The University of Dayton Alumnus, September 1955 by eCommons

ERSITY

DAYT

SEPT. 1955

TABLE OF CONTENTS

THE U. D. Established 1929

Vol. XVI

September 1955

No. 3

UD is Big Business .... .

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Sports . . . . . . . . . . . . .

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Coming Home

Homecomi ng 1955 Les Conner . . . . . .............. . ....... Editor James F. "Pepper" Wilson ..... . . . . Sports Editor "Entered as second class matter April 15, 1940, at th e P ost Office, at D ayton, O hio, under the Act of March 3, 1879." For w ills and bequests, th e legal title of the corp or ation is " The U n iversity of D ayton, D ayton, Ohio." Subscription price $2 per year.

Published Quarterly for the U niversity of D ayt on Alumni Association by the Public Relations O ffi ce, U niversity of Dayton, 300 College Park Avenu e, Dayton 9, Ohio.

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Report on G olden An niversary Class .

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Changes of Address .

Engagements ...

Marriages, Births

In Memoriam

Class Notes .

Among Our Alum ni . . . . .

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Class Notes, Cont'd . ... . ....... . ... . 18-19 Alumni and Campus News . . . . . . . . . . . . .

July 22, 1955

Dear Alumni and Alumnae: It is always a pleasure to write to you. In fact, it is the only way of reaching all of you, now so numerous and so widespread. It is the best way of bringing the University to those who cannot come back to Alma Mater. The University of Dayton is today the largest and fastest growing private undergraduate school in the Stare of Ohio. The enrollment this past year was 4500 students. This is an astounding figure to the older graduates and they must wonder how the " old school" is taking care of such an increase in enrollment. Recent years have seen the addition of several new buildings to those that were the UD in your days. New buildings are being planned and a Fund Raising Campaign to be inaugurated in the fall of 1955 and to be completed in the spring of 1956 is our hope of financing our material expansion for the immediate future. We will campaign for $2,500,000.00. The campus is crowded with students and with buildings. The University was fortunate enough to purchase from the State of Ohio some nineteen acres of land. This property which extends to the southeast of the present campus will allow for further expansion. Our athletic teams have not only won national honors but they have carried the name of the University into the headlines all over the country. However, a surer and more lasting advertisement of the University is yourselves, the alumni and alumnae. By your success in life and especially by your personal example you are a living and lasting product of the philosophy and of the educational endeavor of the University of Dayton. We are grateful to you for this; we are grateful, too, for your generous donations to the University funds. The progress of the University is linked naturally with the progress of the community which it has served over the p ast 105 years. It is no more the " little college on the hill" than the City of D ayton is the "small industrial town" of the Miami Valley. Why not see for yourselves what has happened in the past years? Drop in fo r the next Homecoming Day; you will see more than a whole volume of letters could describe. Agai n thanks for your splendid cooperation and God bless you! Sincerely,

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IS BIG BUSINESS By George Weldon UD is big business-over three million dollars a year. Although the University's main objective is education, its most fundamental problem is survival. To free the academic branches of the school for their proper work and to tackle the many problems of survival the University of Dayton has set up a far-reaching business organization whose function is to see that income minus outgo plus upkeep does not equal downfall. The University's paint bill alone for the past year was $30,000. It takes a crew of 35 full-time janitors just to keep the school's 550,000 square feet of floor space clean. Every time someone flicks on a light switch it helps run up a $19,000 electric bill. The hundred-odd phones scattered around the campus cost about $10,000 a year. The power plant's four boilers consume 30 to 35 carloads (about 1600 Mr . Weldon is Assistant Professor of Philosophy and of Journalism on the UD faculty.

tons) of coal a year - yet, more than half of the buildings are heated by oil. The student who gripes about the cost of a hot dog or a meal in the cafeteria 路might be mildly surprised to learn that the university invests a quarter of a million dollars a year in food alonewith a great and imminent risk of loss in perishable products. Even locks and keys are a fantastic item. There are more than 1400 separate locks on the campus; 200 keys are lost each year and must be replaced. Five harried men and about a dozen hand-picked assistants oversee the business affairs of the university. They inhabit the ever-growing line of cubicles that line "Ulcer Alley" in St. Mary's Hall - where everything is entered in the books except the headaches. Brother Austin J. Holian, a surprisingly gentle and cheerful man, directs UD's business office. " I haven't been at the job long enough to have become crotchety," he explains half apologetically, " but I'm working on it." He was appointed Business Manager last year, after having "served an apprenticeship on the treadmill in the office of Superin-

tendent of Buildings and Grounds." Brotl!er Holian will discuss his work with anyone who is willing to walk from one end of the campus to the other with him. He is enthusiastic about his work, but after visiting the far corners of the campus for the dozenth time in a single day he is apt to confide that "I sometimes get confused." To aid Brother Holian in his periods of confusion is a man who does not run all over the campus. He can be found almost any time powing over one or more of the ledgers that line his office. He is Brother Jerome A. McAvoy, Comptroller and self-styled watchdog of the budget. His office keeps a running account of all university business and runs up the red flag when any departmental budget nears the saturation point. Hallowed above all else in the comptroller's office is a latter-day golden calf that is melted down and cast anew each year. Its name is Budget- with a capital B. Its word is sacred antl its decree inviolable. It is, in short, the university's primary instrument of survival. Each year the needs of every depart-

Bro. Austin J. Holian, S.M. Business Manager

Bro. Jerome A. McAvoy, S.M. Comptroller

Bro. William D. Busch, S.M. Treasurer

Bro. James H. Kline, S.M. Buyer

Paul C. Michel Assistant to the Business Manager Mary Carey Director of Clerical Personnel

Bro. Thomas A. Brunner, S.M. Buildings and Grounds

Jack LoRing Ticket Manager

ment are submitted to the budget committee. They are totaled up to form a tentative budget. This is then compared with a projection of the university's estimated income for the year. Invariably the estimated budget is larger than the expected income. It is trimmed until the two are in balance, and then the final budget is drawn up. As long as it is adhered to the university is safe from catastrophe - at least for the current year. The University of Dayton uses the accounting system set up by 'the National Committee on Standard Reports for Institutions of Higher Learning. This system is almost universally used in American colleges. It provides for budgeting of university funds under two main categories: Educational and General Funds, and Auxiliary Enterprises. Th~ Education and General category includes all functions that are essential to the operation of the university. It is further broken down into the following self-explanatory headings: Administration and General, Instructional, Organized Research, Libraries and Operation and Maintenance. Under Auxiliary Enterprises fall all university functions that are related to the operation of the uQiversity but that are not essential to it. This includes such items as the school laundry, cafeterias, bookstore, dormitories, guidance center, and athletics. Brother McAvoy's records are so well ordered that a precise picture of the fi. nancial status of the university or any part of it can be obtained in a matter of minutes. He points out that his office doesn't buy, sell, or give away anything. It simply keeps records of all the university's business transactions and authorizes expenditures that are provided for in departmental budgets. A place as large as UD buys large and varied amounts of equipment, running all the way from paper towels and chalk to bulldozers and shrouds. Overseeing all university purchases is the office of the Buyer, presided over by Brother J.ames H . Kline. Brother Kline might be described as a "tentative" man. He seems a little hesitant and standoffish, but then he has to parry 30 to 40 salesmen a week. His former office bore a sign: "Salesmen, Be Brief." "It scared them a little," he admits modestly. Brother Kline is a long-suffering man. Aside from his obvious duties as buyer he must, as steward of the Society of Mary, handle all personal supplies for the members of the order who live on campus. He is expected also to furnish chauffeurs and related services for the university's four cars, three trucks, four station wagons, and tractor. And to him falls the somber task of arranging for the funeral when a member of the order dies. The growth of the university has been so great in the past few years that the Buyer's office has seen many of its former functions cut off and set up independently or placed under the jurisdiction of another office. Until recently it had to buy all food for the cafeteria

and lunchroom, handle bookstore purchases, and keep track of the 1600 keys previously mentioned. " I also have to look out for swindlers," Brother Kline confides. He recalls, for example, the time a group of men with what appeared to be good credentials offered to replace the candlesticks in the chapel for $1500 but finally succumbed to Brother Kline's "final offer of $630." However, a check-up revealed that the men were gypsies and the company they represented did not exist. Alertness in the business office had saved the day. Brother Kline is also Custodian of property. There are six volumes, three inches thick each, listing every item of property and stating the original and current values. No equipment or item of furniture may be moved without authorization from Brother Kline's office, and for purposes of insurance all changes must be reported to the Comptroller. The most abused man on the business team is, of course, the treasurer, Brother William D. Busch. In any school the treasurer is ipso facto, the symbol of heavy-handed authority and unmitigated misa.nthropy. Brother Busch is no exception. Students delight in telling each other how he cut someone off without a meal ticket or that he practically frisks every student who is delinquent in his tuition payments. It is all part of a game and Brother Busch takes it in stride. The poor man could not be the ogre the students describe- he is too busy signing checks and writing receipts. "My office knows how much tuition money is supposed to be turned in," Brother McAvoy explains, "but it is up to Brother Busch to track down the individual student. This has certain unpleasant aspects." Statistics bear out the fact that Brother Busch is one of the busiest men on the campus. Over 26,000 checks per year are made up in the Treasurer's office; 18,600 are payroll checks and 7500 are accounts payable checks. 625 bills are paid each month. Fortunately an electric sign-o-meter is used for the authorized signature on these checks or Brother would be spending all of his time signing his name. Financial records are kept for each student with each ledger card showing at a glance all debits, credits and bala~ces with explanations for each. In addition the office handles the accounts of 100 student organizations and 200 personal student accounts. An average of 110 persons are served by the head cashier each school day. It may well be summed up in saying that if it pertains to money, the treasurer's office has its hands in it. The remaining first-stringer on the business team is Brother Thomas Brunner, Superintendent of Buildings and Grounds. He is a young man with a crew cut, broad shoulders, and an office full of blueprints. He and Brother Holian are constantly looking for each other at opposite ends of the campus. His job,

of course, is the operation and maintenance of the physical plant of the university. His annual budget, which excludes major repair and development projects, runs over $300,000 a year. Brother Brunner is fond of reeling off statistics such as these: There are about 80 miles of electric wire in Founders Hall alone. It cost $40,000 to re-do the plumbing recently in St. Joseph's Hall. If all the vinyl tile in Founders were laid in a strip six feet wide, it would stretch from the campus to Third and Main. Brother Brunner has about 60 persons working under him. This includes the 35 janitors previously mentioned, four merchant policemen who patrol the campus around the dock, a watchman, a ten-man ground crew, and -assorted painters, carpenters, plumbers and roofers. "My biggest problem," Brother Brunner says, "is to try to outguess everyone else." He points out that the tremendous task of repairing and maintaining all the classrooms, offices, hallways, and laboratories must be worked around everybody else's schedule so that it does not interfere with the normal routine of the school. His busiest times are week-ends, nights and summers. The unobtrusive workings of his office are characterized by the dozen or so janitors who can be seen mopping the halls as late as 2 a. m. any night from Monday through Friday. Within the past year the work of the Business Manager has increased so much that Brother Holian has acquired two competent assistants to help him bear the burden. They are Paul C. Michel, Assistant to the Business Manager, and Miss Mary Carey, Director of Clerical Personnel. Both posts were created last February. Mr. Michel, who is a UD alumnus and a former Internal Revenue account路 ant, is learning all aspects of the business manager's job. He is described as Brother Holian's right-hand man, and is responsible for the vast clerical work connected with the newly inaugurated retirement plan. He is also in the process of establishing a student aid office that will take care of scholarships, grants, and student loans. Miss Carey, who had been in secretarial work at UD for ten years, is overseer for about 50 clerical employees. All clerical positions go through her office for evaluation, description, and determination of work load. She supervises all interviewing, hiring, promoting, shifting, and -"heaven forbid!"firing of clerical personnel. Jack Loffing, ticket office manager, is also a key man in the business office of the university. His task is two-fold: 1to hold at bay the hordes of fans who want basketball tickets, and 2-to corral the hordes who don't want football tickets. Yes UD is big business, and we are proud to present the personnel at the heart of the matter.

Zajdel Is Named to Take Over Varsity Ends, Frosh

Problem of Hope In some ways Coach Hugh Devore and his staff did themselves a disfavor by the surprising finish the football Flyers turned in during the second half of the schedule last season. The startling performances against Tennessee, Mississippi Southern, Xavier and Miami sabotaged the rebuilding hourglass with finer sand and pushed the Dayton football renaissance ahead of schedule. That may cause an always impatient sports public to expect more than the Flyers will be able to give. This seasonthat of 1955 -can be regarded in only one light - that of a rebuilding year. This is only the second year of Devore's program. He's entitled to more time to develop his plans. The sabotage chat shot the Flyers ahead of the calendar in their renaissance created a problem that must be controlled. It planted seeds of hope. Certainly that's what was wanted. But better those hopes should mature in the slow growth of a lasting oak than the drooping foliage of a weeping willow.

Through the Airlanes UD grad Bill Kehl will be at the WING microphone this fall to do playby-play broadcasts of the Flyers 10 football games. Kehl is sports director of WING.

Face at the Window Jack Lofting is the new face at the ticket window. Lofting, 26, has taken over the ticket manager duties.

Summer Service Officer training programs of both the Army and the Marines kept a number of Flyer athletes busy this summer. Footbailers Vic Kristopaitis and Jim DeFabio and basketballer Bill Almashy were in the Marine reserve officer training program at Quantico, Va. As members of the UD ROTC unit John Bettinger, Jim Ducato and John Grogan from the football team and Bob Fiely and Bob Jacoby from the basketball team spent summer camp at Fort Campbell, Ky.

Stan Zajdel, who played three years as a halfback under Hugh Devore at St. Bonaventure University, has been named as varsity end and frosh coach for the Flyers. Zajdel, head coach of Aquinas Institute of Rochester, N . Y., tills the post held last season by Clive Rush. Rush joined Woody Hayes' staff at Ohio State this spring. Jack Butler was on the Flyer staff for spring practice, but has decided to return to the Pittsburgh Steelers, with whom he has played professional football for four seasons. Zajdel played exhibition games with the Steelers prior to both the '52 and '53 seasons, but retained coaching posts, so did not stay with the squad during the regular seasons.

Zajdel, who hails from Braddock, Pa., captained the Bonnies in 1950 and remained on through the 1951 season, taking graduate work and assisting Joe Bach, then head coach of the Bonnies. The Cardinal Mindzenty High School in Dunkirk, N.Y., was opened in 1952 and Zajdel started football and basketball at the new school. After two seasons there he moved on to Aquinas to become head football coach in 1954. His football team last season won three and lost five. The five defeats, however, were by a combined total of just eight points. The 28-year-old Pennsylvanian and his wife, the former Audrey Carr, were married last November.

Flyers Face Roughest Schedule in Gridiron History on Hilltop Coach Hugh Devore's 1955 edition of the football Flyers will face the roughest schedule in UD history. Besides rugged backyard rivalry the Flyers take a jump into the national picture. In the past the Flyers have toyed with the national spotlight with a single game or perhaps two against major opposition. This year, however, the 10-game schedule announced by Harry Baujan, athletic director, shows a solid block of nationally noted teams. Dayton meets Tennessee, Holy Cross and Villanova. The South's rising grid giant, Mississippi Southern, is another foe and Cincinnati, Xavier and Miami will provide the usual colorful, rugged competition they have in the past. A standout "sleeper" on the schedule is Kent State University. The Golden Flashes are talking of an undefeated season. Kent lost just one game last year and averaged a staggering 451.3 yards per game on offense, second in the nation. Ten touchdowns were scored in Kent's spring game. The University of Chattanooga will provide opposition for the Homecoming game October 29. The Cincinnati, Kent State, Louisville, Xavier and Mississippi Southern games are night affairs. The complete schedule follows:

FLYERS GRID SCHEDULE Sept. 24 at Un ivers ity of Cincinnati (night) Kent State University (night) at University of Louisville (night) Oct. 15 Xavier University (night) Oct. 22 at Un iversity of Tennessee Oct. 29 University of Chattanooga (Homecoming) at Holy Cross University Nov. 6 Nov. 12 Miami (0.) University Nov . 19 Miss issippi Southern at Jackson (night) Nov . 27 Villanova University

Oct. 1 Oct. 8

Pep's Peeps: Ex-gridder Tom Carroll stopped by the campus before going on to UCLA for summer courses. Carroll has just completed his Army service ... Reports have it that Jimmy Katcavage has been nominated for the East-West Shrine football game in San Francisco and a good season can earn Kat a spot on the East team.

Late Flash George Dickson, 31, backfield coach at Notre Dame last season, has been named to a similar position on Hugh Devore's staff. Dickson replaces Joe Sheeketski, who will be unable to return to Dayton from his home in Reno, Nevada because of illness of Mrs. Sheeketski.

Callahan, Miyata Join New Faces in Dayton Football Picture for

Joe Callahan

Claude Chaney

Ike Chaney

Tom Curtin

Fred Dugan

Dave Huber

Jerry Krause

Adam Klys

Don Moultney

Walt Porter

lob Sakal

Joe Slater

Don Zimmerman

AI Shanen

Jerry Fault

Mickey Elko

Coach Hugh Devore's 1955 football Flyers, jolted hard when grades were posted in June, were given a big lift this summer with the report that Dick Miyata would return to the squad. Miyata, a solid and agile 235-pounder stacked like an inverted triangle on a 5'10" frame, registered three B's and a C in four major three-hour courses to place his scholastic standing on solid ground. The powerful shouldered young man from Hawaii hadn't failed any subjects the previous year but his point rating wasn't high enough for athletic competition. He'll play either guard or tackle for Devore, who will have to do quite a bit of juggling to strengthen the team. At ends the Flyers have wealth and poverty at the same time. They have wealth in Jimmy Katcavage, Dayton's All-American nominee, at left end. At right end will be talented but tiny Steve Bosway. Johnny Kozlevchar, last season's No. 1 right end as a sophomore, suffered a shoulder injury last fall and may not return to school. Paul Dacey, an experienced senior, is still a question mark because of a knee injury. Fleet Tom Curtin and rugged Walt Porter move up from the Frosh but lack experience as does Big Ron Finotti who may move out from guard to end. Co-Captain Jack Muldowney is the logical left tackle with Johnny Grogan at right. AI Weckle the 250-pound junior can't be counted out of the starting line and when Army vet Ike Chaney finds himself he'll be hard to handle. Jerry Callahan, junior, and Joe Slater and Bob Sakal, both sophomores, may be able to backstop the two spots. Jerry Ward, over on the right side, leads a crew of first class guards. AI Shanen, the highly regarded frosh linebacker last season, may get the left spot but experienced Roger Towle, senior, is in the picture. George Veneziale, aggressive but light, and Don Chontos, moved from center, have game experience and Adam Klys and Gerry Krause, sophomores, expect to get it. Jim Ducato, first string center for two seasons, is going to have trouble keeping Joe Callahan, just returned from two years in the Army, out of the middle. Callahan could possibly be moved out to end where he was a first stringer three seasons ago. Bob Blommel is back at center and Dino Gounaris, Sophomore has the size for the spot. The Flyers appear to be strong at quarterback. Ken Bockenstette, No. 1 quarterback last fall, returns for a final season. The rugged senior still is rated No. 1 but missed spring practice because of off-hour employment and will have to catch up with the frosh flash Don (Butch) Zimmerman. Both will have trouble out-working Vic Kristopaitis who made the switch from fullback in fine style. Jerry Faust also moves up from the frosh with Zimmerman and Jim Turvene's punting and passing talents could come in handy. Billy Smith returns to right half with Don Weeks, last fall's No. 1 lefthalf right behind him. Weeks' spot was taken over by hard-running Johnny Bettinger who may be the surprise back of the mid-west this fall. Behind Bettinger at lefthalf is Claude Chaney, the frosh whiz. Jim DeFabio, a junior, and the promising Dave Huber along with the fleet Mickey Elko give the Flyers added manpower at the halves. Bernie Burke, stopped only once for a loss last season, returns to fullback as a more experienced junior. He'll have trouble, however, with up and coming Jerry Bush, along with highly regarded Fred Dugan and Don Moultney up from the frosh team. Devore and his staff will have 41 players counting Miyata. There is depth at some positions but a scarcity of experienced talent at a number of key spots threatens to keep the Flyers off balance. Injuries could wreck Flyer hopes in short order and Devore will have to be a master juggler to get through the season with a better won-lost record than was compiled last year.

Dlno Gounarls

Dunkel Rates Flyers Fourth in Country Another basketball season isn't too far away but Tommy Blackburn's Flyers can still pause, though briefly, to bask in the acclaim accorded them in last season's final power index ratings released this summer by Dick Dunkel. Dunkel's highly respected national service rated the Flyers as the fourth best team in the nation last year. The top five were San Francisco (NCAA champs); Duquesne (NIT champs); LaSalle, Dayton and Kentucky, in that order. A glance at the schedules again raises the point do the Flyers wear themselves out with too rough a schedule in which they have to come back game after game against top cage teams while other ranking basketball teams play a host of "breathers" between their tough games? Including the season and tournaments Dayton, Duquesne and LaSalle played 10 games against teams in the top 25 . Dayton won six, dropped four; Duquesne won eight, lost two (both to Davton): LaSalle split, 5-5. Kentucky won three and lost one against the top 25, while San Francisco won four, lost one. The NCAA champs played only one team in the top 25 during the regular season - the potent UCLA Bruins with whom they split a two-game series. Flyer opponents are never rated as low nationally as many of the teams that pop up on schedules of some of the other ranking teams. In fact two of the Flyer opponents who ranked low last year are recognized national basketball powers year in and year out who were having an off season. The two were Bowling Green and Western Kentucky.

Horan Joins Meineke; Harris With Hawks There's a strong possibility four exFlyers, three from the Dayton team of last season, may be playing professional basketball this season. Johnny Horan, All-American of last year, has signed a bonus contract with the Ft. Wayne Zollners. At Ft. Wayne Horan will join Don (Monk) Meineke, Dayton's first All-American eager. Meineke won the "rookie of the year" award his first year in the pro ranks and there's a good chance Horan could take that honor. Long John, however, will have plenty of competition from other established college stars going into pro ball. Most likely candidate for award is LaSalle's Tom Gola who belongs to the Philadelphia Warriors. Maury Stokes, St. Francis sensation, also is a good bet. Chris Harris has signed with the St. Louis Hawks. The Hawks pulled out of Milwaukee last spring and have taken up residence in the South. Harris could be a sleeper in the "rookie" crop this winter. The champion Syracuse club drafted Jack Sallee and if the Springfield Jump-

in' Jack decides to take a fling at pro ball Dayton could wind up with four explayers in the pro loop.

Power-Tower Paxson, Bockhorn Returning The basketball Flyers' famed powertower of a few seasons ago is slated to wind up his collegiate career this winter with Coach Tommy Blackburn's rebuilt UD five. He's Jimmy Paxson, one of the two "Springfield rifles" of the '52-'53 season. Fellow " rifle" Jack Sallee was graduated last June about the same time Paxson was receiving his discharge after two years of Army service.

Jim Paxson

Paxson, a talented 6' 6" forward, will be a senior. Also expected to be back at the Hilltop is Arlen Bockhorn, 6'4" frosh sensation of three years ago. Bockhorn was discharged this summer after two years of Army service. Bockhorn was high scorer for the frosh during his initial year on the Hilltop and blazed quite a name for himself playing service ball with Ft. Lewis, Wash. He has three full seasons remaining. Paxson, regarded as one of the top basketball prospects in the nation two years ago, played with the United States Armed Forces All-Star team that won the Pan-Am championship for the U. S. last spring in Mexico.

Blackburn a t U. K. Tommy Blackburn, Flyer head cage coach since 1947, and Adolph Rupp, Kentucky's famed baron, handled the basketball phase of a coaching clinic conducted in August at the Kentucky school. Blackburn, named by the Columbus Dispatch as Ohio's "Coach of the Year," may find his Flyers facing Rupp's riflemen this December in Lexington. Dayton is one of four teams in the U. K . Invitational Tournament Dec. 20-21. Besides Dayton and Kentucky the field is comprised of Minnesota of the Big Ten and Utah, Skyline Conference champs. Pairings for the tournament will be made later.

Football Writers, ACPRA Pay Tribute to PR Office Two awards from national organizations were received by the Public Relations Office over the summer. The American College Public Relation Association cited UD for compilation of Ohio's outstanding college football records. The records were compiled as a service to press, radio and television outlets throughout the state. The bulk of compilation work was done by Miss Dee McAnespie, '51, of the PR office. The record book, the only one of its kind in the nation, lists ourstanding performances of individual players for a single game, season and career and outstanding team performances for a single game and season. As a result of publication of the Ohio records a similar project now is underway in Illinois and the project is expected to spread to other states. The Football Writers Association of America cited UD for "exceptional service to the working press." The neatly framed press box service award emblazed with a flying red eagle carrying a football and quill pen and a gold seal with blue ribbons was received by the University from Charles Johnson. executive sports editor of the Minneapolis Star-Tribune and FWAA press box chairman. The award also was signed by Tom Siler, sports editor of the Knoxville News-Sentinel and president of the FWAA. UD Public Relations Officials praised student assistants for earning the award.

Pro Grid Ranks Lure Ex-Flyers The University of Dayton is listed among "small colleges" in football but the Flyers apparently play the caliber of ball that pleases professional magnates. Seven and possibly eight ex-Dayton players are slated for action in both the U. S. and Canadian pro loops this fall. Capt. Jim Shafor of the '54 club is taking a fling with the New York Giants as a linebacker and teammate Vince Werl, tackle, signed with the Pittsburgh Steelers. Chuck Noll, familiar to TV viewers as well as fans for his role as a Paul Brown "messenger," is well established with the champion Cleveland Browns, though Chuck may switch to defense this fall. Bill Lange, with five years of pro ball behind him, is a good bet to remain with his buddy Ray Richards, head coach of the Chicago Cardinals. Joe Zaleski has four years of pro quarterbacking in the Canadian loop behind him and is expected to be with the Edmonton Eskimos. Just out of Army service are Jim Currin, the Flyers' ace pass-snatcher of a few years back, who is heading for the Winnipeg Blue Bombers and Ed Clemens, center or tackle, now is the property of the Hamilton Tiger-Cats.

-~~-clming--Home ?-October 29th is a date the university hopes that all its alumni will set aside for a genuine Homecoming. The aim is to make it the largest in UD's history. The hope is to fill the stadium in the afternoon with "old grads" who will then stay on for the gala cocktail and dinner party that is being carefully planned. A huge success for several years now (over 600 attended last year) the party is planned to be better than ever for a bigger than ever crowd. All alumni will receive notice of the affair and reservation cards. Send yours in at once. WILL YOU BE THERE? Of course, you will. Homecoming is the annual opportunity for the university to pay tribute to its sons and daughters. It is one of the great traditions that form a part of the special heritage that belongs only to college men and women. The happiness, the liveliness, the colorful experience of reunion - these should not be omitted from the life of any graduate. Homecoming is a rewarding event - rich in memories revived, quick with the excitement of the occasion, and enduring in its warmth and appeal. This is the picture for 1955: Look back again at Pepper Wilson's sports pages and you will be very aware of the tremendous prospects of the coming football season. The schedule is dynamic, every game shapes up for thrills and excitement. The University of Chattanooga, which beat us last year, is our Homecoming opponent. It should be a great day in the stadium. Come to town early and see the Homecoming parade, the biggest yet. At half-time the queen will be crowned after the exciting entrance with her court. The cheer leaders, the precision perfect Flyerettes, and the clowns will all be on hand to brighten the autumn picture. Following the game, the alumni will move to the Fieldhouse, transformed for the occasion into a colorful ballroom. Around the room will be the class pictures, dating back to 1885 and all of them renewed and refurbished especially for Homecoming. Cocktails and before-dinner drinks will remove any chill there may be in the October weather. And then the banquet. Gaily decorated tables, exceptional food catered with particular care, speeches few and brief, renewed acquaintancesall these and more to follow. Truly, it will be an occasion to always remember. You will be glad and thrilled that you came, even a long distance. Plan now to be there October 29th. UD WANTS YOU! The honors of reunion are many. Each graduate's presence is eagerly anticipated, from our oldest grad to our very newest. As usual, special tribute is paid to our anniversary classes: 1905, cele-

brating its golden anniversary; 1930, celebrating its silver anniversary; and 1945, the lOth anniversary class. Elsewhere in these pages, the class of '05 is discussed and many of its members interviewed. Here we路wish to cite our two other anniversary celebrants. Let's go back down memory lane with our silver anniversary class of 1930. What a year to graduate! The stock market had collapsed the previous year, the country was in the throes of its most devastating depression. But there was nothing that could halt the courage of the 1930 graduates. This was the class that revived the UD NEws. Dudley Washington was Editor-in-chief, James Cline was column editor, and prominent among the editorial and contributing editors were Francis Gabel, George Weed, John Ladner, Maurice Costello, and Paul A. Moorman. The football team had won the Governor's Cup in its game with "X," and the basketball team had great stars in Vic Warner and Capt. John Ladner. Robert McBride and Richard Frankensteen wrote the successful musical called "Clouds Roll By," which the alumni sponsored. The renovation of the university chapel was completed. The baseball team w.on the mythical state championship with 12 wins and 2 losses. Joe Andras was the leading hitter. In a poll conducted on many campuses at that time, UD voted 28 for enforcement of the 18th amendment, 128 for modification, and 185 for REPEAL! George /washita was named valedictorian and Maurice Costello was salutatorian. The Exponent editor was Williatn P. Keane and the assistant editor was Barry Dwyer. The Military Ball was a big success, but the Senior Farewell D~nce was the social e:vent of the year with not one but two btg bands playing at the Greenwich Village Club. Paul Lutz was chairman of the affair and his committee included Norman Miller, Paul Moorman, Francis Marshall, James Gale, and Lee Wagner. Work on the new tennis courts neared completion. And remember graduation! Rev. William O 'Connor, '08 gave the baccalaureate address, the class dinner was held at the Engineer's Club, the commencement address was given by His Eminence, Samuel Cardinal Stritch, then the Right Reverend Bishop of Toledo. Walter A. Reiling and William C. Schmidter went on to medical school, many more to graduate work. And the class elected as its first alumni officers, Paul Lutz, President; Victor Warner, Vice-president; and Herb Hirsch, Secretary-treasurer. And now 25 years have passed. The class of 1930 has distinguished itself in the world with its doctors, lawyers, educators and engineers, its businessmen and its community leaders. They richly merit a hearty IJ7e/come Back on Octo-

ber 29th. Our 10 year anniversary class of 1945 graduated just as the war in Europe had ended. Those were subdued times in the light of the sadness that the war's toll had shed on their college days. It was a brave and courageous group that turned their mortar board tassels from right to left and went out to meet the brave new world. They, too, have done a magnificent job in that world and deserve to be welcomed back in honor. As we look back on their senior year, we recall to them the production by the Thespians of the melodrama, "Pure as the Driven Snow." Sue Dud/ext was production manager. Fern Channell was dance soloist in the spring music festival. Elaine Whalen and Richard Kinn were on the committee for the Senior Farewell. Very active on campus were Kathrine Angst, Helen Richards, Gertrude Hickey, Edward Buescher, Margaret Carroll, Mary Dodsworth, Jerome Grismer, Louis Nutini, Frances Lee Thornton, Arthur Ventura, Mary Ann Finke, Jean Wright, and Robert Reef. Class officers included Sue Dud/ext, Herbert Estabrook, Jr ., Margaret Carroll, George Igel, Louis Nutini, Mary Ann Finke, and Edwin Zwies/er. I gel was also valedictorian, and the commencement speaker on that memorable June 3rd was Dr. Emerson Landis, superintendent of Dayton public schools. Baccalaureate services were held in the University chapel with the sermon delivered by Rev. John P. Kenny, O.P. The university was on its wartime accelerated schedule then, and because of this the class of 1945 graduated a year ahead of schedule. Otherwise they would have been '46. However, it is ten years since their graduation, and time we gave special tribute to them. To the Class of 1945, then, we say Welcome Back on October 29th. Yes, this is the picture for 1955. Special tributes to our anniversary classes, and honor to all our graduates. Mark your calendar now. October 29th is the date. Your presence will make Homecoming 1955 the biggest and the greatest. Will you be there? Sure, you will.

HOMECOMING PROGRAM Saturday, October 29, 1955 A.M. 9-1 2 Coffee and Doughnuts 11 :30-1 2 See the Parade 12:00 Lunch

P.M. 2 :15 3:15 6:30 7 :30 9:30-12

Flyers vs Chattanooga Halftime Ceremonies President's Reception, Fieldhouse Banquet, Fieldhouse Meet the Gang, Fieldhouse

The Anniversary Classes

1930

1945

Report on the Golden Anniversary Class

In honor of the Class of 1905, which this year celebrates its golden anniversary, Bro. Elmer Lackner, Director of Public Relations, and your ALUMNUS editor decided to visit as many of the 1905 grads as time and availability would permit. Our first visit took us to the rectory of Holy Family Church where we found the Right Reverend Monsi~nor Charles Ertel expecting us. The Monsignor, at 68, is a wonderfully alert and gentle man. The twinkle in his eye as he recalled his college days prepared one for the sparkling sense of humor that accompanied his remarks. He recalled a memorable incident in the life of any college boy, past or present, when one of the boarding students developed chicken pox and an unexpected three-week vacation resulted fo r the rest of the student body. In general, however, he recalled that things went along in a very even pattern with all classes and activities concentrated in St. Mary's Hall. The broad vista which is now the university park was then a magnificent field of alfalfa, and there was the old iron pump, missed by the Monsignor on his recent trips to the campus, where one went ritually for a drink after meals. We asked him to recall some incident in connection with his graduating class, and with a somewhat playful reluctance he told us the hat story, assuring us that he never did know the actual perpetrator. It seems that when the Brothers of Mary went in to dine, their derby hats, the traditional headgear at the time, were left in a long line on hooks in the hall. On an occasion near graduation time, the brothers emerged to find every hat carefully marked in white chalk with a large '05. Monsignor Ertel accepted the university's invitation to attend Homecoming festivities on October 29th with the special observances for the golden anniversary of his class, and we departed having thoroughly enjoyed our interview with this delightful and inspiring religious figure. Mr. Albert Timmer, who received us at his Cornell Rd. home, continues to keep fresh his memories of 1905. A winner of many awards in his class, he brought out two of the gold medals that he had won. They were ornate and handsome and indicated his youthful skill in mathematics and in the natural sciences. His class pin and his year book were also preserved, the latter in fact was salvaged in the 1913 flood. The rising waters had reached the roof of his house and had destroyed many of the books he had won as awards, but the yearbook survived, a little water-spattered and liberally stained by the mud

of Mad River. It was the first yearbook ever put out by a graduating class, and we will return to it later for some of the comments we found in it. Mr. Timmer recalled many of his teachers, particularly his English teacher, Bro. Thomas Mooney, who impressed him so with his ability to "lay out a student with the King's English." Also remembered, only as "Brother Porky," was the brother who sold candy bars to the students after lunch. The hat story? Oh, yes, Mr. Timmer started to tell us about it even before we could ask him. Hale and handsome, Mr. Timmer is 67, has been married 38 years, and his three children all attended UD. Son David graduated in 1948, daughters Francie and Julie attended, and Julie is now the wife of Barth Snyder, UD Associate Professor of Economics and Business Organization. Dayton City Commissioner Edward V. Stoecklein paid a visit to our office and we couldn't have been more delighted. Not only was it wonderful. to see another of our 50 year grads Iookmg so well, but Mr. Stoecklein has a vivid personality that immediately c~arms an_d our entire office was the happter for hts presence. Mr. Stoecklein's association with UD, as a student, is one of the longest, for he began in the first grade, hack when all the grades were taught here on the hilltop. His first recollection concerns something he still cannot understand. Why the good brothers permitted him to skip the 4th grade is stilf a mystery. But it was the only school he ever knew, from first grade through college graduation, and his fondness for it remains firm. His family, too, has been a UD family. Son Edward J. and daughters Virginia, Rita Ann, and Lois all attended. Mr. Stoecklein's first cousin is Fr. Walter Tredtin, Provincial of the Pacific Province of the Society of Mary. After 4 1 years in city welfare, Mr. Stoecklein is now City Commissioner. He claims he feels only 39 years old sometimes, but then again he sometimes feels 102. We think he was right the first time despite being born in 1888. Our next visit took us out Superior Avenue to the home of Mr. Thomas Hickey. Dapper, and retaining the same weight for years, Mr. Hickey warmed at once to the business of reminiscing. No angels, the class of '05 played as hard as they worked. The commuting students traveled to and from the center of Dayton in a group, and there was no end to the mischief they were capable of promoting. Fr. Tragesser, then President of the University, called the class the Cavalry, with a wink and a bow to their high-stepping hi-jinks. Mr.

Hickey recalls how the day students enjoyed helping themselves, when possible, to the delicious molasses bread being prepared for the boarders, and he also recalls that he was frequently blamed for a lot of things done by his cousin and classmate, Walter Connors. Walter is now dead, but he is warmly remembered for his brilliance on the one hand and his mischievous spirit on the other. Oh yes, Mr. Hickey recalled the hat story, but he couldn't, or wouldn't identify the culprits. Born March 18, 1887, Mr. Hickey has been in local politics for 25 vears. He is Bailiff in Common Pleas Court. One of his two sons attended UD. Near the end of our visit, Mr. Hickey pointed out that despite the pranks and good times, his class had done a fine and serious job. Most of them were in on the organizing and founding of the Exponent, the student magazine begun in 1903, for which they canvassed the city to obtain ads. And it was the class of 1905 which did such a big job in raising funds and working hard to bring about the erection on our campus of the Immaculate Conception statue, which only last year observed a golden anniversary. Mr. David Kersting came to our office and we had a fine time reminiscing with him. He remembered Brother Porky, which was the name given Bro. Henry Hemmert because of his crew haircut. The students thought it was funny then, but now, as Mr. Kersting pointed out, they realize he was just years ahead of his time. Of all his teachers, he remembers most Bro. Matthias Leimkuhler, who taught many different subjects to the senior class and was an outstanding educator in all of them. Mr. Kersting went on to law school at Fordham and practiced law for 20 years before retiring. His fondest memories of his school days are of the baseball and basketball games, for he played on both teams. We looked at the Exponent for 1905 and found a write-up that spoke of Mr. Kersting, the athlete, as "the brightest luminary of them all." All three of Mr. Kersting's sons are UD Grads. David Jr., is a doctor and Professor of Dermatology-at Marquette U . Son Donald is a Lt. Colonel in finance at the Pentagon. The Kersting's third son, Eugene, was killed in the war, but his memory is preserved in the gold medal awarded annually at Chaminade High School for the best math student. Warner Kiefaber was out of town but we were graciously received by his charming wife who gave us a recent picture of her husband. She recalled that her husband frequently reminisces about

Warner Kiefaber Eugene Schaefer Charles Ertel Edward Stoecklein Albert Timmer his school days on the hill. He went to talk to us for a very few moments. Edward Stoecklein: "A solemn youth Boston Tech and Harvard for graduate Hearty and jovial, he hoped the univerwith noble phiz, Who says his prayers work, but no place was ever as wondersity would have success in bringing toand minds his biz." ful to him as old St. Mary's Institute. gether all the living members of his Albert Timmer: "Just next to first." Well-known as a brilliant student, Mr. class. He remembers when the class of As we near our press deadline, we Kiefaber won many honors at school. 1850 was being welcomed back to the find that we have been able to visit with Like his classmates, he retains the warmcampus, and his class transposed the 10 of the 20 listed members of t)1e '05 st regard for his alma mater. numbers of a huge sign so that '05 was class. It has been a memorable and thorMr. Edward Moritz also called at our prominently displayed. Mr. Schaefer, we oughly enjoyable experience. We wish office to renew old memories. At 71 asked, do you know who painted the we could have seen them all. warner years of age, he is still very active as '05 on the derby hats? He did. His anKiefaber, as we mentioned, is in Canada. engineer for the Board of Elections. In swer was emphatic and booming. liVe John Malinski is here in Dayton, but we his college days he had flirted with a all did it! were unable to reach him. Charles Kencareer as a composer before he settled We mentioned earlier the year book ning lives in Rochester, New York, and on engineering. He published a series of the class of 1905. We return to it now Charles Freeman in St. Louis. Rev. J oof songs known as the "Myrtle Waltzes" and offer herewith the class sentiment seph Pilon, valedictorian of his class, which he dedicated to the class of '05. set down for each of the graduates is now deceased, as are Bernard Hoi/enThe songs sold well. Of course, he reexactly as given in the book. camp, Joseph Horn, Dr. William wanmembered the derby incident, and he Charles Freeman: "How noble in reader, Walter Connors, and Joseph Scheupalso recalled many of the nicknames son; in form how slender." lein. Last heard from in 1937, Joseph he and his classmates had: Mope MaBernard Hollenkamp: "One vast subCronan, class salutatorian, was living linski, Jupe Jeckering, Finney Connors, stantial smile." in Lansing, Michigan, from where he Jimmy Moritz, Banana Schaefer, Skinny Joseph Jeckering: "A merry heart goes may have moved to Cleveland. Most of Freeman, Sparks Stoecklein, and Tetzy all the day." his classmates believe that he is now Tetzloff. Charles Kenning: "The pride of our deceased. Joseph Jeckering told us, when we campus, the honor of our sanctum." Back in '05 when a member of the visited him at his home, that he was David Kersting: "A merrier man Society of Mary graduated, he did not always the one who had no responsibiliwithin the limits of becoming mirth, I as a rule participate in the ceremonies ties, and he's kept it that way by remainnever spent an hour's talk withal." or have his picture in the yearbook. But ing a bachelor. He has been with the Warner Kiefaber: "The happy chemist he was very much a part of his gradliquor department of the State of Ohio in his golden views Supremely blest." uating class. We are, therefore, happy to for 21 years and still doesn't touch the Joseph Pilon: "First in prose, first in report that Very Rev. Joseph A. Tetzlaff, stuff. He was out with another group, verse, and first in the hearts of his colS.M., is living in Rockaway Park, New Mr. Jeckering told us, so he missed lege mates." York, and we hope that he and the being in on the derby painting incident. Eugene Schaefer: "A healthy mind in ocher out-of-towners, along with the He was SQmewhat disappointed. a healthy body." members of the class who still live in Victor Smith grt!eted us at his Bryn Joseph Scheuplein: "Gentle benign A Dayton, will be able to return to the Mawr home. Like his classmates, he is gift divine." campus next October for the Homecomstill in vigorous good health. An emiWilliam Wander: "A monument of ing Celebration of 1955, the golden annent contractor, he is president of the a meek and gentle spirit." 路 niversary of our beloved and distinCounty Engineers Association of Ohio. Walter Connors: "As full of spirit as guished Class of '05. Mr. Smith recalled his college days when the month of May." he was a catcher on the baseball team. Joseph Cronan: "Faithful and true." His friend, Harry Ansbury (now MonCharles Ertel: "Sober, steadfast, and signor Ansbury of Corpus Christi pardemure." ish), was frequently his aide at these Thomas Hickey: "Loves all, talks with contests. Naturally, we asked Mr. Smith few, does harm to none." if he remembered the derby incident. He Joseph Horn: "Cornu exaltetur in gloassured us that he not only remembered ria." it well, but he had also helped to paint John Malinski : "His brow is wet with the hats. The father of five, one a West honest sweat." Point graduate, Mr. Smith has been Edward Moritz: "Softly his fingers married for 42 years. We ended our visit wander o'er The yielding planks of the with Mr. Smith's invitation to return lovely floor." soon for more reminiscing. Victor Smith: "An honest man, closeM路r. Eugene Schaefer was kind enough buttoned to the chin, Broadcloth withto interrupt his work at Goodyear to out, and a warm heart within."

(Listed below chronologically ore the changes in address of alumni received and noted in the Alumni Office.)

1912: Mr. and Mrs. Robert E. Gray, formerly of Dayton, are now living in Lake Wales, Florida, P.O. Box 1246. 1924: The new address of William Fritz is 2933 Allendale Drive, Dayton 9. Rev. James R. Haley can now be reached at 130 Gramont, Dayton 7. New address for Robert M. Seizer, is 3625 Gulf Bay Blvd., Clearwater, Florida. 1925: Joseph F. Amann can be found at R.R. 1, McPherson Highway, Fremont, Ofiio. Frank E. Bustillo has moved to Richmond, Indiana and can be found c/o Wayne Works Inc. 1926: The Robert J. Weller address is 1730 Coventry Road, Dayton 10. 1928: Col. John E. Carroll lists as his new address, Quarters 26, Ft. Belvoir, Va. Write to Rev. Anthony C. Cogan at 4950 Reeves Place, Cincinnati 26. 1935: New address of Joseph R. Valente is 200 Clark St., Buffalo 12, N. Y. and William M. Hunter has moved to 6614 Vrecksville Rd., Independence, 0. 1936: New address for Ed. C. Meisner is 1446 Carol Rd., Meadowbrook, Pa. 1937: New address for Lt. Col. Herbert Greuter is Hq. RAFD, Griffiths AFB, Rome, N.Y. 1939: Change the address of Walter C. Steffen to 4350 W. Overlook Dr., San Diego 15, Calif., and Henry J. Spatz to 88 Orchard Rd., Orinda. Calif. 1941: New address of Dr. Max L. Wool is 101 Bay State Rd., Boston 15, Mass. 1942: Eugene Sprinkel now lives at 115 Perry St., Germantown, Ohio, and Paul E. Ryan is at 8116 Kirkwall Ct., Baltimore 4, Maryland. 1943: Mary Rose Sullivan moved to 100 Oakwood Dr., Longmeadow, Mass. Charles Schiavo moved to 110 Penarth Rd., Cymoyd, Pennsylvania. 1944; Jamet Reeder Weaver's new address is Apt. 3, 4509 Lesher Dr., Dayton 9. 1945: The new address of Margaret K. Voight Bertsch is 14947 Hubbell Ave., Detroit 27, Mich., and Dr. Edmund Lum's new address is c/o Sam Sit, 89 Ash St., Park Forest, Illinois. 1947: Don E. Ruhl has moved to 76 Marchester Dr., Dayton 9, Ohio. Joseph H. Mori to 4421 North Hermitage, Chicago, Illinois and June Davis Thatcker to 415 Watervliet Ave., Dayton 10, Oh10. 1948: Dr. Thomas H. Cron now resides

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at 841 E. Michigan Ave., Marshall, Mich. George J. Falkenbach is at 2563 N. 4th St., Columbus 2, Ohio, and the new address of Eleanor P. Lowry Grifo is Apt. 20D, 2205 Central Rd., Ft. Lee, New Jersey. Dr. Robert L. Vernier moved to 408 Erie, Minneapolis, Minnesota and Dr. Paul F. Hickey to 2517 N. Main St., Dayton 5, Ohio. 1949: Although Mrs. A. Anne Huffman Wheeler and her husband are in Salzburg, Austria, mail addressed to their home, Monitor, Washington, will catch up with them. Thomas A. Beckert can be found at 7268 Eastlawn Dr., Cincinnati 37, Ohio. New address for Donald P. Davidson is 105 Sunnyside Lane, Worthington, Ohio, Robert C. Greiner moved to 15381j2 Bradway, Springfield, 0. and Mary R. Casebolt Fletcher to 6282 Locustwood Dr., Dayton 9, Ohio. 1950: Charles F. Collins has moved to a new address in Troy, Ohio: 723 S. Grant St. Georgia O'Connell Harmon now lives at 2646 Ramona St., East Meadow, N. Y. Edward B. Moss is at 726 Harrison, Gary, Indiana. Helen Knepper Schilling and husband George and fa~颅 ily have moved to 518 N. South St., Wtlmington, Ohio. Carl T. Uth is n?w residing at 1108 N. Dunton, Arltngto.n Heights, Illinois. James P. Thompson ts at 616 St. Joseph Avenue, Dayton 10, Ohio. Patricia Fahey Aylstock moved to 557 N. Beattie St., Apt. 4, Helena, Montana. New addresses also for: Eugene Johnston, Mendon, Missouri; Eugene T. Connor, 3397 Talisman Dr., Dayton 10, Ohio路 Thomas J. Erhart, Kalida, Ohio; Rich~rd G. Se!(ers, 1005 Colwick Dr., Dayton 10, Ohio; Robert E. Jt:finner~p, 7310 Mingo Lane South, Madetra, Ohw; Paul G. Northrop, Jr., 72 Laura Dr., Centerville, Ohio; and Albert Speth, Delaware Hospital, Wilmington, Del. Joseph G. Gallagher can be found at 186 Hillside Rd., Apt. G., Oak Ridge, Tenn. 1951: New address for Jim Bothe is 3 Pyrex St., Corning, N. Y. Joe G. Day is now at 5600 Shank Rd., Dayton. John P. Gleason, doing graduate work at Notre Dame can be reached at 1213 Van Buren St.,' South Bend 28, Ind. The Richard P. Hickey's have moved to 4173 Fer Don Rd. in Dayton. John W. Toerner now lives at 8012 McDermott St., Resada, Calif. Lorenzo Harris and wife (Bertie Williams, '52) have moved back to Dayton from Detroit and are living at 1545 Home Ave. New addresses also for James W. Mueller, 9091 Monica, Detroit 4, Mich.; John R. Arbogast, Jr., 300 No. D St., Apt. 4, Hamilton, Ohio; Marcellus Henry Lachey, 8033 Bowen Rd., El Paso, Tex.; Joseph E. Thier, 184 Edmunton Pl., Hamilton, Ohio; Edmund E. Myers, 178 Diana Lane North, Fairborn, Ohio; Thomas J. Pohlabel, 26191j2 No. Main St., Findlay, Ohio; Flavian T. Becker, Co. D. 28th Inf. Reg., 8th Inf. Div., Camp Carson, Colorado; Edward J. Leschansky, 1798 Richview Ct., Dayton, Ohio; Pvt. Howard R. Otto, US 52360914, 9336 TSU, Frankford Arsenal, Philadelphia 37, Pa.

1952: Frank J. Caldwell has moved to 4600 Pinnacle Rd., Dayton. Claire Heimann can now be reached at 244 Riverside Dr., N. Y. 25, N. Y. New address for James P. Kilbane, Jr., is 1374 West Blvd., Cleveland 2, Apt. 404. And for Robert L. Wise, write to 1942 Oakley Ave., Dayton 9. The Richard Fullers are now at 1121 Hollywood Rd., Sandusky, Ohio; Robert F. Fischer, 317 E. Dixon Ave., Dayton 9, Ohio; Leonard N. Passalacqua, 515 Forrer Blvd., Dayton 9, Ohio. 1953: James J. Gleason and wife, Ellen, married a year ago, are now living at 2552 Second Ave., San Diego 3, Calif., while Jim is in the Navy. Bob Recker can be reached at 1520 E. Buena Ventura, Colorado Springs, Colo, and use the same address for Joe Young. Ed Clemens is at 920 N. Limestone St., Springfield, Ohio. New addresses also for Vaughn Kemp Taylor, US 52360262 Hq. Det. 31st Med. Gp., APO 17S, c/o PM, N.Y., N. Y.; Richard L. Montgomery, 1740 Suigrave Rd., Louisville 5, Kentucky; Carmen J. Rozzo, 713 W. 35th St., Ashtabula, Ohio; fack R. Biting, 228 South Hanover St., Mmster, Ohio; Richard D. Nourot, 2625 Bapaume Ave., Norfolk, Virginia; Oliver M. Ballentine, Mt. Pleasant Ave., Whippany, New Jersey; Francis J. Klaus, Pfc., H & S Co. 97th Engr. Bn. APO 122, c/o P.M., N. Y., N. Y. 1954: It's Lt. R. E. Bertrand, 444A Craig Dr., Columbus, Ga., and also in Columbus, Ga. is Lt. Lee Butler at 92 Matheson (Camilea Apts.); Joe Malloy is at 231 S. Ft. Thomas Ave., Ft. Thomas, Ky. New address for Oscar Kallam, 518 Burkhardt Ave., Dayton 3; and for Robert F. (Marian Barrett) Schnetzer, Jr. it is 1368 West 6th Ave., Columbus, Ohio; Margaret Caulfield Fulwiler is now living at 609 Forest Ave., Dayton 5, Ohio, and Kathleen Girard is at 1126 Irving Ave., Apt. 3, Dayton 9, Ohio; Bill Frey is stationed at Frankford Arsenal, Philadelphia 37, Pa. 1955: Rosette V. King is now living at 207 E. Avenue North, Sarasota, Florida; Eugene S. Silberman's new address is 521 Aberdeen Ave., Dayton 9, Ohio.

John R. Sheller, '55, to Mildred L Martin James E. Lorenz, '54, to Joan Claire Schroer Ann E. Lyons, '55, to Henry Paul Blaeser, '54 Margaret M. Greenwood, '55, to Lee C. Falke Kathryn Dale, '53, to Howard A. Knutson Dwayne G. Smith, '54, to Louise DePasquale Robert M. Tormey, '50, to Helen L. Sherman Bruce J. Espy, '54, to Louise Ann Glynn Robert L.Fisher,'55,to Mariann Tekamp

MARRIAGES

Lt. Leonard H. Beck, '54, married Florence Ann Kelbe, Sr. Stephen's church, June 11. Alan J. Braun, '46, married Mary Frances Biondie, St. Patrick's church, Troy, Ohio, June 4. Floyd Begin, '51, married Marie Antoinette Gascard, Nancy, France, L'Eglise Saint-Leon IX, June 18. Frank Ramon Bustillo, '53, married Edith Kalthoff Donaldson, Newark, New Jersey, June 25 . Marilyn Catron, '53, married Robert L. Nolan, St. James church, July 9. Joan Lillian Crowe, '52, married Earl Robert Elkins, Westminster Presbyterian church, June 19. Catherine L. De Vol, '55, married Edward B. Ostendorf, St. Thomas church, Zanesville, June 18. Richard Doody, '55, married Romona Joy Beckley, Holy Angels, June 25. Jack P. Donovan, Jr., '53, married Carolyn F. Daneke, St. Hugo of the Hills church, Bloomfield, Michigan, June 25. Joyce Ann Ely, '55, married William E. Smith, Holy Angels church, June 11. Henry L. Ferrazza, '49, married Josephine Boccia, St. Margaret Mary church, Detroit, July 2. Marlene Fischer, '53, married Patrick J. Cunningham, St. Marys, July 2. Roy F. Fischer, '55, married Joyce Carole Stansberry, St. Paul Lutheran church, June 18. Kurt Miller Fish, '51, married Ann Fry, St. John's Episcopal church, Lancaster, Pa., July 2. Mario Fortini, '55, married Patricia Ann Muth, Corpus Christi church, June 11. Richard E. Fox, '53, married Marilyn Jean Burris, Our Lady of Mercy church, July 23. John E. Gallagher, '51, married Kathleen Ann Cavanaugh, St. Joseph church, Mantua, Ohio, April 23. Paul J. Heckman, '38, married Mary Lou Becker, Holy Family, June 11. Joan E. Herman, '55, married William M. Neary, Jr., St. Mary of the Woods church, Russells Point, June 25. Mary Ruth Hofferbert, '52, married Donald Robert McFarland, '55, Victory Methodist church, June 18. Eugene Jablinski, '51, married Josephine Konicki, St. Adalbert's church, June 11. Thvmas B. Janning, '55, married Marilyn Joyce Sherman, Our Lady of Mercy church, June 11. Leo Lammers, '55, married Betty Meyers at Leipsic, Ohio. William P. Loe, '52, married Mary Juergens, St. Raphael's church, Springfield, Ohio, July 9. Grace E. Luehrmann, '53, married Joseph P. Nugent, Cincinnati, August 13. Sondra MacCullom, '54, married Thomas J. Caulfield, Sacred Heart

church, June 25. Francis C. Maloney, '49, married Sue Ann Riley, '55, Holy Trinity chmch, Middletown, July 30. Kathleen Metz, '54AA, married Robert J. Barnwell, St. Anthony, Aug. 27. Karen Munn, '55, married James Thompson, Holy Angels church. Aug. 6. Thomas Lee Muth, '55, married Sandra Bellville, St. Albert the Great church, July 2. Francis R. Rataiczak, '54, married Alma Helmes, St. Anthony's, May 14. Patricia Schorsch, '55, married Alvin Raymond Mulica,St.Ferdinand's church, Chicago, July 9. Ann T ennery, '55, married Christian Edgar Kerney, St. John's Evangelical, June 19. Edward H. Wehner, '55, married Madonna Michaels, Holy Angels church, June 18. Richard G. Wiggenhorn, '55, married Mary Ann Schmid, Mary Help of Christians church, Fairborn, August 13. Raymond G. Wittman, '54, married Clarissa Anne Frey, Emanuel church, June 18. James Lemming, '53, married Clara Gliozzo of Shaker Heights, Cleveland, August 6, 1955. John G. Petry, '50, married Kathleen Minch of Cleveland in St. Charles church. Carmen Ventura, '50, married James Stoffard, Holy Fa~mily, Aug.:)

BIRTHS

Third child, first daughter, to Mr. and Mrs. E. L. Marrinan, Jr., '48, June 5. Daughter, Barbara Ann, to Capt. and Mrs. Charles W. Forsthoff, '42, May 11. Son, Michael Lee, to Mr. and Mrs. Jack Combs, '53, in January. First child, daughter, Anne Elizabeth, to Mr. and Mrs. Charles F. Collins, '50, on April 14. Third child, daughter, Molly Ann, to Mr. and Mrs. Robert M. Lewis, '51, May 5. Miriam Elizabeth, a daughter, to Bob and Miriam Beck, '51. New sons for Mr. and Mrs. Walter Farren, '49, for Mr. and Mrs. John Gridley, '50, and for Mr. and Mrs. Paul Finke, '42, all born in May. May daughters for Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Finke, '50, and for Mr. and Mrs. James Mark, '51. A boy, Jeffrey, to Mr. and Mrs. Richard B. Fuller, May 4. Mother Nancy is '52. First child, a boy, William Albert, Jr., to William and Joan Batsche Enouen, '52, on June 20. Fourth child, fourth daughter, Susan Jacinta, to Landis, '40, and Elvera, '41, "Vocke Gephart, in December. Third child, second son, Douglas Michael, to Mr. and Mrs. John L. McGarry, '50, on June 3. Third child, second son, John Jerome. to Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Samu,'41, May3.

First child, a son, Timothy Allen, to 1st Lt. and Mrs. John W. Gannon, '53, in Ft. Richardson, Alaska, on March 23. A son, Philip Hallan, to Mr. and Mrs. Roger S. Dybvig, '47, May 22. May daughters to Mr. and Mrs. Wilbur Smolka, '42, and to Mr. and Mrs. Nicholas Wilbur, '50, and a May son to Mr. and Mrs. Robert Maloney, '42 . Daughters in June to Mr.. and Mrs. Theodore Leakas, '42, to Mr. and Mrs. Clifford Westbeld, '51, and to Mr. and Mrs. Daniel Hobbs, '38. To James, '50, and Madeleine Unger, '48, Riley, a son on June 1. A son, born June 2, to Edwin, '50, and Fern, '45, Gusman. And another son in June, this one to Jacqueline and Steve Renacs, '50. First child, a son, Donald James, Jr., to Lt. and Mrs. Donald Dartt, '54, May 3. A son to Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Accrocco, '47, May 10. Third child, third son, to Dr. and Mrs. John M. Roll, '50, May 1. First child, a daughter, Sandra Lynn, to Lt. John, '53, and Carol Stittgen, '54, Chaney, May 12. Second child, second son, Jerome Lawrence, to Mr. and Mrs. Emery J. Csizma, '52. First child, a son, Thomas Joseph, to Mr. and Mrs. James Cosimati, '53. First child, daughter, Tina Lee, to Lt. (j.g.) and Mrs. Don Holsapple, '53, now in Guam. First child, daughter, Cheryl Ann, to Mr. and Mrs. James J. Shafor, '55, May 14. First child, daughter, Paula Marie, to Mr. and Mrs. James Freytag, '51, Sidney, April 18. Second child, first son, Andrew, to Mr. and Mrs. William L. Bombeck, '50, (Irma Fiste, '49), April 27. Sons were born to Lee and Mary Lacey, '49, Ray and Sue Janacek, '50, Bill and Mary Conneley, '52, Dr. and Mrs. Alton Backs, '48, Vern and Beverly Weber, '54, Joe and Pat Malloy, '54, and Mr. and Mrs. Vaughn Taylor. Daughters were born to Mr. and Mrs. Barto Mariscalco, '49, and Don and Pam Stewart, '53. Stephanie Ann is the name chosen by Jeanette McKay Musser, '49, for her daughter born last January. The passage of time cannot erase the shock and sorrow felt by the university late last May when the outrageous shooting by a crazed fanatic caused the deaths of two deeply respected men who had been associated with UD. Killed in the tragic incident were Joseph J. Gavin, former head football coach, and Wilfred C. Sherman, '22, vice-president of the Third National Bank and Trust Company. The ALUMNUS wishes to join the university community in cgain expressing its sorrow and in sending condolences to the Gavin and Sherman families.

IN MEMORIAM

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Dr. Lawrence E. Gough, '30

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A member of the Catholic Physicians Guild, the Montgomery County Medical Society, the Ohio State Medical Association, and the American Medical Ass~ dation, Dr. Gough did his pre-medical work at UD and earned his M.D. at Loyola of Chicago.

Otto Moosbmgger visited the campus. Still hale and hearty, he puts in a halfday's work at the drug store now managed by his grandson.

Mn. Myrtle E. Zinck

Mother of Robert C. Zinck, '34. Died on June 9. John P. Georges, '09

Through correspondence reaching our Alumni Secretary, it was regretfully learned that Mr. George had died several years ago. Anna Wimmers

Aunt of Rev. Robert Von Kaenel, '24. Died June 18. Dr. J. Eugene Haley, '28

Formerly a Dayton resident, Dr. Haley had been practicing in Cincinnati since 1938. Died June 15. Joseph J. Gavin

Former UD head football coach, father of Patricia (Mrs. James Madden). Died on May 31. Wilfred C. Sherman, '22

Vice-president of the Third National Bank and Trust Company and distinguished citizen of Dayton. Died June 3. Mary M. Vocke

Mother of Elvera Vocke Gephart, '41. Died on January 19. Joseph C. Thiem, Sr.

Father of Joseph Thiem , '28, and grandfather of Joseph !f. Thiem , UD student in Arts. Rita Rudzienski

Daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Alex Rudzienski, '39. Died June 22. Ralph Smith, '47

Engineer at Wright Patterson Air Force Base. Died July 22. Gale G. Murphy, '33

A longtime resident of Dayton, Mr. Murphy died on July 5. Thomas McDermott

Grandfather of John T. Becker, '54, and of Mrs. Paul ·H eckman.

Bro. William A. Dapper, S.M. former treasurer of UD died following a heart attack on Monday, July 25 . He would have been 79 years on Nov. 16. Bro. Dapper joined the Society of Mary 63 yeors ago in 1892, at the age of 16. Assignments for the Society carried him from his native Pittsburgh to many parts of the world. He came to UD in 1926 as assistant treasurer and held the position of treasurer from 1938 to 1950. A golden Anniversary celebration of his first religious profession was held in 1943. A solemn requiem high Mass was held in the University Chapel Wednesday, July 27 and interment wos in the University Cemetery.

1916 Jim Duffy was re-elected Secretary-Treasurer of the Agonis Club in Dayton.

1917 Charles H. Wassenich retired from the State Highway Patrol after 21 years service and is now the Chief of Police in Oxford, Ohio.

1920 Edward H. Graul, Sr. has been elected President of the Riverdale Optimists Club.

1922 Bob Stew;;rt was a recent campus visitor, he is with the Corps of Engineers in New York City.

1923 Stephen Emerick is now with the Dayton Insulating and Heating Co. Michael Hannegan is with the Pittsburgh Plate Glass Co. in Tarentum, Pa. He is very active in his community in work for the St. Vincent DePaul Society.

1924 Rev. James Haley was named Pastor of Resurrection church in Dayton.

1925

William E. Mayer was selected "Man of the Month" of the Manufacturers Life Insurance Co. Mr. Mayer is with the Cleveland branch. John L. Russell attended the 35th annual meeting of the National Council of Catholic Men in Boston as an official delegate from the Cincinnati Archdiocesan Council of which he is Secretary. Active in UD Alumni work, Mr. Russell's two sons, Jack and Dick, are both attending UD.

1927 Rev. William Scanlon has been named pastor at St. Veronica's in Hamilton, Ohio.

1931 Msgr. Frederick G. Hochwalt received the Honorary Degree of Doctor of Human Letters from St. Michaels College in Vermont. Fr. Hochwalt received an honorary LLD from UD in 1948.

1932 Word from patent attorney George F. Smith, 5551 Chariton Ave., Los Angeles, Calif., advises us that he still sees V. J. Braun, '32, but wonders what has happened to other UD Alums in Los Angeles. Suggest you contact him. Rev. Richard Redman has been appointed pastor at St. Pauls in Yellow Springs.

1934 Robert C. Zinck was elected and installed Grand Knight of the new Maria-

Joseph Council No. 4022, Knights of Columbus.

1935 Phillip L. Grimes is Vice-President and General Manager of the California Testing Laboratories in Los Angeles.

1936 Ed C. Meisner is now General Manager for Philip Carey Mfg. Co. at their plant in Plymouth Meeting, Pa.

1938 Richard K. Bucher had been elected Vice-President of the Riverdale Optimists Club.

1939

Henry J. Spatz is n.ow with Durkee Famous Foods in Berkley, California.

1940 George W. Humm was named manager of the new office opened in Dayton by Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner and Beane.

1941 Joseph Hollenkamp was a campus visitor from Elmhurst, Illinois. Warren E. Kappeler was elected a Director of the Dayton Chapter of the National Association of Cost Accountants. Charles McFarland is on the research staff of the New Jersey Zinc Co. in Palmerton. He is also active in his community on the School Board.

1942 Sheriff Bernard Keiter was elected to the Board of the Agonis Club in Dayton.

1943 Edward C. Henz hab been elected to a two year term on the Board of Directors of the Riverdale Optimists Club. Jerome E. Westendorf and Warren A. Kappeler, '41, have formed a partnership in Accountancy in Dayton. William H. Dorsey, Jr. was named the Washington, D. C. Junior Chamber of Commerce's outstanding man of the year. He received the James S. Beattie award for his "unselfish and outstanding work is revising the organization's by-laws and constitution." Now practicing law in Washington he was Assistant Professor of Law at George Washington University. Dr. Robt. J. Becksted has resumed his Medical Practice in Dayton after active duty with the U .S. Air Force. Jerry Herzog was elected Grand Knight of Fr. William P. O 'Connor Council, Knights of Columbus.

1944 Bro. Wm. Chewning, S.M. received his Master of Education Degree from St. Louis University.

1945 John M. Farnbacher has been elected Vice-President for the Central Region, (Continued on Pagel I)

Harry Finke Scholarship For Needy Scholars Founded at UD

'31 Grad Aids Parents of Mentally Deficient With Funds Campaign

A $12,000 Scholarship Fund, the income from which is to be used to pay the educational expenses of needy and deserving students, has been established at the University of Dayton by Harry F. Finke, Sr., '02, President of the Finke Construction Co. of Dayton. Announcement of the terms of the fund was made by Very Rev. Andrew L. Seebold, S.M., President of the University. Mr. Finke began formulation of the fund plan last year, and it is to be known as the Harry F. Finke, Sr., Scholarship Fund, 1954, since Mr. Finke hopes to establish additional funds for scholarships in the years to come. The income from the present $12,000 fund will be used for the first time in the 1955-1956 school year to be awarded at the sole discretion of the incumbent president of the University of Dayton, to worthy students for the payment of tuition fees, costs of books and similar educational requirements for so long as the student remains worthy and pursues his educational course, preferably in Engineer. ing at the University of Dayton. Announcement of the first recipient will be made at a later date.

An Army officer whose wife recently gave birth to a mentally deficient baby has accepted the blow as a "cross that will be with us for years to come," but he sees it as "God's hand working toward our own good." And with •his Catholic faith thus strengthened, he has embarked on a project to help other parents who can't afford it. He is Lt. Col. Joseph E. Stermer, '31, whose three-month-old daughter is now being cared for by the nuns at Benedictine Heights Hospital, .Guthrie, Okla. Col. Stermer said it took his personal experience to make him aware of the problem. He says too many parents of such youngsters look upon it as a personal stigma-something to be ashamed of-and try to keep anybody from knowing. This, he says, turns out to be bad for everybody concerned. Instead of being hidden, the problem should be brought out into the open, according to the Col., who pointed out that it's a social one, and one that almost no parents can handle by themselves. After seeking advice from doctors, their pastor and other priests, the Stermers decided the only fair thing for both the baby and themselves was to put her in an institution. No public institution takes such youngsters before the age of one (only New York State does that), and very few of any kind take children before they' re five. Col. & Mrs. Stermer learned that only one Catholic institution in the country was available for such care-Benedictine Heig_hts Hospital in Guthrie-so they took their baby there. The Stermers have four other children -ranging from 14 years down to 18 months-so the $120 a month charged by the Sisters is tough going. The Col. onel says that while they can swing it, he's worried about other parents who just can't afford it. So he's enlisting help -from relatives, the Knights of Columbus, his former classmates at University of Dayton and at Xavier University in Cincinnati, Army Chaplains, and others less fortunate than himself, but in the same plight. In seeking funds to underwrite the costs of caring for other Mongoloid babies, Col. Stermer is initially calling the project the "Judith Ann Fund"-in honor of his daughter, who was given that name in Baptism at the beginning of May. The Col. says that if the project excites wide interest, the name of the drive will probably be changed so that people don't get the impression he's soliciting funds for his own child. He indicated he'd like to see the thing mushroom into a nationwide appeal, but at th_e m?ment is only suggesting that contnbuuons be sent to the Oklahoma institution. Contributors should send do-

In establishing the first of such scholarship funds, Mr. Finke recalled that he was ten years of age when his father had died and "I feel that had it not been for the self-sacrifice of the Brothers of Mary in the education of poor boys at the old St. Mary's Institute (former name of the University of Dayton), I would never have had the benefit of a college education." Born in Dayton on February 28, 1886, Mr. Finke has been connected with the University over many years. He received his science degree in 1902 and in 1918 received the Honorary A ward of Civil Engineer. He has been a continuous member of the Associate Board of Lay Trustees of the University since the board was founded in 1925. Five of Mr. Finke's children have graduated from UD, Harry Jr., and Mary Ann in 1945; John in 1950, Janet in 1952, Robert J. in 1954. A sixth child, Sue, is in attendance now.

Thomas Coughlin, '93, One of Old· est Grads, Still Very Adive Man

Thomas Coughlin, of the class of 1893, was born in the city of Cleveland, Ohio, June 21, 1876. He is one of the oldest graduates still living. Early in his career he engaged in the general insurance business and is still president of what is known as The Coughlin & White Company. At 21 years of age he was the youngest man ever elected to the City Council up to that time. In 1903 he was elected a Member of the Ohio Legislature, and from 1907 to 1916 served as Director of Finance of the City of Cleveland. In 1916, with others, he organized The Morris Plan Bank of Cleveland and became its first executive officer. He was at the head of this firm in years of growth and change and is presently a trustee of the Society of Savings, the large mutual bank in Cleveland, which had purchased the assets of the old firm. Mr. Coughlin is also director of several manufacturing and insurance companies. He was one of the organizers of the Catholic Charities Corp. in Cleveland, and is presently a Trustee and Chairman of the Finance Committee. He also pioneered in the organization of the ClevPland Hospital Service Association, a Blue Cross agency, and continues to serve that organization as treasurer. For the past thirty-five years he has served as Chairman of the Advisory Board of St. Alexis Hospital. In 1948 he was made a Knight of the Order of St. Gregory. He is the father of four children: Mary C. Coughlin, who is presently Director of the Catholic Welfare Bureau at Stamford, Connecticut; Thomas, Jr., '26, en. gaged in the insurance business in Cleveland; Paul J., Executive Vice-President of National Carloading Corp.; and Robert E., in the Sales Department of Motor Express, Inc. nations directly to Sr. Mary Charles, Director of Benedictine Heights Hosp. at Guthrie, Okla., he said.

Lt. Henry A . Kirshe, ' 55 Completes Infantry Course

Lt. William J. Caho, ' 55 Completes Infantry Course

Msgr. F. G. Hochwa lt, ' 31 Receiving Honorary Degree

Sheriff Bernard Keite r, '42 On Board of Agonis Club

En s. Richard D. Nourot, ' 53 Newly comm issioned

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the State of Arizona. Receiving Doctor of Medicine Degrees from St. Louis University in June were: Norman L. Rose, Edward J. Leschansky, Harold Kelso, Jr., and Jerome A. Logan. Flavian T. Becker is stationed at Camp Carson, Colorado. Joanne Combs made the grand tour of Europe with a special visit to her brother Robert in Dormstadt, Germany. Don and Pauline Cosgrove are back at Ohio State. Don recently underwent a successful eye operation performed by Dr. Torrence A. Makley, '40. Thomas Brandt is with Commonwealth Life Insurance Co., in Troy, Ohio.

the 39th Infantry Regimen t Fighting Falcons, in Nurnberg, Germany. His team has won 29 games and lost 4 in their conference. They have an overall season record of 45-10. Richard D. Nourot was among 370 newly commissioned reserve ensigns at the Navy's Officer Candidate School at Newport, R. I. IVttlter V. Lancaster, Jr. is out of the service and is teaching at Randolph Township in Montgomery County.

American Institute of Industrial Engineers.

1946

Donald J. Kreitzer has been appointed Assistant Professor of Political Science at College of St. Thomas, St. Paul, Minn.

1947 Dante Terzi is with the Credit Dept. of Bankers Trust Co., New York City. The Terzis now have two boys and three girls and they invite all their friends to visit them in Littleneck, Long Island.

1948 Frank Levin received his Ph.D. from Univ. of Cincinnati in June. He is Assistant Professor of Mathematics at the University of Kentucky.

1950 Richard C. Segers received his Ph.D. in Math from Purdue University in August. Vincent J. Cashman received his Masters in Educ. from Xavier Univ. in Cincinnati. AI Speth received his M.S. in Hospital Administration from the Univ. of Pittsburgh. He visited the campus before going on to Wilmington, Delaware.

1951 Flaura Alcorn Smith is teaching in the first grade at Vandalia, Ohio. Raymond E. Rieger and Albert E. Young, Jr. of Rieger Motors Inc. have signed a franchise as a sales and service agency for Studebaker in Dayton. Also with them is Gerald Rieger who is majoring in Accounting at UD. Robert Tribby is now employed by

1952 Robert J. Westendorf is with Bankers Security Life Insurance Society in Washington. Robert J. Busse, Jr. received his Doctor of Medicine Degree from St. Louis Univ. last June. Don Loeffler was a recent campus visitor. Bill Connelly is the new sports editor of the Painesville Ohio Telegraph.

1953 Marion J. Stansell received his M.S. in Biology at Western Reserve. Ernest L. Koerner, Jr. received his M.S. from Iowa State College. Robert Eberts and Joseph Young are also at Iowa State doing graduate work. Kelly P. Smith is an Information and Education Specialist in the Ambulance Co. of the 1st Infantry Division's Medical Battalion in Germany. Lt. Hal Okita is a baseball coach of

1954 David J. Hoene received his Masters Degree from Notre Dame in J une and is now with the Belle Works Technical Section of the Polychemicals D ept., D uPont Co. Second Lt. John C. Anderson and Thomas D. O'Connell grad uated from the Infantry School Officers Course at Ft. Benning, Ga. . Lt. Don Donoher is stationed in Germany and would like to hear from his friends. His address is Co. G., 8th lnf. Reg., APO 39, cl o P.M., New York. Raymond T. Bedwell, Jr. , now at 1567 Berkley Ave., Petersburg, Va. is in the production dept. of WXEX-TV, in Petersburg, doing staging, designing, properties and acting as a cameraman. Recently graduated from the Infa ntry School at Ft. Benning was 2nd Lt. John P. Muldoon. Jack B. Roush is at Ft. Benning now. Leonard Beck is at the New Jersey Inspection Lab where a new chemical process of his has received endorsement. Robert Schmid has left his teaching position in Minster to report to Ft. Ben-

Committee for Alumni Dance Held June 4th. AI Suttman, Lou Goldkamp, Morita S. Maloney

Archbishop Karl J. Alter Honored Guest at June Commencement

Jerry Lennon intends to do his graduate work in English at Ohio State. AI Berens will be at Purdue for his graduate work in Math. Entering Medical Schools will be Jack Janning at Ohio State, Charlie Nahn and Tom V olk at Marquette. Ned Perotti has joined the Trapists at Gethsemani in Kentucky. Steve Stewart is engaged in Psychological Work for St. Elizabeths Hospital. Paul McWilliams is scheduled to teach Math at UD. Joan Brennan will intern in dietetics in Cincinnati, along with Rita Bardo. Anne Flynn and Pat Falke will be teaching at Julienne, Kathy Jardine at Franklin School. Working on Masters Degrees are W il路 bur Chang, at California, John Clarke at Iowa, lrmengarde Rauch at Ohio State, Joe Bronder at Washington University.

'54 and Bill '55. The 1955 (105th) graduation of the University of Dayton went off according to schedule on Saturday afternoon, June 4 at 2:30 p.m . in the NCR auditorium. 347 students received their degrees and the University paid special h onor to His Excellency the Most Rev. Archbishop of Cincinnati, Archbishop Alter by bestowing the Honorary Degree of Doctor of Humanities upon him. Archbishop Alter was also the principal speaker and addressed himself to the graduates, relatives and friends in a timely topic entitled "The Road Ahead." Following the graduation exercises a reception was held for His Excellency in the Oval Room of the NCR Company; approximately 50 specially invited guests attended this function. A feature of the occasion was the remembrance of the 45th anniversary of His Excellencies Ordination in the form of a large beautifully inscribed cake. Summer Graduation was held July 31 at Chaminade at which time 67 additional students received their degrees. Alumni Dinner: The fifth Annual Alumni Dinner Dance of the Montgomery County Chapter was held the evening of June 4th at the Miami Valley Golf Club. A capacity crowd of 220 members attended the affair which began with cocktails followed by dinner, a short business meeting and dancing in the open. In the course of the business meeting three Chapter awards were presented, first to Paul Heckman '38 for outstanding Chapter Service ; second to Don Sharkey '34 for Professional Achievement and third to Bernard Keiter '42 for Civic Achievement. The business meeting came to an end with the installation of new officers for the 1955-56 year. These are: AI Suttmao '48 President; Jerome Westendorf '43 Vice-President and Pat Sharkey Maloney '42 Secretary-Treasurer.

ning. Bill Frey is at Frankford Arsenal in Philadelphia. Robert A. Lowden received his M.A. in Retailing at the University of Pittsburgh.

1955 Jim Hartigan is working on his Masters Degree at Purdue and Berteli Shattock is at Ohio State. Julie Horvath and Patt y Jac obson are both employed at Monsanto. R"uth Drees is teaching Music in Sidney, Ohio. Becky Strominger is teaching Physical Education at Jefferson Township. Marilyn Koester and Cecilia Maas are nurses at St. Elizabeth's. Report is received from Ft. Benning, Ga., that the following members of '55 have completed the officers course at the Infantry School : Henry Kirshe, John Martin, William Cabo, Raymond Koren, fames Ball, Jr., George J. VanSchaik and James B. Day. Karen Munn is working as a Dental Assistant. Sally Payne and Ann Lyons are employed as Secretaries. Elected Alumni Officers of the '55 class were Bob Daly, President, Bill Thomas , Vice-President and Pat Falke, Secretary-Treasurer. Russell Sweetman and Tom Nyhan are to report to Ft. Benning, Georgia on Sept. 16 for Officers Basic Infantry Course. Jack Darcy will report to Anti-aircraft and Guided Missile School at Ft. Bliss, Texas on the 25th of October. Dick Miller will attend the same school. Also awaiting calls to service are: Jim Dehart, Armand Martino, John Prosser, Ace Horstman and Gene Joseph . Edward Flynn will attend Georgetown University Law School. Ben Schwegman will do his law studies at Indiana University.

ALUMNI AND CAMPUS NOTES Cleveland Chapter Meeting: The Cleveland Chapter of the UD Alumni Association sponsored a Communion Breakfast on Sunday, May 22 at Cathedral Latin School. Speaker for the occasion was Pepper Wilson, Director of Sports Publicity at the University who gave the fine turn out of Cleveland Alumni members a rundown on the prospects for football and basketball at the University in 1955-1956. Bro. Lackner, Alumni Director, also addressed the group briefly and complimented them on their activities and very substantial contributions to the Third Annual Alumni Fund. Fr. Thomas Bodie, Pres. of Cathedral Latin was the celebrant of the Mass and proved to be a fine host for the Alumni group. A feature of the meeting was the attendance for the first time as a group of Jack Byrne '2 5 and his three sons who graduated from the University, Jack '53; Pat

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