1917 Northwestern University Syllabus yearbook, Arthur Andersen, Leopold/Loeb

Description: This is a 1917 Northwestern University Syllabus yearbook in good condition overall. The book is 106 years old and was published by the Junior Class (Class of 1918). It is dedicated to Coach Tom Robinson. The yearbook includes Athletics, Liberal Arts, Garrett Institute (theology), Schools of Medicine, Law, Oratory, Pharmacy, Dentistry, and Commerce. There are many photos of the campus at the front of the book. There are individual photos of each graduate (Class of 1918) receiving an undergraduate degree. A photo of the basketball team is on page 58. The football team is shown on page 48, the 1916 baseball team on page 89. .Among notables in the book are Arthur E. Andersen (mentioned on page 534), founder of the accounting firm that bore his name; journalist Genevieve Forbes Herrick who would later cover the Leopold and Loeb trial (shown as Editor-in-Chief of the Northwestern Magazine on page 104 and later on page 248); Coach Tom Robinson, to whom this volume is dedicated; and business executive, attorney, and philanthropist Owen Coon (shown on pages 116, 359, and 365). Wikipedia writes: Arthur Edward Andersen (May 30, 1885 – January 10, 1947) was a Scandinavian-American accountant who was the founder of the accounting firm Arthur Andersen, LLP, (now Accenture).Andersen was left on his own at the age of 16 after the death of his parents. In 1908, after attending courses at night while working full-time, he graduated from the Kellogg School at Northwestern University with a bachelor's degree in business. At the time of his death, Arthur Andersen was one of the largest accounting firms in the world. Arthur Andersen's mother had schooled him in a Scandinavian axiom – "Think straight, talk straight". He was named to the Accounting Hall of Fame in 1953. Northwestern University dedicated Arthur Andersen Hall at the Evanston Campus in 1979 to commemorate Northwestern alumni, faculty member, and trustee Arthur Andersen. Genevieve Forbes Herrick (pictured on pages 104 and 248) earned a bachelor's degree from Northwestern University in 1916 and a master's degree in English from the University of Chicago in 1917. At Northwestern, she was the first female editor-in-chief of the student newspaper, The Daily Northwestern. After teaching English for a year, she joined the Chicago Tribune in 1918.[2][After a few years working as an assistant editor and covering literary and society events, Forbes got her breakthrough story in 1921 when she went to Ireland and posed undercover as an Irish immigrant making the journey to Ellis Island Her 13-part series exposed the indignities and abuses, often physical, that immigrants suffered entering the United States. The series prompted an investigation by the United States House of Representatives and the replacement of Ellis Island Commissioner Frederick A. Wallis. Most of Herrick's work in the 1920s was the crime beat, reporting on Chicago's many gangsters and criminals. In 1924, she covered the Leopold and Loeb trial.Tom Robinson: Leading Northwestern to 10 Big Ten team and six NCAA championships, Robinson also served as basketball coach in 1919. He invented the game of water basketball, and it became a Big Ten sport until replaced in 1925 by water polo. Robinson was inducted into the International Swimming Hall of Fame in 1965. Owen Coon (shown on pages 116 and 359): Business executive and philanthropist Owen L. Coon was born on July 1, 1894 in the small town of Leroy, Illinois. Coon attended Northwestern University as an undergraduate from 1912 – 1915 and returned to NU for law school. He was a practicing attorney for six years before launching the Motor Acceptance Corporation of Chicago with his brother in 1925. This company later merged with and became known as General Finance Corporation, of which Coon remained Chairman. He entered Northwestern University's College of Liberal Arts, where he quickly distinguished himself. A skilled high school debater, Coon joined the NU debate team and competed throughout the Midwest. Coon graduated in 1915 with a Bachelor of Arts and enrolled in the Northwestern Law School soon after. His legal studies were interrupted by World War I. He attempted to join the Marine Corps but was turned away for medical reasons. Coon then took over “agricultural service” on a family farm in Colorado, and continued his study for the bar exam. He enlisted in the Navy for a brief time in 1918 before returning to the Northwestern Law School in January 1919. Coon graduated with a Bachelor of Laws that spring, tying for first place in scholarship and receiving the honorary Order of the Coif. The yearbook: The yearbook is in good condition. Gutters are firm, but leather covers are beginning to separate. There is no writing in the book. There is a series of very nice photos of campus scenes at the front of the book, as well as sketches and colorful artwork. There are no missing pages or loose pages. There are some tears and losses to the leather covering the spine and edges and corners of the cover. First Edition. Brown embossed leather over hardcover boards. 11" tall. 547 pp plus many pages of ads at rear. It is volume 32.

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