L.,>... -« 1905-1906 THE BROWN ALUMNI MONTHLY Vol. VI Providence, R. I., April, 1906 No. 9 LESTER FRANK WARD ''The Greatest Sociologist in America' Conies to Brozvn 1 4 HE ac- cep t- an c e by Dr. Frai ik \^ Lester ^ard of the appointment to the chair of sociology at Brown has al- ready brought the uni versify the con gratulations of the entire learned world . Professor Ward will enter upon his duties in Sep- tember and will conduct graduate courses and courses dealing with sociological theory. This ar- rangement will leave the other members of the department of social and political science more freedom for the development of their work along lines for which there is pressing demand. Professor Ward has received the de- grees of A. B., LL. B., A. M. and LL. D. He is a member of the leading scientific societies in America and in Europe, was president of the Interna- tional Institute of Sociology in 1903 and is now serving as the first president of the American Sociological Society. He has given extended courses of lec- tures on sociology at the American School of Sociology, at the University DR. LESTER FRANK WARD of Chicago, at Lei and Stanford, Junior, Univer- sity and at other institutions. He is the author of inany philosoph- ical articles, ad- dresses and mem- oirs, has been a frequent contrib- utor to botanical journals and the public ations of the United States Geological Sur- vey and was one of the collaborat- ors of the Century Dictio)iary and of the last edition of Webster's Inter- national Diction- ary . The biblio- graphy of his publications al- ready includes Among his books The Psychic about 500 titles, are: Dynamic Sociology, Factors of Civilisation , Outlines of Socio- logy, Sociology at the Paris Exposition of 1900, Contemporary Sociology, Dealey and Ward's Textbook of Sociology, and Pure Sociology and Applied Sociology , now in press. Some of these have been trans- lated into foreign tongues . Dynamic So- ciology, Psychic Factors of Civilization and Outlines of Sociology 'vfevetTa.n&\aXe6. into Russian, but the translation of Dynamic Sociology was not permitted to be circu- lated, and the Polish translation of the same book was suppressed; perhaps the 182 THE BRO WN AL UMNI MONTH L Y Russian censors were reluctant to allow the circulation of a book having' the word "dynamic" in its title. Professor Ludwig Gumplowioz, the leading' sociologist of Austria, in an ar- ticle published in Vienna in 1904 and translated for the American Journal of Sociology, pays Dr. Ward an extended and remarkable tribute, from which the following extracts are taken: "I was always of the opinion that these optimists in world-philosophy are never genuine scientists, and that they are naive enough to believe that they can change a natural process; that is, the social process; which, in fact, pro- ceeds according to "eternal iron laws" as truly as the stars in their courses. For that reason it has happened that socialists have called me not merely a pessimist, but, more than that, a cynic, because I gave free expression to my opinion and justified it. Now, however, I have experienced something worse. One day last summer there appeared be- fore me a natural scientist of genuineness and merit, who is at the same time the greatest sociologist in America. He explained to me most persistently that I was wrong, and that the social nature process may one day, with the help of the human intellect, which is itself also a natural force, if this intellect works in the appropriate direction, enter upon a course — indeed, already h^s entered upon it — in which we may arrive at a 'social integration' that may bring all men to equal happiness and welfare. The stranger who explained all this to me with youthful ardor was a tall, slim gentleman, no longer young, with smoothly shaven upper lip and chin after the English fashion; his flowing side-beard, although gray like his hair, had evidently in earlier years been blond, as the light-blue eyes also testi- fied; in a word, the Germanic type, which would please Chamberlain and Ludwig Woltmann. As it is, they will one day be proud of him, if they only make his acquaintance. It was Mr. Lester Frank Ward, announced as chief of a government geological bureau in Washington.". -He had come as a dele- gate appointed by the American govern- ment to the geological congress in Vienna, and had not hesitated to make the excursion to Graz in order to ac- quaint a European colleague in the field of sociology with his ideas. Now, I was already acquainted with Ward's works; I had already been led by his letters to personal appreciation of him; that he would succeed, however, in fiery debate, if not in converting, still in silencing me, I never should have believed; and yet that is what hap- pened. * -s^- * "To confess the truth at once, before I was aware, he had stormed my princi- pal pessimistic position, and as I took leave of him at the station late in the evening, after a half-day's debate, I had the feeling that I had made the ac- quaintance of an intellectual giant of a type that I had never before met in reality. Since that time I am studying his works with quite other feelings from those with which I read them before. To be sure, no man can change his fun- damental spiritual tone, nor can one easily get rid of a world-view which is a product of a long life. Perhaps one can never get rid of it. But I am free to confess that in place of the former feel- ing of confidence in my own views, per- haps of my own superiority to a Utop- ian, there had come a feeling of hesita- tion, still more a feeling of admiration for a Menschhcits-Idealisvms , of which we Europeans (with the exception of Franz Oppenheimer) are entirely in- capable. •«• * * "After Ward had supported these ar- guments in a debate that lasted for hours, I had to acknowledge myself de- feated. To be sure, I have never been an individualist, and I have never supported the view that the historical process depended simply and solely upon the freedom of the individual. On the other hand, I have never looked for very con- siderable results from any sort of col- lectivism. I have never given myself over to hope that collectivism could bring freedom and happiness to man- kind. I have had no share in that sort of optimism. Before Ward's arguments, however, I was obliged to lay down my arms. While I was formerly of the opinion that the process of nature in its social division could bring us neither progress nor regress, but that it always remains the same (see my Rassen- kanipf), I could not avoid recognizingr the superiority of Ward's conception of THE BROWN ALUMNI MONTHLY 183 nature, in accordance with which social development might lead us through a transition from the stone age of social science, in which we are living today like real savages, into an industrial per- iod of social science, in which men would look back with horror upon our present civic condition. ' ' Dr. Ward's view of the attitude which man should assume toward nature may be illustrated by the following extracts from his Dynamic Sociology: "The greater part of all suffering is the result, direct or remote, of ignorance. Ob- viously, therefore, the first great duty of man is to acquaint himself with his environment. * * ""' The phenoinena that lie on the surface are of little value. They mislead at every turn. Not only must the deep -lying facts, difficult of access, be sought out with great labor and perseverance, but they must be co- ordinated into laws capable of affording safe and reliable guides to human oper- ations. * * In his pursuit of infor- mation with regard to the nature of the universe man must be deterred by no fears. * * Man's right to probe and penetrate the secrets of the universe is unchallenged. It is only he himself who has ever ventured to question it. His active brain, filled with a thousand other delusions and imaginings, has fancied gods and demons outside of na- ture forbidding him to prosecute his studies. * * The principal object which man has in the study of nature is to enable him to control its forces. He has been the servant of nattare too long. All true progress has been measured by his growing mastery over her, which has in turn been strictly pro- portional to his knowledge of her truths." Professor Ward was born in Joliet, 111., in 1841. He served through the civil war in the Union army, receiving a wound at Chancellorsville. He then settled in Washington, where he has since lived, graduating from Columbian University in 1869. Since 1881 he has held the office of paleontologist in the United States Geological Survey, and since 1883 he has been curator of botany and fossil plants in the National Mu- seum. He has resigned these positions and has gone abroad, where he will re- main until the beginning of the acad- emic year, when he will make his home in Providence. A LEGISLATIVE EXPERT An appreciation of the work of Charles McCarthy, '96, by C. B. Lester, 1900 E always like to hear of the Brunonians who are "doing things" in this strenuous world, and there is one here in Wisconsin who has start- ed a work that is destined to mean much to the political future of our states. I doubt if any one who has not watched Dr. Charles McCarthy, '96, at his work can fully comprehend the extent of the field which he has opened. I have had the opportunity to follow the operations of his legislative reference department at the state capitol, especially during ^he special session of the assembly, and f he value of his assistance in the legisla- tion of this state can scarcely be over- estimated. The political scientist has long felt much academic concern over the condi- tion of our state governments. In one state the legislature was blindly follow- ing the dictates of a boss; in another its every act was controlled by great cor- porations; here the endeavor to remedy evident faults was vain, but succeeded in furnishing a legislative battle-ground for the constitutional lawyers; there an assembly was overwhelmed with special legislation which swamped even the most efficient of committee systems. Our legislative bodies, composed of 184 THE BROWN ALUMNI MONTHLY men from every branch of business and professional life, could not keep pace with the rapidly increasing- com- plexities of leg-islative demands. The politicians who studied and knew the machine they were running- so often succeeded in thwarting the definite ex- pressions of popular will that a grow- ing distrust of our legislatures was rapidly undermining the old time faith in the efficacy of representative govern- ment. We were gravely told that leg- islative inefficiency was a necessary con- comitant of democracy. It almost seemed to be true, for even a popular revolt and overthrow of the old body only sent into the legislative halls a new group of untried and inexperienced men who too often only succeeded in increas- ing the difficulties under the artful ';eadership of trained but unscrupulous politicians. The student of politics had his rem- sdies to offer for all this. Now it was commission government, now a strong- centralized executive; again, a carefully organized administration was the chief desideratum or perhaps emphasis was placed upon the need of restriction and control of special legislation. Reform along all these lines would help, and help greatly, but all these plans failed to recognize a root of much of the evil of the body politic to be found in the legislation itself. Of what use to strengthen the executive or reorganize the administration, if they were left with poor laws to administer? Would lightening the burdens of the legislature make any more efficient the transaction of the work still left ? There was the crucial point. What was needed primarily was better legis- lation, and what was needed to bring this was more knowledge in the hands of the legislators. The average legisla- tor is not corrupt and bent only upon his own interests. He honestly wants to accomplish something for the good of his state, but he doesn't know how. His training and his whole life work are along lines which do not bring him the knowledge required to solve the com- plex problems before him. Think for a moment of the position of the average farmer or man of business, intelligent and alert in his own calling, but now brought face to face with the necessity of considering laws to prevent food adul- teration, to license traders in this or that commodity, to modify the form of bal- lot, better to control corporations, or for any of the other hundreds of objects which may come in our state legislation. Bill after bill has been referred to this, that and the other committee ; some re- port must be made. What wonder, then, that the men who do know, the astute political leaders, the lobbyists, the corporation lawyers, have little dif- ficulty in making "the worse appear the better reason?" I am afraid that my subject has led me too far afield, but now to get back to our Brown man. All of this appealed very strongly to Dr. McCarthy, who had just received his degree from Wis- consin in 1901. He had plans for mak- ing it possible for the legislator, too, to know something about the matters brought before him, and he presented his ideas with the same energy which characterized his work as a Brown full- back. In those days he had a faculty for getting that extra yard when it was needed, and now he made the Wiscon- sin legislature see the value of his plan. In 1901 a legislative reference depart- ment was created under the free library commission and Dr. McCarthy was placed in charge of the work. By the end of the year he had collected a great deal of most valuable material and the work was proving its worth, when in February, 1903, the labor of a year was wiped out by fire in a single night. Un- daunted by a disaster which would have disheartened most men. Dr. McCarthy went to work again while the ruins were yet smoking, and by the most assiduous labor was ready for the assembly when it met in the fall. His department has now ready for the Wisconsin legislators at a moment's notice a selected and carefully arranged supply of material upon contemporary legislation which cannot be duplicated in the country. The work of this department is differ- ent from that of an ordinary reference library. The busy legislator with doz- ens of bills before his committee has no time to read voluminous reports and oc- tavos of theory. He wants the facts, and he wants them in a concise form. He wants to know in a few moments what other states and other countries THE BROWN ALUMNI MONTHLY 185 have done and the main arguments on both sides of the question. He must have his discussion condensed, his sta- tistics summarized. This is the work Dr. McCarthy does for him. Books, magrazines and newspapers, reports and documents of all sorts, are ruthlessly "scissored, "and the assemblyman who wants material on railroad taxation or on the licensingr of peddlers can have it placed before him at once. It is evident that the selection of this material offers opportunity for under- hand work by the untrustworthy parti- san, and it is indeed a hig:h tribute to Dr. McCarthy's absolute impartiality and efficient response to the needs of all that the assembly recog-nizes that his work has already becoine indispensable. Men of every party who want informa- tion in their work, state and city offi- cials, citizens who are studying- the state's problems, as w^ell as the leg-isla- tors themselves, all "g-o and see Mac." The lobbyist or the corporation lawyer now knows that his statements can be verified or disproved at once. Consti- tutional decisions are now carefully considered in the drawin.g of bills. Every method to render the popular will effective is made available. In a word, Wisconsin legislation is upon a more scientific basis than that of any other state except perhaps '"alifornia, which has since followed this lead. The opening- of similar departments is being" ag-itated in other states, and the work which this enthusiastic and far-sig-hted Brown man has started may yet play the g-reatest part in making- the scientific knowledg-e of the political student avail- able for the work of practical leg-islation. BROWN WINS AT CHESS FROM CAMBRIDGE N Saturday, March 24, the fifth international chess competition by cable for the collegiate trophy pre- sented by Professor Isaac L. Rice was played in New York and London and resulted in a draw, each side scoring- 3 points. As the Oxford and Cambridge chess players were the holders of the trophy they will retain the cup for another year. The American contestants represented Browm, Cornell and the University of Pennsylvania. The latter conducted their part of the match from the residence of Professor Rice, president of the Colleg-e Chess Leag-ue,l70 Riverside avenue, while Ox- ford and Cambridg-e were playing- at the Metropolitan Chess Club in the Inns of Court Hotel, London. By arrange- ment a start was made at 8 o'clock, New York time, and Referee W. E. Napier was called upon shortly after 6 o'clock in the evening- to adjudicate two tmfinished games. He decided one game drawn and awarded the other to America. The pairings were: First board — Hughes, Pennsylvania, vs. Greenhalgh, Cambridge; second board — Paice, Ox- ford, vs. Mitchell, Cornell; third board. Miller, Pennsylvania, vs. Roughton, Oxford; fourth board — Henning, Ox- ford, vs. Kirkpatrick, Pennsylvania; fifth board — Sweet, Brown, vs. Lane, Cambridge; sixth board — Bottomly, Cambridge, vs. Johnston, Pennsylvania, The first victory fell to the lot of the Americans by Sweet of Brown defeating Lane of Cambridge in thirty-three moves. Henning, Oxford, evened mat- ters by defeating Kirkpatrick after twenty-eight moves. Miller of Penn- sylvania was next beaten by Roughton of Oxford after thirty-six moves. The Bottomly and Johnson game was drawn after forty-six moves. The two re- maining games, a Ruy Lopez between Hughes and Greenhalgh, was adjudi- cated in favor of the former after forty- six moves had been made, and the game on the second board was called a draw after forty-three moves. The summary of the pairings, open- ings and results is: America England Openings Hughes . . 1 Greenhalgh . • Ruy Lopez, Mitchell . ]4 Paice . . . . 'o O. gam. dec Miller . . Roughton . .1 Two lets. def. Kirkpatrick Hanning . . .1 Queen's gam Sweet . . 1 Lane .... Ruy Lopez. Johnston . }<2 iBottomly . . ,k Sicilian def. — ^'^ — Total, 3 Total, 3 186 THE BROWN ALUMNI MONTHLY VIEW OF THE CAMPUS WORCESTER ACADEMY AND ITS RELATIONSHIP TO BROWN UNIVERSITY EW preparatory schools have sustained, during' their en- tire career, a more intimate relationship to Brown Uni- V e r s i t y han Worcester Academy, which was founded in 1834, largely by Baptists, and took at first the name of the Worcester County Manual Training High School. The first site of the institution was on Main street. Later it was removed to a point near Lincoln square, and about 1875 it reached its present location on Union hill, where for some years a large build- ing", now Davis Hall of the academy, had been used as a women's college and medical school. During the long history of the acad- emy its board of trustees has had only two presidents. The first was Isaac Davis, a graduate of Brown in the class of 1822, who occupied the presidential office for forty years and was succeeded by Joseph H. Walker of Worcester, the present incumbent and a trustee of Brown University. The first principal was Silas Bailey (Brown, 1834), and later Eli Thayer (Brown, 1835)held the position. A third Brown principal was Professor William Carey Poland, '68, who went to the place directly from his college course. The present principal, Dr. D. W. Abercrombie, is a trustee of Brown. He received his degree of A. B . from Harvard and later was honored with the titles of A. M. from Brown and LL. D. from Colby. The second building to be erected at the academy was the principal's house, the only wooden structure in the group of academy buildings. The next was Walker Hall, a recitation hall built and occupied in 1890, for which Joseph H. Walker gave very largely. In 1883- Dexter Hall, largely the gift of William H. Dexter of Worcester, was erected, as was also Adams Hall (the dining" hall), the name being bestowed in honor of Dr. R. J. Adams of Cambridge. In 1897 the King"sley laboratories fol- lowed, largely increasing" the academy's facilities for scientific work. The prin- cipal contributor was Chester W. Kings- ley of Cambridge, a generous contribu- tor to Brown also. In November last the megaron, a recreation hall with a swimming pool in the basement and a central heating" plant, was built and THE BRO WN ALUMNI MONTHL Y 187 DfXTER HALL ♦ -^^^'^^^^ , ^ J kt \:.- r miiMf- F^^^oWB *^.-'- J^^^Km^^ : 1;| y < ' _ ^ ^-_ ^-. _ ^ ■ ADAMS HALL 188 THE BROWN ALUMNI MONTHLY put into use. This makes, exclusive of the principal's house, a group of seven building-s, well equipped, and mutually well located, and in every instance built of brick. When Dr. Abercrombie began his work as principal in 1882 the number of students, including- young- women, was about 60. The co-educational plan has long- been discontinued now, yet the to- tal number of students has risen to more than 250. The enrollment this year is larger than ever before. Dur- ing- Dr. Abercrombie 's principalship somewhat more than 100 students have been sent to Brown. In former years the academy was practically a fitting- school for this universitv ; later it are graduates of Worcester as fol- lows : Four members of the faculty (Messrs. Marvel, Norris, Pope and Grose), one graduate student, three seniors, three jimiors, one sophomore and nine freshmen. This makes a to- tal Worcester company of 21 students at present in the university, exclusive of the four members of the faculty. It may be interesting to note some of the best-known Worcester graduates who are also graduates of Brown : Rev. B. L. Whitman, '87 ; Rev. Gregory D. Walcott, '97 ; Rev. Gerald B. Smith, '91 ; Professor Stephen A. Colvin of the University of Illinois, '91 ; Edwin F. Greene, '01 ; George A. Gaskill, '98 ; Clifford S. Anderson, 1900 ; Dr. — II I BiBSl — -- ^' Siffl SWIMMING POOL INTERIOR OF MECARON broadened the field of its distribution, and in the last few years there appears to have been a renewed stream of grad- uates heading toward Providence. Of the present senior class at the academy six or eight expect to enter Brown next fall. The total number of members in the class is about 40, and the remainder will divide among Harvard, Worcester Tech., M. I. T., Dartmouth, Yale, Cor- nell, Amherst and Princeton. Contrary to custom, it looks as if Dartmouth might receive the largest number this year, though not of the A. B. men. Brown's contingent is expected to be slightly larger than that which goes to Harvard and of excellent personnel. Brown and Harvard have recently received more students from the acad- emy than have other collegiate institu- "tions. At the present time at Brown there Ray W. Greene, '83 ; Dr. Fred W. Colburn, '94 ; Fred D. Aldrich, '95 (instructor of modern languages in the academy) Ex-Gov. Royal C. Taft of Rhode Island and Dr. Reuben A. Guild, '47, were students at the acad- emy in its early days. The academy's athletic equipment is very fine. It has an excellent oval with a five-lap cinder track (220 yards straightaway). The baseball teams are uniformly strong, and since 1888 the football elevens have taken a prominent place among- teai-ns of their class. In track athletics a special eminence has been attained, and Worcester pretty frequently wins the New England in- door and outdoor cups for general track work . There are three definite courses of study, all leading directly into college classes — the classical, Latin scientific THE BROWN ALUMNI MONTHLY 189 and scientific. The discipline and drill are excellent and the spirit of the insti- tution is higfh. Worcester is unques- tionably one of the best fitting schools in New England, and that is saying a great deal when it is remembered how well some of the preparatory schools of this section of the country stand. It is the hope of all Brown men that the pleasant relationship of the two institu- tions will permanently continue, and that an increasingly large number of men may look back in the capacity of loval alumnus to both. CARNEGIE FUND FOR TEACHERS HE board of trustees of the Carnegie Foundation, or- ganized to administer Mr. Carnegie's gift of $10,000,- 000 for the purpose of pen- sioning college professors, will meet on Monday, April 9, at the offices of the foundation, 542 Fifth avenue. New York. At that time it is expected that definite rules for the disposition of the income will be adopted. The wide scope of the institution is outlined in the act of incorporation just passed by congress and approved by the president March 10. The act confers large powers, and in it the purpose of the founder in the establishment of the fund is clearly stated to be the estab- lishment of a system of retiring pensions in the higher institutions of learning of the three English speaking countries of North America, and in general the ad- vancement of the profession of the teacher and the cause of higher educa- tion. In view of this broad purpose the institution is named in the new act of incorporation the "Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching." This new charter will be adopted by the trustees at their meeting on April 9, and under it the trustees will then be ready for the actual awarding of grants, for which a large number of applications are already on file. One vacancy in the board, occasioned by the death of President Harper, is to be filled at this meeting. 190 THE BROWN ALUMNI MONTHLY THE BROWN ALUMNI MONTHLY Published for the Graduates of Brown University By the Brown Alumni Magazine Co. Robert P. Brown, Treas., Providence, R. I. Advisory Board William W. Keen, '59, Philadelphia, Pa. Henry K. Porter. '60. Pittsburg, Pa. Francis Lawton, '69, New York, N. Y. Robert P. Brown, '71, Providence William V. Kellen, '72. Boston. Mass. William E. Foster. '73, Providence Winslow Upton, '75, Providence Zechariah Chafee, '80, Providence Sam Walter Foss, '82. Somen.-ille. Mass. Gardner Colby. '87, New York, N. Y. Joseph N. Ashton, '91. Salem, Mass. William R. Dorman. '92, New York, N. Y. George A. Gaskill. '98. Worcester. Ma.ss. HENRY ROBINSON PALMER. '90. Editor HARRY LYMAN KOOPMAN. Associate Editor CLARENCE S. BRIGHAM, '99, Assistant Editor MARY D. VAUGHAN, '97. Alumni Editor and Business Manager Address all communications to the Brown Alumni Monthly, Brown University, Providence, R. L Subscription price, $1.00 a year. Single copies. Ten Cents. There is no issue during August and September. Entered at the Providence post office as second-class matter. APRIL, 1906 MORE ABOUT UNIVERSITY A R CHITECTURE A communication has been received by the Alumni Monthly from a mem- ber of the corporation of the university, in which ironical and violent exception is taken to certain statements in an edi- torial on university architecture in the March issue of this magazine. Con- densed and somewhat expurg-ated, this epistolary complaint may be resolved into the following essential elements : Rockefeller Hall, contrar\^ to the opinion stated by the Monthly, is a notably good ex- ample of the style of "those fine old Georgian halls which were the cradles of our American universities." The Monthly's criticism is peculiarly un- fortunate because the architects of Rockefeller Hall were also the architects of the Rhode Island state capitol, which building the Monthly greatly admires. "After the original plans (for Rockefellei Hall) were made, they were not altered to suit any amateur's taste, and they were not 'reduced in cost' " as the Monthly intimated was probable. The Monthly's criticism of the building- should have concerned itself with questions corcerning its location, composition, harmon^^ with neighboring buildings in style, color, material and cornice line, its contribution to the effect of the university buildings as a whole, its sincerity of exterior outline, its proportions, its economical arrangement and the like. But these questions were not dis- cussed by the Monthly. "The completed building has been admired and praised by some of those most competent to judge. One of the most widely known art critics in this country, when visiting Provi- dence, declared it one of the very best exam- ples of collegiate architecture and one of the fe-vv' beautiful buildings in this city. * * Some adverse criticisms have been heard, and naturally some were expected, but, so far as I know, you are the first to father them publicly, and are superior to the other merely destructive critics in that you suggest a rem- edy. 'Since the problem is not hopeless,' let us add a two-story piazza! We may expect other happy thoughts, — perhaps suggestions of bay windows for University Hall and a Mansard roof for Hope College." The Monthly said that "every precaution must be taken to exclude favoritism and in- competency in the choice of architects " To this our correspondent responds: " Favor- itism' is an ugly word. Do you really think it appropriate to the facts ? * * * No one should resent serious adverse criticism even if unintelligent, but frivolous and abusive crit- icism may properly be resented by the com- petent men you, Diogenes-like, are looking for. " And m.ore in a less judicial vein. Concerning this communication, we wish to say only that we stand by every statement in the March editorial. We believe it is absolutely true that the building is an architectural disappoint- ment. The fact that the architects were also the architects of the state capitol has nothing to do with the case. One building is beautiful, and the other, in our opinion, is not. The nameless art critic who disagrees with us is, we have reason to suppose, in a hopeless ininority among his fellow critics. If the original plans of the building were THE BROWN ALUMNI MONTHLY 191 not altered, one justification for any defects it may display is at once elimi- nated. The Monthly did not enter into details in its criticism, as it might have done, but contented itself with a greneral statement of the effect of the building;, as likewise regarding- two other college structures which it criti- cised. On this point we desire to say at this time only that if Rockefeller Hall is the best possible product of the Georgian (or, as it is better known on this side of the Atlantic, colonial) style of architecture, the reported decision of the university authorities to cling to this style in the erection of future buildings will not arouse great and general en- thusiasm. We do not say, nor have we ever thought, that Rockefeller Hall is an architectural abomination. Our ut- most criticism has been that it is an ar- chitectural disappointment, and if we are the first to give printed publicity to this opinion, we are not the first to give it publicity by casual and critical word of mouth. The suggestion of a southern portico was not ours, but we feel free to say that a pillared entrance of some sort would be in exact conformity with the colonial style, and not at all open to the criticism that would be evoked by the inharmonious alteration of Hope and University which our correspondent hu- morously suggests. Regarding "favoritism," we have only to say that we referred to the fu- ture and not to the past. We had no knowledge of the employment of favor- itism in the erection of any existing col- lege building, and our correspondent has become unduly excited in attempt- ing to make the coat fit himself or some- body else. Our point was merely this : A great library building is soon to be erected at Brown in honor of a highly distinguished alumnus. So widely was he known and loved, so general is the appreciation of his character and achievements, that we believe the op- portunity is open to the university to build a structure as a memorial to him which will be not only a useful addition to our educational eciuipment, but a monument in the best and noblest sense. "Every precaution," we said last month — and we wish to repeat the statement with all possible emphasis — "must be taken to exclude favoritism and incompetency in the choice of ar- chitects. The building must be erected with as much care as was expended in the preparations for the Rhode Island state capitol, which, being a thing of beauty, is likewise a joy forever." Of criticism in general it is enough to add that the imiversity will not be injured by it if its motives are sincere, intelligent and affectionate. If the Alumni Monthly believes that there are hurtful tendencies to be corrected, dangers to be guarded against, policies to be deprecated, it will stand where it has always stood — in behalf of the whole graduate body a friendly but un- swerving critic. 192 THE BRO WN ALUMNI MONTHLY TOPICS OF THE MONTH ON. HENRY WATTERSON editor of the Louisville, Ky., Courier-Journal , has accepted "with very .sfreat pleasure" the invitation of the university to be present in Provi- dence as one of the commencement speakers on Wednesday, June 20. Mr. Watterson is one of the most eloquent of living- American orators and his pres- ence ensures an interesting "post- prandial" programme. There is a special iitness in his selection as one of the speakers on commencement day at Brown, for George D. Prentice, the fa- mous editor of the Louisville Journal of other days, was a Brunonian grad- uate. fi Id ^ Suggestions for it is understood that Commencent the committee hav- ing in charge the commencement day arrangements con- templates the erection of a large tent on the middle campus, in which lunch will be served shortly after the return of the alumni procession from the church. This will relieve the confusion in Sayles Hall , where there is always an annoying congestion of tables, chairs, dishes, waiters and graduates, during the re- moval of the debris of the lunch in preparation for the speaking. The idea is to form the procession again after the lunch in the tent and march into the hall, where the largest possible number of seats will be in readiness and every alumnus will be able to have a place with the other members of his class, as has not always hap- pened in the past. The scheme looks like an excellent one and there certainly can be no great harm in trying it once. If it does not prove satisfactory it can easily be dropped next year. <^ ♦ ¥ Work Begun on Women's College Gymnasium which is to be Work has begun on the foundation of the Women's Col- lege gymnasium, built with the $50,000 gift of Frank A. vSayles '90, of Paw- tucket. Stone, Carpenter & Willson of Providence are the architects and Ma- guire & Penniman, also of this city, the contractors. The gymnasium has been badly needed at the Women's College and there is general gratification over the actual comtnencement of the struc- ture . Id Id 9» First Brown Din ner in Detroit The first Brown dinner ever held in Detroit, Michigan,, took place at the home of F. D. Stid- ham, '91, at 261 East Grand boulevard, on the evening of March 15. President Faunce, the guest of honor, spoke of the recent progress of the university and the brilliant careers of some of the best-known alumni. A permanent organization was ef- fected, to be known as the Brown Alumni Association of Michigan. The officers : F. D. Stidham, '91, presi- dent ; Hon. Jared W. Finney, '65, of Detroit, vice president ; George Hunt- ington, '82, of Detroit, secretary and treasurer; executive committee, the president, Rev. Dr. Spenser B. Meeser, honorary, '01; Philip J. Reid, '87; W. C. Leland, '93, of Detroit, and Profes- sor H. H. Kingston of Ann Arbor. The evening passed in the best of fel- lowship, with many happy reminis- ences recited. There were college songs, eloquent responses to toasts and a general good time. The oldest alum- nus in attendance was Samuel Austin Read, '54, of Romeo, Michigan. Letters of regret were received from President James Burrill Angell of the University of Michigan, Brown class of '49 ; Frank W. Anthony, '46, Oshkosh, Michigan, and Samuel A. Simpson, '50, Muskegon Heights, Michigan. *» ♦ «» Annual Dinner The Newport Al- at Newport umni Association of Brown University held its annual meeting and dinner on Tuesday evening, January 30. About THE BROWN ALUMNI MONTHLY 193 25 members and t^uests were present. At the regular business meeting:, at which Mr. Thurston presided in place of the president of the association, the following men were elected to office : president, Benjamin F. Thurston ; first vice-president, A. R. Wheeler ; second vice-president, William P. Buffum; sec- retary and treasurer, C. A. Carr ; ex- ecutive committee, F. M. Hammett, W. R. Harvey, R. G. Martin. President Faunce, Professor Walter C. Bronson and Professor William ^lacDonald spoke. 9fi ft Id Student Control of Athletics By vote of the fac- ult}^ the control of athletics has been entrusted to the students with certain important restrictions. No Brown student hereafter can participate in any intercollegiate contest unless he has been in residence a year ; a higher in- tellectual stand is required of all ath- letes and other important regulations have been put in force. Following is a summary of the new provisions : 1 The appointment, subject to the approval of the corporation, of a super- visor of athletics, among whose duties shall be the exclusion from teams of men who are physically unfit ; control of finances ; supervision of the work of managers ; supervision of coaching and training; and, so far as he can accom- plish it, the maintenance of proper standards of play and conduct. 2 Limitation of the absences allowed for athletic purposes to a number not exceeding that which any student may take without being required to account for them. 3 The exclusion of all students who have entrance conditions ; and of all who have deficiences amounting to more than four hours for the preceding term, or more than nine hours for all previous terms. 4 The exclusion of all students in their first year of residence, and of graduate students. 5 The retention in the hands of the faculty of the power and obligation im- posed upon it by the corporation to inake such modifications in the future as the interests of the university may seem to require. At a mass meeting, March 10, the undergraduate body unanimously ac- cepted the proffered control of the uni- versity's athletic affairs. I» 9> ¥ Alumni Dinner The annual dinner At Chicago of the Chicago Alumni Association was held at the Grand Pacific Hotel, March 14. The speakers and their topics were: "Brown University, Pres- ident W. H. P. Faunce. "The Inspira- tion of Brown," Prof. Francis W. Shepardson, '83. "What Does Brown Stand For?" Prof. Gerald B. Smith, '91. "The College Man's Power of Ex- pression," James P. Whyte, '96. The president of the association , Charles L. Bartlett, '82, was the toast- master. Impromptu speeches were made by A. H. Nelson, '58; B.C. Ewer, '99; Elmer T. Stevens, '04, and H. A. Dyer, '94. Songs, college yells and general good fellowship filled out the evening. The dinner was the largest attended and most enjoyed the associa- tion has ever held. Officers were elect- ed as follows: President, Francis W. Shepardson, '83; vice-president, Charles A. Maryott. '70; secretary -treasurer, Frank L. Morse, '86; executive com- mittee, Julius A. Johnson, '82, Ray- mond C. Cook, '95, Noble B. Judah Jr., '04. Those present were: O. S. Westcott '56, A. H. Nelson '58, Judge Edward O. Brown '67, F. P. Read '70, C. A. Marvott '70, D. L. Morrill '80, presi- dent W. H. P. Faunce '80, W. B. Bogert '82, Charles L. Bartlett '82, J. A. Johnson '82, Professor Francis W. Shepardson '83, Elam L. Clarke '85, Waukegan, 111., F. L. Morse '86, C. V. Roberts '86, Wayland J. Chase '87. Prof. Gerald B. Smith '91, Chester A. Cook '91, Arthur J. Llewellyn '93, H. A. Dyer '94, Raymond C. Cook '95, M. W. Jerengan '96, C. S. Churchill '96, James P. Whyte '96, Fred W. Arnold '98, M. F. Church '98, B. C. Ewer ,99, Northwestern University, Harold B. Maryott '00, Robert L. Barrows '03, Leslie R. Hicks '03, C. B. Leland '04, Noble B. Judah, Jr. '04, Elmer T. Stevens '04, C. B. Lester '00, University of Wisconsin. 194 THE BROWN ALUMNI MONTHLY Woonsocket The Sons of Brown Reunion of Woonsocket held their annual dinner and reunion at the St. James Hotel, February 26. The speakers were Hon- Carroll D. Wrig-ht, president of Clark Colleg-e, Worcester; President Faunce, H. L. Koopman and John A. Gammons, '98. There were 45 persons in attendance. President vSweatt was toastmaster. Fol- lowing" is the list of officers for the en- suing' year: President, Arthur F. Bal- lon; vice-president, Frank E. McFee; secretary, Fred E. Whittaker; treasurer, Arthur Comee; executive committee, Rev. F. H. Spear, Rev. William Ash- ton Thompson and Leslie Houg'h. ¥ l» t> First Brown Dinner The first formal in Southern States Brown dinner ever held in the South took place at Atlanta, Ga., on Friday evening, March 23. President Faunce was present, as were Governor Terrell of Georg-ia, the president of the Atlanta chamber of commerce and the superin- tendent of schools. Other than these three the company of 25 consisted of Brown men. The oldest g'raduate pres- ent was Milton George Robert, '47, of Washington, Ga., who came, despite his 83 years, 150 miles to the dinner and made a capital speech, full of fire. Another Brunonian travelled from Mis- sissippi to be present. The enthusiasm was excellent, and so pleased was the company with the success of the meet- ing that a permanent organization was formed under the name of the Brown Alumni Association of the South, with Rev. W. W. Landrum, D. D., '72, of Atlanta as president and Professor Charles K. Francis, '96, of Spartans- burg, S. C, as secretary. The associ- ation will meet at Atlanta next vear. |» y |» University- Faculty Notes Professor Wilson lectured in March at Mount Holyoke Col- lege and at Wells College. Professor Everett during the vacation delivered a course of five lectures at the University of Illinois. On Wednesday, March 14, Professor Poland delivered a lecture before the Current Topics club of Newport on "Pompeii." Professor Poland has recently pub- lished a revised and augmented edition of his "Lecture Outlines on the History of Roman and Mediaeval Art for the Use of Classes in Brown University." The book gives, especially when used, as is intended, in connection with Dr. W. H. Goodyear' s "Roman and Mediaeval Art" (Macmillan), an excellent survey of the period suggested in the title. It begins with the early population of Italy and continues to the close of the Gothic era. The volume contains 32 printed pages and has blank pages at the end for notes. It is well printed by the Snow & Farnham Co. of Providence and bears the date of 1906. An article entitled "The Knights of Labor and the Ainerican Federation of Labor" by Dr. William Kirk, instructor in political economy at Brown, has just appeared in the most recent book on the labor cjuestion, "Studies in Ameri- can Trade Unionism," published by Henry Holt & Co. Dr. Kirk describes the structural differences between the two representative labor organizations and compares their respective activities in certain typical fields. This involves a survey of the policies of the two or- ganizations with respect to the union label, the reduction in the length of the working day, co-operation, strikes and boycotts, and finally politics and legis- lation. The conclusion is reached that the American Federation of Labor will remain the more important factor in the American labor movement so long as the leadership continues efficient and conservative Professor Manatt has made the fol- lowing dates : April 6, paper before classical conference at Springfield, Mass. ; April 27, address before the Classical club of Philadelphia . Professor Manatt is the lecturer for 1906-07 at Wheaton seminary. Alumni *ear he was principal of the high school at Holyoke, Mass , and the following year, 1864, he became a teacher in the Providence High School, a position which he held for eleven years, until 1875, when appointed to the office of state commissioner of public schools. This position he held for a period of thirty years, and during that time won the the confidence and respect of the entire state. Especially worthy of note is the fact that after years of patient and untiring effort on his part, the Rhode Island General Assembly passed a law establishing the town system of public schools, in place of the old district sys- tem. This law went into effect in January, 1904 During the year 1904 to 1905 Mr. Stockwell's health began to fail, and realizing that he must have complete rest, he resigned from the position which he had so long held. The Board of Education in accepting his resigna- tion, passed resolutions appreciative of the "singularly devoted and efficient services ren- dered by him during his tenure of the ofilce." Besides his reports and many articles relat- ing to education, Mr. Stockwell edited from 1867-75, while a teacher in the Providence high school. The Rliode Island Schoohnaster; and in 1876 published A History oj Public Ed- ucation ill Rhoae Island, 1636-1S76. On May 15. 1865, Mr. Stockwell married Miss Harriet E. Davis of Westfield, Mass., who survives him, with their three sons. Rev. Frederick Emerson Stockwell, '90, of Beverly, N. J ; Arthur Mayhew Stockwell, '97, of Oil City, Penn.; and Edward Amos Stockwell, '99, Esq., of Providence. Mr. Stockwell was a member of the Central Congregational Church of Providence, and for the last year has served as deacon of the church. THOMAS B. BISHOP, 1864 Thomas B. Bishop, of the class of 1864, a pioneer attorney of San Francisco and a distinguished member of the California bar, died at his home in San Francisco, Wednes- day, February 7, 1906, aged 55 years, 7 months and lO' days. Mr. Bishop was born in East Providence, R. I., June 20, 1840. He entered Brown University with the class of I864 and remained three years. He then be- gan the study of law, and in 1865 went to San Francisco where he commenced the practice of his profession. He organized the law firm of Garber, Thornton and Bishop. This firm has changed several times since then and a 200 THE BRO WN AL UMNI MONTH L } ' the time of his death was known as Bishop and Hoefler. During his long career at the bar Mr. Bishop was connected with manj^ of the important legal cases of the state. Mr. Bishof has held many positions of trust, and at the time of his death was a trus- tee of the San Francisco Free Public Library, the Hastings Law College, the California State Mining Bureau, and the Miranda Lux School of Mechanical Arts Some five years after he went to San Fran- cisco, married Miss Jo.sephine Hall of Albany, N Y., who, with their four sons, Thomas P., James H., Edward and Frank, survives him. WILLIAM TAYLOR GRINNELL, 1898 WiUiam Taylor Grinnell of the class of 1898, after a short illness, died at his home, on Brenton avenue. Providence, Wednesday, February 14, 1906, aged 30 years and 2 days. He was the son of William Taylor and Leila S. Freeman Grinnell, and was born in Wash- ington, D. C, February 12, 1876. He prepared for college at the University grammar school and in 1894 entered Brown University, graduating with the degree of Ph. B., in 1898. Since graduation he has been connected with the General Fire Ex- tinguisher Company of Providence. BRUNONIANS FAR AND NEAR DEAN WILLIAM A. WILBUR, 1888 jT is with the greatest pleasure that we announce the election of Professor William Allen Wilbur , as permanent dean of Columbian College, says the ''UnivcrsHy I Hatchet' of George Washington University, Washington, D. C. Dean Wilbur came to us in 1895, as dean of Columbian Academy, the prep, school which was then part of the university. He held this office until 1897, when the academy was abandoned and he was made professor of English in the university. In this capacity he taught both in the college and in the Corcoran Scientifiic School, which necessitated his teaching both day and night, and yet, so great was his ca- pacity for work, that the last class in the evening received the same sincere and thoughtful attention as the first class in the morning. In 1902, the trustees created the office of corresponding secretary of the university and acting on the principle that if anything is to done, get the busiest man possible to do it, they elected Professor Wilbur to this office. He acted in this double capacity until the reorganization of the university under Presi- dent Needham's administration. This reorganization provided for the con- solidation of the college and the Corcoran Scientific School under the name of the Col- umbian College and as this was merely a tem- porary organization until the detail the de- tails of incorporation could be completed, it was decided to have at the head of the col- lege only an acting dean. Professor Wilbur was chosen for this office and has so endeared himself to all the students and professors, and indeed, to all who have had any dealings with him, that it was without the least hesita- tion that the trustees elected him perma- nent dean, upon the completion of the col- lege. * » * Before coming here. Dean Wilbur was a teacher at Vermont Academy, Saxton's River, Vt., 1888-89 ; instructor in latin, Colby Acad- emy, New London, N. H., 1889-90; and in- structor in history and English literature, Howard Seminary, Mass., 1890-95. He was born in Mystic, Conn., August 15; 1864 ; graduated from Brown L'niversity, 1888, and received his A. M. degree in 1894. He was chosen by his class as class poet, an office which has been filled by many promi- nent men at Brown. Upon graduation he was elected to Phi Beta Kappa and he is also a prominent member of the Delta Kappa Ep- silon fraternity. 1841 The following incident is worthy of mention in regard to the late Hon. John Milton Thayer LL. D., 1841 : His regiment was stationed at Fort Leavenworth. News came from In- dependence, Mo., that four soldiers had been captured by the rebels and were held as spies, awaiting death. General Thayer determined to save them, boarded the boat and went down to Independence with his company. He proceeded at once to the jail and demanded the release of the four Union soldiers imprison- ed there and his demand was granted. He took them back to Fort Leavenworih and gave them their liberty. 1853 Ex-President Edward H. Magill of Swarth- more College sent the Alumni Monthly a pamphlet containing an interesting historical address by himself on "When Men Were Sold : the Underground Railroad in Bucks County, Pennsylvania." 1858 The Shield, the organ of the Theta Delta Chi, devotes its issue for September, 1905, largely to a series of memorial sketches of John Hay. Of particular interest to Brown men is an article from the pen of Hon. William L. Stone, '58, who was Hay's classmate and friend. Mr. Stone gives several reminiscences of Hay's college life and illustrates the article with a picture of Hay taken while in col- ege. The committee appointed at the winter alumni meeting in Washington to take action with regard to the death of John Hay, '58, has reported the following minutes : THE BRO IVN AL UMNI MO A THL Y 201 "The Brown Alumni Association of Mary- land and the District of Columbia was greatly honored in having John Hay as its president for four years. At this, their first meeting since his death, the members of the as- sociation desire to give formal expres- sion to their profound sense of grief at his loss, their enduring pride in him as a fellow alumnus and their high appreciation of his services to his country and to the world. They rejoice in the knowledge that a new li- brary building, bearing his name, is to be erected at Brown, since they believe that no more fitting memorial could be raised to him. He was first and always a man of letters, a lover and reader of books, with a rarely equalled knowledge of all that is best in the world's literature. He was preeminently the intellectual man, the embodiment of the things of the spirit. No son of Brown has brought higher honor to his Alma Mater or won greater credit for her academic scholar- ship. His name over the doorway of her library will be an inspiration to ambitious 3'outh in the university for all time to come. No less inspiring is the record of his public services, which made for the peace of nations and the welfare of mankind. In him develop- ment as a man of letters went hand in hand with development as a statesman. He was from early manhood till death literally a "scholar in politics," and his achievements in the field of international affairs placed him in the first rank of the diplomats of the world. Brown University places his name on the list of her graduates side by side with that of Henry Wheaton and is proud and grateful that she can claim credit of two such worthy sons. In private and in public life the character of John Hay was unassailed and unassailable. The tongue of calumny was dumb in his presence. Accomplished scholar, brilliant author, sagacious statemen, great diplomat, Christian gentleman — history will write his name high on the roll of men whom he desig- nated, in his beautiful tribute to McKinley, as those "through whose efforts and struggles the world is helped onward and humanity moves to a higher level and a brighter day." (Signed) Joseph Bucklin Bishop, j. c. monaghan, William Adams Slade, For the association. 1862 Dr. Frank W. Draper has changed his ad- dress from 304 Marlboro street, Boston, Mass., to 514 Harvard street, Brookline, Mass. 1876 Rowland G. Hazard is president of the Rhode Island League of Societies for Rural Progfress. 1880 Hon. John T. Blodgett was a speaker at the dinner of the Rhode Island Mayflower De- scendants on Thursday evening, March 15. 1885 Charles T. Eaton, principal of the Stoning- ton. Conn., borough schools, has been elected president of a newly organized teachers' asso- ciation of the town, which includes' several villages. 1886 Professor Asa C. Crowell, governor of the Rhode Island Mayflower Descendents, acted as toastmaster at their dinner given on Thurs- day evening, March 15. 1888 At a recent meeting of the University Club of Poughkeepsie, N. Y., Josiah Bartlett was elected president. Mr. Bartlett has been in- structor in mathematics and physics at the Riverview Academy in Poughkeepsie since 1894. Previously he taught at Lisbon, N. H. 1891 On the afternoon of February 19, 1906, the class of 1891 had a meeting at the University Club, at which a committee of arrangements for the reunion in June was appointed. This committee consists of Rev. George H. Ferris, president, Frank L. Hinckley, secretary F. T.I. McDonnell, treasurer, Robert W. Taft and Martin S. Fanning. 1891 honorary Professor Courtney Langdon gave a lec- ture recital on "Dante's Beatrice as the sym- bol of man's spiritual nature" before the ladies of the Providence Art Club on Thursday afternoon, March 15. 1893 and 1894 Henry A. Barker, '93, spoke on the Metro- politan park scheme for Providence and vi- cinity at a meeting, March 22, of the Uni- tarian Club of this city, of which Henry G. Sharpe, '94, is president. 1895 Rev. A. W. Bustard was the speaker at the Y. M. C. A., Providence, on Sunday after- noon, March 11. His subject was "What makes a man a fool ?" Born to Mr. and Mrs. Edward Perkins Jas- tram, on March 19, 1906, a son, Whitney Jastram. 1897 Rev. Harris E. Starr of Storrs, Conn., has de- clined a call to the pastorate of the Congrega- tional church at Chester, Conn. Born to Mr. and Mrs. John D. Rockefeller, Jr., on March 21, 1906, a son, John D. Rocke- feller, 3d. Capt. Maurice H. Cook, of the signal corps. Rhode Island militia, was warmly congratu- lated at its recent inspection, on the efficiency shown by his command. Miss Winifred Manatt, '97, was married at noon, Tuesday, March 17, 1906, to Herbert Marion Bacon of Philadelphia. The wedding occurred at the home of her father, Professor J. Irving Manatt, and was in accordance with the simple rites of the Society of Friends af- 202 THE BROWN ALUMNI MONTHLY ter which there were prayer and a benediction by Rev. Dr. James G. Vose. The brides- maids were Miss Caroline Bacon of Philadel- phia and Miss Helen Manatt, Wellesley, '03. Dr. John Bacon of Philadelphia and William Whitney Manatt were the ushers, Dr. Bacon acting as best man. The wedding marches were rendered on the violin and piano by Miss Sarah Imbrie Manatt, '01, and Mrs. William Setchell Learned. At the wedding breakfast, which occurred immediately after the cere- mony, Mr. Frank B. Sanborn of Concord, N. H., a life long friend of Professor Manatt, read three sonnets addressed to the bride. Mr. Sanborn is a well known man of letters and a former associate of many of the New England poets and authors now passed away. Mr. and Mrs. Bacon upon their return from their wedding trip through the South and elsewhere will live at Torresdale, Phila- delphia. 1898 Miss Gertrude S. Kimball read a paper be- fore the Brown University Teachers' Associa- tion at its recent meeting. Her subject was "The educational value of history in second- ary schools. " 1899 Charles D. Atkins, secretary of the Ameri- can Society for Extension of University Teaching, Philadelphia, has increased the so- ciety's endowment by raising a fund of $25,000. Through the same effort the membership has grown the past year from 297 to 450. Carlos G. Hilliard, M. D., '99, who has been interne at the R. I. Hospital for the last two years, has opened an office at 483 Elmwood avenue, Providence. E. W. McKeen is with the Union Twist Drill Co., at Athol, Mass. George A. Goulding, for four years organist at the Church of the Unity, Worcester, Mass., is now engaged in the same capacity at Cal- vary Baptist Church, Providence. Miss Julia M. Cawley, '99, has recently an- nounced her engagement to Dr. Svviney of Paterson, N. J. The home address of Charles Bates Dana is Cedar Gate, Darien, N. Y. 1900 Charles W Clark, '00, who has been asso- ciated in law with John M. Cutrer, announces that he has opened an office for the general practice of law at Rooms 2 and 4. First Nat- ional Bank building, Clarksdale, Miss. Miss Helen Waterman, '00, is teaching at the Technical high school, Providence. Rev. Harold S. Capron of Elmira, N. Y., has received a unanimous call to the pastorate of the South Congregational church, Roches- ter, N.Y. Mr. Capron studied theology at the Union Seminary in New York city, grad- uating in 1903. 1902 The present address of Charles R. Austin, '02, is 232 Acamemy street, Trenton, N.J. 1900 and 1902 The engagement of Miss Adrienne Mathews, '00, to Harold W. Nichols, '02, has recently been announced. 1903 Miss Ethel Rich, '03, is teaching at the Hope street high school, Providence. 1905 William H. Albrecht, '05, is now a teacher at James Academy, Dwight, Ind. Ter., a gov- ernment Indian school. Charles Z. Alexander, is studying law at the Harvard Law School. His address is 14 Mellen street, Cambridge, Mass. George D. Allison, '05, is studying for the ministry at Union Theological Seminarv, N. Y. City. Arthur R. Brown, '05, is in the employ of the government at the Panama Canal. His address Bas Obispo, Canal Zone. Bertram C. Bugbee, "05, is a student at Newton Theological Seminary, Newton Cen- tre, Mass. Raymond D. Cady, '05, is at present a graduate student and assistant in chemistry at Brown University. Next year he intends to enter business. Charles H. Douglass, '05, is with the General Electric Co., Lynn, Mass. His address is 309 Summer street. DeWitt C. Eggleston, '05, is with the Western Electric Co., N. Y. City. The address of John P. Jilson, '05, is Burns Mills, N. Y. Jesse M. Gathanay, '05, is teaching history at the Hope street high school. Providence, and is a graduate student at the university. Clarence W. Holmes, '05, is a teacher at Caswell Academy, Fiskhill Landing, N. Y. Leon M. Kendall, '05, is a student teacher at the Hope street high school, Providence. Arthur C. Maxfield, '05, is with the Hope Webbing Co., of Pawtucket, R. I. Jacob C. Millard, '05, is a draughtsman with the Waterbury Clock Co. His address is 68 Abbott avenue, Waterbnry, Ct. Harold C. Newton, '05, is a student teacher and graduate student at the universit}'. Sangkyu Pak, '05, has returned to his home in Seoul, Korea. William A. Read, '05, is a student teacher and graduate student at the university. Roy Towne, '05, is principal of a school at CWd Lyme, Ct. Charles E. Robinson, '05, is an instructor a^ the Ohio Military Institute, College Hill, Cin- cinnati, O. Paul Weiss, '05, is principal of a school at Kewanna, Ind. Ray P. Hovey is with the American Bridge Works, Cambridge, Penn. Frank C. Hulse is with the General Electric Works, at their Schenectady branch. His address is 113 Clinton street.