Tuck School
UNLESS the records fail us, the wind-up of classes in June will mark, for the first time in the history of Tuck, the completion of thirty years' service by a faculty member. In 1919 Prof. H. R. Wellman and Prof. N. G.Burleigh, left successful business careers with the Walter M. Lowney Company and the Winchester Repeating Arms Company to join Tuck's faculty. In the years since, Harry and Nat have made countless contributions to the School and to the men attending it. Each has pursued an active teaching and business consulting career, and over the years each has somehow found time to work effectively for the College, undergraduate activities, and the community. Tuck alumni everywhere will join expressing their appreciation for a job well done and in giving their best wishes as Harry and Nat start their next year of service.
By the time this reaches you, the annual meeting of the New York Branch of the Tuck School Clearing House Association will have been held at the Advertising Club, 23 Park Avenue. The meeting, held May 11, featured a talk by Austin J. Tobin, Executive Director, Port of New York Authority, and a report on "Tuck School Affairs" by Dean Olsen. Accompanying Olie to New York were Profs.J. A. Griswold and /. E. Walters. Kenneth C.Ballantyne T'2B and Kenneth A. Hamilton T'4l were in charge of the meeting.
Because of time limitations, we were unable to report the election of E. M. Jennings Jr. T'29 as Manager and John A. Little T'4o as Secretary of the Boston Branch at the April meeting. The Boston group had a near-record turnout of 52 graduates at its annual session.
As usual at this time of the year, we have had several outstanding guest lecturers since our last report.
On April 7, Charles N. Batchelder, executive vice president, Dartmouth National Bank, presented an interesting discussion of the management problems of a small commercial bank. He was the guest of Prof. G. W. Woodworth's class in Management of Financial Institutions.
The following day, April 8, James W. Wooster Jr., Manager, Harkness Estates, spoke to the same class on "The Investment Problems of a Savings Bank." Mr. Wooster also met with Professor Woodworth's Investments class, and outlined "The Problem of Managing a Large Estate."
L. T. Willard D' 2(), Works Manager, Manning, Maxwell and Moore, Inc., Stratford, Conn., met with Professor Hill's Management class on April 8 and presented a very interesting descrip- tion of current problems in forecasting sales demand and controlling inventories.
Also on April 8, /. S. Mac Donald Th'l4, Vice President, Walsh Construction Cos., New York, and well-known authority on tunnel construction, met with the Industrial Relations and Management and Organized Labor classes of Prof. J. E. "Walters to discuss labor problems in the construction field.
Arthur A. Bright Jr. T'4o, former member of the Tuck faculty and now with the Boston Federal Reserve Bank as an economist, returned to Hanover April 8 for an evening meeting sponsored by the Economics Department of the College. Art's topic was "Activities of the Federal Reserve Bank in Its Region." On Saturday, April 19, he met with the Statistics classes of Profs. H. L. Duncombe Jr. and E. D. Gruen.
The General Management class of Prof. N. G. Burleigh met on April 9 with F. J. Shepard Jr., General Manager, Shepard Products, Inc., Boston, who presented a very interesting discussion of the problems encountered _in adjusting a business to rapidly changing conditions.
On April 11-13, Charles J. Zimmerman T'24, Associate Managing Director, Agency Management Association, Hartford, was at Tuck for a series of four lectures on life insurance required for all Tuck and Tuck-Thayer students. Charlie is one of the leading men in the country in this field, and made an outstanding contribution to Tuck with his excellent presentations on the various applications of life insurance. He was accompanied to Hanover by Theodore Shapleigh D' 23, Partner, Hamilton's, well-known New Haven department store. Ted met with Professor Frey's Retailing class to discuss the current outlook in retailing and department store management.
On April 15, Professor Woodworth's Investments class met with Harry Jacobs, Municipal Bonds Specialist, J. S. Bache & Cos., New York, who spoke on "The Investment Business." Later, on the same day, the class held a second meeting with Kurt Porges, New School for Social Research, New York. Mr. Porges' topic was "Investment Companies."
Andrew C. Kuhn, Director of Personnel Administration, Stop and Shop, Inc., Boston, was the guest of Professor Walters on April 15. Mr. Kuhn, in meetings with the Industrial Relations and Management and Organized Labor classes, gave an interesting presentation of the many personnel and labor relations problems found in large scale supermarket operations.
On April 18 and 19, Harrison F. Dunning D'3o, General Manager, Scott Paper Company, Chester, Pa., met with Professor Hill's Production Management class and Professor Walters' Industrial Relations and Management and Organized Labor classes. Harry gave a very effective explanation of the Scott program to improve communications between management and employees, and, through several practical examples, developed recognition of the need for a "sales approach" to production problems as well as to employee relations.
John C. Wood D' 22, President, Brooks Brothers, New York, was in Hanover April 19 for a meeting with Professor Burleigh's General Management class. John did an excellent job of discussing the techniques of business reorganization, and developed (from his experience in this type of work) which he considers basic to any such activity.
From April 19 to 26, E. S. Wagoner, Educational Institutions Dept., The National Cash Register Company, Dayton, was at Tuck giving instruc- tion in machine accounting methods. Through the courtesy of his company, Mr. Wagoner had available for demonstration typical equipment required for such operations as accounts receivable, accounts payable, payroll, and bank proof accounting. It is interesting to note that The National Cash Register Company is now engaged in a nationwide educational program of this type among schools of business administration. The program developed out of the initial equipment demonstration made by National two years ago under the sponsorship of Professor Burleigh.
On April 22, Robert F. Moore, Director of Personnel, Columbia University, and President, New York Personnel Association, met with Professor Walters' Industrial Relations and Management and Organized Labor classes. Mr. Moore discussed some of the problems of planning for a successful business career, and also touched briefly on the labor problems of institutions.
Men who are scheduled to meet with Tuck classes early in May include: H. B. McCoy, Chief Bureau of Domestic Commerce, Department of Commerce, Washington; E. C. Driscoll, Assistant Production Manager, West Lynn Works, General Electric company; William G. Morton T'29, Treasurer, Onondaga County Savings Bank, Syracuse; Clark C. Sor ens on T'37, Director of Harris Seybold Company, Cleveland; NathanielLeverone D'o6, Chairman of the Board, Automatic Canteen Cos., Chicago; and Cyrus S. Ching, Director, Federal Mediation and Conciliation Board, Washington.
Graybar Electric Company has announced that E. E. Martin T'2o has been promoted to New England District Manager. In his new position, "Spider" will supervise activities of Graybar centers in Boston, Worcester, Springfield, Providence, Portland, and Manchester.
Allan J. Rosenthal T'4l has recently become associated with the Colonial Scale Company of Boston.
The second-year Social Committee sponsored its second informal dance of the season in Stell Hall April 23. The dance, well attended by students and faculty, was arranged by Donald R. Ryan, Alan E. Schlosser and F. P. Wuerfel.
Recent visitors at Tuck have included W. H.Storck T'3B, Lt. Commander, U. S. N., HiltonCampbell T'22, John Benson T'32, and Harold Frank T'4B. Jack Benson and Harold Frank also interviewed applicants for positions with the National Shawmut Bank of Boston and Abraham and Strauss, respectively, while here. Robert N. Wallis T'2o was at Tuck in April to interview candidates for the treasurer's department of the Dennison Manufacturing Cos., Framingham.
