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White '15 Heads Alumni
EW president of the Cornell Al-
N umni Association is Robert W.
White '15 (above), vice-president and
chief financial officer of Union Carbide
& Carbon Corp., New York City. He
was elected by the directors of the Association,
meeting at the Cornell Club
of New York, November 5, for a twoyear
term succeeding Elbert P. Tuttle
'18, whose term expired.
White has been associated with the
development of Union Carbide and its
subsidiaries into one of the largest chemical
companies in the world, since he
received the BS in 1915. He entered
Agriculture from Brockport Normal
School in 1911, became managing
editor of the Cornellian, was for two
years business manager of the ALUMNI
NEWS, and was elected secretary of
the Class of '15. He is a member of
Alpha Tau Omega, Sphinx Head, the
ALUNMI NEWS advisory board, and
the Greater Cornell Committee.
The directors elected White a director-at-large
of the Association, as
they did Mrs. Henry Gichner (Isabelle
Saloman) '29 of Washington,
D.C., and elected Mrs. Gichner second
vice-president. William Littlewood
'20 of Garden City was elected first
vice-president and General Alumni
Secretary Emmet J. Murphy '22 was
re-elected secretary-treasurer. District
directors present re-elected Littlewood
as their chairman and the directors
from College alumni associations
elected as their chairman Dr.
William D. Stubenbord '31, president
of the Medical College Alumni Association.
Both thus become members
of the executive committee of the
Cornell Alumni Association.
Littlewood reported as chairman of
a special committee on district boundaries
and district directors, recommending
the establishment of nine
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districts for election of directors in
place of the seven now established, the
proposal for the necessary amendment
of the by-laws to be submitted at the
annual meeting of the Association
next June in Ithaca.
Intimate Concerts
/CHAMBER music concerts in the
^-* University series opened with the
London String Quartet in the Willard
Straight Theater, November 2, and
the second series, with the New York
Wind Ensemble, November 9.
The audience enjoyed from the
String Quartet a program, superbly
performed, of the "Quartet in D
Minor" by Haydn and the Quartets of
Debussy and Beethoven.
The New York groups, of a brass
ensemble of five players and a quintet
of four woodwinds and a French
horn, played a varied and interesting
program which included works by
Johann Pezel, Anthony Holborne,
Henry Purcell, Giovanni Gabrieli, and
Ingolf Dahl by the brasses, selections
from Darius Milhaud and Paul
Hindemith by the woodwinds, and
Bach "Chorales" by the two groups
together.
Y
Savages Entertain
ALP ta Segavas," the 1948 show
of the Savage Club of Ithaca,
packed Bailey Hall for two performances,
November 12 and 13, during
the University's Autumn Week
End. This is said to be the first time
the Savages have given a repeat
performance; the experiment was
eminently successful.
Transposed, the show's title means
"Savages at Play," and the show was
again a public meeting of the Club,
brought up from its basement rooms
on Green Street. From the hearty
laughter of Professor Rollo Tallcott of
Ithaca College as Prolocutor reading
a Prolegomenon written in verse by
Professor Bristow Adams, through a
fast-paced and varied program of
songs, stunts, juggling, and magic by
the Brother Savages, the performances
were equally enjoyed by the Club
members on stage and the audience
which included many houseparty
guests. In all, some thirty Savages
showed their talents, including students,
members of the Faculty, Ithaca
members of the Club, and Alfred F.
Sulla, Jr. '29 from Harrison with his
banjo. Master of ceremonies was
Professor Elmer S. Phillips '32, introduced
by the Club president, William
B. Corcoran '23. Sam Jones, the new
Club steward who has replaced the
long-time steward, James Miller,
now incapacitated by illness, came on
stage to pour libations.
The program contained an interesting
history of the Savage Club's
fifty-three years by Professor Bristow
Adams and entertaining notes on members
and their specialties written by
"Sewoh Yar," transposed from Ray
Howes '24, Secretary of the University.
Chairman of the committee for
the show was R. Selden Brewer '40,
Alumni Field Secretary, and the director
and production manager was
Joseph A. Short.
Lackawanna Active
TACKAWANNA Cornell Club of
-L' New Jersey president this year
is Roscoe H. Fuller '24 of Chatham.
Vice-president is George C. Norman
'35 of Short Hills; secretary-treasurer,
F. Crampton Frost '34 of Mt. Kemble
Lake. Regional vice-presidents are
Frederick G. Dulaff '30 of Bernardsville,
Charles A. Norris, Jr. '24 of
Denville, Ernest L. Quackenbush, Jr.
'37 of Florham Park, Norman S.
MacCrea '37 of Chatham, Alvin C.
Purdy '20 of Madison, Nelson K.
Mintz '28 of Morristown, John W.
White, Jr. of Short Hills, and John
D. McCurdy '30 of Murray Hill. All
alumni who work or live in communities
along the Lackawanna Railroad
west from Milburn are invited to join
the Club.
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Attends Function
FFICIAL delegate of the Unisity
at the inauguration of
Frank C. Bolton as president of the
Agricultural and Mechanical College
of Texas, November 18, was Karl M.
Dallenbach, PhD '13, professor of
psychology at the University of
Texas and former Susan Linn Sage
Professor of Psychology at Cornell.
More With Rural Radio
A DDITIONAL Cornellians with
-**• Rural Radio Network, besides
those reported in the ALUMNI
NEWS November 1, are John C.
Huttar '23, farm reporter; Theodore
D. Richards, Jr. '43, announcer; Mrs.
Glenn Van Wagenen (Adelaide Kilpatrick)
'44, traffic department; Mrs.
Laurence E. Knapp (Ruth Dickstein)
'46, continuity writer; Donald V.
MacDonald '47, field supervisor;
Berenice Shultis '48, secretary; and
Harvey L. Uzewitz '48, traffic manager.
Undergraduates who work part
time for the F-M radio chain are
Gareth Pickard '45 of Pleasantville,
director of youth programs; James I.
Borden '49 of Schaghticoke, soloist;
Paul M. Klempner '49 of Brooklyn,
announcer; Charles B. Bryant '50 of
Waukesha, Wis., and Rolf B. Dyce
'51 of Ithaca, master control operators.
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