JEREMIAH SMITH, JR.

By the death of Jeremiah Smith, Jr., Harvard has lost one of its warmest and finest friends. He possessed a remarkable mind combined with an unusual modesty which often prevented his achievements from being widely known.

Until recently Mr. Smith served Harvard as a member of the Corporation and a director of the Alumni Association, in both of which positions he worked capably and tirelessly. His amazing grasp of both international politics and finance was used with great success after the War when President Wilson appointed him financial adviser to the American Mission at the Paris Peace Conference; and still more strikingly when in 1924 he unraveled the financial tangle in Hungary as High Commissioner appointed by the League.

A characteristic story is told of him that, when he returned to Paris after having finished his Augean task in Hungary, he signed his name in the hotel register simply "J. Smith," as was his usual practice; and though internationally famous, to his delight he escaped being found by reporters and officials for almost a week.

Harvard and the world mourn him for his rare combination of scholar, gentleman, and man of affairs.