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H o b a r t H era Id April 9, 1942 H O B A . R T H E R A L D Founded 1879 Vol. L X I I I April 9,1942 No. 24 E D ITO RIAL DEPARTMENT Editor-in-Chief ...... ... ...........— ........ - ..............- .................. Associate Editor ... - ......... - ........... . ............ .. ................... News Editor ........... - .......... — ........ .. .................................... FttSures Editor . . . . . . . . . . . - ................... . - ......... . . .. .. literary Editor .... . ........... ... ......... ... ........... .. ................. .. Sports Editor ......... ... ........... ... ........ - ................. .................. Assistant Sports Editor . ........................... . ............................ Social sictivities Editor . ............................................... . Staff Photographer . - ......... - ........... ... ................................. Assistant to the Editor-in-Ckiof . .................... - .................. ,. CrxoacE V . P alermo .. C onrad F . L a T oue H. K. T ea via ZE dwaid K. S mith . . . . . . C haexei K eene . . . . . L. M. H imelein .... V ictor M aitland .... . . G eorge H olton ..,. D avid B baybeooxe S T A F F REPORTERS N orm an Rota H iibkkt B aerjeu . W illiam G owelx . R ichabd L inton T a c k H ildiitk R oiert B iown R a y O llis L loyes T onnes S. F . XANOrOBT D oikald D rive * E dikund B racks * J onxn H oward H ow ard B uckley BUSIN ESS DEPARTMENT Business Manager . ................ .... ........ .. .............. ... .................. J. XLaweinc* Oseoene Circulation Managers ......... ... ............... N ich o la s V . B iow n , A lan Emebice Entered ai second-dana mattex at t b e Poet O ffice, Geaen, N . Y ., uader the Act of M a r c h 8, 1897. Published eevtry Tlaunday o f tbe school yea*- by tbe students of Hobart Colie#*, Geneva, N. Y . Represented for sitiosul advertiiio* by M t t iou l Adrertiiiac Service. Inc., 410 Madison Are., New York, N . Y, Member o f tbe Associated Collects te Press, distributor of tbe Collegiate Digest. DESCRIBES EARLY DAYS AT HOBART • • • T H E Y S A Y As the time for installing a new president of Hobart and Wil liam Smith Colleges grows ever nearer, speculation as to the type of man t o be named becomes more and more plentiful as the days and weeks pass. And since in the course of time there has accumu lated a substantial amount of comment during the everyday conver sation o f members o f the college community, it might not be out of place,to single out some o f the more deeply thougfxt expressions and give them the benefit of inspection. Sentiment Favors Non-Clergy mam It would appear tliat there is a widely-held belief to the effect that the tradition o f having an Episcopalian clergyman serve as president might be revived after Dr. William A, Eddy’s term came as the only exception to the century-old custom, Student sentiment upon this particular question seems to incline against favoring a clergyman for the Hobart presidency a t this time. In the first place, many students consider the qualities of the successful clergyman and those of the successful college president to be \yy no means identi cal; while others feel that although a topnotch minister might do very well, men of this caliber would now be situated in such inipor tant posts that they could not consider coming here. This group con cludes that in all probability only second-rate men would be available, and that, therefore, any overemphasis upon the desirability of secur ing the services of a clergyman might result in an unfortunate choice. Desire Effective Leader Student opinion recognizes the bonds between Hobart College and the Episcopal Church, and nearly everyone possessing an opin ion at all sees the value of naming a man of that creed to the college leadership. But a few who have thought more deeply think that they see one instance in which the choice of a non-Epis-copalian might be a wiser on e : The Board o f Trustees will seek for a. mail who posses ses a fairly great number o f definite personal qualifications, and that men lacking here or there will be eliminated as the choice narrows. There is in some quarters oil campus the fear that a mail might be chosen who possessed all of the qualities, but who possessed each of them only to a small degree, thereby being in n o way an effective ‘all-round personality. Specifically, there lias been expressed the thought that if the final clioice were to rest between two men, the first of whom possessed ten necessary qualifications in a modest de gree and the second o f whom (a 11011 -Episcopalian) possessed nine to a full extent, that the lattrer should be chosen, si nee his other ex tensive abilities would more than compensate for liis one failing, — G.V. F>. }43 OLD METAL, CLOTH TAKEN AS SALVAOE Over one ton of waste material w a s collected b y Hobart students- yester day afternoon when a group* of the more service-minded young m e n requi sitioned one of the college trucks and gathered an overflowing' load o f paper, rags and metal. The waste articles were secured at tlie respective f r a ternity houses after tlie collection committee had made previous a r rangements for the pick-up, The contributions w i l l lie turned over to M r . Richard Shrives, chair man of th e City Salvage Committee. However, the present results will be supplemented by a subsequent: collec tion in order that those w h o were missed yesterday might have a chance to take p a r t in the patriotic undertak ing. Members of the college com m uni ty have therefore teen asked to set aside whatever they c a n sacrifice. Kappa Sigs Extend Lead By Trouncinc| Neutrals Com ing from behind with two men out in the last inning a s Ross Zor now clouted a h o m e run to score three men ahead o f him, Kappa Sig ma defeated Neutral B last night, 9-7, to score tlxeir second consec utive softball victory. The triumph gave undisputed leadership of the Or ange League to tire winners and made them favorites to cop the title. BOYLE HARVESTS READY Y e s , Spring is upon us and fresh green shoots arc pushing through the ground once more. But it will be a Spring harvest f o r tlie audience in Coxe Hall, as certain green shoots that have been cultivated by Director Boyle are ready f o r their early harvest of corn. Ill \ Thia Century-Old Photograph It Included Among The Sfiectn Of Dr. Benjamin Hale, Former Hobart Prexy, Which Have Thi* Week Been Secured by tbe Colleie Library ui S t u d e n t P r a n k s o f T o d o y P a l e B e f o r e T h o s e o f 1 8 4 0 ' s , R e v e a l H a l e P a p e r s By H. R . Traver “February 2 , — College Faculty Meeting: Resolved that Pringle, Mason, Andrezos artd Goodwin, for smoking Shielof’s room have fifty demerits each. Resolved that a line be drawn under the entries for demerit of last term, if that they remain for subsequent action \ “April 1,— Freshman had a spree in Andrew’s room■ last night. Bridsal admits that he zt'as intoxicated — for the first time.— fnot used to Irish, drank but a little J Andreiv denies he was drun k — ‘drank only a little lemonade zvith w ine in- it/ Deferred this matter till n e x t term.\ Faculty members soil I please refrain from criticizing a college staff f o r occupying itself zvith trivial matters s o openly, zvith no attempt to importance ; students, from being disappointed at missing a beer party. The above com ments were written in tlie y e a r 1852, T h e y are but a few lines o f former Hobart President Benjamin Hale’s records o f activities at Hobart from 18 4 3 until 1856, which have just teen acquired b y the college library. Hobart’s third president, Dr. H a le*1' headed w h at was then c a lled Geneva Academy from 1835 until 1858, A Bowdoin graduate, he received a Mas ter of A r t s degree and a degree o f Doctor of Medicine from Dartmouth and a S. T . D. from Columbia. Before coming to Geneva, President Hale oc cupied the chair of Professor of Chem istry and Pharmacy at Dartmouth. While at Hobart, he devoted his time to running the college, lobbying in Al bany for a grant for the college and collecting private subscriptions for the college from members of the Episco pal Diocese of Western N e w York. K e p t Extensive R e c o r d During his stay in Geneva, Presi dent Hale kept a complete record of faculty meetings and irregular hap penings in Geneva and T r in ity Halls both of which were used as dormitor ies. Frosh now living in Geneva Hall can be certain that tlie c l a s s of 1945 has nothing on its predecessors of a century ago. Read some entries in Benjamin H a le’s notebook: “November 23, 1848— G o o d deal o f noise in Trinity Hall about ten fifteen, balls rolling on second floor. Professor Lozv fastened in, got out, advanced toward the North end o f the hall. 1 sazv JVestcoll and sonic others run into No. 66, could not get admittance.” \Noi’cmber 24, 1849 — Stopped some rather loud singing about ten-thirty, p.m. “February 1, 1850— Door of 32 Ge neva Hall broken to pieces betivcen eight and nine. I asked Strong about il. About nine, p.m., he was in his room. Someone came, opened the door, threw in zvater, shut door and tied him in. Strong broke out the upper pari o f the door ” Varied Collection The documents of President Hale include letters concerning college af fairs, bills, receipts, newspaper clip pings, tickets, church reports, sub scription lists, mortgages on college grounds and various papers concern ing college activities. Outstanding among these are personal journals, memoranda of lobby work at Albany from 1843-1858 (when Dr. H a le suc ceeded i n obtaining aid for the college from the state legislature); the origi nal draft of tlie stipulations of the White Prizes (drawn up in 1856) ; certificate of honorary membership in the Medical Society of Geneva College (signed in 1838 by Thomas Spencer) ; a copy o f the resolutions of the trus tees 011 the purchase o f the President’ s House, M ay 2 1 , 1858, “at the price o f four thousand dollars” ; and records of subscriptions for endowing-a “H o bart Professorship” . It is interesting to note President H ale’s comment in his personal jour nal of the commencement exercises at which th e world’s first degree o f Doc tor of Medicine was given to Eliza beth Blackwell. Evidently, he was not too impressed. On January 23, 1849, lie wrote: “Med: Commencement — one lady M.D..” In c lu d e s 1843 Bulletin Also among the recently acquired papers, xs a Geneva College bulletin fo r the college year 1843-44. Adm is sion then required a reading knowl edge of both Latin and Greek. Each instructor kept a class-bill on which he marked numerically the quality o f cadi recitation and recorded every ab sence, This bill was given to the Presi dent of tlie college each week. Chapel attendance w a s required twice a day. The tuition -was twenty dollars a year, while “room rent, use of library, services of janitor, fuel for recitation room and all other ordinary college charges” came to twenty-five dollars a year. Board could be had in private families at $1.50 to $2.50 per week. Students interested further either in the history of the college o r th e City of Geneva may examine Dr. Hale’s papers b y asking at the library desk. A R O U N D T h e C I R C U I T By V. I. MAITLAND Jack P e o and Kappa S ig m a cor dially invite th? faculty a n d students; of Hobart and William Sm ith Col leges to a n evening of fun Saturday April 11th. at 8: 1 5 p.m. in C o x e Hall, The entire group attending this af fair is requested to assem ble in Coxe H a ll where entertainment uf an original and ajnusing va r ie t y will be presented. Upon completion of the prelim inary program, dancing and refreshments will be 011 the pro gram in the Hobart gymnasium. Jack has personally requested that each and every student, facu lt y mem ber, and pet from the tw o colleges 1 attend. T h e show is entirely free and will b e presented as P e o ’s way of thanking everyone for h is happy | years at H o b art. Four sophom o m and on e fresh man were inducted into tlao Phi Phi Delta fraternity Monday, April 6th. The new members are William H, Gowell, Jr., ’44, of Swaxnpicott, H a st.; Richard J. Linton, ’44, of Cambridge, Mass.; Herbert If. Bar- rall, ’44, o f Wilkes-Barre, Pa.; Ger ald E. Harrington, ’44, o f Water town; aad Robert S. Wheaton, ’45, of Monaca, Pa. Also n e w ly initiated In s t Honday night w e r e Donald F, D r iv e r , ’44, and Raymond R . Neill, ’4 2 , both of Kenmore, by the Kappa S i g m a Fra ternity. Delta P s i Omegas are b u s y mak ing plans for a dinner-dance to be held the Saturday of Spring Week end. S in c e Sam Stewart, Jiggs Markham and Jim Morgan are all leaving f o r the army on o r about June 1st, the D.P.O.’s have made ar rangements for a A h Revoir week-end at White Lake after school closes. The Theta Delta Chi fraternity were hosts last week-end to several alumni, among -whom were Charles Willmarth, ’39; Harry Brayton, ’38; Roy Smith, ’40; William Bobbin, '40; Leo Eisenberg, '40; and Bill Remick, ’38. The Thete boys have already completed many o f their proposed plans for making their coming Spring Week-end the most successful ever enjoyed by their chapter. From t h e Kappa Alpha Lodge we have news of B i l l Redfield, ’ 40, now a sophomore a t Syracuse Medical School. H e visited the house and was on cam p u s several d a y s . Upon graduation he w i ll enter the Army medical corps. Bill Carpenter, ’41, who is n o w attending H a rvard Busi ness School, returned to spend the Spring vacation in Geneva. After completion of a three y e a r course Bill plans to serve in th e Naval Ordnance Department. The new doors for St. John’s Chapel have been given t o the col lege by the parents o f ‘William David Ripley as a memorial to him. Completion of the installation is planned -within the week and dedi cation services have been set for the Monday o f Commencement. Last w e e k ’s elections a t the Sig ma Chi house uncovered a new po sition in the form of C h ie f assist ant “grave guard.” Elected to that office w a s “Bobo” and he is assist ant to “ Sparky” Adams. Yisiting last week for the final tim e before he leaves to keep his date w i t h Uncle Sam was Jack Kidd, former head of the house. Fordham Unhrersity S C H O O L O F L A W N e w York CASE SYSTEM Three-Year Day Course Four-Year Evening Course COEDUCATIONAL Member Assn. of American Law- Schools Completion of Two Years of College Work with Good Grides Required for Intranet MORNING AND EVENING CLASSES First Year Classes Begin O 11 June 15th and Sept. 28th, 1942 and February 1st, 1943 With summer work, Day Course may be completed in two calendar years and eve ning course in two years and eight months. For Further information address R e g is trar Fordham L a w School 233 Broadw ay, New York
