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for members and leading educators. The
President gave a short speech, which
was very well received, and in general
the visit did a great deal to strengthen
relations between Mexico and the University."
Reunions To Have Faculty Speakers
Fourteen Classes Gome Back
GREAT POPULARITY of Faculty speakers
at Reunion time last year has induced
the committee this year to arrange an
expanded series of "Faculty Forums"
starting Thursday evening, June 11, and
continuing through the next day. Glass
Reunion headquarters and accommodations
in the dormitories will be open
from two Thursday afternoon to take
care of alumni who come early for that
evening's lectures.
The Faculty Forums will cover a wide
range of interest. Thursday evening,
Professor Harry Gaplan '16, Classical
Languages & Literature, will speak on
"The Classical Tradition: Rhetoric &
Oratory." His talk will be followed by
an illustrated lecture on "Expedition to
Sardis" by Professor A. Henry Detweiler,
Associate Dean of Architecture. He is
president of the American Schools of
Oriental Research and was associate director
of an expedition that made valuable
discoveries last summer at the site
of the ancient capitol of King Croesus.
Friday morning will have three Forums:
Professor John W. Wells, PhD '33,
Geology, "The Geological Story of the
Finger Lakes Region;" Professor William
E. Gordon, PhD S 53, Electrical
Engineering, "Eyes for Outer Space,"
about explorations that will be made
with the giant radar scanner the University
is building in Puerto Rico; and
an exposition of musical styles in "Harpischord
and Piano" by Professor William
W. Austin, Music. Friday afternoon, a
discussion of "Federal Subsidies: Why
and What For?" will include Professors
Joseph T. Sneed, Law, presiding, and
Herrell F. DeGraff '37, Food Economics,
and Steven Muller, PhD '58, Government.
Faculty Forums for Reunions are
arranged by a committee headed by
Trustee John P. Syrne '26. Its other
members are Alumni Secretary Hunt
Bradley '26, Alumni Trustees Leslie R.
Severinghaus '21 and Mrs. Thomas T.
Mackie (Helen Holme) '29, and Professors
George H. Healey, PhD '47, English,
and Franklin A. Long, Chemistry.
Offer Good Time for All
Alumni of the fourteen Classes holding
regular Reunions this year will be
quartered in University - dormitories,
with Class tents on lower Alumni Field,
their Class dinners Friday and Saturday
evenings, and luncheons with Class
tables both days in Barton Hall. Mem-
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bers of all Classes will register in Barton
Hall all day Friday, June 12, and until
Saturday afternoon for the official records
that will determine awards for attendance
at the closing Rally Saturday
night. Class pictures will be taken on
Hoy Field Saturday afternoon, following
a parade of Classes from Barton Hall
after lunch.
Besides the opportunity to renew old
friendships with Classmates and make
new ones, the Reunions will offer a full
program of entertainment and information
for all. Campus Caravan bus
tours will take alumni to see the University
as it is today. The Big Red Barn
will be open as a general Reunion gathering
place except during Class dinners
there. The Varsity baseball team will
play Colgate on Hoy Field Friday afternoon,
and that evening the Glee Club
will sing with alumni on the Bailey Hall
steps before its concert. The Dramatic
Club will repeat its Spring Day show,
"The Taming of the Shrew," and Friday
evening, alumni and present members
of the Club will gather for a fiftieth anniversary
dinner.
Many Colleges and Schools will have
breakfasts Saturday morning for their
alumni and Faculty members, and all
alumnae will gather for the traditional
women's Reunion breakfast. At the annual
meeting of the Alumni Association
and Cornell Fund Saturday morning,
President Deane W. Malott will report
on the present status of the University,
officers of the alumni organizations will
report, and results of the election of
Alumni Trustees will be given. All
Classes in their Reunion costumes will
attend the Saturday night Rally in Barton
Hall, where the Glee Club will sing,
the Concert Band will play, and other
entertainment will be provided with H.
Jerome Noel '41 as master of ceremonies.
This year, busses will take alumni to
visit the Ornithology Laboratory and
bird refuge at Sapsucker Woods, where
there will be a display of bird etchings
by Richard E. Bishop '09. The Andrew
D. White Museum of Art will have a
Reunion exhibit of watercolors by Florence
Daly '24, and the University Library
will display pictures, posters, and
publications of the periods of Reunion
Classes.
Reunion chairmen of the Classes holding
scheduled Reunions this year are
Thomas S. Clark '94, Charles V. P.
Young '99, William F. Bleakley & Dr.
Mary M. Crawford '04, Randolph W.
Weed & Mrs. R. W. Sailor (Queenie
Horton) '09, Walter E. Addicks & Mrs.
Charles D. Farlin (Bernice Spencer)
'14, Edmund N. Carples & Mrs. Edward
L. Plass (Louise Hamburger) '19, Walter
A. Davis & Ruth A. Oviatt '24, Meyer
Bender & Mrs. Thomas W. Hopper
(Helene Miner) '29, Thomas B. Haire
& Mrs. William Bloom (Eleanor Mirsky)
'34, Willard N. Lynch & Mrs. Albert
D. Bosson (Elizabeth Shaffer) '39,
Robert E. Dillon & Mrs. Dillon (Marguerite
Ruckle) '44, Paul J. Kiely & Mrs.
Edwin S. Weber, Jr. (Vera Horning)
'49, Peter D. Eisenman & Sandra M.
Berkman '54, Richard M. Barger &
Judith A. Frankel '56.
GE Gives Fellowships
THREE GRADUATE STUDENTS have received
fellowships given by the General
Electric Educational & Charitable Fund
to pursue advanced degrees this year.
Vernon E. Buck from Yale and William
Klement, Jr. from California Institute
of Technology are candidates for the
MS and Richard G. Schoonmaker from
Princeton is working for the PhD. The
fellowships are given for advanced study
in engineering, the physical sciences,
psychology, mathematics, economics,
and political science. Fellows receive stipends
ranging from $1750 to $2500 a
year and tuition and fees are paid. An
unrestricted grant of $1000 is made to,
the University for each student.
To Promote Science Study
TWENTY TEACHERS of science and
mathematics in high schools and small
colleges will receive training in scientific
research at the University this summer
as part of a nationwide program sponsored
by the National Science Foundation.
The purpose, according to Professor
William A. Smith, PhD '37, Director
of the Division, of Summer Session & Extramural
Courses, is to help teachers develop
in their students an understanding
of the nature of science and the opportunities
of scientific careers. The teachers
will do supervised research for about
eight weeks in areas of their training and
experience.
The National Science Foundation
grant will provide each participant with
$75 a week, with additions for dependents.
The Foundation will provide $800,-
000 for fifty-four universities to train
some 400 secondary school teachers and
150 from junior colleges and small colleges.
The Foundation is also sponsoring a
program that will bring to the University
Summer Session up to fifty qualified
high school seniors and juniors for work
in science. Students may enroll in a
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