Tuck School
THE PAST MONTH has produced many items which may be of interest to Tuck graduates. Starting with the local scene, it appears that the second-year class has one of the most active social committees to serve in recent years. The group has the 10:00 A.M. coffee period, initiated by Al Schlosser T 49, and his associates last year, on a profitable basis-both financially and socially. In addi- tion to this undertaking, Chairman GeorgeGerrish has supervised two dances open to all Tuck men, and has also been responsible for organizing one of the familiar Stell Hall "football broadcast parties."
The local chapter of the Clearing House, under the leadership of Bill Bower, sponsored a very interesting meeting with BeardsleyRural D'15 on October 14. Mr. Ruml was in town for a meeting with the Great Issues course, and very kindly accepted the invitation of the Clearing House for an informal afternoon discussion of current business problems.
As the different Tuck courses have gotten under way, guest lecturers have begun to make their appearances which contribute so much to the work of the School. On October 7, Kenneth M. Henderson D'16, President of Ditto, Inc., presented a stimulating discussion of "The Organization of the Ditto Company" in which he outlined to the first-year Management course the growth and development of the company, and the necessity for adherence to sound organization principles in company operations.
The following week Robert N. Wallis T'20, Assistant Treasurer of the Dennison Manufacturing Company, met with the second-year Administrative Controls group to discuss "Administrative Controls in the Dennison Manufacturing Company." "Nock," a familiar member of Tuck's "Lecturers" staff, did a grand job as usual.
Present the same day for a meeting with the Financial Management course was Konrad V. Braun, vice president of Commercial Factors, a subsidiary of C. I. T. Financial Corporation. Mr. Braun, in his initial appearance at Tuck as a guest lecturer, discussed the "History and Operations of a Factor," with particular emphasis on the contributions a factor can make to the financial operations of businesses.
November 2 marked the appearance of another "first-time" guest lecturer, Harold Schafer, 37-year-old president of the Gold Seal Wax Co. of Bismarck, North Dakota. Mr. Schafer's visit developed largely from use in the first-year Marketing course of a case on the Gold Seal Wax Company, and proved to be a very interesting sequel to the student's earlier study of certain phases of his operations.
As a final note, Dr. Robert A. Winters, Executive Director of The Rubber Heel and Sole Institute, is scheduled to be at Tuck on November 5 to meet with the second-year men. His topic has been announced as "Managing a Trade Association."
During the past month, Nat Burleigh has been appointed by Governor Sherman Adams D'20 to a committee which is to survey New Hampshire's present procedures for handling unemployment compensation appeals and certain other related practices. Nat is also serving as treasurer and member of the board of trustees of the Mary Hitchcock Memorial Hospital, which is in the initial stages of a major expansion program.
The appointment of John E. O'Gara T'20 as Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for Economic Affairs was announced in Washington October 18. Mr. O'Gara, who has a host of Tuck friends, announced his intended withdrawal from Macy's New York in September. At that time, he left his position as vice president and general manager to become vice president and administrative assistant to president for the interim period.
The Association o£ National Advertisers has announced the election of W. B. Potter T'21, director of advertising operations of the Eastman Kodak Company, as chairman of its board of directors. Serving with him as vice chairman will be Albert Brown D' 24 (first-year Tuck). Howard W. Chapin D'28 is a member of the board of directors.
Dr. John W. Harriman, former Tuck finance professor and more recently chairman of the finance department of Syracuse University's School of Business Administration, has been appointed as assistant to Averill Harriman, U. S. ambassador-at-large for the E.C.A.
Merle Hagen T'46 is now at Syracuse University where he holds an appointment as graduate assistant in the School of Business Administration. Merle hopes to complete his degree requirements by the end of the 1950 summer session.
State representative S. Lane Dwinell T'29, chairman of the House Ways and Means Committee, has been taking an active part in the effort to solve the state's revenue problems by developing new sources of tax income and by maintaining a closer control over expenditures. As a part of his contribution, Lane recently was the guest of the Hanover Women's Club in a public meeting devoted to a survey of the problems involved and to the various approaches suggested as possible remedies.
Francis R. Drury Jr. T'so has been one of five candidates selected by President Dickey for consideration for, a Rhodes Scholarship. Two candidates will be selected by the state committee on December 7, while the New England district committee will make its selections December 10. Mr. Drury is the holder of the Jacobs Memorial Prize. He has had an outstanding record at Tuck which includes service on the first-year Policy Committee and this year he is treasurer of the Clearing House.
Recent visitors to Tuck have included: William C. Glover T'20, Charles M. Sears Jr. T'20, Charles C. Coffin T'17, William A. Thompson T'26, Benjamin R. Kirsch T'48, Robert N. Wallis T'20, John H. Stephenson T'48, Orton H. Hicks T'22, Daniel B. Ruggles T'22, Alfred L. Burke T'2s, David M. Narva T'49, Abraham B. Hinman T'49, and Lewis R. Beers T'29, John R. Highmark T'46, and Sumner D. Kilmarx T'23.
