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Baldwin '22 told of the work of their offices
and of student life here, and the
president and vice-president of the
Freshman Class, Edward Furtick, Jr. of
White Plains and Adrienne Haroutunian
of Clifton, N.J., gave the students' point
of view.
This followed a chicken barbecue
served on Schoellkopf Field and an afternoon
spent in seeing the Campus,
watching the Varsity baseball and lacrosse
games, or going to some of the
many receptions held for parents in
dormitories and other buildings.
From Bailey Hall, many parents went
with their children to a Willard Straight
"open house" arranged for them and
titled "Straight to the Twenties." They
enjoyed a Charleston contest and discussion
of "Jazz of the Twenties" by
Professor Arthur Mizener, English, movies
of the 1957 championship Varsity
crew, a carnival midway, a display of old
Cornell publications, and caricatures by
student artists.
Syracuse Alumni Give Aid
FIFTY-FIVE Cornellians from Syracuse
and vicinity responded to an invitation
to come to the Campus, April 19. Purpose
was to show and tell them about the
University and to get their suggestions
on how Cornell can strengthen its relations
with alumni. The day proved to
be so productive, both for the visitors
and their University hosts, that more
such meetings will be held for groups of
the 26,000 alumni who are close enough
to drive to Ithaca for a day.
The visitors gathered at the Big Red
Barn in mid-morning, and Alumni Secretary
Hunt Bradley '26 presided. President
Deane W. Malott thanked them for
coming, "to give us the value of your
thinking about your University in this
time when there is recognition that the
general welfare requires the greatest cooperation
to advance higher education."
Vice-president James L. Zwingle,
PhD '42, explained as "the theory behind
this operation" that alumni are
recognized as "the only means to relate
the present University to its future. . . .
They can help greatly to stabilize and
clarify it to the general public." He outlined
the recent reorganization in which
the work of the Alumni Office, News Bureau,
fund raising activities, and of the
University Council are all coordinated
through his office as part of long range
planning. He asked for the ideas of those
present about the "strong points" of Cornell
and got replies ranging from its continued
pioneering through the beauty
of its physical setting, tradition of 'freedom
and responsibility,' athletic program,
and the excellence of the Faculty.
Zwingle said it is most important to
maintain the high quality of teaching
and noted that "the University will need
an additional $50,000,000 to bring the
median salary of professors to $15,000 a
year, and $12,000,000 will be needed for
facilities just to carry on the present program."
He referred to the coming 100th
anniversary in 1965 as a time for Cornell
to "make an impact on the public" and
said that the University is trying to "update"
its alumni to help in this effort.
Bradley outlined ways in which Cornell
Clubs are assisting in improving
alumni relations as organizations whose
Syracuse Visitors Lunch in Big Red Barn—Cornellians from the neighboring area spent a
Saturday, April 19, hearing about University plans and progress and giving their suggestions
of how alumni can help Cornell. Roland S. Philip '60
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function is "to advance the interests of
Cornell in their own localities." He spoke
of the Clubs' work with schools to attract
the best prospective students, of their
promotion of Cornell interest through
social gatherings and speakers from the
Campus, and of their function of developing
alumni leaders to assist the University.
The visitors and members of the University
were served a buffet luncheon in
the Big Red Barn. Then Professor Arthur
Mizener, English, told them about
the University today. He spoke of the
"recurring crises" in undergraduate affairs,
especially as related to the recently
formulated social code and present discussion
of rules to govern students living
in apartments. He said that increasing
pressure for enrolment will make it necessary
to hire more teachers and that
Faculty salaries must continue to be upgraded
to maintain the quality of instruction.
Herbert H. Williams '25, Director
of Admissions, described some of
the policies and problems of his office
and said that alumni help is necessary to
find the students best able to benefit by
a Cornell education.
After the meeting in the Barn, men of
the party were taken to see Teagle Hall
and all were shown through the James
Lynah Skating Rink and through the
Gannett Clinic by Dr. Norman S. Moore
'23, head of the Medical Service, and
through Carpenter Hall by John F. Mc-
Manus '36, Assistant Dean of Engineering.
A committee of Syracuse alumni organized
the trip. Its members were Helen
E. C. Gillespie '30, president of the Cornell
Women's Club, Henry A. Moran
'40, president of the Cornell Club, Thad
L. Collum '21, W. Dean Wallace '40,
and John C. Meyers, Jr. '44.
Gift for Research Library
A GRANT of $100,000 to be used toward
building the new Research Library has
come to the University from the estate
of Wilhelm Weinberg. It is in addition
to the initial gift of $3,000,000 from
Trustee John M. Olin '13. Cost of the
Research Library building to be erected
east of the present University Library is
estimated at $5,000,000.
Weinberg was an international banker
and art collector who lived recently
in Scarsdale. Born in Germany in 1886,
he went to Paris as a young man and,
after World War I, moved to The Netherlands,
became a Dutch citizen, and established
the banking firm of W. Weinberg
in Amsterdam. He was away when
the Germans invaded Holland in World
War II and they killed his wife, daughter,
and two sons. He lived for a time
in France, Portugal, and South America,
then came to the United States and
acquired American citizenship. He be-
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