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TRINITY COLLEGE BULLETIN Jacobs Pledges "My Entire Future"

Hartford, Conn. Permit No. 1378

Published monthly by Trinity College, except January and June . Entered January 12, 1904, at Hartford, Conn. as second class matter, under the Act of Gongress of July 16, 1894. Accepted for mailing at special rate of postage provided for in section 1103, Act of October 3, 1917, authorized March 3, 1919.

ALUMNI NEWS ISSUE -

Alumni to Welcome Dr. Jacobs On Reunion Weekend, June 5-7

Hartford, Conn.

Vol. L New Series No. 4 -

May, 1953

To College Before 1800 at Inaugural

Final details are. being prepared for the Promising to · preserve the character of big alumni welcome to President Albert C. free tennis exhibition by two ranking amathe College, Dr. Albert C. Jacobs was inJacobs at the 127th Commencement weekend teurs, Bill Talbert and Ed Moylan, on a augurated the fourteenth President of TrinJune 5, 6, and 7. Reunion chairman Ed court below the new Library. ity in a most impressive ceremony outside Donnelly, ··o8, and his committee, Syd PinFollowing the Air Force ROTC Comthe Chapel on May 16 before 1,800 disney, '18, Sumner Shepherd, Jr., '19, Ed missioning of new officers at half past tinguished guests, alumni, students and friends. Paige, '33, and Jack Wilcox, '39, have three, President and Mrs. Jacobs will replanned a gala weekend for reunion and ceive all alumni and seniors at their home, Urging a reversal of the trend away from non-reunion classes, and urge all to return 115 Vernon Street. The dinners for the the liberal education Dr. Jacobs said in his 'Neath the Elms to meet the new President reunion classes will be held downtown as address "the twentieth century has inand see the campus with its fine new build- planned and the Class of 1823 dinner for creasingly become the generation of the ings. non-reunion classes will be at Heub's. common man, technically skilled~with Festivities will commence at six-thirty The Very Rev. James A. Pike, Dean of much know how and little know whyon Friday, June 5 with an old-fashioned the Cathedral Church of St. John fhe Diknowing how to manipulate materials but clambake on the football field. Once again vine, New York City, will deliver the open not how to mature as men; how to amass that well-known New England catering air Baccalaureate sermon on Sunday mornwordly goods, but not how to lead helpful firm, Kendall and Company of Fitchburg, ing and Irving S. Olds, retired chairman of and meaningful lives ; how to release atomic Mass., will serve its delicious chowder, the Board of the United States Steel Corpower, but not how to use it wisely." lobster and chicken . The reunion classes poration, will give the Commencement adMay 16 also marked the 130th anniversare sponsoring Open House for all Alumni dress. John J. McCloy, former U.S. High ary of the chartering of Trinity and it was at the tent on the soccer field later Friday Commissioner to Germany, will give the the occasion for the largest convocation ever evening. Anriual fraternity meetings will Charge to the Class of 1953 . to be held on campus. The long procession be held as usual. Be sure and return the reply card on the was headed by a color guard from the unThe Rev. John E. Large, '28, will give Reunion notice to the Alumni Office right Dr. Albert C. Jacobs, right, in the outdoor pulpit of the Chapel, delivers his dergraduate Air ROTC, followed by the the Senior Class Day address on Saturday away. acceptance address just after being inaugurated 14th President of the College. College Senate, the Faculty, the Board of morning at ten-thirty, and Harmon T. BarFellows, the Trustees, and representatives ber, ' 19, National Alumni President, will Hillel Honors O'Grady of the Synagogue, the Roman Catholic call the annual Alumni Meeting to order Approximately sixty Jewish alumni of Church, and the Protestant Churches. Deleat noon in front of Northam Towers. Dr. Trinity, gathering for a dinner at the gates from 145 institutions of higher eduJacobs will speak on the state of the Col- College on April 15 under the auspices of lege. Announcement of the election of a the newly-formed Hillel Alumni AssociaNEW YORK- The annual Spring Frolic Pinney, · 18, gave several amusing remin- cation were led by Professor Mason Hamnew Alumni Trustee and Senior Fellows tion, honored Chaplain Gerald O'Grady for will be held at the estate of Dr. "Dan" iscences of olden days on the Hilltop as he mond of Harvard and Wilmarth S. Lewis introduced President Jacobs to a large and of Yale. At the end of the long line will be made and the Eigenbrodt Cup for his assistance in founding and fostering Webster, '10, Dodge Lane, West 247th St., enthusiastic audience. Club president Ollie came Mayor Cronin of Hartford, Governor the "Man of the Year" will be presented the undergraduate B'nai B'rith Hillel SoRiverdale, New York City on Saturday by the Board of Fellows. A report of the ciety on the campus. Johnson, ' 35, was toastmaster, and Hank Lodge, . Bishop Gray, Senator Prescott S. afternoon and evening, May 30. President Kneeland, '22, acted as dinner chairman. Bush and Earl D . Babst of New York Alumni Fund will be given by George Toastmaster Atty. Frederick D. Neusner, The Club's plans for FAMILY DAY on City, reti~ed chairman of the American SuMalcolm-Smith, '25 . The necrology of '17 !nt!od\lced the followin~ speakers: Albert C. Jacobs plans to attend, and there 1 . rptfs"'bn-sat~-a:y'Loo-were washed' ~e.fi~<Ja.y Dt: Ja cobs ':''aL_ked Alumni wJw have died since ":JUrre- tcn-2··-1'T'\'e::ca:::n::----rn::-:e:-::rrt--,a"'"--.::r.0~a:::n::-::r,.......'::"re:::p=::r;:::;e;-.::-se::;:n;;or.m ':;-g ;;+W'fl,~t!:ra-ll g'aln'¢ between the-Phil will be read. President Jacobs; Atty. Mark Wise Levy, delphia Alumni Whiz Kids and the New out with some of the steady Spring rain. wrth Dr. Rob_ert L. Johnson, the p~rnCI~al Bill Paynter, '37, as chairman of the affair speaker, _p~esrdent of Temple ~mversrty The Alumni Parade will form at Bishop '47, chairman of the Hillel Alumni Asso- York Alumni Bombers. TRINITY CLUB OF HARTFORD- had made plans for the entertainment of and admrmstrator of the International InBrownell's statue and proceed to the Field ciation; Melvin Title, ' 18; Samuel Kellin, formation Administration. House where the judges will award the Hillel Chairman of Hartford's B'nai B'rith The Club sponsored a joint concert with young and old.

ASSOCIATION NOTES

new Board of Fellows Bowl for the best costumed class. Alumni and Seniors will be guests of the College at luncheon in the Field House. Prizes will be given to the oldest alumnus present, to the alumnus who has come from the longest distance, and to the reunion class with the best attendance. The Reunion Committee has arranged a •

Ararat Lodge; Richard D. Lewis, '54, president during the past year of the undergraduate Society; Rabbi William Cohen, spiritual adviser of the ~ciety; and Dr. Louis H. Feldman, '46, facuii.~· odviser of the Society, who presented a bronze ;toque to Chaplain O'Grady on behalf of th,><e present. The dinner committee consisted of Chairman Irving Reiner, '49, Melvin Y . GershPI Kappa Alpha Installed -man, '48, Richard H. Lewitt, '47, and Atty. Pi Kappa Alpha was formally installed Neusner. as the College's ninth national fraternity on May 1. Founded in 1868 at the University of Virginia, the new group takes over the four-year-old local Tau Alpha fraternity. Louis Welton Downes, College Trustee, Initiating teams from Rutgers, Rensselaer inventor of the enclosed cartridge fuse and Polytechnic, and the University of New a pioneer in the electrical industry, died in Hampshire came to the Chapter house at 94 Providence, Rhode Island, on April 7 after Vernon Street to organize formally the fraa short illness. Possessing a burning loyalternity's llOth chapter. It is interesting ty for his Alma Mater, Mr. Downes always to note that the Chapter house used to be had time to offer counsel on College matthe President's residence when the College ters and was ever a generous contributor. moved from the old campus in 1878. A frequent campus visitor, his kindly and friendly manner will be missed by his Spring Sports Briefs Sporting an 8-1 record against New Eng- many friends . Mr. Downes was born in Cranston, Rhode land competition Captain Bill Lauffer's nine had some excellent pitching from Island,' on August 17, 1865, the son of Charlie Wrinn who has turned in six wins. Lewis Thomas Downes, Class of 1848, and The victories have been over Springfield, Sarah Maria Hill Chapin. He prepared for Bates, Williams, Yale, Amherst, Worcester college at Cheshire Academy and entered Tech, Tufts and Coast Guard with the loss in 1884 with the Class of 1888. As an undergraduate he sang in the Glee Club, at the hands of Massachusetts. The Freshman nine has turned back was on the Ivy Board, and was elected Massachusetts, Amherst, Monson and President of his class during his Junior Nichols while falling before the Yale Jay- year. His fraternity was the Beta Beta Chapter of Psi Upsilon. vees. After graduation in 1888, he did graduShowing strength in the sprints, hurdles, and field events Karl Kurth's tracksters de- ate work in Engineering at London Instifeated Massachusetts, Coast Guard, Mid- tute, London, England, for one year before dlebury, and Worcester Tech. Captain joining the Narragansett Electric Light Chuck Purdy made consistent wins in the Company as a meter inspector. In two hurdles and Bill Saypalia set a new college years he had been promoted to Manager of record of 47 feet 1:14 inches in the shot the company's electrical equipment. Realizing he needed experience in maput. The yearlings suffered close defeats from chine design, Mr. Downes took a position Choate and Massachusetts before being with the C & C Motor Company of New toppled by Wesleyan. Victory finally came York. After a year he returned to Providence to organize the engineering firm of over Cheshire. Roy Dath's well balanced tennis team Downes and Henshaw. He developed a has scored wins over Worcester, Rhode process of applying asbestos fibre to wire as Island, Massachusetts, Clark, Middlebury, a heat-proof insulation medium. In 1896 Mr. Downes was granted patVermont, and A.I.C. Powerful Amherst turned back the Hilltoppers, with matches ents for the so-called "Enclosed Fuse" for against Wesleyan and Springfield yet to be use in lighting and power circuits which later became the universal type of fuse conplayed.

the College and Bryn Mawr Glee Clubs on March 14 for the benefit of the Club's Scholarship program. Over 350 alumni and friends heard an exceptionally fine concert under the able direction of Lawrence Coulter of Trinity and Robert Goodale of Bryn Mawr. Bill Starkey, '44, was in charge of arrangements and reports $750 has been realized for the Scholarship Fund. The Club gave a WELCOMING DINNER for President Albert C. Jacobs in the College · Dining Hall on April 9. Sid

Dr. Nils A. C. Anderson, '25, is cochairman for the Barbership PARADE OF QUARTETS concert at Bushnell Memorial on November 21 . The Club plans to use its share of the proceeds for its Scholarship Program. PHILADELPHIA - The Philadelphia Alumni held a dinner meeting at the Rolling Green Golf Club on May 22 with Bert Holland, Director of Admissions, and Norton Downs, Assistant Professor of History, representing the College.

A. Northey Jones, '17, chairman of the trustees committee that selected Dr. Jacobs, officially presented the new president who was invested by Newton C. Brainard, chairman of the Board of Trustees. Mr. Brainard in declaring that Dr. Jacobs had been officially elected presented him with the Owen Morgan Mace, the key to Williams Memorial, and the Book which has been touched by every graduate when he receives his diploma.

Pledges of support from students, alumni and faculty came through Raymond C. Parrott, '53, president of the student body, Harmon T . Barber, '19, president of the National Alumni Association, and Profesoperated quietly and effectively-leading to sor Lawrence W . Towle, secretary of the a good contract. faculty. Mayor Joseph V. Cronin brought The inventor also developed a cut-out greetings from the City of Hartford. for high tension Jines to replace the cartGovernor John D . Lodge, delivering ridge type fuse. Tested all over the coun- greetings on behalf of Connecticut, said try, it won final recognition for withstand- that "out of the ideals nurtured on the ing a severe trial at the Toronto Hydro- campuses of America, out of the capacities electric Company in Canada where the cur- for consecutive thought and constructive rent flow reached 5000 amperes . action which are developed in our college Meanwhile Mr. Downes continued his classrooms, the American future will largeexperiments and was granted some 35 pat- ly be fashioned-we do not want a future ents. In 1912 Mr. Downes was awarded in which the draft board and the recruiting the John Scott medal by Franklin Insti- sergeant will be perpetual arbiters of the tute for his original work in the develop- lives of American youth." ment of asbestos wire, and the next year The Rt. Rev. Walter H. Gray, Bishop of Trinity granted him the degree of Doctor Connecticut, declared that in founding of Science. Trinity without church control, the Epis-

Trustee Louis Downes, '88 Dies; Noted Inventor

struction throughout the country. He organized with William C. Woodward the D & W Fuse Co. to manufacture these devices and began operation in a small shop with one employee. The business grew very rapidly and expanded into three mills with 650 employees. When the elevated railway of New York changed from steam to electric drive, it asked for one fuse to handle the entire power supply. Such a severe test of a fuse had never been demanded. Fuses submitted by three other companies all exploded with great violence on test, but Mr. Downes' "cylinder link" device

Mr. Downes sold his business to the copal church had "registered its protest General Electric Company in 1918 and he ! against any theory th-at truth can survive stayed on as a consultant for three years · I. on 1y by coercion or that f reedom of opinHe retired from active business in 1922 1ion and inquiry can ever lead to the deand traveled extensively. Becoming in- struction of religion." Trinity's 130-year terested in the work of early English clock history has "vindicated the church's conmakers, he formed a collection of thirty- fidence," he said . five antique clocks dating back to 1640 and I h . . dd D b r. Ro ert L. . n t e prrnCipa 1 a ress, a 11 res t ore d by h rm. . out that the need of "leadM r. D.ownes was a f oun d er an d' a d'Hector Johnson. pornted ., M t I C ers of liberty was never greater than today. o f th e A u t omo b11e u ua 1 nsurance omThe exercises concluded with Dr. Jacobs pany and the Factory Mutual Insurance Company. He was a member of the conferring the honorary degree of Doctor American Institute of Electrical Engineer- of Laws upon Mr. Babst, Senator Bush and ing; Sons of the American Revolution and Df. Johnson. About 900 official delegates and friends, the Society of Colonial Wars; the University and Agawam Hunt Club of Providence; including Class Agents and Class Secrethe Rhode Island School of Design ~nd the taries representing the alumni, were enRhode Island Historical Society. He wrote tertained at a colorful luncheon in the many technical articles on electrical and Memorial Field House before the ceremony. protective devices. On November 14, 1894, Mr. Downes The full text of the inaugural addresses married the late Miss Mary Lois Seagrave is being printed for distribution to all of Providence. They had no children. alumni in June.


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