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506 CORNELL ALUMNI NEWS
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R. W. SAILOR '07
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CLARK S. NORTHUP '93 BRISTOW ADAMS
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ITHACA, N. Y., AUGUST, 1923
NEXT ISSUE SEPTEMBER 27
The next issue of the ALUMNI NEWS will
be that of September 27. With it will begin
continuous weekly publication for the
new year. Preparation of the index and
title page for the present volume will
begin shortly after the August issue, and
it is expected that they will be ready for
distribution sometime in November. Copies
of the index and title page will be sent
free of charge to those who request them.
Incidentally the present number completes
the twenty-fifth year of the ALUMNI
NEWS.
THE EVENTS OF THE YEAR
The new year that will begin with our
next issue offers possible developments
that may prove interesting. Certain
noteworthy new factors have been announced
from time to time which are
worth summarizing to give a better idea
of their significance.
The outstanding change, of course, is
the appointment, after quite an interval,
of a dean for the College of Arts and
Sciences. While not a colorful event in
itself, it ought to prove one of the most
stabiizing and important of the events of
the past year. Coupled with it in point
of time are the appointments of a new
secretary of the College, an acting dean
of the Law School, and a new dean of the
Graduate School. Several professorships
have been vacated that may prove difficult
to fill. A prophet could easily give himself
a busy September by attempting to make
comparisons. It will suffice to say that the
new year will find several important offices
filled by new officers. It is generally expected
that they will maintain the gait
already set without interruption, and that
the Arts College will run more smoothly
than it has in several years.
In the matter of buildings, the great
advance of the year will be the occupation
of the Baker Laboratory of Chemistry
upon the beginning of the fall term; the
opening of several smaller buildings in the
State colleges; probably the beginning of
construction on the Willard Straight
memorial Union; the opening of Boldt
dormitory; and the construction of several
other units of the system.
The alumni association will within a few
weeks hold its fourth convention in
Buffalo on October n and 12, moving to
Ithaca for the thirteenth. The alumni
association will there put into effect its
recent reorganization, electing its directors
under the district system, and operating
for the first time as the Cornell Alumni
Corporation. Thenceforward, responsibility
for alumni activities will rest in the
local club rather than more or less indefinitely
on the individual alumnus.
OBITUARY
Frank P. Hoag '76
Notice has been received of the death
of Frank Philip Hoag of WingdaJe, N. Y.,
on August 25, 1922. Mr. Hoag was a
student in the University in 1871-72, in
the course in agriculture. He was registered
from Dover, N. Y.
Willard W. Rowlee '88
Professor Willard Winfield Rowlee died
at his home, 11 East Avenue, on August 8,
after an illness of several months.
Professor Rowlee was born at Fulton,
N. Y., on December 15, 1861, the son of
George Washington and Sarah Distin
Rowlee. Entering the University in 1884
in the course in letters, he graduated in
course with the degree of B. L. In college
he was a member of the Irving Literary
Society, and later became a member of
Kappa Sigma and Sigma Xi.
From 1889 to 1893
ne was an
instructor
and graduate student in botany. In the
latter year he took his degree of D.Sc.
and was made an assistant professor; in
1906 he was promoted to a full professorship
of botany. He was a member of the
American Society of Naturalists, the
Botanical Society of America, and the
Pennsylvania Forestry Association, and a
fellow of the American Association for the
Advancement of Science. He made many
contributions to the literature of his subject.
He traveled much and made collections
in Central America and the West
Indies. One of his most recent tasks was,
in connection with the War, the investigation
of balsa wood for use in airplanes.
But the range of his interests extended
far beyond the limits of a chair of science.
He was a believer in athletics, wisely administered,
and was a trustee of the Athletic
Association, and Faculty adviser for
football. He was long secretary of the
Associate Alumni, chairman of the Commencement
Committee and of the Committee
on Grounds, and life secretary of
his class. A lifelong Republican, he sat on
the Board of Aldermen from 1898 to 1902.
He was a member of the Protective Police
and the Town and Gown Club. He served
the University and the city quietly and
unostentatiously in many ways.
Professor Rowlee was married on December
22, 1887, to Miss May Howard.
Three children were born to them, Elizabeth
'17, now Mrs. Arthur T. Lobdell, of
McCook, Nebraska, Silence '20, and Howard,
now of Omaha, Nebr. Besides his
wife and children he is survived by his
step-father, Jasper Rowlee, of Fulton, a
sister, Mrs. Lewis Ives, of Fulton, and
two brothers, George, of Niles, Mich,, and
Delos, of Fulton.
Selden E.McClusky '93
Seldon Edward McClusky, assistant
district attorney of Onondaga County,
N. Y., died on July n at Gabriel's
Sanitarium in the Adriondacks. He had
been in ill health for some time, suffering
from a stomach condition which was aggravated
by complications, and he was
taken to the mountains in the hope that
the change in climate would benefit his
health.
He was born in Louisville, N. Y., fiftytwo
years ago, and upon completing his
grammar school education there he entered
the Ogdensburg Free Academy, coming to
Cornell in 1891 and receiving the degree
of LL. B. in 1893.
For many years after his graduation he
was associated with his brother, William
M. McClusky, in the practice of law in
Syracuse, N. Y., under the firm name of
W. J. and S. E. McClusky. Then the
partnership was dissolved, each of the
brothers opening his own office, and four
years ago he was named assistant district
attorney for Onondaga County.
Mr. McClusky was a member of the
Onondaga County Bar Association, the
Citizens' Club, and numerous other clubs
and fraternal organizations of Syracuse.
He is survived by two brothers, William
J. McClusky of Syracuse, and Timothy J.
McClusky, of Louisville, and two sisters,
Miss Anna McClusky of Louisville, and
Sister Mary Annunciation, of Brasher Falls
Convent.
Ernest W. Bentley '94
Since the notice of the death of Ernest
Wilkinson Bentley was published in our
issue of June 28, we have received a letter
from his widow, containing interesting
facts about his life.
In 1895 he became engaged in the design
of gas engines, and in 1896 he was em-