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UNIVERSITY OF DAYTON ALUMNUS MEM B E R OF AME RI CAN ALUMN I COUNCI L Published Monthly, Except in July, Aug us t a nd September, by TH E ALU MN I ASSOC I ATION O F T HE UN I VE R S ITY OF D AYTO N Dayton , Ohio A lumn i Officers Board of Director s HARRY F. FINKE, '02, Pr€6ident Ha rry F . Finke, ' 02: Jose ph G. Wa~n er, '23: T. D. H oll enkamp , '99 JOSEPH G. WAGN E R , '23, Vice-President Ma t t N. Blumenthal, '97: James E. Grimes, '04 : Elmer J. Focke. 09 T. D. HOLLENKAMP, '99, Treas urer Lo uis R. Mahrt, ' 26 : F1·ank P. Elardo, '22; John J. Schulte, Jr., '2 6 MERLE P. SMITH, '25, Sec•·etary a nd Editor of t he A lumnus Ver y R ev. B. P. O ' Re ill y, S.M. ; J ohn H. Lowekamp, S.M.; F ran Alumni Office, U of D , Dayto n, Ohio c is J . O' R eilly, S.M. ; Merle P. Smith. '25. SU B SCRIPTI ON-P er Yea r , i ncluding Member s hip in t he Alumni Associatio n , 85 .00. S ubscrip t ion a lon e, 52. 00. S ing le copies, 25 cen ts. Comm u nicatons inte nd ed for publication s hould be sen t to Alumni Offi ce, U ni vers ity of D ayto n , Dayton, Oh io. Th ey s hould be in hand bef or e the 15th to ins ur e a ttent io n for the iss ue of the s ucceeding- m onth. Checks, drafts and m o n ey o1·ders s h oultl be made payable to " The Alumni As::;oc iatio n of t he U ni vers ity o f Dayton." Entered a s second -class matter Janual' y 15, 1929, at t h e P ost Offi ce at D ayto n , Oh io , und e1· Act o f Cong r ess of Marc h 3, 1879.
Comment T HIS is the fir st issue of the th ird vo lum e of th e University of Dayton Al umnus. W e invite frank criticism of this a nd ever y issue , with the hop e of prese nting an even more interesting and improved publication. - - U . D.
We had th e pleasure of greeting many alumni personall y at Hom e Coming. It sur ely was a thrill to greet so m a ny former >tudents. We wer e u nable to extend a p ersonal greeting to all, but we are sure that all felt the h earty and cordial greetin gs of the Un iversity of Dayton on th eir r eturn. -
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HOWN __in the above are the new faculty members and three views of new improv e ments made during the summ er months. Bro. Albert Wehrle, S .M, who completed his doctorate work at the University of Pittsburgh, is shown with Bro. Thomas Jones, who assists in prefect work at Alumni Hall. The new book store in Nazareth Hall is shown at top also. Bro. Peter J. Maier, S.M ., new principal of the preparatory department, is shown in the cen ter. The new Alumni Office is shown also in the center and below is the new post office in Nazareth Hall .
1. Every grad a paidu p member by December 3 1, 1930 . 2. Every Club h olding at least one me e tin g before April, 1931. 3. Every 5th Class preparing n ow for Reun ions in Ju ne. 4. Every Class Secretary and Clu b Secretary co n tribut ing regu larl y to t h e "Alu m nu s." 5. Every a lu mn u s making an h on est effor t to lin e u p a p r o s pect i ve st udent for t h e next sch olastic year. - - - U.D.--
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ALUMNUS A magazine which seeks to promote the interes t of the University of Dayton and to fos ter among the Alumni a sentim ent of regard for one another and attachment to their Alma Mater.
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Editorial former st ud ents with limited funds. Many alumni activities mud be omitted each year because of our small income. Our Association exists solely because of the generosity of the University in assisting u s to overcome our financial difficulties. Our Alumni Association has been spending fro m $4000 to $5000 per year with an increasing deficit. Compare that figure with the budgets of other colleges . . The following are a few chosen at random: Columbia, $57,000; Indiana, $25,000; Lehigh, $21,000; Ohio Wesleyan, $16, 000; Colgate, $15,000; Duke, .$10,614; Denison, $9,426; Howard (negro univ ersity), $6,000; Beloit, $5,540. The above figures should be an inducement to those alumni who have neglected it to subscribe promptly to the Alumni Fund, and help make it possible f9r the Alumni Association of the University of Dayton to better serve. Join in with the others. Mail that check today.
Constructive Criticism The University of Dayton Alumnus aims to acquaint the alumni with up-to-date activities of their U of D friends so that they can maintain the cherished contacts of earlier years. It further aims to acquaint alumni with the thought, progress, and development of the University so they may know how their Alma Mater is fulfilling its purpose in the educational field. These aims are carried out through personal and class notes, special stories regarding individuals or groups, editorial comment, campus digest, and articles by members of the faculty. Surely the thinking alumni have some very definite and constructive opinions on whether the Alumnus is or is not fulfilling its two-fold purpose. We would like to introduce an alumni forum page, but space will not permit. However, we desire to receive such an expression of opinion. Many compliments have been received . The magazine has become more popular than anticipated at its inauguration. Nevertheless constructive criticism will improve the Alumnus. We shall be waiting to hear from you. A little dose of constructive criticism will do a great amount of good. - --
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Interested! Sometimes I wonder if our fervent ballyhoos and circus advertisements ever arouse any of the grads and exstudents who have become comatose and calloused. If only we could make them understand that we are laboring for their own good! Honestly, a man or woman who has enjoyed the rich and varied experiences of a fouryear course at a good university, his sheepskin representing a gift to him, instead of something he has earned and paid for, who has succeeded to a fulL partnership in the achievements of his school after he left, and who has acquired new importance because of the growing impor tance of the university-such a person, who fails to take a lively interest in developments back on the campus, is in a bad way.-George Ade. -
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The Alumni Office is perpetually hunting for alumni news and changed addresses-and how they change! Th e alumni records must be as accurate and complete as possible. The Office is continuously receiving requests for addresses from individual alumni, clubs, faculty, department heads of the University, and others. Meetings cannot be planned without them. Usually the only depository of such information is the Alumni Office. Most alumni are always hungry for news of U of D and their friends. The Alumni Office does the best it can. But inability to give desired information causes mutual disappointment, and it sometimes brings sharp criticism. As the Editor is not quite omniscient and for information must depend on the alumni themselves or their friends, he heartily welcome s the cooperative action of the thoughtful alumnus who se nds in to the Alumni Office that change of address, that bit of news about himself or a fellow alumnus, or that clipping from his local paper. Cooperation in the completion of su ch small things is actual participation in the progressive dev elopment of larger things-a greater Alumni Association-a greater University of Dayton.
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One of the best ways to help the Alumni Association is a very simple one. Just as soon as this means is used by each alumnus it will be made possible for the Alumni Office to enter upon larger plans of service. Frankly, have you seriously considered paying your dues for this year, 1930? Here's October. Only two more months remain. Why not make the Association the big success that you really want it to be ? To conduct an efficient alu 11ni association is a complicated and expensive business . .For years the Alumni Association of the University of Dayton struggled along in an unorganized manner. With reorganization, with the establishment of an alufnni office and the appointment of a full time secretary came regular and increased expenses. The Alumni Office is attempting to serve U of D
In 1890 there were 157,000 students enrolled in American colleges. In 1900 the number had grown to 238,000; in 1915 to 405,000. Then came the entrance of the United States into the World War. This tended temporarily to reduce registration in collegiate subjects, but at the close of the war it rose again very rapidly until in in 1928-29 it passed the million mark. To put this in anoth er way, in 1890, 1 % % of the young people of college age in the United States were enro lled in institutions of higher learning. By 1926 this h ad risen to 10 % . In five years (1922 - 1927) in 211 institutions on the approved list of the Association of American Universities, the enrollment increa sed 25 % . From 1890 to 1929 colleg e registration increased 529 %: . 3
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Catnpus News Digest Largest Registration
Fine Spirit
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INCREASED ENROLLMEN T
T HE scholastic year of 1930 brought to the University of Dayton its largest enrollment. The total of 628 students gives U of D an increase of fifty students over the enrollment of last year. On Tuesday morning, September 16, U of D welcomed its largest Freshman Class, 174 strong. They were assembed in the auditorium to learn t he ir whereabouts. After being cordiall y welcomed and introduced to the faculty, they were taken on a getacquainted tour of "the University.
T homas Jones, S.M., from St. Joseph High School at San Jose, California, is assisting in prefect work at Alumni Hall; Dr. Solis, formerly of Creighton University, Omaha, Nebraska, is professor of Spanish and French this year; Dr. Rosko, formerly of Creighton University, is professor of Fine Arts and Law; Lieutenants Hugh C. Johnson of Washburn, North Dakota, and E. L. Stewart of Paxton, Illinois, were assigned to the facu1ty of the University of Dayton as instructors in the Reserve Officers Training Corps.
To Don Brown and Paul Antony, sophomores, goe the credit for the splendid decoration of the campus on Home Coming. The University colors of Red and Blue were displayed on all parts of the campus. Spirited signs adorned the campus in general and large welcome greetings were displayed in prominent spots. A successful bonfire with an enthusiastic program was held on the eve of the Home Coming Game . To complete the decorations required much time and effort on the part of the committee and they are to be complimented on such good work and on their fine school spirit. T he committee follows: Don Brown, Paul Antony, Greg Meier, Paul Kling, Bob Walter, Tom Wentke, Ed Droe.sch, Joe Buchman, Joe Keegan, Joe Delaney, Charles Hess and Constance Martin.
The University Debating Society, U.D.'s group of forensic artists, in view of an early and strenuous schedule, have a !. ready held two important meetings. Barth Snyder is president of the Society, and John Connelly is vice-president. In all probability two questions wi ll be debated t hi s year, one of them being the Ohio Conference subject dealing with state unemployment insurance. The tentative sched- . ule includes debates with St. Louis University, Toledo University, Miami University, Akron University, and Witten berg University.
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STUDENTS Attorney John C. Shea, former dean of ADDRESSED t he College of Law at t he University of Dayton, addressed the student body of both t he collegiate a n d preparatory departments on September 17, "Constitution Day," upon the subject, "The Constitution of the United States."
There were only a few changes in t h e Faculty of the University for this year. Rev. Joseph A. Tru n k, S.M., who was professor of philosophy, was transferred to Trinity College at Sioux Cadets and student officers of the City, Iowa. Brother Paul Sibbing, S .M., professor of anaNEW R 0 T C U of D Reserve Officers Training Corps lytical chemistry the past year, was named vice-president UNIFORMS are wearing new uniof Trinity Coll ege at forms made accordSioux City, Iowa. ing to government Brother William Dapspecifications of olive per, S.M., assistant drab material. There treasurer during the GUESS WHO are several radical past several years, changes in the new was named as the new style. All uniforms principal of St. Mary's are made of sixteenHigh School at Stockounce wool, melton or ton, California. Brothgabardine material. er George Ley, S.M., Long trousers are principal of the preworn. The coat is paratory department made with a soft roll during the past few ~ collar. The lapel is years, has been faced with sky blue changed to Tr i nity cloth. The new im3 College at Sioux City, 2 proved overseas type Iowa. The new faccap is worn instead ulty members on the of t h e old type cap campus this year are of past years. The as fo ll ows: Brother new uniform has met Peter J. Maier, S.M., with the universal apthe new principal of proval of the R 0 T C the preparatory destudents. partment, from Santa Cruz, California; Brother Albert MINIA- Brother Wehrle, S.M. , M.S., TURE Molz, S.M., Ph.D., new professor prefect of GOLF 6 5 •4 in the scientific deA I u m n i partment, having comAre YOU Sure? Hall, originated th e pleted his doctorate idea of installing a T u r n to P age 1 1 fo r cor rect id e nt i fi cat ion at the University of FACULTY CHANGES
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Renaissance=Christian Art By Stephen A. Hosko, M.A., LL.D., Pol.Sc. D. F we want to understand the complicated complex of the Renaissance, we have to understand the complicated complex of Italy from the thirteenth to the seventeenth centuries. Because not o.nly in its beginning but also in its conception the Renaissance and Italy are one and the same. And on the other hand if we want to understand Italy during the time of the Renaissance, we have to cling路 strictly to the only Ariadne-thread, to the art~, in order not to get lost in the labyrinth. Without comprehending the arts, we cannot comprehend Italy and consequently cannot comprehend the Renaissance. The fact is that it has been granted only to two nations, the Greeks and the Italians, and to the latter only during the time of the Renaissance, to invest every phase and variety of their intellectual energy with the form of art. During those centuries nothing notable was produced in Italy that did not bear the stamp and character of fine art. If it is the truth that our modes of living are regulated by the methods of science at the present time, it is no less true that during the Renaissance art exercised a similar controlling influence. Not only was each department of the fine arts practiced with singular success; not only was the national genius to a very large extent absorbed in painting, sculpture and architecture, but the resthetic impulse was more thoroughly and widely diffused than this alone would imply. It possessed the Italians in the very center of their intellectual vitality, imposing its conditions on all the manifestations of their thought and feeling, so that e'en their shortcomings may be ascribed in a great measure to their inability to quit the resthetic point of view. What was the task appointed for the fine arts on the threshold of the modern world? Before all it was their task to give form to the ideas evolved by Christianity, and to embody a class of emotions unknown to the ancients. That is the inheritance of the Middle Ages had to be appropriated and expressed. In the course of performing this work, the painters helped to humanize religion, and revealed the dignity and beauty of the body of man. Next, in the fifteenth century, the riches of classic culture were di 3covered and art was c~lled upon to aid in the interpretation of the ancient to the modern mind. The problem was no longer simple. Christian and pagan traditions came into close contact and contended for the empire of the newly-liberated intellect. During this struggle the arts, true to their old principle, eliminated from both tradition s the strictly human elements, and expressed them in beautiful form to the imagination and the senses. The brush of the same painter depicted Bacchus wedding Ariadne and Mary fainting on the hill to Calvary. This being in general the task assigned to art in the Renaissance, we may next inquire what con stituted the specific quality of modern as distinguished from antique feeling, and why painting could not fail to take the first place among modern arts. In other words, how was it that, while sculpture was the characteristic fine art of antiquity, painting became the distinguishing fine art of the modern era? No true form of figurative art intervened between Greek sculptu1~e and Italian painting. The latter took up the work of investing thought with sensible shape from the dead hands of the former. Nor had the tradition that 路connect~d art with religion been interrupted, although a new cycle of religious ideas had been substituted for the old ones. The late Roman and Byzantine manners, through which the vital energies of the
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Athenian genius dwindled into barren formalism, still lingered, giving crude and lifeless form to Christian conceptions. But the thinking and feeling subject, meanwhile, had undergone a change so all important that it now imperatively required fresh channels for its selfexpression. It was destined to find these, not as of old in sculpture, but in painting. The medieval faiths were still vivid when the first Italian painters began their work, and the sincere endeavor of these men was to set forth in beautiful and worthy form the truths of Christianity. The eyes of the worshipers should no longer have a mere stock or stone to contemplate: their imagination should be helped by the dogmatic presentation of the scenes of sacred history, and their devotion be quickened by lively images of the Passion of Our Lord. Spirit should converse with spirit, through no veil .of symbol, but through the transparent medium of art, itself instinct with inbreathed life and radiant with ideal beauty. The body and the soul, moreover, should be reconciled; and God's likeness should be once more acknowledged in the features and limbs of man. Such was the promise of art; and this promise was in a great measure fulfilled by the painting of the fourteenth century. But in making good the promise they had given, it was needful for the arts on the one hand to enter the region not wholly their own- the region of abstractions and of mystical conceptions; and on the other to create a world of sensuous delightfulness, wherein the spiritual element was materialized to the injury of its own essential quality. Spirit, indeed, spoke to spirit, so far as the religious content was concerned, but flesh spoke also to flesh in the resthetic form. The incarnation promised by the arts involved a corresponding sensuousness. Heaven was brought down to earth, but at the cost of makin g men believe that earth itself was heavenly. When we consider the nature of the ideas assimilated in the Middle Ages by the human mind, it is clear that art, in order to set them forth, demanded a language the Greeks have never greatly needed, and had therefore never fully learned. To overestimate the difference from an re.sthetic point of view between the religious notions of the Greeks and those which Christianity had made essential would be difficult. Faith, hope and charity; humility, endurance, suffering; the Resurrection and the Judgment; the Fall and the Redemption; Heaven and
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Hell; the height and depth of man's mixed nature; the drama of human destiny before the throne of God; into the sphere of thoughts like these, vivid and solemn, transcending the region of sense and corporeity, carrying the mind away to an ideal world, where the things of this earth obtained a new reality by virtue of their relation to an invisible and infinite Beyond, the modern arts in their infancy were thrust. There was nothing finite here and tangible, no gladness in the beauty of girlish foreheads or the swiftness of a young man's limb"s, no simple idealization of natural delightfulness. The human body, which the figurative arts must needs use as the vehicle of their expression, had ceased to have a value in and for itself, had ceased to be the true and adequate investiture of thoughts demanded from the artists .. At best it could be taken only as a symbol of some inner meaning, the shrine of an indwelling spirit, nobler than itself. Christianity made the moral and spiritual nature of man all essential. It sprang from an earlier religion, that judged it impious to give any form to God. The body and its terrestrial activity occupied but a subordinate position in its system. It was the life of the soul, separated from this frame of flesh, and destined to endure when earth and all it contains had ended- a life that was continued conflict and aspiring struggle-which the arts, insofar as they became its instruments, were called upon to illustrate. It was worship of a deity, all spirit, to be sought on no one sacred hill, to be adored in no transcendent shape, that they were bound to heig hten. The most highly prized among the Christian virtues had no necessary connection with beauty of feature or strength of limb. Such beauty and such strength at any rate were accidental, not essential. A Greek faun could not but be graceful; a Greek hero was of necessity vigorous. But St. Stephen might be steadfast to death without physical charm; St. Anthony might put to flight the devils of the flesh without muscular force. It is clear that the radiant physical perfection proper to the deities of Greek sculpture was not sufficient in this sphere. Again, the most stirring episodes of the Christian mythology involved pain and perturbation of the spirit; the victories of the Christian athletes were won in conflicts carried on within their hearts and souls. It is therefore no less clear that the tranquility and serenity of the Hellenic ideal, so necessary to consummate sculpture, was here out of place . The physical form, instead of being adequate to the ideas expressed and therefore helpful to the artist, is a positive embarrassment, a source of weakness. The most powerful pictorial or sculpturesque delineation of the Judgment when compared with the pangs inflicted on the spirit by a guilty c-onscience, pangs whereof words may render some account, but which can find no analogue in writhings of the limbs or face, must of necessity be found a failure. Still more possible is it for the figurative arts to approach the Chri stian conception of God in His omnipotence and unity. Christ Himself, the central figure of the Christian universe, the desired of all nations, in Whom the Deity assumed a human form and dwelt with men, is no fit subject form for such art at any rate as the Greeks had perfected. The fact of His incarnation brought Him indeed within the proper sphere of fine arts; but the chief events of His life on earth remove Him beyond the reach of sculpture. This is an important consideration. Christ is especially adored in His last act of love on Calvary; and how impossible it is to set that forth consistently with the requirements of strictly plastic art may be gathered by comparing the passion of St. Bernard's Hymn to Our Lord upon the Cross with all that has been said about the restraint expression, dignified generality, and harmonious beauty f Ssential to sculpture. We have never heard that Phidias or Praxiteles chose Prometheus upon Caucausus for the supreme display of his artistic skill; and even the anguish expressed in the
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group of Laocoon is justly thought to violate the laws of antique sculpture. Yet here. was a greater than Prometheus-One who had suffered more, and on Whose suffering the salvation of the human race depended, to exclude Whom from the sphere of representation in art was the same as confessing the utter impotence of art to grasp the vital thought of modern faith. It is clear that the muses of the new age had to haunt Calvary instead of Helicon, slaking their thirst at no Castalian spring, but at the fount of tears outpoured by all creation for a stricken God. What Hellas achieved supplied no form or method for the arts in this new service. From what has been advanced, we may assert with confidence that if the arts were to play an important part in Christian culture, an art was imperatively demanded that should be at home in the sphere of intense feeling, that should treat the body as the interpreter and symbol of the soul, and should not shrink from pain and passion . And right we can assert that least of all the arts could sculpture, with its essential repose and its dependence on corporeal conditions, solve the probelm. Sculpture had suited the requirements of Greek thought. It belonged by right to men who not unwillingly accepted 路 the life of this world as final, apd who worshiped in their deities the. incarnate personality of man made perfect. But it could not express the cycle of Christian ideas. The desire of a better world, the fear of a worse路 the sense of sin referred to physical appetites, and the dorresponding mortification of the flesh; hope, ecstasy, and penitence and prayer- imply contempt or hatred for the body, suggest notions too spiritual to be conveyed by the rounded contours of beautiful limbs too full of struggle for statuesque tranquility. The new element needed a more elastic medium of expression. Motives were varied gradations of sentiment more delicate, the fugitive and transient phases of emotion, the inner depths of consciousness, had somehow to be seized. It was here that painting asserted its supremacy. Painting is many degrees further removed than sculpture from dependence on the body in the fullness of its physical proportions. It touches our sensibilities by suggestions more indirect more mobile and more multiform. Color and shadow' aerial perspective and complicated grouping, denied t~ scu~pture bu~ w!thin the proper realm of painting, have their own s1gmficance, their real relation to feelings v_agu~r but n?t less potent, than those which find expression m the Simple human form. To painting, again, belongs the play of feature indicative of internal move~ent, through a whole gamut of modulations inapprehenSible by sculpture. All that drapery by its partial concealment of the form it clothes, and landscape by its sympathies with human sentiment, may supply to enhance the passion of_the spectator pertains to painting. This art, therefore, owmg to the greater variety of means at its disposal, and its gr路eater adequacy to express emotion became the paramount Italian art. ' -
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}930 Grads Patrick Hennessey, George Weed and Soichi Kawazoe Pat 1s studymg law at Harvard; George is taking post-graduate. work_ in chemical engineering at M.I.T.; and Kawazoe IS takmg advance work in automotive engineering at ~.I.T.-:-Harry B. Becker, attorney at law, has opened h1s office at 703 American Building, Dayton, Ohio.Norman Bri~kman ~as his insurance agency at 707 Main Street, Readmg, Oh10.-Robert N. Lenach is teacher and assistant coach at Cathedral Latin High School Cleveland, Ohio. "Bobby" resides at 10903 Hull Avenue, Cleveland, Ohio. ~re resi~ing at 21 Bigelow Street, Cambridge, Mass.
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Athletic News and Cotntnent By Art Routzong, '32 Home-Coming Jinx
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FOR the fifth year in succession Harry Baujan's F l yers failed to shake off the Home-Coming jinx with the result that they went down to defeat before the eyes of the grads on the stadium fie ld, Saturday, October 11. Ohio Wesleyan was the winning eleven and the "Battling Bish ops" copped the decision by the narrowest of margins, t he point after touchdown, the final score being 7 to 6. It seems t hat the Flyers can't win the Home-Coming tilt, no matter how hard they try or how good football they play. Not since 1925, when Captain Lou Mahrt passed to "Augey" Cabrinha for a touchdown on the first play to give Dayton a great victory over the Haskell Ind ians, 6 to 2, have the Flyers been able to win the big game of the year. In 1926 the Indians returned for reveng·e and got it, 30 to 14. In 1927 the U. S. Marines beat Dayton on Home-Coming Day, 7 to 0, and in '28 the University of Detroit turned the trick by the same score. Last year Boston College won, 23-7, and this year it was the strong Ohio Wesleyan eleven that administered the defeat. A disappointed crowd of 6,500 saw two evenly-matched elevens stage one of the greatest battles ever held on the stadium field. Throughout a mid-summer afternoon that was more suited for bas€ball than the grid sport the two elevens battled and clawed at each other and at the fin ish there was so little to choose between them that a tie score would have satisfied everybody.
T HE F lyers finished on the long end of the score in their first two engagements of the sea ·on and kept their goal line uncrossed. Ohio Northern wa · defeated in the season's opener, 14 to 0, and Georgetown University of Kentucky succumbed in the second game, 22-0. Both tilts were played at the stadium at night. The date of the Northern game was September 26 and t he Georgetown contest was played on October 3. A crowd of 8,000, including 3,000 high school students of Dayton and surrounding towns who were guests of the school, saw the green Flyer team open the season with a victory. Ohio Northern proved to be the tough est· opening game opponent the F lyers have met since 1924 with the result that an interesting struggle was witnessed by the capacity throng. Dayton scored touchdowns in each half with "Jumpy" Marshall, senior fullback, and Tom Medley, sen ior halfback, accounting for the scores. They also added the points after toucfidown. Neither touchdown resulted from an extended drive. Instead, the F l yers played smart football, taking advantage of the breaks and striking when the occasion arose. Ohio Northern twice threatened Dayton's goal, at the beginning of the game and at the start of the third quarter, but both times the F lyers stiffened and stopped the advances. George Gorry, Jim Cleary and Dan Fitzsimmons were the outstanding sophomore performers in the game. Gorry, the fleet halfback from London, Ohio, reeled off several nice gains, Cleary played a fine game at center and Fitzsimmons handled the club well and ran back one punt 35 yards. Mart Schnur, sophomore fu ll back, a lso did some good work as did "Hank" Meyer at tackle and Johnny Bau er at guard. Most of the veterans showed up well w ith Tom Medley, who was playing his first game at halfback, leading the parade.
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T HE loss of Joe Cabrinha, veteran Portuguese-Hawaiian quarterback, on the eve of the game was a blow to thE'! Flyers. Cabrinha, wh o was rushed to the hospital with an attack or erysipelas, was Dayton's only reliable punter. His absence forced Bau jan to break up his backfield combinations and deprived the team of a good kicker. And, after all, it was poor punting more than anything else - - - - - - - U. D. - -- - - -that led to Dayton's defeat. T HE Flyer team that defeated Geor~etown, 22 -0, was a T he first haif was a scoreless tie. Wesleyan was in a much improved outfit over the one that had its troubles scoring position several times because of short Dayton with Northern. The line blocked and tackled in m uch '"~unts and numerous penalties called against the Flyers. better fashion and the backs, especiall y the sophomores, However, t he Dayton line a lways rose to the occasion showed worlds of drive. T h e only thing to disappoint when danger thr eatened and held Wesleyan in check. Dayton rooters was the fact that three times the F lyers The F lyers didn't threaten until the close of the second were halted inside Georgetown's 10-yard line. quarter when they marched to the visitors' 35-yard lin e Dayton scored late in the first quarter when Harold before being halted. Fearn, soph halfback, knifed left tackle from the t hreeTh e Bishops lost no time in the second half, scorin g yard line. The Flyers failed to cross the goal line in t he early in the t hird quarter. A 15-yard penalty against second period Dayton and but were given another sh ort a safety and punt gave two points Wesleyan t h e w h en t h e ball on DayGeorgetown ton's 40 - yard punter, atline from tempting to where t h ey kick from bedrove for a hind his own touc h down . goa l line, Kraft, big st~pped out of Wes l eyan t h e end zone. tack l e, t h en In the third placekicked quarter the extra point ( Contin ued on ( Continued on Page 12 ) Flyers in action in 1927 Pa&' e 12 )
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~--------------------------------~ Births 1920-To Mr. and Mrs. Carrol A. Hochwalt, a da ughter, Paula Marie; August 23, 1930, at St. Ann's Hospital at Dayton, Ohio . 1022-To Dr. and Mrs. Edward J . Duffy, a daughter, Alice Marie; August, 1930, at St. Ann's Hospital at Dayton, Ohio. 1925-To Mr. and Mrs. Merle P. Smith (Charlotte Marie Smith), a son, Mark Joseph; September 11, 1930, at 路St. Ann's Hospital at Dayton, Ohio. 1926-To Mr. and Mrs. Thomas G. F leming (Salome Mahrt), a son, September 2, 1930, at St. Ann's Hospital at Dayton, Oh io. 1926-To Mr. and Mrs. Maurice Reichard (Cecelia Lehman), a so n, Thomas Eugene; Ju1y 31, 1930, at Dayton, Ohio. 1927-To Mr. and Mrs. Lawrence H. Stember, a son, Law1路ence H ., Jr.; July 31, 1930, at White Cross Hospital, Columbus, Ohio. 1927-To Mr. and Mrs. Herman J. Reboulet (Margaret McCarthy), a son; July 30, 1930, at St. Ann's Hospital at Dayton, Ohio. 1928-To Mr. and Mrs. Theodore Oppenheim, a son, Walter J.; August 15, 1930, at Coldwater, Ohio.
Engagements 1927-Charles P . Pfarrer to Thelma Biegel, of Linden Avenue, Dayton, Ohio . The marriage will be solemnized October 21, 1930 .
Marriag es 1916-Martin Schneble to Ruth J. Charles at Dayton, Ohio, September 25, 1930. 1922-Robert M. Payne to Mary Katherine Brennan, '30, at Dayton, Ohio, September 25, 1930. 1925-John D. Byrne to Catherine Agnes Malone at Cleveland, Ohio, June 30, 1930 . 1927- Paul P. McClellan to Marian Ferguson Whipple of Bridgeport, Connecticut, at Ithaca, New York, August 23, 1930.
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Summer V isitors The oldest alumn us who came back this summer was Dr. James A. Averdick, '70, of Covington, Kentucky. This gentleman is distinguished as being the first president of the Al umni Association at the University of Dayton. During the presidency of Bro . Zehler it was decided to start such an organization and in 1876 the first meeting was called. The task of appointing a suitable president fell upon Brro. Zehler who placed this position in the hands of Dr. Averdick. He was a staunch and loyal leader and even now is numbered among the institution's D r. Averdick, ' 7 0 most enthusiastic boosters. As early as 1876 Dr. Averdick predicted that what was then St. Mary's College would some day become a university . ThP fulfillment of his dream has always been a source of great comfort to one who has always taken such a personal interest in the growth and activities of the University. A few of those who were drawn back are: Leo Boeckman, '88, of Cincinnati; Norman Brinkman, '30, Reading, Ohio; Nelson Phillips, '28, Detroit; Cletus Zofkie, '18, Wapakoneta; H . J. Braun, '07, Chicago; J . F. Boyer, '74, Erie, Pennsylvania; George Boetsch, '78, Toledo; Samuel Broomhall, '15, Hamilton; Jack O'Hearn, '30, Wilkinsburg, Pennsylvania; Gerald Faust, '30, Cleveland . - - -- U. D. - -- - - -
Flyers in the News The Gibbons Hotel of Dayton has a new manager, Virgil Mu rph y, '1 7 , from the Neil House, Columbus, where he served for two years as assistant to Tom Sabrey, former manager of the Gibbons and now holding that position at the Neil House. We remember reading in the newspapers recently that two army officers piloted an army plane approximately nine hundred mi les from San Antonio, Texas, to Scott Field, Illinois, from a covered cockpit that afforded no view of the outside world . One of the officers was Lieu te n ant Carl J. Crane, '2 4, co-inventor of the instrument for blind flying. At the fifty -eighth general meeting of the American Electrochemical Society held at Detroit, Michig an, September 25, 26 and 27, 1930, Mr . Ralph J. W irsh ing, '16, read a research paper on "Heat Treatment t>f Chromium Deposits to Increase Their Resistance to Con:osion ." Mr. Wirshing has been delegated by the General Motors Research Laboratories of Detroit to supervise some paint and enamel experimental work at Moraine City (Dayton, Ohio). He will spend several weeks here on this mission . Ralph was also a visitor to his Alma Mater in company with Mrs. Wirshin g and little daughter.
1876-George Dennewitz, 66, one of Dayton's leading musicians, died at his residence last month fo llowing a brief illness. He suffered a stroke of paralysis and never recovered consciousness. T hrough his death Dayton loses a clarinetist of great skill, who was known throughout the Miami Valley. He was for twenty-one consecutive years a member of the Soldiers Home Band. His father, the late Christ Dennewitz, was also a celebrated mu sician and violin teacher, and it was under his direction that George received his early musical training. Christ Dennewitz conducted a musical school on South Wayne Avenue, Dayton, f <;n 路 many years and taught music to many of the older musicians of the city. Christ was also professor of music at old St. Mary's, now the University of Dayton, and he organized the first school band at the University. Christ gave Brother Louis Vogt, S.M., of the University of Dayton his first music lessons. The son of Christ and Johanna Dennewitz, he was born
F a t her W illiam P. O 'Conn o r, '09 , pastor of St. John Church, Deer Park, recently took the oath as major in the Chaplain's Corps, Ohio National Guard . The newly appointed major took the oath to obey the orders of the President and the governor in the office of the Archdiocesan Chancery, Fath'er Joseph E . Collins being the notary public. Father O'Connor, who was promoted from the office of captain, is the first priest to reach the office of major
in Dayton May 16, 1864. He leaves his wife, Mrs. Rae
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Clement M. Bauer, 47 Westchester Avenue, is in t he auto business at Rochester, N. Y .
John F. Boyer resides at 1157 W. 26th St., Erie, Pa.
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Will I. Ohmer, manufacturer, resid es on Gracemont Boulevard, Dayton ; Ohio.
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George Boetsch resides at 1005 Star Avenue, Toledo, Ohio.
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Barry S. Murphy, attorney at Jaw, resid es at 104 W. Lexington Avenue, Dayton, Ohio.
John C. Wolf resides at 114 W. Third Street, Rosell e, N. J.-Leo H . Boeckman, 1921 Hopkins Avenue, Norwood, Ohio, is a candidate for Co unty Recorder, Hamilton Co unty, Cincinnati, Ohio.
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Rev. Franci s J . Kemper, S.J ., is master of novices, Milford Novitiate, Milford, Ohio.
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Aloys . J . Ward, insurance broker, resides at 1225 Cabrillo Street, Burlingame, Calif.
Walter M. Zuber , broker, resides at 326 Deshler Avenue, Columbu s, Ohio.-Rev . E . J . Hunkeler is pastor of the Blessed Sacrament Church, 6304 N. 30th Street, Omaha, Nebr. Our sympathies are extended to Clement G. Jauch, 703 Otterbein Avenue, Dayton, Ohio, on the death of his wife on August 16, 1930.
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Rev. Walter A. Roemer, S.J., is located at St. Marys College, St. Marys, Kans. ·
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Wendell McCulloch, 3041 Lexington Road, Louisville, Ky., is con nected with the Anglo-American Milling Co., makers of mil ling machinery for feeds.
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William D. Bieker, Frigidaire representative, resides at 2333 W. Kienan Avenue, Spokane, Wash.
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We extend our sympathi es to James E . Hall and Edward Hall, '13, of 334 Union Trust Building, Dayton, Ohio, on the death of their father, Edward T . Hall, on October 4, 1930, at Dayton .- Rev. Au 'l'uat H. Metz is now stationed at St. Anthony Church, 830 Bowen Street, Dayton, Ohio .
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James Masterson, 2111 Taylor Road, is owner of the Acm e Printing Shop, Cleveland , Ohio.
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George H. Teigler, 2814 Linden Avenue, is an airplane in spector, Wright Field , Dayton, Ohio.
Edward J . Horan is now associated with the Inland Rubber Co., and i·esides at 1155 N. Dearborn Street, Chicago, Ill. Our sympathi es are extended to Ed on the death of his mother on October 3, 1930.
Robert L. Stewart, cost reduction engineer for the Western Electric, resides at 502 Summer Avenue, Apt. 9-A, Newark, N. J .- Clet;.s C. Zofkie is in the clothing busin ess at Wapakoneta, Ohio. On July 26 John A Supensky and Frank A. W illiams were promoted to t he rank of captain in the Reserve Corps.
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Robert T·. Baumheckel, Box 691, is a radio technician at 10th and Antelope Streets·. Lancaster, Calif . - Joseph S. Koehler, M.D., has offices in the WayneWyoming Building, Dayton, Ohio.-"Joe" Spra ley now resides at 18940 Fairport Avenue, Detroit, Mich.
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We ext end our sy mpathi es to O sca r C. H ollenbac h and Norbert J., '30, on the death of their father, Charles Holl enbach, October 4, 1930, at their home, 5924 Sheridan Road, Chicao-o, Ill. - Florence Nuttall, 122 Lexington Avenue. H i an instructor at Stivers High E School of Dayton.
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AWAKEN to the call of your Alumni Office Only two more months r emain before the close of the year. Neglect it no .longer. Join in with the other active members for 1930. Send us your check for $ 5.00 for your 1930 alumni membership-NOW . We need each al umnus. Don't fail u s.
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Dr. James G. Parker, an interne at Good Samaritan Hospital in Cincinnati, had the · hi gh est grade of all the 225 young doctors who recently were successful in passing the strenuous examination for license give by the Ohio State Medical Board. "Jim" studied his PreMedical work at U of D and h is medicine at St. Louis D .- Dewitt C. Ashton has his own stock company, The Peruchi P layers, playing in their eleventh successful week at th e Bijou Theatre, Chattan ooga, Tenn.-Anne Pope Riley, 2037 Salem Avenue, is an instructor at Stivers High School in Dayton, Ohio.
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Day Law Course
Chemical Grads Meet
This year for the first time since its inauguration in 1922 the College of Law offers a day law course. Up until this year the offerings in the legal department have all been at night. Now, however, the course is given in the morning so as to enable those who are taking the work to secure employment for the rest of the day. Sixty semester credit hours are requir ed for admission to the College of Law. The degrees offered are a Bachelor of Laws degree upon the completion of eighty semester credit hours. There is also offered a combined Arts and Law program whereby a student may take three years of Arts and then take up Law and upon completion of the first year law he will be granted a degree of Bachelor of Arts; then upon completion of two other years of Law he will obtain his LL.B. degree. It will also be possible for a student to obtain a degree of Juris Doctor provided he meets certain attendance requirements and maintains an average of 85 % . The Honorable Robert C. Patterson is Dean of the College of Law. Other members of the faculty of th e law college are: Henry L. Beigel, LL.B., Professor of Law; Fran cis C. Canny, LL.B., Professor of Law; Max C. Dice, LL.B., Professor of Law; Stephen A. Rosko, Ph.D., LL.D. , Professor of Law; Daniel W . Iddings, LL.B., Professor of Law; Joseph Keller, B.A., LL.B., Professor of Law; W. S. McConnaughey, LL.B., Professor of Law; Samuel S. Markham, LL.B., Professor of Law; C. J. Mattern, LL.B ., Lecturer; Joseph B. Murphy, LL.B., Professor of Law; Virgil Schaeffer, LL.B., Professor of Law; Judge Don R. Thomas and Warren A. Ferguson.
Dr. Wohlleben, S.M., head of the U of D's chemical department, reports that he met a good number of his old boys at the American Chemical Society Convention held in Cincinnati, Ohio. Some of the old grads were: Joe Schaefer, Ted Hochwalt, Herman Reboulet, Mike Moran , Otto Behrer, George Kirby, AI Crowley, John Crowley and Emil Kessler. - - - - - - U.D. - - - -
Flyers Are Guests The Flyers have become popular guests of the local Noon-tide Clubs. On Tuesday September 30 they were feted by the Lions Club and on the following Tuesday they were the guests of the Chamber of Commerce. The Kiwanis were hosts at a luncheon on October 14. An interesting feature of these affairs is the talk by Harry Baujan, head coach of the Flyers. "Flyers Night" was celebrated recently at Loew's Theater, the program being arranged by Manager Ernie Austgen, honoring the 1930 Flyers. The entire team to gether with Head Coach Baujan, Bill Belanich, line coach, and Jack Keefer, backfied coach, were guests of Loew's at a special program featuring Gloria Swanson in "What a Widow. " Preceding the feature presentation a concert by the University of Dayton Band was given in front of the theater. Then the Band played the school so ng and the athletic march from the stage of the theater and the cheer leaders led the capacity audience in their singing. The Band were also the guests of the managment. -
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1930 Globe Trotters Howard H. Kane and Bertram Smith of the Commerce Class of '30 have recently .returned from a ten-week tour of the West. Their itinerary included fifteen states and four national parks. The high spots of their trip were the south-western Indian country of New Mexico and Arizona, Tia Juana, Hollywood and Los Angeles, San Francisco, Seattle, and Yellowstone Park. While in California they visited Mat Marzluft of the Class of '28 who is connected with the N C R of Fresno. He was agreeably surprised to see old friends and extends greetings to all. The trip ended abruptly in Toledo when the old Ford gave out and was sold for parts. However, the boys say the vacation was a big success and intend to make Europe their next touring ground. - - - U . D. -- -
U of D Colors at Louvain The Red and Blue colors of the University of Dayton were represented along with the colors of sixty-five other American educational institutions when the school flags : assembled by W. Francklyn Paris of New York, were in!'>talled in the newly completed library of the University of Louvain, Louvain, Belgium. The rector of the University of Louvain, Monsignor Paulin Ladeuze, presided over the massing of the colors in the reading room of the library, attended by members of the faculty and in the presence of members of the m~nicipality of Louvain and of the Belgian government. The Louvain library, it will be recalled, is the gift of the American people to the Belgian nation in testimony of their admiration of the late Cardinal Metcier and the gallan conduct of the Belgian people du r ing the war. It replaces, on a much larger s ite, the library destroyed by invading Germans in 1914. 1 The space selected for the display of the flags, Father O'Reilly was informed, is the reading room, 150 feet long, which runs almost the entire length of the facade.
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miniature golf course at the University. Shortly before th e opening of school he enlisted the aid of Alex Neary, junior engineer, and drew up plans for a miniature course to be located east of Alumni Hall. Work of constructing the course was begun by students under the direction of Leo Kleinhans, property custodian of Alumni Hall, and rapid progress was made. The course is now a popular recreation spot for the students. On Prep Field there is anoth er course for the use of the preparatory students. SODALITY ORGANIZED
The organization of th e Sodality of the Immaculate Conception at U of D for the year took place during the annual retreat. As in previous years the sodality of the college division is divided into groups comprising respectively students of Alumni Hall, St. Joseph's Hall, and day students. NEW TENNIS COURTS
Plan s for the construction of one new tennis court at the University this fall have bee n completed and work is expected to commence on it within the next couple of weeks, according to a recent announcement. Several other courts have been planned and work for constructing them will be held up until next spring, when it is hoped that Dayton will again sponsor a varsity tennis t eam. The students have displayed renewed interest in the game of tennis since the construction of the tennis court near the old varsity field , and the necessity of additional 路 courts has become apparent. CHEER LEADERS
Smiling Bill Mcintyre is head cheer leader at the University of Dayton this year and he has selected very capable assistants. In th eir new flashy red uniforms they make a neat appearance before the student sections in the stadium at each game.
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Cleveland Club With a steady display of enthusiasm the Cleveland Club has held regular meetings on the first Monday of each month. The meetings have been held at the Cathedral Latin High School through the courtesy of Rev. Lawrence A. Yeske, S.M. On August 13 the U of D Cleveland Club held a little golf party at the Ridgewood Country Club. Reports are to the effect that Bill Slick took all the honors in golf, while John Schulte and Dick Snelling copped the eating honors, and Bill Mayer and Archie Leary took the bridge honors without any trouble. A noon -day luncheon is held every Wednesday and is wel} attended. Old scenes and happenings at U of D are recall ed. The Cleveland Club sent down a large delegation for Home-Coming on October 11. Those present were "Scotty" Armstrong, Joe Andras, Jack Byrne, Tom Coughlin, Jr., Andy Cunningham, John Debesis, Chuck Dehler, Fuzzy Faust, Doug Finn, Gil Gowan, Ray Grdina, Gene Hug, Clem Kemer, Tim Killen, Archie Leary, Bill Mayer, Vin Moir, Bill Nunn , J. Dickson Polley, John Day, John Schulte, Bill Slick and Vic Warn er. They plan a peppy rec eption for Dayton followers when the Flyers travel to Cleveland on November 15 to play John Carroll University, an old grid rival. The Flyers last played Carroll at Cleveland in 1926 when the team, captained by the present assi stant coach, Bill Belanich, won a hard-fought struggle from the Blue Streaks by the score of 10 to 0. A large following of fans and the Band accompanied the Flyer team on that occasion. The Cleveland Club is quite anxious to have the Flyer Band and a large delegation of fans to accompany the team on the trip to Cleveland on November 15.
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Cincinnati Club Plans are already under way for the annual Migration Day to Cincinnati for the Xavier U. game to be played in that city November 8. Each year the student body accompanies the team to Cincinnati, and this year's Migration Day should be the greatest ever in view of the fact that Dayton goes to the Queen City in defense of the Governor's Cup, which was won from Xavier U. last year. The Cincinnati U of D Club is cooperating with Xavier University to complete plans for their HomeComing and Campus Carnival on that day. Detailed plans will be announced later. The Cincinnati Club is also forming plans for real club activity, starting off with a meeting of all U of D alumni in Cincinnati and vicinity. The meeting is being arranged by Edwin G. Becker and Richard Hosler. Complete plans for this big U of D get-together will be announced later. In the meantime a ll U of D alumn i resident in Cincinnati and vicinity be on watch for the annoucement of the date, place and time for this great big social gathering. ----D. D.----
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The new amplifiers recently installed jn the stadiu m, and used for the first time in the Georgetown game, proved immensely popul ar with the fans, who are n ow informed immediately of every event in t h e game. T h e horns are a great improvement an d in the future will replace the scoreboard which heretofore has been used to indicate the progress of t he game. By means of t h e amplifiers t he spectators are informe d of every play, who carried the ball, t he names of the substitutes, a nd the reason for every penalty.
Now-Joseph B. Murphy, attorney at law, 42 N . Main Street, Dayton, Ohio. Joe still posseses a fine voice. Then-John F. Maher, '96, Greenville, Ohio. Now-John F. Maher, attorney at law, Greenville, Ohio, formerly prosecuting attorney of Darke County, Ohio. John's oratorical voice was heard booming from the stands at our HomeComing Game, urging the F lyers to overcome Ohio Wesleyan's one-point lead. Then-William T. Slick, '10, Dayton, Ohio. Now-William T. Slick. Chief Adjuster, Thayer' s Underwriters Survey Co., Finance Bldg., Cleveland, Ohio. Bill is president of the Cleveland U of D Club and was back for Home-Coming with his peppy Cleveland delegation. Then-William P. O'Connor, '09, Dayton, Ohio. Now-Rev. William P. O'Connor, pastor of St. John Church, Deer Park, Cincinnati, Ohio. Father O'Connor is a major in the Organized Reserve Corps and past national chaplain of the American Legion. He was the principal speaker at the Holy Name Rally held in the U of D stadium on October 12, 1930. Then-Edward C. Schoen, '03, Chicago, Ill. Now-Edward C. Schoen, 5356 Glenwood Avenue, Chicago, !11., president of the Columbia Hardwood Lumber Co., and a director of the National Hardwood Lumber Association . Ed is president of the Chicago U of D Club, and has a son, Edward J ., attend ing U of D as a junior Commerce and Finance student. Then-Eugene C. Gerlach, '12, Sidney, Ohio. Now-Rev. Eugene C. Gerlach, pastor of St. Paul Church, Yellow Springs, Ohio . Father Gerlach, loyal as ever, was back for Home-Coming. -
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Grads Sell Season Tickets The Alumni Association of the University of Dayton again sponsored a campaign for the sale of season tickets for the football games on t h e F lyers schedule for 1930. The campaign was on until September 9. Final reports were made at this time at a dinner meeting held at the University. The results of the campaign were very satisfactory. Nearly all of t h e season tickets in t h e season section of the South Stand and a good number of the seats in the season section of the North Stand were disposed of by the committee of forty loyal and enthusiastic su pporters of the Univer~>ity of Dayton . A campaign similar to t his was inaugurated last year by Martin C. Kuntz, who was then president of t he Alum ni Association . So su ccessful did it prove that another campaign was started this year by Harry C. Finke, president of t h e Al umni Association . Robert Gray, Henry Malloy, Frank E lardo and Francis Canny were leaders in the sale of season tickets. All of them sold over thirty books apiece. The Alumni Association offered prizes in the campaign . Anyone selli ng twenty books or more received a season book free. Any one selling ten or more books received two free tickets to any one game on the F lyers schedule, The un u sual feature of the campaign was the opening of a downtown ticket office, which was h eld open d uring t he entire sale. The office was located 'lit Third and Main Streets.
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Home-Coming a Success
How About Your Questionnaire?
Regardless of the one-point defeat suffered on the gridiron at the hands of Ohio Wesleyan the U of D 1930 Home-Coming was a most enthusiastic and successful affair. Many alumni returned and roamed the campus before and after the game. The Freshman Welcome-HomeComing Dance held at the Miami Hotel was a jovial gettogether, ringing with old grad greetings. The Ohio Wesleyan team were guest~ of the U of D Monogram Club at the dance. The opening feature of the two-day program was the auto parade through the downtown streets Friday night led by the University of Dayton Band. The parade ended on the old varsity field where a rally and bonfire were staged. Coaches and prominent alumni made short talks upon this occasion. At noon on Saturday the University of Dayton Band gave a concert on the steps of the court house. The football program itself started at 1 :30 in the stadium with a special musical broadcast over the newly installed amplifiers there. At 2:00 p.m. the Ohio Wesleyan Band entered the west gate of the stadium, preceded by President Soper of Ohio Wesleyan University, who had with him Dean Saunders, Executive Secretary Herman Shipps, and E. E. Edgar and C. W. Brashares, two trustees of that university. Immediately fo llowing this the University of Dayton Band entered the east gate, preceded by Rev. Bernard P. O'Reilly, president of the University, who had with him Rev. George J . Renneker, S.M ., vice-president, Michael J. Gibbons, chairman of the Lay Board of Trustees, Harry F. Finke, president of the Alumni Association, and William A . Keyes, a member of the Board of Trustees. Father O'Reilly directed an address of welcome to President Soper. He spoke over the amplifiers. President Soper responded to this word of welcome. The teams arrived on the field immediately following this and the game started promptly at 2:30 o'clock. Between the halves of the game both bands staged a demonstration on the center of the field. Following the game an informal luncheon was served to University of Dayton alumni in the Chaminade Hall club room. Although we suffered our fifth straight Home-Coming defeat, the alumni have determined to return again next year to break the old jinx.
Some of you people may exclaim "How come?" when yo u read the Alumnus or when the department catalogues appear. You are going to say, "Why, I have three children just as good as Bill's. His are mentioned and mine are n ot." Or someone else is sure to complain, "They've got Bill's new job listed. Why not mine? And my wife's name is Mary, not Evangeline. How come?" Well, the chances are that Bill filled out his questionnaire with all the correct data. Won't you PLEASE send in yours? We h ope to some day publish a general alumni directory and in the meantime we hope to complete our alumni files. Do it NOW. The data about some of our graduates and former students is very incomplete, and just a few minutes spent in making out a questionnaire would remedy this. If you have mislaid yours, write for another.
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What is an a lumni college? It is a short course of a week or so for alumni, held generally at 路commencement time. They are generally quartered together in one of the dormitories, they eat together, .sometimes along with th e facu lty, they hear lectures together, and play together -for the afternoons are generally given over to golf, swimming, etc. The nature of the subjects taken up in the lecture varies, of course. Lafayette College, the pioneer in the movement, li sts among other things conomics, electrical engineering, psychology, political tendencies, biology, geology. Alumni who have attended "alumni colleges" seem to experience considerable mental and physical exhilaration, and get some knowledge of what is going on in the world outside their own fields. Lafayette charges the alumnus only $25 for the week, this including everything. Other colleges and universities that have had "alumni colleges" this year are Michigan, Iowa State, Wesleyan, and Berea. - -- - U . D . - - - -
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for what proved to be the deciding marker of the game. Then t.he Flyers started. Taking the ball on the kickoff they quickly advanced to Wesleyan's 35-yard line where a fumb le halted the advance. An exchange of punts and Dayton was off again. Dan Fitzsimmons, sophomore quarterback from Cleveland, passed forty yards to End .Joe Colan, another Cleveland boy, for a fir st down on Wesleyan's 20-yard line. Two line plays failed and then Harold Fearn, sophomore halfback from Detroit, passed to Colan for a touchdown . Johnny Duchak, senior halfback from Cleveland, was sent into the fray to p lacekick the extra point and tie the score but Johnny' s effort was a trifle wide of the uprights and the Flyers lost their chance for a tie score. The Flyers did not surrender without a struggle. Twice they advanced inside Wesleyan 's 20-yard lin e but both times the pass attack failed. Once Wesleyan intercepted a heave on the 12-yard line and on the othe r occasion passes were grounded.
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Georgetown offered a fighting defense that stopped the Flyers when they threatened seriously but in the final period Harry Baujan's forces could not be denied. Two touchdowns were scored and the Flyers had the ball on the five-yard lin e when the game e nded. George Gorry passed to Johnny Duchak for twenty yards and the second touchdown of the game. Soon after "Jumpy" Marshall intercepted a pass in mid-field that led to the final score. Marshall scored the touchdown on a line buck and added the extrar point. The same boys who showed up well against Northern looked even better in the tilt with the Kentuckians. Haro'd Fearn, Detroit sophomore halfback, who was out of the first game because of injuries, made his initial appearance 路 in the Georgetown contest and li ved up to all the good things that had been said about him. His ball carrying, blocking, passing and defensive work were aU that could be desired. He and Tom Medley made a great pair at the halfback posts.