Education: Beat Yale!

Throughout the U. S. one night last week, hundreds of Cornellians sat at dinner. Avowed purpose: “To make Cornell the leader of the university world in contributing alumni,” to beat Yale’s record of 9493. Formulated along lines similar to those which put Yale in first place last year Cornell’s loyal sons are conducting a vigorous nationwide drive exhorting each Cornellian to give at least $5, thus becoming a member of Ihe Cornellian Council.

Already in second place with 8,682 contributing alumni, the campaign began with a big alumni dinner in Manhattan from which, as in the Yale drive, speeches were broadcast over a network of 19 stations. The speakers: President Livingston Farrand; onetime (1892-1920) President Jacob Gould Schurman, retired U. S. Ambassador to Germany; Myron Charles Taylor (Cornell, 1894), Chairman of the Finance Committee of U. S. Steel Corp., who recently gave $1,500,000 for a new Cornell Law School. With 41,000 living alumni (5,000 more than Yale), Cornellians felt confident of “a rather unique intercollegiate championship.”