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"I believe my age is due to the fact
that I have been on good terms with
humankind. I have made strenuous
efforts to be calm, to be tranquil. All
my life I have cultivated people because
I liked them."
"The relations between capital and
labor were never more harmonious
than they are now. This relationship
is changing from brute force to
brains, to the benefit of both sides."
"I believe in military training
camps, for both their value in military
training and for the benefits they
give to citizenship. They have a splendid
effect on the young men themselves,
bringing out their qualities,
making them reliant and inculcating
respect for law and order."
"The dream of the United States
of Europe may become a reality and,
if so, will hasten the steps toward the
federation of the world and, ultimately,
universal peace."
"The man who gives his days and
nights wholly to his business or his
profession, without any change of
work or proper recreation or play,
does not live long and his talent deteriorates.
He can play golf, or if
that is denied him, baseball or football,
or if that is too strenuous he can
walk or row, or instead of plodding
away and spurring a tired brain
which has become exhausted by continuous
strain, he can put his gray
matter upon something else, learn to
have an interest in that pursuit and
turn to it for relief, recreation and
life.
"With one exception, all of my contemporaries
are dead who became
railroad executives when I did. They
died because they were chained to
their desks and to their task. I found
that I had no talent or taste for sports
or physical exercise, but some ability
for public sneaking and easy preparation.
My almost daily appearance before
the public in the evening changed
the switch, freshened my mind, gave
me sleep and fresh brains for the.
morning's task, but it nearly lost me
the confidence of my stockholders."
"One of the great crimes which
shorten life is indifference. As one
loses interest in his church, in his political
party, in his clubs, in his friends
and acquaintances, he dries up and
the grave claims one whom no one
wants or laments. The two most fatal
phrases and the most common are,
'What's the use?' and 'Why should I?'
A hungry and a needy world answers
both with open opportunities for serv­
Tribute from Duke of
Connaught
RS. DEPEW received from the
Duke of Connaught, President of
the Pilgrims of Great Britain, the following
message of condolence on the
death of her husband, who was President
of the Pilgrims of the United
States:
"The Duke of Connaught, President
of the Pilgrims of Great Britain, desires
to be associated with the widespread
tribute for Chauncey M. Depew,
of whose death he has read with
profound sorrow.
"He expresses his sincere condolence
with the Pilgrims of the United States
in the loss of their beloved President
and feels that Depew's great contribution
to Anglo-American institutions
New York Central Lines Magazine for May, 1928
tenator D e p e w ' s P h i l o s o p h y as Expressed i n brother Pilgrims fife on both sides ffi^S^SSJ: of the
Extracts from. H i s S
Atlantic."
HE philosophy which guided and ice, helpfulness and good fellowship."
Tmellowed his long life was ex­ "Have a hobby, but never a fad. A. H. Harris Heads New
pressed by Mr. Depew at various times I look over with interest and amuse­
in speeches and interviews with newsment the fads of the past. When I Executive Committee
paper men. Here are some quota­ was a young man the country went
tions :
mad over the speedy end of the world. HE Board of Directors of the New
A sect called the Millerites selected TYork Central Railroad, at their
"I believe absolutely in a just God. the day and the year. The confessions meeting in the General Offices, 466
All that I am and all that I have ac­ of unhappy couples, so that they
Lexington Avecomplished
are due to God, a loving might enter the next world at the asnue,
New York
God. God watches over the individual, signed hour with a clean slate, led to
City, April 11,
I know. Repeatedly my own appeals many of them hoping and praying
voted to abolish
have been answered by Him, perhaps
not just the way I asked for, but always
they have been answered."
that Gabriel would blow his trumpet
the position o f
at once. We all remember the blue
Chairman of the
glass cure. It was a picturesque sight
Board, heretofore
on going to one's office in the morning
held by the late
to see in almost every house a big win­
Chauncey M. Dedow
through which the sun could
pew.
shine, covered with blue glass and a
The Board also
man or woman sitting there, hoping
for an early cure."
voted to change
the name of the
"We remember when it was gen­
Finance Commiterally
taught and almost universally
tee to Executive
believed that the eating of fish in­
Committee. The
creased one's brain power, and the A. H. Harris
duties of the com­
enormous increase in skin troubles mittee remain as heretofore.
from over-indulgence. I recall with
A. H. Harris, Vice-President, Fi­
delight the story of the man who
nance and Corporate Relations, New
wrote his diagnosis to Dr. Oliver Wendell
Holmes, and said, 'Will you please
York Central Lines, who has been
prescribe how much fish I should eat
Chairman of the Finance Committee
a day for the improvement of my
for four years, continues as Chairman
mind?' The doctor answered, 'In your of the Executive Committee.
case, I think it will be sufficient if you
take for breakfast every morning a W. L. Oldroyd Given New Post
whale on toast'."
on B. & A.
"I have absolute faith, from repeated
trials, of the efficacy of prayer. FFECTIVE April 2, W. L. Old­
While the answer has not come by E royd, of Framingham, Mass, was
voice or letter or through mediums, appointed Assist­
yet in some way it has been direct and ant to the Vicepositive.
But the greatest aid is President of the
faith, faith in your church, at the Boston & Albany
same time with a broad charity for all Railroad, with
who prefer other creeds; faith in your headquarters at
government, when its foundations and the South Sta­
principles have been demonstrated, tion, Boston. This
like ours, as the best; faith in your is a new office.
fellow man and woman."
Mr.Oldroyd was
"You may be often deceived, cheat­ born in Springed
and meet with losses and embarfield, Mass., Febrassment,
but these are isolated, and ruary 17, 1886,
very few compared with the great and was educated
mass of friends and acquaintances in the public
who are dependable and valuable.
Have faith in yourself and the guidance
of God for proper living, think­
schools of that W. L. Oldroyd
city. In April,
1902, he got a job as office boy in the
ing, associations and ambitions." Car Service Department, Springfield;
was promoted to foreman in that department
in November of 1917. In
March of 1919 he was transferred to
Boston and given special duties in the
office" of the Vice-President and was
designated as statistician in January
of 1920.
Southworth Lancaster Rises on
Boston & Albany
HE Boston & Albany Railroad an­
Tnounced that, effective Monday,
April 2, Southworth Lancaster became
Divison Freight Agent with offices at
Union Station, Worcester, Mass., succeeding
the late William Callanan.
He was welcomed to his new position
April 2 by the Worcester Traffic
Association.
Mr. Lancaster was born in Worcester
August 8, 1893. He was educated
New York Central Lines Magazine for May, 1928
in the Worcester public schools and
the Classical High School and graduated
from Harvard University in
1915. In June, 1915, he entered the
employ of the Boston & Albany Railroad
in the General Freight Office,
Boston, and served in various capacities.
He was appointed chief clerk to
the general freight agent in October,
1920. On September 1, 1923, he was
appointed Foreign Freight Agent. Mr.
Lancaster served on the Mexican Border
with the Massachusetts National
Guard in 1916 and in France with the
101st Field Artillery, Twenty-sixth
Division, 1917 to 1919.
Henry 0. Lynch at the same time
was appointed Foreign Freight Agent
with offices at Room No. 211, Grain
and Flour Exchange, 177 Milk Street,
Boston, Mass., succeeding Southworth
Lancaster, transferred to Worcester,
Mass.
Mr. Lynch was born in Boston, May
8, 1894, and entered the service of the
Boston & Albany on August 31, 1911,
as a clerk in the Foreign Freight
Agent's office and was appointed chief
clerk, September 1, 1919. His entire
service with the Boston & Albany
Railroad has been in the Foreign
Freight office. He served overseas
with the Twenty-first Engineers—•
Light Railways, in 1918-1919.
Edward Kennedy, Chief Clerk, Division
Freight office, Worcester, Mass.,
has been appointed Traveling Freight
Agent for the Boston & Albany. He
was born in Millville, Mass., September
1, 1893, and entered the service of
the Boston & Albany Railroad in December,
1912, as a clerk in the Barre
Plains freight office. He has served
as Agent of the Boston & Albany at
Millbury, Newton, Ashland and
Brookfield and was appointed chief
clerk to the divison freight agent at
Worcester on December 18, 1919.
Several New Directors Elected
T a meeting of the Board of Directors
of the West Shore Railroad
Company, in Albany, April 18,
Myron C. Taylor was elected a director,
taking the post formerly held by
the late Chauncey M. Depew.
At a meeting of the Board of D.rectors
of the New York & Harlem Railroad,
in New York City, April 18, R.
D. Starbuck, Vice-President of the
New York Central Railroad, was
elected a director and vice-president
of the New York & Harlem Railroad
and R. J. Cary, Vice-President and
General Counsel, New York Central
Railroad, was elected a director of the
New York & Harlem Railroad.
At a meeting of the Board of Directors
of the Rutland Railroad, held in
Rutland, Vt., April 17, Guy W. Bailey,
President of the University of Vermont,
Burlington, Vt., was elected a
director to fill the vacancy made by
the death of George T, Jarvis.
C a m p U n d e r c l i f f , O p e n i n g J u n e i, A g a i n
O f f e r s C h a r m s o f A d i r o n d a c k ^
HE silvery beauty of moonlight
Ton the lake and mysterious tremolos
of shadows on the water; the
crystal clearness of the air at morning
when the sun comes over the trees;
sports, forests, and Adirondack scenery
are inducements that will bring
hundreds of vacationists to Camp Undereliff
again this summer.
The New York Central Veterans'
Association camp on Lake Placid will
open June 1 and continue through
September 30. Indications are that
the number of visitors this year will
exceed the 931 who found Camp Undereliff
a haven of rest last summer.
Nearly a dozen buildings will house
the camp visitors. There is a separate
building for the dining room, and
another for the casino where dancing
and entertainments are given regularly
during the summer. Among
other varied accommodations and
amusements are tennis courts, boats
for fishing, two large motor boats for
moonlight excursions, and amusement
grounds for youngsters.
The camp is located on the Adirondack
Division of the New York Central
and, of course, is easily accessible
from New York, Buffalo and every
other point on the system. An overnight
trip from New York City brings
the week-end visitor in plenty of time
to enjoy the opportunities of the
camp.
Rooms for one person are $25 per
week; for two, $39 to $60 per week.
Transient rates are $5 per day. Children
under three years of age are
charged for at a rate of $7 per week,
those from three to ten at $15 per
week. When separate rooms are required
for children, the full *rates
apply.
Reservations and other details can
be secured from J. K. Angell, Room
1518, 466 Lexington Avenue, New
York City.
Veteran Representatives
Meet to Arrange Omting
A MEETING of representatives of
all chapters of the New York
Central Veterans' Association was
held at the Hotel Statler, Buffalo, Friiay,
April 13, to further arrange­
ments, made with the co-operation of
Buffalo members, for the first joint
picnic.
At this meeting, Dr. J. W. LeSeur
was elected President of the Associated
Chapters of New York Central
Veterans, and W. G. Abriel, Assistant
to Vice-President Jno. G. Walber, was
chocen Secretary.
The date selected for the picnic is
Thursday, July 19. This has been
announced previously in columns of
the Magazine, particularly in the listing
of "Coming Events." Not only
will Veterans and their families be
welcome at this party, but it will be
open to members of the Athletic Associations
and their families—indeed, to
all employes of the New York Central
Railroad, even though it is under the
auspices of the Veterans.
Each Veteran organization will undertake
to dispose of strips of tickets
giving picnickers access to the amusement
features of Erie Beach at a very
nominal cost. One reason why it is
possible to give so much to the party
is the virtually exclusive use of tha
park the Railroad will have on the
mid-week day selected.
Members of 'the Veterans' Committee
assembled at Buffalo for the
meeting last month motored across
the Peace Bridge to Fort Erie and
then on to Erie Beach. They were
impressed with the possibilities of this
place as an amusement resort. It is
well equipped with all sorts of amusement
apparatus. A boat ride across
the end of Lake Erie from Buffalo to
Erie Beach and back constitutes the
popular method of transportation
during the summer months, and the
cost of this is included in the strip of
tickets that will be offered by representatives
of the different Veterans'
Associations. The strips will sell at
fifty cents apiece and the value of each
strip on the basis of individual purchase
at the various concessions is
$4.75.
The ticket committee will consist of
Chairman R. C. Benson of the Superintendent's
office, Buffalo, assisted by
C. S. McGinley, President of the New
York Central Athletic Association of
Buffalo. Other representatives who
have agreed to serve on the ticket
committee for the various chapters
are as follows:
Metropolitan Chapter—G. E. V. Osborne,
New York.
Capitol Chapter—J. G. Parsons, Albany.
Adirondack Chapter—A. A. Raymond, Utica.
Onondaga Chapter—W. V. McCarthy, Syracuse.
R. W. & O. Pioneer Chapter—J. H. Powers,
Oswego.
Genesee Chapter—Thomas Silver, Rochester.
Fall Brook Chapter—L. J. Cushing, Corning,
N. Y.
Beech Creek Chapter—P. M. Barrow, Clearfield,
Pa.
Scioto Chapter—John Colville.
Lake Shore* Pioneer Chapter—To be designated.
Chairmen were selected for the committees
on reception, transportation,
entertainment, sports and publicity,
and each of the chapters is to select a
representative and to notify C. S. Mc­
Ginley, General Chairman, at Buffalo,
their selections for these committees.
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