This is the 1923 Liber Brunensis, the yearbook of Brown University. It is ex-library, William Jewell College Library. (William Jewell College is located in Liberty, Missouri). It features photos of graduates as well as photos of member of sports teams and other organizations. Four notable graduates are pictured: Norman Taber (pictured on page 201); Clarence Edwin Ayres (pictured on page 106); William Randolph Burgess (pictured on page 110); John Henry Williams (pictured on page 139)
Wikipedia: Norman Stephen Taber (September 3, 1891 – July 15, 1952) was an American middle distance runner. He was the first amateur runner to surpass Walter George's professional record in the mile, set nearly 30 years previously. He also won a bronze medal over 1500 m and a gold medal in the team 3000 m at the Olympic Games in Stockholm in 1912.
Wikipedia: Clarence Edwin Ayres (May 6, 1891 – July 24, 1972) was the principal thinker in the Texas school of institutional economics during the middle of the 20th century. He graduated from Brown University in 1912, and received a Ph.D. in philosophy from the University of Chicago in 1917. He taught at Chicago from 1917 until 1920. Ayres is best known for developing an economic philosophy stemming from the works of Thorstein Veblen and John Dewey. From Veblen, he took over the notion of the struggle with the so-called capitalist society as a (Darwinist) struggle between technology and ceremonial structure. Veblen had proposed an analytical dichotomy between the "instrumental" and the "ceremonial" aspects of culture.
Wikipedia: Warren Randolph Burgess (May 7, 1889 – September 16, 1978) was an American banker and diplomat who served as the U.S. Ambassador to NATO from 1957 to 1961. He became a prominent banker in New York City. In 1953, President Eisenhower appointed Burgess deputy to the United States Secretary of the Treasury George M. Humphrey. The following year he was appointed Undersecretary of the Treasury, again by Eisenhower
Wikipedia: John Henry Williams (June 21, 1887 – December 24, 1980) was an American economist. He was a professor of economics at Harvard University from 1921 to 1957.[He was later appointed dean of the Graduate School of Public Administration at Harvard, and also served as Nathaniel Ropes Professor.[In 1951, he was president of the American Economic Association. The John H. Williams Prize was established at Harvard in 1958
The yearbook is in good condition. The book was given by Dr. M.L. Crossley to Willaim Jewell College. The front hinge is just beginning to crack. There are no loose or missing pages. It measures 9.75" x 7.50" and has a brown cover with black letters outlined with a thin blue border. The book has 303 pages, plus 31 pages of advertisements.
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