Grove City College
BULLETIN ALUMNI ISSUE Vol. 30
NOVEMBER,1943
Jean Parker Is Killed In Auto Accident
No. 3
L.L.Locke Dies;
A War-Time Campus Scene
Leaves Library To The College
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Alumna Was Ensign In WAVES, Serving In
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Noted Mathematician
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Succumbs In Brooklyn, N. Y., At Age of 63
The many friends of Jean Eliza beth Parker, who was graduated from Grove City College in 1940,
Leslie Leland Locke, professor of mathematics for twenty-two years at Brooklyn College Evening Ses
were shocked to learn of her death as the result of an automobile ac
sion until he retired in 1939, died on August 28 at his home, 950 St. John's Place, Brookljm, after a long illness. He was sixty-three
cident on July 10. At the time of her death she was a member of the staff of the Naval Reserve
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School (W.R.) at Northampton, Massachusetts. She
received
years old.
Mr. Locke, who was recognized as an outstanding authority on the history of mathematics, left his valuable library of books on mathematics to Grove City Col
her
commission on January 8, 1943, and was immediately assigned to
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duty as an instructor of com munications at the school, where
she soon became very among the midshipmen
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popular and the
faculty. Ensign Parker was an honor stu dent throughout her four years at Grove City College. She was a leader in many student activities,
a
Club which she served as Presi
The walk in front of Memorial Hall looks quite different in 1943 from what it did when sou.
were m CoIJege. Tin's is a coniniori scene as Marines and Sailors wait for classes.
member of Pi Gamma Mu.
THE NEW COLLEGE YEAR
this position until she resigned to enter the WAVES.
Ensign Parker, who was a mem ber of the Second United Presby terian Church of Butler, was a
religious
The new college year opened on Monday, September 27. The College this year
is in many ways in marked contrast to the college of a year ago. The most striking difference is in the enrollment of men. This, however, was to be expected. The enroll
convictions. She abounded with en|
ment in the fall semester totaled 481 of which 88 are men and 393 are women. The
ergy, and was unusually consci-1
freshman class numbered 177. The senior class is 114, while the junior class entered the year with the smallest enrollment of many years, 52.
entious in the fulfillment of her' duties. Her cheerful disposition made friends of all those whom she came in contact.
with
The College is fortunate in being able to contribute not only to a civilian pro.
gram, but also to two war service training programs. It is now 20 months since the College embarked on its first war service program. Since that time the Naval Training
Capt. Wm. R. Harris
School has been an important factor in the life of the College and community. The maximum emullment at present is 880 enlisted men. The course is a three-months
Tells of Raids Oh Axis U-Boat Pens
course. Each month 110 men enter the school and an equal number leave it for ad vanced training in other schools.
'While recuperating from wounds
Since March 1 of the present year the College has had a unit of the Army Air
at the Lovell General Hospital, Fort Devens, Massachusetts, Cap
is a five-months course. Thei-e are five sections of 40 men each. Normally 40 men
tain
William R. Harris, '41, of
Beaver, told of an air raid on the submarine pens at St. Nazaire, France.
Captain Harris who was an op erations officer in
a
bombing
group, filled in as a Fortress pilot on the day he was hit.
Corps on the campus. The maximum enrollment in this school is 200 men. The course complete the course each month and 40 new men arrive to take their places. One of the features of this program is the development of an esprit de corps which is reflected
in the singing of the groups as they march across the campus to and from their class It is needless to say that the College is very conscious of the fact that so many of its students and alumni and former students are in military service. Those who have
left the College for military service are missed from the campus and our interest fol lows all of those who claim a part of the college tradition. One of the heartening ex
came into the cockpit next to my
areas express such a real feeling of loyalty and affection for the College and com
leg and blew off part of the con
munity. Many find the experiences of college days and the friendships rnade while in college a source of satisfaction and strength as they meet new and difficult condi tions created by the war. Naturally our hope is that the time may not be far distant when the College can return to a normal peacetime basis and when many students now
pilot, Lieutenant Strieker,
took
over. I stayed conscious and tried
to help as much as possible, but
periences is that so many who write back from camp and training centers and fighting
Strieker on his first mission, did
in the service can take their place in the campus life again.
a fine job and we did manage to
As always the College is indebted to its loyal alumni and other friends whose interest is felt almost constantly and in many ways. The students who enter the Col lege come as a rule because of the confidence and enthusiasm of those who know it
stay in formation and get home."
Capt. Sam Say Awarded Citations Friends of Captain Samuel S.
Say, a member of the Class of '41, will be glad to learn that he has received several citations for his
work in the Army Air Corps. Cap
tain Say was sent to the North African field of activity in Sep
tember 1942, and while overseas he completed 80 missions.
ton, D. C., in 1939. Mr. Locke was bom in
Grove
City, Pennsylvania, and received a Bachelor of Arts degree in 1896 from Grove City CoUege and a Master' of Arts degree four years mathematics at Pennsylvania State College, Cornell University and at Teachers College in Columbia Uni versity. He wrote a "History of Mathe matics," published in 1916, and in 1923 he published a volume called "Ancient Cjuipu," describing the primitive counting system used by early Peruvians. After brief terms teaching at West Sunbury Academy, West Sunbury, Pa.; Fredonia, Pa., High School; and Michigan State Col lege, East Lansing, Mich., Mr.
Locke went to Adelphi College, Brooklyn, in 1902. He remained there until 1908 when he joined the staff of the Maxwell Training School for Teachers, Brooklyn. The Maxwell School closed in 1933 and Mr. Locke started a ten-
year term as a teacher of mechani cal drawing in the Brooklyn Tech nical High School, DeKalb Avenue and Fort Greene Place, Brooklyn. During this time Mr. Locke was a professor of mathematics in Brook lyn College Evening Session from 1917 to 1938. He retired in 1942
assignments.
"A fighter plane came in,," said Captain Harris, "and raked our ship with cannon fire. One of them trols and struck my leg. The co
was believed
to have been the first of its kind,
later. He continued his studies in
Upon graduating from Grove City College, Miss Parker was elected a member of the faculty of the Butler High School and held
young woman of deep
including one which
was presented by Mr. Locke to the
dent. She was also Treasurer of r"? sn soth'-e
one hundred calculating machines,
Smithsonian Institute in Washing
being especially active in the Radio
CAvi-
lege. His collection of more than
best. The recommendation of those who know the College is of far more value to the
prospective student or his parents or than anything the College can do independently. We always value such interest and help and especially in such times as these through which we are now passing. It is our confidence in the loyalty and friendship of those who believe in the College that gives us added courage to face the immediate future with all the uncertainties that it holds.
from the high school post. Surviving, besides his daughter. Lieutenant Dorothy Brown Locke, a member of the Women's Army Corps stationed in North Africa, is his wife, Mrs. Alberta Palmer Locke.
Bob Daugberty Dies In Airplane Crasb "Bob" Daugherty, a former stu dent of Grove City College, was in stantly killed when the plane in which he and a flight instructor
were riding crashed on Saturday,
August 20, in Coolspring Township, Mercer County. He was taking a flight lesson at the time of the crash.
"Bob" was the son of Mr. and
Mrs. Fred W. Daugherty, alumni of the College. In addition to his
parents, he is survived by his wife,
Cordially yours, WEIR C. KETLER.
Mrs. Evelyn Daugherty, by two small daughters, Barbara Lee and
Mary Jane, and by a younger brother, William, aU of Grove City.