Tuck School

SPRING has come to Hanover. The duck boards have been removed. The grass is getting green. The windows of Tuck Hall long closed against the wintry blasts are open for the breeze to come in. We wish you were here.

Plans are afoot for our commencement exercises. A committee of the faculty under the chairmanship of Karl Hill is in earnest conference with a like committee of the Class of Tuck '48. We understand that there will be caps and gowns (and hoods?). Following the precedent of last year, it is the desire of the class to have the ceremony on the lawn just south of Stell Hall. The weatherman favored us last year. Can we count on him a second time? We will report to you in detail next month on our plans.

Dean Olsen attended the Inter-Professions Conference on Education for Professional Responsibility held at Buck Hill Falls, Pa., April 12-15. He was one of the six representatives of collegiate schools of business. Six to ten persons represented each of the fields of law, medicine, divinity, and engineering. The major objective was to find ways and means of improving education for the professions. The conference was sponsored by the Carnegie Foundation.

Prof. Karl Hill attended the Third Annual Time Study and Methods Conference at the Hotel Pennsylvania on April 8 and 9. The Conference was sponsored by the Society for the Advancement of Management and the Management Division of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers.

Professor Duncombe spent the spring recess in Chicago at which time he completed his requirements for the Ph.D. degree.

Professor Woodworth attended the annual meeting of the Academy of Political Science in New York City, April 1. While in the city he also spent a day catching up on Wall Street activities.

Professor Wellman was ill during the month of March but is back on the job again trying to find one man for three or four openings.

We report with deep sorrow the death of Mrs. Thea Burleigh, wife of N. G. (Nat) Burleigh, on April 3. It was a great personal shock to all of us in Hanover and at the School. Having lived the greater part of her life in Hanover, she had a host of friends who mourn her loss. All graduates of the past thirty years will remember her kindly personal interest in them and in all activities of the Tuck School.

Prof. Albert W. Frey has been appointed to the Editorial Board of The Journal of Marketing.

The annual meeting of the Boston Group of the Clearing House was held on March 30, and was a big success. Dean Olsen spoke on "Tuck School Today and Plans for the Future," and C. Ross McKenney spoke on "Tall Tales of the North Country." In addition to Dean Olsen, the School was represented by Professors Albert W. Frey and John A. Griswold. The new officers for the ensuing year are Sherman M. Clough T'24, Manager, and Wesley H. Beattie T'34, Secretary.

The following Tuck School men were present: Herluf V. Olsen, Albert W. Frey, John A. Griswold, C. Ross McKenney, John K. Benson T'32, Willard H. Blanchard T'27, Lester F. Boyce Jr. T'47, Robert F. Brown T'40, William G. Brown 111 T'38, W. W. Bullen T'23, Ralph Butler T'30, Andrew A. Caffrey T'47, George A. Cavis T'23, Sherman M. Clough T'24, Victor M. Cutter '04, E. T. Dickinson T'25, Duncan L. Farr T'40, J. M. Fowler T'38, J. M. Frame T'32, Granville B. Fuller T'17, Gardner C. Ferguson T'40, Joseph S. Hancort T'31, Arthur Hills T'42, Richard D. Hill T'42, Wilbur M. Jaquith T'34, E. M. Jennings Jr. T'29, Edwin R. Johnson T'47, Brad King D' 44, Francis J. Leahy T'31, Robert P. McDonald T'46, H. D. Meader T'41, Henry Merrill T'14, Fred W. Miller T'41, C. W. Morse T'25, Roy M. Norwood T'16, Robert W. Page T'28, Charles A. Pingree T'38, C. F. Putnam T'42, Harris Richardson T'42, Benjamin F. Stacey T'30, Richard H. Southwick T'47, Alfred B. Sullivan T'16, John S. Sullivan T'37, Gilbert H. Tapley T'17, William M. Tetrick T'39, William A. Thompson T'26, Harold P. Trefethen T'27, John Wallace T'36, R. N. Wallis T'20, Richard E. Wallace T'40, and J. D. Wells T'47.

The annual meeting of the New York Branch of the Clearing House will be held at the Advertising Club, 23 Park Avenue, on May 3 at 6:00 P.M. The two speakers are Dean Olsen and Raymond Rubicam, Chairman, Research and Policy Committee of the Committee for Economic Development. The Manager of the New York Branch is SumnerD. Kilmarx T'23 and the Secretary is WalterJ. Mosenthal Jr. T'37.

Jorg H. Steinmann T'39, who manufactures electrical equipment in Switzerland, is now in South America on business. He hopes to be able to visit the United States, including Hanover, on the return trip.

C. F. Mugridge D'18, lecturer at Tuck, has been confined at home for several weeks with a broken leg.

Whiting Williams, counselor on industrial relations, Cleveland, Ohio, gave four lectures on labor relations, March 15-18.

Kirt Meyer T'31, Vice President, R. H. Macy & Co., gave two lectures at the School, March 12-13, on the topics, "The Buying Function in a Department Store," and "Advertising Procedure at Macy's."

S. Judson Dunaway, President, S. Judson Dunaway Corporation, lectured to the class in General Management on March 23 on the topic, "Development of The Expello Corporation."

G. H. Chamberlaine T'22, Director of Advertising, Good Housekeeping Magazine, lectured on March 26 on "Selling Magazine Space."

Robert V. Simonds T'3o of Houghton 8c Simonds, Brattleboro, Vermont, spoke to the Retailing class on April 8 and 9 on the subject "Operating a Unit Stock Control." The two talks, covering the installation and operation of controls for high-style, semi-staple and staple merchandise in department stores, were similar to those which Mr. Simonds offers in his course for business men. The course has been given in New York and Chicago, largely for small retailers. Mr. Simonds is author of "The 'SRS' Method of Unit Control for Smaller Stores."

Robert M. Prentice T'37, formerly advertising manager of the export division, has been named assistant advertising manager of the Calumet-LaFrance division of the General Foods Corporation.

Col. Henry N. Teague T'01 is President and owner of the Mount Washington Cog Railway and the Mount Washington Club. Colonel Teague was the first graduate of the School.

Percy O. Dorr T'03 is President of Percy O. Dorr and Co., Inc., dealers in investment securities, Springfield, Mass. He is a trustee and on the Investment Board of the Springfield Institution for Savings, and is also a director of H. R. Huntting Company.

J. Frank Drake T'03 is President, Gulf Oil Corporation and Subsidiary Companies, Pittsburgh, Pa. He is also President of Standard Steel Car Co. and Vice President of Rockwell Manufacturing Co., and of United Petroleum Securities Corporation. In addition he is a director of the following: Pullman Inc.; American Rolling Mill Co.; Chase National Bank; and American Petroleum Institute.

A. W. FREY.

G. W. WOODWORTH.