the main entrance facing south towards the Engineering Building. The east door will face the Metcalf Laboratory and the north door the Arnold Biolog- ical Laboratory. Approaches to the laboratory will involve laying new walks on the campus, including a new paved path from Waterman Street west of the Arnold Laboratory to replace the present board walk and steps. Action by the building committee yesterday concluded negotiations which began on Aug. 9, when bids were first asked. All bids, received on Sept. 1, were rejected on Sept. 7 and a call for new bids was issued on Nov. S. They were received at the office of Charles Z. Klauder of Phila- delphia, architect for the building, on Nov. 24. President Wriston is chairman of the committee. Other members are Paul C. DeWolf of the Board of Trustees and Prof. Kraus. < ^ ^ The Student Is Serious About It ^ ^ ► ► Looking from four points of view at the growing tendency for undergraduates of today to become more seri- ous minded than earlier college generations, administrative officers at Brown University credit the trend to world con- ditions at large, to the set-up of academic and undergraduate life on the campus, and to a selective admissions policy which has brought high-caliber students from the pick of the nation's youth. Vice-President James P. Adams, former head of the Department of Economics at Brown, in speaking in broad terms of the effect of the depression upon today's college students, declares that "the period of depression has empha- sised to most undergraduates that the mere holding of a diploma is not adequate assurance of ability to obtain and hold remunerative employment. "They recognise that initiative and imagination and capacity for growth and development are essential prerequi- sites to professional and vocational success, ' he says. "There- fore students are likely to take their college course ot study more seriously than in some previous times, because of their recognition of its relationship to the development of their capacities for achievement. "In the second place, the depression and the whole series of social, economic and political problems which have fol- lowed in its wake have impressed upon college students the realisation that these problems must be solved in the interests of the civilization of which we are a part, and that their generation will have a large share of responsibility for their solution. For this reason they are taking a deeper and broader interest in the things which are going on in the world beyond the gates of the college, and are relating them to the subject matter of their courses of study, especially in the fields of the social sciences. "In the third place, college students, as well as others, have felt the impact of the depression upon their financial resources. In many instances they have been obliged to go through college with less help from home. They have found it more difficult to get part-time employment. Because a college education has been more difficult to obtain, it may be that it has been prised more highly. ► "As a fourth contributing factor, the experiences of the past few years have emphasised to college students that financial success, power, and position are not the whole of life. They are realising more and more that among the sus- taining elements of life, in times of stress and strain as well as at other times, are the things of the mind and spirit. "Consequently they have turned their minds more sympa- thetically and with more hope and expectation to such fields as philosophy, religion, literature, art and music, because they find in these things the responses to their need for spiritual stimulus and emotional satisfaction." Dean Samuel T. Arnold, dean of the college and chairman of the newly organised Board of Student Counselors at Brown, points to changes within the University itself which illustrate the general attitude of the present day student towards his work. "Of the many changes which have taken place in the educational process during the past 10 years, many of them have in general been in the direction of permitting students more freedom in their work. Accordingly the percentage of required material has necessarily been decreased, and the student has been given a greater opportunity for shoulder- ing the responsibility of selecting his own courses," Dean Arnold says. "In keeping with this general tendency, Brown University IS introducing a revised liberal arts curriculum this year. The program requires students to organise their plan of study with the help of faculty counselors. The freedom of electives enables them to choose a program of study which is of interest to them and fundamental for the work they have in mind. "The concentration program, which is required of all students, makes it obligatory for a student to devote par- ticular attention to some branch of knowledge which he selects for himself, in accordance with his own capacities and interests. "It seems reasonably safe to say that if a student is faced with that challenge, the only attitude which he can be ex- pected to develop is an attitude of more serious consideration of his college work. Responsibility breeds serious minded- ness if a student has a wish to succeed." ► De.^n Edgar J. L^npher, assistant dean of undergrad- uates, declares that the growth and development of student organisations of a more serious nature are probably both a cause and result of the changing attitude common to so many university campuses in recent years. "Even a casual summary' of the types of student organisa- tions on the Brown campus today, and a review of their history and growth, would seem to indicate a healthy state of mind on the part of the modern college student," he says. "In recent years there has been a marked increase in the growth of various departmental clubs, such as the Chemistry Club and the various student branches of the engineering societies. You will find that the International Relations Club, the Model League of Nations group, and the various literary, debating and discussion societies have strengthened their positions on the campus and are contributing actively to the whole pattern of student life. 160 BROWN ALUMNI MONTHLY "It may he debatable whether student organizations create attitudes or whether attitudes are created in part hy student organizations. But the fact remains that the more serious organizations are flourishing and the situation pleases us. "Again perhaps it is the creation of an increasingly varied number of campus outlets for intellectual, emotional and physical exuberance which is responsible, in part at least, for the improvement of student conduct. Riots and destruction of property are rapidly becoming a thing of the past. Students today are not as interested in doing as many ridiculous things as they once were." ► Dr. Bruce M. Bigelow, director of admissions, points out that many colleges and universities today are in a better position to handpick their student bodies than they were in past years, thanks to the rising tide of the number of applicants for admission. "Any college or university which has had an increasingly large number of applicants for admission in recent years has found itself in a position in which the utmost care has had to be used in selecting a Freshman Class of limited size," Dr. Bigelow says. "This has been true at Brown, where we have had more and more applicants for admission each year, even during the depression. We are giving more emphasis, in weighing qualifications for admission, to character, personality and promise of future usefulness. At the same time, of course, high scholastic standing has been a primary consideration. "Increased emphasis upon these characteristics, together with such others as native ability, intelligent ambition and initiative, have certainly given us a fine type of boy in col- lege today. If he is more serious than the college man of past generations, it is because he is typical of the best of our youth. There is no room in college in 193S for the play- boy of the jazz age." ■< < < '"''Flycatcher Going Strong" ► RuFUS H. Cook '01, special judge of the Probate Court of Hampshire County, Massachusetts, has received appoint- ment as City Solicitor of Northampton, the home of Smith College, from Mayor-elect William H. Feiker, baseball star at Cornell in the middle 90"s. The Hampshire Gazette said in an editorial that "Judge Cook brings to the office years of experience in the law. He is a man of conservative qualities, one who may be expected to offer able legal guidance to the Mayor and city departments which have occasion to call upon him for opinions." One of our correspondents who recalls Judge Cook's baseball days at Brown writes that with the election of Charles D. (Charlie) Millard '97, one of Brown's great halfbacks and outfielders, as Surrogate of Westchester County, New York, and the appointment of Judge Cook, "the flycatchers seem to be still going strong. Who says that athletes don't amount to much in after life? 'Rufe" Cook in '97 and '9S was the Babe Ruth of the Brown nine, and many will recall the Harvard game he pulled out of the fire by picking a fly off the steps of Lyman Gymnasium." i i No TV A Contrncls ► Jesse S. Pevear "99, president and general manager of the Birmingham, Ala., Electric Company testified before a three- judge Federal Court in Chattanooga, Tenn., last month that TVA had no contracts with any municipal power plants in his territory. He also told the court that a proposal to build a municipal plant in Birmingham was de- feated in an election in 1933. < < ► For the Yaclitsnieii ► ► Brown University yachtsmen early in January looked forward towards having one of the most complete headquarters for undergraduate sailing in the East, as work began on the modernization and improvement of the Narra- gansett Boat Club on the Seekonk River. The modernized building, to be finished early in the Spring, will be known from now on as the Brown University Boat Club. Standing on the river bank a mile and a half from the campus, and facing a sheltered sweep of tidewater ideal for the University's fleet of 10-foot Dyer dinghies, the clubhouse will be the most important building dedicated to extra- curricular activity since Brown opened the new wing of Faunce House, undergraduate social center, in the Fall of 19,M. The University expects accordingly that the new club- house, complete with boat storage space, lockers, showers, and lounge and gamerooms, will prove to be an added stimulus to the growth of Brown yachting. The University looks towards a continuing revival of the days when Brown students of the nineties sailed on the Bay, and when the Brown Yacht Club pennant first appeared in Lloyd's yachting register. Three years ago the Brown Yacht Club was a handful of undergraduates who manned their own and borrowed boats to race off Bristol, R. I. Today the organization has close to 75 members, a full roster of officers, and a planned schedule of intercollegiate and intramural Fall, Winter and Spring races. The club's faculty advisor is Prof. Zenas R. Bliss, twice navigator for Harold S. Vanderbilt's successful defenders of the America's Cup. ► Alumni response to this undergraduate interest is largely responsible for making the Brown Yacht Club live again. It was the alumni and other friends of Brown who bought boats, crowded the spectators' galleries at races, and made possible the purchase of the clubhouse last June. The class of 1907, at its 30th reunion, contributed more than $10,000 towards the clubhouse and the yachting program. From the outside, the clubhouse will be a colorful addi- tion to the landscaped shore of the river. Ninety-five feet long and 36 feet wide, it will be reshingled and painted a silver gray with bright blue shutters and trim. A new ramp, dock and landing float will be built at the south end. The flagpole will have a yard-arm. The architects — Jackson, Robertson and Adams of Prov- idence — have redesigned much of the exterior into simpler and more pleasing lines. Windows will be relocated, and the roof appropriately altered and reshingled with asbestos. The reconstruction will preserve and improve the first and second story porches around the entire building, from which spectators can watch races. All the work will be carried out under the direction of the Department of Buildings and Grounds of the University. Plans were drawn up by the department in consultation with representatives of the class of 1907, who will also cooperate as the alterations progress. Most of the first floor of the clubhouse will be for boat storage. There will also be racks for spars and space for sail storage. On the north end, the plans call for a general utility room and a repair shop. The second floor will be extensively improved. Ample locker space will be provided, new floor covering is to be laid, and there will be modern plumbing and showers. A spacious lounge room with raftered ceiling and fireplace 161 BROWN ALUMNI MONTHLY will be redecorated and refurnished for informal meetin;4s, lectures on navigation, and social gatherings. There will he a game-room. Brown yachtsmen this Winter, while the work is under way, will sail at Bristol in the weekly frostbite races of the Narragansett Dinghy Racing Association. The modernized clubhouse will be used for the first time after it is reopened for the Intercollegiate Yacht Racing Association dinghy regatta which the Brown Yacht Club will sponsor m May. i i i Revenge on the Seekonk ► Brown yachtsmen avenged their November defeat in the Charles River basin when they took an intercollegiate regatta from M. I. T., Princeton, Dartmouth, Williams, and Yale last month on the Seekonk River. Princeton's good showing in trailing Tech by only a point was due to the performance of the Cox-Skinner dinghy which took two of three races. Cox accounted for 'i7 of his team's 77 points. Mason of Brown, the second ranking skipper had 5 1 , five more than the M. I. T. crack Colic, and Fletcher of Brown was fourth with .Vv Team totals were: Brown 84, M. I. T. 7.S, Princeton 77, Dartmouth ''I, Williams il, Yale 4v i Peace Example in Miniature ► ► John D. Rockefeller, Jr., '97, in discussing Inter- national House, New York City, one of his particular projects, has put his creed in these words: "If in this world in miniature, which \vc call International House, such an atmosphere of fellowship can be developed, is it too difficult to believe that the extension of the same tolerant spirit over wide areas of the earth is beyond the pur- poseful intelligence of mankind? For myself I have no hesitancy in answering that question. I believe that the day will come when tolerance will be substituted for bitterness in ordering the affairs of this world. I believe in the creative power of human intelligence. I believe that ideals of justice and right are bound to win in the long run against injustice and might. I believe that we can yet make this world a worthy and beautiful home to live in instead of a place to fight and starve in." During the last 13 years, 4,'? 00 students from 101 dif- ferent countries outside the United States and at least 7,500 from the United States have lived together for varying periods in International House, and peace and harmony have always prevailed. ^ ^ < A Boost for Textile Chemists ► WiLLi.\M H. C.AOY "98, retiring as president of the American Association of Textile Chemists and Colorists, called for wider publicity on the achievements of textile chemists in his farewell message. He set forth a new plan to give everybody m the association regular information about the association's activities, and to promote a research pro- gram to take the place of the one recently carried out by the United States Institute of Textile Research. i Heads Foreign Law Association ► Ch.'KRLES B. Fern.ald '01, practising law in New York as member of the firm of Conboy, Hewitt, O'Brien fe? Boardman, has been elected president of the American Foreign Law Association. He recently ended service as a member of the committee on proof of foreign law of the American Bar Association. " << < WILLIAM C. GILES '11 has lately been name,l Jiulf-e Iff the Massachusetts Sii/terittr Court, As varsity baseball riiptain, above, he wariiieil no bench To the Massachusetts Bench ► ► WiLLLMvi C. Giles "11, captain of the Brown base- ball team in his Senior year and a recent alumni member of the Brown University Athletic Council, has taken his place on the bench ot the Superior Court of Massachusetts where the late Winfred H. Whiting "01, who had been an associate justice since 1922. Fred T. Field '00 is a justice of the Supreme Court, so Brown is well represented in the higher courts of the State. Judge Giles, named by Governor Hurley to fill the vacancy caused by the elevation of Judge Louis S. Cox to the Supreme Court, has been a member of the law firm of Ely, Giles £?■ Ely, Springfield, since he left Harvard Law School in 1914. He has done much trial work in the courts and has the reputation among his fellow lawyers in Western Massachusetts of being an earnest, hard-working student of the law. He is a former president of the Connecticut Valley Brown Club. He served on the Athletic Council, 1929-31, and 1933-35, and the Associated Alumni com- plimented him at the end of his second term as "a forceful factor and a tireless worker in the cause that renders Brown's name in sport one of honor." Judge Giles and Mrs. Giles have a delightful home in Longmeadow, Mass. They have a daughter. Miss Priscilla Giles, and a son, William C. Giles, Jr. < 4 < Crusader Against Tuberculosis ► Dr. Allen K. Krause "01 is back among old scenes at the School of Hygiene and Public Health, the Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Md. He is editor of the American Reinew of Tuberculosis. i i 162 BROWN ALUMINI MONTHLY ► ► Playing the Game for Brown ► ► When the Brown hockey team left the ice a victor over Colgate in the international carnival at Rye during the Christmas holidays, it had given the University its 100th athletic triumph for the year about to end. The ledger on New Year's Day showed 91 defeats and six ties in 197 intercollegiate dual contests, the iigures not including intercollegiate meetings involving a number of teams. In some of the latter the Brown varsity swimming and wrest- ling teams had won the New England Intercollegiate meets, the varsity soccer team had finished second in the New England League play, and the track forces had carried themselves well in the National Junior A. A. U. indoor championships and the Harvard relays. Varsity teams won 62 contests, lost iS, and tied three; the Freshmen won 37, lost ?2, and tied three. Only un- defeated combination in this twelve-month was the Fresh- man lacrosse team, which will not have a chance to show its prowess in varsity circles this spring since the University has abondoned the sport for the present. Varsity teams which won more than half of their games included fencing, football, soccer, swimming, tennis, and wrestling, while track hit a .500 average. Freshman teams with a rating of better than .500 included football, hockey, lacrosse, swim- ming, tennis, track, and wrestling. Varsity soccer led all the varsity teams, having won eight, lost one, and tied two games; tennis players won seven out of nine. The records of the several teams follow: Varsity base- ball — won seven, lost nine, tied one; Freshman baseball — won two, lost five. Varsity basketball — won four, lost 13; Freshman basketball — won four, lost 11. Varsity fencing — won six, lost three; Freshman fencing — won two, lost three, tied one. Varsity football — won five, lost four; Freshman football — won four, lost two. Varsity golf — won six, lost seven. Varsity hockey — won six, lost seven; Freshman hockey — won four, lost three, tied one. Varsity lacrosse — won two, lost six; Freshman lacrosse — won three, lost none. Varsity soccer — won eight, lost one, tied two; Freshman soccer — won none, lost three. Varsity swimming — won five, lost three; Freshman swimming — won five, lost one. Varsity tennis — won seven, lost two; Freshman tennis — won five, lost one. Varsity track — won two, lost two, tied one; Freshman track — won four, lost one. Varsity wrestling — won five, lost two; Freshman wrestling — won four, lost two. ► Constantly improving as the season reached its half- way mark, the Brown hockey team had disregarded early comments that little was expected of them and had played workmanlike hockey in breaking even in its first eight games with topnotch competition. Only SIX letter-men from 1936-7 remained as a nucleus for Coach Taylor's squad, while nine had been lost, includ- ing Ben Darling, Bob Dye, Fred Sawyer, Dick Shaw, Larry Tingley, George Simpson, Herman Toof, and Ben Vaughan, six of them defensive players, but the biggest hole left was that in front of the goal where the all-star Jackson Skillings had performed marvels for three years and helped carry the Bruin to hockey heights. Candidates for his position were all without varsity experience, but Albert Curtis, severely tested in his early trials, gained ability with each performance and gives promise of in- creasing value, although the defence is not what it was with the reliable Skillings in the crease. Veterans from last year included: Lettermen Fagan, Davis, Welch, Captain Don Eccleston, Jack Hawley, and William White, the last four defence men. Hicks, a sub last year, is the starting centre, a scrappy, improved player, and Larry Atwell is back on the squad as a rugged defence candidate. Fagan is filling the post held by Ben Darling for three Varsity seasons. Spares include Carter, Newton, Nelson, Reilly, Martin, and Wood. M. I. T., defeated last year 5-0, proved a more formidable foe this year and came to Providence with a lot learned in two previous games. The Brunonians lost the opener to the Engineers 3-2, a contest which Skillings might have saved. An early Brown lead was wiped out, and the Tech team staved off the final rally by strictly defensive hockey. Hicks scored once for the Bear, while Fagan had a goal and an assist. Yale, too, had the memory of a Brown defeat last year to avenge, and a much improved set of players from the Hill did well to play them on even terms tor two periods of the three. The puck was not rolling for them when the many scoring chances appeared, and the final total was 5-1. Welch's injury handicapped Brown, whose defence was still finding itself. Hicks was the Brunonian scorer. ► But the team was not to be denied against Boston Col- lege, although its supporters were in for an uncomfortable evening. Twice Brown was shorthanded after penalties, and B. C. on one occasion scored two goals in 1 1 seconds, and again two more in 2 1 . The rest of the time the superior Brunonians were hard put to it to overcome those deficits, but a three-goal rally in the last period did the trick, and the 5-4 lead was maintained even during a final two min- utes with another player in the penalty box. Hicks scored twice, with other markers by Wood, Davis, and Eccleston. Invited to the intercollegiate carnival at Rye after Christ- mas, the team maintained its record of never having been beaten by Colgate, overcoming a 1-0 lead and winning 2-1 from a Maroon team that had not previously lost a game this season. Defence men scored both Brown goals. Thir- teen penalties showed the serious nature of the battling. Altht)ugh tired the next night, the Brunonians held a powerful Dartmouth aggregation to 2-1 until the final eight minutes when they gambled on a wide-open olfence that was a boomerang. The final score of a game notable for the calling of only one penalty was 5-1. The Brunonians and Hanover team are scheduled to meet twice more this season. Goal-scorers at Rye were Hawley, Eccleston, and Newton. Returning a better conditioned team, the Brunonians lost that advantage when Curtis was taken sick and a new goaltender had to be broken in. Roe tried gamely, although he saw the red light flash 1 5 times in the next two contests. Brown nevertheless won the Northeastern game, which was a high-scoring 9-7 affair in which a Huskie outfit refused to be dismayed by an 8-3 second-period score against them. Welch ran up three goals for Brown. Davis and Nelson two each, with Hicks and Wood completing the winning total. Contnnicd on page 16^ 163 BROWN ALUMNI MONTHLY Pageants for America < < THEPAGEANTOFINDIANA AT INDIANA? 0CT0BER'2-7v _jism On the Banks o/ the Cansvl August 15-17-18-19 at 3pm PM;E.4!\TS CO!\SOLin.4TED COMMllMTY PRIDE I!\ TRADITIOISS AND ACHIEVEMEISTS. And famous atnong pagennl-maslfrx has been Wiltiaiii Chauncy Langiloii '92, whose priceless collection of pageant material has been given to the lironn University Library. Included are these representative posters of three of the many pageants written and produced by Mr. Langdoii. ► ► ► Divided into several sectors by mountain ndgcs, the township of Thetford, Vermont, was admittedly hack- ward in the year 1911 when William Chauncy Langdon '92 went there to try out a theory that was eventually to make him renowned the world over. Thetford had lost its sense of community spirit and even a feeling of its own unity. It rested, hopelessly lethargic to any possibility of saving itself. But Mr. Langdon had a theory, as we observed. As a student of the new art of pageantry, he, more than any other, understood a pageant to be a community drama — a drama about the community, acted by it, and for its benefit. To him, a pageant was never a mere historical survey stopping at the Civil War; it was rather a study of the central problem and significance of the community for which he was writing. Mr. Langdon went to Thetford. And there his pageant, which grew from government statistics of Thetford's decay, stated the problems which the township faced. Moreover, by pointing dramatically to improved agriculture, it opened the way to the solution of the gravest problems, in the meanwhile drawing the whole community together into a unit and giving it a new hope and a new pride. So success- ful did the pageant of Thetford prove that the community made it an annual custom. It was Mr. Langdon's first pageant, and from there he went on to become one of the two or three leading pageant- masters in America. Now, seemingly, he has retired from this field, although these pages have remarked the important historical work he continues to write. ► This month librarians in the John Hay Library are poring over a rich collection of pageant material which Mr. Langdon has donated to his Alma Mater, making not only a fully documented record of his own extraordinary work in the field from that first Thetford pageant on, but also disclosing a complete literature on pageantry in this country and abroad. It would he difficult to set a price on its value. The University Librarian was, naturally, a delightful individual when this recent gift was made. Not only did it tell richly of a notable phase of a notable career of a son of Brown, but it bulwarked the Library's resources at an important point. The Harris Collection of American Poetry and Plays has always understood "American" to mean "New World," and has given equally liberal interpretation to the other words in its title. Consequently there are various sub- divisions of the types of poetry and plays. "Poetry," for example, includes songs, whether hymns or ballads. Under "drama" are to be found moral dialogues, commencement parts, parlor recitations, and so forth. One type of drama is the pageant. Indeed, the oldest book in the collection is Les Muses de la Tsjouuelle France (1609), which contains a pageant enacted in 1606 in what is now Nova Scotia, fourteen years before the Pilgrims landed. Generally speaking, however, pageantry remained unknown in America, (except for parades, which on great' est occasions were embellished with speeches, odes, and triumphal arches, and ended in the evening with fireworks and illuminations) until about 1910, when the English revival of this art spread to America and swept the country. 164 BROWN ALUMNI MONTHLY ► It would be necessary to see Mr. Langdon's collection in order to appreciate its magnitude and the wide extent of his services as pageant-master, particularly during the decade that started at Thetford. His career in this respect had been well-launched when the World War came, with its impetus to patriotism, which mcrcased the demand tor pageants everywhere. From 1911 to 1921 Mr. Langdon produced pageants in Philadelphia, Danen, Conn., Meriden, N. H., Bronxville, N. Y., Cape Cod, St. Johnsbury, Vt., Corydon, Indiana, Indiana University, Texas, Amherst, University of Illinois, Marietta, Ohio, etc. His most popular pageant. The Sword of America, was acted in many different communities, and went through four editions. Alter the war, the national tension relaxed, and the great demand for pageants declined. But though the de- mand for experienced pageant-masters was much dimin- ished, pageantry none the less continued; for wherever it had become a local custom, the communities had developed their own directors. Mr. Langdon was well prepared for his career by his post-graduate activities in the Hammer and Tongs, writing the words for two operas performed by the students of Brown University in 1893 and 1896, Eight Times Eight and Cupid, '96; or Love on the Campus. ► The pageant collection which he has presented to the Harris Collection contains all his materials for all his pag- eants — the printed texts and manuscripts, the musical scores, photographs, posters, advertising pennants, corres- pondence, newspaper clippings, magazine articles, receipted bills, and so forth. It also contains the texts of all the other pageants, English as well as American which he was able to procure. But the bulk of it consists of material of nearly one hundred pageants with which he was immediately concerned. TTiis gift to the Harris Collection is a notable one, being a collection in its own right, which fills a gap hitherto not too well represented. As most of these items are unbound material — pamphlets, programs, and the like — it is the very kind of thing which perishes unregarded and uncollected, and which seldom can be bought in the open market. And It is the more welcome to Brown as it represents the great work of one of his distinguished alumni. ^ ^ < Playing the Game Continued from pdge J 63 y Hicks and Curtis were missing against Boston University in an 8-1 contest in which Welch was the only Brown scorer. The weakened defence told part of the story, but the last three B. U. goals came when the Bears had two players in the penalty box. Brown should fare better in the return engagement in Providence in March. Roe found himself against a stub- born Massachusetts State team, which Brown outmanned and outscored ^-2. No little share of the Brown hockey in- terest centered in what promised to be an outstanding Freshman team. It opened its season by winning 5-3 from Hope High, one of the leading Rhode Island outfits, coached by Joe Buonanno "34, continued impressively by blanking Worcester North High 4-0, and defeating a highly adver- tised Boston University Freshman team 2-1. High scorer in the three games was "Bones'" Stepczyk, formerly of Williston Academy, who made four goals. Larry Couzens, a defence man, had sallied down the ice to score three times and contribute assists. Alfred Cannon had two points to his credit, while Wilks and Sheehan were the other scorers. Other players include George Hurley, Jr., Kidney, Poor, Paine, Bird, Perrone, Reeves, Harrington, Dike, Echc- verria, and Murdock. Butterick .showed promise as goalie. Games on the Varsity schedule after mid-years include these: February 3 — Northeastern, Boston; 8 — Dartmouth, Han- over: 11 — Colby; 17 — Boston College, Bos- ton; 21 — Dartmouth: 25 — Colgate: March 1 — Columbia; 4 — Boston University. ► With an attack centering around Harry Piatt, Yonkcrs Sophomore, the Brown var- sity basketball five won its first two games, before losing three straight, in high-scoring contests. Coach Kahler, who has begun his last season at Brown, had only three letter-men on his squad at the outset of the season, having lost Walter Burbank, Paul Clements, Ken Kennedy, and Alfred Mor- com by graduation. His trio of veterans was depleted after the holidays by the in- eligibility of Captain Adolph Sharkey, who had played briHiantly in a guard position. A willing group of venerablcs came back to the college to make up an alumni team in the opening game of the year, including Howard Floren, Henry Malkowski. Al Morin, Bill Karaban, Nat Samdperil, Abe, Sam, and Hyman Heller, Ray Noonan, Red Armstrong, and Hen Chafee; and the referee was the former Brown stalwart Emory Danzell, who has been appointed rcferee-in-chicf for the New England Inter- scholastic Championship Tourney to be held at Brown in March. The undergradu- ates were easily superior to the old-timers, leading 2T-3 at half-time and 49-31 at the gun. Campbell, Chichester, Piatt, Sharkey, and Truman started for Brown again when the team faced Clark, but it was Art Staff, Jr., who saved the game for the Brunonians with 17 points that helped stall a rally by the visitors. Behind 25-14 at the half, Clark had pulled up to within four points, but Brown won finally 54-40. Pulling away to an early lead against Harvard, the Bru- nonians saw it dwindle after Piatt was forced from the game on fouls, and the Crimson pulled ahead six minutes from the end to win 47-42. Piatt scored 22 points in his 24 minutes of play, with an amasing string of clean long toms included. Piatt set a probable Brown record when he totalled 3 1 against Connecticut State, but he and his teammates missed enough bas- kets in the first half to have turned the 56-49 defeat into victory. The loss of both starting guards also handicapped the Bear. Rhode Island State routed the Brunonians 80-49 at Kingston, with Piatt scoring 18 of his 20 points in the second half. ► A Freshman five coached by Eck Allen, looked strong in its first three games, de- spite a defeat by a highly-touted Connecti- cut State yearling team. Harvard Freshmen were no match, yielding 51-28. For Brown Person was high scorer with 26 points, as he was when the quintet beat the Rhode Island Freshman 56-47. In the latter con- test he totalled 22 points, one more than Padden, who played his first game against the Kingstonmcn. Although they outscored the Connecticut rivals in the second period of their game, it went to the Storrs team 50-3 2. Horton, Skelton, Wilson, Tracey, and MacEwan are other starting players among the Cubs. Second semester games for the basketball varsity include these: January 29 — W. P. I. at Worcester: February 2 — Northeastern; 5 — Lowell Textile: 9 — Trinity at Hartford: 12— Colgate at White Plains; 16— Wes- leyan at Middletown; 18 — M. I. T.: 26 — Tufts at Mcdford; March 2 — Rhode Island State: 5 — Dartmouth; 9 — Yale at New Haven; 12 — Providence College. y Coach Cole was optimistic about the wrestlers" chances despite some discouraging factors. Cunningham, Follctt, and Pease, last year"s letter-men, were graduated last June. Jim Keegan, beaten only once in his first two years, is out of competition with a shoulder injury; and Tom Nash, whose record as a Freshman was outstanding last year, is plugging at his books. But Captain Al Senecal and Howard King (155), Sam Hall (165), and Fred Nast (175), and Al Johnson (unlimited) are letter-men available: and several Freshmen promised to fight lor varsity rating this year, includ- ing Glen Gould (126), Dick Uhle (145), George Keller (165), Borden Chase (175) beaten only once as a Freshman, and Lane Fuller (unlimited). The first meet, against Wcslcyan. bore out that promise. Brown winning 27-5, with the loss of a single bout. Lathrop, 155- pound entrant, and Fuller won on falls; Childs (125), Senecal, Keller, and Chase took decisions, with Ten Haagen losing the only points in the 135 division. Cain spent hours in the steam-bath to make his 125 pounds, only to have his opponent default. A good showing was the Harvard meet, which might have come to Brown if a couple of close matches, notably Chase's had come its way. But the Bear took points in only three classes: on Lathrop"s fall, Fuller's fall, and Senecals decision. The final score was 15-13. In the Cambridge meet the Freshmen lost 31-0. 165 BROWN ALUMNI MONTHLY Gentlemen of the Facnlty < ► ► Nearly 40 members of the Brown University faculty took part in meetings of various learned societies in New York, Chicago, Philadelphia, Washington and other cities during the Christmas holiday. The gatherings brought together leaders in all fields of knowledge from the entire nation. Virtually all departments at Brown were represented by one or more faculty mem- bers. A dozen papers on a variety of sub- jects, ranging from "The Mental Hospital as a Social Institution" to "The Linguistic Geography of the Connecticut Valley" and "Flare in the Schmidt Camera," were given by the Brown delegates. A dozen more representatives of the University lead symposiums and presented reports as officers or committee members of the learned societies. Prof. Charles A. Kraus, president-elect of the American Chemical Society, who gave the annual Josiah Willard Gibbs lec- ture before the American Association for the Advancement of Science, went on a lecture tour to sectional conferences of the American Chemical Society in various parts of the country. Dr. Henry B. Van Hoesen, university librarian, spoke before the American Library Institute in Chicago, of which he is a mem- ber of the research board, drafted his com- mittee chairman's report for the American Association of University Professors, and attended meetings of the American Library Association, the Bibliographical Society of America, of which he is secretary; and the American Historical Association. Prof. Robert P. Casey and Prof. Joachim Wach of the Department of Biblical Litera- ture were Brown delegates at meetings of the Society of Biblical Literature and Exe- gesis in New York. Prof. Casey gave a paper. ► The Department of Biology was repre- sented at the Indianapolis and Washington meetings of the American Society ol Zoolo- gists, the American Society of Bacteriolo- gists, the American Society of Naturalists, and the Genetics Society of America by Prof. William A. Castle, Prof. Charles A. Stuart, and Prof. Arthur M. Banta. Prof. Stuart took part in a symposium on "The Colon Organisms" at the bacteriolo- gists' meeting. Prof. Banta presented a paper before the zoologists and arranged an exhibition for the genetics sessions. He is secretary of the American Society of Nat- uralists. In addition to Prof. Kraus, Prof. Lau- rence S. Foster of the Department of Chem- istry attended meetings of the Division of Physical and Inorganic Chemistry of the American Chemical Society in Cleveland. He gave a paper on the valences of gallium and took part in a symposium. From the Department of Economics, the University was represented at meetings of the American Economic Association, the American Statistical Association and the American Marketing Association in Atlantic City by Prof. Hugh B. Killough. Prof. Chelcie C. Bosland, Prof. James H. Shoe- maker and Alfred C. Neal. ► Members of the Department of Greek and Latin Classics attended meetings of the American Philological Association, the Archeological Institute of America and the Unusual Father ► Most fathers are right on hand when their boys are starring as foot- hall players in school. The proud parents are usually in the sidelines for every game. But Tuss McLaughry is one excep- tion to the rule. He has had sons on the Moses Brown football team, right in his home-town of Providence, for seven years now. And yet he has seen Bob, captain and fullback of the 193 7 Moses Brow-n eleven, play only about half a game. He saw John play only two school games. The reason, of course, was that his own coaching duties interfered. But he had opportunity to watch John plenty last fall, for his son played 60-minute football as the Brov\'n fullback in most of the games. American Historical A.ssociation at Phila- delphia. Prot. Herbert N. Couch gave a paper on "A Prelude to Speech in Homer" and Prof. Charles A. Robin.son a paper on "Athenian Political Parties from Solon to Pericles'" at the philological sessions. Prof. Benjamin C. Clough represented Brown at a meeting of the advisory com- mittee ol the American School of Cla.ssical Studies of the American Academy in Rome. Prof. Robinson attended an executive com- mittee meeting of the American School of Classical Studies in Athens, and sessions of the council and the committee on archeo- logical research of the Archeological Insti- tute. Prof. Alonzo W. Quinn of the Depart- ment of Geology has returned from Wash- ington where the Minerological Society of America met. Prof. Sinclair W. Armstrong of the De- partment of History attended meetings of the American Historical Association in Philadelphia. ► At the meetings of the Modern Language Association in Chicago, delegates from the Department of English at Brown included Prof. Leicester Bradner, Prof. Gale Noyes, and Dr. Bernard Bloch. Prof. Noyes is secretary of the 18th century group of the association. Delegates from the Department of Ro- mance Languages and Literatures were Prof. Lawton P. G. Peckham, Dr. Frank P. G. Thenaud, and Prof. Robert H. Wil- liams, who read a paper. Louis R. Zocca attended conferences of Italian teachers in New York. Prof. Hans Kurath, chairman of the Department of Germanic Languages and Literatures, presented a paper on "The Linguistic Geography of the Connecticut Valley " before the Chicago meetings of the Linguistic Society of America, and gave a report on the work of the Linguistic Atlas of the United States and Canada, of which he is director, before the American Dialect Society. He is vice-president of the Linguistic Society of America. Two of Brown's mathematicians, attend- ed mathematical conferences. Dean Roland G. D. Richardson of the Graduate School, secretary of the American Mathematical Society, was active at the organization's sessions in Indianapolis. He is secretary of the International Congress of Mathe- maticians to be held in Cambridge, Mass., in 1940. Prof. Charles H. Smiley, who went to Peru in June to photograph the total eclipse of the sun, spoke on "Flare in the Schmidt Camera" at a session of the American Astronomical Society in Bloomington, Ind. Philadelphia meetings of the American Political Science Association were attended by Prof. Matthew C. Mitchell, chairman of the Department of Political Science and Sociology at Brown, and by Prof. Leland M. Goodrich. Prof. Robert E. L. Fans gave a paper on the sociological causes of insanity at a session of the American Sociological Society in Atlantic City, and presented dis- cussion of two other research projects. Prof. Gilbert E. Case of the Department of Education, regional officer of Phi Gamma Mu, national social science honor society, represented Rhode Island at the society's Atlantic City conference. The chairman of the Department of Philosophy at Brown, Prof. Curt J. Ducasse, was the principal speaker at a symposium of the Eastern Division conference of the American Philosophical Society at Prince- ton. His topic was the "Nature of the Aesthetic Object." Charles F. Dommeyer, Jr., instructor, also attended. Worthwhile Humanities ► Discussing the question "Are the Hu- manities Worth Their Keep?" in the cur- rent number of The American SchoJar, C. J. Ducasse, professor of philosophy at Brown University, argues for a broader definition of the "humanities" than the usual reference to Greek and Latin litera- ture. Every study that contributes to an understanding of the "history of civiliza- tions" and the arts should be classed as humanities, the writer maintains. In this sense he believes these related studies are essential to the moral education of the student and the nurture of his feelings and sentiments. The material sciences provide only one's "intellectual education" he says. "If so- ciety, now equipped with immense powers, is not to destroy itself through their mis- use, the need today, more crying than ever before, is for the humanization of man." The value of a study of history is likened to the value of traveling abroad, but in this case the traveling is "to foreign times" rather than "to foreign places." i i Paper Number XIV ► The Tercentennial address on Roger Williams, which Lawrence C. Wroth gave in 1936 as a Marshall Woods Lecture in recognition of the Rhode Island anniver- sary, has been published as No. XIV of the Brown University Papers. Copies may be ordered from the University Library at 50 cents. Dr. Wroth is the Librarian of the John Carter Brown, an authority on Amer- icana. < i His Plates Suited Hint ► Colle(;e mates of Edward H. Weeks, president of the Old Colony Co-operative Bank of Providence, knew why he was so elated when he received his automobile license plates for 1938. His new number was B1893. Need we add that his class at Brown was 1893^ i 166 BROWN ALUMNI MONTHLY Biography of the Hour ► ► I WOULD LIKE to bring to the attention of Brown men a significant biography of one of Brown's most outstanding graduates, written by another Brown man. The title of this biography is Eastward: The Story OF .Adoniram Judson, by Rev. Stacy R. Warburton of the Class of 1898, and since 1924, Professor of Missions in the Berkeley Baptist Divinity School, of Berkeley, Call' fornia. This biography, published by the Round Table Press in 1937, a volume of 240 pages, has the distinction of being the outstanding biography of Judson as well as the outstanding biography of the hour. The book was one of the two outstanding selec- tions of the Religious Book Club. The book is filled with moving incidents rooting back to the early days of missionary endeavor, and presents vividly the story of 38 years of Judson's untiring service in Burma, the place of America's first foreign missionary enterprise. Mr. Warburton has given long and patient attention to original sources, and has revealed information about Adoniram Judson not hitherto known. By virtue of this scholarly and accurate biog- raphy. Brown graduates have a clearer picture of this man who influenced the thought and life of millions of people. Brown men will henceforth hold him in high honor. The following press notices are a few of the many commending Eastward; "The story is told vividly. One leaves it with an unforgettable impression of the qualities which made the man a spiritual leader, a blaier of new trails, and a true builder of the church." Religious Book Club Bu/letm "So rich is Eastward in dramatic adven- ture that a reviewer is sorely tempted to quote passage after passage that reads al- most like fiction. Chapter V, "The Tragedy of Ava," is, in the language of moviedom. 'breath-taking," though it deals not with screen heroism but with an excruciating episode taken directly out of real life." Zion's Herald "A thrilling story it there ever was one. To me It was more interesting than many a novel. Then in addition to the interest was the very deep satisfaction of knowing that yi.iu were in the presence of fact frrmi be- ginning to end." Jesse R. Wii.soii The story also of "Ann of Ava" (Ann Hasseltine Judson) is woven into the record with delicacy and appreciation. In the first chapter "Puzzles and Ambitions" the author tells the story of Judson's entrance into Brown University at the age of 16. He climbed College Hill, then known as Pres- byterian Lane, on August 17, 1804. There were then two buildings, the college edifice, now University Hall, and the President's house. In 1807 on account of his scholarly habits, Adoniram Judson merited the Phi Beta Kappa, made the English oration, and received the appointment of valedictorian ul his class. After forty years of research he produced the Burman Bible, his supreme achievement, and in the later years, in failing health, he was at work upon the composition of the dictionary. Before his birth place in Maiden, Massachusetts, is a bronze tablet with this inscription : "Rev. Adoniram Judson, America's First Foreign Missionary, 1788-1850. Maiden, His Birthplace; The Ocean, His Sepulchre; Converted Burmans and the Burman Bible, His Monument — His Record Is On High." We commend to all Brown men the read- ing of this life story. i i William A. Hill. 1902 ► The Results Speak ► ► Q. Does any dollar that you spend give you greater satisfaction and feeling of having done something worth while than the dollar you spend for the education of your children. A. "No," is the answer of the great majority. Q. Now that being true and assuming your children have received their formal education, or, ii not, you have another dol- lar lelt, is there any better medium of con- tinuing that satisfaction and worth while spending than the Alumni Fund. A. Logically the answer is again, "No." For this reason and because we believe in Brown, the Alumni Association of Albany, Troy and Schenectady has made this record ; Names Contrib- In- Year on List utors crease In- Amount crease ADONIRAM JVDSO!\ 1934-5 65 15 $121.00 1935-6 121 27 80% 225.00 86% 1936-7 157 51 89% 398.50 77% Estimated and Hoped for 1937-8 175 80 57% 600.00 50% We think it a good record and you may be interested in how it is done. Our list of Alumni covers the Eastern Section of New York State from Newburgh on the Hudson River north to the Canadian border and the fringe territory of Massa- chusetts and Vermont. There are about 175 names on that list. The central committee consists of two enthusiastic, active Alumni in each of the cities of Albany, Troy and Schenectady. In each other city where there is a sufficient number of Alumni to warrant we try to appoint an individual to act as a member of c:)ur committee for the work in his city. These men personally visit each Alumnus on his list and solicit support. The scattered Alumni are covered by a personal letter from the committee. About three times during the campaign the lists are checked for returns and follow-ups by personal visit, telephone or letter are made to remind the Alumnus of his opportunity to be of service. We are a loosely organized group. In fact, we had such a good time at our last annual dinner that we neglected to elect new officers for this year. However, we will take care of that in the near future and in the meantime you might take a look at the following .statistics; Thames Contrib- on List Amount utors *Providence 93 $1,859 Washington 135 ^New York Chicago *Boston Albany Philadelphia Worcester Syracuse Detroit New Haven, Bridgeport, Waterbury Hartford 51 171 30 157 153 198 93 92 153 162 Springfield 95 Maine 120 Pittsburgh 58 Buffalo 58 Cleveland 89 Westerly 38 Fall River 113 St. Louis 54 Newport 50 New Bedford . 52 Rochester 38 New London, Norwich 68 Baltimore 3 3 1,525 803 566 447 399 390 373 325 323 253 222 188 160 155 154 125 123 114 114 112 95 76 72 64 73 56 40 54 23 51 51 46 29 33 61 41 32 27 18 22 24 12 22 11 14 9 17 19 10 * Specially selected lists You will note that our group is getting into the Big League. We have nosed out Philadelphia and with a little more effort and enthusiasm all along the line maybe we will beat Chicago. We want not only more dollars, but better, more contributors. That's what creates interest and develops real loyal Alumni. No report of last year's campaign has been distributed to our Association by the committee and since the Monthly prob- ably reaches many of them I desire to use this opportunity to express to all our sin- cere appreciation and thanks for coopera- tion and support. The results speak for themselves. Another campaign is about to start — perhaps we can trim Chicago. 4 i Robert Foster, 1903 167 BROWN ALUMNI MONTHLY The Associated Ahiinni Brown Engineers ► ► One of the largest gatherings in the history of the Brown Engineering Associa- tion, unit of the Associated Alumni, met at Midston House, New York, Thursday evening, Dec. 9, for the 13th annual meet- ing and dinner. Joseph E. Farnham "14 was elected president for 1938 to succeed Ferdinand J. Ward "14, under whom the association has had a successful year. The enforced absence of President Henry M. Wriston, who was kept at home by ill- ness, was a disappointment to the engineers who were prepared to welcome the Uni- versity's new leader. But the edge was taken off this disappointment by the pres- ence of Dr. James P. Adams, vice president, whose talk on Brown of today was in his best vein. Frank E. Winsor "91, Alumni Trustee, was toastmaster, and the speakers included Professor Arthur E. Watson "88, Ralph M. Palmer "10, Alumni Trustee, and a former president of the association, A. H. Gurney "07, Alumni Secretary, and Norman P. Prudden "38, representing the undergradu- ate engineers. President-elect Farnham also had a few words to say, and Professor W. H. Kenerson "96, chairman of the Division of Engineering, showed moving pictures of the campus and of his engineering students, with his characteristic and informative com- ment. Another visitor from the college was Professor Samuel J. Berard. Most significant action of the meeting was the vote to found a scholarship at Brown in memory of the late Professor James A. Hall "08, officer of the association, to be known as the James A. Hall Memorial Scholarship. The award will be made on the basis of character, ability in scholarship and leadership, and promise of future de- velopment. The association voted from its treasury the sum of $200, this amount to be increased to $2,000 before the income will be used to establish the scholarship on a going basis. The committee in charge of the dinner was Wayne M. Faunce "21, chairman, Syd- ney Wilmot "09, and Robert B. Perkins "29. Retiring Secretary A. Elston Cuddeback "29 gave hopeful report of the association's membership and financial status. i Merrimack Valley ► With Professor Charles H. Smiley and Professor Robert W. Kenny as speakers, and with guests present from Phillips Aca- demy, Andover, Harvard, and other col- leges, the midwinter meeting of the Merri- mack Valley Brown Club at Fieldstones, Andover, Mass., Dec. 1 1, was an altogether successful one. President Joseph N. Ashton "91 introduced the speakers, and their in- troductory remarks by A. H. Gurney "07, Alumni Secretary. One of the guests, Horace W. Wood- berry, Jr. "13, president of the North Shore Brown Club, told an interesting anecdote of President E. Benjamin Andrews '70 in his informal talk on what it has meant to him to be a Brown graduate. Professor Smiley gave a vivid sketch of his trip to Peru last spring to make pictures of the total eclipse of the sun with the special camera made by him and his associ- J4MES 4. HALL '08 In his memory the Engineers will establish a scholarshi/) ates at Brown and in the Skyscrapers, Inc. He recounted lively sidelights of the trip, and described the experience of taking the pictures with a thrill that was genuinely shared by his auditors. Professor Kenny, home after a year of teaching at the American University at Sofia, Bulgaria, spoke on "Life, Politics, and Education in Bulgaria, " and he, too, caught up his hearers by his graphic sketches of the Bulgarians, their politics, their in- trigues, their modes of living, their religion, and their schools. Many questions followed, and for an hour both Professors Smiley and Kenny shared in making answer. i Washington y John A. French "25, efficient secretary of the Brown Club of Washington for sev- eral years, was elected president of the Club at the annual meeting and dinner held Friday, Dec. 17, at the Cosmos Club, Wash- ington. The following officers were named to serve with him this year: lam R. Boger '26, 00, Norman S. Case '28, Elijah Anthony O'er the Rose Bowl ► Brown men attending the annual Rose Bowl game in Pasadena on New Year's Day looked up to see the pen- nant of their University flying from one of the poles at the top of the stadium. It was there because Brown inaugurated the Rose Bowl series as the Eastern representatives in 1916. i Vice President — Frederick B. Wiener '27: Treasurer — George W. Thompson, Jr. "36; Secretary — Joseph J. Lyman '3 5; Board of Governors — A. C. Eastburn '12, Harry L. Watson "01, Wil Dr. Waldo C. Leland "08, John N. Shotton "18, E. R. Cleaveland "14. Advisory Coun cil~Chief Justice Charles E. Hughes '81, Dr. Arthur D. Call '96, Dr. Leland, Dean William Allen Wilbur '88, Dr. Edwin G. Dexter "91. The retiring treasurer, Fritz Wiener, drew fervent applause as he announced that there was a balance in the treasury, and Rex Cleaveland reported an increasing amount in the alumni fund of the Club. Dr. George E. Bigge of the Department of Economics at Brown who is on leave of absence serving as a member of the Social Security Board conducted, our correspond- ent reports, "a spirited lecture-seminar on 'Social Security," the subject so close to his heart. Questions and answers flew thick and fast between Dr. Bigge and the mem- bers of our highly intellectual group. The seminar would have lasted through the night but fur the tactful and timely inter- ruption of our president-elect who was ot the opinion that the subject was one of never-ending discussion. After the singing of 'Alma Mater," with Dr. Call conducting, the meeting adjourned to the lounge of the Cosmos Club, where lighter subjects than social security were debated under the leadership of Dr. Call and Jim Bennett "18. . . . The attendance was excellent, and in- dications are that it will be even better at succeeding meetings this year. Hal Master "27 was chairman of the nominating com- mittee."" ^ 168 BROWN ALUMNI MONTHLY Boston y Brown Club of Boston has scheduled four luncheon meetings and also announced that the annual dinner would take place April 29 at the Hotel Statlcr, arrangements to be made hy a committee of which Walter M. Burse '20 is chairman. The luncheon dates, with speakers follow: Jan. 5 — Oliver H. P. Rodman, editor of Hunting and Fislnng; Feb. 2 — A. H. Gur- ney '07, Alumni Secretary: March 2 — Pro- fessor Jay Barrett Botsford of the Brown Department of History; April 6 — Professor Zenas R. Bliss "18 of the Brown Division of Engineering who will talk on his experi- ences as navigator of the winning America's Cup defenders. Rainbow and Ranger. The Club is likewise arranging a smoker for Wednesday, Jan. 19, at the Hotel Statler for the benefit of the Brown Cluh of Boston Scholarship Fund. William N. Ormsby '16, former varsity end coach, is chairman of the smoker committee. Speaker at the December luncheon was Norman MacDonald, executive director of the Massachusetts Federation of Taxpayers' As.wciation, who discussed the tax problem as It pertains to Massachusetts. At this luncheon Messrs. Ormsby and Burse gave notice of the smoker and the annual dinner, respectively. The luncheons of the Boston Brown Club are held in the Chamber of Commerce Building at 12:30 p. m., and all Brown men are welcome. i Baltimore ► An informal meeting of the Brown Club of Baltimore was held at the School of Hygiene and Public Health. The Johns Hop- kins University, Friday evening, Dec. 17. Ten members of the Club, Josiah Bartlett '88, Dr. Samuel R. Damon '16, Dr. Eugene A. Field "31, A. R. Goldfarb "3 5, Professor Raymond P. Hawes '12, Charles H. Peck- ham '19, Henry A. Weil '09, Alfred M. Quick "87, Dr. Joseph L. Wheeler '06, and Dr. Justin Andrews '23, attended. There was no speaker. The impending departure of Sam Damon, mainstay of the Club for many years, for Birmingham, Ala., was one of the chief topics of the discussion. "We are all mighty sorry to see Sam go," wrote Dr. Andrews, who also an- nounced that he, too, would leave Baltimore in May to go to Atlanta, Ga., to become head of the Division of Malaria Investiga- tion in the Alabama Department of Public Health. Dr. Andrews took over the presi- dency of the Club a year ago. i i Brunonians Far and Near m 1875 ► ► Thomas S. Gladding is spending the winter months at 2903 St. Paul Street, Baltimore, Md. The new dormitory for men of Bryant College, Providence, has been named Scott House in memory of the late Dean William H. Scott, for many years a teacher and officer of the college. 1883 Frank L. Shepardson's son, Whitney H. Shepardson, is the new treasurer of the United Chapters of Phi Beta Kappa, suc- ceeding Dr. W. Randolph Burgess of the Brown Class of 1912. Shepardson, Jr., former Rhodes Scholar, is vice president of the International Railways of Central America. 1885 Former Justice Norman S. Dike of the New York State Supreme Court was a speaker at the luncheon given in New York last month by the Alumni Association of Columbia Law School in honor of the Class of '87. Dike's son, Norman S. Dike, Jr., is a member of the Freshman Class at Brown. 1893 The San Francisco School of Social Studies, which Dr. Alexander Meiklejohn founded in 1933 and of which he is a director and advisory member of the staff, has received a grant of $4,000 from the Carnegie Corporation for its achievements in adult education and to enable the school to continue its work. Mrs. Meiklejohn, the former Helen Everett, is a member of the school staff. 1894 "Merely Murder," a comedy by A. E. Thomas taken from Georgette Heyer's novel of the same name, came and went in New York City in December. The reviewers Fifteen Bombings ► BoMRFD 15 times since the start of hostilities between the Chinese and the Japanese in China was the record of Dr. Richard P. N. Bien '24, and his family at Central China College, Wuchang, Hupeh, up to the middle of November, last. The Biens had a shelter on the campus to which they retreated whenever the alarm gave warning of the approach of hostile airmen. There have been many casu- alties in and near Wuchang, but the hope is that the Biens may be spared. Bien is teaching physics at Central China College. i liked the cast, but didn't care for the play, and the run of the piece was discouragingly short. Roddo Y. Young's new address is Wheel- er, Montana. 1897 Frank O. Jones, retired in June last as superintendent of the Northwest School District, Hartford, Conn., has taken over the Hartford branch of the Cary Teachers' Agency, which was founded by the late C. Wilbur Cary '98. Classmates will recall that the Northwest school in Hartford is now the Frank O. Jones school. 1898 John Pettibone, superintendent of schools of New Milford, Conn., and the Lower Mcrryall School, a rural school under his jurisdiction, made the first pages of many newspapers in December as a result of a charge that the teacher in the Merryall School had inflicted corporal punishment on a girl who failed in her lessons. Parents of the pupils began a community strike, and the upshot was that Superintendent Pettibone and the school committee trans- ferred the teacher to substitute duty and closed the school. 1901 Elmer S. Chace has been elected to the board of managers of the Turks Head Club, Providence, to serve until 1940. 1902 Frederick W. Tillinghast and Mrs. Till- inghast have announced the engagement of their daughter. Miss Eleanor Tillinghast, graduate of Vassar, to Chester A. Howard, Jr., Yale graduate. Miss Mary Elizabeth Bullock, daughter of J. Cunhtfe Bullock and Mrs. Bullock made her bow to society at the Agawam Hunt Club, East Providence, Dec. 22. 1906 Edward C. Palmer has been elected a member of the board of managers of the Turks Head Club, Providence, for a term of three years. 1907 Rev. John H. McLean, pastor of the First Baptist Church of New Haven, is a vice president of the New Haven Council of Churches for the current year. The Council has 60 member churches. E. W. Truell is now with the Liggett Drug Company at 3 5 Washington Street. Weymouth, Mass., where he lives at 116 Front Street. Truell was manager of one of the Liggett stores in Edgewood (Crans- ton) before going to Weymouth a few months ago. 1908 Tom Miller, with the Package Machinery Company as a district sales representative, is living at 740 Hinman Avenue, Evanston, 111. Professor Leslie E. Swain, former football coach at Technical High School, Providence, was guest speaker at the dinner given last month by Tech athletes from the year 1920 to the merging of the school into the present Central High School several years ago. Among the graduates of the period who afterward starred in Brown uniforms were Bill Gilbane, Vahe Johnson, and Andy Rotelli. James Richard Barry, special student with the Class in 1903-04, has become a captain in the United States Navy, having been promoted from commander last month. He is executive officer of the Newport Naval Training Station. Hill Griffith now holds the rank of Lieu- tenant Colonel in the Army Reserve and is executive officer of the 158th Cavalry Brigade. Griff is agent for the Liverpool 6? London Globe Insurance Co., Ltd., in Franconia, N. H., and lives at Sugar Hill. He's doing some skiing this winter, and says that by the time the spring thaw comes he'll be in pretty good physical condition. 1909 Johnny Mayhew intends to leave Martha's Vineyard the middle of this month to return to Hong Kong. Johnny and his family have been living at West Tisbury during their vacation. Lawrence L. Larrabee, writing from Los Angeles, said that he had to give up his visit to Providence and Brown in October because of a sudden attack of neuritis while he was heading East for a school committee convention in Baltimore. He managed to "muddle through the convention," but when he went on to New York the pain 169 BROWN ALUMNI MONTHLY "A Reporter, ISol a Preacher" > Among numerous U. S. ministers who preach hy radio (says Time), Methodist Dr. William Leroy ("Bill") Stidger (Brown 1912) of Boston is notable, if only because he is a com- mercial broadcaster. Five days a week on a New England network, he delivers a four-minute talk on a devotional pro- gram which plugs Fleischmann's Yeast. In common with many of his colleagues. Dr. Stidger believes that radio is valu- able to religion. This week (early in December) he did something practical about it. He instituted a course in radio preaching at Boston University School of Theology, where he is professor of homiletics. Famed among ministers as the man who suggested to Sinclair Lewis that he write a book about a minister, helped him gather material, and was appalled by the outcome, "Elmer Gantry," — Bill Stidger is big, baldish. hearty in the manner of preachers who did Y.M.C.A. work in the War. In the early days of radio he broadcast news from Detroit and still says: "I consider myself a re- porter, not a preacher. The earliest Christians were reporters who simply told to others what they saw, heard and experienced, and that is what I try to do." Currently he preaches on Sunday at Boston's Morgan Memorial Church, which has a Unitarian congregation but, by the terms of a bequest which gave its property, must keep a Methodist in its pulpit. Lately Dr. Stidger has tried out ex- perimentally his prospective course in radio preaching on five of Boston Uni- versity's 400 theological students. In them he instills his own technique. He broadcasts with his coat off and observes "Ten Radio Commandments.": 1 ) Speak in a converssational tone; 2) Take your sermons not from the Bible, but from life: 3) Leave out the word "I": 4) Neglect the needless; 5) No bunk; 6) No sob stuff; 7) Make the web of your sermon optimistic, cheerful; 8) Check and recheck your script before deliver- ing . . . for absolute factual accuracy; 9) Keep the word "not" out of your sermon script; 10) Use no introduction. Plunge right into the middle of your sermon. ^ ^ Mr. and Mrs. Melvin E. Sawiii gave a dinner dance at the Hotel St. Regis in New York City shortly before Christmas to intro- duce their daughter, Miss Edith Moulton Sawin. 1916 became so acute that he cut his visit short and started for home. "After waiting seven years to get hack East you can imagine my bitter disappointment at having all my plans so thoroughly upset," he concluded. Clarence M. Whipple is in Washington as assi.stant, we hear, to Harry Hopkins, in charge of Works Progress Administration. Clarence's present address is 2929 Connec- ticut Avenue, N. W., Washington, D. C. 1910 John L. Gorman's son, John L. Gorman, Jr., was a star end on the Pottsville, Pa., High School football eleven during the 1937 season, and the sports writers in the Pottsville sector praised him for his con- sistent all-around play. John, Sr., is with the Pottsville office of National Cash Reg- ister Company, 1911 Paul D. Howe's daughter. Miss Helen Blumer Howe, and Walter H. Lippincott, Ir., were married in Chestnut Hill, Pa., Dec. "l4, 1937. 1912 Frank C. Barrows, district sales manager for Aluminum Company of America in Detroit, has recently changed his house address to 1076 Bedford Road, Grosse Pointe, Mich. Earl P. Perkins has a new cocktail set, the gift of his fellow members of the Uni- versity Glee Club, Providence, of which he has been accompanist for 21 years. Earl received the set, together with an original poem by Myles Standish "21, at the 1937 Christmas party of the Glee Club. Present mail address for a few members of the Class are: Harry S. Wright, 29 Elm Street, Hingham, Mass.; Philip E. Bronson, 550 Lincoln Avenue, Orange, N. J.; and Joseph H. McCormick, 576 Fruit Hill Ave- nue, North Providence. John B. Woods' second son, Willis Franklin, is a Freshman at Brown; John himself is forester with the Long-Bell Lum- ber Company, Longview, Wash. 1913 Russell W. Field is a member of the new board of managers of the Turks Head Club, Providence, to serve until 1940, Frederick C. Williams, suing the city of Pawtucket for $20,000 damages as a result of being ousted as budget director hy a new political administration that took office in 1933, won a verdict in Superior Court, Providence, of $3,411.38, total amount of his claim for loss of salary. The suit, ending last month after several weeks' trial, was heard before a jury. Lionel M. Bishop, special student with the Class, is western sales manager of Cosmopolitan Magazine, with his office at 3 26 We.st Madison Street, Chicago. 1914 Rev. Edward I. Everett and Mrs. Everett, home on furlough from the Belgian Congo, will stay in this country until next June. A recent card from Everett bore the postmark, Colfax, Iowa, which indicates that he and Mrs. Everett are covering a great deal of ground as they report on their work in Africa. Their forwarding address in this country is 66 Church Street, Wellesley, Mass., in care of Dr. Paul E. Everett '09. His Is the Guardian Eye y KuNSTANTIN WOLOSCHAK '29, whose marriage we report in another column, is doing development work in electronics for the American Dis- trict Telegraph Company in New York City. He is concentrating at present on the development of micro- wave radio apparatus for burglar pro- tection service, and similar vacuum tube apparatus which will respond to the mere presence of an intruder within a protected area. The electric eye which guards the water side of the U. S. Foreign Trade Zone in New York harbor over a distance of half a mile through any kind of weather is, in part, Woloschak's de- velopment, i i Francis J. Brady has begun another year as chairman of the Providence School Com- mittee, a post he has continuously held since 1928. One of his fellow members is Luigi Capasso '24. Professor C. Emanuel Ekstrom of the Brown Faculty, speaking on the subject, "Good Bait for Sucker Money," at St. Paul's Church, Pawtucket, last month, called for a storm of ballots to wipe out horse race betting in Rhode Island if there should be a referendum on the issue next November. 1Q17 Robert N. Foote, with Norman S. Taber y Company, consultants on municipal finance at 30 Broad Street, New York City, writes that he and his family are now settled in Loudon Woods, Rye, N. Y. Wayland W. Rice has been elected to the hoard of managers of the Turks Head Cluh, Providence, for a term of three years. 1919 Charles H. Hoggins, Jr., is a.ssistant mer- chandising manager with Pacific Mills, 214 Church Street, New York City, and is living at 146-25 Cherry Avenue, Flushing, N. Y. Nowell R. Kinney, a.ssistant secretary and assistant treasurer of Columbian National Life Insurance Company, Boston, says that his preferred mail address is 12 William Street, Andover, Mass. One of his near neighbors is George A. Mellen '98. 1920 Tracy W. Ames, manager of the bonding department of O'Brion Russell & Co., in- surance, Boston, is now living at 2 Highland Avenue, Lexington, Mass. William D. Shay, certified public ac- countant with Haskins d Sells, 22 East 40th Street, New York City, reports his new house address to be Thorncroft, Garth Road, Scarsdale, N. Y. Donald W. Height is business manager of the Cranbrook School, Bloomfield Hills, Mich., where Bruce (Banty) Coulter is teacher and coach. Jack Oram has built up a thriving busi- ness with wooden toys of his own manufac- ture, including a popular rocking horse. His headquarters are in Brandon, Vermont, his home town, where he returned after several years of merchandising experience in New York City. 1921 Wayne M. Faunce, acting director of the American Museum of Natural History, was elected to the finance committee of the New York Academy of Sciences, oldest scientific society in New York City, at the 119th annual meeting last month. 1922 Walter H. Jillson is in the Accounting Division, Western Union Telegraph Com- pany, 60 Hudson Street, New York City. Edward Rees is a lawyer with Barnum, Hammond, Stephens c? Hoyt, 807-13 Ma- honing Bank Building, Youngstown, O. Edward W. Day was toastmaster at the dinner given the champion Cranston High School football team at the Narragansett Hotel, Providence, Dec. 13. Ed is City Solicitor of Cranston, and was one of the high school eleven's most consistent sup- porters. John F. Quinn, former Mayor of Paw- tucket, is the new president of the Paw- tucket Bar Association. 170 AN ADVEKTISEMHNT OF THE WESTINGHOUSE ELECTRIC & MANUFACTURING COMPANY • PITTSHURGH, PENNSYLVANIA Fitting them to the world's work is a man-size job FOR a thing so important to modern life, an electric motor is an amazingly simple device. Just a few pieces of steel and iron, wound with coils of wire. Any bright boy can follow instructions and make one that will run. Yet the most romantic story ever told could be written about the electric motor. It runs practically every mechanical device in use to- day. It turns the wheels of industry — carries people to work from the suburbs to the topmost floors of tall buildings. The daily lives — even the livelihood — of most of us depend in some way upon it. The job of fitting electric motors to the world's work is an exacting one. What makes it complicated is that every task, to be done efficient- ly, requires a certain kind of motor. Westinghouse, for example, offers over 20,000 diiferent types, sizes and ratings. If none of these is ex- actly what is needed, a special model will be built to order. The electric motor is "bread and butter" to Westinghouse — and to just about everyone else. Fully con- scious of its responsibility, West- inghouse research continues each year to seek improvement in motor design — so that the world's work may be done better, faster, and at less cost. W westinghouse ^^! BROWN ALUMNI MONTHLY Brown Alumni Monthly Published at Brown University by ifie Associated Alumni CHESLEY WORTHINGTON '23 Managing Editor ARTHUR BRAITSCH '23 Business Manager HENRY S. CHAFEE '09 ALFRED H. GURNEY '07 Secretary GERTRUDE ALLEN McCONNELL '10 PembroJie Correspondent Subscriptions, $2 a year. Single copies, 25 cents. There is no issue during August or September. Entered at the Providence Post Office as second-class matter. Vol XXXVIir JANUARY, 19.18 No, 6 1923 Rev. Arthur F. McKenny of St. Paul's Episcopal Church, New Haven, has been elected president of the New Haven Coun- cil of Churches for 1938. Kenneth P. Sheldon, in charge of the Providence office of E. A. Pierce 6? Co., members of the New York Stock Exchange, has his headquarters at 306 Hospital Trust Building, John H. Magee, special student with the Class in Freshman year, is working for Sharp 6? Dohme, drugs, in Marblehead, Mass. Dr. Harold W. Streeter, Associate Pro- fessor of Modern Languages at Lafayette, is living at 620 Burke Street, Easton, Pa. T. G. (Pete) Simmons and his growing family now live at 1624 N. Tejon Street, Colorado Springs, Colo., where Pete is again associated with the Crissey and Fowler Lumber Company. He still runs Wells Ranch at Matheson, Colo., however, so he asks all us to keep right on eating lamb. "Wool and lambs continue to be a major part of my income," he said in a recent letter. "I have a very good man on the ranch, and I go out frequently to see that all is well," He and Mrs. Simmons hope to be able to come to Providence next June so Pete can attend class reunion, 1925 Dr, Adolph Eckstein was team physician for Moses Brown school's football team last fall. It went through its schedule un- defeated and untied, Dr, Harry Luther Day is a member of the statf of the Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minn., where he lives in the Sutherhill Apartments. There are two daughters in the Day family, Cynthia, going on three, and Joan, who was a year old the third day of this month. Harry won his M.D. at Yale in 1934 and, after interning at Worcester, Mass,, for two years, was in private practice for a year in Peterborough, N. H. Joseph D. Fisler is doing graduate work in English at Teachers College, Columbia University. He is living at 547 West 123rd Street, New York City. Leonard V. Vollhracht is district repre- sentative for Goodyear Tire ii Rubber Company, with his office at 6500 Mt, Elliott Avenue, Detroit, Mich, Len spent six months with Goodyear in Milwaukee, a year in Chicago, and then returned to his home city of Detroit in May, 1937, There's a daughter now in the family, Elizabeth May, going on ten months old and glad to be back in Detroit with her father and mother, Arthur W, Packard is a member of the New York State Committee on the Selection of Rhodes Scholars, 1927 Howard E. Husker is a teacher and coach- ing assistant in athletics at Bordentown Military Institute, Bordentown, N. J, B. J. Rockefeller has been admitted to the New York Curb Exchange firm of Lohr, Stuart 6? Co., 39 Broadway, New York City, as a general partner, Clyde F, Hoovers new house address is 3 Paine Avenue, Auburn, R, I, Selig Grccnberg, feature writer for the Providence ft'cning BuUetin, was the No- vember speaker before the Brown Inter- national Relations Club. Greenberg has )ust returned from a year's tour of Central Europe and Russia, 1928 Frank E, Chceseman, Jr., married Nov, 8, 1937, to Miss Lucy Jane Coleman, spent part of his honeymoon in Providence, visit- ing the campus Nov. 11 and 12. He and Mrs, Cheeseman were guests of Nelson B, Jones, Jr,, and Robert A, Evans while they were in the city. They went from Prov- idence to New York and then back to Chi- cago, where Frank is in advertising work. Robert V, Carberry is buyer for J, C, Penney Company, 330 West 34th Street, New York City. He and Mrs. Carberry and their son. Bob, Jr., live at 32-15 93rd Street, Jackson Heights, Joseph L. Strauss, Jr., with Hillison 6? Etten Company, printers, and active in the Brown University Club of Chicago, reports a change of house address to 1031 Hyde Park Boulevard, Chicago. Robert A. Evans is stores accountant for Blackstone Valley Gas and Electric Com- pany, with his office in Woonsocket. J, Howard Blake's present address is reported to be 168-10 Crocheron Avenue, Flushing, N, Y, John S. Brookfield is a fraternity jewelry salesman for Edwards, Haldeman Company, Detroit, Mich., and through the college year visits a great many fraternity houses and hobnobs with the current crop of un- dergraduates in various parts of the country. When Jack is home he lives at 153 Fellows Avenue, Syracuse, N. Y, Rev. Duncan Eraser, whose engagement is announced in another column, is rector of St. Columba's Berkeley Memorial Chapel, Middletown, R. I. Duncan finished his theological studies at General Theological Seminary in New York City and at Oxford University, England. White House Tommy's Boost > Thomas Gardner Corcoran '22 ("White House Tommy," the news- paper men in Washington call him) has been listed as special counsel by the Roosevelt Administration and his salary raised to $10,000 a year. He has office space in the White House, although he is officially attached to RFC. Report is that he will soon become one of the Presi- dent's executive assistants. i John N. Shotton's new mail address in Washington, D, C, is 2512 Wisconsin Avenue, N, W, Leslie T, Chase was stage director for "Secret Service," the famous William Gillette drama which The Players of Prov- idence gave for five nights beginning Dec, 6, H, W, (Harry) Bullard and Mrs. Bullard came from Garden City, N. Y., where they live at 64 Wyatt Road, for the Brown- Rutgers game. Harry is assistant advertis- ing manager with American Can Company, 230 Park Avenue, New York City. George B. Munroe, Jr., accountant with the New England Power Association, has changed his address to 10 Burroughs Ave- nue, Braintree, Mass, 1929 Louis Miller is chairman of the program Committee of the Manchester, N. H., City Club, which is giving its support to civic betterment and adult education through a well-planned speaking program. At the No- vember meeting. Miller wrote, there was a distinct Brown flavor, with Linus Travers "27 of the Yankee Network giving "a most enjoyable talk, full of humor and sidelights (his subject was 'Behind the Microphone') as well as an informative summary of the principles of broadcasting." Abraham Shoul '16, president of the City Club, introduced Travers. Martin J, Coughlin is practising law at 40 Wall Street and is living at 3 25 West 77th Street, New York City. Arthur C. Kingston, Jr., on the sales staff of Boston Woven Hose and Rubber Com- pany, reports a change of address to 3720 North Pennsylvania Street, Indianapolis, Ind, Art has recently been stationed in Chicago, Dr. S. Willard Bridgham has opened an office for the practice of medicine and sur- gery at 152 East 94th Street, New York City. Howard Crins is assistant coach of the Cranston High School hockey team, Robert B. Perkins and Mrs. Perkins re- port a change of house address from Pater- son to Darlington Avenue, Ramsey, N. J. Looks as if Bob were right out in the country, as he notes that his mail box is 142-A, RFD One. He is .still working as an engineer with the New York Telephone Company, John A, Deady, on hand at the Brown Engineering Association dinner in New York December 9 to hobnob with some of his old friends on the Hill, said that he con- tinued to enjoy teaching preliminary courses in electrical engineering at Central High School, Newark, N. J. Edwin B. Havens is vice president of F. Upton, Inc., crushed stone, in Newark, N. J. He lives at 710 Sheridan Avenue, Plainfield, N. J. Holton W. Horton and Mrs. Horton (they were married early in the fall) have returned to Providence from New York City and are living at 23 3 Irving Avenue, Franklin Gamwell is manager of the Sears Roebuck 6? Company department store at 90 Main Street, Patchogue, N. Y. Frank went to Patchogue from Bridgeport, Conn., where he served as assistant manager after having got his start with the company store in Pittsfield, Mass. Dr. Hyman Heller and Mrs. Heller, who was Evelyn Seder '36, Pembroke College, are now settled in their new home on Main Street, Dudley Hills, Dudley, Mass. 172 BROWN ALUMNI MONTHLY ''Interference, Follow Me" y Relating a number of football anec- dotes, both true and apocryphal, Leo Fischer had one Brown story among them in his article "Hot Air off the Gridiron", which Zsqiiire printed in its December issue. He wrote: One of the few stories whose ancestry can be traced to some extent is that famous one of the Negro halfback and his war-cry — "Interference, follow me." It is believed to have originated as the result of an incident featuring Fritz Pollard, Brown University's great All- American Negro star of two decades ago. So brilliant was his playing that in every game he was a marked man. One after- noon against a particularly big and tough aggregation, the coach decided tli.it since the opposition would he watching Pollard, it might be well to let other backs carry the ball and at the same time this would prevent Fritz from being injured. The game wasn't as easy as he figured, however, and late in the fourth quarter neither team had scored. Pollard hadn't yet been given a chance, much to his displeasure. As the teams lined up, he began muttering louder and louder until everyone could hear him: "Heah Ah am! Ah'm waiting for the ball. Heah Ah am! Heah Ah am!" etc., etc. Finally the quarterback, desperate be- cause of Brown's failure to score and probably worn down by Pollard's chant, decided to let him have it. He barked out his string of numbers. "That's mah signal!" Pollard yelped gleefully when he heard it, loud enough lor even the opposition to hear. "Watch me, boys! Heah Ah go!" And off he dashed for a touchdown to win the game. < i Dr. William E. Greer, practising at Salem Depot, N. H., gave evidence of his con- tinued interest in Brown by writing recently to inquire about a subscription to the under- graduate comic magazine. 19.S0 Edward L. Sutler, Jr., has deserted ice cream lor insurance and is now with Mutual Life Insurance Company ol New York in Uniontown, Pa. Robert P. Uhl, account representative with Batten, Barton, Durstine Sf Osborn, Inc., advertising, 383 Madison Avenue, New York City, is living at 20 Buckingham Road. Manhasset, N. Y. John M. Curtis, in charge of statistical research for Babson's Reports, Inc., at Wellesley Hills, reports his correct house address to be 6? Waurwinet Road, West Newton, Mass. Dr. Jacob Felderman has become a First Lieutenant in the Medical Reserve Corps, U. S. A. William J. Sullivan is with the adver- tising department of the Brvtix Homt; l^tws, which modestly calls itself the largest local newspaper in the world. Bill's uncle is publisher of the Aietus. There's a son in Bill's lamily now, going on seven months old and eligible for the Brown Class ol 1960. Henry Cutler is a member of the Massa- chusetts bar. He studied nights and sold motor cars during the day, so Adrian Smith, the class reporter, tells us. The second number of Te i930 TSjeius Gazette was mailed in October to all mem- bers of the Class with known addresses. As Editor Smith says, "we can make the T^ews Gazette a clearing house for information, but it is all up to you fellows. Fir.st hand information is always the best and most accurate, so . . . please write me a letter and tell me all about yoursell." You know, the address is H. Adrian Smith, 36 Wanni- sett Avenue, Riverside, R. I. Dr. David Freedman is resident surgeon at Truesdale Hospital, Fall River. He and Mrs. Freedman, who was Claire Reijen '31, Pembroke College, are living temporarily at H5 Fifth Street, Providence. Woodworth L. Carpenter is Rhode Island State chairman oi the Junior Bar Conference of the American Bar Association for 1937- 38. From North Dakota H. O. Werner, Jr., has moved to Bethany, West Virginia, where he is continuing his teaching career at Bethany College. 1931 Dr. William F. Murphy is resident physi- cian at St. Vincent's Hospital, Jacksonville, Fla., where he expects to be until July, 1938. William P. Feiten, district manager of United Airlines, Cleveland, O., is living at 8405 Ackley Road, Parma, O. Dr. Eugene A. Field is at present engaged in special medical work at 116 Riverway, Boston. Richmond A. Day is chairman ol the Rhode Island Preceptory, DeMolay Legion ol Honor. He had a large share in the suc- cess of the all -Rhode Island dance given by the Legion at Rhodes-on-the-Pawtuxet, Nov. 12. Edward C. Connor, whose marriage to Miss Helen Joyce Williams of Newport, was reported last month, is representing the Foster Machine Company, textile machin- ery, with his headquarters in Charlotte, N. C. Mrs. Connor, former teacher ol his- tory at Rogers High School, Newport, won her first degree in 1931 (Pembroke). She has another degree from Simmons College, and her Master's degree from Brown. Dr. Paul L. Thayer has opened"an office tor the general practice oi dentistry at One Grove Avenue, East Providence. John O. Prouty's twin sons, now going on 16 months old, are plenty husky, John reports from North Scituate, Mass., where he lives. He is still enjoying his work in the Actuarial Department, John Hancock Life Insurance Company, Boston. Besides the twins he and Mrs. Prouty have a daugh- ter, Margaret, two and a half years old. R. Irving Blanchard, Jr., sales manager with Household Paper Products, is living at 96 Central Avenue, Newtonville, Mass. David Irving Blanchard, born Oct. 4, 1937, is doing well, thank you. Kenneth S. Fisher is with General Motors Acceptance Corporation covering parts of Massachusetts and southern New Hamp- shire. Lloyd W. Dennis, Jr., is with Columbia Broadcasting System, with his headquarters in the Earle Building, Washington, D. C. As we reported in October, he and Mrs. Dennis live in Arlington, Va., across the Potomac River from Washington. Their address is 383 North Glebe Road, Apt. 3. Frank Merchant writes of "Life in New Plymouth, the First American Thanksgiv- ing" in Toimg America for November 26th. Robert L. Augenblick is associated with the law firm of Sullivan and Cromwell, 48 Wall Street, New York City, where he lives at 49th Street and Lexington Avenue. W. E. S. (Wecky) Moulton, teacher and coach at Pomfret School, is a regular con- tributor on hockey to the At/ilctic Journal. He has also written articles for Scholastic Coach Magazine and has published a book- let on ice hockey. J. Angus Thurrott, on the sales staff of the CromptonRichmond Company, textiles, IS now working out ol the Philadelphia office at 1001 Market Street and living at the Haddon Shield, Haddonfield, N. J. Willard E. Josephy reports that he is running his own retail business (he doesn't say what kind) at 268 N. Beverly Drive, Beverly Hills, Calif. 1932 John T. Dugall is with John A. Roebling's Sons y Company, wire cable manufacturers, in Trenton, N. J., where John is living at the Hotel London. Dr. Hilliard Dubrow, whose engagement is announced in another column, is on the staff of Sydenham Hospital, New York City. Taylor Phillips is in the New York office of the American Textile Company, laces, at 25 East 31st Street, New York City. T. Dexter Clarke is the new secretary of the Pawtucket Bar Association. Claude P. Viens and Mrs. Viens, married in November, are at home at 392 Benefit Street, Providence. Mrs. Viens, graduate of Wellesley, holds an A.M. degree from Brown. Duncan B. M. Emrich, who received his Ph.D. from Harvard last June, is instructor in English and Comparative Literature at Columbia, and is living at 454 Riverside Drive, New York City. Morton J. Simon is occupying his new law offices at 910-14 Commonwealth Build- ing, 1201 Chestnut Street, Philadelphia. E. L. (Ed) Eveleth is a dinghy skipper. His dinghy is the Cygnet, and Ed sails it on the Connecticut river at Essex, where the leading dinghy sailors of the East meet in spring and lall. Dr. Edward Damarjian was guest of his friends at a testimonial dinner given him in Providence, Nov. 21, Ed has completed his interneship at Woonsocket General Hospital, Syracuse General Hospital, and Charles V. Chapin Memorial Hospital, and is ready to commence practice. William A. Gey is research chemist in the Carrollsville, Wis., plant of E. I. du- Pont de Nemours 6? Company. His mail address. Bill writes, is 720 Menomonee Ave- nue, South Milwaukee, Wis. "Tommy Fielding of Warren, athletic coach at Hudson, Mass., High School, has bumped into a tough situation at Hudson, which IS none of his making," said a news story in a recent issue of the Warren and Barrington Gazette. The story reported that hostile football fans had made such disturb- ances at games that the superintendent of schools cancelled the entire school athletic program. These fans, it was said, resented the engagement of Fielding m preference to two local candidates, and set out to make life miserable for the new teacher-coach and members of the football squad. 174 BROWN ALUMNI MONTHLY 1933 Russell B. Akin, with his doctor's degree from Columbia, is research chemist in the Plastics Division, E. I. duPont de Nemours y Company, Arlington, N. J., where he lives at 45 Linden Avenue. Dr. Robert R. Chace, graduated from Yale Medical School in June, is serving as interne at Rhode Island Hospital for the next two years. Warren A. Miller, with the H. T. Miller Company department store. Fort Edward, N. Y., reports a change of mail address to Upper Broadway, Fort Edward. Dr. Alfred E. King, who won his M.D. at Yale in June, is an interne in pathology at the New Haven Hospital and the New Haven Dispensary and is also assistant in pathology at Yale Medical School. Eliot F. Beach, who received his Ph.D. from Yale in June, is doing research work with the Children's Fund of Michigan at 660 Frederick Street, Detroit. Dr. Newell R. Kelley, with his M.D from Harvard, is interne at the Hartford Hospital, Hartford, Conn. Newell and Miss Elizabeth Maude Armstrong, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. George R. Armstrong of Wol- laston, Mass.. were married in Centre Sand- wich, N. H., June 8, 1937. Davis P. Low, with the U. S. Employ- ment Service, Department of Labor, Wash- ington since 193?, is on a trip around the world, having left the United States in August. Benjamin L. Barringer is a practising lawyer at 70 Pine Street, New York City, to which he commutes daily from his home in New Canaan, Conn. Robert B. Dugan has been re-elected secretary of the Brown Club of New Haven. 1934 Bennett G. Galef is assistant sales man- ager for J. L. Galef, arms and ammunition, at 75 Chambers Street, New York City. Ben was with Die Casting Corporation of America for about a year after leaving col- lege and before going to work in his father's firm. Ed Thomas, who has been in Indianapolis, Ind., since graduation, is now assistant t" the chief engineer of Central .States Power and Light Company, which controls natural gas, water, and hydro-electnc properties from Texas to Canada. Ed is in the main office at 700 Oklahoma Building, Tulsa, Okla. Bancroft Littlefield and John Quattroc- chi, Jr., were admitted to the Rhode Island bar last month. Chief Justice Edmund W. Flynn of the Supreme Court, who swore them in, told them and twelve other candi- dates that "the attribute of a real lawyer is honesty." A. D. Dixon is a student engineer in the Schenectady plant of General Electric Company. Al Schleifer reports a change of mail address from Long Island City to 166 East 96th Street, Apt. 9B, New York City. Charlie Campbell, salesman in the Prov- idence office of International Business Machines Corporation, has been admitted to the company's Hundred Percent Club of sales leaders. As a member he will attend the annual meeting of the Club early next year and meet other outstanding members of the company's organization from all parts of the United States and from many foreign companies. Charlie Wilks, who received the Sc.M. degree from Brown in 1936, is test adminis- trator at the Human Engineering Labora- tory, Stevens Institute of Technology, Ho- boken, N. J. Richard Kingerly, graduate assistant in chemistry at Rhode Island State College, was a lecturer before the New England Association of Chemistry, when that body held its 180th meeting at Kingston last month. Kingerly spoke on "Some Favorite Lecture Experiments." Franklin B. Bowes writes that he looks forward to receiving the Altmni Monthly and enjoys it very much. "Just enough of everything to interest Alumni of all classes," is his comment. He is a member of the Bowes Realty Co. at 54 North Michigan Avenue, Chicago, specializing in Central and North Central real estate. Rev. Knight W. Dunkerley was ordained a deacon in the Episcopal Church by Rt. Rev. James DeWolf Perry '12, honorary, Bishop of Rhode Island, at St. John's Cathedral, Providence, last month. Rev. Arthur L. Washburn '3 2, honorary, friend and counsellor of many Brown men, was the preacher at the ordination service. Dunkerley, graduate of General Theological Seminary, is rector of Grace Church, Lud- ington, Mich., and in charge of St. James Chapel, Pentwater, Mich. Summer H. Rogers is a lawyer in the offices of Mappleback, Alberts and Sugar- man, 185 Devonshire Street, Boston. He lives at 106 Addington Road, Brookline, Mass. A. D. Dixon, married last August 21 to Miss Cecelia Arline Baker '34, Pembroke College, is in the Incandescent Lamp Divi- sion, General Electric Company, East Cleve- land, O. He and Mrs. Dixon are living at 1828 Lampson Road, Cleveland. Thomas A. Chapman, we hear, is doing social work in Los Angeles and is living at present at 5737 Lexington, Apartment 103, Hollywood, Calif. Make a Contract With Yourself "I, John Doe, party of the first part, do hereby agree to pay me, John Doe, party of the second part, enough money to take care of the major expenses that will probably appear on my horizon a few years from now!" You needn't be a penny-pincher to play safe. But if you're wise, you'll prepare for the future while there is still time. Collect a portion of your earnings from yourself and save it according to one of Old Colony's thrift plans. At Old Colony Co-operative Bank you can save on a weekly, monthly, or irregular interval basis. Start today. ©LD COLONY Co-operative Bank 58 "WEYBOSSET ST.. PRCVIDENCE WIBNSOCKET-WTST WARWICK -CREYSTONE -PAWTUCKET MEMBER, FEDERAL HOME LO.A.N BANK SYSTEM 175 BROWN ALUMNI MONTHLY 1935 Ben Watts, Jr., is assistant branch man- ager of Universal Credit Company, Clarks- burg, W. Va., where his address is 501 Buckhannon Avenue. Dick Hopkins is a mechanical engineer w/ith the Gleason Works, and lives at 28 Portsmouth Terrace, Rochester, N. Y. Bill Karahan is working for Brown ii Sharpe Mfg. Company and living at 161 Benefit Street, Providence. Bob Stanard reports his new mail address to be 43 5 Angell Street, Providence. Dick Erstein is secretary of the Sales Factors Corporation, of which his father is president, at 21 5 Fourth Avenue, New York City. Al Cotterill is working for Western Union Telegraph Company at 664 Mad- JSOW IN ITS SECOISD EDITION I STATE HOUSE versus PENT HOUSE Legal Problems of the Rhode Island Race Track Row B) ZECHARIAH CHAFEE, Jr. Member uf the Rhode Island Bar, Pro- fessor of Law in Harvard University A collection of articles from the Harvard Crimson ^ a map of the territory "in a state of insurrection"; illustrations of troops at the track and the "Quinn will land in Butler's" headlines; also the racing statute, the two recent Supreme Court decisions quashing orders of the Racing Com- mission, legal material on martial law, etc. The first of a series of DORR PAMPHLETS on Rhode Island affairs, PAST, PRESENT and FUTURE Order now! Have the whole series! One Dollar a copy, postpaid. THE BOOKE SHOP at 4 Market Sq. Providence, R. I. Please send mc copies of State House versus Pent House □ Check enclosed herewith Q Charge my account Name Address ison Avenue, New York, and is living at 77 Columbia Heights, Brooklyn, N. Y. Bill Bree, Jr., is the new publicity director of the Connecticut Unemployment Com- pensation Division in the State Department of Labor. In this post he will get out all information for newspapers and head a bu- reau of speakers, the aim being, he reports, to instruct the people of Connecticut con- cerning the benefits to be paid in January under the unemployment compensation law. Bill spent one semester in the Yale Graduate School, and has since worked on the Not' Haven Journal Courier and the 'H.ew 'Yor\ Evening Journal. Howard Segool is at Yale Graduate School doing work in chemistry for his Ph.D. He and Mrs. Segool are living at 86 Mansfield Street. New Haven. C. B. (Bernie) Lewis, Jr., studying at Wadham College, O.xford University, said in a letter last month that since he returned to England in the summer he had been to Finland, Norway, and Sweden, with Lap- land added. "On your next trip to Europe," he wrote, "don't miss Finland! I plan to go back there before coming home for good. It is a great country in every way. How- ever, you cannot beat Norway tor good looking women " He added that his research work (in zoology) left little time for ath- letics, but he still has hopes of doing some- thing on the track. He is also quite ac- climated now, and gets along without a fire in his room much of the time — something he never dreamed would be possible when he settled in Oxford a year ago. 1936 Frank Handy, after a year at Harvard School of Business Administration, has be- come publisher of the Nanticook, Pa., Daily Pres!.. Jack Davis is with Ernst 6? Ernst, ac- countants, at 1702 Industrial Tru.st Build- ing and lives at 100 Bowcn Street, Prov- idence. Peyton Moss, alter a year in Washington as a member of the office staff of U. S. Sen- ator Theodore Francis Green '87, has re- sumed his studies at Harvard Law School, where he is living at 58 Perkins Hall. Bob Wilkens and Irving Strasmich are second year students at Yale Law School. Herman Lips is translator and clerk in the Foreign Department, Nicholson File Company, Providence. Miner Paddock is with the Paddock Paper Company, 3 1 Pond Street, Provi- dence. Jim Douglas is music exchange student in Lubeck, Germany, where he is studying at the State Conservatory. 19.S7 Jack Skillings is playing hockey for the Hershey Bars in the Eastern Hockey League and is living at the Hershey Community Club, Hershey, Pa. Jack will return to Providence after the season is over next March. Chemists of the Class had reunion in New York City last month at the time the undergraduate chemistry group visited the city under guidance of Professor E. K. Strachan. Present were Tom Davis, Frank Eddy, Bill Kubie, Wendell Brown, and Charley Tallman. Allen Krause is a first year student at the Law School, University of Pennsylvania. Dick Messinger is doing graduate work in business administration at Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania, and he and Al Krause are living in the same house at 109 South 38th Street, Philadelphia. Art Humes has a fellowship in biology at Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, and hopes to win his Master's degree at the end of the present academic year, Leon Eisman is on the sales staff of Lang- rock, Inc., men's furnishings, at 351 Willow Street, New Haven, Conn. Murray Ehmke is teaching at Providence Country Day School, East Providence. Grove Dow, Jr., is an apprentice with Taft-Pierce Mfg. Company, machine tools, Woonsocket. Bill Kubie is research fellow of the Mutual Chemical Company of America, and is engaged in leather research at Lehigh University. Cliff McGuire is an account executive with Livcrmore S" Knight, Advertisers and printers, at 42 Pine Street, Providence. Roger Mclntyrc is a lineman with Wis- consin Telephone Company, learning the telephone business from the ground up, or down, as you will. Jim Brown, Jr., is a first year student at the Law School, University of Michigan, where Austin Peck is also enrolled this academic year. Warren Ostergard is detail manager for Niagara Colloids, Inc., drugs, Cleveland, O. Andy Pastoriza, Jr., is with the Domin- ican Legation, 263 3 16th Street, Washing- ton. D. C, Mai Qtiigley is a junior salemsan with Remington Rand, Inc., office equipment, with his headquarters in the Locw Theatre Building. Providence. Simon Rubin is studying at the Graduate School of Social Service Administration, University of Chicago. Bill Tyrrell is an instructor in history and candidate for the A.M. degree in the same subject at Columbia. Charlie Steinsieck is research chemist with Pittsburgh Plate Glass Company, Columbia Chemical Division, Barberton, O., where he lives at 1000 Wooster Road, West. Thurston Steele, married and living at 119 Indiana Avenue, Providence, is an ap- prentice toolmaker with Patton-MacGuyer Company, metal stampings. Mrs. Steele was Carolyn Lindsay Patton '37, Pembroke College. Gerald Smithson is in the testing depart- ment of General Electric Company, West Lynn, Mass George Simpson is a junior salesman with International Business Machines Corpora- tion, Willi his present business address at 1118 Main Street, Hartford, Conn. Harvey Nancs is a first year student at Columbia Law School and lives at 36 Hamp- ton Place, Brooklyn, N. Y. Jack Sherman is working for the First National Bank and Trust Company, New Haven, Conn., where he is getting his mail at 52 Howe Street, Apt. 244. Jack Biggs is a special apprentice with Brown 6? Sharpe Mfg. Company, Prov- idence, in training for sales work. Dick Scott is teaching English at the American College of Sofia, Bulgaria, which opened in September with a record attend- ance of 483 students, all that the college can accommodate. ^ ^ 176 Engagenienis ► ► Miss Ruth Elizabeth Monahan, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Louis N. Mona- han of Providence, to John C. McOsker "26, also of Providence. Miss Helen Frances Volk, daughter of Mrs. Joseph Volk, to Dr. Milliard Dubrow "32 of New York City. Miss Alice M. Callan, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. John F. Callan of Providence, to John T. Dugall "3 2 of Trenton, N. J. Miss Arlene Sherman, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Isaac Sherman, to Dr. S. Bertram Sostek "3 3 of Maiden, Mass. Miss Harriet Davies Walker, daughter of Mrs. William T. Walker of New York, to Richard A. Batchelder '3 5 of Providence. Miss Hope Ladd McConnell, daughter of Mrs. Robert E. McConnell of Providence, to Stephen B. Nicholson '36, also of Provi- dence. Miss Alice Elizabeth Malcolm, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. John H. Malcolm of Provi- dence, to Royal B. Leach, 3rd, '36 of Albany, N. Y. Miss Dorothy Adreon Finnigan, daughter of Mr. and Mrs, James J. Finnigan of Forest Hills, N. Y., to Charles A. Partington "36 of East Orange, N. J. < Weddings > 1920— William L. Dewart and Miss Ann Dolores Brooks of Brooklyn, N. Y., were married at the Little Church Around the Corner in New York, Sept. 3, 1937. They are at home at 312 West 73rd Street, New York City. 1927 — Sumner T. Packard and Miss Antonia Sutkovoy, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. James Z. Sutkovoy, were married in Springlield, Mass., Nov. 27, 1937. They are at home at 6 Ripley Street, Worcester, Mass. 1928 — Arthur B. Leonard and Miss Mary Elisabeth Hurlburt, daughter of Mrs. Wil- liam B. Hurlburt, were married at Brook- side, Wilton, Conn., Dec. 4, 1937. Paul Bonynge '28 was best man. Mr. and Mrs. Leonard are now at home in Wilton. 1929 — Konstantin Woloschak and Miss Alice A. Hall were married in Stony Creek, Conn., Aug. 28, 1937. They are at home at 1 1 Broadway Terrace, New York City. 1929— Robert R. Edge and Miss Liljan Johanna Larsen, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Anton Larsen, were married in New York City, Dec. 2, 1937. They are at home at 210 East 68th Street, New York. 1931~Richard H. Howland and Miss Caroline Marie Bullard, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Sellar Bullard, were married in Highland Park, 111., Nov. 27, 1937. They sailed a few days later on the Queen Mary on their way to Athens, Greece, where Mr. Howland is with the American School of Classical Studies. 1932— Rev. Richard S. M. Emrich and Miss Beatrice A. Littlehales, daughter of William A. Littlehales, were married in New York City, Nov. 24, according to announcement in the Tvjciti Tor!; Herald Tribune. 1933 — Mr. William G. Fienemann and Miss Edith Mae Kendrick, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Viggo V. Petersen, were married in Marion, Mass., Nov. 27, 1937. They are living in Farmington, Conn. 1933 — Charles Swartz and Miss Frieda Levine, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Harry Levine of Fall River, were married in Provi- dence, Nov. 25, 1937. They are living in Taunton, Mass. i Births ► 1911 — To Mr. and Mrs. Byron M. Flem- ming of Providence, a son, Byron Mason Flemming, Jr., Dec. 1, 1937. 1925— To Dr. and Mrs. Harry S. N. Greene of Princeton, N. J., a daughter on Dec. 13, 1937. 1927— To Mr. and Mrs. Robert W. Duncan of Narbeth, Pa., a daughter, Diana, on Dec. 3, 1937. 1928— To Mr. and Mrs. Harold K. Halpert of Portland, Me., a daughter, Joanna Maris, Dec. 7, 1937. Mrs. Halpert was in the Class of 1929, Pembroke College 1928 — To Mr. and Mrs. Frederick B. Agard of Princeton, N. J., a son, Stephen Browning, Nov. 4, 1937. 1929— To Mr. and Mrs. David K. Gor- ham of Providence, a daughter, Susan Brownell, Dec. 11, 1937. < i < Those We Mourn 1874 ► > Rev. Henry Mixter Penniman, teacher, evangelist, friend of Berea College and beloved by many Brown men, died at his home in Berea, Ky., Aug. 2, 1937. In 1922 he retired as an active member of the Berea College staff, but continued his preaching and ministrations to a widely scat- tered mountain population which would otherwise have been deprived of any re- ligious influence. "Each Sunday," a friend wrote of him a few years ago, "he conducts a Bible School and preaches at Red Lick; then, after lunch which he has with some parish- ioner, he rides on for an afternoon meeting in another section. Frequently he covers in the day's journey 25 miles on horseback. This unstinted giving of self and of time is but typical of his devotion to his work while connected with Berea College." Penniman was horn in New Braintree, Mass., June 23, 1851, the son of James and Ann Eliza (Houghton) Penniman. Owing to circumstances beyond his control he was not able to finish his course at Brown, but he received the A.B. degree by special vote in 1907. He taught school and studied theology, won his diploma at Andover Theological Seminary in 1884, and was a Congregational minister with churches in New Hampshire, Illinois, and Iowa before going to Berea in 1895 as Professor of Christian Evidence. From 1907 to his re- tirement he served as college pastor, finan- cial secretary, and assistant to the president. He raised money and made friends for Berea. He carried the name of the college and its special aims to all parts of the country. In vacation each year he visited various sections of the Kentucky mountains, lectured and preached in churches, court houses, and cabins, or to groups in mill 177 IMPROVES YOUR APPEARANCE lOO old tradition, rxrellenl college record. Sechided 25-arre campus. I'm. I. Lower School. Moderate tuition. I.. R. Thomas, 293 Hope St., Pkovidknce, R. I. MIDDLE ATLANTIC — BOYS GEORGE SCHOOL A Friends* Coeduraliunal Roardini; School. Modern citrriculum. H5 graduates entered 41 colleges in 1**;17. Endowment. C. A. Walton, A.M., PniNciPAL, Box "(i7, Ceoiice ScHonL, P*. FRANKLIN AND MARSHALL ACADEMY A widely recognized, nunleralety priced preparatory fchool. Junior dept. E. M. Hartman, I'd.U., Box :n, I *Nr*sTin, 1'*. BLAIR ACADEMY Excellent preparation for college. Small classes. Tullivation of inilialive and erlf-reliance. 65 miles from New York. Chaiiles H. Breed, Box 20, Rl AIBSTOWN. N. J. professiqnTTl americaiv academy of dramatic arts Founded in 1884 by Franklin H. Sargent. The first and furemost institution for Draniatic eaebing. nth oom ISO, 178 BROWN ALUMNI MONTHLY Hospital before returning to Providence in 1909 to take up general practice. He was consulting aurist at St. Joseph's Hospital, oto-Iaryngologist at Rhode Island Hospital, a menihcr of the Providence Board of Hospital Commrssioners, the American Board of Ophthalmology, New England Ophthalmological Society, New England Otological and Laryngological Society, American College t>f Surgeons, Rhode Island Medical Society, Providence Medical A.ssociation. He also belonged to Provi- dence Lodge of Elks, the Knights of Colum- bus, and Phi Kappa. He was married June 11, 1913, to Miss Catherine R. Learson, who survives, with one daughter and four sons, his father, and three brothers besides Dr. Edward A. McLaughlin. During the World War he was a consulting officer on the United States Draft Board. < 1901 > WiNFRED Holt Whiting, Associate Justice of the Superior Court of Massachu- setts since 1922, died suddenly at his home in Worcester, Mass., Dec. 6, 19.37. He was an authority on equity law and during his career on the bench had been a con- sistent advocate of reform to speed trial of cases. In 1934 he was successful in his effort to rid the docket of cases and to begin the system now in vogue of submitting cases to auditors and masters. "He had been instrumental," the Wor- cester Gazette said, "in causing counsel to settle more cases out of court than any of his associates on the bench." Born in Oakdale. Mass., July 26, 1880, the son of Alfred N. and Mary C. (Holt) Whiting, he prepared in the West Boylston Schools, and went from Brown to Harvard Law School, where he won the LL.B. degree in 1904. He commenced practice in Wor- Providence National Bank Established 1791 inO Westminslcr Street CAPITAL ^1,500,000 SURPLUS ^2,000,000 OFFICERS Moses J. Barber, Chairman of the Board Thomas L. Pierce, President Ear] G. Batty, Vice President and Cashier Charles L. Eddy, Assistant Cashier Henry H. Eddy, Assistant Cashier Charles E. Munyan, Assistant Cashier Ida M. Fryer, Assistant Cashier Benjamin H. Gate, Assistant Cashier Charles M. Smith, III, Trust Officer B. H. Lillibridge. Assistant Trust Officer T. I. Hare Powel, Investment Counsel Directors William Gammell, Jr. Wilson G. Wing Moses J. Barber John Nicholas Brown Frank E. Richmond Thomas L. Pierce Richard S. Aldrich William L. Sweet Edward P. Jastram Frederick T. Moses Earl G. Batty John B. Lewis A. Livingston Kelley Charles C. Marshall Richmond Viall Member of ttie Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation cester, and was a special justice of the Cen- tral District Court from 1910 to 1922. He was a member of the Worcester City Coun- cil, 1911-17, and president of the Council in 1916 and 1917. "Judge Whiting," the Gazette said, "lived on the bench. He was of the old school who wanted something accomplished, and he frowned on any attempt to delay trial of cases. He often remarked that persons were entitled to more speedy justice from the courts, and he intended to bend every effort to give it to them." In January, 1935, it is said, he established a record of calling three cases a minute, and on the third day of the session struck off 3 50 cases which lawyers on both sides seemed to have forgotten. Although he often sat in criminal court, he preferred the equity and civil sessions, and most of his interest lay in equity. He was a member of the Worcester Club, Economic Club, Tatnuck Country Club, Union Club, Brown Club of Worcester County, and attended the First Unitarian Church of Worcester. In 1931 he was elected an honorary member of Phi Beta Kappa. His hobby off the bench was his country home in Oakdale, where he loved to work in the fields and in his garden. He was married Oct. 26, 1918, to Ella Louise Sawyer of West Boylston, who sur- vives, with a son, Alfred N. Whiting. i ► Stephen Harold Greene, member of a noted Brown family and prominent in the textile world for many years, died at his home in Newton Centre, Mass., Nov. 19, 1937. He was a founder of the Charles River Country Club, and had been its president since its organization. Leaving college at the end of Junior year, he began his career with Wellington Sears 6? Co., commission house in cotton goods, was a partner in Greene 6? Company and in Lockwood, Greene ^ Company, and was treasurer of Lawton Mills Corporation, vice president Lockwood, Greene 6? Company, and president of Lancaster, Winnsboro, New England Southern, and Cosmos Im- perial Mills, Ltd. He was also a director of the last-named company, and president and treasurer of Mutual Boiler Insurance Com- pany of Boston. He was born in Providence, April 27, 1880, the son of Stephen Greene '73 and Natalie L. D. (Schubarth) Greene. He pre- pared at Worcester Academy, and also tnok courses at Philadelphia Textile School. He became a trustee of Newton Theological Institution in 1917. and was a trustee and director of Northern Baptist Education Society for nearly 25 years. Besides being president of Charles River Country Club, he was a director of Brae Burn Country Club, and a member of the University Club of Boston, Algonquin Club, Exchange and Engineers Clubs, and the Merchants Club of New York. His fraternity was Delta LIpsilon. He was married June 4, 1902, to Miss Lillian May Eddy of Providence, daughter of Dr. Forrest G. Eddy '74, who survives, with a daughter, and three brothers, Edwin Farnham Greene "01, Everett A. Greene "09, and F. Hartwell Greene "15. A nephew IS F. H. Greene, Jr.. "40. i 1904 ► Rev. James Manning Lent, special student with the Class for three years, died at his home in Providence, Oct. 28, 1937. He left the active ministry in April, 1936, because of illness. Born in Freeport, N. S., April 4, 1871, he prepared at Worcester Academy, took spe- cial courses at Brown for three years, and continued his study for the ministry at Hartford Theological School and Yale Di- vinity School. Ordained as a Baptist minis- ter, he held pastorates at South Windsor, Conn., Amherst, Weston, and Whitman, Mass., Pawtucket and Meshanticut Park, where he served the chapel for 12 years. During his years at Meshanticut Park Chapel he made the building a real com- munity centre, added to the chapel member- ship, beautified the grounds, and found favor with persons of all creeds. He was married June 17. 1905, to Ger- trude May Sawyer, who survives, with two daughters, a brother, and two sisters. His fraternity was Kappa Sigma. i 1910 ► Harry Bernard 0"Nkil, civil engineer and active citizen of Keene, N. H., died Dec. 8, 1937, while visiting at the home of his sister-in-law at South Acton, Mass. A heart attack was the cause of death. 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Name .■•■>■■••.■••>•■•■■■••••••«•• Address City & State 179 BROWN ALUMNI MONTHLY on his class football, haskethall, and baseball teams, but never had the time, as an engi- neering student, to give to varsity sports. His fraternity was Phi Sigma Kappa. He was horn in North Walpole, N. H., June 24, 1886, the son of Michael and Joanna (Hayes) O'Neil. After winning his Sc.B, in civil engineering at Brown he joined the engineering statf of the New York, New Haven (i Hartford Railroad Company. In August, 1912, he resigned to return to his adopted town of Keene to enter business for himself. He had since carried on as a civil engineer under his own name. "He made numerous public and private surveys," said the Keene Sentinel. "He was a public spirited citiien. He gave con- siderable time and advice to the development of the Keene Country Club, of which he was an upstanding member. He had a host of friends who were greatly shocked to learn of his death. Even though he realized that he had a bad heart during the_ past few months, he carried cheerfully on." He was married Sept. 11, 1912, to Miss Marion De Sales Roche, who survives, with a brother, Charles J. O'Neil, of Wells River, Vt. < 1912 > Charles Fulda Archambault, City Solicitor and Special Justice of the Third District Court, New Bedford, Ma.ss., died at St. Luke's Hospital, New Bedford, Nov. 2, 1937, after failing to rally from an appcndi.x operation. For many years he gave his time and energy outside his law practice to public affairs. He served four years on the New Bedford school committee. He ran unsuc- cessfully four times for mayor against Charles S. Ashley, dean of Massachusetts mayors who completed 3 2 years in office. He had helpful part in the work of the Brown Club of New Bedford and was on several occasions an officer of the Club. Born in what is now West Warwick, R. I., Aug. 6, 1889, the son of Joseph and Virginia (Choquettc) Archambault, he prepared at Warwick High School and at Brown found most interest in courses in public speaking and political science. He went on to Harvard Law School, was a leader in his class, and won his LL.B. degree Commercial Banking Trust Department Capital $500,000 Surplus and Undivided Profits (over) $950,000 BLACKSTONE CANAL NATIONAL BANK Eslablnhtd 1831 20 MARKET SQUARE PROVIDENCE, R. I. Member Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation in 1915. He commenced practice in New Bedford, and continued there for the rest of his life. In 1922, on a visit abroad, he met Mile. Eugenie Flossie Mane Ghislain, daughter of a Colonel in the Belgian Army. The meeting, on the French shore of Lake Geneva at Evian-les-Bains, blossomed into romance. In October, 1922, Mile. Ghislain came to his country and married Judge Archambault, at the pier to meet her, at Holy Trinity Church, New York City. Mrs. Archambault survives, with a son, Paul. Also surviving are his mother, a brother, Paul G. Archambault, former mem- ber of the Class of 19H, and several cousins, one of whom is Judge Alberic A. Archambault of the Rhode Island Superior Court. In the effort to save our classmate's life, four blood transfusions were given, the last one by Mayor Leo E. J. Carney, who defeated him and Mayor Ashley in the 1936 election. ^ i 1925 ► Dr. David RoBtRT Brodsky, obstetri- cian and gynecologist at Miriam Hospital, Providence, died at Beth Israel Hospital, Boston, Dec. 11, 1937, after a long illness. He had been forced to give up practice in October. Born in Russia, Dec. 25, 1903, the son of Frank and Bella (Silverman) Brodsky, he prepared at Hope Street High School and at Brown specialised in biology. "A smiling, optimistic youth" in Freshman year. Liber Brunensi.? said, adding that in Senior year "he still owns that million- dollar smile and, better still, he displays it." As undergraduate his chief interest out- side the laboratory was the Menorah Society. On graduation he entered Tufts Medical School and after receiving his M.D. degree in 1929 went to Memorial Hospital, Paw- tucket, as interne. Then he transferred to Providence Lying-in Hospital, where he served as resident obstetrician. As a prac- tising physician he continued on the staffs of the Lying-in Hospital and the Homeo- pathic Hospital of Rhode Island, and was visiting surgeon to the Charles V. Chapin Memorial Hospital. Last March, in a public address at the Providence Medical Library, he described a new method to eliminate pain in childbirth. His older colleagues con- sidered him an able and promising obstetri- cian. Dr. Brodsky was a member of the Provi- dence Medical Society, New England Gyne- cological and Obstetrical Society and the Jacobi Medical Club of Rhode Island. He was married Dec. 25, 1931, to Miss Fredda Fishman, who survives, with a son, Leonard F. Brodsky, a brother, and a sister. i FrnlernilY Protagonist ► The whole November number of Beta Theta Pi, official magazine of the fraternity, was a memorial to the late Francis Wayland Shepardson '93, president of the fraternity whom the Tvjeu) Yor\ Times editorially characterized as "the foremost protagonist of the college fraternity system." With bowed heads and sorrow-filled hearts delegates to the National Interfra- ternity Conference this year listened to the memorial adopted by the Executive Com- mittee, a tribute to Dr. Shepardson: "Never again can the voice of Francis Wayland Shepardson be raised in the National Interfraternity Conference to counsel, warn, guide, charm, inspire. Active and influential in the founding and con- tinuation of the Conference, and absent from hut three of its twenty-eight yearly gatherings, he became the leader among leaders that the delegates looked for most eagerly and listened to with the greatest pleasure, interest, and respect." The memorial went on to cite specific services to the Conference, to Beta Theta Pi, and to the cause of interfraternalism. i Dr. Wilberforce Eames ► Wilberforce Eames, official bibliogra- pher of the New York Public Library and recipient in 1924 of the honorary degree of Litt. D. from Brown, died in New York City, Dec. 7, 1937. The late President Faunce cited him as an "erudite scholar in realms of bibliography, whose accurate knowledge of rare books has enriched our generation and shown us the meaning of the ancient scripture, 'Speak to the past and it shall teach thee.' " Rev. John E. Flemming D.D. '06, pastor of the Arlington Avenue Presby- terian Church of Brooklyn, conducted the funeral service and reviewed Dr. Eames's remarkable career and his love of books. He spoke as a friend who had known Dr. Eames for some years. The y^ew Yor}{ Herald Tribune said editorially that Dr. Eames, as his admirers often put it, "was the best educated man in America, and one of the four or five best- educated men in the world. Dead at eighty- two, after a life of magnificent achievement, he leaves us with a feeling of wonderment. ^ -^ ■' .I.A.JOHNSCN CC. Effective Printing <- is not a matter of price, of shop- ping around or a mammoth plant. For results caU GA 4800 E. A. JOHNSON COMPANY An Organization tor Better Printing At Peck and Dyer Sts., Providence, R. I. 180 BROWN ALUMNI MONTHLY He worked, as chief bibliographer of the New York Pubhc Library, in the midst of one of the busiest spots on earth, and yet his hfe there was almost monastic. Colleges gave him degrees. Learned societies awarded medals to him. He had the respect and admiration of scholars everywhere. His great memory and the things he taught his mind to do were matters of astonishment to every one who knew him and his work. And with it all he always appeared shy, reserved, almost apologetic. "Dr. Eames never went to college, or even to high school. He came of a good family, but he had none of those advantages which might rea.sonahly be supposed to form the foundation of a career such as his turned out to be. His life, of course, arouses speculation on the value of colleges, and on prescribed courses of training. It is doubt- ful ii any college could have improved his first-rate mind. He had a passion for learn- ing which operated as an independent force. Possibly It was something like the untutored Alfred E. Smith's passion for governmental processes, or Abraham Lincoln's passion for his country. He never traveled, and lived in a quiet Brooklyn street. But he was an authority on North American Indian lan- guages: he could read Chinese and Japanese, and knew many of the Bantu dialects of Africa. His accomplishment was nothing short of amazing." i i News of the Ahininae M By GERTRUDE ALLEN McCONNELL '10 Executive Secretary of the Alumnae Association Alumnae Clubs ► ► The members of the Boston Club and sub-freshmen from that area were enter- tained at the home of Jessie Monroe Williams "12 in Cambridge on December 4th. Miss Eva A. Mooar, Director of Admis- sions at Pembroke, was the speaker and she gave her audience a delightful account of a typical day at Pembroke. Marjorie W. Shaw '04, President of the Club, and Ger- trude Allen McConnell, Executive Secre- tary of the Alumnae Association, poured at the tea which followed the meeting. The Club is planning to observe "Andrews Week" in January in honor of Dr. E. Ben- jamin Andrews, founder of the College. A number of bridges will be scheduled in various homes throughout the district. For further information alumnae may apply to Miss Constance Morrison '33, 40 Berkeley St., Boston. The Providence Club had as its speaker for the November meeting Prof. Lila M. Vaughn of Boston University, who spoke on "Co-operatives in Sweden." Mildred Bos- worth Brown '13, President of the Club, presided at the meeting. Isabel Lyon '38 spoke briefly and enthusiastically about the etching of the doorway of Pembroke Hall which has recently been made and which the Brun Mael board is selling. The Pembroke College Glee Club is to give a program for the Alumnae Club members on the evening of February 9th. The members of the Worcester County Club were entertained at a supper meeting on December 9th at the home of Lorna Kendall Snow '34, 17 Barnard Road, Worcester. The Washington alumnae and their hus- bands and the alumni and their wives were the guests of Marie Ettl Bennett '18 and her husband, James V. Bennett '18 on Sunday, November 28th, at their home in Chevy Chase. < i < Class I\oles ► ► 1894— Dr. Mary E, Woolley was the Founder's Day Speaker at Sweet Briar College. 1899 — Alverda Brown Sherwood has taken up her residence at 140 East 81st Street, New York City. 1905 — Olive Eddy Eaton has moved from North Carolina to 4059 Douglas Road, Miami, Florida. 1909 — Irene Larraway Tourtelott and family, who have been making their home in South Carolina for several years, are now back in New England and are living at 25 Calumet Road, Winchester, Mass. 1910 — Mabel Bushell Donle's son Walter, a senior at the University of New Hamp- shire, won the Cogswell Scholarship for his high marks during his first three years at that institution. He has also )ust been com- missioned a captain in the R. O. T. C. Her youngest son Kenneth has been elected to Alpha Chi Sigma, the honorary chemistry society. Mabel, since the death of her husband, Earle R. Donle "11, has been house-mother at the University. 1910 — Dorothy Bourne Meyette and family are now located at Suite 12, 1854 East 81st Street, Cleveland, Ohio. 1913 — Alletta Chamberlain Wheeler and her husband have purchased Maude Tucker MacLeod's house at 3 5 Channing Avenue. Maude and her husband have bought a large estate in Kenyon, R. I. 1919 — Martha Gage Brodie has moved to 10 Coolidge Park, Wakefield, Mass. 1924 — Dorothy Gray Watts has our sin- cere sympathy in the loss oi her seven months' old daughter, Judith Wheeler. 1925 — Amy Spencer Cappelli's poetry has been included in the book "American Women Poets, 1937," published by Henry Harrison of New York. 1926 — Eleanor Tupper's book entitled "Japan in American Public Opinion," which she wrote in collaboration with Dr. George E. McReynolds, was published in November by Macmillan. She has recently been made the academic head of the Emma Willard School in Troy, N. Y. 1929 — Josephine Towne Clifford (Mrs. George) is now living at 43 Deane Avenue, Graniteville, R. I. 1929 — Hope Shippee had a story pub- lished in the September number of Coronet. 1930 — Lois Nuzum Ware has our sym- pathy in the death of her husband, Gene Ware. She is living at 12 Philmont Ave., Auburn, R. I. 1932 — Mary Gladding Rigby and family recently moved to 28 Knowles St., Newton Center. 193 3 — Mabel Chappell is doing secreta- rial and statistical work for the brokerage firm, Brown, Lisle, and Marshal!. 1933 — Adelaide Davidson is studying at the University of Berlin on the Abbot Alumnae Fellowship. Her address is Hegel- haus Am. Tupsergraben, Berlin N W 7. 193 3 — Ruth C. Hussey returned from Hollywood to spend Christmas in Provi- dence. 1934— Ruth Clarke Miller has changed her residence from Fairhaven, Mass. to 313 High Street, Pawtucket, where her husband, Rev. Edmund A. Miller is pastor of the Methodist Church. 1936 — Caroline Cashman is teaching in the Brush Hill School. Milton, Mass. 1936 — Pauline Kleinberger Radom and her husband are now located at 1 Univer- sity Place, New York City. 1937 — Anne Levy is attending the Sim- mons School for Social Work. 1937 — Dorothy Lingard and Barbara Mayer are studying secretarial work at Bryant College. 1937 — Eleanor Tarpy is doing social work at the Children's Bureau. i i FREE Correspondence Course in FUNDAMENTAL ECONOMICS AND SOCIAL PHILOSOPHY Write jor deacriplive booklet 13 HENRY GEORGE SCHOOL OF SOCIAL SCIENCE Chartered bv University of State of N. Y, JOHN DEWEV, Honorary President 21i '.Vest 79th Street, New York City nnssnu IN THE BAHAMAS Famed among the recreation-seekers of two continents, Nassau combines a delightfully balmy climate, gla- morous beauty, and every modern pastime and comfort, in a melange of irresistible charm... Bathing on coral beaches... Fishing and sailing on the turquoise Caribbean . . . Golf, tennis, cycling, horse racing... All against a background of semi-tropical novelty, romance and mellov/ hospi- tality.. .Splendid hotels at attractive rates... And temperatures all winter long that do not go below a genial 68! For complete informolion on sail- ings, recreational features, hotels, costs. ..see your Travel Agent or NASSAU BAHAMAS INFORMATION BUREAU 30 ROCKEFELLER PLAZA, NEW YORK COIumbus S-4213 181 BROWN ALUMNI MONTHLY In the Graduate School ► Of 12 graduate students given resident fellowships by the Brookings Institute for advanced study in the social sciences, two are in the Brown University Graduate School. They are Adolph G. Abramson, graduate of the University of West Vir- ginia, and Miss Vera R. Kilduff, graduate of the University of Saskatchewan. BROWN DIRECTORY In Association u'ltli BROWN UNIVERSITY The DEPARTMENT of EDUCATION and VOCATION of The UNIVERSITY CLUB 40 Trinity Place, Boston, Mass. offers VOCATIONAL GUID- ANCE AND ASSISTANCE IN PLACEMENT to Graduates of Brown; also ASSISTANCE TO EXECUTIVES who have charge of Recruiting and Selecting College Graduates for their Organizations. Engagements > ► 1931 — Natalie Barnngton to Dr. Wilbur Merrill Frohock. Dr. Frohock, son of Sarah Merrill Frohock '97, received his Ph.B. from Brown in 1930, his A.M. in 1931 and his Ph.D. in 193?. He is a member of the faculty at Columbia University in the Department of Romance Languages. Miss Barnngton is Director of the News Bureau at Pembroke. 193 5 — Harriet Davics Walker to Richard Arden Batchelder. Brown 193 5. i Wedding ► 1933 — Dorothy Gray was married to William H. Nash on August 6, 1937 in Oneida, N. Y. Mr. Nash graduated from Wooster College in 193 2 and received his A.M. from Brown University in 1933. They are living at 7 Congdon St., Provi- dence. ^ Births y 1917— To Mr. and Mrs. J. Otis Fuller (Ruth Myrick), a daughter, on September 11, 1937. 1929 — To Mr. and Mrs. Harold K. Halpert (Florence Weinstein), a daughter, Joanna Maris, on December 7, 1937. The Halperts are living at 76 Spruce St., Port- land, Maine. 1930— To Mr. and Mrs. Charles E. Southworth (Audrey S. Watson), a son, Charles Eaton Southworth, Jr., on Novem- ber 15, 1937. They are living in Needham. 1931 — To Mr. and Mrs. Howard W. Lawson (Hasel Hammond), a daughter, Audrey Elizabeth, on June 9, 1937. Mr. and Mrs. Lawson are living at 1405 Chalk- stone Ave., Providence. ^ Death of Clara M. Law ► Cl.\r.\ M. Law, who was a special student during the early days of the College, died suddenly at The Barrington on December 18, 1937. She was the daughter of the late Charles and Sarah A. Kennon Law and was born in Providence. Miss Law was prominent in women's clubs in Providence for many years and was particularly inter- ested in everything which concerned the College. She was an officer of the Rhode Island Woman's Club, a member of the Ex-Club, the Republican Club, and a former member of the Fortnightly Club. On the night before she died she attended a meet- ing of the Republican Club. Miss Law was a frequent visitor at the Alumnae Office and always showed a keen interest in the affairs of the day, both at home and abroad. She made several trips to Europe and devoted part of each spring to volunteer work in the library at Storer College, Harper's Ferry, Virginia. i i HARRIS and GIFFORD Certified Public Accountants at 840 HOSPITAL TRUST BUILDING PROVIDENCE. R. 1, GAspee 7272 Townes M. Harris '25 Seth B, Gifford '20 PRESCRIPTIONS ...exactly as written When a doctor's prescription comes to us for compounding we consider it as a means toward someone's good health. Accordingly we practice utmost accuracy in compounding, using the finest quality ingredients the world affords. Bring YOUR prescriptions here. BLANDING'S 155 "Westminster St. 6 "Wa viand Square ► Pembroke Chronicle Bv ANNE G. ZEMAITIS, 1938 ► ► An additional use has been found for the Sayles Gymnasium. Students who com- mute from any long distances are now allowed to use its Rest Room facilities for staying overnight. Accommodations for 10 girls are available. The arrangements tor this use of the gymnasium were made by Miss Ellen W. Fernon, .social director, so that commuting students would be enabled to stay overnight particularly after plays, lectures, dances, concerts, and during exam- ination period. The 15 members of the Student Gov- ernment Board are now wearing white crew hats decorated with the new S. G. A. em- blem which was designed by Marion Petten- gill, 1938, and consists of the organization's letters, a wreath of laurels, and a gavel. The board adopted the hats to distinguish its members from the rest of the undergrad- uates. Helen Hodnett, 1939, of Providence, has been elected 16th queen of Elizabethans, the honorary Parliamentary organization. She succeeds Ruth C. Mann, 1938, the Crystal Queen. The election of the queen is the only undemocratic procedure ol the club. A special shelf has been set aside in the Pembroke Library for books on marriage, according to a recent announcement made by Miss Abby E. Fiske, librarian. This step was taken as a result of the interest shown in the subject by Pembroke students through their large attendance at the marriage lec- tures being sponsored by the Brown Liberal Club. Bowling ladders will be used this year to determine membership on the varsity and class bowling teams. The college champion will be chosen on the basis of the scores made in the varsity and class games. The Christian Association's Interfaith Committee is busy making plans for the remainder of the year. Last month it as- sisted in planning the Intercollegiate Inter- faith Conference which was held at Brown. The Committee, which is headed by Clara Schwab, 1940, of Newtonville, Massachu- setts, meets weekly to discuss the various religions and ways of promoting intergroup relations. ' ^ University Extension > Cultural subjects show the largest registration gains over last year in the Divi- sion of University Extension at Brown University, Prof. C. Emanuel Ekstrom, director says. The registration total was 1,457 for the Fall series of courses, which are open to the public. Of the courses with a vocational interest, those dealing with electrical engineering, teaching and advertising show registration gains over last Fall. Among the other courses showing increased registrations over last year are biology, education, composi- tion, speech and voice, Spanish, psychology and sociology. 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