Syracuse

ON FEBRUARY 16, 1939, some 35 members of this organization gathered at the University Club for the annual meeting. The drawing card was the roster of speakers which highlighted President W. H. Cowley '24 of Hamilton College and President William A. Eddy of Hobart College.

After the newspaper flashes ceased their lightning, the meeting got down to the important business of a meal dished up in traditional University Club style. Introductions were interspersed with celery and soup, and the Nominating Committee (C. C. Tallman '24, Wm. G. Morton '28, and M. E. Lower '26) huddled to bring forth the new roster of officers which was elected by a unanimous vote, as follows: Cortland B. Horr '18, President, M. Richard Burlingame '26, Vice President, S. Gardiner Spring '35, Secretary-Treasurer.

The speech given by President Cowley, is worthy of note in this report. Speaking for himself as well as others in his position, he said, "We as college presidents are students of the great Dartmouth alumni organization which is the envy of the educational world." President Cowley also dwelt on the subject of the new Junior College Movement which proposes, mainly through the efforts of Pres. Hutchins and spreading rapidly, to grant college degrees at the conclusion of the sophomore year. Pres. Hutchins maintains that there is no reason for a full Liberal Arts course, and that thought is countered by society which demands the further social knowledge and its usage, to direct that society. The Junior College movement with its intellectualism must give way to the social, physical and spiritual wholeness of the liberal arts college.

William A. Eddy '19 Honorary, supplemented Hal Cowley's remarks with the thought we all shared, "Now you know why we feel so glad to have Hal Cowley in this part of the State."

The meeting closed with pictures from the film library of the College.