DIVISION OF RARE AND MANUSCRIPT COLLECTIONS / CARL A. KROCH LIBRARY / CORNELL Around the turn of the century, commemorative sculptors often dressed their subjects in heroic dress from another era. In this bust of Ezra <strong>Cornell</strong>, the university's founder might well be a citizen of ancient Rome or Athens. The foreground of the photograph—taken in 1978 in Olin Library—shows a sculpture made from the death mask of Goldwin Smith, who came from Oxford to teach history as one of <strong>Cornell</strong>'s first professors and was an early benefactor of the school on East Hill. And among the stone monuments something grows—much like the idea of a university. CORNELL MAGAZINE 42
I 1 1 Here in late March the snow is I ^^ gradually melting and the worst w m t e r m m I \J y several years' expe- ^ ^^ rience of New England weather has finally given way to spring. Which prompts me to once more emerge from my "retirement" and express the hope that our famous class will be represented at our 75th Reunion this month. Regretfully, I must admit that my physical limitations prohibit my attendance. Except for our 5th, when I was busy at a new job, and our 10th, in 1929, when I was vacationing in Europe, I've attended every Reunion. As class prexy I worked with the alumni office in organizing and promoting the programs and attendance at our 50th through 70th. Our roster has been severely depleted in recent years and of the "six hardy souls" who attended our 70th, only Hilda Greenawalt Way and I have survived. Hilda celebrated her 97th birthday last December (see my April issue column) and I hope she may be able to attend our 75th with the help of her famous daughters Jean Way Schoonover '41 and Barbara Way Hunter '49. They are members of a famous dynasty of <strong>Cornell</strong>ians. One other item of interest. Over the past two years the only classmate with whom I've been communicating is Lt. Col. Charles Baskerville, internationally famous artist and hero of both world wars, concerning whom I've devoted several past columns. Charley has given up his studio on W. 57th St. and has an apartment at 220 E. 72nd St., NYC, to which he is pretty well confined and under nursing care. We exchange phone calls periodically, to reminisce and commiserate on our limitations. Charley's 97th birthday was April 16. • C. F. Hendrie, 67 Cannon Ridge Dr., Artillery Hill, Watertown, CT 06795. m 11 Greetings, dear classmates, to all # UM of you who were not able to get #i Γ back to campus for our 70th Re- ^" Ά. union. Some 24 of us are to assemble at the luxurious Statler Hotel—each doing his or her bit of recounting, reminiscing, revisiting of favorite haunts of the 1920s, and thoroughly enjoying the many-faceted programs arranged for us by Don Wickham, Mary Yinger, and the university. As the oldest reuning class, we are getting special attention and treatment, surely enjoying every minute of it. We just wish that more of you could be on hand to share these memorable moments. Among those who will be absent—and missed—is Gwen Miller Dodge, women's class correspondent, whose column has been appearing on these pages since she took over for Dorothy Lamont in the September 1987 issue. Gwen passed away in mid- Class Notes JUNE 1994 43 March at her home in Charlestown, RI. The wife of classmate S. W. "Web" Dodge, she was a grand person, a loving parent, a loyal alumna, and a very competent, conscientious class correspondent. If further proof is needed (and it really isn't) that Gwen Dodge was a very loyal devoted alumna and classmate, let me quote from a letter her daughter Kathleen wrote to me, right after the church services: "The minister of the church my parents went to mentioned placing a small display of photos and mementos meaningful to my mom in the vestibule, and the first thing I thought of was the T-shirt she had been sent by <strong>Cornell</strong> Magazine. Although she never wore the shirt, she thought it was wonderful and showed it to everyone who came to the house. Also included were the graduation pictures of both mom and daddy and the Class of '24 15th Reunion picture, taken in 1939. Even this last week, Mom showed her yearbook to the visiting nurse." [As this June issue goes to press we have learned that Gwen's husband, Web, died soon after she did, on April 2.—Ed.] There's not much news from classmates around the country, but here are a few tidbits. Norm Miller is still living in his long-time home in Pittsburgh. He's not very happy about what's going on politically in Washington and fears for the future of our country. He is disturbed by its trilliondollar deficit, scandals, and controversies that are continually surfacing. John Cheney is very happy in his retirement home on the St. Lawrence River at Ogdensburg, NY—pleased with the beautiful views, good meals, and congenial fellow-retirees. He is one of only two living graduates of our class with degrees in veterinary medicine. John Treble, who has had his own business in Detroit for many years, still calls the Motor City his "home town." Another '24 nonagenarian, he is now in his 92nd year. John Wood reports from Thomasville, GA, "Last year's highlight was our family reunion in October to celebrate my 90th birthday. We gathered at an old resort hotel, Balsam Mountain Inn, near the Great Smokies National Park. The nearby mountains of western North Carolina were brilliant with their fall foliage. From the enclosed picture of the assembled 18 you can see that I have a wonderful family." • Max Schmitt, RR5, Box 2498, Brunswick, ME 04011. Lucille Severance Nettleship writes from The Homestead in Woodstock, VT. She moved to this "home for lonely people" to be near her son, after her husband's recent death. Reflecting the experience of so many of us, she says: "It is quite a period of adjustment and I do not like being alone." Hers is one of the few notes received in the last year or so that
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