Colgate University 1939 Yearbook (Hamilton, NY) - Full Access

Colgate~ s Supreme Court Back Row: Mather Cleveland, f. D.: William S. Murray; Dr. Eugo>ne G. Bewkes, Secretary; j. Ambler Williams; Rus~cll Col~tatc; Frederick W. Rowe, Mortimer R. l\liller; Orrin R. Judd; Walter C. Cramp, M. D.: John \ . S. Liuleficld, Tre;!'urt•r. !\Iiddie How: Dr. George B. Cutten; George W. Stedman, William M. Parke, President; James C. Colgate, Honorary Pre•ident; Georgc W. Cohb; Picrrt'ponl B. oyes: W. T . C. Carpcnter. Front Row : Philo W. Parker; Hev. Charles II. Sears, D. D.: orman F. S. Russell; Henry t\. Colgate. Vice-President. For the average olgate student, the wheels that make the University go J'ound sLop when he pays his tuition. However, ther is much more to running a college than this. The legal enterprise which receives this money and put it into working order, is the Uni– versity orporation. A self-perpetuating unit campo eel of 27 men , this body exists as the legal entity known as Colgate University, and as such, holds the title Lo all properties and funds of the University. As Board of Trustee of Colgate, it holds a charter which decrees that the University shall xi t forth purpose of promoting literature and science, and that the Corporation shall appoint profes ors and such other instructors a shall be deemed necessary. By means of such standing gwups as the Executive, Finance, and Building and Grounds committees, lhe orporation carrie out the work of governing its educational enterprise. Special com– mittee ar frequeni.lv appointed to consider such busines a pension plans, changes in nivcrsit rules, 01· the mising of money for new buildings. i\1oreovet·, the orporation rna ad independenLlv of the college administration and teaching staff. The coli ge administration is a creation of the Corporation, and its chief executive, th~:: President of the University, serves as executor of the educational activity of the Board of Trustees. i\'luch time and valuable effort is put into this organization and contact with the immediate problems of the institution i never lacking, due to the presence on the Board of President Cutten, Dr. Bewkes, and \'\r. Littlefield. As treasurer, the latter submits reports of the income and expenditures of the Uni– ver ity to the Board of Trustees, and with this as a guide, the University Corporation ac– compli he the many-sided tasks facing it; the result being olgate University. 12