HOBART COLLEGE BULLETINS VOL. XV JULY, 1917 No. 4 3 639 .E4 H6 Copy 1 loliart 3^oU of ^onov anb a I^etter from ©ean ©urfee Published by Hobart College, Geneva, N. Y. Issued Quarterly. Entered OctolDer 28, 1902, at Geneva, N. Y., as second-class matter, under Act of Congress of July 16, 1894. THE first duty of the alumni and students of any college at this time is to the nation. They must be ready to devote their time, their money, and — ^when the call comes — themselves to the service of their country. Hobart men are doing all these things in no small measure. The extent to which the faculty, the graduates and the undergraduates are engaged in actual military service is shown by the following list. It is necessarily incomplete, and additions and corrections will be welcomed. ROLL or HONOR ' 1876 William Wilson, Brigadier-General. 1881 R. W. Wilcox, h. Major, Medical Reserve Corps. 1884 C. W. Robinson, U. S. Army, Camp Funston. 1889 Wolcott Beard, Major, U. S. R., Washington. J. H. Rose, Captain, Medical Corps. 1892 W. M. Pegram, ist Lieut., Signal Corps, ordered to France, construction aviation. 1893 Charles O. Boswell, Major, Medical Service. W. Swift Martin, Captain, Cavalry, U. S. A. Rev. Francis S. White, Y. M. C. A. work in the army, Waco, Texas. Jay Zom, Captain, 12th N. Y. Inf., Spartanburg, S. C. Roll of Honor 3 1894 *Rev. H. P. Seymour, Y. M. C. A. in France. 1897 J. R. Sanford, Paymaster, U. S. N. 1898 W. W. Pliimmer, Medical Corps, France. 1899 Rev. H. A. Chouinard, Captain-Chaplain, Army, France. 1900 J. C. Sosnowski, Medical Corps, U. S. N. 1901 Foster P. Boswell, Prof, of Psychology and Philosophy, Hobart, R. O. T. C, Fort Porter. 1903 Perry M. Shepard, Captain, Q. M. Corps, American Expeditionary Force, France. 1904 Gordon D. Hoxsey, Priv. 107th U. S. Inf., Spartanburg, S. C. Rev. R. I. Murray, Chaplain, American Expeditionary Force, France. R. W. Schumann, Paymaster, U. S. N. Rev. George F. Taylor, Chaplain in a base hospital, France 1905 Walter C. Rose, Ambulance Corps, France. 1907 J. M.Irish, Lieut., U.S. N. *Died Somewhere in France, Oct. 24, 19 17. 4 HoBART College 1908 James E. Butts, 2(i Lieut., U. S. R., France. W. S. Hall, U. S. Naval Base, Roanoke, Va. 1909 Fred Harvey, 306th F. A. Batt., E. Sprague Riegel, 2d Lieut., U. S. R. F. E. Wegner, 2d Lieut., N. G. 1910 Walter B. Herendeen, 2d Lieut., U. S.R . Wilson B. Prophet, ist Lieut., N. A. Whitney A. Wagner, ist Lieut., 108th U. S. Inf., Spartan- burg, S. C. 1911 Robert G. Cook, 2nd Lieut., U. S. R. J. S. Fowler, Ordnance Bureau, War Department, Wash- . ington. Leo M. Neagie, 2d Lieut., U. S. R. E. H. Olmstead, International Y. M. C. A. Frank H. Snyder, Lieut., Medical Corps. Charles Van Tassel, 2d Lieut., Q. M. Corps. W. E. Westbrook, Chief of a section, American Field Ambulance Service, France. D. H. Wood, Corporal, io6th U. S. Mach. Gun Batt. 1912 A. A. Barmore, Aviation Corps, Princeton, N. J. J. S. B. Christopher, 2d Lieut., Engineer Corps, N. A. Philip Schuyler Church, ist Lieut, and Military Mayor of a town in France, American Expeditionary Force. H. B. Evans, ist Lieut., Co. K, io6th N. Y. Inf., Spartan- burg, S. C. Chester C. Hawley, ist Lieut., 77th Div., Camp Upton, Yaphank, L. I. R. E. J. Moore, Captain, British Army. W. M. Rice, ist Lieut., N. G., Florida. Max Wheat, Sergeant, Artillery, and dispatch rider. Roll of Honor $ 1913 DeWitt C. Flint, Captain, U. S. P.., Wrightstown. T. M. Johnson, War Correspondent, N. Y. Sun, America^n Expeditionary Force, France. H. B. McCain, American Ambulance Corps, France. Reginald Wood, Sergeant, io6th U. S. Machine Gun Batt. 1914 Cleveland B. Coe, R. 0. T. C, Fort Benjamin Harrison. W. John Ellis, N. A., Wrightstown, N. J. R. M. Kendig, Overseas Y. M. C. A. F. L. Marsh, Ambulance Co., No. 33, Medical Enlisted Reserve Corps. E. A. Morrison, U. S. S. Massachusetts. Harold F. Thomas, 2d Lieut., U. S. R., Art., Spartanburg, S. C. WiUiam P. Urban, 2d Lieut., U. S. A. John Van Ingen, Transportation of Ammunition, France. 1915 W. H. M. Fenn, 2d Lieut., Artillery, U. S. R. Robert B. Huff, ist Lieut., U. S. N., under Admiral Sims. Charles C. Jatho, Ambulance Corps, France. L. A. MacPherson, head of unit 20, Ambulance Corps, France. James H. Meiklejohn, Ambulance Corps, France. David R. Paige, 2d Lieut., U. S. A. H. F. Smith, ex. War Department, Washington. Frederick F. Spalding, 2d Lieut., U. S. R., American Expeditionary Force, France. Donald C. Stuart, Priv. 108th U. S. Inf., Spartanburg, S. C James C. Van Ingen, 2d Lieut., U. S. A., 14th Cavalry, Levada, Tex. R. C. Winchester, 2d Lieut., U. S. Cavalry, Fort Leaven- worth, Kans. E. C. Woodworth, Aviation Service in France. 1916 Herman Battey, ex, U. S. Navy, Newport, R. I. 6 HoBART College 1916 Dana L. Brooks, Lieut., English Army. Orvis D. Dantzer, 314th Inf., U. S. A., Admiral, Md. Robert W. Evans, 2d Lieut., Co. F, loth N. Y. Inf., Spartanburg, S. C. K. C. Furgason, Buffalo Base Hospital, France. Kenneth C. Hyde, Priv. 74th N. Y. Inf., Spartanburg, S.C. C. C. Pickering, Buffalo Base Hospital, France. J. B. Post, 2d Lieut., Co. A, io6th U. S. Inf., Spartanburg, S. C. T. S. Smith, 2d Lieut., 90th Div., Camp Travis, San Antonio, Texas. 1917 Frank Andrews, Aviation Corps, Ithaca. H. I. Brauns, Corp., Illinois Field Hospital. D. F. Broderick, ist Lieut., U. S. R. J. H. Brown, 2d Lieut., Q. M., U. S. R., Wrightstown, N.J. F. B. Campbell, N. A., Engineer Corps, A. E. F. F. D. Clark, ist Lieut., Co. K io6th U. S. Inf. Spartan- burg S. C. R. W. Eveland, N. A., Wrightstown, N. J. A. D. Hubbs, Ambulance Corps, France. H. F. Idle, Medical Corps. C. A. Joyce, ex, N. A., Wrightstown, N. J. J. E. Langille, Corp., 2d Ambulance Co., U. S. R., Allen- town, Pa. Harold F. Lowe, ist Lieut., U. S. R., A. E. F. D. H. Mapes, Ambulance Corps, France. R. H. Marshall, Aviation Corps, Austin, Tex. F. G. Reed, Signal Corps, Camp Houston, Texas. L. J. Thornton, 2d Lieut., U. S. R., Wrightstown, N. J. ' Earl C. Vedder, ex. Medical Dept., 23d Inf., U. S. A. C. T. Wilson, at Great Lakes Naval Training Station. 1918 H. Gordon Campbell, Aviation Section, Foreign Legion, France. Wilbur Chittenden, Canadian Army in France. Honor Roll 7 D. S. Densmore, Signal Corps, Camp Houston, Texas. L. C. Ellsworth, Ambulance Corps, Fort Riley, Kans. Francis P. Hooker, N. A.. Battle Creek, Mich. J. Stanley Lewis, Transportation Service, France. R. M. Lewis, Medical Corps. J. R. Lindsay, 2d Lieut., U. S. R., Wrightstown, N. J. D. P. Loomis, Signal Corps, Camp Houston, Texas. M. E. Mapes, 2d Lieut., N. A. Frederick J. Moffitt, N. A. Samuel H. Owen, Ambulance Corps, France. A. L. Rigby, Signal Corps, Camp Houston, Texas. J. E. Taylor, Medical Corps, Camp Meade, Md. D. A. Trayser, U. S. Marines, Quantico, Va. 1919 C. R. Bigelow, Naval Reserve. W. S. Brower, Aviation Corps, Ithaca. E. F. Campbell, clerk Aviation Section, U. S. Signal Corps, Fort Sam Houston, Texas. A. C. Coxe, Ambulance Corps, France. William D'Orville Doty, 2d Ambulance Corps, Spartan- burg, S. C. F. W. Evans, Aviation Corps, Oklahoma. J. H. Gest, Aviation Corps. Lawrence Gracey, U. S. Naval Reserves. H. C. Griffith, Lieut. Q. M. Corps. R. M. Peffer, Q. M. Dept., G. H. Persem, Medical Corps, Rockford, 111. A. H. Sprenger, N. A., Wrightstown, N.J. A. J. Steen, Senior Sergeant, 105th U. S. Machine Gun Batt. M. A. Way, N. A., Wrightstown, N. J. 1920 J. S. Benton, N. A., Wrightstown, N. J. H. R. Blodgett, N. A., Wrightstown, N. J. F. J. Carr, Ambulance Corps, France. J. P. Dinan, ist Lieut., U. S. R., Wrightstown, N. J. John McReynolds, Ambulance Corps, France. 8 HoBART College 1920 H. L. Neal, Medical Corps. H. A. Nester, Canadian Aviation Corps. G. M. Shearer, Ambulance Corps, France. H. C. Smith, N. A., Wrightstown, N. J. 1921 F. P. Fast, Ambulance Corps, France. Clifford Marshall, Inf., Regular Army. Alfred Nester, Ambulance Corps, France. ± In the absence of President Powell, it seems fitting that the Dean should say a few words to the alumni about present conditions at Hobart, and the special importance, at this time, of encouraging men to secure the training which only a college education can give. His letter follows . To the Alumni and Former Students of the College: You are interested in the war and in the College and I am sure you will be glad to know what the College is doing and how it is affected by the war. About thirty per cent of the three upper classes have left College to enter the military service in its various branches. Others have been obliged to take the places of men who have been called. We have about seventy m.en left. Four members of our academic staff have also entered the government service. The College is still going on with its regular work and purposes to go on in spite of the fact that we shall probably lose several men in Honor Roll g the next draft. We shall go on because we believe that we cannot serve the country better than by training young men and training them intensively whether the near future brings war or peace. If the war continues and our stu- dents are called to the colors, their training here will make them better soldiers and fitter candidates for promotion. If peace comes soon, they will be better equipped to play their part in the reconstruction of the world which must follow. At no time in the history of this country has there been a greater demand for trained men. At no time has it been more necessary for a man to secure training if he wishes to compete successfully with others after the war is over. Service in the army gives a training that is comparable with that given in college. A careful study of the history of this country during the last fifty years shows that an undue proportion of the men who were successful in law, in business, in politics, were veterans of the Civil War. When we add to this the consideration that the mere fact that a man has served in the army is bound to give him an advantage, we are forced to the conclusion that during the next quarter of a century the young man who lacks the training given by the college or by the army will have great difficulty in holding his own against the competitors he is certain to meet. It is our duty and 3^our duty to advise all young men of proper age to go to college in spite of what may appear to be unusual opportunities to enter business or industry now. To get this training is a patriotic duty and a per- sonal duty, — a patriotic duty because our country needs them; a personal duty because their future usefulness depends on it. lO HoBART College We are proud of the response that Hobart men have made to the call of our country. The names of those who have entered the government service in any of its branches, together with those who have served in the Ambulance Corps in France, constitute our Honor Roll. Let us hope that they may so bear themselves as to command the resp;ect of their Alma Mater and their country. Faithfully yours, December lo, 191 7. LIBRARY OF CONGRESS 020 914 378 1 6 LIBRARY OF CONGRESS 020 914 378 1