The Alumni Bulletin, University of Richmond, October 1937

The October

1937

ALUMNI BULLETIN University of Richmond

DEAR OL' GRAD:

Why Not FOUR ??

Homecomings?

There are no "breathers" on the Spider football program thi s fall, eithe r at home or abroad. V.M.I. is tough, Virginia Tech on November 6 may be even tougher, Hampden-Sydney on Novembe r 13 will be no pushover (as k Virginia' s Cavalier s) and William

and Mary is never easy.

Train s run fa st, road s are good and automobi le travel is pleasant the se cool, crisp autumn day s. I s there any reason why every alumnu s should not attend all four of the se "home coming games" '?

We make no promi ses about winning games. We do promi se you as scrappy a Spider team as you have ever seen. We do promi se you some sweet running ball carriers and some forwards who hit hard and of ten.

There's no better place for 01 ' grads to get together than at football ga mes. On behalf of the squad and staff, I extend you a cordial invitation to witness th ese encounters.

Sincere ly, GLE N N

F.

THISTLETHWAITE

Athletic D irector

BULLETIN

THE ALUMNI ENTElmD

Vol. 2

AT TU E POST

OFFJCE

AT THE

UNIVE RSITY OF RJClIJ\IOND.

VJRGJNIA,

AS SECOl\'D-CL 1\SS MATTER

OCTOBER, 1937

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V. M. I. Game, Barbecue to Feature Spider Homecoming Oc tober 16th , has been designated

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ATUR DAY, th e A nnual Home Coming Day for 1937. This is one S day in the yea r wben the Univ ersit y ex pects every alumnu s who can po ssibly return to the campus to be among tho se p resent and to part icipat e in th e celebration.

The Home Corn ing Committ ee promises to put fo rth it s best effo rts to arrang e the most attractive program that ha s eve r been presented. The detai ls hav e not been definitely det erm ined but festiviti es on th e campus wi ll begin with a bonfir e Fr iday night. So me of th e old cheer leader s wiil be on hand and the alumni are ex pected to show the present generation how flam ing yo uth really flam ed in the good old days.

R eg ist rat ion at the gymnas ium Sa turd ay mornin g will begin a day which wi ll be crow ded w ith int erest ing events .

There w ill probab ly he some spea kin g, but the Com111ittce promises that all speeches will be short and snap py . o rs have been circulat ing among the alumni Var ious ru111 as to the freshman footbal l mat er ial on the campus this yea r . A rc the freshme n good? vVcll, the at hletic authorities will give yo u an opportunity to judge for yo ur self. A thl et ic Director Glen n Thist lcthwa itc ha s promised to stage a game between two eve nly matched freshman teams during the morning.

Guests of President Dr F. Vv . Boatwri ght ha s invit ed all of the alumni to a orn barbecue lun ch on the ca111pus \Yhich will clima x the 111 ing prog ra111. After the lun ch the scene \\"ill shift to the Richmond Stadi um \\"here the Spid ers will invite the V. M. T. Cadets into the ir par lor with the sinister int ent of exte ndin g the tradit iona l g reet ing of th e spider to the Ay. Thi s wil l be one o f the best games in the Stat e during the entire football seaso n. V. i\I. I. is rated tops in V irginia this year, but those who have seen the Spid ers in their openin o· cont ests are convin ced that the team ha s possibilities and that the rating ex pert s will have some more figur ing to do after the ga111eis ove r.

Saturday night flamin g yo uth of the present generat ion "·ho can keep i..tp"·ith them will tr ip and those of the alu11111i the lia ht fantastic in the gymnasium. If yo u 1,·ant to sec the "B ig "'Appl e" done to a queen's taste, don't miss the da nce.

In oth er words, the college admin ist rat ion , stud ents and faculty are goi ng to do eve ryt hin g possible to make the oc-

casio n a memorable one. On ly one thing remains, and that is the cooperat ion of the alumni.

You 1-1·illbe int ereste d to kn ow that the st ud ent enrol lment this yea r is the lar gest in the histo ry of the Uni versity. \V e arc all int erested in continuin g the march of progress ,1·hich has characterized the in stituti on in recent years.

This can be acco mplished only by alumni cooperation and alumni can best cooperate ,1·hen they return to the U niversity at least once each yea r, renew their affiliations and dr ink in the inspir at ion which only a return to the campu s can supp ly .

Your Committee is cou ntin g on you. Be on hand and help us to mak e th is the best Home Comin g Day on record.

The home-comin g prog ram actua lly will comm ence at 10 o'clock on th e even ing of Oct. 14th , when all of the Univers ity's far-flung alumni chapters, joining hands through the medium of radio. 11·ill listen to a broadcast from the Richmond station \\'RV A Eac h of the chapte rs will have its loca l meeting , a dinner meeting in mo st cases . an d a loca l speaker. Pro mptl y at 10 o'c lock radi os will tun e in the Richmond program ll'hich will headline President F. \V. J3oahHigbt. B illy Cole. our alumn i president. and J. Vaughan Gary, chai rman of the home-com ing commi ttee.

The program \\"ill conti nu e for a half hour and w ill be interspersed with Unive rsity songs.

Homecom ing Pro g r am FR TDAY, OCTOBER 8 :00 p .n1.- "V ictory" Bonfire

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S .\TURD ,\Y, OCTOBER 16 and Registration - Frcsh man Footba ll Game 10 :30 a.111.

- Sp_ider Rally in :\Iil lhiser Gy mn a12 :00 sium - Barbecue . ~ l illhi ser Field 12 :30 p.111.

2 :30 p.m. - Richmoncl vs . V.M.T. at City Stadium - Dancc. "\fillhiscr Gymna sium 9 :30 p.111.

9 :30 a .m .- Rcception

The Alumni

Bulletin

of Publis hed in the i11teresfs of the Al11111ni The U,,ii ,crsity of Rich111011d 01,d. // irgi11ia crsif_\' of Ric/ 1111 [ '11i1,

J OSEPH

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E. ?\ l:.:TTLES-Eo!ToR

T ORIAL

Dave E. Satterfield

Jr.

f th e election oE Dav e E. Satterfield Jr ., '17, to the Unit ed States House of Representatives from the third Virginia dist ri ct in the Nove mber elect ions, the U niversity of Richmond w ill hav e two of her sons among the nin e Congr ess men from Virginia. The other is A. Wil lis Robertson. '07 , of Lexington who already has won his spur s as an able member of the House.

Dave impr esse d faculty and st ud ent s alike when he spoke at the forma l opening exe rc ises last month. \i\Tith evident sincerity he to ld th e student s to give more thought to how "yo u conju ga te th e ve rb 'to be' than to how you conju gate th e verb 'to ha ve.' " Hi s parting ad vice was: "Be relig ious and un ashamed."

Tt was the kind of speech his friends had ex pecte d Da ve Satte rfield to mak e. Tf he tackl es all probl ems \1·hich confront him as a member of the House with the same sincer ity. with the same honest purp ose. he can not fai l to write his name high among the list of Richmond's dist ingu ished sons.

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A 11 Athlete

NoT T Jl E HEST foot ball player in the U ni versity is the young man who is chargin g clo\\'n upon yo u from the cover of this month' s Alumni Bu lletin. He is not an "athlete" if t hat term is used to repr ese nt the man who goes to college for the opportu nit y it gives him to participate in int ercolleg iate sports .

The you ng man lugg ing the leath er is a stud ent in eve ry sense of t he word. l fis nam e is Francisco. Clyde Fra nci sco .

Tlis home is in Danville. Va . where his father. a barb er. makes a rea l sac rifice- as thousands of fathers do- to send his son to college . During the two years Clyde ha s been in Richmond Colleg e he has mad e no grade low er than "A." That's right. st rai ght /\ 's for four seme sters and the youngster has his heart set on keepin g up this amazing record fo r the remainder o f his stay in college.

H e plays foot ball well. \iVell enough to win a lette r la st seaso n as a sopho more fullb ack and app a rentl y he will win another monogram this fal l. He's a hard hitter on the foothal I field.

H e's a hard hitt er too in the classroom. He's a hard hit ter in the libr a ry where he wo rk s to help pay his way through school. I !e's a hard hitt er twice each Sunda y in the pulpit of a Richmond chur ch where h e is gaining experi ence in hi s prof ess ion and ea rnin g mon ey for his cont inu ecl education .

He plays footba ll because it is a ga me he likes . .\ game ll'h ich helps him keep in conditi on fo r the tougher battl es he knoll's he w ill face in lat er life. H e ha s sense enough to knoll' that the litt le scrap of parchm ent he will receive tw o vears hence should he \1·ort h more to him than seve ral !1a111persof press clipping s.

He doesn't belie1-c that because he happ ens to be a good perforlller in a popular Oc tober afte rn oon pa sti me he sho uld be wet-nursed through four yea rs of college competition. Tie doesn't spend hi s time look ing· for "c rip" cour ses . ll e does n't go \\·hinin g to the profrssors aft er each exa min at ion, begg ing for a "break."

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He is a man who ha s been helped by football. He is a man who doesn't expect to sta rt out with a $5,000-a-year church on th e st rength of a 70-yard run he may be fortunate enough to mak e against Wi lliam and Mary. \V e dislike to po int a moral. However, we do hop e that all alulllni , in influ encin g athletes to come to the U niv ers ity, \n ll keep in mind two things. President Boatwright and Dean P111chbeck, in their quaint old fashion ed way, conor 11011siste ntl y refu se admittance to applicants-athletes athletes - whose high school grades ar e poor. Furthermore. '' bor der line" m en who bar ely sque eze in usually are at th e professors call th eir scr immaae when "ease d. out" b . . exammat10n time.

Richmond not on ly needs but wants outstanding ath letes who can wm glory on the football field. But no alumnus who ha s the school' s best int ere sts at heart eve r wants the terlll " dumb ath lete" used to descr ibe one of our und ergraduates.

Se nd th e Slllart boys to Richmond. Int elligent youngsters of chara cter, for ce and courage. If we can't make halfback s of them we can convert them int o congr essmen and colleae presidents, bu siness men and lawye rs, preachers a1~cl teachers .

Homecoming S mag ic in that word: " homecoming. " It means a return to the scenes of our happ y und erg raduate clays. a chance to backtrack for a clay on time's relentle ss mar ch. a chance to renew the assoc iations and the fri endship s 1d1ich bloolllecl " back then" when you were a member of the best cla ss wh ich eve r hit the campus .

Vaughan Gary, a loya l Spicier who is neve r too bu sy to roll up his sleeves and work for the University of R ichmon d, is chairlllan of th e homecollling colllmittee. He and hi s gro up ha ve prepared a good show but th e show won't be worth shucks un less you come back to be part of it .

President Boatwright who probab ly know s mor e alumni by name than any oth er person conn ected ·with the college. looks fon,·arcl eac h yea r to this annual homecomin g, this opportunit y to shak e yo ur hand and to welcome you back to th e campu s. The U ni versity will be ho st at th e annua l barb ecue on l\fillhiser Fie ld and th e fam e of these barb ecues ha s go ne far and wide. /\s for the footba ll game. all th e experts will say Richmond ha s an und erd og's role but Richmond had und er dog roles each of the last six years and Richmond won five of th e ball games. \ i\Tin. lose or draw , how eve r, th e Spider s can be expected to put up good battles and to provid e a game well worth th e seeing.

O bey that impul se! Come back for homecoming!

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·1JERE'

Tune In

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F fo r no other reason than that it will enabl e yo u to tun e in on Pr esident Boatwright at 10 o'c lock on the evenin g of October 14. radio ju stifies it s ranking as one of th e greatest of all lllodern inve ntion s.

Meet with your chapter if po ssible, enjoy the local program and j oin with you r fellows in liste ning to the grand broadc ast w hich will come to yo u when th e radi o is switch ed on at 10 p. m.

Yo u'll hea r President Boatwright . Glenn Thi stleth\\'ait e. Vaughan Gary and Bi lly Cole, harcl,rnrking. gen ial. enthusiastic pr esident of th e General Society of Alumni.

Tf yo u do not live close to a U . of R.. chapter - then vVRV A will bring th e spea ker s right to \'Our home. , \VRV A. a 5.000 \V at ts stat ion. operates on 1110 kil ocycles and on a clear chann el.

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Alumnus Pictures Japanes e 11 11 as Warlike

(Ba.ck ho111e again after a two year's worl d trip, 111nch of w hich w a.s in the of the countries Orient, T. Ilugene West, '27, tells a viv id story of w hat he did a11d saw.)

T. EUGENE

WEST

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H E RE hav e I been for the past tw o year s? yo u ask.

A nd what hav e I been doing? It' s a long, long story , Mr. Editor.

It was tw o yea r s ago that I sailed from New Yo rk on a trim Dollar liner which, after makin g a por t call at Havana, sailed through th e Panama canal. At Balboa which is th e western entranc e of the canal, I was over joy ed to meet my college mate, Chester Swanson, '26 who ha s a fine po sition in the high school there.

Aft er a clay and a night there, I sailed on up th e coast of Central A merica to California , from ther e across the wide Pacifi c to Honolulu, and on to Yokohama and Kobe, Japan.

At first I was charmed by the Japan ese politeness but soon I grew weary of their deceiving hypocri sy. The pa ssport inspector s examined the book s which I was taking to China. Most of th em were for class room use in the U niversity of Shanghai where I was going to teach. The officials wrote clown th e nam es of the authors, the publi shers and even j otted clown some of th e chapter subj ects. Then I was permitt ed to go my way.

If one word can descr ibe the Japan ese people, that word is "w arl ike." The mi litary policy of the government has coerced the naturall y calm and polit e people int o a wa r spirit. They hav e been taught to fight from early childhood.

It is in their religion , Shintoism, or empero r worship and national patrioti sm . It is in th eir psychology, their mental mak eup. Since they ar e t rained to fight almost from birth, when they grow up th ey mu st hav e some outlet for their stor ed up militar y trainin g.

On the other hand, the Chin ese are a peace-loving people.

They hate to fight. They take j oy in quietness and med itation. Th eir stud ent s dislike militar y training but t he J apanese youths like nothing better than to shou lder a gun .

J apan ha s a strong central government in th e emperor who is th e gocl of Japan. The Chin ese syste in is that of family devotion with no loyalty to any st rong central power. lt is easy to see that ther e is " no love lost" betwee n tw o peoples who differ so widely. Furthermore, the Japan ese in China have clone everything po ssible to annoy the Chin ese .

A favorite trick is for a group of Japan ese to walk boldly into a theatre without purch asing tickets, hoping thereby to start a riot.

Or again, your arrogant Japan ese will leave bis rick shaw without paying his puller. vVhen the poor coolie run s after him, asking paym ent for the serv ice rendered, as often as not he gets nothing bett er than a slap in th e face.

F or r easons which are easily und er stoo d, Japan does not want the Chinese to become ed ucated. As a result all schools and all mi ssion work are und er fire.

At the Univ ersity of Shanghai where I taught sociology for one year, I found that the Chine se make very good students. Their work is always thorough. Loyalty, admiration and respect mak e up the real devotion of a Chin ese stud ent to his prof essor.

Later wh en 1 went to Peiping I was amazed to find that th e Japan ese were appointing the mayor and councilmen.

Th ey selected Chin ese of Japan ese sympath y and thu s directed the policies of the city . I went to the great walls and over into Manchuria which th e J apanesc took fr om Chin a severa l yea r s ago. I was in vVucih where the Uritish ambassador was recently shot.

I was a week in H ong Kong and Cant on. Hong Kong, a British possession, has one of the thr ee most beautiful harbor s in the world. Th e weather, fruit and vegetation of Canton is tropical , or as our Florida. It is the mo st typ ical Chine se city of all China . Streets are crowde d and noisy. Many families live on small , dirt y boats and kn ow no other homes. Our strong est Baptist mission work is in Canton .

From there I went on to Manila and a week of trav el through the Phi lippin e I sland s. It is my belief that the great majority of the people there do not want to be separated from the Unit ed States. They do not want independence because o[ their fear of Japan ese dominati on and th eir belief that they cou ld not keep pace with other nations of the world .

My next stop was at Singapor e and Penang in the Malay States-t hr ee days at each. l saw man y rubber plant ations ancl factories there. Great wealth is in both cities and there are go rgeous homes and wonderful public buildings. From there I went on to Rangoon, Burma, where I wa: pastor of the Immanu el Haptist church for a year. It is a highl y cultured church dea ling with mixe d races called A ngloIndian s, and all European Baptists who speak E nglish.

Practically all my members spoke three or four languages.

Rangoon is a city of some 400,000 population with the most cosmopolitan interests of any city in the wo rld. Every re ligion of the wor ld is found there and the city is constantl y the scene of some elaborat e r eligious fcst i val or par ade in all the glamour of the orient . In man y aspects the city is as modern as any E ur opean center though the rankest heat henism and customs of many centu ries can be found there in the native set tlements. The loud colored silk costumes of the people give the city an appeara nce of some Oriental pageant.

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Student Body and Faculty Larger for 106th Session HTS sess ion is ope nin g with the largest facu lty and the largest student att endance in the history of the Univers ity . Big ness, ho11·cvcr. may not be greatness and alum ni may ,1·ell inquire concerning qua lity as well as quantity.

La st sessio n more than 95% of the new st udents came from the upper half of their graduat ing classe s in high school or acade my. This session the percentage is even higher. i\pp licants in the lower th ird of their high school graduating class ar c not ad mit ted to matricu lat ion in the University. T hose bel011"the middl e of thei r class, if accepted at all, are admitted only on probation. In R ichmond College 376 app licants filed entrance certificates duly made out and app lied for admi ssion for the session of 1937-38.

Of the se about 250 have been admi tted to ma tr iculati on.

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BI LLY COLE SA YS:

\\'. B. L'.

COLE

F the campus and its buildings, hallowed by trad ition s, cou ld become art iculate, what would be its message to the alumni? The Old Campus. its pr ist ine glor ies passed and now burthencd with pro saic st ructures, \\"hat would the Old Campus say?

Perhaps the re would be re-echoed the plaintiv e plea of \V olsey to Cromw ell in King llenry the E ighth:

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"Say, I taught thee."'

No t sta ted apo logetica lly with head ave rt ed in humiliatio n at an ignob le progeny, bu t motivated by pride in the ach ievements of its sons and daughter s, it ,1·ould tr iumph taught th ee."" Pride in the acade mic antly proc laim-"'l atta inment s of the alumni , with its ever present concomi tant of int ellectual integrity. acq uired in an environment of moral and spiritual inspiration point ing up,1·ard to the rea lm of higher th ings; pr ide in the accomp lishments of its alumni in the spiri tua l, professional. bu siness . political ancl social life of our state and nation. '·Say. I taught the e." not permitting forgetfulness, through indifference and neglect. dcbascly to int er Remembran ce in a potter·s field of dead memori es. Refre shen in the mind the page s writte n in college days, its early inscripti on by an immature schola stic hand but \\"ith its ever incr easing entries revea ling a directed and maturing academic clcvclopme nt, and its chapters illumined w ith some of the happiest memories of life. '·Say. J taught thee."' in grat itude. Our nation will rest reaso nably secure as long as gratitude permeates our people . 1\ grat itud e to home and par ent s, to our institutions ancl heritages, to the soldiers and state smen w ho fou nded and made permanent our Government. Tngratituclc to Goel and man is a termite which insidious ly devitalizes the ba sic st ru cture s upon which r ests all that is of end urin g value.

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911e may per hap s ju dge of the faculty by the new appomtm ent s for 1937-38. Th ere are ten new teachers in Richmond College, of whom eight are replacements to fill vacancies and two are outright additions to the teaching corps: One of the ten holds the rank of professor, two of associate pro_fcssor, three of assistant prof essor , and four the rank of rnstructor. A ll ten bold both undergr aduat e and grad uate degrees from strong univers ities and six hold the degree of Doctor of Philosophy. The Ph.D. degrees were conferr ed by John s Hopk ins Univer sity, Illin ois New York University, Princeton and Harvard. A ll te1; have had successfu l exper ience in college teaching. Three of them arc alumni of the niver sity of Richmond. They arc J. Car lyle Ellett, '32, Edward C. Pcp le, '32, and E ugene (Continued on j>age 12) K. Ritter, '30.

"Say, I taught thee,'' with affection. Give play to the tuoat th e heart -str ings when th inking of A lma Ma ter. Hono~ to its found er s, who build cd well and wise ly; esteem for the dedicated lives who gave, and arc st ill giving, un stint mgly of t heir hearts and mind s and souls; and love for the institution which was th e precept or of our yo uth. _"Say, I taught thee," not in mere lip-serv ice. Speak it with a smcenty \Yh1ch comes from the heart and which searc hes for tang ible means of express ion. The U niversity needs yo \tr k indl y int er ests and your constructive suggestion s, solicits yo ur active effort s, and it ju st ly deserves at least the loya lty of those who ha ve been the fort una te recipients of its intellectual bounty.

"Say, 1 taught thee," where the finest and highest type of prospec tive stu dent s may hear who, desirin g to emulate yo ur example and end eavoring to duplicate your achievement s, may follow in your foot- steps to Richmond. No greater service can be rend ere d the U niversity than for each alum nus to become an enthu siast ic salesman seekin g to obta in the absolut e best for a sup er lative st ud ent- body.

"Say, I taught thee," in uni son with the many others who are active members of the A lumni Society. If yo u are not a workmg member, do not procras tin ate but j oin at once that th ere may be added yo ur strength and guidance and so that our un ited effor ts, in coope rati on with the administration, faculty and stud ent-b ody, may result in a greater and nobler U nivers ity. J oin imm ediate ly th e nearest chapte r and if none is convenien tly near, organ ize a new chapter, in whic h endeavor the A lumni Office will render every ass ista nce.

"Say, I taught th ee," with others at Homecoming day, on Sat urda y, the 16th of Octo ber. Come out to the camp us, have lun ch as the guest of the University and meet old fri end s, some of whom yo u hav e perhaps not seen for years.

Th en go with us to the game with Virg inia Military In st itute , sec the curr ent edition of the Sp iders car ry on the fine trad itions of yo ur College and - drink again from the fount ain of yo ur collegiate youth .

"Say, I taught thee" and let it come swelling forth in a maje stic diapaso n from the sanctum of trea sur ed memories, impelled by app reciat ion and gratitude for trained intellects, compre hensive k1101dedge and matur ed wisdo m, and eno bled by an inspirin g affection wh ich seeks in unit ed efforts to mak e ava ilable enlarg ed opport uniti es for tho se foll01Ying and to advance civilizatio n. generation by o·encration. throug h the medium of the Un ivers ity of R ichmond.

The Boys Know The Answers

By HELEN

A. MONSELL Mrss HELEN A. MoNSELL

W

E used to sing a song at 1\' csthampton boasted that

the steps?" There was such marked divergence of opinion that I finally began to keep score. 1t looked as if it wou ld come out a tic when some one interviewed an old coachmaker for me, and brought back an authoritative answer.

I won't tell what the answer was-you can s,art an argument of your own.

Sometimes, the results of_ my questioning are spooky. for plot purposes, Severa l months ag~ 1t was 1111perat1ve_, that I learn somethmg about the practices of "'hex" witchcraft. I asked some half-dozen boys in the of-fi.cethat morning if they had ever heard of it, and drew a blank, but that afternoon a stranger appeared who wanted to see the Dean.

Since the Dean was out, he was invited to \\'ait and after ' a few minutes, I inquired conversationally ' "\ iVhat do you know about hexes?"

He almost jumped out of his chair. "Say, 11·hat don't I know about them?"

I'd evidently touched on his pet hobby. For a half hour he exp lain ed and gave instances that had come under his observation. After we had exhausted the subject, he dcCJded not to wait for the Dean any longer. He never came back, and I never saw him again, but I learned all about hexes that I needed to know for "The Witch's Doll."

It is surprising, too, how quickly folks understand what you are trying to find out. I'm sure I should be slightly startled 1f some one suddenly asked me, "How old are toothbrushes?'' or ""\\'hat makes the sky blue?" but the boys see1~1to take it in theirstric\e. Maybe they have grown used to 1t. At any rate, nme times out of ten, instead of staring blankly, or inquiring as to my sanity, they'll respond, ""\Veil, I'm not sure, but I think I know where I can find out for vou."

Once, when D~--Mac came to the office to ask about an exam schedule. I inquired, out of a clear sky, "Ho,v cou\cl you_balance a tombstone over \\'hat was supposedly a bnckecl-111grave, so that it could really be the exit of a secret staircase?"

Diel Dr. Mac bat an eye-lash? He did not.

"It's rather hard to explain," he remarked, ''but give me a pencil, and I'll draw you a diagram."

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"Everything I do know, Everythmg I don't know ' Everything I know, Is 111 my notebook."

The sentiment was more cheerful than truthful as I quickly discovered when I first began to take story-,~-rit ino· seriously. -(\-n accurate background, I found, is essentiat but to obtam that accuracy, you mu st know the answer to one thousand and one questions that no one ever thouuht of before. Diel they have sweet potato pie in 1854 ? Did a schoo l teacher wear an apron in the classroom then and if so, did the apron have pockets? How do they te~t pie~ and cakes at the State Fair? The knowledge in my notebook was sad ly lacking.

At first, I was stumped, but, gradually, I have evolved a working scheme. "\Vith six hundred or more students not to mention the faculty or the alumni who drop in 01~ football Saturdays, there is very apt to be at least one person around who can answe r any one question. All I have to do is to keep on asking until I spot that person.

So, whenever I have a specia l prob lem, I fire my question it's often surevery time the door opens. Eventually-and prising how soon and eventua lly-I get an answer.

Sometimes, instead of an answer, it's an argum ent. For se_veral ~veeks, recently,_ I have been asking, "vVhen you climbed mto an olcl-fash1oned coach, did the driver fold up the steps and close the door, or close the door and fold up SHE KNOWS

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11ccds 110 introducM!SS HELEN A. MONSELL of who111 1110113, tion to G'11iversity of Richmo11d ali111111i, /mew her as 11ndcrgrad11ates.She works d11ri11gthe day os registrar a11d secretary to the dean of Richmond for the most efficie11t College . N11111ber011e 11011/,i11ee pers r:11 on the camp11s, she nevertheless finds ti111elo give a bit better than she takes in re par/re with st11de11/s who imrn-iabl3• drop in to chat with 1lliss and al1111/,ni Iv!011sell. She seldom forgets a 11a111eor a face and if she does, it's a ten to one bet that she can kid John i11to believing that "she remembered me perAl1111111us fectly."

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Spider Eleven in Underdog Role Against V. M. I. Cadets HE 1937 University of Richmond football team is a problem for the mathematicians. There is a definite plus quantity in the backfield and a minus quantity in the forewall in comparison with the eleven which represented the Red and Blue a season ago.

Enough was shown in tne opemng games to demonstrate that the Spiders have the best backfield since 1934 but equally evident is the fact that there is a woeful lack of line reserves. To complicate the situation a bit more the Spiders will be gunning against competition a bit tougher than usually is found on the Richmond schedu le.

Corning into the Virginia Military Institute game after playing four hard games in a row, the Spiders will be def1111teunuerclogs for the Homecoming engag ement with our bitter rivals from Lexington. There is enough backfield material, however, particularly such lad s as Buddy Lawless and the sophomore, Stuart Hoskins, to cause a half dozen fits in the enemy,camp if the Reel and Blue forewall can get the ball carriers beyond the lin e of scrimmage: Tl1e crying need is for tackles and Coach Glenn Th1stlethwaite -a veteran who never in 30 years of coaching has finished a season with an average of less than .500- has labored long in an effort to find a capable running mate for Captain Chuck Siddall and some first class reserves. As far as reserves go, apparently the only way he will get them will be to turn magician and take them out of a hat . he has tried everything else.

For you Spiders wno waut to take the team to pieces to see what makes it tick, let's examine the 1937 football squad, position by position. At the ends we have A. B. Marchant of Urbanna, one of the scrappiest lads who ever came down the pike. He's a letterman . Fighting for the other position are big Bill Burge of Martinsville, 187pound sophomore, and little Jack .Powers of South i orfolk, a 165-pound reserve from last year's team. Two other sophomores, John Wright of Lynchburg and Enders Dickinson of Richmond, are sti ll in the running . The bigge st blow is the fact that Jack Sa nford, Luray giant who made all-state last year, has been nursing a knee injury and has been slow rounding into form.

The headaches come at the tackles where the Spiders a few other fellows who haven't have Chuck Siddall-and fully measured up yet to the Thistlethwaite standard. Ames Harrington of Milwaukee, a redheaded 188-poun~ei: who earned his letter as a reserve la st year, was a v1ctun of academic deficiency and both Jolm Spier of Logan, W. Va. and Eel Sinar, CliEton Forge sophomore, have leg injuries which threaten at any time to encl their usefulness to the squad. In desperation, Thistlethwaite has pulled his second stri no- center Bill l\lorrison of Pittsburgh, over to a tackle po~tion an'cl it seems that the big 193-pounder will catch on there. In reserve are Tom Hall of Rupert, W. Va., a 220-pounder who may devel_op.into a football player; Joe Straughan, another \Nest Virgmia boy who come~ fro~n Charleston, and Bill Tyler of Phoebus, Va. who 1s big enough but not agile enough .

As for the o-uards, the Sp iders have a couple of honeys in Forrest l\o~vell and Bill Via, both Richmonders. Norvell, a cons istent player, scales 176 pot~n~s but Via has 194 pounds spread out over a five-foo~, s1x-111chframe. Both are hard hitters. In re serve are fom Davenport, West Haven, Conn . sprinter, Dykes Griffith of Richmond, and Al l\lontgomery of Richmond.

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The Spiders have another "Ed" at center this year-the sophomore Ed Merrick to replace Eel Schaaf. And like his predecessor, Ed Merrick already has proved himself one of the outstanding pivot men in the South At lantic area and looks now like a good bet for all-state honors .

Bill Faris, a Batesville sophomore who started out as a guard, has been shifted to the middle of the line to act as Merrick's understudy.

Ball carriers are plentiful and unusually versatile. In fact, not since the "good old days of three years ago" when Roger Leverton, Perry Schu lz, Freddy Vaughan and Jimmy West used to run the opposition into the ground have there been such backs on this campus. There are two good backs for each position with a few "extras" in reserve.

Take the quarterback position, for instance. There the veteran Len Kie lpinski of Milwaukee is having a spiritual argument with Bruce Van Buskirk, Bronxville, N. Y. sophomore. Both are good quarterbacks, both can block and both have some punting ability although neither is classed as a good kicker.

It' s at the halfback positions that the Spiders rise and shine. In the left halfback slot Thistlethwaite to good advantage has been alternating George Spears of South Boston and Stuart Hoskins, the Fredericksburg sophomore.

Spears is one of the best passers in the state but Hoskins is far and away the better runner of the two. Well built at 176 pounds, Hoskins has speed, drive and un limited courage. He bids fair to become a star before the encl of his career.

At the right halfback position, the Spiders have two fine performers in Buddy Law less and Jack Kennedy.

Lawless, the bigger of the two, has been used at the safety position where his run backs of punts have been hair-raising. He is a deceptive runner and has a world of drive.

Little Jack "Rabbit" Kennedy, a 152-pounder, is smart, fast and, in addition to his ball carrying abilities, is an able blocker.

Richmond has a couple of Clydes at the fullback post where Clyde Pendleton of Chicago and Clyde Francisco of Danville are taking turns at line-busting. Pendleton has been getting the number one rating on the basis of his better defensive abilities but there's little difference between them in the way they tear opposing lines to shreds.

Whether the Spiders can chisel out a record of 50 per cent or bett er from the standpoint of wins is a difficult question to answer. Two things seem certain. Richmond has a better football team than the eleven which represented the Spiders last season. With only two seniors at key positions and a first class freshman squad on hand, the Spiders should be considerably improved in 1938.

FOOTBALL SCHEDULE Oct. 16-V.M .I. at Richmond at Charleston Oct. 22-Citadel at Pittsburgh Oct. 29-Duquesne at Richmond Nov . 6-V.P.I. Nov. 13-Ha rnpden-Sydney at R ichmond Nov. 25- \ Nilliam and Mary at Richmond

With the U. of R. Football Team The first period was a punting duel between Randolph-Macon 's Welch and Richmond's Pendleton with Pendleton enjoying a slight edge. In the second period, with Pendleton showing the way, the Spiders reeled off two consecutive first clowns on a drive which carried to the Jacket 30. Here a passing attack fai led and the Jackets took over. Neither team threatened during the remainder of the period although Randolph-Macon 's littl e quarterback, Jimmy Bair, caused considerable uneasiness. Earlier in the period he had broken off tackle for a ten-yard gain.

The Jackets made their only bid in the third period after Lubu ono recovered Clyde Francisco's fumble on the R.ichmond 45. Big Al Paliscak, led by a wall of interference , scampered around end for an 18-yarcl gain to the Spicier 28. At this point the Richmond forewall smeared the running play s and the secondary knocked down the passes.

Richmond scored in the final period. Pendleton intercepted Paliscak's pass and plunged 16 yards to the Jacket 44. From this point the Spiders' scoring surge was never halted. Buddy Lawless picked up eight yards off tackle and Spears passed to Burge who laterallecl to quarterback Len Kielpinski for a first down on the Jacket 31.

Spears got three yards on a reverse. On the next play-the most smartly executed play of the game-Pend leton faked a reverse to Spears and gave the ball to Kennedy who made nine yards and a first clown.

Kennedy got five more through the line and on a reverse Spears picked up four yards. Pend leton, ploughing into the center of the line , made it first down on th e Randolph-Macon nine.

The aroused Jackets smeared two running plays but on third down Paliscak was caught holding Marchant who was chasing clown field under Spears' pass and Richmond got a first down on the RandolphMacon nine. Spears went around end for three yards and Pendleton ploughed through the middle for a five yard gain which placed the ball on the Jacket one-yard- line. On the next play Pendleton rammed center for the score . Captain Chuck Sidclall's placement sailed wide.

Richmond threatened again in the same period but a holding penalty ended the drive.

Outstanding was the play of the Spicier guards, particularly Tom Davenport who started the first vars ity game of his career.

RICHMOND 6, APPRENTICE SCHOOL 6. between two well-matched teams, the Newport News Apprentice School eleven, by virtue of a fourth period scoring surge, ear ned a 6-6 tie in th e opening game of the season.

Richmond scored in the second period . A. B. Marchant, Spicier right encl, broke through and blocked Sam Madsen's punt and then chased the ball across the field, finally fa] ling on it on the Apprentice eight-just as the first quarter ended. Clyde Pendleton rammed thro ugh the line for the final yard on fourth clown. Captain Chuck Siclclall's placement kick was blocked.

The Maroons' superior reserve stren gth began to tell in the third period and the Spiders were tiring when the Shipbuilders started their fourth period offensive. Roy Compton, a fellow who had been tagged as a second-stringer, gave an amazing exhibition as he piloted the Apprentice lads to their touchdo wn. Al Arculin, Apprentice center, set the stage when he recovered Pendleton 's fumbl e on Spider 31. Compton and hi s tea mmate, Wilson, made in first down on the Richmond 20 and on the next pla y the hard-to-stop Compton sa.ilecl out around encl for an eight yard ga in. A well executed pass carried to the one-foot line and Compton bucked it across on first down. Bill Burge, R ichmond left encl, blocked the placement try for the extra point.

Richmond, after scoring in the second period, was a brilliant team for most of the period but the attack bogged clown. George Spears ran from the Richmond 25 for ten yards, littl e Jack Kennedy picked up 24 yards around encl and it looked like a rout when Stua rt Ho skins tr.iecl the other encl for a 26 yard gain. The attack was stopped at this point and the Spiders threaten ed no more.

Outshining a ll other performanc es was the peerle ss play of Budd y Lawless who handled his safe ty position flawle ssly for the Spiders and the defensive work of Eel Merrick, sophomor e center, who in the last two quarters made fully one-third of the tackles . A. B. Marchant and Jack Powers, playing hi s first varsity game, acquitted themselves well at the flanks.

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FROM THE ALUMNI ROANOKE George Milliken, '30, one of the most enthusiastic Spiders in these parts, has been in the Hospital on two different occasions recently for serious operations. He is now improving nicely and able to be back in his office again.

Ben Chapman, '30, who was unopposed in tl1e Dem oc ratic Primary, is virtually assured of re-election as delegate from Roanoke County to the State legi slature.

Among the Richmond Alumni who are pastors of Baptist Churches, i11 this section are Dr. George Braxton Taylor, '8 1, Dr. Richard S. Owens, '04, Dr. George Dewey Stevens, '28, Rev. Roy S. Orrell, '23, Rev. John Coburn, '16, Rev. J. E. Davis, '25, Rev. L. C. Hall, '30, Rev. Sam Stone, ·01, and Rev. J. M. Trimmer, '27 .

On September 12th, the members of the Roanoke College Football squad were guests at the morning worship of the Salem Baptist church. This is the fourth successive autumn the boys have attended one of the services of the church in a body. On t)1ese occasions th e pastor J. M. Trimmer, has prea ched on such subjects as "The Game On Goers Gridiron," "Teamwork In Life," and "Th is Thing of Hero- 'vVorship."

Among the up -a nd-corning young bankers of R oa noke is Paul K . Dudley, '23, who holds a re spon sible position with the First National Exchange Bank. P. K. ha s taken on considerable avoirdupois in recent years and is now a full - Aedged heavyweight. He is still number ed among the bachelors.

Alumnus E. Linwood Flippo, '<JO,is president of one of the most thriving COllcerns in this section-the Roanoke Photo Finishin 6 Co.-which specializes in all pha ses of photography.

Dr. Richard S. Owens, '04, and Mrs. Owens, had as guests during th e summer a pair of newlyweds-Dr. '33, and Mrs. Richard S. Owens, Jr. Dick Jr. was married on June 7th, his father officiating . The wedding took place in the church of the bride, Miss Katherine Norris, of Still Pond, Md. The

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young couple are making their home in Baltimore, where Dr. Owens is serving his interneship in a local hospital.

Alu111Jms George Trimmer, '33, of Roanoke, has, for the past year, been associated with the Convertible Sash and Door Co., with headquarters in Milwaukee, Wisconsin .

George has recently moved to Menoninee, Michigan. in order to be more centrally situated in his territory .

Alumnus Henry Whalen, who hail s from Pennsylvania, has been making his home in this section for some time now, be,ng educational director of the Catawba C. C. Camp.

Henry took unto himself a wife this summer, happily joining the ranks of the benedicts .

Holman vVillis, '03, recently was promoted to the status of father-in-law when his daughter married a prom inent Roanoke physician.

Incid enta lly the brid e is a niece of Alumnus Willis Robertson, '07, U. S. Congressman i rom Lexington.

Bill Fallis, '36, is the Rev. William J. Fallis now. He was ordained last month at .impressive exercises in which three other University of Richmond Alumni participated .

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by Dr. Richard S . Owens, '04, Pastor of Calvary Baptist Church, and Dr. George Braxton Taylor , '81, of Hollins. The Rev. J. Maurice Trimmer, '27, read the scripture.

Bill, outstanding as an undergraduate at the University, is a member of Ph i Beta Kappa. He edited the Collegian, and was the recipient of the first alumni medal to be awarded. He is continuing his studies this fa ll at Southern Bapt ist The ologica l Seminary, in Louisville . During the past summer, he served as asst. pastor of the First Baptist church here.

-J. Maurice Trimmer, '27, Sec'y, Salem, Virginia.

NEW YORK The next meeti ng of the New York Alumni Chapt er of the University of Richm o nd is expected to be held during the latter part of October.

PERSONALS Charlie Buford, '15, who has been connected with the Nationa l City Bank of New York for many years has just completed his new home in Scarsdale, New York.

B. Chandler Snead, '06, had the misfortune of breaking his ank le some months ago but is now fully recovered .

VI/. \,Varner Moss, '25, was taken ill while enroute to England some weeks ago and an emergency operation had to be performed on the ship. We understand that he is getting along nicely.

Sidney Van H. Upjohn, '30, has just taken a bride and will make his home in Brook lyn, New York.

Noble T. Crossley, '17, Sec'y, 80 Maiden Lane , Kew York City, N. Y. PENINSULA

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A nna Hallett, '35, who was Student Government President at \Vesthampton in '35 sailed to England on the S.S. "Queen Mary," thi s su111J11. er . She not only toured England but was a bridesmaid, while there, in the wedding of a cousin. \Villiam L. Carlton, Law School, '28, was nomiuated in a recent primary to represent

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Newport News and vVarwick Countv in the state legislature. , A wedding of interest on June 24, was that of Louise Massey, ( Senior President in '28') to Louis Crisp, of F olkland, Korth Carolina, and Gloucester, Virginia. They are making their home in Gloucester. Julia Rowe, '26, was an attendant in this wedding.

The Newport News Chapter of the Westhampton Alumnae had a Luncheon meet ing at the James River Country Club on Satur day, June 10th. There was a peppy program consisting of songs and reminiscences of A lma Mater.

Mrs. Rosewell Page Bowles, '24, and Miss Anna Hallett, '35, gave a sketch entitled, "Westhampton Yesterday and Today," w hich revealed that our college, while holding fast to the good things of a passing decade, has also kept in step with the times and thus offers much to the student of today.

Virginia Jones, '32, was married in August to James Pharr, of Newport News and they are living at Denbigh, Virginia.

Agnes Peters Nolan, Sec'y, Hi lton Village.

DANVILLE vValter Bennett, '30, was married duri ng September to Maxine Purcell, of Fort Meade, Florida. Mr. Bennett taught for several years in the George V,/ ashington High School, Danville, and has been working toward his P h.D . at Duke. He is now a member of the faculty of the Sou th Georgia Teachers College, Statesboro, Georgia. ( Continued on page 9)

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\i\Tashington and Lee's favored Genera ls, helped by an interference-withtbe-pass-receiver penalty, scored in the first period but couldn't penetrate the stout Spider defense in the final three quarters. Frequent fumbles nullified all Richmond chances.

The \i\Tashington and Lee score followed a 56-yarc\ march . Craft set off the fireworks with a pass to Bill Borries, elongated encl, who was not brought down unti l he reached the Richmond 20.

Morton Howard, plung ing \i\T. & L. fullback , r ipped his way to the Spicier 12 and Harrison Hogan made it first clown on the eight. The Spiders stopped the next three plays cold and a fourth clown pass hit the dirt. The officials ruled, however, that there had been interference on the play and awarclecl the ball to W ashingto11 and Lee on the Richmond 3. Howard scored the touchdown on second clown.

That was all of the scoring. Hosk ins came right back with a magnificent 27yarcl sprint around encl early in the second period but he fumbled on the next play. lt was Hoskins who in the fourth quarter rifled a 30-yarcl pass to A. 13. :.\Iarchant which carried to midfield hut the Spiders got no further.

FROM THE ALUMNI CHAPTERS, Continued DA:\"VILLE ( Continued fro/// page 8) E lmer .Pott er, 'LI), who fo r the pa st two yea r s ha s taught French in th e Geo,ge \ Vashrngt on High Sc hoo l, D anvill e, is back in his favorit e f-ield, drama. During the summ er E lmer was with a stock company at D enni s, Massachusetts, on Cape Cod. He is now wor kin g with .Eva La Ga llienne in a reperto ir e company at \.Yestport , Connect icut , taking the rehearsals in th e abse nce of 1Iiss La Ga llienn e, and ass:st ing with stag ing.

Lo uis Boot h, '30, is located at Chopaw a msic, a gove rnm ent recr eat iona l park at Dumfri es, Vi rg inia. He was gi-adua ted in arc hitectur e at th e Massachusett s In stitute of Technology and is in that field in his present pos ition.

Frank M. Lacy, '30, and Mary Lou Pa nnill , of Martinsv ille, were married on September 11th. A mong th ose who ente rt ained fo r th e wed din g part y were Mr. a nd NI r s. J. D. Hooker , '30 and '31. r s. 'vV. 0. Tune have ann ounced Mr. and i\11 the birth of a daughter, Mary Dana, on September 5th. Mr . Tune was a member of the class of 19 18.

He len 'vVilkin son, '34, and Oscar M. Buchanan, of Glade Sprin gs, Vir g inia, will be ma rri ed durin g October. Mr. Buchanan is wor kin g wit h th e Soil Conservat ion Se r vice in Danville.

Dr. a nd Mrs. E. C. Matthews a re in Boston fo r th e w int er, whe r e Dr. Matthews is located in th e Boston Medical Cent er. Mrs. Ma tth ews will be rem ember ed as Mary Hodnett, '32 an d Dr. Matthews was a member of the class of '30.

Kancy Osborne, '3 1, is com pleting the work for her Ph.D. at Co lumbia. She has st udied in Paris and at Co lumbi a since her gr ad uati on.

El izab eth Fugate, '32, Sec'y, Ave rett College.

PIEDMONT Mildred Rey nolds, ex-'36 who spent last w int er wit h her siste r , Mr s. 'vV. A. Smith , (Nancy R ey nolds, '29), in her new home in Culp eper, Virginia , was mar ri ed in June to Stu a rt MeB r yde, of Manassas. J ane Reynolds, '33 who teaches in Lynchburg, was her sister 's maid- of- honor.

Lena Ruth Miller, '36. who taug ht school in Madison last yea r , w ill be a membe r of the facul ty in Culp eper th is yea r.

Mildred J ones, '25 visi ted in Aug ust in Be lle Haven on the Eastern Shore as the guest of M r s. 'vVa lkley John son, '24 the fo r mer V ir ginia Clore, of Mad ison . Virgini a has two childre n, Frances V\lya tt, age 5, and Walkle y Jr., age 2.

L au r a Thornhill , '31 an d her br oth er, D. \ V. T hornhi ll, and Juds on :Miller, a ll fo rm er students at the univers ity of Richmond, we r e in an automob ile accide nt which occurr ed near Afto n, Virgi nia, in A ugus t. A ll thr ee r eceived tr eatmen t at the Un ive r sity H os pital, Char lott esvi lle, and have r ecove r ed fr om their inj uri es.

Frances Rawlings, '33 of Ora nge ha s recentl y accepted a pcs iti cn in \ Vashing ton .

Mary Stevens J ones, '29 spent the month of Sep tember in Alaba ma and other South ern Stat es . Amo ng the vVesthampton A lumn ae whom she visited: we r e Mrs . Howard Harlan (T rudi Ryland. '29) in T usca loosa ; E lizabeth Bart on, '29 in J aspe r , A laba ma: Ro sa lie Gore , '29 in R ockingham, :-J. C. \\ ' est hampton Alumnae who visited Mildred and Mary Stevens Jon es dur ing the summer " ·ere Hele;, "yfoon, '29 and Ma r v Richard son . '29.

F r ances \\ Tilli s, '30 was married in August, at her hom e, "Pres. Q. I sle," Remington, Vi r -

ginia, to Edward F ranklin , Ove rt on, '3 1, of Louisa and Cli fton Fo r ge. George Schoo ls was best man and Ma rgaret \ Villi s, '28 In additi on, the fol lowing maid-of-honor.

A lumni we re pre sent : E ugene, Har r y, A b, Maxwell, Gord on, Jer e, Turpin, and V ir gi nia \1\/illis, Mr. an d Mrs. H. B. Winfrey, (Ma ry Hart Willis) , Mrs. Dillard Gle nn, (Sa lly Gor don Willi s), Mrs. E. Wi llis, Jr ., (.'.\lary Ma rtin , '2 1), Mr s. Ca mper, (E linor Bell , '30) and (Al ice Richard so n, '30), Mr s. R. G. Connell.

The moth er of th e brid e, M r s. E . Y. Willi s, (Mary Harr is, '03) is a lso a g rad uat e of O ld R ichmond Co llege.

Dr. and Mrs. Clod ius H . Willis , (Dr .

Clodiu s, ' 14) of Pr inceton, N. J. are receiving congratu lations on th e birth of a son, Cloclius

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The fou rt eenth act ive u ni ver sity of Richl Al umni chapter was organized Jun e mo11C 25th at a dinn er meeting in the George \ Vashington Hotel at 'vVincheste r .

Rev. E . T . Cla rk , '23, pr es ided at th e dinn er wh ich was int er sper sed with Cniversity o f Ri chm ond songs and with tw o vocal solos by M iss Oake s, of vVinchester.

A t th e bu siness sessio n whic h fo llowed, the chapter was fo rm a lly organ ized to embrace Frederick , Cla rk , Shenandoah, \V arren, L oudoun , and Fauquier counti es in Virg inia and J effer son county in W est V ir ginia.

Mr. Clark was elected president: A. B. Honts, '20, of Marshall , vice-p resident, and Mr s. Maur ice Sh ir ey, '32, of Front Royal, Sec r etary-t r eas ur er .

The president a ppoin ted an execut ive committee consistin g of H. B. J enn ings, ' 10, of Leesburg; J ohn Mass ie, '24, of Ed inbur gh ; and T . J. No ffsinge r, '27, Winchester.

A fter the business sess ion, the President introduced 'vV. B . F. Co le, ' 12, comm onwea lth 's A tt orn ey of Frederick sbur g and pres ident of th e U niver sity of Richmond A lumni Soc iety who gave an int eresting talk on th e aims and opportuniti es in an alumni chap ter. J osep h Ne ttl es, '30, alu mni secr etar y, spoke bri efly.

Dr. Maud e W oodfin, ' 16, prof esso r of hi story at 'vVest ham pton, cited the improvements which ha ve been made at the Unive r sity and the opportuniti es for all of us to help in other such improvements.

The meetin g closed w ith school songs, led

by R. C. Pau lett e, '37.

Rev. H . B. J ennin gs, ' 10, of Leesburg has recently acce pted a ca ll to the Bapt ist chur ch in Pearisburg, Vi rgin ia, and \\'ill leave L eesburg next wee k.

Ma r sha ll Fraze r , 'OS. of Marsha ll, Virg inia, will spend the Winter wit h his daugh ter, Mr s. T. J. \,Vakem.an, at Rin er , Virgi nia .

A. B. H onts, '20, ha s re cent ly r esigned as Ass istant Cas hier of th e Bank of Mars ha ll, V ir gi nia , and is now r epr esenting the Pru dential Life Insurance Company, in F r ont R oya l, Virg inia .

V irginia J ones, '32, of M arkham, \ ' ir g inia. of Newport and Jam es Mulford Pharr, News, Virg inia, we re marri ed on Jul y 31st , 1937, in th e Washington, Vi rg inia, Bapti st churc h.

Elise R. Sh irey , Sec'y, Front Roya l. Vi rginia. \VA SH I NGTO"'-" "A ll quiet on the Potomac! " After the tumult and th e sho utin g died on

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Dr. Percy S. Flippin, '06, custodian of rare and va luable histor ical documents at the Nationa l A rch ives and pre siden t of the local Alumni Chapter, reports con tact with our A lumni Secreta ry and is enthused ove r plans for a r ally to be held October 14th, in connection with a radio broadca st from th e campus at Richmond. As we understand it this is being planned in cooperation with a ll outly ing chapters, the deta ils of wh ich a r e announced elsewhere in the se pages. All ri gh t, fellows, let's ra lly round in eac h of our severa l chapters and mak e the occasion a whoop1ng success! . The Chap ter. Secreta ry, and his family, Journ eyed to Richm ond on the 1-tth inst. to dep os it in pers on these notes with th e A lum and his daughter, Betty Lee 1~ Se? r etary J•ox, 41 on th e campus at \Vesthampt on w here she begin s her college career just twenty yea r s after hi s graduation.

Dr. E dw a rd H . Pruden , '25, rece ntl y r eturned to his pastorate at the First Bapt ist c!rnrch from an extended trip thr ough New lc.ngland and th e Midd le At lantic States followed by a quiet vacation on his native l1eath at Chase City, V ir g inia.

Dr. Roscoe R. Spencer, '09 is back at his desk in Public Hea lth Se r vice'afte r a tour of the So uthw est. On thi s trip he crossed the bonier int o Mexico to attend his niece's mar ri age . Returning , he visited severa l of th e Nat iona l Park s and other scenic wonders of the broad open space s.

The one w ho journeyed farthest afie ld is aware i; so far as thi s correspondent Katharine S. Lov e, ' 17, who crossed the ~ontin ent by rai l and took ship at Seattle through the Inland Passage to Skagway, Alaska, th ence ove rl and into th e Yukon. She is now sa fely back at her post in th e Fertil izer Investigations Labo ratory, Bureau of Chemistry and Soi ls, U. S. Depa rtm ent of Agr icultur e.

Chri stopher B. Ga rn ett, '02, the A meri ca n Com missioner of the M ixed Claims Commissi on United States and Germany has been devot ing cons iderable time to th e ma'tters wi t h which the Commission is concerned. He was able to withdraw himse lf from these dut ies and his lega l practice to spend a week at V ir g inia Beach this summer.

Dr . T. T. Be lote, '02, of the Nat iona l Mu seum addr essed on August 25th, the annual banquet of the American Num ismat ic Association at the \V as hington Hotel. On the prngram w ith him were :--Jellie Ta ylor Ross, D irect or of the Bureau of the :1.'lint and Alvin \ V. Ha ll, Di r ecto r of th e Bureau of Engrav ing and P rintin g.

Henry W. R iley, '23, who is now holding the very re spo nsible position of Auditor of the Fed eral Deposit Insurance Corpora tion, spent seve ral week-ends this summ er at \' irginia Beach, where the memb ers of his famih · · we r e spending the su mmer.

Ha rri s E. vVil lingham, ' 16, is associate ad mini str ator of th e Federal Alcohol Administration and is kept bu sy with the re sponsibilities of thi s pos ition.

D. B. \ V. L eonard, ' 19, who is actively engaged in the pract ice of medicine in \Yashington, had the pleasure of spending his vacation thi s su mm er in Main e.

Edward J. l7ox. ' 17, Sec\·. t., N. Vl. 4114 Fessenden

- 1 93 7 Rh oda Corni sh is bac k at th e U . of R. doing Grad wo rk as is J ane Carro ll. M ina Kar p is a g raduat e stu dent at Columb ia U ni versity.

Mrs. Ca rl M eador, w ho 1s still May Q ueen '·l\Iit ch" to us, is living in a n apa rtment at 23 15 F loyd.

A mong th e schoo l teac hers at ,·ar ious V ir g inia schools arc : Chri stin e Vaug han, teaching th e 6th g rad e in Manches ter; :-la rgar et J sbell an d Na ncy Lee Ril ey at Beave r D am ; Fl orence Moo re, teachin g 1st yea r high at P ete r sbur g; Haz el K cale in Loudan Count y; , Lou ise T homp son, teac hin g hi sto ry, Lat111 and gove rnm ent in Bo\\' ling Green; Ru th Stephenson a t \ Varr ent on, Va ., an d l\la rion M iller in th e Prin ce Geo rge Hi gh Sc hoo l.

P eggy L outh a n an d Le lia A nderso n a re doing pr actice teac hin g at th e No rmal Sc hool her e in Ri chm ond . H elen Ell ett is in Chatham Hill Viro-inia · Ma ro-arct H arri s at Charl ott e' Cour f I-Io'use; J~ycc Stan! e/ at \\ 'ise, V irg inia ; and E th el l~ubank , at 11ar sha ll. l\Ia rth a A nn F reeman has a position in the T appaha nnock Sc hool ; L ouise Gano, in Steve nsv ille; Li z A ng le, in P ow hatan Count y ; J ean Hud son, at Hi ghland Sprin gs ; \V ini[ red Sc henck, at Montr ose, V ir ginia, K itty B roy les, at Croz ier , V irg inia and Gr ace E lliott at Bea leton.

M ildred Vick is wo r king at the Ri chm ond P ubli c L ibr ar y, whil e Ma rga ret D udl ey has a position with her fa th er in th e Dudl ey P rintin g Co. A lice To r beck ha s a j ob at Th a lhim er s.

V ir g inia L ee Pridd y is in th e State Biology De par tm ent .

Nancy Chappell is att end ing Pa n-A meri can, and Po llyan na Sheph erd is doing cler ical wo rk fo r her fa th er in P ort smouth.

P age J ohn ston ex -'3 7 and a Jun e g radu ate of Barnard is th.is yea r an assistant in th e Ba rn a rd A lumn ae office.

- 1 936A nnc R y land is thi s wint er at home in R ichmond. She has a pos ition in the ln tc r i01· Decora ting D cp't. of l\J iller-Hh oa ds.

B ump s .l\la rston is the Girl R ese r ve Secre tary at th e Da nville "Y", and Libb a Conwell has a simil ar position .in R oa noke, V a.

M ary V ir g inia is teac hing l\lu sic at Wh a leyvi lle, and A lice R yland is teachin g at Ll oyds, Vir g inia. Kay Conner has a position in Henr ico Count y system, a nd is living at home th is w int er.

J ac kie \ Varn er is now a full - Redge d soc ia l wo rk er a fter her yea r 's stud y at 'vV. & M. She has a position at th e Childr en' s M cmorial Clinic.

Lou ise Ca llison is teach ing in her hometown, Rupe rt, \ V . Va ., and Judi th H odges is li,·ing al home and teac hing in Cheste rfi eld.

Sara h Covey wi II continu e her \\'Ork at the l\lc dical College thi s yea r, but l\lonny Bowers has dec ided not to continue in thi s field. l\.larg uer ite A bbott ex-'36 has ann oun ced her engage ment to Hu gh 1\ lcGu ire, an d th e ,,·edcling is to ta ke place thi s fa ll.

- 1 935Anna l lal lett \\'Cnt to l~ur opc on the Queen llia ry in J une .

Betsy :i\l arsto n Sa dler (l\ lr s. He nr y) . a Jun e brid e. is now living in 1:lr istol, V ir ginia. t y first of Aug ust, O n Sa turd ay , th e lwC11 Sue Cook :i\l cC lur e was ma rri ed to A rth ur E . Jo nes at the church of th e T ra nsfigu ration in .\: cw Yo rk City . She is 110\\· at home \\-e nue. \\ 'es tb ury . Lo ng I slan d. at 291 Par k 1A not her recent br ide of the class of '35 is Tess Ca rte r Tla \\'kin s, who was marr ied on \ Vedncsday, A ug nst th e clc,·enth . in the city of A lexa ndr ia to Fe lix E. H aw kins .

M ildred E pes' engagement has been announced.

Gladys Smith has ta ken t he position as secr eta ry at 'vVesth a mpt on College lef t vaca nt

by M iss Ag nes J ones, w ho is stud ying at Colum.bia U nive rsity thi s w inter.

Mari on A llport will teach history thi s w inter in th e W a rr enton Hi gh School. l\l ary P at 1:.:arly is teac hing in Kenbrid ge, \ 1 ir ginia.

Ma rga ret T ay lor rece ived her l\I. A. at th e u niversity of Ke ntu cky and at pr esent has a teachin g position.

In Se pt ember Margar et Gra vatt wa s mar ried to Ja cques V ark entin e o f Beaver Dam , Vir ginia.

E velyn \ Vyco ff is wo rkin g at the Tel eph one Company, whil e l\l a rga ret vVhit esel is at th e Childr en' s Memori al Cl inic. :i\Iargar et has received her l\l. A . fr om \Villi am & Mary E x tension in Soc ial Se r vice.

Ot elia Fr a ncis ha s been stud ying at Corn ell since h er g radu ation at 'vVesthampton , and ha s r eceived her Nl. A . in Biol ogy there .

- 1 93 4 0 n l\l ay 1-hh, H aze l H emmin g was married to 1 1r. Geo rge T. Colema11. Th ey a rc now living at Clint \vood, V irginia.

K ath erin e Sa rgea nt is teachin g thi s year at the Fr a nklin School in R ichm ond, Va .

H ett y Turn er, ex -'34, is now Mr s. J. E . \ Vood, Jr. S he was marri ed on Se ptemb er 6th at th e Gr ace E piscop al Chur ch at th e Pl ains, Va. 1 9 33A rchie Fo wlk es is teac hing stenog raph y at J ohn Mar sha ll H. S. in Ri chm ond , V a. thi s winter. Mar ga ret Crew s has a teac hing posit ion a t Glenwood. Georg ia. Mari on vVest is on th e St. Cath erin e's fac ult y her e in Ri chmond .

Ma rga r et Da na S laug ht er a nd Ba scom H ardc astle we re marri ed at a very beautifu l cer emony in th e Ca nnon Chapel on Jun e 12th.

D oroth y Harri son '36 was one of th e briclesmaicls.

Marj orie Ca nada O' Ri orda n wi ll soon move f ro m Bos ton, l\rass . w her e she ha s been fo r se vera l months back to :i\Jilwauk ee, \\'i sconsin.

- 1 932l\Ir s. J ames l\I. Ph arr ( Edith V irg inia J ones ) is n0w 1iving at Denbigh, V ir ginia .

Mar y M cC !intC;ck R yland is te aching in T exas this wint er. l\Iar y Lu cille Sa unders spent th e summ er at Rid gec rest, N . C. - 1 93 0 F ranccs \\ ' illis on A ugust 14th was mar ri ed to l\lr . E dw ard :r. Ove rt on. Thi s is the result o f a campu s romance wh en both were stud ent s here.

Grace Landrum \\' at kin s went to Fran ce, [t aly a nd Sw itzerl and thi s summ er with a gro up of fri ends fro m L ase ll Juni or Coll ege in A uburn da le, l\fass. wh ere Grace has a position.

- 1 92 7 Th e weddin g of A rletta Estes and Mr. A. S. Turn er too k pla ce in th e Ca nn on Memorial Chapel 0 11 the campus in Jun e.

- 1 926A ur elia Gill is now th e ass istant P hys ician a t the \\ 'o man' s College of th e Gniv er sity of N. C. - 1 92 5 El sie ='Jolan has left th e \ Ves thampt on fac ulty a nd is at pr esent teachin g at Ob erlin Cn iversit v in O hio.

- 1 92 4 Ano ther J un e br ide was No rm a Coleman who is now l\Ir s. J ohn A . Broad du s.

Ag nes J ones is st udy ing in th e Sc hool of Libr ary Sc ience at Columbi a thi s w int er.

- 1 923Glenna Lov ing was ma rr ied in Jun e to l\Ir. John No r vell, Jr.

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1912 REUNION

Th e R euni on o f the fam ous Cla ss of 1912, w hich was held during Final s, Jun e 13 and 14, wa s w ell att ended and prov ed mo st enjoyable.

On Sunda y aft ernoon memb ers of the Clas s met at the home of Mr. and Mr s H erman \Vinfr ey fo r th e first reunion meeting . Thi s was a delig htful a ffair clue lar ge ly to th e g racious hospital ity of th e host and hostess.

Th e next meetin g was on Monda y at the luncheon in the Col lege Dining Hal l, whic h wa s al so well att ended alth ough man y loyal member s of the Cla ss could not be pre sent.

Th e Class meetin g wa s held in th e Troph y R oom of Millhi ser Gymna sium , and T om William s, Pr esident of th e La w Cla ss pre sided in the ab sence of Pr esident Gray Garland, who was unable to be pr esent becau se of continued hospitalization, the result of an aut omobile accid ent several yea rs ago . Cla ss Secr etary Frank Ga ines had accepted an invitation to ma ke th e Commen cement addr ess at Lehigh U niversity so he w ired his disappointment.

The Roll was called by H enr y M. Taylor and the fol lowing were pr ese nt: T om ViiiIiams of Ri chmond , \V. B. F. Cole of Fred err. Gwathn ey o f S pa rtan icksbur g, E dward :rv bur g, S. C., Cha rl es T . O 'Ne ill of Cha rlotte svill e, Benj. J. Coffman of Richm ond, J .

Vau g han Gar y of Richm ond , R ev . Th os. A. Ru ssell of P ort smouth, Julian S. Lawrence of N orfolk, R ev. A. B. Mont gom ery of Rich mond, G. Herm an Winfr ey of R ichmond , Jame s F. Str oth er of San A ntonio, Texa s.

Each member was r equested to g ive an account of his Ii fe since he left college, and all responded most intere stin g ly.

Th e Cha irm an ann ounced that th e follow ing memb er s had passed awa y since Commencement of 19 12: Graham V. Mcl\lanaw ay , A. F. Kn ott, Dr. J olin M. _H a r wood , "Di ck" Ri chard s, J. D. Park er, J ess e G. Bro wn, Dr. Dor sey G. T yler, P ettu s M. Gill , Rev. A. B. Padgett .

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L ett er s of g reetin gs were received fr om A. B . \,\Tilson o f K eys ville, V a., Sup erin ten-

dent of Sch ools ; L. S. Gilliam of Stat esvill e, N . C., pre sident of th e Carolina Parl or Fur niture Co. R ev. Harr y E. Owin gs , pa stor o f th e Fir st Bapti st Church of Santa A.na, Califo rnia , wrot e "V ery sincerel y do I reg ret that th e long distan ce betw een Richm ond and Ca lifo rnia will keep me from being pre sent at th e cla ss reun ion. H ow imposs ible it seem s that twent y-five yea r s hav e elap sed since we took our degr ees at the old Richm ond College e n Broad Stre et; but as one of yo ur commun ication s ha s stat ed, the calendar confirm s that fa ct.''

Rev . J. E lwood \\Telch , form erly kn ow n as '·Fro gg y'' who is now pastor o f Th e F ir st Bapt ist Church o f O rang ebur g, S . C., sent a most intere stin g lett er which states accord ingl y : ''B rcaus c o f the heav y pressure of my work her e and due to some commence ment addr esses I have to mak e, it will not be poss ible fo r me to be with yo u boys at th e reuni on ..,

As fa r as th e r ecord s show B illy Cole is th e only bach elor member of th e cla ss, and ju st before th e adj ournment of th e meeting he invit ed th e class to be bis g uests at dinn er d 011 Page 11) (Co11ti1111r

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ALUMNI IN THE NEWS

A \ Vesthampton College T ea R oom nm for the stnclents, and to a large extent, by the students is the policy of the new management.

Th e menu is made up largely from student sugges tion s according to l\Ii ss Mari on Bathgate, the new manager , and th e price s ar c reaching a new low. Mis s Bathgate is a Simmons graduate and ha s also attendee! the Dearb orn-Orange School and clone graduate work at Columbia University. She is the sister of :Mrs. Herbert Ragland who is the new voice instructor at vVesthampt on College.

Char les Yates McDaniel, '27, ha s become one of the world's best known war correspondents. His work, vividly descriptive, has been carried prominent ly in thousands of new spape rs which are member s of the Associated Press,

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l foovcr. graduates in '31 and '33, respective ly, live at Highland Spr ings.

Sarah Hulclah Hoover is a junior at College and another \ Vesthampton daught er, Cather ine Byrd Hoover registered at \ i\Testhampton last month.

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YATES

McDANIEL

great new s gathering agency. He's sta tioned with the Associated Pre ss at Soochow, China. Previous ly he had worked on the Shang hai Even ing News and Mercury.

A well-rounded personality, McDaniel was popular as an undergraduate and took part in a number of extra-curricula activities. He played on the tennis team and ran on th e track team. He was a memb er of the harl equin club, a member of the U niversity player s, a member of the "Messenger" staff, a member of the Glee Club and a member of Mu Sigma Rho Literary Society. He is a memb er of Kappa Sigma and Omicron Delta Kappa.

The son of a missionary alumnus, Charles G. McDaniel, '97, he was a fluent speakC'r of Chinese even during his undergr.1duate clays. His father, a minist er and teacher, is on the faculty of Yates Acade my at Soochow, China.

PROUD FATHER The Rev. Milton J. Hoover of H ighland Springs ent ered a seve nth child in the U niver sity last month. The first to graduate, E lizabeth, a member of the class of 1922. is now teaching at State Teachers College, Livingstone.

Ala. Ne llie, a member of the class of '25. and now Mrs. T. J. Will iams. lives at Highland Springs. ·Virginia who attended \i\Testharnpt, ::1 for one year, is now Mrs. R. L. Hodges and lives at Or lando. Fla. Two sons, Milton J. Hoover Jr. and \ i\Tilliam Benjamin

TEA ROOM

Westhampton

Faculty

Notes

Dean Ke ller and Miss Turnbull spent severa l weeks in June in Mexico .

Later in the summ er after spending some time her e in Richmond, they went to New York sta te for a visit.

Miss Jean \i\Tright and Mis s Marion Green had a delightful summer vacation motoring through Europe. Most of the time was spent in France.

Two other European travellers were Miss Peg Wr ight, Dietitian, and Miss Mary Lee Howard, College Nurse.

Miss Margaret Ross \\-ent for a short tr ip down to Blowing Rock, North Carolina, and is most ent hu siast ic about the place.

Mrs. Grove spent severa l weeks 111 Ohio ·with relatives.

Miss Marjorie Rivenburg was at home in Lewisburg, Pa. Miss Isabe l Harris spent a large portion of her vacation at the Harvard Observatory in Cambridge, Massachusetts. There she st udi ed, read, and ta lked with some of the world's most famous astronomers.

Miss Mary Mo line spent the su111mcr at Ca111pQuanset on Cape Cod, Massachusetts, whi le Miss Lough went from Virg inia Beach (whe re she visited with :Miss \i\Toodfin) to Ann Arbor, iVIichigan, where she was sent to an Inter national Re lations Conference.

Miss ] ,utz had a very bu sy summer at hom e in Illin ois, as did Mi ss \Voodfin with her fami ly at Ash land , Va.

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There are now sixteen wait resses in th e new Tea Room who, incidentally wear very attract ive smocks. The se smocks are designed with a stained gla ss window pattern. They were suggested by Mis s \Villiams o f Tha lhim ers who was one who helped very much with the interior decoratin g of the Student Activ ities Bui lding last year. Some of the waitresses are paid by the )J_ Y. A., some work for their lunch, and there arc quite a number of Vo lunt eers. Meal s are served at regular hour s- Breakfast 9 :00-10 :00. Lunch 11 :30-2 :00, and Tea 4 :00-5 :00.

A forma l Engl ish ga rd en on the terra ce outside the Tea Room is soon to be completed.

This garden is being given to \1/esthampton

by Mrs. Malcolm Perkin s of Richmond, in memory of her mother. A brick wall will enclose the garden and in one corner will be a pergola,. Some very old and rare boxwood is being p lanted here, and a sun-dial and pool are also each to have a place. A small statue of Pan will be placed in one corner of the garden. It is very probable that tea will be serv ed out side in the spring.

The Alumnae Tea Room Committee, headed

by Mrs Wilm.er O'Flaherty (Celeste Anderson '15), has been very active. The oth er member s of the committee are Mr s. Henr y Decker, Mis s Elizabeth Tompkins, Miss Pe g \ Vr ight, Dietitians at \Ve sthampton College, and two student member s who arc to be elected. 1vfany of the alumna e have already been out thi s fall, and a cordial invitation is extended to Alumnae and their friend s to come and vis it the Tea Room.

1912 REUNION fro111Page IO) (Co11ti1111cd during the 1942 Reunion, if he was still in thi s unfortunate state. All memb ers plea se note thi s engagement.

The Annual Alumni Dinner was well attended by members of the Class. Po sey J. Hundley of Chatham, Va., made the address o f the evening, and he ha s not lost th e oratori cal gift which won for him th e hon or of 19 12 Law Class Orator. Edward M. Gwathmey. now Pre sident of Converse College, of South Caro lina, was called upon for a speech but ow ing to the lat e hour he re sponded by tell ing an exce llent story.

As a fitting climax to a grand reunion, it was announced that \V. F. B . Cole (our own Bil ly) had been elected Pre sident to the Genera l Alumni Association.

Three 1912 !

cheers for Billy and the Class of M. Tayl or -Henry

JAPANESE PICTURED AS "WARLIKE" (Continued

from page 3)

Upon leaving Burma to face westward I visited many important centers of India such as Calcutta and Benares.

Benares is the sacred city of Hinduism where thousands of bathers drink the dirty, filthy, yet to them sacred, water of the Ganges every day. A long its banks in the burning Ghats of the severa l Hindu Temples dead bodies are being crudely cremated on sma ll piles of wood . Those whose families are too poor to buy enough wood to complete the process are dropped over into the water. It is not unusual to see the oldest male relatives beating on the bodies with long sticks to encourage the fire as on some pile of green brush. A ll of this is easi ly seen by tourists who pass in small row boats at close range.

At Agra I saw the wor ld's most beautiful building, the Taj Mahal. It is a white marble mosque built in 16301652 by the Mohammedan emperor, Shan J ahan, who conquered Hinduism for a while, as a tomb to his favorite wife. It is perfect in every detail. No artist nor architect has ever found the slightest defect in it.

On then to Delhi, the capital of India, to see the old fort which gives evidence of the glory that was India's in the long ago. The buildings of the Eng lish government int erests are there and also the home of the Eng lish viceroy. I also went up into the states of the Indian princes where the Maharajas own and rule the land and people. From my brief stay there it seemed that it was the best part of India with the most satisfied peop le. Indian Maharajas are the world's wealthiest people with palaces and furnishings such as are unknown to the most discriminating \i\Testern people.

I sailed from Bombay on across the Indian ocean, through the Red Sea and Suez cana l, across the Mediterranean sea, through the Straits of Messina to Nap les, and through Italy, noting marked improvements in the cleanliness and orde rliness of the people since my last trip there in 1928.

I was in Europe three weeks-Ita ly, France and Switzerland and in Zurich I was privileged to represent Burma at the Baptist 'N ork l A 11iance Youth Convention.

And now, Mr. Editor, let me ask a question. \i\Tho was that wise man who said: "East or ,vest, borne is best?"

STUDENTBODY AND FACULTY LARGER (Continued from. page 4) Recent Growth

One or two statements about the number of instructors and class sections wi ll indicate to the alumni how the University bas been growing in recent years. In the English department there are now eight fulltime teachers, five in Richmond College and thr ee in Westhampton College. In the natural sciences, where less than two decades ago there were three professors, there are now nin e professors, all holding Ph.D. degrees from strong universities, five assistants and twelve laboratory assistants . Professor Gaines says that in Richmond and \i\Testhampton Colleges freshman mathematics will be taught this session in fourteen sections.

A notable feature of the opening session is the organization as a faculty group of all teachers in the Univers ity who deal with any Fine Arts subject. There are nine such

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Some time ago , a questionnaire was sent to each alumnus. requesting inforrn;ition w hich is invaluable to the alum ni office. Severa l hundred alumni have nain stakingly filled in the forms and have mailed them back to the Alumni

teachers offering instruction in drawing, painting, sculpture, vocal and instrumental mu sic, speech, creative writing, drama and puppets. Major and min or courses leading to a degree in Fine A rt s are announc ed this session for the first time. It is hoped that ere long a college of Fine Arts may be developed which win take rank in the U nivers ity along with our present colleges of libera l arts and sciences.

Public Opening

The public opening exercises of the U niversity were held Septe mber 24, in the presence of an audience that overflowed the Cannon Memorial Chapel. The chief speaker was Hon. Dave E. Satterfie ld, Jr., '17, Democratic nomin ee for Congre ss from Richmond. Dr. Douglas S. Freeman welcomed the st ud ent s on behalf of the University and Dr. \i\T. C. James ex tended welcome on behalf of the Richmond churches. The Univers ity Choir furnished exce llent mu sic.

The following even ing Dr. Wm. E. Dodd, U. S. Ambassado r to Germany, spoke in the Cannon Memorial Chape l on "The Present Cris is in \i\Testern Civilization ." Through the court esy of WRV A thi s address was broadcast.

Un ivers ity Week will be celebrated October 20, 21 and 22. The lectur ers will be Dr. Dumas Malone of Harvard, and Dr. The. Svedberg, a distinguished Nobe l Prize winner, of Upsa la Unive rsity, Sweden. A ll alumni and their friends are cordially invited.

-F. W. BOATWRIGHT

BOYS KNOW THE ANSWERS (Con ,tinued from page S)

So I did, and be did, and the exit to the hidden passage in "The Sec ret of the Chest nut Tree" stands witness to his ingenuity. A ll I had to do was go clown to the library and bunt up whether spring locks were in existe nce in 1854.

The librar y folks are more than geniuses, too, at helping a body out.

"About six months ago," I told them , " I borrowed a book whose title I can't remember, and whose auth or I have forgott en, but it had a reel cover, and the title bad something about poor roads in it."

They pondered a moment, went st raight to the shelves, and returnee! with "Turnpi kes and Dirt Roads." How is that for mind-reading?

So my researc h goes on and on . Recently, I've bad to determine whether the Lee fami ly serva nt wore a hat or went bareheaded when he followed Mrs. Lee to mark et; what you call the thing you beat beaten biscuit with; what flower that blossoms at the same time corn is in the market, will leave yellow pollen on your nose if you smell it. (It took considerab le expe rim entat ion to decide that last one.)

My current problems are :-How big is a cycloram a and what does it look like? I should also like to talk with some one who ha s had expe rience training white mice to do tricks. What are the tricks? How long does it take?

I haven't any idea, but college is opening, so, in a littl e less than no time, I am going to get the answers. Ju st you watch and see. ( Authoress Ma nsell gets a black mark for failure to mention that her most recent book "Doy of Old Virginia.

Robert E. Lee," is gett ing· nice reviews from the critics.

Dobbs Merr ill is the publisher.-En.)

Office. They form an important record and are filed in the individual folders wh ich are kept for every living alumnus.

Many alum ni. through oversight, have failed to fill in the form. If you

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