Phi Beta Kappa
With colorful and impressive ceremony, for which a college half-holiday was declared, the Dartmouth chapter of Phi Beta Kappa celebrated the igoth anniversary of its founding on Monday, October 11. Among the distinguished guests and delegates present were three college presidents, Dr. Alexis Carrel, Kenneth Roberts '3sh, Lewis Perry 'lsh, the Rev. Samuel S. Drury 'l7h, Dean George H. Chase of the Harvard Graduate School of Arts and Sciences, national officers of Phi Beta Kappa, members of the Board of Trustees of the College, and representatives from 45 other chapters of Phi Beta Kappa. The major occasion of the day was the public meeting in Webster Hall, at which Dr. Alexis Carrel, Nobel Prize winner and director of medical research for the Rockefeller Foundation, spoke.on "The Making of Civilized Men," the complete text of which appears elsewhere in the MAGAZINE. Reverend Drury, rector of St. Paul's School, opened the public gathering with prayer, and President Hopkins gave the address of welcome. Dr. Carrel's address came between the historical address by Prof. E. Bradlee Watson 'O2, president of the Dartmouth chapter of Phi Beta Kappa, and the reading of Walt Whitman's poem "As a Strong Bird on Pinions Free" by Prof. Francis L. Childs 'O6.
The meeting in Webster Hall was preceded by an academic procession from the southeast corner of the campus to the hall. The procession formed following the initiation ceremony in Dartmouth Hall, where the faculty and guests saw five honorary memberships, four alumni memberships, and 22 undergraduate memberships awarded. Those made honorary members of the Dartmouth chapter were Dr. Carrel, Reverend Drury, Dr. Perry, Kenneth Roberts, and Prof. John M. Mecklin '2oh of the Department of Sociology at Dartmouth. Alumni memberships were awarded to Otis Hovey *BS of New York City; Ernest W. Butterfield '97 of Hartford, Conn.; Judge Nelson P. Brown '99 of Everett, Mass.; and the Rev. Boynton Merrill 'ls of West Newton, Mass.
Tea was served for the faculty and guests following the public meeting, and in the evening a dinner for over 200 was held in Thayer Hall. President Hopkins acted as toastmaster at the dinner, and the principal speakers included President John Stewart Bryan of William and Mary, President Mildred P. McAfee of Wellesley College, President Raymond Walters of the University of Cincinnati, Dean Chase of Harvard, and Philip S. Marden '94, trustee of the College. Other trustees present at the Phi Beta Kappa celebration were Lewis Parkhurst '7B, Victor M. Cutter 'O3, and Dr. John F. Gile 'l6.
The 22 seniors initiated into Phi Beta Kappa in connection with the sesqui-centennial ceremonies were Harold J. Berman, Hartford, Conn.; Robert S. Blees, Greenwich, Conn.; David J. Bradley, Madison, Wis.; James A. Briggs, New York City; William C. Chamberlin, Chicago, 111.; Richard G. Chase, Albany, N. Y.; Winthrop I. Clarke, Fall River, Mass.; David B. Freeman, Lexington, Mass.; Edwin A. Kirch, Maple wood, N. J.; William R. Lansberg, Needham, Mass.; George B. Lynch, Oakville, Conn.; Alfred J. Mc- Swain, East Walpole, Mass.; Edward B. Meservey, Hanover, N. H.; Charles J. Mock, Evanston, 111.; H. Telfer Mook, Metuchen, N. J.; John G. Nelson Jr., Manchester, N. H.; Frank C. Newman, South Pasadena, Calif.; Robert H. Reno, Macon, 111.; Joseph Stein, Waterbury, Conn.; Frederick E. Wagner, Milwaukee, Wis.; John G. Wayman, Jamaica Plain, Mass.; Ben Ames Williams Jr., Chestnut Hill, Mass.
