recognize it as something they needed and responded to it. His wife, somewhat younger than he, was a charming and gracious hostess who enjoyed entertaining and made the president’s home a social center as it had not been since the time of President Eaton. She was also a skilled soloist and took an active part in promoting vocal and instrumental concerts on the campus.
The new president found it easy to identify himself with the University’s prevailing educational purposes. In his first chapel speech he endorsed the liberal arts idea and maintained that it should include physical training as well as intellectual pursuits and the cultivation of spiritual life. At his inauguration he paid special tribute to Colgate as a small college which enabled students to have personal contact with their teachers. Dean Crawshaw recalled that he found him ready to