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A Tempo, 39

Aab, Iola, See Peth, Iola (Aab)

Abbott, George F., 1911, career summarized, 16; comedy skit, 1910, 16; active in drama on campus, 16; class show, "A Streak of Yellow," 16; college years summarized, 16

Accelerated schedule, during World War II, 29

Achilles, Gertrude (Strong), 20; 21

Ackro Theatrical Enterprises, Inc., 19

Adam, R. B., 26; 33

Adams, Ansel, 35

Adams, John Quincy, 1874, 9

Adams, Ruth M., 32

Adelphian Literary Society, See Delphic Society

Administration, changes, 1911, 15; changes under de Kiewiet, 34

Administration Building, 37

Administration office building, 1930's, 27

Admissions, early requirements, 4; procedures, 1870's, 8; 1920's, 23; typical class, 1965, 36

Adolph, Edward L., career summarized, 20; teaches physiology at School of Medicine and Dentistry, 20; reads paper, 21

Advanced placement, 36

Advisory Board, set up by Trustees for College for Women, 1930's, 27

Advisory Council, established at Eastman School of Music, 1938, 28

Aeschliman, Dorothy D., 1948, 33

African Student Center, 35

AFROTC, See Air Force Reserve Officers Training Corps

Agricultural Improvement Association 17

Agriculture, plans to teach, 1852, 1860, 6; courses considered, early 1900's, 15

Air Force Reserve Officers Training Corps, started at U of R, 1951, 33; 1950's, 36

Akeley, Carl E., 16

Akeley, Louis E., 1886, 10

Alcohol, Gilmore and Quinby's problem with, 9; during Prohibition, 24; 22; policies, 1950's, 38

Aldington, Joseph A., 22

Alessandro, Victor N., EST: 1937, 28

Alexander, Arthur, 18; 19

Alexander, Ben, 17

Alexander, Louis A., 26; 27. 38

Alexander, Louis A., Jr., 1951, 38

Alexander, Neil L., 1950, 38

All-University Convocations, begun, 1937, 27

Allen, Dorothy (Pund), ESM 1928, 19

Allen, Helen F., See Forbes, Helen F. (Allen)

Allen, Willard M., SMD 1932, 28; 37

Alling, Harold L., 1915, 17

Alling, Joseph T., 1876, career summarized, 8; chapel organist, 8; action against Shedd, 15; provides prize, 1900, 16; speaks at chapel, 16; helps launch Alumni Maintenance Fund, 16; faculty meets regularly at his home, 17; works as "Y" secretary during World War I, 17; summarizes new campus situation for alumni, 22; on building committee for Oak Hill campus, 22; employees give a flagpole on River Campus, 22; dedicates Alumni Gymnasium on River Campus, 25; on Boards of Trustees that choose Rhees and Valentine, 25; presides at Valentine inauguration, 25; invests Valentine at his inauguration, 25

Alling, Mrs. Joseph T., part in selection of Rhees, 14

Allton House, 31; 35

Allyn, David M., 1931, 27

Alma Mater, 12

Alpha Chi Omega, 12

Alpha Delta Phi, first Rochester fraternity, 6; hosts national convention, 1880, 10; by 1889 has a house, 10; acquires new home, 1894, 12; Rush Rhees a member of at Amherst, 14; Rhees speaks at initiations, 16; of early 1900's, 16; affects of World War I on, 17; new building on River Campus, 22; publishes literary sheet, 24; initiation fee and dues, 1935, 27; celebrates centennial, 38

Alpha Epsilon Pi, 38

Alpha Omega Alpha, 21

Alpha Phi Alpha, 19

Alpha Phi Delta, 22; 24

Alpha Phi Omega, 38

Alpha Sigma (Fraternity), 10

Alpha Sigma (Sorority), 16; 27

Alumnae Association, founded about 1905, 16; unsuccessfully petitions to elect alumnae trustees, 1922, 23; 1920's, 24; 1930's, 27

Alumnae Council, 27

Alumni, honor Anderson on completion of twenty-five years as president, 8; Anderson addresses, 1870, 8; regional associations, 10; early 1900's, 16; 1910's, 17; 1920's, 24; part in River Campus dedication, 25; 1930's, 27; during World War II, 30; groups, late 1940's, 33; de Kiewiet era, 36; alumni relations office created, 1955, 36

Alumni, prominent, See Graduates, prominent

Alumni-Alumnae, organizations, late 1940's, 33

Alumni-Alumnae Review , 27

Alumni Association, 8; 16

Alumni Council, 17

Alumni-elected trustees, right denied, 1890's, 12; authorized, 1904, 15; interest in electing lags, 17; right falls into disuse, 1920's, 23; has lapsed, 1930's, 26; plan studied, 33; approved again, 35; number and term changed, 36; term lengthened, 37

Alumni Federation, 36

Alumni Gymnasium (Prince Street Campus), Hill realizes need for, 11; alumni raise funds for, 11; described, 11; dedicated, 12; proposal to remodel for use of women, 27; razed 22; 27

Alumni Gymnasium (River Campus), 22

Alumni Golf Association, 22

Alumni Maintenance Fund, 16

Alumni organization, founded, 1853, 6; confers "degree" on Anderson, 6; activities in 1860's, 7; See also Associated Alumni

Alumni Secretary, office created, 17; 24; appointments, 24; duties, 24

American Association for the Advancement of Science, 12; 26

American Association of Universities, 29

American Association of University Professors, appealed to by Stanton, 1932, 18; established at U of R, 1918, 23; growth in 1920's, 23; 1930's, 26; active again, 1950, 32; growth on campus, 1950's-1960's 36; condemns loyalty oaths, 38

American Composers' Concerts, 19; 39

American Opera Company, 19

American studies program, 32

Anderson, Burnett F. 1940, 29; 30

Anderson, Galusha, 1854, 6; 11

Anderson, Howard R., 34; 37

Anderson, Martin Brewer, attends first U of R commencement, 4; chosen president, 1853, 5; material about, 5; considered for presidency, 5; trustees vote to offer him the presidency, 5; accepts U of R presidency, 5; inaugural address, 5; background as editor of New York Recorder, 5; early associations with the U of R, 5; part in removal controversy, 5; life, 1815-1850, 5; physical description, 5; describes ideal college president, 5; plagued by financial problems of University, 5; against government aid to higher education, 5; educational philosophy, 5; as a teacher, 5; chapel addresses, 5; as a scholar, 5; receives academic honors, 5; offered presidency of other institutions 5; private life, 5; as a citizen, 5; last years as president, 5; retires, 1889, 5; reception as president, 6; wore academic costume at commencement, 6; Chapter 7, passim; position before Civil War, 7; against student agitation in 1860, 7; views on Civil War, 7; his address for Quinby's regiment read at Elmira, 7; mentions Quinby in 1861 annual report, 7; 1861 commencement message, 7; lecture, "Lessons Taught by the Rebellion," 1861, 7; trip to Europe, 1863, 7; delivers memorial speech on Lincoln, 7; lenient toward fallen South, 7; condemns Cornell's non-sectarianism, 7; weighs and rejects offer of Brown University presidency, 7; description of Eliot, 8; against hazing, 8; commencement addresses of 1870's, 8; portrait given University, 1874, 8; alumni recognize twenty-fifth anniversary of presidency, 8; speaks to alumni, 1870, 8; recommends professorship in history and political science, 9; administration plan if becomes incapacitated, 10; views on curriculum, 10; remarks at 1888 commencement, 10; resigns 1888, 10; serves into 1889, 10; death, 1890, 10; funeral, 10; burial, 10; knows Hill, his successor, 11; quoted on Hill's acceptance of U of R presidency, 11; sends letter of advice to Hill, 11; estate yields $42,000 for University, 11; eulogized in anniversary sermon, 1900, 12; views on college training for women, 13; against a movement for coeducation, 13; statue, 10; 15; statue brought to River campus, 35; dormitory named for, 37

Anderson, Mrs. Martin B., 5; 10

Anderson, Russell J., 1937, 27

Anderson Alumni Fund, 8

Anderson Hall, initial planning, 6; description, 6; inaugural rites, 6; named for President Anderson, 6; poem on, 6; janitor Withall's daughter married in, 9; space on first floor allocated to early coeds, 13; alterations, early 1900's, 15; availability of women's building, 1914, releases space in for other uses, 17; sentiment to have it moved to Oak Hill, 22; remodeled, 1920's, 22; redecorated, 33; sold, 35

Anderson Tower, 37

Andreas, Burton G., 1948, 30

Andrews, Newton L., 12

Angell, James R., 25

The Annunciator, 3

Anthony, Doriot, ESM 1943, See Dwyer, Doriot (Anthony), ESM 1943

Anthony, Roy D., 1908, 16

Anthony, Susan B., prophesy regarding equality in higher education, 13; active in struggle for coeducation, 13; feels that if women were admitted, needed funds would follow, 13; remarks on trustees' decision to admit women, 13; raises last $8,000 of funds needed to admit women; 13; money raised for building to honor, 15; portrait in women's study room in Anderson Hall, 16; first Croceus dedicated to, 16; Alumnae Association honors birthday, 33; wing in Women's Residence Hall named to honor, 35;

Anthony Hall, 17; 27; 35

Anthropology, departmental structure, 1957, 1960, 36; Ph.D. offered in, 37

Antoine, Josephine, 39

Appelt, Ewald P., 26

Applegarth Margaret T., 1908, 16

Aranha, Oswald, 29

Archives, 29

Armstrong, James S., 1954, 38

Army Specialized Training Program, 31

Army training units, considered on campus during Civil War, 7

Art, restored to curriculum, 15

Artist's Diploma, 28; 39

Arvin, Neil C., 23

Associated Alumni of the U of R, 12

Associated Universities, Inc., 33

Associated Women Students, 38

Association of American Universities, 33

Association of Graduate Schools, 33

Astronomy, split off of physics, 36; Ph.D. offered in, 37

Athletic Association (Women), 16; 24 Athletic Building (School of Medicine and Dentistry), 28

Athletic fee, 38

Athletic field (Main and Culver), purchased, 1915 17; Formally opened, 1917, 17; leased, 33; sold, 35

Athletics, early, 4; organized, opposed by Anderson, 5; early, lack of, 6; after Civil War, 8; students desire facilities, 10; 1880's, 10; 1890's, 12; become part of collegiate program, 1890's, 12; Rhees' views on, 14; two years of physical education mandatory for men, 15; regular program instituted, 15; 1900's, 16; under Edwin Fauver, 17; 1910's, 17; 1920's, 24; 1930's, 27; during World War II, 29; 30; de Kiewiet interest in, 34; 1945-early 1960's, 38

Athletics (Eastman School of Music), 19; 28 Athletics (Women), 1920's, 24; 1930's, 27; late 1930's and early 1940's, 31

Atkins, H. Pearce, 29

Atomic Energy Commission, 37br>
Atwater, Elton, 1934, 27

Auburn, Laura (Murphy), 1935, 27

Audio-visual, facilities at ESM, 39

Augerias, Pierre, 18

Aural Comprehension Clinic, 39

Austin, Roger O., 37

Austin-Ball, Thomas, 18

Averell, James G., 17

Avukah, 24

Awards, See Prizes and Awards

Aydelotte, Frank, 25

Ayer, Francis W., x1871, 8