The Washington times., 1921-04-03
PROF. BROODED
OVER DIVORCE
Beckwith, College Slayer, Be-
Iieved Wife Had Wed Another
After Leaving Him.
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was a first lieutenant In the field
artillery.
Glasses which he taught at syra-
cuse University were money and
banking theory. principles OF banking,
foreign exchange. bank manag cement,
banking practices. corporation fl
nance, theory of Investments. public
investment, finance and taxation.
personal insurance, and property in
surance.
Dean Wharton was born in Virginia
on July 2. 1889, but at an early age
came to Syracuse and was brought
up under the care of an aunt, Miss
Ella r. Wiley. q sister Of the Rev. j.
H. Wiley, formerly pastor of the Uni-
versity Methodist Church. Dean
Wharton attended Syracuse Univer-
sity himself and was graduated In
1911. He remained at the institution
for graduate study and took his mas
ter degree in 1913.
FAREWELL BIOGRAPHY.
In his farewell biography. DR.. Beck
with says:
"In 1900, before going to Columbia,
I had married Helen Frances Robin
son, of Berkeley, a fellow philosophi-
cal student. We also went to Ger
many together. On return from Ger
many we settled at Hanover, N H.,
where / had a position as instructo
in economics in Dartmouth College.
ITO start here was extremely un-
fortunate. as Dartmouth Is the tough
est college in the country-all men.
the dominant element of whom de-
light in toughness. I had some dis
ciplinary trouble with my students.
Another element was the personality
of the professor In charge of the be-
gining course. In which all my work
lay. He, Prof. George Ray Wicker, is
bright man, an idealist in the alb
stract. but as my office mate stated,
he would stab his best friend in the
back If he saw an advantage in it.
He wished all those helping him In
the course to teach certain doctrines,
whether we believed them or not
This, the head of the department
Prof. Frank Hafgh Dickson, wisely
overruled. Then he wished to dictate
whom each Instructor failed to pass,
though the instructor is universally
held responsible for this decision.
finally yielded on this thought not
so easily. for il took great courage.
He thereafter sought my discharge,
anu eNluehtly IL from MS
chief. I was left to shift for myself.
Reasons given as always In such
cases were slight, vague In degree.
and Certainly in this case) patiently
inadequate, merely that two or three
students had asked to be transferred
from my sections. This human cur,
Wicker. has died hold him re
sponsible."
"BROKE- IN NEW YORK
Later the Beckwfths landed in New
York, broke" Beckwith details:
Karl and his wife, Sadie Robinson.
he being my wife's first cousin, took
us in very kindly until we secured an
apartment and got Helen a position
as his SECRETARY in a war relief or
ganization. from which she soon. by
ready adapability and excellent
brains, graduated to an executive po-
sition.
she financed us in the main all
that year. aided by the proceeds of
sale of my share and by realty .divi-
dends. i stayed home and cooked.
working wonders in economy, re-
York training battery. and began TO
study artillery. My wife deserves all
credit for this aid. ably given to a
hard-pressed husband
'In August. 1916, I went to the
Plattsburg officers training camp in
the infantry. / then left to take a
position as assistant professor of
business administration in Grinnell
College, Grinnell, Iowa. An affair mad
developed between Karl Robinson and
my wife, though when i left she ex-
pected to join me. She later ceased
to love me and the upshot, prolonged
4.
(for we had been for years very well
and thoroughly married), was that my
former wife is now Mrs. Karl Davis
Robinson, of New York city.
The former Mrs. Robinson is now