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BROWN 

ALUMNI MONTHLY 



PROVIDENCE, RHODE ISLAND 

FEBRUARY, 1940 
VOL. XL NUMBER 6 



► ► The Council is Summoned 



► ► Brown Clubs in all corners of the country will send 
their representatives back to the University campus on Feb. 
22 to meet with other alumni leaders and deliberate with 
them m the annual sessions of the Advisory Council, the 
business body and forum of the Associated Alumni. The 
promising agenda becomes more significant in that it will 
mark the first appearance in the chair of Walter Hoving '20, 
president of the Associated Alumni, before the full congress 
of the alumni assembled for work on their common pro- 
blems and hopes. 

A further attraction is the coincidence that schedules 
the annual dinner of the Providence Brown Club later 
in the day, with the celebrated military expert. Major 
George Fielding Eliot, and President Wriston as speakers. 
Official Brown Club delegates will he guests at this affair. 

The Advisor)' Council, by definition in the bylaws of 
the Associated Alumni, is made up of the following: 1 — 
The President of each Brown Club or a representative 
duly appointed by him. (A club with a membership of 
more than 50 is entitled to a second delegate.) 2 — The 
officers of the Associated Alumni and members of its 
Board of Directors. 3 — All Alumni Trustees. 4 — Others 
invited by the Advisory Council, Board of Directors or 
Executive Committee. (Last year the latter privilege was 
widely exercised with the result that a large number of 
prominent alumni added their presence and ideas to an 
unusually stimulating discussion.) 

An innovation this year is the proposal to confine the 
Council's activities to a single day, and an ample but com- 
pact program should lend itself well to that experiment. 
There will also be adequate provision for questions and 
discussion from the floor as well as remarks by alumni and 
administration officials, in recognition of the fact that 
many important alumni projects have had their first ex- 
pression in this way. 

As tentatively outlined, the program for the 1940 Advi- 
sory Council meeting is scheduled to start at 9:30 on the 
morning of the 22nd, Washington's Birthday. Having 
called the meeting to order in Faunce House, Mr. Hoving 
will make his preliminary report as president of the Associ- 
ated Alumni, including some proposals for the Council's 
consideration. President Wriston will help to key-note the 
sessions with an address founded in his three years' famili- 
arity' with Brown and its alumni. His message to the 
alumni last year was a memorable one. Part of the morn- 
ing business will be the nominations of candidates for the 
unusually large number of Alumni Trustee posts which 
will be vacant in June and for a coming vacancy on the 
Athletic Council. 

A special tour of the campus will end the morning, giving 
opportunity to see University Hall in process of resto- 
ration, the new facilities in the John Hay Library, the 
Faunce House Colfee Lounge, and other physical revisions. 
Some of the highlights of the tour will have reference to 
matters which the afternoon meeting will take up after 
luncheon in the Faunce House Art Gallery. At this meal, 
when the Council will be the guests of the University, James 



L. Whitcomb "36, new Director of Alumni Relations, will 
be the speaker. 

An alumni forum, reports on the current state of alumni 
projects, a question box and discussion are scheduled, for 
the afternoon, Suggested projects to be described and con- 
sidered in the forum are: The Post-Graduate Scholarship, 
a Providence Alumni Headquarters, Alumni Recognition, 
and Promotion of the Brown Alumni Monthly. 

"Current Topics" to be presented later in the afternoon 
are: "The Four-Course Plan and Comprehensive Examin- 
ations" by Dean Samuel T. Arnold; "Brown Athletics" 
by Thomas W. Taylor, Director of Athletics; The Alumni 
Fund by Arthur L. Philbrick '03 and James W. Guril '38, 
chairman of the Trustees and Executive Secretary, respec- 
tively; "The Brown Plates" by Theodore R. JefFers '23 and 
Alton C. Chick '19; "Observations in General" by Vice 
President James P. Adams. James H. Case, Jr., designated 
Secretary of the University in charge of alumni and public 
relations, may be present at the session, although his ap- 
pointment does not take effect officially until March 1. 
Assistant Director of Admissions William Selden is an- 
other administration officer whose contribution to the 
panel is expected. i i 

Dinner with Major Eliot 

► M.^joR George Fielding Eliot, described by Lije 
magazine as one of America's most authoritative and most 
articulate military experts, will share the duties of speaker 
with President Wriston at the annual mid-winter dinner 
of the Brown Club of Providence on Feb. 22. The gathering, 
while limited to the capacity of the Providence Biltmore 
Hotel Ballroom, is open to alumni outside of Rhode Island 
as well as other non-members of the Providence club, 
particularly since the Associated Alumni are sharing in the 
sponsorship. Prominent alumni, in town for the Washing- 
ton's Birthday sessions of the Advisory Council of the 
Associated Alumni, will be among those present. 

The affair, in its general character and setting, will re- 
call the memorable evening when Rhode Island alumni 
welcomed President Wriston for the first time. And the 
committee, headed by W. Stanley Barrett '21, has made a 
popular choice of speaker in engaging Major Eliot, who 
has never been in such demand as writer and speaker as 
at present. Although a native of Brooklyn, he saw service 
in the World War with the Australians, later holding a 
commission in the United States military intelligence 
service. 

Author of two celebrated books, "The Ramparts We 
Watch" and "Bombs Bursting in Air", he was in Europe 
when the war broke out. He had just completed a tour of 
the principal military establishments, having journeyed 
from England to Egypt and from the Balkans to Moscow. 
His broadcasts from London during the first days of the 
conflict brought him to a wider American public, which 
still further respects him as the result of his correspondence 
for the Scripps-Howard papers, the NEA Service, Life, 
and now the J^ew 'Yor\ Herald-Tnhune. A 



THE COVEIR PHOTO : In what was formerly the eastern third of the main reading room of the 
John Hay Library, students browse and enjoy the worthwhile books of the Reuben Guild Room. 



BROWN ALUMNI MONTHLY 



A New Officer < 

► ► Creation of a new administrative office, that of Sec- 
retary of Brown University, was announced on Jan. 17 by 
President Wriston, together with word that a young Prince- 
ton alumnus would fill the post. The appointee, who will 
begin his work about March 1, is James Herbert Case, Jr., 
of Plainfield, N. J., now associated with the Securities Ex- 
change Commission. 

As Secretary of the University, Mr. Case will concern 
himself primarily with public relations, Dr. Wriston said. 
"He will have general supervision of all University rela- 
tionships with alumni, and his responsibilities will also in- 
clude general supervision of the activities of the News 
Bureau. 

Mr. Case "will be the liaison officer between the adminis- 
tration of the University and the officers and hoard of direc- 
tors of the Associated Alumni, and between the University 
and the Alumni Fund trustees," President Wriston's an- 
nouncement said. 

The new secretary was appointed upon the recommenda- 
tion of a special committee consisting of Harold B. Tanner. 
'09; Clinton C. White, "00; Claude R. Branch. '07; W. 
Granville Meader, '05, and Charles J. Hill, '16, all of Prov- 
idence. They have been considering for several months "the 
whole matter of the organization of the functions with 
which Mr. Case will be concerned," Dr. Wriston said. 

Mr. Case prepared for college at The Hotchkiss School. 
He was graduated from Princeton with an A.B. degree in 
1929. During the academic year 1929-30 he taught history 
at Hotchkiss. 

In 1930 Mr. Case became associated with the Stock 
Clearing Corporation in New York, where he remained for 
four years. When the Securities Exchange Commission was 
established in 1934, Mr. Case became associated with the 
trading and exchange division, and has been a member of 
the staff of the commission since that time. 

For more than a year he has been connected with the 
insurance investigation of the Temporary National Eco- 
nomic Committee, on loan from the Securities Exchange 
Commission. Mr. Case is now in Washington. < i 

Director of Alumni Relations 

► ► James L. Whitcomb '36, named Director of Alumni 
Relations to succeed Alfred H. Gurney '07, took up his 
duties in the Alumni Office, Faunce House on Jan. 22, and 
is hard at work. The office of Alumni Secretary had been 
vacant since last July when Mr. Gurney resigned after 17 
years' service to become Jury Commissioner for the State 
of Rhode Island, although Mr. Gurney has continued to 
perform many duties on a part-time voluntary' basis. On 
Dec. 12 President Henry M. Wriston was notified by 
Walter Hoving '20, President of the Associated Alumni, 
that his Executive Committee, in co-operation with 
University officials, had chosen Mr. Whitcomb for the 
retitled position of Director of Alumni Relations. 

The new Director of Alumni Relations was active on 
the campus during his undergraduate days. He was a 
member of the Undergraduate Athletic Council, president 
of the Erasmians Society, member of the Sphinx Club, 
president of his fraternity. Phi Kappa Psi, business manager 
of the Brownbrokers, the Brown representative to the 
Model League of Nations, and class orator at the "Under 




NEW OFFICE, NEW MAN: The office is 
that of Secretary of the University, a post 
just created ; the appointee is James H. 
Case, Jr., Princeton alumnus. 



the Elms" exercises. During his freshman and sophomore 
years he participated in wrestling and track. He was on 
the Dean's list, was awarded a Francis Wayland scholar- 
ship, and graduated cum laude. 

Since leaving the University, Mr. Whitcomb spent a 
year at the Department of Commerce in Washington as 
an intern with the National Institute of Public Affairs. 
He was assigned variously to the Bureau of the Census, 
to the Business Advisory Council as a special assistant to 
the Secretary and to the Bureau of Fisheries to conduct 
a marketing survey. While in Washington he attended the 
American University School of Public Affairs. After 
leaving the government service he became Administrative 
Assistant to the Retail Dry Goods Association of New 
York City and held that position until last month. 

In a statement for the Alumni Monthly, Mr. Whit- 
comb said, "I hope to carry on the work of the Alumni 
Office, so capably performed by Mr. Gurney for so many 
years. In my few short years away from the Hill, there 
have been many changes, not in the traditional aim of 
Brown's educational system, but those changes designed to 
keep Brown abreast of the world of today, and those design- 
ed to prepare the University for the world of tomorrow. I 
shall devote my tenure of office as Director of Alumni Rela- 
tions to the end that alumni activities are an integral part of 
Brown's developing program of public relations, but I am 
cognizant of the fact that an organization, alumni or other- 
wise, functions only as well as we make it function; I am 
sure that each of the University's 1 1 ,000 alumni will give 
me their whole-hearted support." 

Three Alumni Secretaries have preceded Mr. Whitcomb 
in office. First to serve when the alumni organization was 
revamped in 1919 was Norman S. Case '08, later Governor 
of Rhode Island and now member of the Federal Communi- 
cations Commission. Henry T. Samson '19 was also an 
incumbent before Mr. Gurney took office in September 
1922. i i 



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Undergraduate Air < 

► ► New England college students will soon be the first 
in the country to have their own intercollegiate radio 
broadcasting system, if plans backed by the Brown Network 
at Brown University develop according to schedule. 

The project calls for linking Brown, Dartmouth, M. I. T., 
and Wesleyan together over a leased wire system so that 
each college can broadcast to the other. It will not only 
provide entertainment for listeners and experience for 
radio-minded students handling the technical details, but 
it will promote "friendly contacts" between the institu- 
tions taking part, the sponsors believe. 

Arrangements are already nearing completion for a 
tie-up between Brown, Wesleyan and Harvard, according 
to George Abraham '40, chairman of the board of the 
Brown Network. Dartmouth and M. I. T. have expressed 
interest and other colleges and universities are being in- 
vited to join. 

The network idea grew from Brown's complete student- 
owned and operated intramural system, conceived by 
Abraham during his freshman year and originating from a 
simple two-way communication hook-up with a friend in 
his dormitory. 

► Today the Brown Network is a major extra-curricular 
organization, with elaborate sound-proof studios and a 
central control room in Faunce House; 30 stations in 
dormitories and fraternity houses where programs can 
originate, and a three-board staff of 75 members at Brown 
and Pembroke College in charge of programs, advertising 
and technical arrangements for its estimated daily audi- 
ence of 2,000 listeners. 

Technically the network is a wired radio frequency 
system, broadcasting on a 570 kilocycle band. Programs 
are carried over 30,000 feet of wire strung through steam 
tunnels into dormitories and fraternity houses, but the 
power used is so small that broadcasts can be heard only 
on radios within a few feet of the transmission lines. The 
network accordingly needs no license. 

Daily programs are as varied as those heard over com- 
mercial stations. A typical broadcast schedule one day 
last fall included recordings of Beethoven's Ninth Sym- 
phony, sponsored by the Department of Music, a lecture 
on bridge, a comedy skit, an interview with football coach 
"Tuss" McLaughry, dinner speakers launching the Brown 
Christian Association's drive, and campus news flashes. 

The network has a portable unit which is used in relay- 
ing dinghy races, campus interviews, athletic contests, and 
other outside events to the central control room. A wire 
from Princeton brought the Brown-Princeton football game 
to network listeners on Oct. 28, with Kenny Clapp '40 
doing the description. 

A faculty advisory board is cooperating with the net- 
work in expanding its activities and in arranging more 
ambitious programs this year. Following in general a pro- 
gram pattern already tried out, the network will broad- 
cast not only all available campus events, but will map 
out an extensive series of musical, dramatic and feature 
entertainment originating under the network's own aus- 
pices. Much of the expense involved will be written off 
through advertising contracts — an innovation begun suc- 
cessfully a year ago. i i 



Tragedy Hits the D. K. E. House 

► There was unexpected drama in the Springfield Audi- 
torium on the afternoon of Dec. 17, when the Siberian 
Singers, led by Nicholas Vasilieff, gave a concert before an 
audience of 2500. "Mr. Vasilieff both sang and directed 
and in addition spoke briefly about each work," said the 
reporter for the Spring/ield Union the next day^ "It 
appeared that he was undergoing some profound emotional 
experience and more than once, as he spoke, his voice 
faltered. 

"It was not until after the concert that he confided 
that the body of his son was lying in a chapel in New 
York awaiting burial. The boy, 19 years old, a Sophomore 
at Brown University, was killed in an automobile accident 
Thursday. However, Mr. Vasilieff said, 'the show had to 
go on.' " 

Vasilieff and two other undergraduates members of 
D. K. E. at Brown had been down on Cape Cod to get 
some greens for Christmas decorations at a chapter dance 
just before the holidays. Returning, their car sideswiped 
a truck in Rehoboth and caught fire. The three were pulled 
from their automobile unconscious and rushed to the Morton 
Hospital in Taunton. Members of the fraternity offered 
their blood in transfusions, but Vasilieff died the following 
day. His parents flew from their home in Astoria, Long 
Island in time to see him before his death. 

The flag at half-mast was a symbol of the University 
mourning for Vasilieff. He had been a popular member of 
his class, a star soccer player and a scholarship winner. One 
companion, less seriously injured, was Burton C. Nason, 
prominent in Sock and Buskin and the Glee Club. The 
third was not so fortunate. It was weeks before Charles 
J. Harkins, Senior from Winthrop, Mass., and twice a 
letter-man on the Varsity baseball team, was discharged 
from the hospital. i 

Academic Freedom and Tenure 

► As spokesman for 500 liberal arts colleges and univer- 
sities of accredited standing. President Henry M. Wriston 
of Brown presented a statement on "Academic Freedom 
and Tenure" before the Association of American Colleges, 
meeting last month in Philadelphia. It was adopted as the 
Association's official utterance, and will now be submitted 
to the American Association of University Professors. 

"Academic freedom is fundamental for the protection of 
the rights of the teacher in teaching and of the student in 
learning," said the statement. But academic freedom carries 
with it duties correlative with rights. 

"Tenure is a means to certain ends: freedom of teaching 
and research and of extra-mural activities, and a sufficient 
degree of economic security to make the profession attrac- 
tive to men and women of ability . . . Freedom and economic 
security, henpe tenure, are indispensable to the success of an 
institution in fulfilling its obligations to its students and 
to society." 

The teacher is "a citizen, a member of a learned pro- 
fession and an officer of an educational institution. When 
he speaks or writes as a citizen, he should be free from 
institutional censorship or discipline, but his special position 
in the community imposes special obligations." The report 
managed to be more specific about these basic principles. 

Dr. Samuel T. Arnold, Dean of the College, and Dean 
Margaret S. Morriss of Pembroke were also delegates to 
the sessions of the Association of American Colleges. 
Founded in 1914, it is designed to promote the interests of 
higher education on all its fronts. < 



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HeadKned Alumni < 

"Don't Smash the Thermometer" 

► ► W. Randolph Burgess '12, vice-chairman of the 
board of the National City Bank, told the Connecticut 
Bankers' Association last month that he believed returning 
gold to circulation would be a means of "restoring confi- 
dence in money. Urging the re-establishment of the gold 
standard, he compared it to a fever thermometer which 
"sometimes frightens you unduly and at the wrong time." 
"Smashing the thermometer is a dangerous way to deal with 
a thermometer." 

Return to a fixed parity, he said, would make still more 
difficult in future any changes in money's gold value, which 
had been altered "more frequently for political than for 
sound economic reasons." 

The Associated Press man at New Haven quoted Dr. 
Burgess as saying that restoration of the gold standard 
would make less easy "over-expansion, the use of inflation- 
ary devices or long continuance of unbalanced budgets." 
It would put America "in a much stronger position to 
advocate and assist in achieving that currency stability 
which is essential to trade." i i 

Company Union Permitted 

► When Lawyer Chauncey E. Wheeler '09 returned to 
New England for the New Year's holiday, he brought 
back with him a decision of the Third Federal Circuit Court 
of Appeals that was not only pleasing to him and his client 
but important to anyone involved in those turbulent epi- 
sodes known as "labor situations." An opinion written by 
Judge Francis Biddle, former chairman of the National 
Labor Relations Board, upset an order of the NLRB by 
ruling that independent unions or company unions are as 
legal and valid as the national labor organizations, provided 
they are not under employer domination. 

The decision set aside an order directing the Swank 
Products Company, jewelry manufacturers of Attleboro, 
Mass., to disestablish an employes' association, which a 
union of the AFL charged was company dominated. The 
opinion, the 'Hew Tor\ Times noted, sets a precedent for 
the Pennsylvania, New Jersey and Delaware area encom- 
passed by the court, but the precedent is not a national 
one, since the Second Circuit Court of Appeals, sitting in 
New York, had handed down a similar decision several 
weeks previously. Why the Attleboro case should be heard 
in Philadelphia was not clear to a layman. 

Concurring with Judge Biddle were Judges Albert B. 
Maris and John Biggs, Jr., listed by the Times as "appointees 
of President Roosevelt." Mr. Wheeler will be remembered 
by many alumni as the presiding officer at the Sayles Hall 
meeting on Commencement Day. i 

To Study the Junior Colleges 

► At the request of the General Education Board of the 
Rockefeller Foundation, the Board of Trustees of Scranton- 
Keystone Junior College has granted a leave of absence to 
its president, Byron S. Hollinshead '28. President Hollins- 
head, as a consultant for the General Education Board, 
between Feb. 1 and July 1 will visit junior colleges through- 
out the United States in order to report on their activities 
to the Foundation. Mr. Hollinshead, one of the leading 
junior college educators in the country, is apparently given 
a commission not unlike that on which Dr. Bruce M. Bige- 
low. Brown's director of admissions, has been absent from 
the campus to study American collegiate administrative 
methods for the Rockefeller Foundation. < 



Man for Metals 

► ► Director of the University of Michigan's Depart- 
ment of Engineering Research for 20 years and a leader in 
American metallurgy in both civil and military fields. Dr. 
Albert E. White '07 has had the honor of being made a 
founder member of the American Society for Metals. The 
society's first president, he is the fourth man to be so honored 
since the society was formed in 1920. 

The Department of Engineering Research, of which 
Dr. White is the head, was established by the University of 
Michigan to meet the needs of industrial concerns for 
fundamental research in engineering. The staff of experts 
in various engineering fields, the laboratories, and the equip- 
ment of the University's College of Engineering are made 
available to industry through the Department. The ex- 
penses of this research are carried by the firms for whom 
the research is done. About 1,200 industrial problems have 
been brought to the Department for investigation, and, 
during the last full year of operation, 201 projects were 
worked on by the Department. Aside from administration, 
249 persons participated in the technical aspects of the re- 
search Department's activities, of whom 47 were members 
of the teaching staff, 10 were full-time research workers, 
and 192 were assistants. 

Besides its research activities, the Department sponsors 
various conferences of the technical workers in industry. 

Dr. White, educated at Brown and Harvard Universities, 
received the honorary Doctor of Science degree from Brown 
in 1925. During the World War he served in various 
technical capacities for the United States Army as head of 
the Metallurgical Branch of the Inspection Division, and 
later as head of the Metallurgical Branch of the Technical 
Staff. At present he is a Lieutenant Colonel in the Ord- 
nance Department of the Reserve Corps. Author of over 
40 technical papers dealing with metallurgy and the admin- 
istration of research. Dr. White has served as President of 
the American Society for Testing Materials, important 
agency for engineering research and standardization. He 
has been a member of the Main Research Committee of 
The American Society of Mechanical Engineers, the Na- 
tional Research Council, and the Engineering Foundation. 

i i 
The Post Liked His Editorial 

► The Saturday Erennig Post paid a tribute to the memory 
of Charles P. Ives, 2nd, '25 when it commented approvingly 
of his editorial in the Baltimore Sun on the National Labor 
Relations Board's "denial of any rights to the employer in a 
labor controversy." In a column editorial on Dec. 16, the 
Post quoted liberally from the Baltimore commentary. 

Chairman Madden of the NLRB had cited a Supreme 
Court decision to support his board's contention that an 
employer may not indicate to his employes that he does not 
like unions or that he prefers one union to another. The 
NLRB ruled that the employer's right to free speech con- 
flicts with the employe's right to organize. 

Ives recalled that the Supreme Court decision quoted to 
support the Board's contention was originally assailed by 
Labor as "a blow to human freedom." And the Post com- 
mends Ives for pointing out that "the employe has an imme- 
diate remedy in law; the employer has none." i 
Surgeons Who Reconstruct 

► Dr. Arthur Palmer '11 is the new president of the 
Society of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery which held 
its eighth annual convention in New York City last month 
with a hundred doctors from all parts of the country at- 
tending, i 



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► ► 




Wanted — Chemist with 
Writing Ability. 

► ► This title line headed a Situation Open ad in a re- 
cent issue of Industrial and Engineering Chemistry. It has 
been used here because it implies so exactly a condition 
found in too many chemists and other technically educated 
men — the lack of ability on the part of these men to ex- 
press themselves logically, precisely, and interestingly. An 
astonishing number of chemists and engineers can neither 
write nor talk well; otherwise, there would be no need for 
the industrial executive who inserted the want ad to specify 
writing ability as a requirement. He would be able to as- 
sume that in a man sufficiently educated to be a chemist 
he could take writing ability for granted. 

There are many graduates of excellent universities, whose 
technical accomplishments are outstanding, but whose use 
of the English language in speech and on paper is mediocre 
or worse. It is unusual to find a chemist with real writing 
and speaking ability. It follows, therefore, that the truly 
prominent chemist is not only technically sound, but also 



Why Bother with EngUsh? 

BY SEWARD G. BYAM '16 

An excellent advocate of the value of English 
to the technical student is the writer of the accom- 
panying article, and it is obvious from his product 
tluit Mr. Byam is a chemist who writes well. 
Though modesty permits no personal history in 
his argument, he is an important figure in the 
du Pont organization, in the Rubber Chemicals 
Division. The Alumni Monthly is gratefid to 
Professor Ralph L. Blanchard 'I? for the oppor- 
tunity to print this article bv his friend and college 
contemporary. 

able to express his ideas in clear, interesting language. Other 
men of equal ability in chemical work, but who lack facility 
in the use of words, rarely reach the top. Employers are 
well aware of this situation and select for advancement the 
man who handles words as easily as test tubes. 

Granting that the technical man who is at ease with his 
language is the exception in industry, we may well ask why 
this condition exists and what can be done about it. It is 
probably true that the average boy who enters college to 
study chemistry or engineering desires no more education 
in literature and the cultural subjects than is required for 
a degree. Hence the study of English, theme-writing, public 
speaking, and other subjects designed to increase the power 
of expression seems dull to him, and he considers it a nec- 
essary evil rather than an essential requirement in the prep- 
aration for his life work. He does not appreciate King Lear's 
apt injunction, "Mend your speech a little, lest it may mar 
your fortune." 

► It cannot be said that our English professors are at fault. 
They are capable in their profession and always willing to 
help any interested student. They do emphasize the value 
of and need for precise expression, but since the student 
knows that every professor considers his subject of maximum 
importance, the arguments for doing well in it carry very 
little weight. You can lead a horse to water, but you can't 
make him drink unless he is thirsty; you can subject a 
student to instruction in the proper use of language, but he 
will not learn unless he wants that knowledge. The chemist 
and the engineer, inclined toward the literal and accuS' 
tomed to looking at education mainly as a tool for earning a 
living, want to know why this use of English is important 
to them. Once convinced that it is important, they will 
want to acquire a better knowledge of it. Only then can 
the professor of English hope to get results. 

When a young man leaves college after completing his 
studies in chemistry or engineering he starts to look for a 
job. Immediately, of course, he has a selling job to do; sell- 
ing himself in his letters of application. This is his first 
practical need for ability in expression. The letter of appli- 
cation tells many things to the potential employer — too 
often, things the applicant prefers to keep hidden. After 
the job has been obtained the need for good expression may 
be less obvious, though not less important. 

True, the young chemist is not hired to write novels, 
sales literature, or advertising; he is hired to work in a 
laboratory, to analyze raw and finished materials, and to 
synthesize new products. For this work he needs unques- 
tionably, not English, but chemistry. During the first five 
years he uses all the chemistry he has been taught in college 



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and has learned since, and he has relatively little need to 
call on his general knowledge to make satisfactory progress. 

► If he is successful, however, he does not stay in the lab- 
oratory (unless he is in chemical research) , but is promoted 
to a supervisory job in production or in some other phase of 
industrial activity. Here he uses less of his chemical edu' 
cation and more of his experience gained since college. In 
addition, he must start drawing on his broader cultural 
background in order to impress his personality favorably on 
his associates. He must get along with men, subordinates 
as well as superiors. He studies new things, accepts new 
responsibilities. He must suggest new ideas and improve- 
ments. He must be able to present these ideas to the factory 
manager in a convincing manner, supporting them with 
written reports. If the reports are concise and accurate they 
will carry weight. If they are illogical, wordy, ungram- 
matical; if they contain sloppy language of any kind, the 
factory manager may conclude they result from sloppy 
thinking. 

Ten years after graduation our young man is rarely a 
chemist or an engineer. Eighty per cent of the "Chemists" 
who leave college do not continue in direct chemical work. 
If the young man does stay in the laboratory, it is more 
than likely he has failed to impress his superiors sufficiently 
to be selected for more important work. Again research 
chemists are excepted, although the ability to talk and write 
precisely is necessary to them, also. Our factory supervisor 
ten years out of college has learned that much of his edu- 
cation in chemistry is already obsolete. It has served its 
purpose. 

He now becomes a factory executive, transfers to sales 
or advances in some other direction in industry. He is in 
contact with more important people, men who are in re- 
sponsible positions because of outstanding ability. Many of 
these new associates are men of culture who can express 
themselves interestingly on a wide variety of subjects. Suc- 
cessful executives prefer to discuss their business problems 
with young men who can furnish new ideas, simply but 
precisely expressed. At this point our chemist needs, as 
never before, knowledge of English, grammar and literature. 
If this part of his education was neglected in college, and 
the lack unremedied by wide reading and study in after 
years, he will be tremendously handicapped in becoming a 
successful higher executive. For the balance of his business 
life his success will depend upon the English language and 
what use he makes of it — not on the chemistry he felt so 
important while in college. Words are his tools from now on. 

► What is the answer to this problem? How can chemists 
with writing ability be developed in greater numbers? We 
have already observed that the young man electing to study 
chemistry or engineering is a practical individual. It fol- 
lows that he can be influenced by proof that his language, 
his use of words, is even more important to his ultimate 
economic well-being than his selected specialty. An attempt 
to appeal to him along esthetic lines may be futile, for it is 
very probable that he will think the satisfactions of life come 
from a knowledge of science rather than of art or literature. 
The wisest argument is from the purely practical angle, 
then; the money value of a broad cultural education with an 
understanding of words to express it. 

We have also said that the English professor is often 
unable to convince the technical student of the value of 
language, although he is capable of training those already 
convinced. It is the chemistry and engineering professors, 
the instructors of physics, mathematics, economics, philoso- 



phy, history, and every other branch of learning to which 
the student is exposed, who must emphasize the need for 
proper expression. These teachers must not only stress the 
importance of intelligent expression but must insist upon it 
in their own classes. A high rating should not be given 
unless the students' knowledge is expressed well. In later 
years he may "flunk out" of a job because of his vague, 
unintelligible reports. If strict standards of expression were 
demanded in chemistry as well as in English classes, the 
student would soon seek the help of the English professor. 

Opportunity for chemists with writing ability are in- 
creasing. Advertising, public relations, journalism, the gov- 
ernment are requiring as never before technical men who 
can write. It is better to use a chemist who can write than 
to try to teach chemistry to an experienced writer. Reports 
of technical meetings by capable but non-technical journal- 
ists are often ridiculous since they attempt to obscure their 
ignorance of the subject with glib language. It is unfor- 
tunate that so much is done with words that misleads 
people. Our safeguard lies in our understanding of the 
meanings of words that we may not be fooled by them. 
Eloquence is admirable only when backed up with knowl- 
edge and honest intention. 

Technical papers appearing in literature or delivered at 
scientific meetings are much too often dull and exhausting, 
though containing valuable information. If written simply, 
concisely yet colorfully, and presented with some degree of 
eloquence, these papers would be listened to and later read 
more carefully. If the substance is of value, more is accom- 
plished by the excellent presentation because a larger num- 
ber of people are made aware of it. In addition, the scientist 
who has done this work gains added recognition — often 
tangible recognition — and prestige for his accomplishment. 

Emerson once said, "And it is so plain to me that elo- 
quence is an art which all men might learn though so few 
do it." One further thought that seems pertinent to this 
discussion is taken from the writings of Nicholas Murray 
Butler. He said, "First among the evidences of an education 
I name correctness and precision in the use of the Mother 
tongue." i i 

Dr. Wtdsh^s Two Presidencies 

► Dr. John G. Walsh '06 became president of the Prov- 
idence Medical Association at the 93rd annual meeting in 
Providence last month. He is also president this year of the 
New England Obstetrical and Gynecological Society. Other 
honors listed by the Providence Journal are : "Chief of the 
Obstetrical Department, Pawtucket Memorial Hospital; vis- 
iting obstetrician at the Providence Lying-in Hospital, 
obstetrical consultant to the Rhode Island State Board of 
Health; Fellow of the American College of Surgeons, and 
of the Obstetrical Society of Boston; and a Diplomate of 
the American Board of Obstetricians and Gynecologists." 

i 

A Guide for a Career 

► In the first year of its existence as publisher of books, 
the new firm of Duell, Sloan & Pearce of New York has a 
formidable list of authors to its credit. One of them is 
Walter Hoving '20, whose book "Your Career in Business," 
is announced for May 17. The advance statement in 
Publishers' Weekly characterizes it as follows: 

"A concrete, practical guide to (a) finding the right job 
and (b) making a career of it — by the energetic President 
of New York's Lord & Taylor's. Mr. Hoving, a business 
executive of outstanding reputation, is known to hundreds 
of prospective buyers through his talks to graduating classes, 
business schools, and other groups." i 



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► ► The Houses and Their Freshmen 



► ► A FALL of rushing had its climax in Pledge Night on 
Dec. 11 when 190 freshmen accepted invitations to join a 
Brown University fraternity. With delegations averaging 
lO^o each for the 18 houses on the Hill, the percentage of 
men pledging was the lowest in recent years. Forty-five 
per cent of the class of 414 freshmen accepted bids, as 
compared with 56% in 1936, 54% in 1937 and 51^0 in 
19.38. 

Four fraternities pledged 15 men each, the maximum 
permitted any fraternity under the I. G. B. rules for 1939. 
They were Delta Kappa Epsilon, Delta Upsilon, Pi Lambda 
Phi, and Psi Upsilon. Totals for other houses, subject to 
increase after the second semester starts, are as follows: 
Zeta Psi 14, Alpha Delta Phi 13, Phi Delta Theta 13, 
Theta Delta Chi 13, Phi Kappa Psi 12, Delta Tau Delta 11, 
Phi Gamma Delta 11, Beta Theta Pi 10, Kappa Sigma 10, 
Delta Phi 8, Sigma Nu ^, Alpha Tau Omega 5, Sigma Chi 
4, Lambda Chi Alpha 1. 

At noon on Pledge Day the freshmen gathered in Sayles 
Hall to list their first, second and third choices of fraterni- 
ties, while the houses submitted lists of preferred men to 
the Interfraternity Governing Board. Acting as a clearing 
house, the L G. B. then spent the afternoon comparing the 
lists and assigned final bids which were given out at six 
o'clock. After the formal ceremony of signing cards, the 
pledges hastened to their respective houses to receive noisy 
welcomes, pins, and congratulations. 

► The fraternity delegations from the class of 1943 are as 
follows : 

Alpha Delta Phi 

Robert Broadwell, Oak Park, 111.; E. Anthony Buxton, 
Providence; John M. Collins, Great Barrington, Mass.; 
Stephen M. Danforth, Providence; Franklin B. Floyd, Cleve- 
land Heights, Ohio; Malcolm R. Lovell, Jr., New York 
City; David B. MacAusland, Boston; Earl B. Nichols, Re- 
hoboth, Mass.; Eliot F. Parkhurst, Providence; Converse 
Prudden, Hingham, Mass.; James L. Torcom, Evanston, 111.; 
Thomas L. Yatman, Providence; Robert H. Zeugner, Miami 
Beach, Fla. 

Alpha Tau Omega 

Ralph Callelo, Rumford; Walter SanMartino, Provi- 
dence; George N. Pechilis, Brockton; Christi Karafotias, 
Brockton; Richard J. Unger. 

Beta Theta Phi 

Henry C. Adams, Pawtucket; J. Francis Battey, Crans- 
ton; Leighton T. Bohl, Jr., Cranston; Robert W. Calhoun, 
Springfield, Mass.; Paul E. Culbertson, Collingswood, New 
Jersey; Philip F. Hartung, Jr., Teaneck, New Jersey; Don- 
ald M. Henderson, Wellesley, Mass.; Robert A. Johnson, 
Jr., Longmeadow, Mass. ; Robert V. Moesch, Buffalo, N. Y. ; 
Robert W. Radway, Staten Island, N. Y. 
Delta Kappa Epsilon 

John E. Andrews, Whitman, Mass.; Thomas D. Burns, 
Andover, Mass.; L. Robert Campbell, Ware, Mass.; 
Maurice W. Carroll, Jr., Medford, Mass.; George P. 
Delaney, Newton, Mass.; Charles D. Houlihan, Newton 
Center, Mass.; Joseph L. Johnson, Jr., Newton Center, 
Mass.; Henry Loeb, 3rd, Memphis, Tenn.; Robert J. Mere- 
dith, Jr., Rochester, N. Y. ; Charles B. O'Brien, New Haven; 
Richard G. Pinkham, Lynn, Mass.; Howard W. Raymond, 
Brockton, Mass.; Anthony J. Rotelli, Johnston, R. I.; Wil- 
liam P. Wells, BuckhiU Falls, Pa.; Frank Wright, Altoona, 
Pa. 



Delta Phi 

Robert S. Allen, Pawtucket; Duncan J. Colley, Barring- 
ton, R. I.; William G. Corbus, Evanston, 111.; William C. 
Frayer, Ann Arbor, Mich.; William W. Keffer, West 
Hartford, Conn.; Frederick Mason, Jr., Providence; W. 
Scott Potter, Houston, Texas; Arnold H. Seaburg, Jr., 
Manchester, Conn. 

Delta Tau Delta 

Frank C. Boekell, New York City; Ray B. Egan, Jr., 
Pelham, N. Y.; Malcolm E. Graham, Pelham, N. Y.; Robert 
L. Johnson, Watertown, Mass.; William A. McCabe, Prov- 
idence; Donald W. Marshall, Millersburg, Pa.; Samuel S. 
Pilkington, Winchester, Mass.; Kirk K. Rowell, Wethers- 
field, Conn.; Kenneth M. So:zi, Scarsdale, N. Y.; L. War- 
ren Van Gelderen, Long Beach, L. I.; James P. Verner, Jr., 
Pittsburgh, Pa. 

Delta Upsilon 

John L. Carter, Portsmouth, New Hampshire; Donald E. 
Corsine, Milwaukee, Wis.; Bruce M. Donaldson, Chicago, 
111.; Richard R. Gummere, Lynhrook, N. Y.; Robert V. 
Hoffman, Jr., South Bend, Ind.; Dwight R. Ladd, Ware- 
ham, Mass.; John W. Mayhew, Jr., Martha's Vineyard, 
Mass.; Richard D. Meader, Cranston; E. Eliot Miller, East 
Williston, N. Y.; David W. Murphy, Marshfield, Mass.; 
Robert D. Schmah, Needham, Mass.; George W. Smith, 
Brookline, Mass.; Gordon D. Swaffield, Taunton, Mass.; 
John R. Truelson, Worcester, Mass.; Richard H. Wilbur, 
Weymouth, Mass. 

Kappa Sigma 

Eugene G. Balassie, Stamtord, Conn.; James E. Ball, 3rd, 
Chevy Chase. Md.; Howard H. Braverman, Woodhaven, 
N. Y.; John D. Briggs, Ridgewood, N. J.; David Curtis, 
West Warvv'ick; Frank E. Gernon, Jr., New York City; 
Alexander A. Hardy, Edgcwood; Ralph S. Jackson, New 
Bedford, Mass.; Henry Klehm, Jr., Milton, Mass.; and 
Walter R. McKee, Chicago, 111. 

Lambda Chi Alpha 

Walter L. Milne, Fall River, Mass. 

Phi Delta Theta 

Jarvis H. Alger, Montreal, P. Q. Canada; James G. An- 
derson, Jr., West Medway, Mass. ; Philip S. Bradford, Jr., 
Columbus, Ohio; Richard H. Colwell, West Barrington; 
Spero T. Constantine, New London, Conn.; Howard L. 
Bobeille, Westerly; Charles F. Hanisch, South Attleboro, 
Mass.; William M. Kaiser, Jr., Evanston, 111.; Joseph L. 
LeGros, Oak Park, 111.; Earl A. Nason, Jr., Cranston; Flint 
F. Ricketson, Nutley, N. J.; Stratton C. Walling, Barring- 
ton; Donald J. Werden, Jenkintown, Pa. 
Phi Gamma Delta 

B. Mason Bowen, Buffalo, N. Y. ; Robert A. Doherty, 
New London; William H. Heaviside, Brooklyn, N. Y. ; 
Robert E. McGowan, White Plains, N. Y.; J. Walter Mc- 
Lellan, Elmer C. Macdonald, Providence; John J. Meily, 
Jr., 2^greb, Yugoslavia; William N. Parker, New Rochelle, 
N. Y. ; James R. Rutherford, Jr., White Plains, N. Y. ; Rich- 
ard A. Sanford, Exeter, N. H.; Edwin Wilks, 3rd, Slaters- 
ville. 

Phi Kappa Psi 

David M. Armstrong, Chicago; Francis J. Boyan, Engle- 
wood, N. J.; William N. Bumpus, Pasadena, Cal.; Philip 
T. Cassidy, Brookline, Mass.; Arthur W. Drew, Provi- 
dence; Richard M. Field, Barrington; Russell J. Hall, Bris- 
tol, Conn.; Elmer B. Howell, Jr., Babylon, L. I.; Thomas D. 



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McKone, Kingsley N. Meyer, East Greenwich; Edward T. 
Wilcox, New York City; John W. Woodbury, South 
Lyndeboro, N. H. 

Pi Lambda Phi 
Bertram D. Buchaher, New York City; David B. Cooper, 
Brookline, Mass.; Jay W. Fidler, Brooklyn, N. Y.; John 
H. Oarlock, New York City; Leonard Geller, Brookline 
Mass.; Herbert Ginsberg, Brooklyn, N. Y.; George J 
Joelson, Patterson, N. J.; David Joseph, Brooklyn, N. Y. 
Bernard Lubarsky, White Plains, N. Y.; Sidney Marks, 
Newton, Mass.; James A. Munves, Cedarhurst, N. Y. 
Aaron H. Rudolph, Montreal, Canada; William Simon, 
Jr., Glencoe, 111.; Richard L. Sneider, New York City; and 
Norton J. Wolf, Brookline, Mass. 

Psi Vpsilon 

Lewis B. Ballantyne, Jr., Newark, N. J.; Arthur R. Bell, 
Toledo, Ohio; F. Sherburne Carter, Lexington, Mass.; Irv- 
ing R. Fisher, 3rd, New York City; David A. Forster, 
Albany, N. Y.; H. Wilson Guernsey, Jr., Poughkeepsie, 
N. Y. ; Edward S. Lancaster, Jr., New Britain, Conn.; 
Edwin B. Laughlin, 2nd, Troy, N. Y.; Peter L. Leeb, West 
Orange, N. J.; Robert W. McCullough, Stamford, Conn.; 
Arthur W. Miller, Maplewood, N. J.; Robert R. Miller, 
Baltimore, Maryland; Elbert V. Mullenneaux, Jr., Albany, 
N. Y. ; Robert E. Timmerman, New York City; Derek Van 
Dyke, Milwaukee, Wis. 

Sigma Chi 

Russell W. Brower, Cranston; Gordon S. Kellogg, Al- 
bany, N. Y. ; Fred A. Manley, Passaic, N. J.; Stephen T. 
Richter, New York City. 

Sigma !\u 

Paul C. Armor, West Hartford, Conn,; Rosier M. Bist- 
line, Scarsdale, N. Y.; Robert M. Dick, Mt. Vernon, N. Y.; 
Charles W. Dunbar, West Barrington; John W. Morris, 
Forest Hills, N. Y. 

Theta Delta Chi 

George F. Bliven, Jr., Providence; Edward W. Calder, 
Providence; Willaim C. Dean, Cincinnati: Kendall W. 
Fisher, Newton, Mass.; John L. Geriin, Jr., Scotia, N. Y.; 
Luther M. Hoyle, Jr., Cranston; Stewart T. MacNeill, Jr., 
Newton Highlands, Mass.; Howard E. Russell, Jr., Crans- 
ton; Edward B. Sawyer, Meredith, N. H.; Frederick E. 
Scholze, New Milford, Conn. ; William F. Stringer, Wren- 
tham, Mass.; John S. Tolman, Cohasset, Mass.; Ralph S. 
Washburn, Jr., Auburndale, Mass. 

Zeta Psi 

Frederic W. Allen, Providence; Lanford Barrows, Grosse 
Pointe, Mich.; Brainerd S. Bates, Providence; David W. 
Burnham, Winchester, Mass.; John F. Chandler, Grosse 
Pointe, Mich.; Richard S. Miller, Detroit, Mich.; Charles 
S. Price, Johnstown, Pa.; William V. Price, Johnstown, 
Pa.; Paul S. Rockwell, Bristol; William E. Shoemaker, Jr., 
Charles N. Smith, Jr., Evansville, Ind.; George P. Wargo, 
Jr., Waterford, Conn.; Frank P. Wilson, Jr., Concord, 
N. Y.; George A. Winslow, Sunapee, N. H. i i 

Again He's Hohoken's Advocate 

► John B. Appleg.ate '23 has just been returned for a 
second term to the presidency of the Hoboken Chamber of 
Commerce, but his allegiance is a little divided these days. 
In addition to the duties of that presidential office, he prac- 
tises law in Hoboken, but he has been elected a Republican 
councilman on the Borough Council of Lavallette, where he 
and his family have their summer home, and the rest of the 
time commutes from Westfield, also in New Jersey. i 



Rewarding a Fraternity's Advance 

► For several years now the Richards Improvement Award 
has provided an incentive to fraternities so low in scholastic 
standing that they would otherwise have little if any chance 
of recognition for any effort made to improve their status. 
But this plaque, presented annually by Edward T. Richards 
'27, goes to the house that shows the greatest improvement 
in its collective studies over the previous year's grading. 

In the first year the plaque was awarded, Mr. Richards 
was delighted to see his own fraternity, Psi Upsilon, win it. 
Sigma Nu has just received it for the present year, having 
jumped from last place in the fraternity standing to ninth. 
From the 19th or lowest ranking scholastically of all houses 
on the Hill, with an average of 1.747, it improved in a year 
to a point where its average of 2.2 '> 9 was above the general 
average of all fraternities. i 



Balance in Favor < 

► ► Brown 1939 varsity teams compiled a record of 68 
victories and 5 1 defeats, with favorable balances in foot- 
ball, basketball, swimming, tennis, and rifle shooting. The 
baseball, hockey, fencing, golf, soccer and wrestling teams 
showed deficits, while the track forces emerged from a dual 
meet schedule with three wins against the same number of 
losses. 

In year-end reviews of Brown athletics, sports writers 
noted that the greatest success was achieved in basketball, 
swimming and tennis with the hoop quintet the best in 
Brown's historj'. During the regulation 1938-39 season, 
the basket shooters captured 17 out of 20 contests and were 
chosen at the close of the campaign to represent New Eng- 
land in the N.C.A.A. tournament at Philadelphia, where 
they were eliminated by ViUanova. The basketball quintet 
also had the greatest degree of success attained by any one 
team against major opponents, defeating Harvard, Yale, 
Duke and Rutgers. 

The swimmers completed their season with seven vic- 
tories in eight dual meets, of which the high spot was a 
38-37 triumph over Harvard. Following the dual meet 
season, the natators climaxed their successes by winning the 
New England Intercollegiate championships with a total of 
42 points. 

The most important final 1939 triumph was the 13-0 
football victory over a previously unbeaten Rutgers eleven, 
which enabled Brown to close the grid season with five 
wins, three losses and one tie. 

Kenny Clapp, sprint star, provided the outstanding indi- 
vidual performance of any Brown athlete during the year 
by winning three events at the New England Intercollegiate 
track and field championships last spring, to become the 
first triple winner in the history of the meet. Several other 
brilliant exhibitions of the Brown ace during the year in- 
cluded winning the 50-yard dash at the Prout Games and 
equalling the meet record, tying the 40-yard dash world 
record at the K of C meet, capturing the 60-yard dash and 
the 220-yard run at the ICAAAA meet; and being a mem- 
ber of the relay quartet which lowered the 400-meter world 
relay mark at the A.A.U. championships last summer. 

Another unusual event evolving from the 1939 Brown 
sports parade was the selection of dual captains for the first 
time in Brown football, Bronislaw Stepcsyk of Chicopee, 
Mass. and Louis Duesing of Dumont, N. J., being chosen 
to share direction of the 1940 eleven. i i 



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The First Half t 



Chicago Games Cancelled 

► Athletic Director Thomas W. 
Taylor has comphed with the for- 
mal request of the University of 
Chicago athletic authorities that they 
he released from contracts for two 
football games with Brown Univer- 
sity. The Chicagoans had been 
scheduled to meet the Brown Var- 
sity in the Windy City on Nov. 23, 

1940, and in Providence on Oct. 2^, 

1941, in their first encounter since 
1924. Having suffered routs in all 
their 1939 games, Chicago trustees 
voted in December to withdraw their 
University from intercollegiate foot- 
ball. 

Their action is a particular dis- 
appointment to Brown alumni in 
Chicago, who had made much of the 
1924 meeting of teams under Alonzo 
Stagg and Ed Robinson. ^ 



► ► Except for a solitary lapse against 
Tufts, Brown was riding high in New 
England basketball circles lor the second 
season in a row as the team completed the 
first half of its schedule. With nine victories 
chalked up in ten games, the campaign 
reopened with even stiffer assignments as 
Yale, Rhode Island, Wesleyan, Villanova, 
Amherst, Tufts, Rutgers, Dartmouth and 
Providence were to be faced in rapid 
sequence. Coach Allen's quintet had scored 
victories over Army, Harvard, Boston Uni- 
versity, Connecticut, Clark, M.I.T., North- 
eastern, Lowell and the Alumni. Favoring 
the slow break, the team has not rolled up 
gigantic scores but has held the opposition 
in check with a strong defence. Fast pass- 
work has given the Brunonians more shots 
from under the basket than any opponent, 
even Tufts, and has averaged 49.4 points 
per game as against an average of 33.5 for 
the foes. Competing for high sectional rank- 
ing, the Varsity nevertheless had to be 
good to match the record of a fighting 
Freshman squad, undefeated in the first 
semester. 

Before 1300 spectators, Harvard threat- 
ened to be a stubborn opponent, playing 
on even terms for a quarter but dropping 
behind 26-18 at the half. In the next ten 
minutes Brown ran its total to 43, the 
while stoutly defending its own basket. 
The final was 50-39, with Piatt high-scorer 
at 14. Against Connecticut it was Person 
who led the drive, after an 18-15 scramble 
in the first session. But the Bear really 
found itself then as 1500 cheered the team 
in a 44-36 triumph. 

The highest scoring duel of the year 
was in store for the crowd at the North- 
eastern game, when 36 free throws added 
to the opportunities from the floor. Top 
sharpshooter was Northeastcrn's Sopho- 
more Pajonas, who made 30 of his team's 
58 points, while Padden and Wilson were 
accounting for 27 and 16 of the Brown total 
of 66, Padden sinking 13 field goals for 
the year's record. A fast passing attack 
enabled the Bear to lead from the start, 
but Northeastern spurts kept her close, and 
it was only 29-26 at the half. 

^ The Boston University gym held its 
largest crowd on record and 200 more 
persons were turned away when the highly 



touted Brunonians invaded that stronghold 
of good basketball. For 20 minutes, B. U., 
undefeated in five games, made a battle 
of it, tying the score at 9-all and trailing 
17-1 1 at the half, but experience showed in 
the 42-29 triumph for the visitors. Padden, 
his long shots working beautifully, tallied 
12 points. 

The let-down, which last year came in 
the first game after the Christmas holiday, 
this winter came in the second. Entertaining 
Tufts in Marvel Gymnasium, Brown was 
off-form, over-confident or lethargic — spec- 
tators couldn't tell which. But there was no 
question about the fact that Brown shots 
were missing their mark, sometimes from 
freakish luck, sometimes from poor 
shooting. The officiating seemed to upset 
the team, too, as Person and Padden fouled 
out. But it was just one of those nights, and 
Tufts fielded the better quintet. Off-eye, 
Brown was scoreless from the floor for the 
first 14 minutes and left for the intermission 
behind 11-21. Returning, the team rallied 
to reduce the margin to 23-27, but the 
final was 32-40. 

Rallying from that uninspired evening, 
the team went to face an unbeaten M. I. T. 
outfit, and a last half uprising finished off 
the Engineers 47-3 5. Piatt, entered the 
game late, sparked the drive, while Person 
was high scorer with 13. 

► Another and greater upset came at 
West Point, where last year the Bear had 
been routed 50-21, and was meeting a 
team that was shortly to topple three of 
the Eastern Intercollegiate League quintets. 
The 41-39 victory was a thriller for Brown, 
as a rally succeeded in the final five minutes. 
Coach Lents of the Army had started his 
reserves, who let the Brunonians jump into 
an early lead, but the Army regulars over- 
hauled the New Englanders 23-20 at the 
half, continuing in command for 15 minutes 
more. Then Brown whittled the cadet lead 
and gained the edge, holding the two-point 
advantage until the last gun. Padden, who 
made 16 points, was the individual star. 

Lowell Textile was drubbed soundly, 
73-27, as the Brunonians gave a demon- 
stration of classy, accurate and leisurely 
basketball. After a 29-16 first half, Lowell 
was held scoreless from the floor for 12 
minutes, and when the first-string men had 
departed at the 15-minute point they had 
outscored the visitors 39-5 in the second 
half. Piatt, sinking 21 points' worth of 
baskets, also set up plays in stylish fashion, 
while Kelly of the reserve platoon also had 
a good evening. 

► Fisher. Padden, Person, Wilson and 
Captain Piatt continued the starting five. 



Harvard's Band-Lender 

► When Brown's football warriors 
return next fall to the Harvard Sta- 
dium, a Brunonian will have the ex- 
traordinary experience of being a 
principal in hostile colors. He is 
James W. Holt, Jr., a Brown alumnus 
in his second year at Harvard Dental. 
Holt has been chosen director of the 
Harvard Band for next season and 
in that capacity will make the Crim- 
son's "B" before the Brown cheering 
section and lead in other musical 
amenities between the halves. ^ 




CAPT. MATT SOLTYSIAK: 
beat an Olympian. 



He 



while Sheffe, Kelly and Davis saw the brunt 
of what relief work there was. Thompson, 
Terranella, Staff, Barker and Sokol were 
also occasionally employed. 

In maintaining their undefeated status, 
the Freshmen displayed as much spirit as 
skill, refusing to break in the close games 
or to let up in the others. Opening against 
the Harvard Freshmen, they had an easy 
time of it, as the 55-34 score would indicate. 
McGowan ran up 17 points, scoring 18 
when the team beat Northeastern 48-3 5. 
In a fast game, the Cubs outlasted Connec- 
ticut and put on the pressure at the end, 
48-22, with Gregory high man at 14. It was 
a thriller when B. U, yearlings almost 
overtook the Brown men, McGowan's 12 
points again being important in the 29-26 
victory. Part-time scores suggest the char- 
acter of the Tufts Freshman game that 
brought together two previously unbeaten 
fives. At half-time it was 20-20, and Brown 
which had a 30-29 edge after the third 
quarter still held the odd point at the end, 
43-42. Delaney, high with 16, repeated 
the next time against M. I. T. Freshmen, 
and Rutherford had 10 on the score-book 
in the 50-27 success. 

y ► Leo Barry, Brown swimming coach, 
didn't jump into the Harvard tank this 
year. Last winter he did, celebrating the 
38-37 upset wherein the Brunonians broke 
a Crimson winning streak that had ex- 
tended through 28 meets. There were those 
who said that the duel a year ago was won 
in the first event, the medley relay, where 
Coach Barry juggled his lineup unex- 
pectedly. But Harvard was not to be 
caught napping twice in a row, and by 
taking that initial event and its five points 
thereby ultimately won the 1940 meet 
42-33. 

That was the difference between the two 
years, for the Bear coach had only three 
of last year's letter-men missing. Gibbons, 
who had broken his own Brown record in 
the 440 the previous week, was even better 
and established a new New England inter- 
collegiate mark by moving the distance in 
five minutes 3.3 seconds. (He also holds the 
New England records in the 200 yard breast 
stroke and the 300-yard medley.) Schaper, 
although headed by Cutler of Harvard in 
the century, won the 50 handily in 24.1, 
while Captain Matt Soltysiak was the breast 
stroke leader, and the Brown 400-yard free 



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style relay quartet of Doherty, Porritt, 
Soltysiak and Schaper led their rivals. Irvine 
and Gossler, Sophomore divers, had a 
total that threatened the Crimson winner, 
while Wilcox's second in the 150-back 
stroke was another good performance. 

The previous week the swimmers went to 
Jersey to defeat the favored Rutgers team 
in their home waters, taking six first places 
in a 41-34 triumph before a crowd of 1000. 
Sixteen points in the two dashes gave 
Brown a tremendous advantage, with 
Schaper leading Soltysiak home in the 
shorter event and Porritt in the 100. These, 
following the medley relay victory by 
Wilcox, McCullough and Porritt, were as 
surprising as they were disappointing to 
Rutgers hopes. Soltysiak and McCullough 
were first and third in a 200-yard breast 
stroke timed in 2:38.7, while Wilcox took 
his back stroke specialty in 1:43, and 
Doherty was a game second in the 220. 
Dimunitive "Diesel" Gibbons, Providence 
Junior, shaved nearly two seconds from his 
Brown record in the 440, being timed in 
y:07.5. 

The night the Varsity was losing to 
Harvard, the Freshmen dropped their 
meet to the Crimson neophytes by the 
identical score, 42-3 3. Carter was the 
Brunonian star, making his bow by win- 
ning both sprints, the 50 in 25.5 and 
the 100 in 56.2 and then returning 
to swim third leg of the free style 
relay that won in 3:58.8. 
► Leo Barry is in his 16th year as Brown 
swimming coach, during which time his 
teams have compiled an excellent record, 
posting a highly favorable balance in dual 
meets and capturing the New England 
Intercollegiates nine times, tying for first 
twice, and finishing in runner-up position 
every other time but once. His swimmers 
have at one time or another erased virtually 
every New England Intercollegiate mark, 
and in New England Championships have 
compiled a total of 597 points or an average 
of 39 per meet. 

Always a pioneer in swimming ventures, 
Barry took seven members of his 1934 
team to the first International Aquatic 
Forum at Fort Lauderdale, Florida, where 
Brown and Colgate were the only colleges 
represented that first year. This year, 625 
swimmers from 175 institutions of the 
United States, Cuba and Mexico attended 
the Forum, with Brown represented by a 
party of 30, the largest Brown delegation 
to date. 

Nor were numbers the only thing that 
made Brown's participation once again 
notable. Prominently spotted in the East- 
West relay line-ups, the Bears were among 
the best swimming. Outstanding perfor- 
mance Was Soltysiak's, for the Brown 
captain was twice paired against Johnny 
Higgins of Ohio State in medley relays and 
twice beat the Olympic swimmer who for 
three successive years held the world's 
breast stroke championship. It was a par- 
ticular satisfaction to Solty since he and 
Higgins both are products of the Olney- 
ville Boys" Club in Providence. Wilcox 
of Brown was also a member of two win- 
ning Eastern relay teams. 
► Kenny Clapp, Brown's stellar sprinter, 
had yet to taste victory after three starts in 
indoor track meets this winter. In his first 
race, in the VFW Games in Boston, he 
waited three and a half hours to run a 
one-heat race and finished a foot behind 
Victor of Williams in 5.5 seconds. The 



21 Won, 4 Lost 

VARSITY BASKETBALL 
Brown 59, Alumni 34 
Brown 45, Clark 34 
Brown 50, Harvard 39 
Brown 44, Connecticut 36 
Brown 66, Northeastern 58 
Brown 42, Boston U. 29 
Tufts 40, Brown 32 
Brown 47, M. I. T. 35 
Brown 41, Army 39 
BrowTi 73, Lowell 27 
FRESHMA> BASKETBALL 
Brown 55, Harvard 34 
Brown 48, Connecticut 22 
Brown 48, Northeastern 35 
Brown 29, Boston U. 26 
Brown 43, Tufts 42 
Brown 50, M. I. T. 27 

VARSITY SWIMMING 
Brown 41, Rutgers .34 
Harvard 42, Brown 33 
FRESHMAN SWIMMING 
Harvard 42, Brown 33 

FRESHMAN TRACK 
Brown 451/2. Central 17 'j 

VARSITY FENCING 
Brown 19, P. S. C. 8 
Brown 19, Tufts 3 
Selon Hall 21, Brown 6 

FRESHMAN FENCING 
Brown 11, Classical 5 
Brown 9, Andover 4 



latter had never before beaten Clapp but 
had had the benefit of three heats in the 
N.E.A.A.U. dash earlier in the evening. 
In the Prout Games in Boston, named for 
William C. Prout '09, Clapp ran a good 
second to the speedy Negro, Peacock of the 
Shore A. C. in a 5.4 half-century. A close 
finish in the semi-finals of the Millrose 
Games in New York brushed Clapp out of 
the finals, which thus became all-Negro. 

The Varsity one-mile relay team, an 
inexperienced but promising quartet, lost 
to Tufts in the VFW meet and finished 
second in a triangular affair with Yale 
and M. I. T. in the Prout Games. Brown 
had an early lead in the latter race but a 
poor exchange on the last leg lost it. 
Sophomore Andy Clark, running anchor, 
made a valiant fight to overhaul his Yale 
rival, but had to fall back at the end. 

Track enthusiasts had their first glimpse 
of Freshman material on Jan. 20 when the 
Cubs defeated Providence Central High 
451/2 to 17'/2> winning five of seven first 
places. Brown made clean sweeps of the 
300 and the 40, with inches only separating 
Stewart Crump, Stanley Allen and Dick 
Meader in the latter event. Crump's time of 
4.8 seconds tied the track record. It was 
Allen's turn in the 300, where his time of 
34 seconds tied the track and the Brown 
Freshman records The former Moses Brown 
star was followed by Crump and Marshall. 
Stew McNeil, son and namesake of another 
McNeil famed in Brown athletic history, 
captured the 45-yard low hurdles, a new 
event, in the creditable time of 5.9 seconds. 
Battey's winning time in the 600, 1:17.4 
was also good in view of the conditions, 
leading home his team-mate Meredith, 
while Austin of Brown tied for third. 
McAusIand put the shot 44 feet 10 inches 
to win that event, beating Carlisle, another 
Cub, by a scant two inches. 



^ Eight men shared the scoring honors 
as the Varsity fencing team defeated the 
Providence Sword Club 19-8 in the winter's 
opening meet. John was the leading point- 
winner, with Foster, Dursin, Amidon, Mac- 
Gregor, Lief, Cox and Krasner also winning 
at least one bout. Tufts was outclassed 
19-3 as Cox won three times with the foil 
and once with the sabre, and Lief, John 
and MacGregor also had three victories. 
But Seton Hall, invincible for four years, 
downed the Brunonians 21-6. Lief was the 
only Brown winner with the foil, while 
John took two points with the sabre, and 
Amidon, Lief and MacGregor added three 
m the epee division. 

Freshman fencers were undefeated after 
two engagements, first beating Classical 
High of Providence 11-5 and Andover 9-4. 
In each case AI Blanck and Fred Irving, 
graduates of Classical, and Briggs earned 
three points apiece. Newton and LeGros 
also scored against Classical. i ^ 

Athletic Brevities 

► ► Transportation to the gym, subject 
of repeated student campaigns in recent 
years, started with the second semester. 
Trolley service will be provided for under- 
graduates to and from the Elmgrove avenue 
athletic plant, under an experimental 
arrangement in force at least until March 
30. The service is not only an attempt to 
meet student requests from official and 
unofficial groups but also to curb athletes 
and participants in physical education who 
have waved thumbs hopefully at Thayer 
and Waterman streets. 

y In an attempt to stimulate interest in 
cross-country running and build a crop of 
distance runners for Brown, medals were 
promised the first 12 finishers in intra- 
mural cross country last fall under Coach 
Mai Williams. Edward T. Richards '27 
went out to the Marvel Gynmasium last 
month to make the awards. The first two 
prizes went to Freshmen, Fran Battey, 
former Cranston High star, and Jim 
Mitchell, from East Providence. 

► After initial successes in and out of the 
New England Intercollegiate Rifle League, 
of which it is a charter member, the Brown 
rifle team was defeated for the first time by 
R. I. State 1330-1260, although Keedick 
of Brown was high shot with 265 points. 
Most matches like that subsequently lost 
to Yale, are postal or telegraph affairs, but 
the State encounter was shoulder-to- 
shoulder. 

► Brown varsity soccer players have 
chosen Bijur, their All-New England main- 
stay, as their captain for 1940. Bijur, who 
prepared at Horace Mann, is an honor 
student. 

V John McLaughry and Spencer Man- 
rodt. Brown football stars in the East-West 
and North-South games respectively, both 
fought valiantly in losing causes at New 
Year's. 

► There were 695 Brown students in fall 
athletics, 109 in Varsity and Freshman 
football, 66 in soccer, 47 in track, and 473 
in intramural cross country or touch 
football. 

y Coach Eck Allen has equipped the 
Brown squad with stockings this year, the 
purpose of which is to aid in identification, 
so that a Brunonian may spot a teammate 
and pass from a stooped-over position. 



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y Freshman Coach Earl Brown, last year's 
Notre Dame basketball captain, is starring 
in professional games in Boston this winter. 
Campbell, of the Brown varsity last winter, 
IS a teammate. 

► The current basketball team is among 
the tallest in Brown hoop history. Fowards 
and centre, Piatt, Fisher and Person are all 
6 feet 3, while Padden, a guard is 6:2. 
Wilson is the short member of the starting 
line-up, standing a mere 5 feet 11. 



► The licking handed Connecticut by the 
basketball team was particularly sweet to 
the four Juniors on the Brown quintet, for 
it was four of the five Nutmeggers who, as 
Freshmen, inflicted the sole defeat suffered 
by the 1937 Brown Freshman Team. 

► Colgate, which comes to Providence on 
Oct. 12, 1940, will not meet Brown in 1941, 
according to the Maroon schedule for that 
year, recently announced. i ^ 



Thurston's Centennial < 



y y To be sure, it was Cornell University 
which was celebrating recently the 100th 
anniversary of the birth of Robert Henry 
Thurston, the famous engineer who served 
on its faculty for 18 years. And the Amer- 
ican Society of Mechanical Engineers was 
cooperating in the observances, which at- 
tracted widespread attention. 

But there were elements in the occasion 
which gave it more than a slight Brown 
University tinge. In the first place. Dr. 
Thurston was a graduate of Brown, in the 
class of 1859. His debt to Brown was rec- 
ognised by the important place on the pro- 
gram assigned to Dr. James P. Adams, 
Brown's Vice President. Another speaker 
was Dr. Harvey N. Davis '01. And atten- 
tion was called the fact that two of the 
three men who established the ASME were 
Brown men. Dr. Thurston and Alexander 
Lyman Holley '5 3, the latter famed for 
having introduced the Bessemer process of 
manufacturing steel in America. 

y "Robert H. Thurston has been rec- 
ognized as the leading mechanical engineer 
of his time and as the most influential edu- 
cator in this field, " said a biographical note 
on the centennial program. "While teach- 
ing at Annapolis, where the U. S. Navy 
transferred him after his period of active 
service in the Civil War, Thurston began 
to develop a plan for training engineers 
that would supplant the current vocational 
courses in mechanic arts. 

"He put his plan into operation at Stev- 
ens Institute between 1871 and 1885, 
founding the first mechanical laboratory 
for purposes of instruction, assembling and 
at times inventing the necessary apparatus, 
and writing for his students a pioneer man- 
ual, "The Materials of Engineering." 

At Cornell he directed instruction in 
mechanical engineering, set up a more com- 
prehensive laboratory, wrote more te.xts, 
surrounded himself with able teachers, and 
"established educational standards and pro- 
grams that set the pattern for modern en- 
gineering education." Throughout his ca- 
reer as teacher and administrator Dr. Thurs- 
ton continued the practice of engineering 
and contributed "voluminously" to tech- 
nical publications. 

He was one of the organizers and the first 
president of the American Society of Me- 
chanical Engineers, serving for two terms: 
three times a vice president of the American 
Association for the Advancement of 
Science; a member of the American Society 
of Civil Engineers and numerous other 
technical and academic organizations, here 
and abroad. He served on several important 
State and Federal commissions. 

Dr. Thurston was considered an author- 
ity on materials of construction, steam en- 



gines and boilers, and the history of en- 
gineering as well as of the philosophy of 
education. His most widely known work, 
"A History of the Growth of the Steam 
Engine," published originally in 1878, has 
been republished as part of the commemora- 
tion of his birth. 

► In his fine description of young Thurs- 
ton's college days. Vice President Adams 
said that the Providence boy had attended 
Brown, partly as the result of friendship 
with his public school teacher, Edward H. 
Magill '5 2, later President of Swarthmore 
College. Francis Wayland had just retired 
after being President of Brown for 28 years, 
but his influence was still felt as the sciences 
fought for a foothold in curricula of col- 
leges. In his famous "Report on Changes 
in the System of Collegiate Education," 
Wayland had noted that the great demand 
for civil engineers had not been supplied 
by the colleges. 

Thurston entered Brown to pursue Way- 
land's so-called Select Course, under which 
he would be permitted some option in the 
choice of studies. Becoming a candidate 
for the degree of Bachelor of Philosophy, 
he accepted the catalogue definition of its 
design — "for those students who are in- 
tended for the pursuits of active life." 

"This would hardly be a differentiating 
characteristic today," said Dr. Adams, "but 




DR. J. P. ADAMS: Brown's Vice 
President told Cornell why Robert 
Henry Thurston was prepared. 



in 1856 it had a distinctive meaning. It 
referred to industrial life, to commence and 
finance, and to the steadily emerging pro- 
fessional field of engineering. By implica- 
tion it turned in a direction away from the 
professional fields of medicine, law, educa- 
tion and the ministry." 

Noting that Thurston took the course in 
civil engineering introduced by Wayland in 
1850, Dr. Adams pointed out that it was 
but a simple introduction, representing 
only one-fourth of the student's time for a 
year and a half and gathering "into this 
segment of the curriculum some of the 
elements of descriptive geometry and me- 
chanics and hydraulics and pneumatics, 
applications of chemistry and mineralogy, 
principles of architecture, construction, 
surveying and astromonical observation." 

► "The Faculty of Brown University in 
1856 was small in number but distinguished 
in quality," Dr. Adams said. "Including 
the President, Barnes Sears, it numbered 10 
men. There was Alexis Caswell, later Pres- 
ident of Brown University, grandfather of 
James Rowland Angell, a distinguished edu- 
cator of our own time. It was under Cas- 
well that Thurston pursued his lively inter- 
est in natural philosophy. There was George 
Ide Chace, later an Acting President of the 
University, who introduced to him the field 
of chemistry. While he did not study the 
Classics with John Larkin Lincoln, he must 
have come under the benevolent influence 
of that most beloved teacher and friend of 
50 classes of Brown men. He studied 
modern languages under James Burrill An- 
gell, later the distinguished President of the 
University of Michigan. 

"The realm of civil engineering was 
opened up for him by Professor Samuel S. 
Green, who held the chair of mathematics 
occupied with such distinction a generation 
later by Nathaniel French Davis whose son 
IS today your distinguished guest from the 
Stevens Institute of Technology. Also in 
that Faculty was Albert Harkness, Profes- 
sor of Greek, whose Latin grammar pro- 
vided a path to the Latin language and 
literature for a generation of American stu- 
dents. 

"This was a distinguished group and, as 
I picture to myself the simplicity of the 
physical surroundings within which Thurs- 
ton and his associates pursued their studies, 
I realize that, despite the inadequacies of 
material equipment, the meagerness of fi- 
nancial resources and what we would now 
regard as a limited range of curricular offer- 
ings, they must have been enriched by their 
immediate associations with men of such 
stature. 

"Among his fellow students during the 
three years Thurston spent at Brown were 
a number who have their imprint in the 
annals of American life. In the class ahead 
of him was John Hay, who was soon to 
become the private secretary of Abraham 
Lincoln and later a distinguished statesman 
and diplomatist. In his own class was Wil- 
liam Williams Keen, the surgeon whose 
professional achievement and whose writ- 
ings gave him a place of honor among his 
professional colleagues in all parts of the 
world. There were many others among 
those who assembled with Robert Thurston 
in Manning Hall each morning for morning 
prayers who achieved distinction for them- 
selves and brought honor to their Alma 
Mater. These men, too, must have had a 



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share in the shaping of Thurston's experi- 
ence and they must in turn have received 
from him. 

> "But I should prefer to turn to Thurston 
himself for an evaluation of the preparation 
which he received. Twenty-five years later, 
as a man whose life was already rich in 
experience and who was presently engaged 
in the performance of one of his great ser- 
vices, at the Stevens Institute of Technol- 
ogy, he looked back upon those college 
years and reviewed them in terms of their 
larger values: 'I was ready to attack what- 
ever problems business might offer me with 
some confidence that I could at least readily 
conquer the principles involved so far as 
new to me and could learn readily and 
rapidly by experience." It seems to me that 
this is precisely the path he tried to point 
out to others in the program of study which 
he devised. Has this not become the basis 
upon which the best of our professional 
education is built — an emphasis upon the 
mastery of fundamental principles and the 
development of a capacity for adaptation 
which can be brought to bear upon specific 
situations for the solution of the problems 
at hand? 

"And finally, Thurston concluded this 
review of his college course by saying "I 
was ready for life's work. I was prepared 
to go out into the world with a good heart.' 

"Could Thurston have said anything con- 
cerning his educational experience at Brown 
that would have been more significant?" 

i i 

"Holidays" i 

The Part They Played 

► ► Seventy-Five members of the Brown 
University Faculty attended holiday ses- 
sions of 25 learned societies in various 
sections of the country, many of them con- 
tributing papers or otherwise taking promi- 
nent parts in the meetings. 

Dean Roland G. D. Richardson, secre- 
tary and trustee of the American Mathe- 
matical Society attended sessions of that 
organization and the Mathematical Associ- 
ation of America in Columbus. Prof. 
Albert A. Bennett spoke before the 
National Council of Teachers of Mathe- 
matics there. The mathematicians were 
particularly interested in news of the 
publication of Mathematical Reviews, de- 
scribed in the last issue of the Alumni 
Monthly and off the press for the first 
time Jan. 1. This International journal, 
sponsored by the Rockefeller Foundation 
and the Carnegie Corporation as well as 
the mathematical societies, is published at 
Brown University under the editorship of 
Prof. Otto Neugebauer, with Prof. Jacob 
D. Tamarkin as associate. 

Before the American Society of Zoolo- 
gist, Prof. George W. Kidder spoke on 
"The Influence of Food on the Structure of 
a New Species of Glaucoma," while a paper 
by Richard J. Blandau dealt with animal 
reproduction. 

The Genetics Society of America also 
met in Columbus, hearing two other Brown 
biologist. Prof. Arthur M. Banta speaking 
on "Possible Role of Amixis in the Evolu- 
tion of Organisms" and Prof. Paul B. Swain 
on heredity variations in the rabbit, based 
on studies conducted co-operatively with 
his graduate assistants. 

Prof. Philip H. Mitchell, chairman of the 
Department of Biology, attended the 



Clams as Clocks 

> How species of the lowly clam, 
predecessor of today's tasty bivalve, 
help geologists to learn about the age 
of different parts of the earth's sur- 
face was decribed by Prof. Carl C. 
Branson of Brown University in an 
address before a joint session of the 
Paleontological Society of America 
and the Geological Society of Amer- 
ica in Minneapolis at New Year's. 

Speaking of the clam known to 
geologists as the genus conocardium. 
Prof. Branson said that the genus is 
"extraordinarily long lived, the first 
ones occurring 400,000,000 years 
ago, and becoming extinct 150,000,- 
000 years ago. 

"During that time," he said, there 
was progressive variation in form 
and in ornamentation (of the shells). 
Since the species are easily distin- 
guished by their unusual ornament 
and shell structure, and since they 
are abundant and are geographically 
widespread, they make an excellent 
geologic clock in which the numbers 
on the face are different species in 
chronologic arrangement." ^ 



annual convention of Sigma Xi as a member 
of Its nominating committee. Prof. John P. 
Howe of the Department of Chemistry 
was a delegate to the American Physical 
Society. 

Prof. William L. Fichter of the Depart- 
ment of Romance Languages and Litera- 
tures, was chairman of a Spanish literature 
group meeting in New Orleans at the 
Modern Language Association of America. 

► In Minneapolis Prof. Carl C. Branson 
presented a paper before the Geological 
Society of America. At the University of 
Michigan the Philological Association heard 
a paper on "The Master of Olympia" by 
Prof. Charles A. Robinson, Jr., who also 
attended meetings of the committee on 
research and publications of the Archeo- 
logical Institute of America and the agenda 
committee of the American Academy in 
Rome. 

Harold A. Gibbard, instructor sociolo- 
gist at Brown, spoke on the "Status Factor 
in Residential Successions" before the 
Philadelphia session of the American Socio- 
logical Society. 

The American Historical Association, 
meeting in Washington, had two Brown 
speakers on its program, Prof. Hans Kurath, 
editor of the Linguistic Atlas of the United 
States, whose topic was "Some Neglected 
Sources of Social History", and Prof. Sin- 
clair W. Armstrong, who led a discussion 
group. Prof. Kurath also spoke before the 
Linguistic Society of America in Phila- 
delphia on "Dialect Areas of the South 
Atlantic States." 

The University librarian. Dr. Henry B. 
Van Hoesen, is secretary of the Biblio- 
graphical Society of America, whose meet- 
ings he attended in Washington. Before the 
American Philosophical Association in New 
York, its president. Prof. Curt J. Ducasse 
of Brown, and Prof. Charles A. Baylis of 
Brown were speakers. The latter talked on 
"How to Make Your Ideas Clearer." 

Prof. Charles H. Smiley, chairman of 
the Department of Astronomy, gave a 
paper on "Chromatic Aberration in the 
Schmidt Camera" at the conference of the 



American Astronomical Society at Ohio 
Wesleyan. He is a member of the society's 
council. Dr. Angus M. Griffin told of his 
research at Brown to the Society of Amer- 
ican Bacteriologists at New Haven. 

Dr. Arthur H. Ruggles of the Division 
of University Health is secretary-treasurer 
of the American Psychiatric Association, 
whose executive committee and council 
sessions he attended in New York. Assis- 
tant Dean Edson R. Rand_ spoke on 
"Student Financial Problems" in Phila- 
delphia before the Association of Univer- 
sity and College Business Officers. 

« # 3): 

► President Henry M. Wriston repre- 
sented Brown at a Boston gathering of the 
Association of College Presidents last 
month, when a conference on athletics was 
held. The same day he attended a meeting 
of the Publications Committee of the World 
Peace Foundation. 

Principal speaker at a recent Father's 
Night program of the Cranston Parent- 
Teacher Association, Vice President Adams 
of Brown urged the United States to pro- 
tect it libraries, despite disintegrating ele- 
ments set m motion by the warring philo- 
sophies of Europe. ^ ^ 
The Campaign Starts 

► ► Diminishing income from invest- 
ments, although offset in part by economies 
in recent years, has put the Brown Alumni 
Fund in a new and larger place of impor- 
tance in helping the University to carry 
on its educational program. Brown Univer- 
sity officials told more than 100 class agents 
and alumni fund trustees at the University 
Club in Providence Jan. 8. 

The dinner gathering, launching the 26th 
Annual Alumni Fund campaign, touched off 
a drive which will continue until commence- 
ment in an effort to top last year's record 
number of contributions totalling $3 5,502, 
the largest total of alumni gifts to Brown 
since the Fund was organized. 

Speakers emphasized the need for whole- 
hearted and vigorous effort on the part of 
the class agents as key men in the 
elaborate organization set up this year under 
the direction of Arthur L. Philbrick '03, 
chairman, and the other members of the 
Alumni Fund Trustees. The number of 
agents has been increased to 165. Six special 
district agents have been assigned to super- 
vise the campaign in metropolitan areas. 

President Henry M. Wriston, speaking 
informally at the close of the evening, de- 
clared that "as I hve and work in this 
community, I am impressed more and more 
with peoples' faith in the University and 
the work it is doing. I find it everywhere. 
It IS faith in the University that should 
help us to go out and do our job for 
Brown." 

Statistics making clear the important 
position of the alumni fund were cited by 
Harold B. Tanner '09, a member of the 
Board of Trustees of Brown's corporation, 
in reviewing the decline of income from 
investments during the depression years, a 
situation common among all privately en- 
dowed institutions. 

He pointed out that the University de- 
pends to a large extent upon the gener- 
osity and loyalty of Brown alumni every- 
where. Alumni help, he said, is essential 
to the University's continued educational 
advancement. 

► Dean Samuel T. Arnold '13 discussed 
the importance of a growing effort at Brown 
to give greater attention to the individual 
student and his needs. He emphasized the 



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work of the admission office, and described 
the elaborate series of tests which are given 
to freshmen, a field of individual attention 
in which Brown has pioneered. 

Declaring that the entering classes are 
"a fine, clean-cut group of young men, with 
all of your own loyalties and devotion to 
Brown," Dean Arnold said that they are 
"worthy of all of Brown's traditions — and 
they will not sell you short." 

Other speakers were Richard A. Hurley, 
Jr. '32, who discussed the organization and 
execution of a class campaign, and George 
T. Metcalf "13, a Fund Trustee, who de- 
scribed the advertising and promotion work 
of the fund. He distributed copies of last 
year's Fund report, which is to be used as 
a guide-book by agents this year. All 
Alumni have subsequently received this 
report, which makes graphic the status of 
the Fund. 

William P. Burnham '07, president of 
the Brown Club of Boston, was toastmaster. 
Those at the head table, in addition to 
the speakers, were Assistant Dean Edgar 
J. Lanpher '19, Vice-President James P. 
Adams, and Mr. Philbrick, who opened the 
program. 

Fund trustees this year are Preston F. 
Arnold '13, George R. Ashbey '21, chair- 
man of the dinner committee; Alton C. 
Chick "19: William B. Farnsworth '17; 
Thomas F. Gilbane '33; William A. 
Graham '16; Henry C. Hart '01; Walter 
Hoving '20, President of the Associated 
Alumni; George Hurley '07; George T. 
Metcalf "13: Ralph M. Palmer "10; Albert 
L. Parks "26; Richmond H. Sweet "25; 
Richard Thorndike "23; and President 
Wriston and Vice-President Adams, ex- 
officio. James W. Gurll "34 is Executive 
Secretary of the Fund. 
► On Jan. 18, 2^ Associated Class Agents 
gathered at the Brown University Club in 
New York to hear Dean Arnold, Ralph M. 
Palmer "10, Trustee of the University and 
President of the New York Brown Club, 
and Mr. Gurll. Prof. W. W. Browne '08 
in charge of the New York area presided 
at the Dinner. Mr. Palmer stressed the 
importance of linking work of the Associ- 
ated Class Agents with that of the Class 
Agents themselves. i i 



► ► The Associated Alumni 



In the Mail 



> To the Editor of the Brown Alumni 
Monthly: 

Ten days before he died, Clarence H. 
Manchester '86 wrote me one of his charac- 
teristic notes. He enclosed an item about a 
classmate, mentioned the appointment of 
James L. Whitcomb '36 to succeed me as 
Alumni Secretary, and added this delightful 
paragraph in answer to a comment of mine: 

"No, I did not see the news story about 
Professor Wilson. Why wouldn't that make 
an item for 'Brunonians Far and Near'? 
The nations, as it seems to me, are perfectly 
willing to break international law — or any 
other law — when it suits their convenience. 
What an awful spectacle it is to see the 
little, gentle, peaceable, shrinking lamb of 
Russia set upon by the huge, furious, raven- 
ing wolf of Finland!" 

A. H. GURNEY "07 
Jury Commissioner 
Providence County Court House 



New yorfc'g Aivards 

► y Three Brown alumni of the metropoli- 
tan district were signally honored at the 
annual dinner of the New York alumni at 
the University Club in that city on February 
5th. The graduates were Dr. Moses Leverick 
Crossley, 1909, director of research, Caico 
Chemical Division, American Cyanamid 
Company, and a leading figure in contem- 
porary chemo-therapy; Dr. John Henry 
Morrissey, Jr., 1910 physician, surgeon, and 
urologist; and Karl Dana Gardner, 1913, 
president, W. T. Grant Company. 

The honors took the concrete form of 
bronze Brown bears modeled after the 
giant original in front of the new gym- 
nasium, the campaign for the erection of 
which was initiated in 1922 by Herbert B. 
Keen, 1907. 

The idea of the award plan, which will 
be made an annual feature of the New 
York banquet, is to recognize the accom- 
plishments of Brunonians who, in the words 
of the University Charter of 1764, have 
proved themselves "duly qualified for Dis- 
charging the Offices of Life with useful- 
ness and reputation". The New York com- 
mittee felt that duly constituted groups of 
alumni are wholly competent to pass on the 
merits of their fellows and to accord them 
fitting recognition of their accomplishments 
independent of any action which the Uni- 
versity might have in contemplation or not. 

Principal speakers at the 72nd annual 
dinner were President Wriston and Joseph 
C. Rovensky, Vice-President in charge of 
Foreign Business of the Chase National 
Bank of the City of New York, with deco- 
rations from Italy and Greece for his 
services toward international peace and 



1 

















THREE BEARS, this one and 
two similar, suitably inscribed, 
went to three honored alumni at 
New York's dinner. 

Photo by Corham 



understanding. Mr. Rovensky was Ameri- 
can member of the International Confer- 
ence at Basle in 1931. Wayne M. Faunce 
'21 was toastmaster. 

► David Sarnoff, president of the Radio 
Corporation of America, was the principal 
speaker at the annual dinner for fathers 
of Brown undergraduates, sponsored by 
the New York Club at the Club House 
on Jan. 17. Eighty-five attended, also 
listening with great interest to Dean 
Samuel T. Arnold '13 as he described 
the methods of admission at Brown and the 
manner in which the new Board of Counsel- 
ors helps students plan for their courses and 
later life. Ralph M. Palmer '10, President 
of the Brown University Club of New 
York and University Trustee introduced 
the toastmaster, Thomas B. Appleget '17, 
Vice President of the Rockefeller Foun- 
dation and also a member of the Brown 
Corporation. 

Mr. Sarnoff, whose son at Brown is in 
the class of 1942, told the gathering that 
the present international ills could not be 
blamed on the advancement of science and 
technical studies. But science, he was sure, 
could and would meet the challenge of the 
situation. i i 

The Engineers 

► ► The 28th Annual Meeting of the 
Brown Engineering Association was held 
on January 24, 1940, at the Midston House 
in New York City. 

Sixty engineers gathered to hear addres- 
ses by Vice-President James P. Adams, 
James L. Whitcomb '36, Director of 
Alumni Relations at the University, Prof. 
Emeritus A. E. Watson '88, and to welcome 
the new President of the Association, Mr. 
W. T. Breckenridge '15. Wayne M. 
Faunce '21 Vice-President of the Associ- 
ated Alumni, acted as toastmaster. 

Other new officers of the Association 
are: Vice-President — Prof. Stuart P. Cooke 
'26; Secretary-Treasurer — Leonard K. 
Murphy '20; Directors — Harry M. Sutton 
'12, Harvey D. Jones '25, and Robert B. 
Perkins '29. 

The United States was in a serious 
quandary. Dr. Adams said, as we find it 
impossible to "reconcile the warmth of our 
human interest in the moral issues" of the 
European conflict with our determination to 
avoid military participation in it. But he 
saw no reason to "abdicate our intelligence 
in the forming of judgments with respect 
to the war, lest we drift into a state of 
moral amnesia regarding the issues." For 
the sake of our own national moral fibre, 
he said, "we cannot afford to be indifferent 
to the strains that are threatening to wreck 
the lives of nations in Europe," partly 
because our concepts of liberty, law and 
justice, our religion and the backgrounds 
of our culture come down to us through the 
peoples from which we sprang. 

"And if," he concluded, "we believe we 
can serve humanity best by saving our 
strength, preserving our ideals and helping 
to make peace, we must be prepared to 
accept some responsibility. We must earn 
the right by committing ourselves as a 
nation not only to accept a place at the 
peace table but also at the tables which 
follow when the problems of the main- 
tenance of peace are discussed. It is not 



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too early to prepare our minds for the part 
which wc should play. It will require the 
abandonment of some of our threadbare 
notions regarding isolation. It will require 
faith in the idea that all men and women of 
good will working together, can achieve what 
all men and women on the face of the earth 
really want. It will require a vision which 
can face the realities of modern life and 
understand wherein wc have failed m the 
past. And it will require courage to accept 
for ourselves and for our children our share 
of the cost of peace." 

> John H. Muller "26, President of the 
Brown Engineering Association in 1939, 
presented to the University a further con- 
tribution to the Prof. James A. Hall "08 
Memorial Fund. Vice President Adams, in 
accepting called the attention of the Associ- 
ation to the fact that the Engineers were not 
only honoring Prof. Hall as a man and a 
friend, but that they were perpetuating the 
memory of a respected teacher. 

Prof. Whitcomb extended the greetings 
of the Associated Alumni and Fred A. 
Forbes '38, Executive Secretary of the Brown 
University Club in New York, the best 
wishes of the local Brown Club. 

Prof. Watson extended the greetings of 
and "some new ones" and said he was 
more gratified than ever that the engineers 
who have left his immediate charge were 
progressing so nicely in their chosen pro- 
fession. Brief addresses were made by Prof. 
F. N. Thompkins "18, Prof. S. P. Cooke 
'26, and Ralph M. Palmer '10, President of 
the Brown University Club in New York. 

David W. Borst "40, Director of the 
Brown Network, representing the under- 
graduates in the Division of Engineering, 
described the Brown Network, stressing 
particularly the fact that Brown's radio 
hook-up is unique among colleges and that 
its service has proved of such value that 
other New England colleges are consulting 
with the Brown Engineering undergradu- 
ates regarding the possibility of an All New 
England college network. i i 

Merrimack Valley 

► The winter meeting of the Merrimack 
Valley Brown Club was held at Ficldstones, 
Andover, Saturday evening, Dec. 9, when 
Prof. James H. Shoemaker, of the Depart- 
ment of Economics and Coach De Ormond 
McLaughry were the speakers. Joseph N. 
Ashton '91, president of the club, was in 
charge of the evening's proceedings. 

Greetings were sent to "Al" Gurney '07, 
former Alumni Secretary, who had "added 
much in the past to the success of meetings 
of the club by his presence and his reports 
on activities at the University." Mr. 
McLaughry not only gave an interesting 
talk on the athletic situation, but also had 
his son Robert, a member of the Phillips 
Andover Academy football team, with him 
as guest of the club. 

Four years ago Prof. Shoemaker spoke 
to the club on the causes of the depression 
in an address which is well-remembered. 
This year his topic was "Economic Aspects 
of the Second World War." Mr. Ashton 
writes: "He is a fluent and impressive 
speaker with a wealth of knowledge and a 
comprehensive grasp of present world con- 
ditions which made his visit an illuminating 
and memorable occasion for all those 
present." 

Members present were the following, the 
Luu'rence Evening Tribune reported: Rev. 
Byron O. Waterman '3 2, Charles R. lovino, 
Richard A. Casey '34, S. H. Bailey, Jr. '02, 



Tell-Tale Speech 

► It's not necessarily your clothes, 
the way you comb your hair, or what 
you like to do for amusement that 
will let other people know where you 
come from — it's the way you talk. 

That is what Prof. Hans Kurath 
of Brown University, editor of the 
Linguistic Atlas of the United States 
and Canada, told delegates to the 
American Historical Association's 
convention in Washington. 

Prof. Kurath has just seen his 
monumental "Linguistic Atlas of 
New England"" come off the press 
after 10 years of studying Yankee 
dialect whimsies. With his field 
workers he is now beginning a sur- 
vey of speech in the South and also 
in the Middle Atlantic states. 

"Regionalism in American culture 
is perhaps more clearly expressed in 
speech than in any other manner,"" 
he said. "Speech habits are so num- 
erous and specific that their regional 
and social distribution can be readily 
and accurately ascertained." i 



Irving Southworth "02, Nelson Barlow '17, 
Henry S. Pratt '01, Charles C. Kimball, 
Joseph L. Burns, F. M. Boyer, S. B. 
Trumbull "04, Burton S. Flagg '96, James 
S. Easthain '19, Albert K. Graham, Thomas 
R. Hadfield '24, James Cantor '29, Abra- 
ham J. Meister "3 2, Henry W. Connor "3 5, 
R. E. Corlew, Jr. "2?, David A. Baker "37, 
Howard D. Smith "03, Everett G. Perkins 
"16, G. W. Langdon, Jr. '12, and Rev. 
Winthrop H. Richardson '29. As usual 
other college men were invited to enjoy 
the evening with the Brown Club, adding 
another 2T to the number present. Com- 
munities represented included: Andover, 
Methuen, Lowell, Chelmsford, Newbury- 
port, Haverhill, Ward Hill, Winchester, 
Salem, Melrose, North Reading, Wenham, 
Manchester, and Everett. 4 

Washington 

> Dr. Waldo G. Leland '00, Fellow of 
the University and secretary of the Ameri- 
can Council of Learned Societies, told the 
members of the Brown Club of Washington 
at their annual meeting in December that 
"European propaganda is misfiring in South 
America," from which he recently returned 
after a long tour. 

"The culture is French, not Spanish," he 
said. "Paris is the mother of South America, 
not Madrid . . . Concern about conditions 
and sentiment in the United States over- 
shadows interest in European matters, par- 
ticularly in Germany." 

The following officers were elected at 
the business session: Dr. Paul T. David '30, 
advanced. President: Chaunccy T. Langdon 
"18, Vice President; Thomas Shotton, Jr. 
"30, Treasurer: and Paul C. Howard '3 5, 
Secretary. Two vacancies on the Board of 
Governors were filled by Frederick Bernays 
Wiener "27, the outgoing president, and by 
Dr. Leland. The slate of officers was offered 
by a committee made up of Ernest R. 
Cleveland '14, chairman, Harold B. Master 
"27, and John A. French '25. 

The Club has resumed its informal 
luncheon meetings, held the first Monday 
in each month at a Washington hotel. All 
Brown visitors to Washington are cordially 
welcome. i 



l\ortheastern ISetv York 

y y The annual meeting of the Brown 
Alumni Association of Northeastern New 
York was held at the Albany Country 
Club in Albany on the night of Friday, 
Dec. 8. Officers for the coming year were 
elected as follows: 

President, R. Foster "03; Vice President, 
H. A. Dodge "20: Secretary and Treasurer, 
W. E. Easton '36, all of Albany: Executive 
Committee: R. S.Walter "31 and S. V. Van 
Dersee '32, Albany: R. L. Stedman "34 
and E. W. J. Turnbull '3 2, Schenectady; 
J. G. Baxter '32 and F. I. Marshall "19, 
Troy: Theodore Giddings "29, Pittsfield. 

In addition to the election of officers 
there was some discussion of Glee Club 
Concert and Dance to be held in March. 
There was considerable favorable opinion 
and in order to definitely settle the matter, 
a committee was appointed as follows: 
Dodge, Chairman; Baxter, Walter, J. H. 
Channing "30, and H. N. Lonergan '20. 

A report was made on the results of 
our last campaign for the Alumni Fund 
which amounted to $410 subscribed by 50 
alumni. This compares with $409 and 50 
subscribers during the previous campaign, 
and $121 from 15 subscribers during the 
campaign of 1934-35. The campaign for 
this year was to start immediately after the 
holidays. 

Following these dliscussions, moving 
pictures of the Brown-Holy Cross game of 
last year and the Brown-Yale game of this 
year were shown. They were thoroughly 
enjoyed by all those present. 

Other alumni present were: C. S. 
Stedman '96, W. S. Stedman '27, H. W. 
Hastings '04, H. W. Lyall "08, J. H. 
Cogan "26, L. A. Sumberg "34, J. D. Mann 
"37, W. J. Ross "19, and A. C. Lundin "28, 
of Albany; J. S. Redmond '31, C. S. Aldrich 
"94, and C. E. Martin '23, of Troy; W. T. 
Bullock '30, of Mechanicville; W. C. 
Forstall '22 of Amsterdam: and G. A. 
Rothschild '3 2 of Gloversville. i 

Boston 
► Although the club is looking ahead to 
its annual banquet at the Hotel Touraine 
on the evening of March 27, the alumni 
in Boston are still talking about the fine 
smoker held in December. It was a suc- 
cessful affair with some 300 present, a 
turnout which rewarded the hard work 
done by chairman John J. O'Reilly '36 and 
his committee, William P. Burnham '07, 
Edward R. Place '24, Charles W. Butler 
'36, Ernest T. Clough '20, Edward 
T. Brackett '14, Harold Neubauer '25, 
and William H. Schupert '22. 

Recent luncheon speakers were Prof. 
James H. Shoemaker, January guest of 
honor, and President Leonard Carmichael 
of Tufts, former head of the Brown Psy- 
chology Department, who was to appear 
before the club on Feb. 7 at the Chamber of 
Commerce. Luncheons, on the first Wednes- 
day of each month, start at 12:30, and 
reservations should be made in advance with 
Secretary-Treasurer Clough, 140 Federal 
Street, HUBbard 2450. 

The club has made a good start toward 
raising $500 for its annual scholarship, 
again under the capable direction of Ernest 
E. Nel.son "19. On his committee are Burn- 
ham, Clough, 0"Reilly and Carleton D. 
Morse "13. Clough is also district agent for 
the Alumni Fund Campaign, which had its 
send-off in Boston with the introduction of 
Arthur E. Philbrick '03, chairman of the 
Fund trustees, at the December smoker. < 



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Brunonians Far and Near < 



BY A. H. GURNEY '07 

Keen Fellowships 

► ► In 1934 Brown University received 
the sum of $28,000 from the will of Dr. 
W. W. Keen '59 to establish the Corinna 
Borden Keen Research Fellowships. Fellow- 
ships are open to men holding Brown 
University degrees who wish to do post- 
doctoral research in one of the sciences. The 
work may be carried on in any part of the 
world where the best facilities exist. 

It is expected that two fellowships of 
$1,000 or more can be awarded for 1940- 
41; applications should be addressed to the 
Dean of the Graduate School. * 

University Club Founders 

► Albert A. Baker "84 and Prof. Albert 
K. Potter '86, were two of three members 
of the University Club of Providence 
honored at Christmas for having helped to 
found the club 40 years ago. Prof. Potter 
was praised for having "given encourage- 
ment to the development of the arts, 
particularly literature and music, at Brown 
and in the community," while Mr. Baker's 
citation spoke of the many years in which 
he had given his "energies and abilities 
freely in the interest of numerous good 
causes." 

Arthur L. Philbrick '03, president of the 
University Club, was in charge of the pro- 
gram, and Vice President James P. Adams 
gave the annual Christmas talk, which was 
so fine and moving that many club mem- 
bers have asked for typed copies to add to 
their libraries. Roscoe M. Dexter '00 and 
Henry G. Clark '07 conducted the musical 
part of the evening, while Louis B. Palmer 
'28 was chairman of the committee on ar- 
rangements. ^ 

Alumni with ISBC 
y Personnel records of the National 
Broadcasting Company show that seven 
Brown alumni are active in different phases 
of NBC's work. Of them, Zale Dillon '17, 
supervisor of New York Sound Effects Sec- 
tion in the Program Department, would 
seem to have the outstanding assignment. 

Bill Miller writes the Alumni Monthly 
that other Brunonians with NBC include: 
John Eraser '31, announcer; Henry Hayes 
'28, budget clerk; Powell Ensign '37, cor- 
respondent in the Information Division; 
Edward White '35 and "V/alter Covell '38, 
pages in the Guest Relations Section; and 
James B. Hawley '39, law clerk in the Legal 
Department. i 

1881 

► Chief Justice Charles Evans Hughes 
is one of the electors who will vote on 
nominations for the Hall of Fame at New 
York University. President Wriston is also 



A Judge Was Surprised 

► A LETTER to the editor of the 
Brotfii Daily Herald last month said 
that the writer had had recent occa- 
sion to judge a varsity debate be- 
tween Brown and Holy Cross. The 
attendance, he said, surprised him. 
There were present in Faunce House 
at the time: three judges, two 
coaches, four contestants, a repre- 
sentative of the Herald, and two 
other members of the debating team. 

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an elector, as are Dr. Mary E. Woolley '94 
and the wife of John D. Rockefeller, Jr. 
'97. 

1884 

James L. Jenks, devoted secretary of the 
Pawtucket Business Men's Association and 
Chamber of Commerce for 50 years, retired 
from that ofEce in December, saying that 
he did not wish to be named again at the 
annual meeting. The directors took him 
at his word, praised his long and able 
service, and made him Secretary Emeritus. 
1886 

Twenty-five years ago the Rev. John 
Matteson became Rector of All Saints' 
Episcopal Church of Whitman, Mass., and 
also Rector of Trinity Episcopal Church 
of Rockland, Mass. On his retirement from 
both parishes in October, 1939, two large 
farewell receptions were given him and 
Mrs. Matteson, one by each church. The 
Brockton Daily Enterprise says of his min- 
istry in Whitman: "Rev. Mr. Matteson 
from the start of his pastorate here has 
been active in community work and was 
one of the organizers of the Whitman 
Council of Churches and was president for 
years until he resigned last spring. He is 



Return to the Bowl 

► At least one member of the 1916 
Brown football team, which opened 
the Rose Bowl sequence of inter- 
sectional contests, went back this 
New Year's to see the game between 
Tennessee and Southern California. 
He was Alfred A. Overbagh '17. 
quarterback for the Brunonians. ^ 



one of the charter members of the Whitman 
Kiwanis Club and 'Rector John' is one 
of the most popular members. He is chaplain 
of Puritan Lodge of Masons and will retain 
his membership, much to the satisfaction 
of his fellow members." 

The Mattesons' address is now 72 George 
Street, Rockland, Mass. 
1887 

Dr. Edmund D. Chesebro has the sym- 
pathy of the Class in the loss of his wife, 
Grace L. (Mansfield) Chesebro, who died 
at the family home in Providence, January 
10. Mrs. Chesebro was well known in the 
social, musical and club life of Providence, 
and had an active part in the building and 
development of the Homeopathic Hospital. 
J. Alden Chesebro '22 is a son. 
1889 

Edward H. Rathbun resigned in Decem- 
ber as a trustee of the Harris Institute 
Library of Woonsocket, which he has 
served for 50 years, "because of disagree- 
ments in a reorganization of the trustee 
personnel." He has been a trustee since 
the library and city hall building containing 
it were given to Woonsocket by his grand- 
father. 

Judge Nathan M. Wright of the law 
firm of Wright 6? Wright, 85 Westminster 
Street, Providence, reports that his pre- 
ferred mail address is now Glen Avenue, 
West Barrington, R. I. 
1890 

F. T. Guild, former Registrar of the 
University, has returned to Providence to 



He Saw It Start 

► Thomas H. Quigley '11, princi- 
pal of Lincoln High School, Jersey 
City, N. J., is giving a talk this win- 
ter before civic groups on "August 
in Danzig and Poland." He was on 
his eighth trip to Europe last summer 
when war clouds gathered over the 
Baltic. He heard the German-Soviet 
non-aggression pact announced in 
Danzig, left Gdynia as border clashes 
became frequent, and sailed for home 
on the last Polish ship to head west- 
ward before the German Navy went 
into action against Polish maritime 
commerce. ^ 



make his home at The University Club. He 
has the sympathy of the Class and of all 
Brown men in the loss of his wife, Alice E. 
(Drowne) Guild, who died in Springfield, 
Mass., Dec. 31, 1939, after a long illness. 
Mrs. Guild was a descendant of Dr. Solo- 
mon Drowne of the Class of 1773, surgeon 
in the Continental Army during the Revolu- 
tion and Professor of Materia Medica and 
Botany at Brown from 1811 to 1834. 

Frederic M. Sackett, former United States 
Senator from Kentucky and Ambassador to 
Germany, and his old friend, Robert Wash- 
burn, political columnist, sat down together 
in Washington not long ago and talked 
over "the rehabilitation of the Republican 
party." In his Washburn's WeeJ;!y, the 
journalist said that both Sackett and he 
would submit that "if the Republican! 
party is going to win it must depend upon 
a leadership which places special emphasis 
on a social betterment platform, to which 
might be appended, but subordinated, 
sound economic theories." 

1891 

Dr. Alfred S. Taylor has recently changed 
his address to 116 East 68th Street, New 
York City. He continues active as consult- 
ing surgeon to several New York hospitals. 

Your Secretary records with regret the 
death of Albert DeForest Palmer, Asso- 
ciate Professor of Physics, Emeritus, in 
Pasadena, Calif., Jan. 13, 1940. The story 
of his long teaching career will appear in a 
subsequent issue of the Brown Alumni 
Monthly. 

1892 

Robert B. Brown, son of Dean Marshall 
Stewart Brown of the Faculties of New 
York University and Miss Mathilda Peary, 
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Albert Peary of 
Brooklyn, were married in New York City 
last month. Dr. Marshall S. Brown, Jr., '25 
was best man for his brother, who is ad- 
vertising manager of Bristol-Myers Com- 
pany. 

James C. Collins of the law firm of Till- 
inghast, Collins (^ Tanner was chairman of 
the committee of the Rhode Island Bar 
Association on simplification of procedure 
which submitted at the 1939 annual meet- 
ing of the association the proposed new 
rules for the Rhode Island Superior Court. 
The Providence journal said that the rules 
were drafted "along the lines of the rules 
of procedure for the U. S. District Courts 
put into effect a year or so ago by the U. S. 
Supreme Court." 

1893 

Walter S. Reynolds, former Clerk of the 
Superior Court of Providence and Bristol 
Counties, gave the fifth lecture in the Rhode 



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Ere Ballads Are Lost 

> Once Dr. and Mrs. Mellinger E. 
Henry arrived in St. Petersburg this 
winter, it did not take the city long 
to know about it. Having attended a 
meeting of the Modern Language 
Association in New Orleans, Henry 
(Brown 1899) had been in Florida 
only a few hours when was asked to 
speak at the St. Petersburg Senior 
High School. He talked, of course, 
on his hobby of collecting ballads. 

The Independent quoted him as 
saying in an interview that despite 
the wealth of folk music that still 
awaits discovery in this country, the 
songs must be gathered within a few 
years if they are to be saved for 
posterity. The younger generation, 
he says, is not learning the music 
that has been handed down for dec- 
ades, the reason being that radio is 
taking the place of the older enter- 
tainment. 

The Henrys have roved the moun- 
tains since 1926, collecting their bal- 
lads from the old singers, some of 
them finding their way into the 
highly praised "Folk Songs from the 
Southern Highlands." Dr. Henry has 
less than 200 miles to go before com- 
pleting the 2000-mile hike along the 
mountain trail from Canada to 
Georgia. ^ 



Island Bar Association series last month, his 
subject being "Practice and Procedure in 
the Superior Court." 

Engagement of Miss Jane Sherrerd Mat- 
teson, daughter of Mrs. Archibald C. Mat- 
teson and our late classmate, to John D. 
Love, geologist, of Wyoming was announced 
late in December. Miss Mattcson is a grad- 
uate of Bryn Mawr College. 

Dr. Alexander Meiklejohn's son, Dr. 
Gordon Meiklejohn, is one of the stars of 
the film, "Ice Cutters," made of the McGill 
hockey team and former players on the 
McGill University campus, Montreal, and 
distributed throughout the United States 
and Canada by Pathe News, Inc. 

1895 

Lucien E. Taylor, retired in 1939 from 
the service of the Boston Public Library, 
has been accorded by vote of the trustees 
the title of Chief of the Cataloguing and 
Classification Department, Emeritus. Taylor 
has published extensive bibliographies of 
Ireland, Dante, and Boston. He was mar- 
ried June 15, 1939, in Keene, N. H., to 
Miss E. Carolyn Merrill of Peperell and 
Boston, his first assistant in his department 
of the Library and his co-worker in the 
preparation of the Library publications and 
in its reference work. He and Mrs. Taylor 
are now at home at 5 Auburn Courts, 
Brookline, Mass. 

1897 

Rev. Dr. Benjamin T. Livingston, Pro- 
fessor of Evangelism at Eastern Baptist 
Theological Seminary, Philadelphia, re- 
turned to Providence last month to preach 
morning and evening at Cranston Street 
Roger Williams Baptist Church. Living- 
ston spent 20 years of his varied religious 
life as Providence pastor and secretary of 
the Rhode Island Baptist State Convention. 

Your Secretary, George L. Miner, was 
named as treasurer of the Providence Char- 



itable Fuel Society at the last annual meet- 
ing to take the place of Albert H. Poland 
"09, who declined re-election. Miner, an 
active crusader for automotive safety, had 
a provocative article in the Providence 
Sunday Journal last month on New Eng- 
land parking dilemmas as related to the 
whole problem of traffic congestion. He is 
chairman of Governor Vanderbilt's Com- 
mittee on Street and Highway Safety. 
1898 

Luke J. Kavanaugh is Insurance Com- 
missioner for the State of Colorado, with 
his office at 100 State Office Building and 
his home at 643 Gaylord Street, Denver. 

William Lauder, jr., son of our late class- 
mate, is a member of the sports staff of the 
Kiew Tor\ Herald Tribune. 
1899 

William W. Wyckotf and Mrs. Wyckoff 
of the Sherman Square Hotel, New York 
City, have announced the engagement of 
their daughter. Miss Margaret Leslie Wyc- 
koff, to Donald C. Flatten of New York, 
Senior at Princeton and member of Quad- 
rangle Club. 

1900 

Dr. Herbert Richard Cross's annual show 
of water colors done of places at home and 
abroad was opened to public view at the 
Providence Art Club the middle of January. 

Your Secretary records with regret the 
death of Lyman A. Randall of Mandan, 
N. D., Oct. 23, 1939, just a month before 
our classmate's 67th birthday. 
1901 

Dr. William Hindle has begun his new 
duties as superintendent of Charles V. 
Chapin Hospital, Providence, succeeding 
Dr. Dennett L. Richardson, now in charge 
of Rhode Island Hospital. 

The Alumni Office has confirmed report 
of the death of Arthur Tucker Grosvenor, 
member of the Class for three years, in 
Abington, Conn., Aug. 2, 1939. Grosvenor 
a bachelor, had lived at the Grosvenor 
homestead since he left Brown, and had 
been an extensive traveler. 
1902 

Thomas C. Chaffee, teacher and head- 
master of schools in Maine and New Hamp- 
shire since he left College Hill, has retired 
and is making his permanent home at 262 
Brunswick Avenue, Gardiner, Me. Doesn't 
he merit a Class citation for winning an 
advanced degree — Master of Education at 
Harvard — 29 years after graduation from 
Brown? 

The wedding of Miss Martha Helen Bris- 
tow, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Elmer Bris- 
tow of Petersburg, Va., to C. Albert Astle, 
son of Dr. C. J. Astle and Mrs. Astle of 
Providence, took place early in January 
following announcement of the engage- 
ment at Christmas time. 

Laymen were amazed and even dog-fan- 
ciers were impressed by the array of prize- 
winning dogs that appeared on the "Christ- 
mas card" of Edward K. Aldrich, Jr. No 
less than 50 photographs of dogs from his 
famous Diamond Hill Kennels in Cumber- 
land, R. I., appeared with his greetings. 
1903 

Harvey A. Baker was elected as a direc- 
tor of the Industrial Trust Company, Prov- 
idence, at the last annual meeting. 
1905 

No class ever had a better program ar- 
ranged than 1905 for its 35th reunion, says 
the committee in charge. "With plans de- 
cided on for some time, that leaves the field 
clear for everybody to swing into action and 



'get out the vote'," a memorandum informs 
member of the class. Newt Hutchison is 
chairman and can be reached at 17 Ex- 
change street, Providence. 

F. E. Marble has been elected President 
of the Mirabeau Fresh Air Camp at Lynn, 
Mass., for the 31st term. The camp is 
doing a needed work for the under-privi- 
leged children of the community. 

The Massachusetts Department of Edu- 
cation opened its University Extension 
Course on "International Affairs" in Har- 
vard Hall on Jan. 26. The lecturer on that 
opening Friday evening was Leonard W. 
Cronkhite, trustee of the World Peace 
Foundation, whose topic was "Recent Ori- 
entation Toward War and Peace." 

George B. Bullock's oldest son, Charles 
C. Bullock, and Miss Elizabeth Ann Hull, 
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Arthur H. Hull, 
were married in Harrisburg, Pa,, Oct. 7, 
1939. George himself was best man, and 
ushers were Brenton Bullock '38, and 
George B. Bullock, Jr., "42. The Bullocks 
are living in Dauphin, Pa. Young Bullock 
works for Keystone Oil Products Company. 

Martin Stuart Hall, in a letter from Mon- 
tour Falls, N. Y., to your Class Secretary, 
said that he attended by invitation the re- 
cent celebration at Cornell University to 
commemorate the 100th birthday of Robert 
Henry Thurston, Brown '59, director of 
Sibley College of Engineering at Cornell 
in its early years and world famed as en- 



23 Books, 2 Suggestions 

► "Of John T. Winterich's 'Twenty- 
three Books, and the Stories Behind 
Them' (Lippincott is the new pub- 
lisher of the work once privately 
printed ) one might say many things," 
Lewis Gannett, literary reviewer of 
the T^ew Tor\ Herald Tribune, wrote 
in a recent column. "Space limits 
me to quoting two notable sugges- 
tions. Learnedly discussing Ralph 
Waldo Emerson's passion for pie, 
Mr. Winterich suggests that the pie- 
for-breakfast tradition is merely an 
incident of New England frugality. 
If half a pie was left over from Thurs- 
day's supper, half a pie automatically 
became part of Friday's breakfast 
menu. . . . And in his essay on Uncle 
Remus, he calls for an omnibus vol- 
ume of all Joe Chandler Harris's 
'Uncle Remus' stories. That's a sound 
hint to the Modern Library. I have 
never forgotten the joy of discover- 
ing, 37 years ago, in the children's 
library of Boston's old Hotel Tou- 
raine, that 'Uncle Remus' had se- 
quels." 

Winterich's class at Brown is 
1912. < 



gineer, teacher, and inventor. Stuart met 
once again President Harvey N. Davis "01 
of Stevens Institute of Technology, and had 
the pleasure of hearing Vice President 
James P. Adams of Brown make "the best 
speech" of the day. "I have been fairly 
busy during the summer and fall," he went 
on, "my biggest job being the electrical 
work on a big high-speed gantry crane 
being built by a local engineering firm to 
handle coal at Portland, Me. It has been 
an interesting job, too, . . . because it is 
elaborate enough to be worth some study." 
"It was nice to get your preliminary an- 
nouncement of our 35th Reunion," wrote 



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Rev. George D. Allison, minister of Wil- 
mette Baptist Church, Wilmette, 111., "and 
I have read the directory with great inter- 
est. I do hope I can get there." He added 
that he had been invited to address 14 of 
the Baptist Convocations in New York and 
New Jersey in January and February. Alli- 
son has held conferences for ministers and 
taught summer assemblies of youth from 
Maine to California, but somehow has 
missed Rhode Island to date. 

1906 

Wayne L. Randall and Mrs. Randall of 
230 East 48th Street, New York City, have 
announced the engagement of their daugh- 
ter. Miss Sallie Harriet Randall, to Walter 
E. Koons, Jr., also of New York. 

Dr. Alexander M. Burgess, member of 
the active medical staff of Charles V. 
Chapin Hospital, Providence, for 26 years, 
resigned as chief of the department of 
medicine last month. At his request he has 
been placed on the consulting staff. 

Albert J. Loepsinger, assignor to General 
Fire Extinguisher Company, Providence, 
has recently received a patent for a method 
of atomising liquids. 

Homer W. Guernsey, real estate broker 
of Poughkeepsie, N. Y., was the managing 
broker in the sale of the 1,614-acre estate 
of the late Ogden L. Mills at Staatsburg, 
N. Y. Guernsey is an authority on Dutchess 
County property values and is one of the 
best known real estate men in New York 
State. 

1907 

Rev. Phanuel B. Covell is pastor of the 
Baptist Church in Groton, Mass., to which 
he went from the Glendale Street Baptist 
Church in Everett, Mass. 

Miss Esther Slade, daughter of Walter 
C. Slade and Mrs. Slade and one of the 
season's debutantes in Providence, is a 
student at Stuart Junior College, Boston, 
and also studies 'cello at the Longy School 
of Music in Cambridge, Mass. 

John L. Curran, regional director of the 
National Wildlife Conference for New 
England, represented the national group at 
the fourth annual conference of the Rhode 
Island Wildlife Federation in Providence 
in December. 

W. P. (Bill) Burnham was, as always, a 
delightful host at the '07 dinner he gave at 
the University Club before the Brown Club 
of Boston Father and Son Smoker early in 
December. Dr. Frank A. Cummings and 
George Hurley led the delegation from 
Providence, including Harris, Snow, 



Jf hy I\eiv Yorkers Make Safari 

► ► "Gorgeous Gourmet" was the captain over a portrait of George Lamase 
which accompanied a two-column biography and appreciation in Lucius Beebe's 
"This New York," a copyrighted feature of the T^ew Tor/( Herald Tribune. Lamase 
has put Philadelphia's Hotel Warwick on the map, Beebe says, "socially and 
gastronomically speaking, so that New Yorkers sometimes make safari there just 
for dinner." 

Lamaze, whom Beebe styles "one of the top-rank luxury merchants of his 
time," is "more than a gustatory visionary, an international impresario of cuisine 
and a dreamer up of de luxe routs for the world's princes. He was the first man to 
evolve the combination of cold boiled pompano with mustard sauce; he improved 
the classic French formula for chestnut soup: and Joseph Hergesheimer speaks 
reverently of his Palm Beach restaurant as the 'shrine and birthplace of sauce 
Lamaze and stone crabs." " 

At the Plaza in New York when the war broke out, Lamaze received the bonus 
of $1,000 offered by patrons for the first to enlist. And after the Armistice "he 
began to realize his gaudiest ambitions in the way of de luxe restaurant proprietor- 
ship." Among his establishments have been El Carmclo in Havana, the Palais 
Royale, the Plantation and Little Club in New York, the Via Mizner at Palm Beach, 
the Clover Club in Hollywood, Arrowhead Inn in Saratoga, the Beach and Tennis 
at Miami Beach, and the Patio Lamaze. His greatest love was the Cafe Martin, 
where he got his first job after graduation from Brown, Beebe writes, working as a 
wine boy. 

"He is a ribald, mellow and gorgeous fellow, who would give you his shirt or 
a Mickey Finn with equal readiness, depending on his esteem of you, " says Beebe, 
adding, "but if anyone refers to him as a "genial host,' he retires to the men's room 
and is ill for hours." ^ i 



Schwartz, Jones, and Gurney. From the 
Massachusetts sector came Hep Pearsall, 
Brooks, Gallup, Dwight Robinson and his 
son, Grover, McCann and Homer Clark. 
Bill read letters and telegrams from Little 
in New Orleans, Branch in New York, and 
Chafee in Cambridge. After dinner most of 
the party went to the Smoker at the Statler 
to cheer Bill as president of the Brown Club 
of Boston and, among other pleasures, to 
try their luck in drawings for pairs of those 
famous shoes. 

The engagement has been announced 
of Miss Electa Kinney, daughter of Mr. and 
Mrs. Charles E. Greenwood of Pawtuxet 
Neck, to Henry W. Corp of Barcelona, 
Venezuela, son of Henry W. Corp and Mrs. 
Corp of Manila, P. I. 

A. Chester Snow of Richardson tf Clark, 
Providence, is a member of the District 
Business Conduct Committee of the Na- 
tional Association of Security Dealers, Inc., 
for Rhode Island and other areas including 
all New England States except Connecticut. 

Leonard S. Little has the sympathy of 
the Class in the loss of his wife, Amey 
Williams Little, who died at the Little home 
in South Dennis, Mass., Jan. 6, 1940, after 
a short illness. Besides her husband, Mrs. 



Winning Wars by Telepathy 

► ► "We cannot quite get the idea of Dr. Charles Francis Potter, head of New 
York's Humanist Society, that through telepathy the end of the war may be 
achieved." Such is the confession of an editorial writer in the Providence Evening 
Bulletin concerning an alumnus of the class of 1908 often in the headlines. Accord- 
ing to the editorial, which appeared last month. Dr. Potter '"suggests that a highly 
trained group of Espers concentrate on the minds of the enemy chiefs of staff. These 
Espers with their intensive thought could anticipate the thoughts of the enemy 
chieftains, and the latter, knowing that their plans had become known, would not 
light. They simply would not dare to fight. 

"An Esper, as perhaps you do not yet know,"' the editorial continues, "is a 
person who possesses the faculty of Extra-Sensory Perception. An Esper has that 
sixth sense which enables him to grasp what is going on in the mind of another 
person. . . . Dr. Potter says that his interest in E. S. P. started in a family game 
based on his wife's surprising knack of reading his mind. He used to bring Mrs. 
Potter gifts and she could always tell him, before the packages were unwrapped, 
just what they contained." 

Dr. Potter has written a book on the mysteries of telepathy, entitled. "Beyond 
the Senses." i i 



Little leaves two sons. Rev. Robert W. 
Little '31, the first son of an '07 man to 
graduate from Brown, and George W. Lit- 
tle '32. 

Harold E. Miller, Jr., has been elected 
captain of the Providence Country Day 
School basketball team, on which he plays 
forward. Young Miller won his letter in 
football last fall as end and halihack, and 
had the honor of scoring one of the two 
touchdowns the school eleven made against 
opponents in 1939. 

1908 

Dr. Harlan T. Stetson, who is doing re- 
search work in astronomy at Massachusetts 
Institute of Technology, reports his new 
house address to be 198 Collins Road, 
Waban, Mass. He was in Providence re- 
cently to lecture at the Art Club. 

1909 

Three members of the Class have daugh- 
ters in the Freshman Class at Pembroke 
College — Harry Smith, Jim Connolly, and 
Herb Sherwood. 

Don Clark and his family are now settled 
in their new home in Morewood Gardens, 
Pittsburgh, where Don is Director of Pur- 
chases for Gulf Oil Corporation. 

A portrait of Charles E. Hughes, Jr., 
former president, was unveiled at the an- 
nual meeting of the New York County 
Lawyers' Association at the Law Building 
of the Association in New York City, Jan- 
uary 23. 

Albert H. Poland, for 21 years treasurer 
of the Providence Charitable Fuel Society, 
resigned at the 1 1 3th annual meeting of the 
society held early this month. But he will 
continue as second vice president and as a 
member of the finance committee. At the 
same meeting President William P. Dodge, 
who was re-elected, spoke in appreciation 
of the work of his fellow officer and class- 
mate. 

Bill Connell is the Judge before whom 
one of Rhode Island's wire-tapping cases 
was tried. 

Drawings by John Wells were exhibited 
in a recent one-man show at the Armour 
Galleries in Providence. They are products 
of a hobby pursued after banking hours and 



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Brown Alumni Monthly 

Published at Brown Uuit'ersity b\ the 
Associated Alumni 

CHESLEY WORTHINGTON '23 

MflTiagmg Editor 

ARTHUR BRAITSCH '23 

BuiiJiess Manager 

HENRY S. CHAFEE '09 

ALFRED H. GURNEY '07 

JAMES L. WHITCOMB '36 

GERTRUDE ALLEN McCONNELL 

Pembroite CoTTCspondcnt 

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. XL 



FEB., 1940 



No. 6 



deserved the serious critical attention and 
appreciation they received. 

Leon Beytes i.s an engineer connected 
with the National Park Service of the U. S. 
Department of the Interior. His address, 
in care of that service, is at the Mt. Tom 
State Reservation, SP 18, Holyoke, Mass. 
1910 
Frank L. Mansur, superintendent of 
schools of Swampscott, Mass., is again tak- 
ing prominent parts in dramatic productions 
put on by the Tavern Plays in the neigh- 
boring city of Lynn. 

1911 
Your Secretary, Charles P. Sisson, is one 
of a dozen Republican leaders named by 
Thomas E. Dewey "38, honorary, to advise 
him "on national and international affairs 
in connection with his campaign for the 
presidential nomination at the 1940 conven- 
tion." Dewey insists that the group is not 
"a brain trust." 

1912 
Herbert W. Stanley writes that he is at 
present in Pasadena, Texas, for the Cham- 
pion Paper y Fibre Company, and that his 
mail address is 1009 West Main Street, 
Houston. "I expect to be here until June, 
and then at my old address in Asheville, 
N. C," he adds. 

Dr. and Mrs. Hermon Carey Bumpus, Jr , 
of Pasadena, Calif., have announced the 
engagement of their daughter. Miss Nancy 
Helen Bumpus, to James G. Urquhart, for- 
mer captain of the Yale University crew. 
Miss Bumpus, graduate of Smith College 
"39, was queen of the Pasadena Tourna- 
ment of Roses in 1937. 

W. L. Jencks is living at the Hotel Myles 
Standish, 30 Bay State Road, Boston. 
1913 
Charles W. Walker, superintendent of 
schools of Union No. 25, New Hampshire, 
writes that his office is in Winchester and 
that his correct mail address is Box 182, 
West Swanzey. 

When the Friends of the Library met at 
the John Carter Brown Library early in Jan- 
uary to hear Dr. Lawrence C. Wroth, the 
librarian, tell of the work of the library, 
Carleton D. Morse was in the chair, and 
Clarence H. Philbrick and James H. Readio, 
Jr., were present to cheer Doty on. 

Preston F. Arnold"s father, Franklin G. 
Arnold, died in Detroit, Mich., Jan. 5, while 
visiting his daughter, Mrs. Willard A. 
Chipman. Mr. Arnold, 81 years old, was 
active for many years in the town and 
church affairs of Swansea, where he had 
lived for 64 years. He was a deacon of the 



First Christian Church of Swansea for 51 
years, and a former treasurer of the church 
and superintendent of the Sunday school. 
1914 
Ump Tewhill took an active part in the 
annual meeting of the Eastern Association 
of Intercollegiate Football Officials when 
they met in New York last month. The new 
president of the association is Albert B. 
Maginnes, Lehigh alumnus who has offi- 
ciated in many a Brown game. 

Zygmont J. Ciubak, city solicitor of Cen- 
tral Falls, helped his parents celebrate their 
49th wedding anniversary on Jan. 28. Mr. 
and Mrs. Ciubak are among the oldest 
Polish-American residents of Rhode Island. 
1915 
Donald Dike, principal of Athol, Mass., 
High School, IS a director of the Massachu- 
setts Teachers Federation, an organization 
composed of 20,000 teachers. Don, who is 
also secretary of the Fitchburg Neighbor- 
hood Principals' Club, still retains his in- 
terest m athletics, having served many 
years on the athletic council at Athol and 
being its present chairman. 

William P. Sheffield, Jr., is the newly 
elected vice president for Newport County 
of the Republican Club of Rhode Island. 
1916 
Albert B. Coop, mechanical engineer 
with Carney-Young Utilities Corporation 
at 130 North Beacon Street, Brighton, 
Mass., is now living at 10 Gray Road, Wa- 
tertown, Mass. 

John W. Moore is in the Real Estate De- 
partment, Industrial Trust Company, Prov- 
idence, and is living at 378 Auburn Street, 
Cranston. 

Irving T. Gumb is director of public re- 
lations for the New Jersey State Chamber 
of Commerce at 605 Broad Street, Newark, 
where he lives at 140 Roseville Avenue. 

Your Secretary reports with regret the 
death in Washington, D. C, on Jan. 13, 
1940, of Edward T. Willson, official of 
HOLC and well known in the industrial 
management field during the past 15 years. 
Dr. Maurice Adelman has the sympathy 
of the Class in the loss of his father, William 
Adelman, who died in Providence, Dec. 15, 
1939. Mr. Adelman, former president of 
the Hebrew Free Loan Association, had 
lived in Providence for 50 years. 

Mr. and Mrs. Seward Graves Byam of 
Wilmington, Del., announce the engage- 
ment of their daughter. Miss Anne Eliz- 
abeth, to Edward Jones Matlack, son of 
Mr. and Mrs. William Matlack of Moores- 
town, N. J. Miss Byam, a provisional mem- 
ber of the Wilmington Junior League, at- 
tended Mrs. TatnalTs School at Wilming- 
ton and was a Phi Beta Kappa scholar at 
Pembroke. Her fiance is a graduate of 
Moorestown Friends" School and Haverford 
College. 

1917 
Melvin M. Lowe, advertising representa- 
tive of the Chicago Tribune, with his office 
at 220 East 42nd Street, New York City, 
reports a change of house address to 3 Ivy 
Way, Port Washington, L. I. 

Adolph Curtis is advisory executive of 
Service Review, Inc., 205 East 42nd Street, 
New York City. 

Richard H. Van Horn, manager of the 
Bridgeport, Conn., division of United Illu- 
minating Company since 1930, assumed his 
new duties as a vice president of the com- 
pany early this month. Dick went with 
United Illuminating in 1928 as engineer 
after eight years with General Electric. 



1918 

Chauncey T. Langdon, with the Bureau 
of Foreign and Domestic Commerce, U. S. 
Department of Commerce, is the new vice 
president of the Brown Club of Washing- 
ton. 

Harold A. Backus is research engineer 
for RCA Mfg. Company, Camden, N. J., 
and is living at 135 Winchester Road, 
Merion, Pa. 

John R. Leeming, Jr., is a buyer with 
F. R. Jelleff, Washington, D. C, where his 
present address is the Annapolis Hotel. 

Col. Peter Leo Cannon was installed last 
month in Providence as treasurer of the 
Friendly Sons of St. Patrick. 

Alderman Charles H. Eden of the First 
Ward, Providence, has begun his duties as 
president of the Republican Club of Rhode 
Island. Clifton I. Munroe is one of Charlie"s 
co-workers as vice president for Providence 
County, and Walter Adler, your Secretary, 
is a director. 

Lawrence G. Flick, manager of the Prov- 
idence office of International Business Ma- 
chines Corporation, is living at 377 Angell 
Street. 

Dr. Louis I. Kramer has succeeded Dr. 
Alexander M. Burgess "06 as head of the 
medical department of Charles V. Chapin 
Hospital, Providence. 

1919 
John A. Cranston, Jr., son of our class- 
mate, was one of nine Brown undergrad- 
uates who took part in the regular semester 
audition of advanced students in the Uni- 
versity Department of Music. Playing in 
Alumnae Hall before an appreciative audi- 
ence, young Cranston, a member of the 
Junior Class, gave a good rendering of the 
difficult Lalo "Symphonic Espagnole."" 

S. Watson Smith is with the Peabody 
Museum at Harvard this winter and is liv- 
ing at the Hotel Commander in Cambridge. 
Watson attended the Brown-Rutgers game 
with several of his old college friends, in- 
cluding Dean Edgar J. Lanpher and Dr. 
Bruce M. Bigelow '24, Director of Admis- 
sions. 

James S. Eastham and his family are 
settled in their new home on Morton Street, 
Andover, Mass. A fire partly destroyed his 
former home in Andover shortly after he 
had moved. Jim is ably representing Eastern 
Gas y Fuel A.ssociates of Boston as counsel, 
and spends a large part of his time in New 
York, Washington and Pittsburgh. He also 
maintains a law office in Lawrence, Mass. 
Fred B. Perkins has been re-elected secre- 
tary of the Rhode Island Bar Association. 
Daniel W. Coggeshall, youngest post- 
master in the history of the town of Bristol 
when he was appointed in 1935, has been 
renamed to the office by President Roose- 
velt. 



He Helps Make Rules 

► Emery B. Danzell, Jr. "26, for- 
mer captain of the Brown basketball 
team and "Rhode Island's ranking 
basketball official,"' the Providence 
Journal says, "has been appointed to 
membership in the exclusive commit- 
tee which writes the rules revisions 
at the conclusion of the season. This 
is a National board, and Mr. Danzell 
will serve as one of a dozen outstand- 
ing basketball authorities throughout 
the country. For the past four years 
he has served as referee-in-chief of 
the New England Interscholastic 
tournament." i 



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Roger T. Clapp, a member of the Prov- 
idence law firm of Hinckley, Allen, Tilling- 
hast 6? Whcclcr, with which he has been 
associated for 16 years, on March 1 will 
begin his duties as counsel for the General 
Fire Extinguisher Company, with his office 
in Providence. 

Jack Haley was a speaker at a meeting of 
the Faculty Club in December, talking on 
"History and Historians." Volume III of 
the "Old Stone Bank History of Rhode 
Island," based on Haley's broadcasts, is now 
off the press. 

1920 
Alan N. MacDougall, active as under- 
writer for the National Surety Company of 
New York City, writes that his nev,- house 
address is One Leighton Avenue, Yonkers, 
N. Y. 

Frederick E. Schoeneweiss, retiring last 
month as Worshipful Master of What 
Cheer Lodge of Masons, Providence, re- 
ceived a Past Master's jewel from his fellow 
members in appreciation of his work as the 
lodge's leader. 

Philip D. Morrison writes that his busi- 
ness is insurance, that his office is at 245 
Fifth Avenue, New York City, and that he 
lives at 499 Argyle Road, Cedarhurst, L. I. 
Walter Adler '18 told us where to get in 
touch with Phil. 

The James Laurie Prise of the American 
Society of Civil Engineers was awarded to 
Stanley M. Dore in connection with the 
annual meeting of the society on Jan. 17. 
The prize, which included a cash award, was 
conferred for Dore's paper on the "Quabbin 
Dike" which appeared last November in 
the ASCE's Transactiotis. The publications 
of the Society are considered to he the lead- 
ing technical articles in the civil engineering 
field in this country so that the prize was a 
high honor. Dore's paper described one of 
the notable achievements of the Metropol- 
itan District Water Supply Commission of 
Boston, since the Quabbin Dike was built 
by the hydraulic fill method. Dore is now 
chief designing engineer for the Commis- 
sion, receiving this promotion when Karl R. 
Kennison succeeded the late Frank E. Win- 
sor '91, Brown trustee, as chief engineer. 
1921 
Elmer P. Wright is an industrial engineer 
with United States Finishing Company in 
Norwich, Conn., but he says that his pre- 
ferred mail address is 41 Prospect Street, 
Auburn, R. I. 

George Macready had a leading part in 
the short-lived play, "Foreigners," by Fred- 
erick Lonsdale which came and went from 
Broadway early in December. "George 
Macready is the proper admixture of villain 
and gentleman as the German," said Rich- 
ard Watts, Jr., the Herald Tribune review- 
er. George's son, Michael, aso appeared on 
the Broadway stage in December, and made 
a hit in his own right, although the play 
was another failure. 

Ralph Knight entered right into the spirit 
of the Boston Brown Club's Father and Son 
Smoker early in December by bringing his 
13-year-old son to meet Coach McLaughry 
and the Brown football players, as well as 
other alumni and their sons. 
1922 
Albert E. Fowler, Jr., is manager of the 
Palace Theatre, Pittsfield, Mass., where he 
lives at 3 Bay State Road. 

Charles H. Pinkham is riding one of his 
favorite hobbies as an amateur actor by 
playing parts in the well trained Tavern 
Players in his home city of Lynn, Mass. 



The Birth of ''Tugboat Annie" 

► The part a Brown man played in 
the creation of the popular Saturday 
Evening Post and movie character 
"Tugboat Annie" is described in a 
magazine article by Alfred L. Gehri 
in the Post for Jan. 20. The proto- 
type of the character is said to have 
been Thea Foss of Puget Sound, a 
colorful and exciting figure in a color- 
ful and exciting setting, but already 
dead when Norman Reilly Raine met 
her sons. 

Says the Post article, "Raine, who 
first saw Washington ports as a ma- 
laria-stricken forecastle hand in 
1924, returned under somewhat dif- 
ferent auspices in 1931. He had 
made himself a first-rate short-story 
writer and was asked to lecture at 
the school of journalism at the Uni- 
versity of Washington. There, Ed- 
win Wintermute (Brown 1927) who 
had been a reporter in Providence, 
Rhode Island, suggested that a wom- 
an tugboat skipper ought to make a 
good short-story character. He men- 
tioned a woman in Providence who 
had inherited a tugboat business from 
her husband." 

Later Raine met Wedell Foss, son 
of Thea, who told him of his mother's 
exploits and gave him the details of 
one episode which resulted in the 
first Tugboat Annie story. i 



Professor Lawrence Whitcomb of the 
Department of Geology, Lehigh Univer- 
sity, has been elected as a Fellow of the 
Geological Society of America. 

Kenilworth H. Mathus, after a short stay 
in Springfield, Mass., is now in New York 
City, where he is editor of the Casualty & 
Surety journal, publication of the Associa- 
tion of Casualty y Surety Executives, at 
60 John Street. 

The Alumni Office has confirmed news 
of the death of Thomas A. Maloney, spe- 
cial student with the Class, on July 4, 1939. 
Maloney, who came to Brown from Bartlett 
High School, Webster, Mass., had been in 
business in the Middle West during the 
past 1 5 years. His last position was vice 
president of Egyptian Tie fs" Timber Com- 
pany, lumber ties and mine timbers, St. 
Louis, Mo. 

William H. Shupert is dividing his time 
between Western Massachusetts and his 
office at 50 Congress Street, Boston. 
Through a process of evolution, his firm 
has grown from investment banking to a 
well set-up investment counsel firm with a 
well-equipped research department. With 
the firm are Preble W. Blake '12 and Paul 
L. Chipman '08. 

1923 
Ralph D. Greene is a demonstrator for 
American Cynamid Company, Calco Divi- 
sion, Bound Brook, N. J., where he lives at 
308 Church Street. 

Newell W. Bishop is a management as- 
sistant with the New York City Housing 
Authority at 227 West 17th Street. 

Gilbert E. Broking, whose marriage we 
reported in the December issue, is assistant 
manager of the Club Transportation Serv- 
ice, Inc., Coral Gables, Fla., where he and 
Mrs. Broking are settled in their new house 
at 215 Lavarre Avenue. 



Raymond M. Henshaw is general man- 
ager of Jersey Oil Heating, Inc., with his 
office at 277 Coit Street, Irvington, and his 
home at Overlook Terrace, Short Hills, 
N. J. 

John A. Wilson, member of the law firm 
of Shearman and Sterline, New York City, 
was the guest speaker at the annual Robert 
Burns anniversary dinner of the Bergen 
County Caledonian Society held in Engle- 
wood Clifts, N. J., on the poet's birthday, 
Jan. 25. 

Rather belatedly we carry the informa- 
tion that William W. Weeden, Jr., of 
Jamestown, R. I., has been promoted from 
lieutenant to lieutenant commander in the 
U. S. Navy. 

Dr. and Mrs. John F. Murphy moved into 
their new home on Jan. 29 and their address 
is now 289 Angell Street, Providence. 

Don Rubel is district chairman for the 
Brown Alumni Fund in Philadelphia. 
1924 
Robert G. Inman is with Copeland 6# 
Thompson, Inc., china, at 206 Fifth Ave- 
nue, New York City, where his new house 
address is 419 East 57th Street. 

S. Everett Wilkins, Jr., member of the 
law firm of Hinckley, Allen, Tillinghast 6? 
Wheeler (all Brown), is the new Junior 
Steward of What Cheer Lodge of Masons, 
Providence. He was elected and installed 
at the 83rd annual communication of lodge 
in December. 

Morris E. Burtt, who went with the 
W. T. Grant Company right after he grad- 
uated from Brown, is now manager of the 
company's Pittsburgh District. Morris and 
his family live at 10 Grover Lane, Caldwell, 
N. J., and Morris makes his headquarters at 
1441 Broadway, New York City, home of- 
fice of the Grant Company. 
1925 
Dr. Maurice B. Thompson is medical 
consultant for the Mutual Life Insurance 
Company of New York, with his office at 
34 Nassau Street, New York City, and his 
house at 5 Highland Avenue, Great Neck, 
L. I. 

Newton T. Dana has become assistant 
manager and purchasing agent for the In- 
dustrial Paper 6? Cordage Company of 
Pawtucket, which intends, news reports say, 
to bring several paper converting plants to 
Rhode Island. Newt was formerly purchas- 
ing agent for Collyer Insulated Wire Com- 
pany. 

1926 
Rivhall J. Perry is a traveling auditor for 
New Jersey Bell Telephone Company at 
540 Broad Street, Newark, where he lives 
at 140 Roosevelt Avenue. 

Assistant Attorney General Jacob S. 
Temkin of Rhode Island was elected to the 
executive committee of the Rhode Island 
Bar Association at the 1939 annual meeting. 
J. Robert Bergh is now Senior Master at 
St. Dunstan's School, Providence, and he 
and Mrs. Bergh are living at 7 Benefit 
Street. He arranged a successful concert by 
Alec Templeton last month as a benefit for 
the school. 

William H. Swcetland, Jr., is one of two 
Providence real estate brokers who recently 
received the title of Certified Property Man- 
ager, conferred by the Institute of Real 
Estate Management, professional branch of 
the National Association of Real Estate 
Boards. Bill, who is with John B. Carpen- 
ter, Inc., has been engaged in the manage- 
ment of office buildings, apartments, stores 
and dwellings for the past 11 years. 



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Howard G. Lewis, assistant principal ni 
Nathan Bishop Junior High School, is pres- 
ident of the First Aid Instructors Club of 
Providence Chapter, American Red Cross, 
for the current year. 

Dr. Allen C. Morrill is now Associate 
Professor of English at Geneva College, 
Beaver Falls, Pa., where he lives at 3 227 
Fifth Avenue. 

1927 

Paul D. O'Brien, lawyer with the firm of 
O'Brien, Driscoll 6? Raftcry at 152 West 
42nd Street, New York City, has been 
elected as a vice president of the New York 
Association of the Alumni of Phillips Ex- 
eter Academy, from which he graduated in 
1923. 

Ralph E. Fulton is property manager 
with the United States Rubber Company, 
with his office at 184 Commercial Street, 
Maiden, and his home at 10 Dix Street, 
Winchester, Mass. 

Daniel Lapolla, Providence lawyer, will 
be supervisor of Rhode Island District 3, 
including the city of Providence and most 
of the northern part of the State, for the 
1940 Federal census. This month the cen- 
sus of business and manufacture will start, 
and in April Dan and his staff will begin 
the census of population, agriculture, and 
housing. 

R. R. Moreau was back in Rhode Island 
not long ago as factory representative of 
Habitant Soup Company, "makers of the 
famous Quebec French style habitant pea 
soup." The main office of the company is 
in Montreal, but Moreau works out of the 
Manchester, N. H., branch. 

Walter S. Stcdman '27 of the law firm of 
Stedman y Stedman, consisting of two fa- 
thers and two sons, of whom Charles S. 
Stedman "96 and Walter are two, has been 
recently elected to the Board of Trustees of 
the Albany Home for Children. His father 
has been a Trustee and Counsel for many 
years of this well-known Home, which is 
over a hundred years old. Last year, the 
American Red Cross also elected Walter to 
its Board of Directors in Albany. 
1928 

Jack Drysdale is keeping busy and cheer- 
ful (we hope) as State House reporter in 
Boston for the Sprin,c:/icld Union. 

Dr. Seebert J. Goldowsky is a member of 
the newly appointed surgery staff of Miriam 
Hospital, Providence. 

Louis L. Carter's new address is 2 Lan- 
tern Lane, Weston. Ma.ss. 
1929 

Samuel B. Larkin, whose marriage is re- 
ported in another column, is sales manager 
of the Northern New Jersey Division, 
Worcester Salt Company, with his head- 
quarters at 40 Worth Street, New York 
City. Sam turned from insurance to salt a 
few months ago. 

1930 

Ralph E. Purinton is area manager for 
the Shell Oil Company, with his headquar- 
ters in Peckskill, N. Y., where he lives on 
East Main Street. 

Dr. Lcc G. Sannella is resident physician 
in ophthalmology at St. Luke's Hospital, 
1 13th Street and Amsterdam Avenue, New 
York City. 

Dr. Malcolm Winkler has been appointed 
visiting physician to the out-patient depart- 
ment in dermatology of the Charles V. 
Chapin Hospital, Providence. 

David O. Merrill is district manager for 
D. A. Schulte, Inc., with his office at 386 
Broadway, New York, and his home at 
12 Harrison Avenue, Red Bank, N. J. 



High in the Andes 

► Fred M. Chace '29, writing from 
Morococha, Peru, under date of No- 
vember 19, said that "gossip has it 
that there is a European war, but we 
wonder what is going on. . . . I'll 
certainly be glad to get back to God's 
own country, receive the news fresh 
off the bat, and have some good New 
England quahaug chowder." 

Chace is in Peru as geologist for a 
copper mining company, and his 
work is in the high Andes, where n<i 
trees, no grass, and little animal or 
bird life can be seen. One of the 
company's camps (at Tuctu) is at 
14,600 feet, and the mines arc at 
15,000 feet and above, "all higher 
than any point in the United States. 
... A trip through this region is 
better than a whole year's course in 
Geology 1." i 



Dr. David Frcedman is serving on the 
surgery staff of Miriam Hospital, Prov- 
idence. 

1931 

"The light of the city has murdered the 
light of the moon," Winfield Townley Scott 
lamented in a fine poem, "City Moon," 
which the Tvjeiu Yorl{er published last 
month. It is "an old prop on a worn cur- 
tain, believed by no one," he reports, sud- 
denly changing his mood in a final sestet to 
show what survives of lunar power. 

William R. Kinnaird, newly married, is 
with the Advertising Department, Swift (i 
Company, meat packers, at 1117 North 
Dearborn Street, Chicago. 

Carl A. Boeker, Jr., is on the sales staff 
of Singer Sewing Machine Company, with 
his office at 199 Union Street, and his home 
at 143 Hillman Street, New Bedford, Mass. 

Kenneth A. Henn has moved from Cleve- 
land to Springfield, Vt., where he is sales 
engineer with the Jones y Lamson Machine 
Company. 

George R. Coughlan, Jr., has opened an 
office for the general practice of law in the 
Glens Falls Insurance Building, Glens Falls, 
N. Y. 

Dr. Paul L. Thayer is occupying his new 
dental offices at 205 Taunton Avenue, East 
Providence. 

Walter A. Wcntworth, 2nd, reports a 
change of house address to 58 Pinchurst 
Road, Belmont, Mass. 

Richard H. Howland is instructor in 
archa-ology and Italian art at Wellesley Col- 
lege this academic year, and he and Mrs. 
Howland are living at 988 Memorial Drive, 
Cambridge, Mass., so that Dick can work 
at Harvard in his spare time. ^ 

Dr. Charles Potter is serving in the out- 
patient department of Charles V. Chapin 
Hospital and is also a member of the depart- 
ment of gynecology and obstetrics of Miriam 
Hospital, Providence. He has his own office 
at 223 Thayer Street, a building which 
houses several other Brunonian physicians. 
1932 

Dr. Herbert B. Johnson and Mrs. John- 
son have changed their residence from 
Brooklyn to 19 Green Street, Kingston, 
N. Y., where Herb is practising medicine. 
He received his M.D. degree from Cornell 
University Medical College. 

David H. Scott, Mrs. Scott and young 
Miss Scott are occupying their newly pur- 
chased house in Chappaqua, N. Y. Dave is 



still on duty with Harper y Brother, pub- 
lishers, New York City. 

1933 

Bob Bentley is assistant manager of the 
Intaprint Division, Miehle Printing Press y 
Mfg. Company, Long Island City, and is 
living at Scarsdale Manor, Garth Road, 
Scarsdale, N. Y. 

Mort Taylor is the new manager of the 
Rayon Department, Cone Export y Com- 
mission Company, at 59 Worth Street, New 
York City. Mort's company represents sev- 
eral mills of which Sidney S. Paine '08 of 
Greensboro, N. C, is president. 

Frederick W. Arnold, 3rd is doing adver- 
tising work for Lever Brothers, soap manu- 
facturers, in Cambridge, and is living at 37 
Becchwood Road, Wellesley, Mass. 

Earl R. Straight, member of the Class 
for two years, is an examiner for the Mort- 
gage Guarantee y Title Company, 85 West- 
minster Street, Providence, but he tells us 
that he still claims Pawtucket (135 Prospect 
Street) as his home. 

Charlie Whitaker is the new American 
Vice Consul at Havana, Cuba. 

Recent changes of address include: J. S. 
Tuttlc, Willow Lane, Birmingham, Mich., 
and Albert H. Gardner, 84 Marion Avenue, 
Providence. 

1934 

J. Maynard Kaplan of the law firm of 
Kimball y Kaplan, Salem, Mass., was ad- 
mitted to practice before the Federal bar in 
the United States District Court in Boston 
in December. Kap. column writer on the 
Broun Ddily Herald and managing editor 
of the Broicn ]un in undergraduate days, 
won his LL.B. degree at Harvard and be- 
came a member of the Massachusetts bar in 
1937. 

Ralph G. Schaubhut is assistant chemist 
with the Glenlyim Yarn Dye Works in 
Phillipsdale, and he and Mrs. Schaubhut, 
the former Margaret Burbank, are living at 

10 Belair Avenue, Providence. 

Irving S. Pascal, with the Bookmatch 
Department of the Diamond Match Com- 
pany, is at present down South, with his 
headquarters at Greensboro, N. C, where 
his address is Country Club Apartments, 
P-7. 

Edward F. Esthcrg reports a change of 
address to 2547 Lyon Street, San Francisco, 
but he doesn't tell us what he is doing out 
there on the Pacific Coast. 

Daniel W. Earle keeps busy as Field 
Executive of Narragansett Council, Boy 
Scouts of America, with his office at 179 
Thames Street, Newport. Dan recently 
served on a Superior Court jury in his 
home city. He was the youngest member, 
according to the record. 

Dr. Leroy D. Vandam, whose marriage 
is reported in another column, has become 
house officer in surgery at Beth Israel Hos- 
pital, Boston, for a period of two years. 
1935 

Bill Karahan, we hear, is working for the 
Jones y Laughlin Steel Corporation and is 
getting his mail at 1104 Franklin Street, 
Aliquippa, Pa. 

Henry W. Connor is Executive Director 
of the Lowell Taxpayers' Association, with 
his house address at 91 Lupine Road, Low- 
ell, Mass. 

Bernard Oster is teaching at Bridgham 
Junior High School and is living at 133 
Sixth Street, Providence. 

Walter D. Harris, Mrs. Harris, and their 
young son, Kenneth, are now at home at 

1 1 2 Francis Street, Providence. Walt, ad- 



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mitted to the Rhode Island bar in Novem- 
ber, can boast an all-Brown family, as his 
father, mother, sister, and wife are Brown 
graduates. Kenneth will probably be a 
member ol the Class of 1961. 

Albert H. Daly, Jr., married and .settled 
at 12 Blackstone Boulevard, Providence, is 
assistant treasurer of Weybosset Pure Foods 
Markets, of which his father is president. 

Jack Cuthbert, still going strong with 
Mine Safety Appliances Company of Pitts- 
burgh, reports his new business address to 
be 305 Merchants Bank Building, Indian- 
apolis, Ind. 

Paul C. Howard was re-elected as secre- 
tary of the Brown Club of Washington at 
the last annual meeting. 

Carl N. Mayhew has the sympathy ol 

the Class in the loss of his mother, Mrs. 

Gypsy Taylor Mayhew, who died at Carl's 

home in Washington, D. C, Nov. 10, 19Jy. 

1936 

Harrie Coffin is a field clerk with the 
Bell Oil a Gas Company in Grandfield, 
Okla. 

Ted Tannenwald is an associate in the 
law offices of Weil, Gotshall 6? Manges at 
60 East 42nd Street, New York City, and 
lives at Briarvicw Manor Apartments in 
White Plains, N. Y. 

Jack Zeugner, 3rd, is selling insurance 
for the Central Insurance Company of Balti- 
more, Md., where he lives at 3 502 Copley 
Road. 

Geoffrey Graham reports that he is still 
on the job with General Motors Overseas 
Operations at 1775 Broadway, New York 
City. 

Al Low is teaching Latin and English at 
Eastern Junior High School, Lynn, Mass., 
where he lives at 97 Empire Street. 

Ray Parlin writes that he is working in 
the sales department ol the general offices 
of National Theatre Supply Company at 
92 Gold Street, New York City. 

Wally Capron is still carrying on as a 
yacht broker with the Ford Yacht Agency 
at 41st East 42nd Street, and is living at 
158 East 61st Street, New York City. 

Jack Coogan, Jr., is on the sales staff of 
Arnold Hoffman Company, dye stuffs and 
chemicals. Providence. He and Mrs. Coo- 
gan have recently changed their address 
from Slocum, R. I., to 243 Armington 
Street, Edgewood. 

Albert F. Bamberger, former member of 
the Class, announces that he has legally 
changed his name to Albert Frederic Dykes. 



Threnl from Sanlii 

► It was immediately alter Christ- 
mas, if not before, that Brown Uni- 
versity received a warning from 
Santa Claus. The students, accord- 
ing to information from a usually un- 
impeachable source (the Brou'ii 
Daily Herald), were in definite dis- 
favor with the gentleman, who, it 
seemed, had been sadly disillusioned 
during a visit to the campus. 

The occasion was the Faunce 
House dance the Friday before the 
holidays. Somebody swiped his wig 
and whiskers, worth six bucks at any 
costumer's. Members of Phi Delta, 
who claimed a pipeline to Santa 
Glaus, made the appeal on his behalf, 
with all hopes of success. It was no 
time to be playing fast and loose with 
such a man, they pointed out, with 
Christmas just around the corner, i 



Bill Richter Makes a Suggestion 

► ► How often have you gone to bed and said to yourself, "Tomorrow I'll really 
get up on time!" 

But you haven't. 

Then you ought to know what a late-slumbering Brown University sophomore 
has done to make himself jump out of bed on the dot, leaving warm blankets for 
the cold floor in a jiffy. 

H. William Richter, Jr. of Bridgewater, Mass., has hooked up an electric 
alarm clock, a phonograph and a radio. He has a recording of his own voice, 
giving himself a pep-talk about what happens to students who sleep through early 
morning classes. 

At the tick of 7:30 a. m., the alarm goes off. It throws a switch to start the 
phonograph and to turn on the radio, which he uses as an amplifier. Then he hears 
himself telling him.self to "Get up. Bill, GET UP!!" 

The recording of Richter's voice begins with gentle and persuasive language, 
but grows progressively more vitriolic. The final commands are quite something. 

"Now Bill," his own voice admonishes, "don't give us any of that stuff. No, 
DON'T turn over again. You know what will happen if the Dean hears about 
your sleeping through another 8 o'clock class. Do you hear me? Hey! HEY! GET 
UP!!" 

The device works so well that fellow-students in Maxcy Hall want Richter to 
help them build their own "Get-Yourself-Up" machines. i i 



Dick Hart, comfortably settled in his 
new house at 19 Nisbet Street, Providence, 
IS working for the Gorham Mfg. Company, 
silversmiths, Providence and New York. 

J. J. (Mickey) O'Reilly came close to 
getting hack on the field where he shone as 
a football player when he acted as linesman 
Thanksgiving Day (New England style) 
for the Brown-Rutgers game. Mickey has 
received many congratulations for the fine 
Job he did as chairman of the committee in 
charge of the Boston Brown Club Smoker in 
December. 

1937 

Dick Messinger is now a statistician with 
the American Fruit Growers' Association 
in Pittsburgh, where his mail address is 
43 4 South Graham Street. 

Ed Washburn is a chemist with Baker 6? 
Company in Newark, N. J., a note from 
his father tells us. 

Walt Brown is doing graduate work in 
the Botany Department, Duke University, 
Durham, N. C, and taking casual interest, 
we suspect, in the Duke football eleven of 
which Wally Wade, a Brown graduate, is 
head coach. 

Don Clark, Jr., is an actuary with Equit- 
able Life Insurance Company in New York 
City. 

Walter Burbank. learning the chain store 
business with J. C. Penney Company, is 
now working in the Penney store in Zanes- 
ville, O., where he lives at 1126 Maple 
Avenue. 

Don Stewart is a member of the editorial 
staff of Scott, Foresman y Company, text 
books, Chicago, and lives at 5645 Black- 
stone Avenue in that well known city. 

Marcus Handler, after two years of grad- 
uate study at Stanford, is now at the Uni- 
versity of Chicago continuing his advanced 
work in pathology. 

Tom Allan, Jr., is with the Laboratory 
Sales Service, Resinous Products 6? Chem- 
icals Company, at 222 West Washington 
Square, Philadelphia. There's a note about 
Tom's new son in another column. 

Joe Dembo is a student at the Dental 
School, University of Maryland, Balti- 
more. 

Sheldon Briggs, who has been with Con- 
necticut General Life Insurance Company 
in Hartford, Conn., since graduation, is liv- 
ing at 15 Alden Street, Apt. 12A, Hart- 
ford. Sheldon was married Oct. 21, 1939, 
to Miss Marjorie Denison Mabel, daughter 
of Mr. and Mrs. Robert C. Mabel of Al- 



bany, N. Y,, with Charlie Cashman as his 
best man. 1938 

Leo Loeb, Jr., has been in Cedar City, 
Utah, since graduation, "trying to learn the 
power business from the ground up" with 
the Southern Utah Power Company. The 
town of 4000 is not otherwise a centre of 
much Brown University activity, and Loeb 
writes that his goal at present is a job back 
East, of which he has good prospects. A 
recent holiday permitted him to go on to 
the Coast for the Rose Bowl game and a 
visit with Allan R. Bernstein. 

Adolph Sharkey is working for Waldorf 
System, Inc., restaurants, at 42 Bromfield 
Street, Boston. 

Charlie Williams is a field service repre- 
sentative in the Group Department, Travel- 
ers Insurance Company, with his headquar- 
ters at 5 5 John Street, New York City. 

Gordon Eastwood is with Monarch Life 
Insurance Company at 93 2 Industrial Trust 
Building, Providence. 

1939 

Doug Herron, reporting that he has left 
the ranks of the unemployed, says that he 
is touring the country with the General 
Motors "Parade of Progress," which "put 
on a show at Brown Field a few summers 
ago." Doug wrote from Gadsden, Ala., 
adding that it's a lot colder in the winter in 
Dixie than some of us imagine. 

Joe Blessing is working for Guaranty 
Trust Company, New York City, and is 
studying at the New York University Grad- 
uate Night School. 

Grant Bursley is with the Providence 
agency of Massachusetts Mutual Life In- 
surance Company as an associate agent. 

Dave Hull is taking post graduate work 
in the New York University School of Re- 
tailing. As each student must devote part 
of his time to practical work in stores, Dave 
is at present working at Macy's. He and a 
fellow student have an apartment in down- 
town New York, and Dave says that he 
likes what he is doing even though he finds 
it strenuous at times. 

Frank L. Miller, Jr., with General Elec- 
tric Company in Erie, Pa., writes that he 
lives at 705 Silliman Avenue, Lawrence 
Park, in that city, and adds: "You may 
expect a change of address about every 
three months." 

David Landman is on the editorial staff 
of the Universal Jewish Encyclopedia and, 
he writes, "wielding the customary mean 
black pencil." i i 



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Flying Honeymooners 

► Monroe E. Hemmerdinger '37 
and his bride were a little surprised at 
the fuss made over their departure 
from Long Island's new North Beach 
Airport on Christmas Day, but it 
was an event for the airport as well 
as for the Hemmerdingers. The 
couple was the first pair to start a 
honeymoon from there. 

The Long Island City Star told 
how the newlyweds came to the air- 
port after the mid-afternoon cere- 
mony in Manhattan and boarded a 
Los Angeles airliner for a six weeks" 
honeymoon in Palm Springs. 

The news item pointed out that 
Hemmerdinger, a Forest Hills real 
estate broker, had been swimming 
captain at Brown and is a member ot 
the New York Brown Club and the 
Knickerbocker Yacht Club, Port 
Washington. His father is chairman 
of the board of the yacht club. < 



Engagements 
> > Miss Mary Howe DeWolf. daugh- 
ter of Dr. and Mrs. Halsey DeWolf of 
Providence, to Dr. Marshall N. Fulton '20 
of Boston and Providence. Miss DeWolf 
is a graduate of Bryn Mawr College. 

Miss Brenda Lois Medoff, daughter of 
Mrs. Rose Medoff of Providence, to Wil- 
liam M. Smira '26, also of Providence. 

Miss Kathryn E. Walsh, daughter of 
Mr. and Mrs. Eugene J. Walsh of Daven- 
port, la., to Paul D. O'Brien '27 of Yon- 
kers, N. Y. Miss Walsh is personal repre- 
sentative and business manager for her sis- 
ter, Mary Jane Walsh, actress. Mr. O'Brien 
is the oldest son of Dennis F. O'Brien '98 
and the late Mrs. O'Brien. 

Miss Barbara Elliot, daughter of Mr. and 
Mrs. Arthur J. Elliot of Thomaston, Me., to 
Charles W. Provonchee "27 of Providence. 
Miss Elliot is a graduate of Wellesley Col- 
lege and holds a Master's degree from 
Simmons College. 

Miss Virginia Macrae Briggs, daughter of 
Judge Walter A. Briggs '06 and Mrs. 
Briggs of Attleboro, Mass., and a graduate 
of Boston University Law School, to Lloyd 
G. Briggs '31 of New York, son of Asa 
Lloyd Briggs "04 of Ashaway. 

Miss Mary Junia Irish, daughter of Mr. 
and Mrs. Forest O. Irish of Providence, to 
James M. Hines '33 of Cranston. 

Miss Helen Michelsen, daughter of Mr. 
and Mrs. Henry C. Michelsen of Scarsdale, 
N. Y., to Frank W. Moler, Jr., '34, also of 
Scarsdale. 

Miss Ellen P. Doctor, daughter of Mr. 
and Mrs. James E. Doctor of Providence, to 
Maurice J. Knott '3 5, also of Providence. 

Miss Miriam Hallen, daughter of Mr. 
and Mrs. Paul E. Hallen of East Providence, 
to Sidney Johnson, Jr., '3 5 of South Barre, 
Mass. 

Miss Harriet Brayton, daughter of Mrs. 
William L. S. Brayton of Fall River, to 
John W. Marvel '3 5 of Fall River and 
Chicago. 

Miss Frances Hopkins, daughter of Mrs. 
William C. Hopkins of East Orange, N. J., 
to Franklin T. Costello '36 of Newark, N. J. 
Miss Hopkins is a graduate of Newark State 
Teachers College. 

Miss Gladys Hutchinson, daughter of 
Mr. and Mrs. James Hutchinson of Ashton, 
to Walter E. Rollins '36 of Lakewood, R. I. 

Miss Lillian Horvitz;, daughter of Israel 



Horvitz of Providence, to Milton Levitt "36, 
also of Providence. 

Miss Althea Elizabeth Persons, daughter 
of Mr. and Mrs. Frederick A. Persons of 
Greenfield, Mass., to Richard E. Archer "36 
of Providence. 

Miss Eleanor Louise O'Donohue, daugh- 
ter of Mr. and Mrs. Thomas J. O'Donohue 
of Goshen, N. Y., to Robert A. Love "37 of 
Brooklyn and Goshen. 

Miss Edith Catherine Phelps, daughter 
of Mr. and Mrs. Roswell F. Phelps of Ded- 
hara and Duxbury, Mass., to Edward K. 
Bancroft '37 of East Greenwich. 

Miss Cicely Jane McNamara, daughter 
of Dr. and Mrs. Francis W. McNamara of 
Youngstown, O., to Edward J. Diets '38 
of Richmond Hill, N. Y. 

Miss Ruth Chase, daughter of Mr. and 
Mrs. Philip S. Chase of Providence, to Paul 
W. Welch '38 of Wellesley, Mass. 

Miss Doris M. Clarke, daughter of Dan- 
iel A. Clarke '01 and the late Mrs. Clarke 
of Fiskeville, to R. Arnold Matteson '39, 
son of Herbert A. Matteson '97 and Mrs. 
Matteson of West Warwick. Miss Clarke 
is a graduate of Wheaton College. 

Miss Dorothy Ward Drake, daughter of 
Mr. and Mrs. Raymond W. Drake of New- 
ark, N. J., to William W. Creasey, Jr., '39, 
of East Orange, N. J. 

Miss Marion E. MacLean, daughter of 

Mr. and Mrs. Malcolm N. MacLean of 

Pawtucket, to James H. Maker '39, also of 

Pawtucket. n-/ jj- 

weddings 

^ 1896 — Frederick A. Jones, former May- 
or of Cranston, and Mrs. Alice Burton Peck 
were married in Providence, Dec. 2, 1939. 
They are at home at 129 Shaw Avenue, 
Edgewood. 

1914 — David C. Adelman and Miss 
Louise Helen Zielman, daughter of Mr. and 
Mrs. Morns Zielman, were married in 
Brookline, Mass., Dec. 28, 1939. They are 
at home at 41 Lorraine Avenue, Providence. 

1925 — Arlo Russell Eason and Miss 
Doris Miner Byers, daughter of Dr. and 
Mrs. Clarence W. Byers, were married in 
Rutherford, N. J., Jan. 13, 1940. They are 
at home at 150 Center Street, North Easton, 
Mass. 

1928 — Nelson J. Conlong and Miss 
Barbara Frances Jones were married in 
Providence, Dec. 1, 1939. Mrs. Paul H. 
Hodge, twin sister of the bride, was matron 
of honor; Paul H. Hodge '28 was best man; 
and Edward J. Lawrence "28 was an usher. 
Mr. and Mrs. Conlong are at home at 73 
President Avenue, Providence. 

1929 — Van Vechten B. Graves and Miss 
Ella Ann Fitigerald, daughter of Mr. and 
Mrs. Michael J. Fitzgerald, were married in 
Bennington, Vt., Nov. 4, 1939. They are 
at home at 205 Union Street, Bennington. 



".-i !\ame to Live Up To" 

> John J. Walsh "32, reporting 
the arrival of his second son, Patrick, 
"born in our company hospital here 
at the site of Grand Coulee Dam,"' 
modestly adds that Mrs. Walsh, the 
former Eleanor Wilson of Spokane, 
"is the granddaughter of Patrick 
Welch, pioneer railroad builder of 
the Northwest at the time when my 
grandfather, Patrick Walsh, was 
building the New York Central lines 
in the East. . . . The new boy will 
have a name to live up to in the con- 
struction business." Walsh's com- 
pany is Consolidated Builders, Inc., 
and his ofEcc is at Mason City, Wash. 



1929— Harold S. Moskol and Miss 
Eunice Goldsmith, daughter of Mrs. Albert 
Goldsmith, were married in Providence, 
Jan. 5, 1940. They are at home at 77 Black- 
stone Boulevard. Mrs. Moskol is a graduate 
of Simmons College. 

1929 — Samuel B. Larkin and Miss 
Vivian Hornstra were married in Newark, 
N. J., early in December. They are now at 
home on Lakeview Avenue, Clifton, N. J. 

1929— Ralph B. Milligan and Miss Edith 
Moore Oldham '32, Pembroke College, 
daughter of Edgar C. Oldham of Swansea, 
Mass., were married Nov. 10, 1939. They 
are living in Kickemuit, East Warren. 

1931 — William R. Kinnaird and Miss 
Marie Gissler, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. 
Frederick Gissler, were married in Univer- 
sity City, Mo., Nov. 25, 1939. They are at 
home at 1117 North Dearborn, Chicago. 

1952— William A. Gey and Miss Sarah 
Elizabeth Cheek, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. 
Mott Been Cheek, were married in Colura' 
bus, O., Nov. 25, 1939. They are at home 
at 609 West 1 9th Street, Wilmington, Del., 
where the Geys are chemists with the 
duPont Company. Mrs. Gey is a graduate 
of Ohio State University and recipient of 
the Sc.M. in chemistry. 

193 3 — Harry B. Swartz and Miss Jean 
Dorothea Clarke, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. 
Robert Clarke, were married in St. Louis, 
Mo., Dec. 24, 1939. 

1934 — Dr. Donald B. Fletcher and Miss 
Ruth Alberta Button, Syracuse "38, were 
married in Syracuse, N. Y., on Oct. 18, 
1939. They are living in Boston until July, 
when they move to Ann Arbor, Michigan. 
Dr. Fletcher will then commence a three- 
year residency at the University of Mich' 
igan Hospital. 

1934 — Dr. Leroy D. Vandam and Miss 
Regina Phyliss Rutherford of Clarksburg, 
W. Va., were married in New York City, 
Nov. 30, 1939. They are now at home at 
231 Park Drive, Boston. 

1934 — John G. Akin and Miss Conra- 
dine dePourtales Walts, daughter of Mr. 
and Mrs. Charles Conrad Walts, were mar- 
ried in Roselle, N. J., Jan. 6, 1940. After 
February 1 they will be at home on the 
Gracemere Estate, Tarrytown, N. Y. 

193 5 — Irving Brodsky and Miss Naomi 
Richmond '36, Pembroke College, were 
married in Providence, Oct. 8, 1939. They 
are at home at 208 Waterman Street, 
Providence. 

1936 — Sumner P. Ahlbum and Miss 
Elizabeth Ann Lammers, daughter of Com- 
mander Howard M. Lammers, U.S.N., re- 
tired, and Mrs. Lammers of Newport and 
Washington, D. C, were married in Wash- 
ington, Jan. 1, 1940. The Ahlbums are 
living at 281 Benefit Street, Providence, 
where Sumner is on the city staff of the 
Evening Bulletin. 

1937 — Monroe E. Hemmerdinger, for- 
mer captain of the Brown swimming team, 
and Miss Carol Phyllis Weil, daughter of 
Mr. and Mrs. L. Victor Weil, were married 
in New York City, Dec. 25, 1939. They 
are at home at 2 Sutton Place, South, New 
York. 

1937— Reuel A. Sheldon, Jr., and Miss 
Mary Jane Hill, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. 
Davis E. Hill, were married in Summit, 
R. I., Nov. 29, 1939. They are living in 
the village of Washington. 

1937 — Leonard E. Cummings and Miss 
Josephine Louise Honan, daughter of Mr. 
and Mrs. Joseph Honan, were married in 
Newport, Dec. 26, 1939. They are at home 
at 164 Tenth Street, Providence. 



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1938 — Edgar M. Major and Miss Jane 
Elisabeth Duffy '37, Pembroke College, 
were married Dec. 1, 1939, according to 
announcement received at the Alumni Of- 
fice. They are living at 185 Lexington 
Avenue, New York Citv. 

1938 — Edward L. R. Palmer and Miss 
Margaret L. Preston '38, Pembroke Col- 
lege, were married in Brooklyn, N. Y., Jan. 
5, 1940. They are at home at 138-27 
78th Avenue, Kew Gardens, N. Y. 

1939 — Raymond J. Lee and Miss Shirley 
Bonawit, daughter of Mr, and Mrs. David 
J. Bonawit of Glen Rock, N. J., were mar- 
ried at the Bonawit home, Oct. 14, 1939. 
They went to Honolulu on their honey- 
moon and are now living in Lockport, N. Y. 

Births 

► 1925 — To Dr. and Mrs. E. Wade Bishop 
of East Providence, a son, William, Nov. 
26, 1939. 

1926— To Dr. and Mrs. Gerald J. Cur- 
rcri of Providence, a daughter, Lucia Leah, 
Dec. 20, 1939. 

1928 — To Mr. and Mrs. Richard Carver 
Gurney of Lakeville, Conn., a son, George, 
Nov. 26, 1939. 

1928— To Mr. and Mrs. Robert R. Bal- 
lantyne of Cincinnati, O., a daughter, Jean 
Allison, Dec. 2, 1939. 

1928— To Mr. and Mrs. Earle F. Leach 
of Baldwin, N. Y., a second son, Edward 
Williston, Dec. 15, 1939. 

1928 — To Mr. and Mrs. Herman Wilson 
Ford of Woonsocket, a daughter, Ann Pol- 
lard, Dec. 31, 1939. 

1931— To Mr. and Mrs. Edward M. 
Read of St. Paul, Minn., a daughter, Ellen 
Bradford, Dec. 2, 1939. 

1931 — To Mr. and Mrs. George F. Troy, 
Jr., of Providence, a daughter, Cathlecn 
Allison, Dec. 31, 1939, in Biddeford, Me. 

1932— To Mr. and Mrs. John J. Walsh 
of Mason City, Wash., a second son, Pat- 
rick W. Walsh, Sept. 17, 1939. 

193 3— To Mr. and Mrs. Richard D. 
Squire of Providence, a daughter, Pamela, 
Dec. 13, 1939. 

1937— To Mr. and Mrs. Thomas T. 
Allan, Jr., of Collingswood, N. J., a daugh- 
ter, Judith Jane, Dec. 14, 1939. 



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Prof. E. K. Strachan 

► > Nationally known as an authority 
in the field of industrial chemistry, Dr. Earle 
Kenneth Strachan, associate professor of 
chemistry at Brown University died sud- 
denly on Nov. 23. He had been a member 
of the Faculty since 1922. 

Dr. Strachan was best known for his re- 
search in organic chemistry and the develop- 
ment of new methods in the analysis of 
dyes. Industrial concerns frequently relied 
on him for advice in connection with their 
problems in electrochemistry, and he had 
written extensively for national scientific 
publications. In addition to his regular 
classroom work, he taught extension courses 
and took an active part in the extracurricu- 
lar activities of the University. He was a 
member of the Board of Managers of the 
Brown Union, and his popularity with his 
colleagues was illustrated by the fact that 
he was secretary of the Faculty Club. 



Prof. Strachan was born in Brockton, 
Mass., May 15, 1886, the son of James W. 
and Susie L. (Bowen) Strachan. 

He was graduated from the Worcester 
Polytechnic Institute in 1908 and received 
his master of science degree from the Uni- 
versity of Illinois in 1910. Two years later 
he achieved his doctor of philosophy from 
the same university. 

Dr. Strachan taught for eight years at 
the University of Illinois before becoming 
associated with the research department of 
the National Aniline and Chemical Com- 
pany of Buffalo, N. Y. from 1916 to 1922. 

Dr. Strachan was a member of the Amer- 
ican Chemical Society, the American Elec- 
tro-chemical Society, the American Institute 
of Chemical Engineers, the American Elec- 
tro-Plating Society, the Providence Engi- 
neering Society. He served as chairman of 
the Rhode Island section of the American 
Chemical Society several years ago and also 
was a member of the committee on indus- 



trial instruments of the American Society 
of Mechanical Engineers. 

He was married on June 14, 1913, to 
Lela Mildred (Wright) Strachan, who with 
two sons, Richard Wright Strachan and 
Earle K. Strachan, Jr., survive him. He also 
leaves one brother, Ralph W. Strachan of 
Brockton, and his mother. 

At his funeral in S. Stephen's Church, 
where he had been a vestryman, members 
of the Department of Chemistry were hon- 
orary pall bearers: Dean Samuel T. Arnold, 
and Profs. Charles A. Kraus, Robert F. 
Chambers, Norris W. Rakestraw, W. Wal- 
ker Russell, Paul C. Cross, Laurence S. 
Foster, and John P. Howe. University rep- 
resentatives were: Corporation: President 
Henry M. Wriston, Paul C. DeWolf '05, 
Arthur L. Philbrick "03, Zechariah Chafee 
'80, L. Ralston Thomas, Henry G. Clark 
'07, and Arthur B. Lisle. Faculty: Vice- 
President James P. Adams, Dean Roland 
G. D. Richardson, Dean Margaret S. Mor- 
riss. Dr. Albert D. Mead, Profs. William 
H. Kenerson, Henry B. Huntington, Charles 
W. Brown, Philip C. Mitchell, Raymond 
C. Archibald, Robert B. Lindsay, Leighton 
T. Bohl, and Walter H. Snell. 

1875 

> ► Thomas Stantial Gladding, re- 
tired analytical chemist, born Mecklenburg, 
Va., in 1853, the son of Benjamin F. and 
Maria (Stantial) Gladding; died in Easton, 



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Md., Dec. 8, 1939. "Virginian by birth, a 
Yankee by forbears and background, he 
saw and participated in the development of 
many phases of the American chemistry we 
know today." 

He called himself a scientific detective. 
As such a detective, applying methods of 
analysis learned through years of study 
and experience, his clients included bankers, 
manufacturers, inventors needing chemical 
advice, and others seeking information on 
problems of their researches. In the course 
of his work he visited many parts of the 
world and made valuable contributions in 
the field of analytical chemistry. When he 
was 60 years old he set out on what he 
called "a post graduate course undertaken 
in the afternoon of life, a radiant afternoon 
of instruction and enjoyment." He spent 
three years going around the world, ending 
with a motor trip across this country over 



the Lincoln Highway. Again in 1927 he 
ended another three years" motor tour of 
France, Spam, Italy. Switzerland, and 
England; and in 1929 he visited Egypt, 
Palestine, and Syria. 

From Brown he went to teach at what is 
now SuiEeld School and then at Worcester 
Academy. As undergraduate he played on 
the class baseball team, was librarian of the 
'75 Domino Fraternity, member of Phi Beta 
Kappa and Delta Upsilon, and salutatorian 
at Commencement. In 1878 he went to 
New York with Charles M. Stillwell '66, 
and formed the chemical laboratory part- 
nership of Stillwell y Gladding, to which 
he gave his time and attention for many 
years. He was a founder of Christadora 
House, an East Side settlement in New 
York, a former president of the Montclair, 
N. J., Y.M.C.A., recording secretary for 
one year of the American Chemical Society, 




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and a trustee of the New York Biblical 
Seminary. In 1887 he married Miss Clara 
Elizabeth Sayles, who died in 1901. His 
only survivor is his second wife, Effie Price 
Gladding, whom he married in 1902 at 
Bellefontaine, O. 

1876 
► Dr. Henry Allen Whitmarsh, foun- 
der of the Homeopathic Hospital and dean 
of Rhode Island homeopaths, born Prov- 
idence, Sept. 29, 1854, the son of Edwin B. 
and Harriet (Barden) Whitmarsh; died in 
Providence, Dec. 2, 1939, in his 86th year. 
"He was enthusiastically human; he had an 
open heart; and the more one saw of him, 
the more astonishing did the width of his 
culture seem." 

From Brown, where he was a brilliant 
student, he went to Columbia Medical Col- 
lege and New York Medical College and 
Flower Hospital, won his M.D. in 1879, 
and commenced practice as the first homeo- 
path in East Providence. In 1884 he settled 
in Vienna to study for two years at the 
General Hospital, did special work in sur- 
gery and gynecology at Columbia for an- 
other year, and in 1888 returned to Prov- 
idence to establish a hospital out of which 
grew the Homeopathic Hospital of Rhode 
Island. In 1925 the present hospital, "a 
beautiful monument to his earnest efl^orts to 
build a place worthy of its name," was 
opened. 

He was ever consistent and alert in re- 
search, "with the aim of keeping abreast of 
modern thought and methods in his profes- 
sion," and the hospitals of Berlin, Ham- 
burg, Dresden, and Berne knew him as 
student and observer in the years when 
those hospitals were regarded as the best in 
the world. He was a frequent contributor 
to medical journals, a charter member from 
Rhode Island of the American College of 
Surgeons, a former president of the Rhode 
Island Homeopathic Medical Society, and 
a member of numerous medical societies. 
He served two years as president of Rhode 
Island Alpha, Phi Beta Kappa, was a dea- 
con of Central Congregational Church, and 
a devoted member of Delta Upsilon, many 
of the graduates of which recall with affec- 
tion his friendly interest in them and his 
loyal support of the chapter. 

On June 16, 1881, Dr. Whitmarsh mar- 
ried Miss Martha M. Gerst of Brooklyn, 
N. Y. She died May 8, 1888. His second 
wife, who survives him, was Miss Alida 
Esther Sprague, daughter of S. S. Sprague 
of Providence, whom he married Oct. 2, 
1895. He is also survived by two daughters 
by the second marriage, Mrs. Whitmarsh 
Phillips of Hillboro, N. H., and Mrs. E. 
Bronson Tolman, Jr., of Chicago, 111. Dr. 
Robert H. Whitmarsh "09 city, is a nephew. 

1879 

^ > The Brown Alumni Monthly has 
previously noted with regret the passing of 
one of the senior alumni. Dr. Walter Lee 
Munro, 82-year-old Providence surgeon, 
writer, and inveterate world traveler, who 
died on Oct. 23. His career merits far 
more, however, than the brief obituary word 
printed on that other occasion. 

One of the most loyal of all sons of 
Brown, he had manifested his loyalty in 
many ways. He had frequently enlivened 
the columns of this magazine with news, 
comment or history, notably his articles of 
reminiscence on the "Old Back Campus" 
and his recent article on "The Experi- 
menters at Brown" and their share in the 
development of the telephone. He was 



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of untold assistance to the Alumni OfEce 
and the maintenance of its graduate 
records. And in no small measure was the 
record of his class due to him as it boasted 
of having missed only one Commencement 
reunion in the 60 years since graduation. 
Several of his classmates preceded him in 
death by only a few months, and their loss 
saddened him immeasurably. 

Dr. Munro, descended from one of 
Rhode Island's oldest families, had prac- 
tised medicine in Providence for more than 
half a century and was active in his pro- 
fession until the time of his last illness. He 
continued to contribute articles on medical 
subjects to national professional journals. 
He was the oldest member of Delta Phi 
Iraternity at Brown. 

His love of travel did not abate with ad- 
vancing years. It was only a few years ago 
that a fall prevented him from making a 
projected trip around the world, but, noth- 
ing daunted, he accomplished that journey 
unaccompanied at the age of 80 two years 
ago. About five year ago he went to Hono- 
lulu to visit classmates there. In his 
younger days he had been famed as a big 
game hunter. 

Dr. Munro was a descendant in the sixth 
generation from William Munro who took 
up land near Mount Hope, and a brother 
of the late Professor Emeritus Wilfred H. 
Munro '70 of Brown University and of the 
late Prof. Dana C. Munro '87 of Princeton 
University. His nephew, Prof. Dana G. 
Munro '12, is now head of the history de- 
partment at Princeton, having succeeded his 
father. 

Walter Lee Munro was born in Bristol, 
Sept. 4, 1857, the son of John Bennett and 
Abby Howland (Batt) Munro. He attended 
high school in Bristol and Mowry and Goff's 
school in this city. Entering Brown Uni- 
versity in the class of 1879, he graduated 
in that year and became a Master of Arts 
there in 1882. 

He gained his medical education at Har- 
vard University Medical School, from 
which he was graduated in 1885, at the 
Boston City Hospital and the Boston Lying- 
in Hospital. 

In addition to his private practice in 
Providence, he served as visiting physician 
at various orphan asylums, particularly that 
of the St. Vincent de Paul Society, and the 
State Hospital for the Insane at Howard. 
He served as surgeon in the out-patient de- 
partment of Rhode Island Hospital from 
1886 to 1895; visiting surgeon to Rhode 
Island Hospital from 1895 to his death; 
and consulting surgeon at St. Joseph's Hos- 
pital and Pawtucket Memorial Hospital 
since 1897. 

Dr. Munro was one of the many physi- 
cians who were called upon to overwork 
themselves during the first influenza epi- 
demic. For days during that period he 
diove his automobile from daylight until 
midnight or later, sometimes going without 
food for that long. 

He was a member of the American Col- 
lege of Surgeons, the American Medical 
Association, the American Academy of 
Medicine, the Massachusetts, Rhode Island 
and Providence Medical Societies, the Fri- 
day Night Medical club of Boston, the 
Boston City Hospital Alumni Association 
and the Harvard Medical Alumni Associa- 
tion. 

Other memberships included those in Phi 
Beta Kappa, Society of Mayflower Descend- 
ants, Sons of the American Revolution, 



Rhode Island Historical Society, University, 
Providence Art, and A. E. Clubs. 

He was married in 1887 to Miss Sarah F. 
Rose of this city, who preceded him in 
death. Surviving are their two children. 
Dr. Rose C. Munro of Boston and Harold 
W. Munro '13 of Providence, and the lat- 
ter's three children. He also leaves a sister, 
Annette G. Munro of Providence, Dean 
Emeritus of the University of Rochester. 
1885 

> Ward Beecher Chase, A.B., retired, 
born Fayette, Me., the son of F. Augustus 
and Rachel L. (Sturtevant) Chase; died in 
Providence, Jan. 3, 1940, after a long ill- 
ness. In college he played on the Brown 
baseball team, and was a member of the 
Brown Musical Clubs and Delta Kappa 
Epsilon. Throughout his life he kept his 
interest in baseball, and was also fond of 
football. 

He came to Brown from Worcester 
Academy, and after graduation he worked 
for four years as an insurance agent in 
Providence. After three years of banking 
m Boston he came back to Providence to 
join the famous house of Brown 6? Ives at 
50 South Main Street. In 1898 he became 
secretary of the Beverly Land Company 
and in 1913 secretary and treasurer of the 
Warwick Land Company. He continued 
with these affiliates of Brown & Ives until 
his retirement at the end of June, 1938. 

He was married Feb. 1, 1893, to Miss 
Dora E. Curtis, who survives, with a son, 
Lieut. Col. William Curtis Chase, U.S.A., 
graduate of Brown in 1916 and now on 
duty at Fort Leavenworth, Kan., and a 
daughter, Evelyn Chase '19. 

Classmates attending the funeral were 
James M. Pendleton, Dr. Harlan P. Abbott, 
and Frank Hail Brown. 
1886 

► Clarence Hartwell Manchester, 
retired high school principal and friend of 
many Brown men, born Providence, Jan. 2, 
1863, the son of Edwin H. and Sallie 
(Stone) Manchester; died in Edgewood, 
Dec. 24, 1939. The week before his death 
he signed and mailed nearly 700 Christmas 
and New Year cards to former pupils and 
associates. He was a valued contributor to 
the Brown Alumni Monthly. 

In 1933 when he received the honorary 
degree of Doctor of Education from Rhode 
Island College of Education, President 
John L. Alger '90 cited him as "a cheerful, 
gentle soul who ruled his school by kind- 
ness and endeared himself to his associates 
and students. Retiring now because of the 
mathematics of age, but still maintaining a 
buoyant optimism in his outlook and still 
seeking fresh opportunity for service." 

His whole teaching career was spent in 
Providence, first at the Mowry y GofI 
English and Classical School, then at Tech- 
nical High School of which he became prin- 
cipal in 1926. He also served one year as 
principal of Central High School before 
retirement. He once estimated that he had 
taught 4,200 pupils. He was a former pres- 
ident of the Barnard Club, vice president of 
the WiUiam H. Hall Free Library, Edge- 
wood, and a member of Phi Beta Kappa 
and Delta Upsilon. In retirement he lived 
in "a little brown house" at Broad Street 
and Columbia Avenue, Edgewood, where 
he cultivated his garden and was the good 
neighbor. Of him at home and as a friend 
of many years Jack Martin, sports observer, 
wrote in the Providence Evening Bulletin 
of Dec. 26: 



"From the children in the neighborhood 
— some of them my own — I had intimate 
news of him, for, to him, all the children of 
the neighborhood were his children. 

"Then, later, 1 used to see him, not so 
active physically, for he was in the wheel- 
chair made necessary when he lost his right 
leg, but always as cheery and nearly as 
happy supervising in his garden as he had 
been working in it. I shall never forget his 
description of that incident which would 
have marked the end of living for many a 
younger and less stout-hearted man. 

" 'I had two courses,' he said with a 
smile, 'I took what appeared to me to be 
the better one. I could have taken what 
they called a '50-50' chance and kept the 
leg with blood poison; or I could have an 
amputation. It didn't take me any time to 
decide . . . 

" "Thirty-five minutes after I went into 
the operating room, the doctor said to me: 
"It's all over." "What, so soon?" I asked 
him. "Thirty-five minutes, and it took me 
more than 70 years to grow it on there." ' 

"People thought he was remarkable, he 
went on, because he was back home again. 
'I don't think so,' he said. 'God wasn't 
quite ready for me yet. When He is. He'll 
take care of that." " 

1901 
► John Packer Gray, A.B., LL.B., insur- 
ance man, born Mystic, Conn., Oct. 30, 
1879, the son of Mason P. and Mary E. 
(Lamb) Gray; died suddenly in Cambridge, 
Mass., Dec. 25, 1939. Since graduation 
from Brown he had been lawyer, court 
clerk, foreign trade specialist, and insurance 
agent. 

He prepared at what is now SufEeld 
School, and at Brown was on the football 
squad and a member of the Masonic Club 



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and Delta Tau Delta. After working a year 
for the International Mercantile Agency, 
he went to Harvard Law School, won his 
LL.B. degree in 1905, and served a year 
with the R. G. Dun Mercantile Agency be- 
fore commencing the practice of law in 
Connecticut. He was assistant clerk of 
courts and assistant prosecuting attorney in 
Bridgeport until the beginning of the 
World War. Then foreign trade attracted 
him, and during the next few years he car- 
ried on in Lima, Peru, and Buenos Aires, 
Argentine. 

On his return to this country in 1922 he 
resumed the practice of law, with export 
matters as his specialty. In recent years he 
had been with Monarch Life Insurance 
(Company. On June 27, 1906, he married 
Miss Edith A. Beebe, who survives, with 
three sons and two daughters, one of whom 
(Dorothy A. Gray) is the wife of Robert 
O. Brown '31 of New London, Conn. 
1915 

► Herbert Austin Larrabee, school 
principal and World War veteran, born 
Salem, Mass., Nov. 5, 1891, the son of 
Charles A. and Mary Ann (Smith) Larra- 
bee: died Peabody, Mass., Nov. 25, 1939. 
"Hard working and on the level in college, 
he should win out in life," said Ltber 
BruTiensis of 1915. 

After a year with Metropolitan Park 
Commission in Providence, he enlisted in 
the Quartermaster Corps, Ordnance De- 
partment, U.S.A., and served during the 
World War as inspector of ordnance. In 
1919 he became principal of the Thomas 
Carroll School, the largest primary school 
of Peabody, and held that office until his 
death. He was a member of the Massachu- 
setts Principals Association, Peabody 
Teachers Association, What Cheer Lodge 
of Masons of Providence, Phi Gamma Del- 
ta, and other societies. 

On Aug. 3, 1921, he married Miss Grace 
D. Miller, who survives, with a daughter, 
Nancy. His sons, Arthur Scott and Rich- 
ard Austin Larrabee, died in 1933 and 
1935, respectively. 

1923 

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the son of Rev. John J. and Mary S. 
(McCaul) Wilhams; died Seattle, Wash., 
Sept. 26, 1939. Coming to Brown from 
Central Falls High School, he played on his 
class football team and was for a time on 
the varsity squad. He also served on the 
Interfraternity Governing Board as a mem- 
ber of Lambda Chi Alpha. 

In his first year out of college he taught 
English at Kingston, N. Y., High School. 
Then he went to work as a special agent for 
Aetna Fire Insurance Company and during 
the past 15 years had done duty in Hart- 
ford, Conn., Atlanta, Ga., Salt Lake City, 
Utah, Portland, Ore., Sacramento, Calif., 
and Seattle. While he was in Salt Lake City 
he gave a paper on "The Sugar Beet Indus- 
try in Utah and Idaho" which was later 
published in the proceedings of the Under- 
writers Association of the Pacific. He was 
also president of the Intermountain Field 
Club. Wherever he went he always made 
it a point to hunt up fellow Brown men; 
and his interest in Brown and Brown affairs 
never lagged. Even at long range he was 
one of the class's most loyal members. 

On Oct. 13, 1925, he married Miss 
Madelaine Sanderson of Berkeley, Calif., 
who survives, with a son, Robert T. Wil- 
liams, Jr., and a daughter, Suzanne Wil- 
liams. His parents are living in Providence, 
and his brothers are Roger Williams '17 
and J. Clifford Williams, special student 
with 1922. 

1926 
► Elmer Irving Browning, dairyman, 
born Montville, Conn., Nov. 29, 1903, the 
son of Irving E. and Lula M. (Cruthers) 
Browning; died in New Haven, Conn., 



Dec. 24, 1939. Under the name of Brown- 
ing's Dairy he conducted a successful dairy 
business in Norwich Town, and was one of 
the promising young dairymen of Eastern 
Connecticut. 

After two years at Brown he transferred 
to Cornell, won the B.S. degree there in 
1927, and returned home to set himself up 
as a dealer in dairy products. In September, 
1925, he married Miss Elizabeth Hunting- 
ton, who survives, with three children, Ann, 
John and Susan Browning; his parents, and 
two sisters. He was a member of Norwich 
Town Congregational Church and Phi 
Sigma Kappa. 

1929 
► Dr. Smith Owen Dexter. Research 
Fellow, Memorial Hospital, New York. 
born Germantown, Pa., Dec. 22, 1906, the 
son of Rev. Smith O. Dexter '93 and Helen 
(Denison) Dexter; died suddenly in An- 
napolis, Md., Nov. 25, 1939. He entered 
Brown from Phillips Academy, Andover, 
and left at the end of Freshman year to 
continue his studies at Harvard, from which 
he received the A.B. degree in 1929. 

After winning his M.D. degree at Har- 
vard in 193 3 he was successively interne at 
Boston City Hospital, resident physician at 
Thorndike Memorial Laboratory, Boston, 
Research Fellow, Rockefeller Institute for 
Medical Research, and then on the staff of 
Memorial Hospital. He was co-author of 
several articles in medical journals, and was 
a member of the American Medical Associa- 
tion and the New England Medical Society. 
Surviving are a brother and a sister. Dur- 
ing the World War his father was civilian 
chaplain representing the Episcopal Church 
at Camp Devens. ^ ^ 



Pembroke Chronicle 



By GERTRUDE ALLEN McCONNELL '10 
Executive Secretary of the Alumnae Association 



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ALUMNAE CLUBS 
Boston 

► ► In December the Boston Club had a 
tea for sub-freshmen at the Pioneer. While 
Miss Eva A. Mooar, Director of Admis- 
sions, talked informally to the high school 
girls, the alumnae held a brief business 
meeting. The whole group then came to- 
gether to see colored slides which Miss 
Mooar showed of the campus and scenes of 
Pembroke activities. When tea was served 
the alumnae and guests had an opportunity 
to talk together. On Jan. 27 the club held 
its annual mid-winter luncheon with Dean 
Morriss as the guest of honor. Secretary: 
Mrs. D. S. Correll '28, 12 Avon Road, 
Wellesley. 

Providence 

► The Club had a particularly appropriate 
program for its December meeting at the 
Field House. Mrs. Samuel Brown gave a 
lecture on "Arrangements of Greens and 
Flowers for the Christmas and Winter Sea- 
son" and gave a demonstration of many of 
her simple and beautiful arrangements. The 
subject chosen for the Jan. 17 meeting was 
"Recent Books" and the lecturer was Mrs. 
Alice Dixon Bond. 

On March 6 Dean Morriss is to speak 
and on April 17 students of the college will 
present a musical program under the direc- 
tion of Professor A. R. Coolidge, head of 
the Music Department. Secretary: Emma 
A. Driver '30, 44 Barrows Street. 



Newport 

> The Newport Club held a successful 
scholarship bridge at the Viking Hotel on 
Jan. 25 under the chairmanship of Claire 
Sullivan Drummey '29. 

Bristol County 

► Jeannette Moffitt Bunn was hostess 
to 21 Bristol County members for the mid- 
winter meeting. A delightful talk was giv- 
en by Mrs. Morgan, formerly of Robert 
College, on "Turkey — Then and Now." 
Mabelle Caffrey Frazee '96, the president, 
presided. Secretary: Mary DeWolf '27, 
421 Main Street, Warren. 

South County 

> The South County alumnae held their 
first meeting as the guests of Doris Deming 
'30 at Beriah Manor in North Kingstown 
on Jan. 27. Miss Eva A. Mooar and Gert- 
rude Allen McConnell brought news of 
the latest developments at College and 
showed colored shdes of the campus. 

Hartford 

► The Hartford Club had the largest at- 
tendance in three years for its meeting at 
the home of Hope Elmer Meyer '26. Rachel 
Pearson '24, gave interesting book reviews. 
She is connected with the Book Shop Inn 
at South Hadley. The Club has sent in a 
gift of $100 towards the Semi-Centennial 
Gift. On Jan. 26 Dorothy and Marjorie 
Hunt were the hostesses and the speakers 
were Miss Mooar and Miss Mary French, 



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the new Social Director. Secretary: Mrs, 
Edward James Hickey "19, 89 Chapel 
Street, East Hartford. 

Worcester County 

► The Worcester County Club meets on 
the first Saturday in each month and seems 
to be a closely knit organization. In De- 
cember Amey Colvin Brooks '31 opened 
her home for a supper meeting and Christ- 
mas party. On Jan. 6 Emily Grainger 
Whitney "28 was hostess, assisted by Anne 
Carr Booth "31, as co-hostess. It was a 
hobby lobby party and each member dis- 
cussed her hobby, wherever possible bring- 
ing illustrations of it. On Feb. 3 Annie 
Adams Atwood "17 was to be the hostess. 
Secretiiry: Mrs. J. G. Morrissey "34 (Mar- 
jorie Daw), 8 Ideal Road, Worcester. 

Neiv York 

► IsABELLE Scott BoLL.^RD "09 opened 
her beautiful home in Montclair for a 
meeting of the New York and New Jersey 
alumnae on Dec. 16 with about 50 alumnae 
in attendance. Lucia M. Steere "3 3, the 
president, welcomed the group and then 
turned the meeting over to Constance Saun- 
ders "3 5, who was in charge of the after- 
noon"s program. Mary Louise Record "37, 
director of the News Bureau at Pembroke, 
and Gertrude Allen McConnell, Executive 
Secretary of the Alumnae Association, 
brought news of the latest developments at 
College. 

Plans were announced for the formal 
dinner of the Club on Jan. 31st at the 
Cosmopolitan Club, with President and 
Mrs. Wriston and Dean Morriss as the spe- 
cial guests. Secretary: Mrs. David H. Scott 
'31, P. O. Box 1001, Chappaqua, N. Y. 
Cleveland 

► The Ceveland alumnae turned out 
strong for a dinner meeting to welcome 
Dean Morriss. There were also present five 
mothers of undergraduates now in College, 
including two who are alumnae — Polly 
Presbrey McCarthy "08 and Cynthia Bishop 
McKay "12. Anne Crawford Jonah "27 had 
the pleasure of entertaining Dean Morriss 
during her stay in Cleveland. She also acts 
as secretary of the Club and can be reached 
at 2964 Hampshire Road, Cleveland 
Heights, Ohio. 

Pittsburgh 

► The Pittsburgh alumnae were happy to 
have an opportunity to welcome Dean Mor- 
riss at a dinner meeting at the College Club. 
Jane Luce Hobart '24 was in charge of the 
arrangements. Enthusiastic reports of the 
dinner have come to the Alumnae Office. 

Southern California 

► "Our Brown Club had a very delightful 
luncheon at the home of Alice S. Maile "10 
on Jan. 13. Twelve members were present, 
including Dorothy Pouliot "37, who was 
the guest of her aunt, Blanche Schiller 
Hook "15. Grace Redford '05 was co- 
hostess. Our next meeting will be on April 
20th in Pasadena. Our members are scat- 
tered within a radius of 60-100 miles and 
we are always glad when we can gather as 
many as 12. Our President, Letitia Gaboon 
'05, lives in Pomona and has to drive at 
least 40 miles but she is usually present." 
Secretary: Mrs. Stanley H. Lyons '15, 1750 
N. Berendo St., Hollywood. 

Philadelphia 

► The Philadelphia alumnae are planning 
a luncheon meeting for Saturday, Feb. 24. 
Gertrude Allen McConnell will bring news 
of the college and the alumnae. Secretary: 
Mrs. Horace W. Clarke, 111 Glendale 
Road, Upper Darby, Penn. i i 



An Alunina's Bequest 

y > H.\TTIE M. HuLT "08, who died sud- 
denly on Christmas Day, bequeathed the 
sum of $3,000 to Pembroke College to be 
known as the Hattie Cowell Holt Scholar- 
ship Fund in memory of her mother. The 
income is to be used to aid "some worthy 
graduate of Cranston High School."' In the 
event that no such worthy student be en- 
rolled at Pembroke, she directed that the 
income be given to a graduate of Classical 
High School. 

Her will further provides that the sum of 
$20,000 shall go to Brown University upon 
the death of her chief beneficiary, to be 
used as a fellowship fund in the Graduate 
School. It is to be known as the Hattie 
Cowell Holt Fellowship in memory of her 
mother. The income is to be used to aid 
graduate students of "ability, serious pur- 
pose and promise"' in the Greek and Latin 
classics and archaeology and preference is 
to he given to graduates of Pembroke Col- 
lege. 

Miss Holt, a teacher of Latin, was the 
daughter of the late Charles Everett Holt 
and Hattie Cowell Holt, and was born in 
Providence. She was a graduate of Class- 
ical High School, and at college was always 
an active member of her class. She received 
her A.B. degree in 1908 and her A.M. in 
1909. From that time she had taught con- 
tinuously, first in Stoughton, Mass., then 
in Warwick, R. I., from 1911 to 1914, and 
in Cranston since 1914. 

For the past 18 years Miss Holt had been 
secretary of her class and she was an ac- 
tive worker in the Alumnae Association. 
For a number of years she was chairman of 
the committee of Class Secretaries. For 
rive years she served on the Academic Com- 
mittee and last year as chairman of the 
committee she had charge of the arrange- 
ments for the chapel exercises at the award- 
ing of the Anne Crosby Emery Alumnae 
Fellowship. She was also a very efficient 
worker for the "Campus Carnival." She 
was active in the affairs of the New Eng- 
land Classical Association, of which she 
was a former president, and had a genuine 
interest in classical studies, which she trans- 
mitted to her pupils. 

Miss Holt was a popular teacher and 
counsellor of the senior class at Cranston 
High School and took pride in following 
the careers of her students after they 
reached college. Her passing is a great loss 



to the Alumnae Association, to her profes- 
sion, and to her many friends and asso- 
ciates. ^ ^ 
OUR OWN WHO'S WHO 
Grace F. Leonard 
y ► Grace F. Leonard "03, librarian of 
the Providence Athensum, is co-author of 
a little volume on the Athenium "which 
every true lover of the Athena:um will prize 
dearly, for it tells the library"s story with 
such feeling and understanding and irre- 
pressible humor that, despite the author"s 
modest disclaimer, it conveys the very es- 
sence of the ancient institution. 

"And that essence is more than the 
mere love of books — that vast indescribable 
passion in which reading and collecting and 
holding books and smelling them and rec- 
ommending them to friends and patiently 
trying to get them back all play a part. . . . 

"The little volume conveys this tender, 
vital essence admirably and closes with one 
of the most beautiful tributes ever paid to 
the living spirit of a library, Dr. Faunce's 
tribute to the Athenaeum itself: 'This is the 
only library in all the world that I ever 
loved. The long golden afternoons that I 
spent in these alcoves are among the hap- 
piest recollections of my life. The repose, 
the seclusion, the still and quiet air of de- 
lightful studies, the fading light as the sun 
was sinking down over the city, the hushed 
footsteps, the touch of vanished hands in 
every alcove — all this produced an impres- 
sion well-nigh religious.' " 

Bertha Clark Damon 

► Bertha Clark Damon "05, author of 
"Grandma Called It Carnal," is the first 
woman ever to speak before the Harvard 
Club of Boston, and she spoke before the 
Harvard Club of New York last month 
as well. She has just returned from a long 
lecture tour, and her lectures are making 
Pembroke better known, judging by the 
clippings which are coming back to us from 
a New York clipping bureau. 

Margaret B. Stillwell 

> Margaret B. Stillwell '09, curator 
of the Annmary Brown Memorial Library, 
was one of the principal speakers at Colum- 
bia University's convocation as part of the 
500th anniversary observance of the inven- 
tion of printing from movable type. Her 
subject was "What Remains of the Earliest 
Printing." She is an authority of inter- 
national repute in her field of incunabula. 

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Notes of the Classes a 



► ► 1900 — Mabel Le Valley Chapman has 
the sympathy of the alumnae in the death 
of her husband. They have been living in 
New Mexico. 

1900 — Edna Warner Shippee is now liv- 
ing at 8 Melbourne Avenue S E, Minne- 
apolis. 

1902 — Ella Pollard Mclntire has the 
sympathy of the alumnae in the loss of her 
husband. Dr. George F. Mclntire, a former 
Boston surgeon. 

1903 — Jessie Barbour has retired from 
teaching and is spending the winter in 
Florida. 

1907 — Louise Morgan Theis is with the 
yiews-Chronicle in London, and is working 
on war assignments — visiting internment 
camps, war factories, etc. London, she says, 
has gone back to normal, with the blackout, 
the first aid posts, and the fire engines at 
every corner as the only things to remind 
them of war. 

1910 — Angie Melden Gilbert and her 
husband have returned from Tahaiti, where 
they lived for some time, and are now at 
Stinson Beach, California. 

1910 — Elizabeth Morrison attended the 
Philadelphia meetings of the National Con- 
ference on Family Relations and those on 
the Census. In both Philadelphia and 
Washington she visited the private and 
public housing projects. She is Executive 
Secretary of the Family Welfare Society of 
Cambridge. 

1911 — Florence Bushell Bloomer has the 
sympathy of the alumnae in the sudden 
death of her only son in a motorcycle ac- 
cident. 

1911 — Ruth Burroughs Kent visited the 
Alumnae Office while on a brief visit to 
Providence. Her oldest daughter Isabelle 
is a freshman at Bucknell. 

1914 — Marjorie Mallory Riley and fam- 
ily have moved to 1 24 Menands Street, 
Menands, N. Y. 

1914 — Delia E. Wood, who is research 
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Penn., entertained the members of her class 
during her brief stay in Rhode Island. 

1914 — Harriet Baxter Burnett and fam- 
ily have returned from Liverpool, where 
they have lived for several years, and are 
now at West Dennis on Cape Cod. 

1915 — Helen Crooker Lark has the sym- 
pathy of the alumnae in the loss of her 
mother. 

1915 — Elizabeth Walter Nelson's daugh- 
ter Betty has entered Southern Methodist 
University in Dallas, Texas. 

1917 — Drusilla Flather Riley and family 
have moved to Hudson Heights, Province 
of Quebec. 

1919 — Evelyn Chase has the sympathy 
of the alumnae in the loss of her father. 

1919 — Ruth C. Coombs was the speaker 
at the January meeting of the R. I. Branch 
of the A. A. U. W. and talked on recent 
books. She was also chairman of the com- 
mittee of the Plantations Club which ar- 
ranged the Anne Allinson Memorial Li- 
brary Day in memory of Mrs. Allinson, the 
first woman dean of Pembroke. This is 
held each year on Mrs. Allinson's birthday, 
January 1st. 

1919 — Ruth Sword Wyman and seven 
other members of the class met for luncheon 
in Boston last month. 

1922 — Caroline Macdonald Sherman is 
now living at 42 Pleasant Street, Rumford. 

1922 — Edith McEwen Davis has gone 
to Berea, Kentucky, where her husband is 
connected with Berea College. 

1923 — Ruth Lothrop Thompson has left 
Greenville, S. C, and is now living at 36 
Concord Avenue, Larchmont, N. Y. 

1924 — Myrtle Hodgkins is doing grad- 
uate work at the University of Minnesota. 

1925 — Helen Darby is teaching in Wick- 
ford, where she has also taken an apart- 
ment. 

1926 — Pauline O'Connor Bell and her 
husband have moved from Arlington, Va., 
to 2757 East Second Street, Long Beach, 
Calif. 

1927 — Kathe Beyer Liedke is teaching 
at the New York Medical School. 

1927— Theta Holmes Wolf and family 
are occupying their new home at 302 East- 
ern Parkway, Columbus, Missouri. 

1927 — Mary Emerson Young and her 
family have been transferred from Annap- 



olis and can be reached in care of U. S. S. 
Pensacola, Pearl Harbor, T. H. 

1928 — Marie Schack Green is librarian 
at the Danbury State Teachers College in 
Danbury, Conn. 

1928 — Dorothea Luce Ochs is at 1410 
Columbus Avenue, Burlingame, Calif. 

1929 — Helen Sullivan Hoff is now living 
on Pease Road, Woodbridge, Conn. 

1929 — Christine McCaughey has the 
sympathy of the alumnae in the loss of her 
father. 

1929 — Hildegard Jaeger Safford has 
moved to 16 Kinghorn Road, Eltingville, 
Staten Island. 

1929 — Frances Tirrell has returned to 
the Gorgas Hospital in Ancon, Canal Zone, 
after a period of study at Columbia and a 
position in one of the Brooklyn hospitals. 

1930 — Grace King Laurent is busy with 
community work, especially that connected 
with the Y.W.C.A. in Knoxville, Tenn., of 
which she is a member of the Board of 
Directors. She is also serving on the Knox- 
ville Council of Social Agencies. She has 
been doing substitute teaching in the de- 
partments of psychology and sociology at 
Virginia Intermont College in Bristol, Vir- 
ginia (120 miles from home). Her husband 
is engaged in legal work for the Tennessee 
Valley Authority. 

1930 — Verna Follett Spaeth has been re- 
elected vice president of the Family Wel- 
fare Association in Middletown, Cx)nn., and 
Agency representative of the Family Wel- 
fare Association of America. 

1930 — Hester Harrington Stow"s book 
on "Greek Athletics" was recently pub- 
lished by the Museum of Fine Arts in 
Boston. 

1930 — Ruth Somers is teaching English 
at the Farmington Normal School in Farm- 
ington, Maine. 

1931 — Harriet Coady Friend and family 
have returned from a year in London and 
are living at 2 Autumn St., Roxbury. 

1931 — Margaret Kane Hills and family 
have moved to 515 Clinton St., Hudson, 
N. Y. 

1931 — Virginia Hogans paintings were 
on exhibition in Pembroke Hall last month 
and called forth enthusiastic comment. 

1931 — Muriel Barnes Jerome and family 
are at 85 Franklin St., Brookline. 

193 1 — Lydia Mason has the sympathy of 
the alumnae in the loss of her mother. 

1931 — Lucille V. Palmer is teaching at 
Rhode Island State College. 

1931 — Katherine Gorton Scott and her 
family have moved to Chappaqua, N. Y., 
where they have a new home in the country. 



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193 2 — Rowena Bellows visited the 
Alumnae Office while in Providence re- 
cently. 

193 2 — Helen Bostater Macintyre and 
her husband are now settled in the home 
they recently purchased at 181 Coeyman 
Avenue, Nutley, N. J. Mr. Macintyre, who 
graduated from Lafayette in 193 2 and re- 
ceived his master's degree from Harvard in 
1933, is vice-president of the Textile Proc- 
ess Engraving Company in Nutley. 

193 2 — Frederica Tully Mitchell and her 
husband are living at 4310 48th Avenue, 
Woodside, L. I. 

193 2 — Agnes Cosgrove Thenaud and 
her husband are in Paris. They went over 
in August for a brief visit but Professor 
Thenaud was drafted for service in the 
French army. 

1933— Shirley Brand Konheim of 850 
Keene Lane, Woodmere, L. L, visited the 
Alumnae Office last month. 

1934 — Kay Smith Johnson and her hus- 
band are at 19 Green St., Kingston, N. Y., 
where Dr. Johnson is now practicing. 

1934 — Ruth Hobby Young and her hus- 
band are living at "Grey Moss," Orange 
Park, Florida, where Dr. Young is doing 
experimental work in the laboratory of pri- 
mate biology, sponsored by Yale Univer- 
sity. Ruth writes: "After such a long 
summer and fall of travelling it is so good 
to have our own home again. It's a great 
big old place, with lots of trees, a garden, 
and a broad view of the St. John's River, 
which is here almost a bay. We live in this 
sleepy little town, but are only fifteen miles 
from Jacksonville, and I have joined the 
College Club there. Their activities look 
interesting and the members I have met are 
charming." 

193 5 — Kuo Ping Chou has written a 
textbook for Chinese who are beginning the 
study of English and it is meeting with great 
success. She is teaching at Yenching Uni- 
versity, Peiping. 

193 5 — Mary B. Fullerton has a position 
in Senator Lodge's office in Washington 
and is living at 135 Kentucky Avenue. 

1935 — Barbara Mackay Payne and fam- 
ily are now living at 95 Washington Street, 
East Orange, N. J. 

1936 — Annette Aaronian spent her win- 
ter vacation in Florida. 

1936 — Sally Smith is a librarian at State 
College, Penn. 

1936 — Muriel Johnson is secretary to 
Dr. Parker Heath, an eye specialist in De- 
troit, and is living at the Priscilla Inn, 2619 
Cass Avenue. 

1936 — Selby Roberts did interne teach- 
ing in Friends Seminary in New York last 
year and this year is teaching in Englewood, 
N.J. 

1937 — Beatrice Ettlinger has a position 
as assistant librarian in the U. S. Engineers' 
Office in the Industrial Trust Building. She 
is living at 185 Elmgrove Avenue, Prov- 
idence. 

1937 — Marie Smith is teaching in the 
Cranston High School. She had interesting 
experiences in Germany both before and 
after war was declared. 

1938 — Dorothy Braude is enjoying her 
work with the Chicago Relief Administra- 
tion. 

1938 — Ruth Wilcox completed her 
course at Bryant College and is now work- 
ing in an office in Putnam. 

1939 — Margaret Campbell is taking a 
training course with the Child Education 
Foundation. 



1939 — Barbara Campbell is taking a 
teachers' training course in Westbrook, 
Maine. 

1939 — Anita Percelay has a position 
with the Family Welfare in Pawtucket. 

1939 — Phyllis Sampson is doing statisti- 
cal work at Brown. 

1939 — Sue Simonds is doing editorial 
and research work for a New York pub- 
lishing house. 

1939 — Betty Whitney is working for the 
Narragansett Electric Company. 

1939 — Louise Whitney is doing secre- 
tarial work in Collinsville. 

1939 — Adelaide Wolfe is attending the 
Gibbs School in New York. i ^ 

Engagements 

► ► 1933 — Mary Junia Irish to James 
Murray Hines, Brown '33. 

1933— Ethel M. Lalonde to Dr. Upton 
A. Savoie of Main Street, Pawtucket. Dr. 
Savoie received his medical degree from the 
University of Montreal. 

1934 — Virginia Briggs to Lloyd G. 
Briggs, Brown '3 1. 

1935 — Sara Bloom to Herbert Mann, 
Brown "32. 

193 5 — Miriam Hallen to Sidney John- 
son, Jr., Brown '35. 

1936 — Jane Herr to Dr. Herbert J. 
Towle, Jr. of Melrose, Mass. Dr. Towle is 
a graduate of Tufts College and Tufts 
Dental College and is now practicing in 
Melrose. 

1936 — Charlotte Louise Morse to Paul 
Warren Benson. Mr. Benson is in charge 
of photography and photostat work at the 
John Carter Brown Library. 

1937 — Barbara Williams to John Francis 
Sullivan, Jr. Mr. Sullivan is a graduate of 
Manhattan College in New York. 

1938— Catherine Phelps to Edward K. 
Bancroft, Brown '37. 

1939 — Cecily McNamara to Edward J. 
Dietz, Brown '38. 

1939 — Phyllis Silverman to Samuel A. 
Kapstein, brother of Professor Kapstein. 

1940n — Anne Elisabeth Byam, daughter 
of Marjorie Cotton Byam '17, to Edward 
Jones Matlack, a graduate of Haverford 
College. Anne attended Pembroke for three 
years, was elected to Phi Beta Kappa, and 
won other honors. 

Weddings 

► 1929 — Annette Elizabeth Mitchell was 
married to James Emery Jackson on Decem- 
ber 22, 1939. Mr. Jackson is a graduate 
of Queen's University in Ontario and is 
a member of the firm of Jackson and 
Wood, engineers. Mrs. Jackson was a li- 
brarian at the William Hall Free Library in 
Edgewood. They will make their home in 
New York. 

1931 — Etta E. Moore was married to 
Carleton J. Batho on July 1, 1939 in Attle- 
boro, Mass. Mr. Batho attended Boston 
University and Trinity College. They are 
living at 97 Beacon Street, Hyde Park, 
Mass. 

193 2 — Edith Moore Oldham was married 
to Ralph Bennett Milligan '29 on Novem- 
ber 10, 1939. They live at Kickemuit and 
receive their mail at East Warren, R. I. 

1936 — Naomi Richman was married to 
Irving Brodsky, Brown '3 5, Providence at- 
torney, on October 8, 1939. They are 
living at 208 Waterman Street, Providence. 

1936 — Evelyn Schneider was married to 
Dr. Herbert Milton Weinstein on Decem- 
ber 17, 1939 in Mt. Vernon, N. Y. 



1937 — Jane Duffee was married to Edgar 
M. Major, Brown '38, on December 1st. 
Mr. Major is studying medicine in New 
York and Jane is doing social work. They 
are living at 185 Lexington Avenue, New 
York City. 

1938 — Margaret Preston was married to 
Edward L. Palmer, Brown '38, on January 
5, 1940. The Palmers are living at 138-27 
78th Avenue, Kew Gardens, Long Island. 

1939 — Frances Paula Singer was married 
to Irving Wattman on December 24, 1939. 
Their address is 159 Lancaster St., Provi- 
dence. 

194 In — Marcia Endlar was married to 
Milton Fine on October 12, 1939. The 
Fines are living at 99 Perry Street, Brook- 
Iine, Mass. 

Births 

> 1920 — To Mr. and Mrs. Chester A. 
Moore (Margaret Pressey), a second son, 
Chester A. Moore, Jr. in January. Address: 
Gorton Lake Boulevard, Greenwood, R. L 

1925 — To Mr. and Mrs. Earle F. Leach 
(Mabel Williston), a second son, Edward 
Williston, on December 15, 1939. Address: 
51 Chestnut St., Baldwin, L. I. 

1928— To Mr. and Mrs. Thomas H. 
Brodhead (Elizabeth Saunders), a daugh- 
ter, Virginia Holmes, on December 29, 
1939. Address: 1405 Center Street, Hono- 
lulu, Hawaii. 

1928 — To Mr. and Mrs. Charles W. 
Young, Jr. (Martha Whitman), a daugh- 
ter, Abby, on August 5, 1939. Address: 
Bonifant Lane, R. F. D. No. 1, Silver 
Spring, Maryland. 

1930— To Mr. and Mrs. Wilbur H. Birk- 
itt (L. Florence Nicholson), a son. Miles 
Henry, on December 6, 1939. Address: 30 
Summit St., East Providence. 

1930 — To Mr. and Mrs. Myron T. Bout- 
elle (Marjorie Peck), twin daughters, Marj- 
orie Peck and Ethel Elizabeth, on Decem- 
ber 13, 1939. Address: 26 Bartlett Avenue, 
Edgewood. 

193 3 — To Mr. and Mrs. Aaron E. Hess 
(Mary Jane Eshelman), a son, John David, 
on November 8, 1939. Address: 731 North 
Duke Street, Lancaster, Penn. 

1934 — To Mr. and Mrs. George F. Troy, 
Jr. (Weslene Dolloff), a daughter, Cath- 
leen Allison, on December 31, 1939 in 
Biddeford, Maine. Address; 115 Williams 
Street, Providence. 

1935— To Mr. and Mrs. Adolph G. 
Abramson (Dorothy Schloss), a son, Paul 
Berrick, on December 19th, 1939. Address: 
4128 3rd Road North, Arlington, Va. 

1936— To Mr. and Mrs. Walter D. Har- 
ris (Estelle Freeman), a son, Kenneth Win- 
sor, on November 9, 1939. Address: 519 
Angell Street, Providence. 

1936 — To Mr. and Mrs. Adrian Tour- 
gee (Julia Watson), a son, Andre Paul, on 
October 11, 1939. Address: 136 Second 
Street, Hamden, Conn. 

Music at Exam Time 

► Continuing a policy inaugurated last 
year, the Department of Music presented 
nine organ recitals in Alumnae Hall during 
the mid-year examination period. Ex- 
tremely informal in nature, the daily hour 
of good music was designed to provide re- 
laxation lor the students during the tense- 
ness of examination period. Organists this 
year were Prof. Arthur B. Hitchcock and 
Mr. William Dinneen of the Department 
of Music at Brown and Mr. Lawrence 
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That's a funny one. You're telling 
me what a great thing the telephone 
is. As if I didn't know! 

"Why, I'm one of the main rea- 
sons there's a telephone in our house. 
For you can bet your life I keep the 
folks pretty busy around here. 

"Just think! If we didn't have a 
telephone, we couldn't order things 
in a hurry from the stores. And 
Grandma couldn't call up to ask if 
I had a tooth. And Daddy couldn't 



talk to us when he's out of town. 
And Mother would be tied down 
just something awful. 

"And suppose one of us suddenly 
took sick? Or there was a fire? Or 
a robber, maybe? Well, I don't 
worry about those things when I 
see the telephone. 

"'Doesn't cost much either,' my 
Daddy says. And Mother says, 'I 
don't know what I'd do without 



BELL TELEPHONE SYSTEM