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60 YEARS AGO he marched down the Hill as a Senior. Frank 
L. Tinkham '80. loyal alumnus of a loval class, this year 
again made the pilgrimage to the First Baptist Meeting House. 

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4 LU M N I MONTHLY 




JULY, AUGUST, 
SEPTEMBER, 1940 



Vol. XLI, No. 2 



TWO MEN 




AND 



two methods 



or HANDLING INVESTMENTS 



MR. SMITH owns and manages a business. In 
addition he owns a fairly substantial block of 
securities. To these he devotes as much time as 
he can spare from his regular business duties. 
He reads the financial papers, subscribes to an 
investment service, and follows trends as close- 
ly as possible. He admits no man in his posi- 
tion can keep abreast of everything in these 
days of rapidly-moving events. But on the 
basis of what he reads and hears he makes his 
decisions, working out his investment program 
as best he can. 



MR. JONES also owns and manages a business 
and has securities representing a fairly sizeable 
sum. He devotes his undivided attention to his 
business. His securities are in the care of 
the Trust Company. Periodically, reports 
go to him regarding the status of his account, 
transactions made, income received, etc. As 
frequently as circumstances dictate, he receives 
recommendations as to sales and purchases 
which are based on judgment supported by 
research and experience. Guided by these he 
makes his own decisions and authorizes the 
Trust Company to carry them out. 



WHICH OF THESE TWO MEN in the long run will fare the better? Per- 
haps your answer will prompt you to inquire as to how the Trust Com- 
pany method employed by Mr. Jones can simplify the handling of your 
investment problems. 



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Hospital Trust Companu 



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BROWN 

ALUMNI MONTHLY 



PROVIDENCE, RHODE ISLAND 

July. August, September, 1940 
VOL. XLI NUMBER 2 




► ► It Was a Memorable Conimencenient 

was this year transmitted to Prof. William T. Hastings, 
secretary' of the faculty. 

One degree was awarded posthumously to William N. 
Donaldson, Jr., originally a member of the class of 19.^9 
who was to get his diploma a year late, after completing his 
flying training which would have culminated in a second 
lieutenant's commission. But Donaldson was killed last 
March in a collision over Kelly Field, San Antonio, where 
he was an Army Air Corps Reserve cadet. 

► The festivities of Commencement weekend began for 
many with the Class Day exercises under the elms and the 
Class Night dance, blessed by ideal weather. Dean and 
Mrs. Samuel T. Arnold received the Seniors and their 
families and friends at a reception and tea that followed 
the afternoon alfair. The reconstructed University Hall 
lent its Colonial beauty to the setting of the dance, while 
fraternity umbrellas and tables helped alumni and under- 
graduates to renew friendships on the Middle Campus. 
The dance music, including Brownbroker hits, was broad- 
cast nationally. 

Saturday sav,' the Phi Beta Kappa men and women 
meeting in the new faculty room of U. H. and saw graduate 
students receive their advanced degrees at the Sayles Hall 
Convocation. Sunday's traditional baccalaureate service 
was followed by the President's Reception, transferred to 
the late afternoon and to the open air of Faunce House 
terrace. 

Introduced by President Walter Hoving '20 of the 
Associated Alumni, Judge Fred T. Field '00 of the Massa- 
chusetts Supreme Judicial Court, presided over the Alumni 
Meeting in Sayles Hall. There the alumni gave Vice Presi- 
dent Adams a heart-warming personal ovation and further 
applauded his announcements of more than a half-million 
dollars given to the University during the past year. The 
sum included gifts from reunion classes, individual alumni 
and Brown Clubs, together with the record-breaking contri- 
bution of $36,594.30 to the Alumni Fund from 3,464 
alumni. Lieutenant Governor James O. McManus brought 
the greetings of the State of Rhode Island and did so with 
grace and distinction. 

► Princip.^L guest speaker was His Excellency Hu Shih, 
Chinese Ambassador to the United States, who bespoke his 
conviction that alumni loyalty and participation in the life 
of their University was America's great and unique contri- 
bution to the educational world. The alumnus, familiar 
creature to us and often maligned, is a figure of no conse- 
quence in the lives of educational institutions elsewhere on 
earth, he said. But here he gives a permanence to our insti- 
tutions which he, as a foreigner educated here, believed 
important but little appreciated, even in America. Alumni 
have been a powerful factor for good in American univer- 
sity development. 

Military events of the past, including the defeat France 
suffered in 1870, had enormous results, but civilisation did 
not rise or fall with them. President Wriston told the 
alumni in a stirring address. He declared that the future 



► ► It was the weekend that France capitulated, and the 
worlds melancholy shadow warded off many of the hilari- 
ties that are incident to the Commencement period. But 
hundreds of Brown men will recall June, 1940, as mem- 
orable for the depth of feeling that accompanied the 
reunions of the alumnus and the graduation of the senior 
class. If the gaieties seemed fewer, the ties of loyalty seemed 
sounder and the inspiration richer. 

Record attendances marked some of the reunions, and 
there were more classes that met than in the average year. 
Scattered in three States, from Norwich, Conn., to Coona- 
messet, on Cape Cod, nearly 50 classes were together for 
at least a meal, and one innovation was a successful joint 
reunion held by four of the younger otf-year classes. Stories 
of those reunions appear elsewhere in this issue. 

► On Commencement morning a line that seemed the 
longest ever to many observers preceded the graduating 
class to the First Baptist Meeting House for the time- 
sanctioned rituals. Alumni as far back as 1870 were in the 
procession. Degrees in course totalled 358, 262 earned in 
the men's college (221 A.B., 32 B.Sc. in Engineering, and 
nine B.Sc. in Chemistry). Five alumni of Brown were 
among the meritorious persons accorded honorary degrees, 
while another received the Rosenberger Medal, reserved 
for the University's most elect. 

The 1 940 graduates received the smallest diplomas issued 
in the University's history'. Instead of the scroll-like docu- 
ments, 19 X 15 inches, customary since the lirst Commence- 
ment 171 years before, the new sheepskins were eight by 
SIX inches and neatly encased in a folded leather cover. 
They are designed to fit a man's bookshelf. Instead of 
script, the Latin wording was printed, but the phrasing 
and signatures followed tradition. Seated in the venerable 
President Manning Chair, Dr. Henry M. Wriston gave to 
each graduate his own diploma. Brown is one of the few 
colleges of any sise which continues to give the genuine, 
instead of a dummy diploma. 

For the first time since he was graduated 50 years ago, 
Frederick T. Guild had the opportunity to witness the 
exercises as a spectator. The former registrar had charge 
of arranging diplomas from 1891 on to 1939, having them 
in proper order, and never once giving the wrong docu- 
ment to a graduate. The "formula" for this efficient process 



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of democracy rests on the achieving of a self'rehant culture, 
adding : 

"We shall get forward to the goal much faster if we 
adapt our hopes to the rhythm of history. The troubles in 
the world today are neither the worst nor the least men 
have faced before. War and poverty, ignorance and disease 
are old foes — and stubborn. We can conquer them by no 
lightnmg campaign, as once we dreamed, but only by 
patience and persistence." The President's remarkable 
address will receive scant quotation here, for it is to be 
mailed to every alumnus of Brown. He gave permission 
for this mailing to James H. Case, Jr., Secretary of the Uni- 
versity, when so many of his listeners asked for copies of 
his message. 

► Election of four alumni trustees of Brown University 
was announced by President Hoving: Sidney Clifford "15, 
Providence; Howard A. CofSn '01, Detroit; Wayne M. 
Faunce '21, New York; and Karl D. Gardner '13, New 
York. In addition to ratifying these elections, the Univer- 
sity Corporation the next day also named Edward A. 
Adams '12, Los Angeles attorney, a life trustee. Mr. Adams, 
a former All-American quarterback, succeeds the late 
William T. Peck '70 of Providence. He is ^/ice President 
of the Western Region of Brown's Associated Alumni and 
President of the Brown Club of Southern California. 

The four alumni trustees, nominated by the Associated 
Alumni, will serve for six years. Mr. Clifford, lawyer and 
former president of the Associated Alumni, and Mr. CofEn, 
a business executive, fill Baptist vacancies. Mr. Coffin, 
general manager of the White Star Company's Ohio divi- 
sion, was formerly an alumni trustee from 1930 until 1936. 
He is active in the Brown Club of Detroit. 

Mr. Faunce, vice-director and executive secretary of the 
American Museum of Natural History, has been chosen 
for the Congregational vacancy. Mr. Faunce, a governor 
of the Brown Club of New York, is Vice-President of the 
Atlantic Midland Region of the Associated Alumni and is 
a member of the Associated Alumni's executive committee. 
The undenominational vacancy is being filled by Mr. 
Gardner, president of the W. T. Grant Company, who 
was awarded the Brown Club of New York's Bear Trophy 
last winter for distinctive achievement. He is a member of 
the Club's board of governors. 

The alumni also elected two men to membership in the 
Athletic Council, increasing their representation on this 
body from two to three. New members will be Alexander 
T. Hindmarsh '19 and Paul H. Hodge '28, both former 
football players and residents of Providence. i i 

Honored on Other Campuses 

► Chief Justice Fred T. Field '00 of the Supreme 
Judicial Court of Massachusetts received the honorary 
degree of LL.D. from the University of Vermont at the 
1 940 Commencement in Burlington. Judge Field is a native 
of Vermont, Springfield being his birthplace, and is a 
graduate of Saxton's River Academy. 

Rev. Albert H. Stanton "04, State superintendent of 
evangelism, New Jersey Baptist Convention, received the 
honorary degree of D.D. from the Eastern Baptist Theo- 
logical Seminary at the 1940 Commencement. The seminary 
has a college charter and does college work in addition to 
its theological course. 

President Harvey N. Davis '01 of Stevens Institute of 
Technology received the honorary degree of Sc.D. from 
Columbia University at the 1940 Commencement. i 



Accolade < 



► HoNOR.^RY degrees conferred by the University this June 
reflected Brown's interest in recognumg the achievements 
of men who have been instrumental in promoting inter- 
national understanding, particularly among the Americas 
They were: 

Master of Arts — Albert Edgar Lownes '20 of Providence, 
textile executive, antiquarian, and authority on early scien- 
tific books apd manuscripts. 

Master of Arts — William Granville Meader '0'? of 
Providence, vice-president. Industrial Trust Company, 
recently retired chairman of Alumni Fund Trustees. 

Doctor of Divmity — The Rev. Arthur Osborn Pritchard 
'00 of Sierra Madre, Cal., Congregational leader. 

Doctor of Letters — Mrs. Maud Howe Elliott of Newport, 
R. I., author, lecturer, and Pulitzer prise winner in biog- 
raphy. (Her mother, Julia Ward Howe, had been similarly 
honored in 1909.) 

Doctor of Science — Prof. Thomas Harper Goodspeed '09 
of Berkeley, Cal., director of the Botanical Gardens of the 
University of California, explorer, author and editor. 

Doctor of Laws — Prof. Dana Gardner Munro '12, direc- 
tor of the School of Public and International Atfairs, 
Princeton University, political scientist, economist, histo- 
rian, and former United States minister to Haiti. 

Doctor of Laivs — Dr. Hu Shih, Chinese ambassador to 
the United States, noted Oriental scholar, author and poet. 

Doctor of Laws — Felipe Alberto Espil, ambassador of 
the Argentine Republic. 

Of particular interest to Brown men were the following 
citations to alumni of the University, all fashioned with 
felicity : 

Albert Edg.ar Lownes : "The very first words of our 
Charter refer to a liberal education. One of the best evi- 
dences of that kind of culture, among our alumni, is catho- 
licity of interest — capacity to bring to avocational activities 
intellectual liveliness and power, and even greater curiosity 
and passion than find outlet in gainful (xrcupation. The 
breadth of your intellectual life and its impact upon so 
many fields of thought and study exemplify the best char- 
acteristics ot the cultivated amateur. " 

William Gr.anville Meader : "Occasionally an alum- 
nus by his service to the University gives dramatic evidence 
of the affection and loyalty which great institutions evoke. 
Because in a conspicuous degree, but wholly without osten- 
tation, you have devoted yourself through many years with 
generosity and sacrifice to the welfare of Brown University, 
while winning for yourself an honorable place in the life 
of the community, we are happy to recognize not only your 
achievements but your example. " 

Arthur Osborn Pritchard: "The work of a pastorate 
carries fewer rewards in money and in public appreciation 
than any other vital service. In a world where the plighted 
word is ruthlessly betrayed, where ethical principles are 
trodden underfoot, where charity is spurned as the least of 
the virtues, the Christian teacher faces a great challenge. 
Since in your ministry you have faithfully upheld all that 
is finest in human life, upon this fortieth anniversary of 
your graduation we delight to honor you." 

Thomas Harper Goodspeed: "Since graduating from 
this University in 1909, you have made your home in 
California. But your scientific zeal has carried you to the 
remote stretches of the earth, exemplifying that restless 
inquisitiveness, that eagerness for understanding, that readi- 



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FIRESIDE CHATTER: A group of Rhode Island 
Brunonians who atlcnded the opening of the new 
Alumni Suite in the Providence Biltniore Hotel. Left 
to right: Ross A. deMatteo '33, James W. Gurll '38, 
Alexander T. Hindmarsh '19, James L. Whitconib '36, 
William J. Cilbane '33, Henrv C. Hart '01, and former 
Dean Clinton H. Currier '98. 

Photo by Goudreau, Story on pa^e 46. 

ness to sacrifice personal comfort for the enlargement of 
knowledge which have given science so strikmg a place in 
modern life. Proud of your unflagging research and the 
truitfulness of its results, we call you back across the con- 
tinent to honor you." 

Dana Gardner Munro: "Born in Providence, the son 
of a disting}jished professor and alumnus of Brown, you 
inherited his scholarly bent. As a very young man you 
made your mark by research and writing upon the subject 
of Central America. After enlistment in the air force dur- 
ing the last war, you were a skilful foreign service oiEcer 
for more than a decade. Since that time you have devoted 
your energy to training others for that important field. 
Thus you have combined scholarly attributes with practical 
service at home and abroad, achieving distinction in both 
realms. We are glad, therefore, to summon you home in 
order to recognize those accomplishments." i 

The Phi Betn Kappa Meeting 

► It was a weekend ot honors tor Chief Justice Fred T. 
Field '00 back on the campus at Commencement time for 
his 40th reunion. In addition to presiding over the Alumni 
Meeting in Sayles Hall and receiving the University's 
highest honor, the Rosenberger Medal, he was elected presi- 
dent of the Rhode Island Alpha of Phi Beta Kappa at the 
societies 111th annual meeting. It was held in the faculty 
room of the newly reconstructed University Hall. 

Dr. Alexander M. Burgess '06, was elected vice president, 
while other officers and committeemen elected are: Secre- 
tary — Prof. William T. Hastings '03; Treasurer — Judge 
William W. Moss "94; Historian— Frederick T. Guild '90; 
Auditor — George L. Miner '97; Committee on Alumni and 
Honorary Memberships — Claude R. Branch '07, Prof. Rob- 
ert B. Lindsay '20, Roger T. Clapp '19; Committee on 
Arrangements — Judge Field, Elizabeth Y. Jeffers '24, Ed- 
ward T. Richards '27, Godfrey Goff '26; Committee on 
New Chapters — Prof. Hastings, Prof. Robert F. Chambers 
'09, Prof. James B. Hedges; Committee on Nomination of 
Officers— Mason B. Merchant '25, Dr. Robert R. Bald- 
ridge '2 1 , Prof. Henry B. Huntington. 



Rev. Charles M. Sheldon '83, author of "In His Steps," 
was elected to alumni membership. 4 

The University's Highest Honor 

► Highest honor within Brown University's power to 
grant is the Susan Colver Rosenberger Medal. This year 
to the distinguished and small company of recipients the 
University added Chief Justice Fred T. Field '00 of 
Massachusetts' Supreme Judicial Court, with the following 
citation : 

Fred Tarbell Field: "Judicial integrity supplies one 
of the foundation stones of the democratic process. Learn- 
ing in the law is essential but it is not enough. Industry in 
the pursuit of justice is needful but by itself inadequate. 
Single-minded devotion, without variableness or shadow of 
turning, unimpeachable character which the breath of sus- 
picion may not reach — these are the ultimate necessities. 
Because in the administration of a great judicial trust you 
have displayed all these qualities. Brown University confers 
upon you its award for specially notable and beneficial 
achievement, and I have the honor on behalf of the Faculty 
of the University to present to you the Susan Colver Rosen- 
berger Medal." 

The award is made once in every five years (or from time 
to time as the faculty may determine) to a graduate of the 
University for "specially notable or beneficial achievement." 
It is provided for by the Susan Colver Rosenberger Prize 
Fund, established in 1919 by Jesse L. Rosenberger as a 
memorial to his wife, who was the daughter of Charles K. 
Colver of the Class of 1842. 

The medal has been awarded to Dr. William Williams 
Keen '59, distinguished Philadelphia surgeon; Chief Justice 
Charles Evans Hughes '81 of the United States Supreme 
Court; John D. Rockefeller, Jr., '97, philanthropist; Dr. 
Charles V. Chapin '76, pioneer in public health; and Dr. 
Mary E. Woolley '94, former president of Mount Holyoke 
College, and member of the first Pembroke class. i 

The Baccalaureate Sermon 

► Freedom will not be "overcome by those whose ideologies 
are based upon inhuman and bitter frenzies" if people in 
the United States and other liberal nations are fully aware 
of their responsibilities to democracy, Brown University 
Seniors were told at their baccalaureate service this year. 
They heard the Rev. John C. Schroeder of Yale, speaking 
on "A Sense of Responsibility," in the First Baptist Meet- 
ing House. A procession of Brown and Pembroke Seniors 
down College Hill preceded the exercises. 

"The great souls of our spiritual heritage have become 
what they were, not by considering what they were respon- 
sible for, but by knowing whom they were responsible to," 
the Rev. Dr. Schroeder said. "The dictators undoubtedly 
have a sense of responsibility. But it has made them mono- 
maniacs, the victims of delusions of grandeur. Their trouble 
is that they never feel responsible to anyone. 

"But if men feel responsible to democracy, to the prin- 
ciples and the values which give strength to its techniques, 
then they need have no fear that it will be overcome by 
those whose ideologies are based upon inhuman and bitter 
frenzies. 

"The man who feels his responsibility to God is not 
frantic lest the ethical diet of his life be unbalanced. He 
may not be able to meet all of his responsibilities for those 
whose life he touches, but to know his responsibility to them 
does something to him and he in turn becomes a significant 
person in the world, " Dr. Schroeder said. i 



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Acknowledging Benefactions to Brown 



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► ► Gifts, grants and bequests to Brown, an aggregate 
of well over half a million dollars, were announced to 
the alumni on Commencement Day, evidence of a con- 
tinuing pride in the University and faith in her destiny. 
Grateful acknowledgment of the benefactions was made at 
the Sayles Hall meeting by the Vice President of the Uni- 
versity, Dr. James P. Adams. 

The gifts over the past year will be applied to a variety 
of uses, many of them specified and ranging from the pur- 
chase of a dinghy for the yacht club to the acquisition of 
rare items for library shelves. Scholarship funds and fellow- 
ships will benefit to the extent of $1 15,000, with scholarships 
from the Boston, Chicago, New York and Providence 
Brown Clubs again included. There are grants in aid from 
the American Council of Learned Societies, the American 
Mathematical Society, the Carnegie Corporation, the Na- 
tional Research Council, and the Rockefeller Foundation. 

► Andrews House, University Hall, Faunce House, the 
libraries, and various departments of instruction are sub- 
stantially remembered, as are the Pembroke College funds 
for a new dormitory and Semi-Centennial Alumnae Gift. 
Two major contributors to the Pembroke Dormitory Fund 
were Stephen O. Metcalf and Miss Ellen D. Sharpe, and 
Miss Sharpe also provided furnishings for University Hall. 
Largest unrestricted gift of the year was one from Chan- 
cellor Henry D. Sharpe — $100,000 for the general purposes 
of the University. 

Brown men also heard with particular interest the report 
which told them that the 1940 efforts of the Brown Alumni 
Fund workers had been gratifyingly successful. In addition 
a group of alumni and friends of the University contributed 
to a substantial sum to meet operating expenses of the 
current year. A valuable innovation was made by the Class 
of 1923 which has begun an insurance fund with a policy 
of $2500 made payable to the University. 

► Of the numerous benefactions made in memory of some 
friend of Brown, particular interest was centered in the 
gift from Mrs. Hope Goddard Iselin, who proffered to 
Brown the family mansion situated directly across George 
Street from the University campus, at the southwest corner 
of Brown Street. This will be accepted as a memorial to the 
late William Goddard of the Class of 1846, who served 
as a member of the Brown Corporation for 50 years and as 
Chancellor for 20. He was Mrs. Iselin's father and was him- 
self the son of a Brown alumnus. Dr. William Giles God- 
dard of the Class of 1812, famed as a member of the Faculty 
and as Secretary of the Corporation in his day. 

The complete list of benefactions acknowledged by the 
University on June 17 was as follows: 

BEQUESTS 

► From the Estate of Charles L. Bartlett, $25,000 to estab- 

lish the Charles L. Bartlett Scholarship Fund. 

From the Estate of Mary E. Davol, $2,000 as an addition to 
the Mary E. Davol Fund. 

From the Estate of Helen Grant Martin, $2,551.03 as an 
addition to the Robert Mitchell Martin Fund. 

From the Trustees under the Second Clause of Section X 
of the will of Alexander G. Mercer, the University will 
receive $100,348.80 for the establishment of the Hall- 
Mercer Scholarship Fund, the income to be used for 
scholarship purposes. 



GRANTS IN AID 

► From the American Council of Learned Societies, $1,350 

for fellowships. 
From the American Mathematical Society, $1,750 for the 

Department of Mathematics. 
From the Carnegie Corporation, $1,030 for experimental 

work in color photography by the Brown University 

Photographic Laboratory. 
From the National Research Council, a grant of $1200 for 

the support of special research in the Department of 

Biology. 

From the Rockefeller Foundation, $2,100 for special re- 
search in Economics. 

From the Rockefeller Foundation, $35,000 for use, during 
the next three years, in acquiring and cataloguing micro- 
film copies of material dealing with the Colonial period 
of Latin America. 

GIFTS FROM GROUPS OF ALUMNI AND FRIENDS 

► From a group of Alumni and Friends of the University : 
An Anonymous Friend Wallace R. Lane 

Claude R. Branch Arthur B. Lisle 

Allyn L. Brown Jesse H. Metcalf 

W. Randolph Burgess Stephen O. Metcalf 

James C. Collins John D. Rockefeller, Jr. 

William Gammell Ellen D. Sharpe 

Karl D. Gardner Henry D. Sharpe 

Arthur B. Homer Harold B. Tanner 

Charles E. Hughes, Jr. Henry M. Wriston 

special gifts totalling $48,300 for the operating expenses 
of the current year. 

From the Semi-Centennial Alumnae Gift Committee, gifts 
and pledges amounting to $11,450, representing contri- 
butions of Alumnae to the Brown Alumnae Fund dur- 
ing the past year. The total amount raised by this Com- 
mittee during the past three years towards its goal of 
$125,000 amounts to $81,500. 

From the Brown Alumni Fund Trustees, $36,594.30, repre- 
senting gifts to current income from more than 3,464 
alumni. 

From the Brown Club of Boston, $500 for the Brown Club 
of Boston Prize Scholarship. 

From the Brown Club of Chicago, $500 for the Brown Club 
of Chicago Prise Scholarship. 

From the Brown Club of New York, $500 for the Brown 
Club of New York Prise Scholarship. 

From the Brown Club of Providence, $900 for the Brown 
Club of Providence Scholarships. 

From the Brown Engineering Association, $400 as an addi- 
tion to the James Alexander Hall Scholarship Fund. 

From the Central Falls High School Fund, $50 as an addition 
to the William Overton Scholarship Fund. 

From the Class of 1909, $1,000 as an addition to the Class 
of 1909 Fund. 

From the Class of 1913, $5,000 to establish the Class of 
1913 Anniversary Fund for general purposes. 

From the Class of 1 9 1 5 , $2 5 00 to establish the Class of 1 9 1 5 
Fund for general purposes. 



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From the Class of 1924, $27'! for a dinghy for the Yacht 

Cluh. 
From the Class of 192^, gifts and pledges totalling $15^0 

to establish the Brown University-Class of 192? Fund. 
From the Class of 193'!, $400 for motion picture equipment 

for use of the Athletic Council. 
From the Class of 1939 of Pembroke College, $240.33 for 

special purposes. 
From former pupils of Professor John Franklin Jameson, 

$300 for the purchase of the Jameson Library. 
From Friends and Former Students of Professor Frederick 

P. Gorham, $421.7? as an addition to the Frederick 

Poole Gorham Biological Fellowship. 
From Friends of the Library, $270 for the Library. 
From a group of Alumni and Friends of the University: 

Miss Marion W. Adams Llewellyn W. Jones 

An Anonymous Friend Mrs. William E. Louttit 
Mrs. Sinclair W. Armstrong Albert E. Lownes 

Mrs. Daniel Beckwith Mrs. James Comly McCoy 
George Wyllys Benedict (in memory of the late 

Miss Jeannette D. Black James Comly McCoy) 

Mrs. Thomas A. Briggs George Pierce Metcalf 

Clarence Saunders Brigham William Davis Miller 

John Nicholas Brown Carleton D. Morse 

David K. E. Bruce Miss Mary H. Parsons 

Zechariah Chafee (from the Miss Ellen D. Sharpe 

Mary Dexter Fund) Mrs. Roswell Skeel, Jr. 

Mrs. Gammell Cross Thomas E. Steere 

Mrs. Murray S. Danforth Harold B. Tanner 

Miss Eleanor B. Green D. B. Updike 

Theodore Francis Green Wilson G. Wing 

Miss Caroline Hasard Henry M. Wriston 

Mrs. S. Foster Hunt Mrs. Lawrence C. Wroth 

special gifts totalling $34,670 for the purchase of books 
from the collection of the late Herschel V. Jones of 
Minneapolis for the John Carter Brown Library. 

From the Rhode Island State Federation of Women's Clubs, 
$250 for the Federation of Women's Clubs Scholarships 
at Pembroke College. 

From the Rhode Island Women's Club, $200 for the Rhode 
Island Women's Club Scholarship at Pembroke College. 

OTHER GIFTS 
► From an Anonymous Friend, $2 50 for the John Carter 
Brown Library. 

From an Anonymous Friend, $5,000 for the New Dormi- 
tory Fund at Pembroke College. 

From an Anonymous Friend, $5,000 for the New Dormi- 
tory Fund at Pembroke College. 

From an Anonymous Friend, $500 for a fellowship in 
English. 

From an Anonymous Friend, $100 for the Department of 
Biology. 

From an Anonymous Friend, $400 for general purposes. 

From an Anonymous Friend, $100 for a scholarship at Pem- 
broke College. 

From an Anonymous Friend, $410 for the Library. 

From Lyman G. and Alfred S. Bloomingdale, $12,500, 
representing the balance of their gift of $50,000 for 
Andrews House. 

From Zechariah Chafee, $264 for the Faunce Memorial 
Room. 



From Zechariah Chafee, $80 for prizes. 

From Zechariah Chafee, $4,000 as an addition to the Class 

of 1880 Fund for Library purposes. 
From Zechariah Chafee, $600 for the Library. 
From C. Lloyd ClafF, $450 for the Department of Biology. 
From the Mary Dexter Fund, $1,000 as an addition to the 

Class of 1880 Fund for Library purposes. 
From the father of a member of the Class of 1940, $1,000 

for general purposes. 
From Warren Woden Foster and Mrs. Hattie F. Moore, 

$1,000 to establish the Foster Premium in French. 

From Dr. Charles H. Hare, $12,000 as an addition to the 
Charles Henry Hare Fund for the endowment of An- 
drews House. 

From William A. Harris, $300 for scholarships at Brown 
University and $150 for a scholarship at Pembroke Col- 
lege, "In loving memory of his wife, Emma Jane Leaker 
Harris." 

From Walter Hoving, $365 for award as the Post-Graduate 
Business Scholarship for the academic year 1940-41. 

From Mrs. Hope Goddard Iselin, in memory of her father, 
the late William Goddard of the Class of 1846, Chan- 
cellor of the University from 1888 to 1907, a gift of the 
family mansion situated at the southwest corner of 
George Street and Brown Street. 

From Mrs. Sophia R. Louttit, $500 for the William Easton 
Louttit Scholarship. 

From Mrs. Sophia R. Louttit, $ 1 00 for Library purposes. 

From W. Easton Louttit, Jr., $50 for Library purposes. 

From the John and Mary R. Markle Foundation, $1,400 for 
the support of special research in the Department of 
Psychology. 

From Albert D. Mead, $100 for the Department of Biology. 

From a Member of the Class of 1900, $1,000 subject to in- 
come during his lifetime. 

From Mrs. Jesse H. Metcalf, $75 for special purposes. 

From Stephen O. Metcalf, $20,000 for the New Dormitory 
Fund at Pembroke College. 

From Lewis L. Milner, $375 for a scholarship. 

From Dr. Helen C. Putnam, $ 1 ,400 for scholarship purposes. 

From Herbert W. Rice, $700 for a fellowship in Chemistry. 

From John D. Rockefeller, Jr., $300 for the McClellan 
Lincoln Collection. 

From Robert F. Seybolt, $127.61 for the Library. 

From Watson Smith, $500 for award as the Samuel Watson 
Smith Scholarship for the academic year 1939-40. 

From Miss Ellen D. Sharpe, $30,000 for furnishings for 
University Hall. 

From Miss Ellen D. Sharpe, $25,000 for the New Dormitory 

Fund at Pembroke College. 
From Henry D. Sharpe, an unrestricted gift of $100,000 for 

general purposes. 
From Henry D. Sharpe, $175 for the John Carter Brown 

Library, 

From Henry D. Sharpe, $300 for special purposes. 
From the Charles Irwin Travelli Fund, $750 for scholarship 
purposes. 

From Mrs. Catharine H. Winsor, $5,000 to establish the 
Frank Edward Winsor Scholarship Fund in memory of 
her husband. i i 



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Psi U's Centennial < 

► ► College life would be "greatly impoverished" with- 
out fraternity activities, President Henry M. Wriston told a 
distinguished group of Brown and Psi Upsilon alumni 
when, on the occasion of Sigma Chapter's centennial at 
Brown, the fraternity presented the University with a new 
memorial gateway. The Psi Upsilon gate, on George Street, 
gives access to the campus between the John Carter Brown 
Library and Littlefield Hall. It was designed by Albert 
Harkness '09. A picture of it appears below. 

The dedication of the gate on June 22 was a major event 
on the program of Psi Upsilon's 107th annual convention, 
for which the Sigma Chapter, fourth oldest of Psi U. units 
was host to delegates from all the chapter and club organi- 
zations in the international fraternity. Dean Emeritus Otis 
E. Randall '84 delivered the dedicatory address at the gate- 
way, speaking on the value of fraternity life and pointing 
out that the gift "will reveal our love for the mother 
college." 

At the convention dinner that night at the Biltmore Hotel 
Dean Randall was chairman and Col. H. Anthony Dyer '94 
toastmaster. Victor A. Schwartz '07 read the convention 
ode, while speakers of the evening were Judge Philip J. 
McCook of New York and former Governor Wilbur L. 
Cross of Connecticut. 

Col. Dyer, president of the Psi Upsilon Club of Provi- 
dence, was chairman of the convention committee, while 
Dean Randall was in charge of the centennial observance. 
Other members of the committee were : Judge Norman S. 
Dike '8^, vice chairman; Paul C. DeWolf '0^, treasurer; 
and Edward T. Richards '27, secretary. Sharing in the 
responsibilities were Robert L. Knight '06, who was host at 
a clambake at the Lippitt Farm, Hope; Raymond J. Walsh 
'17, military historian; Mr. Schwartz, athletic historian; 
Paul J. Spencer '26, Maurice A. Wolf '14, Frederick M. 
Sackett '90, Stephen Waterman '86, Royal C. Taft '95, Ira 
Barrows '83, William Gammell '78, and William Ely '78. 

It was in 1840 that members of Yale's Beta Chapter 
came to Providence to initiate 23 young Brown men into 
the mysteries and obligations of Psi Upsilon. One of the 
original initiates was Albert Harkness of the class of 1842, 
later author of the renowned Latin Grammar and professor 
at Brown for a half -century. Two other illustrious names 
of the first decades were those of Dr. James Burrill Angell 




'49, President of the University of Michigan and Minister 
to Turkey and China; and Dr. James A. DeWolf '61, 
author of Brown's "Alma Mater." 

Thriving as it appeared at the outset, the chapter faced 
extermination — along with other fraternities at Brown — 
at the hands of Dr. Wayland. But Senator Samuel G. 
Arnold '41, a member of the University Corporation and 
a charter member of Sigma Chapter, championed the frater- 
nities so ably that the President capitulated. 

And now Psi Upsilon starts upon its second century as 
a useful and distinguished member of the Brown fraternity 
community. ^ 4 

56 Advanced Degrees 

► A BRO.^DER knowledge of the people and culture of Latin- 
America and the East are the most fertile fields for Amer- 
ican scholarship. Dr. Waldo G. Leland '00, director of the 
American Council of Learned Societies, told "16 candidates 
for advanced degrees at the annual Graduate School con- 
vocation in Sayles Hall. 

"Here are vast areas of research which the scholars of 
the United States have as yet cultivated but little, and which 
present opportunities for new and fresh work," Dr. Leland 
said, emphasizing particularly the importance of further 
cultural relationships with Central and South America. 

Dr. Leland's address on "The International Role of 
American Scholarship" preceded the awarding of Master 
of Arts degrees to 27 candidates, Master of Science degrees 
to 1 3 candidates, and Doctor of Philosophy degrees to 1 6 
other graduate students. Diplomas were presented by Presi- 
dent Henry M. Wriston, with Dean Roland G. D. Richard- 
son of Brown's Graduate School presiding. An academic 
procession opened the exercises. 

A substantial number of Brown alumni were among those 
who received advanced degrees this year. They included : 
Ph.D. — William Vaille Loebenstein '3'?, whose thesis in 
chemistry' was "The nature of the nickel catalyst"; Louis R. 
Zocca '29, whose thesis in English was on "Sixteenth cen- 
tury narrative poetry in England." 

A.M. — Gordon Cottrell Allen '35, education; George J. 
Devine, English and education; Roland Adoniram Hueston, 
Jr., '38, education, mathematics; Bernard Oster '35, educa- 
tion; Genio Scaringi '36, Biblical literature; Dudley Riordan 
Sullivan '38, economics; Sc.M. — George Henry Springer 
"38, geology. 

The wide reputation of the Graduate School is shown in 
the number of other colleges and universities in which this 
year's degree-winners originally studied. Among those insti- 
tutions are: Union College, Wellesley, Kansas, Mount Alli- 
son, New Hampshire, Maine, Oberlin, Montreal, Amherst, 
Smith. William and Mar>', Duke, Swarthmore, Alfred, 
Yale, George Washington, Rockford, International, Al- 
bright, Kalamazoo, Massachusetts State, Middlebur>', Penn- 
sylvania, Union Theological, Harvard Divinity, Hamilton, 
Southeast Missouri State Teachers, Iowa, Syracuse, Alle- 
gheny, Purdue, Wooster, Ohio State, Stetson, Emor>', 
Franklin and Marshall, Indiana, Furman. i 

A Fellowship for Resefirch 

► Dr. Frederick A. Mote, Jr., of the department of 
psychology of Brown L^niversity has been awarded a Na- 
tional Research Council Fellowship for 1940-41. Dr. Mote, 
a specialist in biological science, is a graduate of Southern 
Methodist University. He received his master's degree 
there in 1935, and has been a member of the psychology 
department at Clark University. He received a Ph.D. 
degree at Brown last year. 4 



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► The Corporation 

► ► Meeting for the first time in many years in Univer- 
sity Hall, once the traditional site of its deliberations, the 
Brown Corporation sat for its annual meeting on June 18, 
the concluding event of the 1940 Commencement. 

Dr. Bruce M. Bigelow '24, Director of Admissions since 
1932, was made Associate Dean of the College. He will 
continue to give most of his time to admissions work, but 
his activities will also include certain matters of academic 
administration connected with the office of Dean Samuel 
T. Arnold. Harold C. Field '94 was re-elected Treasurer 
of the University for a three-year term. To fill the seat of 
the late William T. Peck '70, Edward A. Adams, '12, Los 
Angeles attorney and former All-American football player, 
was named a life trustee on the Corporation. 

Four faculty promotions were approved: George Ed- 
mund Bigge of the Department of Economics to Professor, 
his leave being extended another year so that he might serve 
on the Social Security Board in Washington; Zenas Randall 
Bliss of the Division of Engineering to Professor; Edwin 
Readle Casady of the Department of English to Assistant 
Professor; and Clarence Click of the Department of Polit- 
ical Science and Sociology to Assistant Professor. 

Leaves of absence during the academic year 1940-1941 
were granted as follows: Entire year. Prof. William H. 
Kenerson, Chairman, Division of Engineering; Prof. S. 
Foster Damon, Department of English; Prof. Carl C. Bran- 
son, Department of Geology; second semester. Dr. George 
L. Church, Department of Botany; Prof. George K. Ander- 
son, Department of English; Prof. Benjamin C. Clough, 
Chairman, Greek and Latin Classics Department; Prof. 
Ralph M. Blake, Philosophy Department; Prof. Matthew 
Cargill Mitchell, Chairman, Political Science and Sociology 
Department; Prof. William L. Fichter, Department of 
Romance Languages and Literatures. 

► Dr. Henry M. Wriston, presiding over the Board of 
Fellows, made his annual report to the Corporation. Topics 
touched upon in the report included the maintenance of 
fundamental policies of the University, financial and edu- 
cational problems, graduate study, the new four-course 
program which was tried for the first time this year, in- 
creased use of the library and comprehensive examinations 
given to Seniors for the first time this year. 

Chancellor Henry D. Sharpe presided over the Board of 
Trustees. 

Besides President Wriston, members of the Board of 
Fellows present were: Dr. Hermon C. Bumpus, Duxbury, 
Mass.; William V. Kellen, Boston; Albert L. Scott, New 
York, Secretary of the Corporation; Dr. Charles N. Ar- 
buckle, Newton Centre, Mass.; Zechariah Chafee, Provi- 
dence; Dr. Waldo G. Leland, Washington; John Nicholas 
Brown, Providence. 

Besides Chancellor Sharpe, trustees present were : Edv/in 
F. Greene, New York; Charles S. Stedman, Albany; Wil- 
liam Gammell, Providence; Paul C. DeWolf, Providence; 
Norman S. Taber, New York; Dr. Rufus M. Jones, Haver- 
ford, Pa.; Dr. Joseph C. Robbins, New York; Harold B. 
Tanner, Providence; Dr. William R. Burwell, Cleveland, 
O. ; L. Ralston Thomas, Providence; Charles Evans Hughes, 
Jr., New York; Clinton C. White, Providence; Harold C. 
Field, Providence; Dr. Charles C. Tillinghast, New York; 
Henry G. Clark, Providence; Dennis F. O'Brien, New 
York; Wallace R. Lane, Chicago; Thomas B. Appleget, 
New York; Ralph M. Palmer, New York; James R. 



McKay, Youngstown, O.; William H. Edwards, Provi- 
dence; Dr. John H. Williams, Cambridge; Judge John C. 
Mahoney, Providence; Justice Allyn L. Brown, Norwich, 
Conn.; Albert H. Poland, Providence; Arthur B. Lisle, 
Providence; Arthur L. Philbrick, Providence; Alfred B. 
Meacham, New York. ^ ^ 

► Playing the Game 

► ► W.ALTER V. F. JuszczYK, able gamester from West 
Warwick, will be captain of the 1941 Brown baseball 
varsity, so voted as this year's nine closed its season with an 
even split in the 16 games played. The fact that Juszczyk, 
pitching mainstay for two years, was the obvious nomina- 
tion for the captaincy made his election doubly popular. 
He pitched in every victory, either as starter or relief hurler. 

"The best potential team I've put together in 1 1 years 
at Brown," was the commendation the varsity won at the 
season's close from Coach Jack Kelleher. He added that he 
had more genuine regret on seeing the squad broken up by 
graduation than any nine he has coached. 

Joe Nutter in the Providence Evening Bulletin quoted 
Kelleher as saying that the team had played as a unit, that 
there was no member who had failed to work for the team 
at all times, and that the cohesion and spirit remained high, 
even in the heart-breaking first games. In those contests 
the players, with a shortage of practice due to weather and 
cage conditions, lost to teams adequately prepared. It was 
typical that the Brown nine fought its way out of this 
handicap to hand Holy Cross's Eastern championship club 
the only defeat of its entire schedule. The Brunonians also 
beat Yale, Harvard, Wesleyan once and Providence and 
Tufts twice. 

Lou Sigloch, whose work behind the plate has improved 
ama:;ingly, was signed by the Pittsburgh Pirates following 
his graduation. Other Seniors include: Captain Dave Red- 
ford, a fine leader, although his individual play suffered 
this spring in comparison with last; Ray McCulloch, out- 
fielder and pitcher; Bill Kelly, reserve catcher and reliable 
pinch hitter; Harry Piatt, first baseman; Ed Pietrusza, third 
of the regular outfielders; and pitchers Cheever and Canner. 

Nucleus for 1941 will be Pitchers Jussczyk, Lally and a 
couple of promising Freshmen; Bill Sheehan, shortstop who 
led the regulars in hitting; John Marsolini, third baseman; 
Gossler, second base regular; Wochomurka, utility man 
who played at first and in the outfield; and Tourigney, an 
outfield reserve. 

► Judge Ken Nash '12, coach of the Tufts baseball team, 
must have found the second game with Brown reminiscent 
of the first. With one of Tufts best clubs this year, he had 
been mowing down opposition in New England with regu- 
larity. But Cheever of Brown slow-balled his batters in 
each game, with strong support that left Jumbo runners 
stranded on base in the pinches. Each time, though, Tufts 
managed a small lead, and each time Jack Kelleher sent 
Bill Kelly in to pinch hit for Cheever. Each time Kelly 
responded with a run, and Walt Juszczyk came in to save 
the winning margin. In the second case it was 3-2 for 
Brown. 

When rain made it impossible to play the return engage- 
ment with Providence College as scheduled. Athletic Direc- 
tor Tom Taylor cancelled the proposed game with the 
Alumni and the Brown nine met P. C. on June 8. A bril- 
liantly played pitchers' duel between Juszczyk and Joe 
Kwasniewski of P. C. came Brown's way, 2-1, thanks to an 



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eighth inning rally. It was Juszczyk's second defeat of 
P. C. this year by that same score, and this time he limited 
them to three hits. Redford, recovermg the eye that made 
him Brown's best batsman in 1939, hit two for two. 

The athletic year ended with a trimming at the hands of 
Harvard that avenged the Cantabrigians for a 6-3 loss in 
Providence. Brown took an early lead of two runs on Red- 
ford's triple in the third, but that ended the Bear's scoring 
while Harvard went on to tally nine times. ^ 

They'll Be After Giants 

► Brown University football notables will be well repre- 
sented in the New York Polo Grounds on the night of 
Sept. 4 when the Eastern All-Star eleven lines up against 
the New York Giants in the annual charity game for the 
benefit of the New York Herald Tribune Fresh Air Fund. 
Tuss McLaughry, head coach at Brown, will be in charge 
of the squad of recent college graduates who will try to 
break the sequence of victories scored by the professional 
players since the classic was established. 

At least four other Brunonians will be aiding him that 
night and during the 1 3 days of practice at the New York 
Military School, Cornwall-on-Hudson, where the prelimi- 
nary work will be done, commencing Aug. 18. On the 
coaching staff will be Denny Myers, Brown line coach, and 
Herb Kopf, athletic director and football coach at Manhat- 
tan. Jack McKinnon, veteran Brov^jn trainer, will fill that 
job on the Eastern squad. 

Two mainstays of the 1939 Brown varsity will be in the 
Eastern All-Star lineup as players: John McLaughry, one 
of the country's leading defensive backs; and Spencer 
Manrodt, who had a starting assignment as guard in every 
Brown game during his undergraduate years. These appoint- 
ments to the squad have been definitely announced by Stan- 
ley Woodward, director of the charity game. In addition, 
it IS possible that Coach McLaughry may include another 
of his former Bears — Tom Nash, brilliant offensive wing- 
man, of 1938, who has recovered from the injuries that 
slowed him down during last fall. 

The New York Brown Club is planning a special wel- 
come to the Brunonians with the All-Stars. ^ 

Three Places in the ICAAAA 

► Seven points gave Brown a tie for 14th place in the 
IC4A tourney in the Harvard Stadium June 1, her total 
in this national company being more than she could collect 
from the New England Intercollegiates. Two great Brown 
athletes were completing their competition as undergradu- 
ates : John McLaughry was second to Bennett of Maine in 
the hammer with a toss of 172 feet % inches. Kenny Clapp 
placed in two last dashes, taking fourth in a 9.7 century 
and fifth in a furlong timed in a record-equalling 20.9 
seconds. ^ 

A New Policy on Tickets 

► The Brown Athletic Council announces a new policy 
of applying for varsity football tickets for those on the 
Athletic Council application list, which includes all who 
receive football ticket applications and sport schedules. 

According to the new system, which will go into effect 
this fall, preference will be given only by precedence of 
receipt of application, and all applicants will be permitted 
to order an unlimited number of tickets, with restrictions to 
be enforced only in the event of a possible sell-out. 

This change has been effected to facilitate the many re- 
quests of alumni groups to sit together, and henceforth one 
individual may order as many tickets as his group desires. 



Prof, Brightnian's Gift to Brown 

► When Dr. Charles Lewis Brightman '09, Professor of 
Physics in Syracuse University, was in Providence at 
Commencement time, he presented to Brown University a 
valuable collection of astronomical instruments for the use 
of the Ladd Observatory. 

"With these added to the collection at Ladd Observa- 
tory, we have one of the best displays of early American 
astronomical instruments in the possession of an educational 
institution in the United States." Such was the comment 
of Prof. Charles H. Smiley, Associate Professor of Astron- 
omy and Director of the observatory. Delighted with the 
generous gift. Prof. Smiley spoke particularly of a two-inch 
transit instrument, made by Parkinson and Frodsham, 
Liverpool, together with a striding level, magnifier for 
reading vernier and eyepiece cover for solar work. It is 
of especial interest since it was in use in 1838 in New 
Bedford in the rating of chronometers by James Munroe. 

Included in the gift from Prof. Brightman are : a si.x- 
inch prismatic reflecting circle, with eyepieces, stand, etc., 
made by Julius Wanschafi^, Berlin; a sextant by Spencer, 
Browning and Rust, London; a dip sector by Troughton 
and Simms; an engineer's compass with case by J. Green, 
N. Y.; a hand level with case; two engineer's scales with 
case by Darling, Brown and Sharpe. All are in excellent 
condition. i 

A Distinguished Figure Retires 

► Dr. Joseph C. Robbins '97 is retiring this year as 
Foreign Secretary of the American Baptist Foreign Mission 
Society after a distinguished career in that office. After 
service in the Spanish War and then preparing for the 
ministry at the Newton Theological Institution, he served 
seven years in the mission field at Capith and Panay, in the 
Philippines, then returned to executive work in this coun- 
try. He began in 1916 service in the office from which he 
retires this year. He holds honorary degrees from a number 
of institutions, including Brown, and has served Brown 
and Newton as a trustee. 

In the fall he will return to the Andover Newton Theo- 
logical School (Newton and Andover having been merged) 
and will serve on the faculty there, representing the School 
among the Churches, serving as missionary and evangelist, 
and also acting as student counselor, particularly in the 
field of evangelism. It doesn't sound like a very complete 
"retirement" he has planned. i 

Alumni and the Library 

► The report of Dr. Henry B. Van Hoesen, Librarian, 
once again reflects alumni interest in that second great 
adjunct of a successful college — books. Paying special trib- 
ute to the work of W. Easton Louttit '25 as Archivist, 
Dr. Van Hoesen reports that alumni have added 701 of 
their own works to the University library during the past 
year, and then recalls that one alumnus, in referring to his 
own book, "not unreasonably asks whether the Friends of 
the Library cannot help him buy a copy for the library" — 
price $200! One hundred and fifty-one alumni of the Uni- 
versity were donors to the library during the period covered 
by the report. 

Constant growth of the library shows in the statistical 
summary. During 1938-1939 there were accessions of 
24,381 pieces to bring the total library contents to 606,043 
pieces of all kinds. Circulation went up 30% as 82,331 
books were loaned during the year, and Reading Room 
attendance based on an hourly count jumped to 193,557 
for the year. Our statistical sleuth concludes that each 
student must have used the Reading Room 80.6 times! i 



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► Dr. Wristoii Said: 

Before Pan-American Scientists 

► ► Declaring that the chief problem of higher educa- 
tion is "to restore the individual to the centre of attention," 
President Henry M. Wriston of Brown University scored 
mass production methods and techniques in the educational 
world in an address before the Pan-American Scientific 
Congress at its sessions in Washington on May 13. 

"The effort at mass education, built upon the analogy 
of mass production, has failed," he said. "However many 
students enroll, education must be for individuals. In deal- 
ing with the individual we must recognize that he is dif- 
ferent from any other individual — that he is a moral and 
intellectual integer and not merely the sum of his several 
parts. 

"Subsidiary to this central task is the task of reform of 
procedures in order to escape the tyranny of statistics, the 
madness of numbers, the unreality of measurements, and 
all the psuedo-scientific gimcracks which have been foisted 
upon the educative process," he declared. 

President Wriston, discussing "Problems of Higher Edu- 
cation," pointed out with gratification that the intelligence 
quotient as a unit of measurement is being re-examined, 
and that it is now "commonly admitted that to express any- 
thing so complicated as human intelligence in so simple a 
numerical formula is, to say the least, inadequate." 

"But mass production methods with students, adminis- 
trative convenience, ingrained habits, and legislative enact- 
ments have so thoroughly smashed higher education in this 
mad numbers game that the way out is difficult indeed," 
he said. "Yet it must be faced. 

"However many students there may be, however care- 
fully they are selected, measured, tested, classified, no two 
have ever been alike in tastes, interests, aptitudes, and capac- 
ities. Whatever validities statistics may have for groups, 
there is none which explains a single individual. Whatever 
measures may be devised for the acquisition of data, none 
can measure individual standards of value, powers of rea- 
son, sensitiveness of appreciation or spiritual insights. 

"Teaching must stand again as a great art — an art to be 
learned and loved. The psuedo-scientific training which has 
been the vogue will have salvaged from it what is valid and 
useful, but methods and techniques must become secondary 
to richness of personality, love of youth and of truth. 

"Those qualities have been present in many teachers all 
the time, but they have sold at a disastrous discount in a 
market raucous with the hawking of degrees based upon 
training and upon credits," he said. i i 

At the Academy of Political Science 

► The semi-annual luncheon of the Academy of Political 
Science held last month at the Hotel Astor in New York 
was liberally sprinkled with Brown men who heard the 
President of the University speak on "American Policy, 
Positive or Negative." Honorary alumnus Lewis W. 
Douglas, delivered the other principal address. Seen at the 
luncheon were Ralph M. Palmer '10, Walter Hoving '20, 
Fred A. Forbes '38, S. C. Lamport "06, Karl D. Gardner '13, 
Richard Hunter "98, R. R. Hughes '17, C. Douglas Mercer 
'06, and Rev. Oscar Maddaus '07. Dr. John H. Williams 
'12 and Dr. W. Randolph Burgess '12 were at the head 
table. i 



Before Education Councilors 

► ► The future of civilization depends more upon the 
creation of a well-rounded and self-reliant culture than 
upon the outcome of even such world-shattering events as 
the European war. President Henry M. Wriston of Brown 
University declared on May 22 at a luncheon meeting of 
the American Council for Adult Education at the Hotel 
Astor. New York. 

"It is the general cliche in America that the future of 
Western civilization in general, and of democracy in par- 
ticular, hinges upon the outcome of the battle now raging," 
he said. "Both sides seem to agree upon the point — but that 
does not make it true. 

"We may be reminded that Napoleon ruled Europe, that 
France was beaten in 1870 and Germany was crushed in 
1919. These military events had enormous consequences, 
but civilization did not rise or fall with them. 

"Wisdom, the fruit of an intelligent mind activated by 
a high heart, is not made irrelevant or obsolete by changes 
in the political structure, in the economic scheme, or any 
other environmental change — even disastrous defeat in war. 

"That is why the conspicuous changes which technology 
makes in our lives are often essentially superficial, while the 
well-springs of life are not deeply affected. There is cultural 
continuity in the midst of material change." 

President Wriston, speaking on "Cultural Self-Reliance 
and the Democratic Process," deplored the defeatist atti- 
tude towards culture and democracy in the United States. 

"The troubles in the world today are neither the worst 
nor the least men have faced before. War and poverty, 
ignorance and disease are old foes — and stubborn. We 
can conquer them by no lightning campaign, as once we 
dreamed, but only by patience and persistence. 

"The essence of the democratic process is the individual 
as a moral, intellectual and social integer, expressing his 
powers with the maximum of freedom and the minimum of 
restraint, with the accent upon accommodation and con- 
census rather than plan or enforcement. It does not rest 
upon governmental forms or upon constitutional provisions. 

"Its reality and effectiveness are dependent upon the self- 
reliance of the citizens. Its quality is the reflection of their 
cultural maturity." < i 

John Hancock^ s Advertising 

► New advertising manager of John Hancock Mutual Life 
Insurance Company is James A. Peirce "20. Starting out 
as a chemist after he left Brown he shifted to sales work 
and in 1925 went to the John Hancock offices to try out in 
the publicity department. Now. after 1 T years experience 
in public relations and advertising, he becomes one of the 
company's chief executives. < 

For an Engineering Triumvirate 

► ► Plans for a testimonial dinner were announced late 
last month which will honor three men prominent in engi- 
neering education in Brown University — Dean Emeritus 
Otis E. Randall '84 and Profs. Arthur E. Watson '88 and 
William H. Kenerson '96. The occasion, sponsored by the 
Brown Engineering Association, will be held at 7 o'clock 
the night of Oct. 10 at the Brown University Club in New 
York. 

"These three members of the Engineering Faculty, past 
and present," says the preliminary announcement by How- 
ard F. Parker '13, "have by the wealth of their achieve- 
ment over many years risen to national prominence in their 



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respective fields. Of greater importance, however, is the 
fact that they have, by wise and sympathetic understanding 
of the problems of both undergraduates and graduates, won 
the enduring love and esteem of all Brown men with whom 
they have come in contact." 

Dr. Harvey N. Davis "01, president of Stevens Institute 
of Technology, will be the toastmaster. The charge of $2. 
per plate is all-inclusive — there will be no extra fees. An 
mformal get-together and reception will he held at 6:.^0. 



Notices will be sent out early in September to all gradu- 
ates in the Metropolitan New York area, and the Fellows, 
Trustees, and alumni officers in that region are being invited. 
But the Engineering Association emphasizes that all Brown 
men whether engineers or not will be heartily welcome and 
are urged to come to pay their respects to this Brown 
engineering triumvirate. It is requested that reservations 
be made through Howard F. Parker, Room 1912, 195 
Broadway, New York City. ^ ^ 



The Reunion RoUcall for 1940 < < 



BY JAMES L. WHITCOMB •36 
Director 0/ Alumni Relations 

► ► Following the old traditions in spirit 
and in action, over 70n Brown men re- 
turned to Providence and nearby resorts to 
renew friendships and relive college days 
during the Commencement week-end. 
Forty-four classes held reunions over an 
area from Cape Cod to Norwich. Conn., 
with many unconfirmed reports of record- 
shattering numbers in attendance. The 
classes of 1935, 1915 and 1905 all claimed 
that "over sixty" had attended their re- 
unions. 

Oldest class was 1879 which has held a 
reunion every year but one since they 
walked down College Hill together 61 years 
ago. Most novel gathering was the expedi- 
tion to Newport and Block Island made 
aboard power cruisers by the class of 192J. 
Most auspicious reunion was the joint meet- 
ing of the classes of 1926, 1927. 1928 and 
1929 to carry out the recent proposal of a 
Brown alumnus that an off-year class should 
meet with other off-year classes with which 
It was in college. 

A serious vein was struck as several 
classes went on record favoring the prin- 
ciple nf compulsory selective military train- 
ing for all American men. One class went 
so far as to resolve that it opposed "sub- 
versive activity in colleges and the signing 
of any paper by college students, saying 
that they would not fight to protect their 
country." 

Here is a roll call of reunions and some 
of the participants: 

1879 

► The class continued its already remark- 
able record of having missed but one re- 
union in the 61 years since its graduation. 
Five members of the class met at Carr's on 
Saturday as luncheon guests of Dr. Rose 
C. Munro of Boston, daughter of Dr. 
Walter L. Munro '79 who died last year. 
Those present were Judge Willard B. 
Tanner, president of the class, R. Clinton 
Fuller, William Ely, Henry O. Tripp and 
Edward S. Adams. 

1880 

► Seven members of the 60-year class were 
guests of Zechariah Chafee at their tradi- 
tional reunion place, Laneway Farm in 
Taunton. They had dinner at the farm on 
Sunday afternoon and that evening were 
entertained for supper at the home of a 
classmate, Henry J. Boyce. Eighteen-eighty 
was represented by Mr. Chafee, Mr. Boyce, 
Charles R. Adams, Frank L. Tinkham, Fred 
M. Hammett. James G. Lincoln and Edward 
A. Smiley. George Weston of Los Gatos, 
California, a member of the class of 1878, 
was a guest of the class. 



1885 

^ Fourteen classmates met at the Squan- 
tum Club for luncheon on Saturday, the 
guests of Judge Norman S. Dike. Frank H, 
Brown, the president of the class, conducted 
a short meeting after the luncheon. Present 
were Orray Taft, Frank Mauran, Prescott 
H. Coleman. Charles Bassett. Charles O. 
Dexter. Charles H. Hare, William C. Bur- 
well. Elmer E. Silver. George S. Mathews, 
Frank H. Greene, Edgar H. Grout and Dr. 
Harlan P. Abbott. 

1886 

► The members of the cla.ss, under the 
leadership of Professor Emeritus Albert K. 
Potter, met for breakfast at 8:00 o'clock on 
Commencement morning at the University 
Club. Norman M. Isham, Stephen Water- 
man and Thomas G. Rees were in the group. 

1887 

► A LUNCHEON at the Biltmorc Hotel on 
Commencement Day was the only reunion 
activity of the class. Dr. Clarence A. Carr 
was in charge of the arrangements. 

1890 

► Eir.HTEEN of the 27 known living mem- 
bers of the class attended a luncheon at the 
University Club on Commencement Day. 
Carrying over the work of the federal gov- 
ernment, an informal census showed that the 
18 men present had 14 children, eight grand- 
children and two great grandchildren. Dr. 
Harry L. Grant, reunion chairman, reported 
these members attended — Frederic W. 
Sandford, William T. Green, Alfred S. 
John.son, Albert E. Kingsley, Frederick T. 
Guild, Eugene A. Perry. Eugene C. Myrick, 
Walter A. Presbrey, Edmund O. Burnett, 
Hamilton E. Chapman, J. Benton Porter, 
Frederick M. Rhodes, Carl E. Tucker. Harry 
L. Grant, Frederic M. Sackett. John L. 
Alger. Edward A. Besson Stincss and 
Stephen G. Goldthwaite. 

1891 

► Eleven members of the class held a din- 
ner party at the home of Edwin A. Barrows 
in Seekonk. They were Rev. Charles A. 
Meader. president of the class. Dr. James 
L. Wheaton. Dr. Arthur L. Beals, Joseph 
N. Ashton, Merrick L. GofT, William H. 
Barron, Frank L. Hinckley, Arthur H. 
Colby, William Howard Pame and George 
J. Holden. 

1893 

► Edward B. Aldrich, president of the 
class, presided over a reunion dinner at the 
Squantum Club on Sunday afternoon. To 
solve the problem of speakers for the din- 
ner, each of the 20 men present delivered 
a short address. Present were E. B. Aldrich, 
E. H. Weeks, Frank W. Tillinghast, John 
L. Casey. William H. Magill, William J. 
Brown. Walter E. Smith. Robert Brown. 
Walter S. Reynolds, J. D. E. Jones, George 
E. Smith. T. P. Corcoran. Herbert G. Beede. 
Robert Cushman, Alexander Meiklejohn. 

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Daniel Howard. Edgar M. Johnson. H. W. 
B Arnold. Daniel C. Snow, and George W. 
Perkins. Six persons were guests of the 
class These included Fred Tenney, Donald 
Meiklejohn. Edward N. Robmson. Otis E. 
Randall, former Dean of Brown University. 
Robert B. Aldrich. and John W. Sweeney. 
On Monday morning the class met for 
breakfast at the Hope Club. 

1895 
^ The 45th reunion of the class found 16 
members present for festivities at the R. 1. 
Country Club. After a Saturday luncheon, 
a visit was paid to the home of their class- 
mate. Herbert M. Adams, in Nayatt. A 
dinner was held in the evening at which 
time a telegram was sent to Clifford Whip- 
ple, president of the class, who was pre- 
vented by illness from attending the re- 
union. Those present included Frank H. 
Morris, Frederick O. Clapp, George A. 
Gordon. Lester Meseroll, Oscar F. Fellows, 
Walter G. Cady, John C, Anthony. Lucien 
E. Taylor. Royal C. Taft. George E. Smith, 
Herbert M. Adams. Edward P. Jastram. 
John A. Tillinghast. William T. O'Donnell, 
Frederick Slocum, and Henry J. Hoye. 

1896 

► Exactly as did the class of 1902 last 
year, thirteen unsuperstitious members of 
the class had an informal dinner at the 
Biltmore Hotel on Sunday night. Plans for 
the 45th reunion were made by Herbert B. 
Lang. G. Frederick Frost, John S. Murdock. 
Elmer J. Rathhun. Allison Stone, Charles 
R. Easton, Frederick A. Jones, George A. 
Matteson, Alfred B. Meacham, Charles S. 
Stedman, James H. Rickard, Robert S. Phil- 
lips, and William A. McAuslan. 

1897 

► The Agawam Hunt Club was the scene 
of the class dinner on Saturday evening. 
Thftse back for the 43rd reunion were 
Arthur M. Allen, Samuel Adams. James H. 
Arthur, Horace G. Bissell, Daniel F. 
Holmes. Wilbur A. Scott. Arthur M. Mc- 
Crillis. George L. Miner. Roswell S. Wilcox, 
Sidney D. Humphrey. Isaac B. Merriman, 
Byron S. Watson, Herbert A. Matteson, 
Marcius H. Merchant, Rev. Joseph C. Rob- 
bins, Edwin C. Broome, and William A. 
Harris. 

1899 
K Judge Charles C. Remington was host 
to 10 of his classmates following Commence- 
ment. Besides Judge Remington, those at 
the luncheon were Henry W. Hopkins, 
Charles W. Low, Russell W. Baker. Raymer 
B. Weeden, Charles I. Gates, Wallace R. 
Lane. C. O. Cook, George A. Goulding, 
Edward A. Stockwell, and M. H. Gifford. 

1900 

► The class that left the University at the 
turn of the century had a record reunion 
of over 40 class members. They met at 
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weekend under the watchlul eye ut Melvin 
C.Johnson, reunion chairman. The schedule 
included golf, a sailing party and a banquet 
Bruce M. Bigelow, Director of Admissions 
at the college. On Commencement morning 
the class had breakfast together at the Uni- 
at which they heard an address by Dr. 
versity Club. Among those present for the 
weekend were Herbert H. Armington, Frank 
W. Campbell, Herbert E. Case, J. Wallace 
Chesbro, Walter H. Detmers. Fred T. Field, 
Ray O. Hughes, Rolla E, Hunt, John W. 
Huse, Waldo 0, Leland, Frederick Lenth, 
George E. Marble, Walter H, Mitchell, 
Leonard M. Patton, Arthur L. Perry, Harry 
K. Poole, Charles G. Richardson, Charles 
T. Ruundy, Albert L. Scott, Clinton C. 
White, George L. Hunt, Horace M. Hovey, 
Dana F. Downing, Joseph L. Peacock, 
Arthur O. Pritchard, Roscoe M. Dexter, 
W. H. Bacon, J. Laurence Hood, Charles 
W. Brown, J. Bruce Oilman, Clarence B. 
Lester, Benjamin O. Pillshury, Clifford S. 
Anderson, Albert J. Frohock, A. Warren 
Armington, Mcndell W. Crane, Robert C. 
Robinson, Harold S. Capron, Melvin C. 
Johnson. 

1901 

► The class met as usual for a Commence- 
mencement morning breakfast at the Uni- 
versity Club. William H. Hull was chair- 
man. 

1902 

> Edward K. Aldrich, Jr.. was chairman 
of the class dinner held this year at the 
Agawam Hunt Club on Saturday evening. 
Attending were Robert L. Bowcn, J. Cun- 
liffe Bullock, Harold G. Calder, R. O. 
Smith, Arthur E. Monro, George Burdick, 
Charles L. Guerre, and A. T. Patterson. 

1903 
y The Agawam Hunt was also the scene ot 
this class" reunion. Fred A. Otis reported 
that these class members attended the Sat- 
urday dinner — Sherman A. Allen, John H. 
Cady, Charles S. Carpenter, Harvey A. 
Baker, Percy W. Gardner, Arthur L. Phil- 
brick and William O. Rice. 

1904 
^ An off-year reunion dinner was held at 
the Agawam Hunt on Saturday evening. 
At the dinner were Frederick A. Coughlin, 
Foster B. Davis, Howard F. Esten, Charles 
D. Casey, James A. McCann, John F. 
Heckman, Dr. Bertram H. Buxton, Fred- 
erick C. Jones, Everard Appleton and Fred- 
erick W. O'Connell. 



1905 

► The 3 5th year class met at the Carlton 
Hotel in Narragansett Pier over Saturday 
and Sunday, and on Monday evening were 
the guests of John S. Palmer, 2nd, at the 
Squantum Club. W. Granville Meader, a 
member of the class, who received an honor- 
ary degree, and John Nicholas Brown, made 
brief addresses at the Monday meeting. 
David Davidson and Mr. Palmer were 
honored by the class in presentations made 
by Newton P. Hutchison in recognition 
ot their reunion efforts. Vice President 
Adams addressed the class, discussing fac- 
ulty development and University adminis- 
tration. 

Oliver S. Jennings attended his first class 
reunion since graduating 3 5 years ago. 
Others present were: Paul C. DeWolf, 
Charles A. Weeks, Herbert C. Wells, New- 
ton P. Hutchison, W. Howard Barney, 
Joseph C. Coulter, Charles L. Robinson, 
Frederick Schwinn, Walter O, Perry, David 
Davidson, George B. Bullock, W. G. 
Meader, William A. Read, Fred B. Thurber, 
Judson A. Crane, Philip Nanes, J. R. 
Foulder, C. 2. Alexander, Arthur C. Max- 
ficld, Ralph D. Kettner, Theodore C. Has- 
call, Alfred W. Ingalls, William C. Drohan, 
Lester A. Wells, Michael F. Costello, J. H. 
Connolly, John C. Mahoney, Frank T. 
Albro, Francis Smith, Raymond D. Cady, 
Allyn L. Brown, Foster Hunt, A. J. Latham 
and John H. McGough. 
1906 

► Classmates harked back the 34 years at 
dniner at the Agawam Hunt on Satur- 
day evening. Those attending were: C. 
Douglas Mercer, W. Douglas Swaffield, 
Wesley F. Morse, A. Brintnall Tingley, 
William T. Pearson, Benjamin F. Linde- 
muth, Eliot G. Parkhurst, Emery M. Porter, 
Albert W. Claflin, Alexander M. Burgess, 
Peter P. Chase, J. Morton Ferrier, William 
A. Kennedy, Elmer D. Nickerson, Percy 
Shires, E. Raymond Walsh, Prescott T. Hill, 
and Stephen E. Wright. 

1907 

► Vivid evidence of 19U7"s youthful spirit 
was their attendance at the class night 
testivities on the campus, preceded by a 
dinner at the University Club. George 
Hurley, Providence attorney, was in charge 
of arrangements. 

1908 

► A University Club dinner following 
the president's reception of Sunday after- 











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noon, was the high light of the off-year 
reunion. The discussion following dinner 
centered around the problem of compulsory 
military training with most of the members 
present expressing their approval of it. 
Howard S. Young, composer of "The Brown 
Cheering Song," led the members in singing 
this old favorite of all Brown men. Others 
present were Frank F. Mason, Clarkson A. 
Collins, Jr., Albert C. Thomas, Leslie E. 
Swain, William W. Browne, Paul L. Chip- 
man, James L. Murray, Earl C. Bullock, 
John J. Cooney, Norman S. Case, Norman 
L. Sammis, and Franklin L Chichester. 

1909 

► Prof. T. Harper Goodspeed of the 
University of California set this year's rec- 
ord tor long distance travel to the reunion. 
He was greeted by 23 other members of the 
class at the R. L Country Club on Sunday. 
Those participating in the golf and attend- 
ing the dinner or in line for the Commence- 
ment Parade Monday were A. Manton 
Chace. Dr. Robert H. Whitmarsh, James 
V. Turner, Albert H. Poland, John H. 
Wells, Herbert M. Sherwood, Harold B. 
Tanner, Edward J. Hollen, Everett A. 
Greene, Chauncey E. Wheeler, Albert E. 
Leach, Henry E. Fowler, Frank A. Wight- 
man, James G. Connolly, Sydney Wilmot, 
Charles H. Ward, Selwyn G. Tinkham, 
Irving W. Patterson, W. Robert Nash, 
George H. Henderson, George F. Sykes, 
Arthur J. Kirley, Louis A. McCoy, Judge 
Malcolm D. Champlin, William P. Dodge, 
Guy F. Strickler, Howard K. Jackson, Don- 
ald Jackson, Dr. William P. Buffum, Dr. 
Paul E. Everett, and Henry S. Chafee. 

1910 

► A three-day reunion at the Norwich 
Inn included golf, tennis and a dinner for 
the class. Warren C. Johnson, class presi- 
dent, presided at the dinner and called upon 
several class members for speeches. Elmer S. 
Horton reported as class secretary and an- 
nounced the class standing in the Alumni 
Fund. Edward S. Spicer awarded the golf 
tournament winner with their prizes. Among 
those present were Ralph M. Palmer, Clif- 
ton H. Walcott, John H. Mornssey, John 
P. Hartigan, Richard D. Allen, Harold S. 
Bucklin, Walter C. Cameron, Morris F. 
Conant, Joseph H. Cull, Albert Farnsworth, 
John C. Hennessey, Paul B. Howland, Seth 
M. Kalberg, Keith Mercer, William C. 
Oakes, Harold T. Phinney, Charles A. Post, 
Carl R. Raquet, Clarence Richards, Lester 
A. Round, Harold A. Swaffield, William S. 
Sweet, Clifton B. Ward, Claude M. Wood, 
Andrew B. Comstock, J. Richmond Fales, 
William J. Dwyer, Howard A. Taber, 
Joseph E. Bliss, Frederick A. Gardner, Carl 
W. Atwood, Alan J. Young, Albert N. 
Peterson, Maxwell Barus, Henry C. Damon, 
W. W, Greene, and William B. Freeman. 

1913 

► A dinner at the R. I. Country Club on 
Saturday evening was attended by Norman 
S. Taber, Carleton D. Morse, Harold A. 
Grout, Russell W. Field, Preston F. Arnold, 
Walter H. Snell, Samuel T. Arnold, Wil- 
liam Reed, Duncan Langdon, Frederick C. 
Williams, Clarence E. Woodward, Benja- 
min M. McLyman, Clarence H. Philbrick 
and Alfred B. Lemon. 

1915 

► A FULL program, ranging from a clam- 
bake to a Commencement morning break- 
fast, kept the quarter-century class busy 
from Friday through Monday. The reunion 
opened at The Breakers at Narragansett 



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Pier on Friday. Saturday, the class, a record 
number of whom returned for the festivities, 
went to the summer home of WiUiam C. 
Crolius at Tower Hill in South Kingstown 
for a luncheon. Saturday evening Dr. Bruce 
M. Bigelow and former Governor Robert 
E. Quinn, a member of the class, spoke at a 
dinner. On Sunday the class adjourned to 
the home of Gordon MacLeod in North 
Kingstown for luncheon and later that after- 
noon held a clambake at the summer home 
uf Henry S. Newcombe, Reunion Chairman. 
Monday, the class had breakfast at the Uni- 
versity Club prior to Commencement. Pres- 
ent at the reunion were Samuel H. Work- 
man, Byron L. West, Cyrus G. Allen, 
Leonard B. Campbell, Henry F. Drake, 
Frederick J. Rogers, H. S. Newcombe, 
Harold C. Kinne, C. Gordon MacLeod, 
C. F. Corp., Donald Dike, MacDonald L. 
Edinger, George W. Waterman, Monroe 

E. Fagan, Clifford S. Hathaway, William P. 
Sheffield, Edgar J. Staff, Sidney Clifford, 
W. G. Stewart, William C. Crolius, Jr., 
Edward W. Hincks, Frederic J. Hunt, Earl 

F. Luther, Wilbur T. Breckenndge, Minot 
J. Crowell, Elliot H. Falk, Paul J. Kingsley, 
Dana M. Hubbard. Harold L. Myers, S. W. 
Allison, W. G. Thurber, J. R. Carlson, A. 
W. Anthony, Jr., R. W. Cram, John J. 
Scofield, Harold W. Tucker, John B. Ab- 
bott, W. R. Burwell, F. C. Brcckenridge, 
Ralph B. Graham, Paul O. Curtis, J. Rus- 
sell Haire, John H. Nolan, Norman L. Dun- 
can, George F. Bliven, H. C. Miner, James 
F. 0"Donoghue. Robert E. Quinn, Harley 
C. Hyde, William A. Needham, Edward 
W. Hill, William Poland. Frank B. Crocker, 
John L. Jenney, Roland E Copeland and 
John E. Kelly. 

1916 

► Chief discussion of the class concerned 
the 25th reunion next year. Twenty-tive 
members met at the University Club on 
Saturday evening and then proceeded to 
the Anawan Club in Rchoboth for dinner. 
David Steele came on Irom Cleveland for 
the reunion. 

1917 

► The class had dinner together at the 
Wannamoisett Country Club on Saturday 
night. Those attending were John F. Brown, 
Howard Corkum, Harry Hughes. Frank V. 
Willard, Frank C. Cambio, James W. A. 
Leighton, Roger Williams, Robert N. Foote, 
Raymond E. Jordan, Ralph DiLeone, Ralph 
A. Armstrong, William G. Farnsworth, 
Thomas B. Appleget. Howard H. Quinham. 
Joseph E. Maguire and Earl M. Pearce. 

1918 

y The '18 class had 17 members present at 
a reunion breakfast at the University Club 
on Monday. They heard a report from 
class gift chairman, Dwight T. Colley, that 
$2500. had been raised toward a class gift 
to be given to Brown in 1943, and noted 
with sorrow the death of K. B. MacLeod, a 
classmate. The breakfast meeting included 
A. E. Phillips, J. L McDowell, Gurney 
Edwards, J. T. Sydney, Wilfred E. Pickles, 
Julian B. Marshall, Louis L Kramer, Clif- 
ton L Munroe, Charles B. Malone, J. Harold 
Williams, Dwight Colley, Harold F. Wil- 
cox, Howard B. Arnold, Kenneth Burden, 
Albert E. Pearson, John S. Chafee and 
Walter Adler. 

1920 

► The largest reunion ever held by the 
class took place at a clambake at the home of 
Myles Standish on Saturday aiternoon, and 
at the Norwich Inn, Norwich, Conn., that 
evening and Sunday. The Providence pa- 



Going on the Air? 

> Intimation that Brown University 
might be more frequently "on the 
air" was seen in a postal announcing 
the broadcast of Commencement over 
Station WRUL, Boston, a short- 
wave licensee found on the dial at 
6.04, 11.79, and 15.13 megacycles. 
WRUL, maintained by the World 
Wide Broadcasting Foundation, 
broadcast the Alumni Meeting Com- 
mencement Day to Europe and South 
America as well as the United States. 
A re-broadcast was given from tran- 
scription at 10:15 in the evening. 

In circulariiing the alumni body to 
tell of the broadcast plans, James L. 
Whitcomb "36, Director of Alumni 
Relations, sent a questionnaire and 
reply card to each man, asking 
whether he listened and at what time, 
whether reception was good, and 
whether he would be interested in 
future, perhaps regular broadcasts. 

WRUL has put other Brown 
events "on the air," including the 
rededication of University Hall and 
the undergraduate network programs. 

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pers reported that an honorary member of 
the class was created when a professional 
caterer walked out on the clambake after a 
dispute over a clambake fixture — water- 
melons. The honorary member is Mrs. 
Emmie Standish who saved her 'bake for 
the class. At Norwich, the class played 
golf, Softball and tennis, and attended a 
dinner. 

The reunion registration at the clambake 
included R. A. Hopkins, L. W. Black, 
Henry Aylsworth, John W. Albright, Elmer 
King, E. T. Clough, Walter Wolfe, George 
Pod, Lou Pieri, W. F. Rodney, F. E. Schoen 
Weiss, L. B. Howell, L. R. Smith. Bruce 
Coulter. James Sinclair, Ernest Jencks, Jo 
seph Smith, Clifton Lovenberg, T. W 
Ames, Herbert B. Barlow, W. L Dedrick 
Robert A. Bogle, Stanford Luce, J. B 
Tasker, A. N. MacDougall, Marshall Ful 
ton, R. D. Beck, Stanley P. Whipple, Elton 
H. Tucker, Harvey A. Whipple, Harold A 
Campbell, J. W. Harriman. I^. D, Brigham 
R. E. Cook, H. G. Hood, D. R. Hylan, V. F 
Adams, G. W. Grimm, R. W. Greene, R, K 
Dewey, C. F. Abbott, Paul R. Cast, S. B 
Gifford, J. S. Crompton, S. M. Dore, E. W 
Smith, and Myles Standish. 

1921 

► Making plans for a 20th reunion, 14 
members back for an off-year reunion, con- 
stituted themselves a Reunion Committee 
at a dinner at the Warwick Country Club 
on Saturday. The 14 members were Alfred 
Mochau, Henry Turoff, W. Stanley Barrett, 
William T. Brightman, James Carmark, 
George Wilson, Frank J. Honan, Olaf G. 
H. Oden, Eske H. Windsberg, Charles F. 
Emers, William B. Robinson, Frank O. 
Green, Fred G. Brown and Arcadie Giura. 

1923 

y A NAUTICAL reunion aboard the good 
ships "Penguin" and "Shark, Jr." owned 
respectively by E. J. Lownes and Joseph 
O'Connell, highlighted the class reunion. 
The embarkation point was the Perkins y 
Vaughn Shipyard in Wickford and 12 
members found that Block Island and New- 
port were their destination. A meeting, to 



make plans for a class gift to the University, 
took place in Brenton's Cove. The sailors 
were Elmer R. Joslyn, Norman J. Paasche, 
William B. McCormick, Frederic N. Beede, 
Herbert E. Van Hoesen, Dr. Wallace Lis- 
bon, Robert H. Girvin, Jr., Nathaniel B. 
Chase, W. Chesley Worthington, and Haz- 
ard Brownell. 

The class met for breakfast at the Uni- 
versity Club on Monday morning as guests 
of two members, William B. McCormick 
and J, D. E. Jones, Jr. Present were Dr. 
Walter F. Becket, Frederic N. Beede, E. J. 
Bennett, N. B. Chase, Edward A. Hummel, 
T. R. Jeffers, Lawrence Lanpher. Harold K. 
Larson. Edward W. Lincoln. Rev. Robert 
O. Meader, John E. O'Neil, Rev. Albert N. 
Sherberg. Einar Soderback, C. Arthur 
Braitsch, Harvey S. Reynolds, Herbert E. 
Van Hoesen, Norman J. Paasche, W. Ches- 
ley Worthington, W. C. Munroe, Ronald 
B. Smith, Clarence Bennett and Flarold F. 
Ballou. 

1924 

> Under the leadership of Robert H. Goff, 
permanent secretary, the class held an in- 
formal dinner at the University Club on 
Friday evening. Others present were: Joe 
Nutter, William Fletcher, Jr., Carleton Goff, 
Charles E, Hopkins, Carleton H. Bliss, Ray- 
mond L. Miller, Louis B, Goff. S. Everett 
Wilkins. Mark R. Flather, Dr. Bruce MacM. 
Bigelnw, director of admissions at Brown; 
Dr. Milton Goldberger, Denison W. Greene, 
John J. McDonald, Roy L. McGregor and 
Edward W. Morris. 

1925 

> Establishment of a scholarship fund 
which will eventually provide a principal 
sum of $25,000. was voted by the class. 
Meeting at the Cold Spring House in Wick- 
hii d over the weekend, the class participated 
in a sports program arranged by Thomas W. 
Taylor, the reunion chairman, and attended 
a dinner on Saturday. Dr. Adolph W. 
Eckstein presided at the dinner. At the class 
meeting, it was decided to establish a class 
kind of $2500. by June, 1941, increase this 
to $10,000. at the 25th reunion and event- 
ually reach the $25,000 figure. The reunion 
closed Sunday night with a clambake. 

Those at the Cold Spring House in- 
cluded K. Kalunian, Thomas W. Taylor, 
Harry L. Hoffman, George E. Kelley, Joseph 
D. Tuckerman, Henry H. Bucholz, Irving 
J. True, George W. Richardson. Wilton 
Brown; Richard T. Cowell, J. Harold Wil- 
son, A. Elson, Jr., John E. Pemberton, 
Kenneth M. Harlowe. Marshall S. Brown, 
Jr., Benjamin D. Roman. Richards J. Conly. 
Gordon A. Smith, Paul V. Hayden, N. T. 
Dana. H. Neubauer, A. W. Eckstein, S, B, 
Post. S. S. Elsbree, George W. Kilton, D. S. 
Ballou. Richmond H. Sweet, W. A. Miner, 
J. B. Kilton, R. W. Kenny, R. E. Corlew. 
Jeremiah S. Jeremiah. Henry H. Macintosh, 
William C. Waring, Jr., PhiHp B. Gold- 
berg, Harry S. N. Greene, Joseph V. Sauter, 
A. R. Eason, James I. Gorton, Arthur A. 
Packard, Norman E. Horan, Thomas B. 
Farrell, Malcolm Smith, W. Easton Lout- 
tit, Jr., Gordon K. Chalmers, W. B. Bain- 
ton, John B. Lord, and H. A. Zantow. 

1926, 1927, 1928, 1929 

y These four classes that spent their un- 
dergraduate days together held a joint re- 
union at the Warwick Country Club. The 
alumni spent the afternoon on the golf 
course and then held a dinner Saturday 
night. Members of the four classes at the 
dinner were Walter S. Jones, Ormond B. 



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Cook, Albert L. Parks, Ralph R. Crosby. 
Jacob S. Temkin, Arthur S. Hasscll, God- 
frey Goff and Rudolph V. Payor; James A. 
Graham, Edgar Bromagc. William Benford, 
Fred H. Barrows, Jr., Richard Almy, Edgar 
Loud, Orland F. Smith, G. Raymond Has- 
lam, Owen P. Reid, Irving G. Loxlcy. 
Charles Kenney, J. Marshall McGregor; 
Edward J. Lawrence, Stanley H. Smith, 
Nelson B. Jones, Louis B. Palmer. Nelson J. 
Conlong, Kent F. Mattcson, Leslie T. Chase, 
Edwin L. Howell, E. V. Woodmancy, V. 
George Rustigian, Jesse P. Eddy, Benjamin 
Tully. William D'Ugo, Thomas J. Paolino, 
Leo Goldberg, Albert Liskcr. H. M. Caslo- 
wit:, Paul Hodge, Earl Hover, Robert Hnl- 
lingsworth, Henry Ottc, Ir., Jack Drysdalc, 
E. William Parkhurst, ' William O'Ncil. 
Arthur Faubert and Stephen L Hall; J. P. 
Child, J. K. Davis, Walter G. Ensign, 
Amedco Ricci, J. A. Burgess. Russell Mc- 
Kenna, W. R. Henry, Herbert Luft and 
Norman T. Wright. 

19.'.0 
^ The lOth Reunion class held its outing 
at the Coonamessett Ranch Inn in Fal- 
mouth, Mass., with 7<^ members present. 
At a dinner held Saturday evening, the 
class made plans for its gift to the college 
on the occasion of its 25th reunion. It also 
elected officers for the coming five years. 
Harold P. Carver is President and Treas- 
urer, and Edmund J. Farrell is Secretary. 
R. B. Dimond, John C. Mosby and R. C 
Andcrton arc Vice Presidents. 

Those at Falmouth were John M. Curtis. 
J. Randolph Jelleme. Edmund J. Farrell, 
John A. Murtagh, Philip S. Knauer, Jr., 
Harold P. Carver, Nicholas E. Jansun, 
Peter J. A. Scott, Leo Jacobson. Nathan 
Levitt, Aaron H. Roitnian, Ralph G. An- 
dertnn, Raymond E. Rawlinson, David C. 
Anthony, Jr., Ray B. Owen, lames E Mun- 
roe, W. Tallmadge Bullock, Jack Wells, 
Alvah Bearse, I. Donald leffers, F. K. Dag- 
gett, Jr., P. S bsmun, C. Hazard Beckfnrd, 
Donald Allmon, Woodworth L. Carpenter, 
J. C. Mosby, William B. Bartlctt. David E. 
.Mper, Daniel Polsky, 2nd, Henry B. Cutler, 
Raymond G. Chaplin, Lester H. Sugarman, 
Stafford H. Hambly, George D. Gilbert, 
James C. Hart. 

19.32 

► A FULL Saturday at the Lippitt Estates 
Country Club in Cumberland kept 29 class 
members busy at a Dutch Treat Luncheon, 
golf, tennis, a baseball game between the 
single men and the married men (no score 
given) and a dinner. The class voted to 
give a ship's clock to the Brown Yacht Club 
in memory of the deceased members. Aldo 
C. Dall'Ava, John E. Edgar, Louis Kassell 
and Harvey B. Riggs, Jr. Those at the 
reunion included Class Secretary, Richard 
A. Hurley, Jr., Class Treasurer, John R. 
Dolan, T. Dexter Clarke, William H. Mc- 
Soley, Jr., Raymond K. Andrew, A. Albert 
Bartigian, Dr. Irving A. Beck. Robinson 
Bellin. Rus.scll H. B. Corp. Dr. Edward 
Damarjian, John S. Flynn, William R. Gold- 
berg. Kenneth V. Gordon. Austin Hazen. 
Dr. William Hennessey, Charles J. Hind- 
ley, Thomas J. Hunt, Theodore Jaffc, 
Charles H. Lounsbury, Marshall B. Marcus, 
Leon M. Najarian. Dr. Edward R. Squier, 
Charles C. Tillinghast, Jr., Claude P. Viens, 
Stuart G. Waite, John A. Waters, Henry 
W. Palmer, Jr., Andrew W. Rugby, Jr., and 
Ralph W. Hemmerle. 

1935 

► Sixty-five members, a near record for a 
five-year class, spent the week-end at the 
Norwich Inn. Ross deMatteo, reunion 



chairman, had arranged an ambitious pro- 
gram of sports, entertainment and a dinner. 
Donald V. Reed was toastmaster at the class 
dinner on Saturday night and several mem- 
bers of the class gave speeches. A kickers' 
golf tournament was held on Sunday and 
the class had dinner together in the after- 
noon. At this writing, the class registration 
book has not found its way to the editor, so 
we are only able to list the members of the 
reunion committee, all of whom were pres- 
ent at Norwich. They were Daniel F. 
.Anthony, William T. Broomhead, Robert 
C. Chapin, John Considine, Henry C. Hart, 
Jr., Stanley Hcnshaw, Paul C. Howard. 
Alfred Joslin. Edwin J. Lyman. Fred A. 
Nachman, Edwin Read, Jr., Frank S. Read, 
Donald V. 1. Reed, Robert A. Salant, Henry 
Tolman, 2nd, Ralph R. Walker and Ross A. 
deMatteo, 2nd, Chairman. 

1937 

► Nineteen Thirty-Seven started its re- 
union with a smoker at the Brown Yacht 
Club on May 17 at which time they planned 
iheir Commencement activities. On Satur- 
day evening the class, 19 strong, gathered 
in the new Brown Alumni Suite for cock- 
tails, later going to the Castle Room in the 
Biltmore for dinner. James W. Gurll '?8, 
Secretary of the Brown Alumni Fund, spoke 
at the dinner. Those at the dinner included 
James L. G. Kavanagh, Philip M. Shires, 
William L. Wunsch, Edward R. Bancroft, 
Jr., William E. Ryan, Milton L. Levy, Mal- 
colm W. Quigley, .Scymore Winograd, Ed- 
ward F. Pickering, Herman L. Toof, Harold 
I. Hasenfeld, Martin L. Tarpy, secretary- 



treasurer, Frederick R. Goff, Jackson H. 
Skillings, J. Nestor Atlass, Jay D. Mann, 
Lawrence Tingley. F. Hartwell Swaffield, 
and John A. Mathewson. 
19.39 
y That toddling enfant terrible, the "baby 
class" had 43 members back for a first re- 
union. The Farm, in Warwick, known to 
Brown men for generations as Jim Smith's 
Inn. was the scene of a class dinner which 
was enlivened considerably by spirited 
singing of college songs. A novel touch was 
provided by Gus Steneck of New York 
who announced that he had come to Provi- 
dence in a 25-foot power boat with his wife 
as first mate. 

Those attending the dinner were Albert 
B. Coop. Jr.. Charles H. Mullen. George L. 
Playe, William H. Ebelke, Willard R. Thur- 
low, John R. Magee, Jr., Lawrence Burwell, 
William Bacon, Thomas Peckham, G. 
Holmes Wilson, James H. Maker. George 
G. Sladc, E. Sheldon Knowles, Charles E. 
Gross, 2nd, P. A. Hartley, Henry K. Jaburg, 
Jr., Leonard D. LeValley, Chester T. Clay- 
ton, Jr., Joseph C. Blessing, Foster B. Davis, 
Jr.. Thomas C. McOsker. Gustav G. Sten- 
eck. Edward M. Horton. William L. Carter, 
John Mochnacky, Bruno DiClcmente, Rus- 
sell A. Morissettc, Robert C. Bogle, Thomas 
J. Carey, Harold M. Cornell, Edward W. 
Renfree, Wickliffe A. Luhn, Grant B. 
Bur.sley, Richard A. Clark, Wilfred Broad- 
bent, Justin Robinson, Frank Comstock, 
Arthur S. Gurney, Robert L. Scowcroft, 
George Truman, Stanley F. Mathes, Alfred 
H. Macgillivray, and Arnold D. MacDon- 
ald. i i 



► With the Brown Clubs 



If est prn Pennsylvania 

y y The annual dinner-meeting of the 
Brown University Club of Western Penn- 
sylvania was held at the Harvard-Yale- 
Princeton Club. Pittsburgh, on May 13. 
Twenty-.seven members of the Club and 
James L. Whitcomb "36, Director of Alumni 
Relations, the guest speaker of the evening, 
were present. 

R. O. Hughes '00, President of the club, 
presided. Mr. Hughes read greetings from 
Dean Samuel T. Arnold '13 and from 
Walter Hoving '20, President of the Asso- 
ciated Alumni, and D. G. Clark '09 brought 
the personal greetings of Tuss McLaughry 
who promised to meet with the Club on his 
next visit to Pittsburgh. 

President Hughes brought up the matter 
of a Brown Club of Western Pennsylvania 
Scholarship to be given to a boy of well 
rounded scholastic and extra-curricular abil- 
ity. A general discussion indicated the com- 
plete accord of the Club with the idea of 
raising and administering funds for such a 
scholarship, and it was unanimously voted 
that a committee be appointed to study and 
outline such a scholarship. 

The President called on E. L. Sittler '30, 
Chairman of the Bi-weekly Luncheon Com- 
mittee, to explain this special activity which 
has been going on for several months. Com- 
ments on the bi-weekly luncheons were made 
by Gordon Ritchie '24. George Daugherty 
'3 5, Richard Messinger '37, Fred Armstrong 
'23, and Harry Jones '12. The next lunch- 
eon was scheduled for May 28 in the Oliver 
Building Restaurant. Pittsburgh. 

The Secretary was instructed to issue a 



general invitation, through the Brown 
Allimni Monthly, to all visiting alumni 
to attend these luncheons which will be held 
at 12:30 p.m. every other Tuesday there- 
after. Visiting alumni can get information 
on these luncheons or other Brown Club 
activities by contacting the Secretary, L. F. 
Demmler '31, 2028 Koppers Building, Pitts- 
burgh, Phone ATlantic 2275. 

President Hughes then called upon James 
L. Whitcomb '36, Director of Alumni Rela- 
tions, who gave a capable and interesting 
talk about Brown — its new administrative 
policies and life on the campus. After Mr. 
Whitcomb's address an open discussion 
took place and a very pleasant half hour 
was spent questioning Mr. Whitcomb about 
matters of personal interest to the individual 
members of the Club. ^ 

Western Maine 

► The Brown Club of Western Maine held 
Its annual meeting on May 24 at the Colum- 
bia Hotel in Portland. 

Assistant Director of Admissions, Wil- 
liam K. Seldon spoke at the dinner. At 
the conclusion of the question and answer 
period which inevitably follows visits by 
LIniversity officials, the following officers of 
the club were elected: President, Archibald 
M. Dodge '17 of Portland; Vice President, 
Edward W. Hincks ' 1 5 of Kents Hill School; 
Treasurer, Thomas J. Burrage '98 of Port- 
land; Secretary, Robert F. Skillings '11 of 
Portland; Executive Committee, Prof. Philip 
M. Brown '22 of Bowdoin College, Paul R. 
Wyman '12 of Portland, and Herbert R. 
Coffin '11 of Auburn. < 



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ON BROWN LNIVERSITi DAY al the World's Fair in New York, the 
first university day of the season there. Football Coach Tuss McLaughry 
and Trustee Ralph M. Palmer "10. officiated at the flag-raising. Mr. 
Palmer has just been re-elected President of the Brown University Club 
in New York. 

(Photo hy courtesy of PI.4YTI\tE mngnzine and Eduord H. PInrp '2t. rdi 



Detroit 

> Fifteen Detroit Brown Cluh members, 
under the leadership of W. Carleton Scott 
"24, met on May 17 at the Hotel Webster 
to learn of current Brown affairs from James 
L. Whitcomb '36, the University's Director 
of Alumni Relations. In informal style, 
Mr. Whitcomb discussed athletics, curricu- 
lar changes, admissions problems and alum- 
ni activities. The Detroit club's members 
were particularly interested in the program 
which will help Seniors to decide on a busi- 
ness career before they graduate, and offered 
to establish a counseling center for Detroit 
undergraduates. ^ 

Cleveland 

► James L. Whitcomb. Director of Alum- 
ni Relations, met with 20 members of the 
Cleveland Brown Club at the Athletic Club 
on May 14. He described campus changes, 
some reorganization plans and answered the 
many questions posed by club members. 
Owen Walker '3 3, president of the Cleve- 
land Brown Club, arranged the luncheon, i 



Mew York City 

► The annual meeting of the Brown Uni- 
versity Club in New York was held on May 
28 at the clubhouse. 

One hundred Brown men heard William 
D. Bayles, Time and Life Berlin correspond- 
ent, give a vivid and first-hand account of 
war-torn Europe's problems. He told of 
Germany's strides since the advent of Na- 
tional Socialism and gave club members an 
eye-witness picture they will not soon forget. 

Ralph M. Palmer '10 was reelected presi- 
dent of the club. Joseph F. Halloran '16 is 
first vice president, Arthur W. Packard '2T 
is second vice president, and Philip Lukin 
'24 is third vice president: Allen B. Sikes 
'23 is secretary, and Wayne M. Faunce '21 
is treasurer. The Board of Governors of the 
club has four new members, all of whom 
will serve through 1943. They are: Donald 
G. Millar '19, Christie E. Cuddeback '21, 
Hugh S. Butler '32 and Alfred B. Meacham 
'96. The popular and dynamic Fred A. 
Forbes '38 continues as Executive Secretary. 



The annual championship matches of the 
College Club Golf League had eight mem- 
bers of the Brown University Club in New 
York defending their alma mater's honor 
against The Yale Club. The Harvard Club, 
The Princeton Club and The Cornell Club. 
The Brunonian golfers took third place be- 
hind Yale and Princeton and Harold S. 
Schutt, Jr. '40 won the New York club's 
silver golf cup by posting the best score 
among the Brown golfers. The matches 
were played on June 6 at the Garden City, 
Long Island, Golf Club, the Brown alumni 
being represented by J. F. Halloran '16, 
E. J. Gorman '23, F. D. Gurll '31, H. S. 
Butler '32, R. S. Salant '34, W. F. Donovan 
'37, F. A. Forbes '38, and H. S. Schutt, Ir. 
'40. i 



In the Mail 



May 20th, 1940 
Brown Alumni Monthly. 
Brown University, 
Providence, Rhode Island 
Dear Sir: 

After reading Tom Taylor's article in the 
April issue of the Brown Alumni 
Monthly. I decided to become a quasi- 
professional as he suggested, and delve into 
the football problem as it arises at Brown. 
One thing that I have always been a little 
weary of hearing is that one of our major 
football problems arises from the fact that 
we are a "middle size college," and as the 
classic remark goes, "too big for the small 
ones and too small for the big ones." With 
this in mind, I wrote to various representa- 
tive universities throughout the East to 
ascertain their enrollment. The majority 
of these colleges play each other, or similar 
schedules at least, with not too varied 
success. The enrollments are as follows: 
Brown Univerity 1,416 

Colgate University 1,000 

Columbia University 1,756 

Cornell University 5,716 

Dartmouth University 2,450 

Harvard University 3,574 

Holy Cross 1,269 

Princeton 2,415 

U. S. Naval Academy 2,179 

University of Chicago 3,128 

LI. S. Military Academy 1,750 

Rutgers 1,638 

Yale 3,000 

Now, from the above set of figures, it 
can well be ascertained that the number of 
undergraduates over one thousand is not 
really as important in having a football 
team as the athletic department at Brown 
has, in the past, given us to believe. For 
instance, both Colgate and Holy Cross have 
less undergraduates than Brown, and yet, 
they have consistently beaten us in recent 
years. And on the other hand Rutgers has 
a larger student body than Brown, and we 
have consistently beaten their best teams. 
Along a similar trend Columbia and Army 
are fairly well within our field numerically, 
and they both play a difficult schedule with 
good results. 

When Princeton and Dartmouth play 
Cornell, their student body is outnumbered 
by over 3,000, and yet, their successes 
against the Big Red have not been too far 
or few between during the last 10 years. It 
was only a few years ago that Columbia, 
with only about 300 more students than 
we have, became the national champions by 



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winning the Rose Bowl game at Pasadena. 
And to solidify my argument, let us look 
at the University of Chicago, who with 
3,128 students has football teams of such 
poor calibre that the sport has been aban- 
doned by the University. 

And so with this in mind. I see no reason 
why Brown should tend toward scheduling 
smaller schools in order that it might have 
a more successful football record. My sug- 
gestion, and I am sure it is the suggestion of 
a vast majority of the alumni, is to face the 
issue and remedy it rather than take an easy 
way out and run away from it. 

Yours very truly, 

EnwARD W. Wise. Jr. "il 

Gilbert Ave., Hamden, Conn. 
Dear Sir.- 

I enjoy the magazine very much and 
like the new style that you are employing. 
Needless to say, I am more interested in 
news of the class of "3 1, but any news about 
Brown IS good to hear. 

John J. Mozzochi "31 

Wriston on Academic Freedom 

► The interrelation of academic freedom 
and academic tenure is discussed by Henry 
Merritt Wriston, President of Brown Uni- 
versity, writing on "Academic Tenure" in 
the current Summer issue of The American 
Scholar. 

"Academic freedom," he points out, "is 
not imperiled by strength but by weakness. 
Difficulties are rare in institutions which 
are sure of their mission and intent upon the 
pursuit and exposition of truth. Only where 
expansion of material assets is more impor- 
tant than widening intellectual horizons do 
freedom and tenure suffer. The fears so 
often expressed that an institution may be 
damaged by the incautious or unwise utter- 
ance of some professor reveal the want of 
faith in the institution's solidity. 

"Tenure," Wriston declares, "is the guar- 
antee to the individual that his freedom is 
real. However, it should never be mistaken 
for the substance of freedom. Some people 
have personalities so vibrant and ideas so 
lucid and appealing that they may be effec- 
tively free even in prison. At the other end 
of the scale are men with so little soul force 
and so poverty-stricken in their gift of ex- 
pression that with a worldwide radio broad- 
cast at their disposal they would make no 
impact. Tenure is no protection for what 
one is incapable of using." i 



► 1880 - - One Class' Story 




► > Zechariah Chafee '80 sent the 
editor a copy of his class secretary's report 
and modestly added, "You or the Monthly 
will use your judgment in printing any, or 
all, or none of this report." The editor's 
judgment is that Eighteen-Eighty's record 
IS a remarkable one, and excerpts from the 
report are given below. 

They hark back to another day, a day in 
which 56 members of the class graduated. 
Today, 10 members of the class are living, 
and 6 came back to the campus they knew 
so well for their reunion. On Commence- 
ment morning, Mr. Chafee reports, "they 
were walking to the church together for the 
60th time." The report states: 
* * « 

"Our .scholarship on the whole was good. 
No member was transferred to a succeeding 
class on account of poor scholarship. Early 
in freshman year, and largely through the 
efforts of Rogers, the Class became unusu- 
ally united. What any of us did, all did. 

"In baseball, during Freshman year, we 
were the winners over all opponents, in- 
cluding Yale and Harvard; and in our 
Junior and Senior years the University Nine 
defeated Amherst, Dartmouth, Harvard, 
Princeton and Yale. 

"Certain comments, from some members 
of the Faculty, may be recalled: Professor 
Bancroft declared that we were the noisiest 
class which had even been in Brown; Pro- 
fes.sor Davis often told us that '80 con- 
tained the undergraduates most outstanding 
in his memory, (he declined to say how we 
were outstanding): and President Robin- 
son said that succeeding classes would have 
difficulty in equaling the Class of 1880. 
even in it pranks. 

► "After college, four of our classmates 
took the lead in four prominent law schools, 
and on the bench we were represented by 
judges in New York, Ohio, Illinois, Colo- 
rado and Rhode Island. 

"Clarke was a leading architect; Mathew- 
son was one of the outstanding mill mana- 



PRESIDENT WRISTON: 
Some thoughts on freedom. 



Brotcn in China 

y A Steamer ploughing its way 
across the Pacific Ocean toward 
Shanghai bears deep in its hold sev- 
eral copies of the Brown Alumni 
Monthly, and in the same trunk is 
the latest list of Brown men now in 
China. The messenger accompanying 
the Brunonian propaganda is T. F. 
Wang who has just finished two years 
of graduate work in chemistry at the 
University. 

Mr. Wang came to the Alumni 
Office just before he left for his home 
in Yunnan Province, China, to meet 
the Director of Alumni Relations and 
to ask if he could take the latest news 
of the campus to alumni living in his 
country. He was furnished with the 
names of 19 graduates, most of whom 
represent American companies in 
China, and was armed with news for 
them. Wang, who was graduated 
from the University of Shanghai in 
1938, has been at Brown on a Brown 
Christian Association Scholarship, i 



gers in the country; Darrow was the editor 
of the foremost agricultural journal of his 
day; Archibald was the Gentile who taught 
in the Mormon Schools; Richardson, after 
experimenting with theosophy, himself de- 
veloped a religious cult; Rigler did a great 
work in the education of colored girls at 
the Hartshorn Institute and Smyth painted 
pictures which will live. 

"Hale, our poet, and a physician as well, 
was a special friend of seamen and during 
the World War served in France with the 
"Blue Devils." We were especially honored 
in Faunce as President of the College, and 
in the part which Goodspeed had as Presi- 
dent Harper's assistant in the development 
of the University of Chicago. 

"In the early days of golf Waterman held 
the championship for Vermont and Rich- 
mond was the captain of his club team at 
Toledo. Waterman became the friend and 
confidant of the young people in his com 
munity, and Richmond as dean of the Uni- 
versity of Toledo was also known as the 
'friend of youth.' (As a professional 
pitcher he was credited with the first major 
league no-hit, no-run game.) Winslow, our 
catcher, served as superintendent of schools 
in a number of communities, and also taught 
about every topic from agriculture to theol- 
ogy. He also was dean in a State University. 

► "The Class has not been able to give 
largely to the College, but perhaps on this 
account it has felt an obligation to work 
for the College. It is our particular gratifica- 
tion that through our efforts the first Mid- 
Winter Dinner of the alumni was held 
during the administration of President 
Andrews. In alumni meetings during 60 
years we have had a part; and for many 
years one or more of the Class has served 
on the Corporation of the College. At one 
time there were four of us on the Corpora- 
tion, in addition to Faunce. 

"Taking it by and large, we like to think 
we have been a useful class. 

"And. most important of all, as a typical 
Brown class, we have stood together; our 
friendships have grown through the years; 
we have known each other better, under- 
stood each other's difficulties, and appre- 
ciated each other's character more fully; 
and with the increased understanding has 
come a constantly increasing admiration 
and respect." ^ ^ 

Faculty ISotes 

► ► President Henry M. Wriston of 
Brown University has been re-elected a 
vice-president of the American Association 
for Adult Education, and will continue to 
serve until Sept. 30, 1941. The American 
Association for Adult Education, with a 
membership of nearly 1,500 teachers and 
educators in all parts of the country, is 
especially concerned with the social signifi- 
cance of adult education. One of its prin- 
cipal supporters is the Carnegie Corpora- 
tion. Largely a co-operative enterprise, the 
association is concerned with the work of 
the American Library Association, the Na 
tional Education Association, and the Na- 
tional Advisory Council on Radio in Edu- 
cation. 

On June 17 after a strenuous Commence- 
ment Day on the Brown campus. Vice 



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President James P. Adams delivered an in- 
spiring address to the graduating class at 
Hope Street High School. < 

Dean Roland G. D. Richardson of the 
Graduate School of Brown University is 
one of 29 newly selected special editorial 
advisors to The American Scholar, quar- 
terly publication of the united chapters of 
Phi Beta Kappa, national honorary scholas- 
tic society. 

Professor Arlan R. Coolidge is again a 
member of the program committee for the 
Providence Community Concerts Associa- 
tion for 1940-1941. 

Two members of the Brown University 
faculty were advanced from the diaconate 
to the priesthood of the Protestant Epis- 
copal Church on June 24, with the ordina- 
tion in S. Stephen's Church of Dr. Robert 
Pierce Casey, head of the Department of 
Biblical Literature, and Prof. Edmund L. 
Loughnan, of the Department of Romance 
Languages and Literature. The former will 
continue as an honorary assistant at S. 
Stephen's Church, while the latter will be 
attached to St. John's Episcopal Church. 
Barrington. Rev. Arthur L. Washburn, 
resident counselor at Brown University, 
presented Prof. Loughnan for ordination. 

John Rawdon. former instructor in the 
Brown University Art Department, is the 
illustrator of the pert collection of "drama- 
tized ballads." published last month by 
Dutton under the title of "The Saucy 
Sailor." 

► President Wriston was the speaker at 
the 21st annual meeting of the Unitarian 
Laymen's League at Arlington Street 
Church, Boston. It was one of the features 
of the denomination's traditional "May 
meetings." 

Vice President Adams is one of the spon- 
sors of the Rhode Island Christian Com- 
mittee for Refugee Work. Other faculty 
members of this group are Profs. L R. Boi- 
ling and C. Emanuel Ekstrom. 

Athletic Director Thomas W. Taylor "25 
IS the retiring president of the New England 
Intercollegiate Tennis Association and was 
in no small measure responsible for the 
success of the 41st annual tourney, which 
the association held last month on Brown 
courts. 

Prof. William T. Hastings' status as a 
Shakespeare authority continues to be recog- 
nized by his commissions to review works in 
that field for the nation's leading literary 
pages. Reviews appeared last month in the 
Saturday Review of Literature and Phi Beta 
Kappa's Key Reporter. i 

The Chemists Chose Him » 

► Prof. Laurence S. Foster of the 
Department of Chemistry at Brown Uni- 
versity has been elected president of the 
New England Association of Chemistry 
Teachers for 1940-41, succeeding Ralph E. 
Kierstead. head of the science department 
at the Wethersfield, Conn., High School. 
Prof. Foster has been vice-president of the 
association during 1939-40. 

As head of the oldest organizations of 
Its kind in the country. Prof. Foster will 
have much of the responsibility for arrang- 
ing the summer conference of the chemistry 
teachers, which is to be held at the Uni- 
versity of Maine from Aug. 13 to Aug. 16. 
Chemists from colleges and secondary 
schools throughout New England are ex- 
pected. 

Prof. Foster, a graduate of Clark Uni- 
versity in the class of 1922, also holds an 



A.M. degree from Clark and a Ph.D. degree 
from Brown. He taught chemistry at the 
University of Vermont and at the Uni- 
versity of Utah before joining the Brown 
faculty in 1927. 

The properties and compounds of gallium 
and of germanium, two of the rare elements, 
have been Prof. Foster's chief interests in 
his field of inorganic chemistry. He is a 
Fellow of the American Association for the 
Advancement of Science, a member of the 
American Chemical Society, Sigma Xi, and 
Alpha Chi Sigma, national chemical fra- 
ternity, i 

The Faculty Club Elects 

> Prof. Ch.arles H. Smiley, chairman of 
the Department of Astronomy, has been 
elected president of the Brown University 
Faculty Club for 1940-41. He succeeds 
Prof. Ben W. Brown of the Department of 
English. 

The new vice-president is Prof. Harold 
Schlosbcrg of the Department of Psychol- 
ogy. Prof. J. Sutherland Frame of the De- 
partment of Mathematics was elected secre- 
tary, and Prof. Edwin M. J. Krctzmann of 
the Department of Germanic Languages 
and Literatures, treasurer. Those named 
to the Board of Governors were Prof. Chel- 
cie C Bosland. Dr. Clarence Glick. Prof. 
Arthur B. Hitchcock and Prof. Robert W. 
Kenny. i 

Bookmen and Books 

► Brown had two representatives at the 
May meeting of the American Library As- 
sociation: Dr. Henry B. Van Hoesen, Li- 
brarian of the University, who is a member 
of the Association's committee on hibliog 
raphy, and Miss Edna M. Worthington, on 
leave of absence this year while attending 
Columbia University School of Library 
Service. 

At the meeting of the Bibliographical 
Society of America, held in Cincinnati the 
same week. Dr. Van Hoesen, who is na- 
tional secretary of the .society, read a paper 
on "Some Problems in the History and 




LIBRARIAN VAN HOESEN: 
Bibliographers have problems. 



Policy of_ the Bibliographical Society of 
America," raising some questions as to the 
policy of the Society toward the develop- 
ment of local oiganizations. The Univer- 
sity librarian was particularly interested in 
the program devoted to bibliographies of 
Abraham Lincoln, since the Brown collec- 
tion is outstanding. 

Miss Worthington, returning to Prov 
idence in August, will replace Dr Carl L. 
Cannon in charge of special collections of 
the University Library. She was formerly 
at Pembroke. i 

Alumni Days Oct. 11-12 

► Alumni Day will be held next fall on 
the weekend of Oct. 11 and 12, it was 
announced last month at the meeting of the 
Executive Committee of the Associated 
Alumni. The football attraction for that 
weekend is the Amherst game, and other 
features will be built around that date. 
James L. Whitcomb '36, Director of Alumni 
Relations, is chairman of the committee 
arranging the program and announced that 
the following have agreed to serve with 
him: Theodore R. Jeffcrs '23, Henry C. 
Aylsworth '20, A. Frederick Haas. Ir.. '34, 
Elmer S. Horton "10, Prof, Wilfiam R. 
Benford '27, and Louis B. Palmer "28. Ad- 
ditions to that number are planned. 

In its meeting at the Brown University 
Club in New York, the Executive Com- 
mittee also reopened consideration of the 
"Brown Bear Award" scheme of giving 
alumni recognition to men outstanding in 
their loyalty to Brown, career achievements, 
or in public service. 

Study was also proposed of the Com- 
mencements at Brown in an attempt to 
bring reunions nearer the campus. 

Sitting as the Corporation of the Brown 
Alumni Monthly, the Executive Com- 
mittee heard management reports and dis- 
cussed a number of suggestions for aiding 
editorial, circulation, and advertising prog- 
ress. The following were voted directors 
to serve until lune. 194! : Henry S. Chafee 
;09, Walter Hoving "20. Alton C. Chick 
'19, Sidney Clifford "15, Lawrence Lanpher 
'23, Louis B. Palmer '28, W. Chesley 
Worthington '23, C. Arthur Braitsch '23, 
James L. Whitcomb '36. 

Present at the meeting were Mr. Hoving, 
Wayne M. Faunce "21, vice president of 
the Atlantic-Midland region, Ralph M. 
Palmer '10, Fred A. Forbes '38, and Messrs. 
Whitcomb, Braitsch and Worthington. i 

Alumni Suite Opens 

► Without pomp, but with ceremony ap- 
propriate to its social purposes, the Brown 
Alumni Suite in Providence threw open its 
doors on June 8. Scores of alumni came 
during the reception hours to inspect the 
new quarters and to meet their friends over 
the punch bowl. Flowers added a colorful 
touch to an already attractive series of 
rooms. 

Alumni were pleased to find the Brown 
Alumni Suite an unusually flexible arrange- 
ment which will provide a social headquar- 
ters accommodating luncheons, dinners and 
meetings of all sizes and types. The dec- 
orators have combined a touch of modern- 
ism while preserving club room comfort, 
and a bath adjoining the suite will permit 
a last-minute "freshening-up" for Brown 
men who need to remove the travel stains. 

The suite, located in the Providence Bilt- 
more Hotel, was in constant use during the 
Commencement week-end and several alum- 



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ni groups have already made advance book- 
ings to use the rooms next year. The 
Director of Alumni Relations reports that 
his first printing of identification cards 
which permit use of the room, has been 
exhausted but that cards will be available 
immediately for all alumni who apply to 
him. The Brown Alumni Suite is open 
from 9:00 a. m. to midnight, but to pre- 
vent possible public use, a key must be 



obtained at the hotel desk after 8 o'clock 
at night. A committee headed by Harold 
B, Tanner '09, served as hosts on the open- 
ing day, including: Henry C. Hart '01, 
Edward T. Richards '27, Ross A. deMatteo, 
2nd '3 5, William J. Gilbane '33, and Joseph 
Olney, Jr. '36. 

The first alumni function held in the new 
rooms was a reception prior to the reunion 
dinner by the class of 1937. i 



A Share in Commencement 



► ► Col. Frederic M. Sackett "90, for- 
mer Senator from Kentucky and former 
Ambassador to Germany, back on the 
Brown campus for his 50th reunion, was 
chief marshal of the time-honored Com- 
mencement procession from the campus to 
the First Baptist Meeting House. Chief of 
Staff was E. Tudor Gross '01, mainspring 
of the procession machinery. 

John J. Kelly, high sheriff of Providence 
County, carried on the tradition set by a 
State law of 1790 requiring the sheriff to 
inarch in the procession to "maintain peace, 
good order and decorum." Wearing a 
purple sash, top hat and sword as well as 
lull evening dress, he led the procession 
into the Meeting House and sat on the 
platform during the exercises. 

First through the Van Wickle Gates on 
the way down College Hill was John J. 
McLaughry, lootball captain and class 
president. 

Col. Sackett's aides were J. D. E. Jones 
'93, Byron S. Watson '97, John A. 
Gammons '98, Fred A. Otis '03, Chauncey 
E, Wheeler '09, Frederick A. Ballou, Jr., 
'16, Fred B. Perkins "19, Walter Hoving 
'20, Denison W. Greene "24, and Kent F. 
Matteson '28. 

Senior class marshals were William H. 
Bates, Charles E. Blount, Kenneth D. 
Clapp, Raymond F. Curran, Roy E. Hunt, 
George L. Mawhinney, William E. Kelly, 
Raymond C. McCuUoch, John D. Prodgers, 
David G. Redford, Andrew M. Sinclair and 
Richard E. Struble. 

Miss Alice E. Desmond '23 was alumnae 
aide in charge of the graduating class at 
Pembroke, of which the marshals were 
Lydia R. Briggs, Penelope C. Hartland, 
Elizabeth H. Ibell, and Frances A. Taft, 
class president. 

Aides in charge of the procession's divi- 
sions were Royal W. Leith '12, George L. 
Miner '97, Sidney D. Humphrey "97, and 
J. Cunliffe Bullock "02, Prof. Ben W. 
Brown '19 was mace-bearer. 

In the first division, the marshals for the 
Board of Fellows were Albert A. Baker "84, 
and Charles H. Merriman '92; for the 
Board of Trustees, James H. Arthur '97 
and Albert L. Midgley '01; for invited 
guests, judges, candidates for honorary de- 
grees, the mayor, lieutenant-governor and 
staff. Prof. Herbert N. Couch. Faculty 
marshals in the second division were Prof. 
Robert H. George and Prof. Ben W. Brown 
'19. 

Marshals for alumni classes in the third 
division were Prof. Albert K. Potter '86 
and John L. Alger "90; Henry J. Hoye "95 
and Royal C. Taft "95; Arthur L. Perry "00 
and Roscoe M. Dexter '00; Frederick 
Schwinn "05 and Arthur B. Tingley "05; 
Elmer S, Horton "10 and Charles A. Post 
"10. 



Taxi to the Biltmore 

^ The ubiquitous Walter Hoving 
'20, president of the Associated 
Alumni, refused to walk to the Bilt- 
more to inspect the Alumni Suite and 
when told that taxis were scarcer than 
the proverbial hen's teeth on Monday 
morning, promptly commandeered a 
red delivery truck innocently waiting 
for the Waterman Street traffic. 

Overriding the driver's protests, 
the top-hatted Mr. Hoving climbed 
aboard, accompanied b" an equally- 
resplendent James Sinclair '20 and a 
reported ten other alumni that in- 
cluded Louis Pieri '20, Fred Forbes 
"38. Banty Coulter "20 and Director 
of Alumni Relations James L. Whit- 
comb "36. When last seen, an 
astonished doorman was trying to 
assist the mechanized forces from the 
truck at the Biltmore front door. 

Mr. Whitcomb later reported that 
he sat on the most interesting gro- 
ceries and claims that he is going to 
give one Mrs. J. Clancy a ring to find 
out how one can mix a gallon of 
vinegar and a package of birdseed. 



In the fourth division the alumni mar- 
shals were Sidney Clifford "15 and William 
P. Sheffield. Jr. '15; James Sinclair "20 and 
Donald C. Bowersock "20; Newton T. Dana 
"25 and W. Easton Louttit, Jr. "25; Wood- 
worth L. Carpenter '30 and Philip S. 
Knauer, Jr. "30; Henry C. Hart, Jr. "35 
and Ross A. deMatteo, 2nd "3 5; Edward R. 
Bancroft, Jr. "37 and Charles Evans 
Hughes, 3rd "37; Benjamin A. Chase, 2nd 
'38 and Richard B. Hutton '39. Marshals 
for the undergraduate section of the fourth 
division were Davol H. Meader '42 and 
George Hurley, Jr. '42; Jay W. Fidler '43 
and Stephen M. Danforth '43. i i 

Aluintii Business 

► Precedent was shattered by the Asso- 
ciated Alumni in two meetings held follow- 
ing Commencement. For the first time the 
President of the Associated Alumni took 
part in the Annual Alumni Meeting in 
Sayles Hall. Walter Hoving '20 presented 
Fred T. Field '00, the presiding officer, and 
later read the names of the successful nom- 
inees for alumni trusteeships. He also con- 
ducted a short business session in which 
William P. Burnham '07 presented an 
amendment to the By-Laws that increases 
the number of directors appointed by the 
president from six to twelve. The amend- 
ment was passed unanimously, having been 
approved previously by the Advisory Coun- 
cil. 



A special meeting, called for four o'clock 
that same afternoon in Sayles Hall, saw the 
Associated Alumni adopt a resolution fa- 
voring the principle of compulsory selec- 
tive military service. After a presentation 
of the case by Col. G. Edward Buxton '02, 
Ralph M. Palmer '10 read the resolution. 
Because it is likely to be an historic docu- 
ment, it is reproduced here in full: 

"Brown University was founded on the 
morrow of one world war and on the eve 
of another war in which its students and 
alumni joined unreservedly with the people 
of the American colonies to defend liberty 
and to maintain free institutions. During 
the first fifty years of its history, this Uni- 
versity saw no settled peace. It was de- 
nuded of students during the War for In- 
dependence and its attendance was greatly 
affected during four subsequent wars. 
Brown men have always been responsive in 
war as well as in peace to their country"s 
call to service. 

"Today as in the days of the founding 
of this University, Brown men look upon a 
world where free institutions are in jeop- 
ardy. Democracy and the very civilization 
which gives it expression are on trial for 
their life — threatened in part by armed 
forces more ruthless and devastating than 
any heretofore known. 

"Therefore, be it resolved that, be- 
lieving It necessary for democracy to de- 
fend Itself with determination and vigor, 
we, those alumni of Brown University who 
are assembled in the special meeting of the 
Associated Alumni at Providence, R. I., 
this 17th day of June, 1940, do declare our 
confidence in the principle of compulsory 
selective military training as the means most 
appropriately to be employed by a democ- 
racy for the creation of an adequate mili- 
tary force based on the broadest founda- 
tions of good citizenship; and simultaneous- 
ly we reaffirm our belief in the great liberal 
tradition which has animated Brown Uni- 
versity as it has inspired the leaders of this 
nation, pledging ourselves to make no sur- 
render of that democratic tradition either 
to foreign force or to domestic pressure."' < 

Presidential Reception 

► An estimated two thousand alumni, grad- 
uating seniors and friends of the university 
attended Dr. and Mrs. Wriston's reception 
on Sunday afternoon, to inaugurate a new 
locale for this ancient presidential custom 
of the Commencement season. 

The President, Vice President and their 
wives received the guests beneath a flower- 
banked marquee on Faunce House Terrace 
on Middle Campus. Louis B. Palmer "27 
headed the corps of ushers that included 
Arthur Braitsch "23, Fred A. Forbes "38, 
Deni.son W. Greene "24, Kent F. Matteson 
"28, Ronald C. Green, Jr. "31, Ralph R. 
Crosby "26, E. R. Bancroft "37 and James 
L. Whitcomb "36. i 

From 1905, 1907 and 1908 

► ► Three alumni class scholarships, all 
of them representing the income from 
funds of $2,500, were awarded to out- 
standing students at Brown University"s 
closing chapel exercises in Sayles Hall on 
May 16. The scholarships, among the 
largest given by alumni classes, were award- 
ed by the classes of 1905, 1907 and 1908. 

The class of 1905 scholarship was award- 
ed for the second time to Spencer C. Man- 
rodt of Newark, N. J.; the class of 1907 
award went to Raymond C. McCuUoch of 
Altoona, Pa.; and the class of 1908 scholar- 
ship to John J. Cooney, Jr., of Providence. 



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Mathematics for American Defence 

► Prof. Raymond C. Archibald of the Department of Mathematics at Brown 
University has been elected a member and executive of the Division of Physical 
Sciences of the National Research Council, according to word received from the 
National Academy of Sciences in Washington. 

The election, effective July 1 for three years, makes Prof. Archibald a member 
of one of the nation's key scientific groups to work with the Federal government 
in making preparations for any national emergency growing out of the current 
European war. Like other divisions of the National Research Council, it can be 
called upon to provide scientific information and give suggestions to government 
agencies during any emergency. 

One of Prof. Archibald's chief activities related to the work of the division 
will be his direction of a special committee which will have charge of preparing 
a bibliography of mathematical tables and aids to computations. Such a bibli- 
ography, important to peace-time scientific research and to war-time marshalling 
oi the country's scientific resources, has never been compiled before. 

Prof. Archibald, recognized as one of the leading mathematical historians in 
the United States, has served on the Division of Physical Sciences once before, 
from 1928 until 1931. The late Prof. Carl Barus, former chairman of the 
University's Department of Physics, contributed valuable data on airplane speeds 
to the government during the last war. i 



Manrodt and McCuUoch are seniors and 
Cooney a junior. 

George Hurley '07, representing his class- 
mates, presented McCulloch with his prize 
scholarship. The other two winners were 
announced by Dean Samuel T. Arnold. 

Manrodt, one of the most outstanding 
jiiembers of his class, has already received 
this year the class of 1910 trophy, awarded 
for the first time to a football letter-man 
with the highest academic standing on the 
team. He is a member of Sigma Xi, national 
honorary scientific society; president ol 
Alpha Tau Omega fraternity, a member ot 
the honorary Owl and Ring Society, a mem- 
ber of the undergraduate athletic council 
and a member of the Class Day committee. 

Last Fall he was elected all-Eastern guard 
and played first-string guard in the North- 
South football game. He has won three 
letters in football, freshman numerals, and 
the Clark Cup for physical efficiency. He 
has been majoring in mathematics and eco- 
nomics. 

McCulloch, also an outstanding student, 
last year won the William Easton Louttit 
Scholarship. He has been vice-president of 
the Cammarian Club, student governing 
body, this year and was a member of the 
Brown Key Society during 1938-39. Mc- 
Culloch has won baseball and football letters 
and has served on his dormitory council 
with Manrodt. 

Cooney, the son of John J. Cooney '08, 
has received the class of 1908 award twice 
before. He entered Brown from Classical 
High School. He is a member of the var- 
sity baseball squad. i i 

ISetv Generations 

► Twenty-four graduates with the class 
ot 1940 are the sons of Brown alumni: 
John R. Bailey, son of Joseph C. Bailey '0?, 
Ashburnham, Mass.; Edward E. Ball, son of 
Claude C. Ball '07, Edgewood; Alfred H. 
O. Boudreau, Jr., son of Alfred H. O. 
Beaudreau '14, Cranston; Bertram H. Bux- 
ton, Jr., son of Dr. Bertram H. Buxton '04, 
Providence; Norman S. Case, Jr., son of 
former Governor Norman S. Case "08, 
Washington; Henry D. S. Chafee, son of 
Henry S. Chafee '09, Providence; Albert H. 
Curtis, 2nd, son of Paul O. Curtis '15, 
Weston, Mass.; J. Sidney Ely, son of Prof. 
Albert A. Bennett '10, Providence; Russell 
W. Field, Jr., son of Russell W. Field '13, 
Barrington; Clark T. Foster, son of Harry 
C. Foster '99, Palisade, N. J.; Kirk Hanson, 
son of the late Edward S. Hanson '99, 



Taunton, Mass.; Ralph B. Harris, son of the 
late Ralph B. Harris '97, Watertown, Mass. 
Donald A. Jones, son of Frederick A. 
Jones '96, Edgewood; George D Krause, 
2nd, .son of Maxwell Krause '10, Lebanon, 
Pa.; Harold C. Miner, Jr., son of Dr. Harold 
C. Miner, Providence; John B. Moss, son 
of Norman A. Moss '00, Sharon, Mass.; 
Robert B. Perry, son of Arthur L. Perry 
'00, Westerly: David S. Price, son of Irving 
L. Price '05, East Aurora, N. Y.; Francis 
W. Rollins, Jr., son of Francis W. Rollins 
'16, Providence: Victor B. Schwartz, son 
of Victor A. Schwartz '07, Providence; 
Robert L Smith, son of Irving R. Smith '12, 
Arlington, N. J.: Robert E. Staff, son of 
Arthur E. Staff '11, Brockton, Mass.; 
George E. Techan, Jr , son of Dr. George 
E. Teehan "04, Auburn. i 

HiH Poetry Honored 

> Harry William Nelson '33 of Groton, 
Conn., instructor in English in the Robert 
E. Fitch High School, has been singularly 
honored by the American Literary Associa- 
tion, which has published a group of 50 of 
his poems in a special supplementary issue 
to the May-June number of the American 
Poetry Magazine. 

The title poem "Impelling Reminiscence" 
originally appeared in The Christian Science 
Monitor. Twenty-six of the others in the 
collection had first appearances in a variety 
of publications, including The Bard, The 
Lantern. The Tale Lnerary Magazine. Poet- 
ry World, American Poetry Magazine. The 
Sliver Star, Quickening Seed. Driftwind, 
Blue Moon. I'Abuette, Talana, Palms, 
Connecticut Poets. Music Unheard. The 



?^orth America Bool{ oj Verse, So7inets, 
and Modern American Poetry. 

Mr. Nelson, a member of several national 
literary organizations and the author of an 
early book of verse, appears in the Bio- 
graphical Dictionary of Contemporary 
Poets. Verse of his has also appeared in 
The Lyric Voices, Yale Banner and Pot 
Pourri, The Grub Street Boo)( of Verse, 
Poets' Magazine. The Caravan of Verse, 
The Paebar, and the Christmas Cavalcade 
of Verse. Some of his poems have been 
broadcast and others have been reprinted in 
anthologies and newspapers. His poem, 
"Unrequital," which appeared in The Silver 
Star, was awarded a first prize. i 

Shurtleffs ISovels 
> "Charlestown Bound' is a novel 
about Rhode Islanders in the American 
Revolution and published, of all places, in 
England. The country of publication be- 
comes the more interesting when we learn 
that S. B. Leslie, the author, is none other 
than the former Brown tootball star and 
wrestling champion, Bert L. Shurtleff '22. 
It is his second novel, the first ("Carey's 
Carnival") also having been published in 
London by Hurst 6? Blackett. 

The idea for the newest story came when 
Shurtleff was studying the life and letters 
of General Nathanael Greene. In one of 
the letters, this passage sparked the imagina- 
tion of the novelist: "But lor my eyes and 
ears (the scouts and spies I brought from 
Rhode Island) I could never had accom- 
plished what I did." The result was this 
lively piece of fiction about Captain Barney 
TiUinghast, a rich merchant and his daugh- 
ter Penelope, all of whom moved in Tory 
.society and gathered information trom the 
British that was instrumental in their defeat 
at Charleston. The book received a good 
press. 

Shurtleff, whose first book was a volume 
of poetry published while he was still an un- 
dei graduate, is a teacher of English at the 
East Providence High School. In addition to 
outside lecture engagements, he finds time 
"to pound out 10,000 words a week" for 
the short story and novelette markets. i 

Philadelphia Story 
y Brunonians had major roles in the 
Rhode Island GO. P. convention delega- 
tion at Philadelphia. They included: Chan- 
cellor Henry D. Sharpe '94, who shifted 
from Taft to Willkie on the second ballot; 
Thomas J. Paolino '28, who voted for Will- 
kie from the outset; Claude R. Branch '07, 
a Taft supporter until after the fourth 
ballot. Charles P. Sisson '11 had been one 
of the first Dewey champions and had 
worked hard in the pre-convention cam- 
paign. A supporter was Delegate Marion 
Yatman, wife of Ellis E. Yatman "11. ^ 



Housing in John Hay's I^anie 

^ ► The name of John Hay '58 is being memorialized by the Springfield (Illinois) 
Housing Authority in the "John Hay Homes," a $2,800,000 urban rehabilitation 
project providing low-rent homes for 600 residents of the Illinois capitol city. 

Springfield, a city of 80,000 people, surveyed its dwellings to find that a serious 
housing shortage existed, and in 1939 received a grant from the U. S. Housing 
.'\uthority to start its rehousing plan. 

The choice of John Hay's name is in commemoration of the many years he 
spent in Illinois. Hay spent his early boyhood in Warsaw, Illinois, and prior to 
going to Brown lived in Springfield. In 1859, following his graduation from the 
University, he entered his uncle's law office in Springfield. "There," according 
to the Illinois State Historical Library, "he met Lincoln and other prominent men 
of the time." Brown men, familiar with a fellow-alumnus' biography, know of 
John Hay's close personal association with Lincoln, his diplomatic posts at Vienna, 
Madrid and London, and his career as Secretary of State during the troubling 
years of the Spanish-American War and the Boxer Rebellion. ^ < 



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Brunonians Far and Near a 



1876 

► ► Dr. Henry Allen Whitmarsh re- 
ceived a splendid posthumous tribute from 
the Trustees of the Homeopathic Hospital of 
Rhode Island in their annual report. The 
report said, "Without his unconquerable 
spirit and tireless jeal we should not be privi- 
leged to sit today in this fine modern struc- 
ture, which IS a veritable monument both to 
his outstanding professional skill and to his 
inspiring leadership through the years. Since 
1904, the Homeopathic Hopital had been 
the special object of his pride and thought- 
ful planning. His horizons, like the sea he 
loved so well to sail, were broad and bound- 
less, and enabled him to envision and con- 
quer what other men might have regarded 
as insuperable obstacles. He had sailed far 
into the evening of life and to the hour 
when the magnificent afterglow of the 
Western sun had deepened and enriched 
the shadows of evening, but never once lost 
the buoyancy of his youthful spirit nor the 
incomparable sense of quiet humor which 
remained with him to the very end. Four 
score and five years could not conquer his 
spirit of courageous optimism nor the warm 
affection for his fellow men, 

"His life was gentle; and the elements 
So mixed in him that Nature might stand 

up 
And say to all the World, 'This was a 
man.' " 

And so today, as we re-dedicate ourselves to 
the tasks that lie ahead, may Dr. Henry A. 
Whitmarsh's enduring example of fine ac- 
complishment and lofty devotion continue 
to guide us in our work." 




IN HIS MEMORY: A new scholar- 
ship will bear the name of the late 
Frank E. Winsor '91, it was an- 
nonnced at Coniniencenient. 



1878 

Rev. Gideon A. Burgess, D.D., past 
chaplain of the Rhode Island State Grange 
offered the scripture reading and prayer at 
the 12th annual Grange church service held 
last month. Rev. Elden G. Bucklin '31, the 
present chaplain, presided over the service, 
attended by representatives of 26 Rhode 
Island granges. 

1880 

Henry D. Lane is now living with his son 
in Sappora, Japan. He wrote recently that 
he is still an inveterate crossword puzzle 
fan and has been compiling a dictionary of 
new and unusual words and a gazetteer. He 
added, "I still retain my two objections to 
this country — the language they persist in 
using, and the long winters with a lot of 
snow." 

1882 

Stewart Chaplin, retired after 5 2 years 
as a practising lawyer in New York State 
and city, is now living in Woodstock, N. Y. 

1885 

On authority we cannot dispute — that 
of the Official Referee of the Supreme Court 
of the State of New York, Second Judicial 
District — the class of 1885 at Brown is 
rated as the "greatest class alive." The 
class's 'i^th anniversary was observed at, 
and by the courtesy of, the Squantum Club. 
Judge Norman S. Dike was host to President 
Frank Hail Brown and his other classmates. 

1886 

Dana R. Bullen has recently removed 
from Worcester to 6 Stonehedge Road, 
Andover, Mass. 

1887 

Harry L. Burdick, retired after a long 
business career, reports that he is now 
settled at 246 Prospect St., La Jolla. Calif, 

For the first time in many years. Senator 
Theodore Francis Green, a member of the 
University's Board of Fellows, was absent 
from the campus on Commencement Day. 
The importance of pending legislation in 
Washington kept him there during June. 

1890 

In poor health at Stonington, Conn., 
Henry R. Palmer was unable to attend the 
50th reunion of his class. But his class- 
mates thought of him with affection as they 
sang his song "Mother, Dear Brunonia" at 
the Alumni Meeting. 

1891 

Rev. Charles A. Meader was a member 
of the faculty of the Rhode Island Summer 
Conference held late last month at the East 
Greenwich Academy under the auspices of 
the Department of Christian Education of 
the Episcopal diocese of Rhode Island. 
"Christianity in the Old Testament" was 
his topic. Prof. Robert P. Casey, head of 
the Brown University Department of Bib- 
lical Literature, spoke on "The Devotional 
Use of the Bible." 

1893 

Herbert G. Beede was elected auditor of 
the Southern New England Textile Asso- 
ciation at the 30th annual meeting at the 
Pomham Club last month. 

Dr. Robert M. Brown has tendered his 
resignation as professor of geology and 
economic geography at the Rhode Island 
College of Education after 27 years' service 



at the institution. His decision was accepted 
"with regret" by the Board of Trustees of 
State Colleges. Dr. Brown, who was acting 
president of R. I. C. E. last year, is an editor 
of the Journal of Geography, contributor 
to the International Encyclopedia, and au- 
thor of several works in his field. 
1897 

Edwin C. Broome saw his son and name- 
sake receive his Ph.D. at the 1940 Graduate 
School Convocation. The junior Broome 
had done his work in the Department of 
Biblical Literature and had written his thesis 
on the "Dolmens of Palestine and Trans- 
jordania." This was his fourth degree for 
he also holds an A.B. from the LIniversity 
of Pennsylvania, a B.D. from the Union 
Theological Seminary, and an S.T.M. from 
HarvarH Divinity School. 

John D. Rockefeller, Jr.'s gift of his late 
father's estate at Lakcwood, N. J., to the 
Board of Freeholders of Ocean County was 
accepted last month after the board and the 
Lakewood Township Committee composed 
differences regarding taxes and permanent 
use of the property. The estate includes 
610 acres, with a house, barns, furniture, 
farm equipment and a nine-hole golf course. 
Rockefeller will pay the taxes for 1940 and 
1941, according to agreement. 
1899 

Judge Charles A. Walsh joined in a re- 
union celebration of the 50th anniverary of 
the class of 1890 at the Peace Street Gram- 
mar School in Providence. This was the 
first group of graduates from that school. 
1900 

The war in Europe with its unhappy 
effects on scholarship and research in the 
fields of history, economics, sociology, etc., 
imposes new obligations on American schol- 
ars. What America must do to meet these 
new obligations was discussed by Dr. Walter 
G. Leland, Brown Univerity trustee and 
director of the American Council of Learned 
Societies, when he appeared as guest speaker 
on Science Service's "Adventures in Sci- 
ence" radio program June 27. The Colum- 
bia Broadcasting System carried the talk on 
a countrywide hookup. 

Charles G. Richardson has been elected 
president of the Men's Club of the Central 
Congregational Church in Providence. 
1901 

J. Ward Healey was elected a director of 
the national board of the Unitarian Lay- 
men's League at its recent annual conven- 
tion. Chancellor Henry D. Sharpe also took 
a prominent part in the week's sessions in 
Boston. 

The American Field, sportsman's weekly, 
had a graceful compliment for Col. G. A. 
Taylor in the May 18 issue. Describing the 
Hampshire County Field Trials, a corres- 
pondent wrote: "Col. G. A. Taylor, from 
nearby Old Hadley, Mass., is undoubtedly 
the good-will salesman for the whole outfit 
(the Connecticut Valley Game Bird Asso- 
ciation). No trial in the western part of the 
state would be complete if the lovable 
"Colonel" and his sharp-witted, humorous 
stories failed to make an appearance among 
the gallery. His is a sincere love of the 
game, for he never misses a trial in these 
parts, always dropping one or two of his 
bench-bred specimens in every trial and re- 
taining his deep interest though his dogs 
win, lose or draw." A photo showed "Bird" 
Taylor with Countess Potocka one of the 
winners in the gun dog stake. 

Another avocation of the Colonel's was 
noted in the Daily Hainpshne Gazette, re- 



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BROWN ALUMNI MONTHLY 



Brown Alumni Monthly 

Published at Brown Universily bv the 
Aiiociated Alumni 



CHESLEY WORTHINGTON '23 

Mtrnflging Editor 

ARTHUR BRAITSCH '23 

Business Manager 

HENRY S. CHAFEE '09 

ALFRED H GURNEY '07 

JAMES L. WHITCOMB '36 

GERTRUDE ALLEN McCONNELL 

Pembroke Correspondent 

Subscriptions. $2 a vear. Single copies, 2^ cents. 
There is no issue ouring August or September. 

Entered at the Providence Post Office 
as second-class matter. 



Vol. XLI 



SUMMER. i9An 



No. 



porting his appearance as the baritone solo- 
ist at the Memorial Day service at the Elm 
Street Methodist Church, Northampton, 
before the regular congregation and the 
Spanish War Veterans, the American 
Legion, and other patriotic organizations. 
The Colonel, the paragraph said, has been 
a member of numerous vested Episcopal 
choirs from Oklahoma to Vermont, includ- 
ing that at St. Paul's Cathedral, Burlington. 
World War injuries compelled his retire- 
ment from active work as a chori.ster. 
1902 

Fred H. Gabbi is a member of the Co- 
ordinating Citizens Committee of 5 2 named 
last month by Governor Lewis O. Barrows 
"to augment and correlate extra activities in 
Maine in any national defense movement." 

Charles R. Haslam was a member of the 
committee which helped arrange the Rhode 
Island Summer Conference of the Protes- 
tant Episcopal Church late last month at 
East Greenwich. 

1903 

H. C. Nahigian continues active as head 
of H. C. Nahigian y Sons, oriental rugs, at 
2522 Chicago Ave., Chicago. Nahigian 
lives at 136 Custer St., Evanston. 

Francis E. Young, Cleveland lawyer and 
active in reform politics since he settled in 
Cleveland many years ago, was Republican 
candidate for State Representative in the 
spring primaries. He lost the nomination by 
about 2,000 votes, but, he wrote A. L. 
Philbrick, "I am not licked. I still have that 
old Brown spirit — 'never give up.' I will 
be back in 1942." 

Alfred E. Freeman reports that he has 
retired and is now enjoying his leisure at 
3 38 North Barrington Ave., West Los 
Angeles, Calif. 

1904 

Ilsley Boone, executive secretary of the 
American Sunbathing Association, Inc., 
writes that his new address is Sunshine 
Park, Mays Landing, N. J. 
1905 

Herbert C. Wells has begun his fifth term 
as president of the Kingston Village Im- 
provement Association, which has been an 
active group in Kingston, home of Rhode 
Island State College, for 56 years. 

Robert DeWolf, son of Paul C. DeWolf 
and Mrs. DeWolf, graduated last month 
from the Peddie School, where he played on 
the football and baseball teams, was on the 
prom committee and the staff of The Peddie 
Tvjenis. 

Dr. Earle B. Cross of the Colgate- 
Rochester Divinity School, will come to 
Rhode Island in August and will be the 



preacher at the Buttonwoods Beach Chapel 
on Aug. 1 1. 

As this issue of the Brown Alumni 
Monthly was on its way to the printer, 
your Secretary received the news of the 
death of William J. Lanikie at St. Vincent's 
Hospital, New York City, May 23, 1940. 
Jeremiah Holmes '02 assisted at the funeral 
services. As most of us know. Bill had been 
sick for a long time, having undergone an 
operation that left him physically impaired. 
But he fought hard to keep his morale 
against pain and weakness. In a later issue 
of the Monthly we hope to have an ac- 
count of his busy and varied career. To 
Mrs. Lamkie and the two boys we extend 
the sympathy of the Class. 

1906 

Harry Pattce's son, a graduate of Bar- 
rington High School in 1939, has completed 
a highly satisfactory preparatory school 
course at Kent's Hill School, from which he 
has been certified to enter Brown in Sep- 
tember. He played football and basketball 
at Kent's Hill, following a brilliant career 
at Barrington that won him recognition by 
the Providence Journal as the outstanding 
student-athlete in Rhode Island secondary 
schools in 1939. 

Prof. Horace E. Chandler of the Depart- 
ment of Physics at Cheeloo University, 
Tsinan, China, writes that he is already 
making plans for his furlough in 1941-1942 
and intends to include Providence in his 
itinerary. 

C. Douglas Mercer is president of Wilcox 
6? Gibbs Sewing Machine Co., with his office 
at 658 Broadway, New York City. 

State Senator Leon S. Gay. new presi- 
dent of the Vermont Historical Society, was 
the subject of a concise, factual character 
sketch in the March Proceediiiw of the 
society. The author. Professor Arthur Wal- 
lace Peach of Norwich University, wrote in 
his final paragraph after giving Gay's fine 
record as public citizen : "The Vermont His- 
torical Society has been fortunate in hav- 
ing had the leadership of an impressive line 
of able Vermonters with distinguished rec- 
ords. Senator Gay, as the record indicates, 
belongs in that significant line: and we are 
fortunate that he comes to us in these days 
when effective leadership is essential, not 



Aid for the Refugee 

> Dr. Robert C. De.xter "12 of 
Belmont, Mass., has returned to 
Europe to attack the colossal problem 
of relief on behalf of the Unitarian 
Church, particularly among the 
Dutch and Czechoslovak refugees. 
He is chairman of the foreign affairs 
department of the American Unita- 
rian Association. 

Immediately after the invasion of 
the Netherlands, the A. U. A. offered 
to care for any liberal leaders who 
were able to sail for America. The 
Red Cross is the agency that would 
normally care for the Dutch, it was 
pointed out, but they cannot handle 
this vast problem alone. "This is the 
first time in history that Holland has 
had to ask for help." 

Mrs. Waitstill H. Sharp, a Pem- 
broke graduate in 1926, and her 
husband are in France as service 
committee agents of the A. U. A., 
investigating means of aiding the dis- 
possessed Dutch. i 



only to progress, but also to the defense of 
much that we value in the way of Vermont 
traditions and ideals." 

Mr. and Mrs. Eliot G. Parkhurst have 
announced the engagement of their daugh- 
ter, Martha A. Parkhurst, to Edwin F. Sher- 
man, Jr., son of Edwin F. Sherman of Bar- 
rington, R. I. 

1907 

George Campbell, executive with General 
Electric Company, has changed his business 
address from the main office in Schenectady, 
to 1 Genesee St., Buffalo, N. Y. 

Dr. Joseph I. Grover qualifies as the 
champion lawn bowler of the Class, A mem- 
ber of the Boston Bowling Green Club, he 
has won during the year 1939-40 the club 
title cup and the Sorosis Cup. This is the 
second time in three years that he has taken 
the last-named trophy. 

Harold E. Miller, Dana T. Gallup, 
Dwight W. Robinson, and Herbert L. Dor- 
ranee will have sons in the Brown Class of 
1944, according to our latest check-up. 

Victor A. Schwartz's son, Victor Budd 
Schwartz who graduated from Brown with 
the Class of 1940, won election to Phi 
Beta Kappa (like his father). Young 
Victor will enter Harvard Law School in 
September. 

Harry H. Thurlow is practising law with 
his offices at 56 Washington St., Providence. 

The A[eu' Tor^ Joiiniai of Commerce for 
May 27 published an article by Leonard S. 
Little which covered the history of the 
finishing industry of America since the 
beginning of the present century. "Only the 
mills with the most efficient mechanical .set- 
ups have been able to survive and make 
money," he said, "with a few exceptions 
where a highly specialized product, an un- 
usually favorable set-up, or an unusually 
strong financial backing came to the rescue." 
The article attracted wide attention in the 
textile industry. Mr. Little, formerly gen- 
eral manager of the United States Finishing 
Co., is now connected with the Organic 
Chemicals Division of E. L duPont de 
Nemours ^ Co. 

1908 

The 1940 edition of "Who's Who in 
America" lists nine members of the class of 
1908: former Governor Norman S. Case of 
the Federal Communications Commission; 
Howard M. Chapin, Providence historian 
and librarian: Hunter S. Marston New York 
investment banker: former Congressman 
John J. O'Connor. New York lawyer; Ely 
E. Palmer. U. S. Consul General Jerusalem; 
Rev. Charles Francis Potter, Humanist lec- 
turer and author: Dr. Harry Wolcott Rob- 
bins, chairman of English Group and Grad- 
uate Division, Bucknell University: Dr. 
Harlan True Stetson, Cambridge astron- 
omer and writer; Robert W. Burgess, New 
York statistician. 

Can other classes make so proud a boast? 

John J. O'Connor, former Congressman 
from New York, is second vice chairman of 
the National Committee to Keep America 
Out of Foreign Wars, which has an exec- 
utive committee of 50 members of Congress 
and former members under the chairman- 
ship of Representative Hamilton Fish of 
New York. 

1909 

Harper Goodspeed drove East with his 
family for 1909 Reunion and to receive 
from Brown the honorary degree of Doctor 
of Science. Harp has also received an 
honorary degree from the University of La 
Plata. This is an Argentine Government 



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institution so that the award was in nature 
of a Government decoration for his botan- 
ical work in South America. 

Don Jackson's Class Song the "Junior 
Cruise " has now been printed and copies 
will soon be mailed to Classmates. 

E. L. Chandler, chief engineer of the 
Chattanooga Flood Protection District, said 
in a recent letter that he had not been do- 
ing much engineering of late. "I seem to be 
a sort of engineer, financier, lobbyist," he 
added. "It has been necessary to spend 
considerable time in Washington before 
Congressional committees, RFC groups, 
and the like." Chandler's son is now at- 
tending summer school at the University of 
Tennessee. 

1911 

James C. Archie is manager of the men's 
department of Kansas City Bond 6? Em- 
ployment Co. at 619 Floyd Building, Kansas 
City, Mo. Jim still has members of the 
family living in the old home town of 
Westerly, R. I., and mail .sent him there 
{ Bo-\ 182) will go forward at once to 
fCansas City. 

1912 

John T. Winterich told in full in recent 
issues of T/ie J^ew Tor/^er the strange and 
(to any one except an American) fantastic 
story of the adventures of Grover Cleveland 
Bergdoll, draft dodger of the World War 
and international nuisance for many years 
thereafter. Winterich is one of the impres- 
sive array of newspaper talent on the staff 
of the new New York daily PM. His de- 
partment is "Opinion." 

How undue damage to tissues by X-ray 
and radium, in the treatment of cancer, 
may be repaired was discussed by Dr. Ernest 
M. Daland of Boston before the annual 
meeting of the American Radium Society in 
New York last month. He concerned him- 
self with actual damage to tissues following 
irradiation and not late degenerative 
changes. 

"The surgical treatment," he said, "con- 
sists in the wide removal of the damaged 
tissue together with all surrounding tissue 
which does not have an adequate blood 
supply and in the prompt repair of the 
defects. Such reconstructive work is ac- 
complished by the use ot primary or second- 
ary thick split grafts, full thickness grafts, 
primary or delayed pedicle grafts or tube 
pedicle grafts." 

Dr. Daland, medical director at West- 
field, Mass., State Sanitarium and lecturer 
at Harvard Medical School, came back to 



They'll Miss "Dickie" Vaughan 

► The affectionate esteem in which Prof. Richard Miner Vaughan "95 is held by 
students past and present at the Newton Theological Institution and the united 
Andover Newton Theological School finds a lively testament in the June issue of 
the A. N. T. S. Bulletin. On the occasion of his retirement after 28 years at the 
two schools. Dr. Vaughan could look in the Bulletni and find: 

1. The intimate autobiographical address which he gave at the 1940 Senior 
Banquet, telling in warmly human terms of the "turns of the road in his life" — his 
boyhood home, his conversion, his education at Wayland Academy and Brown 
University ("one of the greatest personalities I have ever known — President 
E. Benjamin Andrews"), his entrance into the ministry, his 13 years in pastorates 
in Michigan, Wisconsin and California, his J2 years of teaching, and finally: "I 
become bishop at large. My general episcopal activities begin Sept. 1 .... Of 
course I shall be occupied; there are books to read, perhaps to write, places to 
visit, causes to serve. As you probably know, I have accepted the winter pastorate 
of the Community Church at Babson Park, Florida." 

2. An article, "Changes I Have Seen in Theological Thought," from The 
Wdtc/iitmn-Exdminer of May 23, 1940. 

3. "The Meaning of History," an abstract of an address given at A N T S 
Alumni Day, 1940. 

4. A biographical sketch. 

?. Tribute by an alumnus, Rev. Charles Lyon Seasholes, pastor of the First 
Baptist Church, Dayton, Ohio. 

6. A Tribute from the alumni and trustees of A. N. T. S., a copy of the 
document contained in a beautiful hand-lettered book presented to Dr. Vaughan 
on Alumni Day. This was accompanied by a gift of a considerable sum of money. 
It praised his endowments as teacher, writer, preacher, and friend in fond, hearty 
phrases. i 



Providence late in the spring to speak at a 
public meeting of the Women's Field Army 
Against Cancer and to renew some of his 
College Hill associations. 

J. T. C. McGuire's son, Jim, a recent 
graduate from Brown, is doing graduate 
work at Trinity College, Dublin, and living 
at number 58 on long-famed Merrion 
Square. He was still there early in July 
despite the developing situation abroad. 
McGuire's daughter has been a member of 
the Abbey Players in Dublin. 

1914 

Dr. George E. Ronne has the sympathy 
of his college contemporaries in the death 
of his father on June 30. 

Holden Remington's daughter, Helen 
Kirby Remington, was married on June 22 
to Lloyd Fogel-Songer, picture editor of the 
Boston American. 

Manufacturer of fine cigars is Edward W. 
Berriinan, of Berriman Brothers, Tampa, 
Florida. 

George S. Goodspeed is with Fahnestock 
y Co., investment banking, with his office 
at 205 Church St., New Haven, and his 
home at Greenfield Hill, Fairfield, Conn. 

Murray L. Jones is practising law at 1612 




University Ave., St. Paul, Minn., where he 
lives at 143 2 Goodrich Ave. 

Edmund S. Parsons, active as yachtsman 
on Narragansett Bay in his leisure time, is 
plant engineer with Washburn Wire Co., 
Phillipsdale, R. I. 

1915 

Don Dike was re-elected a director of 
the Massachusetts Teachers Federation last 
month. He will now continue to serve this 
organisation of over 20,000 teachers for 
three more years. Other honors coming 
Don's way recently were unanimous elec- 
tion to the Pincipalship of Athol High 
School after having served two years as 
Acting Principal, and to the Presidency of 
the Fitchburg Neighborhood Principal's 
Club after having served the past year as 
Secretary. 

Between these official duties and serving 
on several committees including the 1915 
Reunion, Don is a busy man, at least Mrs. 
Dike and their five children think so. All 
are lovers of sports especially baseball and 
golf. 

Wallace G. Stewart is agent for the Kerr 
Bleachery, with his office at 40 Worth St., 
New York City, and his home on River- 
side Ave., Riverside, Conn. 

John S. Roney is with Foote Bros. Gear 
6? Machine Corporation, Chicago. His new 
house address, he reports, is 14425 Mark 
Twain Ave., Detroit, Mich. 

John Alexander is special representative 
for International Business Machines Cor- 
poration. His office is at 593 Boylston St., 
Boston, and he lives at 21 Institution Ave., 
Newton Centre, Mass. 

George C. Valentine's large citrus orch- 
ard and packinghouse is in Palmetto, Flor- 
ida, right across the river from Brandenton. 
1916 

Herman M. Davis is chemist for Amer- 
ican Finish 6? Chemical Co., Chelsea, Mass., 
but he still lives in Lynn at 115 Ocean St. 

Francis J. O'Brien, lawyer and member 
of the Providence Board of Police and Fire, 
is occupying his new law offices at 712-713 
Turks Head Building, Providence. 

Dr. Samuel R. Damon of the Alabama 
State Department of Public Health tells us 



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that his older son, Sam, expects to matric- 
ulate at Brown in the fall, and that he and 
his family will "probably drive to Provi- 
dence at that time." He also said in his 
welcome letter: "I cannot tell you how much 
we enjoy the Brown Alumni Monthly. 
It is our greatest source of news as to what 
is going on on the Hill." 

Fred D. MacLean is athletic director at 
Porter Military Academy, Charleston, S. C. 
MacLean has been in athletic work in the 
South during the past 20 years. 

When we last saw Charlie Hill Com- 
mencement Week he was preparing for a 
trip to California. 

1918 

Horace C. Jeffers is the senior partner of 
the newly formed law firm of Mills, Jeffers 
and Mountain, with offices in the First 
National Bank Building, Morristown, N. J. 

J. Harold Williams, Scout Executive of 
the Narragansett Council, Boy Scouts of 
America, is back in Providence after a 
two-months' swing that took him on Scout- 
ing errands up into Canada, across the 
country to the Pacific coast, down to Ari- 
zona and Texas, and home by way of New 
Orleans. He kept his friends at home posted 
with a lively "Log of a Whale" which he 
faithfully edited and distributed. 

Edward J. Dilts is assistant publicity 
Director of the Division of Placement and 
Unemployment Insurance, New York State 
Department of Labor, Albany, N. Y., where 
he lives at 21 Lodge St. 

Professor Zenas R. Bliss was named as 
vice president of the Providence Engineer- 
ing Society at the last annual meeting. 

Earl T. Cox and Mrs. Cox are occupy- 
ing the new house which they bought dur- 
ing the spring at 48 Case Ave., Cranston. 



Providence 
National Bank 

Established 1791 

100 Westminster Street 



CAPITAL 
SURPLUS 



^1,500,000 
^2,000,000 



OFFICERS 

Moses J. Barber, Chairman of tfie Board 
Thomas L. Pierce, President 
Earl G. Batty. Vice President and Cashier 
Charies L. Eddy. Assistant Cashier 
Henry H. Eddy. Assistant Cashier 
Charies E. Munyan. Assistant Cashier 
Ida M. Fryer, Assistant Cashier 
Benjamin H. Gate. Assistant Cashier 
Rupert C. Thompson, Jr.. Assistant Cashier 
Charies M. Smith. III. Trust Officer 
B. H. LifiibridKe. Assistant Trust Officer 

Directors 
William Gammell, Jr. William L. Sweet 
Moses J. Barber Fredericlt T. Moses 

Frank E. Richmond John B. Lewis 
Richard S. Aldrich Charles C. Marshall 
Edward P. Jastram Richmond Viall 
Earl G. Batty Maxwell C. Huntoon 

A. Livineston Kelley Charles E. Rieby 
Wilson G. Wine Benjamin R. Sturges 

Thomas L. Pierce William Slater Allen 
Member of the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation 



The IMneties' ''Boss of Third" 

► "Boss OF third" in the "SOs and '90s, Charles Bassett "84 took time out while 
watching this year's Brown varsity nine to give Richard J. Reynolds '31, athletic 
publicity director, a colorful interview on the baseball he's known. It appeared in 
the Providence Sunday Journal magazine May 26. 

Turning down a professional offer from John Lee Richmond '80 at the end 
of his Sophomore year, Bassett went on to lead the American College Association 
in hitting in 1884 with a .448 average. Although he played every position but 
pitch for Brown, he settled on third as a professional and played there on the 
Providence team that won the first official World's Series. While playing for the 
Giants in New York in 1891, he was voted the best third baseman in the National 
League and received a floral horseshoe with the motto, "Boss of Third." Memories 
of his one-time teammate, Billy Sunday, figured prominently in his reminiscences. 

A former member of the Pawtucket police department, Mr. Bassett is now 
living in retirement in that city. But he follows Brown baseball fortunes loyally 
and sees many games. Baseball is still a grand game to him, although he'd prefer 
it if the fielders' gloves were smaller, putting the old-time premium on speed and 
agility once again. i 4 



1919 

James S. Eastham '19 is the new secretary 
of the Eastern Gas y Fuel Associates, having 
been promoted from the post of assistant 
secretary. As general counsel of the cor- 
poration, he has been in Washington dur- 
ing all of June for hearings before the 
Securities and Exchange Commission. The 
firm seeks to gain exemption from registra- 
tion under the holding company act. 

Fred B. Perkins, Providence lawyer, was 
re-elected president of the Rhode Island 
Universalist Convention at the recent an- 
nual meeting. The Buttonwoods Beach 
Chapel announces that he will give the 
address at the community praise service on 
July 14. 

S. Watson Smith expects to remain at the 
Peabody Museum in Cambridge, at least 
until next December. 

Ernest E. Nelson has just finished raising 
another $500 scholarship fund among the 
Boston alumni. Members of the Brown Club 
of Boston are fully cognizant of the faithful, 
hard work he does in making it possible 
each year to give an annual scholarship to 
a worthy boy in the Boston area on behalf 
of the club. Ernest's own boy, Bob, enters 
Brown in the fall, having been graduated 
from Cushing Academy last month after 
making quite a name for himself there in 
athletics and other activities. 

Paul T. Brady is a partner in the New 
York Stock Exchange firm of L. S. Kerr 
y Co., 11 Wall St., and a resident of 
Hastings-on-Hudson, where he lives at 25 
South Calumet Ave. 

1920 

The drive has started, and it is the hope 
of the class that a substantial sum will be 
available when 1920 makes a 25th anniver- 
sary gift to Brown in 1945. Ernest T. 
Clough, chairman of the committee 
handling the matter, is asking the co-opera- 
tion of every member of the class. 

Bruce N. Coulter and his family are 
staying at Hanover, N. H., this summer 
while Banty does some research work in the 
Dartmouth library. He is headmaster of one 
of the lower schools at the well-known 
Cranhrook School near Detroit. 

Tracy W. Ames is on the school board 
at Lexington, Mass., and finds his duties 
interesting. He is still active in boy scout 
work, an endeavor which has brought him 
more than local recognition. He is an 
insurance executive in Boston. 

At the Faculty Club's final luncheon for 
the academic year, Albert E. Lownes, a 
member of the Friends of the Library, spoke 
on "Scraps of Paper," describing some of 



the important early manuscripts from his 
private collection, known as one of the 
finest private collections of early scientific 
material in New England. 

1921 

Herbert M. Bailey, Jr., is sales executive 
with the North American Rayon Corpora- 
tion at 261 Fifth Ave., New York City. 
He's a commuter, his home being at 615 
Springfield Ave., Summit, N. J. 

Lyle Caldwell sets himself down as a 
chemical engineer, with his preferred mail 
address 231 1 Alto Oak Drive, Los Angeles, 
Calif. 

1922 

Thomas G. Corcoran, special counsel 
with the Reconstruction Finance Corpora- 
tion, and Mrs. Corcoran are living in the 
Town House Apartments, Washington, 
D. C. 

Alfred Russell Mack is supervisor of 
secondary education in the Massachusetts 
Department of Education, "a very important 
position which he is ably filling," according 
to our informant. 

1923 

Dr. Walter Becket came back to the 
campus at Commencement for the first time 
since graduation. En route from Franklin, 
Ky., where his medical practice is located, 
he attended sessions of the American Med- 
ical Association in New York. 

Attending his first reunion and class night 
in many years, William C. Munroe, back 
in New England with the Sadler Company 
of Attleboro, had tales to tell of the tropics 
and the United Fruit Company which he 
long served as railroad overseer, dealer serv- 
ice representative in the fruit dispatch, sales 
promoter and jobber service representative. 

Rev. George H. Parker, Jr., who has had 
Methodist churches in Massachusetts for a 
number of years, has accepted a call that 
will bring him back to Providence again 
shortly. 

Pete Simmons, who sent his greetings to 
the reunion group, hopes to come east the 
latter part of August. 

Elmer R. Joslyn, chairman of the class 
endowment committee, is setting up an 
elaborate machinery to insure the success 
of the project. As the result of last year's 
response a start was made with the first 
payment on a $2500 life insurance policy 
from which the University will benefit at 
one of 1923's future major reunions. 

Steve McClellan's new address is Oyster 
Bay and Frost Mill Roads, Locust Valley, 
N. Y. 

Prof. Herbert M. Hofford is again the 



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director of the annual Summer Institute at 
Rhode Island State College. This is his 
fifth year in that capacity at Kingston. He 
will also conduct the course in journalism. 

1925 

Fredson T. Bowers is Assistant Professor 
of English Literature at the University of 
Virginia. 

Harry A. Hohman is assistant superin- 
tendent of building construction for several 
American companies operating in Hawaii. 
His present house address is 3630 Anuhea 
St., Honolulu. 

James G. Ehrlicher is still carrying on 
efficiently and constructively as business 
manager of Lake Forest Academy, with his 
office at 1 1 1 Washington St., Chicago. 

Capt. John H. Bauer of the Field Artillery 
Reserve was graduated from the Field Artil- 
lery School at Fort Sill, Okla., in May. Last 
fall he took a special course of training with 
heavy field artillery at Fort Bragg, N. C. 
When he isn't doing military work he is 
teaching mathematics at Roosevelt Junior 
High School in his home city of New Bed- 
ford, Mass. 

Richmond H. Sweet is chairman of the 
staff which arranged the Fifth Institute of 
Churchmanship at Star Island, N. H., under 
the auspices of the Unitarian Laymen's 
League and the Unitarian Ministerial Union 
from July 6 to 13. 

Richard H. Anthony is editor of the new 
publication, T^ew England Yachtsman, con- 
tinuing the while as a contributor to other 
periodicals in the same field. He does yacht- 
ing news for Plavtime. edited by Edward 
R. Place '24, and his monthly column in 
Rudder is one of that magazine's best fea- 
tures. Dick IS still yachting editor of the 
Boston Transcript. 

Irving J. True, with the Providence Gas 
Company since graduation, now holds the 
position of Engineer of Manufacture. He 
has recently moved to a new home at 82 
Park Ave., Edgewood, R. I. 
1926 

Lieut. Horace S. Mazet is at present at- 
tached to Allan Hancock College of Aero- 
nautics, Santa Maria, California, where he 
is instructing Air Corps Cadets in the 
"belligerent task of flying warplanes." In 
his spare time Mazet, who is entitled to the 
initials F. R. G. S. after his name, continues 
with writing for motion pictures and the 
non-fiction field and with lecturing. Motor 
Boating and the U. S. Air Services have 
work of his scheduled for early publication. 

Dr. Esmond Appleyard is practising oste- 
opathy in La Grange, 111., where his office 
is in the National Bank Building and his 
home is at 27 North Brainard Ave. 

Kenneth K. Knickerbocker is president 
of Acme Visible Records, Inc., at 1 22 South 
Michigan Ave., Chicago. 

1927 

Daniel LapoUa, district supervisor of the 
1940 Census in Providence, announced last 
month that the population of the city had 
increased from 252,981 to 253,214 — 233 
persons or 9/lOOths of one per cent. 

Sedgwick S. Adams, student again after 
13 years, has just completed a year at the 
Dental School, University of Bufl^alo. 

Edward Bromage was one of the four 
judges of the races at the Rhode Island 
Interscholastic Track Meet at Brown Field 
and served in a similar capacity at the 
Brown Interscholastics on Memorial Day. 
1928 

Dante D'Alessandro is the new Town 
Attorney of Eastchester, N. Y., succeeding 



to the unexpired term of two years to which 
William T. Gossett, son-in-law of Chief 
Justice Charles Evans Hughes '81, had been 
appointed. Gossett resigned last January 
owing to the press of his private practice. 
D'Alessandro's present address is 5 South 
Way, Bronxville. 

Thomas J. Paolino and John G. Getz, Jr., 
had a reunion during the turmoil of the 
Republican National Convention that nom- 
inated Wendell Willkie for president. Pao- 
lino was one of the Rhode Island delegates 
to the convention, a Willkie supporter from 
the start, while Getz went from Michigan 
as an assistant sergeant at arms. Another 




TRUSTEE TIMBER: A star athlete 
in his untlergraduate days was 
Edward A. Adams '12. Last month 
the Brown Corporation made him 
a life trustee. 

member of the class, Frederic W. Collins, 
was in Philadelphia covering the conven- 
tion for the Providence Journal. 

Harold K. Halpert has just enlarged his 
decorating and fabric shops in both Port- 
land, Me. and Providence, known as Mill 
End Shop, Inc. He is one of the few dec- 
orators in Maine who has successfully in- 
troduced the modern bleached woods and 
textured fabrics into homes there. His new 
home address is at 42 Noyes St. 

1929 

Louis Farber, head football coach at East 
Providence High School, will attend the 
?<lew Yor\ Herald Tribune Coaching 
School in New York City next month. 

Myron A. Smith, we hear, is married. 
Mrs. Smith is the former Miss Gwendolyn 
Wright of Springfield, Mass., where the 
wedding took place May 25 at the Park 
Memorial Baptist Church. 

Your Secretary reports with regret the 
death of Dr. Chester C. Greene, Jr., of 
the Cornel! University Faculty in Ithaca, 
N. Y., June 11, 1940, and extends to his 
family the sympathy of the Class. Chet 
in college was a versatile and ambitious 
student, a good conversationalist, and a 
stimulating companion. He made a fine 
record at Princeton and in Rome, where he 
did his graduate work, and his reputation 
at Cornell, where he had been teaching the 
classics since 1934, was an increasing one. 

1930 

Rupert A. Nock, principal of the Marsh- 



field High School for the past seven years, 
will move on to another Massachusetts 
community shortly. He has been appointed 
principal of the Newburyport High School, 
from which he was graduated before com- 
ing to Brown. 

George C. Hatch is a credit man with 
General Motors Acceptance Corporation at 
95 State St., Springfield, Mass. 

John W. Casey is manager of the She- 
tucket Supply Co. at 55 North Main St., 
Norwich, Conn., where he lives at 26 Elm- 
wood Ave. 

Richard L. Stedman, still going strong 
with the New York Telephone Company, 
tells us that his new house address is 1165 
Parkwood Blvd., Schenectady, N. Y. 

Raymond Blank, who represented a mid- 
west newspaper syndicate at the League of 
Nations, is now in the motion picture busi- 
ness in Des Moines, Iowa. He reports that 
his carte officiale gave him as much access 
to press conferences and interviews at em- 
bassies as Renter's of London and Birchail 
of the Times, but that he forsook this to go 
with the Tri-States Theatre Corporation in 
the Paramount Building, Des Moines. 

1931 

Asked by New York newspapers on June 
20 for his comment on President Roosevelt's 
proposal to set up compulsory training for 
boys and girls over 18, Joseph Cadden, 
national secretary of the American Youth 
Congress, said: "It sounds like twaddle to 
us. The AYC from its very beginning has 
opposed compulsory military training." 
When Gene Tunney gave reporters a 
mimeographed handout to the effect that 
the AYC is Communistic, Cadden called it 
"old stuff" and asked what youths Tunney 
represented. 

Elden G. Bucklin, Jr., son of Rev. Elden 
G, Bucklin, is master of Chepachet Junior 
Grange. 

1932 

Hugh S. Butler, on the sales staff of the 
Simmons Company, is now working out of 
the New York office at 383 Madison Ave. 
and is living at 103 East 86th St. 

John T. Dugall is a rubber technician 
with General Cable Corporation in Perth 
Amhoy, N. J. 

Max Lebida is now second in charge of 
the chemical laboratories of J. and P. Coats 
Company, Pawtucket, where he has been 
employed for several years. His name ap- 
peared in a roundup of Providence Journal 
Honor Roll of student-athletes on the oc- 
casion of the 1940 award. Lebida, who 
earned the award at Central Falls High in 
1928, was the first of these honor boys to 
come to Brown. Others were: Kenneth A. 
Wood '40, Walter V. F. Juszczyk '41, 
Richard Henry Gossler '42. John Hiram 
Pattee, winner of the 1939 award, and 
Charles C. Bentley, the 1940 choice, are 
expected to be in the entering class next 
fall. 

1933 

William G. Bradshaw, chief of the divi- 
sion of life saving of the Rhode Island State 
Health Department, has been conducting 
civil service examinations for vacancies in 
his department. Among those who passed 
were such Brown athletes as Harold Stan- 
hope, Matthew J. Soltysiak, William H. 
Briggs, Jr., Howard Goodchild, Henry 
Gossler, Spencer Manrodt, William A. 
McCullough, Thomas V. Nash. 

Norman H. Watson has been teaching 
during the past academic year at the Blake 
Country Day School, Minneapolis, Minn, 



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Quentin Reynolds Got Word Through 

► > Quentin Reynolds, in France for Collier's magazine, managed to keep his 
friends posted on his activities. First communication was a letter, marked with al] 
the official stamps of all the censors to whom it had first to be submitted before final 
approval was given. Written during a blackout in May, it consisted of only one 
line: "Really, there seems to be something wrong with the lights here." 

For several days there was no news of Reynolds, and then a friend in New York 
had a cable: "Guess where Tve been for five days. There were no powder rooms 
or telephones. You would have hated it." This little mystery was cleared up when 
James Reynolds received this cable from his son, saying: "Back in Paris. Was at 
front five days driving ambulance." 

Part of that time he was with Robert Montgomery, the actor-ambulance driver. 
Soon after that experience Reynolds, a former newspaperman and European cor- 
respondent, broadcast several times from Paris. One night he tried to break 
through the censorship to tip his newspaper friends in New York about a story. 
He asked them — his friends who might be listening in at the Stork Club or 
Toots Shor's — to drink a toast to a courageous young flier who had downed 
more than 20 enemy planes. The toast was to be a salute to his bravery, and 
Reynolds repeated the ace's name, "Kain" — the "Cobber" Kain whose death 
wasn't announced until four days later. i i 



Richard A. Holman, with the Pan Amer- 
ican Match Co. at 1 49 Broadway, New York 
City, reports his present mail address to be 
94 Harrison St., East Orange, N. J. 
1934 

Daniel W. Earle has left his adopted city 
of Newport, R. I., where he has made an 
excellent record in Boy Scout work, to be- 
come assistant scout executive of Rochester 
Council, Boys Scouts of America, with his 
headquarters at 616 Mercantile Building, 
Rochester, N. Y. 

William S. Brines, happily married as 
you may read in another column, is assistant 
administrator of House of Mercy Hospital, 
Pittsfield, Mass. 

Frank C. Barber tells us that he is work- 
ing as an engineer and is also "owner-mana- 
ger of The Barber Ranch in Anthony, R. I." 

Gordon D. Carr is a salesman for the 
Erikson Monumental Works, Quincy, 
Mass., where he is living at 4 Hudson St. 

Dr. Henry S. Colony, with his M.D. 
degree from Tufts Medical School, is now 
an interne at Springfield Hospital, Spring- 
field, Mass. 

Stan Hunt has been hitting the Satur- 
day Evening Post and some of the other 
magazines with his cartoons lately, in addi- 
tion to regular newspaper work. He is living 
in Bridgewater, Mass. 

1935 

Amos Landman, after five years on the 
Klew Tor\ Daily Mirror, was called to a 
position on the Labor News staff of PM. 
New York's new evening paper. 

Warren F. Groce is agency supervisor 
for the Connecticut Mutual Life Insurance 
Company at 30? Brooks Building, Scranton, 
Pa. 

J. Otis Staniels is a teller on the staff of 
Amoskeag National Bank, Manchester, 
N H. 

Rev. Edwin H. Tuller is assistant pastor 
of Calvary Baptist Church at 8th and H 
Sts., N. W., Washington, D. C. 

G. Thurston Spicer is at present located 
at 269 Reynolds Terrace, Orange, N. J., 
doing inspection and engineering work for 
the Factory Insurance Association. 

William A. Bree, Jr., is working for the 
United States Department of Commerce, 
with his office at 185 Church St., New 
Haven, Conn. 

Thomas P. Carberry is with the Wilson 
Company, sporting goods, at 232 Fourth 
Ave., New York City, to which he com- 
mutes from the Carberry home at ?37 Hill- 
side Ave., Palisades Park, N. J. 



E. Gilbert Bayek is a radio announcer 
and commentator with Station WDRC, 
Hartford, Conn. 

Paul C. Howard, secretary of the Brown 
Club of Washington, has changed his house 
address to 3134 Dumbarton Ave., Wash- 
ington, D. C. 

Edward G Crosby and his family have 
deserted Providence to make their home at 
East House, 11? Division St., East Green- 
wich. 

1936 

David L. Field of Providence was one of 
four members of this year's class at the 
Harvard Dental School who was graduated 
cum laude. At Cambridge he has been a 
member of the Omicron Kappa Epsilon, 
honorary national dental scholastic frater- 
nity. He now boasts the degree of doctor 
of dental medicine. His brother. Dr. Eugene 
A. Field '31, has a medical practice in 
Providence. 

Bob Chapman, newly married as you will 
read elsewhere in this issue, is down in 
Knoxville, Tenn., selling shirts for Cluett, 
Peabody &■ Co. 

Dick Reiser, according to recent report, 
is with the Smith -Levy Shoe Corporation, 
Newmarket, N. H. 

John O. Shepard, who has also left the 
bachelor ranks, is personal representative 
for General Motors Acceptance Corporation 
with Brockton, Mass., as his base. 

Ambrose Murray, former southpaw 
pitcher for the Brown varsity, is playing 
semi-professional baseball this year with the 
Fitchburg team of the Tri-State League. 
He has a substantial number of winning 
performances to his credit. 

Perry Elrod will return to Brown next 
year as an instructor in the Botany Depart- 
ment. 

1937 

Andres Pastoriza, Jr., who entered the 
foreign service of the Dominican Republic 
the first of the year, is second Secretary of 
the Legation. His new address is in care 
of that legation, 2101 Connecticut Ave., 
Washington, D. C. 

Walt Connolly is sales manager of Triton 
Chemical Corporation in Penns Grove. N. J. 

Clayton Upper, just married, is a clerk 
with Hercules Powder Company in East 
Greenwich. 

1938 

Roger Francis, graduated last month from 
Columbia University Library School, is 
working this summer in the New York 
Public Library. 



Ed Swcedler, whose marriage is reported 
m another column, is making a name for 
himself as insurance salesman. In a recent 
publication of the John Hancock Mutual 
Life Insurance Company he was rated as 
Number Two man out of 9,000 agents work- 
ing for the company m the United States. 
Ed is with the Manuel Camps Jr. Agency at 
110 East 42nd St., New York City. 

Art Newell, also a newly married man, 
IS recuperating from an attack of appendici- 
tis that laid him low at New London, N. H., 
where he was spending his honeymoon. 
The operation took place the day after he 
was married. Art is with the Pawtucket 
office of the Providence journal. 
1939 

Cortlandt P. Briggs is now employed as 
a chemist in the laboratories of the Colgate- 
Palmolive-Peet Company in Jersey City, 
N. J. He is also enrolled as a graduate 
student at Brooklyn Polytechnic Institute 
in Brooklyn, where his night study will lead 
eventually to a Master of Science degree in 
Chemistry. 

Windsor Lewis of Pcekskill, N. Y., sailed 
from New York on June 8 with eight other 
young men for ambulance duty in the 
European war zone, the American Field 
Service in France announced that day. 

Bob Clark, taking the training course of 
Jones, Laughlin Steel Corporation of Pitts- 
burgh, was in Providence on June 18, just 
a day too late for Commencement. 

Jim Constable is learning about ships 
and shipping with W. R. Grace 6? Co. at 
7 Hanover Square, New York City. 

Walt Baker and his brother are running 
the Morris Auto Mart, Inc., at Oakdale 
Pavilion, Portland Road, Auburn, Me., and 
Walt says that he is working so hard that 
he is "beginning to envy the boys back at 
college." 

Bob Barker is working in the plant en- 
gineering department of the Wright Aero- 
nautical Corporation, Paterson, N. J. 

Maurice F. Beck received the Master of 
Arts degree from Western Reserve Univer- 
sity last month. 

Lieut. David R. McGovern was back in 
Providence late in May enjoying a short 



Off-Beal Suspensions, Etc. 

► "Paparelli Stirs Ross" was the 
headline in the Orchestra World 
when commentator Eve Ross devoted 
a part of her June column to com- 
plimenting Frank Paparelli '39. 

"When the dance public develops 
to a point where it demands tone 
quality in musicians, and understands 
voice leading, harmonic development, 
etc., it will demand Frank Paparelli," 
she wrote. "In my opinion, Frank 
surpasses Wilson especially in the 
bass line. His style is more versatile, 
however, and he does play the melody 
every now and then, which makes him 
a candidate for society patronage as 
well. 

"Frank comes from Providence, is 
22 and of plenty big time material. 
With a B.A. in music from Brown 
University, the scope of his musical 
background is pretty well-rounded 
and solid. He's one concert pianist 
who would rather swing than do any- 
thing else. His style is interesting be- 
cause of its off-beat suspensions, and 
Its different harmonic combinations 
and progressions." i 



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furlough before going to Langley Field, 
Va., from Kelly Field, Tex. 

Art Oppenheimer has finished his first 
year at the Law School, University of Chi- 
cago. Art says that he is glad to note that 
"ping pong has exhibited its intellectual 
character (at the University of Chicago) 
and hence has been retained as a major 
form of athletic competition." 

Two former members of the Class, Francis 
M. Rooney and Raymond Renola, were 
graduated last month from the United 
States Military Academy West Point. 
Rooney will go into the infantry and Renola 
into the field artillery. 

Hal Crosbie is with Crosbie-Macdonald, 
insurance, at 79 Milk St., Boston. Hal wrote 
Pete Davis that his new son, born May 16, 
"is doing nicely." 

1940 

Matt Soltysiak, captain of the varsity 
swimming team last season, apparently had 
no trouble convincing the Rhode Island 
civil service examiners that he was a com- 
petent man in the water. He has been ap- 
pointed life saver for the season under 
Captain Harold Stanhope at Scarborough 
Beach. < * 

Engagements 
> > Miss Clarice I. Gilpin, daughter ul 
Mr. and Mrs. Dana S. Gilpin of Windsor, 
Vt., to Wilfred E. Seymour "27 of Saun- 
derstown, R. I. 

Miss Marjorie Mae Clement, daughter of 
Mr. and Mrs. Paul Clement of Minneapolis, 
Minn., to James C. White "3 2 of Chicago. 

Miss Miriam Hall, daughter of W. Hunt 
Hall and the late Mrs. Hall of New York 
City and Bedford, N. Y., to Alan P. Cusick, 
2nd, '3 2 of Providence and Taunton, Mass. 

Miss Sylvia Gittelman, daughter of Mr. 
and Mrs. Rubin Gittelman of Providence, 
to William Goldberg "32 of Pawtucket. 

Miss Phyllis E. Finberg, daughter of 
Mrs. Edward M. Finberg of Providence, to 
Alfred D. Sterner "32, also of Providence. 

Miss Frances V. McNulty, daughter ot 
Mr. and Mrs. Bernard L. McNulty of 
Wilmette, III, to Frank S. Read "3^: of 
Chicago. 

Miss Dorothy Holdsworth, daughter of 
Mr. and Mrs. A. Clifford Holdsworth of 
Providence, to John E. Deignan '3 2 of 
Edgewood. 

Miss Nancy Farquhar, daughter ot Mr. 
and Mrs. Malcolm Farquhar of Kennett 
Square, Pa., to A. Bennett Darling '37 of 
Reading, Pa. Miss Farquhar is a graduate 
of Bradford Junior College. 

Mrs. Phyllis Austin Reid, daughter of 
Mr. and Mrs. Philip H. Austin of Toronto, 
Ont., to Jay A. Jacobs '37 of New York 
City. 

Miss Louise Marchant, daughter of Mr. 
and Mrs. William L. Marchant of Auburn, 
to G. Clayton Upper "37 of Providence, 

Miss Evelyn A. Sarcione, daughter ot 
Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Sarcione of Provi- 
dence, to Michael E. Turcone "38, also of 
Providence. 

Miss Marjorie Lillian Hodgkinson, daugh- 
ter of Mr. and Mrs. Earl F. Hodgkinson of 
Providence, to John H. Rohrs "38 of New 
Haven, Conn. 

Miss Anna Louise Tiebout, daughter of 
Mr. and Mrs. John Tiebout, Jr., of New 
Rochelle, N. Y., to Philip H. Reisman, Jr., 
'39, also of New Rochelle. Miss Tiebout 
IS a graduate of Wellesley College. 

Miss Jean A. Bruce '40, Pembroke Col- 
lege, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Guy "V. 
Bruce of Summit, N. J., to Stanley L, Cum- 
inings '40 of Shelburne Falls, Mass. 



Miss Eunice Elizabeth Linden, daughter 
of Mr. and Mrs. Carl E. P. Linden of 
Providence, to John G. Porritt "40, also of 
Providence. Miss Linden is a graduate of 
Wheaton College. ^ 

Weddings 

► 1920— Dr. Marshall N. Fulton and Miss 
Mary Howe DeWolf, daughter of Dr. and 
Mrs. Halsey DeWolf, were married in 
Bristol, June 22, 1940, Among the ushers 
were William H. Edwards "19, Dean Edgar 
J. Lanpher "19, and John W. DeWolf, Jr., 
'20, Dr. and Mrs. Fulton are at home at 
Riverway, Boston. 

1921 — Harry T. Broadbent and Mrs. 
Noelle Money Burrow, daughter of Mrs. 
Cecil Noel Money of Brookline, Mass., 
were married in Pawtucket, June 6, 1940. 

1923 — John F. Trainor and Miss Flor- 
ence Mary Gorman, daughter of Mr. and 
Mrs. James J. Gorman, were married in 
Providence, June 22, 1940. Mr. and Mrs. 
Trainor are at home at 21 Lois Ave., Provi- 
dence. 

1928— EnosT, Throopjr., and Miss Bar- 
bara Williams, daughter ol Mr. and Mrs. 
Thomas R. Williams, were married in Far 
Rockaway, N. Y„ June 8, 1940. They will 
live in Cedarhurst, L, L, N. Y, 

1928 — Russell T. Burns and Miss Emma 
Florence Robertson, daughter of Mr. and 
Mrs. Andrew F. Robertson, were married 
in New York City, April 27, 1940. They 
are at home at 273 West 16th St., New 
York. 

193 3 — James H. Hines and Miss Mary 
Junta Irish, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Forest 
O. Irish, were married in Providence, June 
22, 1940, Frank B, Lutz '33 was an usher. 
Mr. and Mrs. Hines are at home at 74 Peace 
St., Providence. 



193 3 — Louis Horvitz and Miss Ruth 
Elizabeth Waldman, daughter of Mr. and 
Mrs. Samuel Waldman, were married in 
Providence, June 16, 1940. They are at 
home at 45 Marbury Ave., Pawtucket. 

1933— Charles A. Full and Miss Ada 
Thomson Ahearn, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. 
John H. Ahearn, were married in Warren, 
June 8, 1940. George A. Freeman "3 3 was 
an usher. Mr. and Mrs. Full are at home 
at 443 Prospect St., Fall River. 

1934 — Winslow A. Robbins and Miss 
Elizabeth Storey Elliot Cox, daughter of 
Mr. and Mrs. Walter H. Cox, were married 
in Cambridge, Mass., April 13, 1940. T. 
Dexter Clarke '3 2 was best man. Mr. and 
Mrs. Robbins are living in Abington, Mass. 

1934 — Maury Caito and Miss Lucia Lan- 
cellotti, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Gaetano 
Lancellotti, were married in Providence, 
June 24, 1940. Joseph E. Buonanno and 
Antonio Capasso, boyhood friends and col- 
lege classmates of the bridegroom, were 
ushers. Mr. and Mrs. Caito are at home 
at 199 Webster Ave., Providence. 

1934 — William Stuart Brines and Miss 
Virginia C. McClure were married in West 
Hartford, Conn., June 1, 1940, They are 
now at home at 43 Revere Parkway, Pitts- 
field, Mass. 

193 5 — Dr. John Clinton Allen and Miss 
Ruth Margaret Hensel were married at the 
Fleishmann Memorial Baptist Church in 
Philadelphia, June 29, 1940. They will 
live in North Haven, Conn., where Dr. 
Allen IS establishing his practice. 

193 5 — Albert E. Farwell and Miss Eliza- 
beth Fuller Thurluw, daughter of Harry H. 
Thurlow '07 and the late Mrs. Thurlow, 
were married in Providence, May 18, 1940. 
They are at home at 270 Benefit St., Provi- 
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1936 — Robert G. Chapman and Miss 
Marion E. Bankson were married May 29, 
1940, according to a note received at the 
Alumni Office last month. Mr. and Mrs. 
Chapman. are at home at 1634 Laurel Ave., 
Knoxville, Tenn. 

1936 — Herman J. Lips and Miss Marion 
Louise Oehler, daughter of Arthur O. 
Oehler, were married in Buffalo, N. Y., 
June 22, 1940. 

1936 — Harry P. Wareham, Jr., and Miss 
Ruth Leonard, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. 
Robert J. Leonard, were married in Pelham 
Manor, N. Y., April 6, 1940. They are at 
home at 384 Allyn's Creek Road, Rochester, 
N. Y. 

1936 — John O. Shepard and Miss Mar- 
gery Styler Walton, daughter pf Mr. and 
Mrs. Arthur D. Walton, were married in 
Edgewood, May 18, 1940. They are at 
home at 210 Harvard St., Brockton, Mass. 

1937— Edward K. Bancroft and Miss 
Edith Catherine Phelps, daughter of Mr. 
and Mrs. Roswell F. Phelps, were married 
in South Duxbury, Mass., June 22, 1940. 
N. William Bancroft '34 was best man for 
his brother, and ushers included Dennis H. 
Jamieson "37 and Herbert A. Harrington 
'37. Mr. and Mrs. Bancroft will live in 
Kew Gardens, N. Y. 

1937 — Linton A. Fluck and Miss Aileen 
Tierney, daughter of Mrs. Elmer B. Mar- 
san, were married in Providence, June 15, 
1940. Elmer B. Marsan '32 was best man. 
Mr. and Mrs. Fluck are at home at 58 
4 Fairfield Ave., Norwalk, Conn. 

1937— Wilham F. Hines and Miss Cort- 
ney Olive Hodgson, daughter of Mr. Walter 
Hodgson, were married in Providence, April 
12, 1940. They are at home at 121 Catlin 
Ave., Rumford. 

1937 — George Calyton Upper and Miss 
Louise Marchant, daughter of Mr. and 
Mrs. William L. Marchant, were married in 
Auburn, May 10, 1940. They are living 
in East Greenwich. 

1937 — George W. Paulsen and Miss 
Margaret Elizabeth Wall, daughter of Mrs. 
Nettie Corbin Wall, were married in New 
York City, May 27, 1940. They are at 
home at 45 Manchester Road, Interlaken 
Gardens, Tuckahoe, N. Y. 

1937 — Robert O. Cowan and Helena 
Tama Von Tmti, daughter ot the late Baron 
Steven Von Tinti of Austria, were married 
in the chapel at Mercersburg Academy, 
Jan. 6, 1940. They are at home at 1623 
Spruce St., Philadelphia, according to the 
Academy Aiumiii Quarterly. 

1938 — Edward L. Sweedler and Miss 
Ruth Leslie Moss were married Dec. 21, 

1939. Mrs. Sweedler, student at Carnegie 
Institute of Technology, received her bach- 
elor's degree last month. The Sweedlers are 
now at home at the Hotel Pierrepont, 
Brooklyn, N, Y. 

1938— Frederick T. Allen and Miss 
Charlotte Ann Mclntyre, daughter of Mrs. 
Donald Mclntyre, were married in Green- 
wich, Conn., June 21, 1940. They will 
soon be at home in Woodside Village, Stam- 
ford, Conn. 

1938— Arthur F. Newell, Jr., and Miss 
Mary Johnson, daughter of Fred C. John- 
son, were married in Providence, June 1, 

1940. Professor Robert P. Casey was best 
man, and ushers were Wilbur E. Hogg, Jr., 
'38 and Angus A. Bailey, Jr., '39. Mr. and 
Mrs. Newell are at home at 24 Greene St., 
Pawtucket. 

1938 — Stearns T. Putnam and Miss Pearl 
Elizabeth Corliss, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. 



Frank Corliss, were married in Springfield, 
Vt., March 30, 1940. The wedding was the 
first ever to be held in Springfield's Masonic 
Temple. 

1939 — Raymond Arnold Matteson and 
Miss Doris Marie Clarke, daughter of Daniel 
A. Clarke '01 and the late Mrs. Clarke, 
were married in Fiskeville, R. L, April 20, 
1940. Albin L Marshall, Jr., '40 was best 
man. Mr. and Mrs. Matteson are at home 
at the Clarke homestead in Fiskeville. 

1939 — Brenton G. Meader and Miss 
Ruth Lillian Hassell, daughter of Mr. and 
Mrs. Richard C. Hassell, were married in 
Providence, May 11, 1940. Richard D. 
Meader '43 was his brother's best man. 
Mr. and Mrs. Meader are at home at 101 
Governor St., Providence. 

1940 — Kirk Hanson and Miss Natalie 
Paul Grinnell, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. 
.Albert B. Grinnell, were married in Provi- 
dence, June 22, 1940. John E. Slattery "38 
was best man. Mr. and Mrs. Hanson will 
live in Charlottesville, Va. 

1940 — Sidney T. Ruck, Jr., and Miss 
Dorothy Mickens Livingston, daughter of 
Mrs. Walter Kirspel of Verona, N. J., were 
married in Lake Placid, N. Y., April 15, 
1940. They are living in Lake Placid. i 

Births 

► 1 925— To Dr. and Mrs. Ralph J. Petrucci 
ot Warren, R. L, a son, Ralph Joseph 
Petrucci, Jr., March 3, 1940. 

1925— To Mr. and Mrs. Alden Estes of 
Gaspee Plateau, a daughter, Susan, March 
30, 1940. 

1926 — To Dr. and Mrs. Louis A. Sage of 
North Scituate, a son, Louis Enos, April 
25, 1940. 

19 28— To Mr. and Mrs. Earle A. Hover 
of Edgewood, a daughter, on May 11, 1940. 

1928 — To Mr. and Mrs. Frank J. Jones 
of Providence, a son, Michael Jay, April 
11, 1940. 

1930— To Dr. and Mrs. David Freed- 
man of Providence, a daughter, Carol Mere- 
dith, June 8, 1940. 

1931 — To Mr. and Mrs. Jerome S. An- 
derson 3rd of Stonington, Conn,, a son, 
Jerome Schenck Anderson 4th, April 29, 
1940. 



1931— To Mr. and Mrs. Ronald C. 
Green, Jr., of Providence, a daughter, 
Cornelia Elisabeth, June 14, 1940. 

1931 — To Mr. and Mrs. John J. Mozjo- 
chi of Hamden, Conn., a son, Charles Jeff- 
rey, on May 18. 

193 2— To Mr. and Mrs. John S. Flynn 
of Belmont, Mass., a daughter, on April 
28, 1940. 

1932— To Mr. and Mrs. Ogden E. Saw- 
yer of Auburn, a daughter, Patricia Anne, 
April 18, 1940. 

193 2— To Mr. and Mrs. Frank S. Rook 
of Cranston, a son, on June 4, 1940. 

193 2 — To Mr. and Mrs. Joseph W. Free- 
man, Jr., of Plainfield, N. J., a son, Joseph 
Wood, April 28, 1940. 

1933— To Mr. and Mrs. Howard W. 
Memmott of Willimantic, Conn., a daugh- 
ter, Judith Barbara, April 26, 1940. 

1933— To Mr. and Mrs. Donald Gardner 
of Rumford, a son, Donald Gardner, Jr., 
May 5, 1940. 

1933— To Dr. and Mrs. Edmond B. Sin- 
clear of Providence, a son, Alan Hunter, 
June 17, 1940. 

1934 — To Mr. and Mrs. Edward S. Jones 
2nd of Providence, a daughter, on June 6, 
1940. 

1935 — To Mr, and Mrs. Edward R. 
Whitehead, Jr., of New York, a daughter, 
Diane, June 17, 1940. 

1935 — To Mr. and Mrs. William T, 
Broomhead of Providence, a daughter, 
Esther Ann, May 23, 1940, 

193 5— To Mr. and Mrs. Gordon C Allen 
uf Providence, a son, Richard Day Allen 
2nd, May 21, 1940. 

1935 — To Mr. and Mrs. John A. Consi- 
dine of North Providence, a son, Richard 
Atcheson, April 14, 1940. 

1938— To Mr. and Mrs. Floyd C. Hinck- 
ley of New York, a daughter, Stephanie 
Mane, May 21, 1940. 

1939— To Mr. and Mrs. Charles E. Far- 
row, Jr., of Hollywood, Calif., a son, Charles 
Spencer, April 15, 1940. 

1939 — To Mr. and Mrs. Arthur H. 
Crosbie of Boston, a daughter, Barbara, 
May 16, 1940. i < 



Completed Careers 



George Lamaze 

► ► The man whose reputation as a son of 
Brown was as great among Brown men as 
was his reputation the world around as a 
restaurateur, died in Philadelphia on May 
27, 1940. 

Although only at the University for a 
short time, George Lamaze carried his loy- 
alty to Brown with him wherever he went. 
In his last years he was a staunch sup- 
porter of the Philadelphia Brown Club and 
his unflagging interest was known to count- 
less numbers of friends of the University. 
He was often host to them at the Hotel 
Warwick, of which he was executive vice 
president. 

Mr. Lamaze was born in Reims, France, 
and was brought to this country when he 
was six. He graduated from the Newton, 
Massachusetts, High School, attended 
Brown and then went to the Lowell Textile 
School. He was in the navy during the 
World War. After the war he managed 



the Crown Hotel in Providence, then oper- 
ated the Arrowhead Inn at Saratoga 
Springs, and at the time of his death was 
manager of The Warwick in Philadelphia. 
He was an exponent of American cooking 
and contended that Philadelphia and New 
York could equal Paris and Vienna any 
time. He was famed for his Shrimp Lamaze 
and Eggs Lamaze. i 

1867 

> > Edgar G. Durfee, for 20 years 
president of the Franklin Machine ii Foun- 
dry Co. until his retirement in 1914, and a 
star baseball pitcher at Brown University in 
the 1860's, died June 28 after a long illness 
at his home, 29 Keene St. He was in his 
94th year. 

After graduating from Brown Univer- 
sity, where he was a member of the Alpha 
Delta Phi Fraternity, Mr. Durfee entered 
business in New York City. He returned 
to Providence in 1874 to become an ac- 



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countant with tlie Franklin Machine Co., 
and rose by successive steps to become the 
president of the concern. 

He was a member of St. John's Church, 
of Providence. He was a native of Tiver- 
ton, R. I., where he was born Sept. 8, 1847. 

Besides his wife, Mrs. Pernilla (Ander- 
son) Durfee, Mr. Durfee leaves three 
daughters, Mrs. Jessie S. Barker, of Fall 
River, and Mrs. Harriet G. Goff and Miss 
Madeline R. Durfee, both of Providence. 

1871 
* Arthur Herbert Arminoton. mem- 
ber of the first class to take the course in 
civil engineering at Brown and last sur- 
vivor of the Class of 1871, died in Prov- 
idence, April 1, 1940. He retired m 1923 
as Assessor of Taxes for the City of Prov- 
idence, an office which he had held since 
1886. 

On graduation he went to work for the 
city as civil engineer, became engineer for 
the Ta.x Department in 1876 and ten years 
later advanced to Assessor of Taxes. His 
chief interests m his own time were Ma- 
sonry, the church, and patriotic societies. 
He was a 3 2nd degree Mason, having been 
raised in What Cheer Lodge, and served a 
term as Grand Master of Rhode Island 
Masons. A lifelong member of Central 
Baptist Church, he had been a deacon of 
the church since 1902. He was on the cor- 
poration of Rhode Island Hospital and the 
Home for Aged Men and Aged Couples, 
and belonged to the Rhode Island Histor- 
ical Society, Society of Mayflower Des- 
cendants, Rhode Island Society, Sons of 
the American Revolution, Alden Kindred 
of America, Pomham Club, and Economic 
Club. 

On Oct. 16, 1876, he married Miss Alice 
E. Stone, who died in 1920. Surviving are 
a daughter, Mrs. Frank M. Adams, and 
two sons, one of whom is Dr. Herbert H. 
' Armington '00. Two of his grandsons are 
Francis B. Armington '28 and Richard W. 
Armington '35. 

1872 

► Edward Bowen Hamlin, retired jew- 
elry manufacturer, born Providence, Sept. 
6, 1851, the son of Richard E. and Char- 
lotte V. (Brown) Hamlin; died in Prov- 
idence, April 18, 1940. His interest in 
Brown and in his Class was strong and 
abiding through the years. And as a mem- 
ber of the University Club he met and fra- 
ternized with Brown men younger in years, 
usually, but seldom more alert than he in 
outlook or more conversant with affairs of 
the times. 

Until his retirement he had been engaged 
in jewelry manufacture, his last position 
being superintendent of J. Briggs 6? Sons 
Co. For 30 years he served as vestryman 
of St. Stephen's Church, and was a member 
of the Rhode Island Society, Sons of the 
American Revolution, and of Theta Delta 
Chi. He was married Sept. 25, 1879, to 
Harriet L. Bradford, who survives, with 
a daughter, Mrs. Charlotte H. Philbrick, 
wife of Arthur L. Philbrick '03, and a son, 
E. Bowen Hamlin, Jr. 
1882 

► George Spring Taft, lawyer and for- 
mer District Attorney of Worcester Coun- 
ty, died at his home in Uxbridge, Mass., 
April 30, 1940. After four years in Wash- 
ington as clerk of the U. S. Senate com- 
mittee on privileges and elections and pri- 
vate secretary to Senator George F. Hoar he 
commenced the practice of law in Worces- 
ter and won his way as lawyer and public 
prosecutor. 



For eight years he was Assistant District 
Attorney of Worcester County. In 1905 
he became District Attorney, serving until 
1911. He was also auditor of the Superior 
Court, Town Counsel for Uxbridge, and 
member of the Massachu.setts Board of Bar 
Examiners for 40 years. In 1921 he acted 
as counsel to a legislative committee which 
investigated acts of members of the General 
Court dealing with the so-called public 
control acts. 

He was born in Uxbridge, Nov. 14, 1859, 
the son of Henry and Ariadne L. (Jeffer- 
son) Taft. On June 26, 1913, he married 
Miss Nancy Hall, who survives, with three 
daughters. He was a member of Phi Beta 
Kappa, and author of "Senate Election 
Cases, 1789-1885," and of a revised edi- 
tion of the book which included all cases 
up to 1913. 

1896 
y Dr. Haven Metcalf. botanist with a 
splendid record in the public service, died 
m Washington, D. C, May 24, 1940. As 
chief of the Division of Forest Pathology, 
U. S. Department of Agriculture, for 30 
years, he attained distinction by researches 
that led to discovery of a cure for soft rot 
in sugar beets and to the conclusion that 
the blight that wiped out all chestnut trees 
in the East was due to a fungus brought to 
this country from Asia. 

Born in Winthrop, Me., Aug. 6, 1875, 
the son of George S. and Prudence (Grant) 
Metcalf, he won his A.B. degree at Brown 
in 1896, his A.M. in 1897, and his Ph.D. 
at the University of Nebraska in 1903. He 
taught botany at Brown for three years, 
biology at Tabor College and Clemson Col- 
lege in South Carolina, and was State botan- 
ist of South Carolina before going to Wash- 
ington in 1907. 

He was a former president of the Amer- 
ican Phytopathological Society and of the 
Botanical Society of Washington, and was 
a member of the Cosmos Club, the Sigma Xi, 
and Delta Upsilon. He was also active in 
the Brown Club of Washington and for 
several years was the club delegate to the 
Advisory Council of the Associated Alum- 
ni. On June 28, 1899, he married Miss 
Flora M. Holt, who died in 193 5. 

1899 

► Dr. Charles Kenworthy Francis, 
chemist, petroleum technologist, and na- 
tionally known for his technical contribu- 
tions to the development of the petroleum 
industry, died in Tulsa, Okla., March 25, 
1940. In 1937 he was a delegate to the 



World Petroleum Congress in Pans. He 
was also a fellow of the Institute of Petro- 
leum of Great Britain. 

Born in Chester, Pa., 1875, the son of 
Thomas F. and Annie K. (Bottomley) 
Francis, he majored in chemistry at Brown, 
and was instructor in chemistry during his 
Senior year. After four years as Professor 
of Chemistry at Georgia School of Tech- 
nology, he received his A.M. degree from 
Brown and returned to the South to join 
the Faculty of Converse College, Spartan- 
burg, S. C. He also taught at the Uni- 
versity of Missouri and the Oklahoma Ag- 
ricultural College before leaving the class- 
room in 1917 to give his whole time to the 
practical work of oil refining. 

He served as technical superintendent 
and chief chemist of Cosden 6? Co., was 
vice president in charge of refineries. Pro- 
ducers & Refiners Corporation, and held 
executive positions with Transcontinental 
Oil Co., and Skelly Oil Co. In 1926 he 
became technical editor of The Oil and Gas 
Journal and continued with the Journal un- 
til his death. 

Dr. Francis was married Sept. 24, 1901, 
to Miss Alma Linder, who survives, with a 
daughter and two sons. He was vice pres- 
ident of the Brown Club of Oklahoma and 
a member of Chi Phi, now Sigma Chi. 

1901 

► Henry Selden Pratt, captain and 
quarterback of the Brown football eleven 
of 1899, died suddenly in Andover, Mass., 
March 25, 1940. For several years a heart 
ailment had made it necessary for him to 
follow a prescribed routine. 

Born in Lawrence, Mass., May 20, 1877, 
the son of Edgar G. and Adeline C. (Rich- 
ards) Pratt, he came to Brown from Law- 
rence High School, and led the first Brown 
football team to score against University of 
Pennsylvania and the first team to play in 
the Middle West. The Brown-Penn score 
was 6-6, "a virtual victory," and the con- 
test with University of Chicago in Chicago 
on Nov. 30, 1899, put Brown's name on 
the map in that section of the country. 

When he left college, Harry Pratt be- 
came physical director at the University of 
Cincinnati and then at Oliver Ames Gym- 
nasium, North Easton, Mass. During re- 
cent years he had been in the office of the 
American Woolen Company at Shawsheen 
Village, Andover, handling realty accounts. 
Until his first heart attack he played a 
strong, consistent game of tennis, a sport 
that he took up after his football playing 



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days. He was a member of the Merrimac 
Valley Brown Club and of Alpha Tau 
Omega. 

On Dec. 29, 1902, he married Miss 
Mabel E. Kitchen, who survives, with a 
son, Richard W. Pratt, and a sister. 
1901 

► W. Kinsley Low. real estate executive, 
born Providence, April 16, 1879, the son 
of William H. and Adella F. (Weaver) 
Low: died in Providence, May 11, 1940. 

On graduation from Brown he went into 
real estate management with his father, 
owner of extensive properties in downtown 
Providence, and in 1925 became president 
and treasurer of the William H. Low Real 
Estate Company and Studley Land Com- 
pany. He was a 3 2nd degree Mason, and 
a member of the University Club, Squan- 
tum Club, Rhode Lsland Country Club, 
Turks Head Club, Dunes Club, and Delta 
Phi. Surviving are his wife, who was Miss 
Eleanor Hamilton, and a sister. 
1901 

► Ernest Willard Crawley, civil engi- 
neer, born Warren, Sept. 25, 18'79, the son 
of William H. and Emma L. (Bowen) 
Crawley: died at his home in East Green- 
wich, April 18, 1940. 

Excellent student on the Hill, he re- 
ceived the degree of C.E. with the Class. 



For a year after he left Brown he was a 
civil engineer with the New Haven Rail- 
road. In 1902 he became a member of the 
staff of Engineers, War Department. U. 
S. A., and remained in the service through- 
out his life. 

He was married Oct. 28, 1903, to Miss 
Sarah E. Batchelor, who survives, with a 
son, Willard B. Crawley "28, and a daugh- 
ter. Miss Elizabeth Crawley. He was a 
member of the Sigma Xi and Delta Tau 
Delta. 

1932 
► Aldo Charles Dall'Ava, school teach- 
er, born Clifton, N. J., Oct. 22. 1909: died 
in Garfield, N. J., Sept. 10, 1939. In the 
Garfield schools, where he prepared for 
Brown, he taught economics, English, and 
French, and was a former president of the 
University Club in that city. 

At Brown he was president of Beta 
Alpha Chapter. Kappa Sigma, and a mem- 
ber of the Intcrfratcrnity Governing 
Board. After graduation he worked as clerk 
for New Jersey Bell Telephone Company 
and R. H. Donnelly Co., advertising, and 
in his spare time took courses at Mont- 
clair State Teachers" College. In 1934 he 
began his teaching career. He also served 
as assistant city clerk, and was active in 
civic affairs. His only survivor is a sister, i ^ 



Pembroke Chronicle < 

By GERTRUDE ALLEN McCONNELL "10 

Executive Secretary of the Ahtmnae Association 



Alumnae Day 

^ > Hundreds of alumnae from Maine to 
California and Washington returned on 
.June 15th for one of the largest celebrations 
in the history of the College. More classes 
held reunions than in any previous year. 
Sixteen classes held official reunions and 
many others had special luncheons or din- 
ners. Included in the number returning 
were many who had never before been able 
to attend a reunion or to see Alumnae Hall 
and our more recent acquisitions. 

The day opened with the annual meeting 
of the Alumnae Association held in the 
Crystal Room of Alumnae Hall, with Ollie 
A. Randall "12 of New York presiding. 
Reports were read by Virginia Piggott Ver- 
ney "28, Recording Secretary: Gertrude 
Allen McConnell "10, Executive Secretary: 
Irma Gyllenberg Cull "09, Treasurer: Anna 
Canada Swain '11, Chairman of the Semi- 
centennial Alumnae Gift Committee: Mad- 
eleine Kane Durfee '13, Chairman of the 
Regional Scholarship Committee: Sarah Hill 
D'Atri '21, Chairman of the Academic 



Committee: Elinor Chacc Larson "29. Chair- 
man of the Social Activities Committee: 
Thelma Simister "39. holder of the Anne 
Crosby Emery Fellowship: and Alice Man- 
chester Chace "05, Chairman of the Nom- 
inating Committee. 

Officers elected for the next two years 
are: First Vice-President — Elizabeth Young 
Jeffers '24: Recording Secretary — Helen F. 
Mulvey "33: and Treasurer — Irma Gyllen- 
berg Cull "09. Members elected to the 
Nominating Committee are Laura Brooks 
Hawkins "04. Rowena Sherman Allen "14, 
and Elizabeth Dealey Edwards "18. Ap- 
pointments made by the Executive Board 
and confirmed at the meeting included: 
Helen Thayer Paxton "22 and Hester Hast- 
ings "31 for the Academic Committee; Ruth 
Peterson Watjen "19 and Betty Brennan 
"34 for the Social Activities Committee: 
Sarah Morse Beardsley "18, Chairman of 
the Committee of Class Secretaries: Edythe 
Reeves "23 and Francoise Courtois "34 as 
members of the Nominating Committee; 
Pauline Barrows Hughes "21 as Alumnae 



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E. Battersby "31 as Alumnae Marshal on 
Commencement Day for the next two years. 

It was announced at the meeting that the 
balloting on the reunion system — the Five- 
year plan versus the Dix — had resulted in 
a return to the five-year plan after we have 
had the Dix system for the past ten years. 
The vote was so close and so many who 
previously were indifferent now strongly 
favor the Dix system, that some adjustment 
will probably be made. 

At the close of the meeting the members 
stood as the names of the alumnae who had 
died during the year were read: Harriet 
Latham Easterbrooks '99n: Evangeline 
Larry, "99 Special; Maude Helen Tower 
Peck "00 Special; Hattie M. Holt "08; 
Marian E. Knowles "18; Faith Rogers Cor- 
bctt "25; Elizabeth Fiske Nichols "26; and 
Evelyn Louise Richardson "37. < 

Garden Party 

► The annual Garden Party was held on 
the campus between Alumnae Hall and the 
Saylcs Gymnasium. In the receiving line 
were: Dean Morriss, Mi.ss Frances Ten Eyck 
Boyd, who is retiring this year after 20 years 
as House Mother and Dietitian: Ollie A. 
Randall, President of the Alumnae Associa- 
tion, and Fern Falloon Nutter "24, Chair- 
man of Alumnae Day. Ten members of the 
class of 1939 served as ushers and included: 
Betty Crowley, Rita Donnelly, Betty Hus- 
sey, Cclia Mangiante, Edna Murphy, Caro- 
lyn Sherman, Thelma Simister, Alice Fitz 
Gerald, Kathcrine Tucker, and Mary Veach. 
Other members of the class who assisted as 
servers were Lorena Gray, Ruth Manter, 
Margaret Donilon, Jeanne Max, Sheila Cos- 
grove, Claire Harrington, Constance Farrell, 
Thelma Salisbury, Louise Lyon, Miriam 
Prucker, and Margaret Porter. One mem- 
ber from each class holding a reunion 
served ices. i 

Reunion Banquet 

► At the reunion banquet, held in the 
auditorium of Alumnae Hall, the speakers 
were President Wriston, Dean Morriss, 
Anna Canada Swain '11, Frances Taft "40, 
President of the Class, and Mrs. August 
Belmont. Ollie A. Randall "12 presided. 
Special guests included Mrs. James P. 
Adams, Miss Boyd, Mr. and Mrs. James 
H. Case, Jr., and the Senior Class. 

Excitement at the dinner ran high when 
it was announced that $81,500 had been 
pledged toward the Semi-Centennial Gift 
and that 10 classes have pledged their 
quota. These blue-ribbon classes are 1894, 
1895, 1904, 1909, 1911, 1913, 1915, 1924, 
1930, and 1937. Many classes announced 
special gifts. 

The Class of 1940 announced that its 
members have pledged 100 per cent to the 
Alumnae Association to the amount of $300 
and in addition presented a check for $150 
to be used towards the fireplace in the new 
dormitory. The class of 1904 announced a 
special gift of $5 50 in memory of Eleanor 
Stark, to be used to furnish a guest room 
or a suite for the Head of Residence in the 
new dormitory. ^ 

Advanced Degrees 

► The following alumnae were awarded 
Ma.ster of Arts degrees in June: Dorothy 
E. Bryant "21, Eunice G. Chappell "38, 
Mary B. Fenton '34, Bertine Smith John- 
.son '33, Annette Elizabeth Mitchell Jack- 
son "29, Constance Morrison '33, Ruth E. 
Sampson '3 5. 

Shirley M. O. Battey '36 was awarded 
her Ph.D. degree. ^ i 



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News of Alumnae Classes a 



¥ ► 1897 — Mary Brownell is living on 
Indian Ave., Middletown, R. I. 

1898 — Edith Thompson Warburton of 
Berkeley. Calif, returned to Providence for 
Commencement. 

1905 — Bessie Leahy Crowley's son grad- 
uated from Harvard Law School last month. 

1907 — Alma Blackburn Partridge's son, 
Daniel, Jr., graduated from Brown last 
month and will enter the School of The- 
ology at Boston University. 

1908 — Dorothy Birge Stark of Spokane, 
Wash., paid a visit to the Alumnae Office 
on her recent trip East. 

1911 — Dr. Eva W. Magoon was elected 
third vice president of the American Osteo- 
pathic Association at its 44th annual con- 
vention in St. Louis, June 26. 

1912 — Harriet Bennett French's daugh- 
ter Martha graduated from Bates College 
last month. 

1916 — Mary Longley has left New Eng- 
land and is now at 174 W. Allegheny Ave., 
Philadelphia. 

1921 — Elizabeth Nightingale Colling has 
moved to London, Kentucky. 

1923 — Ellen C. Stokes has moved to 8 
Eileen St., Albany, N. Y. 

1925 — Harriet Boyd is doing laboratory 
and X-ray work at the Midwood Hospital 
in Brooklyn. 

1926 — Gertrude Doyle Holdcn is living 
at 202-06 50th Ave., Bayside, L. L, New 
York. 

1927 — Mary Ralston of Spokane, Wash., 
has been visiting her friends in the East 
and was at College for Alumnae Day. 

1928 — Grace Phillips Bailey has moved 
to Fletcher Road, Lewiston, N. Y. 

1929 — Ruth Hovey Jackson is in charge 
of the Credit Department at Conrad's in 
Boston. 

193 2 — Beatrice Grossman Goldstein is a 
Case Supervisor in the Social Service Bur- 
eau of the Magistrates' Courts in New York 
City. The address is 314 West 54th Street, 
New York City. 

1933 — Jean Bauer won the Rhode Island 
State golf title last month. She has been 
successful in many national tournaments 
and had nearly captured the State cham- 
pionship a number of times. 

1933 — Ursula Lewis is doing Child Wel- 
fare work in Plainfield, N. J. and is located 
at 309 East 7th St. 

1934 — Marguerite Melville had the dis- 
tinction of being included in "Who's Who 
in American Art," recently published. 

1934 — Barbara Hughes Hanson has 
moved to Apt. 309, 3 540 N. Meridian St., 
Indianapolis. 

1934 — Marjorie Daw Morrissey and fam- 
ily have moved to 391 Burncoat St., Wor- 
cester. 

1935 — Rhoda Madden Ansley has moved 
from Syracuse to 278 Bryant St., Buffalo. 

193 5 — Eleanor L. Bradley is Commercial 
Placement Manager at the Corporate Em- 
ployment Agency, 20 Cortlandt St., New 
York. She is living at 601 East 9th St. 

193 5 — Carolyn Troy Watts has moved 
to 70 Shannon Ave., Athens, Ohio. 

1936 — Shirley Battey, who received her 
Ph.D. degree from Brown last month, will 
teach at Skidmore next year. 

1936 — Hope Richardson Boyd has moved 
to Yale, Michigan. 

1936 — Betsey Starkweather is doing 
Child Guidance work in Boston. Her ad- 
dress is 102 Gainsboro St., Boston. 



1937 — Betty Fales and Ruth Manley are 
at 3 2 River St., Boston. 

1937 — Dorothy Nutman has been instru- 
mental in organizing Job Hunters, formed 
to serve as a "youth marketing" project, to 
assist young people in securing positions. 

1938 — Leah-Margaret Banta received her 
Master's degree from the University of Wis- 
consin last month. 

1938 — Isabel Lion has changed her home 
address from Salem, N. H. to 41 Pleasant 
St., Marlboro, Mass. 

1938 — Caroline Brown Weaver is living 
in Waynesboro, Virginia. 

1939 — Doris McCutcheon is living at 91 
Newport Ave., West Hartford. i i 

Engagements 

► 1932— Rowena S. Bellows to Wilfred 
Rommel of North Dakota. They expect to 
be married on August 5 and to make their 
home in Washington, D. C. 

1932 — Florence Krueger to Frank Lally, 
a teacher in the East Providence High 
School. Mr. Lally is a graduate of Provi- 
dence College and received his MA. degree 
from Boston University. Miss Krueger is 
auditorium teacher in the Nathaniel Greene 
Junior High School. 

193 5 — Margaret Shaw Rich to Elmer 
Boyd Staats ol Kansas. Mr. Staats was 
graduated from McPherson College in Kan- 
sas and has taken graduate work at the 
universities of Kansas and Minnesota and 
the Brookings Institute in Wahington. He 
is now with the Bureau of the Budget in 
Washington. 

1936 — Sally Louise Smith to Robert 
Henderson Carey of Philadelphia. Mr. 
Carey was graduated from Pennsylvania 
State College in 193 3 and is an instructor 
there in the School of Engineering. Miss 
Smith received a degree in library science 
from Columbia in 1937 and is a cataloguer 
in the library at Pennsylvania State College. 

1937— Grace K. Anderson to William R. 
Foyle. a graduate of New York State Teach- 
ers College, and of Columbia University. 

1938 — Josephine M. McMurrough to 
Dr. Thomas Loftus Greason, Brown '35. 
Dr. Greason graduated from Tufts Medical 
School and is a lieutenant junior grade 
in the Medical Corps. U. S. N. 

1958 — Mary Toner to James S. Couzens, 
Brown '38, a member of Delta Kappa Epsi- 
lon fraternity. Miss Toner graduated from 
the Modern School of Applied Art in Bos- 
ton and is now teaching art. 

1939 — Eleanor G. Stoddard to Wilham 
Wheaton Schultz of Philadelphia. 

1940 — Jean A. Bruce to Stanley L. Cum- 
mings. Brown '40, of Shelburne Falls, Mass. 
Miss Bruce will be an assistant next year in 
the department of zoology at Northwestern 
University in Evanston, 111. and Mr. Cum- 
mings will study law at the University of 
Chicago. 

1940 — Carol Grinberg, who was a mem- 
ber of the class for two years, has announced 
her engagement to Richard M. Lederer, Jr., 
Yale '39. 

Weddings 

► 1929 — Harriet M. Carpenter was mar- 
ried to Dr. William Carpenter MacCarty, 
Jr. on June 8. Dr. MacCarty is a graduate 
of Dartmouth and of Johns Hopkins Med- 
ical. Dr. and Mrs. MacCarty will make 
their home in Rochester, Minn., where both 
have been connected with the Mayo Clinic. 

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193 2 — Rosabelle Winer Miller was mar- 
ried to Mortimer S. Edelstein of the legal 
staff of the Port of New York Authority 
on May 8. She is the widow of the late 
Dr. Harry E. Miller, Eastman Professor of 
Economics at Brown. Mr. Edelstein is a 
graduate of the University of Pennsylvania 
and Cornell College of Law. Mr. and Mrs. 
Edelstein are living at 230 Central Park 
West, N. Y. 

1933 — Ada Thomson Ahearn was mar- 
ried to Charles Andrew Full, Brown '33, 
in St. Mark's Episcopal Church in Warren 
on June 8. Three of her classmates, Jessie 
Barker, Frances Brown, and Florence Camp- 
bell served as bridesmaids. Mr. and Mrs. 
Full are living at 443 Prospect St., Fall 
River, Mass. 

Births 
> 1930— To Mr. and Mrs. Arthur L. Quirk 
(Lucy Fogarty), a second son, William Ger- 
ald, on June 5, 1940. Address: 8 Gardner 
Ave., North Providence. 

1931 — Mr. and Mrs. Edward C. Connor 
do not have a daughter as reported. 

193 1 — To Dr. and Mrs. David Freedman 
(Claire Reizen), a daughter, Carol Mere- 
dith, on June 8. Address: 155 Fifth St., 
Providence. 

193 1 — To Mr. and Mrs. George A. Free- 
man (Ruth Mann), a son, George Newton, 
on June 8. Barbara is three. Address: 16 
Westcott St., East Orange, N. J. 

1931— To Mr. and Mrs. William D. 
Sheahan (Anna San Souci), a second 
daughter, Elizabeth Anne, on April 18. 
Patricia Frances is three. Address: 55 Oak 
Hill Ave., Pawtucket. 

1934— To Dr. and Mrs. William C. 
Young (Ruth Hobby), a daughter, Deborah 
Louise, on June 9, 1940. Address: Scon- 
ticut Road, Fairhaven, Mass. 

1937— To Mr. and Mrs. Russell Bacon 
(Barbara Goodale), a daughter, Elizabeth 
Windsor, on June II, 1940. Address: 67 
Forest St., Providence. 

1938— To Mr. and Mrs. Palmer C. Sze 
(Edith Bien), a daughter, Chia-Huei, on 
March 26. They are living in Hong Kong. 

1939— To Mr. and Mrs. Herbert Selib 
(Dorothy Magid), a son, David Allen, on 
May 18. Address: 550 Commonwealth 
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